Vol. 159 No. 19 September 23, 2021
“The foundation of Gilpin County”
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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 18, 1871, by J.W. Ratliff, Julius Hildebreand and Miss Teresa Keller. Married: The marriage of Charles B. Kountze and Miss Mary E. Estabrook, of Denver, was announced in Continued ON PAGE 8
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BY GARY KING
Homecoming football photos by Addy King.
The Game The Gilpin County High School Eagles homecoming game took place last Friday, September 17. The game was played against the Plateau Valley High School Cowboys on the Eagle’s home field considered by many to be the most beautiful football venue in Colorado. The game started at 6:00 p.m. and finished under the proverbial “Friday night lights”. In the first 5 minutes of the game the Cowboy’s had scored two touchdowns on a 9-yard run and a 36-yard pass, each followed by a 2-point conversion, making the score Eagles 0 to the Cowboys 16. Although the Cowboys were within 9 yards of the Eagles goal line, Eagles prevented them from further scoring for the rest of the quarter. Midway through the 2nd quarter the Cowboys scored again on a 3-yard run but failed the 2-point conversion with an incomplete pass. After a 10-play, 40-yard drive, with 12 seconds left in the half the Cowboys scored again with a 4-yard run followed by a 2-point conversion. The half ended with a score of Eagles 0 to the Cowboys 30. The Cowboy’s opened the second half with a 60-yard
kickoff return for a touchdown on the first play, followed by a 2-point conversion, making the tally 0-36 Cowboys. After a 4-play drive for 22 yards the Eagles turned the ball over on a fumble allowing the Cowboys a 70yard run on the first play of their possession for a touchdown. The Cowboys followed-up with a 2-point conversion increasing their lead by another 6 points to 46. On the following kickoff the Cowboys implemented an onside kick that was picked up by Cole Tuttle (2) of the Eagles and returned 60 yards for the Eagles first touchdown of the game. The Eagles followed-up with a 2-point conversion. With no further scoring in the remaining 3 minutes and 35 seconds of the 3rd quarter, the period ended with the Eagles 8 to the Cowboys 46. On the first possession of the 4th quarter, the Cowboys continued a 9-play series that began in the 3rd quarter for a 58-yard drive and their
final touchdown of the game. After a failed 2-point conversion, the scoreboard displayed 8-52 Cowboys. The Cowboys, following kickoff, was received on a bounce by the Eagle’s Ezra Williams (12) for another Eagles 60-yard touchdown on the return. After another Eagles 2-point conversion and with no further scoring during the final period, the game ended on a score of Eagles 16 to the Cowboys 52. The Eagle’s head coach, Craig Ball, had the following comments: “It was nice to see all the past players attend the homecoming game last Friday night. The Eagles used a new
formation and plays to drive down the field in the first quarter, but the team had trouble keeping drives going due to turnovers. The defense looked strong for most of the game but had some problems containing around end at times. This was truly a team effort, all 22 members of the team played during the game and freshman Connor Holloway scored the first points of his high school carrier on a 2-point conversion in the 4th quarter. Two juniors, Ezra Williams and Cole Tuttle both scored touchdowns on kickoff returns in the second half. I thought Jimmy Immordino (Sr) had his best
game of the year with 4 sacks and over 50 yards rushing in the game. We play Hayden in Hayden this Friday. The bus leaves at 1 p.m. for the 3:15 min drive over two passes. Hayden has a brandnew football stadium and we look forward to playing under the lights and performing for our fans.
The Royalty
During halftime at the homecoming football game this year’s royalty was introduced to all in attendance. After the student body had voted earlier in the week the elected homecoming royalty was introduced to the audience. The senior class Queen was Cassidy Wood, and the King was Logan Lovinger. The Junior class elected as their Princess Kayla Marr and Ezra Williams as the Prince. The Sophomore class chose Kaelee Starky as their Dutchess and Lloyd Rousseau as the Duke. The Freshmen class selected Mariah Arellano the Countess and Aiden Zielbeck as their Count.
