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Check out some frightfully fantastic coupons on page 24 GAMING EMPLOYEES Honoring Colorado casino 20-25 years employees Pages 5-7
PHOTOS
Gambling town photo spreads Pages 9, 10, 11
MANAGER PROFILE Reserve general manager Barry Phillips Page 14
HOT PROMOS/NUGGETS Black Hawk, Central City promos, specials and giveaways Pages 12, 13, 15-17
HALLOWEEN Ghost Stories from the archives Page 18-23
COUPONS • COLORADO HISTORY • CASINO GUIDE •GAMING • MAP • ENTER TAINMENT
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The Last Hand
Rearview mirror: Looking into the future
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Publisher Subscriptions Great comments Robert Sweeney B.T. Galloway pouring 303-773-8313 x301 bsween1@aol.com in from subscribe@villager our recent V.P. Marketing publishing.com 25th anSharon Sweeney Contributing Writers niversary cogambler@mac.com collectors’ To advertise, call Sharon edition, 1 303-503-1388 of 2. Look BY BOB SWEENEY for adManaging Editor ditional anniversary stories in Becky Osterwald the coming months. We have gambler@villagerpublishing.com readers who have saved every Colorado Gambler we have pubDesign/Production Manager lished over the past 25 years. Tom McTighe Our collection of Colorado production@villagerpublishing.com history is among the very best ever assembled and published. Design/Production Thousands of stories have Charles Weitfle stereoscopic photo of the Snowy Range on the Colorado Central Renee Novitsky been written and researched Railroad. renee@villagerpublishing.com File photo from letters, books, files and libraries. We have at least five Accounting Another similar train that would run all the atre restoration in Central successful book authors that have written way to Grand Junction passing through Vail City. More and more miniPat McLachlan for this publication over the past 25 years. and Glenwood Springs. The train would be conventions coming to our accounting@villagerpublishing.com We start another chapter in Colorado built over the top of the existing highway gaming towns with the history with our three gaming communities network, but would have to use the existing additional hotel facilities and whatever the future may hold for all of tunnels under the mountains. Challenging now existing and under us. expensive, but if China, Taiwan and Japan construction. coloradogambler cogambler Gazing into a crystal ball that looks more can have the 200 mile an hour trains, so www.coloradogambler.com Las Vegas and Reno are like a computer screen, we might predict a can Colorado. great convention destinasteady climb in gaming revenues. We read There are many abandoned railroad tions and we do have the that our metro population will double in beds in Black Hawk, Central City and Crip- facilities to host smaller the next few decades. ple Creek. I read recently that a rail line conventions. We need to work more with costs quite a bit, but it’s all in the process of Traffic is already a nightmare at certain might begin from Vail up to Leadville and profit and nonprofit organizations to bring having fun. Entertainment includes enjoying an evening or day in the mountains with times of the day and we can surmise what it down to Salida. folks to town for overnight stays. will be like when it doubles. Bad for all of Anyone ever think about a return of a One of the great success stories of the lady luck, a fickle lady that comes and goes. us, and we must make plans to travel early railroad up to Central City on the old Colo- past 25 years that has reached a high point We wish to thank the entire industry, in the morning or late at night. rado Central Railroad from Golden to this is the food service being provided by our ca- our readers and loyal advertisers for makMass transportation has been addressed area, bringing thousands of folks to town? sinos. The availability and quality of buffets ing this publication possible for 25 years. by RTD and our metro rail system has been We’re increasing our Gambler circula- and dining has reached Las Vegas quality This includes our own publishing staff who almost completed. One can almost ride the tion this winter even further west into the and the meals are just superb. gather the news, ads and graphic arts, and RTD everywhere including DIA (when it mountain towns off the I-70 corridor. A great tribute to the chefs, kitchen and our delivery man, who lugs the papers to works). The crystal ball also indicates more en- wait staffs, and the food and beverage manI feel sorry for the folks who live in tertainment venues like the Belvedere the- agers who turn out such wonderful gour- casinos on a regular basis rain or shine. The printers who do such a splendid job Idaho Springs met meals. The way putting out a quality product and to our bus and have to Belvedere theatre to a man and drivers and transportation companies that endure all of File photo women heart have been real heroes in all type of weather the westbound is through their for safe and reliable transportation. traffic in late tummies. Cerafternoon, It is a team effort of more than 10,000 tainly the only weekends, holpeople that fuel this business that contribway these fabidays and the ulous restau- utes more than $100 million in tax revenues upcoming skirants can exist to the State of Colorado every year, asking season traffic. is revenue from little in return except to keep the highways There should the gaming open and snowplowed. be an express revenues and Lastly, the cities and two county govlane for resic a r d - r e w a r d ernments have been most cooperative and dents of local play. areas only, not seem to bend over backwards to make evWe all can erything work in a positive manner. tourists. laugh about the The crystal Going forward as a team, we can keep free room and ball tells me jobs improving and encourage more emthe meals when that eventuwe take a turn ployees to move back to our mountain ally we will at the slots, towns. have some May you have many blackjacks in the craps or blackbullet trains jack tables. years ahead. that would run Sometimes from Fort Colthat free meal lins to Pueblo. 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Gambler 20-25 Year Staff
Royal Flush Writers
The Colorado Gambler has been fortunate to have a cadre of talented and accomplished writers who’ve contributed to this publications in depth over its 25 year tenure. They produce winning hands with each article. Linda Wommack
Linda Jones
Since her 20 years as a contributing writer for the Colorado Gambler, Linda Jones has written two books and over 1,200 published articles, most of them on some facet of Colorado history. She worked as a tour guide and owned a tour company for over 20 years. She is a past-president of the Gilpin County Historical Society for 20 years and served as a trustee of the organization. Linda launched the group’s popular Cemetery Crawl in 1989 which continues today. In January 2014, Linda suffered a debilitating stroke. She is convalescing in a Denver nursing home.
Linda Wommack, has written for the Colorado Gambler since 1992. In the time she has also written seven books and collaborated on her latest with colleague and friend, Linda Jones. Wommack also serves as a historical consultant for a variety of projects and is board member of Women Writing the West as well as the Wild West History Association, and Western Writers of America. She is also a staff writer for Wild West Magazine and a contributing editor for True West Magazine.
Rosemar
y Fetter
Rosemary Fetter has been writing for the Colorado Gambler since November 1993. She is a fourth generation Colorado native who graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a degree in history. She’s written hundreds of articles for various publications, including The Denver Post and Colorado Homes and Lifestyles. She also has written five books, including From Stage Trail to Light Rail, and The Dynamic Denver South Corridor, published in August. Interests and hobbies include local history, film, theater, swimming and spending time with her grandsons. Cathleen N
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I voted for legalized gaming in Colorado because I knew that it would create jobs in the three seasonal-tourism mining towns. Since then, gaming activity in Cripple Creek, Central City and Black Hawk has produced a bonanza of historic preservation funds, not to mention strengthening local economies and providing recreation for hundreds of thousands of visitors to the three gaming towns. As a Colorado Gambler writer since 1991, I am blessed to write about the places and events close to my heart. My articles give me the chance to dig and delve and discover to tell countless stories about early Colorado. I appreciate being part of the Gambler clan, joining with the other top-notch history writers. And I look forward to the next 25 years.
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20-25 Year Casino Employees
James Valentine
I opened Central Station in 1994 as lead engineer until 2000 when I open the Mardi Gras as Chief Engineer. In 2008 I work at the Riviera as cabinet maker and maintenance. In 2009 I start at Century as facilities manager and still there. What a great place to work.
Lollie Werner
I have been gaming for 23
Bullwhackers Casino in Central City, moved into security for a year, became a slot tech for two years and then taught myself how to deal blackjack. I then managed the table games department for the Isle of Capri and currently Century Casino.
Jane Tomlinson
I opened Lilly Belles in Black Hawk as a cashier in
Gary Eagleson
I started as count team at
Started at Lady Luck in 1994. Tidbits: It’s a bird, it’s a
Jerri Sonnier
Started working on July 5, 1992 and I’ve worked at Papone’s Palace, the Glory Hole/Gilded Garter, Harrah’s/Canyon, Isle of Capri/CCS, Riviera and Century casinos. I’ve held positions as a cocktail waitress/ bartender and Supervisor of
Luck’s steadfast and faithful barkeep. Whether you looking for a Coke or Jack on the Rocks, Ray’s your man with a lending ear. So feel free to stop by and say hi!
Terri Hammer
Started at Lady Luck in 1993 Tidbits: From the day the 1992, moved to Central Station in ‘94. I was the opening Cage Manager for both Mardi Gras in 2000 and Century Casino in 2006. Still happy at Century Casino in Central City now as the Compliance Manager!
Vicky Turek years after I first moved to Colorado in 1992. I read a newspaper ad that said Central Station Casino was hiring. I thought that would be fun for a few years — 23 years later here I am at Century Casino. Enjoyed every minute even the drive.
Linn Wyatt
I started working in gaming opening Colorado Central Station in 1993. After many years in Black Hawk, I began working at Century Casino in Central City. I work as a
plane, it’s Linn! Many of you have seen the blur of blonde here at Lady Luck that belongs to our Hostest with the Mostest, Linn. She’s been with us since our CCS days and is one of guests’ most beloved employees. She loves a good story so feel free to stop by and say hi!
Ray Rodriguez
Started at Lady Luck in 1994. Tidbits: If you’re looking for your neighborhood shrink, analyst, and bartender, look no further than Ray. Lady
doors opened at CCS Terri has proven herself to be a woman of many hats. She’s keep things moving smoothly, doing a variety of positions including cage supervisor, rev audit, accounts payable, admin assistants, and most recently as the property assistant, Terri knows Lady Luck inside and out.
Slots/Security and Surveillance. Living in Gilpin since 2006 and I LOVE IT!
Bernard Jesse (BJ)
I started working as a change person in June 1992 at the Golden Rose Casino. Then I moved to Harvey’s as a cashier; on to Harrah’s, to Fortune Valley, and to Reserve. Somewhere in there, I got my Key and became CSM. I have gone full circle in 2013 when I started to work at Century (originally Golden Rose) where I am a CSM.
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Fred Poston CSM and am currently the Cage Manager. It was a good move. I enjoy Century. It’s a great casino experience.
