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as another game like craps and roulette were approved.

The legislature might wish to implement a tax table for wagering that could differ and The Final Four is as large, be lower than current gammaybe larger, than the Super ing taxation and designate a Bowl because it takes in so recipient of the new flow of many states, universities and schools. The nation’s eyes sizeable tax dollars. are on the March Madness.

Voters have approved leBy Bob Sweeney This is another lost opgalized casino wagering in portunity for our successful gaming in- Colorado and adding sports betting is dustry to prosper and in turn share the just part of the package. profits with the state of Colorado.

The state would make millions in new Desperate for tax dollars, schools tax revenue from a state that is simply have drastically cut programs such as crazy about sporting events. history, music, and physical education, a What are we waiting for? long list of important programs that the state and districts are not funding.

Billions of dollars were wagered on the 68 teams that moved to the “sweet 16”, the “final four” and the national championship. What a bonanza for airlines, hotels, play-off cities, and finally a three -day Houston event with 72,000 people paying up to $6100 for seats.

Wagering flowed to Nevada, and not Publisher Colorado.

Robert Sweeney It is long past the time that our casino leaders hire a firm to lobby the legislaV.P. Marketing ture to enact “Sport’s Betting” at all casiSharon Sweeney nos that have a Colorado License. Some cogambler@me.com To advertise, call Sharon may wish to install bettering parlors, 303-503-1388 some may not, but it would be a matter of choice for operators.

Managing Editor Basketball is just one of the options; Becky Osterwald those who like to wager could have bet gambler@villagerpublishing.com on the recent Masters.

Odds are already out on next year’s Design/Production Super Bowl champs.

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Pat McLachlan The house wins as they play off the bets accounting@villagerpublishing.com against each other and the odds rise or fall on the demand of those betting to Subscriptions win or lose.

B.T. Galloway If it wasn’t profitable, there wouldn’t 303-773-8313 x301 subscribe@villagerpublishing.com be sports bars in almost every Las Vegas casino. The point being that people Contributing Writers come and gamble, drink, hang out, and Bud Wells spend time in the sports area watching the horses race, golfers, baseball games, all playing for money.

Our casinos should go for the cash, the bettors, a place to hang out and have Maggie Maggofin more fun.

Tony Thorpe We’re a vacation tourist state and we should offer this as just part of the package.

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More than 1 billion people set to celebrate Earth Day around the globe n April 22, most Americans observe Earth Day, a celebration of the environment and resource conservation. However, two different Earth Days have been formally recognized in this country, both initiated in 1970, for slightly different reasons.

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around March 20, comes at the spring equinox, when the sun crosses the equator, and day and night are the same length all over the world. (Technically, According to National Geographic, the days of equal night and day come slightly before the vernal equinox in March and after the autumnal equinox in September. Much depends on where you happen to be standing at the time.)

A brief moment rather than an entire day, this year the spring equinox took place on March 20 at 5:02 a.m.

Ancient people took note of the equinox phenomenon, holding feasts and celebrations that included Alban Elfed, the Teutonic festival, the Celtic celebration honoring the goddesses Eostre, Roman Hilaria Matris Deûm, Welsh Gwyl Canol Gwenwynol (Day of the Gorse), the Wiccan Eostar (Ostara) Sabbat and the Catholic Feast of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary, this year held on March 25. Easter derives from these celebrations, although, Christians have made this a movable holiday, occurring any time between March 22 and April 23. The equinox heralds the blossoming of spring in the northern and autumn officially begins in the southern hemisphere.

The concept of global Earth Day at the spring equinox originated with Denverite John McConnell, who introduced the idea at a UNESCO conference on the environment in 1969. (McConnell also developed the Earth Charter along with anthropologist Margaret Meade.) The first Earth Day proclamation, issued

by San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto on March 21, 1970, was an occasion for ceremonies, street fairs and a toast to Mother Earth. (Since this was the “Age of Aquarius,” the flower children were blossoming in that city.) During the apex of the Vietnam War, with the country in a state of upheaval, Earth Day originated in support of the peace movement, as a time to bring all nations of the world together in harmony.

Anthropologist Margaret Mead said at the time, “Earth Day is the first holy day which transcends all national boarders yet preserves all geo-

graphical integrities, spans mountains and oceans and time belts, and yet brings people all over the world into one resonating accord…”

On Feb. 26, 1971, U.N. Secretary General U Thant proclaimed an International Earth Day, and that ceremony has continued ever since on the date of the vernal equinox.

