June 15, 1966 (24 pages)

2 .wevada County Niagget. . Jone 15, 1966 NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET "2 he oh t at EDITORIALS WAKE UP ON THE AIRPORT DREAM The Nevada City Council should stop flirting with the dream of having its own airport and should get on to more important things. ‘The idea of reviving the city airport is unrealistic from almost every standpoint yet the council continues to pour more money into that large hunk of flat dirt while other city projects have to wait and the budget goes in the red. When the county completes its projected im-_ provement plans, Loma Rica Airport will be one of the most modern airports in the state and could be the key needed to unlock new development in the county. To open yet another airport just a few miles away is not only foolish it is just a plain waste of the taxpayer's money. : What or whom would be served by opening the Nevada City airport again--very little and very few. Loma Rica now has paved runway to handle multi-engine aircraft, runway lights and a beacon, tie down space and fueling facilities. The next project will be to add taxi strips. The Nevada City airport, it if could be reopened, would have a runway and that is all. The obvious choice of anyone in the air would be to go to Loma Rica. The city has been told by state officials that it would cost $75,000 to bring the airport up to minimum licensing standards. As budget time draws closer in Nevada City, residents will hear more and more talk of a tight budget and the lack of funds. It will become abundantly clear, if it is not already clear, that there will be nosuchamount of money available for airport improvements and without a state license andany further expenditures is like throwing money away. A close examination of the airport proposal will disclose that those who are in favor of reopening the local facility are very few in number. It is unfair to the rest of the citizens to drag this thing on and spend more money to satisfy the whims of a few. CHANGING THE POINT OF VIEW It was encouraging last week to see the Nevada City Council pressing for a landscape plan for the freeway and to see the state cooperating. Nevada City -is going to have a big hole cut right through its heart. It is always going to be a big hole, but it can be made more attractive by planning and planting. As the road begins to take shape, people are finally starting to realize what.a major role it will play in the everyday life of the city. ° How people see the city first will determine for many whether they turn off and come into town or continue on. For 'most, their first view will be from the freeway so the way it looks from the freeway and from above will be of critical importance to the city. ' Something is now being done to improve that view and from the tone of-the meeting of the local landscaping experts and highway officials last week, tne city will get the best of the deal. ik Charles Gaus of North Bloomfield, engineer at the Union Mine in 1906. LETTER TO THE EDITOR To the Editor: This letter is in protest to the cutting of the beautiful pine trees in the cemetery in the town of Washington. The brutal logging left a condition worse than or comparable to where the trees are removed for commercial purposes. Does the cemetery commission have some one who is an expert to decide if the trees are to be destroyed? And to have it done just before Memorial Day was an untimely decision. Esther Bixler Rough & ReadyAlma Mansie _ San Francisco Marguerite Abbott 306 Alta Vista Ave { Grass Valley Russell Shlott 306 Alta Vista Ave Grass Valley IN THE FOOTHILLS VEIN LAKE REGULATIONS ARE NEEDED There has been some discussion for some months on several levels of local government on the subject of just who will be responsible for operation and maintenance of the new recreation facilities being constructed by the Nevada Irrigation District at four reservoirs, For the two mountain lakes at Jackson Meadows and Faucherie, this problem has already been solved, The U.S. Forest Service will handle this responsibility. But at the lower élevation lakes of Scotts Flat and Rollins the problem has not been solved and it needs a solution right now, The NID predicated its Davis-Grunsky Act loan application on projected use at these reservoirs far into the future, but from the looks of things already, they may have been conservative and because of this, may also be unprepared for the onslaught of tourists, picnicers, fishermen and boaters at these lakes, Two weekends ago the Engineers Club of Nevada County had its family outing at the new Green Hom picnic grounds at Rollins, Although the site is a long way from being completed and earth moving equipment and temporary facilities are still in evidence, the place was packed, = Ski boats tore up and down the lake leaving fishermen and sail boats rocking in their wakes, One sail boat was almost hit once and almost swamped several times by inconsiderate power boat operators, It is clear that the recreationists are not going to wait for some arbitrarily projected use period to arrive, The users are already here and so are the problems, Someone, whether it be the NID, the county recreation commission or the board of supervisors, these two lakes and then see to it that they are enforced, It will be of little value to say “we should have acted sooner" after someone has been killed, injured or there is some heavy property damage at one of these lakes, The problems are here and some solutions better be coming soon, eeeDon Hoagland Pe better decide who is responsible ’ for creation of and enforcement of sound safety regulations on . NUGGET PARAGRAPHS FROM THE PAST A sign in front of a marrying justice of the peace in Reno says: “You furnish the bride, we'll do the rest.“ The Nevada City groom who told us of the sign says, "That's hardly fair. " =-<Feb, 10, 1960 esses Although it has been finished for several years and is connected with Nevada City by a good road, few of our local people have visited theBullard's Bar dam, seven miles to the south of Camptonville, The dam is one of the latest type of concrete construction and stands 175 feet above the bed of the North Yuba River, ---Jan. 10, 1927. eee¢e8 8 Judge James Snell inaugurated a streamlining program in Nevada County Superior Court T uesday by announcing the court room hibituees need not rise when the jurist enters the courtroom except forthe initial entry of the day, Judge Snell stated the custom of rising is being dispensed with in other superior courts of the state and unnecessarily used two minutes of time a day, Over a period of a year it would total about 340 minutes almost six hours, ---Feb. 10, 1950. eeseeee Henry C, Goering was down from his mining property at Blue Tent the other day and reports that he has uncovered some likely looking prospects, He has both quartz and gravel on his property. A tunnel has been driven in 80 feet and timbers and lagging are on the ground. A quartz ledge has been uncovered on the gravel property which gives promise. ---Jan, 10, 1927 eeeee

