Eagles crush Belleview Bruins 54-0 in football
by Patty Unruh
Gridiron Action
The Gilpin High School football team smashed the Belleview (Westminster) Bruins 54-0 on September 23 on Belleview’s turf. The Eagles now sport a 3-1 overall record; the matchup was a disappointing loss for the Bruins in their first season game. (more…)
August 1, 1958 – September 19, 2017
“Just because I’m leaving you now doesn’t mean I love you any less…”
William Mark Spellman was born August 1, 1958, and passed on September 19, 2017, at the age of 59. (more…)
Gilpin Commissioners deal with full agenda
By Randy Beaudette
The Gilpin County Board of Commissioners Gail Watson, Linda Isenhart, and Ron Engels faced off with a full and varied agenda for the regular Commissioners meeting that took place on Tuesday September 26, 2017 at the Gilpin County Courthouse. (more…)
You never know where the journey will take you
By Randy Beaudette
Sometimes events don’t always turn out the way that we think they should. Folks plan, but circumstances have a way of diverting us in an entirely different direction. Car maintenance and restoration is no different. You start off rotating the tires and end up installing new brakes which can turn into a $600 job if you want to do it yourself. At the Hot Rod Hill Climb in Central City last weekend, an interesting truck with no paint caught my eye, and here’s the background story as relayed by Carlos and JC Navarro. (more…)
Drama stipend debate
by Patty Unruh
The Gilpin County Board of Education held its regular meeting on Tuesday, September 19. Meetings usually begin promptly at 7:00 p.m.; however, no quorum was present on the 19th to transact business until 7:14 p.m. (more…)
Kickflips and tailslides
by Dave Gibson
About forty boarders paid a twenty dollar entry fee on Sunday, September 17th at the Ned Skatepark for a cool T-shirt and a chance show off their stuff. (more…)
Old time fun on Central City streets
By Randy Beaudette
This article is dedicated in memory of Mr. Roy Blake, a good man, a fine angler, a friend, and a fellow gearhead. We’ll miss you bro.
The sound of roaring engines of the past echoed through the hills above Central City, shattering the late summer silence. It’s time for much anticipated Fifth Annual Hot Rod Hill Climb. (more…)
Council approves historical improvements and paving project
By Jaclyn Morrow
On Wednesday, September 13, 2017, the City of Black Hawk City Council rang the bell at 3:00 pm to start their regular meeting agenda at 211 Church Street. (more…)
Central City Council Approves Gregory Street Paving Project
By David Josselyn
Work Session
The Central City Council met with staff for a work session on the pending end of the marijuana licensing moratorium. The temporary suspension ends November 30, 2017 and the Council needs to give direction regarding changes to current code or staying with the current rule. Community Development Director Ray Rears presented a report to the Council from City Staff regarding this issue with four things to consider. (more…)
Victories scored in volleyball, football
by Patty Unruh
Volleyball v. Warriors and Falcons
The Gilpin High School Lady Eagles varsity team faced two teams last week that were slightly younger and less experienced than Gilpin. The Eagles came out on top in home conference play against the Longmont Christian Warriors (LC) on Tuesday, September 12, winning 3-0. Two nights later, on the 14th, Gilpin traveled to play the Front Range Christian Falcons (FR) of Littleton, again scoring a 3-0 victory. (more…)
Gilpin Elementary Theatre Department presents “A Taste of Broadway”
by Patty Unruh
“Overture, curtain, lights, this is it, the night of nights!”
The Gilpin Elementary Theatre Department proudly raised the curtain on “A Taste of Broadway” on Friday evening, September 14, in the Gilpin School auditorium. The event was a professional quality fundraiser for the elementary performing arts and included hors d’oeuvres, a silent auction, and a Broadway cabaret followed by dessert. (more…)
Girls’ volleyball varsity bows to Highland Huskies
by Patty Unruh
Football Action
The Gilpin Eagles rolled over the Simla Cubs 60-50 last Saturday, September 9, in an excellent contest on the Eagles’ home turf. A half-hour lightning delay got the high-scoring match off to a late start, but it was wise not to have players out on the field in threatening weather. (more…)
June 26th, 1956 – September 10th, 2017
Roy Dowell Blake was born at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Denver, Colorado to Dowell and Nancy Blake. He was raised in Black Hawk, Colorado and went to school in Idaho Spring where he graduated from high school in 1974.He moved to Alaska after high school where he worked in various trades over the years. It was there that he enlisted in the US Navy to serve his country and give his life direction. (more…)
Learning about local history and the Stroehle family
By Jaclyn Morrow
Saturday, September 9th at 2:00 pm, the Stroehle House was open for the semi-annual High Tea. This historic home at 231 Chase Street in Black Hawk has been recently renovated to Victorian times when the home was occupied by the Stroehle family. The home was donated to the Gilpin Historical Society by a cousin of the home’s occupants as requested as a generous gift to be kept as a historical reminder of ways and days now gone. (more…)
Mountain Living
By Irene Shonle, Ph.D.
Every day brings more aspen leaves turning, but predicting peak color and how good the show will be is always an imperfect science. We know why the leaves change: there is a decrease in photosynthetic activity as the days get shorter in the fall. The yellow color that shines in September is always there, it is just masked by the green of chlorophyll all summer. As chlorophyll stops being produced, the yellow pigment from carotenoids is revealed. But the ‘when’ and the coloration are less predictable. (more…)
Colorado History – Part I
By Maggie Magoffin
This next adventure in local Colorado history is from Jeanne Hostetler Ramstetter’s memoirs.
My grandparents were Henry A. and Vina S. Ramstetter. My Grandfather Henry’s parents homesteaded the Guy Hill Ranch, and what follows are some of my most treasured memories. (more…)