Weeekly Register Call

By Don Ireland Senior Reporter

If it takes two people to tango or wrangle in an arm-wrestling contest, then how interesting could a debate be if only one candidate shows up? That’s a question circulating Gilpin County this week, days ahead of next Thursday’s GOP political event.

The Gilpin County Republican Committee is promoting a debate scheduled for Thursday, May 2, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Gilpin County Public Library on Highway 119. A GOP-issued debate between Marie Mornis and Jessica Kays. Both are seeking the GOP nomination for the District 1 seat on the Gilpin Board of County Commissioners in the June 25 primary election. The

EVERGREEN - Gov. Jared Polis and Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg recently visited the construction progress at Floyd Hill between Evergreen and Idaho Springs.

“Traveling into the mountains, whether to hike, kayak, ski, visit family, or explore our great communities, is an important part of the Colorado way of life. These improvements will help create easier access to our beautiful high country, and I thank Secretary Buttigieg and the Biden Administration for their continued said.

“Floyd Hill is a challenging section of I-70 to drive, but CDOT’s team is making good progress on thoughtful improvements to make travel through this area smoother and safer. Combined with our expanded transit investments, including the Pegasus service along this stretch of I-70, Coloradans will have better travel options to access the mountains, and all

Director Shoshana Lew.

Polis, joined by Senators Bennet and Hickenlooper and Rep. Neguse, announced Floyd

Hill’s groundbreaking in October 2022. State and federal investments, including a $100 million grant from the Biden administration, made this possible.

The project, included in the Polis administration’s 10-Year Vision Plan, will add a new westminimize congestion and provide Coloradans with more accessible travel into Colorado’s iconic Rocky Mountains. Other improvements include:

• Rebuilding highly used bridges

• Create a frontage road to improve emergency response.

• Extend the on-ramp from U.S. 6 to allow for safer merging.

• Improve roadway curves that create dangerously short lines of sight for drivers.

• Improvements to Floyd Hill will ensure that Coloradans and the many goods

Upcoming debate may become a lopsided afair

meeting will also be live-streamed via Google Meet.

Mornis said she plans to participate in the debate. However, Kays will not. This raises the original question: If just one candidate shows up, how will the intended debate avoid potentially becoming a lopsided debacle?

the Gilpin County Republicans, serving as president and treasurer, respectively. During the past week, three versions of have been circulated around the community and sent to the Weekly Register-Call.

Considered the incumbent, Mornis District 1 BoCC term in late 2022

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Polis welcomes Buttigieg to Colorado, discusses Floyd Hill infrastructure improvement progress

moving through the I-70 corridor can travel from the front range to the mountain areas and congestion.

Gov. Jared Polis and Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speak at the Floyd Hill construction site.

Photo courtesy CDOT

hand look at the construction progress. In the center is Gilpin County Commissioner Marie Mornis. See page 7 for more.

Photo by Don Ireland

Who’s on frst with the GOP, praise for Nicholson

In the old movie days of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello they had a gag comedy of “Who’s on First.” It went on and on with the two famous comedians.

I think the Gilpin County GOP may be channeling Bud and Lou in lining up a debate between the two District 1 candidates. We’ll see how it all turns out. ***’

On other fronts that involve major citizen participation, former State Senator Jeanne Nicholson is looking for potential sites and opportunities to build single-story housing units for senior citizens. Most recently, looking in the Central City where water, sewer, and electricity are readily available. Do any natives have any ideas to assist our noble ex-senator in her search?

Along with the 47-year resident Nicholneed childcare. Volunteers have organized the Gilpin Mountain Kids Early Childhood Learning Center and are currently work-

IRS. They have put the paperwork together and are forming a Board of Directors, by-laws, and governing documents.

This group will replace the former Eagles’ Nest leadership with the building site owned by Gilpin County on the edge of the Gilpin County school complex. Interestingly, Jeanne Nicholson helped organize that group years ago and has stepped forward again to assist the new voluna place for the children’s care and early education.

It would seem District 2 Congressman Joe Neguse could step into this project and move it along quickly before next September’s school year begins. Working parents need assistance with their child-

gifts to the new childcare center.

I’d like to congratulate Jeannie Nicholson on her leadership and dedication to Gilpin County residents. THANK YOU, JEANNIE!

Lexus GX 550 has twin-turbo power

Great vehicles keep arriving, and my favorites are the hybrids and all-gasoline engine models. EVs have diminished in popularity and are limited to short daily commutes. The challenge is a shortage of charging stations, especially in rural areas.

Arriving this week is a fully equipped Lexus classic GX 550 with a $84,395 price tag. This is a larger SUV with a 3.4L /V6 twinturbo engine and a towing capacity of 6,955 lbs. It can tow a ship.

The powerful engine is linked to a 10-speed direct shift automatic transmission with a comprehensive list of driving modes starting with ECO, comfort, normal, sport S, and sport S+. Using the sport models for mountain drives and the eco mode for downhill drives back into Denver. Even the ECO mode haderation.

With that much torque and power, the model has a double-wishbone front suspension and a four-link coil spring rear suspension. The GX 550 rides on 22” six-twin spoke alloy wheels with 265/55 all-season tires. Adaptive variable suspension (AVS) controls the suspension.

Driving comfort is ensured with semi-aniline leather-trimmed captain seats and 10-way drivers and eight-way passenger

heated and ventilated power front seats with messaging seats. With a total of six-passenger seating, the second-row seats have heated captain chairs. There is power-folding third-row seating. A unique feature in the front seating center console is a “Cool Box,” a front console charginging stations in the vehicle. The second-row seating has for-way adjustable door sunshades.

The center console has a 14-inch display Lexus interface with a full range of apps, including a Mark Levinson 21 premium speaker surround sound system. Six USB ports also support Wireless Apple Car Play and Android compatibility.

Safety is always a sig-

Lexus line with a Lexus 3.0 system that includes precollision with pedestrian detection and intersection support, road sign and lane

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The power and performance make this an impressive drive, and the strong frame and comfortable seating add to the overall top-drawer quality of this award-winning model. Triple-beam headlights, LED fog lamps, a windshield wiper deicer, and a headlamp washer assist nighttime driving.

The BX 550 has a powerful design and automatic power-extending running boards to enter the sleek “Eminent White Pearl easily” painted SUV.

This classy, sassy model is loaded to the hilt with comfort and performance. It rates high in the luxury brands and is worth the price.

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To debate or not debate — that is the question

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following the unexpected passing of Web Sill (R). She now seeks the local party’s nomination to continue as commissioner in the county primary on June 25.

District 1 includes the county’s southern section, including the cities of Black Hawk and Central.

Jessica (Lovinger)

Kays is also vying for the nomination.

Starting in 2008, she served eight years as Gilpin County’s elected Clerk and Recorder. Kays is currently

Broncos draft party!

Come join the gang at the Elks Lodge Central City tonight (Thursday, April 25) for the Broncos Draft Party. All NFL team fans are welcome and should come dressed in their fan gear and root on their favorite team as the next class of pro football players are selected.

Free snacks will be available along with drink specials.

Central City, 113 Main St.

summer in style with the 4th Annual Kentucky Derby Extravaganza on May 4.

Come dressed in derby attire and hats or as in street cloths and take in the horse races. Discounted Classic Mint Julep drinks will be served all day (noon to midnight).

an executive assistant and Information Technology consultant with Teryx, a has a contract with Gilpin County’s government.

debate in a way that echoed an upcoming boxing match, billing it as “Incumbent Marie Mornis vs. Challenger Jessica Kays.” A third version, issued on Monday, toned down the volume, reading, “Republican Commissioner District 1 Candidates: Incumbent Marie Mornis, Challenger Jessica Kays. A newly added a disclaimer, “If any candidate should miss an event, it would remain scheduled with the other candidates.”

“The Kays campaign has not agreed or even been included in any of this event,” Kays told the Weekly Register-Call. “I have expressed that I am more than willing to participate in a large-format debate. My expectations would be for advanced publicity and mutual respect to each campaign including collaboration and joint agreements.”

Kays added, “Even though I have sent multiple

messages (email and voice), the Kays campaign has not agreed, or even been included in any of the details, to this event.”

Mornis told the Weekly RegisterCall, “The debate is part of the monthly GCRC meeting. It is open to the public. A retired judge from will be the moderator. At this point in time, the details of the amount of time per question and rebuttal, the number of ques tions, etc. have not been determined. It has been suggested that a committee of two registered Gilpin County Republicans and assigned. Only questions germane to Gilpin County issues will be allowed.”

Meanwhile, the GOP said interested parties can email possible questions for the debate to Brenda Diehl, the committee’s secretary, at GCRCGilpin@gmail. com by Tuesday, April 30. Those submitting questions must also submit their name, address and party

If Kays doesn’t attend, Mornis will answer questions alone—a situation resembling the tango without two partners or a solo participant in an armwrestling contest. How-

a local candidates’ debate has gone awry in Gilpin County.

