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B •R •I •E •F •S LAHC Poetry Contest Winners LYONS – The Lyons Arts and Humanities Commission (LAHC) Poetry Contest winners have been announced. There were six poems chosen as winners; three winners in the adult category and three winners in the juvenile category ages 9 through 17.

Adult Category First Place – “Trespass” by Bonnie Auslander Second Place – “Paying Tribute to Mila” by Yiquiao Change Third Place – “Carrefour” by Wendy Raymond Juvenile 9 – 17 Category First Place – “Lyons Sanctuary”

by Layla Siever Second Place – “Lyons” by Alexander Smith Third Place – “My Home” by Avery Hunter

2021 Sandstone Summer Concert Series LYONS – The 2021 Sandstone Summer Concert Series continues this Thursday with music starting at 6:30 p.m. at the Raul Vasquez stage in Sandstone Park.

Plus another concert has been added on August 19.

The concerts are free and it’s a great way to meet new friends and reconnect with your neighbors and long-time friends. On August 19 Elbow Brothers will perform; on August 26 Dechen Hawk will perform (rescheduled due to rain).

If the concert needs to be cancelled due to inclement weather, staff will send out via email, usually within one hour of showtime.

Lyons Community Foundation Grant Applications Due by September 11 LYONS – The Lyons Community Foundation (LCF) is pleased to remind all of its 14th annual community support granting season. Applications for Community Support Grants are available to all local non-profit organizations.

Online applications have been open since August 1. Submissions are due on September 11, 2021. These grants are available only once per year and must be applied for at this time. Electronic submissions are required; granting information and applications are available at lyonscf.org.

Over the lifetime of the Community Support Grants program, LCF has awarded nearly half a million dollars in grant awards.

This year, $35,000 will be made available to deserving recipients.

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On a rare and welcome smoke-free day in Lyons, a visit to Sally’s Bears, where several varieties of rudbeckia are blooming with wild abandon.

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Town Board discusses ideas for eastern corridor, hires a new finance director, moves a solar farm idea to a vote

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LYONS – At a workshop in August, the Lyons Town Board listened to a grant presentation and ideas for the planned development from developer Paul Tamburello on building out the eastern corridor on U.S. Hwy. 36 east of Lyons.

Tanburello discussed the idea of creating an incubator-accelerator space in the development. He pointed out that Boulder, a major employment center, is just 20 minutes away.

He said the development intends to attract people who can have outdoor recreation everyday and said that having the University of Colorado close by in Boulder would be a big advantage and he is looking at how to bring funding to those ideas.

He added that the demolition work on the

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north side of the project is completed and they are working on the south and east sides.

Administrator Victoria Simonsen announced that a new finance director would be in place in August. Cassey Eyestone accepted the position of Lyons Finance Director. She is slated to start full-time employment on August 23.

Cassey Eyestone worked with the City of Broomfield for the past seven years and prior to that the Federal Reserve Bank, and Colorado Water and Power Authority.

The Town of Lyons is advertising three positions currently: Receptionist and Accounts Payable Clerk, Office Manager and Building Permit Tech, and Maintenance Worker I with Public Works and Parks. Job postings are available on the Town website. Seasonal workers are finishing up their terms for 2021.

In other news at a public hearing, second reading, the trustees passed Ordinance 1107,

which will go to a vote of the people, to construct a solar generation and battery storage facility on one acre of Bohn Park southwest of the Bohn Park dirt jump bike park in Lyons.

The ordinance needs to go to a vote because it is park land which has restricted uses and the people need to approve the park’s use for a solar farm. The solar farm is designed to potentially offset the price of electricity for residents using Lyons electricity.

Two other possible locations were originally listed in the ordinance, but the board voted to list on the ballot only the location that required a vote of the people.

The trustees also passed, at a public hearing second reading, Resolution 2021-75, approving a conditional use on a detached Additional Dwelling Unit (ADU) at 210 Ewald. With this approval, the Lyons now has 11 ADUs. Continue Town on Page 13

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LYONS Air quality conditions were often unhealthy in August in the Lyons area

By Chief Peter Zick and Lieutenant Marya Washburn Redstone Review LYONS – Over the past few weeks, we have seen a noticeable change in our air quality here in the Lyons Fire Protection District area. While sometimes the smoke was so heavy that it seemed as if the fires causing the smoke would be close to home, many of the days with significant smoke were actually the result of several large fires from as far away as Oregon, California and even Canada.

The Dixie fire in Northern California, now the largest fire in California history as of August 9, 2021, had a significant effect on our air quality here in the Denver area for the first few weeks in August.

Air Quality Indexes (AQIs) were often in the “unhealthy” and “very unhealthy” levels for several days in a row, meaning that some members of the general public could experience negative health effects due to the smoke for the “unhealthy” category. And, when the level reaches “very unhealthy”, the risk of health effects is increased for everyone. These AQIs are dictated by the Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA), and you can find more information about these indexes at their airnow.gov website.

AQIs of 151 to 200 are considered “unhealthy” by the EPA. If our AQIs are in this category, it’s advised that sensitive groups (which are people with heart or lung disease, older adults, children and teenagers) avoid prolonged activity outside, or any type of heavy exertion. For everyone else, it’s recommended that you at least reduce your exposure and time outdoors.

Once the AQI reaches “very unhealthy”, which is 201 to 300, it is recommended that sensitive groups avoid going outdoors, and everyone avoid long periods of time outside. Once inside, make sure you have a good filtration system in your home, keep your windows closed, and avoid having smoke inside your home from things such as tobacco smoke, fireplaces, and wood stoves.

There are several ways you can stay up to date with the air quality information for our area. First, you can use the airnow.gov website for information, including maps of smoke in the area.

There are also several phone apps that can be downloaded, depending on your personal preferences. Increasing your own personal awareness about smoke in the air, as well as how to protect your health, is one of the many ways you can help keep yourself safe during fire season.

Chief Peter Zick is the new Chief of Lyons Fire Protection District. Marya Washburn is the public information officer and a Lieutenant with the Lyons Fire District.

Utilities: WET, a new type of test for the wastewater plant showed no concerns

By Aaron Caplan Redstone Review LYONS – Capital Improvements Projects Longs Peak Drive Sewer and Water Line replacement is estimated to begin in mid-September. Hwy. 7 project is getting underway with the full road closure estimated to begin in mid to late September.

Wastewater On the sewer backup on Welch Ct. there is included in the packet of material for the trustees a plan and estimate of cost to replace 80 to 100 feet of line where the line is badly sagging. During the investigations into the cause of the backup, it was noticed that the problem may be exacerbated by the fact that the force main from the McConnell Lift Station dumps into the manhole at this location. The force main is a pressurized line that takes sewage from a location at a lower elevation and pumps it up to a location at a higher elevation where it can continue in the gravity based standard sewer lines. Engineering is looking into options to reshape the bottom of the manhole to better direct the effluent that comes from the force main further down the sewer line and not back up the Welch Ct. line that also dumps into this manhole.

Water First Avenue Water Line and Fire Hydrant Pressure continued research into where the water lines in this area are located have allowed for a third more viable solution to be produced. Included in this packet is the design and cost estimate to tie First Avenue into the high-pressure portion of our water system via a connection to the water line along Mountain View. This option allows for work in the existing road, rather than the much more difficult terrain to the east of First Avenue. It is a shorter distance of pipe that will be needed and it does not require additional pressure pumps to increase the pressure.

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Electric The remaining 40 new electric meters that are needed to finish the electric meter project are now scheduled for delivery in September because of the delays in production affecting many industries.

August Waste Water Treatment Facility (WWTF) Report Monthly testing reports: The ambient stream temperature monitor which is used to test the stream temperature prior to the effluent entering the stream has been moved and is working properly. We submitted the final set of monthly reports to the state under the old permit at the end of July for the month of June.

We received results on the new type of testing called Whole Effluent Toxicity or WET testing and there were no concerns. The basics of the test are that living aquatic organisms are exposed to samples of the wastewater. It is thought to show an overall picture of the health of the stream showing if the organisms can survive, grow and reproduce.

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) violations: We are waiting to hear back from CDPHE on closing out the concerns from the previous permit’s copper violations. A final report was submitted at the end of June and the initial response from CDPHE was, “This looks great. Thank you for sending it over. No need for letterhead with the Narrative Conditions Report Form and the project was well summarized.”

CDPHE Permit Request to Rerate the WWTF to accept higher levels of BOD: We did submit the application and fee for an extension to begin the construction required for the rerating after the July 31, 2021 deadline to get started. We are waiting to hear back from the state.

The application did not indicate how long the extension would be for. Staff also submitted the Construction as ApContinue Utilities on Page 12

Salamander is a social and affectionate two-year-old kitty waiting now to meet his forever companion through the Longmont Humane Society. Salamander has a gentle nature and enjoys people of all ages. We believe that he will do well with other cats as well as a polite dog. Visit www.longmonthumane.org to learn more about Salamander, or come in for a visit from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily.

More than 200 animals are waiting for forever families at Longmont Humane Society. Visit them at www.longmonthumane.org, and then come meet them at the shelter at 9595 Nelson Road.

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MAYOR’S CORNER Some new projects approved, some concessions made to affordable housing and National Night Out

By Nick Angelo Redstone Review “Light can penetrate any amount of darkness but no amount of darkness can penetrate light.”

Meher Baba LYONS – Please be careful regarding health issues, both air quality and the Delta variant of the coronavirus. The tiny particles in smoke can go deeply into the lungs.

The Delta variant is very contagious and as exhausting as it may seem, it would be prudent to mask in public places that are crowded. Honestly, considering that we will soon have lost more Americans to Covid than all the combat deaths from all of our wars (677,000), perhaps that fact will spur an even more comprehensive and refocused vaccination drive. This is not meant to be a political statement but strictly addressing our current pandemic.

Regarding town issues, some very exciting projects have been approved. The Board of Trustees approved the affordable housing project. It is true that we made concessions to the developer to offset the rise in materials cost. Those were fees that we would not have accrued if the development not taken place. It was a far lower amount than most municipalities contribute to affordable Angelo

housing projects.

Strikingly, we did not allocate one cent from any of our enterprise funds, water, sewer or electric. Those amounts totaled over one million dollars and are to be used for upgrading our infrastructure systems. In addition, each unit will contribute monthly to each enterprise fund. We’ve reached approximately half of our goal to replace units that were lost in the flood.

We have made progress having the sewer plant re-rated and can now begin serious planning and development plus processing future annexation applications on the eastern corridor. Downtown projects are on schedule and additional development plans are coming before staff continually. Lyons is actually becoming a hive of activity regarding redeveloping our core downtown area, beyond any of our wildest expectations, stay tuned in. That’s what happens when quaint, beautiful places are discovered, hopefully we can maintain some of our small-town charm. I think we can if we remain Lyons strong and continue to define community.

National Night Out was fun. It was great seeing the children enjoy watching our first responder firefighters go through the extraction process from a car. First the doors were cut off the car, then the roof was removed and finally the “jaws of life” used to make room for removal of any person trapped. The children loved it and I think a few future

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first responders were created that night. Thank you to Chief Zick and the Hygiene Fire Department as well. Bravo.

