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1 0 The or County Mugget, Wednesday, January 27, 1971
Little school’s
enrollment up,
teacher hired
Kiwanis Club dtinecdek to NUHS chamber Shai
Enrollment
at
Cherokee
School is on the increase this
year to the point.of requiring a
1!
second teacher: for the first
time in more than 20 years.
Cherokee is located due north
of Nevada City between North
Bloomfield-Malakoff State Park
and North San Juan.
Mrs, Caroline Frimkess was
hired in September as a substitute as the district had an
increase of students at the start
of school. When the increase
in enrollment held during the
fall months, the board of trustees offered Mrs. Frimkess a
contract and she became a full
time teacher on Oct. 1.
Funds to pay the second
teacher come from the state,
Ed Fellersen, county superin
tendent of
schools,
said. A
school of less than 100 students is funded for teachers’
salaries through the state. The
state will pay a district one
teacher's salary for every 25
students,
Cherokee remained at 25 students or less from 1958 to 1970,
Fellersen said, with the first
increase above 25 coming last
fall. Enrollment now is 32,
—“—
==
Frederick (Fritz) Jedwill is
the principal-teacher at Cherokee, Jedwill taught at Grass
Valley last year and Mrs, Frimkess came from Los Angeles
county.
Documents on
“poor service’
THE GRASS Valley--Nevada City Kiwanis Club donated $100
to the Nevada Union High School chamber choir. The choir
made many signing appearances during the holiday season
the donations
and traveled with it's own funds. Recei
for the chamber choir is Jeff Bunnell (left). Kiwanis Club
president Milo "Mike" McKee makes the presentation.
Grand jury urges Nev. General
conversion to extended care —
sent state man
budget for this year of about
Nevada General Hospital cility in cooperation with Sierra policy making. An undue amount $69,999 and the county counsel's
should be converted to a conNevada Memorial and Miners‘, of the board's time is presently budget is about $42,000.
Written documents conc
valescent or extended care facilwhich latter hospitals would then consumed in acting as a board
Roy Shaw was foreman of the
an accusation that the farmity, the 1969-70 grand jury feels. specialize in the care of acute of grievances. Most of these
1969-70 grand jury. Other mem. home advisor's office is giving
matters
could
be
handled
quickThe grand jury's report, cases,"
bers were William F. Black"poor service" to Nevada coun; issued Friday, alsorecommends
— County administrator. ly and efficiently by an administy will be forwarded to the aS: hiring a county administrator "Considering (Nevada county's) trative officer, freeing the ledge, Julie Bramkamp, John
sistant state director of the and financing that office by $7 million yearly budget, its 64 board's time for much needed T. Casey Jr., Thomas Crosswhite, Robert W. Downing, John
program,
savings the grand jury anticidiverse budgetary units and its long range planning.
"The budget preparation proEvens, Ruth Frantz, Fred GerCounty supervisors this week pates in another recommenda37 different planning units, it
ordered that the documents, intion —transferring county counappears obvious that there is cedure in Nevada county is a nandt, Gertrude B. Gillis,
Roy A, Hayward, Frieda Hedcluding a petition signed by 39 sel duties to the district atan urgent need for a full-time, piecemeal operation, each part
rick,
Beatrice Hoge, Karl Kutdissatisfied Nevada county 4-H torney's office,
professionally-trained, experbeing constructed by a different
tel,
Lynn
Roath, Eric Schindleaders, be sent toStephen CarlHere is what the grand jury fenced administrator to coordepartment head. A budget totalson, assistant state director of said in each of those areas: dinate an operation of this maging over $7-million should not helm, Donald R. Schmidt, Nanagricultural extension at the
— Nevada General, "Since nitude. Only in this manner can be. presented in a fragmentary cy Wilkins and Jean P. Haley.
University of California at April, 1969, all of the recomNevada county attain maximum fashion. When carefully preparDavis,
, mendations made by the 1967efficiency at minimum cost." ed and presented as an overall
Carlson defended the service 1968 grand jury concerning NeThe grand jury notes that the document, a budget can enable
at last week's board meeting vada General Hospital have been 1970 audit recommended three the supervisors to see clearly
and claimed that "we are doing carried out,
alternates — administrator, the overall cost and financial
everything we can to provide
"The hospital is in good physiexecutive secretary or finance responsibility ofthe county along.
equitable service,
cal repair and is attractive and director, The grand jury favors with a clear definition of serChairman Dean Lawrence well run, However, it is being "the ‘more typical’ county advices presented.
added another chapter to the operated on the assumption that ministrator, with the idea that
"The effectiveness of this
dispute when she asked that state and federal money in the the other two alternatives are position will be dependent uyon
Carlson be informed of details form of Medicare and Medi-Cal stop gap remedies only. This the quality of the administrativ.
of alleged disrespectful treatassistance will continue at its problem has been so long being officer. We recommend that the _ The 49er Fire Department
ment of a 12-year-old 4-H girl, mid-1970 level, and this is an solved, at this time we feel it position be filled after careful volunteers answered its first
serious house fire call Thurswho won a bronze plaque at a assumption,
should be solved in the best screening and that the adminisday in 12 months, assistant fire
meeting. The allegation contrator be directly responsible
"The question in April of 1969 possible manner."
cheif Mike Luzmoor reported.
cerned failure to take a picis still the question today: Can
Other grand jury comments to the board of supervisors and
A fireplace fire was reportture for Nevada county when Nevada county afford to run a Cencerning the administrator inhold the job at their discretion."
ed
at the Patrick Roberts home
other award winners were pho— County Counsel "We sugfully equipped, acute care hosclude:
at 4:25 p.m. on Bergeran Lane,
gest
that
the
county
counsel
tographed,
pital in competition with Sierra "Hiring of a county adminisoff Murchie Road.
.
Nevada Memorial Hospital and trative officer should in no way duties be transferred back to
The
floor
around
the
fireplace
be viewed as a dereliction of the district attorney as they was damaged, Luzmoor said.
Miners’ Hospital?
"Ideally, hospital care in the duty or a lessening of responhad been prior to about 1963,
The volunteers put out a few
"Our reasons were twofold,
county should be complesibilities on the part of the
brush and grass fires during the
One
was
the
elimination
of
dupmentary: The committee feels board of supervisors, The board
lication and the other was to summer but the fire on Thursthat Nevada General could best .of supervisors’ prime responsiday was the first fire in a year
that of long save money.
be run as:the community's .con-. , bility, should
involving damage to -a home,
"The
district
attorney
has
a
Valescent or extended care farange‘Pann ei decision ‘and
49er firemen
have Ist house
blaze in year
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FREEDOM
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