30 years ago – April 28, 1989
Only two candidates have filed to run for two seats in the upcoming May 2 Gilpin County RE-1 school board election. Since there are no contested seats in the election, it has been cancelled by the RE-1 school board.Cancellation of the election will save the district $200. Janilee Joslin was elected to the board in 1985 and sought re-election. Of the accomplishments she is proud of, Joslin cited the balanced budget. She said she intends to continue working to see more equity between state funding and local funding for education in Gilpin County. “I would like to see us be the best we can be,” Joslin said, “and I think we’re getting there.” Randy Lara was appointed to fill a vacancy on the school board in February of this year. Although he is still learning the ins and outs of the job, Lara said he believes he can do the job justice. “I care very much for the community,” he said, “and I will always be available and open for suggestions from the citizens.”
It was hard to decide whether the music and dancing or the homemade sundaes were the real highlight of the annual ice cream social held April 20 at the Gilpin County School. Hosted by students in the Chapter I Reading Program, the event featured ice cream sundaes, poems in various languages read by students, and a song and dance number featuring children dressed as walking books, living words, and story book characters. In keeping with the theme “Books for the World,” Chapter I teacher Martha Regular composed poetry and lyrics to the tune of Three Dog Night’s “Joy to the World.” Special awards for outstanding reading achievements went to Jacob Gould, Lindsey Brown, Jamie Scott, and Lindsey Jackson. Fourth grader Mark Crawford was named Reader of the Year. Chapter I is a federally funded reading program which provides extra assistance and instruction in reading. Administered and taught by Regula, the program includes students from first through 10th grade.
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