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 - Don’t let the next school break go to waste in front of the TV or computer. Spring Vacation Day Camp at the Fallbrook Community Center will keep children’s minds stimulated and their feet moving. In five busy days, April 18 through 22, campers will play outdoors and participate in sports, games and gardening projects. They’ll do arts and crafts and prepare healthy snacks. And just in case anyone misses their video games too much, they’ll have some rounds of fitness...
FALLBROOK - Fallbrook Union Elementary School District (FUESD) superintendent Brian Jacobs presented Mary Perez and Mary Rodriguez as employees of the month to the Rotary Club of Fallbrook at a recent Thursday weekly meeting. Mary Perez has been with FUESD since 1991, serving in roles such as a special education preschool aide, special education assistant, and now as a bilingual speech and language technician. “ is both a very skilled technician and has excellent people s... Full story
FALLBROOK - Fallbrook Hospital Auxiliary has announced that applications can now be filed for scholarships the organization has available for 2011. Applicants must be residents of Fallbrook, Bonsall, Rainbow, or De Luz. Applications may be from any age group, but must have secured acceptance from an accredited college where healthcare related curricula is offered. Prior scholarship winners are encouraged to apply again this year if they are still enrolled in healthcare studies and have maintained a good academic record....
FORT SILL, OK - Army Reserve Pvt. Higinio O. Cabrera has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission and received instruction and training exercises in drill and ceremonies, Army history, core values and traditions, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, rifle marksmanship, weapons use, map reading and land navigation, foot marches, armed and unarmed combat, and field maneuvers and tactics. Cabrera is the...
BONSALL – In Sacramento, Bonsall Union School District governance leaders took center stage at the California Middle Grades Alliance annual convention and were recognized for their outstanding support of middle grades education at Sullivan Middle School. On behalf of Tom Torlakson, state superintendent of public instruction, recognition award plaques were presented to the board of trustees of the Bonsall Union School District president Lou Riddle, board member Dr.... Full story
FALLBROOK - Family, friends and community residents attended the Court of Honor ceremony for Unit #725, Eagle Scouts Troy Monson, Brian Arnold and Adam Holzer on March 26 in the Fallbrook LDS chapel. Demonstrating leadership, each of the Eagle Scouts performed a service project to benefit the community of Fallbrook. Troy Monson, 18, earned his Eagle Scout Award by remodeling the Fallbrook Food Pantry’s kitchen area. Brian Arnold, 15, planned and built five raised planter b... Full story
On March 16 the San Diego County Board of Supervisors heard invited presentations on the update to the county’s general plan before continuing the hearing to April 13. After an introduction from Department of Planning and Land Use (DPLU) director Eric Gibson and DPLU Advance Planning Division chief Devon Muto, the county supervisors heard presentations from economic impact consultants Gerald Trimble and David Doezema of Keyser Marston & Associates, San Diego Association of Governments planner Clint Daniels, and county groundw...
CAMP PENDLETON - Rifles soared silently through the air and audience members gasped with anticipation during the annual Battle Colors ceremony at Camp Pendleton’s Paige Field House and School of Infantry West, March 11. The Marine Corps’ Battle Color Detachment, which performs throughout the country, consists of the Silent Drill Platoon, the U.S. Marine Drum and Bugle Corps and the Marine Corps Color Guard. The detachment’s performance showcases the esprit de corps of the U... Full story
Pedals spun and hearts pumped during Camp Pendleton’s grueling 9th annual Bulldog Bike Race, March 19 at Las Pulgas. The Bulldog Bike Race is part of the Marine Corps Special Operations CommandHardcore Race Series, which includes three mud runs, a half marathon, bike races, a duathlon and a triathlon. There are ten events that make up the intense series of races. At the conclusion of the series, points from each race are added up and an overall winner is announced as series c... Full story
NORTH COUNTY - Join Grangetto’s Farm & Garden Supply, Hunter Irrigation and FX Luminaire for some fun, barbecue, and product knowledge from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on: April 5 - 1105 W. Mission Ave, Escondido, Calif. 92025 April 7 - 530 E. Alvarado St., Fallbrook, Calif. 92028 April 20 - 189 S. Rancho Santa Fe Road, Encinitas, Calif. 92024 April 27 - 29219 Juba Road, Valley Center, Calif. 92082 Travis Bridges and Raul Avila with Hunter Industries will be demonstrating the newest water conservation and landscape lighting. Learn m...
