COVID Updates
Everyone 16 OR OLDER is eligible to get the vaccine.
Appointments to Get the COVID Vaccine
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
After temporarily moving to Level Blue (“Caution”) on the COVID Dial, as of last Friday (April 9th), we’re back to Level Yellow (“Concern”). “Unfortunately we are slipping in the wrong direction, and we have seen an increase in the COVID-19 case incidence rate, test positivity rate and hospitalizations in Jeffco,” said Dr. Dawn Comstock, Executive Director, JCPH. “This pushes us past our Level Blue limits and into Level Yellow. None of us want to go backwards on the Dial after all of the hard work we’ve put in and sacrifices we’ve made. I urge everyone to stay committed to COVID-19 prevention actions — wear your mask, keep 6 ft. distance and avoid gatherings.” Learn more….
As of last Monday (April 5th), Jeffco Health also moved to relax mask standards. Learn more….
Jefferson County Case Summary:
Cases in Jeffco – Fri: 41,730 | Mon: 42,072 (+342)
Deaths in Jeffco – Fri: 781 | Mon: 785 (+4)
Currently Hospitalized in Jeffco – Fri: 27 | Mon: 25 (-2)
Recovered – Fri: 39,526 | Mon: 39,833 (+307)
Known Cases in Golden – Thurs: 1726 | Mon: 1742 (+16)
More Public Health References
School of Mines COVID-19 case page. | Sign up for exposure notifications | CDC | Colorado | Jefferson County | City of Golden
Paint Recycling
This Saturday from 10AM-2PM the Golden Elks Lodge will be collecting paint for recycling in their north parking lot. Recycling is free! Latex and oil pants, stains, lacquers, sealers, varnishes and urethanes will be accepted in containers up to 5 gallons.
Aerosol (spray) paint, paint thinner, solvents, drywall mud and roof tar will NOT be accepted.
Paint recycle is free. Your voluntary cash donations are appreciated and accepted and will support local charities and Golden Elks Lodge programs.
For more information about the event, download a flyer, or contact the Golden Elks Lodge at events.golden2740@gmail.com.
Virtual Events
8:30-9:30AM Golden Women in Business Book Club
8:45AM Silver Sneakers Classic
10:15AM Toddler Time with the Library
1PM Zoom into Watercolor with Janet Nunn
5:30PM GHS PTA Meeting
6PM Friends of Mines Museum Lecture: Leslie Hale – The National Rock and Ore Collections
Meeting code: 182 585 3080 | Password: YuleMarble1874
Leslie Hale is the National Rock and Ore Collections Manager and Collections Management Team Lead for the Department of Mineral Sciences at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. She obtained her BS in Geology from the University of Maryland in 1989 and began working at the museum later that year. Leslie will describe the rock collection on a virtual tour using photographs and stories from her experiences over the past three decades.
6-7PM Recursos Digitales
6-7PM Covid -19 Vaccine Q&A
6-8PM 2021 Water-Wise Webinar – Going From Grass to Garden
6:30PM City Council Special Meeting and Study Session
City Council will hold a brief business meeting tonight, so they can have a first reading on an ordinance to repeal Golden’s mask requirements in favor of the (somewhat less restrictive) mask rules currently mandated by the county and the state. The final reading and vote will take place next Tuesday, the 20th. After that, they will adjourn to study session in which they will interview the candidates for various boards and commission. You can review the candidates by reading tonight’s meeting packet….
Real Life Events
4PM Prime Tuesdays at the Buffalo Rose (dine in or carry out)
5-7PM Golden Chamber’s VIBE@Five
Golden History Moment
87 Years Ago
The April 12, 1934 Colorado Transcript featured pleas by several local “Patriotic Organizations” to replace the flagpole at 12th and Washington. The flagpole had been knocked down during a dramatic March windstorm.
Early on the morning of March 5, a gust of wind blew off the roof of the Everett building (now Goozell Yogurt). The roof slammed into the bank building across the street (now Golden Goods), breaking the plate glass windows. It also broke the wire that powered the trolley cars and pushed over the flag pole. The metal roofing landed on the trolley wire, which was carrying 600 volts, and caused repeated flashes of bright light. People in the residential districts thought downtown was on fire.
The flagpole had been in the center of that intersection since 1925 and in 9 years it had become a cherished landmark. Schools gave band concerts while gathered around the flag, and the American Legion liked to host flag-raising ceremonies at that spot.
Traffic had increased greatly between 1925 and 1934, and some thought that the flagpole in the intersection increased safety by forcing people to slow down. Others saw it as a hazard to navigation. (Does this sound like a traffic calming debate?)
The Mayor announced that he had “no regrets” about the loss of the flagpole, but the American Legion, American Legion Auxiliary, Daughters of the American Revolution, and American Red Cross were campaigning to get it back.
Their will prevailed, for the flagpole was repaired. It remained in the center of the intersection for three more years. In 1937, it “mysteriously” (according to the Transcript) was removed. Apparently, Mayor Jones got his way in the end.
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.
