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Civil Air Patrol hones search and rescue skills
Attendees of the June 18 Fallbrook Community Forum, chaired by Vince Ross, heard a construction update on the State Route 76 East improvement from Cal Trans project manager Karen Jewell. “We are still in phase one of the five-phase project,” reported Jewell. “The [new] eastbound lanes are currently under construction. Those are the ones closest to the riverbed. By the end of summer or early fall, we will be able to switch traffic to that portion of the new roadway and work on the westbound lanes.”
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FPUD pursues state grant for project Joe Naiman Village News Correspondent Townsend Public Affairs, Inc., will be assisting the Fallbrook Public Utility District (FPUD) in attempting to obtain state grant funding for the Santa Margarita River Conjunctive Use Project. A 5-0 FPUD board vote April 27 authorized the contract with Townsend Public Affairs, which has a Southern California office in Newport Beach and also has Sacramento and Washington offices. FPUD will pay Townsend Public Affairs $5,000 per month for one year.
Fallbrook Civil Air Patrol Squadron 87 Commander Maj. Roy Knight prepares a Cessna 182 for a search and rescue exercise (SAREX) at Fallbrook Airpark on June 14.
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Civil Air Patrol members roll out a Cessna before taxiing to the runway at the Fallbrook Airpark on Sunday, June 14, during a part of a two-day practice of search and rescue drills.
In the skies over Fallbrook and all of North County, on the weekend of June 13 and 14, citizens undoubtedly saw the movements of the colorful red, white and blue planes of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP). It was that weekend that Fallbrook’s CAP Squadron 87 hosted the Southern California search and rescue exercises (SAREX) for pilots and air crews to hone their search and rescue skills. Operations for the two days of practice were based out of Fallbrook Airpark and ran from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. In addition to Fallbrook’s CAP, Orange Coast Group 7 and San Diego Group (which includes Imperial County). According to organizers, over the two days, practice revolved around CAP aircraft and ground crews looking for simulated downed aircraft. In emergency situations, volunteer Civil Air Patrol crews assist the Federal Aviation Association (FAA) in trying to locate lost or overdue aircraft. “Air crews were assigned to locate training emergency locator beacons, locate simulated crash
Civil Air Patrol member Mike Woods prepares a mission status board during a search and rescue exercise (SAREX) held at Fallbrook Airpark on June 13 and 14.
San Diego Group 8 Civil Air Patrol Commander Maj. Jim Redmon discusses the search and rescue exercise (SAREX) during a mission briefing at Fallbrook Airpark on June 14.