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Articles from the March 1, 2018 edition


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  • Experience the myth of serendipity in 'The Random World'

    Elizabeth Youngman Westphal|Updated Mar 4, 2018

    Ocasionally. Well, no, not so very often. Yet, from time to time. Although, still hardly ever. And certainly not as frequently as one hopes. Ok, fine. The fact of the matter is rarely does one get the privilege to witness a production as fresh as "The Random World". Fresh as in "original qualities, unimpaired". Prolific playwright Steven Dietz has been the voice of regional theatre for decades. Actually, not since Tennessee Williams has a writer been as fruitful as Dietz....

  • Scouts team up to remove fire hazard

    Updated Mar 1, 2018

    FALLBROOK - Neighbors Josh Corbin and Dale New agreed a cluster of 30-foot high eucalyptus shoots near their property line was a fire hazard. Regrowth from trees that had burned in the 2002 Gavilan Fire, their presence was beginning to make both the Corbin and New families exceedingly nervous as they saw the shoots being blown about wildly by this winter's dry Santa Ana winds. New, having helped to save his own home and those of his neighbors on Santa Margarita Drive during...

  • Refinishing cabinets doesn't have to be a time-consuming project

    Kim Harris, Managing Editor|Updated Mar 1, 2018

    I love my house; I really do. It's 16 years old though, and the previous owners didn't bother to update much or do any type of renovation projects. One of the first things I did upon moving in was make a list of projects, and near the top of that list was new cabinets for the kitchen and baths. As I began to get estimates to replace those dingy, dull cabinets, I quickly learned that the cost was quite prohibitive. You can imagine my excitement when I stumbled across the...

  • Bonsall's Anderson wins Most Valuable Wrestler award

    Updated Mar 1, 2018

    BONSALL – Sebastian Anderson of Bonsall received one of three Most Valuable Wrestler awards at the annual Freshman Southern California Wrestling Championship held at La Costa Canyon High School in January. More than 300 wrestlers, representing more than 40 high school teams from San Diego, Orange and Riverside counties, competed in 15 different weight classes during the event, Saturday, Jan. 20. Medals were given to the top eight for each weight class. Plaques were also a...

  • Fallbrook couple starts Reaching the Hungry

    Updated Mar 1, 2018

    FALLBROOK – The Sales family joined the Fallbrook community in September 2017. Carlos Sales, with the support of his wife Lisa, founded Reaching the Hungry, after years of working with international organizations. "During a trip to Africa, I recognized that many organizations have a tendency to give a handout. And, in a sense, that's great. We should do what we can to help one another, but I wanted to approach it differently. These places did not need a hand-out. They n...

  • Fallbrook Newcomer's Club welcomes fire Capt. John Choi

    Updated Mar 1, 2018

    FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Newcomer's Club heard from fire Capt. John Choi Thursday, Feb. 8. His informative presentation helped members understand the importance of creating a defensible landscape around their home. He also emphasized the importance of getting out as soon as there is smoke. The next Coffee meeting will be March 8 with guest speaker Dr. Kim Des Roches. She is a chiropractor who will be speaking about the importance of staying active to promote wellness. T...

  • Vintage autos come to Fallbrook

    Updated Mar 1, 2018

    FALLBROOK – On Feb. 15, the Fallbrook Historical Society welcomed 28 members of the Early Ford V-8 Club of America, Temecula chapter, to visit the historic, 122 year old Reche Schoolhouse, and their Heritage Center complex on Rocky Crest Dr. in Fallbrook. The Early Ford V-8 Club is a multi-country car club of nearly 10,000 members, who are dedicated to the restoration and preservation of Ford Motor Co. vehicles produced in the years spanning 1932 to 1953. Their first stop w...

  • Young Fallbrook artists make awards reception

    Updated Mar 1, 2018

    FALLBROOK – The San Diego Watercolor Society Gallery located in The Arts District at Liberty Station in San Diego hosted the 2018 San Diego Youth Art Month Exhibit. This complex of art exhibitions holds an Open Art Walk on the first Friday of the month. It was during this busy evening event that the Closing Awards Reception was held for the San Diego County YAM show. Fallbrook had five participating young artists in this year's competitive YAM exhibit: Lucy Calverley, S...

  • McTaggart, Vidaca honored as top students

    Updated Mar 1, 2018

    FALLBROOK – The Rotary Club of Fallbrook recognizes Students of the Month at a different school in the Fallbrook Elementary School District throughout the school year. For the month of February, students from William H. Frazier Elementary School were recognized. William H. Frazier Elementary School principal Arica Rainey presented Shirley McTaggart and Joshua Vidaca, both in sixth grade, to the club at a recent luncheon. Both students were recognized for their leadership s...

