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Celebrating Lew Julian’s beloved Lew (Lewis E La Dou) died on January 7th 2016. He was with his adoring wife Tammy and dog Orbit in Temecula at the time of his death. He was one block from the Temecula Old Town Fire Station and three blocks from Temecula Valley hospital and in the universes wisdom he was able to receive immediate help. He was preparing Tam’s taxes which was one of his favorite hobbies and possibly listed as the cause of death. Other hobbies included calling the State Board of Equalization or refinancing home loans. Lew a native of San Diego, and as rumor has it, was politely asked to relocate to an unincorporated area of San Diego County. He chose our most fortunate town of Julian, due to his love for raising Cain in the city and desire to develop his entrepreneurial spirit yet provide a homey place for his wife and daughter. He resided in Julian from 1980 to the present. He remained incognito for several years having worked “down the hill” which allowed his vivacious and loving 1st wife Janis L La Dou and enormously beloved daughter Molly to have their own life of ranching, riding, and building a community of friends. Lew was larger than life itself. He was brought into this unprepared world by his parents Harold Joseph La Dou from South Dakota and Margaret Beatrice “Bea” Butler from the Midwest. He is survived by his older siblings Leah La Dou Bue (Marve) and Joseph La Dou, M.D. It must have been a strain on Bea to spread Catholic guilt over yet another child but somehow she managed to start him on his way. Somewhere during his adolescence as the little brother, Lew was able to attain 4 inches and 40 pounds over his brother Joe which in my imagination likely decreased the brotherly fighting in the house (and Joe was the smart one). Lew’s sister Leah told me that one time when the whole family was in their kitchen gazing out at the Naval base where something interesting was going on, disinterested Lew was busy preening his adolescent locks using the reflection from the toaster. When Lew married Jan, he also married into the Hammons clan. Susie was married to K.O. a Navy Captain and Terry Hammons hooked up with Lew’s friend Jeff Lane. Lew told me when Terry and Jeff met, both he and Jan were rattled because they each knew too many antics which predated their union. Lew loved his in-laws greatly and stayed friends with all of them to the present, a feat not many of us can claim. Lew told countless stories about and absolutely adored his nieces. He often talked about how accomplished and beautiful they are. Anna, Marisa, Kara, Mia, Monique, Beth and Margo, he loves you and the great nieces too numerous to list. He is survived by only one great nephew. 98% of the La Dou’s prodigy are women which we can presume in Gods wisdom, is an effort to improve the La Dou genetic tree or either prune it. Hey Joe, honor your Greek father, and call if you need help being 25% La Dou. Steve Rand (Carol) is the truly the luckiest man alive because he had the most “real time” with Lew. Steve was the toddler next door, and grew up, knew and stayed friends with Lew for his entire lifetime, 70 and 1/2 years to be exact. We would love to be a fly on the wall to hear your childhood talks, pranks, and
Lewis Edward La Due
June 21, 1945 – January 7, 2016
ventures to the beach. Thank you for keeping Lew in High School (as far as we’re aware he was only expelled from one). Gary Passavanti (Lynn) and Lew had a unique relationship. Lew told me once that he would have the worst day and yet Gary’s comments could send him into fits of laughter. One day Gary came to Lew and said, “I decided I don’t want to die at work. We’re going golfing” and for the next three years they golfed weekly at Warner Springs. I heard between the two they were able to shoot an occasional par, drive a 150 yard ball which hit a turkey in the head (the turkey died) and also hit a Korean man in the leg (he survived). I remember Lew and Gary sitting at the outside Coffee House table, and Gary, a politically conservative guy, saying, “I can hear your Birkenstocks coming down the street” Molly La Dou is the only child and daughter of Janis and Lew. She came into the world grabbing their full attention. She was born prematurely and was 1 pound, 12 oz. the smallest child to date born at Zion Hospital in 1976 and survive. To keep her humble, we just like to tell her she was the weighed 7 sticks of butter. She was the apple of their eye and Lew told me countless stories of their lives together. Molly lost her mom at the age of 21 but then met her love and