Return of the Tubers
Photo by Chris Davell
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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Monday, Jul. 8th
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - Live Workouts with Community Center Pros
- 7-9AM - Clear Creek Corridor Cleanup
- 9AM - Rescheduled: Public Art Commission Meeting
- 10:15-10:45AM - Let's Dance
- 12-12:30PM - Mondays with the Mayor
- 12-4PM - Stitch'n B*tch
- 12-12:45PM - Adventures in Music with Altitunes / Aventuras musicales con Altitunes
- 3-4PM - Make Something: Paracord Survival Bracelets & Keychains
- 4-8PM - City Council Summer Offsite
- 4-5PM - Golden Women in Business Book Club*
- 5:30PM - GURA Board Meeting
- 6-9PM - Teach Me to Play! Mondays
- 7-9PM - Colorado Trivia League
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
3-4PM Make Something: Paracord Survival Bracelets & Keychains @ the Library
Learn how to make your own "survival" bracelet or keychain out of paracord! These small but mighty bracelets are a favorite multi-tool of campers, climbers, hikers, survivalists, and other outdoor enthusiasts for their utility and versatility in emergencies.
Supplies will be provided. Learn more.
Golden Library
1019 10th Street (map)
12-12:45PM Adventures in Music with Altitunes @ the Library
Step into a world of music with our interactive bilingual class designed for children aged 0-5 and their caregivers! Delight in the rhythms of Spanish and English as you learn catchy tunes together. From playing instruments to dancing to the beat, get ready for a fun-filled session where you'll not only enjoy the music but also pick up new songs along the way! Please do not register adults - only register participating children.
Descripción
¡Entra al mundo de la música con nuestra clase bilingüe interactiva diseñada para niños de 0 a 5 años y sus cuidadores! Disfruta de ritmos y melodías pegajosas en español y en inglés mientras aprenden juntos. Desde tocar instrumentos hasta bailar al ritmo de la música, prepárate para una sesión llena de diversión en la que no sólo disfrutarás de la música, sino que también aprenderás nuevas canciones. Por favor, no registre adultos - solo registre a los niños participantes.
Golden Library
1019 10th Street (map)
4-8PM City Council Offsite Meeting @ Fossil Trace
Fossil Trace Golf Course
City Council is holding an offsite meeting tonight. Since their meeting location will not have recording equipment, if you want to hear their discussions on the following topics, you must attend in person.
TOPICS:
Civility - discussion led by Mayor Weinberg
Thriving Communities Scope and Funding Discussion - discussion led by Sarah Vaine
This discussion concerns the planned uses for this year's lodging tax. The 2024 budget projected $3,100,000. So far, we have received $982,698.
The planned expenditures for 2024 are:
$520,000 - Thriving community grants
$500,000 - Thriving community projects
$510,000 - Transfer to general fund
$600,000 - Transfer to Sales & Use Tax fund
$3,000,000 - Transfer to open space fund
$5,130,000 - Total
Council Communications - discussion led by Don Cameron, Rob Reed, Meredith Ritchie, Carley Lorentz
Council will discuss the intents for their several different emails (council@cityofgolden.net, citycouncil@cityofgolden.net, and publiccomment@cityofgolden.net). They plan to encourage citizens to use the City's new Fix It tool to request and track work.
For more information on these topics, read the meeting packet.
What’s in Bloom Along Golden’s Trails? Sunflowers!
Figure 1. (A) “Little Sunflower” — Helianthus pumilus Nutt.; (B) “Showy Golden Eye” — Heliomeris multiflora Nutt.; and (C) “Hairy False Goldenaster” — Heterotheca villosa (Pursh) Shinners.
By Tom Schweich
Most of us think of the Common Sunflower — Helianthus annuus L. — when we think of sunflowers. Linnaeus (1753) knew of it from collections made in Mexico and Peru. The earliest Colorado record is from the Platte River near Denver in 1871. However, the genetics of the common sunflower have been so manipulated for agricultural uses that it is unclear whether the common sunflower today is closely related to the original Colorado common sunflowers. Nevertheless, we have at least three sunflower-like things in bloom now along Golden’s trails and in open spaces that are native to Golden.
