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& The Nevada County Nugget Wednesday, June 18, 1969
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WASHINGTON, D. C, -Congressman Harold T. (Bizz) Johnson, whose 20-county Congressional District contains
much of the areas of origin of
a timely water development program. é:
Congressman Harold T. (Bizz)
tion and design program totaling about $45 million for fiscal .
year 1970, testified his recommendaed programs for the U.S.
Corps of Engineers and Bureau
of Reclamation, are reasonable
“especially in view of the extremely tight fiscal situation
which faces the federal government and the nation."
The construction program for
the 12 months period commencing July 1st includes major efforts on the Auburn, Buchanan,
Hidden, New Melones, TehamaColusa Canal, Stampede, Martis Creek, New Don Pedro, Bullards Bar projects.
Congressman Johnson did say
he would fight for increases on
at least two items, the Corps
of Engineers allocations for Hidden and Buchanan Reservoirs in
Madera County. Proposed in the
President's budget is $360,000
for the former and $150,000
for the latter. Budget proposals
would permit completion of land
acquisition on the projects, but
would not permit start of actual
construction,
These projects are ready to
go and desperately needed,”
Congressman Johnson said, "and
we will fight to include funds
for them."
Congressman Johnson said
that on other projects he would
fought subsequent suggestions
Library hours change;
‘ruling’ on Mrs. Dwyer
Beginning this week the Grass
Valley Public Library will close
at 5 p.m. on Fridays as well
as Saturdays. New library hours
are from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.,
Monday through Thursday and
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays
and Saturdays.
The decision, based on public
usage, was reached at the regular meeting of the board of
trustees held Monday night.
The board, composed of Ralph
George, Dr. David Hosbein,
Mrs. Helen Stewart, Mrs. Lee
Good and Mrs. Virginia Green,
meets at 7:30 p.m. the second
Monday of each month in the
downstairs library. :
In further business the board
accepted and filed without comment a letter from city attorney
William Cassetari advising that
Elizabeth Dwyer cannot be employed by the library while her
husband, William Dwyer, is a
TWO ARMS
ARE TOO FEW...
When a moving van arrives
in the neighborhood...
When the stork visits a friend
or neighbor...
Be a friend indeed. Help the
new arrivals get settled as
quickly and comfortably as
possible. A Welcome Wagon
hostess will call at your request with helpful information and a host of gifts.
Call Welcome Wagon at
P.S. That Welcome Wagon
Hostess will do the same for
you. .
after reading the letter, stated,
"We are not supposed to comment,"
Mrs. Dwyer stated that she
was not resigning and asked to
be heard, which was granted.
She then stated "I should like
to be assured that if my husband resigns from the council,
Iwould still have a job at the
library."
Without exception board members greeted her question with
smiles, and George stated:
"Providing he resigns before he
is seated there will be no problem,"
The board was in unanimous
agreement on this point.
Mrs, Dwyer is employed as
no more than two take office in
a given term.
PLAY IT
. Be alert to Cancer's
Seven Danger Signals.
Call your local office of
American Cancer Society
for more information.
Congressman urges Congress to
continue timely water program
for reductions which he declared
would be costly to the nation in.
lives and property lost due to
floods and in actual return on
the investment through sale of
water, power and other benefits.
Congressman Johnson's testimony before House and Senate
Appropriations _ Committees
called for $17,600,000 for the
Auburn-Folsom South unit of the
Central Valleys Project, Ofthis,
$12,941,000 is allocated for conburn Foresthill Road relocation, award of construction contracts for excavation of dam
keyways, the diversion tunnel
and clearing of the damsite
area, and work will continue
on the access roads to the powerplant and the dam.
New employes
of county to
take physicals
New employes going to work
for the County of Nevada will be
required to take physical examinations.
The Board of Supervisors
adopted a resolution for thisrequirement during its budget session with Road Commissioner
Harry Hider Tuesday.
Hider told the supervisors that
it was already mandatory for
certain positions in his department for certain classifications.
After Auditor-Controller John
Trauner told the board the
county would be money ahead to
have all employes take physicals
and the board members voted
unanimously to have county
counsel Leo Todd and Trauner
prepare a resolution.
In other action the board
passed the following resolutions:
To reappoint John W. Phillips
as Agriculture Commissioner
of Nevada county for the next
four fiscal years.
To renew a contract with Twin
Cities Ambulance service with
Mr. and Mrs, Gene Blake for
$400 a month for one year.
To renew the county's contract for ambulance service in
the Truckee area for $350
a month,
To renew its contract with
H, W. Stuart to 2 cars in the
Truckee area for $10 to $15
a car, up to 85 cars in the next
fiscal year.
Woodchuckers plant 77
trees at Lyman Gilmore
These young .4-Hers call
themselves the Woodchuckers,
but as you can see from these
photos, they work like beavers!
In April, while the ground was
still wet from winter rains,
these youngsters transplanted
some 77 young incense cedar
trees from the forest at Seven
THE BEST MOVE
OU EVER MADE
20 YEARS
EXPERIENCE
Eric Kis,Coy Miller, Gary
Smith, Marilyn Farley, Tracy
Kays, Kathie Tennell, Terri
Tennell, Cindy Heyne, Tina Killion, and Scott Taylor.
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Council is sponsoring this year,
under the direction of Joe Ruess,
and with the cooperation of 4-H
Farm Advisor "Skip" Bolton and