June 17, 1965 (24 pages)

NORTHERN MINES & CALIFORNIA REPORTS BI II REE LEO EE He OEE HED EEE He FE REE Pacific Telephone’s Wolf Creek Microwave Station Is A Vital Part Of The Nevada County Economy By Don Hoagland One of the largest contributors to the county's economic well being and one of the county's least known facilities sits atop Wolf Mountain south west of Grass Valley. i Almost everyone has seen the Wolf Creek microwave station as they drive to and from Aubum, but few people know much about it and even less about what it does in and for the county. Owned and operated by Pacific Telephone Company, the first structure on. Wolf Mountain was built in 1957 at a cost of $400,000. The first tower was added in 1959 at acost of $100,000 and a $110, 000 building was added in 1960. Construction is now underway to expanding the present building. Thecost of this project will be $100,000. Whatis this massive and highly expensive structure doing sitting out in the middle of nowhere? The Wolf Creek microwave station is part of a nation-wide network of stations for receiving, amplifying and repeating, or retransmitting radio signals. This station, and others like it, act as repeaters for telephone, television and teletype signals from all over the nation. Sacramento is the hub of the operation and Wolf Creek is on one of many long distance routes. Right now there is about an even division between telephone calls which are carried over cables and those being transmitted by radio and being picked up and repeated by the system of microwave stations. A call from New York City to Grass Valley would probably be picked up by the Wolf Creek station and sent on to Sacramento where it would be rerouted over Don Bradford, one of cable back to the Grass Valley exchange. The reverse would be true on an outgoing long distance call, The Wolf Creek station plays a vital role on the nation's communication network, but it also plays avitalrolein the economic well being of Nevada County. The station currently employs 17 persons. The annual payroll for this staff is about $130,000 and plans call for enlarging the staff when the addition to the station now under construction is completed, A payroll of this size has considerable im pact on the local economy, but the microwave facility also makes an enormous economic contribution tothe county in terms of taxes and in terms of money put into all levels of county government from taxes and into the economy through funds spent for construction, The latest addition to the station will cost in excess of $100,000. Pacific Telephone construction projects county-wide will hit more than $500,000 this year. T he combination of construction, payrolls and taxes, the company will contribute approximately $1, 365, 000 to the county in this year, The tax contribution of the Wolf Creek facility is spread throughout the county from monies directly to the county through shares going to a number of school districts, Wolf Creek contributed about $8,000 tothe coffers of the A PORTION of the $100,000 addition to the Wolf Creek microwave station which is now under construction can be seen here along with some of the station's sending andreceiving equipment. Fairgrounds Paving Work Should Be Starting Soon The contract for paving walks, roadways and parking areas at the Nevada County District Fairgrounds has been approved by the state and work should start soon. This was announced last week by fair manager Malcolm Hammill ata meeting of the 17th Agricultural District board of directors. Hammill said the state had approved the low bidofC&H Contracting Co. of Yuba City and the road to the Lions Lake picnic grounds and parking area can start immediately. Hammill also reported that on three station supervisors his trip to Sacramento recently the district's five year building program was favorably received by engineers of the division of fairs and expositions. A trophy saddle will be awarded this year to the all around champion cowboy at the fair rodeo. Points will be counted at the El Dorado County Fair Rodeo and will be tallied up on the last night of the rodeo in Grass Valley. Indoor exhibit space for the fair Aug. 26-29 is all sold and all outdoor space is being sold rapidly. The deadline for entering feature booths by farm centers, granges and 4-H clubs is 5 p.m. tomorrow. little Clear Creek School district in 1964, Some of the tax money realized from the facility also goes to the Nevada Union High School District and to the junior college district. Seen from afar, the outer space looking facility on the top of Wolf Mountain does not really seem to mean much to most of the residents of the county, but a closer look discloses that it not only plays an important role in our communications network, but plays a very big role in paying some of the bills in the county. WE rane LOOKING LIKE something from outer space from a distance, the top of the Wolf Creek microwave station is a maze of equipment for sending and repeating radio signals carrying television, ms teletype and telephone messages. = Head Start Program Grant Is Announced Governor Edmund G, Brown has announced his approval of $1,265, 222 in federal grants to 10 California counties for “Project Head Start" programs -this summer for pre-school children from families living in poverty. The governor said that the programs will provide valuable pre-school experience for 10,019 children from slum areas, The programs will be carried out in 217 centers at schools, nursery schools and other organizations, Instruction of the kindergarten variety is provided by a combination of professional teachers and paid and non-paid volunteers. "Project Head Start is one of the most valuable of all of the programs in President Johnson's war on poverty, ' Governor Brown said. "It gives children from slum areas the opportunity to.use and work with, many for the first time, books, pencils, crayons and other materials which are denied them in their homes, These early experiences provide the child withconfidence and basic instruction sothat he can meet the challenges of kindergarten and first grade which so often are overwhelming to those without previous nursery school or home experience, " The Nevada County Welfare Department has scheduled a program for 60 children at a total cost of $12,455 and has received a federal grant of $11,075. London Gets University Of California Grant Two of Sierra College's graduating sophomores, Jeri Mendonsa and Roy London, have been awarded University of California scholarships by the scholarship committee at Berkeley, Mendonsa, a popular Placerville student who wasnamed one of the outstanding English students and who starred in the spring mystery drama, “Witness for the prosecution,” was awarded a $500 Elliott H, Wheeler scholarship. London, a professional forestry major from Nevada City, was awarded a $500 scholarship, the F, W. Bradley scholarship, for the University for 1965-66. S96T ‘LT aun **1988nN Aqun0> epeaen** OD