  • The Isley Brothers to perform at Pala

    Updated Mar 1, 2018

    PALA – R&B legends and Rock and Roll Hall of Famers, The Isley Brothers, will perform in concert Saturday, June 9, at 7:30 p.m. at the Starlight Theater as Pala Casino Spa & Resort continues to add to its star-studded outdoor summer concert series. The Isley Brothers began singing together as youngsters in 1950. Ronald, Rudolph, Kelly and Vernon started as a gospel group performing at churches and religious events throughout their hometown, Cincinnati, Ohio. The group then e...

  • 'Uncle Vanya' allows the audience to eavesdrop

    Elizabeth Youngman-Westphal, Special to Village News|Updated Mar 1, 2018

    Just about everyone knows by now how intimate the space is at the Sheryl & Harvey White Theatre inside the Conrad Prebys Theatre Center in Balboa Park at the Old Globe complex. The White is the perfect space for the introduction of "Uncle Vanya" - a cozy spot to observe Russian author Anton Chekhov's characters as they manage their daily lives in the last days of the 1890's. As the story begins in a peaceful, rural setting amongst a forest in the Russian countryside, Uncle...

  • Real Estate Round-Up: Learn from other people's opportunity

    Kim Murphy, Murphy & Murphy Southern California Realty|Updated Mar 1, 2018

    “Honey, we live in a desirable area. We can sell our house ourselves and save $40,000 in commissions.” If I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard friends, family and clients entertain this idea, I’d be a millionaire several times over. As a matter of fact, I have friends from Orange County who told me they’d thought of doing it too when they moved to Fallbrook just this past summer. Turns out, they hired a real estate agent who sold their house before it even hit the multi...

  • Invest in real estate

    Pam Moss, Special to Village News|Updated Mar 1, 2018

    After making the decision to invest or reinvest via 1031 in rental housing, there are some good basic rules that guide the process and make sense of the marketplace whether someone is new to investing or already own property. Below are some favorites. First, evaluate the type of neighborhood surroundings. This review determines the type of tenant mix. In doing so, owners must not forget the fair housing guidelines. The considerations are many. Do you want it to be walking distance to shopping, schools or other amenities?...

  • Northgate Market joins Fallbrook Beautification Alliance's household battery recycling program

    Updated Mar 1, 2018

    FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Beautification Alliance is pleased to announce that Northgate Market has joined the Household Battery Recycling Program, providing a fifth location in Fallbrook where residents are able to safely dispose of hazardous household battery waste. Over the past nine years, the Fallbrook Beautification Alliance estimates that the program has helped safely recycle over 600,000 old, used and dead batteries. Household batteries may not be thrown away in r...

  • Over 62,500 rural California homes and businesses could get high-speed internet access

    Updated Mar 1, 2018

    WAHINGTON – Over 62,500 rural homes and businesses in California that are currently unserved by high-speed internet service could get connectivity in the near future. These homes and businesses are in unserved areas of California eligible for financial support from the next phase of Federal Communications Commission’s Connect America Fund, which helps offset the high cost of extending broadband service into rural areas. The FCC will be distributing these funds through an innovative “reverse auction,” which is schedul...

  • Directory created to promote wellness in Fallbrook

    Anasofia Vazquez, Writer - Intern|Updated Mar 1, 2018

    In the fall of 2011, the second annual Health-Beauty-Fitness Day prompted 15 local health professionals to discuss the idea of designing a special hard copy directory. It would include health, fitness, chiropracting and all that follows, to help their customers find these special services more easily. In 2012, Sandra Buckingham put that idea into motion and created the Fallbrook Area and Pilates Alliance. It was compiled into a calendar of different local teachers and classes...

  • Find hope for Alzheimer's disease and diabetes patients

    Dr. Terry Rondberg, Special to the Village News|Updated Mar 1, 2018

    Each day, more than 4,000 people are diagnosed with diabetes, and more than 600 die from the disease. Since 1987, the death rate due to diabetes has increased by 45 percent. Even more disturbing is that type 2 diabetes – once called “adult onset diabetes,” and its most common form – is growing at alarming rates today in children as young as 8 years old. Type 2 diabetes is caused by a shortage of insulin, a hormone produced by the pancreas. Insulin allows glucose or sugar from food to enter the body’s cells where it is conver...