Two years ago, a debate was scheduled for various Gilpin County candidates at the Gilpin Community Center. The two people running for the District 2 commissioner seat were Susan Berumen (D) and Joe Marr (R). In the race for the Gilpin Clerk and Re-

Sahari McCormick (D) was challenged by Gail Maxwell Crawford, who ran as an Berumen answered questions posed to her, but Marr was out of state and missed the event. Mornis, then the party vice-chair, read his short introductory statement to the audience. Several weeks later, Beru-

McCormick and Crawford turned out for the candidates’ event. However, Crawford introduced herself and said she didn’t plan to participate in the forum. Instead, she opted to sit in the audience section and listen. McCormick answered various questions and later won the election by 58.28 to 41.72 percent.

Gilpin County Democratic Committee has no contested candidates in theken will challenge the Mornis/Kays winner in the fall. In District 3, incumbent Sandy Hollingworth will face two potential challengers this fall: Corey Marshall (R) and Darin Jones, a write-in candidate.

However, the Democrats have already begun introducing their county commissioner candidates throughout the region. The Committee to Re-Elect Sandy Hollingsworth andsor several meet-and-greet events during the coming weeks.

planned for Saturday, April 27, from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at the Howlin Wind Brewery/ Rollinsville.

(Editor’s note: The Weekly Register-Call will accept letters no later than May 26 from candidates and residents supporting those running for county commissioner. Candidates and political parties can purchase advertising for the June 25 primary by calling (303) 906-9902.)

Jessica. Kays,

Marie Mornis

DESPERADOS

Black Hawk Police Report

April 4

Criminal trafc violation—

A BHPD O fcer conducted a trafc stop on a vehicle without a license plate. The O fcer later verbally warned the driver not to operate the motor vehicle until he could get it registered. The driver had insurance and a bill of sale for the vehicle.

April 5

Trespassing —BHPD O fcers were dispatched to the Ameristar Casino on a report of a male party who was permanently trespassed from the property was there. O fcers contacted the male party and issued him a trespass ticket.

Lost property— O fcers responded to the Police Department Lobby regarding lost property.

Criminal trafc violation—A BHPD O fcer stopped a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed on a 15-mile-per-hour road. The O fcer later released the driver with a verbal warning.

Criminal trafc violation—

A BHPD O fcer conducted a trafc stop on a vehicle with no headlights on. The O fcer later released the driver with a verbal warning.

Criminal trafc violation—

A BHPD O fcer responded to Highway 119, Mile Marker 5.8, on the report of a REDDI Report for a vehicle traveling Northbound Highway 119 at Mile Marker 3. The O fcer later located the vehicle at the 5.8 on Highway 119 and conducted a Trafc Stop. After Investigations, the Driver was arrested.

Criminal trafc violation— BHPD O fcers were dispatched to the Ameristar Casino on a Reddi Report. O fcers located the vehicle and initiated a trafc stop. No signs of intoxication were detected, and the male

party was issued a ticket for driving while suspended.

April 6

Criminal trafc violation, dui (alcohol)—O fcers received a REDDI Report. The vehicle was located in the 6300 Block of Highway 119 southbound. The driver was arrested and cited.

Assisted Division of Gaming—O fcers responded to the Horseshoe casino on the report of an underage party on the gaming foor. A male suspect was located, and information was passed on to the Colorado Division of Gaming.

Theft — O fcers received a call about a person in possession of a debit card that was not theirs at the Z Casino located at 101 Gregory Street. The card was seized.

April 7

Criminal trafc violation—

O fcers conducted a trafc stop on Highway 119, mile marker 5.8, on a vehicle with no visible plate. A temp tag from Nevada was located in the back window and had an expiration date of September 2023. A verbal warning was given, and a FI report was completed.

Criminal trafc violation—

O fcers stopped a vehicle with expired plates on Highway 119, mile marker 6. The driver was given a verbal warning, and an FI report was completed.

Criminal trafc violation—

O fcers conducted a trafc stop on a vehicle with no headlights, which started to turn down a one-way street and then attempted a U-turn. A Gilpin County summons was issued for driving without a driver’s license.

Criminal trafc violation—

O fcers stopped a vehicle with no headlights at 6300 Highway 119. The driver was given a

warning.

Criminal trafc violation— O fcers observed a vehicle in the 6300 block of southbound Highway 119 driving carelessly. The driver was stopped and given a warning.

Assisted Division of Gaming—BHPD ofcers responded to the Wild Card Casino on an assist to the Division of Gaming. The same male was later involved in a diferent report, but the reporting parties did not want to press charges.

Stolen vehicle—An ofcer from the Black Hawk Police Department responded to the Lodge Casino on a report of a stolen vehicle. The case remains open for further investigation.

Miscellaneous incidents, forgery (counterfeiting documents) — O fcer Adler responded to the Monarch Casino for a fraudulent bill. Item collected and report taken.

Public peace — Monarch Casino called in a disturbance in one of their hotel rooms between a male and female. Disturbance was verbal only over lost money. No one was injured and no crime was committed. Warning given regarding noise complaints.

Animal cruelty —O fcers were on an area check at Horseshoe Casino when they observed a dog inside a vehicle. The temperature was 26 degrees outside, 18 with wind chill. O fcers were unable to locate the owner and took the dog to Charlie’s Place to be safe and warm.

April 8

Criminal trafc violation — O fcer Sayers initiated a trafc stop in the 400 block of Main Street for a vehicle driving at a high rate of speed. The driver stated she was driving 40 MPH.

The driver was given a warning for 40 in a 15 MPH zone.

Theft —BHPD O fcers responded to the Ameristar Casino and Hotel on the report of a stolen wallet being taken from the smoker’s patio. Upon investigation, a female suspect was identifed and was confrmed to be staying in a room in the hotel. O fcers made contact, issued a summons, and returned all belongings to the victim.

Damaged property —O fcer Adler responded to the Black Hawk Public Works building at 987 Miners Road for damage to a city vehicle. A report was taken.

Damaged property—Offcer Espinosa responded to the Black Hawk Fire Department on the report of property damage to a fre truck.

Ambulance assist—O fcers responded to the Horseshoe Casino for an unresponsive female in a hotel room. On scene, ofcers determined the female was conscious and breathing and was checked by paramedics.

Miscellaneous incidents— O fcers responded to Bally’s North for an ID check. The casino patron requested the O fcer to clear her to let the casino know she was over the age of 21 to be able to gamble. The patron was cleared and was over the age of 21.

Theft —A report came in of a wallet that was lost and then found, but $400 was missing. Casino surveillance was reviewed, and the cameras showed no proof that money was stolen, and no suspect was identifed.

Theft, failure to appear— O fcers responded to the Ameristar Casino on a theft report. The cell phone was returned to the owner before police arrived. However, a party associated

with the person who returned the phone was arrested for two warrants and booked into the Gilpin County jail.

Obstructing justice, possession of a controlled substance amphetamine —BHPD O fcers responded to a call at the Lodge Casino for a welfare check. Upon speaking with two female parties, one of the females was determined to have a statewide extradition warrant. The female party was arrested and transferred to Jeferson County jail.

April 9

Miscellaneous incidents—

O fcers responded to a motorist assist in the Z Casino parking lot. The registered owner needed a jump start, but ofcers were unsuccessful in assisting him. The owner called a friend to come tow his vehicle.

Miscellaneous incidents—

O fcers took a report on a citizen complaint about unfair gaming at the 3-card table. The citizen had already spoken to Gaming and requested that BHPD document his complaint.

April 10

Crash and dash —O fcers were driving southbound on Main Street near the intersection of Main Street and Richman Street when they noticed damage to a street light pole. A report was taken.

Drunkenness—BHPD responded to an intoxicated party call who was sitting in the driver’s seat of his van inside the Dakota Parking lot. Upon investigation, the male party agreed to sit at the Horseshoe Casino and wait for a bus to take him back to the Denver Metro area.

Trespassing—O fcer Adler was dispatched to the Monarch Casino for a trespass issue. The suspect was located and issued a summons.

U.S. Highway 6 will be closed overnight on Monday, April 29

CDOT plans to close Clear Creek Canyon (Highway 6) for tunnel inspection overnight on Monday, April 29, beginning at 8 p.m. The highway is expected to reopen at 8 a.m. on Tuesday.

Motorists are recommended to use I-70 at the alternate detour route.

Work on the Peaks to Plains Huntsman Gulch trail system also will impact drivers along Highway 6 between 5 a.m. and 7 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays. Motorists should continue to anticipate single-lane closures along the canyon between mile markers 267 and 271.5, which also involve the trail project.

CDOT notes that all times and dates are weather-dependent.

Clear Creek Canyon (U.S. 6) is a heavily traveled road connecting the casino city of Black Hawk.

Beginning in late-April and lasting through mid-May, motorists can expect grading operations for drainage along U.S. 40 between the

per day (each up to 10 minutes long) on U.S. 40 only. Holds are necessary to ensure the safety of motorists, as rocks are expected to roll down the hill and land on U.S. 40. These operations will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday.

To avoid delays on U.S. 40, motorists should stay on I-70. Additional details will be forthcoming in upcoming editions.

Floyd Hill projects

I-70 Floyd Hill project between the Central City Parkway/Hidden Valley exit (Exit 243) and the Veterans Memorial Tunnels east of Idaho Springs.