Director of Surveillance/IT Started working for Ed & Shirley Smith in July 1995 as a Bartender and Cashier, then became an MOD. Fred is now the Surveillance and IT Director for Wild Card Saloon and Sasquatch Casino. Fred has
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been a major help with the opening of Sasquatch Casino and when Black Hawk station was taken over by Ed & Shirley Smith. Fred has 22 years of Gaming Experience. For many years Fred was a bullfighter performing in Gilpin county Rodeos up until January 2011. PAGE 5
20-25 Year Casino Employees pick people up. You couldn’t ride a bicycle through town it was so packed. I also remember dealing $2 Black Jack Games and driving 100 miles to work each day. After working in Central City for about three years, I went to The Gilpin for five years and then to The Riviera in Black Hawk. My wife and I moved our family to Gilpin County and I continue to work on the same
Carolyn Burlingame
I have had the pleasure to work on “the hill” since the end of 1991 and have worked with some of the best. I received my gaming license in February 1992 during the time when Main Street in Black
Hawk during the first one to three years of gaming. Over the last 25 years of friendships with co-corkers and guests, the best part of this all is raising my wonderful, smart, funny little Man and being home at Monarch Casino.
Billy Jurata
I am a native of Colorado with a degree in metallurgical
Hawk was a dirt road, no stop lights and anyone could park on Highway 119. All of the slot machines were reeled, coin operated and most of the casinos only averaged around 50-100 slot machines. Black Hawk Station, Wild Card, Ottos, Main Street Casino, Rohling Inn, The Prospector and Claim Jumpers were just some of the first to open in Black
Paul Strang
Raised in Minnesota and moved to Denver in 1982. Moved to Idaho Springs in 1992 and started to work in Central City at the Nitro Club.
Andrea Boyer
For over 21 years, Andrea’s buoyant personality has been brightening the days of those who visit one of Black Hawk’s oldest casino properties. It’s no wonder that Saratoga Casino’s regular players say that although there any many reasons they choose to play at the historic property, Andrea’s lively presence is at the top of
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engineering from the School of Mines. I was unable to locate work in engineering at the time, received my gaming license and started in gaming on Memorial Day, 1994 as a dealer at Central Palace in Central City. After about 1 ½ years I moved on to Baby Does which became Coyote Creek after a time. Back in the earlier years it was easier to have one-on-one conversations with the “regulars” as the casinos were smaller. After Coyote Creek closed, I joined the Riviera/Monarch and am currently still there as a dealer. I have enjoyed my time in gaming and it has enabled me to stay in Colorado.
the list. As a Senior Slot Attendant, Andrea divides her time between jackpot payouts (the numbers of which keep her pretty busy!), troubleshooting and minor slot machine repairs, and her favorite – guest relations. “People have asked me how it’s possible not to get bored of doing the same job for two decades,” she explains, “but that’s easy when you meet a variety of interesting people from all walks of life every day.
They all have amazing stories to share.” In fact, Andrea came to the gaming industry precisely because she is a people person: “I used to work at a convenience store when I was young, and one of my regulars kept telling me that I had the perfect disposition to work in a casino, that I would like it much better. So I got my Gaming License as soon as I turned 21 and never looked back!” Andrea also says she couldn’t live without her team mates and favorite players, the ones she sees almost daily. “It really is an amazing place to work, we’re set in the midst of this beautiful mountain scenery, the casino itself has such a cool atmosphere and vibe, and we all act like one big family, team members and guests alike.” Andrea recently bought a new house and the whole fam-
I worked at The Gold Mine and Lodge Casinos before opening The Riviera as a Slot Attendant. The Riv was sold and became The Monarch. Our property is quickly becoming the nicest place around. Always proud to tell people where I work.
Bob Tilley
I began in gaming June 1992 at Bull Whackers in Central City. We used to have live bands every night and it felt like being at a party every time I’d go to work. I also remember the 1st New Year’s Eve when all of the casinos closed at 2 a.m. and the buses couldn’t get through town to
property (now known as Monarch) for 16 years. I have met some really nice people over the years but I do look forward to spending more time with my family and hunting when I retire.
ily is excited to make it their own. It’s a good thing husband Cruz is a handyman and a Jack-of-all-trades and that sons Esteban, 23, and Cruz, 6, are eager to help!
Debbie Koch
Debbie, the Internal Audit Manager/Internal Compliance Officer for Saratoga Casino just celebrated her 20th anniversary at the property. And who better to bear the responsibility of keeping the Saratoga in compliance with the Department of Gaming’s ICMPs (Internal Control Minimum Procedures), State of Colorado rules and regulars and internal policies and procedures than an industry veteran who knows the property’s history inside and out? “One of my favorite things about our casino is that we honor our history, preserve it, and celebrate it. And it creates an invit-
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ing atmosphere,” Debbie notes. Indeed, a stroll through the casino floor takes visitors through three historic buildings: the Rohling Inn (where Baby Doe Tabor lived in the 1870s), the Masonic Building (dating back to the 1870s) and the old Post Office (also built by the Masons in 1910). The buildings’ exposed brick walls have been tastefully preserved, and black and white photographs of Continued on page 7 October 18- 31, 2016
20-25 Year Casino Employees Continued from Page 6 Black Hawk’s mining days grace the walls of both of the casino’s restaurants. In the last 20 years, Debbie has seen casinos change – for the better. When she started her career in the gaming industry as a Security Officer, slot machines only accepted coins. “Now we have TITOs,” she adds, “and player’s cards, which help us offer so much more to our guests than we were capable of before.” Debbie talks passionately about her work, about how every day she tackles a different problem, about how interesting investigations are, about how much she enjoys her involvement with Saratoga’s guests and team member events. But we all know that actions speak louder than words, and Debbie drives a whopping 244 miles a day just to get to work! One wonders when she finds the time for other things she loves besides her work, like her beautiful garden or fishing and hunting with the family.
Joanie Chavez
When asked about her favorite thing about being a casino host, Joanie answers without hesitation – it’s the people. And there is no greater testament to that than her 21-year tenure at the property. “I meet so many wonderful people every day,” adds Joanie. “But the best part is that, after all these years, my work relationships have become more than personal friendships, they are now my extended family.” Joanie was born in nearby Boulder, but grew up in Cali-
fornia. She began her gaming industry career in 1995 as a Slot Club Supervisor at Fitzgerald’s, after finally returning to her home state to start a family surrounded by the beauty of the Rockies. After a long day of taking care of her Saratoga family, Joanie’s favorite past time is to play with her seven grandchildren. She also enjoys tending to her yard and gardening, which must be where she gets the knack for arranging beautiful flower arrangements and centerpieces for VIP dinners, where she always ensures every little detail is just right for the enjoyment of her players. If you don’t see her on the casino floor bonding with players and inquiring about their families, she’s probably visiting relatives in New Mexico or cruising to foreign lands with – you guessed it – her family!
Dan Ingram
Colorado native Dan Ingram
has been in the casino business in our state since the very beginning. In his over 20-year-long history in Black Hawk, Dan has seen the town’s transformation and witnessed the evolution of the gaming industry. “Most people know that before Saratoga, our casino was Fitzgerald’s, but few remember 101 Main Street [still the property’s current address], the tiny casino which occupied the space before Fitzgerald’s expanded into the adjacent buildings,” reminisces Dan. That’s where the casino shift manager started his casino career, back when Black Hawk
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was mostly dirt roads before the town embarked on it is nearly $500 million casino construction to erect Vegas-style casinos. Sure, Dan loves working close to his mountain home and enjoying the touted Colorado lifestyle of skiing (he loves the neighborly feel of Loveland), mountain biking and hiking. But why has he stayed at the same property for all these years, despite all the changes? “Even though now we’re twice the size we used to be, we’re still a small and personable casino where you can’t get lost in the shuffle,” explains Dan. “We have a strong team, and just like as a team we know our guests by name, as part of that team, I know everyone from every department, from housekeeping to the GM.” After a short pause, he adds, “What never changed were the values, and they align with my belief that we should always treat everyone with respect.”
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Restaurant Review
Bistro 321 is a culinary gem
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he first thing you notice when hand cut garlic truffle fries you walk into the Bistro 321 is and the Reserve crab cake, the warm, cozy atmosphere. spicy with Cajun remouRomantic candlelight accentu- lade and pepper coulis. ates the small restaurant, creating a The portions were generous. charming ambiance removed The restaurant prides itself from the bustling casion steakhouse style no. The wait staff dishes with an A delicious Lobster is friendly and Italian/Tuscan Soup in a slanted attentive flare. The bowl and the special, food exsteak and cellent. lobster, A good featured wine sea filet lection grilled allows to perfection guests and delito choose cious loba bottle of ster tail. We fine wine from were urged to a climate consample an optional trolled wine room side dish of brussels sprouts, located at the restaurant entrance. For an intimate dinner or not a favorite of mine, but made pala special celebration, the Bistro 321 atable with tasty maple syrup and bacon. Other options included asdoes not disappoint. My friend and I began the meal began with a special artisan bread, made especially for the Bistro from the Bread Works in Boulder. This was followed by a fresh, tangy Summer Strawberry Salad, comprised of apples, strawberries, candied walnuts and topped with tart raspberry vinaigrette. A tasty seafood chowder, including lobster tail, shrimp, bay scallops and tobiko, was served in a special angled bowl, good to the last drop. We also sampled the
The luscious, seasonal strawberry shortcake was made with French toast batter
Our waitress, Susan KeimTamm was very knowledgeable and service oriented.
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paragus, baked or mashed potatoes or baby sweet potatoes. Another house specialty, Cajun seafood fettuccine, is a treat for pasta fans, a seasoned dish with a sauce of blackened shrimp, scallops, andouille and roasted poblano crème. Entrée prices ranged from $18 for the spinach ravioli to $42 for an 18 oz. rib eye. Appetizers, soups and salads are a la carte, ranging from
$8 for the truffle fries to $15 for a steak salad, made with grilled hanger steak, sautéed mushrooms, gorgonzola and sherry vinaigrette. Although we both were quite full, we couldn’t resist sampling two of the desserts, seasonal strawberry shortcake made with a french toast batter
The flourless cake with bittersweet chocolate and a caramel sauce was a special treat.
Lead cook was Jordan Baker.
Photos by Sharon Sweeney
and a flourless chocolate torte, accentuated with caramel sauce and bittersweet chocolate, served warm. Both were good, but as a chocolate lover, I was especially pleased with the latter. I took it home and spent the next day in a chocolate bliss. In short, Bistro 321 is one of Central’s culinary gems. The autumn/winter menu should be available soon, so give it a try!