husband to be in college. After graduating from Fresno State with a degree in Agriculture, she married Brian Glover. Lew would look at me over the last 7 years and repeatedly say “he’s perfect”. Most typically the sentiment was expressed when Molly would bring home yet another horse (5 and counting), cat, dog, ferret and Brian didn’t flinch. Molly blessed and enriched her Dad’s life in ways she will never know. More importantly she gave him two full term grandchildren who are sweet, playful, high achievers, and were the joy of his life. To improve his status in Heaven however, and with the help of Toni Marquette who holds 100% responsibility for the match making, Lew married a woman from the Midwest just like his father (get use to it…we all have “Mom issues”). Tammy was contemplating becoming Catholic. After marriage she would occasionally attend mass in Alpine 45 min away in an effort to preserve Lew’s reputation in Julian as a really fun guy. Her
children, Jack, Adrienne, Julie and Ben from her prior marriage, have been blessed with his laughs, his goodness and will be telling stories for years to come. Over the shared Christmas gathering this year, my son Jack commented “I never hear him say a negative thing”. A message to our adored grandchildren: Delanie, Kenya, Savannah, Rex, Iris, Marley, Baby Adrienne, and of course Lew’s own Allison and Hayden, by the time you are grown, Lew will be a legend. Lew served in the United States Army Infantry in Vietnam from 1967 to 1968. Upon his return he attended San Diego State University. It was a time of war protests, the drug culture, sit-ins, riots and campus closures. Lew loved it. When he attended he was able to graduate with a Bachelors of Science in Marketing. He began a career of real estate, working at Pacific Scene in San Diego, and began building and contracting. He once told me his “first build” was in La Mesa. It was a 4 tenet apartment complex. Nearing completion he realized the upper apartment was built with no outside stair access…the door to nowhere I suppose. He and Jan also started the Julian Jam Company. After Jan passed away, Lew decided to open a coffee shop in Julian even though he never had been in a Starbucks. The Julian Coffee House will be loved and remembered almost as much as it's Captain. Not just a restaurant or a short stop on your way to start the day, it was more of a magical meeting place a stew pot if you will of unlikely minded ingredients intermingling in a stir of ambrosial chaos. It never would have happened without Lew at the helm, like some kind of mad magician or chemist. There were many notable achievements during this time. Achievements include: dressing up as an apple and allowing it to be filmed, being Uncle Sam multiple years for the 4th of July parade, and firing Marianne only once. He also had a knack for inventing knick names for the numerous customers who graced his establishment such as “Little Ricky”, the “three Dicks”, “sack o’ potatoes”, “Turkey John”, and Kurt. Tammy just found out some interesting news on the 9th of January 2016 from Lew’s sister Leah, better known as “Booty”. Booty is short for beauty. I don’t continued on page 10
Last Tuesday representatives from County Planning: Dennis Campbell, Project Planner; James Bennett, Groundwater Geologist; Peter Eichar, Environmental Planner and Cara Lacy, Chief Project Planner cane to town hall to clarify and answer questions concerning the development of the 1,416.5 acres of agricultural grazing and breeding lands into 24 lots and proposed internal private roads. The presentation which included a detailed history of the project and numerous maps of the area and the projects impacts on the site. They also explained the need to amend a 161 acre parcel within the project to reduce lot size from 160 acres to the minimum 40 acres that was part of the County’s general plan at the time it was initially proposed. Geologist James Bennett responded too concerns over water with explanation of the type of “fractured rock” formations prevalent to the area. Peter Eichar pointed out the extensive biological open space (approximately 85% total) that would be preserved in the new development. Most of the proposed lots would have restrictions on the size of their developed area less than 1/4 the total parcel. Around 80 residents, some neighbors to the area in question attended, raising questions about water use, visual impacts and traffic increases along Pine Hills Road. The answer of the night was to send your concerns to the County Planning Commission. The Q/A was informative and the meeting ended three hours after it began.
