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QO... Nevada County Nugget... May 18, 1966
Miners Drop Tennis Match
The Placer Hillmen defeated
the Nevada Union netsters 5-2
May 11 at Memoria! Park in
Grass Valley.
The Hillmen are undefeated
in league play. The miner squad
has lost two matches and both of
them were to Placer,
SPORTS
Mike Crenshaw upset the Hillmen's number oneplayer Jim
Gavel 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 and Colin
George defeated Mike Gojn 6-3
The Miners’ Dan Boles was de' feated by Dave Holland 6-1,
3-6, 7-5 and Placer took the
fourth and fifth singles matches
with Gary Rowe losing to Mike
Roe 6-4, 8-6 and Fred Wells
losing to Bob Butler 8-6, 6-4,
Crenshaw and Boles took Holland and Gavel 8-6 in the first
doubles set, but the Hillmen’
came back 6-1, 6-4. In the
second doubles match, George
and Rowe lost to Goin and Rowe
8-6.
Area Fair Meeting In Grass
District and county fair directors and managers, and county
officials from a 12-county area
have been invited to attend a
meeting in Grass Valley today,
to” discuss anaction program of
broadened fair activities, as was
authorized by 1965 legislation.
Arrangements for the meeting,
which willbe held at the Nevada
County Districtfairgrounds of
the 17th District Agricultural
Association, were made by
State Senator Stephen P. Teale
of Calaveras County, Senator
Teale supported the 1965 legislation, which authorized district and county fairs to conLillibridge Speaks
In Grass Valley
G.D, “Don” Lillibridge of
Chico, Monday night called tor
an imaginative conservation approach for Northern California.
Lillibridge, a history professor
at Chico State and a candidate
for Gongress in the Second District, spoke at Hennessy School
at a meeting sponsored by the’
Concord Group.
He told the group that Califomia could be a pilot project
“to show the rest of the nation
whether or not an urbanized
civilization can come to sen~
sible terms with nature. "
A new look at conservation is
needed in the broadest sense and
he called for imaginative conservation to protect and preserve
Northern California.
Lillibridge, who’ specializes in
the American role and influence
in the world, recommended negotiations to end the Viet Nam
war and a conference with the
Viet Cong and Saigon governments, Such a conference, he
said, would allow the two factions to work out together the
basic problems they both face as
Vietnamese.
Lillibridge recommended that
our foreign policy be based on
confidence in democracy rather
than fear of communism.
The candidate was introduc
by George Burcham. Y
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struct,, maintain, and operate
recreational and cultural facilities of general public interest,
aswell as conduct fairs and expositions.
Senator Teale said the purpose
of the meeting is to consider
ways and means of developing
projects in keeping with the
provisions of that fairs-diversification measure. He pointed
out that officials of the State
Department of Agriculture's Division of Fairs and Expositions
wil! be present to advise on the
type and scope of possible projects and to answer questions.
“There is no question in my
mind asto the importance of
our district and county fairs, "
Senator Teale declared, “However, next year, when we will
have 14 new senators from
southern California and the
metropolitan areas, and 14 less
senators from ournorthern, nonmetropolitan counties, we will
have to do a hard selling job in.
the Legislature to keep our fairs
strong.“
“We must impress those new
city legislators with the fact
Records Fall
SierraRunners Take A Title
Five new records went into the
books last Saturday at Sierra
College as Shasta College, paced by a fine crop of sprinters,
won the Golden Valley Conference championships. Santa
Rosa was second, Sierra third,
Yuba fourth and Marin and
Siskiyous trailing.
Sierra's Dave Williams of
Roseville leaped 23' 13/4" to
beat Auburn's Butch Arnold's
23 feet record, and Sierra's
George Gullett ran the 120 high
Valley
that in our non-metropolitan
counties, the fairs have the
same functions as do the cultural
and recreation centers in the
cities, “Senator Teale noted.
“We must also acquaint those
new legislators with the fact
that our fairs play a vital part
in the economy of the nonmetropolitan counties, “~
“By taking full advantage of
the 1965 fairs-diversification
legislation, we will have tangible evidence to convince the
city legislators ofthe sound
justification for continuing state
financial assistance for our
fairs, " Senator Teale noted.
He added that part of the May
18 discussions will focus on the
possibility of developing projects to qualify for federal and
State grants which are available
for recreational and cultural
undertakings.
He said that Senator Virgil
O'Sullivan of Colusa County,
whoauthored the 1965 measure,
has also arranged a similar
meeting covering northern
California's non metropolitan
valley and coastal counties.
Four Wheel Drive Rodeo
The Sacramento Jeepers have
announced plans to hold the
Second Annual 4-Wheel Drive
Gold Country Classic, This
three day competitive rodeo for
4-wheelers will be held on Memorial Day week-end, May 28,
30. Headquarters and registration will be at the Georgetown
Airpart.
