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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Lady Warrior Emily Badillo (#1) goes to battle against Torrey Pines in Fallbrook High School’s field hockey match on September 14....
The glow of lights and the hum of excitement drift into downtown Fallbrook when Warrior Football hosts home games. The first home game of the season occurred Friday night, September 15, when the Warriors faced Temecula Valley High School. “Friday night lights” are a welcome sight as members of the community pack the stadium to show their appreciation of the students and their efforts. Whether you favor the game of pigskin itself, enjoying admiring the athletic prowess of the athletes, watching the (gasp) highflying stu... Full story
Date Vicinity Incident 9/1 100 blk Rice Canyon Rd Identity theft 9/1 1000 blk Funquest Dr Grand theft property 9/1 1400 blk Alturas Residential burglary 9/1 200 blk Laurine Ln Commercial burglary 9/1 2100 blk Brooke Rd Annoying repeated phone calls 9/1 2300 blk Morro Rd Vandalism 9/1 3000 blk Rainbow Valley Blvd Personate to get money/property 9/1 1000 blk E Mission Stolen vehicle 9/1 100 blk S Mission Vehicle burglary 9/1 1200 blk S Mission Arrest: possession of controlled substance 9/1 1300 blk S Mission Embezzlement 9/1... Full story
Fallbrook High School’s girls volleyball team won the San Diego Fall Classic tournament played September 8-9 at the Epic Volleyball Center in Poway. The Warriors won all seven of their matches, including a win over Santa Fe Christian in the tournament finals. Fallbrook won 14 of 15 games and placed three players on the all-tournament team, including tournament Most Valuable Player Carli Lloyd. “It was nice,” said Fallbrook coach Galen Tomlinson. “The first day we were able to get a lot of kids some playing time,” Tomlinson...
For the second year in a row, The New School surpassed other local schools with an Academic Performance Index (API) score of 915. The two-year-old charter school, run by the Vallecitos School District, is located on Elder Street in downtown Fallbrook. API scores are used by the state “to measure school and district performance based on student test scores,” says the California Department of Education Web site. The numbers are backed up by stories of success from students and parents of The New School, which teaches 107 stu...
Five candidates seek to replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein (Democrat) on November 7. She is a one of California’s two United States Senators. Facing off against her are Todd Chretien, Green Party; Marsha Feinland, Peace & Freedom; Don J. Grundmann, American Independent; Michael S. Metti, Libertarian; and Richard “Dick” Mountjoy, Republican. Todd Chretien, the Green Party candidate, lists bringing the troops home now; abolishing the USA Patriot Act; building schools, not jails; creating decent jobs with union rights; defen...
“Don’t go to the end, think of the path,” was the advice from Jose Aponte, San Diego County’s Library Director. Aponte joined Friends of the Fallbrook Library (FFL) on Tuesday to discuss the progress of a new local facility. FFL has already raised $1.8 million for this new home, which Aponte believes will benefit them in their efforts to have the county construct it. “Your core team is so committe... Full story
Approximately 95 percent of the employees in the two unions of Rainbow Municipal Water District (RMWD) are actively seeking new jobs, agreed members of the Employee Bargaining Units (EBU). Unanimously, they rejected RMWD’s “last, best offer” and sent a declaration of impasse for both unions, the Rainbow Employees Association and the Rainbow Association of Supervisor and Confidential Employees, on August 29. There were three “‘impasse issues’” cited in the letter: • “Cost of Living Adjustment ; and • Reduced pay and ben... Full story
A fire ignited in trees located near La Paloma Elementary School, at Fallbrook Street and Calle de La Paloma, Monday afternoon at approximately 3:30 p.m., requiring Fallbrook Street to be closed for just under two hours. The blaze burned one and one-half acres before being fully contained by 5 p.m. “Fortunately, no one was hurt,” reported John Buchanan of North County Fire Protection District. “One house sustained minor damage to its roof and some fences were damaged.” One resident later reported to the Village News that th...
A retirement coffee will be hosted by Jayne Bonfietti for Jan Metzger, Fallbrook’s preeminent dog trainer of 30-plus years, on September 23 from 10:30 a.m. until noon at the Fallbrook Community Center. Please join in to wish Jan Metzger well in her retirement. Jan has improved the lives of thousands of local dogs and their owners, making them better citizens through obedience training. Light refreshments will be served. For additional information please call Jayne at (760) 731-9527.... Full story
Sail the seas of education with your child… go aboard with the PTA! William H. Frazier PTA is inviting its members to a general meeting and ice cream social on Thursday, September 21, at 5:30 p.m. in the school’s Multipurpose Room. The festivities will include the proposal for this school year’s budget and PTA programs, Membership Drive information, volunteer opportunities, prizes, fundraising events and much more, all presented in a fair-like atmosphere. Everyone is welcome. Join the PTA and get informed!...
The Brandon Gallery, the oldest juried co-operative gallery in North County, is having a very special open house on September 30 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. There will be refreshments, a raffle, a silent auction, a painting demonstration by award-winning pastel artist Karen Levi, live music and much more. Brandon Gallery is located at 105 N. Main Avenue in Fallbrook. This gala day of art is being held in conjunction with an open house at the Art Campus at Fallbrook. Please call the Brandon Gallery at (760) 723-1330 for more...
