May 24, 1967 (26 pages)

Sep SR RRS Em Ce eee RARE ~ tee h 4 ban Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, Town Talk, Glenbrook. Little York, Cherokee, Moon San Juan, North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, Washington, Blue Tent, LaBarr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, W alloupa, G: Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon ille, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens. ‘ ‘Volume 42 Number 20 10 Cents per Copy Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, French Corral, Rough and R. Published Wednesdays May 24, 1967 Walkathon e Q Kidnapping The Walkathon for the Cancer Crusade Sunday between "Babe" Childers and Len Gilbert turned outto be more of a hilarious success than anyone could have guessed. It somehow became a Mack Sennett type of slapstick comedy with a fake kidnaping, ambulance rides, skulduggery, last minute rescues, laughs and over $700 in donations for the Cancer Crusade coffers, "Babe" started walking to-~ ward the Gold Nuggett Inn from Nevada City, but he stopped along the way for donations and liquid refreshment and frequent rests inthe shade, It seems that it was a very hot day. Len, on the other hand, went about his task in a more hurried manner and was approaching his destination while "Babe" was still far inside the city limits, A group of public spirited citizens decided to take things into their own hands to insure that Len did not finish so far ahead ‘and kidnaped him. John Galleghos, Pat Ryan, Al Trivelpiece and Carole Friedrich put the arm on a surprised Len and held him prisoner, Meanwhile "Babe" was going into the Miners Hospital for donations of.10¢ from the receptionist and $1.00 from Tom Walsh, Lou Hartman paid $2500 to get Len released and both men, exhausted by their endeavors were put intothe Grass Valley and Nevada City rescue cars some fifty yards from their destination and delivered on stretchers, High School Awards Dinner Honors Teams The Nevada Union High School Award Dinner was held last evening at the Veterans’ Memorial Building in Grass Valley. Trophies were awarded to the following students: Varsity Baseball, most outstanding player Fred Metz, most inspirational playerDave Murray; Varsity Track, most outstanding playerMonty Mayfield, most inspirational player = Stuart Wood; Varsity Tennis, most outstanding player Dan Boles, most inspirational player = Mark Schmidt;Varsity Golf, most _ outstanding plaver John Zanoni, most inspirational player John Eisenhower; Jr. Varsity ‘Baseball, outstanding player Richard Reader; Jr. Varsity Track, outstanding player, Joé Ramey ; Outstanding Scholastic Achievement, for the girls Janet Kennedy, for the boys Richard Faseler and Richard Hawkins, The trophies given to each student were donated by Bob Ferrari, local automobile dealer, Presentation of the trophies was made by George Boles, Chairman for the dinner, The guest speaker of the evening was Jim Summers, the golf pro at the Alta Sierra Country Club, The tasty dinner was put on by American Legion Post #130 of Grass Valley ;Frank Gallino, Deputy Sheriff, was Chef, Several hundred people witnessed the helicopter landing in downtown Nevada City last Saturday, then attended the free Bonanza Days auction in the park across from Ott's Assay Office. The Cal-Nat copter was piloted by Ed Beaumont of Cal-Nat Airlines and the intrepid passenger was pretty Sharon Mahaffey, decorative member of the County Planning Office. Special thanks should be given Police Chief James Moon for his co-operation, and to Sheriff Wayne Brown. Thanks also to Sergeant William Lowe and Deputy John Grothe who controlled traffic. Thanks to Ted Sigourney and the Nevada City rescue unit for their cooperation. The copter landing gave a preview of days to come when helicopter travel and landings in all cities will be commonplace. D.A. Accused Of Improper Conduct Information given to the Board of Supervisors last week by District Attorney Harold Berliner that a county officer may be personally interested in the Western Lakes project got further publicity in Tuesday's board meeting when Supervisor Lou Hartman accused the District Attorney of improper conduct. Hartman's statement. follows: "Regarding Mr, Berliner’s statements to the Board at last Meeting 1, “Because you made statements concerning an unnamed County Employee as being directly “interested” in the Western Lake Properties project, I believe you should have first consulted this Board regarding that employee in Executive Session kefore making unsubstantiated and general statements in a public meeting. You have by your statements created an area of suspicion about all County Employees, 2. “Your statements to the Board at the last Meeting, without any prior consultation with the County Counsel, whose job it is to advise the Board in civil matters, is considered improper, 8. "I suggest that the Board demand