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  • SHERIFF'S LOG

    Updated Aug 7, 2008

    Date Vicinity Incident 7/18 400 blk Industrial Wy Commercial burglary 7/22 900 blk Canyon Heights Rd Identity theft 7/23 31300 blk Eagles Perch Ln, Bonsall Threaten crime with intent to terrorize 7/24 E College at S Main Arrest: vandalism 7/24 200 blk E Dougherty Stolen vehicle 7/24 600 blk E Dougherty Residential burglary 7/25 100 blk E Dougherty Residential burglary 7/25 700 blk Alturas Stolen vehicle 7/25 1800 blk Acacia Ln Obscene/threatening phone calls 7/25 Sandia Creek at Rock Mountain Rd Petty theft 7/25 5700 blk...

  • Majdick, McClary honored at UCSB

    Updated Aug 7, 2008

    Local undergraduate students Matthew Majdick and Daniel McClary have been selected for the Dean’s Honor List for the spring quarter at the University of California, Santa Barbara. This honor is earned by students who have attained the qualifying grade point average of 3.75 on a program of 12 or more units in the College of Letters and Science, or 3.50 in the College of Engineering. Majdick is a pre-psychology major and McClary is majoring in mechanical engineering....

  • Larsen earns award at Lee University

    Updated Aug 7, 2008

    LINDSBORG, KS — Bethany College has awarded Aaron Larsen a performance award in baseball for the 2008-2009 academic year. Aaron, the son of Richard and Sharla Larsen, currently attends Lee University. Performance awards are granted to students who show proficiency in a sport or fine art and contribute to campus life by participating in intercollegiate athletics, music, visual arts or theater....

  • Dixon attends cadet program

    Updated Aug 7, 2008

    For most college students taking the summer off between their sophomore and junior years, life is usually filled with a summer job, time at the beach or a little extra time in front of their favorite video game. Drew Dixon, son of Fallbrook residents Duane R. and Sylvia Dixon, is an Air Force ROTC cadet going through a boot camp (of sorts) at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama. The program is a three-week physical and mental challenge designed to prepare more than 2,300 cadets...

  • Here comes the pitch

    Updated Aug 7, 2008

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  • Palomar Stoneworks to hold open house

    Updated Aug 7, 2008

    MURRIETA — Palomar Stoneworks is having an open house and customer appreciation event on August 8 from 2:30 until 7 p.m. It will include a barbecue, music, gifts and a chance to see the granite yard, showroom and fabrication facility. Stonework is a fascinating process; all are welcome to come on out and have some fun. The address, directions and more information on this event can be found at www.palomarstoneworks.com. Palomar Stoneworks is beating current economic trends. G...

  • Football pep rally Aug. 16

    Updated Aug 7, 2008

    Members of the Fallbrook community are invited to a Warrior football pep rally on Saturday, August 16, from noon to 3 p.m. in the Major Market parking lot. Players will be on hand to distribute the upcoming season’s game schedule posters free of charge, shake hands, take pictures and/or sign posters as requested. In addition, community members are invited to purchase a barbecue lunch including a hamburger or hot dog, a drink and a bag of chips for $5 per plate. All proceeds will benefit the Fallbrook football program. The F...

  • Miller off to good start at Del Mar

    Updated Aug 7, 2008

    A win with The Final Roar in the fourth race July 23 at Del Mar allowed Peter Miller to maintain a tie for second place in the trainer standings for the meet. “We’re very happy the way the meet is going so far,” said Miller, who trains at the San Luis Rey Downs Thoroughbred Training Center. Miller won two races July 17, with Goodday and Delaware Doe, and a July 19 win with Wild and Ready gave Miller second place in the trainer standings, although that became a three-way tie the following day and a four-way tie July 21. Mille...

  • Coaching positions open at high school

    Updated Aug 7, 2008

    The Athletic Department at Fallbrook High School is currently in need of head coaches for the 2008-2009 school year. Openings exist for girls and boys varsity soccer and boys varsity track. A coach is also needed for girls varsity water polo. Each applicant needs to turn in a resume and a letter of intent to the Athletic Office or drop off at the principal’s office in an enveloped marked “Athletic Office....

