Grant Gray: 2 Dec. 1941 – 9 June 2023

A celebration of life will be held in Gold Hill, CO, at the Gold Hill Inn, on October 2nd from 3:00pm to 6:00pm.

A long-time resident of Gold Hill CO and Marble Canyon AZ, Grant Gray, recently passed away.  He was fully engaged in life until his last few weeks.  Grant was in the midst of installing a large solar array on his property in Arizona, helped by his lifelong friends.  Grant was also fixing the pool, playing with his dog Che, working on a project for a company called SpecOps and making sure Mary, his beloved wife of 37 years, was happy and loved.

Born in Denver CO, Grant moved to Gold Hill in the late 1960s bartending at the Gold Hill Inn while attending The University of Colorado.  He loved Gold Hill second only to the Grand Canyon, where he worked part time for Moki Mac River expeditions. Grant’s 40-year white water rafting career was spent taking customers and friends through the Grand Canyon, often serenading them with his guitar.  Grant’s other career was as a weather radar engineer, mostly for the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).  He designed and helped build many weather radar systems and extensively traveled the world on weather research projects, the final one was in Taiwan last year 2022.

Grant experienced some breathing problems which resulted in a short hospital stay in May.  He had an appointment with his cardiologist in June and was admitted to the hospital in St. George UT on June 8^th.  Grant died in the morning on June 9^th of complications resulting in heart failure.

Grant was a renaissance man.  He loved family, friends, physics, flying, white water rafting, world travel, the Grand Canyon, and playing & listening to flamenco guitar.  Grant and Mary’s family includes lots of brothers, sisters, brother-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, and many cousins; he loved them all. He was a man of science who listened carefully and learned from everyone.  Grant’s kind heart and generosity made him an extraordinary person who loved life and lived it to the fullest. He will be forever in our hearts.

In lieu of flowers please bring thoughts, stories and/or photos of Grant.

Gold Hill Fire Protection District Board meeting tonight: 7-17-23,  7:00 pm, at the Firebarn 

or Join Zoom Meeting:

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It’s on!  Time to celebrate Independence Day.  See flyer for details

First night of music at Windy Acres this Summer,  Sunday,  July  2  at  6:30

LESS THAN ONE WEEK AWAY – next Friday, June 23^rd, the annual Gold Hill Museum Community Outreach.  Please join us.  It will be lots of fun and a great bit of learning.

5:00 PM              Cocktail party on the south lawn of the museum

6:00 PM              Presentation on the Architecture of Gold Hill and the celebration of our buildings, many of which are 150 years old!

We’re looking forward to presenting all of these wonderful things to you.  Please, not pets.  Bring your family and friends.  This is for Gold Hill only and is not open to others outside of the town unless you invite them.

See you there.

As most of you read last fall, Ann Maslanka, a long-time summer resident of Gold Hill, passed in November. Ann’s family will be holding a celebration of life for Ann at her beloved cabin on Main Street, on Sunday, July 2 at 3:00 pm. There will be a brief program of remembrance, a chance to share memories, and then her favorite–happy hour, with appropriate celebratory libations. We hope that everyone that remembers Ann fondly will feel free to join us. 

2023 Spring Clean Up

Saturday, June 24, 2023

9 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Bluebird Lodge parking lot.

For all within the Town Meeting boundaries 

DIVERSION is the focus again this year.  Boulder County is a great support for our diversion/recycling efforts, but they are no longer providing any money for trash disposal.  We will be getting one dumpster for trash and we will have to pay for it ($638), so we will need to charge (rate sheet at the end). 

Four Dumpsters will arrive between 8:30 and 9:00 a.m. – 2 for junk/trash (we will need to collect a fee for trash and donations for the diversion stuff), one for metal, one for wood – slash and general wood/lumber as in the past.  Please don’t come with stuff earlier than 9:00. 

***And, yes, please, we need volunteers to help!***

To volunteer, please contact me, Gretchen Diefenderfer, at gretchend@nullmac.com  (303-442-3847).

DIVERSION (see http://www.ecocycle.org/charm). 

