July 23, 1969 (12 pages)

Males, not mail bother girl letter carrier Jimmie Deardorff, Grass Valley's first female letter carrier, has most of her trouble “with attacking birds and men more interested in their maleness than their mail. S t : r While walking her city route, “which certainly has-more hills . than any of the other four walking routes", she told this reporter that men who wish to be friendly sometimes pose a problem, and "a type of blackbird swoops down on me." Mrs, Deardorff, who has been a letter carrier for three years, said she imagined she was walking near the birds' nests and they were either warning her away or trying to get hair for their nests. At any rate the birds: make a squeaking noise beforethey attack, so she has time to fend them off, she added. She came tothis area, her first time in a small town, from Long Beach where: she was. a carrier for three -years. “She visited Grass Valley in March, liked it and applied for the next vacancy ~at the. post office. In June a vacancy occurred, and she began carrying the mail here. She has only been bitten once by a dog, she said, and that was when she started her life as a postman, three years ago in Long Beach. She carries a can of "Halt", a spray which burns a dog's eyes but does no-permanent damage, to discourage attacking dogs. She has already used one can in her six weeks here, she said, and is working on her second, Mrs. Deardorff was graduated from Sacramento High School and Chico State College and has a daughter, Becky, who will enter kindergarten in the fall, She wanted to move to a small town, she said, "to get away from the problems of the cities." -She can't get used to dogs and children roaming around, said the letter carrier. In a city, dogs and-children are kept inside a fenced yard, but “here they are always _ outside the fence." She knew this area as a young girl, spending many summers at Camp. Minaluta on LakeVera, the Sacramento Camp Fire Girls. camp. She and her young daughter have visited the area since they moved here in early June. The male mailmen “have had no problems with a female letter carrier," the assistant postmaster reported and Jimmie said "we get along fine." "Td much rather be a letter carrier than work in an office," said Mrs. Deardorff, "and it pays better too. Her route, through the resi-dential area of Grass Vailey, covers from 12 to 14 miles and © she walks those miles five days a week wearing the uniform for women letter carriers. The blue wool skirt is really culottes, and her light blue cotton shirt has the postman's insignia on the left. sleeve. Sometimes, but not’ always, she wears the post-_: man's cap. The postman's letter bag slung over her shoulder, indicates to all that the walking woman is @ postman, SM LPP EC TS cAI Na A ea lh tc REO ee one a een geen LETTER CARRIER Jimmie Deardorff, true to the code of all postmen, lets nothing, dogs, birds or overly friendly men, stop her ‘appointed rounds. Optimist wilderness camp for The Optimist, Club of North Sacramento hopes by next summer to operate a wilderness camp. for handicapped children in the area of the Malakoff Diggins Historic State Park. The county planning commission Monday night unanimously approved a use permit for the camp on 300 acres near the town. of North Bloomfield. The permit stipulates that the camp meet. all requirements of the county health department, and forbids swimming in Humbug Creek, The club also must comply with fire protection recommendations made by the California Division of Forestry and Tahoe National Forest. Action came after Giles Liegerot, president of the Optimist Foundation for Handicapped Children, explained proposed plans. He said the camp site surrounded on three sides by _TNF and the state park "will be a great asset to your area." According to Liegerot the water supply will be from aspringproposed site. A filtration plant and a 15,000 gallon steel tank are planned, Plans show tents clustered around an open meadow. Main buildings and shower facilities also are a part of the design displayed at the planning commission meeting. "The land is made by God for that kind of living," contributed Hal Cox, However, the county sanitarian required that water and sewage meet all county health specifications, and that sewage not contaminate Humbug Creek, the park's water supply. Liegerot claimed his group will meet health requirements, and that swimming in the creek is not planned. f The State Department of Parks and Recreation was represented and its construction supervisor said the state agency has no objection to the camp if the park's water supply is protected, and health requirements are met, Meredith, a land owner in the area, contended he has handicapped children approved homestead rights on the camp site and water rights on Humbug Creek and its tributaries. He indicated litigation over these rights may be in the offing, and requested that the public hearing be postponed three weeks so he could obtain legal counsel, Liegerot contended that "we . purchased the land and have the deed, and if someone else owns the land, we have been taken,"’. Deputy County Counsel Brian Bishop said he had no comment on continuing the hearing, but advised the commission it is not invested with power to rule on litigation matters, which are the jurisdiction of the Superior Court. He said ifthe permit were granted it would bear no relationship to legal title. According to Liegerot the Optimist's motto is "a friend. to boys." The foundation plans to bring 60 handicapped children from Sacramento and Northern California to the camp over an eight week period during summer months. Oe (Union Photo) Nevada