Co-Chairmen Milt Rice and
Barker Will Speak To
Democrats Tomorrow
Jack Barker of Auburn, a candidate for the Sixth Assembly District seat, will be the guest
speaker May 19 at the potluck
dinner of the Gold Quartz Democratic Club in the Alta -OaksSunset firehouse,
Al and Helen Blais are chairmen of the event and invite the
public to attend. The dinner is
scheduled for 7 p.m,
Hu’ Miller stated that 4-Wheel
Drive enthusiasts from all over
California and Nevada are expected to participate. Many
fun events have been scheduled
along with a Hill Climb, Cross
Country Race, and an Obstacle
Course. Scenic and historical
trail trips have been scheduled
throughout the three day weekend. A special feature Saturday evening will be the crowning of a Queen that will be chosen from one of the 58 clubs
that belong to. the California
Association of 4 w/d Clubs.
Billed as a family affair, 4Wheelers and their families will
have ample camping space at
the Georgetown Airport.
Other features of the week-end
will be dancjng and entertainment,on Saturday evening, and
the presentation of the trophies
and more entertainment on Sunday evening.
hurdles in 15,2, alsoa new record,
Sierra got two other firsts,
one in the 330 Intermediate
hurdles by Auburn's Bill Tidsbury, with Gullett fourth, the
other a mile relay win in the
day's most thrilling race. The
relay team of Mike McGee,
Mike Kolafa, Mike Cline and
Dave Kennedy edged Santa Rosa
by a yard despite three bad baton passes,
Shasta's Vaugn Cartwright set
a shot put record at 50'4" and a
Santa Rosa's Mike Grace threw
the discus 150'2" to win the
other weight event.
Roger Mercier of Santa Rosa,
the day's outstanding trackman,
won the triple jump in a GVC
record of 44'8", won the high
jump, placed inthe broad jump
and anchored the SR relay team.
Yuba's Bob Brown won both
Wolverines Split
Sierra College's dim hopes of
capturing the Golden Valley
Conference baseball crown went
glimmering last weekend when
they split a double header with
College of Siskiyous, leaving
them 5-5 for the season with
only a mid-week doubleheader
this week at Yuba remaining.
Santa Rosa and Siskiyous are
currently one-two in the GVC,
with Sierra solidly in third,
Last Friday, Steve Woessner
won his sixth game in seven
Starts as Sierra nipped COS 5-4,
outpitching COS ace John Dixon.
Mike Beggs caught Woessner in
the opener,
sprints for another double win,
with Santa Rosa's Mike Stone
winning both the mile and two
mile.
Sierra scorers included a fifth
in the mile by an ailing Dennis
Douglas, anda fourth in the
two mile by Bob Barker.
Don Goff and Don Estes tied
for fifth for Sierra in the high
jump, andGoff got a fifth in the
120 high hurdles. Mike Cline
was third in the 880 and Estes
fifth in the pole vault.
Tudsbury also took a fifth in
the triple ju mp and the Sierra
quarter mile relay team was
second to Shasta,
Shasta won five events and
swept the first three places in
the pole vault. Shasta also dominated, pointwise, the sprint
events, although Yuba and Santa
Rosa stole several first places.
Point totals were Shasta 130,
Santa Rosa 108 and Sierra 84,
Double Header
Greg Moore, Sierra's “other
half" of a tough freshman pitching staff, got.bombed for six
runs immediately to take the
loss in the second game, Siskiyous coasted toa 15-4 win
after getting 12 runs in the first
two innings.
Dave Mirtoni and Don Bransford each had two hits for Sierra
in the nightcap.
In the first game, Bob Donahue
and Rex Williams each had a
pair of the nine Sierra hits.
In the secdénd game, Sierra
yielded 17 hits and committed
six errors in their worst showing
since early season,
Golf Squad Goes To Tourney
Sierra College's golf team will
return this week from a shot at
the state Junior College team.
golf state championship, Coach
Howard Woodside's charges are
competing for the first time in
the event at Fall Brook and Palo
Mesa courses near Palomar college in the San Diego area,
Last weekend the Wolverines
romped to an easy sweep of the
Golden Valley Conference race
by winning each of their GVC
matches and placing four men
in the top six in the conference.
Steve Caulkins was leading
scorer im the conference, with
Bob Sills second, although Sills
took medalist honors in the final
match at Shasta last week.
Terry Van Bursick of Marin was
third, Sierra's Dick Cooper
fourth, Santa Rosa's Jeff Genola
fifth and Sierra's Jim Liskum
sixth in conference standings.
Teamwise, Santa Rosa, Yuba,
Marin, Shasta, Napa and Siskiyous trailed the Sierrans.
Coach Howard Woodside
sprained an ankle in the final
match, but limped off to San
Diego with his team for the state
meet last weekend.
Monagan At Chappie Dinner
The committee sponsoring the
testimonial dinner for Assemblyman Gene Chappie announced that Robert Monagan, Minority Leader of the California
State Assembly will be a special guest at the affair.
The dinner will be held on
Wednesday, May 25 at the Sunset Whitney Country Club. Refreshments will be served at
6:30 p. m, with dinner at 8 p.m.
Music will be provided for dancing during the evening.
Thecommittee also stated
that a limited number of tickets are available for the dinner so they urge all interested
parties to contact them immediately for reservations,
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