I’m not going to sweep the next issue under the rug, not my style. Social media and being an elected official posting or contributing to an online thread can be risky, to put it politely. We have continually been told to be careful, but it is still very easy to make mistakes. I recently responded to a post by a friend who used one word to describe a legislative process he felt was conducted improperly. It was not, so I responded, not defensively, to correct the record for him. If one impugns the integrity of the Board of Trustees, staff or counsel, know that I will as the spokesperson for the Town respond accordingly, politely and immediately.

That hasn’t always been the case. On one occasion there was a reference to information that should have been kept confidential. In a couple of other ongoing instances there have been additional ethics complaints filed.

It would be improper to comment any further as those have not been addressed formally and will be shortly in the future. It’s fairly simple to understand the clash between first amendment rights in this situation. Before being elected I enjoyed the interaction on social media, not anymore as much. Conversations seem to go sideways many times. I’ve taken the advice of counsel and choose to just not participate, rarely if at all, too risky. It’s not a matter of withholding information or an unwillingness to communicate, that’s for Board of Trustee meetings. Anyone can speak under audience business on any subject other than having to wait to speak on a second reading of Continue Mayor on Page 14

Grants for revitalizing Main Streets due to Covid for lighting, roadway and pedestrian improvements

By Brianna Hoyt Redstone Review LYONS – In mid-2020, as one of the responses to help small businesses pivot due to the pandemic, the Colorado DeHoyt partment of Transportation (CDOT) launched a new grant program, Revitalizing Main Streets.

The program offered two opportunities: small grants of up to $150,000 for multimodal improvements and public space improvements, and larger grants for up to $2 million for major infrastructure improvements. The Town of Lyons applied for both funding opportunities to help our local, small businesses.

The first project, which has been awarded, is the Lyons Main Street (U.S. 36 westbound) and 4th Avenue Lighting Improvements. This project will add solar bol-

lard lighting to the sidewalks along 4th Avenue between Railroad Avenue and High Street. The installation will be coordinated in conjunction with the sidewalk improvements along 4th Avenue for the Safe Route to School grant the Town is currently working on. In addition, solar bollard lighting will also be added along the sidewalks on Main Street in the block between 3rd Avenue to 4th Avenue. Ambient string lighting will be added across the tops of the east and west pedestrian sidewalks along Main Street between 4th and 5th Avenues.

String lighting will improve the commercial core ambiance, especially during the longer fall and winter months, and help encourage extended outdoor seating and shopping into the evening hours.

Earlier this year, the Town of Lyons was also awarded $2.4 million in funding from the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) to begin infrastructure improvements along Broadway (U.S. 36

eastbound). DRCOG funding is highly competitive. The Town applied in 2018 and was informed in early 2021 that the funding was being awarded for the project.

The Broadway improvement project will include adding pedestrian sidewalks, multimodal bike lanes (along the southern edge), activating the northern edge with sidewalks and better pedestrian connectivity plus an additional 51 parking spaces.

Once the project is completed, Broadway will have a similar look and feel as Main Street, with curb bump outs at pedestrian crossings, parking lanes, and narrower vehicular traffic lanes to help reduce speeds along that stretch of Broadway. This project will improve pedestrian safety and enhance business access along Broadway and allow for new and improved frontage opportunities for businesses.

Town staff applied for an additional Revitalizing Main Street grant opportunity to cover the majority of the required local

Images at left: Two artist’s renderings of possible changes to improve Broadway. match for the DRCOG grant. The Revitalizing Main Street grant program has $23 million allocated for funding statewide and has received 72 unique funding requests.

Many local communities in Colorado are taking advantage of this program to improve their infrastructure and community space. The town should learn about the funding in the next few weeks.

Safe Routes to School is the Town’s final flood recovery project and is scheduled to begin construction late fall, 2021. The Safe Routes to School project is a child and student friendly pedestrian and bicycle connection between the Lyons Elementary School and the Lyons Middle / Senior High School. It includes an ADA accessible pedestrian bridge at 4th Avenue over the North St. Vrain that will be similar in size and scale to the pedestrian bridge in Bohn Park. The plans include new or updated sidewalks and / or multimodal trails along 4th Avenue and creating ADA curb cuts / ramps. The Town of Lyons continues to work on improving pedestrian and cyclist access throughout our town. For more information on Town projects, sign up for the Town of Lyons eblasts at www.townoflyons.com/289/notifyme.

Brianna Hoyt earned degrees in anthropology and history from the University of Denver and worked as a freelance writer for five years. She primarily worked with marketing firms to generate content for business websites and social media accounts. Brianna Hoyt started working for the Town of Lyons in February 2020 as Lyons’ Main Street Manager.

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INTEREST Rocky Mountain Botanical Garden schedules tour, and Colorado four o’ clocks are in bloom

By Jessie Berta-Thompson Redstone Review LYONS – Rocky Mountain Botanical Garden founder Garima Fairfax will be giving a tour of the Rocky Mountain Botanic Gardens in Lyons on Saturday, August 21 at 10 a.m. The tour is free and open to all.

Fairfax will walk visitors through the garden, celebrating each of the zones of the garden that represent five different Colorado ecosystems. She’ll also pause to talk about plants that are blooming or setting interesting fruit and seeds or that look particularly wonderful that day.

She has extensive experience as a botanical educator and a deep love of Colorado plants. In between sharing stories about the species growing in the gardens, she can also answer visitors’ plant identification and gardening questions. In case of rain, a make-up session will be held the following Saturday, August 28 at 10 a.m. No advance registration is required. Meet at the garden entrance, near the intersection of Prospect St. and 4th Ave. in Lyons, along the access path to Bohn Park. We hope you come, to get to know the gardens in more depth and to enjoy Garima Fairfax’s wealth of knowledge. For more information, see www.rmbg.org.

Plant and Grant updates Planting this year in the new montane zone of the Rocky Mountain Botanic Gardens got a great boost in the form of a grant from the Landscaping with Colorado Native Plants (LWCNP) organization. This group’s mission is to “promote the inclusion of native plants in our landscaping to benefit pollinators and songbirds, save water, and restore the beauty and health of nature in the places we live, work and play.” The group enacts this mission by holding an annual conference, maintaining a website full of resources, and running a grants program.

The organization awards several grants per year to help

public and private gardens pay for Colorado native plants.

We were lucky enough to get one of their grants this year and spent it on 81 plants from 15 species. The extra funds particularly helped with the high cost of trees to build our montane garden conifer collection. These trees should be useful to visitors who want to get to know the firs, spruces, and pines, or to learn the differences between the lodgepole, ponderosa, pinyon, limber, and bristlecone pines.

Many thanks to LWCNP for this generosity. For those interested, the next LWCNP conference will be held online on February 26, 2022, welcoming home gardeners and professionals alike. Other plant shopping for the gardens this year, to plant the new riparian section and to fill in gaps in the other parts of the garden, was funded through many donations large and small from the community, to whom we are deeply indebted.

What’s in bloom (and when)? The Colorado four o’clock A desert beauty has come into bloom at the gardens in the height of summer’s heat – the Colorado four o’clock (Mirabilis multiflora). The Latin genus name Mirabilis means wondrous or marvelous, and multiflora means many-flowered, so be ready for this plant’s abundant and stunning flowers. It’s also called the desert four o’clock or the showy four o’clock. The flowers are bright pink, about an inch across. They emerge from stiff little green cups made up of modified leaves. The plants grow in a spread-

Colorado four o’clocks (mirabilis multiflora) close up (above) and the whole plant (at left). ing form, with a pale tint to their green foliage.

There’s a trick to seeing this flower. If you come to the gardens at midday, there won’t be any open blossoms. But in the morning or evening, the flowers are out in all their glory. The exact timing depends on conditions, like clouds, so you might not want to set a watch by it, but the name four o’clock refers to this tendency to open in the Continue Garden on Page 14

1905 St. Vrain Reservoir and Irrigation Project aimed to move the town

By Brianna Hoyt Redstone Review LYONS – Did you know that if things had turned out differently in the early 20th century, Lyons, Colorado would be in a different location?

In 1905, Lyons resident J.C. Working

Government estimates place the value of water at a minimum of $1 an acre per year.

At such an appraisement, the projectors claim that they could make a handsome dividend on the investment of over 3,000,000.” (The Lyons Recorder 1905).

The entire town would have been relocated to Dowe Flats areas, which is out to-

been enlisted. Citizens of Lyons rest secure in their belief that neither they or their children will ever see it completed.”

(The Lyons Recorder, 1906).

Museum staff has not yet been able to locate a newspaper article on why this project never came to fruition. Staff can speculate that it was due to lack of funding and pos-

Left: Location of proposed 1905 dam. Right: Town and surrounding area that would have been flooded proposed a new reservoir. This reservoir would have been the largest in the state of Colorado and would have held an estimated eight billion cubic feet of water.

The dam would have been 2,000 feet long and 260 feet high.

It would have spanned the bluffs of the St. Vrain River east of Lyons. Modern day Lyons and LaVern Johnson Park would have been completely submerged (The Lyons Recorder 1905). The lake would have been approximately four miles long and two miles wide at a cost of three million for construction.

“Lyons is now a town of about 500 inhabitants, and the project to reestablish can be carried out, the projectors say. This can be done by condemning the property under the eminent domain laws, where people refuse to trade for the new lots.

wards Rabbit Mountain. While the project could have been potentially lucrative, the issue of relocating the town was a sore subject with many residents.

“Beautiful in scenery, smiling in content, Lyons is threatened with disaster if the plan to convert it into an immense reservoir upon which engineers are now at work ever materializes. The contemplated reservoir is a most stupendous enterprise. It will cost anywhere from four million to eight million dollars. The water will form a lake from three to four miles in width. The dam, 2,000 feet in length, will be 250 feet in height. It will be strong enough to hold a ten billion cubic feet of water. It will be a solid mass of concrete and masonry with heavy facing of granite.

But the work so far is only on paper. It is feasible, no doubt, but capital has not yet

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sibly public outrage, but will continue to research this topic to add to the Lyons Redstone Museum’s historical record.

The historic issues of The Lyons Recorder

show that water rights in this area have been an issue for well over a hundred years. In October of 1905, Highland Ditch Co. prepared one of the biggest water rights lawsuits at the time to the district court to settle the 1881 decree on water rights to mountain stream runoff.

In the early 1980s the City of Longmont surveyed and attempted to build the Coffintop Dam on the St. Vrain River; for more information on this project visit the Lyons Redstone Museum to see the exhibit and model of the proposed dam.

Water rights and access have been a constant topic throughout Lyons history and still affect our town today. If you would like to read about what was happening in town over a hundred years ago, historic issues of The Lyons Recorder were digitized through a History Colorado grant and are available at www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org.

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OPTIONS New fall session of storytimes will start this month; TAG and the Busy Readers Book Club to meet soon

By Becki Loughlin Redstone Review LYONS – Summer is drawing to a close and with it, the Tails and Tales Reading Program. The library had 115 participants of all ages, and it was a joy to reward all youth who completed the program with their very own book to keep, courtesy of the Friends of the Library.

Many thanks to our other partners, too, for making this year’s program a success: the Lyons Dairy Bar for donating coupons for 100 ice cream treats; Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center for providing youth education programs; and the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office for bringing their K9 to visit. We could not have had such an enjoyable, literacy-based summer without the support of these great organizations.

We also loved having our first in-person storytimes in more than a year. A new session will begin on August 24 with Baby/Lapsit Storytimes on Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. and All-Ages Storytime and Craft on Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. Registration is not required; all are welcome.