The Dance
Attendance at the Gilpin High School traditional homecoming dance was extremely good as it was one of the first student social events to take place since the onset of covid 19 restrictions. The dance was held on Saturday, September 18, the evening following the
homecoming football game. The party was held on a mild evening allowing the party to take place both inside and outside. The concessions were located inside the school atrium where masks were required, while dancing took
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place outside where masks were not compulsory. The school engaged a DJ that in addition presenting music that was popular with the students, had a light show that added to his popularity. Based on attendance and comments by attendees the dance was a huge success.
Fundraiser for Gilpin County Eagles High School Football Coach Ball announced that the Eagles football team is having a fundraiser at Roy’s Last Shot restaurant on Sunday Oct. 3. between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Roy’s is located at 17268 CO-119, Black Hawk. The event will include an all you can eat buffet with hamburgers, chicken sandwiches, hot dogs, a build your own burrito bar with chicken and beef, salad bar, ice cream, and non-alcoholic beverages.
Roy’s is donating the food and all proceeds go to benefit the 2021 football team. Monies will be used for pregame food for the boys, plus a team overnight stay in Rangely after the game on Friday, October 8. $15 for Adults $7 for Kids under 10
Homecoming dance photos by Gretchen Sechler.
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To all of our subscribers, current and new, The Weekly Register-Call still receives mail at P.O. Box 93, in Black Hawk 80422. We appreciate all of the new subscriptions! Please keep them 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 dish 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. I intend to go back there for another meal soon and meet the owner/managers. *** The purpose of the lunch was to have Grand Lodge Master Danny Tomlinson, whom I’ve known for 40 years, give me a tour of the Central City Masonic Lodge. This is the home of The Weekly 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 newspaper 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 2x2” ad with his last name neatly printed on his message. It is patriotic! Thanks Tom!
Timberline Fire Department 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 p.m. 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
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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 Continued on page 9
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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 343 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 Community College 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.”
Robert – “I chose Kenneth Marino is from my hometown in N.Y.; 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 N.Y. 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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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 rain forest, and in the middle of the rain forest is an open-air 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 rain forest 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
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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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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; Martin Leuthauser, Littleton; daughter Winifred Ferrill, Arvada, and six grandchildren: Alex, Adam, Carly, Megan, Kate and Nicholas. Services will be held at 4 p.m. on Saturday, September 21, 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 aspens. 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
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90 years agoOctober 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 26, 1901, to the wife of E. Romedi, a daughter. Born: In Nevadaville, September 29, 1901, to the wife of James Semmens, a son. Born: In Central City, September 27, 1901, to the wife of Anton Stenneck, a son. Born: In Central City, September 27, 1901, to the wife of Gus Hackinson, a daughter. Born: In Central City, September 29, 1901, to the wife of E. Andreatta, a son. Married: In Central City, at St. Mary’s Church, September 25, 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 1, 1901, Rev. S.A. Weber officiating, J.H. Cash and Miss Annie J. Thomas, both of Nevadaville. Died: In Nevadaville, September 28, 1901, Mrs. Mary A Waters, aged 42 years.
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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 socially and that would be an unfortunate thing for our children.” The board’s one dissenting vote came from Commissioner Web Sill who began his 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 experiencing. “I’m not being a contrarian, there are just so many ‘whys’ to this that I remain skeptical.” Following the Commissioners’ comments, three parents of students told the board they would support some level of mask mandate “as soon as possible” and encouraged on-site rapid testing at the school for a variety of reasons including protecting younger family members and preventing the school from becoming a county-wide super-spreader. “I just don’t understand. I don’t believe this particular issue is a political issue in any way shape or form. I think
Remembering Governor Richard “Dick” Lamm
Tom Noel with Gov. Dick Lamm BY BOB SWEENEY
