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Holiday fun

New names, management and games

I drooled over the new buffet at the Monarch Casino, now under new management and formerly known as the Riviera. Like Fitzgeralds that did a complete remodel to become Saratoga, the Riviera did a masterful

By Bob Sweeney remodel to become the Monarch.

Right up the road Fortune Valley did another remodel and now is Reserve Casino Hotel.

Johnny Z’s purchased Bullwhackers and the gasoline station down by the intersection. Even the barbershop next to the Central City visitor’s center is moving away.

Gaming is a competitive business and these casinos and others are constantly improving their parking, food and beverage service, and games.

Walk around any blackjack pit these days and you’ll spot a number of new games besides blackjack. Craps tables are now operating almost everywhere and that is a popular game for people to play together.

Roulette is another game that is growing in

popularity and sometimes hard to get a seat at the busy tables. I like the Zero and Double Zero.

Lady Luck and The Isle have always been top-flight destinations and have great parking and promotions.

Blackjack is such a strange game; there are friendly decks and unfriendly ones. Some casinos have Shuffle Master, a device that shuffles the six decks of cards automatically. At some casinos the dealers have to shuffle all the cards.

The players always cut the deck before being placed in the shoe.

Reading regular Gambler columns, there are advocates for making the same bet all the time and others who like to vary the bet. Myself, I like to vary the bet according to the tempo of the game and how the hands are breaking.

It seems the dealer has a face-card 10 all the time, this forces players to hit and break out of the game prior to seeing the dealer’s hidden down card. This is a huge advantage for the house, many times busting out of the hand prior to the dealer breaking as well.

Truly, the only advantage the player has is how much money is wagered and when. Also, take advantage of odds that favor the player like doubling down and splitting cards. In order to win any real money in blackjack, one needs blackjacks, splits and double downs on a reoccurring basis. Just trading dollars with the dealer, the players will have a struggle to walk away with winnings.

Lady Luck always enters the picture with sometimes the cards favoring the player and oth-

er times the dealer just wins almost every hand.

Bottom line, if you learn the basic rules and play according to the book, losses and wins will both be moderate.

With limited stakes gambling, having a good time is the goal and breaking even with a free buffet isn’t a bad day’s entertainment.

Gambling can be a hobby, a career, a passion or just something fun to do to get away a day in the mountains. It isn’t for everyone, but professional sports of any nature aren’t for everyone.

There are people around who don’t care about the Broncos, Super Bowl bound or not. Same for hockey, baseball and basketball, a lot of expensive tickets and metro Denver has the population and jobs right now to support all of these sporting activities, including legalized gaming.

Trouble with most sports is one has to pay for expensive parking and then walk a half-mile to reach the sporting venue. Gaming, one can use valet parking for free and take the elevator to the casino level. Seniors like this convenience, and with the price of sporting tickets, playing the slot machine just might give the money back with interest.

The holidays are coming and plan on bringing friends and families up for one of the great buffets that has bargain prices for really great cuisine.

Visitors do not have to gamble, but can eat, drink, enjoy the entertainment and have a pleasant ride into the mountains. www.coloradogambler.com It doesn’t get much better than that!

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Christmas Point Multiplier

Mondays and Tuesdays: Club members over 50 will receive 4X points on slots, 3X points on video poker, a $5.99 buffet in the Garden Buffet, a discounted menu in The Café at select times and a $20 bus refund with 250 base points.

Join us Wednesday, Dec. 25, noon – 10 p.m., and earn 5X points on all slots and 2X points on video poker. Guests must register prior to playing to receive the point multiplier.

Christmas Food specials

New Year’s Eve

The Café: Ham and turkey, mashed potatoes, au gratin potatoes, mixed vegetables, dinner roll and butter, $10. Slow roasted prime rib with grilled shrimp, mashed potatoes, au gratin potatoes, mixed vegetables, dinner roll and butter, $20. Bread pudding $2.50. Garden Buffet Special: The Garden Buffet Specials: Wednesday, Dec. 25: Traditional Christmas Dinner $9.99. Tuesday, Dec. 31: Prime Rib and Shrimp, $19.99.

$5,000 Holiday Wrap-Up

Each night on Thursday, Dec. 26 and Friday, Dec. 27, 3 – 10 p.m., six guests will win $250 Promo Play. Then, at 11 p.m. we’ll gift one winner with $1,000 cash.

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Earn 7X points on all slots and 3X times points on all video poker from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturdays in December. Guests must register at guest services before playing to receive their point multiplier.

5X Wednesday Fun

Receive 5X points on all penny games from 8 a.m. to midnight. Guests must register before playing.

Mystery Point Multiplier

You could win up to 10X points on Thursdays in December. Stop by between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. and spin the Mystery Point Wheel to score a point multiplier. Win anywhere between 2X

Make Lady Luck your New Year’s Eve destination. We’ll start the celebration early at 11 a.m. with $50 hot seat drawings every halfhour till 12:30 p.m., $100 hot seat drawings at 1 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. and a $500 hot seat winner at 2 p.m. Join us for a toast at noon to kick off the fun.

Continue the party at 7 p.m. where we will feature hourly drawings. We will select five $50 winners every half-hour up till midnight.

Then we’ll draw a $500 winner at 12:15 a.m. and 12:45 a.m. and $1,000 winner at 1 a.m.

All guests receive one free entry and can earn additional entries for every 25 unadjusted points earned on their players card.

