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New Public Health Guidelines
Guidelines, JCPH Strongly Encourages Residents to Wear a Mask in Indoor Public Settings Regardless of COVID-19 Vaccination Status
Jefferson County, Colo. — On July 27, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new guidance recommending mask wearing for the general public, including those who are fully vaccinated, in areas where there is substantial COVID-19 transmission (defined by 50-99.99 new cases per 100,000 people in the past 7 days). Based on current COVID-19 incidence rates in Jefferson County (77.2 per 100,000 people as of July 28, 2021), Jefferson County is in the substantial transmission category. For this reason, Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) strongly recommends that all residents ages 2 and older, regardless of vaccination status, return to wearing a mask in indoor public spaces to minimize risk and maximize protection from COVID-19, including the highly infectious Delta variant.
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Virtual Events
6-6:55AM Virtual HIIT
8:30-9:30AM Virtual Power Training
10:30-11:15AM Play and Learn with the Library
11AM-12PM All Levels Yoga Virtual
4-5PM Friday Crafternoons
4-6PM Colorado Day at State 38 Distilling
7-8PM Summer Challenge – Art for Teens
Real World Events
1-2PM The Friday Tour @ Colorado Railroad Museum
3PM Vaccine, License & Microchip Clinic @ Foothills Animal Shelter
6-8PM Community Friday Night @ Pranatonic (most Fridays)
6PM What’s the Story @ Calvary Episcopal Church
7:30PM The Treasurer at Miners Alley Playhouse
Live Music
5PM Night Pony @ Goosetown Station
6PM Mile High Groove @ Wrigley’s
7PM Ten Years Gone @ Buffalo Rose (main venue)
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
Golden History Moment
79 Years Ago
The July 30, 1942 Colorado Transcript, written during World War II, was all about food production, rationing, and war bonds.
With so many young men serving overseas and so many women working in wartime industries, it was hard to find workers to pick crops. Many of the boys from the Industrial School worked for area farmers harvesting cherries, raspberries, currants, wheat, potatoes, corn, and onions. They were paid for their work. It was considered vocational training, since the school administrators thought it likely that the boys would need gardening, farming, or ranching skills as adults.
Many commodities were rationed during the War, and the paper included articles about rubber collection drives and sugar rationing. An editorial titled “THIS IS WHY!” explained the following:
There is enough steel used in making one auto to make 26 heavy machine guns, seven auto tires make one bomber tire; more metal, more man-hours, and more machine hours go into one typewriter than into one Garaud rifle; cuffs on 21 men’s suits use as much wool as an average soldier’s uniform; a pound of sugar is equivalent to the alcohol required to shoot 47 Japs.
War bonds were a recurring theme throughout the paper, with three separate pieces focused on “What You Buy With WAR BONDS,” and a cartoon advising readers that 10% of their income should go into war bonds.
The Colorado Central Power advertisement covered both rationing and war bonds, explaining that “all but 3% of our rubber came from areas now Axis-controlled,” and reminding people to save 10% of their salary in war bonds.
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