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B •R •I •E •F •S Martin Luther King remembered Congress passed Martin Luther King Day into law in 1983 and it was signed by President Ronald Regan. It was celebrated on January 16 this year. Coretta Scott King wrote this about her husband’s legacy: “The Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday celebrates the life and legacy of a man who brought hope and healing to America. We commemorate as well the timeless values he taught us through his example – the values of courage, truth, justice, compassion, dignity, humility and service that so radiantly defined Dr. King’s character and empowered his leadership. On this holiday, we commemorate the universal, unconditional love, forgiveness and nonviolence that empowered his revolutionary spirit.” “We commemorate Dr. King’s inspiring words, because his voice and his vision filled a great void in our nation, and answered our collective longing to become a country that truly lived by its noblest principles. Yet, Dr. King knew that it wasn’t enough just to talk the talk, that he had to walk the walk for his words to be credible. And so we commemorate on this holiday the man of action, who put his life on the line for freedom and justice every day, the man who braved threats and jail and beatings and who ultimately paid the highest price to make democracy a reality for all Americans.” Continue Briefs on Page 4
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Above: Josh Ellis photographed this bobcat in his backyard.up Highway 7 near Raymond. The cat was watchful of Josh, but didn’t seem to mind the 20 minute photo shoot while he hunted. Top left: Doug Powell got this image of a little bobcat that hung out at the base of a tree in his yard for 45 minutes, presumably waiting for a meal to descend.
Flood projects continue as long as state reimbursements stay on track By Susan de Castro McCann Redstone Review Editor LYONS – After the water settled from the September 2013 flood, and after damage assessments were made, then the recovery began in earnest. Grants and government recovery funds were applied for, people from government agencies showed up to look at the damage and oversee the flow of money. But as the work progressed things started to bog down. The town board was concerned that the town could not finish all the projects that needed to be done by the deadlines set by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Colorado Development Block Grants-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) and other funding agencies. In some cases extensions were granted, but the real problem was getting the reimbursements for the work from the state. FEMA and other granting agencies send the recovery funding to the state, which holds the money until the individual projects are completed and until the state has gone over every receipt to make sure all the conditions for the grant are met. It’s very time consuming. The reimbursement issue was a problem that was not anticipated in the beginning by the town board and town staff; so once reimbursement problem came to light, the town staff began working with the state to find ways to solve it. The state had to give Lyons advances to cover their immediate expenses. To illustrate the magnitude of the problem,
Town Administrator Victoria Simonsen told a group of residents at a town hall meeting on January 11 that the town has spent approximately $35 million on flood recovery projects so far and the state has advanced the town $3 million. Many projects have already been reimbursed by the state over the last three plus years, but many projects are still waiting for reimbursement. After many months of meetings with the state, Administrator Simonsen said that the staff is now hopeful that the reimbursements will now arrive in a more timely fashion. At the town hall meeting Mayor Connie Sullivan and Administrator Simonsen went over some of the projects that have been completed. The new wastewater treatment is now completed and up and running. This project was just getting started before the flood then put on hold until it could resume. The LaVern M. Johnson Park (formerly Meadow Park) restoration was completed with many new amenities. Over a mile of the St. Vrain River restoration was completed. The town closed on 23 buyout properties for $5.87 million. There are still about three more buyout properties left to close on. Roads, sidewalks, lighting, landscaping and many other projects have been completed and many more are in the works and need to be completed. Simonsen told residents at the meeting, “We are waiting for reimbursement on about 40 projects. We have some projects that we started three years ago that we have not been reimbursed for yet. It has been (taking)
about six months to get reimbursement for many projects.” The town is now heading into Phase II of recovery projects. There are several priorities in this phase. At the top of the list is finding a place for the Public Works Building which was destroyed by the flood, and FEMA told Lyons that it cannot rebuild at the same site because it is in the floodway. The town needs about two to three acres of land for the building. Lyons owns very little land so the town board is trying to purchase the two decommissioned water treatment plants owned by the City of Longmont at the east end of Lyons. The two plants are located on each side of Colorado Highway 66 and are located in Boulder County and the properties would need to be annexed into Lyons. The two parcels combined are about ten acres. If the town can purchase the land from Longmont and if the town can annex the land, the plan is to use a few acres for the Public Works Building and to sell the rest to a developer to create a mixed-use development to include affordable housing and market-value housing and some commercial. Simonsen said to the residents, “We have a plan to actively pursue purchasing it (the Longmont water plants). We can use some money from the enterprise funds to purchase it.” The town needs to create zoning that would allow for the creation of jobs to meet the requirement set by the funding source. Simonsen said that other flood rebuilding projects include the McConnell Bridge, which will cost about $2.7 million. The design for the bridge was just approved by FEMA on December 31, 2016. FEMA will pay for 75 percent of the cost and CDBGContinue Town on Page 14
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LYONS O B I T U A RY Elizabeth E. Ford Boss February 5, 1914 – December 22, 2016 Elizabeth (Beth) Ford Boss (102) passed away December 22 at the Hildebrand Care Center in Cañon City. She was born February 5, 1914, in Carr, CO. to Roy O. and Mary Nettie (Trimble) Elam. She graduated from College High School in Greeley in 1931, and UNC in 1935 with a BA degree in business education. Her first teaching assignment was in Kanorado, KS, where she taught business at the high school from 1935 to 1938 until her marriage to Adam Ford. Their son Bob was born in March in 1939, and they moved to Longmont in November that year. In 1942 they moved to Lyons where Lynn Marie McCain May 4, 1942 – November 6, 2016 Lynn Marie McCain of Lyons, beloved wife of Gene McCain for 51 years and loving mother of Steve and Jim McCain, passed away at her home on November 6, 2016. She was 74. Lynn was born in Denver County on May 4, 1942 to the late Charles and Evelyn (Scholz) Pigeon. She grew up in the Denver area and married Gene Edward McCain in Lyons on October 9, 1965. Lynn and Gene made their home in Longmont and were blessed with two sons. She attended CSU for a couple of years and worked outside
Mrs. Boss taught business subjects at the Junior / Senior High for 35 years, retiring in 1977 as a Vocational Business Teacher. During those years she also did graduate work at UNC, CSU, and Western State. She cared about her students’ success and earned their love and respect. In the words of one student, “She made me learn whether I wanted to or not.” She was also involved sponsoring various activities for her students outside the classroom. In 1968 she and her husband Adam Ford moved back to Longmont, where she volunteered in the office of the Calvary Baptist Church from 1977 to 1996. She was also a member of the Retired School Employees Association, the Rebekah Lodge in Lyons, and a lifetime member of the Longmont Mu Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma. In her younger years she liked to read, to play cards with her family, and to travel with Mr. Ford in their camper group. After Adam Ford’s death in 1972 and her retirement in 1977, she enjoyed traveling
with groups on bus tours. In 1983 she married Fred Boss, a neighbor and friend, and they continued traveling together. In 1996, they moved to Cañon City. Fred Boss died the following year. Mrs. Ford Boss was very proud to be still living at home on her 100th birthday. Shortly afterward, her physical health forced her into the nursing home. However, her mind stayed sharp right until the end. In the nursing home one could see her at her computer, playing solitaire, working jigsaw puzzles, sending emails or greeting cards. She also had her favorite TV programs that she would watch on her big screen TV, keeping informed by spending much of the time watching Fox News. Mrs. Ford Boss loved a good steak and her sweets and she loved puzzles of all kinds. Her favorites were cryptograms, crossword puzzles, and on-line jigsaw puzzles. At 102 she may have been one of the oldest persons on Facebook and Skype.
the home as a senior secretary for Dow Chemical. Her true loves and passions in life were raising her two sons and taking care of her family. Lynn was a fabulous homemaker and enjoyed canning and gardening. She was especially fond of her iris and roses. Lynn truly enjoyed the outdoors. She is survived by her husband, Gene McCain, of Longmont; two sons, Steve and Jim (Jan) McCain, both of Lyons; grandchildren, Colton, Jared and Joe McCain; and a sister, Sharon Ann (Byron) McConnell also of Lyons. In addition to her parents, Lynn was preceded in death by her siblings, John Pigeon and Nancy Pigeon Totten. A graveside memorial service was held on November 18, at the Lyons Cemetery. Howe Mortuary was in charge of the arrangements.
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Those helped her to keep in touch with her family and friends around the country. She proudly displayed photos of all her family members on a large photo board in her room. She leaves her son Bob (Judy) Ford, grandson Chad (Annie) Ford, great-granddaughters, Taylor and Perry Ford, all of Cañon City; grandson Greg (Kenra) Ford of Lawton, OK; greatgrandson Michael (Megan) Ford and twin great-great-granddaughters Abigail and Claire of Baker, FL; great-grandson Zak (Sara) Ford: and great-great-grandsons Aiden and Wylie Ford of Granbury, TX: and several nephews. She will be dearly missed by those who knew her and loved her. She was predeceased by her husbands, Adam Ford and Fred Boss, and her sister Carol Miller and brother-in-law Roland Miller. At her request no services will be held. A family graveside service in Longmont will be held at a later date. Arrangements are under the care of Wilson Funeral Home.