Starting at 8 p.m. just earn 10 points and receive a FREE pair of 2014 light-up glasses. We will also feature party favors, hats and light-up necklaces and a casino wide Midnight toast.

(Light up Glasses and necklaces while supplies last.)

New Year’s Day Giveaway

Join us from noon to 6 p.m. for our New Year’s Day giveaway. We’ll select three $100 winners every hour till 6 p.m., and then at 6 p.m. we will select three $250 winners. Players receive one free entry and can earn additional entries for every 100 unadjusted points earned on their player’s card.

Moolah Monday

Sign up each Monday in December, 9 – 10:45 a.m. to play in the Moolah Monday Free Slot Tournament at 11 a.m. The top five high scorers will be awarded a cash prize at the conclusion of the tournament with the top prize being $250. There will also be a bonus drawing at 2 p.m. when two tournament player names will be drawn for $100. Guests must be present to win.

Table Games

We always have multiple $5 games. Play $2 Craps Monday through Thursday with 10 X’s odds daily. We offer craps, roulette, Buffalo Blackjack Bonus, Three Card Poker and 21 + 3 Xtreme. Club 40 – Play 2 hours and receive a $10 Meal at Otis & Henry’s every Friday. Earn entries for Major Promotions. Play 4 hours Sunday’s

– Wednesday’s and earn a free night Stay (Excludes Holidays and Blackout Dates). Play 3 hours and have your bus ticket reimbursed up to $18. Earn Cash Offers, Match Play Coupons, Food Comps and other Great Offers based on play.

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Bad Beat Top Award is currently $89,440 (as of Dec. 12) with qualifiers of Aces Full of Jack’s beaten. Be in a game Sunday – Friday by 10 a.m. and receive 2 - $10 Bounce Back Coupons after 4 hours of play. Be in a game Sunday – Friday by 11 a.m. and receive a $10 Bounce Back Coupon after 3 hours of play. Earn $2 in comp for every hour of live play. Play 3 hours and have your bus ticket reimbursed up to $18. Play 6 hours of live action Sunday’s – Wednesday’s and earn a Free Night Stay (excludes holidays and blackout dates). Earn an entry to Cash Fall Poker promotion for every hour of Live Play.

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Punch for Prizes

Win up to $500 instantly on Fridays, Dec. 20 and 27 from 5 – 10 p.m. 20 winners will be selected each night. Receive on free entry each promotion day and additional entries with every 10 unadjusted points earned.

Spinnin’ And Winnin’ Giveaway

Win cash or prizes on Tuesdays, Dec. 17 and 24 from 3 – 8 p.m. Swipe your card at any of the three gold kiosks to see if you will be one of the lucky contestants to spin the wheel. Receive one free swipe each promotional day and earn one additional swipe with 10 unadjusted points.

Get Star Struck New Year’s Eve

Ring in the New Year with the Get Star Struck New Year’s Eve Drawings and win up to $1,000. Drawings will take place on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 6 p.m. – 12:30 a.m. Guests will receive one free entry on promotion day and additional entries with each set of 10 unadjusted points earned.

Earn 5X Points On Pennies

Each Thursdays, 8 a.m. – midnight in December, earn 5X Points on all Penny slot machines. Point multiplier is not valid on video poker and you must register at the players club or cashier services prior to playing.

New Year’s Eve Packages

Celebrate the arrival of 2014 with either the Gold or Platinum hotel stay package. The Gold Package will provide you with a standard

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room at the Lady Luck Hotel Tower, two free buffet meals and a special New Year’s Eve gift in your room for $299. The Platinum Package will provide you with a standard room at the Lady Luck Hotel Tower, a catered dinner in the Event Center for two and a special New Year’ Eve gift in your room for $349. For more information or to make reservations, call 303-998-7850.

Holiday Day Buffet

Calypso’s Buffet will be offering a special holiday menu that will include holiday favorites.

Dec. 24 beginning at 3:30 p.m. and Dec. 25 will be available beginning at 11 a.m. for just $24.99. Brunch items will be available until 2 p.m. on Dec. 25.

Paradise 50 Plus

All guests age 50 or better can join the Paradise 50 Plus club on Sundays and Mondays.

You will receive 3X points on all slots, 2X points on video poker, a free ice cream and a Free Calypso’s Buffet after earning five unadjusted points. For complete details, please visit the player’s club.

Bus Fare Refund

The Isle will refund your bus fare up to $20. Simply earn 35 unadjusted points on your player’s card and present your return bus ticket to the player’s club or cashier services. Table Games and Poker players will receive their bus fare back with four hours of consecutive play.

Play 10 Points and Receive $10

All new members of the IsleOne player’s club will receive $10 after playing 10 unadjusted points on their new players card.

Play and Stay

Play 30 unadjusted points on your IsleOne club card Sundays through Thursdays between 8 a.m. – 10 p.m. and stay the night on us. Check with the Player’s Club or Cashier Services once you have earned your points to receive your hotel offer. This offer is valid only on the day the points are earned and is based on availability, blackout days may apply...

Table Games

The Isle has all your favorite table games including blackjack, craps with 10 times odds and roulette. Also available at the Isle, Three Card Poker, Bonus 6, Buffalo Blackjack, Double Deck Blacjack, and 21+3. Mississippi Stud, Ultimate Texas Hold’Em and Let-It-Ride are all linked to one progressive jackpot that as of Dec. 10 is $86,094. Three Card Poker has its own progressive jackpot and is at $2,106. And now exclusively at the Isle you can play “Craps-Free Craps” with 10 times odds.

