By Maggie Magoffin
I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with local legend, Geno Kennedy, at The Stagestop in beautiful downtown Rollinsville, Colorado. What led me to request an (more…)
Tag: Gilpin County
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Eagles basketball on a roll
Lake County Basketball Tournament at Leadville By George Snyder
The Gilpin boys’ basketball team flew over a Friday loss to Monte Vista and swept past both Crested Butte and Lake County to take second place in the annual Lake County (more…)
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“Logging in” to the Christmas tree site
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…)
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Katniss Everdeen’s story concludes in Mockingjay, Part 2
Movie reviewBy 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…)
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Colorado Newspapers: A History & Inventory, 1859-2000
Helping to fill the knowledge gap – Book ReviewBy 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…)
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The Gilpin and Clear Creek District Railway
A tailing taleBy 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…)
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Wrestlers continue to exceed expectations!
Gilpin County Youth Wrestling at Brush HSIn 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…)
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Gale Moore remembered…
January 5, 1950 – November 13, 2015Gale 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.
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Andy Erickson remembered…
September 30, 1937 – June 26, 2015Andy 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…)
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Mountain Predators win Carnation Bowl Championship
Mountain Area Midget Football Associationby 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…)
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A tailing tale of Thanksgiving
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…)
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All gave some – some gave all
Remembering our local veteransby 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…)
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Spectres of the past for James Bond
Movie ReviewBy 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…)
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Close encounters of the “wolf” kind
Colorado Wolf Adventures educates and entertainsby 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…)
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Gilpin Education Foundation raises a record $12,000 for scholarships
“All it takes is one person to believe in you,” says speaker Kathy Sabineby 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…)
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Got science? Imagination and knowledge a “sweet” combo at school fair
148 projects displayed Gilpin students’ learningby Patty Unruh
Albert Einstein once said, “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” How about a little bit of both? (more…)
