Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Apple Pie Pizza!
Frank McCarron, chef at Portino's was heading to Bates Nut Farm this morning to get caramel sauce for the new Apple Pie Pizzas that he is introducing on the menu at lunch today.They will, of course, be built on top of crusts made with the pizza beer, which he uses for all of his pizzas now. Perfect dessert nosh with autumn just around the corner!
Saturday, August 15, 2009
YOU MAY SEE SMOKE
Residents of Palomar Mountain and some parts of Pauma Valley have been puzzling over smoke that they are seeing and smelling. Obviously this time of year they worry about fires. However, apparently what they are seeing is smoke from further north in the state.
According to Palomar Mountain Volunteer Fire Dept. Chief George Lucia, "Palomar mountain volunteer fire department has responded to numerous call reporting smoke in many areas of the mountain this morning. Each concerned resident was contacted and updated to the "drift smoke" from fires upstate."
He encourages residents to report smoke anytime they see it.
According to Palomar Mountain Volunteer Fire Dept. Chief George Lucia, "Palomar mountain volunteer fire department has responded to numerous call reporting smoke in many areas of the mountain this morning. Each concerned resident was contacted and updated to the "drift smoke" from fires upstate."
He encourages residents to report smoke anytime they see it.
Friday, August 14, 2009
Richard Chase Exhibit at Library in September
On Saturday September 5th County residents, especially in Valley Center, will have the opportunity to see the art work of prolithic artist Richard Gabriel Chase at the local library. Richard Chase painted for over seventy years, mostly in San Diego County. As one might expect his style was diverse and subjects unlimited. His early precise historical painting ability actually launched Mr. Chase into commercial and organizational fame for his skill. Through this art California’s history was brought to life on books and publications such as San Diego Historical Society’s Journals in the 1970’s.
Places and people, nature or battlefields, flowers or animals; no subject was without Mr. Chase’s interest and efforts. His portraiture work ranged from children to prominent citizens; from migrant workers to the famous American aviators, a collection which hangs today in San Diego’s Air and Space Museum.
Richard Chase excelled in another profound area of painting - the mural. This exacting strenuous pursuit is not seen among many artists, yet Mr. Chase adorned the walls and ceilings of the region with his work in restaurants, hotels, offices and even branch buildings of banking chains. One example from the mural series was that which portrayed the battle of San Pasqual, displayed in the Escondido branch in California, now viewable at the main library of Escondido on Kalmia Street. This mural dramatically illustrated the second phase of the battle, which took place the morning of December 6, 1846 just east of the I-15 crossover of Lake Hodges. The Mexican War of 1846 had many battles but this rainy morning was among the bloodiest. Another mural depicts Rancho San Dieguito with Mexican rancheros and Indian workers during the 1830’s, as they irrigated and harvested beans, corn, peppers and other field crops on bottomland along the San Dieguito River. This area is just south of present day Rancho Santa Fe. Today the mural can actually be seen at The San Dieguito Heritage Museum on Quail Gardens Drive in Encinitas, California. Mr. Chase also decorated many hospitals and churches as well as the James S. Copley Library in La Jolla, California. Copley was a major patron and contractor of Mr. Chase’s work in the sixties and the seventies. The publishing magnate had him illustrating many books on California history. Mr. Chase rendered a painting of the first San Diego Union Tribune office building, a modest structure indeed for Mr. Copley’s soon to be huge publishing enterprise.
History and nature were typically depicted however people and celebrities were portrayed in magnificent detail and grand scope. The most notable project can still be seen in the lobby and interiors of San Diego’s Grand Hyatt Hotel .Contracted work for the Hyatt’s 1992 opening was grand indeed especially for an artist in his early 70’s. The Hyatt paid Mr. Chase almost a half a million dollars, eighty five cents a square inch for paintings in the Harbor Tower. In August 2003 the San Diego Grand Hyatt unveiled its massive expansion at that location in San Diego Harbor. The 33 story Seaport Tower and 1625 rooms greet guests with Chase’s huge magnificent paintings in the lobby. Mr. Chase was now working again- but in his 80’s.
Mr. Chase did a rare exhibition of his paintings in 1985 at the United States International University, now Alliant University in Scripps Ranch, San Diego. In 1971 James S. Copely, who had bought the resort La Casa del Zorro in 1960 in Borrego Springs, California called on Richard for his refurbishment project. Originally an adobe house in 1937, it was turned into a resort. First known as the Desert Lodge it became a desert retreat for many of California’s and Europe’s prominent businessmen and entrepreneurial class. The area had been visited some centuries earlier by the Spanish missionaries. Guests who enjoyed the art of Marjorie Reed and the native American murals of John Duarte could also see and chuckle at the comic new paintings in the bar created by Mr. Chase; another delightful “genre” of his art. Today it is the Borrego Ranch Resort and Spa and one can still enjoy the original paintings.
