September 10, 1969 (12 pages)

2 Eight Future Farmers win at State Fair Eight Nevada Union High School Future Farmers and their 54 sheep and swine just returned home in time to start school Tuesday after sweeping the State Fair Sheep Show and doing very well in other divisions, In the market lamb show Chris Bierwagen won champion fat lamb and second place Corridale pen of three lambs. Bob Paasch’s Sufffolk lamps won champion and pen of three lambs placed first. Sally Spillers' Suffolk lamb placed eighth. In the breeding sheep classes on Saturday and Sunday, local students won the following: Dorset classes: John Fraser exhibited 12 head and won two ; firsts and four seconds plus a trophy for premier breeder exhibitor. , Suffolk classes: Bob Paasch exhibited eight head and won two first and four seconds plus reserve champion ram and tied for premier suffolk breeder, Cathy Wolters exhibited four head and won second on her get of sire. Corridale classes: Chris Bierwagen exhibited 10 head, won 12 firsts, three seconds and was Corridale premier breeder and won champion ewe and ram. Hampshire class: Steven Paasch exhibited 12 head, won four firsts, three seconds and champion ram and was premier Hampshire breeder. Swine division: Jim Drew and Joan Smith exhibited market Yorkshires. Jim's placed second in his class. ; Breeding swine classes: Jim Drew exhibited seven head, winning two fourths, one sixth and a seventh. Chris Bierwagen won the Bank of America outstanding horticulture exhibitor award which was a nice portable radio. Chris had 18 entries of peaches, plums, pears and apples which woneight . firsts, seven seconds and one third, Overall Robert Paasch and Al Broyer, a student teacher from UCD, who accompanied the students, were very proud ofthe local youths in the final sweepstakes race. The Nevada Union chapter won the sheep sweepstakes and placed third in horticulture and fifth in Agriculture mechanics. Sie simplicity. . BERGEMANN ready to serve you} day or night Call 265-2421 BOST AVE. OFF LOWER GRASS VALLEY ROAD, NEVADA CITY . ‘The Nevada County Nugget Wednesday, September 10, 1969 ‘ The use and abuse of drugs (EDITOR'S ‘NOTE: Ever since last fall’s marijuana raid, the use of drugs by youngsters in Nevada county has been a topic of concern, One of the latest efforts to provide ways’ to educate--youngsters on this emotion-charged topic comes from the Nev: County Office of Education which has prepared a preliminary course of study on drugs. © Whatever set the stage for the drug problem of today? To go back a bit in timing, I think that we must accept for fact that our nation is a pill-oriented society. There must be something to this as is evidenced by the tremendous amounts of money expended in the national advertising of products ranging from the control of the Monday morning blahs to the super. analgesic that promises to cope with any personal pain or tension. We have pills and capsules that promise instant comfort and relief.from aches and pains that stretch from the cradle to the grave, Youngsters observe the world of the adult swig and swill anything from a fizz glass to a nighty-night sleeping tablet. : These young people have their own personal tensions, The pressures of social competition, or intellectual stress to maintain the scholastic high average of the report card, to dress and drive and live like the fellow and girl that has everything — are just as real for the adolescent as they are for a large segment of the adult world! But in case we.have not realized another facet of the teenager, this youngster too has suffered change. Perhaps in the new order of acquiring the mental tools to earn money, someone has sophisticated the adolescent scene. Did you ever consider that we-have programs for the nursery pre-schooler, the. pre-schooler, the kindergartener; — not to mention myriad baby-sitting services offered these young. Has our progress eliminated the golden age of childhood? Have we decried that heritage of being able to be just a kid, and enjoy some of the carefree, happy years of boyhood? Or is it our expensive or expansive economy that is to.blame? : Let us in education browse back a few years. Until nine or ten years ago, our adolescents were rather typical of any other teenage generation. Up until this time, at home-and at school, without apology we asked that our kids adhere to accepted standards of behavior. Past generations of youth were required to adhere to standards set up for them, even though a hard core minority beat against them. However, a new “look"' is occurring in our present-day rebellion. Are we guilty of removing the standards and erasing the guildelines to give the adolescent the prerogative of choosing what is right or wrong for him, without implanting the maturity to make a wise and thoughtful decision? There is hardly a vestige left of the compliance of the past. Now, with every standard open for youthful interpretation, there are not many standards remaining. Youth does need something to rebel against, but now with most of them gone, there is little or nothing left for the growing ones to measure up to or flex their minds against. The juvenile, today; is seemingly directionless — and is pathetic. He looks about for assurance and guidance and understanding, and sees nothing of help or compassion or a listening ear from the adult, As their bridge stretches away and beyond our comprehension, there is the chasm in communication between the two worlds that is ever widening. And have we the audacity to place the blame on youth alone? The point of wearing long hair or a mini-skirt is not even a basic issue. The latter ic the modern mode of the miss, and oue Might see those of any age