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Periodical • Wednesday
1985
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March 22, 2017
Volume 32 — Issue 33
Julian, CA.
ISSN 1937-8416
Nonlead Ammunition Required Statewide For 2017 Spring Wild Turkey Season
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is reminding hunters that nonlead ammunition is now required statewide when hunting wild turkeys with a shotgun. The upcoming 2017 spring wild turkey season will be the first hunting season with significant participation for which nonlead shot will be required statewide. These regulations apply both to public and private lands (except for licensed game bird clubs), including all national forests, Bureau of Land Management properties and CDFW lands. Private landowners or anyone authorized to hunt on private land must also comply with these regulations. California’s 2017 general spring wild turkey season opens statewide on March 25 and extends through April 30. The archery-only season will follow immediately afterward, running from May 1-14. Hunters who have a current junior hunting license may also hunt the weekend before the opener (March 18 and 19), and the two weeks following the general season (May 1-14), using shotguns or any other legal method of take. Hunters are encouraged to practice shooting with nonlead shot in order to ensure their shotguns are patterned appropriately before heading into the field. For more information on nonlead ammunition regulations and the implementation process, please visit www.wildlife.ca.gov/hunting/ nonlead-ammunition.
www.JulianNews.com Julian Historical Society Presents:
Warner Hot Springs History With Kathryn Fletcher Wednesday night, March 22 the Julian Historical Society welcomes Kathryn Fletcher, president of the Warner Springs Historical Society and author of the recently published: “Warner Hot Springs” for Arcadia Press. The seven o’clock presentation will be at the Julian Historical Society, 2133 Fourth Street. Refreshments will be provided and all are welcome. Kathryn comes by her interest in the history of Warner Springs from her Grandparents who first purchased property there in 1939 and built a vacation home loved by five generations of her family. Kathryn and her husband Norman now live in that home full time. She was delighted by the opportunity to compile and edit this photographic history on behalf of the Historical Society, for past and future visitors to Warner Hot Springs.
“Coast to Cactus” Book Talk and Walk
Dark Sky Exhibit At The Library
Residents and visitors agree, the starry, dark night sky here in Julian is unforgettable! Did you know we are part of only one percent of the U.S. population that can still see the Milky Way at night? This is due to our distance from the urban sky glow of San Diego, and the protective barrier of the surrounding mountains. The Julian Dark Sky Network proposes that our community undertake important steps to preserve this important component of our region's natural habitat. So how can we do this? In 2009, Borrego Springs was granted Dark Sky Community status by the International Dark-Sky Association (darksky.org), attracting the attention of national and international news media, and bringing more visitors year round. Residents, business owners, astronomers, and photographers truly treasure their community's dark sky, and eagerly share it through star gazing events, school programs, seminars, and special events year round. What better legacy for Julian, than to preserve this valuable part of our unspoiled environment? Julian can join with Borrego Springs and continue to preserve, protect and promote our dark skies, a vital, but endangered part of our common natural heritage. To ensure the preservation of our Julian Dark Sky, good lighting practices are essential, by businesses, public institutions, and homeowners alike. We invite you to sign our pledge to work together to preserve our beautiful, starry night sky by simply practicing Night Sky Friendly Lighting. For more info visit: JulianDarkSky.com What can we do to preserve and protect our dark skies? Here are some of the steps we can ALL take. Use the right amount of light for the task, not more than necessary. "More light" is not necessarily good design. Simply use lower wattage or fewer bulbs to reduce the brightness. Replace older porch lights. Compact fluorescents or LED fixtures are good alternatives and will save on your electric bill. Use timer controls, motion sensors, or dimmer switches to insure that lights are ON when you need them and OFF when you don't need them. Shine the light down, where it is needed. Stand off your property, even across the street, and 45 , look at your porch light. If you can see the exposed bulb, then it is not properly shielded. Can the angle or location of the fixture be adjusted? Can you fashion some shading? If not, consider upgrading the lamp. Use small wattage lights for illuminating landscaping or building continued on page 3
