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50 years for Front Range

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Posted 8/31/18

Front Range Community College punctuated their 50th anniversary at the Westminster Campus Aug. 29 by hosting a hot air balloon and letting students and faculty have a tethered 50 fioot flight. Cathy …

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50 years for Front Range

The hot air balloon “Hareship” lifts off over the vacant lot just south of Front Range Community College’s Westminster campus, part of the school’s 50th anniversary celebration.

PHOTOS BY Scott Taylor

The hot air balloon “Hareship” lifts off over the vacant lot just south of Front Range Community College’s Westminster campus, part of the school’s 50th anniversary celebration.

Scott Taylor

Daniel Griffin of Fort Collins pilots his hot air balloon “Hareship” up for a short tethered flight Aug. 29 at the Front Range Community College Westminster campus. Griffin’s balloon was the main attraction as the college celebrated its 50th anniversary.

Scott Taylor

The hot air balloon “Hareship” lifts off over the vacant lot just south of Front Range Community College’s Westminster campus, part of the school’s 50th anniversary celebration.

Sashikala Rubio and Alyssa Salazar, students at Front Range Community College, wait their turn for a ride on the hot air balloon Aug. 29 at Front Range Community College. The college is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a variety of events.

Scott Taylor

Students hold down the hot air balloon as passengers climb on Aug. 29 at Front Range Community College. The school gave students and faculty tethered rides in the balloon, letting them go up 50 feet at time in honor of the college's 50th anniversary.

Scott Taylor

Posted Friday, August 31, 2018 1:40 pm

Staff Report

Front Range Community College punctuated their 50th anniversary at the Westminster Campus Aug. 29 by hosting a hot air balloon and letting students and faculty have a tethered 50 fioot flight.

Cathy Pellish, vice president of the campus, said the college first opened in Sept. 1968 as Community College of Denver North and classes were held at 62nd and Downing.

The college plans a variety of events to celebrate the anniversary, including the Sept. 13 Taste of College open house.

“We want to invite everyone from the community in to see what we’re all about,” Pellish said.

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