Pandemic Workarounds and Gertrude Bell

*Golden Eye Candy – Library Parking Lot – click to enlarge*

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:

School of Mines COVID-19 case page. | Masks are required. | City and County fire restrictions are in place. | Clear Creek is now open.

Golden During a Pandemic

Virtual Content – Online Meetings – Social Distancing

It has been interesting to see how Golden has handled the pandemic. It’s true that we’ve had to cancel many major “gathering” events, (4th of July Celebration, Buffalo Bill Days, Arts Week, and the Fine Arts Festival), but we have seen a lot interesting innovations and workarounds to keep life going.

Virtual Content

The annual Metro Denver Green Homes Tour starts today. Normally, we buy a ticket and then travel from home to home, seeing how people have employed solar and other techniques to minimize energy use. This year, they’re doing the whole thing virtually. I think it will be a good experience–they’re providing video tours of some of the “greenest” homes from past tours. They also have new content, including experts from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Golden’s own Peter Ewers from Ewers Architecture, who will present, “All Electric Buildings, the Key to our Energy Future.” The tours and lectures will be online starting at 8AMthis morning—check it out!

Online Meetings

Councilors Casey Brown and JJ Trout have continued their Coffee with Councilors. They’re hosting one this morning at 10AM. This is a great opportunity to learn what’s going on with the City–Heart of Golden, the Astor House, demolishing the Coors building, affordable housing, the 2021 budget, etc. Join the Zoom Meeting online, or you can join by phone-only by calling (346) 248-7799. Meeting ID: 852 5652 4602 Passcode: COGCWC

Social Distancing

Madame Zervano’s Traveling Mystery Show is offering a time- and space-traveling mystery in downtown Golden this month. Move around with the players and watch the story unfold, even as everyone stays socially distant. They’re going to repeat this performance every Friday and Saturday during October. Join them tonight at 7:15PM.

Virtual Golden

8AM-8PM Metro Denver Green Homes Tour
10AM Virtual Coffee with Councilors
Join the Zoom Meeting online. Or you can join by phone only by calling (346) 248-7799. Meeting ID: 852 5652 4602 Passcode: COGCWC

Real World Golden

8AM-1PM Golden Farmers Market
9AM-2PM Brunch at the Rose – Live Music from 11AM-2PM
9AM Walk with a Geologist at Dinosaur Ridge
9AM Vinyasa Yoga in Lions Park with Gabriela Ferrat
9AM Yoga in Parfet Park with Pranatonic
9-11AM Kids Clothes Swap
The Clothes Swap is open to anyone, especially new/expecting moms.
9AM-3PM Miracle Toy Shop Drive
10AM-2PM Homestead Open House at the Golden History Park
11:30AM-3:30PM Golden Hayride Oktoberfest
2-5PM Electric Car Show at Golden Real Estate
7:15PM Spectacle de Curiosite’

Live Music:
1PM Swerve at Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
4PM Jewel & the Rough at Wrigley’s
5PM Bill & Lilian Nershi at Coda Brewing
6PM Live Music Out Front at Ace Hi Tavern

Golden History Moment

57 Years Ago
The October 3, 1963 Colorado Transcript announced the death of Gertrude Bell. Bell Junior High was still under construction at the time. The article says that she was born in Golden in 1876 and attended the South School. She taught 43 years in Golden before retiring in 1947. She taught at Fairmount for one year, the North School for 33 years (six of them as principal), and Central School (later called Mitchell) until she retired.

*Mrs. Bell, the school she attended, and the schools where she taught – all photos from the Golden History Museum collection – click to enlarge*

To the young people who will attend “her” school beginning December 2 and for generations to come the name “Gertrude Bell” will have little significance, but to thousands of children taught by Mrs. Bell over nearly half a century the school will stand as a well-deserved monument to one of Colorado’s outstanding educators and human beings”

Mrs. Bell is buried in the Golden Cemetery.

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!