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 – North County Fire Protection District (NCFPD) has received notification that it has been approved to receive a grant from the federal government totaling $259,020. NCFPD provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the communities of Fallbrook, Bonsall, and Rainbow in north San Diego County. The grant funds come from the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program through the US Fire Administration within the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Funds from this grant will go to two... Full story
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 March 15 to award $200,000 of trust fund money for fire protection districts and volunteer fire departments, including $26,022 to the Rainbow Volunteer Fire Department for rescue equipment. “We are continuing to support our volunteer fire departments,” said Supervisor Bill Horn. “They’re part of our system to protect the public.” The county has committed $200,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds each year for needs of the fire service and an additiona... Full story
Though it is not always publicized, car burglaries occur with frequency in all communities. When expensive items or personal belongings such as iPods, cell phones, purses and money are left in plain view inside a vehicle, cars become easy targets for burglars to break into. However, the most problematic complication relating to these incidents involves the theft of debit cards, credit cards and identification, as they have personal information that can be used fraudulently. According to Sheriff’s detective Jeff Lauhon, the m...
Ten young women between the ages of 17 and 25 will vie for the opportunity to be Miss Fallbrook 2011 at the annual pageant which will be held this year on Saturday evening, April 16, beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the Mission Theatre. An additional seven contestants between 13 and 16 years old will compete for the younger title, Miss Teen Fallbrook, the evening before, April 15 at 7:30 p.m. This is the third year that the Miss Fallbrook pageant has been organized by Patty Hornsveld...
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FALLBROOK - Academy Award-winning actress Shirley Jones and award-winning stuntman-turned-film director David R. Ellis are coming to the Fallbrook Film Festival to celebrate the art of film with festival-goers — and to be celebrated for their significant contributions to film. The festival will take place April 8, 9 and 10, at UltraStar Cinemas at River Village in Bonsall. Film competition winners and other awardees will be honored at a gala on Sunday, April 10, at 7...
FALLBROOK - California Retired Teachers (CalRTA) Division 81 will meet for brunch April 13 at 9 a.m. at the Fallbrook Golf Club, 2757 Gird Road. The Monserate Singers will entertain the group by presenting Broadway show tunes. They will sing and swing into spring. Anyone interested in education is welcome. For reservations, call Jewell Roberds at (760) 728-1092 by April 8....
TEMECULA - The Annual Walk for Life benefiting Birth Choice of Temecula, a non-profit pregnancy resource center, is scheduled for Sunday, May 1, at the Ronald Reagan Sports Park (gazebo area) in Temecula. Event will begin at 11:30 a.m.; registration at 12:30; and the walk at 1:30 p.m. Registration for the walk is a suggested $10 each with children 12 and under free. Walkers will get a goody bag and t–shirt for their registration donation. Walkers with $200 or more in pledges or sponsorships will walk free. Prizes will... Full story
FALLBROOK – Women of British or Commonwealth ancestry, or those whose spouse is of that ancestry are welcome to attend the next meeting of the Daughters of the British Empire Excalibur Chapter on Thurs., April 28. The lunch meeting will be held beginning at 11 a.m. at the Golf Club of California, Sycamore Ranch, 3742 Flowerwood Lane, Fallbrook. RSVP requested; please call (760) 806-6404.... Full story
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Animal Sanctuary is hosting a pet adoption along with a rummage sale on Saturday, March 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Village Square (corner of Main Ave. and Alvarado). All donations, purchases and adoptions will benefit the Sanctuary. For more information, call (760) 685-0012....
FALLBROOK – Anyone who is thinking about growing grapes is invited to L&M Fertilizer, 1043 E. Mission Road, on Saturday, March 26 from 9 to 11 a.m. for a free seminar. Alex McGeary, owner of the award-winning Shadow Mountain Vineyards, is back by popular demand. McGeary will share what he has learned about growing grapes over the past 30 years in Southern California. L&M has everything needed to plant a vineyard, from wire to end post. To RSVP for the seminar, or for more information, call (760) 728-...
I am in awe of the completeness of “intelligent design” and the wonders of the universe that we have been given. How insightful of God to have included errors and flaws in order to give man something to do with his “free will.” Earthquakes, volcanoes, ice ages, tornados, and droughts are amazingly difficult conjure up. Just think of all the incredible achievements derived from scientific design. God should be mightily pleased with man’s incredible accomplishment of inventions and discoveries that have helped relieve 5... Full story
I squired my friends from Colorado and Wyoming around the historic Fallbrook village recently and we were all impressed with the variety and sophistication of the downtown attractions. We began at Pinnell Gallery for the landscape art show and met with master framer and gallery director Jennifer Paprock. We were tempted by Dominick’s Deli, but had lunch waiting for us back at our home. It was impossible to pass up Labor of Love, the knitting-and-more store, and we wound up buying yarn and starting a new project. Our p...