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MAYOR’S CORNER Gearing up for a “constructive” 2017 By Connie Sullivan, Mayo Redstone Review LYONS – As usual, 2016, ended with a flourish. Thanks to the town staff, the streets were once again beautifully and brightly lit and Sandstone Park was filled with music. The parade and fireworks Sullivan show put the perfect exclamation point on a very busy and successful year. Lyons definitely knows how to throw a parade. Thanks to all who contributed to this year’s events and brought their holiday spirits to the whole town. December also brings the town’s fiscal year to a close, and while the 2016 numbers won’t be final for a few more months, the year-end projections become more meaningful. All in all, the town had a successful year in terms of the operating budget and is on a positive trajectory in terms of building a more diversified revenue stream to support basic operations. The General Fund houses the majority of the town’s tax revenues and routine operating expenses. Parks, utilities (aka “enterprises”) and grants are tracked in their own, separate funds. For 2016, the General Fund is expected to finish the year with record high revenues, and may even exceed the two million dollar mark for the first time. In 2015, the voters passed a half-percent sales tax increase that took effect in January 2016. Growth in the wedding industry, recreational marijuana taxes and good summer weather are all likely factors in the strong performance. The sales tax numbers won’t be final until sometime in the first quarter of 2017; however, the town expects to exceed the 2016 budget by approximately $120,000. Quite an accomplishment considering in 2012, the sales tax revenues were closer to $350,000. Property taxes also showed some surprising growth. New home starts and improvements to existing homes made up for the losses from the buy-out properties. The 2:1 ratio of sales to property tax revenue in the General Fund is a good sign things are moving in the right direction. With limited opportunities to grow the property tax base, the town needs to develop a strong and stable stream of revenue from sales tax. All in all, the town expects to finish the year in net positive position and will add close to 400 Main Street Lyons 303.823.5900 10-5 Daily 11-5 Sunday Closed on Tuesday RedCanyonArt.com RedCanyonArt@gmail.com
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reserves; however no rate increases are anticipated for 2017. The sanitation account will draw approximately $180,000 from reserves to cover expenses related to the new wastewater treatment plant, avoiding the need to raise sanitation fees. The reserves for water and sanitation are sufficient to cover this cost for another year. For 2017, the budget reflects only a small increase in revenue growth. The double-digit percentage point gains in sales tax seen the past few years are expected level off and we will return to a more modest rate of growth. Expenses are budgeted such that we should finish the year with a positive net income of approximately $255,000. The Board budgeted additional funds for grounds maintenance and additional staff positions, and re-allocated police funds to increase coverage during the busy summer months. The board has a goal to reduce the amount spent on outside contract services (sheriff, planning, engineering, attorney and auditing) and has given
Town Administrator Simonsen the go-ahead to move forward with a staff reorganization. This will bring some of these positions in-house and hopefully improve continuity and service, while reducing costs. If there were a financial buzz phrase for 2016, it would probably be “cash flow.” This particular headache is associated with the Grant Fund which houses money from Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and other sources for completing flood recovery projects. This is the fund that must maintain a positive cash flow in order for projects to be awarded. Over the past three years, the state and town staffs have invested countless hours and resources to build the infrastructure needed to generate, approve and pay the invoices associated with the flood recovery projects. A web of regulations must be adhered to before invoices can be paid. The town must wait for reimbursements from the state before new projects can be awarded and the process can take as long as nine months. This means work on recovery slows down until funding becomes available again. With a General Fund of about $1 million dollars in 2013, there was no way for the town to begin recovery without cash advances from the state. These advances help avoid running deficits in the town’s operating funds. To date, the town has successfully leveraged $6.5 million dollars in cash advances to complete over $30 million dollars worth of work. In December 2016, the state advanced the town an additional $3 million to help initiate the next phase of projects that require up-front payments to begin. As recovery projects wrap up, the state will withhold reimbursements to settle the advance account. Recently, the town and state have been workContinue Mayor on Page 14
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LOCAL Tearing down Helen’s house By Sally King Redstone Review LYONS – When we moved out to Apple Valley Road in 2001 we met a remarkable neighbor named Helen. King She lived alone and used a walker to support herself while standing. She had a German shepherd
dog and received meals on wheels. At one point she told me about growing up and living in a shack where the snow came in and left stripes on her blankets. So when her husband built her the sturdy brick house on Apple Valley Road she valued it with all her whole heart and felt herself to be so fortunate. Helen died about seven years ago and her house was inherited by her three children, one of which lived in Florida. As it
turned out the house was never destined to have another owner because it was damaged in the 2013 flood and met the criteria for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) buyout. It took three years and three months for the buyout to complete itself but only two days for Helen’s house to come down and be carried away in a few semis. I wanted to complain about the lack of caring I was witnessing. The blokes who subcontracted for the subcontractors were a funky bunch. So when I tried to explain about the natural contours and pulling
Scared to talk or even think about money? That can change By Janaki Jane Redstone Review LYONS – Talking honestly about money is tough. We all think that we should be able to handle our money. Everyone Jane else seems to be doing fine: they are buying lattés, and new cars, and the latest toys and clothes. But a lot of us don’t tell ourselves the truth, let alone others: maybe we spend more than we earn, or we don’t have savings, and we try not to think about retirement. But here’s the truth: over a quarter of us has no money set aside for emergencies. Next time you’re in a group of people, look around. Chances are that one in four of the families you see has no savings at all for emergencies. Also, more than one in three of us has no retirement savings, regardless of income level. So if you are in that quarter, or in that third, you aren’t alone. You have lots of company, many of them smart, wealthy people. So what do we do about it? Most of us ignore it. Why? Because we have been
taught that not having or saving enough money says something about how much we, as a person, are worth. So we pretend that the debts and the lack of savings aren’t there, rather than face how it makes us feel (which is lousy). But, here’s a secret: the best way to bust those lousy feelings is to tell the truth. Here’s one truth: how much money a person has or earns is not related to his or her worth as a person. How much money you save or have for retirement has nothing to do with how good a person you are. Of course, you say? Yes, but do you believe it about yourself? Here’s another truth, one that it took me years of classes about money and finances to accept, even as I knew in my mind it was true; money is just numbers, and numbers are just facts. When we start to tell ourselves the truth about the numbers, and respond to the numbers in a positive way, then the nasty grip money has on our emotions and relationships starts to loosen. At 6:30 p.m. each week for five Wednesdays in January and February, Lyons-area residents have an opportunity
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to look at money, savings, and retirement without judgment. The Lyons Regional Library received a grant from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
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integrates single track trails, red rock canyon, and gravel paths. Everybody gets luxury aid stations with real food and hydration, a hot meal and a cold beer at the finish line, and a killer post-ride party with great music, a fire pit, and a massive raffle. The races start and end in Sandstone Park. The race raises money for CAN’d Aid Foundation. The Old Man Winter Bike Rally was created to be THE winter adventure event. With two bike courses and a one-of-akind running course, there is plenty of winter adventure for all runners and cyclists. Cycling – It is the one and only winter cycling festival that
the dirt away from the trunks of the trees I was met with a face that was just hoping that I would go away. But if I am completely honest, it was the enormity of being the only living soul standing out on a cold December morning remembering what this house meant to one woman. But now I’m sharing it with you. 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 near Lyons. Library is using this opportunity to create a safe space for locals to focus on their goals and strengths around money, instead of on their shortcomings. Every Wednesday from January 18 to February 15, I (Janaki Jane) will be facilitating an interactive seminar on one aspect of money and finances. The sessions, in order, will cover: 1. Goal Setting and Financial Planning, 2. Key Investment Concepts, 3. Retirement Saving Vehicles, 4. Common Investment Types, and 5. Managing Money During Retirement. All ages and incomes are invited to come to the entire series, or to come to any one of them that interests you. The Lyons Regional Library is located at 405 Main St. in Lyons. For more information, call 303-823-5165 or “Like” the Lyons Regional Library on Facebook. Janaki Jane works as a Health Coverage Guide for Boulder County, and lives in the mountains, where moose and foxes come and look in her windows.
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OPTIONS A new business, 3 Local B’s, is now open at Corner Studios By Don Moore Redstone Review LYONS – “Imagine coming home to a clean house, complete with the aroma of a fresh homemade meal cooking in Moore the oven and a beautiful flower arrangement on the table. That’s an example of what we provide our customers,” said Cheyne Chase recently. Chase is one of the 3 Local B’s, a new Lyons business she owns and operates with Bella Medkour and Amanda Anderson. All are Lyons resident mamas, and all are survivors of extreme domestic violence. “We came together last September with the idea that we could use our artistic talents in offering services to Lyons that were both needed and would be well received,” said Anderson. Anderson is a formally trained artist, Chase is a previous wedding planner and floral arranger, and Medkour is a skilled landscape designer. All are imaginative, bringing their creative skills to use in a variety of ways. They can paint murals, create floral arrangements and succulents compositions, paintings, and anything customers could think about to make their homes more beautiful and welcoming. “In supporting each other as we heal, we also bring our clients unique helpful services as we create a ‘Grandma’s home’ atmosphere to the homes we clean,” Medkour said. “Reflecting traditional oldfashioned values of thrift and warmth, we approach our work with that ethic. It’s what sets us apart.” “We can bake and cook anything you
desire from a simple banana bread to a more elaborate menu, whether you are hosting or just want to come home to a delicious homemade meal,” Chase added. In addition to cleaning houses using their homemade eco-friendly supplies, the 3 Local B’s provide personal organizing, interior designing / decorating, party planning, light landscaping / house plants care, and ironing / laundry. The three women approach the business by being fluid: whatever the community is
Amanda Anderson, Bella Medkour and Cheyne Chase are the 3 Local B’s, offering a variety of services to make your home more beautiful and welcoming. asking for is where they will go. For instance, if a customer sees a design from a magazine she likes, the 3 Local B’s will take that concept and make it become a reality. “We believe in recycling and repurposing rather than throwing things out,” said Anderson. “In the mending and sewing part of our business, we take discarded items from Lyons Reruns and create a
Parvo: the puppy killer By Tiffany Hughes, DVM Redstone Review LONGMONT– Puppies are lively and joyful, ready to take on the world. However, there are many unseen dangers in the world that can make their stories end in heartbreak. One of these dangers is parvo, a viral illness, and it is nearly 100 percent fatal without appropriate treatment. The good news is it is also preventable with appropriate vaccinations. Parvo first appeared in our dogs relatively recently, in the late 1970s. It caused a massive epidemic and millions of dogs died from this disease. Since then, a very effective vaccine has been developed and the incidence of parvo has been reduced significantly. Unfortunately, vaccination rates in dogs have never reached appropriate levels to eradicate it completely. Additionally, the virus is very stable and tough to kill in the environment. It can withstand very high and very cold temperatures and it can remain infectious in the environment for over a year. The only effective household disinfectant is bleach in a 1:30 dilution. Due to parvo’s hardy nature, it is almost impossible to prevent exposure to the virus and we must rely on vaccinations for protection. Sickness from the virus will occur anywhere between
rhea. The virus also attacks the rapidly dividing cells within the bone marrow leading to a severe decrease in infection-fighting cells. With the loss of these cells, the puppy is at great risk for secondary infections by other organisms. Death occurs most often due to profound dehydration.
