Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
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FALLBROOK — On Sunday, March 1, Pastor Rich Kogler will be completing 15 years of service as pastor of St. Stephen Evangelical Lutheran Church, School and Preschool. He has served the congregation since October of 1993. During the years, the congregation grew its K-8 grade school program, added the preschool, Little Ark Learning Center, and completed a building project that added office space, classrooms for upper grades and preschool. Pastor Kogler grew up in North St. Paul, MN. He attended Northwestern College, W... Full story
Each week the Village News now features a different Bible passage (or other thought-provoking message relating to faith) so that readers can share their insight and/or opinions. This new, interactive section allows those of various denominations and faiths to participate equally and respectfully, sharing their individual thoughts, commentary, viewpoints and/or insight on particular Biblical verses and themes. In addition, the Bible passage selected for the following week will be publicized so that readers can e-mail their...
Date Vicinity Incident 2/13 Magarian Residential burglary 2/14 Old Stage Petty theft 2/16 Palomino Rd Arrest: prohibited person owning ammunition 2/17 S Main Arrest: disorderly conduct 2/17 Alta Vista Dr Obscene/threatening phone calls 2/18 Northbound I-15 at West Rainbow Valley Blvd Arrest: possession of controlled substance 2/19 E Fallbrook St Arrest: disorderly conduct 2/19 Luneta Ln Commercial burglary 2/20 W Aviation Commercial burglary 2/20 Womack Ln Identity theft 2/21 S Main Petty theft 2/21 Daily Rd Stolen vehicle... Full story
The county’s Planning Commission approved recommendations to change the accessory dwelling unit portion of the county’s Zoning Ordinance. The 7-0 vote February 13 consolidates four types of accessory dwelling units into two while stipulating limitations on those uses. “The intent of the ordinance was to basically streamline it, clean it up,” said county Department of Planning and Land Use planning manager Joe Farace. If approved by the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, the accessory dwelling categories of second dwellin...
At Coldwell Banker Landmark Group, broker associate Geri Sides shares her immense real estate knowledge with others and is known for her fun-loving personality. Sides’ comic wit is not only refreshing but makes doing business with this professional all the more pleasurable. Sides has specialized in Fallbrook area real estate for 28 years but has a total of 37 years of experience in the industry. “I can tell you anything about Fallbrook and Bonsall that you want to know; get...
The February 2 meeting of San Diego’s Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) saw Bonsall’s Andy Vanderlaan selected to serve another four-year term on the board while seeing a chair other than Vanderlaan for the first time since 2005. County Supervisor Bill Horn replaced Vanderlaan as the LAFCO board chair after Vanderlaan served three terms as chair from 2006 to 2008. Vanderlaan’s four-year term as LAFCO’s public member expires in May, and a unanimous vote on February 2 reappointed him for a fourth four-year term. ...
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FALLBROOK — William H. Frazier School PTA held their inaugural Frazier Fun Run the morning of February 11 and it was a huge success! Each grade level ran together for 15 minutes around a course that was set up on the blacktop. With music playing and water stations set up around the course, the students enjoyed a great time. The students ran a combined 5,100-plus laps, which is approximately 10 laps per student. The top student runner ran a total of 20 laps! After the run, t...
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After their graduation from Fallbrook High School this year, best friends Marquis Sumpter and Kameron Drawhorn will be spending time in Silver City, NM, as members of the Western New Mexico University football team. Both players signed letters of intent February 4 to play for the Mustangs. “I’m happy to go to college on a scholarship,” Sumpter said.”It’s a good school and I get to play football with my brother and my best friend.” In 2008 Sumpter’s older brother, T.J....
Jeremy Hanson could have had a college football scholarship. He turned down the offer of a full scholarship to NCAA Division II university Fort Lewis in favor of academic scholarships and grants which will pay most of his expenses over the next four years at the University of Redlands. “Redlands is a Tier 1 school academically,” Hanson said. Redlands is an NCAA Division III school and thus does not offer athletic scholarships. Because Division III does not have athletic sch...
When the University of Davis field hockey program is reinstated this August, one of their players will be Lydia Brambila. “It’s been one of my dreams to play a sport in college. I’m just happy that I’m actually living it,” she said. The Fallbrook High School senior signed a letter of intent February 4 to play for Davis. “I was real excited and overwhelmed at the same time,” she said. “It was my hard work, and it’s finally paying off.” Brambila, who was born in Oceanside a...
Michael Welsh has been active in Christ the King Lutheran Church when he isn’t playing sports for Fallbrook High School. His Christian commitments and his football skills earned him a scholarship to Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, MO. “Michael’s a great kid all around, good football player, great citizen,” said Southwest Baptist head football coach Keith Allen. “He’s a young man we think is going to fit great into our Christian environment at our university....
Fallbrook High School senior Lizzy Eskue has signed a letter of intent to play field hockey for the University of the Pacific. “I think she’s going to be a good addition to our program,” said Pacific field hockey coach Linda MacDonald. Eskue had also been considering offers to play at Louisville, Miami of Ohio, and Kent State before choosing to play at Pacific. “When I went on my official visit in August, I just kind of knew,” she said of her selection of Pacific. “It felt... Full story
TEMECULA — Congratulations to Sarah Victor of Fallbrook and Jade Verdeflor of Temecula, who represented Rancho Community Christian School at the ACSI District Spelling Bees on January 30 in Riverside, which included grades one through eight. Sarah won first place and Jade won second in the eighth grade bee. Both girls went into the final rounds, which included the top two spellers from each grade, fifth through eighth. In the final round, Sarah won first place, Zachary O... Full story
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FALLBROOK — Three Fallbrook High School seniors brought home four medals from the San Diego County Academic Decathlon held at Sweetwater High School Saturday, February 7. Matthew Chester, Olivia Edgar and Chris Mora were the big winners from the nine-student team. Edgar led the way with two medals: a silver in Language and Literature and a bronze in Music. Chester won a bronze in Math and Mora a silver in Essay. Mora was also the team’s highest overall scorer. The Aca...
FALLBROOK — For the second year in a row, a student from teacher Dave Evans’ College Prep economics class has captured first place honors in the InvestWrite competition of the Stock Market Game. Senior Yesica Perez, recently honored as a Student of the Month along with her sister Maribel, beat all high school competition in the San Diego Region in the essay competition. The San Diego Region is one of three in the state, comprising a third of California’s high schools. The c... Full story
FALLBROOK — The La Paloma After School Education and Safety (ASES) program is taking the initiative to prevent obesity in students. On January 12 the students began their “Walk Across America.” This is an optional activity for the after-school students during their free play, which consists of 30 minutes. Sixty students are participating on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Each child is being tracked individually; every time they walk one lap, it is recorded on a chart. Every...
The 23rd Annual Fallbrook Winter Junior Satellite Tournament, held January 10-18 at the Fallbrook Tennis Club, drew a total of 157 players. The participants included competitors from San Diego, Riverside, Orange, Los Angeles, Imperial, and Tulare counties. “It is drawing from quite a large area,” said tournament organizer Dorothy Roth. The tournament saw 12 divisions in which champions were determined through bracket play and three divisions in which the results of round-robin play determined the champion. Bonsall’s Michaela... Full story
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