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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A renewed effort to again site a privately operated landfill in pristine Gregory Canyon west of Pala Valley has emerged. A Superior Court judge late last year decertified the flawed project EIR, citing irregularities regarding impacts on traffic, water and the environment. Behind the scenes, project proponent Gregory Canyon Ltd. has been quietly trying to cut deals to secure sources of water for the landfill’s operation, if and when it should pass environmental scrutiny (it won’t). One such action, involving the Oli...
CAMP PENDLETON — On April 29 at 11 a.m. the Santa Margarita Yacht Club on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton will conduct small boat races at the Del Mar Boat Basin. All qualified skippers with crew are invited to race. After the awards ceremony, a “Rattlesnake Chili” contest will be judged and at 5 p.m. the semi-annual club members meeting will begin. For more information about events held at the Santa Margarita Yacht Club or membership applications please contact Vice-Commodore Jon Elshaug at (760) 723-094...
The Welburn Gourd Farm in DeLuz will hold the 10th Annual International Gourd Art Festival from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, June 24, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, June 25. Attractions include over 55 gourd art exhibitors, hands-on gourd crafting arena, nationwide gourd art competition, wine and microbrews garden, gourd art demonstrations, delicious food and refreshments, live entertainment, artists’ presentations and more. For more info, call (760) 728-4588 or go to www.gourfestival.com.... Full story
The Fallbrook Beautification Alliance (FBA) will be sponsoring a cleanup of our downtown community park, Beech Street Park, located on Mission between Beech and Ash streets. The event will take place on Saturday, April 29, beginning at 8:00 a.m. Members of the Rotary Club of Fallbrook will be helping with the cleanup but more volunteers are needed. The FBA is asking local residents to join them in a morning of community service at this very special park. They request you bring hand pruners, rakes and shovels if available,...
FALLBROOK — The Optimist Club’s Youth Fair will take place on Saturday, May 20, and Sunday, May 21, at Fallbrook High School. Come see and appreciate our local youth in action! Remember, the youth of today will be the leaders of tomorrow....
Those attending the Fallbrook Avocado Festival on Sunday, April 23, are encouraged to park at the Historical Museum facility at 260 Rocky Crest Road. The Fallbrook Chamber of Commerce is providing a free shuttle service to and from the museum at 15-minute intervals. Avocado Festival visitors who are interested in Fallbrook’s unique history are invited to visit our three-museum complex anytime between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., after which the museums and parking lot will be closed....
Fallbrook Historical Society invites members and friends of our museums to make reservations now for our annual luncheon meeting at the Grand Tradition on Friday, May 5, starting at 11 a.m. Join us in honoring the late Don Rivers and his wife Mary as outstanding Citizens of the Year. Mary’s awards will be two-fold, as she is also honoree for Pioneer of the Year. There will be a video presentation of Don and Mary’s interesting lives, some of which will show the incredible generosity in time and effort they contributed to the...
Students serving in a leadership position with the Associated Student Body (ASB) at Fallbrook High School have expressed a desire to spend time with senior citizens in the community and are organizing an event to do just that. They are sponsoring a Senior Prom at the Joslyn Senior Center (399 Heald Lane) from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday, April 28. “We think the news and some others portray high school students somewhat negatively and we would like the opportunity to show the senior citizens that not all of us are just focused on o...
The popular Aunt Kizzy’z Boyz, a high-energy blues dance band, will be back at the Bonsall Rotary’s 11th Annual North County Wine and Food Festival Friday, May 19, at the beautiful California Center for the Arts. Over 800 people will be attending and sampling some of the more than 500 wines available from over 140 wineries. Twelve restaurants will compete for the Best Food and People’s Choice Awards. Hear Aunt Kizzy’z Boyz in advance on their Web site, www.auntkizzyzboyz.com. The band recently competed in the Interna...
I want to thank the readers of the Fallbrook/Bonsall Village News for your support over the years. It will be my pleasure to visit with you if you would like to stop by the Village News booth at the Avocado Festival. I started my speaking career in Fallbrook and published my first two books through Reeder Publishing of Fallbrook, so for me this town has always been a place to start. It seems we have started something else in Fallbrook: a renewed sense of The American Spirit. It seems obvious that America has been under a...
Congratulations to the Village News leadership for capturing Mason Weaver for the paper’s Opinion page. Mr. Weaver’s guest editorials reflect excellent research and analysis on controversial issues. He presents his views clearly with logic, evidence, historical insight and precise language. He provides professional journalism to readers.... Full story
Mason Weaver’s guest editorial “A Day without a Mexican” in the Fallbrook/Bonsall Village News was eloquent, incisive and true. Mr. Weaver, please run for office so that I may vote for you. Any office!... Full story
Great comments about California and the employers who abuse the system. We need to safeguard our borders and punish abuse of illegal immigration....