I have fond memories of Governor Richard “Dick” Lamm. He was a Democrat three term governor from 1975-1987. He passed away in July at the age of 85. A large memorial service was held to honor his memory at the Wings Over The Rockies Museum Aug. 31. In attendance were hundreds of friends, VIPs, incumbent and retired United States senators, and a host of current and past elected officials. It was my pleasure to meet the governor in his first term as I was mayor of Craig and the local newspaper publisher. He was greatly concerned about the impact of the coal plants and came to Craig often to offer his assistance on growth and development. He, and his department of local affairs, awarded the Moffat County School system $1 million dollars to build a new school. We were grateful and I endorsed him for re-election to his second term of serving our state as governor. His opponent Ted Strickland came out against rodeo animal cruelty that didn’t play well in ranching country. The coal industry blossomed, and Craig boomed with new jobs and many graduating seniors finding good jobs at the new coal plants. I was disappointed when the governor opposed the winter Olympics in 1976 where Lamm felt it was too expensive and
destructive to Colorado’s environment to host the games. It was my opinion, living in distant N.W. Colorado, only 42 miles from Ski Town USA Steamboat Springs, where some alpine events were scheduled, would bring vast improvements to our highways and antiquated telecommunication networks. Because of our ongoing friendship he appointed me to a six-year term as a trustee at The University of Northern Colorado in Greeley in 1978. I served my six-year term, sitting on the board with Gail Schoetler who would in time become Colorado Lt. Governor and one of the speakers at this memorial tribune service. Lamms’ last four years found the governor becoming somewhat bored with the job. He would check on state agency employees on Friday afternoons to see if they were still working and the offices open. He invited me to ride with him to the Colorado Cattlemen’s Convention during his waning years and we had a good talk down memory lane about the coal plants in N.W. Colorado. He was the featured speaker and after his speech we were invited to a reception. He grabbed my arm and said, “We have to go, I’m due back in Denver later today.” We scuttled the reception and headed back to Denver in the state vehicle driven by a patrol officer. He fell asleep on the way to Denver and his desire to return home so
that this is an issue of, yes, a global pandemic that we are, for economic reasons, handling the best way that we can,” Rana Silver said. Rebekah, a parent of three students, including one currently quarantined, explained she is an ICU nurse who works with COVID patients and is “fully aware” how serious the pandemic is. She encouraged the board to be part of the solution and not part of the problem. “Mr. Sill, it is absolutely a pandemic, it is absolutely real, it is absolutely collapsing our health care system. Even though you or your relatives may be just fine through COVID, I get to see 10 or 20 people die on the line who pass away from COVID… the potential that Gilpin could experience extreme losses from COVID if it were to reach the whole community; the consequences would be unreal. We are not some kind of unicorn that can escape the consequences of not making proper decisions.”
fast was to jog on schedule. He was really weary of the demands upon him as a public servant. After leaving office he was somewhat bitter that he had missed being in business during some very strong boom years while he was running the state on a $75,00 salary. He would confide in me that he didn’t have much to show for his years of service as governor. He then commenced his successful new career as a professor at DU. My last meeting with Dick and Dottie was at the Denver Public Library with a book ceremony. I sat on the front row and took some photos of him and his wife of 58 years. He was in good company with famed Colorado historian author Tom Noel. Tributes were paid to Lamm by Gov. Polis, former Mayor Wellington Webb, Gail Schoetler, Vicki Cowart, two of his students at DU, Uriel Barrurn and Allie Moore, one of his best friends, author Bruce Ducker, his loving daughter Heather Lamm, and his wife Dottie who bravely, and lovingly, told of how she first met Richard Lamm. He was uninvited, but attended a party hosted by her airline stewardess friends. He called her up a week later and wanted a date, she put him off, but he called again a week later, and she accepted, “Why not,” she explained. She liked his punctuality calling the same day, at the same time. The
Crystal Zeibeck, who encouraged the board to require masks in the elementary school but not for older students, added the state is offering free rapid COVID testing to all students and that the school and everyone who tests gets money for doing so. “There is no reason we should not be doing this. This is not OK.” Before making a motion to approve the public health order, Hollingsworth further encouraged testing at the school and pointed out how masks additionally protect from a range of respiratory illnesses, not just COVID. Isenhart also explained how a selective mask policy at the county was considered unfair and that it was more equitable to require them for everyone. She also added the order would only be for two months and the Commissioners are open to talking about the issue again while at the same time “urging” school officials to get a testing program in place.
marriage lasted for 58 years along with so many exciting and successful campaigns. The couple had two children, Jeff and Heather. Gov. Lamm gained national attention for his “Duty to Die” message to seniors stating that the elderly shouldn’t cost taxpayers so much money in old age medical care and treatment. The last song of the day by the Five Point Ambassadors was “Rocky Mountain High,” and the screen slide show displayed Gov. Lamm on one of his many beloved Colorado mountains. I think his great asset was that he deeply cared about Colorado and its citizens. He served when Republicans and Democrats could work together and still be friends. Colorado was the beneficiary. All honor to his name and family.
