9-23-21 Weekly Register Call

Vol. 159 No. 19 September 23, 2021

MINING “The foundation of Gilpin County”

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Turnback in Time

By Emma Berg

151 years ago - October 6, 1871 Mr. A.G. Langford and bride had returned to Black Hawk from the States.

Ed. C. Hughes, of Black

Hawk, announced that he had sold his entire interest in the Black Hawk meat market to William

Otterback.

Gold retorts weighing 300 ounces from the Kent County Mine, and 330 ounces from the Leavitt Mine, were deposited at the Nathanuel Young & Co’s bank in this city

during the week.

Mr. J.W. Clayton, working the Kansas Mine, was showing a gold retort, weighing 53 ounces, from 7 ½ cords of milling ore, treated in one of Black Hawk’s stamp mills.

The banking house of Jerome B. Chaffee & Company, at Georgetown, had passed into the hands of Wm. H. Cushman.

Hon. Henry M. Teller, president of the

Colorado Central Railroad Company, and General Sickles, superintendent of the Union Pacific Railroad, addressed a large party of representative citizens in the parlors of the Barton House, Georgetown, as to the building of the railroad to that town.

Married: In Central City, September 18th, 1871,

by J.W. Ratliff, Julius Hildebreand and Miss Teresa Keller.

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Barb Wire Bob The newspaper still receives mail at P.O. Box 93, in Blackhawk 80422 please keep those subscription renewals coming. I consider subscriptions a ticket to the show.

The WRC is coming together well. We are meeting the talented team of writers, making some new friends, and enjoying some of the fine mountain cuisine.

I enjoyed having lunch at The Red Dolly last week with Danny Tomlinson, Jim Thomas, and our circulation manager, Gary King. I’ve seen the prime rib sign on the side of Red Dolly for years and enjoyed the $6.99 prime rib for my lunch, it was terrific. My friends had chicken fried steaks with that cream gravy on mashed potatoes, my kind of food.

I was impressed with the service and the meal. The slot machines downstairs were very busy with customers. The parking was close to the front door and I intend to go back there for another meal soon. I intend to meet the owner/managers. ***

Purpose of the lunch was to have Grand Lodge Master Danny Tomlinson, who I’ve known for 40 years, give me a tour of the Central City Masonic Lodge, home of The Register-Call newspaper where it started 159 years ago. The name of the newspaper is still painted on the front door of the Lodge. It states, “Second oldest newspaper in Colorado.”

That’s right, but it’s wrong, The Weekly Register-Call is the oldest continuous WEEKLY newspa-

per in the state. The oldest daily newspaper, beating the Register-Call, by several months, is the daily Pueblo Chieftain. So, we’re the oldest weekly, they’re the oldest daily, and that’s a lot of ink and newsprint consumed over the 159 years of operating two surviving newspapers.

This newspaper once owned the Masonic building in the early days and the original printing press is still upstairs on the second floor along with the historic offices. The Peak To Peak Players are occupying a portion of the second floor adjacent to the newspaper printing plant. I actually know how to run most of the equipment in that shop because when I first started into the newspaper business in 1961, we used linotypes, lead type, and printed the paper on sheets of newsprint on a hand fed press, similar to what’s in the Lodge. There is an ongoing discussion about opening the historic printing operation to docent tours since the building is across from the Central City Opera and famed Teller House with the painted face on the barroom floor.

One of my very elderly Lions Club widows relates that she and her husband were in the Teller House bar when the artist was painting the famous face on the bar room floor.

There is a French provincial sitting room on the second floor where I’ve been told the first Constitution for the state of Colorado was written. ( More to come on that story.) On the bottom floor is Ermel’s Thrift Store where

customers can find used clothing , books, and merchandise. The thrift store supports many community projects.

The Masonic Lodge is on the tightly guarded third floor where guards with guns once protected the secret Masonic member meetings. Paul Revere was a Mason, along with George Washington, Samuel Colt, and Samuel Clemons aka Mark Twain.

This newspaper has stayed vibrant through the great work of Aaron and Robin Storms, Black Hawk mayor David Spellman, and a host of dedicated writers. We’re finding our way around and enjoying the history and excitement of owning this newspaper. Long may it live.

Forgive us for any errors or omissions that we may make along this journalistic historic trail. There is an old saying in this business, “Doctors bury their mistakes, we print ours.” ***

While I was getting the mail and visiting with the new postmaster last week I ventured next door to the grocery store in search of a cup of coffee. Where upon, I encountered a tall, distinctive gentleman who was operating the store, one Thomas L. Feeney ll. Well, two Irishmen hit it off immediately and before I left the store he had purchased an ad. If you look through this newspaper you will find the 1x2” ad with his last name neatly printed on his message. It is patriotic! Thanks Tom!

Timberline Fire Dept.

By Cherokee Blake

At 4:55 p.m. on September 19, 2021, the Gilpin County Communications Center received a call of a shed fully engulfed in flames at 655 Pactolus Lake Rd. A second caller advised that the fire was spreading up the hillside.

Timberline Fire Dept. was dispatched and arrived on scene at 5:05 p.m. They confirmed the report of the callers. The wildland fire grew to approximately ½ acre and was reported extinguished and cold at 7:21 p.m..

