Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
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SAN DIEGO COUNTY – School districts and charter schools in North County will be hiring for a variety of teaching and non-teaching positions at a special Careers in Education Job Fair July 23. The job fair, organized by the San Diego County Office of Education, will be held from 8 a.m. to noon at the North County Regional Education Center, 255 Pico Ave. in San Marcos. “Attendees will have an opportunity to meet directly with human resources representatives from multiple north county districts and charters as well as other dis...
With a broken heart, I am letting friends of Philip Wells know that he passed away on June 21, 2022, at age 84. He left his worn out body in the arms of Della, his adoring wife and best friend of more than 50 years. Phil was born in Mountain Home, Idaho on April 24, 1938, the 13th of 14 children to Allen Clay Wells and wife Alta. He grew up in Pine, a tiny rural community and attended a one room schoolhouse. Phil's family moved to the "city" when he went to high school where... Full story
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter The County of San Diego will be applying for a grant to expand Mount Olympus Preserve. A 4-0 San Diego County Board of Supervisors vote June 29, with Terra Lawson-Remer absent, authorized the director of the county’s Department of Parks and Recreation or his designee to submit the necessary documents to apply for Habitat Conservation Fund grants for Mount Olympus and for Kumeyaay Valley Park in Lakeside. The Department of Parks and Recreation director was also authorized to complete all d...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter The County of San Diego earmarked some of its American Rescue Plan Act Program funding for its Community Enhancement program and, on June 28, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors approved the allocation of a $58,000 APRA grant to Fallbrook Center for the Arts, Inc. The supervisors’ 5-0 vote allocates the money for the Fallbrook Art Center facility. The funding will be used for marketing, website, public art installation, art class supplies, and gallery lighting costs. The American R...
FALLBROOK – Residents living in and around Fallbrook can learn about their risk for cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, diabetes, and other chronic, serious conditions with affordable screenings by Life Line Screening. Community Baptist Church (Crossway Community Church) will host this community event Aug. 2. The site is located at 731 S. Stage Coach Lane. Screenings can check for: • The level of plaque buildup in your arteries, related to risk for cardiovascular disease, stroke and overall vascular health. • HDL and LDL C...
SAN DIEGO – The American Red Cross and Discovery are partnering for Shark Week and invite people to dive in to help save lives by giving blood or platelets in July. The Red Cross saw a steep drop in blood and platelet donations last month, and donors are asked to make appointments now to prevent a blood shortage this summer. In June, the Red Cross collected approximately 12% fewer blood donations than needed – one of the largest monthly blood donation shortfalls in recent years. Here in the Southern California Region, 13%...
Shelby Ramsey Special to the Village News It can and does make a difference when a physician treating a patient goes the extra mile, spends a little more time listening, and is whole-heartedly dedicated to helping that individual. Dr. David Clarke, an expert in gastroenterology and internal medicine, discussed methods he has found successful when medical tests aren't very revealing. In just his eighth year of formal medical training, Clarke was referred a patient from another...
NEW CANAAN, Conn. – First Candle, the leading national nonprofit addressing Sudden Unexplained Infant Death Syndrome, has completed its review of the revised infant safe sleep guidelines released June 21 by the American Academy of Pediatrics, focusing its attention on what the recommendations can mean to parents and their families. "In the past two months, a great deal of information and legislation has come out about safe sleep and products that are and are not appropriate t...
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Parkinson’s Support Group invites everyone interested to join its monthly meeting, Friday, July 22, 10 a.m. to noon at the Community Health & Wellness Center, 1636 E. Mission Road. The guest speaker will be Dr. Timothy Murphy and his presentation will be on "Ambiguous and Anticipatory Loss, Grieving Someone Living, Ways to Cope.” Dr. Murphy graduated from UC Berkeley with a major in biophysics before attending Dartmouth Medical School. He performed his internship at Andrews Air Force Base and worked...
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Fire Safe Council is sponsoring a “chipping day” from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 13 at Fire Station 4, 4375 Pala Mesa Dr. (corner of Pala Mesa Dr. and Old Hwy 395) in Fallbrook. Chipping Day is an opportunity for the community to bring trimmed branches, less than six inches in diameter, trimmed brush, palm branches and other cut vegetation to have the material chipped or shredded. Brush must be free of mud, rocks and other debris. No tree stumps will be accepted. This event is open to all c... Full story
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Library will host a free special event of Hawaiian Cultural Experience at 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 16 in the Community Room. The Hawaiian Cultural Experience will include a presentation of Hawaiian history, Hula dancing and lau kapala (leaf stamping). The whole family will enjoy an afternoon of music, dancing, crafts and learning the history of the island state, a spokesperson said. The library is located at 124 South Mission Road. Call (760) 731-4650 for information. Submitted by Friends of the F... Full story
Judy Ann Barrick went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, June 25, 2022, at the age of 81. She passed away peacefully while surrounded by her family. Judy was raised in Vista, California and married to her high school sweetheart of 60 years. They were long-time residents of Fallbrook, still living in the same home they built in 1984. Judy was passionate about her love for Jesus, her family, friends and gardening. She is survived by her husband, Bob; her children,... Full story
Long-time Fallbrook resident Ada "Chick" Mahr died of natural causes on June 24. Born in Summerland, CA in 1920, she married her sweetheart, Herbert C. Mahr, who built homes in the Fallbrook area after moving here in 1919. He preceded her in death in 2002, having celebrated over 60 years of marriage. Chick worked at Fallbrook area schools for many years and was known and loved as the cheerful lunch lady by Fallbrook alums and a favorite at the many alumni events she so... Full story
Pearl Marsh, 95, passed away May 10, 2022, at the Motion Picture & Television Fund Retirement Community in Woodland Hills, California, where she had been a resident for the past seven years. Born Pearl Lillian Clarke in Wyoming and raised in Colorado, she would move to Los Angeles and marry her husband, Spurgeon (Steve) Marsh in 1950. They lived in Los Angeles until moving to Fallbrook in 1972. Pearl was a very active member of the community, serving on the Board of Directors... Full story
FALLBROOK – CAST Dance Academy enters its 30th season of theater arts and dance education in Fallbrook this year. Jennifer Craw carries on the traditions of her mother, Patricia Hornsveld, founder of CAST Dance Academy in 1993, with an ongoing, yet renewed commitment to her community in 2022. Longtime Fallbrook residents Patricia and Hank Hornsveld have been dedicated to their small town since making it their home in the mid to late 1960's. Raising their two daughters there w...
