COVID Updates
Colorado has entered Phase 1B.4 of the vaccine distribution which opens eligibility up to those 50 years of age and older, as well as many frontline workers in education, food services, agriculture and those 16 – 49 with one high-risk factor. For a complete list of who is eligible in Phase 1B.4, as well as resources for finding and booking a vaccine appointment, visit www.Jeffco.us/covid-vaccine
Appointments to Get the COVID Vaccine (Eligibility)
State of Colorado’s Find Out Where You Can Get Vaccinated page | Lutheran Medical Center | JCPH Clinic in Arvada (70+ only) | www.vaccinespotter.org/CO/
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. It is staffed 24 hours a day
Golden Testing Sites
Mines COVID Testing | Jeffco Fairgrounds COVID Testing
Jefferson County Case Summary:
Cases in Jeffco – Mon: 39,418 | Tues: 39,573 (+155)
Deaths in Jeffco – Mon: 777 | Tues: 777 (unchanged)
Currently Hospitalized in Jeffco – Mon: 29 | Tues: 33 (+4)
Known Cases in Golden – Thurs: 1589 | Mon: 1605
Recovered – Mon: 37,707 | Tues: 37,840 (+133)
More Public Health References
School of Mines COVID-19 case page. | Sign up for exposure notifications | CDC | Colorado | Jefferson County | City of Golden
Virtual Events
8:30-9:30AM Virtual Power Training
10-10:30AM TriceraTOTs – Dino in a Jar
10:15AM Baby Time with the Library
3-5PM Hard Times Writing Workshop
6PM Golden Anti-Racism Collective General Meeting
Buffalo Bill Days, continued
6PM Community Sustainability Advisory Board
Mines senior design students present their research on large scale solar projects.
Staff update regarding a possible community solar garden
Residential waste services survey
2021 Sustainability awards
Sustainability metrics and data
2021 work plan
CO Communities for Climate Action updates
Youth grants program
Sustainability rebates
Real World Events
11AM-5PM Beginning Quilting @ Golden Quilt Company
Golden History Moment
72 Years Ago
On March 24, 1949, Golden was celebrating an enlightening night. The Welcome Arch had just been completed, with its original neon lettering, and the public gathered to watch it be illuminated for the first time. In addition, the Golden Theater had undergone a refurbishment, and its new neon marquee was coming online.
The big event was preceded by a parade. The School of Mines Band, the Buffalo Bill Saddle Club, the Boy Scouts, Camp Fire Girls, Cub Scouts, Golden Grange, and other groups marched down Washington Avenue, starting at Pioneer Park on 16th Street and coming down the hill to the theater.
The Governor was in town to help us celebrate. He flipped the switch at 8PM, and the lights came on. Radio station KMYR was on hand to broadcast the event, with Gene Amole acting as master of ceremonies. The Transcript estimated a crowd of 6000 people.
Neon signs were popular throughout the ’50s and ’60s. One reason they started to wane in popularity was the expense and difficulty of keeping them in operation. Most neon signs are custom built, so businesses can see their names in distinctive fonts. That means that when they break, skilled craftsmen are required to repair them. Eventually the City redid the arch with reflective–rather than neon–lettering.
One of my friends (you know who you are) has both fond and shame-faced memories of breaking the neon letters on the arch during his teen-aged years. That’s probably why the Transcript editor, writing in 1975, remembered the arch as often saying “WELCOME TO OLDEN” and “How Folks!”
One sign still remains from the neon years: Golden Liquors. If you look at the picture of the Jolly Rancher sign (middle row, right side above) you can see the Golden Liquors sign behind it. When that business moved to their current location (13th and Ford) in 1957, the sign went with them.
Many 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!
