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Volume 21, Issue 31
Greenwood wins big at American Dairy Goat Association National Show
Tom Ferrall Staff Writer
As of Aug. 8, the deadline for this issue of the Village News, escrow had not yet closed on the sale of the Fallbrook Hospital building to Crestwood Behavioral Health, Inc. The Fallbrook Regional Health District (FRHD) board voted to sell the empty building located at 624 East Elder St. to Crestwood for $4.5 million during a regular board meeting May 10 and then voted to ratify the sale at a special board meeting July 28. FRHD attorney Blaise Jackson had said at the board’s July 12 meeting that escrow was expected to close July 31. “There is one hold up,” said FRHD executive director Bobbi Palmer Aug. 8 when asked about the close of escrow. “I cannot share anything more other than the Fallbrook Regional Health District will let the Village News know (when escrow closes) as soon as we know.” Palmer added that FRHD could have some information in the “next 24 to 48 hours,” making it possible that the district could announce the close of escrow at its regular board meeting Aug. 9.
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Audrey Greenwood is seen with all the ribbons she earned on her way to winning Premier Youth LaMancha Breeder at the ADGA nationals in Madison, Wisconsin. [inset] Audrey Greenwood and her LaMancha goat Eli display their blue ribbon won in the national senior showmanship competition. Joe Naiman Village News Correspondent Audrey Greenwood competed in the American Dairy Goat Association National Show in Madison, Wisconsin, and won both the senior showmanship competition and the premier LaMancha youth exhibitor award as well as the American LaMancha Club outstanding youth award during the July 9-11 competition. “Winning national showmanship definitely wasn’t easy,” said Greenwood. “That was years of preparation for that.” Greenwood, who graduated from Oasis High School this spring, has bred dairy goats for 10 years. She uses the business name Argonne’s Dairy Goats and named her entity after the U.S.S. Argonne; Greenwood’s great-grandfather was a Pearl Harbor survivor and was stationed on the Argonne. The senior showmanship competition is for exhibitors between the ages of 17 and 20. Greenwood showed Eli, a two-
year-old doe. Greenwood had to re-clip Eli the day prior to showing the doe. “All that preparation paid off when I won,” Greenwood said. During the San Diego County Fair’s Livestock Breed Show, Eli was the dairy goat senior reserve champion (based on the age of the goat) while Greenwood and Eli received first place in the dairy goat showmanship competition. That advanced them to the showmanship competition for all large animals, and they earned second place, but that master showmanship competition was July 4, the same day that Greenwood was leaving for Wisconsin. Family members and friends loaded the does that Greenwood was to show at the ADGA National Show right after the fair competition, and the Greenwood family left for Wisconsin from the fairgrounds as scheduled July 4. “ We l i t e r a l l y w e n t f r o m nine days at the fair straight to Wisconsin,” said Greenwood. “We didn’t even go home.”
The journey took the Greenwood family through California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Nebraska, and Iowa before they arrived in Madison July 8. The ADGA National Show itself encompassed July 8-14, and Greenwood helped other goat owners and breeders during the week. “I enjoyed helping all the other Southern California breeders who went up there,” Greenwood said. Greenwood showed nine LaMancha does at the ADGA National Show. She was told that the 2017 show had the biggest class of goats since the 1990s; nearly 50 goat kids were shown. Points for various events including showmanship are used to determine the premier exhibitors. Greenwood had the most points among LaMancha exhibitors. “That was pretty cool,” she said. Her other eight goats were shown in the breed show, and Greenwood had multiple top 10 does. “I’m competing against people who have been breeding
NCFPD receives $175,000 AFG grant award
FALLBROOK – North County Fire Protection District (NCFPD) has received a $175,000 AFG (Assistance to Firefighters Grants) award toward the purchase of a new ambulance. “With emergency medical calls increasing by nearly 20 percent over the last two years and ambulance mileage tripling with the loss of Fallbrook Hospital, we could not have asked for better
timing,” said Fire Chief Stephen Abbott. “Thank you Department of Homeland Security.” The primary goal of the Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) is to enhance the safety of the public and firefighters with respect to fire-related hazards by providing direct financial assistance to eligible fire departments, nonaffiliated Emergency Medical Services
dairy goats for over 30 years,” she said. The Greenwood family left Madison July 15 and returned to Fallbrook July 18. “It was just really fun going up there and meeting new people,” Greenwood said. Greenwood went to Wisconsin with momentum following another successful campaign at the San Diego County Fair, where her highlights included winning both grand champion and reserve champion in two dairy goat classes and receiving a Junior Livestock Auction Scholarship of $1,000. In the Livestock Breed Show, which for dairy goats took place June 14-18, Greenwood had both the grand champion and reserve champion dairy goats for the junior group and the grand champion and reserve champion dairy goats for the senior contingent. “I won every class that I went in,” Greenwood said. The junior grand champion
see GREENWOOD, page A-9
Reward offered for information on Fallbrook home burglary
(EMS) organizations, and State Fire Training Academies (SFTA). This funding is for critically needed resources to equip and train emergency personnel to recognized standards, enhance operations efficiencies, foster interoperability, and support community resilience. The District also recently
SAN DIEGO COUNTY – On Aug. 8, San Diego County Crime Stoppers and investigators from the Fallbrook Sheriff’s substation asked for help in identifying and locating the person who broke into the garage of a home and stole $15,000 worth of custom carved wooden bowls. The incident happened overnight July 27 at a home in the 2400 block of East Mission Road. The burglar(s) took at least 15 bowls. The artist values each bowl at around $1,000. Also stolen were two leaf blowers. The burglar(s) also broke into a truck and SUV parked inside the garage and stole several items, including a GPS and garage door openers. The Sheriff’s Department would like to remind the public to lock their homes and cars to avoid becoming the victim of a crime. To see the department’s “Lock It or Lose It” video, visit https://vimeo. com/158533316.
see NCFPD, page A-5
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The AFG award will help purchase a new ambulance like this one.
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