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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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State Statistics
Statewide COVID-19 Data as of Sunday (April 4) • California has 3,580,351 confirmed cases to date. Numbers may not represent true day-over-day change as reporting of test results can be delayed. • There were 2,400 newly recorded confirmed cases Saturday. • The 7-day positivity rate is 1.7%. • There have been 55,087,131 tests conducted in California. This represents an increase of 191,684 during the prior 24-hour reporting period. There have been 58,513 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic. As of April 4, providers have reported administering a total of 19,717,651 vaccine doses statewide. The CDC reports that 24,530,300 doses have been delivered to entities within the state. Numbers do not represent true day-to-day change as reporting may be delayed. For more vaccination data, visit the COVID-19 Vaccine Data Dashboard.ered to entities within the state. Numbers do not represent true day-to-day change as reporting may be delayed. For more vaccination data, visit the COVID-19 Vaccine Data Dashboard. With supply of vaccines expected to significantly increase in the coming weeks, the state is expanding vaccine eligibility to more Californians. Starting April 1, individuals aged 50+ will be eligible to make an appointment, and individuals 16+ will be eligible to make an appointment to be vaccinated starting on April 15. To sign up for a notification when you’re eligible for a vaccine, please visit myturn. ca.gov. For more information on the vaccine effort, visit Vaccinate All 58. CDPH modified Blueprint thresholds on March 12 after the state successfully met its first vaccine equity milestone of 2 million administered vaccine doses in some of the state’s hardest hit communities. Blue (as of March 23) 8 counties in the Purple (widespread) Tier, San Diego is currently one of 39 counties in the Red (substantial) Tier, 9 in Orange (moderate) Tier, 2 counties in Yellow (minimal) Tier 1.
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Cross Country More Than Just Road Work
Coach Paul Cruz and Assistant Coach Ryan Lay 20-21 Julian High School Cross Country season... and then some. Before we begin we would like to give a special thanks to the parents of the team who had a direct hand in making this season possible and to the members of our community, school, and school board who pushed to keep sports open this year. Without your support and faith in us, this team wouldn’t have been possible this year. From robbing students of an intimate learning experience to athletes of their chance to smash records, the pandemic hit the Julian High School hard. However, even as COVID-19 halted school sports and scrapped socialization, Julian’s Cross Country Team would not let it steal another season. Temporarily reorganizing as an AAU Club Team in September, we found a way to safely convene and run as a team, taking advantage of the delayed racing season by training early. The results speak for themselves as we ended up placing 3rd out of
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(weeks new positives) Julian = 109 (+1) ** Ramona = 2,448 (+26) ** Mt. Laguna = 2 Ranchita = 13 (+0) ** Warner Springs = 56 (+2)** Santa Ysabel = 63 (+1)** Borrego Springs = 124 (+2) ** Descanso = 77 (+1) ** Alpine = 1,086 (+29) ** Poway = 2,323 (+34) Lakeside = 1629 (+17) ** Total Confirmed cases in Unincorporated San Diego County = 37,840 a total rise of 335. 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.
