The Julian Woman’s Club Holiday Home Tour, one of the most festive events of the town’s annual holiday celebration, is set for Friday, Dec. 12, when five local
homeowners invite you inside to see their homes decked out for the holidays.
The annual home tour, featuring a look inside some of Julian’s most interesting and unique homes, was started by
the club in 1986. This is a big project that
takes nearly a year to put together, according to Diana Garrett, who has chaired the tour for nearly 20 years. There are always two tours starting
and ending at Community United Methodist Church of Julian.
Groups gather early at the church at 8:30 a.m. or 12:30 p.m., where volunteers
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During a red flag advisory, high winds, low humidity and loads of dry brush
contributed to a 4.5-acre blaze in Wynola last month on the 58th anniversary of the Inaja fire that killed 11 firefighters, an eerie reminder of the ongoing possibility of fire danger that faces backcountry residents year-round.
The 11:05 p.m. 911 call reporting a fire at the top of the ridge at Julian orchard Road on Nov. 24 prompted a dispatch call with Cal Fire Battalion Chief Adam Lambert and brought a fire engine to the scene within 15 minutes.
In all, 12 engines, three water tenders and four hand crews had the brush fire con-tained shortly after midnight, through the combined efforts
of Cal Fire, Julian Cuyamaca Fire Protection District, U.S. Forest Service, San Diego County Fire Authority and the California Department of Corrections Inmate Crews.
No structures were threat-ened, as 40-mile-an-hour winds pushed the fire away from trail-ers nearest to the fire, and no evacuations were ordered. Local
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serve and sell homemade baked goods, handmade crafts and locally grown plants. It’s also where you will meet up with your driver for the tour. No private cars are permitted on this tour.
“We will tour five fabulous homes this year,” Garrett says. “They include the Englunds in Pine Hills, Pat Landis off Highway 78, Roberta and Charles Woods in Wynola Estates, Scott and Micki Meire off Highway 79, and Bobbi Zane in town.”
Garrett begins looking at homes for the next tour in January. “I usually get them lined up in october,” she says.
once the homes are selected and owners agree to partici-pate, Garrett and her 40- member team start organizing every little detail, including the house reviewing committee; four hostesses for each house; about 15 drivers to transport people to the houses; reserva-tions; quilters and crafters to create holiday items for sale; bakers of homemade cookies, pastries and cakes; publicists who post flyers in town and distribute tour information to local media; and, of course, the five homeowners who decorate and open their homes for the tour.
Proceeds from the $20 admission fee support the club’s scholarship program that provides funds for worthy graduating high school students each year. In the end, the Woman’s Club generally generates about $4,000 from the tour, enough to help several graduates get a good start in college.
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They say, “Don’t let the parade pass you by.” Julian’s Barbee Skinner didn’t. She proudly rode with Darrel Kinney on his motorcycle as part of the Patriot Guard Riders motorcycle group that escorted the vietnam veterans of America float in this year’s veterans Day Parade in San Diego. PHOTO By DARREl KINNEy
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one of the most rare and endangered mammals on earth is painstakingly being bred for
reintroduction into the wild by a group of passionate biologists and nature lovers at the California Wolf Center (CWC), on the outskirts of Julian.
The Mexican gray wolf is an ani-mal whose absence in the wild strikes an imbalance in nature, resulting in unhealthy population explosions of species down the food chain and the destruction of riparian habitats and highland vegetation.
These wolves, which once roamed the continent in populations number-ing in the 5,000s, were on the brink of extinction when the last seven unre-lated survivors were caught between 1977 and 1980 as part of a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service policy to trap and destroy the animals. Instead, they were maintained in captivity in an attempt to save the species.
Thanks to the CWC and other organizations, there is hope. In 1998, 11 captive-reared wolves were released in eastern Arizona. In 2002, the first wild-born litter of a wild-born parent marked a new chapter in the wolves’ story, with natural reproduction restoring the species alongside captive breeding.
While they are still a long way from historical numbers, today there are 83 individuals and approximately 14 breeding pairs in the wild.
The CWC is home to the only captive breeding pair that successfully produced
a litter this year and to several packs of captive Mexican gray wolves and Rocky Mountain gray wolves. The center’s mission is to restore the Mexican wolf to the wilderness, research wolf biology and behavior, educate the public about wolves, and support strategies that will enable people and wolves to successfully share the natural world. In particular, the CWC, along with the Mexican Wolf Fund, helps ranchers and
community members who are impacted by wolf recovery by providing fund-ing for conflict prevention measures between wolves and human activities, including livestock production.
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sheriffs notified four adjacent Wynola residents to remain awake and alert while sheriffs held vigil as firefighters worked to subdue the fire.
Work crews stopped the forward rate of spread quickly, but high winds increased the risk of embers crossing the line of defense into other areas of vegetation and the potential for the burn to become a full-fledged wildfire.
By 2:15 a.m., with the fire out and the immediate danger averted, the sheriffs, grateful that the situation was under control, left the scene while firefighters switched to mop-up mode to prevent flare-ups from hot spots during the night.
