January 31, 1968 (12 pages)

rEHIOUICALS SECTION CAL GT UIGRARY Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, French Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, Washington, Blue Tent, La Batr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore‘s Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens, : _Yolume 45 _ 10 Cents A Copy Published Wednesdays, Nevada City _ PARKED CARS like this one were commonplace in this area today as snow continued to clog A man walking into Grass Valley from Colfax Road said he tried to roads and stall traffic, "hitch a ride but there were no cars.” NID Cascade Ditch, other channels out Western -Nevada County staggered today under a new onslaught of snow which left more than three quarters of the area without electricity, createdtraffic havoc, closed schools, and paralyzed normal activities, Cascade Canal, the main water conveyor to Grass Valley, Alta Hill and the surrounding area, was lost, and crews were trying to find the breakthrough about Il a.m. as snow continuedtofall. © Del Hedges, water superintendent for Nevada Irrigation District, said the district had some reservoir storage and "we may be able to hold on." But the picture was not bright. Wheeler Acres and environs were expected to be out of water. Hedges cautioned users. not to -waste water. He saidtaps should not be allowed to drip. and pipes should be wrapped if people feared they would freeze. "We don't know when we'll get out of this," Hedges said. NID troubles mounted with the continued fall of snow. The Snow Mountain ditch at the upper end of Scotts Flat reservoir went out and most of the “lower. country" small ditches were plugged by snow. Snow clogged Herring ditch off Cascade Canal on Banner Mountain and the Grass Valley ditch overflowed. The Cedar Ridge area was out of water due toa temporary power failure. The irrigation district reported no great number of phone calls because “people are usually very considerate at such times as these," The division of highways reported more than a foot of wet snow fell to bring the total pack in the Grass Valley and Nevada City area to 21 inches, Highway 20 was closed to through traffic at Washington Junction with chains required from Penn Valley to the junction, Interstate 80 was closed at 10:40 a.m, until further notice due to lack of visibility. Chains were required on all highways within the county and in Nevada City and Grass Valley. Applegate was the chainup point on Interstate 80. An early weather forecast indicated the storm would continue throughout the day. Hospital spokesman at Sierra Nevada, Miners, and Nevada General said switches to auxiliary power were made without incident, when power failed. However, the sheriff's office, the only county department without auxiliary power was without electricity between 5 and 6 a.m. when its facility failed temporarily. ; "WEDNESDAY, JAN. 31, 1968 Halcomb’s Teaching License Is Restored Daniel Halcomb, who became the center of a controversy over his involvement in a marijuana investigation last fall, finally has received renewal of his. provisional teaching credential. The renewal Wednesday came almost four months after his previous credential expired, which happened in the midst of a public and private debate in the community over the facts and propriety of Halcomb helping the. sheriff's office investigate marijuana use among teen-agers here, Halcomb was granted his credential by the State Credentials Committee, which held a hearing into his case Wednesday afternoon. Robert Coffman, an attorney for the State Department of Education, confirmed to Grass Valley Supt. Vernon Bond this morning that the credential was granted. Still unanswered is. whether Halcomb is entitled to his old job as a Grass Valley elementary school teacher, or whether in fact he will seek it. Halcomb feels he is entitled to be returned to his teaching position. He said he was told by the credentials committee that approval of the certificate "entitles me to my job back." However; Halcomb added that "I have nd immediate comment yet what /I /plan to do now." He_said wants to "talk to some people-first." Halcomb's involvement in an August marijuana case became public when he sought a temporary county teaching certificate and said his activities had been on behalf of the sheriff's office. "You can say I'm pleased about it," Halcomb said of the credential renewal. * Asst. County Counsel Brian Bishop told The Union his office will not issue an official opinion unless Halcomb does seek his job or back pay and the school board requests an opinion, Informally, Bishop said Halcomb is not entitled to retroactive pay because he did not perform services during the months involved. The attorney-indi-ated his office's opinion pi obably also will be the school district may, if if wishes, rehire Halcomb, but is not bound to do so by law. Bishop feels Halcomb's contract with the district ended vhen Halcomb became unable to qualify fora teaching position because of his lack of a credential. Last October, the State Credentials Committee rejected Halcomb's request on_ the grounds his activities had not been compatible with the teaching profession. Halcomb then asked for aformal hearing, which was held Wednesday. Halcomb taught at Hennessy School last year, but was relieved first of classroom duties, then of his job, last fall. His previous credential expired Sept. 30, and he was removed from a special curriculum study job on that day. Halcomb's involvement in an August marijuana case became public when he sought a temporary county teaching certificate and said his activities had been on behalf of the sheriff's office. a ___The county school board yoted 3=2 twice to grant rtificate, but a majority vote of all seven members was required. The Grass Valley board dramatically asked both Sheriff Wayne Brown and Dist. Atty. Harold Berliner to publicly reveal Halcomb's role in the marijuana investigation. Both men said Halcomb had been in contact with Sheriff's Deputy John Grothe and was in effect acting as an agent of the sheriff's office. Storm causes hardship and some oddities The current snowstorm in western Nevada county, already being likened to some of the big ones of the past, is causing plenty of hardship to western Nevada county residents, and a few odd occurences too. Many people didn't make it to work today, as they just could not get their vehicles from their homes through deep drifts on their driveways and residential streets to the slightly more firm footing of main arterials. Power outages added to the hardships, putting local folks a little closer to pioneer status. But most of them stilll managed to stay reasonably awayfrom the worst of the weather in their homes or, if they made it, in their offices. _ The oddities also were caused by the power, actually too much power--a problem many aren't having today. ‘ During the early morning hours, some citizens were jolted awake by a blip from their telephones, ss

