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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FALLBROOK – Nearly 375 kids from needy families received filled backpacks and a free brand-new book Saturday, Aug. 12, at a distribution party at the Fallbrook Food Pantry. The Backpack Project is sponsored by St. John’s Episcopal Church, but many community businesses, organizations and individual volunteers pitch in to help in this worthy endeavor. See the "Thank You ad" in this issue. New helpers this year were members of the English as a Second Language class, which mee...
A pair of high-profile challengers has floated to the surface in a crowded race for four open seats on the Rancho California Water District board. Five challengers are pitted against four entrenched incumbents in the Aug. 29 mail ballot election. One challenger has repeatedly fallen short in his bids to win a Temecula council seat. Another is the wife of a longtime manager who has been a key figure in Temecula and Fallbrook water circles. The five challengers are seeking entry to a board that has experienced scant turnover...
Morton J. Grabel, Esq. Special to The Village News Every day thousands of people nationwide are cheated out of money through questionable loan modification programs, false identifications by fakers claiming they are the true homeowners, and other forms of fraudulent actions. The mortgage industry as a whole, including escrow and title companies, are under close scrutiny these days because of those questionable lending practices and other legal entanglements such as making home loans and mortgages to individuals with fraudulen...
Barbie Bennett Special to the Village News With all the chatter regarding the value photovoltaic solar panels add to a home, it’s important to define value. Let’s break it down by consumer value, market value and appraisal value. A good example of consumer value is a solar home in Murrieta, where the home had a turn-key photovoltaic rooftop system with 23 years remaining, a transferrable 25-year production guaranty and performance guaranty. The power savings over the next 23...
BONSALL – As summer vacation comes to a close, Wild Wonders’ annual Junior Keeper-For-A-Day zoo camps go back into hibernation until next June. This year, over 200 children, ages 6-13, fed an armadillo, made treats for foxes, learned about challenges animals face in the wild, and met and touched animals that they had never known existed. Wild Wonders has been offering summer zoo camps for four years, with attendance increasing each year. It’s so popular that there’s one cam...
A new portable classroom at Bonsall High School will be used to provide classroom instruction for special education students. One 5-0 Bonsall Unified School District board vote May 15 authorized acceptance of a proposal from Class Leasing for the portable structure, while another 5-0 BUSD board vote that evening authorized site work for the building. “That was to add a portable for special education at the high school,” said Justin Cunningham, who was the BUSD superintendent before his retirement July 31. The building can...
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook High School Cheer Team is sending a “shoutout” to all young girls and boys to come join the FHS cheerleaders on “Pop Warner Night.” Participants will have the opportunity to cheer along the sidelines at the Sept. 8 varsity football game at Warrior Stadium. Girls and boys, ages five to pre-teen, can participate in the annual Jr. Cheer Clinic and help be the best at sharing school spirit. The Jr. Cheer Clinic practices will take place Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 6 and 7, from 4 to 6 p.m. at the bo...
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Garden Club held its annual summer picnic, Aug. 3, at Live Oak Park. While there wasn’t a great turnout, those members who came had a great time enjoying the food and companionship. Since it was a very hot day, the potluck menu consisted mainly of pasta salads, macaroni salad, gelatin salad, assorted green salads, deviled eggs, chips and salsa, finger sandwiches and tomato tart. Water and soft beverages were provided by the club. Below is a rec...
Detective Pat Yates of the San Diego County Sheriff's Department reported at the August Fallbrook Community Forum meeting that deputies working out of the Fallbrook substation have more bad guys to monitor thanks to recent jail releases. "Unfortunately, we've had some people released from jail lately that are prolific bandits or burglars or thieves," said Yates, adding that he and his colleagues get a list each week of the people released from confinement that have Fallbrook ties. One of the jail graduates specifically...
The Bonsall Unified School District will be convening a committee to identify and analyze sites for a new high school campus, and guidelines to create that committee are undergoing the process of BUSD board approval. The approval of guidelines to select committee members was tabled during the Aug. 9 BUSD meeting and will return to the board for the September meeting. The committee will be tasked with identifying and analyzing all possible sites, including the current location on the Sullivan Middle School campus, to...
A group of community leaders met at the Fallbrook Chamber of Commerce the afternoon of Aug. 22 to create a plan to save the trees on Main Avenue that county workers had attempted to remove that morning. The four trees in question, on the east side of Main, just south of Hawthorne Street, were scheduled for removal because their roots are pushing up the sidewalk. While Save Our Forest president Jackie Heyneman was notified earlier that morning, it came as a surprise to her and...
