USA diving history will be made in Mission Viejo on Saturday, September 24 as the world-renowned Nadadores diving program bids farewell to the historic diving platform at the Marguerite Aquatics Complex. Greg Louganis, the most decorated diver in US history, a former Nadadore and Olympic gold medalist, will take the “Last Dive” from the iconic tower from which he trained with legendary coaches Ron O’Brien and Sammy Lee.
Greg will be joined by Great Britain diving Olympian Tom Daley for synchronized platform diving. This will be a once-in-a-lifetime event the entire family will enjoy.
The event comes just before construction begins on the decades-old Marguerite Aquatics Complex. The renovation will make the complex Southern California’s only facility with the ability to host synchronized diving events. The next chapter in Mission Viejo Nadadores diving will begin with the unveiling of the new Gilliland Diving Tower sometime in 2018.
Mission Viejo Nadadores Dive team and the City of Mission Viejo are teaming up to host an exclusive VIP event with priority seating. General admission tickets to the show will also be available. The event takes place from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, September 24 at 27474 Casta Del Sol.
For more information and tickets, click here.
They say “Once a Diablo, always a Diablo.” Indeed, thousands of students who have walked the halls of Mission Viejo High School over the last five decades would certainly agree.
In honor of the high school’s 50th anniversary, the school is hosting a special kick-off anniversary event from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, September 17.
Current and former Diablo families, friends, teachers, staff and community members are invited to the celebration that includes a pep assembly at 5:30 p.m., campus tours, photo ops, a museum through the decades as well as food available from Outback Steakhouse, TK Burgers and Kona Ice.
The high school is located at 25025 Chrisanta Drive. For more information, email mvhs50th@gmail.com.
The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) is working on improving the Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo Metrolink Station with a project that includes enhanced passenger access and amenities.
Construction will take place during the week from 7 a.m. to 3 :30 p.m. and will be complete in mid-2017.
The work entails adding ADA compliant ramps to the existing pedestrian undercrossing as well as creating a new public restroom and space for vending machines. Three passenger canopies will be installed along the platform on the west side of the station to provide shade and protection from rain. As part of the ongoing construction, crews will excavate a portion of Camino Capistrano next to the station to relocate a sewer line. This will require reducing Camino Capistrano to one lane during working hours for up to eight weeks.
For more information, click here or visit www.octa.net/stationimprovements.
Community members are invited to a special Lord of the Strings concert Saturday, September 24 featuring Annie & the Hot Club of Nashville. The concert is at 7 p.m. in the Council Chamber at 200 Civic Center Drive.
Annie Sellick & the Hot Club of Nashville initially inspired by the Hot Club genre (Gypsy-jazz swing) bring fiery guitar and violin soloing on a repertoire from the 1930s and ‘40s with Annie delivering vocals like very few can. In fact, she was voted Best Jazz Artist by readers of the “Nashville Scene” for five straight years.
The Hot Club is led by British-born guitar extraordinaire Richard Smith and other musicians who have spent their careers playing with musical royalty. The group has performed across the globe and is a mainstay at the Chet Akins Appreciation Society Convention.
Tickets are $30 and are available at the door or by calling 949-842-2227.
The Mission Viejo Community Foundation and Marine Adoption Committee are teaming up with Patsy’s Irish Pub to host three fundraisers for the City’s adopted Marines and Sailors.
The Mission Viejo pub at 25571 Jeronimo Road will donate 75 cents from every pint of beer sold from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on September 20, October 18 and November 22 to benefit the members of Headquarters Battalion of the First Marine Division at Camp Pendleton.
The fundraiser is part of an ongoing effort by the City’s Marines and Sailors Adoption Committee to provide year-round support to Mission Viejo’s adopted troops.
For more information, call 949-470-3061.
The City’s Planning and Transportation Commission this week gave the green light to CircusTrix to open a new indoor entertainment and trampoline center dubbed “Hawktopus” in the Mission Viejo Freeway Center.
Hawktopus is expected to open in November in the 30,054-square-foot building at 25222 El Paseo that used to house Borders Books and Wicks Furniture. The business is an indoor trampoline/recreation park that features an aerial ninja obstacle course, foam pits, slackline, trampoline wall, obstacles and trampoline dodgeball. The facility will offer party rooms with a reservation.
The business will be open Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to midnight and closed to the general public on Sunday to accommodate birthday parties and corporate events.
The Mission Viejo location will be CircusTrix’s 29th U.S. entertainment center. For more information, visithttp://www.circustrix.com.
Community members on Thursday, October 27 are invited to an out-of-this-world presentation by an award-winning author who co-wrote a book with Buzz Aldrin. The City’s Writers Present program features Leonard David at 7 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chamber at 200 Civic Center.
Penned by David—who has covered space for 50 years and co-authored “Mission to Mars” with Buzz Aldrin, “MARS: Our Future on the Red Planet” considers the imminent settlement of humans on Mars. Backed by extensive research, this stunning book is part of a major National Geographic Mars initiative this fall, including a documentary in partnership with director Ron Howard whose foreword opens the book.
The next frontier in space exploration is Mars, the red planet—and human habitation of Mars isn’t much farther off. Now the National Geographic Channel goes years fast-forward with “Mars,” a six-part series documenting and dramatizing the next 25 years as humans land on and learn to live on Mars. This companion book to the series explores the science behind the mission and the challenges awaiting those brave individuals. Filled with vivid photographs taken on earth, in space and on Mars; arresting maps; and commentary from the world’s top planetary scientists, this fascinating book will take you millions of miles away—and decades into the future—to our next home in the solar system.
In “MARS,” David investigates the red planet as never before, introducing Mars not merely as backdrop to swashbuckling science fiction but as the very real setting of humanity’s next home.
This intriguing presentation includes a question-and-answer session, and folks who purchase books on-site will receive priority book signing.
To reserve your seat, call 949-830-7100 ext. 5105 or email libreference@cityofmissionviejo.org with your contact information and number of people attending.
Kelly Tokarski
Public Information Specialist
City of Mission Viejo
