November 28, 1973 (8 pages)

8 The Nevada County Nugget Wed., Nov. 28,1973 It happened last week in Nevada Co. (Con’t. from Page 3) ‘raternal organization. The dinner was held to honor Jim prior to his retirement from his work with the Elks Club and from his profession as pressman for The Union. AMEND GENERAL PLAN The Grass Valley Planning Commission voted unanimously to approve the i. vised EIR and an amendment to the general plan for the Litton Annexation, which was proposed as an urban medium and urban high density area near Nevada Union High School. It was agreed to approve the proposal based on a recommendation that the area be determined in the plan to be a “low urban density area.” COURTHOUSE LIGHTS In its offensive against the energy crisis, Nevada county ordered removal of at least 10 per cent of the lighting in the courthouse and annex. To date some 50 neon tubes and bulbs have deen removed in this effort to reduce consumption of energy at one source. Gasoline is on short supply also and only emergency vehicles may fill up at the courthouse pump; the recommendation to turn thermostats down to 68 degrees is being studied because of the complications encountered in having two furnace systems, main building and annex units, to regulate for individual rooms throughout the complex. ENROLLMENT PROBLEMS Tentative plans for ways to meet the enrollment increase in Nevada City schools will be discussed at a meeting scheduled for Dec. 11. The local enrollment is increasing at the rate of two and one-half per cent per year, according to Superintendent Dan Woodard. pater VITAL STATISTICS John Edward Cooney, 82, world-renowned hydroelectric engineer, died Nov: 13, in Golden Empire Convalescent Hospital. Services were held from Emmanuel Episcopal Church. Burial was in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Coloma, by arrangements made with Hooper Weaver Mortuary. Nancy Elizabeth Solis, 24, died Nov. 16, in Sacramento Medical Center. Services were held from Bergemann and Son Mortuary. Burial was in Forest View Cemetery. Dennis Newton Olson, 26, died Nov. 16 in Linwood, Wash., following an auto accident. Funeral services were held from the Hooper Weaver Chapel. Cremation followed in Marysville. Hollie Snider, 87, died Nov. 16 in Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital. The services were held in the Bergemann and Son Chapel, followed by burial in Forest View Cemetery. Goldwin (Pete) Spence died Nov. 16, in Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital. Last rites were conducted in the HooperWeaver Chapel. Interment was in the Greenwood Memorial Gardens. Janet Louise Jones, 42, died Nov. 16 in Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital. Private services were held from the Bergemann and Son Chapel. Alexander Rowe, 79, died Nov. 18 in Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital. The funeral was conducted in Hooper Weaver Chapel, followed by-burial in New Elm Ridge Cemetery. Avis Robinson Eddy, 74, died suddenly in Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital where she had been a patient for one day, on Nov. 19. Funeral services were held from the Penn Valley Church. Hooper Weaver Mortuary was in charge of arrangements. Ms. Elizabeth George, 52,. died Nov. 19 in Edens Hospital in Castro Valley. Funeral arrangements were pending from the Hooper Weaver Mortuary. 3 OUR WEATHER REPORT Sierra Nevada travelers advisory: Rain and snow north portion becoming locally heavy with blowing and drifting snow and continuing at times through Wednesday.Gusty winds on Wednesday. Drivers urged to exercise caution and to carry chains in the high country at all times. Grass Valley rain to date (11-20-73) for season, 24.60 inches. Nevada City rain to date ( 11-20-73) for season, 26.00 inches. Grass Valley season total to same date last season, 16.05 inches. Nevada City season total to same date last season, 18.11 inches. COMING EVENTS November 23 — Opening of Cornish Christmas festivities in Grass Valley on Mill Street at 7 p.m. Bagpipers will herald the arrival of Her Majesty’s Consul from San Francisco, representing the Duke of Cornwail, to ceremoniously open the festivities and exchange season’s greetings between our two countries. There will be much singing, dancing, music and general frivolity for young and old alike. Firemen respond to garbage fire The tenant told firemen the Grass Valley volunteer 0.0 seéven-tenant building only had firemen were called to a fire eich ¢ 1 AP Re hade '' TE burning garbage in a can on his 8&tti of his garbage.” The ; fire we ‘$12 South Auburn Ji CEL. back porch; “through meters, DURING THE summer months Bear Valley on Highway 20 is a green meadow with livestock grazing. In the winter however there is snow covering the grass and all that is visible is the cedar posts sticking up through the snow. NID to hike water rates effective Feb. I Raw water for agriculture and flat rate domestic water rates will go up “but not by a Staggering amount’’ effective Feb. 1. John Callender, chairman of Nevada Irrigation District’s water rate study committee, Said “the less than staggering” raise is the first since 1968 and will not affect those receiving water through a meter. The rate increase he and his committee recommended which was accepted by the board Friday morning amounts to about 10 per cent. The first inch of raw water for agriculture use will cost $80 with the regular rate for more inches _ remaining unchanged, until 30 miner’s inches is reached. The rate then is $32 per inch, $1 more than the previous rate. Domestic water users, those not now on a meter, will have about a 10 per cent increase in their costs. As NID’s policy is to eventually have all water served Callender recommended that the rate for water now served to metered customers be kept the same. The board members concurred. In other action Friday the board and James Cranmer, representing the developer of Wawona Madrono Subdivision, agreed the developer would give NID $16,000 for fencing and-or conduit for Rattlesnake ‘Ditch. ‘project, NID will fence the ditch, which runs through the subdivision, or place the water in a conduit if it becomes necessary in the future. — A quitclaim deed for the Mayflower treatment plant to Charles and Millicent English was approved: — Condemnation proceedings against Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kojetin and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Cash were approved. Both couples own property where NID proposes to place the Doty North water project. — Easements for the Doty North project were accepted from Foryst and Leona Hutchinson, Donald Hutchinson, Charles and Wanda Lequieu, Homer Swain and Opal Jay, Charles and Winnie Ellis, Nicholas and Sylvia Martino, the Minoru Kakiuchi family and Verlous and Carol Eubanks. — An easement was also accepted from five property owners for the Cascade III Ann Ennis, Bernice Schucking, Beatrice Hoge, ladys Hose and Emil Ott; and rom Doris Trauner for Squirrel Creek siphon. The board agreed to accept the water connecting fees stage by stage on a 600 residential subdivision to be built on 160 acres along Colfax Highway. The development, by Moss and Moss, will be built in stages and NID agreed the fees for water could be paid as each stage is completed. President Francis Dobbas conducted the semi-monthly meeting with Dec. 14 the date for the next meeting. Sierra offers film series Sierra College’s Office of Community Services, in conjunction with the Youth Self Help Program of Nevada county, will sponsor a (Young Adult Film Series) beginning Dec. 1. The free, non-credit class will be directed towards young adults in the Grass Valley— Nevada City area who desire an exposure to education through film. Films from the Sierra College Library and other local libraries, covering sociology, anthropology, history, and fine arts, will be screened every Saturday, December 1 through January 19 at 7:00 p.m. at the Old. Seven Hills School. Following each film, there will be discussion of the film and its Significance to young adults. Jack Love, ‘ youth psychotherapist for the Sierra View Mental Health Program, will serve as coordinator.

8 The Nevada County Nugget Wed., Nov. 28,1973 It happened last week in Nevada Co. (Con’t. from Page 3) ‘raternal organization. The dinner was held to honor Jim prior to his retirement from his work with the Elks Club and from his profession as pressman for The Union. AMEND GENERAL PLAN The Grass Valley Planning Commission voted unanimously to approve the i. vised EIR and an amendment to the general plan for the Litton Annexation, which was proposed as an urban medium and urban high density area near Nevada Union High School. It was agreed to approve the proposal based on a recommendation that the area be determined in the plan to be a “low urban density area.” COURTHOUSE LIGHTS In its offensive against the energy crisis, Nevada county ordered removal of at least 10 per cent of the lighting in the courthouse and annex. To date some 50 neon tubes and bulbs have deen removed in this effort to reduce consumption of energy at one source. Gasoline is on short supply also and only emergency vehicles may fill up at the courthouse pump; the recommendation to turn thermostats down to 68 degrees is being studied because of the complications encountered in having two furnace systems, main building and annex units, to regulate for individual rooms throughout the complex. ENROLLMENT PROBLEMS Tentative plans for ways to meet the enrollment increase in Nevada City schools will be discussed at a meeting scheduled for Dec. 11. The local enrollment is increasing at the rate of two and one-half per cent per year, according to Superintendent Dan Woodard. pater VITAL STATISTICS John Edward Cooney, 82, world-renowned hydroelectric engineer, died Nov: 13, in Golden Empire Convalescent Hospital. Services were held from Emmanuel Episcopal Church. Burial was in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Coloma, by arrangements made with Hooper Weaver Mortuary. Nancy Elizabeth Solis, 24, died Nov. 16, in Sacramento Medical Center. Services were held from Bergemann and Son Mortuary. Burial was in Forest View Cemetery. Dennis Newton Olson, 26, died Nov. 16 in Linwood, Wash., following an auto accident. Funeral services were held from the Hooper Weaver Chapel. Cremation followed in Marysville. Hollie Snider, 87, died Nov. 16 in Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital. The services were held in the Bergemann and Son Chapel, followed by burial in Forest View Cemetery. Goldwin (Pete) Spence died Nov. 16, in Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital. Last rites were conducted in the HooperWeaver Chapel. Interment was in the Greenwood Memorial Gardens. Janet Louise Jones, 42, died Nov. 16 in Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital. Private services were held from the Bergemann and Son Chapel. Alexander Rowe, 79, died Nov. 18 in Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital. The funeral was conducted in Hooper Weaver Chapel, followed by-burial in New Elm Ridge Cemetery. Avis Robinson Eddy, 74, died suddenly in Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital where she had been a patient for one day, on Nov. 19. Funeral services were held from the Penn Valley Church. Hooper Weaver Mortuary was in charge of arrangements. Ms. Elizabeth George, 52,. died Nov. 19 in Edens Hospital in Castro Valley. Funeral arrangements were pending from the Hooper Weaver Mortuary. 