March 23, 1966 (24 pages)

.Nevada County a aS . March 28, 1966. a BUT POLICY OF ENLARGING AND IMPROVING WILL CONTINUE With this issue of the Nugget, management of the forty-year old paper leaves the capable hands of Alfred Heller who has done such a fine . job of reviving and improving the paper .in the past six years. We hope that we can emulate Heller's example ‘and continue to enlarge and improve the Nugget as Nevada County's leading weekly. The friendliness of everyone we have met, the beauty andcharm of the entire west county area and the challenge of the new venture have engrossed us. We look forward to a challenging and happy career in Nevada County. GaiRs K. THE COUNTY SHOULD LOOK CAREFULLY BEFORE IT MOVES INTO THE RECREATION BUSINESS Last week the county supervisors received a letter from the Nevada Irrigation District suggesting that the new recreation facilities at Scotts .Flat and Rollins Reservoirs will have to be operated and maintained by some agency and and the district would like the county to have the first opportunity to do the job. The supervisors turned the matter over to the county recreation commission for study. The water committee members of the board will also study the proposal. It will take a lot of study before such a move could be made. There is certainly nothing wrong with the county operating such facilities either with county personnel or on a concession basis, buta lot of questions have to be answered. We think the supervisors were wise to turn this matter over to the recreation commission. While the commission may not have all of the answers, the members have the time to come up with a full study of the proposal. With anything less than this the county could find itself suddenly in the recreation business in a big way and unable to handle such a business. VIOLENT CHARGES AT NEVADA IRRIGATION DISTRICT MEETINGS RAISE SOME REAL QUESTIONS Ross McBurney, Nevada Irrigation District director from Cedar Ridge, recently fired a verbal broadside at three rural area directors-on the board. McBurney, who has long been a defender of the urban area domestic water users, accused the rural directors of poor money management and regulating water rates to the benefit of the rural users. We donot know whois right in this controversy, but when the district has to borrow $100,000 to tide it over, the money had to go somewhere and perhaps it is time the directors stopped arguing and let people know just how things stand. Ce EIT I HOM ESS + es Church Street in Grass Valley in 1933 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR To the Editor: Congratulations! Since I had the privilege of working as a part-time reporter forthe Nugget, covering the County Planning Commission and the Grass Valley City Council, from the time I completed my active duty tour with the United States Army last winter until I enrolled at Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco this past To the Editor: The big battle in our county will be for the District Attomey office. Qurhome is not satisfied with the two lawyers seeking this office. Both are democrats, and much remains to be desired. The County hoped for a real change, a republican lawyer. Wetriedto import one from outside the-county. We have no However, ‘ Newspaper Publishers Association honest Abe Lincolns. September, I was especially thrilled that you and your fine staff received the California first place award for general excellence, As you know, the three major newspapers in San Francisco merged into one operational combine and intotwo editorially, independent papers. The result, however, has been that the two current papers are replete with typographical errors, and: there has been little improvement in the news or editorial content of the papers themselves. I wonder if the citizens of Western Nevada County realize how fortunate they are in having two outstanding independent newspapers, both of which are dedicated to the public service of the county. Again, please accept my congratulations, and keep up the good work! “ e in CHANGE is our only hope and protection. Mr. Berliner has abused this office for nine long years, He has failed the people. He has used this high office for political purposes. And this is bad, wrong and evil. Our home could tell you our personal reasons (FIVE OR MORE SEPARATE CASES), on which Mr. Berliner has failed us; first as a lawyer, as a person, andasthe D.A, We welcome a reply from DA, Sincerely yours, Bradford E, Ellsworth 847 42nd Avenue Berliner, or any Citizen-Voter to challenge us on the above truthful statements. San Francisco, California 94121 Val Baima & Lillybel Baima IN THE FOOTHILLS VEIN ALL SORTS OF BRIGHT IDEAS BUT NOT ENOUGH MONEY FOR THEATER From variety shows to box lunch auctions seems to be a wide spread of activities, but all of these things have been going on in Nevada City to raise money for the Nevada Theater fund, Thereseems to be no dearth of ideas or people to carry them out, but while the fund is growing slowly, it is still so far from the goal as to make it seemingly unattainable, Not so, claim the theater proponents, and roll out another set of plans for another bigger and better fund raising event. We hope they are right for the theater would be an enormously valuable asset to this community, eee Square dancers from far and wide will converge on Grass Valley April 17 when the dance clubs in Western Nevada County and the Nevada County Council for Retarded Children will stage the fourth annual benefit dinner and dance in the Grass Valley Veterans Memorial Building. Although most of them find they will be unable to make it, the publicity chairman for the event has been working overtime and has a list of refusal letters that looks like Who's Who of government. The governor will be unable to make it, but sends best wishes. Assemblyman Gene Chappie will make a