File - Fallbrook Land Conservancy

Fundraising campaign
launched for new arbor
Long-Tailed Weasel (Mustela frenata). Photo by Jan Beeler, NPRT volunteer.
NRCS grant to fund habitat
restoration projects at four preserves
A $140,354 grant from the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Natural Resource Conservation Service, has been
awarded to the FLC for habitat restoration at four preserves.
The restoration will start this year
and continue through 2017 at Los Jilgueros, Appleton, Heller’s Bend, and
Dinwiddie preserves.
The purpose of the funding is to
improve riparian habitat for the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax
traillii extimus) which is federally listed
as endangered.
The flycatcher currently occupies a
large area of the San Luis Rey River.
The funds provided through the
Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program of
NRCS, aim to provide additional habitat at FLC preserves “as we work to
recover this species with riparian corridor improvements,” explained Shea
O’Keefe, a biologist for NRCS.
The restoration at Los Jilgueros will
include removal of invasive species
along the eastern boundary of the
wetlands and northern portion of the
preserve by the upper pond.
The funding will also include construction of fencing; planting of native
shrubs and trees; creating brush and
rock piles for habitat; and the installation of a nesting island for water fowl.
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The FLC is searching for corporate
sponsors and other donors for a new
patio cover for the historic Palomares
House.
San Diego County’s Neighborhood
Reinvestment Program has awarded
the FLC a $15,000 grant to replace
the wooden shade structure that was
originally installed in the early ‘90s.
The FLC is hoping to replace the
now dilapidated arbor with a new
aluminum structure that will be maintenance-free, termite-free and last many
years.
Cost of the new aluminum structure
is estimated at $31,000, according to
Mike Peters, executive director.
The FLC must raise an additional
$16,000 by next June to complete the
project or risk forfeiting the grant.
The Palomares House serves as FLC
headquarters and is also used for
meetings by community groups and for
other events, such as our annual fundraiser, Stagecoach Sunday. A new
arbor would improve the appearance
of the entire house and adjoining park
and the many events held there.
Any contribution members can
make to this worthwhile project will be
greatly appreciated. The names of
individuals or businesses who donate
$100 or more will be honored on a
plaque to be placed near the arbor.
Those contributing more than $500 will
also receive an engraved memory tile
in Palomares Park.
Complete the simple form on the
back page and mail it with your tax
deductible donation today. Please
help us match the County’s generous
grant!
From the Executive Director
Working together to protect our preserves
O
ur nature preserves are
special places to visit,
hike and enjoy local
birds, animals and native habitat. They are also uniquely
different properties to maintain, monitor
and fund.
Maintenance costs are directly proportional to the number of people using
our trails, and with the addition of memorial benches, trash cans, signage and
information kiosks our costs rise dramatically.
Our 46-acre Los Jilgueros Preserve,
for example, requires upkeep of 1.7
miles of looping trails, ponds, a
firescape garden, as well as several
memorial benches, information kiosks,
signage, a parking lot and trash cans. It
is visited by an estimated 6,000 people
a year. At an annual budget of
$12,000, it is our most expensive preserve to maintain. On the other end of
the spectrum, we have preserves with
little or no public access that cost as low
as $1,000 annually.
Trash removal is costly. Where garbage cans have been installed, trash
must be picked up weekly -- especially
if the cans are near our parking lots
where visitors have been known to also
drop off their household trash. We have
had as many as eight refrigerators
dumped on a preserve at one time, and
even 55-gallon drums full of hazardous
waste have been left in our parking lots.
Plastic bottles tossed into the chaparral
or coastal sage because their owners
didn’t want to carry them is another
ongoing problem.
Each of our preserves also require
yearly and, in some cases, twice yearly,
monitoring and documentation. One of
the tasks of monitoring is to prevent
encampments. Over the years, we’ve
found someone building a rock-and-mud
house at Rock Mountain Preserve, and
men and women living in tents and under cardboard.
Recently, we had reports of a group
of teens with pellet guns shooting the
ducks in the upper pond at Los Jilgueros. This is not the first time. People who
draw ducks to the shoreline by feeding
them make them easy targets for
hoodlums. Our signs and kiosks are
also regularly used for target practice or marred with graffiti. We’ve
even had entire sections of boardwalk removed and hauled to the
pond to create a fishing platform. All
of these destructive activities increase
maintenance costs.
Vegetation is monitored regularly, with three of our preserves
mowed as many as four times a year
— at a cost of $500 to $700 each
time. We are making progress in this
area, however, by removing nonnative vegetation and replacing it
with natives. Engel Preserve and our
Creekside Conservation Easement no
longer need time-consuming and expensive mowing due to aggressive
habitat restoration work. We’ve
made good progress on our other
preserves as well.
Visitors to our preserves can help
keep maintenance costs down by simply packing out what they pack in, as
well as picking up after others. Anyone noticing illegal activity occurring
on our preserves should contact the
sheriff immediately at 760-7281113.
This year, members Jeff and Jan
Ropes have volunteered to take on
the responsibility of trash pickup
along Stage Coach Lane. They are
also keeping the benches in good
shape on Dinwiddie Preserve. Connie
Freeze and Brett Modrell pick up the
trash and care for the benches at
Heller’s Bend. William (Billy) Howard
takes time out of his landscape and
handyman service to volunteer mowing the lawns and mulching the soil
around the flowers at the Palomares
House and grounds.
While there is, and always will
be, bad acorns, with your dedication
the FLC will continue to grow like the
mighty oak, standing proud, with
deep roots of support as we work
together to protect our special places.
See you on the trail!