Throughout parts of the construction zone, speed limits have been doubled for those ticketed for speeding in the construction zones.

It is possible there will be daytime changes occurring in the West Section, too, depending on work progress and the weather.

CDOT said there is no detour in the vicinity to avoid the $700 million road-improvement project, scheduled to continue through 2028. CDOT said motorists should remain on I-70 as the shortest route to Denver or the ski resorts to the west of the project.

U.S. 40 and Floyd Hill roundabouts

65 (top of Floyd Hill) is expected to end today, Thursday, April 25.

During the closure, crews removed the existing pavement, paved with new asphalt, built a curb and gutter, and installed lighting. The work is weather-dependent and subject to change. CDOT detoured

U.S. 40.

Courtesy Trail buses

The Clear Creek Greenway trail remains closed between the U.S. 6 (Exit 244) and Hidden Valley (Exit 243) interchanges for construction and utility work in this area. This work is scheduled to last until spring 2024, but trail users can expect ongoing trail impacts and closures through the end of 2027 as crews complete trail improvements and use the trail as an equipment staging area to complete bridge construction. This one-mile portion of the trail will be an active construction zone and will be unsafe for multi-use travel. Other segments of the trail will remain open.

demand courtesy shuttle operating seven days a week, 8 a.m. to 6

at the east and west ends of the trail closure. Once you arrive at either end of the trail closure, dial 720-760-2718 and the shuttle will pick you up and drive you to the opposite side. Please plan ahead and visit the Clear Creek Greenway Trail webpage for more information on the shuttle service. The service is expected to continue through Sept. 30.

Eisenhower-Johnson tunnel closings

Due to construction work, short power outages can be anticipated at the Eisenhower Johnson Memorial Tunnel once or twice a week for the held for 15-30 minutes at the entrance of the tunnel.

CDOT and contractor partner Myers Construction are working on a drainage, plumbing and heat trace project in the 1.5-mile-long tunnel west of Clear Creek County on Interstate 70. The work is being coordinated with other projects to upgrade the infrastructure at the Eisenhower Tunnel.

Project overview

The $700 million I-70 Floyd Hill project will build a third westbound I-70 travel lane, which will function as an Express Lane, to improve the current two-lane bottleneck heading down Floyd Hill westbound. The new toll lane that will end near the Veterans Memorial Tunnels.

• Constructing a missing two-mile section of the frontage road between Evergreen and Idaho Springs.

• Building an eastbound I-70 extended on-ramp for slow-moving vehiwithin the project limits.

• Improving sight distance on roadway curves. Improving the Clear Creek Greenway trail. Implementing environmental mitigation to create safer wildlife movements and improve air and water quality and stream conditions and recreation.

Driver cautions

CDOT said motorists should expect narrower lanes and shoulders, reduced the work zones. All construction activities are weather-dependent and subject to change. During construction, the existing I-70 travel lanes will remain open in each direction during peak daytime travel hours. Lane closure hours for the duration of construction will vary based on the season, day of the week, number of lanes being closed and travel direction.

Winter driving tips

• Know before you go by checking out the latest weather conditions and visiting COtrip.org for road conditions.

• Make sure your vehicle is winter-ready with the appropriate tires for

• Once you are out on the road, take it slow and leave plenty of following distance.

• Give plows space! Stay back three to four car lengths from snowplows.

• Use Bustang, Pegasus or Snowstang to visit ski resorts and mountain towns along I-70. Visit ridebustang.com for more information.

• Change your peak travel time. Visit GoI70.com/travel for a weekend travel forecast to help you plan your trip.

Project sections

The Floyd Hill project is divided into three sections. The East Section is from the west of Evergreen to midway down Floyd Hill near the Black Hawk interchange (Exit 244). The West Section is from near Exit 243 (Central City Parkway) to the Veterans Memorial Tunnels near Idaho Springs. The Central Section is from the middle of Floyd Hill through Exit 243 (Central City/Hidden Valley exit). The east section began this spring and continues through June 2026. The West section is expected to start this fall and will conclude in the fall of 2027. The Central section has begun and will continue into 2028. The East part of the project includes installing two new

For additional info

announcements for the week ahead, sign up at www. codot.gov/projects/ You can also sign up for text alerts, sent out ahead of rock word and lowercase) to 21000. A hotline is available at 720-994-2368. Sign up for emails online at

. For additional information, visit

For information on the Highway 6/Clear Creek Canyon project being con. Phone information is available at 720-893-0403. The email address is peak2plains@gmail.com. For realtime travel information, visit www.COtrip.org.

Photo courtesy CDOT.

Kraemer crew conducts rock scaling work on eastbound side of Floyd Hill project.

Community leaders view progress of Belvidere theater

By Peter Droege and Don Ireland

While work continues on the historic Belvidere Theater, a group of invited guests braved chilly weather to view the construction progress during a tour of the historic Central City building last week.

About two dozen guests, invited by the Save the Belvidere Foundation, saw how the exterior brickwork progress has continued. With asbestos abatement completed, those participating got to view the forthcoming construction phase with structural reinforcements and other projects. The visitorslights and had to watch where they stepped inside the building, whiches due for additional upgrades.

The tour was followed by a reception next door at city hall, where leaders from Central City Council, Gilpin County Commissioners, Central City Opera, and others involved in the ongoing renovations got to talk and warm up after touring the dark and unheated Belvidere.

Central City Mayor Jeremy Fey welcomed the gathering. He thanked the Belvidere Foundation the building as a center of community activity for area residents and visitors. Ray Rears, Gilpin County Manager, who helped lead early

City, also attended the gathering. Scott Finlay, president and CEO of the Central City Opera, said he hoped that once renovations are complete, there might be opportunities for collaboration with the Belvidere, which is planned to be used as a community center.

Eric Chinn, director of historic properties for the Central City Opera, led a tour of the building. He recalls how the western portion

of the building, previously called Wisebart Hall and the “ShooFly” bar, was one of the few structures to that destroyed most of Central’s downtown buildings. He pointed out that the recent paint removal from the exterior burn mark dating

For more than a century, the building changed ownership and uses. It was a center for arts andment, a dance hall, a dinner theater, a gymnasium for the local school district, an automotive-repair garage, a beveragecreation facility and other purposes. During the mid-1970s, a part of a movie, The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox, was Belvidere with actors Goldie Hawn and George Segal.

During the tour, Kevin Wright, a native of Black Hawk and an emeritus member of the Belvidere Foundation Board, shared how he had been the projectionist in the Belvidere when movies were shown there in the 1970s. He recalled an evening the upper portion

of the building and who could not detect

After the large, ornate lowered ceiling was removed last fall as part of the asbestos abatement, Kevin noted thataged several beams above. Everyone on the tour agreed it was lucky the building did not burn down.

Jack Hidahl, president emeritus of the Belvidere Foundation board, shared his hopes that, upon renovation, the Belvidere will provide Gilpin County with a place where everyone can gather for conversation. He added that an unintended consequence of the legalization of gaming was that it took away many gathering places where residents enjoyed

meeting one another. He hoped the Belvidere would provide space for a new generation of residents to gather.

Among those who were invited for the private tour were County Commissioners Susan Berumen and Marie Mornis; Central City aldermen Kara Tinucci, Todd WilBusiness Improvement District Executive Director Joe Behm; Central City Downtown Development Authority Board member Chuck

The Gilpin County Commissioners transferred ownership of the Belvidere to the City of Central in

underway to plan renovations. The City of Central dedicates a portion of Colorado Historic Preservation grant money annually to the

lion grant to support the renovation. Other foundations, including Boettcher, El Pomar, and the Gates

The Belvidere Foundation Board includes Peter Droege, president; Thielemann, corresponding secretary; and Eric Chinn, events chair.

(Peter Droege and Don Ireland contributed to this story.)

Save the Belvidere Foundation President Peter Droege led the tour through the formerlight because the building currently has no electricity or plumbing.

Photos by Don Ireland

New microbrewery to open in May in mid-Gilpin

By Don Ireland Senior Reporter

Something Very Nice will be happening at Gilpin’s mid-county area in May.

Very Nice, as in Very Nice Brewing, that is.

Susan Green will open aing guests a variety of beer choices and a colossal view of Golden Gate State Park. It will be the second location for Very Nice Brewing, which has been in Nederland since the fall of 2012.

While an exact opening day hasn’t been estabfacility at 180 Jankowski Drive will bring in some of its beers for customers from the other location as new adult beverages are being created. Once beers are produced on-site, Very Nice Brewing plans to hold a grand opening event. “It’ll probably be sometime in May, although I don’t know exactly when,” according to Green. “First, we’ll open up the taproom and give people a look at what we’re doing. We’ll be selling the Very Nice beer from our other facility, although they’re all Very Nice beers.”

Green said the name “Very Nice” came from a line in the old comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail. “I always thought that would be a fun name for a beer,” mused Green. “Some things in life just stick in your head, and the name was one of those things that stuck. That was back in college, many, many years ago.”

Why the mid-county location? “The main reason,” explained Green, “is to own our own place. As anyone is

aware from watching small businesses with rents and leases, you can’t always rely on your interests being aligned with your landlord’s interests. That’s not an indictment against landlords, but we decided we needed our own space.”

