February 24, 1966 (16 pages)

Z @ < ~ Qa f& g 5 2 Zz i=] ya Q y z =] > 2 = ~3 =r Je] oz) or) JUNIOR HIGH SURPRISE High School District Cannot Sell Junior High Because It Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Vi Red Dog, You Bet, Tow Omega, French Corral, Rough and Ready, Cranheutile North San Juan, North B “x NY Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, P Selby Fi i Hill, G ie, » » Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, ago Pa ‘old Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Ft Quaker Hill, W ‘alley, Newtown, Indian. Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Volume 41 Number 8 10 Cents A Copy ooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, ston, Blue Tent, LaBarr Meadows istm Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, wealedOla, Columbia Hill, ay 4 Flat, Sebastopol, » Remington Hill, Anthony House, Published Thursdays, Nevada City February 24; 1966 lelirium Tremens. Grass Valley, Nevada City And The High School Will Stick With The Bus Pool Members of the Grass Valley, Nevada City and Nevada Union High School board discussed dissolution of the bus pool for more than an hour and a half Monday night and then decided to leave things as they are for a while, There-was almost no discussion at all for the elementary boards, meeting in the Hennessy School in Grass Valley, were preparing to adjourn the session because no one from the high school board had arrived, The full board arrived before the gavel fell, The meeting had been called after NUHS Superintendent Gerald Gelatt suggested at a recent transportation pool meeting that the pool be disbanded, Gelatt said he had suggested that each district start scheduling and using its own buses to transport its own children. The bus garage on Bennett Street in Grass Valley would still be available for maintenance and the high school district would hire ‘full time mechanics. The cost of maintenance would be $5 perhour. The pool buying of 7 fuel would also be continued. He said that separate operation would give each district more flexibility in scheduling. He cited the recent example of when Grass Valley wanted to extend its school day by one half hour, Thishe said threw off the whole schedule and although it has now been worked out, it is a good example of the troubles in the past and what could happen again in the future, He suggested that with each district operating its own buses, Grass Valley, for instance could lengthen itsschool day easier and there would be more control of the children onthe buses. The biggest saving of the current System which would be continued under the proposed system would be the maintenance and bulk buying. Trustees ofthe other boards failed to see the need for the -change. In addition to the scheduling problems already mentioned, Gelatt said that the district had borne costs such as the $6,000 installation ofa hoist at the garage and were receiving penalities on state NEW GRASS VALLEY Fire Chief Jack Clark and Mrs, Clark posed Saturday night just after Clark was presented with his new badge at the 91st annual ball of the Grass Valley Volunteer Fire Department in the Veterans Memorial Building. A large crowd of local residents and out of town visitors attended the semi-formal ball, reimbursements because of the pool operation which had to be (Continued on Page 2) Grass Valley School trustees, who have been fuming in recent weeks over the decision of the Nevada Union High School District toséll the junior high school building, were informed Monday that the building could not be sold because the high school district does not own it, Grass Valley will now put the matter into the hands of a private attorney to determine just how both districts stand, This opinion, which was dropped as somewhat of a bombNEVADA CITY sculptor, Norman Grag, looking all the world like the mad scientist with his new flying machine, was putting the final touches on his latest major piece of sculpture this week, before leaving for southern Califomia. The sculpture of copper and bronze titled “Nucleus II" will be set up in a reflected pool in Orange on Monday, Does Not Own The School shell on the talks and negotiations which have been going on in recent weeks between the two! districts, was delivered at the Grass Valley board meeting Monday night by assistant county counsel Brian Bishop, The county counsel's office hadbeen called in by both sides several weeks ago to rule on resolutions approved by both boards to dissolve the junior high school operation, Grass Valley plannedto use the building next year to house its seventh and eighth grade students and stipulations setting up athree year lease for the building with an option to renew or buy at the end of this period were included in the resolution to dissolve the junior high, This was approved by both boards, The high school district recent~ly published a legal notice of intention