Mission Times Courier: Vol. 24, Issue 12

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VOLUME 24 ISSUE 12 Dec. 14 , 2018 – Jan. 10, 2019

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INSIDE Mending through THIS ISSUE

NEWS BRIEFS

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FEATURE

Field of determination

Food drive volunteers in Del Cerro (Courtesy Kassy Kaiser)

Thanksgiving food drive a huge success

Little Leaguer overcomes rare disease to keep baseball dream alive. Page 2

OPINION

Mentor Kaleb Weakly (right) talks with Gold Star child Mekhi Sutton during a Gold Star Corps outing at Mission Trails Park. (Photo courtesy Jessica Merritt)

Holiday scams

Programs offer support for Gold Star families and wounded vets Jeff Clemetson Editor

Cory and Jessica Merritt know a lot about service to community and country. Cory is an active duty senior chief petty officer in the Navy and for

‘Tis the season to look out for the naughty taking advantage of the nice. Page 16

FOOD & DRINK

the last several years Jessica has spearheaded programs started by the couple to help wounded veterans and Gold Star families — the families of servicemen or women killed in combat. Cory began serving the veteran community after he had

an opportunity to work with some other local organizations, taking wounded vets out on outdoor adventures. But he felt like something was missing from the experience with those other groups.

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See GOLD STAR CORPS page 20

Major flooding hits Grantville … again

Pho-tastic

Doug Curlee Editor at Large

Saigon Star offers up a Vietnamese take on soup and sandwich. Page 14

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Alvarado Creek in Grantville once again overflowed its channel the first weekend in December. This has been going on for years — I’ve written about it several times on these pages. This time, though, it was different — bigger, faster moving, and more destructive than usual. It kind of attracts your attention when you see the floodwaters were strong enough and fast enough to lift an 18-wheel semi-truck up and into the creek bed. See FLOODING page 21

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Flood water around Alvarado Creek was so severe it carried a semi-truck into the creek bed. (Photo by David Smith)

The Salvation Army’s Thanksgiving Food Drive was a success this year, bringing in almost 4 tons of food — much of it from the Del Cerro community. The food drive is organized by Kassy, Lindy and Tom Kaiser, and other volunteers from Del Cerro. The food collected was distributed to a new high of 105 families, who each received a box containing a turkey and all of the Thanksgiving dinner trimmings: dressing, Jell-O, pumpkin, cake mix, many cans of vegetables and fruits, dinner rolls, bags of potatoes, apples, and onions, dinner napkins and even a roasting pan and recipes for roasting a turkey, making dressing and gravy. In addition to the Kaisers’ efforts organizing the food drive, other local people and businesses donated time and materials for the food boxes. Windmill Farms and Matt Mann provided the turkeys; Home Depot provided the boxes; Pat and Chuck McGregor provided the roasting pans; Nancy Losek collected food at Pizazz Hair and Nail Salon; and Jack and Candy Kirchner provided the use of their garage to put the boxes together. Each of these donors, along with over 50 volunteers and donors from around San Diego, participated in donating to the food drive. The Salvation Army selected the recipient families See NEWS BRIEFS page 2

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