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Poker Room

Bad Beat – The Isle has the easiest bad beat to win in Black Hawk. The Bad Beat Jackpot Pool as of Dec. 10 is $72,920.

That means Aces full of 10’s through Kings beaten would pay over $7,292 or 10% of the total jackpot pool. With 3 Aces on the board still qualifying, this is the easiest way to win a bad beat around. Quad 2’s through 7’s beaten would pay more than $36,460 or 50% and Quad 8’s or better beaten would pay over $54,690 or 75%. For complete rules, contact the Poker Room at 303-9987905.

Free Food – The Isle provides free food for poker players seated in a live cash game or tournament including: Hot & Fresh Pizza, hot dogs, brats, 2 varieties of soup, nacho’s & cheese, chili, as well as vanilla, strawberry or chocolate milkshakes made to order.

Tournaments – Monday through Friday, there will be two tournaments each day at 11 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Every Thursday is Omaha Day at the Isle with 2 weekly Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo Tournaments to choose from. For complete information, please contact the Poker room at 303-9987905.

Tradewinds

Tradewinds at the Isle has a new menu

that features what we believe to be the best hamburgers in Black Hawk. Whether you try the classics, a green chili and chipotle, the black & blue or mushroom and Swiss burger you will not be disappointed.

Tradewinds even offers a mouthwatering cheeseburger burrito.

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JOHNSON It’s always exciting to see Aces - they have a special feel. Also well-known Of course I called, saying, “Ok, we as “American Airlines” and “Bulmust have the same hand,” and lets” - this top poker pair has tossed my Rockets on the pile of some lesser known monikers such chips. He snapped his fingers and as; the “Admiral Ackbar” (used agreed, “Yep, same hand” tossing when trapping an opponent), the “Squirrel” (maybe because it’s his “Sailboats” across the table.

What did he have? Well, he the nuts or a reference to even a thought he had two Aces but was blind squirrel can find a nut once fooled by a pair of fours / “Sailin a while), or even the “Alan boats,” not “Pocket Rockets.”

Alda” (star of the iconic T.V. show Great for me he didn’t look real M*A*S*H.) close bad for him.

To my surprise, the player who Every card, pair of cards, and had made the raise almost jumped out of his chair as he cried out “re- many combinations of cards has raise” pushing in all of his chips. nicknames - some well-known

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New Year’s Day Early Bird Special Hot Seat Drawings and Countdown. Early Birds at noon - special Drawings and Champagne. Six QuickPlay Hot Seat drawings every 30 minutes beginning at 11 a.m. and some not.

The combination A-K is one of the most famous with the name “Big Slick,” a favorite at the tables. It’s known for being slippery and a hand where a fortune can be lost. Other names for the A-K include “The Anna Kournikova” looks good but rarely wins; the “Big Ugly” this is off suit A-K; and the “Walking back to Houston” - those that play it too aggressively are left with no going home money and were walking.

Other interesting names for hands include “The Big Chick” for the A-Q, because it imitates Big Slick; and the “Johnny Moss” for the A-10 because the poker icon began playing when he was 10 years old. The A-8 is known as the “Dead Man’s hand” due to this being two of the cards Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was killed in 1876 and his friend Calamity Jane has been immortalized with pocket Queens being known as the “Calamity Jane.”

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This month we will be celebrating the holidays with our $25,000 Winner Wonderland Drawings. Daily drawings with prizes up to $300 in Free Slot Play. Just earn 100 points per entry to qualify for the drawings.

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New Members can get up to $15 in Free Slot Play when signing up for a Bullwhackers Lucky Bull Club card. Membership is free. $10 for signing up and an additional $5 for your email address and receive 4X Points all day.

Take a ride on us

Bullwhackers offers convenient free shuttle service directly to Johnny Z’s Casino in Central City. Shuttle runs Thursdays, noon – 8 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays, noon – midnight, and Sundays 11 a.m. – 8 p.m.

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Some other pocket pairs out there have great names such as K-K being known as “Cowboys” - always fun to cry out when you have them; J-J has the explosive name of “Kid Dy-no-mite” - the saying of JJ from the show Good Times; and the 2-2 is well known as “ducks” - from the French word for 2 and that they sure do look like a ducks.

Did you know that 2-2-2 (three 2’s) is known as the “Huey, Dewey and Louie” and if 2-2-2-2 (quads) show up it’s known as “The Mighty Ducks?”

Finally, there are some random hands that have been tagged with unique names over the years such as the well-known 10-2 off suit famous as the “Doyle Brunson” due to the immortal Doyle Brunson winning the 1976 and 1977 World Series of Poker by turning this hand into a full house.

Another is the K-J which is known as the “Kojak” after the famous TV detective; one more is the J-5 known as “The Jackson 5” after the Jackson family; and a third is the 5-2 with a few names such as “The Bomber” after the B-52 bomber, the “Pick Up” as in

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52 card pick up, and “Two Bits” or in other words, a quarter.

It’s interesting to know that the King of Diamonds is the only King that holds an Axe (the other 3 hold swords) and the King of Hearts is known as “The Bloody King” because its sword looks like it is going through or behind its head. Another interesting fact is that the Jack of Spades along with the Jack of Hearts only have one eye and are known as “One-eyedJacks.” These 4 “Royalty” cards are used as wild cards at many home games and a “One-eyed Royal” is a hand with both oneeyed Jacks and the King with the Ax. In an early episode of M*A*S*H as the weekly poker game broke up in the wee hours of the dawn, a player asked “Same time next week?” Alan Alda’s character Hawkeye replied while sleepily walking away, “I thought this was the same time next week.”

