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 – Under the leadership of chairwoman Dannai Mungo, the Fallbrook Woman’s Club recently collected 269 pairs of women’s shoes, 188 purses, 14 pairs of children’s shoes, 2,610 toiletry items, and $670 in monetary donations as part of the “Purses and Pretty Feet” effort designed to help the needy women and children being assisted by the Women’s Resource Center in Oceanside. The center helps women and children that are (usually) victims of domestic violence seeking refuge. Most of these individuals have very f... Full story
FALLBROOK – Ballet Society will be celebrating their “Decade of Dance” on June 19, 2 p.m., at the Bob Burton Performing Arts Theater. The show will highlight the “Best of Ballet Society” with excerpts from “Sleeping Beauty,” “Swan Lake,” and other ballets presented by the school throughout the past 10 years. Former teacher Jenni Majdick will be returning from UC Irvine to dance the role of Aurora from the “Sleeping Beauty” excerpt as she did in 2008. Many of the participants started out in 2000 as novices and are now...
ESCONDIDO – On May 24, the San Diego Archaeological Center announced the launch of Blue Star Museums, a partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, and more than 600 museums across America that will offer free admission to all active military personnel and their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day 2010. Families can visit www.sandiegoarchaeology.org for museum hours. The complete list of participating Blue Star Museums is available at www.arts.gov.... Full story
PALA – Pala Casino Spa & Resort will host two Asian-American nightclub variety shows on Sunday, June 20, at 2 p.m.and 6 p.m., at the Grand Cabaret. Both shows will feature a live band performing Japanese music and dance numbers, Japanese Samurai dancers, Japanese drum players and solo dancers, as well as Korean, Vietnamese and Chinese singers. Other upcoming shows include: Heart 2 Heart, Filipino Musical Tour, May 28; Dr. Laura Schlessinger, June 19; Rex Navarrete, July 24; and Lewis Black, Aug. 14. Tickets are on sale...
FALLBROOK – On Saturday, June 19 at 7 p.m., Fallbrook vocalist Robin Adler and her husband, guitarist Dave Blackburn, will perform “Safaris to the Heart,” The Songs of Joni Mitchell, at the Fallbrook House of the Arts, 432 E. Dougherty St. Adler and Blackburn are in their fifth year of performing Joni Mitchell’s music. Mitchell’s career spans throughout more than 40 years and has traversed numerous musical genres during that time, from folk to pop/rock, to jazz and what is now called world music. She is respect... Full story
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Senior Center cribbage team has made winning in 2010 a habit with its fourth win of the year. The 45 player match saw Fallbrook win 82 games to Oceanside’s 79. The top two finishers, both playing for Fallbrook, won all seven of their games. Second place finisher Lois Ash didn’t have a skunk, whereas Ed Wozniak had two skunks to take first place. The next four places went to members of the Oceanside team. In third was Carol Maston with six wins and a skunk. Next, with five wins and a skunk wer...
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted to continue proposed amendments to the subdivision map for Peppertree Park until December 8 to give Peppertree Village VI, LLC, staff and County of San Diego staff time to work out a mutually agreeable solution regarding security for the Ostrich Farms Creek Bridge. “If we don’t have a solution within the six months, this is going to be dead,” said County Supervisor Bill Horn during the May 19 Board of Supervisors hearing. “We have to have security for the bridge.” Peppertre...
Joe Naiman Village News Correspondent The Professional Bull Riders competition May 22-23 in the pasture across the parking lot from the Pala Casino saw Kasey Hayes make an 82 1/2-point ride in the short go to win first place by half a point. Hayes’ ride on the Flying U Rodeo Company bull Tobassco was originally announced as an 81-point ride, which gave first place to Sevi Torturo by one point. The revised score gave Hayes, who travels with Torturo, the win by half a point a...
Judging from the applause, Temecula’s Ryan Brown was clearly the audience favorite to take home the top prize at last Sunday’s final round of the Professional Bull Riders competition held at Pala Casino. Then Brown drew the name of one bad bull, Airwolf. The Fresno-based bull proceeded to keep its never-been-successfully-ridden streak intact as it tossed Brown into the air like a rag doll. “He’s a bull with an attitude,” announcer Ed Kutz told the packed arena. The menacing...
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook High School varsity boys golf team started the season “with their backs against the wall as three of the five teams in our league were ranked high in the state standings,” said assistant coach Ken Adams. “Last year’s state champion, this year’s C.I.F. champions, and a third heading to the state finals again. Not to be detoured, the Warriors managed a tie with one of the teams, eventually losing in a card off.” The Warriors lost to the defending state champions by four, and finished the season...