SAN DIEGO – United Way of San Diego County, 211 San Diego, and the San Diego County Earned Income Tax Credit Coalition are excited to announce that through their collaborative efforts to provide free tax preparation services to the community, a total of $38,093,619 were returned back to San Diego County individuals and families through federal and state tax refunds. “For nearly 20 years, our organization has proudly led the San Diego EITC Coalition in collaboration with 211 San Diego to help hard-working families claim the...
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook High School's JROTC JLAB (JROTC Leadership & Academic Bowl) team placed fifth out of 258 Marine Corps JROTC teams. They were part of the top 3% of all JROTC from the Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine Corps JROTC teams. There were four teams representing San Diego County and the Scripps Ranch team placed first out of the Air Force teams and was the overall National Champion for the fifth time. Submitted by the FUHS JROTC....
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO – California Connections Academy, a network of six tuition-free online public schools serving students in grades TK-12 across 32 counties in California, celebrated 982 graduating high school seniors at two in-person commencement ceremonies in June. The virtual school held a Northern California commencement ceremony at San Joaquin Delta College on June 20 and a Southern California commencement ceremony at the OC Fair & Events Pacific Amphitheater on June 23. School administrators, teachers and families c...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter The Vallecitos School District approved a $3,375,169.96 budget for fiscal year 2022-23. A 5-0 Vallecitos School board vote June 28 approved the budget. The amount is down 13.8% from the $3,916,439.80 budget the school district had for fiscal year 2021-22. “We are hopeful. We are optimistic about our new budget, but yet we are cautious. We recognize that we have declining enrollment, we are excited that the budget has new programs that will benefit our students,” said Vallecitos School Dis...
MCMINNVILLE, Oregon – Linfield University announces that Joel French of Bonsall earned dean's list honors during the spring 2022 semester. The dean's list identifies undergraduate students who have earned a term GPA at least equivalent to a cum laude (at least 3.650 GPA) for a given semester. It is computed following the posting of grades at the end of each semester. French is currently a student on Linfield's McMinnville campus pursuing a degree in applied physics: engineering focus. Linfield University is an independent, n...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter Walther Solis, who trains San Luis Rey Training Center filly Ida Needa Drink, had planned to run her next during the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club summer meet rather than at Los Alamitos Race Course. At the request of the track, Solis entered Ida Needa Drink in the fourth race July 10 at Los Alamitos. "They needed another horse. They called me," Solis said. Solis already had Lady Audubon in the five-furlong dirt race for 2-year-old fillies who had...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter A bout with covid kept Rose Wagner from practicing from the Nike Outdoor Nationals track and field meet June 16-19 in Eugene, Oregon, but she was able to compete in the girls pole vault June 19 and placed 25th. “It was an amazing experience,” Wagner said. The meet at Hayward Field, which is the University of Oregon’s track and field stadium, included the emerging elite competition June 18 and the elite pole vaulting June 19. Wagner, who set the Fallbrook High School girls pole vault schoo...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter During the Triple Crown International Challenge youth softball tournament June 24-26 in Westminster, Colorado, Baylee Howley scored the tying run in her team’s win against the eventual tournament champions and also threw out three base runners trying to steal. Although Howley is a lifelong Fallbrook resident, one of her grandfathers was born in the Philippines and she was part of the Filipino national youth softball team which participated in the 2021 and 2022 Triple Crown International C...
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Senior Softball teams play Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at Ingold Sports Park off Olive Hill and Mission. Game time is 4 p.m. The league is in its 22nd year and is open to players from 50 up. The oldest players are 80 and Diane Hein is in the Senior Softball Hall of Fame. Anyone interested in joining them can visit the players most weekdays at 3:30 p.m. at Field #2 at Ingold to stretch, practice, and get a good feeling about joining them for a season. Teams warm up approximately one half hour b...
Assemblymember Marie Waldron 75th District Last week, the Governor and his supermajority allies in the legislature agreed on final budget trailer bills for the new fiscal year. Spending will reach a record $307 billion. While I have concerns about many of the budget’s priorities, there is some good news. Bright spots include increased funding for education. There will be a historic increase in the Local Control Funding Formula base grant for public schools. There will be more money for home-to-school transportation, for s... Full story
