Winter Twilight
Photo by Carol Freza
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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Friday, Jan. 10th
- All day - The Friday Tour
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - Live Workouts with Community Center Pros
- All day - Golden History Tours
- 10:15-10:45AM - Toddler Time - Registration Required
- 12:30-2:30PM - Ceramics Home School Class
- 4-6PM - Multigenerational Ceramics Class
- 5-7PM - Golden American Legion Dinner
- 5-7PM - Microfossils & Mammoths with Lacy Miller
- 6-9PM - Cool Runnings - Community Movie Night
- 6PM - Wrestling vs. Chadron State
- 7:30PM - Ball Drop Mic Drop 2025 Comedy Celebration Show
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
5-7PM Microfossils & Mammoths with Lacy Miller @ Dinosaur Ridge
Lacy will be sharing about her work with Microfossils at the famed Mammoth Site in Hot Springs, South Dakota - the techniques for collecting and studying, and the insights the tiniest of fossilized material can reveal about life in the Ice Age.
Enjoy snacks and drinks along with the presentation and time for Q&A afterward. Seating is limited, so reserve your seat now!
Register
Martin G. Lockley Discovery Center
17681 W. Alameda Parkway (map)
6-9PM Cool Runnings - Community Movie Night @ Denver Kickers Club
Join us for our first social night of 2025! We’ll be showing Cool Runnings, a classic underdog sports movie from 1993. Doors open at 5:30 and the movie will begin at 6:00. Entry is free, and we’ll have our kitchen and bar open with food and drink specials.
Denver Kickers Sport Club
16776 W. 50th Avenue (map)
Live Music for Friday, Jan. 10th
- 7PM Still The Same & Lies Or Lullabies @ Buffalo Rose (main venue)
- 7-10PM Chris Child @ Buffalo Rose
Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage) - More Live Music
5-8PM Live Music @ Eddy Taproom
7PM Asha @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Golden History: Legendary Luck
Colorado and Southern passenger train, 1904 – Golden History Museum collection
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The railroad that served Golden had several serious accidents over the years. Ever the local booster, the Colorado Transcript focused on the fact that that they hadn't been even worse. The paper ascribed the could-have-been-worse results to “the legendary luck” of the Colorado & Southern railroad.
118 Years Ago
The January 10, 1907 Colorado Transcript describes another in their series of legendarily lucky accidents. The passenger shuttle train to Golden left Denver at 10AM. It was a foggy morning and the train was running at about 16 MPH when it collided head-on with a freight engine that was sitting on the track.
The article details the injuries. The most serious was Mrs. Osborne, Golden resident, who was hurled into a hot stove and may have incurred internal injuries. The conductor’s head went through a window and he was badly cut. Other passengers incurred sprains, “bad bruises,” and “severe cuts.”
The railroad attributed the accident to the heavy fog. They said it was impossible for the engineer to see more than a short distance. They were curiously silent as to why there was a freight engine sitting on the track when a passenger train was scheduled to come through.
The shuttle trains between this city and Denver always make a good time, making the run in thirty minutes. The train was going about sixteen miles an hour when the crash came, and it is the proverbial luck of this division of the Colorado & Southern that more people were not injured.
Weather
Overnight: Clear, with a low around 12. Wind chill values as low as 0. West wind around 9 mph.
Friday: Sunny. High near 39, with temperatures falling to around 35 in the afternoon. Wind chill values as low as 0. West wind 8 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.
Friday Night: A slight chance of snow after 5am. Partly cloudy. Low around 29, with temperatures rising to around 34 overnight. West wind 14 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday Night: Partly Cloudy then Slight Chance Light Snow, 29°F
Saturday: Slight Chance Light Snow, 39°F
Saturday Night: Partly Cloudy, 18°F
Sunday: Mostly Sunny, 34°F
Sunday Night: Partly Cloudy, 15°F
Monday: Sunny, 33°F
Monday Night: Mostly Clear, 17°F
Tuesday: Sunny, 41°F
Tuesday Night: Mostly Clear, 25°F
Wednesday: Sunny, 48°F
Wednesday Night: Mostly Clear, 27°F
Thursday: Sunny, 50°F
News About Golden - January 10, 2024
How This Iconic, High-Volume Pizza Buffet Concept Keeps Things Fresh
By Charlie Pogacar
PMQ Pizza
Jon Bortles was nearly 8 years old when he inadvertently changed the course of Woody’s Wood-fired Pizza forever. His father, Bart—who opened and operated Woody’s in Golden, Colorado, starting in 1993—asked a young Jon where he wanted to go for his eighth birthday... Read more...
U.S. Court of Appeals Decision Marks Another Win for CoorsTek in Trademark Litigation
CoorsTek
GOLDEN, CO / ACCESSWIRE / January 9, 2025 / CoorsTek Bioceramics has secured a decisive win in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirming the company's right to market and sell its Permallon® Tru* ceramic hip components in the U.S. The recent decision confirms the 2022 U.S. PTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) cancellation of trademark registrations by Ceramtec GmbH... Read more...
Incredible range: Golden Concert Choir members reflect on high, low notes of last 5 years
By Corinne Westeman
Golden Transcript
Almost five years ago, the 45-50 members of the Golden Concert Choir went home and, as with everyone else in the world, their definition of “normal” changed very quickly... Read more...
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