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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The first Valley League cross country cluster meet of 2024 was held Oct. 4 at Kit Carson Park in Escondido, and Fallbrook High School’s junior varsity boys placed first as a team. Cross country team scores add the positions of a school’s first five runners; the sixth and seventh finishers from each team are not scored but can add points to opponents' totals. Fallbrook’s junior varsity boys had a score of 46 points. San Pasqual was second with 47 points. Valley Center accumulated 60 points for third place among the six schoo...
Athletes in the CIF San Diego Section may now practice with their club teams during that sport’s CIF season. The prohibition against practice with outside teams during the CIF season was repealed during the Oct. 9 Board of Managers meeting. All Board of Managers members present except for Sweetwater Union High School District Superintendent Moises Aguirre and Grossmont Union High School District Extended Curricular Programs Director Donnie Carroll voted to repeal the bylaw section. “It’s time for a change,” said North C...
The basic explanation about a band focusing on everybody getting along being called War is that their instruments and voices were weapons and their songs were ammunition. The multi-racial band whose song “Why Can’t We Be Friends?” was one of War’s seven singles to chart in the top 10 and has spent its career promoting harmony and unification. Nowadays members of the band formed in 1969 are fighting elements of old age, and as War’s Oct. 5 concert at Pala Casino proved, the band occasionally has to fight technical difficulties...
E.Y. Washington will be taking over choreography services for Sullivan Middle School productions. The Bonsall Unified School District board voted 5-0 Sept. 18 to approve an independent contractor agreement with Washington. He will replace Natalie Nucci, who was the Sullivan choreography director for the Spring 2023 and 2023-24 productions. “Mrs. Stacy Pecore, as the Show Choir Director, is at liberty to hire different choreographers for each show,” said BUSD Superintendent Heather Golly. “She has worked with a number of ve...
An Oct. 22 hearing has been set to increase the per diem pay given to North County Fire Protection District board members for attending meetings. The NCPFD board voted 5-0 Sept. 25 to set the hearing date. If the increase is passed that day, the board members’ per diem pay, which is currently $100, will be $105. “The increase is only $5 per meeting. It’s not a lot,” said NCFPD Fire Chief Keith McReynolds. NCFPD board members receive per diem pay for each regular or special board meeting attended, each regular or special...
The marquee at Bonsall Elementary School will be replaced. The Bonsall Unified School District board voted 5-0 Sept. 18 to approve a contract with Quiel School Signs for a new marquee. The new marquee will utilize current technology and allow display of announcements, event reminders, and important notices. “The marquee has been nonoperational for a number of years. The sign is vital to display announcements and important notices to our students, families, and community at large,” said BUSD Superintendent Heather Golly. BUS...
The Bonsall Unified School District board approved a new agreement with the Pala Band of Mission Indians to enhance the school district’s ability to provide educational accomplishments for Pala Tribe members. The BUSD board voted 5-0 Sept. 18 to approve the new memorandum of understanding. The school district and the tribe had previously approved an agreement in June 2023, but that MOU was subject to review after one year. “This is a renewal of an existing agreement that expires in 2024 and will continue until 2029,” said...
The Bonsall Unified School District does not have a continuation school, but BUSD students who are not meeting Bonsall High School requirements may now continue their studies at Ivy High School in Fallbrook. A 5-0 BUSD board vote Sept. 18 approved a memorandum of understanding between the Bonsall district and the Fallbrook Union High School District for BUSD students to attend Ivy High School, which is the FUHSD continuation school. The MOU covers the 2024-25 school year, and the parties will meet prior to June 30 to determin...
The Sept. 24 meeting of the North County Fire Protection District included approval of the 2024-25 NCFPD budget. The board’s 5-0 vote adopted a budget which anticipates $27,217,100 in revenue. The budget also calls for $27,217,100 of operational and debt service expenditures and a contribution to reserves along with an $11,665,925 capital budget. “The increase in revenue the fire district is experiencing is allowing us to reinforce our infrastructure and expand services to meet the needs of our growing region,” said NCFPD...
During the 2024 Olympic Games, three track and field athletes who were treated by Bonsall chiropractor Derek King won medals. Matthew Hudson-Smith, who was part of England’s Olympic contingent, won the silver medal in the men’s 400-meter race and was part of the 4x400 relay team which obtained a bronze medal. Grenada’s Lindon Victor won the bronze medal for the men’s decathlon. Fred Kerley gave the United States a bronze medal in the men’s 100-meter dash. “It’s not me. It’s the technique,” King said. “I show them what it d...
PK Mechanical Systems has been awarded the Fallbrook Public Utility District contract to replace the Kaufman Pressure Station. A 5-0 FPUD board vote Sept. 23 awarded PK Mechanical Systems a $570,000 contract. The work includes the demolition and removal of an existing valve station in an open vault, filling and grading a steep eroded slope, pipe and valve replacement, installing a new valve station, finished grading, and site drainage improvements. The Kaufman Pressure Station is about a quarter of a mile west of the intersec...
The Sept. 11 Bonsall Community Sponsor Group meeting included a presentation on San Diego Gas & Electric’s Strategic Undergrounding Program. The presentation was not a voting item at the sponsor group meeting. The Strategic Undergrounding Program will provide increased wildfire resiliency and electric reliability by undergrounding electric distribution lines near key community facilities. Removing overhead power lines and placing them underground reduces the risk of sparking fires during adverse weather and also enables t...