Kicking off a new school year, a drop-in craft event will begin at 3 p.m. on

Anti-oppression activist Regan Byrd will lead a discussion on resisting racism in community on September 15 from 6 to 9 p.m.

Wednesday, September 1. Join us for lots of afternoon fun and creativity.

Older youth in grades 6 to 12 are invited to join the new Teen Advisory Group (TAG), which will meet once a month on Thursdays, beginning September 9 at 6

p.m. TAG members will contribute to the development of the library’s young adult collection, help with library programs, and offer ideas for creating a comfortable, safe and fun atmosphere for teens at the library, all while earning volunteer hours for participation. Interested teens can register via our website or by calling the library.

There is plenty for adults too, while kids are back-to-school. Registration is now open for a four-week series of Lunch and Learn technology classes starting September 16 at noon. Topics to be covered include free online photo editing tools, cloud storage options, getting started selling on Etsy, and the nuts and bolts of creating a personal or small business website. Space is limited. Bring your own laptop or we can provide one for you. Find more information and registration links on our website.

Also, on September 29 at 6:30 p.m., the Busy Readers Book Club will meet to discuss the 2013 Man Booker Finalist, A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki. Set in Japan, the novel examines the conflicts within Japanese culture, as well as those in the West, and contemplates such large quandaries as quantum mechanics, Zen meditation, computer science, climate

change, and the nature of being. The Seattle Times called the book a “dazzling and humorous work of literary origami... stirring and unforgettable.” Pick up a copy from the library today.

Then, on September 15 from 6 to 9 p.m., we will explore how our community can resist racism together with an evening of curiosity and growth. Join us to discuss Foundations of Racism and How to be an Anti-Racist Ally with workshop facilitator Regan Byrd, an award-winning anti-oppression activist, speaker, and trainer who was recently named “Woman of the Year” by the Business and Professional Women of Denver. Registration is required.

Don’t forget, we’ve added additional evening hours. We open Monday through Saturday at 10 a.m. We close at 5 p.m. on Mondays and Fridays; 7:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays; and 2 p.m. on Saturdays. Our online catalog is available 24/7 at lyons.colibraries.org and we’re always open for digital downloads via OverDrive, Libby and CloudLibrary apps.

Give us a call at 303-823-5165 or email info@lyonslibrary.com with any questions. We are happy to provide curbside pickup for those who prefer it; just give us a call during regular open hours.

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The Hootenanny at River Bend to be hosted by LCF and LEAF on August 29

By Tricia Marsh Redstone Review LYONS – The Lyons Community Foundation (LCF) and Lyons Emergency & Assistance Fund (LEAF) are teaming together for a fun-filled family-friendly fundraiser. The end of summer Hootenanny at River Bend is set for Sunday, August 29 from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.

We’ll have so many offerings for the whole family to enjoy and a wonderful atmosphere to help support two very important nonprofits in town. If you are new to town or don’t fully understand these two organizations’ missions, and how they are different, I invite you to visit our websites (lcf.org and leaflyons.org). Or better yet, come to the hootenanny and meet us. We will have information tables set up to help folks get better acquainted with the altruistic work these two groups do in the Greater Lyons area.

The Hootenanny at River Bend will feature two great local bands, Blue Canyon Boys and Taarka. The Blue Canyon Boys were the 2008 Telluride Bluegrass Festival’s contest winner. They feature Gary Dark on mandolin, Jason Hicks on guitar, Drew Garrett on bass, and Chris Roszell on banjo. Their high lonesome sound is both old-timey and contemporary. Their harmonies and rhythms never get old. Perfect for our Lyons Hootenanny at River Bend.

They will play from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Many in the area know wife and husband Enion and David Pelta-Tiller. We have been proud to call them locals. Their band name references the blending of Indian spices until their flavor pops. To that point, the incredible musicianship of Taarka heats to the point of bursting as well. With Enion on violin and vocals and David on mandolin, guitar, and vocals we are in for a musical treat as they serenade us through the dinner hour with their infusion of jazz, gypsy, old timey, Indian and even Celtic flavors. They will play from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

In addition to musical entertainment, we will feature dance performances by Lyons’ very own Defined Motion Dance Company. We always look forward to seeing what the fantastic local dance company has in store. They will be performing from 4:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.

For the kiddos, we’ll have a wonderful children’s area designed and presented by Rainbow Lightning Productions, whose mission is to keep the inner child inspired.

This nonprofit based out of Crestone, Colorado creates playscapes and activities where kids can have an exploratory and fun experience. We are also expecting a visit from the Lyons Community Fire Department, who will be helping with our duck race and have a fire truck there for the kids to check out.

Speaking of the duck race, we will be dropping the ducks in the river at 5 p.m. from the bridge on Hwy. 36 and we’ll all wait eagerly to see which one will be first to the flagstone patio at River Bend. You will be able to sign up for your duck numbers at the Sandstone concerts on Thursday August 19 and 26 or at the Hootenanny at River Bend. The cost per ducky is $5. The cash prize for first place is $100, second place is $50, and third place is $25. The duck race will start at 5:30 p.m.

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OPPORTUNITY A-Lodge motel owner plans lodging, food trucks, movies and music, a tiki bar and beer garden, and more

By Ken Singer Redstone Review LYONS – When Asa Firestone saw that the Aspen Lodge on Main Street was for sale, he thought it would be a great opportunity to expand his A- (for Adventure) Lodge in Boulder. The location was “perfect” to expand to Lyons, a great town to capitalize on a clientele that didn’t need luxurious accommodations to engage in active sports, he said.

The original A-Lodge up Four Mile Canyon was established by Firestone in 2014. The chance to set up in Lyons, close to Boulder without Boulder real estate prices, gave him a number of possibilities for a small business with music, food and six rooms for rent. He initially considered razing the building but decided on renovation instead. Both ALodges focus on what he termed “self-propelled sports” for his clientele.

He found a financial partner to help with his dreams of catering to the many bikers, climbers and hikers drawn to the area’s natural beauty and opportunities for adventure. And then, the pandemic hit.

Firestone’s plans are somewhat fluid as zoning laws and costs for some of the improvements are a stark reality with having only one partner. His awareness in keeping his share of the majority ownership is that

for his plans and dreams to succeed having more partners would make a chancy proposition.

A desire to offer food, given there is no room for a commercial kitchen, gave him the idea of bringing in one or more food trucks to serve customers and guests along with having music and an outdoor beer garden. While there are a number of other venues in Lyons which offer patrons music, Firestone believes that Lyons residents and those nearby can support similar multiple businesses.

The outdoor aspects of A-Lodge necessitate warmish weather activities and Firestone plans to use winter for more improvements. He wants to experiment and admits he doesn’t have much experience in this area. Permanent bathrooms are not in the foreseeable future and he would use “port-a-potties” or a bathroom trailer for the temporary tiki bar he is building. But until he can change the zoning to deal with the 25-ft. setbacks on the property, (“commercial” to “commercial downtown”), he can only do so much to fulfill his dreams.

With at least five wedding venues in town, there are opportunities for wedding parties to rent less expensive rooms for the events. He is aware that there will be a 30to 50- room hotel being built across the street from A-Lodge, but that will proba-

bly be more expensive than the rates for his motel. He also bought the house adjacent to the property and is currently living there, but it can be turned into a wedding suite if needed.

Since the property is on a slope, he had to get Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) approval for making the patio into a beer garden. Firestone is cautious about running afoul of local zoning laws, pointing out that a weedy shrub that is between the curb and the sidewalk needs trimming or removal and he has asked the town to take it away but so far, he hasn’t had success.

It sounds like Firestone’s plans are in flux. He acknowledges that he tests his concepts to see if they will work. He plans a fire pit or two, a stage for music and films, a kid zone, and a more permanent bar (he does have a liquor license).

Another possibility is to have a farmers’ market in the rear of the motel. He also has camper van rentals, another one of his businesses, and he rented out his house in Boulder so he could be here in Lyons.

Although some venues have run into problems with neighbors complaining about music being too loud or too late, he says he will try to focus on daytime or softer music. But Lyons is “music town, Colorado,” he said and his sense is that there would not be a problem since Main

Caught off guard when parents start slipping

By Terry de Castro Redstone Review LOS ANGELES, CA – Nothing could have prepared me for the moment I realized my parents were on the inevitable passage into old age.

For so many years they had seemed so vital and ageless to me. After moving from Minnesota to Hot Springs Village, Arkansas, drawn by the mild weather, the inexpensive property, and some Midwestern friends that had already moved there, they enjoyed a long and productive retirement.

They had a thriving social life, and my father volunteered for myriad organizations and built a fleet of museum-quality model ships. But at one, very palpable point in time, they began to tip toward the dreaded, inevitable state of dependence.

It seemed to start when two of my siblings, their spouses, and I went to visit them. Our mom, who had been a fabulous and bountiful cook her whole life, presented us with dinner: a tiny, instant casserole. One of us suggested that she serve a vegetable with it, so she pulled a single can of string beans out of the cupboard. There were seven of us eating that night.

She had been making meals for other people for the better part of 65 years, so it was understandable that she would lose interest in cooking at some point. But it was one of the first signs that things were starting to change. Another was that our father had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease around the same time, and there was a marked loss of strength and vitality in him.

Once an avid hiker who could lap us all on any steep mountain trail, he was now struggling to keep up on a short walk around the lake. One evening I stood on their back porch listening to the ridiculously loud cicadas (like a thousand dissonant sleigh bells) thinking, “It’s happening.”

An alien feeling came over me, a mixture of panic, bewilderment, sadness and fear, mixed with shameless selfconcern about how inconvenient this was going to become. I told my mother at the end of our visit that if

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She assured me it would not be necessary.

About a year later, I got a call: “I need you.” My dad had taken a fall and was recovering in a rehab center. They were both finding it difficult to cope with it, so my three siblings and I sprang into action. I went out there and stayed with my mother for a month while my dad recovered.

It became clear that they could not stay where they were. Their doctor admitted that while my dad might bounce back to some degree, it would only be a matter of

time before “another wheel fell off.” I’ve thought about that phrase on more occasions than I can count. It has played like a tape loop in my head for the last few years.

The doctor suggested that we plan to have them move to a place where one of the kids was nearby. That place ended up being back to Minnesota, where they now live in an assisted living community near my oldest sister.

Our father did bounce back to some degree, as did our mother. They moved into a spacious apartment that looked like a mini version of their Arkansas house, with all of their favorite things placed just where they wanted,

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including Dad’s grandfather clock. When I helped move them to their new home, I never thought I’d end up knowing so much about grandfather clocks. I helped get it serviced, learned how to wind it and how to calibrate it if it chimed off the hour.

I was “becoming the parent,” something I’d heard about but never thought would happen to me, especially being the youngest child. And I am not nearly “the parent” that either of my sisters are, or even my brother, as they tackle the most challenging and grown-up aspects of our parents’ care, i.e., the financial and the everyday. I consider myself more the emotional support animal.

Our parents seemed to be coping with their new situation very well, aside from some unavoidable boredom. They lived in their apartment for about four years until very recently, when the inevitable happened: another wheel fell off. Dad had fallen again and was back in a rehab center. It was becoming clear that our parents did not have enough support, so my three siblings and I sprang back into action.

We helped facilitate another move, one that would see them into a more skilled unit, where there would be on-demand assistance. It was not an easy move for many reasons. Our mother had to give up her dog, they had to move into a much smaller apartment, and they would have significantly less autonomy. Again, I was not prepared for this moment.