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All the services offered by the 3 Local B’s are born from what the women have been formally taught, or are derived from hands-on work each has previously pursued. By learning from one another, they expand their individual talents and in so doing provide greater depth of services to their customers. “We got our start from simple word of
three days and two weeks after being infected. The puppy will start by being more tired than normal which will rapidly progress to vomiting and diarrhea which is almost always bloody. The virus attacks rapidly dividing cells in the body and the intestinal cells are among the most susceptible. It causes death of these cells and shedding of the intestinal lining which leads to the profound bloody diar-
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unique outfit, or article of clothing that fits the eclectic Lyons feel.” That mending and sewing is housed in rented space at the Corner Studio, 318 Main St., Monday through Saturday. They will alter existing clothes, do hand hemming, create up-cycling clothes, and provide customized sewing, such as aprons, bags, clothing, pillows cases, table cloths, etc. In addition, the 3 Local B’s offer their handcrafted eco-friendly cleaning supplies for sale at the Corner Studio.
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mouth,” Chase said. “Working at the Barking Dog, Amanda and I told our regular customers what we were up to and they in turn helped us spread the word. From there we got referrals who then referred us to others.” They had a booth at the most recent Lyons Holiday Bazaar where they sold their cleaning products and by engaging with the public, were able to explain the nature of what they had to offer. With a limited marketing budget, they have been able to attract clients from their space in the Corner Studio, Barking Dog, Lyons Reruns, their Facebook page, and other forms of social media. “One of our biggest dreams would be to employ other women, support them in their talents, satisfy our clients, and work with each other,” Medkour said. The women are currently concentrating on building their business in the greater Lyons area, but are open to expanding beyond if that’s where the business takes them. More important than answering the geography question, these resilient women aim to provide services that their clients want. Every job is different, and all are customized. “None of us is too good to scrub a toilet,” Chase said with a smile, further explaining their attitude toward their work. The 3 Local B’s will be having an open house at the Corner Studios 318 Main St. on January 28 from 5 to 8 p.m. They can be reached on Facebook at https://www. facebook. com / 3LOCALBs / ?fref=ts, by calling (720) 310-8516, or stopping by the Corner Studio, Monday through Saturday. Don Moore is a retired lawyer and the author of Love is a Verb: Healing Yourself through Love, Gratitude and Compassion. He lives in Lyons.
With treatment, survival from the virus approaches 80 to 90 percent. The most severe cases will require hospitalization for intravenous fluid therapy, anti-vomiting and diarrhea medications, and antibiotics to treat or prevent secondary infections. There is not an effective, specific anti-parvo medication. The goal is to support their bodies while they fight the virus themselves. This treatment can be very expensive and the puppies are often hospitalized for several days. Some milder cases can be treated with home care under the direction of a veterinarian; however, the likelihood of survival with home care versus hospitalized care is much lower. As mentioned earlier, the best treatment is prevention. Parvo is one of the core vaccines given to puppies in the DA2PP combo. It must be given every four weeks until the puppy is at least 16 weeks of age. Only fully vaccinated puppies are considered protected from this virus; however, no vaccinations are ever 100 percent effective. Any puppy, vaccinated or not, should be evaluated by a veterinarian for parvo if it starts vomiting and having diarrhea. Dr. Tiffany Hughes is an Emergency Veterinarian at Aspen Meadow Veterinary Specialists. AMVS is a 24-hour veterinary facility providing specialty internal medicine, orthopedic surgery, oncology, emergency, critical care, and pain management. They are located in Longmont at 104 S. Main St. For more information, go to www.AspenMeadowVet.com.
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ECOLOGY Botanic Garden looks for a home
Members of the Lyons Botanic Garden group working to make the concept a reality include Garima Fairfax, Kris Todd, By Greg Lowell plants, said Fairfax. The Botanic Garden idea started with Dianne Andrews, Anthea Rice and Redstone Review Fairfax, who had seen such gardens in her Carter Christenson. The group approached then-Mayor LYONS – An ambitious project to bring a travels and found them both inspirational Van Domelen and town administraJulie botanic garden to Lyons has the support, and educational. She shared her idea with funds and enthusiasm of its founders but a group of like-minded friends and as tor Victoria Simonsen a few years ago lacks one major piece – a place to call home. there was no similar garden in Boulder with the idea and received encourageAt present, there are two options for County, they hatched the idea of siting ment to go forward. Likewise, Fairfax said current Mayor Connie Sullivan, the siting the garden: one of the Board of Trustees and the deed-restricted buyout propEcology Advisory Board superties or near the Clarifier port the idea. Project. Everything but a place to The Lyons Botanic Garden create it project as planned will feaA possible location for the ture native plants, arranged garden would be one of the in the natural zones to mimic deed-restricted buyout propthe Lyons grasslands, erties that the Town of Lyons foothills, mountain forests has recently inherited from and riverside areas. “It will the federal flood buyout prohave plants that attract songgram. These properties are birds, butterflies and bees, currently going through a and will be both educational public process to determine and provide a place to relax the wishes of town residents and enjoy nature,” said for these parcels. The Botanic Garima Fairfax, one of the Garden group is involved in garden’s organizers. The plans these discussions in hopes are to have pathways, a picthat one of the properties nic table; educational signs, might be right for the garden. Botanic Garden Project members Carter Christenson, Kris Todd and benches for bird watchFairfax said the ideal site ing, drawing or painting, and Garima Fairfax survey the land around the Clarifier Project – would be about a half-acre to reading, or simply relaxing in one possible site for the garden. PHOTO BY GREG LOWELL an acre. The Botanic Garden the garden. could also be sited in the vicinity of the Residents will be able to see beautiful, one in Lyons in 2006. drought-tolerant native plants that do “Lyons is the perfect place for a botan- Clarifier Project. “That site could make sense because it’s well in local conditions so that they ic garden with its mix of grasslands, close to a public path and has parking at might plant the same at their homes. foothills and the two branches of the St. the Black Bear Hole,” said Fairfax. “It’s People will also learn to identify wild Vrain River,” said Fairfax.
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tronic devices and do radical things like talk to your family or read. He also offered a warning: don’t think you can outsmart the attention merchants. How many times, he asked, have you sat down at a computer or pulled out your smartphone, intending to spend 15 minutes or so checking email or Facebook, only to discover an hour later that you’re still hooked? “You can’t beat them,” he told the audience. “They’re better at this than you are and have the smartest people in the world figuring out how to keep your attention. It’s like an alcoholic who goes into a well decorated bar with comfortable seating, great music and beautiful liquor displays and tells himself he’s only going to have one drink. It won’t happen.” Wu’s Austin audience nodded affirmatively and applauded as he reviewed historical and current methods attention merchants use to capture, commoditize and profit from people’s attention.
LYONS – Riddle: how can a book that never mentions Donald Trump tell you what you need to Browning know about how Donald Trump got elected president? Answer: When the book is The Attention Merchants, by Tim Wu. It’s a fascinating and thorough study of how the attention industry captures our attention and time, often without us even realizing what they’re doing or how they’re doing it. I discovered Wu’s book quite by accident at last fall’s Texas Book Festival in Austin. I happened to walk past a large outdoor tent where he was doing a short reading and presentation to an audience of about 100 people. I was headed to another event, but had about 20 minutes to kill and decided to listen to the first part of his talk. I ended up staying for the whole thing. Speaking to a mostly liberal, well educated, mostly Democratic audience in Texas’ Author and Columbia Law School professor, Tim Wu, describes how liberal enclave, Wu first gave online sources like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google and Buzzfeed his audience insightful, hijack our attention and time in his book The Attention Merchants. detailed descriptions of how today’s leading attention merchants (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google, But then, on the weekend before the November Buzzfeed, et al.) capture our attention and profit election, he turned to politics. from it, mostly through advertising. Wu (a Columbia Law School professor, though He also offered advice on retaking control of this isn’t a legal book) didn’t predict the outcome. your own attention, such as designating one area But he did tell his audience that for a clear examin your home as a no-cellphone, no-computer, no- ple of how to grab and put to use massive amounts television, no-game console area. Or blocking out of attention, all they had to do was look at the a particular time period (say, two hours before bed- 2016 campaign. time) during which you disconnect from all elecContinue Attention on Page 14
surrounded by town park land so the garden there could be expanded outward.” Clarifier Project organizers Priscilla Cohan and Cathy Rivers have said they would be in favor of having the Botanic Garden at the Clarifier. Funding for the garden has been accumulating through a plant sale the group holds every May and through donations. Maintenance of the garden will be entirely through volunteers. While waiting for land, the Botanic Garden group joined forces with the Ecology Advisory Board to create the Lyons Walking Arboretum, putting up signs next to 40 different kinds of trees in the downtown area. Residents can identify trees, see what trees grow well in Lyons and residents with green ash trees growing in their yards can look ahead to possible replacements as the threat of the emerald ash borer grows. “The Botanic Garden group hopes that residents will support our idea and that in the near future Lyons will have both a resource to guide residents on plant choices for their homes and a place where residents and visitors alike can enjoy nature,” said Fairfax. For more information on the Botanic Garden Project, or to donate to the project, visit the project website rmbg.org, or e-mail Garima Fairfax (garimafarifax@gmail.com). Greg Lowell is a member of Lyons Ecology Advisory Board and has been involved with land conservation issues for more than 25 years. He graduated from the University of New Hampshire and now lives in Lyons.