— Mike Peters
ORGANIZATION
Executive Director
& Preserve Manager
Mike Peters
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Chair Gary Beeler
Vice Chair Joan Zimmerman
Chief Financial Officer Bob Wright
Members
Kent Borsch, John Crawford,
Donna Gebhart, Vince Ross,
Lynne Weiss
——
Community Outreach/Newsletter Editor
Jennifer Anderson
Accounting Deborah Crawford
Legal Counsel/Secretary
John Crawford
Tax Advisor Mark Hvasta
——
Acquisitions & Stewardship
Committee Chair
Wallace Tucker
Finance Committee Chair
Bob Wright
Fundraising Committee Chair
Kent Borsch
Save Our Forest Chair
Jackie Heyneman
Trails Council Chair
Donna Gebhart
Technical Advisory Board
Mike Peters (Chair), Jack Bebee, Gary Beeler, Tom
Chester, Donna Gebhart, Jim Hall, Jackie Heyneman,
Amy & Scott Rowland, Wallace Tucker, and Ken
Weaver.
Visit us or make a donation today at
www.fallbrooklandconservancy.org
Roxanne Youssi, webmaster
Donations by credit card or PayPal
can be made on our website.
Just click the donate link.
NRCS Grant
Family Fun
Stagecoach Sunday kicks off
Fallbrook’s fall festivities
The 23rd Annual Stagecoach Sunday, our biggest fundraiser of the year,
will be held from 1 to 4:30 p.m. on
October 6.
Bring the family and enjoy authentic
stagecoach rides, live music from the
Stone House Band, a delicious barbeque dinner, beer-and-wine garden, the
ever-popular silent auction and raffle,
kids’ games, reptile, snake and falconry
demonstrations, animal exhibits, pumpkin decorating, face painting and more.
The event is held at the Palomares
House and Park at 1815 S. Stage
Coach Lane in Fallbrook.
Admission is FREE. Dinner tickets cost
$10 adults, $5 children, with several
packages available that also include
drink and raffle tickets.
Stagecoach Sunday kicks off several fun activities to be held throughout
the month of October as part of the
Fallbrook Chamber of Commerce 2nd
Annual Scarecrow Days.
Order your tickets early by mailing
the enclosed flyer and envelope with
your check made payable to the Fallbrook Land Conservancy.
You can also order tickets online at
www.fallbrooklandconservancy.org.
Tickets will be available for sale on the
day of the event.
Jean Marshall photo
From left, Dick Olsen, John Crawford
and Mike Peters.
Chamber’s annual
golf tournament
to benefit FLC
The Fallbrook Chamber of Commerce will host is Annual Charity Golf
Tournament on Friday, Sept. 27 at the
San Luis Rey Downs Golf Resort in Bonsall.
This year, the chamber has chosen
the FLC as its charity partner.
The event is a four-person team,
best ball format, with two divisions of
play: open and senior (over 60).
Check-in is 11:30 a.m., with a Shotgun Start at 12:30 p.m. Dinner is at 6
p.m., followed by awards and prizes.
Entry fee is $95 per person, with
active military fee $75 and Sponsor a
Wounded Warrior $95.
The entry fee includes green fee
and cart, range balls, dinner, awards
ceremony, opportunity drawing and
goodie bag.
There will be special prizes for
“Closest to the Pin,” “Straightest Drive,”
“Hole-in-One Contest,” and “Longest
Drive.”
Entry deadline is no later than
Sept. 20. Entry forms are available on
the FLC website or fallbrookchamberofcommerce.org.
For phone reservations with credit
card, call 760-728-5845.
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Habitat restoration at Appleton
Preserve will start in 2014 and continue through 2015. Numerous Mexican
and Canary Island Palms and other
non-native tree species will be eradicated and, in some cases, mechanically
shredded. Native trees and shrubs will
be planted in various locations along
the riparian habitat.
Work at Heller’s Bend will also
start in 2014 and continue through
2017. Projects there include monitoring; removal of invasive species; planting of natives; building of brush and
rock pile habitats; and the installation
of perch poles for raptors and nesting
boxes for bats.
At Dinwiddie Preserve, a native
grassland planting that was started in
2010 will continue through 2015 as a
result of the new funding. The project
will also include removal of invasive
species, planting of native plants and
trees, and the installation of rock and
brush pile habitats.
The southwestern willow flycatcher
is a small, neotropical migratory bird
that breeds in the arid southwestern
United States. It depends upon dense
tree and shrub communities associated
with rivers, swamps and other wetlands. According to NRCS, the bird has
become increasingly isolated and
widely dispersed as the result of surface water diversion, groundwater
pumping, changes in flood and fire
regimes, and the establishment of nonnative and invasive plants.
Wanted:
Auction Donations
Please support our conservation efforts
by donating a gift to the ever-popular
Silent Auction and Raffle at
Stagecoach Sunday on Oct. 6.
Monetary contributions are also greatly
appreciated. All donations are tax
deductible and will be acknowledged
in our program and other publicity.
For more information,
call the FLC office at 760-728-0889
or email [email protected].
Save Our Forest
Parking lot tree planting, new grant and projects
C
ompletion of a tree planting and beautification
project has been on the
front burner for Save Our
Forest over the last few months. The
parking lot below the library and behind the Art Center is the site where 12
trees are finally in the ground -planted on April 7 with the help of 40
community volunteers. Finally out of the
box, these happy trees will create a
large canopy of shade for the community.
Over seven years ago we started
with 13 one-gallon Chinese Elms (Ulmus
parviflora) donated by TY Nursery.
They were placed in 24-inch pots, then
later into 36-inch boxes donated by
Pardee Nursery. They are now free to
grow and create a large canopy of
shade for the community. Asphalt heat
islands notoriously cause cars to heat
up, often above 140 degrees, causing
gasoline to vaporize and pollute the
atmosphere. On and on one can quote
the experts, but we are just happy to
see the trees in the ground, pushing out
lots of new growth and maintaining
even in the heat because soil around
them retains enough moisture.