Considering the number of devastating fires in Julian’s history under similar condi-tions, San Diego County Sheriff Rex Anderson noted that we have been lucky, with fewer calls this year than in years past.
“People have been good this year about burning. Everyone is paying attention to warnings this year,” he said.
Quick response from a united force of public agencies helped keep backcountry residents safe from another natural disaster threat.
“Julian benefits from a strong relationship between the various fire protection agencies,” said Chief Lambert. “I’ve been in other areas in the state where this is not the case. The vast depth of knowledge of the area that U.S. Forest Service Wes Ruiz and JCFPD Fire Chief Rick Marinelli have make it easy to quickly get a handle on the situation.”
Cal Fire Public Information officer Captain Kendal Bortisser urges residents to be aware, especially during red flag warnings.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Residents can join Bortisser’s 24,000 followers on Twitter for updates at twitter.com/calfiresandiego. n
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A call about the Banner Fire last July came in from the Cal Fire dispatch center at 10:43 a.m. In the blink
of an eye, flames raced up the ridge, threatening homes and lives, as residents went about their daily routines oblivious to the wildfire raging toward them.
When the sound of a helicopter overhead alerted a Julian resident to the danger just outside his door, he escaped in time to watch his home burn to the
ground. Another resident was caught unawares until she saw flames outside her kitchen window.
If there had been any wind that day or if fire-fighting equipment and crews had already been dispatched to other fires, the devastation would have been far worse
After months of talking about creat-ing a grassroots emergency notification system by and for residents, three Julian locals took a lesson from the Banner Fire and created Julian Alerts to instantly alert neighbors to life-threatening emergencies over multiple platforms.
The brainchild of Brian Kramer, Mike Hatch and Eva Hatch, Julian Alerts will contact those who are registered with up-to-the-minute information on local life-threatening emergencies by phone, email, text, SMS and through Facebook. Registration at julianalerts.com is free and takes only a moment. The site also provides local emergency updates and information about disaster preparedness and safety, and links to agencies that
provide emergency services and other useful information.
“We considered what would be the easiest way to call 200 people in 30 seconds and found the software to do the job,” said Kramer, who built the website.
During the Banner Fire, it took up to two hours for some residents to get a reverse 911 call, and some never received a call.
The idea is that locals may, in some
situations, have the best chance to share information with their neighbors about what is happening in their area.
The website will only report life-threatening emergencies, such as residential fires, wildfires and flash floods, but not accidents or other kinds of emergencies. The information, which is gathered from the Monte Vista Ranger Unit radio dispatch communication and other sources, including personal knowledge of site administrators, is provided strictly neighbor-to-neighbor and is not representative of any official source. It is not intended to compete with any governmental agency and will not include advisory information, such as whether or not to evacuate.
“We’re just trying to fill in the gap. once a government agency is involved, we’re out,” said Mike Hatch.
The project currently has 130 numbers on the phone tree and 160 members in its Facebook group. Kramer and the Hatches hope to see it expand as more people learn of its benefits and
register for the service. A test conducted when just 60 people were registered showed that the system worked success-fully and yielded positive feedback.
In a serious emergency, when there isn’t a moment to lose, getting accurate
information quickly can be the difference between life and death or preventing a tragedy. Julian Alerts is a new tool available to help residents stay informed and stay safe. n
Mike Hatch, left, Eva Hatch and Brian Kramer worked together to create Julian Alerts.PHOTOS By ANN REIlly COlE
Residents in the path of this fire may not have known it was approaching. PHOTO By BRIAN KRAMER
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With so much on our plates between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day, the holiday season
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• If you don't have plastic clips to hang lights around windows and to the eaves of your home, inexpensive clothes-pins will work just as well. If you're concerned about the color of the wooden clips, paint them holiday hues before stringing the lights.
• Put a bath mat, rug-side down and rubber-side up, beneath your Christmas tree stand. This allows you to spin the tree as you hang lights and ornaments without damaging the floor underneath. It also makes it simple to undress the tree once the season is over. Use a tree skirt to hide the mat.
• Squeeze artificial tree portions into concrete form tubes. First wrap the tree portions in twine and then slip them into the concrete sleeves. Each tube can be stowed in attic or garage rafters, freeing up precious space.
• Use empty squirt bottles to make baking and cooking easier. Pancake and cookie batters can be squirted from the containers for less mess.
• Store one or two strings of lights in a plastic shopping bag to keep the strands from getting tangled. Hang the bags from a hook in a garage or stack them in a storage bin.
• Use plastic zip ties to attach garland and lights to bannisters. They're easy to
assemble and will not damage the bannisters.
• A paper towel holder can be screwed to the wall in a craft room to neatly hold spools of ribbon. Simply pull the length you need from the spool and cut for easy decorating.
• Mount a tree stand to a piece of wood with screws or glue. This prevents spills from reaching the floor while
stabilizing the tree.• Old maps make interesting gift
wrap and are a nice change of pace from commercially produced paper or newsprint.
• Wrap duct tape or another type of sticky tape around your hand. Pat over fallen pine needles that accumulate around the tree. In hard-to-reach areas, wrap the tape around a broom
or a floor sweeper.• When traveling for the holidays,
use a brightly colored suitcase or flashy tape to make your suitcase stand out from others at the airport.
