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Cemex presents plans, Town Board quells disruptions and talks about water tap fees for River Bend

By Susan de Castro McCann Redstone Review Editor LYONS – The Lyons Town Board Council Chambers were packed to the gills for a presentation by Cemex at a workshop before a regular town board meeting in early February. Cemex officials, led by plant manager Uwe Lubjuhn, gave a PowerPoint presentation to the town board on its plans for the future of the cement plant. The plant quarries sandstone, lime and shale and employees about 100 workers.

The plant’s permit runs through 2021. Lubjuhn said Cemex may try to renew the permit, which would be through Boulder County, as well as mining permits through the State of Colorado. If they choose not to renew their permit then they will have to follow a preapproved reclamation plan for the quarries to be completed by 2025, but none of this has been decided yet. Lubjuhn said that over the last three years the plant has spent about $6 million on environmental mitigation procedures to upgrade the plant. He also said that the limestone at the plant is almost depleted now, but they might bring in (by trucks) limestone from other quarries in Colorado to keep the plant running longer. Also new technology might allow them to continue to mine some sub-layers of limestone that they could use.

The large crowd that had gathered both inside the council chambers on the floor and in the aisle, outside in the courtyard and in the adjoining offices, was growing restless. Three sheriff’s deputies were present trying to keep the doorways open for safety. The crowd was mostly made up of the Save Our St. Vrain Valley (SOSVV) group that was formed to oppose the proposed Martin Marietta mining operation on Highway 66 east of Lyons.

The Lyons Town Board has no real jurisdiction over the Cemex mining operation. Cemex is not in the town limits. The town does not control the permitting process for Cemex and has no real input on how the county handles the permits. Cemex is in the Lyons Planning Area and Lyons has an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with the

county and could annex that land at some later date.

The SOSVV group was not allowed to speak during the presentation at the workshop, but was told by Mayor Sullivan that they could speak during audience business at the regular meeting, so they did. The speakers did not directly address the idea that Cemex might renew their mining permit, but it seemed clear that they wanted that land for trails connecting Rabbit Mountain, Lyons, and Longmont. They wanted a workshop so they could give their point of view and they said there is an informational meeting on Thursday, February 21 at the Lyons Farmette at 6:30 p.m.

Mayor Sullivan asked them several times to stop cheering and clapping after each speaker and after one woman complained about chemicals used on weeds in the park where children play and refused to stop talking after her three minutes were up. The Mayor cut off the audience business and no more public comment was allowed.

The second major issue of note at the board meeting was the issue of compliance with a Memorandum of Agreement or MOA signed by Lyons Properties / River Bend whose owners include Mike Whipp, Steven Beck, Kenyon Waugh and several others. The problem is a long and ongoing issue over disputed water taps. Trustees Juli Waugh and Wendy Miller recused themselves to avoid a conflict of interest since Trustee Waugh’s husband Kenyon is a partner in Lyons Properties and Trustee Miller works for Lyons Properties.

According to the January, 2016 MOA, Lyons properties got the use of one 1-inch water tap ($35,000 fee under the Lyons Municipal Code) and two 3/4inch water taps ($17,500 fee each), for a total of $70,000 in tap fees that Lyons Properties did not have to pay. If any of the three parcels constituting Riverbend is ever sold, then a tap fee for that parcel would have to be paid.

Joe Kubala, town engineer, stated at the February 4 meeting, normally four Colorado-Big Thompson water shares would have had to be put up for those Continue Town on Page 14

Ayla Witbeck and Sutter Schnabel, both 4 years old, show off the valentine bags they made at Lyons Valley Preschool, and also share a valentine hug. PHOTO BY CATHY RIVERS

B •R •I •E •F •S Ash Wednesday Service LYONS – An Ash Wednesday Service will be held on March 6 at 6:30 p.m. at the Lyons Community Church at 350 Main St. Pastor Emily Kintzel will conduct the service. For more information, contact the church at 303-823-6245 or go to www.lyonscommunitychurch.org.

Items needed for food pantry LYONS – Over 40 families are being served at the food pantry.

The pantry needs this month are: cereal, shampoo, household cleaning products, laundry detergent, dish soap, paper products (toilet paper, paper towels, tissues) and also cooking oil, healthy snacks and personal hygiene products. Thanks to all the volunteers.

February Chamber Social LYONS – The next Chamber Social will take place on Tuesday, February 19, starting at 6 p.m. The host is Oskar Blues in Lyons at 303 Main St. As always, small appetizers and drinks will be provided. All members welcome. If you are not a member and would like to attend, please let us know! We have a limited number of guest spots available and would love to fill them.

Chamber Welcome Bags LYONS – The Chamber is now putting together the 2019 welcome bags to be handed out to new residents of Lyons and the surrounding area. Your bling can be dropped off at either Gateway Realty Group or Lyons Physical Therapy. These welcome bags are an easy way to introContinue Briefs on Page 8

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LYONS Status on Summit Housing Group’s affordable housing

By Town of Lyons Communications Redstone Review LYONS – The Town of Lyons would like to clarify the status of the affordable housing development being proposed in Lyons Valley Park by Summit Housing Group (SHG or “Summit”). Currently, Summit is proposing 40 rental units consisting of 29 two-bedroom townhomes and 11 three-bedroom single-family homes.

They plan to serve households earning 60 percent ($65,160, for a four-person household, HUD, effective April 2018) or less of Area Median Income with on-site parking, a management office and a playground. Summit has pledged to work to identify and give priority to flood-impacted households. Summit has submitted funding applications to the Department of Local Affairs Division of Housing (DOLA DOH) for Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds and to the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA) for 4 percent LowIncome Housing Tax Credits. They are separate funding streams with separate application and selection processes.

The Town of Lyons elected to work with Summit after conducting a public request for proposals process. The Town and Summit have hosted community meetings with the Lyons Valley Park neighborhood, the general public, and the Board of Trustees to provide details of the project proposal and solicit input on their design and planning process. These meetings meet the pre-application requirements of the DOLA DOH and CHFA for sharing information about the project with community stakeholders.

The Town of Lyons will hold additional public hearings in accordance with requirements of the Lyons Municipal Code once a development plan application is submitted.

The full contents of the State funding applications submitted to DOLA DOH and CHFA are not required to be submitted to the Town of Lyons. If the project was requesting local funding (e.g. relief from utility tap fees or property taxes, etc.), the town would have received an application

directly for the local funds and reviewed the request per the town’s established process. In this case, however, the town is not providing local funding for the proposed project.

A summary of the application and analysis of it by DOLA DOH staff was made public by the State when the project was presented by Summit to the State Housing Board (SHB) on February 12, 2019. The meeting, which was open to the public, included a comment period. Details of the analysis and commentary are included in the State Housing Board, available on DOH’s website at https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/dola/state-housing-board-0.

Regarding the zoning of the parcel, Tract A, Filing 8 LVP (“Tract A”) permits multifamily development because it is currently zoned R-1 subject to the Planned Residential Development (PRD) overlay. The zoning and PRD were approved by the Town Board of Trustees pursuant to Ordinance 353 on February 19, 1980. Subsequent to the passage of Ordinance 353, the town adopted new town-wide zoning regulations in May of 1980. However, Colorado law, and the regulations themselves expressly continued the existing zonings in place at the time the regulations were passed. Consequently, the zoning and PRD approved via Ordinance 353 continues to this day. A copy of Ordinance 353 and the page of the PRD showing the proposed density of Tract A can be found on the town website. The proposed single-family housing will not require site development review because they only require a minor building permit per the Lyons Municipal Code.

The proposed townhomes on Tract A will require a development plan application to be submitted to the Town by Summit. Development plan review will require a public hearing with the Planning and Community Development Commission (PCDC) prior to building permits being issued. The decision of the PCDC may also be appealed to the Town Board of Trustees. Currently no development plan application has been submitted to the Town by Summit. The Town will continue to publicly notice the Tract A development review as it is progresses.

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Registration for Homeward Bound 2019 now open. Join us for our biggest fundraiser of the year, a fun filled evening that has become a local favorite. Enjoy tastings of local food and beverages, live and silent auctions, live music and more, all in support of animals in need in our community. Saturday, March 16, 6 to 9 p.m. at the Boulder County Fairgrounds Exhibit Building.

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World Spay Day at Longmont Humane Society.

World Spay Day is an annual campaign of the Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International that shines a spotlight on the lifesaving power of spay/neuter and the need for affordable services.

LHS is proud to join the effort by offering deeply discounted spay and neuter services for dogs and cats at our Well Pet Clinic on Tuesday, February 26. Space is limited. Call the clinic at 303-651-0610 to schedule.

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MAYOR’S CORNER A tale of two housing projects

By Connie Sullivan, Mayor of Lyons Redstone Review LYONS – In 2014, the Town of Lyons Board of Trustees worked with the Boulder County Housing Sullivan Authority on a proposal to replace a portion of the 100 or so housing units lost in the great floods of 2013.

The proposal, which involved using approximately five acres of undeveloped land in Bohn Park, generated a great deal of stress and polarized town residents.

Some felt that giving up a few acres of park land was the right thing to do in order to offer residents displaced by the flood an option to return to the town many of them called home their whole lives.

Yet others felt strongly that parks should be preserved in perpetuity regardless of the changed conditions caused by the disaster. In the end, the project went to a public vote and fell short of enough support to move forward. The town has been exploring alternatives for replace-

ment housing ever since, but options are few and far between in a town with almost no undeveloped land. Fast forward to 2019, and residents may once again find themselves being asked if they will support an affordable housing solution for Lyons. The point of this column is not to rehash the 2014 debate and re-open old wounds, rather I hope to help explain why a new proposal for affordable housing in Lyons Valley Park by Summit Housing Group (Summit) is following a different path than the previous project.

While the 2013 flood exacerbated the affordable housing situation in Lyons, the lack of housing stock to support a diverse range of income levels is not a new problem. Between 2017 and 2018, Colorado had the seventh largest rate of growth in the country, according to the Associated Press. Growth is expected to slow somewhat over the next few years, but the deficit of affordable housing is being felt across the state, driving up home values and pricing out the middle class; making it next to impossible for those earning wages below the median income to afford

LEAF makes a huge difference

By Kate Kerr Redstone Review LYONS – Without the Lyons Emergency Assistance Program (LEAF), dozens of people in our community would suffer.