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INSIGHT Power is illusive By John Gierach Redstone Review LYONS – One morning earlier this month I woke up in the first gray light before dawn; rolled over to look at the clock and Gierach saw that the LED numbers had gone dark, meaning the electricity was off. My first thought was that Mister Coffee wouldn’t automatically mix up the medicine at 6 a.m., so I’d have to resort to the percolator. No problem there. The propane stove has an electric lighter for the burners, but the manual override is as simple as striking a wooden kitchen match. My second thought was that the Russians hadn’t gotten enough of a rise out of us by influencing our presidential election so they’d decided to hack into the power grid and turn us into a third world country overnight. That suspicion faded a bit with the first cup of coffee and in fact seemed unlikely. An 80-plus-mile-per-hour Chinook wind had been blowing all night, and as customers of Poudre Valley Rural Electric we’re so accustomed to the power going out that we’re equipped with jugs of water, oil lamps, a drawer full of batteries, plenty of firewood, a backup generator with 60-foot extension cords and two five-gallon cans of gas. But an hour later it was still in the back of my mind, so I invented an errand to take me into Lyons where I was happier than usual to see the electronic sign informing me that I was going ten miles an hour over the speed limit, as usual. The same went for the neon OPEN sign at the Stone Cup where I whipped in for more coffee and learned from Robin that the power outage extended at least as far
as Red Gulch in one direction and Pinewood in the other. I was just happy it wasn’t all of North America. So yes, maybe I’ve been a little on edge lately and I’m trying to put my finger on why. Being on the wrong side of the election doesn’t completely explain it. In my long career as a registered voter I’ve cast more ballots for losers than winners and twice now my candidate has won the popular vote but lost the election. That deepens my grudge against the Electoral College, but, sadly, it’s nothing new. For that matter, in both those cases – first Gore, now Clinton – I wasn’t so much voting for them as against their opponents, so the loss seemed less personal. It’s true that last year’s historically nasty presidential campaign has left an aftertaste in everyone’s mouth – good or bad depending on which side you were on. The campaign was a mess in every possible way. It was all about insults – most deeply personal – and since so many people get their so-called news from social media now, we were all living in our own realities furnished with their own facts and, in some cases, their own unique laws of physics, all tailored to what we wanted to believe. We were all aware of that, but kept insisting that our own little bubble was the only one that corresponded to reality. Some social media sites are now trying to figure out ways to block stories that are
EcoPass program extended By Dawn Weller Redstone Review LYONS – The Sustainable Future Commission (SFC) is pleased to announce that the Lyons Community EcoPass program has been extended through 2017. Both the Town of Lyons Weller and Boulder County Transportation collaborated to develop a solution that allows the town to maintain the service for another year. Therefore, Lyons community EcoPasses continue to be valid on all Regional Transportation District (RTD) routes. The only change to the program from previous years is that Lyons residents wishing to maintain their EcoPass for 2017 will be required to pay $25 for a full year of EcoPass usage. In the next few weeks, details will be sent out in town emails on how payment can be made. Passes
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demonstrably false and if journalism schools aren’t struggling to define the point where advocacy journalism becomes propaganda, they should be. It’s not a new problem. Years ago Kinky Friedman defined fiction as “just something the writer made up,” and non-fiction as “just something the writer made up using the names of real people.” I still don’t know if that was meant as prophecy or just a wise-
that Russia hacked the election in an attempt to sway it in Trump’s favor. Trump denied it, thinking it called his legitimacy as president into question (he’s right, it does) and pissed off the entire United States intelligence community in the process. Then, in a typical Trumpian maneuver, he admitted in his recent news conference that okay, it was Russia, but other countries do it, too – meaning, apparently, that as long as everybody does it, it’s okay. Then the news broke that there was another report issued by those same agencies saying they have unspecified and unverified information that the Trump campaign may have had ties to Russia and that the Russians may now have some kind of dirt on Trump that they could use to blackmail him. That report was only shown to President Obama, president-elect Trump and eight ranking members of Congress, but it was leaked anyway and was in the news for a few hours before it was revealed that the information was labeled as “disinformation” and so was almost certainly false. But such is the speed of media that it’s now out there nonetheless and, like Trump’s fantasy that Obama was born in Kenya and wasn’t really the president, a significant number of people will now always believe it. That seems like fitting retribution for the man who used fake news to get himself elected president.
crack, and the fact that it was said by a man named “Kinky” doesn’t help me decide. Getting hacked by foreign governments isn’t new either – remember the Sony scandal? – but this is the first time we’ve had a joint report from several U.S. intelligence agencies presenting evidence
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that have not been “recharged” will be deactivated effective 3/31/17. In the months ahead, the SFC will be working with the Board of Trustees to identify long-term funding options that will allow the Town to continue to offer the community EcoPass program. The 2017 cost for the Y route (A.M. and P.M. only) is around $34,000. The Board has decided that a portion of the funding solution will include a contribution from residents who want to keep their EcoPass active. More than 1,700 EcoPasses have been issued to Lyons residents, and almost 600 different people used their passes last year. For those not familiar with the program, the EcoPass
Town-Wide Dr. BOP Workshop LYONS – A town-wide workshop will be held Thursday, January 19 at 5:15 p.m. at Rogers Hall. The town board and the planning team wants the community’s help to design a site plan for the deed-restricted buyout properties (Dr. BOP) properties. Please join the planning team for the second townwide Dr. BOP gathering, on January 19. The Design Concepts team will present what they’ve heard in meetings with dozens of neighbors and community members. Attendees will also have the opportunity to share thoughts and ideas through a hands-on, small group exercise. Pizza and refreshments will be served!
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provides unlimited transit on all RTD routes, including both bus and light rail options all over the metro area. That means you can use your pass on the Y bus from Lyons to Boulder ($9 roundtrip), on the Flatiron Flyer from Boulder to Denver ($9 roundtrip), on the Skyride bus to the airport ($18 roundtrip from Boulder), and on the light rail (University of Colorado A line, $18 roundtrip) between downtown Denver and DIA, etc. at no cost, all year long. The cost to purchase the equivalent RTD annual regional/airport pass is over $1,800 a year. The Town and the Sustainable Futures Commission hope that the community supports this program and will use RTD transit options frequently to save money and to reduce pollution and traffic. Details on how to renew your EcoPass will be sent out shortly and will be available on the town website (townoflyons.com). In the meantime, hop a bus or light rail and enjoy the free ride. Dawn Weller is a member of the Sustainable Futures Commission. She is a former member of the Lyons Town Board of Trustees.
