Obituaries (1992) (282 pages)

tale about the dangers of police brutality and said it is being targeted as racist clection ycar fodder. The singer appeared on Arscnio Hall's syndicated talk show Tuesday night and performed a toned-down version of another of his hard-rock ballads, titled “There Goes the Neighborhood.”* He said his music is alarming ~ to critics because young whitc ~ people form much of the paying audience for his material. He said the character he sings about reflects genuine anger felt by young black people who feel persecuted by police. nerve,’ he deadpanned. The rap artist said he realizes notall police are bad. “There are a lot of good cops out there,” he said, But he said police who are brutal are “stuck outside the law.” “This thing was directed at L.A.P.D.,"" the singer said. *‘I think they move like the Gestapo. I think (former police chief) Daryl Gates showed the whole world he’s butt-crazy.”" “They got to change,” he continued. “They need to start acting like humans and treat us like human beings,” The rap artist said his work was unfairly targeted because, Ann G2 Paramount Studios office. q Ice-T said he, too, has reccived threats over his embatued “Body Count"’ album and its ‘Cop Killer” single, which contains the verse ‘I got my twelve gauge sawed off. I got my headlights tumed off, I'm "bout to bust some shots off. I'm "bout to dust some cops off."” The New Jersey-bom rap star performed ‘‘There Goes the Neighborhood,”” accompanied by his hard-rock band, Body Count. . The song's profane lyrics, though less violent than those of “Cop Killer,” were toned down for national television broadcast. on 273-8835 Sutton Way, G at Gold Cities Insurance, mld like to specially thank Moule Painting and Crew *RESH NEW LOOK; and ley Downtown Merchants itience during the process. Gunman kills The Associated Press SANTEE — Two women and an infant girl were fatally shot inside a house here Tuesday by a gunman who apparently committed suicide later at an apartment complex in El Cajon, authorities said. The female victims were identified as 25-year-old Robin Bergeron[ Police blotter TUESDAY Nevada County Sheriff's Department * Two men grabbed a case of bodybuilding vitamins and ran out of a Fowler Center supermarket at 2:33 p.m. The suspects fled the scene in a gray 1980 Oldsmobile. No arrests were reported Emergency calls TUESDAY Consolidated * 10:04 a.m. to the 10000 block of Daniels Way for medical aid: abdominal pain. + 11:45 a.m. to the 15300 block of Little Valley Road for an appliance fire. * 8:41 p.m. to the 15100 block of Lone Drive for medical aid: chest pains. Forty-Niner + 2:46 p.m. to the 10600 block of Mertyhill Way for public. assistance: report of a woman fallen + 4:58 p.m.to the 23000 block of Scotts Flat Road for medical aid: broken leg * Nevada Clty + 4:30 p.m. to Highway 49 at Sacramento Street for a vehicle fire; unable to locate California Department of Forestry + 5:15 p.m. to the 13700 block of Greenhorn Road for a debris-burn check. Penn Valley + 8:44 p.m. to the 10800 block of Spenceville Road for medical aid: bicycle accident. Complete Professional Real Estate Services Serving Western Nevada County 17 Years MACK) 3, then self Scott; her 4-month-old daughter, Jennifer Shalea; and Sophia Bergeron, the 30-year-old stepmother of Bergeron-Scott. The man was identified as 24year-old Leonard Scott. Friends said he was Bergeron-Scott's ex-husband and the father of the infant girl. According to friends, he had been distraught over the breakup of the marriage, a custody battle over the child and the recent death of his mother. Sheriff's deputies received an emergency call about 4 p.m. that shots were heard inside the home, said Deputy Victoria Reden. The deputies arrived to find BergeronScott dead just outside the front door, Reden said. Inside the home, the deputies found the child dead in a hallway, along with Sophia Bergeron, who had been mortally wounded, Reden said. She was taken by medical helicopter to Sharp Memorial Hospital but was dead on arrival, authorities said. CGF dustry report released today. Environmentalists, however, quickly criticized the report. They said it showed inflated numbers that have not been verified yet by inde: pendent agencies, Forty-one companies used 86 percent fewer of the