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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Ivy High School presented its School Accountability Report Card (SARC) to the board of trustees at their monthly meeting on Jan. 11. The reports – which are intended to provide parents and community members with a “quick snapshot of school accountability” – presented data for the 2008-2009 academic school year. According to the SARC, of the 19 senior students that were enrolled in Ivy High School, 91 percent of them received their high school diploma in the 2007-2008 academic year, which was a significant increase from th...
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Being a writer is hard, especially when weaving together a story that involves real life crime with an enthralling story of fiction. It’s stories like these that leave readers feeling like they have bonded with the characters and instill the desire to want to know more. After penning bestsellers “Laguna Heat,” “Red Light,” “Silent Joe” and “LA Outlaws,” T. Jefferson Parker, a Fallbrook-based bestselling crime novelist whose writing career began in 1978 as a reporter, is fami...
A proposal to implement a parking prohibition on 275 feet of Winter Haven Road, east of Clearcrest Lane, drew a recommendation from the county’s Traffic Advisory Committee against such a parking ban, but the TAC’s Jan. 29 recommendation instead urged community residents and property owners to work together on a fence or other barrier to minimize impacts from Fallbrook Union High School District students using other students’ cars to hide unsanctioned activities. “It’s not a traffic safety issue,” said Eric Newbury, wh...
FALLBROOK – Peter and Laurel Bardeen, of Fallbrook, announce the engagement of their daughter, Kristin Ann-Marie Bardeen, to Robert Charles Taft, son of Dr. Charles and Christine Taft, of Fallbrook. The wedding will take place springtime at Zion Lutheran Church with Pastor Mark Demel officiating. Kristin will graduate from UCLA with a BA in English, and Rob will graduate from USC with a BS and MS in Biomedical Engineering. Both are graduates of Zion Lutheran School and F...
FALLBROOK – Tracy Emblem, Democratic candidate for US Congress in the 50th District, will address the Fallbrook Democratic Club on Feb. 4 at 7 p.m. at FPUD, 990 E. Mission Road. Emblem, a newcomer in national politics, is an appellate attorney who has lived in Escondido since 1964. She received her law degree from National University School of Law in 1989, after working at the California Attorney General’s office, writs and appeals division. Tracy Emblem’s work earned her a...
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook’s VFW Post 1924 will be hosting a lunch on Saturday, Feb. 20, at 11 a.m. This luncheon is open to all veterans who are members of any VFW and will inform them of programs that are available locally. Spouses are also welcome. Representatives from the Sheriff’s Department will discuss “You Are Not Alone” and the Senior Center will present several of their programs. People to People will inform attendees of their services. Some affordable and quality home care services will also be presented, the VA Pensio...
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Women’s Connection invites all ladies in the area to “Dare to Dream,” and to enjoy a delicious brunch at the Grand Tradition, 1602 S. Mission Road, on Feb. 19, from 10 a.m. to noon. The program features Muriel Swartz who will show her collection of Cookie Lee Jewelry and talk about a fun way to earn extra money. Back by popular demand, Don Rayl will entertain with his soothing voice and guitar, and Jean Dixon will play piano. The guest speaker will be Joyce Bruggeman who will share how to overcom...
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Gem & Mineral Society will meet Feb. 18 at 7 p.m., at 123 West Alvarado Street in the meeting room. This month’s meeting will feature discussion and Show and Tell from those who attended the Tucson Show. On Feb. 19 and 20, the society will host a rummage sale at the same location, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The museum is also open from 11 a.m. To 3 p.m. Thurs. - Sat. Information: (760) 728-1130, or www.fgms.org....
FALLBROOK – Al-Anon has formed a new Paths to Discovery study group that meets on Fridays from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Community Baptist Church, 731 South Stage Coach Lane, Fallbrook. The only requirement for membership is that a person’s friend or relative have a problem with alcoholism. Information: (760) 518-2349....
The next monthly Senior Citizens Service Club general meeting will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 9, at 10 a.m. The Senior Center is located at 399 Heald Lane. The speaker this month is Barbara Hudson. She will present a program about Thailand, which will include, “The Jimmy and Rosalind Carter Habitat for Humanity Project.” Bingo will start at 12:30 p.m. after the general meeting. Line dance classes are held every Thursday at 9 a.m. The Center offers many classes and activities for seniors in the area. For more information, cal...
VISTA – A bird club, The North County Aviculturists, will meet on Saturday, Feb. 6 at 7 p.m. at the Vista Masonic Lodge, 761 Eucalyptus Ave. Debbie Davis will talk about parakeets. The meeting is open to the public. For more information, call (760) 728-2378....
