City Council Questions and Season Opener for the Symphony

*Golden Eye Candy – Alan Pinkus – Fallish – enlarge*

LAST CHANCE TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS TO CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES!

The committee is meeting this afternoon at 1PM to finalize questions for Tuesday’s Candidate Forum. If you have any questions, send them to Leadership Golden president Dan Aten at aten_dan@yahoo.com before 1PM!

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?

9:30-11:30AM Full Walking Tour @ Dinosaur Ridge
10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose
10AM Wild West Walking Tour

11AM-2PM Colorful Lager Tie Dye Event @ Golden MIll
Colorful Beverage is hosting a tie-dying event at The Golden Mill. Donate $5 or more to the Michael James Jackson Foundation and you’ll get a shirt to Tie Dye.

1-6PM BYOB “Bring Your Own (Mountain) Bike” Event @ Over Yonder
12-4PM Gear Swap & Sample Sale @ New Terrain
2PM The Cherry Orchard @ Miners Alley Playhouse
2:30-4:30PM Textile Society @ Golden Library

SEE THE COMPLETE CALENDAR OF EVENTS.

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LIVE MUSIC

11AM-2PM Luke Amelang @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
1-4PM Rapidgrass @ New Terrain Brewing
2-5PM Damon Wood’s Harmonious Junk @ Goosetown Station

3PM Jefferson Symphony Orchestra 71^st Season Opener @ Colorado School of Mines
AARON COPLAND – El Salón México
GEORGE GERSHWIN – Rhapsody in Blue
ANTONIN DVOŘÁK – Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”

3-7PM Parkside @ Wrigley’s

4-7PM Ross Henderson @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
8PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern

PLANNING AHEAD

There were several Halloween-ish events this weekend,and there are many more coming over the next couple of weeks. To plan your festive events. visiting our Halloween calendar: www.goldenhalloween.com.

Camps
If your kids need some activities during the October break, Thanksgiving, or the winter holiday, check our Camps & Classes page. Several camps have already been announced and we’re expecting more soon.

GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT

*Architect’s rendering for the proposal “Civic Center” to be built on 10th St. – click to enlarge*

64 Years Ago
The October 15, 1959 Colorado Transcript had several articles that exemplified the busy, growing town. The Chamber of Commerce was spearheading an effort to build a new municipal center, which would include city offices, police and fire departments, council chambers, an office for the chamber of commerce, a library, the history museum, a recreation center, and an outdoor swimming pool. Supporters were hoping that the voters would approve a $350,000 bond issue on November 3rd. (They did.)

Golden High School was celebrating homecoming that weekend with a bonfire and pep rally on Friday night and a football game on Saturday night.

The back of this postcard identifies the buildings as Berthoud Hall, Guggenheim Hall, and “the library.” This indicates that it was printed between 1954 (when the library was built) and 1959 (when it was named). Click to enlarge

The School of Mines was planning their homecoming for the following weekend. Their theme for the year was “Miner 59er.” Their library, which had been completed in 1954, was being named for Arthur Lakes. Lakes was the school’s first geology professor and discovered many dinosaur bones in the Golden-Morrison area. The School also planned to dedicate their new gymnasium, which was replacing a gym built in 1908. The new gym would remain unnamed until 1974, when it was named after alumnus and athlete Russell Volk.

*Mitchell Elementary on 12th Street – 1998 photo – Golden History Museum collection – click to enlarge*

Mitchell Elementary, still located on 12th Street at that time, was planning a carnival on October 21st.

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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