In 2016, The Greens purchased the Jankowski Drive property across Highway 119 from the Gilpin County Human Services building and close to the car wash. “It’s always been our plan to eventually own our own location.”

“We have about 20 taps, with beer. We’ll do everything from dark beers to light ones-anything that our imagination can come up with. We’ve been experimenting with hazy beers and other types. We’ll do anything we can have fun with, such as cherry beer,” said Green. “We also plan on having a cold-brewed

anything else that hits our fancy. There are other products, like hop water, that are non-alcoholic, too. We will have non-alcoholic beer, although it won’t be brewed by us. There is an awesome market for nonalcoholic beer because of advances in technology. You can now buy 0.0-percent non-alcoholic beers today.”

Very Nice Brewing’s most popular beverage is its Indian Pale Ale (called IPA). “Other than that, people tend to get seasonal. During the winter, they like to drink dark beers, and in the summer, they drink light beers,” explained Green. “We’ll be doing some kveiks [using Norwegian yeast] and some lagers.” Green’s assistant brewer is Ariell Ray, who has spent nearly a year with Very

an opportunity to brew. I went to school for baking and pastries. It takes the same kind of knowledge and focus on attention to brew that it does for baking. I’d never heard of that Monty Python movie until I started working here.”

Does brewing at an altitude above 9,000 feet create challenges for a brewer? “Yes. Cooking, in general, said Green. “However, with that being said, I’ve always brewed at altitude. I would change what I do if I went down below [to the Front Range] because I’ve always brewed up here. Everything I do is geared toward highaltitude brewing.”

Those who drive to the new Very Nice location will park in the lot, walk through the brewery operation and into the taproom area. The bar area has large windows and outdoor seating. Both give patrons a scenic view east of the Golden Gate Canyon State Park. “The big back patio

“Tap houses have traditionally been places where families can come. It will be a place where people can bring their kids, and things won’t get too out of control, although I can’t say it’s never gotten out ofent atmosphere from a bar. For the children, we’ll have sodas, water, kombucha and juices.”

wraps around one of the corners of the building,” explained Green. “You get a beautiful view of Golden Gate. We plan on having

served. We love having a big patio because our taproom is relatively small compared to it. There will be heaters on the back pasnows come.”

In Green’s opinion, he thinks of microbreweries versus the corporate companies the way that average people look at a mom-andpop operation versus a bigbox store. “Traditionally, we see our big competitor as the macro-brews, you as opposed to each other. We focus on quality over quantity. I feel our entire movement is against binge drinking. Sure, the beer might cost a little more than the [mass-produced] lagers that the big companies make. However, I feel the quality is a lot better because we make it in small batches.”

Very Nice Brewing doesn’t plan sell wine and liquor.

Green said he moved to the Nederland area about 24 years ago. “It wasn’t until we opened the craft brewery that we didn’t become really connected at a personal level with a lot of the community. To us, the craft brewery is more like the English pub model, where people come to talk about their day, visit with each other and catch up. It’s so much more community-oriented than a bar.”

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There won’t be a restaurant at the new Very Nice Brewing location. “We focus on brewing because anything else would take our focus away from the beer,” said Green.

However, that doesn’t mean there won’t be food available on many occasions. “We will have food trucks outside. We’d like for people to have that option,” said Green. “We’ll also allow people to bring in their own food. At our current facility, we’ve had people bring in crock pots, plug them in and feed their whole family. During football games, potlucks have been a huge part of our culture. We’ve also done a monthly “Brewery

We recently had one for cheesecakes brought in by our customers. The month before, it was Italian dishes; before that, it was chocolate desserts.

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Owner Jeffrey Green and assistant brewer Ariell Ray confer on the brewmaster deck area inside the new facility.

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Next phase of Gross Dam expansion begins in May

By Don Ireland Senior Reporter

The next phase of work for the Gross Dam and Reservoir expansion project is slated to begin in early May. Crews will start building 118 new concrete “steps” to raise the dam.

Denver Water’s $531 million Gross project, expected to conclude in 2027, will create the largest dam in the state. While the dam is in Boulder County, part of the property is in northern Gilpin County along Highway 72 in Coal Creek Canyon.

Doug Raitt, Denver Water’s construction project manager for the Gross Reservoir Expansion Project, said, “Over the past two years, we’ve excavated 260,000 cubic yards of rock and placed 27,000 cubic yards of concrete to get the existing dam and the rock around it ready for expansion.”

The project will nearly triple the storage capacity for the dam, which will be raised by 131 feet and add to Denver Water’s collection system. The existing dam serves more than 1.5 million customers in the Front Range.

Once the dam and reservoir project are complete, the water level will begin to rise and accommodate about 25 billion gallons of additional storage in the reservoir west of the dam wall. In water terms, that amount is called 77,000 acre-feet. An acrefoot is about 326,000 gallons of water, which would cover water. An acre-foot of water can typically serve one or two households’ indoor and outdoor water needs for a year.

The new steps will require around 800,000 cubic yards of roller-compacted concrete. To prepare for the construction, a team from Kiewit Barnard has been building a concrete batch plant near the top of the dam. At the and aggregates will be mixed mixture used to build the steps.

“Producing the rollercompacted concrete on-site process, so we don’t have to said. We’re also crushing rock that we quarried on-site.”

Once conveyed over the top of the dam, the concrete will slide to the bottom via a chute system, which also will be built this spring. Workat the bottom of the dam, the base for the new rollercompacted concrete steps. Engineers plan to raise the Gross Dam by building about 118 concrete steps bonded to the front of the existing dam. Each step will be four feet

tall, with a two-foot setback from the one below it.

Denver Water reports that the steps will be constructed starting at the bottom and rising to the dam’s new height of 471 feet. The construction will also make the top crest of the dam itself roughly twice as long and up to 90 feet thicker than the original dam, which was built in the 1950s.

The steps will be made of roller-compacted concrete or RCC. This type of concrete takes its name from how it is applied in the construction process: Workers will put the concrete in place, roll it onto the surface of the step and then compact it into place.

“It’s an exciting time as we get ready for the actual dam raise phase of the project,” Raitt said. Once the rollercompacted concrete process begins, the expansion will take about three years to complete.”

Denver Water said engineers also plan to use 68,000 cubic yards of conventional concrete on the exterior face of the dam. This type of concrete will hold up better against the extreme weather conditions the dam will encounter in the mountain canyon.

Construction of the new steps of the dam addition is expected to last through 2025. In 2026, workers will complete the top of the dam, including a control building, electronics, concrete railing and a bridge over the spillway.

Denver Water said safety is paramount for the project. that will last hundreds—if not thousands—of years; its second is to build it as safely as possible.

“We’re not only analyzing long-term, but we’re analyzing the short-term construction risk just as heavily,” saider for Denver Water’s Gross Reservoir Expansion Project. “We’re making sure that the dam is just as safe while we’re building it as it will be once the dam is complete.”

Nearly 100 years ago, in 1928, the St. Francis Dam broke, killing hundreds of people in Los Angeles. Often called one of the worst civil engineering failures of the 20th century, experts placed much of the blame on inadequate oversight.

“Infrastructure that has such grave consequences should always be independently reviewed,” Martin said.

Lessons learned from the St. Francis Dam were quickly implemented during the construction of the Hoover Dam and continue to be for all federally regulated dams in the country — including Gross, according to Denver

Water. It noted that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Division(FERC) of Dam Safety and Inspections oversees Denver Water’s dam design, safety and construction activities and spent more than four years reviewing and approving detailed design developed by Denver Water. of the State Engineer also required an independent board of consultants to be part of the design process and review major milestones and aspects of the project.

“One of the reais the safest end result that we can achieve is because of all of the analysis we’ve done and all of the review that has been done by FERC, the state engineer’spendent board of consultants,” Martin said.

Separately, Denver Water plans for expanding the space for the reservoir behind the dam. Two years ago, the utility said it expected to remove thousands of trees, shrubs and plants – called biomass.

It is anticipated that when the construction is completed on the dam, stored water will begin to back up onto the current woodlands at the

west end of the site, part of which is in Gilpin County. Raitt doesn’t expect that to happen before at least 2025. Before water reaches the woodlands, Denver Water said it wants to remove about 24,000 tons of biomass from 400 acres on the west end of the site. About 20 percent of the biomass slated for removal will be trees.

Photos courtesy of Denver Water

Gilpin’s winds, altitude tricky for drone photographers

Nearly four years ago, I began photographing Gilpin County with my drone. That was before the Weekly Register-Call started printing them to give readers a bird’ s-eye view of many of the buildings and places they’ve seen from ground level for many years.

Quite often, people approach me when I’m comment “how cool” it is to watch a drone up close and personal.

fundamentally to help them understand what’s involved in conducting a photo shoot.troller—which operates the camera sees.

whether for recreational or professional purposes, requires a bit more savvy than if they were Range or at the beach in anothering and dragging a 12 or 20-foot ground level.

Before I launch my drone

I use a phone app to tell me if it’s Naturally, most drones shouldn’tstorm because the moisture could impact or damage the four small motors on my drone. While I don’t need an app to judge the weather conditions generally,

winds are and if gusts are occurring.

