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Cross Country Sending Three To State Meet
from Coach Sandy Balcom
by Michael Hart
Tree Lighting Saturday ... it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Garland, lights, ribbons and wreaths are all being installed, lights are being switched on. Even the cedar tree in the Pioneer Museum Park is ready for tree lighting day, Saturday, November 25. Thanks to Country Christmas directors, Jim Wayman and Dave Klumph, for managing the efforts of members of Julian's Sons of the American Legion, and others who have been decorating the townsite this month. Special thanks to Mike Menghini and Ed Glass, both riding into the sunset after 19 years. New boom boys Steve Uram and Jim Wayman are getting cheers, waves, and thank you's as they continue the decorating tradition. Beginning at 1PM in Pioneer Park, six musical acts will perform until Santa arrives after the tree lighting, around 5:30PM. Most of the musicians are local to the Julian area, including Jake's Mountain, Dominic Regalado, the Julian Arts Chorale, a yet unnamed band including Paul Cruz, Will Roberson, and Alex Sharps, and out-of-towners Trails and Rails, and Enter the Blue Sky. Performing upstairs in Town Hall at 3PM is the Ramona/ Julian Dance Academy. Merchants are encouraged to stay open for Julian residents and visitors coming for our annual celebration. We hope to enjoy street busking (wandering minstrels) throughout the day around town. As always dress warm, and be prepared for a long line to see Santa.
Tuesdays Fire board meeting attended by over 100 turned into a public airing of grievances against the Chief and Board president. The issue as it has been for the past year, is whether or not to dissolve the district into the County Fire Authority. The impetus was the statement by Supervisor Jacob at her “coffee with constituents” held October 26. The Supervisor had highlighted the procedure to “slow” the process and give the district and the County the opportunity to extend negotiations. The board on a 4-1 vote declined to take action on the offer and restated their desire to maintain independence. The board was also presented with a letter of “No Confidence” from members of the JCFPD. The letter accuses Chief Marinelli of being vindictive, unavailable and seeking to dissolve the district in favor of the County, plus other complaints. The Chief’s only statement was he “has served the community and always put the needs of the community first.” When asked for comment. It should be noted when he was appointed the district was in a financial bind and was having issues building the new station and he has corrected the first problem and completed the station. Board President Jack Shelver was presented with a notice that the volunteers intend to circulate a petition to recall him. Shelver was quoted by the U-T and said “he would fight to remain on the board and serve out the remaining three years of his term. He has served as a director for six years and president the past four years. On January 1, County subsidies will go away. At which time the district and the volunteers will have to respond to the new paradigm. It is unclear if the board will be acting on the letter about the Chief at the next board meeting (December 12 at the new station).
Ethan Elisara, Maya Moniz Dusty Flack Eagles Cross Country is sending 3 individuals to the CA CIF State Cross Country Championships in Fresno Ca next Saturday. These three were one of the top 5 individuals in their races not on teams going which qualified them into the state meet. With only the top 3 teams earning a spot to the state meet the boy’s team fell short finishing 4th out of 20 teams. Senior, Ethan Elisara finished 4th overall and earned SD CIF all team. This will be his third trip to the state meet. Sophomore, Dusty Flack finished 11th, and will be making his second trip along with first time State meet qualifier sophomore Maya Moniz who finished 6th overall and earned SD CIF all team honors. The girls team finished 9th of 15 teams. Girls Team Finishes: Boys Team Finishes: 1. Mountain Empire 69 1. Francis Parker 41 2. Francis Parker 79 2. Holtville 89 3. Santa Fe Christian 97 3. Bonsall 142 4. Christian 98 4. Julian 161 5. Pacific Ridge 135 5. Liberty Charter 181 6. Calvin Christian 163 6. Bishops 186 7. Bishops 187 7. Calvin Christian 190 8. La Jolla Country Day 189 8. Santa Fe Christian 220 9. Julian 197 9. Pacific Ridge 224 10. Liberty Charter 285 10.La Jolla Country Day 237 Girls Individuals: 1. 