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Articles from the August 28, 2008 edition


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  • Fallbrook students excel at Azusa Pacific

    Updated Aug 28, 2008

    AZUSA — The following Fallbrook students made the spring academic Deans’ List at Azusa Pacific University. They are honored for semester grade-point average of 3.5 or above. • Chaili C. Brittain, communication studies major, a graduate of Fallbrook Union High School; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Brittain • Michaele B. Holman, nursing major, a graduate of Fallbrook Union High School; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis R. Holman • Cora E. Martin, liberal studies major, a graduate of Grace Christian High School; daughter...

  • A new 4-H year has come

    Updated Aug 28, 2008

    Fallbrook 4-H will have its first signup meeting for the year on Tuesday, September 2, at 7 p.m. at the Fallbrook High cafeteria. 4-H is a youth development program based on parent and volunteer participation. Members of the club attend monthly community meetings and usually monthly project meetings. Youth ages 5 to 19 are eligible to join. Projects offered for this year may include: archery, beef, crafts, cooking, advanced cooking, goats, quilting, photography, community pride, horse, sheep, swine, veal, robotics, dog...

  • Operation Backpack delivers

    Updated Aug 28, 2008

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  • Pride abounds as preschoolers graduate from Child Development Center

    Updated Aug 28, 2008

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  • USFS scientist explains use of remote sensing in fire suppression decision-making

    Updated Aug 28, 2008

    SPIE, the international optical science society, added a “Remote Sensing for Fire: Science and Application” session for its 2008 annual meeting, and the portion on fire detection, burned areas, and emission during SPIE’s August 10-14 conference at the San Diego Convention Center included a presentation by Brad Quayle of the US Forest Service’s Remote Sensing Application Center on the use of satellite data to aid wildland fire decision-making. Quayle’s August 10 presentation was titled “Hypertemporal satellite-based data produ...

  • DWR approves grants to FPUD, Mission RCD

    Updated Aug 28, 2008

    The state Department of Water Resources approved a grant package for the San Diego Integrated Regional Water Management Plan which includes awards to the Fallbrook Public Utility District and the Mission Resource Conservation District. FPUD will receive $2,642,337 for the Santa Margarita Conjunctive Use Project while the Mission Resource Conservation District will receive $1,056,285 for the Northern San Diego County Invasive Non-Native Species Control Program. The San Diego County Water Authority, which serves as the lead...

  • Palomar firefighters holding annual fundraiser

    Updated Aug 28, 2008

    Palomar Mountain Volunteer Fire Department will host its 31st annual Barbecue Fundraiser on Saturday, August 30, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the fire station. Everyone is invited to a day of fun under the huge oaks and cedars on beautiful Palomar Mountain. Entertainment and booths include radio personality Mark Larsen as emcee, food, apple pie and ice cream, beer and wine garden, raffle prizes, fire department memorabilia, dunk tank, “Best of the Best” firefighter competition, display of antique fire engines, fire truck pho...

  • Gang prevention video premiering

    Updated Aug 28, 2008

    SAN MARCOS — The premiere screening of a gang prevention video produced and directed by Professor Kristine Diekman of California State University, San Marcos (CSUSM) will be Monday, September 8, at noon on the CSUSM campus in the Clarke Field House. The public is invited and admission is free. The 25-minute video, titled “Not Too Early, Never Too Late,” was produced in collaboration with the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department, Vista Station, and funded by a $30,000 grant from County Supervisor Bill Horn. It include...

  • Sunshine Properties announces top agents

    Updated Aug 28, 2008

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  • Peewees appreciate Young family

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  • Time to warm up those arms

    Updated Aug 28, 2008

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  • Water polo team emerges

    Updated Aug 28, 2008

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  • Beaming with pride

    Updated Aug 28, 2008

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  • Little Scholars appreciate Murphy's Printing

    Updated Aug 28, 2008

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  • Opening Day Sept. 6 for AYFC football, cheer

    Updated Aug 28, 2008

    FALLBROOK — On September 6, the AYFC (American Youth Football and Cheer) Fallbrook Warriors will celebrate their inaugural season with an Opening Day celebration and a day of great football games, good food and a community Red Cross blood drive. Members of the Fallbrook community are invited to join in the celebration and watch their future Fallbrook High School Warriors play and cheer. Jill Crosswhite, president of Fallbrook AYFC, explained, “We are all about embracing our community and giving back to our community. We wan...

