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3rd Time - The Charm Jazz At The Library, Tuesday
Gilbert Castellanos Joshua White This concert has been worth the wait and the hype! Gilbert Castellanos and Joshua White will be performing at the Julian branch library on Tuesday, February 19 at 6 PM. Previously scheduled for February 5, this concert had a weather postponement. Both Castellanos and White are nominated for as the Best Jazz performers in San Diego for 2019, with Castellanos receiving the award in 2017. Please join us at the Julian branch library, 1850 Highway 78. Following the free performance, refreshments will be served.
Measure ‘A’ Is An Election By Mail
by Sherry Engberg
By now, most Julian residents have heard about the special election on the proposed reorganization of the Julian-Cuyamaca Fire Protection District. The ballot measure is called “Measure A.” Here are some of the details to answer a few more questions: When is the election? Who gets to vote? How or where do we vote? Is it too late to register to vote? The election is March 19, 2019. A ballot will be mailed to all eligible voters on February 19, 2019. They can be returned by mail any time from February 19 to March 19. As long as they are postmarked by March 19, 2019 and received within 3 days they will be counted. Voters can also vote in person at the Registrar’s office from Feb. 25 to March 19, during office hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. All voters registered in the Julian-Cuyamaca Fire Protection District are eligible to vote on “Measure A.” These voters do not have to be property owners. People who are property owners can vote only if they are registered to vote in the area. The deadline to register to vote in this election is March 4. You need to re-register if you have moved or changed your name. You can register online at sdvote.com, or pick up a form at the library, Post Office, DMV, city clerks’ offices or the Registrar of Voters at 5600 Overland Ave, San Diego 92123. You can also register to vote conditionally during the 14 days before the election or on Election Day. Once the registration is processed and determined to be eligible, your ballot will be counted. For more information go online to San Diego County Registrar of Voters or phone them at 858-565-5800.
Chamber Tradeshow - A Success This month's Julian Chamber of Commerce mixer was focused on a Julian Services "Tradeshow" with the emphasis on residents of the area meeting service providers in various specialties. In an era of social media, online reviews and digital marketing, attendees enjoyed traditional face-to-face opportunities to discuss options to do-it-yourself projects. Need water purifying?...banking opportunities?...insurance options?...propane services?...funeral planning? They were all there, and much more. Certainly much more social than social media, with laughter, food, and gathering at the Town Hall for a reason other than debating and politics. Julian's Chamber of Commerce placed the focus fully on community cooperation and enhancement on Thursday February 7, at a very well-attended event.
Jr. High Spelling Bee Results Are In
by Mac Moretti Julian Junior High ASB
The Julian Junior High School Spelling Bee was held on January 31st, 2019. It was held in the Wolfden at the Julian Junior High School. The competition was opened up to the entirety of the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade classes. All students were welcome to compete! All three grades competed against each other. Marcella Delacruz, a seventh-grade student, was the top speller overall in the entire school. Jethro Lewis, a sixth-grade student, was the runner up. He received second place overall in the entire school. Congratulations to all the participants in the spelling bee! It is a great academic activity as well as a public speaking activity! A special congratulations to Marcella Delacruz and Jethro Lewis – our top spellers!
Celebrate Libraries (SPM Wire) February is Library Lovers' Month, a time to reflect on the value of libraries. Here are four great ways to celebrate: • Visit the library: When is the last time you visited your library? If it’s been some time since you've visited, you may not realize that libraries today host a variety of events for all ages, from lectures to live musical performances to free classes. Check out the calendar of your local branch and attend an event of interest to your family. • Share it: Don’t just visit the library, tell the world about it! Use social media to share your love of libraries with friends and followers. • Make a donation: Though libraries are publicly funded, they are always in need of private donations. Consider making a tax-deducitible donation. Many library systems offer the oppotunity to earmark your donation for the program or branch of your choice. • Shelve it: Short on cash? Sift through your gently used books and pick out titles you no longer need or want. Drop your books off at your library’s donation bin so they can be put into circulation or resold at the Fiend’ Book Store and read by everyone in the community.
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February 13, 2019
Volume 34 — Issue 28
Julian, CA.
