Palomar Mountain News

Next BBQ planning meeting is tomorrow (Sunday), August 14,2011 at NOON at the Community Center.  

Everyone is welcome!

It has been suggested that I provide another option for the return of my computer and other things that were taken from our home last Sunday morning.  Since apparently the thief might think that it could be a set-up returning it to our entry that might have cameras installed (no cameras), it was suggested we provide our address so it can be mailed:

PO Box 82, Palomar Mtn, CA 92060 

See also:  https://palomarmountainnews.wordpress.com/2011/08/07/theft-my-computer-stolen/ 

Thank you,

Don and Bonnie Phelps

From: Brad Eells

A Deputy Sheriff just left after taking our report.  We got home from church and saw someone had come through a window of our home, and stole my computer.  This would have happened between 8:45 and 10am this morning.  

Because of the EVIDENCE LEFT BEHIND, the deputy is very confident that they will catch the thief. 

I’m also asking for your help.  Please be on the lookout for a Sony Vaio laptop.  I ask that it be returned.  It can be left inside our entryway, very soon, in usable condition, and we will not prosecute.  If not, we WILL prosecute to the fullest extent of the law.

Thank you all for your help. 

Don and Bonnie Phelps

760 742-1742

Each year there is a PMVFD BBQ on the Saturday of Labor Day Weekend. Part of the fun is the Raffle with lots of prizes.  This year yellow tickets were printed for the Raffle with three Grand Prizes.  Whatdoyaknow, the very next day, Jet Blue Airlines sent word that they donated tickets for two!  Woo Hoo!  So, now there are (Jet) Blue Raffle tickets too!

 From: Kym McClary 

Yellow Raffle Tickets:

$2 each, buy 10 get 1 free – Dozens of prizes including:

1st prize: $500 cash

2nd prize: $230 Viejas Gift Basket

3rd prize: $200 “Live It Up at Pala Package”

Blue Raffle Tickets:

$5 each

Grand Prize:

2 JetBlue Airways Tickets good to anywhere JetBlue flies in the continental US

**Need not be present to win!

The Jet Blue drawing will be held at the Fire Station on Saturday, September 3rd, 2011 around 4 PM

Tickets now available at the Palomar Mountain General Store

Powerland Equipment in Valley Center

Kym McClary or 760-855-7451, Cecelia Borland or  Susie Kellogg

Or, like to have your tickets filled out? Simply Comment to this post (it won’t go out to all) with:

1. How many of each color you want

2. A check made out to PMVFD

3. Mail check to Bonnie Phelps, PO Box 82 , Palomar Mountain, CA 92060

4. We will fill them out for you for FREE and make sure they are in for the drawing at the BBQ!

Kym McClary

Sherpas are known for their mountaineering skills.  This great travel tip is for right here in our own back yard!

Thanks to Rosemary Johnston
Subject: August Parklands 

Travel Tips from Weekend Sherpa

With conifer-covered slopes, mountain meadows, and a cooling canopy of cedars and silver firs, Palomar Mountain State Park feels like a hiking haven in the Sierra Nevada. But wait! This 1,862-acre gem is actually in San Diego County. Take in some of the park’s marquee highlights by jumping onto the 4.25-mile round-trip loop trail at Doane Pond, a popular spot among anglers vying for trout and catfish.

Sign up for weekly travel tips emailed every Thursday at weekendsherpa.com.

 From: Barclay Family 

“Friends of Palomar Mountain State Park” under consideration

Fans of Palomar Mountain State Park are warmly invited to participate in a feasibility study for the possible formation of  “Friends of Palomar Mountain State Park” (Friends of PMSP), a non-profit charitable organization that would support the Park. Details may be found at www.palomarsp.org/friends  

The Park is currently supported by another non-profit cooperating association, Cuyamaca Rancho State Park Interpretive Association (CRSPIA). “CRSPIA’s been very helpful and supportive,” says Rick Barclay, a Temecula resident and CRSPIA member who is spearheading this project, “but we want to see if we can get more local support and participation by having a “home grown” organization that focuses on Palomar Mountain State Park. One that will attract supporters from the Palomar community as well as Southwestern Riverside County and Northern San Diego County.”

Barclay points out that this effort has the endorsement of CRSPIA and Nedra Martinez, Superintendent of the Department of Parks and Recreation’s sector in which the Park is located.

What exactly would Friends of PMSP do? “The association’s mission would be to support the park financially — raise money through a variety of means and give it to the Park to buy things like equipment and supplies for educational and interpretive programs, materials for facility and sign repair, tools for trail maintenance, and so on,” says Barclay. “This would be money that simply wouldn’t otherwise be available to the Park, especially in these times of budget cutbacks.”

Barclay admits that the announced closure may have some people scratching their heads about the timing. “Yes, the closure does present a couple of problems when it comes to a new association. First, there’s the possible misconception that we’re doing this in response to the closure, when in fact the idea came up well before the closure was announced.  It’s easy to assume Friends of PMSP will be about combating the closure, but this just isn’t the case. Fighting the closure won’t be part of the association’s mission. Efforts to keep the park open are being capably handled at the superintendent’s level.

“The other problem is that — let’s face it — the closure is discouraging. Some people would say that it’s pointless to start an association for a park that’s slated for closure.

“But the Park needs as much support as it can get now… full closure isn’t planned til July 2012,” Barclay states. “And besides, we really don’t know what the future holds or what solutions may emerge between now and then. What I can tell you is that Park staff and volunteers are keeping a positive mental attitude and soldiering on as if the closure weren’t looming ahead — making long range plans for improvements and events, keeping trails clear. The whole point of all this is to make everyone’s visit to the Park as pleasant and safe and rewarding as possible. Now is the perfect time to give more people the opportunity to step forward and support the Park.”

To find out more about this project and how you can help, visit  www.palomarsp.org/friends

Rick Barclay   barclay_zone@yahoo.com   909-783-9091

The next PMVFD Board of Directors meeting will be held 8am, August 6th at the Fire station.

Everyone is welcome to attend. Click for the agenda.

Here is the latest news on the effort to keep our State Parks open:  http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jul/31/groups-hope-to-take-over-local-state-parks/