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B •R •I •E •F •S Towntitle Brief board municipal election April 7 LYONS – text Town board nomination petiBrief titlenow available and tions are due by January LYONS – text 26 at 4:30 p.m.

LYONS – The Town of Lyons will hold the next regular municipal election on Tuesday, April 7, 2026 to elect a mayor and six trustee seats on the Lyons Board of Trustees. For individuals who are interested in serving, the candidate packet, including candidate eligibility, nomination instructions, the nomination petition, Fair Campaign Practices Act instructions, expectations of time commitment, and the role of a board member are now available from the town clerk’s office.

Registered electors 18 years of age or older may be a candidate and hold office if they have resided inside town limits for at least 12 consecutive months immediately preceding April 7, 2026. Candidate packets will be available at the town clerk’s office, at Lyons Town Hall, on or after Jan. 6, 2026, and nomination petitions may be circulated beginning the same day. The petition must be signed by at least 10 registered electors who reside inside town limits. The filing deadline for nomination petitions is Jan. 26, 2026 at 4:30 p.m.

January 6, 2026 – Candidate nomination petition packets available for pick up. These can be circulated that same day.

January 26, 2026 – Nomination petitions due to town clerk by 4:30 p.m. and need at least 10 signatures from registered electors who reside within town limits.

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sometimes make concessions) to get to After seven years, Mayor Rogin steps down (and the best decisions possible for the health and welfare of the Town of Lyons as a whole. In my

By Hollie Rogin Mayor of Lyons, Redstone Review

Read more information about running for local office.

Additional important dates: Jan. 6: Applications available at the town clerk’s office for Absent Voter Address Change— for voters who will be out of town and need a ballot forwarded to a different address.

Feb. 2: Last day to file a writein candidate affidavit.

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“As Mayor, your role is not to embody certainty. It’s to steward complexity with courage and compassion.”

LYONS – This quote, in various incarnations, has been attributed to Brene Brown, Teddy Roosevelt, and a handful of other folks. It stuck with me so much that I entered it in my Notes app on my phone years ago and refer to it often.

It is the honor of a lifetime to serve the residents of Lyons. I’ve done so for the past seven years: on the Planning and Community Development Commission in 2019; as a trustee from 2020 to 2022; and as Mayor from 2022 to 2026.

And it’s time for new leadership at the helm of the Lyons Board of Trustees; I won’t be putting my hat in the ring for mayor this April. This decision has not been an easy one, and I don’t come to it lightly. The residents of Lyons put their trust in me to represent Lyons and lead our Board of Trustees, and for that I am forever humbled and grateful.

During my tenure, I have had the privilege of meeting and working not only with trustees, town residents, and staff, but also local, regional, and nationwide elected city councilors, trustees, mayors, county commissioners, and congresspeople; and all manner of amazing staffers at organizations ranging from the Denver Regional Council of Governments to

the Colorado Municipal League to the National League of Cities. In doing so, I learned more than I imagined I could about municipal leadership. As you make your decision about who should serve on the next Board of Trustees, I offer these considerations: Your representatives should be willing to change their opinions when presented with new data or information. This happens more often than you’d think, and it helps the Board

make better decisions for the citizens of Lyons.

Every Board member’s opinion should be both welcomed and valued.

Even more importantly, your representatives should be willing to hear, consider, and respect your opinions even—and especially when—they disagree with you.

Trustees should be willing to collaborate

opinion, that necessarily includes our business community.

In Lyons, we have what’s called a “weak mayor” system of government. The mayor’s vote counts exactly as much as any other trustee’s vote (and in some municipalities, such as Broomfield, the Mayor doesn’t even get to vote unless there’s a tie.) The mayor and the town administrator traditionally set agendas for meetings; and the mayor appoints people to boards and commissions, acts as the spokesperson for the town, and is the chair of board meetings. This leadership role comes with many incredible opportunities that can benefit the Town. Here are some things to consider when you elect your next mayor: Lyons is a small part of a much larger ecosystem of municipalities. In order to effectively advocate for our needs and because we lack the resources of larger communities, your next mayor should be willing and able to work across municipal boundaries with our local and regional partners.

Lyons is unquestionably a unique community; however, as I have learned over the years, others share our challenges. Your next mayor should be willing to form mutually beneficial relationships with mayors across the state to exchange experiences, ideas, and solutions.

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LYONS Time-of-Use rates are coming this year: How Lyons residents can make them work

By Jim Kerr Redstone Review

off-peak hours can see meaningful savings.

Why shifting matters in Lyons Roughly half of Lyons’ electricity costs are driven by peak LYONS – Last fall, the Lyons Board of Trustees (BOT) demand. Even though the Town offsets 100 percent of held a public workshop on Time-of-Use (TOU) electric its electricity with renewable energy, peak demand often rates and directed staff to move forward with an imple- occurs in the evening when solar production is low and mentation plan in 2026 during their regular October power is more expensive to ramp up. Reducing demand 20, 2025 meeting. Over the coming months, Lyons elec- during peak hours helps control costs and supports cleaner tric customers will continue transitioning toward TOU energy overall. rates, with a redesigned electric bill planned for 2026 to What makes the biggest difference at home clearly show how energy use aligns with different pricing Experience from other TOU communities shows that the periods. biggest savings don’t come from small uses like cooking— they come from managing high-energy demand appliances such as: heating and cooling systems, electric baseboard heat, electric vehicle (EV) chargers, clothes dryers and washer-dryer combos. For example, while boiling water may cost only pennies even during peak hours, running an electric cooling or heating system, or charging your EV during off-peak periods can significantly reduce monthly bills.