• Place hardened brown sugar in a baking dish, cover it with a moist paper towel and either microwave it on high for 20-second intervals or place it in a 300 F oven for five minutes. This will soften the sugar, making it easier to use the sugar to prepare your favorite holiday cookie recipes.
• Save plastic bread ties, which can be used to make tags for the wires on certain devices. Such ties also can be used to organize decorating components and to keep your place on a roll of tape.
• Measure the inside of your picture window and construct a wooden frame to its dimensions. Staple holiday lights to the frame and then easily slip the frame in and out of place each year.
• Hang a live wreath or some boughs of evergreen in your home to give it that fresh pine scent if you have an artificial tree.
• Color-code storage containers so you can easily find holiday decorations in the attic or basement.
• Pack for a holiday excursion using a collapsible clothing storage hanger for closets. Fold clothes on each fabric shelf and then collapse it into your suitcase. When you get to your destination, unfold and hang it in a closet so all of your clothes will be at the ready. n
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By Annette Williams ~ the journal
‘Tis the season to mix and mingle with friends and neighbors at the annual presentation of Handel’s Messiah. Julian Community Choir, a choral group of 25 members, will present the musical piece on Dec. 21.
Rehearsals began in early in November, drawing choir members from the Julian area and from out of town. A string quintet and keyboard player will accompany the singers.
“We have wonderful soloists from all over San Diego City and County,” said director Garnette Welch. “Some of these soloists have performed many years with us, and we have quite a tradition continuing here.”
Welch considers Town Hall a very special venue.
“With wooden floors, walls and ceiling — the sound is magnificent.”
Welch, who taught at Julian Union High School for 27 years, has been the director for many years, and Kristi Holt, who taught at Ramona High School, is the producer for the concert. Both are now retired from teaching.
Guests are welcome to arrive early and may watch the solo-ists rehearse with the quintet.
“our usual attendance is quite robust,” Welch says. “There is no admission fee, however we will have a free will offering to defer the costs
By Annette Williams ~ the journal
Julian may not be consid-ered one of the largest towns in San Diego County,
but its people may have some of the biggest hearts when it comes to holiday giving. Take advantage of the opportunities to extend generosity to others at these local donation points.
Community Christmas Food Drive
Donations of money and nonperishable food may be dropped off at Julian Chamber
of Commerce in Julian Town Hall, 2129 Main St., through Dec. 16.
Food box distribution is Dec. 17 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and volunteers are welcome.
Applications for assistance are available at Town Hall. Call 760-765-1857.
Proflame/Amerigas in Santa Ysabel is an official drop site for Toys for Tots. Drop off toys Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 29890 Columbia St. Call 760-765-0130.
Share Your Christmas
Donations of new, unwrapped toys, canned food and financial gifts are coming in for Ramona Food & Clothes Closet’s Share Your Christmas Program, and more are needed. An added benefit is that dona-tions stay local, as Ramona Food & Clothes Closet assists families in Julian, Santa Ysabel, Ranchita, Warner Springs, Borrego Springs and Ramona.
Donations may be made at the drive-through donation lane behind the Thrift Store, located at 773 Main St., Ramona. Call 760-789-4458. n
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ONGOING EVENTSJulian Doves and Desperados award-winning historical comedy skits Sun. at 1, 2 and 3 pm (weather permitting) at the stage area next to Julian Market and Deli. 760-765-1857Jeremy’s on the Hill music Sat. and Sun. 5 pm; Mon. 6 pm, 4354 Hwy. 78. 760-765-1587 www.jeremysonthehill.comMusic at Julian Station Sun. live music 1-4 pm, wine and hard cider tasting, outdoor barbecue, Julian Station, 4470 Hwy. 78. www.julianstation.comSanta Ysabel Store & Backcountry Visitor Center Fri.-Sun. 11-5, 30275 Hwy. 78, Santa Ysabel. sohosandiego.org/sygs/index.htmWarner-Carrillo Ranch House Sat.-Sun., 12-4, 29181 San Felipe Rd., Warner Springs. sohosandiego.org/main/warnercarrillo.htmWynola Pizza & Bistro live entertainment Fri.-Sat., 6–9 pm, 4355 Hwy. 78. Music calendar www.wynolapizza.com. 760-765-1004Guided Nature Hikes schedule and information at [email protected]. 858-674-2275 ext. 12Quarterly Art Exhibit Julian Art Gallery, 2229 Main St. 760-765-1551 www.thejulianartgallery.comVolcan Mountain Foundation art adventures, trail explorations, lectures, educational hikes. 760-765-2300 www.volcanmt.org
MEETINGSArchitectural Review Board first Tues., 7 pm, 2133 Fourth St. 760-765-1343
Intermountain Republican Women Federated welcomes members, spouses and guests from Julian, Santa Ysabel, Ramona and backcountry. 760-788-6645Julian Arts Guild second Wed. 3 pm, Julian Library, 1850 Hwy. 78. www.julianartsguild.org Julian Chamber of Commerce Mixers first Thurs. 5:30–7:30 pm. Location 760-765-1857 www.julianca.com
Julian Chamber of Commerce Board third Thurs. 6 pm, Julian Town Hall, 2129 Main St. 760-765-1857Julian Chamber Networking Breakfast third Wed. 8 am. $10/$12. Location 760-765-1857 Julian Community Planning Group second Mon. 7 pm, Julian Town Hall, 2129 Main St.