Several beautiful rocks donated by
Fallbrook Public Utility District, and
moved via a donation of time and expertise by Michelle McCleod of Southwest Boulder, are now in place along
with plantings by SOF. Michelle’s driver
used special equipment so deftly that it
made the pickup and placement of giant rocks look like a twirling ballet.
Some ongoing care needs to happen,
but essentially the project is complete.
They also moved rocks to a location on
South Mission, our next site to spruce up
the neighborhood.
California Releaf Awards
Our grant application to California
ReLeaf has been accepted and will
provide some funding for professional
care of downtown trees, a replacement
tree and environmental education. Once
the contract is signed, we can notify the
community and surrounding areas of an
opportunity to learn more about proper
SOF downtown tree planting.
Chinese Elms make artful display.
pruning methods, along with information that can help residents learn the
importance of the makeup and qualities of trees and their placement to
help homeowners minimize their energy usage and maintenance costs.
Watch for the dates in the local newspaper.
place the monarch there. The other
location near the Chamber office now
sports a new Evergreen Pear to augment the spectacular spring bloom in
the heart of town.
Classroom Education
Our environmental education for
the fourth and fifth grades in four
schools has been completed for the
2012-2013 school year.
New trees on Main
The huge ficus trees on Main are
gone, much to the chagrin of many
Fallbrook residents, due to major
plumbing issues plaguing merchants
for years. In the meantime, we have
been working with the County and, as
I write, the new sidewalk at the corner
of Main and Alvarado is being installed and two new trees will re-
Placement of rocks complete planting.
Caring for the Future
The future of the Treescape Project started by SOF in 1995 weighs
heavily on the mind of the group who
continues the care of our urban forest
with volunteer work parties and tree
stewards. Some professional pruning
and a part-time employee have all
been made possible through donations
from you, the good people of Fallbrook.
It is primarily due to the hard
work and dedication of our volunteers
that we have been able to save for the
future in a Legacy Endowment. A recent donation of $50,000 to that fund
makes the total of our endowment at
$86,000. We hope to build on this
and ultimately provide enough income
from the annual principal to take care
of pruning at the very least.
Saving to build this fund is important for this unincorporated community.
Our hope is to reach a level of value
for earnings to provide basic care for
the thousands of trees we have
planted.
—Jackie Heyneman,
SOF Chair
Trails Council Update
Enjoying the beauty of the Valley
T
his has been a very exciting
year for the Trails Council
We have had a couple of volunteer
work days, and also we have had the
Cal Fire crews out multiple days to help
us keep the trails in the best possible
shape. This is a great service for us and
our community. We are getting a lot of
usage in the Valley, and have had some
trouble with graffiti. So we purchased a
tool that we hope will help us remove
the graffiti off of the rocks along the
trails.
We are getting more volunteers to
lead the Cal Fire crews, and their hard
work and dedication has been invaluable. We still have some places that
can use a little more work, but most of
the Santa Margarita River Valley has
been “brushed” so the trails are in
pretty good shape, and the crossings
are clear as well.
Santa Margarita River Valley trail.
We also received a $500 donation
from the Rotary Club of Fallbrook. The
group is very appreciative of the work
we do on the trails, which allows a lot
of our community to enjoy the outdoors
in a safe environment. We are seeing
a lot more families on the trails, which
is very rewarding. Hopefully, those
kids will grow up to appreciate the
trails, pathways and parks as much as
we do!
—Donna Gebhart, Chair
Trails Council
Art benefit raises
funds for FLC
Brandon Gallery awarded $420
to the FLC as its share of the proceeds
from the recent ‘Art by the Inch’ benefit
at the gallery.
The show featured the work of 16
artists who applied their unique styles
to create a 30-foot long mural consisting of abstract, impressionist and realistic art.
In honor of the FLC, the theme of
the mural focused on “The Land.”
Painting of the mural started in
June, followed by a public reception
on June 22. The mural was then displayed through the end of July to allow art collectors and patrons to select
portions of the finished mural for $1
per square inch.
The FLC is grateful for the support
of Brandon Gallery and the talented
artists who participated in this worthwhile benefit. The artists were: Diane
Adams, Claire-Lise Matthey Anderegg,
Gabriel Bitter, Linda Doll, Robin Erick-
Gary Beeler, FLC chair, with Carol Zaleski,
curator for the benefit.
son, Penny Fedorchak, Helen Shaeffer
Garcia, Patricia Korzec, Jean Madueno, Rita Miller, Kathleen Morgan,
Collette Passini, Rich Stergulz, Lyndelle
Stonik, Linda Thorne and Carol Zaleski.
Forty new members
join during annual
spring drive
Forty new members joined the
FLC during its annual membership
drive held from April 20 through
May 18.
The purpose of the drive was to
attract new supporters, as well as
raise public awareness of our organization and its mission.
“The FLC was founded by a
small group of local citizens who
recognized the value of preserving
open space for future generations.
The continued support of our community is vital in helping us maintain
these areas,” said Gary Beeler, FLC
chairman.
During the drive, information
tables manned by volunteers were
set up on the weekends at Los Jilgueros and Monserate Mountain
preserves, and at the entrance to
the Santa Margarita River trail.
Volunteers were also stationed
at the entrances to Albertson’s, Major and Daniels markets during the
last week.
The drive ended on Saturday,
May 18 at the Wine, Brews and
Blues Festival at the California Center for the Arts in Escondido. The
FLC was among several charity
partners earning a percentage of
sales to the Bonsall Rotarysponsored event with a total of
$1,375 raised.
