Virtual Events
9:00-9:55AM Silver Sneakers Classic
10:15AM Virtual: Toddler Time with the Library
6-7PM Virtual: How to be a Super Reader with Matt de la Peña
5:30-6:25PM HIIT & Sculpt
Real World Events
The Library has been an absolute champion throughout the pandemic. When all other events were canceled, the Library continued to provide online programming. Now they’re returning to live events while still offering virtual events.
10:15AM Baby Time @ Golden Library
1-3PM Hexie Ladies @ Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
4-5PM Teen Advisory Board @ Golden Library
5:30-7:30PM Textile Society @ Golden Library
Weekly COVID Update
The Pfizer COVID vaccine now has FULL FDA APPROVAL. Safeway (map) is accepting walk-ins to administer these free vaccines. Walgreens (map) takes walk-ins from 9:30AM to 1PM and 2-8PM Monday – Friday. Appointments are not necessary, but they are available.
79.7%
% of Jeffco residents (12+) who have received at least one shot (+0.6% since last week)
75% are fully-vaccinated (+0.6% since last week) – source
Jefferson County Case Summary:
Cases in Jeffco – Sept 27th: 57,836 | Oct 4th: 58,954 (+1118)
Deaths in Jeffco – Sept 27th: 923 | Oct 4th : 934 (+11)
Currently Hospitalized in Jeffco – Sept 27th: 53 | Oct 4th : 51 (-2)
Recovered – Sept 27th: 55,327 | Oct 4th : 56,427 (+1100)
Known Cases in Golden – Sept 27th: 2259 | Oct 4th : 2300 (+41)
COVID Vaccine Appointments
State of Colorado: Where You Can Get Vaccinated
Jeffco Public Health Vaccine Call Center: 303-239-7000
State Vaccine Hotline: 1-877-268-2926.
Golden Testing Sites
Mines COVID Testing | Jeffco Fairgrounds COVID Testing
More Public Health References
Sign up for exposure notifications | CDC | Colorado | Jefferson County | City of Golden
Coming Up This Weekend
The Buffalo Rose has a big event coming up this Friday, October 8th: tribute band the Fooz Fighters. They are considered to be the #1 Foo Fighters tribute band…in fact, the Foo Fighters themselves invite this tribute band to perform at their charity events! Learn more….
Golden History Moment
The October 5, 1967 Colorado Transcript announced that 13 acres of land had been acquired from the Lookout Mountain School for Boys for an expansion of the high school. The newly-acquired land would be used to add vocational labs and classrooms and baseball, football, and soccer fields.
Before World War II, the Lookout Mountain School (now the Lookout Mountain Youth Services Center) included many acres of farmland. The boys at the school were being taught agricultural skills.
After the War, Denver’s population exploded, and the surrounding towns were also growing hugely.
Growth in Cities Surrounding Denver, 1950-1960
Westminster – 717.6%
Arvada – 713.7%
Aurora – 323.2%
Littleton – 302.5%
Englewood – 97%
Golden – 35.6%
Source: Colorado Transcript – February 2, 1961
Golden’s leaders were frantic to join the growth trend, but the city was surrounded by mountains on the east and west sides and the Lookout Mountain School on the south. They began referring to the School as a “plug” and pressuring the state to end the farming program and make the land available for housing developments.
In 1963, the State agreed to sell several hundred acres of the School’s farm land. Over the next several years, parcels were sold for a gas station, unspecified commercial purposes, Public Service, a clay mining company, and Jefferson County School District. The School of Mines survey fields west of 6th Avenue are former Lookout Mountain land. Summit View apartments, Ulysses Park, Bell Middle School and the Connections Learning Center occupy former Lookout Mountain School farmland, as does most of Golden’s golf course.
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!