rEHIOUICALS SECTION CAL GT UIGRARY Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, French Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, Washington, Blue Tent, La Batr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore‘s Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens, : _Yolume 45 _ 10 Cents A Copy Published Wednesdays, Nevada City _ PARKED CARS like this one were commonplace in this area today as snow continued to clog A man walking into Grass Valley from Colfax Road said he tried to roads and stall traffic, "hitch a ride but there were no cars.” NID Cascade Ditch, other channels out Western -Nevada County staggered today under a new onslaught of snow which left more than three quarters of the area without electricity, createdtraffic havoc, closed schools, and paralyzed normal activities, Cascade Canal, the main water conveyor to Grass Valley, Alta Hill and the surrounding area, was lost, and crews were trying to find the breakthrough about Il a.m. as snow continuedtofall. © Del Hedges, water superintendent for Nevada Irrigation District, said the district had some reservoir storage and "we may be able to hold on." But the picture was not bright. Wheeler Acres and environs were expected to be out of water. Hedges cautioned users. not to -waste water. He saidtaps should not be allowed to drip. and pipes should be wrapped if people feared they would freeze. "We don't know when we'll get out of this," Hedges said. NID troubles mounted with the continued fall of snow. The Snow Mountain ditch at the upper end of Scotts Flat reservoir went out and most of the “lower. country" small ditches were plugged by snow. Snow clogged Herring ditch off Cascade Canal on Banner Mountain and the Grass Valley ditch overflowed. The Cedar Ridge area was out of water due toa temporary power failure. The irrigation district reported no great number of phone calls because “people are usually very considerate at such times as these," The division of highways reported more than a foot of wet snow fell to bring the total pack in the Grass Valley and Nevada City area to 21 inches, Highway 20 was closed to through traffic at Washington Junction with chains required from Penn Valley to the junction, Interstate 80 was closed at 10:40 a.m, until further notice due to lack of visibility. Chains were required on all highways within the county and in Nevada City and Grass Valley. Applegate was the chainup point on Interstate 80. An early weather forecast indicated the storm would continue throughout the day. Hospital spokesman at Sierra Nevada, Miners, and Nevada General said switches to auxiliary power were made without incident, when power failed. However, the sheriff's office, the only county department without auxiliary power was without electricity between 5 and 6 a.m. when its facility failed temporarily. ; "WEDNESDAY, JAN. 31, 1968 Halcomb’s Teaching License Is Restored Daniel Halcomb, who became the center of a controversy over his involvement in a marijuana investigation last fall, finally has received renewal of his. provisional teaching credential. The renewal Wednesday came almost four months after his previous credential expired, which happened in the midst of a public and private debate in the community over the facts and propriety of Halcomb helping the. sheriff's office investigate marijuana use among teen-agers here, Halcomb was granted his credential by the State Credentials Committee, which held a hearing into his case Wednesday afternoon. Robert Coffman, an attorney for the State Department of Education, confirmed to Grass Valley Supt. Vernon Bond this morning that the credential was granted. Still unanswered is. whether Halcomb is entitled to his old job as a Grass Valley elementary school teacher, or whether in fact he will seek it.

Halcomb feels he is entitled to be returned to his teaching position. He said he was told by the credentials committee that approval of the certificate "entitles me to my job back." However; Halcomb added that "I have nd immediate comment yet what /I /plan to do now." He_said wants to "talk to some people-first." Halcomb's involvement in an August marijuana case became public when he sought a temporary county teaching certificate and said his activities had been on behalf of the sheriff's office. "You can say I'm pleased about it," Halcomb said of the credential renewal. * Asst. County Counsel Brian Bishop told The Union his office will not issue an official opinion unless Halcomb does seek his job or back pay and the school board requests an opinion, Informally, Bishop said Halcomb is not entitled to retroactive pay because he did not perform services during the months involved. The attorney-indi-ated his office's opinion pi obably also will be the school district may, if if wishes, rehire Halcomb, but is not bound to do so by law. Bishop feels Halcomb's contract with the district ended vhen Halcomb became unable to qualify fora teaching position because of his lack of a credential. Last October, the State Credentials Committee rejected Halcomb's request on_ the grounds his activities had not been compatible with the teaching profession. Halcomb then asked for aformal hearing, which was held Wednesday. Halcomb taught at Hennessy School last year, but was relieved first of classroom duties, then of his job, last fall. His previous credential expired Sept. 30, and he was removed from a special curriculum study job on that day. Halcomb's involvement in an August marijuana case became public when he sought a temporary county teaching certificate and said his activities had been on behalf of the sheriff's office. a ___The county school board yoted 3=2 twice to grant rtificate, but a majority vote of all seven members was required. The Grass Valley board dramatically asked both Sheriff Wayne Brown and Dist. Atty. Harold Berliner to publicly reveal Halcomb's role in the marijuana investigation. Both men said Halcomb had been in contact with Sheriff's Deputy John Grothe and was in effect acting as an agent of the sheriff's office. Storm causes hardship and some oddities The current snowstorm in western Nevada county, already being likened to some of the big ones of the past, is causing plenty of hardship to western Nevada county residents, and a few odd occurences too. Many people didn't make it to work today, as they just could not get their vehicles from their homes through deep drifts on their driveways and residential streets to the slightly more firm footing of main arterials. Power outages added to the hardships, putting local folks a little closer to pioneer status. But most of them stilll managed to stay reasonably awayfrom the worst of the weather in their homes or, if they made it, in their offices. _ The oddities also were caused by the power, actually too much power--a problem many aren't having today. ‘ During the early morning hours, some citizens were jolted awake by a blip from their telephones, ss