Palomar Mountain News

A very informative news letter is waiting from you via Palomar’s Fire Safe Council.  You’ll find everything from tips to prepare for fire safety, planning ahead, bark beetle, even safety for your pets.

Click to check out FSCSanDiegoCounty Newsletter 2017!

I happen to know there are quite a few folks up here who sing or have acting back grounds.  Until we get our own theatre group, there are two audition opportunities for you coming up close by:

Night On Broadway  – A Musical Review

And Then There Were Nine – Agatha Christie murder mystery for the Fall Show

Both auditions will be held this Sunday, 11:00am-noon and Monday, 7:00-8:00 pm.

Community Lutheran Church – Bailey/Bees Theater

3575 E. Valley Parkway  Escondido, CA  92027

For NOB, come in with the song you want to sing.  For ATTWN, a good dramatic monologue. Call Chris 760-638-6042 for information.

The Roundabout planned for the area of the Stage Stop promises a safer intersection.  We’ll be seeing lots of construction over the next couple years.  Here are the details via David Ross’ Valley Center Roadrunner: https://www.valleycenter.com/articles/major-construction-begins-on-sr-76-valley-center-road-roundabout/

From: Cliff Kellogg

Annual Fire Dept Meeting and Election of Officers

The Palomar Mountain Fire Department will be holding it’s annual board meeting and election of officers on Sunday, September 3, 2017 at 12 noon at the fire station. The board of directors has spent considerable time in rewriting our by-laws to reflect the new arrangement with San Diego County Fire. The community of Palomar Mountain will be voting on the new by-law modifications. In addition, the department will be updating the community on future plans for the station and the community center.

This year there are two open positions on the fire board. Anyone wishing to serve the community on the fire department board of directors is welcome to visit our webpage palomar-fire.org. Under “Contact Us” there is a link “I want to run for the board” along with the minimum qualifications for running. The last day for nominations is noon on August 20th. We hope you can make it to this important meeting.

Cliff Kellogg

PMVFD Board of Directors

Thank you for asking!  Wow!  Things are really moving with escrows for eight properties rolling!  Busy times assisting folks living their dream!

Do YOU dream of a cozy weekend getaway, building your own piece of paradise on Palomar, or joining us full time? We have some options for you!  Please click through my website for some of the latest (still a more to post)!

Also have a couple ‘Coming Soon’ that I just happen to have keys for:

Beautifully remodeled and decorated one bedroom with great access on a half acre and a ‘kitchen for a chef’ has some paint drying!

Two bedrooms and a loft looking out over nine acres being groomed the next few days for fire safety and opening up the trails…. and there’s more!

The Mountain is Calling and you must go!!!

Beautiful weather up here after our 2.27 inches of welcomed rain in just an hour and a half!  Come on up and take a tour!

Bonnie Phelps, Realtor

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It’s a bird, it’s a plane… it’s paramotor pilots having fun over Palomar!  Family friend, Jeff Sikora sent the photos our way.  He is also a pilot but was driving ground crew for his buddies July 25th.  They took off from Warner Springs and flew over the Observatory on their way to Lake Skinner.  Photographer/pilot, Jeff Hamann, got some great shots of World Class JC Perren with his paramotor.

If you’d like to follow this storm on a webcam, check out the camera on High Point Lookout:  http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/cameras/

Thanks to Friends of Palomar Mountain State Park for posting!

We’re enjoying a wonderful summer thunder storm. When the sky opened and started pouring rain, it hasn’t let up!   Lots of thunder and lightening too.  I think the video below is what got a lot of us loving thunderstorms.  Enjoy!  Meanwhile here is a tip for you:

THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST?  Best to unplug all appliances including computers, TV’s, refrigerators (12 hours on, 12 hours off) and anything else at risk of frying in a thunderstorm.  Neighbors have lost all of the above leaving them plugged in. 

Stay safe everyone and enjoy this rain!

Bonnie Phelps, Realtor

In the cities, Above the Clouds, and IN the Clouds during Thunderstorms

Would you like to learn what firefighters learn to protect

your home and our Palomar community from wildfire?

Come to a free workshop on Palomar!

Click for the Flyer

Fire Operations in the Wildland Urban Interface

August 26, 2017, 9am — 4pm

Location: Palomar Mountain Fire Department

Station 79, 21610 Crestline Road, Palomar Mountain, 92060 .

Time: Workshop registration, coffee and refreshments at 8:30am; the course will

start promptly at 9:00am

Learn about prediction of wildfire behavior, principles of wildfire suppression and structural protection, evacuation and survival tips. Take a field trip to selected homes to do site assessments and apply lessons learned.

FREE of charge to local residents, representatives of community Fire Safe Councils,

and CERT members. Lunch will be provided.

Click to Register

Contact the Fires Safe Council of San Diego at 619-562-0096 for more information

or help registering.

The Pedley/Clark family roots on Palomar go back over 100 years to the days of their Great Grandfather.  He operated a thriving saw mill business. They owned all of Pedley Valley, woven with little logging roads, where trees were downed and lumber cut for the Lodge and our early cabins on Palomar.

A homestead cabin for their family with six children, looked out to their pond on land now owned by the Palomar Mutual Water company. An off-grid log cabin was built half a century ago in another location.  Modern conveniences were eventually very intriguing so the Clarks purchased their ‘Bear’s Den’ up on Crestline. Oh my, electric power, water and a real phone!

Five generations have loved Palomar all these years and are passing the torch for new owners to enjoy this home in a very private setting off Crestline.  Here is a peek for you:

Oh, you might be curious about what is in the little bowl?  Arrowhead and pottery shards the seller gathered in Pedley Valley over the years and has left for you.

More details here – Come on up for your tour!

Bonnie Phelps, Realtor

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