Weekly COVID Update
JCPH Issues Public Health Order 21-002
Jefferson County, Colo. — Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) today released Public Health Order 21-002, which requires everyone ages 2 and older to wear a mask when indoors at all schools and school-based extracurricular activities as well as all childcare settings in Jefferson County. Additionally, the Order requires all unvaccinated faculty and staff, as well as all unvaccinated students and adults who are participating in school-based extracurricular activities, to undergo routine testing during the academic year. Learn more….
Jefferson County Case Summary:
Cases in Jeffco – Aug 9th: 51,028 | Aug 16th: 51,754 (+726)
Deaths in Jeffco – Aug 9th: 870 | Aug 16th: 874 (+4)
Currently Hospitalized in Jeffco – Aug 9th: 32 | Aug 16th: 39 (+7)
Recovered – Aug 9th: 49,339 | Aug 16th: 49,874 (+535)
Known Cases in Golden – Aug 9th: 2079 | Not Updated
COVID Vaccine Appointments
State of Colorado: Where You Can Get Vaccinated
Jeffco Public Health Vaccine Call Center: 303-239-7000
State Vaccine Hotline: 1-877-268-2926.
Golden Testing Sites
Mines COVID Testing | Jeffco Fairgrounds COVID Testing
More Public Health References
Sign up for exposure notifications | CDC | Colorado | Jefferson County | City of Golden
Virtual Events
6-6:55AM Cardio Lift Interval
9-9:55AM Silver Sneakers Classic
5:30-6:25PM HIIT & Sculpt
7-8PM New and Prospective Member Orientation (Colorado Mountain Club)
Real World Events
10-11AM Story and Craft Time @ Colorado Railroad Museum
4-5PM Teen Advisory Board @ Golden Library
4-10PM Prime Tuesdays at the Buffalo Rose
Prime Rib: Who can resist 10 oz. of Angus beef cooked to perfection and served with gouda mashed potatoes, savory green beans, and all the accompaniments?
Dogs: On Tuesdays only, you and your Doggo and all of your friends can hang out on ANY of our three patios, including the positively perfect back patio. Come enjoy our Tuesday Specials with your Best Dog Ever.
Locals are Golden: A “periodic” visit will earn our Golden locals, students and service industry folks a 79 cent Coors Light or Coors Banquet on Tuesdays.
Golden History Moment
105 Years Ago
The August 10, 1916 Colorado Transcript announced that the Federal Postal Service was offering to provide free mail delivery to individual homes and businesses. Up to that time, everyone had to call at the post office to get their mail. Golden’s downtown merchants were opposed to the change. The article quoted “one prominent business man” as follows.
I most decidedly am not in favor of the free delivery system. At the present time we get a few people down town each day who would come for no other reason than to get their mails. This is a good thing for the town and is a stimulant to business. The limits of our town are not so large that it is a hardship on any person to come to the postoffice.”
The following week (August 17, 1916), the Transcript printed a Letter to the Editor that began with
Having read the arguments of Golden business men against the proposed free mail delivery, I wish to express through the columns of The Transcript my great and hearty approval of their far-sightedness.
The letter went on to say that anything that prevented Golden people from spending their money in Golden stores should be abolished–that Golden people would certainly forget the existence of the downtown stores if they were not forced to see them daily. The writer opined that–if Golden got home mail delivery–people were likely to give up buying anything, ever.
The author also suggested that the town give up the system of pipes and taps that delivered water to individual homes. If we had a single town pump downtown, the entire population would need to visit it daily and thus be reminded daily of the existence of the stores. He further thought we should eliminate telephones so that people couldn’t order things by phone, and delivery services so that people had to visit the stores to obtain goods. Thus, they would be exposed to the merchants’ alluring displays and would be enticed to buy more things.
The letter was signed, “A Booster for Golden’s Progress.”
All in all, it was an impressive display of sarcasm.
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!
