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 — For the seventh year, the Big Del Burrito Challenge is being offered at La Caseta restaurant during the Fallbrook Avocado Festival. Last year, 22 brave souls attempted to devour the four-pound burrito but only 12 managed to win the challenge by eating it in the one hour allowed. Jesus Perez consumed his in 4 minutes, 46 seconds, making him the 2006 winner. The challenge is offered only during the Avocado Festival, in commemoration of the 1992 festival, during which La Caseta built a giant 2,237-pound burrito t... Full story
FALLBROOK — Local resident Don Cokeley and his partner, John Aho of Oceanside, have patented a device they say will reduce modular rollovers caused by wind on the highways, therefore saving lives and substantially reducing insurance losses. Cokeley estimates that insurance claims for mobile and modular losses could currently total $25 to $40 million per year. He expects his invention, the “Rollinator,” could reduce that by 50 to 70 percent in insurance payouts, ultimately reducing premiums. Cokeley, who owned Cokeley Truck...
Milt Davies presents Fallbrook Public Utility District (FPUD) grease can decorating contest winners (from left) Rebecca Gordenier, Amanda Smith, Maggie Hollander, Erika Spiker, Isabel Cabrera, Nicolette Pickell, Brooke Hurlock, Sierra Torres Phillips, Peyton Brittain, Chase Carpenter, Rosalie Helling, Austin Holler and Travis Tysor....
Since the Fallbrook Garden Club’s Flower Show is set for April 28-29, their April 24 general meeting will highlight club members speaking on everything one would want or need to know about entering a specimen for competition as well as how specimens are judged. The monthly general meeting begins at 12:30 p.m. at Fallbrook Community Center, 341 Heald Lane. All meetings are open to the public. For information call Barbara Russell at (760) 728-8081 or Yolande Jackson at (760) 728-0301....
As a National Library Week promotion, the San Diego County Library has announced that customers will be able to bring back overdue materials and not be charged a fine for the period of Wednesday, April 18, through Tuesday, April 24. The promotion is called “We miss you and those overdue books at your library.... Full story
FALLBROOK — The Fallbrook Healthcare Foundation will host its second annual Paws in the Park event Saturday, April 21, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Live Oak Park. The community is invited to browse vendor and information booths, watch demonstrations and participate in the dog show events, where prizes will be awarded to canine competitors in numerous categories. Registration is required for the dog show and participants must be over the age of 18. The registration process and collection of fees will begin at 9:00 a.m. the day o...
The Fallbrook-Bonsall chapter of PEO (the Philanthropic and Educational Organization) celebrated its 15th birthday on Saturday, March 24, at member Debbie Bartuzzi’s home. PEO strives to bring to women increased opportunities for higher education....
FALLBROOK — The fifth annual Creek to Bay Cleanup event will be held on Saturday, April 28. The event, organized by I Love a Clean San Diego (ILACSD), encompasses all of San Diego County. There will be two cleanup sites in the De Luz area of Fallbrook for local volunteers who want to help with the effort. One check-in location will be Welburn Gourd Farm, 40635 De Luz Road, on Saturday from 9 a.m. until finished. The second location will be the intersection of Daily Road and Jones in the De Luz Heights area on Saturday and S...
VISTA — The Toe Tappers, a 50-plus senior tap dancing performance group, has openings for a few more tap dancers. Male or female dancers should know basic tap steps. There is no charge and the group practices every Monday and Thursday morning at McClellan Senior Center, 1400 Vale Terrace Drive. For more information, call Lynda at (760) 471-6553....
The Fallbrook Republican Women Federated (FRWF) will hold an event to fund their scholarship program for achieving Fallbrook High School seniors headed for college on Friday, June 8, at noon at Fallbrook Golf Club. This year’s event will be a luncheon that will include a fashion show entitled “A Fine Bouquet of Fashions” with clothing from Draper’s & Damon’s and Wee Little Sprouts, as well as an auction of theme gift baskets by designer Gloria Rowe (available for previewing at 11 a.m.). Monetary and in-kind donations... Full story
The Fallbrook Chapter of Forest Home Women’s Auxiliary will hold its annual parking lot sale of “special” used-but-usable items on Saturday, April 21, from 8 a.m. until noon in the Albertsons parking lot, 1133 South Mission Road, Fallbrook. The auxiliary provides scholarships for children and families to attend their various camps....
FALLBROOK — Nine local nonprofit organizations recently received Community Service Grant Awards from the Rotary Club of Fallbrook. The funds for these grants come from the proceeds of the club’s annual Lobster on the Green fundraiser held each fall as well as periodic donations from club members. Each year the Rotary Club of Fallbrook Foundation contributes to local nonprofits that are making the community a better place to live. To be considered, the organizations must submit a letter of request. The foundation then sel...
May in Fallbrook means a fabulous opportunity to view some of the best wildlife art in the nation when the 14th Annual Reflections of Nature Wildlife Art Show is held May 6 and 7 at the Art Center, 103 South Main at Alvarado. Open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, the show will feature 27 of America’s most outstanding wildlife, landscape and animal artists, nine of whom are being featured for the first time. This year, the show will move its focus from African wildlife to North America, with a p...