LEAF provides a human services safety net for those in need in the greater Lyons area. LEAF’s services include the Food Pantry, Meals On Wheels, Basic Needs and Resource Matching.

Every Wednesday the Lyons Food Pantry is available for those in need of food. In 2018, 1,648 people visited the pantry, including 90 households, 186 individuals and 56 children; 14,825 lbs. of food was donated to the pantry from local individuals and businesses including students at Lyons Elementary; 33,471 lbs. of food was collected from the Boulder Community Food Share.

Lyons Meals on Wheels provides homedelivered meals to vulnerable, home-

bound resident at risk for malnutrition. In 2018, 27 residents were served almost 2,000 meals; 53 percent of meals served were at no cost to the participants, thanks to a sliding fee scale and “Free Sandwich Mondays” from the St. Vrain Market.

The Basic Needs Program helps households in crisis including 134 consultation services helping 34 households, 71 individuals and 21 children; connections made with 22 area resource agencies; $10,677 given out for housing needs such as rental assistance; $1,291 given for medical and dental needs; $1,892 distributed for transportation needs such as gas vouchers and car repairs; $806

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Many of Lyons’ affordable homes were destroyed by the flood in 2013. buying a home. Thus, every Board of Trustees elected since the flood has reaffirmed the town’s commitment to diversifying the housing stock in Lyons, and has been making strides toward finding long-term solutions. More than 90 percent of the existing housing inventory in Lyons is made up of single-family homes, and with a median home price of $670,000 in 2018 (a 38 percent increase over 2014, according to Tucker Group Marketing Snapshot), there are few

options for residents who may want to rent smaller spaces, such as young adults and seniors. We know the town needs more small homes and rental units, however the challenge is identifying locations for such development.

Several residents who objected to use of Bohn Park for replacement housing suggested the town look to empty lots in the Markel (Lyons Valley Park) subdivision for an alternative solution. In 2014,

given toward utility expenses.

For the December holidays, 124 individuals received Holiday Giving Tree gifts including warm coats, work boots and toys and more; 47 households participated in the Super Holiday Food Pantry where they could choose three times as much food (thanks to the Lyons Elementary), a ham or a turkey (thanks to Higher Ground Ministries), households goods (thanks to Lyons Middle / Senior) and fresh oranges, apples, and potatoes (thanks to Lyons Community Church and Lyons Catholic Community).

Just in the month of December, Lyons residents and businesses donated almost a ton of food and nonfood items. The elementary school students

delivered over 3600 food items from their holiday food drive, and the middle and high school students sponsored a paper product and personal hygiene drive.

The Lyons Food Pantry is open Wednesdays from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at 350 Main St. (Lyons Community Church). Participants are asked to show proof of local residency. Donations of food and household products are accepted Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The vast majority of LEAF’s work is funded through local donations. Everyone is invited to support LEAF which offers a human services safety net to those in need in the greater Lyons area. To contact LEAF, call 720-864-4309 or email info@leaflyons.org.

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Kate Kerr moved from Virginia to Lyons with her husband, Jim, partly to live near their daughter in Boulder – who got two temporary housemates during the flood evacuation. Kate enjoys playing fiddle, quilting, yoga, Nia, hiking and shopping local. She is a member of the Lyons Depot Library Advisory Board.

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Xeric gardens once LOCAL again available to A new barber pole in town at TK Barbershop & Salon Lyons utility customers

By Susan de Castro McCann and kids’ hair, specializes in many shades of hair coloring.

Fashion colors such as purple, blue, rose gold and ice are very popular with teenagers and young adults. Colors LYONS – It’s rare these days to see a barber’s pole in front such as shades of browns and reds are more popular with of a shop. The traditional helix striped red, white and middle age and older adults. “The kids want to color blue pole encased in glass is a sign of bygone days as a their hair the color called ice or silver and the adults place where men would go for a haircut and a shave with want to cover their gray hair with a darker color,” said a straight razor then have their faces wrapped in a hot Tony. “Red, yellow and orange are the warm tones and towel. In the Middle Ages the red, white and blue colors blue, green and purple are the cool tones. Browns are of the barber’s pole symbolized blood (red and blue) and neutral. Everyone wants something they don’t have.” white bandages because years ago Kelsey said colors are no longer as the barber often performed minor damaging as they used to be. The medical procedures, such as tooth salon uses natural colors. “Our extractions. A brass basin at the bleach does a rebonding of your top of the pole held leeches. hair; it repairs proteins as it breaks Today hair salons typically cut down color,” she said. “We offer a both men and women’s hair, trim hand-painted bleach service called beards and eyebrows, shave designs balayage. We apply the bleach to on both men and women’s heads, tiny sections of hair and then add and color and bleach hair in every color which fills in the tiny areas shade imaginable on all sexes. where the bleach was applied.”

It is a surprise for some residents In a process called toning a mild to see the traditional red and white color is added to hair after it is barber pole on a modern looking bleached, because bleach tends to house at the east end of the Seward make hair yellow and toning adds loop. The house is both living a little color. Especially with gray quarters and hair salon for hair toning weaves a little color Anthony and Kelsey Picone who into gray hair for those who want work as a couple cutting, styling, to go to gray more gradually. shaving, coloring, bleaching, tonKelsey said that they use three ing, highlighting and doing all lines of color, one for fashion colthings around hair, except perms. ors, one for touch-ups and one They do not do any perms. Some Anthony and Kelsey Piconehave opened TK line that is especially good for rooms in the house /shop have Barbershop & Salon. shades of brown. been converted into a salon. The Tony and Kelsey take on whole shop is called TK Barbershop & Salon. families cutting hair for both parents and children Before moving to Lyons, Kelsey and Tony were cutting simultaneously. They take appointments everyday hair at a salon in Boulder where they would take walk- including Sunday. ins. “It got really hectic there,” said Kelsey. The couple TK Barbershop & Salon is located at 212 Seward. For has been cutting hair for three years. They both studied more information, call 402-926-9047. You can also find hair styling at Hair Dynamics in Fort Collins. They them on Facebook. They take clients by appointment moved to their current location in Lyons last June. only. Short haircuts are $15 and long haircuts are $20, Anthony, or Tony as he is frequently called, cuts men’s, which include a wash and blow dry if requested. Colors women’s and kids’ hair and specializes in trimming beards. can vary on price depending on length and thickness of As the owner of a thick black beard himself, he gets plen- hair, so all over colors start at $65 but can go up from ty of experience. Kelsey, who also cuts men’s, women’s there; balayages start at $90.

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Why we’re scared to talk about mental health

By Janaki Jane Redstone Review LYONS – Have you ever looked at the words that we use to talk about mental illness? Nuts, loco, crazy, off her rocker, loony, psycho – there are more than 250 words and phrases we use in English to talk Jane about mental illness and people who we don’t understand. Often, we are reassuring ourselves that we are not like them, and it underlines our fear of those we see as mentally ill and the way we think they behave.

What are we doing when we call other people names?

We are trying to make them so different from us that it calms our fears. What we are doing, whether we mean to or not, is supporting the stigma that surrounds the whole topic of mental health and mental illness, and that surrounds people with mental illness.

So, what is stigma? Stigma is a negative stereotype that takes away from a person’s character or reputation, which can mean that someone who is labelled as having mental illness may have a hard time getting a job, or being elect-

ed to public office, or may not be invited to a neighborhood potluck. Is it any wonder, then, that those of us who are diagnosed with mental illness don’t admit it, often not even to ourselves?

If having a mental illness means that you are called names that are synonymous with being untrustworthy, erratic, and scary, then you are not going to want to admit to a diagnosis. Even though at least 50 percent of the population will experience at least one episode of mental illness in their lifetime, and over 50 percent of them will never ask for help or tell anyone that they are suffering.

We know why. Stigma. Labels. Negative stereotypes. And because of all of this fear, people suffer in silence. They not only could be getting help, not only learning to live with whatever condition they have, but getting treatment and actually thriving in their lives, work and relationships.

It’s time to stop using scary, mean words about mental illness. It’s time to stop calling someone that we disagree with or that we don’t understand things like “schizo” and “crackers.” It’s time for us to recognize that at any given time, 20 percent of the people we know are dealing with a mental illness.

LYONS – Lyons utility customers can once again take part in the Garden in a Box program – a water-wise, pre-planned garden of native plants offered by ReSource Central.

A limited number of Lyons water utility customers can receive a $25 discount on each Garden in a Box. Last year’s discounts went quickly. Before March 1, interested residents can add their name to the pre-sale list to be notified when the gardens go on sale. Go to resourcecentral.org/gardens/shop and choose the highlighted text in the first paragraph.

After the discounts are used up, any Lyons residents and anyone living in unincorporated Boulder County can order the gardens at the normal, undiscounted price.

Each year, ReSource Central offers a selection of six professionally designed perennial gardens. The xeric (low-water) garden kits include 14 to 30 starter plants, a comprehensive plant and care guide, and up to three plant-by-number maps for each garden type. The garden prices range from ranging from $110 to $171, depending on the number of plants and square feet of coverage. The gardens go on sale March 1 and will be available for pickup in mid-May. The full garden selection is currently available to view at resourcecentral.org/gardens/shop. Questions can be directed to ReSource Central at 303-999-3820, ext. 225.

The Native Meadows garden is one of the six Gardens in a Box offered this year to Lyons residents. PHOTO: RESOURCE CENTRAL

When we start to talk about these things, start to name them and share about them, something magical happens.

It’s magical when someone (as happened for me) finally admits to themselves that, yes, the diagnosis I’ve had for decades is a diagnosis of mental illness, and, guess what: I’m still okay, I’m a contributing part of society, I have friends and relationships. It’s magical when the people around a person who says “I have mental illness” see that people they know, like, and respect live with these things and aren’t scary. Then people will be more likely to get the help they need, instead of continuing to suffer in silence.

So, I invite you to stop and think the next time you find yourself using phrases like “that freak” or “she’s bonkers!” or “what a head case.” Unknowingly, every time we say things like that, we are adding to the silent pain and suffering of someone we know. Maybe even ourselves.

