Covid & Coffee, Movies & Music

*Golden Eye Candy – Jen Rutter – Moonset over the Mountains – Click to enlarge*

Public Health References
CDC * Colorado * Jefferson County * City of Golden

JCPHD updates these numbers Monday through Friday at about 3 PM. Here’s the most recent Coronavirus report from Jeffco Public Health’s Case Summary Page:

The School of Mines has its own COVID-19 case page. According to Jeffco Public Health, any cases from the School of Mines will be included in the stats of the county in which the individual resides.

Clear Creek is closed. Masks are required. City and County fire restrictions are in place.

Movie Night Out

The City’s Movies & Music event sold out immediately, so if you had an insatiable desire to watch Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, you’ll have to do it at home. Here’s another opportunity that may interest you: the Horse Protection League is going to show the Viggo Mortensen movie, Hidalgo, on September 19th. This will be a delightful opportunity to hang out with the horses at the historic Churches Ranch. Learn more….

Virtual Golden

3PM Virtual Coffee with Councilors Casey Brown and JJ Trout
Join the Zoom Meeting online. Or you can join by phone only by calling (346) 248-7799. Meeting ID: 893 8995 1927 Passcode: 930032

Real Life Golden

8AM-1PM Golden Farmers Market
8AM Meetup: Beginners Run Up Chimney Gulch
9AM-2PM Brunch at the Rose – music begins at 11AM
9AM Vinyasa Yoga in Lions Park
9AM Walk with a Geologist at Dinosaur Ridge
10AM-2PM Homestead Open House
11AM Brewery Boot Camp at Holidaily
11AM Wild West Pub Crawl
2PM Vaccine, License & Microchip Clinic
5PM Wild West Walking Tour

Live Music:
4PM Mile High Groove at Wrigley’s
5PM Weatherbee and the Gnarbillys at Coda Brewing
6PM Live Music Out Front at Ace Hi Tavern
8PM Nick of Time (Bonnie Raitt Tribute) at Buffalo Rose

Golden History Moment

50 years ago, Golden’s three department stores shared an advertisement in the Golden Transcript to promote their “Red Hot Buys.” These days, it’s hard to imagine one department store in Golden–let alone three.

Gambles was located at 1211 Washington (now Spirits in the Wind). They operated in Golden from 1942 to 1975

Eakers opened in 1952 in “the old Golden Plunge” (now the Buffalo Rose Events Center). They existed well into the 1980s.

Hested’s opened in 1957 as a “variety store” before rebranding themselves as a department store. That store building was demolished in 2006 and has now been replaced by Gateway Station. Hested’s closed in 1977.

There was one earlier store in this category–Ellis Department Store was located in 1212 Washington Avenue (now Avenue Gifts). They opened in 1901 and ran until 1960.