I think I’ll be calling my “Pocket Rocket’s” the “Alan Alda” going forward - gotta love that character of Hawkeye.

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Removing tobacco smoke from our bodies and indoor air can produce some immediate winnings. This year was the anniversary of several indoor smoke-free policies and the celebration of the amazing public health results.

Colorado’s smoke-free casino law celebrated its five-year anniversary in 2013 while Greeley and Pueblo Colorado’s smoke-free laws, which included bars and restaurants, turned 10. Groundbreaking studies following these laws discovered an immediate health impact. In August, a first of its kind study funded by the National Cancer Institute found ambulance calls from Gilpin County casinos dropped almost 20 percent following the smokefree casino law. Two separate studies, one of Greeley and Pueblo following their smoke-free laws, found hospital admissions for heart attacks dropped 41 percent in Pueblo and 27 percent in Greeley in the years after the implementation of their smoke-free laws.

The amazing results are not surprising given the more than 100 poisonous and cancer-causing chemicals found in tobacco smoke. Just 30 minutes of exposure to tobacco smoke can slow blood flow to

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“Smoke-free laws save lives, reduce health care costs and are an important part of making Colorado a healthier, more competitive state,” said Bob Doyle, executive director of the Colorado Tobacco Education and Prevention Alliance.

The benefits to someone quitting tobacco use can also be immediate in terms of physical and financial health. According to the American Lung Association, persons who quit can see positive benefits as soon as 20 minutes after quitting and for many years after, including changes in blood pressure and risks for heart disease and cancer. The Centers for Disease Control says quitting at any age is beneficial. On average, it can take multiple times to quit but the key is to keep trying.

There is no need to gamble with your health when it comes to tobacco smoke.

Keep yourself in smoke-free places. If you know someone who wants to quit, there are free resources in Colorado to help people live tobacco free. Colorado has a free quitline where you can get help from a quit smoking coach and get free nicotine patches at 1-800-QUIT-NOW (7848669) or www.coquitline.org.

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Colorado History

By Cathleen Norman

In Mexico, Latin America and quite a few communities in the U.S., the week before Christmas is celebrated with a colorful, festive reenactment of the nativity story. Las Posadas portrays Joseph and Mary’s fruitless search for a posada – inn – as a candle-lit procession that re-creates the journey through Bethlehem.

The holiday ritual includes a lively pageant of kids and peregrinos (pilgrims) costumed as Joseph, Mary, angels, shepherds and the Three Wise Men who parade through the street, or from house to house, singing villancicos (Christmas songs) until they reach the designated home or the church where Las Posadas is celebrated that year.

Las Posadas can be either a singlenight event or nine nights in a row leading up to Christmas, starting Dec. 16 and ending on Christmas Eve, (called Noche Buena or Holy Night).

La Posadas originated in Mexico the 1600s, where the nine-day tradition represents the nine months of Mary’s pregnancy. In the original version, the pilgrims stop at several houses. At each house, the pilgrims outside and the residents within the “inn” sing back and forth, a story-song of Maria and José asking for overnight lodging.

Mary and Joseph are finally invited inside where the pilgrims kneel around the indoor Nativity scene to pray the Rosary.

Nowadays, the evening’s journey

Feliz Navidad!

ends with Spanish Christmas carols.

Typically, everyone enjoys a feast of traditional Mexican food. Children delight in breaking open a star-shaped piñata and scrambling after the candy and fruit hidden inside.

In the U.S. and Latin America, festivities are adapted to where La Posadas takes place. Sometimes the expectant mother rides a real donkey. Children perhaps carry poinsettias. The procession might be accompanied by musicians.

The celebration varies regionally too. In Portland, Ore., it ends with Santa Claus and Christmas gifts donated for needy children. In New York, pilgrims drink atole, a cornsugar Mexican drink traditional during Christmas. In San Antonio, Texas, Las Posadas has taken place since 1966 as a large, candle-bearing procession starts at Milam Park and ends at the Cathedral of San Fernando.

In some rural villages, meanwhile, the procession still makes its way to a different home each night, with the pendino (asking) song back and forth.

Maria and Jose with their entourage of pilgrims singing an appeal for shelter: En nombre del cielo Os pido posada Pues no puede andar

Music at The Fort’s Las Posada celebration has included frontier music by Rex Rideout and Dr. Lorenzo Trujillo.

Photos courtesy of Tesoro Cultural Center

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Las Posadas and Piñatas

Las Posadas festivities are most typically single-evening events. Catholic Charities sponsored theirs on Dec. 13 and it included a procession from St. Mary’s Cathedral to the Marian House Soup Kitchen.

Photo courtesy of Corey Almond

Mi esposa amada.

(In the name of heaven, I request you grant us shelter.

Given that she cannot walk.

She my beloved wife.)

Then, the “innkeepers” inside chant their response that there is no room at the inn: Ya se pueden ir, Y no molestar, porque si me enfado, Os voy a apalear (You can already go away.

And do not bother, Because if I get upset I will beat you up.)

The traditional song switches back-and-forth for numerous verses until finally the innkeeper agrees to let the homeless young couple into the inn. The door is opened, and everyone enters. Inside, the celebration ranges from a big fancy party to a small gettogether among friends. Festivities begin with a short Bible reading and prayer. The hosts serve food, usually tamales and a hot drink or atole or ponche (punch). Then, comes the star-shaped piñatas and candy for the children.