Two of my drones can handle wind speeds of up to 40 miles per hour without a problem. They were built to hold their position

drone, however, can only handle about 20 mph without being bounced around by the wind.ing around Gilpin is – as one might guess – the thinner air at 9,000-plus feet above sea level. Drones’ motors mustly above) sea level, which pose little challenge to the motors powering the propellers. The

Age of Drones

By Don Ireland

indoors. When inside a building, sometimes the drones use as part of their Global Positioning System technologies.

the forthcoming Very Nice Brewing locationaround the dilemma, I launched the drone outside and carefully maneuvered it inside the building through an open door.

Even once inside, the drone’s testy, informing me that it struggled to get a signal and couldn’t perform some of the functions I

photos from about 15 feet above the ground inside the brewery’s production area. As a result, I got a few actual drone photos and was forced to settle for holding the drone on my outstretched

Of course, there are places indoors hasn’t been a challenge. of the bar area inside Dostal my drone’s software. One of my St. James Church of Central

way, the drone photo was part of a feature story on the church that resulted in a Colorado Press Association award last year.)

Drone photos by Don Ireland

above the ground, although some exceptions exist. Accordingly, the drone software apps they approach the 400-foot caution messages, telling me I’m at a higher

altitude. Typically, I smile and ignore the warn-

to shoot photos or video around Gilpin County: Do so a 60- or 70-mph wind camera into a tree, building or the next county!

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Colorado State University’s Drone School will hold

includes: Classroom instruction. time.

Real-world mission-planning scenarios.

Those who attend willvisit www.dronecenter.colostate.edu.

This regular “Age of Drones” column received a Colorado Press Association “Better Newspaper Award” in September.

The large stained-glass windows at St. James Church in Central City enabled the taken of the church sanctuary, including the historic pipe organ, built in 1898 and installed in the building more than a century ago.

Because of the lack of a GPS signal inside the forthcoming Very Nice Brewing location, the drone controller was seeing. The horizontal and vertical lines help the pilot position the drone camera settings.

Historians’ take a lesson about

By Don Ireland Senior Reporter

Learning about the past by reading a book or viewing old photos is one thing.

Taking a bus tour to view history before one’s eyes is another, especially if the bus gets stuck in the mud along the way.

More than 20 historians from around the country and Germany visited the historic Lincoln Hills area of Gilpin County this month, where they learned about the struggles and triumphs of Black Americans who founded the mountain summer getaway in 1922. They heard personal stories of a lifetime spent in Lincoln Hills from Judge Gary Jackson, whose great-grandfather, William Pitts, helped create the neighborhood, and Terri Gentry of the History Colorado Center, who also spent summers in the neighborhood and has a cabin there.

“It was an extraordinary trip with people who were invested in our history,” said Judge Jackson. “It provided an opportunity to show people a location that wasn’t well known to them.”

In December, the federal government designated Wink’s Panoramic Lodge in Lincoln Hills a National Historic Landmark. Wink’s Lodge and Temple Aaron in Trinidad were the only two Colorado landmarks designated in a national list that added 16 to the nation’s historic places.

Jackson, a retired Denver senior judge, commented, “I led the tour for a group called the American Society for Environmental History (ASEH), hosted by former state historian Jared Orcie and University of Colorado History professor Paul Sutter. We did a tour of

Lincoln Hills, gave a PowerPoint presentation at the Lincoln Hills Fishing Club, and visited my cabin and Terri Gentry’s Shangri-La cabin.

Both Jackson and Gentry told personal stories over the speaker system in the bus, which left downtown Denver and traveled through Coal Creek Canyon to Lincoln Hills, is along South Beaver Creek Road. “Along the way, I spoke about the trip to Lincoln Hills and pointed out the sundown towns along the route. Sundown towns were not friendly to Blacks during that era,” Jackson recalled. “Growing up, it was a four-hour trip from our home in Denver to Lincoln for gas or groceries was in Pine

At one point, the tour bus became stuck in mud during the trip near the Fortunately, someone from the area had a bulldozer, which was used to free the bus so the tour could continue.

“You have to look at it from a perspective the environment was

back then,” recounted Judge Jackson. “There were dirt roads all the way through

Coal Creek Canyon with switchbacks on those dirt roads –sometimes, single lane. There was not only the treachery of the environment, there also was the treachery of some white folks.”

Gentry recalls, “It was a wonderful experience to be part of the group. I am especially grateful to Gary for his amazing storytelling and vast historical knowledge of the area. I think the bus getting stuck helped provide context for folks to better understand the challenges Denver to Lincoln Hills before the roads were paved. There were lessons all around.”

When Lincoln Hills was built, it Americans. Judge Jackson said in 1921 – one year before work before Lincoln Hills opened – mobs of white people killed dozens of Black residents and destroyed homes and businesses during the Tulsa, Oklahoma massacre. During the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan was rising in Colorado. “On the positive side, the government of Gilpin County was welcoming to this Black venture that was taking place. The residents of Gilpin County were welcoming,” said Jackson.

The tour attracted college professors and historians from multiple states and Germany, including: Dr. Ruth Alexander and Annie Watterson of Colorado State

University; Lawrence Culver, Utah State University; Trevor Egerton, Standish, and Ann Komara from the University of Colorado-Denver; Patti Limerick, Valerie Albicker and Zacary Guiliano from the Applied History Initiative of the University of Colorado-Boulder; Jessica Elfenbein, University of South Carolina; Beth Holmberg, of the Blacksmiths without Borders organization; KangJae “Jerry” Lee, University of Utah; Craig Marin, Sea Educator Association; Richard Mizelle, University of Houston; Scott Moranda, State University of New York-Cortland; William Philpott, University of Denver; Joseph Schiller, University of Oklahoma Press; Ariel Schnee, University of Oklahoma; Kendra Smith-Howard, University at Albany; Maria Taylor, Cornell University; Frank Uekotter, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany; and Will Wright, Augustana University.

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was also part of the tour group that stopped at Historic Lincoln Hills as the National Historians from across the country gathered for a captivating visit. Led by the esteemed Judge Jackson and the knowledgeable Terri Gentry, the visit included a unique immersion into the area’s rich tapestry. Jackson and Gentry were poised to share not only their expertise but also their personal stories. Their tales, woven from their own childhood experiences and the narratives passed down through generations of friends and families who called Lincoln Hills home, promised to breathe life into the histori-

accounts, and the unforgettable journey enamored them through time during their visit to the

historic Zephyr and Shang-ri-la cabins and current-day Boulder River Ranch.

The Zephyr Cabin was built by William Pitts in 1926 and was handed down to Jackson, who grew up spending every summer there. Jackson continues to visit the cabin weekly and has hosted many family gatherings there over the years.

A similar sentiment about this month’s tour was expressed to Jackson by Alexander, professor emerita from CSU’s Department of History and Public and Environmental History Center.

“The trip to Lincoln Hills was truly memorable, and I learned many important details about the place and the experience of the families who have had cabins there for many years. Your warmth, wisdom, and dedication to sharing the story of Lincoln Hills is greatly appreciated.” Sutter, a University of ColoradoBoulder history professor, helped organize the trip but couldn’t attend it. However, he received feedback from those who did. “When we

was at the top of our list because it is one of the most important environmental history sites in the Great Denver area. We were thrilled, then, when Judge Gary Jackson and Terri Gentry agreed to host such a tour, and we are also grateful for the cooperation and assistance provided by Lincoln Hills Cares, particularly Dr. Jeanette Patterson and Madi Shaheen. I heard nothing but rave reviews from those who were lucky enough to go on the tour. It was a conference highlight.”

Jackson has been advocating for Lincoln Hills for several years. Three years ago, he easily persuaded the Gilpin Board of County Commissioners to designate the community a local landmark on its 100th anniversary. He has spoken to history-oriented groups, and places, including the Boulder History Museum, have featured displays of Lincoln Hills.

“I guess my work on making the history of Lincoln Hills is becoming known nationally,” he said.

“It’s nice that America is recognizing it. I became interested in this when I became a board member of the James Beckwith Mountain Club in 2007. So, the work on making Wink’s Lodge and Lincoln Hills nationally recognized is coming to fruition.” [James Beckwourth was a former enslaved man who became an American fur trapper, western trailblazer and scout for the Army cavalry. He was the cofounder of Pueblo.]

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis appointed Jackson to a commission to plan the celebration of two historic events in 2026: the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the 150th anniversary of Colorado becoming a state.

“Celebrating the 150th year of the founding of

Colorado also makes the timing of [this tour] great for me,” he said.

“Looking Back” is a collection of historical newspaper reports from Gilpin County.

By Gary King Bygone Scribe

30 years ago

April 29, 1994

Petitions circulating to recall county commissioners

Petitions to recall all three Gilpin County Commissioners are being circulated by group called the Commissioner Recall Committee.

Committee members are Linda S. Duval, Daniel J. Wieszchlolec and Jane A. Yerkman.

The recall of each of the three commissioners, Leslie B. Williams, James V. Collins and Ralph Knull, issons.

1. Proceeding with Justice Center construction at the Dory Hill site and spending taxpayer money on design and development without the necessary permits and secured availability of water/sewer facilities.

