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Collection: Newspapers > Nevada County Nugget

January 27, 1971 (12 pages)

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+ ty 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 NEW FREEDOM SHARES