September 19, 1973 (12 pages)

2 The Nevada County Nugget Wed., Sept.19,1973} ag Notes Off The Cuff! By PL. I’ve been reading some interesting things about an elementary school back in Illinois . where a ‘“‘first of its kind’’ educational experiment is. taking place. Only about 15 per cent of the total time spent in classroom instruction is based on standard text books . the rest comes from newspapers, even in the special education classes. For example . science is approached through articles and spot news on outer space exploration, discoveries and natural disasters, etc; arithmetic sessions are based on news coverage of such things as labor contracts, ° building projects and the like; and when it comes time for those good old “‘compositions’’ . that’s where the editorial pages come into use.-The principal admits that this system blows the daylights out of the older educational theories; but Says that ‘the kids ~ are_already doing better than before-on-standardized tests in the school district.”’ ~I can recall vividly one very daring school teacher whose classes I greatly enjoyed and profited from way back in those good old days of the ‘roaring ’20s’’. She had the same idea but couldn’t put it across to the trustees~of our little rural high school for love or money . so she used to ask us to bring our favorite newspaper. or news magazine to school on Friday and be prepared to discuss at least one item that we felt was important to ‘‘the American way of life’. We were a large class, but those Friday sessions moved right along and I honestly do believe that we gained more from that hour and ten. minutes than from all the other classes all week long. For several months this method of “end of the week’’ instruction continued and flourished. Open debate was encouraged and because it was the last class of the day, there were some times when. we ran way over closing NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET "301 Broad Street Nevada City, Ca. 95959 . Telephone 265-2559 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO. Second class postage paid at Nevada City, ‘California. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulrtion by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, 1960. Decree No. 12,406. Subscription Rates: One Year . $3.00 Two Years. $5.00 _.Member of CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER © PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Smith time. Just before Christmas, that year, our really beloved teacher became seriously ill and was : hospitalized. Her substitute, an elderly man with rigid Victorian ideas about educating the young, was utterly scandalized when he found out what had been going on in that classroom every Friday afternoon! He put a stop to ‘“‘that nonsense”’ im§ mediately. The following January we a were told that Mr. B. would continue to teach our class, since Miss M’s illness had taken a really bad ‘‘turn’’ and she ®&% would be on medical leave for the remainder of that year. Bae Well, that was only a shabby cover-up, as we later learned. a. Our wonderful Miss M’s advanced theories of education were her downfall. Upon recovering (and quite completely, thenk you) from her illness, she was asked to resign her post ‘‘in the interests of a more conventional approach to education’’. None of us ever knew for sure just when she left our town, or where she went. But hardly a Friday passed that at least one of us didn’t mention what wonderful classes we’d had with “Our Miss M’’.There’s really nothing terribly new under the sun . but students in our schools today have such marvelous opportunities for variety and substance in their education . and extra-carricular activities! I know, speaking for myself only, that I might have been more enthusiastic about the academic aspects of my education had © today’s options been mine back those many years ago. “In my day’’ no one ever heard of sending high school students abroad for special studies . and the idea that our leading universities might someday have campuses in England, Germany, Spain or Italy -to name just a few would have been scoffed at as a ‘‘pipe dream’’. Today’s classrooms can be wonderful places and can certainly broaden the world for their students who care enough to make use of the opportunity. How I do envy those kids! NC officer is POST grad Patrick Tierney of the Nevada City Police Department was one of 18 new officers graduated from the Sacramento Law Enforcement Training Center recently. The graduates include five from the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department, nine from Sacramento Sheriff’s a ment and four from city police departments. The class was addressed by Warren E. Thornton, a former Sacramento county probation officer who.was recently appointed administrator of the state’s new Law and Justice Agency. THE 16 19 GIRLS' competition in the notice tennis tournament was won by Paula West (left) and Joan Maddox. They are shown with Dr. Robert Ross, chairman of the event for the Rotary Club. Achievement night for Woodchuckers 4-H ClubWoodchuckers 4-H Club held achievement night and a potluck dinner recently. Special guests were Linda Prochaska, a delegate who visited Washington, D.C. this summer and L. Swift, a member of the California Bankers’ Association and Mrs. Swift! Club members presented a skit, ‘‘The Bossy Chief,” with Jeff Schiffel, Teresa Hedges, Carolyn Snapp and Tim Rowe the cast members. Linda Prochaska’ talked about her trip to Washington as a California 4-H delegate. Swift presented one-year pins to Debie Boom, Richard Bruning, Jan Clemo, Teresa Hedges, Dana Perry, Tami Pitman, Lisa Seaman, Tim Rowe, Jeff Schiffel and Danica