9 Alaina Zamorano 18:13.9 Christian La Jolla Country Day 2. 12 Lexi Watkins 18:22.4 3. 10 Kimberly Cheung 18:54.9 Pacific Ridge 4. 10 Christie Linnard 19:38.2 Bishops 5. 10 Lucy Recht 19:51.4 Francis Parker 6. 10 Maya Moniz 20:23.5 Julian 7. 12 Avi Waldman 20:31.1 Francis Parker 8. 9 Leah Kunde 20:36.0 Christian 9. 9 Landon Torres 20:44.5 Liberty Charter 10.10 Reese Schuler 20:44.7 Mountain Empire 35.10 Calea Cruz 22:20.3 Julian 43.12 Lakota Booth 22:59.4 Julian 51.12 Esme Killiane 23:45.2 Julian 74.10 Riley Boyd 25:09.7 Julian Boys Individuals: 1. 10 Riley Burns 16:06.0 Maranatha Christian 2. 12 Tanner Penrose 16:32.0 Francis Parker 3. 12 Lawrence Starks 16:46.0 Bonsall 4. 12 Ethan Elisara 16:47.9 Julian 5. 9 Spencer Ruff 17:05.5 Francis Parker 6. 11 Jarrett Price 17:07.7 Calvin Christian 7. 9 Hudson Gomez 17:19.7 Santa Fe Christian 8. 12 Christian Queriapa 17:20.5 Holtville 9. 11 Alex Olmeta 17:27.4 Francis Parker 10.12 Zach Hall 17:29.8 Francis Parker 11.10 Dusty Flack 17:33.4 Julian 20.11 Patrick Davis-Scholl 17:51.4 Julian 53.11 Nikolas Carneiro 18:52.9 Julian 79. 9 Cory Lay 19:54.4 Julian 108.11 Ryan Lay 21:07.3 Julian 2017 CIF State Cross Country Championships Saturday, November 25, 2017 Woodward Park, Fresno Division V Girls Race helps us meet our demands. This 8:30 a.m. is also an excellent opportunity to Division V Boys Race receive a tax deduction as well. 9:35 a.m. If any businesses or individuals Awards are interested in donating, please Division V Girls 10:00 a.m. visit www.julianbasketball.com Division V Boys 10:20 a.m. under the donations page, or
Julian Youth Basketball Set For The Season
This season has seen significant changes to the nonprofit organization, Julian Youth Basketball. As the program appeared to be faltering and lacking the required level of volunteer participation to sustain it, Julian local Catherine Kuiper, sent out a last minute request to the community via Facebook to recruit any willing bodies out there to keep this opportunity alive for our youth. A few responded willing to come together and step up to the challenge. Transitioning ownership and operations of any organization is a time consuming process bogged down with paperwork and tedious tasks, but the new board eagerly accepted the challenge to ensure that our youth could continue to have access to the program. With the combination of enthusiasm and complementary talent, the board has been able to meet these responsibilities to breathe life into the organization. We are not only looking to keep the program alive, but invested in building upon the quality it
offers. Many parents have opted to transport their children down to larger towns, like Ramona, to seek more comprehensive sports opportunities. Not only are we appealing to the youth that don’t have the opportunity to join out of town leagues, we would like to also convince the children that do have a choice that we can rival the quality of those programs by bringing a high level of development in terms of building skills and character. What makes small communities successful is the bond and support we have for each other. The sports programs require donations in order to meet the necessary funding for gym rentals, equipment, insurance, etc and we have already received an excellent response with multiple local, businesses happily providing financial support. Personal donations of any amount (even clipboards and whistles need to be bought) are valued just as much. Small donations spread over numerous community members add up quickly and
contact the board at jyb92036@ gmail.com and we can arrange a time/place to meet. We are proud to announce a registration period of November 15th through December 8th with a tip off to the season starting after Christmas break, on Jan. 13th. We would love to see as many Julian (and any others) to become involved and invested in making sure we can deliver the highest quality program for our youth. Thank You All! - On Behalf of the Julian Basketball Board P.S. - A special thank you to the businesses that have donated already. Your support to the youth of the community : Candied Apple, Blanca’s Salon, Julian Crossfit, Noble Construction, Mr. Manita’s, Dynamic Basketball Training.
November 22, 2017 Volume 33 — Issue 16
Julian, CA.
