September 9, 1970 (12 pages)

LE ea: EE AREA PRE ETABL SA SINE CO RR AR A long time ago photo was taken of South Church Street looking south from Neal Street. In the left foreground is the old Congregational Church, built in the early 1850s, which was destroyed by fire. The church which is now being torn down replaced it. Just beyond the church is the parish house, which has been razed during the present operation. Beyond that is seen the Baptist Church, which occupied the site where the Osborne Apartments now stand. On the right is the steeple of the old Methodist Church, which also was destroyed by fire many years ago. (Photo provided by C. A. Harris family) Board may act on road A proposed policy on road improvements in Nevada county was discussed briefly by the _board of supervisors this week, but was returned topublic works officials to make any needed technical corrections. The board presumably will act on the document at a meeting in the next few weeks. The policy was prepared by a committee last year and has been in the board members’ hands since December; Public Works Director Harry Hider raised the issue this week, seeking final™ Lions sell lots of corn Grass Valley Lions experienced their best year ever with the fair corn booth, Chairman Gary Taylor announced at this week's meeting. Partly because the new booth allowed more room to maneuver, making cooking and serving more efficient, the Lions sold more than 10,000 ears of corn. The club netted more than $1,800 for its student scholarship fund, $500 more than was _ earned last year. At this week's meeting, Robert Bennette, zone chairman, reported on the student: speaker foundation which developed _ from the annual student speaker contest. ot He also said the student speech event this year will bear the title "Should Youth Become In-yolved — How and When?" om action, The policy would spell out whct is required by the county in terms of rights of way, dedications and road improvements, A key feature -and the reason the committee was formed-concerns a subdivider's responsibility in improving a county road leading to his de. velopment. The committee was not unanimous, Hider said, but proposed this language: "The subdivider will be required to participate in the improvement of all countywide interest roads within or abutting the subdivision to the same extent he would be required to improve local interest roads, i.e., to construct to county standards an improvement that will accommodate local travel. Consideration should be given to present traffic use to see that structural section is adequate." The county may elect to pay a share of the improvement to bring it above the level needed for subdivision traffic, or the county may want stage improvements with the subdivider building his share or depositing his share into the road fund for future construction. On roads within the subdivision, the developer would have to handle all cost of construction bringing these roads to county standard. A letter from Hider noted that road policy should be related to new zoning, another subject under discussion now, because "zoning* reflects overall road planning and policy in that it reflects land use.".° = policy in a few weeks Hider's letter added: "Financing came into the discussion as it relates to total road financing and more particularly as it affected subdivisions, There is a deficit created by the acceptance of any new road mileage intothe county maintained system of roads. "Because of the increased taxes derived from these new subdivisions, it was felt that the road financing deficit created by these same subdivisions should be offset by a transfer of funds from the general fund to the road fund, "Preliminary studies indicate that the deficit is approximately $800 to $1,000 per mile of road per year. This should be investigated further and a determination made onwhether the county can continue accepting roads on a deficit financing basis. "This recommendation on use of general funds is not unanimous," Members of the road: policy committee included Morton Rose and William Esterly of the Nevada County Board of Realtors and William Morgan and Edward Sylvester of the Nevada County Engineers Association, Each supervisor also appointed one member. They were James Shock, engineer, representing district one; . Robert. h Winkle, contractor, district two; Howard Swearingen, utility, district three; Charles Sailor, real estate, district four; andGeorge Cattan, utility, district five. In addition, the public works director, county counsel and planning director served as nonvoting members. i GED Sa MERLE esAn extra dividend from the new Bullards Bar Reservoir is keeping water skiers happy at Nevada County's Englebright Reservoir, ~The two aren't far apart, and ‘releases from Bullard's have fed Englebright in recent weeks, keeping the level high at the latter. flock to Englebright west of Grass Valley every weekend, By September in other years, the water level has been so low that recreation wasn’t much fun and many boat owners had taken their crafts home and quit coming the rest of the season. For example, Englebright dropped 70 feet by. September last year, Tom Fisher Sr., operator of the marina says. But this year, because of the releases from Bullards', — the level at Englebright is down only four feet and the water's great for skiing. This means total visitor use will be higher this season and ‘is expected to increase every year in the near future. Last year, 110,000 people visited Englebright, andthe 1970 figures have been higher month after The total for July was 21,000, upping this year's total to 70,000, and the August figures are expected to exceed July's. * For the first time, boats are coming into the lake in September instead of going out, Fisher commented, He and Sheriff Wayne Brown took three Nevada county supervisors and a Union reporter on a tour of the lake this week to show what is