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March 1, 2017
Volume 32 — Issue 30
Julian, CA.
ISSN 1937-8416
Daffodil Alert Get Your Blooms In Order
If you are reading these words before this latest storm drops snow on us, please scour your yard. Daffodils, the flower of hope, bloom even in the snow. The Daffodil Show depends on everyone who has blooms in their yard to bring their best three or more to the show on Friday, March 3rd noon to 5 pm. You may pick your blooms ant time before the show date. They need to be showing color. Keep them in a cool dark place until 2 - 3 days before the show and bring them to a bright window sill. Remember you are the show! Many wonderful merchants have donated great prizes. Thanks so much much for making your Daffodil Show a success. It takes lots of volunteers and countless hours. Come enjoy the beauty in our wonderful town. FRIDAY MARCH 3…NOON TO 5 PM. We need everyone to bring their best blossoms(even just a few) to the Town Hall in preparation for the Weekends Show. The Winners will be showcased Saturday and Sunday Noon to 5.
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“Life Death & Dancing” With Cuarteto Carlos Chávez, Tuesday Afternoon Please join us at the Julian Library on Tuesday, March 7 at 3:30 P.M. as we welcome the Cuarteto Carlos Chávez for this month’s Music on the Mountain performance. We are one of the first stops on their 2017 tour through California “Life Death & Dancing.” The Cuarteto Carlos Chávez reside in Mexico City and are currently in their 23rd season of performing classical music. They continue to perform with the invigorating energy and commitment to the Mexican and Latin American music repertoire that initially defined the ensemble when it began in 1994 under their original name, the Cuarteto de Cuerdas Ruso-Americano. The current members of the quartet are: Fabián Lopez, violinist; Omar Guevara, violinist; Pablo Arturo Martínez Bourguet, guest violist; and Alain Durbecq, violoncellist and artistic director. Alain Durbecq immigrated to Mexico in 1973 where he has held posts with the State of Mexico Symphony Orchestra, the Xalapa Symphony Orchestra, and the Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra, where he served as principal cellist from 1986 to 1990. He was appointed co-principal cellist with the Mexico National Symphony Orchestra in 1991, a post he currently occupies. He has appeared as soloist with the Guanajuato Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Bajio, and on several occasions with the Mexico Nacional Symphony Orchestra, notably in their Mexican premiere of Samuel Zyman’s Triple Concerto. Instituting the Carlos Chávez Quartet in 1994 (previously known
as the Russian-American Quartet), he has dedicated twenty years as the quartet’s artistic director to shape one of Mexico’s foremost chamber music ensembles. Violinist Fabián López has toured extensively through the United States, Europe, and South America, gaining recognition as a soloist, chamber musician, and teacher. As soloist he has performed with orchestras in the United States, Spain, and France, such as the Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla, the Hebert Springs Festival Orchestra, Orquesta Filarmonica de Málaga. Fabián was a member of the Manuel de Falla String Quartet from 2000 to 2003 and is currently the first violin in the Carlos Chavez String Quartet. Violinist Omar Guevara began his musical studies at the Oaxacan Cultural Institute and the Oaxaca Conservatory of Music. His early violin influences were under the
tutelage of Alejandro Urbieta. Later in 1998 he attended the Texas Music Festival, where he studied with William Pu and Fredell Lack. In his native Mexico, Omar Guevara has held the posts of concertmaster of the Carlos Chavez Symphony Orchestra, second concertmaster of the National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico, and concertmaster of the University of Guanajuato Symphony Orchestra. He is currently co-principal violin with the National Symphony Orchestra. Guest violinist Pablo Arturo Martínez Bourguet was invited to join the Cuarteto Carlos Chávez in 2011 and performed with them in Mexico and on various tours in the US. Currently Pablo is a professor on the faculty of the Carlos Chávez Orchestra System. He is also a violin teacher for members of the Children’s Symphony Orchestra of Mexico and a professor of violin at the Ollin Yoliztli School of Music.
He served as music director of the Camerata ensemble of the Mexico Autonomous Technological Institute. We are so pleased to welcome the Cuarteto Carlos Chavez back to the Julian Library. If you saw them perform in October 2015, then you know that you won’t want to miss them this time! Their sound, inspired by classical Mexican and American composers, is original and bold, and not constrained in a way that usually characterizes quartet music. To learn more visit their website www. cuartetocarloschavez.com The Julian Library is located at 1850 Highway 78, Julian. For more information, please contact the branch at 760-765-0370, check out our facebook page @SDCL. julianbranch, or check out the library’s online calendar at www. sdcl.org.