Different versions of La Posadas take place around Colorado starting in mid-December. In Colorado Springs, the Catholic Charities organization sponsored Los Posadas on Dec. 13 as an event that raised funds for their

Family Immigration Services.

“We also wanted to raise awareness and help the most vulnerable,” said spokesman Corey Almond.

The procession began at 5:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Cathedral in downtown Colorado Springs and paraded a few blocks to the Marian House Soup Kitchen for an enchilada dinner. A short program was followed by salsa musicians and the dancers from several international cultures.

In Pueblo, Las Posadas has taken place for nearly 40 years ‒ in recent years involving the Pueblo School for Arts and Sciences. This year’s

event took place 3-5 p.m. on Dec. 14, with a procession starting at the Pueblo Convention Center, then moving down Main Street to reach the County Courthouse where everybody is entertained by local music and dance groups.

In the San Luis Valley, a ninenight version of Las Posadas was revived briefly about 10 years ago. Each evening the procession took place in a different town in Costilla County. As many as 60 people walked from one home to another, warming themselves at bonfires and snacking on cookies and hot chocolate or wine.

The procession ended at the town’s Catholic Church.

Las Posadas now takes place as a single-night event in two San Luis Valley towns: on Dec. 18, 6:30 p.m., at the Holy Family Catholic Church in Fort Garland; and on Dec. 24 at 8 p.m. at the Sangre de Cristo Catholic Church in the tiny community of San Luis, which is Colorado’s oldest permanent settlement established on April 8, 1851.

Southwest of Denver, the Tesoro Cultural Center at The Fort restaurant has held Las Posadas on Christmas Eve since 2004. The outdoor event takes place 4–5:30 p.m., and is free to the public. The Tesoro Foundation partners with several Catholic organizations to present this traditional event. Seasonal carols are led by Dr. Lorenzo Trujillo and the Southwest Musicians, as well as frontier fiddler Rex Rideout, who specializes in the music and songs of the 19th-century American West. People are treated to tamales, biscochitos and hot cocoa, and children enjoy the star-shaped piñata. All are welcome, but be sure to bundle up!

The Fort restaurant, outside Morrison, has a Las Posadas event on Christmas Eve, 4-5:30 p.m., which includes tamales, hot cocoa, Spanish Christmas carols and vintage music.

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very holiday season, thousands of wide-eyed spectators delight in Denver’s Grand Illumination, a series of outdoor lighting displays that cut a glittering path from the City and County Building to Union Station. Often appearing on national news, the lights of Denver brighten the night sky during the holidays and glow through December, keeping shoppers in the holiday spirit.

City and County lights remain in place after New Year’s to welcome the National Western Rodeo and Stock Show in early January. This holiday extravaganza, a cherished Denver tradition, dates back nearly a century.

Denver’s love affair with holiday lighting can be credited to Frances Belford Wayne, a Central City girl and the crusading daughter of an Indiana Supreme Court justice and a social reformer. Judge James Belford moved his family to Central City during the gold rush days, becoming a member of the Territorial Supreme Court and Colorado’s first congressman. He was labeled the “Red-Headed Rooster of the Rockies” by his peers because of his passionate speeches and bright red hair, both of which were inherited by his daughter. His wife, Frances McEwen Belford, had a strong social conscience and reputedly read Dante and Shakespeare to the poor women in the mining camp while she rocked her daughter’s cradle. Mrs. Belford became the first woman named to the Colorado Board of Charities and a trustee of the State College of Education in Greeley and the agricultural college Fort Collins, now Colorado State University.

Their daughter, nicknamed “Pinky,” made a name for herself in the days when women journalists were jokingly called “sob sisters.” She began her career in 1906 as a drama and music critic for the Rocky Mountain News, quickly rising to the position of feature writer and investigative reporter. She was briefly married to educator Anthony Wayne, but they separated in 1908 and she never remarried. After a brief stint with the Chicago Examiner, Pinky returned to Denver to work for the bombastic Fred Bonfils and Harry Tammen at The Denver Post.

During her career, along with interviewing hundreds of celebrities and writing stories on every topic from drug addiction to labor wars,

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Denver’s 17th street decorated for Christmas sometime around 1920.

Frances Belford Wayne, Denver’s Mother Christmas

Photos courtesy Denver Public Library Western History Department

she campaigned for laws to protect women and children, working with reformers like Judge Ben Lindsey, founder of the Juvenile Court system, and Emily Griffith, who created Denver’s Opportunity School for working students. Although critics accused her of “moralizing and preaching,” her stories often hit home. In 1922, the University of Colorado awarded her a gold medal for “services on behalf of the common good.”

Interestingly, Pinky’s most outstanding achievement would be her successful effort to make Denver world famous as the Queen City of outdoor Christmas lighting. Of course, electric holiday lighting was nothing new. The invention of the light bulb inspired the first electrically lit Christmas tree in New York City in 1882. The following year, Denver, a pioneer in the use of electricity, followed suit. The Lawrence Street Methodist Church proudly displayed a tree glowing with 30 incandescent bulbs, a demonstration orchestrated

by University of Denver physics professor Sidney Short. Electric lights were used as early as 1892, but they were very expensive. A string of lights cost at least $12, an average man’s weekly wages in 1903. No wonder many still lit their trees with candles and kept a water bucket handy.

The first outdoor lighting, however, came about through coincidence.

