September 24, 1975 (8 pages)

Small There are times when a small piece of the past, when grasped in the hand of the proper person, can place images of a time beyond real memory in the mind of that person. / Asmall rock, flattened on six sides, when in the palm of one Nevada county man brings to mind a rave of husky primitive people.clad in deerskin. They lived before the forests, as we know them, existed. The man is Val Baima and the rock a “mano”’ similar to those used by the Maidu Indians of this area for over two thousand. years. This particular rock, however, is suspected to be much older. A University of California geologist said that it was used to grind acorns, a staple of the Maidu diet, anywhere from 3,000 to 30,000 years ago. on The mano was found by Baima 12 feet below the ground level when he dug a well in the Republic of North California on Idaho-Maryland Road. Many people would have tossed the stone away and continued digging. Baima recognized the rock for what it was, ‘‘a calling card from the past”, he said. For him the rock conjured up visions of, an Indian woman who lived at a time before the first pyramid was raised in Egypt. By warming tnat rock in his hand, _on it, he said. September 24, 1975 Wed., The Nevada County Nugget 3 as she had done thousands of years derstanding of the past had been achieved, Baima said. He now calls that stone, which he unearthed 12 years ago, ‘‘Fairlands Stone’. The name Fairland was given to him bv the Indian woman who used the stone because she once lived on the wooded, flowering ten acres that are now his. ‘ Being a vegetarian who lives off his land, Baima: said, has instilled him with a deep respect for the numerous tribes that used the land for their own survival for hundres of years before. By examining their relics and learning the history of the Indians in the area he has become closer to his } land and to the people that once lived “Because we attempt to live a simple and free life, my wife and I get the feeling that the ancient tribes are still roaming around here and living through us,’”’ Baima said. Baima gets a different feeling after examining pieces of charred wood that he uncovered eight feet underground. The remainders of a forest fire that occurred thousands of years ago make him realize that in another thousand © years all he owns may he only reminders to another race that a free man lived in a place called California. A SMALL ROCK, flattened on six sides, when held in the palm of one Nevada county man brings to mind a race of husky, primitive people clad in deerskin. They lived before the forests, as we know them, existed. past NUHS senior named as semifinalist Patricia L. Snyder, a senior at Nevada Union High School, is included with approximately 15,000 students named as semifinalists in the 1976 National Merit Scholarship program and will continue in the competition for nearly 3,800 scholarships to be awarded next spring, Semifinalists; most of whom will enter college in 1976, represent the top half of one percent of the nation’s most academically talented young people. To continue in the competition, they must advance to finalist standing by meeting a number of requirements that include being fully endorsed and recommended for scholarship consideration by their secondary school principals. School recor must be presented subs‘ iating high academic star. 3 and confirming their oreliminary Scholastic ide TestNational Scholarship Qualifyin 3st (PSATNMSQT). Every fi .iist competes for one of the i,000 National Merit $1,000 Scholarships. A finalist competes with all other finalists in his state for the awards allocated to that state. The scholarships are onetime, nonrenewable awards. supported by business and industrial sponsors and. by NMSC’s own funds. A selection committee of professionals in college admissions and counseling is convened to ‘select the 1,000 winnersnationwide. * ' nll SA'S ecg eens 10 plans to catch your interest. wa When your interest is in finding the right savings plan, the place to start looking is Bank of America. With ten different plans to choose from and more than a thousand offices in California to serve you, we're pretty likely to have what you're after. So no matter what kind of plan itis you're looking for—a high-yield, long-term deposit plan, a regular savings account with maximum flexibility, or some combination of both—start your looking at Bank of America. ° sank OR Chances are you won't have to look any further. OF AMERICA Bank ol Amenca NT&SA * Member F DIC Depend on us for savings. More Californians a? aeuessadby/ Ve dbt Te ree? . earn , ‘ ‘ ee Ete ea. foe oe 24 URES LY . ae *? S MAA f pies ee ae

