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  • Health, Mind & Body Expo this Sunday

    Updated Aug 26, 2010

    FALLBROOK – A free Health, Mind & Body Expo will be offered to Village News readers this Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Elder House, 127 W. Elder St. in downtown Fallbrook. Visitors to the expo will have the opportunity to hear interesting speakers, hear a variety of 15-minute seminars on various health-related topics, learn about cutting edge technologies, and speak with health care professionals. Information will be provided on a variety of health and beauty topics and nutritionists and personal...

  • Pala Band to host third annual Powwow celebration

    Updated Aug 26, 2010

    PALA - The Pala Band of Mission Indians will hold its third annual “Honoring Traditions” Powwow August 27 to 29, 2010 on the Pala Indian Reservation. This event is free and open to the public. Several different classes of powwow dancing contests will be offered. Seven award-winning powwow drum groups will provide the music for the dancers. Other activities include bird singing, an exhibition of “shinny,” a traditional Native American ball game, and a peon tournament. The prizes for contests range from $50 to $1,000, with ov...

  • Gem & Mineral Society to meet Sept. 9

    Updated Aug 26, 2010

    FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Gem & Mineral Society will meet Thurs., Sept. 9 at 6 p.m. in the meeting room at 123 W. Alvarado St. It is sign up night for new members, so visitors are encouraged to attend. The evening will begin with a potluck supper, followed by guest speaker Nathan Renfro, staff gemologist at the Gemological Institute of America in Carlsbad. Renfro will talk about “The Modern Lapidary Artist: Applications and Methods for Cutting Gem Material.” There will be discussion on past and future fieldtrips and...

  • Public school choice option is in effect for Fallbrook High

    Updated Aug 26, 2010

    FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Union High School District has notified local parents and guardians of high school students that Fallbrook High continues in Program Improvement (PI) for the 2010-2011 school year. Consequently, the parents/guardians have the PI public school choice option to request a transfer of their students to a non-PI school within the district or a non-PI school outside the district. PI Public School Choice Transfer Applications can be picked up in the Educational Services Office at 2234 South Stage Coach...

  • Home from Dubai: Karavatos performs poetry Sept. 9

    Updated Aug 26, 2010

    FALLBROOK – Fallbrook’s Writers Read will present Home from Dubai: the Poetry of Nicholas Karavatos on Thursday, Sept. 9 at 6 p.m., at the Café des Artistes. Writers Read, a free monthly gathering of writers and readers, is pleased to host Karavatos, a Californian and assistant professor of English at the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. The public is invited to hear Karavatos’ singular voice at Fallbrook’s Café des Artistes, 103 S. Main Avenue. The Café opens at 5:30 p.m. with a special...

  • Brandon Gallery issues call for small art works entries

    Updated Aug 26, 2010

    FALLBROOK – Fallbrook’s Brandon Gallery is now accepting entries for its fourth annual Small Art Works Exhibition. According to Jill K. Jones, Brandon Gallery’s coordinator and curator for the showing, “Artists working in several different media can submit up to three entries for this showing of art in November. The art must be original, made in the last three years and no longer than 14 inches in any dimension. Cash awards will be given for best of show, best in a medium and in each of several categories. In addit...

  • Plein Air art on view Sunday

    Updated Aug 26, 2010

    FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook “On The Green” Wednesday Plein Air painters will be exhibiting their latest art works at the Fallbrook Village Square located at Main and Alvarado, on August 29 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. These talented artists can be found painting on location throughout north San Diego County. All are invited to join them Sunday to see how plein air painting is done. There is no charge for this event....