For more than a century, it has been the Navy Marine Corps Relief Society’s (NMCRS) mission to aid Marines and sailors with their financial hardships. Camp Pendleton’s NMCRS is kicking off their annual fund drive beginning April 1 through 30 to encourage service members to contribute donations to help their fellow brothers-in-arms. “Our goal for this year is to make sure every Marine and sailor knows about the fund drive and our program,” said Michael Hire, director, NMCRS,... Full story
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FALLBROOK - Charles and Carole Mitchell had a heart for those in need. Even though they are no longer alive, their legacy lives on. From an endowment that they left with Legacy Endowment…The Community Foundation, the Mitchell’s are still helping their neighbors. A check for $9,861 is part of the endowment that was dedicated to go to Fallbrook Presbyterian Church. For more information on Legacy, call (760) 728-3304....
FALLBROOK – Artist N. Dixon Fish is making available to the public a limited number of prints made directly from ten of the original metal plates hanging on his “Historical Wall of Prints” in the new art-inspired Fallbrook Library. The sale of these limited edition prints will benefit the Friends of the Fallbrook Library (FOFL) and the many programs sponsored each year by the FOFL, such as the lecture, music and foreign film series. Fish ink etched copper, zinc and acrylic plates to produce a visual history of the peo...
FALLBROOK – They did it again. David Greene and his Belgian Malinois, Luigi du Dantero, won the 2011 Southwest Region Schutzhund III Championships. They won this prestigious designation the weekend of March 19-20 in Phoenix, Arizona, and this is the third year in a row they have claimed the championship. According to the United Schutzhund Clubs of America, the Southwestern Regional Champion silver cup shows Greene and his dog breaking a three-time back to back to back re... Full story
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FALLBROOK – Several members of the Fallbrook Live Oak Questers Chapter attended the California State Spring Council Meeting of Questers in Santa Clarita Valley from March 17 to 19. They took “a step back in time” on a tour of the Nethercutt Museum in Sylmar which contains an extensive collection of antique automobiles, the world’s finest collections of mechanical musical instruments, as well as automobile hood ornaments, clocks, dolls, and crystal figurines. This is th... Full story
FALLBROOK – April 10 is the day to join the community for the annual Crop Walk at the Fallbrook Food Pantry. Registration starts at1 p.m. and the walk begins at 1:30. Seventy-five percent of the funds raised goes to the Church World Services around the world. Twenty-five percent stays with the Fallbrook Food Pantry. Walkers can pick up flyers and sponsor envelopes at the food pantry. Donations can be made without participating in the 5K walk. Every walker or donor will receive a T shirt. Millions of needy families...
FALLBROOK – A day of fun is in the making for dog lovers and their best dog friends at the sixth annual Ruth Redmann Paws in the Park Dog Fair on Saturday, April 16 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Live Oak Park. “This tongue-in-cheek dog show is very entertaining as well as a whole lot of fun for people and their dogs, and even for those folks who don’t have dogs,” said Jack Rockwell, president of the Foundation for Senior Care, the organization that sponsors the event. The c...
San Diego County’s Planning Commission approved the modification of the Major Use Permit for the Grand Tradition. The Planning Commission’s 5-0 vote March 25, with Commissioners Adam Day and John Riess absent, permits the existing arbor terrace pavilion, bathroom facilities and changing area, greenhouse, pump house, and fall house which were constructed in anticipation of a zoning change which has not yet happened. “We’re kind of permitting the as-built portion,” said Grand Tradition chief executive officer Don McDougal. “Thi...
Former Fallbrook resident Jason Matthew Taylor, 39, has pled guilty to the armed robbery of the Java Time coffee business in the 1200 block of South Mission Road that took place Feb. 1, 2010. “A 24-year-old female employee was alone at the time of the robbery and the loss consisted of cash from the register and a bank deposit bag,” said Sheriff’s Detective Jeff Lauhon. Lauhon, who handled the investigation into the crime, said the employee described the robber as a white male and evidence was collected at the crime scene... Full story
FALLBROOK – The second community meeting held to gather input regarding the development of an Art’s Corridor plan for downtown Fallbrook drew a large number of participants. The future Art’s Corridor is to be fashioned along Alvarado Street in the center of the village connecting the new Fallbrook Library (Alvarado at South Mission) on the west end to the School of the Arts (300 block of East Alvarado) on the east end. A mid-point would be the Fallbrook Art Center at...
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FALLBROOK – The seventh annual Fallbrook Garden Tour will be held Saturday, May 21, by the Fallbrook Garden Club from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. This year’s tour consists of six intriguing gardens that promise to surprise, inform and delight. They include excellent examples of innovative water conservation techniques, contemporary drought-tolerant gardening and native flora and fauna landscaping, as well as two very different but tropical gardens. With a nod to the trend toward enology and viticulture in Fallbrook, the tour i...