Locals are invited to clean out their closets, garages and basements and bring their unearthed items to the Fallbrook Community Center swap meet on Saturday, Sept. 30, from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Community Center’s auditorium and front lawn will host more that 50 spacious vendor areas. Interested participants can register by calling (760) 728-1671 or by visiting the Fallbrook Community Center in person at 341 Heald Lane or online at www.boe.ca.gov....
Two orange and white tabbies and one black and white cat are all available for adoption. They have had their shots and Advantage and are spayed or neutered. They are very playful and purr every time you pick them up. Come see how fun and beautiful they are! Fallbrook Animal Sanctuary, (760) 518-6024 or (760) 685-3533.... Full story
Victor Michels and Laramie Lesina were married on July 16, 2006. Relatives and friends attended a lovely Sunday afternoon ceremony at the historic Ashland Springs Hotel in Ashland, OR. A reception followed at the hotel’s beautiful courtyard. Laramie is the daughter of Bill & Karen Lesina of Cresent City and Victor is the son of Bill & Ineke Michels of Fallbrook. The couple met at Humboldt State University in Arcata, CA. They are residing in Grant’s Pass, OR....
(Above) Fallbrook royalty presents leis to the guests of the Fallbrook Village Association’s annual gala. (Right) Bev and Earl McDougal are ready to enjoy the evening and celebrate the good work accomplished by the Fallbrook Village Association at the organization’s annual gala. The event was held Sept 15, at the Grand Tradition’s new Arbor Terrace....
On behalf of the 9/11 Remembrance Day Ceremony Committee, we would like to thank the following personnel and organizations for their support and participation: Fallbrook Masonic Lodge, Fallbrook Chamber of Commerce, VFW Post 1924, Ladies Auxiliary of VFW Post 1924 for a fantastic lunch, Hopkins & Associates, Fallbrook Sheriff’s Senior Volunteer Patrol, Village News, North County Times, Fallbrook Chorale, North County Fire Protection District, North County Firefighters Association, Fallbrook Ministerial Association, Kevin J... Full story
With regard to Glen Holzhausen’s letter (9/7/06, “None are so blind as those who won’t see”), after commenting on the “Anti-Semitism” expression and Arab-Israel conflict, suddenly he offers up “for all the Bush-bashing Democrats” a list of major wars of the past century showing the number of American fatalities from each. We see that Democrat presidents happened to be in power during wars with the highest number of fatalities. Apparently, he’s attempting to make a correlation between Democratic presidents and higher war fa...
I want to thank Mr. Monday for his answer to my question about his definition of religious bigotry. Mr. Monday wrote, “…any religious person who believes that their religion is true and all others are false is a bigot.” By not accepting the validity of the Christian religion, wouldn’t Mr. Monday, an apparent fundamental humanist, be a religious bigot? I agree with Mr. Monday that all religions are vulnerable to manipulation by evil people, but they are not true believers (unless their holy book advocates evil). There will alw...
Mark Wynen (‘Speak out against anti-family bills,’ 8/31/06) warns us about our state legislators’ desire to destroy families. “Lawmakers bent on promoting homosexuality in the public schools... to undermine the foundation of family values.” Since when is the very foundation of family values based on admonishing homosexuals? “SB 1437... goes beyond just the normalization of homosexuality – it would teach that people are born gay.” It should be obvious by now that tendencies toward homosexuality are largely due to genetic pred...
It has been quite the year of hard work with both of us working fulltime plus running a small organic farm, so I decided that my husband and I would take a day off and give ourselves a well deserved pamper. Where to go? We did not fancy going into San Diego and dealing with all that noise and traffic, so I planned a day in Fallbrook! And we are so happy with the way it turned out we just have to share with the intelligent and provocative group of readers of the Village News! We began by taking my disgusting “teacher’s” car t...
The attack of 9/11 was horrendous, no question about it. What has transpired since, however, has played directly into the hands of Al Queda. With a single blow they have completely transformed life in the US as we know it. They have won a big victory, and without the need for an encore. Billions of taxpayer dollars have gone to provide questionable systems and equipment all mandated by a new bureaucracy called “Homeland Security.” The initial attempt to capture/kill Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan was well founded. Pity it...
After being out of the area for the past month visiting family, I returned to see a flyer listing the three candidates that the Fallbrook High School Teacher’s Union is endorsing for the board election this November. When I saw former FHS principal Marc Steffler’s name on that list, I thought, “You’ve got to be kidding!” This has to be a bad joke! While my daughter was in school under Mr. Steffler’s reign, I observed many incidences of what I felt was poor leadership, careless decision making and unprofessional behavior on...
I have been a resident of Fallbrook for 28 years. My three children attended Fallbrook High School from 1996 until 2005. During those nine years, we saw the quality of education decline and the entire high school experience deteriorate. The two incumbent board candidates who are up for re-election were on the school board during that time, so I decided to attend the forum last week to hear all candidates’ views. One thing is clear: it is time for a change. Neither incumbent, Jim Hutcherson nor Fran White, was able to a... Full story
In 1986 Congress passed the Immigration Reform and Control Act, which granted amnesty to illegal aliens who had continually evaded law enforcement. This resulted in 2.8 million illegal aliens being admitted as legal immigrants to the United States. After Reagan had signed this into law, people thought that the immigration problem was “solved” and that everything could go back to normal. Wrong! All that Immigration Reform and Control Act did was tell the illegals that they would be rewarded for illegally crossing into our coun...