toxic chemicals on the Environmental Protection Agency's watch list in 1991 compared to 1987, according to the industry report. The companies used 775,300 pounds of those chemicals last year, a huge decrease from the 1.4 million pounds in 1990, according to the report by the Santa Clara County Manufacturing Group. However, environmentalists disputed the group's report. “(The reductions are) grossly inflated by every calculation we've been able to make,”’ said Ted Smith, director of the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition. Environmentalists said some of the reductions may have resulted from the recession because declining production would lead to lower emissions. Tom English, director of the study, refuted the recession theory. English said the 44 percent cutin toxic emissions far exceeds the decline in employment, which only * fell 5 percent. Leslie O’Rourke-Garrett, environmental engincer at United Technologics Chemical Systems, said that while production has risen and fallen since 1987, the company has cut its use of chemicals from 575,000 pounds in 1987 to 27,500 pounds last year, In 1986, the EPA began requiring businesses using more than 10,000 pounds a year of the listed chemicals to report their usage and compile statistics. [ obituary Evelyn Knutson A memorial service will be held Thursday for Evelyn Knutson, 67. She died Monday in Auburn. Mrs. Knutson was bom Oct. 25, 1924, in West Union, Iowa, to Paul and Margaret Cooley. She married Howard Knutson in Kansas in 1942, and was a housewife. They moved to Iowa and then to Hayward. After her husband’s death, Mrs. Knutson moved to Nevada County, where she lived for 18 years. She was a nanny to several local families, and loved children and animals. She is survived by her son Steve of Salida; daughter Karin Hopkins of Boulder, Colo.; stepdaughter Nina Furtado of Fremont; brother Charles Cooley of Independence, lowa; sisters Joan Barett of Sun City, Pauline Witter of Chino Valley, Ariz., and Mary Jane Nauman of Cedar Falls, Iowa; and nine grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband, Howard, in 1967. A visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at the Nevada City Chapel of Hooper and Weaver Mortuary. The . memorial service will be at 10 am at the Peace Lutheran Church of: Grass Valley. The Rev. Richard Johnson will officiate. Arrangements are under the direction of Hooper and Weaver Moruary, Nevada City Chapel. eISSN (1050-7906) Established October 28, 1864 ad ~~ Published by Nevada County Publishing Co. every evening except Sunday at =? . The Union, P.O. Box 1025, 11464 Suton Way, Grass Valley. CA 5598. ‘ Phone 273-9561 SICK GROUT? Gearing rep acing,‘sealing, Grand Opening < Jack S. Moorhead John Seelmeyer Managing Editor sree mates L"" Editor & Publisher y Mail Rates (in CA) Tor 2 mo, ..89.50+ 69 Tx =$10.19/mo. . : Friday Only . : 3.months Girestivss $9.00 + 65 Tax = $9.65 Mail Rates (Outside ne ay or 2 months 3 months .3'months .... $77.00 + 1.96 Tex = $28.96 Carrier....0. aaa SeSOImO. Motor Route.s6.53 + 47 Tax = $7.00/mo, POSTMASTER: Send address changes to : Tur Union P.O. Box 1025, Grass Valley, CA 95945 Advertisers purchase space and cirealation ealy< Property rights to any névertimensats produced: for most accident medical cost: lawyers would tive contingen the current sys! No-fault w person’s insur: of the bills ass all claims cow! with most of t! dent victims in Under a nowould realize : on their premit But these s: long as the lay lature. .. Befo to know wher and Assembly ly 21) ‘AS YI “With fan problem in 1 States Emplo steps to meet manager of t Aubum St, ¢ Maloy m Board of the outline ways helping solve labor to harvy A recent : the county Nevada Cot proximately needed abov the harvest o “We can with the coc Maloy said. Beautific. emphasis by sors Tuesda' Supervis taxpayer wh surfaced by cars, junk; 0 debris clutte and extendir why such cc beautiful Ne Supervisi situation on Judge Verle put the prem The boar ation be refe quest for ar