Many thanks to the following
members who generously devoted
their time and talents to this year’s
drive:
Nicole Becker; Gary and Jan
Beeler; Kent Borsch; Joe Comella;
Martin Betz and Eszter Delgado
and family; Wicker and Megan
Gamble; Stephanie Grondin; Dolly
Harty; Diane Kennedy; Susan Liebes; Jayne Miller; Mike Peters;
Cheryl Pizzo; Sue Reed; Vince
Ross; Nancy Rouse; Lila Sandschulte; Wallace and Beverly
Tucker; Eloine Waltrip; Lynne
Weiss; Bob Wright; and Joan
Zimmerman.
Native Plant Restoration Team
Waging war on our preserves’ worst invaders: weeds
A
weed is a plant in an
unwanted place. Plants
that are native and
desirable in one place
are often considered invaders in another.
Many of our most obnoxious
weeds were introduced to an area on
purpose. Foxtails, which are named
for the seeds (or awns) of several
varieties of wild grasses that work
their way into animal fur and skin
causing illness and sometimes death,
were introduced by the Spanish as
cattle feed. So were non-native
types of cactus, which are a tremendous problem on the Hawaiian Islands.
Weeds are undesirable often
because they don’t fit into a designed
landscape. They are usually opportunistic plants that look scruffy. Often
they have a job to do. Those with
long taproots mine minerals from
deep in the soil and deposit them on
the surface when their leaves die.
Some fix nitrogen in their roots; others
hold loose soil, keeping it from washing away, or break up hard-packed
soil, thereby allowing oxygen and
moisture to penetrate and bring life
back into dirt. That may sound wonderful but we also have plants native
to our area which perform the same
tasks. While most introduced weeds
steal water and nutrients from the soil,
native ‘weeds’ actually work in harmony with other native plants to create an underground web of microcosms that acts like a communication
and nutrient network.
What’s more, some weeds such as
the familiar purple-and-white blooming wild radish and the yellow mustard that cover our disturbed hillsides
in early spring, cause much more
damage. These members of the brassica family, that also includes the
lovely alyssum that springs up from so
many seed mixtures, will tap into and
suck dry the native microcosmic web
and gradually take over and kill all
the natives in the area, including oak
trees.
At Los Jilgueros Preserve members
of the Native Plant Restoration Team
help weed around the hundreds of
native plants now flourishing at the
preserve. Because the weeds grow so
tall and some of the plantings are
small, some members of the team
hand-pull weeds from around the
From left, Eileen Dupont, Audrey Bond and
Joan Williams hand-weed at Los Jilgueros.
young plants so that others who use
weed whips (string trimmers) won’t
accidently hurt the wrong plant. Wild
radish produces a thick tap root and
strong stem that can’t easily be cut by
most string trimmers; only by handpulling can these weeds be eliminated.
Fortunately for the NPRT, the FLC has
Beau Glave, newly hired as a parttime worker at our preserves, to do the
bulk of the weed-whipping.
The best way to hamper the
growth of weeds is by surrounding new
plants with mulch. Good (uncontaminated) mulch is costly and funding
sources have dried up, but mulch had
been used around many of the plantings at LJP already. Fortunately, the
survival percentage of new plants has
been very high for the last few years
and the plants are filling in beautifully
and thereby crowding out non-native
weeds. Meanwhile the war on invaders
continues.
— Diane Kennedy
Diane is a NPRT volunteer, writer, and
permaculturist. She blogs at
www.vegetariat.com
Native success.
Diane Kennedy photos
Wild radish, Raphanus raphanistrum.
Member Events
13th Annual Emerald Grove celebrates legacy of giving
Land donors, major contributors and
volunteers were honored at the 13th
Annual Emerald Grove Recognition
Event held July 19 at the historic
Palomares House and Park.
A reception was held at 5 p.m. followed by a buffet dinner catered by
Firehouse Broiler. Presentations were
made by Mike Peters, executive director and preserve manager, and Gary
Beeler, chair of the FLC’s board of directors.
Gary also announced the recipient
of the Gem of a Volunteer award,
which is given annually to a member
whose volunteerism with the FLC has
been extraordinary.
Honoree was Susan Liebes, founder
of a Family Nature Walk that she
guided weekly at Los Jilgueros Preserve. She has also volunteered for the
Native Plant Restoration Team, the Save
Our Forest Committee and at Stagecoach Sunday.
Emerald Grove members qualify by
donating land or $1,000 or more in a
year to the FLC. In 2012, there were 31
organizations, businesses, couples and
individuals who contributed at that level.
All current Emerald Grove donors
are also listed on a plaque that is now
displayed in the Community Meeting
room at the Palomares House.
The Emerald Grove donors at the
Protector level are: Angel Society of
Fallbrook; and Supervisor Bill Horn,
County of San Diego.
Guardian donors are: Arthur R.
Barter; James and Karen Hall;
Marjorie Mosher Schmidt Foundation;
and Tess Exemption Trust.
Associate donors are: Fallbrook
Waste and Recycling; Otis and Linda
Heald; and Wallace and Beverly
Tucker.
Member donors are: David Allen;
BACCASH Family Foundation; John
and Debbie Crawford; Del Rey
Avocado Company; Don and PeggyDurling; Wicker and Megan Gamble;
Renee Ingold; Gary and Patti Johnson;
Legacy Endowment; Bob & Susan
Lucy; Sam and Ann Logan, Major Market; Dawn Goodwin McCullough;
Olive Hill Greenhouses; Pacific
Western Bank; Jamie Phillips, Elizabeth Eddy Trust; Ken and Jan Quigley; Vince Ross; Lila Sandschulte; Joy
Williams; Neil and Bonnie Wolfe; and
Robert and Gloria Wright.
