December 24, 1969 (8 pages)

ge + OR sik as Sten ek Donation Day veteran © MABEL LOBECKER, 92, has marched in or viewed all 86* Donation Day parades, the only resident who can make that claim, Mrs, Lobecker was born in Grass Valley in 1877 and. carried a potato and a stick of wood in the first parades as a school girl. In her later years she viewed the parade as it passed the home on Neal Street in which she lived for more than 60 years, Her two daugtiters have served as president of the Donation Day sponsor, the Ladies Relief Society; Helen Stewart in 1952 and Harriet Jakobs this year. County workers’ extra time off officially OKd It's official there will be "no tors for the Nevada County Sanischool" for most county emtation District No. 1, superployes from 12 noon Dec, 24 visors, by resolution amended and all day Dec, 26--nor office parties (official or otherwise) during the holiday season, The board of action gives an earlier resolution. The new é Grass Valley exclusive rights to control sewer connections and charges of the supervisors Tuesday adopted "A Resolution Glenbrook project within the city Adjusting. County Employes’ Work Schedule for Dec, 24 and Dec, 26," prohibits parties and states that "it is the desire of the board of supervisors that instead of the usual parties employes of the county spend this time with their families." Excluded from the adjusted hours are the sheriff's department, Nevada General Hospital, and juvenile hall. The clerk's . office shall remain open unless the Superior Court is in recess during the hours set forth, The same ‘applies to the staffs of justice courts unless they are in recess, beet “An order for the clerk to extend the’ board's best holiday wishes to all county personnel also was a part of the document. In other action the board ad series of resolutions fifiig to the formation of ssment districts for GlenUnits No, 1 and 2, and for Sferra Meadows Unit No, 4, ‘Dean Lawrence was the only board member to oppose the résolutions, She said she voted no on all of.ttem to indicate her future intention to "be careful concering assessment disof Grass Valley. pou 2 OOD. O-@ +0 2H. CO b--08'eOB* Wednesday, December 24, 1969 The Nevada County Nugget 3 Committee to study land A 15-member committee will > be formed to study the California Land Conservation Act and tell the board of supervisors whether it should be applied in Nevada county. If the answer is yes, the committee will recommend methods by which farm land canbe placed in preserves through agreements between the county andthe . land owner, The benefit to the land owner would be tax assessments based on the agricultural use, not a potentially higher future use.The benefit to Nevada county would be certainty that the parcels included in agreements would be reserved for open space and agriculture, at least for a decade, the minimum length of time such agreements can be made, The supervisors decided Tuesday to form a committee after a number of land owners asked that a county ordinance be adopted which would allow their land to be placed under the conservation act, popularly called the Williamson Act after its author. In the past there had been some thinking that land preserves could be applied only to prime land, and Nevada county has little land in that category. However, Ivan Branson, a member of the group seeking preserves here, dispelled that. He read from a section of the act, as amended this year, which says agreements can be used on any agricultural land deemed to be in the public interest if preserving such land would "tend to maintain the agricultural economy of the state, and prebP PER, Behe vent premature and unnecessary conversion of land from agricutlural uses." Nevada county’s ranchers have apractical reason for wanting to use this law, Ernest Struckman told the supervisors. . "At the. present rate of taxes, a landowner cannot make a living on his ranch, He is forced to sell or work out." Struckman contended _ that people representing 28,000 acres have indicated they want to take advantage of this law. To Branson, the Land Conservation Act would give ranchers "a reprieve from the death sentence of taxes on their fortunes and their futures," He also pointed out that the Williamson Act declared that California “must have some breathing space, open spaces and advises against cutting up land indiscriminately. If we are going to have any sort of environment here, we must have some open space in the hands of real dirt farmers who won't tear it up. It is important to have a