This Earth Day would be adopted by the United Nations, which still observes that date, although it also recognizes environmental efforts of April 22.

Eight years ago, former Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper issued a proclamation honoring John McConnell, who “has devoted much of his life to the pursuit of peace, happiness for all people and the protection of our planet Earth,” and naming March 20, 2005, Denver’s Earth Day. The April 22 Earth Day, which is the official date observed in the United States, originated in September 1969 at a Seattle conference, when Wisconsin U.S. Sen. Gaylord Nelson brought environmentalism into the national spotlight after a visit to the terrible Santa Barbara oil spill earlier that year.

Although mainstream America remained oblivious to looming environmental catastrophe, Rachel Carson’s New York Times bestseller Silent Spring in 1962 provided the impetus for the modern environmental movement, selling more than 500,000 copies in 24 countries. Following her lead, Nelson organized a national celebration in an effort to popularize political support for strong environmental measures, mobilizing more than 20 million people, mostly students, who took to the streets in peaceful support. Later recognized as World Environment Day by President Jimmy Carter, April 22 held significance for organizers for various reasons.

The date marks the birthday of J. Sterling Morton, a Nebraska Territory pioneer who held the earliest Arbor Day celebration in the 1850s by planting trees on the dry plains. This was also the birthday of actor Eddie Albert, known for his early work in environmental causes. Interestingly, some of

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the early organizers thought conservationist John Muir was born April 22, although his birthday was actually April 21. Russian dictator Vladmir Lenin was born April 22, leading a minority in the midst of the Vietnam War to suspect that Earth Day was a subversive Communist plot.

Whatever the significance, this grassroots celebration marked the official birth of the environmental movement, mobilizing groups that had been fighting against pesticides, oil spills, air pollution, nuclear power plants and the extinction of wildlife into a common effort to recognize the fragility of our environment before it’s too late.

By the year 2000, global warming had become the issue, and activists used the Internet to band more than 5,000 environmental groups together to push for clean energy. Last year’s Earth Day was the most successful on record, with an estimated billion people around the world participating. This year, the theme is “The Face of Climate Change,” with major events planned all over the globe. The main event of the Earth Day celebration will take place on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., where civic leaders and celebrities will join hundreds of thousands of environmentally-conscious demonstrators for this special event to galvanize the environmental movement.

For complete information, visit www.earthday.org.

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Break the Bank Giveaway

Every Friday in April earn your chance to obliterate a smiley face penny bank and win up to $1,500 in cash. Random drawings will be held from 7 p.m. – 11 p.m. Swipe your player’s club card at a promotional kiosk for a free entry each Friday and earn additional entries with play.

Emotimania Giveaway

On Tuesdays in April random drawings will be held from 11 p.m. – 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Winners will get to punch up to four smiley faces on our punch board and walk away with up to $500. Get one FREE entry and more with play.

Play More Gift Happy Teleflora Giveaway

Members have the opportunity to earn 100 tier points to receive a $15 gift card towards a bouquet of flowers from Teleflora on April 29 and April 30 from 2 p.m. until supplies last.

Members can earn up to two gift cards each promotional day. Only one gift card per day, per transaction may be used.

20X Points on Pennies

Earn 20X points on pennies every Thursday in April from 8 p.m. – midnight. Register at the Players Club or Cashier Services prior to playing.

With age comes big bonuses! Every Sunday in April from 8 p.m. – midnight everyone age 50 or better is invited to stop by for 5X points on slots and 2X points on video poker. Receive one free buffet after earning 100 tier points from 10 p.m. – 10 p.m. Cannot be combined with any other point multiplier.

New Member Play 30 & 5,000 Points for an Email

In April, all new members of the Fan Club will receive a free buffet after playing 30 minutes on their new Players card. Guests who provide an email address at the time of enrollment will receive $5 in Fan Club points.

Social Media

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 the Players Club or Cashier Services to receive special promotion emails.

Play and Stay at the Isle

During April earn 500 tier points on your Fan Club card Sunday’s through Thursday’s between 8 p.m. and 12 p.m. (midnight) and stay the night on us! Or on Friday 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. You 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 April for your refund! Then, 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. Guests must redeem bus ticket at the Players Club or Cashier Services. Limit one bus redemption per person per day.

