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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For the December 27 issue • Classifieds: 3 p.m. on Friday, December 21 (or 5 p.m. at www.thevillagenews.com) • Legal documents: 3 p.m. on Friday, December 21 • Press releases: 4 p.m. on Thursday, December 20 For the January 3 issue • Classifieds: 3 p.m. on Friday, December 28 (or 5 p.m. on the Web site) • Legal documents: 3 p.m. on Friday, December 28 • Press releases: 4 p.m. on Thursday, December 27 The Village News office will close at noon Monday, December 24 (Christmas Eve)....
Through Dec. 23 – “Art of the Holiday” on display. Art Center at Fallbrook, 103 S. Main. (760) 728-1414. Dec. 20 – 1 to 4 p.m. – Holiday refreshments and decorations. Fallbrook Historical Society Museum, corner of South Hill and Rockycrest. (760) 728-3271 or (760) 728-2546. Dec. 23 – 12 to 3 p.m. – Sixth Annual Joyful Traditions events: holiday shopping opportunities, carriage rides and carolers. Downtown Fallbrook, 100 block N. Main. Dec. 23 – 1 to 4 p.m. – Holiday refreshments and decorations. Fallbrook Historical Societ...
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Thank you to the 25 to 30 marvelous volunteers who came out to Los Jilgueros Preserve last week with shovels in hand and love in their hearts to assist the 290 La Paloma Elementary School students plant San Diego County native plants at the preserve. The day was beautiful, the dirt was soft and the students were eager to plant and willing to work. Gary Beeler and his crew of helpers did a great job of preparing the area to be planted and everyone who worked with the students did a terrific job! Thank you to the teachers and p...
It is one of the most popular toys on children’s wish lists this holiday season, but it has been said that independent laboratory tests show the “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Fingerprint Examination Kit” contains asbestos. The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) and Public Justice are demanding that companies involved in the distribution of the toy protect children and other customers from exposure to the substance, which has been linked to fatal lung cancer and other serious diseases. In a letter to CBS, the t...
I am currently a ‘Helping Neighbor’ at the Fallbrook Healthcare Foundation. I began monthly veteran workshops last year and now run individual appointments for veteran benefits. I did not realize I had VA benefits coming to me while I was living in the streets for four years. I was suffering from mental illness and I sustained a serious head trauma due to an auto accident. I then received help from numerous programs: Brother Benno’s, North County Interfaith, county Medi-Cal and County Medical Services (CMS). The one that...
How many of us send our children to school in clothing that doesn’t keep them warm and without appropriate shoes and socks? How many of us have to choose between paying for rent, healthcare and food? How many of us are unable to afford to repair our only means of transportation, or even the gas to get to work? These issues face hundreds of people in the Greater Fallbrook (Fallbrook, Bonsall, De Luz, Rainbow, Pala) area every day. Fallbrook Food Pantry would like to invite you to participate this year in sponsoring a family f...
As our nation weighs in on the controversy of whether to wish people a “Merry Christmas” or “Happy Holidays,” I would like to point out that the word “holiday” originated from the word “holyday.” When looking up the word “holiday” in Noah Webster’s 1828 dictionary, one is directed to the word “holyday” in order to find the definition. The first definition of that word is: “a day set apart for commemorating some important event in history; a festival intended to celebrate some event deemed auspicious to the welfare o...
We would like thank two businesses here in Fallbrook for their contributions to our sales at the Christmas Parade. Kim Newman of Albertsons donated without hesitation a large supply of bottled water and ice. And Little Caesar’s, as always, supplied us efficiently with pizzas and pizza warmers. We really appreciate your support. Kathi Rothert on behalf of Potter Junior High School East Coast Trip students...
A regular Fallbrook contributor to the Village News seems to go out of his way to demonstrate his lack of knowledge. Recently, he embarrassed himself by attributing victory over the Axis in Africa (WWII) to the wrong general and the wrong army! Now he answers Mr. Jon Monday with the unbelievable statement that he was not aware that Americans participated in WWI! Is he actually unaware of the Argonne and Bellou Wood? And while I’m on the subject of unfair criticism – Mr. Glen Holzhausen of Fallbrook takes me to task for not...