This 20th century painter appears to have first gained his public notoriety depicting 19th century California scenes, which included the “Rancho” culture and geography of the 1830’s. His explorer and adventurer depictions and views of buildings and people gives
us our clear visualizations of history.
Born February 11, 1919 in Massachusetts, Richard “Chasey” Chase graduated from the Worcester High School of Commerce in 1937. He went on to study at the Massachusetts School of Art in Boston (now known as the Massachusetts College of Art). Richard’s “thesis mural” was prominently displayed at the Department of Education Building at the old location on Marlboro Street, Boston.
Upon graduation in 1941 Richard Gabriel Chase, as did most of those young budding American artists of “the greatest generation”, joined the United States Army. Many would never live to paint.
An earliest 1937 painting by Mr. Chase, typifies a younger man’s whims. A rendering of an auto salvage yard with superb accuracy gives us an early glimpse of American culture and perhaps a preview of the style of the abstract-expressionist movement of 1938 to 1942 in American art popularized by Clyfford Still, a contemporary. Mr. Chase is as much at home in the world of the impressionist and abstract painter as he is in that of the Renaissance masters.
Mr. Chase relocated to California after WWII. His San Diego start was as an advertising artist, art director and manager. Rising in his career at the Walker Scott department store chain in San Diego, it is told that the intuitive George Scott “let him go” in 1955 with a years salary to enable him to pursue his great destiny in art. Scott had to replace Richard with three men.
His reputation grew steadily and he became highly demanded by the rich and famous for portraiture. A notable list of portrait commissions included: Ruben H. Fleet, Igor Sikorsky and General Billy Mitchell. He painted for organizations, businesses and families. In 1963 John Alessio’s Hotel Del Coronado sent Mr. Chase to the Louvre in Paris, to paint a copy of the Mona Lisa for display at the notable Mr. A’s restaurant, downtown San Diego .The project was featured in San Diego Magazine’s Mona and Me. .Mr. Chase’s fame grew. He was also now working as a staff artist for Walter Broderick and Associates Interiors in La Mesa, California; all the while getting more and more calls for murals and portraits. This contract work, however, kept much of his art from public view. His murals would appear in the beautiful homes section again in San Diego’s June 1979 issue illuminating his popularity through the 70s.
Richard married Sara Martin, an interior decorator in the early 50’s. They lived and worked well together, offering fine art, decorating and mural work from their business in La Mesa, California and also at Walter Broderick Interiors. They were married over 22 years, until Sara’s untimely death from leukemia, in 1973
Richard Gabriel Chase was indeed a deeply spiritual man and a diligent student of the Bible and Christianity. He read volumes of scriptures and spiritual writings from many sources particularly turn of the century leaders of Christianity.
Richard Gabriel Chase later married Ruth C. Wootton of Escondido on August 2, 1975 at the Point Loma Presbyterian Church. They lived and worked in Hidden Meadows for thirty years. Many of his paintings depicted his views east to Valley Center from his home.
Ruth helped to restore his well being and breathed new life into his career. Richard’ health began failing in the new millennium. By 2006 he suffered from cervical compression and was experiencing pain and also losing sensation in his hands and legs. His balance was poor and he was falling often. A surgery proved unsuccessful. But Richard still had a client, and a new friend. He painted his last oil painting in 2006 for “Dr. Jim’’ at the age of 87. Only family could keep him from starting another project.
Richard Gabriel Chase died December 11, 2007 at the age of 88. Ruth died one month later.
On September 5 the art of Richard Gabriel Chase will be exhibited at The Valley Center Library on Cole Grade Road, with a reception at noon... Hundreds of sketches, drawings, work boards and paintings will be available. The exhibition is only the second since 1985. The paintings which are from the Chase estate will remain on display through September.
Additional information is available through the Valley Center Library or contact Michael Richman at magicmike49@dslextreme.com or 760-749-2325.
Places and people, nature or battlefields, flowers or animals; no subject was without Mr. Chase’s interest and efforts. His portraiture work ranged from children to prominent citizens; from migrant workers to the famous American aviators, a collection which hangs today in San Diego’s Air and Space Museum.
