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Election results in Colorado LYONS – Colorado, with nine electoral votes, went Blue again in the 2020 election which made the majority of Colorado voters very happy. Democratic strategist Craig Hughes and Republican strategist Josh Penry spoke on Colorado Public Radio on November 16 and Hughes said, “Trump was just toxic in Colorado from his first year in office with people in the suburbs, white women, Hispanics, Black people and other groups.”

The polls were correct in Colorado. Trump’s disapproval ratings were always above 50 percent.

The state has voted Blue in the last four elections. Colorado voters voted twice for Barack Obama, once for Hillary Clinton, and once for Joe Biden. The race was called for Biden right after the polls closed because Colorado counts the mail-in ballots weeks before the election and all eligible voters receive a mail-in ballot.

• Joe Biden (D) won 55.4 percent of the vote to Trump’s (R) 41.9 percent of the vote; 3,256,062 people’s votes have been counted so far. About 21 candidates for president were on the Colorado ballot including Kanye West who won just over 8,000 votes.

• Former Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) won the Senate race over incumbent Cory Gardner (R).

Gardner was closely tied to Trump and was unable to gain much ground especially after he voted against the Affordable Care Act. • U.S. Representative incumbent Joe Neguse (D) won re-election in District 2 and Marta Loachamin (D) won a Boulder County Commissioner seat in District 2 by 74.3 to 25.6 percent.

• Amendment 73 to clarify that only a citizen can vote won, passed by 68 to 32 percent.

• Amendment B, which dealt with the Gallagher Amendment, passed by 58 to 43 percent. Colorado voted to repeal the part of Continue Election Briefs on Page 7

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Town discuses revenues, CARES grants for businesses, copper limits in water, and other issues

By Susan de Castro McCann Redstone Review Editor LYONS – Town Administrator Victoria Simonsen told the town board members at the board meeting in mid- November that there are 36 COVID cases in Lyons that have tested positive, and that does not count the people who use PO boxes as their main address.

“There are likely more than that number that are positive in Lyons,” she said.

Simonsen added that those who tested positive with PO boxes are listed in a different grouping and she was not sure where they were listed, possibly in some county grouping. There are now only 10 ICU beds available in Boulder County and cases in long-term care facilities are on the rise. Testing is now available in Lyons on Fridays in the parking lot at 200 2nd Ave. from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Boulder County Public Health, in partnership with Boulder Community Health, and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, are doing the testing.

In the financial news, Finance Director Jill Johnson reported that sales taxes were lower in September than last month (October).

There was a 25 percent reduction in sales tax revenues in October and 25 percent projected reduction for December with a 10 percent projected reduction for November from the amount budgeted, but Johnson said that the town is looking at a 1 percent reduction in

sales tax revenues over all for the year over the budgeted amount, which Johnson said, “Is pretty spectacular I think.”

In other news, Utilities Director Aaron Caplan gave an update on the wastewater treatment facility. Mayor Nick Angelo said, “I see we exceeded our allowable limit on copper again in October. Are you saying that we were out of compliance for five or six months?”

Caplan said, “Right. We got our side streaming program started in May, so we were out of compliance for June, July, August, September and in October it started to go down again. I’ve learned that it can take time to clear it out of the system if there is one big batch (that comes into the system).”

Mayor Angelo asked Caplan why, now that the plant has a new general permit, the levels of copper were allowed to be higher than they were under the old permit.

Caplan said. “It’s not the general permit, it is moving the outfall to a new location, which we have done, and that new location allows for (more) copper. We have new levels of stream that each give you an outfall limit on how much copper can be released into the stream.”

There was some good news for Lyons.

Administrator Simonsen said that Boulder County has received $27 million from the CARES Act and is going to shoot about $150,000 over to Lyons to help with grants for local businesses. The money has

to be spent by the end of the year. Main Street manager Brianna Hoyt has agreed to work extra hours to help local business fill out forms for the grants. This CARES Act funding can be used for business revenue losses.

Simonsen said there was more good news; the 4th Avenue Pedestrian Bridge has been fully funded. The Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Relief grant that the town has for $125,000 can be used as matching funds to build the bridge and now the town will not need to take the funding out of the General Fund. The money must be spent prior to July 2021. This means that Lyons will have a new pedestrian bridge next summer.

Members of the town board unanimously voted down Ordinance 1088 on second reading to repeal and replace sections of the ordinance concerning vehicle impoundment, parking, abandoned vehicles, etc.

The Town Board voted to pass ordinance 1090, and to grant the developer Paul Tamburello his request for an extension to apply for a PUD outlined in his contract to buy / sell real estate with the Town of Lyons.

Tamburello said that due to the impacts of the global COVID-19 pandemic and the need to submit a map revision he needed more time. Tamburello purchased the properties 4651 and 4652 Ute Hwy. to develop in the Eastern Corridor.

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LYONS Letter to Neighbors: Lyons Fire has been working with the Town of Lyons to ensure we have enough water for firefighting purposes throughout town as well Pischke as the entire district, and we could use the help of the public as well.

As leaves change and fall, we’re starting to notice fire hydrants that, in the summer, have been obscured from view and difficult to access because of so much plant growth around them. If you have a fire hydrant on your property that’s obscured in any way, please take a minute and clear access from around your hydrant out as far as five feet around the hydrant with no material between the hydrant and access point. This allows fire personnel to easily

see the hydrant and also access it if needed. Doing this will also help out the town, as its employees will be better able to conduct fire flow tests.

Your cooperation in this matter is greatly appreciated. Should you have any questions, feel free to give us a call at 303823-6611 or email us at publicinformation@lyonsfire.org.

Thank you Interim Chief Steve Pischke

Dear Lyons Community, What a month it has been for wildfires in our own backyards! First off, we want to extend our deepest thanks to everyone that stepped up to support our community and keep everyone safe during the CalWood fire. We wouldn’t have been able to

do this without the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office, the Town of Lyons and the Type Two Incident Team. We also want to mention all of the other fire departments in the area especially our closest neighbors of Hygiene, Pinewood and Lefthand fire, for all of their amazing work. And then there was this community in particular, the local businesses and community members who made us sandwiches, brought us pies and sent us thank you cards. We deeply appreciate the support and want to thank each and every one of you back.

Thank you.

It has been almost a month since the CalWood fire began on October 17. As of the writing of this article, the CalWood fire is at 10,106 acres and 85 percent contained. The fire has not had a hot spot or smoke in several days. The last activity that was seen on the fire was on November

8, at which point Boulder County completed 13 bucket drops via helicopter on an area of smoke near Central Gulch and crews were able to mitigate that area. By November 10, the area had received two inches of snow and no additional smoke has been reported. Crews continue to monitor this fire until the County feels that the risk of CalWood Fire has been mitigated. We will make sure the community knows when the County makes this declaration. Please keep an eye on our Facebook and Twitter pages for information on CalWood’s status as well as other helpful community safety information.

Thank you again, Lyons, for your support and safety over the past month.

Marya Washburn, Communications for the Lyons Fire Protection District

Lyons Leos work with Lions Club to clean up Hwy. 7 LYONS – On Saturday November 15, a group of Lyons Middle / High School students in the Lyons Leos Club, along with their sponsors, members of the Lyons Lions Club, showed up to clean up trash along Colorado Hwy. 7. About 11 or 12 kids showed up for the cleanup. “This is the most kids we have ever had for a project,” said Ron Gosnell, Lions Club member.

Last year the Leos put in a record number of service hours for the community. The Leos and the Lions Clubs have been using safe COVID practices since the begin-

ning of the pandemic. The Leos were founded several years ago by Jonelle Tucker, member of the Lions Club, along with a few others. The Lions Club has been doing regular cleanups on Highway for over 20 years.

Lyons Leos, from left: Sam Rieck, Junior; Hannah Schweiger, Senior; Avery Joy, Senior; Hannah Thomas, Senior; Sam Dorschel, Junior; Arjen Wynja, Junior; Sage Wynja, 9th grade; and Cole Thomas, Sophmore.

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L E T T E R •T O •T H E •E D I T O R St. Vrain and Left Hand Water Conservancy District On November 3 voters in the Saint Vrain and Left Hand Water Conservancy District approved the district’s request for an increase in the mill levy. The Board of Directors is sincerely grateful for the support of our constituents and your expressed confidence in the district.

We are committed to responsible financial stewardship and have already begun the work of setting priorities for 2021 and beyond.

We will be guided in our efforts by the 5 Point Water Action Plan and the recently completed Stream Management Plan, as well as the need to respond to current events, such as the fires that have plagued our watersheds this year. Both plans are available on our website www.svlhwcd.org, and we encourage citizens to visit the

site to learn more about the Saint Vrain and Left Hand Water Conservancy District and our efforts to protect the watershed resources we all enjoy.

Again, thank you, and feel free to contact the district for additional information.

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Correction from Lauren Click, Chair of LAHC In the October 14 / November 18, 2020 Redstone Review, in the story, “LAHC has a renewed commitment to support the arts, artists, and business in the community,” the quote attributed to Connie McGuire, owner and curator of Red Canyon Art, stating that “More than last season – I am selling a lot of art pieces” was from the article, “Struggling artists and the Lyons Arts and Humanities Commission,” by Tamara Vega Haddad, which was published in the Lyons Recorder on September 18, 2020. The LAHC regrets the error.

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CORNERSTONE Lyons Vibe: A window into the Lyons Main Street Program

By Brianna Hoyt Redstone Review LYONS – Historic sandstone buildings, bluegrass and music festivals, unique and independently owned businesses: there are so many things that make Lyons a wonderful place to live.

In 2010, Lyons joined the Colorado Main Street Program to revitalize its downtown district through preservationbased economic development and community revitalization.

The Main Street Program consists of four pillars: economic vitality, design, organization, and promotion. The program operates through the Economic Vitality Commission with the goal of supporting our local economy, tourism, and businesses. More recently, a few of the successful projects that the Colorado Main Street Program funded in Lyons include updating town-wide wayfinding maps and signs, purchasing bicycle fix-it stations, business recruitment consultations, and market opportunity assessments.

Lyons is currently a Candidate Community, which is the second tier of the Colorado Main Street Program. Lyons Main Street is working on advancing to the next level in the program to gain access to more funding for strategic community wide development. The Lyons Main Street Program and the Economic Vitality Commission continue to strive towards revitalization and

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building a stronger local economy by working with Main Street consultants and using Main Street grants for important lasting community improvements.