Julian Woman’s Club first Wed. 1 pm, 2607 C St., except July and August. 760-765-4702 www.julianwomansclub.orgShelter Valley Mobile Clinic Services third Tues. 8-11 am, Shelter Valley Community Center. www.borregomedical.orgWarner Springs Mobile Clinic Services third Wed. 8-11 am, Warner Springs Community Resource Center. www.borregomedical.org
December 2014Julian Carolers 4-6 pm Saturdays before Christmas
4: Chamber Holiday Party and Membership Drive 5:30-7:30 pm in Julian Town Hall, 2129 Main St.4-16: Community Christmas Food Drive Donations of money and nonperishable food may be dropped off at Julian Chamber of Commerce, 2129 Main St. Food box distribution is Dec. 17. Call 760-765-1857.5: Community Christmas with Santa 5-8 pm in Julian Town Hall, 2129 Main St.6: Shelter Valley Annual Art Fair from 10-4 at 7217 Great Southern Overland Trail in Shelter Valley. 858-759-7016 [email protected]: Holiday Home Tour at 9 am and 1 pm. Tours depart from Community United Methodist Church at highways 78 and 79. Tickets 760-765-083217: Community Christmas Food Box Distribution Applications for assistance are available at Town Hall, 2129 Main St. 760-765-185721: Handel’s Messiah by Julian Community Choir at 7 p.m. in Julian Town Hall, 2129 Main St.
JULIAN LIBRARYJulian Branch Library is open Tuesday through Saturday at 1850 Hwy. 78. Return overdue materials the last Friday of the month and fees will be waived, with the exception of Circuit, Link+ and interlibrary loan items.Feeding America produce and staples distribution second and fourth Wednesday at 10 am at the library. Laura Silveria, 619-481-9695.Friends of the Library Bookstore is open from 11-5, Tues.-Sat. 760-765-2239Library Activities & Events call 760-765-0370 or visit www.sdcl.org/locations_JL.html. n
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Brenda Daniels and her husband, Robert Daniels, just love Julian.
In fact, when they honey-mooned at orchard Hill Country Inn, Robert asked Brenda that first night over dinner, “Wouldn’t it be great to retire here?” never thinking that that one day they would move to Julian.
Nine years later, Robert, who served in the Navy during the Vietnam War as an engineman
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“I saw the opportunity to go to Julian, so I competed for the position and was selected,” said Brenda Daniels.
With 28 years of service in the U.S. Postal Service, most recently as postmaster in Descanso, Daniels is thrilled to have been assigned to the Julian Post office and brings a lot of experience and knowledge to the position. It was why she was chosen for the top job. So
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“I am so pleased with the terrific staff,” said Daniels. “They are so knowledgeable, efficient and friendly, and the community really loves them.”
Daniels invites people to come into the post office to meet her and say hello and is looking forward to staying in Julian for a long time to come. n
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By E. A. Barrera
Paul Newman loved the Baja 1000 race. The oscar-winning actor was a lifelong racing enthusiast, and he
always said he’d wished he’d started racing the Baja 1000 earlier in his career. He managed to become the oldest competitor to finish the race when he competed at the age of 80 in 2004.
James Garner and Steve McQueen loved the Baja 1000, as well. Now
organized by Roger Norman and SCoRE International out of Reno, Nev., the race is popular with athletes, celebrities and folks who ride everything from motor-cycles to multi-hundred-thousand-dollar trucks.
The race has been going in one form or another since 1967. A regular feature on the old ABC show “Wide World of Sports,” it is now considered the grand-daddy of all desert races and is part of the World Championship of Desert racing.
During the week of Nov. 10, thousands competed in and attended this year’s race, which stretched the length of Baja California from Ensenada to La Paz.
Among the racers was a local group from San Diego, Julian and Ramona in the over-40 category. They call themselves the “HERo Racing team” and included
Ramona Home Journal and Julian Journal owner Darrel Kinney, as well as Paul Thomas of Julian, John Griffin, Giovanni Spinali, Mike Carter, Tony Hammers, Ken Good, Brian Crouch, Chris Sanders, Don Connelly, Paul Karpf, Tony Schmidt, Steve Martz, John Jones and Dan Walsh.
HERo Racing raced five SCoRE races
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this year and won all except the Baja 1000. The team is the overall points champion for the Pro40 motorcycle class. The team came in third overall and finished just one race shy of an undefeated record this year.
“We were leading by 70 miles when one of our teammates got stuck in over three feet of mud in the middle of the night, with nobody around to help,” said HERo team leader Paul Thomas. “But that’s the sport, and it’s always unpredictable.”
