Palomar Mountain News

Over 200 years of Bluegrass experience is converging on the Mountain this weekend!  YOU are invited to listen in!  Click for a link for more info about the band, and here is your invite from James himself:

From: James Rust 

Bluegrass jammers are converging on my cabin this weekend Friday through Sunday, May 13-15). 

• Jamming will begin on Friday afternoon, be in full swing by Friday evening . 
• Saturday morning we’ll wake up/round up a couple of other jammers to do a gig at the Community Center by the Fire Department about 10 am to noon.
• Back at the Cabin jammin’ Saturday through the evening.
• On Sunday we usually go down to Mother’s Kitchen for a jam finale about 11:30 am or so.
• We’ll be jamming at either at my cabin or in Mike Pique’s “nanny” cabin (where Willy used to live), My cabin is out on the far east side of Birch Hill, just south of Bruce and Lola Graves. Mike Pique’s place is just south of my cabin.

You and other mountain folk are welcome to stop by anytime for a listen.

james

  Click for a great story with some of the history of Bailey’s Palomar Resort.  Be sure to see the video too!  Ahhhh, a ‘Staycation’ right here on Palomar!  How lovely!

Mother’s Day hike turned into an over night campout on Palomar:

http://www.swrnn.com.php5-16.dfw1-2.websitetestlink.com/2011/05/09/temecula-mother-and-son-rescued-after-staying-night-on-palomar-mountain/

 Folks have been cooking with dutch ovens on Palomar for decades.

Click for a dutch oven temperature chart. Really almost anything you do in an oven can be done in a dutch oven.

Per the chart, if you have a 12″ oven and something needs to bake at 350 degrees, you use 25 hot briquets (17 on the lid and 8 underneath). You may want to check things part way through and move briquets from top to bottom or vice versa if one part is getting more done than another and rotating the lid a quarter turn occasionally is a good idea.

Here are a couple of recipes. Read More…

Palomar Mountain Residents

Your PMPO board of directors will  be holding an election for new board members at our next Annual General Meeting.

6 board positions will be up for re-election. Are you interested? If so please click to contact Mike Chesney on or before

May 20^th 2011.

Click for the PMPO Election Policy

Annual General Meeting

May 28^th 2011

11am (directly following the pancake breakfast)

In the Fire Station

Tracey Chesney

The next BBQ Planning Meeting will be Sunday, May 22 at 12:00 Noon at the Community Center.

 Would you like to help out? Are you interested in what we’re planning? Stop by the Community Center and see what we’ve got cooking. Everyone is welcome and we still have some volunteer opportunities available. See you there!

Kym McClarey and Crew

From: Tracey Chesney

Community Center Open-House – What a Morning!! Delicious home-made Danish fresh from the oven (courtesy of John Lesac). Muffins, Coffee and LIVE MUSIC!! Yes that’s right, Community members were treated to a fabulous acoustic performance from Boris and Victor…a couple of extremely talented Russian musicians. Such a treat! Those of you who missed out need not worry though. We’ll be enjoying a live performance on August 20th from Boris, Victor and MANY other musicians. We will have more details for you soon, but for now MARK YOUR CALENDARS!! We’ll keep you updated. Click here to see photos from today’s Open-House and don’t forget, the Community Center is open EVERY SATURDAY from 9am until Noon!

Cheers Trace!

From: pmvfd@googlegroups.com

Subject: [PMVFD] Next Fire Board meeting

The next fire board meeting will be held this coming Saturday, May 7, 2011, at 8:00 a.m. at the fire station.

Everyone is welcome.
Palomar Mountain Volunteer Fire Department
21610 Crestline Road
Palomar Mountain, CA, 92060

From: Robert Gonsett
Subject: Josephus M. Asher

According to page 83 of Asher’s “My Palomar,” Robert Asher’s father, Josephus M. Asher, was the San Diego County Assessor at one time.  Judy and I know the current Assessor, Ernie Dronenberg, so we asked him (via his wife Marilyn) for more info.  She replied, “Your book is correct! Josephus M. Asher was SD County Assessor from 1887 to 1890.”

This confirmation explains a lot about Robert’s expertise on land issues.  Thank you for recognizing the value of the Asher manuscripts.  What a treasure trove.

Best regards,  Bob

 For wonderful historical info, simply visit  and click on Peter Brueggeman’s link for the ‘Treasure Trove’:  http://www.mypalomarmountain.com/historical/