GRASS VALLEY, Calif. and#8212; Nevada County veterans are expected to get better service soon: Two people will handle claims and issues at the Veterans Service Office.

County officials are recruiting a second person for the office, County Executive Officer Rick Haffey said.

Administrative duties have shifted to Pam Davinson of the county Human Services Department. Davinson is the CalWorks manager and a U.S. Army veteran who worked in military police and corrections facilities.

and#8220;Weand#8217;ll have two representatives to process claims and services, and theyand#8217;re still at the Veterans Halland#8221; in Grass Valley, Haffey said. and#8220;Things have been fairly smooth since that raucous meeting a few years ago.and#8221;

At that meeting in September 2006, veterans swore and shouted at county supervisors, Haffey and other county officials for hiring Ray Holcomb to become the county Veterans Service Officer over Evelyn White, who was second-in-command at the office and the person they preferred for the job.

White challenged the supervisors at the infamous meeting. She later was placed on a 10-day suspension after writing an Other Voices column for The Union, in which she criticized Holcomband#8217;s hiring.

Holcomb lasted until June 2008, when his position was eliminated four days before a grand jury report blasted the Veterans Office for inefficiency.

White has since left the office, Haffey said.

The most recent administrator, Mark Nagafuchi, recently retired. Then, county officials decided to increase the number of day-to-day veterans representatives to two from one.

Eric Gamblin is the lone representative now serving at the Grass Valley Memorial Veterans Hall at 242 S. Auburn St.

With two veterans waiting for services Wednesday morning, Gamblin was too busy for an interview except to say, and#8220;Any time you get help, itand#8217;s a good thing.and#8221;