October 5, 1966 (20 pages)

a Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, Seid, Rumbue, Relief Hill, Washington, Blue Tent, LaBarr Meadows, Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Se AS a nae a ee ae NEVADA €@ Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens. Pt Ee np I ei ee roete ee ere Pe tht eS <1 nia UGC? You Bet, Ti Talk, Glenbrook, L&tle York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, French Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bloom‘Eobw Ridge, Union Hill, erie Seideonds City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly otch Hill, North Columbia, Columbiy Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore’s Flat, Orleans Flat, ee tec mtearer PERIODICALS SECTION CAL ST LIBRARY SACTO CAL 95914 ilaiiiaindd cided te Volume 41 Number 38 10 Cents a Copy Published on Wednesdays October 5, 1966 County Planners Schedule — Special October Meeting The Nevada County Planning Commission has scheduled a special meeting for Oct. 17 to wrestle with the knotty problem of how to handle violations of the county zoning ordiance, The commission is faced with dealing with regulations of an ordinace which is at best permissive, allowing almost anything in all areas but those where residents petition to be zoned to a more restrictive zone, Coupled with this, the commission is faced with requirement for use permits for certain zones, but has neither the staff, time nor the regulations to enforce these procedures, The endresult is that nonconforming uses continue to pop throughout the county and flourish until neighbors become annoyed and contact the office’ of the district attorney, Once this happens, the planning department is informed of the nonconforming uses and then initiates procedures to get the owner to make application for ause permit. Then it is dumped into the laps of the planning commission. How to solve this problem of people selling property on the basis that it is zoned for a certain used when it is not, how to deal with the problem when it is already in existance and what to do to avoid such situations will be the crux of the discussion Oct, 17, Last week the commission (Cont. on Page 20) Local Clampers Hang A Plaque At Malakoff Park The old mining communities of North San Juan and Humbug were rocking last weekend when a large group of members of the Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus arrived to dedicate a plaque at the new Malakoff State Historical Park. Visitors came from asfar away as Los Angelesto attend the initiation that started ceremonies in NorthSan Juan and continued in Humbug and the new park campgrounds, More than 30 poor blind candidates were paraded through North San Juan behing the James Marshall Clamper Band from Placerville andthen residents of North Bloomfield or Humbug were also allowed to feast their , eyes on the motley crew, The hosting William Bull MeekWilliam Morris Stewart Chapter No, 10 of Nevada City, unveiled a plaque at the new Clampgrounds in the North Bloomfield NEVER PICK UP A STRANGER.. thant — .@@ x townsite on Saturday. The local clampers w ere instrumental in securing wood from Nevada City’s Sequoia Christmas Tree to use for the tables at the new picnic facility. Robert Wyckoff an ex-noble Grand Humbug of the local chapter, spoke on Clamper History during the brief ceremony and (Cont. on Page 20) THE WILLIAM BULL MEEK=-William Morris Stewart Chapter of E Clampus Vitus of Nevada City dedicated a plaque at a new campground in Malakoff State Historical Park Saturday as part of a two day Clamper gathering. Shown here (left to right) are Grand Noble Humbug Barney Forsythe of Pittsburg; Ex-Noble Humbug Robert Wyckoff of Nevada City; Clyde Newlin, superintendent of district three for the State Division of Beaches and Parks and Charlie Gaus, native of North Bloomfield and early hydraulic miner, Shown kneeling is Wes Simard, leader of the Placerville Clamper Band, i: ee ¥ ake — WORK ON THE Nevada City Freeway was back in full swing this week with most of the activit concentrated on the Broad Street Bridge an completion of drainage facilities through the town. This view taken near the National Hotel annex shows the bridge forming and the 60 inch drain pipe being installed along the freeway route. Answer To The Answer Grand Jury Denies Road Report Had Any Political Motivation The Nevada County Grand Jury last week kept up its running battle with the county supervisors when it answered the supervisor’s answer to a grand jury report on county road policy. The road committee ofthe Grand Jury submitted a report to won theboard Sept. 6 suggesting the 4 # county was inconsistent in its policies of choosing roads to be : taken into the county road system, The Grand Jury report suggested the county adopt a firm policy in regard to roads, Atthe meeting of Sept. 13 the board with the exception of Truckee Supervisor Henry Loehr, adopted as policy, a letter written by Supervisor Bret Bennallack to Grand Jury Foreman Harry M, Pharis, In. his letter, Bennallack said the