Friday night the Valley Center Chamber
of Commerce honored Citizen of the Year Debra Jockinsen
at the annual installation banquet and installed this year’s
slate of officers, starting with President Claudia Johnson
for a second one-year term. (more)
Inventor Crawford Meeks has been listening
to friends complaining about the mess the United States
is in, and “complaining doesn’t cut it, so I
put together some ideas on how we might make some changes
in the government.” (more)
Chief Wallace honored
Cal Fire Chief Cristina Wallace, who was
Valley Center’s Administrative Battalion Chief from
August 2009–October 2011 was honored at Thursday night’s
meeting of the VC Fire Protection District board, where
Pres. Weaver Simonsen presented her with a plaque recognizing
the chief for her “significant contributions to the
district.”
On Friday attorneys for the non-profit
public corporation CalAware filed a lawsuit against the
county Board of Supervisors accusing the board of violating
the Brown Act in the way it adopted the recommendations
of the “The Red Tape Reduction Task Force.”
(more)
Valley Center’s planning group, along with 25 planning
and sponsor groups, will not go quietly into the good
night that two members of the Board of Supervisors, Bill
Horn and Ron Roberts, have planned for them. (more)
The Oaks Indian Hill Ranch on Woods Valley
Road, which for many years has raised prize-winning horses,
has been sold to the San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians
for an undisclosed price. (more)
At its January meeting, the Valley Center
Pauma Unified School Board approved contracts that included
a one-half percent (0.5%) salary increase for both classified
and certificated staff members. The salary increase is retroactive
to Jan. 1, 2012. (more)
Chief Wallace honored