  • Tennis, anyone? FHS tryouts take place

    Updated Aug 28, 2008

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  • SHERIFF'S LOG

    Updated Aug 28, 2008

    Date Vicinity Incident 8/7 1000 blk Hughes Ln Residential burglary 8/10 500 blk Ammunition Grand theft 8/11 300 blk W Aviation Arrest: possession of marijuana 8/12 300 blk Elbrook Residential burglary 8/13 100 blk E Ivy Arrest: possession of marijuana while driving 8/13 30100 blk Mission Stolen vehicle 8/13 4700 blk Via Serra Petty theft 8/14 700 blk S Main Vandalism 8/14 200 blk W Aviation Arrest: disorderly conduct 8/15 100 blk E Mission Arrest: disorderly conduct 8/15 700 blk W College Arrest: felon/addict in possession...

  • Destination paradise

    Updated Aug 28, 2008

    Suspended 30,000 feet above the earth, I sat mesmerized by the checkerboard landscape below as I traveled home from Colorado. Transportation such as this was unheard of a hundred years ago, yet now so mundane, passengers nodded off to the hum of the massive engines keeping us afloat. Peering out the window we sliced through enormous cauliflower-like clouds. God seemed so big and me so small and finite. Buzzing through the atmosphere I reminisced on the past week with my friend, Lois. Wow, what a blessed time. It had been in...

  • What does it mean to be a Christian?

    Updated Aug 28, 2008

    Does it mean assenting to a particular belief-system? Does it mean consenting to a prescribed morality pattern? Does it mean changing and improving one’s behavior? Does it mean joining a church organization? Does it mean practicing regular rituals of worship? Becoming a Christian is a spiritual reality that transpires in the spiritual core of our being. The most basic need of man is not physical rejuvenation, or psychological adjustment, or social improvement, but spiritual exchange and regeneration. Because all of mankind be...

  • Golf Scores

    Updated Aug 28, 2008

    San Diego County Inter-club Seniors August 15 Final score Fallbrook 9 San Luis Rey Downs 9 Low net – Fallbrook Bill Ralls 70 Larry Sheldrup 71 Frank Sperling 72 Low net – San Luis Rey Paul Ribecky 70 Don Vanriper 74 Bob Connolly 74 San Diego County Inter-club Seniors August 22 Final score Fallbrook Golf Club 12 Escondido Hawks 6 Low net – Fallbrook Larry Sheldrup 67 Ross Bergantine 69 Darry Holten 71 Low net – Escondido Ed Richardson 71 Dennis Carunchio 75 Ron Newlin 76 Pala Mesa Women’s Golf Club August 14 Low Gross/Low...

  • Drug ring: five plead guilty, four ask for continuance

    Updated Aug 28, 2008

    At the August 14 preliminary hearing for the nine individuals arrested here for drug trafficking, five pleaded guilty and four asked for and were granted a continuance for their hearing until September 12. Deputy District Attorney Chris Lindberg, who is prosecuting the case, said, “Some of the individuals pled guilty and the remaining defendants asked for a continuance so their attorneys could have time to further review the charges and evidence against them.” Roberto Gerardo Ponce, Carlos Gonzalez, Brad Kevin Block, Cha...

  • Speakers encourage new goals for FUHSD

    Updated Aug 28, 2008

    At the Fallbrook Union High School District’s welcome back event for staff members, held August 21 in the Bob Burton Performing Arts Center, the new superintendent selected for the district was introduced and speakers encouraged administrators, teachers and members of the classified staff to set new goals and get more involved in statewide issues. “As educators, we have an opportunity to make a difference in 2008-2009,” said Dr. Robert French, interim superintendent of the d...

  • Palomar College project a traffic concern, Proposed campus at I-15/SR-76 does not conform to General Plan standards

    Updated Aug 28, 2008

    The county’s Planning Commission voted 6-0 August 22 to inform the Palomar Community College District that its proposed Fallbrook campus is not consistent with the county’s general plan. Although state law requires a local planning agency to report on general plan conformance before a local agency acquires or disposes of real property, community college districts are not subject to local land use jurisdiction. The Palomar Community College District can still build the campus in non-conformance if it determines that the con...

  • Republican Headquarters now open

    Updated Aug 28, 2008

    Fallbrook Republican Women Federated is happy to announce the grand opening of the Fallbrook Republican Headquarters on Saturday, September 13, from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Sun Center building, 131 West Beech Street. The event will feature refreshments and live patriotic entertainment. At the group’s September 12 meeting, Mason Weaver will be the guest speaker. Weaver is an informative, provocative and enthusiastic speaker who has written several books, including “It’s OK to Leave...

  • Encore Club plans brunch

    Updated Aug 28, 2008

    The first coffee of the new season of the Fallbrook Encore Club will be held Tuesday, September 9, at the Fallbrook Public Utilities District, 990 East Mission Road. To kick off the new year, the club has planned a special new event: a coffee/brunch. Festivities begin with a “social period” at 9 a.m. Business meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. followed by the brunch. Encore is open to all ladies in Fallbrook, Bonsall and Rainbow. For information regarding joining Encore, call Membership Chairman Lucy Dickson at (760) 723...

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