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12 teams in the competitive San Diego Frontier League this year-off from 2nd place by only 1 point. Our team’s continued excellence this year in our new league truly rounds off our decisive history in the Citrus League where we’ve won 9 of the last 10 titles. In a typical season, the cross country team runs 10-12 races from September to November. This year, our team still managed to run 4 races while the season was postponed from January to March. That gave us an extra 4 months worth to train. Even though cross country training implies just running, we know that cross-training is an essential ingredient for keeping things fresh so we found time for hiking, slacklining, mountain biking, and even cliff jumping! However, it wasn’t just the schedule that changed this year in the name of safety. Each race was only permitted to field 2 teams at any single time. That means it’s just one team racing against another. Spectators were conditionally allowed into designated zones as an extra
precaution. Julian’s Boy’s Team was represented by Corey Lay, Mac Morretti, Phoenix Cruz, Tyler Parker, Wesley Gratzer, and Zen Hill in a field of over 90 other racers. Phoenix Cruz, lead boy’s runner, placed 9th in the league; Corey Lay, the most-prepared, at 15th; Wesley Gratzer, the most improved, at 16th; Mac Morretti, the fastest freshman of the year; Tyler Parker, the resident engineenthusiast; and Zen Hill, the high-jumping track star, rounded out this band of boys. On the Girl’s Team we have Elizabeth Denny, Jessica Bakken, Noelani Vatthauer, and Acacia Reyes in a field of over 60 other racers. Jessica Bakken, our top girl’s runner, placed 3rd in the league; Elizabeth Denny, the musicconnoisseur, at 10th; Noelani Vatthauer, the most perseverant; and Acacia Reyes, the latecomer, sums up the gaggle of girls. Unfortunately, even though we had some of the fastest girls continued on page 5
Chamber Looking For Earth Day Volunteers
Julian Chamber of Commerce to Participate in the 19th Annual Creek To Bay Clean up in honor of Earth Day. This year’s clean up event is hosted virtually by I Love a Clean San Diego. What that means is; we as a community sign up with the I Love a Clean San Diego website as part of our group “Julian Chamber of Commerce.” Register Here: cleansd.org/event/creek-to-bay-cleanup/ Here are the plans for our Julian Group: · Meet at Nickel Beer at 8:45am · We’ll give direction on where we would like to see our group move through town (including side streets). · Buckets, Gloves, trash grabbers will be available on a limited basis (please be sure to register so we know to expect you) . Bringing your own gloves would be a great help! · Volunteers will proceed toward town filling their buckets with roadside and sidewalk trash. · Volunteers will end at the parking lot behind Town Hall, where their trash will be collected and accounted for, so that we can help I Love a Clean San Diego meet their goal of 30,000 pounds of trash collected, countywide. · Afterward, volunteers are welcome to come back to Nickel Beer company, where they will be treated to a “thank you beer” and a light lunch. We ask that you register with our group so that we can work to get supplies and lunch. If you are able to bring your own work gloves, that would be awesome.
Easter Bunny Spends Saturday At The Womens Club
Thank you to all of our members and supporters! Recently the Friends Board voted to accept our librarian's proposal to upgrade and refresh the Children's Area with new furniture and manipulatives. Josh Mitchell will be working with Facilities staff to order new items and possibly rework the set up. The library is about 17 years old! Jonna Waite presented a $5,000 check to Josh Mitchell on March 24, 2021. This follows a previous $6,000 check to enhance the purchase of books through SDCL's Matching Funds program. The letter and certificate from Supervisor Joel Anderson recognizes our contribution. It is thanks to our members who make this possible. The Friends mission is to support and enhance the Julian Branch Library, and we are making great progress this year. The Board has remained active despite the pandemic. The Community Room will be in the next fiscal year as the
Board of Supervisors needs to vote to supplement with an additional $3 million. It may be two years before we see a finished Community Room. The bequest from Jan Cornell Mattias is being held for future expenses related to the building of the room, including the desire for a concert grand piano. For the past two years, the Board has discussed a fitting tribute to Jan Cornell Mattias and a recent proposal is to rename the Bookstore for her. This was agreed upon and the County library approved our request. A new sign is being commissioned for over the Bookstore doors or above on the wall. Another activity is seeking submissions of photographs of Julian's seasons for permanent display in the Bookstore. Members of Julian Arts Guild have responded with interest. New art on the walls is something to anticipate. Thank you to all who continue to make book donations. Our
Books on the Go! carts have kept us active while the Bookstore has remained closed. Once County Public Health and the Head Librarian deem it safe, the Bookstore will reopen. Take time to thank the following for allowing a book cart at each establishment: Calico Cidery, California Wolf Center, Regulars Wanted, Julian Pathways, Inc., and Town Hall. The Board of Supervisors recently gave whole-hearted support to Little Free Libraries. Some of our overflow donations have been shared to supplement library boxes in Descanso and Pine Valley, and beyond. Mary Bowman, library technician,"book bombs" by filling free library boxes with books. Our books live on! (littlefreelibraries.org) Thank you to the FOJL Board for their volunteer service: Brian Kramer, Kristi Holt, Carol Pike, Dana Pettersen, Jeff Holt, Eileen Lightbody, Arlene Smith, and Brenda Campbell. We hope to see everyone soon at the library!
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The Miss Julian’s and the Easter Bunny all visited the Women’s Club, Saturday to pose for pictures, do some art and play some games. SRAEY
Wildflower Show April 30 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Julian Woman’s Club 2607 C Street, Julian