Practical ways to make TOU work for you Pre-heat or pre-cool your home: Warm or cool your house earlier in the day, then let it coast through the 5–8 p.m. peak period.

Delay EV charging: Plug in later in the evening or overnight when rates Small changes add up—switching off lights and shifting energy use can help Lyons are lowest.

Shift flexible chores: households save during peak electricity hours.

Run laundry, dishwashers, or other large appliances after 9 p.m. or earlier in the day, before the peak rate Time-of-Use rates are not unique to Lyons. Communifrom 5–8 p.m. ties across Colorado and the West—including San Miguel Utilities in communities such as San Miguel County and County, Ft. Collins, Xcel Energy and other utilities regulated by the Colorado Public Utilities Commission—have Ft Collins emphasize that TOU doesn’t require lifestyle already adopted TOU pricing to better match electricity changes—just awareness and timing.

Designed for the community costs with real-world demand. The experience in those The Town of Lyons and its wholesale supplier, the communities shows that customers who understand the system and make small adjustments can successfully man- Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska, are both government organizations. The TOU rate structure is designed age their bills. to be revenue neutral, with long-term savings passed How TOU works Instead of one flat price all day, TOU rates vary by time: back to customers through lower future rates, while also reducing carbon emissions. As the transition continues, Off-Peak (Midnight–4 p.m. and 9 p.m.–Midnight) Lyons residents will receive more information and tools Lowest-cost electricity, about 8 cents per kilowatt-hour Mid-Peak (4–5 p.m. and 8–9 p.m.) A moderate rate of to help understand and change their household usage.

With a little planning, Time-of-Use rates can become not roughly 21 cents/kWh. On-Peak (5–8 p.m.) The highest rate at roughly 33 cents/ just manageable but beneficial, for households and for the community as a whole. kWh. The current flat rate—around 13 cents per kilowatt-hour— Jim Kerr is a Lyons resident who chairs the Utilities & Engiis more than a third higher than the new off-peak rate.

This means customers who shift even part of their usage to neering Board. He served as a trustee from 2014 to 2018.

Ursa is a gorgeous 5-year-old girl with an infectious joy you feel the moment you meet her. She gets so excited to see people and makes it clear just how happy she is to be by your side. With her bright eyes and wiggly greetings, Ursa has a way of instantly lifting your mood and making every interaction feel special.

A true social butterfly, Ursa is approved to live with both dogs and cats, making her a wonderful addition to a multipet home. She loves to play and brings enthusiastic, happy energy to everything she does. As one staff member put it, she wiggles all over to show just how thrilled she is to be with you—and she truly does make your day brighter.

Ursa would do best in a home with older children who can match her excitement and help her settle into a loving routine. She’s ready to be someone’s best friend, offering affection, fun, and endless tail wags. If you’re looking for a sweet, joyful companion who’s always happy to see you, Ursa may be the perfect match.

To see all our adoptable animals or get more details visit longmonthumane.org. Or stop in at the shelter at 9595 Nelson Road.

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L E T T E R •T O •T H E •E D I T O R I have decided to run for Mayor of Lyons. After declining prior opportunities to do that, I’d like to explain why.

Most importantly, I want to see if local democracy can still work.

Our democracy is broken at the federal level and seriously flawed at Browning the state level. If we can still make democracy work in this country, I think we need to rebuild it from the local level up.

That means listening to citizens. It also means being transparent with citizens about their town government. I think the town can improve in both areas.

My priorities as mayor would be what citizens have repeatedly said, in surveys and in other ways. Their priorities are: infrastructure and fire risk mitigation.

Lyons has some big infrastructure needs: fix the wastewater treatment plant (required by the State), repave upper second Ave. (a long-failed street), and shore up the 130-year-old drainage culvert (which is in danger of collapsing) under north Lyons and downtown. We should try to do those things without raising taxes, which are high enough.

Lyons is on borrowed time as to wildfire risk. We’ve done some things to address that, but we need to do more.

I love Lyons and the people who live here. I’ve spent years listening to them and trying to do what’s best for Lyons. I’d like to see what I could do as mayor of a local democracy at a time when democracy is in trouble. I will listen to citizens and respect their priorities.

That’s how democracy is supposed to work.

Mark Browning, Lyons Trustee

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Feb. 2: Last day for a candidate to withdraw from the election.

March 16: Last day for eligible electors to establish residency in the State of Colorado. Register to vote at www. govotecolorado.com, county clerk’s office or town clerk’s office up to the day of the election.

April 7: Election Day – Mail ballots accepted until 7 p.m.

April 20: Swearing-in of newly elected trustees and mayor at the town board eeting.