FIA Project Skate Safe (formerly Skatepark Committee) will meet on February 8 from 6:45 to 8 p.m. in the Small Hall (building next to the new church) at St. Peter’s (Stage Coach Lane at Fallbrook Street). Call (760) 473-4659 with questions....
Wikepedia (Internet) lists the number of USA centenarians (men/women who are 100 years of age or older) at 96,548 as of 11/01/2008 and by 2050, these numbers were forecasted to reach 834,000. Therefore, America’s present healthcare system must be the best in the world. So, why destroy it with Obamacare? At tea parties I attended, the majority of attendees were senior citizens (Republicans, Democrats and Independents) deeply concerned about possible Obamacare Senior Death panels which Sarah Palin and many others believe e...
From time to time we get reminders of how many nice people there are all around us. Last Saturday my wife and I took a nasty fall -we are 88 and 86, and it’s easy to do- going to our car after dining at a restaurant. Luckily, neither of us was hurt seriously but this was not initially known. Immediately a man was there offering whatever help was needed and then others came. We were momentarily dazed and the assistance was very comforting. The restaurant called the paramedics and my wife was taken to the Rancho Springs e...
Readers may be interested to know that it is nearly impossible to get an interdistrict transfer. Anyone who plans to send their kids out of Fallbrook next year may want to start petitioning now. Our daughter is homeschooled through CAVA and we wanted to send her to Mission Vista which has a specialized track, but Fallbrook won’t allow the interdistrict transfer even though they will not benefit in anyway. She isn’t in the Fallbrook system, just attached to it by virtue of address. I’m a firm believer in parent’s rights...
I would like to say “well done” to the gentleman on SR 76 Westbound who had parked his truck on Monday, Jan. 25 at 11:30 a.m. and picked up trash. I honked my horn in recognition of his efforts. I am so afraid of the road dangers or I would have been out there with him. SR 76 is beginning to look really “trashy.” Thanks again! Peggy Scudder...
Hooray for the Hukilau, again! John Toma and his staff at Fallbrook Golf Club’s one-and-only Hawaiian restaurant pulled off another coup on Tuesday, January 26, when Hawaii’s top female vocalist Amy Hanaiali’i and a supporting cast of great musicians gave a special command performance to a packed house. Our Fallbrook golfing foursome felt very privileged to be front table dinner guests for this evening of wonderful food, entertainment and sharing of the warm “Aloha spirit.” We expected to see other familiar faces from Fallbro...
Well, it certainly is beginning to look as if the “real” overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system will not now happen! The huge amount of money poured into the propaganda barrage by the pharmaceutical and other “for profit” organizations has won the day over the apathy of the general public. Unfortunately, we, the U.S. citizenry, have only ourselves to blame. Oh sure, it will happen eventually, but not now. The vast majority of us have been “bamboozled” once again. It saddens me because we had a real chance to pull it off and...
President Franklin Pierce, writing in an 1854 veto statement of a bill to authorize the giving away of federal lands for the creation of state-funded mental hospitals, penned a timeless warning against the unconstitutionality of federal involvement in healthcare: “I readily and, I trust, feelingly acknowledge the duty incumbent on us all as men and citizens, and as among the highest and holiest of our duties, to provide for those who, in the mysterious order of Providence, are subject to want and to disease of body of m...
The Senior Wheels USA Program makes available power wheelchairs for qualifying senior citizens and the permanently disabled at no cost to the recipient. The power wheelchairs are provided to those who can no longer walk safely, nor self-propel a manual wheelchair, and who meet the additional guidelines of the program. If the patient’s need is for use in the home, call for more information to see if they qualify at (800) 246-6010....
Forest Rhodes had a dream about a brutish barbarian man named Gelgun, a potential comic book character, when he was a child growing up in northern San Diego County. At the time, he told his best friend Lazarus Berry about the dream. Both loved the concept and kept the idea tucked away in their minds unaware of how Gelgun would later resurface. Both men are now 35 years old. Rhodes, a Fallbrook resident and award-winning layout artist for several publications in San Diego and...
TEMECULA – Fallbrook watercolor artist Jim Bates will show his recent work on Feb. 11, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Tesoro Winery Tasting Room, 28475 Old Town Front Street in Old Town Temecula. A selection of original watercolors and matted giclée will be on display and available for purchase. Bates’ appearance is the second in the So-Cal Artist Series co-sponsored by the Fallbrook Area Visitors Bureau and Tesoro Winery. Complimentary wine and light appetizers will be served. Free...
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