Art, Meditation, Dinosaurs, Trivia, Free Legal Advice, Speakeasy Anniversary, and a New Tavern in Goosetown

*Golden Eye Candy – Robert Saieg – Snow Along the Creek – click to enlarge*

COVID Updates

23.6% — *% of Jeffco residents (16+) who have received either one or both shots – source*

STARTING TOMORROW, MARCH 5TH, Coloradans age 60 to 64, people with two or more chronic health conditions and grocery store and agricultural processing workers will be eligible for vaccinations.

Appointments to Get the COVID Vaccine (Eligibility)
State of Colorado’s Find Out Where You Can Get Vaccinated page | Lutheran Medical Center | JCPH Clinic in Arvada (70+ only)

CHECK THIS SITE, which looks for available appointments all over the state. Might be useful if you’re willing to drive a bit: www.vaccinespotter.org/CO/

Jefferson County Public Health’s COVID-19 Vaccine Call Center: 303-239-7000

State Hotline to answer questions, including location of vaccine providers: 1-877-268-2926. It is staffed 24 hours a day.

Golden Testing Sites
Mines COVID Testing | Jeffco Fairgrounds COVID Testing

*Visit the Jeffco Public Health website for information about Level Blue*

Jefferson County Case Summary:
Cases in Jeffco – Tues: 37,411 | Weds: 37,543 (+132)
Deaths in Jeffco – Tues: 763 | Weds: 764 (+1)
Currently Hospitalized in Jeffco – Tues: 32| Weds: 33 (+1)
Known Cases in Golden – Thurs: 1500 | Mon: 1511
Recovered – Tues: 37,785 | Weds: 37,865 (+90)

Virtual Events

9AM Public Art Commission Meeting
The Public Art Commission will discuss progress on their master plan and possible locations for a new mural.
10-10:30AM Mid-Morning Meditation
10-11:30AM Microsoft Word Basics
10-11AM Great Decisions – Brexit and the European Union
10:15AM Preschool Time with the Library
3PM Hard Times Writing Workshop
3-4PM Jeffco Free Legal Clinic
4-5PM Jeffco Free Legal Clinic
10AM Everything Dinosaur Talk – Thyreophora Part 1 (Stegosaurs)
6-7PM Qs and Brews Trivia
6-7PM Preguntas y Respuestas sobre la Vacuna de COVID-19
6-7:30PM Golden United Housing Task Force Meeting

Real World Events

4-8PM Golden Moon Speakeasy’s 7^th Anniversary Party!
5PM Ryan Flores at Golden Moon Speakeasy
5-8PM Goosetown Station Opening Weekend
6:15-7:15PM Dinner-Worthy Apps & Cocktails with Earth Sweet Botanicals

Golden History Moment

*World War II-era Transcript – click to enlarge*

78 Years Ago
The March 4, 1943 Colorado Transcript shows Golden’s thorough focus on the war. The home page includes articles about ration books and the Red Cross Drive for the 1943 War Fund. A Mayor’s Proclamation is reprinted, proclaiming March as Red Cross Month.

The Avenue Flashes column focuses on all the women working along Washington Avenue “in all departments from owners, operators, managers, assistants, advisors, clerks, secretaries, messengers, delivery girls, and patrons.” (The feminist message is muted a bit by referring to Washington Avenue as “Petticoat Lane.”)

Several articles name local men who are entering the service, while others urge people to send cards and letters to boys in service. The editorial page praises “pensioners” who have given up their pensions to become defense workers at the arms plant.

Many of the advertisements manage to include references to the war, from the Linder Hardware Ad touting Pyrex to “make your wartime meals the best you’ve ever tasted,” to Public Service Company, which encourages consumers to get natural gas to help the war production effort. Grocery store ads are all about using ration coupons.

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!