Vanover Park at Night
Photo by Linda Cobb
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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Saturday, Sep. 14th
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - The Little Mermaid - MAPAC Children's Theater
- All day - Day Out With Thomas at the Colorado Railroad Museum
- All day - WanderFest - New Terrain Brewing Co. 8th Anniversary
- 8AM - Saturday Morning Run and Social Walk
- 8AM-3PM - Community Clean-up Days
- 8AM-1PM - Golden Farmers Market
- 9AM-12PM - Capote Coat Making Class
- 9:30AM-12PM - Walk With a Geologist
- 9:30AM - Hummingbird - Pictorial Hand Appliqué with David Taylor
- 10AM-3PM - Car No. 25 Open House
- 10AM-5PM - CANCELED: Golden Sidewalk Sale
- 10AM-3PM - Brunch at the Rose
- 10:15-10:45AM - Family Time
- 11AM - GoldenFest Fundraiser for Golden Fire-Rescue
- 12-12:45PM - Let's Taco 'Bout Organics!
- 1-3PM - PAWS for Reading
- 2-5PM - Sparkle Dance Open House
- 6PM - CSM Men's Soccer - MSOC vs RV Point Loma
- 7:30PM - School of Rock - The Musical
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
8AM-3PM Community Cleanup Days
Also known as Community Pride Days, Golden's Community Clean-up Days provide a once-a-year opportunity for city residents to collect and bring non-hazardous, unwanted junk for free disposal by the City!
1300 Catamount Drive (map)
8AM-1PM Golden Farmers Market
Golden Farmers Market - Chris Davell
The Golden Farmers Market is produced and managed by the Golden Chamber of Commerce, a 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization in Golden, Colorado. A long-standing tradition in the Golden community, we strive to contribute to the success of local food growers and producers, as well as other businesses, and create vibrant community gatherings. The revenue generated from vendor sales commission helps to cover market operating expenses and directly benefits small businesses and the economic development of the Golden Community.
The market is located at the corner of 10th and Illinois Streets - map.
We appreciate your support of the Golden Farmers Market and Colorado agriculture!
PARKING
Parking is more challenging this year, and tickets are now $100. See the Farmers Market website to find out where you can park.
9:30AM Hummingbird - Pictorial Hand Appliqué with David Taylor @ the Quilt Museum
Hummingbird Appliqué
Learn the freezer paper appliqué process for David Taylor's Hummingbird block using a pre-turned-edge technique and an invisible hand-stitch process. This is the process David uses on his award winning animal wall quilts. David gives lots of demonstrations including his pre-turned edge technique, eliminating the dreaded shadowing and an invisible hand stitch.
In this workshop David Taylor teachs his layered, hand-applique technique with simple applique shapes using freezer paper templates and liquid starch. The class will cover how David builds his pictorial wall quilts and how to get beautiful details by letting the fabric choices do all the hard work!
$75 class fee + per student kit fee of $30.00 is payable to the instructor on day of class.
More information
11AM GoldenFest Fundraiser for the GVFD @ Golden City Brewery
By the late 1990s, German Octoberfest had died off in Golden. The general population yearned for a beerfest, and the owners of GCB were looking for a way to give back to the community; GoldenFest® was born. Join us to support the (mostly volunteer) Golden Fire- Rescue Department!
The brewery will be selling limited-edition printed pint glasses with a beer, with all proceeds going directly to the Department.
More information
Golden City Brewery
920 12th Street (map)
Live Music for Saturday, Sep. 14th
- More Live Music
2PM Marafiki @ New Terrain Brewing
4PM Jubilingo @ New Terrain Brewing
4-8PM Midnight Vinyl @Wrigley’s
5-8PM Live Music @ Eddy Taproom
6-9PM Earl Nelson & The Company @ Goosetown Station
6PM Banshee Tree @ New Terrain Brewing
8PM Mom's Kitchen @ New Terrain Brewing
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Golden History: 10AM-3PM Car 25 Annual Open House
Interurban at 12th and Washington and Car 25 at the Federal Center
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I rarely recommend that anyone leave the Golden city limits. Today is an exception. Golden used to be served by two interurban rail lines. One went through Arvada and the other through Lakewood.
Commuter rail service throughout the Denver metro region was discontinued in 1950 and most of the streetcars were scrapped. Fortunately, one of the cars that served Golden was preserved by the Rocky Mountain Railroad Club. They’ve worked for many years to restore the car to its 1911 appearance. At that time, the line was known as the Denver & Interurban RR. The restored car is kept at the Denver Federal Center. Once a year, they hold an open house so the public can see the car and ride on it. Today is the day, from 10AM and 3PM!
