Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
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For hundreds of thousands of high school athletes in the State of California, they finally have an answer as to when they can begin competing at local high schools during the 2020-21 school year. For now. The California Interscholastic Federation, along with the help of the 10 regional sections, announced Monday, July 20, that there will be a modified sports season schedule for the upcoming school year that breaks the sports into two groups – fall and spring – instead of the...
Fallbrook honored one of its last remaining heroes from the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II during a drive by birthday parade Thursday, July 16. Retired U.S. Marine Corps Col. Carl Romano, who turned 95 years old July 16, sat out front of Silvergate Retirement Residence to watch as the North County Fire department led the parade, followed by members of the community and the local sheriff's substation to pay their respects. Hank Donigan, a good friend of Romano and a...
FALLBROOK – For the 11th time, financial-services firm Edward Jones ranks "Highest in Employee Advisor Satisfaction among Financial Investment Firms" by J.D. Power. Edward Jones financial advisors gave the highest satisfaction ratings in all the six study categories, with an overall score of 920 points out of 1,000. This compares to the employee average of 711. Edward Jones was among the seven employee channel firms captured in the J.D. Power 2020 U.S. Financial Advisor S...
Faith Elizabeth Schotanus Barnhart died July 1, 2020. She was born Nov. 25, 1921 in Detroit, Michigan, to Jacob Schotanus of Amsterdam, Holland, and Mary Paloski of Berlin, Germany. Faith was married to Leslie Zephany Barnhart for 48 years. He preceded her in death in 1987. She leaves three children, Leslie, Bonnie and Launi; eight grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Faith will be remembered for her devotion to her family, her love for Christ and the way she brought a...
Imagine: you've been in an accident or had an injury – your checklist of to-dos has exploded with things to do and more concerns than ever. Whether it's need for medical care or other forms of physical or emotional support, your daily life is suddenly a lot more complicated. You start to consider if your unique situation warrants an attorney. Can they help? How do you know what kind of attorney you should look for? People see so many ads, commercials and billboards it's h...
I imagine many people have been using this down time to clear out clutter, recycle and reorganize if they tend to be savers (hoarders) like we are. Not long ago, I got a call out of the blue from Bruce Lee, a nephew by marriage to my first master painter teacher, "Smoke Tree George" or "Smokie" Frederick. This call led to a different kind of reorganizing, bringing up old memories. I met Smokie, when I was 16, in the Grand Canyon where he was showing and selling his paintings....
Liam’s Pride was stabled at the San Luis Rey Training Center before trainer Doug O’Neill sent the colt to race in Arkansas and points east. On July 10, Liam’s Pride won the Gold Fever Stakes at Belmont Park, which is in the Long Island town of Elmont. “He beat a really good field of stakes horses,” O’Neill said. “Very proud of him.” The win was the second in eight career races for Liam’s Pride. His only California race was a 5 1/2-furlong turf contest Jan. 4 at Santa Anita Park in which he finished third. He made his Oakla...
But what toll have children paid as a result of the shutdown? Besides about a third of students not logging into lesson plans and learning falling behind, depression is becoming an issue, morale is down and teen suicide is soaring. Actual suicide numbers are hard to confirm as they are locked down as to “not to encourage others,” but Los Angeles County has reported an 8,000% increase in calls to the suicide hotlines, many of them young people, according to https://abc7.com/suicide-hotline-calls-coronavirus...
During the coronavirus pandemic‚ I haven’t been able to hold my regular community town halls. But your views are important to me‚ and I want to hear from you. So please join me for my first Tele-Town Hall, which is scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 5. I’ll provide a brief legislative update and make sure you know of all the ways my team and I can be helpful to you during the pandemic. Then‚ I’ll spend most of our time together answering questions that have been submitted b...
Do violent riots and mobs even shock us anymore? The cost is $400 million in the 20 largest metropolitan areas according to an estimate from the Anderson Economic Group. According to published reports, thousands of innocent business owners across the country have been illegally stripped of their livelihood and/or beat within an inch of their life. Cities across the country are being ravaged by rioters and looters who are criminals and terrorists by definition. (The definition...
We are being asked to believe that our free speech is hatred if we disagree or want to discuss uncomfortable subjects. That idea is very vague. If we could know more about what kind of uncomfortable subjects you want to discuss, we could have a fruitful conversation as to why some people feel the way they do about those topics. We are being asked to believe that White people are all inherently racist. That’s not true. Black Lives Matter is a movement characterized by the demands of criminal justice reform and nonviolent c...
Both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization said no, but I say they could be wrong. The “super spreader” events that I have been reading about are all evidence that the “experts” are wrong, and that the coronavirus can be spread by speech droplets under 5 microns in size, just like the measles. Hundreds of tiny droplets are produced every second during normal talking. Those tiny droplets evaporate within a second to become what is known as an aerosol, also called a suspens...
I have yet to read an article from Epoch Times that I liked. But the most recent one by Zachary Stieber forced me to get up from my easy chair. Roger Stone is a convicted felon on seven counts by a jury, including lying to Congress under oath…Yet Mr. Stieber and The Village News printed his self-serving statements not under oath as if we are to believe he has complete veracity. No mention that he was convicted of lying under oath, only that President Trump thinks he was treated unfairly. Are we to believe that 12 jurors a...
