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 Masonic Lodge provides the Child Identification Program to thousands of children. This program includes a photo and fingerprints of the child with a printout of the data and instructions on the use of the data. This program, with the addition of a lock of hair to the file, provides information that could be very useful if the child is ever lost. At the recent North County Fire Prevention Day, the Masons provided data for hundreds of children to parents. During the last two years, the Masons have provided ID...
The Fallbrook Soroptimists are seeking young women between 14 and 17 who volunteer in the community or schools as nominees for the Violet Richardson Award. The Violet Richardson Award program recognizes young women who make the world a better place through volunteer efforts. There is a $250 cash grant awarded in honor of the winner to her volunteer organization. People with names of nominees should contact Gayle Marrocco at (760) 728-7223 or (760) 728-4828. Deadline for completed applications is December 1. Soroptimist...
La Paloma School is having a Book Fair! It will be held in the Multi-Purpose Room November 13-17. Sales will take place during lunch, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:10 a.m. It will also be open on Thursday evening, November 16, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the same time as the Family Fun Night, including viewing the newly remodeled school library. Please bring your families and visit both the Book Fair and the Family Fun Night....
The students at St. Peter’s Catholic School celebrated All Saint’s Day by dressing as their favorite saints. The entire school, preschool through eighth grade, paraded around in their costumes....
FALLBROOK — In lieu of the Halloween tradition, the children at Fallbrook Presbyterian Preschool carved their pumpkins Christian-style while also celebrating Pajama Day. They recited this Pumpkin Prayer while their teachers carved: “Dear God, Open my mind so I can learn about you (Cut top of pumpkin) Take away all my sin and forgive me for the wrong things I do (Clean out inside) Open my eyes so your love I will see (Cut eyes shaped like hearts) I am sorry for turning up my nose to all you’ve given me (Cut nose in the shape...
FALLBROOK — The Interact Club of FUHS, a Rotary Club of Fallbrook sponsored high school student community service group, has received over 120 member applications already this school year. When asked why there were so many students applying for Interact, outgoing Interact President Amy Hansen replied, “There is a growing popularity on campus for students to get involved in community service.” Interact activities include supporting and visiting La Gloria Orphanage in Tijuana in December, working on the Rotary Inter... Full story
On Saturday, September 21, the Fallbrook Ag Boosters held an extremely successful auction, with profits that topped $26,000! At the auction, students worked at a food booth and all of the profits went toward paying for their trip to the State Leadership Convention later in the year! On Saturday, November 4, nine Fallbrook FFA members made the drive up to Visalia, CA, for the Central Valley Showcase steer auction. This marked the beginning of an eight-month-long steer project that teaches students how to be responsible to a...
FALLBROOK — This month three outstanding students from Linfield Christian High School (LCS) will take part in a unique leadership development conference in our nation’s capital. Megan Jesse, Cerise Kulp and Nathan Tindall completed eigth grade at Fallbrook’s Zion Lutheran School in spring 2005. All three are currently sophomore honor students at LCS, a college prep school in Temecula. During the six-day program, the National Young Leaders Conference (NYLC) will provide scholars with the opportunity to interact with a varie...
FALLBROOK — Mary Villegas, Wendy Salyers and Darcie Gibson have something in common: their passion for volleyball. That passion has driven them each to coach the sports they love; Villegas coaches St. Peter’s Catholic junior varsity girls volleyball team, Salyers coaches La Paloma’s girls volleyball team and Darcie Gibson coaches Zion Lutheran’s girls volleyball team. Despite the fact that these schools compete in different leagues, the coaches decided it would be a good opportunity for the girls to practice their volleyb... Full story
Seven members of Fallbrook Gymnastic Club’s Competitive Artistic Team have qualified for the upcoming California Level 4 State Championships. The championships will be held at the Town and Country Hotel in San Diego November 18-19....
Kerry Popko won both Pole Bending go-rounds as well as the average at the California High School Rodeo Association (CHSRA) District 8 competition October 22 at City of Industry. The Fallbrook High School junior had runs of 20.32 and 20.41 seconds for a two-run average of 40.73 seconds. “I’m just really proud of my horse, that we accomplished what we did,” said Popko, who rode Banjo. Popko had a California Junior Rodeo Association competition in Industry the day before but hit a pole and did not place. That five-second penal...
Fallbrook High School’s boys cross-country team won the large school division at the Southern California Invitational meet October 14 at Guajome Park. “We were real pleased with that and had some great performances,” said Fallbrook coach Marty Hauck. Four Warrior runners won their divisions at the meet, and six of the seven varsity runners set personal records on the 3.17-mile course. “Went extremely well,” Hauck said. “We came away feeling really, really pleased with ourselves.” The Southern California Invitational...
The Fallbrook Fury under-17 boys team won the Presidio League AA-A season championship by two points. The Fury finished the league season with 36 points following a 2-0 victory October 28 against Matrix of Mira Mesa. Inter Murrieta, which led the Fury in the standings entering the final day of the season, lost 2-1 to PQ Premier and finished the season with 34 points. “Came down to the last game,” said Andy DeSouza, the coach of the Fury under-17 boys. The Fury had been in first place in the standings throughout the sea... Full story
Fallbrook High School’s girls cross-country team placed fifth among the Division I teams in the Southern California Invitational meet October 14 at Guajome Park. “We went up against some really strong teams,” said Fallbrook coach Troy Hamlin. “I’m satisfied with the way we ran.” The Southern California Invitational meet adds the times of a team’s seven runners to determine team positions. The races feature runners of specific team ranks competing against each other. “It was really muddy out there, so it did affect the time...