City Rotarians learned of the needs, aims, and activities of the Nevada County Community workshop at aluncheon meeting Thursday in The Broiler. Robert H. Vinding and Robert M. Grek, vice president of the board of directors and executive director of the shop fespectively, were guest speakers, According to Vinding, who has served as an interim executive ‘director, the shop is equipped to serve clients with physical and mental handicaps, Pine cone art and survey Stakes are being manufactured at present, but the work scope is constantly being broadened, he said, A book repair project has . been initiated, and Vinding welcomed calls from libraries and school systems, saying the shop is prepared to do book repair economically, .The clients are able to perros Seg ee as color idenon of ms, packaging; Sorting, and cleaning of parts. Directors hope to sub contract Wednesday, July 23, 1969 The Nevada County Nugget 7 Golden Empire Grange has 7th birthday fete The: Golden Empire Grange of Grass Valley ceiebrated it's seventh anniversary the evening of July 7 at the Veterans Memorial Building. A turkey potluck dinner was ~ served by the -Grarige C.W.A. with chairman Goldie’ LeRoy in charge of the arrangements. The California State Grange Master, Chester Deaver, and his wife, Doris, were present and also Pearl Conley, master of -Loomis Grange, Gertrude Shaw, secretary of the Placer Nugget Pomona Grange, Placer County District Deputy Jay’Dean and his wife Ruth and Marie Rasmussen, chairman of the Loomis C.W.A. and also president of the local ith Degree Club. Alton Healy and his wife Iva of Orangevale Grange, Stacey A. Comstock, -master of the Mt. Vernon Grange and his wife Margurite and also Opal Miller, past master Ernest Mason and his wife Irene of the Banner Grange, Nevada County District Deputy Charles Deardorf and his wife Clara of Rough and Ready Grange and also Edith Williams. Six new members were accepted and obligated by Past Master Alton Healy of the Orangevale Grange. Nina Louise Brown, Viola Peterson, Patricia Grogan, Sandra Godwin, Paul E, Grogan and Michael Carroll. State Master Chester Deaver presented the White Bible and Scroll to Sandra Godwin who is a graduate of the Golden Empire Junior Grange and welcomed her into the Golden Empire Subordinate Grange. Master Stanley A. Matthews presided at the meeting. , Workshop is explained to Rotarians with firms for these jobs. Rehabilitation is the eventual goal of sheltered workshops, and activity of hands and minds is the finest type of therapy for the handicapped, according to the speakers, They expressed’ appreciation for public cooperation in the project, and particularly to local engineers and contractors who are purchasing. survey stakes. Dr. John Howarth, program chairman, introduced the speakers, gv WINNER, AAA TRAFFIC SAFETY POSTER CONTEST

Males, not mail bother girl letter carrier Jimmie Deardorff, Grass Valley's first female letter carrier, has most of her trouble “with attacking birds and men more interested in their maleness than their mail. S t : r While walking her city route, “which certainly has-more hills . than any of the other four walking routes", she told this reporter that men who wish to be friendly sometimes pose a problem, and "a type of blackbird swoops down on me." Mrs, Deardorff, who has been a letter carrier for three years, said she imagined she was walking near the birds' nests and they were either warning her away or trying to get hair for their nests. At any rate the birds: make a squeaking noise beforethey attack, so she has time to fend them off, she added. She came tothis area, her first time in a small town, from Long Beach where: she was. a carrier for three -years. “She visited Grass Valley in March, liked it and applied for the next vacancy ~at the. post office. In June a vacancy occurred, and she began carrying the mail here. She has only been bitten once by a dog, she said, and that was when she started her life as a postman, three years ago in Long Beach. She carries a can of "Halt", a spray which burns a dog's eyes but does no-permanent damage, to discourage attacking dogs. She has already used one can in her six weeks here, she said, and is working on her second, Mrs. Deardorff was graduated from Sacramento High School and Chico State College and has a daughter, Becky, who will enter kindergarten in the fall, She wanted to move to a small town, she said, "to get away from the problems of the cities." -She can't get used to dogs and children roaming around, said the letter carrier. In a city, dogs and-children are kept inside a fenced yard, but “here they are always _ outside the fence." She knew this area as a young girl, spending many summers at Camp. Minaluta on LakeVera, the Sacramento Camp Fire Girls. camp. She and her young daughter have visited the area since they moved here in early June. The male mailmen “have had no problems with a female letter carrier," the assistant postmaster reported and Jimmie said "we get along fine." "Td much rather be a letter carrier than work in an office," said Mrs. Deardorff, "and it pays better too. Her route, through the resi-dential area of Grass Vailey, covers from 12 to 14 miles and © she walks those miles five days a week wearing the uniform for women letter carriers. The blue wool skirt is really culottes, and her light blue cotton shirt has the postman's insignia on the left. sleeve. Sometimes, but not’ always, she wears the post-_: man's cap. The postman's letter bag slung over her shoulder, indicates to all that the walking woman is @ postman, SM LPP EC TS cAI Na A ea lh tc REO ee one a een geen LETTER CARRIER Jimmie