Julie, I read your presentation in the July 9 edition of Village News and find it to be the most comprehensive, factual, truth that I read/heard since all this "mess" started. You have "hit the nail on the head" on EVERY single aspect. You should have added to your title "and the National Print and Electronic Media have been 'Ultra Dismal' Failures". I'd love to see your article published in the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Post and many others of that same liberal, biased, "story telling" cut along with...
Unfortunately for many businesses in San Diego County, the end is near. With the Governor’s announcement that gyms, personal care services, hair salons, barbershops and malls must cease indoor operations, this could be the final straw. The Governor compared his latest announcement to turning down a dimmer switch, but unfortunately, he’s turning off the lights for many small businesses in San Diego County. The latest shutdowns are entirely unwarranted. Our hospital numbers are...
I believe the election this November will be really close and the result will define our nation for generations. The choice is really between socialism and freedom. If you are thinking of voting against Trump because you don’t like his tweets, or how he talks or some other personality trait, you need to rethink things. The alternative to Trump – Joe Biden – will set us back decades. He was Obama’s VP for eight years and not once did he advocate a pro-American or pro-jobs policy. He supported trade bills that outsour...
Victoria April Linden, age 76, of Hendersonville, North Carolina, passed away July 14, 2020, at her home, surrounded by family, after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. She was born April 2, 1944, in Chicago, Illinois, to the late Robert and Ruth Mills, and is also preceded in death by a brother, Paul. She leaves behind her husband of 50 years, Steven; son, Evan; grandson, Bryce; and sisters Diane Daniel and Wendy Smith. She was an artistic and talented craftsperson,...
Chuck Harris, long time Fallbrook resident, died July 5, 2020. Chuck was born April 21, 1943, in Kansas City, Missouri. His childhood years were spent mostly in that area. He was an avid fisherman and hunter from an early age. In addition, he was active in the Boy Scouts and attained the designation of Eagle Scout. After graduating from high school in 1961, he joined the United States Marine Corps. Basic training was at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, followed by Marine Corps...
Oscar L. Escudero passed away peacefully June 30, 2020. He was 93. He was born Aug. 10. 1926 in a small town high in the Andes Mountains of Peru. Oscar's radiant smile and charisma will be missed by all who knew him. He is survived by his daughters, Eileen and Maryann, son James, daughter-in-law Roxy and grandchildren Ricky, Emery Anais and Joshua. For more information, go to berry-bellandhall.com....
The state’s Department of Water Resources has a grant program for Integrated Regional Water Management projects, and the most recent award of grants includes $687,500 to the Fallbrook Public Utility District for an indirect potable reuse pilot project. DWR officially awarded $15 million in grant funds to the San Diego County Water Authority, July 8. The SDCWA will use $1,440,000 for regional water use efficiency programs, and $920,180 will be used by the CWA to administer the grants. The funding for the other six grants w...
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Music Society presents Fred Benedetti and George Svoboda as this month's featured ensemble. Well-known to the Fallbrook community, Benedetti and Svoboda perform regularly at the Fallbrook Public Library and have been part of the Fallbrook Music Society's youth education outreach program in local schools for many years. "We are excited to present these incredibly popular musicians," said Bob Freaney, president of the Fallbrook Music Society Board of D...
What started off as a hobby for one Temecula resident has turned into a licensed project with Lucasfilm Ltd. Deven Schoeffler, 39, said he grew up watching the original Star Wars films with his father. "We would watch them on our little color TV; we'd watch the VHS tapes," Schoeffler said. "I've always been a fan of just drawing the aesthetics of Star Wars, (they) were just really appealing, everything about them was super cool." Schoeffler attended Rancho Elementary School, M...
The Fallbrook Village Rotary hosted the annual Miss Fallbrook and Miss Teen Fallbrook pageant June 6, via livestream. Jayden Dominique was crowned Miss Fallbrook, and Erica Nash was crowned Miss Teen Fallbrook. After being crowned Miss Teen Fallbrook in 2018, Dominique said she was inspired to run as a Miss Fallbrook contestant this year because she missed serving the community, the excitement of meeting all the members of the community and the friendships she formed with the girls through the pageant. Nash said she was inspi...
FALLBROOK – With joyful enthusiasm, the staff of the Boys and Girls Clubs of North County reopened its doors June 1 welcoming children of essential workers. Things immediately look different as one walks through the doors but the fun and laughter have happily returned. Following the state and local guidelines, everyone has their temperature checked before they enter. Once they are in, they are greeted by staff wearing masks. Group sizes are smaller than usual to accommodate f...
Hawaiian native John Toma bought his first restaurant after losing his oldest daughter, Chelsea, to a drunken driver. His son, Michael Toma, had been close to her, and Michael Toma's ambition had been to become a chef. "I was in the fashion industry at the time," John Toma said. After having success with clothing boutiques, he branched off and had his own stores in several different locations before selling them off and getting into the restaurant industry for his son. "I...
