December 16, 1970 (12 pages)

aa hapten ge Wi a GF RE = PN giigee. 3, 4 The Nevada County Nugget, Wednesday, December 16, 1970 People asked wound their of projects Christmas seals A list of projects to help the a ne weed amen Another special date today was Parts Economic added by Mrs, Helen Ray, Development District revive regional chairman, Tubercu¢conomically is being prepared. losis & Health Association of _ SEDD's staff, based in Grass the 1 For gsiige et ened dition jo i a red by developing what is called 2 She proclaimed Saturday, "Do “positive action program” for " One of those redevelopment sap hone we il have MANY cers iactuses Grasé Valley member at this time of year, and extends to Auburn. The other we are confident Nevada county 15 in the South Lake Tahoe esidents cooperate region, additional prt tg a oy SEDD's report recommending Ray said, "By doing so they can that those two centers be esbe certain that every day of1970 tablished has been approved by will be a ‘do it day’ for Christmas the Economic Development AdSeal contributions in their year-~ ™inistration, federal parent of round fight against tuberculosis the four-county regional unit. and other respiratory diseases." What the redevelopment cenMrs, Ray said the voluntary ter designation means here is ealth agency established ' that the Grass Valley to Auburn Day" in an effort to pl axis will be high on any list of expense grants allocated for public works pasado poll ~ eas projects in the district. "Wh ‘do it," sh The "positive action program" do a little more. Aithoughtlere being devised now will be a are fewer cases of TB today, list of projects SEDD hopes the * federal government will fund each case is more difficult to ; Me. stmas associ9d many of them will be orientrl bes ni es its ed to the two redevelopment medical research program, and centers. Actually, separate proto put more effort into the fight ject lists are being compiled a emphysema, air polfor the two centers, said William . Roberts, economic planner. anette amokinge ee Phe report from which the re"Christmas Sealcontributions ‘evelopment centers came is so are the major —neartythesolethick that Roberts, whodid.much source of funds for this import°f the work on it, has never ant work," Mrs. Ray said, "They taken the time to count the numare a matter of life andbbreath.” '™"A reading of the report shows that the staff faced the problem of how to. get the maximum GV Elks set possible territory into these 9 ww r centers, It would have been difNe Yea S ficult toexcluie either Auburn or Eve party South ‘Tahoe, but the staff reasoned that Grass Valley could The Grass Valley Elks are be included with Auburnbecause . planning a swinging New Year's of geographical and historicties Eve party at the Elks Lodge in between the two. Grass Valley. The report also pointed thatLoyal Knight Ben Swartz has Nevada county has been aleader promised a real party. Dancing in the economic development efwill be held to the music of fort, lending substance to -inthe Delta Moonlighters. An all cluding the local area in-one of night buffet is planned. . the .important redevelopment Classified Ads, the ©, The report places both cities » little felows with the 4. economic corridor connect. big pulling power. ing them" in one center, That BUSINESS BILLBOARD SEDD working on list * ” Z 1 m for area economic corridor is basically~ the strip along Highway 49 between the two cities, The re§. , port justifies the decision this March 18, 1965 Eko way: Peal oie __. DEATH COME TO-‘THE CITY'S CHRISTMAS TREE "The corridor and the two -‘here were no lusty cries of "Timber." There was no cities include about 30 per cent majestic sweeping arc as the giant tree staggered and fell -of the district's © population. with a crash in one last move. Grass Valley.is a leader inThere was only the irritating sound of thé chain saw, using the Economic Development. the grinding sound of the loader as it pushed the fallen branchAdministration program forthe es down over the hil?, the creak and clank of the crane as it renaissance of its economic de. moved into position, and the shuffling of feet and the mumbled velopment. Auburn, . .is the geo“protestations of the tree lovers. — graphic center of this section ‘ofNevada City's 100 year old Sequoia tree was being cut down the district and a hub for transfor a freeway. portation." ne, The people came early and stayed throughout the operation, Nevada City was not included The workers smiled at the crowd, for although they were only because it is smaller, but the qoing their job, one had a feeling they also felt the loss, report notes its contiguity to There was an abundance of cameras. Many people stood Grass Valley andsaysitandothjn the sun throughout the morning to capture the continuing er cities nearthe redevelopment story as the city's “living Christ Tree" was stripped of the center “will