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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The CIF San Diego Section Board of Managers voted June 5 to approve a proposal to initiate a regional championship for boys and girls water polo which would involve the CIF San Diego and Southern sections. The first boys water polo championship would take place in December 2009 and the first girls regional championship would be held in March 2010. Section champions and runners-up would be invited to the tournament, which would consist of 16 teams and four rounds. The CIF’s Los Angeles Section does not have water polo, and t... Full story
Fallbrook High School graduate Lane Votapka won the Golden State Athletic Conference men’s pole vaulting championship. Votapka, who is now a sophomore at Point Loma Nazarene University, cleared 14’11” at the GSAC meet April 27-28 at Fresno Pacific University. “We expected him to win and he did, and that’s a good thing,” said Point Loma Nazarene University head track and field coach Jerry Arvin. “He did a good job.” The distance was relatively low for Votapka, but clearing just short of 15 feet allowed him to win the GSAC ch...
The May Senior Cribbage Challenge was a cake walk for Oceanside. With 32 players in the match, Oceanside won 59 games with 13 skunks, compared to Fallbrook’s 53 wins and 3 skunks. The Oceanside peggers won seven of the top eight places. Leading the way was Bob Rebar with 6 wins and 3 skunks. In second place was Glenrose Sheffel, who won all seven games. For the Senior Challenge the American Cribbage Congress scoring system is used. A win counts 2 points and a skunk is 3 points. This gave Rebar 15 points to Sheffel’s 14 poi...
Undergraduate students at the University of California, Santa Barbara who achieved excellence in their academic work during the winter quarter have been selected for the Dean’s Honors List. Those students include Fallbrook resident Lauren Marie Walker, a pre-political science major. This honor, noted on their permanent records, is earned by students who have attained the qualifying grade point average of 3.75 (A-minus) on a program of 12 or more graded units in the College of Letters and Science or 3.50 in the College of E...
BONSALL — Riverview Evangelical Free Church in Bonsall will offer “Quest for Truth,” a vacation Bible school, this summer. Children entering kindergarten through fifth grade this fall are eligible. Call (760) 941-1430 for more information.... Full story
Fallbrook High School senior Timothy Leonelli was presented with a $500 cash scholarship award from the Big Band & Jazz Hall of Fame Foundation at the high school’s Spring Band Festival on June 6. David Larkin, president of the foundation, presented the scholarship to Leonelli, who occasionally filled in as a substitute on trombone at the Big Band & Jazz Hall of Fame Orchestra’s weekly rehearsals, actually filling Larkin’s chair while he was on vacation. Leonelli, 17, plays trombone and tuba and is a member of the high schoo...
On June 5 Amanda Howard graduated from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology. Her family – including father and stepmother Spencer and Michele Howard of Fallbrook, mother Vicki Howard of Prescott, AZ, and sister Tami Howard of Atlanta, GA – are very proud of her accomplishments. The whole family enjoyed several days of speakers and events leading up to the commencement. Amanda speaks fluent Spanish, some Portuguese and Arabic. She will go on to graduate school to study medical soc...
Lauren Edwards, a graduating senior at Fallbrook High School, was recently awarded the Essay Scholarship from the Fallbrook Democratic Club and San Diego Veterans for Peace. High school seniors from around the county were asked to write an essay on the theme of peace and Edwards’ was selected for the award. For more information visit www.sdvfp.org or www.fallbrookdemocraticclub.com. Edwards’ essay concludes: “Patriotism is not the cause of war, its corruption is. John F. Kennedy was correct in stating, ‘Without debate,... Full story
BONSALL — Select students at Bonsall Elementary School were honored with a special pizza party on Tuesday, June 12. The students who earned the honor were the highest achievers in the Accelerated Reader program. The children read books throughout the year, take quizzes about what they’ve read and earn points. The party is held for the readers who score the greatest amount of points. The children enjoyed pizza and received certificates of recognition and goody bags. Students receiving reading awards Name Grade Points Kyl...
Donny Valentine and Jerry Kalman face the frustration of being good citizens, and so far, getting nowhere. The problem they face is frustration itself. Since March, adolescents waiting for busses at 31948 Del Cielo Este in Bonsall have chosen the location to confirm their personal frustrations by smashing or stealing Realtors’ signs, littering the ground with homework papers and food wrappers and trampling plants. But worse, they attempted to destroy the Casa Del Cielo monument that distinguishes the entry to the c...
Attendees of the Fallbrook Community Planning Group (FCPG) meeting Monday night, June 18, held their breath as they awaited what would be a unanimous 14-0 vote declining the Meadowood development proposed by Pardee Homes. Though FCPG member Harry Christiansen acquiesced that the revised plans for Meadowood were an improvement, it was still far from being perfect for this board. “The overall appearance of the project is that it is entirely too congested,” said Christiansen. “We believe that if the project were to be built...
There’s a new Commander in the house – at the Fallbrook Sheriff’s Substation, that is. Lt. Alex Dominguez, a 26-year veteran of the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department, assumed command of the 130-square-mile Fallbrook region May 18 after Lt. Grant Burnett accepted a position to head up the county’s SWAT team. Dominguez, a community-oriented leader, arrives with better-than-good credentials. In 2006, he was a member of the 226th graduating class of the FBI’s National Academy. Accepted into the program based on multiple ac... Full story
Rod and Katie Stewart of Fallbrook were married in May by Dr. Dennis Ginoza at Fallbrook United Methodist Church. Katie, a director of a nonprofit dental clinic, has a daughter, Lauren, who will begin attending UC Berkeley in the fall. Rod is the head of security for Intellisis, a firm that works with the US Department of Defense. He has a daughter, Monica, and a son, Neil....
