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 Fallbrook Healthcare District Board of Directors met September 10 to discuss the outcome of the fiscal year audit, the upcoming election and other topics concerning the Healthcare District. At the meeting, Ken Pun, a CPA with Caporicci & Larson, reported that after going over Fallbrook Healthcare District's book of accounting records for two years, he found no discrepancies or fraudulent activities in the transactions made by the board. As a public agency, Fallbrook Healthcare District is required by law to be audited...
FALLBROOK — Local veterinarian Kathy Earle, DVM, will leave on September 26 for Houston, TX, to volunteer her help to animals that have been injured or become sick due to Hurricane Ike. Earle’s 15-year-old son, Drew, a sophomore at Fallbrook High School, is assisting her in establishing a fund to which community members can donate in order to help provide medical care for the animals. Donations can be dropped off at Avocado Animal Hospital, 1111 East Mission Road. Checks should be made payable to one of the following: Tex... Full story
A new nonprofit organization named Southwest Veterans’ Business Resource Center (SWVBRC) will hold its grand opening in Fallbrook on November 1. The purpose of the center is to encourage community support and provide resource information for veterans. “Our interest at SWVBRC is to increase public awareness on how best to support our veterans,” said Albert Renteria, founder and CEO. “And our purpose is to increase the veterans’ awareness about benefits.” At SWVBRC, there will b...
Thirteen Fallbrook residents seek to fill eight seats on the Fallbrook Community Planning Group (FCPG). Out of that 13, six are incumbents seeking reelection while the rest are hoping for their first opportunity to serve. There are 15 elected members on the FCPG and all must live within the community they serve. In their four-year term, they act as advisors to the administrators of the County of San Diego. Members of the FCPG are not county officials, but rather, act as an...
If you drive by Bonsall Elementary School on a Sunday between the hours of 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. you will see some colorful tents set up at the parking lot. What is happening is the hustle and bustle of the newly formed Bonsall Farmer’s Market, which features approximately 37 vendors. Most of the vendors are from the Fallbrook/Bonsall/Rainbow/De Luz area, but there are also vendors from Vista, San Diego, Temecula and as far away as Lake Elsinore. Some of the funds raised from t... Full story
Richard and Jody Duffy of Fallbrook joyfully announce the engagement of their daughter, Tiffany Lynn, to Samuel Bisco Jones, son of Bill and Mary Ann Jones, also of Fallbrook. Sam and Tiffany, both graduates of Fallbrook High School, earned their bachelors degrees from California State University, San Marcos in 2005. Sam has been employed in Guest Services at Pechanga Resort and Casino for more than two years. Tiffany, a licensed esthetician, operates her own skincare...
FALLBROOK — The Fallbrook Area Visitor’s Bureau will present the final Wine & “A Bite” Art Walk of the season in the historic downtown area on Saturday, September 20, from 5 to 7 p.m. Food will be provided by Hukilau, Brothers Bistro, Peking Wok and Pala Casino. A glass of wine will be provided for participants at each stop by the DePortola Wine Trail. Experience the mesmerizing moves of belly dancers and sounds of drums at the Blue Heron Gallery and Caravan Exotic Clothing, learn about wood block carving and view a print d...
FALLBROOK — The seventh annual Gourd and Pumpkin Festival will take place October 4 at the Welburn Gourd Farm. The festival, a free event, is a ‘mini’ version of the larger Gourd Art Festival held in June and includes exhibitors selling gourd art, gourd crafting tools and supplies, dried gourds, organic pumpkins, more than 16 different gourd art classes, plus food and beverages offered by local vendors and tours of the gourd fields from atop hay wagons pulled by Belgian Draft horses. The Welburn Gourd Farm is located 12 mi... Full story
FALLBROOK — The deadline to sign up for the reunion picnic sponsored by Fallbrook Union High School Class of 1958 has been extended to October 1. The picnic, for the classes of 1900 through 1970+, will be held at Live Oak Park on Sunday, October 19, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Lunch will be served at noon for those who make reservations. Lunch cost is $22 per person, which includes food and contribution to park rental, table set-ups and the like. For tickets, send check to Darwin East, 25749 Sandy Lodge Rd., Sun City, CA 92586, n...
A parent information meeting for Girl Scouts will be held at the Fallbrook Woman’s Club (corner of West Mission and North Mission) from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 30. There will be crafts for the kids during that time. For more information, call Tanisha at (760) 231-7949....
Murrieta-Temecula Republican Assembly Club’s meeting on October 3 at 6:30 p.m. at Pat & Oscar’s Restaurant in Temecula will feature guest speakers US Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack and Rob Hightower, regional representative for Presidential candidate John McCain. RSVP with Adele at (951) 506-1999 or [email protected]....
Public notice: Pursuant to Education Code section 5328, the Vallecitos School District is accepting applications to fill two governing board positions. The board will interview and make appointments to the board at its October 14 meeting. Term of office is December 9, 2008, to December 11, 2012. Information and application forms are available at the district office at 5253 Fifth Street, Rainbow, or by calling the district office at (760) 451-8200. Application deadline is October 3 at 4 p.m.... Full story
FALLBROOK — On Sunday, September 28, the Fallbrook Land Conservancy (FLC) will celebrate its 20th anniversary with the 18th annual “Old-Fashioned Celebration” known as Stage Coach Sunday at Palomares House on South Stage Coach Lane. The event will run from 1 to 4:30 p.m. and feature live music by Gordon Stone’s Stonehouse band, an animal show by Pacific Animal Productions and wagon rides by Cinderella Carriages. Other scheduled events include the popular children’s Halloween...
