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No Report This Week
February 28, 2018
8 The Julian News
Washington
Doll
Letters
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• FISHING REPORT •
Howdy! From
Lake Cuyamaca
Post Notes
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Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
The Sons of the American
Legion are hosting the Julian
6th grade class with a benefit
breakfast on Sunday, March 4th,
starting at 7 a.m. It’s an all-you-
can-eat buffet whose proceeds
will help the kids afford the trip to
Astro Camp. It’s a great breakfast
for a great cause for ten bucks.
This 1880s George Washington doll
is made of painted cloth. The face
and clothing are familiar, and he
really did have blue eyes. It recently
sold for $3,080
While Valentine's Day is always
Feb. 14, President's Day can
be any one of seven dates, the
third Monday in February closest
to the 20th. In 1885 George
Washington's birthday, Feb. 22,
was made a national holiday.
But in 1971, Congress decided
that instead of celebrating the
real birthdays of President
Washington and President
Abraham Lincoln (Feb. 12), there
would a Monday celebration
for both. Why Monday? To give
everyone a three-day weekend
away from work. Feb. 20 was
chosen because it was between
the two real birthdays.
President Washington lived
in the days before cameras, so
he was remembered in designs
for silhouettes, paintings, prints,
medals, cameos, glass patterns,
toys, Staffordshire figures to
keep on the mantel and even
drapery fabrics. Most of the
memorabilia was copied from
the few famous paintings of the
president, images that still are
used. A President Washington
doll made after 1880 looks like
Washington in his presidential
years. The doll is made of cloth
with pressed and oil-painted
features, and gray hair worn in a
ponytail. His eyes are blue. The
doll is dressed in a silk suit with
a lace jabot and wears a tri-corn
hat, black stockings and shoes
with buckles. The costume is a
familiar one.
The doll probably was not made
for a young child, but as a part of
the 1889 centennial celebration
of Washington's inauguration.
It was made by Martha Jenks
Chase, who started making
portrait dolls in her backyard
about 1880. A 25-inch tall Chase
Washington doll sold in 2016 at a
Theriault's auction in Las Vegas
for $3,080.
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Q: I'd like information about
my great-grandmother's full set
of beautiful dishes and serving
bowls given to her as a wedding
gift in 1876. They are marked
"LS & S Carlsbad Austria."
A: This mark was used about
1895 to 1917 by Lewis Straus
& Sons, importers located in
New York City. Carlsbad was
part of Austria until after World
War I, when it became part of
Czechoslovakia. Today the town
is called Karlovy Vary and is part
of the Czech Republic. Several
factories in Austria, Bavaria and
Germany used "Carlsbad" in
their mark. Many pieces were
exported to the United States in
the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Sets of china are hard to sell, but
you can enjoy the dishes for their
sentimental value.
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CURRENT PRICES
Fortune Telling Cards, tarot,
gold edges, text and images,
The Nile, US Playing Card Co.,
box, 52-card deck, c. 1900, 4 x 3
inches, $145.
Bronze doorknocker, Abraham
Lincoln, profile, slavery abolished
speech text, round, ring striker,
1915, 3 1/2 x 3 inches, $300.
Powder jar, orange milk glass
with purple iris, hinged lid with
brass band, interior beveled
mirror, Wave Crest, 1800s, 4 x 6
inches, $500.
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TIP: When polishing the
metal hardware on old chests
of drawers, slide a piece of stiff
paper under the brass plate. This
will protect the wood near the
brass.
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For more collecting news, tips and
resources, visit www.Kovels.com
(c) 2018 King Features Synd., Inc.
were wounded in 2015.
The answer, I don’t have one.
History shows us that mental
illness and guns played a role
in all of the incidents and that
our children are sitting ducks in
our schools. Will our ultimate
solution be tempered by our
liberties?
“Rightful liberty is unobstructed
action according to our will within
limits drawn around us by the
equal rights of others.”
— Thomas Jefferson
"Those who would give up
essential Liberty, to purchase a
little temporary safety, deserve
neither Liberty nor Safety."
— Benjamin Franklin
with keen anticipation our first
Town Hall meeting. We were
eager to see how small town
meetings worked. After the
meeting we wondered if we had
made a mistake. Between the
threats, intimidations, fights and
screaming, attending a meeting
in Julian became of little interest.
We didn’t move here for that
nonsense and it did not endear
us to the community. Are we
over burdened of loose cannons,
wingnuts and the confused?
The ferocity and intensity
unleashed would give a visitor
that impression.
So it is today. The meetings
are not fun. They generate
great stress, produce little and
solve little to make life better.
Notably we admit that statement
is a generalization given the
long view, maybe an unfair
assessment but certainly not an
exaggeration. Therefore we ask,
why not do better? We know
we can do better. The town has
an abundance of good will and
good people. Where are you in
all this? Are we so uncivilized
that our community meetings
require security? Do we need to
crucify our representatives? Is
the passion residing within our
community so easily unbridled?
