Knox retiring from health district after 42 years of service

Rick Monroe

Special to the Village News

Pam Knox is saying goodbye to the Fallbrook Regional Health District, where she has served 42 years in administrative roles. Friday, Nov. 19, will be her final day.

Knox remembers helping landscape – as a volunteer – the front of Fallbrook Hospital 60 years ago! She was a sophomore at Fallbrook High School and her goal was to leave Fallbrook and experience the world.

Her parents moved to Rainbow in 1956 and Knox went to Vallecitos Elementary School there. She graduated from Fallbrook High in 1963, at the age of 16.

"I thought Fallbrook was too slow and w...