preserve where lands do not all get wasted at once." The system has been tried _in 37 California counties and this year four million acres were placed in land preserves, Branson said, Placing farm or open space lands in such a preserve doesn't mean the land cannot be used by the owner; it does mean, however, that he can use the land only for farming during the life of the agreement. The agreement runs 10 years, but is extended automatically if neither the county nor the land owner request that) it be ended. and * D5 Os 000 + 0089008 100-0 ++ 0° © W0-+-0-2-B-O + Oe OS 0-8-2 0 ns @G0-O4! Or 2 + OHO $M OD-0 7S DOWL-OeB*OOP o8 te eeee Seasons Greetings pa Best Wishes to everyone.. from all of us at Motgee LODE BANE MEMBER F.0.I.C. . GRASS VALLEY © NEVADA CITY ¥ 2<(* CALIFORNIA PLACERVILLE » SONORA « F . TWAIN conservation act, possible application in county running out at that time. Jack Herr, Nevada. county farm advisor, explained that the assessor must appraise land in such preserves by using "the agricultural income approach to value instead of the highest potential use. It gives tax relief if the land has been, assessed for a higher use." Assessor Elton Tobiassen encouraged the supervisors to adopt an ordinance and added: "We certainly do not appraise all land as subdivision. We appraise on comparable sales verified by what people are paying for lands," Attorney Jim Hunt told the board that this ordinance "would help the county planners deter-mine which is going to be subdivided property and which is going to be agricultural property for years to come." After one motion was voted down in confusing fashion, the supervisors unanimously adopted one which creates a 15-member committee with three selected by each supervisor. The original motion would have required ‘three people from each district, but the one which carried deleted that stipulation. The committee will be charged with "pursuing this question and coming back to us (the board) very soon with some answers," No members of the committee were appointed Tuesday. US. Savings Bonds, , aaa aa O° @&* © 6°O-@*SS « ©-0°@** GB°SOP°O-0 @ OD" B0Or er @OBO 0°R*O°0SO 0 O2*-0OE800,, . Tro OLSOM HARTE ¢ ALTAVILLE baad i, ee OE 00 0 0 0 CEOs 98 0000S coe + Ge 1Be8s HOSS VS <0 & OUST: OeHv0-8 2 G-O-0-Se HoGo-0a0

ge + OR sik as Sten ek Donation Day veteran © MABEL LOBECKER, 92, has marched in or viewed all 86* Donation Day parades, the only resident who can make that claim, Mrs, Lobecker was born in Grass Valley in 1877 and. carried a potato and a stick of wood in the first parades as a school girl. In her later years she viewed the parade as it passed the home on Neal Street in which she lived for more than 60 years, Her two daugtiters have served as president of the Donation Day sponsor, the Ladies Relief Society; Helen Stewart in 1952 and Harriet Jakobs this year. County workers’ extra time off officially OKd It's official there will be "no tors for the Nevada County Sanischool" for most county emtation District No. 1, superployes from 12 noon Dec, 24 visors, by resolution amended and all day Dec, 26--nor office parties (official or otherwise) during the holiday season, The board of action gives an earlier resolution. The new é Grass Valley exclusive rights to control sewer connections and charges of the supervisors Tuesday adopted "A Resolution Glenbrook project within the city Adjusting. County Employes’ Work Schedule for Dec, 24 and Dec, 26," prohibits parties and states that "it is the desire of the board of supervisors that instead of the usual parties employes of the county spend this time with their families." Excluded from the adjusted hours are the sheriff's department, Nevada General Hospital, and juvenile hall. The clerk's . office shall remain open unless the Superior Court is in recess during the hours set forth, The same ‘applies to the staffs of justice courts unless they are in recess, beet “An order for the clerk to extend the’ board's best holiday wishes to all county personnel also was a part of the document. In other action the board ad series of resolutions fifiig to the formation of ssment districts for GlenUnits No, 1 and 2, and for Sferra Meadows Unit No, 4, ‘Dean Lawrence was the only board member to oppose the résolutions, She said she voted no on all of.ttem to indicate her future intention to "be careful concering assessment disof Grass Valley. pou 2 OOD. O-@ +0 2H. CO b--08'eOB* Wednesday, December 24, 1969 The Nevada County Nugget 3 Committee to study land A 15-member committee will > be formed to