The following individuals, groups
and businesses helped make this year’s
EG event a success. A heartfelt thanks
to: Albertson’s Market; Dr. Elizabeth
Birch; Chip Bromfield; Scot & Pat
Clark; Fallbrook Women Golfers;
Firehouse Broiler; Marilyn Fine;
Grand Tradition; Dolly & Larry Harty;
National Charity League, San Luis
Rey Chapter; John & Jeanell Piconi;
Steve Slaughter, Major Market; Fran
White; and Joan & Gery Zimmerman.
Jennifer Anderson photos
Vince Ross, FLC co-founder and land donor.
Emerald Grove members, John and Debbie
Crawford, with their grandson, Jake
Loeschner.
The Friday night reception was followed by a
buffet dinner catered by Firehouse Broiler.
Joan Zimmerman, vice chair of the FLC’s
board of directors.
Gary Beeler presents Susan Liebes with
‘Gem of a Volunteer’ award. She is joined
by her sons, Jacob and Jackson.
THANK YOU 2012 DONORS
EMERALD GROVE
Land Donors
Nancy & Howard Dinwiddie
Don & Peggy Durling
Dr. Rodger Engel
George & Julie Gewehr
Otis & Linda Heald
Bert Hitt & Family
Joseph & Marie Mullin
Albert & Florence Pinamonti
Vince & Joy Ross
Inez Sorgenfrei
Trust for Public Land
Pamela Van Der Linden Family
Protectors ($10,000-$49,999)
Angel Society of Fallbrook
Bill Horn, San Diego County Board of Supervisors
Guardians ($5,000-$9,999)
Arthur R. Barter
James & Karen Hall
Marjorie Mosher Schmidt Foundation
Tess Exemption Trust
Associates ($2,500-$4,999)
Fallbrook Waste & Recycling
Otis & Linda Heald
Wallace & Beverly Tucker
Members ($1,000-$2,499)
David Allen
BACCASH Foundation
John & Debbie Crawford
Del Rey Avocado Company
Don & Peggy Durling
Wicker & Megan Gamble
Renee Ingold
Gary & Patti Johnson
Legacy Endowment
Bob & Susan Lucy
Sam & Ann Logan, Major Market
Dawn Goodwin McCullough
Pacific Western Bank
Mike & Nancy Peters
Jamie Phillips, Elizabeth Eddy Trust
Ken & Jan Quigley
Vince Ross
Lila Sandschulte
Joy Williams
Neil & Bonnie Wolfe
Robert & Gloria Wright
Benefactors ($500-$999)
Edwin & Virginia Bean
Gary & Janice Beeler
Broshjar Inc.
John & Debbie Crawford
Kent Borsch, Edward Jones Investments
Fallbrook Tennis Club
Fluid Components International
Scott & Traci Garmon
Lilo Kuehn
Clay L. Lorah
Dr. Robert & Eileen Pace
Jimmy Ayala, Pardee Homes
Pauma Valley Country Club
Mike & Nancy Peters
Florence Pinamonti, Valentine Trust
Randy D. Carlson, D.M.D.
Richard & Mary Jane Strobel
John & Susan Sullivan
Sten & Beverly Thordarson
Joan & Gery Zimmerman
Patrons ($100-$499)
American Association of University Women
Camilla Albert
Alvarado Veterinary Hospital
Mark & Jennifer Anderson
Barbara Anderson & Sheila Reilly
Walt & Gerri Ankerman
Debra Ashmore
David & Margaret Ashton
BP Battery
Forrest & Melinda Baker
Jane Baldwin
Mary Ballwey
Adriene Ballwey & John Stratthaus
Sally Barcatta
Denver & Kathleen Bates
Frank & Nicole Becker
Kathy Beem
Bob Benjamin
Bernardo Heights Country Club
Steve McGargill
Nicholas Beye, Jr., DDS
Colleen Bishop
Bishop's Tree Service, Inc.
Kathy Bogle
Jack & Gertrude Boline
Richard Bonner
Don & Jan Bowyer
David Bradford
Linda Brokaw
Tom Brotherton
David & Betsy Bucher
John & Sue Burroughs
Don Byrd, San Luis Rey Downs
California Ballet Company
Roy & Sharon Callahan
Thomas & Susan Chester
Marlene & Allison Christopher
Michael Clapp & Susan Kasparian
Scot & Pat Clark
Club Paradise Fitness
Beth & Charlie Cobb
Marc & Lyn Cohen
Cathy Conrad
Madison & Edith Cooper
Sandra Cooper
Scotty Couch
Creature Comforts
Tara Cronin & George LaVerde
Cross Creek Golf Course
Kevin & Nancy Croswell
Tom & Margaret Curtis
John and Connie Cutler
John & Cimbre Darling
John & Caroll Daunis
Del Mar Thoroughbred Club
Rulai Jewelry, Designs by Althea
Diamond Physique
Duane & Sylvia Dixon
Dominick's Deli
Jim & Jean Dooley
Dragonfly Dreams Jewelry
Dynamic Sound Systems, Inc.
Paul & Carol Elston
Gleam Engel
Rich & Bev Erickson
Fallbrook Fertilizer
Fallbrook Firefighters Association
Fallbrook Garden Club
Fallbrook Golf Club, Jack & Bonnie Lamberson
Fallbrook Wellness Spa
Rick & Janet Williams, Fallbrook Window Washing
Fallbrook Woman's Club
Edwin Farnworth
S.C. Farren
Robert & Shirley Fender
Al & Karen Feyler
Fit by Design
Skip & Nancy Fletcher
Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Flores, DDS
Kat Folger, Blue Skies Fitness
Vic & Billie Foli
Foli Chiropractic
Jerry & Connie Follstad
Jim & Marjorie Freda
David & Donna Lynne Frost
Phillip & Meline Giannini
Elizabeth Gilby
Robert & Judith Gillespie
John & June Ginger
Dave & Dale Gleason
Tony & Sue Godfrey
The Golf Club of California
Willard & Barbara Gordon
Cal & Kerith Graeber
Harry & Diane Griffiths
Craig & Stina Grimm
R.A. & Stephanie Grondin
Bruce & Linda Hanson
Harbor Fish Cafe
Jim & Julie Hardesty
Harrah's Rincon Casino & Resort
Larry & Dolly Harty
Curtis & Ursula Hawkins
Jim & Victoria Helms
Wendy and Patrick Herrell
Russ & Althea Heyneman, Jr.
