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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Sheila Margaret Cox, age 83, died of complications of lung cancer on Thursday, November 23, 2017. Sheila is survived by her husband, Joseph Cox; her sons Daryl and Stephen Cox; her daughter Lisa Marie Summers; her seven grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. She was preceded in death by her sons David and Russell Cox, and her brother Robert Burden. Sheila was born April 9, 1934 in Romford, England to parents Marie Williams and Len Burden. She was raised by her grandparents and endured the German Blitz in London during...
Family Features Special to the Village News Whether planning a family feast or attending gatherings where delicious comfort foods are on the menu, you may find it harder than ever to maintain a healthy lifestyle and keep your weight management goals on track. However, with the right approach, you can still enjoy many of your favorite dishes and serve foods your guests will appreciate as much as your waistline does. The key is managing your carbohydrate and sugar intake. If...
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook High School USMC JROTC program recently held its first Marine Corps Ball and cake cutting ceremony. The event took place at the Fallbrook Community Center and was attended by 150 student cadets and their guests. Colonel Trace Deneke, retired USMC and former FHS teacher and football coach, was the guest of honor and speaker. The cake cutting ceremony itself is a unique celebration of the birthday of the United States Marine Corps. This year was the 2...
Tracy DeFore County of San Diego Communications Office What was once a passion for animals is now a career in the making for veterinary student Shannon Blakeman. The Pima Medical Institute student is getting hands-on veterinary training through an externship at San Diego County Animal Services. Externships are similar to internships, but typically they are shorter, involve job shadowing and rarely offer academic credit. At PMI, externs get the hands-on experience, are graded...
Autumn is definitely in the air. Mornings are crisp, and the evening comes very early now that daylight saving time is over. Before long it will be dark before 5 p.m. Christmas decorations and sales are already filling the stores. There is just so much going on in the community that many people think it is a lousy time to try and sell their home. Nothing could be further than the truth. Sure, there may not have as many sales in November and December as there are in June and...
The Temecula Planning Commission voted 5-0 to recommend approval of a densely-packed housing development in the foothills west of Old Town, following a roughly four-hour meeting Wednesday, Nov. 15. The project, dubbed Altair, would bring roughly 3,000 to 4,000 new residents to the city. There would be as many as 1,750 residential units, businesses, parks, open space and an elementary school occupying a collective 270 acres in the foothills. Proponents of the project have...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bZLE_N8XBY& https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elPi0uZQ4OA& Crime date: Saturday, 11/25/17 between 5:20 - 5:40 p.m. FALLBROOK - The Sheriff's department reported that the victim parked her vehicle in the lot outside Brooktown Coffee located at 120 S. Main Ave. No other vehicles were parked next to her. In the video from surveillance cameras, an adult male who appears to be in his 30's to 40's approaches her vehicle, a white Mercedes Benz GLA-250 and proceeds to key the entire car - hood...
FALLBROOK – The Britannia Connection is holding a traditional British Christmas luncheon Thursday, Dec. 6 at the Golf Club of California. Enjoy roast beef, Yorkshire pudding and all the trimmings, followed by sherry trifle for dessert and the popping of some Christmas crackers. The cost is $24 per person and includes wine. The luncheon is open to women of either British or Commonwealth heritage or those with a strong interest in British culture. All attendees are asked to bring an unwrapped toy for Toys for Tots. For r...
FALLBROOK – Registration is available online and at the Fallbrook Chamber of Commerce office for its Holiday Wine & a Bite Art Walk, which will be held 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8. The event is limited to 150 participants and guests will taste delicious foods, sample fine wines and watch several artists “in action.” Featured venues along the walk route include A Moment of Time, Brooktown Kitchen & Coffee, CR Properties Real Estate Services, Fallbrook Art Center, Fallbrook Gem & Mineral Museum and Murphy & Murphy South...
FALLBROOK – The North County Fire Protection District will host a "Coffee with the Chief" and Fire Explorer Exhibition at Fire Station #1, 315 E. Ivy St., at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 5. Chief Stephen Abbott will lead a discussion about the district’s goal to run operations more efficiently and provide better staffing coverage and overall service to the community, followed by a firefighting exhibition by the North County Fire Explorers. North County Fire Protection District operates six fire stations, five of which are staffed ful...
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Garden Club will meet Tuesday, Dec. 12 at the Fallbrook Community Center, 341 Heald Lane. The meeting will begin at 12:30 p.m. with a social time featuring a potluck luncheon. Members are requested to bring their choice of appetizer, entree or dessert for 12 people. The business meeting will commence at 1 p.m., with the program starting at 2 p.m. The special program for this meeting comes from the Social Flower, a Fallbrook business. Owner Robyn Dahlson will share her creative skills at unique and b...
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Republican Women Federated will host two guest speakers at their meeting Friday, Dec. 8 at 9:30 a.m. at Pala Mesa Resort. The speakers will be Tom Kennedy, general manager of Rainbow Municipal Water District, and Al Gebhart, vice president of the Fallbrook Public Utilities District board and a member of many Fallbrook service groups. Members and guests are welcome to attend and enjoy the holiday festivities as well. The Pala Mesa Resort is located at 2001 Old Hwy 395 in Fallbrook. The cost is $25 f...