Please join us at the Julian Library on Saturday, March 25, 2017 at 10:00 AM as we host professional Canyoneers Paula Knoll and Duane Trombly, as they discuss the new book Coast to Cactus: The Canyoneer Trail Guide to San Diego Outdoors. Following the discussion the Canyoneers will be taking everyone on a short local hike, to further discuss the locations, plants, and wildlife that are addressed in the book. Canyoneers are citizen scientists and volunteers who have had comprehensive training by Museum scientists and local experts on the natural history of the region. When you hike with a Canyoneer you are encouraged to stop, look, listen, touch, smell, and examine, to understand that everything is linked together. In San Diego the Canyoneers are unique in that they are one of the few remaining trail guide groups nationwide that are affiliated with a national history museum, rather than a park or preserve. Specifically they are affiliated with The San Diego Natural History Museum, located in Balboa Park. The Canyoneers were founded in 1973 by Helen Chamlee Witham, an associate botanist at the Museum, a teacher, and an environmental activist. Today, 82 Canyoneers lead weekend hikes at 70 locations from
September through late June. By a conservative estimate, at least 500 citizen-naturalists have trained as Canyoneers since the inception of the program. They in turn have led over 2000 public hikes since they were organized. Paula Knoll has been a Canyoneer since 1987, and she has also held the title of president of the Canyoneers during that time. She is one of the editors and article authors of Coast to Cactus, as well as Co-editor & author of Roam-O-Rama, articles by the Canyoneers published in the SD Reader and online. Duane Trombly has been a Canyoneer since 2013, having undergone 12 weeks of training, learning the flora and fauna of the area. He was also an article author of Coast to Cactus. We are excited to host Paula and Duane, as they create a great educational opportunity for experienced and novice hikers alike. We hope you are able to join us at the Julian Library on Saturday, March 25, 2017 at 10:00 AM for this enlightening book discussion and local hike. For more information please contact the Library at 760-7650370, check out our facebook page @SDCL.julianbranch, or check out the library’s online calendar at www.sdcl.org. The library is located at 1850 Highway 78, Julian CA 92036.
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Track Team Off And Running
from Coach Sandy Balcom
Julian High School’s Track and Field season is off to an exciting start. We have had three competitions with many kids breaking their personal records and one school record already fallen. Our first meet was Saturday March 4th at Mt Carmel High School. This meet; The Mt Carmel Field and Distance Invitational offered field and distance events only. We had 9 kids compete in 14 events and 9 personal records were set that day. Freshman, Calea Cruz started the day off with a medal in the long jump, teammates Katie Huggins in the Shot Put, and Chelsea Vickers in High Jump both earned medals later in the day. Our distance runners all performed well with Maya Moniz being the first to compete in the 1600 meter. Maya took a pretty bad tumble about 150 meters into the race, but managed to get back in the race and finish strong. She came back in the 800 meter along with Calea Cruz to each run their first high school race at this distance. Freshman, Dusty Flack ran well in both the 1600 and 800 with teammates PJ Davis Scholl and Ethan Elisara both running the 3200 meter. Senior Cary Gannon had a solid performance in the discus as did Tamar Diliberti in her first long jump competition. The following week we hosted our first league meet at our home track, with 4 other schools in our league attending. With our team so small this year our focus has turned from an overall team win to each athlete working towards their individual goals and supporting each other. Mountain Empire won both the girls and boys team scores with Julian taking second followed by West Shores, St Joseph’s and San Pasqual Academy.
This week ended at the Elmer Runge Invitational at Patrick Henry High School. The day was an absolute success. New team member, Caleb Biliunis jumped an 18’ 5” in the long jump after his first week of practice and brought home a third place medal. Katie Huggins took second place of 28 in the shot put and 9th of 25 discus throwers. This is a new event for Katie this season and she is already making great strides. Cary Gannon won his flight in the shot with a PR and finished 11th of 32 discus throwers. Cory Flack, new to shot and discus, threw a PR in both events. Freshman Calea Cruz was one of 9 girls to qualify in both the 100 and 200 meter frosh/soph races. She ran PR’s in both and brought continued on page 7
Track and Field
Saturday, March 4 Mt Carmel Invitational Friday, March 10 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
Softball
Thursday, March 2 Home vs Guajome Park Acdmy Tuesday, March 7 W Home vs Maranatha Christian Friday, March 10 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 Thursday, April 27 3:30 away vs Borrego Springs Tuesday, May 2 3:15 away vs West Shores Thursday, May 4 3:30 Home vs Mountain Empire Tuesday, May 9 3:30 Home - Calipatria Thursday, May 11 3:30 away vs Vincent Memorial
Baseball
Tuesday, February 28 Home vs Liberty Charter Friday, March 3 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 Continued on Page 7
Julian Gold Rush Days - April 1 & 2 10 - 5 at Julian Mining Company www.visitjulian.com