As of today, we are two months away from the winter solstice. The sun will rise at 6:44AM and set at 5:43PM, giving us a total of 10 hours, 59 minutes of daylight.
On December 31st, the sun rose at 7:15AM and set at 4:38PM, for a total of 9 hours, 21 minutes of daylight.
COVID Updates
The county updates COVID and vaccine stats Monday through Friday, so the next update will appear here on Tuesday.
Appointments to Get the COVID Vaccine (Eligibility)
State of Colorado’s Find Out Where You Can Get Vaccinated page
Safeway | King Soopers | Lutheran Medical Center | JCPH Clinic in Arvada (70+ only)
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
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
Online Worship:
Calvary Episcopal Church | Faith Lutheran Church | First United Methodist Church | First Presbyterian Church | Flatirons Community Church | Golden Church of Christ | Golden Presbyterian Church | Hillside Community Church | Jefferson Unitarian Church | Rockland Community Church | St. Joseph Catholic Church
2-5PM SAT Prep Workshop – Reading
FINAL DAY: Colorado Environmental Film Festival
Backcountry Film Festival Runs Feb 15-March 1
Real World Golden
11AM-2PM Brunch at the Rose – SPONSORED
Golden History Moment
64 Years Ago
The February 21, 1957 Colorado Transcript announced an expansion at the Holland House. The owners planned a new dining room which they would call the Pioneer Room. The outstanding feature of the room would be a mural depicting the early history of Golden.
The Holland House was built in the 1920s and had gone through a series of owners and names (Hotel Berrimoor, Cody Hotel, Wright Hotel, Golden Hotel, LaRay Hotel) before Lu and Ethel Holland purchased it in 1948. In their hands, the hotel, restaurant, and coffee shop remained a going concern until 1987. It re-opened in 1991 as the Table Mountain Inn.
The mural mentioned in the article was painted by Golden artist Hal Shelton. Shelton was a long-time advocate for Golden’s schools, and Shelton Elementary was named in his honor.
The mural now belongs to the Golden Civic Foundation. It was displayed in Foss Drug for several years and is now hanging on the second floor of the Golden Community Center.
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!
