July 23, 1975 (8 pages)

* ye : ~ July 23, 1975 Wed., The Nevada County Nugget 3 — 4 S MR. AND MRS. LENIHAN Mark Lenihan was somewhat reluctant to spend $100 to send his wife, Tina, to Southern California to appear ‘on the “Concentration” game show but it turned out to be the best investment he ever made. The young Grass Valley woman came home a winner with a total of $5,694.47 in prizes. Tina wrote to the game show, hosted by Jack Narz, in April and received a-notice to call for an appointment sometime in June. On the 30th she traveled to the studio, took a test of 35-puzzles, was interviewed and given the word that “maybe” they would be giving her a call. The call came all right — the very next day and she was asked to re the studios on July 2. After con ‘ siderable thought and discussion Mark . finally decided it “‘might be worth it” receiving as her prizes, including a 1975 compact car. Other items include a pair of “‘his and her” bikes, a dishwasher, a luxury weekend for the couple at Marina Del Rey complete with limousine service, a stereo, queen-size water bed, an ice cream maker and $25 worth of candy. Messages on the game board which Tina deciphered included “Go for broke” and “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.”’ Then she went on to the “double play’? game with 10-seconds to figure them out. . According to the lucky young woman-she “can’t remember what the first message‘ was” — just that she guessed it within three seconds. The second message, “Jeannie with the light brown hair,” she decoded in seven seconds just as the buzzer sounded. TV appearance profitable . _ and Tina left again. This time when site returned she had a list of items she will be soon Air time for the show will be . sometime in September with the exact date to be announced later. a, Earl G. Waters Cal-Expo’s future? Struggling with the perennial problem of what to do with the California State Exposition, the new director of Parks, Herbert Rhodes, has called for another study. Going back to the studies which conceived the Exposition to replace the old state fair, probably more money has been spent on studies than on capital improvements for the facility. Even now Assembly woman Pauline Davis is undertaking ‘another legislative study, seeking ways to keep Cal Expo alive _ The original concept envisoned an attraction equal to Disneyland. But the smal] band of enthusiasts for such a scheme were never able to persuade those with the purse strings. Underfinanced, the operation has been a continual fiasco. Other than horse racing its main attraction is a poor replica of the old fair. So lacking in lure has it become that even the exhibitors have lost interest With 58 fairs in California, 10st of them better than t! Sacrmento show, who neec nother fair? But there is y to salvage Cal Expo a’ urn it into something w 1 would bring people from parts of the country. It is so simply accomplished there is no need for more studies. This would be to establish a year around exhibit of what California is and does. What a marvel it would be if every state agency placed on exhibit dramatic evidence of what it is. It would be a true museum of California, and operated year around, would have them standing in line. The various efforts to gain cooperation of industry to exhibit have been marked failurs. Who wants to spend many for displays in desolation? But if the state took the lead by establishing a basic attraction of its own. that brought good year around attendance, industry, business, and agriculture would be pounding on the doors for space to show their wares. Cal Expo presently operates on a budget allocation of slightly more than $2 million. Much of the funds which come into its hands is consumed by debt retirement obligations. It is the only one of all the California fairs that was ever required to finance its own capital outlay. This is the primary reason the operation has been such a colossal flop. Having no money to develop the facilities it has been compelled to make concession contracts of long duration in return for agreements: whereby the concessionaires would provide capital improvements. These contracts have not only proved stifling but poor revenue producers as well. Furthermore, because major revenues are being derived from racing, that has overshadowed everything else. If Cal Expo is to be continued those having the decision making authority must forget the old fair concept of a typically seasonal agricultural exhibit, bolstered by racing and a dubious carnival. People do not need to travel to Sacramento for that and those in the southland aren’t about to. They have better fairs in their own backyard. The same is true of almost any part of the state. However, a remarkable success has. been made-of the Museum of Science and Industry operated year round by the Sixth Agricultural District in Los Angeles. The Sacramento exposition could be developed along similar lines but with the nucleus and immediate development being an exhibition ‘of the functions of California government. If the governor or the legislature would require each state agency to allocate just % of one percent of their operating budgets to exhibit, the success would be assured. For that would provide $7% million annually to create and maintain the exhibits. If one half of that were paid to Cal Expo for rent it would provide one and a half times more than the state now allocates to it. There is nothing novel about taxing agencies for the operations of other state functions. All state agencies presently are charged proportionate shares for the operations of the departments of Finance and General Services as well as the Legislature and the Attorney-General. They could even continue to have the seasonal fair. This could become much more attractive if a system whereby only the winners of the county and district fairs were permitted to compete. Since good things attract other good things the operation might well surprise everyone by not only becoming self-sufficient but eventually a revenue producer. As it stands it is nothing but a drag and should be abandoned if no one imaginative enough to see its potential has the energy or desire to make it something of value. 'GO CLASSIFIED! ota PME Ms eed Party for retiring NC bank manager A party honoring Willard City Bank of America office, Rose, retiring manager of Georgene Wasley 265-4556, by Bank of America’s Nevada July 25. City office, will be held . Saturday, August 2 at the Nevada City Elks Club. Cocktails will start at 6:30 with dinner at 8 p.m. . Rose has been manager of the Nevada City office since 1953. He began his banking career in 1936 as a junior clerk at the San Francisco central office and was first promoted to officer status in 1941 while at the Los Gatos branch. He held lending positions in Los Gatos-Saratoga, Grass Valley, Colfax and Marysville before coming to Nevada City. Reservations for the retirement dinner can be made by ‘calling the Nevada “I'M SURPRISED AT A SMART RACCOON LIKE YOU “STICKING HIS HEAD IN AN OLD SALMON CAN ANYWAYS! > cay reppin vienna aie onSteeae

