August 20, 2020
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JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO
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VOLUME 154 | ISSUE 37
15,000th Arvada milk bank donor celebrated Wheat Ridge woman makes milestone donation to help other moms
Lack of tours at Coors brewery another challenge in year full of them for Golden businesses
BY CASEY VAN DIVIER CVANDIVIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
After 36 years, the Mothers’ Milk Bank, an Arvada-based nonprofit program of the Rocky Mountain Children’s Health Foundation that provides breast milk to premature and sick babies, received support from its 15,000th donor this summer. The donation came from Wheat Ridge mother Kylie Harrison, who had her third daughter, Kieran, on June 5. A director of Jefferson County Women, Infants and Children (WIC), a registered dietitian and a certified lactation consultant, Harrison understands the importance of the help MMB provides and how meaningful it can be for families. She had already been planning to donate to the milk bank since several months before Kieran’s birth; however, devastating news about two of her children’s health — and an ongoing battle to save her children’s lives — has made her view her experience as a donor in a whole new light. SEE DONOR, P8
BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Wheat Ridge couple Kylie and Kyle Harrison pictured with daughters Kinley, Kennedy and Kieran. The couple aims to enter daughters Kinley and Kennedy into a clinical trial to hopefully treat an incurable disease both girls were diagnosed with this summer. COURTESY OF KYLIE HARRISON
BACK TO SCHOOL 2020:
What Golden should expect as classes resume
City held community meeting with school leaders on Aug. 12 BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Although the COVID-19 pandemic has upended nearly every aspect of community life since
Pouring empty
its arrival in Colorado, there have been few questions that have generated more concern and consternation than those of when and how to reopen schools. But now, after a summer filled with uncertainty and rethinking, schools ranging from Mitchell and Shelton elementary schools to Colorado School of Mines are set — at least for now
INSIDE: VOICES: PAGE 12 | LIFE: PAGE 16 | SPORTS: PAGE 18
SEE SCHOOLS, P6
Colorado School of Mines Associate Vice President of Operations Gary Bowersock discusses the school’s reopening plans during a Golden community meeting on Aug. 12. VIDEO SCREENSHOT
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on local economies has become a major story of the summer as businesses deal with challenges ranging from constantly-changing regulations to capacity limits to consumers own reluctance. But in Golden, businesses are also dealing with a more local problem that has made those challenges even worse: a lack of the thousands of tourists who usually flock to the Coors Brewery every year to tour the home of the “taste as cold as the Rockies.” Coors has not been offering public tours since mid-March, when it first posted the following message on its Coors brewery tour website: “We are always proud to share our history, heritage and quality products with you. However, with COVID-19 spreading around the country, and with consistent guidance from public health officials to limit large gatherings, we have temporarily closed the Coors Brewery Tour. We will reassess at a later date and will only reopen when we can be assured it is safe for our employees and the general public. We realize this is a bummer for many of our fans and we will apologize for any disruption this may cause, but our number one concern is your safety and the safety of our employees. We hope to be back and operating soon.” As the COVID-19 crisis enters its fifth month, there has been no indication from Coors when the tours might resume. In response to an inquiry SEE COORS, P9
MUSIC COMES ALIVE AGAIN Some venues bring back shows despite COVID-19 challenges P16