Grand Jury had been illadvised, that the bringing of a report to the board in mid-year was highly unusual, that the Grand Jury had failed to consult with the board before making the report and suggested that the action of the road comm-= ittee had raised questions that thereport might have been politically motivated, At the board meeting of Sept. 27, the supervisors received another letter signed by Pharis, but written for the entire Grand Jury. The latest Grand Jury letter noted that for a reason or reasons unknown tothe GrandJury, Bennallack believed there to be (Cont, on Page 20) Freeway Work Is Underway There were a lot of happy faces in Nevada City this week as crews from Granite Construction Co, went into high gear to complete the Nevada City segment of the Grass Valley -Nevada City Free= way. Granite, of Watsonville, was awarded the contract last Tues, day. Bids to complete the job were opened Sept, 23, but an error in one of the bids delayed the awarding of the contract. The job went torebidding when the State took the project away from contractor Norman I, Fadel of Marysville last month, Fadel was removed from the job for failure to show adequate progress in the work, Although all documents were not yet completed, Granite had men on the job on Sept. 27 and by last Wednesday work was again resumed, The new contract calls for com= pletion of the Broad Street Bridge by Dec, 1 and most of the work was concentrated in that area, Concer has been expressed by city and county officials about the disruption of city storm sewer systems due to the freeway work and areport from the county indicated that unless these systems were put back into order rapidly, an early heavy rain could threaten both buildings along the route and freeway structures themselves, This segment of the job is also getting much of the attention of the new crews and work continued through Saturday to install a new 60 inch concrete pipe (Cont, on Page 20) New School Plans Will Be Discussed The Grass Valley Elementary School Board will meet at 7:30 tomorrow night in the Hennessy School, Communications to the office of the County Counsel in regard to the purchase of a new school site from the Cooley Butler estate will be read and an opinion on school policy in regard to discipline from the County Counsel to the board will also be discusses, Areport on current schooi building plans will be presente? and the trustees will also dis cuss an application for federa? Title II funds, Chairman Brian Bennallac): will conduct the meeting, 1"

a Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, Seid, Rumbue, Relief Hill, Washington, Blue Tent, LaBarr Meadows, Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Se AS a nae a ee ae NEVADA €@ Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens. Pt Ee np I ei ee roete ee ere Pe tht eS <1 nia UGC? You Bet, Ti Talk, Glenbrook, L&tle York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, French Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bloom‘Eobw Ridge, Union Hill, erie Seideonds City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly otch Hill, North Columbia, Columbiy Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore’s Flat, Orleans Flat, ee tec mtearer PERIODICALS SECTION CAL ST LIBRARY SACTO CAL 95914 ilaiiiaindd cided te Volume 41 Number 38 10 Cents a Copy Published on Wednesdays October 5, 1966 County Planners Schedule — Special October Meeting The Nevada County Planning Commission has scheduled a special meeting for Oct. 17 to wrestle with the knotty problem of how to handle violations of the county zoning ordiance, The commission is faced with dealing with regulations of an ordinace which is at best permissive, allowing almost anything in all areas but those where residents petition to be zoned to a more restrictive zone, Coupled with this, the commission is faced with requirement for use permits for certain zones, but has neither the staff, time nor the regulations to enforce these procedures, The endresult is that nonconforming uses continue to pop throughout the county and flourish until neighbors become annoyed and contact the office’ of the district attorney, Once this happens, the planning department is informed of the nonconforming uses and then initiates procedures to get the owner to make application for ause permit. Then it is dumped into the laps of the planning commission. How to solve this problem of people selling property on the basis that it is zoned for a certain used when it is not, how to deal with the problem when it is already in existance and what to do to avoid such situations will be the crux of the discussion Oct, 17, Last week the commission (Cont. on Page 20) Local Clampers Hang A Plaque At Malakoff Park The old mining communities of North San Juan and Humbug were rocking last weekend when a large group of members of the Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus arrived to dedicate a plaque at the new Malakoff State Historical Park. Visitors came from asfar away as Los Angelesto attend the initiation that started ceremonies in NorthSan Juan and continued in Humbug and the new park campgrounds, More than 30 poor blind candidates were paraded through North San Juan behing the James Marshall Clamper Band from Placerville andthen residents of North Bloomfield or Humbug were also allowed to feast their , eyes on the motley crew, The hosting William Bull MeekWilliam Morris Stewart Chapter No, 10 of Nevada City, unveiled a plaque at the new Clampgrounds in the North Bloomfield NEVER PICK UP A STRANGER... thant — .