Gardens and Trees for Sale and the March Preview

*Golden Eye Candy – Jacqueline Cook – Melting Ice – enlarge*

Virtual Events

*Gardens in a Box and the City’s Annual Tree Sale Begin Today – enlarge*

Garden in a Box Sale Begins Today
Golden Annual Tree Sale Opens Today
Colorado Environmental Film Festival

6-6:55AM Cycling
9-9:55AM Silver Sneakers Classic
10:15-10:45AM Virtual: Baby and Toddler Time
11-11:55AM HIIT & Sculpt
11AM-12:30PM Golden Community Table @ First United Methodist Church
12PM Green Bag Lunch & Learn: The Roar of the Maraño – Thinking Like Watershed
12-12:55PM All Levels Yoga Virtual
5:30-7PM Virtual Heart of Golden Meeting

Real World Events

9-10AM Women’s Exercise and Bible Study @ First United Methodist Church
9:15-9:45AM Baby Time @ Golden Library
10-10:45AM Storybook Tour @ Colorado Railroad Museum
10:15-10:45AM Preschool Time @ Golden Library
11AM-12:30PM Golden Community Table @ First United Methodist Church
11AM-10PM Mardi Gras Party @ Trailhead Taphouse & Kitchen
1-3PM Hexie Ladies @ Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
5-6PM Ribbon Cutting @ The Tutoring Center
5:30-7:30PM Textile Society @ Golden Library
6-8 PM Toad Trivia Tuesdays @ Mountain Toad Brewing

6:30-8:30PM Trivia Tuesdays @ Golden Mill

6:30-8:30PM Team Trivia Tuesdays @ Buffalo Rose
7PM Trivia Night @ the Ace
7-9PM Team Trivia Night @ Tributary Food Hall

Golden History Moment

*Albert Jones in 1900 and considerably later – Golden History Museum collection – enlarge*

94 Years Ago
Albert Jones served multiple terms as Mayor of Golden, first from 1925-1928, then 1931-1939. He wrote a weekly column in the Transcript, which always provided interesting details about the municipal concerns of the day.

“The Mayor’s Own Column” of March 1, 1928 tells us that the fire department was late to a fire because the starter wasn’t working on the firetruck.

Clear Creek was being polluted by the mines and mills upstream, and so far no one had found the legal means to stop them. Mayor Jones was hopeful that the Walton League would have some success. He thought that having fish in our stream would improve our tourism business.

He mused on whether Golden was big enough to support a hospital. He acknowledged that they were expensive undertakings, but thought it was worth discussing. In any case, he thought 14th and Ford would be the best location for it.

He often concluded the columns by reporting on his “rounds,” which meant walking around town, talking to all and sundry. One citizen thought we needed a new bridge at Washington Avenue, while another thought the old one just need a few extra props to shore it up.

A third Golden citizen was annoyed that he was having to keep his dogs tied up. The town was in the midst of a rabies scare, and this man thought it was all a hoax–that those who boarded dogs and sold medicine were just inventing an epidemic to make money.

A lady complained about the ice and snow on the sidewalks. She forecast that Golden’s elderly citizens might be hit by cars, because the unshoveled walks were forcing them to walk in the street.

A visitor to town made him feel temporarily better by praising Golden, but then deflated him by saying, “of course Golden citizens will never set the world afire due to their old fashioned ways.”

He concluded with, “They say public officials are first sworn in and then cussed out.”

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!

Summary of March Events

Weekly Events:

Mondays
6-6:55AM Virtual Dynamic Circuit
8:30-9:30AM Virtual Power Training
10:15-10:45AM Cuentacuentos
10-10:55AM All Levels Yoga Virtual
11-11:55AM Find Your Balance
4-4:30PM Kids Martial Arts Class
6-9PM Golden Game Guild Meet-Up Mondays @ Golden Game Guild

Tuesdays
6-6:55AM Cycling
9-9:55AM Silver Sneakers Classic
9-10:00AM Women’s Exercise and Bible Study @ First United Methodist Church
9:15-9:45AM Baby Time @ Golden Library
10:15-10:45AM Preschool Time @ Golden Library
10:15-10:45AM Virtual: Baby and Toddler Time
11-11:55AM HIIT & Sculpt
11AM-12:30PM Golden Community Table @ First United Methodist Church
12-12:55PM All Levels Yoga Virtual
6-8PM Toad Trivia Tuesdays @ Mountain Toad Brewing
6:30-8:30PM Team Trivia Tuesdays @ Buffalo Rose
6:30-8:30PM Trivia Tuesdays @ Golden Mill
7PM Trivia Night @ the Ace
7-9PM Team Trivia Night @ Tributary Food Hal

Wednesdays
6-6:55AM Cardio Lift Interval
8-8:55AM Tai Chi
8:30-9:30AM Virtual Power Training
9AM Golden Walks – Wednesday Morning Celebrating Life @ Golden Library
9:15-9:45AM Toddler Time @ Golden Library
10-10:55AM All Levels Yoga Virtual
10:15-10:45AM Virtual: Preschool Time
11-11:55AM Find Your Balance
3-5PM Hard Times Writing Workshop
4-4:50PM Ski Conditioning Class @ Golden Mill
6PM Pong Night @ Coda Brewing
7PM Trivia Night @ Trailhead Taphouse

Thursdays
9:15-9:45AM Baby Time @ Golden Library
10:15-10:45AM Toddler Time @ Golden Library
10AM Call In: Mid-Morning Meditation
10AM Everything Dinosaur Talks
10:15-10:45AM Toddler Time @ Golden Library
10-10:55AM Awareness Through Movement
11-11:55AM HIIT & Sculpt
11AM-12:30PM Golden Community Table @ First United Methodist Church
3-5PM Hard Times Writing Workshop
6PM Run Club @ Runners Roost
6-9PM Mini Paint Night @ Golden Game Guild
7:30PM Moon Over Buffalo @ Miners Alley Playhouse (through March 17)

Fridays
6-6:55AM Virtual HIIT
8:30-9:30AM Virtual Power Training
9-9:55AM Strength and Cardio
10:15-10:45AM Toddler Time @ Golden Library
11AM-12PM Kimodo for Balance
1-2PM The Friday Tour @ Colorado Railroad Museum
3PM Vaccine, License & Microchip Clinic @ Foothills Animal Shelter
7:30PM Moon Over Buffalo @ Miners Alley Playhouse (through March 18)

Saturdays
10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose
10AM-3PM Saturday Train Rides @ Colorado Railroad Museum
10:15AM Family Time @ Golden Library
11AM and 1PM Goldilocks and the Three Bears @ Miners Alley Playhouse (through March 19)
1-4PM Wild West Pub Crawl @ Golden City Brewery
7:30PM Moon Over Buffalo @ Miners Alley Playhouse (through March 19)