04/04/2024
SPRING DINNER!
• You are invited to the Johnson Valley Community Center for the Spring Dinner this Saturday, April 6th. This year’s menu includes delicious baked ziti pasta with Italian sausage, green salad, garlic rolls, and dessert!
Adults, 10.00; Kids Plate 12 and younger, 6.00.
Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Dinner is at 6:00.
Stay for the General Meeting afterward to hear what’s happening and upcoming events!
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FLOWER POWER ??????????
• Easter Weekend rains and warming weather are bringing out desert wildflowers now. Reports of sand verbena, desert dandelion, and others are spreading.
To identify the flowers you will see in upcoming weeks, log on to http://johnsonvalley.com/ then scroll down to the bottom of the first page, and click on the Wildflowers button. Click on any photo that catches your eye, other views may be available.
Of course, these beauties are not limited to Johnson Valley hills and plains, you can find most of them anywhere in the high desert. There soon will be places up on the mountainsides that look like rock gardens, easily accessible on off-road vehicle trails.
Tonight is supposed to usher a quick high mountain wind and snowstorm, but days are getting warmer, in the high 60s, and low 70s, shirtsleeve weather for sure, but prepare for the quick cooldown after sunset.
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ECLIPSOMANIA!
• We may be fortunate to be off the track for the full sun eclipse on Monday, April 8th. Stories of communities from Texas to the Canadian border declaring emergencies to deal with an overload of tourist traffic don’t sound like fun.
But the partial eclipse is quite an experience, the moon passing directly between the Earth and the sun, placing you in half of the moon’s shadow. Think dimout.
Alert: never never never look at the sun without proper protective glasses!
A local astronomy group offers us a chance to glimpse the partial eclipse through a solar telescope during an observation event in the Apple Valley.
The High Desert Astronomical Society will host this free event at the Luz Observatory at the Apple Valley Center for Innovation, 20702 Thunderbird Road.
Free eclipse glasses provided by NASA will be available for the first 150 guests, according to HiDAS.
The eclipse will begin at 10:07 a.m. and end at 12:24 p.m. According to NASA data, the moon will blot out 49.8% of the sun when it reaches its peak at 11:14 a.m.
Braille models and descriptions of the eclipse and its phases will be available for the visually impaired.
The event is free and open to the public. You are asked to RSVP on the event Facebook page at
facebook.com/events/446523474438324
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FREQUENTLY ANSWERED QUESTIONS
To new readers: the JV NEWS e-mails expand on items published in the neighborhood column in the online Hi-Desert Star. Other notices of particular interest to Johnson Valley residents and property owners also circulate to this list.
If you don't want to receive these notices, please reply and tell me to remove your name.
JVIA ADDRESS & DIRECTIONS:
The mailing address is:
JVIA
50567A Quailbush Rd.
Johnson Valley CA 92285
Directions to the Community Center:
From Hwy 247, between mile markers 21 and 22, turn at the big Johnson Valley sign onto Larrea Road and go 1-3/4 miles up to Quailbush Rd. The Community Center is on your left at the corner. (RED ALERT: The landmark sign still stands by the highway – can’t miss it – but the original red panel has been replaced by a white panel of more weather-resistant materials.)
• Saturday Breakfast: every week, 7:30-10:30 a.m.
Lots of delicious choices, still reasonably priced, with the never-empty coffee cup!
At the Center:
Great Gift Idea: the history of cowboy days, Heart Bar Ranch and Johnson Valley Neighbors, by early homesteader and historian Martha Coutant. 20.00 at the Community Center, sales tax included. Cash, check, or credit card accepted.
See what's new, or donate gently-used items for the New-To-You Table
(Most items are not priced. Donate whatever you want to pay for items you want to buy).
All prices include Sales Tax.
• Johnson Valley Journal: The Journal will be mailed to all members quarterly. A recent production interruption is delaying the latest issue, but work has resumed and we hope to print and mail soon.
• HVCC: The Johnson Valley Improvement Association is one of the four associations in the unincorporated communities that established the grassroots organization, the Homestead Valley Community Council.
HVCC circulates information among JVIA members and other JV residents and property owners. Citizens present issues in the meetings, the Council follows up with them with federal, state, or county officials. Our County Supervisor Dawn Rowe usually attends HVCC as well as other local meetings.
See HVCC Actions and Comments, as well as meeting dates and agendas on http://homesteadvalleycc.org HVCC usually meets at 3:00 p.m. on the third Monday of the month. Next meeting date to be announced. We hope soon.
JVIA is the only community that currently has a full roster of delegates to attend HVCC meetings. Unfortunately, Flamingo Heights, Landers, and Yucca Mesa do not attend.
The campaign for Scenic Highway 247 is conducted by a committee in the HVCC. See documents and the Visual Assessment on the website-in-progress http://scenichighway247.com
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Keep smilin'
Betty Munson
760-364-2646
SPRING DINNER!
