Editorial - Rancho Santa Fe Post

Grave Fire Dangers: An open letter to residents of Rancho Santa Fe, Del Mar, Solana Beach, and San Diego

02/14/2025

Polly Wheatley

I am a resident of the Whispering Palms community of Rancho Santa Fe, but was born…

Gift Guide Opinion

Ranch Realty Check: Christian’s Luxe Valentines Gift Guide

02/09/2025

Christian Potter

Our resident real estate expert and RSF Post contributor, Christian Potter, really does believe home is…

Editorial SFID Water

SFID: Proposed Rates and Looming Massive Expenses

02/06/2025

Marlene E. King

The Santa Fe Irrigation District’s (SFID) 2025 and 2023 Cost of Service Studies (COSS) raise concerns whether…

Community Interest Opinion Osuna

Osuna Ranch: A Community Asset Preserving RSF History and Quality of Life

02/05/2025

Vonn Marie May

As a cultural landscape historian and author of the Cultural Landscape Report for both the Osuna…

Opinion Safety Silvergate

Hodges Dam Catastrophic Failure Prophecy: Death and Destruction in 11 Minutes

01/28/2025

Al Frowiss

A half century ago the County’s Office of Emergency Preparedness filed an official report declaring that within…

Gift Guide Opinion

Ranch Realty Check: Christian’s Christmas Gift Guide

12/16/2024

Christian Potter

Our resident real estate expert and RSF Post contributor assembles some of his favorite luxury Christmas…

Opinion Safety Silvergate

Silvergate Development 100% in County’s Flood Map

12/16/2024

Dick Clotfelter

This is my third article in The RSF Post regarding flooding issues pertaining to the proposed…

Opinion School Board

Gratitude, Grace, and a Leap of Faith

12/11/2024

Annette Ross

Serving as President of R. Roger Rowe’s School Board is not what I thought it would…

Board Opinion San Diego County

Why Is Silvergate Disregarding FEMA and San Diego County Requirements?

12/03/2024

Dick Clotfelter

I sent a letter to the RSF Post a few weeks ago indicating my concern about…

Another large CA water resevoir rendered useless. While watching recent coverage of LA fires, it could be us! We need water retention urgently, CA spends how much on sanctuary city, illegal immigration, homelessness, and can’t seem to see beyond tomorrow! They can’t prepare or support the overly-taxed taxpayers during the plight of fire, nor provisions to properly supply water, not to mention loss of recreational and environmental protections. Let’s get this valued entity urgently scheduled to it’s usefulness!!! – John Ferguson

Hi RSF Members and SFID Ratepayers: I strongly encourage you to please ask the Santa Fe Irrigation Board (via the petition linked here) to NOT raise our water rates. This applies to EVERYONE. How high will your SFID water bill go? Your water bill could go up at least 36% over the next four years! Any increase is too much! Please ACT NOW and fill out the linked form and submit it to SFID by Tuesday, Feb. 11. – Nick Dieterich

Note: The petition requires your SFID account number, which can be located on your water bill or by calling (858) 756-2424; and your property APN number which can be easily found at https://sdgis.sandag.org

One of the best loved and most decorated authors of children’s books, Marguerite Henry was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1902. At the age of six, she contracted rheumatic fever, which affected her severely until the age of twelve. Not only bed-ridden for long periods, she was kept out of school and isolated from other children for fear of contagion. Pouring herself into reading, she soon showed a flair for writing. The author sold her first story at age 11!

Henry valued historical authenticity, and her books were meticulously researched. Most of them were fact-based, with her imagination filling out the stories. Through the years, Henry’s work earned prestigious Newberry awards. In 1946 she received Newberry Honors for Justin Morgan Had a Horse, the story of an Eighteenth Century American horse breeder who developed the well-known Morgan breed. More Newberry Honors followed in 1948 for Misty of Chincoteague. In 1949, Henry won the Newberry Medal, the top award, for King of the Wind, about the Arabian horse who sired the line of thoroughbreds we celebrate today.

After a lifetime of charming and thrilling children with her many books and stories, Henry died at age 95 in 1997 at her home in Rancho Santa Fe. (Courtesy of the RSF Historical Society)