Janaki Jane has a degree in Psychology and has worked as a case manager and crisis counselor. She created the Lyons Mental Health Initiative, a program through the Lyons Regional Library, that includes many local partners. She is certified as a Mental Health First Aid and SafeTALK trainer, in Motivational Interviewing and in ASIST-Applied Suicide Intervention Skills. She has been working in the training, mental health, and healing fields for over 35 years.

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Upholstery business requires long hours and attention to detail

By Tamara Haddad Redstone Review LYONS – In the age of today’s cheap throwaway furniture where the companies outsource their manufacturing to China, it’s surprising that the numbers of upholstery shops in the U.S. are increasHaddad ing. Attribute it to environmental concerns, as more people are choosing to repurpose old furniture, to consumers starting to value shop at small businesses, or just to old fashioned good taste in quality goods, the numbers in the trade are rising.

In addition, the upholstery trade has experienced a massive gender shift in the previous half century. “People are still surprised when they find out I am the owner,” says Georgia English of The Upholstery Shop at 401 Main St., Lyons. They may also be surprised if they don’t know English, for her eye for textiles, attention to detail, and business savvy have garnered her a consistent 30 percent increase in revenue over the last few years.

This puts her in a great position to do what most entrepreneurs only dream of doing: selling her profitable business. English says, “Now that I have a strong team in place and steady customer base, someone interested in owning their own business doesn’t need to know upholstery. If I sell the business now, there will be a smooth transition.”

That’s quite a feat considering English left her home in Australia in 1994 to pursue an MA in literature and poetry at John Hopkins University. After that she began to teach, fell in love, gave birth to twin boys River and Ellis, and moved to her husband’s home town, Little Rock, Arkansas, where she found a part-time teaching job. When the twins grew a little older English taught herself to sew and created a clothing line, Peach Pavlova. Along with designing and manufacturing, she garnered experience in marketing, sales, and bookkeeping. An entrepreneur was born.

In 2009 English and her family decided to move to the West. It was then that they discovered the tight-knit

Georgis English is the owner of The Upholstery Shop at 401 Main Street. She learned the trade from former owner Bill Adams and has consistently increased her business since buying the shop.

Lyons community nestled at the base of the Rocky Mountains, and settled into their new life. In this life, although they were blessed with like-minded people and a beautiful environment, it was a challenge to find work.

“There just were not any teaching opportunities here. No one wanted to leave,” said English. “And I left my clothes line behind, as well. I needed to find work”.

Although English has professional sewing skills and

grew up with a mother in interior design, the upholstery trade never crossed her mind until she walked by The Upholstery Shop, then owned by Bill Adams, and asked where she could learn how to upholster. Adams took her under his wing, and she soared. Within two years she purchased the business from Adams and began her next phase in life balancing the roles of business owner, employer, upholstery, and mother. “The balance between home and life takes practice. Deadlines must be met, and I have pulled late nights and early starts to get things done in time, but honestly, there is nothing like going to your family and home after a good day’s work.”

This sentiment is a popular one among women.

According to Inc. magazine the number of women entrepreneurs has increased 114 percent over the last 20 years, and it may be mostly due to flexibility. “This has been a great business for the boys and me while they are in school,” said English. “When things are important, I can just shut the shop up. That’s an advantage of working for yourself.” It may be an advantage for the home life but doesn’t account for the long hours and commitment English has put into The Upholstery Shop to make it a success. Her own words are a refreshing ending to the empowerment that comes from owning your own business.

What would you say is your greatest professional accomplishment to date?

“I think my professional accomplishment is building this business from one that was only supposed to be a second income for my family to take it to a place where it supports my children and me,” said English. “Also, I have learned how to handle setbacks. Whereas in the beginning, I would want to hide when things were not going well on a job, now I communicate with the customer, explain the problem that has arisen and know that I will make things right. I think I have a reputation for good work and quick and helpful communication.”

What is still a struggle in owning your business?

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Toothbrushes, plastic containers, and more are recycled thanks to Stillwater Healing Arts

By Don Moore Redstone Review LYONS – Sara Hart, coowner (with her husband James Hart) of Lyons’ Stillwater Healing Arts, began her passion for susMoore tainable living at an early age. It might have been the result of an elementary school field trip to a local landfill site, but regardless it really took hold in the days of Y2K. That was the time at the beginning of the 21st century when the worldwide population was concerned that computers would stop working on December 31, 1999.

“I decided the culture we had created was not sustainable, and I was not going to be a part of it,” Hart said. “I bought a teepee and decided to live as inexpensively as I could. I was not going to participate in the disposable economy.”

Hart was a 21-year old college student at the time, living in her new home on

the top of a mesa above Durango. The project lasted a year during which time she typically would ride her bike, hitch hike, or use public transportation to get around. She worked hard figuring out how to live simply and to create the smallest carbon footprint she could.

An army surplus pot belly stove in which she burned both wood and coal provided necessary heat for cooking and heating the interior of the teepee. The coal came from a friend who had had it in a basement for ages and it lasted the entire winter for Hart.

“I ate a lot of bagels and avocados that year,” Hart said. “I was usually the first one in the coffee shop in the morning and the last to leave the bar at night.” Those places provided warm spaces during the winter and were spots where she did her homework for school. She kept her new home lighted with oil-burning lamps. A bus from campus would take her to hot springs where she would bathe.

“It was both challenging and comfort-

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able,” said Hart. “It was challenging because it required a lot of physical labor, but mostly because it was socially isolating. It was such a simple lifestyle, extremely inexpensive and because I built it I could repair it all. That was nice to feel like everything was in my hands.”

In terms of what she learned, Hart said she wishes “everyone could have the experience of accountability for their fuel. The way we can flip a switch or turn the ignition and have no visual concept of what it takes to make the energy allows us to utilize without awareness of the consequence.”

The teepee year was the launchpad of her sustainable living practices, both at home and in her business.

“I went to medical school in Portland, Oregon and in terms of an urban culture it was a model for living the way I wanted to live,” she said. “It is very easy to shop in bulk, bringing my own containers to market. After a time we were living with no new plastics. It was there that I first

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OPPORTUNITY Rebecca Schuh appointed new Lyons Library Director

By Darcie Sanders Redstone Review LYONS – The Board of Trustees of the Lyons Regional Library District announces the appointment of Rebecca Schuh as the new Director of the Lyons Regional Library.

The board was particularly impressed by the depth and breadth of Schuh’s experience, which includes significant work in strategic planning, building community partnerships, administration, reference, finance, project management, patron services, programming, and human resources management. She has been with the Campbell County Public Library system in Gillette, WY for the past 11 years, and before that was with the Rapid City Public Library.

Rebecca Schuh holds an MLIS and BS from the University of Alabama and is a graduate of both the Wyoming Library Leadership program and the Gillette Area Leadership Institute. She is past president of the Wyoming Library Association. We are excited about the opportunity to bring her wealth of talent and experience into our community to complement that of current staff.

Schuh replaces Katherine Weadley, who left in 2018 for a new position with CLiC (Colorado Library Consortium) and will begin in Lyons on March 18, 2019.

The library board extends big heartfelt

Rebecca Schuh begins as the new Director of the Lyons Regional Library on March 18. thanks to all those who participated in the lengthy and competitive recruitment process: community members, staff, Friends of the Library, Foundation, Search Committee, and Board members. Special appreciation goes to the library’s amazing staff, who have been doing an extraordinary job while working short-handed.

And most especially of all, kudos to Adult Experiences Librarian Kara Bauman, who stepped up magnificently to serve as Interim Director in addition to all the planning work for the new building.

Bauman will continue in leadership roles.

Schuh said she is “thrilled to be joining the team at Lyons Regional Library.” When not at work she loves paddle-boarding, playing board games, reading, and assembling Legos. The entire Schuh family, which has a home in Loveland, is looking forward to the next chapter of their Colorado lives.

In the coming weeks we will be planning a social gathering so that all who have not yet met Schuh can get a chance to know her better and give her a warm welcome.

Building progress update Building Committee Chair Sandy Banta is happy (and more than a little relieved) to report that the building is enclosed. This achievement marks a big milestone, and we lost only one work day to winter weather getting to it. The windows are in place, the roof is insulated, and shingles are getting nailed on. The next visible signs of progress on the exterior will be the siding and stonework. The fireplace should look even more dramatic once that beautiful Lyons sandstone is on it. Our thanks again to Blue Mountain Stone for the donation.

In the coming weeks the construction focus will be on interior and exterior infrastructure. Electricity, gas service, cable, telephone, and internet will all come on-site. Indoor work will include the plumbing and the electrical. Internet connections are being roughed in and the

The new library building is enclosed, with windows in place and the roof insulated.

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state-of-the-art heating and cooling system will be installed.

Programming and services Fun Chess with Aaron Caplan continues on Mondays, except for February 18, when the library will be closed in honor of President’s Day. The February Art-4-Art Trading Cards session will be on Saturday, February 16, at 12:30 p.m. Staff is also excited to debut the library’s newest database: “A to Z World Foods.” This resource features lots of amazing country, cultural, and culinary information. Drop in to ask for a demo for your personal use or for a class or book club project.

You can stop by the library Mondays through Saturdays at 405 Main St., call at 303-823-5165, like the library on Facebook, or visit online anytime at www.LyonsRegionalLibrary.com.

Darcie Sanders is a Lyons Regional Library District Board Trustee and writes about the library events, construction, classes, and other news.

Prepare now to festival this summer

By Katherine Weadley Redstone Review LYONS – Get ready to festival and more this summer with multiple options from Lyons’ own Planet Bluegrass.

Tickets are selling quickly so it’s time to make a festival plan.

The only non-Lyons festival kicks off the season this year from June 20 to 23 in southwestern Colorado at the 46th Telluride Bluegrass Festival. Headliners this year include Brandi Carlile and Jim James (the full band), and returning favorites include Sam Bush Band, Yonder Mountain String Band, Leftover Salmon: Stories from the Living Room. This is a four-day bluegrass music event in the box-canyon town of

Telluride. (The four-day tickets have sold out and as of this writing; only Thursday and Sunday single-day tickets are available for the Telluride Bluegrass Festival.)

