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LAFCO/JCFPD Hearing Postponed Until September
The Joint-Reorganization and Associated Sphere Amendments | Concurrent Dissolution of the Julian-Cuyamaca Fire Protection District and Latent Power Area Expansion of County Service Area No. 135 (County Fire Authority); File No. RO18-09 et al. The Executive Officer has rescheduled this hearing for the joint-reorganization proposal filed by the Julian-Cuyamaca Fire Protection District (FPD) and County Service Area (CSA) No. 135 to a special meeting on Monday, September 10, 2018. The special meeting will start at 9:00am at the County Administration Center. Staff will re-notice the hearing.
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August 1, 2018
Julian, CA.
Volume 33 — Issue 52
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Propane Tanker Overturns Blocks Highway 79, Saturday
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Music On The Mountain
Lacal Kids Making Music By Fiddling Around
Please join us at the Julian branch library as we host Alex Sharps and Nat Copeland on Tuesday, August 7 at 6 PM. Music on the Mountain is where we have been showcasing fabulous musicians for more than a decade. This time we are introducing two excellent Julian performers who are recent Fiddle contest winners. Both learned more about music because of Bluegrass and Fiddle camps including the Julian Family Fiddle Camp.
Exploring Wolves At First Natural Wonderfest
Love your doggies? Come and learn about their ancestors! Welcome Jessica Decker from the California Wolf Center in beautiful Julian. The Center is a non profit dedicated to the return of wild wolves to their natural habitat, and to the people who share the landscape with them. California Wolf Center offers tours of the conservation center in Julian (with a reservation). www.californiawolfcenter.org or call 760-765-0030. Jessica is an associate professor at California State University at San Marcos. She’ll guide us through a short history of wolves in the US, why we should care about them, and wolf communication, personalities and collaborative roles they play within the pack. California Wolf Center is working hard to provide real and practical solutions to all of us sharing the landscape with wild wolves. We can all work together to preserve the wolves and return them to the wild. With the guidance from the California Wolf Center, we’ll learn how we can help in this important effort. California Wolf Center welcomed a litter of seven Mexican gray wolf pups in June. With less than 120 wild Mexican gray wolves in the US, these puppies are definitely a cause for celebration! Since 1997, California Wolf Center has played an integral role in the Mexican Wolf Species Survival Plan, a captive breeding and host program intended to prevent the extinction of Mexican gray wolves. All Mexican gray wolves residing at California Wolf Center are candidates to be released into the wild through a reintroduction program managed by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Mexican gray wolf recovery efforts expand beyond the conservation center. California Wolf Center is one of only two organizations working with the Southwest community sharing the landscape with the returning wolf population. The nonprofit organization provides information, financial support and/or physical tools to ranchers stewarding the space where Mexican gray wolves reside to reduce potential wolf-livestock conflict. California Wolf Center values building on common ground, so wolves, livestock and people can thrive on shared landscapes. This litter joins over twenty wolves living at California Wolf Center, many of which are part of the Mexican Wolf Species Survival Plan. An ambassador pack of North American gray wolves also resides at the conservation center helping to educate the public on California wolf recovery. Wolves are making their way back to the Golden State after being absent for nearly a century. California Wolf Center is a leader in wild wolf recovery throughout the Pacific West, establishing a oneof-its-kind grassroots program to support and empower Northern California ranchers. Since 2011, California has had 18 confirmed wild wolves in our state.
Wonderfest Looks To The Stars With NASA Ambassador Jerry Hilburn Jerry is one of those people whom you may only encounter once, but you never forget, especially if you have a penchant for astronomy, science or space exploration. Jerry has spent a good part of his life organizing star parties, tracking asteroids, and doing public speaking about planetary probes such as the Curiosity Mars rover and the New Horizons Pluto Probe, on behalf of NASA. Those of you who attended his talk on the Juno Jupiter probe in 2017 at the Julian library know how passionately Jerry communicates science. He’s probably on his biggest roll when he’s got a group of young kids, eyes wide open, at the telescope on a clear dark night. Jerry left for the Sacramento area about a year ago. He continues to put on star parties and track asteroids, especially the ones that cross our earthly path now and then. Fortunately for us, Jerry loves Julian and will be back here on August 11 to kick off the shooting star party at Julian Natural Wonderfest. Be ready to laugh and learn. Jerry has a reputation for keeping his audience laughing while we digest large portions of some very deep science!
