September 17, 1969 (12 pages)

Utility wires to go . underground by 1971 Ugly utility wires which stick out all over Mill Street inGrass Valley will be moved underground two years: from now. Howard Swearingen, manager of Pacific Gas and Electric Co., told. the city council Wednesday that enough money will be available to finance undergrounding along Mill Street in 1971. And utility wires can be placed underground at Condon Park next year, he said. The cost of the Mill St. work is estimated at $63,000, but only about $12,000 will be needed for Condon under gounding, he added. ‘ Swearingen pointed out that the utility firm's allocations for these Grass Valley projects are growing rapidly because Nevada county recently agreed ‘to divide its yearly allocation between Grass Valley and Nevada City. Grass Valley's allocations were $7,900 in 1968 and $9,200 in 1969. The county's share provided Grass Valley an additional $11,450 for undergrounding in 1968 and $12,850 this year. That makes $41,400 available now. If allocations remain at those levels, PG&E will have enough funds stored away for the Condon job in 1970 and the Mill Street. job in 1971, he said. The city will have some auxiliary-costs for the underground-.ing, including about $1,100 for concrete -type light standards at Condon and $3,000 on Mill if concrete posts are used. Owners. of the commercial properties along Mill will’ be required to provide proper service boxes to bring the underground services in from their building fronts. Pacific Telephone and Gold Hills Cable TV will share the DeWitt people plan workshop on geriatrics AUBURN — Dr. Paul Schrader, Ethel Staeck, registered nurse, and Emma Wilkerson, P.T., DeWitt State Hospital staff, will participate in awork— shop concerning geriatrics in the community. The workshop sponsored by the Sierra Chapter of the California Association of Nursing Homes, Sanitariums, Rest Homes, and Homes for the Aged will be held Monday at the El Dorado County Fairgrounds, ; Dr. Schrader, medical program director for aftercare, will head the panel discussion on supervision and side effects of medications. Mrs. Staeck, public health nurse, is to be a members of the panel on Food Management, Budgetary, and Dietary Supervision. Emma Wilkerson, remotivation coordinator, will present an activity and remotivation program. The workshop will acquaint persons working with the aged in community settings with innovative programs and techniques, : FREEDOM SHARES same trench as PG&E in laying their wires under gound. The council held public hearings on formation of undergrounding districts for Condon and Mill. The only protests concerned Mill, A letter contended the work is not justified now because of inflation. And Billy Hoskins, who owns some Mill Street property, complained that the wires and poles have’ been there for years and are not a safety hazard. i The hearings were continued until the next council meeting so resolutions forming the districts can be prepared for adoption. The whereabouts of the longawaited state recreation grant for Condon Park became more clear this week. The money, sought since 1967, — is tied up in red tape, part of which may be unraveled this. month. However, the other-part will take a little longer and is a lot more serious. The board of supervisors, the agency which had the original duty of determining where the grant should go, decided to ask what has happened to it. In August, 1967, the board divided Nevada county's $75,000 allocation of a state parks grant ‘equally between Truckee-Donner Recreation District and the City of Grass Valley. Truckee has long since recieved its share from the state, but Grass Valley Wednesday, September 17, 1969 The Nevada County Nugget 5 Condon Park cash still tied in red tape has not. City Public Wsrks Director Tom Leland explained why ina , letter to the board. First, the city has applied for a matching $37,500 of federal funds, so cannot spend the state portion until federal approval is received, hopefully this month, And state bond sales are not doing too well at the moment because of the tight money market, Leland noted that the money market "has established an interest rate higher than the five per cent (maximum) approved for bond sale" of this issue. "This means that the state is unable _to sell the bonds to obtain the money to give to the various agencies,"' including Grass Valley. Even then there will be some trouble spending the money at Condon Park because the city doesn't have it. yet. The state has approved the allocation, but the state has not yet sold bonds to provide the hard cash to present to Grass Valley. The city official said he has contacted Sen. Stephen Teale and Assemblyman Gene Chappie and they "indicated the Legislature is undertaking means by which money may be made available." CLASSIFIED ADS If you arent satisfied with your personal numbers booklet, try one of ours. bers Booklet. numbers. place to keep your matches. Due to the increasing number of people who write names, addresses, and phone numbers on the inside of matchbook covers or scraps of paper, Pacific Telephone wishes to announce the convenient Personal NumOne simple call to your local Telephone Business Office can put one (or more) of these handy items in your possession. You'll find that each booklet contains plenty of ‘space for names, addresses and phone Of course, a matchbook is still the best Pacific Telephone Were here to help. ‘

