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 Ghoulish Gourmet” haunted house will be a new feature at this year’s Safe Halloween event at La Paloma Elementary School on October 31. HALO™ Leaf of Life, a new company in Fallbrook, will sponsor the attraction. Pass by the graveyard into a hands-on “interactive” funhouse with heads that “talk,” skeletons that rattle and body parts that “squish.” The “gourmet” table features “Rat-atouille,” “Skeleton Succotash” and a “Brain on a bed of Edible Worms!” Penny Clark, of the Fallbrook School of the Arts, handmade many o...
Riverview Church in Bonsall will present it is annual Harvest Festival, a trick-or-treat alternative, on Friday, October 31, from 5 to 8 p.m. The event will feature game booths, costumes, candy, an inflatable slide, rock climbing, pony rides, a cupcake walk, great food and music. The purchase of a $5 wristband gains entrance to unlimited activities. Hot dogs, bratwurst, chili and drinks will be available at an additional cost. The church is located at 4980 Sweetgrass Lane, off Hwy. 76, just east of River Village. Call (760)...
Fallbrook Knights of Columbus will hold a spaghetti dinner on Sunday, November 2, from 4 to 7 p.m. Besides spaghetti with meat sauce, the menu includes garlic bread, salad, ice cream and coffee. The cost is $6 for adults and $4 for children under 11. Fun, music and fellowship are also offered at St. Peter’s Hall on Stage Coach Lane.... Full story
The Fallbrook High FFA is again hosting their tri-tip barbecue dinners before home football games. Join the fun this Friday, October 31, and on November 7. Dinner will be served from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Ag department, which is located at the east end of the football field. Each meal ($8) includes tri-tip, beans, salad, dinner roll and a drink. For more information, call the Ag department at (760) 723-6300, ext. 2509. The barbecue is a fundraiser for FFA leadership development activities....
The Fallbrook High School Class of 1998 has its 10-year reunion planned for Saturday, November 29 (Saturday after Thanksgiving), at Pala Mesa Resort. Event includes reception, dinner, cash bars, dancing and prizes. The cost is now $75 per person up to November 19; no registrations will be taken the day of the reunion. To register, send payment with contact information, including e-mail address, to Class of 1998, c/o Nicole Tyson, 944 Lupine Hills Dr., #114, Vista, CA 92081. For more details, contact Nicole at [email protected]... Full story
The new Southwest Veterans’ Business Resource Center will hold its official grand opening celebration on Saturday, November 1 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 145 East Fig Street, Fallbrook. A special ceremony beginning at noon will include presentations by the Color Guard of Boy Scout Troop #755, County Supervisor Bill Horn, SVBRC founder Albert R. Renteria, Gillian Larson of TV’s “Survivor” and others. Those interested in attending are asked to RSVP to Frances Lowe at (760) 468-1315 or [email protected].... Full story
Fallbrook FFA students will offer their plant projects to the public in a plant sale scheduled for Saturday, November 1, from 9 a.m. to noon. On top of just selling plant projects, the floral design classes now make arrangements that are offered at the plant sales. Autumn arrangements will be available, along with plants at the high school’s Ag department....
When California Retired Teachers, Div. 81 gathers for brunch at 9 a.m. on November 12 at Fallbrook Golf Club, 2757 Gird Road, they will experience a dramatization of the history of the San Diego Gaslamp District. The presentation will be conducted by actors in period dress. Everyone interested in education is welcome. For reservations, call Jewell Roberds at (760) 728-1092 by November 7....
Rev. Magnus and Elaine Egge will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary on October 3. The Egges, who now reside in Fallbrook, were married in their hometown of St. James, MN. At the time of their wedding, in 1943, Magnus was serving in the US Navy as a pilot. As an ordained Lutheran pastor, Magnus has served parishes in Wisconsin, Minnesota and California and is currently employed part-time as Pastor Emeritus at Christ The King Lutheran Church in Fallbrook. For many years,... Full story
Solana Beach Presbyterian Church was the setting for the wedding of Jessica Stevens and Jesse Rogers on August 23. Jessica is the daughter of Mark and Carol Jo Stevens of Fallbrook. The bridal party included Jessica’s brother, Joel Stevens of Fallbrook, and Jesse’s sister, Teresa Rivera of New York. Jesse’s nephews and niece were the ring bearers and flower girl. Jessica is the granddaughter of Ralph Enander of Fallbrook and the late Lewis Stevens of Carlsbad. Jesse is the s...
The Encore Club’s monthly coffee, scheduled for November 4, will be held at the Fallbrook Women’s Club, 238 West Mission Road, for this month only. Social time begins at 9:30 a.m. followed by the business meeting at 10:15. This month’s special guest speaker is Mary Perhacs from the Fallbrook Art Center. At the meeting, signups will be taken for two upcoming holiday events: the Holly Jolly Holiday Luncheon at Vista Valley Country Club on December 10 and the Holiday Ball on December 18 at the Grand Tradition. For infor...
The Fallbrook Gem & Mineral Society will meet on November 13 at 7 p.m. in the meeting room at 123 West Alvarado Street. Guest speaker Robert Weldon will speak on mining and the cutting of Amertine quartz from Bolivia (the only commercial source) and its use in jewelry created by the same company that owns the mine. Call (760) 728-1130 for more information. Guests are always welcome....
