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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Tracy DeFore County of San Diego Communications Office No stranger to running local elections, Interim Registrar Cynthia Paes has now been appointed as the new San Diego County Registrar of Voters. Paes has been acting as interim registrar since January and has shepherded her team through four elections, including the recent statewide gubernatorial recall election. Paes also successfully launched several firsts after the Board of Supervisors decided to move the County to the...
Elizabeth Youngman-Westphal Special to The Village News It started way back in my childhood. We were poor. At the time, I was even convinced I must have been switched at birth. Surely, I belonged to another family. Like most kids, I didn’t appreciate how hard my parents worked just to keep us alive. The only thing I saw was that my friends had nicer clothes than I had. Jealousy sparked my lifelong love affair with ironing. After all, if my clothes were wrinkle-free, they might pass for new. Call me crazy. To this day, I s... Full story
Julie Reeder Publisher Last week I wrote about how it seems we are fighting fascism. I want to explore a bit more on something I mentioned last week. I think it goes without saying, for anyone who has really considered it that the First Amendment is the most important Amendment and the reason it’s first is to protect all our other freedoms. We need free speech in order to discuss ideas and to evaluate their merit. We need a free press as accountability for the government and we need the right to be a watchdog for our g... Full story
Charles Matthew Root, age 57, of Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021. Charles was born June 16, 1964, in Los Angeles, California and graduated from Fallbrook High School, Fallbrook, California in 1982. Good time Charlie aka "Chuck" was a successful entrepreneur and restaurant owner with a passion and laser-like focus on winemaking, its vinification and production. As a certified Sommelier and foodie, Charlie enjoyed winemaking, and preparing... Full story
Elizabeth Shattuck Johnson, 95, peacefully passed from this life at her home in Bonsall, California, on Nov. 4, 2021. A second-generation native Californian, she graduated from the Mar-Ken School in Los Angeles and from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. She lived her entire life after college in Southern California. Elizabeth was an artist at heart. She lived her life thoroughly but joyfully, expressing her feelings on the painted canvas and also through the written word in both poetry and prose. She balanced the... Full story
Joseph Bochenek, 72, passed away peacefully at home with his family on Nov. 6 after a life focused on his faith, family, and friends. He is survived by his wife, Marilyn; son Tyler and wife Annie, daughter Marcie and husband Nick; brother Robert and wife Marie; his adoring grandchildren, Cade, Dean, Van and Jade, and his very close brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews. He was born Dec. 11, 1948, in Grand Haven, Michigan, and was the second of three boys born to... Full story
Philip G. Arnold, 69, long-time resident and attorney of Fallbrook, California, passed away Oct. 28, 2021. Born in Albion, Michigan Aug. 29, 1952, the son of Gordon Huntley Arnold and Eva Elaine Dahljelm, Philip Gordon Arnold was raised in Reseda, California. It was there that, after he served in Vietnam with the Marine Corps, he met and married the love of his life, Janice Renee Woodard. After Phil and Jan married on Feb. 23, 1973, Phil graduated from UCLA, and began serving... Full story
Rick Monroe Special to the Village News It's better to avoid the pain – and even save money – through regular dental visits, according to Dr. Jordan Colby of Fallbrook Village Dentistry. "The body is incredible in how it works and tells us about pain," Dr. Colby said during a recent interview. As a cavity grows and approaches the nerve, it becomes painful." That's our warning sign, he said, but if treatment is delayed, the consequence could be a dead tooth. That's why it is...
MURRIETA – Hospice of the Valleys has been named a 2021 Hospice Honors Elite recipient by HEALTHCAREfirst, a leading provider of billing and coding services, CAHPS surveys and advanced analytics. This annual review recognizes agencies that continuously provide the highest level of quality care as measured from the caregiver's point of view. It acknowledges the highest performing agencies by analyzing the performance of the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and S...
FALLBROOK – Soft tissue injuries are more common than people may realize. In fact, anyone with an undiagnosed pain in his or her body may be suffering from a soft tissue injury. According to Delaware Integrative Healthcare, bone injuries garner significant attention because broken bones and fractures can be very serious. But soft tissue injuries, when left untreated, also can be troublesome and jeopardize individuals' athletic pursuits. Verywell Health defines soft tissue i...
Scott Mathis Veterans Channel Executive Humana Individuals eligible for Medicare, including veterans, have an important decision to make before Tuesday, Dec. 7, the Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Plan Annual Election Period deadline. Selecting the plan best suited for your individual health needs is a critical decision, as the plan you select is the coverage you’ll have for all of 2022, with few exceptions. For Medicare beneficiaries who also receive health care benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs, t... Full story
ESCONDIDO – The Palomar Health Foundation is offering community members the opportunity to honor family and friends by purchasing a permanent and personalized message-engraved brick to be placed in the Palomar Medical Center Escondido Jacobs and McCann Courtyard. Money raised from the brick fundraising campaign will go towards construction of the Physician Quarters and Conference Center of the Future. Foundation board members, joined Palomar Health District board members and the Palomar Health leadership team on Sept. 20 f...