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Snag a Smile

You could walk away with $1,000 CASH Fridays and Saturdays, April 2 through the 30.

We’re picking three lucky guaranteed winners every hour. Players must select a smiley face inside our claw machine, and then pull the smiley face’s tag to reveal a prize. Earn one free entry and additional entries with play. See guest services for rules and additional details. Excludes Friday, April 1.

Unlock Some Smiles

Lady Luck has your key to fun times and CASH! Come in and Unlock up to $500 every Tuesday in April during our Unlock Some Smiles giveaway. One winner will be chosen every half hour from Noon to 6 p.m.! Guests will receive keys based on Fan Club tier. If the guest has the winning key, they will unlock $500! Each guest called is guaranteed a cash prize. See guest services for rules and additional details.

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Fridays and Saturdays in April from Noon to 9 p.m. you could be a winner. Two seats will be chosen every hour to win $50 dollars in promo chips and their table mates will win $10 in promo chips! If you’re in the winning hot seat, we’ll give you a drawing slip for our Electronics Frenzy Giveaway on May 1 where you could go home with some great prizes, including a 42” television! If a player is not in the Hot Spot, the $50 rolls into the progressive which will be awarded during the last drawing. See table games for rules and additional details.

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Teleflora Giveaway

Giving gifts just became more fun! Join us on Friday and Saturday, April 29 and 30 from Noon to 8 p.m. Players who earn 100 unadjusted tier points will receive a FREE gift card worth $15 towards a bouquet of flowers from Teleflora®.

Earn up to two gift cards per day. See guest services for rules and additional details.

Jackpot Frenzy #2: Start March 28 through June 4

Jackpot payouts just got a whole lot sweeter! 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 from April 28 through noon on June 4. On April 26, 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.

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.

Spin, Win, & Grin Mystery Point Multiplier

Earn up to 20 Times Points Thursdays in April. Spin the wheel from NOON until 8 p.m. in the promotions area and try to score up to 20 times points on slots. Plus you get 5 times points on video poker. See guest services for rules and additional details.

New Member

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.

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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.

Play And Stay

Play More, Be Happy and stay for free with your friends at Lady Luck! Earn 500 Tier Score points Sunday through Thursday between 8 p.m. and midnight for a free room in the Lady Luck hotel tower. On Fridays play 800 Tier Score Points between 8 p.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 $22 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

There are now even more chances to win in the Lady Luck Poker Room. The new Monte Carlo Jackpots are up and running with 12 individual progressive prizes! There are jackpots for Royal Flushes, Straight Flushes and any 4 of a kind. Visit the Lady Luck Poker Room, located on the second floor, for details and updated jackpot amounts.

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Table Games

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.

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Make sure you are here Fridays through Sundays in April so you can earn even more entries for your play in our 2016 Jeep Compass giveaway! Simply swipe your A-Play Card at any promotional kiosk to active your entry multiplier for that day: 5X entries on Fridays, 10X entries on Saturdays, up to 100X on Sundays and a guaranteed 100X ENTRIES ON FRIDAY APRIL 29! Play away so you can drive away, at Golden Mardi Gras and Golden Gates Casinos!

Flower Wheel Kiosk Game

Every Wednesday in April, come in to win up to $1,000 cash, FreePlay and other great prizes in our Flower Wheel Kiosk Game! Swipe your A-Play Club® Card at any promotional kiosk with no point requirement for the first swipe and get an additional swipe after earning 200 base points on the day of the promotion. Enjoy kiosk fun with us, here at the Mardi Gras and Gates Casinos!

Thursday Point Multipliers

Make Thursday’s your day to play big and earn points 3X faster with our 3X Points Thursdays in April. Come in and swipe at any promotional kiosk to activate your point multiplier each Thursday and your slot points will multiply faster than ever. Point multiplier is valid for all card tiers, valid on slot machines (video poker excluded) and multiplied points are awarded the following day. Come see how far your play can take you at the Mardi Gras and Gates Casinos, where Denver plays!

Cinco De Mayo Buffet

Come enjoy Cinco De Mayo fun, food and drink specials, Thursday, May 5. Enjoy our Mexican Fiesta Buffet at Bourbon Street Buffet for just $14.99, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Also enjoy frozen margaritas and festive Mardi Gras beads! When you join us for our fiesta feast, you will receive a free frozen margarita with each buffet purchase.

