September 24, 1964 (28 pages)

ing the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town T bug, Relief Hi hn Wi? Gold Fits, Sopteille, lue Tent, Meadows, Cedar Ridg ‘Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens. Volume 38, Number 39 10 Cents A Copy ‘alk, Glenbrook, Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Gold pe ee Te eee Mra Wicca Wit: Hers Colseabla, Colassbie Hl, Bready Flas, Sobenopel, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, E Swine ite. Chicago Park, Wolf, Christ: i ye, 0 mas Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat, B: port, B Alpha, Omega, French Corral, ’ Published Thursdays, Nevada City cnet ie Flat, Lake City, irchoille, M September 24, 1964. SMOKE AND FLAMES leap high as fire reached inside the Auburn City limits Monday near the FootHills Motel, ‘ Fires Rage Across The State It seemed like the state was on fire this week. One of the worst weeks of fires in recent history spread destruction through a wide area of the state. Fortunately Nevada County, although experiencing a number of small spot fires with losses of a few acres, escaped the rage of .a major timber or range land fire. The fire danger in the county remained extreme with little weather relief in sight. The closest major fire, the Butcher Ranch fire in Placer County threatened the city of Auburn when the blaze came’ within a mile of the city limits. TURN TO PAGE THREE FOR PICTURES OF THE: FIRE IN PLACER COUNTY Crews fromthe California Division of Forestry, California Youth Authority, local fire departments, ‘passersby and tire pombers trom Loma Rica Airport were enlisted to tight the fire. As of Tuesday morning the fire had already consumed more than 3000 acres and had jumped the Little American River. By presstime yesterday some of the crews were being released and it appeared that the blaze had been contained, but it was still burning. Elsewhere in the state fires still raged in Calistoga in Napa County, and Santa Rosa in Somona R 1 Zone Frozen For Banner Mountain Nevada County Supervisors put a zoning freeze on a large section of Banner Mountain Tuesday to preclude establishment of incompatible uses during pending hearings on a zone change application. Attorney Harry Wolters appeared at the special meeting to ask for a special emergency ordinance establishing the area as anR-1zone until pending zoning requests are settled, The supervisors approved an interim emergency zoning ordinance to do this by a unanimous vote, The ordinance took immediate effect. The move was part of the two part action now in progress on Banner Mountain, The planning commission has an application for a use permit to construct four~ plexes near Jacks DeerCreek Inn, Many Banner residents, thinking they were living in an area zoned exclusively for single family—residences, discovered they were in an A-1, or blanket zone, A move was quickly initiated tostart proceedings to have a large area of the mountain rezoned to R-1 for single family dwellings. Yuba-Bear Progress Reported The Nevada irrigation District's $59 million Yuba-Bear River hydro-electric project construc ~ tion has now gone over the half way point. This was announced in the 15th monthly progress report prepared by project engineers, Ebasco Services, Inc., covering the period ending Aug. 31. The job as a whole is approximately 53 per cent complete. During the period the average work forcenumbered 1,365 men. In the mountain division the Jackson Meadows Dam projectis listed as 67 per cent complete. Downstream shell placement for the dam has reached an elevation of 5986 feet and is just 58.5 feet below crest. Placement of coré and filter material was started and these zones, along with the upstream shell zone, have been placed to elevation 5940. (Continued On Page 21) Grass Valley City Council Tues-~day night approved a request for permission to proceed with annexation procedures for the Glenbrook Basin. The move set the stage for pos~sibly the biggest growth in acreage and assessed valuation in the history of the city and also set the stage for a possible major fight between the three areas of Hills Flat, Glenbrook and Spring Hill, The session was called Tuesday mainly to make a decision on the application of Gra-Vada Enterprises for annexation of a major portion of the Glenbrook Basin from the city limits east to the top of Town Talk. The move had been prompted by tworecent developments. One is the purchase of large tracts of land suitable for commercial development along the route of the proposed Grass Valley -Nevada City freeway and the second is the building halt on the entire Glenbrook Basin imposed by the supervisors until sewage pollution problems are solved. The council meeting, at which only a simple yes or no on the request to proceed was required, turned out to be a long, windy and sometimes stormy session, Stormy Hearing On Glenbrook Annexation Wally Brunker, representing the applicant Gra-Vada, opened the session by turning the floor over to County Sanitarian Hal Cox, Cox saidin 1954 at the request of the people a survey of the basin was made by a firm of sanitary engineers, In 1957-58 another survey was made to determine the extent of pollution of Wolf Creek and it was discovered that 72-per cent of the septic tanks in