August 3, 1960 (10 pages)

eue>Or~ fe é he “& = a % A ce ee ae ee a ee ee a a ee ee ee NEVADA COUNTY/< A — _— . ce i eet eh Vol. 34 No. 31 me es 10 Cents a Copy. Published Weekly Nevada City, Wednesday, August 3, 1960 = J C PETITIONS FOR REDISTRICTING _ SUPERVISORS MOVE ON OWN PLAN TWO REDISTRICTING PLANS IN CONFLICT R. Peter Ingram appeared Monday before the Nevada County Board of Supervisors togive notice thatthe Grass Valley Junior ommerce was preparing to pass initiative petitions requiring a vote on the JC redistricting plan. Less than one hour later, the supervisors setin motion a redistricting plan of their own---tobe more exact, the redistricting Chamber of plan recommended majority of a 15-man citizens’ committee formed to study redistricting. Petitions To Be Passed The Grass Valley Junior Chamber of Commerce govermental committee, headedbyR. Peter Ingram, published its intention to circulate petitions for redistrict‘Ing in Nevada County last week, Meeting Today Seeks _ Water Problem Solution A meeting of interested parties considered the proposed Ridge Road water line at a meeting beginning this morning sponsored by the Nevada Irrigation Dis__Jtrict. Scheduled to come before the meeting was a cost estimate of the project which would greatly increase available water along Ridge Road. Following the estimate, the meeting was to be thrown open to a general discussion, according to NID Manager Ed Koster. More than a dozen Ridge Road residents were invited to attend the meeting as interested parties. Also invited by Koster were Charles Litton, John Looser, Nevada Union High School District, Nevada City and Grass Valley councilmen and representatives. = The Ridge Road line is one of two sources the high school district can use to serve its new high school campus. The school board has indicated a desire to participate in the line’s construction if the cost is not out of the district’s reach. Litton and Looser have property adjacent. to the high school site which is slated for future development. As a result, they are now participating with the high. school district in the construction of a sewage disposal plant which will serve their property when subdivided. It is possible, apparently, that the developers will be asked to join in the water Trading Stamp Ban Supported State Consumer Counsel Helen Nelson gave her support last week to efforts by the Califorpia Federation of Service ions to discontinue giving trading stamps. In a letter to Mario Ducciniof Sacramento, the federation’s legislative chairman, she congratulated him for “determination not to increase your costs in order to keep on providing your custmoers. with a ‘dubious service.” line construction project. Nevada City councilmen indicated they would like to join in the project if the NID would agree to use the line by the city only during months when the city’s water sources are not able to supply residents. Koster informally told the Nugget: “It can be done.” He emphasized, however, that Nevada City councilmen will have to weigh the benefits of increased water pressure and availability of water supply against -the city’s share of the construction costs. These costs will be revealed at today’s meeting. While Grass Valley’s participation in the line seems to be less likely, it is still under consideration, city officials said. Weather Grass Valley July 27 94 67 -July 28 93 67 -July 29 92 66 trace July 30 94 66 .01 July 31 85 58° trace Aug. 1 86 55 -Aug. 2 85 52 -Rainto date.. .01 Rain last year . .00 Nevada City Max. Min. Rain July 27 93 59 -July 28 89 58 -July 29 95 59 trace July 30 94 64 trace July 31 86 51 trace Aug. 1 86 42 -Aug. 2 84 48 =F Rain to date . . trace Rain last year . .00 After a 21 day waiting period, petitions will be passed with a Sept. 1 goal to turn in 864 valid signatures so that the measure can appear on the Nov. 8 ballot. If that deadline isnot met, the committee will have an additional five monthsto gather twice the number of valid signatures to call for a special election. Monday Ingram told Nevada County Supervisors the JC was not willing to accept ‘any other redistricting plan. He said the JC plan equathe Truckee area district) , equalized to a great degree the area of the other four districts and took into consideration topography. Ingram told the supervisors that if the initiative is successful the supervisors will forever lose the right to redistrict. In that event, each redistricting would require the vote of the whole county. Because of this, he urged Nevada City Need Water When Nevada City councilmen arrive at the solution to the city’s water problems, then they will facethe problems of financing whatever program results. Councilmen Monday night adopted a $207,474 budget that has an operating reserve smaller than this year's reserve, and a budget which has no funds available for capital outlay on the water system. The city manager and councilmen