2 ..wevada County Niagget. . Jone 15, 1966 NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET "2 he oh t at EDITORIALS WAKE UP ON THE AIRPORT DREAM The Nevada City Council should stop flirting with the dream of having its own airport and should get on to more important things. ‘The idea of reviving the city airport is unrealistic from almost every standpoint yet the council continues to pour more money into that large hunk of flat dirt while other city projects have to wait and the budget goes in the red. When the county completes its projected im-_ provement plans, Loma Rica Airport will be one of the most modern airports in the state and could be the key needed to unlock new development in the county. To open yet another airport just a few miles away is not only foolish it is just a plain waste of the taxpayer's money. : What or whom would be served by opening the Nevada City airport again--very little and very few. Loma Rica now has paved runway to handle multi-engine aircraft, runway lights and a beacon, tie down space and fueling facilities. The next project will be to add taxi strips. The Nevada City airport, it if could be reopened, would have a runway and that is all. The obvious choice of anyone in the air would be to go to Loma Rica. The city has been told by state officials that it would cost $75,000 to bring the airport up to minimum licensing standards. As budget time draws closer in Nevada City, residents will hear more and more talk of a tight budget and the lack of funds. It will become abundantly clear, if it is not already clear, that there will be nosuchamount of money available for airport improvements and without a state license andany further expenditures is like throwing money away. A close examination of the airport proposal will disclose that those who are in favor of reopening the local facility are very few in number. It is unfair to the rest of the citizens to drag this thing on and spend more money to satisfy the whims of a few. CHANGING THE POINT OF VIEW It was encouraging last week to see the Nevada City Council pressing for a landscape plan for the freeway and to see the state cooperating. Nevada City -is going to have a big hole cut right through its heart. It is always going to be a big hole, but it can be made more attractive by planning and planting. As the road begins to take shape, people are finally starting to realize what.a major role it will play in the everyday life of the city. ° How people see the city first will determine for many whether they turn off and come into town or continue on. For 'most, their first view will be from the freeway so the way it looks from the freeway and from above will be of critical importance to the city. ' Something is now being done to improve that view and from the tone of-the meeting of the local landscaping experts and highway officials last week, tne city will get the best of the deal. ik Charles Gaus of North Bloomfield, engineer at the Union Mine in 1906. LETTER TO THE EDITOR To the Editor: This letter is in protest to the cutting of the beautiful pine trees in the cemetery in the town of Washington. The brutal logging left a condition worse than or comparable to where the trees are removed for commercial purposes. Does the cemetery commission have some one who is an expert to decide if the trees are to be destroyed? And to have it done just before Memorial Day was an untimely decision. Esther Bixler Rough & ReadyAlma Mansie _ San Francisco Marguerite Abbott 306 Alta Vista Ave { Grass Valley Russell Shlott

306 Alta Vista Ave Grass Valley IN THE FOOTHILLS VEIN LAKE REGULATIONS ARE NEEDED There has been some discussion for some months on several levels of local government on the subject of just who will be responsible for operation and maintenance of the new recreation facilities being constructed by the Nevada Irrigation District at four reservoirs, For the two mountain lakes at Jackson Meadows and Faucherie, this problem has already been solved, The U.S. Forest Service will handle this responsibility. But at the lower élevation lakes of Scotts Flat and Rollins the problem has not been solved and it needs a solution right now, The NID predicated its Davis-Grunsky Act loan application on projected use at these reservoirs far into the future, but from the looks of things already, they may have been conservative and because of this, may also be unprepared for the onslaught of tourists, picnicers, fishermen and boaters at these lakes, Two weekends ago the Engineers Club of Nevada County had its family outing at the new Green Hom picnic grounds at Rollins, Although the site is a long way from being completed and earth moving equipment and temporary facilities are still in evidence, the place was packed, = Ski boats tore up and down the lake leaving fishermen and sail boats rocking in their wakes, One sail boat was almost hit once and almost swamped several times by inconsiderate power boat operators, It is clear that the recreationists are not going to wait for some arbitrarily projected use period to arrive, The users are already here and so are the problems, Someone, whether it be the NID, the county recreation commission or the board of supervisors, these two lakes and then see to it that they are enforced, It will be of little value to say “we should have acted sooner" after someone has been killed, injured or there is some heavy property damage at one of these lakes, The problems are here and some solutions better be coming soon, eeeDon Hoagland Pe better decide who is responsible ’ for creation of and enforcement of sound safety regulations on . NUGGET PARAGRAPHS FROM THE PAST A sign in front of a marrying justice of the peace in Reno says: “You furnish the bride, we'll do the rest.“ The Nevada City groom who told us of the sign says, "That's hardly fair. " =-<Feb, 10, 1960 esses Although it has been finished for several years and is connected with Nevada City by a good road, few of our local people have visited theBullard's Bar dam, seven miles to the south of Camptonville, The dam is one of the latest type of concrete construction and stands 175 feet above the bed of the North Yuba River, ---Jan. 10, 1927. eee¢e8 8 Judge James Snell inaugurated a streamlining program in Nevada County Superior Court T uesday by announcing the court room hibituees need not rise when the jurist enters the courtroom except forthe initial entry of the day, Judge Snell stated the custom of rising is being dispensed with in other superior courts of the state and unnecessarily used two minutes of time a day, Over a period of a year it would total about 340 minutes almost six hours, ---Feb. 10, 1950. eeseeee Henry C, Goering was down from his mining property at Blue Tent the other day and reports that he has uncovered some likely looking prospects, He has both quartz and gravel on his property. A tunnel has been driven in 80 feet and timbers and lagging are on the ground. A quartz ledge has been uncovered on the gravel property which gives promise. ---Jan, 10, 1927 eeeee