Guest violinist Pablo Arturo Martínez Bourguet
Picking Up After Those Who Disrespect The Back Country You may have noticed an old VW beetle running the highway with a lighted antenna protruding from it, stopping to pick up trash along the side of the road. You have no doubt noticed the orange buckets labeled TRASH along the highway from Santa Ysabel all the way to Scissors Crossing. You can thank Volker Brükmann for caring about how our roads look and present themselves to those who visit. Volker’s story is long and varied, arriving in the U.S. from Frankfurt in 1968, becoming a citizen in 1973. He’s been a race driver, race mechanic, car builder and more. He’s been involved in racing from the Daytona 24 hours to the Baja 1000. A car crash (not racing related) cost him the sight in one eye. His passion is a clean highway, it started while delivering some racing engines while traveling the “Blue Ridge Parkway,” he
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Basketball - Boys CIF First Round
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Spring Sports Schedules Track and Field
Saturday, March 4 9:00 Mt Carmel Invitational Friday, March 10 2:30 Home - Citrus League #1 Saturday, March 18 9:00 Elmer Runge Invitational @Patrick Henry HS Saturday, March 25 10:00 Calvin Small Schools Invitational @Escondido HS Friday, March 31 2:30 Home - Citrus League #2 Saturday, April 15 8:00 Jim Cerveny Invitational @Mission Bay HS Friday, April 28 3:00 Dennis Gilbert Small Schools Invitational @Mtn Empire HS Saturday, April 29 Dick Wilkens Frosh/Soph Invitational@ Del Norte HS Thursday, May 11 2:30 Home - Citrus League Finals Saturday, May 20 CIF San Diego - Preliminaries @Mt. Carmel HS Saturday, May 27 CIF San Diego - Finals @Mt. Carmel HS
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and his wife, Cygnet, noticed that there was no trash on the roadway - but there were trash cans and every pull out (400 miles with no trash) that trip planted a seed. After moving to Julian in 1989 he would ride his bicycle and pick up trash as he rode, putting it in the basket and taking it home.
That was the beginning and he “adopted” two miles of highway, his regular route. Then he started picking trash up on his trips to the city (Ramona) and adopted more highway, until today he has over 20 miles of Highway 78 that he takes responsibility for. Volker’s motto “in order not to accumulate a lot of trash, one must not tolerate even the first piece.” Next came the buckets - after contacting Mr. Jose Estrada of the “Adopt-A-Highway” program Volker asked for and received permission to place three “trash receptacles” of some kind along his 20 miles of territory. After some thought and consideration of what was needed, Volker is 73 years old, they had to be light and easy to empty, he invested in some metal bars and the necessary attachments allowing for quick flip and empty when he stops at one of the 15 turn outs they have been placed (he’s had 2 vandalized and another disappeared). It’s now a quick process and usually yields 3 or 4 trash bags full of stuff that no loners lays by the side of continued on page 7
Tuesday, February 28 Home vs Liberty Charter Friday, March 3 3:30 Home - Calvin Christian Thursday, March 16 3:30 away vs Liberty Charter Wednesday, March 22 3:30 Home vs Rock Academy Wednesday, April 5 3:30 away vs Ocean View Christian Friday, April 7 3:30 away vs Mountain Empire Friday, April 14 3:30 Home vs Borrego Springs Wednesday, April 19 tba away vs Vincent Memorial Friday, April 21 tba Home vs Calipatria Wednesday, April 26 3:30 Home vs Lutheran Friday, April 28 3:30 Home vs Ocean View Christian
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Thursday, March 2 3:30 Home vs Guajome Park Acdmy Tuesday, March 7 3:30 Home vs Maranatha Christian Friday, March 10 3:15 away vs Lutheran Tuesday, March 14 3:30 away vs Foothills Christian Wednesday, March 15 4:00 Home - Escondido Adventist Friday, March 17 3:30 Home - Lutheran Thursday, March 23 3:30 away vs Mountain Empire Thursday, April 13 3:30 away vs Calipatria Friday, April 14 3:30 Home - Borrego Springs Tuesday, April 18 3:30 Home vs Vincent Memorial Tuesday, April 25 3:45 Home vs Foothills Christian 2 years running - Volunteer of the Year - Adopt-A-Highway for our area
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