share in the econremaining electric lights, its branches and then its trunk, . omic development. — A-woman dressed in white like a nurse scurried along The report explains the SEDD Sacramento Street and darted out into staff's thinking that Grass Valto scoop up a five inch long redwood branch. ley should be in the center be"I promised one for the kids," she said sheepishly glancing cause of this area's past sucaround at the watching crowd, and then scurried back down cesses at getting EDA grants: the street with her prized clutched in her hand, "One should also keep in mind "T helped Max Solaro put up fir that Nevada county and the City Elza Kilroy recalled as a of Grass Valley have led inarea He used to be our fire truck driver and later became chief OEDP (Overall Economic Deof police, That was about 30 years ago." 2 velopment Plan) activities and , snap, swish, crack, Another branch came thumbling the formation of Sierra Econhigh from the top and bumped and smashed its way through omic Development District. The the lower limbs to the x City ofGrass Valley, itsadjacent . “Those branches are really brittle," observed a bystandCity of Nevada City and the er, "I wonder how many horseshoes, nails and rocks they will County of Nevada have demonfind in that butt when they try to saw it at the mill." a lounging strated a very progressive atjogging truck driver asked. titude toward economic growth Sidewalk superintendents all agreed that almost anyone couid -as/a result of the help and guidhave dropped. the giant tree into the now. cleared Deer Creek ance of the Economic Developcanyon in one simple cut. They also admiitted that the brittle ment Administration." tree would probably have splintered to bits. : The report justifies combining This was not desirable, Many months ago the William Grass Valley and Auburn into Bull Meek-Williams Morris Stewart Chapter of E Clampusone center by saying they "traVitus had. asked the State Division of -Highways: if.they could ditionally have beeneconomicobtain the wood from the tree to make picnic tables for a proally linked together in the inposed park area along Deer Creek. The state agreed and the terchange of commerce,"adding proposal to remove the tree in. usable condition was a part of that Grass Valley's mining and the freeway contract. ‘ industrial activities helped make: So the tree was limbed first. The freakish top section . Auburn a transportation center. which had been used to "The continuing economic nthe canyon, Then the slow work of completely limbing the g i 5 cities creating cash flow within noon work stopped with one moré trunk cut to-go beeach and inthe economic corrifore the final butt cut. These two remaining jobs were done dor between them. after lunch and ‘the entire proceeding was over shortly after Clearly, the future economic }:30 p.m. growth of the two cities deIt was over for tree cutters, but not for the tree lovers, pends upon the flowofcommerce Sunday morning people were still picking through the limbs to: stimulate trade and identity ioaded with redwood ‘limbs, ‘People have been scooping up each of the two ‘communities ‘The tree. came here just 100’ years: ago. R was brought The report then concludes its brought in a pot, but only two survived, The second tree was justification of the redevelopcut down to make way for the Mills' home which was built. ment center with this comment: on the site of the former Bergmann Funeral Chapel. “To protect. the integrity of ‘Charles Loughridge, manager of the Nevada County Narthe multimillion dollar investrow Guage Railroad, later bought the property. and it was he EDA and other federal who nurtured and cared for the growing sequoia tree. Max Solaro put up the first electric lights in the tree with maintaining the. more than 350 lights-for the past 10 years, -. These two went out on a raining Sunday afternoon March 7 Last Thursday Kilroy was presented with the tangled. remnants of the remaining lights which had been pulled out.of the ~The; Caffey: and Rice Sawmill on the Gracie Mine Road will saw the great redwood logs free for the Clampers, Buildvers.and Consumers amber Co. in Glenbrook will finish , : : : i FARMERS INSURANCE GROUP HEFFREN INSURANCE AGENCY . 111 W. Main P.O. Box 1034 Len Gilbert Pies Grass Valley, Ca. Ph. 265-6166 ‘ a" . a heir e+ 2 450% tO op hitvos 5 ie o-\ Wem pigleaae tat Sani ¢ SMMONT, Biel. 9Ta SU Ca fie ecra? biait taenste off Lo? fies the designation of the City butt cut slabs. in front of their Nevada City Headquarters and of Auburn and environs as @ the Hydraulic’ Parlor: of the Native Sons of the Golden West redevelopment center." are planning to set up -a butt cut in the little park on Broad AUIS 1S9Me Part cof the tree which capped the entrance into the city i a for-so many years will remain in the city. ¢ , ADS . . f : See if 2d" 3 Be we ue Ot “Tana Ge . Sesto? TLE OOOT EA tics ity Lochs? ox bee ci LA i -