The 24th annual California Coastal Cleanup Day event will be held on Saturday, September 20. The event, which is organized by I Love a Clean San Diego (ILACSD) and San Diego Coast Keepers, encompasses all of San Diego County. For the kids, registration for the Kids Third Annual Coloring Contest (grades K-6 welcome) can be found at www.cleanupday.org. Two of these sites will be in the De Luz area. Volunteers who want to help with the cleanup effort in De Luz can sign in at...
Chris St. James, owner of Great Cuts, will be sponsoring the Fallbrook Animal Sanctuary pet adoptions this Saturday, September 20, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It will be held at 111 South Mission Road (in the Albertsons shopping center). Great Cuts is giving a special certificate for free haircuts for the entire immediate family for each pet adopted this day. Everyone is invited to help support the Animal Sanctuary. For more information, visit www.fallbrookanimalsanctuary.org....
The audacity of FPUD councilmembers to admit that they really don’t care about the residents of Fallbrook; once again, they have stepped into the arena of nonsensical decisions. The GM received a COLA on January 1. Why did he need a bonus just six months later? Did the employees who do the dirty work get a bonus? Also, why did they change the ordinance regarding employment? Is it because the GM really must be getting terrified that his cushion position is eroding very fast? Larry, just in case you did not read my comment o...
I started Controltec in my home’s spare bedroom on Foxfire Road in Fallbrook in 1993. We first rented an office in the Seers Industrial Building on East Mission. Then we moved into a suite on East Alvarado before we leased the building on South Main on September 15, 1996. Twelve years later to the day, we’re moving out. Initially, everyone who worked at Controltec lived in Fallbrook. Now, most of our almost 40 employees commute from Temecula, Murrieta, Oceanside and San Diego. When our Fallbrook office became too small in...
Dear fellow residents, It’s no secret that many of us are suffering through hard economic times. Not to sound too much like a politician, but I think that better days are ahead. I have talked to many of our fine local restaurant owners and some are having a tough time as well. Contrary to popular wisdom, we have some excellent food options in this town. I know that times are tight but I ask that the next time you decide to drive to the coast or elsewhere to dine, you consider our fine local restaurants first. Robert S...
I promised I would attend the next “law enforcement appreciation day.” I did just that on September 10 in Bonsall. I was amused that few if any citizens attended this back-slapping event of their own selves other than the participant families. I can understand why, considering the questionable job Captain Webb of the California Highway Patrol is doing in the area. I do give credit to the nice men and women of the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department and the senior volunteer officers, but the problem still exists with the C... Full story
The 17th annual CROP Walk was not as great a success as the past four years when we raised almost $70,000 each year and Fallbrook was number one on the West Coast. Nationwide there are nearly 2,000 walks. We still ranked in the top 25 by raising $48,000. Christ The King did a great job of raising $17,513. The Fallbrook Food Pantry received $12,000. In the past, the Pantry helped about 30 recipients per day. Today that figure is almost 100 per day. Over the last decade, there has been great progress in fighting hunger...
Robert Green, you are absolutely right about the irony of Bush’s embarrassing comments concerning Russia and Georgia, after he lied and manipulated intelligence to get us to invade Iraq, something which is obvious to everyone except die hard neo-cons. Mainstream media is too often accused of being left wing liberal leaning, so I think they are backing off this failure of a president and letting the obvious slide. The real way to get anyone’s attention is to reject the lock-step disciples of Bush, such as McBush, Palin, Iss...
The letter by Jon Monday in the August 28 Village News [“McCain could be worse than Bush”] is stunning. It seems he is against the U.S. in Iraq where we deposed a totalitarian despot and is for the (almost totally) autocratic Russia attacking a democratic Georgia. Can we conclude from that that he favors totalitarianism over democracy? If that is not the case, it would be nice if he would explain when totalitarians are good and when they are not good. Also, what is his position on Chavez in Venezuela? Does he think he is bett...
The Fallbrook High School cheerleaders and their parents would like to thank Albertsons and Major Market for their contribution to the cheerleading program’s fundraising efforts. In August, the cheerleaders sold root beer floats and offered a car wash at Albertsons. They also held a raffle with San Diego Charger Luis Castillo assisting and providing the basket of Charger items raffled in front of Major Market. Coaches Megan Dahl, Allison Abbott and Stephanie Lowell are working hard to provide a well-rounded program that o...
I stand behind the Fallbrook Union Elementary School District for their determination to keep our campuses drug-free. Assistant Superintendent Whitlock claims “99 percent of the parents are going to welcome anything we can do to make sure our facilities are drug-free.” I was one of the parents who attended the August 18 FUESD governing board meeting. I opposed the proposal. Not all parents welcome anything. There are limits. A drug-free environment is one part of a safe learning environment. Intimidation of the entire stu...
In a letter to the editor [North County Times, 8/15/08], Jeff Lassle of Fallbrook rails about the China juggernaut overcoming the US economy. His stated reasons relate to creeping socialism and overregulation in the US marketplace. These are the very same criticisms we of the West level against the Chinese! Here we have an outright Communist nation practicing all those traits we are supposed to hate: forced labor, complete government control, limited human rights and more. In other words, we are being overhauled by an economy...