Eight-year Fallbrook residents Wayne and Nancy Rexrode will celebrate their 50th anniversary on June 22. They were married in 1957 in Santa Paula, CA. The Rexrodes have three children – Wayne H. Rexrode, Garden Grove, CA; Katherine Dirky, Rye, NY; and Kenneth Rexrode, Fallbrook – and nine grandchildren. Wayne and Nancy are active members of Fallbrook United Methodist Church....
DE LUZ — The 11th Annual International Gourd Art Festival takes place June 23 and 24, at Welburn Gourd Farm in De Luz canyon, just outside of Fallbrook. The festival has increased the number of vendors offering gourds and supplies, allowed for additional seating in the live demonstration area, and is planning to release a brand new video at the festival entitled “Gourds 101: Everything You Need to Know to Get Started Crafting Gourds.” The Fallbrook Village Rotary is sponsoring this year’s wine garden, which includes special...
Fallbrook Community Center is offering Movies in the Park, a digital outdoor film experience for all ages. “Charlotte’s Web” will be shown June 21, “A Night at the Museum” on June 28 and “ET” on July 5; movies start at dusk. There is no charge, but donations will be appreciated. Families are invited to bring picnics, blanket and chairs and enjoy movies under the stars at Fallbrook Community Park, 341 Heald Lane. Healthy concessions will be available for purchase. Call (760) 728-1671 for more information....
PC Users Group will meet June 28 at 6:30 p.m. in the Fallbrook Public Utility District building at 990 East Mission Road (corner of Santa Margarita Road). The public is invited and there is no charge. Light refreshments will be served at 6 p.m. The program, “From LP to CD,” will be presented by member Gregg Wright. Join us to learn more about analog audio to digital media. For more information, visit www.fallbrookpcusersgroup.org.... Full story
On Monday, June 11, Bob Johnson represented the Fallbrook High School Class of 1966 in presenting a donation in the name of Bob Burton to the Friends of the Fallbrook Library and a handsome plaque which now greets visitors to the Bob Burton Center for the Arts as they enter the building. Johnson explained that 43 years ago, in 1964, Burton was teaching his first year at Fallbrook High and was Johnson’s basketball coach and history teacher. Johnson and his classmates described Burton in those days as “young, energetic, ful... Full story
While I applaud Governor Schwarzenegger’s initiative to entice retiring scientists and engineers into teaching, Congress still has not removed the penalties educators face upon retirement. Educators who have paid into Social Security via “private sector” employment do not receive benefits they have earned. They face penalties via the Government Pension Offset (GPO) and the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP), which are laws at this time. Educators who either entered the teaching profession as a “second career” – just as the...
Mr. Green brings up a valid point when saying he would not choose a surgeon based on their religion, position on gay marriage, abortion and political affiliation [“We need to focus on what matters,” Village News, Opinion, 6/14/07]. He is also right in saying that none of these things matter… none of these things matter when choosing a surgeon. The surgeon, unlike the President, has no influence on the morals and values in our country. We cannot use the same unbiased logic when looking to a Presidential candidate becau...
Approximately 420 enthusiastic fourth- and fifth-graders from La Paloma met with retired teacher Jean Dooley and Save Our Forest founder and teacher Jackie Heyneman on Thursday, June 7, to learn how they can help our community and our world. She helped students link the process of photosynthesis to the problem of global warming and suggested that planting more trees is one way to offset the problem of excess carbon dioxide in our air. The importance of conserving water in the very arid region in which we live was also stresse...
More walkers participated than ever before. Two new churches participated. It was a festive event. Some people think that helping the hungry is somewhat sad. Hunger is sad, but giving those in need an opportunity to build livelihoods and recover from disasters is a joyful event. This year’s total almost reached $69,000. Twenty-five percent, or $17,250, went to the Fallbrook Food Pantry. They did not receive a full match from San Diego County but will instead, in all likelihood, receive $12,000. That means the CROP Walk genera... Full story
In January, I began contacting the county for help to stop the speeders using Almond Street. I was told we would receive two tubular counting/speed monitors to check the situation. We did not. I was told our street could be double yellow-striped. It was not. There are 25 mph signs at each end of the street, placed too close to the corners for drivers to observe them as they make their speedy turns onto Almond. I was told Almond meets the county’s width requirements, even if cars are parked on each side of the street. I was t... Full story
As the people of Fallbrook are aware, our local businesses have been robbed by armed gunmen several times this year. I can see why these criminals continue on because of our amendments to protect law-abiding citizens has been infringed upon. It is a travesty that we have been disarmed in public. There is no balance of power. Add all the gun laws and bans you want and it changes nothing, but disarms only those who abide by the law. Our founding fathers knew it was vitally important to ratify our Second Amendment right as follo...
Here are some “inconvenient truths” – There is no scientific consensus on global warming. Climate is always changing, with or without man. Hurricanes are not getting worse; our tendency to build houses in their path is getting greater. Many big businesses lobby for global warming policies that will increase their profits… and our costs. The Medieval Warm Period was significantly warmer than temperatures today and was a golden age for agriculture, innovation and lifespan. The media ignore evidence that would deflate global...
