30 years ago – July 12, 1985
Voters in Black Hawk and Central City want cable television. By a vote of 66 to 9 at an election Tuesday, they approved the granting of a permit to Stagecoach Cable TV to provide cable service. The company asked that an election be held. Without one, there was the fear of lawsuits, according to Stagecoach spokesman Jim Lewis. Stagecoach is paying the costs of the election. In Black Hawk, the vote was 32 to 5 in honor of the proposal. Almost 160 people are registered to vote in the city. In Central City, the vote was 34 to 4 in honor of granting the permit. Around 300 people are registered to vote in Central, but many of those have moved out of the city.
The Central City Council, on July 3, empowered Mayor William C. Russell Jr. to sign a quitclaim deed for a portion of blocks four and eight on Church Street to the Gilpin County RE-1 School District. According to city clerk/administrator Jack Hidahl, a deed for the property was given to the school district in 1904. The title company handing over the title arrangements for the sale of Clark School to Gilpin County requested the quitclaim deed before title insurance could be issued. The deed was signed by Russell this week. Aldermen Rand Anderson, J.D. Carelli, Flo Farringer and Bruce Schmalz were in attendance for the meeting. Russell did not attend.
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