Mixed rigid plastics (playground stuff, coolers, etc.) and Styrofoam 

Tires – no rims.

Electronics, small appliances

Appliances – refrigerators!

Mattresses

Household hazardous waste (HHW)

            Oil, Antifreeze

           Car batteries

            Latex paint

        METAL Container – No liquids – No fridges – No tires on rims (just rims are ok!) – No batteries – No paint cans with paint still in them.  We will take fridges and tires this year, but they have to go in the diversion trucks [there will be one for tires and appliances, one for HHW, one for mattresses, and more for electronics.   Wire fencing and barbed wire are ok

 WOOD Container – No chemically treated wood including stain or paint – No nails in the wood (although a few seem to be ok, just not an excessive amount) – No particleboard.  Slash is ok – no longer than 18” (be judicious with this – there is only one dumpster and it can’t take a forest of slash) 

        TRASH  Containers  – junk – No recyclables!  We need to pay for this and will need to charge for trash. We also request donations for the diversion items.  Please remember that it would be much more expensive to take a truckload to the dump or to Nederland (a carl load taken to Nederland is charged $25 and a small pick up is $40).

         $5 per large trash bag

            $20  per car, van, or SUV (less for just a few things)

            $35 per pick-up truck or trailer full

            $35 – 40 per vehicle with trailer

 Repurposing – We encourage people to bring stuff that others might want.  Be prepared to pick these items up if no one wants them, or for them to go into the dumpsters.  We will take some stuff down to donate in Boulder, either to second hand stores or to Resource 2000 – would love volunteers to help with this.

 Any propane bottles must be vented and this means the entire top mechanism must be removed.  Just opening it does not suffice. We made this mistake once and it cost us

It’s amazing how much stuff piles up!  This is your chance to clear that stuff out!

And, yes, please, we need volunteers to help –  please contact me, Gretchen, at gretchend@nullmac.comor 303-442-3847    THANK YOU!

From: Paul Landskroener <plandskroener@nullmac.com>
Date: June 9, 2023 at 2:22:24 PM MDT
Subject: Shape note singing June 17.

Shape note singing on Saturday June 17. All Gold Hill residents and friends are invited to an afternoon of shape note singing at Paul Landskroener’s & Marybeth Neal’s home, 629 Dixon Rd on Saturday, on June 17

Singing will commence at 1 pm with a half hour of instruction, followed by singing until 4 pm, with a break for refreshments midway.  This is a participatory activity. No auditions, rehearsals, or performances are involved. Anyone who loves to sing is welcome. Instruction and support will be provided. Singers from the Boulder-Denver shape note community will join us and all Gold Hill area people are invited. 

Here’s a link to a seven-and-a-half minute summary of what Shape Note singing is all about, to give you an idea:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaLnG7vfVOc

Call Paul at 612-990-2248 for more information.

COVID protocols: Please do not come if you have a cough, fever, aches, or other COVID symptoms. If you are not vaccinated against COVID, or if you’ve spent time with a COVID-positive person within the last week (even if you are vaccinated), please take a home-based COVID test the morning of the event and come if it’s negative. We will sing outdoors if weather permits. We will not require anyone to wear a mask, but you are free to do so.

Gold Hill Town Meeting

Monday, 7:00 p.m. April 10th, 2023

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Zoom Virtual Meeting

This is a 40 minute meeting. The link and login information for three back to back meetings are the same.

Topic: GHTM Zoom Meeting 6.12.2023

Time: June 12, 2023 07:00 PM Mountain Time 

Marcus Moench is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Join Zoom Meeting

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Meeting ID: 581 943 5005

Passcode: 349031

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1. Review and Approval of Previous Minutes (any additions or corrections)

1. Invited Address: Sport Shooting
   1. 7:05-7:20: Teagan Blakey will speak on the current status of Sport Shooting in Boulder County and the issues associated with that.