In the last several months, the Lyons Main Street Program has overseen projects such as distributing personal protective equipment to local businesses at the start of COVID-19 and developing a mask voucher program to recognize and encourage visitors to wear their masks during the busy Labor Day Weekend. Currently, the Lyons Main Street Program is working with

the Colorado Tourism Office to inventory Lyons’ winter recreation assets and businesses. Our goal is to build a strategic marketing package to promote Lyons safely this coming winter, and to develop a roadmap for future winter tourism promotion.

The Lyons Main Street Program exists to energize promotional activities, engage the businesses in the community, and keep Lyons’ commercial district vibrant. As the Main Street Manager, I work with the Economic Vitality Commission and volunteers to implement the Main Street principles.

As a part of the Main Street Program, Lyons is connected to every other Main Street Community in Colorado. Many of these communities are small towns that face the same challenges and opportunities that we do, and the Main Street Program provides each of us with opportunities to share successes and ideas. This collaboration plays an important role in development and tackling challenges for our community. Collaborative work is vital to any type of development, and I welcome ideas from the greater Lyons community and your suggestions to enhance the Lyons Main Street Program.

This year, our community has faced more challenges than normal. Supporting our businesses and shopping local will be more important than ever. According to the Small Business Administration, 60 to 70 percent of a purchase percolates within the local economy. This means that for every $100 spent in Lyons, $60 to $70 ripples throughout the local Lyons economy.

Many of our Lyons businesses are owned by local families who are working hard to continue to provide services to our community. Lyons is joining with Colorado’s statewide campaign to safely support small businesses throughout the holiday season.

While you are planning your safe winter activities, keep our Lyons businesses in mind. Support our businesses so that they can continue to create the Lyons VIBE that we all love.

Brianna Hoyt is the Main Street Program Manager for the Town of Lyons. She can be reached at bhoyt@townoflyons,com.

Big bear arrives at Lyons Regional Library

By Kara Bauman Redstone Review LYONS – Lyons has a new resident whose address is the corner of Fourth and Railroad Avenues. Those walking or driving by the library are urged not to be alarmed, call the Department of Wildlife, Bauman nor worry about their trash; this giant bear is definitely the friendly sort.

Created by local artist Anita Miller, the sculpture, depicting a large bear with a book-reading boy in its lap, was installed at the library on Wednesday, November 18. Dave Papuga, of Lyons Lawn and Landscape, generously donated his time, lift, and trailer in the effort to relocate the bear from Miller’s garage to the Library.

Miller, an accomplished artist most recently recognized in Lyons for the Bell of Renewal that resides in the west end of Bohn Park, says she first felt the urge to sculpt a bear on a rock. She thought the bear looked lonely on his rock and wanted him to have a friend. She says her own son as a kid and his special fondness for bears came to mind and suddenly the bear had a partner. The boy, however, looked like he needed something to do. What else would a boy in the lap of a large bear do but read a book?

The idea came together, and according to her, celebrates the joy of reading and how one’s imagination can take one away and even make a huge, friendly bear become real.

Miller chose a sculptable cement-like clay called Pal

Tiya as her medium. Pal Tiya was developed in Australia primarily for special effects and Miller had to take a class to learn to use the proprietary material. Initially, she sculpted a small, 8-to-10-inch version of the piece that she then had scanned and 3D printed into a seven-foot tall replica from foam. The foam replica was then reinforced internally with rebar. Miller’s husband, Rob, mixed batch after batch while she applied layers, sculpting directly as she went as each five-cup batch is easily workable for only about 15 minutes at a time. The end result, after a week of curing, is as strong as stone and weatherproof; but please, no climbing up to join the young reader.

The library plans to launch a naming contest for the bear soon, so make sure to visit and meet our new resident to get a feel for the best name to capture his personality.

The library and Anita wish to sincerely thank both the Town of Lyons and the Lyons Arts and Humanities Commission for their support and assistance in bringing the bear home to the library. Sorting out details like ownership, insurance, and recognition is made so much easier with great partnerships. The library is proud to support LAHCs mission to beautify the streets of Lyons, promote local art, and educate the viewing public on artistic inspirations and procedures.

Anita says, “The new library felt like the best place for him to live as he welcomes and invites people to experience the joy of reading.” The board and staff of the library couldn’t agree more and are thrilled with the whimsical installation they’re sure will become a destination in Lyons.

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A presently unnamed big bear and friend have come to live at the Lyons Regional Library.

Kara Bauman is the Director of the Lyons Community Library and holds an MLIS from the University of Kentucky. She’s an avid fly angler, enjoys craft beer, and in non-COVID times travels extensively to see her favorite band, Widespread Panic.

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INTEREST Lyons’ Lyon: The founder of Lyons

By Brianna Hoyt Redstone Review LYONS – Entrepreneur, postmaster, builder: Edward S. Lyon wore many hats during his short time in Colorado. He was born in Connecticut in 1843. He served in the Union Army’s 7th Connecticut Infantry, Company K during the Civil War. Due to health issues, in his late 30s he moved to Colorado under the recommendation of his doctor.

In 1880, Lyon traveled west with a small group of men. He quickly realized that he was the only one of the group with funds and felt obligated to help support Buchanan, Phillips, and William O. Griffith. While trying to find land or work, Lyon went out riding near the St. Vrain Valley. He later wrote in one of his letters, “Looking down in that beautiful valley, I saw for the first time the very spot that looked good to me.” (Weaver, 3). The next day he purchased a 160-acre ranch from Hiram F. Sawyer on the North Fork of the St. Vrain River. Lyon quickly discovered that he had 40 acres of lime rock and 40 acres of sandstone, though without a way to ship the stone, he struggled to find buyers. Lyon then decided to purchase a half-interest in 40-acres owned by Deckster Smith and hired men to quarry limestone.

Lyon soon brought his four children from Connecticut to Colorado and began building what would become the town of Lyons.

In 1881, Lyon started platting the townsite, and in June of 1882, the area was filled with tents, homes, and businesses. As families began moving to the area, Lyon and Hugh McDermitt saw the need for a school. In 1881, they began construction on the school house. In 1884, Lyon built the Stone House at 426 High Street. It was a two-story building that served many pur-

poses. Soon after construction was completed, Thomas J. Thorne opened a general store in the building. The Stone House also functioned as a post office while Lyon served as postmaster from 1889 to 1893.

In 1885, the Denver, Utah, and Pacific Railroad built a narrow-gauge track into Lyons giving local quarries the ability to ship limestone and redstone to Denver and beyond. The quarries boomed and Lyons, Colorado was exporting limestone and redstone to several states. As more people moved to the town, Lyon felt that there was a need for a permanent pastor, “because the town has many saloons and the kids have to have some spiritual upbringing.” In 1889, he helped organize the First Congregational Church. He brought Reverend John Parker to town and sat on the church’s board. Construction on the church was completed in 1894.

Edward S. Lyon’s children also had an impact on the formation of the town. His daughter, Lillie Lyon Thorne Smith played an important role in organizing the First Congregational Church of Lyons and served as its first treasurer. She then went on to open and operate Thorncroft, a sanatorium for consumption patients, with her husband Thomas J. Thorne. She continued running the facility after his death. In 1917 the sanatorium was converted to a cottage camp for tourists and the name changed to Bella Vista. She and her second husband operated the camp until his death in 1921. One of his sons, Leonard Lyon, died in an explosion in the Golden Rule Store, and his other son, Frank Lyon, became a rancher in Cowdrey, Colorado. Edward S. Lyon’s other daughter, Eva, married William Thorne, the town’s first marshal. Eva and William eventually moved to Denver.

Edward S. Lyon’s luck took a turn in the early 1890s. He ran into financial difficul-

Edward S. Lyon came west from Connecticut in 1880 and built the town that would become Lyons. ties and fell behind on his taxes for the Stone House and had to sell the property.

In 1893, silver prices plummeted causing an economic depression in Denver. Edward S. Lyon felt the effects of this economic crash and lost his fortune. In 1895, he left his home in Colorado and moved to San Diego, California where he married Dora March, who had previously worked in the Lyons Post Office. He never returned to Colorado and passed away January 4, 1931. He was buried in San Diego’s Greenwood Memorial Park.

Fire, flood, fear, and flexibility

By Janaki Jane Redstone Review LYONS – For years after the September 2013 floods every time it rained hard, I got anxious. I would see on Facebook that others Jane who lived through the floods were also feeling stressed. We were feeling Post Traumatic Stress (PTS).

On October 17, 2020, my husband and I got a phone call from Boulder County telling us to pack up and leave. We were under “immediate mandatory evacuation orders.” We went outside and there was an immense billow of smoke high over the trees. It was very close. We went back inside to pack and leave, not knowing if we would have a home to come back to after we left.

I don’t remember much about packing

that day. I look at some of the things I took and others I left behind, and I’m bewildered.

What was I thinking? The truth is that I wasn’t. My brain was hijacked by my fear and thinking went out the window. My Post Traumatic Stress Disorder had taken over.

PTS and PTS Disorder, or PTSD, can happen after we live through one or a series of traumatic events. PTS/PTSD is “triggered” when a later event causes our nervous system to activate like it did at the time of the initial trauma. Everyone responds to trauma differently; it truly is in the eye of the beholder. Some people get PTS or even PTSD from events that others will brush off. It depends on many things, including past experiences, our biochemistry and genetics, and how much “resilience” we have built up in our lives.

We can choose to become more resilient. It takes some work, but it is worth-

while effort. PTS/PTSD can be managed, and often overcome, by accepting what happened and building resilience. Researchers have found six things help build resilience: 1) optimism, 2) cognitive flexibility, 3) active coping skills, 4) maintaining a supportive social network, 5)

Many of the structures he helped build still stand in the Town of Lyons today. To learn more about those buildings, take the Lyons Historic District Walking Tour on theclio.com. Though the Lyons Redstone Museum is currently closed, staff continues to conduct research and work on future exhibits. However, you can also explore the museum’s virtual exhibits by visiting the Lyons Redstone Museum’s VirMuze.com page. Donations are always welcome and help the museum continue to create exhibits and preserve Lyons’ history. attending to one’s physical well-being, and 6) embracing a personal moral compass.

