30 years ago – June 6, 1986
A female was incarcerated at the Gilpin County Sheriff’s Department shortly after 4:00 p.m. on May 31st. She was described as having cinnamon colored hair. Her date of birth was in the month of March. Her eyes were brown black. She stood 10 to 15 inches in height. She did not have a name or have any identification in her possession. When taken into custody for vagrancy, she was not cooperative and in fact “was quite a fighter,” according to Deputy Jon Bayne. The female was a baby bear. Bayne said this week, that at 1:00 p.m. on May 31st, tourists advised the Colorado State Patrol that they had seen a bear a short distance off of Highway 119, south of Black Hawk. When an attempt was made to locate it, the bear could not be found. At 4:00 p.m. Bayne and Reserve Deputy Bill Palmer were patrolling Highway 110 and were waved over to the side of the road by tourists at mile post 2.2. The baby bear had climbed up a small pine tree that was close to the highway. For her safety, she was taken into custody by Palmer and transported to the sheriff’s department. Her mother could not be located in the area. Apparently, the baby bear had been abandoned. After arriving at the sheriff’s department, the Colorado Division of Wildlife was notified. After remaining at the sheriff’s department for an hour and a half, she was taken to the Boulder Humane Society by personnel from the Division of Wildlife. She will reside there temporarily, until they can find her a permanent home. Bayne said that he was told that bears will not readapt to the environment after they have been handled by human hands.
BRECKENRIDGE: The Colorado Municipal Judges Association conducted its annual conference at the Hotel Denver in Glenwood Springs, May 15 through 18. At that conference, Judge Frederic B. Rodgers of the Central City and Black Hawk municipal courts was elected president of the organization for a one year term. Rodgers has served as a member of the board of directors of the Colorado Municipal Judges Association since April of 1979 and was the first appointed presiding municipal court judge of Central City in 1980 and of Black Hawk in 1983. Rodgers also continues to serve as chairman of the Colorado Supreme Court Committee on Municipal Court Rules, an office to which he was appointed in May 1984.
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