aa hapten ge Wi a GF RE = PN giigee. 3, 4 The Nevada County Nugget, Wednesday, December 16, 1970 People asked wound their of projects Christmas seals A list of projects to help the a ne weed amen Another special date today was Parts Economic added by Mrs, Helen Ray, Development District revive regional chairman, Tubercu¢conomically is being prepared. losis & Health Association of _ SEDD's staff, based in Grass the 1 For gsiige et ened dition jo i a red by developing what is called 2 She proclaimed Saturday, "Do “positive action program” for " One of those redevelopment sap hone we il have MANY cers iactuses Grasé Valley member at this time of year, and extends to Auburn. The other we are confident Nevada county 15 in the South Lake Tahoe esidents cooperate region, additional prt tg a oy SEDD's report recommending Ray said, "By doing so they can that those two centers be esbe certain that every day of1970 tablished has been approved by will be a ‘do it day’ for Christmas the Economic Development AdSeal contributions in their year-~ ™inistration, federal parent of round fight against tuberculosis the four-county regional unit. and other respiratory diseases." What the redevelopment cenMrs, Ray said the voluntary ter designation means here is ealth agency established ' that the Grass Valley to Auburn Day" in an effort to pl axis will be high on any list of expense grants allocated for public works pasado poll ~ eas projects in the district. "Wh ‘do it," sh The "positive action program" do a little more. Aithoughtlere being devised now will be a are fewer cases of TB today, list of projects SEDD hopes the * federal government will fund each case is more difficult to ; Me. stmas associ9d many of them will be orientrl bes ni es its ed to the two redevelopment medical research program, and centers. Actually, separate proto put more effort into the fight ject lists are being compiled a emphysema, air polfor the two centers, said William . Roberts, economic planner. anette amokinge ee Phe report from which the re"Christmas Sealcontributions ‘evelopment centers came is so are the major —neartythesolethick that Roberts, whodid.much source of funds for this import°f the work on it, has never ant work," Mrs. Ray said, "They taken the time to count the numare a matter of life andbbreath.” '™"A reading of the report shows that the staff faced the problem of how to. get the maximum GV Elks set possible territory into these 9 ww r centers, It would have been difNe Yea S ficult toexcluie either Auburn or Eve party South ‘Tahoe, but the staff reasoned that Grass Valley could The Grass Valley Elks are be included with Auburnbecause . planning a swinging New Year's of geographical and historicties Eve party at the Elks Lodge in between the two. Grass Valley. The report also pointed thatLoyal Knight Ben Swartz has Nevada county has been aleader promised a real party. Dancing in the economic development efwill be held to the music of fort, lending substance to -inthe Delta Moonlighters. An all cluding the local area in-one of night buffet is planned. . the .important redevelopment Classified Ads, the ©, The report places both cities » little felows with the 4. economic corridor connect. big pulling power. ing them" in one center, That BUSINESS BILLBOARD SEDD working on list * ” Z 1 m for area economic corridor is basically~ the strip along Highway 49 between the two cities, The re§. , port justifies the decision this March 18, 1965 Eko way: Peal oie __. DEATH COME TO-‘THE CITY'S CHRISTMAS TREE "The corridor and the two -‘here were no lusty cries of "Timber." There was no cities include about 30 per cent majestic sweeping arc as the giant tree staggered and fell -of the district's © population. with a crash in one last move. Grass Valley..is a leader inThere was only the irritating sound of thé chain saw, using the Economic Development. the grinding sound of the loader as it pushed the fallen branchAdministration program forthe es down over the hil?, the creak and clank of the crane as it renaissance of its economic de. moved into position, and the shuffling of feet and the mumbled velopment. Auburn, . .is the geo“protestations of the tree lovers. — graphic center of this section ‘ofNevada City's 100 year old Sequoia tree was being cut down the district and a hub for transfor a freeway. portation." ne, The people came early and stayed throughout the operation, Nevada City was not included The workers smiled at the crowd, for although they were only

