Virtual Events
6-6:55AM Cardio Lift Interval
8-8:55AM Tai Chi
8:30-9:30AM Virtual Power Training
10-10:55AM All Levels Yoga Virtual
10:15-10:45AM Virtual: Preschool Time
11-11:55AM Find Your Balance
3-5PM Hard Times Writing Workshop
5-6PM Arte de mi Corazón
5:30-7PM Golden Orators Toastmasters
Real World Events
7:30-9AM Citizen Budget Advisory Committee Meeting @ City Hall
The Finance Director will report on our Sales and Use Tax revenues. The new lodging tax went into effect in January, and the first month generated $58,344 for the city coffers. A few of the lodging businesses did not remit the new tax, so that amount should increase.
The Human Resources director will also report, possibly on the status of the several new positions authorized in this year’s budget. The City is currently advertising for the following full time positions:
Economic Development Manager $85,100.00 – $115,000.00
Deputy Fire Marshal $70,012.80 – $95,014.40
Police Officer – Lateral or Certified by Hire $65,353.60 – $92,185.60
Digital Content & Marketing Specialist $55,900.00 – $78,300.00
Code Enforcement Officer $23.03 – $32.25 Hourly
Recreation Coordinator – Athletics $47,902.40 – $55,120.00
Facility Maintenance Technician $45,760.00 – $52,000.00
9AM Golden Walks – Wednesday Morning Celebrating Life @ Golden Library
9:15-9:45AM Toddler Time @ Golden Library
10AM-1PM Beginning Knitting Class @ Golden Quilt Company
4:30-6PM Ribbon Cutting: Golden Wealth Solutions @ Craft Coworking
Join the Chamber in celebrating the new offices of Golden Wealth Solutions. Enjoy refreshment and appetizers. The official Ribbon Cutting will take place at 5:15. Please RSVP for this event.
5-8PM Apres Wednesday @ Golden Mill
Live Music, Swag, Free Beer, Denver Beer Company
5:30-8:30PM Wax, Edge & a Beer @ Golden Mill
Bring in your board or skis and get them waxed, edged, and a beer for $20 from the experts at Green Mountain Sports.
6-7:30PM Cannon Ball Creek, Coors, and Kayaks: A History of Water in Golden @ Golden History Museum
Even people from Tonapah, Nevada know that Golden, Colorado is home to Coors Brewery, and that Coors is so good because it is brewed with “Rocky Mountain water.” In the American popular mind Golden is linked to fresh, clean water. Our job, over the course of an evening together, will be to try and trace the history of water in Golden from the earliest days of native use to Euro-American trapping, irrigation farming, and eventually the creation of a kayak park and tubers’ paradise. The conversation will be set against the larger backdrop of the present drought in the American West that underscores the importance of Clear Creek and fresh water for the future of Golden. Member $0 / Non-members $10 Register
6PM Pong Night @ Coda Brewing
7PM Trivia Night @ Trailhead Taphouse
Live Music
5-8PM Wylie “Crazy Horse” Jones @ Golden Mill
6PM Live Music @ Miners Saloon
6:30PM Open Jam/Mic at Over Yonder Brewing
Golden History Moment
A Run of Terrible Luck in the Smith Family
Here’s a story that I ran last July:
The July 1, 1915 Colorado Transcript described the untimely death of “William Smith, a well-known Golden man.” Mr. Smith and his wife had been standing at a window of their home in south Golden, watching a lightning storm. They then sat on the couch and began reading the Sunday paper.
Suddenly, there was a particularly bright flash of lightening. The house shook and Mr. Smith sank back, dead. His clothes were on fire and his right arm was badly burned. Lightning had struck him in the back of the neck, leaving a small red spot.
The lighting had made a 1 inch hold in the wall of the room in which Smith died. The entire house was badly damaged by the lightning bolt: every window was shattered, and a large piece of the concrete foundation was broken loose.
Mrs. Smith had been sitting with her arm around her husband’s shoulders when he was struck, but she was unscathed.
106 Years Ago
Here’s a related story that appeared in the March 16, 1916 Colorado Transcript.
Eight months after William Smith’s death by lightning, his son Roy was seriously injured in a traffic accident, when his foot was crushed by a runaway. Friends assisted him in returning home and getting into the house. There, he found his mother dead of apoplexy (a stroke), in the same room where his father had been struck by lightning.
William and Minnie Clara Smith are buried in the Golden cemetery.
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!