adhering to this style. The hair-do.of the male is not a problem, because throughout history men have worn: their tresses and covered their faces in weird and fancy styling. The point at hand is the policy and the standard set by good taste and proper direction. To have a standard or a rule, and then permit the adolescent to flaunt it — here is where the danger lies. Parents too often permit their youngsters to make up their rules as they go along, and so the life habits of the teen-ager become ones of disrespect, indecision and crudeness. It follows very naturally that these young people are more than ready for the dope scene. Moving from the undisciplined life-mode, with most natural thrills and experiences fulfilled too early, what is there left? © The dope problem begins with this age segment of our populace, from 11 years of age, through the teen-age, perhaps through the individual life span of the one so addicted. I is true that this fever was lectuals high in education, comforting in word, Let the mind expand. Let us trip together down the primrose path of euphoristic pleasure. Many bought the new dictum, many tried the new mental look-see, and too many more are trying this thrill road.of entering the way-out-yonder land of physical, mental and emotional misery. ' What is the mountain dope scene? Who is the great provider of the pill, the powder, the weed, the liquid of this nethernether land? : oe : Pill-popping and grass-blowing was the metropolitan problem of some six years ago. It began in the higher levels of learning and then spread its grimy way to the secondary. The advent of the beat generation, followed by the psychedelic love and peace crusade of the hippie movement, provoked the . widespread use of the various illicit and illegal drugs. Today the gamut of knowledge and use of them has infiltrated the junior high schools, and even sixth graders have an extraordinary knowledge of the various drugs and what sort of “high” they produce in the mind of the user. Ete Now with our youth better prepared intellectually than their predecessors, they know the how and the where of getting nearly everything they desire, with the "good" psychology of playing their game with the adults to attain their ends — whatever they are! : ae a Summer children, vacationing in the country, left to their own devices and rather interested in showing the country kids what the city sophisticates were doing for "“kicks,"' brought the problem very close. Today the dope problem has transcended time and distance, Once established in the area, the adolescent phenomenon of being "in" took over, and the pattern spread to alarming proportions, To be accepted by the peer group, whether for status or popularity. or other reasons, the unstructured environment in which the youngster has lived makes it feasible for him to use drugs with little or no hesitation. After the initial start, the* effect is as varied as the ones using the drugs. Some actively seek after drugs. They are the caught ones, those dependent upon the "fix" to maintain some vestige of being able to cope with life's problems, Peer pleasure has been the best ambassador for drug habituation, not to mention the free first euphoric experience. The free start.and the on-going apostolate of turning other kids "on" makes the scene difficult to control. Nearly every user becomes a pusher, if not to support his own needs to kindly see to it that none of his: friends have to be without. All the while the communication gap widens between the adult and the youngster, and important problems are left unsolved. In another vein, it seems to me that the intrusion of many court decisions has tied the hands of those who endeavor this traffic.-The courts occasionally have taken over some of the -duties of the legislative branch of government, and have provided enough legal loop holes for the felonious supplier of illegal drugs that justice is oftentimes questioned. ‘As an interim thought, most of the responsibility for communicating with the young generation has been shoved upon the shoulders of the adult, principally parents and teachers. Instead of the establishment making all the overtures to create communication between the generations, perhaps we should beg youth to communicate with us. Youth today is better informed about drugs than the generation preceding them. We must know much more about the intellectual and emotional climate surrounding the adolescent that makes the increase of drug abuse such a reality. ce What can be done to alleviate the problem? Upon questioning young people as to what should be done, their answer is unique in its basic honesty. Teach us about it before the situation hits us smack in the face! Start it early, that we know what the answers are. Don't kid us. Take time to listen to us, Hear what we have to say, then answer our problems by not talking down to us, As teachers, we have to be involved! For it is only in the classroom that we can discuss clinically dope and drugs and problems caused by their use. The clinic must be the classroom, the. teacher should be the diagnostic catalyst to bridge the problem gap between the young, the.institution, and the healthful life that is the heritage of the young. In conclusion, the fact. must be mentioned and accepted, that we donot allow the acceptance or the rejection of the misuse of drugs and narcotics left to the choice of the child. If we do this and the youngster ehooses wrongly, then we have abetted the child's life. problem — for any serious mistake in this important judgment could affect this young life forever. Set up the standard, understand the goals.be kind, be ‘understanding, be alert. but please be careful! Donation to workshop