Utility wires to go . underground by 1971 Ugly utility wires which stick out all over Mill Street inGrass Valley will be moved underground two years: from now. Howard Swearingen, manager of Pacific Gas and Electric Co., told. the city council Wednesday that enough money will be available to finance undergrounding along Mill Street in 1971. And utility wires can be placed underground at Condon Park next year, he said. The cost of the Mill St. work is estimated at $63,000, but only about $12,000 will be needed for Condon under gounding, he added. ‘ Swearingen pointed out that the utility firm's allocations for these Grass Valley projects are growing rapidly because Nevada county recently agreed ‘to divide its yearly allocation between Grass Valley and Nevada City. Grass Valley's allocations were $7,900 in 1968 and $9,200 in 1969. The county's share provided Grass Valley an additional $11,450 for undergrounding in 1968 and $12,850 this year. That makes $41,400 available now. If allocations remain at those levels, PG&E will have enough funds stored away for the Condon job in 1970 and the Mill Street. job in 1971, he said. The city will have some auxiliary-costs for the underground-.ing, including about $1,100 for concrete -type light standards at Condon and $3,000 on Mill if concrete posts are used. Owners. of the commercial properties along Mill will’ be required to provide proper service boxes to bring the underground services in from their building fronts. Pacific Telephone and Gold Hills Cable TV will share the DeWitt people plan workshop on geriatrics AUBURN — Dr. Paul Schrader, Ethel Staeck, registered nurse, and Emma Wilkerson, P.T., DeWitt State Hospital staff, will participate in awork— shop concerning geriatrics in the community. The workshop sponsored by the Sierra Chapter of the California Association of Nursing Homes, Sanitariums, Rest Homes, and Homes for the Aged will be held Monday at the El Dorado County Fairgrounds, ; Dr. Schrader, medical program director for aftercare, will head the panel discussion on supervision and side effects of medications. Mrs. Staeck, public health nurse, is to be a members of the panel on Food Management, Budgetary, and Dietary Supervision. Emma Wilkerson, remotivation coordinator, will present an activity and remotivation program. The workshop will acquaint persons working with the aged in community settings with innovative programs and techniques, : FREEDOM SHARES same trench as PG&E in laying their wires under gound. The council held public hearings on formation of undergrounding districts for Condon and Mill. The only protests concerned Mill, A letter contended the work is not justified now because of inflation. And Billy Hoskins, who owns some Mill Street property, complained that the wires and poles have’ been there for years and are not a safety hazard. i The hearings were continued until the next council meeting

so resolutions forming the districts can be prepared for adoption. The whereabouts of the longawaited state recreation grant for Condon Park became more clear this week. The money, sought since 1967, — is tied up in red tape, part of which may be unraveled this. month. However, the other-part will take a little longer and is a lot more serious. The board of supervisors, the agency which had the original duty of determining where the grant should go, decided to ask what has happened to it. In August, 1967, the board divided Nevada county's $75,000 allocation of a state parks grant ‘equally between Truckee-Donner Recreation District and the City of Grass Valley. Truckee has long since recieved its share from the state, but Grass Valley Wednesday, September 17, 1969 The Nevada County Nugget 5 Condon Park cash still tied in red tape has not. City Public Wsrks Director Tom Leland explained why ina , letter to the board. First, the city has applied for a matching $37,500 of federal funds, so cannot spend the state portion until federal approval is received, hopefully this month, And state bond sales are not doing too well at the moment because of the tight money market, Leland noted that the money market "has established an interest rate higher than the five per cent (maximum) approved for bond sale" of this issue. "This means that the state is unable _to sell the bonds to obtain the money to give to the various agencies,"' including Grass Valley. Even then there will be some trouble spending the money at Condon Park because the city doesn't have it. yet. The state has approved the allocation, but the state has not yet sold bonds to provide the hard cash to present to Grass Valley. The city official said he has contacted Sen. Stephen Teale and Assemblyman Gene Chappie and they "indicated the Legislature is undertaking means by which money may be made available." CLASSIFIED ADS If you arent satisfied with your personal numbers booklet, try one of ours. bers Booklet. numbers. place to keep your matches. Due to the increasing number of people who write names, addresses, and phone numbers on the inside of matchbook covers or scraps of paper, Pacific Telephone wishes to announce the convenient Personal NumOne simple call to your local Telephone Business Office can put one (or more) of these handy items in your possession. You'll find that each booklet contains plenty of ‘space for names, addresses and phone Of course, a matchbook is still the best Pacific Telephone Were here to help. ‘