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Julian Wrestling Update While many students were enjoying the coziness and tranquility of a long Christmas/ New Year’s winter break, the members of the Julian High School Wrestling Team were experiencing the discomfort and turbulence of early morning two hour practice sessions in order to prepare themselves for upcoming tournaments and league meets. Their hard work and sacrifice paid off as the team garnered victories at both the prestigious Mission Hills 24 team Wrestling Tournament on December 30th and the Citrus League Quad Meet which took place on January 14th at Army Navy Academy in Carlsbad. At the Mission Hills Tournament, team captain Nic Ritchie (195 lb class) and senior David Rittberg (120 lb class) both earned 6th place finishes while freshman Joey Romano (160 lb class) “went the distance” with the eventual 7th place finisher from San Pasqual High School. At last week’s Quadmeet, Greg Conitz (170 lb class) displayed tenacity and grit by coming from behind and pinning his formidable opponent from Army Navy Academy with just 13 seconds remaining on the clock. Nic Ritchie (195 lb class) replicated Conitz’s performance by stunning his heavily favored Army Navy opponent with a third period pin using his signature move, “the cradle”. This week’s matches include a tri-meet at Santa Rosa Academy on Tuesday the 19th and another Citrus League Quad Meet at Guajome Park Academy on Thursday the 21st. The next home meet is on January 28th versus Army Navy, Guajome, and Mtn. Empire. Wrestling starts at 4:00 pm for all meets.
Julian Historical Society Presentation
The Grand Family History With Researcher, Judy Swink
Girls Basketball
Friday, January 1 L 36 - 28 Liberty Charter L 64 - 13 El Cajon Valley Saturday, January 2 L 57 - 13 Mission Vista Friday, January 8 - 5:00 @ Calvary Christian Academy Tuesday, January 12 - 3:00 @ West Shores Thursday, January 14 - L 35-21 @ Warner Thursday, January 21 - 4:00 Warner Friday, January 22 - 3:30 @ Gompers Prep Wednesday, January 27 - 4:00 Calvary Christian Tuesday, February 2 - 4:00 @ San Pasqual Academy
Boys Basketball
Tuesday, January 12 - L 71-21 @ West Shores Thursday, January 14 - W 62-40 @ Warner Thursday, January 21 - 5:30 Warner Monday, January 25 - 5:30 Borrego Wednesday, January 27 - 5:30 Calvary Christian Tuesday, February 2 - 5:30 @ San Pasqual Academy Friday, February 5 - 7:00 St Joseph Academy Tuesday, February 9 - 5:30 Escondido Adventist Friday, February 12 - 5:30 San Pasqual Academy Tuesday, February 16 - 4:30 @ St Joseph Academy
Girls Soccer
Tuesday, January 12 L 6-5 @ Maranatha Christian Friday, January 15 W 3-1 @ Tri City Christian Tuesday, January 19 - 3:15 @ West Shores Thursday, January 21 - 3:15 Mountain Empire Friday, January 22 - 3:15 Rock Academy Tuesday, January 26 - 3:00 @ Palo Verde Thursday, January 28 - 3:15 Vincent Memorial Friday, January 29 - 3:30 @ Guajome Park
Boys Soccer
Judy Swink exploring an old stable building Grand family history in the Julian and Ramona area goes back to the 1870’s with the arrival of Fred Grand, an immigrant from the southern French Alps. He arrived in New York City on Dec. 29, 1869 and by early 1870, he was living in San Francisco. By 1880, he was in San Diego County, where homesteaded 160 acres on Volcan Mt. overlooking the San Felipe Valley. Over the years, Fred accumulated a ranch of over 6,000 acres where he first raised sheep then cattle as the times changed. On January 27, Judy Swink will talk to us about the Grand family roots in San Diego County. Judy had the pleasure of translating a daily journal written in French by Fred Grand between 1903 & 1905. She has done extensive research to learn more about his life and his family here and in France, research which even took her to France where she found family records and met the grandson of Fred Grand's youngest brother Martin in his home in the mountains south of Grenoble. Judy's talk will be illustrated by a slide show. This presentation is open to all and free of charge. Refreshments too. Wednesday - January 27 at 7:00 p.m. - Julian Historical Society, 2133 Fourth Street
Thursday, January 14 - L 6-2 Calipatria Tuesday, January 19 - 3:15 San Diego Academy Thursday, January 21 - 3:30 @ Mountain Empire Tuesday, January 26 - 3:15 Tri City Christian Thursday January 28 - 3:30 @ Ocean View Christian Tuesday, February 2 - 3:15 Calvary Christian(SD) Thursday, February 4 - 3:15 @ San Diego Academy Tuesday, February 9 - 3:15 Mountain Empire Thursday, February 11 - 3:15 @ Tri City Christian
Wrestling Park, Mountain Empir e Thursday, January 28 - 4:30 HOME, Citrus Quad Meet - Ar my-Navy Academy, Guajome Park, Mountain Empire Saturd ay, January 30 - 4:30
Julian Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors Meeting
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