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:
Cases in Jeffco – Mon: 3341 | Tues: 3383
Deaths in Jeffco – Mon: 219 | Tues: 219
Ever Hospitalized in Jeffco – Mon: 451 | Tues: 457 (currently 22)
Recovered – Mon: 2871 | Tues: 2905
Known Cases in Golden – Mon: 138 | Tues: 138
Governor Polis instituted a new rule yesterday – last call for alcohol will be 10PM for the next 30 days.
Mask Rules:
Masks are required in public indoor spaces (stores, etc.) state-wide.
Masks are also required in public outdoor spaces (parks, trails) in Golden, unless you can maintain a distance of six feet from other people.
The Safer at Home and in the Vast, Great Outdoors protocol is in effect statewide. City and County fire restrictions are in place.
Virtual Golden
9-10AM Virtual Power Training
9-10AM Golden Walks
10:15-11:15AM Let’s Dance with the Library
3:30-5:30PM Vaccine, License, and Microchip Clinic
6-8PM Wednesday Watch Party with the Library: The Most Dangerous Game
6PM Sustainability Board Meeting
Members of the Planning Commission will join the Sustainability Board tonight to discuss Green Building standards for new construction. The Board will also discuss “next steps and advocacy efforts toward new recycling and composting programs for downtown, for schools, and for a new regional yard waste drop off program.” See the meeting packet for more information….
6PM Golden Anti-Racism Collective (GAC) Meeting (Golden United)
About the GAC: The Golden Anti-Racism Collective was formed after the Golden Vigil and March for Black Lives on June 7th. The GAC is a group dedicated to and bound by their commitment to ending racism and racial inequity in Golden. The group meets twice monthly on Wednesday evenings. Join the Golden Anti-Racism Collective email list here.
Register for the Zoom meeting here.
Wednesday’s meeting will focus on identifying leaders and priorities for two sub-committees: Education & Empathy and Policy & Policing.
Register for small group breakout sessions here.
Real World Golden
6PM Vinyasa Yoga with Gabriela Ferrat – Lions Park, 1300 10th Street (map)
Gabriela Ferrat is now offering yoga classes twice a week in Lions Park (which is the one by the rec center). Join her at 6PM Wednesday evenings or 9AM Saturday mornings. She accepts donations for the class (preferably in advance) via Venmo or Zellepay (use GFYGabriela@gmail.com).
Golden History Moment
COORS THERMO-PORCELAIN
by Bill Robie
The Coors Porcelain Company evolved into the world’s leading manufacturer of quality industrial and scientific porcelain after World War I when German high quality ceramic imports were banned. By the 1920’s and into the ‘30s, the company had diversified into the production of utilitarian hotel and institutional cooking and serving ware. From there, it expanded into various lines of durable, high-fired porcelain dinnerware.
By the 1930’s and ‘40s, Coors Porcelain was producing a large number of interesting products. Besides the well known chemical, industrial and laboratory ware, they made beer mugs, ashtrays, vases, salt and pepper shakers, and a full line of dinnerware. Even some promotional figurines and ashtrays for other companies including the hard to find clown bank. They even made the ceramic storage crocks for the COORS PURE MALTED MILK powder.
The most well-known and popular of the dinnerware items was the “Cook-N-Serve” “Rose Bud” pattern. This line of common, every-day tableware was produced from about 1934 to 1942. It was a “low-fired pottery” and colored in blue, yellow, green, rose, and white. The distinctive rose bud pattern was produced in low relief on almost every one of the pieces. There were plates, cups, saucers, platters, bowls, casseroles, pitchers, tea pots, cookie jars and many other items. Rose Bud items can occasionally be found today in antique shops, yard sales, and flea market environments.
Coors also produced during the same approximate time period tableware under the brand names Rockmount, Mello-Tone, Golden-Ivory and Golden-Rainbow, and Thermo-Porcelain.
The Coors Thermo-Porcelain line was the most elegant and beautiful of all the tableware products. The pieces were fired at a higher temperature than the Rose Bud “pottery’ in a continuous tunnel kiln along with the scientific ware. One of the Thermo-Porcelain lines produced highly vitrified white ceramic pieces that were hand painted with either gold or silver color floral designs.
The prettiest of the Thermo-Porcelain lines was the “Decalomania” with decorations in five patterns: Garden, Tulip, Floree, Chrysanthemum, and Hawthorn. The “Garden” pattern was perhaps the most popular and was more commonly referred to as the “Open Window” design. It was popular enough that at least one other company copied it. The bodies of the Decalomania pieces were produced in either creamy ivory or snow white. Particularly elegant are the hexagonal shaped handled pitchers with lid. They came in two sizes: 3-3/4 pints and ¾ pints.
The authentic Coors Thermo-Porcelain items are marked, usually on the bottom of the piece and under the glaze, with “COORS THERMO PORCELAIN”. Many of the Rose Bud pieces are unmarked but even though the bold colors can sometimes be confused with the Fiesta dinnerware, the rose bud pattern in relief is pretty distinctive.
