WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?
9:30-11:30AM Full Walking Tour @ Dinosaur Ridge
10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose
10AM-3PM Autumn Fest @ Golden History Museum & Park
Autumn Fest is a free celebration of Golden featuring hands-on activities for the whole family, including crafts, big trucks, and even farm animals. Join us to welcome the fall season!
Free and Low-Cost Family Activities:
- make-your-own thaumatrope station and lawn games (hoop toss, ladder ball, and cornhole)
- 4-H petting zoo
- craft stations
- BIG TRUCKS (Streets, Fire, and Police Departments)
- costumed Civil War interpretation
- karate demonstration
11AM Pilates Discovery Class @ Connect Physical Therapy and Pilates
SEE THE COMPLETE CALENDAR OF EVENTS.
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LIVE MUSIC
11AM-2PM Derek Hall @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
2-6PM Vetras @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
2-6PM Chad Price – Michael Dean – Dameron Scooter – James Joel Rossi @ Goosetown Station
3PM Izzy and The IceBreakers @ Over Yonder
3-7PM Playback @ Wrigley’s
8PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
QUESTIONS NEEDED FOR THE 2ND CANDIDATES FORUM
I hope you got a change to see the first Candidates Forum, hosted by the League of Women Voters on September 19th. They asked the City Council candidates four questions:
1 What do you believe is Golden’s most urgent challenge and what steps would you take to address it?
2 According to the Golden National Community Survey in 2022, only 12% of the respondents rated the availability of affordable housing favorably, and only 29% favorably rated the variety of housing options. How do you plan to address affordable housing in Golden?
3 There are two revenue-related issues on the ballot in this election. One asks voters to authorize Golden to retain revenue from the lodging tax approved in 2022 to continue to address visitor impacts and fund community projects and capital improvements and to extend the full 6% tax previously approved. Another asks for a mill levy increase to fund the needs of the Golden Fire Department. Please tell us where you stand on these issues and why.
4 In June, a law went into effect which nullified Golden’s growth cap ordinance. How will you plan to address the issue of growth moving forward?
The second Candidates Forum, hosted by the Leadership Golden Alumni Association (and moderated by ME!) will take place on October 17th. What other questions do you want us to ask? Do you want to know their views on density? parking? tubers? events? transparency? homeless people? City spending? Send your questions to Dan Aten, Leadership Golden President, by this Friday, October 6th.
GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT
81 Years Ago
The October 1, 1942 Colorado Transcript detailed yet another Castle Rock mishap.
For the first time in the history of Golden’s Castle Rock a man, Pvt. William Foster, slipped over the edge Sunday and would have lost his life had he not fortunately secured a hold with both of his hands on a narrow ledge of rock, seven feet below the brink, from which he hung suspended in midair for 45 minutes….
That may have been the first time someone hung from the edge, but it was certainly not the first time someone had gone over the edge–or the last. In 1908, a hiker swooned and fell over the edge (but lived). In 1925, a visitor to the old dance hall lost his bearings in the dark and stepped over the edge (and died). In 1943–a year after today’s story–a young thug pushed two little boys over the edge, killing them.
In 1942, Private William Foster, visiting from his post at Fitzsimmons Hospital, spent the day hiking on South Table Mountain. At about 6:30PM he was standing at the edge of Castle Rock when his foot slipped. He went over the edge but was able to grab an outcropping about 7 feet from the summit. He yelled for help, catching the attention of two women below. They sent two men to his aid. After hanging for 45 minutes, he was pulled to safety. Upon reaching firm ground, he told his rescuers that he felt like he was in heaven.
The rescue occurred on the South side of Castle Rock at a point where, had Foster lost his grip, he would have plunged some 70 to 100 feet to certain death on the rocks below.
Thanks to the Golden History Museum for providing the online cache of historic Transcripts, and to the Golden Transcript for documenting our history since 1866!
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