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An Independent Weekly Newspaper Serving the Backcountry Communities of Julian, Cuyamaca, Santa Ysabel, Shelter Valley, Mt. Laguna, Ranchita, Canebreak, Sunshine Summit, Warner Springs and Wynola.
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Elementary School District Goes To 2 Weeks Of OnLine Learning
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January 20, 2021
Volume 36 — Issue 25 ISSN 1937-8416
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Inaguration Day Upon Us
by Michael Hart with Matt Viser<The Washington Post>
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After having a staff member at the Junior High test positive fro Covid-19 on Friday, The Julian Elementary School District has instituted their plan to move to online schooling for the next two weeks for all students Pre-K through Eighth grades. As an added precaution all Junior High students are encouraged to get tested at their family physician or through one of the public testing sites. As of Sunday the plan was to return to in person learning on February 1.
American Legion Post 468 Update Attention Post 468 Members and Guests: American Legion Post 468 has shut down through January 28th, 2021 due to notification that individuals that attended our post in recent days have tested positive for COVID-19. This closure is a precaution to limit exposure to other members, guests, or volunteers. As soon as our Post was made continued on page 2
Back Country Covid-19 Positive Tests as of January 16 *
Julian = 74 (+14) Ramona = 1,922 (+192) Ranchita = 10 (+0) Warner Springs = 54 (+6) Santa Ysabel = 58 (+6) Borrego Springs = 111 (+8) Descanso = 65 (+2) Alpine = 977 (+120) Poway = 1,677 (+171) Lakeside = 2211 (+248) Total Confirmed cases in Unincorporated San Diego County = 29,115 a total rise of 2,874. TESTING AVAILABLE Julian Library Friday, January 29 9am - 3pm Borrego Springs Library Monday, January 18 9am - 3pm If you believe you have symptoms please get tested. Most testing locations do not require an appointment. To find information on a testing location near you or call 2-11 (toll free) or on the web 211sandiego.org. Cases of the novel coronavirus have sharply increased since Thanksgiving and with the Christmas and New Year holidays around the corner, County health officials are concerned that no immediate end to the rise in cases is in sight. “The best gift you can give your loved ones and our frontline healthcare workers this holiday season is the gift of health,” said Wilma J. Wooten, M.D., M.P.H., County public health officer. “I urge San Diegans to follow the public health orders, avoid gatherings and wear a facial covering whenever they leave their residence so we can get this virus under control.”
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On April 30, 1789, George Washington took the oath of office as the first president of the United States. He delivered his first inaugural address to a joint session of Congress, assembled in Federal Hall in the nation's new capital, New York City. With one exception, his first inaugural address did not contain specific policy recommendations. Washington urged Congress to add a bill of rights to the Constitution that would express “a reverence for the characteristic rights of freemen and a regard for the public harmony…” Although not required by the Constitution, every president since Washington has followed his example and delivered an inaugural address. The Constitution of the United States had established March 4 as Inauguration Day in order to allow enough time after Election Day for officials to gather election returns and for newly-elected candidates to travel to the capital. With modern advances in communication and transportation, the lengthy transition period proved unnecessary and legislators pressed for change. The date was moved to January 20 with the passage of the Twentieth Amendment in 1933. On January 20, 1937, Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first U.S. president sworn into office in January. It was his second of four inaugurations; the first had been held fours years earlier on March 4, 1933. Inaugural celebrations have run the gamut from Andrew Jackson’s raucous White House reception in 1829, to FDR’s somber wartime affair in 1945, but a basic pattern of activities has been established over the years. Around noon, the president is sworn in at the Capitol by the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. After taking the brief, 35-word oath of office, the new chief executive delivers an inaugural address, followed by a parade through the city, and an evening of gala festivities. The day he takes office, Biden is planning to return the United States to the Paris climate accords and repeal the ban on U.S. entry for citizens of some majority-Muslim countries. He will sign an order extending nationwide restrictions on evictions and foreclosures and implement a mask mandate on
federal property. Those moves will launch a 10-day governing sprint that will include executive actions to help schools reopen, expand coronavirus testing and establish clearer public health standards. “President-elect Biden will take action — not just to reverse the gravest damages of the Trump administration — but also to start moving our country forward,” incoming White House chief of staff Ron Klain wrote in a memo released Saturday. In his first days in office, Biden also intends to send to Congress several pieces of legislation including a sweeping immigration bill. In remarks last week, he began outlining legislation that he views as most urgent — a $1.9 trillion plan aimed at stabilizing the economy. Any president’s opening agenda provides a window into his top priorities and offers the first clues as to which agenda items will be prioritized. But Biden’s unusually sweeping list reflects not only the multiple challenges he faces, but also illustrates his desire to quickly emerge from the shadow of his predecessor, closing a dark chapter in American history marked by false claims of election fraud, an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and a second impeachment. But Biden will face severe challenges to his attempts to turn the page: An inauguration conducted before military guards under threat from violent extremists. A West Wing largely empty because of health concerns caused by the coronavirus pandemic. And a Republican Party that largely refuses to acknowledge that Biden won the election fairly and therefore rejects his legitimacy. Historians struggle to find parallels to what Biden is confronting: a public health crisis that has triggered an economic crisis and collided with a social crisis. Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin compared it to a combination of what Franklin D. Roosevelt faced during the Great Depression and Abraham Lincoln confronted during the Civil War. “It’s huge what he’s facing,” said Goodwin, who has written extensively about Roosevelt and Lincoln. “History has shown when you have crises like this, it’s an opportunity for leaders to