  • Bronco All-Stars play tough

    Updated Aug 7, 2008

    Fallbrook Youth Baseball (FYB) recently hosted the North County Pony Sectional All-Star Tournament. This was a 10-day event and there were 44 teams in four divisions. The FYB Bronco Red All-Star Team, consisting of 11- and 12-year-olds, placed second in their division and advanced to the regional competition hosted by Ramona. The Red team faced some very tough competition but stayed together and proved to themselves as well their competition what they could accomplish. Each...

  • Fox signs with San Jose State

    Updated Aug 7, 2008

    Elyssa Fox, a 2007 Fallbrook High School graduate and star pitcher at Cuesta College, has been playing summer softball with a team in Camarillo, the So Cal Diamonds 18U Gold. The team has traveled to Alabama, Las Vegas and Colorado playing in several tournaments. Along the way, Fox received interest from UNLV, Cal State Fullerton, Vanguard University and Colorado State-Pueblo but had an offer for a full-ride scholarship from both University of Akron (Division 1) and San Jose...

  • Golf Scores

    Updated Aug 7, 2008

    Fallbrook Seniors Golf 32 players Low net A flight Howard Townsend 69 Jim Moss 71 Larry Mitzner 74 Herb Marbach 75 B flight Chuck Wood 70 Dean Weelborg 73 Clay Teare 74 Gordon Tinker 78 (card off) C flight Woody Carter 69 Les Hansen 71 Dick Burch 74 Harlan Feicht 75 ------------------------- Fallbrook Women Golfers July 29, 2008 Weekly sweeps results Game: Lean on Par First flight (1-24) Donna Bremner 66 Nancy Wright 68 Tracy H. Starkjohan 67 Second flight (25-32) Mary Shuck 63 Toni Woodcok 68 Loretta Weller 69 (card off)...

  • Christ The King Lutheran

    Updated Aug 7, 2008

    Christ The King Lutheran Church has added Saturday evening worship service! Join us early at the Holy Grounds Coffee Shop (open at 5:15 p.m.) and relax with a cool Mocha Java or smoothie. Then come to worship beginning at 6 p.m. Our Saturday service is non-liturgical and geared toward music, with a timeless pastoral message. We offer communion and there’s plenty of prayer, praise and singing! Share our joy as we offer this new worship experience to our community....

  • Benediction and valediction

    Updated Aug 7, 2008

    On Sunday, July 27, Pastor Kirk candidated at Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church near Sacramento and 897 members voted to call him as their next pastor. His ministry there will begin September 1. So, it’s good-bye. As in, “God be with you.” A final embrace. A farewell kiss. Many tears. I have been pastor of this church for 12 and a half years. This is the longest I have lived anywhere, served anywhere. This has been the richest season of my life, full of spiritual adventure, warm relationships, exhilarating challenges, event...

  • Close encounters of the angelic kind

    Updated Aug 7, 2008

    So… there I was planted on the couch at 3 a.m., tortured by another sleepless night. Eight months a widow, I was searching scriptures for this God who could rob me of my wonderful husband yet dazzle me in the process. Bewildered and lost, I was tailing the Great I am like the paparazzi. In my search, I became enthralled with those heavenly beings that had access to God – his angels. After reading many accounts of these mystical creatures, I decided to become a little more familiar with my guardian angel. Talking to the end...

  • Officers focus on upswing in comm'l burglaries

    Updated Aug 7, 2008

    A string of 10 commercial burglaries in Fallbrook, from June 12 to July 27, has law enforcement officers putting forth a concerted effort to find the individual(s) responsible for the crimes. On Friday, August 1, Sheriff’s Department Detective Jeff Lauhon reported that the series of burglaries are similar in nature, lending credence to the theory that one person may be responsible for many or all of the incidences. “They are very close in nature,” Lauhon said. “It’s the beginning of a series – not what we’d call an epide...