A Denver electrician named David Dwight Sturgeon, founder of the electric company, produced the first display in 1914 to cheer his young grandson, who was very ill and missing out on holiday festivities. Sturgeon dipped some ordinary light bulbs in red and green paint, connected them

is still the largest in to electrical wire the world. and strung the glowing lights on Interestingly, the branches of a the colored elecpine tree outside tric globe evolved the boy’s bedroom due to the efforts window.

Both of Denver citizens the child and the led by Wayne, who neighbors were decompelled manulighted. facturers to come Pinky Wayne, up with an afwho organized and fordable product managed the Post that would work Christmas party indoors and outfor underprivileged doors regardless children, picked up of the weather. As the story and wrote a result, electric several articles on Decorations and a Christmas tree, circa 1910 -1915. the topic. Soon billboards all over people all over the the nation soon city were driving by the Sturgeon white lights around Civic Center began to flash with colored globes, home to inspect the novelty. Thanks with colored red and green globes to the eternal gratitude of advertisto Pinky’s articles, the idea of electri- and added evergreen boughs to the ers. Thus, the flashing neon sign was cal decoration took hold and Sturgeon lampposts. In 1920, he installed the born. became known as the “Father of Yule first lighted Christmas tree in front In 1946, the Denver Branch of the Lighting.” In 1918, Pinky organized of the State Capitol. Over the years, Business and Professional Women’s the nation’s first outdoor lighting con- he added more lights and scavenged Club named Wayne the Woman of test. Hundreds of Denver residences Christmas items from around the entered, and the venture received na- city for the annual display. In 1926, the Year. She continued writing for tional publicity. Other towns and cit- he persuaded Mayor Ben Stapleton The Post until she was fired due to a to let him decorate the exterior of dispute with the managing editor. She ies soon adopted the plan.

The following year John Mal- City Hall. By the late 1920s, Denver moved back to her hometown of Cenpiede, at the time Denver’s only city had become “The Christmas Capital tral City and worked for a time at the electrician, decided to brighten the of the World.” Nearly a century lat- Central City Register Call, succumbChristmas scene by replacing the er, the city’s holiday lighting display ing to cancer in 1951.

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I met Garrison Keillor in June. Or rather, I saw him in the airport. I shouldn’t lie during Advent. Garrison Keillor is, of course, an author, humorist and host of A Prairie Home Companion, which is heard on public radio stations around the country.

I have him over for dinner often, by which I mean I leave the radio on while I eat. I’ve been waiting to hear him mention a peculiar woman who stared at him in the Hartford, Conn., airport, but if he has, I missed it.

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so my Thanksgiving guests didn’t have to worry about the turkey not being cooked properly.

They had plenty of other things to worry about, but at least the meat was done. And I have to compliment the delivery men. They got my new oven up two flights of stairs without hurting themselves, breaking anything or swearing even once. Even more impressive, they had the good manners not to look shocked when they pulled the old one out and saw how it looked underneath.

In the hierarchy of housekeeping, cleaning under my appliances doesn’t even make the list. And nothing is more embarrassing than having other people see what’s under your appliances after 15plus years—not getting a pimple

after age 50, not getting a speeding ticket on the way to work and having all your co-workers pass by, and not flagging down a passing motorist while wearing Velcro rollers and a bathrobe.

Well maybe that. My phone rang at 6 o’clock one morning. It was still dark. My husband had just left for work, and the call was for him.

I opened the front door, jumped up and down, waved, hollered and generally made a fool of myself to get him to notice before he drove away. It worked. The truck stopped and pulled back into the driveway.

That’s when I realized, it wasn’t my husband’s truck. Someone was using our driveway to turn around.

I’ll bet they don’t do that again.

You, however, are welcome to visit anytime. But call first.

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THE COLORADO GAMBLER – Celebrating 22 Years

December 17 - 30, 2013

An unforgettable Christmas Past

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oday, Colorado’s “winter wonderland,” especially at Christmas time, takes on an enchanted atmosphere. A century ago, it was quite different.

Young Denver City of 1858 was a simple stopover city and supply station. Easterners stopped to stock up on supplies as they headed to the California Gold Rush, while Mountain Men provisioned themselves for fur trapping in the high Rocky Mountains. Although a handful of gold had been discovered at the confluence of Cherry Creek and the South Platte River (near today’s Children’s Museum), the mighty rush of gold seekers to the Pike’s Peak region that would make the 59’ers famous was six months away.

As a young growing city, Denver’s possibilities were endless. A long list of future businessmen and politicians flocked to Denver, seeking their fortune. Among them were Gen. William Larimer, Samuel Curtis, William Newton Byers, E. P. Stout, John Routt and David Moffat, to name a few of Denver City’s founding fathers.

The Christmas holidays of 1858 were particularly joyous for Denver City. Wild game was plentiful, as were potatoes, beans and dried fruit. All were prepared for the holiday meal.

Richens L. Wooten had just arrived in Denver City with the intention of setting up a general store of sorts. Among his several wagonloads of merchandise, Wooten had many wooden kegs

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of “Taos Lightening.”

Whiskey being almost nonexistent in Denver City, Wooten decided to make an impression with his new clientele by opening a barrel or two and offering free whiskey to all. Naturally everyone accepted, word got around, and in no time, all of Denver City, as well as its rival town across the creek Auraria, were dipping cups of whiskey. The rivalry of the two towns was laid to rest, at least for the moment.