Timberline was dispatched to a reported structure fire with extension into the surrounding wildland at a residence across Pactolus Road from the Lincoln Hills Fly Fishing Club. Colorado State Patrol had a deputy in the area who responded in and confirmed that there was a

working structure fire that was progressing rapidly into the adjacent wildland. Timberline apparatus arrived on scene and began suppression actions, focusing first on the structures involved and then on the small wildland fire. The fire was quickly contained to the building of origin and control line was constructed around the perimeter of the wildland fire. The fire was declared contained at 5:30 PM. Timberline Fire was assisted by Gilpin County Sheriff Office (GCSO). Division of Fire Prevention and Control(DFPC), US Forest Service(USFS) Gilpin Ambulance Authority, Gilpin County Office of Emergency Management, Nederland Fire Protection District, Golden Gate Fire Protection

District, Coal Creek Fire Protection District, and Colorado State Patrol. Nederland Fire Dept., Coal Creek Fire Dept, Colorado State Patrol (CSP), Timberline units will be in the area performing checks on the fire scene to extinguish any hot spots over the coming days.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

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County Board of Health adopts school mask mandate

By Jeffrey V. Smith

The Gilpin County Commissioners, acting as the County Board of Health, passed a public health order Tuesday requiring all students, staff, faculty and visitors to wear masks while indoors at the Gilpin County RE-1 school. Following input from the county’s Public Health Executive Director and comments from parents, the board voted 2-1 to approve the order through Dec. 16. It takes effect immediately.

Following the vote, a message was sent to parents Tuesday evening informing them of the new order and that all students aged three and older must wear a mask indoors at the school, on school transportation and at “all indoor extracurricular activities for all participants in the event.” It also reminded parents that students need to supply their own masks and that public health orders are “lawful orders and must be followed.”

The contentious issue was considered by the Commissioners following a series of school quarantines, a range of concerns voiced by parents and because, according to Board Chair Linda Isenhart, the school district has taken no action of its own or communicated any plans to do so with county officials.

“We’ve received numerous e-mails and perhaps even phone calls from parents who are very concerned about the school’s hesitancy to require

masking for the teachers and the students. Right now, the cases are rising… It’s very concerning to us,” Isenhart said. “We have reached out to Superintendent Dr. David MacKenzie and to the Gilpin RE-1 School Board about our concerns and have not heard any decision coming back…

Because of the urgency that we’ve heard from parents — and some of them are thinking about withdrawing children from RE1 school — we felt that this is a necessary step.”

Prior to the board’s discussion, Jefferson County Health Director Dr. Dawn Comstock, who also serves Gilpin County, summarized the situation. She pointed out the school currently has seven confirmed cases of COVID in staff or students and has had three quarantines in past 14 days but explained the school does not currently meet the definition of an outbreak.

She added, however, there are three more symptomatic students to be tested and if two are positive, the school would fall under the official definition of an outbreak.

Comstock, who ultimately recommend the Board adopt some sort of mask mandate, explained that when a single COVID case is discovered in a class, everyone in the classroom receives quarantine orders because anyone without a mask meets the definition of a close contact.

“You’ve had three quarantines in the last two weeks. Those are students who are missing

out on in-person learning because they have been exposed to a case,” she said.

The Health Director also shared “general” information about the state health department’s updated school guidelines released Sept. 10.

She explained the update’s five main changes including its recommendation for “universal indoor masking for all students, staff, teachers and visitors to K-12 schools regardless of vaccination status and at all levels of community transmission.”

Although the state health department is only making recommendations, not requirements, Comstock said it continues to “strongly recommend that anyone who meets the definition of a close contact and who is unmasked at the time of exposure to a case needs to quarantine.”

A close contact is defined as anyone who is within three feet radius of a person who is positive for cumulative total of 15 minutes over a 24-hour period.

“There is nearly universal support from national, state and local medical and public health experts regarding the need for universal masking in schools,” Comstock said.

She also referenced a recent letter sent to Governor Polis requesting mask mandates in schools signed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, American Academy of Pediatrics, Colorado Department of Public

Health and Environment, the Colorado Chapters of the American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Emergency Physicians, Aurora-Adams County Medical Society, Colorado Academy of Family Physicians, Colorado Chapter of American College of Physicians, Colorado Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Society, Colorado Ear Nose and Throat Society, Colorado Medical Society, Colorado Psychiatric Society, Denver Medical Society, Foothills Medical Society, Northern Colorado Medical Society and Pediatrics Mednax Medical Group.

Additionally, according to the Health Director, Colorado Children’s Hospital provides a “great deal” of information to parents including their call for universal masking of students in school and their determination masks do not a pose a physical or mental health risk to students while mitigating transmission of COVID-19 in a school setting. “Jefferson County Health as well as the other six counties in the Denver metro area are all currently under public health orders that require masking in schools for at least certain age groups,” she said. “It is concerning that after last year you did such a good job avoiding cases while you’ve had so many cases in the school setting already this year.”

Before finishing her presentation, Comstock said

she spoke with Superintendent MacKenzie at the beginning of the school year and discussed the positives and negatives associated with masking and recalls being told if an outbreak occurred, the school would voluntarily adopt a mask requirement.

“This is very serious… with this body of professional organizations, including the Colorado Children’s Hospital, that are recommending schools go ahead and take it serious to have masking for their students and their teachers, I think this is the way Gilpin County can go,” Isenhart said. “We had hoped the school board would be forth coming in creating a rule such as this themselves. We’re not trying to be heavy handed, but we’re also very concerned about the welfare of our children… We really need to give this a serious look. My recommendation would be to go with the guidelines that the professional health folks have put forth with masking.”

