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Collection: Newspapers > Nevada County Nugget

October 24, 1970 (12 pages)

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PART OF the 400 Boy Scouts of the Tahoe Area Council leaving Camp Pahatsi for the Donner Summit area to participate in the Interior Department's Johnny Horizon CleanLocal scouts dean up Donner litter In an exciting display of America's Youth-Power, Boy Scouts from the Tahoe Area Council last. weekend mobilized 400 young men to help the Bureau of Reclamation and the U. S, Forest Service clean defaced rocks and pick up litter in the Donner Summit Area, Troop leaders and helpers from Roseville to Tahoe including Grass Valley Nevada City assembled their units at eee OF 0 8 s. VEEN eS Y Tite eeey PEOVER S CCE T EKER EG Ceo BOR ORR ARE Forest Service from Big Bend and scapceegne up. some of the 75 cubic Camp Pahatsi near Soda Springs. The units were then bused tothe summit area by a commercial line, It was one of the largest cleanup campaigns ever conducted in the area. . Tons of litter were gathered in the area along old Highway 40 in the Tahoe National Forest Area from Soda Springs to Donner Lake, and hundreds of defaced rocks were grouted over with a thin layer of cement grout. up Campaign Saturday (Bureau of Raclaenaticn rere by Don Mell.) Litter consisted of everything from gum wrappers and beer cans to large metal objects including old washing machines and car bodies. So much junk was accumulated along the road for pickup by dump trucks donated and manned by the Forest Service that they were still working on Sunday and finally had to enlist the help of the State Highway Department. The project was carried out under guidelines of the Johnny a Area Council,20 YEARS — EXPERIENCE * ea = oF Bons Jad, Bale) Se ee CSR ERR ETC CE OK EO Os litter collected by Boy Scouts from the Tahoe Horizon Program of the gar ment of the Interior. H. J. (ik Geroy, administrative ‘one for the Bureau of Reclamation, Auburn, represented the interior Department and coordinated all activities with the Boy Scouts; Stan Macy, district commissioner; Rev. Charles A, Rauscheck, public relations director, Tahoe Area Council; and Hank Branagh, supervisor of the Tahoe Nationdl Forest, Nevada City. Y uncommon. stock’ for Condon lake © GV Lions sell Shares of “uncommon stock" “are being offered to the public by Grass Valley Lions Club to ; finance the construction of the
new lake at Condon Park which is under way now. The lake will be called "Lions Lake No, 2" “because the club — built one several years ago at the fairgrounds, It is a popular fishing spot for youngsters, The one in Condon Park also will be geared toward children's fishing. © : The "uncommon stock" drive will find Lions selling green shares for $1. They will be negotiable "in fishing fun for those: of ages 11 to 16," theshares say, adding: "Your dollar for this one share of Uncommon Stock will help to make new Lions Lake No, 2 at Condon Park a spot of golden hours for little boys and girls for generations to come,” Harry Holtzmann is chairman of the. stock project and Arlie Hansen chairman of construction of the new lake. Fire district effidency may cut C-P rates There are strong indications that there will be some decrease in fire insurance rates in the Chicago Park Fire District because of the efficiency of its volunteer fire department. Fire. Chief Carl. Bauch made the announcement this week. The . chief said the Pacific Fire f= Rating Bureau sent Bruce Park, an engineer from the San Francisco office here for a five-day evaluation of the department. The engineer checked commercial fire hazards. Tests included: manpower and equipment response, the alert system and pumping capacity of the trucks. Chief Bauch expressed his and the district's appreciation to volunteers who devoted more than 100 man hours in preparation and time spent for rating tests. Firemen spent one day pumping water for the evaluation test, County again ne in ‘Sunset’ For the second month in a and its work in the community between Grass Valley and Interstate 80 are featured in the November issue. The article refers tothe highway as "shaded by oaks and evergreens, meandering past farmhouses, a few orchards, small settlements, pastureland and woodland. It follows the route of a toll road used in the early 1900s. In 1930 this had become the first official county road in Nevada county." Last month, Sunset featured Malakoff Diggins Historical State Park,, . Se iis ah a ae ath te ee ae ae