Do you not have a socially
acceptable outlet for all that
unspent passion? We do not
always get what we want. Ladies
and gentlemen please direct your
passion into deeds with good
outcomes that serve the best
interests of all the community.
Think about your legacy.
Carl and Ingrid Englund
Letter to the Editor
Since the District Fire Board
is negotiating with the County
Fire Authority, here are the
key questions that need to be
answered: First, since providing
fire protection is not in the County
Charter, what is to prevent future
Boards of Supervisors from
discontinuing funding, as they did
in 1980? Second, if the County
does not deliver as they promise,
what recourse does Julian have?
Bill Everett
In the February 21, 2018
edition of the Julian News, Pat
Landis writes a letter asking “Are
these people we can trust?” Yet
her letter is a misstatement of
fact that the editor corrected. So
Ms. Landis makes insinuations
based on misinformation, and
we are supposed to question
the County Fire Authority?
Wow. Bill Everett, in the same
edition, writes a letter where
he demonstrates his complete
ignorance in how a board of
directors is meant to operate.
Mr. Everett writes “It cannot be
argued that vast majority were
against the dissolution. Clearly
the Board acted in opposition to
the will of the majority of people in
attendance.” A board of directors
hasadutytoactinthebestinterest
of the organization for which they
serve. According to the National
Council of Nonprofits, “Board
members are the fiduciaries
who steer the organization
towards a sustainable future by
adopting sound, ethical, and
legal governance and financial
management policies, as well as
by making sure the nonprofit has
adequate resources to advance
its mission.” That means that
a board has a duty to the
organization, not the people in
attendance of a single meeting.
And to torture the numbers as
Mr. Everett has by saying that
“somewhere between 12 and
20, who wanted to go with the
County” out of “over a hundred
people in attendance” somehow
demonstrates a meaningful
majority is absurd. Holding
these meetings at 10am on a
weekday greatly limits those
who can attend. Even more
disheartening is the fact that,
as stated in the cover story in
the 2/21/18 edition of the Julian
News, “After discussion and a
motion of holding an evening
meeting to allow more potential
speakers was turned down.” So
this board continues to make
sure that anyone who has a job,
and possibly some beneficial
business experience to lend,
is basically eliminated from
attending. What should be more
concerning to citizens affected
by this board’s decisions is the
fact that holding meetings when
they do greatly limits the pool
of potential directors. I bet that
there are a number of talented,
experienced individuals that
might be willing to step forward
and offer their experience to
this board, either as a candidate
for director or as a volunteer
consultant, but are unable to
do so due to their business
constraints.
Mr. Everett further tortures
statistics and the meaningfulness
of numbers by writing “Nearly
300 residents of Julian signed
the petition…That’s nearly
300! Could the proponents of
dissolution find 300 people to
support their cause? You decide.”
Decide what? Mr. Everett’s
attempt to try and play loose with
the facts is not much different
than what Ms. Landis did with
her misrepresentation. The failed
ballot initiative, according to the
2/7/18 edition of the JN, states
that there were 268 signatures
collected and 77 of those were
invalid, so the reality is that 191
signatures were collected, which
is 36% less than Mr. Everett’s
“That’s nearly 300!”
As for citing a Facebook poll on
a page with 2,000 followers and
“NOT ONE replied in support”
is another nonsensical and
worthless piece of data, if it can
even called data. Mr. Everett’s
plan of waiting until November to
see if (1) this tax increase is even
on the ballot and (2) whether
it passes, simply kicks the can
down the road. Enough damage
has been done by this board
of directors and small group of
people already. JCFPD will be
lucky to have the CFA take over
on terms that were agreed upon
in the last contract. As money
and support leaks away over
the coming months, Julian will
be in even worse shape than it
is today. All of this ground work
on ballot measures and tax
increases should have been done
BEFORE the contract expired,
not after. Figuring out how to
collect signatures and missing
the deadline for June is further
demonstration of inexperience
by those fighting dissolution. To
answer Ms. Landis’s question,
it’s you and Mr. Everett I don’t
trust. JCFPD is now operating
from a position of weakness and
a lack of funding, which puts us
all to risk as the 2018 fire season
approaches during what looks
to be another drought. Julian
suffers while inexperienced
people bluster opinions that have
little to do with fact, as Mr. Everett
and Ms. Landis make abundantly
clear.
Good luck to us all,
Tim Taschler
Can The Rising
Trend Of
Minimalism
Help The
Environment?
Maybe Less
Really Is More
A new trend is on the rise, riding
on the shoulders of millennials
and their desire to cut back on
the number of things they own.
It’s being dubbed “minimalism,”
and it’s a pretty good trend to get
on board with if you’d like to have
less clutter, appreciate the items
you own more and spend less
money on products you won’t
use.
But does minimalism also have
the potential to make a positive
impact on our environment?
