Coffee with Councilors, Goldens in Golden, and Opening Day for Goldilocks

*Golden Eye Candy – Chris Davell – Winter Walk – enlarge*

Virtual Events

10AM Coffee With Councilors
1-2:30PM Virtual: Dungeons & Dragons for Beginners
3:30-5PM Virtual: Dungeons & Dragons for Advanced Players
Anytime Moon Over Buffalo @ Miners Alley Playhouse

Real World Events

8AM New and Prospective Member Hike @ Apex Trail
10AM Biker Breakfast @ Avalanche Harley Davidson
10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose

10AM-3PM Saturday Train Rides @ Colorado Railroad Museum
10:15AM Family Time @ Golden Library

11AM Goldens in Golden @ Golden Visitors Center
Participants will meet near the Golden Visitors Center and Parfet Park at 10^th and Washington Avenue at 11 a.m., where there will be free pup cups (whipped cream) for the dogs, free pup portraits from Golden-based Atlas Pet Company, a selfie-station for do-it-yourself pics, and giveaway “doggie bags” from Golden-based KONG Company (first come, first served). At approximately 11:45 a.m., the group will begin the walk down Washington Avenue. At approximately noon, a group photo will be taken under the arch and the street will remain open until 1 p.m. for individual pictures and socializing. Learn more….

12-2:30PM Walk With a Geologist @ Dinosaur Ridge

1PM Goldilocks and the Three Bears opens @ Miners Alley Playhouse
6:30-9PM Backcountry Film Festival @ American Mountaineering Center
7:30PM Moon Over Buffalo @ Miners Alley Playhouse

Live Music

7PM Cold RePlay @ Buffalo Rose (main venue)

11AM-2PM Scott Slay @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
3-6PM Jon & Lucas @ Goosetown Station
5-8PM Wylie Jones “Crazy Horse” @ Over Yonder
7-10PM Chris Child @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
7PM Cold RePlay @ Buffalo Rose (main venue)
7PM Maynard Mills Blues Band @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern

Golden History Moment

47 Years Ago
The United States was in the midst of an energy crisis during the 1970s, and Duke’s Plumbing and Heating at 1005 9th St. (map) was a victim of a very ’70s crime: their 26 vehicles had gasoline siphoned out of their tanks. The February 5, 1975 Transcript reported that about $220 worth of gasoline was stolen.

Dizzy Gillespie was coming to the School of Mines for a performance on February 19th. Tickets were $5.75 for adults and $3.75 for students.

As a society, we were still waffling about cigarette smoking. The R-1 school board had been studying “smoke-filled lavatories, littered parks and damage to neighboring property caused by student smokers.” In the end, the board voted to remove “possession of tobacco” from the list of behaviors that could result in suspension. Instead, they voted to announce that use of tobacco was “strongly discouraged” and smoking was to be prohibited in schools, on school grounds, and in school buses.

*Foothills Art Center was hosting a sculpture exhibition, which featured 72 pieces – enlarge*

The City of Arvada had included a typo in their animal control ordinance, saying that the owners of stray pets would be destroyed after 24 hours.

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!