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COVID Updates
We are currently in Phase 1B.4 of the vaccine distribution: 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. Learn more: www.Jeffco.us/covid-vaccine
STARTING FRIDAY, APRIL 2ND, EVERYONE WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO GET THE VACCINE! Denver Post Article
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 – Fri: 39,981 | Mon:40,186 (+205)
Deaths in Jeffco – Fri: 774 | Mon: 775 (+1)
Currently Hospitalized in Jeffco – Fri: 15 | Mon: 15 (unchanged)
Recovered – Fri: 38,121 | Mon: 38,360 (+239)
Known Cases in Golden – Thurs: 1637 | Mon: 1646 (+9)
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
10:15AM Toddler Time with the Library
6-7PM Recursos Digitales
1-3PM Zoom into Watercolor with Janet Nunn
Golden History Moment
82 Years Ago
The March 30, 1939 Colorado Transcript announced the opening of a new bowling alley. Three teams–representing the Golden Kiwanis, Chamber of Commerce, and School of Mines–had been formed, and they would have the honor of rolling the first balls. More teams were being formed but they could only compete three at a time, as the business had only three alleys.
The original owner sold the Golden Bowling Lanes to Cliff Evans in January of 1941. He closed the business in late 1942.
This was not Golden’s first bowling alley, nor would it be the last. The International Bowling Saloon was built when Golden was only six months old. Another bowling alley operated in the Goosetown neighborhood in the 1870s. The Coors Beer Garden offered bowling, also in the 1870s. A new alley opened on Washington Avenue in 1902. It enjoyed a few years of popularity, but closed in 1907.
The Golden Bowl opened at 24th and East Streets in 1956, and closed in 2014. It was replaced by a Natural Grocers.
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!
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