More Glorious Spring Flowers
Photo by Richard Luckin
What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Thursday, Apr. 18th
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - Live Workouts with Community Center Pros
- All day - Golden History Tours
- 7:30AM - Golden Young Professionals Monthly Membership Meeting @ Golden Visitors Center
- 9:15-9:45AM - Baby Time @ Golden Library
- 10AM-12PM - DeLong Park Weedbusters @ DeLong Park
- 10-10:30AM - Call In: Mid-Morning Meditation
- 10AM - Everything Dinosaur (on the Rocks) Lecture Series @ Dinosaur Ridge Discovery Center
- 3-4:30PM - Vaccine, License & Microchip Clinic @ Foothills Animal Shelter
- 4-11PM - Cheese Night with Cheese Ranch! @ Mountain Toad Brewing
- 5-9PM - Vegas or Bust Bike Night @ Avalanche Harley Davidson
- 5:45-7:30PM - Golden Women in Business Table Talks* @ Connects Workspace 1301 Arapahoe Street
- 6PM - Run Club @ Runners Roost
- 6-9PM - Golden Game Guild Mini Paint Night @ Golden Game Guild
- 6PM - Parks, Recreation and Museums Advisory Board Regular Meeting @ City Hall Council Chambers
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Watercolor Class This Saturday
Foothills Art Center is offering a watercolor class this Saturday (April 20th) with the always-excellent Janet Nunn. This session will focus on creating 5x7 greeting cards. Mothers Day is coming soon, and a hand-painted card would be a perfect gift.
Learn more and register for the class.
6PM Parks & Recreation Board Meeting
Lions Park - photo by Barb Warden
The Parks Board will discuss how to use their summer study sessions. They may do field trips to some of the parks and facilities that the board oversees. They will choose a new representative to serve on the Special Events Committee, which meets on the fourth Wednesday of the month at 8:30AM.Staff will update the board on pesticide free parks, and the board will discuss the topic.
They will discuss park hours, which are currently posted as 5AM-11PM. Some community members have asked that the hours be shortened to "dawn to dusk." This would match Jeffco Open Space hours. Lighted facilities such as tennis courts and pickleball cours can still be open after dark, and trails that go through parks can still be travelled.
A subcommittee recently helped staff in interviewing consultants for a new Parks & Recreation Master Plan and a new Open Space Master Plan. The subcommittee will report back to the rest of the board.
The Director will report on various Parks & Rec projects.
American Flag Project
Flags in Parfet Park - Veteran's Day
Submitted by Elizabeth Hilliard
Ever wondered where all those flags come from that are displayed around Golden on certain holidays? The Kiwanis Club of Golden and Scout Troop 130 has been providing American flags to residents and businesses in the City of Golden for 23 years! They are currently taking orders for subscriptions to the 2024 American Flag Project. You can order as many flags as you want for $30 per flag per year. They’ll provide and install a pole receptacle in front of your property. Five times a year the Scouts will come plant a beautiful big flag in front of your property complete with a salute, on the following dates:
MEMORIAL DAY – May 27th, 2024
FLAG DAY – June 14, 2024
INDEPENDENCE DAY – July 4, 2024
LABOR DAY – September 2, 2024
VETERAN’S DAY – November 11, 2024.
Please make your payment no later than May 3, 2024 in order to get on the schedule for the first holiday. Checks can be made out to and mailed to:
Golden Flag Project
Kiwanis Club of Golden
P.O. Box 562
Golden, CO 80402
For more information, please contact Cynthia Bauman at 720-498-3592 or cynnthiabauman6@gmail.com.
For those interested in participating in this project, both the Scout Troop 130 is looking for more youth involvement, and the Kiwanis Club is seeking members and volunteers. See Kiwanisofgolden.org for more information on the latter.
Live Music for Thursday, Apr. 18th
- 5-8PM: Kory Montgomery @ Golden Mill @ Golden Mill
Golden Mill - More Live Music
6-9PM Vibe Setters DJ - Dance Party @ Goosetown Station
6PM Jackie Straw @ New Terrain Brewing
8PM Karaoke @ Rock Rest Lodge
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Golden History: Massive Windstorm
State Industrial School, circa 1928 - Denver Public Library Collection
112 Years Ago
The April 18, 1912 Colorado Transcript described a terrible storm:
TERRIFIC WIND CREATES HAVOC IN ALL PARTS OF COUNTY - Mine Buildings Destroyed by Fire Which Follows Fierce Gale--Fire Also Threatens East Golden and Industrial School
The State Industrial School lost windows, two houses, and several roofs. A fire was discovered in the roof of the boiler house, but an employee and the boys extinguished it before it spread.
Many homes and businesses in Golden lost roofs, windows, chimneys, sheds, fences, and trees. One man lost a barn and had a horse badly cut. A bridge over Clear Creek at the Golden Smelter was blown away.
The electric commuter lines and the steam trains were all delayed because of the wind.
The School of Mines lost two big cottonwood trees, bricks, big windows, part of the roof on Guggenheim Hall (which was only six years old at the time), and sections of the fence around the athletic field.
Two houses in Pleasant View--fortunately unoccupied--were blown down and scattered.
So many telephone and telegraph pole and wires were blown down that the article provided details about the torturous rerouting required to make a call.
A message to Colorado Springs was carried in a three-quarters circle over nearly 300 miles of telephone wire via Salida, Leadville and Pueblo to Colorado Springs. Denver-Cripple Creek connections were made through Clear Creek to Georgetown over Argentine pass to Breckenridge, from there to Leadville and then to Cripple Creek,cover a distance of 250 miles for an ordinarily 90-mile stretch of wire.
In other disastrous news, that same issue announced that the Titanic had sunk after hitting an iceberg, and 1500 people had drowned
Weather
Overnight: Rain and snow showers likely. Cloudy, with a low around 32. Northeast wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday: A chance of snow showers before 10am, then a chance of rain and snow showers. Cloudy, with a high near 40. Northeast wind 7 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Thursday Night: A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. East northeast wind 3 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Thursday Night: Chance Rain Showers, 35°F
Friday: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 51°F
Friday Night: Rain And Snow Showers, 35°F
Saturday: Chance Snow Showers then Showers And Thunderstorms Likely, 46°F
Saturday Night: Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly Cloudy, 37°F
Sunday: Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers, 67°F
Sunday Night: Slight Chance Rain Showers then Mostly Cloudy, 46°F
Monday: Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 70°F
Monday Night: Slight Chance Rain Showers then Mostly Cloudy, 42°F
Tuesday: Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 67°F
Tuesday Night: Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy, 47°F
Wednesday: Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 74°F
News Relating to Golden - April 18, 2024
City of Golden Weekly Digest
Jennifer Miskimins nominated as 2026 president of Society of Petroleum Engineers
By Cassidy Hannon
Colorado School of Mines Newsroom
Jennifer Miskimins, professor and head of the Petroleum Engineering Department at Colorado School of Mines, has been nominated to serve as the 2026 president of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), the premier global organization for oil and gas professionals... Read more...
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