A dangerous sport, last year top-seeded motocross athlete Kurt Caselli was killed during the race. The racers face exhaust-ing and often isolated conditions in the
rough deserts of Mexico. The excitement and challenge of just finishing — much less winning the race — are daunting. When you listen to the team speak about their experiences racing over 1,000 miles of Mexican desert — in sunlight or dark, over hard rock, through cold streams that can stall your bike, or through sand so fine it feels like driving over silk — you feel the passion for the sport that has attracted the sons of British prime minis-ters and the sons of short-order cooks.
“Gearing, I clocked about 94–95 leav-ing Ensenada on a closed paved (road),” said Dan Walsh. “In the dirt, it was tough to pull 85 with wheel spin and lack of
control at high RPM. I’m thinking we could have been fine with a 47-T rear, but was a good call to play it safe. I got passed by a couple guys on the straights and had nothing left to give.”
Walsh credited his bike, saying it “handled incredible — pulled hard out of corners. Very impressed with the bike setup, and I only regret riding a bit too conservative in the dust,” he said.
“My fastest section that I couldn’t wait for was Trinidad to San Vicente. But I was stuck in traffic with riders’ dust ahead and riders behind me, so I played it smart and kept the pressure on them.”
He waited for the other riders to make a mistake. “Finally got around the two ahead of me after choking on their dust for what seemed like forever.”
Giovanni Spinali was the rider who
got caught in what has to be described as quicksand under any normal definition. His ride was harrowing, but it featured one of the nicer moments of the race.
“My first session started in San Ignacio. Mike pulls in and says he had a get-off, and the lights were pointing to the left and the clutch lever would not fully disengage. I knew if I continued like that, the clutch would fry. So while the wheels were being changed by Chris and Don, we tried to straighten the light bar,” Spinali said.
Failing to straighten out the bar, the team removed the hand guard so the clutch could have full range.
“off I went at 10:30 pm. I had a long
road section to start with, and then I hit the dirt. I found it pretty difficult to push at night with the lights off to the left, but left turns were great!”
Spinali said he maintained a good pace and felt good about the time he was making when he approached a fork in the road and went in the wrong direction.
“I naturally went left but realized I was going off course. So I quickly turned around and took the right fork, which kept me right on course. It was a fast, dry lagoon when I pre-ran it at low tide. Well, it was now high tide, and I hit a lake at high speed that almost threw me over the bars. I kept it pinned and veered to the left where it looked dryer. Big mistake.”
Spinali rode right into quicksand and started to sink and slow considerably. He jumped off the bike and ran next to it for about 500 feet until it sank knee-deep in mud.
“I never felt so helpless in my life. The more I tried to get it out, the worse it got. I exhausted myself pulling and tugging on the bike trying to get it out, but it was useless. There was no one around, and it was approx 1 or 2 a.m. at mile 815,” he said. “I called the chase truck and told them I was stuck. They were too far away to help. I felt like the race was over. Devastated and alone, I could only sit and pray for help. And boy did
I pray!” Then out of the corner of his eye he
saw a light. It may not have been the light of providence, but it certainly turned out to be his light at the end of a tunnel.
“I wasn’t sure at first if it was a bonfire or a vehicle, but I then noticed it was moving, and I started to run in the mud towards them,” he said. “It was a guy and his girlfriend. I managed to tell them I was stuck and needed help, and they fol-
lowed. I had to retrace my steps because it was so dark I couldn’t see the bike.”
“Well, they didn’t hesitate to jump in and help tug it out, but it took all three of us. Front wheel then rear wheel, front wheel then rear wheel. As it was almost out, I got passed by a bike. We had such a big lead I had inherited.”
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full-time conservation associate at the CWC. Her duties at the center involve her in everything from animal husbandry, educa-tion and outreach to fundrais-ing, intern training and more.
“Wolves have a bad reputa-tion,” says Pankratz. “I enjoy being part of a grassroots organization helping people understand the importance of bringing the wolf back to our state.”
The CWC provides tours as part of its education and out-reach. There, visitors learn the
about wolves, their vital role as “engineers of biodiversity,” what can be done to ensure their survival in the wild, and simple strategies to keep pets and live-stock safe from wild wolves.
Christine Conte, an intern at the center, is excited to get hands-on experience in wolf husbandry. Conte described being part of a “human line” to trap a captive wolf, without use of tranquilizers. Taking advan-tage of the wolf’s natural behav-iors, a line of people directs the wolf into a specific area. When
trapped, the wolf submits. Two experienced handlers then approach the wolf with Y-poles applied first to its shoulders, then to its hips, pressing it into submission. A face cover put over the wolf’s head triggers a submissive trance, allowing administration of vaccines or transfer to a crate.
Using this technique, a CWC male wolf was recently transferred to a facility to prepare him for release in the
wild, desensitizing him to human presence and fitting him with a radio collar. once he is released, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will track him and provide regular public reports on his status.
Back at the CWC, his littermate howls a bittersweet call, lonely for her missing brother on his way to freedom.
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A female Mexican gray wolf in residence at the center. PHOTOS By HEIDI PANKRATZ/CAlIfORNIA WOlf CENTER
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Many consumers still are not practicing key security habits when
they are online, according to a national survey by Experian’s ProtectMyID.