  • Bottom Shelf end of summer event

    Updated Aug 26, 2010

    FALLBROOK – The Bottom Shelf Bookstore will hold its “end of summer/back to school” half-price event on Saturday, Sept. 4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Located at 111-B. S. Main, the Bottom Shelf is operated by Friends of the Fallbrook Library and proceeds benefit the new library building fund and ongoing library programs. Hours are Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call (760) 451-9606 for more information.... Full story

  • My water savings evaporated at FPUD

    Updated Aug 26, 2010

    In 2009 FPUD requested ratepayers to conserve water. FPUD called it the Category One advisory mode of operation with the exception that grove farmers lost their preferred water rate. Then, because of drought conditions, FPUD went into a Category Two mode of operation and for ratepayers with large lots the water cost increase was extreme. Ratepayers were given a target usage amount each month based on previous year’s usage which they were told not to exceed. If ratepayers kept the amount of their water usage below the t... Full story

  • Music in Bonsall sponsored by great groups

    Updated Aug 26, 2010

    As we gear-up for another school year on behalf of the Sullivan Middle School music in Bonsall, I would like to thank the many organizations and people that continue to make a difference for our students. First, let me recognize the Bonsall Educational Foundation. Their fundraising efforts are so tremendous that they can support programs, instrument repairs and curriculum purchases for music education in all Bonsall schools. Last June was amazing, with the second annual Bonsallpalooza benefit concert held at Pala Casino. In... Full story

  • Thanks to Walgreens and others

    Updated Aug 26, 2010

    The Fallbrook Alumni Association would like to give a very hardy “Thank You” to our local Walgreens for their wonderful support for our annual Backpack Buddy Project. Store Manager, Chris Jenkins, and his assistant, Kristopher, were extremely helpful in procuring 75 backpacks and all the necessary supplies to fill them. Because of the store’s generosity, we were able to fill a very real need for some Fallbrook High School students who would otherwise be financially unable to start school with all the necessary supplies to hav...

  • Can you volunteer to help a boy whose parent is deployed?

    Updated Aug 26, 2010

    I would like to invite men who would like to have a patriotic experience to join me. I was recently named a Big Brother. I will meet with my “little brother” once a week during the coming school year for one hour at his school. No set agenda; just spending time with a youngster while his parent is deployed. Scheduling is flexible and the meeting place is one of the schools on Camp Pendleton. Call (619) 218-3532 now so they can process your application before school starts. Joe Bator...

  • Six lanes in lieu of four for SR76's final link

    Updated Aug 26, 2010

    The front page article of the Aug. 5 Village News quotes Caltrans as projecting an additional $100M if the Southern Route were to be implemented for SR76’s final link. If accepted at face value, that may be the case pending final cost estimates of the North versus South routes. However, what is overlooked is that by implementing the Southern Route, our community would gain six lanes instead of four. By retaining two lane SR76 route as a frontage road and building out the four-lane Southern Alternative, Caltrans would gain s... Full story

  • What good are North County Fire's notices?

    Updated Aug 26, 2010

    So here we are - another fire season approaches. I do read the notices sent out by North County Fire Protection District. They ‘say’ they need our help. Great; I’m good with that. I have called regarding palm trees that are at a corner of my property that seriously need to be trimmed. Two of my surrounding neighbors have just spent lots of dollars improving their fencing which bypasses these trees. I was told by North County Fire that they cannot force people to trim their trees. Hmm. Then heavens, why send out the notic... Full story

  • New resident thanks neighbors

    Updated Aug 26, 2010

    As a new Fallbrook resident, I’d like to thank some of the first people I met here. First, there was the neighbor who loaned me tools when I was trying to put in a new mailbox with a plumbers wrench and a gardening trowel. As it turned out, I didn’t even need them because while I was gone, apparently the mailbox fairies came! And they were packin’ heat (tools). Mailbox was attached, poled and cemented. Thanks, guys. The other night, my foster dog got out of the yard. Unfortunately it was after 1 a.m., so driving around yelli...

  • Pop Warner thanks Fallbrook

    Updated Aug 26, 2010

    Fallbrook Pop Warner’s Family Fun Day at Live Oak Park on August 14 was a great success. Each team had their own game booth to raise money for the year. The teams did a great job on creativity and themes. They had everything from a jail to selling root beer floats. The kids also voted to make one of the coaches eat goldfish. Teammates were putting their friends in jail and the cheer teams would bail them out. We would like to give a special thanks to the following for their donations: Northgate, Daniels Market, Albertsons, a...