Last Friday, the Fallbrook Warriors played the El Camino Wildcats in their ninth game of the season. In front of a homecoming crowd, Fallbrook tried to tame the Wildcats but fell short. The final score of the game was El Camino 36, Fallbrook 6. The Warriors, like always, played their hearts outs but a few missed opportunities eventually led to a game of ball control by the Wildcats. On their second possession, a 19-yard run by Nick Hayes set up Fallbrook’s only score, a 13-yard pass from quarterback Aaron Holt to Hayes for s...
Fallbrook High School’s girls tennis team not only won the Avocado League championship but also posted an undefeated league season. The October 26 victory against Oceanside gave the Warriors a 10-0 Avocado League record along with a 15-3 overall mark. “We basically dominated,” said Fallbrook coach Dave Ramirez. “It’s been very, very exciting for our girls.” The Warriors’ three losses came to Rancho Bernardo, Torrey Pines, and Great Oak, and the Great Oak loss involved each team winning nine sets and the Temecula scho... Full story
Fallbrook High School’s girls volleyball team lost the November 2 match for a share of the Avocado League title, but the Warriors had a more important victory that day. A court injunction against a decision not to allow the Warriors to participate in the CIF playoffs was granted two days before the November 4 playoff selection and seeding meeting. After being allowed to participate, Fallbrook was seeded fourth in the CIF Division I playoffs. “They did the right thing,” Fallbrook coach Galen Tomlinson said of the #4 seed....
Athletes are trained to be resilient when confronted with demanding physical challenges and former Fallbrook Warrior football player Adam Burke (Class of 2002) is proof that this is true. A star athlete who went on to play for Palomar College and University of San Diego (USD), Burke has been able to draw on this valuable inner strength to begin his recovery from a vicious attack in the early morning hours of November 1 on the Business Route of Interstate 8 at Pinkard Lane in the Lakeside area of San Diego. “Four or five w...
FALLBROOK — The Peace Patrol at Fallbrook’s Live Oak Elementary School has won the San Diego Regional Hate Crimes Coalition’s (SDRHCC) first annual ‘Unity in Action’ contest. The award was presented to the Peace Patrol and the school on November 3. Members of the Peace Patrol survey the campus at lunch time in order to keep problems at a minimum and identify areas that may need adult intervention. The SDRHCC’s Unity in Action contest was developed as a way to recognize programs in the schools that promote unity, diversity a... Full story
Last week at a meeting called by the New School, parents voted to take whatever action is necessary to defend their school, which has one of the highest API scores in the state. The New School, a Vallecitos public charter school located in Fallbrook, was presented with a “Stop Work” notice on September 6 in relation to a state-approved portable classroom placed on the property. Jeff Murphy, Chief of the Department of Planning & Land Use (DPLU), Building Division, said, “The New School has placed a modular classroom on the s...
When fire hit the rural community of De Luz Canyon on Monday at approximately 1:45 p.m., over 200 firefighters responded to the emergency and residents rallied together to minimize damage. When the first plumes of smoke could be seen, several local residents were the first to respond to the scene located roughly one mile north of the Welburn Gourd Farm. With temperatures in the mid-90s and the dry terrain, little could be done without water. The blaze moved south at a rapid pace, racing toward Dancing Spirit Ranch. Three... Full story
Jaime Tovar of Oasis High School and Andrea Warren and Bailey Gardner of Fallbrook Union High School found their names “in lights” on the FUHS marquee this week. The three students were honored as November Students of the Month on Thursday, November 2, at the Hukilau restaurant located at the Fallbrook Golf Club. Sue Johnson, emcee, told the three students, “You are the lights of the community.” Frank Larkin of American Legion Post 365 presented each award winner with an attractive bronze medal. Jaime Tovar was honored... Full story
One doesn’t have to have a green thumb to see an instant poppy field if attending the Fallbrook Players Junior Conservatory’s (FPJC) production of “The Wizard of Oz” playing at the Mission Theater. Fallbrook’s local VFW has been providing “Buddy Poppies” for theatergoers who in turn become an interactive part of the play. When the wicked witch casts her spell to create a poisonous poppy field, the audience holds their poppies in the air, creating a sea of red poppies to actually become part of the play. “This has been really... Full story
Bob and Verne Christianson shared their celebration of 51 years of marriage by attending the weekly Monday luncheon meeting of the Rotary Club of Fallbrook, where Bob has been a member for seven years. Bob and Verne echoed, “It’s hard to beat sharing our wedding anniversary celebration over a gourmet lunch at the Grand Tradition with old friends....
Bailey’s adopted parents died recently and he is very lonesome. He is 6 years old and very soft and gentle. He is neutered and has had his core shots. If you have a little room and want a lot of attention, Bailey is for you. In addition, the Animal Sanctuary is looking for property to rent or lease. They can be contacted at (760) 685-3533 or (760) 518-6024....
