July 16, 1975 (8 pages)

cnet LO EOI ELT OLLI EL NEVADA COUNTY % NUGGET Ser: ‘ag the communities of Nevada Cit, Grass Valley, wed Dog. Town Talk. G ee oC q y Y ; , “ut, Grass Valley, ave zg. Town Talk. Glenbrook. Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, French Corral, Rough and Ready, Granitevil Pv Stang ota geht i rind Relief Hill, W ashington, Blue Tent, LaBarr Meadows, Cedar Ridge. Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City. Kn aia. Gane ry Vas Atle Chinee Cok, Mull Chum W ikiow Daticy im Sailor Flat, wake City, Selby HataGricd: Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill F itlow balley, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens. J z ‘ ‘ ry ‘VOLUME 50° ‘~ No. 29 10 Cents A Copy. . Wednesday, July 16, 1975 JACKSON MEADOWS in upper Nevada county is one of the popular recreation reservoirs in the area. The Nevada Irrigation District Board of Directors yesterday voted to.expand camping facilities at the lake. In front of the photo is the dam and in the background is English Mountain which still has snow on this late date. Bid awarded for Jackson Meadows Nevada Irrigation District had a large turnout Wednesday for a 2 p.m. bid opening that led to the awarding of a contract for Jackson Meadows Reservoir recreation construction work to Winchell and Small Construction of North Highlands. Nearly al! of the ten bidding companies wererepresented as Reg King, consulting engineer for the_project read the bids. After the reading only one left the room smiling, that was Jack Winchell who had submitted the low bid of $186,617. 4 His suspicion that the Winchell and Small bid would take the project was confirmed two. hours later when King returned to the board room after checking the addition on all bids. The low bid was correct to the penny. Surprisingly, considering the size of the project, it was the only bid that was added correctly, King reported. cies which ranged.up to $20,000 both high and low of announced bids were found in all other submitted bids. _ ‘The board was also happy with the bid. It is about $22,000 below the estimate of their engineers. Construction will begin soon on an-ad-50 campsites, road im© £9 Fad 4S gk dhs Mets ditional PRR SSE PR Ek provements and other facilities. The project is projected to be finished before severe weather halts the construction season. NID: also came out ahead of their engineering estimate on a second: upcoming job. The low bid for 2,243 feet of 24-inch pipe for the Long Ranch Siphon and B Canal was $40,607, nearly $10,000 below the NID estimate. Emron Pipe Products of Hayward won the contract and will provide concrete cylinder pipe with steel shell for the work. ' In a bid opening which was conducted at the last regular meeting and decision withheld for consideration, Gene Elliot of Grass Valley was awarded a contract for repair work on Wolf Mountain Road. The price of the work is $7,000 to which NID plans to add an additional $3,000 worth of road oil which they did not include in their original specifications. It was announced by Board President Francis Dobbas that bids for another NID project are now being sought and will be opened on Aug. 6. The bids will be for work in the Rollins Lake and Scotts Flat areas. The project is similar ‘to that. at Jackson Meadows and is aimed at improving _ ye PY Be 2 Seb Mike Re Paty MG de REL Seobeg tN Nis ton ae eel mcm (Skate-a-thon mark, pcatetespnnsstessseeeseeoseeatet “Skate so that others may walk” is the theme of this year’s 36-hour Skate-a-thon for Dystrophy and Nevada “county’s “Mumzy. ‘‘Mumzy » the Clown” will be there attempting to break last year’s record of $620 in pledges and second place. % Mumzy, also known as Pearls Glass, skated last year in % Sacramento for the entire 36* hours in clown costumes which » she changed 18 different times ; during the 10-minute hourly ; rest breaks. oo ' This year Mumzy will not be ‘skating alone. She will be accompanied by ‘“‘Gumpy” a three-foot maricnett? which weighs seven pounds. Mrs. ; Glass is currently contacting ; local residents for pledges * both for herself and Gumpy ; with high hopes of placing first Last year’s winner was a % Sacramento teenager who *“Mumzy’ Skating Center and. said at & ‘qharathon to be held July 196 goes for hours of skating. A field of ; over 500 entrants began at . noon on a Saturday and 230 : finished at midnight Sunday. : Of the 230 only two were adults. Mrs. Glass spent the ; time ‘‘clowning : at the Fantasia : around” times she had as many as a & and 20 at the Fantasia Skate § Center, will be given to movie * and television star Jerry % Lewis at the national telethon = on Labor Day, for thes Muscular. Dystrophys Association. Local residents are urged to ; ; participate in this year’s event by pledging now. For further =: information or to .make ® donations call 273-0144 or = brought in $1,100 for her 367343. an: ee % * F: ee : : 1 a! we SRR OO Oa aa YO OLNSN¥EOVS rT8CS6 + S794 rec NOTIOa¢ ‘ ¥O au Yl: ‘S17 I { yt A& SL-91-¢