briefly listed the various methods of financing needed capital outlay in the water department, but without, discussion. The list included assessment districts, -bond issue, water rate increase, increase in the general tax base limit, or increased share of the sales tax. The budget included a $25 per month increase in wages for city employes. The council indicated the tax rate would remain the same, although a five cent reduction in bond redemption is being considered, This reduction would be added as an increase in the sewage system taxesto maintain the Budget Slim, Financing same rate. sewage system, 20, library, $55,320 from taxes, $20,980 fromsu bv entionsand grants; $22,996 from sales and use taxes; $60,578 from previous year fund balance carry -overs; and $47,600 from franchises, licenses and water receipts. cluded in the budget are, purchase of 25 parking meters, ‘patrol car at the end of the fiscal year, purchase of a rescue Car chassis and fittings, and repainting of the city hall. the Clay and Boulder Street projects c arri edover from last fiscal budgeted for $10, 000. In addition, done or the lower part of MillStreet, Alexander Street, the lower end of Brock Road, Lindley Avenue, and onthe dirt extension of Prospect Street. _The present city tax rate breakdown is as follows; general funds, $1.00; park, .35; -25; and bond redemption , . 35, Total tax rateis $2.15. Income is estimated at Capital outlay items inpurchase of a new Street work will include year. Each is minor work will be the supervisors to accept the JC plan and move immediately for its adoption. Board Chairman T abe Bishop told Ingram the supervisorshad appointed the 15man committee to study redistricting, and that the committee’s majority came in with a report that the supervisors considered a good plan. “But your group turned it down,” he said. Ingram said the JC regarded ‘the majority report of the committee “less desirable than it is now," He said under the JC plan all five supervisors would have similarcity and county problems within each district. The JC plan has been referred to as pie-shaped with the central points joining the Hills Flat area. District 1 would include 868 Nevada City voters and 1320 in the unincorporated area, District 2 would include 1614 Grass Valley voters and 1716 outside the city limits; District 3 would include 379 . Nevada City voters and 1612 in the unincorporated area; District 4 would include 1066 Grass Valley city voters and 1178 ‘fringe and rural voters; District 5 would remain the same with 1028 voters in the unincorporated eastern Nevada County area. lized population (except in . to the board by the Majority Is Backed TheNevada County Board of Supervisors late Monday afternoon decided to move ahead with a redistricting plan that had the backing of its 15-man committee formed to study the problem. The supervisors directed the county surveyor to prepare boundaries and descriptionsto forward to the district attorney for his drafting of an ordinance establishing the revised districting within the county. The move followed action by the Grass Valley Junior Chamber of Commerce to press the board into action on its own plan under threat of the supervisors lasing forever theirright to redistrict . This would result froma successful initiative which the JC group is now in the process of activating. Thecommittee filed with the supervisors a majority and minority report, It was the majority report which the supervisors ordered prepared for action. The minority report was quite similar to that which the supervisors favored. TheJC plan also was con+ x J} = Foot prints and tracks left when SPD'S fire-proof ledger was taken from the store Sunday night or early Monday morning are the main interest as local police officers (left to right) J.J. Jackson, N.C. police chief; Frank Milne, N.C. policeman; Nevada County sheriff Wayne Brown, Bill Mullis, Chief Deputy; and Ed Wocjik, ae deputy sheriff, examine the ground for any evidence which might F disclose who the persons were that walked off with $3,500 and an in Nevada City. unknown amount of accounts receivable notes from SPD market The Fuller Paint Company isreadytosupply, at wholesale cost, paint enough to completely renovate the Nevada City business district , according to Bill Briggs of the Alpha Hardware Co, Briggs spoke to Palmer Field, an official of the huge paint supplier, last weekend, after the Nevada City chamber of commerce and the Citizens for Progress Committee had expressed interest in such a project. According to Briggs, the paint company has already painted some 60 towns all over the west coast, the latest being Fairbanks, Alaska. Field and his wife, who is sidered by the committee in its deliberations, But it was flatly turned down. Basically, the majority report of the committee called for removing from districts land 2 some of the precincts which boosted those two