• Helen OfieldPatch Mayor

  • Lemon Grove, CA
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Helen Ofield is an award-winning writer for film, TV, radio and online and print media, member of the Society of Professional Journalists, and a veteran historic preservationist in New York and California. She is president of the Lemon Grove Historical Society and former 11-year member of the San Diego County Historic Site Board. She spearheaded the saving of Lemon Grove's first church (1897) and its adaptive reuse as the Parsonage Museum of Lemon Grove, and the saving of the H. Lee House (1928) and its adaptive reuse as the city's cultural center. She conceived and directed the award-winning Lemon Grove History Mural and serves on various civic committees and boards. (See www.newpacificproductions.com for which she is managing producer.)

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After the Fires

The present takes ghastly form, but there is a comeback trail.

After the Fires
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Globe For All Brings a "Dream" to Life

Globe For All's young cast romps to glory in Shakespeare's wild comedy "A Midsummer Night's Dream."

Globe For All Brings a "Dream" to Life
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"Young Frankenstein" a monster hit

San Diego Musical Theatre's production of Mel Brooks' "Young Frankenstein" is a tour de force

"Young Frankenstein" a monster hit
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1955: Bursting at the Seams

News from the Feb. 10, 1955 edition of the Lemon Grove Review when schools, theaters, chicken coops, restaurants and hospitals were packing them in.

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1961: Up in Smoke

News from the Jan. 26, 1961 edition of the Lemon Grove Review when history burned to the ground on one coast as history smoked on the other.

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1988: The Big Squeeze

News from the Feb. 6, 1988 edition of the San Diego Union when The Big Lemon captured hearts and minds inside and outside our borders all over again.

1988:  The Big Squeeze