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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Bring the family to the Fallbrook Community Center this Saturday morning, March 26, for a great pancake breakfast prepared by Fallbrook firefighters, stay for a visit with the Easter Bunny and let kids participate in an Easter egg hunt. Breakfast starts at 7:30 a.m. and costs $3.50 for adults, $2 for children 12 and under. The Easter egg hunt begins at 10 a.m. Fallbrook Community Center is located at 341 Heald Lane, Fallbrook. Call (760) 728-1671 for info.... Full story
Celebrate spring by unearthing your unwanted treasures from the basement or garage and bringing all of those unique items down to the Fallbrook Community Center on Saturday, April 9, from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The front grounds of the center will host the 50+ spacious garage sale spots, complete with snack bar serving reasonably priced coffee, hot dogs, nachos, sodas, and other assorted fine foods. Contact the Fallbrook Community Center at (760) 728-1671 to register for a space. If you would like to register in person, the...
At the March 21 meeting of the Fallbrook Camera Club, Ray Chapman will give a slideshow tribute of the late photographer Paul Haas’ work entitled “What’s My Line.” “Paul was a great influence and got me started in Fallbrook Camera Club and other clubs,” Chapman said. Ray started photographing in England at age 10. He moved to this area in 1990 and does portrait, landscape and travel photography. The meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. at Silvergate Retirement Center, 420 Elbrook St. The club meets the first and third Monday of e...
Bill Horn is proud of the Valley Center Library — very proud. Several times during his State of North County Speech last Thursday he invited, urged and virtually commanded those 200 or so who turned out for his speech to be sure and check out the library. The Fifth District supervisor who makes Valley Center his home puckishly confided, “A supervisor isn’t supposed to interfere in construction projects — and I didn’t. I just told them where to put the fireplace and which way the big window should be faced…” There was muc...
Helene Brazier writes that only those who have attended long past RMWD meetings know how the system works. Whoa — not so fast, Helene! Since you are quick to criticize others, you should first get your facts straight. You state that ALL Ag discounts come from sources other than Rainbow. While it is true that MWD — Rainbow’s water provider — does discount water rates to Ag users, what you apparently don’t understand is a basic billing concept called “Meter Ratios.” A meter ratio is a way of determining how much each Rainbow...
The Fallbrook Public Utility District Board of Directors is at it again. Instead of exercising their status as directors and doing their homework, they have rubber-stamped another wild million-dollar spending proposal by their management disguised as a money savings project. The Board of Directors has recently increased sewer rates by over 45 percent in the past three years because of money shortages and has increased water and sewer rates in 2004 for the same reason while refusing to reduce spending. This time, the FPUD...
I cannot believe that an educated professional would say something as far off-base as “Surgical treatment is medically necessary for morbid obesity.” Nothing could be farther from the truth. If you’ve ever interviewed a bariatric surgeon, you know that on average their clients have been on diet after diet after diet for about the past 15 to 20 years. If you understood what dieting does to the body — decreases resting metabolic rate, encourages binging, decreases the percentage of calories the body burns from fat, increases cr... Full story
On behalf of the patients who receive blood in area hospitals, the Kiwanis Club of Fallbrook would like to thank those who donated blood last Saturday in the Bloodmobile. Members of the club, its Fallbrook High Key Club and Potter Jr. High Builders Club were on hand to greet donors and help with registration. The club would also like to thank Major Market for providing space in its parking lot and those businesses that allowed flyers to be posted. Besides its regional donor centers, the San Diego Blood Bank makes it as...
Since 1961, 170,000 individuals have served in 138 countries as Peace Corps volunteers. Today, 7,733 volunteers are serving in 72 countries around the world. The Peace Corps experience gives great satisfaction in serving others, learning a second language, traveling in other worlds, and building bridges of understanding. I was privileged to serve in Costa Rica and have been enriched by this experience. I was assigned to a development association that built roads, water systems, roads, and assisted local farmers with loans.... Full story
On behalf of FUHS choral students and VOICE, I would like to thank the Angel Society for their recent $1,000 donation. Because of their generosity, students were able to pay their final fees for their choral trip to New York City to sing at Carnegie Hall. We will be performing at Carnegie Hall on Monday, March 21. Wish us luck! Once again, thank you. Ladies, you are truly ‘angels!...
In the March 3 ‘paid advertisement’ of the Bonsall Chamber of Commerce published in The Village News, it showed State Senator Bill Morrow (R, Oceanside) visiting the San Luis Rey Downs training facility in Bonsall. In the photo it shows the general and assistant manager taking him for a tour of the facility in a golf cart. Does Senator Morrow know he just toured a facility that hires mostly illegal aliens? While employed there several years ago as the assistant security manager, I noticed some very odd things. Besides the...