For more election information, contact the town clerk’s office, via email to dvasquez@townoflyons.com or by phone 303-623-6622 ext. 12.

2026 – Be wildfire prepared

LYONS – Recent high winds in December are a reminder that wildfire risk is not limited to summer months and that preparation is essential throughout the year.

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LYONS CORNER Lyons Trustees discuss Old Man Winter Rally, downtown demolition, increases use tax

By Kay Sparks Redstone Review LYONS – The town board began their meeting on Monday, Jan. 5, with Trustee Mark Browning sharing a short tribute to Janet Freeman, an active and well-loved community member who died January 2.

Then the board moved on to winter events. The organizer of the Old Man Winter Rally, Josh Kravetz, owner of Adventure Fit, requested that the Town of Lyons waive the application fees for the event. The trustees compromised by agreeing to invest in a sponsorship rather than to waive fees that would set a precedent. The Old Man Winter Rally will begin Feb. 1.

Then the board shifted to staff reports. During the sher-

iff’s report, Sgt. Bill Crist told the board that he will be meeting with the Student Advisory Commission to orient them later this week. He said he’d be riding with the new Sgt. McAdam (Sgt. Crist’s replacement) for a couple months while she familiarizes herself with the town.

Town Administrator Victoria Simonsen reported that she will be applying for a tourism grant; she said that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) curbing project is going well and is on schedule. The Lyons Creative District has agreed to take over organization of the art shows that Town of Lyons staff had done.

The board moved on to ordinances where the trustees unanimously passed on first reading an ordinance approving the rezoning of lots on Ute Highway from Commercial Eastern Corridor (CEC) to Plan Unit Development CEC. By a vote of five to two, the board passed on first reading an ordinance regarding the increase of the use tax by 1.0 percent to be approved by voters at the April 7, 2026 election. While there was a suggestion that they simply not pass the ordinance, the decision was that voters should make that determination.

Next the board, due to the competition to create a municipal flag, the Lyons Arts and Humanities Commission asked the trustees to recommend which of the three finalist designs should be pursued in further detail, which the trustees did.

After much discussion regarding the Downtown Demolition Moratorium, the trustees recommended a 45-day moratorium to provide time for educating applicants regarding options and incentives. They directed staff to propose a policy delineating further details of definitions and process.

Next the trustees decided that the Mental Health and Wellness Fund be transferred from the Community Foundation of Boulder County to the Longmont Community Foundation, which will provide more funds to distribute in the community due to the decrease in administrative costs. The Lyons Community Foundation will continue to include those funds in the community grant distribution process.

Hermann Groicher 90th Birthday Surprise - A Card Shower LYONS – If you remember the Fawn Brook Inn, Allenspark and #39;s five-star restaurant, you will definitely remember our dear friend Hermann Groicher, master chef, owner, and icon, who will turn 90 on January 20, 2026. His daughter is organizing a card shower to surprise him; to participate, please use the address below: Adrieke Osmun 499 Hyder Loop Crossville, TN 38571

Mieke and Hermann Groicher, 2016, from Allenspark Wind archives

Kay Sparks is the executive director of the Housing and Human Services Commission.

There are still town homes available for those who qualify

By Kay Sparks Redstone Review

The Lyons Recorder has a monthly Senior Newsletter with detailed information about opportunities for seniors in Lyons and the Lyons area at www.lyonsrecorder.org.

Boulder County Area Agency on Aging Amy Shoffner, Resource Specialist, is available at Lyons Regional Library every Wednesday from 10–11:30 a.m. She has information on a wide range of services for seniors, caregivers, and those with special health care needs. Stop by to learn more.

Only one position open—apply The Housing and Human Services Commission has a single opening on its seven-member commission. You can learn about new and established community resources, help inform the community about them, and be the one the community looks to as a trusted and safe conduit to address the expressed needs (“holes in services”) that the community identifies.

Apply online at www.townoflyons.com or come to town hall and learn more. The Commission meets monthly, on the second Monday from 4:30–6 p.m. in the Effie Banta Room at Lyons Regional Library; they are the only commission to have home-baked cookies at each meeting.

Lyons Valley Townhomes There are four two-bedroom townhomes available for eligible applicants. As an incentive, the first month’s rent is being waived. Water, sewer and trash are included. There is a $500 security deposit.

For more information, contact Highland Property Management, 720-600-4278.

Highland Property Management is hiring experienced maintenance staff. For more information call the office at 720-600-4278.

Lyons Senior Center If you are 60 years young or older, you have a wonderful opportunity for joining a fun community in fun activities. The Walt Self Senior Center on Railroad Street opposite Sandstone Park is a busy place, with lunch served at noon on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday (with a monthly birthday party on the second Wednesday), weekly exercise classes, group walks, and bus trips to baseball games, museums and other entertaining spots throughout the year.

Lunches (with vegetarian option) are free to seniors (there is a $5 suggested donation) and must be reserved by Monday noon by calling 303-441-1415. Stop by on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday midday to learn more from Robin Young, the Senior Center Coordinator (phone: 720-454-5513).

Kay Sparks is the executive director of the Housing and Human Services Commission.

