Mike Tracey, Mountain resident has been working on the Mountain helping property owners with many different projects. He now has time available to help you with any of the following:
Electricial, carpentry, handyman jobs
Hanging or repair of doors and gates
Weed eating, brush, downed branches cleanup
Property cleanup to Forestry Standards
Dry, oak firewood delivered and stacked
Cabin cleaning
Mice and bat cleanup and exclusion
Your work is much appreciated,
Mike Tracey 760 215-9283
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From: Mike Chesney
At our last Annual General Meeting, four new Board Members were elected, Click Below for the first in a series of Spotlights introducing your new PMPO Board Members
George Evangelou was born in Virginia in 1952 and has lived in San Diego County since infancy.
A semi-retired lawyer, George has been a regular visitor to the Mountain for the last 46 years.
George does residential and commercial electrical repairs, and owns a machine shop where he manufactures parts for local businesses.
Click here to learn more about George
Welcome to the Board, George!
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Wow! Brad Ells sure doesn’t let any dust settle under his feet. He has accomplished soooooo much since he and his wife visited the Observatory one day. Brad looked out from the gift shop and saw the High Point tower off in the distance. He was looking for a new volunteer project and boy did he find it. Much has happened since that day not long ago, and now he has accepted a liaison position with Cal Fire to coordinate the preservation efforts for their lookouts state-wide. Hooray for Brad. Keep reading for his Fire Lookout news.
Many of us got an email today looking like it was from someone most of us know on the mountain with the message below. It was an example of an email e-dress being captured, used with dishonest intentions, and is being dealt with. After several messages from some of you questioning the situation, I thought it would be good to turn around Ann’s below. I did X out the name and e-dress to avoid causing any more grief for the pirated sender. It is not uncommon to get a message like this from someone you may know – just don’t send money! Now, go out and make it a great day! Bonnie Phelps
From: ANN SOWARDS
Subject: Fraudulent email making the rounds?
| You might want to send it around to alert people to what a fraudulent email looks like. i.e, asking for money to be wired and wording that makes it plain that English is not your native language! — On Fri, 8/13/10, XXXX XXXXXX wrote: From: XXX XXXX (email XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX)
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From: Mike Pique
Subject:and 2010 is great year for it
The Perseid meteors will be back and 2010 is a great year for the meteor shower because the moon will not be in the sky to drown out the meteors. You don’t need even binoculars, just an open view of the sky and a comfortable lounge chair or blanket. The best view this year is predicted to be late Thursday night and early Friday morning (August 12-13), but watching the next night or two might be worth doing. Like most meteor showers, the best views are after 11 PM or midnight, but most important is a clear view of the sky and no bright lights nearby.
Traditionally the fine summer weather for the Perseids suggests enjoying them with a friend and a bowl of cherries.
For more information see
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/99304684.html
– Mike Pique
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Your new Community Center Board of Directors is as follows…
Bruce Graves (Chairperson), Tracey Chesney (Vice Chairperson), Tricia Lucia (Secretary), John Lesac (Treasurer), and Louise Walls (Board Member)
Would you like to join us and be considered for a seat on the CCPM Board of Directors? Please go to www.palomarcommunitycenter.com/Board.php and fill out our Board Member Application form. Not interested in becoming a Board Member? No problem, click the link to meet all your board members and find contact information for each of us.
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New CCPM Board Member
We would like to extend a warm welcome to Louise Walls, our newly appointed CCPM Board Member. Louise Walls is a retired Administrative Assistant and has been a mountain resident for 8-1/2 years. She is the wife of Earl Walls, who designed the new Center and managed the remodel project. Louise and her family have volunteered countless hours at the Center over many years.
As an 8-1/2 year mountain resident, Louise has watched the Center evolve from an old dirty building to what it is today and is looking forward to helping make it a focal point of our mountain community.
Tracey Chesney
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2003 CRF 230 Honda Dirt Bike For Sale
Hardly riden, low miles, like new and runs great! New battery, electric start and has been garaged.
$1900. obo Darlene Lewis (760)742-3474
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TK Bergman passed on another story including tales of Palomar a hundred years or so ago. Written by Jeff Smith and published in The Reader, I’m guessing the next time you are driving along Hwy 79 pretty confident that you will get to your destination in one piece, you may think of trials some of the pioneers endured along the same road.
Here is a quote from Arlie to lure you into Jeff’s story of days not so long ago:
“Deadman’s isn’t a good place to rob a stage passing through,” says Arlie Bergman, whose ancestors — the Bergmans and Mendenhalls — helped settle Palomar Mountain. “They were always ready for trouble; in fact, there were very few Butterfield robberies around here. But it’s a good place to bushwhack individuals camped alone near the springs. They had to have money on them somewhere.”
Now click for the rest of the story!
Bonnie Phelps
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Tis the season for mosquitos and those nasty no see ‘ums. I stumbled across an easy way to stop the itching.
After trying many sprays, creams and gels they haven’t worked for me this year but SALT does!
We’d been at a BBQ with friends where I’d worn little capris. Those bugs had attacked my ankles after dining on my arms. the next day I went in for a pedicure and the gal offered a salt rub. I thought the salt would feel good on those bites that were making me a little more crazy than normal. After the salt rub on my ankles, I realized they were not intching anymore but my arms still had big welts that were demanding attention. I rubbed some of the salt on my arms, and immediately they felt fine.
I’ve been off the mountain much of the past two weeks and came home to a welcoming committee of those annoying bugs. This morning I got the salt out and thought “wow, this salt really works, I should turn this tip around to the Mountain News!”
So, there you have it. I have a little saucer of salt, dampen the area of the bite, dab my fingers in the salt and rub (feels so good!). Sometimes I have salted a second time but if I use enough salt the first time, I’m never bothered again. Pretty amazing!
Hope it helps you too. Now, go out and enjoy the great outdoors! 🙂
Bonnie Phelps
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