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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Tuesday, Feb. 25th
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - Live Workouts with Community Center Pros
- All day - Golden History Tours
- 9-10AM - Women's Exercise and Bible Study
- 9:15-9:45AM - Baby Time - Registration Required
- 10:15-10:45AM - Preschool Time - Registration Required
- 1:30PM - Triad - Senior Safety
- 5-7PM - Golden American Legion Dinner
- 5:30-7:30PM - Exploring the Elements of Art
- 6-8PM - Books & Benders
- 6-7:30PM - Icon of the American West – the Western Horse
- 6:30-8:30PM - Team Trivia Tuesday
- 6:30PM - City Council Regular Business Meeting
- 6:30-8:30PM - Trivia Tuesdays
- 6:30-8:30PM - Bar Bingo Night
- 7PM - Pub Trivia
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
5-7PM Golden American Legion Dinner @ American Legion Post 21
Chicken Strips - $8.00 includes salad and dessert
Public Welcome
www.goldenpost21.org
Location:
American Legion Post 21
500 9th Street (Map)
When:
5-7PM on Tuesday, Feb. 25th
6:30PM City Council Regular Business Meeting @ City Hall Council Chambers
- Meeting Agenda
- Watch the meeting streaming live starting at 6:30PM
- Attend the meeting @ City Hall Council Chambers - 911 10th Street - (map)
- Send comments on any of the following topics to PublicComments@cityofgolden.net BEFORE 3PM, or
- Provide in-person comment (limited to 3 minutes) during the meeting, at 6:30PM.
Public Comment
The meeting begins with public comment. If you want to address Council, you will have three minutes to speak. Any public comments received by email before 3PM will be posted in the meeting packet after 3 (so check back then!).
Indigenous Connections Update
The History Museum Manager will provide an update on the museum's ongoing Indigenous Connections projects.
Consent Agenda
The following issues are considered non-controversial, not needing discussion. All items will be approved at once, with one vote. Any councilor wishing to discuss one of the issues can request that it be removed from the consent agenda and discussed and voted on separately.
- Accepting right-of-way dedication of Tract A of the Camping World Subdivision. The right of way in question is across the street from the Golden Cemetery (map).
- Requesting an easement from Jefferson County and approving an agreement to convey a permanent utility easement and a temporary construction easement from Jefferson County. This easement will allow the city to replace a water line that serves 75 homes in the Beverly Heights neighborhood.
- Approving the extension of the agreement between the City of Golden and Fivestar Construction LLC for on-call specialty concrete services. This extension approves an additional $950,000 to Fivestar.
- Approving the Fifth Amendment to an Intergovernmental Agreement between the City of Golden and Mile High Flood District regarding design and construction of drainage and flood control improvements for Lena Gulch. This agreement covers Lena gulch from Heritage Square to the intersection of Heritage Road and Colfax. This section of the project will cost the city $350,000. Different agreements will cover additional parts of the project.
- First reading of a change to the Municipal Code to allow the city's parking contractor, Interstate Parking, to pursue unpaid fines through a collections process. The public hearing will be held on March 25th.
Proclamation
Location:
City Hall Council Chambers
911 10th Street (Map)
When:
6:30PM on Tuesday, Feb. 25th
Live Music for Tuesday, Feb. 25th
- More Live Music
6PM Karaoke with Linda @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
6PM Open Bluegrass Pick Night @ Over Yonder Brewing
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Golden History: Patent Medicine
Patent medicine ads from the Colorado Transcript, 1908-1920 – click to enlarge
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In the early 20th century, the pages of the Transcript were overrun with advertisements for patent medicines. Many promised to cure vague disorders such as “kidney ills,” “liver laziness,” and “impoverished blood.”
In fact, some claimed to fix an impressive variety of ills, including “piles, kidney, bladder diseases, chronic ulcers, skin eruptions” (Therapion); “sour stomach, diarrhea, worms, convulsions, feverishness, and loss of sleep” (Castoria), and “female troubles such as…nervousness, irritability, and general miserableness” (Wine of Cardui).
Many of these panaceas included morphine, opium, and alcohol.
Congress complicated the patent medicine business with the 1906 Food and Drugs Act, which “prohibits interstate commerce in misbranded and adulterated foods, drinks and drugs.” In 1912, the Sherley Amendment prohibited “labeling medicines with false therapeutic claims intended to defraud the purchasers.”