needed in the way of law enforcement. Board mem-~ bers attending were Willie Curran, William Thomas and Ralph _ Buchanan, The Army Corps of Engineers, which also sent two representatives, has. provided a patrol -pboat with a 110-horsepower engine. The craft is manned by Nevada county deputies, Bob Simmons, _ recreation management specialist for the Army corps, explained that "It is a county law enforcement problem, however, so the county supplies a man," The difficulty is that the sheriff's office does not always. have a spare deputy to send to Englebright for regular coverage on weekends when boaters are busiest, Other types of law enforcement activity also are at their busiest in recreation oriented. Nevada county on weekends, ’ Sheriff Brown explains. "We try to have a man on the boat weekends, but we haven't been able to give as much service this year because of the ie problem," he said. he sheriff wants to patrol the lake more regularly in search of speeding and other dangerous boating practices, so he is preparing an applicationfor a-grant under a new state . program. ie The money would be used to Adda. deputy who would police Reronses ea Englebright high Englebright each day during the the summer season, Se The sheriff's office" "aiso handles law enforcement at Prosser and Donner lakes in the county's eastern end, but the grant being sought now would be just for Englebright. Two other area lakes are policed by concessionairesThis is no sthall thing to_ Scotts Flat and Rollins, Jackso’ Golden Empire water skiers who“ Meadows does not have enough speed boating to require as much. patroling yet. Englebright.is the oldest of the man made lakes in Nevada county, having been developed as a Works Project Administration (WPA) project during the depression. Its purpose was rather unique. The dam was built to halt debris running downriver from the hydraulic mining which gouged hillsides above decades before. : Chuck Parnell, project manager for the corps, says some debris still is trapped by Englebright Dam, particularly during bad rains, and he has.a crew of two men who spend part of their time cleaning out the debris. Jury finds Spires guilty in arson case A seven-woman, five man jury found F. Houston Spires guilty of setting a woodland fire on the fourth day of Spires' trial in Superior Court. The 28-year old resident of Cedar Ridge was charged by the California Division of Forestry with "maliciously burning grass, forest, woods, brush and covered land" on April 30 in the Cedar Ridge area. The Superior Court trial began Monday with Otis Babcock representing Spires and Asst. Dist. Atty. Ronald MacMillen the prosecutor and concluded on Friday. Judge Arthur Andersen presided. Spires will be sentenced by the court on Oct. 2. simplicity. . : The -BERGEMANN & SON uneral Chapell ready to serve you} day or night Call 265-2421) _ ‘BOST AVE. OFF LOWER --GRASS VALLEY ROAD, . ‘(NEVADA CITY teeaaane ‘Ve eee 8 +a aie iit Sad ee enable pee t pag . 7)

LE ea: EE AREA PRE ETABL SA SINE CO RR AR A long time ago photo was taken of South Church Street looking south from Neal Street. In the left foreground is the old Congregational Church, built in the early 1850s, which was destroyed by fire. The church which is now being torn down replaced it. Just beyond the church is the parish house, which has been razed during the present operation. Beyond that is seen the Baptist Church, which occupied the site where the Osborne Apartments now stand. On the right is the steeple of the old Methodist Church, which also was destroyed by fire many years ago. (Photo provided by C. A. Harris family) Board may act on road A proposed policy on road improvements in Nevada county was discussed briefly by the _board of supervisors this week, but was returned topublic works officials to make any needed technical corrections. The board presumably will act on the document at a meeting in the next few weeks. The policy was prepared by a committee last year and has been in the board members’ hands since December; Public Works Director Harry Hider raised the issue this week, seeking final™ Lions sell lots of corn Grass Valley Lions experienced their best year ever with the fair corn booth, Chairman Gary Taylor announced at this week's meeting. Partly because the new booth allowed more room to maneuver, making cooking and serving more efficient, the Lions sold more than 10,000 ears of corn. The club netted more than $1,800 for its student scholarship fund, $500 more than was _ earned last year. At this week's meeting, Robert Bennette, zone chairman, reported on the student: speaker foundation which developed _ from the annual student speaker contest. ot He also said the student speech event this year will bear the title "Should Youth Become In-yolved — How and When?" om action, The policy would spell out whct is required by the county in terms of rights of way, dedications and road improvements, A key feature -and the reason the committee was formed-concerns a subdivider's responsibility in improving a county road leading to his de. velopment. The committee was not unanimous, Hider said, but proposed this language: "The subdivider will be required to participate in the improvement of all countywide interest roads within or abutting the subdivision to the same extent he would be required to improve local interest roads, i.e., to construct to county standards an improvement that will accommodate local travel. Consideration should be given to present traffic use to see that structural section is adequate." The county may elect to pay a share of the improvement to bring it above the level needed for subdivision traffic, or the county may want stage improvements with the subdivider building his share or depositing his share into the road fund for future construction. On roads within the subdivision, the developer would have to handle all cost of construction bringing these roads to county standard. A letter from Hider noted that road policy should be related to new zoning, another subject under discussion now, because "zoning* reflects overall road planning and policy in that it reflects land use.".