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Bring the special mom in your life in for her special day, Sunday, May 8. Earn just 250 base points or 3 hours of tracked Table Games play and you can take home a beautiful watch, earrings and necklace set! Don’t miss the perfect gift for that perfect someone! Also enjoy our special Mother’s Day Buffet, complete with mimosas, for just $14.99, 11a.m.-8 p.m.

Tuesday/Wednesday Tournaments

Win BIG Tuesdays and Wednesdays in May with our Slot and Video Poker Tournaments, open to everyone! Each Tuesday (except May 31), play our $1,000 Slot Tournament and on Wednesdays, try our $1,000 Video Poker Tournament! Play 50 points for your first round and 100 points for each additional round, both days 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Don’t miss your share of $1,000, at the Golden Mardi Gras casino, where Denver plays!

Night Owl Specials

If you work in Black Hawk or Central City or you are simply a Night Owl, we have great specials for you from 2 a.m.-8 a.m.! All guests who earn 50 base points may play our Night Owl Kiosk Game to win food or FreePlay. Our Service Industry Special for casino workers offers 1 free premium liquor drink and 30% off food (with valid employee ID or gaming license). So join us where it pays to be a Night Owl, at the Golden Mardi Gras and Golden Gates Casinos!

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Tuesday at our Z Stop Gas Station. See Club Z for complete details.

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Who wants a discount on gas?

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Just earn 10 same day base points before 11 p.m. and receive a voucher for a free Double Down Breakfast at Club Z! Receive your voucher from the promotional kiosk.

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Earn 75 same day base points, redeem your bus ticket at Club Z and receive $25 in Z-Play.

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Stop by Z Cafe located on the second floor of Z Casino to get your favorite Cappuccino, Latte, Mocha and much more.

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Stop by Z Casino’s Mustang Grill and try our specialties which include the amazing Prime Rib dinner or Famous Z Ribs now only $7.77 with your Club Z Card. Located on the 3rd floor of Z Casino.

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Join us every Friday through Sunday for our Roll the Dice table game drawings. Win a drawing for your chance to win up to $100 in promo chips at each drawing. Drawings are from 4 p.m.-10 p.m. every other hour.

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Central City Nuggets $150,000 Camaro Giveaway Drawings

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Stop in at the Z Stop gas station each week to spin and win. Winning is as easy as 1) swipe your Club Z card into the promotional kiosk inside the station, 2) play the spin and win game and 3) get up to Z Casino and activate your prize within 30 minutes. If you don’t have your Club Z player’s card, you can print a new one inside at the Z Stop too! Free Z-Play prizes are available at Z Casino (Black Hawk) only.

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Every Wednesday through Sunday from April 3-June 17 join us for our $150,000 Camaro Giveaway 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. On June 18 from 1 p.m.- Midnight every hour we will have one drawing winner for $150 in Z-Play. Earn entries from April 3 through June 18 with every 250 points at 9:30 p.m. we will have one Tahiti Trip for two winners and four $500 in Z-Play winners.

Silver Tsunami Club 60+

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 menu item valued up to $12 and a free nonalcoholic soft drink, coffee or tea. Just one more way to win at the Z!

Club Z card

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.

Who wants a discount on gas?

Earn your base points Monday through Sunday and

receive up to $1.50 off per gallon the following Tuesday at our Z Stop Gas Station. See Club Z for complete details.

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Just earn 10 same day base points before 11 p.m. and receive a voucher for a free Double Down Breakfast!

Receive your voucher from the promotional kiosk. Join us every Friday this month for our $3.99 Prime Rib Dinner special. 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 2 hours from the time on your receipt. You will receive $5 in Z-Play or $3 Cash back!

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Prime Rib Dinner

Try our amazing Prime Rib dinner or Famous Z Ribs now only $7.77 with your Club Z Card, located on the second floor of Johnny Z’s Casino.

Z Cafe

Stop by Z Cafe located on the second floor of Johnny Z’s to get your favorite Cappuccino, Latte, Mocha and much more.

Birthday

Come celebrate your birthday with us. New and existing members play our kiosk game to win free Z-Play.

Roll the Dice

Join us every Monday through Thursday this month for our Roll the Dice table game drawings. Win a drawing for your chance to win up to $100 in promo chips at each drawing. Drawings are from 1 p.m.-11 p.m. every other hour.