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The Julian Daffodil Project In 1990, Julian, a small historic mining town sixty miles east of San Diego, 4,200 feet elevation, started planting a lot of daffodils. I had written garden articles in the local news for ten years (people knew my name), and we had a town hall with three flower beds growing only weeds. My father had died that year. Thinking back about growing up with him in another small town, I realized he was always at the town plaza planting and watering trees, helping beautify the little league park, just making life more beautiful. In his honor, I put an article in the local news saying that I could earn a bushel of daffodils, which I would be glad to plant in the town beds, if I could find ten individuals to buy one bushel of daffodils each (approximately $100). The crazy thing that happened, and I know my dad is still smiling about this, is that $6,000 came into my mail box in the next month. That meant that I had earned about sixteen bushels to plant for the town. Then I needed volunteers to help plant: some friends, a couple of Girl Scout troops and Julian Elementary School children. As the years went by, the teachers at the school really embraced the idea of planting, and it is now an annual event. Each November (hopefully we've had some rain to soften the soil by then) I go to school with a list of ten dates and locations that work with my calendar. I try to pick four to six locations that the children can walk to easily. If the distance is further, I get permission from the principal to have two or three bus loads of thirty children at a time transported to the planting site. Some businesses have caught on that this beautifies their grounds and they love the children's involvement. The businesses buy bulbs, and I coordinate the planters as long as it is in a safe location. I've gathered thirty to thirty-five shovels through the years. I give a quick demo of how to dig an eight inch deep hole ten to fifteen inches wide, saving the dirt on the side. Then I teach them how to set three to six bulbs in the hole (DO NOT COVER UP). All the kids run about: some planters, some diggers. NO swinging shovels! The teacher gives us a ten minute warning at the end of an hour or whenever the group is losing concentration. I then give another heads up about checking the bulbs one more time to make sure they are upright, and we all cover them up at once. Eight to ten minutes — DONE! I advertise in August (newspapers, posters, Facebook
by Sally Snipes
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and flyers). Facebook address: https:// w w w.f a c e b o o k . c o m /J u l i a n Daffodils-1553863608197877 Folks must pay in August. Orders go out in September. Bulbs arrive late October. We've averaged 65-75 bushels coming into Julian every year since 1990. Our biggest enemies are weed whackers! We've been trying to educate people and that is an ongoing process...that led to our Daffodil Show. In 2004, Jay Pengra came to town because he had heard we were planting a lot and said we needed a show. We said they were all around outside, along the roadways and such. "Yes," he said, "but you need to educate the public about what an amazing family the Narcissus are." The first year we had one table at the back of the coffee house; second year, we had two and a lot of people looking. Three to six years, a small garden shop hosted between four and six tables full of blooms, then you couldn't get in the door because too many folks had come. I went to the Julian Chamber of Commerce and stated that they needed to donate the use of our town hall for a weekend in March for daffodils. They agreed. Since 2011, we have filled the town hall (approximately 800-1,100 blooms a year) all from local gardeners, young and old. We've been learning divisions and very slowly learning names. About seven years ago Jay suggested we have a Julian "Bulb of the Year" and we might at least learn one name a year! Jay unfortunately passed away last year; we really miss his humor, wonderful energy, and love of daffodils he brought with him to our show. We've averaged fifty children a year entering blooms. We give
participation ribbons to every one of them to avoid tears. The main purpose is to encourage future growers, not to disappoint them! We have four to six banquet tables along one side of the room set aside just for youth entries. In January and February the teachers help children make art about daffodils and we hang all the children's art around the town hall during the show. And in March, many of the teachers walk back with their class to where the kids planted and sit and have lunch with their blooms. We don't have any hybridizers that live in the area, but we do have a lot of folks that have fallen in love with the facts of the Narcissus family. The deer leave them alone. The gophers may move them but don't eat them. Certain untouched locations in town have reproduced for over 25 years. They like our territory when we have normal rainfall (25-30 inches) per year, so they can tolerate our dry summers. Visitors quite often think the blossoms are wild and pick them. They have even been seen digging them up. We honk our horns! Many children nowadays don't get the opportunity to get their hands dirty. Earth needs more plant lovers! Maybe this is a way to encourage gardeners and future American Daffodil Society members. This years daffodill show is scheduled for Saturday and Suday March 23 and 24, with entries to be delivered to the town hall on Friday the 22nd. For early bloomers I suggest cutting your stems and refrigerating them until the show. taken from: The Daffodil Journal of the American Daffodil Society, Inc. (September 2018) Daffchat: The Julian Daffodil Project
Wed., November 28 W 1-0 Home vs Hamilton Monday, December 3 L 0-7 Home vs Maranatha Christian Wed., December 5 L 0-9 Home vs High Tech (NC) Friday, December 10 T 2-2 @ Tri-City Christian Wed., December 12 L 0-6 @ High Tech (NC) Monday, December 17 L 0-2 Home vs Gompers Prep Tues., December 18 L 0-1 @ Calvin Christian Thur., December 20 L 1-2 vs Hamilton Friday, December 21 L 0-2 Home vs Liberty Charter Friday, January 11 W 5-0 Home vs Borrego Springs
Boys Basketball
Tues., November 13 F 0-1 @ Bayfront Charter Tues, November 20 L 16-75 @ Del Lago Academy Thurs., November 27 L 27-69 @ Hamilton Monday, December 3 L 45-47 @Calvary Christian Thurs, December 6 L 36-67 Home vs San Diego Jewish Academy Mon., December 10 L 74-29 @ Temecula Prep Wed., December 12 L 43-55 @ Calvary Christian Tues, December 18 L 76-34 @ San Diego Jewish Academy Friday, December 21 L 44-34 @ Borrego Springs
Girls Basketball
Tuesday, November 27 L 42-17 @ Hamilton Tues., December 4 L 19-39 Home vs Horizon Prep Thursday, December 6 5:00 @ Guajome Park Academy Wed., December 12 L 17-66 Home vs Guajome Park Academy Thur., December 13 L 23-35 Home vs Hamilton Sat., December 15 F 0-2 Home vs Preuss UCSD Tues., December 18 L 17-31 @ Horizon Prep Friday, December 21 L 6-44 @ Borrego Springs Tuesday, January 15 L 48-22 Home vs Warner
Boys Soccer
Monday, November 26 L 1-4 Home vs Ocean View Christian Tuesday, December 4 L 1-8 @ Ocean View Christian Tues., December 11 L 2-5 Home vs Calvin Christian Wed., December 12 L 0-7 @ Calvary Christian Wed., January 9 L 10-0 @ West Shores Wed., January 16 L 7-0 Home vs Calipatria Friday, January 18 L 10-0 Home vs Vincent Memorial Wed., January 23 L 3-6 @ Borrego Springs continued on page 4
Happy Valentine’s Day to you all from the Julian Chamber of Commerce www.VisitJulian.com