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NID rate increase in ‘out of line’ Dear Editor, As a 60-year property owner in Placer County, I am for the first time protesting a rate increased proposed by the Nevada Irrigation District. This increase seems way out of line to me and very ill timed. The increases are approximately 6.5 percent per year for the next five years, amounting to 32.5 percent. Perhaps it is time to take a good look at how the NID spends our money. This can be stopped; however it will take a majority of NID water users sending in their letters of protest. Please join me in doing this before the Feb. 27 deadline. Betty R. Samson, Auburn
* * * Time to throw out Rocklin City Council Dear Editor, Over 7,000 voters know how Rocklin’s City Council betrayed them by
supporting the horrific Clover Valley proposed development known as
Measure H. County supervisors Robert Weygandt, Kirk Uhler, Lincoln’s
Tom Cosgrove, and my own GOP had no business jumping in here, except
for contributions at payback time. Two points need to be made. First, the volunteer grassroots groups
dedicated to saving Clover Valley are not going away. Upcoming lawsuits
should take the wind out of the sails of the arrogant
developer/tribe/city council rogue political machine. It’s not over yet. Second, three Rocklin City Council seats are up for grabs in November.
Let’s start now to remove the three incumbents that sided with a
bullying developer who threatened to sue Rocklin and encumber its
citizens. More than 7,000 voters will not forget and will do the right thing in November. Throw the bums out! Randall Cleveland, Rocklin * * * Bill Lipschultz will be missed by all Dear Editor, The winter of 1997 produced a musical milestone in Auburn’s history.
The Auburn Symphony, under the direction of Maestro Michael Goodwin,
performed one of the “greatest achievements of the human mind,” the
Ninth “Chorale” Symphony of Ludwig Van Beethoven. How many of us remember that the late William “Bill” Lipschultz
produced that concert as chairman of the Symphony Committee that put
their hearts to that effort. He dedicated himself, as he had so many
times in life, to reach for the impossible dream. The committee felt Bill’s intensity as he sought funding and wrestled
with logistical matters that our community and orchestra had never
before experienced. He radiated joy as the hour approached and the
dream became reality. In retrospect, Bill’s life emulated ideals expressed musically by
Beethoven and poetically by Schiller. Bill had not only embraced a
chairman’s responsibility, but he had embraced the nobility of the work
itself. That was Bill. The only road for him was the high road. He will be sorely missed. Goodbye, dear friend. Monroe De Jarnette, Auburn * * * Thanks for supporting library dinner Dear Editor, On behalf of the executive board of Friends of the Auburn Library, we
would like to thank all who attended our group’s “We Love the Library –
Then and Now” dinner held Jan. 27. This year, we kicked off a Library Expansion Fund. Watch for additional
fundraisers and information. Thank you to the kick-off donors. A
special thank you to Latitudes and Pat and Pete Enochs, Frank Lin
Beverage’s Dave Luce, the Auburn-Placer County Library staff, Placer
High’s Future Farmers of America student helpers, the appetizer donors,
Mission Linens and all of those on the event committee. A special thank you to the many supportive friends of the Auburn
Library. The Friends of the Library board is proud to enrich the Auburn
Library by providing funds for maintaining the library’s collection and
facility, aiding the Children’s Summer Reading Program, providing 5th
grade school bus trips to the library and adding to the technical
services. Maureen Ward and Jeannette Duff, co-chairs, 20th Annual Dinner
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