2. Failure to conduct and analysis study comparisons for additional sites for justice center and expansion. made at public meetings, in published articles, in county newspapers, and in statements to the Denver

Regional Council of Governments. This is perceived to be deception, unresponsive and unaccountable to citizens and constituents and abuse of the elected of-

4. Proceeding with Dory Hill sight when strong opposition exists from citizens in the area; additional opposition by county building inspector, county planning commission, and site selection committee appointed by commissioners.

5. No studies have been made on the potential impact of residential water wells adjacent to the Dory Hill site, as requested by concerned citizens in the area.

Petitions were submitted to the Clerk and Re15, according to Clerk and Recorder Judy Dornbrock.

April 19.

The controversy centers around the site for the justice center, which was approved by the commissioners and is now being developed.

Plans are to circulate the petitions door to door for about two weeks, gathering enough signatures as quickly as possible so the

petitions can be turned in early enough to require a recall election before the general election in November.

Colorado law states that any recall that falls within 90 days of a regular election must be held at the same time as the general election. That means to ensure an earlier election, the petitions must be turned in at least 60 days before August 11, and ruled valid.

Check it out

Math quiz... According to a news release from the Colorado Division of Gaming, it has requested a reduction of $413,756 in its budget this year. George Turner, the director, says that the savings are the result of “good management and savings in personnel expenses.” He added that “a large portion of the total amount” was saved when “several” new auditors were only hired for six months of the year instead of the nine months they were budgeted for. Makes you wonder, doesn’t it, just exactly how many “several” auditors are and how much they are paid so that a “a large portion” of $413,765 can be saved if they don’t work for three months?

60 years ago

April 24, 1964

Stanley Nelson Post No. 7563, Veterans of Foreign Wars, held its annual election on Tuesday evening. Mr. Norman R. Blake was elected commander and Mrs. Eiven Jacobson was elected quartermaster. The members of the post would like to extend their thanks to the Black Hawk Community Club and the Central City Fireman’s Auxiliary for their recent donations.

Parsons, who have been spending several months in Phoenix, Ariz., returned last Thursday evening. They had an unfortunate accident on the way home from Denver when the tie rod on their car, which governed the steering, accident happened in one of the tunnels and having no control of the car, it slammed into the wall of the tunnel, demolishing the radiator and front fend-

this happened in the tunnel as if it had happened on a curve coming up the canyon, the car would have been precipitated into the creek. However, neither of the Parsons’ were hurt.

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stroyed the frame building on the lot owned by Arthur Frost, and it was one of the most spectacular blazes seen here in a long while. The building was made of old pine boards and was erected some 40 years ago as a garage for automobiles for Charles Frost and his son, but it has not been used for any purpose for the past 35 years. Apparently, some children had been playing in the building during the afternoon, as the an alarm at about 6 o’clock in the building. They reand quickly subdued theently did not completely put it out. As the building was not entirely consumed in a location where the

seems to me that much would have been gained, that under supervision, to have let the building burn to the ground, as it is very sorry sight at the present time, and we are wondering who will pay for tearing the blackened debris down.

Coloradoans were reminded this week that the warm spring weather, which is taking them outdoors, is also bringing out the wood ticks, carriers of Colorado tick fever and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Dr. R. L. Cleere, director of the Colorado Department of Public Health, urged both Colorado residents and their guests to start immediately to watch for ticks, particularly in mountainous, wooded and brushy areas of the state. Control of both diseases’ rests with the individual himself, according to Dr. Cleere. “He must wear proper protective clothing when he is in the tick-infested areas, and he must search for ticks on his -

fore they attach,” the health director explained.

The snowbanks are disappearing rapidly, and a few bits of green grass are showing, so spring may not be too far behind. There is a Gulch. Some of them are still interested in what they them.

On April 15, we listened to an interesting radio program, from Boulder, in the form of an interview with Elsie Schelhaus and Goldie

Cameron, truly old-timers who live in Nederland. A few stories of long ago when Nederland was enjoying boom times and some from Goldie before that time, when she was performing, on her horse, in show, which was traveling around the country. This was all in the interest of the Festival which will be held in Nederland this summer. for many years and have great admiration for her.

A letter of application for the legal paper for the city Register-Call was read at the regular meeting of the and a motion was made by Pipes and seconded by Gates carried by the council that the Register-Call be the legal paper for the coming year.

The Central City Gaming Commission Thursday transferred from an individual to a corporation license it has yet issued. The license had been issued to George I. Norman Jr. of Denver, former operator of the radio station KICM in Golden. The license was transferred to the Twenty One Investment located in Denver. It is not be launched in Central City, but it is believed the transfer of the license to a corporation will set the stage for a possible court test of the gambling issues, claim they have a right to institute gambling under provisions of a territorial charter issued to Central City in 1864.

90 years ago

April 27, 1934

Six men await death at the state penitentiary. Four of them laugh at death because they believe they are going to beat it—either by appeal to the state supreme court or executive

clemency. Another man weeps. The 6th man is silent and has turned topin, a New Jersey lad, was sentenced to death for the slaying of a taxicab driver in Coloappeal pending in the Supreme Court and is beat the gas chamber.

Louis Pancheco is indiflast June after serving and faces death for the farmer and his chore boy. Pancheco is classed as a dangerous crimiin escape plots and once he stabbed a deputy warden. Pancheco doesn’t much care what happens to him. Across the corridor is another Pancheco who was convicted with his brother is John Pacheco, fat smiling and simple. Nothing he is going to die, but it is nothing to worry about, and something may happen to forestall the execution. Lloyd Frady, who with condemned to death for theing, a Delta rancher, is the 4th man who can smile at

150 years ago

April 29, 1874

Ten bars of silver, valued by the Boston & Colorado

the mint in Philadelphia, on Saturday last.

what is ahead, but once in a while, he can force a laugh. But it is a forced laugh. Guards say that Kelly’s religion is real. The weeping man is Charles E. Vernie Glasier in her Grand Junction home. They say minded and a degenerate. The four laughing men are together in the four-celled the prison say they are the dangerous ones of the condemned sextet. The other

hospital.

of the season on Monday afternoon. The heavy rain swelled the stream in the toward cleaning out the winter’s accumulation of ashes, tin cans and other refuge. Slight spring showers, with an occasional fall of snow, are the records for weather conditions are concerned in the mountains, and everything indicates an early spring for this altitude.

120 years ago

April 28, 1904

city, received word this -

City on Sunday, April 17, in the neighborhood of 70 came to Colorado in 1863 and in 1864 engaged in the store formerly occupied

store in this city, which he conducted until 1885 when where he has resided ever

shrewd businessman and having dealings with him.

Mr. Billy Oliver, of Casey Avenue, had the thumb of his left hand badly cut and bruised on Friday last by accidentally getting his hand caught in the friction

John Segna, a miner Burroughs mine on Quartz on Monday last, injuring on the head. No bones were spine is considered serious enough.

Twelve inches of snow fell in this vicinity on Saturday and Sunday, settling the dust and bringing happiness to the ranchmen and water commissioner.

At the Alps mine on being carried on with day

is being extracted from a depth of 1,300 feet, and daily shipments are being maintained to the stamp mills, the ores returning average values. The smelting product is shipped to Denver in carload lots, the

Some of the young men about the Teller football, and on Monday it out into the street and someone else raced to everybody on the street joined in the fun, and later on, the schoolboys Irish game, and whoever could, and no notice was it went. Among the playcitizens as Manager Bushmaster Eben Smith, citybell, John Powers, Sololls, of the Register force, and many others. Then

Teller, who appeared with a stern visage in the role of the conservator of the law and demanded of the city marshal the arrest of two or three as examples. Marshall Cozzens, therefore, arrested Sylvester Nicholls, and they judge VanDeren. Judge Morse, representing Trona dismissal of the case, but he did not see it that way,

a jury trial. In the evening, the jury assembled. After being out all night, the jury failed to agree and were discharged, standing nine conviction. The case was tried Tuesday evening with brought in a verdict of arrests and trial was that the range of the football as it mounted through the head by the missile and seriously damaged, and his temper thrown out of control.

View of Quartz Hill and Central City, Colorado. The town sits below the barren hill. Spruce Street is to the far right, and Pine Street is to its left.

photograph are Spring and Nevada Streets. A mine and its tailings are c 1980-1899

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A conversation with Dave Logan -

with the Cleveland Browns. What, from your days as an NFL player, have you tried to impart to the kids?

DL: A handful of things. Football is a really tough game. It’s demanding, and it’s tough physically. And it’s not for everybody. It’s just not.

Denny Dressman: Can you tell going into each season whether you’ll be state championship contenders or not?

Dave Logan: I say the same thing every year. Our goal every year is to win the state championship, and I tell the team and the parents that. I did that when I was at Arvada West, and Mullen, too.

Now, you’re not always going to accomplish that. But I believe in setting goals that are high and something that you can work toward, even when you have the inevitable bumps in the road as every team, every season has.

Every team is a little bittional belief in your football value system does not change. You want your teams to look the same every year—in regards to toughness, competitiveness, their love of playing football and their love of the process.