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Women’s Connection will present a Christmas concert Friday, Dec. 15 from 10 a.m. until noon. It will include a delicious brunch at the Grand Tradition Estate & Gardens in the Beverly Mansion. The Fallbrook Women’s Connection invites all ladies to come and enjoy the beautiful sounds of The Westminster Carolers dressed in Victorian attire. Also, returning by popular demand, will be Farah’s Collection of fashionable handbags, wallets, rings and more. T...
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Democratic Club will have its meeting and potluck supper at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7 at the Hilltop Center. Anyone wishing to bring a dish to the potluck should contact the club president at [email protected]. Guest speaker Kathy Rallings is the health benefits specialist for the California Teachers Association. She represents the CTA in the Campaign for a Healthy California coalition. Rallings will explain the legislative efforts to i...
This year our church in Fallbrook started collecting cans and bottles that had deposits on them, from members of the church, on the last Sunday of the month. They bring the cans and bottles with them to church and leave them in a designated area. The youth from the church then take them in and collect the deposits on them. Maybe other churches do this, but if they don't, I suggest that it is a good way for the youth to get additional funds for their endeavors. A. White...
Where will they get water for Fallbrook’s latest development known as Horse Creek Ridge to include condos, homes, shopping center and the development of acres of wilderness area off the 15 at Pala Road. I’m also concerned about the Palomar College development sitting on 15 acres of land that includes a natural spring across the road from Horse Creek. I suppose a parking structure will replace it. The people have already moved in and during my morning hike, through what was once pristine wilderness, I picked up four pla...
Assemblymember Marie Waldron AD-75 (R) Last week, Cyber-criminal hackers attacked the Sacramento Regional Transit system (SacRT), erasing computer programs that affected internal operations, including computers that assign bus routes throughout the Sacramento region. More harm was threatened if SacRT failed to meet a ransom demand. The ransom message was sent via Facebook demanding a bitcoin payment, with a value above $8,000, immediately. SacRT officials determined that no data was stolen and steps are underway to secure...
Marilynn L. Rumsey passed on peacefully November 17, 2017 at home. It ended the life of a person of great joy and accomplishment. She will missed by all who knew her. She was born Marilynn Janet Landau on October 17, 1931 to Frederick Landau and Agnes Schrier. She grew up in NY City and did quite well in school, having skipped two grades and graduating at 15 years of age. She attended Saint Lawrence University where she met and married Edgar Rumsey in 1949. She gave birth and...
Jessie Midler passed away peacefully on the evening of October 22, 2017 at her home in Fallbrook, where she was a resident for the past seven years. Jessie was born (September 26, 1925) and grew up in North Carolina. She moved to Arizona and graduated from the University of Arizona. After graduation, Jessie moved to Long Beach where she raised her family and worked as a kindergarten teacher in the LBUSD for 30 years. Upon her retirement from teaching, Jessie and her husband, M...
PALA – Pala Casino Spa & Resort will continue its free events series in December and the schedule includes a tribute concert in the Infinity Showroom and performances in the 60+ Club on Tuesdays and the underground wine CAVE and Luis Rey’s on weekends. Due to a schedule of private holiday events in the Infinity Showroom, only one tribute concert is scheduled in December. Queen Nation, a tribute to Queen, will perform Saturday, Dec. 23 at 8 p.m. The free December ent...
PALA – Styx, the legendary rockers who combined hard and pop rock into an international music genre, will perform in concert at Pala Casino Spa & Resort Saturday, Feb. 24 at 7:30 p.m. Styx burst onto the rock scene in the 1970s and has had four consecutive albums certified multi-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America and 16 Top 40 singles. The band is best known for “Lady,” “Come Sail Away,” “Too Much Time on My Hands” and “Renegade.” After 14 years, S...
Elizabeth Youngman-Westphal Special to the Village News This fast-paced, energetic production wows the imagination as it is driven by the hard-disco beat of the 70’s. It is electrifying. Known for innovative ground-breaking theatre, La Jolla Playhouse has struck gold with the world premier of "Summer, The Donna Summer Musical". The singing biography of Disco Queen Donna Summer is brought to life through the voices of a talented trio of young women. It’s almost a concert, alb...
Greg Wright Special to Village News More than 22.5 million Californians, including more than 500,000 who are Medicare eligible in San Diego County, are in the process of selecting or switching their health benefits plans during open enrollment. So now is the time to prepare for that important decision that usually happens once a year. More than 70 percent of Americans said they are prepared for open enrollment yet most people struggle to understand basic health insurance terms, according to a recent UnitedHealthcare survey. O...
The American Counseling Association Special to the Village News It’s clear that people are living in an age of heightened anxiety and stress. News reports are full of events that range from extremely upsetting to utterly terrifying. It’s little wonder that many people feel on edge and easily upset so much of the time. An unfortunate side effect of feeling stressed out is that it can be easier to become angry over even small things. While anger might not seem a major problem, if people occasionally become angry enough to str...
José A. ÁlvarezCounty of San Diego Communications Office The number of local flu deaths and lab-confirmed cases being reported this season continues to be elevated compared to last season, the County Health and Human Services Agency announced Nov. 22. A fourth death was reported last week. The person was a 92-year-old man who died Nov. 11 of influenza A. One death had been reported in San Diego County at this time last season. To date, a total of 574 lab-confirmed cases h...