A whole cascade of emotions washed over me as I helped my mother re-home their dog, pack up and get rid of a significant portion of their things, and move them into a place where they were not even allowed a toaster without a medical evaluation. I spent sleepless nights worrying about their future, their quality of life, and what they were giving up.

But a friend of mine reminded me that this was a time of life to let go of things. And I had to tell myself that this was not something I was going through, it was something that my parents were going through, and they seemed to be coping with it just fine.

But as a daughter and a witness to their struggle in facing these changes, with varying degrees of acceptance and resistance, I was going through a kind of parallel process.

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INSIGHT Voting rights: Will our votes count or is democracy over?

By John Gierach Redstone Review LYONS – Is it just me, or is the Biden administration dropping the ball on voting rights? I know he has plenty to do. If all goes well Gierach – and that seems doubtful – it could still take a generation to fix what Trump managed to break in four years. But although I voted for Biden and was happy when he won, there are days when I think he’s too old and too moderate for the job.

I say that because Biden is four years older than I am and I’m too old to be president. If the stress of a single day in office didn’t kill me, I suspect just the merest glimpse at the classified horrors none of us know about would be enough to make me jump off the nearest bridge. The only reason we won’t have the opportunity we’ve had with other presidents to watch Biden’s hair turn gray is that it was gray when he was sworn in. Trump’s hair didn’t turn gray because he either didn’t understand what was going on or didn’t care.

More to the point, Biden seems to have his heart set on cooperation from the Republicans, who have for years demonstrated, and sometimes publicly admitted, that they have no intention of cooperating with Democrats or anyone else. Prior to his eight years as vice president, he was in the Senate for 36 years and still remembers the good old days when the two parties could still compromise and get things done. Now the Republican strategy is to say they’re willing to work with Democrats and go through the motions long enough to stall things for as long as possible, only to eventually claim the Democrats are being unreasonable and pull the plug. All of us who follow the news know that, but for some reason Democrats keep falling for it.

Biden now seems poised to make the

same mistake on the infrastructure bill that Obama made on healthcare: putting all his chips on that one thing, getting a watered-down version that’s better than nothing, but not as good as it could have been, and losing everything else because

The strategy is to do whatever is necessary to keep anyone who might vote for a Democrat from casting a ballot, but if enough people manage to bulldog their way through the obstacle course, you can simply ignore their votes and elect your own

President Lyndon Johnson shakes hands with civil rights activists, including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., after signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965. IMAGE COURTESY THE LBJ PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY

the Republicans ran out the clock.

But if there’s one issue that’s worth a big legislative effort before next year’s mid-term elections, it’s clearly voting rights. The number of states that have enacted or are considering voter suppression laws is a moving target even for groups like Common Cause, but there’s an easy shortcut: Any state that’s controlled by Republicans is on the list.

And even more insidious are the voter nullification laws, measures that would allow state legislatures to ignore the popular vote and submit their own results.

people. This is no longer the old push and pull between liberals and conservatives over policy and philosophy; this is between free elections and some new American version of totalitarianism.

Biden seems to think that the courts will take care of this, and they might if there was time, but there isn’t. Lawsuits can take years to work their way through the usual series of continuances and appeals (Republicans and lawyers are both experts at stalling) and we only have 16 months until the midterms. If the midterms are held

with those laws on the books and the results are allowed to stand, it could spell the end of fair elections in America.

There are two bills in Congress now that could short circuit that. The John Lewis Act would simply restore the provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act that was deleted by the Supreme Court and require states and localities with patterns of discrimination (Republican states, in other words) to clear any changes in their election laws in advance with the federal government.

Senate Bill 1 (the For the People Act) is the better of the two because it goes several steps farther. It would require automatic voter registration, require early and mail-in voting, restore voting rights to felons who have served their time, end partisan gerrymandering, restructure the Federal Election Commission and require super PACs to disclose their big donors.

Bear in mind that the attempted insurrection on January 6 wasn’t staged by a bunch of disaffected hotheads; it was planned and encouraged by the Republican Party all the way up the chain of command to the president. If you doubt that, consider that even in light of the attack on the capitol, eight Republican senators and 139 Republican representatives voted against certifying the election. That’s 139 out of the 212 Republicans in the House – better than half – all of whom were intent on overturning a fair election.

And although some have called January 6 a failed coup attempt, the Republicans see it as merely a dress rehearsal for the next time, except that instead of a mob of idiots armed with improvised weapons, they’ll use voter suppression and nullification and the mob will be comprised of lawyers in expensive suits.

Infrastructure is important and I know Biden is already starting to think about his legacy because all presidents do. But if he doesn’t get his priorities straight, he’ll be remembered as the president who left us a dictatorship with a bunch of nice new roads and bridges.

Working to fix Colorado’s infrastructure, take climate action and build back better

By U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse Redstone Review BOULDER – Across our district and throughout our state, from Lyons to Nederland, Estes Park to Granby, it is no secret that our infrastructure is in dire need of repairs and upgrades. From regular wear and Neguse tear to the consequences of climate change, including record-setting wildfires and hundred-year floods, our roads, bridges, and other infrastructure are crumbling.

As we work to tackle the climate crisis, prepare our communities for the future and put people back to work following the COVID-19 pandemic, this moment demands a bold vision for our nation, for working families, for our communities and for our future.

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make a once-in-a-century investment in our nation’s infrastructure. Our plan will create millions of good-paying jobs, ensure America’s global competitiveness for the 21st century and unleash the full potential of America’s working families.

As our nation emerges from the pandemic, now is the time to think boldly – and this transformative legislation represents an important step toward building a stronger, cleaner, fairer future for the people. Not only will our plan fix roads and bridges, but it will make historic investments in affordable housing, child care, clean energy and support our communities as we prepare and recover from the worst impacts of climate change.

As Colorado experiences record-setting wildfires, unprecedented flash flooding and horrible air quality, it’s more clear than ever that we need to make historic investments now to ensure a livable world for future generations.

I recently had the opportunity to join the grand opening for the 2nd Avenue Bridge in Lyons, a perfect example

of what building back better should look like, and how we can better prepare our communities for the future through investments in climate resilient infrastructure.

After suffering significant damage from devastating floods in 2013, investments in infrastructure have helped rebuild the 2nd Avenue bridge and ensure that its design will be more resilient against future flooding, investing now so we can avoid costs from natural disaster later. The resolve and commitment to building climate resilient infrastructure shown by the Lyons community should serve as the model for the nation.

I’m proud that several of the priorities our office has been working on for months to help communities here in Colorado will be included in this once-in-a-generation legislative package. That includes our proposal to launch a reimagined 21st Century Climate Conservation Corps to put hundreds of thousands of Americans to work restoring our lands, our forests and our communities. This proposal would massively scale up workforce capacity in our public lands, to reduce the maintenance backlog, help fight catastrophic wildfires and tackle the climate crisis.

Additionally, I’ve been working to secure over $20 million in federal funding to support specific local infrastructure projects in our district as part of this down-payment for our nation. These funds will help make improvements and repairs from Frisco to Fort Collins that will go a long way to recovering from, and becoming more resilient to, wildfires and severe floods. They will support improvements on Hwy. 119, Hwy. 14, U.S. 36 and CO Hwy. 9, providing needed updates to our road, bridges and tunnels and ultimately working to reduce congestion and traffic and make it easier for individuals across our state to get where they are going.

America needs bold infrastructure investment and the Build Back Better plan will sustain this strong growth in the years to come through more jobs, lower taxes and lower costs for working families.

In the coming weeks my team and I will get back to work in Washington D.C. and continue our work to pass once-ina-generation investments for our infrastructure, our communities and our planet. I will do my best to keep you updated about this work, and should you ever need help, have questions, or wish to make suggestions, please reach out to my office at neguse.house.gov/contact. I truly appreciate the chance to hear from folks in our district every chance I get.

Congressman Joe Neguse represents Colorado’s 2nd District in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was elected to his first term in November 2018, becoming the first African-American member of Congress in Colorado history. He serves as a member of the House Judiciary Committee, the House Natural Resources Committee and the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis.

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CORNERSTONE At the Lights Out Lyons event, residents in Bohn Park watched the Perseid meteor shower at its peak

By Don Moore Redstone Review LYONS – “Basically, if you can’t view the Milky Way on any given night you are suffering from the detriment of light pollution,” said Julia Herz, a member of Lyons Parks and Recreation Commission.

Moore On the night of August 13, 2021 that commission with the support of Town Board in Lyons, the Lyons Ecology Board, and the Lyons Utilities and Engineering Board organized a “Lights Out Lyons” project.

During the night hours from dusk until dawn the initiative encouraged businesses, home owners, and the town itself to turn off or greatly reduce the use of outdoor lights.

Those lights cause light pollution on the ground, adjacent homes and businesses, all resulting in less visibility of the night sky. Herz pointed out that current evening activities of walking, stargazing and camping at Lavern Johnson would be enhanced with less light pollution.

The night of August 13 was chosen because it is the height of the Perseid meteor shower. The Perseid meteor shower gets underway in July of each year but hits a spectacular peak in early August. For 2021, the crescendo of the annual cosmic show came August 12 and 13. With minimal interference from light reflecting off the moon, this year was expected to be one of the best for the Perseids in some time. Plenty of night sky watchers and astrophotographers around the world weren’t disappointed.

The Perseids are considered the best meteor shower of the year. With very fast and bright meteors, Perseids frequently leave long “wakes” of light and color behind them as they streak through Earth’s atmosphere. The Perseids are one of the most plentiful showers (50 to 100 meteors seen per hour) and occur with warm summer nighttime weather, allowing sky watchers to easily view them.

Perseids are also known for their fireballs. Fireballs are larger explosions of light and color that can persist longer than an average meteor streak. This is due to the fact that fireballs originate from larger particles of cometary material. Fireballs are also brighter.

Meteors come from leftover comet particles and bits from broken asteroids. When comets come around the sun, they leave a dusty trail behind them. Every year Earth passes through these debris trails, which allows the bits to collide with our atmosphere and disintegrate to create fiery and colorful streaks in the sky.

The comet The pieces of space debris that interact with our atmos-

phere to create the Perseids originated from comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. Swift-Tuttle takes 133 years to orbit the sun once. It was Giovanni Schiaparelli who realized in 1865 that this comet was the source of the Perseids. Comet Swift-Tuttle last visited the inner solar system in 1992.

Comet Swift-Tuttle was discovered in 1862 by Lewis Swift and Horace Tuttle. Swift-Tuttle is a large comet: its nucleus is 16 miles (26 kilometers) across. (This is almost twice the size of the object hypothesized to have led to the demise of the dinosaurs.)

The radiant Their radiant – the point in the sky from which the Perseids appear to come from – is the constellation Perseus.

This is also where we get the name for the shower: Per-

seids. However, the constellation for which a meteor shower is named only serves to aid viewers in determining which shower they are viewing on a given night. The constellation is not the source of the meteors.

Residents were invited to Bohn Park to observe the night sky. The intent of the initiative was to raise awareness of the light pollution. It was hoped this first gathering will further the conversation of the value and reward of less light at night.

“The issue of (light pollution) is more prevalent than ever due to more construction, more people, and more night time activities,” Herz said. According to Herz a light pollution ordinance is in place, but these issues are typically handled neighbor to neighbor.