mobilize resources of the federal government. ... All the presidents we remember, they dealt with a crisis. When you’re given that chance, the question is: Are you fitted for that moment? The six-term senator and two-term vice president, who has attended nearly a dozen inaugurations, will for the first time deliver the Inauguration Address. He has been working on his Inauguration Day speech off and on for the past several weeks with speechwriter Vinay Reddy, aiming for a message of unity in a fractured era. “People are really anxious,” said Rep. James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.), a close Biden ally. “This marks a turning point. We can see it, we can feel it. It’s a very significant break. And we will hear it in his speech. … People want to believe in their country, to feel this democracy is worth saving.” While Biden has promoted his presidency as a return to bipartisan dealmaking, Clyburn and others have urged him not to hesitate to make liberal use of his executive powers and to consider seeking the elimination of the Senate filibuster. “He wants to govern in a bipartisan way,” Clyburn said. “But I’ve said to him that he cannot allow his programs to get hijacked by people who have some other agenda. I advised Barack Obama again and again to use executive authority, that these people were not going to work with them.” Clyburn said that in conversations with Biden, he has stressed that Harry S. Truman used the executive order to racially desegregate the military and Abraham Lincoln to begin dismantling slavery. “You’ve got to lay out your vision and invite people to join you in the effort,” Clyburn said. “But if they don’t join you — whatever authority you’ve got, use it.” Clyburn and others also emphasized the challenges Biden will face within his party, which holds only the thinnest of majorities in the House and Senate. “We’ve got a caucus that’s blue dogs, yellow dogs, moderates, conservatives, liberals. We’ve got them all,” Clyburn said. “He may have a harder job keeping us united than getting bipartisanship going.” [What you need to know
about Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration] Biden’s team is expected to begin work Wednesday, reporting to a White House complex that many tearfully left four years earlier. His incoming press secretary, Jen Psaki, will hold a briefing that day — one that, four years ago, was marked by Sean Spicer’s falsely claiming that Trump had had the largestever inauguration audience on the Mall. But many of Biden’s aides will start their tenure working from home, as they have been for months, and few visitors are expected at the White House. Biden’s transition team has been prodigious on the hiring front, appointed 206 White House officials, a record and more than double the number of appointments President Obama had made at this point in 2009, according to the Center for Presidential Transition. He also has already announced 44 nominees that need Senate confirmation, which surpasses Obama, who held the previous record at 42 nominations announced before the inauguration. But though early nominations are typically swiftly confirmed, Biden may not have any Cabinet officials confirmed on his first day, the first time this would have happened since 1989. Two of Trump’s Cabinet picks were confirmed on Inauguration Day in 2017, and President Obama had six confirmed at the start of his first term. “I am hopeful that the Senate will move quickly, consistent with history,” said David Marchick, the director of the nonpartisan Center for Presidential Transition. “It matters more than ever today during a crisis.” The nation’s second Roman Catholic president is expected to attend Mass on the morning of his inauguration, along with a national prayer service the day after. In his first weeks, Biden’s primary focus will be moving his initial stimulus and legislation through Congress. But he’s also preparing to craft a second proposal aimed at rebuilding the economy. “If Republicans in Congress want to show they genuinely want to move forward in this moment, quickly confirming his nominees continued on page 8
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The Library is OPEN for DoorSide service as advertised. Books and films may be ordered online, by phone, or in person and picked up at the door. A new feature is films bagged in genres, such as mystery, romance for a Grab and Go. The carousel of new books has been placed in the lobby so patrons may see what’s in and check them out immediately. Instant gratification for readers! FOJL donated $6,000 to the Matching Funds program with the County Library’s Collection Development. Memberships last year equaled $6,000 so we thank each member for their contribution. The funds will be matched by the County Library. In the future membership funds, donations, and money raised by book sales will enhance our programing at the library. Remember Music on the Mountain? FOJL is looking forward to the construction of the expanded Community Room in the coming months. Our thanks to Dianne Jacob for her support of all libraries and to the Board of Supervisors for continuing to fund expansions. We look forward to meeting and working with the new supervisor of our district, Joel Anderson. Books on the Go! Is still going – books are being turned over on the carts by dedicated board members: Eileen Lightbody, Carol Pike, Brenda Campbell, and Jonna Waite, with assistance by Dana Pettersen. Check out the carts at Town Hall, Calico Cidery, Regulars Wanted, Pathway’s Op Shop, and California Wolf Center. Carol and Brenda are now processing donations by sorting and cleaning. Scanning for Operation Book Support has begun again. The program sells books online easier than we can ourselves and then FOJL receives a quarterly payment. Donations to FOJL are now being accepted. Boxed materials may be left at the back of the library near the door and shed. Books and films must be quarantined first before being cleaned and sorted. Do not leave donations in the Book Drop, please. Books and films that sell best are newer, current items in good condition. Anyone giving books away on Facebook are encouraged to donate to the Friends. The annual newsletter has gone to a printer, and it is hoped to have it in the mail by the end of the month. There will be no annual meeting, of course. Members are asked to renew at this time. There is also Election information to be returned with the membership form. Please help make this successful. The current board continues to work to enhance the Friends and improve our community through reading. Thank you to all members and supporters. We love books and our library. Contact: Jonna Waite, jonnawaite@gmail.com *** Political nature abhors a vacuum, which is what often exists for a year or two in a party after it loses a presidential election. — George Will *** ESTABLISHED
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