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1ST QUARTER NEWSLETTER JAN 2024
Coming Events
Board of Directors
Meetings
Held on the second Thursday,
every other month at 5:00 p.m.
161 Nevada City Hwy., Nevada City.
Everyone is invited to attend.
Speaker Night
Meetings
Join us for these entertaining and
informative, free programs
on the third Thursday of the month
(except December) at 7:00 p.m.
Ryosa Hall
Sierra Presbyterian Church
175 Ridge Rd., Nevada City
Please call (530) 320-5116
to confirm that the
Speaker Night presentation is
proceeding as scheduled.
Thursday, January 18th
Tanis Thorne & Hank Meals
Nevada City Nisenan
Thursday, February 8th
Professor Jean Pfaelzer
California: A Slave State
Thursday, March 21st
Chris Enss
Frontier Teachers: Stories of
Heroic Women of the Old West
Address Change?
Please be sure to notify us
of any changes to your
mailing or email address.
VOLUME 43 ISSUE 1
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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Greetings Society Members,
. : accordance with my time-honored tradition in the final News/etter
Quarterly Newsletter
edition of the year, I like to acknowledge the stupendous efforts of
the numerous volunteers that keep the Society operating so efficiently and effectively in carrying out our mission to preserve Nevada
County History. In many ways we are an operational anomaly in the
non-profit world, in that we have ZERO paid employees and all we
do is carried out via dedicated volunteers. Most non-profits today bear
the financial burden of a paid executive director and other paid staff to
carry out their given mission..but not your Historical Society!
This past October Ist, we continued our custom of hosting a
barbecue for our volunteers. Held at Condon Park, the weather was
a bit cool that afternoon, but spirits were high, and the barbecue
was hot, cooking hamburgers and sausages. Our Board of Directors
supplied salads and side dishes, and cake, home-made ice cream and
cookies that topped off a delicious meal for all. But the highlight of
the gathering was to recognize and bestow selected awards to several
of our notable and exemplary volunteers. Board Member and Society
“chief” Treasurer David Bard was nominated and received the Distinguished Service Award, recognizing his many years as dutifully serving as the Society Chief Financial Officer and astutely guiding us on a
financially successful course. Lesser known, David wears many other
volunteer hats, including the consummate proofreader for this very
publication, as well as our Bulletin publication. Next, member Chuck
Scimeca’s passion for Nevada County history earned him the Distinguished Service award in recognition of his service on the Nevada
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