This week, John is joined by Liz Edwards, Founder & Director of the San Diego Spirits Festival. They discuss the highlights of the festival, the featured talent, and how you can plan to attend!

15th Annual San Diego Spirits Festival
Museum of Contemporary Art in La Jolla
October 19th from 2-6pm & 20th from 1-5pm
SanDiegoSpirtsFestival.com
Purchase Tickets Here!

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This week, John is joined again by JoAnn Fields, the News Media Director and Board of Director for the Pacific Islander Festival Association (PIFA). JoAnn discusses the importance of PIFA's presence in the community and the preservation of the wide variety of cultures within the community.

30th Annual Pacific Islander Festival
Saturday, September 21st and Sunday, September 22nd
Located at Ski Beach
Runs from 8am to 4pm each day
Shuttles running from Sun Runner & Hospitality Point

To learn more,
PIFA Website
PIFA Instagram
PIFA Facebook

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This week, John is joined by Andy Lloyd, owner of 3 Frogs Beer Company! They discuss the competitions that they host, the beers that they're known for/have coming up, and where to enjoy your favorite 3 Frogs beers!

3 Frogs Beer Company Location
10366 Mission Gorge Rd, Santee

Salsa Competition
Saturday, September 21st from 2-6pm
$20 to enter the competition
$5 for unlimited tastings ticket

To learn more,
Three Frogs Beer Company Facebook
Three Frogs Beer Company Instagram

To contact John Olsen,
619-855-1151
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This week, John is joined by Becky Lowndes, the Special Events Supervisor for the City of Santee! They discuss Becky's experience transferring into working in our community and the events coming up in Santee.

Santee Brews & Bites
Saturday, October 19th from 5:30pm to 9:30pm
Purchase Tickets Here

Santee Special Events Page

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This week, John is joined by Misty Thompson, Executive Director of La Mesa Park & Recreation Foundation and Community Services Senior Analyst. They discuss the upcoming fundraising events and projects that the La Mesa Park & Recreation Foundation has coming up!

La Mesa Rocks Gala & Auction
September 7th from 6-9pm
&
La Mesa Rocks Golf Tournament
September 8th at 7:30am
Purchase Tickets Here


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This week, John is joined by Javier Betancourt, owner and 3rd Generation Barber at Raymond's Barbershop. Javier shares the plans for their 8th Annual Back-to-School Haircut Event, some updates that they have made to their Santee location, and the kind of community they are building within our community.

Free Back-to-School Haircuts
August 18th from 10 to 2pm
Free cookies for the first 100 people through the door!
Raymond's Barbershop
225 Town Center Pkwy Suite C, Santee

To contact John Olsen,
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This week, John is joined by local actors and producers, Ted Holmes and Gerren Hall! They discuss the journey to get their show "Turn & Burn" funded, filmed, and produced here in East County. Tune in to hear about their process, experience, and when/where you can expect to watch the show!

To learn more,
Turn & Burn Instagram
Ted Holmes Single on Spotify

To contact John Olsen,
619-855-1151
John@TheSanteeGuy.com
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This week, John is joined by Terri Bozhor from Momentum Tutoring and 3 of Santee's youngest entrepreneurs from the Youth Biz Club: Jemma, Morgan, and Taylor. Be sure to stop by and support them at their Business Fair on August 10th!

Santee Youth Business Fair
August 10th from 10am to 2pm
Santana High School Gym

To learn more,
Momentum Tutoring
Youth Biz Club
Santee Youth Business Fair
Taylor's Crochet Webpage
Morgan's Bee Genuine Farm Products Webpage
Jem Creations Shop

To contact John Olsen,
619-855-1151
John@TheSanteeGuy.com
JohnOlsen.com
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