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OPTIONS Coincidently the advertise- was a surprise to the young people. The ment next to this article was announcing musicians were kept busy until midnight, New Year’s happenings 1901–1918 prosperity.” the “Going Out of Business” of the New and by that time the feet of the old folks

began to drag wearily, and the floor was turned over to the young folks, and the more modern style of dancing kept up until 3 o’clock Tuesday morning, when all went home thoroughly satisfied with the Happy New Year! evening’s enjoyment.” The article highWe thought it would lights a cultural change in dancing that be fun to look back at was occurring across the country at the what was happening in Sawyer-Lang time; away from formal European styles Lyons the first week of to more energetic, Americanized ragtime a new year and then take another look rhythms. It appears that not only did the five, ten, and seventeen years later. The people of Lyons, young and old, know Lyons Recorder began publication June how to have a good time, and on a Mon7, 1900 which meant that the January day night no less, but they evidently were 3, 1901 paper was their first published keeping up with changing times. edition of a new year. The editors and Dancing continued to be a popular publishers at that time were father and pastime in Lyons around the new year as son O.H. Knight and H.C. Knight and indicated by a brief mention in the Janua yearly subscription was $1.50. The ary 5, 1911, edition of The Lyons Recorder: front page of that New Year’s edition was “The Midnight Club held one of their full of news from around the world and popular dances, in Mercantile Hall, last included articles on the capture of one Saturday night. The question has been of the kidnappers of the son of a milasked whether the name ‘midnight’: lionaire meatpacker company owner E.A. means to go home at midnight, or does it Cudahy in Omaha, the looming Boer mean that the fun don’t commence until wars in the British colony of Capetown, midnight. In either case the members Africa, and the collapse of the London always have a good time.” The Mercantile Stock Market.

Hall was located on the second floor of Closer to home the new editors were concerned about the economic status of The Lyons Mercantile Company building at Fourth and Main Street, which once housed the Lyons Mercantile Company building on the northwest corner of Fourth and their newly adopted hometown of Lyons: Mercantile Hall on its second floor Main Street. The building was destroyed “The dull season is now upon the town.

These are the trying months for the mer- tisements, and in return patronize those social event in town: “The Old Folks by a fire November 6, 1967.

We take a final peek at what was happenchants, the citizens and the quarrymen. who have the welfare of Lyons at heart and Dance.” “The dance given last Monday We are all hoping for a good business next are helping to build up and push the town evening by the old people of Lyons and ing in the new year with the January 5, 1918 summer; but in order to be here to enjoy to the front. Again, we say, stick together; vicinity was well attended and a good time edition. By that time The Lyons Recorder had next summer’s trade we must live through speak a good word for each other, and we enjoyed. The grand march commenced at changed hands and the new editor and the winter. Let’s all help each other. The will all enjoy and prosper this winter and nine o’clock, and from that time on the publisher was C.N. Brust. The subscription “Recorder” is doing all in its power to help land in a bunch in line for next season’s way the elderly people heel and toed it Continue New Year’s on Page 14

By Monique Sawyer-Lang Redstone Review

the town; we believe, and our advertisers tell us, that the town has been benefitted by a paper in Lyons. We are glad it has. So now let us stick together; read our adver-

York Store, located in Longmont.

Five years later, in the January 4, 1906 edition of The Lyons Recorder the front page included an upbeat article about a recent

Power to the people: how to stay sane during a 100 hour Xcel power shutdown

By Annie Muldrew-Pancoast Redstone Review RIVERSIDE – That’s right. Up here in the Riverside area, we were without power—meaning no water either—for 97 ¾ hours from December 17—21, as we tried to get through yet another long Xcel outage event.

Mountain communities are truly at the mercy of severe weather and failing emergency communications systems. After living up here for over 43 years, I don’t remember calamitous responses to high winds in earlier years.

Back in the 1980s into the early 2000s, wind events were just part and parcel of life in the foothills. Long-time residents wonder why there are now widespread drawnout responses by our power company that impact thousands of Xcel customers, sometimes for days at a time, in the name of public safety.

Neighboring Ward went eight days without power this round. Many feel we are being held hostage never knowing when Xcel is going to flip the switch again.

Bottom line, when Xcel pulls the power plug on foothill communities, no electricity means no water since most of us are on private wells. How do we go about making it through yet another prolonged power outage? Planning ahead is really the secret. Our trusty gasoline-run generator—a total must in the foothills—is well-serviced.

We keep up on charging all batteries on tools, cell phones, and computers with reliable charging stations that ward off power surges. We continually add to our stockpile of generator gasoline/oil, BBQ propane bottles, multiple 5–3-and-1-gallon

containers of water, battery-powered lighting, headlamps and lanterns, under-cabinet lighting, and plenty of batteries of various sizes as well as bags of pellets to heat the pellet stove.

When high winds are starting to fly debris everywhere, there is a good chance of a power outage whether due to Xcel or blown-down poles. Time to fill our bathtub with extra water to flush our toilets. Then, when a power outage hits, no matter how long the duration, we feel ready. We always turn off power to our stove and cut out all fire-risk activities: no baking pizzas in the outdoor pizza oven, no BBQing with high flames on the outdoor gas grill, and no fires in the living room fireplace, even with a spark arrester. All of us up here check on others nearby, especially older adults who might need assistance. After all, neighbors lean on neighbors which is such a good thing these days.