Small There are times when a small piece of the past, when grasped in the hand of the proper person, can place images of a time beyond real memory in the mind of that person. / Asmall rock, flattened on six sides, when in the palm of one Nevada county man brings to mind a rave of husky primitive people.clad in deerskin. They lived before the forests, as we know them, existed. The man is Val Baima and the rock a “mano”’ similar to those used by the Maidu Indians of this area for over two thousand. years. This particular rock, however, is suspected to be much older. A University of California geologist said that it was used to grind acorns, a staple of the Maidu diet, anywhere from 3,000 to 30,000 years ago. on The mano was found by Baima 12 feet below the ground level when he dug a well in the Republic of North California on Idaho-Maryland Road. Many people would have tossed the stone away and continued digging. Baima recognized the rock for what it was, ‘‘a calling card from the past”, he said. For him the rock conjured up visions of, an Indian woman who lived at a time before the first pyramid was raised in Egypt. By warming tnat rock in his hand, _on it, he said. September 24, 1975 Wed., The Nevada County Nugget 3 as she had done thousands of years derstanding of the past had been achieved, Baima said. He now calls that stone, which he unearthed 12 years ago, ‘‘Fairlands Stone’. The name Fairland was given to him bv the Indian woman who used the stone because she once lived on the wooded, flowering ten acres that are now his. ‘ Being a vegetarian who lives off his land, Baima: said, has instilled him with a deep respect for the numerous tribes that used the land for their own survival for hundres of years before. By examining their relics and learning the history of the Indians in the area he has become closer to his } land and to the people that once lived “Because we attempt to live a simple and free life, my wife and I get the feeling that the ancient tribes are still roaming around here and living through us,’”’ Baima said. Baima gets a different feeling after examining pieces of charred wood that he uncovered eight feet underground. The remainders of a forest fire that occurred thousands of years ago make him realize that in another thousand © years all he owns may he only reminders to another race that a free man lived in a place called California. A SMALL ROCK, flattened on six sides, when held in

the palm of one Nevada county man brings to mind a race of husky, primitive people clad in deerskin. They lived before the forests, as we know them, existed. past NUHS senior named as semifinalist Patricia L. Snyder, a senior at Nevada Union High School, is included with approximately 15,000 students named as semifinalists in the 1976 National Merit Scholarship program and will continue in the competition for nearly 3,800 scholarships to be awarded next spring, Semifinalists; most of whom will enter college in 1976, represent the top half of one percent of the nation’s most academically talented young people. To continue in the competition, they must advance to finalist standing by meeting a number of requirements that include being fully endorsed and recommended for scholarship consideration by their secondary school principals. School recor must be presented subs‘ iating high academic star. 3 and confirming their oreliminary Scholastic ide TestNational Scholarship Qualifyin 3st (PSATNMSQT). Every fi .iist competes for one of the i,000 National Merit $1,000 Scholarships. A finalist competes with all other finalists in his state for the awards allocated to that state. The scholarships are onetime, nonrenewable awards. supported by business and industrial sponsors and. by NMSC’s own funds. A selection committee of professionals in college admissions and counseling is convened to ‘select the 1,000 winnersnationwide. * ' nll SA'S ecg eens 10 plans to catch your interest. wa When your interest is in finding the right savings plan, the place to start looking is Bank of America. With ten different plans to choose from and more than a thousand offices in California to serve you, we're pretty likely to have what you're after. So no matter what kind of plan itis you're looking for—a high-yield, long-term deposit plan, a regular savings account with maximum flexibility, or some combination of both—start your looking at Bank of America. ° sank OR Chances are you won't have to look any further. OF AMERICA Bank ol Amenca NT&SA * Member F DIC Depend on us for savings. More Californians a? aeuessadby/ Ve dbt Te ree? . earn , ‘ ‘ ee Ete ea. foe oe 24 URES LY . ae *? S MAA f pies ee ae