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Articles from the February 11, 2018 edition


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  • SBA Disaster Loan Outreach Center in Bonsall closes Feb. 15

    Updated Feb 13, 2018

    SACRAMENTO – Director Tanya N. Garfield of the U.S. Small Business Administration's Disaster Field Operations Center-West announced Feb. 8 that SBA will close its Bonsall Disaster Loan Outreach Center at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 15. "SBA opened the center to provide personalized assistance to California businesses and residents who were affected by the wildfires, flooding, mudflows and debris flows directly related to the wildfires that began Dec. 4, 2017. Until the center c... Full story

  • Disaster CalFresh assistance available to residents affected by Lilac fire

    Tom Christensen, County of San Diego Communications Office|Updated Feb 12, 2018

    Residents affected by the Lilac fire will be able to apply for special Disaster CalFresh food assistance benefits, the County Health and Human Services Agency announced today. "San Diego County has been federally and state approved to offer Disaster CalFresh to those affected by the Lilac Fire," said Rick Wanne, HHSA director of eligibility. "Emergency benefit amounts are determined on a case-by-case basis." Residents who lived or worked in the affected area during the time... Full story

  • Temecula Horseless Carriage Club tours Fallbrook Historical Society venues

    Updated Feb 11, 2018

    FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Heritage Center received some 50 guests and 30 pre-1916 vintage cars for a private tour of the Heritage Center facilities by the Temecula Horseless Carriage Club Sunday, Jan. 14. Following tours of the museum, the Pittenger House and the Donald J. Rivers Interpretive Center, the club headed off to take in the Reche Schoolhouse for a great day for both car and history buffs, as "history meets history." Private tours of all the Historical Society f...

  • Sides given Big Heart Award

    Updated Feb 11, 2018

    BONSALL - Geri Sides was presented with the club's annual Big Heart Award at the Feb. 1 meeting of the Bonsall Woman's Club. The club initiated the Big Heart Award in 2004 and it is appropriately presented to coincide with Valentine's Day. The Big Heart Award recognizes a member who clearly demonstrates the time-honored tradition of being ready to help others when an act of kindness is needed most, to bring a smile when time and circumstance may not be at their best, to have a...

  • Invitations are out for 'The Wedding to Die for'

    Elizabeth Youngman-Westphal, Village News Correspondent|Updated Feb 11, 2018

    You and a guest are cordially invited to attend "The Wedding to Die for" at Christ the King Lutheran Church in Fallbrook. Appetizers and wedding cake will be served at the reception. Curtain Call Company is presenting a sentimental return to the whodunit murder mystery, "The Wedding to Die for," at three public performances: Friday the 16th at 7:30 p.m., Saturday Feb. 17 at 2 p.m. with the final performance Sunday, Feb. 18 at 2 p.m. All three productions will be at Christ the... Full story

  • Fallbrook Beautification Alliance names new board and projects

    Updated Feb 11, 2018

    FALLBROOK - The Fallbrook Beautification Alliance has announced its new board and executive directors, along with project priorities for 2018. FBA will be starting the year with the major task of re-landscaping much of the South Mission Medians adding flowering plants and permanent ground covers. Fallbrook's historic downtown sidewalks are now lined with colorful flower pots, which the FBA will continue to maintain, along with the East Mission Military Memorial and Pico...

  • WOW program provides opioid education

    Lucette Moramarco, Editor|Updated Feb 11, 2018

    The Feb. 1 Women of Wellness program (WOW) featured CVS pharmacist Don Weeks talking about "Opioids: What they are and how they work." Fallbrook Regional Health District (FRHD) hosted the program at Fallbrook Library. First, Weeks said that it is "really illegal opioids that are the major problem" in the current opioid epidemic; while the number of prescriptions being written for opioids has leveled off, the use of illegal opioids has gone up. According to Weeks, these drugs...

  • Vikings go 1-2 in flag football tournament

    Joe Naiman, Village News Correspondent|Updated Feb 11, 2018

    Vallecitos Elementary School participated in a flag football tournament at Hamilton High School in Anza Jan. 18, and the Vikings won one of their three games. "We turned out to be more competitive than I thought," said Vallecitos coach Ray Hanbeck. "Usually football is not one of our stronger sports." Six points were awarded for a touchdown, and although there was no kicking for extra points, a team could choose between a one-point conversion attempt from the 3-yard line or a two-point conversion attempt from the 12-yard...

  • SANDAG approves regional tribal transportation strategy

    Joe Naiman, Village News Correspondent|Updated Feb 11, 2018

    The San Diego Association of Governments approved a regional tribal transportation strategy. The 18-0 SANDAG vote Jan. 26, with no City of Lemon Grove representative present, accepts the Intraregional Tribal Transportation Strategy for submittal to the California Department of Transportation, which may provide funding assistance. SANDAG and the Southern California Tribal Chairmen's Association collaborated on a draft tribal transportation strategy which was discussed at the Oct. 27 meeting of SANDAG's Borders Committee. The...

  • Sole-source contract approved for SDCRFA equipment

    Joe Naiman, Village News Correspondent|Updated Feb 11, 2018

    The San Diego County Board of Supervisors approved sole-source contracts for the acquisition of San Diego County Regional Fire Authority equipment. The supervisors' 5-0 vote Jan. 23, authorized the director of the county's Department of Purchasing and Contracting to enter into negotiations with authorized dealers of Scott Safety self-contained breathing apparatus equipment, ZOLL Medical Corporation cardiac monitor and defibrillator equipment and accessories, and Bendix King very high frequency radios and accessories. The...