Senior hot lunches coming in February LYONS – A new program offering hot lunches will be started in early February. It will begin with lunch provided two days a week to complement the existing Monday free suppers offered by local churches. Seniors are encouraged to try out the new hot lunches on Wednesday and Friday, at 11:30 p.m. at the Walt Self Senior Center (doors open at 11 a.m.). The suggested donation is $3.00 for seniors 60 and over, and $6.25 for those younger or their guests. No senior will be turned away due to their inability to make a donation. Meals meet Boulder County menu requirements. More information will be provided next month, including a line dedicated to lunch reservations, needed 24 hours before
the meal. In the meantime, seniors can contact Lori LeGault, Town of Lyons Parks and Recreation Department, 303-823-8250, for dates of all meals. This is being done in cooperation between Lyons Longevity, Town of Lyons senior activities, and Boulder County Aging Services. The lunches will be catered by the same company that does the delicious Louisville Senior Center meals, and coordinated by Teresa DeAnni, Boulder County Wellness Manager. Seniors are encouraged to enjoy a nutritious lunch and good conversation. Volunteers are welcome. Watch the Lyons Longevity Facebook page for more information, or contact them to get on their e-mail list, or telephone tree list, at lyonsdreamteam@gmail.com. Continue Briefs on Page 12
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CONTEXT Octopus blood and a power blanket By Natalie Costanza Chavez Redstone Review FT. COLLINS – A blanket hangs over my stairwell. It’s the color of bougainvillea on a fogless day, the color of a Christmas cactus bloom in the white of January, the color pink so vivid Costanza-Chavez and deep it glows. It is nearing 200 years old, brought to this country by my great great grandmother from the 67-square-mile island of Faial, one of the Portuguese islands forming the Azores archipelago, in the North Atlantic Ocean. She got it from her father when it was already old, after her mother had died, when she was in need of bundling, of wrapping, of warmth. My great grandfather said that someone took a wooden board peppered with nails and combed the cleaned sheep wool. The spinning wheel and one pedaled loom they used were made of wood. Handmade spools held the green, brown, red, purple and pink yarns that had been dyed with berries and flowers – except the black and the deep purple yarns. They were dyed
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with blood taken from the head of an octopus. These were people of the sea. Once the pink blanket was woven, it was embroidered with flowers. They appear to be roses, and some simpler flower, linked together with a sage green stretching of vine and leaves. The blanket vibrates in my house; people stop – sudden – when they see it, back up and look again. I think it has power, this blanket. When my son was three and struggling night-long and winter-long with asthma, medicine needed to be measured with a syringe and dispensed into a machine so he could breathe it deep into his lungs. Those nights I sat on the floor of the dark room and slid him from his bed onto my upper body. I held his head almost upright and then crooked into my neck, his fat still-baby thighs spread tight against his blue sleeper and splayed across my lap. I tried to keep him asleep while
he breathed the prescription that opened his lungs. Then I tried to return him gently to his bed, where he curled, once again, into a “C” of toddler-tuck and sigh. Sometimes, as I backed out of the room so as not to wake him, I’d freeze, fleetingly scared – muddled and dull from lack of sleep. What if I’d messed the medicine up, measured it wrong, dispensed it twice in an hour, or forgotten altogether to check respirations. I’d try to go over it in my head – picturing exactly what I’d done until, in my dizzy-tired-up-every-fewhours brain, I was afraid I’d hurt my son. On those nights, on my way back to bed – after I’d checked and rechecked to reassure myself –I would pass the blanket in the hall, stop and lean against it. I thought of the women who’d dyed it, woven it, folded it, tucked it and smoothed it. I thought of one woman, a black-haired tailor, with a fierce streak of white hair along the side of her head. The family story says the streak was from the silver of the sewing
needle she kept there. I thought of this mother, and all the women who used potions of mint and hibiscus, curing powders, as much clover as would fit on the head of a coin, charms and prayers to cure their young, to tend to their young, to save their young – in the ocean wet and the fog of the Azores. Then, I knew to tend my son as best I could and that it would be enough. Sometimes an object catches you, touches you, and intrigues you more deeply into it. Sometimes an object speaks to you. This isn’t a bad thing. We can draw nearer to someone we never really knew. We can touch the past, a wish, a prayer, a strength and solidity long gone yet vein deep. This isn’t idolatry, or believing in false gods, or dangerous. This is history and believing that God weaves passages all around us, and that maybe he even leaves clues and prizes and remembrances for the finding, for the long haul, for the moments when leaning into something concrete and tangible only aids in the prayer of wrap me, hold me, carry me – only aids in the prayer of save me. Natalie Costanza-Chavez is an award winning writer; she can be reached at her website precariousites@comcast.net or she can be reached at n.costanza@comcast.net.
Affordable housing still a town priority By Amy Reinholds Redstone Review
LYONS – Affordable housing is still on the priority list for Lyons, as presented at a Jan. 11 Lyons Town Hall meeting. At the special summary “Town Hall” meeting to update the public, Lyons Mayor Connie Sullivan and Lyons Town Administrator Victoria Simonsen presented a summary of 2016 budget and Reinholds flood recovery projects, and a list of projects and goals for 2017. The presentation highlighted that the Town of Lyons lost approximately 70 homes and 200 residents in the September 2013 flood. Sullivan and Simonsen said the Town of Lyons is negotiating with the City of Longmont to buy the former Longmont water treatment plant land east of town limits. Because of inability to place the Lyons Public Works building that was damaged in the flood elsewhere in town, a part of the City of Longmont land is the best location available,
if the Town of Lyons can line up the funding sources to purchase it. The Town of Lyons could use reserves in the town’s enterprise fund to purchase the entire property from Longmont, both on north and south sides of Colorado Hwy. 66, totally more than nine acres. Then the Town of Lyons could annex the land into Lyons town limits, subdivide it, and sell off other parcels to private sector buyers who want to build commercial or mixed-use residential to reimburse the town’s enterprise fund. The mayor and the town administrator also said that the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) would be willing to relocate from a current location in northwest Lyons near Eagle Canyon to the eastern corridor land near a Lyons Public Works site, if the Town of Lyons buys the land from Longmont. Then the Town of Lyons could have the old CDOT location for residential land. CDOT was not planning on moving its location but would be willing to move to help Lyons with housing needs, Simonsen said. However, Lyons would need to pay about $1 million in costs to relocate CDOT to the eastern corridor. They also told the public at the Jan. 11 Town Hall
County Floodplain Mapping Project upcoming public meetings Staff Reports Redstone Review BOULDER COUNTY – Boulder County Transportation and the State of Colorado are hosting a series of public meetings to present draft floodplain maps for major stream corridors in the unincorporated county from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Colorado Hazard Mapping Program (CHAMP). These sessions are an opportunity for the public to review draft updated map information for locations in unincorporated Boulder County as listed for each meeting below. Note: Locations outside of the defined map review areas for each meeting will not be discussed. Additional public meetings will be scheduled as map updates are received. Public Map Review Sessions –
Waterway-Specific Residents along these stream reaches and other interested parties are invited to attend an open house map review session and a public presentation led by state and county staff at each meeting. The presentation will be followed by a discussion, question-and-answer session, and an opportunity for attendees to explore maps and provide feedback directly to project team members. Boulder County wants the draft maps to accurately reflect local flood risk, which is why residents living along these creeks are encouraged to be involved and provide input at this stage. Comments gathered will be evaluated and provided to the state team for their consideration during their next round of revisions, floodplain modeling, and mapping. Public Meeting and Open House #2 will be held on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017 from 3 to 5 p.m. The areas of
map review will be Cabin Creek, North / Middle / South St. Vrain Creeks between Hwy 72 and Longmont Dam Rd. / Red Gulch Rd. The location is Highlands Presbyterian Camp & Retreat at 1306 Business Hwy. 7 in Allenspark. The draft floodplain maps for these stretches of river are available on the Floodplain Remapping Website where you can also learn more about purchasing flood insurance, the county’s outreach efforts, and how you can get involved. Boulder County will host additional meetings for review of maps in other unincorporated areas, as well as a cumulative map review session, in late January and February 2017. Phase II reaches (see Floodplain Remapping website – www.bocofloodplainremapping.com – for more info) will be reviewed in fall 2017. These meetings will be announced as they are scheduled on the county website, the county calendar, in newsletters, via the listserv, social media (Facebook and Twitter), and through the various Continue Floodplain on Page 14
The Town of Lyons is negotiating with the City of Longmont to buy the former Longmont water treatment plant land east of town limits. meeting that $4 million in federal disaster recovery funds (community development block grants) is still available for new affordable flood-recovery housing in Lyons, but all that money must be obligated to a specific project by Continue Housing on Page x
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Art and Entertainment in the greater Lyons area By MinTze Wu Redstone Review LYONS The Lyons Town Hall Art Show opening for Quilting and Fiber Arts Creations on Saturday January 21 Wu will be a potluck held from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Lyons Town Hall, 432 5th Ave., Lyons. All art work creations must be submitted by Friday, January 20. The show, under the direction of Tracy Barber, owner of Lyons Quilting, 42 E Main St., will hang at the Lyons Town Hall for three months. Lyons Quilting is one of the largest quilt shops in Colorado, attracting clients from all over
Rachel Tallent’s show Lumberjacks and Leftovers will be on display through the end of February at the Stone Cup.
Boulder and Larimer Counties. Some of the best quilters in the state will be on display at this show, which can be viewed Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For more information about the quilt show, call Tracy Barber at Lyons Quilting at 303-886-0651. Art and music at the Stone Cup. Rachel Tallent’s art show Lumberjacks and Leftovers will be on display through the end of February at the Stone Cup at 442 High St. An art reception will be held on Friday, February 3 from 6 to 8 p.m.; wine, beer and appetizers will be served. For more information on the art show, call 303-823-2345. The Stone Cup weekend morning music line up will be: Sat. Jan. 21 Jay Stott will perform Americana from 10 a.m. to noon; Sun. Jan. 22 Billy Shaddox will perform American folk music from 10 a.m. to noon; Sat. Jan. 28 the Story of Two will perform acoustic / pop / rock from 10 a.m. to noon ; Sun. Jan. 29 Ryan Hutchens will perform Americana / folk / bluegrass from 10 a.m. to noon; Sat. Feb. 4 Antonio Lopez will perform modern folk / acoustic soul from 10 a.m. to noon; Sun. Feb. 5 Amy Francis will perform country / jazz / blues from 10 a.m. to noon; Sat. Feb. 11 Eben Grace will perform American folk / pop from 10 a.m. to noon; Sun. Feb. 12 Billy Shaddox will perform American folk music from 10 a.m. to noon; Sat. Feb. 18 Ben Knighten will perform acoustic / alternative / folk / rock from 10 a.m. to noon; Sun. Feb. 19 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aural Elixir will perform jazz / rock / folk fusion. The Corner Studios at 318 Main St. will host its first art show of the year with artists Ann Hall and Adriaan Leeuwenburgh on Saturday January
The Lyons Town Hall Art Show, Quilting and Fiber Arts Creation, opens January 21 and will hang until April. Hours are Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 28 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., and also celebrate the addition of new resident artists, the 3 LOCAL B's with Amanda Anderson, Bella Medkour and Cheyne Chase. Come and meet them in their new studio. For more information, call 303-903-2165. BOULDER The Dairy Arts Center at 2590 Walnut St. presents Jazz at the Dairy on Sunday, January 29 at 6 p.m. Zack Brock and Triptych will perform. Heralded as the “pre-eminent improvising violinist of his generation,” Zach Brock plays and composes music that draws on elements of jazz, pop music, and classical music. The Chicago Tribune recognized his most recent recording “Perpetuity” as one of its top ten jazz recordings of 2014. Downbeat Magazine’s 61st annual Critic’s Poll named Brock its rising star violinist of 2013. He has played from Carnegie Hall to most of the NYC and Chicago jazz clubs and around the world, including Brazil, and as U.S. Department of State Ambassador to the Solomon Islands. Brock comes to Boulder on tour with his trio, Triptych. As part of the Jazz at the Dairy, the Dairy Arts Center presents Dotsero! on Saturday, February 11 at 7:30 p.m. A nononsense sax and guitar-driven thrill ride of energy and excitement, Dotsero is known to jazz fans around the world as contemporary jazz at its finest – a powerful vibe full of life, energy, and spontaneity. For more information on the jazz per-
formances at the Dairy Arts Center, call 303-440-7826. LONGMONT Arts Longmont and the Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Rd., present the Friday Afternoon Concert Series to be held on January 20, February 17, March 17, April 21: art show at 1:30 p.m., concert 2:30 p.m. for $10 per show. The concerts will take place in the Stewart Auditorium. There will be a reception after each concert. On January 20 the Amelie Quartet will perform. Featuring Parisian world music, including Gypsy jazz, Parisian tango and Gypsy nouveau, this quartet includes accordion, violin, bass, guitar and Chanteuse Roberta Daria. The Art Show will feature Holly Barrett, print maker On February 17 Large Works for Viola and Piano by Franck and Chopin will be performed by two of the most renowned classical musicians in the region: violist Geraldine Walther from the Takács Quartet and pianist David Korevaar from the CU-Boulder College of Music. The art show will feature Dar Miner, painter. For information, call 303-651-8374. For events at the Stewart Auditorium, tickets for all events can be purchased inperson at the museum box office or over the phone at 303-651-8374. Online ticketing is also available for most events by following the link available with each listing – please note, online ticketing only currently works via computer and not mobile.
