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January 18, 2018
Superintendent’s Advisory Committee recommends Gird Road, Old River Road sites
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Volume 22, Issue 3
Board of Supervisors adjourns meeting in memory of Earl McDougal
Joe Naiman Village News Correspondent
The Bonsall Unified School District’s Superintendent’s Advisory Committee has deemed locations on Gird Road and Old River Road to be the two most preferable sites to build the new Bonsall High School campus. A non-voting presentation was given to the BUSD board Jan. 11. BUSD superintendent David Jones gave the first part of the presentation and Eric Nordeen, who represents the Gird area on the advisory committee, provided the second part of the presentation. The 50-acre Gird Road site which is already owned by the school district received 91 points based on the scoring criteria and the Old River Road property, whose exact location is not being made public since it is not for sale, received 78 points. The committee spent approximately 30 hours on the various tasks. “It was a very thorough process, and I really appreciate their time,” Jones said. “Hopefully they’ll help the board to make a wise and informed decision on what we need for children.”
see COMMITTEE, page A-9
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Wartman now lives in Tucson, Don McDougal lives in Fallbrook, and Sherri Alford lives in Boise, Idaho. The family moved to Vista in 1950. Earl McDougal enjoyed barbershop quartet music and joined the Palomar Pacific chapter of Barbershoppers in 1951. He was the chapter’s president in 1953 and remained in the Barbershoppers for nearly 60 years. McDougal was a motor grader operator for the County of San Diego’s Road Department until his retirement in 1965, and in the early 1960s he became the first road grader operator to grade snow in Fallbrook. He obtained his real
Dr. Maritza Koeppen, a bilingual educator with vast experience in overseeing Title I schools and English learner programs, is settling into her new position as superintendent/principal of the Vallecitos School District. Koeppen started at Vallecitos Jan. 2 after having served the San Marcos School District for more than eight years. Koeppen coordinated English learner services, was a summer school principal and spent nearly seven years as director of special programs for San Marcos. Koeppen took over the controls a t Va l l e c i t o s f r o m i n t e r i m superintendent Gary Wilson, who stepped to the plate last August when David Jones left Vallecitos to accept the job as superintendent of the Bonsall Unified School District. Vallecitos currently has 216 students and the following demographics: 86.11 percent Hispanic, 12.96 white and .93 multi-ethnic (two or more races). “I really started researching the district and I loved everything about it, the community and the demographics,” said Koeppen when asked what made her go after the Vallecitos job. “I was also told the kids were the best and they are. They’re wonderful.” Koeppen also knew she was a good fit for the position.
see MEMORY, page A-11
see KOEPPEN, page A-10
On Oct. 9, 2011, from left, Jack Story, then president of the Fallbrook Historical Society; Earl Courtesy photo McDougal, original member of the Barn Committee; and Supervisor Bill Horn enjoy a moment together during the dedication of the Barn festivities. Joe Naiman Village News Correspondent The San Diego County Board of Supervisors adjourned their Jan. 10 meeting in memory of Earl McDougal. “Earl McDougal dedicated his life to his family and his community, and he will be missed,” said Supervisor Bill Horn, who read the adjournment in memory. Earl Elwin (Mac) McDougal lived in Fallbrook from 1960 until his death on Jan. 4, 2018, at the age of 93. He was born in Thermal, California, on September 26, 1924. The family moved to El Cajon in 1928 and then to the Barona Mesa
area of Lakeside in 1931. McDougal attended Grossmont High School, where he was in the Red Robe Choir. He would have graduated from Grossmont High School in 1942, but the family moved to Oceanside and operated a hog ranch and McDougal left school early to help on that ranch. He left the ranch in 1943 and moved to Los Angeles, where after being trained to operate heavy equipment he drove one of the largest cranes in Southern California. While he was in the Los Angeles area Earl McDougal met Beverly Olling. They married on March 1, 1947, and raised three children: Dianne, Don, and Sherri. Dianne
