Mission Viejo

Along with new restaurants opening around town, Mission Viejo continues to see a surge of new business activity.

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Boardwalk Barbers - 24000 Alicia Parkway at Jeronimo Road opens this month

Escrow Options Group - 27802 Vista del Lago (near Lake Mission Viejo)

The Game Chest at 26012 Marguerite Parkway opened this week near Pavilions.

Mathnasium - 27230 La Paz Road

Nurse Next Door - 26522 La Alameda

Southland Physical Therapy - 25565 Jeronimo Road

The Rose Society of Saddleback Mountain will host its next meeting on Monday, March 13 featuring an award-winning rose researcher.  The meeting starts at 7 p.m. at the Santa Margarita Water District, 26111 Antonio Parkway. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Arts and crafts vendors are invited to take part in the spectacular Arts Alive & Street Painting Festival this spring.

This dynamic festival is from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 29 and Sunday, April 30 at the Oso Viejo Community Park on the Village Green and neighboring Norman P. Murray Community and Senior Center, 24932 Veterans Way.

The Mission Viejo community is rallying behind longtime trainer Jadon Pollard who suffered a stroke last Saturday.

The 48-year-old married father of two young children has been a personal trainer at the City's Montanoso Recreation Center for the last decade - and has spent more than 30 years in the field helping people get fit and live healthier lives.

The Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team will epitomize its motto of "Life without a limb is limitless" when it competes against an Orange County team on Sunday, March 25 at the Saddleback College baseball stadium. The game is part of this year's Veterans Resource Fair hosted by Assemblyman Bill Brough and Senator Pat Bates.

The mission of the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team is to inspire and educate others while enhancing the health and welfare of wounded warrior amputees.

The Sheriff's Department's DUI Enforcement Team will deploy this weekend to stop and arrest alcohol- and drug-impaired drivers.

DUI saturation patrols will be out in force from 7 p.m. Friday, March 10 through 3 a.m. Saturday, March 11 in areas with high frequencies of DUI collisions and arrests in Mission Viejo and Lake Forest.

DUI checkpoints and saturation patrols help lower the number of people killed and injured in alcohol- or drug-impaired crashes. 

Two-time Grammy-winning guitar sensation Laurence Juber will make a special appearance in the Lord of the Strings concert on Saturday, March 11.

The concert is at 7 p.m. in the Mission Viejo Council Chamber at 200 Civic Center. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

First internationally recognized as lead guitarist in Beatle Paul McCartney's band Wings, Juber has since established himself as a world-renowned guitar virtuoso, composer and arranger.

Mason Emes has what it takes to be an Eagle Scout: determination, character and leadership skills.

Mason of Troop #772 recently demonstrated those traits by organizing some 15 volunteers - including Mayor Wendy Bucknum and Council Member Trish Kelley - to plant 800 drought-tolerant plants along the Oso Creek Trail near the Village Green.

Mason's project puts him line to obtain the highest ranking available in the boy scouting program of the Boy Scouts of America. The City of Mission Viejo is grateful for his outstanding efforts.

With baseball season on tap, the public is invited to a screening of the inspiring classic feature film "The Natural" on Sunday, March 19 at Mission Viejo City Hall. 
 
The event, which begins at 2 p.m., is sponsored by the City's Community of Character Committee and was selected to illustrate March's character trait of integrity.
 

Mission Viejo continues to be a popular place for new eateries.  Many establishments have recently opened, are under construction or are planning to open here soon.

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