Wally’s great escape

By Doug Sorrell Redstone Review Editor’s Note: This is the ongoing saga of Wally, the newly adopted cat by retired school teacher, Doug Sorrell. We first learned about Wally in the June, 2021 Redstone Review when Sorrell told readers how he adopted Wally.

LYONS – It is just a bit of a mystery how my new cat Wally’s escape was managed.

Consider the fact that my home had become his private indoor raceway, and as he sprinted from one end to the other it sounded like a herd of horses pounding.

The morning of the loss, I opened the front door to get the newspaper about 7:15 a.m.

Wally was nowhere in sight. Without a sound he had streaked through the small opening like a greased ghost and hit the grass about the same time the mowing crew arrived with the big, loud riding mower.

The cat just kept going and disappeared.

I posted notices: “Lost cat, photo plus description, name and chip number, address and phone of owner.” For several days I entertained the neighbors by calling him at intervals all day long and into the evenings.

By day five at bedtime I had decided on my last try. At about 9:45 p.m. I called “Wally,” and there he was on the porch demanding entry. Wally ran straight to the sun room where he sampled the dinner dish, sat on my lap and purred, and repeated this several times before heading to my favorite chair for a nap. Without a single apology.

Not very many days later, the cat performed the same sneaky escape. The decision this time was to just let him go, goodbye frustration. At bedtime the same day, my attention was directed at the front window where he was waving to me from the front porch chair. I let him in, he

jumped to the back of the couch, purred, and said, “Hi, I’m home, where is supper?”

Since these episodes I have learned to make some changes. For weeks I have grabbed some “kitty treats” and waited until the cat is asleep, snuck to some distant corner, and called “Here kitty, kitty” (in a falsetto voice). I give him a treat if he comes.

How wonderful that this worked. He has also learned to respond to the word “treat.”

I hired a painter to freshen the walls of all the rooms in my home. Wally supervised. I feel that the painter may have

To enhance the gathering, three professional astronomers, Greg Ucker, Craig Engelhorn, and Keith M. Gleason, brought their large telescopes for viewing objects in the sky.

They each provided guided talks explaining to viewers what the telescopes were focused on. Many from the crowd were pleasantly surprised to be able to view Saturn’s rings.

In keeping with the mellow atmosphere of the evening and to further enhance the stargazing night, local musicians provided acoustical music. They were Ian Brighton, Billy Shaddox, and Josh Schnabel, with Shannon Pennell Johnson making a cameo appearance toward the end.

“As the night progressed participants watched the moon set in the western sky making for a darker sky and better viewing. Early on intermittent clouds interrupted the viewing, but later the clouds dissipated and smoke from wildfires cleared, providing great viewing of the night sky,” Herz said. Another of the organizers opined that the sky was the cleanest night in over a week.

Multiple “oohs” and “aahs” were heard throughout the night from the crowd of about 65 people, comprised of individuals, couples and families. At one point during the night they watched a fireball breaking into multiple meteors.

From Lyons Gatherings Facebook Page, Ginger Palmeri wrote: “It. Was. Heavenly.

Our family was enamored and we are all super thankful for the effort.” Noted and thanks to all who turned off nearby lights, enhancing the experience. Suzanne Simmons said, “Stargazing last night (Fri., 13) was great fun. Thank you so much to Parks and Rec, the educators and telescope owners, and the musicians. Hope we can have more of these events.”

Organizers thinking of planning the next event in early 2022 and that night may happen earlier in the year. The intent is to set a date far enough in advance to allow for greater publicity and notice than occurred for this inaugural event.

“We are taking the project one step at a time, but we see it happening on a larger scale. We are hoping to repeat the event several times in 2022 and will use the outcome of this first night to improve upon it,” Herz said. For next year she envisions attracting more people to the gathering and providing more guided tours.

“The night was an overall success and was a total win to any and all who participated,” Herz said.

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.

been a little uncomfortable with the strange cat sitting on the back of the couch, on the counter, on the dining table, staring to make sure the paint was correctly applied. Even so, the young man did an excellent job, especially as he went in and out the front door, in preventing Wally from escaping. The painter learned that saying “Here kitty kitty” brought Wally directly to him. A miracle. The training has been successful.

Now if I could only train him to permit me to sleep through the night. For many weeks I attempted to keep him out of the bedroom. Simple enough, just close the door. That works, except that he decided to become an engineer and dig a canal in the carpet under the door, which nearly ruined the rug. Now I leave the door open. The cat does not sleep in the bed with me, but several times a night he does come in to check that I am all right. This is accomplished by very quietly hopping on the bed and walking across my stomach or back purring loudly all the while. If this does not get my

attention, he will lie down on my head to make sure that the bald spot stays warm. By this time I am fully awake, so he decides it’s playtime and attacks the movement of my feet and legs under the covers. He does not seem to understand that I am upset and out of sorts. “After all I am awake and it is 3:30 a.m. already, why can’t we play?”

I don’t want to say this too loudly, you may get the wrong idea, but after seven months of living with Wally I have become very attached to this @#$%& cat!

Doug Sorrell is a retired school teacher, loves painting landscapes, lives in Loveland and is now being trained by his new cat, Wally.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Totem Poles

Grandmothers Grieve

By Sally King

By Sally King Redstone Review LYONS –If you’ve ever seen a totem pole you know the wonder at seeing the carved and painted shapes of animals and earth elements, reaching up to the sky.

Totems are a sacred art form of our tribal King relatives who live on in the Pacific Northwest. I myself have always wanted to make a totem pole; perhaps I should pile animals on the top of the head of my yellow bear sculpture, sitting on Main Street, for a start in that skyward direction.

This summer a 25-foot totem pole made from a 400year-old red cedar tree was cut, carved and painted with images of an eagle, the moon, an orca whale, a mother and child and a man praying with seven large tears falling.

This gift from the Lummi nation was delivered to Washington D.C. where it was received by Deb Haaland, our first Native Secretary of the Interior. This effort was enormous and funds needed to be raised for the travel. This was a labor of love and art. That’s what I’m talking about!

It is a visual reminder of the value of our land, the waters and the peoples of the Earth.

The totem pole was loaded onto a flatbed trailer and traveled to sacred sites and tribal lands, starting in the Seattle area on April 12 and ending in Washington D.C. in late July. En route thousands of people interacted with the art by resting their hands on it and many people could feel the force of their own hearts, in tune with Mother Earth.

Above: Grandmother accompanies the totem on its journey. Below: A map of where the totem travelled.

And girls please know that we grandmothers experience your grief as our own.

We are connected to you through unseen threads and we believe in you. “Go Girl. You’ve got this.”

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.

GIRLS WHO KNOW THEY ARE STRONG WILL USE THEIR POWER WELL

deep sleep not only for the princess but for the entire realm. When the 13th godmother realized that once again she had been foiled the wail that came out of her was as deep as the oldest lament: the status quo had won another round.

By Sally King We know this story as Sleeping Beauty Redstone Review but this deep sleep isn’t good for us. It’s LYONS – The king and the queen were time to awaken. The wish of the 13th godso happy when they finally had a baby mother was in a dialect that the king daughter that they decided to host a party didn’t understand: what she was wishing in honor of the child. They invited 12 of for the girl was for her to grow into her the godmothers to come but they neg- powerful self, strong and courageous not lected to invite the 13th godmother, say- petty, fighting for crumbs and being mean ing that they had only 12 plates. The day to the other girls.

What she was offering with her wish for of the party arrived and the godmothers gave their blessings to the child: beauty, the girl was the yang component of the modesty and sweetness and so forth, when feminine, embracing the capacity for assuddenly, in a puff of smoke, the 13th god- sertive strength, a fierce knowing when it mother arrived and she was furious saying, is time to birth and power to do so.

The dominant value system still doesn’t “How dare you not invite me?” want women to know The royal parents’ that they have a natural oversight did not sit power that is very strong well with the 13th godand effective for making mother and she cursed the changes needed in the baby saying, “On our society. Many a sleepyour 13th birthday you ing beauty is waking up – will prick your finger on strong and wise and ready a spindle and die.” But to stand for the values she the king found someunderstands to be true one who changed the and new. It’s time. curse from death to a “YOU AND ME” BY SALLY KING

Music at the Stone Cup LYONS – The Stone Cup, 442 High St., is continuing all seating on our outside patio. Masks are requested for anyone who has not been vaccinated.

With the increase of Covid cases and the uncertainty / probability surrounding another mask mandate, we will likely continue with no inside seating. If so, we will not be scheduling weekend morning music as the weather changes. We also will likely continue with our four-day schedule, Thursday through Sunday

We grandmothers grieve each time a girl feels unsupported or undervalued because in truth girls are our brightest and best!

We grandmothers grieve when girls bully or are unkind to each other because that is a sure sign that a girl’s sense of personal power is faltering.

Our society has come a long way since the 1960s when I was a teenager but we still need to do better in recognizing girls for just who they are and letting them know that we believe in them.

mornings until 1 p.m. For more information go to www.thestonecup.com or call 303-823-2345.

Here’s the music lineup: August 21 (Saturday) 10 a.m.to noon, Daniel Ondaro; August 22 (Sunday) 10 a.m. to noon, Anna Leslie; August 28 (Saturday) 10 a.m. to noon, Sarah Tibbetts; August 29 (Sunday) 10 a.m. to noon, Amy Glenney, Sharon Glassman, and Paul Kiteck; September 3 (Friday), to be confirmed, Gregg Eisenberg; September 4 (Saturday)10 a.m. to noon, Nick Critchlow; September 5 (Sunday) 10 a.m. to noon, Ian Brighton.

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Sally King and Patti Gassaway – two grandmothers – performed a spontaneous ritual for grief, enacting the lament they feel if the girls don’t somehow understand how deeply they wish inner strength for them. St. Vrain River, August 2, 2021

New additions to the heARTS of LYONS sculpture program

By Brianna Hoyt Redstone Review LYONS – While strolling throughout town, you may have noticed a few new art sculptures. The Lyons Arts and Humanities Commission (LAHC) has been working hard to coordinate with the 2021 heARTS of LYONS artists to install new sculptures and to enhance Lyons’ public art.

One of the recent installations is Kevin Ginsberg’s The Future City, located in the butterfly garden on High Street. “The Future City was intended to make people think about their interactions with one another and put an end to segregation. It is a place with no restrictions or boundaries, everyone is welcome to join the community and live together.

“I encourage artistic freedom of any

wood, I have developed a deep understanding of the medium, an intimate relationship with this once-living material,” she said.

Anne Shutan is a Longmont artist whose work has been displayed on Longmont’s Main Street as well as other municipalities. Take some time to admire Inside Out: “There is always something new to discover every time my pieces are viewed.

An openness, a wonder. As an art medium, the natural beauty of wood provides a satisfying, healing relief from the stresses and chaos of today’s world.”

The sculptures in the heARTS of LYONS program stay in town for two years.

Emmet Culligan, a Berthoud metal artist, recently announced to the LAHC that he is donating his Rubric #4 to the Town of Lyons. This sculpture will be a permanent addition to the town’s public art collection.

New sculptures in the heARTS of LYONS public art program. Left to right: Inside Out by Anne Shutan; Future City by Kevin Ginsberg; Rubic #4 by Emmet Culligan. kind,” Ginsberg said. “Trinkets, figures, notes, gems, flowers, etc. or simply someone’s name or initials are welcome. My hope was to have an interactive, ongoing immersive sculpture that changes with the weather, seasons and artistic endeavors of others who want to be involved.”

