Golden Gate Canyon State Park tree cutting and open house
by Patty Unruh
What do people look for in the ideal live Christmas tree?
To answer this important question, I joined a throng of Christmas-spirited folks who went tree cutting at Golden Gate Canyon State Park. This event was held Saturday, (more…)
Movie review
By David Josselyn
The final chapter has hit the movie theaters in the unexpected hit, The Hunger Games, adapted from the Young Adult novels by Suzanne Collins. The movie series began in 2012 (more…)
Helping to fill the knowledge gap – Book Review
By Garrett Ray
In 1978, the board of the Colorado Press Association agreed that someone ought to write a history of the association to mark the CPA’s 100th birthday. Marshall Sprague, a (more…)
A tailing tale
By Maggie Magoffin
This week’s Tailing Tale comes from Bruce Jones of Gilpin County. Bruce shared with me the story of the Gilpin Railway Company. (more…)
Gilpin County Youth Wrestling at Brush HS
In the halls and gyms of Brush High School last Saturday you could hear coaches and parents from all over Colorado saying “Those Gilpin kids are tough!” For us, that is the (more…)
January 5, 1950 – November 13, 2015
Gale A. (Moose) Moore, was raised in Central City, Colorado, and was a Viet-Nam veteran. Beloved friend of many, he loved Central, City, his friends, family, and his country – he will be missed.
September 30, 1937 – June 26, 2015
Andy A. Erickson was born on September 30, 1937 at Grover, CO and passed away at his home in Denver, Colorado June 26, 2015. Erickson graduated in three years from Gilpin (more…)
Mountain Area Midget Football Association
by Gary King
On Saturday, October 14 the Mountain Predators beat the Alameda Pirates 14 to 12 to win the JMFA, 7th Grade, D2, Carnation Bowl championship. Gilpin County representatives on (more…)
It wasn’t always a holiday
By Maggie Magoffin
The holiday of Thanksgiving is based on the 1621 feast in Plymouth. However for many years it was not an annual celebration or holiday. Thanksgiving was celebrated on sporadic (more…)
Remembering our local veterans
by Patty Unruh
Local veterans and their families and friends gathered on Veterans Day, November 11, at 11:00 a.m. at the Gilpin County Community Center in a ceremony paying homage to all veterans (more…)
Movie Review
By David Josselyn
Director Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Road to Perdition, Skyfall) returns to helm the fourth installment of Daniel Craig’s James Bond in Spectre. Mendes directed the very successful Skyfall which broke box office records for all James Bond movies. While Skyfall had its flaws, it was an excellent movie that would be hard to beat. As a reviewer, it is unfair to color the review based on the success of the predecessor, but it would also be disingenuous not to bring up a comparison, so let’s get that out of the way. Skyfall is arguably the best of Daniel Craig’s Bond career and so it shall remain. This is unfortunate, because Spectre is standing in Skyfall’s shadow and as a stand-alone James Bond movie, it is very good. I think recent reviews from critics would be very different had Spectre followed Quantum of Solace, rather than Skyfall. Now that I’ve gotten that out of the way, it’s time to really review the movie. (more…)
Colorado Wolf Adventures educates and entertains
by Patty Unruh
Gilpin County is home to a variety of animals that can delight us or frighten us: bears, moose, foxes, coyotes, and rarely, a mountain lion. Last Sunday, November 8, another seldom-seen creature — a wolf (more…)
“All it takes is one person to believe in you,” says speaker Kathy Sabine
by Patty Unruh
The Gilpin County Education Foundation (GCEF) held its fifth annual scholarship dinner on Saturday, November 7, at the Isle of Capri Casino & Hotel in Black Hawk. Kathy Sabine, (more…)
148 projects displayed Gilpin students’ learning
by Patty Unruh
Albert Einstein once said, “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” How about a little bit of both? (more…)
By Maggie Magoffin
The sky above Quartz Hill glowed in vibrant hues of orange and gold. The pungent odor of burning timber carried on the chilling night air. Thick black smoke crept down the (more…)
More Voting Options this Year
by Heather Worrell
Gilpin County’s voters had just a few things on this year’s ballot. Those located within the Boulder Valley School District voted upon District Directors. Proposition BB was (more…)