The seafood fettucini has a spicy twist.
Bistro 321 Reserve Casino, Central City
Hours: 5 – 9 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays 5 – 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays Note: Menu changes with the seasons
Steak and Lobster are a specialty at Bistro 321.
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Saturday, Oct. 29, from 7:30 – 10:30 p.m., be one of four lucky winners to win Promo Play, Cash or even have a recent Jackpot Doubled! Players will receive one entry for every Jackpot $1,200 or better, from Oct. 1 through Oct. 28. All entries will be placed in a drum and on October 29th four winners will be randomly selected. Visit Guest Services for more details.
BronGo Play Giveaway
Join Saratoga Casino for the big game and score! During every Denver pro-football team game, everyone playing will score $5 Promo Play or a $5 Promo Chip for every Denver touchdown. Plus, after the touchdown, a lucky player will be chosen to play Plynko for up to $300 Promo Play! Simply play with your Player Extras Club card in your favorite slot machine to win. Visit Guest Services for complete details.
Gridiron Greats Kiosk Game
This football season, pick your bet for the winning team weekly, and you could win: 1st place - $300 Promo Play, 2nd Place – $200 Promo Play, 3rd Place – $100 Promo Play. To win, simply earn 500 base points in the week preceding the games, then choose your picks at any promotional kiosk. Winners will be announced every Wednesday for the previous week’s game. Visit Guest services for complete details.
Tomb Stone Treasures Kiosk Game
Tuesdays in October, play our new Tombstone Treasures Kiosk Game and reveal a prize of up to $1,000 Promo Play! To win, simply swipe your Player Extras Club card at a kiosk after earning 100 base points or playing 60 minutes of table games before 11:59 p.m.
Super Mega Points Multiplier
Every Monday and Thursday in October, spin the mul-
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tiplier wheel at our promotional kiosk and get up to 40X points on your favorite slots! Simply spin the wheel at a kiosk before you play.
Weekday Warriors Bus Fare Redemption
All day, Monday – Thursday, and from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. on Fridays, get $20 cash back or $25 in Promo Play when you redeem your same-day bus ticket at Guest Services. Gold members – only 75 base points. Platinum members – only 50 base points. Diamond & Diamond Elite members – free. Visit Guest Services for details.
Join Now, Win Now
Reach the summit of rewards with Saratoga’s allnew Player Extras Club. Enjoy more benefits including discounts for dining and merchandise, special invitations to promotions and events and many other exclusive offers. New Player Extras Club members get up to $210. Visit Guest Services for details.
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All you have to do is earn 300 tier points each Friday in October to receive a bedding item during our Bedroom Makeover Giveaway! All guests have the opportunity to receive a comforter on Oct. 21, and receive any item that you missed on Friday, Oct. 28. Pick your gift up starting at 3 p.m. every Friday. Available while supplies last. On Friday, Oct. 28 you have a chance to win one of our three luxurious bedroom sets during our grand prize drawings from 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Receive one free entry and earn additional entries for every 100 tier points.
Trick or Treat Hot Seat Giveaway
Head home $500 richer every Tuesday in October during our Trick or Treat Hot Seat Giveaway! Random drawings will take place from 2 p.m. – 7 p.m. and winners will get to select Jack-O-Lanterns for the opportunity to win $500 in cash or other FanPlay prizes! Guests must be actively playing at a slot machine or table games with their players card to qualify.
Casha Palooza
Going on now for a limited time only is Casha Palooza! Now is your chance to earn even more cash for your points. During Casha Palooza, redeem 5,000 points for $5 cash back. Talk about more bang for your buck. Current point redemption rate is 10,000 points for $5 cash back. October 18 - 31, 2016
$8,000 Blackjack Tournament
Win a share of $8,000 on Nov. 6 by participating in our Blackjack Tournament! Guests who earn eight hours of cumulative rated table play in the month of October will receive an entry into the tournament. Registration is on a first come first serve basis on Sunday, Nov. 6 between 7 a.m. – 9 a.m. and limited to the first 180 players. Round 1 will start at 10 a.m. on Nov. 6.
20X Points on Pennies
Earn 20X Points on Pennies every Thursday in October from 8 a.m. – midnight. Register at Cashier Services prior to playing.
Make You Happy Mystery Multiplier
We’re multiplying the fun on every Monday in October! From 8 a.m. – midnight, you will receive a lucky mystery multiplier when you visit the Cashier Services upon registration. Receive up to 20X points on your favorite slot machines and a food offer after earning 100 tier points. Not valid on video poker. Multiplier cannot be combined with any other offer. Must register prior to playing.
50+ Perks
With age comes big bonuses! Every Sunday in October from 8 a.m. – midnight everyone age 50 or better is invited to stop by for 5X points on slots and 2X points on video poker. Receive a food offer after earning 100 tier points. Cannot be combined with any other point multiplier.
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present your return bus ticket to cashier services. Table Games players will receive their bus fare back with four hours of consecutive play. Poker players can earn their bus fare back with three hours of consecutive play. Guests must redeem bus ticket at Cashier Services. Limit one bus redemption per person per day.
sive starts at $500 and grows every hour that it’s not won. All players receive one free entry each promotional day. Slot players earn additional entries for every 100 unadjusted points and video poker players earn additional entries for every 1,000 unadjusted points. Management reserves all rights.
Smokehouse Buffet
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Join us for lip-smacking barbeque specials every day at the Smokehouse Buffet. Featuring daily specials like BBQ ribs, pulled pork and hush puppies. All-you-can-eat smoked prime rib Friday through Sunday Night. Located just past the Poker Room. Limited time only. Get you some before it’s gone!
Farmer’s Pick Buffet coming soon!
The Grand Opening of our Farmer’s Pick Buffet is right around the corner! We will be offering many delicious items to choose from on the buffet - from the freshest salad bar to our always changing carving station and simply yummy desserts - we offer something for everyone. A wide variety tastes better when the ingredients come right from your own backyard. Local. Fresh. Flavorful.
Try the new desserts at Tradewinds
Tradewinds at the Isle has a new menu that features the best hamburgers in Black Hawk. Whether you try the classics, the California or the Tradewinds Classic Burger, you will not be disappointed. Tradewinds now offers the best desserts in town; visit Tradewinds@ the Isle Casino Hotel Black Hawk.
Make sure to ‘like’ Isle Black Hawk on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and Instagram. To stay up to date with all promotions, events and special contests! Also, make sure to register your email with Cashier Services to receive special promotion emails.
Play and Stay at the Isle
During the month of October, earn 500 tier points on your Fan Club card Sunday’s through Thursday’s between 8 a.m. and 12 a.m. (midnight) and stay the night on us! On Fridays earn 800 tier points and your hotel stay is free. This offer is valid only on the day the points are earned and is based on availability, blackout days may apply. Must register prior to playing. Offer subject to availability. Excludes holidays and blackout dates.
Bus Fare Redemption
Do you ride the bus to Black Hawk? The Isle will refund your bus fare up to $23. Simply earn 350 tier points on your player’s card in October for your refund! Then, October 18 - 31, 2016
Jackpot Frenzy #5
Here the ding, ding, ding of your machine and you could win even more cash! Earn an entry into Lady Luck’s next $10,000 Jackpot Frenzy! Guests will receive one free entry for every jackpot $1,200 or better won through noon on Nov. 5. On Nov. 5, place your entries in Lady Luck’s Jackpot Frenzy drawing that takes place from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. You could win up to $1,000! A total of $10,000 in cash prizes will be given away! See guest services for rules and additional details. Management reserves all rights.
Club 40
We’re multiplying the fun Mondays and Wednesdays! Join us twice a week for Club 40. All guests age 40 or better will receive 6x points on slots and 2x points on video poker. Guests will also receive a free entrée at Otis & Henry’s once they earn 25 Tier Score points on their Lady Luck Player’s Card. See guest services for rules and additional details. Management reserves all rights.
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Join us Fridays and Saturdays, Oct. 21 and 22 from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. to play doctor and try to remove game pieces from our life size game board to win Cash and Fanplay. All players receive one free entry each promotional day. Slot players earn additional entries for every 100 unadjusted points and video poker players earn additional entries for every 1,000 unadjusted points. The higher your Fan Club status, the higher your surgeon skills and the more pieces you can remove. Management reserves all rights.
Happy Winners Progressive Payday
Join us on Oct. 28 and 29 from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. for your chance to be one of the 10 Fan Club members chosen every hour to play. Pick an emoticon on our Play More. Be Happy. board to win Fanplay. The cash progres-
Play More, Be Happy and stay for free with your friends at Lady Luck! Earn 500 Tier Score points Sunday through Thursday between 8 a.m. and midnight for a free room in the Lady Luck hotel tower. On Fridays play 800 Tier Score Points between 8 a.m. and midnight for a free room. Make sure to register at guest services prior to play. Offer subject to availability. Excludes holidays and blackout dates.
Bus Fare Redemption
Ride in style to Lady Luck! Guests who play with a Fan Club Card can receive up to $23 cash back on bus fare every day. Earn 350 unadjusted points on Lady Luck Player’s Card to receive cash back. Poker and table games guests can earn too! Ask Supervisor for details. Guests must redeem bus ticket at Guest Services. Limit one bus redemption per person per day.
Monte Carlo
Monte Carlo Jackpots make the fun of winning a progressive jackpot that much easier with 12 individual progressive prizes that can hit multiple times a day. There are jackpots for Royal Flushes, Straight Flushes, and any 4 of a kind. Monte Carlo Madness takes effect when our bad beat jackpots all reach $25K and 100% of the jackpot rake gets distributed to the Monte Carlo hands making the amounts increase twice as fast. Visit the Lady Luck Poker Room for details and updated jackpot amounts.
Lady Luck Poker
Earn up to 20 Times Points Thursdays. Just like a favorite gameshow game, drop a puck on our prize pegboard and let the puck fall where it may, you could win anywhere from 7x to 20x multiplier on all slots for the day! Plus, you get five times points on video poker. Don’t forget to register before you play. See guest services for rules and additional details. Management reserves all rights.