to sell the building and reaffirmed the intention to sell only at the last trustees meeting. Monday night Bishop told the Grass Valley board that a title search of the property disclosed that the use of the property had been granted to the Grass Valley High School District for high school purposes by the Empire New Verde Mining Co, The use was subject to a reversionary clause which stipulated if the school was abandoned or put to any other use, the property would revert to the mining company. In the light of this discovery, Bishop said Monday, the property “can"t be sold, period.” He added that the discovery of this clause also throws some doubt on the validity of appraisals the high school district had made so it could set a sale price for the buildings, He said he did not know whether the building could be leased or not, “but at the present timel can assure you they can't sell it, (Continued on Page 2) Fadel Gets Court Approval To Start Work Again On Nevada City Freeway Work on the Nevada City segment of the Grass Valley -Nevada City Freeway is scheduled to resume sometime next week according to officials of prime contractor Norman I, Fadel, Inc,, of Linda, The job has been shut down for several months and the work was on a slow basis for some time previous to the final stoppage of work due to the financial difficulties of the contractor, Friday the Fadel organization was notified by the Federal Bankruptcy Court in Sacramento that the financing plan advanced by the firm several weeks ago had been approved by the creditors and work on the project here could commence again, Fadel instituted bankruptcy proceedings until Title 11 of the Bankruptcy Act in December and shortly after that offered creditors a plan by which, with funds from the bonding company, all creditors would be paid off and work on the job would be allowed to continue, It was this plan that was approved by the court on Friday. According to officials at Fadel'‘s main office in Linda, work could resume again on Monday. This depends on the weather andthe condition of the ground, First projects to get attention will be the work on several bridges and crossings along the three and a half mile freeway route, The firm hopes to start w ork on the Washington Street bridge, the Gold Flat Road bridge and the Sacramento Street crossing. Plans now call for completion of the entire project on or about Dec, 1 of this year, *FTTBD ‘6 © £18194) qUusBeIDeg 83848 *3TTeD UOTZ98S ST BOTPoOTuE!

Z @ < ~ Qa f& g 5 2 Zz i=] ya Q y z =] > 2 = ~3 =r Je] oz) or) JUNIOR HIGH SURPRISE High School District Cannot Sell Junior High Because It Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Vi Red Dog, You Bet, Tow Omega, French Corral, Rough and Ready, Cranheutile North San Juan, North B “x NY Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, P Selby Fi i Hill, G ie, » » Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, ago Pa ‘old Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Ft Quaker Hill, W ‘alley, Newtown, Indian. Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Volume 41 Number 8 10 Cents A Copy ooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, ston, Blue Tent, LaBarr Meadows istm Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, wealedOla, Columbia Hill, ay 4 Flat, Sebastopol, » Remington Hill, Anthony House, Published Thursdays, Nevada City February 24; 1966 lelirium Tremens. Grass Valley, Nevada City And The High School Will Stick With The Bus Pool Members of the Grass Valley, Nevada City and Nevada Union High School board discussed dissolution of the bus pool for more than an hour and a half Monday night and then decided to leave things as they are for a while, There-was almost no discussion at all for the elementary boards, meeting in the Hennessy School in Grass Valley, were preparing to adjourn the session because no one from the high school board had arrived, The full board arrived before the gavel fell, The meeting had been called after NUHS Superintendent Gerald Gelatt suggested at a recent transportation pool meeting that the pool be disbanded, Gelatt said he had suggested that each district start scheduling and using its own buses to transport its own children. The bus garage on Bennett Street in Grass Valley would still be available for maintenance and the high school district would hire ‘full time mechanics. The cost of maintenance would be $5 perhour. The pool buying of 7 fuel would also be continued. He said that separate operation would give each district more flexibility in scheduling. He cited the recent example of when Grass Valley wanted to extend its school day by one half hour, Thishe said threw off the whole schedule and although it has now been worked out, it is a good example of the troubles in the past and what could happen again in the future, He suggested that with each district operating its own buses, Grass Valley, for instance could lengthen