Preserving heritage in Greeley and throughout the state has long been a priority for Bob and Betty Tointon, and their efforts were rewarded when they received the 2005 Dana Crawford Award from Colorado Preservation Inc.
The Tointons settled in Greeley in 1963 and became legendary in philanthropic circles with key roles in many vital projects. These included rebuilding Greeley’s downtown from its Most Endangered Places status into a vibrant retail and social hub.
A former trustee of the University of Northern Colorado, Bob Tointon helped Joe Phelps build Hensel Phelps Construction into one of the top such firms in the nation. In 1989 they sold the general-contracting arm of Hensel Phelps to employees and started Phelps-Tointon Inc., which owns and operates a number of manufacturing companies.
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Betty operates the Antiques at Lincoln Park mall in a former J.C. Penney building in downtown Greeley and helped start the city’s first Downtown Merchants’ Association. Bob is a 2003 Colorado Business Hall of Fame inductee.
Dunkin’ dignitaries and a fiesta
The first 50 people who make a splash at Writer Square on noon Friday by sending hotelier Walter Isenberg, Children’s Hospital Foundation chief Steve Winesett, Qube Visual’s Josh Hanfling and others into a dunk tank will win pairs of tickets for the June 11 Concerts for Kids. It’s headlined by Lionel Richie and Chris Isaak. … On Friday at Clinica Tepeyac’s signature fundraiser, Fiesta on the Plaza, executive director Rosanna Reyes will announce an expansion of services that includes the purchase of a new facility and increased hours to better serve the uninsured clients using its services. Denver Fire Chief Larry Trujillo and wife Michelle are honorary chairs.
Updates
Anne Randolph, former executive director of the Denver Public Library Foundation and past managing director of the Colorado Symphony, returns to New Mexico this weekend for her fourth season teaching Soup Kitchen Writing, a “fresh writing” workshop, for the Santa Fe Screenwriting Conference. … StorageTek’s chair, president and chief executive, Pat Martin, has presented a $50,000 check to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation; proceeds came from a recent golf event. … Condolences to Sharon Whiton Gelt, whose father, George Tholl, died on Memorial Day. He was 90.
Transitions
At its Celebrate Spring luncheon, the Fine Arts Foundation elected Lynn Hinkle president for 2005-2006. She succeeds Kitty Gregg. … Aaron and Sandee LaPedis are the new presidents of Friends of Arapahoe House, continuing the shared-office tradition set by Jeff and Jaylene Smith. The Smiths are preparing to move this month to Arizona, where Jeff, who had been president of Fuller Management Group, will be in charge of the Phoenix regional operations of Cushman & Wakefield.
Society editor Joanne Davidson can be reached at 303-820-1314 or jmdpost@aol.com.