that you make a written report to the Board containing all of the information in your possession at the time of the meeting of May 16, 1967, at which time you made the statements concerning the unnamed County Employee and Western Lake Properties, 4, “I would request that this Board refer to the Grand Jury of the County of Nevada: a request to investigate the conduct of the District Attorney in ‘this matter. to determine. whether or not he was ‘ting within the scope of his duties and whether or not his conduct in this matter‘as been proper, 5. "I suggest that the Board further consider requesting that an investigation be made_of the operation of the District Attorneys office to determine’ thé workload ‘of the office, how*much time the staff.of that office, including the District Attorney, devotes to County business. " No Action Taken By Board No action was taken on Hartman's demands, Discussion brought out the feeling that if the District Atturney's complaints are of a criminal naturethey should -be the Province of the Grand Jury, and if they are of a Board Policy nature they are rightly the business of the Board, D.A. Replies To Charges District Attorney Berliner was present to reply that the matter has been referred to the Grand Jury and also to the State Attorney General's office for investigation, He also answered Mr. Hartman by quoting and disagreeing with a statement made by Supervisor Gene Ricker at last week's meeting. Mr. Ricker had said, “It seems to me it should have been behind the scenes before it was brought out publicly..". Berliner stated emphatically that he does not believe in public officials acting in secret and that all business of public officials acting in behalf of the public should be carried on in public, At issue is the information that a "county officer" may be interested in Western Lake Properties while in a position to approve the contract for the water district that will serve the new community, If this eventually proves to be true the contract may be void and a county officer may have a conflict of interest, Robert Onorato, president of Western Lakes Properties has vehemently denied that such is the case and has stated that if Western * Lakes suffers damages they will sue the county agency involved, He further stated Tuesday that his attornies in San Francisco have advised-the Attorney General's office that the books and records of Western Lakes are open for inspection and have asked the Attorney General's office for a speedy investigation and conclusion to the case to clear the Western Lakes' name and also any aspersions cast on any county officer. Todd Cites Law Of Remote Interest County, Council Leo Todd remarked during the meeting that the law pertaining to this problem has been quoted in the Nugget but supplementary laws governing "remote interest" had not been given publicity. Mr. Todd is incorrect in saying that we quoted the law. We quoted court decision, The law Mr. Todd refers to as "remote interest" is that section of the law that excuses certain officers from being interested in a contract under certain circumstances, One condition is that such interest be disclosed to the Board and noted in its official records, Otherwise, the provisions of this section are not applicable to exception, The Provisions of this section are also not applicable to any officer interested in a contract. who influences another member of the body or board of which he is a member to enter into the contract, The only action taken by the Board in general was to write a letter to the Grand jury with Mr. Berliner's comments attached, asking for a full investigation and to be advised of their findings, eady, Graniteville, North ° Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Scotch Hill North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill: PERIODICALS SECTION a ge AL ST LIBRARY _ R Frscro cat sseie Fete Bonanza Auction Sat. At 11 A.M. i This picture typifies the gay, uncomplicated and joyous spirit of the Annual Bicycle Race in Nevada City. Race Time Time: is drawing: near for the 7thAnnua] Tour of Nevada City, the. unique bicycle race that has become one of the most popular events in the history of the county. The 45 mile race over the winding hills of the streets draws the finest riders in the west and thousands of spectators to one of California's most historic locations. This year's race is schedualed for Father's Day, June 16th. It is sponsored by the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce under the direction of Charley Alert and is sanctioned by the Amateur Bicycle League of America. It is a thrilling day and has become the favor ite race for the contestants, many of them Olympic racers. This year Gene Chappie is challenging Senator Teale to a match race as an added attraction. Two years ago Chappie, District Assemblyman, raced against two councilmen and one supervisor . ein Mle BD BEE ae Phe eae Ps

