January 27, 1966 (16 pages)

id 996T “0% Arenuef***3983nN Aun0D epeAon®* se SONNY LARSON, president of the Grass Valley Jaycees, (left) congratulates Bob Long after Long was named Saturday night as the Outstanding Young Man of the Year. Peter Ingram, a former winner of the award who presented the trophy, looks on. Grass Valley Jaycees Name Bob Long As Area's Outstanding Young Man Grass Valley insurance salesman and former pro football star, Bob Long was named Saturday night" as Western Nevada County's Outstanding Young Man of the Year, The award was made at the Distinguished Service Awards GUY FAIRCHILDE, State Department of Water Resources, discussed the county's recreation potential at the awards banquet Saturday night in Nevada City. banquet of the Grass Valley Jaycees at The Broiler in Nevada ‘City. Louis Belli, manager of Van Gas in Glenbrook and employer of Jaycee president, Sonny Larson, was named Boss of the Year at the dinner attended by 75 Jaycees, wives, guests and local officials, R, Peter Ingram of Nevada City, a former winner of Outstanding Young Man Award, made the presentation to Long. He cited Long's church work, his work on the successful recent high school bond issue, his meinbership in the Grass Valley Rotary Club, his youth activities and his work as line coach with the Nevada Union High School football team, Long majored in business administration at UCLA. In his senior year, he was named the outstanding player of the Shriner's football game, He was soon drafted by the Los Angeles Rams, but was later traded to Detroit where he played for five years. He was later traded back to the Rams where he played for two years before ending his career with a year on the Dallas Cowboys, He came to this area in 1963, He and his wife, the former Betty Jo-Majors of Grass Valley, live on Slate Creek Road, ~ Guy ‘airchilde, planner with the State Department of Water Resources, was the main speaker of the evening. He said Nevada County wasin the center of “one of the most fantastic water development areas of any place at any time." He said the state was growing at an amazing rate and recreation room for all of these people would have to be found, Fairchilde said he was happy to see the county planning director at the dinner, He said he was enthusiastic about planning because the development going on here now would bring about profound changes in the future, Volume 41 Number 4 10 Cents A Copy brook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Humbug, Relief Hill, Washington, Blue Tent, LaBarr Meadows, go Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Septch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, fat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Published Thursdays, Nevada City irium Tremens. January 27, 1966 Grass Valley Area Is Picked For Junkyard Screening Plan Beauty has finally come to the Grass Valley area. Itisnonetoo soon, The area just south of the city limits on Highway 49 last week received the dubious honor of being one of five in the state to be the first to receive federal highway beautification funds to hide junkyards, The California Highway Commission last week granted authority to the State Division of Highways to expend $93,000 for the planting to screen junkyards from view along public highways, All of the funds will come from the federal government under the new Highway Beautification Act. The money is administered by the state after project areas have been selected by the state and then reviewed and approved by the federal Bureau of Public Roads, The Grass Valley area project on Highway 49 takes second place only to Route 17 near San Quentin in order of priority listing. Other areas picked for junkyard disguise are Route 88 near Martel; Route 99 near Madera and Route 99 near Atwater, “Because we do not want to waste any time, " State Highway Engineer Jasper C, Womack said in arelease last week, “the Division has completed basic plans for 15 of these projects, We will advertise for bids on about five each month during the next 90 days," County's Fight Program Has Nevada County's fight to keep a Truckee sheriff's deputy from being forced to pay back retirement pay to the state has now reached the State Senate. Nevada County Auditor-Controller John T, Trauner, who has been in the center of the controversy along with county personnel commission chairman, Mrs. Lou Kennedy, told the Nugget this week that State Senator Paul J, Lunardi had prepared a bill to modify the law requiring that employees pay back retirement money they have taken out of a city operated system if that city later joins the State Employees Retirement Plan, The Nugget, in a special report Jan. 6, reported: the case of Deputy Robert Schooley who had been informed by the state that he would have to repay $2,200 © of his own money he had withThe Highway 49 project south of Grass Valley is the only one in District III although four or five more are being considered according to officials in the district office in Marysville. The Grass Valley junkyard screening will take place along the east side of the highway. State plans call for start of the work before June 30. The work of landscaping and planting of fast growing trees or shrubs will cost an estimated $5,000. Nevada City