Young. Two-year pins went to Paul Aguilar and Cathy Clemo. Receiving three-year pins were Christine Aguilar, Matt Long and Beverlee Wickstrom and four-year pins went to Carol Richards, Janet Soule and Rhene Walker. Kerry George, Steve Long, Jerry Snapp and Kathy Walker received six-year pins and Sara Snapp an eight-year pin. Other awards during the evening went to Beverly Clemo, Roseland Patterson, Lynne Perry, Steve Long, Jerry Snapp, Kathy Walker, Christine Aguilar, Cathy Clemo, Matt Long, Carol Richards and Jerry Snapp. Perfect attendance awards went to Dana Perry, Carol Richards and Sara Snapp and citizenship medals went to Carol Richards and ___— Beverlee Wickstrom. New officers were installed to serve for the 1973-74 year. Carol Richards is president; Christine Aguilar, vice president; Janet Soule, secretary; Paul Aguilar, treasurer . Grass Valley police report Police Chief Vince Seck submitted his first monthly report to the Grass Valley The police booked 15 people during the month, all on misdemeanor charges; and issued 186 traffic citations. Other activities reported to police numbered 239 and included six burglaries, 21 thefts, three assaults, one ~ kidnapping and 10 bad checks. Funds turned over to the city clerk totaled $182 and the court fines amounted to $2,149; $675 for parking, $1,016 for traffic and $458 on criminal charges. Two new squad cars were delivered in August and Sgt. Don Chester attended an 11-day crime scene investigation and physical evidence training session at South Lake Tahoe. John Hanson, a _ former Marysville policeman, joined the Grass Valley force on Aug. 1. (Photo Submitted) Novice tennis tourney held A novice tennis tournament sponsored by the Grass Valley Rotary Club was held at Memorial Park in Grass Valley. Dr. Robert Ross, the Rotary representative, was assisted by Mike Blake in arranging the details. There were 45 sign ups in the various age groups, 13 through 19. The tournament was popular and there are plans to make it a yearly event. Interested people should call Dr. Ross at 273-8767. The results of the tournament are: Boys 14-15: Scott Davis, John Vite and Steve Macari. Boys 1619: Steve Trautwein, Mark Balcom and Gregg Daugherty. Boys 13 and under: Scott Tremewan, Jim Manuel and Steve Barney. Girls 16-19: Paula West, Joan Maddox and Melody Kepler. Girls 14-15: Chris Aguilar, Dee Dee Nagel and Darcey Merritt. Girls 13 and under: Julie Smith, Debbie Burtner and Teri Enright. Aurora honors past officers Past officers of Aurora chapter, Eastern Star, were . honored at a recent meeting. Serving inthe offices were past matrons and patrons Helen and Wayne Williamson and Laverne met Harry Myers with Marie Jackson chairperson for refreshments. Bothers will be honored at Monday’s meeting with Crist Burkholder and his committee providing entertainment and refreshments. ren

2 The Nevada County Nugget Wed., Sept.19,1973} ag Notes Off The Cuff! By PL. I’ve been reading some interesting things about an elementary school back in Illinois .. where a ‘“‘first of its kind’’ educational experiment is. taking place. Only about 15 per cent of the total time spent in classroom instruction is based on standard text books .. the rest comes from newspapers, even in the special education classes. For example .. science is approached through articles and spot news on outer space exploration, discoveries and natural disasters, etc; arithmetic sessions are based on news coverage of such things as labor contracts, ° building projects and the like; and when it comes time for those good old “‘compositions’’ .. that’s where the editorial pages come into use.-The principal admits that this system blows the daylights out of the older educational theories; but Says that ‘the kids ~ are_already doing better than before-on-standardized tests in the school district.”’ ~I can recall vividly one very daring school teacher whose classes I greatly enjoyed and profited from way back in those good old days of the ‘roaring ’20s’’. She had the same idea but couldn’t put it across to the trustees~of our little rural high school for love or money .. so she used to ask us to bring our favorite newspaper. or news magazine to school on Friday and be prepared to discuss at least one item that we felt was important to ‘‘the American way of life’. We were a large class, but those Friday sessions moved right along and I honestly do believe that we gained more from that hour and ten. minutes than from all the other classes all week long. For several months this method of “end of the week’’ instruction continued and flourished. Open debate was encouraged and because it was the last class of the day, there were some times when. we ran way over closing NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET "301 Broad Street Nevada City, Ca. 95959 . Telephone 265-2559 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO. Second class postage paid at Nevada City, ‘California. