Election Day
If you haven’t registered to vote–IT’S NOT TOO LATE!
If you lost your ballot–IT’S NOT TOO LATE!
If you want to vote in person–IT’S NOT TOO LATE!
In-Person Voter Service and Polling Centers (VSPCs)–all are open Tuesday, Nov. 8 (last day to vote): 7 am – 7 pm (must be in line by 7 pm). Here are the ones in Golden:
Colorado School of Mines
Mines Park Community Center #2
2001 Infinity Circle (map)
Golden City Hall
911 10th St (map)
Jeffco Elections Division
3500 Illinois St, Suite 1100 (map)
(in Laramie Building near Splash)
Jeffco Fairgrounds
15200 W 6th Ave (map)
Jefferson County Voting Locations
www.VOTE411.org is an online, nonpartisan election guide produced by the League of Women Voters. It includes information about the candidates, ballot measures, and judges on your ballot. It also has information about voter registration, drop boxes, and more.
ELECTION RESULTS will begin appearing on the Jefferson County Clerk & Recorder page some time after 7PM.
Here, once again, are the 4 locations in Golden to drop off your ballot:
Golden City Hall
911 10th St (map)
Colorado School of Mines Library
1400 Illinois St. (map)
Jeffco Elections Division
3500 Illinois St. (map)
Jeffco Courts and Admin Building
100 Jefferson County Parkway (map)
Lunar News
If you’re up super-early this morning (as I know many of my readers are), you might catch the lunar eclipse that’s taking place between 1AM and 7AM. The Colorado Sun had a good article, which says, “The moon will start to get red just after 2 a.m. and reach a maximum eclipse about two hours later at 3:59 a.m.” Read the rest of the article….
In other lunar news, the moon is full today/tonight. It will rise at 5:01PM and set at 7:54AM tomorrow morning. (source)
What’s Happening in Golden Today?
TriceraTOTs (Virtual)
9-9:55AM Silver Sneakers Classic (Virtual)
9-10AM Women’s Exercise and Bible Study @ First United Methodist Church
9:15-9:45AM Baby Time @ Golden Library
Note: Jefferson County offices are closed for election day, but the library is open.
10AM-2PM Demo Days @ Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
10AM and 1PM Wild West Walking Tour (2 hours)10AM and 1PM Wild West Short Tour (1 hour)
10:15-10:45AM Preschool Time @ Golden Library
12-12:55PM All Levels Yoga Virtual (Virtual)
1-1:45PM Silver Sneakers Yoga (Virtual)
4:30-5:30PM Teen Advisory Board @ Golden Library
5PM VIBE@Five @ Holidaily Brewing Company (map)
VIBE@FIVE is Golden’s Happy Hour! Come join other members of the Golden Chamber of Commerce for this “Very Important Business Event” – VIBE!
This event is for members of the Golden Chamber of Commerce and their guests – as well as for members of the Golden Young Professionals.
Stop in for a quick hello and a refreshment right after work and a chance to get to know fellow members of the Golden Chamber of Commerce and Golden Young Professionals. This is a great networking and socializing event!
5:15-8:15PM North Table Mountain Party Laps @ Golden Mill
6:30-8:30PM Bar Bingo Night @ VFW Post 4171
6:30-8:30PM Team Trivia Tuesdays @ Buffalo Rose
6:30-8:30PM Trivia Tuesdays @ Golden Mill
Live Music
6PM Karaoke with Linda @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
6PM Open Pick Night @ Over Yonder Brewing
Trivia Tuesday
6:30-8:30PM Team Trivia Tuesdays @ Buffalo Rose
6:30-8:30PM Trivia Tuesdays @ Golden Mill
Golden History Moment
99 Years Ago
I had always understood that the Kiwanis club was inspired to build Parfet Park by the sudden, unexpected death of their president, G.W. Parfet, in August of 1924. In reading the November 8, 1923 Colorado Transcript, I learned that the park was already in the planning stages.
The new high school on 10th Street was under construction in 1923, and there was great interest in improving the area around it, to help make it a showcase and a point of community pride. In October, 1923, the Kiwanis Club and the Chamber of Commerce decided to buy the aged Nichols house across the street from the new school, and turn that property and the adjacent city dump into a park. The original plan was to finance it “by subscription,” meaning that the two organizations would organize a fund-raising campaign.
The November 8, 1923 Transcript reported the club members had decided that a City park should be funded by all taxpayers. They took the matter to City Council, and Council agreed to purchase the property. Accordingly, they did. The old house was razed the following July.
There were feelings of regret, as it was one of the oldest buildings in town, constructed in 1859 by the Boston Company, and birthplace of Golden’s first newspaper, the Western Mountaineer. The Daughters of the American Revolution placed a monument to mark the spot where it stood.
On September 1, 1925, a year after Mr. Parfet’s death, the Kiwanis club voted to name the new park in his honor.
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!
