Belated COVID Stats
Jeffco Public Health publishes the weekly COVID stats on Thursday afternoon, and I normally post them the next day. I forgot to do it this week! Here they are, two days late.
5.2% of total population of Jeffco have received one shot (+0.1%)
75.0% of total population of Jeffco are fully vaccinated (+0.1%)
46.7% of total population of Jeffco have received booster shots (+0.1%) – source
Jefferson County Case Summary:
Cases in Jeffco – July 12th: 143,720 | July 19th: 145,337 (+1,617)
Deaths in Jeffco – July 12th: 1,488 | July 19th: 1,498 (+10)
Recovered – July 12th: 140,532 | July 19th: 142,280 (+1,748)
Currently Hospitalized – July 12th: 18 | July 19th: 14 (+2)
Known Cases in Golden – July 12th: 5,871 | July 19th: 5,927 (+239)
More Public Health References
Sign up for exposure notifications | CDC | Colorado | Jefferson County | City of Golden
Where to get vaccinated – Jefferson County
Real World Events
9AM Keg Konditioning @ Golden Mill
9:30-11:30AM Full Walking Tour @ Dinosaur Ridge
10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose
12PM and 4PM Wild West Walking Tour
6PM Wild West Short Tour
11:30AM-12:30PM Yogi Book Club @ Pranatonic
3-4PM Wordplay Writing Workshop @ Golden Library
Live Music
11AM-2PM CW Wooten @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
3PM Jewel & the Rough @ Wrigley’s
4-7PM The Outliers @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
5PM Keith Hicks @ Golden Mill
8PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
Golden History Moment
Articles about television began appearing in the Transcript in the 1920s. For many years, it was described in science-fiction-ish terms–a strange technology that may or may not be successfully developed and rolled out.
There were some fledgling efforts to produce commercial television for big markets in the early 1940s, but those projects were put on hold for the duration of World War II. The feeling was that engineers with electronics expertise should be working on RADAR, rather than something as frivolous as television.
As soon as the war was over, television was poised to explode. Electronics companies began producing mass market models and studios began producing shows to watch. Colorado residents wondered how long it would be before we could see television.
The April 12, 1951 Colorado Transcript announced that two Golden residents had won a television “in a contest sponsored by General Mills–probably the first television set in Golden.” The only problem was that there were no TV stations in Colorado, so there was nothing to watch.
In the spring of 1952, Golden residents were excited when Denver’s nascent television stations announced that they would be putting their transmitters on Lookout Mountain. That seemed to promise good signals for Golden’s would-be TV watchers.
70 Years Ago
The July 24, 1952 Colorado Transcript announced “A NEW ERA: Television has arrived in Golden.” The signals went live on July 21, 1952. Several Golden-area businesses bought television sets, so they could show their customers what to expect. During the first few days of broadcasting, while owners tried to figure out TV antennas, the most popular show was static.
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!