Everyone can benefit from working to become more resilient to what life sends our way. This is one reason why the loneliness epidemic in the United States right now is so dangerous: number four on the list above – having a supportive social group – is an important part of being able to cope with life in general, and scary events in particular. Eating well and sleeping enough and exercising regularly help us to maintain our equilibrium in times of crisis. Practicing seeing the glass as half-full is a great exercise in optimism, one that can be done around the dinner table or on a phone call with friends or as a five-minute journaling exercise in the evenings.

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OPTIONS The stories, the art and the organizations that unite and define us

By Terry de Castro Redstone Review “… beautiful objects …they encode stories that are so intensely personal you can feel the human heart beating.”

Julie Schafler Dale, gallerist “Craft and art are core to the democracy that we have here in the United States.”

Robert L. Lynch, CEO and president of Americans for the Arts LOS ANGELES, Calif – This December two new episodes of the documentary series Craft in America are premiering on PBS: Storytellers and Democracy. Craft in America is a Peabody Award-winning series discovering the beauty, significance, and relevance of handmade objects and the artists who make them. For the last 13 years the series has been taking viewers on cultural journeys across this nation, honoring the multiplicity of craft artists and exploring the dynamic evolution of contemporary craft.

Storytellers highlights artists who use narrative to communicate personal stories and universal truths, creating a uniquely powerful expression of our human experience. Democracy explores how craft is intertwined with our nation’s defining principles, providing inspiring examples of artists and organizations working together to embody our democratic ideals.

The series was created in 2007 by Carol Sauvion, a potter and lover of craft with a passionate mission. She wanted to shed light on the importance of craft, which she strongly felt was very much under the radar at that time. She believed that television was the most effective way to bring craft artists and their work to the fore and has since produced 25 episodes to date.

Sauvion and her crew have traveled all over the country, filming more than 100 artists, documenting their

processes, highlighting their work, and telling their stories. Through the founding of the Craft in America Center in 2009 with its exhibitions, events and educational programs, she has significantly expanded the number of artists she has been able to highlight, with over 150 artists featured last year alone.

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series’ trademarks. I remember the first one I saw when I joined the organization in 2011, entitled Family. I’d never seen anything like it, and I was wowed by the gorgeous cinematography that documented the artists at work: the mesmerizing woodturning of the Moulthrop family; the thrilling, white-hot glass-twisting process of Dante Marioni; and bootmaker Lisa Sorrell’s exquisitely skilled leather sewing. But it’s not just the artists and their processes that make the series so special, it’s also what the artists endeavor to express through their work, the mulitfarious backgrounds they come from, and the profoundly evocative subjects they explore.

Two of the most recent episodes, Quilts and Identity, feature some of the most affecting stories of the entire series. Woodworker Wendy Maruyama, a Japanese American artist whose personal challenges include deafness and cerebral palsy, makes gorgeous, heart-wrenching works of art, one of which is a haunting installation: hanging clusters of reproduced, paper identity tags with the names of inmates from Japanese internment camps, entitled The Tag Project.

Harlem quilter Michael Cummings depicts the African American experience in his multi-faceted fiber creations, from slave ships to historical figures to jazz musicians.

Navajo quilter Susan Hudson speaks in stitches about the crushing experiences of her ancestors and the tragic disappearance of Native women and girls in her community today.

The first new episode, Storytellers, features four wildly unique artists, all of whom use narrative devices in their work: ceramic artist George Rodriguez, whose oversize sculptures are human expressions, influenced by mythology, global civilizations, a spirit of play, and his Chicano heritage; multi-disciplinary artist Nicholas Galanin, an artist of Tlingit and Aleut ancestry; textile artist Linda Mendelson, who draws inspiration from poetry and pushes the boundaries of wearable art; and glass artist Christina Bothwell, who lost her entire studio in a catastrophic fire and explores her interest in birth, death, and renewal while imbuing her magical pieces with a sense of wonder and hope.

The second new episode, Democracy, is both timely and relevant. It features the unveiling of the Native American Veterans Memorial – the last memorial to be built on the National Mall in Washington D.C. – and its designer, Cheyenne Peace Chief Harvey Pratt. In addition, tying in with National Native American Heritage

Month, the episode features the Hearts of Our People, an exhibition at the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Art Museum that showed earlier this year, exhibiting the art of Native American women. In this episode segment, one of the exhibition artists and advisors, Carla Hemlock, tells a true story.

She talks about the Iroquois Confederacy and how the framers of the Constitution consulted them on the structure of their organization, particularly with the employment of checks and balances. Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Payne met with the Confederacy, and what they learned from them was written into the Constitution.

Hemlock says, “But the main thing they did not include was the role of the women. Laws, acts of war – women sat in on every discussion ... there was no hierarchy in our society where men were higher than women or women were higher than men. Everyone had this equal voice.”

The Democracy episode has even more to offer, with segments on arts advocacy and Americans for the Arts, the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the National Museum of the American Indian, and a wonderful segment on Berea College in Kentucky:

a free and highly progressive college founded in 1855 where traditional Appalachian craft is kept alive through historic innovative programs that foster a diverse and integrated student body.

I think Democracy may be the most atypical of the 25 Craft in America episodes, but I also think it may be one of the best. “Through these examples, Craft in America: Democracy explores how the interaction between government and the arts inspires our lives, fuels the creative economy, and protects our multicultural heritage. Perhaps more than ever, it is important that we hear the voices of the artists and cultural workers who define and unite our nation through their work,” according to Craft in America.

Storytellers and Democracy premiere on PBS at 9 and 10 p.m. (check local listings, as dates and times may differ).

Democracy is available to stream now on the PBS Video App, PBS.org/craftinamerica and craftinamerica.org.

Watch all episodes online: PBS.org/craftinamerica and craftinamerica.org.

Terry de Castro lives in Los Angeles where she teaches yoga and works for the PBS series and arts organization, Craft in America. She was a member of a British indie rock band called The Wedding Present and continues to stand in on occasion playing bass guitar.

Episodes and mages clockwise from left: Craft: Teri Greeves – Beadworking & Belonging; Identity: Diego-Romero, Cochiti Polychrome Bowl “Cochiti Maiden”; Democracy: Harvey-Pratt in his studio; Quilt: Michael Cummings

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EDUCATE A solar energy project will create renewable energy for Lyons

By Don Moore Redstone Review LYONS – If all goes as planned, soon Lyons will have an array of solar panels on a plot about one acre in size. The inexMoore pensive renewable energy provided by the sun through the array will amount to a projected 5 percent of the entire electrical needs of the town.

The project is the brainchild of Lyons resident, Lee Hall, who together with Jim Kerr, former Board of Trustees member and current chair of the Lyons Utilities and Engineering Board (UEB), spearheaded the creation of the solar farm. Hall is also a member of the UEB board. Hall and Kerr (who had a career in systems engineering before retirement) have been working closely with Aaron Caplan, Director of Utilities for the Town of Lyons, to move the project forward.

Asked how he became involved, Hall replied, “I had the good fortune to live in a cutting-edge solar dorm in high school in the early 1980s. It was the most comfortable dorm on campus – even during the coldest and hottest periods of the year.” He was a convert to solar energy, became a student of it, and in 2019 had his home installed with solar electric generation. Neither Hall nor Kerr is being paid for his services.

At a recent meeting, the Lyons Town Board of Trustees authorized the town to commit up to $3,000 to pay for a solar farm feasibility study to be performed by Uni-

Lyons resident, Lee Hall, left, together with Jim Kerr, chair of the Lyons Utilities and Engineering Board, are working on the creation of a solar farm that is projested to deliver 5 percent of the town’s electrical needs. versity of Colorado at Denver. The study will cost $5,000 in total and the remaining $2,000 is to be paid by a grant from the Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA). As a part of its responsibilities, DOLA distributes such grants to municipalities for this purpose. CU Denver has a history of producing these studies and has worked extensively with DOLA on other similar projects.

“The study will identify the best sites to house the array, create a financial scenario, and perform community outreach to inform and listen to Lyons’ residents about the nature of the project,” said Kerr. He went on to explain that no

money for site acquisition will be necessary, as the intent is to build the farm on property currently owned by the town.

The factors in site selection include distance to the grid, availability of utilities, and soils condition.

The town currently gets its electricity from the Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska (MEAN), a cooperative of about 15 municipalities in Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, and Wyoming. MEAN is the notfor-profit wholesale electricity supply organization of Nebraska Municipal Power Pool energy. About 7 percent of the energy MEAN supplies to the town comes from renewable sources.

“According to the contract with MEAN Lyons is allowed to produce up to 5 percent of its total electricity needs from solar energy,” Hall said. “In addition to that limitation, the town is reaching the limit of individual users creating individual solar installations. New individual solar installations will be allowed, but the subsidy will go away.”

Over the past many years many town users have built solar generation and after providing for all their electrical power needs, they have been selling the excess energy back to the town. That cost ends up being paid by non-users resulting in a subsidy for users who have their own solar installations. One of the purposes of this new array as Hall mentioned is to end that subsidy.

“Solar arrays will be way ahead of rooftop installations which are the most uneconomic way to do it. Arrays are cost effective and the way of the future,” Kerr said.

According to Hall, Preliminary financial projections show total costs will be paid for out of user fees in a 10-to-15-year timeframe. The costs for maintenance will be extraordinarily little, resulting in a total life expectancy for the solar farm projected to be 30 to 40 years. As noted above, one of the requirements of the feasibility study is to create a more precise financial scenario. The timeframe for the feasibility study to be conducted is December 2020 to July 2021.

Don Moore is a retired lawyer and the author of Love is a Verb: Healing Yourself through Love, Gratitude and Compassion.

He lives in Longmont with his wife Joanne.

So much to share: LEAF continues to help families through the holidays

By Lory Barton Redstone Review LYONS – Rave wrap-up, by Lori Barton Lyons Emergency & Assistance Funds’s (LEAF) 2020 Virtual Rave To The Grave was a raving success. Our team created a fun, memorable, talent-packed extravaBarton ganza in spite of the difficulties that 2020 has thrown our way. Over 900 screens turned in to watch the show, from all over the country. If you haven’t seen this year’s Rave, it’s not too late. Log in to YouTube and find it on Arthur Lee Land’s channel. Or find the event on our Facebook page. It’s not too late to make a Rave to the Grave donation, either. We are approaching our goal of $25,000. You’ll find links to give during the show. Or you can give through LEAF’s Facebook page or website.