Also included in the Telluride lineup is Wood Belly, a popular Colorado-based band that met camping in Lyons at the RockyGrass Bluegrass music festival in 2015. They are winners of the prestigious 2018 Telluride Bluegrass Band Contest.

Wood Belly was also nominated for the Momentum Award given out by the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) in Nashville that same year.

During the next month this band is raising money for their sophomore album with a Kickstarter campaign. For $1,000 Wood Belly will write a song specifically for you,

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INSIGHT Shutdown and standoff

By John Gierach Redstone Review LYONS – Every once in a while there’s still a glimmer of bipartisanship in American politics. For instance, many Republicans, along with virtually all Democrats, agree that Trump bungled Gierach the last shutdown, not only by closing the government in a tantrum over his border wall, but by claiming responsibility for it in advance on live TV. That inevitably made his attempts to blame the Democrats for it over the next 35 days sound petulant, even to his ardent followers.

His Commerce Secretary, Wilbur Ross, didn’t help matters any by saying in an interview that he didn’t see why it was a problem for 800,000 government workers to go without their paychecks. Social media rightfully went nuts over that comment, but he said something even worse that didn’t get as much attention. Namely, that even if all those people never got paid they represented such a small percentage of the economy that it wouldn’t make any difference.

That was the single most revealing comment I’ve heard from the Trump Administration. Obviously working people exist only so that folks like Wilbur Ross (worth just shy of $3 billion, according to Forbes magazine) can make their fortunes, but what happens to any one of us – or to any 800,000 of us for that matter – is entirely inconsequential to him. This isn’t a new attitude in government, but these people Trump has assembled are so insulated by their wealth and privilege they don’t understand that they should at least pretend to care about the people they’re sworn to serve.

Legislation has been introduced that would avoid future government shutdowns, but it’ll likely go nowhere, just like everything else in Congress for the last few years. Of course the obvious solution is legislation that says the moment government shuts down for any reason, all elected Federal officials immediately lose their salaries, health insurance and other perks. But don’t hold your breath on that.

As I write this we’re nearing the end of a truce over the border wall, with the government at least temporarily back open and the deadline for the budget extension set to run out on February 15. Meanwhile Trump continues

to insist on his wall, while House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi continues to insist that there’ll be no money for a wall, period. It’s a classic standoff.

Short of a compromise, the President’s only alternatives are to shut the government down again or make good on his threat to declare a national emergency and divert funds by executive order to build his beloved wall.

The few Republicans with the guts to speak publicly don’t want another shutdown and say the declaration of a national emergency is a bad idea because – although they won’t come right and say it – the so-called emergency exists only in Trump’s imagination.

Meanwhile the investigations by Special Council Mueller, Congressional committees, and state courts

continue to close in on Trump and his cronies while Trump continues to try and bluff his way out of it. During the recent State of the Union speech, he said that there’d be no legislation as long as the investigations continue. He clearly thought that was an applause line, but for once the Republicans in the room joined the Democrats by sitting on their hands. It was an awkward moment in a 90-minute speech filled with awkward moments: par for the course for Trump.

There’s been more talk of impeachment since the House changed hands, but I wouldn’t hold my breath on that, either. Everyone says they want to see the Mueller report first – which is reasonable enough – but what they really mean is that they don’t have the votes in the Senate. There are two valid arguments here. One says that impeachment is an act of political violence that’s

best avoided in a country that prides itself on the orderly transfer of power. The other says that if a criminally negligent boob like Trump can’t be impeached, why even have impeachment on the books?

It’s taken far too long, but Republicans are finally beginning to realize that Trump is an embarrassment instead of the ticket to power they thought he was. Of course the Democrats can see the same thing, which is why there are no less than 20 presidential candidates in the mix, some declared, others being coy about it for now. The calculation seems to be that as things stand now, any Democrat with a pulse could beat Trump.

(That’s the same thing they said about Hillary Clinton.)

And of course there’s a spoiler in the mix: Howard Schultz, the former Starbucks CEO who wants to run as an independent – sort of a weak liberal with a soft spot for trickledown economics who believes in tax breaks for the wealthy. He’s a weird political hybrid that no one agrees with. Republicans don’t like him and Democrats are all but forming a lynch mob. As a heckler at once of his events recently put it, “We don’t need another egotistical billionaire ass...”

He’s also unbelievably naïve.

No independent has been elected president in this country since George Washington, and that’s only because we were so young that we hadn’t yet evolved much in the way of political parties. All third party candidates ever accomplish is to ruin the chances of someone more viable, the way Ralph Nader did to Al Gore in 2000 (with an assist from the Supreme Court) and Jill Stein did to Hillary Clinton in 2016.

So those who don’t want more of Trump (a majority of us, according to the polls) will have to sift through this flash mob looking for someone we can believe in, or, failing that, at least someone we can live with; all the time wondering, if disillusionment with the system gave us Trump, what will disillusionment with Trump give us?

John Gierach is an outdoor and fly fishing writer who writes books and columns for magazines including a regular column for Trout Magazine. His books include Trout Bum, Sex Death and Fly fishing, and Still Life with Brook Trout. He has won seven first place awards from the Colorado Press Association for his columns in the Redstone Review. His latestt book, A Fly Rod of Your Own is available at book stores and fly fishing shops everywhere including South Creek Ltd. on Main Street in Lyons.

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COMMUNITY Lyons – your (prehistoric) beach destination

By Greg Lowell Redstone Review LYONS – If you’re looking for beachfront property in Lyons, you’re about 260 million years too late. Your other option, 68 million years, ago has also expired.

It’s difficult now to envision long stretches of pounding surf, sea monsters coursing beyond the breakers, and all manner of fantastic animals roaming a long-gone beachfront where Lyons now stands. But geologic evidence clearly shows that Lyons and the surrounding countryside were indeed seaside during the Permian and Cretaceous Periods.

In the earth’s geological history oceans come and oceans go, including an advance of seas from the west of Colorado some 510 million years ago (Mya), but the two oceans most connected to north central Colorado are the Permian and the Cretaceous oceans.

A bleak, sandy coastline The Permian Period of earth’s history ran from around 299 to about 252 Mya. During that time there weren’t multiple continents as there are today; instead, there was one supercontinent, Pangaea, surrounded by one global ocean.

The Permian followed the Carboniferous Period, which was a time on earth marked by vast rainforests. But near the end of the Carboniferous, worldwide temperatures dropped and an ice age occurred, but Colorado was closer to the equator than it is now and so escaped the glaciation.

The Permian Period in present-day Colorado was marked by a dry climate. Large amounts of sand were blown about – some of it from the exposed beaches of an ancient sea. This sand was laid down and formed the Lyons sandstone formation. To imagine the process on a more minor scale, look to today’s Great Sand Dunes National Park here in Colorado, where a constant wash of sand forms the great dunes.

The Lyons sandstone quarried here in Lyons has been compressed and hardened over millions of years. It differs in general appearance from all neighboring rocks as it comprises fine ancient sand interspersed with traces of iron oxide that give it its light red or pink color. The stones used for many of the buildings on the University of Colorado campus in Boulder were excavated from the Lyons sandstone.

The desert climate of the Permian existed for around 10 to 15 million years. The windborne sand continued to pile up into dunes, but about 260 million years ago, the sea began to creep further in from the east, stopped in its westward expansion only by the ancestral Rockies (yes, before there were today’s Rockies there was another mountain range that rose and then fell, but that’s a subject for another time).

This one-world sea (known as the Panthalassic Ocean) was populated by bony ammonites, similar to

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duce newcomers to the Lyons area and make sure they are aware of your business and what it has to offer. In the past we have been fortunate to have unique and fun items for the welcome bags that make them especially exciting to receive. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to introduce yourself to new residents / customers.

Chamber membership status LYONS – Not sure about your current Chamber of Commerce membership status? We’ve got you covered. Make sure that your membership with the Chamber is up to date.

Look up the Lyons Chamber of Commerce website for membership status and find your name or business to see if your status is active. If your status doesn't show as Active it means your membership has lapsed. Please send any questions to admin@lyons-colorado.com.

What can the Chamber do for you?

LYONS – The Lyons Chamber would like to know how to better serve you. Serving our members is why we are here!

We’ve been working on adding more workshops for members and are looking to add even more educational offerings, so we ask, what types of workshops would you like to see offered? We also know how important networking is: if you would like to host one of our socials at your place of business, please let us know! Hosting is a great way to let people know about your business and network at the same time. Are you celebrating an important business anniversary or milestone? Let the chamber know so that we can help promote your business achievements and events. We want to know how we can assist you, what can we do to help you grow your business in 2019. Please get in

today chambered nautiluses, and early sharks and rays.

The shallow coastal waters around present-day Lyons had diverse ecosystems that included corals and sponges.

Sail-backed early reptiles, like dimetrodons and cynodonts, early mammalian ancestors, roamed the shoreline. The Permian ended with what is known as “the Great Dying” where 95 percent of marine life and 70 percent of land animals died off because of “nuclear winter” type conditions likely caused by massive volcanic eruptions in what is now Siberia.

Ocean redux Hundreds of millions of years passed. The supercontinent Pangaea drifted and began to break up 200 Mya,

Range here in Colorado. This new ocean experienced periods of advance and retreat over its lifetime, and during periods of advance the surf crashed on the shores of present-day Lyons. A stroll along the beach would have revealed a menagerie of nightmare sea monsters.

Plesiosaurs with their snake-like necks, giant mosasaurs as big as buses, and the largest turtle ever to exist, the 15-ft. long sea turtle Archelon, cruised the inland sea. Of course, an amble along the beach might have ended badly; tyrannosaurs were among the giant reptiles roaming the beach.

Evidence of this ancient shoreline can be seen in the black Niobrara hill by Neva Road off Rte. 36. Niobrara is a combination of underlying limestone and calcareous shale. The black color there is due to organic carbon from huge ancient plankton blooms and the compressed shells of prehistoric sea creatures. The Niobrara seen there is essentially “uncooked” petroleum. Deeper such

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and the continents we know today began to form.

Tectonic plates collided and rode over or under one another in a slow-motion geological bumper car game.

