30 years ago – December 27, 1985
Friday started out as a nice day for Tim Scrivner, but around 2:00 p.m. Scrivner’s day took a dramatic turn for the worst. The Gilpin County road grader he was in slid off a private driveway, turned over, and landed on its top next to South Beaver Creek. Just before the machine toppled, Scrivner was able to jump free. He was not injured and immediately ran down the bank and shut off the grader’s motor. Although there has been no written county policy about using county equipment on private property there has been an unwritten one, and Scrivner should not have been there, according to the County Commissioners and the Road & Bridge supervisor. So, Scrivner has been reprimanded and suspended for a week without pay. “I’m totally wrong. I shouldn’t have been down in there,” Scrivner said Monday. “I’m thankful to have my job; I thank the commissioners for that,” he added, saying he realized he could have been fired. Scrivner said he was “just trying to be a nice guy” by doing a good deed. After all, “It’s Christmas.” The accident turned out not to be as serious and expensive as it could have been. Scrivner was not hurt and the grader sustained minimal damage. One pane of glass fell out of the cab, the turn signals were damaged, and a line to the muffler was split. The grader is a 1974 Pacer 301. It is the newest grader the county owns aside from the two new Galions. Monday morning, two wreckers arrived at the site. First, the grader was slowly pulled upright. It was not in a positon to be easily pulled out of the hole it was in and up the road. So, the road crew decided to see if it would start. It did and it ran fine. Tim Logan, Assistant Road & Bridge Supervisor, maneuvered it around so that the wreckers could winch it up to the road. No damage was caused by the operation. “It’s going to make me more careful,” Scrivner said, and it will remind everyone on the road crew that accidents can happen quickly.
Amy Prescott, Jonlee Anderle, and Sara Smith have been named Elks Students of the Month. Prescott has been chosen as the September Student of the Month. She is a junior at Gilpin County School and maintains a 3.5 grade point average. She is involved in Academic Decathlon and is manager of the girls’ basketball team. Her hobbies are skiing and computer work. She is the daughter of Donald and Gwen Prescott. Anderle was named the Student of the Month for October. A junior at Gilpin County School, he has a 4.0 grade point average. He is involved in the National Honor Society, Student Council, and Academic Decathlon. He is manager of the basketball team and a member of the Union Pacific League Honor Band. His hobbies are models and computers. He is the son of Joe and Ruthann Anderle. Smith, the Student of the Month for November, is also a junior at Gilpin County School. She has a 3.5 grade point average and is involved with the basketball team at the school. She is the daughter of Sara Smith and Chuck Greer.
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