WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?
9AM Public Art Commission Meeting @ City Hall
The Public Art Commission will review the entries for this year’s Itty Bitty Art projects. They will continue discussing the City’s next “monumental art installation.” They will also discuss the proposal regarding “Golden’s Pioneer Women,” which has the goal of introducing more women into our public art collection. They may form a subcommittee to study public art installations for Ulysses Park.
9-9:55AM Silver Sneakers Classic (Virtual)
9:15-9:45AM Baby Time @ Golden Library
10-10:30AM Call In: Mid-Morning Meditation (Virtual)
10AM-2PM Thrilling Thursdays (with Train Rides) @ CO RR Museum
10AM and 1PM Wild West Short Tour
10-12PM DeLong Park Weed Busters @ DeLong Park
1PM and 4PM Wild West Walking Tour
3-9PM Cheese Night with Cheese Ranch @ Mountain Toad
4:30-6PM Racial Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Task Force Meeting @ City Hall
5-8PM Yappy Hour @ Golden Mill
6-7PM Ukulele Thursdays @ Golden Library
6PM Run Club @ Runners Roost
SEE THE COMPLETE CALENDAR OF EVENTS.
LIVE MUSIC
5-8PM Blue River Grass @ Golden Mill
5-9PM Josh Blackburn @ Wrigley’s
5:30PM Mile Hi Infidelity / Mz. Vendetta @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
5:30-8:30PM Delta Sonics featuring Al Chesis @ Goosetown Station
5:30PM Lindsey Giffey Birthday Show @ Over Yonder
6-9PM Erica Sunshine Lee @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
6PM Empty Pockets @ New Terrain Brewing
7-10PM Brandywine and the Mighty Fines @ Columbine Cafe
8PM Karaoke @ Rock Rest Lodge
FRIDAY PREVIEW
My daughter and I will be giving one of our Wagon Rides through Golden History tomorrow night, starting at 6:30. We hope you can join us! Tickets are available here.
Email me if you have any questions.
GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT
35 Years Ago
The August 4, 1988 Golden Transcript reminded us: “Golden Rotary sells fresh Colo. peaches.” The Rotary Club had a new idea for fund-raising that year.
Coors had trucks that delivered beer to the west slope but came back to Golden empty. Noland Farms in Palisade had first-rate, fresh-picked peaches that needed to be transported from the orchards to the legions of peach-lovers on the front range. Coors agreed to pick up a load of peaches and deliver them to the Golden Rotary Club. And so, a fund-raiser was born.
Golden Rotarians delivered order forms to their friends and neighbors. People loved the idea, and many ordered a dozen or more boxes–some for freezing, some for canning, some for giving as gifts to neighbors and clients.
That first year, the peach orders were distributed in the parking lot of the Village Shopping Center (Kinkos, Taco Bell, Ace Hardware, etc.). The line was long, but no one seemed to mind, as people chatted, comparing peach recipes and canning methods.
Thirty-five years later, the Rotary Club of Golden is still running their west slope peach fund-raiser, and it’s more popular than ever. Their logistics have improved, as pick-up has moved to the Jeffco Fairgrounds (map) and is now blindingly fast.
The peaches are still freshly picked and tree-ripened. Join in the Golden tradition! Order your peaches from any Golden Rotarian or do it through their website. The peaches will arrive on September 2nd.
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!
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