It’s easier than ever to win big in the Lady Luck Poker Room! The Bad Beat Jackpot now includes a decreasing qualifier element starting at Aces full of Kings. And make sure to check out the new Bounce Back Bonus offers— now every day of the week! - Be in a game by 10 a.m. and receive $10 in Bounce Back Coupons after four hours of play. - Be in a game by 10 a.m. and receive $20 in Bounce Back Coupons after five hours of play. Visit the Lady Luck Poker Room, located on the 2nd floor, for additional details.
New Member
Table Games
Win Win Mystery Point Multiplier
In October, all new members of the Fan Club will receive a food offer after playing 30 minutes on their new Players card. Guests who provide an email address at the time of enrollment will receive 5,000 FanClub points.
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Now, Luck is just a click away. Check out our latest merchandise and apparel at Ladyluck.com. While you’re there you can play your favorite classic casino games online.
Play and Stay
There has never been a better time to sign up for the Fan Club at Lady Luck. Join the club today. When you’re a fan, you get better rewards faster than ever. For all new members, just play 10 unadjusted points and receive $20 in Otis & Henry’s Bar & Grill and $10 in Match Play on Table Games. Sign up your email address, receive $5 and start raking in those rewards. See guest services for rules and additional details. Management reserves all rights.
Up your odds with the best table games crew in Black Hawk! Play Craps, Roulette, Bonus 6, Buffalo Black Jack Bonus and Double Deck Blackjack every day of the week! There are 20X odds on Craps Everyday! $5 games open every day and $2 craps Monday through Thursday. See Table games, located on the second floor of Lady Luck, for additional promotions and details.
Social Media
The tier rewards are racking up with a great point multiplier day for Select and Gold players. Wednesday, Oct. 26, Select players will receive 3X points and Gold players will receive 5X points. You don’t need to register, come on in and enjoy your favorite slot machine and receive bonus points all day!
Make sure to ‘like’ Lady Luck Black Hawk on Facebook and follow us on Twitter and Instagram. Stay up to date with all promotions, events and special contests! Also, make sure to register your email with Guest Services to receive special promotion emails.
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Gm Profile
Barry Phillips, GM of the Reserve Casino in Central City
Barry Phillips took an unusual path on the way to becoming the Reserve Casino General Manager (GM). “All I ever wanted when I was young was to be a big league baseball announcer,” he confesses with a grin. “I love to talk, never met a microphone I didn’t like.” After finishing college, he followed the dream and announced minor league baseball for about eight years. “I wasn’t getting where I wanted to go,” he said. “It was fun, but it didn’t pay. During that time, I met a beautiful woman, got married, we had a child and then it was time to get a real job.” Phillips was still working in radio, doing a football handicapping show at a Reno casino, when the GM offered him a marketing job. He stayed with that company for 10 years, and subsequently moved on to Harrah’s, which had expanded to include a plaza. “The casino was trying to re-invent itself as an events capital. I did a lot of special events which were successful, and I was promoted to director of marketing at Lake Tahoe.” Since then he has
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worked in Shreveport, La., and subsequently returned to Reno and a casino called Rail City. After nearly a decade as a GM, he was working at the Silver Sevens in Las Vegas, when the company offered him a position in Central City nearly a year ago. “I really like Colorado, so this was perfect for me,” he added. “And, I enjoy meeting people. I spend more time on the floor than most GMs. “I was lucky to inherit a strong veteran crew, several of whom have been around here for years and who have done a great job,” he added. “The Reserve has nice boutique situation, and a core of people who’ve been coming here for years. The local market is very strong and small growth is continuous. We’re currently having a tremendous year.” Naturally, Phillips found Colorado casinos much different than those in Las Vegas. “Here, we have
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$100 limits. When I arrived, alcohol could not be served after 2 a.m., but that has since changed. One big difference is the no smoking rule, which I found very interesting. The older casinos in Nevada are still pretty smoky. It hits you as soon as you walk in the door, although the newer ones have better ventilation. I love that I don’t have to go home and change in the garage after a long night,” he jokes. He thinks the major difference between Las Vegas and Colorado gaming towns is the audience...
“Colorado was the first state to allow limited stakes gambling, but now it’s legal in most states. People used to come here from all over, but today our market is primarily local.” According to several Websites, some form of casino gambling is now legal in 30 of the 50 states. “Guests may come several times a month and multiple times a year,” he continued. “They come for the gaming, whereas in Vegas they want the whole experience, dining, shows, entertainment. A trip to Vegas is a vacation, while where we’re more of a five hour getaway.” The Reserve, which also boasts a hotel and several restaurants, is the only casino that still has a showroom. Phillips has become involved with the community during the past year, and has recently joined the board of the Business Improvement District. Like many Central City GMs, he thinks the town was left behind Black Hawk in terms of
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gaming, since the emphasis was on historic preservation. “I love the historic buildings, and walking down Main Street is great. But I think we should be more open to modern marketing and better signage,” he said. He believes that Colorado has a strong investment in gaming, noting new construction on the Monarch casino and improvements to several others. The GM has an active family life. He has been married for 27 years and has two daughters, one of whom is getting her doctorate in sports psychology and the other a professional golfer. For recreation, he enjoys fishing and, of course, golfing. He has been involved with Special Olympics in Colorado, although he wishes there was more support. The Reserve’s parent company, St. John Properties, has a culture of giving back to the community and the casino supports several local charities, including Food Bank of Arvada and Susan G. Komen Foundation.
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Central City Nuggets
reservecasino hotel.com $50,000 Guaranteed 25th Anniversary of Gaming Giveaway Help us celebrate the 25th anniversary of gaming in Colorado. Earn entries now through Oct. 29. Earn 25x entries Oct. 18 and 25 with drawings on Oct. 21, 22, 28 and 29 every 30 min. One lucky winner is guaranteed $2,500, and on Oct. 29 one lucky guest is guaranteed $10,000 *See Guest Services for full details.
base points. That’s not all however; stick around after the slot tournament for Winning Wednesday’s Drawings! One lucky guest will win $500 at 6 p.m. *See Guest Services for full details.
$3,000 Winner Winner Turkey Dinner Slot Tournament Join us Saturday, Nov. 5 from 1 p.m.-5 p.m. The first round is free and you can earn up to three additional sessions with every 300 base points earned that day. $4,000 in prizes will be given away! *See Guest Services for full details.
$3000 Mid Month Progressive Drawings
Earn 2000 points in the month of October to qualify for our Mid Month drawing on $50,000 25th Anniversary of Nov. 15. Ten lucky guests will be called at 7 Gaming Giveaway p.m., 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. Guests can play the We are celebrating 25 years of gaming progressive board for a chance to win $50 fun! Earn entries Oct. 1 – 29. We will be progressive amount. *See Guest Services for drawing winners every 30 minutes Fridays full details. and Saturdays 12 p.m.-9 p.m. for $100 at 10 p.m. we are guaranteed to give away $2,500. On Oct. 29 on lucky guest is guar- $10,000* End of Month anteed $10,000. *See Guest Services for full Progressive Drawings Earn 2000 points in the month of Octodetails. ber to qualify for our End of Month drawing on Nov. 29. Ten Lucky guests will be called at New in October! We are 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. *If progressive is hit jackBonkers for Bingo Join us Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and pot resets to $1500. See Guest Services for Fridays for Bingo at 11 a.m. Everyone re- full details. ceives one free bingo card. Earn 50 points to win Freeplay. Football Sundays Nov. 6, 13 and 27- Football is back and we are excited to bring you all the action on Oct. 20 and 27- Play and Treat-125 base our large big screen TV. Players can enjoy points to get a 1lb bag of candy. Earn up to food, squares and prizes with 100 same day 3 bags. points. Also meet pro football alumni when the home team plays away.
October Gift Giveaways
Winning Wednesdays
Wednesday’s from 12-3 p.m. in November are for winners! Every Wednesday in Food Specials $2 Hot Dog and Domestic Beer 11 a.m.-9 November receive one free entry into our slot tournament for your chance to win up p.m. Daily at the Celebrity Bar $29.99 Surf & Turf Lobster Tail and Petite to $500 in Freeplay! Earn up to three additional sessions by earning 200 same day Filet Wednesday-Sunday at The Bistro October 18 - 31, 2016
Earn Entries October 1-29 Earn 25X entries Oct 1, 4, 11, 18, 25 Drawings Oct 7, 8, 14, 21, 22, 28, & 29 12PM-9PM every 30 minutes 10PM on drawing days one lucky winner is GUARANTEED $2,500! Oct 29th one lucky guest is
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Central City Nuggets johnnyzscasino.com Memory Foam Travel Pillow Stop by Johnny Z’s on Thursday, Oct. 13 to pick up your free Breast Cancer Memory Foam Travel Pillow. Just earn 50 same day base points. The giveaway will start at 11 a.m., quantities are limited.
Get in the Zone! Featured exclusively at Johnny Z’s in Central City, the Multiplier Zone. Play slots in the Zone and get 10X points all day and night. That’s right, a full 10X points on all of your slot play in the Multiplier Zone! Why settle for less when you can play in the Zone?
10X Points
Club Z card
Johnny Z’s Casino is the place for the most points. Every day this month win up to 10X Points, just play our kiosk game!
Sign up for a new Club Z card at Johnny Z’s and receive up to $100 in Z-Play the same day! See Club Z for complete details.
Zombie Z-Play Drawings
Don’t want to pay for Breakfast?
Every Wednesday through Sunday from Oct. 2 – Oct. 30 join us for our $50,000 Zombie Z-Play Drawings from Noon-10 p.m. every other hour with an additional drawing at 11 p.m., win up to $500 in Z-Play at each drawing. We will have two winners per drawing hour. Earn entries with every 100 points for that day of play.
Silver Tsunami Club Are you 60 years of age or older? Join us every Monday and Tuesday this month for our Silver Tsunami Club 60+ days. Just earn 60 base points that day and receive one free special of the day and a free nonalcoholic soft drink, coffee or tea. Just one more way to win at the Z!
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On Mondays and Tuesdays just earn 10 same day base points before 11 a.m. and receive a voucher for a free Double Down Breakfast and Wednesday through Sunday just earn 20 same day base points before 11 a.m.! Receive your voucher from the promotional kiosk.
$3.99 Prime rib
Join us every Friday this month for our $3.99 Prime Rib dinner special after you earn 50 same day base points. Receive your voucher from the promotional kiosk.
Prime rib dinner
Everyday earn 25 same day base
points and receive your Prime Rib dinner for $7.77. Receive your voucher from the promotional kiosk.
