CAG Thrift Shop & Food

1401 FORD ST, GOLDEN, CO 80401 303-279-5674 • www.goldencag.org

Tax deductible monetary and gently used clothes/household items, NEW socks/underwear donations are appreciated.

Food Pantry in need of tomato products, coffee, canned meat/tuna, jelly, spam, water, shampoo, body wash, and tooth paste.

• To provide support and empathy in an inclusive environment.

• To provide help for those in need in our community.

• To operate a food pantry in the Golden area for the benefit of local families and individuals.

• To provide short-term financial assistance to those experiencing crisis or sudden hardship away from the Safeway. ees at Safeway would be out of jobs. Olson described how he lost his job in the Albertsons-Safeway merger and had to take a lower-paying position at another Safeway. e union represents about 20,000 members across Colorado and Wyoming, o ering pensions and other bene ts. Lay described how the merger would shrink the pool of workers who contribute to the pension fund. is over, he said he hoped to have a more holistic examination of general enforcement. e DDA is also covering the Americans with Disabilities Act ramp installation, which was initially discussed at $750 per applicant to be amortized over three years. at left a $1,500 fee for setup and takedown, but Muriby said sta members found redundancy in their spreadsheets that counted last year’s equipment costs twice. So, the true setup/takedown fee should be $1,100, he clari ed.

• To provide consultation and advice regarding additional support services in the vicinity.

You never know what treasure you will find in our thrift shop!!

Christopher Lay, a 28-year employee at the Golden King Soopers, believed the merger would hurt his community and his union, United Food & Commercial Workers Local 7.

The Colorado Attorney General’s O ce is asking for feedback on the proposed KrogerAlbertsons merger, which would impact local Safeway and/ or King Soopers shoppers.

Ultimately, Lay and others emphasized, the merger only bene ts shareholders and private equity, not workers or consumers.

Weiser invited as much public feedback as possible, saying those who couldn’t attend the April 24 listening session can still provide comments online. To take the online survey or for information on future listening sessions, visit coag.gov/ grocerymerger.

Also as part of the fee schedule, City Council set outdoor dining fees at $1,100.

In approving changes to the program April 11, City Council said this year’s fees were not to exceed $2,050, but directed sta to have a nal number by April 25.

Rick Muriby, the city’s community development director, said the program will have a $300 annual application fee, but the Downtown Development Authority is covering them for the participants this year.

Muriby said 10 businesses are participating in this year’s outdoor dining program, with two more interested, and they can pay the $1,100 fee up front or via installments over the summer.

Muriby and City Manager Scott Vargo said Golden will monitor its costs this year, and can update the 2024 fee schedule as necessary.

Miles’ dad, Max Absher, said the family loves coming to the museum, and they learn something new every time they’re there.

Matthew Mossbrucker, director and chief curator at the museum, showed attendees a stegosaurus skull, saying researchers believe the dinosaur had a heightened sense of smell and large eyes.

“We believe they were not capable of higher thought,” Mossbrucker said, “but we may be selling the stegosaurus short.”

For Cindy Brown of Littleton, the museum is a chance to indulge her love of paleontology and geology. She had many questions about the woolly mammoth and more as she moved around the museum with her grandson.

“We are so lucky to have this in our beautiful state,” she said.

April 29 was Charlie Bourque’s birthday, and the 8-year-old enjoyed hearing the presentations and try- ing his hand at using a tiny drill to dig into a rock, so he could look for fossils.

Grandfather Alan Bourque said they drove from Colorado Springs just so Charlie could take part in Stegosaurus Day. Charlie, Alan added, enjoys paleontology and knows more about dinosaurs than most people.

Charlie said he liked the hands-on drilling, noting that digging into the rock could net paleontologists new species of animals.

Johnny Carter, a certi ed paleontologist interpreter and technician, helped attendees use the drill, explaining how it worked and helping them chip tiny pieces of rock. He noted that the rocks were just as important as the fossils because rocks might be helping keep the fossils intact.

“We are spoiled when it comes to paleontology in Morrison,” he said.

Jaxon Jones, 4, of Wheat Ridge loves dinosaurs, especially the stegosaurus, his mom, Jasmine Jones, said.

Jaxon explained that dinosaurs were fun.

“I like the spikes all over them,” he said. “ ey are so awesome and cool.”