Sometime during this period the Farallon tectonic plate moved under the North American plate, causing the middle portion of the North American continent to depress. This depression allowed the Arctic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico to rush into the middle of the continent and form the Western Interior Seaway 100 Mya. This vast inland ocean was relatively shallow and stretched from the Appalachian Mountains to the Front touch with your chamber admin, Erin Foudy at admin@lyonscolorado.com and share your thoughts and ideas. She will also be doing member visits throughout 2019 to find out more about each of our member businesses.

Revolving Loan Fund LYONS – The Town of Lyons, through its Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) Ad Hoc Advisory Committee members (collectively the RLF Committee) is managing a USDA RLF grant fund and a locally funded Business Recovery Fund. The federal grant funds were awarded on a competitive basis to the Town of Lyons to use for economic development, more specifically, for business and expansion loans that may help to create additional employment in the Town of Lyons. When a business repays the loan (via principal and interest payments), these funds are used to maintain a continuing loan program within the local RLF to make additional loans to businesses wishing to expand their business within the Town of Lyons. The RLF Committee is now accepting applications: look on the town website for RLF Rules and Standards, and the RLF Application form.

Bohn Park Skate Plaza public input meetings LYONS – On Thursday, February 28, join the Bohn Park Phase II Skate Plaza team, Team Pain, DHM, and Town officials to learn about the proposed skate park and offer input into its design. Each meeting will take place from 6 to 7:30 p.m., in the Lyons Town Hall Board Room.

On February 28, the team will present refined concept(s), inclusive of public input. Attendees will have the opportunity to further comment on the designs.

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formations are why this area of Colorado is a target for the fracking of oil and natural gas.

Near present-day Lyons were seaside sand dunes and ancient beaches that became the sandstone that forms the Dakota Hogback that is prominent on the north side of Rte. 36 from Boulder to Lyons. This sandstone is different from the deposits of the more desirable Lyons sandstone. The Cretaceous beaches that laid down the sand for this stone crept farther and west until all of Colorado was eventually inundated by 90 Mya. But this great inland sea and its denizens eventually disappeared in the ongoing rearrangement of landforms.

An event called the Laramide Orogeny began a slow and relentless uplifting of the current Rocky Mountain chain from about 70 to 40 Mya. Geologists still debate the exact cause of this uplifting but evidence points to a Pacific Ocean slab subducting (going under) the North American plate.

The Flatirons in Boulder are the most dramatic local evidence of this uplift; what was once flat was buckled and driven upward by the pressure of the colliding plates.

According to experts, the Permian and Cretaceous oceans won’t be the last to inundate North America. The earth’s dozen major and numerous smaller plates today drift and collide, override or subduct under one another at about the same rate your fingernails grow. Sometime in the distant future these collisions may once again unite the northern and southern oceans and yet another inland sea will break upon Lyons newest waterfront.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Arts and Entertainment in the Lyons Area

By Chrystal DeCoster Redstone Review LYONS First Sundays at the Lyons Fork Restaurant, Ian Brighton and Kate Little as the popular duo, Rattlesnake Kate and the Beaver, will be showcased DeCoster from 7 to 9 p.m. Watch the Fork’s Facebook page for other performers and special fresh menu offerings popping up at 450 Main St. or call 303-823-5014.

Oskar Blues features local musicians on March 8 and March 15 from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. Good Manners, a junkyard jazz ensemble, and Samba Tonk featuring Ian Brighton with Enion Pelta-Tiller, Bonnie and Taylor Sims, Glen Taylor, Raoul Rossiter, Francisco Marquez, will play with other special guests. Kyle Renfro is back at the helm in the original Oskar Blues kitchen so stop by to hear great locally based music and check out the eclectic culinary offerings.

At the Stone Cup Gallery, the adored and talented resident Queen of Whimsy, Rachel Tallent, offers her “The Multitudinous” pieces through the end of February.

The Stone Cup’s Music Lineup: Saturday, February 16, 10 a.m. to noon singer / songwriter John Mieras performs; Sunday, February 17, 10 a.m. to noon Niya Nolting and Kris Nickeson play jazz / blues / rock; Saturday, February 23, 10 a.m. to noon Sugar Moon plays bluegrass; Sunday, February 24, 10 a.m. to noon Enion Pelta Tiller plays classical; Saturday, March 2, 10 a.m. to noon Harmony and Brad play acoustic / pop / rock; Sunday, March 3, 10 a.m. to noon Finally Sound play folk rock / country / jazz; Saturday, March 9, 10 a.m. to noon Thomas Gronberg plays folk; Sunday, March 10, 10 a.m. to noon Billy Shaddox plays American folk

John Gorka appears at Planet Bluegrass Wildflower Pavillion on March 22.

March brings two Wildflower Concerts to Planet Bluegrass. On March 22, John Gorka, dubbed by Rolling Stone as “the preeminent male singer-songwriter of the New Folk Movement,” will appear with special guest Korby Lenker. Imar, with special guests Moors and McCumber, perform on March 29. Glasgow’s hottest new folk ensemble and 2018 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards “Horizon Award” winner, this band’s synergy centers on the overlapping cultural heritage between Scotland, Ireland and the Isle of Man. All shows are $20 in advance and $25 at the door for General Admission seating.

Tickets are non-refundable. Children 12 and under are free with a paying adult. Visit shop.bluegrass.com/wildflower for tickets and additional info.

Bank of the West Art Show features five area photographers: local photographers, Ian Taylor and Carol Walker, Longmont photographers Rob Palmer and Paul Marcotte, and Marty Fry of Loveland. This local bank branch generously began these quarterly art show rotations in 2017 to help promote and celebrate area arts-centric businesses in their efforts to propel regional artists. This current Western Stars photo show at 303

Wildlife paintings by artist Ezra Tucker of Monument, ongoing at Western Satrs Gallery.

Main St. hangs through Friday, April 5. Any business with interest in coordinating a show of work there from April 5 to July 12, please contact chrystaldecoster @ gmail. com or lorena. medina @ bankofthewest. com.

On March 16 at 7 p.m. Western Stars Gallery brings “All About Regional Owls” to Lyons. This free 55-minute community wildlife education offering by an avian expert, cosponsored by Town of Lyons and Western Stars, is a presentation by author, artist, researcher, and director of the Colorado Avian Research and Rehabilitation Institute (CARRI), Scott Rashid, on the topic of owls native to this area using his more than 20 years of bird monitoring, rehabilitation and banding.

Western Stars, located at 160 East Main St., can be reached by calling 401-301-1212 or 303-747-3818, or by emailing info@westernstarsgallerystudio.com.

Lyons Arts and Humanities Commission’s heARTS of LYONS program continues to pop-up art all over town. Fundraising details will be forthcoming for the LAHC’s newest public art effort. It is an interactive project celebrating “recovery” and is yet to be officially named. The LAHC is excited to be working with the artist behind the nationally traveling “Eyes of Freedom” exhibition, Anita Miller of Lyons, and renowned sculptor James G. Moore of Eaton, to collaboratively create an 8’ tall x 4’ wide x 3’ deep cast bronze bell installation to be placed somewhere TBD in town.

Mitch Levin’s steel “Unconditional” piece welcomes the attachment of “wish” locks that can now be purchased for $4.99 at ReRuns, Gatherings of a Lifetime and Western Stars Gallery. You may have also seen these locks included in the collaborative Valentine’s creations made by HJB Designs and Sage and Grace.

Proceeds from sales benefit the LAHC’s projects, including the growing outdoor art collection. Inquiries regarding the sponsorship or purchase of these sculptures or for more information on the LAHC contact Melinda Wunder at 303-818-6982 or melinda @ creativeconvs. com.

Everyone be working on your submissions for the upcoming Lyons Arts and Humanities Commission’s quarterly Town Hall Art Shows. “Fresh Start / New Beginnings” is the current show at Town Hall from which two pieces have already sold. Viewing hours are during weekly hours of operation. Pick-up of work from this exhibition will be Friday April 5 from 5 to 7 p.m., the same time as drop-off for submissions for the next show, “Rock, Ram, Run” (choose one, all three, or your own words to play with), a fun exploration of double entendres and visual puns by all ages and stages of artists. Be working on entries for that and “Wise Eyes,” a nod to the sage wisdom and creative spirit born from age and experience, the theme of the senior show in July. Watch for the 2019 LAHC’s Town Hall Art Shows posters around town or contact chrystaldecoster @ gmail. com for questions regarding the LAHC’s Town Hall Art Show series.

Art on Main Street: Metamorphosis, the Corner Studios, Western Stars Gallery and Studio, and Red Canyon Art all proudly showcase a wide variety of talent by Colorado creatives. Also watch for pop-up events at NOW Gallery on Main and at the new Wyld Style Studios located at 4559 Hwy. 66. Artsy vintage finds can also be discovered at Rosey’s Rescues, 343 Broadway, Ralston Bros. Antiques, 426 High St., and the antique shop near the intersection of Highways 36 and 66. Stop by to explore their array of offerings and remember to shop locally for year-round gift giving to support area painters, ceramicists, sculptors, framers, collectors, woodworkers, and craftspersons.

Bella la Crema, the novel culinary arts destination at 405 Main, is whipping up some tempting

“All About Regional Owls” at Western stars Gallery, March 16 and 17 Valentine’s creations. For updates and offerings, check the Facebook page for this bustling bistro and butter bar, where custom private parties and pairings can be arranged. Located next to the temporary library. Email shaunalee@bellalacrema.com or call 303-823-UMOO for more details.

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EXPRESSIONS The Popular Vote Bill makes its way through the State House and Senate

By Richard A. Joyce Redstone Review LYONS – Twice in the last 20 years, the presidential candidate with the most popular votes lost to the candidate with Joyce fewer popular votes but more Electoral College votes: Al Gore to George W. Bush in 2000, and Hillary Clinton to Donald Trump in 2016. In Clinton’s case, she won the popular vote by about 3 million but lost in the Electoral College, 304 to 227.

Many Clinton supporters, including the candidate herself, blamed, at least in part, the Electoral College system of electing the president for her loss. That system, in the Constitution from the beginning, mandates that the president and vice president be chosen by vote of electors in the various states. That vote is certified by Congress, which declares the winners.

