Wheat Ridge Transcript 0810

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August 10, 2017

PENCILS AND PENS: Supply drives help students start year prepared P16

JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO

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Newspaperman, world traveler, adventure seeker — he lived a ‘bountiful’ life

John Tracy belonged to the community

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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aint Patrick’s Day. Fourth of July. Halloween. For any day of the year, John Tracy had an appropriate tie. “He has hundreds of ties, none of them traditional. Multiple ties for every holiday and occasion,” said Audrey Brooks, the business manager for Colorado Community Media, the publishing company for the Golden Transcript, who met Tracy when she started with the company in August 2004. “I remember about 10 years ago, he was trying to clean out some old ties so he’d have room in his closet for more.” SEE TRACY, P4

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“I can now say that I have golfed in a foreign country. I can also report that my game is no better south of the border.” Columnist Michael Alcorn | P14 INSIDE

VOICES: PAGE 14 | LIFE: PAGE 16 | CALENDAR: PAGE 24 | SPORTS: PAGE 26

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