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Individual home energy systems are a matter of national security By Richard A. Joyce Redstone Review VP PUEBLO – Recently, the news media have brought us images of severe storms across the U.S. Snowstorms, floods, Joyce and even windstorms, with gusts topping 96 m.p.h., the threshold for a category II hurricane. In all of these, as it would be in cases of earthquakes, tornadoes, wildfires etc., one result will always be power outages. Usually, it takes several days to find and repair these. Occasionally, it takes several weeks. But in major disasters, it can take
CBS News went on to say, “Last December, a similar attack occurred when nearly a quarter of a million people lost power in the Ivano-Frankivsk region of Ukraine when it was targeted by a suspected Russian attack. Vasyl Pemchuk is the electric control center manager, and said that when hackers took over their computers, all his workers could do was film it with their cell phones. The suspected motive for the attack is the war in eastern Ukraine, where Russian-backed separatists are fighting against Ukrainian government forces. But hackers could launch a similar attack in the U.S.” Which brings me back to where I started. Imagine power outages in New York
months for all the repairs to be made. During that time, dwellings become very cold, or very hot, as the case may be; food spoils, water won’t run, lights and electrical appliances won’t work, TV and computers won’t work, cellphones and laptops can’t be recharged. Area grocery stores and gas stations are out of power, too – and you can’t purchase anything for survival unless the local Walmart, Costco, etc. has power generating ability to make lights and registers functional. Which brings me to Donald Trump and the Russian hacking of the Democratic National Committee, Hillary Clinton campaign chair John Podesta’s emails, some individual Republicans and the Republican National Committee, though the hacking of the latter is still being denied by Republican officials, including Trump, who said the Russians tried but were unable to succeed because of security measures Republicans had in place. In addressing the hacks, famed and infamous Wikileaks founder Julian Assange said a 14-year-old “kid” could have hacked Podesta’s email. He also spread the false information that Podesta’s password to the email account was “password.” But the Russians, the Chinese, the North Koreans, the WikiLeaks spooks and others aren’t 14-year-old kids. They’re professional hackers, and they know what they’re doing. In fact, CBS News has recently reported that “Russian hacking to influence the election has dominated the news. But CBS News has also noticed a hacking attack that could be a future means to the U.S. Last weekend, parts of the Ukrainian capital Kiev went dark. It appears Russia has figured out how to crash a power grid with a click.”
City, Boston, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle, San Diego, Houston, Chicago and many other cities – all caused by hackers, and all at the same time, say in mid-July. Millions without power, with spoiled food, with no air conditioning, no or little communication, nowhere to go, and no gas pumps working to fuel their vehicles. Then the rioting starts, and the burning, and the looting, and the killing – and maybe worse. The National Guard is called out, but many don’t show, or soon desert because their families need them to survive. Add in a few wildfires out West, heat waves in the mid-West, perhaps flooding in the South or Northeast; it could be living hell for many in both urban and suburban areas. The hacking of our power grid also would make commerce of any kind impossible, except perhaps for direct barter in neighborhoods, many of which would be under the rule of gangs or armed vigilantes. It’s truly a nightmare scenario, and while part of the solution lies in prevention via heightened computer security against hackers, our best hope may lie in home and building-size renewable energy systems. Let’s say a company or many companies out there manufacture home and building-size solar / wind electric power generating systems at prices affordable at manufacturer’s suggested retail price for everyone, or with some tax-credit assistance from the government. Sometimes the sun shines, but the wind doesn’t blow, and vice versa. Most days the sun shines and the wind blows. Seldom is it dark and dead calm. With the batteries being developed today, storing the generated power is completely feasible for those dark, calm times, and the rest of the time,
the system would generate the power a typical home, office or apartment building would need if the main power grid went down. If everyone in the U.S. took a survivalist attitude, and the government did, too, no power outage lasting even years could cause people to starve, go without running water, gas, communications, etc. because they and major private companies providing banking, food storage and distribution, and other vital services could continue to operate. Rioting, and looting would not be likely, and no panic would ensue, so police services, perhaps assisted by National Guard troops, could cope with what shutdowns proved difficult to repair. It has been estimated within the last few years that most of the U.S. could become renewable energy self-sufficient within a decade. With developments in the works such as inexpensive solar roofing shingles, backyard wind turbines, more efficient converters and storage batteries, lack of technology is not an issue. With easy-term financing and potential tax credits, financing would not be an issue. In addition, this would not replace huge power generating operations or pull many jobs from them. In fact, it would likely create thousands, if not tens of thousands of jobs. And it’s all based on the reason the internet was created: national security. The principle behind internet communications is that its use of discrete information packets ensures that if one part of the network is taken down, those packets can sweep around the blockage and reach their destinations anyway. In this system, if any part of the main power grid goes down, those depending on it won’t even notice because millions of small solar / wind backup systems are already providing the power needed to run most of the necessary elements of the society. And under normal conditions, the systems are feeding power into the system, so more power plants or larger ones may not be necessary, saving billions. In addition, an entire renewable energy service and repair sector will develop, providing millions of jobs uniformly throughout the nation. It’s not a matter of preventing hacking that’s important here, though that should be done to safeguard many other systems, as well as the main power grid. It’s more a matter of building a new infrastructure that literally can’t be hacked to the extent of causing negative and sometimes lethal consequences for individuals, families and the nation as a whole. To leave the power-generation system of the U.S. vulnerable to the unfriendly whims of foreign powers, or even criminal elements within and outside the nation is criminally negligent, at best, and approaching treason at worst. “Going green” is this case isn’t some hippie legacy or post-hippie fantasy. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. It’s a matter of political will, solid analytical thinking and the very real need to guarantee our national security. Richard A. Joyce is a retired professor in the mass communications department at Colorado State University-Pueblo. He is an award-winning journalist who served as managing editor, and subsequently editor and general manager of the Cañon City Daily Record from 1988 to 1994. The opinions he expresses in this column are strictly his own, and do not represent in any way the views of anyone else at the Redstone Review or at Colorado State University-Pueblo. He can be reached at phase15@mac.com.
Staff Reports Redstone Review BOULDER COUNTY – The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office is currently accepting applications for County Sheriffs of Colorado (CSOC) scholarships. The scholarship program awards approximately 30 scholarships of $500 every academic school year state-wide. Any permanent legal resident of Boulder County who plans to enroll in a vocational training program or institution of higher learning in the state of Colorado as a full- or part-time student for the 2017-2018 school year is eligible. Those who have received scholarships in previous years may apply again and be considered for an additional award. Applications may be obtained by contacting the Sheriff’s Office. All applications must be submitted to the Sheriff’s Office no later than February 24, 2017. Applications can be submitted to mcrain@bouldercounty.org or in person at the Sheriff’s Office, located at 5600 Flatiron Parkway, Boulder, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except for federal holidays. There are no restrictions as to the course of study or training pursued. There are also no restrictions placed by reason of race, creed, color, age, sex, or national origin. To carry out their commitment to the Honorary Members of the association, the CSOC established a scholarship program in 1978. Since then, this effort has continued as a meaningful expression of the sheriffs’ confidence in and respect for education and training. CSOC considers this an investment in the future and believes that their membership is helping to provide deserving students with an opportunity to make a positive contribution to society as a whole. Questions or inquiries regarding the CSOC scholarship program can be directed to Michelle Crain at mcrain@bouldercounty.org or 303-441-4605.