Forty-eight states use a winner-take-all electoral vote process. In Colorado, both the Republican Party and the Democratic Party nominate nine electors, one for each U.S. House representative and one for each U.S. senator.

If the Republican president / vice president slate wins the popular vote in Colorado, the nine nominated Republican Party electors are certified, and they gather in Denver in December to cast their votes. They are bound by law to vote for the Republican slate that won the popular vote, and there are remedies and penalties in place if any of them go rogue and violate that legal obligation.

So, Clinton lost in 2016 because her 3 million-popular-vote plurality occurred in populous states such as California and New York, where she had already won all the electoral votes there were, while Trump kept gathering additional electoral votes in less populous states, with an unexpected boost from narrow popular vote wins in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Florida. In those three states, Clinton lost the popular vote by ultra-slim margins, and Trump got all the electoral votes.

This is the problem with the current system, many say: A candidate can win the popular vote and lose the electoral

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Automated gate at the recycling center LYONS – Within the next few weeks, an automated gate will be installed at the entrance of the recycling center, located at 198 Second Ave. The gate will be set to a timer to reflect the hours of the recycling center: closing at 7 p.m. and reopening at 7 a.m. daily. But don’t panic. Sensors will also be installed to allow the gate to reopen, for anyone caught inside the recycling center area after the gate has closed at 7 p.m.

Single-stream recyclables are the only items permitted in the recycling center, and dumping of any kind is prohibited (such as mattresses, strollers, electronics, etc.).

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There have been five United States presidential elections in which the winner lost the popular vote. 1) John Quincy Adams 1824, the first presidential election where the popular vote was recorded; 2) Rutherford B. Hayes, 1876; 3) Benjamin Harrison, 1888; 4) George W. Bush, 2000; and 5) Donald Trump, 2016. Trump lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton by almost three million votes in the general election, a gap of 2.1%. vote. It’s happened five times. A lot of people, Republicans included, think it shouldn’t happen at all. So, how can we solve that problem?

One way would be via a Constitutional Amendment abolishing the Electoral College and establishing a national popular vote for the election of president and vice president. That would be the most direct way to go, but it could easily fail, and it would definitely take a long time even if it didn’t.

Another way would be for all states voluntarily to adopt, as Maine and Nebraska have, the Congressional District Method: The winner of each district is awarded one electoral vote, and the winner of the statewide vote is then awarded the state's remaining two electoral votes.

This would seem to be an ideal solution (since states can act quickly on such matters) to ensuring that the popular vote meshes most accurately with the Electoral College vote, but opponents claim there are some math issues with translating popand non-recyclable materials. When placed in recycling bins, these products cause machinery to jam and require additional resources, which ultimately result in increased costs for end users.

Vulnerable persons’ signup list LYONS – The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office, Lyons Fire Protection District, and the Town of Lyons have partnered in a vulnerable persons program. This program allows first responders to check on certain individuals should a community-wide local emergency event occur, such as a power outage or natural disaster. If you or someone you know lives in the 80540 zip code and would like to be placed on this list, sign up online, email Utility Billing Clerk, Audrey Dicus, or visit Lyons Town Hall. All information will be kept confidential and will only be shared with local emergency first responders.

Weekend work at Lyons Valley River Park LYONS – Roberts Excavation, the Lyons Valley River Park contractors, have notified the Town that they anticipate working a few upcoming Saturdays to make up for time lost due to inclement weather. The Lyons Municipal Code permits construction activities from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., all days of the week. The Lyons Valley River Park project is scheduled to be completed in July 2019.

ular votes into proportionally equivalent electoral votes, and getting all the states to adopt identical systems would be like getting a unanimous vote in the U.S. House or Senate on anything.

But there is a third alternative, as represented by SB19-042, a bill sponsored by Colorado Sen. Mike Foote, D-Boulder; Rep. Emily Sirota, D-Arapahoe; and Rep. Jeni James Arndt, D-Larimer. It has

already passed the Colorado Senate and is now in the Colorado House, where its first hearing, as of this writing, is scheduled for February 12.

Better known as the National Popular Vote bill, this measure, if passed and signed by Governor Polis, “enacts and enters into with all other states joining therein the agreement among the states to elect the president of the United States by national popular vote (agreement).”

Basically, Colorado would join with other states in an agreement to ensure that the winner of the national popular vote will be elected president by the electoral college. All the states entering into the agreement would pledge their electoral votes to that mechanism and that end.

The Constitution allows states to enter into agreements, also called compacts, to accomplish certain things mutually beneficial to two or more of them. If no conflict with federal law or the Constitution’s supremacy clause is involved, congressional approval is not needed.

Since the Constitution also gives states a completely free hand in choosing electors and binding their votes to candidates, as evidenced in practice under the current winner-take-all and proportionate systems, it seems evident that such an agreement among states to use the national popular vote as the key to awarding their electoral votes is a legally supportable strategy.

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HOUSING New affordable rentals have been proposed in two areas

LIHTC is awarded in February.

The email stated “The full contents of the State funding applications submitted

By Amy Reinholds About two years ago, the Town of Lyons Longmont including the purchase price to DOLA DOH and CHFA are not purchased the former Longmont water and other closing costs. It also reflects the required to be submitted to the Town of Redstone Review COMMENTARY: AFFORDABLE treatment plant land east of U.S. 36 from average commercial real estate increase for Lyons,” and elaborated that if the project HOUSING LYONS – Lyons lost the City of Longmont to use a portion of commercial real estate in the Denver was requesting local funding (for examIN LYONS about 76 to 94 destroyed it as a permanent home for the town’s Metro Area.” The earnest money required ple, relief from utility tap fees or property homes in the 2013 flood. flood-destroyed public works building and is $40,000, and the buyer is required to taxes), the town would have received an In the past five years, to sell remaining available parcels to buy- submit a Planned Unit Development application directly for the local funds, several locations were ers who want to pursue uses described in application with the Town of Lyons within but Lyons is not providing local funding proposed for new afford- the Lyons Primary Planning Area Master one year from the closing date or pay a for the proposed project. able rental homes. Plan. The land was annexed into town, penalty of $100,000.

It continued. “A summary of the appliResidents who were here and the part that is for sale is currently In my opinion, the more likely location cation and analysis of it by DOLA DOH in March 2015 remem- zoned as agricultural land. The town put for new affordable rentals is Lyons Valley staff was made public by the State when ber the proposal for using out the request for proposals for prospec- Park, where Summit Housing Group is pro- the project is presented by the applicant Reinholds part of Bohn Park to tive buyers with development plans in the posing to build 40 affordable rental homes. (Summit) to the State Housing Board. build subsidized, affordable Boulder fall of 2017. At that time, the Greens During her administrator’s report on Feb. 4, The meeting was open to members of the County Housing Authority public to attend on February 12, rentals and some Habitat for 2019. There was a comment Humanity for-sale affordable period at this meeting, the homes (a total of 50-70 details of which are included in homes), which was rejected the State Housing Board packet. in a town-wide vote, 614 to The State Housing Board pack498. After that vote, a few ets are made available on concepts for subsidized DOH's website after each meetaffordable rentals in Lyons ing at www. colorado.gov/pacifhave been pursued for the $4 ic/dola/state-housing-board-0.” million of federal disaster If Summit gets the funding recovery funds that could from the State Housing Board, still be available for affordand all the other funding able housing. sources, the company could The public learned a few continue with the proposed more details about two areas development in Lyons. Summit where new affordable rental is under contract with Keith homes have been proposed at Bell to purchase land in the the Feb. 4 Lyons Board of Lyons Valley Park subdivision, Trustees meeting. intending to build 11 single First of all, on the eastern family homes on already platcorridor area of Lyons, a resoluted lots and 29 homes in tion for a purchase and sale duplex and triplex buildings on agreement with Paul Taburello Lyons Valley Park Tract A of for the town-owned land near Filing 8 (about 4 acres) – all U.S. 36 and Colorado 66 was rental homes affordable for approved on first reading. It is Lyons Valley Park Tract A of Filing 8, the area where Summit Housing Group plans to build affordable housing people who earn 60 percent of not known whether Thistle in Lyons. PHOTO BY AMY REINHOLDS the area median or less.

Community Housing will conFor the rental homes that tinue to partner with Summit Housing Group is proTamburello to build affordable rental partnership (consisting of Tamburello, Town Administrator Victoria Simonsen posing, the income levels of renters would homes at that location as part of a larger Donna Merten, and Thistle Community reported to the trustees that Summit be 60 percent of the area median income mixed-use development.

Housing) proposed purchasing all the land Housing Group would be presenting to or less. Past discussions from Summit repOne reason is that the $4 million in that Lyons is selling, on both the north State of Colorado on Feb. 12 for funding. resentatives have described income levels Community Development Block Grant – and south sides of the highway (4.3 acres Simonsen also said that Summit is getting in the 40 percent of the area median Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds set at 4651 Ute Hwy. and 3.28 acres at 4652 pre-application materials together for a income, about $36,000 for a single person aside for affordable housing in Lyons Ute Hwy.) for a mixed-use development development plan for affordable rental (or more for a larger household size) and could already be spoken for. Summit that included an innovative food agricul- homes and is starting to meet with Town of up to a five-person household with a Housing Group has a proposal for Lyons ture business, a commercial kitchen, and Lyons planning staff for that process with $70,000 annual income for 60 percent of Valley Park and has applied for the affordable rental homes. the Lyons Planning and Community the area median income. The area mediCDBG-DR funds. To be clear, at this The proposed town contract with Development Commission (PCDC). an income changes every year. You can point it’s not known even if Tamburello Tamburello also includes purchasing all A Town of Lyons email newsletter on download the 2018 Colorado County will continue through the process to pur- the land that is for sale. According to the Feb. 8 stated, “Summit has submitted Income and Rent Tables at www. leaflychase the land. The contract is coming documents available with the Feb. 4 agen- funding applications to the Department ons.org / resources. html. Examples of before the trustees for a second reading, a da, “The purchase price $851,000 will fully of Local Affairs Division of Housing rent estimates that Summit representapublic hearing, and a vote at their next refund Town for the cost of acquiring the (DOLA DOH) for Community tives have given at past meetings for twomeeting on February 19. water treatment property from the City of Development Block Grant – Disaster bedroom apartments are $906 a month Recovery (CDBG-DR) for a 40 percent AMI household, and funds and to the $1,200 a month for a 60 percent AMI Colorado Housing and household, varying depending on family Finance Authority size. The property management site for (CHFA) for 4 percent Summit buildings, www. leasehighland.

