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 beginning of strife is like releasing water; therefore stop contention before a quarrel starts. -Proverbs 17:14 Picture a dam breaking and releasing water. The water gushes out with a force that will wipe out anything in its path. That swift water destroys, bruises, breaks, and tumbles objects under its current. Strife is similar in its pattern of movement and its effect. Although we may not see the hurt feelings, a broken heart, a bruised ego, or a rejected or condemned spirit, they are no less real and often have greate...
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Living Waters Christian Fellowship will be hosting a free concert featuring the Salvation Hill Praise Band on Friday, May 7 at 7 p.m. Living Waters is at 2000 Reche Road in Fallbrook. For more information, call (760) 728-1685....
FALLBROOK – Everyone is invited to a free concert by the Evening Song Choir, an inter-faith choir from the Dallas/Ft. Worth area of Texas. The concert is Friday, June 11 at 7 p.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Vista Stake Center, 451 West Bobier Dr. in Vista. Another concert will be held at 7 p.m. on Monday, June 14 at the Church of St. Mary Magdalene, a Roman Catholic church, 1945 Illion St. in San Diego. The choir will also perform two songs at...
FALLBROOK – A free seminar designed to acquaint first-time home-buyers with federal and local government incentive programs, as well as current requirements for homeownership, will be on Saturday, May 1. The seminar will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Fallbrook Public Utility District board room, 990 East Mission Road. Stephanie Murphy, a consultant with Money Management International and lead presenter, said attendees will receive up-to-date information about new and existing government programs, including those...
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FALLBROOK – Students in the San Diego County Parks and Recreation Fallbrook Community Center after school program at La Paloma Elementary School recently completed a series of art lessons presented by Abrakadoodle Art Education. San Diego County Parks and Recreation at La Paloma partners with a number of organizations to provide exceptionally high quality programming for students who attend the after school program, and has been working with Abrakadoodle for the past...
FALLBROOK – Troy Monson of Boy Scout Troop 775 spent over nine hours at the Fallbrook Food Pantry installing a new sink as his Eagle Project. The troop, with many of their leaders and parents, spent many hours there helping to remove old fixtures, flooring and such. Troy spent much time organizing the project. The planning, drawing-sketches and buying the required materials had to be completed before his review board would approve the task. Troop 775 is sponsored by the...
FALLBROOK – It’s official, the winners have been selected in the annual essay contest held by Fallbrook Republican Women Federated. After a buffet luncheon on May 14, the scholarship winners, all from Fallbrook High School, will be presented. First place winner Wade Colburn will read his essay and have the honor of taking home the prize of $1000. The topic for the contest was “The United States Constitution and What it Means to Me. Young Mr. Colburn’s essay was also...
SANTA BARBARA – Undergraduate students at the University of California, Santa Barbara achieving excellence in their academic work during the winter quarter have been selected for the Dean’s Honors List. Local students named to the Dean’s List are Ryan Helling, a mechanical engineering major; Sarah Lamont, an English major; Matthew Majdick, a Psychology/Communication major; Christy Mason, a history major; and Stephen Roalf, an environmental studies major, all from Fallbrook. This honor which is noted on their per...
FALLBROOK – All incoming Kindergarten students and parents for the 2010-2011 school year are invited to attend an informational get together scheduled for Friday, April 23 beginning at 9 a.m., at all in-town Fallbrook Union Elementary School District’s sites. A tour of the school will be given and the principal will be available to answer any questions. If parents are unsure of what school their child will attend, they can check the boundary map posted at www.fuesd.k12.ca.us or call (760) 731-5414 for assistance. Regist...
FALLBROOK – Nearly 500 Fallbrook parents, children and adult volunteers put the core values of the late civil and labor rights leader, Cesar E. Chavez, to work on Saturday, March 27 at the Fifth Annual Fallbrook A Leer/Reading Family Literacy Day, Cesar Chavez Day of Service and Learning. Seventy students and nearly 100 adults exemplified the core value of service to others by conducting the annual event and hundreds of parents and children also followed another of...
The most advanced combat simulator within the Department of Defense (DOD) no longer resembles the streets of Iraq. Camp Pendleton’s 32,000-square-foot Infantry Immersion Trainer was recently redesigned to resemble the Afghan village of Now Zad. Headquarters Marine Corps officials made the decision March 15, to change the training environment to better suit the Corps’ focus on Operation Enduring Freedom. “The ITT is designed to inoculate deploying Marines with the sight...