Richard Chase excelled in another profound area of painting - the mural. This exacting strenuous pursuit is not seen among many artists, yet Mr. Chase adorned the walls and ceilings of the region with his work in restaurants, hotels, offices and even branch buildings of banking chains. One example from the mural series was that which portrayed the battle of San Pasqual, displayed in the Escondido branch in California, now viewable at the main library of Escondido on Kalmia Street. This mural dramatically illustrated the second phase of the battle, which took place the morning of December 6, 1846 just east of the I-15 crossover of Lake Hodges. The Mexican War of 1846 had many battles but this rainy morning was among the bloodiest. Another mural depicts Rancho San Dieguito with Mexican rancheros and Indian workers during the 1830’s, as they irrigated and harvested beans, corn, peppers and other field crops on bottomland along the San Dieguito River. This area is just south of present day Rancho Santa Fe. Today the mural can actually be seen at The San Dieguito Heritage Museum on Quail Gardens Drive in Encinitas, California. Mr. Chase also decorated many hospitals and churches as well as the James S. Copley Library in La Jolla, California. Copley was a major patron and contractor of Mr. Chase’s work in the sixties and the seventies. The publishing magnate had him illustrating many books on California history. Mr. Chase rendered a painting of the first San Diego Union Tribune office building, a modest structure indeed for Mr. Copley’s soon to be huge publishing enterprise.
History and nature were typically depicted however people and celebrities were portrayed in magnificent detail and grand scope. The most notable project can still be seen in the lobby and interiors of San Diego’s Grand Hyatt Hotel .Contracted work for the Hyatt’s 1992 opening was grand indeed especially for an artist in his early 70’s. The Hyatt paid Mr. Chase almost a half a million dollars, eighty five cents a square inch for paintings in the Harbor Tower. In August 2003 the San Diego Grand Hyatt unveiled its massive expansion at that location in San Diego Harbor. The 33 story Seaport Tower and 1625 rooms greet guests with Chase’s huge magnificent paintings in the lobby. Mr. Chase was now working again- but in his 80’s.
Mr. Chase did a rare exhibition of his paintings in 1985 at the United States International University, now Alliant University in Scripps Ranch, San Diego. In 1971 James S. Copely, who had bought the resort La Casa del Zorro in 1960 in Borrego Springs, California called on Richard for his refurbishment project. Originally an adobe house in 1937, it was turned into a resort. First known as the Desert Lodge it became a desert retreat for many of California’s and Europe’s prominent businessmen and entrepreneurial class. The area had been visited some centuries earlier by the Spanish missionaries. Guests who enjoyed the art of Marjorie Reed and the native American murals of John Duarte could also see and chuckle at the comic new paintings in the bar created by Mr. Chase; another delightful “genre” of his art. Today it is the Borrego Ranch Resort and Spa and one can still enjoy the original paintings.
This 20th century painter appears to have first gained his public notoriety depicting 19th century California scenes, which included the “Rancho” culture and geography of the 1830’s. His explorer and adventurer depictions and views of buildings and people gives
us our clear visualizations of history.
Born February 11, 1919 in Massachusetts, Richard “Chasey” Chase graduated from the Worcester High School of Commerce in 1937. He went on to study at the Massachusetts School of Art in Boston (now known as the Massachusetts College of Art). Richard’s “thesis mural” was prominently displayed at the Department of Education Building at the old location on Marlboro Street, Boston.
Upon graduation in 1941 Richard Gabriel Chase, as did most of those young budding American artists of “the greatest generation”, joined the United States Army. Many would never live to paint.
An earliest 1937 painting by Mr. Chase, typifies a younger man’s whims. A rendering of an auto salvage yard with superb accuracy gives us an early glimpse of American culture and perhaps a preview of the style of the abstract-expressionist movement of 1938 to 1942 in American art popularized by Clyfford Still, a contemporary. Mr. Chase is as much at home in the world of the impressionist and abstract painter as he is in that of the Renaissance masters.
Mr. Chase relocated to California after WWII. His San Diego start was as an advertising artist, art director and manager. Rising in his career at the Walker Scott department store chain in San Diego, it is told that the intuitive George Scott “let him go” in 1955 with a years salary to enable him to pursue his great destiny in art. Scott had to replace Richard with three men.
His reputation grew steadily and he became highly demanded by the rich and famous for portraiture. A notable list of portrait commissions included: Ruben H. Fleet, Igor Sikorsky and General Billy Mitchell. He painted for organizations, businesses and families. In 1963 John Alessio’s Hotel Del Coronado sent Mr. Chase to the Louvre in Paris, to paint a copy of the Mona Lisa for display at the notable Mr. A’s restaurant, downtown San Diego .The project was featured in San Diego Magazine’s Mona and Me. .Mr. Chase’s fame grew. He was also now working as a staff artist for Walter Broderick and Associates Interiors in La Mesa, California; all the while getting more and more calls for murals and portraits. This contract work, however, kept much of his art from public view. His murals would appear in the beautiful homes section again in San Diego’s June 1979 issue illuminating his popularity through the 70s.