“Those people who are not governed by God will be ruled by tyrants.” – William Penn Did you know that the Declaration of Independence was the main charter and guiding spirit of our governmental structure for 11 years, from 1776 to 1787, when the Constitution based on the principles of the Declaration was adopted and ratified? The Declaration states: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights, that among these are Life, L...
At a Fallbrook Christmas party attended by more than 30 seniors, I expected much talk about the recent fires. To my surprise, the subject mentioned most often was healthcare. The consensus was that the government has created a healthcare system that is too complicated, way too expensive and not really a system at all. It all seems designed to confuse people and reward the insurance companies and beat patients out of paying for their bills. The morbific flaw of private health insurance is “welfare kings” ripping off the pub...
Last week we spotted swastikas painted on the cement cistern in Los Jilgueros Preserve. We reported it to the San Diego Sheriff’s Department Substation, where we were told to contact Rick Aldana with Fallbrook Rotary. Rick promptly painted out the markings. The next day swastikas appeared over the freshly cleaned area. On December 16 my husband cleaned off the disturbing graffiti along with graffiti on the wooden walkway along Mission. Over the past months we have cleaned off paint and rotten fruit thrown onto the kiosks, gan...
The misinformation in the letters of Jon Monday and Joe H. Crews is amazing. There is always an element of truth which is necessary for propaganda! The conventional wisdom before the Iraq war was that Saddam had WMDs. This was not something that President Bush made up. Most of the saintly Democrats accepted that as being so. Rational people do not continue to rant about things that are past and cannot be changed. They assess the current situation, consider all possible actions and present their arguments for why the action...
FALLBROOK — Bill Ahrend and Shelby Houskeeper of Ahrend Studios are feeling blessed because of the “Trial by Fire” they have gone through due to the October Rice Canyon Fire. Both are residents of Valley Oaks and lost their homes but not their friends and community. For 54 years Ahrend Studios has called Fallbrook home, through the good times and bad. Though many would see the fires as a tragedy, they see it as a new beginning and look forward to the future. As photographers, treasured memories of loved ones and events are a...
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Fallbrook Quilt Guild continued to celebrate its 20th anniversary with their annual Christmas dinner catered by the Lace Apron on December 6. The dinner was enjoyed by the more than 90 members in attendance. Guild President Carol Carpenter surprised the dinner crowd with a delightful performance from CAST Productions Show Choir directed by Sandra Kopitzke. They sang and danced to many favorite Christmas songs. The Guild also received a visit from Santa – a.k.a. Jim Freda ...
The Rotary Club of Fallbrook is ringing the bells again weekends this year at Major Market and Albertsons in Fallbrook to assist the Salvation Army’s annual Christmas fundraising efforts. Each year volunteers are needed to man the “red buckets.” Rotarians are one of the local groups to step up and help....
The Boys & Girls Clubs of North County will be open during winter break. The Ingold Unit at 445 East Ivy Street will be open December 26-28 and January 2-4. The program is free with a current membership from noon to 6 p.m. There is a charge for morning care. For more information call the office at (760) 728-5871....
Vicki Miller, Director of Pastoral Care Services at Camp Pendleton Naval Hospital, recently received bags of knitted and crocheted clothing for infant children and lap robes for the recovering injured and wounded military personnel. All of the items were made by a group of volunteers called the KnitWits from Fallbrook. The KnitWits were formed by Gigi Wiebach when, she says, “I wanted to do something for our marines and sailors who are fighting for our freedom and to help t...
Because the Camp Pendleton Ranch House is no longer being used as a residence, it is now open for tours for groups of 20 or more. On December 15 they hosted their first “Open House” where the public could get a glimpse of the facility. Decorated with juniper and other evergreen branches tied with big red bows, the house looked ready for Christmas. The decorations were done by the docents who were also on hand to explain various interesting facts about the house. The hou...
Mark Ross Handy, 57, passed away on November 28, 2007, following a battle with kidney cancer. He was born on June 7, 1950, in Seattle, WA, and was preceded in death by his parents, Dr. Lyman and Lenore Handy. Mark was raised in Fullerton, CA, where his interest in working on cars and motors began. He graduated from Troy High School in 1968. He was drafted into the Army during the Vietnam War and worked as a truck and tank mechanic in Texas and Germany. While in Germany, he beg...