Chamber Will Install Officers Saturday Ralph Friedrich will be installed Saturday night as president of the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce at the annual meeting in the Victorian Room of the Nation‘al Hotel, Friedrich was elected this year Ralph Friedrich toa full term after filling out the unexpired term of John Reed who resigned last year, Assemblyman Gene Chappie of Cool will be the featured speaker of the evening. He will discuss the recreation possibilities in " Nevada County, Bob Paine will act as master of ceremonies and Robert Wood, manager of the Sacramento Valley Council of the Califomia Chamber of Commerce, will be the installing officer. _ Mary Lou Steger will be installed as vice president and the following new directors will also officially take over their duties: Arlene Miller, Charles Allert, Larry Farchi, Paul Bergemann, Jr., Jerry Smith and Don Hoagland. Hold over directors are Dick Knee and Babe Childers, Friedrich has announced that the evening will also feature some surprise entertainment, The cocktail hour will start at 6:30 p.m. and dinner will be served at 7:30, With State Retirement Moved Up To The Senate drawn from the City of Vallejo retirement program back into the State Retirement Plan. He is also being asked to pay $800 interest. Since Schooley left Vallejo, the city joined the state plan, Nevada County hadno retirement plan when Schooley came here, but has since joined the state program, By paying back the money he had withdrawn from Vallejo, Schooley would receive retirement credit for his nine years of service with that city, There is only one drawback--he does: not have the money andat his present salary it would take one third of his pay over a five year period to pay it back, The alternative is to quit. The matter was picked up by Trauner and Mrs. Kennedy and taken to the otfice of Senator Lunardi, After consultation with state officials of the state retirement plan, they were told the law was mandatory, Lunardi asked for a legal opinion. Late last week Trauner was notified that the law had been ruled mandatory, but that the state had stopped all action to force Schooley to make repayment until a determination was made on a legislative remedy of the situation, Lunardi already has the bill which would simply give the employee a choice in the matter, If the bill does not go through, the state will start action again to get Schooley to repay the money, Trauner says he will refuse to attach the deputy’s salary and if and when the case. gets to that point, the next step will be to go to the courts, *JTTBD §6 OFUELeUcES AAVAQET 0989S “JTTED woTZoSS ST BOTPOTUSy

id 996T “0% Arenuef***3983nN Aun0D epeAon®* se SONNY LARSON, president of the Grass Valley Jaycees, (left) congratulates Bob Long after Long was named Saturday night as the Outstanding Young Man of the Year. Peter Ingram, a former winner of the award who presented the trophy, looks on. Grass Valley Jaycees Name Bob Long As Area's Outstanding Young Man Grass Valley insurance salesman and former pro football star, Bob Long was named Saturday night" as Western Nevada County's Outstanding Young Man of the Year, The award was made at the Distinguished Service Awards GUY FAIRCHILDE, State Department of Water Resources, discussed the county's recreation potential at the awards banquet Saturday night in Nevada City. banquet of the Grass Valley Jaycees at The Broiler in Nevada ‘City. Louis Belli, manager of Van Gas in Glenbrook and employer of Jaycee president, Sonny Larson, was named Boss of the Year at the dinner attended by 75 Jaycees, wives, guests and local officials, R, Peter Ingram of Nevada City, a former winner of Outstanding Young Man Award, made the presentation to Long. He cited Long's church work, his work on the successful recent high school bond issue, his meinbership in the Grass Valley Rotary Club, his youth activities and his work as line coach with the Nevada Union High School football team, Long majored in business administration at UCLA. In his senior year, he was named the outstanding player of the Shriner's football game, He was soon drafted by the Los Angeles Rams, but was later traded to Detroit where he played for five years. He was later traded back to the Rams where he played for two years before ending his career with a year on the Dallas Cowboys, He came to this area in 1963, He and his wife, the former Betty Jo-Majors of Grass Valley, live on Slate Creek Road, ~ Guy ‘airchilde, planner with the State Department of Water Resources, was the main speaker of the evening. He said Nevada County wasin the center of “one of the most fantastic water development areas of any place at any time." He said the state was growing at an amazing rate and recreation room for all of these people would have to be found, Fairchilde said he was happy to see the county planning director at the dinner, He said he was enthusiastic about planning because the development going on here now would bring about profound changes in the future, Volume 41 Number 4 10 Cents A Copy brook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Humbug, Relief Hill, Washington, Blue Tent, LaBarr Meadows, go Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Septch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, fat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Published