° = policy in a few weeks Hider's letter added: "Financing came into the discussion as it relates to total road financing and more particularly as it affected subdivisions, There is a deficit created by the acceptance of any new road mileage intothe county maintained system of roads. "Because of the increased taxes derived from these new subdivisions, it was felt that the road financing deficit created by these same subdivisions should be offset by a transfer of funds from the general fund to the road fund, "Preliminary studies indicate that the deficit is approximately $800 to $1,000 per mile of road per year. This should be investigated further and a determination made onwhether the county can continue accepting roads on a deficit financing basis. "This recommendation on use of general funds is not unanimous," Members of the road: policy committee included Morton Rose and William Esterly of the Nevada County Board of Realtors and William Morgan and Edward Sylvester of the Nevada County Engineers Association, Each supervisor also appointed one member. They were James Shock, engineer, representing district one; . Robert. h Winkle, contractor, district two; Howard Swearingen, utility, district three; Charles Sailor, real estate, district four; andGeorge Cattan, utility, district five. In addition, the public works director, county counsel and planning director served as nonvoting members. i GED Sa MERLE esAn extra dividend from the new Bullards Bar Reservoir is keeping water skiers happy at Nevada County's Englebright Reservoir, ~The two aren't far apart, and ‘releases from Bullard's have fed Englebright in recent weeks, keeping the level high at the latter. flock to Englebright west of Grass Valley every weekend, By September in other years, the water level has been so low that recreation wasn’t much fun and many boat owners had taken their crafts home and quit coming the rest of the season. For example, Englebright

dropped 70 feet by. September last year, Tom Fisher Sr., operator of the marina says. But this year, because of the releases from Bullards', — the level at Englebright is down only four feet and the water's great for skiing. This means total visitor use will be higher this season and ‘is expected to increase every year in the near future. Last year, 110,000 people visited Englebright, andthe 1970 figures have been higher month after The total for July was 21,000, upping this year's total to 70,000, and the August figures are expected to exceed July's. * For the first time, boats are coming into the lake in September instead of going out, Fisher commented, He and Sheriff Wayne Brown took three Nevada county supervisors and a Union reporter on a tour of the lake this week to show what is needed in the way of law enforcement. Board mem-~ bers attending were Willie Curran, William Thomas and Ralph _ Buchanan, The Army Corps of Engineers, which also sent two representatives, has. provided a patrol -pboat with a 110-horsepower engine. The craft is manned by Nevada county deputies, Bob Simmons, _ recreation management specialist for the Army corps, explained that "It is a county law enforcement problem, however, so the county supplies a man," The difficulty is that the sheriff's office does not always. have a spare deputy to send to Englebright for regular coverage on weekends when boaters are busiest, Other types of law enforcement activity also are at their busiest in recreation oriented. Nevada county on weekends, ’ Sheriff Brown explains. "We try to have a man on the boat weekends, but we haven't been able to give as much service this year because of the ie problem," he said. he sheriff wants to patrol the lake more regularly in search of speeding and other dangerous boating practices, so he is preparing an applicationfor a-grant under a new state . program. ie The money would be used to Adda. deputy who would police Reronses ea Englebright high Englebright each day during the the summer season, Se The sheriff's office" "aiso handles law enforcement at Prosser and Donner lakes in the county's eastern end, but the grant being sought now would be just for Englebright. Two other area lakes are policed by concessionairesThis is no sthall thing to_ Scotts Flat and Rollins, Jackso’ Golden Empire water skiers who“ Meadows does not have enough speed boating to require as much. patroling yet. Englebright.is the oldest of the man made lakes in Nevada county, having been developed as a Works Project Administration (WPA) project during the depression. Its purpose was rather unique. The dam was built to halt debris running downriver from the hydraulic mining which gouged hillsides above decades before. : Chuck Parnell, project manager for the corps, says some debris still is trapped by Englebright Dam, particularly during bad rains, and he has.a crew of two men who spend part of their time cleaning out the debris. Jury finds Spires guilty in arson case A seven-woman, five man jury found F. Houston Spires guilty of setting a woodland fire on the fourth day of Spires' trial in Superior Court. The 28-year old resident of Cedar Ridge was charged by the California Division of Forestry with "maliciously burning grass, forest, woods, brush and covered land" on April 30 in the Cedar Ridge area. The Superior Court trial began Monday with Otis Babcock representing Spires and Asst. Dist. Atty. Ronald MacMillen the prosecutor and concluded on Friday. Judge Arthur Andersen presided. Spires will be sentenced by the court on Oct. 2. simplicity.. . : The -BERGEMANN & SON uneral Chapell ready to serve you} day or night Call 265-2421) _ ‘BOST AVE. OFF LOWER --GRASS VALLEY ROAD, . ‘(NEVADA CITY teeaaane ‘Ve eee 8 +a aie iit Sad ee enable pee t pag . 7)