* ye : ~ July 23, 1975 Wed., The Nevada County Nugget 3 — 4 S MR. AND MRS. LENIHAN Mark Lenihan was somewhat reluctant to spend $100 to send his wife, Tina, to Southern California to appear ‘on the “Concentration” game show but it turned out to be the best investment he ever made. The young Grass Valley woman came home a winner with a total of $5,694.47 in prizes. Tina wrote to the game show, hosted by Jack Narz, in April and received a-notice to call for an appointment sometime in June. On the 30th she traveled to the studio, took a test of 35-puzzles, was interviewed and given the word that “maybe” they would be giving her a call. The call came all right — the very next day and she was asked to re the studios on July 2. After con ‘ siderable thought and discussion Mark . finally decided it “‘might be worth it” receiving as her prizes, including a 1975 compact car. Other items include a pair of “‘his and her” bikes, a dishwasher, a luxury weekend for the couple at Marina Del Rey complete with limousine service, a stereo, queen-size water bed, an ice cream maker and $25 worth of candy. Messages on the game board which Tina deciphered included “Go for broke” and “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.”’ Then she went on to the “double play’? game with 10-seconds to figure them out. . According to the lucky young woman-she “can’t remember what the first message‘ was” — just that she guessed it within three seconds. The second message, “Jeannie with the light brown hair,” she decoded in seven seconds just as the buzzer sounded. TV appearance profitable . _ and Tina left again. This time when site returned she had a list of items she will be soon Air time for the show will be . sometime in September with the exact date to be announced later. a, Earl G. Waters Cal-Expo’s future? Struggling with the perennial problem of what to do with the California State Exposition, the new director of Parks, Herbert Rhodes, has called for another study. Going back to the studies which conceived the Exposition to replace the old state fair, probably more money has been spent on studies than on capital improvements for the facility. Even now Assembly woman Pauline Davis is undertaking ‘another legislative study, seeking ways to keep Cal Expo alive _ The original concept envisoned an attraction equal to Disneyland. But the smal] band of enthusiasts for such a scheme were never able to persuade those with the purse strings. Underfinanced, the operation has been a continual fiasco. Other than horse racing its main attraction is a poor replica of the old fair. So lacking in lure has it become that even the exhibitors have lost interest With 58 fairs in California, 10st of them better than t! Sacrmento show, who neec nother fair? But there is y to salvage Cal Expo a’ urn it into something w 1 would bring people from parts of the country. It is so simply accomplished there is no need for more studies. This would be to establish a year around exhibit of what California is and does. What a marvel it would be if every state agency placed on exhibit dramatic evidence of what it is. It would be a true museum of California, and operated year around, would have them standing in line. The various efforts to gain cooperation of industry to exhibit have been marked failurs. Who wants to spend many for displays in desolation? But if the state took the lead by establishing a basic attraction of its own. that brought good year around attendance, industry, business, and agriculture would be pounding on the doors for space to show their wares. Cal Expo presently operates

on a budget allocation of slightly more than $2 million. Much of the funds which come into its hands is consumed by debt retirement obligations. It is the only one of all the California fairs that was ever required to finance its own capital outlay. This is the primary reason the operation has been such a colossal flop. Having no money to develop the facilities it has been compelled to make concession contracts of long duration in return for agreements: whereby the concessionaires would provide capital improvements. These contracts have not only proved stifling but poor revenue producers as well. Furthermore, because major revenues are being derived from racing, that has overshadowed everything else. If Cal Expo is to be continued those having the decision making authority must forget the old fair concept of a typically seasonal agricultural exhibit, bolstered by racing and a dubious carnival. People do not need to travel to Sacramento for that and those in the southland aren’t about to. They have better fairs in their own backyard. The same is true of almost any part of the state. However, a remarkable success has. been made-of the Museum of Science and Industry operated year round by the Sixth Agricultural District in Los Angeles. The Sacramento exposition could be developed along similar lines but with the nucleus and immediate development being an exhibition ‘of the functions of California government. If the governor or the legislature would require each state agency to allocate just % of one percent of their operating budgets to exhibit, the success would be assured. For that would provide $7% million annually to create and maintain the exhibits. If one half of that were paid to Cal Expo for rent it would provide one and a half times more than the state now allocates to it. There is nothing novel about taxing agencies for the operations of other state functions. All state agencies presently are charged proportionate shares for the operations of the departments of Finance and General Services as well as the Legislature and the Attorney-General. They could even continue to have the seasonal fair. This could become much more attractive if a system whereby only the winners of the county and district fairs were permitted to compete. Since good things attract other good things the operation might well surprise everyone by not only becoming self-sufficient but eventually a revenue producer. As it stands it is nothing but a drag and should be abandoned if no one imaginative enough to see its potential has the energy or desire to make it something of value. 'GO CLASSIFIED! ota PME Ms eed Party for retiring NC bank manager A party honoring Willard City Bank of America office, Rose, retiring manager of Georgene Wasley 265-4556, by Bank of America’s Nevada July 25. City office, will be held .. Saturday, August 2 at the Nevada City Elks Club. Cocktails will start at 6:30 with dinner at 8 p.m. . Rose has been manager of the Nevada City office since 1953. He began his banking career in 1936 as a junior clerk at the San Francisco central office and was first promoted to officer status in 1941 while at the Los Gatos branch. He held lending positions in Los Gatos-Saratoga, Grass Valley, Colfax and Marysville before coming to Nevada City. Reservations for the retirement dinner can be made by ‘calling the Nevada “I'M SURPRISED AT A SMART RACCOON LIKE YOU “STICKING HIS HEAD IN AN OLD SALMON CAN ANYWAYS! > cay reppin vienna aie onSteeae