Commissioner Sandy Hollingsworth pointed out Clear Creek, Boulder Valley and Jefferson County have all implemented a mask mandate.

“It just seems like whenever you go out of Gilpin County, you’re going to step into one of those counties… It’s a small thing to do, put on a mask when you’re in school,” she said. “The fear is if the spread continues, they will have to go back to all virtual and not be able to be inperson both academically and Continued ON PAGE 9

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The Central City/Clear Creek Superfund Site was listed on the National Priorities List in 1983, making it a Superfund site. The Study Area encompasses the approximately 400 square mile Clear Creek watershed. The area has been impacted by heavy metals from historic mining operations, including impacts to aquatic life and potentially human health. Cleanup to date has been focused primarily on addressing the impacts to surface water and includes: treatment of point-source discharges and contaminated water; waste pile stabilization, capping, off-site disposal and diversion of run-on water; development of a repository to consolidate and manage mine waste rock and tailings; and other activities. Cleanup activities and investigations at the site are ongoing.

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9-11 STAIR CLIMB

By David Josselyn On Saturday, September 11, 2021, emergency personnel along with many civilians across the country commemorated the World Trade Center terrorist attack 20 years prior by punishingly ascending at least 110 flights of stairs to get a sense of what it was like for the fire fighters who bravely climbed those towers to save as many people as they could. I foolishly joined the crew at the Ameristar Casino in Black Hawk as they covered four laps up one stairwell and down another.

The 9-11 Stair Climb has dual purpose in not only recreating a facsimile of that fateful day for personal reflection, but also as a fundraiser for the National Fallen Firefighters to assist families in rebuilding their lives and to work toward reducing deaths and injuries among fire fighters. Per the National Fire Protection Association’s figures, an average of 81 firefighters (data from 2002 to 2019) lose their lives either in the line of duty or due to injuries sustained in the line of duty each year in the United States. The World Trade Center attack claimed the lives of 412 emergency personnel which includes 343 firefighters.

Cody Kalb – every year is super meaningful; I’m really glad that 20 years later we have this many people that want to be involved; just knowing that not just 344 firefighters, but others gave their lives to save others. To

commemorate that is a huge honor for us.

Even in a small scale, to be able to experience what they experienced that day…; in 5th grade, getting ready for school and my parents were upset and had on the news. IN school they brought some TVs in the classroom and we sat in awe and talked about it.

Jordan Stone – we get to do something that is bigger than ourselves; as we climb the stairs and see the pictures hanging up it’s good to remember what they went through and that they gave their lives; a remembrance to keep their memories alive.

IN 5th grade, they rolled in the big tv which never happens; we kinda sat in silence. Faith Christian.

The moments of awe; when you’re young you don’t understand it as much.

Don Koogle, Captain of the Clear Creek Fire Authority – we’re here because it’s been 20 years.

2001 is when I started; with the way society is going these days we can never forget what happened.

I was in Red Rocks CC working on my fire science degree; we went down to get coffee on our morning break, the TV was on and we saw this and we stopped for a second, and then time stood still for the rest of the day. The biggest thing I remember is how silent it was; there were no planes flying.

Kenneth Marino is from my hometown in NY; he was a volunteer firefighter as well; Joseph Angelini, Sr. he was one of the oldest guys in Rescue 1; and I went to high school with his son, Joseph Angelini, Jr.; Christopher Amoroso, I was best friends with his cousin.; I was only in 3rd grade; it shaped the rest of my life.

I was in NY in Queens in elementary school; being so young, you don’t’ really know what’s going on. I definitely remember that day my dad came home super late and then the next morning, just the smell… you could smell everything.

Laura – I was here that day; we had a lot of friends in Manhattan and in the fire department

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SENIOR-AT-LARGE “TALES OF ST. CROIX”

By Larry Grieco

Smack dab in the middle of the island of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands is a rainforest, and in the middle of the rainforest is an openair bar without a name. In 1989 I used to go there with my friend Kye who was born and grew up in Brooklyn.

Kye was the head librarian at the library in the sleepy town of Frederiksted, while I was the head librarian in the busy town of Christiansted. Whenever I visited Kye in her library we would catch the sunset after work at a bar called “The Green Flash” named after a phenomenon in the Caribbean in which you see a distinct green flash of light as the sun drops below the horizon. Then Kye and I would drive in her car through the rainforest to find the bar with no name, which rumor had it that it also lacked a liquor license. Then we would head toward the second star on the right and straight on until we reached Christiansted where we might be thirsty again and stop at a bar where we’d be the only customers, and they would serve us beer and free food when we looked hungry enough. It was possible on the island of St. Croix to live in your own little world, or perhaps several little worlds, in which only certain people and places were part of each

world. For Kye and me there was a world of sunsets, bars, and conversation, and it was different from Kye’s other world in which she was married and had her own group of friends. I had another little world in which I was one of a half dozen librarians, not including Kye, who would get together often for dinner among the tourists in one of the fine restaurants and listen to fantastic reggae music played by live local bands.