itsschool day easier and there would be more control of the children onthe buses. The biggest saving of the current System which would be continued under the proposed system would be the maintenance and bulk buying. Trustees ofthe other boards failed to see the need for the -change. In addition to the scheduling problems already mentioned, Gelatt said that the district had borne costs such as the $6,000 installation ofa hoist at the garage and were receiving penalities on state NEW GRASS VALLEY Fire Chief Jack Clark and Mrs, Clark posed Saturday night just after Clark was presented with his new badge at the 91st annual ball of the Grass Valley Volunteer Fire Department in the Veterans Memorial Building. A large crowd of local residents and out of town visitors attended the semi-formal ball, reimbursements because of the pool operation which had to be (Continued on Page 2) Grass Valley School trustees, who have been fuming in recent

weeks over the decision of the Nevada Union High School District toséll the junior high school building, were informed Monday that the building could not be sold because the high school district does not own it, Grass Valley will now put the matter into the hands of a private attorney to determine just how both districts stand, This opinion, which was dropped as somewhat of a bombNEVADA CITY sculptor, Norman Grag, looking all the world like the mad scientist with his new flying machine, was putting the final touches on his latest major piece of sculpture this week, before leaving for southern Califomia. The sculpture of copper and bronze titled “Nucleus II" will be set up in a reflected pool in Orange on Monday, Does Not Own The School shell on the talks and negotiations which have been going on in recent weeks between the two! districts, was delivered at the Grass Valley board meeting Monday night by assistant county counsel Brian Bishop, The county counsel's office hadbeen called in by both sides several weeks ago to rule on resolutions approved by both boards to dissolve the junior high school operation, Grass Valley plannedto use the building next year to house its seventh and eighth grade students and stipulations setting up athree year lease for the building with an option to renew or buy at the end of this period were included in the resolution to dissolve the junior high, This was approved by both boards, The high school district recent~ly published a legal notice of intention to sell the building and reaffirmed the intention to sell only at the last trustees meeting. Monday night Bishop told the Grass Valley board that a title search of the property disclosed that the use of the property had been granted to the Grass Valley High School District for high school purposes by the Empire New Verde Mining Co, The use was subject to a reversionary clause which stipulated if the school was abandoned or put to any other use, the property would revert to the mining company. In the light of this discovery, Bishop said Monday, the property “can"t be sold, period.” He added that the discovery of this clause also throws some doubt on the validity of appraisals the high school district had made so it could set a sale price for the buildings, He said he did not know whether the building could be leased or not, “but at the present timel can assure you they can't sell it, (Continued on Page 2) Fadel Gets Court Approval To Start Work Again On Nevada City Freeway Work on the Nevada City segment of the Grass Valley -Nevada City Freeway is scheduled to resume sometime next week according to officials of prime contractor Norman I, Fadel, Inc,, of Linda, The job has been shut down for several months and the work was on a slow basis for some time previous to the final stoppage of work due to the financial difficulties of the contractor, Friday the Fadel organization was notified by the Federal Bankruptcy Court in Sacramento that the financing plan advanced by the firm several weeks ago had been approved by the creditors and work on the project here could commence again, Fadel instituted bankruptcy proceedings until Title 11 of the Bankruptcy Act in December and shortly after that offered creditors a plan by which, with funds from the bonding company, all creditors would be paid off and work on the job would be allowed to continue, It was this plan that was approved by the court on Friday. According to officials at Fadel'‘s main office in Linda, work could resume again on Monday. This depends on the weather andthe condition of the ground, First projects to get attention will be the work on several bridges and crossings along the three and a half mile freeway route, The firm hopes to start w ork on the Washington Street bridge, the Gold Flat Road bridge and the Sacramento Street crossing. Plans now call for completion of the entire project on or about Dec, 1 of this year, *FTTBD ‘6 © £18194) qUusBeIDeg 83848 *3TTeD UOTZ98S ST BOTPoOTuE!