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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FALLBROOK – With attention paid to elegance and balance, Fallbrook Winery is experiencing increasing success on the world stage and has become one of the largest producers in California's emerging South Coast wine region. Well-experienced in the art of grape growing and wine production, since Fallbrook Winery's rebirth by owner Ira Gourvitz, his wife Rebecca Wood, and son Ted Gourvitz, its reputation for excellence has continued to grow. The winery rests on 36 acres of rolling vineyards. The central building consists of t...
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Healthcare District has opened nominations for its eighth annual Healthcare Hero program. To date, the district has recognized 14 remarkable individuals who have each been specially honored by people of the Fallbrook community. Previous Healthcare Heroes include: Don Luallin and Madelyn Lewis, 2009; Janine Loescher and Lucy Taylor, 2010; Myriam Padilla and Marilyn Qualls, 2011; Irene Escobedo and Brad Gilpin, 2012; Jennifer Seitel and Deisy Salas, 2...
PALA – A Thanksgiving feast will be waiting for holiday diners at Choices, The Buffet, CAVE, The Oak Room, and Pala Café on Thursday, Nov. 26, at Pala Casino Spa & Resort. The feast will be held at Choices from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and will include traditional oven roasted turkey with sage dressing and all the trimmings. But Southern California’s largest buffet will also tempt holiday palates with multiple fresh seafood items, rack of lamb, prime rib, lobster tail, grilled New York steaks, and much more. Choices will also offer... Full story
FALLBROOK – On Friday, Nov. 6, La Paloma students invited veterans in the community, and their parents who have served or are currently serving in the military, to join in the school's monthly flag ceremony. This month’s theme was "Honor our Veterans". The fourth grade classes of Mrs. Rowley and Ms. Scott hosted this month’s flag ceremony. La Paloma students dressed in red, white, and blue to show their support of veterans on this day. The fourth grader led the audience of pa...
FALLBROOK – On Oct. 27, the students in the third through sixth grade classes at Fallbrook Homeschool Academy had the opportunity to share their writing talents with friends and family at the Showing Writing Fashion Show. After selecting their favorite outfit, costume, or sports gear, the students went through an intensive writing process, creating commentaries to be read while they modeled their outfits on stage. While the requirements for the assignment varied according t...
FALLBROOK – P.E.O. Sisterhood Chapter PF met Nov. 16, at the home of Darlene Gunkel for a first-hand report regarding the Middle East crisis and its effect on missionaries and refugees. Presenters, coordinated by P.E.O Chapter PF president Ann Frederick, were Katie Alejandrino and Missionary Mary Elmore, SW Mission Mobilizers, Africa Inland Missions with workers in over 20 African countries and refugees in the United Kingdom, Europe and USA. Alejandrino and Elmore are based in San Diego and have responsibilities in A... Full story
FALLBROOK – William H. Frazier Elementary School principal Joe Kniseley presented students of the month to the Rotary Club of Fallbrook at a recent weekly luncheon. Olivia Anding, fifth grade, was recognized for "being creative, ambitious, kind, compassionate, and hard working. She is a positive role model for her fellow students." Aidan Chavez, second grade, was praised for "his hard work and for consistently being engaged in learning. He makes learning a priority. He is a w...
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Girl Scouts from Troop 2863 are on a mission to provide each and every senior in need this Christmas with a special stocking. Many seniors do not have family close or at all and this may be the only present they receive. Anyone who would like to help can drop by the Fallbrook Senior Center to see Phyllis Sweeney or call troop leader Emily Villa at (760) 828-1728 to donate. Donations will help provide each senior with a very nice hydrating lotion, 2... Full story
FALLBROOK – Holiday shopping is how many people spend their free time between the day after Thanksgiving and the final days before Christmas. While many people may shop 'til they drop on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, those days still account for a relatively small amount of the hundreds of billions of dollars that are spent each holiday season. Shoppers now have a bevy of options at their disposal as they embark on the holiday shopping season. Traditional in-store r...
Many Fallbrook residents enjoy hosting family members as well as guests in their homes during the holidays. Given the large number of clubs in town, friendships abound and many people graciously invite others to join them at their home for a holiday coffee, brunch, lunch, dinner, or dessert event. Hosting others does not have to break the bank, and these five tips can make entertaining more affordable. Tip #1 Keep the guest list manageable Keeping the number of guests to a... Full story
The Rainbow Municipal Water District awarded a contract for the Afton Farms waterline extension to Kirtley Construction, Inc., which does business as TK Construction. A 4-0 Rainbow board vote Oct. 27, with Bob Lucy absent, authorized a $136,760 contract with the San Bernardino company. The Afton Farms pipeline extension will construct 1,460 feet of eight-inch waterline and loop the pipeline system from Afton Farms to Calle de Talar, which will eliminate two dead ends in Rainbow's infrastructure system. "It will save us money...
The Rainbow Municipal Water District approved a consultant contract with Atkins to prepare an updated Urban Water Management Plan for the district. Rainbow's board voted 3-0 to award the $46,180 contract. Bob Lucy was absent and Tory Walker is professionally an engineer and has worked with Atkins in the past, so Walker recused himself from the vote. "It's a pretty standard process," said Rainbow general manager Tom Kennedy. "The whole region is doing them." The California Water Code requires water suppliers which serve at...