Sep SR RRS Em Ce eee RARE ~ tee h 4 ban Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, Town Talk, Glenbrook. Little York, Cherokee, Moon San Juan, North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, Washington, Blue Tent, LaBarr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, W alloupa, G: Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon ille, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens. ‘ ‘Volume 42 Number 20 10 Cents per Copy Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, French Corral, Rough and R. Published Wednesdays May 24, 1967 Walkathon e Q Kidnapping The Walkathon for the Cancer Crusade Sunday between "Babe" Childers and Len Gilbert turned outto be more of a hilarious success than anyone could have guessed. It somehow became a Mack Sennett type of slapstick comedy with a fake kidnaping, ambulance rides, skulduggery, last minute rescues, laughs and over $700 in donations for the Cancer Crusade coffers, "Babe" started walking to-~ ward the Gold Nuggett Inn from Nevada City, but he stopped along the way for donations and liquid refreshment and frequent rests inthe shade, It seems that it was a very hot day. Len, on the other hand, went about his task in a more hurried manner and was approaching his destination while "Babe" was still far inside the city limits, A group of public spirited citizens decided to take things into their own hands to insure that Len did not finish so far ahead ‘and kidnaped him. John Galleghos, Pat Ryan, Al Trivelpiece and Carole Friedrich put the arm on a surprised Len and held him prisoner, Meanwhile "Babe" was going into the Miners Hospital for donations of.10¢ from the receptionist and $1.00 from Tom Walsh, Lou Hartman paid $2500 to get Len released and both men, exhausted by their endeavors were put intothe Grass Valley and Nevada City rescue cars some fifty yards from their destination and delivered on stretchers, High School Awards Dinner Honors Teams The Nevada Union High School Award Dinner was held last evening at the Veterans’ Memorial Building in Grass Valley. Trophies were awarded to the following students: Varsity Baseball, most outstanding player Fred Metz, most inspirational playerDave Murray; Varsity Track, most outstanding playerMonty Mayfield, most inspirational player = Stuart Wood; Varsity Tennis, most outstanding player Dan Boles, most inspirational player = Mark Schmidt;Varsity Golf, most _ outstanding plaver John Zanoni, most inspirational player John Eisenhower; Jr. Varsity ‘Baseball, outstanding player Richard Reader; Jr. Varsity Track, outstanding player, Joé Ramey ; Outstanding Scholastic Achievement, for the girls Janet Kennedy, for the boys Richard Faseler and Richard Hawkins, The trophies given to each student were donated by Bob Ferrari, local automobile dealer, Presentation of the trophies was made by George Boles, Chairman for the dinner, The guest speaker of the evening was Jim Summers, the golf pro at the Alta Sierra Country Club, The tasty dinner was put on by American Legion Post #130 of Grass Valley ;Frank Gallino, Deputy Sheriff, was Chef, Several hundred people witnessed the helicopter landing in downtown Nevada City last Saturday, then attended the free Bonanza Days auction in the park across from Ott's Assay Office. The Cal-Nat copter was piloted by Ed Beaumont of Cal-Nat Airlines and the intrepid passenger was pretty Sharon Mahaffey, decorative member of the County Planning Office. Special thanks should be given Police Chief James Moon for his co-operation, and to Sheriff Wayne Brown. Thanks also to Sergeant William Lowe and Deputy John Grothe who controlled traffic. Thanks to Ted Sigourney and the Nevada City rescue unit for their cooperation. The copter landing gave a preview of days to come when helicopter travel and landings in all cities will be commonplace. D.A. Accused Of Improper Conduct Information given to the Board of Supervisors last week by District Attorney Harold Berliner that a county officer may be personally interested in the Western Lakes project got further publicity in Tuesday's board meeting when Supervisor Lou Hartman accused the District Attorney of improper conduct. Hartman's statement. follows: "Regarding Mr, Berliner’s statements to the Board at last Meeting 1, “Because you made statements concerning an unnamed County Employee as being directly “interested” in the Western Lake Properties project, I believe you should have first consulted this Board regarding that employee in Executive Session kefore