Low-Income Housing com, shows what the applications are like Tax Credits. They are for other rentals built by Summit in six separate funding streams states, including homes in Longmont. with separate applicaThe only post-flood, permanently tion and selection affordable housing actually in the conprocesses.” struction phase is at 112 Park St. where Summit is applying for Habitat for Humanity of the St. Vrain MY SPECIALTY SERVICES CDBG-DR funds, avail- Valley is building three duplexes, but • Buyer’s Pre-Purchase Inspections able at a maximum of these homes are not rentals, there are • Seller’s Pre-Listing Inspections $100,000 per rental six, for-sale homes.

• Annual Home Maintenance home, up to $4 million Residential & Mountain Properties Inspections for the proposed total 40 Amy Reinholds served on the Lyons Weekend Brunch • Commercial Property Inspections residences.

This funding, Housing Recovery Task Force from December Sat & Sun, 9am-2pm • Multi-Unit Housing Inspections as well as federal Low 2013 through its end in February 2015. She is Bryan Baer • New Home Inspections Income Housing Tax currently a member of the Lyons Human ISA Certified Arborist • Builder’s Warranty Inspections Credits (LIHTC) helps Services and Aging Commission and served as INSURED • PROFESSIONAL OPEN EVERY DAY 6AM-4PM subsidize the rents to be a liaison to the Special Housing Committee Jerry Powell, CPI (303) 823-8088 5th & High Street InterNACHI® Certified Professional Inspector® affordable.

Typically, during its existence from April 2015 to April (630) 725-8753 (cell) 303.823.2345 303.710.1286 applications are reviewed 2016. She has lived in Lyons since 2003 and www.baerforestry.com www.TheStoneCup.com www.bullseyeinspection.com in January, and the in the surrounding Lyons area since 1995.

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CONCEPTS Lyons Senior activities and meals fill each week

By Kathleen Spring Redstone Review LYONS – Lyons seniors had many opportunities to celebrate the holidays in December. The Town of Lyons Parks and Recreation Department sponsored a bus trip to see the best of Longmont Spring home holiday lights. They started off the evening with dinner at Caprese Trattoria.

Music was in the air. The lunch crowd at the Walter Self Senior Housing Center was visited by Heartsong children’s chorus, and, another week, six members of the Lyons Community Church Christmas carolers visited more than a dozen senior apartments in downtown Lyons. And, the month ended with a potluck New Year’s Eve party, including a white elephant gift exchange.

Many thanks to the cheerful singers!

Lyons Emergency Assistance Fund (LEAF) hosted the Holiday Giving Tree program again this year. It matched local residents with seniors, who received gifts or gift certificates to bring them holiday cheer. Seniors who applied for help also got bountiful food baskets. Many thanks to the volunteers and donors, and to Sam Tallent and Higher Ground Ministry for the big hams and turkeys donated. Thanks to the kind Lyons Elementary School students who gathered loads of donated food, and to Middle / Seniors for household goods, and to the Lyons Community and Catholic Churches for their fresh oranges, apples and potatoes.

For the coming months, the town’s Recreation Center is continuing to sponsor a monthly free watercolor painting class. There is a bus trip to the Denver Art Museum February 21. Another trip will be planned for April. The twice-weekly exercise classes for seniors 50+ continue, open to all levels of fitness. Sometimes the class takes a walk, if the weather is pleasant. The instructor has training in exercise teaching. For more information on dates

English Continued from Page 5 know what the job is worth but because people don’t quite realize the amount of work that goes into upholstery at all levels especially when they can go to Furniture Row or Ikea and buy new pieces cheaply, as they love to tell me,” said English. “I have to explain that redoing an existing quality piece that you love is not only going to last so much longer than cheaply made-in-China furniture but that it helps the environment by not throwing furniture into landfills.”

and Fridays. Note, the time has changed to 12 noon. The cost is $3, or what you can afford. Those under 60 years of age pay $8.25 flat rate. Reserve by calling 303-441-1415 and costs, contact Lori LeGault, 303-823-8250. by 1 p.m. the day before the lunch. Lunch is provided by The seniors’ New Year’s Eve party and the Super Bowl Boulder County Area Agency on Aging and Grants. One party were sponsored by Kathleen Spring (myself), direc- day each month the seniors can enjoy a free shoulder or tor of Loving Lyons Seniors Group (LLSG). I also got neck massage . The next one is February 22. The town donations from the community to pay for a new 55-inch sponsors a monthly birthday party on the last Wednesday TV in the Senior Center, so subtitles can be read from of each month. Occasionally there is a wellness, nutriacross the room. Many thanks to generous donors! Other tion, or Medicare speaker. Pick up a copy of the menu for TV-related activities are coming up in spring, including more information. Volunteers are always needed.

Sunday Movie Day showing a classic and a first-run film, The four local churches provide a free supper almost every Monday at 5:30 p.m. No reservation is needed. These suppers guarantee that every senior in town will receive a weekly hot supper. Many thanks to the hard-working, kind-hearted volunteers: River Community Church, first Monday; Community Lyons Church, third Monday; Lyons Catholic Church, second Monday of every other month; and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, fourth Seniors toast in the new year at their Senior Center party. Left to right, front row: Josie Rios, Tuesday quarterly.

LaVern Johnson, Stevie LaRue, and James McCurry. Back row: Vance French, Janet Additionally, Oskar Freeman, Jerry Johnson, and Steve Mikesell.

PHOTO BY KATHLEEN SPRING Blues Grill and Brew cooks up a senior-style film discussions of films starring a senior, and travelogues free lunch on the first Wednesday of each month, at 11:30

by Lyons resident travelers. LLSG also produces a quar- a.m. And, there is a potluck supper at the Senior Center terly ten-page newsletter with a list of activities and tips on the last Monday of each month, at 5:30 p.m. run by on improving senior wellness. Get on the list by emailing local seniors. Bring a dish to share that serves eight people.

LovingLyonsSeniorGroup@Gmail.com.

Lyons seniors are encouraged to come to the Senior The successful, catered senior lunches are going into Center for crafts, food, or other activities not just for the their third year in April. Lunches are at the Walter Self fun of it, but also to mingle with our great local commuSenior Housing Center and are served on Wednesdays nity of seniors.

What have been the most effective marketing initiatives or programs you have used to promote your business?

“Social media especially Instagram is not only fun but a great way to reach new clients,” said English. “I post recent work and sometimes videos of the process of doing upholstery, so people get an idea of how the shop runs. But word of mouth, doing great work then having people tell their friends and family has been our best advertising. Articles like this one are great so that people know we are here.

Also having a great website and giving quotes on furniture via email so that customers know a ballpark estimate even before walking in my shop.”

Advice for young women who want to start their own business?

“I say go for it,” said English. “You will never be fully prepared for how to do everything, but you will learn as you go and as you grow and succeed you hire the right people to do the things you don’t want to do like the books or the cleaning, etc. But if you wait till the right time, it will never come. Take a chance on yourself.

Festival Continued from Page 6 Bluegrass Band, Punch Brothers Play & Sing Bluegrass, and the Soggy Bottom Boys. I’m With Her, the band formed in 2014 comprised of Sara Watkins, Aoife O’Donovan, and Sarah Jarosz, will play their new single “Call My Name” on July 27. The next day they will perform at the Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison Colorado with John Prine and the Colorado Symphony. Their new single utilizes a new approach but still has beautiful harmonies and uplifting lyrics such as “Call my name, when the world is upside down, I’ll still be around.”

Finishing the festival series is the Folks Festival, taking place this year August 16 to 18 in Lyons. Headliners include Ben Folds, Ani DiFranco, and St. Paul & the Broken Bones. However, new artists will continue to be announced and included in the lineup.

Until summer festivals get into swing the smaller, more intimate Wildflower Pavilion concerts are available on the Planet Bluegrass Ranch in Lyons. John Gorka with Korby Lenker is March 22; Imare with Moors & McCumber, March 29; Lindsay Lou with the Way Down Wanderers, April 5; and Old Salt Union with Special Guests is April 19.

Volunteers’ applications are being accepted for all three of the festivals. Volunteers donate their time in exchange for a free festival pass.

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Winter Wonderland Concert Series The town of Lyons added a whole new event this year, Winter Wonderland Concert Series. Three winter concerts were held from 2 to 4 p.m. in LaVern Johnson Park on January 12, 19 and 26. There was ice skating, hot chocolate and food for all. Attendees bundled up and came for the music, to see friends, to ice skate and to get out with the kids. The town staff hopes to expand the event next year.

Lyons Community Foundation had their turn to host a winter concert. These LCF board members served hot chocolate and shared information about LCF’s work in the Lyons area. They really enjoyed connecting with many locals at this event. Left to right: Beth Smith; Jeanne Moore, LCF Chair; and Gail Frankfort, Treasurer.

Stillwater Continued from Page 5 saw a city-wide program to do composting and recycling.”

When she and her family moved back to Colorado, she wanted a smaller community where she could limit her driving. Living and working in Lyons made that happen.

She, her husband, and daughters ages 13, 7, and 2 now live on a small farm just outside Lyons where they grow their own vegetables, and raise chickens, lambs, and ducks for their meat products. Recently added to their sustainable practices is a worm farm housed in an old aquarium.

The worms eat waste items that other farm animals won’t, such as egg shells,

A&E Continued from Page 9 parade of amazing items such as ceramics, crystals, jewelry, fine art, cards, gifts, and more and is located at 400 Main St. Phone 303-823-5900.

Missin’ your hoedown? Don’t despair. Join Lyons Old-Time Square Dance for their next dance (with old-time reels, mixers, squares, waltzes, and flatfooting) on Saturday, March 2 from 7 to 10 p.m. at Oskar Blues, 303 Main St. All dances are taught and are beginner- and family-friendly. Larry Edelman calls the easiest dances early in the evening alongside the live old-time string band, Nine Dollar Shawl, featuring Andrea Earley Coen, Lori Nitzel, Ellen Rosenberg, and Pat Carbone. Save the dates (future dance: April 6) and bring friends and family and spread the word: $10 for adults, $5 for children, and $25 per family. Contact oldtimedances@musicinlyons.com or call 303-827-6322 with questions.

