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September 22, 2016

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Local businessman Joe Coors Jr. dies at 74 CoorsTek leader passed away last Thursday By Christy Steadman csteadman@coloradocommunitymedia.com Joe Coors, Jr., a businessman and onetime congressional candidate, died Sept. 15 at the age of 74. He was the great grandson of Adolph Coors, founder of the beer empire that began with a brewery in Golden in 1873.

Spanning a career with CoorsTek Inc. — beginning in 1973 according to the company website — Joe Coors held numerous positions with the company, including president, CEO and chairman Coors of the board. He retired in 2000 when he was 58. “Joe was an adept business leader in so many ways, but is probably best remembered for his ability

to build relationships, find creative solutions to problems and infect others with his can-do-attitude,” said brother John Coors, current chairman of CoorsTek, in a statement posted on the company’s website. “He was a great inspiration and friend to me and scores of others,” John Coors said. “I will miss him.” Don Ytterberg, chairman of the Jefferson County Republican Party, said Coors — a Republican who ran unsuccessfully for the 7th Congressional District — loved

Colorado and he loved Jefferson County. “He was a great community member and a great Coloradan,” Ytterberg said. “His family’s philanthropic work is almost legendary.” Coors had been involved with a number of Colorado-based nonprofit organizations. Coors was born in Philadelphia in 1942, but moved to Golden in 1944 with his family. While attending college at the Coors continues on Page 5

ITT Tech students put focus on future Local community colleges offer transfer information to students of closed for-profit college By Kyle Harding kharding@coloradocommunitymedia.com

A large crowd races down Washington Avenue during 2015’s Golden Gallop. The annual race is the Golden Schools Foundation’s primary fundraiser, and because the race grows every year, the foundation is able to make a bigger impact. Courtesy photo

Galloping for Golden schools Nonprofit foundation has 11th annual race to raise money for schools By Christy Steadman csteadman@colorado communitymedia.com The primary mission of the Golden Schools Foundation is to ensure every student in Golden is successful and has access to high quality education. “Every student, every year, is important,” said Lauree Valverde, vice chair of the foundation. “They’re all Golden kids. It’s important to support each and every one of them.”

The Golden Schools Foundation is a volunteer-run nonprofit organization that raises and distributes money to the community’s neighborhood articulation schools — Kyffin, Mitchell, Pleasant View, Shelton, Ralston and Welchester elementary schools, Bell Middle School and Golden High School. Thirty-two percent of the foundation’s total funds, $28,000, for the 2015-16 academic year came from direct donations and 68 percent came from the foundation’s Golden Gallop event. The Golden Gallop is in its 11th year and remains as the foundation’s main fundraiser. It takes place this year on Sept. 25, with the start line underneath Golden’s welcome arch

downtown on Washington Avenue. Last year, the race attracted 1,058 runners, and even more are anticipated this year, said Kimberly Brock, the foundation’s board chair. “As the Gallop continues to grow and attract new runners, our opportunities to invest in Golden’s schools grow,” Brock said. “It’s wonderful to see the community coming together for such an important cause.” Last year, according to numbers provided by the Golden Schools Foundation, 46 percent — 482 participants — were 19 or younger. Forty-five percent, or 474 runners, were 20 to 49 years old. Since its beginning six years ago,

Thomas Westbrook had a feeling something was wrong at ITT Technical Institute earlier this year. “A few of us had an inkling something was fishy because they stopped taking new students in,” the Westminster resident said. He said school staff would get defensive when asked if there were problems. Westbrook was one quarter shy of earning an associate’s degree in network systems administration at ITT Tech’s Westminster campus, one of two Denverarea campuses of the for-profit college that closed on Sept. 6 after being barred ITT Tech continues on Page 4

SHOWDOWN ON THE DIAMOND Ralston Valley and Wheat Ridge go head to head in softball on PAGE 22.

Schools continues on Page 4

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