Richard married Sara Martin, an interior decorator in the early 50’s. They lived and worked well together, offering fine art, decorating and mural work from their business in La Mesa, California and also at Walter Broderick Interiors. They were married over 22 years, until Sara’s untimely death from leukemia, in 1973
Richard Gabriel Chase was indeed a deeply spiritual man and a diligent student of the Bible and Christianity. He read volumes of scriptures and spiritual writings from many sources particularly turn of the century leaders of Christianity.
Richard Gabriel Chase later married Ruth C. Wootton of Escondido on August 2, 1975 at the Point Loma Presbyterian Church. They lived and worked in Hidden Meadows for thirty years. Many of his paintings depicted his views east to Valley Center from his home.
Ruth helped to restore his well being and breathed new life into his career. Richard’ health began failing in the new millennium. By 2006 he suffered from cervical compression and was experiencing pain and also losing sensation in his hands and legs. His balance was poor and he was falling often. A surgery proved unsuccessful. But Richard still had a client, and a new friend. He painted his last oil painting in 2006 for “Dr. Jim’’ at the age of 87. Only family could keep him from starting another project.
Richard Gabriel Chase died December 11, 2007 at the age of 88. Ruth died one month later.
On September 5 the art of Richard Gabriel Chase will be exhibited at The Valley Center Library on Cole Grade Road, with a reception at noon... Hundreds of sketches, drawings, work boards and paintings will be available. The exhibition is only the second since 1985. The paintings which are from the Chase estate will remain on display through September.
Additional information is available through the Valley Center Library or contact Michael Richman at magicmike49@dslextreme.com or 760-749-2325.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
SHOOTING STARS TONIGHT
Tonight is the climax of the annual Perseid Meteor Shower, and some of the best places to watch it are just a few minutes away.
One Pauma Valley resident, Terry Abeyta, will be holding a potluck at her home and then caravan with some friends halfway up the Nate Harrison Grade. They plan to pull out the lawn chairs, set them up on the side of Palomar Mountain, and watch the show.
You don't have to drive that far. Just find a place relatively out of the way of streetlights or neighbors' lights and enjoy.
One Pauma Valley resident, Terry Abeyta, will be holding a potluck at her home and then caravan with some friends halfway up the Nate Harrison Grade. They plan to pull out the lawn chairs, set them up on the side of Palomar Mountain, and watch the show.
You don't have to drive that far. Just find a place relatively out of the way of streetlights or neighbors' lights and enjoy.
Monday, August 3, 2009
START SMART TRAINING FOR YOUNG DRIVERS
DID YOU KNOW?
• Teen drivers are found at fault in 66% of ALL FATAL collisions that they are involved in, although they only represent 4% of the state's licensed drivers.
• The leading cause of DEATH for Americans 15 - 20 years old is motor vehicle collisions.
• 65 % of teen passenger deaths occur when another teenager is driving.
WHAT IS THE START SMART PROGRAM?
The California Highway Patrol's Start Smart program is a free driver safety education class which targets new and future licensed teenage drivers between the age of 15 - 19 and their parents/guardians.
CHP officers will discuss traffic collision avoidance techniques, collision causing factors, driver/parent responsibilities, and seatbelt usage. Additionally, testimonies will be provided by officers who have investigated fatal collisions involving teens.
WHO: Students and Parents
WHAT: Start Smart Class
WHEN: Thursday August 6th 2009
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
WHERE: California Highway Patrol
1888 Oceanside Blvd
Oceanside, CA 92054
For More Information
Contact
Officer Eric Newbury @ (760) 757-0824
• Teen drivers are found at fault in 66% of ALL FATAL collisions that they are involved in, although they only represent 4% of the state's licensed drivers.
• The leading cause of DEATH for Americans 15 - 20 years old is motor vehicle collisions.
• 65 % of teen passenger deaths occur when another teenager is driving.
WHAT IS THE START SMART PROGRAM?
The California Highway Patrol's Start Smart program is a free driver safety education class which targets new and future licensed teenage drivers between the age of 15 - 19 and their parents/guardians.
CHP officers will discuss traffic collision avoidance techniques, collision causing factors, driver/parent responsibilities, and seatbelt usage. Additionally, testimonies will be provided by officers who have investigated fatal collisions involving teens.
WHO: Students and Parents
WHAT: Start Smart Class
WHEN: Thursday August 6th 2009
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
WHERE: California Highway Patrol
1888 Oceanside Blvd
Oceanside, CA 92054
For More Information
Contact
Officer Eric Newbury @ (760) 757-0824
Sunday, August 2, 2009
FIRE ON VC GRADE
At 10:41 a.m. on Sunday Firefighters are responding to a fire of about an acre on the Valley Center grade, about a mile down the grade. Authorities will be shutting down the grade.
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