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Articles from the May 13, 2018 edition


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  • Murphy & Murphy's charity dinner, auction and golf gala is May 25

    Updated May 12, 2018

    FALLBROOK – Time is running out. Murphy & Murphy Southern California Realty's fourth annual charity event benefiting the Fallbrook Food Pantry is coming Friday, May 25, at the beautiful Pala Mesa Resort in Fallbrook. Fallbrook's fastest-growing charity event, the Murphy & Murphy team is joining forces with the community to support the Fallbrook Food Pantry again this year. The Fallbrook Food Pantry distributes nearly 1,000,000 pounds of food every year, feeding a...

  • FAA's annual competition showcases plein air art

    Updated May 12, 2018

    FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Art Association's annual Plein Air Competition and Show attracted 37 artists this year, from all over San Diego County and as far away as Idyllwild. Artists painted all day and all around the 30-acre grounds of Grand Tradition Estate & Gardens, with seven waterfalls and endless gardens, making it very hard to decide where to paint with so many beautiful choices, according to the artists. The painters turned in their paintings, 3 p.m., to be judged by l...

  • Climate change challenges rose gardeners

    Frank Brines, ARS Master Consulting Rosarian|Updated May 12, 2018

    If you feel like your garden just doesn't seem to be responding as it has in years past, you just may have noticed the effect of climate change. As I speak with other rose gardeners, I learn that all are finding it more difficult to predict what to do and when as they have in past years. It makes planning rose shows a year in advance most vexing. The timing and development of growth is dependent on weather, especially a more consistent and predictable rhythm of temperatures....

  • North San Diego County real estate paces regional and national trends

    Updated May 12, 2018

    FALLBROOK – Real estate markets in North San Diego County continued to reflect metrics throughout the region as volume remained at high seasonal levels while prices eclipsed both year-earlier and prior-month activity in April, Jerry Kalman, a realtor® with HomeSmart Legends here, reported May 6. Kalman said that during April the average selling price of homes in Fallbrook and Bonsall rose to $653,000, a five percent increase over March and 11 percent better than April of l...

  • Boxing workout helps people with Parkinson's

    Updated May 12, 2018

    FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Parkinson’s Support group will hold their monthly meeting Friday, May 25 from 10 a.m. to noon. The meeting will be held in the Fellowship Hall of Christ the King Lutheran Church, 1620 S. Stage Coach Lane. The meetings are held the fourth Friday of each month. This month’s speakers are Amanda Gilliland and Robin Sandoval, a mother-daughter team of coaches dedicated to the quality of life for those affected by Parkinson. They will present “The Benefits of Rock Steady Boxing.” When a family member wa...

  • Class of 1998 to hold 20-year reunion in August

    Updated May 12, 2018

    FALLBROOK – The class of 1998 and their guests from Fallbrook High School are holding their 20-year reunion, 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 4, at the Vineyard at 1924, 1924 E. Mission Road, in Fallbrook. Casa de Mexico Taco Bar will be catering dinner. Beer, wine, specialty mixed drinks and nonalcoholic drinks will be available for purchase.Parking is available at the venue. The theme is casual 90s attire, and as the grounds are covered in wood chips, appropriate shoes are recommended. Tickets cost $36.98 per person...

  • FGMS to hear about pegmatites

    Updated May 12, 2018

    FALLBROOK – For over a century, San Diego County has been known for its mining activities and the spectacular minerals and gemstones extracted from the Pala, Mesa Grande and Ramona areas. These mineral treasures, beryls (aquamarine, morganite), tourmaline, spodumene (kunzite) and topaz, are some of the finest in the world and are incredibly rare. They formed in a type of igneous rock known as "pegmatites." Geologist Jim Anderson will discuss the creation of these e...

  • Car club visits Griffith Park and Nethercutt Museum

    Updated May 12, 2018

    FALLBROOK – More than 40 members and guests of the Fallbrook Vintage Car Club took a charter bus trip to the Griffith Park Merry-Go-Round in Los Angeles and the Nethercutt Museum in Sylmar. The Carousel, owned by a car club member, Rosemary West, was built in 1926. There are 68 hand-carved wooden horses that date to the mid-1880s. Members observed the mechanisms that power and control the platform of the carousel and the workings of the famous pipe organ. Everyone got a r...