districts to lop-sided proportions, giving these precincts tothetwo rural Western Nevada County districts, 3 and 4, District 5 remains the same. Under the new districting, the voter population breakdown wauld be as follows: District 1, 2405; District 2, 4190, District 3, 753; District 4, 1426; andDistrict5, 790. ‘The supervisors pointed out each of these districts has a community of interest upon which: the supervisor for the district can best represent the people of the district. They donot claim to have a plan that perfectly splits the population or the area, but emphasize the plan is more representative of county needsthan is the JC plan. The move to prepare theredistricting resolution was jo te de f MoscoSmartt, seconded by Guy Robinson. Henry Loehr, representative ofthe only district unaffectedby either plan, District 5, _. backed the committees plan. "Grass Valley under this program istaking control of the entire county.” _ _Cristine Digegud, 17, student at Nevada Union High wa chosen by judges ‘to represent ‘Nevada County at the State Fair in Sacramento September. Pictured left to right are Gwen Cirino 17; Dianna Cooke 17,.2nd Digerud, winner; Sidney Williams 17, Ist runner ut a Fuller color consultant,’ Fuller To Help Paint-up plan to cometo Nevada City in about a month to discuss the project. In the meantime, Field will write an explanatory letter to Briggs, and send a brochure on the subject. Briggs stated he doubted whether any actual painting could take place until next spring. In order to accomplish the job, he said, there would have to be strong support from business, government, and civic and fraternal organizations. The paint would be supplied though the regular Fulleroutlet, Alpha Hardware , but there would be no profit involved for the local firm. Eleanor Berg 18, 3rd runner up. The Maid Of Nevada contest was sponsored by t merce. * . Nevada County Among First Fair Entries Four Nevada County 4Hers have entered livestock in the junior division at the California State Fair and Exposition, August 31 through September 11. David Casper of Auburn has entered one Hereford in the 4-H division and 11 Suffolk sheep in the Future Farmers of America competition. Thomas Casper, Auburn, has entered one Angus and one Hereford in the 4-H division, Lois Magonigal, Smartville, one Hereford, nine Corriedale sheep, and Cheryl Fogarty of SmartSouthdown lemb. he Grass Valley Chamber of = runner up;‘ Mis ville one ‘Hereford and one . iste

eue>Or~ fe é he “& = a % A ce ee ae ee a ee ee a a ee ee ee NEVADA COUNTY/< A — _— . ce i eet eh Vol. 34 No. 31 me es 10 Cents a Copy. Published Weekly Nevada City, Wednesday, August 3, 1960 = J C PETITIONS FOR REDISTRICTING _ SUPERVISORS MOVE ON OWN PLAN TWO REDISTRICTING PLANS IN CONFLICT R. Peter Ingram appeared Monday before the Nevada County Board of Supervisors togive notice thatthe Grass Valley Junior ommerce was preparing to pass initiative petitions requiring a vote on the JC redistricting plan. Less than one hour later, the supervisors setin motion a redistricting plan of their own---tobe more exact, the redistricting Chamber of plan recommended majority of a 15-man citizens’ committee formed to study redistricting. Petitions To Be Passed The Grass Valley Junior Chamber of Commerce govermental committee, headedbyR. Peter Ingram, published its intention to circulate petitions for redistrict‘Ing in Nevada County last week, Meeting Today Seeks _ Water Problem Solution A meeting of interested parties considered the proposed Ridge Road water line at a meeting beginning this morning sponsored by the Nevada Irrigation Dis__Jtrict. Scheduled to come before the meeting was a cost estimate of the project which would greatly increase available water along Ridge Road. Following the estimate, the meeting was to be thrown open to a general discussion, according to NID Manager Ed Koster. More than a dozen Ridge Road residents were invited to attend the meeting as interested parties. Also invited by Koster were Charles Litton, John Looser, Nevada Union High School District, Nevada City and Grass Valley councilmen and representatives. = The Ridge Road line is one of two sources the high school district can use to serve its new high school campus. The school board has indicated a desire to participate in the line’s construction if the cost is not out of the district’s reach. Litton and Looser have property adjacent. to the high school site which is slated for future development. As a result, they are now participating with the high. school district in the construction of a sewage disposal plant which will serve their property when subdivided. It is possible, apparently, that the developers will be asked to join in the water Trading Stamp Ban Supported State Consumer Counsel Helen Nelson gave her support last week to efforts by the Califorpia Federation of Service ions to discontinue giving trading stamps. In a letter