Before the end of the celebration, Wooten was favorably known as “Uncle Dick,” and Denver City enjoyed their first holiday season. Wooten went on to become a prosperous merchant, while Denver City and Auraria resumed their feud.

A very different Christmas Day occurred in the Colorado Rockies of 1806. President Thomas Jefferson had engaged a young lieutenant to explore the western region of his newly acquired Louisiana Purchase of 1803.

Lt. Zebulon Montgomery Pike and his company of 23 men embarked from St. Louis in July 806 to discover the headwaters of the Arkansas River, as well as document the latitudes of the river and land.

Provisions for such a journey included two riverboats, hardware, scientific instruments and plenty of food. What was lacking was a sufficient supply of winter clothing. This would prove disastrous.

Pike and his men first saw the

Trail’s End Colorado’s landmark Pikes Peak.

Colorado Rocky Mountains in Pike and his men, disheartmid-November 1806 from the ened, continued the president’s plains of Kansas. Pike recorded orders, following the Arkansas the events in his journal: “I was River northwest, higher into the satisfied that we had located a Rockies. The high altitude, bitgood route across the prairies, ter cold and biting wind took and Charles Press was too. I trusttheir toll on the animals, and ed the man, dour as he may be, the men were forced to trudge simply because he drafted excelon foot for days through miserlent maps and kept unimpeachable snowstorms. Finally camp able logs during my exploration. was made on the Arkansas River, His readings, both at high noon near the mouth of Squaw Creek, and of the polestar at night, were at the base of Mount Antero. It finer than any before attempted. was Christmas 1806. The day was Now he was daily advising me Lt. Zebulon Montgomery Pike climbed a very cold and snowing. about how far we wandered from Colorado peak, but it wasn’t “his” peak.

From Pike’s Journal, “Eight the 38th parallel. He had a cer- Photos courtesy of Denver Public Library, West- hundred miles from the fronern History Collection tain irony in his eyes knowing full tiers [sic] of our country, in the well that by all Hispanic accounts most inclement of weather, not his company finally reached the base there is no practicable route over one person clothed for winter, withthe Rockies at this latitude or even of the prominent peak they had seen out blankets, and now laying down from afar and named it Grand Peak. close by.” at night on the snow or wet ground; After wandering in a southeast- The group made plans to climb the one side burning while the other side ern direction through what would great mountain the following day. pierced with the cold wind. I will not According to Pike’s Journal: “Exlater become Colorado Territory, Pike speak of diet, as I conceive that to be pecting to return to our camp that eventually found the Arkansas River evening we left all blankets and pro- benieth [sic] the consideration of a near today’s town of Pueblo.

Pike wrote in his journal: “We visions at the foot of the mountain. man on such a voyage. We spent the reached the valley of the Arkansas We commenced climbing up rocks, holiday as agreeably as could be exRiver in perfect ease, and I was satis- sometimes perpendicular; and after pected.”

Such was the dismal Christmas fied that the exploration would pro- marching all day we encamped in a Day spent by Colorado’s most famous cave without blankets, victuals or waceed without difficulty. My outfitting explorer, Zebulon Montgomery Pike. had never been better despite limited ter.”

We should give Yuletide thanks The next day the summit was funds, and we were proof against the reached and to Pike’s astonishment, to the early explorers and pioneers of worst that nature could throw at us.”

Unfortunately, Pike couldn’t have his “Grand Peak” was seen some dis- long ago who dared to open up a new been more wrong. There was a small tance away. He had actually climbed wilderness, enduring countless hardfort there, where he and his men Cheyenne Mountain. Today, the ships that would lead to westward stayed for a night. The group followed Grand Peak near Colorado Springs, expansion and eventually Colorado, the Arkansas River westward into the that Pike claimed could not be con- USA. Rockies. In late November, Pike and quered, bears his name.

Happy Holidays!

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Going Green

Crafters who recycle are going green lows and doll clothes.

• Ball caps turn into stunning one-ofa kind hats when decorated with all kinds of colorful silk flowers, feathers, beads and David Hamilton of David Hamilton Designs holds misc. trims. up a candle holder made by welding horseshoes • Old drink- together.

Photo by Margaret Malsam ing glasses, canning and jelly jars uniquely stacked and glued together. Then be refashioned into purses, Teddy they decorated and filled with Bears, pillows and other decoracandies, cookie and cakes mixes tive items. or potpourri for practical gifts.

• Reclaimed church candle wax melted and poured into empty • Old 100 percent wool sweat- baby food jars decorated with ers and blankets transformed into pressed garden flowers. Birdsturdy fabrics through a process houses made from garden gourds. called “felting.” Crafters purchase these used woolen items at thrift Individually designed dog coats stores and garage sales. They made using reclaimed fabrics. wash them in hot soapy water Buy more green, earth-friendly and air-dry them. The result: a gifts like these at www.earthlinks heavy “felt-like” fabric that can -colorado.org.

colored woods. Some are so beautiful that they could be wall hangings. The boards are sealed together and coated to keep them looking beautiful with use.

• Discarded old wooden bowls, plaques, benches, candleholders, rolling pins and small Santa sleighs etc are carefully sanded and colorfully tole painted with original designs. Crafters purchase these at thrift stores and garage sales. Small painted sleighs filled with fragrant potpourri for cute stocking stuffers.

• Old wine bottles painted and decorated with bits of jewelry for vases. They can also be filled with small Christmas lights. Crafters drill holes in the bottle to insert a string of small Christmas lights.

Crafters also paint and decorate old metal perk coffee pots from yesteryear.

