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  • Jean Elizabeth St. Gean

    Updated Dec 11, 2008

    Jean Elizabeth St. Gean was born September 21, 1920, in Alberta, Calgary. Jean passed peacefully in her home in north San Diego County on Wednesday, December 3, 2008. Jean was a beloved educator who spent more than 50 years as a preschool teacher and owner and later as an elementary school teacher working for the Los Angeles Unified School District, as a teacher in Fairfax, VA, and the State of Washington. Jean dedicated her life to the education of children, bringing learning to life through the production of student...

  • Josefa M. Fernandez

    Updated Dec 11, 2008

    Josefa M. Fernandez, 91, passed away on December 7, 2008, in Fallbrook. She was born September 18, 1917, in Torreón, Mexico. She was a retired seamstress, a mother and grandmother who enjoyed sewing. She is survived by sons George Fernandez of Fallbrook, Jaime Fernandez of Fallbrook and Eduardo Fernandez of Los Angeles and daughter Dolores Staley of Las Vegas. A memorial service will be held on December 12 at 7 p.m. at Berry-Bell & Hall’s Chapel in Fallbroo...

  • Joe Ronald Puryear

    Updated Dec 11, 2008

    Joe Ronald Puryear I was born November 30, 1931, in the home of his grandmother, Mary Ellen Selby, in Bentonville, AR. He died October 31, 2008, in his home in Fallbrook. A private memorial was held at his home on November 22 where family and friends gathered to celebrate his life. He is survived by wife Marie Rios Puryear; daughter Danielle Lundquist; son Joe Ronald Puryear II; grandson Brendon Lundquist; and several step-children and step-grandchildren. He was preceded in...

  • New way of thinking may require new way of teaching

    Updated Dec 11, 2008

    Changing our relationship with the environment depends on changing the way we think. But can we think in new ways if we continue to learn in old ways? I have to wonder. I was always good at school, but during my second year in college a thought that had been niggling around since high school finally gelled. I realized that my success in the classroom was less a matter of intelligence or “learning” than a facility for recognizing what the teacher wanted to hear and providing it. The other shoe dropped in a history class whe...

  • "Queen" of cookie exchanges shares tips and favorite recipes

    Updated Dec 11, 2008

    Perhaps cookie exchanges have been going on since women began making cookies. However, the formalization of this home-based event has been more recent. Probably Robin Olson has done more through her Web sites www.robinsweb.com and www.cookie-exchange.com than anyone I know. Again, thanks go to my sister, Carol, for finding Robin. Through a personal exchange of e-mails, they’ve become quite friendly. Thus I have also become a fan of Robin and her amazing creativity and energy. Robin, you see, was one of those, too, who saw a...

  • Garden Club meeting to feature plant portraits

    Updated Dec 11, 2008

    Fallbrook Garden Club’s general meeting will be Tuesday, December 16, at 12:30 p.m. at the Fallbrook Community Center, 341 Heald Lane. Meredith French, a master gardener and professional photographer, will introduce the art of plant photography. French will lead attendees through the steps to produce better photographs of their favorite plants. The principles she will cover apply to both film and digital cameras. She will also have a “show and tell” table of examples of her plant portraits. Meetings are open to the publi...