Hilltop Center for Spiritual Living
Hinami Wooll
Ian & Jessica Holloway
Jim & Norine Honea
Richard & Violet Hulit
Edward & Barbro Hutchison
Anthony & Susan Jackson
Mary E. Jackson
Jean Marshall Photography
Bentley Jenkins
Joe & Catherine Jones
Alan Keith
Kay B. Kelly
Kendall Construction, Inc.
Diane Kennedy
Richard Kraus
Lester Krause
Fred Kruger & Peggy Seay
Mick & Norma Kubota
L & M Fertilizer
Robert & Sherry Lamont
Mary Lancaster
John & Carrie Lapke
Kurt & Kathryn Lautenschlager
Bill & Sandra LeMasters
Timothy & Pennie Leachman
Spencer Lehmann
Dave & Roz Lewis
Sam & Ann Logan
Dr. Leeland M. & Helen Lovaas
Lucca Salon
James & Jennifer Lyle
Greg & Ginny MacDonald
Joellen Maddock
Main Street Merchants
Kennith & Marilyn Maness
Manor Cleaners
Dennis & Suzy Martinek
Bill & Mary Lou Mathewson
Michael & Annette McGuire
Kathleen McInally
Donald McNutt
Mike & Sharon Mellano
Menifee Lakes Country Club
Roger & Mary Merchat
Joyce Miller
Robert & Jean Miller
Ron & Marlo Miller
Larry & Maureen Mitzner
Charles Modzeleski
John & Mimi Moffatt
Roger & Betty Montanus
Kristin Moore
Sally More
Ron & Arlene Morosetti
Mostly Windows, Diana Mahr
Mount Baldy Ski Resort
Dennis & Pat Munyon
Doug & Mickey Nail
National Charity League, San Luis Rey Chapter
Don & Heidi Nelson
Neil & Pamela Nevills
Carroll & Cecelia Njust
North County Academy of Dance
Thomas & Dale O'Connell
THANK YOU 2012 DONORS
William & Constance O'Connor
Bill & Anne Ottemann
Ray & Ann Pack
Pala Casino Spa Resort
Pala Mesa Resort
Pangea Biological
Nick & Yong Park
D.A. & S.B. Parker
Ruth Parker
Walt & Karen Parry
Frank & Jerri Patchett
Jim & Carol Pence
Michele & Jim Perry
Tom & Pat Peterson
Janice Phoenix & Michael Sirkin
David & Linda Promack
Jack & Marilee Ragland
Eric J. Ramos, OD, Fallbrook Eyecare Center
Ransberger's Cal Custom
Norm & Marlene Rantanen
Mike & Beth Reed
Bill & Sharon Regal
Jo Ann Rego
River Village Properties
Peter & Joan Roberts
Roberta Rose
Helene Ross
Harvey & Floyce Royer
Richard & Barbara Rupert
Robert & Marsha Sabus
San Diego Chargers
San Luis Rey Downs Golf Club
Howard & Joan Sansom
Charles & Jeannine Savage
Arthur Sawyer
Stephen & Joan Scheldt
Diana Schmidt
Jay & Lennie Schwabe
Sheri Schwarzweller & Jan Greenwald
ScreenMan Joe
Laura Serra
Set in Stone Designs
Sharon Lansdowne Designs
Glenn & Charleen Sharp
Tom & Susie Shea
Phee Sherline
Karen Sholl
David Shore & Patty Campbell
Jim & Jeanette Short
L.E. & Mary Shuck
Judith Phillips Sill
Ronald & Judith Sisel
Terry & Louise Small
Jill Smith
Stephen & Jean Smith
Tom & Mary Somers
Philiip & Patricia Speliopoulos
Alan & Nancy Stephens
Beverly Steres
Bruce & Barbara Stevens
Mike & Caryn Sutherland
Jim & Janis Swan
Temecula Creek Inn
The Collector Fine Jewelry
Grand Tradition Estate & Gardens - Don
Frank & Sue Thorne
Paul Tien
Gordon & Carla Tinker
Lee & Linda Traut
Twin Oaks Golf Course, JC Resorts
USS Midway Museum
Brad Urquhart
Colleen Veltz
Chris Walls
Beverly Warburton
Nick & Paula Weaver
Richard & Barbara Weir
Lynne Weiss
Welk Resorts Theatre
Mac & Le Werthmuller
Kenneth & Carmen Wesson
David Wetzel, D.C.
Fran White
Warren & Mary Wildes
Jody & Joan Williams
Henry Glen & Judy Wilson
Rami Wisser
Woods Valley Golf Club, Head Pro Mike Mulford
Richard Wooldredge
Michael and Diane Yapko
Larry & Delores Yetter
Mary Younie
Charles & Valerie Zecca
Friends ($35 to $99)
A Stone's Throw
Courtney Alexander
Fallbrook Tennis Club Pro, Mike Amador
William & Margaret Armstrong
Tom Asper & Maggie Adams
Aston's
Bill & Dianne Atkinson
Chuck & Mary Jo Bacik
Caroline Bagnall
Bert & Dorothy Barth
Jennifer Bartlett
Jim & Sarah Bates
Sarah Bauer
Jack & Candace Bebee
Robert & Helene Beck
Ken & Mary Ann Beeler
Deanna Bell
Ron & Maureen Bell
Don & Terri Bennetts
Chet & Mary Bierbrauer
Birch Aquarium at Scripps
Roy & Anne Bishop, III
Butch & Louise Blackshear
Georgia Bolt
Bonsall Village Florist
Boomers!
