Coronavirus Update
Public Health References
CDC * Jefferson County * City of Golden
As of last night, Jefferson County had reported 13 new positive tests for Coronavirus, bringing the total to 38 in our County. Here’s the age break-down of Jefferson County people who have tested positive:
3 teens | 4 in their 20s | 5 in their 30s | 8 in their 40s | 4 in their 50s | 7 in their 60s | 5 in their 70s | 2 TBD
The Golden Backpack Program isn’t asking for food donations this weekend, but they are welcoming cash donations through their website: goldenbackpack.org.
The Golden Civic Foundation has set up a Community Response Fund to provide QUICK funding/grants to local, experienced non-profit organizations to support critically impacted community members. Learn more about this effort at their website.
The Golden Chamber has some news for local businesses. First, the Small Business Administration is offering small business loans as part of their disaster relief effort. Second, the City of Golden is offering sales tax relief for Golden businesses. If you’re having trouble paying your quarterly sales tax, they will set up a payment plan and waive late fines and fees. You must contact the Finance department to obtain this relief: salestax@cityofgolden.net.
News of Golden Businesses
Earth Sweet Botanicals has a new way of doing business. They are not allowing customers in the store, but they are accepting phone and email orders, taking payment by phone and delivering the merchandise to the customers at the door…wearing gloves and masks. They say it’s working well!
News that has Nothing to Do with Coronavirus: Golden Schools Foundation Teacher Awards
Every year, the Golden Schools Foundation (http://goldenschoolsfoundation.org/) awards two Golden-area teachers with a Teacher Recognition Award (click here for past winners). They receive $1,000 to spend in their classrooms, and a beautiful crystal apple to recognize them for their amazing contributions to our schools. Golden Schools Foundation is currently accepting nominations from parents, students, principals, teachers or other staff members. Nominations are due April 7.
If you have questions, feel free to contact the Golden Schools Foundation at chair@goldenschoolsfoundation.org.
Click one of the below links to access the nomination form either online or pdf format:
● Click Here for the 2020 Teacher Recognition Form (pdf format)
● Click Here for the Golden Schools Foundation – Online Teacher Recognition Form 2020
NOTE: this award isn’t limited to teachers that serve in the classroom, but is also for other school staff that play large roles in our children’s education. For example a DTL (Digital Teacher Librarian), AMP Teacher, SELS (Social Emotional Learning Specialist), Principal, Special Education Team Member, etc.
A Golden History Moment
Tourism was a new and growing industry in the first quarter of the 20th century. Long-distance railroads were some of the earliest instigators, encouraging people to see the sites in America–particularly the new national parks. From that beginning, tourism filtered down into increasingly local pursuits, including amusement parks such as Elitch Gardens, which were accessed by trolley systems.
One of Golden’s earliest tourist-centric businesses offered burro rides to the top of Castle Rock. The business owner, Charles Quaintance, also operated a photography studio at 13th and Washington. He took photographs of every group as they began their ride to Castle Rock and developed the photos while they were gone. When they returned, he showed them the photos and offered them for sale. (This was a precursor to the sales tactic we still see at places like Disneyworld.)
Those of us who collect old photos of Golden encounter these burro photos fairly frequently, but no two are alike, since every one of them shows a different group of tourists!