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GILPIN COUNTY WARRANTS The Board of County Commissioners County of Gilpin, Colorado 203 Eureka St., P.O. Box 366 Central City, CO 80427 Regular Meeting of the Board Held August 2021 GENERAL (FUND # 1) 1001Bulbs - Supplies 323.25 Air O Pure - Portables 125.00 All Copy Products - Copier Lease 1056.74 Allstream - Phones/Internet 2169.89 Anthem BCBS - Medical Ins & Claims 5657.19 Archer/Tami - Postage/Dues/ Training 102.20 Arvada Pump - Motor 2842.10 Ascentis - Maint 250.00 Assured Civil Process - Civil Reimb 9.20 AT&T - Cell Service 1124.54 Avenu - Signature 700.00 Blend4 - Cards 207.50 Bob Barker - Toiletries 307.67 Boulder County - Autopsy/ Storage 1225.00 Bright Heart Catering - Lunch 250.00 Brink’s - Transport Service 196.73 CBI - Background 275.00 Centurylink - Phones/Internet 508.49 Christopher’s Dodge - Lamp 74.51 Cigna - Medical Ins & Claims 161091.58 Cintas - Uniforms/Supplies 241.76 City of Central - Water 153.08 Clear Creek County - Animal Control/Conf 11696.12 Co Dept of PH - Fees 355.00 Co Dept of Revenue - Payroll Tax 17086.00 Co Medical Waste - Supplies 328.00 Co Natural Gas - Utilities 1765.10 Corp Comm - Communications 1575.00 Cowherd/Bonnie - MOW Mileage 166.32 CRA - Retirement 59013.70 CSU - Trees 3675.00 DTJ Design - Supplies 2702.52 Eldorado - Water/Filters 380.93 Equature - Maint 3725.00 Ferguson/Guy - Inspections 13518.75 First Call of CO - Transport 270.00 First Responder Trauma Training 2216.00 Freelance Paralegal - Civil Reimb 9.20 Front Range Occu - Pre-employment 165.00 FSL EyeMed - Vision 1097.88
Fuller/Karla - Civil Reimb 9.20 FYI Screening - Background 226.00 GAA - IGA 52594.55 Galls - Uniforms 1421.47 Garrett/Stephanie - Job Fair 118.67 George T Sanders - Filter 220.71 Gilpin Car Wash - Services 16.00 Gilpin P&R - Donations 161.50 Goodway Tech - Parts 915.05 GPS Servers - Civil Reimb 6.70 Grainger - Supplies 1412.33 Hartford - Insurance 6762.84 HD Supplies - Supplies 810.87 Health Images - Toxicology 350.00 Home Depot - Supplies 285.19 Images Headquarters - Uniforms 178.67 Intermountain Safety - Boots 185.26 IRS - Payroll Tax 112612.20 Jefferson County Treasurer Toxicology 250.00 Johnstone - Supplies 121.89 Key-Rite Security - Supplies 57.50 Konica Minolta - Copier Lease 206.53 Language Line Services Interpretation 95.69 Lewan & Associates - Printers 195.34 Lovett/Caitlin - Meeting Food 81.03 Makosky/Mary Ellen - Bingo 38.95 Mathias - Keys 67.06 MDE, Inc - Maint 693.00 Meridian - Services 10959.75 Motorola Solutions - Maint 5075.27 NAPA - Parts 176.74 Office Depot - Supplies 886.02 Omni Pro - Cleaning 3656.27 Online Web Services - Tracking 728.00 ORC - Water Tests 1286.35 Personnel Evaluations - Preemployment 20.00 Peyrouse/Sharon - MOW Mileage 179.76 Polar Gas - Propane 263.52 Postmortem - Autopsy 1025.00 ProCom - Pre-employment 164.00 Quality Office Products - Supplies 58.48 R Jortberg - Appraisal 7107.00 Rocky Mtn Xtreme - Repair 2910.00 Shamrock Foods - Meals/ Cleaning Sup 3234.95 Sill/Webster - Postage 9.25 Southern Health - Inmate Med 19338.53 SRI - Auction 112.00