Want to convert your comps to Free gas? Earn Turbo, Nitro or Flame status and redeem your comps for up to $20 in gas each day!
Play and Ride!
Earn 75 same day base points, redeem your bus ticket at Club Z and receive $25 in Z-Play. Earn 500 same day base points and get an additional $5 in Z-Play.
Get reimbursed for your ATM fees Stop by the Z Stop Gas Station to use our ATM and bring your receipt to Johnny Z’s within two hours from the time on your receipt. You will receive $5 in Z-Play or $3 Cash back!
Z Cafe Stop by Z Cafe located on the 2nd floor of Johnny Z’s to get your favorite cappuccino, latte, mocha and much more.
Come celebrate your birthday with us New and existing members play our kiosk game to win free Z-Play.
Hottest Table Games Play the Hottest Table Games in Central City at Johnny Z’s Casino every day from 10 a.m. to close! We have all your favorites from Craps with Fire Bet, Three Card poker, Double Deck Blackjack, and Buffalo Blackjack! Whether you’re in Central City or Black Hawk win at the Z!
Catch the free shuttle! The shuttle stops right in front of Johnny Z’s in Central City. With quick, easy access to Z Casino in Black Hawk.
Get 10X Points on all slot machines in the “Multiplier Zone” All day every day! Ask any team member to get you into the “ZONE” Located on the second floor of both casinos
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Central City Nuggets $500 cash! You can always win the guaranteed $500 cash final drawing each night!
Bonus Entry Tuesdays
Earn 2X Entries on slots and video poker for our weekend drawings and boost your chances to win with all your play on Tuesdays from 8 a.m. to midnight!
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Bonus Bus Tuesdays
Fridays 6-11 p.m., Saturdays 3-11 p.m., Sundays 3-6 p.m. – Oct. 7 – 29 One Winner Drawn Each Half Hour. Win up to $500 Revealing and Matching“Candy”Prizes! $500 cash Prize at Final Drawing! Play Pumpkin Patch Match this October at Century! Earn entries with just 50 base points on your Player’s Club card! Entry barrel emptied after each weekend’s drawing – earn entries starting each Monday for that week’s game! We will draw one present winner each half hour to pick a prize pumpkin from our Pumpkin Patch Match board. The winner reveals prizes until they find a match! Then we scramble the board for the next winner! Top prize on the board is
Bus riders have lots of reason to visit Century on Tuesdays! Regular shuttle bus riders will only need to earn 100 base points on Tuesdays to receive $20 Insta-Play for their ticket! Bus groups who schedule with us on Tuesdays will receive double their play benefit, up to $10 in Insta-Play and $10 in Insta-Comp! Tuesday is the best day to bus to Century!
Chips Ahoy – Win Playing Table Games!
It’s back! Play table games any day at Century and you can take “The Helm” for a spin and win Promo Chips to boost your bets and your chances of winning! You earn
spins on the ship’s wheel with specific bonus hands or conditions in all of our table games. Promo prizes on the wheel include prizes up to $100 in promo chips!
Bigger Bingo games for three random hourly games each Thursday! Players with a Player’s Card can pick up their Bingo card at the Player’s Club one hour before each game.
New members get up to $20 in day one insta-play!
Miltary Appreciation Monday
Sign up at our Player‘s Club for a free club card to get a free spin to win up to $1,500! Earn 10 base points on your day of signup and return to the Player’s Club for $5 in Insta-Play added right to your account! Earn 100 base points total on your signup day and redeem at the Club for $5 in Insta-Play added to your account! Earn 200 base points that same day for another $5 Insta-Play bonus! Finally, earn 300 base points that same day for another amazing $5 in Insta-Play bonus available at the Club! That’s up to $20 in Day One Insta-Play for New Members! Wow!
Bigger Bingo –Thursday Bingo
Enjoy free Bingo every from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., with $100 Insta-Play Play or Table Games Play Chips prizes, with $250 Cash Prizes for our
Guests with military ID will receive a free ice cream, plus 50% off meals (up to $25 in one day) at the Retro Deli or Mid City Grill.
Fantasy Golf Wednesday!
Earn up to seven Fantasy Golf Card Scratch Tickets Each Wednesday (at 250 base points, 400 base points, and 1,000 base points, and every thousand base points thereafter up to 5,000) and Win your share of $1,000 in Cash and Insta-Play prizes if you have one of the lowest five scores recorded that day! Win Double Prizes if your score is under par for the card! Scores are tallied and winners posted the next day and prizes must be claimed within one week. Play, scratch, and win with Fantasy Golf Wednesdays at Century!
$7.99 Prime Rib Every Day!
Enjoy our 8 oz. slow-roasted Prime Rib
Special, accompanied by choice of potato with seasonal vegetables, for just $7.99 from 11 a.m., just by having a player’s card! Prime Rib special is also available for $14.99 with no card. Not to be combined with any other discount or coupon.
Senior Celebration – Wednesday and Thursday
Guests aged 50 or better receive 2X points on play all day from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., plus 50% off purchases (up to $25 in one day) at the Retro Deli or Mid City Grill. Please note that 50% food discount cannot be combined with any other coupon or discount, and including daily food specials.
Birthdays at Century
All guests can come in on the day of their birthday and get 2X points plus a free gift! Guests who come in on the day of their 21st birthday receive the 2X points and the gift, plus $10 in comp added to their account, plus a $5 Promo Chip to use at the tables! Guests with a birthday coupon from our mailer redeem it at the Player’s Club for a gift of 10X their age in points!
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Fri. 6-11pm, Sat. 3-11pm, Sun. 3-6pm October 7th - 30th
October 18 - 31, 2016
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Halloween
Halloween was inspired by a fear of the darkness H
alloween part of American originated culture, celebrated in the Britwith varying degrees ish Isles of enthusiasm ever centuries before since. the Roman invaDenver’s first Halsion, when the paloween party looked gan Celts held sway like a scene from a over the superstiwestern movie, as BY ROSEMARY FETTER tious peasants. In callieanne_9@msn.com described by the Denthe days before effiver Times, with cowcient lighting, people were jus- boys thundering through the tifiably terrified by the coming streets and shooting up the town of long, dark winter nights. (shades of Clint Eastwood!). The Celts celebrated Beltane “The police force was inadequate at the beginning of summer to deal with the rangers, and (May 1) and Samhain (sow- besides, such things were not an), which marked the final looked upon with horror as they harvest, a transition between are today,” one pioneer later resummer and winter, light and called. darkness. People believed that Authorities began to frown during this time the bound- upon this particular sport as ary between the earth and the the city grew, but teenagers spirit world was most frag- still found creative ways to torile, and the forces of dark- ment their elders. “For the first ness were free to roam the earth. The Druids offered sacrifices to frighten away evil spirits and ensure that the sun would return. The priests also lit bonfires to fight dark powers. (The word, incidentally, comes from bone-fire, since they used bones, animal and otherwise, to make the fire.) People performed rituals and sometimes wore masks or costumes to disguise themselves. Since the early Church often re-invented pagan celebrations as religious observations, Christians exchanged Halloween for the Feast of All Saint’s Day on Nov.1. Old traditions die hard, however, Halloween took place the evening before, and literally means “All Hallow’s Eve.” The practice of observing Halloween came to Amer- few years that horse cars (trolica in the late 1840s with the leys pulled by horses) were in great wave of Irish immigrants Denver, they were responsible who left Ireland because of the for barrels of fun,” the Times potato famine. Along with St. reported. “Bands of young men Patrick’s Day, the shamrock would lift them from the tracks and corned beef and cab- and, attaching extra horses to bage, they brought stories of them, would drive to the subgoblins, ghosts, witches, jack urbs of town and deposit their o’lanterns and other denizens cargo. It was common to find of the underworld. By the heavy dirt wagons overturned 1850s, Halloween had become in the center of the street and PAGE 18
Halloween festivities occurred during the rainy season, when women sometimes would use their broomsticks to vault over puddles of water, hence the superstition of witches riding broomsticks.