One particularly notorious “medicine” was Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup, which contained morphine and proved fatal to many infants. This concoction was advertised regularly in the Transcript from 1880 – 1914.
Learn more about some of these medicines: Castoria, Wine of Cardui, Carter’s Little Liver Pills, Hood’s Sarsaperilla, Doctor Pierce’s Favorite Prescription, Cascarets, Hamlin’s Wizard Oil, Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets, Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp Root, Peruna, Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup
Weather
Overnight: Mostly cloudy. Low around 44, with temperatures rising to around 46 overnight. West southwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny. High near 65, with temperatures falling to around 59 in the afternoon. West wind 9 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear. Low around 28, with temperatures rising to around 32 overnight. West northwest wind 8 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tuesday Night: Mostly Clear, 28°F
Wednesday: Mostly Sunny, 45°F
Wednesday Night: Mostly Clear, 27°F
Thursday: Sunny, 60°F
Thursday Night: Partly Cloudy, 35°F
Friday: Mostly Sunny, 63°F
Friday Night: Mostly Clear, 32°F
Saturday: Mostly Sunny, 60°F
Saturday Night: Partly Cloudy, 35°F
Sunday: Mostly Sunny, 63°F
Sunday Night: Partly Cloudy then Slight Chance Rain And Snow, 38°F
Monday: Slight Chance Rain And Snow then Rain And Snow Likely, 56°F
News About Golden - February 25, 2025
Avenue Flashes: Golden’s annual tree sale will have you dreaming of warmer weather
By John Akal
Golden Transcript
As I sit here writing this column, it’s currently 21 degrees outside with a couple of inches of snow on the ground. I’m still drinking hot coffee and dreading the thought of putting on all kinds of warm clothes, boots, hat and gloves just to run to the grocery store for a couple of things that we need. At this point in my life, it’s not really the cold weather that bothers me, it’s all the effort you have to go through just to step outside without freezing... Read more...
2025 Colorado state basketball tournament brackets, results
By Matt Schubert
Denver Post
The brackets for the Colorado high school state basketball championships... Read more...
Indigenous sisters quit Westernaires over organization’s portrayal of Native Americans
By Elizabeth Hernandez
Denver Post
Indigenous sisters Jamilah and Justice Maldonado spoke out last year about how hurtful they found the portrayals of Native Americans within the Golden-based Westernaires, hoping the longtime horse-riding performance organization would make changes... Read more...
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Brad Miller & Julie Bartos, Holly Thomas, Jim and LouAnne Dale, Ann Pattison, Thomas Hoffman, Carol Abel, Brian Quarnstrom, Sandra Curran, Bobby German and Alison McNally, Kathy Smith, Karen Smith, Carlos & Nancy Bernal, Robert Storrs, Michele Sannes, Elaine Marolla, Dixie Termin & Ron Miller, E Tom Hughes, Crystal M Culbert, Patrick A. Madison, Alice Madison & Jim Kalivas, Deb Goeldner, Christopher Ball, 6th Chair Home Services, Dot & Eric Brownson, Rosemary Coffman, Emeline Paulson, Sandy Schneider, Mark and Cathy Pattridge, Cheryl G Leidich, Jen Rutter, Frani R Bickart, Jennings and Litz, Bill Sedgeley, Nancy Hughes, Justin L Wade, Kathi Eggers, Traci Case, Donna Owen, Leslie D Lutz, Karen Oxman, Catherine Skokan, Ross Fraser & KC Gilliland, Lynne Haigh, Elizabeth Hilliard, Frank Young & Terre Deegan-Young, Kathy Hirons & Jack Markin, Jess & Anthony Monasterio, Ella Lyons & Jeanne Fritch, Heather Duncan, Lee Ann & Pete Horneck, Carol Cameron, Cheryl Williamson, San Daugherty, Jim Garner, John and Carol McEncroe, the Golden Welcome Center, the Golden Transcript, Koshare Eagle, Ken and Colleen Krantz, Traci Neuman Lacey, Jo Barber, Jamie Cookinham, Kermit Shields, Meridee Cecil, Vicki Olson, Colleen & Michael Ramey, Nancy & Pete Torpey, Jax Baker, Simon Maybury, John & Carol McEncroe, Rose McLaughlin, Cameron Chambers, Joyce Gravina, and Patrick Klein
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Golden Community Garden, Lora Haimes, Mariane Erickson, J.J. Fraser, Mel Perkins