1. New Business:
   • Switzerland trail: Support for safe Switztrail from GHTM
   • Fire Mitigation: AIM Grant next steps
   • Town Cleanup: June 24th
   • Announcement: New Board member search, Elections at August meeting 
2. Treasurer’s Report
3. Committee Reports
   • AirLink  (Dina)
   • Business District (Chrissy & Dan)
   • Cemetery (Maggie Simms)
   • Community Events (Chrissy and Dan)
   • Flora, Gardens & Weed Management (Pam)
   • Fundraising & Merchandise  (Dan)
   • Gold Hill School (Chrissy, Jojo, Eva, Dan)
   • Health & Human Services (Chrissy, Elisabeth, Marcus)
   • Historical Zoning (Bear)
   • IMA (Marybeth)
   • Mountain Stewards (Virginia, Marcus, Cat)
   • Museum ( Debra)
   • NeighborLink (Deb and Dina)
   • SafeLink (Debra)
4. Upcoming Meetings/Events
5. Other Town News/Emerging Issues: 

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Next Gold Hill Town Meeting: August 14th, 7:00 pm

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As most of you read last fall, Ann Maslanka, a long-time summer resident of Gold Hill, passed in November. Ann’s family will be holding a celebration of life for Ann at her beloved cabin on Main Street, on Sunday, July 2 at 3:00 pm. There will be a brief program of remembrance, a chance to share memories, and then her favorite–happy hour, with appropriate celebratory libations. We hope that everyone that remembers Ann fondly will feel free to join us. 

Jane Maslanka

janeandwillow@nullgmail.com

2023 Spring Clean Up – Plea for Volunteers. please contact me, Gretchen, at gretchend@nullmac.com or 303-442-3847    THANK YOU!

Saturday, June 24, 2023

9 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Bluebird Lodge parking lot.

For all within the Town Meeting boundaries 

DIVERSION is the focus again this year.  Boulder County is a great support for our diversion/recycling efforts, but they are no longer providing any money for trash disposal.  We will be getting one dumpster for trash and we will have to pay for it ($638), so we will need to charge (rate sheet at the end). 

Three Dumpsters will arrive between 8:30 and 9:00 a.m. – 1 for junk/trash (we will need to collect a fee for trash and donations for the diversion stuff), one for metal, one for wood – slash and general wood/lumber as in the past.  Please don’t come with stuff earlier than 9:00. 

***And, yes, please, we need volunteers to help!***

To volunteer, please contact me, Gretchen Diefenderfer, at gretchend@nullmac.com  (303-442-3847).

DIVERSION (see http://www.ecocycle.org/charm). 

Mixed rigid plastics (playground stuff, coolers, etc.) and Styrofoam 

Tires – no rims.

Electronics, small appliances

Appliances – refrigerators!

Mattresses

Household hazardous waste (HHW)

            Oil, Antifreeze

           Car batteries

            Latex paint

        METAL Container – No liquids – No fridges – No tires on rims (just rims are ok!) – No batteries – No paint cans with paint still in them.  We will take fridges and tires this year, but they have to go in the diversion trucks [there will be one for tires and appliances, one for HHW, one for mattresses, and more for electronics.   Wire fencing and barbed wire are ok

       WOOD Container – No chemically treated wood including stain or paint – No nails in the wood (although a few seem to be ok, just not an excessive amount) – No particleboard.  Slash is ok – no longer than 18” (be judicious with this – there is only one dumpster and it can’t take a forest of slash) 

        TRASH  Containers  – junk – No recyclables!  We need to pay for this and will need to charge for trash. We also request donations for the diversion items.  Please remember that it would be much more expensive to take a truckload to the dump or to Nederland (a carl load taken to Nederland is charged $25 and a small pick up is $40).

         $5 per large trash bag

            $20  per car, van, or SUV (less for just a few things)

            $35 per pick-up truck or trailer full

            $35 – 40 per vehicle with trailer

 Repurposing – We encourage people to bring stuff that others might want.  Be prepared to pick these items up if no one wants them, or for them to go into the dumpsters.  We will take some stuff down to donate in Boulder, either to second hand stores or to Resource 2000 – would love volunteers to help with this.

 Any propane bottles must be vented and this means the entire top mechanism must be removed.  Just opening it does not suffice. We made this mistake once and it cost us

It’s amazing how much stuff piles up!  This is your chance to clear that stuff out!