3 OUR WEATHER REPORT Sierra Nevada travelers advisory: Rain and snow north portion becoming locally heavy with blowing and drifting snow and continuing at times through Wednesday.Gusty winds on Wednesday. Drivers urged to exercise caution and to carry chains in the high country at all times. Grass Valley rain to date (11-20-73) for season, 24.60 inches. Nevada City rain to date ( 11-20-73) for season, 26.00 inches. Grass Valley season total to same date last season, 16.05 inches. Nevada City season total to same date last season, 18.11 inches. COMING EVENTS November 23 — Opening of Cornish Christmas festivities in Grass Valley on Mill Street at 7 p.m. Bagpipers will herald the arrival of Her Majesty’s Consul from San Francisco, representing the Duke of Cornwail, to ceremoniously open the festivities and exchange season’s greetings between our two countries. There will be much singing, dancing, music and general frivolity for young and old alike. Firemen respond to garbage fire The tenant told firemen the Grass Valley volunteer 0.0 seéven-tenant building only had firemen were called to a fire eich ¢ 1 AP Re hade '' TE burning garbage in a can on his 8&tti of his garbage.” The ; fire we ‘$12 South Auburn Ji CEL. back porch; “through meters, DURING THE summer months Bear Valley on Highway 20 is a green meadow with livestock grazing. In the winter however there is snow covering the grass and all that is visible is the cedar posts sticking up through the snow. NID to hike water rates effective Feb. I Raw water for agriculture and flat rate domestic water rates will go up “but not by a Staggering amount’’ effective Feb. 1. John Callender, chairman of Nevada Irrigation District’s water rate study committee, Said “the less than staggering” raise is the first since 1968 and will not affect those receiving

water through a meter. The rate increase he and his committee recommended which was accepted by the board Friday morning amounts to about 10 per cent. The first inch of raw water for agriculture use will cost $80 with the regular rate for more inches _ remaining unchanged, until 30 miner’s inches is reached. The rate then is $32 per inch, $1 more than the previous rate. Domestic water users, those not now on a meter, will have about a 10 per cent increase in their costs. As NID’s policy is to eventually have all water served Callender recommended that the rate for water now served to metered customers be kept the same. The board members concurred. In other action Friday the board and James Cranmer, representing the developer of Wawona Madrono Subdivision, agreed the developer would give NID $16,000 for fencing and-or conduit for Rattlesnake ‘Ditch. ‘project, NID will fence the ditch, which runs through the subdivision, or place the water in a conduit if it becomes necessary in the future. — A quitclaim deed for the Mayflower treatment plant to Charles and Millicent English was approved: — Condemnation proceedings against Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kojetin and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Cash were approved. Both couples own property where NID proposes to place the Doty North water project. — Easements for the Doty North project were accepted from Foryst and Leona Hutchinson, Donald Hutchinson, Charles and Wanda Lequieu, Homer Swain and Opal Jay, Charles and Winnie Ellis, Nicholas and Sylvia Martino, the Minoru Kakiuchi family and Verlous and Carol Eubanks. — An easement was also accepted from five property owners for the Cascade III Ann Ennis, Bernice Schucking, Beatrice Hoge, ladys Hose and Emil Ott; and rom Doris Trauner for Squirrel Creek siphon. The board agreed to accept the water connecting fees stage by stage on a 600 residential subdivision to be built on 160 acres along Colfax Highway. The development, by Moss and Moss, will be built in stages and NID agreed the fees for water could be paid as each stage is completed. President Francis Dobbas conducted the semi-monthly meeting with Dec. 14 the date for the next meeting. Sierra offers film series Sierra College’s Office of Community Services, in conjunction with the Youth Self Help Program of Nevada county, will sponsor a (Young Adult Film Series) beginning Dec. 1. The free, non-credit class will be directed towards young adults in the Grass Valley— Nevada City area who desire an exposure to education through film. Films from the Sierra College Library and other local libraries, covering sociology, anthropology, history, and fine arts, will be screened every Saturday, December 1 through January 19 at 7:00 p.m. at the Old. Seven Hills School. Following each film, there will be discussion of the film and its Significance to young adults. Jack Love, ‘ youth psychotherapist for the Sierra View Mental Health Program, will serve as coordinator.