During this extended power outage for almost 100 hours, we had generator power cords running to key items: the TV/internet/cell phone system for communication, the pellet stove for heat, a few lamps for light in the warm kitchen, and the pantry refrigerator. Unfortunately, we realized that our refrigerator died during the initial Xcel power surges and slowly warmed up inside.

Thankfully, we had a small backup refrigerator in our basement to store all our food, most of which we did not lose.

So, to make lemonade out of lemons, we consider the brand-new refrigerator delivered on Christmas Eve day as a surprise $1500 holiday gift to us.

Cooking was basic camping fare using up refrigerated food as well as our stock of ready-to-make sandwich fixings. We kept

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up on dishwashing with various pots of water to use for soaping then rinsing; and, as much as we don’t like to add to landfills, in this emergency our stock of paper plates and plastic silverware came in handy, too.

Trying to normalize when we had no idea

estimated restoration times over and over, and over, and over.

We would get our hopes up all day that the promised 10 p.m. time would really happen then we’d get the news that no, the new estimated time was moved to noon the

when the power would be restored was the goal to have some sanity.

WHEN was the key in this case. We get why Xcel needs to shut down power during very high wind warnings and red flag fire conditions. We appreciate all the line workers trying to get our powerlines checked and up and running. But, here in Riverside and surrounding communities, frustration was at an all-time high this round due to the dozens of promising Xcel communications sent out via email and text giving

following day. This must have happened at least a dozen times over the course of this 100-hour outage, even after the wind subsided, much to the chagrin of us all.

A tip to the executives and PR staff at Xcel: OVER-estimate the restoration time then get the power up BEFORE that time, and you’ll look like the heroes that the local linesmen and fire fighters truly are.

Cell: 303-918-8400 Email: siddallteam@gmail.com Website: www.gateway-realty.com 324 Main Street, PO Box 217 Lyons, CO 80540

Annie Muldrew-Pancoast is a longtime resident of Riverside, CO.

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CONTRAST County closes on two properties near Lyons, aims for a third

By Greg Lowell Redstone Review

Lowell

LYONS – Boulder County Parks and Open Space purchased two properties near Lyons in 2025 and is scheduled to close on one of its largest ever purchas-

es this year.

The so-called Creekside property, located off Old South St. Vrain Road, was purchased last October for $3.6 million. The property comprises 127 acres over four separate parcels, one of which fronts on South St. Vrain Creek.

Creekside land on the south side of Old South St. Vrain Rd. The property will be folded into BCPOS’ existing Hall Ranch II project that includes the reach of the South St. Vrain Creek from the arched bridge, constructed after the 2013 flood, downstream and the old andesite mine at the end of Old South St. Vrain Road. The andesite mine is in the final stages of reclamation and when reclamation is finished, a management plan for all three properties will be done.

The Creekside property currently has two residences and outbuildings, which include an indoor horse-riding arena. The future uses for the buildings will be determined at a later date.

BCPOS spent $7.3 million for two conservation easements on the 493-acre Spruce Gulch property in February 2025. The land is off Lefthand Canyon Drive and adjacent

to Heil Valley Ranch open space.

University of Colorado Boulder alumna, Linda Holubar Sanabria, class of 1967, donated the larger of the two conservation

BCPOS will be Cemex’s 766-acre Dowe Flats property. The purchase will be completed once Cemex finishes its reclamation of the land. The quarry was decommissioned in

Creekside land on the south side of Old South St. Vrain Road. easement properties to the University of Colorado. The conservation easements will ensure the land is preserved and will be used for academic and ecological work by CU students. Additionally, endowment funds were donated for supporting this work.

The largest proposed purchase in 2026 by

2022 when first Boulder County planners then county commissioners rejected the company’s application to continue mining for 15 more years. Cemex then, under a previous agreement, was required to restore the quarry to its pre-mining condition.

The property is west of Rabbit Mountain

open space. The Cemex cement plant, which is still operating, is a separate property and not included in the transaction.

The quarry property is two separate parcels. The smaller 153-acre parcel had been approved for 11 lots, but the county purchased those development rights for $5.1 million. Cemex will now transfer that acreage to the county for open space use.

The largest part of the quarry is 613 acres that the county holds an option on to purchase under the same 2002 agreement.

Once reclamation is done, that option will be exercised for $6.6 million.

Until management plans are written for the Cemex quarry land and the Creekside parcel, the parcels will be closed to public access.

The acquisition or placement of an easement on these three properties will add to Boulder County’s portfolio of protected land: 67,519 open space acres that the county owns and 40,571 acres under conservation easements.

Boulder County’s open space purchases are funded by four dedicated open space sales and use taxes, including a 0.15 percent tax that generates about $15 million annually that voters in November 2025 agreed to make permanent. Combined, the four taxes bring in about $43 million per year to fund the county’s open space program.