The list of people who made this year’s very different Rave To The Grave a very amazing event is a very long one. Skye McDonald of Blue Skye Barn & Recording Studio and his generous and creative crew were instrumental this year. In addition to hosting the VIP Events at his beautiful home, Skye hosted all of the rehearsals and the show itself in his studio. His creative team led the marketing efforts, too. They all provided so much support and expertise. From our entire community, I offer LEAF’s most grateful thanks to Skye and Tess and their girls.

Rave To The Grave wouldn’t be possible without the artistic leadership of Lyons’ own Arthur Lee Land. He “crushes it” every year, and 2020 was no exception. Thank you, Arthur, and so many thanks to your entire team. Your combination of heart and talent is unparalleled. Thank you for sharing inspiration and fun, all for a good cause, for six years now.

Again, visit the Arthur Lee Land channel on YouTube or the Virtual Rave To The Grave event on LEAF’s Facebook page to watch the show or make a donation.

Holiday Giving Tree, by Ellen Keane As the winter holidays approach, LEAF will once again

draw on Lyons’ generosity by coordinating a Holiday Giving Tree program. This program will continue to bring joy to many families, particularly those who have endured financial stress this year due to COVID-19.

People who live in the Greater Lyons area who would like to receive gifts should fill out a Holiday Giving Tree Wish List. Pick up a form at the food pantry on November 18, or download the form from LEAF’s website (leaflyons.org) and fill it out. Return the completed form to Food Pantry by November 18, or return it via email to ellen@leaflyons.org by November 22.

If you are interested in brightening the holidays for Lyons families, please pick up an ornament (or two) from the giving trees at the Barking Dog (431 Main St.), Laura Levy’s Uniquely Lyons shop (414 Main St.) or the Stone Cup (442 High St.) beginning on November 23. Each ornament will include a wished-for gift from a member of our community. When taking an ornament, please fill out the sign-up sheet next to the tree to help LEAF track who is purchasing gifts. In addition, look for information about LEAF’s online Giving Tree. Find the URL on LEAF’s website and Facebook page.

If you shop for Giving Tree gifts, please return the wrapped gifts to Pizza Bar 66 by December 15.

If you have any questions, contact Ellen Keane at ellen@leaflyons.org. During this season of giving thanks, LEAF would like to acknowledge the many generous contributions from the Lyons community through financial donations and countless volunteer hours.

Super Duper Holiday Food Pantry, by Morgane Daty For the past 31 years, Higher Ground Ministries has organized special holiday baskets with hams and rolls for res-

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This year-end food drive corresponds with the holiday giving season and supplements food provided by LEAF’s Community Food Pantry at a time of year when families might need a little extra help to make the holiday season bright. We affectionately call this biggest day at the Food Pantry the “Super Duper Holiday Food Pantry.”

The food collection drive typically takes place between Thanksgiving break and Christmas break. Most items are distributed during the Super Duper Holiday Food Pantry on the Wednesday before Christmas break during regular Food Pantry hours.

This year, the Super Duper Holiday Food Drive will take place on Wednesday, December 16 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. In addition to hams and rolls, fresh produce and more, folks who visit the pantry on December 16 can expect an extra measure of joy and (socially-distanced, of course) community. Visit LEAF’s website at leaflyons.org or our Facebook page for more information as the Super Duper day approaches.

Over the years, the Super Duper Holiday Food Drive has grown to include Lyons Elementary School and Lyons Middle / High School, the Lyons Community Church, and many members of our community. Lyons Elementary School will be collecting non-perishable donations from November 30 through December 10. Elementary school families will be given a shopping list prior to Thanksgiving break. Students at Lyons Middle / Senior High School will be asked to donate household and hygiene items during their drive. If you would like more information, or if your organization would like to get involved or contribute to the Super Duper Holiday Food Drive, please contact Morgane Daty at daty.morgan01@svvsd.org.

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INSIGHT Civility has returned to the White House

By John Gierach Redstone Review LYONS – The good news from the election is that Joe Biden will be our next president. The bad news is that apparently 70-some million voters were perfectly happy to hand a willfully ignorant, corGierach rupt autocrat another four years in office.

And as a lifelong voter I understand that no one changes their mind just because an election didn’t go their way.

There’s more good news: The winner of the electoral college also won the popular vote, which is as it should be.

Most Americans see the electoral college as an obsolete artifact of the 18th century when only white male landowners could vote. It has no real function anymore, but is still capable of making people doubt the legitimacy of elections.

I’ve never talked to anyone who could explain why the candidate with the most votes shouldn’t win.

We also managed to not only hold an election during a global pandemic, but to have record turnout. The obvious and elegant solution to holding a national election during a public health crisis when it wasn’t safe for people to gather in groups is mail-in ballots. Some states tried that for the first time this year and it would have gone even more smoothly than it did except for Trump’s efforts to monkey-wrench the process by sabotaging the Post Office, removing drop boxes, closing polling places, claiming that all mail-in ballots were fraudulent and so on.

But the president and his party forgot one basic element of human nature in general and Americans in particular: Tell people they can’t have something and they’ll want it even more, and when that something is their fundamental right to vote in a democracy, they get downright pissed off. Trump’s lying, racism, misogyny, self-dealing and preposterous pettiness were reason enough to vote him out of office, but trying to interfere with the election was despicable and, incidentally, also a federal crime. I like to think that’s what finally made the difference, but we’ll never know, and in fact there’s a growing belief in this country – especially among Republicans – that lying and cheating are just fine as long as you get your way.

When the networks finally called the election for Biden and Harris, I didn’t feel the jubilation I expected and wasn’t tempted to join the dancing in the streets, although I was happy to see it. The best I could muster was a sense of relief and what seemed like the first deep breath I’d taken in four years. Maybe I was too muzzy and hungover from staring at a TV screen for four days while holding the arms of my chair in a death grip.

But that momentary feeling some of us had that everything’s gonna be okay now seems premature. Everything

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that was wrong before the election is still wrong, if not worse than ever – global warming, coronavirus, social and economic injustice, the economy (not the stock market, but the real economy you and I live with every day)… It’s a long list.

One way or another, Trump will be gone in January, but not before he pours sand in the gas tanks of the federal government and instills a sense of grievance in his followers that they’ll carry for the next four years, if not all the way to the grave. It had just occurred to

or early retirement, while the rest decided to openly aid and abet an aspiring dictator. The real danger is that when the next one comes along, he’ll know he can count on his party, and if he’s smarter, cagier, more articulate and less likely to telegraph his punches, he could do even more damage than Trump has done.

Biden naturally announced that he’d be a president for all Americans; the ones who didn’t vote for him as well as those who did. I was born during the Truman administration, learned who and what a president was under bald, kindly Dwight Eisenhower, and actually because interested in politics when the glamorous John Kennedy was in the White House. Every president I can remember (ex-

President-elect Joe Biden and an unidentified fan. me that at least there was very little violence around the election when Jelani Cobb, a writer for The New Yorker, said that it could be like a hurricane where the majority of fatalities come not during the event itself, but in the aftermath.

And we’ll still have the Republican members of Congress. One of the things we’ve learned recently is how much our system of government depends on a modicum of integrity and how quickly things unravel without it.

The Republicans in office had four years to stand up for the rule of law, or at least common decency, but the best any of them could come up with were some mumbled misgivings from the likes of Susan Collins and Mitt Romney

cept for Trump) has said something like that – sometimes word for word – and although I’m sure they all meant it at the time, precious few of them have done more than scratch the surface of that promise.

It’s an easy prediction to make that Biden will accomplish a few things in spite of Republican obstruction and fail to accomplish others, that a few moderates on the right may grudgingly come around in time and that there’s a fair chance some new crisis will arise that’ll change everything.

But at least a bare majority of us will feel a little better about our country than we have in a while and, if nothing else, it’ll be a relief to have a president you wouldn’t be embarrassed to introduce to your mother.

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2nd Avenue will be closed near the St. Vrain Creek for approximately six months while the bridge is demolished and replaced. More information will follow on road closure dates and detour routes.

The contract team led by Zak Dirt Inc. will mobilize equipment and materials to the staging area south of the bridge as early as the week of November 16. Initial work includes installing temporary erosion control measures, placing traffic signs and setting survey control for construction. All work is weatherdependent and the schedule is subject to change. Visit www.townoflyons.com/bridge for more information and weekly project updates.

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the Gallagher Amendment that limits residential property taxes to 45 percent of the statewide tax base. The passing of the measure prevents automatic cuts to residential property tax rates in the future. Homeowners’ bills won’t go down, but funding for schools, rural fire districts and other entities that rely on property taxes will stay steady. Originally added to the state constitution in 1982, Gallagher effectively forces the state to lower residential property tax rates in order to keep residential tax revenue “balanced” with commercial property revenue.

• Amendment C passed by 52 to 48 percent to ease rules on charitable gambling.

• Amendment EE passed by 68 to 37 percent to increase nicotine tax for health and education.

• Amendment 77 passed by 61 to 40 percent to increase gambling bets.

• Proposition 113 passed by 52 to 48 percent to institute a national popular vote.

• Proposition 114 passed by 51 to 49 percent to reintroduce grey wolves in Colorado.

• Proposition 115 was voted down by 59 to 41 percent to ban late term abortions. This proposition has been on the ballot in Colorado many times and has always been voted down.

• Proposition 116 was passed by 58 to 42 percent to lower state income taxes.

• Proposition 117 was passed by 53 to 48 percent to require voter approval for some state enterprises.

Proposition 118 was passed by 58 to 42 percent to establish paid family and medical leave.

LYONS – The Stone Cup’s Covid Winter Hours are Friday thru Sunday, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The Christmas baskets will be distributed as always. Sam Tallent will be purchasing the hams and rolls through Higher Ground Ministries. Donations to Higher Ground for the food baskets for the holidays may be dropped off at the Stone Cup at 442 High St., PO Box 1974, Lyons, CO 80540. For information, go to www.thestonecup.com or 303-823-2345 .LCF funds community works at the Botanic Gardens, LYONS – Have you been having a rough year, and do you love gardening and native plants? The Rocky Mountain Botanic Gardens has just received a Community Support Grant from the Lyons Community Foundation to cover two part-time short-term paid positions next spring for Lyons residents who have lost work due to the pandemic. These positions are intended to provide a little help in tough times. The program will also help the garden become even more beautiful for all in the community to enjoy next year. Application details will be posted on the Gardens website in winter early 2021 www.rmbg.org. Thank you, LCF.

2nd Ave Bridge replacement LYONS – The Town will utilize FEMA mitigation funds to build a new single-span bridge on 2nd Avenue over the St. Vrain Creek.

