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Hill, Gold
Newtown, I
NUMBER 3
PERIODICALS SBCTION 5/16/71
SACTO. CAL. 95814
Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley,
French Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bloomfield, Hum
Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wo
Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia,
ndian Flat, Bridgeport,, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens,
Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega,
bug, Relief Hill, Washington, Blue Tent, La Batr Meadows, Cedar Ridge,
lf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly
Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley,
VOLUME 49 ‘10 Cents A Copy Published Wednesdays, Nevada City WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1971
Nugget thefts
attest value of
e e e
mining history
Attesting to the high historical value placed on each weekly
_ issue of the Nevada County Nugget is the fact that paid circulation figures have been soaring
and likewise the theft of Nuggets
from the downtown newsstand
racks,
ers took advantage of the Nugget
promotional offer--the hardbacked historical binder in which
to preserve the centerfold of
each issue. Presently the Northern Mines, story of incidents
and personalities of the local
gold rush era, is being featured,
This highly prized documentary
by Edmund Kinyon, veteran
newspaper editor, is out of print
and musch sought by historians,
researchers and students.
A breakdown of theft over the
‘past six months shows over
1,000 valuable Nuggets were
stolen, primarily from outside
news racks at the Holiday House,
Holiday Liquors, SPD shopping
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Page 6&7
FROM THE looks of these blooming daffodils it's summertime in the Golden Empire. Fields at French Corral have
broke out with the blooming flowers and the rare occasion
took place during the last week in January. The good weather
Bid opening March 10
on last phase of school
Well over 200 new subscrib-: Bids for ie last phase of construction at the new Seven Hills
School will be opened on March
10.
Architect George Higgins
showed Nevada City trustees
plans for paving the playing area,
parking, an entrance road and a
fenced area at this week's board
meeting. The work will be advertised in February.
The district has $26,600 available for the work, excluding the
entrance road, Higgins said. The
board agreed to have some alternates in case the bids are
over the maximum amount the
board has, The parking area
could be reduced and a bumper
etc.
Supt. Dan Woodard reported 4
"there is lots of activity at the
new school, the brick veneer is
on now, sheetrock is going on the
walls and trim around the top.
The slab has been poured for
the multi-use room and walls
are going up."
Rugen Construction Co. is
building the main school building
and Cowan Construction Co, the
multi use and shower-locker
rooms. Rugen began work in
spring and Cowan in the fall,
Woodard reported that all is
ready to request annexation for
the new school property to Nevada City. Maps, description of
deleted from the parking area. the 16 acres and the application
A third alternative, the fence, will go to the Local Agency
could also be deleted if necessary.
The state will pay the price
for off-site construction, the
entrance road, Higgins said, but
Formation. Commission this
week. It probably will not be
heard until the March meeting,
Woodard said he was told. Four
acres of the new school property
only eight per cent of the total are within the city limits and the
construction costs, or $26,600 district hopes to annex the other
«
Be
spell is in it's third week and the experts are predicting more
pect Hy ai.
of the same. Temperatures in the Grass Valley area have
been in the 70s,
Nevada county officials will
resume a study started last
summer to determine. if they
can legally control the activities of "hippies" who frequent
streams and streets here.
A committee was appointed
after residents of Washington
complained about the situation,
but the group has not made a
recommendation yet. Supervisor Bob Long, the board's
representative, said the committee has had trouble finding
regulations that would be legal.
The supervisors asked the
committee to make a report
on its progress,
The board also began considering the possibility of ending its contract with Sierra
Nevada and Miners hospitals for
. indigent patient.care..The counNevada County
_ Supervisors Report
ty is responsible for this service and is interested in performing it at the county's own
facility, Nevada General Hospital.
Hospital Administrator Robert Costley and County Counsel Leo Todd will study the
possibility of ending the contract.
The contract is in effect to
cover situations when people
not known to be indigents are
brought to Sierra or Miners on
an emergency basis.
Supervisor Bob Long saidambulance drivers cannot know
their status, but Todd said if
the county requires that all indigents go to Nevada General,
the other hospitals undoubtedly
will check the status closely
. before admitting people.
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