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Collection: Newspapers > Nevada County Nugget

August 26, 1970 (12 pages)

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: ee ie uate, Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, French Corral, Rough “and Ready, Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bl vo Hey Egg aD Summit. City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, int, Fiat, Ee Titans ops a 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, i 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.. . . .< ¢ as.the Nevada County Fair== grounds. ‘ : Nt aca 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 29,98 ,0,0,0.9. 0.0 0 0h. 2.9.0.0. 6: weesertcesenets tot ete tate”, bie Page 6&7.; ae, “e ae, oe. oe. 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%."