Many residents have already added to the sculpture. Be sure to walk over and admire this new sculpture and add your personal touch to it.

Inside Out by Anne Shutan was installed June 23, 2021 in front of PB66. Inside Out is carved and polished pine on a steel base.

“With my favorite tool, the bandsaw, I am able to literally turn my sculpture inside-out exposing the true middle of the tree, usually the most hidden and unprotected,” she said.

Shutan has spent her career creating wooden sculptures for both private and public settings. “In nearly 30 years of sculpting

In 2020, Eileen Coughlin Turnball donated two hempcrete sculptures to the Town of Lyons. These sculptures are located at the shelters in Bohn Park.

The LAHC is looking forward to adding more pieces towards Lyons public art. The LAHC releases an annual call to Colorado artists for sculpture submissions with the goal of curating a diverse selection of public art. The review process includes an anonymous scoring of the submissions and overall discussion based on the scoring.

The LAHC is currently working on putting together grant applications for funding for the 2022 heARTS of LYONS program.

The heARTS of LYONS public sculpture program is funded through Lyons Community Foundation grants, local community donations, and business sponsorships. The commission meets every second Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. at the Lyons Regional Library.

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ANALYZE What are the differences between zoos, animal sanctuaries, and rehabilitation centers?

By Mysti Tatro Redstone Review LONGMONT – Colorado is lucky to be a haven for wildlife such as bear, mountain lion, fox squirrel, sandhill crane, bald eagle, and around 750 other vertebrates. Beyond our native fauna, our state also hosts Tatro wildlife outside the well known species in facilities such as zoos, sanctuaries, and wildlife rehabilitation centers. All three deal with animals, specifically wildlife. But did you know that each serves a different purpose?

The primary purpose of zoos, aside from conservation of species, is to educate the public on all sorts of animals from around the world. We would never be able to encounter some of these animals if it weren’t for them. Accredited zoos also provide essential conservation programs.

Species survival programs help manage threatened populations by collaborating with other zoos to create robust, genetically diverse populations. Without zoos doing this, creatures like the California condor would be extinct.

Sanctuaries like the Wild Animal Sanctuary in Keenesburg, Colorado are places for wildlife that cannot survive the wild. Often times they have been rescued from awful captive situations.

Thousands of large carnivores live in terrible conditions, in cages in someone’s basement or in horrific animal petting programs like the tigers seen in the documentary miniseries Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem, and Madness. In fact, some of the tigers that were mistreated there were taken to the Wild Animal Sanctuary. A true sanctuary like the one in Colorado allows folks to visit and learn about the wildlife they may never encounter otherwise. The rescues also get to enjoy large swaths of land similar to their home habitats.

Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center and others like us are places where native Colorado fauna that are injured or orphaned recuperate before returning to their wild home. We do not breed animals, and they do not stay in our care for long. We strive to keep their wild nature untamed so that they can thrive when they are released.

There are rehabilitation centers worldwide that care for a variety of different animals with the hope that they can be returned to their appropriate habitats. At Greenwood, visitors do not come to our facility to learn about exotic animals they may never see, because you can observe the animals we care for in your very own backyards. We also like to protect our patients from further stress and make sure they are comfortable while healing.

All of these organizations aim to educate people and bring their awareness to wildlife species, from the animals in our backyard to the ones in far-off places that we may never have the chance to visit. Zoos inspire people to love all sorts of animals from around the globe while ensuring their offspring will be around for future generations. Sanctuaries take in and rescue wildlife found in the most unfortunate situations and ensure they live the rest of their lives in a more natural and comfortable environment. Wildlife rehabilitation centers aid the wildlife that inhabit surrounding communities and offset human impacts to these animals through education and rehabilitation.

When visiting one of these types of organizations, try to support an accredited zoo or sanctuary. Only about 10 percent of zoos in the U.S. have this honor. When you see the accreditation logo on a zoo or sanctuary website, you can be assured that the animals kept there are being taken care of to the highest standards. And even though you can’t visit the animals at most rehabilitation centers, you can still support them by hosting education and outreach programs at your school or club functions.

All of these establishments play a critical role in aiding wild animals. Without them, we wouldn’t have nearly as many opportunities to learn about these species or witness their spectacular nature.

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

Left Hand Watershed Center presents 2021 Watershed Days

By Staff Reports Redstone Review LYONS – A celebration of watershed health, science, and community, called Watershed Days, will be held August 13 through September 26. This month-long celebration of watershed health is hosted by the Watershed Center, which aims to protect and restore our watersheds.

Along with partners and sponsors, the Watershed Center will host and co-host various participatory learning events to inspire

all ages to connect with their watersheds.

Participants will include volunteers from diverse demographics (e.g. business, agriculture, recreation, environment, K to 12, research, etc.) with a focus on connecting and engaging new audiences.

“Bioblitz” events across four watersheds will generate region-scale scientific data about the health and recovery of our watersheds that include biological and physical measurements. A documentary screening and panel will spread awareness about the history of fire suppression, vast implications

of current condition of our forests, and potential to create positive change.

“Fire Followers” will record and identify plant regrowth within a burn area. Family and friends can enjoy a farm-to-table meal together while identifying the origins of the ingredients from their watershed. Forest tours will allow participants to learn about landscape-scale forest restoration plans and discover the components of a healthy forest ecosystem with local experts.

The month-long event calendar culminates with a self-guided cleanup challenge

on World Rivers Day – a world-wide celebration of our waterways.

Interested in becoming a partner? Partner Packages are available. Please contact swegert@watershed.center. Learn about the times, dates and places along with all the events at watershed.center/front-rangewatershed-days/. Some events take place at the Lyons Farmette, some events are at LaVern Johnson Park and other places. For more information, call 303-530-4200.

Left Hand Watershed Center, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, stakeholder-driven organization that aims to protect and restore our watersheds. Learn more and register at /https://watershed.center/front-range-watershed-days/.

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CONSIDER Hummingbird Moths, Hornworms, Sphinx Moths and other garden creatures

By Greg Lowell Redstone Review Editor’s note: Greg Lowell is on vacation.

This column ran two years ago in the Redstone Review.

LYONS – Penstemon, bubblemint and other flowers in the garden were in full bloom and the humming of the bees could be heard from 10 feet away. A glorious Colorado summer day and the pollinators were out in full force with the occasional hummingbird buzzing and squeaking as it made its way from blossom to blossom.

But – wait – what heck was that? Do hummingbirds get that small? It hovered and zipped around like a hummer.

And it fed like a hummer, probing into the flowers’ blossoms.

Closer inspection revealed it was no bird; it was definitely an insect – a big one. What I had seen, and continued to see for many summers after, was a sphinx moth, also known (appropriately enough) as a hummingbird moth.

Many people think sphinx moths are the adults of those big camouflaged uglies that skeletonize your tomato vines.

Not so. While the fliers in your garden are in the same family, they are not the dreaded tomato hornworms.

The Sphingidae are a family of moths commonly known as sphinx or hawk moths and in their larval stage hornworms. There’s about 1,450 species and they’re found in every region including 30 varieties here in Colorado. Unlike the fluttering, erratic flight of most moths, Sphingids are among the fastest of flying insects capable of speeds more than 20 miles per hour. More impressive, the moths have the ability to hover and move rapidly side to side.

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Biggest caterpillars in the state Hornworms are among the largest caterpillar types here in Colorado, according to the CSU Extension website.

They get the name “horn” from the flexible spine on their hind end. Most hornworm species in Colorado and the adult moth versions are rarely seen as they are active at night and don’t cause significant plant damage.

The hornworm most people come into contact with is the elegantly camouflaged tomato hornworm, whose color makes it difficult to see among the tangle of tomato vines.

Their presence is advertised by skeletonized branches and the masses of “frass,” or droppings. The tomato hornworms pupate, overwinter in the soil and hatch as five-spotted hawkmoths in the spring. Like most of the Sphingid moths they are nocturnal and rarely seen.

The moth commonly seen hovering around flower beds is the white-lined sphinx moth. They’re big, strong flyers that are described as having a “superficial resemblance to hummingbirds in flight” (so I’m not the only one who made that mistake). What at first appears to be the beak on an impossibly small hummingbird is in fact the proboscis that it plunges into flowers to drink nectar. Close inspection also shows decidedly un-birdlike antennae.

They’re most active during late afternoon and dusk.

The hornworm of the white lined sphinx moth favor plants like portulaca, primrose and wild grape. There may occasionally be visible migrations of the hornworms when their food plants are exhausted. The hornworms are mostly green with some yellow, white or black markings.

The white lined sphinx moth female hornworms lay eggs on the underside of the leaves they feed on. After hatching and reaching adult size, the hornworms drop to the ground, burrow into leaf litter and spend the winter in cocoons. Leaf litter is essential to their survival so if you like having these unique pollinators around, leave some unraked leaves around your yard.

Adult moths feed on a variety of flowers; their long proboscis make them important pollinators of long-necked flowers like morning glory, blazing star, sage and columbine.

Two other so-called hummingbird moths commonly seen in daylight are the great ash and twinspot sphinx moths. But most sphinx moths fly after dusk and are rarely seen except when they hover around streetlights or porch lights.

The largest of Colorado’s sphinx moths is the big poplar sphinx moth, which has a wing span of 5 to 6 inches. It develops on aspen, cottonwood and willow, never reaching significant enough numbers to cause damage to those trees.

Failures of public health information harmed Covid-19 response, but we can make a difference

By Janaki Jane Redstone Review LYONS – I believe the public health information response to Covid-19 has been botched from the start, and the CDC conJane tinues to shoot itself in the foot. Every day I talk to people who have tested positive or are sick with Covid-19.

The bulk of them know almost nothing about the truth of the virus, how it pres-

ents, what the tests mean, what being infectious means, what vaccines do, or why the information that has been coming out about masks seems contradictory over time.

They are angry and confused, and I understand why. The public health response has been confusing and insufficient and has not done enough to explain how you know when you are sick with Covid-19, the science behind the recommendations, and even what science is.

Since November, I have been working as what is commonly known as a “contact

tracer,” working to slow the spread of Covid-19. During that time, I have received regular and increasingly in-depth trainings in the epidemiology and science of this virus and the current tests and treatments for it. I also have a background in science: I did research in neurology many years ago and am published in a scientific journal in that field. Science is a process, a journey of fits and starts. It’s a way to figure things out, and the process means things change as we discover more.

Unfortunately, this is not how the Center

for Disease Control (CDC), or most physicians, present the current state of knowledge about any illness, including Covid-19. The public has been presented with pronouncements that are then made into news bites by the media, only to then be told a few weeks or months later those things have changed.

I have talked to people who have decided that Dr. Fauci is not be trusted because last year he said that masks were unnecessary, and then changed his mind.

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WHAT’S COOKIN’ Late summer calls for peach desserts

By Barbara Shark Redstone Review LYONS – Dinners with friends have brightened the summer after many months without socializing. I am often called on to Shark bring dessert and, with peach season here, have made a peach and apricot crisp using ground almonds in the topping instead of flour to accommodate a gluten-sensitive friend, and stuffed peaches, an Italian recipe from my book. These are an easy, not-too-sweet desserts.