ISSN 1937-8416
Planning Group Hears From CalFIRE Chief Mecham of Cal-Fire addressed the Julian Community Planning Group on the subject of Cal-Fire plans to combat future fires at the JCPG regular meeting, November 13,2017. He began his presentation by noting that, beginning roughly with the 2003 Cedar Fire, fires in the Western United States have taken on a different character. They are larger, fiercer, hotter and much more difficult to fight. Part of the reason for this is the increasingly warm and dry climate but perhaps more important is the old philosophy of putting out any and all fires immediately. As a result, underbrush and dead wood has increased dramatically, providing the fuel that powers these megafires. There are, in consequence, a number of changes in the way Cal-Fire is now conducting its business. One is that they are keeping more manpower on duty longer in the fall and from an earlier date in the spring as fires are now year-round events in many areas. Another is related to the removal of fuel, which can be done through controlled burns as well as the removal of dead trees and brush through a number of programs funded by the State. In Julian there are specific programs in which the public might be interested. Cal-Fire will partner with private landowners in doing controlled burns where landowners may wish to reduce brush, reinvigorate pasture land or attempt to re-introduce native grasses to an area. Cal-Fire Julian would be interested in talking to landowners who wished to do something similar, but the area needs to be big enough to be safe and worth the investment of time. Another initiative was to help residents who had a large amount of piled brush to burn it safely. During the Question period, Chief Mecham was asked if CalFire were still maintaining the firebreaks between Julian and the desert. He said they were although one member of the JCPG noted that he hadn’t seen such activity. The question of allowing grazing on parklands to reduce flammable materials is also being discussed as a possible measure; members of the park service will be at the December JCPG meeting (December 11, 7 p.m., Town Hall). Another member of the group noted that the 9 a.m.-2 p.m. burn policy and restrictive pile size limited the amount of burning residents could do. Senator Joel Anderson facilitated the visit from Chief Mecham and his District Representative, Andrew Hayes, also attended the meeting.
Operation Christmas Child
Winter Sports Schedules Girls Basketball
Thursday, November 30 4:00 Home vs Guajome Park Academy Saturday December 16 4:30 @ Hoover High School Tuesday, December 19 3:45 Home vs School for Entrepreneurship & Technology Wednesday, December 20 5:00 @ Classical Academy Thursday, January 11 4:00 @ Guajome Park Academy Tuesday, January 30 4:00 @ Borrego Springs Friday, February 2 4:00 @ West Shores Tuesday, February 6 4:00 Home vs Vincent Memorial Friday, February 9 4:00 Home vs Borrego Springs Tuesday, February 13 4:00 Home vs West Shores Friday, February 16 TBA @ Vincent Memorial
Boys Basketball
Monday, November 27 7:00 @ Ramona Wednesday, December 6 3:30 Tournament @ Mountain Empire Saturday December 16 4:30 @ Hoover High School Tuesday, December 12 TBA @ Calipatria Thursday, December 14 6:30 @ San Diego Jewish Academy Wednesday, December 20 6:30 @ Classical Academy Spartan Classic Tournament Wednesday, December 27 11:30 @ Steel Canyon High School Thursday, December 28 1:00 @ Olympian High School Friday, December 29 1:00 @ San Diego Wednesday, January 4 6:00 @ Chula Vista High School
Girls Soccer
Tuesday, November 28 3:15 @ Maranatha Christian Academy Friday, December 1 3:00 Home vs Guajome Park Academy Tuesday, December 5 3:30 @ High Tech High (NC) Thursday, December 7 3:30 @ Liberty Charter Friday, December 8 3:00 Home vs Hamilton Monday December 11 3:00 Home vs Foothills Christian Tuesday, December 12 3:15 @Guajome Park Academy Thursday, December 14 3:00 Home vs Maranatha Christian
Boys Soccer
All the participants in Operation Christmas Child from the Julian High School. They making a difference by sending shoe boxes stuffed with gifts overseas to children in need.
Tuesday, November 28 3:15 Home vs Mountain Empire Thursday, November 30 6:00 @ Army-Navy Tuesday, December 5 3:00 Home vs Ocean View Christian Monday, December 11 3:15 @ Ocean View Christian Tuesday, January 9 3:15 @ Foothills Christian Thursday, January 11 3:15 Home vs Army-Navy Tuesday, January 16 3-15 Home vs West Shores
Country Christmas 1pm to 6pm, Tree Lighting - Entertainment Pioneer Park - Julian Museum, Saturday November 25 www.visitjulian.com