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Plane crash on I-15 kills one, injures five
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Volume 20, Issue 14
FUHSD elects not to have deputy due to co-payment cost
A small, single-engine, low-wing private aircraft made an emergency landing onto northbound Interstate 15 in Fallbrook Saturday morning, April 2, killing a woman and injuring five other people. The crash occurred at approximately 9:15 a.m. on the freeway just north of State Route 76, forcing the California Highway Patrol (CHP) to keep a Sig Alert in effect until about 5:15 p.m. The pilot of the aircraft, identified by a CHP spokesman as Dennis Hogge, 62, of Jamul, attempted to make an emergency
see CRASH, page A-4
Gird Road site deemed best for Bonsall High Joe Naiman Village News Correspondent
The completion of a site selection study for the new Bonsall High School has indicated that the planned Gird Road site is the preferred location. The Bonsall Unified School District (BUSD) contracted with G. Wayne Oetken and Associates for a site selection study which included demographics, student population growth, facilities, needs, community response, related developer fee impact, boundary studies, and other elements necessary for a comprehensive review and the planning for construction of the new Bonsall High School.
see GIRD, page A-8
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Sheriff’s Detective Morgan Fomby stands on the campus of Fallbrook High School Monday morning, April 4 as students arrive for their classes. Andrea Verdin Special to The Village News The Fallbrook Union High School District (FUHSD) will lose its resource officer in the 20162017 academic school year due to finances, despite the great work performed by the Sheriff’s deputy. According to FUHSD
superintendent Hugo Pedroza, this has nothing to do with Detective Morgan Fomby’s work; as a matter of fact, Fomby has been praised for her outstanding work on the high school campus. “Detective Fomby has done absolutely nothing wrong at all,” said Pedroza. “We love it, and felt pretty special [having a school
resource officer].” According to Pedroza, the San Diego County Sheriff ’s Department made an agreement with unincorporated school districts to give them a resource officer on campus for the 20152016 year, covered by grant funds. Upon ending the school year, the district would be required to pay
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for half of the resource officer’s cost if the district chose to continue the officer’s assignment for the 2016-2017 year. “We love Detective Fomby and the Sheriff ’s Department has been great with us. We really liked the concept and prospect,”
see DEPUTY, page A-7
Fallbrook Hospital site, annex buildings for sale Final approval of future sale must go before voters
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The building that housed Fallbrook Hospital and the property it sits on has been listed for sale by the Fallbrook Healthcare District. Tom Ferrall Staff Writer The Fallbrook Healthcare District (FHD) board of directors has put Fallbrook Hospital and its annex buildings up for sale and is working to make sure that the prospective buyer or buyers use the facilities to provide medical services to the community.
Fallbrook Hospital closed in December 2014 after Community Health Systems (CHS) of Tennessee ceased its lease of the facility. The FHD board issued an informational “message to the public” that stated, in part, the following: “Fallbrook Healthcare District board members and staff know that Fallbrook Hospital is
a crucial part of the health care network in our community, and we are committed to doing everything possible to see it re-opened and providing services. The board has voted to put the hospital and its annex buildings up for sale, and believe there is a strong likelihood that a quality health care provider may come forward to do what we as a district cannot do alone
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– purchase the hospital and reopen it.” B o b b i P a l m e r, e x e c u t i v e director of FHD, said the board voted to put the hospital up for sale during a special closed meeting on March 23. “The board of directors is aggressively seeking prospective
see HOSPITAL, page A-6