That’s so big for us, the Monday of every June, and we go three mornings a week, at times four. We practice for eight straight weeks. We bring in speed have coaches in the weight room, and we install our hard work. Those kids are

DD: How much does your own high school experience—playing three sports— now?

DL: I’m a big believer in multi-sports. I’m oldfashioned that way. I want my kids to play basketball, lacrosse, baseball and other sports. And if we have to make accommodations in the summer—”Hey, coach, I’m pitching tonight, I can’t lift today.”—then we do, because they’re only this age one time. We have to account for them being kids. Let them enjoy themselves and be kids.

DD: You caught 262 passes for 4,247 yards and 24 touchdowns in eight seasons

his household. They have to feel comfortable enough that they can come to you and sit down ... and just chop it up a bit.

DD: You’ve won 11 state titles. Does any one of them stand out more than the others?

So, you have to really ... we always talk about the process, which I’m a big believer in, the process of getting yourself, as coaches and players, ready for the upcoming season. How do you best go about that?

What I try to tell players is that it’s a competitive world, right? So, every single year, every single season, every single week and every single day, you’ve got to come out and compete. You’ve got to come out and compete and try to get levels of ability, but every something every single time we practice that they can improve upon. That’s really important.

I’ve always believed, as a coach—you know, you have a roster full of adolescents, levels of skill—we have tobody on our roster. What does that mean? Does that mean everybody plays equal time? It does not.

But if you have 80 players on your roster, it’s making players 78, 79 and 80 feel special, also. They might not get in many games, and there might be stretches of games when they don’t get in at all.

Football is pretty tough if you’re coming out to practice and you’re never getting in a game. So, how do we make that experience for those kids the absolute best we can?

DD: How do you?

DL: I’m always challenging position coaches: Get to know your players. You should know their families, know their parental situations. Do they come from two parents? Is it a one-parent household? Do they have siblings? Do the siblings go to school here?

In other words, investing in your players ... having conversations ... having an open-door policy. Sit and talk with a player who comes in—might not be about football; maybe something’s really bothering him, maybe something’s happening in

DL: Whoever came up with the notion that you remember the games you lost more than the games you won—and I’m not sure who coined that phrase— was right-on, at least in my particular instance. We’ve

(That’s 16 trips to the state championship game in 31 years.) I remember vividly— I could tell you a lot about—

always has to be special. We

went to the state championship in my third or fourth year (at Arvada West) and got beat by Cherry Creek. We went back the next year and played Bear Creek, a team that had beaten us in the regular season. And we found a way to win that game.

DD: As you look back over 31 years as a high school coach, what’s the most satisfying part of it?

DL: I still stay in touch with many of my former players. I’m very proud of done. Some of them are in their late 40s now, and they’ve become husbands and dads, and have good careers. It’s been really cool to see some of the kids who played for me go to college

then enter the real world and get married and have children and be good family men with good careers outside of football. It’s just awesome.

DD: Thirty-one years as a head coach! How long are you going to keep at this?

DL: Oh, gosh. You get to a certain age, and people are always asking how long you’re going to stay at this. I feel good, I’m healthy, and I’m very blessed.

As long as I feel like the message is being received, as long as I can give the message to the kids in a way that they can understand, and as long as the good Lord is good with it ...

I see no reason why I wouldn’t coach another seven-eight-nine-10 years.

Healthy travel tips for older travelers

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Letters to the Editor

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Thankful for the Veterans and those who took a stand

Dear Editor:

I am both humbled and deeply honored to learn we have so many retired veterans living in Gilpin County who have served in our military to preserve the freedoms in America that we all share and often take for granted. I am referring to the many veterans and their mates who came forward to protest this electioneering policy that someone is pushing for our county. One wonders why and how this so-called electioneering policy has suddenly appeared to further dictate our county residents’ lives.

It smells of dictatorial controls like the ones living in countries like China and Russia. We are already saddledments for license plates, handicap placards, and information regarding our properties. Those in current leadership are limiting our freedoms with each passing day.

I am grateful for each of those who attended the meeting with the Board of County Commissioners and protested this further invasion of our Constitutional rights to freedom of speech. I applaud each person who took a stand against this infringement of our freedoms. I ask that each resident in Gilpin County reject this widening control of our lives here.

does this provide and who is it provided to? The only ben-

Please stand with the veterans and others who recognize this for what it really is.

Ruth Atkinson Golden

Marie Mornis for county commissioner

Residents of Gilpin County are fortunate to live in a beautiful area where individual rights are respected, and the power of government over our lives is generally limited. Yet even here, excessive regulations to have work done on our properties, homeowners’ insurance is increasingly local government seems focused on expanding regularather than making life better for residents.

Marie Mornis has done an outstanding job as County Commissioner in standing up for the rights of residents while at the same time working to ensure that the County provides essential services for residents and encourages the growth of businesses,

including the casino industry, to provide a robust tax base that keeps costs low for those who call the Little Kingdom home.

The biggest argument I have heard against Marie is that she does not always “get along” with others in local government. While we are all grateful for those who work hard to provide essential services, it is also necessary for elected leaders to focus on the needs of residents rather than on growing the size of government, which sometimes requires “not getting along.”

Marie has a proven track record doing this work, and I encourage everyone to look at her record and vote for her in the upcoming primary.

Peter Droege Central City

Response to the Mayor about gaming revenue & IGA Editor

As to the Mayor’s claim of how reliable gaming revenue has been, he downplays the disastrous losses incurred when the pandemic hit. See this headline from CBS News, April 17, 2020: Study: Gilpin County May Be Hardest Hit In U.S. With 70 percent Of Revenue From Gaming. This demonstrates how brittle gaming revenue can be in response to unexpected events and how “putting all your eggs in one basket” is an irre-

Regarding the IGA with Gilpin County, the Mayor has proposed there two assumptions one can make: The City of Black Hawk’s primary interest is in protecting itself from any taxes it doesn’t control. Any claim about protecting Gilpin County and its citizens from higher taxes is self-serving. The main impact on Gilpin County is a loss of control over its would be to the detriment of Gilpin County residents.

The Mayor and City positive political pathway for themselves in Gilpin County via two Commissioner candidates and want to leverage it to thecial advantage.

the proposed $1 million

Gilpin County’s control of two that are most detrimental to Gilpin County are (paraphrased for readability):

The total mill levy in Gilpin County, including the Library Mill levy, cannot exceed 10.695 mills.

In exchange for the $1 million, the Gilpin County Community Center must stay open seven days a week. Apparently, the hours are negotiable, but the seven days are not,

has been made to the IGA

When the 2020 2.57 mill levy ($1.1 million at Community Center was hours a week. This requirement would cost the County much more than $1 million per the calculations of the Center’s Director, resulting in a net loss to the County.

This letter was not approved by the Gilpin County Democrats, but I am the Chair of that organization.

Eric Douglas Golden

The Library mill levy is not controlled by the County, so this provision case. Also, what happens when there is the need for an emergency temporary tax increase? What if additional funds are needed broadband access? What if other Act of God causes damage to key County infrastructure? Adding $1 million (about two mills at current property assessment values) to a temporary tax increase request when the IGA is voided would make it much more

Poor Taste by letter writer

Editor:

Sad to see that muckraking is alive and well in Gilpin County. On one hand, a recent letter to the Editor from Donna Okray Parman expounds on the accolades of Marie Mornis on behalf of the residents of Gilpin County. That’s all well and good.

On the other hand, she reverts to what is all too

visible today in our news. With a lack of substantiating evidence of any kind besides using terms like “I have heard so much about unscrupulous, indeed horrible, actions,” and “I have had people send me newspaper articles and TV news reports,” and “Are these reports accurate” and “does anybody know if these reports are true,” she wants

us to accept her opinions about Jessica Kays run for Gilpin County Commissioner.

Notice how Okray Parman avoids potential slander in her letter by using such terms as quoted above.

Shame. Bob Wood Gilpin County

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GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 — Too much joking around may strike a nerve of someone close to you, Gemini. Feel out every situation before you start communicating in such a laid back and jovial way.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 —

Cancer, like it or not, you have to stand by a promise or a commitment you made to someone, even if you no longer feel like you can go your separate ways.

LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 — Leo, if others have underestimated you or written you off in the past, you will have an opportunity to prove them wrong this week, even if you already know the truth.

VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 —

Your keen eye for detail has you pointing out a mistake that may have cost someone a lot of money, Virgo. Your reward could be a promotion or another commendation.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 — Making room for your needs right now is challenging as others seem to require all of the attention, Libra. You will have a chance to balance the scales soon enough.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 — Right now you may be reluctant to commit or comment on an issue that is affecting some in your circle, Scorpio. You can get involved once you dig further and do your own research.

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Clear Creek County Community Event Calendar

Friday Adventures with CCMRD —No school on Fridays? Put your child in our Friday Adventures Program. We will be exploring all around

ages 5-15. $55 per child. Friday, March 29 - Clement Park; Friday, April 5 - Decomposers (Nature Center); Friday, April 12 - Denver Zoo; Friday April 26 - The Denver Aquarium. Contact caitlin@ccmrd.