Hottest Table Games

Play the Hottest Table Games in Central City at Johnny Z’s Casino every day from 10 p.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.

April 19 - May 2, 2016

Central City Nuggets Central-city.cnty.com Race of the Century: Win A New Honda Civic

Qualify on Fridays/Saturdays 4-11 p.m. and Sundays 2-8 p.m. – Apr. 8-May 30 Two winners drawn each hour race for a share of $250 Insta-Play & CAR FINALIST entries! $300 Cash Prize at 11p.m. Fri/ Sat, 8 p.m. Sun! Win hourly $1,000 cash prizes – Memorial Day, May 30 2 p.m.-8 p.m.! Win the car – Memorial Day, May 30, at 10 p.m.! Earn entries even easier with just 50 base points on your Player’s Club card starting April 4!

Every hour we will draw two winners who will compete on our Race of the Century game board! The winner pulls down $200 Insta-Play and three car finalist entries, and 2nd place is awarded $50 Insta-Play and one finalist entry. For the last drawing of each day, $300 Cash is the

prize for our race winner. Memorial Day, Monday, May 30 is our final blowout event! Qualifying drawings and races will be held hourly from 2 p.m. -8 p.m. with $1,000 Cash and 10 Finalist Entries as the prize for winning! Then, at 10 p.m. we draw 10 names from our Finalist Barrel who draw envelopes filled with $100 Insta-Play prizes, or one of them with the key to a Brand New 2016 Honda Civic!

Free Prime Rib Tuesdays

Every Tuesday you can enjoy our Prime Rib Special at the Mid City Grill for free from 11 a.m. with just 150 base points earned on your Player’s Club card that day!

Must redeem for certificate at the Player’s Club prior to being seated for your meal, and must redeem certificate on the same day it is issued. Just play on Tuesdays and eat our most popular meal for free!

New Members

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!

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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 BIGGER BINGO games at 11 a.m., 8 p.m., and one random hourly game Thursday! Players with a Player’s Card can pick up their Bingo card at the Player’s Club one hour before each game.

Military Appreciation Monday

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 InstaPlay 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!

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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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A Tailing Tale A Tailing Tale: Tap! Tap! Tap!

Mines are U s u a l l y , ers who believed, listened and dark and dangerthe ghosts escaped. The three men who ous places filled are reported died were never found and the with strange and By Maggie as a strange mine was sealed because no one creaky noises. g l o w i n g would go back to work. Those Magoffin Tap! Tap! Tap! light at the who escaped told how they If you’re lucky, end of a tun- heeded the warning knocking a mine will bless nel that sud- and saw the Tommy Knockers you with gold and denly takes as they raced for the entrance a lucky strike can on human just ahead of the mine collapsmake you rich beform and ing. yond your wildest then vanishIt is said that sometimes at dreams. es in a misty night, if you sit quietly and lisTap! Tap! Tap! white cloud. ten near the entrance to that If you’re unMaggie@maggiempublications.com Skeptics say abandoned mine you can still lucky, a mine it is prob- hear the tapping of the Tommy can snatch your ably just a mixture of gases and Knocker’s picks as they mine breath, crush your skull, or send dust. However, if you see such the gold left behind. Some say you plummeting to an early an enigma, they warn you to you can hear the faint echo of grave. get out. Don’t wait! An explo- their voices beneath the hills Tap! Tap! Tap! sion is imminent! It may be a of Gilpin County and if you’re Is it any wonder that mines ghost but it may be the Tommy lucky and you believe you may are places of rumor, legends, Knockers giving the warning. In find a small nugget or two, and lore? either case, it is wise to take no- maybe some placer gold in the Tap! Tap! Tap! tice. There are those who didn’t creek that the Tommy Knockers Just superstitions? and those who barely made it dropped there just for you.

Tap! Tap! Tap! Another tale tells of an unWhen the Cornish miners out in time.