study the California Land Conservation Act and tell the board of supervisors whether it should be applied in Nevada county. If the answer is yes, the committee will recommend methods by which farm land canbe placed in preserves through agreements between the county andthe . land owner, The benefit to the land owner would be tax assessments based on the agricultural use, not a potentially higher future use.The benefit to Nevada county would be certainty that the parcels included in agreements would be reserved for open space and agriculture, at least for a decade, the minimum length of time such agreements can be made, The supervisors decided Tuesday to form a committee after a number of land owners asked that a county ordinance be adopted which would allow their land to be placed under the conservation act, popularly called the Williamson Act after its author. In the past there had been some thinking that land preserves could be applied only to prime land, and Nevada county has little land in that category. However, Ivan Branson, a member of the group seeking preserves here, dispelled that. He read from a section of the act, as amended this year, which says agreements can be used on any agricultural land deemed to be in the public interest if preserving such land would "tend

to maintain the agricultural economy of the state, and prebP PER, Behe vent premature and unnecessary conversion of land from agricutlural uses." Nevada county’s ranchers have apractical reason for wanting to use this law, Ernest Struckman told the supervisors. . "At the. present rate of taxes, a landowner cannot make a living on his ranch, He is forced to sell or work out." Struckman contended _ that people representing 28,000 acres have indicated they want to take advantage of this law. To Branson, the Land Conservation Act would give ranchers "a reprieve from the death sentence of taxes on their fortunes and their futures," He also pointed out that the Williamson Act declared that California “must have some breathing space, open spaces and advises against cutting up land indiscriminately. If we are going to have any sort of environment here, we must have some open space in the hands of real dirt farmers who won't tear it up. It is important to have a preserve where lands do not all get wasted at once." The system has been tried _in 37 California counties and this year four million acres were placed in land preserves, Branson said, Placing farm or open space lands in such a preserve doesn't mean the land cannot be used by the owner; it does mean, however, that he can use the land only for farming during the life of the agreement. The agreement runs 10 years, but is extended automatically if neither the county nor the land owner request that) it be ended. and * D5 Os 000 + 0089008 100-0 ++ 0° © W0-+-0-2-B-O + Oe OS 0-8-2 0 ns @G0-O4! Or 2 + OHO $M OD-0 7S DOWL-OeB*OOP o8 te eeee Seasons Greetings pa Best Wishes to everyone... from all of us at Motgee LODE BANE MEMBER F.0.I.C. . GRASS VALLEY © NEVADA CITY ¥ 2<(* CALIFORNIA PLACERVILLE » SONORA « F . TWAIN conservation act, possible application in county running out at that time. Jack Herr, Nevada. county farm advisor, explained that the assessor must appraise land in such preserves by using "the agricultural income approach to value instead of the highest potential use. It gives tax relief if the land has been, assessed for a higher use." Assessor Elton Tobiassen encouraged the supervisors to adopt an ordinance and added: "We certainly do not appraise all land as subdivision. We appraise on comparable sales verified by what people are paying for lands," Attorney Jim Hunt told the board that this ordinance "would help the county planners deter-mine which is going to be subdivided property and which is going to be agricultural property for years to come." After one motion was voted down in confusing fashion, the supervisors unanimously adopted one which creates a 15-member committee with three selected by each supervisor. The original motion would have required ‘three people from each district, but the one which carried deleted that stipulation. The committee will be charged with "pursuing this question and coming back to us (the board) very soon with some answers," No members of the committee were appointed Tuesday. US. Savings Bonds, , aaa aa O° @&* © 6°O-@*SS « ©-0°@** GB°SOP°O-0 @ OD" B0Or er @OBO 0°R*O°0SO 0 O2*-0OE800,, . Tro OLSOM HARTE ¢ ALTAVILLE baad i, ee OE 00 0 0 0 CEOs 98 0000S coe + Ge 1Be8s HOSS VS <0 & OUST: OeHv0-8 2 G-O-0-Se HoGo-0a0