Greg Lowell is a Lyons Town Board Trustee and writes a monthly column for Redstone Review on ecology, land use and environment topics.

A healthier new year: medical recommendations for sustainable weight loss

By Megan Forman Redstone Review LYONS – As the new year begins, many people are setting goals to feel healthier, stronger, and more energized.

Weight loss often tops that list. Whether it’s hiking local trails more comfortably, keeping up with family, or improving long-term health, the motivation is genuine. Yet after a couple of months, many people find themselves discouraged when progress slows or disappears altogether.

From a medical perspective, this pattern is not due to lack of effort. It happens when weight loss plans focus on quick fixes instead of sustainable habits.

Effective, lasting weight loss is built on evidence-based strategies that support both the body and daily life. The most successful approaches include medical guidance, ongoing support from a wellness coach, adequate protein intake, and regular strength training.

Medical care and wellness coaching—why they work One of the most effective but underused approaches to weight loss is combining care from a healthcare provider with support from a wellness coach. These two services play different roles, and together they create results that are faster, safer, and more likely to last.

A healthcare provider evaluates the medical factors that influence weight, such as hormones, insulin resistance, sleep quality, stress levels, medications, and metabolic

health. Lab work and clinical assessments can reveal barriers that make weight loss difficult, even for those who are eating well and staying active.

Addressing these issues helps ensure that weight loss efforts are safe, appropriate, and effective.

A wellness coach complements medical care by focusing on daily habits and behavior change. Coaches help people turn medical advice into realistic action.

Coaching provides accountability, structure, and problem-solving support between medical visits. From a clinical standpoint, individuals who receive both medical oversight and coaching support tend to lose weight more efficiently and maintain their results long term.

Weight loss is not just about moving your body. Behavior change is very important for lasting results. Stress, emotional eating, inconsistent routines, and unrealistic expectations often derail progress. A wellness coach helps identify these challenges early and offers practical strategies to overcome them.

Jimi Alida and Martina Mason at Wild Grace Studio are both Pilates and strength trainers and a valuable Lyons community resource for wellness coaching.

Jimi is a board-certified health and wellness coach and NASM-Certified nutrition coach who works with individuals to build sustainable nutrition, movement, and lifestyle habits that align with medical guidance. Jimi Alida can be contacted at coachjimialida@gmail.com or by text at 831-521-2918.

Protein: Key to effective weight loss One of the most common mistakes seen in medical practice is inadequate protein intake during weight loss. Protein plays a crucial role in making weight loss both effective and sustainable.

Protein increases satiety, helping people feel full longer and naturally reducing overeating. It also stabilizes blood sugar levels, which helps prevent energy crashes and cravings. Most importantly, protein preserves lean muscle mass during weight loss.

Loss of muscle slows metabolism and increases the likelihood of weight regain. This is why many people lose weight initially but struggle to keep it off. Adequate protein intake protects muscle, supports metabolic health, and improves body composition.

Including protein at every meal and snack is essential.

Good sources include lean meats, poultry, fish, eggs, Greek yogurt, cottage cheese, tofu, beans, lentils, and protein supplements when appropriate. Protein needs vary based on age, activity level, and health conditions, and guidance from a healthcare provider or nutrition-trained wellness coach can help determine appropriate targets.

Strength training: essential for long-term results

Strength training is another cornerstone of effective weight loss that is often overlooked. While cardiovascular activity supports heart health, strength training directly impacts metabolism and long-term weight maintenance.

Muscle tissue burns more calories at rest than fat tissue.

By building and preserving muscle, the body becomes more metabolically efficient, even at rest. Strength training also improves insulin sensitivity, supports bone density, reduces joint pain, and lowers injury risk.

From a medical perspective, strength training is especially important as we age. Strength training does not require heavy weights or gym memberships. Bodyweight exercises, resistance bands, and light dumbbells can be highly effective.

Most adults benefit from two to three strength-training sessions per week, focusing on major muscle groups such as the legs, glutes, back, chest, and core.

Poppy and Sage Studio, https://www.poppyandsagestudio.com, and Wild Grace Studio, https://wildgrace.studio, are two wonderful local sources for strength training and group exercise classes.

A healthier approach for the new year One of the most important medical truths about weight loss is that consistency matters more than perfection.

Sustainable weight loss typically occurs gradually and is supported by better energy, improved sleep, and increased confidence.

The new year is an opportunity to move beyond quick fixes and focus on long-term health. By working with a healthcare provider, partnering with a wellness coach, prioritizing protein intake, and committing to strength training, weight loss becomes safer, more effective, and far more likely to last.

Megan Foreman is a nurse practitioner, FNP-C, CWHS. Her practice is Lyons Health and Wellness, located at the Lyons Physical Therapy building at 435 High St., call 303-498-5941.

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LOOKING UP For a hot meal, a friendly visit and peace of mind, there is hope

By Sandy Spellman Redstone Review LYONS – Are you or someone you care about finding it harder to prepare a hot, nutritious meal each day? Maybe it’s an older neighbor, a family member living alone, or someone just home from the hospital.

Lyons’ Meals on Wheels (MOW) is here to help make sure no one goes without a good meal and a friendly face.