For four servings of stuffed peaches, halve and pit four peaches. Scoop out some of the flesh to form a cavity leaving

thick walls. Mash the scooped out peach with 1/2 cup ground almonds, 2 tablespoons softened butter, 1 egg yolk and 1/4 cup sugar. Mound the filling in the peach shells, top with sliced almonds and bake in a buttered baking dish at 350° for 20 to 30 minutes until the filling is set and brown and the peaches tender. Serve warm or at room temperature with a dollop of créme fraiche, plain yogurt sweetened with a little maple syrup, or ice cream.

Barbara Shark is an artist and author of How I Learned to Cook, an Artist's Life. She lives near Lyons, Colorado. For more recipes, read her blog: www.howilearnedtocookanartistslife.blog.

Bacon, broccoli, ricotta and Parmesan quiche – tasty hot or cold in August

By Catherine Metzger Redstone Review SAN MIGUEL COUNTY – The August heat and smoke from fires out west descend upon us during the day followed by dramatically cool nights that bring our furnace on.

These wild temperature swings allow us to fill our homes with cool air in the morning then batten down the hatches and pull the curtains early to block out the day’s heat.

How do we cook during these times?

If we can, we usually grill our meals to keep the heat and smells out of the kitchen. We’ve been grilling all summer, and meat cooked on the gas-fired Weber accompanied by salads are so frequent that we begin to crave other flavors and more calories. We start to look around for alternatives, and a new recipe enters the scene.

This ideal bacon, veggie and cheese combo delivers a delicious quiche that adds the satisfaction to the table with a classic colder weather comfort food, but this one is just as delicious eaten cold as hot.

Bacon, broccoli, ricotta and Parmesan quiche is custard based and the 3-2-1 crust is its crisp, waterproof accompaniment that adds a puff-pastry flavor to the ensemble with only a fraction of the work to get there. The result is great hot or to pack in a picnic lunch with every flavor beckoning, even when cold.

Get up early and pre-heat your oven to 400° and get this quiche baked before the world heats up around you. You’ll be glad you did. This is so good that I will be making it again this week! I will try substituting asparagus for the broccoli.

Bacon, Broccoli, Ricotta and Parmesan Quiche Serves 4; Preparation time: 30 minutes; cooking time: 45 to 55 minutes 1 1/2 C white flour 1 C unsalted, cold butter 1/2 C very cold water 1 small head of broccoli 4 slices of thick bacon, cut across the widths into small strips 1 shallot, diced 3/4 C ricotta cheese (I used whole milk ricotta.)

1/2 C shredded parmesan cheese Pinch nutmeg 1/4 t white pepper 3 eggs, beaten, plus enough cream to make 1 cup Make the crust • Preheat oven to 400°.

• Measure flour into medium-sized mixing bowl. Cut the cold butter into smallish

ASSEMBLE YOUR BACON, BROCCOLI, RICOTTA AND PARMESAN QUICHE, BAKE TO PERFECTION AT 400° AND ENJOY.

pieces and add to the flour. Rub the butter from palm to palm between your hands, letting it drop into the bowl. Repeat this action until most of the flour mixture is now covered in tiny, flattened butter-flour pancakes, 1/4 to 1/2 inch. Add the cold water and quickly combine with your hands.

• Turn the dough onto lightly floured board and knead about a minute until almost smooth, forming a ball. This will be enough for two quiches so cut this ball in half and freeze for your next baking adventure. Form the other half into a disc and place in the fridge with a damp, cloth covering it. Let rest for 1/2 hour while you make the filling.

Make the Custard Filling • Fill a small saucepan with lightly salted water and bring to a boil. Wash the broccoli and remove the florets. Cut into bitesized pieces. Drop the florets into boiling water, boil for 3 minutes, and remove to a bowl of ice water. Drain when cool.

• In a medium-sized frying pan, cook the bacon until almost done, then, in the last two minutes of cooking, add the shallot.

Cook for two minutes, then pour the mixture into a strainer set over a bowl to catch the bacon grease. Let cool.

• In a medium sized bowl, combine the ricotta, parmesan, nutmeg, and pepper. Beat the 3 eggs in a one cup measure, and add enough cream to fill the cup. Add this to the cheese mixture, stir until combined.

Add the broccoli and bacon to the custard mixture and combine.

Assemble and bake the quiche • Remove the disc of dough from the fridge and roll out until you begin to see the surface you are rolling on, approximately 1/8 inch thick. Drape the dough over a 9-inch glass pie plate. Trim any ex-

cess from the edges, cutting the crust flush to the top of the plate, to prevent burning.

• Pour filling over crust and pile a bit more filling in the center to create a small mound. Distribute the broccoli evenly.

• Place on a baking sheet in the oven and cook until the center bottom of the quiche is golden brown, 40 to 55 minute.

• Remove from the oven and allow to cool five minutes before cutting. Serve

with fruit, such as cantaloupe. Enjoy.

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 cooks with curiosity from the ground up in her log cabin home on the Western Slope of Colorado.

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Covid Continued from Page 11 surfaces was presumed to be very effective at reducing spread. Saying that masks were not necessary and shouldn’t be worn, which both the CDC and Dr. Fauci said, was not a wise thing to say.

That misstep alone, of changing from “don’t wear masks” to “wear them everywhere” created a lot of the anti-vaccina-

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common, and it can even show up looking like food poisoning or an ear infection.

It seems that the public health community, led by the CDC, believes that you must give people simple information, without any complexity to it. That people can deal with complexity is proved by looking at any Q-ANON site, which can be byzantine in its complexity.

I believe it falls on us, as fellow citizens, to start to educate those who we know who are still vaccine hesitant. Many times a day I talk to folks who aren’t vaccinated.

I first ask, “Are you considering it?” If they say yes, now that they are sick with Covid and have gotten others sick and are seeing how bad it is they want to get vaccinated, I give information about how and when to get vaccinated.

You can get vaccinated as soon as you are no longer contagious. For almost everyone, that is the 12th day starting with symptom onset. If they say, “I’m not sure, I’ve heard (insert assertion here),” I come back with both personal experiences and data.

Some people are afraid of getting sick from the vaccine. I tell them that over four billion doses have been given in the world, and I say, “if there was a major problem with the vaccines, we’d know by now.” We talk about how viruses are spread and how many people have died, how many have long Covid. I listen to their fears, and to the ridiculous things that they believe, and respond with kindness, and acceptance of their fears, and reason, and facts.

I cry about it, sometimes, how little people care about others. I get angry at news channels for supporting the anti-vaccine narrative and not telling the truth about what Covid-19 is like for the people who

aren’t hospitalized but live with long Covid. I’m frustrated when people say, “You don’t know who to believe,” because they really don’t know how to parse actual information from self-serving propaganda.

Our national, tax-funded health agency, the Center for Disease Control, should be taking the lead in educating those who obviously weren’t educated in school. There should have been information in plain, easy to understand language about the fact that the vaccines were not created in a rush, about what an Emergency Use Authorization means, what Covid-19 symptoms look like for most people, about how science is a process, not something handed down on stone tablets.

It’s not too late. Each of us can use respectful questions to find out why those who are not vaccinated are not. Some just don’t have the time or ability to get to vaccinations sites. Many have legitimate questions due to their inability to differentiate between real and fake expertise. We can help them and explain. I do it every day, and almost every day I get a person who has refused vaccination in the past to agree to vaccinate or sign up.

I shouldn’t have to, and neither should you, but because those who should have taken the lead didn’t, we get to do it, one person at a time.

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In other news Administrator Simonsen reported on new Covid-19 information from Boulder County. The Boulder County Board of Health approved PHO 2021-07, which went in effect on August 10. The order requires masks for all individuals age two and over, regardless of vaccination status, indoors in PK-12 schools, indoors in childcare facilities, and other similar indoor youth activity settings.

There is an exception for children napping in daycare settings. Due to the high transmission of the Delta variant, and the breakthrough cases of those already vaccinated, the latest guidance from the CDC is strongly encouraging all individuals wear masks indoors, regardless of vaccination status. Many municipalities are once again implementing mask mandates in common spaces in indoor public settings.

The report said that the Lyons Town Board should consider if they want to message this to residents. Case numbers continue to rise: the seven-day rolling average daily case count is about 40.6 cases per day. This number has been rising since the end of June and is higher than last week’s average of 39.4 per day. The oneweek cumulative incidence rate is 84.1 per 100,000 (which is considered substantial according to the CDC website) compared to 82.2 per 100,000 (which is considered substantial according to the CDC website) last week. We have been in Substantial Transmission Orange range since 7/26/21.

On the fire danger the Town is working with Lyons Prepared, Boulder County and Wildfire Partners on another event for fire mitigation. Stay tuned for more details.

Mayor Angelo and Administrator Simonsen met with Boulder County Commissioner Claire Levy recently and discussed several topics, including conservation easements held on property within Bohn Park, affordable housing needs and potential projects and funding, and the status of the shooting range in Boulder County. She was very open to discussion of all of these issues and supportive of Lyons specific needs and capacity.

On another topic the comprehensive plan update is officially underway. Staff and PCDC Commissioners Farrell and Scott met with Clarion graphics specialist Holly White on August 12 to discuss branding for the project; the PCDC and town staff intend to start having a presence at town events to encourage brand recognition, distribute a comp plan “FAQ” sheet, and create a preliminary mailing list.

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After a discussion, the trustees divided their vote but did approve Ordinance 1108 to approve, on first reading, an application by Steve McCain to rezone lots 1, 2 and 3 on his property at 431 4th Ave. McCain applied to rezone his property from the (C) Commercial Zone District to General Industrial Zone District to be in compliance for storing his heavy equipment. His current use is out of compliance with the Commercial Zoning for his three lots.

Town planner Philip Strom said that town staff and the Planning and Community Development Commission (PCDC) were advising the Town Board to deny the application by McCain, even though this was only the first reading and a second reading would allow the public, especially neighbors around the property, to speak out for or against the application for the change of zoning.

Strom argued that the zoning change was not in compliance with the Lyons Comprehensive Plan, which is currently in the process of being updated. Strom pointed out numerous areas where the rezoning did not comply with the comp plan and brought up the issue of Spot Zoning.

Spot Zoning is defined as a parcel of land that is singled out for zoning that only benefits the owner but can be detrimental to the surrounding land owners. This zoning is open for lawsuits.

Danielle Lynn, a planner working with Steve McCain, told the board that McCain wants to expand his excavating business and that he has an essential business in Lyons with no viable alternative location.

Trustee Mark Browning said he would vote against the ordinance even though it was only the first reading. Trustee Hollie Rogin said she would also vote against the ordinance because she felt that it would qualify as Spot Zoning and therefore be illegal. She also added that having necessary businesses downtown was very important, and there was no other place for General Industrial Zoning downtown. She added that she thought that all zoning requests should wait for the comp plan to be completed and requested that Steve McCain should not be penalized during that time until the comp plan was finalized.

The board voted four to two to pass Ordinance 1108 so that it would go to a second reading where the public can participate and give their opinions. Trustee Greg Lowell was still on vacation.

Janaki Jane writes on issues of mental health and society. She is currently working as a contact tracer for Covid, teaches suicide prevention, and runs 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.

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From fallow to fabulous at Planet Bluegrass

By Katherine Weadley Redstone Review LYONS – After laying fallow for the year of 2020 Planet Bluegrass has come back to life stronger and more committed than ever. Just as Planet Bluegrass pivoted after the sudden and devastating flood of 2013 in Lyons, so has it adapted to Covid-19, proving that neither floods or virus can keep the sounds of music from flowing.