to Mario Ducciniof Sacramento, the federation’s legislative chairman, she congratulated him for “determination not to increase your costs in order to keep on providing your custmoers. with a ‘dubious service.” line construction project. Nevada City councilmen indicated they would like to join in the project if the NID would agree to use the line by the city only during months when the city’s water sources are not able to supply residents. Koster informally told the Nugget: “It can be done.” He emphasized, however, that Nevada City councilmen will have to weigh the benefits of increased water pressure and availability of water supply against -the city’s share of the construction costs. These costs will be revealed at today’s meeting. While Grass Valley’s participation in the line seems to be less likely, it is still under consideration, city officials said. Weather Grass Valley July 27 94 67 -July 28 93 67 -July 29 92 66 trace July 30 94 66 .01 July 31 85 58° trace Aug. 1 86 55 -Aug. 2 85 52 -Rainto date... .01 Rain last year .. .00 Nevada City Max. Min. Rain July 27 93 59 -July 28 89 58 -July 29 95 59 trace July 30 94 64 trace July 31 86 51 trace Aug. 1 86 42 -Aug. 2 84 48 =F Rain to date . .. trace Rain last year .. .00 After a 21 day waiting period, petitions will be passed with a Sept. 1 goal to turn in 864 valid signatures so that the measure can appear on the Nov. 8 ballot. If that deadline isnot met, the committee will have an additional five monthsto gather twice the number of valid signatures to call for a special election. Monday Ingram told Nevada County Supervisors the JC was not willing to accept ‘any other redistricting plan. He said the JC plan equathe Truckee area district) , equalized to a great degree the area of the other four districts and took into consideration topography. Ingram told the supervisors that if the initiative is successful the supervisors will forever lose the right to redistrict. In that event, each redistricting would require the vote of the whole county. Because of this, he urged Nevada City Need Water When Nevada City councilmen arrive at the solution to the city’s water problems, then they will facethe problems of financing whatever program results. Councilmen Monday night adopted a $207,474 budget that has an operating reserve smaller than this year's reserve, and a budget which has no funds available for capital outlay on the water system. The city manager and councilmen briefly listed the various methods of financing needed capital outlay in the water department, but without, discussion. The list included assessment districts, -bond issue, water rate increase, increase in the general tax base limit, or increased share of the sales tax. The budget included a $25 per month increase in wages for city employes. The council indicated the tax rate would remain the same, although a five cent reduction in bond redemption is being considered, This reduction would be added as an increase in the sewage system taxesto maintain the Budget Slim, Financing same rate. sewage system, 20, library, $55,320 from taxes, $20,980 fromsu bv entionsand grants; $22,996 from sales and use taxes; $60,578 from previous year fund balance carry -overs; and $47,600 from franchises, licenses and water receipts. cluded in the budget are, purchase of 25 parking meters, ‘patrol car at the end of the

fiscal year, purchase of a rescue Car chassis and fittings, and repainting of the city hall. the Clay and Boulder Street projects c arri edover from last fiscal budgeted for $10, 000. In addition, done or the lower part of MillStreet, Alexander Street, the lower end of Brock Road, Lindley Avenue, and onthe dirt extension of Prospect Street. _The present city tax rate breakdown is as follows; general funds, $1.00; park, .35; -25; and bond redemption , . 35, Total tax rateis $2.15. Income is estimated at Capital outlay items inpurchase of a new Street work will include year. Each is minor work will be the supervisors to accept the JC plan and move immediately for its adoption. Board Chairman T abe Bishop told Ingram the supervisorshad appointed the 15man committee to study redistricting, and that the committee’s majority came in with a report that the supervisors considered a good plan. “But your group turned it down,” he said. Ingram said the JC regarded ‘the majority report of the committee “less desirable than it is now," He said under the JC plan all five supervisors would have similarcity and county problems within each district. The JC plan has been referred to as pie-shaped with the central points joining the Hills Flat area. District 1 would include 868 Nevada City voters and 1320 in the unincorporated area, District 2 would include 1614 Grass Valley voters and 1716 outside the city limits; District 3 would include 379 . Nevada City voters and 1612 in the unincorporated area; District 4 would include 1066 Grass Valley city