WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?
6PM Run Club @ Runners Roost
9-9:55AM Silver Sneakers Classic (Virtual)
9:15-9:45AM Baby Time @ Golden Library (except 9/28)
10-10:30AM Call In: Mid-Morning Meditation (Virtual)
10-12PM DeLong Park Weed Busters @ DeLong Park
10AM Wild West Walking Tour
3:30-5PM Free Legal Self-Help Clinic @ Golden Library
5-8PM Yappy Hour @ Golden Mill
6-7PM Ukulele Thursdays @ Golden Library
6-9PM 5 Point Film Festival @ American Mountaineering Center
6PM Run Club @ Runners Roost
7PM All My Sons @ Golden High School
7PM 2023 Fly Fishing Film Tour @ Buffalo Rose
7:30PM Avenue Q: The Musical @ Miners Alley Playhouse
This play has been hugely popular. There are just a few seats available this weekend. Right now, Sunday has the best availability. Search here for tickets….
SEE THE COMPLETE CALENDAR OF EVENTS.
CITY MEETING
9AM Public Art Commission Meeting @ City Hall
The public art commission is discussing three new installations: Ulysses Park, Bachman Open Space, and the Grant Terry trail that runs west out of the City limits, along Clear Creek.
They will have the opportunity to comment on the draft Arts & Culture Master Plan, which will be presented to City Council on September 26th.
Local artists will gather for coffee tomorrow morning from 8-9AM at Cafe 13. The featured artists will be Moe Scance. More info….
4:30-6PM REDI Task Force Meeting @ City Hall
No agenda or minutes available.
LIVE MUSIC
5-8PM Marty Nightengale@ Golden Mill
5-9PM Bruce Cole @ Wrigley’s
5:30-8:30PM Wake Up & Live @ Goosetown Station
5:30PM Timberline Troubadours @ Over Yonder
6-9PM Johnny O @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
6PM Cool Shade @ New Terrain Brewing
7-9PM Naked Dawn Duo @ Morris & Mae
7-10PM Rusty Gears @ Columbine Cafe
8PM Karaoke @ Rock Rest Lodge
WILD WEST OKTOBERFEST
The Golden Civic Foundation will host a family-friendly Oktoberfest on Saturday, September 23rd. Tickets are available now, and if you buy them before September 12th, you’ll get a $5/ticket discount! Kids under 12 are free. Learn more about the event and buy your tickets here.
They also need help with many different tasks. Volunteering is the time-honored way to make friends in Golden, so sign up to volunteer!
GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT
79 Years Ago
The September 7, 1944 Colorado Transcript described a complaint sent to City Council by citizens in the East Street neighborhood. Their petition stated that:
We, the undersigned, hereby present the following complaint and recommendation regarding the riding of horses on lawns, yards and other private property within the city limits of Golden.
This disturbance has been going on ever since the riding stables east of Golden started operating, but it has become worse of late. Many of these riders seem to have no respect for the rights and property of others and have damaged lawns time and time again. They have ridden at high rate of speed through yards where children are at play and if this is allowed to continue, some major accident is likely to occur.
The residents requested that Council enact an ordinance “prohibiting riding of horses on lawns and other private property, with penalties for violations.”
The petition was signed by 16 residents, including Mrs. Foss (owner of Foss Drug), Paul Reeves (designer of the Howdy Folks arch), and Geo. Koch (Jefferson County Sheriff).
Two weeks later, the Transcript reported that the owners of several local stables had attended City Council and were “very anxious that those who rent horses comply fully with the Golden ordinance.”
Curiously, though the residents had requested an ordinance to keep horses out of their yards, away from their children, and off their lawns, the actual ordinance passed by Council covered only public property.
382. Section 25.
Any person who shall, in this city, immoderately ride or drive any animal or animals in any highway, street, alley or other public place, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars.
Perhaps existing trespassing laws already covered incursions on private property. Perhaps the “very anxious” stable owners warned their renters to stay out of residential neighborhoods. At any rate, the issue didn’t appear again in the Transcript.
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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