The Fallbrook Citizens’ Crime Prevention Committee (FCCPC) is calling on leaders of this community to encourage organizational members, friends and neighbors to attend the upcoming crime prevention meeting on March 30, 2011 at the Fallbrook Library, Community Room, 7 to 8:30 p.m. The level of our citizens’ dedication and involvement in crime prevention has proven to be successful in affecting gang activity and decreasing crime. As a community, our vigilance needs to continue. It is important that residents receive cur... Full story
A big shout out and ‘thank you’ to the Lees, who cheerfully and professionally assist seniors of Fallbrook file their taxes, without charge. They are a blessing! Barb Baker...
You may have seen them as you drive around town – signs that advertise, “Pay your bills” or “Pay off your mortgage.” These are part of a billboard ad campaign by Casino Pauma to promote gambling at its casino. To suggest that gambling is a viable solution for financial distress is, to me, offensive. Some people are so desperate that they may believe gambling is the fastest way to dig themselves out of a financial hole. Suze Orman would surely say, “Shame on you Casino Pauma.” Ronald Coulombe... Full story
Granite Construction’s proposed Liberty Quarry is a “no-win” for our area. The mountaintop quarry at 1300’ elevation would be in Riverside County but the steep approximately mile long, brightly lit quarry road would be blasted up the mountain at the I-15 Rainbow exit in San Diego County. Quarry impacts would be negative for both counties. Blasting in the Elsinore Fault damage zone; deadly carcinogens from the aggregate crushing, asphalt, concrete batch and recycle plants; diesel emissions from double bottom aggregate trucks... Full story
Has anyone noticed a large increase in their SDG&E bills these last few months? Under the new law going into effect called AB32, SDG&E and other California energy companies have or are applying to the Public Utilities Commission for increases that will double and triple residential and business electricity rates. SDG&E is in full swing in sending out notifications currently on how to conserve electricity, but this law (AB32), which will require electrical utilities to supply 20 percent and now 33 percent (called SB23) of...
We have lots and lots of ocean waves that could give us electric power. We have lots of wind power. We could convert fast rivers into electric power. We also could have every house with solar power. Do we really need nuclear plants with their crazy radiators that can kill all of us? We all have seen what’s going on in Japan; are we next? The experts say a 9.0 earthquake here in California would be double what’s going on in Japan. Do we really need a nuke plant? I say no; what do you say? John S. Cardona... Full story
Camp Pendleton, the huge U.S. Marine base huddling at Fallbrook’s front door, is not directly referred to in a recent, staggering writing by one of nation’s finest journalists. The writer, George Will, reminds all readers of the events leading up to the Japanese sneak bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941. We were not prepared, but six short months later we all but defeated Japan’s navy in the Battle of Midway. The Pacific war ended with Japan and their island possessions devastated. Intervention is today discussed by some...
It felt like the proverbial “dark and stormy day” when I took my new Hyundai to Neiman’s Collision Center to get an estimate on a bumper repair. Owner Stan Neiman took a look and asked me to wait a minute. Soon he reappeared with a few hand tools and with several expert twists and taps, the errant seam came together to look like new again. I asked what the charge would be and the answer, “no charge, floored me. We had used Neiman’s in the past and they had done excellent work at a reasonable price, but this was a gesture t...
Cathryn “Kay” Elizabeth Wiser Herndon; Kay’s mother introduced her to the arts at an early age, so she took singing and tap dancing lessons from the age of four. She began singing in church a few years later and continued to sing in school, church and community choirs for the rest of her life. Music was a great part of her life. She was born Oct. 20, 1935 in Alton, Ill. Her family soon moved to Los Angeles, Calif. During the war, her mother supported Kay and her brother by wo...
John V. Juge Sr. went home to be with the Lord on March 7, 2011. Born in Baton Rouge, La. on Nov. 5, 1931, to Jules and Rosalie Juge, John and his family moved to Los Angeles when he was just four years old. In 1950, John graduated from Manual Arts High School and entered the Army, where he served as a Mess Sergeant until 1954. While still in uniform, John met the love of his life and wife of 56 years, Agnes Anne Morris. They were married in 1954 and raised their family in...
Vera “Nola” Woodhull passed away quietly surrounded by her loving family at the age of 94, on March 11, 2011. Born in Hardisty Alberta Canada, Nola’s widowed father relocated the family to Michigan in 1921 where she met and married in 1936 her loving husband of 52 years, Thomas Woodhull who predeceased her in 1988. Upon retirement, they moved from Michigan to Deltona, Fla. Nola was a successful businesswoman and active in Eastern Star, Deltona Women’s’ Club and Deltona Presbyterian Church. Nola moved to Fallbrook in 1999 a...
Audrey Claire Walden, age 76, passed away in her home on March 17, 2011. She was born March 18, 1935 in Los Angeles, Calif. to Benjamin Franklin Kemplin and Bertha Ada (Rohmer) Kemplin. Audrey married the love of her life, Leonard Lee Walden, on June 25, 1955. They were married for 50 years. Audrey and her family moved to Fallbrook in 1973 where they built their home and planted an avocado grove. Her primary occupation was homemaker, but she also worked as a seamstress, small...
