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Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet,
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PERIODICALS SECTION 5/16/71‘GAL. ST. LIBRARY
SACTO, CAL. 95814
Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee; Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega,
rth Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, Washington, Blue Tent, La Barr Meadows, Cedar Ridge
um Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly
Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley,
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Newto " Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, ‘Anthony House, Delirium Tremens,
NUMBER 89 VOLUME 49 10 Cents AGopy Published Wednesdays, Nevada City Wednesday, August 26,4970
Attendance was &
5000; 60,000
now possible
A NevadaCounty Fair for ¢
Nevada County people was the
term used in 1947 when fair
manager Loyle Freemanworked §
toward the first open fair to be #
held ateWatt Park, now known =
ment features of the Gold Trail
Riders horse show and the
Nevada County Band night concerts, established the fair as a
permanent outdoor fixture in
this area.
The rest is history. The fair
grew. rapidly, Malcolm Hammill has taken over as fair manager and improvements have
continued. and. Nevada County
possesses one of the finest fairgrounds in the country. _
Redwood buildings, green
grass, trees, flowers and first
class facilities have sprung up
and the Nevada County Fair is a
Record crowds have attended
every year. Last year a one day
attendance record was broken,
over 15,300 on Saturday. In all,
the four day fair drew over
56,000,
This year another record
crowd is expected, Fair entries
are reported 10 per cent above
last year, totaling 5,594.
Entertainment, food, music,
"a rodeo, and exciting destruca
tion derby, a first class carnival are among the: many things
offered to the public at the
fair,
See page five for a complete
sehedule.of.the fair, events.. . . .<
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as.the Nevada County Fair==
grounds. ‘ :
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Officials welcome
you to 28th fair
By MALCOLM HAMMILL ©
Fair Secretary-Manager
The officers, directors and
fair personnel of the 17th Dis-trict Agricultural Association
welcome you to the 28th annual
Nevada County District Fair, and
thanks you for your interest and
co-operation in making this a
bigger and better fair.
Through the united effort of
the people of our community,
the fair at Grass Valley continues to grow year after year.
This growth is reflected substantially in the increasingnumber of exhibits and the increasing attendance. While the
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constantly tend to reduce some
types of exhibits, new innovations, trends and interests offer
new opportunities for .competition by your Nevada County District Fair in prizes,
Over 56,000 people attended
the 1969 Fair and we believe,
from the interest shown by the
public, that 1970 will break that
record, Exhibit entries exceed
1969, All available space in the
buildings is being used for fair
exhibitors and commercial exhibits and outside space leased
to exhibitors is expanding further and further the
tall, majestic pines studding the
fairgrounds,
Over the past 12 months, the
: officers, directors and persopnel of the 17th District Agricultural Association have worked
THE NEVADA County Fairgrounds are as beautiful. as ever and ready for this years expected record crowd.
The property tax rate required to operate Nevada county's government will be three
ténts less this year than last.
The board of s set
the rate at $2.40 per $100 assessed valuation Tuesday after
establishing a budget that stands
at $7,904,003,
The budget total actually is
down $20,000 from the preliminary figures. This and the tax
rate cut were made possible byhigher. revenue totals than had
been expected, For example, the
county will receive $30,000
more than originally estimated
from traffic fines and $27,000
additional in cigarette taxes.
The new budget was adopted ger
4-1 with Supervisor Dean Lawrence voting no because she opposed inclusionof money to
_ Nevada County —
Supervisors Report
4
Other action at Tuesday's
board meeting found the supervisors accepting a 100-acre park
near Lake Wildwood, the residential-recreation subdiyision
being developed west of Grass
Valley. :
Boise Cascade, developer of
the subdivision, will donate the
park to the county and also will
pay a professional planner
to select the exact site and design immediate facilities which
will include: swimming pool or
pond, picnic facilities, flushtoiletfacilities, paved roads tothe area and paved parking
areas. .
Mike Shanley, project manapark donation is the culmination
of negotiations among himself, .
Dist. Atty.’Harold Berliner’
%_-to produce, with the help ofhupsupport the county chamber of R. Peter Ingram, publistier’ of
». dreds. of exhibitors...... COMMETLES Osi essere. 2». The Union. 2%."