Kye was my black librarian friend and we would go to native places where there were no tourists, while my other librarian friends were white and we’d go to the tourist spots. I became friends with Kye’s husband and when he learned I was walking to work through the cemetery on a hill over Christiansted, where people were often attacked and robbed by crack addicts, he said “I am not comfortable with you walking where you’re walking,” and he tried to find me a cheap used car to buy. Eventually we found one and I bought it for a couple hundred dollars. After Hurricane Hugo ravaged St. Croix, I would stand in line at a VITELCO (Virgin Islands Telephone Company) phone center in which there were dozens of working phones that people used to let friends

and family in the states know that they were still alive. I met Kye there one morning and she gave me a hug while an extra-large black woman friend of hers, who towered over both Kye and me, bent down and hugged us both at once. As I look back at it now, I believe that was the defining moment of my year spent in the Caribbean.

The car I bought was an old Chevy 4-door sedan. It had an automatic transmission and I remember my white-Rasta friend, Mike, who was also an excellent poet, sitting in the passenger seat and listening to the timing of the gears changing, one-by-one, and saying “There’s second gear, there’s third, there’s fourth—yep, the engine’s working great.” Unfortunately, the ignition switch wasn’t working so great. A friend of mine, Bob, who lived upstairs in my apartment complex, rigged a wire through a hole he drilled in the firewall connecting the ignition to the starter and, voila, the car would start whenever I turned the switch. Not long after I began driving, I had a blowout and needed to buy a new tire, which post-Hugo was sold to me by a price-gouger, for $100, which was half of what I paid for the car in the first place. In the mean time I

was offered the chance to be the director of the Virgin Islands Regional Library for the Blind, located in Frederiksted, and the car enabled me to accept the new job, and drive across the island and back every day. After living for over a month with no electricity or running water, I decided a trip home to Denver was in order. I arranged for Dahlia, a single mother who worked for me at the library, to drive me to the airport in my car, and then have use of the car while I was away. The plane took off from an airport that had no electricity and, once in the air, I suddenly found clarity—I wasn’t going back to St. Croix. I flew to Chicago, spent the night in a Hilton Hotel near the O’Hare Airport, and then on to Denver in the morning. I resigned from my job, signed the car over to Dahlia, left everything I owned (other than the clothes I had with me) in my apartment in St. Croix, and turned the page on 1989.

Now, I understand the people of St. Croix divide their history into “pre-Hugo” and “post-Hugo,” and whenever I try to Google the names of the restaurants and clubs I used to frequent, they are not there anymore. But other places to go and things to do have sprung up to replace them.

My island was before Hugo, and a little bit after Hugo.

There’s no point in feeling nostalgic about things that no longer exist, but the people are still there. I communicated a few times by email with Kye, and her last message to me was cut short, “I’m off to a party now,” she wrote, “some things never change!”

As I look back to that moment of hugging Kye in the phone center, and us getting double-hugged by her giant friend, I think of a line from “Diamonds and Rust,” that great Joan Baez song in which she looks back at an extraordinarily happy moment in her friendship with Bob Dylan, decades earlier, “Speaking strictly for me, we both could have died then and there.” Some memories are etched in our minds forever.

My memories of Kye are now etched on paper as well. They are the kind of memories in which you have to ask yourself, decades later, “Did that really happen? Were we really there? Or was it all in some book I read and I only thought it was real? Having lived in St. Croix does that to you, and having known Kye does that to you too.

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Turnback in Time

By Emma Berg Continued from page 1

30 years ago September 20, 1991 The Social Register: Bill Plein, director of marketing for the Gilpin County Chamber of Commerce, has received from the State of Colorado the oneand-only personalized license plate, “SLOTS.” Plein said, “It’s just for fun, and SLOTS symbolizes the fun that 3,000 slot machines will bring to our towns starting October 1, and of course, the slots will be the catalyst for rejuvenating the economy of our towns and the county and will give millions of tax dollars back to the people of Colorado.”

Plein also said, “I am lifting the barbells with my right arm, getting ready for the slot tournaments that are bound to be coming!”

During the last year, reporters from Denver have become a familiar sight, but national coverage is still somewhat of a novelty. Look for Rosemary Hennings and Bruce Schmalz on CNN soon.

Forget the ayes and nays, it’s the knees who have Gilpin County these days. Bonnie Merchant, Norm Blake, and Harvey Stitt are all home again, enjoying increased mobility after having knee replacement surgery.

Died: Willard Nicholas Leuthauser, 72, died September 7th, 1991. A resident of the area for 40 years, Leuthauser most recently lived in Littleton.

He and his family lived in Central City from 1981-1984 and continued to visit often.

Leuthauser was born October 6th, 1918, in Minneapolis, MN. From 1942-1945 he served as a radio operator and rear tail gunner in the Army Air Corps, attaining the rank of technical sergeant. While stationed in Chakulia, India, Leuthauser participated in the World War II campaigns for China, Burma and India.

He was awarded two Bronze Stars, the Distinguised Flying Cross and Air Medal.

Leuthauser married Ellen Louise Elsner on September 18th, 1948, in St. Paul, MN. He graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1950 with a Bachelor of Science in recreation. In 1971, Leuthauser earned a Master of Arts in public administration from the University of Colorado. He was recreation director for the City and County of Boulder from 1951-1961 and parks and recreation director for South Suburban from 19621964. From 1964 until he retired in 1988, Leuthauser was employed by the Aging and Adult Services Division for the State of Colorado.

He was a member of many

organizations, including Central City Elks Lodge #557, Boulder Masonic Lodge #45, Sons of Norway Trollheim Lodge 6-110, Irish Fellowship Club, Denver Musicians Association, Northwest Accordion Society, Colorado Senior Lobby, AARP, OASIS, NACCCA, Gerontological Society and Belmar Village Volunteers.