Through LEAF (Lyons Elevating All Fund), Lyons’ Meals on Wheels serves neighbors throughout our rural area from Hygiene to Blue Mountain. The program is available to adults age 60 and older, as well as individuals of any age recently discharged from a hospital or care facility.

You don’t need to be home-bound, live alone, or have a limited income to qualify. If a daily hot meal would make life easier, MOW may be a great fit. Meals are offered five days per week and charged on a sliding scale. Meals range from $1 to $4 depending on income. Recipients are asked

Library winter events

By Kara Bauman Redstone Review LYONS – As the days slowly grow longer and Lyons settles into the heart of winter, the Lyons Community Library is offering plenty of ways to stay engaged, curious, and connected. From global conversaBauman tions and creative reflection to teen fun, nature learning, and bookish camaraderie over a pint, the coming weeks are full of opportunities to gather and explore together.

We are excited to launch a new pilot discussion series this winter: Great Decisions, an award-winning program developed by the Foreign Policy Association. The four-session pilot kicks off January 20 at 6:30 p.m. and invites participants to take a closer look at major global issues shaping today’s world, well beyond the headlines.

Great Decisions is designed for anyone who enjoys

to pay what they think they can afford, though no one is denied due to inability to pay. See our website for the scale.

Visit www.leaflyons.org for more information.

For families who have an older loved one living alone (or even with them), it can be reassuring to know that someone will be visiting their loved one midday, every weekday, and handing them a hot, balanced meal.

Do you know someone who is facing hospitalization and then returning home to live alone? This is where MOW’s

thoughtful conversation and wants to better understand current world events. Each session includes a short video introduction followed by facilitated small-group discussion.

All registered participants will receive a free 2026 Great Decisions briefing book, which provides background reading and context for each topic. Briefing books will be available for pick-up at the library prior to the first session, and advance reading of the first chapter is encouraged so we can begin with shared context.

This pilot series emphasizes respectful dialogue rather than debate and welcomes a wide range of perspectives.

No prior knowledge of foreign policy is required. Your participation will also help us determine whether to bring the full eight-week Great Decisions program to Lyons in the future. Registration is required, and space is limited. Additional sessions will take place on February 3, February 17, and March 3.

Teens have something special to look forward to with Teen Movie Night on Friday, January 23 at 6 p.m. We are heading to a galaxy far, far away for an iconic space adventure complete with daring heroes, epic showdowns, and, of course, lightsabers. Expect pizza, popcorn, and plenty of action as the story of a farm kid, a rogue pilot, and a mysterious mentor

Project Homecoming can help. We offer a week’s worth of meals at no cost. After that, you may continue to receive meals on a sliding scale.

We’re also grateful to the St. Vrain Market, which has generously donated their popular sandwiches every Monday for several years. Their ongoing support helps LEAF stretch our funding further while keeping our neighbors well fed.

The Tuesday through Friday meals are prepared daily at the licensed, commercial-grade kitchen at the Longmont Senior Center and home-delivered by our volunteers while they are still warm. For those folks who request it, two frozen meals may also be provided on Fridays for the weekend.

You don’t have to receive a meal every day. A monthly meal calendar lets you select which days you wish to receive meals, and you pay only for the meals you choose at the price you have agreed to. There is no waiting list. Lyons’ MOW can typically start bringing meals within a day or two of completing an application online and receiving a phone call from our director, Pam Browning. Or, simply call her at 720-310-8479 to initiate the process.

Sandy Spellman has lived in Lyons since 2013 and is a volunteer with Meals on Wheels, the LEAF pantry, Weed Posse, and the Redstone Museum. unfolds against the forces of good and evil. Participants are encouraged to come dressed as their favorite character.

This event is for tweens and teens in grades 6 through 12, and registration is required.

For adults interested in reflection and creative exploration, join us for Drawing the Unseen: Creative Intuition, Therapy, and Nature’s Guidance on January 27 at 6:30 p.m. Led by therapist Roslynn Regnery, this interactive workshop introduces expressive and nature-based techniques that encourage participants to draw their questions rather than speak or write them.

These images become starting points for exploring symbolism, metaphor, and emotional insight. The focus is on self-awareness rather than prediction, helping participants recognize how personal questions connect to broader themes of growth, healing, and resilience.

Looking ahead to early February, Boulder County Parks and Open Space returns to the Library on February 5 at 6 p.m. for All About Evergreens. When much of the landscape feels dormant, evergreens continue to bring color and life to our forests. This slideshow and hands-on program explores the unique adaptations of Continue Library on Page 14

challenges. We are comLyons Neighbors 4 Democracy many mitted to this vision of our

By Cathy Rivers Redstone Review LYONS – Lyons Neighbors 4 Democracy are a group of Lyons residents who began meeting nearly a year ago, on Feb. 2, 2025.

We call ourselves Guardians of Democracy, meeting weekly for rallies on Saturdays from noon to 1 p.m. and longer on special call-to-action days on the public Triangle at Third and Main Streets in Lyons.