FALLRBOOK – Local volleyball player, Shayli Coppock, announced her intent to play volleyball for Linfield College in McMinnville, Ore. Coppock, a 5’10” outside hitter, wrapped up her high school playing career with the Linfield Christian School Lions in Temecula, Calif., and will now become a Wildcat with Linfield College. Coppock’s high school career was noteworthy with recognition as a two year first-team, all-league, Big Sky player, an all-tournament player in a Hemet, Calif. contest, offensive player of the year...
FALLBROOK – On May 23, Fallbrook Gymnastic Club gymnast Katie Drake competed at the USAIGC Regional Championship in the Silver optional division in Culver City, Calif. In Katie’s first year in optional gymnastics she won the All Around title at the regional level. She finished first on Vault with 9.05, first on Bars with 9.0, second on Floor with 9.0, first on Beam with 8.85 and first in All Around with a 35.90. Next, Katie will compete at the National Championships in Fort Lauderdale, Florida from June 25 to 3... Full story
Francis “Paul” Stiles passed away peacefully at home on May 27, 2010. Paul was born May 11, 1916 in McFarland, Calif. to Frank M. Stiles and Sadie Heard Stiles. He loved to fly, purchasing his first airplane before he was 16. After two years of Jr. College, at the age of 23, he joined the US Navy. Upon completing pilot training in Corpus Christie, Texas, he became a flight instructor and received his wings of gold. He was assigned as a flight instructor after Pearl Harbor. He retired with the rank of Lt. Commander U.S. Nav...
Lester M. (Les) Fulcher passed away Sunday, May 16, 2010 in Escondido, California. He was born January 16, 1928 in Stone, Kentucky. Les attended college in the Bay Area and then joined the Marines in 1947 and was on active duty until 1955. Like many men of his generation, his military service was the defining force in his life and was never forgotten. In 1955 he was employed by the Stauffer Chemical Co. as a chemical engineer. When the Vietnam War broke out, he re-enlisted to serve his country for another five years, and... Full story
Mitchell Albert Rolin, 88, passed away May 25, 2010 in Riverside, Calif. He was born June 24, 1921 in San Francisco, Calif. Mr. Rolin served in the United States Air Force for 32 years. He retired in 1974 as a pilot and a Colonel. He received a MBA from National University; he also worked as a real estate broker for 26 years. Mr. Rolin enjoyed traveling, golf and doing volunteer work in the community. He was a member of St. Peter’s Catholic Parish and School where he served as a member of the PTA, school board and with Califo...
In memory of Nancy Johnston Allen A memorial service for Nancy will be held on: June 19, 2010 at 11 a.m. Christ Episcopal Church 35350 E. Division Road St. Helens, Oregon 97051 Flowers are welcome A Fallbrook remembrance event with buffet lunch is being planned for July 3, 2010 from noon to 2 p.m. at Café des Artistes (Main & Alvarado)....
Lance Cpl. Daniel Boothe Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Federal and state fire agencies remain ready to respond after local military and civilian fire personnel completed their third annual aerial firefighting drill at Camp Pendleton, May 13. Approximately 34 emergency service personnel and several aircraft from Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Naval Air Station North Island and California’s Department of Fire and Forestry Protection (CAL FIRE) extinguished simulated fires on base by c...
In 1970, Ron Mintle took a road trip in his new 1970 Lotus Élan behind the ‘Iron Curtain’ through the Eastern Bloc countries. At 2 a.m. in Czechoslovakia, Mintle was woken by the pounding fists of Soviet Army soldiers on his hotel room door. He was unlucky to have entered the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic two days before the student uprisings on the second anniversary of the 1968 Warsaw Pact Invasion. They placed him with other Westerners in protective custody to prevent adverse publicity of Westerners being harmed duri...
The boating death of a five-year-old child May 23 on choppy Lake Elsinore waters occurred as a coalition of government and industry groups kicked off National Safe Boating Week, which promotes boating and life jacket safety. The death of the five-year-old Riverside boy was the first boating-related death at Lake Elsinore this year. Other deaths have occurred there in recent years during high-use boating and swimming seasons. The observance by the National Safe Boating Council ran from May 22-28. The council involves more... Full story
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Senior Center, 399 Heald Lane, is offering the AARP Safe Driving program on June 15 at 8:30 a.m. Class size is limited so anyone interested should contact the center soon to secure a place in the class: (760) 728-4498. For cost and more information, call (760) 731-9842. Completion of this class allows for a reduction in cost of automobile insurance for seniors.... Full story
Lucette Moramarco Gunshots rang out as the bank manager and a rancher chased after two bank robbers trying to make their get-away in a yellow Model A Ford. The rancher was driving a 1930 Buick which quickly caught up to the robbers who had just stolen $1200 from the First National Bank of Temecula. This happened on August 14, 1930, but for a group of students from Mary Fay Pendleton School, the story was just as exciting as if it had happened yesterday. Last week, I accompanie... Full story
