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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To lapse into good old Northern English vernacular, I was “gob-smacked” when I received a call from Debbie Ramsey on July 5 saying she had a message for me sent via the Village News Web site in response to a letter I wrote to the Fallbrook Hospital back in February. Here’s what it said: “If this article is about Susan R. Thorne, please give her my e-mail address and ask her to contact me. I am her brother in London, UK. Kind regards, Rick Fitch.” What’s so amazing about this message is that I hadn’t heard from my brother Rich... Full story
Most of the Department of Parks and Recreation projects in the County of San Diego’s 2006-07 budget are previously-approved expenditures being carried over into the new fiscal year, but the budget approved June 20 also includes an additional $3 million to acquire land specifically for the San Luis Rey River Park along with another $5 million for ongoing Multiple Species Conservation Program acquisitions. Both the San Luis Rey River Park acquisition money and the Multiple Species Conservation Program (MSCP) funding were d...
FALLBROOK — The Fallbrook Marching Band, along with the Fallbrook Band Boosters, unveiled their newly designed and painted equipment truck on Friday, July 21, in front of the Bob Burton Performing Arts Center on the campus of Fallbrook High School. The truck was a donation by Paul Eckert Moving Company of San Marcos. The red paint was provided by Walt Turner of Turner’s Truck Painting and the logo design was by Jim’s Sign Shop of Fallbrook. The students of the marching band and the Band Boosters are hoping that the newly...
A hearing will be held Friday, July 28 at 9 a.m., at the Dept. of Planning and Land Use Hearing Room, 5201 Ruffin Road, Suite B, San Diego, CA, 92123, to review proposed General Plan revisions for the road network needed to support future land use development within the unincorporated areas of San Diego County (including the I-15 corridor). Planning reports available at that time. Questions can be directed to the GP2020 hotline at (619) 615-8289. The Board of Supervisors hearing on this subject will be August 2 at 9 a.m. at... Full story
RAINBOW- Residents in the 2000 block of Rainbow Glen Road reported that nine to ten gunshots were fired outside their residences and 24 mailboxes were damaged, between 1:00-1:30 a.m. on Sunday, July 23, by two or more individuals in an older Isuzu Trooper with a loud exhaust. Eight residents say they witnessed the crimes. “All it takes is one slug to kill someone,” one resident said. Witnesses say it appears the passenger in the vehicle used something similar to a 2”x4” piece of wood to destroy the mailboxes while shots w...
Fallbrook PC Users Group meetings are held at the Fallbrook Public Utility District building, 990 East Mission Road (corner of Santa Margarita Road) in Fallbrook. The public is invited and there is no charge. The August 2 SIG (Special Interest Group) of the Fallbrook PC Users Group will feature Mr. Bill Harkins presenting “Creating Digital Audio Visuals.” This will demonstrate creating slide show techniques using sound, images, titles and transitions. Software will include Pictures ToExe and Audacity. The use of Pho... Full story
County librarian Ellen Zyroff announces that Parking Trust property and adjacent property fronting on the alley near the Fallbrook Branch Library are going to be sealed/striped on Friday, July 28, and Saturday, July 29, so they will be unavailable to library patrons. Only the big lot will be unavailable — the one immediately to the east of the “John’s house.” The parking lot immediately to the east of the library building will not be affected by this work. That latter lot is owned by the county....
Annexation. It is the one simple word that surrounds volumes of controversy in the water districts near the I-15/SR-76 corridor. Many area residents can speak their mind at four upcoming public workshops with the Rainbow Municipal Water District (RMWD), located primarily west of the intersection with a sliver of land to the east of I-15. The San Luis Rey Municipal Water District (SLRMWD) is moving forward in the process of activating its latent powers with what is commonly referred to as LAFCO, an acronym for the Local...
Quilt teacher and lecturer Darlene Finney will be featured at our August 3 Quilt Guild meeting at the Community Center on Heald Lane. The meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. Ms. Finney has taught for seven years the art of quilting. She will entertain us with humor and share her experience with quilting and a few of her prize-winning quilts. She began when everything was cut and sewn by hand. In 1990, she found a new world with the wonder of the rotary cutting tool. When she became a grandmother she became known as the “Queen of Q... Full story
FALLBROOK- One of Fallbrook’s underutilized treasures is the Pico Promenade, which meanders downtown between Fallbrook and Elder Streets. What strikes first-time “Promenaders” is just how clean and well-maintained the walkway is, as if there is a crew looking after it on a regular basis. In actuality there is just a crew of one, Jean Dooley, Fallbrook Save Our Forest volunteer. For over six years Jean has been removing trash, replacing dead plants, trimming trees, raking, pruning, and otherwise keeping the promenade in a park...
Brandon Gallery, the oldest cooperative art gallery (since 1976) in San Diego County, has many winners among its members! At the recent San Diego County Fair’s juried fine art exhibit, Diane Adams won a 1st place award for her watercolor, “Escape,” and Penny Fedorchak won a second place award in the same category for “Spiraling Out of Control.” In addition, Mary Lou Zimdars won a 3rd place award for her collage, “Whimsey” and the gallery’s consignment artist, Trent Berning, won a 2nd place award for his ceramic “Nestin...