tale about the dangers of police brutality and said it is being targeted as racist clection ycar fodder. The singer appeared on Arscnio Hall's syndicated talk show Tuesday night and performed a toned-down version of another of his hard-rock ballads, titled “There Goes the Neighborhood.”* He said his music is alarming ~ to critics because young whitc ~ people form much of the paying audience for his material. He said the character he sings about reflects genuine anger felt by young black people who feel persecuted by police. nerve,’ he deadpanned. The rap artist said he realizes notall police are bad. “There are a lot of good cops out there,” he said, But he said police who are brutal are “stuck outside the law.” “This thing was directed at L.A.P.D.,"" the singer said. *‘I think they move like the Gestapo. I think (former police chief) Daryl Gates showed the whole world he’s butt-crazy.”" “They got to change,” he continued. “They need to start acting like humans and treat us like human beings,” The rap artist said his work was unfairly targeted because, Ann G2 Paramount Studios office. q Ice-T said he, too, has reccived threats over his embatued “Body Count"’ album and its ‘Cop Killer” single, which contains the verse ‘I got my twelve gauge sawed off. I got my headlights tumed off, I'm "bout to bust some shots off. I'm "bout to dust some cops off."” The New Jersey-bom rap star performed ‘‘There Goes the Neighborhood,”” accompanied by his hard-rock band, Body Count. . The song's profane lyrics, though less violent than those of “Cop Killer,” were toned down for national television broadcast. on 273-8835 Sutton Way, G at Gold Cities Insurance, mld like to specially thank Moule Painting and Crew *RESH NEW LOOK; and ley Downtown Merchants itience during the process. Gunman kills The Associated Press SANTEE — Two women and an infant girl were fatally shot inside a house here Tuesday by a gunman who apparently committed suicide later at an apartment complex in El Cajon, authorities said. The female victims were identified as 25-year-old Robin Bergeron[ Police blotter TUESDAY Nevada County Sheriff's Department * Two men grabbed a case of bodybuilding vitamins and ran out of a Fowler Center supermarket at 2:33 p.m. The suspects fled the scene in a gray 1980 Oldsmobile. No arrests were reported Emergency calls TUESDAY Consolidated * 10:04 a.m. to the 10000 block of Daniels Way for medical aid: abdominal pain. + 11:45 a.m. to the 15300 block of Little Valley Road for an appliance fire. * 8:41 p.m. to the 15100 block of Lone Drive for medical aid: chest pains. Forty-Niner + 2:46 p.m. to the 10600 block of Mertyhill Way for public. assistance: report of a woman fallen + 4:58 p.m.to the 23000 block of Scotts Flat Road for medical aid: broken leg * Nevada Clty + 4:30 p.m. to Highway 49 at Sacramento Street for a vehicle fire; unable to locate California Department of Forestry + 5:15 p.m. to the 13700 block of Greenhorn Road for a debris-burn check. Penn Valley + 8:44 p.m. to the 10800 block of Spenceville Road for medical aid: bicycle accident. Complete Professional Real Estate Services Serving Western Nevada County 17 Years MACK) 3, then self Scott; her 4-month-old daughter, Jennifer Shalea; and Sophia Bergeron, the 30-year-old stepmother of Bergeron-Scott. The man was identified as 24year-old Leonard Scott. Friends said he was Bergeron-Scott's ex-husband and the father of the infant girl. According to friends, he had been distraught over the breakup of the marriage, a custody battle over the child and the recent death of his mother. Sheriff's deputies received an emergency call about 4 p.m. that shots were heard inside the home, said Deputy Victoria Reden. The deputies arrived to find BergeronScott dead just outside the front door, Reden said. Inside the home, the deputies found the child dead in a hallway, along with Sophia Bergeron, who had been mortally wounded, Reden said. She was taken by medical helicopter to Sharp Memorial Hospital but was dead on arrival, authorities said. CGF dustry report released today. Environmentalists, however, quickly criticized the report. They said it showed inflated numbers that have not been verified yet by inde: pendent agencies, Forty-one companies used 86 percent fewer of the toxic chemicals on the Environmental Protection Agency's watch list in 1991 compared to 1987, according to the industry report. The companies used 775,300 pounds of those chemicals last year, a huge decrease from the 1.4 million pounds in 1990, according to the report by the Santa Clara County Manufacturing Group.

