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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Have you seen the new movie “Nim’s Island?” Cute to the 10th degree. There was one line that struck a note in my heart. One of the main characters was an agoraphobic writer of adventure books who lived life through her writing. Toward the end of the movie her imaginary action hero, who had been accompanying her on an adventure to find a child in need, rebelled and dove into the sea leaving her alone to finish the expedition. She was shocked that he would act in such a way because she created him. How could he leave her?...
Prayer…talk to any Christian and the vast majority would say that prayer is important, useful, powerful and effective. However, do we really practice it? We say we believe in it; we know God calls for it in His word; but are we engaged in it? Often when someone is in difficult circumstances you hear them say, “Well, I guess all I can do is pray…” When I hear that, I often reply, “The most powerful thing you can do is pray…” We see time and time again in the Bible, God hears the cries of his people when they come to him i...
Date Vicinity Incident 4/7 800 blk S Main Forge official seal 4/7 2100 blk S Mission Arrest: possession of controlled substance 4/8 2400 blk S Stage Coach Ln Petty theft 4/9 1600 blk Calavo Rd Grand theft 4/11 Almond St at Hill Ave Stolen vehicle 4/11 1100 blk Alturas Enter noncommercial building 4/11 200 blk W Aviation Arrest: use/under influence of controlled substance 4/11 3700 blk Flowerwood Ln Grand theft 4/11 1300 blk Rainbow Crest Rd Residential burglary 4/11 5100 blk 5th St Commercial burglary 4/11 38600 blk De Luz Rd...
The county’s Planning Commission voted 7-0 April 4 to recommend a rezone of a Bonsall parcel slated for a condominium project. The 55.9-acre site at West Lilac Road and Camino Del Rey would be accessed by private roads off of Camino Del Cielo and would include the creation of an 8.6-acre lot for constructing 76 condominium units and a 47.3-acre lot which would be dedicated as permanent open space. The Planning Commission also approved three site plans for the project. “I do not have any issues,” said Planning Commi...
Correspondence to the county’s Planning Commission regarding the plans of KB Home to downsize models in the Shady Grove development was discussed by the Planning Commission April 4 and may produce a response from the county’s Department of Planning and Land Use at a future Planning Commission meeting. “We’d be happy to come up with a response,” said acting DPLU director Eric Gibson. The original plans for the 101-home development called for houses between 2,600 and 3,500 square feet. The development has taken place in phases,...
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FALLBROOK — The selection committee for Fallbrook Union Elementary School District’s Teacher of the Year and Classified Employee of the Year has announced that Elsa Grijalva and Patricia “Trish” Mueller will be this year’s honorees, to continue on to the county competition. Grijalva is a sixth grade teacher currently assigned to La Paloma Elementary School. She has been a credentialed bilingual teacher with the district since 1985. A graduate of San Diego State University and United States International University, Grijalva...
Fallbrook High School is pleased to be able to offer Regional Occupational Program (ROP) summer courses in Computer Applications and Restaurant Service again this year. The classes are free to anyone age 16 and above and will count as elective high school credit for students. Computer Applications will be available for beginners on Tuesday and Thursday from 6 to 10 p.m. and at the intermediate level on Tuesday and Thursday from 6 to 10 p.m. Restaurant Service will meet daily from 8 a.m. to 12:40 p.m. with priority given to...
VISTA — North County Trade Tech High School, a construction-oriented charter school opening this fall, will host seven open houses between April 26 and May 17 for current eighth-graders and their parents. Students will have the opportunity to tour Trade Tech’s state-of-the-art construction labs specializing in HVAC, carpentry, electrical, plumbing, architecture and construction management. In addition, successful mentors from the construction industry and Trade Tech faculty will be on hand to answer questions. The sch...
The Fallbrook Vintage Car Club recently gave a donation to the Fallbrook High School prom committee. This year, because of the devastating recent fires in which 38 students lost their homes, the committee decided to request donations from local organizations to allow all eligible students to attend the event. The gala is scheduled for May 10 and will be held at the Hard Rock Hotel in San Diego. The prom committee is also requesting donations (MP3 players, stereos, DVD...
Potter Junior High counselor Robert DeVault recently recognized the school’s four Students of the Month for their citizenship at a Rotary Club of Fallbrook luncheon. Seventh-graders David Guzman and Cristy Lie Ma Barnes and eighth-graders Lizeth Palma and Felipe Jimenez received certificates from Rotary President David Kauffman and a hearty round of applause from the membership. DeVault, conveying comments from the students’ teachers, said, “Cristy Barnes is a model stude...
