30 years ago – May 31, 1991
An eleven year old boy with Down’s syndrome was lost for about two hours Sunday afternoon when he wandered away from the family home on Gap Road. The boy, who was visiting his family from Denver, was last seen playing with two dogs at about 3:00 p.m. The Sheriff’s Department, Search and Rescue, and the Forest Service looked for the youngster until he and the dogs turned up about 5:00 p.m. at the house at Sutton and Gap Roads. The boy went up and knocked on the door, telling the person who answered that he was lost. Sunday was only the second time Search and Rescue has been called for a search this year. Though Commander John Rittenhouse hopes that organized searches continue to be few and far between this summer, the volunteer organization can always use more members who can help search through rugged terrain. Call Rittenhouse for information about joining Gilpin County Search and Rescue.
James Disner is a new deputy marshal in Central City…sort of. Disner was hired as a permanent deputy on May 13, but he worked as a part-time contract officer last summer and since then has been filling in when Marshal Elmo Gatlin or Deputy Keith Coombe has been on vacation. Disner graduated from the Arapahoe County College Sheriff’s Academy shortly before he joined the Central City force last summer. “It’s kind of neat,” he says, “working in a small town where everyone knows you—even if I don’t know everyone here yet.” Though he presently lives in Arvada, Disner has been looking for a place to live closer to town—say within five miles.
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