However, environmentalists disputed the group's report. “(The reductions are) grossly inflated by every calculation we've been able to make,”’ said Ted Smith, director of the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition. Environmentalists said some of the reductions may have resulted from the recession because declining production would lead to lower emissions. Tom English, director of the study, refuted the recession theory. English said the 44 percent cutin toxic emissions far exceeds the decline in employment, which only * fell 5 percent. Leslie O’Rourke-Garrett, environmental engincer at United Technologics Chemical Systems, said that while production has risen and fallen since 1987, the company has cut its use of chemicals from 575,000 pounds in 1987 to 27,500 pounds last year, In 1986, the EPA began requiring businesses using more than 10,000 pounds a year of the listed chemicals to report their usage and compile statistics. [ obituary Evelyn Knutson A memorial service will be held Thursday for Evelyn Knutson, 67. She died Monday in Auburn. Mrs. Knutson was bom Oct. 25, 1924, in West Union, Iowa, to Paul and Margaret Cooley. She married Howard Knutson in Kansas in 1942, and was a housewife. They moved to Iowa and then to Hayward. After her husband’s death, Mrs. Knutson moved to Nevada County, where she lived for 18 years. She was a nanny to several local families, and loved children and animals. She is survived by her son Steve of Salida; daughter Karin Hopkins of Boulder, Colo.; stepdaughter Nina Furtado of Fremont; brother Charles Cooley of Independence, lowa; sisters Joan Barett of Sun City, Pauline Witter of Chino Valley, Ariz., and Mary Jane Nauman of Cedar Falls, Iowa; and nine grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband, Howard, in 1967. A visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at the Nevada City Chapel of Hooper and Weaver Mortuary. The . memorial service will be at 10 am at the Peace Lutheran Church of: Grass Valley. The Rev. Richard Johnson will officiate. Arrangements are under the direction of Hooper and Weaver Moruary, Nevada City Chapel. eISSN (1050-7906) Established October 28, 1864 ad ~~ Published by Nevada County Publishing Co. every evening except Sunday at =? . The Union, P.O. Box 1025, 11464 Suton Way, Grass Valley. CA 5598. ‘ Phone 273-9561 SICK GROUT? Gearing rep acing,‘sealing, Grand Opening < Jack S. Moorhead John Seelmeyer Managing Editor sree mates L"" Editor & Publisher y Mail Rates (in CA) Tor 2 mo, ...89.50+ 69 Tx =$10.19/mo. . : Friday Only . : 3.months Girestivss $9.00 + 65 Tax = $9.65 Mail Rates (Outside ne ay or 2 months 3 months ..3'months ....... $77.00 + 1.96 Tex = $28.96 Carrier........0. aaa SeSOImO. Motor Route.s6.53 + 47 Tax = $7.00/mo, POSTMASTER: Send address changes to : Tur Union P.O. Box 1025, Grass Valley, CA 95945 Advertisers purchase space and cirealation ealy< Property rights to any névertimensats produced: for most accident medical cost: lawyers would tive contingen the current sys! No-fault w person’s insur: of the bills ass all claims cow! with most of t! dent victims in Under a nowould realize : on their premit But these s: long as the lay lature. ... Befo to know wher and Assembly ly 21) ‘AS YI “With fan problem in 1 States Emplo steps to meet manager of t Aubum St, ¢ Maloy m Board of the outline ways helping solve labor to harvy A recent : the county Nevada Cot proximately needed abov the harvest o “We can with the coc Maloy said. Beautific. emphasis by sors Tuesda' Supervis taxpayer wh surfaced by cars, junk; 0 debris clutte and extendir why such cc beautiful Ne Supervisi situation on Judge Verle put the prem The boar ation be refe quest for ar