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🌱 Patch AM: How a 1900 smallpox scare shut down Golden’s holidays

And check out Live @ The Rose - Ten Years Gone & Invincible on the Golden Patch calendar

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  • How a 1900 smallpox scare shut down Golden’s holidays

Also on today's calendar: Live @ The Rose - Ten Years Gone & Invincible and 7 more events.

Find out what's happening in Goldenfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

Today's riddle: How many sheep does it take to make a sweater? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

Find out what's happening in Goldenfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

  • Saturday: Increasing cloudiness, with a high of 56 and low of 22 degrees.
  • Sunday: Morning snow, 1-3"; colder, temps: high: 26, low: 13. ⛄️ Brr!
  • Monday: Sunny and not as cold, with a high of 38 and low of 20 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• The Pox (goldentoday.com) — Golden once shut down its holiday social season to fight a smallpox outbreak, ordering vaccinations for all schoolchildren and banning public gatherings. A look back at the Colorado Transcript’s 1900 coverage shows how Golden’s city council and health officials tried to prevent an epidemic, echoing familiar public health debates in a very different era.
   

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    Sunday December 28
  • Men's Basketball
    Dakota Ridge High School - Large Gym, Dakota Ridge High School - Small Gym
    7:30 am
  • Wedding Site Tours
    Jefferson County, CO Calendar
    10:00 am
  • Book Group Bonus: Go as a River Discussion Led by Author Shelley Read
    Golden Library , 1019 Tenth Street , Golden
    3:00 pm
    • Monday December 29
  • CLOSED on Mondays
    Community Table , 8555 W 57th Ave , Arvada

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
    Thank one and all who took the time and trouble to decorate our neighborhoods so bright and happy this year. My grandchildren are just thrilled at… (Nextdoor Applewood West)
  • Our smallest team member is ready for Christmas 🎄🐶
    Wishing you a holiday season filled with joy and special moments. La Piedra Landscaping and Garden Design” (Nextdoor Golden Ridge)
  • Crusoe Energy posted a job opening for Inventory Control Coordinator, 2nd Shift in Arvada. Apply here.
  • Elwood Staffing Services, Inc. posted a job opening for Mechanical Assembler - 2nd Shift in Arvada. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Golden here.

🗞 Nearby News

Lakewood

  • From nearly shutting down to rolling forward: How a roller rink saved a local food non-profit (kdvr.com)
  • Willie Joe Gonzales out of prison in Colorado after new science exonerates him (cbsnews.com)
  • Up to 3 inches snow possible in Denver as city activates cold weather shelters (denver7.com)

Wheat Ridge

  • Good Samaritan gives back with donations to Colorado animal hospital visitors on Christmas (cbsnews.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I have no idea. I didn’t even know sheep could knit.
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