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Vol 4 No 40 - May 1, 2008NewsHigh Country Fire Protection District Election is May 6th Lynn Volkens - The election for High Country Fire Protection District’s (HCFPD) Board of Directors is Tuesday, May 6th at Station 2 (448 Pine Drive – north of Last Shot on Hwy 119). HCFPD spans most of Gilpin and a portion of Boulder Counties. The new Board will decide the future direction of HCFPD and there are several issues to consider.
Should the Fire Chief be paid or continue as a volunteer,
and what should the Chief’s duties be? Candidates who were educated on this
matter all agreed that getting a Chief who meets job description qualifications
(created recently by new Chief Richard Bulich and Board Member Don Van Wie)
would cost the department between $75,000-$100,000 dollars in salary. The
desired requirements include a Masters of Business Administration degree and ten
years of firefighting experience. Prior requirements contained no degree
stipulation and only five years of experience. HCFPD’s annual budget is
approximately $385,000. Currently the department pays only the part-time
administrative assistant. Additional News
SportsGilpin County Girls Track results Susan Ball - The Gilpin County Track Girls have been traveling long distances to their track meets. They have done very well at improving their times at each meet considering they have had to use the school gym and hallways as their track.
They attended a track meet at our neighboring school Clear Creek April 2. They placed 3rd in the 800 medley with the time of 2:14 and 3rd in the 4 x 200 relay with the time of 2:10. Medley and Relay runners included Seniors Sara Vaughn, Kacey Gould, and freshmen Megan Ball and Stephanie Pilcher. Kacey Gould also placed 6th in the 100 meter hurdles with time of 21.0 and 3rd in the 3200 meter with the time of 14:53. They traveled to Elbert County April 5th, where they beat their times in the 800 medley with the time of 2:11.5 and the 4 x 200 relay with the time of 2:08.5. On April 8, their meet was at Lutheran Parker where they took 3rd in the 800 medley with the time of 2:15.67. Medley runners were Senior Sara Vaughn and Freshman Megan Ball, Stephanie Pilcher and Ciara Ryan-Todd. Sara Vaughn took 3rd in the Long Jump at 13'2" and
Stephanie Pilcher had her best long jump at 10'9.” Megan Ball took 4th in the
shot put, beating her past throws at 21'6.”
GovernmentBlack Hawk Mayor, Aldermen sworn into office Lynn Volkens - Each year Black Hawk City Attorney Corey Hoffmann schools the City Aldermen on liability issues of public officials, and that’s how the City Council meeting on April 23rd began. “These are guidelines for scope of authority,” Hoffmann told the Aldermen, instructing them that following the guidelines prevents their being individually sued.
Judge Ron Miller administered the Oath of Office for Mayor David Spellman and Aldermen Tom Kerr, Greg Moates and Paul Bennett. All won their Council seats in the April 1 Municipal Election. BHFD Award Fire Chief Bob Norris, with firefighters Sam Sitzman and
Mark Schaller, were awarded Certificates of Appreciation for training the U.S.
Army’s 911th Engineers, in structure fires and rescue procedures. The
911th Engineers serve the Capitol area in Washington D.C. Command
Sergeant Major Lawrence Mione presented the awards.
FeaturesCousin Jacks & Jennies in Gilpin County A look at Cornish Miners and their contribution to Gilpin history Forrest Whitman - At least one reader of the Gilpin County News has asked me where in the world the Peak-To-Peak Chorale concert is this year. Many don't know a little theater exists upstairs over the Doc Holiday Casino on Main Street Central City. It's there that the Cornish miners of our mountains, all those Cousin Jacks and Jennies, will be celebrated in song and story on Friday May 9th & Saturday May 10th. It will be a dinner theater provided by Tommyknocker's of Idaho Springs. During much of the 19th and early 20th century the Cornish miners and their families were the heart and soul of hard rock mining on the front range. On those two nights the Peak-To-Peak Chorale, under the direction of Ann Wyss, will bring the Cornish story alive. The musical selections will be interspersed by spoken vignettes, a brass band, and other attractions. The script for this event owes much to Cora Jean Lennheer, who researched the Cornish miners at great length. A Local Tells His Cornish Family Tales Don Bennallack of Gilpin is the last survivor of his
Cornish family. His grandfather William Bennallack was a local shop keeper and
had nine children: William, Martha, Mary Ellen, Emily Mariah, Cordelia (the
pretty one), Maraduke, Ralph, Louise (the mean one) and Don Bennalick's father,
Ralph. Of those 13 children there is no single living descendant except for Don.
Bennallack will tell many local tales as part of the program. He'll especially
talk of the great Fourth of July celebrations around these mountains and the
local brass bands. What great names they had; like Babcock's Band in Black Hawk,
the Centennial Cornet Band, The Gilpin County Reed and Brass Band, The
Nevadaville Brass Band etc.
CommunityElementary student of the week
Lisa Kunz -
Gilpin County News is proud to announce that in conjunction with Gilpin County
Elementary School Principal Lisa Schell and the dedicated teachers at the
Colten Whiting This week’s Student of the Week is Colten Whiting, age
10. He is in Mrs. Joyce Campbell’s fifth grade class, and has shown outstanding
citizenship along with great grades. Mrs. Campbell (who has been Colten’s
teacher for both fourth and fifth grade) describes Colten as “supportive,
considerate of others, hard working and multi-talented.” His favorite subject in
school is math and he describes an exercise he just completed in Mrs. Manier’s
math class as “fun.” The students had to calculate speed with a stop watch after
running ten meters. This fondness for math easily translates into one of
Colten’s other favorite activities - sports.
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level (K-6), we will feature a different student each week in our publication.
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school. The criteria is described as “academic performance or improvement,
citizenship and/or outstanding achievement” by Mrs. Schell. Each article will
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the 2007-08 school year and will continue again once school starts in the fall.
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