The Fallbrook High football team kicks off its 2017 season Friday (Aug. 25) in San Diego, where the Warriors will exhibit a new offense under a new coach while trying to extract a road win against Westview High. The Warriors are opening a season with a new head man for the second consecutive year. Last year’s team was coached by Bob Burt, who replaced Kyle Williams, who left Fallbrook for Westview. The Warriors went 1-9 in their lone season under the then 75-year-old Burt, who announced at the team’s end-of-season ban...
FALLBROOK – Britannia Connection announced its upcoming meeting and luncheon, Thursday, Aug. 31, for women of either British or Commonwealth heritage or those with a strong interest in British culture, gather for fun, fellowship and fundraising. Jake Kruger from the San Diego Sheriff’s Department Fallbrook substation will educate the organization on the latest scams, tips on good home security, and details on sheriff’s department support programs that are available in Fallbrook. Kruger endeavors to maintain relat...
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Village Toastmasters invites the community to its Open House at the Fallbrook Historical Society in the Ford Room, 6:45 p.m. Monday, Aug. 28. Guests and new members are welcome. What do entrepreneurs, salespeople, real estate agents, employees and military personnel all have in common? They all require excellent communication skills to succeed. Toastmasters International, founded in 1924, is a proven product, regarded as the leading organization dedicated to communication and leadership skill d...
BONSALL – Gatlan John Haddon, formerly of Bonsall, and Alexandra Burkhart Long of Irvine, Calif. were married in an afternoon ceremony at a friend's ranch in Bonsall June 10 amid friends and family. Gatlan is the son of Sally and John Haddon of Bonsall and grandson of Jody Haddon of Vista. Also attending were the bride's mother, Sherry Long of Irvine, Calif., aunt Melissa Long of Tennessee, and grandmother Mori Burkhart of Murrieta. The vows were exchanged beneath a gazebo dec...
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The Care ‘n Share Toy Drive 2017, a project of Torrey Pines Rotary Club, is pleased to announce distribution of over 14,700 new and gently used stuffed animals as a result of our collection drive during the San Diego County Fair. A hearty thanks goes out to the staff of the many library locations for hosting collection boxes, and to the wonderful Fallbrook and Bonsall area residents who filled the boxes to the brim! Thanks too to NCL Del Sol Chapter and dedicated Bonsall residents for their help at the fair. We could not h...
Assemblymember Marie Waldron AD-75 (R) The Legislature is now returning to work after its summer break, with one month left before final adjournment Sept. 15. Hundreds of bills remain undecided, including seven of mine pending in the Senate. Many important issues have been decided, including passage of a state budget. Unfortunately, huge gas tax increases and attempts to alter the longstanding right of Californians to recall their elected representatives have also become law....
The possibility of authorizing San Diego Gas & Electric to remove a transformer on a pole along Camino Del Rey on the north side of the Bonsall Elementary School campus will be the subject of discussion between Bonsall Unified School District (BUSD) staff and SDG&E staff. A proposal to authorize the removal of the transformer was discussed at the May 15 BUSD board meeting, but the board opted to take no action while directing BUSD facilities director David Medcalf to continue discussions with SDG&E. “We’re still working with...
Bill Green Special to the Village News American culture loves to celebrate the entrepreneurial breed – those daring men and women willing to take calculated risks to create new enterprises that will grab the nation’s imagination along with its pocketbooks. Those who reach the pinnacle of entrepreneurial excellence – such as Bill Gates or Jeff Bezos – are viewed with a mixture of awe and envy. But what separates those who experience wild success from those left picking up the pieces of a failed enterprise? Part of it comes dow...
PALA – Comedy hypnotist Marsha Starr will perform 8 p.m. each Friday in October and November, starting Friday, Oct. 6, in the underground wine cave at Pala Casino Spa & Resort. The San Diego-based, Las Vegas-trained Starr is an experienced comedy stage hypnotist who has performed on Broadway, the FOX Network and The Comedy Store in addition to night clubs, corporate events and casinos. Her audience members become stars and entertain with their antics in audience participation at its finest. Tickets, $15, are available for s...
The San Diego County Library Special to Village News San Diego County Library has categorized lists representing the Top 10 most checked out items in each category for July 2017. Books and videos may be requested at www.sdcl.org/ or at each local San Diego Library branch location. Adult Fiction - The Whistler by John Grisham - Night School by Lee Child - The Wrong Side of Goodbye by Michael Connelly - The Fix by David Baldacci - The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware - Escape Clause by John Sandford - Golden Prey by John Sandford...
Break out those cowboy boots and get ready to two-step on out to Galway Downs for the first concert in their new “Country at the Downs” concert series, featuring multi-platinum country artist Clay Walker. Walker, who took time to speak with Valley News on love, life and what it’s like to be famous, will perform at Galway Downs Aug. 27. Walker’s performance is sure to be a hit with music lovers and concert goers alike. Known for his high-energy performances, Walker will perform...