Staples - Toner 336.76 State of Co - Print/Postage 1120.06 Storb/John - Arbitrator 300.00 Summit Pathology - Toxicology 50.00 Sweet/Dorothy - MOW Mileage 260.40 Symbol Arts - Uniforms 130.00 Sysco - Meals 1066.10 Teens Inc - Weed Pulling 325.00 Teryx - Software/Hardware 1355.00 Timberline - Impact Fees 13962.00 Top Hat File & Serve - Civil Reimb 0.80 Tyler Tech - Software 4558.00 United Power - Utilities 7020.64 United Reprographic - Copier Maint 107.00 VOA - Meals 20.00 Weekly Register Call - Public Notices 410.55 Wells Fargo - Supplies/ Parts/Postage/Fees/ Hotel/Meals/Training/Ads 9023.57 Western Paper - Paper/ Cleaning Supplies 2494.56 Wood Environment - Mitigation Grant 3026.00 Xcel - Utilities 792.52 Xerox - Copier 749.93 Zoom - Services 40.00 FUND #1 TOTAL - 583070.93 PUBLIC WORKS (FUND # 2) Ace Tree Care - Logs 314.44 Albert Frei - Road Material 1980.16 AT&T - Phones 132.06 ATTP - Parts 196.90 Blackwell Oil - Diesel/Gas 5555.19 CenturyLink - Phones 362.78 Christopher’s Dodge - Parts 41.89 Cintas - Towels/Uniforms 679.55 Co Barricade - Decals 1110.00 Co Chassis - Parts 1691.96 Co Dept Rev - Payroll Tax 2149.00 Co Forestry Mngmt - Logs 1415.40 Co Natural Gas - Utilities 117.59 CRA - Retirement 11077.67 Eaton Sales - Repair 123.24 Eldorado Artesian - Filters 63.50 Envirotech - Dust Suppressant 28516.24 Faris Machinery - Training 850.00 FSL Eyemed - Vision 182.98 General Air Service - Weld Gas 212.22 Hartford - Insurance 1146.05 Honnen - Parts 1083.77 Intermountain Safety - Safety
Gear 107.82 IRS - Payroll Tax 13449.98 Lawson - Fasteners 40.32 McCandless - Window 117.50 McGee - Supplies 268.35 NAPA - Parts 2219.68 SCL Health - DOT Med 85.00 United Power - Utilities 1524.45 Utility Notification - Locate 5.28 Wagner Equipment Company - Care Kits/Parts 1643.06 Weekly Register Call - Ad 14.48 Wells Fargo - Supplies/Lunch/ Lease 17523.13 Xerox - Maint 250.57 FUND #2 TOTAL - 96252.21 LIBRARY (FUND #3) A1 Discount - Water 300.00 Blackstone - Books 84.83 Centurylink - Phone 0.46 CO Dept Rev - Payroll Tax 521.00 Co Natural Gas - Utilities 120.23 CRA - Retirement 1208.92 Eldorado - Water 31.22 FSL EyeMed - Vision 26.14 Hartford - Insurance 151.90 Ingram Library Services Books 1017.55 IRS - Payroll Tax 3041.96 Kanopy - Streaming 32.00 Lowe/Lance - Cleaning 650.00 United Power - Utilities 456.61 Vonage Business - Phone 153.68 Wells Fargo - DVDs/Zoom/ Supplies/Subscript 1038.05 Xerox - Lease 141.84 FUND #3 TOTAL - 8976.39 HUMAN SERVICES (FUND #4) AT&T - Phones 327.15 Clear Creek County - Services 2384.82 CO Dept Revenue - Payroll Tax 1427.00 CRA - Retirement 6096.54 Eldorado - Water 16.49 FSL EyeMed - Vision 117.63 Hartford - Insurance 523.44 Holistic Homestead - Produce 170.51 IRS - Payroll Tax 8832.58 Law Office of Jeffrey Ti - Services 3662.20 Lewan & Assoc - Maint 6.52 Office Depot - Supplies 128.25 Weekly Register Call - Ad 201.74 Wells Fargo - Supplies/Services/Conf 568.38 Xerox - Copier 263.01 FUND #4 TOTAL - 24726.26 PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY (FUND # 5) Eldorado - Water 21.74 GAA - Vaccines 1810.20 Jeffco Public Health - Services 17918.45 Lewan & Assoc - Maint 0.11 Office Depot - Supplies 80.97 Phenova - Tests 253.92 United Power - Utilities 107.02 FUND #5 TOTAL - 20192.41
- Vision 39.21 GFL Environ - Recycling 336.84 Goodyear - Trash 6022.28 Hartford - Insurance 122.17 IRS - Payroll Tax 3285.58 United Power - Utilities 57.58 FUND #6 TOTAL - 18912.23 PARKS & REC (FUND #8) Air-O-Pure Portables - Portables 110.00 Allstream - Phones 421.41 Aqueous Solution - Pool Chemicals 1342.36 Barhite/Lorna - Refund 110.00 Benisch/Lena - Refund 95.00 Buckner/Susan - Services 150.00 CEM Sales - Pool Supplies 150.00 Centurylink - Phones 30.90 CO Dept Rev - Payroll Tax 1769.00 Co Natural Gas - Utilities 5154.85 CRA - Retirement 2070.22 DiMauro/Rebecca - Instructor 56.00 Douglas/Linza - Instructor 180.80 Ford/Jerry - Fair 300.00 FSL EyeMed - Vision 65.35 Green CO2 Systems - CO2 957.16 Hartford - Insurance 257.75 Holistic Homestead - Produce 209.28 Indian Peaks Ace - Supplies 92.28 IRS - Payroll Tax 9081.28 Jodlowski/B - Refund 140.00 Kusakin/J - Refund 490.00 Larry Sterling - Services 1140.00 Lehrer/L - Instructor 140.00 Little/Shane - Refund 60.00 Oliver/Kara - Refund 70.00 On Point Auto Glass - Window 225.00 R&R Aquatics – Install Pumps 614.00 Tadasana Yoga - Instructor 62.40 Teryx - Wi-Fi Improvements 760.00 United Power - Utilities 3983.56 Weekly Register Call - Ad 18.10 Wells Fargo - Youth Camp/ Supplies 6326.72 Xerox - Copier 279.09 FUND #8 TOTAL 36912.51 TOTAL ALL FUNDS 789042.94 LORNA PLAMONDON COUNTY OF GILPIN Published in The Weekly Register Call Published: September 23, 2021 Legal # 5032 ___________________
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NOTICE OF CONTRACTOR’S SETTLEMENT Pursuant to Section 38-26107, C.R.S., notice is hereby given that on the 5th day of October, 2021, at Black Hawk, Colorado, final settlement will be made by the City of Black Hawk (City) with Roche Constructors, Inc., hereinafter called the “Contractor”, for and on account of the contract for the construction of a Project described as Gregory Street Phase 2, also known as the Gregory Street Plaza.
SOLID WASTE (FUND #6) Air-O-Pure - Portables 285.00 ATTP - Filter 27.34 BFI- Foothills - Disposal Fees 6433.89 Centurylink - Phone 35.17 Cintas Corp - Uniforms 30.33 CO Dept Rev - Payroll Tax 514.00 Compactor Express - Tarps 295.00 CRA - Retirement 1328.84 Eldorado Artesian - Water 1. Any person, co-partnership, 99.00 association of persons, comFSL EyeMed — Continued to next page —
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pany, or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender, or other supplies used or consumed by such Contractor or his subcontractor, or that supplies rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work, whose claim therefor has not been paid by the Contractor or the subcontractor for the work contracted to be done, may file with the City a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim. 2. All such claims shall be filed with the City Clerk’s Office, City of Black Hawk, 201 Selak, Black Hawk, Colorado 80422 by 4 P.M. on September 30th, 2021. 3. Failure on the part of a creditor to file such statement prior to such final settlement will relieve the City from any and all liability for such claim. Dated at Black Hawk, Colorado this 14th day of September, 2021. CITY OF BLACK HAWK /s/ Melissa A. Greiner City Clerk Published in The Weekly Register Call First Publication: September 16, 2021 Last Publication: September 23, 2021 Legal # 5026 _____________________
CENTRAL CITY CITY OF CENTRAL, COLORADO Legal Notice Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Central passed on first reading and set the Public Hearing for Tuesday, October 5, 2021 at 7:00 pm on: Ordinance No. 21-05: An ordinance of the City Council of the City of Central, Colorado amending Rule 9 of the City Council Rules of Procedure. Summary of Ordinance: The purpose of this ordinance is to amend Rule 9 of the Rules of Procedure to clarify that City Council members may participate remotely in meetings and meetings may be held remotely remotely in accordance with the City’s Remote Participation and Remote Meeting Policy. A copy of the approved Ordinance is available on the City’s website: www. colorado.gov/centralcity or at the office of the City Clerk. CITY OF CENTRAL, COLORAO /s/ Jeremy Fey, Mayor Approved as to form /s/ Marcus McAskin, City Attorney Attest: /s/ Reba Bechtel, City Clerk
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NAME CHANGE