@@ x townsite on Saturday. The local clampers w ere instrumental in securing wood from Nevada City’s Sequoia Christmas Tree to use for the tables at the new picnic facility. Robert Wyckoff an ex-noble Grand Humbug of the local chapter, spoke on Clamper History during the brief ceremony and (Cont. on Page 20) THE WILLIAM BULL MEEK=-William Morris Stewart Chapter of E Clampus Vitus of Nevada City dedicated a plaque at a new campground in Malakoff State Historical Park Saturday as part of a two day Clamper gathering. Shown here (left to right) are Grand Noble Humbug Barney Forsythe of Pittsburg; Ex-Noble Humbug Robert Wyckoff of Nevada City; Clyde Newlin, superintendent of district three for the State Division of Beaches and Parks and Charlie Gaus, native of North Bloomfield and early hydraulic miner, Shown kneeling is Wes Simard, leader of the Placerville Clamper Band, i: ee ¥ ake — WORK ON THE Nevada City Freeway was back in full swing this week with most of the activit concentrated on the Broad Street Bridge an completion of drainage facilities through the town. This view taken near the National Hotel annex shows the bridge forming and the 60 inch drain pipe being installed along the freeway route.

Answer To The Answer Grand Jury Denies Road Report Had Any Political Motivation The Nevada County Grand Jury last week kept up its running battle with the county supervisors when it answered the supervisor’s answer to a grand jury report on county road policy. The road committee ofthe Grand Jury submitted a report to won theboard Sept. 6 suggesting the 4 # county was inconsistent in its policies of choosing roads to be : taken into the county road system, The Grand Jury report suggested the county adopt a firm policy in regard to roads, Atthe meeting of Sept. 13 the board with the exception of Truckee Supervisor Henry Loehr, adopted as policy, a letter written by Supervisor Bret Bennallack to Grand Jury Foreman Harry M, Pharis, In. his letter, Bennallack said the Grand Jury had been illadvised, that the bringing of a report to the board in mid-year was highly unusual, that the Grand Jury had failed to consult with the board before making the report and suggested that the action of the road comm-= ittee had raised questions that thereport might have been politically motivated, At the board meeting of Sept. 27, the supervisors received another letter signed by Pharis, but written for the entire Grand Jury. The latest Grand Jury letter noted that for a reason or reasons unknown tothe GrandJury, Bennallack believed there to be (Cont, on Page 20) Freeway Work Is Underway There were a lot of happy faces in Nevada City this week as crews from Granite Construction Co, went into high gear to complete the Nevada City segment of the Grass Valley -Nevada City Free= way. Granite, of Watsonville, was awarded the contract last Tues, day. Bids to complete the job were opened Sept, 23, but an error in one of the bids delayed the awarding of the contract. The job went torebidding when the State took the project away from contractor Norman I, Fadel of Marysville last month, Fadel was removed from the job for failure to show adequate progress in the work, Although all documents were not yet completed, Granite had men on the job on Sept. 27 and by last Wednesday work was again resumed, The new contract calls for com= pletion of the Broad Street Bridge by Dec, 1 and most of the work was concentrated in that area, Concer has been expressed by city and county officials about the disruption of city storm sewer systems due to the freeway work and areport from the county indicated that unless these systems were put back into order rapidly, an early heavy rain could threaten both buildings along the route and freeway structures themselves, This segment of the job is also getting much of the attention of the new crews and work continued through Saturday to install a new 60 inch concrete pipe (Cont, on Page 20) New School Plans Will Be Discussed The Grass Valley Elementary School Board will meet at 7:30 tomorrow night in the Hennessy School, Communications to the office of the County Counsel in regard to the purchase of a new school site from the Cooley Butler estate will be read and an opinion on school policy in regard to discipline from the County Counsel to the board will also be discusses, Areport on current schooi building plans will be presente? and the trustees will also dis cuss an application for federa? Title II funds, Chairman Brian Bennallac): will conduct the meeting, 1"