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HUMOR

Dorothy Rosby: Attack of the phony phoners Page 8

CENTRAL CITY Central City Opera’s Theatre of Dreams Page 12

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On my last trip to Black one will, and I expect an Hawk and Central City, I invitation. Sorry to see the stopped by Saratoga and Canyon close. Many good visited Chuck and Dan, two people worked there and I of the casino gaming execu- do see them now at other lotives. The folks cations. at Saratoga are We like to so friendly. I hear from our thousands of purchased some readers. candy from Ruth One in the little corlady called me last week to ner coffee nook provide some and had a bowl additional slot of the famous information, repotato leek soup that the Saratoga BY BOB SWEENEY garding my last cooks prepare. column on slot Thomas is the host maître play and recognizing perd’ and takes the orders and centage payouts. cash, seats customers and Kathy related that at the just keeps hustling on the Gilpin casino, they post the job. winnings on many of the slot In past years, I would go machines and that she reads to Fitzgerald’s, now Sara- them and plays accordingly. toga, on St. Patrick’s Day for I’m going to go check those corned beef and cabbage. slot reports and visit with With their new electronic the Gilpin folks on how they menu, I’m not sure that they report and figure the paywill have it anymore. Some- outs. We plan on rounding

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She also mentioned some of the changes at Reserve Casino Hotel, which has recently been taken over by Johnny Z’s. She was disappointed over the new ownership team not honoring the most recent coupon promotions.

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Earn entries with every 50 base points earned on your Player’s Club card starting May 30, and each Monday for that week’s drawings ! Drawing barrel emptied weekly. Every drawing day, on-the-hour we draw up to three names from the virtual drawing barrel to find a present winner for a $200 prize. If no winner is found, the prize adds to our Daily Sky-High Progressive.

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Play and Eat Free every Tuesday when you earn just 100 base points on your Players’ Club card that day. Our June Feature Free Food is pulled pork BBQ, with onion rings and cole slaw (or you can choose our Prime Rib or Salad Bar Buffet) available from 11 a.m. every Tuesday!

Tuesday bonus entries!

Earn 5X Entries on Penny Slots and 2X entries with all other machine play on May Tuesdays to win our Friday through Sunday Altima Cool Car Frenzy Drawings to win up to $500 plus finalist entries to win a 2017 Nissan Altima SR on Memorial Day at 10 p.m.!

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Fill up on healthy choices at our new expanded 35-item Soup N Salad Buffet, just $7.99 from 11 a.m., just by having a player’s card! Soup N Salad buffet also available for $11 with no card. Not to be combined with any other discount or coupon.

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Enjoy our 8 oz. slow-roasted Prime Rib Special, accompanied by choice of potato

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$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 InstaPlay for New Members! Give us your email address and/or phone number for an even more of an extra bonus!

Hit a handpaid jackpot at Century and you’ll get an entry for our new monthly Jackpot Party! Let us take and share your picture of your ($1,200 or greater) Jackpot for a bonus entry! Our May handpaids are invited to the #Winnerszone Party on June 13 from 6-7 p.m. for appetizers and cake, plus your chance to win $500 Cash each hour from 6-8 p.m.!

Winners after that night can look forward to the next party on July 11!

Bigger Bingo –Thursday Bingo

New members get up to $20 in day one Insta-Play!

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.

Sign up for free at our Player‘s Club for a card and 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

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 for three random hourly games each Thursday! Players with a Player’s Card can pick up their Bingo card at the Player’s Club one hour before each game.

Miltary appreciation Monday

Fantasy Golf Wednesday!

Earn up to seven Fantasy Golf Card Scratch Tickets Each Wednesday (at 250 base points, 400 base points, and 1,000 base points, and every thousand base points thereafter up to 5,000) and Win

your share of $1,000 in Cash and Insta-Play prizes if you have one of the lowest five scores recorded that day! Win double prizes if your score is under par for the card!

Scores are tallied and winners posted the next day and prizes must be claimed within one week.

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!