The small middle schools and K-8 elementary schools in northern San Diego County which have monthly athletic tournaments began their 2024-25 season Sept. 19 with the Pauma Volleyball Tournament at Pauma Elementary School, and both the Vallecitos Elementary School girls and the Vikings boys placed second while Pauma Elementary School was third in both boys and girls play. The Vallecitos girls had a 3-1 record in round-robin play, losing only to Julian Junior High School, while...
Fallbrook High School's cross country teams opened their 2024 season Sept. 14 at the 40th annual Laguna Hills Cross Country Invitational meet, and two Fallbrook girls took home medals for placing among the top 20 in their race. Mia Cyr finished fourth among the 67 runners in the Division 2 sophomore race. Cynthia Mills was in the Division 2 senior race and placed 12th among the 46 runners. Cross country team scores add the positions of a school's first five finishers; the sixth and seventh runners from each team are not...
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors authorized the issuance of tax-exempt bonds to EDCO Disposal Corporation. A 4-0 vote Sept. 10, with Jim Desmond absent, approved a resolution authorizing the California Enterprise Development Authority to issue up to $63,500,000 of revenue bonds for EDCO. The maximum authorized amount includes $16,000,000 for the EDCO facility in the 400 block of West Aviation Road. The California Enterprise Development Authority is a joint powers authority which issues private activity bonds for the...
Students from about a dozen elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools in San Diego County participated in the Choir Night promotion the San Diego Padres had for the team's Sept. 17 home game against the Houston Astros, and the performers included 65 members of the Sullivan Middle School show choir. Sullivan and other school's students performed the national anthem prior to the game. More than 225 students, parents, teachers, and administrators including BUSD...
The Mount Miguel Invite was the first tournament of the 2024 season for Fallbrook High School’s boys water polo team, and the Warriors posted a 1-2 record for that Sept. 6-7 tournament. The tournament results gave the Warriors a 2-5 record for their first seven games. “We’re doing good,” said Fallbrook High Coach Scott Wiessner. Last year, Fallbrook finished with a 6-16 overall record and lost all six Palomar League games. Four of the varsity starters from 2023 are back this year, and the Warriors have a total of five se...
A new CIF rule restricts contests and practices in heat conditions. Fallbrook High School girls tennis matches scheduled for Sept. 5 and Sept. 10 were canceled due to the heat policy. Fallbrook High Coach Bill Lenaway has previously dealt with early-season matches canceled due to weather. Lenaway is also the Warriors’ boys tennis coach. Boys tennis is a spring sport, and early-season matches are sometimes canceled due to rain. “They’re both frustrating,” Lenaway said. Lenaway noted that matches can be canceled due to heat pr...
The Riverside County Board of Supervisors authorized the bid process to widen Pauba Road. A 5-0 vote Sept. 10 authorized bids for the project. The bids must be received by Oct. 2. The supervisors’ action also approved the plans and specifications for the widening project and found the widening of Pauba Road to standard lane widths and the creation of shoulders for safety and equestrian use to be categorically exempt from California Environmental Act review. “I’m just so excited about this project,” said Supervisor Chuck W...
Two 5-0 votes during the Aug. 27 North County Fire Protection District board meeting approved guaranteed maximum price agreements for work at Station 3 in Rainbow. One action approved a contract amendment with TELACU Construction Management (TCM) for the construction work to renovate Station 3. The other contract amendment with TCM is for the dozer barn at Station 3. The NCFPD was created in 1986 when the Fallbrook Fire Protection District merged with the county service area which provided fire protection to Rainbow and...
The County of San Diego has authorized the bid process for a construction contract to reduce stormwater runoff along South Mission Road between Grand Tradition Way and Pepper Tree Lane. The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 Aug. 28 to authorize the director of the county’s Department of Purchasing and Contracting to take the necessary actions to advertise the contract for bid and to award a construction contract. The action also designated the director of the county’s Department of Public Works as the cou...
Rainbow Municipal Water District staff performed emergency repairs July 26 after a water main broke at the intersection of Gopher Canyon Road and Rue Margaux. The leak indicated pipeline vulnerability elsewhere, and on August 27 the Rainbow board approved emergency waterline and paving repairs. The board’s 4-0 vote, with Cari Dale absent, added the Gopher Canyon Mainline Repair project to the 2024-25 capital budget. The $600,000 budget covers $465,000 for paving, $50,000 for materials, $31,000 for labor including benefit c...
A Rainbow Municipal Water District customer may request a reduction in the property’s meter size. The decision whether or not to grant that reduction had been based on whether capacity for a smaller meter would be exceeded over a 12-month average, but the Aug. 27 Rainbow board meeting changed the district’s Administrative Code to require that usage during all 12 months not exceed capacity limitations. The change passed on a 3-0-1 board vote. Hayden Hamilton, Julie Johnson, and Michael Mack supported the motion. Patti Tow...
The North County Fire Protection District has plans to replace Station 4 in Pala Mesa, and the replacement will not need to undergo California Environmental Quality Act review. The NCFPD board voted 5-0 Aug. 27 to find the replacement of an existing facility to be categorically exempt from CEQA. The action also approved the fire station project, although a construction contract will be approved at a future board meeting. “They did declare the project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act,” said NCFPD fire chi...
The Rainbow Municipal Water District has used a contractor for maintenance of Rainbow’s steel tanks since 2003, but Rainbow will likely be performing future work in-house. Rainbow’s board voted 4-0 Aug. 27, with Cari Dale absent, to terminate the contract with USG Water Solutions. Before Rainbow actually initiates the in-house work, Rainbow General Manager Jake Wiley will renegotiate a potential contract with USG or another qualified firm. If a draft agreement is reached, the contract will be brought back to the board for con...