making unsubstantiated and general statements in a public meeting. You have by your statements created an area of suspicion about all County Employees, 2. “Your statements to the Board at the last Meeting, without any prior consultation with the County Counsel, whose job it is to advise the Board in civil matters, is considered improper, 8. "I suggest that the Board demand that you make a written report to the Board containing all of the information in your possession at the time of the meeting of May 16, 1967, at which time you made the statements concerning the unnamed County Employee and Western Lake Properties, 4, “I would request that this Board refer to the Grand Jury of the County of Nevada: a request to investigate the conduct of the District Attorney in ‘this matter. to determine. whether or not he was ‘ting within the scope of his duties and whether or not his conduct in this matter‘as been proper, 5. "I suggest that the Board further consider requesting that an investigation be made_of the operation of the District Attorneys office to determine’ thé workload ‘of the office, how*much time the staff.of that office, including the District Attorney, devotes to County business. " No Action Taken By Board No action was taken on Hartman's demands, Discussion brought out the feeling that if the District Atturney's complaints are of a criminal naturethey should -be the Province of the Grand Jury, and if they are of a Board Policy nature they are rightly the business of the Board, D.A. Replies To Charges District Attorney Berliner was present to reply that the matter has been referred to the Grand Jury and also to the State Attorney General's office for investigation, He also answered Mr. Hartman by quoting and disagreeing with a statement made by Supervisor Gene Ricker at last week's meeting. Mr. Ricker had said, “It seems to me it should have been behind the scenes before it was brought out publicly...". Berliner stated emphatically that he does not believe in public officials acting in secret and that all business of public officials acting in behalf of the public should be carried on in public, At issue is the information that a "county officer" may be interested in Western Lake Properties while in a position to approve the contract for the water district that will serve the new community, If this eventually proves to be true the contract may be void and a county officer may have a conflict of interest, Robert Onorato, president of Western Lakes Properties has vehemently denied that such is the case and has stated that if Western * Lakes suffers damages they will sue the county agency involved, He further stated Tuesday that his attornies in San Francisco have advised-the Attorney General's office that the books and records of Western Lakes are open for inspection and have asked the Attorney General's office for a speedy investigation and conclusion to the case to clear the Western Lakes' name and also any aspersions cast on any county officer. Todd Cites Law Of Remote Interest County, Council Leo Todd remarked during the meeting that the law pertaining to this problem has been quoted in the Nugget but supplementary laws governing "remote interest" had not been given publicity. Mr. Todd is incorrect in saying that we quoted the law. We quoted court decision, The law Mr. Todd refers to as "remote interest" is that section of the law that excuses certain officers from being interested in a contract under certain circumstances, One condition is that such interest be disclosed to the Board and noted in its official records, Otherwise, the provisions of this section are not applicable to exception, The Provisions of this section are also not applicable to any officer interested in a contract. who influences another member of the body or board of which he is a member to enter into the contract, The only action taken by the Board in general was to write a letter to the Grand jury with Mr. Berliner's comments attached, asking for a full investigation and to be advised of their findings, eady, Graniteville, North ° Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Scotch Hill North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill: PERIODICALS SECTION a ge AL ST LIBRARY _ R Frscro cat sseie Fete Bonanza Auction Sat. At 11 A.M. i This picture typifies the gay, uncomplicated and joyous spirit of the Annual Bicycle Race in Nevada City. Race Time Time: is drawing: near for the 7thAnnua] Tour of Nevada City, the. unique bicycle race that has become one of the most popular events in the history of the county. The 45 mile race over the winding hills of the streets draws the finest riders in the west and thousands of spectators to one of California's most historic locations. This year's race is schedualed for Father's Day, June 16th. It is sponsored by the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce under the direction of Charley Alert and is sanctioned by the Amateur Bicycle League of America. It is a thrilling day and has become the favor ite race for the contestants, many of them Olympic racers. This year Gene Chappie is challenging Senator Teale to a match race as an added attraction. Two years ago Chappie, District Assemblyman, raced against two councilmen and one supervisor . ein Mle BD BEE ae Phe eae Ps