2 Eight Future Farmers win at State Fair Eight Nevada Union High School Future Farmers and their 54 sheep and swine just returned home in time to start school Tuesday after sweeping the State Fair Sheep Show and doing very well in other divisions, In the market lamb show Chris Bierwagen won champion fat lamb and second place Corridale pen of three lambs. Bob Paasch’s Sufffolk lamps won champion and pen of three lambs placed first. Sally Spillers' Suffolk lamb placed eighth. In the breeding sheep classes on Saturday and Sunday, local students won the following: Dorset classes: John Fraser exhibited 12 head and won two ; firsts and four seconds plus a trophy for premier breeder exhibitor. , Suffolk classes: Bob Paasch exhibited eight head and won two first and four seconds plus reserve champion ram and tied for premier suffolk breeder, Cathy Wolters exhibited four head and won second on her get of sire. Corridale classes: Chris Bierwagen exhibited 10 head, won 12 firsts, three seconds and was Corridale premier breeder and won champion ewe and ram. Hampshire class: Steven Paasch exhibited 12 head, won four firsts, three seconds and champion ram and was premier Hampshire breeder. Swine division: Jim Drew and Joan Smith exhibited market Yorkshires. Jim's placed second in his class. ; Breeding swine classes: Jim Drew exhibited seven head, winning two fourths, one sixth and a seventh. Chris Bierwagen won the Bank of America outstanding horticulture exhibitor award which was a nice portable radio. Chris had 18 entries of peaches, plums, pears and apples which woneight . firsts, seven seconds and one third, Overall Robert Paasch and Al Broyer, a student teacher from UCD, who accompanied the students, were very proud ofthe local youths in the final sweepstakes race. The Nevada Union chapter won the sheep sweepstakes and placed third in horticulture and fifth in Agriculture mechanics. Sie simplicity.. . BERGEMANN ready to serve you} day or night Call 265-2421 BOST AVE. OFF LOWER GRASS VALLEY ROAD, NEVADA CITY . ‘The Nevada County Nugget Wednesday, September 10, 1969 ‘ The use and abuse of drugs (EDITOR'S ‘NOTE: Ever since last fall’s marijuana raid, the use of drugs by youngsters in Nevada county has been a topic of concern, One of the latest efforts to provide ways’ to educate--youngsters on this emotion-charged topic comes from the Nev: County Office of Education which has prepared a preliminary course of study on drugs. © Whatever set the stage for the drug problem of today? To go back a bit in timing, I think that we must accept for fact that our nation is a pill-oriented society. There must be something to this as is evidenced by the tremendous amounts of money expended in the national advertising of products ranging from the control of the Monday morning blahs to the super. analgesic that promises to cope with any personal pain or tension. We have pills and capsules that promise instant comfort and relief..from aches and pains that stretch from the cradle to the grave, Youngsters observe the world of the adult swig and swill anything from a fizz glass to a nighty-night sleeping tablet. : These young people have their own personal tensions, The pressures of social competition, or intellectual stress to maintain the scholastic high average of the report card, to dress and drive and live like the fellow and girl that has everything — are just as real for the adolescent as they are for a large segment of the adult world! But in case we.have not realized another facet of the teenager, this youngster too has suffered change. Perhaps in the new order of acquiring the mental tools to earn money, someone has sophisticated the adolescent scene. Did you ever consider that we-have programs for the nursery pre-schooler, the. pre-schooler, the kindergartener; — not to mention myriad baby-sitting services offered these young. Has our progress eliminated the golden age of childhood? Have we decried that heritage of being able to be just a kid, and enjoy some of the carefree, happy years of boyhood? Or is it our expensive or expansive economy that is to.blame? : Let us in education browse back a few years. Until nine or ten years ago, our adolescents were rather typical of any other teenage generation. Up until this time, at home-and at school, without apology we asked that our kids adhere to accepted standards of behavior. Past generations of youth were required to adhere to standards set up for them, even though a hard core minority beat against them. However, a new “look"' is occurring in our present-day

rebellion. Are we guilty of removing the standards and erasing the guildelines to give the adolescent the prerogative of choosing what is right or wrong for him, without implanting the maturity to make a wise and thoughtful decision? There is hardly a vestige left of the compliance of the past. Now, with every standard open for youthful interpretation, there are not many standards remaining. Youth does need something to rebel against, but now with most of them gone, there is little or nothing left for the growing ones to measure up to or flex their minds against. The juvenile, today; is seemingly directionless — and is pathetic. He looks about for assurance and guidance and understanding, and sees nothing of help or compassion or a listening ear from the adult, As their bridge stretches away and beyond our comprehension, there is the chasm in communication between the two worlds that is ever widening. And have we the audacity to place the blame on youth alone? The point of wearing long hair or a mini-skirt is not even a basic issue. The latter ic the modern mode of the miss, and oue Might see those of any age adhering to this