And, yes, please, we need volunteers to help –  please contact me, Gretchen, at gretchend@nullmac.comor 303-442-3847    THANK YOU!

2023 Spring Clean Up

Saturday, June 24, 2023

9 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Bluebird Lodge parking lot.

For all within the Town Meeting boundaries 

DIVERSION is the focus again this year.  Boulder County is a great support for our diversion/recycling efforts, but they are no longer providing any money for trash disposal.  We will be getting one dumpster for trash and we will have to pay for it ($638), so we will need to charge (rate sheet at the end). 

Three Dumpsters will arrive between 8:30 and 9:00 a.m. – 1 for junk/trash (we will need to collect a fee for trash and donations for the diversion stuff), one for metal, one for wood – slash and general wood/lumber as in the past.  Please don’t come with stuff earlier than 9:00. 

***And, yes, please, we need volunteers to help!***

To volunteer, please contact me, Gretchen Diefenderfer, at gretchend@nullmac.com  (303-442-3847).

DIVERSION (see http://www.ecocycle.org/charm). 

Mixed rigid plastics (playground stuff, coolers, etc.) and Styrofoam 

Tires – no rims.

Electronics, small appliances

Appliances – refrigerators!

Mattresses

Household hazardous waste (HHW)

            Oil, Antifreeze

           Car batteries

            Latex paint

        METAL Container – No liquids – No fridges – No tires on rims (just rims are ok!) – No batteries – No paint cans with paint still in them.  We will take fridges and tires this year, but they have to go in the diversion trucks [there will be one for tires and appliances, one for HHW, one for mattresses, and more for electronics.   Wire fencing and barbed wire are ok

       WOOD Container – No chemically treated wood including stain or paint – No nails in the wood (although a few seem to be ok, just not an excessive amount) – No particleboard.  Slash is ok – no longer than 18” (be judicious with this – there is only one dumpster and it can’t take a forest of slash) 

        TRASH  Containers  – junk – No recyclables!  We need to pay for this and will need to charge for trash. We also request donations for the diversion items.  Please remember that it would be much more expensive to take a truckload to the dump or to Nederland (a carl load taken to Nederland is charged $25 and a small pick up is $40).

         $5 per large trash bag

            $20  per car, van, or SUV (less for just a few things)

            $35 per pick-up truck or trailer full

            $35 – 40 per vehicle with trailer

 Repurposing – We encourage people to bring stuff that others might want.  Be prepared to pick these items up if no one wants them, or for them to go into the dumpsters.  We will take some stuff down to donate in Boulder, either to second hand stores or to Resource 2000 – would love volunteers to help with this.

 Any propane bottles must be vented and this means the entire top mechanism must be removed.  Just opening it does not suffice. We made this mistake once and it cost us

It’s amazing how much stuff piles up!  This is your chance to clear that stuff out!

And, yes, please, we need volunteers to help –  please contact me, Gretchen, at gretchend@nullmac.comor 303-442-3847    THANK YOU!

Twenty five years ago this summer the first Mountin’ Mountain

walk happened!   It has survived every Memorial Day, through 

rainy days, windy days, and covid days, at times with up to 40 

walkers, at times with five or six.  

 

Local walkers, runners and otherwise non-motorized mountain 

folk are invited to join us on Memorial Day,  Monday, May 29.  

 

The walk starts out where CR 52 meets the Peak-to-Peak Highway,

9:30 a.m sharp.  The walk is approx seven miles long.  We take a 

group photo and then everyone progresses at their own speed until 

we reach Gold Hill, with one stop enroute. 

 

We stop at the almost half-way point where David and Maggie set

up a SAG wagon where the Switzerland Trail intersects CR 52.  

There we take a break to enjoy beverages, baked goods and many

tasty treats.  Feel free to contribute food by dropping it off at the

camper enroute to the start point, or make a monetary donation.

 

Meet in front of the Inn at 9 a.m. for carpooling to the start point.  

If you’re able to transport walkers, thank you in advance.

 

See you on Memorial Day!

Pam Leland, Maggie Simms and David Brigham