cnet LO EOI ELT OLLI EL NEVADA COUNTY % NUGGET Ser: ‘ag the communities of Nevada Cit, Grass Valley, wed Dog. Town Talk. G ee oC q y Y ; , “ut, Grass Valley, ave zg. Town Talk. Glenbrook. Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, French Corral, Rough and Ready, Granitevil Pv Stang ota geht i rind Relief Hill, W ashington, Blue Tent, LaBarr Meadows, Cedar Ridge. Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City. Kn aia. Gane ry Vas Atle Chinee Cok, Mull Chum W ikiow Daticy im Sailor Flat, wake City, Selby HataGricd: Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill F itlow balley, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens. J z ‘ ‘ ry ‘VOLUME 50° ‘~ No. 29 10 Cents A Copy. . Wednesday, July 16, 1975 JACKSON MEADOWS in upper Nevada county is one of the popular recreation reservoirs in the area. The Nevada Irrigation District Board of Directors yesterday voted to.expand camping facilities at the lake. In front of the photo is the dam and in the background is English Mountain which still has snow on this late date. Bid awarded for Jackson Meadows Nevada Irrigation District had a large turnout Wednesday for a 2 p.m. bid opening that led to the awarding of a contract for Jackson Meadows Reservoir recreation construction work to Winchell and Small Construction of North Highlands. Nearly al! of the ten bidding companies wererepresented as Reg King, consulting engineer for the_project read the bids. After the reading only one left the room smiling, that was Jack Winchell who had submitted the low bid of $186,617. 4 His suspicion that the Winchell and Small bid would take the project was confirmed two. hours later when King returned to the board room after checking the addition on all bids. The low bid was correct to the penny. Surprisingly, considering the size of the project, it was the only bid that was added correctly, King reported. cies which ranged.up to $20,000 both high and low of announced bids were found in all other submitted bids. _ ‘The board was also happy with the bid. It is about $22,000 below the estimate of their engineers. Construction will begin soon on an-ad-50 campsites, road im© £9 Fad 4S gk dhs Mets ditional PRR SSE PR Ek provements and other facilities. The project is projected to be finished before severe weather halts the construction season. NID: also came out ahead of their engineering estimate on a second: upcoming job. The low bid for 2,243 feet of 24-inch pipe for the Long Ranch Siphon and B Canal was $40,607, nearly $10,000 below the NID estimate. Emron Pipe Products of Hayward won the contract and will provide concrete cylinder pipe with steel shell for the work. ' In a bid opening which was conducted at the last regular meeting and decision withheld for consideration, Gene Elliot of Grass Valley was awarded a contract for repair work on Wolf Mountain Road. The price of the work is $7,000 to which NID plans to add an additional $3,000 worth of road oil which they did not include in their original specifications. It was announced by Board President Francis Dobbas that bids for another NID project are now being sought and will be opened on Aug. 6. The bids will be for work in the Rollins Lake and Scotts Flat areas. The

project is similar ‘to that. at Jackson Meadows and is aimed at improving _ ye PY Be 2 Seb Mike Re Paty MG de REL Seobeg tN Nis ton ae eel mcm (Skate-a-thon mark, pcatetespnnsstessseeeseeoseeatet “Skate so that others may walk” is the theme of this year’s 36-hour Skate-a-thon for Dystrophy and Nevada “county’s “Mumzy. ‘‘Mumzy » the Clown” will be there attempting to break last year’s record of $620 in pledges and second place. % Mumzy, also known as Pearls Glass, skated last year in % Sacramento for the entire 36* hours in clown costumes which » she changed 18 different times ; during the 10-minute hourly ; rest breaks. oo ' This year Mumzy will not be ‘skating alone. She will be accompanied by ‘“‘Gumpy” a three-foot maricnett? which weighs seven pounds. Mrs. ; Glass is currently contacting ; local residents for pledges * both for herself and Gumpy ; with high hopes of placing first Last year’s winner was a % Sacramento teenager who *“Mumzy’ Skating Center and. said at & ‘qharathon to be held July 196 goes for hours of skating. A field of ; over 500 entrants began at . noon on a Saturday and 230 : finished at midnight Sunday. : Of the 230 only two were adults. Mrs. Glass spent the ; time ‘‘clowning : at the Fantasia : around” times she had as many as a & and 20 at the Fantasia Skate § Center, will be given to movie * and television star Jerry % Lewis at the national telethon = on Labor Day, for thes Muscular. Dystrophys Association. Local residents are urged to ; ; participate in this year’s event by pledging now. For further =: information or to .make ® donations call 273-0144 or = brought in $1,100 for her 367343. an: ee % * F: ee : : 1 a! we SRR OO Oa aa YO OLNSN¥EOVS rT8CS6 + S794 rec NOTIOa¢ ‘ ¥O au Yl: ‘S17 I { yt A& SL-91-¢