Paul & Patti Bordas
Dr. Philip & Mary Bosch
Marilyn E. Bradley
Ronne Branson
Kathy Brown
Kent Brown
Anne Burdick
Vicki Caldwell
Mavis Canpinar
Anthony & Barbara Caron
Woody & Lori Carter
Howard Cheng & Amy Cerciello
Benjamin Christen
Randall Clark
Jeffrey & Jill Cole
Jean & Roger Combs
Kenneth and Amy Conner
Kathy Cooksey
Charles Cox
Jennifer Cox
Leona Creegan
Robert & Toni Crisell
M.P. & Barbara Dailey
Andrew & Cynthia Dale
John & Jenny Daniels, Learn to Rip Surf Lessons
Linda Dechaine
Kerrie Drogue
William & Hildegaard Duckworth
John & Elizabeth Dunckel
Barbara Dunn
Ken Eagleton
Lance & Karen Eddy
Diana Ellsworth
Jorge & Maria Espino
Fallbrook Art Center
Fallbrook Democratic Club
Joe & Penny Fedorchak
Ginna Ferdyn
Dixon & Connie Fish
The Fish Market
John Flynn & Claire Farley
Connie Forest
Don & Mary Foulkes
Ruth Freeman
Brett Modrell & Connie Freese
James & Mary Furleigh
Glenna Garrett
Michele Glemser & Eric De Masi
Jeff and Nancy Wright
Andrea Hard
Brian & Cathy Harney
Hart Winery
James & Karen Hayes
Holly Hazan
Gerald & Marilyn Hazzard
Head to Toez Beauty Salon, Tina Jones
Richard & Gretchen Heald
Judith Henry
Larry & Margaret Herr
Nicholas & Ellen Hinchliff
Diana Holm
Alex Horne
Leta Houle
James Howard
Joe & Toni Hudson
Jimmie Hyland
In-N-Out Burgers
J. Russell Iverson
Susan Jenkins
Betty Johnston
Brad & Connie Jordan
Kurt & Sherri Joseph
Judith Ann Justin
Reid & Kim Kantenwein
Elaine Keith
Peggy Kesterson
R.S. and M.E. Kettering
Ann Kreile
George & Karen Kreutz
Cari Krizan
Margaret LaRocca
Terry Lamb
Sherry & Sarah Lamont
Sean Lamont
Bob & Kathy Leonard
John & Roberta Lindal
Kenneth & Judith Lindley
Barbara & Walter Loehnert
Steve & Mary Lopardo
Vincent Luchenta, Jr.
Nathan Lynch, Fallbrook Golf Club
MGB Travel
MaGee's Tavern
Michael & Judith MacKenzie
John & Judith Madsen
David & Carolyn Major
Clay & Sally Mallard
Mama 'N Papa's Pizza Grotto
Floyd Marcusson
Addie Matcham
Tom McDougall
Sandra McGraw
Howard & Sammy McKay
Jane McKee
Vicki Meiners
Joel & Johanna Menard
Terry Messer
Dale & Jayne Miller
Gordon & Linda Miller
Jeannette Miller
Dale & Dawn Mitchell
Lawrence & Janice Miura
Tamara Monasterio
Moonlight Stage Productions
Helen Moriarty
Colleen Morton
Roger & Amy Moynihan
Mulligan Family Fun Center
Lee & Stephanie Murray
Robert & Monica Newkirchen
George & Eva Rose Newton
Julia Norberg
Norma O'Donnell
John & Reva O'Mahoney
Oink & Moo
Alfonso & Barbara Ollivares
Rosa Olmos-Roque
Dottie Ortiz
Laurie Palmer
Jeff & Rita Parker
Performance Horse Supply
Gary Piro
Kristin Pollard
2012 donors
Friends
Continued from page 9
Mary Polopolus & Jeff Waugh
Michael & Ann Popovich
Dorothy Pratt
Kemble & Callie Jean Provorse
Fred & Pat Radack
Fallbrook Tennis Club Pro, Dave Ramirez
Arnold & Emma Rashkin
Frederick Rasp & Arline Fernandez
County of San Diego, Registrar of Voters
Alan & Stacey Regotti
Reuben H Fleet Science Center
Don & Anne Richter
Donald & Nancy Riley
Janet Rivers
Road Runner Errands
Bud & Jewell Roberds
David & Mary Robertson
Lee & Lucy Robertson
Robert & Eleanor Rooney
Anita Ross
Rubio's Restaurants, Inc.
Jack & Nancy Ruis
Timothy & Tammy Russell
Ana Salinas
Salon Nouveau
Don & Carol Salow
San Diego Museum of Art
San Diego Zoo Global
Dominic & Carol Savoca
Hans & Johanna Schoedl
Bill & Janet Schultz
Miriam Scrape
Scrappy's Tires & Auto
Sharp Interiors, Charleen Sharp
Richard & Arline Sharpe
Jeannette Shields
Edward & Elizabeth Smith
Southwest Boulder & Stone
Joseph Spychaj
David Stagg
Brooke Stebner
Petey Stevens
Gordon Stone
Jake & Arlene Sturzenegger
Michael & Barbara Sullivan
Barbara Swearingen
Donald Taylor
MIke Tenerowicz
Richard & Sara Thelin
David & Jennifer Thompson
Patricia Thompson
Linda Thorne
Transcendent Touch, Craig Lozzi
Tree of Life Nursery
Rod and Valeria Turner
Ultrastar River Village 6 Theaters
Bob & Carilyn Vice
Vince's Pizza
Alyce Vinyard
Tuire Visuri
Lisa Waggoner
Eloine Waltrip
Meaghan Watt
Kathleen Wehe
Edward & Marilyn Wertz
Gene Whitlock
Harold & Gloria Wilkins
Jon & Marise Williams
Ted Wortman
Bob & Beverly Youngren
Robert & Roxanne Youssi
Z Cafe
Florence Zelasko
Zumba Veronica
Thank You
In-Kind Donors
Memorials
Many thanks to the following local
businesses for your continued support
over the years. Your in-kind services
have been invaluable in helping us
accomplish our mission of preserving
the natural beauty of our community.