(A) The “Little Sunflower” — Helianthus pumilus Nutt. — is a small perennial subshrub that is found in every open space and in natural areas of city parks. While we think of scientific names as being Latin, the name is Greek [helios, sun, and anthos, flower] so that the scientific name quite literally means “sunflower.” “Pumilus” is Latin for small or dwarf.
The natural range of the Little Sunflower is from the Front Range of Colorado and Wyoming, to about 43° North, and then very sparingly into Montana and Saskatchewan. Thomas Nuttall described the Little Sunflower from plants he collected in 1834 on plains of the Platte while enroute to Oregon Territory.
Short stiff hairs give this plant a sandpapery feel making it easy to recognize.
(B) “Showy Golden Eye” — Heliomeris multiflora Nutt. — is a medium size forb (non-woody perennial) with a long blooming season that also readily re-seeds. Mine usually bloom from May well into August. Lesser goldfinches seem to be particularly attracted to the seed of Showy Golden Eye.
Our plant was described by Thomas Nuttall (1848) from a collection by William Gambel in the mountains of “Upper California” as the state of California was called then. "Helios" is Greek for "sun," "meris" for "part of" and the “multiflora” refers to the many flowers this plant will have over the growing season.
Showy Golden Eye is primarily a Rocky Mountain species but is also found across southern Nevada to eastern California.
(C) “Hairy False Goldenaster” — Heterotheca villosa (Pursh) Shinners — is not really a sunflower, maybe more like a second cousin to sunflowers. It is, however, one of the common subshrubs in Golden and has been found in every Golden open space. It is also adventive in Golden gardens. Ubiquitous in Jefferson County, though not often collected in the southwest corner of the county, it is similarly ubiquitous throughout Colorado. Our plant has long soft hairs giving it a silvery appearance.
First collected along the Missouri River in 1811 by Thomas Nuttall, who took seeds with him back to England. In 1813, Fraser & Sons Nursery in London was selling plants of Hairy False Goldenaster to English gardeners. The first valid scientific description was by Frederick Pursh (1814) in his Flora of North America. Pursh probably described plants grown from Nuttall's seed collection, but Pursh did not credit Nuttall, with whom there was no love lost.
Seed is readily available for all three species, and they are easily grown in Golden’s gardens.
Golden History: Recycling, WWII-Style
Tin cans for scrap salvage to be acceptable at detinning plants must be washed, labels removed, ends cut out and can flattened.
Colorado Transcript - January 28, 1943
81 Years Ago
I expected "Tin on the Hog-Back," which appeared in the July 8th, 1943 Colorado Transcript, to be about a new ore discovery. As it turned out, it contained a pointed rebuke about Golden's unpatriotic waste disposal habits.
City Council had recently discussed moving the town dump from a spot near the highway to some gulch in a less-visible location. The Transcript team decided to visit the dump for themselves.
Upon arrival, what most struck them was the appalling number of cans that people were bringing to the dump. They were supposed to be donating them for use in the war effort.
Besides being an unsightly mess right along side of one of Golden’s main feeder roads, this dump has another objectional feature. It witnesses that Golden folks have in a large measure neglected to salvage for the army their tin cans. There is enough tin on the hog-back in this one dump to blow Hitler to hell, were the shot properly placed.
Colorado Transcript - July 8, 1943
Weather
Overnight: Mostly clear, with a low around 54. West wind around 5 mph.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 80. East northeast wind 2 to 8 mph.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 59. South southeast wind 3 to 7 mph.
Monday Night: Mostly Clear, 59°F
Tuesday: Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 86°F
Tuesday Night: Partly Cloudy, 61°F
Wednesday: Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 88°F
Wednesday Night: Partly Cloudy, 62°F
Thursday: Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 93°F
Thursday Night: Partly Cloudy, 66°F
Friday: Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 97°F
Friday Night: Partly Cloudy, 67°F
Saturday: Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 98°F
Saturday Night: Mostly Cloudy, 68°F
Sunday: Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 96°F
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