The survey shows that 31 percent of respondents in California have been victims of identity theft within the past two years. Nationally, that num-ber was 45 percent. This likely reflects the high frequency of data breaches that have occurred across the country and the 90 breaches reported in California so far this year.
Although some California res-idents are diligent about taking key steps for protection — such as using a password to unlock a laptop computer, enabling remote tracking and wiping capabilities on their smartphone, and managing the privacy set-tings on social networks on an ongoing basis — there is room for more proactive measures. only 24 percent of respondents reported checking their credit reports regularly for signs of possible suspicious activity, and 22 percent reported closing browsers without logging out of their online accounts.
A majority of state residents rarely worry about their identity being stolen, yet they may practice behaviors that put them at risk, including keeping a written record of passwords in a purse or a wallet and not checking if a website is secure when shopping online.
“Though residents are tak-ing a few proactive measures to prevent identity theft, there are always more precautions they can take, especially in light of the increase in com-pany data breaches occurring,” said Becky Frost, senior man-ager of consumer education for ProtectMyID. “You never know when a breach may happen, so it is recommended to change passwords on an ongoing basis, check your credit report fre-quently and limit personal informa-tion you provide to the organiza-tions you access.”
Additional survey findings
Some Californians have a solid level of awareness and security habits, but education still is needed to help residents prevent identity theft.
Individuals can be more security-focused
Seventy percent of respon-dents reported logging in to personal accounts while using an open network.
Almost 30 percent of individ-uals surveyed feel comfortable sharing passwords with family members or friends.
More than 20 percent of respondents reported they keep a written record of passwords and personal identification numbers in a purse or a wallet.
Nineteen percent of indi-viduals surveyed use the same password for all or most online accounts.
There is a lack of monitoringfor identity theft
When notified of a data breach and offered a period of free credit monitoring, only 37 percent of respondents signed up.
Twenty-six percent of respon-dents never check their credit report for errors or suspicious activity, and 40 percent check only once every six months or less.
only 19 percent of respon-dents review their credit card numbers stored or on file with online accounts once per
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Decorating is one of the many traditions associated with the holiday season. The family
Christmas tree is arguably the most prominent decoration. Having a live tree inside the home can be awe- inspiring, but it can also be messy.
The idea of bringing a formerly live tree inside a home as a decoration may seem odd, especially when individuals are faced with the aftermath, which is often a trail of pine needles and very sticky sap. A freshly cut pine tree will ooze sap, which tends to be quite sticky and messy and notoriously difficult to remove. Even a Christmas tree that is average in stature can generate a fair amount of sap, and it takes just a few drops of sap to make a mess.
If sap has you stuck for clean-up ideas, consider these home remedies.
on clothing:• Use rubbing alcohol on the sap
stain. Allow the alcohol to sit on the stain for 30 minutes and then wash as usual.
• Make a paste of laundry detergent and water and apply it to the stain.
• Ammonia also may remove a sap stain. Just test an inconspicuous part of the clothing to determine if applying ammonia changes its color.
on carpeting:• Freeze the sap with ice cubes and
then carefully pick out the hardened pieces.
• Try vodka as an adhesive remover on the sap stain.
• Rubbing alcohol also may be able to break up sap in carpet fibers.
on hands:
• Any greasy, oil-based product can work, such as olive oil or even vegetable shortening. Rub on the skin, and the sap should come right off.
• A lubricant like WD-40 has also been known to remove sap.
• Hand sanitizer, which is comprised mainly of alcohol, can help dissolve sap so it can be rinsed off.
• Make a paste of mineral oil (baby oil) and baking soda. This should help dissolve the sap and make your hands soft in the process.
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In a recent ceremony at the organ Pavilion in Balboa Park honoring some 340
Girl Scouts from San Diego and Imperial County, two of Julian’s own, Taylor Cole and Kaleigh Kaltenthaler, received their Silver Award pins, the second-highest honor in Girl Scouting and the highest award a junior high-age Cadette Scout can earn.
To be among the 7 percent who become Silver Scouts, a girl must satisfy difficult objectives in two areas of in-depth study and of service. They must com-plete a Girl Scout Journey — a program that focuses on one of three topics designated by Girl Scouts — and spearhead a service project that fulfills a need in the community.
For their Journey, Kaleigh and Taylor studied the atmo-sphere. They read about accom-plishments of women in this realm, conducted experiments, learned how sounds and smells travel through the air, made scented products, interviewed scientists who work to keep our air clean and safe, wrote and published an article on nontox-ic cleaning methods, pledged to protect the air, and shared their experience with others.
For their community service project, which must be sustain-able, measurable and global in its impact, Taylor and Kaleigh created the Julian Jam after-school music program for third- through eighth-graders and hired local music teachers who taught choral singing, guitar, drums, keyboard and rhythm.
To accomplish this, they enlisted the support of Julian Union High School administra-tion and school board, Julian Elementary School administra-tion, and a slough of commu-nity organizations and local businesses. They raised funds, secured instruments and prac-tice space, recruited teachers, recruited and registered stu-dents, and managed the logistics of weekly music classes during the 2013-14 school year.
Julian Jam provided instruc-tion to more than 20 students and part-time employment for six music teachers, and
presented music in four public performances. Plans and provisions for the program to continue are in place.
