Haiti fundraiser a lively event; draws drummers, doctor

FALLBROOK – Live Oak Palooza, a fundraiser held June 4 at Live Oak Elementary School to aid Haitian earthquake victims, featured a local doctor who had visited the strife-torn area, and a popular drum circle and other performers.

Dr. Robert Pace, who has provided surgical and orthopedic services in the Fallbrook and Murrieta areas for more than three decades, spoke about an aid mission that he and other area physicians took to Haiti earlier this year.

The family event raised money for the Haiti Endowment Fund, which was launched more than two decades ago by a retired De Luz minister and...