I couldn’t believe my eyes when I read Ray Haynes’ column today, “Let’s kill all the old people.” While euthanasia is indeed legal in the Netherlands, his statement that “many of the aged and infirm will not go into a hospital out of fear that the doctors in those hospitals will order their deaths” is nothing short of malicious slander. The process must always be initiated by the patient and always involves counseling and review by an independent physician, psychologist, medical ethicist, and family. Euthanasia, i...
Live Oak Elementary PTA and staff would like to thank Mr. & Mrs. Jon Bart of “Quiet Voice Audio” for installing the new PA system. The system was up and running for the annual school talent show. The Barts also presented a check in the amount of $1,000 to the LOE PTA. The Live Oak School PTA purchased the system as a gift to the school....
I saw your article online about how now is the time to ban pet cloning and could not agree with you more, for the reasons you mentioned and more. I just read an article that stated it is thought that there are as many homeless cats on the streets fending for themselves as there are in homes. Then there is the issue of millions of additional homeless cats that are euthanized each year in “humane” societies. How someone can justify in his or her mind cloning a cat when so many desperately need homes is beyond my und... Full story
AFS (formerly the American Field Service) has been a leader in the field of student exchange for more than 55 years. Each year more than 2,700 exchange students arrive in the US to be welcomed into families, high schools, and communities. San Diego County usually hosts some 15 AFS students from Europe, Asia, and Central and South America for one school year. March is Host Family Appreciation Month, and on behalf of AFS I want to thank San Diego area families who are hosting students this year. These high school-age students...
The Fallbrook Family Support League wishes to express gratitude and thanks to the businesses that made generous donations to our annual fundraiser. It is always special and most appreciated when businesses support their own community, and this support added greatly to our fundraiser.... Full story
Thank you to firefighter Flores for his thought-provoking, tragic story. One most important fire escape plan left out, however, is this: every residence should have a smoke detector, which should be working and tested often. There was no mention of a smoke detector in this article. At 3 a.m., the entire family could have been alerted by smoke detector activation, allowing them enough time to escape....
Robert Maxwell from the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority spoke to attendees of the Bonsall Chamber of Commerce Sundowner on March 10 in the La Sala Room of River Village. Tony Flores of Countrywide Mortgage is a new member of the Bonsall Chamber. Mary Jane Poulter reminds Bonsall Chamber members to submit informational articles for the monthly newsletter that is published inside the Village News on the first Thursday of each month.... Full story
Jim Whitlock, on Friday, said budget reductions anticipated for the 2005-2006 Fallbrook Union Elementary School District year beginning March 15 forces layoff of the part-time nurse added in the 2004-2005 year. Thirty-one staffing positions or services were also reduced or eliminated. Whitlock is the assistant superintendent in the Office of Employee/Employer Relations for the district. At its Monday, March 7, district board meeting, community representatives expected to speak on behalf of the part-time nurse were not...
Shenee Skidgel walks in the CROP Walk with seven-week-old Cambria. The annual event took place March 13 beginning at the Fallbrook Community Project to raise money for local and world hunger efforts. A large number of community members turned out to support the CROP Walk.... Full story
The Fallbrook Gem and Mineral Society has recently received the Reuben H. Fleet Award from the the San Diego Foundation, the Center for Charitable Giving. Here, Foundation Director Kari Breitweiser makes a formal presentation at the Fallbrook Museum to Gina Palculich, FGMS president and Elizabeth Yamaguchi, FGMS secretary....
Delicious Rueben Sandwich I found the best kept secret! A delicious Reuben Sandwich! Chalet Liquor and Deli (1051 S. Main St.) makes it on toasted rye bread with corned beef, sauerkraut, and melted Swiss cheese smothered in Thousand Island dressing. It is sooo yummy! I’m so happy I found it. They also have a marvelous selection of over 20 different sandwiches, wonderful daily soups, hot dogs, and a daily special. Great Scrambled Eggs! Sunrize Café in Bonsall’s River Village has a great breakfast dish called the ‘Highway 76 Sc...
Everyone is Irish, ’tis said, on St. Patrick’s Day and I can think of few who smile more or remind me more of the spirit of the day than Beth Mata, hair stylist from Lucca Salon at River Village. How does Beth come to mind? Easy! She was working her magic with my hair and the subject of cooking and food surfaced… then, she ’fessed up to hosting some gourmet cooking sessions at her home. Of course, the next thing I knew I was learning more about a person I’ve known for many years. Beth is, in fact, celebrating 15 years at...
Each year in March more than 2,000 competitors from over 50 high schools visit the Fullerton College campus for two days of acting and design competition and theme-related activities. Ms. Florene Villane took her drama students from all levels to the High School Drama Competition at Fullerton. This year, 49 students with 27 different performance pieces went up to compete. Out of them, four went to finals. John Munro entered the Technical Theatre category and took second place for the lighting design he constructed for “The F... Full story
On Friday, March 11, students at Fallbrook High School modeled fashions suitable for this year’s Sadie Hawkins Dance, to be held on Saturday, March 19. The theme? “Heroes and Villains....