because it is smaller, but the qoing their job, one had a feeling they also felt the loss, report notes its contiguity to There was an abundance of cameras. Many people stood Grass Valley andsaysitandothjn the sun throughout the morning to capture the continuing er cities nearthe redevelopment story as the city's “living Christ Tree" was stripped of the center “will share in the econremaining electric lights, its branches and then its trunk, . omic development. — A-woman dressed in white like a nurse scurried along The report explains the SEDD Sacramento Street and darted out into staff's thinking that Grass Valto scoop up a five inch long redwood branch. ley should be in the center be"I promised one for the kids," she said sheepishly glancing cause of this area's past sucaround at the watching crowd, and then scurried back down cesses at getting EDA grants: the street with her prized clutched in her hand, "One should also keep in mind "T helped Max Solaro put up fir that Nevada county and the City Elza Kilroy recalled as a of Grass Valley have led inarea He used to be our fire truck driver and later became chief OEDP (Overall Economic Deof police, That was about 30 years ago." 2 velopment Plan) activities and , snap, swish, crack, Another branch came thumbling the formation of Sierra Econhigh from the top and bumped and smashed its way through omic Development District. The the lower limbs to the x City ofGrass Valley, itsadjacent . “Those branches are really brittle," observed a bystandCity of Nevada City and the er, "I wonder how many horseshoes, nails and rocks they will County of Nevada have demonfind in that butt when they try to saw it at the mill." a lounging strated a very progressive atjogging truck driver asked. titude toward economic growth Sidewalk superintendents all agreed that almost anyone couid -as/a result of the help and guidhave dropped. the giant tree into the now. cleared Deer Creek ance of the Economic Developcanyon in one simple cut. They also admiitted that the brittle ment Administration." tree would probably have splintered to bits. : The report justifies combining This was not desirable, Many months ago the William Grass Valley and Auburn into Bull Meek-Williams Morris Stewart Chapter of E Clampusone center by saying they "traVitus had. asked the State Division of -Highways: if.they could ditionally have beeneconomicobtain the wood from the tree to make picnic tables for a proally linked together in the inposed park area along Deer Creek. The state agreed and the terchange of commerce,"adding proposal to remove the tree in. usable condition was a part of that Grass Valley's mining and the freeway contract. ‘ industrial activities helped make: So the tree was limbed first. The freakish top section . Auburn a transportation center. which had been used to "The continuing economic nthe canyon, Then the slow work of completely limbing the g i 5 cities creating cash flow within noon work stopped with one moré trunk cut to-go beeach and inthe economic corrifore the final butt cut. These two remaining jobs were done dor between them. after lunch and ‘the entire proceeding was over shortly after Clearly, the future economic }:30 p.m. growth of the two cities deIt was over for tree cutters, but not for the tree lovers, pends upon the flowofcommerce Sunday morning people were still picking through the limbs to: stimulate trade and identity ioaded with redwood ‘limbs, ‘People have been scooping up each of the two ‘communities ‘The tree. came here just 100’ years: ago. R was brought The report then concludes its brought in a pot, but only two survived, The second tree was justification of the redevelopcut down to make way for the Mills' home which was built. ment center with this comment: on the site of the former Bergmann Funeral Chapel. “To protect. the integrity of ‘Charles Loughridge, manager of the Nevada County Narthe multimillion dollar investrow Guage Railroad, later bought the property. and it was he EDA and other federal who nurtured and cared for the growing sequoia tree. Max Solaro put up the first electric lights in the tree with maintaining the. more than 350 lights-for the past 10 years, -. These two went out on a raining Sunday afternoon March 7 Last Thursday Kilroy was presented with the tangled. remnants of the remaining lights which had been pulled out.of the ~The; Caffey: and Rice Sawmill on the Gracie Mine Road will saw the great redwood logs free for the Clampers, Buildvers.and Consumers amber Co. in Glenbrook will finish , : : : i FARMERS INSURANCE GROUP HEFFREN INSURANCE AGENCY . 111 W. Main P.O. Box 1034 Len Gilbert Pies Grass Valley, Ca. Ph. 265-6166 ‘ a" . a heir e+ 2 450% tO op hitvos 5 ie o-\ Wem pigleaae tat Sani ¢ SMMONT, Biel. 9Ta SU Ca fie ecra? biait taenste off Lo? fies the designation of the City butt cut slabs. in front of their Nevada City Headquarters and of Auburn and environs as @ the Hydraulic’ Parlor: of the Native Sons of the Golden West redevelopment center." are planning to set up -a butt cut in the little park on Broad AUIS 1S9Me Part cof the tree which capped the entrance into the city i a for-so many years will remain in the city. ¢ , ADS . . f : See if 2d" 3 Be we ue Ot “Tana Ge . Sesto? TLE OOOT EA tics ity Lochs? ox bee ci LA i -