May 30th - July 4th

Fri. 5-11pm, Sat. 3-11pm, Sun. 12-6pm July 2nd & 3rd 3-11pm

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Humor

Attack of the phony phoners

I’m becoming increasingly sharing my cellphone number, popular. I must be. Suddenly, peo- but clearly, it’s fallen into the ple from all over the country are wrong hands. I bet half my recent trying to contact me. Today I got callers have been phony phoners. calls from BrookhavYou must have heard en, N.Y.; Downers from them too. By Grove, Ill., and Madione estimate, Amerisonville, Tenn. I’m cans received 29 bilnot sure what any of lion unsolicited calls them wanted though, in 2016. Of course, those were not all because I didn’t anscams, but plenty swer. of them must have I used to answer been. According to every call I got on my cellphone. Well, exone survey, we lose cept the ones I got in $8.6 billion annually to phone scams. church. I didn’t anBy Dorothy Rosby drosby@rushmore.com I think after they swer those. die, anyone who ever But then I had a string of callers claiming they sold phone numbers to scammers could lower my credit card inter- should spend all eternity listening est rate or that I was in trouble to robocalls.

I don’t know about you, but I’ve with the IRS. I even had a message one day warning me that changed my phone behavior to there’s been a warrant issued for defend myself. There was a time I my arrest in a town I’ve never dropped everything to answer the visited. I wish I could remember phone. These days, I don’t even the name of it, because I probably set my cellphone to ring. When it should avoid it. vibrates, I glance casually at the And they always call at a bad caller ID on the off chance that time, though I suppose they can’t I might recognize the number. be blamed for that. The only good Most likely I don’t, so I let the call time for them to call is never. go to voice mail. It’s true. The bad I’ve always been careful about guys have forced me to screen my

calls. Apparently everyone else does too, because no one takes my calls anymore either.

We’re fighting back the only way we know how. We’ve stopped answering. But scammers are tricky. Thanks to phone spoofing software, they can make it look like they’re calling from anywhere, including our own area code or even a business we’re familiar with. Maybe leopards can’t change their spots, but skunks can change their stripes.

I know I should hang up, and I do. But sometimes I want to give them a piece of my mind. I want to ask them if their mother knows what they do for a living or tell them I’ll give them my credit card number if they give me theirs first.

When they call me to tell me my computer is having issues, I want to say mournfully, “Isn’t that just my luck. My dog died.

I’m being evicted. Someone stole my car, but I don’t see how, because it didn’t even run. And now this! Thank goodness you called. I don’t need trouble with my computer too. Here’s my credit card number. Are you ready? Kidding!”

I don’t though. I hang up. But I’ve succumbed to temptation a

few times. Once I told a scammer to get a real job. Another time, I knew as soon as I saw the name on my caller ID that it was a scammer.

I lost my temper, picked up the phone and screamed into it, “Stop calling me!” It was a recording.

(Dorothy Rosby is the author of several humor books, including I Used to Think I Was Not That Bad and Then I Got to Know Me Better.

Contact drosby@ rushmore. com.)

Horoscopes

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ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 Prove yourself with actions instead of words, Aries. Your productivity will not speak for itself, so you may need to do some self-promotion to get the word out.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, you know what needs to get done. Now it is just a matter of finding the time to accomplish everything. Simplify things by writing all of your tasks down.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 Explaining a proposal may require some creative thinking, Sagittarius. Make a list of all the talking points and then narrow down your options this week.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, your words will carry a lot of weight when you speak about a topic that is dear to your heart. Others might be inspired by your message, and you can recruit helpers.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 You may have to explain your point of view over and over again before others see your way of thinking, Virgo. Don’t let this discourage you this week.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, you tend to hold yourself to a very high standard because you always want to do your best the first time out of the gate. Others appreciate your dedication.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Do not get caught up in gossip and hearsay, Gemini. That can compromise your credibility at work and among friends. Stay focused on your responsibilities.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, once you are knee-deep in a project, you may not need to take frequent breaks. You’re ready to plow through to the finish line and reap the rewards of hard work.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 While you shouldn’t compare yourself to others too often, once in a while it can illustrate just how far you have come. Why not compare against the person you once were?

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, no matter which words come out of your mouth, others are compelled to listen when you speak. Recognize the impact your words can have on others.

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PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, extreme focus on a subject can be a help or a hindrance. Remember to remain flexible in the next few days.

