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Articles from the March 9, 2018 edition


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  • BUSD communicates high school options

    Lucette Moramarco, Editor|Updated Mar 9, 2018
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    BUSD schools Bonsall High - ninth through 12th grades Sullivan Middle School - sixth through eighth Bonsall Elementary - transitional kindergarten through fifth grade Bonsall West – transitional kindergarten through sixth Vivian Banks Charter School – kindergarten through fifth grade Bonsall Unified School District’s superintendent David Jones held a community collaborative discussion March 1 “to share facts and information about the current reality of our district and the need to come together and talk.” At least 60 area r...

  • County releases Lilac Fire response report

    Yvette Urrea Moe, County of San Diego Communications Office|Updated Mar 9, 2018

    Preparedness, regional collaboration and fire and emergency management resources, coupled with a lucky break in the weather, were credited in a County After Action Report for stopping the December 2017 Lilac Fire's fast-moving destructive path within 12 hours. The report released recently also credits heroic actions of first responders for saving lives in dangerous conditions. "The county has invested a lot of resources in fire protection and preparedness, and I think that pai...

  • North County Fire Protection District to close Station 3

    Joe Naiman, Village News Correspondent|Updated Mar 9, 2018

    The North County Fire Protection District will be closing Station 3 in the Olive Hill area. During the Feb. 27 NCFPD board meeting, the board heard a presentation on a study about closing Station 3 and voted 5-0 to declare the property at 4157 Olive Hill Road to be surplus to the district’s needs. “The board voted to declare surplus property and move ahead with sale,” NCFPD fire chief Steve Abbott said. NCFPD Station 5 has been located at 5906 Olive Hill Road since 2015. Station 5 was previously on Old River Road, and when...

  • Christopherson, Gilchrist, Hoff and Macias honored as Students of the Month

    Tom Ferrall, Staff Writer|Updated Mar 9, 2018

    The individuals honored as the Students of the Month for March included a cadet who was lauded as a natural leader, standout student-athletes credited with helping struggling classmates, and a teen mom who has overcome the odds to put herself in position to graduate. Emma Christopherson, Luke Gilchrist and Collin Hoff of Fallbrook Union High School and Elizabeth Macias of Ivy High School were saluted at the Student of the Month Awards breakfast March 1 at North Coast Church....

  • Rare Disease Day Raises Awareness

    Assemblymember Marie Waldron|Updated Mar 9, 2018

    As a member of the Rare Disease Caucus, the Assembly Health Committee, and as Vice Chair of the Select Committee on Infectious Diseases in High Risk Communities, I am a proud co-author of ACR 162, which declares Feb. 28 Rare Disease Day in California. A rare disease is defined as affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the United States. Over 7,000 of these diseases have been identified, but the Food and Drug Administration has approved treatments for less than 500. So, we...

  • Ida Mae Sebring

    Updated Mar 9, 2018

    Ida Mae Sebring, of Bonsall, passed peacefully, surrounded by family, at the age of 102, February 15, 2018. She was born Ida Mae Thomas in Hodginville, Kentucky, May 10, 1915, to a large family, and described herself as a "babe in arms" when the family relocated to Bloomington, Illinois. She married LeRoy Oliver Sebring and raised her family in Bloomington, and then moved to California in the early 1950's. During her life she held various jobs, as a tool crib operator at an ai...

  • National Rifle Association has blood on its hands

    Updated Mar 9, 2018
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    FALLBROOK – My father was a deer hunter and a lifetime National Rifle Association member. We grew up with an unlocked tall cabinet full of shotguns, 22s, pistols, etc. in the corner of our family room. We, four girls, all learned to shoot, trap and skeet at a 50-foot target in our basement. My sisters and I are all fairly good marksmen. We all played with toy guns, and I still have those little black toy guns. These are my ideas of what guns are for. It is incomprehensible to me how the leaders of our country continue to a...

  • REINS to host its third annual Spring Hop, March 24

    Updated Mar 9, 2018

    FALLBROOK – REINS Therapeutic Horsemanship Program will host its third annual Spring Hop Saturday, March 24. The event is for children of all ages, and takes place 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at REINS, 4461 S. Mission Road, in Fallbrook. The Easter Bunny will be on-site for photos, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Children will be divided into three age groups, babies to three years, four to six years and seven to 10 years, for the egg hunts. Last year’s event attracted over 400 people. Volunteers at REINS have been working hard to fill the egg...

  • Fallbrook Women's Connection to take in fashion show

    Updated Mar 9, 2018

    FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Women’s Connection will take in a spring fashion show Friday, March 16. The event will run 10 a.m. to noon and include a delicious brunch at the Grand Tradition Estate & Gardens in the Beverly Mansion. The Fallbrook Women’s Connection invites all ladies to come and enjoy a LuLaRoe Fashion Show. Shannon Paster will be presenting the latest in design and vibrant spring colors for children and adults. The guest speaker is Mary Nixon, a clinical researcher and published author who will be sharing, “How...

  • Ag students offer a variety of plants

    Updated Mar 9, 2018

    FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook High School FFA is offering their next nursery sale on Saturday, March 17 from 9 a.m. until noon at the FHS Agriculture Department which is located at the east end of the football field. Fallbrook Ag students have been cultivating their plants and are ready to have them find a home. With a wide range of indoor and outdoor plants, there is lots to choose from. This is a chance for the students to market and sell a product to build viable business skills. All are invited to come by and see what this l...

  • Free electronic waste recycling event coming March 10-11

    Updated Mar 9, 2018

    FALLBROOK – Community Outreach Ministry is hosting a free electronic waste recycling event March 10 and 11 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Albertson's, 1133 S. Mission Rd. Proceeds benefit summer camp scholarships giving at-risk kids a life-changing experience. E-waste is any consumer electronic equipment that has reached its 'end-of-life' or 'end-of-usage' , whether in full or non-working condition. it includes most electronics or electric appliances with a cord or circuit board. They will not accept refrigerators, washer and d...

  • Jeremiah's Ranch to sponsor craft workshop to benefit those with developmental disabilities

    Updated Mar 9, 2018

    FALLBROOK – Jeremiah's Ranch will be sponsoring a craft workshop, 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, March 17, at the College of Adaptive Education Headquarters, 911 E. Elder Street, in the back of Emmanuel's Baptist Church in Fallbrook. Participants will be making mosaic flower pots and snow men. The first of several free craft workshops planned for 2018, the crafts will be sold at local craft bazaars later in the year to benefit the students and Jeremiah's Ranch. Reserve a spot b...

  • Pattycaker

    Updated Mar 9, 2018

    Elowen (Ellie) Autumn Lillian Fiona Welch was born February 12, 2018 at Harrison Medical Center, Silverdale, Wash. at 8:52 a.m., weighing 6 lbs 6 ozs, and measuring 19.5" tall. Her parents are Christopher and Chandell Welch; grandmother is Janice Welch of Fallbrook....