flying stop, Senator Paul Lunardi will ‘be out of the district, but also sends his best wishes, President Johnson had the assistant to the Surgeon General send his best wishes for the success of the event. Now the group needs local people to dance and eat dinner and the Nevada County Council's project to start a workshop for training of retarded and handicapped here should get another big financial boost, -+-Don Hoagland PARAGRAPHS FROM THE PAST Witha large payment to Dr. C. P. Jones of Grass Valley, holder of a bond and lease from the North Star interests on the Champion group of mining properties on Deer Creek, the first step in the rehabilitation of the Nevada City district by Belmont-UncleSam and Wilson Divide interests . of Renois forecast. The payment which is a substantial sum of money, was paid over last week and is the forerunner of further interesting announcements to be made. =--Dec. 6, 1926. Town Talk Artist Has A Bruising <« Experience That May * Hamper His Work Union Hill artist, cartoonist, adman, Don Knudsen is sporting a bruised finger this week which may hamper him in carrying out all of his various duties at the Grass Valley Union. Don injured his finger opening a bottle of champagne. eesse Word has it that Alice McGee, owner of Alice's Style Shop on Broad Street in Nevada City, is planning to expandher operations and add a beauty shop to her women's clothing store. eeeese As moreand more buildings are knocked over or altered beyond repair and more and more flashy signs sprout from buildings, more and more people begin to wonder what ever happened to all the talk about a historical zoning or architectural ordinance for Nevada City. eeesees A man named Edwin Franko Goldman made fame and fortune in New York City with an excellent concert band and a theme song called “On the Mall.” It will be interesting to see if the Grass Valley merchants will be ableto make music on the mall, eeeees For. the arm chair political kingmakers who like to study trends make predictions of coming political events comes this useless bit of local election trivial to throw into the pot-only two candidates for county office have thus far turned to the gimmick of bumper stickers to promote their candidacy, Both of the sticker users are challengers to incumbents, e@eeesee Some local political buffs had some doubts when Lou Hartman was appointed to the board of supervisors. .They thought it was not a good move because they -believed that Lou would be an e€asy man to beat. Apparently the would be experts and the would be opponents have a differing view of things because Friday is the filing deadline and as of mid-week, there still isn‘t* an opponent for Hartman's Third Supervisorial District seat. eee bd s The sun is shining quite a bit these days and every week puts us closer tothe proposed completion date of the Nevada City ~ segment of the freeway. People are wondering when work is going to start again on the job,

.Nevada County a aS . March 28, 1966. a BUT POLICY OF ENLARGING AND IMPROVING WILL CONTINUE With this issue of the Nugget, management of the forty-year old paper leaves the capable hands of Alfred Heller who has done such a fine . job of reviving and improving the paper .in the past six years. We hope that we can emulate Heller's example ‘and continue to enlarge and improve the Nugget as Nevada County's leading weekly. The friendliness of everyone we have met, the beauty andcharm of the entire west county area and the challenge of the new venture have engrossed us. We look forward to a challenging and happy career in Nevada County. GaiRs K. THE COUNTY SHOULD LOOK CAREFULLY BEFORE IT MOVES INTO THE RECREATION BUSINESS Last week the county supervisors received a letter from the Nevada Irrigation District suggesting that the new recreation facilities at Scotts .Flat and Rollins Reservoirs will have to be operated and maintained by some agency and and the district would like the county to have the first opportunity to do the job. The supervisors turned the matter over to the county recreation commission for study. The water committee members of the board will also study the proposal. It will take a lot of study before such a move could be made. There is certainly nothing wrong with the county operating such facilities either with county personnel or on a concession basis, buta lot of questions have to be answered. We think the supervisors were wise to turn this matter over to the recreation commission. While the commission may not have all of the answers, the members have the time to come up with a full study of the proposal. With anything less than this the county could find itself suddenly in the recreation business in a big way and unable to handle such a business. VIOLENT CHARGES AT NEVADA IRRIGATION DISTRICT MEETINGS RAISE SOME REAL QUESTIONS Ross McBurney, Nevada Irrigation District director from Cedar Ridge, recently fired a verbal broadside at three rural area directors-on the board. McBurney, who has long been a defender of the urban area domestic water users, accused the rural directors of poor money management and regulating water rates to the benefit of the rural users. We donot know whois right in this controversy, but when the district has to borrow $100,000 to tide it over, the money had to go somewhere and perhaps it is time the directors stopped arguing and let people know just how things stand. Ce EIT I HOM ESS + es Church Street in Grass Valley in 1933 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR To the Editor: Congratulations! Since I had the privilege of working as a part-time reporter forthe Nugget, covering the County Planning Commission and the Grass Valley City Council, from the time I completed my active duty tour with the United States Army last winter until I enrolled at Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco this past To the