30 Years Ago – January 14, 1983
Monday morning, shortly after reports that the Gilpin RE-1 gym roof was making a lot of noise, a section about 20 feet wide, from the eave to the peak, was ripped off by the wind. Fred Meyers, school superintendent, dismissed school shortly after the incident and the school remained closed until Wednesday due to the danger of flying debris. There were no classes in the gym at the time the roof went. When repairs to this section of the roof were made last year, Meyers said he was told it would withstand 200 mph winds. The highest winds registered Monday morning were 50 mph.
Black Hawk Marshal Sid Gent appeared before the regular meeting of the City Council on January 11 and asked if arrangements had been made to dig out the police car after heavy snowfalls. He said the police car was buried for two and a half days after the Christmas storm and that it really “burned” him that he personally paid $35 (later reimbursed by the city) to have the vehicle towed out.
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