Please bring a government-issued ID to enter the Federal Center.
For more information visit www.Lakewood.org/RideCar25.
Golden History: Good News for Clear Creek
Photo by Barb Warden - August 21, 2010
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Clear Creek is, and always has been, the heart of Golden. Our original settlers chose this location because the Creek provided water for drinking and agriculture. The plentiful native trout who lived in the stream were a nice bonus.
The remarkable pellucidity of its waters, filled as they were with myriads of trout, and the banks skirted with countless pensile willows and waving cottonwoods made it the admiration of all, and it was voted an ideal spot for a camping ground, a veritable haven of rest after more than two months journey with ox teams across the arid plains from St. Joe., Mo.
- Transcript founder George West in 1905, recalling his 1859 arrival in Golden
Regular readers of this history column will know that Clear Creek hasn't always been as clean and clear as it now is. For about a century, it was the repository of industrial waste, mine run-off, and raw sewage from the headwaters on down to its confluence with the Platte River.
42 Years Ago
The September 14, 1982 Golden Transcript announced that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) might build a water treatment plant at the Argo Tunnel in Idaho Springs.
Since around 1900 sulfuric acid and heavy toxic metals have been seeping out of about 20 abandoned gold mines near Idaho Springs into the 4-mile long historic Argo Tunnel between Idaho Springs and Central City, according to Bill Rothenmeyer, an EPA civil engineer. This contaminated water then drains into Clear Creek, which is used for drinking water in Golden.
Although Golden's water treatment plant filters the water of the zinc, iron, magnese [manganese], copper, lead and cabrium [cadmium], aquatic life in the creek is not so fortunate. Although an angler "may find a stray trout here and there downstream," the water is too polluted to support animal life, said Rothenmeyer.
The worst problems occur during periodic "blowouts" when accumulated mine debris backs up water. The debris is discharged from the tunnel. In May 1980 a blowout turned the water brown all the way to the North Platte River, said Rothenmeyer. For a couple of days the water was especially contaminated, and had Golden not been warned to shut its headgates, the drinking water would have been polluted, said Rothenmeyer.
This was not an uncommon occurrence.
48 Years Ago
The September 30, 1976 Transcript reported that Clear Creek had turned bright orange the day before. According to the EPA, “the coloring came from iron oxide-saturated water flushed out of a mine just downstream from Blackhawk after weekend rains. [They speculate that] water accumulated in ponds in the mine as a result of numerous rains over the past month. An EPA investigator located the pollution source but was unable to get into the mine.”
You may recall a similar incident involving the Animas River in 2015. An EPA contractor ruptured a dam on an old mine and released contaminated water into the river. The High Country News described the water that time as “…a very bright orange color, and it was very silty…. You could see the sludge roiling around in the water. It was a shocking sight.”
The proposed water treatment plant at the Argo Tunnel was eventually approved and built. It came online in 1998. Since then, Clear Creek has been dramatically cleaner when it enters Golden.
Many thanks to the Golden Rotary Club for sponsoring for sponsoring Golden History Moments for the month of September.
Weather
Overnight: Clear. Low around 57, with temperatures rising to around 59 overnight. West northwest wind around 6 mph.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 86. South southeast wind 3 to 9 mph.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear. Low around 60, with temperatures rising to around 62 overnight. South southwest wind around 7 mph.
Saturday Night: Mostly Clear, 60°F
Sunday: Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 85°F
Sunday Night: Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy, 58°F
Monday: Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 83°F
Monday Night: Partly Cloudy, 61°F
Tuesday: Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 84°F
Tuesday Night: Mostly Clear, 53°F
Wednesday: Sunny, 79°F
Wednesday Night: Mostly Clear, 56°F
Thursday: Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 80°F
Thursday Night: Chance Rain Showers, 56°F
Friday: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 74°F
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Tall Pines Painting, Baby Doe’s Clothing, Goozell Yogurt & Coffee Paul Haseman, Donna Anderson, Carol & Doug Harwood, Beth Bidwell, Stephanie Painter, Greg Poulos, and Joy Brandt
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Laura King and Scott Wilson, Bobby German and Alison McNally, Ann Norton & Jonathan Storer, Forrest Jones, Barry & Liz Bettis, Cheryl & Tom Schweich, Marjorie Sloan, Chris and Joyce Davell, Rick Flint, Forrest Jones, AC Development, Cynthia Merrill Tamny, Stephen Pero, Meg Van Ness & Steve Kalasz, Steve & Karla Schaefer
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