A Perfect Pairing at Easterseals Rocky Mountain Village — www.aesbid. org/ELP/PAIRING24/EventInfo.

Clear Creek County Library District Dia de los Ninos — -

mances and story time are all on the schedule at this CCMRD Bike Maintenance Classes — Thursday, May a.m. Come learn bike maintenance basics just class will cover quick tune ups, pre-ride checks, and ongoing bicycle care. Participants should bring their own bikes to the class to learn hands on. $15 per class. Questions? Contact jenn@ ccmrd.com or go to www.clearcreekrecreation. com to register.

Loaves & Fishes Wing Crawl —Saturday,

An Evening with Longmire Author Craig Johnson —-

mysteries, will do a reading, answer questions and Sponsored by the Clear Creek County Library Diswww. cccld.org.

Kids Night Out with CCMRD — Clear th Ave., Idaho will enjoy a pool party, dinner, and a movie in their jammies. Bring kids dressed in their bathing suits, along with a towel, wet swimsuit bag,caitlin@ccmrd.org 5+. $15 per student. Pre-registration required. www clearcreekrecreation.com

Artful Adventures Youth Painting Workshop with CCMRD — Clear Creek th Ave., Idaho Springs, www.clearcreekrecreation.com

Floyd Hill Gridlock Volleyball Classicporting youth enrichment programs in the area.ing in the event and contributing to the cause. ccmrd.com www.clearcreekrecreation. com to register.

CCMRD Adult Pickleball —Clear Creekprovided or bring your own. Advance registration is clearcreekrecreation.com. All equipment is provided, or clearcreekrecreation.com

CCMRD Home School Hikes —Tuesdays, 9 caitlin@ccmrd.com

Corn Hole at the Idaho Springs Elks Club Changes Monthly. Bring your own bags or bags

Upcoming Events:

• Community Clean-Up Day in Clear Creek County – May 18.

•

• Burro Races

• – June 7.

• June 22.

If you have regularly scheduled meetings or upcoming special events that are open to the public, we want to add them to the CCC Community Calendar. Please email the who, what, when, where, why and how in 75 words or less, exactly as you would want it printed, to amy@weeklyregistercall.com. Please send information at least two weeks in advance of your event.

Sold out GCEF’s scholarship dinner was success

By Gary King Reporter and Photographer

The Gilpin County Education Foundation hosted its 13th anHotel. The dinner was sold out to a capacity crowd and raised over $17,500!

All money raised from the dinner and donations are granted to graduating seniors attending post-secondary school (university, year’s deadline to apply is Friday, April 26. Since 2012, GCEF has given out more than $85,000 in scholarships to Gilpin County students.

As dinner guests entered the Ameristar hospitality room, they were provided name tags and tickets for drawings for 30 different gifts donated by various organizations, including many local businesses. GCEF President remarks, including a welcome to guests and thanks to the sponsors, including the Horseshoe Casino, United Power and Rudi’s Rocky Mountain Bakery.

Following a brief greeting period and a time to place the drawing tickets with the desired gifts, the evening’s scholarship alumni speaker, Sierra Ramsey, was introduced. Sierra graduated from Gilpin High School in 2023 and is attending Red Rocks Community College, where she studies busifull-time for Grapes and Sons, a local excavation contractor. Sierra expressed her appreciation that GCEF scholarships are not narrowly limited in credit hour requirement that allows her to work and go to school concurrently. She also thanked GCEF for their help, as there are generally limited scholarship opportunities in smaller mountain communities that match her situation.

Following the student speaker’s presentation, dinner was served, and drawings for the numerous donated prizes took place. GCEF Treasurer Jennifer Ferrante, Jen Bowman and GCEF Vice President Sunshine Vincent drew tickets and handed out prizes.

the keynote speaker, Jane Stode Miller, was introduced by Suzie Murphy. She is a 40-year veteran of the food industry, author of Sleep Your Way to the Top (and Other Myths About Business Success), with distinguished experience at Fortune 100 companies and various startups and is the founder of www.Janeknows.com a career advice website targeting young leaders starting their careers. Miller described her journey as a woman in the business world and how fortunate she was to getships to attend a prestigious liberal arts school. She emphasized how essential scholarships were to her ability to attend college and be the

job at a retail store, she realized the business was her calling and was able to acquire a full scholarship to get her MBA, something she may not have done otherwise. GCEF holds only two events per year. In addition to the scholarship dinner, it has an annual golf tournament in August. The GCEF Golf Classic is a fun event suitable for all skill levels and held at the Evergreen course. Tickets are on sale now and can be found, along with additional information, at www.gilpineducationfoundation.org/tickets-donations.

Gilpin County Parks & Recreation

Gilpin County Community Center 250 Norton Drive 303-582-1453

www.gilpincounty.org

www.facebook.com/gilpincounty.org/

Pool Hours – WINTER

*please call to confirm prior to coming

*Now Closed on Sundays, Tuesdays & Thursdays* Mon/Wed: 8 a.m.-12 p.m., closed 12-4 p.m., 4-7:30

p.m.

Friday: 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

Saturday: 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Building Hours: Mon/Wed: 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. Friday: 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. Saturday: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

We’re Still Dancing: Spring Dance — Sat. May 11, 5:30-9 p.m., $30 per adult, $20 per teen (13-19) or senior (60+), $10 per child (5-12), FREE for under 5. Register by May 6, late fee of $5 applied starting May 7. Hosted by the Friends of the Gilpin County Community Center to fund raise for Center equipment and activities. Gilpin Pottery Studio Spring Sale — Gilpin County Community Center, Sat., May 11, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Unique gifts for Mother’s Day or treat yourself.

Pottery Workshop — Hand-Building Garden Stakes w/ Local Artist Giana Grossman, Sat., May 11, 12:30-3 p.m. Come join us on Mother’s Day weekend for some creative Spring fun! Make your own eight piece set of garden stakes. No experience necessary, all materials included. Ages 16+, $65/student.

Summer Day Camp Enrollment Now Open — Monday – Friday, 7:30 a.m. – 6 p.m., $45/day per resident child, $54/day/per non-resident child (+$10

Mother/Son Nerf Battle — Sat. April 27, 5:30-8 p.m., $30/pair, $10/additional child. Register by April 22, late fee of $10 applied starting April 23.

Coed Flag Football Camp — Mon., Wed., Fri. May 6 to 18, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Register by May 3, Ages 5-13. Registration fee per player $60 resident, $72 non-resident. Six day clinic to polish your Co-Ed Youth Baseball Registration Now Open — 6 Week Season | June 3 -July 20. Games on Saturdays June 8-July 20. Register through May 20, T-ball - Ages 5-6, residents $50/ Non-Res $60. Coach Pitch - Ages 7-8, residents $65/Non-Res $78. Minors - Ages 9-10, residents $65/Non-Res $78. MajorsAges 11-13, residents $65/Non-Res $78.

Co-Ed Adult Slow Pitch Softball — Wednesday Game Nights, June 5-July 31. No Games July 3. Makeup Games Aug. 7. 6-8 p.m. League Tournament Saturday, Aug. 10, 16+ , minimum 10 players per team. $400/Team for eight week session.

Cardio Dance Four week session May 31 through June 21. $33/session age 1459, $25/session age 60+.

Summer Day Camp Enrollment Now Open Monday thru Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. $45/day per resident child, $54/ Gilpin County Fair July 19-21, Vendor booth space avail-

Spring Taekwondo — Mon./Wed., 6-7 p.m., with 7-7:30 p.m. on Monday for advanced training. Monthly memberships available for $72/individual, $160/family. Drop-in per class $12. Ages 4 to adult.

Youth Camp (Licensed Childcare) — Mon.-Thu., 4-6 p.m., Fri. 7:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Eagles Teen Program — Mon.-Wed., 4:15 p.m.-7:15 p.m.

Pilates Mat Class — Sat., 9:15 – 10:15 a.m.

Hatha Yoga — Mon. & Fri., 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.

Senior Fit — Mon., Wed. & Fri., 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Taekwondo — Mon. & Wed., 6 – 7 p.m.

Pickleball — (First 30 minutes is for instruction/practice- no games at this time), Mon., Wed.: 8:30-11:30 a.m., Fri: 1 -4 p.m., Sat.: 9:30 -11:30 a.m. (family time, all ages can play). Mon./Wed./Fri., 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.

Gilpin Stitchers Club — More info coming soon

Master Swim — Mon. and Wed., 6 -7:30 p.m.

Lap Swim — Mon., Wed., Fri., 8 -9:30 a.m.

Friends of the Gilpin County Community Center’s “Heart of the Community Fund”

Supports residents in need with Family or individual 10-punch cards for access to the pool, gym, and exercise facilities, as well as scholarships for youth who need help to cover fees and equipment for Taekwondo and youth sports (apply on-line) www. gilpincommunitycenter.org

GCEF Treasurer Jennifer Ferrante, Jen Bowman and GCEF Vice President Sunshine Vincent drew tickets and handed out prizes.

Keynote speaker Jane Stode Miller was introduced by Suzie Murphy.

Gilpin School Board member Tammy Velasquez.

Gilpin County Sheriff and GCEF board member Kevin Armstrong and wife Kersten.