CORONA — Two young Fallbrook artists won awards in the Youth Art Month Southern Area Exhibition held at California Heritage Park. Students in this area show were prize winners from eight southern counties. The Fallbrook artists are Taryn Ransbury, who won first place in the third through fifth grade division, and Cameron Thurlow, who won honorable mention in the kindergarten through second grade division. Their instructor, Marilee Ragland, is a member the California Art Education Association, the organization that s...
FALLBROOK — Local artist Jack Ragland was grateful to come in third out of more than 3,500 entrants in the recent national Next Great American Artist Contest. Of course, he had hoped to win and have his painting published and promoted worldwide. He was consoling himself, thinking third wasn’t too bad. Then, about three weeks ago, he received an e-mail from Galaxy of Graphics Publishers saying that because the first three places were so close in the voting, they decided to publish all three. The art director called Rag...
FALLBROOK — An upcoming solo art show for Carly Castillon will “Celebrate Fallbrook Trees” at Fallbrook Fine Art gallery. Castillon, a graduate of Fallbrook High, has taken as her current models the amazing trees of the area. The star of the show is a 48”x36” oil of “Fallbrook’s Fabulous Fig,” the massive tree on Ammunition Road next to Carl’s Junior. An artist’s reception will be held on Saturday, April 21, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Fallbrook Fine Art, 128 North Main Avenue. For more information, call (760) 728-0700 or e-mail...
A beginning and intermediate watercolor class taught by Pam Benson will meet on Mondays, April 23-May 14, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Fallbrook Community Center. New students will need to bring their own supplies. Pre-registration is required and can be done by calling the Community Center at (760) 728-1671 with a credit card or stopping by the center’s office, 341 Heald Lane, Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m....
FALLBROOK — North County Woolgatherers (local ATHA chapter) meets once a month at the Fallbrook Public Utilities District offices, 990 East Mission Road. Next meeting is scheduled for Saturday, April 28, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. This special class includes new wool-dyeing techniques. Advance reservation is requested. New members welcome. For cost and details, e-mail Val Ewan at [email protected] or call (760) 758-0083, ext. 103.... Full story
The Fallbrook PC Users Group will be revisited by Mr. Greg Ballerino on April 26 at 6:30 p.m. at Fallbrook Public Utility District, 990 East Mission Road, corner of Mission and Santa Margarita. The public is invited and light refreshments will be served at 6 p.m. (there is no charge). Mr. Ballerino will present “The Art in Digital Photography,” a demonstration using the digital camera and specific computer software to create passionate photographic and decorative art. Mr. Ballerino is a Fallbrook resident and instructor at... Full story
FALLBROOK — The Fallbrook Art Association recently honored the award winners of its annual Membership Show at the Art Center at Fallbrook. The show will continue to run through April 29. Daily hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., closing at 3 p.m. on April 29. Cash awards were given in the following special categories: • Best of Show: Robin Erickson, “Siena Cathedral” • Dean Myers Plein Air Award: Ingrid Wright, “Tree Shadows” • Dorothy Stillens Plein Air Award: Penny Fedorchak, “Autumn in Yosemite” • Ken Decker Award for Wate...
FALLBROOK — Winners of the 2007 Art of the Avocado Contest were announced on April 13. The first place award ($300) went to Jim Bates for “On Top of the World,” a delightful image of a black Labrador retriever enjoying a moment of relaxation on top of a bin of avocados – a hands-down favorite. Second place honors ($200) went to Carol Zaleski for her “Karen’s Avocados,” a collage of appealing avocados, and Penny Fedorchak’s “Fallbrook Avocados at Sunset” took the honors ($100) for third place. The winning entries are now on... Full story
Darrell J. Dederich, 65, passed away April 9, 2007, after a bicycle accident in Fallbrook, CA. Born January 11, 1942, in Richland Center, Sauk County, WI, he was a nine-year resident of Fallbrook. Mr. Dederich graduated from Madison Vocational Technical School in 1962 and then Western College with a BS in electrical engineering in 1972. He was an engineer in the semi-conductor/telecommunications industry for 44 years, retiring in 2006 from MindSpeed Technologies. He was planning his well-deserved retirement and time to travel... Full story
Carolyn May Colvin, 63, died of breast cancer Friday, April 13, 2007. Born in Bisbee, AZ, on May 19, 1943, Carolyn lived in Fallbrook, CA, for 29 years. She is survived by her loving husband of 29 years, Gary Colvin; mother Irene Hembree; children Robert, Erin, Kimberly, Caryn, Kristina and Patrick and their spouses; 13 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Carolyn worked for the Long Beach, CA, Police Department for 14 years and as a financial advisor in Indian Wells/Palm Desert, CA, for 16 years, the last nine at...
Marion Lucille Dixon, 89, passed away April 6, 2007. Born November 4, 1917, in Savage, MT, she was a resident of Laguna Woods, having previously lived in Fallbrook, CA, for many years. Mrs. Dixon was a member of the US Coast Guard during WWII. She was preceded in death by husband Ira Bruce Dixon in January 1996. She is survived by sons Michael Dixon, Diamond Bar, CA, and William (Bettylou) Dixon, Laguna Hills, CA; and granddaughter Amy Alexandria Dixon. Mrs. Dixon’s cremated remains will be scattered at sea by the US Navy. B...
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