wagons and buggies sitting in the bed of the Platte.” A version of this Halloween adventure continued into the 1920s, when a favorite amusement involved unhooking and overturning electric trolleys. The introduction of multiton buses put an end to this activity. The custom of going door to door in costume for “handouts,” as trickor-treating was called in those days, began in America around 1920. Children painted their faces, often making their own costumes decorated with cobwebs and corncobs. During the Great Depression, most simply wore a sheet or bought a little mask at the “five and ten.” Pranks continued to be a problem, such as occasion when an East Denver gang moved into the old Calvary Cemetery (now the site of the Botanic Gardens) and transplanted a dozen tombstones onto some of Denver’s finest front lawns. Halloween got a lot quieter with the advent of World War II, when Denver children worked through all-city student councils to put the brakes on vandalism. Spurred on by a less tolerant public, local recreation centers sponsored large parties and scrap drives for the war effort. In 1950, a free event by the
Junior Chamber of Commerce promised a costume contest and games, plus free goodies, movies and comic books. Nevertheless, more than 300 extra policemen drew “goblin patrol” that year, armed with special wrenches designed to turn off fire hydrants. During the 1980s, urban legends like razor blades in apples (which actually never happened) frightened parents into closer supervision of trick or treating. In many cases, door to door was replaced by organized events, and children’s excursions were often confined to shopping malls or their own neighborhoods. Although trick-or-treating has made a comeback, in Denver, bad weather sometimes restricts activities or at least slows them down. Halloween’s popularity with adults has mushroomed in recent times, however - a throwback to Victorian celebrations with the addition of beer and fog-making machines. Halloween outdoor lighting still comes second to Christmas, but merchants rake in billions every year on costumes, candy, decorations and assorted spooky stuff. Following are some of the popular traditions and symbols of Halloween, along with their probable origins. Trick or treating evolved from the practice of “souling,” a medieval custom that allowed
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poor people to travel from house to house asking for food in exchange for a prayer for the dead. The term “trick or treat” originated in England, where the holiday was first known as Mischief Night. Jack O’Lanterns sat on porches as protection against malevolent spirits. According to a rather complicated 18th century Irish folk tale, Jack was a nasty Irishman who tricked the devil, so that when he died, he couldn’t get into hell and heaven wouldn’t have him. He still roams the earth carrying a carved turnip for a lantern with a lump of coal burning inside. Pumpkin carving evolved from the custom of carving a turnip, potato or beet and lighting it to ward off the evil “Jack” (see above). In America, the Irish found pumpkins much more plentiful than turnips, so a new tradition was born. Bobbing for apples began with the ancients as a way to see the future. Since apples have long been a symbol of love and fertility, it was believed that the first person to take a bit while apple bobbing would be the first to marry. Supposedly, if a young woman peeled an apple in front of a candlelit mirror, the image of her future mate would appear. Black cats, according to Western superstition, have special powers and could represent spirits or reincarnated humans. In many societies they are thought to have the ability to sense evil spirits and to see the future. Truly black cats (most are actually very dark brown) are rare due to the efforts of over-zealous witch hunters during the Eighteenth Century. Broomsticks have been associated for centuries with witches, who supposedly used them for transportation. Possibly it began with a seasonal coincidence. Halloween festivities occurred during the rainy season, when women sometimes would use their broomsticks to vault over puddles of water. October 18 - 31, 2016
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Are the tunnels of Gold Camp Road really haunted? By Jan MacKell Imagine a dark night, high on a dirt mountain road, surrounded by nothing but a thick forest so tall that in places, the stars above are blotted out. The headlights make strange shadows stretch and shrink, dancing on either side of the car. Odd lumps seem to move, then meld into another shape and move again. Are the lights dimmer than usual? Suddenly a tunnel looms ahead, its sharp chasm of a mouth gaping and spewing forth a color that is black beyond black. Before the car has time to slow, it plunges into the great pit of darkness and is instantly swallowed into the dank, musty nothingness of thick air. Stop the car. Turn off the lights. And wait for the children to come. It’s the stuff of school kids, stories like that. Stories of tiny footprints and handprints on car roofs and windows, of oncoming cars on the curve ahead that never pass by, of deer mercilessly committing suicide over a cliff, of a school bus buried in a collapsed tunnel where all of the children died an agonizing death, of spooky nights waiting for something to brush the outside of the vehicle while its passengers inside shiver in terrified anticipation. For the kids of Colorado Springs (and those of us who love a good scare), it’s all available on Gold Camp Road. Built along a hunter’s trail dating to 1885, the Gold Camp Road first came into the public eye as the railroad bed for the Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway. From 1901 to 1917, the railroad served as a quick trip from Colorado Springs to the Cripple Creek District, hence its nickname: The Short Line. When Vice President Teddy Roosevelt came through shortly after the railroad was built, he remarked that the astounding view “bankrupts the English language.” Allegedly, the Short Line is the same railroad that appears on today’s Monopoly games. After the railway sold in 1922, W. D. Corley purchased the old road and opened a toll way called the Corley Mountain Highway. In 1939 Corley gave up his enterprise and the highway became a public access known as the Gold Camp Road. The U.S. Forest Service then bought it in the 1940s and has maintained it as a forest service road ever since. Today, motorists can travel over most of the original railroad bed, save for an area near Colorado Springs. There one of the original tunnels collapsed in 1988. That portion of Gold Camp Road was closed, with travelers from Colorado Springs accessing Gold Camp off of another old thoroughfare known as Old Stage Road. And here the story begins, the story of a bus filled with elementary school children that was returning from a field trip to Cripple Creek. As the bus approached the tunnel a rockslide began, possibly from an earthquake. The bus driver, seeking shelter, entered the tunnel just as it collapsed and PAGE18 24- 31, 2016 October
These photos are of the first tunnel on Gold Camp Road from the Cripple Creek side. The writer snapped the first photo on the left, asked, “Is anyone here?” and snapped again.
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everyone inside—the children, a teacher and the driver—were killed. Not only is the tunnel now haunted with the hair-raising screams of the students and the appearance of bloodstained rocks; the ghosts also await travelers coming through two other tunnels, which remain open, laughing and giggling as they glide their ghostly little hands along the vehicles to leave fingerprints, handprints and footprints. The dateline on this incident spans from the mid-1970s to the tunnel’s closure in 1988. But nary a local resident in Teller or El Paso County remembers any such event, whose monumentally tragic loss would have been broadcast nationwide. But that doesn‘t keep people from visiting the tunnels anyway, just to see if the ghostly stories are true. “Absolutely NOTHING happened other than one weird picture,” say the folks at Project One, a website dedicated to paranormal research (xsmovies.net). Still, there are plenty of folks around whom as long as ten years ago claimed to see, hear or feel strange happenings along Gold Camp Road and its haunted tunnels. Some believe the ghosts are railroad workers who died during construction of the tunnels or former residents of the area. A wrecked car circa 1980’s lies in a deep ravine outside one of the tunnels. The story goes that it was a fatality and that the dead now haunt the area. Also, a number of killings and dumped murder victims over the years have added to the lore. One person even states that some of the ghosts are robbery victims from when gambling was first legalized in Cripple Creek in 1991.
Most, however, are willing to go with the school bus story. “At the south end of the tunnel three little girls immediately appeared,” claims one anonymous person who visited a tunnel with some friends one night. “They walked up to the hood of our car hand in hand…Our mirrors moved so that they pointed at us inside the car, kids ran by our windows.” This same witness said that the bus driver, who was also killed, appeared at one of the windows looking quite unfriendly and tried to open the door. At least two people have also claimed the school bus remains in the closed tunnel and are visible if you crawl through the fence. Of course many witnesses to the ghostly sightings are kids themselves, but others are now grownups who swear by what they saw years ago. “We had driven up the narrow dirt road and were overlooking the city,” remembered one. “We saw all these creepy crosses, which were never there before. A group of deer appeared in front of us and then dived off the sheer cliff.” Most recently, someone who apparently didn’t know the story of the bus inquired about handprints and a baby’s footprint on their car at photographer Doug Welty’s website (xobic.com). And there is more. Several people say that if you stop your car in one of the tunnel’s that is still accessible, it won’t start again. Others have reported their car tried to conk out while passing through the tunnel. Once, when a group was giving hayrides in the area, one of the drivers looked back and saw the tunnel glowing red. Furthermore, Project One lays claim to photographs of tire tracks going over the edge of a cliff with no car visible down
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below, the ghost of a “green woman” who looks contemporary enough and appears to be wearing headphones, and the apparition of another woman standing in some trees. Another person on Yahoo.com said she and several friends once saw a man walking down the road wearing a brown shirt, green button up vest, green pants and shin-high boots and resembling a miner. After the car had passed him the witness looked both in the rearview mirror and the back window, but the stranger had vanished. Later, the witness learned a worker was killed in a cave-in while building one of the tunnels and his ghost wanders Gold Camp Road today. Also, a former Fort Carson soldier claimed that he and a buddy saw someone walking towards them with a candle lantern late one night at one of the tunnels. He also said that near a stoplight in the Broadmoor area of Colorado Springs, where Old Stage Road comes out, it is possible to see the shadow of a man hanging from a tree. Meanwhile, several concerns have tried to talk the Forest Service into reopening the old portion of Gold Camp Road. For now the collapsed tunnel remains gated off, save where someone has pried the fence away in order to find the would-be ghosts of the children. In February 2006 a fire of unknown origins swept through that same tunnel. According to Project One, arson was suspected but the fire was never investigated due to the dangerous conditions inside. No mention of a school bus was made in articles about the incident, but plenty of people maintain that you can still park and wait in the remaining tunnels. And the children will come. October 30 - November 5, 200719 PAGE
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irritated Uncle John. His ghost has been seen by several witnesses, including the first bartender at the Cracker Factory casino who saw him walk across the room in front of the elevator, which could be seen through him, and the ghost also called the security guards sometimes on their radios.
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ld buildings keep their old ghosts through the centuries; at least in Central City and Black Hawk they do. Gilpin ghosts are a friendly lot, usually staying with a building to protect it, and they do that with great zeal. Take Billy Hamilton, for instance.
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Teller House and Billy
Billy worked at the Teller House for years in the 20th century and he grew to love the beautiful old hotel. In life he always protected the stately hostelry and its guests, and after his death he stayed in the Teller House Bar to watch over the place. One night a man who’d already had several drinks too many came in with his wife. The wife simply asked her husband a question and he started yelling at her. Billy’s ghost drifted over to their direction, of course, because nobody treated a lady disrespectfully in front of Billy Hamilton. When the man started hitting his wife, that crossed Billy’s line and he started beating him with his cane. The man couldn’t see what was hitting him and raising welts on him and that made him even madder. He pulled back his fist to give his wife a wallop, and Billy tripped him with his cane. The jerk went down like a load of bricks, and when he managed to get upright, Billy cane-whipped him until he ran out the front door.
Raynolds Court building
Johnny Z’s Casino occupies the former Raynolds Court building, one of Central’s oldest (1863). Raynolds Court was a godsend after the great Fire of 1874 when almost all the business blocks in the city were burned to the ground. The owners of Raynolds Court generously made space for all the burned-out merchants to display whatever stock they managed to save and thus continue to conduct business. In a way, this building was the first “mini mall” in the town. In the 1970s a family of four – mother, father and two children – moved into Raynolds Court. They opened the one-story building next door as a Christmas shop and put an antique store on the lower floor of Raynolds Court. The second floor was being remodeled for their living quarters. No workman stayed long because of all the shenanigans played on them; tools would disappear and supplies were moved while they were out to lunch. When the latest workman told the mother he was quitting, she put her foot down.
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Raynold’s Court is now part of Johnny Z’s in Central City.
“Here’s money for lunch and a beer. Go down to the Toll Gate and come back in an hour. I’m getting to the bottom of this.” He left. She went upstairs and confronted the over-protective ghost: “Look here! I know you love this building and you’re only protecting it, but you don’t understand. We love it just as much. We sunk our life savings into buying this property and we’re staying. We’re only remodeling because this is our home now and we’re bringing those kids up right here. Now you put those tools back and quit this nonsense. We’ll help you guard this lovely old building.” She left. When the workman came back, she told him to go upstairs and he’d find his tools where he left them. He protested, “Nah, they were missing when I went to lunch.” She insisted and went with him. The tools were there. The workman stayed and the family stayed for years until Central Palace purchased the property.