Editor: The big battle in our county will be for the District Attomey office. Qurhome is not satisfied with the two lawyers seeking this office. Both are democrats, and much remains to be desired. The County hoped for a real change, a republican lawyer. Wetriedto import one from outside the-county. We have no However, ‘ Newspaper Publishers Association honest Abe Lincolns. September, I was especially thrilled that you and your fine staff received the California first place award for general excellence, As you know, the three major newspapers in San Francisco merged into one operational combine and intotwo editorially, independent papers. The result, however, has been that the two current papers are replete with typographical errors, and: there has been little improvement in the news or editorial content of the papers themselves. I wonder if the citizens of Western Nevada County realize how fortunate they are in having two outstanding independent newspapers, both of which are dedicated to the public service of the county. Again, please accept my congratulations, and keep up the good work! “ e in CHANGE is our only hope and protection. Mr. Berliner has abused this office for nine long years, He has failed the people. He has used this high office for political purposes. And this is bad, wrong and evil. Our home could tell you our personal reasons (FIVE OR MORE SEPARATE CASES), on which Mr. Berliner has failed us; first as a lawyer,

as a person, andasthe D.A, We welcome a reply from DA, Sincerely yours, Bradford E, Ellsworth 847 42nd Avenue Berliner, or any Citizen-Voter to challenge us on the above truthful statements. San Francisco, California 94121 Val Baima & Lillybel Baima IN THE FOOTHILLS VEIN ALL SORTS OF BRIGHT IDEAS BUT NOT ENOUGH MONEY FOR THEATER From variety shows to box lunch auctions seems to be a wide spread of activities, but all of these things have been going on in Nevada City to raise money for the Nevada Theater fund, Thereseems to be no dearth of ideas or people to carry them out, but while the fund is growing slowly, it is still so far from the goal as to make it seemingly unattainable, Not so, claim the theater proponents, and roll out another set of plans for another bigger and better fund raising event. We hope they are right for the theater would be an enormously valuable asset to this community, eee Square dancers from far and wide will converge on Grass Valley April 17 when the dance clubs in Western Nevada County and the Nevada County Council for Retarded Children will stage the fourth annual benefit dinner and dance in the Grass Valley Veterans Memorial Building. Although most of them find they will be unable to make it, the publicity chairman for the event has been working overtime and has a list of refusal letters that looks like Who's Who of government. The governor will be unable to make it, but sends best wishes. Assemblyman Gene Chappie will make a flying stop, Senator Paul Lunardi will ‘be out of the district, but also sends his best wishes, President Johnson had the assistant to the Surgeon General send his best wishes for the success of the event. Now the group needs local people to dance and eat dinner and the Nevada County Council's project to start a workshop for training of retarded and handicapped here should get another big financial boost, -+-Don Hoagland PARAGRAPHS FROM THE PAST Witha large payment to Dr. C. P. Jones of Grass Valley, holder of a bond and lease from the North Star interests on the Champion group of mining properties on Deer Creek, the first step in the rehabilitation of the Nevada City district by Belmont-UncleSam and Wilson Divide interests . of Renois forecast. The payment which is a substantial sum of money, was paid over last week and is the forerunner of further interesting announcements to be made. =--Dec. 6, 1926. Town Talk Artist Has A Bruising <« Experience That May * Hamper His Work Union Hill artist, cartoonist, adman, Don Knudsen is sporting a bruised finger this week which may hamper him in carrying out all of his various duties at the Grass Valley Union. Don injured his finger opening a bottle of champagne. eesse Word has it that Alice McGee, owner of Alice's Style Shop on Broad Street in Nevada City, is planning to expandher operations and add a beauty shop to her women's clothing store. eeeese As moreand more buildings are knocked over or altered beyond repair and more and more flashy signs sprout from buildings, more and more people begin to wonder what ever happened to all the talk about a historical zoning or architectural ordinance for Nevada City. eeesees A man named Edwin Franko Goldman made fame and fortune in New York City with an excellent concert band and a theme song called “On the Mall.” It will be interesting to see if the Grass Valley merchants will be ableto make music on the mall, eeeees For. the arm chair political kingmakers who like to study trends make predictions of coming political events comes this useless bit of local election trivial to throw into the pot-only two candidates for county office have thus far turned to the gimmick of bumper stickers to promote their candidacy, Both of the sticker users are challengers to incumbents, e@eeesee Some local political buffs had some doubts when Lou Hartman was appointed to the board of supervisors. .They thought it was not a good move because they -believed that Lou would be an e€asy man to beat. Apparently the would be experts and the would be opponents have a differing view of things because Friday is the filing deadline and as of mid-week, there still isn‘t* an opponent for Hartman's Third Supervisorial District seat. eee bd s The sun is shining quite a bit these days and every week puts us closer tothe proposed completion date of the Nevada City ~ segment of the freeway. People are wondering when work is going to start again on the job,