According to legend, there is lucky miner named Charlie who came to Gilpin County in the 1800s to join the search for an abandoned gold mine in Gil- became a target of the Tommy gold, they brought with them pin County that still holds great Knockers. They drove him their belief in Tommy Knockers. treasure but no one will enter crazy, pelting him with stones, According to legend, Tommy the mine because of the Tommy stealing his tools, blowing out Knockers have been around for Knockers. They say three men his lantern. He couldn’t figure thousands of years, beginning died there because they ignored out why they were picking on in the tin mines in the days of the warning while four oth- him in particular. Then one day, the Roman Empire. Some said the knockers were the ghosts of Jews who had been brought by the Romans as slaves to work in the Cornish mines. Others believed the knockers were the spirits of miners who had died in the mines or they had the spirits of souls who hadn’t been good enough to make it to heaven but hadn’t been bad enough to go to hell. Exactly what their origins are is unclear. However, even today many miners believe them to be very real.

Tommy Knockers are generally considered to be friendly and helpful but mischievous.

They may eat your lunch, hide your tools, knock your hardhat off your head, tweak your ear and possibly even appear as the 'Ave you 'eard of the Tommy Knockers In the deep dark mines of the ghost of some miner who died west. Which Cornish miners 'ear? And 'tis no laughin' jest, For I'm a in the mine years ago.

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Charlie heard a voice calling to him from inside a tunnel, “Charlie! I want my five dollars!”

Charlie was so surprised he dropped his tools. The voice sounded like his old friend, Andy, who died in a cave-in several months earlier. Charlie had borrowed five dollars from Andy and never returned it.

A trembling Charlie approached the dark passageway and confirmed his fear when there before him stood Andy’s ghost shrunk to the size of a twofoot dwarf with a big ugly head, large ears, and a crooked nose.

He wore a peaked hat, a leather jacket, and water-soaked leather boots.

“Give me back my five dollars! Charlie!” Andy demanded.

“I don’t have your money on me, Andy,” Charlie pleaded.

“I’ve heard that before,” said Andy, “I didn’t believe it then and I don’t believe it now!”

The Tommy Knocker then disappeared leaving a fearful Charlie to wonder what the ghost might do next. He soon found out when his ladder was shaken so hard he almost fell.

The loud tapping noise of an invisible drill nearly drove him mad and he just missed being buried by a rock fall. Through it all Andy’s voice taunted, “Give me back my five dollars, Charlie!”

“All right, Andy, all right!”

Charlie yelled back. “I’ll get your five dollars!” Abandoning his work for the day, the terrorized miner made the long climb to the surface and took five silver dollars from the moneybox he kept under a loose floorboard of his cabin. He then climbed back down into the mine and laid the five coins on the ground where he’d seen Andy’s ghost. “There’s your five dollars, Andy!”

“It’s about bloody time!” Andy’s voice echoed from the darkness.

“Are you going to leave me alone now?”

The Tommy Knocker appeared before him wearing

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an impish grin, “Maybe.” He scooped up the five silver dollars and then disappeared.

Many legends exist about the Tommy Knockers, their antics and the dangers of ignoring them. It is said if you believe they will work alongside you in the mine and lead you to the richest veins. They may play mischievous pranks, but they will protect you. On the other hand, if you don’t believe and you ignore them, woe to you.

Your days in the mine are numbered.

FROM MAGGIE

Be sure to check out my website for past columns at www.MaggieMPublications. 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.

April 19 - May 2, 2016

Montie was the winner of our Summer of Love Grand Prize, a 2015 Honda CR-V, at Century Casino in Central City.

Catherine won $3,336 on the Dragon Quick Hit slot game at Saratoga Casino Black Hawk.

Victor won $1,352 on the Sizzling 7s slot machines at Saratoga Casino Black Hawk

Victor won $1,349 on the Sizzling 7s slot machines at Saratoga Casino Black Hawk Â

Trenda from Erie won $5360 playing a Game King at Mardi Gras.

John from Aurora won $2400 playing a Triple Stars at Golden Gates.

Richard from Evergreen won $1238 at Mardi Gras.

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orphanage. “I was a sickly little girl when I was young. I had TB.” After Padilla graduated from high school at the orphanage, she did housework for a doctor’s family, working hard to earn her keep.

While living at the Young Women’s Christian Association home in downtown Denver, Padilla was introduced to Al Daley, who would become the director of maintenance for the Denver Tramway Company, which evolved into RTD. After Daley’s retirement, he became a transportation consultant and traveled the world with his wife. The couple lived in Saudi Arabia for two years while Daley consulted on constructing the country’s bus system.

“Being a woman in Saudi Arabia at that time was not easy,” Pepper said. “When Dad was invited to dinner with the sheiks, Mom insisted that she went along, where they dined on camel

meat. She soaked up all the traveling and loved it. My brother and I thought she would have culture shock.”