Construction is anticipated to begin in late November and continue into summer 2021.

Free mobile COVID testing in Lyons LYONS – Boulder County Public Health, in partnership with Boulder Community Health and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment will begin providing free COVID testing in Lyons beginning Friday, October 30.

COVID testing will be held in the parking lot of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 200 2nd Ave., Lyons. Testing will take place from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. every Friday through the end of the year, weather permitting and excluding holidays. A mask must be worn. No appointment is needed, and individuals do not need to have COVID-19 symptoms to be tested. Individuals who are 65 years old or older or are essential workers are encouraged to attend.

You can also get free Testing at the Boulder County Fairgrounds in Longmont. Testing is available for anyone who would like to be tested, and individuals do not have to have symptoms to be tested.

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OPPORTUNITY LCF grants $31 K to local nonprofits

By Tanya Mercer-Daty Redstone Review LYONS – The Lyons Community Foundation (LCF) is thrilled to announce the 2020 Community Support Grant Daty Awards. Each fall, Lyonsarea nonprofit organizations apply for grants that will support the work they plan to do in the year to come.

As a community foundation, LCF’s work consists in raising money to support a diverse range of projects and populations. By offering a centralized source for fundraising, nonprofits can focus on their projects. The grant review committee, an anonymous group of area citizens, meets to analyze grant applications and award those whose intent aligns with LCF’s mission to improve the quality of life, build a culture of giving and encourage positive change in the greater Lyons area.

videos to better explain how the following nonprofits plan to use their grant money to help support our community. The following is a brief description of the projects awarded this year.

Human Services awarded $16,700 out of a total of $181,523.25 to date.

With its ever-increasing number of programs, Lyons Emergency & Assistance Fund (LEAF) is the biggest recipient of grant funding for the second year in a row.

While important projects such as the Food Pantry, Basic Needs and Resource Matching, Meals on Wheels and Mental Wellness & Addiction Recovery received renewed grants, there is one new project that was awarded. The Lyons Volunteers recently integrated LEAF’s structure so as to allow them to focus on helping their community with handy projects such as flood recovery work, weed pulling, building pathways and a shed at Rocky Mountain Botanic Gardens, branch removal post snowstorm, etc.

Jeanne Moore (LCF), left, and Lauren Click (LAHC) with “Space Invader” outside Lyons Classic Pinball on Main Street, one of 20 sculptures the LAHC commissioned for a two-year period, thanks to LCF’s Community Support Grant.

Since LCF’s inception in 2008, over half a million dollars has been raised to support local initiatives that either build Community Connectivity, provide Human Services, Invest in our Youth or showcase Local Ecology. This year, the LCF Advisory Board approved more than $31,000 in grants to 14 separate projects representing these four different focus areas. Please follow Lyons Community Foundation on Facebook as we will be posting weekly

Community Connectivity awarded $10,850 out of a total of $173,460 to date.

Other 2020 grants include the Town of Lyons for the new Winter Wonderland Concert Series and the Holiday Parade of Lights Celebration.

The Lyons Arts and Humanities Commission received two awards. The first award supports the heARTS Outdoor Art program which continues to secure public art sculp-

Lauren Click (LAHC), left, and Jeanne Moore (LCF) with one of Lyons’ Creative Outlets works. Creative Outlets is an ongoing program that turns utility boxes into art. tures around town for a two-year rotation.

The second award pertains to Creative Outlets, a program which creates works of art by painting local utility boxes. Two more will be created in 2021. Current creative outlets can be found inside Bohn Park and outside the library (on Fourth street).

Funding for the Lyons Historical Society will go towards two projects: an exhibit celebrating Lyons’ rich history in the quarry industry, and a children’s book celebrating Lavern Johnson’s life while encouraging young citizens to get involved in their community.

Local ecology awarded $2,700 out of a total of $32,380 to date.

The new Rocky Mountain Botanic Gardens, situated in the 504 buyout property in the confluence area of town, is blossoming as a post-flood highlight of community collaboration. Its mission is to create an educational native plant botanic garden for residents and visitors to Lyons. The LCF grant will help pay for two Lyons residents as part-time gardeners in the spring/early summer of 2021. They will work 40 hours ($15/hour) each over a period of two or three months in the garden. To qualify, the persons would be short-term contractors whose regular jobs are or were disrupted due to the 2020 pandemic. Some gardening experience (weeding, planting, watering, digging and raking) will be required.

The Lyons Garden Club (LGC) continues to beautify Lyons one flower at a time since 2008. The LCF grant will support projects for the coming year which include the chili cook-off and garden tour as well as maintenance of their garden sites: West Wall, Butterfly Garden and Berm (on

High Street). The Annual Chili Cook-Off is the LGC’s major fundraiser. This year, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the cookoff did not take place.

Youth Initiatives awarded $1,250 out of a total of $70,060 to date (not including $57K for Senior Scholarships).

Two grants focused on the schools include one for the Lyons Elementary School Garden that supports garden-based curriculum and programs. The new hydroponic gardening project provides an opportunity for plant-cycle learning year-round as students will be able to grow plants indoors. A grant awarded to the Lyons High School After Prom program will go towards supporting a safe, sober, supervised activity for high school students.

Grant applications received totaled twice the amount allocated. While LCF would like to provide funding for many more projects and scholarships, increased investment by local individuals is necessary. The Lyons Community Foundation had planned a Fun Color Run as a familyfriendly fundraiser last spring. However, COVID-19 disrupted those plans.

We are asking all residents to consider LCF in their year-end giving by making an online donation to the foundation at www.lyonscf.org. If you prefer to send a check, please watch for our annual appeal holiday card that should arrive in your mailbox the week before Thanksgiving break.

Tanya Mercer-Daty is the new Marketing and Communications Associate for Lyons Community Foundation. She has lived in Lyons for eight years since immigrating to the U.S. with her family in 2011. Contact her at tanya@lyonscf.org.

Housing and Human Services Commission needs commissioners

By Jennifer Schwartz Redstone Review LYONS – LYONS – The Town of Lyons Housing and Human Services Commission is seeking two new commissioners and Schwartz input from local residents.

LHHSC is dedicated to identifying needs and providing opportunities for access to assistance and services for the residents of Lyons and those in the greater Lyons area.

We are two commissioners short right now and invite anyone from the area who is interested to come to our meetings with ideas, support, or just to learn more.

Each month, we meet to discuss ideas and create opportunities to support Lyons residents and neighbors. LHHSC is responsible for considering areas such as health and well-being, transportation, housing, youth and senior services, diversity, inclusivity and cultural issues, Lyons Emergency Assistance Fund (LEAF), Lyons Volunteers, and how we can better serve our vulnerable population.

It goes without saying, current times are unprecedented. COVID-19, wildfires nearby, and the struggles our economy has experienced have had an enormous impact on our many of our neighbors, which makes our mission and areas of concern more important than ever.

The Housing and Human Services Commission is here to help, and we would like you to join us. We currently have two openings for commissioners. One of our

new members must live in Lyons and the other can be from the surrounding areas.

Feel free to attend a meeting or two before you decide to join. We meet Monday afternoons from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. via Zoom.

When I relocated to Lyons from Phoenix six years ago, I was so moved by the compassion, love, and uniqueness of this sweet community, and I remain equally moved today. I felt motivated by seeing the effect current events were having on those around me, so I joined the commission.

I did not live in Lyons during the 2013 floods and I cannot imagine the stress, strain, heartbreak, and worry everyone experienced. But when I hear stories told of neighbor-helping-neighbor, it reaffirms for me that I made the right decision when I

chose Lyons as my new home. I know this is a day when we do not behave as good stewards of this special place by working to help one another.

If you are interested in joining the Housing and Human Services Commission, please go to the town website at www.townoflyons.com/180/Boards-Com-

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American, Bad, Good, Day, Evening, Brothers

By Sally King The Lakota and other tribes kept track of the years by means of a symbolic drawing called a Winter Count. I was introduced to the concept of Winter Count twenty years ago when I had the opportunity get to know Lakota people through offering art camps in the summers with their children at Pineridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. This is my winter count interpretation of 2020.

Did anyone spot a dragon near the Bohn Park pedestrian bridge on Halloween? Some very tricky Lyons folks created this treat from the Santa sleigh that traditionally appears in the Christmas Parade of Lights.

They turned it on its back, covered it with black painted fabric, and added the tail and wings Then they painted in the very scary dragon arms and legs. For additional terror, they rigged some PVC nostrils that breathed actual dragon smokey breath. Many thanks to sorcerers Barney Dreistadt, Rick DiSalvo, Mike Karavas, Mark Browning, Bonnie DiSalvo, and the Lyons Volunteers.

Her name is America

By Sally King Redstone Review We find ourselves in a post-election infancy newly hatched many of us crying some of us exhausted It was a troubled pregnancy with too much fighting.

But now the baby is here.

Her name is America and we are responsible for her wellbeing.

Emotional maturity is greatly needed.

There are videos and podcasts on the subject, The emotional health that comes with

Eridanis Tucker Dixon, age 11, lives on Ewald Ave. in Lyons and this painting reflects his experience of having the fire come so close to his home.

Feeling our emotions or at least naming them.

Not projecting them.

We’ve been so reactive lately which is not good parenting.

Darwin suggested that sympathy is our strongest instinct.

And that “Communities with the greatest number of sympathetic members would flourish the best.”

Our unruly America needs our guidance and our love And perhaps hardest of all, our acceptance, Finding points of empathy, rather than difference.

Newly arrived on the shores of equality as her primary value

We have new steps to learn and much to explore.

We are a super caring species Sympathy is our natural birthright.

I bow to you in reverence Of all that has been given to me.

PS, Bowing also activates the vagus nerve Causing a healthier immune system and less inflammation.

So bend a little!

So breathe a lot!

Sally King is a local artist who has created whimsical bears and delightful wild flower acrylic paintings to enhance the appearance of Lyons all over the town. She lives with her husband John King, a kinetic sculptor artist, near Lyons.

Emmett Culligan’s sculptures are the newest additions to heARTS of LYONS

By Cristina TrapaniScott Redstone Review LYONS – The Lyons Arts and Humanities Commission (LAHC) is Trapani-Scott excited to welcome two new sculptures to the heARTS of LYONS collection. Rubric #4, located in the Town Triangle, and Rubric #5, located at Third and Main Streets, are the works of Berthoud-based contemporary sculpture artist Emmett Culligan.