Wild Card
Black Hawk has its share of ghosts too. The building housing the Wild Card was known as the place where the Nabisco Cracker Company was started. The Cracker Factory was home to the Heppbergers, who raised six children in it and owned it for many, many years – into the 1960s. When it was remodeled to house a casino, the crews were often spooked by the ghost of Uncle John Heppberger. He was murdered there in the 1880s, and his killer only served 18 months, which
In the former Bronco Billy’s Casino, now Sasquatch, an extremely odd event oc-curred. The ghost in that old building de-cided to try these new machines called slots. In those early days of gambling, the casinos were closed between 2 - 8 a.m.; the only peo-ple in them at that time were the counters and cleaners. About 4 a.m. the employees there heard the sounds of a jackpot on a machine in the closed (already counted) area. They rushed to the slot with the lights and noises and saw a matching row of three symbols. Next they checked the security tape, which was still running, and they could clearly see the arm being pulled down and the symbols lining up, but there was no one there! Who says old ghosts can’t learn new tricks?
Central City Opera House One of the more well-known landmarks in Central City is the Central City Opera House. Here, some of Colorado’s finest performers set to the stage, and some have apparently stayed on to perform long after they were gone. Built in 1878, the national historic Opera House fell into disrepair shortly after its open-ing because of the mines in town. In 1932, a volunteer effort to restore the Opera House came to fruition and the 550-seat continues to entertain each year. Among one of the entertainers who decided to stay awhile was Mike Dougherty, a miner turned stage performer who was a favorite in 1865. The miner/entertainer drank himself to death and his love of the stage has caused him to stick around.
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The Wild Card is in the former Cracker Factory in Black Hawk
Many people have told stories about going back stage and being nearly overwhelmed with the strong odor of alcohol. Some even reported a heavy push on the shoulder or feeling their hair being touched from behind. Others have seen flickering orbs of light floating across the dark stage and then disappearing in the wings. Footsteps have also been heard in the balcony, which some believe were those of a departed female patron. Sporadic cold spots have also been felt that move from one side of the stage to the other. Nearly all of these incidences have been reported when the theater is dark and during non-performance times. The longtime Jenkins & McKay Hardware building is now part of Sasquatch.
Photos by Linda Jones
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Halloween
AT LOCAL CASINOS BY LINDA JONES
id you know ghosts are protective of their residences? Ghosts often do strange or funny things, but usually it’s to protect their “home” and remind us mortals they’re watching us. Nearly every commercial “block,” as business buildings were once called, in Central City and Black Hawk has a protective presence, and the old-timers in the 20th century told many a weird tale.
Across Lawrence is the Century Casino. Several buildings were combined to create this casino and each one had a resident ghost. The corner of Main and Lawrence was the one-time home of Goldman’s saloon, and one of the most famous murders in Central City’s history occurred above that saloon. At the other end of the block stood the Toll Gate Saloon, and a mischievous ghost lived on the second floor of that building. He delighted in turning water faucets and light switches on and off. An old-timer who locked up the Toll Gate in the old days said he would make sure all the lights were off, lock the door and drive away – but only around the block. By the time he drove back in front of the Toll Gate, all the lights were blazing. Sometimes he said he and the ghost played that game 2 – 3 times before the man could drive home. The old Glory Hole saloon, now part of Doc Holliday Casino, once had cribs on the second floor and a couple of the “girls” have stayed on. All pictures, on whatever camera, taken on that floor show orbs, energy fields of ghosts. A paranormal recently explained to me that ghosts are energy and consequently they love the casinos because of all the energy they generate.
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The building housing the Wild Card (actually only a wall or two now) became known as the place where the Nabisco Cracker Company was started. The Cracker Factory, as it was called, was home to the Heppbergers, who raised six children there and owned the building for many years, into the 1960s. When the building was remodeled for a casino, the crews were often spooked by the ghost of Uncle John Heppberger. He was murdered there in the 1880s, and Uncle John was irritated because his killer only served 18 months. Several witnesses, including the first bartender at the Cracker Factory casino, saw John’s ghost walk across the room in front of the elevator, which could be seen through him. Sometimes the ghost called the security guards on their radios. The best-known ghost in Black Hawk is Lucy. The Gilpin Hotel casino
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named its restaurant after Lucy. Lucy Malone was a schoolteacher living in the Gilpin Hotel when her fiancé was killed in a freighting accident in Black Hawk. The distraught woman threw herself from a second-floor window of the hotel and died, but she never left the Gilpin. For several years in the late 20th century Jeri and Herb Bowles ran the Gilpin Hotel and Lucy’s room was normally not rented out because of her pranks. She moved suitcases and sometimes dropped them on guests’ chests – you can see why guests would demand another room. Once the Bowles were asked by a couple to give them Lucy’s room, and they did because the couple were insistent. At the end of the week, the guests revealed they were both paranormal researchers and had taped Lucy’s voice in the room. When the present casino was built, Lucy scared away more than her share of workers.
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By Linda Jones Alexander Martin opened a photography studio on Main Street in Central City in 1872. His photographs were so prized, he opened a second studio in Black Hawk six years later. The “unexplained ghost faces” began appearing in his photographs in 1879. Martin was developing photos of children on glass plates when odd faces, faces of people who were never in the studio, people Martin had never seen, appeared on the negatives. Martin decided he must have double-exposed the film, but the same thing happened again. And again. Often, but not always, his photos had these unexplained faces in them. Word spread throughout Colorado that Martin’s photos had ghost pictures and people flocked to Central City to see the photos. Martin moved his studio to 1740 Larimer St. in Denver in 1882 to accommodate the crowds of visitors. Soon he was invited to travel across the country on the lecture circuit to talk about his now-famous photographs. After 13 years he grew tired of traveling and retired to
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his Denver studio. In December 1896, the ghost faces began appearing again. Martin’s fame grew and no less a luminary than Houdini himself examined Martin’s photo process in 1915 and announced to reporters that “I am thoroughly convinced that Martin has the ability to capture the spirit world on film…I observed him closely under the most exact conditions and the results are nothing short of miraculous.” Some of the ghosts in an early 20th century photograph were identified. Martin’s wife Jennie posed for a portrait in which four ghosts could be clearly seen. She identified three of them, but she had never seen the infant. The other three were her first husband, a sister and her brother-in-law. The three she knew were all dead and no photo of them existed before this time. Martin had never met any of them. A white dove in flight flew just over Jennie’s head in the photograph and the significance of the dove became sadly obvious in a few weeks when Jennie died. Alexander Martin is buried in Riverside Cemetery in Denver. October 18 - 31, 2016
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Scary Ghost Cookies Prep time: 10 minutes Decoration time: 25 minutes 1 (11.4-ounce) bag Twix Caramel Cookie Bars Fun Size 1 (9.5-ounce) bag M&M’S Minis Milk Chocolate Candies Halloween Mini Packs 3/4 cup peanut butter 1/3 cup confectioner’s sugar 1 (16-ounce) container vanilla frosting 1 cup ground chocolate wafers (approximately 20 thin wafers) 1. In food processor or blender, pulse 10 graham crackers and 1 bag Twix until fine.
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2. Transfer mixture to large bowl. Add peanut butter and confectioner’s sugar to bowl and blend. 3. Divide mixture into 16 pieces. Shape each piece into ghost. If too sticky, add extra confectioners’ sugar as necessary. Place ghosts onto waxed paper and refrigerate 30 minutes. 4. Heat frosting in microwave approximately 10 to 20 seconds, until thinned and looking slightly like whipped cream. Place ghosts on wire rack over sheet pan lined with waxed paper. Spoon heated frosting over ghosts until completely coated. If unused frosting begins firming up, simply reheat 5 to 10 seconds. 5. Place 2 M&M’S on each ghost for eyes. Sprinkle ground chocolate cookies on serving plate like “dirt.” Nestle ghosts in “dirt.” Makes 16 treats
Humongous Pumpkin Cupcakes Prep time: 20 minutes Baking time: 15 to 20 minutes Decoration time: 25 minutes 1 (14-ounce) bag M&M’S Milk Chocolate Candies for Halloween 1 (11.4-ounce) bag Twix Caramel Cookie Bars Fun Size 1 (18.25-ounce) box devil’s food cake mix 4 eggs 1 cup buttermilk 1/2 cup oil 2 (16-ounce) cans vanilla frosting Orange food coloring 1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Line 3 (12-cup) cupcake cups with paper liners. 2. Beat cake mix with eggs, buttermilk and oil until blended. Roughly chop 2 cups (approximately 18) unwrapped Twix bars and fold into batter. Divide batter evenly between prepared cupcake pans.