• You are invited to the Johnson Valley Community Center for the Spring Dinner this Saturday, April 6th. This year’s menu includes delicious baked ziti pasta with Italian sausage, green salad, garlic rolls, and dessert!
Adults, 10.00; Kids Plate 12 and younger, 6.00.
Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Dinner is at 6:00.
Stay for the General Meeting afterward to hear what’s happening and upcoming events!
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
FLOWER POWER ??????????
• Easter Weekend rains and warming weather are bringing out desert wildflowers now. Reports of sand verbena, desert dandelion, and others are spreading.
To identify the flowers you will see in upcoming weeks, log on to http://johnsonvalley.com/ then scroll down to the bottom of the first page, and click on the Wildflowers button. Click on any photo that catches your eye, other views may be available.
Of course, these beauties are not limited to Johnson Valley hills and plains, you can find most of them anywhere in the high desert. There soon will be places up on the mountainsides that look like rock gardens, easily accessible on off-road vehicle trails.
Tonight is supposed to usher a quick high mountain wind and snowstorm, but days are getting warmer, in the high 60s, and low 70s, shirtsleeve weather for sure, but prepare for the quick cooldown after sunset.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
ECLIPSOMANIA!
• We may be fortunate to be off the track for the full sun eclipse on Monday, April 8th. Stories of communities from Texas to the Canadian border declaring emergencies to deal with an overload of tourist traffic don’t sound like fun.
But the partial eclipse is quite an experience, the moon passing directly between the Earth and the sun, placing you in half of the moon’s shadow. Think dimout.
Alert: never never never look at the sun without proper protective glasses!
A local astronomy group offers us a chance to glimpse the partial eclipse through a solar telescope during an observation event in the Apple Valley.
The High Desert Astronomical Society will host this free event at the Luz Observatory at the Apple Valley Center for Innovation, 20702 Thunderbird Road.
Free eclipse glasses provided by NASA will be available for the first 150 guests, according to HiDAS.
The eclipse will begin at 10:07 a.m. and end at 12:24 p.m. According to NASA data, the moon will blot out 49.8% of the sun when it reaches its peak at 11:14 a.m.
Braille models and descriptions of the eclipse and its phases will be available for the visually impaired.
The event is free and open to the public. You are asked to RSVP on the event Facebook page at
facebook.com/events/446523474438324
?????????????????????????????????????
FREQUENTLY ANSWERED QUESTIONS
To new readers: the JV NEWS e-mails expand on items published in the neighborhood column in the online Hi-Desert Star. Other notices of particular interest to Johnson Valley residents and property owners also circulate to this list.
If you don't want to receive these notices, please reply and tell me to remove your name.
JVIA ADDRESS & DIRECTIONS:
The mailing address is:
JVIA
50567A Quailbush Rd.
Johnson Valley CA 92285
Directions to the Community Center:
From Hwy 247, between mile markers 21 and 22, turn at the big Johnson Valley sign onto Larrea Road and go 1-3/4 miles up to Quailbush Rd. The Community Center is on your left at the corner. (RED ALERT: The landmark sign still stands by the highway – can’t miss it – but the original red panel has been replaced by a white panel of more weather-resistant materials.)
• Saturday Breakfast: every week, 7:30-10:30 a.m.
Lots of delicious choices, still reasonably priced, with the never-empty coffee cup!
At the Center:
Great Gift Idea: the history of cowboy days, Heart Bar Ranch and Johnson Valley Neighbors, by early homesteader and historian Martha Coutant. 20.00 at the Community Center, sales tax included. Cash, check, or credit card accepted.
See what's new, or donate gently-used items for the New-To-You Table
(Most items are not priced. Donate whatever you want to pay for items you want to buy).
All prices include Sales Tax.
• Johnson Valley Journal: The Journal will be mailed to all members quarterly. A recent production interruption is delaying the latest issue, but work has resumed and we hope to print and mail soon.
• HVCC: The Johnson Valley Improvement Association is one of the four associations in the unincorporated communities that established the grassroots organization, the Homestead Valley Community Council.
HVCC circulates information among JVIA members and other JV residents and property owners. Citizens present issues in the meetings, the Council follows up with them with federal, state, or county officials. Our County Supervisor Dawn Rowe usually attends HVCC as well as other local meetings.
See HVCC Actions and Comments, as well as meeting dates and agendas on http://homesteadvalleycc.org HVCC usually meets at 3:00 p.m. on the third Monday of the month. Next meeting date to be announced. We hope soon.
JVIA is the only community that currently has a full roster of delegates to attend HVCC meetings. Unfortunately, Flamingo Heights, Landers, and Yucca Mesa do not attend.
The campaign for Scenic Highway 247 is conducted by a committee in the HVCC. See documents and the Visual Assessment on the website-in-progress http://scenichighway247.com
******************************************
Keep smilin'
Betty Munson
760-364-2646
Johnson Valley Weekly Neighborhood News
by Betty Munson