NORTHERN MINES & CALIFORNIA REPORTS BI II REE LEO EE He OEE HED EEE He FE REE Pacific Telephone’s Wolf Creek Microwave Station Is A Vital Part Of The Nevada County Economy By Don Hoagland One of the largest contributors to the county's economic well being and one of the county's least known facilities sits atop Wolf Mountain south west of Grass Valley. i Almost everyone has seen the Wolf Creek microwave station as they drive to and from Aubum, but few people know much about it and even less about what it does in and for the county. Owned and operated by Pacific Telephone Company, the first structure on. Wolf Mountain was built in 1957 at a cost of $400,000. The first tower was added in 1959 at acost of $100,000 and a $110, 000 building was added in 1960. Construction is now underway to expanding the present building. Thecost of this project will be $100,000. Whatis this massive and highly expensive structure doing sitting out in the middle of nowhere? The Wolf Creek microwave station is part of a nation-wide network of stations for receiving, amplifying and repeating, or retransmitting radio signals. This station, and others like it, act as repeaters for telephone, television and teletype signals from all over the nation. Sacramento is the hub of the operation and Wolf Creek is on one of many long distance routes. Right now there is about an even division between telephone calls which are carried over cables and those being transmitted by radio and being picked up and repeated by the system of microwave stations. A call from New York City to Grass Valley would probably be picked up by the Wolf Creek station and sent on to Sacramento where it would be rerouted over Don Bradford, one of cable back to the Grass Valley exchange. The reverse would be true on an outgoing long distance call, The Wolf Creek station plays a vital role on the nation's communication network, but it also plays avitalrolein the economic well being of Nevada County. The station currently employs 17 persons. The annual payroll for this staff is about $130,000 and plans call for enlarging the staff when the addition to the station now under construction is completed, A payroll of this size has considerable im pact on the local economy, but the microwave facility also makes an enormous economic contribution tothe county in terms of taxes and in terms of money put into all levels of county government from taxes and into the economy through funds spent for construction, The latest addition to the station will cost in excess of $100,000. Pacific Telephone construction projects county-wide will hit more than $500,000 this year. T he combination of construction, payrolls and taxes, the company will contribute approximately $1, 365, 000 to the county in this year, The tax contribution of the Wolf Creek facility is spread throughout the county from monies directly to the county through shares going to a number of school districts, Wolf Creek contributed about $8,000 tothe coffers of the A PORTION of the $100,000 addition to the Wolf Creek microwave station which is now under construction can be seen here along with some of the station's sending andreceiving equipment. Fairgrounds Paving Work Should Be Starting Soon The contract for paving walks, roadways and parking areas at the Nevada County District Fairgrounds has been approved by the state and work should start soon. This was announced last week by fair manager Malcolm Hammill ata meeting of the 17th Agricultural District board of directors. Hammill said the state had approved the low bidofC&H

Contracting Co. of Yuba City and the road to the Lions Lake picnic grounds and parking area can start immediately. Hammill also reported that on three station supervisors his trip to Sacramento recently the district's five year building program was favorably received by engineers of the division of fairs and expositions. A trophy saddle will be awarded this year to the all around champion cowboy at the fair rodeo. Points will be counted at the El Dorado County Fair Rodeo and will be tallied up on the last night of the rodeo in Grass Valley. Indoor exhibit space for the fair Aug. 26-29 is all sold and all outdoor space is being sold rapidly. The deadline for entering feature booths by farm centers, granges and 4-H clubs is 5 p.m. tomorrow. little Clear Creek School district in 1964, Some of the tax money realized from the facility also goes to the Nevada Union High School District and to the junior college district. Seen from afar, the outer space looking facility on the top of Wolf Mountain does not really seem to mean much to most of the residents of the county, but a closer look discloses that it not only plays an important role in our communications network, but plays a very big role in paying some of the bills in the county. WE rane LOOKING LIKE something from outer space from a distance, the top of the Wolf Creek microwave station is a maze of equipment for sending and repeating radio signals carrying television, ms teletype and telephone messages. = Head Start Program Grant Is Announced Governor Edmund G, Brown has announced his approval of $1,265, 222 in federal grants to 10 California counties for “Project Head Start" programs -this summer for pre-school children from families living in poverty. The governor said that the programs will provide valuable pre-school experience for 10,019 children from slum areas, The programs will be carried out in 217 centers at schools, nursery schools and other organizations, Instruction of the kindergarten variety is provided by a combination of professional teachers and paid and non-paid volunteers. "Project Head Start is one of the most valuable of all of the programs in President Johnson's war on poverty, ' Governor Brown said. "It gives children from slum areas the opportunity to.use and work with, many for the first time, books, pencils, crayons and other materials which are denied them in their homes, These early experiences provide the child withconfidence and basic instruction sothat he can meet the challenges of kindergarten and first grade which so often are overwhelming to those without previous nursery school or home experience, " The Nevada County Welfare Department has scheduled a program for 60 children at a total cost of $12,455 and has received a federal grant of $11,075. London Gets University Of California Grant Two of Sierra College's graduating sophomores, Jeri Mendonsa and Roy London, have been awarded University of California scholarships by the scholarship committee at Berkeley, Mendonsa, a popular Placerville student who wasnamed one of the outstanding English students and who starred in the spring mystery drama, “Witness for the prosecution,” was awarded a $500 Elliott H, Wheeler scholarship. London, a professional forestry major from Nevada City, was awarded a $500 scholarship, the F, W. Bradley scholarship, for the University for 1965-66. S96T ‘LT aun **1988nN Aqun0> epeaen** OD