  • There is already a mosque there

    Updated Aug 26, 2010

    I can’t help but feel sorry that our political process has been taken over by the extremists. Case in point is the proposed new Islamic center in NYC within a few blocks of “Ground Zero.” It appears that my party, the GOP, is determined to make political capital out of this, irrespective of the real truth of the matter. Firstly, there’s already a functioning mosque in the existing building, but my party doesn’t want to acknowledge that fact, spoils their overriding ‘slant’ on the matter. I’d be the first to admit, given th...

  • Re: 'American pride gone awry' [Letter, Village News, 8-19-10]

    Updated Aug 26, 2010

    Americans by majority are against slavery as our nation fought a civil war to obliterate slavery of early Americans who, at a woeful time actually owned slaves. That is a piece of American history we are not proud of. Tim Orsino appears wildly in favor of giving all the advantages of free everything, open border, full health benefits, and thank them for sneaking in. Baloney! Tim asserts that illegals pay state and federal income tax. Wrong again; no driver license; not even a green card; those fees are not paid. Does Tim...

  • Only a dope goes on dope

    Updated Aug 26, 2010

    A few years ago, I needed a job. I went down to San Diego to that government building where they had jobs on the wall. They had a job in Santee as a maintenance person. I went to Santee. It was a house for the mentally ill. I saw this caretaker person who talked to me and invited me for a walk through. The residents were all young males under 25 years old, all mental cases from some form of dope the caretaker said. I could not believe it. That could be you next if you are on dope. John S. Cardona...

  • Pets looking for new homes

    Updated Aug 26, 2010

    FALLBROOK – Major Market will be hosting a pet adoption on Saturday, August 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 845 S. Main Ave., next to Vince’s Pizza. Major Market is sponsoring the local Fallbrook Animal Sanctuary. Kittens, cats and dogs will be available, weather permitting. Residents are asked to help support local homeless animals. The adoption fee includes spaying or neutering, microchipping and vaccinations. For more information, call (760) 685-3533, or visit www.fallbrookanimalsanctuary.org....

  • Pet of the Week

    Updated Aug 26, 2010

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  • The history of Pendleton stretches centuries before World War II

    Updated Aug 26, 2010

    Names such as Tarawa and Lejeune are seen on street signs or in housing areas throughout Marine Corps’ Installations, but some may wonder where Camp Pendleton’s unfamiliar camp names originated. When explorers discovered modern-day Camp Pendleton, it was common for Catholic missionaries to name points of arrival or rest stops for the patron saint whose holy day coincides with time they arrived. A majority of Camp Pendleton locations can be traced to these Spanish padres and...

  • The lobsters are coming Sept. 10

    Updated Aug 26, 2010

    FALLBROOK – The Rotary Club of Fallbrook’s eighth annual Lobster on the Green fundraiser is just weeks away and the Ingold Sports Park venue in Fallbrook is all set for the occasion. On Friday, September 10, gates will open at 5:30 p.m. for guests to enter the grass softball field venue and be presented with an all-you-can-eat feast of live Maine lobster and filet of steak. Roaming entertainers will amuse guests while they take part in the silent and live auctions. A...

  • Michaels, Springfield perform at Pala

    Updated Aug 26, 2010

    A pair of inspirations performed in concert July 31 at the Pala Casino’s Starlight Theater. Bret Michaels, who was diagnosed with diabetes when he was six, has become an inspiration to juvenile diabetics and their families. He was followed by Rick Springfield, who during his acting career backed up the legendary Lorne Greene in Battlestar Galactica before becoming a headline act as a singer. Officially Michaels and Springfield were double headliners at Pala. Springfield was scheduled initially, and when Michaels became a... Full story

  • "The Expendables" make special Camp Pendleton appearance

    Updated Aug 26, 2010

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