Fallbrook Waste & Recycling for your
continued support of our organization
and preserves in helping to keep Fallbrook litter-free.
Fallbrook Public Utilities District
for supporting our downtown tree
maintenance program.
Genco Printers for providing fast, reable and economical service over the
years and also for helping to promote
our efforts to go “green.”
Holloway Computers for providing
customer service support for our office
staff at no charge.
Jungle Disk online data store, sync,
backup and share.
Major Market for its “Reach-for-theStars” program.
Pacific Western Bank for providing
safe deposit boxes at no charge.
Scrappy’s Tire and Auto Repair for
tire repair.
Snow Irrigation for providing at no
charge irrigation supplies to the Palomares House and for many other projects.
Mike Sutherland for his work at
Heller’s Bend Preserve.
WE NEED
YOUR SUPPORT
*The label on this newsletter
shows when your annual
renewal is due. A donation
envelope is enclosed for
your contribution.
A place setting at the 2013 Emerald Grove
Recognition Event, held in July, was dedicated to the late Harry and Dottie Parker by
their son, Chip Bromfield.
The FLC gratefully acknowledges the
following memorial/honorary
contributions.
In Memory of Gregg Lypps
(LJP Memorial Bench)
Christ the King Lutheran Church
Fallbrook Woman’s Club
Barbara Hudson
In Memory of Brenda Montiel
Ed & Barbro Hutchison
In Memory of Harry & Dottie Parker
Chip Bromfield
In Memory of Polly Scrape
Beverly Warburton
In Memory of Maureen Thompson
(commemorative tile)
The Krepelin Family
Lane & Darlene Oslund
Dr. Robert & Eileen Pace
Bob & Carilyn Vice
In Memory of Karen Tucker
From her children
Beloved philanthropist Arlyne Ingold
was longtime supporter of the FLC
With the passing of Arlyne Ingold on
May 7, at the age of 95, the Fallbrook
Land Conservancy lost one of its strongest supporters, and the communities of
Fallbrook and Bonsall lost one of their
most remarkable citizens.
Arlyne was a founding member and
continuing significant supporter of the
Angel Society of Fallbrook, the Bonsall
Women’s Club, the Fallbrook Boys and
Girls Club, the Fallbrook Center for the
Arts, the Fallbrook Beautification Alliance (through her underwriting for many
years of the annual Fourth of July fireworks display), the Fallbrook Sports
Association (whose facilities include the
Ingold Fields baseball diamonds), Rally
for Children, Palomar College and the
FLC, to which she contributed generously
since our formation in 1988.
The above list is by no means an
exhaustive one, and almost certainly
omits many other local groups that
benefited from her generosity, but it
makes a point. Arlyne was an extraordinary person, a grande dame of Fallbrook whose philanthropic spirit
Activities
Guided Hike
8:30 a.m., 4th Saturday, Sept-Dec
Join members of the Native Plant
Restoration Team for an easy, guided
walk through Los Jilgueros Preserve
and learn about local plants and
animals. For more information, contact
Gary Beeler at 760-728-6965.
Arlyne Ingold, founding member of FLC.
benefited every aspect of life in Fallbrook. It is tempting to say that we
may never see her like again. For the
sake of our community, I sincerely hope
we do, because she made a profound
difference.
— Wallace Tucker
Ellie Knight photo
Monserate Mountain Hike,
7:30 a.m., Sundays
Hike up this scenic 1.7-mile trail on
Monserate Mountain Preserve. The
trailhead entrance is located on
Stewart Canyon Road east of the I15 freeway opposite Pala Mesa Resort. Bring water. Dogs are welcome
on leash. For more information, contact Kent Borsch at 760-941-2866.
Volunteering
Adopt-A-Road
Trash pick-up, 2nd Sat of month, 8
a.m.
Old Hwy 395 at Pala Mesa entrance
Native Plant Restoration Team
Meets 8:30 a.m., Wednesdays
Los Jilgueros Preserve
Save Our Forest
3rd Wednesday of month at 8:30
a.m. and last Sunday of month at
7:30 a.m., Village Square.
Trails Maintenance
3rd Saturday, 8 a.m.,
Sandia Creek Trail Head.
Meetings
The FLC’s Palomares House & Park received the Non-profit Landscape Award presented in June by the Fallbrook Beautification Alliance. From left, Joan Zimmerman,
vice chair; Gary Beeler, chair; Janice Phoenix, FBA awards chair; Mike Peters, executive director and preserve manager; Debbie Crawford, accountant; and Jeanne
Meadow, FBA awards committee member. The park offers both native and Mediterranean plantings with a Palo Verde and western redbud trees enhancing a split rail fence.
The property is a certified wildlife habitat.
Board of Directors
Last Wednesday of each quarter:
October 30, January 29, April 30.
Save Our Forest
4th Monday of the month, 7 p.m.
Palomares House
Technical Advisory Board
First Wednesday of each quarter:
October 2, January 8, April 2
Trails Council
2nd Monday of the month, 7 p.m.
Palomares House
Summer 2013
SCS info and ticket form inside!
Thank You Corporate Sponsors
Fallbrook Waste and Recycling
National Resources
Conservation Service
San Diego County
Board of
Supervisors
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