BOULDER Boulder Dinner Theatre presents Disenchanted! Back by demand, it will play through March 31. Poisoned apples.

Glass slippers. Who needs ’em?! Not Snow White and her posse of disenchanted princesses in the hilarious hit musical that’s anything but Grimm. Disenchanted! was nominated for a 2015 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical and a 2015 Off-Broadway Alliance Award for Best New Musical. The musical is at the BDT Stage Theatre at 5501 Arapahoe Ave. For more information call 303-449-6000 or go to www.bdtstage.com.

water taps: two for the 1-inch tap, one each for the 3/4 inch taps. Instead, under the negotiated MOA, only one C-BT share was required to be paid for. It hasn’t been paid for so far. So three water shares were waived. In 2016, those were worth about $25,000 each (see this chart in this link: https://journalofwater.com/jow/cbtwater-market-indicator-prices-resume-their-climb/). So a total of $75,000 in waived water shares was given.

To be fair Mayor Sullivan pointed out that the town got some benefits as well such as utility easements, rights of way and some redrawn property lines. She said that the town now has to enforce the MOA or try to renegotiate.

The board nixed the renegotiate idea, they felt that they were done with talking.

The bottom line is Lyons Properties got $145,000 of monetary benefits on water shares and water tap fees under the MOA. In return, it had to acquire and put up one water share, at a cost of approximately $25,000 and now it owes the money.

Trustee Jocelyn Farrell offered a motion for a 60day deadline for compliance. Mayor Sullivan asked Town Attorney Brandon Dittman for advice.

Dittman was reluctant to give out legal advice on this issue in an open meeting and suggested the board go into executive session where he could give more detailed advice and recommendations. Ferrell’s motion was voted down and the board decided to hold an executive session at some future time.

In other matters, Town Administrator Victoria

avocado skins and pits, hair from hair brushes, and broccoli stalks.

Stillwater engages in traditional recycling programs available for local businesses, and Hart is always looking for new practices.

In her search she discovered TerraCycle, a company based in New Jersey with a Colorado presence.

According to its website, TerraCycle offers a variety of programs through which individuals can recycle nearly every type of waste. The company partners with corporations that for free (including shipping) will accept hard-torecycle waste.

For instance, for free recycling the Colgate company will accept empty tooth-

Application for the 2019 Pearl Street Arts Fest 2019, named one of the Top 100 Fine Arts and Design shows in the Country by Sunshine Artist magazine, is open until February 21. The July 20 and 21 event held on the Pearl Street Mall features whimsical and modern sculptures to traditional watercolors, oils and more. Find information at Zapplication.org. Accepted artists are notified in March. Potential sponsors contact sponsor@downtownboulder.org.

LONGMONT Homeschool Art Lessons offered by Alt Art Ed: Private or group lessons focus on creativity, individual expression, art skills, and processes. Local artist and educator Tyrell Coover offers home delivery or a space to teach your children art-making, art from history, and art worldwide.

Lessons are customized based on previous art experience and are goal-driven. Cost is based on age, length of lesson, number of children, and location. Affordable art for everyone. References and resume available. Contact AltArtEd@gmail.com.

Colorado Festival Productions brings the seventh annual Front Range Film Festival February 23 and 24 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. It will be an Oscar celebration in downtown Longmont in the Creative District and Experience CoWorking space, where supporting members achieve work / life balance through business development, individual sustainability, and community interaction, at 473 Main St. For FRFF details contact Jake Fink at 646-391-0876 or jake@coloradofests.com.

Simonsen told the board that a bid for the Eastern Corridor utilities project came in at about $1 million over budget, so she and engineer Joe Kubala would rework the proposal and submit the bid again later in the month.

An emergency ordinance to amend the town code for a water rights dedication did not go smoothly. The town needs more water shares. The town owns some junior water rights in the Ralph Price Reservoir and some Colorado-Big Thompson water shares, but this will not meet all the emergency needs of the town in a drought crisis. Developers are required to buy water shares for the town for each plat developed. For many years the town boards have let developers pay a fee for water shares instead of buying the shares and giving them to the town, a very careless move since the water shares were cheap back then and are now way more expensive.

Kubala said a water share is now about $40,000 and the town has only two left. He is waiting for the price of water shares to go down so the town can buy them on the open market. He said he would like about 20 more shares; the two that are left are dedicated to lots already platted. This ordinance went before the board last month as an emergency ordinance and passed but had to be redone because of a procedural issue. It did not pass this time so now it has to go through the regular process, which takes several months. Administrator Simonsen said she will contact Longmont to see what other water shares they will accept. Lyons buys all its water from Longmont and Lyons trades its shares each year in Ralph Price and Colorado-Big T for Longmont water.

paste tubes and used brushes, and Honest Kids will accept empty drink pouches.

Through Stillwater’s storefront the business will receive snack squeeze tubes, energy bar wrappers, toothpaste tubes and toothbrushes, natural care product containers, and personal care and beauty packaging from the public. Those waste materials are collected and sent off for recycling through the TerraCycle program.

As a result of the sustainable practices

employed at home and in the business, only a tiny bit of the Harts’ waste materials ends up in a landfill.

Stillwater Healing Arts in Lyons offers natural medicine healthcare, spa services, and medicinal products in its facility at 418 High St. For more information go to stillwaterhealingarts.com, stop by the shop, or call 303-823-9355. Hart is available for consultation on methods of living more sustainably.

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Mayor Continued from Page 3 Markel was approached by one particular Lyons citizen to see if they would be open to such an arrangement, and the response was positive, but no viable path forward emerged at the time. That solution has now arrived in the form of a new proposal by Summit Housing Group who purchased several lots in Lyons Valley Park that had been previously zoned and/or platted for residential development. Shifting the focus from Bohn Park or other protected land to parcels already designated for residential development, including multifamily units, contrasts the current proposal from the 2014 project. Ironically, some of the same citizens who supported this idea in 2014 have now written to the State Housing Board in opposition to Summit’s proposal.

Another difference between the current proposal and the 2014 project is the process used for selecting an affordable housing developer. Some residents in 2014 objected to the non-competitive selection of Boulder County Housing Authority to build the units because they thought Boulder County would somehow not prioritize Lyons’ displaced residents. The current project utilized a competitive process to select a housing developer, which resulted in the selection of Summit Housing Group. Several developers submitted responses to the town’s request for proposals, and ultimately, Summit was awarded the project in March of 2018 after making a

Bill Continued from Page 10 votes, 270 being the minimum needed to win in the Electoral College. The 11 states and District of Columbia that individually have passed the measure and joined the compact now control 172 electoral votes.

With Colorado, it would be 181.

For many reasons, gathering the remaining 89 electoral votes needed by the compact may not be easy, and 270 must be reached before July 20 in any presidential election year in order to activate the compact’s core provisions, which come into play shortly after election day.

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public presentation to the Board of Trustees. Both projects are required by the funding source to give priority to residents who were displaced by the 2013 flood.

Yet another marked difference between the 2014 proposal and the current Summit project is the dissemination of information to the general public. A plan for development comes forward in a public meeting at the moment when the project requires board or planning commission action (e.g., rezoning or development plan review).

When a project does not require board approval (i.e. it conforms with the existing zoning), it goes through the usual building permit process. The 2014 project and subsequent public process was unique because town-owned park property was involved in the proposal.

Since the selection of a developer and the transfer of the property to Summit, there have been no required board approval steps. If and when Summit does submit an application, the project will require a development plan review for the multi-family units. Summit has elected to ensure the funds are awarded before spending time and money on the site development process. If an application is ultimately submitted, then the developer will be required to submit detailed plans according to the requirements in the town code for addressing traffic, water drainage, parking, lighting, etc. The town recently released a statement explaining the status of the project in more detail. Check the town website for additional information related to reason rezoning is

States may leave the compact as long as they do so before that same July 20 date in a presidential election year. If they fail to leave before that date, they must abide by the compact’s provisions until after a president and vice president are inaugurated following the election.

There are those who oppose the measure, of course, so we can be sure it will be challenged in court at some point. But many law professors and even several nationally prominent Republicans support the compact and the idea behind it.

The one real drawback here is a perceptual one. It may appear to those voters

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Neighbors who live near a new development area are encouraged to share their concerns and questions with the developer and the planning commission and/or Board of Trustee members at a public hearing, which will be scheduled after the application is received. However, the discussions about any particular development proposal are required to take place in public, at the public hearing. Once a development application is submitted, town officials will direct inquiries to the public documents and town staff; and will avoid engaging in off-line (ex parte) conversations. Don’t be discouraged if elected officials and planning commissioners defer questions until the hearing, as they are required to do so to ensure the integrity of the process.

While details can be slow to emerge, it is because the project is following the usual trajectory any development project is required to follow. When following the process outlined in the Town Code, the developer typically conducts the due diligence and secures the funding before putting the plans forward. In other words, the Summit project is following the usual path for development proposals. I realize many residents are anxious to learn more about this development plan and how it has evolved since Summit’s initial meetings with the community. For now, the required process demands that we wait for the application from Summit before any further steps or action occurs.

in any state whose candidate of choice does not win the national popular vote that their votes were wasted or counted for nothing. But if that were so, then it would be true of those who vote for the losing candidate in any contested election, from the local to the federal level.

And that way of thinking is absurd on its face in a system of government that requires voting in order to function.

Coloradans have proven many times that they are willing to experiment both conservatively (Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights) and in a socially liberal (Amendment 64, legalizing marijuana) way in order to move

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toward a better future. All experiments have risks, and many have downsides. We really never know until we turn onto a road just how smooth the journey will be.

In the case of SB19-042, the National Popular Vote Compact, we have nothing to lose by testing its merits in cooperation with those in other states who want an electoral vote system that works for all presidential candidates and for the people of the United States. It’s the best alternative to the one flaw in the Electoral College system that we can’t continue to ignore. Colorado should join the compact.

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