Dornon Games a rich Fallbrook tradition

If former Baltimore Oriole All-Star team player Brady Anderson; Galen Tomlinson, known as “Turbo” on “American Gladiators;” and Melina Glusac, the 2001 US Half Marathon Champion were to stand on the sidelines at the 37th Annual Don Dornon Games on May 31, it is likely their faces would be wreathed in smiles.

It wasn’t too long ago that they competed in the same track and field event with other Fallbrook and Bonsall fourth, fifth and sixth grade students.

The games have a poignant history. In the early 1970s, Don Dornon taught at Fallbrook Street schools. At the time, Fallbrook sent three eleme...