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tells her that dancing keeps him in shape for the ring. Rudy’s rumba is locally famous and all the women want to dance with him. And Rudy “was there, dancing with LYONS – Whether you are curled up in first one and then another of the partnerless women that front of fire or sitting on the beach dur- lined the wall near the punch table.” Ana stays at home ing a seasonal vacation, a good read can with baby Carmela in her arms – until she can’t take it really enhance your enjoyment of a win- anymore. She and the baby show up at the dance hall ter’s day. With so many excellent and where Rudy “was smoothing his mustache, trying to hide Pearson exciting novels out there, a reader has his astonishment at her trespass into his territory.” his / her pick of topic and style. But what if you don’t Would Rudy acknowledge her? Would he leave the eager want to or just can’t spend the whole afternoon reading? partners and go home with his wife and baby? Well, short story collections abound and make it easy to Irma, the seamstress, is married to Donald – she’s the pick up and read and then put down the book and go only one of the four married “to the American.” And shovel snow out of the driveway. she’s not sure she wants to stay married to him in spite of Donna Miscolta is a California writer of Hispanic back- wanting to give their two children a secure home. ground and her characters come to life in Hola and Goodbye. Donald sells vacuum cleaners and not always successfulMost of the stories in this collection revolve around four ly. Irma’s nimble fingers and polite demeanor with her women – Lupita and Rosa, Ana and Irma. Making their way customers keep food on the table so maybe she can make in a new country means makit on her own – maybe. ing a home and figuring out As the children of these how to succeed there and in strong women become the work place. teenagers and young adults, Rosa is single and she they choose their life paths. wears high heels and perfect Some marry young, have make-up to work. She babies and learn to cook attracts the attention of her like their mothers. Some boss, Mr. Lewis. One find a mate and move away evening after work, he while others just dream of offers her a ride home. After moving out of the neigha roast beef sandwich, she Donna Miscolta’s Hola and Goodbye features four borhood. A set of twins gives in to him. Terrified Hispanic women trying to suceed in a new country. grows into large, strong she is pregnant from the women and gets into encounter, she agrees to marry Camillo who adores her wrestling. Girls change their names, fall in love, go to but offers her no social ladder upon which to climb. Will school, travel and all the while, their lives deepen and she end up with a small house and two kids and dinner broaden the immigrant experience. recipes from Ladies Home Journal, like Lupita, Rosa wonWe Live in Water is Jess Walter’s first short story collecders? Will playing canasta and living in a rented house be tion. A resident of Spokane, Washington, the fiction her destino? Is this what she’s come to America for? writer does not hesitate to call his city to task. “My Ana falls in love with Rudy, a professional fighter who grandfather arrived in Spokane in the 1930s on a freight
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Jess Walter’s short story collection We Live in Water has a grittiness rooted in the author’s life in Spokane, WA. steals to buy a Harry Potter book for his son who is in foster care. He’s not supposed to be near the boy but finds a way to meet him on the sidewalk. “Jeez, he’s big and he’s got a bike? Of course he does... and braces on his teeth.” His son is 13 and “it’s not like time passes anymore, it leaks, it seeps.” What parent can’t identify with that? Walter’s imagination takes over in a story called Don’t Eat Cat about a dystopian city where zombies are relegated to a number of everyday jobs. Owen is searching for Marci but she has started taking Replexen and may not be the human he remembers from their marriage. Now add to the mix that fast food restaurants have teamed up with major financial institutions – you can pay for your latté with a quick mortgage – and what could possibly go awry? So get settled into a comfortable chair, put marshmallows in your hot chocolate and enjoy good reading with short stories. There will be plenty of time left in your day to scrape the ice off the car windshield.
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CONCEPTS Flights interrupted: windows and mirages cause rough landings for wild birds By Stacey Scarborough Redstone Review LONGMONT – As winter finally settles in, take a moment to imagine yourself sitting in your favorite recliner in front of a roaring fire, a warm blanket across your lap and a good book in your Scarborough hand. As you glance up to look outside and see what the weather is doing, there is a sudden loud thunk as something hits your window. Concerned, you get up and peer out at the snow-covered yard and see a small bird stumbling in the snow, wings dragging and half-hearted hops creating tiny hatch marks in the white powder. The wild bird on the ground has suffered a window strike. Window strikes at this time of year are common among wild birds. Much like what happens when a human strikes her or his head on a hard surface, the window-struck bird experiences confusion, impaired movement, and a sense of dazed bewilderment. At Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Longmont, we see birds like this on a daily basis in the winter time. The clear glass of a window in bright, snow-drenched sunshine can look just like a safe haven to get in out of the cold. Before the bird realizes it, it has flown into a pane of glass head first. Neurological injury for a bird can be deadly. The inability to retreat from predators, fly to a warmer location or find food or water means a short life. Should a bird strike your window, Greenwood recommends you give the bird an hour or two to recover on its own (shake it off) before taking action. If it is clear that the bird is injured, you should gently place it in a small box, or container with a pillowcase spread across the bottom, keep it warm and bring it to Greenwood as soon as you can. Once at our facility, our licensed wildlife rehabilitators can administer pain medication, assess injuries, and help the bird regain the ability to fly and be on its
own once again. Keeping drapes, shades and curtains closed, or placing decals on your window, are very easy, inexpensive preventative measures for wild bird safety. Another animal we see this time of year is a particular kind of waterfowl called a grebe. Grebes are freshwater diving birds that can be identified by their unusual feet. A grebe’s foot resembles a flattened leaf with lobed toes. These birds respond to danger by diving rather than fly-
This Horned Lark is recovering from a window strike. ing, so are constantly on the lookout for water on which to land. In the winter, with so many lakes and ponds frozen over, these birds are often fooled into thinking that a patch of ice or a frozen puddle on the side of the road is open water, which presents a problem should they
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attempt to land. These birds can only take off from water, so when one lands on a frozen spot in the middle of the road, there’s no place for the bird to go. It cannot fly away, and if the landing was hard enough, it may have fractured a wing, a leg or caused internal damage. Again, the best thing to do in this situation is contain the bird and get it to a wildlife rehabilitator as quickly as possible. Greenwood, which is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year, cares for a variety of wildlife, from deer mice to coyotes, to waterfowl and all songbirds, seven days a week, 365 days a year. In 2016, we took in nearly 3,500 animals to rehabilitate and give a second chance at life. If you have questions about orphaned, sick or injured wildlife, give the center a call and talk with one of our trained staff. We can talk you through what to do to make sure everyone is taken care of. We also have information on our website at www.greenwoodwildlife.org that can give you a wing-up on helping our local wildlife. Stacey Scarborough is the Volunteer and Outreach Manager at Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, which cares for nearly 3,500 mammals, songbirds and waterfowl each year. Greenwood also offers education programs for children and adults of all ages. Visit www.greenwoodwildlife.org to learn more. coming seasoned dancers. No experience, partner or special shoes are required. The next dance will be on Saturday February 4 from 7 to 10 p.m. at Oskar Blues Grill and Brew at 303 Main St. Larry Edelman will be the caller. The cost is $10 for adults, $5 for kids and $25 for families. Please enjoy a bite to eat and drinks as we return to Oskar Blues’ event room this year. For information, contact oldtimedances@musicinlyons.com or 303-827-6322. Future dance dates: March 4 and April 1. Continue Briefs on Page 13
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Boulder searches for next planning director BOULDER – The City of Boulder has announced that a national search firm has been hired to recruit candidates for Boulder’s next planning director. New Jersey-based the Search Partnership LLC was hired by the City of Boulder to conduct a national search for professional city planners who could work with the community to establish a city planning vision and lead the planning, housing and sustainability in implementing that vision. Jane S. Brautigam, Boulder City Manager, said the city retained a national executive search firm to ensure the selection process reflects the priorities of the community. The city had hired the Novak Consulting Group in 2016 to conduct a series of focus groups and stakeholder meetings to gather community input on the skills, characteristics and role of Boulder’s next planning director. That community input shaped the position’s focus toward planning and the implementation of projects, while also ensuring meaningful progress on the challenges of climate action and housing affordability; and integrating considerations of sustainability, resilience and equity in all areas of planning. “The ideal candidate will have a strong background working directly with an engaged community and will share our common values around sustainability, resilience and social equity,” said Brautigam. “We are looking for candidates who are realistic and implementation focused as well as visionary.” Following the recruitment and interview process, finalists will participate in a meet-and-greet with community members. The city intends to select a planning director by mid-spring. Information on
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Accepting nominations for Land Conservation Awards BOULDER COUNTY – The Boulder County Parks and Open Space Department is accepting nominations for the annual Land Conservation Awards until Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. Anyone may nominate individuals, families, or organizations that have made outstanding contributions in Boulder County in Environmental Stewardship or Historic Preservation. The 2017 Land Conservation Award has been awarded, and will be presented to Ron Stewart, the recently retired director of Parks and Open Space. Special consideration will be given to land conservation or historic preservation activities that particularly affect unincorporated Boulder County and for activities that demonstrate ongoing effort. One-time efforts resulting in lasting benefits to the county’s environmental landscape will also be favored for selection. Other award selection criteria include conservation activities that are a model for others or that increase public awareness of land conservation. People may not nominate themselves nor are they permitted to nominate organizations of which they are an officer or director. Official projects of federal, state, county, special district, and municipal government agencies are not eligible to be nominated. For more information and to download the application, please go to www. Boulder County Open Space. org / lca or contact Vivienne Jannatpour at vjannatpour@bouldercounty.org or 303-678-6277. The Boulder County Commissioners will present the awards during volunteer week on April 26, at the county Parks and Open Space headquarters in Longmont.
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Town Continued from Page 1 DR will pay for 25 percent of the cost. It needs to be completed by September 2017 to meet FEMA funding requirements. The Second Avenue Bridge is also at the top of the todo list for 2017. This bridge will cost about $2.8 million and will take about seven to nine months to complete. This bridge is scheduled to be built from September to April. The St. Vrain River mitigation in Bohn Park Phase I will begin later this year. The river work and other amenities will cost about $4.3 million.