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulrtion by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, 1960. Decree No. 12,406. Subscription Rates: One Year .. $3.00 Two Years.. $5.00 _.Member of CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER © PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Smith time. Just before Christmas, that year, our really beloved teacher became seriously ill and was : hospitalized. Her substitute, an elderly man with rigid Victorian ideas about educating the young, was utterly scandalized when he found out what had been going on in that classroom every Friday afternoon! He put a stop to ‘“‘that nonsense”’ im§ mediately. The following January we a were told that Mr. B. would continue to teach our class, since Miss M’s illness had taken a really bad ‘‘turn’’ and she ®&% would be on medical leave for the remainder of that year. Bae Well, that was only a shabby cover-up, as we later learned. a. Our wonderful Miss M’s advanced theories of education were her downfall. Upon recovering (and quite completely, thenk you) from her illness, she was asked to resign her post ‘‘in the interests of a more conventional approach to education’’. None of us ever knew for sure just when she left our town, or where she went. But hardly a Friday passed that at least one of us didn’t mention what wonderful classes we’d had with “Our Miss M’’.There’s really nothing terribly new under the sun .. but students in our schools today have such marvelous opportunities for variety and substance in their education .. and extra-carricular activities! I know, speaking for myself only, that I might have been more enthusiastic about the academic aspects of my education had © today’s options been mine back those many years ago. “In my day’’ no one ever heard of sending high school students abroad for special studies .. and the idea that our leading universities might someday have campuses in England, Germany, Spain or Italy -to name just a few would have been scoffed at as a ‘‘pipe dream’’. Today’s classrooms can be wonderful places and can certainly broaden the world for their students who care enough to make use of the opportunity. How I do envy those kids! NC officer is POST grad Patrick Tierney of the Nevada City Police Department was one

of 18 new officers graduated from the Sacramento Law Enforcement Training Center recently. The graduates include five from the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department, nine from Sacramento Sheriff’s a ment and four from city police departments. The class was addressed by Warren E. Thornton, a former Sacramento county probation officer who.was recently appointed administrator of the state’s new Law and Justice Agency. THE 16 19 GIRLS' competition in the notice tennis tournament was won by Paula West (left) and Joan Maddox. They are shown with Dr. Robert Ross, chairman of the event for the Rotary Club. Achievement night for Woodchuckers 4-H ClubWoodchuckers 4-H Club held achievement night and a potluck dinner recently. Special guests were Linda Prochaska, a delegate who visited Washington, D.C. this summer and L. Swift, a member of the California Bankers’ Association and Mrs. Swift! Club members presented a skit, ‘‘The Bossy Chief,” with Jeff Schiffel, Teresa Hedges, Carolyn Snapp and Tim Rowe the cast members. Linda Prochaska’ talked about her trip to Washington as a California 4-H delegate. Swift presented one-year pins to Debie Boom, Richard Bruning, Jan Clemo, Teresa Hedges, Dana Perry, Tami Pitman, Lisa Seaman, Tim Rowe, Jeff Schiffel and Danica Young. Two-year pins went to Paul Aguilar and Cathy Clemo. Receiving three-year pins were Christine Aguilar, Matt Long and Beverlee Wickstrom and four-year pins went to Carol Richards, Janet Soule and Rhene Walker. Kerry George, Steve Long, Jerry Snapp and Kathy Walker received six-year pins and Sara Snapp an eight-year pin. Other awards during the evening went to Beverly Clemo, Roseland Patterson, Lynne Perry, Steve Long, Jerry Snapp, Kathy Walker, Christine Aguilar, Cathy Clemo, Matt Long, Carol Richards and Jerry Snapp. Perfect attendance awards went to Dana Perry, Carol Richards and Sara Snapp and citizenship medals went to Carol Richards and ___— Beverlee Wickstrom. New officers were installed to serve for the 1973-74 year. Carol Richards is president; Christine Aguilar, vice president; Janet Soule, secretary; Paul Aguilar, treasurer . Grass Valley police report Police Chief Vince Seck submitted his first monthly report to the Grass Valley The police booked 15 people during the month, all on misdemeanor charges; and issued 186 traffic citations. Other activities reported to police numbered 239 and included six burglaries, 21 thefts, three assaults, one ~ kidnapping and 10 bad checks. Funds turned over to the city clerk totaled $182 and the court fines amounted to $2,149; $675 for parking, $1,016 for traffic and $458 on criminal charges. Two new squad cars were delivered in August and Sgt. Don Chester attended an 11-day crime scene investigation and physical evidence training session at South Lake Tahoe. John Hanson, a _ former Marysville policeman, joined the Grass Valley force on Aug. 1. (Photo Submitted) Novice tennis tourney held A novice tennis tournament sponsored by the Grass Valley Rotary Club was held at Memorial Park in Grass Valley. Dr. Robert Ross, the Rotary representative, was assisted by Mike Blake in arranging the details. There were 45 sign ups in the various age groups, 13 through 19. The tournament was popular and there are plans to make it a yearly event. Interested people should call Dr. Ross at 273-8767. The results of the tournament are: Boys 14-15: Scott Davis, John Vite and Steve Macari. Boys 1619: Steve Trautwein, Mark Balcom and Gregg Daugherty. Boys 13 and under: Scott Tremewan, Jim Manuel and Steve Barney. Girls 16-19: Paula West, Joan Maddox and Melody Kepler. Girls 14-15: Chris Aguilar, Dee Dee Nagel and Darcey Merritt. Girls 13 and under: Julie Smith, Debbie Burtner and Teri Enright. Aurora honors past officers Past officers of Aurora chapter, Eastern Star, were . honored at a recent meeting. Serving inthe offices were past matrons and patrons Helen and Wayne Williamson and Laverne met Harry Myers with Marie Jackson chairperson for refreshments. Bothers will be honored at Monday’s meeting with Crist Burkholder and his committee providing entertainment and refreshments. ren