30 years ago – April 4, 1986
Bill Lorenz was elected mayor or the city of Black Hawk in the municipal election on April 1. He defeated Randy Lara 52 votes to 31 votes, or 59.6 percent to 40.4 percent. Of the 161 registered voters in Black Hawk, 84 voters, or 52.1 percent cast votes. According to the results, one voter abstained from casting a vote for mayor. However, if all 84 had voted for six aldermen, the total votes cast would have been 504, but only 442 votes were cast for those positions. The incumbents elected to serve on the city council are Joanne Lah, Velma Starbranch, and Jim Wershky. Newly elected city council members are Mary Klemp, David Spellman, and Morris Steen.
Ten students from the Gilpin County School left for Los Angeles Wednesday morning to represent the State of Colorado in the national United States Academic Decathlon competition. The USAD program is a competition for high school students that prepare and compete at the local, state, and finally the national level. All of the team members must compete in all 10 events at the national competition. They are English and grammar, social science, science, mathematics, economics, essay writing, a planned and an impromptu speech, fine arts, and an interview situation to test communication skills. Each of the students have been studying and preparing for the event since November. In addition to their school homework and activities, these students have voluntarily spent many extra hours studying. Many of the participants gave up a portion of the Christmas break and the Easter vacation to prepare for the competition in California. The members going are: Elizabeth Fonseca (teacher and chaperone), Shane Shields, Michelle Ward, Ashling Larsen, Cindy Jordan, Amy Prescott, and Ron Hinton (teacher and chaperone), Eric Murphy, Steve Duval, Jonlee Anderle, and Shannon Blood. Jay Joslin will also be competing in the event. This year, 42 states will be participating at the national event. Over 4,000 high schools in the United States and Canada are competing. It is considered an honor for a high school to participate. Funds are not budgeted for the program, so the students held fund raisers to earn money to cover the expenses. Several sponsors in the community also donated funds. The team will be returning from the event on Sunday, April 6.
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