The two sculptures are among three of Culligan’s works that Town of Lyons will ultimately have on display. As one of the leading contemporary sculpture artists in Colorado, he has seen his work exhibited throughout the state, including most recently as part of the Colorado Abstract +10: A History and A Survey Exhibition, a collaboration between the Arvada Center for the Arts in Arvada and the Kirkland Museum of Fine and Decorative Art in Denver. His work also has been on exhibit at the William Havu Gallery in Denver where he is represented.

Culligan studied painting at the Art Students League in New York City and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in drawing and sculpture from the University of Colorado at Denver. Of his work, he writes in his artist’s statement, “My work tends to emphasize the natural inherent qualities of material interacting formally to access human emotion, spirituality and implied content. To this end,

transcending the ‘physical’ nature of sculpture and imbuing the material with a greater overall presence or energy is paramount.

“This alchemic transfer of energy is perhaps the most interesting aspect of my artistic endeavor. When present, this energy can be felt yet always remains intangible and mysterious. The public is invited to discover this dichotomy within the sculptures’ formal unity and come to realize a deeper resonance.”

His sculptural works join more than 20 pieces of public art that can be viewed throughout the Town of Lyons. Many of the pieces were installed through the heARTS of LYONS program. A comprehensive collection of Lyons Public Art and the heARTS of LYONS, an Art Collection All Over Town can be seen online at Clio, https://theclio.com/tour/1091.

In other LAHC news, the commission has launched its Lyons Baby Bell fundraiser.

Bells are $3 each and can be purchased at Western Stars Gallery during regular business hours. The funds raised from the sale of the bells will go toward Lyons arts programs such as Creative Outlets and heARTS of LYONS as well as other arts programming and events.

The LAHC is tentatively looking forward to bringing back the quarterly Town Hall art show in January 2021. The theme is Plein Air – Bringing Outdoors In and COVID-Wrought Creations. Artwork will be accepted at Town Hall Friday, January 8, 2021, from 5 to 7 p.m.

The Larry Cohan’s Neighborhood Retro-

Rubric #4, at left, is located in the Town Triangle, and Rubric #5, right, is located at Third and Main Streets. They are by Berthoud-based contemporary sculpture artist Emmett Culligan, and are the newest pieces added to the heARTS of LYONS collection. spective exhibit, installed before the pandemic, currently remains up at the Lyons Regional Library and will remain up until January 8, 2021. The exhibit can be viewed online at https: / / virmuze. com / m / lahcexhibition / x / larry-cohans-neighborhoodretrospective/.

For further information on any of the

LAHC programs, initiatives or artwork, contact Arielle Hodgson at ahodgson @ townoflyons. com.

Cristina Trapani-Scott is a member of the Lyons Arts and Humanities Commission. She is a poet and writer who also dabbles in a little bit of oil painting.

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FORWARD The Overstory – dense and rich stories of trees Book discussion by Andi Pearson Redstone Review DENVER – In his book The Overstory, Richard Powers makes his case for the power of trees and the need to protect them.

If you carve your initials four feet high Pearson in the bark of a beech tree, how high would they be after half a century? Four feet – still four feet.

Patty’s father tells her this and he explains how the word beech becomes the word book, in one language after another. Beech bark played host to the earliest Sanskrit letters.

Did you know that in Greek mythology, Daphne transformed into a bay laurel just before Apollo could catch and harm her? And Baucis and Philemon spent centuries together as oak and linden as a reward for taking in strangers who turned out to be gods.

And did you know that maple trees can signal each other, in an airborne network, sharing an immune system that can spread across acres of woodland? That is why some trees suffer a full-scale insect invasion and others who are warned pump out natural insecticides and protect themselves.

Richard Powers shares all these facts and findings with readers of The Overstory, winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Powers’ novel follows seven individuals and one couple, nine people, a mob of characters – who love trees, who research them, understand them and attempt to explain to society just how magical and helpful trees are to humans and the earth’s ecology.

Richard Powers shares how magical and helpful trees are to humans and the earth’s ecology in The Overstory, winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

An accident left Patty hard of hearing but she shared adventures with her father that led to excitement and understanding about trees. Outfitted with hearing aides, she earned a Ph.D. and researched to discover that trees do indeed communicate with each other. But leading dendrologists cite her methods as flawed and her “statistics problematic.” She began teaching high school but continued her research and “turns back outside, into the woods, the green negation of all careers .... she watches, notes, and sketches into a stack of notebooks.” She

Giving thanks for wildlife in Colorado

By Mysti Tatro Redstone Review LONGMONT – In celebration of the Thanksgiving season, here are five reasons why you should be thankful for our Colorado wildlife, and a few ways to show thanks.

From the rare to the common, our state’s creatures are something worth marveling at.

Wildlife provides services that benefit all of us. For example, the acts of storing nuts or eating insects are all part of wildlife’s instincts that benefit us greatly.

When a squirrel stashes an acorn away for later, they sometimes forget a few along the way. That means the buried nut has the chance to grow into a beautiful tree that provides oxygen, shade, and habitat for other wildlife.

Some birds consume insects and therefore reduce populations of pesky species like mosquitos that can carry diseases. Our beautiful foothills, mountain sides, and prairies wouldn’t look quite the same without wildlife. So, the next time that you admire an oak tree or swat a mosquito, you can be thankful for the role of wildlife.

Watching wildlife can provide solace or entertainment. Isn’t there just something about watching the scurry of a chipmunk or the knocking of a woodpecker? During times when the world seems especially chaotic, it can be comforting to see wildlife go about their day with such fantastic simplicity. Taking a moment to watch the birds at your feeder can be a great reminder to be grateful for the little things.

Without the bugle of an elk, the chatter of squirrels, or the songs of birds, the world would be so much quieter. We are lucky in Colorado to be situated in a migration corridor. We get the chance to hear many dif-

ferent bird melodies. Imagine if, on spring mornings, there wasn’t even the chirp of a house sparrow.

Wildlife can harmonize people. Think about the communities of birders, elk watchers, squirrel fanatics, citizen scien-

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camped out and read Muir and soon her published findings spread worldwide and her reputation was restored.

An inventor of computer games, a couple who inhabited the tall branches of a tree for over a year, and the others who populate this work of fiction that supports and promotes truths that should both shame and inspire us all – these are the characters Powers uses to tell us of the power, the majesty, the beauty and the amazing benefits that trees provide the human race. Why would anyone want to destroy them?

The Overstory is Richard Powers’ twelfth novel. It has been called “a stunning evocation of – and paean to – the natural world.” The writing is of course beautiful and brilliant and the amount of information he squeezes into about 500 pages is amazing. The Atlantic says, “Most Americans do not understand the perils of climate change – or of deforestation, clear-cutting, habitat loss. But those who perpetuate the disinformation campaigns, including the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the House and Senate majority leaders, and the president of the United States, likely do. It is easier, politically, to claim scientific murkiness than to tell the truth: They value their self-interest over the condition of the world their grandchildren will grow up in.”

“Humankind is deeply ill,” one of the book’s characters concludes. We cut down and destroy the very sources of oxygen that we breathe. Powers leaves us with the question – what are we, the humans, going to do about it?

Andi Gregory Pearson writes essays, book reviews and short stories. Her first novel is Scent of the Wild. Her website is www.andipearson.com. She and her husband have a cabin in the greater Lyons area.

You don’t have to be an animal lover to be thankful for all the wildlife we have in Colorado. Showing thanks for wildlife can be more than just honoring them around the dinner table at Thanksgiving, you can also convey how thankful you are through action. Here are a few ways to do that.

Eat mindfully during the holidays. Perhaps you could buy locally sourced food

This Wild Turkey was a patient at Greenwood. tists, and wildlife photographers. These groups are centered around one common thing: wildlife.

Wildlife can be a reminder of the amazing diversity on this planet. Not only do we not know of any other planet with living things like Earth, but the creatures we do have are spectacularly varied. The diversity of species not only makes things more interesting, but also provide necessary protections from diseases and genetic mutations.

that has a lower carbon footprint or select foods that are sustainably and humanely harvested. You don’t have to do a lot of re-

search, just look at packaging labels! This helps protect wildlife habitat.

If you want to help wildlife directly, consider scheduling a donation to organizations centered around wildlife during Colorado Gives Day, December 8. Wildlife rehabilitation centers (like Greenwood Wildlife in Lyons), advocacy groups, and habitat conservation organizations are just a few of the nonprofits that are impacting the lives of wild animals every day. To schedule your donation, visit coloradogives.org.

There are things you can do in your everyday life that can help wildlife too. For example, you can prevent wildlife conflicts that can cause harm. Some of these things include: keeping cats indoors, locking trash cans, and wildlife proofing your house for the winter.

Be on the lookout for wildlife in need.

While wild animals are incredibly resilient, sometimes they need a helping hand. If you find an injured animal in the road or while recreating or on your property, be sure to call Greenwood Wildlife for advice any day of the week at 303-823-8455.

Now that you know a few reasons why our wild populations are so important, take some time this Thanksgiving to show your appreciation for them around the table, with thoughtful interactions, or with your dollar.

Mysti Tatro is the Communications and Marketing Coordinator at Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. For information, call 303-823-8455 or www.greenwoodwildlife.org.

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LOOK AHEAD Lyons Garden Club, making Lyons beautiful one flower at a time

By Sue Wratten and Sara Erickson Redstone Review

supplies for the 2021 season and preparation for the 2021 Chili Cook-Off. If you have a garden you would love to show off, or know of some who does and would be willing to participate, please contact us via our website: www.lyons gardenclub.com or email Sara Erickson at sarae403@gmail.com.

Moving forward to 2021, we plan to have a local “garden tour” as a fundraiser. We think there is enough interest in our small town regarding lovely private gardens LYONS – As winter approaches those of us in the Lyons in Lyons, an opportunity to visit gardens in town that Garden Club feel a sadness we’ve not had to deal with before are beautiful and to get to know gardeners who have – no Chili Cook-Off. And no Town of Lyons Halloween Pabeen successful in tackling the elements. We’re hoping rade. Since the pandemic has changed this can happen in late everything we “used” to do, we all have spring/early summer of 2021. had to come up with other ideas for Please let us know if you wish fundraising, as well as just plain having to volunteer your garden to be fun. included in this tour. And, of The Lyons Garden Club, a volunteer course, we’re keeping our finorganization, has been “making Lyons gers crossed that we’ll be able to beautiful, one flower at a time” since return to the Halloween Parade 2008. Our humble beginnings started and the Chili Cook-Off. with three local women who decided The Lyons Garden Club has to tackle an empty space full of weeds, a Facebook page, as well as a rock and rubble (the area now known newly-designed website: as the Butterfly Planter, corner of High www.lyonsgardenclub.com.