Supervisors support 30 mph speed limit for Rice Canyon Road, all-way stop at Rice Canyon and Rainbow Heights Road
Joe Naiman Village News Correspondent USPS Residential Customer
Koeppen settles in as superintendent/ principal of Vallecitos School District Tom Ferrall tferrall@reedermedia.com
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors gave their support to a 30 mph speed limit on Rice Canyon Road and an all-way stop control at Rice Canyon Road and Rainbow Heights Road. The first reading and introduction of the ordinance was approved on a 4-0 vote, Jan. 10, with Greg Cox at a National Association of Counties meeting. The second reading and adoption is scheduled for Jan. 24, and approval on that day would make the speed limit and stop requirement enforceable Feb. 23, although the county’s Department of Public Works may post signage earlier. In order for a speed limit to be enforceable by radar, a speed survey must show that the speed limit is within an adjacent 5-mph increment to the 85th percentile speed. The speed limit may be rounded either up or down from
the 85th percentile speed. The speed limit may also be rounded down an additional 5 mph if findings are made that the road has conditions which would not be apparent to a motorist unfamiliar with the road. Curves throughout the road, the lack of shoulder lanes and an accident rate above the statewide average for similar roads were cited as conditions which would warrant a 30 mph speed limit rather than a 35 mph speed limit supported by the speed survey. “Keeping our roadways safe is a priority, so the board voted in favor of the Traffic Advisory Committee’s recommendation for a 30 mph speed limit on Rice Canyon Road,” Supervisor Bill Horn said. “If the board gives final approval later this month, new speed limit signs will be posted, and there will be radar enforcement to reduce the number and severity of collisions on Rice Canyon Road.”
Fallbrook Regional Health District purchasing land
District enters into escrow on property connecting the vision of ‘Health Under One Roof’
The county’s Traffic Advisory Committee unanimously recommended the 30-mph speed limit and all-way stop control during their Oct. 27 meeting. The distance of Rice Canyon Road between state Route 76 and Eighth Street is 5.06 miles. The road does not currently have a posted speed limit. Currently, a stop sign for southbound traffic exists at state Route 76 and a stop sign for northbound motorists is present at Rainbow Heights Road. Rice Canyon Road ranges in width between 20 and 24 feet and curve advisory warning signs are posted throughout the road, which also has a striped median. Rice Canyon Road is classified as a “light collector” in the mobility element of the county’s general plan, but it also holds the unofficial classification of being a shortcut for Riverside County commuters who desire to avoid Interstate 15,
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Regional Health District (FRHD) officially entered into escrow Dec. 22, to purchase land for a wellness center on East Mission Road near Stage Coach Lane. The district board held a special meeting to discuss the purchase of land in the district on Dec. 1. “We’re excited at the prospect to once again provide direct health services, screenings and preventative health care under one roof,” said Bobbi Palmer, chief executive officer of the FRHD. “This new facility will put into motion the district’s mission of preventing the preventable through our ‘Exercise is Medicine’ and ‘Food is Medicine’ initiatives.” As the project gets underway, the FRHD will be discussing plans and goals with community members, schools, businesses and elected leaders. An ad-hoc Fallbrook Wellness Advisory Committee is forming to provide community oversight for the effort. Interested committee members may get more information by calling the district office at (760) 731-9187. Purchase of the 4.6-acre campus for the future wellness center is made possible following the October 2017 sale of the former Fallbrook Hospital to private for-profit Crestwood Behavioral Health Inc. The $4.5 million sale has allowed Crestwood to begin transforming the vacant 50-yearold building at 624 East Elder into the Fallbrook Healing Center to deliver behavioral medicine and rehabilitation therapy later this year.
see LIMIT, page A-2
see LAND, page A-11
An all-way stop will be required where Rainbow Heights Road ends at Rice Canyon Road when the Board of Supervisors approves the proposed ordinance on Jan. 24.
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