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Volume 20, Issue 50
Santa surprises Boys & Girls Club members Andrea Verdin Staff Writer
Santa’s in the middle of finalizing his list of good boys and girls, and as a way to double check everyone’s wish list, he swung by the Boys & Girls Clubs of North County’s Ingold Unit on Dec. 9, surprising over 120 children as they played. Santa drove up in his back-up vehicle, a white pickup filled with presents and Christmas lights, as the reindeer were practicing take offs for the big night. As children played, Santa’s assistants and Boys & Girls Club employees transformed one of the offices into his living room so he could chat with each child, and give them an opportunity to tell him what he wanted for Christmas. Santa’s main elf on site, Rose Brown-Sayek, helped secretly coordinate the visit with the Boys & Girls Club, as she and her son, Matthew Salek, have personal connections to the man in red. “Before, [Matthew’s] dad used to have Santa visit, but he was killed in a motorcycle accident two years ago,” said Brown-Sayek. “I’ve helped Santa surprise with visits since then. Once he came caroling with us, another time we caught him sleeping on our couch after caroling.” Brown-Sayek felt that she could help Santa spread holiday cheer by giving him an opportunity to speak with more Fallbrook children, which made the Boys & Girls Club the ideal location for the meet and greet.
Name needed for new winery replacing Fallbrook Golf Club Tom Ferrall Staff Writer
As workers continue to clean up and clear the land that used to serve as the 18-hole course of Fallbrook Golf Club, attention is also being focused on naming the new winery that will be built on the Gird Valley property. Jade and Julie Work, the Fallbrook couple who purchased the defunct Fallbrook Golf Club and its 116 acres of real estate, are seeking the public’s help in coming up with a name for their winery. Jade Work asked Teresa Platt of the group SaveFallbrookGolfCourse. com to oversee a “Name the Winery Contest,” which will reward the person who comes up with the winning name a cash prize and bragging rights. Submissions should be emailed to savefallbrookgolfcourse@gmail. com. A c c o r d i n g t o t h e w w w. SaveFallbrookGolfCourse.com web site, there is no limit on the number on entries people may submit. However, the site says there is “just one tiny condition: you can’t use the words Fallbrook, Gird, or Jade and Julie’s names.” “It’s going to be interesting to see what people come up with,”
see NAME, page A-11
see SANTA, page A-7
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At the Boys & Girls Clubs Ingold Unit, Sarah visits with Santa and accepts a present from him on Dec. 9.
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Bonsall woman decorates home with 23 Christmas trees for the holidays
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Bonsall resident Sylvia Colton’s “Mardi Gras” Christmas tree is decorated in only gold, purple and green and features beads she received while attending a Fat Tuesday celebration. See a story and more photos on page A-6.
Potter’s TechNo-Logic robotics team competes in SoCal First Lego League Finals Andrea Verdin Staff Writer
Potter Jr. High’s Tech-No-Logic robotics team was recently ranked 51st out of more than 450 teams nationwide at the SoCal First Lego League (FLL) finals, which were held Dec. 3 at Legoland. Though this is the first year a robotics team has been formed at Potter, the group’s high scores allowed them to advance from the semifinals, which were held Nov. 5 at Poway High School. To prepare, the two Fallbrook teams, STEMTASTIC and TechNo-Logic, met twice a week with Chuck Floto, the Potter Jr. High robotics team coach, to work on their design, programming, problem solving and project presentation. The FLL is an alliance between For Inspiration & Recognition of Science & Technology (FIRST) and the LEGO® Group. Its robotics program, for students age 9 to 14, gives them the opportunity to apply programming and engineering skills to their robot design. The program also teaches them valuable employment and life skills with an emphasis on its core values. During the competition, teams programmed a robot using a LEGO MINDSTORMS® robot set to score points on a thematic playing surface, create an innovative solution to a problem as part of their Project, all while guided by the FLL Core Values. These three elements – the Robot Game, Project, and FLL Core Values –
see TECH, page A-10