Rick Monroe Special to the Village News A reward of up to $1,000 has been approved by trustees of the Fallbrook Union High School District for evidence that will identify any individual responsible for damage to the new bathroom construction at Fallbrook High School in September. In a report to the board at its Nov. 8 meeting, Superintendent Garza-Gonzalez said students were presented with a challenge to vandalize their school facilities on the social media platform TikTok....
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Alumni Association's annual picnic was back, Oct. 17, at Live Oak Park. It has been held every year to say thank you to the members and the community. Last year was the exception due to concerns raised by the COVID-19 pandemic. An estimated 200 Warrior alumni and their significant others attended this year's celebration which included two centenarians and reunions of classes 1960-62, 1965, 1976, and some members of the class of 1970 who had to c...
FALLBROOK – Like most service clubs, surviving through COVID-19 has been a challenge. However, the Rotary Club of Bonsall has started to meet again and is thriving as five new members have joined the club in the last couple of months. Tracy Largent, CPA and finance manager of Rainbow Municipal Water District, and Brian Macmillan, division chief with the North County Fire Protection District, were inducted in the last two months. Then three weeks ago, Rotary's 5340 District Gov...
Rick Monroe Special to the Village News Pam Knox is saying goodbye to the Fallbrook Regional Health District, where she has served 42 years in administrative roles. Friday, Nov. 19, will be her final day. Knox remembers helping landscape – as a volunteer – the front of Fallbrook Hospital 60 years ago! She was a sophomore at Fallbrook High School and her goal was to leave Fallbrook and experience the world. Her parents moved to Rainbow in 1956 and Knox went to Vallecitos Ele...
NEW YORK – The nomination of Terry Gilmore, dealer principal at Paradise Chevrolet Cadillac in Temecula, California, for the 2022 TIME Dealer of the Year award was announced today by TIME. Gilmore is one of a select group of 47 dealer nominees from across the country who will be honored at the 105th annual National Automobile Dealers Association Show in Las Vegas on March 11, 2022. The announcement of this year’s annual award was made by Viktoria Degtar, Global Chief Revenue Officer, TIME, and Doug Timmerman, president of... Full story
The week after I wrote my column on zestimates, Zillow, the creator of the zestimate, discontinued their i-buyer program because they owned 9,790 homes at a value of $3.75 billion, with two-thirds of them underwater. Zillow is trying to unload 7,000 homes with a value of approximately $1.8 billion. Their CEO, Richard Barton, cited price forecasting volatility as the main reason that Zillow had been overpaying for homes. Turns out that their very own zestimate program was not... Full story
Assemblymember Marie Waldron AD-75 Last Thursday was Veterans Day, or Armistice Day to an older generation, originally commemorating the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month when the guns fell silent in World War I. It’s a day we set aside to honor our veterans, with speeches and parades. But we need to do more. Going forward, we should provide tangible support for veterans and their families, and a big step here in California would be to stop taxing veterans’ retirement pay. California is one of just three sta... Full story
Supervisor Jim Desmond 5th District San Diego County and the State of California have spent hundreds of millions of dollars helping those who are experiencing homelessness. However, we continue to see the problem expand with no visible results. In fact, it seems more widespread and worse. So, what can we do? I believe that the majority of those who are experiencing homelessness struggle with substance abuse. As a society, we have gone from one extreme – the war on drugs, by incarcerating anyone using or selling drugs – to... Full story
Driving up the 15, the freeway sign reminds us: Severe Drought Please Conserve Water! Easy to read, harder to do. How about we share ideas of how we can actually do this? Here are some habits I've acquired which might work for you too. 1. Keep a garden watering can by or in your kitchen sink. Fill it when you're waiting for hot water (instead of it going down the drain). (I have to waste five gallons of water before hot water gets to all parts of our house.) A recirculating system doubled our propane bill, so this works... Full story
Sarah Nagle Senior Advisor Californians for School Choice The California public school system is currently sinking like the Titanic. A couple of decades ago California public schools were some of the best in the country. But those days are long gone. The last two years have been a wakeup call for parents, and a disaster for children. In Sacramento when politicians talk about school choice, they are usually talking about money. But when parents talk about school choice, they are talking about something far more personal and fa... Full story
We all wonder the same about you. How can educated people be so naive and gullible? Yes, we are blessed to be in a country free from all the diseases you mentioned. However, those vaccines were well tested for years compared to months for this CCP virus vaccine we have now. Those vaccines actually prevented the diseases you describe with very little to no side effects. And our government wasn't hiding all the facts and falsifying the data. I don't remember reading your letters about all the BLM and Antifa "rallies" burning... Full story
Julie Reeder, you are correct. It just doesn't make sense. None of it. It's not right. It's not constitutional. It just doesn't make sense... Unless our current president and his administration intend to dismantle and destroy this United States of America, our constitutional republic, that many or even most of us have come to know and to love. “The Disaster at Our Southern Border” is a case in point. That is the title of an article published by Hillsdale College based upon a lecture given in July of this year by Mark Morgan.... Full story
