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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Published April 23, 2017 - Sean Dowling graduated from Fallbrook High School a semester early to begin his college studies and football practice with Vanderbilt University at the beginning of 2013. He will graduate from Vanderbilt next month with one remaining season of college football eligibility but will forego that senior season to start his career as a United States Marine Corps officer. "I feel proud to serve my country and be a Marine Officer," Dowling said. Dowling... Full story
The Valley League championship cross country meet was contested Nov. 11 at Kit Carson Park in Escondido, and Fallbrook senior Gisselle Rivera finished third among the 45 runners in the girls race. Rivera had a time of 20:49.4 on the 3.05-mile course. Ramona sophomore Amy Brown won the race in 19:30.9, San Pasqual senior Renee Laurenzana had the second-place time of 20:06.4, and Rivera edged out two Ramona harriers with sophomore Alyssa Davis taking fourth at 20:49.8 and...
Legacy Endowment Community Foundation held its inaugural Endowment Awards Ceremony Nov. 15 at the Foundation for Senior Care. This year, Legacy awarded $342,000 to local non-profit organizations, honoring both donors and beneficiaries. Legacy program officer Jan Pichel and board president Mark Hvasta presented the donations. According to Hvasta, there are over 240 nonprofit organizations in Fallbrook and Bonsall. He said, “Legacy is a different type [of nonprofit], a c...
Howard Delos Noland, a 95-year-old Navy veteran and Fallbrook resident, had a question when his son, Chuck Noland, introduced him to a newspaper writer. “Is this for my obituary?” asked Howard with a twinkle in his eye as he strode straight and strong to a chair in the living room of his hilltop home in Morro Hills for an afternoon visit. Chuck Noland couldn’t be prouder of his pop, who served in the Navy for 23 years and as a hospital corpsman aided injured Marines in World...
Robert L. Sorenson passed away at his home in Fallbrook, resting peacefully and surrounded by family, on October 12, 2017. He was born February 12, 1949, in Council Grove, Kansas. He grew up in Wilsey, Kansas, and graduated from Council Grove High School in 1967. On July 18, 1970, he married Virginia Lee Johnson. Together they had two children and moved to California. Bob worked in the cattle yards at Iowa Beef Packers in Emporia, Kansas, for twenty years. He went on to work...
FALLBROOK — Students throughout the Fallbrook Union Elementary School District have reason to be proud. Not only does state standardized testing show that they made gains in math and English language arts, but they also outpaced their peers on both the county and state levels. And while scores on the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) exams remained steady throughout the state, FUESD students made improvements in both the subjects tested. Overall, scores went up 2 percent in English language a...
Marion Lee Calvert, 85, beloved husband and father, passed away on Sept. 8, 2017 at Inland Valley Medical Center from complications stemming from a fall at his home in Fallbrook. Marion was born in Anadarko, Okla. to Urey and Jewell Calvert. As a young boy, his family moved to a farm in Cottage Grove, Ore., where he grew up hunting, fishing, horseback riding and attending grade school in a one room school house. In 1947, the family moved again, to Fallbrook, Calif., where he m... Full story
Sandra Shrader Special to the Village News William Atkins’ lifetime career choice to be a physical therapist is written in his DNA. The pugilistic accomplishments of two generations of Atkins men, his grandfather and his father, fueled family stories and inspired in longtime Fallbrook resident Atkins a devotion to both community sports and a profession that helps injured athletes and non-athletes alike get back on top of their game. “Athleticism does run in the family so I s... Full story
Next year the Menlo College men's volleyball team rather than the Fallbrook High School boys volleyball team will have Justice Patterson. The 2017 Fallbrook High School graduate received a full scholarship to Menlo College, where he will major in business, with the volleyball program providing approximately 90 percent of that scholarship amount. "I just want to thank the coach," Patterson said. Atlee Frechette is the men's volleyball coach at Menlo College, which is in the... Full story
Brandon Sandoval, a 2013 graduate of Fallbrook High School, was hiking Monserate Mountain June 14 when he received a phone call that suddenly made him feel as if he was on top of the world. A star outfielder on baseball teams at both Fallbrook High and Vanguard University, Sandoval answered a call from Ben Diggins, a professional baseball scout who informed him that he had just been drafted by the Los Angeles Angels. Sandoval and his mother, Shelley Sandoval, had been staring...
Courtesy of The American Counseling Association The percentage of children who are overweight, or even obese, is still very high. And while most parents are anxious to try and help their children get to a healthier weight, it can be a difficult task to accomplish. However, it’s a goal for which it is worth striving. Overweight children often have self-esteem issues, face teasing or bullying and are at increased risk for a variety of health issues. One starting point is to realize that reminding the child of their weight o... Full story
The second annual Bonsall High School Car Show, held May 20, doubled in size over the inaugural event. Principal Lee Fleming chose the winning car, a 1927 Ford Model T “Rat Rod” and said, “I picked a car that looked like it had the most interesting story.” The “Rat Rod,” although being a Model T, is powered by a modern Chevy 350 engine backed by a TH350 automatic transmission. Owner Jim Ramsey said he was looking for something different when he decided to buy it as a projec... Full story
Sunshine broke through San Diego County’s May gray last Sunday (May 28), much to the delight of the thousands of car enthusiasts who gathered at Pala Mesa Resort for the 52nd annual Fallbrook Vintage Car Show. “It went really well,” said Doug Allen, chair of the 2017 show. “I think everyone had a great time, and our staff was thrilled with how everything went. The cars were great, the music was great and the flyover was a really big highlight.” A military flyover featuring...
