April 29, 1970 (12 pages)

SNOWFLAKES. ARE FALLING on my head", ant: also on the flower stalks some gardener put out during the recent warm weather. The white, fluffy stuff provided a cover for all; sorts of growing things in the Golden Empire Sunday. Heavy } snow flakes in the afternoon disappeared in the evening, : Final section of interstate 80 to be fixed SACRAMENTO — The California Highway Commission has allocated an additional $78,758,000 to the 1970-71 fiscal year state highway construction budget which includes the last expressway section on Interstate 80. The proposed project on Ihterstate 80 will widen from four to six lanes between 0.2 miles east of Auburn and the Heather Glen Interchange east of Applegate, a distance of 8.8 miles. The project includes constructing interchanges at Bowman, Haines Road, Dry Creek Road, Clipper Gap and Applegate, and three railroad overheads. 3 Former local ranger promoted © Paul F. Madden, at one time a Forest Ranger at Big Bend and Sierraville for Tahoe National Aheece * has been promoted to the U. . S. Forést SerLITTLE RICKY ‘ESTERLY, 9, helped with the Kiwanis Club eas Saturday and picked up lots “of cans,’ bottles. and ‘papers: litterbugs had left at the side of the road. Here he shows the bags of junk deposited in just one pickup. Ranger at Big Bend until 1961 when he became safety officer at the San Francisco regional The native of Duquesne, Pa, will be chief of employee development for Division of Perover =e ton D. C, Soil Stewardship Week observance panion districts through-out the a Soil Stewardship Advisory ‘nation along with their state'and Committee composed of leading national association’ are sponchureh men in the nation. soring the event for the 16th consecutive year, ~~ Among the local events designed to encourage widespread recognition of Soil Stewardship Week was a district-sponsored § luncheon for the local ministers at which time 1500 church bulletin covers were distributed; 2000 placemats will be distributed to local restaurants for their use during this week. The materials were prepared by the National Association of vada County Soil Conservation Soil and Water Conservation. District and some 3,000 comDistricts, in consultation with SO Re Qed hes t a Na Ry a a ee, places emphasis on man's obligation as. stewards of the soil, water and other related resources, will be celebrated locally, " May 3 10, according to Lorin N. Trubschenck, man of the Nevada County Soil Conservation _ District. . Resources and Renewal," the theme of this year's observance, underscores the responsibility. which each citizen has in dealing forth rightly with current issues involving stewardship of renewable natural resources. The Neetek.. Ce ee EET BE SI FI CEN 2d SY iashias Seale he GS ERS he hee the early 1950s and District early. days si No water for 8 Bullards Bar § power generator. Bullards Bar project construction contractor Perini‘Yuba Associates has refused to release water from the reservoir for power generation asthe result of a dispute over whether the project “full operation" date has arrived, Yuba County Water Agency Manager Colin Handforth informed agency directors at a special meeting today. . At stakein the highly complex dispute is a possible bonus payment of $20,500 per day to Perini for the months of April, May and June. The bonus payment represents the amount Padific Gas & Electric Co, has agreed topay the agency for power once the project is in full operation, the bonus period is limited to the 90 days preceding the contract completeion deadline of June 30. Perini, PG&E Argue The dispute! over the bonus actually is between’ Perini and PG&E, since PG&E will be providing the) money for any bonus payments made, Handforth said. He said, however, that the agency's concern is over revenue that will be lost to the agency from. early ‘operation power generation if water is permitted to flow unselessly over the dam's spillway and down the Yuba River. GV woman. president of doll club Mrs, Clifford (Edith) Hancock of Grass Valley was elected _ president of the Sacramento Pioneer Doll Club at the Aprilmeeting. Mrs. Miles (Lenore) Coughlin of Nevada City was-elected recording secretary. Twenty two members of the club met at the Garden and Art Center, Sacramento, to finalize plans for their hostessing the ninth annual, region two conference, United Federation of Doll Clubs, Inc., May 1-3 at the Senator Hotel in Sacramento. The theme is "Doll Diggers of 1970 Treasure of the West" dolls exhibited will be eight inches high or less. . The on they phenyl or ame ga On 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE '

SNOWFLAKES. ARE FALLING on my head", ant: also on the flower stalks some gardener put out during the recent warm weather. The white, fluffy stuff provided a cover for all; sorts of growing things in the Golden Empire Sunday. Heavy } snow flakes in the afternoon disappeared in the evening, : Final section of interstate 80 to be fixed SACRAMENTO — The California Highway Commission has allocated an additional $78,758,000 to the 1970-71 fiscal year state highway construction budget which includes the last expressway section on Interstate 80. The proposed project on Ihterstate 80 will widen from four to six lanes between 0.2 miles east of Auburn and the Heather Glen Interchange east of Applegate, a distance of 8.8 miles. The project includes constructing interchanges at Bowman, Haines Road, Dry Creek Road, Clipper Gap and Applegate, and three railroad overheads. 3 Former local ranger promoted © Paul F. Madden, at one time a Forest Ranger at Big Bend and Sierraville for Tahoe National Aheece * has been promoted to the U. . S. Forést SerLITTLE RICKY ‘ESTERLY, 9, helped with the Kiwanis Club eas Saturday and picked up lots “of cans,’ bottles. and ‘papers: litterbugs had left at the side of the road. Here he shows the bags of junk deposited in just one pickup. Ranger at Big Bend until 1961 when he became safety officer at the San Francisco regional The native of Duquesne, Pa, will be chief of employee development for Division of Perover =e ton D. C, Soil Stewardship Week observance panion districts through-out the a Soil Stewardship Advisory ‘nation along with their state'and Committee composed of leading national association’ are sponchureh men in the nation. soring the event for the 16th consecutive year, ~~ Among the local events designed to encourage widespread recognition of Soil Stewardship Week was a district-sponsored § luncheon for the local ministers at which time 1500 church bulletin covers were distributed; 2000 placemats will be distributed to local restaurants for their use during this week. The materials were prepared by the National Association of vada County Soil Conservation Soil and Water Conservation. District and some 3,000 comDistricts, in consultation with SO Re Qed hes t a Na Ry a a ee, places emphasis on man's obligation as. stewards of the soil, water and other related resources, will be celebrated locally, " May 3 10, according to Lorin N. Trubschenck, man of the Nevada County Soil Conservation _ District. . Resources and Renewal," the theme of this year's observance, underscores the responsibility. which each citizen has in dealing forth rightly with current issues involving stewardship of renewable natural resources. The Neetek... Ce ee EET BE SI FI CEN 2d SY iashias Seale he GS ERS he hee the early 1950s and District early. days

si No water for 8 Bullards Bar § power generator. Bullards Bar project construction contractor Perini‘Yuba Associates has refused to release water from the reservoir for power generation asthe result of a dispute over whether the project “full operation" date has arrived, Yuba County Water Agency Manager Colin Handforth informed agency directors at a special meeting today. . At stakein the highly complex dispute is a possible bonus payment of $20,500 per day to Perini for the months of April, May and June. The bonus payment represents the amount Padific Gas & Electric Co, has agreed topay the agency for power once the project is in full operation, the bonus period is limited to the 90 days preceding the contract completeion deadline of June 30. Perini, PG&E Argue The dispute! over the bonus actually is between’ Perini and PG&E, since PG&E will be providing the) money for any bonus payments made, Handforth said. He said, however, that the agency's concern is over revenue that will be lost to the agency from. early ‘operation power generation if water is permitted to flow unselessly over the dam's spillway and down the Yuba River. GV woman. president of doll club Mrs, Clifford (Edith) Hancock of Grass Valley was elected _ president of the Sacramento Pioneer Doll Club at the Aprilmeeting. Mrs. Miles (Lenore) Coughlin of Nevada City was-elected recording secretary. Twenty two members of the club met at the Garden and Art Center, Sacramento, to finalize plans for their hostessing the ninth annual, region two conference, United Federation of Doll Clubs, Inc., May 1-3 at the Senator Hotel in Sacramento. The theme is "Doll Diggers of 1970 Treasure of the West" dolls exhibited will be eight inches high or less. . The on they phenyl or ame ga On 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE '