Hopkins president-elect of Chamber

When Frank Hopkins was asked to run for the Fallbrook Chamber of Commerce Board, he says, “I told them I wanted to be president.” However, the job requires a year in training, so this coming January he will take a seat at Phil Delaney’s left as president-elect when Delaney officially starts his 2007 term as the chamber’s leader. Hopkins takes over in January 2008.

As far as “training” goes for Hopkins, he won’t need much. He’s already served as president of the Fountain Valley Chamber of Commerce and served on its board for eight years. However, Fallbrook isn’t Fountain Valley, where tradition...