Leuthauser and his wife are former members of St. James Methodist Church.

While he was employed as a park and recreation director, Leuthauser was instrumental in establishing and developing many of the parks and recreation facilities in Boulder and Arapahoe counties.

He was later involved in helping to establish and implement the Older American Act of 1964.

Leuthauser is survived by his wife, Ellen Louise E. Leuthauser; sons Nicholas Leuthauser, Nashville, TN; Charles Leuthauser, Denver, CO; Martin Leuthauser, Littleton, CO; daughter Winifred Ferrill, Arvada, CO and six grandchildren: Alex, Adam, Carly, Megan, Kate and Nicholas. Services will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 21st, at Holy Cross Lutheran Church at 45th and Wadsworth in Wheat Ridge.

Instead of flowers, the family requests that contributions be sent in Leuthauser’s memory to Hospice of St. John.

60 years ago September 29, 1961 Central City Nuggets: Word received from Denver states that George McLaughlin, who has been in St. Joseph’s hospital for the past month, is again back at his home, which is pleasing news to his numerous friends in Gilpin County.

Over 1,000 visitors from Denver were in Central City last Sunday on a trip sponsored by the Burlington railroad who were in convention in the Queen City and made this trip to view the beautiful hues of the quaking asps. It was most unfortunate

that the day was foggy and dismal, but they apparently enjoyed themselves.

A young man from Denver, after imbibing in too much “mountain dew,” was arrested Sunday evening when he mistakenly entered the car owned by Joe Menegatti, which was of the same year and style as his own.

No attempt was evident as theft was in his mind, but he spent the night in the county bastille, and the following morning appeared before Justice of the Peace Pete Redmond, who assessed a fine of $10 and costs which was paid, and the young man returned to his home in Denver, a sadder but wiser

person.

Mrs. Robert Gleason and children left last Friday for her home in San Francisco after visiting a week with her mother, Mrs. Gus Rudolph.

Black Hawk Gold Dust: Mrs. George Smith is having an addition built onto her house n Main Street.

Floyd Campbell is in charge of the work.

Mrs. Robert Gleason and two children, who have been visiting the Gus Rudolphs, left Friday by plane for their home in San Francisco.

Mrs. Mary Robinson has been up from Denver several times recently to show the Fleiss house to prospective buyers.

Mr. Ken Inman of Idaho Springs has just finished painting the Mary Blake home on Clear Creek Street, and making other necessary repairs before cold weather sets in.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Clark were in Denver Tuesday to see his sister who is ill in the hospital. Her home is in

Telluride, Colorado.

90 years ago- October 2, 1931 Mr. Abe Rachofsky, of Denver, accompanied by his daughter, Mrs. Lillian Rachofsky Hunn, motored up from Denver Monday on business matters, to meet old friends and attend the Elks’ dance.

Mrs. Melita Seymour, accompanied by Miss Baer, came up from Denver Saturday to spend Sunday in the mountains, and enjoy the beautiful coloring on the mountainsides, painted by Jack Frost, and visit with friends, returning Sunday afternoon.

Mr. James Cody left for Denver Friday afternoon for a few days’ visit with relatives, returning home Monday afternoon in time to take in the sports connected with the Elk herd.

Harry Paul and wife motored up from Denver Monday afternoon, on a visit at the old home and with friends, and to attend the Elk’s celebration, returning home Tuesday morning.

Dr. William Mark Muchow arrived here from Chicago Monday evening to keep in touch with everything connected with the Chain-OMines operations, of which he is the head.

Thomas Mitchell left for Denver Sunday, to attend a meeting of the Republican state central committee, as a representative of Gilpin County.

Jon Ness, a truck owner and driver, was arrested by Sheriff Oscar Williams for issuing short checks, and was taken to Idaho Springs for trial, where he was forced to make the checks good.

Charges were also made against him of insulting women on the streets in this city, and at their homes, and Sheriff Williams ordered him to leave town at once or he would put him n the cooler. He left for Denver Sunday morning, and there is no likelihood of his ever returning again.

120 years ago October 4, 1901 Miss Mollie M. McGinnis and her cousin, Miss Jennie McGinnis, of Black Hawk, left Sunday for Denver on their way to the Buffalo Exposition, intending to visit New York City, and then afterwards to go to Imlay City, Michigan, where they will visit with relatives.

Mr. Harold Shuck, son of Mr. and Mrs. H.G. Shuck, of this city, who has been sick with typhoid fever, is reported as improving.

Mr. J.B. Abbott and family have moved from the Miller block to the Heim residence on West High Street.

During the month of September, the shipments of smelting and crude ore, concentrates and tailings from the Black Hawk depot to the smelters and outside points of treatment, were 309 carloads, or 5666 tons. The shipments show a gain over the same month of last year.

Local parties who are leasing on a property in Gregory District, received returns from a shipment to the sampling works in Black Hawk last week, which returned $129 per ton. The same parties have been taking out ore that showed free gold in spar and black iron, which gave high values and they have been doing well in their operations.

Born: In Central City, September 26th, 1901, to the wife of E. Romedi, a daughter.

Born: In Nevadaville, September 29th, 1901, to the wife of James Semmens, a son.

Born: In Central City, September 27th, 1901, to the wife of Anton Stenneck, a son.

Born: In Central City, September 27th, 1901, to the wife of Gus Hackinson, a daughter.