Deardorff, true to the code of all postmen, lets nothing, dogs, birds or overly friendly men, stop her ‘appointed rounds. Optimist wilderness camp for The Optimist, Club of North Sacramento hopes by next summer to operate a wilderness camp. for handicapped children in the area of the Malakoff Diggins Historic State Park. The county planning commission Monday night unanimously approved a use permit for the camp on 300 acres near the town. of North Bloomfield. The permit stipulates that the camp meet. all requirements of the county health department, and forbids swimming in Humbug Creek, The club also must comply with fire protection recommendations made by the California Division of Forestry and Tahoe National Forest. Action came after Giles Liegerot, president of the Optimist Foundation for Handicapped Children, explained proposed plans. He said the camp site surrounded on three sides by _TNF and the state park "will be a great asset to your area." According to Liegerot the water supply will be from aspringproposed site. A filtration plant and a 15,000 gallon steel tank are planned, Plans show tents clustered around an open meadow. Main buildings and shower facilities also are a part of the design displayed at the planning commission meeting. "The land is made by God for that kind of living," contributed Hal Cox, However, the county sanitarian required that water and sewage meet all county health specifications, and that sewage not contaminate Humbug Creek, the park's water supply. Liegerot claimed his group will meet health requirements,

and that swimming in the creek is not planned. f The State Department of Parks and Recreation was represented and its construction supervisor said the state agency has no objection to the camp if the park's water supply is protected, and health requirements are met, Meredith, a land owner in the area, contended he has handicapped children approved homestead rights on the camp site and water rights on Humbug Creek and its tributaries. He indicated litigation over these rights may be in the offing, and requested that the public hearing be postponed three weeks so he could obtain legal counsel, Liegerot contended that "we . purchased the land and have the deed, and if someone else owns the land, we have been taken,"’. Deputy County Counsel Brian Bishop said he had no comment on continuing the hearing, but advised the commission it is not invested with power to rule on litigation matters, which are the jurisdiction of the Superior Court. He said ifthe permit were granted it would bear no relationship to legal title. According to Liegerot the Optimist's motto is "a friend. to boys." The foundation plans to bring 60 handicapped children from Sacramento and Northern California to the camp over an eight week period during summer months. Oe (Union Photo) Nevada City Rotarians learned of the needs, aims, and activities of the Nevada County Community workshop at aluncheon meeting Thursday in The Broiler. Robert H. Vinding and Robert M. Grek, vice president of the board of directors and executive director of the shop fespectively, were guest speakers, According to Vinding, who has served as an interim executive ‘director, the shop is equipped to serve clients with physical and mental handicaps, Pine cone art and survey Stakes are being manufactured at present, but the work scope is constantly being broadened, he said, A book repair project has . been initiated, and Vinding welcomed calls from libraries and school systems, saying the shop is prepared to do book repair economically, .The clients are able to perros Seg ee as color idenon of ms, packaging; Sorting, and cleaning of parts. Directors hope to sub contract Wednesday, July 23, 1969 The Nevada County Nugget 7 Golden Empire Grange has 7th birthday fete The: Golden Empire Grange of Grass Valley ceiebrated it's seventh anniversary the evening of July 7 at the Veterans Memorial Building. A turkey potluck dinner was ~ served by the -Grarige C.W.A. with chairman Goldie’ LeRoy in charge of the arrangements. The California State Grange Master, Chester Deaver, and his wife, Doris, were present and also Pearl Conley, master of -Loomis Grange, Gertrude Shaw, secretary of the Placer Nugget Pomona Grange, Placer County District Deputy Jay’Dean and his wife Ruth and Marie Rasmussen, chairman of the Loomis C.W.A. and also president of the local ith Degree Club. Alton Healy and his wife Iva of Orangevale Grange, Stacey A. Comstock, -master of the Mt. Vernon Grange and his wife Margurite and also Opal Miller, past master Ernest Mason and his wife Irene of the Banner Grange, Nevada County District Deputy Charles Deardorf and his wife Clara of Rough and Ready Grange and also Edith Williams. Six new members were accepted and obligated by Past Master Alton Healy of the Orangevale Grange. Nina Louise Brown, Viola Peterson, Patricia Grogan, Sandra Godwin, Paul E, Grogan and Michael Carroll. State Master Chester Deaver presented the White Bible and Scroll to Sandra Godwin who is a graduate of the Golden Empire Junior Grange and welcomed her into the Golden Empire Subordinate Grange. Master Stanley A. Matthews presided at the meeting. , Workshop is explained to Rotarians with firms for these jobs. Rehabilitation is the eventual goal of sheltered workshops, and activity of hands and minds is the finest type of therapy for the handicapped, according to the speakers, They expressed’ appreciation for public cooperation in the project, and particularly to local engineers and contractors who are purchasing. survey stakes. Dr. John Howarth, program chairman, introduced the speakers, gv WINNER, AAA TRAFFIC SAFETY POSTER CONTEST