COVID Updates
Appointments to Get the COVID Vaccine (Eligibility)
Safeway | King Soopers | Lutheran Medical Center
The state has a new hotline to answer questions, including location of vaccine providers: 1-877-268-2926. This week, the hours are: M-F 9AM-10PM, Sat and Sun 9AM-5PM. Beginning next week, it will be staffed 24 hours a day.
Public Health References
Mines COVID Testing | Jeffco Fairgrounds COVID Testing | School of Mines COVID-19 case page. | Sign up for exposure notifications.
CDC * Colorado * Jefferson County * City of Golden
Jefferson County is at Level Orange, “High Risk.”
Jefferson County Case Summary:
Cases in Jeffco – Mon: 33,964 | Tues: 34,050 (+86)
Deaths in Jeffco – Mon: 707 | Tues: 708 (+1)
Currently Hospitalized in Jeffco – Mon: 42| Tues: 36 (-6)
Known Cases in Golden – Thurs: 1268 | Mon: 1292 (+24)
Recovered – Mon: 31,871 | Tues: 32,071 (+200)
Virtual Golden
10AM-3PM Aussie Bag Class
10-10:30AM TriceraTOTs – Pinecone Stegosaurus
10:15-10:45AM Baby Time with the Library
3-5PM Virtual/Call In: Hard Times Writing Workshop
6PM Golden Anti-Racism Collective General Meeting
6-7:30PM CMC Presents: Hiking with Kids
6-7PM Mines Community Meeting
Mines Staff will provide updates on their current construction projects, including Spruce Hall (19th and Illinois Street), McNeil Hall/Parking Garage (14th and Maple Street), 14th Street (Maple – Illinois), Utility Infrastructure Improvements, and Labriola Innovation Center Site Prep These Master Plan Capital Projects are on hold: Sub-Surface Frontiers Research Building (18th & Cheyanne), Parking Garage Washington/18th, Early Childhood Development Center (Mines Park 19th & Tangent Way), Projects In Design, Labriola Innovation Hub, Beck Venture Center Washington/18th. See the Master Plan for the full long-range picture.
6-8:30PM Community Sustainability Advisory Board Meeting – Virtual
The Sustainability Board will review the conclusions of their citizen task forces, go over their 2021 work plan, and begin discussing potential amendments to the zoning and building codes to improve energy efficiency. More info….
6:30-8:30PM Golden Women in Business Table Talk
Real World Golden
9:30AM-4PM Crazy Quilt Construction with the Quilt Museum
Golden History Moment
71 Years Ago
On January 27, 1950, Bill and Dorothy Harmsen, owners of the Jolly Rancher ice cream store, held a fund-raiser to benefit the March of Dimes Polio Fund.
The Harmsens have volunteered to turn over all monies received on Friday, January 27, from the sale of their delicious, and fast-becoming famous Jolly Rancher ice cream. Harmsen, who is already well-known in Jefferson County as the “Jolly Rancher” himself, has asked that a member of the polio drive committee be there to run the cash register on this day from 11 a. m. to closing time, 11 p. m., and turn all cash received over to the March of Dimes. Golden civic organizations are behind Harmsen 100 per cent, and are asking everybody to buy all the ice cream they can eat, give away, or store in the deep freeze.
Colorado Transcript, January 19, 1950
The Harmsens operated the Golden store from 1949-1951. By that time, they had developed their very popular hard candy and built a production facility in Wheat Ridge.
The Golden History Museum recently acquired a collection of Jolly Rancher artifacts from John Harmsen, Bill and Dorothy’s son. Learn more….
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!