Street and U.S. Hwy. 36). Since 2008 These are both ways we let the we have planted most of the areas in community know what we’re town that have flowers – the stone about, and find out about our beds along Hwy. 36 including the Wellatest projects. We continually come to Lyons sign, the areas around seek new members, as none of the firehouse, the Visitor Center, all this work happens without volthe flowering beds along Main Street, unteers. If you are interested in the berm, Butterfly Planter, and the learning more about the Lyons West Wall (where the bears live). The Garden Club, please visit our flood of 2013 heavily impacted all of website. If you are interested in these gardens, destroying the water donating to our endeavors, supply and damaging the gardens indi- Some of the Garden Club members, left to right: Debbie Simms, Beth Smith, Sue Wratten, Sara please send your donation to vidually. Four years ago the Town of Erikson, Jeanne Moore.

Lyons Garden Club, PO Box PHOTO BY TANYA DATY Lyons decided to take control of many 154, Lyons Colorado, 80540. of these gardens, but we still design, And remember – gardening is plant and weed the berm, the Butterfly Planter and the We hope 2021 will be the year where we can put good for the soul. Getting your hands in the dirt is benWest Wall. This is all done with volunteers, and our only COVID in the rearview mirror and we can again enjoy eficial to all of us. fundraiser has been the annual Chili Cook-off, which our friends and neighbors without worry. Check out our isn’t happening in 2020. website as the weather warms in 2021 to get informaSue Wratten is the Treasurer and Founding Member of the We took on two new projects in 2020 – we designed, tion on our activities and how you can participate. We Lyons Garden Club and Sara Ericson is a member of and purchased and planted the flowers in front of the new welcome new members. Can’t wait for next summer. writer for the Lyons Garden Club.

Lyons Library, and we designed and donated a rock bench to the Rocky Mountain Botanical Garden. cember 3, 2020 starting at 6:30 p.m. to be held virtually via B •R •I •E •F •S The Garden Club recently received two generous doZoom: https: / / us02web. zoom. us/j/87301221923, Meeting ID: nations which will enable us to continue our mission.

873 0122 1923 Continued from Page 7 We received a donation of $500 from a very generous The purpose of this Public Hearing is for consideration of final approval of the modified development plan for 0 Carter private citizen. Thank you, private citizen, we are deeply 0 Carter Drive development plan public hearing Drive – Lyons Valley Park. Members of the public and other appreciative. Then, in late October, we learned that we rescheduled interested parties are hereby invited to attend the public hearhad received a grant of $1500 from the Lyons CommuLYONS – Notice is hereby given that the Town of Lyons Board ing and may be heard or submit written comments regarding nity Foundation. The Lyons Garden Club is immensely of Trustees Virtual Public Hearing that was slated for 4 p.m., the matter under consideration, to the Town Clerk at Town grateful for this generous grant from LCF. We will be Thursday, November 5, 2020 has been rescheduled.

Hall, 432 5th Ave., Lyons, CO. From Dolores Vasquez, CMC, using the funds for our 2021 projects which will hopeThe new Public Hearing date is scheduled for Thursday, DeTown Clerk. fully include a garden tour in early summer, purchase of

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HEALTHCARE The importance of the pelvic floor in everyone

By Bronwyn Muldoon Redstone Review LYONS – The pelvic floor is rarely discussed among the general population. Why is this, when all of us have a pelvic Muldoon floor? One does not need to have urinary incontinence, pain with urinating or bowel movements, be post partum, have groin pain or be female to exercise the pelvic floor muscles. The pelvic floor is a crucial part of our muscular system that makes up our core strength. Research has shown that not only does strengthening our pelvic floor assist in overcoming certain pelvis issues, but it can also prevent issues from occurring. Having a strong pelvic floor keeps our back, hips, abdominals and our pelvis region functioning normally and limits pain, weakness and unwanted injuries

and issues from occurring.

The pelvic floor is essentially a bowlshaped set of muscles that supports your bladder, bowel, rectum, and uterus. Over time, many factors can weaken the pelvic floor, especially as we age. Child bearing, prostate surgeries, endometria, bladder infections and diabetes are a few known issues that weakens this structure.

Exercises to help strengthen you pelvic floor: 1. Ball Squeeze: Lie on your back with a ball between your bent knees (the ball should keep your knees about hip width apart). Squeeze the ball for 10 seconds, repeat three times.

2. Hip Fall Outs: Lie on your side, with knees bent. Rotate your top knee upwards, keeping your foot in place, slowly lower. Repeat five to 10 times before switching legs. If this exercise is too easy, feel free to place a band around your

knees to add resistance.

3. Heel Squeezes: Lie on your stomach with your knees bent, and spread out wider than your hips. Bring your heels together and squeeze, holding for 10 seconds. Repeat three times.

Now that you know about the importance of the pelvic floor, add these simple exercises to your weekly exercise routine.

Bronwyn Muldoon, a licensed physical therapist, owns Lyons Physical Therapy, 435 High St. in Lyons. Some of the things addressed at her clinic include but are not limited to: acute and chronic spinal pain (back and neck pain), postural dysfunction alignment, sports and performance-related injuries, repetitive/overuse-related injuries, post-surgical rehabilitation, muscles strains and sprains, and physical rehabilitation of all kinds. For more information call 303823-8813.

Lyons Chamber creates a holiday Look Book

By Chamber Staff Redstone Review

promos and services each week beginning November 23 and ending the week of December 21.

LYONS – What is a look book?

Each participating business will Before the digital age, look books receive its own page with phone used to be physical books that fashnumber, location and links to ion brands would have printed to their website, and any social showcase their latest collections. media. Depending on what the The purpose of a look book is to conbusiness offers, customers can vey a brand or store’s latest collection then easily order online, call for in a flattering, marketable light, delivery, pickup curbside, or stop drumming up renewed interest in in to shop in person. your store and deepening consumer How to participate? This is a loyalty. service offered to all LACC memWhy a look book? As Covid bers. If you would like a page for cases rise again and restrictions are your business please email Erin

placed on local businesses the Lyons (admin@LyonsChamber.org) soon

Chamber of Commerce is striving to est, for deadlines are looming. create ways for businesses to conPlease include the following:

tinue to reach customers as we go • Pictures of four or fewer prodinto the holiday season. ucts you might want local folks to What to expect? There will be five weekly publica- be aware of or you think they might be interested in tions with opportunities for showcasing new products, purchasing when shopping for the holidays,

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• Price of each item, • A very brief description, • A link to where people may purchase on your website if you offer that.

If you have a service, promo or announcement you would like to promote you can email that information and we will create a page for you in the Look Book with that information.

There will be a total of five issues of the Holiday Look Book. If you want to be included information must be submitted to admin@lyonschamber.org the Wednesday prior to publication. Issue 1 will be published Monday, November 23 and run through Sunday, November 29; Issue 2 on Monday, November 30 through Sunday, December 6; Issue 3 on Monday, December 7 through Sunday, December 13; Issue 4 on Monday, December 14 through Sunday, December 20; and Issue 5 on Monday, December 21 through Sunday, December 27.

Not a member but want to participate? First, please consider supporting the larger Lyons business community by joining the Lyons Area Chamber of Commerce. There is strength in numbers! If joining is not an option for you currently you can opt-in your business weekly for $25/week via the Member Shop on the LACC website, LyonsChamber.org.

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EXPECTATIONS People experiencing homelessness with pets find help from CSU faculty, students

By Jeff Dodge, CSU Communications Redstone Review FT. COLLINS – For people experiencing homelessness, having a pet can provide valuable companionship, mental health benefits, security and opportunities for responsibility and self-redemption.

But it can also present challenges. Will they be able to find a homeless shelter that accepts animals? What will they do with their pet when they need to go to work, or

to a job interview? Will they be able to afford food and medical care for their companion?

A collaboration between faculty and students in social work and veterinary medicine at Colorado State University has blossomed into a weekly session where people experiencing homelessness receive free health care for their pets – and themselves.

It’s a partnership with the Street Dog Coalition, an organization started in 2015 by a CSU-trained veterinarian that has a mission of “caring for the lives on both ends of the leash.” It’s now operating in about 40 cities around the country, including Fort Collins.

Tuesday clinics Every Tuesday afternoon, Street Dog founder Dr. Jon Geller meets a CSU team at the Murphy Center for Hope in north Fort Collins to offer the free care. Students in the Community Practice program at the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences get hands-on experience working with animals outside of a clinical setting, while students from the School of Social Work gain skills providing assistance and resources to the pet owner.

And now medical students at the new CSU branch of

the University of Colorado School of Medicine are getting involved to provide even more human health care.

The Inclusive Health Collaborative is a classic example of the One Health model: finding optimal health outcomes that recognize the interconnection among people, animals, plants and their shared environment.

“It’s framed around the pet being the entry point, and then working with the owners from there,” explained IHC Program Coordinator Fred Palmer, who is working on a dual master’s degree in public health and social work at CSU. “They see their animals getting all this great care, and they ask, ‘Where can I go to get myself checked out?’ ” “A lot of people experiencing homelessness will avoid doctors,” Geller said, “and this maybe provides an opportunity for us to say, ‘Hey, can we take your blood pressure too, while we’re at it?’”

Origins of the collaboration Paula Yuma, an assistant professor of social work, said the idea for the collaboration grew out of the One Health Institute, where faculty and researchers come together from across CSU to discuss interdisciplinary approaches. At an OHI meeting, she talked with members from the vet med college about a person who died that winter from exposure to the elements while living outdoors, and how difficult it can be to find shelter when one has an animal companion.

Like so many things, the project was suspended for a few months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was revived in July, buoyed by a pilot research grant awarded through HABIC – Human-Animal Bond in Colorado – part of the School of Social Work.

“This is about providing care to people and pets at the same time,” Yuma said.

“And Fred Yuma was really the perfect person to start this project, because he’s worked with people experiencing homelessness for a long time, and he’s an emergency medical technician. He is known by much of this community already.”

Palmer noted that as many as 20 percent of people who are experiencing homelessness own pets, and often put their animals’ needs above their own.