Absolutely. Here’s how.
The Movement
Sweeping the U.S. and beyond,
the minimalist movement is
primarily trending among the
millennial generation. Raised by
baby boomers who tend to hold
onto everything, millennials are
heading in the opposite direction.
They’d much rather spend their
money on experiences than
material things.
In addition, millennials are
struggling economically. They’re
saddled with record student loan
debt and trying to make it in a
difficult job market. They’re picky
about the way they spend what
extra money they end up having.
Minimalism is becoming huge
in the U.S., but the movement
is growing across the globe.
Scandinavian minimalism
is taking over Europe, while
Japanese minimalism is
another mainstay. While the
movements are similar in
many ways, you can see the
differences in their inspiration.
The Japanese movement is
more spiritual, involving Zen and
Buddhist traditions, while the
Scandinavian movement is more
about achieving the cleanest
design possible.
Consuming and Wasting Less
Having less stuff definitely
reduces your impact on
the environment. If you’re
consciously monitoring what
you buy, you both consume less
and produce less waste. Just
think of the amount of packaging
that comes with what you buy.
There’s the bag from the store
or the box and packing material
from online. Then, the product
itself is often sealed in plastic.
If it’s clothing, there are tags on
it. These factors alone make an
impact, even though they may
seem small.
Also, if you’re buying fewer
items, you’re going to want to get
quality ones that last for a while.
Doing so means less waste
because you’re not getting rid of
clothes that got holes or dishes
that are stained or beat up.
Consumerism is a huge
Pack rats go home! The age of
minimalism is nigh!
contributor to climate change,
responsible for up to 60
percent of global greenhouse
gas emissions. Consumers
purchasing goods manufactured
all over the world means that a lot
of transportation is needed to get
them to the right place.
The fast fashion trend makes
people buy a lot more clothing,
which requires a high amount of
water to produce and contributes
to materials being found on
shorelines and other areas they
aren’t meant to be, which harms
plant and animal life.
Tiny Living
The minimalist movement
rises alongside — and for similar
reasons as — the tiny home trend.
Besides pretty much eliminating
a mortgage and saving you
a lot of money over both the
short and long term, making the
choice to live in a smaller home
is also an excellent eco-friendly
option. Smaller homes naturally
require less material. And they
also challenge you to make sure
every single space in the house
has a purpose since space is so
limited.
If you want to live more off-
the-grid, keep in mind that’s also
easier to do in a tiny home. It’s
simple to power these homes
with solar panels due to their
small size. You can also choose
to rig a rainwater collection
system to get fresh water.
There will also be less damage
done to the actual land. If the
house is stationary, it’s taking up
less space. If it’s portable, that
means there is no need to lay
a foundation. Tiny homes don’t
disrupt the balance of nature as
much.
The largest environmental
impact of a tiny home is its
amount of energy consumption.
86 percent of the environmental
impact of a home is from energy
consumption — things like
lighting and heating. Tiny houses
use only a small fraction of the
energy that a normal, average-
sized house does. The same
kinds of results were found
comparing the carbon dioxide
emissions of a normal house and
a tiny one.
Smaller issues exist too, but
small things can add up. If you’re
living in a tiny house and living in
a minimalist way, you’ll naturally
use fewer cleaning supplies
because there’s less to clean.
Because you’ll have fewer
fixtures, appliances and other
electronics, you won’t need to
replace as much down the road.
Those who live in average to
large-sized homes will spend
approximately $3,000-$14,000
annually on home repairs. In
contrast, tiny home owners will
only spend about $250-$1,000 a
year on repairs.
These numbers not only show
how cost-effective this lifestyle
is, but also how much less there
is to repair — and, in turn, waste
— when living in a smaller home.
Having a tiny home encourages
the minimalism movement
because it literally makes it
virtually impossible to succumb
to overconsumption.
Minimalism is a great way to
help the environment — and
yourself. It’s easy to become far
too focused on the belongings
we own instead of our life
experiences and who we are.
Even if you slowly ease into
a more minimalist lifestyle, it
will still make an impact on the
environment and the world.
The more the minimalism
trend grows, the better off the
environment will be, so get
started right away!
Replacing your old, electric
water heater with a model that
bears the ENERGYSTAR can put
a significant dent in your energy
costs. These water heaters use
advanced heat pump technology
and are independently certified
to be more efficient. Learn
more at www.energystar.gov/
waterheaters.
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Two clinical studies conducted
at McGovern Medical School
showed that AHCC mushroom
extract can clear infections in
women with recurrent human
papillomavirus, an infection that
can lead to cancer. Learn more at
www.ahccresearch.org.
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Over 40 percent of people who
don’t keep tissues on hand during
cold and flu season have used a
piece of paper or their sleeves,
reports the Clarus Research
Group. These substitutes can
easily irritate your nose, so keep
Puffs Plus Lotion nearby. Learn
more: www.Puffs.com.
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