Born: In Central City, September 29th, 1901, to the wife of E. Andreatta, a son.

Married: In Central City, at St. Mary’s Church, September 25th, 1901, Rev. Father Desaulniers officiating, Battiste Ostorero and Miss Agnes Hawn, both of Nevadaville.

Married: In Central City, at the residence of the bride’s mother, October 1st, 1901, Rev. S.J. Rogers officiating, A.H. Lytle of Eldora, Colorado, and Miss Daisy Cramer, of Central City.

Married: In Nevadaville, October 1st, 1901, Rev. S.A. Weber officiating, J.H. Cash and Miss Annie J. Thomas, both of Nevadaville.

Died: In Nevadaville, September 28th, 1901, Mrs. Mary A Waters, aged 42 years.

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comments by explaining how the school board voted 4-1 to “pursue the policies they have in place,” that the residents of the district voted for current board “to protect and take care of their children” and that he is “happy” with whatever decision the school board makes.

“I’m not so vain that I want to override the decision of all the voters in Gilpin County RE-1 on the complaints of a very few people including the one dissenting vote on Gilpin County RE-1 [school board].

I am more than happy to give it time and let the school board and superintendent re-make up their mind, if it’s necessary,” Sill said. “I’ve felt like this has been a politized issue since June of 2020 at least.”

According to Sill, “if this is really a case of a pandemic and not a case of politics” border crossers of the “wide-open” southern

boarder wouldn’t be allowed in without being tested or vaccinated nor would Afghan refugees be allowed into the country “not being tested, not being vaxed and also not being vetted.” He explained that since the President’s vaccine order excludes all members of Congress and their staff, the Federal judiciary and their staff and the U.S. Postal Union while businesses of 100 or more employees are required to “mask up and test,” these orders are “at the very least segregation and discrimination.”

“I am more than happy, more than willing to give it a little while for the school board to rule on this again…

I’ll be happy with their opinion,” Sill said before suggesting Comstock “lobby” the school board and pointing out there is a cold “going around” Gilpin County and that is most likely what

symptomatic students are explained she is an ICU nurse experiencing. “I’m not being who works with COVID a contrarian, there are just patients and is “fully aware” so many ‘whys’ to this that I how serious the pandemic remain skeptical.” is. She encouraged the board Following the to be part of the solution Commissioners’ comments, and not part of the problem. three parents of students told “Mr. Sill, it is absolutely a the board they would support pandemic, it is absolutely some level of mask mandate real, it is absolutely collapsing “as soon as possible” and our health care system. Even encouraged on-site rapid though you or your relatives testing at the school for a may be just fine through T H U R S D AY, SEPTEM BER 2 , 2 0 2 1 variety of reasons including COVID, I get to see 10 or 20 protecting younger family people die on the line who members and preventing pass away from COVID… the school from becoming a the potential that Gilpin could county-wide super-spreader. experience extreme losses “I just don’t understand. I from COVID if it were to don’t believe this particular reach the whole community; issue is a political issue in any the consequences would be way shape or form. I think unreal. We are not some kind

BY LARRY GRIECO that this is an issue of, yes, of unicorn that can escape the When I moved to Denver in a global pandemic that we consequences of not making the mid-70s, I landed—like most are, for economic reasons, proper decisions.” newcomers—in Capital Hill. It handling the best way that we was aCrystal Zeibeck, who on tiny basement apartment can,” Rana Silver said. encouraged the board Marion Street, about a block-andRebekah, a parent of to require masksa-half in thesouth three students, including elementary school but not for of Colfax. one currently quarantined, older students, added the my state Florence, Haitian friend who drove out with me from Buffalo, helped me move in. It was partially furnished and, like most basement apartments, was dimly lit from any outside source. I arrived about a month before Martha, who was moving with me from Buffalo, but as soon as I had an address, her boxes began arriving. My cat, Tater, arrived by air before Martha did. I spent most of the time with Scot and his girlfriend, Rena, and a few other friends, all hippies of one sort or another, and in all shapes, sizes and colors.

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• AFTER SCHOOL AND FULL-DAY FRIDAYS Saturdays, 9:15 - 10:15 am - K-6th students will be transported to the Community Center after school.

We will be playing outside, gym games, arts and crafts, and so much more! This program is State Licensed with enthusiastic staff! Go online or to the Community Center for more information. Gilpin County Community Center, 250 Norton Drive. 303-582-1453, visit gilpincounty.org or facebook.com/gilpincounty.org.

• SAINT PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH WORDS OF LIFE September 26, 9 am Words of Life discussion. 10 am, Holy Eucharist Rev. Lorrie Slayman. 226 E. First High Street in Central City next to the Gilpin History Museum. 303-582-0450, stpaulschurchcentralcity@ gmail.com, stpaulsepiscopalchurchcentralcity.org.

ALAN GREEN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION GRANTS The Alan Green Memorial Foundation (AGMF) is now accepting grant applications from Gilpin County organizations and non-profits that benefit Gilpin residents. AGMF is a non-profit organization created by the Green family and friends in memory of Alan Green. Lela and Ken Green lost their son and his wife in a commercial plane crash. Since l983 the AGMF has given yearly grants to benefit Gilpin County residents. Applications are available on the website: alangreenmemorialfoundation.org. Return your completed application digitally by e-mail to: alangreenfdn@gmail.com. Regarding any questions leave message for Sharon at 303-582-5562. APPLICATION DEADLINE is September 30, 2021.

