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Author: Patrick Henry Sweeney

  • Mindy Wales remembered

    Mindy Wales remembered

    November 21, 1956 – February 18, 2020

    Mindy Wales was born in New York City and grew up in Queens, New York. At the age of 19 she moved to Colorado and became a long-time resident of Gilpin County. She owned and operated an old time photo studio called “Mr. Yellow Bellows” in Central City forabout 10 years. She was a loving mother of two sons, Cody and Wyatt. During the last five years of her life, Mindy had a long fight with Metastatic Lung Cancer. The memorial service will be held on Sunday March 1st, at 2 pm at The Caribou Room, (more…)

  • Steve Hanson remembered

    Steve Hanson remembered

    March 8, 1951 – February 16, 2020

    Steven Vidyaran Hanson, 68, a longtime resident of Pinecliffe, Colorado, died on February 16, 2020 of cancer. Born in Oakland, California on March 8, 1951 to Robert Carl Hanson and Margaret Bremner, Steve attended Flatirons Elementary School, Baseline Junior High, and Boulder High School. Steve worked as a chef on the Big Island of Hawaii in the early 1970s, then at the Broker Inn in Boulder. He made the most exquisite hollandaise sauce, and once earned a standing ovation from the brunch guests at a mountain eatery who had watched him prepare (more…)

  • Senior Night: Recognition of Senior winter athletes

    Senior Night: Recognition of Senior winter athletes

    At Gilpin High School

    By Gary King

    Gilpin High School held its Senior Night recognition last Thursday, February 20th between the boy and girl’s home basketball games versus Nederland High School. Senior Night is a period set aside to recognize the contributions of the school’s senior winter athletes and show appreciation for their dedication to their sport as well as appreciation for their parents and others that have (more…)

  • Genetics tests confirm presence of wolves in Colorado

    Genetics tests confirm presence of wolves in Colorado

    Colorado Parks and Wildlife

    By Travis Duncan

    Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) biologists have received notification back from a genetics lab confirming that four scat samples collected near a scavenged elk carcass in Moffat County in early January came from wolves. This is the first official (more…)

  • Commissioners review requests from Sheriff’s Office

    Commissioners review requests from Sheriff’s Office

    Approve PW truck upgrade and office supply plan

    By Randy Beaudette

    Several Sheriff’s Office items, reallocation of funds to facilitate an upgrade purchase of  truck for the Public Works Department, and the 2019 Treasurer’s Report were a few of (more…)

  • Gilpin County Eagles Varsity Basketball

    Gilpin County Eagles Varsity Basketball

    Versus Denver Academy & Dayspring Christian Academy

    By Gary King

    The Eagle’s head coach, Paul Hanson, made the following observations about last week’s boys’ varsity basketball games: “Our (more…)

  • Black Hawk progressing as a destination resort area

    Black Hawk progressing as a destination resort area

    Annexation, mining claim acquisitions, Lace House improvements, trail project, and church stabilization

    By Randy Beaudette

    The Black Hawk City Council regular meeting on February 12, 2020 highlighted the adoption of the City’s Comprehensive Plan, a resolution approving the purchase of the Bates Lode and the PM Lode mining claims, and a professional services agreement fordesign services pertaining to the Lace House Rehabilitation Project. (more…)

  • Central City stresses kisses first, then bites

    Central City stresses kisses first, then bites

    Council shoots down Ordinance imposing fines for vacancy

    By David Josselyn

    Work Session

    Council met with Staff on Tuesday, February 18, for a work session prior to the regular meeting. The topic of discussion was Ordinance 20-02 which was scheduled for a (more…)

  • National Junior Honors Society and National Honors Society nominees inducted

    National Junior Honors Society and National Honors Society nominees inducted

    At Gilpin County School

    By Esmee Halsted

    Last Wednesday, Gilpin National Honors Society held a reception in order to honor and welcome new inductees. Held in the Gilpin County School’s auditorium, Dusty Newberg and Ann Myers led the ceremony as NHS (high school) and NJHS (middle school) staff sponsors. (more…)

  • Gilpin science teams compete in Science Bowl

    Gilpin science teams compete in Science Bowl

    Loveland hosts 24 teams at Colorado Reginal Science Bowl

    By Esmee Halsted

    Gilpin County Middle School Science Team competed at Colorado Regional Science Bowl on February 1st at Mountain View High School in Loveland, CO. Two teams, (more…)

  • Gilpin Eagles basketball action

    Gilpin Eagles basketball action

    Versus Highland Huskies and Heritage Christian

    By Gary King

    The Eagles boy and girls’ varsities played the Highland Huskies last Tuesday evening February 4th. Both evening games were (more…)

  • Blues Rocker Tinsley Ellis to perform in Central City

    Blues Rocker Tinsley Ellis to perform in Central City

    On Feb 21 & 22 at the Grand Z Casino

    By Marc Lipkin

    Atlanta-based blues-rocker Tinsley Ellis released his new Alligator Records CD, Ice Cream In Hell, on Friday, January 31. He’ll perform in Central City on February 21 and 22 at 8 pm each evening in the Mile High Room, free admission courtesy of the Grand Z Casino. Ice Cream In Hell is the 18th album of Tinsley’s almost four decade (more…)

  • Dr. Donald Bennallack remembered

    Dr. Donald Bennallack remembered

    October 9, 1924 – February 7, 2020

    Longtime Gilpin County resident, Donald Albert Bennallack, M.D., passed away early in the morning of February 7, 2020 after a short hospitalization at 95 years old. He was born October 9, 1924, the son of Ralph Bennallack and Leona J. (Weir) Bennallack, of Central City, CO.  Born and raised in Denver, “Dr. B,” as his many beloved friends and patients called him, graduated from East High School in Denver in 1942 and went on to earn a bachelor’s degree at the University of Colorado in Boulder. He then continued (more…)

  • Elevating young singers in Central City

    Elevating young singers in Central City

    The Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Artists Training Program continues to cultivate the next stars of Central City Opera and beyond

    PRESS RELEASE – For over 40 years, an unlikely place has been ground zero for the professional development of young singers with their sights set on careers in opera, musical theater and classical music. (more…)

  • Gilpin Basketball vs Denver Christian & Twin Peaks Charter

    Gilpin Basketball vs Denver Christian & Twin Peaks Charter

    Varsity teams lose against Denver Christian

    By Gary King

    Last Tuesday, January 27th the Gilpin Eagles boy and girl’s varsities played games against the Denver Christian School Thunder. The games were played on Denver (more…)

  • Gilpin County Commissioners planning ahead to manage expected growth

    Gilpin County Commissioners planning ahead to manage expected growth

    Affecting use of lands, historic preservation, and climate change

    By Randy Beaudette

    A few of the highlights of the February 4, 2020 Gilpin County Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) regular meeting was the second reading of the newly revised Historical Preservation Ordinance, another resolution that will change Vacation Accrual hours in the County Employee Handbook, and yet another resolution committing Gilpin County to Colorado Counties for Climate Action. (more…)