With the back gate to Camp Pendleton Marine Base in the center of our community, “Support Our Troops” is a very meaningful slogan for us. Yet, a few miles from that gate, our high school took disciplinary action against a student for having a small American flag in her back pocket on campus. How do we support our troops by banning the display of the flag they are fighting, sustaining injury and giving their lives for? It’s a violation of the right of every American citizen and a terrible insult to our troops. What is happe...
Family, friends and community came together Saturday night, April 1, for a gala event to raise money to feed the hungry. It was lovely and knowing that we were supporting a good cause was very uplifting. Sadly, that feeling quickly diminished when the participants in the show were subjected to being ranked from last to first place! What is the point of that? After first, second and third there is no benefit! It only serves to demoralize their self-esteem and hurt their feelings! Regardless of age, people should be built up,... Full story
Hello, my name is Lucia Flores and I have been a member of Fallbrook 4-H for three years. I am presently participating in the Demonstration Project with five other kids. The Demonstration Project is learning how to speak publicly while demonstrating with props in front of a panel of judges. We compete with other 4-H members from around the state. The competition level goes from local, to county, to regional and finally to state. I would like to thank my demonstration and skit leaders, Mrs. Stacy Rogers and Mrs. Debrah Mills....
I am writing to recommend that North County voters take a hard look at the questionable practices of Supervisor Bill Horn. This is a multi-millionaire politician who continuously asks for a pay raise from the voters. This is despite his $119,000 annual salary (not including benefits which boost the amount to around $170,000) and various monies he collects from serving on boards and committees. This is a man who claims to reside in Valley Center with his wife. However, neighbors of Joan Wonsley, Horn’s staff member, claim h...
The I-15 and Highway 76 area is the center of controversy for our community. The decisions about developing this area soon to be made by the County of San Diego will set a course for our community for the rest of our lives and our children’s lives. It is time for everyone in Fallbrook, Bonsall and Rainbow, as well as in the Pala Reservation, to speak up and let your elected representatives know how you feel about future development around I-15 and Highway 76. If we don’t, it will be left in the hands of the “elite” few who...
What is wrong with the Democratic voters in District 50? Busby needed only 7,000 more votes and she could have had Cunningham’s Republican seat, thus helping to bring “checks and balance” into the House of Representatives. With less than 30 percent of the over 110,000 registered Democrats in that district even going to the polls to vote in this special election, it forces the runoff rather than ensuring the quick victory. With Dems and reasonable Republicans condemning the administration’s neo con agenda, all of us begging...
Border security, not amnesty through a guest-worker program for 12 million illegal immigrants, must be the first step down the road to reform of America’s most imposing problem. Without it, we can expect nothing less than a repeat performance of the disastrous Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 that gave 2.8 million illegal immigrants a free pass. Ten years later, the average immigrant who had received amnesty was earning $9,000 a year and had made it only through the seventh grade. Meanwhile, the taxpayer cost of p...
Our youth minister at St. Peter’s, Gilbert Rodriguez, recently announced he would be leaving his position and I want to publicly thank him not only for his years of service to the youth of our parish but especially for his efforts with my son and daughter. When I meet God on judgment day, I believe one of the things He will say to me is: “I gave you these most precious gifts, Matthew and Kelly. Have you taught them about Me? Have you taught them to love their neighbors? Have you taught them kindness, compassion and tol...
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) is attempting to build a church on a lot on Via Monserate Road in Fallbrook on which it will not fit. It is an agricultural lot with a huge riparian area (40 percent of the lot) that drains over 200 upland acres to the San Luis Rey (SLR) River. The County Department of Planning and Land Use (DPLU) decreed a 100-foot biological buffer (it is all critical habitat for the toad) and a 100-foot fire buffer. That leaves only 25 percent of the lot for development. Without...
It was a real joy to attend the Flower Festival on April 2. It gave us a sense of community harmony. As longtime residents we truly enjoyed the smaller, more intimate feeling. All of the displays were by locals with great talent. A great deal of effort goes into these events. We thank you. Keep up the good local work....
Do you own a horse? Ride it on the trails? Take it to a horse show? Take it to an animal hospital when it is sick? If you do, the US Department of Agriculture, the American Horse Council and some mega-agricultural industries are planning a surprise for you. They have been working at this since 2002 but have not told horse owners about it beyond a notice in the Federal Register. It is called the National Animal Identification System (NAIS), now in the draft stage. It purportedly enables the rapid tracing of disease outbreaks...
Well hurrah and hallelujah to the Fallbrook High School board of trustees for its unanimous vote to keep the Ivy High School campus at its current location. Evidently, the superintendent, Tom Anthony, and the current principal of Ivy, Mrs. Balakian, thought it would be a grand idea to move the district office up to the Ivy campus and relocate Ivy and its 100-plus students onto the parking lot which now houses the district personnel, on busy Stage Coach Lane. Because of our wonderful citizen and former Ivy principle Marc Steff...