  • New superintendent selected for FUHSD

    Updated Aug 7, 2008

    The governing board of the Fallbrook Union High School District (FUHSD) announced July 29 that a contractual agreement has been reached with Dale Mitchell, EdD, to assume the role of superintendent for the district beginning September 1. The selection of Mitchell to replace former superintendent Tom Anthony, whose contract was bought out early by the board majority, brings costs associated with the board’s action to change superintendents to more than $471,690. One sign of the district’s current financial state is the fac...

  • FUESD sets goals to increase academic success

    Updated Aug 7, 2008

    As the summer winds to a close, students and teachers alike are preparing for the new school year, and those with the Fallbrook Union Elementary School District are no different. The district made some large strides in bettering the academic standard in the elementary and junior high schools in the 2007-2008 academic year, and while proud of the achievements, the elementary school board has set some distinct goals to work toward for the 2008-2009 year. One of the academic successes last year includes having brought more...

  • Village News, Inc. buys Anza newspaper

    Updated Aug 7, 2008

    FALLBROOK — Julie Reeder, publisher of Village News, Inc., has announced that the Anza Valley Outlook was purchased from Carl Long and Dale Price on July 18. Village News, Inc. publishes the weekly Fallbrook/Bonsall Village News and annual Greater Fallbrook Area Sourcebook, which serve the areas of Fallbrook, Bonsall, Pala, Rainbow and De Luz, and the Valley News, which serves the Inland Empire communities of Temecula, Murrieta, Lake Elsinore, Wildomar and Menifee. “I am very excited to include the Anza Valley Outlook in our...

  • Rotary learns about sunken ships

    Updated Aug 7, 2008

    Master scuba instructor Ron Fonstad recently addressed Bonsall Rotary regarding the sinking of ships for fun and ecology. Fonstad, of the Temecula Scuba Center, has a record of hundreds of dives off the US coast to ships that were sunk, both accidentally and on purpose. More than 400 Navy ships are decommissioned and waiting their fate. Ships 2 Reefs offers a cheaper, more useful and ecological program for converting these ships into underwater adventure sites for divers. As...

  • Democratic Club opens office

    Updated Aug 7, 2008

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  • Grangetto's employees experts in the industry

    Updated Aug 7, 2008

    In the farm and garden industry it seems that new challenges, supplies and techniques are always sprouting up. Staying on top of the latest trends and innovations is Grangetto’s Farm and Garden Supply, well known for providing customers with up-to-date information and supplies. For more than 50 years, Grangetto’s has made a positive impact in the farm and garden business, meeting the needs of customers in northern San Diego County. From farms and vast landscaping projects to...

  • Mission Oaks posts 24th profitable quarter

    Updated Aug 7, 2008

    TEMECULA — Mission Oaks Bancorp, whose principal subsidiary is Mission Oaks National Bank, reported its 24th consecutive profitable quarter for the period ending June 30. In early July, Mission Oaks National Bank opened a branch inside Major Market in Fallbrook. In the second quarter, the Temecula-based community bank reported earnings of $158,000, or $0.04 per share, compared with earnings of $576,000, or $0.13 cents per share, from the same period a year ago. During the most recent quarter, the bank set aside $534,000 as a...

  • Edward Jones offers seminars

    Updated Aug 7, 2008

    BONSALL — The office of Edward Jones Financial Advisor Kent Borsch will host two different seminars on Wednesday, August 13. “Smart Choices in Retirement” will be offered from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at Rio Rico restaurant in River Village. Participants will learn 10 principles to help make their money last in retirement, with the goal of providing a stable, steady retirement income. “Workplace Regulations for Business Owners (Part II)” will be offered from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Edward Jones office. This seminar is for business...

  • SANDAG approves Regional Transportation Improvement Program

    Updated Aug 7, 2008

    The San Diego Association of Governments board of directors unanimously approved the 2008 Regional Transportation Improvement Program. The RTIP approved July 25 covers major highway, transit, arterial, and non-motorized projects and their funding from Fiscal Year 2008-09 to FY 2012-13. The $8.8 billion program includes $173 million of committed funding for State Route 76 and $2 million for East Mission Road as well as $401 million for the privately funded State Route 241 toll road which will possibly be routed through Camp...

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