• Sizeable scraps of cloth and materials arranged in patchwork designs turned into aprons, quilts, dresser scarves and wall hangings.

Skilled crafters also utilize small leftover fabrics to make toys, pil-

Horoscopes

Horoscopes by Teelok SAGITTARIUS - (Nov. 23 - Dec. 21) Be adventurous, your new undertakings will be lucky for you.

Staying in the routine will not be what benefits you at this time. Step out of your comfort zone and have fun. Lucky Numbers: 7, 21, 24, 34, 40, 44

CAPRICORN - (Dec. 22 - Jan. 20) This is not the time to sit passively and et the clouds roll by. Transform your life for the better. Try not to go against authority at this time.

You can do well financially now as well. Lucky Numbers: 12, 25, 33, 39, 43, 49

AQUARIUS - (Jan. 21 - Feb. 19) Your energies are high and your self confidence is strong. You are calm now, which makes you more effective in general. This is a good time for romance, as well so go for it. Your enthusiasm will make a good impression. Lucky Numbers: 2, 4, 7, 17, 45, 49

PISCES (Feb. 20 - March 20) Your life is running smoothly at this time. You maybe inclined to sit back and do nothing. You shouldn’t waste this time. Take advantage of your good luck. Lucky Numbers: 7, 8, 23, 25, 45, 59

email her at navamsa9@q.com LEO - (July 23 – Aug 22) This is a great time to step up your physical health regime. Look at your diet and see what you’ve been doing that is not helpful to your life. Exercise will be effective at this time. Lucky Numbers: 6, 7, 33, 34, 43, 49

ARIES - (March 21 - April 20) There is strong need for freedom in your life. People around you seem to be working at cross purposes, trying to control you. This can bring some angry outbursts on both sides. Focus on your goals to bring about your success. Lucky Numbers: 2, 7, 8, 9, 57, 60

TAURUS - (April 21 - May 21) This is a great time for personal advancement. Even if you do not make an effort, opportunities will come to you. Think what will happen if you take positive steps toward your advancement. Lucky Numbers: 11, 14, 23, 24, 34, 44

GEMINI - (May 22 - June 21) Finishing your projects for the year is the main focus. You have energy to start new projects effectively as well. This is a great time for romance as well. Lucky Numbers: 5, 9, 10, 48, 52, 60

CANCER - (June 22 - July 22) Do not cut corners on any projects that can mean advancement for you at work. You can get that promotion at this time. However, you will be scrutinized and you want your work to speak for itself and move you forward. Lucky Numbers: 3, 7, 20, 28, 33, 46

VIRGO - (Aug. 23 - Sept. 23) This is a good time to bring positive change into your life. You are able to express yourself more powerfully and completely to others.

Others see you as effective and a leader. Lucky Numbers: 4, 6, 17, 29, 63, 64

LIBRA - (Sept. 24 - Oct. 23) You are looking to win the long shot, willing to take the big risks at this time. This is not the best time to do that though. Think through what risks you want to take and make sure you can afford to lose on the long shots at this time. Lucky Numbers: 7, 9, 12, 14, 29, 51

SCORPIO - (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) You have been careful and practical lately. Now you want to relax and have fun. Your positive attitude is lucky for you. Lucky Numbers: 1, 11, 29, 35, 39, 56

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by cutting small holes in the cards and joining them together with yarn or crochet work.

• Cigar boxes transformed into threestring guitars. First they are sealed with a protective coating.

Then steel strings and a strap are purchased and attached to narrow wooden plank along with the cigar box.

• Beautiful patterned wooden bowls of all shapes and size made from salvaged beetle-killed wood.

After the wood has been cured and processed, the artist fashions the bowls from solid log-like sections using machine woodworking equipment.

• Different sizes of old railroad spikes recycled into stunning decorated crucifixes. The smaller spikes are welded to the longer spikes to form the vertical cross bar.

• Ornate inlaid cutting board fashioned from scraps of different

24. Rare 26. Mesquite 27. Is 28. TT 30. Fatty 32. Rhino

34. NOI 35. Rise 37. Rafting 39. Exalt 41. El 42. KO

43. EU 44. Reindeers 45. Adria

DOWN: 1. Von Miller 2. Vonn 3. Lois Lane 4. Sochi 5. Etna

6. Alice 7. Chanticleer 8. Aspen 10. Lap 15. Aperitif 16. Free drinks

18. CT 19. Esquire 22. Mat 23. Dinosaur 25. Est 29. Tongue

Contact Mary Nightstar at marynightstar@yahoo.com and type “horoscope” in the subject line.

ACROSS: 1. Viva Las Vegas 8. Ash 9. Nine Inch Nails 11. Cap 12. ID

Crafters are living the green life when they recycle used objects into beautiful new creations. Check out the crafts fairs, and you will find amazing gifts recycled from old objects. Things that most of us would have trashed a long ago now emerge into stunning, lovely crafted gifts that are clever and unique.

Furthermore, when you buy these homespun recycled gifts made in America, you too are going green.

Here are some unique recycled wonders that I discovered when I visited with artisans at local craft fairs.

• Old horseshoes made into wall hangings, candleholders and clothes racks. First they are heated, bent and welded to form unique designs and shapes. Lastly, the horseshoe art is painted a rich black or shiny golden color.

• Last year’s Christmas cards fashioned into decorative bowls

30. Furor 31. Yeild 33. Nixed 36. El 38. Ten 40. Tea

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