Has anyone else been "invited" to Public Scoping Meeting regarding the building of a project for low income developmentally disabled children and adults. The project it to have housing and an office center to cover 19.5 acres.

"The project site is located in unincorporated San Mateo County along Airport Street, on the North side of City of Half Moon Bay, situated on the San Mateo County Coastline, with the Half Moon Bay Airport immediatley adjacent to the east.

"Further, various project-related business operations are included, which will be utilized to manage the above, as well as to generate income for the project services, such as: Big Wave (BW) Catering and Food Services; BW Energy; BW Entertainment; BW Farming; BW Water; BW Transportation; BW Recycling; BW Communications (Fiberlink) and BW Maintenance.

The meeting is November 18, 2008 from 7-9pm at El Granada School.

I received mine from the San Mateo Planning and Building Department yesterday.

Kathleen Muth

You’re invited to a public meeting at the Harbor House in Princeton on Wednesday Nov 12, from 7 to 8:30pm, to view a draft model of a proposed outdoor interpretive exhibitfor the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve. It will be located in the parking lot adjacent to the site of the future visitor center. The Harbor House is located at 346 Princeton Avenue in Princeton.  

The draft interpretive exhibit represents the low, medium and high tide zones of the reef with plant and animal species authentically sized, colored and located.  The exhibit will serve as a gateway to the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve supporting informal individual and family visits, formal education, as well as launching the tours of docent-led school groups to the Moss Beach reef. 

Visitors will learn about the hierarchy of the reef from low to high tide inhabitants and learn about the habits of individual species. The Exhibit will be fabricated in concrete and be fully colored. A rubberized surface will surround the exhibit to create an accessible climbable structure. An interpretive sign located independently of the exhibit, will identify the species and describe the tidal zones. 

We’re doing it again!  The first one was so popular we are bringing it back for the holiday shoppers! Saturday, November 8, from 9am to 3pm at Luna’s Memories.

The Flea Market will be held in front of our store. Our customers and teachers will bring their gently used scrapbooking and art materials for resale at discounted prices. Some will be selling original artwork as well. Cash and Check only for Flea Market purchases.

There will be lots of artists selling their art work and supplies. Come and do some early holiday shopping!

Luna’s Memories, 455 Avenue Alhambra, El Granada,
(650) 726-1444   [email protected]

MROSD has issued a press press release with some details:

Cecily Harris was elected to the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District’s Board of Directors by voters last night over incumbent Kenneth C. Nitz. Harris earned 59.5 percent of the vote from the constituents in El Granada, Half Moon Bay, Montara, Moss Beach, Redwood City, San Carlos and Woodside. The District’s Board of Directors will adopt a resolution certifying her election at their Dec. 10 meeting. Nitz earned 40.5 percent of the votes. [...]

The District is divided into seven geographic wards each represented by a board member elected to a four-year term. Nitz was elected to represent ward seven on the District’s board in 1996. He completed three consecutive terms, running unopposed in 2000 and 2004.

Harris, a San Carlos resident, became the first opponent to challenge Nitz’s board seat. She is a Financial Services Manager with the San Mateo County Parks Department and served for nine years as a San Carlos Parks and Recreation Commissioner. Issues she is interested in include single and multiple use trails, interpretive programs, and natural resource protection.

On Saturday November 8th, The Visionary Edge will present a screening of Sausalito filmmaker Andy Abrahams Wilson’s documentary Under Our Skin.  Doors will open at 7:00pm, film begins at 7:30.  Ted Adcock Community Center, 535 Kelly Avenue, HMB.  Advance tickets $10, door $15. Call 650-560-0200 for information and reservations.  Proceeds from ticket sales swill be donated to Lyme education and research.

A dramatic tale of microbes, medicine and money, this eye-opening film investigates the untold story of Lyme disease, an emerging epidemic larger than AIDS. Each year thousands go undiagnosed or misdiagnosed, told that their symptoms are "all in their head." Following the stories of patients and physicians as they battle for their lives and livelihoods, the film brings into focus a haunting picture of our health care system and its inability to cope with a silent terror under our skin.