Weekly Register-Call/ Gilpin County News

“John Gregory’s Gold”

The Peak to Peak Chorale players are at it again. Just in time for Mother’s Day, they’ve put together their annual spring dinner theater musical production, “John Gregory’s Gold.” This will be the ninth play (she thinks, but who’s counting?) written by soprano Cora Jean Leenheer. She describes herself as “mainly a homemaker” (with a background in psychology and management) who likes to write and does a little bit of professional editing. “I’ve become quite a history buff,” she said, crediting the months of research she’s done while writing each original Chorale play. …read the rest of this story »

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Gilpin County Commissioners Forrest Whitman, Jeanne Nicholson and Buddy Schmalz covered the items on their meeting April 28^th meeting agenda within one hour, then moved on to conduct a work session on zoning regulations. …read the rest of this story »

Council pursues CLG status

Black Hawk’s City Council conducted three public hearings at their April 22^nd meeting (with no participation from the public on any of them). Mayor David Spellman and Aldermen Linda Armbright, Paul Bennett, Diane Cales, Kathy Doles, Tom Kerr and Greg Moates were present.

Historic Preservation

Council Bill 13 changes language in the Municipal Code to comply with federal and state requirements needed to become a Certified Local Government (CLG). …read the rest of this story »

Election results

The results of United Power’s Board of Directors elections are in. For the Mountain District, incumbent Rick Newman retained his seat for another term. Newman culled 2,859 votes to opponent Don Herod’s 2,118. In the East District, Tim Erickson was elected with 2,573 votes, defeating incumbent Dick McLean by 124 votes. Bill Berens, South District, won his first seat on the board with 1,819 votes. His opponents, Shawn Enriques and Ray Kilgore (incumbent), received 1,437 and 1,747 votes respectively. In the West, the seat vacated by the retirement of Lois Lesser, was won by Brian McCormick. He …read the rest of this story »

Elementary or Middle-School?

Gilpin School’s sixth graders may move from the elementary to the secondary school next fall. If they do, it will be the fourth time in eleven years the grade level has ping-ponged between or around the elementary and middle schools. The recommendation for the move was originally announced at the October 20, 2008, Board of Education meeting. At that time, Superintendent Ken Ladouceur said …read the rest of this story »

Peak to Peak Rotary Club

The Peak to Peak Rotary Club held its weekly meeting at Fortune Valley Casino last Thursday, April 16th. The meeting’s main guests were Gilpin County School students who were members of the Rotary-sponsored Interact Club, Bobby Garza and Kira Hicks, and students who won the Rotary’s “4 Way Test Essay” contest in March, Michael Barngrover, Victoria Pietsch, and Beth Bendrat.

Interact Club officers Bobby Garza and Kira Hicks brought their sponsors up-to-date on their activities. There are currently 15 students in the club and they are quite active as …read the rest of this story »

Not the weather, this time

An equipment failure at United Power’s Ralston Creek substation caused a black-out that spanned Gilpin County from Rollinsville to the school last Wednesday, April 15th.
United Power’s Heidi Storz, said the outage was caused when a crucial component of the substation blew apart. The power to customers in the electricity provider’s mountain territory went out …read the rest of this story »

After taxes are done

Taxes are done, but there is still a shower of things to do in April!

April 22 is Earth Day. Consider what you might do to lessen your impact on the planet. Come to the FREE Earth Day Festival on April 25th from 1-4 pm at the Gilpin Exhibit Barn (230 Norton Dr) for a host of …read the rest of this story »

Scholarship fundraiser for Gilpin girls

There’s a big trail race coming up on Saturday, June 6th, in Golden Gate Canyon State Park. It’s called the Golden Gate Dirty Thirty and is composed of 30 mile, 12 mile, and 7 mile courses all being run on a trail beginning and ending at Nott Creek Trail Head within the park boundaries. Megan Baker is the driving force behind establishing the local race to benefit Gilpin girls. The goal of the race is to raise funds for …read the rest of this story »

The Second Annual Kingdom of Gilpin Ball

Gilpin County Clerk & Recorder Jessica Lovingier announced this week that tickets for the 2nd annual Kingdom of Gilpin Ball on May 15th will go on sale April 20th. The Ball is a black-tie event with entertainment, dancing, food, beverages, and a silent auction, where all proceeds from sponsorships and ticket sales will be donated to …read the rest of this story »