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Volume 18, Issue 24
Home & Garden
Fallbrook’s ‘Hammerin Hank’ FPUD resubmits runs for Semper Fi Fund consolidation Debbie Ramsey Managing Editor
Retired Marine’s goal is to run 25 marathons this year Courtesy photo ‘Hammerin Hank,’ aka Col. Hank Donigan, right, stands with former Fallbrook resident Capt. Eve Baker, left, U.S. Marine Corps, at an aid station during the last Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, D.C. Donigan was running in honor of fallen U.S. Naval Academy graduates. Baker made the poster in the background, in support of Hank.
When 58-year-old ‘Hammerin Hank’ sets his mind to do something, the retired Marine Corps veteran gets it accomplished. Colonel Hank Donigan, a Fallbrook resident since 2003, plans to run a total of 25 marathons this year to raise money for the Semper Fi Fund. His goal is to raise a total of $25,077 by the end of those races. Donigan breaks it down to $1,000 per race with an extra $77 to signify the year (1977) he graduated from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. Donigan retired from the Marine Corps in 2007, after 30 years of service, with a 80 percent disability, which has now worsened to 90 percent. “My disabilities include degenerated spinal disks, PTSD, and traumatic brain injury; but I don’t focus much on my disabilities,” he said. “I just feel lucky to be up on my feet and moving forward.” Moving forward is what Donigan does best. He said running is great therapy and he wants to make every step count.
see HANK, page A-8
$158,000 to be spent on Live Oak Park playground
The Fallbrook Public Utility District’s original application to San Diego County’s Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) for the merger of FPUD and the Rainbow Municipal Water District was approved at a special meeting four days after Rainbow provided FPUD with a 30-day notice to terminate the joint powers agency involving the two water districts. FPUD was accused of not having properly noticed the meeting, so a second vote was taken after sufficient public notice.
see FPUD, page D-7
De Luz residents outraged over convicted rapist living in community De Luz residents were outraged to discover that a convicted rapist has been released from prison and has moved into the community, unbeknownst to both residents and the local Sheriff’s Department.
see OUTRAGE, page A-8
Real Estate
Supervisors recommend tiered beekeeping ordinance
Joe Naiman Village News Correspondent
Joe Naiman Village News Correspondent
Isaiah Alvar, 1, smiles as he swings at the Live Oak Park playground. Isaiah’s parents
Shane Gibson photo
see PARK, page A-8 said they are happy that the wood chips on the ground will be replaced with a safer, rubber material.
County approves $1.1 million culvert repair, replacement contract Joe Naiman Village News Correspondent
Joe Naiman Village News Correspondent
Andrea Verdin Special to The Village News
New shade structure, rubberized playground surface on tap The San Diego County Board of Supervisors approved the authorization of a bid process and subsequent award of a construction contract for Live Oak Park playground improvements. The supervisors’ 5-0 vote May 21 also appropriated $158,000 for those improvements, authorized a donation from the Live Oak Park Coalition, and found the project categorically exempt from California Environmental Quality Act review.
application to LAFCO
Culverts on Reche, Camino Del Rey, Alvarado, Winter Haven, and Gird on list
Hobbyists, non-apiary farmers, and other commercial beekeepers desired a reduction in County of San Diego setback requirements for keeping hives. The San Diego County Board of Supervisors, who previously responded to regulatory relief requests from small winery owners and small equestrian operations by developing tiered ordinances, recommended the same approach for beekeeping within the unincorporated county.
see BEEKEEPING, page D-6
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The San Diego County Board of Supervisors approved the advertisement for bid and subsequent award of a contract to repair or replace various culverts throughout San Diego County. The supervisors’ 5-0 vote May 21 approved the refurbishment or replacement of up to 4,165 linear feet of culvert including 112 feet along Reche Road, 100 feet along Camino Del Rey, 72 feet along Alvarado Street, 60 feet along Winter Haven Road, and 35 feet along Gird Road while appropriating $600,000 from the county’s road fund balance for the project. The contract is
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The culvert above, located on Reche Road, approximately 100 feet west of where Via Vista
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see CULVERT, page A-8 Road intersects, is one of those that will be replaced as a result of the new $1.1 million contract.