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BY THE CENTRAL CITY OPERA September 24-26, Observe artists at work, and enjoy activities for the whole family! More than twenty specially selected artists from across the country travel to Central City this September to paint the incomparable Colorado scenery and historic atmosphere. All events are free with the exception of the Friday Night KickOff Party at the Monarch Casino Resort Spa and the Sunday Preview Party in the Teller House. The festival culminates in an exhibition and sale, where 60+ paintings created during the event are displayed and available for purchase. Buy tickets at: https:// centralcityopera.org/

CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR PEGGY ROTH Saturday, October 9, 2021, 12:00 pm, at the Gilpin County Community Center, 250 Norton Drive.

Regularly Scheduled Community Meetings

MOUNTAIN PEAK LIFE Nederland Area Seniors FALL HARVEST DINNER Saturday, September 25 at 5pm BBQ Pulled Pork, Butternut Squash Ravioli, Roasted Vegetables, Garden Herb Salad, Homemade Breads and Baked Apples & Ice Cream Seating is Limited - RSVP Required by Wednesday 9/22 Email: MountainPeakLife.RSVP@gmail.com or Call: 303-259-0799

Community Events Calendar Fall Equinox Sunset Hike (Nederland), Wed. Sept. 22, 5-7 p.m.

Celebrate the start of fall on this sunset hike. All ages welcome.

Register at www.BoulderCountyOpenSpace.org/register Bee Festival - presented by City of Boulder, Sat. Sept. 18, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Celebrate Pollinator Appreciation Month at Central Park West Civic Area.

Estes Park Autumn Gold Festival, Sat. – Sun. Sept. 25 & 26 Bond Park A festival of bands featuring talented local musicians, food, and fun.

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PUBLIC MEETINGS IN GILPIN COUNTY • AA Meetings - Sundays at 6 pm (St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 226 E. First High St., Central City) • Al-Anon Meetings - Thursdays at 7 pm (St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 226 E. First High St., Central City) • Alzheimer’s Caregivers - 3rd Monday, 4 pm (Mt Evans Health Care, 3081 Bergen Peak Dr, Bergen Park) • American Legion - 4th Tuesday, 6:30 pm • Black Hawk City Council - 2nd & 4th Wednesday, 3 pm (BH Council Chambers) • Central City Council - 1st & 3rd Tuesday, 7pm (Central City Hall) • Central City Historic Preservation Commission, 2nd Wed if needed (Central City Hall) • Central City Planning Commission, 1st Wednesday, if needed (Central City Hall) • Elk's Lodge Members - 2nd and 4th Monday, 7:30pm (Central City Elk’s Lodge) • Friends of the Gilpin County Library - 2nd Thursday, 10 am (GC Library) • Gilpin Ambulance Authority - 2nd Wednesday, 10 am (495 Apex Valley Rd) • Gilpin County Commissioners - Alternating Tuesdays, 9 am (old GC Courthouse, 203 Eureka Street, 2nd floor) • Gilpin County Democrats - 4th Thursday, 7 pm (GC Library - gilpincountydems.org/contact.html) • Gilpin County Historic Advisory Commission, quarterly on Tuesdays, 7 pm (GC Library) 303-582-5831 • Gilpin County Planning Commission, 2nd Tuesday, 7 pm (GC Courthouse Central City) 303-582-5831x3 • Gilpin County Public Library Board of Trustees - 2nd

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Thursday, 7pm (GC Library) • Gilpin County Republicans - 1st Thursday, 7 pm (call 720-595-6100 for location) • Gilpin County School Board of Education - 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 7 pm (GC School Board Room) • Gilpin County Senior Living - 1st Monday, 6:30 pm (GC

Frank Samuel, “Sam,” Yanchunis passed away on September 5, 2021, at the age of 67. Most of Sam’s life was spent underground as a miner in Colorado, Montana, Nevada, and Arizona. Sam suffered from scoliosis of the lung, which led to his unfortunate passing.

Sam was a man of great humor and some would say, “a hellion.” Making people laugh was one of his favorite pastimes. He and his wife, Lorna, eventually settled in Pueblo, Colorado.

Sam was preceded in death by his loving wife Lorna, Mother and Step-Father, Leslee and Lloyd Williams, his brothers, Benjamin Yanchunis, and Stace Williams.

Sam is survived by four brothers, Steve, Stewart, and Scott Yanchunis, Danny Williams, and a sister, Sonjah Dunn.

Sammy will be greatly missed. May he forever rest in peace.

School Board Room) • Main Street Central City Commission - 3rd Wednesday each month, 6 pm (Central City Hall) • Masonic Lodge - 2nd Wednesday each month, 6 pm (Central City Masonic Lodge, E 1st High door) • Narcotics Anonymous - Every Tuesday, 7:30-8:30 pm (Loaves and Fishes, 545 Hwy 103 Idaho Springs) • Nederland Community Clothing Closet - 1st & last Thursday & every Saturday, 10 - noon (Nederland Community Center) • Peak to Peak Choir Rehearsal - Wednesdays 7-9 (Gilpin Library) 303-642-0276 • Peak to Peak Rotary - Thursdays 11 am. Email mlorenz. rotary@outlook.com (Gilpin County Library) • Timberline Fire Protection District - changes each month, 6 pm (TFPD Station) check https://timberlinefpd. colorado.gov/elected-officials-board-of-directors • VFW - 4th Tuesday, 7 pm. Call 303-999-7728 for meeting location Public Meetings in Nederland • Nederland Board of Trustees - 2nd Tuesdays

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DESPERADOS AND OUTLAWS BLACK HAWK POLICE DEPARTMENT • On September 13, at 1036 hours, Officer Adler responded to the Ameristar Casino (111 Richman Street), for found property. Report taken.

