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• Salaries up 4 percent • Lump sum payments 3 percent Andrea Verdin Special to The Village News The Fallbrook Union High School District (FUHSD) board of trustees ratified a collective bargaining agreement between the district and the Fallbrook Union High School Teachers Association (FUHSTA). The agreement was ratified by FUHSTA membership on November 3. The collective bargaining agreement between FUHSTA and FUHSD expired on June 30, 2014. Though expired, the district and the FUHSTA continued to operate under the provisions of that contract.
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Signs of Christmas season appear
see FUHSD, page A-10
FPUD commits funds for design of Conjunctive Use Project Joe Naiman Village News Correspondent Infrastructure Engineering Corporation will be providing design services to the Fallbrook Public Utility District for the FPUD portion of the Santa Margarita River Conjunctive Use Project. FPUD’s 3-1 board vote October 27, with Archie McPhee opposed and Bert Hayden absent, authorized a contract for up to $3,205,140 although the board action only authorized the project phasing,
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Ken Seals photo Fallbrook artist Kathie Krenz Brown paints a holiday-themed garland of flowers on the windows of the Espresso Lounge on Nov. 19, while manager Stefanie Aguilar watches the progress of the work from inside. The Espresso Lounge is located on South Main Ave. in Fallbrook’s historic downtown area.
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Joe Naiman Village News Correspondent Fallbrook High School won its first CIF boys water polo championship since 1993 with a 10-5 victory November 22 against Mar Vista at La Jolla High School’s Coggan Pool. The Warriors overcame a 4-2 third-quarter deficit in the CIF Division II final, scoring the game’s next six goals to take the lead for the rest of the game. “It was a great game. We certainly didn’t play and shoot as well as we had hoped to, especially in the first half,” said Fallbrook coach Bill Richardson. The Mariners held a 3-2 halftime lead; the Warriors had taken 14 shots at that point. “I told the kids to keep shooting,” Richardson said. Fallbrook took another 14 shots in the second half. “We’ve been there before,” Richardson said of coming from behind. “I
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was confident that we’d find a way if we could get out of our own way.” The Warriors brought a 23-7 regular-season record into the post-season and were the top seed in the Division II playoffs, giving Fallbrook a first-round bye. In the November 14 quarterfinals at Coggan Pool the Warriors faced eighth-seeded La Jolla Country Day and prevailed by a 10-7 score. “We didn’t play our best game. La Jolla Country Day gave us a great match,” Richardson said. “We were in control of the game,” Richardson said. “Just couldn’t find the back of the cage.” Fallbrook senior Bobby Guerra played against La Jolla Country Day but became ill shortly after. He did not play in the November 18 semifinal against fourth-seeded Eastlake at Coggan Pool, nor had he practiced prior to that game.
see CIF, page C-3