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Volume 21, Issue 16
Avocado Festival popularity keeps on growing Tom Ferrall Staff Writer
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FRHD holds town hall meeting to discuss old hospital building options Andrea Verdin Staff Writer
Why should one attend the 2017 Avocado Festival in historic downtown Fallbrook this Sunday, April 23? Where else can a person see over 100 varieties of avocados, take home an avocado tree, bite into avocado macaroons, help your heart with beer-battered avocados, dive into a bowl of avocado ice cream or lick an avocado popsicle, buy a pair of avocado wood sunglasses, and enjoy loads of free entertainment while sipping a cold beer, a glass of wine, or a killer margarita? The aforementioned opportunities are just some of the reasons more than 100,000 people visited the Friendly Village of Fallbrook for the 2016 Avocado Festival. A similar crowed is expected for year’s event, which runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. T h e Av o c a d o F e s t i v a l ’s reputation and popularity continues to grow each year. How much so? The travel website www. beenheredonethat.com listed the Avocado Festival in it’s “Top Ten San Diego Events Not to Be Missed in 2017.” “To be listed along with ComicCom as a destination event that you need to go to, that’s pretty cool,” said Lila MacDonald, CEO of the Fallbrook Chamber of
The Fallbrook Regional Health District (FRHD) board of directors held a town hall meeting April 12 to allow the greater Fallbrook community to discuss possible options for the old hospital building. “We have made several changes in the district,” said board president Gordon Tinker. “We hired a new executive director, who has brought enthusiasm and experience; we have revised our mission statement; changed our name; hired a company to collect data to see the disparity in the community; and we are trying to look at the medical needs of the community with the help of a citizen’s advisory committee.” Executive director Bobbi Palmer explained that transforming the healthcare district has taken time. “In the state of California, it’s no longer sustainable to have a hospital,” said Palmer. “Fallbrook benefited from having its own hospital. Now we need to look at the future. We are now focused on preventable care, which is less costly. “We are taking steps to create a new future in our community,” continued Palmer. “We need to find the tools and listen to the community.” Fallbrook residents made suggestions about what they would like to see offered at the old hospital facility.
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Supervisors support creation of special district to combat ACP
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SAN DIEGO – The Board of Supervisors voted April 12 to form a special district to combat a pest that could threaten San Diego County’s $126 million citrus crop. The district will provide legal authority for efforts to eradicate the Asian Citrus Psyllid (ACP), which can transmit Huanglongbing (HLB), considered to be the world’s most destructive citrus disease. The county is infested with and under quarantine for ACP, but the disease hasn’t been found locally, according to county documents. Known as HLB or citrus greening disease, the bacteria has been located in eastern and southern portions of Los Angeles County. While not harmful to humans, HLB affects the yield, quality and market value of citrus fruit, and causes trees to die early. Over the last five years in Florida, HLB is estimated to have caused the loss of more than 6,600 jobs, over $1.3 billion in lost revenue to the citrus industry, and the loss of roughly $3.6 billion in total economic activity. County officials said commercial growers who own 80 percent of the region’s 4,500 or so of citrus growing acres signed a petition calling for creation of the district. The land is in Borrego Springs, Pauma Valley and San Pasqual Valley. The supervisors will hear any protests against creation of the district and select its directors at their May 3 meeting. The district, funded by the landowners, would then come up photos by Ken Seals, Shane Gibson, and Connon Kuhn
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