COUNTY COURT GILPIN COUNTY, COLORADO 2960 Dory Hill Rd #200 Black Hawk CO 80422 Case No.: 2021 CV 96 ORDER FOR PUBLICATION FOR CHANGE OF NAME The court orders the following publication for a change of name: Name of Maksim Markvich Grenader is requested to be changed to Max Mark Grenader. 1. Pursuant to statute, public notice of this change of name shall be published three times in a legal newspaper published in this county. This publication is to made within 21 days of the date of this order. 2. Proper proof of publication shall be filed with the Court upon final publication to receive Final Degree for a Change of Name. Date: Sept. 8, 2021 David Taylor, Judge Published in The Weekly Register Call First Publication: September 16, 2021 Last Publication: September 30, 2021 Legal #5023 _______________________
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF ROY E. BOWLING aka ROY BOWLING, DECEASED Case Number 2021PR30018 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Gilpin, County, Colorado or on or before January 20, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Antoinette Williams 45 Golden Gate Drive Golden, CO 80403 Published in The Weekly Register Call First Publication: September 16, 2021 Last Publication: September 30, 2021 Legal # 5024 _______________________
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MISCELLANOUS STORAGE SALE Notice of sale of storage lock ers, A5/14 belonging to Jerri M. Sonnier, Described, Household etc., to be held at PATENT MINI STORAGE, 816 Russell Gulch Road, Central City, Colorado, on September 25th, 2021 Saturday Starting at 11 a.m. Published in The Weekly Register Call First Publication: September 16, 2021 Last Publication: September 23, 2021 Legal # 5025
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PEAK TO PEAK ROTARY CLUB Thursday mornings at 11 a.m.; Regulary scheduled community meetings at the Gilpin County Library. Email mlorenz.rotary@ outlook.com for more information. • AFTER SCHOOL AND FULL-DAY FRIDAYS Saturdays, 9:15 - 10:15 a.m. 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 a.m. Words of Life discussion. 10 a.m., Holy Eucharist Rev. Lorrie Slayman. 226 E. First High Street in Central City next to the Gilpin History Museum. 303-5820450, stpaulschurchcentralcity@ gmail.com, stpaulsepiscopalchurchcentralcity. org. ALAN GREEN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION 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 303582-5562. APPLICATION DEADLINE is September 30, 2021. • PLEIN ART FESTIVAL 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 Kick-Off 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/
MOUNTAIN PEAK LIFE
Regularly Scheduled Community Meetings
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FALL HARVEST DINNER Saturday, September 25 at 5p.m. 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), Sept. 22, 5-7 p.m. Celebrate the start of fall on this sunset hike. All ages welcome. Register at www BoulderCountyOpenSpace.org/ register Estes Park Autumn Gold Festival Sept. 25 & 26 Bond Park A festival of bands featuring talented local musicians, food, and fun. Enchanted Forest at Wild Bear Nature Center Sat. Sept. 25, 11 a.m.– 6 p.m. Colorado Rockies vs. San Francisco Giants Sun. Sept. 26, 1:10 p.m. Game Time. RSVP by Email: MountainPeakLife. RSVP@gmail.com or Call: 303-259-0799
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 Thursday, 7pm (GC Library) • Gilpin County Republicans - 1st Thursday, 7 pm (call 720-5956100 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 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-officialsboard-of-directors
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 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.
