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Escrow still hasn’t closed on sale of hospital
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Volume 21, Issue 35
9/11 Memorial Hill Climb honors fallen and promotes unity Tom Ferrall Staff Writer
Tom Ferrall Staff Writer
Another close of escrow date for the sale of the Fallbrook Hospital building to Crestwood Behavioral Health, Inc. has come and gone without the sale being completed. The Fallbrook Regional Health District (FRHD) board voted to sell the vacant building located at 624 East Elder to mental health provider Crestwood at its May 10 meeting and then ratified the sale at a special meeting July 28 to facilitate a scheduled close of escrow date of July 31. Escrow failed to close July 31 because FRHD was dealing with the County of San Diego on a couple of issues regarding the property – a lot line adjustment and a 1989 lien agreement that current board members only recently discovered. Those issues prompted the board at its Aug. 9 meeting to vote to extend close of escrow to Aug. 31. FRHD attorney Blaise Jackson, contacted at his office Sept. 1, confirmed a report that escrow still hadn’t closed. “That is correct but the parties are in discussions about a short (escrow) extension,” said Jackson. “Buyer and seller are talking about it.” Jackson said the reason for the latest delay in closing escrow is
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Hundreds of hikers will scale Monserate Mountain the morning of Sept. 9 as participants in the seventh annual 9/11 Memorial Hill Climb, an event that honors firefighters and law enforcement officers who gave their lives trying to rescue people in the World Trade Center immediately following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers in New York City in 2001. An informational flyer promoting the 9/11 Memorial Hill Climb, a fundraiser that benefits the National Fallen Firefights Foundation and Homes for Our Troops, states “we climb because they climbed.” The Fallbrook Firefighters Association organizes the 9/11 Memorial Hill Climb. John Choi, an associate member of the Fallbrook Firefighters Association Local 1622 and a Fire Captain Paramedic with North County Fire
Participants in last year's 9/11 Memorial Hill Climb make their way up Monserate Mountain.
Shane Gibson photo
see MEMORIAL, page A-8
Fallbrookians can help Texas residents Lucette Moramarco Staff Writer
In the wake of Hurricane
see ESCROW, page A-6 Harvey, Fallbrook resident Roger
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Boddaert is collecting items to send to Texans in need. He set up a collection stand at the foot of his driveway, 1175 Riverview Dr., (off East Mission, near the end of Riverview, look for the flagpole) Aug. 28 and started spreading the word. The Fallbrook Chamber of Commerce pitched in by creating flyers which were posted by several businesses in Fallbrook Aug. 30. Bit by bit, more and more donated items are being dropped off. By Friday morning, Sept. 1, Boddaert counted 15 packed boxes and lots of plastic bags filled with donated items. He said a local couple has volunteered to take some of it with them on their upcoming trip to Texas and a military connection is checking out the possibility of military transport while the Salvation Army and Red Cross are willing to accept the items for
see TEXAS, page A-6
Courtesy photo Donations dropped off by local residents are being collected at the foot of Roger Boddaert’s driveway, 1175 Riverview Dr., (off East Mission, near the end of Riverview, look for the flagpole) in Fallbrook.
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Supervisors The BetterWorld Trust funds early childhood education research in Fallbrook approve changes FALLBROOK – Paul and Diane Garrett, founders of The BetterWorld Trust, quickly became convinced of the profound importance of more adequately supporting early childhood education following an opportunity to hear JB Pritzker, founder of the JB and MK Pritzker Foundation, and Nobel prize winning economist Dr. James Heckman speak at an event in San Diego in 2015. Both JB Pritzker and Dr. Heckman made very convincing arguments about the critical importance and long term value to society at large, of increasing public and private investments in early childhood education. Immediately following their attendance at the Pritzker/Heckman lecture, the Garretts made a decision to refocus the majority of their philanthropic resources, budgeted for educational purposes, to more intentionally support early childhood education efforts in this region. Dr. Heckman’s research has shown that “investment in high-
see CHILDHOOD, page A-9
to subdivision plans Joe Naiman Village News Correspondent
The Heckman Curve was created by Dr. James Heckman, Nobel Laureate economist at the University of Chicago. Dr. Heckman examined and analyzed hundreds of evaluations of services for children and young adults, with a special focus on return on investment. As indicated in the curve, he found that returns on investments in the earliest years are far higher than those for older children and young adults. This is generally due to the immense benefits and effectiveness of preventing problems before they arise, rather than trying to treat them later.
Two separate 5-0 San Diego County Board of Supervisors votes in June approved lien contract agreement amendments and time extensions for previously-approved Fallbrook subdivisions. One action extended the performance completion date for the Good Earth Nursery infrastructure improvements to June 21, 2019, while also approving a substitution of parties in the security agreement. The other action extended the performance completion date for the Live Oak Ranch subdivision to June 21, 2021, while increasing the security amount for that subdivision’s infrastructure. The Good Earth Nursery subdivision is on the northwest side of the intersection of Brooke Road and Winterhaven Road. A tentative map to subdivide the 14.79 acres into 12 single-family residential lots was
see CHANGES, page A-4