COVID Updates
Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment: All Coloradans 12 and older are eligible to receive the Pfizer vaccine, and all Coloradans 18 and older are eligible to receive the Moderna or Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) vaccine.
Appointments to Get the COVID Vaccine
State of Colorado’s Find Out Where You Can Get Vaccinated page.
Jefferson County Public Health’s COVID-19 Vaccine Call Center: 303-239-7000 |
State Hotline to answer questions, including location of vaccine providers: 1-877-268-2926.
Jefferson County Case Summary:
Cases in Jeffco – Mon: 47,256 | Tues: 47,295 (+50)
Deaths in Jeffco – Mon: 824 | Tues: 825 (+1)
Currently Hospitalized in Jeffco – Mon: 54 | Tues: 59 (+5)
Recovered – Mon: 45,308 | Tues: 45,407 (+99)
Known Cases in Golden – Thurs: 1963 | Mon: 1975
Golden Testing Sites
Mines COVID Testing | Jeffco Fairgrounds COVID Testing
More Public Health References
School of Mines COVID-19 case page. | Sign up for exposure notifications | CDC | Colorado | Jefferson County | City of Golden
JEFFERSON COUNTY RESCINDS THE MASK ORDER – VACCINATED PEOPLE NO LONGER REQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK, UNLESS A BUSINESS REQUIRES IT. Read the full order….
Virtual Events
7:30AM Citizen Budget Advisory Committee Meeting
CBAC will hear from the Police Department. I’m not sure what the topic is, but the Police visited Council last night and described their new Community Engagement Group–so perhaps this is a follow-up to that.
They will also discuss Financial Transparency. Many local governments provide citizens with a way to view all revenue and expenditures–Denver is a good example. At present, citizens of Golden (and City Council, for that matter) must ask the Finance Department to answer any questions about what we’re spending and to opine about what we can and cannot afford. The Finance Director has expressed concern that people would misinterpret our financial data if given direct access. They are now looking at a modified version of OpenGov, which would allow citizens to see some of our financial information.
8:30-9:30AM Virtual Power Training
10:15AM Baby Time with the Library
3-5PM Hard Times Writing Workshop
5:30-7PM Golden Orators Toastmasters
6-7:30PM Golden History Museum Lecture: Colorado Water and the American West
Please join us for a discussion dedicated to Colorado’s most precious resource: water. Matthew S. Makley, Professor of History at MSU Denver, will offer a lecture and conversation about the history of water in Colorado and the American West. This sweeping exploration begins with a look at how First Peoples used water on the Colorado Plateau and concludes with a brief examination of how Denver has developed its water infrastructure. This session will offer participants a basic understanding of Colorado water law, along with a few quick case studies, including the story of the Civil War veteran Rueben Coffin and his battle with the Lefthand Ditch Company for water rights in the late 1800s. If you have ever been curious about water in Colorado, this lecture will help quench your thirst.
6:30PM Planning Commission Meeting
The Planning Commission will be considering the Site Development Plan for 510 Arapahoe Street (map). This is the second time they have discussed this property. They declined to approve it on April 7th. The developer took the case to City Council, which remanded it back to Planning Commission for a second look. This is a complicated case, so rather than trying to summarize it for you, I refer you to the meeting packet.
Real World Events
9AM Golden Walks – Wednesday Morning Celebrating Life
10AM-3PM Aussie Bag Class at Golden Quilt Company
4PM LIVE MUSIC: Chrispy at Mountain Toad Brewing
8-10PM Trivia Night at Woody’s Wood-Fired Pizza
7:30PM Miners Alley Playhouse Concert Series – Billie McBride
Miners Alley is offering both live and remote tickets to tonight’s concert!
BILLIE MCBRIDE: AN IMPROBABLE CAREER
May 19, 2021 @ 7:30 pm
Travel back with Billie as she revisits her stunning career in a New York City long, long ago. Accompanied by David Nehls and with music originally performed by Judy Garland and Barbara Streisand, and written by Irving Berlin and Stephen Sondheim, it is sure to be a night to remember!
Through the sixties, seventies, and eighties and the stars she’s met along the way, to becoming a star of the Colorado stage, this is truly an improbable career and journey!
Billie McBride spent 20 years in NYC prior to moving to Colorado doing theatre and Television. Her NY stage credits include Torch Song Trilogy (Helen Hayes), Safe Sex (Lyceum) and The Kurt Weill Cabaret (Bijou Theatre). Learn more and buy tickets….
Golden Community Food Drive
Drop off food donations
Please drop off food donations (10AM-4PM, today through Saturday) at the CAG Food Pantry & Thrift Store at 1401 Ford Street (map). Food will be distributed among the three pantries.
Golden History Moment
In the spring of 1938, the postal service was celebrating the 20th anniversary of air mail service. The Transcript wrote about the event several times through April and May. To help whip up the excitement, the Golden Fire Department organized an essay contest and a “plane building” contest for students.
The Golden post office had a special cachet designed for air mail envelopes distributed during Air Mail Week (May 15-21). “This cachet is designed to illustrate the short time that has elapsed since the days of Buffalo Bill, the pony express and the present rapid air mail service.” Patrons could use the envelopes for regular business or they could send them to Kittyhawk, N.C., where the first airplane flight took place. The Kittyhawk post office would postmark them and send them back.
April 14
The Post Office sponsored an “Air Mail Derby.” People were encouraged to write a letter and send it by air mail. The reply had to be received by May 20th. “The letter averaging the greatest number of miles per hour for the round trip, from the time it is postmarked at the Golden post office to the time its delivery on return is recorded, will be the winner.”
April 28th
“The great interest taken in Air mail Week–sponsored by Golden Firemen May 2 to 7–was most fittingly impressed upon the citizens of Golden Friday–when Lieut. Eugene Cunningham’s National Guard squadron swooped down over the city–evidently the purring of the planes woke some people up.”
May 5th
“As a special feature of National Air Mail Week Golden will have its airmail delivered and picked up by an airmail plane piloted by Ray Wilson of Denver on Thursday, May 19…. Postmaster Pike, who has been successful in arranging this innovation as a part of Golden’s Air Mail Week celebration, has been authorized to mark all in-coming and out-going mail delivered and picked up at Golden by the plane “First Flight” over his signature.”
May 19th
Evidently they couldn’t find a place that a plane could land within the City limits. “The nearest place to Golden that the postal department will authorize the landing of an airmail plane is at Gravel Spur, a short distance out of the city on 44th Avenue.”
May 26
It was a successful promotion! “During Air Mail Week 1535 air mail letters, including 814 “First Flight” letters were dispatched from Golden.”
The Golden Transcript (originally called the Colorado Transcript) has been publishing since 1866. The Golden History Museum has been working on digitizing the historic issues. You’ll find old Transcripts online at coloradohistoricnewspapers.org
