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February 18, 2016
Pacifica Estates approved for S. Mission Rd.
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Volume 20, Issue 7
Angels continue powerful giving
Debbie Ramsey Managing Editor
Amidst robust opposition from neighboring property owners, eight members of the Fallbrook Community Planning Group (FCPG) voted to approve a 21home subdivision known as Pacifica Estates at the Feb. 15 meeting, providing the minimum number of affirmative votes needed for the project to move forward. The 17.3-acre property is located on the east side of South Mission Road between Peppertree Park and Stage Coach Lane and has been brought before the FCPG at prior meetings and experienced rejection with requests for modifications. One concern expressed by residents of the area during the Public Comment period about the
see PACIFICA, page A-8
Gird Valley residents address FCPG Debbie Ramsey Managing Editor
Gird Valley residents made sure members of the Fallbrook Community Planning Group (FCPG) heard their opinion regarding any potential change to their neighborhood at the panel’s Feb. 15 meeting held at Live Oak Elementary School. During the meeting’s Public Comment period, Teresa Platt told FCPG members, “We need to save Fallbrook Golf Course and the Gird Valley.”
Miranda Kennedy photo Members of the Angel Society board of directors are shown inside the new “Angel Arena” at Ingold Sports Park, where the Angel Society is one of four field sponsors; from left, front row, D’Ann Kubitz, Rita Pankey, Nancy Chapman, Marilyn Wertz, Jean Dooley, Peggy Gausepohl, Joyce Wood, Diane Mylymuk, Kathy Gausepohl, Billie Foli, and Chris Hawranik; back row left, Judy Igoe, Jennifer Anderson, Lila Sandschulte, Lorrie Valeron, Tami Bartholomew, Roberta Kuse, Louise Small, Kelly Bednarski, Connie Loeschner, Geri Ankerman, Marnie Mifflin, and Vivien Steere. Not pictured: Jeannie Bucher, Cheryl Clinite, Gina Palculich, Fran White, Eve Desborough, and Alex Wilson. Debbie Ramsey Managing Editor Fallbrook is fortunate to have numerous non-profit organizations that raise funds to support worthy causes in the community, but the powerhouse of giving that the Angel Society of Fallbrook continues, month after month, is at the top. The group generally makes charitable distributions every two months and the sum total is staggering. For the months of December of January alone, 12 community organizations benefited from these
ladies’ efforts to the tune of $29,500. The Angels’ largest gift for this two-month period went to the Fallbrook Music Society, in the form of a $10,000 grant to continue its music education program in local schools. “In addition to its [customary] concert series, the Society introduces classical music to elementary school students by presenting several school assemblies each year as part of its youth education and outreach program,” said Angel Society representative Jennifer Anderson. The Angel Society also awarded $2,500 each to the Bonsall School
PTA, Fallbrook Village Association, Friends of the Fallbrook Library, FUHS Marching Band, and the Fallbrook Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 1924. “Bonsall School’s PTA will use the funds to help the school’s library continue operations and also to purchase one new book per student,” said Anderson. “ T h e F a l l b r o o k Vi l l a g e Association will use the funds to finance various painting, repair, landscaping, and other improvement projects in the downtown area as part of its Main Street Façade and Streetscape Matching Funds
Making a difference in the thisweek community see GIRD, page A-8
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Project,” said Anderson. “Friends of the Fallbrook Library will apply the funds toward its arts, music and other creative programs,” noted Anderson. “The funds will also help support a program for first graders that introduces the students to the library by offering each child a book, library card, and tour of the library. Funds will also go towards a program to help support grandparents who are raising their grandchildren.” The FUHS Marching Band, Anderson said, will use the funds
see ANGELS, page A-5
Caltrans temporarily closes Park & Ride lot
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Debbie Ramsey Managing Editor
Christine Rinaldi photo Fallbrook High School seniors and Interact Club members Rachel Collier and Jessica Topete team up to remove trash at the Ingold Sports Park as a community service project on Saturday, Feb. 13. See more photos on page A-3.
On Tuesday, Feb. 16, Caltrans closed the Park & Ride lot at the northeast corner of State Route 76 and Old Highway 395 (near Interstate 15). It is expected to remain closed for approximately four and a half months, until approximately June 30, so crews can expand and improve the facility. To s e r v e c o m m u t e r s , a temporary lot has been established on the southeast corner of the same intersection. According to authorities, bus stops for BREEZE Route 389 and Riverside Transit Agency (RTA) Route 202 – have also been relocated to the temporary lot. According to Caltrans, some of the improvements being made to the Park & Ride facility include: bus shelter, bike lockers, sidewalks, a new traffic signal (Via Altamira and Old Highway 395), improved drainage system, and additional parking spaces. The improvements being made to the Park & Ride area are part of the State Route 76 East Segment construction project. The East Segment is the final segment in a series of three improvement projects to the SR 76 corridor located between Interstates 5 and 15. To stay abreast of updates on the project, visit www. KeepSanDiegoMoving.com/ SR-76-Corridor. To comment on this story online, visit www.thevillagenews.com.