Mayor Continued from Page 3 ing together to improve the reimbursement processes, setting workflow targets that if met, will speed up payments. Improving cash flow for grants is going to be essential to our success in 2017. The town has several critical infrastructure projects on scope to be completed including: rebuilding of the public works building, rebuilding of McConnell and Second Avenue bridges, and creek restoration in Bohn Park. All of these projects are important and need to be completed in 2017 or they will require extensions from FEMA. Funds that are
not expended on time run the risk of being passed on to communities with more recent disasters. The goal is to complete all but the Second Avenue bridge in 2017; however our success will depend entirely on cash flow. Other projects such as the ponds and amenities in Bohn Park will begin once the above infrastructure items are completed. The board is also pressing forward with options for replacement housing and hopes to identify a project that can utilize the $4 million in funding yet this year. Reflecting back on 2016, we have much to appreciate. We completed phase one of
Attention Continued from Page 6 Donald Trump, he said, had absolutely mastered the tricks of the world’s best attention merchants. He’d grabbed the spotlight away from all the other Republican primary candidates and had run rings around the Clinton campaign, using “traditional” media as a foil to totally dominate the attention of an electorate with a very short attention span (thanks to all the efforts of commercial attention merchants described in his book.) While not specifically predicting a Trump win, Wu left the strong impression that Trump’s tour de force in commandeering attention in the political arena might well produce a huge surprise the following Tuesday. Suddenly the friendly, liberal audience wasn’t so friendly. Low murmurs, some grumbling and a lot of head shaking were now noticeable. Wu told the crowd what they didn’t want to (but needed to) hear. And he was dead on. I bought the book, read it, and highly recommend it.
Houing Continued from Page 8 September 2017 and spent two years later. Sullivan and Simonsen also summarized and answered questions about the Lyons Primary Planning Area master plan for the eastern corridor area, which has been going on since March 2016. And they explained that the Town of Lyons has secured a $1.5 million grant to bring out sewer and water to that entire area. The Lyons Primary Planning Area is an area of Boulder County on the outskirts of Town of Lyons limits, where landowners in the area are allowed to petition to annex into the town, based on an agreement between the Town of Lyons and Boulder County. The Lyons Primary Planning Area Master Plan focuses on three subareas: the Eastern Corridor, South St. Vrain, and Apple Valley. The Lyons Planning and Community Development Commission (PCDC) is now reviewing drafts of the final master plan, and public hearings will give yet two more chances for the public to provide input, in addition to ten public input meetings in 2016.
These and many more projects need to be done. But Simonsen pointed out that FEMA money is starting to run out. So much time has passed since the flood and so many other disasters have happened all over the country that the money for Lyons is getting scarce. This means that all the projects need to happen sooner rather than later. And getting the reimbursement from the state is crucial to the future projects happening. Simonsen also told the residents at the town hall meeting that the town staff will undergo some restructuring. The town will be hiring an in-house engineer and an in-house town planner as well as a coordinator of
Floodplain Continued from Page 8 Watershed Coalitions. Meeting presentations will be posted to the county website after each meeting. Planning Commission Study Session Boulder County staff will present a plan for adopting new floodplain map data during a study session with the Planning Commission at the January meeting. General project information and an update will also be provided to the commission. An agenda for the session is available
community services and special events. Public Works and Parks will be combined and the new community services coordinator will take over events. The residents were also told at the town meeting that total sales tax increased by 20 percent in 2016 over the previous year, and sales tax increased by 85 percent in 2016 over 2012, the year before the flood. The Boulder County Sheriff’s Department coverage of Lyons will be restructured to include more coverage in the summer and less in the winter. More coverage is needed in the summer because so many more people are in town for summer events.
our recovery and saw several major projects to completion, and the town’s finances indicate the economic recovery is strong. Our task for 2017 is to pick up the pace of recovery work and finish the remaining infrastructure, and also prepare the town for a return to pre-flood staffing and workloads. The signs of progress – dust, the sound of construction equipment and the associated inconvenience – will once again be present, and we ask for continued patience and understanding during this final push to fix and improve our infrastructure. The town staff and Board of Trustees are looking to 2017 with opti-
Roughly the first half is an historical review of the early attention merchants: sensationalistic newspapers, government propaganda offices, and radio network owners. Then it covers the rise of television, video games and the internet, which morphed into the mobile internet. Wu uses real life examples to illustrate the technical, social science and psychological concepts underlying attention merchants’ holds on our lives. One is the Kardashian phenomenon. I suggest, while reading about how the Kardashian family (particularly Kim) conquered the entertainment field and grabbed enormous amounts of attention and money, you mentally compare their methods to those Mr. Trump used in the political field. They are strikingly similar. Kim Kardashian became so famous and controversial that when in 2014 she used Instagram to circulate a picture of her nearly naked backside, she acquired 55 million followers. It didn’t matter, as Wu explains, whether people liked or hated what she did. They followed her
The intention of the Primary Planning Area Master Plan is to guide Town of Lyons decision makers, including the current and future Board of Trustees, on how to make decisions when presented with petitions for annexation. To avoid ad hoc decisions, the master plan intends to equip town leaders with appropriate future land uses, based on input from residents and geographic and economic feasibility. The types of land use that are considered for the eastern corridor are mixed use (residential and commercial), commercial along Hwy. 66, small-lot residential away from the highway, mixed industrial office, and general industrial. The PCDC is finding that it takes a long time to get a final version of a Lyons Primary Planning Area master plan that will guide future annexations to the Town of Lyons. Delays have been both with the consultants incorporating requested changes and with discussions between commissioners about different philosophies about growth. These discussions about the eastern corridor and locations and funding for a new public works building and affordable housing
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Connie Sullivan was elected Mayor on April 5th, 2016. Prior to becoming Mayor, she served two terms on the Town Board of Trustees beginning in 2012. Connie and her husband Neil have two children. Connie and Neil own of the St. Vrain Market located in downtown Lyons on Main Street. For comments or questions, Mayor Sullivan can be reached by email at csullivan@townoflyons.com.
anyway. Donald Trump similarly (and with equally mixed reactions) tweeted his way to 63 million votes. Whether read as a guide to how brilliant but devious attention merchants turn our time and focus into huge profits for themselves or as a “wake up call” on how to defend what little remains of our privacy and personal time from the attention industry, I highly recommend this book. It may end up giving you a sense of relief, as it did me. After Wu’s expert explanation of how the attention industry evolved into producing something like a Kim Kardashian and realizing how deftly Donald Trump had adopted the same methods to become president, I was in fact relieved. My exact thought was, “Thank God Kim didn’t run for president. She might have won.” Mark Browning is on the Lyons Planning and Community Development Commission (PCDC). He is a retired attorney from Texas and he lives with his wife Pam in Lyons.
were just a small part of what was discussed at the Jan. 11 Town Hall meeting. Look for the presentation on www.townoflyons.com, and make sure to attend the next Lyons Town Hall meeting so you can hear the information for yourself. The Town Hall meeting also did not describe the six Habitat for Humanity homes that will be built along the north side of Park Street, east of Second Avenue on land that Habitat for Humanity of the St. Vrain Valley purchased in late 2016. When the new Habitat for Humanity duplexes are constructed, Lyons will have six more homes toward those lost in the September 2013 flood. The Town of Lyons lost a total of about 70 flooddestroyed homes to both the federal buyout programs (including one buy out of a mobile home park expected to close soon) and to the changed use of a second mobile home park property to an event venue (rezoned for commercial use). In March 2015, a proposal for subsidized, affordable Boulder County Housing Authority rentals and some Habitat for Humanity for-sale affordable homes (a
on the Planning Commission webpage. The meeting will be streamed live and will be available for review approximately two days after the meeting on the Floodplain Remapping website. While the public is invited to attend this session, no map review will occur. Boulder County Planning Commission Public Hearing will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017 at 1:30 p.m. Agenda Item #5 will start at approximately 2:15 p.m. and will be held in the Commissioners’ Hearing Room, Third Floor, Boulder County Courthouse, 1325 Pearl St.,
mism and determination as we implement the recovery action plan, and as we inch forward toward achieving our goal of emerging from the flood as a more resilient, and more sustainable community.
total of 50 to 70 units) in five to seven acres of Bohn Park was voted down 614 to 498 in a special election. For history of post-flood efforts for affordable housing in Lyons, you can read previous columns posted on my blog at lyonscoloradonews.wordpress.com. All town meetings of the elected Lyons Board of Trustees and appointed, volunteer town boards and commissions like the PCDC are open to the public and posted on the town calendar at www.townoflyons.com/calendar.aspx. This column is a monthly commentary in the Redstone Review. If you have any questions, comments, or complaints about this column, contact me directly at areinholds@hotmail.com. Amy Reinholds served on the Lyons Housing Recovery Task Force from December 2013 through its end in February 2015. She is currently a member of the Lyons Human Services and Aging Commission and served as a liaison to the Special Housing Committee during its existence from April 2015-April 2016. She has lived in Lyons since 2003 and in the surrounding Lyons area since 1995.
Boulder. This is the Study Session in preparation for floodplain remapping adoption process. No public testimony will be taken for this session. CHAMP was established by the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) after the 2013 flood event to enable the state to take steps toward long-term planning and resiliency efforts for flooding and other natural hazards like erosion and debris flows. More information on updates to these draft maps is available at www.ColoradoHazardMapping.com.
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