Today, Padilla is an effervescent woman who mingles among the residents at Eastern Star Masonic Retirement Campus in southeast Denver. Although she lives somewhat independently in an apartment home, she suffers from dementia.

“Everyone turns 102. What’s the big deal,” she said.

Padilla was joined for her birthday celebration by her children. Later that afternoon, her brother Al came to reminisce. They had been reunited in their 20s.

To this day, Padilla continues to dress up every day and socialize with friends she has made in the senior community.

Sometimes, if you are fortunate enough, she will sing an old childhood song for you.

Ermenia “Marie” Padilla entered into this world on Jan. 13, 1914.

She was born into a Spanish family of five other children in the coalmining camp of Ludlow, just 18 miles northwest of Trinidad. Her father Elfego was a coalminer, along with her older brother Joe. Her mom Clorinda cared for the family.

Coalminers in southern Colorado had been on strike for 15 months against John D. Rockefeller, Jr.’s Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, and two other mine owners. The crews were striking for safer and better working conditions.

On April 20, fearful of what might be on the horizon, many of the women and children were evacuated by train to Trini- Marie Daley celebrates her recent 102nd birthdad. day with family, fellow residents and staff at the One the most horrific events in Colo- Masonic Eastern Star retirement center. rado history was about to unravel. try, leading in part to Congress enacting child When the Colorado National Guard and camp guards descended upon the Ludlow labor laws and an eight-hour work week in encampment, 26 people were killed in a bloody 1915.

The Padillas eventually moved to Trinidad. skirmish.

Al was born into the family that next year.

Two women and 11 children who were re“After the Ludlow Massacre, the family kind portedly asphyxiated and burned to death under of split up,” said Bill Daley, Padilla’s eldest son. a single tent.

Padilla is one of the last known remaining “There’s rumors from various parts of the famsurvivors of a tragedy that captured the head- ily about what just happened. Suffice it to say lines and hearts of citizens throughout the coun- my grandfather left the family. My grandmother was left with five children. The oldest one was probably in his teens.”

After three years of trying to make Remains after the Ludlow massacre that killed some two dozen people, including ends meet, Padilla’s mother made the miners’ wives and children. Courtesy photo tough decision to place her three girls in a Catholic orphanage in Pueblo.

As a teen, Padilla and her sisters moved to the Queen of Heaven Catholic Orphanage in northwest Denver. The older son, Joe, would fend for himself as Padilla’s mother raised Al, now 100 years old. Details of the others are uncertain.

“In a Spanish tradition, other children were sent to live with other Spanish families,” Daley said.

“We would just go up Marie Daley is presented a special and take provisions to the cake for her 102nd birthday as she shepherds,” chimed in is surrounded by friends and her Padilla, about her years children Bill Daley and Pepper Ray living with the Ortiz famon the right.

The Padilla family, Alfred, Pepper, Bill and Marie, ily in the San Luis Valley Photos by Tom Barry circa 1960. Courtesy photo before returning to the

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blossoming with pricey t’s springtime in the Rockresidences. ies and DenWith the creation ver Botanic of Riverside Cemetery Gardens is in 1876 and Fairmont blooming, although Cemetery in 1890, this early most flowpeople of means were ering greenery is still quick to plant their deinside the Boettcher By Rosemary Fetter ceased in a more pleasTropical Conserva- callieanne_9@msn.com ant setting. When Mt. tory, where delicate Olivet cemetery opened orchids and a myriad of tropi- in 1891, many Catholics opted to cal plants thrive year-round. The be laid to rest in the new locale, blossoming trees, purple iris and and family members frequently yellow crocuses and daffodils out- removed their deceased from Mt. side, however, are sure signs of Calvary, where the last burial took the spring growth spurt, heralded place in 1908. by the Gardens annual plant sale In 1890, Denver officials May 5 – 7. received permission from ConOne of Denver’s top five cul- gress to use the cemetery lands tural attractions, the Gardens is for a park. When the Diocese of always bustling with activities, Denver secured an injunction from art and sculpture exhib- preventing enforcement of the its, classes, lectures, parties and order against their property, children’s events to plant sales, the City gave up the fight. The summer concerts and spectacular area between 8th and 13th avholiday displays. A stunning oasis enues and Humboldt and Race in the midst of an ever-expanding streets became Cheesman Park, metropolis, the Botanic Gardens renamed in 1908 in honor of celebrates its 65th anniversary Walter S. Cheesman, whose in 2001. But the real story actu- family donated $100,000 to ally began Nov. 22, 1858, when build a pavilion in his honor.