the area failed during the wet’ season because of the inability of the soil to get rid of the sewage. Now Cox said, because of the small lots allowed before the subdivision ordinance was passed, . and because of the continued growth the area has a situation for’ which there is no solution. He saida recent survey showed the situation was worse and at the request of the health officer the supervisors stopped all further building until it is solved, He noted that when the freeway goes in there will be tremendous business potential, but there will be no building there because of the sewage situation, He pointed out that if the matter could be solved before the freeway is con(Continued On Page 16) Grant School Off By Grass Grass Valley Elementary School Board Monday night set back their. planned opening date for the renovated Grant School after the contractor asked for an extension of time to complete the job. Superintendent -principal Vernon Bond told the board at the regular meeting that contractor Steve Chileski of Grass Valley had asked for an extension of two days. The board-had been shooting for anOct. 1 completion date and had scheduled an open house program. The open house date has now been left open, but plans call for moving into the two renovated classrooms Oct. 12. The board approved Chileski's request for a two day extension with the proviso that this was a final extension and failure to complete the job in that time would bring enforcement of the $25 per day penalty clause of the contract. The board spent a lot of time setting up policy for the district. New programs or policies ap~ proved include: forms and procedures for teacher evaluation, a Opening Put Valley Board new student handbook, policy on estimates and bidding and a policy on distribution of outside materials through the schools. This last item came as a result of a request to distribute a*handbill on the Constitution in the classrooms, The request came from the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Bond said, although he saw nothing wrong with the material presented, he wanted the board to establish a policy on this so he would have guidelines for future requests. ‘ The board voted that for the time being all requests for distribution of outside information or material through the classes would have tobe approved by the board and the administrator, The matter will be discussed further at future meetings. The matter of the use of the district'snew diesel bus to transport high school students to outside events came up for discussion, ChairmanBrian A. Bennalnack said he understood that Nev(Continuéd'On Page 2) $ Sl Before: Uuotgoe

ing the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town T bug, Relief Hi hn Wi? Gold Fits, Sopteille, lue Tent, Meadows, Cedar Ridg ‘Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens. Volume 38, Number 39 10 Cents A Copy ‘alk, Glenbrook, Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Gold pe ee Te eee Mra Wicca Wit: Hers Colseabla, Colassbie Hl, Bready Flas, Sobenopel, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, E Swine ite. Chicago Park, Wolf, Christ: i ye, 0 mas Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat, B: port, B Alpha, Omega, French Corral, ’ Published Thursdays, Nevada City cnet ie Flat, Lake City, irchoille, M September 24, 1964. SMOKE AND FLAMES leap high as fire reached inside the Auburn City limits Monday near the FootHills Motel, ‘ Fires Rage Across The State It seemed like the state was on fire this week. One of the worst weeks of fires in recent history spread destruction through a wide area of the state. Fortunately Nevada County, although experiencing a number of small spot fires with losses of a few acres, escaped the rage of .a major timber or range land fire. The fire danger in the county remained extreme with little weather relief in sight. The closest major fire, the Butcher Ranch fire in Placer County threatened the city of Auburn when the blaze came’ within a mile of the city limits. TURN TO PAGE THREE FOR PICTURES OF THE: FIRE IN PLACER COUNTY Crews fromthe California Division of Forestry, California Youth Authority, local fire departments, ‘passersby and tire pombers trom Loma Rica Airport were enlisted to tight the fire. As of Tuesday morning the fire had already consumed more than 3000 acres and had jumped the Little American River. By presstime yesterday some of the crews were being released and it appeared that the blaze had been contained, but it was still burning. Elsewhere in the state fires still raged in Calistoga in Napa County, and Santa Rosa in Somona R 1 Zone Frozen For Banner Mountain Nevada County Supervisors put a zoning freeze on a large section of Banner Mountain Tuesday to preclude establishment of incompatible uses during pending hearings on a zone change application. Attorney Harry Wolters appeared at the special meeting to ask for a special emergency ordinance establishing the area as anR-1zone until pending zoning requests are settled, The supervisors approved an interim emergency zoning ordinance to do this by a unanimous vote, The ordinance took immediate effect. The move was part of the two part action now in progress on Banner Mountain, The planning commission has an application for a use