Tag: Gilpin County

  • Gilpin Community Center the scene for eggscitement!

    Gilpin Community Center the scene for eggscitement!

    Baskets full of Easter joy and fun for every girl and boys

    by Patty Unruh

    All bunny trails led to the Gilpin Community Center (GCC) last Saturday, March 24, for its annual Easter eggstravaganza.  A crowd of kids from birth to age 12 and their parents celebrated the start of spring break with indoor egg hunts, games, and prizes. It was hard to tell who was having more fun – the children or the grinning moms, dads, and grandparents who were watching and photographing those special moments. “Happy Easter” greetings filled the air. (more…)

  • Gilpin Commissioners deal with over-capacity jail

    Gilpin Commissioners deal with over-capacity jail

    Giant steam shovel to move from Nederland to Gilpin

    By Jaclyn Schrock

    The Gilpin County Commissioners meeting was called to order at 9 am in the upstairs court room of Central City Hall, 141 Nevada Street on Tuesday, March 27, 2018. Commissioners Ron Engels, Linda Isenhart, and Gail Watson were present. (more…)

  • Becker holds Gilpin Town Hall meeting

    Becker holds Gilpin Town Hall meeting

    At the Gilpin Library on March 13th

    By Jaclyn Schrock

    Representative KC Becker of the State of Colorado General Assembly arranged a Town Hall meeting at the Gilpin County Library 7 pm Tuesday, March 13, 2018. She represents District 13; Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand and Jackson Counties, and is the Democratic Majority Leader. Her assigned committees are the Legislative Council and the Executive Committee of the Legislative Council. (more…)

  • I Can Only Imagine

    I Can Only Imagine

    A Well Done Christian Movie

    By David Josselyn

    Have you ever been hurt by someone so badly you find it impossible to forgive them? “I Can Only Imagine,” a film from Mission Pictures International and City on a Hill Productions, directed by brothers Andrew and Jon Erwin, hits that problem head-on by telling the story of Bart Millard, lead singer for the band MercyMe, and how he came to write a song that has touched millions. (more…)

  • School Board honors couple for installation of crosswalk on Highway 119

    School Board honors couple for installation of crosswalk on Highway 119

    Superintendent reports on changes in safety protocol

    by Patty Unruh

    The Gilpin County Board of Education held its regular meeting on Tuesday, March 20, at 7:00 p.m.  (more…)

  • Cathedral of Color art exhibit

    Cathedral of Color art exhibit

    Showcase Gallery in Central City

    By David Josselyn

    Are you tired of the drab hues of winter and seek warmth and solace in an explosion of color? The Showcase Gallery in Central City has opened a new exhibit featuring the work of Donna Dannen, Gregg Harkenrider, and Charles Hernandez, called Cathedral of Color and it is just the thing to brighten your day. (more…)

  • Gilpin Eagles’ sports roundup

    Gilpin Eagles’ sports roundup

    Basketball awards, baseball and track seasons off the starting block

    by Patty Unruh

    Basketball Awards

    The Gilpin High School varsity boys’ basketball team held its sports awards banquet on Tuesday, March 13, at the Elks Lodge in Central City. (more…)

  • Roadways to personal finance at a young age

    Roadways to personal finance at a young age

    Gilpin Finance Class Competes at Junior Achievement Stock Market Challenge

    By Trystin Swan

    “Trader, trader I’d like to buy and sell,” is all that was heard in the room full of finance students from different school teams as they battled it out to be on top of the Stock Market. (more…)

  • Zip lines and gun fights

    Zip lines and gun fights

    And More at Central City Council Meeting

    By David Josselyn

      The Central City Regular Council Meeting of Tuesday, March 20, convened at 7:01 pm in City Hall Council Chambers. (more…)

  • Georgetown Lake to be dredged for additional capacity

    Georgetown Lake to be dredged for additional capacity

    Black Hawk Council Meeting

    By Jaclyn Schrock

    The City Council meeting began with three recently hired to Black Hawk staff making a team effort to ring the bell, announcing the beginning of the meeting. (more…)

  • A “tailing tale” of David S. Green

    A “tailing tale” of David S. Green

    A Colorado Pioneer

    By Maggie Magoffin

    Born in Licking County, Ohio on November 23, 1838, David S. Green was the son of Congressman Isaac Green and his wife Elizabeth (Brown) Green. In 1848 the family moved to Crawford County, Illinois; then in 1850 they moved on to California where David’s father died four weeks after their arrival. (more…)

  • “Let’s take childhood back from cancer”

    “Let’s take childhood back from cancer”

    St. Baldrick’s event raises money for children’s cancer research

    by Patty Unruh

    What does it take for a person to get their head shaved in front of an audience?

    It takes self-effacing courage and a sense of humor – especially when the audience is a gym full of noisy school students. And when the local media shows up with a camera and asks, “Why are you getting your head shaved?” these special folks give gracious responses and allow their photos to be taken. (more…)

  • Wanting to make sure this never happens again

    Wanting to make sure this never happens again

    Gilpin students participate in Enough! National School Walkout Day

    by Patty Unruh

    Students from Gilpin County School, along with thousands of other young people across America, walked out of their classrooms last Wednesday, March 14, at 10 a.m. The walkout was scheduled for 17 minutes, to remember the 17 students and teachers who were killed and 17 more injured in a mass shooting on February 14 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. (more…)

  • Icy fun at Frozen Dead Guy Days

    Icy fun at Frozen Dead Guy Days

    “Grandpopsicle” Morstoel haunts the Rockies

    By Aaron Storms

    Driving into Nederland, CO on Saturday, lines of cars were parked along the highway for a mile leading into town. If you didn’t know already, the 17th annual Frozen Dead Guy Days festival was taking place, and there were throngs of people for as far as you could see from Hwy 119 all the way down to Guercio Park by Barker Reservoir, and on every other highway leading into town from Boulder and Estes Park. Finally locating a parking spot, I parked the Jeep and strolled down East 1st Street, taking in all the sights and sounds. Even with the falling snow and chilly temps, there were poets espousing prose from makeshift stages, frozen turkey bowling in the street, beer tents and live music along both sides, and interesting people of all ages and walks of life to talk to. (more…)

  • Salmon Toss at Frozen Dead Guy Days

    Salmon Toss at Frozen Dead Guy Days

    Who said fish can’t fly!

    by Dave Gibson

    After hosting the Frozen Dead Guy Days Salmon Toss in Nederland, CO for sixteen years in a row, Hillary Stevenson needed a new venue for the event when the Sundance Café closed its doors. Turning to her friend Heather Hatwan, owner of the Stage Stop in nearby Rollinsville, Hillary found a perfect new home for the Salmon Toss, continuing the tradition. (more…)

  • Commissioners approve marijuana grow facility

    Commissioners approve marijuana grow facility

    Located mid-Gilpin County behind the car wash

    by Jaclyn Schrock

    Tuesday, March 13, 2018, at 9 am Gilpin County Commissioners opened their bi-monthly meeting. (more…)