Through this project and with the help of their team, Kaleigh and Taylor undoubtedly enriched the life of their community.
They learned what it takes to seize a big idea and make it into a reality, fulfilling those familiar words in the Girl Scout promise: “to make the world a better place.” n
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Silver Scout Kaleigh Kaltenthaler.Silver Scout Taylor Cole. PHOTOS By ANN REIlly COlE
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By Johnny McDonald ~ the journal
With a new name, Wright Trammel Transportation (WTT) surges ahead to take people anywhere in the southland they may choose.
Powered by a fleet of multi-passenger vans of varying sizes and a luxurious, burgundy 2010 Lincoln Town Car, those trips might be to Santa Barbara, Palm Springs or twice-daily rides to San Diego International Airport.
It is a successful husband-wife business with eyes toward a greater future.
Maurice Trammel wears several hats, one of which includes a bevy of market-ing programs that involves Chambers of Commerce meetings in Julian, Borrego Springs, Ramona and Escondido, where he’s an ambassador. He also might han-dle the controls of one of his vans.
Cheryl Wright, his wife, manages the financial part and some of the book-ings. She works as a rheumatologist in Rancho Bernardo, and Trammel is a combat Army veteran and former correc-tional officer. They have lived in Ramona since 2008.
“We started in November 2010 as a franchise business with Transit Van Shuttle of Temecula,” Trammel says. “our franchised area included Santa Ysabel, Julian, Borrego Springs, Ramona, Poway, Alpine, Rancho Bernardo and Escondido.”
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Business newsOrfila Makes the Move to Main Street
By Ann reilly Cole ~ the journal
After more than a dozen years at its Wynola location, the orfila Vineyards and Winery tasting room
moved its operations to Main Street in Julian last month, where guests can sip wine in style and shop for premium
wines, gourmet food items and unique accouterments for food and wine lovers.
“The Wynola location has been great for us, but when a space became available on Main Street, we jumped at the chance because we really wanted to be part of the Julian experience,” said Tom Blankenbeker, tasting room
manager for orfila. With a mission to create a relaxing
atmosphere consistent with Julian’s historic setting and a classy appeal to go with the finest wines and on a careful budget, Blankenbeker got his creative juices flowing to design a new space, which, indeed, has a welcoming ambiance.
Blankenbeker and his team hand-built the bar and display units out of reclaimed wood pallets and barrels, giving it a rustic look, while artfully designed signage throughout adds a touch of elegance. Engaging displays about the world of wine create points of interest where customers can linger while they shop.
Being on Main Street within a block of the Blue Door Winery and the Witch Creek Winery tasting rooms has created a walking winery tour for tourists to enjoy while in Julian, and has introduced a whole new clientele to the orfila brand.
“It has been really fun being part of downtown,” said Lili Dierenfield, who has been a winery representative for
orfila for six years.The boutique winery produces
Rhone-style wines from grapes grown in the San Pasqual Valley, where soil con-ditions are similar to the Mediterranean region. Established in 1993, when Ambassador Alejandro orfila purchased the 70-acre estate, orfila has won more than 1,300 medals in major national and international competitions for its wine varieties.
Visitors may enjoy six wine tastings and take home a souvenir orfila wine glass for $10. Members of the orfila Wine Lovers club (oWL) can sign up for quarterly deliveries of winemaker selections, enjoy a monthly online newsletter and receive complementary tastings for themselves and guests, merchandise discounts, and priority invitations to the annual grape stomp party and other special events.
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Winery representatives Christine Siegel, left, and lili Dierenfield serve samplings of Orfila vineyards and Winery’s fine wines. PHOTOS By ANN REIlly COlE
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Highly polished new cars glistening under bright lights and positioned on
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pitch ingredients for the best of 2015 at the four-day San Diego International Auto Show in the San Diego Convention Center, opening New Year’s Day.
New Car Dealers Association officials estimate that 50 per-cent of the attendees will be prospective customers.
“What I have seen in auto-show surveys is that consum-ers will add a brand over that which they had intended to buy because of what they’ve seen in the show,” said Scott Webb, director of marketing and operations for he NCDA. “Something they hadn’t consid-ered.”
That’s the competitive spirit of a show where the cars are the stars.
Webb said they used to acquire crates of brochures, but the manufacturers found that wasn’t the way to get feedback from the public. Instead, it’s time to talk.
He feels there may be some similarities in exterior design but says interior changes offer advanced electronics such as navigation equipment, backup monitors and entertainment systems.
Webb came to San Diego after serving 17 years as assis-tant general manager at the Los Angeles Auto Show.
“We’ll eventually see a
return to the more fanciful design exercises with peeks at what the automobile might become,” he said. “The life cycle would become shorter and
shorter. Cars will need to be redesigned more often.
“It’s a matter of scale and scope, because the automobile is still complex. The auto show enables manufacturers to obtain
some feedback that adds to the tool chest.”
California is the largest car market in the U.S. It’s no sur-prise that the state also has the largest concentration of auto-motive design studios than any other place in the world.
From San Diego to Thousand oaks, there are 15 design out-posts for carmakers ranging from Audi to Volvo.