The Bonsall Unified School District will be purchasing a new bus and is seeking buyers for five buses which no longer meet clean air standards. One 5-0 board vote Sept. 15 approved the declaration of five inactive buses as surplus; another 5-0 vote Sept. 15 approved the purchase of a new school bus from A2Z Bus Sales, Inc., and a 5-0 vote Oct. 13 approved the purchase of the new bus using a "piggyback" clause with the Waterford Unified School District in Stanislaus County. The value of all five of the surplus buses was...
Ray White Cement was the successful bidder for a Fallbrook Public Utility District contract to provide a concrete pad in the FPUD yard. Ray White Cement bid $28,940 for the project, and on Oct. 26 the FPUD board voted 5-0 to award the contract. "The district is in the process of resurfacing the whole operations yard at headquarters. Part of that work includes fairly extensive concrete foundation work," said FPUD manager Brian Brady. FPUD will be repaving its yard with asphalt, but some rearrangement was determined to be...
PALA – The Pala Band of Mission Indians are pleased to announce that Chairman Robert Smith was re-elected as the chairman of the California Indian Manpower Consortium (CIMC) during the 37th CIMC Annual Membership Meeting in Sparks, Nev. The CIMC was formally created in 1978 under state law as a nonprofit corporation for the purpose of working for the social welfare, educational and economic advancement of its member tribes, groups and organizations. "Over the years, the consor...
FALLBROOK – The Angel Society of Fallbrook presented a check in the amount of $2000 to the Fallbrook Garden Club for the upcoming re-landscaping project at the Fallbrook Senior Center. The landscape redesign will replace the existing grassy area around the entrance with a variety of drought-tolerant plants and California natives. The garden club will provide the landscape design, plants and labor. The Angel Society is a nonprofit philanthropy that raises funds for many l... Full story
FALLBROOK – On Saturday, Nov. 7, the Rotarians at Work program kicked in to help Save Our Forest (SOF) with a huge mulching project. The job was made possible by a donation of mulch from Vista Tree Service. Nine volunteer Rotary Club of Fallbrook members came to help the Save Our Forest (SOF) committee of the Fallbrook Land Conservancy and spread the mulch in less than two hours. The location is on South Mission at Old Stage Road. There, SOF has planted jacaranda and redbud t... Full story
FALLBROOK – Jack Ragland won the top award, with "Winery Tower", in the annual Temecula Ralph Love Plein Air Competition held from Halloween to Nov. 6, open to all artists. This is the second time since 2011 that Ragland has won the Mayor’s Purchase Choice Award. The new painting will join the first that now hangs in the Temecula City Hall. Each day of the competition, artists painted at a different Temecula location including Old Town, South Coast Winery, Harveston Lake, The... Full story
FALLBROOK – Kyle Orth, one of the rising superstars in classical music circles, is the next performer in Fallbrook Music Society’s 2015-16 Classical Sunday’s Concert Series. Hailed as a "spine-tingling" performer (Fort Worth Star Telegram) with "impressively multiple facets" (Boston Musical Intelligencer), Orth is a pianist of unusual virtuosity and artistic sensitivity. He performs as part of the Virtuoso Series at the Fallbrook Public Library on Sunday, Nov. 22, at 3 p.m. Or...
"An Integrative Approach to Restoring Digestive Health" was the subject of the Woman of Wellness (WOW) program presented by Hui-Wen Annie Dai, D.O. on Nov. 5. Hosted by the Fallbrook Healthcare District, the program was held in the community room of Fallbrook Library. Dai said that there are many symptoms of gastrointestinal dysfunction: abdominal pain, food allergy and sensitivity, gastritis, esophagitis, colitis, diverticulitis, constipation or diarrhea, irritable bowel... Full story
FALLBROOK – When most people think about Thanksgiving, images of turkey, stuffing and time spent with loved ones typically come to mind, not fire hazards. However, an increased risk of fire is, in fact, a reality of Thanksgiving. According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), three times as many home cooking fires occur on Thanksgiving as on a typical day. NFPA's latest cooking estimates show that there were 1,550 cooking fires on Thanksgiving in 2013, reflecting a 230 percent increase over the daily a...
San Diego County Senior Golf At Fallbrook Low Nets Oct. 23, 2015 Fallbrook 3 Coronado 15 Fallbrook Larry Sheldrup 70 Frank Sperling 71 Larry Mitzner 76 Coronado Rudy Suwara 69 Ray Moore 70 Kirk Ferris 71 San Diego County Senior Golf At Coronado Low Nets Oct. 30, 2015 Fallbrook 8 Coronado 10 Fallbrook Skip Wheeler 70 Larry Mitzner 76 Larry Sheldrup 77 Coronado Howard Dayton 72 Bob Stuermer 74 Bob Campbell 75 Fallbrook Women Golfers Ace of the Month Low Net/Low Gross Oct. 29, 2015 Overall Low Net Megan Phillips 69 Flight A Low...
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook resident Julia Gonda helped lead the Pacific Ridge School's girls varsity tennis team to its first CIF championship at the Barnes Tennis Center on Oct. 30. After dropping her first set, Gonda rallied to win her next two matches, giving the fourth-seeded Firebirds an edge in its eventual 15-3 takedown of No. 3 Patrick Henry. Throughout the week, Pacific Ridge advanced through the playoffs with victories against Monte Vista (#13), Eastlake (#5) and San Marc...
