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Town hall meeting explores landscape maintenance district idea Andrea Verdin Staff Writer
Representatives from Fallbrook non-profits involved in beautifying and maintaining Fallbrook’s public areas met with the County of San Diego’s Parks and Recreation Department to discuss the possibility of creating a taxpayerfunded landscape maintenance district for Fallbrook. The meeting was held at the Fallbrook Public Utility District’s community room on March 17. Various members of the Fallbrook community were also in attendance at the meeting. Brian Albright, the director of Parks and Recreation for the county conducted the workshop, and Eugene “Skip” Shank of EFS Engineering, Inc. provided details on cost and potential projects, answering questions, and assessing community interest in the idea. “Our job isn’t to tell you what to do with the district, but how to get one started and explain the potential benefits,” said Albright, who explained that regular parks are funded by the general park fund. Unincorporated areas like Fallbrook are able to create County Service Areas to maintain their parks through an annual fee that equates to approximately $35 per home. Interest in a Landscape Maintenance District was generated because the county could take over many local
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Dogs have fun at Bark in the Park
At this year’s Bark in the Park, the first place winner in the Owner Look Alike contest is Mary Caraway and her dog Bailey. The annual event was held at Live Oak Park on March 25. For more photos, see page C-1
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Supervisors set April 12 hearing for pest control district Joe Naiman Village News Correspondent
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Courtesy photo From left, Karen Estes, Carlos Estrella, and Teddie Borges are planning the 1 Love Reggae and Art Festival to raise funds for the Fallbrook Animal Sanctuary. Andrea Verdin Staff Writer
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The arts community of Fallbrook has long worked hard to create an artistic appeal to draw many visitors to the small village, and now those same artists are working hard to bring the community together to raise money for the Fallbrook Animal Sanctuary. The event, which is to be held on May 20 from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Casa Estrella, will have fantastic food, art, and of course, reggae music for guests to enjoy. According to Teddie Borges, this event is a great way to kick off summer and also support the animal sanctuary, which helps find homes for dogs and cats within the greater Fallbrook area. Guests who purchase tickets for the event directly impact the care and wellbeing of animals in the animal sanctuary’s care – the funds will be used for medical care, as well as for buying food and supplies. “Karen Estes, who is on the board of directors for the animal sanctuary asked me if I would help put together an event. My friend Rob Eldon is in a reggae band,
Fluid Foundation, and I asked him if he would perform at an event,” said Borges. “From there, we decided we wanted to have a big event that would celebrate music and art.” Casa Estrella will provide the food and drink, and will also offer a vegan and vegetarian option, if necessary. As part of the entertainment, guests will be able to enjoy music by Fluid Foundation, Selecta REefah, TRC Sound System, Rasta Paw, High Minded, and Nicholas Dell of Solution. During musical performances, artist Cameron Schuyler will be doing live paintings, which will then be donated for purchase at the event. Guests will also be able to purchase items from vendors, sample wine, and bid on items from a silent auction during the event. “Artists are welcome to purchase easel space for the event,” said Borges. “We are also still looking for vendors as well. We are not asking for them to give a portion of sales for the event, but just to pay for the vendor ($75) or easel space ($25).”
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the livelihood of farmers,” said Supervisor Bill Horn, who grows grapefruit and tangelos as well An April 12 San Diego County as avocados on his Valley Center Board of Supervisors hearing will farm. “I think we would be doing determine the fate of a proposed the agricultural community a Citrus Pest Control District in part great service by giving farmers the collective authority to make of San Diego County. decisions about The hearing protecting their to create “The pest control district is a property from the Citrus collaborative pest management these pests.” Pest Control A single D i s t r i c t tool. It’s an option to address the Asian Citrus covering farms in Pala, increasing risk of huanglongbing in P s y l l i d c a n be a vector of Pauma Valley, San Diego County.” huanglongbing San Pasqual, – Agricultural commissioner Ha Dang. disease which and Borrego causes tree Springs was set by a 5-0 Board of Supervisors vote death, and a psyllid can carry March 15. The proposed district’s huanglongbing from an infected property owners and board would tree to a previously-healthy tree. Every Florida county determine the fees or funding sources to prevent outbreaks of which grows citrus now has huanglongbing disease which are huanglongbing. The first Asian Citrus Psyllid find in San Diego fatal to citrus trees. “The Asian Citrus Psyllid see HEARING, page A-9 can wipe out crops and threaten
Cdebaca sentenced to 50 years to life in prison VISTA – A woman who shot her son-in-law a dozen times at their Fallbrook home after he criticized her attire was sentenced March 22 to 50 years to life in prison. Cynthia Cdebaca, 66, was convicted last month of firstdegree murder in the Feb. 11, 2014, killing of 53-year-old Geoward Eustaquio. Around 8 a.m. the day of the killing, the two were alone in his home – getting ready to go to a spelling bee for his daughter – when he made a snide remark about her clothing and told her to change, according to Deputy District Attorney Keith Watanabe. Cdebaca went upstairs to her granny flat’ adjacent to the residence and retrieved a .38-caliber, five-shot revolver and shot Eustaquio five times in the backyard, the prosecutor said. When the victim didn’t die, Cdebaca went to her car and reloaded her gun, then went back and shot him five more times, the
prosecutor said. Eustaquio crawled inside the home but was shot at five more times by his mother-in-law after she reloaded the gun again, Watanabe told the jury. All but three of the 15 shots she fired struck the victim, he said. Cdebaca went to a Denny’s restaurant for breakfast, gambled at a casino, then went to her favorite coffee shop, where she was arrested, the prosecutor said. The defendant told authorities that her son-in-law was abusive toward his wife and children and that they had put up with him for 13 years. Defense attorney William Stone said Cdebaca “snapped’’ after seeing her daughter and grandchildren abused. The defendant told detectives that she shot Eustaquio to protect her family from him, and Stone asked jurors to find Cdebaca guilty of manslaughter.