Thursdays, Nevada City irium Tremens. January 27, 1966 Grass Valley Area Is Picked For Junkyard Screening Plan Beauty has finally come to the Grass Valley area. Itisnonetoo soon, The area just south of the city limits on Highway 49 last week received the dubious honor of being one of five in the state to be the first to receive federal highway beautification funds to hide junkyards, The California Highway Commission last week granted authority to the State Division of Highways to expend $93,000 for the planting to screen junkyards from view along public highways, All of the funds will come from the federal government under the new Highway Beautification Act. The money is administered by the state after project areas have been selected by the state and then reviewed and approved by the federal Bureau of Public Roads, The Grass Valley area project on Highway 49 takes second place only to Route 17 near San Quentin in order of priority listing. Other areas picked for junkyard disguise are Route 88 near Martel; Route 99 near Madera and Route 99 near Atwater, “Because we do not want to waste any time, " State Highway Engineer Jasper C, Womack said in arelease last week, “the Division has completed basic plans for 15 of these projects, We will advertise for bids on

about five each month during the next 90 days," County's Fight Program Has Nevada County's fight to keep a Truckee sheriff's deputy from being forced to pay back retirement pay to the state has now reached the State Senate. Nevada County Auditor-Controller John T, Trauner, who has been in the center of the controversy along with county personnel commission chairman, Mrs. Lou Kennedy, told the Nugget this week that State Senator Paul J, Lunardi had prepared a bill to modify the law requiring that employees pay back retirement money they have taken out of a city operated system if that city later joins the State Employees Retirement Plan, The Nugget, in a special report Jan. 6, reported: the case of Deputy Robert Schooley who had been informed by the state that he would have to repay $2,200 © of his own money he had withThe Highway 49 project south of Grass Valley is the only one in District III although four or five more are being considered according to officials in the district office in Marysville. The Grass Valley junkyard screening will take place along the east side of the highway. State plans call for start of the work before June 30. The work of landscaping and planting of fast growing trees or shrubs will cost an estimated $5,000. Nevada City Chamber Will Install Officers Saturday Ralph Friedrich will be installed Saturday night as president of the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce at the annual meeting in the Victorian Room of the Nation‘al Hotel, Friedrich was elected this year Ralph Friedrich toa full term after filling out the unexpired term of John Reed who resigned last year, Assemblyman Gene Chappie of Cool will be the featured speaker of the evening. He will discuss the recreation possibilities in " Nevada County, Bob Paine will act as master of ceremonies and Robert Wood, manager of the Sacramento Valley Council of the Califomia Chamber of Commerce, will be the installing officer. _ Mary Lou Steger will be installed as vice president and the following new directors will also officially take over their duties: Arlene Miller, Charles Allert, Larry Farchi, Paul Bergemann, Jr., Jerry Smith and Don Hoagland. Hold over directors are Dick Knee and Babe Childers, Friedrich has announced that the evening will also feature some surprise entertainment, The cocktail hour will start at 6:30 p.m. and dinner will be served at 7:30, With State Retirement Moved Up To The Senate drawn from the City of Vallejo retirement program back into the State Retirement Plan. He is also being asked to pay $800 interest. Since Schooley left Vallejo, the city joined the state plan, Nevada County hadno retirement plan when Schooley came here, but has since joined the state program, By paying back the money he had withdrawn from Vallejo, Schooley would receive retirement credit for his nine years of service with that city, There is only one drawback--he does: not have the money andat his present salary it would take one third of his pay over a five year period to pay it back, The alternative is to quit. The matter was picked up by Trauner and Mrs. Kennedy and taken to the otfice of Senator Lunardi, After consultation with state officials of the state retirement plan, they were told the law was mandatory, Lunardi asked for a legal opinion. Late last week Trauner was notified that the law had been ruled mandatory, but that the state had stopped all action to force Schooley to make repayment until a determination was made on a legislative remedy of the situation, Lunardi already has the bill which would simply give the employee a choice in the matter, If the bill does not go through, the state will start action again to get Schooley to repay the money, Trauner says he will refuse to attach the deputy’s salary and if and when the case. gets to that point, the next step will be to go to the courts, *JTTBD §6 OFUELeUcES AAVAQET 0989S “JTTED woTZoSS ST BOTPOTUSy