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themselves,” he said. “But a good reason to take care of yourself is to be there for your dog or cat.”

“They are so bonded; these pets are so loved,” added Janelle Scott, who has been actively involved in the effort, along with fellow vet med faculty members Danielle Frey and Dr. Rebecca Ruch-Gallie, and veterinary technician Meghan Schmidt. “You can tell these owners love their pets and are willing to put their own health at risk for their pet in some cases.”

“The human-animal bond, for people who are homeless, is really important,” Ruch-Gallie said. “Having interaction with something warm and fuzzy, and having that unconditional love, can be crucial.”

Gratitude for the services The response from the clientele has been positive.

“The clients say they enjoy the opportunity to interact with our students, and the students feel the same way,” Scott said. “They love working with this population, in part because they are so thankful.”

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WHAT’S COOKIN’ Cranberry pecan muffins for the holidays

the traditional preparations to make these delicious cranberry pecan muffins.

By Barbara Shark Redstone Review LYONS – In 2002, during the nearby Big Elk fire, we had watched flames just a couple ridges away and preShark pared boxes with important papers and objects, passports, insurance docs, high school yearbooks and photographs to take if we had to evacuate. This year as we were surrounded by three fires, we revisited those choices of what was important. I threw out many early versions of my book and added my recipe binders and my painting inventory notebooks.

Each day as I prepare meals, I appreciate the everyday objects that I use. The small, orange Le Creuset saucepan, perfect for so many things, my patinaed wooden spoons, the sugar bowl made by my sister Susan, the tiny basket sister Mimi made so long ago with holy palms. They would all be gone in a fire. They have no value but the value I assign them with my daily regard of these, in the scheme of things,

• Prepare a 12-cup muffin tin by greasing the cups or adding paper liners. I prefer the crispy outside of muffins baked without paper.

• Preheat oven to 350°.

• Toast one cup of pecans, then whizz half of them in the Cuisinart or blender until finely chopped. Coarsely chop the rest and set aside.

• Cream together 6 tablespoons butter and 3/4 cup brown sugar.

• Stir in a large beaten egg and 3/4 teaspoon vanilla.

• Add the ground pecans, 1 3/8 cups unbleached flour, 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt.

• Stir in 3/8 cup milk and the zest of half an orange.

• Add one cup fresh cranberries, thawed if frozen, and the chopped pecans.

• Bake at 350° for 25 to 30 minutes until brown and set when tested with a skewer.

Makes 12 muffins. insignificant objects.

At this time for giving thanks, I am grateful for the work of heroic firefighters.

I look at the ponderosas that shelter my tai chi space and thank them. I smell the

fresh, clean air and watch the snow blanket the slopes of Mt. Audubon, happy to live with all this beauty.

For a Thanksgiving treat, save a cup of fresh cranberries and a cup of pecans from

Chicken Marengo – The Post-Victory Fave

By Catherine Metzger Redstone Review SPINETTA MARENGO, ITALY – June 14, 1800 – Today, the battle was won so quickly by the army of 27-year-old Napoleon against the Austrians, that he returned to camp with an empty stomach well before the food supply wagon showed up. This created a quandary for Chef Dunand. The tale of Chicken Marengo – The Post-Victory Fave – is a story of invention under pressure. As “Boney’s” vic-

torious soldiers raided the northern Italian countryside for food and drink for themselves, Dunand deployed his kitchen staff into the nearby villages to rustle up ingredients for the Commander’s victory meal.

Soon they returned to reveal the mystery ingredients, à la a Chopped After Hours episode: a loaf of bread, olive oil, a chicken, eggs. ripe tomatoes, onions, mushrooms, olives, garlic, olive oil and crayfish. Then Dunand conjured a dish he titled Poulet Sauté à la Marengo or, Chicken Marengo – The Post-Victory

Fave that would become an enduring and delicious French classic that is beloved on our table to this day.

Note: I have yet to add crayfish to this dish, although I’m told that we can catch them at the Miramonte Reservoir, here in southwestern Colorado.

Chicken Marengo Serves 4; Preparation time 10 minutes; Cooking time 45 minutes One chicken, 3 pounds, cut into serving pieces Salt and pepper Flour 6 T olive oil 4 T butter 1 large onion, cut in rough dice 3 garlic cloves, minced 4 T tomato paste 1 C dry white wine Bouquet garni (parsley, bay leaf, thyme) 1/2 pound mushrooms, quartered 20 black olives, pitted 4 slices sourdough bread 4 eggs, 4 crayfish (both optional) 1 C pearl onions, glazed (optional) Fresh chopped parsley • Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat.

• Pat chicken dry, season with salt and pepper. Then dredge in flour, shaking off excess.

• Sauté the chicken in the olive oil until golden, about 7 minutes for each side. Re-

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move the chicken and set aside.

• Sauté the onions in the same skillet until golden brown, stirring occasionally, adding more olive oil if necessary.

• Add chopped garlic and sauté one minute, until fragrant.

• Add the tomato paste and stir in well.

• Add wine and stir, and add the bouquet garni. (I place them in the sauce without a cheesecloth bag.)

• Return the chicken to the skillet, laying it on top of the sauce, then cover and simmer for 15 minutes. If the sauce is too thick, add more wine. Add salt and pepper to taste.

• Add the mushrooms and olives. Simmer another 10 minutes.

• Remove the crusts from the bread and cut each slice diagonally.

• In a separate pan, sauté in butter and olive oil until brown. Set aside.

• Fry eggs and gently sauté crayfish and pearl onions, if using.

• Assemble plates with two pieces of fried bread, lay a joint of chicken on top and ladle some sauce over it. Add the egg and crayfish to the plate, if using.

Catherine Ripley Metzger has been cooking professionally and privately since 1979.

She was a French cuisine journeyman at the celebrated Henri d’Afrique restaurant in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia. Today she is the proprietor of the food blog www.foodfortheages.com, and Facebook.com/Food for the Ages. Though she cooks every day in a tiny kitchen with a two-burner stove, her recipes are expansive and she dedicates her craft to living large by cooking well in tiny kitchens.

Turkey time At left, Cathy Rivers was surprised by some special visitors to her neighborhood early in November. And from Gwynne Owens, a repeat from 2017: Yoga turkey, balancing serenly on one leg, contemplating his universe. From all of us at Redstone Review, Happy Thanksgiving.

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their pet. That’s what I’m hoping to get out of vet med, to meet my community and support my community.”

Mazariegos agreed, saying that working with Geller has been a highlight of her veterinary education.

“The communication with clients has been the most rewarding part for me,” she said. “It’s a population that usually gets overlooked, by not only veterinarians but professionals in general, because they can’t always afford treatments. They are so grateful to receive these services. It has completely changed my way of seeing the human-animal bond. Everyone deserves to have that, no matter what their financial status is.”

Summer findings Last summer, both students completed research projects dealing with homelessness and pets.

students’ education immensely. “When our students go to the clinic, they get to see how to offer care for these patients using only the resources they have with them,” Scott said. “So they get to do a lot more critical thinking there, and we want them to stretch those skills. We try to let the students be the doctor, but we’re there to supervise and help them.”

The interaction between the students from different fields has also been valuable.

“We try to go in all directions, so that the vet med and social work students are aware of what the other side is doing,” Palmer said. Now, CU School of Medicine third-year medical students Frankie Jeney and Eli Finer are getting involved as the new medical branch gets up and running in Fort Collins.

“Other One Health clinics around the country have seen preliminary results

“In my research, I found that people who have pets while experiencing homelessness are way less likely to experience suicidal ideation or risky behaviors,” Deluty explained. “If you want to look at it from a public health standpoint, there are benefits. If having a dog makes you happy, I want to make sure your dog is healthy.”

“I realized how hard it is for these individuals to get certain services,” Mazariegos added. “I just had not thought about it, because I’m privileged enough to not have to think about it. Now I’m even more passionate about finding ways to make those services available to everyone. Having a pet should not be a barrier to basic needs.”

Palmer has conducted interviews with many of the clients, and one big need he identified was a “doggie day care” where people could leave their pets when necessary.

Thanks to funding from the Homeward Alliance, he said, now that service is available near the Murphy Center, at the Canine Learning Center.

“If you don’t have a place to leave your dog during the day, you can’t get a job,” Deluty said. “But I don’t think that asking people to leave what genuinely could be the biggest piece of joy in their life is a sustainable choice either.”

An improved learning experience Scott said the project has enriched her

showing that pet owners who come to get help for their animals are more open to care for themselves,” said Finer, who earned his bachelor’s degree in nutrition and food science from CSU. “The clients at the Murphy Center have shown an interest in having this resource as well.”

“We’re trying to get the ball rolling on something that can be carried on well into the future,” Jeney said, adding that learning about animal health is not common for medical students. “What I hope to gain is an understanding of how multidisciplinary teams can address health for both pets and humans. Seeing the commonalities between human and animal health, and addressing those issues, is something I’m excited about. When you add in social work, it’s a unique opportunity to have a system in place to address people from all levels.”

Dr. Anuja Riles, director of health and society for the new CU branch at CSU, agreed.

“One of our missions at the new medical campus is to create physician leaders that can work in transdisciplinary teams to solve local, regional, national and global problems,” she said. “This effort is a great example of how these collaborative skills can be fostered in our students with the goal of achieving optimal health outcomes for all.”

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we are practicing what we preach.

The next time you notice someone over-reacting, consider that they might have PTS or PTSD. The next time you notice yourself over-reacting or feeling pressured, think about the six resilience builders above, and see if you can put one of them into action. In truth, that list is really a prescription not just for resilience, but for a happy life.

By strengthening our resilience, we can decrease the impact of what is going on in the world around us on our well-being. For instance, we can improve our cognitive flexibility by practicing putting ourselves in other people’s shoes, imagining why they think the way they do, or by learning new games that we have never played before. This ability tends to decrease as we get older, so it is important for older people to constantly challenge themselves by learning new things.

Our moral compass is often related to our religion. It is our sense of what “goodness” is and measuring our actions against that standard. It is healthy and helpful to examine our lives regularly and notice if

Janaki Jane writes on issues of mental health and society. She is co-chair of the Town of Lyons Housing and Human Services Commission and the director of the Wide Spaces Community Initiative, “Creating a Community of Belonging and Personal Safety for Everyone,” a program of the Lyons Community Library. You can read more of her writing at www.janakijane.com.