MILLA CHERI BATTENSCHLAG, female, born on June 8, 2006, at 11:36 a.m. weighing 8lbs, 6oz. Parents Amy & John Battenschlag, Murrieta, CA. Maternal grandparents George Molo, Jr., Fallbrook, CA, & April Morgan, Auburn, CA; paternal grandparents Richard & Estela Battenschlag, Fallbrook, CA. KATHERINE AVELINA BERTRAN HAYEK, female, born on June 29, 2006, at 7:41 a.m. weighing 6lbs, 4oz. Parents Linda & John Hayek, Fallbrook, CA. Maternal grandmother Barbara Bertran, Poway, CA; paternal grandmother Rosella Hayek, Temecula, CA.... Full story
I am writing in response to your June 22 article about the Fallbrook High School (FHS) band. My daughter has been in band for the past three years. The first two years, the program was thriving and winning awards. In contrast, the 2005/2006 season suffered the loss of many students. It would be a great loss to see it languish further. Marching band requires much more than showing up for Friday night football games. Band starts rehearsing two weeks before school starts. Once school starts, the band rehearses after school four... Full story
After five and a half years in office, President Bush vetoed his first bill. It seems that no amount of pork-barrel spending, a significant portion of the ballooning deficit, was enough to earn his veto. But the bill to use federal dollars for stem-cell research was too much for Bush to tolerate — despite pleas from Nancy Reagan and Republican Senate Majority Leader Dr. Bill Frist, and almost the entire scientific community. The bill was passed with bi-partisan support — but tragically, not quite enough to override Bus...
Thank you, Jim Russell, for pointing out another aspect to the issue. The bottom line is, however, that we do not need — and cannot afford — a new airport and certainly not at Miramar. And most certainly not at the cost of the Marines and our national security!... Full story
I recently took an animal to the San Diego County Fair and would like to thank all of the local businesses from Fallbrook who helped support the youth with their projects. They took Monday, July 3, off work to come down to the auction to support all the kids doing animal projects. Their support is greatly appreciated. These businesses that help support the youth are doing a great service to the kids. With our projects we learned teamwork, responsibility, hard work, time management and leadership skills to help us in the...
The newspapers have chronicled Rainbow Municipal Water District’s recent history of being cited and fined by the Department of Health for lapses in the safety area. For a number of years, covering the open reservoirs was at the top of the Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) list. Then mysteriously it was supplanted by the Rice Canyon Distribution Main. Nobody ever came to the board meetings to complain about lack of adequate water in that area, yet we have already expended $280K on just engineering studies of the line. Now t...
Please help! A concerned mother needs information regarding the incident on Potter Street, which was reported in the Village News on 7/20/06 and took place on July 17 around 12:30 p.m. Please call (760) 723-8129 in the evenings only if you have any information regarding this incident. Thank you....
Dear President Bush, The news on the radio yesterday and today moves me to write. I think it said “Twelve Palestinians were killed in an Israeli attack to force the release of a captured Israeli soldier,” and today “Eight Israeli soldiers were killed during an Israeli attack in Lebanon to stop terrorist rocket attacks on Israel,” and “Seventy Palestinians, fighters and civilians, have been killed, and critical utilities destroyed by recent fighting in Gaza Territories.” It’s obvious to me that this unending cycle of atta... Full story
Whether we realize it or not, the pro-Israeli “spin” on events in the Middle East is all we ever get from our government and from the “talking heads” in our Zionist-controlled news sources. You have only to ask the average American for the causes behind the current escalation of violence, to realize that we are completely at the mercy of the Israeli/Zionist lobby and news sources. Yes, the Palestinians in Gaza captured an Israeli soldier but there was no mention of the thousands of Palestinians kidnapped in Gaza and thrown...
My name is Alison Rose. I grew up in Fallbrook and graduated from Fallbrook High School in 1998. I am going to compete in my first triathlon on Sept. 9 in Monterey, CA in honor of all those currently fighting leukemia and other blood cancers. As a member of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training Program, I am also committed to raising $3,900 for the Society’s San Diego Chapter by Aug. 18. Please support this cause: Send a tax-deductible check payable to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to the following add... Full story
Almost every country in Africa is in a state of upheaval right now. Sudan, however, looks to be in the worst shape. Arab Muslims in the north are killing Black Christians in the Darfur region of the country. Their plan, as in many other hot spots of the world, is to push radical Islam on the people by force. Convert or die! Also, slavery still exists in this part of the world. As centuries ago, Black Africans are bought and sold by Arab Africans to anyone who will buy them. No one ever told them that slavery was a cast away...
The Fallbrook Chamber of Commerce Sundowner was held July 19 at the Fallbrook Village Square, hosted by Connections Networking...
FALLBROOK- Brandon Chesney of Boy Scout Troop 7000 would like to invite members of the community to celebrate his advancement to Eagle Scout with palms. All are invited to attend his ceremony at Christ the King Church, July 29 at 11 a.m. Brandon has been very active in Fallbrook for several years with a wide variety of community service projects. His Eagle project was to build a 500-foot split rail fence to protect a preserve on Stage Coach. He also cleared the area of invasive plants as well. Brandon is finishing work on...
FALLBROOK — Ticketing services for the August 11 Symphony “Pops” Concert on the Green are available for purchase online. Concertgoers now have access to TicketGuys.com online ticketing inventory to purchase admission tickets and BBQ picnic dinners for the 21st annual summer concert at the Grand Tradition. “We are pleased to provide this new, convenient service for our patrons, and we are certain that this new arrangement will both expand our ease-of-ticketing capability and our online presence,” says Judy Siodmak, Marketing...