permit to construct four~ plexes near Jacks DeerCreek Inn, Many Banner residents, thinking they were living in an area zoned exclusively for single family—residences, discovered they were in an A-1, or blanket zone, A move was quickly initiated tostart proceedings to have a large area of the mountain rezoned to R-1 for single family dwellings. Yuba-Bear Progress Reported The Nevada irrigation District's $59 million Yuba-Bear River hydro-electric project construc ~ tion has now gone over the half way point. This was announced in the 15th monthly progress report prepared by project engineers, Ebasco Services, Inc., covering the period ending Aug. 31. The job as a whole is approximately 53 per cent complete. During the period the average work forcenumbered 1,365 men. In the mountain division the Jackson Meadows Dam projectis listed as 67 per cent complete. Downstream shell placement for the dam has reached an elevation of 5986 feet and is just 58.5 feet below crest. Placement of coré and filter material was started and these zones, along with the upstream shell zone, have been placed to elevation 5940. (Continued On Page 21) Grass Valley City Council Tues-~day night approved a request for permission to proceed with annexation procedures for the Glenbrook Basin. The move set the stage for pos~sibly the biggest growth in acreage and assessed valuation in the history of the city and also set the stage for a possible major fight between the three areas of Hills Flat, Glenbrook and Spring Hill,

The session was called Tuesday mainly to make a decision on the application of Gra-Vada Enterprises for annexation of a major portion of the Glenbrook Basin from the city limits east to the top of Town Talk. The move had been prompted by tworecent developments. One is the purchase of large tracts of land suitable for commercial development along the route of the proposed Grass Valley -Nevada City freeway and the second is the building halt on the entire Glenbrook Basin imposed by the supervisors until sewage pollution problems are solved. The council meeting, at which only a simple yes or no on the request to proceed was required, turned out to be a long, windy and sometimes stormy session, Stormy Hearing On Glenbrook Annexation Wally Brunker, representing the applicant Gra-Vada, opened the session by turning the floor over to County Sanitarian Hal Cox, Cox saidin 1954 at the request of the people a survey of the basin was made by a firm of sanitary engineers, In 1957-58 another survey was made to determine the extent of pollution of Wolf Creek and it was discovered that 72-per cent of the septic tanks in the area failed during the wet’ season because of the inability of the soil to get rid of the sewage. Now Cox said, because of the small lots allowed before the subdivision ordinance was passed, . and because of the continued growth the area has a situation for’ which there is no solution. He saida recent survey showed the situation was worse and at the request of the health officer the supervisors stopped all further building until it is solved, He noted that when the freeway goes in there will be tremendous business potential, but there will be no building there because of the sewage situation, He pointed out that if the matter could be solved before the freeway is con(Continued On Page 16) Grant School Off By Grass Grass Valley Elementary School Board Monday night set back their. planned opening date for the renovated Grant School after the contractor asked for an extension of time to complete the job. Superintendent -principal Vernon Bond told the board at the regular meeting that contractor Steve Chileski of Grass Valley had asked for an extension of two days. The board-had been shooting for anOct. 1 completion date and had scheduled an open house program. The open house date has now been left open, but plans call for moving into the two renovated classrooms Oct. 12. The board approved Chileski's request for a two day extension with the proviso that this was a final extension and failure to complete the job in that time would bring enforcement of the $25 per day penalty clause of the contract. The board spent a lot of time setting up policy for the district. New programs or policies ap~ proved include: forms and procedures for teacher evaluation, a Opening Put Valley Board new student handbook, policy on estimates and bidding and a policy on distribution of outside materials through the schools. This last item came as a result of a request to distribute a*handbill on the Constitution in the classrooms, The request came from the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Bond said, although he saw nothing wrong with the material presented, he wanted the board to establish a policy on this so he would have guidelines for future requests. ‘ The board voted that for the time being all requests for distribution of outside information or material through the classes would have tobe approved by the board and the administrator, The matter will be discussed further at future meetings. The matter of the use of the district'snew diesel bus to transport high school students to outside events came up for discussion, ChairmanBrian A. Bennalnack said he understood that Nev(Continuéd'On Page 2) $ Sl Before: Uuotgoe