Around six Saturday morning a propane taker jack-knifed and fliped on it’s side on the 79, near Fink Rd - between Warner Springs Glider Port and Sunshine Summit. The tanker was blocking the Highway in both directions for close to 12 hours before it could be removed and traffic once again began flowing. There was no report of injuries except to the driver of the truck. Investigators could not give a cause at press time.
Crews inspecting the tanker in preparation to unload contents. A crane was brought in to right the tanker before placing it on a flatbed trailer fo transport. photos courtesy of CalFIRE
Nat Copeland Nathaniel (Nat) Copeland began playing the fiddle at age seven. Alex Sharps picked up a fiddle at age 13. Nat (age 16) has nine years of fiddle playing experience and Alex (age 25) has twelve. Both have competed in fiddle contests: Nat earned 1st place in the Topanga Fiddle Contest in 2016 and 2nd place in 2018, both in the Advanced Division; Alex placed 1st place in the 2018 Topanga contest and progressed to 6th place in the 2017 Young Adult division in the National Fiddle Championship held in Weiser Idaho. He also placed 6th in the Open Division in Weiser in 2018. Both have performed and placed in the Julian Fiddle and Pickin’ contest and provide back up on guitar for their friends and competitors. At age four, Alex Sharps began performing on drums, bongos, and congas, with his father. While a native of San Diego, Alex was raised in northern California, he considers his time in Rio Vista to be his most musically formative years. His dad was a computer programmer and pastor, so Alex grew up backing his dad for worship music every week.
Alex Sharps At age 13, Alex started playing the fiddle, using you-tube videos for lessons and learning how to tune instruments. At age 14 and 15 he added guitar and banjo to the growing list of instruments in his repertoire. At age 16, Alex went to his first music camp, the California Bluegrass Association Music camp in Grass Valley CA. It was there that he really got serious about playing the fiddle and honing his style. His favored style is Old Time Fiddle, Appalachian Style. He was able to play with youth his own age and got into jamming and performing. Alex’s first professional gig was at the age of 17 for the Freight and Salvage Coffee House in Berkeley where they had a young artist showcase. It was is chance to gather with other musician and be part of different bands. His first band was Them Boys, with Max and Nate Schwartz. He moved on to performing with Windy Hill Bluegrass band for three years. It was only after Alex moved to Julian in 2016, and attended the Julian Family Fiddle Camp that he learned Texas Style Fiddle. Nat has been attending the Julian Family Fiddle Camp since 2013. It is here that he met up with several nationally recognized performers and instructors. He began taking lessons with Dan Touchstone from Poway, then Matthew Hartz from Boise Idaho, and now Jesse Maw from Montana. While he has worked with all of these instructors in person, instructors now teach through the magic of the Internet. Nat is a dedicated performer and can be seen busking in town or performing for an event being held here in Julian. In addition to playing the fiddle, Nat is proficient with the acoustic guitar, a tenor guitar and the mandolin. Entering his junior year of high school at Mountain Valley Academy in Ramona, Nat is also a Life Scout, working toward earning the rank of Eagle Scout. He enjoys jamming with friends as they trade instruments and complement one another while performing. Please come out and enjoy an evening of music with some very talented young musicians on Tuesday, August 7 at 6 pm. There is much you can learn from these young men, each in their own way. The concert will be held in the main room of the Julian Branch Library located at 1850 Highway 78 and will be followed by refreshments. For more information, please call 760-765-0370
Chamber Mixer Thursday The monthly Julian Chamber of Commerce mixer will be held at Menghini Winery Thursday, August 2 - sign in starts at 5:30. Complimentary for Chamber members(2), and $5.00 for each additional employee, guest, or non-Chamber member regardless of age. Members are encouraged to bring a prize for the evenings raffle.
Julian Natural Wonderfest - August 11, 2018 - Jess Martin Park www.visitjulian.com
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