Book Talk, the community book club sponsored by Friends of the Fallbrook Library, will meet Thursday, November 13, at 1:30 p.m. at the Fallbrook Public Utility District, 990 East Mission Road. The featured selection is “The Candy Bombers: The Untold Story of the Berlin Airlift and America’s Finest Hour” by Andrei Cherny. It is the dramatic true story of America’s response to the Berlin blockade, when American and British pilots risked their lives to airlift in 4.6 billion pounds of food and supplies from June 1948 until t...
Rainbow Valley Grange is holding its annual Harvest Dinner on Saturday, November 8, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Grange Hall, 2160 Rainbow Valley Boulevard. A salad bar will complement the turkey, mashed potatoes, corn, yams, homemade cranberry sauce, rolls, drinks and dessert. The cost is $8 for adults and $4 for children 10 and under. Takeout meals will be available. Proceeds will go toward new cabinets for the kitchen....
I read the article in the October 16 Village News about the Killer Pizza from Mars remake with interest. Here is the rest of the story that they didn’t mention: their kind generosity. Their Oceanside location has been providing pizza for our group meeting in Carlsbad every month for the last three and a half years (that I know of and probably longer). They provide enough to feed our 20 to 25 members free of charge every month. We are the nonprofit Trauma Intervention Program (TIP). We go out on 9-1-1 calls to assist and c...
I support Keith Battle as the incumbent on the Fallbrook Public Utilities District (FPUD) seat two. Water is crucial, and Keith has served Fallbrook well on a board that has kept our water/sewer resources strong. While Village News doesn’t have the resources to investigate every claim made by challengers on the opinion page, it is evident that the board has been able to avert many of the problems and controversies that other districts have suffered, while providing sound management, forward thinking, and good r...
The level of confusion and misunderstanding in the debate over public pensions is very disturbing. Many people seem to think that teachers, police, firefighters and other public workers receive their pensions as a “free” benefit. The fact of the matter is that all public workers pay into their retirement. Teachers pay approximately eight percent of their salary, much higher than the rate private sector workers pay for Social Security. Since teachers aren’t eligible for Social Security, their CalSTRS pension is their only guar... Full story
I find it reprehensible that in his letter of October 16 Director Griffiths chose to quote selectively from a document which was not a matter of public record. It was a self-serving act and a betrayal of the legitimate expectations of confidentiality of the board and general manager. The document itself says unequivocally that he must pay the money back. That is not the focus of my comments here. Before he included segments of that document in his letter, it was not public; his disclosure made it so and opened it up to a...
In a recent letter, Helene Brazier leveled a charge that Director Jack Griffiths of the Rainbow Water District was not fit to continue as a director. Director Griffiths has exposed unneeded projects such as Helene Brazier’s vote to spend $750,000 of ratepayer’s money on a very small pump station called Vallecitos. Griffiths did not support the motion. He showed that only a few thousand dollars in maintenance was all that was needed to renew the station. This has been done and the pump station is now back online. Director Grif...
I just spoke with my sister in Natchez, MS, who was rushed from her small business to the hospital five miles away. The cost for that ambulance trip was $1,522. The month before I went to a North County hospital, but fortunately I drove myself. I don’t know how much money I saved Medicare by driving myself, but I have received other statements totaling $94,774 to have my gallbladder removed. I find these costs astronomically outrageous. It is no wonder Medicare is going broke. Our medical scheme was designed to soak the t... Full story
Reducing our carbon footprint has become an important collective goal and a personal commitment. One popular strategy is purchasing locally produced farm products. When we “buy local” we avoid the need for transporting tons of products thousands of miles by truck, ship or plane. In San Diego, we are lucky to have access to locally produced fruits, vegetables, nursery products and eggs. Now, Proposition 2 threatens to take some of the choice away from us. The economic reality is that a vote for Proposition 2 is a vote to put...
I need to hire someone for the most important job in the world: to be in charge of the greatest country in the world. I am going to look at qualifications, experience, education and track record. If they are willing to die for this country, that’s an honorable plus. I don’t care which party, religion, race or gender they are and I don’t place much value on who they have hung around with, though having a mentor/priest for guidance for 20-some years is a plus, be it small. The political finger-pointing is boring me. These candi...
Jean Dooley and Jackie Heyneman will get a dot on the ballot for the Fallbrook Community Planning Group (FCPG) from me on November 4. I am voting for them for three reasons: they have the knowledge, skills and attitude to provide the leadership on critical planning issues; they have years of extensive boots-on-the-ground experience on a myriad of projects and programs; and they love Fallbrook. They will be analytic and strategic in their thinking. As a first line of defense in preserving our quality of life, the FCPG has an...
We are writing this letter in support of Donna Gebhart as a candidate for Fallbrook Planning Group. We know that she will do a great job. She has been dedicated to this community for years and we have personally witnessed her volunteering many hours to further projects for the community. She has spent many hours and personal donations to support the Santa Margarita Trails. She is dedicated to preserving our great country community. We have lived in Fallbrook since 1979 and Donna works to keep our community the great place... Full story