voters and 1178 ‘fringe and rural voters; District 5 would remain the same with 1028 voters in the unincorporated eastern Nevada County area. lized population (except in . to the board by the Majority Is Backed TheNevada County Board of Supervisors late Monday afternoon decided to move ahead with a redistricting plan that had the backing of its 15-man committee formed to study the problem. The supervisors directed the county surveyor to prepare boundaries and descriptionsto forward to the district attorney for his drafting of an ordinance establishing the revised districting within the county. The move followed action by the Grass Valley Junior Chamber of Commerce to press the board into action on its own plan under threat of the supervisors lasing forever theirright to redistrict . This would result froma successful initiative which the JC group is now in the process of activating. Thecommittee filed with the supervisors a majority and minority report, It was the majority report which the supervisors ordered prepared for action. The minority report was quite similar to that which the supervisors favored. TheJC plan also was con+ x J} = Foot prints and tracks left when SPD'S fire-proof ledger was taken from the store Sunday night or early Monday morning are the main interest as local police officers (left to right) J.J. Jackson, N.C. police chief; Frank Milne, N.C. policeman; Nevada County sheriff Wayne Brown, Bill Mullis, Chief Deputy; and Ed Wocjik, ae deputy sheriff, examine the ground for any evidence which might F disclose who the persons were that walked off with $3,500 and an in Nevada City. unknown amount of accounts receivable notes from SPD market The Fuller Paint Company isreadytosupply, at wholesale cost, paint enough to completely renovate the Nevada City business district , according to Bill Briggs of the Alpha Hardware Co, Briggs spoke to Palmer Field, an official of the huge paint supplier, last weekend, after the Nevada City chamber of commerce and the Citizens for Progress Committee had expressed interest in such a project. According to Briggs, the paint company has already painted some 60 towns all over the west coast, the latest being Fairbanks, Alaska. Field and his wife, who is sidered by the committee in its deliberations, But it was flatly turned down. Basically, the majority report of the committee called for removing from districts land 2 some of the precincts which boosted those two districts to lop-sided proportions, giving these precincts tothetwo rural Western Nevada County districts, 3 and 4, District 5 remains the same. Under the new districting, the voter population breakdown wauld be as follows: District 1, 2405; District 2, 4190, District 3, 753; District 4, 1426; andDistrict5, 790. ‘The supervisors pointed out each of these districts has a community of interest upon which: the supervisor for the district can best represent the people of the district. They donot claim to have a plan that perfectly splits the population or the area, but emphasize the plan is more representative of county needsthan is the JC plan. The move to prepare theredistricting resolution was jo te de f MoscoSmartt, seconded by Guy Robinson. Henry Loehr, representative ofthe only district unaffectedby either plan, District 5, _. backed the committees plan. "Grass Valley under this program istaking control of the entire county.” _ _Cristine Digegud, 17, student at Nevada Union High wa chosen by judges ‘to represent ‘Nevada County at the State Fair in Sacramento September. Pictured left to right are Gwen Cirino 17; Dianna Cooke 17,.2nd Digerud, winner; Sidney Williams 17, Ist runner ut a Fuller color consultant,’ Fuller To Help Paint-up plan to cometo Nevada City in about a month to discuss the project. In the meantime, Field will write an explanatory letter to Briggs, and send a brochure on the subject. Briggs stated he doubted whether any actual painting could take place until next spring. In order to accomplish the job, he said, there would have to be strong support from business, government, and civic and fraternal organizations. The paint would be supplied though the regular Fulleroutlet, Alpha Hardware , but there would be no profit involved for the local firm. Eleanor Berg 18, 3rd runner up. The Maid Of Nevada contest was sponsored by t merce. * . Nevada County Among First Fair Entries Four Nevada County 4Hers have entered livestock in the junior division at the California State Fair and Exposition, August 31 through September 11. David Casper of Auburn has entered one Hereford in the 4-H division and 11 Suffolk sheep in the Future Farmers of America competition. Thomas Casper, Auburn, has entered one Angus and one Hereford in the 4-H division, Lois Magonigal, Smartville, one Hereford, nine Corriedale sheep, and Cheryl Fogarty of SmartSouthdown lemb. he Grass Valley Chamber of = runner up;‘ Mis ville one ‘Hereford and one . iste