At these locations, more detailed drawings are executed and approved by appropriate layers of management. Clay (industrial plasticine) and digi-tal models are developed along with the drawings. The data from these models are then used to create a full-size mock-up of the final design.
Motorsports Notes• On Jan. 10, the Horseless
Carriage Club will remember the 100th anniversary of the 300-mile international auto race, which was held on Point Loma streets to bring attention to the Panama-California Exposition. Ancient cars, some from the time of the historic race, will
be on display at Balboa Park’s Automotive Museum. between 10 and 11 a.m. Earl Cooper drove a Stutz to vic-tory. In the18-car field were Indianapolis driv-ers Barney oldfield, Bob Burman and Eddie Rickenbacker, who later become a flying ace in World War I. The San Diego Union estimated that the crowd was 25,000.
• The popular Monster Energy AMA Supercross has been scheduled for San Diego on Feb. 7. But there’s a new venue. It’ll be staged in Petco Park rather than Qualcomm Stadium.
• According to National Speed Sport News, IndyCar has revealed the 2015 IndyCar Series will feature 17 events, two new race venues and a total of six ABC and 13 NBC Sports Network broadcasts. The diverse calendar will include six ovals, six road courses and four temporary street circuits.
• The Toyota Grand Prix Long Beach is on April 19.
• Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner A.J. Foyt underwent successful triple coronary bypass surgery in Houston three weeks ago after being diagnosed with blockages. Foyt, 79, had been admitted to the Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center with intermittent chest pains.
• Running their game plan to perfection, a desert racing dream team of Rob MacCachren of Las Vegas, Andy McMillin of
San Diego and Jason Voss of Gilroy won the overall title in the 47th annual SCoRE Baja 1000, measuring 1,275 miles this year. They completed the run with a Trophy Truck in 22 hours, 31 minutes, 27 seconds. There were 200 entries.
• Erica Enders became the first woman to win an NHRA Pro Stock world championship when she defeated her closest points rival Jason Line in the final round of the Auto Club NHRA Finals last month. n
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Spinali thanked the couple and off he rode, with “no goggles and 60 miles left” in his section of the race. He said he was “exhausted but running on straight adrenaline.”
“Not sure if I was dehydrated or just wet and completely exhausted,” he said at that point, which was 2:30 a.m. Things were still looking good with less than 200 miles to go, but then he noticed the motorcycle was leaking oil on the clutch side.
“They found a hole in the clutch cover causing the leak and replaced it. At this point, I knew the win had slipped through our fingers with less than 60 miles to go, and now it was just a mat-ter of finishing so we could claim the championship. I got back to the bike and hopped on. I guess the racer in me and all the fans cheering had me pushing it at about 70 mph with about 20 miles to go,” he said.
Then the front of the motorcycle start-ed to violently shake. He looked down at the front wheel and realized, “Seventy-five percent of the tire had come off the rim. At this point I could not do anything but laugh! I pulled into the first set of specta-tors, and they put the tire back on with screwdrivers and held it on with zip ties. I never even got off the bike, drank a beer while they fixed it and nursed it to the finish,” Spinali said.
“I think I realized that anything can happen out there. Never give up no mat-ter what, and right when you think you have it in the bag — Baja bites!”
All the members of the HERo team had stories of the race. Tony Hammers ran into cows in the road at Bone Beach, and had kids cheering on a bluff for him near El Arco.
“one of them falls off onto the course in front of me,” Hammers said. It forced him to “fold the bike.”
“No issues, but the bike was roasting,” he said. “E-start locked, started kicking. Losing vision as you do before fainting. I hear, ‘Go! Go!’ Kid’s dad is holding the rear fender for me. Last gasp, five kicks with the e-button held down. Bike starts — this is officially a hot-start method for me going forward — set off while border-ing consciousness.”
He said he “fell back” on a fatigue recovery technique “taught to me by a Czech SAR dude I know,” and two minutes later, “I’m mashing it out again. Clocked 87 on final approach.”
Paul Thomas started the HERo team as a means of both racing and supporting veterans coming back from combat. He is a former Navy corpsman. He says the team helps raise funds so that they can purchase high-end, athletic prosthetics for veterans.
“The blades are made from the same material that blades of Apache helicopters are made from,” said Thomas. “They are made by Ability Dynamics, and we have given out seven over the last three years.”
He wants the public to know of the HERo team’s work and encourages folks to go to their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/Julian.Hard.Cider.HERo.Racing.
John Griffin summed up what most of the others were saying in their interviews and comments after the race.
“I am thankful to have ridden on the HERo team! Just being a part of this group is good, but winning it all this year is the greatest. It’s an adventure we’ll never forget.” n
Ramona HERO Team Continued from page 11
Burnetts Welcome a Son
Tara and Ryan Burnett of Santa Ysabel welcomed a son, Jameson Ryan Burnett, who was born Nov. 13, 2014. He weighed 8 pounds, 7 ounces and was 21 inches long.
Jameson is welcomed by big sister, Melanie Rose; paternal grandparents, Rick and Brenda Campbell of Julian; and maternal grandparents, Darrel and Carol Kinney of Ramona.
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