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Volume 20, Issue 27
Sale of Fallbrook Golf Club expected to be finalized this week
Andrea Verdin Staff Writer
Fallbrook’s history is about to gain a few shades of color, thanks to the Fallbrook Latino Heritage Foundation (FLHF). While the Fallbrook Historical Society has worked tirelessly to gather as much information as possible about the community’s foundation, stories from several groups, such as Latinos and Native Americans, were not fully represented in the historical information gathered. The FLHF has made gathering information about founding Latino families its priority, and aims to celebrate the Latino presence in Fallbrook. Though it’s not the first group to do so, it has slowly been gathering traction with the Latino community by providing events that celebrate various aspects of its culture. One such event was the Dia de Los Muertos in September 2015, which was hosted by the FLHF and Masonic Cemetery Association. Nearly 100 graves were decorated in the Masonic Cemetery as a way to honor the lives of those who had passed. FLHF has begun videoing and documenting stories from Latinos who have historical roots in the community, and can remember information that has been missing from history until now. This information will be included in the Fallbrook Historical Society archives. Currently, four members comprise the FLHF: Veronica Pertusini, president; Ricardo Favela, vice president; Jahnine Flores, treasurer; and Luis Higinio, member.
see FESTIVAL, page A-9
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Shane Gibson photo Harold Vaubel of HGM Golf Enterprises, right, entered into an agreement to purchase Fallbrook Golf Club on June 28. He is shown with business partner Cary Lee of Candylgolf Golf Group, Inc., a golf construction company. Vaubel and Lee will work to restore and improve the 18-hole course in the Gird Valley. Tom Ferrall Staff Writer The sale of Fallbrook Golf Club, which began June 28 when Harold Vaubel of HGM Golf Enterprises, LLC, entered into an agreement to purchase Fallbrook Golf Course, Inc., from Jack Lamberson, is expected to be completed this week. As of Tuesday, July 5 (the deadline for this article), lawyers representing both parties were meeting to seal the deal.
Fallbrook Golf Club was closed by Lamberson on June 25. After reaching the agreement with Lamberson on June 28, Vaubel, with Lamberson’s blessing, reopened the course on Friday, July 1, and has kept it open while the lawyers vet out the sale. Vaubel, who has 34 years of experience as a golf course superintendent, and his longtime business colleague, Cary Lee, CEO of the golf construction company Candylgolf Group, immediately started working on
the course after the agreement with Lamberson was made. Lee instantly signed up golf course maintenance workers who had been let go due to the closure, and the crew had water hitting the greens and tee boxes by that evening. It was the first watering of the course in four days. “Our priorities for the golf course are greens, tees, fairways, and roughs,” said Vaubel, “And the main issue on any golf course is irrigation and we are already working on that.”
FUHSD gathering data for possible bond measure
see SALE, page A-8
NCFPD to staff Rainbow fire station with captain paramedic Tom Ferrall Staff Writer
the past two years. However, the majority of Fallbrook High’s facilities were built from 1955 to 1978. The most recent additions to Fallbrook High were 31 portable classrooms, which have a 25-year lifespan. The varying ages of facilities has become problematic for administration, as different buildings have different systems for electricity and fire put in place. “Buildings that were built in the 50s and 60s have a 5-kilovolt system put in because that’s all that was around,” said Hatcher.
The North County Fire Protection District (NCFPD) board of directors on June 28 voted unanimously to move forward with a resource deployment trial that fire chief Stephen Abbott believes will result in positive changes in the district’s operations. “One of the things we’re most excited about is we will be putting captain paramedics out in Rainbow,” said Abbott, who said three captains will be working on a shift basis at station six (2309 Rainbow Valley Blvd.) beginning in mid July. “Having that staffing out there in Rainbow is a big deal,” said Abbott. “That will be a new thing for us, to get that paramedic care into a rural community that didn’t have it immediately.” Abbott said the Rainbow station has historically been a 100 percent volunteer station, with staff primarily made up of young Emergency Medical Technicians who have some basic fire training but are early in their fire service careers. “One of the challenges is many of them don’t necessarily have the time and the certification and qualification to operate the apparatus,” said Abbott. “You can’t just drive around a 30,000 or 40,000
see BOND, page A-8
see PARAMEDIC, page A-9
Shane Gibson photo A construction worker works on a roof structure replacement for one of Fallbrook High School’s buildings. Funds for the upgrade come from a fund set aside for repair and maintenance. Leaks occurred regularly in classrooms because plywood and roofing materials had long been worn away.
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Vaubel resides in Oro Valley, Ariz., with his wife, Linda, and together they make up HGM Golf Enterprises. “HGM Golf Enterprises has been up and in operation for a year and a half,” said Vaubel. “It’s a continuation of HGM Consulting, which I had from 1985.” Vaubel has been in the golf business for 46 years and has been the golf course superintendent at 10 different clubs – Tucson
Andrea Verdin Staff Writer Fallbrook Union High School District (FUHSD) administration is currently gathering information to present to its board of trustees in regards to a bond measure, which could possibly be put on the ballot this November. According to FUHSD chief business officer Wil Hatcher, several elements of the school property are in need of improvement, replacement or updating. On March 16, the board of trustees held a study session
for the purpose of receiving an update on the condition of the high school’s facilities. “This goes back to September 2015, when we had a waterline break,” said Hatcher, who said that once the three-inch line was replaced, inspection of the faulty pipe showed the pipe was nearly rusted shut “like an artery.” “That started the conversation: what will be the next thing [that breaks]?” said Hatcher. Some elements of the high school district, such as the Oasis and Ivy high school buildings, have been reconstructed or replaced within