200 years of Colorado history behind one water decision
By Forrest Whitman
A couple of years ago Gilpin County and the Dory Lakes Homeowners Association were busily sparring over who did what with the water in Dory Lake. That dispute was covered in this paper. This was no idle discussion. Both sides spent a lot of money on lawyers and (more…)
Community Fun Event
By Cary Ihme
It was 19 years ago that Ed Saxton helped start the “fishing clinic” in Central City at the William C. Russell Park, where he would teach kids how to fish. The fishing clinic has since evolved into the Father’s Day Fishing Derby sponsored by the Gilpin County Rec Center, (more…)
Timberline reports one wild land fire, quickly contained
By Lynn Volkens
Gilpin County Sheriff Bruce Hartman issued directions to put the entire county on Stage 1 fire restrictions as of 1 p.m. June 12, 2013. This is not a complete fire “ban,” but does prohibit some activities and sets specific requirements for others. Sheriff Hartman and (more…)
Dory Hill water plant, casino celebrations, Bobtail liquor store
By Lynn Volkens
Black Hawk Mayor David Spellman and City Council members Linda Armbright, Paul Bennett, Diane Cales, Jim Johnson, Greg Moates and Benito Torres met the afternoon of June 12, 2013 for their regularly scheduled City Council meeting. They amended the 2013 (more…)
The End of Self-Sabotage
By Amy Hartman, MA, LPC, NCC, RPT
“Oscar Wilde said: ‘Each man kills the thing he loves.’ And it’s true. The mere possibility of getting what we want fills the soul of an ordinary person with guilt. We look around us at those who have failed to get what they want and feel that we do not deserve to get what (more…)
30 Years Ago – June 17, 1983
The courthouse is overcrowded; the school has unused property in Central City, and grant money may be available. These three factors have encouraged the Gilpin County commissioners to offer to purchase Clark School, the gym, and the lot east of the school for (more…)
County Management
By Roger Baker
One of the main topics at Tuesday’s meeting of the Gilpin County Commissioners – and certainly the most expensive – was the preliminary approval of the County’s health insurance package. (more…)
At the Nederland Community Center
By Serene Karplus
As any cowboy poet, rap singer, or casual writer can assure us, the world of poetry ranges from simple nursery rhymes to long complex odes, from highly structured to free flowing. Most of us connect with poetry somewhere in between these extremes. With such (more…)
Pastor’s Pulpit
by Pastor Brian Young
cyn·i·cism – An attitude of scornful or jaded negativity, especially a general distrust of the integrity or professed motives of others.
There lurks a trap tailor made for you and for me in this life. Its confining bars drain the life from our spirits, evaporate the joy from our hearts, and send well-wishers away (more…)
Selections from “Of Mines & Beer!”
By Dave Thomas
In a long and very detailed letter dated December 29, 1858, to the Editor of the Omaha Times, A. O. McGrew wrote about his wagon train trip from Omaha to Denver City as well as the sumptuous libations he and many of the notables of Denver (among them Lowry, (more…)
Colorado Parks and Wildlife
PRESS RELEASE – Colorado Parks and Wildlife is reminding the public about the dangers of approaching moose after recent activity in Grand Lake has heightened concerns with moose/human conflicts. (more…)
Life Coaching
By Dr. Mike Brooks
Okay, right off the bat, I’m telling you this article isn’t about going to a priest and confessing all of your faults and sins and your whole life story. This is about getting things right with someone you have offended or wounded. It might be a family member, a friend (more…)
This week at the Gilpin Library
by Larry Grieco
Here are a couple of Young Adult series that could keep both teens and adults occupied this summer. From Ally Condie comes the futuristic trilogy that begins with Matched, and continues with the sequel, Crossed, and concludes with Reached. This is the story (more…)
This year’s most unusual item…
By Lynn Volkens
It was definitely the armadillo. That’s what the volunteers of High Country Auxiliary said was the most unusual item donated for their annual Flea Market, held last weekend; one of them dubbed it “Julio.” The armored mammal might have had competition from the (more…)
2nd Annual Gymkhana Buckle Series event
By Allan C. Tucker
The sun was reaching for the horizon as I sat there on my black horse. It was hot and dusty, but it could have been worse this time of year this high up in the mountains. Seems like winter just couldn’t let go, but here it was on into June. That horse of mine had carried (more…)
Or was it just a typical boom?
By Forrest Whitman
Much of the American west had a boom in the 1990s and Gilpin County was no different. I knew a few people who cashed in. One friend sold some property in Black Hawk for about six times what he’d paid for it. Even properties in remote gulches like Lump and (more…)