General William Larimer founded To the east, the area bounded Denver City. between York Street and ColoOne of Larimer’s first goals rado Boulevard and 6th and would be to set aside space for a Colfax avenues, remained Conproper burial ground, which in his gress Park, named by a gratemind distinguished a real town ful city relieved to have the from a fly-by-night camp. He decrepit cemetery removed from chose a spot approximately two an exclusive residential district. miles from the city center, a 160- Mt. Calvary, however, remained acre site close enough to be conve- in place. nient for mourners yet far enough On Feb. 22, 1944, the Rocky away that the city’s development Mountain News reported that, would not be affected. He called “Denver Rotary Club memthe new burial ground Mt. Pros- bers have drawn up plans for a pect Cemetery. $600,000 ‘Temple of Rotary’ to As disputes over the land be built in the old Calvary Cemownership developed over the etery grounds. The building, conyears, the U.S. Land Office fi- structed in classical style, would nally claimed the site as federal overlook Cheesman Park and property, subsequently selling it have an unobstructed view of the to the City of Denver for use as a Rockies.” cemetery on March 21, 1872. The If Rotary International had Roman Catholics, who wanted purchased the land, approximatetheir own eternal resting space, ly 8,600 bodies, would be relohad earlier purchased 40 acres cated to Mt. Olivet cemetery. As it out of the 160-acre cemetery from turned out, Rotary International the local undertaker. Their Mt. decided to remain in Chicago and Calvary Cemetery would be more the Rotary building designed by properly cared for than the adja- architect Temple Buell never macent Mt. Prospect, which soon be- terialized. In 1950, the remaining came an eyesore for a subdivision bodies at Mt. Calvary were moved

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In 2014, the Gardens hosted an exhibition by world famous artist Dale Chihuly.

to Mt. Olivet.

About the same time, John and Gladys Cheesman Evans financed a detailed 15-year master plan drawn by landscape architect S.R. De Boer for botanic gardens in Denver. The plan would be supported by the Colorado Forestry and Horticulture Association, which had formed back in 1884 at the behest of Henry M. Porter and Walter Cheesman. Their daughters, Gladys Cheesman Evans and Ruth Porter Waring, would be powerful supporters in the drive to create a public botanical gardens.

After Denver blessed De Boer’s plan, the Botanical Gardens Foundation of Denver, Inc., incorporated on Feb. 3, 1951. The following year, the $1.5 million project would be presented to City Council, which allowed 100 acres in the southeast corner of City Park for the Gardens.

By 1958, problems with vandalism at City Park led the CHFA to consider moving the prospective Botanic Gardens site to the vacated Mt. Calvary land on York Street. The following year, Dr. James and Ruth Porter Waring purchased the Jacques Benedictdesigned house adjacent to the old Mt. Calvary plot, now owned by the City, and transferred ownership to Denver Botanic Gardens.

The official dedication ceremonies took place on Sept. 20, 1959, naming George Whitfield Kelly as the first acting director. Through the Green Thumb News, a publication of the CFHA, Kelly has for years attempted to convince Coloradans that their gardening techniques should be adjusted to suit the state’s unique conditions.

Just five years after Botanic Gardens opened, construction began on the Boettcher Memorial Conservatory. The only such facility in the United States made entirely of concrete and plexiglass, the conservatory was specifically designed to channel humidity so visitors would not need an umbrella when they walked through the building. By 1985, Denver Botanic Gardens had be-

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In 2014, the Gardens hosted the first Rocky Mountain sculpture exhibition by world famous glass artist Dale Chihuly. One of his glass sculptures is now a permanent fixture of the museum.

Along with the York Street location, in March 1973, Denver signed a lease on 750 acres along Deer Creek near Chatfield Dam to be developed and maintained

by Denver Botanic Gardens. Today, that area known as Chatfield Farms is a nature preserve featuring trails, a wildlife observation area, display gardens, educational exhibits, a historical farm, a 19th century one-room schoolhouse, working beehives and picnic areas.

For more information on Denver Botanic Gardens activities and events, visit botanicgardens.org.

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