style. The hair-do.of the male is not a problem, because throughout history men have worn: their tresses and covered their faces in weird and fancy styling. The point at hand is the policy and the standard set by good taste and proper direction. To have a standard or a rule, and then permit the adolescent to flaunt it — here is where the danger lies. Parents too often permit their youngsters to make up their rules as they go along, and so the life habits of the teen-ager become ones of disrespect, indecision and crudeness. It follows very naturally that these young people are more than ready for the dope scene. Moving from the undisciplined life-mode, with most natural thrills and experiences fulfilled too early, what is there left? © The dope problem begins with this age segment of our populace, from 11 years of age, through the teen-age, perhaps through the individual life span of the one so addicted. I is true that this fever was lectuals high in education, comforting in word, Let the mind expand. Let us trip together down the primrose path of euphoristic pleasure. Many bought the new dictum, many tried the new mental look-see, and too many more are trying this thrill road.of entering the way-out-yonder land of physical, mental and emotional misery. ' What is the mountain dope scene? Who is the great provider of the pill, the powder, the weed, the liquid of this nethernether land? : oe : Pill-popping and grass-blowing was the metropolitan problem of some six years ago. It began in the higher levels of learning and then spread its grimy way to the secondary. The advent of the beat generation, followed by the psychedelic love and peace crusade of the hippie movement, provoked the . widespread use of the various illicit and illegal drugs. Today the gamut of knowledge and use of them has infiltrated the junior high schools, and even sixth graders have an extraordinary knowledge of the various drugs and what sort of “high” they produce in the mind of the user. Ete Now with our youth better prepared intellectually than their predecessors, they know the how and the where of getting nearly everything they desire, with the "good" psychology of playing their game with the adults to attain their ends — whatever they are! : ae a Summer children, vacationing in the country, left to their own devices and rather interested in showing the country kids what the city sophisticates were doing for "“kicks,"' brought the problem very close. Today the dope problem has transcended time and distance, Once established in the area, the adolescent phenomenon of being "in" took over, and the pattern spread to alarming proportions, To be accepted by the peer group, whether for status or popularity. or other reasons, the unstructured environment in which the youngster has lived makes it feasible for him to use drugs with little or no hesitation. After the initial start, the* effect is as varied as the ones using the drugs. Some actively seek after drugs. They are the caught ones, those dependent upon the "fix" to maintain some vestige of being able to cope with life's problems, Peer pleasure has been the best ambassador for drug habituation, not to mention the free first euphoric experience. The free start.and the on-going apostolate of turning other kids "on" makes the scene difficult to control. Nearly every user becomes a pusher, if not to support his own needs to kindly see to it that none of his: friends have to be without. All the while the communication gap widens between the adult and the youngster, and important problems are left unsolved. In another vein, it seems to me that the intrusion of many court decisions has tied the hands of those who endeavor this traffic.-The courts occasionally have taken over some of the -duties of the legislative branch of government, and have provided enough legal loop holes for the felonious supplier of illegal drugs that justice is oftentimes questioned. ‘As an interim thought, most of the responsibility for communicating with the young generation has been shoved upon the shoulders of the adult, principally parents and teachers. Instead of the establishment making all the overtures to create communication between the generations, perhaps we should beg youth to communicate with us. Youth today is better informed about drugs than the generation preceding them. We must know much more about the intellectual and emotional climate surrounding the adolescent that makes the increase of drug abuse such a reality. ce What can be done to alleviate the problem? Upon questioning young people as to what should be done, their answer is unique in its basic honesty. Teach us about it before the situation hits us smack in the face! Start it early, that we know what the answers are. Don't kid us. Take time to listen to us, Hear what we have to say, then answer our problems by not talking down to us, As teachers, we have to be involved! For it is only in the classroom that we can discuss clinically dope and drugs and problems caused by their use. The clinic must be the classroom, the. teacher should be the diagnostic catalyst to bridge the problem gap between the young, the.institution, and the healthful life that is the heritage of the young. In conclusion, the fact. must be mentioned and accepted, that we donot allow the acceptance or the rejection of the misuse of drugs and narcotics left to the choice of the child. If we do this and the youngster ehooses wrongly, then we have abetted the child's life. problem — for any serious mistake in this important judgment could affect this young life forever. Set up the standard, understand the goals..be kind, be ‘understanding, be alert.. but please be careful! Donation to workshop