In 2020 with the onset of the international pandemic Craig Ferguson, co-owner of Planet Bluegrass and resident of the 20acre Planet Bluegrass Ranch, decided to shut down all the festivals as well as the lucrative weddings and events on the grounds. Changing mandates and health guidelines kept them hopping until they decided to lay fallow for a year.

“Oh, Planet Bluegrass is probably the oldest independent music producer in the country. We’ve produced over 100 festi-

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Volunteer to serve communityminded commissioners needed LYONS – Hey Lyons, we could use your knowledge and input on our various boards and commissions in the Town. Maybe you are great with numbers for the Audit Commission. Or want to share your background to work on Human Services issues in Lyons. Joining a board or commission is a great way to become involved and help shape the decisions made in our community. To apply for an Advisory Board or Commission position, please complete the online application.

Help keep bears wild LYONS – Be responsible about your trash and bird feeders. Put trash outside in the morning of your pickup day. If you see a bear – yell, clap your hands and make loud noises. But never approach a bear.

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Mayor Continued from Page 3 ordinances and some resolutions later in the meetings.

Governing is difficult, Covid and online meetings have made it even more so. It’s possible now with the resurgence of the Delta variant that we may never get to

vals, which is way more than anyone. We may not be doing much more in Lyons, but we’re not going anywhere,” Ferguson said at the time. “We are just starting the reinvention process.”

Thousands of festivarians (people who come to the festivals) elected to postpone their tickets from 2020 to 2021 instead of asking for refunds. Many even donated to the Save Our Stages fund run by the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA). Like any business during the pandemic, Planet Bluegrass lost money and had to lay off staff. Zach Tucker, a longtime Planet Bluegrass staff person said, “If you love to enjoy great music at any venue in the country, I can assure you that they need help.”

“Oh, the concerts are fun, but we likely wouldn’t do them if we weren’t trying to bring medicine to the people. One wedding is worth about four of these concerts!” Ferguson said. According to their website,

venue rentals are $10,500 for Saturdays, $9,500 for Fridays and Sundays, and all other days are $8,500. This includes exclusive use of the main field, gardens, parking lot, backstage bridal cabin, groom’s yurt, bathhouse, bar area, shop and Wildflower Pavilion.

In March of 2021 when asked if Ferguson actually wanted to get back to the bigger festivals after his year of personal and professional reflection he said “Sure we do.

We like doing music. We’re doing more days in Telluride this year...”

This year the Telluride Bluegrass Festival in the box canyon of Telluride was split into two weekends in June and offered live streaming for the first time ever of the event. This festival offered 12-by12-ft. corrals of ten people for social distancing and for the first time children had to be legitimate ticket holders. RockyGrass (July) and Folks Festival were also socially distanced.

Now, Planet Bluegrass looks forward to its September 16 concert held in the smaller 300-seat Wildflower Pavilion on the Planet Bluegrass grounds. The headliner is the

Punch Brothers, a quintet composed of mandolinist Chris Thile, guitarist Chris Eldridge, bassist Paul Kowert, banjoist Noam Pikelny and violinist Gabe Witcher. Their latest album is All Ashore, which is a follow-up to their 2015 album The Phosphorescent Blues produced by T-Bone Burnett.

The opening act is Aoife O’Donovan and Hawktail. O’Donovan is an IrishAmerican songwriter who won the 2019 Grammy in the Best American Roots Songs category for Call My Name. Hawktail, which will perform with O’Donovan, is an acoustic quartet consisting of the singer’s Crooked Still bandmate, fiddler Brittany Haas, Punch Brothers bassist Paul Kowert, guitarist Jordan Tice, and mandolinist Dominick Leslie.

General admission tickets are $60 each and can be purchase on the Planet Bluegrass website at www.bluegrass.com

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LYONS – The school’s front office is open from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Please reach out via phone to 303-8236631 if you have any questions. Angela Rittenhouse is the Attendance Clerk at x45608; Ann Cisar is the registrar at x45609; Lori Herman is Principal and Athletic Secretary at x45682; and Richelle Brown is Health Clerk at x45612.

LYONS – As part of the intentional work to become more welcoming to people in our community, the Continuing Conversation group of our Lyons Community Church invites you to listen to the podcast titled, “Learning How to See with Brian McLaren” and join us in discussion.

The podcast at Learning How to See with Brian McLaren is available at https://megaphone.link/CFAC3268791299. Listen to the first six episodes (2020 season) and join us for a porch conversation about the many discussion points shared in the podcast on Oct. 13 at 6:30 p.m. We welcome discussion about confirmation bias, complexity bias, and the other ways we can grow in our awareness and care for one another.

We are also planning an intentional historical transformation of our Lyons Community Church. We know that historically in December of 1924, 50 members of the KKK came in full regalia to a funeral at our church. We would like to have 50 people at least commit to anti-racist practice as a way of reclaiming the space for love.

Please join us on November 4 at 6:30 p.m. for a

short monologue about the historical event and a rededication of the sacred space to welcome people of all races, genders, and ethnicities.

Grace and peace, Pastor Emily Hagan (she, her, hers) Lyons Community Church, cell: 719-248-0477.

meet as a complete Board of Trustees in person. It’s not what any one of us signed up for, this ZOOM term, in the midst of a national tragedy.

Our next election in April 2022 is fast approaching and the town is going to need replacements on the Board of Trustees that keep what is in the best interest of the

Town of Lyons at the forefront of their decision making. As with the current Board of Trustees, fulfilling the continuity and completion of goals is paramount. There will be many to complete and we will hopefully continue to strive for a deeper definition of community. Speaking for myself, that’s what it has always been about.

LONGMONT – Longmont’s Vance Brand Municipal Airport is receiving a $59,000 Federal Aviation Administration grant under a program intended to assist U.S. airports to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the Covid-19 pandemic.

According to an FAA website about the rescue grants, tinyurl.com/3eavksk7 , Boulder Municipal Airport and Erie Municipal Airport are each getting $32,000. Denver International Airport is being awarded $36.6 million.

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Garden Continued from Page 4 afternoon. The plants at the RMBG have been opening a bit later than their name, so stop by around 6:30 p.m. to see them fully open. Ecologically, this and other night blooming flowers are generally trying to match their timing with their pollinators, night flying creatures. The Colorado four o’clock is pollinated by hawkmoths and bees, as well as other insects and hummingbirds.

The Colorado four o’clock’s native range extends across the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. In Colorado, it grows in the western and southern parts of the state, including at Colorado National Monument.

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Because we all like to support our local artists and businesses, we have also planned a silent auction. We will be featuring chances to win mountain getaways, a Wee Casa staycation or a stay in a lovely Mexican casa near the ocean. We will offer all kinds of services from oil changes to massages to estate planning. We will also have local art, concert tickets, dinners, airplane rides and more. Come to the hootenanny to shop and check out an

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The Native American Ethnobotany Database (naeb.brit.org) documents a number of traditional uses of the Colorado four o’clock across the region by the Hopi, Keres, Navajo, Tewa, and Zuni peoples, in most instances as medicinal applications from the roots.

This plant is becoming popular in gardening for its low water use and high visual impact. The RMBG plants were mostly installed last year as very small, flowerless stragglers. This season, they’ve grown quickly into two-ft. mounds. The species is in the four o’clock family (Nyctaginaceae), which includes the traditional garden four o’clock (Mirabilis jalapa), also known as Marvel of Peru, the sand verbenas (Abronia) that include some beautiful

awesome way to take away something for yourself while supporting LEAF and LCF. But wait, there’s more. What if you get hungry or thirsty? There will be four food trucks at the hootenanny, with a variety of food for sale. First, there’s The Butcher and the Blonde featuring street-style comfort food such as loaded fries, tacos, Philly cheese steak and salads. Or there’s Jonny’s of Longmont, featuring Chicago-style hot dogs and sausages, as well as burgers and tater tots. For you seafood fans, check out The Rollin’ Lobster, with lobster, crab cakes, and whoopie pie. For dessert, you

Parents Continued from Page 6 As my parents’ journey through the aging process evolves and shifts, my own expectations and imaginings have done the same. I go from denial (it won’t be like this for me); to horror (put me out on the ice floe); to mock acceptance (a Medicare facility won’t be that bad); to genuine hope (maybe I will be able to accept whatever fate comes my way with grace and good humor).

When I was young, I had a simplistically positive atti-

4th Avenue Ped Bridge: safe route to school LYONS – This is a CDOT and Boulder County Collaborative Project. Engineers are on the 60 percent design for the pedestrian bridge at 4th Avenue over the North St. Vrain Creek. The plans call for a trail connection from Bohn Park to the 4th Avenue pedestrian bridge. There will be sidewalks and bike lanes for kids (of all ages) to travel safely from 4th and Evans to/from the Lyons Elementary School at 4th and High.

Recycling fact LYONS – According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the energy saved by recycling one glass bottle can light a 100-watt light bulb for four hours or run a computer for 30 minutes.

It is sometime difficult but it has always been enlightening.

Nick Angelo became a Lyons Trustee in 1996 and in 1998 he won his first term as Mayor. His current term as Mayor began in April, 2020. He and his wife Candace, a local artist, live in Lyons.

Colorado native species, and bougainvillea, a bright ornamental vine planted all over the tropical world.

If you find yourself thinking about timing on your walks at the gardens, look out for the prairie wine cups (Callirhoe involucrata), which are open wide all day but close up tight in the evening (about the same time the Colorado four o’clocks open). In the gardens and everywhere else plants bloom, keep an eye out for flower timing to discover the floral rhythms playing out around us every day.

Jessie Berta-Thompson is a member of the Rocky Mountain Botanic Gardens Board.

can also indulge in ice cream treats from Sweet Cow. Yes, the MooMobile will be at the hootenanny, dishing out your favorite flavors like Ozo coffee and chocolate chip cookie dough in cups, cones, or ice cream sammies.

Ah, but you’ve worked up a mighty thirst with all this activity, so we will have a choice of beverages for purchase, including wine, City Star beer or Spirit Hound vodka lemonade to quench your thirst on the last of these summer days by the river.

We want to thank all the sponsors of the event who are helping to pay for the over-

tude toward old age. It was all in the mind, of course, and it was possible to enjoy a wisdom-filled final phase, to enrich the lives of others, tend a beautiful garden, and have lots of time to read and write. But the truth is that we have no idea how our own decline is going to play out or how it’s going to end. We only know that it’s going to. All I can do is hope (and strive) for the presence of mind to accept whatever comes my way.

I don’t think we “do” end of life right in this country, nor do I know how we should be doing it. I have loose

Katherine Weadley is a librarian at the Estes Park Library, a sometimes ukulele player, and dog lover. She enjoys hiking in Lyons and all over the mountains with her family.

head costs. We appreciate your generosity.

If you bring a motorized vehicle we are asking for $5 for parking. Please come out and support our local nonprofits who have helped a myriad of families and businesses this past year during extremely difficult times. Come out and have some fun and help those in need at the same time. It’s definitely a win-win at the Hootenanny at River Bend.

Tricia Marsh is the Chair of the Lyons Emergency & Assistance Fund (LEAF) Board of Directors.

pacts with various friends and family from both sides of the Atlantic that we’ll buy some kind of communal compound and look after one another. That would be nice.

And I’ll have lots of time to read and write and tend a beautiful garden.

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.

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