Palomar Mountain News

Lightening strikes last Friday took out the phone service for many on Palomar.  ATT crews have been working around the clock to get the five different locations repaired.  They said that most of you should have service now, but don’t be surprised if it goes out again during their repairs. They thank you for your patience and are doing their very best to have everyone back up and running as soon as possible.

We happened to be on the right side of the damage so phones didn’t miss a beat.   Would you like to catch up on some calls?  Pop by!  We have unlimited long distance on a couple of lines.  You are welcome to pop by and make yourself at home.

Bonnie and Don

From: Palomar Mountain State Park [mailto:palomar.mountain.state.park@gmail.com]

CLOSURE UPDATE: The proposal to keep Palomar open has been approved by State Parks’ Accounting & Budgets Division and is awaiting signature by Ruth Coleman, Director of California Parks and Recreation. Once she signs it, Palomar will be permitted to stay open as long as Friends of Palomar Mountain State Park continues to raise money to cover the deficit between the park’s revenue and expenses. For details, visit savepalomar.org

Thank you!

Staff and Volunteers at Palomar Mountain State Park

From: Palomar Mountain State Park [mailto:palomar.mountain.state.park@gmail.com]

Campgrounds are being prepared for re-opening sometime this month. We’ll keep you posted, or you can check periodically with ReserveAmerica.

Thank you!

Staff and Volunteers at Palomar Mountain State Park

From: Palomar Mountain State Park [mailto:palomar.mountain.state.park@gmail.com]

Earth Day at Palomar CANCELLED –  Due to a weather prediction of snow in the forecast, Earth Day at Palomar Mountain State Park (Saturday April 14) has been cancelled. We’ll let you know when the next special event will be taking place.

Thank you!

Staff and Volunteers at Palomar Mountain State Park

From: Lina Mendenhall [mailto:linasmiles2@yahoo.com] Do you know anyone who needs a gas stove?

It’s about 15 years old. Doesn’t look brand new, but isn’t trashed either. It has 4 burners and a self-cleaning oven. White.

Free!

Lina  760 742-0630

Rick Barclay here. Sorry for the confusion in our original Earth Day announcement. If you clicked the link to learn more or sign up, you were taken to an old page in our website’s archives. We’ve corrected this, so please try again! Visit http://www.palomarsp.org/earthday   Thank you!

Palomar Mountain State Park “Earth Day – Clean Up & Restoration”Saturday, April 14, 2012 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Volunteers needed. Activities will include trail maintenance, grooming a 100 year old apple orchard, clearing cattail from Doane pond, eradicating non-native plants and painting the amphitheater. All ages welcome, no experience required. Free parking and free lunch provided to volunteers. For more information and to sign up, call 760-742-3462, or visit http://www.palomarsp.org/earthday

Thank you,

Rick Barclay

O: 800-513-9962  H: 951-302-7058
Chairman – Friends of Palomar Mountain State Park Committee, CRSPIA  http://www.savepalomar.org/
Unit Coordinator – Palomar Mountain SP Volunteer Trail Maintenance Unit  http://www.palomarsp.org/

From: Danielle Doelman PMVFD BBQ Chairman

Every year on Labor Day Weekend the Palomar Mountain Volunteer Fire Department has an old-fashioned, fun day, with a barbecue, raffle, and craft and food booths, games and just a great time as a fund-raiser for the Fire Department.

Some prizes have already arrived for the BBQ Raffle!  A $500.00 gift card to a winery in Temecula, and 2 tickets to the Horn Blower, gift certificates for a weekend in a cabin, free snow plowing and more.  More donation letters are going out as lots more prizes are needed to get it up to about 100 prizes taken home that day!

What donations do YOU subscribers to the Mountain News have that you could head out way?  Let’s be creative and make it really fun this year!

All donations are tax deductible and much appreciated!

Just let me know.  Thank you so much!

Danielle Doelman

danielledoelman@yahoo.com

BBQ Chairman for the PMVFD

AT&T  has had crews working up here for a few weeks.  Our phone service on Palomar is a signal that is bounced off a location in Valley Center.  The recent work has been to install a new, larger generator.  When we have occasional power outages, we will be in even better shape with this new system.  Thank you AT&T!

(My little helper that day was Matt and Amanda Rau’s cute little boy, Jackson.   He thinks big cranes are pretty cool on Palomar!)

Bailey’s Annual Barn Sale

Antiques

Handmade Furniture

Local Artisans

Funky Junk, Gifts

and so much more

May 19 & 20th

May 26 & 27th

The Bailey Barn

33691 Bailey Meadow Road

Palomar Mountain, Ca   92060

11:00 am to 3:00 pm

* If you are a local crafter, artist, or just have some cool stuff to sell,

phone Bailey’s @

760 742-1859, or email, bpr1888@inetworld.net

space is limited