Bay Ewald, a Fallbrook High School senior, won the San Diego County Rotary District 5340 Rotary “4-Way Test” Speech Contest at the recent District Finals meeting held at the La Jolla Marriott. Bay, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Fallbrook, first had to be in the top five out of more than 24 Fallbrook High School students to perform at the Fallbrook weekly meeting. Then she went on to compete at the North San Diego Sub-Regional finals in Rancho Bernardo. After that, she mov...
Fallbrook High School sophomore Chase Johnson threw a no-hitter against El Camino during the Warriors’ 5-0 win April 10 at Fallbrook. Johnson walked three Wildcats and hit one batter. An additional Wildcat batter was safe on an error. “Just a tremendous performance from a young player who really rose to the occasion,” said Fallbrook coach Jesse Schuveiller. “He did a fantastic job for us.” The Warriors recorded nine hits; Sam Murphy was the only player with more than one. Murphy also drove in two runs during the game. The...
FALLBROOK — Beverly and Bob Youngren have returned home after participating in several national Pickleball tournaments. The 21st Huntsman World Senior Games were held in October in St. George, UT, where more than 10,000 athletes from all over the world converged. “It is one of the most inspirational events we attend,” said Beverly. “This year there was one competitor, 101 years old, who competed in golf. Amazingly enough, this was the first year he had to take a cart; other y...
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For the first time educators can recall, all three Fallbrook High School academic teams – varsity, junior varsity and freshman – took first place in the North County Academic League and will compete in the finals this week. The varsity and junior varsity teams swept league play, undefeated, in the season that ended in March. The freshman team lost only one match, to Rancho Buena Vista, earning them first place honors as well. While these students’ incredible intelligence is so...
A forum aimed at easing fears over the start of blasting and other operations at Rosemary’s Mountain quarry drew a standing-room-only audience on April 17 that peppered the project’s developer with questions and concerns. Several residents living near the 94-acre site north of Highway 76 and east of Interstate 15 praised the project’s developer, Granite Construction Co., for holding the soon-to-be monthly forums. Some of the participants said last week’s session, held in a Pala Mesa Resort conference room, helped ease th...
Francis and Barbara Dean will celebrate their 65th anniversary on April 24. They were married on April 24, 1943, at Fort Bliss, El Paso, TX, where Francis was stationed, before being shipped out to Germany during the height of WWII. The Deans were lifelong residents of Muskegon, MI, before moving to beautiful Fallbrook in 1977. Francis retired from the US Postal Service after 30 years of service and Barbara worked for Hackley Union National Bank and Clark Floor Equipment as...
FALLBROOK- More than 50 independent filmmakers are expected to attend Fallbrook’s first film festival April 25-27. The event will be captured for future episodes of “Life in California,” (Sundays, 8 p.m., Channel 12 Time Warner). More than 80 films are being shown in four venues. A special screening of films made by Fallbrook High School students will be Sunday, April 27, at noon at the Mission Theater. A Lifetime Achievement will be presented to cinematographer and former North County resident Tom Del Ruth, who worked on Cl...
FALLBROOK — Local business and individual donations of products and services to RiverWatch will be auctioned and raffled following a RiverWatch meeting at the Rancho Monserate Clubhouse at 4650 Dulin Road in Fallbrook at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 29. The meeting is open to the public and visitors are encouraged to attend. RiverWatch, a nonprofit public benefit corporation dedicated to protecting the San Luis Rey River watershed, will provide refreshments as they begin their 20th year of successfully battling developers of a p...
A presentation on “The Geopolitics of Energy” will be given by locals Judith Wright, PhD and James Conca, PhD on Thursday, May 8, at 4 p.m. at the Gem & Mineral Museum at 123 West Alvarado Street, Suite B. Wright and Conca published “The Geopolitics of Energy: Achieving a Just and Sustainable Energy Distribution by 2040,” the subject of the May 8 discussion sponsored by the Gem & Mineral Society and Café des Artistes....
Entries will be accepted through April 25 for the Second Annual Battle of the Bands at Fallbrook Community Center. This event is open to all bands playing all types of music. Band members must be 13 to 19 years of age. Bands will perform on May 3 and battle it out for a $200 first place award, $100 second place award, trophies, prizes and bragging rights. The Battle of the Bands is sponsored by Friends of Fallbrook Community Center and County of San Diego Parks and Recreation. For applications and information, contact the...