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1308

238

B,D,SD

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Lady Luck - 24/7

BJ, P,C, R, VP

500

164

SD,SB

free covered valet and self parking

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Lodge - 24/7

BJ, C, R, P, VP

975

50

B, D, SD, SB

free valet parking

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Red Dolly

VP

149

No

SD

free self parking

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Monarch - 24/7

BJ, C, R, VP

766

No

B

free valet and self parking

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Sasquatch

No

70

No

D

No

720-880-1616

Wildcard

VP

220

No

D

city lot

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Century Casino - 24/7

BJ, C, R, VP

500

26

SD,D

free covered self parking

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Dostal Alley - 24/7

VP

64

No

SD

free self parking

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Easy Street

VP

205

No

SD

free self parking

303-582-5914/famousbonanza.com

Famous Bonanza

BJ, P, R, VP

244

No

SD , D

free self parking

303-582-5914/famousbonanza.com

Johnny Z’s - 24/7 Mon-Thurs 8am-3am/Fri-Sun 24/7 BJ, C, VP

367

No

SD, D

free covered parking

303-582-5623/johnnyzscasino.com

Reserve Casino Hotel - 24/7

BJ, P, C, R, VP

700

119

SD, D, B, SB, V

free valet and self parking

1-800-924-6646/reservecasinohotel.com

The Brass Ass - 24/7

BJ, P, C, R, VP

250

No

SD

free covered self parking

800-635-LUCK/triplecrowncasino.com

Bronco & Buffalo Billy’s - 24/7

BJ, P, C, R, VP

750

23

SD

free self parking

877-989-2142/broncobillyscasino.com

Century Casino - 24/7

BJ, R,

448

21

SD

free self parking

719-689-0333/cripple-creek.cnty.com

Colorado Grande - 24/7

BJ, R, VP

211

5

SD, SB

free self parking

877-244-9469/coloradogrande.com

Double Eagle & Gold Creek - 24/7

BJ, P ,C, R, VP

700+

158

SD, SB

free valet and covered self parking

800-711-7234/decasino.com

Johnny Nolon’s - 24/7

VP

255

No

SD

free self parking w/validation

719-689-2080/johnnynolons.com

J.P. McGill’s - 24/7 Fri/Sat

VP

300

40

SD

validated self parking

800-635-LUCK/triplecrowncasinos.com

Midnight Rose - 24/7

P, VP

400

19

SD, B

validated self parking

800-635-LUCK/triplecrowncasinos.com

Wildwood Casino- 24/7

BJ, P, C, R, VP, TH 530

68

SD, D, B

Climate controlled self parking

877-945-3963/playwildwood.com

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Food Key

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This information is subject to change without notice.

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Central City Opera’s Theatre of Dreams Gala at Mike Ward Maserati

Photo courtesy of Kathy Wells Photography

Cameron and Stephanie Richards enjoy the cocktail reception presented by Catering by Design.

Some of the 33-member committee—Sarah Demeola, Jody Phelps, Anne McGonagle, Tamara Barron, Kim Sullivan, Nora Heitmann and Kathy Tyree.

Peter Kellogg, Buck Hutchinson and Pete Coors.

Their wives Marne Kellogg, Janie Hutchinson and Marilyn Coors were also in attendance.

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Colorado native and Broadway sensation Elizabeth Welch was the much-anticipated featured entertainment.

Central City Opera House Association Guild President Edie Bell and CCOHA Development Director Scott Finlay with the Maserati golf cart.

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fifth-oldest opera company in the United States, located just 35 miles west of Denver in one of Colorado’s official National Landmark Historic Districts.

The company continues to present artistically excellent professional opera in its annual summer festival, offer career-entry training to young singers, produce education and community engagement programs and preserve and maintain the Central City Opera House and 28 other Victorian-era properties.

For information, visit centralcityopera.org. For tickets, email: boxoffice@centralcityopera .org or call 303-292-6700.

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Gala chairs Michelle Dorman and Judy Grant surround gracious host Mike Ward.

Patrons were treated to images from Central City Opera’s past and present while enjoying a selection of fine wines and a seated dinner that began with leek bisque with roasted red pepper coulis.

The spectacular evening included a live performance by Colorado native and Broadway sensation Elizabeth Welch, who is currently appearing as Christine on Broadway in Andrew Lloyd Weber’s The Phantom of the Opera. The world-renowned soprano also performed with tenor James Baumgardner and Steven Aguilo-Arbues at the piano.

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The fourth annual Theatre of Dreams Gala also commemorated Central City Opera’s 85th year. The new, elegant Mike Ward Maserati headquarters was transformed into a spec-

tacular multi-level venue for the black-tie affair, drawing some of Denver’s most influential to comprise the sold-out crowd.

The chic fundraiser was chaired by Central City Opera Board Member Judy Grant and Michelle Dorman and raised more than $170,000 for this historic company.

Mike Ward was a gracious host and the dealership went all out to ensure guests had memorable experiences as they made their way through the luxurious vehicles and showroom. Platinum sponsors were Citywide Banks, El Pomar Foundation, Endeavor Capital, Lanny and Sharon Martin.

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