• 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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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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SAND CREEK MASSACRE CAN’T BE IGNORED THE GOVERNOR RESCINDS AN ORDER FROM 1864 By Forrest Whitman
Gov. Jared Polis recently took away two orders on the steps of the state capitol. He was rescinding the justification for the Sand Creek massacre. It’s been over 150 years since governor John Evans issued “Orders” about “Indians” in 1864. The first order required “friendly Indians” to gather at official camps and threatened them with annihilation if they did not. The second urged citizens to “kill and destroy” any Native Americans who were “hostile to the state.” It’s hard to imagine how blood soaked Colorado was in 1864. Indigenous folks were engaged in a last ditch attempt to save their lands and way of life. They sometimes attacked settlers, though often only after attempts at peace. They scalped some of the unlucky. But the “whites” scalped some Indians too, though that was more rare. The settlers were pushing hard to occupy Colorado lands, treaties or not. It was a terrible time of fighting, reprisals, and death. Was it just “window dressing?” On August 17 this year about 100 tribal leaders gathered for a ceremony on the Colorado capitol steps. It commemorated the day when on Nov. 29, 1864 U. S. forces, chiefly the Colorado volunteers, attacked a village of Cheyenne and Arapaho people. The Colorado indigenous leaders had often argued that those very orders justified one of the worst mass murders in U. S. history. The
presence of the Colorado volunteers raises some interesting questions long shrouded in Gilpin history. Hal Sayers [Fayre], famous “surveyor of the Rockies,” was there. He lived on his ranch near Rollinsville and was in the volunteers. I’ve never found out anything about his role. Some of the troops refused to participate that awful day. Some reluctantly went along, but did little or no killing. Some never told what they did or didn’t do. What is clear is that Gov. Evans was chagrined and resigned shortly there after. The Indian camp was under protection of a U. S. flag. Black Kettle, the then current political chief, had his ideas. He was arguing that resistance was no longer possible. How popular was he? The Indian men were mostly off hunting for the winter stock piles. It should have been a time of peace. Instead 230 people, almost all women and children, were slaughtered. Indians still in camp put up a bit of resistance, but to little effect. It truly was a massacre and the biggest in the history of the west. A few pundits have recently argued that the whole idea of apologizing for events going that far back back in history is of little consequence and serves only as “window dressing.” Not so, argued native leaders. The spectators on the Colorado capitol steps were moved. When Eugene
Blackbear Jr., a Cheyenne Arapaho, led the invocation even hardened reporters were seen to take off their hats. One speaker, a Lakota and Cheyenne gentleman, Rick Williams, reportedly said that “only now do we have an end to the Colorado-Indian wars.”
folks were Colorado nice. There was some inconclusive discussion about what reparations to the tribes would mean after all those years. We all parted on friendly terms.
A grim November day
The record on reparations has been spotty. Some lands have been given back to the tribes. Large scale land reparations would be very complex. Probably less complex have been grants to tribes for educational programs like college tuition. There are examples of reparations. Schools and colleges have stopped using offensive names for their sports teams. Reparations are happening, but slowly. Many in the Native American community hailed the governor’s actions. But one big “ask” still is stalled. Mount Evans, one of the most prominent mountains on the front range, is still not given
A few of us were at Sand Creek for the 150th anniversary of the massacre. Native Americans, mostly Arapaho and Cheyenne, had their campsite on the mesa overlooking the river. Their slightly distant drumming filled the valley. The rest of us gathered down below at the interpretive center. Several of the speakers were obviously feeling loss. They were tearing up. Especially noteworthy to me was an apology from a Methodist official. Most of the troops that massacre day were in the Colorado volunteers under the direction of Reverend Col. Chivington. He was also an influential Methodist minister. When asked about killing the children he is reported as saying “Nits breed lice.” That was a common enough saying of the time. After the ceremony we stopped in a rural bar. Local
What would reparations mean?
a Native American traditional name. It really galls native people that it carries the name of Evans who so blatantly oppressed Native Americans. The geographic names of prominent features have changed sometimes. Mount Evans was for a time popularly called Mt. Rosalie, after “the most beautiful woman in Colorado.” It’s there on early maps. After a colorful history she ended up married to the landscape painter Albert Bierstadt. His homage to her is a famous huge and somewhat fanciful work. Evans just named the peak for himself and named a smaller peak for her. It’s a beginning There’s more to be done and a complex story to be unwound, but events on the capitol steps this August were a start.
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