• On September 13, at 1232 hours, Officer Adler responded to the Lady Luck parking garage (333 Main Street), for a vehicle trespass. Report taken.

• On September 14, at approximately 0748 hours, Officer B. Davis responded to Crooks Parking on a report of a driver who hit the yield sign at Highway 119 and Selak Street.

The driver was contacted and issued a summons.

• On September 14, at approximately 1150 hours, Officer B. Davis completed a phone report of a lost wallet some time in early September.

• On September 14, at 1504 hours, Officers were called to the Lodge Casino related to a suspicious female who had taken a photo in their photo booth showing handwritten notes indicating she was in danger.

She left the photos behind in the booth. Officers contacted the female who was sitting on a bench outside the Lodge. She was not in jeopardy but didn’t want to talk to the officers. She left without providing her name to the officers. She said she planned to take a bus back to Denver.

Officers determined that there was no crime and concluded the investigation.

• On September 15, at approximately 1341 hours, Officers responded to the intersection of Highway 119 and Main Street on a Motor Vehicle Accident. A summons was issued for careless driving.

• On September 15, at approximately 1616 hours, Officers responded to 111 Richman Street, the Ameristar Casino hotel report of found drugs. The drugs were booked in for destruction.

• On September 14, at approximately 1611 hours, I, Rick Grassi, observed a female slip and fall on the sidewalk immediately in front of the Lady Luck garage exit. The female was transported to the hospital by Gilpin EMS. • On September 17, Officers responded to the Ameristar Casino on the report of found drugs. A male was issued a summons for unlawful possession of a controlled substance.

• On September 17, Officer Adler responded to the Isle parking garage, (401 Main Street), for a vehicle trespass.

Report taken.

• On September 17, at 0940 hours, fraud was reported at the Lady Luck Casino.

• On September 17, at approximately 1535 hours, Officers responded to the Isle hotel regarding found drugs.

An unknown substance was recovered from the scene and booked in for destruction.

• On September 17, at approximately 1625 hours, Officer Sayers took a phone report of a lost wallet, the victim is not sure where he lost his wallet.

• On September 18, at approximately 0453, a report of trespassing was made at the Isle Casino.

• On September 18, the Black Hawk Police Department responded to a party reporting a possible assault that occurred at the Ameristar Hotel and Casino.

A female party was arrested on charges of Harassment and Domestic Violence and she was transported to the Gilpin County Jail.

• On September 18, at 1619 hours, Officer Atencio responded to a medical-person in cardiac arrest due to opioids at Ameristar Casino. The party was revived and transported by ambulance.

• On September 18, at approximately 2339, Black Hawk Police Officer Brobbey responded to Monarch Casino on a found drug report. No suspect(s) were on scene. Drug has been booked into evidence for destruction.

• On September 19, at approximately 0100 hours, Officer Johnson responded to the Ameristar Casino regarding a disturbance between a male and a female. One male was arrested and later released on a municipal summons for damaging private property.

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“The Dow Jones reached a new record on my watch” is a common boast from incumbents. But looking at the stock market in context shows—surprise, surprise—these statements are highly misleading. The stock market is a cumulative tally—it never resets to zero. It also always goes up over time because, on average, publicly traded companies get bigger as they mature. A new market high is a very different record from, say, baseball’s single-season homerun record, which requires extraordinary performance.

In stark contrast, the stock market can break records even while increasing at below-average rates.

Terrorism is another good example of how context matters. The events of September 11, 2001 highlighted the great dangers of terrorism. But how does terrorism compare to other threats? While terrorists have killed about 3,000 Americans since 2000, over 20,000 Americans die by homicide or murder annually. And more than 38,000 die from traffic accidents each year.

People embrace facts out of context all the time. (And not just politicians.)

They disregard trend lines. They ignore the net impact of something and focus on discrete effects. They gloss over comparables and instead focus on isolated samples. They confuse outliers and aberrations with the mean or the median. And many have trouble with scale, hardly distinguishing 100 million units of something from a billion units.

Is terrorism, in context, as threatening as some think? Did it

Anecdotal thinking is particularly widespread. People often tell stories

that support their worldview without considering the big picture. Global warming deniers, for example, describe dramatic blizzards to show that the world is not warming. But to know whether there’s global warming you need to know, well, whether the globe is warming—not how much snow there was in Green Bay last December 18. And the data clearly establish that Earth, on the whole, is getting hotter. In many cases, like global warming, context is not just important—it is a necessary precondition to understanding something at all.

fake news, medical quackery, and conspiracy theorizing?”

We do indeed have a rationality problem. And one of the core reasons why is that people draw the wrong conclusions about what they see.

Again and again. Taking the time to put things in context would help.

A lot.

William Cooper has written for The Wall Street Journal, New York Daily News and Huffington Post, among others.

In his new book Rationality Harvard professor Steven Pinker explores why humanity “appears to be losing its mind.” How can the same species “that developed vaccines for Covid-19 in less than a year,” Pinker wonders, “produce so much

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