MURRIETA – The “hills are alive” April 29 with the sights and sounds of nature’s music at the Santa Rosa Plateau Nature Education Foundation’s 14th annual Garden Tour and Garden Party, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Featuring five beautiful and unique private gardens nestled in the Tenaja Valley area on the Santa Rosa Plateau, the tour has become a favorite for local gardening and nature enthusiasts. This year’s theme “Gardening in Mother Nature’s Backyard” will feature gardens that have...
With costs of college tuition and living expenses skyrocketing through the roof, many high school seniors have considered delaying their first year of college to save up for the expense. However, Palomar and MiraCosta community colleges have recently announced they will offer a year’s tuition and funds for textbooks for students who live in eligible high school districts. The goal of the programs is to increase the college-going rate of local high school graduates. Palomar College’s College Promise Campaign was announced by... Full story
Courtesy of American Counseling Association Most of us remember our childhood days as happy, fun times. Sure, there was school work, but also lots of free time, friends to hang with, and none of the stress we adults face. But is childhood today all that carefree? Examine your child's schedule and you may find it's much busier than you realized – sports practice, soccer games, gymnastic classes, scout meetings, church groups and much more. Then there's school, homework, chores and just finding time to eat dinner. Kids today l...
The Bonsall Unified School District (BUSD) board of trustees has voted to publish a request for proposals (RFP) for "lease-lease back" services for the Bonsall High School Capital Improvement program, in accordance with recently enacted AB2316. This would be a method that could potentially allow for the school district to fund the high school on its Gird Road site by leasing the land to a developer, who would build the campus and, in turn, lease it back to the district. A component of AB2316 provides for board adoption and...
ENCINITAS – The 2017 Encinitas Rotary Peacemaker Award was presented March 1 to honor local artist and journalist Kira Carrillo Corser for her work with the Posts for Peace and Justice program. Rotary Peace Chair Robert Blumberg said, “This award recognizes individuals who facilitate, motivate and inspire others to work together for common goals, removing strife or negative divisions in the process. Kira Carrillo Corser, Fallbrook-based artist and journalist, was a nat... Full story
Fallbrook High School's girls rugby club won the So Cal High School Sevens championship. A 28-0 victory over View Park Preparatory High School of Los Angeles in the Feb. 11 finals made the Warriors undefeated in 18 games in which they outscored opponents by a cumulative 718-19 margin, including a 595-7 scoring advantage in 14 regular-season games. "We weren't really challenged a lot during the season," said Fallbrook co-coach Craig Pinnell. Although the So Cal High School...
Kim’s Slow Cooker Pulled PorkIngredients: - 4-pound pork loin roast - 1/2 bottle of Dale’s Steak Seasoning - 2 packages beef onion soup mix - 1 diced onion - Barbecue sauce of your choice. I am partial to Sweet Baby Ray’s Hickory and Brown Sugar. - Dry rub of your choosing. (Optional)Directions: - The night before cooking, dice the onions and marinate the meat in a container using 1/2 of the bottle of Dale’s Steak Seasoning. To get more flavor, I poke holes in the meat an... Full story
Dr. Terry A Rondberg Special to The Village News Everybody feels sad once in a while. Depression, on the other hand, is a complex state characterized by profound sadness, sluggishness, feelings of worthlessness, and a loss of interest in social activities. There are 15 million people in the U.S. diagnosed with clinical depression annually. Feeling down sometimes is a normal part of life. But when you're obsessed with sadness or hopelessness so much that it keeps you from living life like you want to, this behavior is a sign...
Otis P. Heald died December 25, 2016. He was born on April 15, 1939 to Alice and Bill Heald in Loma Linda, Calif. and grew up in Fallbrook. Otis graduated from Fallbrook High School '57, SDSU '64 and served in the U.S. Navy at the Oakland Naval Hospital. He participated in Accion en Venezuela, worked for Sears, managed/owned the Fallbrook Lumber Co., and a commercial real estate business. He participated in or donated to many charitable groups over the years including The... Full story
The North County Middle School Cross country League has 28 members including Sullivan Middle School. The league held its championship meet Oct. 26 at Kit Carson Park in Escondido, and Sullivan won the championship for girls in sixth or seventh grade. The Wildcats also took third place in the division for sixth-grade and seventh-grade boys, fifth in the eighth-grade boys race, and seventh among the schools with eighth-grade girls teams. Two Sullivan runners earned all-league...
FALLBROOK – Winners of the Fallbrook Scarecrow Days competition have been announced. This month long October event meant lots of fun for residents and brought visitors to town to see the creations. The winners were recognized at the Fallbrook Chamber's Lunch Mob at Nessy Burgers on Oct. 28. Special guests at that event were Juanita Hayes of San Diego Gas and Electric and Louise Small, philanthropy chairman for the Angel Society. SDG&E has provided support from their C...
School spirit has a new look on the Fallbrook Union High School (FUHS) campus. With the three houses that comprise the student body, Associated Student Body (ASB) director Alana Milton has to be creative in the way she incorporates every house while also trying to find ways to involve as many different types of students as possible. One of the most recent activities Milton helped coordinate was a dodgeball competition, which pitted house against house. The tournament started... Full story