After the fall of Saigon in 1975, nearly half of the 130,000 Vietnamese refugees that resettled in America passed through the gates of Camp Pendleton. Thirty-five years later, base historians are now honoring their story with a new exhibit called “Images at War’s End,” a 36-photo display that commemorates the lives of those who fled North Vietnamese communist oppression. “It was a hard time in the U.S. and a hard time in Vietnam,” said Faye Jonason, director, History o...
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VISTA - A preliminary hearing is scheduled today for a young man who was allegedly drunk Oct. 10 when he was involved in a chain-reaction crash that killed a Marine and a young woman on Interstate 15 north of Escondido. Oscar Tinoco, 18, faces two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, hit-and-run and driving under the influence of alcohol causing injury, Deputy District Attorney Jodi Breton said. According to the California Highway Patrol, the chain of events began about 4 a.m. that Saturday when a sedan...
SAN DIEGO - A San Diego judge today lifted a gag order in the case of a convicted sex offender who admitted raping and killing 17-year-old Chelsea King and 14-year-old Amber Dubois. John Albert Gardner III, 31, pleaded guilty Friday to the rapes and murders of Chelsea, a Poway High senior, and Amber, an Escondido High School freshman. In addition to lifting the gag order that had been in place, San Diego Superior Court Judge David Danielsen rejected a request by Chelsea's parents for a new order blocking the media from making...
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More than 2,000 Marines, sailors and military spouses filled the halls of Camp Pendleton’s South Mesa Club during the Marine Corps Community Services 2010 Spring Career and Education Expo, March 25. The event was mainly geared toward military members who are transitioning out of the service and family members looking to kick start or change careers. “Events like this allow companies to find employees with specific and technical skills that are not readily available in the civi...
FALLBROOK – The International Food, Wine and Travel Writers Association will hold an informal mixer in Fallbrook on Thursday April 29, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Café des Artistes, 103 South Main Street, Fallbrook. Join local members and non-members of IFWTWA in an informal mixer for professional networking and camaraderie among writers. Complimentary appetizers and a tempting optional menu will be offered, including wine. Community members interested in potential membership within IFWTWA are welcome to attend. For...
FALLBROOK – The Bottom Shelf bookstore will hold a half-price sale, Saturday, April 24, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. All merchandise will be half-off of the marked price and there is an excellent selection of material. The Bottom Shelf, located at 111-B. S. Main, is operated by Friends of the Fallbrook Library and proceeds benefit the new library building fund and ongoing library programs. For more information, call (760) 451-9606....
FALLBROOK – Ken Quigley of Camp Pendleton’s Environmental Security Office will discuss the Camp Pendleton Buffer Lands program at the next meeting of the Fallbrook Land Conservancy (FLC). The meeting is on Wednesday, April 28, at 5 p.m. at the FLC’s Palomares House, 1815 S. Stage Coach Lane, and is open to the public. The Buffer Lands program, established in 2003 as part of the National Defense Authorization Act, provides an innovative way for military installations and local partners to address land use and res...
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Riders Field is hosting an Open House and 60th birthday celebration on Sunday, April 25 from 7 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. for the public. This is a chance for horse owners to bring their horses and check out the facilities for free. The cross country course will be flagged and marked and all facilities will be available including both arenas and a trail course. There are also 23 pipe corrals and ample trailer parking. Starting about noon there will be birthday cake and equestrian games including easy,...
The latest allocation of District Five Neighborhood Reinvestment Program funds will provide $5,000 for the Fallbrook Village Rotary Club. A 5-0 San Diego County Board of Supervisors vote April 13 approved the allocation of $139,045 of District Five funds, including $5,000 for the Rotary chapter. The funding was provided through the office of County Supervisor Bill Horn The Fallbrook Village Rotary Club has donated nearly $250,000 to local organizations since 2000. The Rotary chapter has an annual fundraiser, and the...
April 11 Camino Del Rey Vandalism Diegos Ct. Petty Theft Brooke Rd. @ Camino De Nog Arrest: Possession Hypodermic Needle Via Arroyo Residential Burglary W. Kalmia St. Threatening w/Intent to Terrorize S. Vine St. Arrest: Possession Marijuana Severino Ln. Grand Theft April 12 Gi Gi Ct. Robbery Felicidad Dr. Residential Burglary Farrano Rd. Grand Theft Old Stage Rd. Residential Burglary Rainbow Valley Blvd. Arrest: Threatening w/a weapon Arroyo Vista Fraud W. Clemmens Petty Theft Green Hills Theft Palomar Dr. Arrest: Burglary...
