Gilpin County High School
By Sunny Vincent
Gilpin County High School’s Homecoming was full of events that will never be forgotten. The football team beat Rocky Mountain Lutheran 40 to 36 in the last seconds of the game. (more…)
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Gilpin homecoming parade kicks off a big day
Parade floats successfully dodge road construction
By Patty Unruh
Gilpin County School celebrated homecoming with a joyous parade on Saturday morning, October 19. The weather cooperated beautifully, and the parade participants skillfully (more…)
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Building a better school for the future
Q&A
By Sarah Swanson
An interview with Dr. David MacKenzie, Superintendent and Craig Holmes, President of the Board of Education (more…)
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Halloween at the poor farm
How the American way of poverty has changed
By Forrest Whitman
During the last half of the 19th century and well on into this century, county poor farms existed in most Colorado counties. The Gilpin County poor farm can still be seen across (more…)
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Mobile food vendors and abandoned personal property
Gilpin Commissioner Issues
By Staci McBrayer
The regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of County Commissioners occurred on October 22, 2013. Gilpin Commissioners Connie McClain, Buddy Schmalz, and Gail (more…)
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Tea drinkers – time for a coffee break!
No frilly coffee at Cholua Bros. coffee store
By Patty Unruh
After standing on a cool street corner in Black Hawk taking photos of Gilpin County School’s homecoming parade on October 19, I looked forward to stopping in at the grand (more…)
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Turning Back the Pages
30 years ago – October 21, 1983
The proposed increase in the mill levy for students of the Boulder Valley School District passed by an overwhelming margin in the election Tuesday, but the voter turnout was (more…)
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Wine tasting to support Problem Gambling Coalition efforts
Held at the Isle Casino Hotel Black Hawk
PRESS RELEASE – A silent auction and wine pairing are on the menu when the Problem Gambling Coalition of Colorado holds its 3rd annual wine pairing and silent auction on (more…)
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Timberline Board members review proposed 2014 budget, policies
Challenges to come by 2015 if District runs at current level
By Patty Unruh
Members of the Board of Timberline Fire Protection District (Timberline) met at 7 p.m. October 9 for a workshop to discuss the 2014 proposed budget and policies. The workshop (more…)
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It’s fall budget time again
Gilpin County
By Roger Baker
It’s a gloomy time of year in Gilpin County – the days are turning cooler, the nights coming earlier – and this is particularly true for those department directors and elected (more…)
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Persistence in the face of challenge
Pastor’s Pulpit
by Pastor Brian Young
Over the years, I have grown to cherish one particular quality of character above most others – persistence. No matter how much a person intends to do what is right, it is her (more…)
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Opinions aired on 3A Mill Levy Override
For Gilpin Schools
By Patty Unruh
“Yes for Gilpin Kids,” the committee campaigning for the passage of the 3A mill levy override in the November 5 election, held a town hall meeting at Gilpin County School on (more…)
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What does it mean to hit rock bottom?
Life Coaching
By Dr. Mike Brooks
I want you to think back over the years. How many times have you hit rock bottom and how did you get there? At some point in our lives we will be at the bottom of life looking (more…)
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Love, family, loss, secrets, crime, and Denver bank robbers…
This week at the Gilpin Library
by Larry Grieco, Librarian
Karen Joy Fowler is back for the sixth time with an unforgettable novel about a most unusual family. The story is told by Rosemary Cooke who, as a child never stopped talking, (more…)
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The haunted house on Chase Street
A Black Hawk Ghost Story
By Joan Pomeroy
It was late in October 1958, and I was an 8th grader at the Gilpin County Junior High School. One night I was given the job of babysitting for my Aunt and Uncle’s kids. They (more…)
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The last elk and “Old Mose, the last grizzly
We can thank William Hornaday that some lived
By Forrest Whitman
In 1904, “Old Mose,” one of the last Colorado grizzly bears, was killed near Black Mountain in South Park. If you’d gone elk hunting that same year you would have found (more…)