3. Bake 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from oven, transfer to wire rack and let cool completely. 4. Tint vanilla frosting with orange food coloring. Arrange cupcakes snugly together into large pumpkin shape on 18-inch cake circle or platter. Follow this pattern — one row of 4 cupcakes, one row of 5, one row of 6, another of 5, another of 4. This leaves 2 cupcakes to be placed at pumpkin’s top for stem (use photo as guide). 5. Spread orange frosting over cupcakes, covering completely to look like one big cake. Use black M&M’S to outline pumpkin and to make eyes, mouth and nose. Fill in remaining areas of pumpkin with orange M&M’S. Makes 26 cupcakes
Wacky Web Cups Creepy Creature Cookies Prep time: 20 minutes Baking time: 12 to 14 minutes Decoration time: 30 minutes 1 (11.18-ounce) bag Snickers Bars Fun Size 1 (9.5-ounce) bag M&M’S Minis Milk Chocolate Candies Halloween Mini Packs 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 1 (18-ounce) roll refrigerated cookie dough 1/2 cup cocoa powder 1 cup marshmallow fluff Various tints vanilla frosting 1. Preheat oven to 350°F. 2. Knead cookie dough with cocoa powder and flour until smooth. (This will keep dough from spreading too much while baking.) 3. Roll dough to 1/2-inch thickness. Using cutters or template, cut out creepy shapes, cutting at least 2 cookies per creature. Transfer to nonstick cookie sheet and bake 12 to 14 minutes. 4. Once baked, remove and cool completely. Meanwhile, make creatures’ filling. 5. Unwrap and chop Snickers, and combine with marshmallow fluff or peanut butter. Spread filling over one of each pair of creature cookies. Place matching cookie on top. 6. Frost tops of creatures with tinted vanilla frosting, and decorate randomly with M&M’S. Makes 10 cookies
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Prep time: 10 minutes Decoration time: 10 minutes 1 (11.4-ounce) bag Twix Caramel Cookie Bars Fun Size or 1 (11.18-ounce) bag Snickers Bars Fun Size 1 (10.5-ounce) bag Dove Milk Chocolate Fall Miniatures 1 (14-ounce) bag M&M’S Milk Chocolate Candies for Halloween Orange food coloring (or mix red and yellow food coloring to desired hue) 4 cups prepared vanilla pudding 6 (10-ounce) clear plastic goblets or cups 1. Brightly tint pudding with orange food coloring. Set aside. 2. Unwrap and chop Twix or Snickers bars. 3. Beginning with Twix or Snickers, alternate layers of pudding and candy in plastic goblets. 4. Unwrap 12 Dove chocolates and put in resealable plastic bag. Microwave about 1 minute, until soft. 5. Snip small hole in 1 lower corner of bag. Then, squeeze chocolate onto top of each parfait in shape of spider web on top of pudding. 6. To make spiders: Pipe short line of chocolate onto each goblet and use to attach 1 brown M&M peanut butter chocolate candy. Pipe “legs” onto M&M. Makes 6 cups
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A Tailing Tale of Verena Kepler, Pioneer Woman Photographer
Thanks to Dacards, had a shop vid Forsyth, exon Main Street in ecutive director Central City for of Gilpin County By Maggie many years beginHistorical Society Magoffin ning in the 1870’s. for this story. Alexander Martin, From the mowho would later ment gold was become famous discovered in for supposedly 1859, Black taking pictures of Hawk and Central ghosts, had a shop City were popuin the First Nalar destinations tional Bank Buildfor thousands of ing in Central City Maggie@maggiempublications.com people, including for a short time photographers. in the 1880’s or Hundreds of pho1890’s. tographers moved in and out of the Central City could also claim two towns, photographing people, to be home to one of the pioneer buildings, mines, trains, and any- woman photographers of the West, thing else they could think of. Verena M. Kepler, who was in busiOne of the earliest known pho- ness under the name V.M. Kepler. tographs taken in Colorado shows She worked in Central City as a miners at work in Gregory Gulch photographer from 1896 to 1899. in 1859. Charles Weitfle, who be- She was born in Switzerland to an came famous for his stereo view American father and Swiss mother
died at the home on Oct. 7, 1928 at the age of 77. Kepler’s funeral was held on Oct. 10, 1928 at the Olinger Mortuary in Denver. Her obituary noted that she was cremated, but her burial place remains unknown. For a woman considered a pioneer Western photographer not much is known about Verena Kepler’s brief career as a photographer, but it was clearly something she was passionate about and tried hard to make a living doing. The Gilpin History Museum has a handful of her photos in its collection.
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Charles Weifle photo of the Central City Opera House circa 1878.
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Young woman in a checkered dress from Kepler studio in CentralCity. Maggie Magoffin photo
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on Jan. 6, 1851. According to the 1920 Census, she became a citizen of the United States in 1859, although that year both of her parents were listed as having been born in the United States. By 1880, she was living with her husband, Samuel Kepler, a fireman in Emporium, Pa. They had two children during their marriage, but both children died young according to census records. One of the children was a daughter named Flora, who was five years old in 1880. Kepler’s photography career was brief. The first mention of her as a photographer came in 1893, when The Illustrated Buffalo Express of Buffalo, N.Y., held its second annual Amateur Photography Contest. Kepler, who was then living in Red Bluff, Calif., received an honorable mention for her figure study entitled Selling Tomales. When Kepler came to Colorado remains a mystery, but according to the book The Checklist of Western Photographers, she was in Central City by 1896. She first partnered with, and then took over, the pho-
tography studio run by Swanson, a long-time Central City photographer. It also remains a mystery as to whether or not her husband was still with her. While in Central City, she took only portraits of residents, with her shop located on Main Street. In 1899, only three years after she arrived in Colorado, Kepler left Central City and returned to Pennsylvania, where she moved in with her sister Alma’s family. Although still listed as married in census records, her husband was not with her. By 1910, however, Kepler had returned to Colorado. Widowed, she was living in a boarding house run by Bessie Loughlin at 2309 Gaylor Street in Denver and working as a nurse in a doctor’s office. She had also shaved five years off her age, claiming to be 54 instead of 59, a common practice for women of the time. On March 7, 1916, Kepler moved into the Old Ladies Home at 38th Ave. and Raleigh St. in Denver, which was operated by the Ladies Relief Society of Denver. She
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Be sure to check out my website for past columns at www.MaggieM Publications.com. The first two books in my Misadventures of the Cholua Brother’s Series are available on my website, on Amazon.com, Lulu.com and BarnesandNoble.com. They can also be bought through the Gilpin Historical Museum and Mountain Menagerie in Central City. Watch for the release of the third and final book in the series Bonanza Beans available in late February or early March. Cholua Brothers Mining Company specialty coffees are available at Mountain Menagerie in Central City or from their website at www. choluabros.com. This column was previously published in the Central City Weekly Register-Call. Send in your tales Mail your stories with contact information: Maggie M P.O. Box 746495 Arvada, CO 80006-6495 Email: Maggie@ maggiempublications.com If you prefer to tell me your story orally and have me write it for you, please feel free to call me at 303-881-3321.
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Dreaming away the miles I’d like you to meet loves a long road trip my driver. Oops. Did I and he seems to enjoy say my driver? I meant, driving. Of course, it’s I’d like you meet my possible he just doesn’t husband. It’s an easy want me behind the mistake; if we’re going wheel. anywhere, he’s almost If there’s such a always driving. And thing as a past life, he’s very good at it. At I most likely slept least I think he is. I’m through mine, at least usually asleep when if it involved traveling. BY DOROTHY ROSBY he’s driving, so I could But I like a drosby@rushmore.com be wrong. long road I’m a good driver trip too. It too. Or anyway, I am when I’m means a longer nap. awake, which is one of the charIt’s a talent reacteristics you look for in a good ally. Not everyone can snooze in a moving driver. Unfortunately, I have a little vehicle. Maybe they insomnia issue, and it just so hap- don’t trust their drivpens I sleep better in a moving car er as much as I trust than I do in a bed. On particularly mine. Or maybe they bad nights, I’m tempted to wake feel like they need to up my husband and hand him the stay awake to alert car keys. I never do though; that the driver of potenwould be mean. Besides I sleep tial road hazards and better when I know he’s well rest- traffic violations. How ed. thoughtful! Between I tell people my spouse was a you and me, I’ll bet truck driver in another life. He those drivers wouldn’t
mind if their passengers would doze off now and then. My husband and I are actually perfect traveling companions. He wouldn’t give up the wheel even if I wanted it and I don’t distract him while he’s driving, though that could change if I ever start snoring. But there are negatives. For one thing, I rarely know where we
Humor are or how we got there. I’ll be in serious trouble if he ever abandons me on a trip and I have to find my way home. Not only will I have to ask for directions, I’ll have to ask where I am. I don’t know where we’ve been either, which is a little embarrassing. When someone asks me if we’ve traveled in a particular state, I turn to my husband and say, “Have we?” And it’s sad that I’ve slept through some of the most amazing landscape in our country. I awoke from a nap somewhere in Arizona, and my husband ask me what I thought of the canyon. I said, “What canyon?”
I’m joking! I saw the Grand Canyon, but only because we got out of the car and walked when we were there. I don’t sleepwalk, thank goodness. That would be dangerous, especially on the rim of the Grand Canyon. I once woke up after a nice nap in Missouri though. My husband asked me if I’d seen the lake, and I said, “What lake?” We’d been passing by the Lake of the Ozarks, which apparently has a surface area of 54,000 acres and 1,150 miles of shoreline. In my defense, I don’t think we drove by the whole thing. But I’d have to ask my driver to be sure. Dorothy Rosby is the author of the humor book, I Didn’t Know You Could Make Birthday Cake from Scratch: Parenting Blunders from Cradle to Empty Nest. Contact drosby@rushmore.com.
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Cage Supervisor • Guest Safety Agent • Host / Cashier Cooks All Levels • PT Dealer • Table Games Supervisor Dual Rate Poker Dealer / Supervisor • Count Clerk Beverage Supervisor • Casino Cleaner • PT Beverage Server Hotel Inspector • Internal Audit Lady Luck Casino
Slot Attendant • Host/Cashier • Cage Cashier Food Server • Casino Cleaner • Cooks All Levels For additional information on these positions, company benefits and online application, please visit our career site at www.islecasinojobs.com. Isle of Capri is an equal opportunity employer. Veterans are encouraged to apply.
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★PORTER★ FULL TIME/VARIABLE SHIFTS/ OVERNIGHT SHIFT
© 2013 Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. Must be 21. All rights reserved. Gambling problem? Call 1-800-522-4700.
★PORTER★ SUNRISE SHIFT/FULL TIME
★BARTENDER★ ★SECURITY SUPERVISOR★ FULL TIME/SUNRISE SHIFT/GAMING FULL TIME/GAMING LICENSE REQUIRED LICENSE REQUIRED ★DISHWASHER★ FULL TIME/VARIED SHIFTS
★SECURITY OFFICER★ FULL TIME/GAMING LICENSE REQUIRED
Apply in person at 321 Gregory Street, Central City or complete the online application on the careers tab at www.reservecasinohotel.com 303-582-0800
• BLACK JACK DEALER
NOW SERVING ALCOHOL 24 HOURS A DAY!
• COOK
Hiring for all shifts including Grave Shift!
• BARISTA
• SLOT TECH • CRAPS DEALER • SLOT FLOOR • BUSSER/ PERSON DISHWASHER • RESTAURANT SERVER
Apply at the Canyon Casino 131 Main Street, Black Hawk or call 303-777-1111 (8:30-5:00, Mon.-Fri.)
Come be part of the Best Team in Black Hawk
• COCKTAIL SERVERS • CRAPS (DICE) DEALERS • BUSSER • CAGE CASHIER • COOKS • WAIT STAFF • BARTENDERS
ADVERTISE TODAY! CALL 303-503-1388! October 18 - 31, 2016
Apply online at www.affinitygaming.com 300 Main St. Black Hawk, CO 80422
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LIP-SMACKING BBQ SPECIALS EVERY DAY
Featuring daily specials like BBQ ribs, pulled pork and hush puppies. All-you-can-eat smoked prime rib Friday through Sunday night. Located just past the Poker Room. Limited time only. Get you some before it’s gone!
October 4- 17, 2016
THE COLORADO GAMBLER – Celebrating 23 Years
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