While protesting policies of the Trump administration, we are by our presence also standing for the hope that our government and communities across America will make it through this difficult, divisive, and dark time—finding a way toward unity and peace, working together in support of our Constitution, the rule of law, due process, and to solving our

beloved America, with our better angels, not only for us today, but for our children who will inhabit the future.

All peaceful ralliers who wish to join us in this effort are welcome. People from all over the Front Range area have joined us.

Make a sign that expresses your concerns and hopes. We are dedicated to having safe, hopeful, and joyful gatherings.

See you at the Triangle. We have signs to share.

Cathy Rivers is an artist, photographer for Redstone Review, and one of the founders of Lyons Neighbors 4 Democracy.

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Taking steps now—such as preparing a go-bag, planning evacuation routes, and reducing wildfire risk around your property—helps ensure you can act quickly if an evacuation notice is issued. The town’s Wildfire Evacuation Checklist outlines simple, practical actions you can take to prepare.

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INSIGHT Feeling nostalgic about a former day job when times were simpler

By John Gierach Redstone Review LYONS – I recently woke up at first light in a motel room in Basalt, Colorado to the familiar banging and revving of a garbage truck emptying dumpsters.

Gierach I recognized the racket instantly from having worked as a garbage man for a while back in my late 20s and early 30s, so this was the soundtrack of my livelihood. It was a hard job with its own set of hazards and heartaches, but I liked it, so I’m now one of those rare people who can be awakened at dawn by a garbage truck, only to lie there for a few minutes feeling nostalgic.

It’s in the nature of memory for things to look simpler in hindsight than they really were, but in this case, I think it really was simple and it was a good time in my life for it. I was a struggling writer just beginning to make some modest headway. I had a book in print (not exactly a best seller, but a step in the right direction) I was doing some magazine work and had landed a column with a daily newspaper that I went on to write for the next 28 years.

But I couldn’t actually make a living from writing yet, so I needed a day job and this was a good one. The hours left time for what I thought of as my real work, the pay was good compared to minimum wage and the other advantages I learned as I went along.

For one thing, I liked driving the garbage truck. It was an enormous, hulking thing with a complicated transmission and elaborate hydraulics that I was proud of mastering, although what I really enjoyed was that when people saw this thing coming, they’d instinctively get out of the way. It was big, it was loud, it looked dangerous and although it wasn’t actually surrounded by a swarm of flies, it gave that impression.

My boss was an ex-Hells Angel – although, as with some former Marines I’ve known, there was no “ex” about it – but he was one of the best bosses I’ve ever worked for. He was a big, rough-looking guy who saw things in black and white and had an astute sense of fairness.

He expected me to do the job – which was to pick up the trash and get it to the dump – but no more. If I couldn’t pick up a dumpster because someone had parked their car in front of it, that wasn’t my problem. If some moron expected me to lift a 55-gallon drum filled with cinder blocks, that wasn’t my problem, either. Anything having to do with scheduling or billing I referred to the boss’s wife.

Problems with the truck went to the boss himself. I did my

job and I went home, period.

On the rare occasions when someone insisted on talking directly to the owner, he’d always drive out and handle it face to face. He wasn’t exactly a customer service type, but he understood that when a great big dude roars up on the loudest imaginable Harley Davidson, things tend to get settled quickly.

I liked the routes I drove alone, picking up dumpsters and a few isolated residential customers, because I could spend an entire work day without talking to anyone except when I ordered a burger and fries for lunch. I’d always shake off the worst of the dust in the parking lot, but by noon most days I was frankly dirty and may have smelled bad, although I’d

long since stopped noticing that myself. I always got great service, possibly so I’d get the hell out of there as quickly as possible. Then I’d go sit in the truck and read a book while I ate, which is how I earned the nickname “Professor.” In certain circles, anyone seen in the company of a book, let alone reading one, becomes the Professor unless the book is a Bible, in which case you’re the “Preacher.”

And I liked the routes where I worked with the boss.

These were the ones where there’d be multiple stops per block, so one of us would drive and the other would ride on the back, with one foot up on a small metal step and holding onto an equally small metal handle. Both positions required some skill, but riding the back was obviously more physical.

You’d step off as the truck was still moving, grab the can and do a kind of pirouette, using the weight of the can to swing and lift it into the hopper just as the truck came to

a complete stop. Then you’d skid the can back more or less where you found it and step back onto the already moving truck. It looked mindless, but timing was critical and you had to be careful enough to avoid the missteps that could get you hurt – just careful enough that nothing much else could trouble your mind.

On hot days, it was brutal and on cold days that little step could ice up and cold, numb hands in wet work gloves could slip off the handle, but when it went well it was as wordless and elegant as a ballet and it would have taken a connoisseur to fully appreciate the beauty of it.

The trip to the dump at the end of the route was always vaguely celebratory and there was a kind of satisfaction to elevating the hopper and hydraulically extruding a days’ worth of garbage that had been compacted during the shift and came out in loose flakes like a warm croissant fresh from the oven. The dump itself was enormous – a literal ocean of garbage - and screaming white flocks of gulls gave it a vaguely nautical flavor that always reminded me of going to the beach.

Naturally we were known to the other drivers who worked for big companies like Western Disposal and BFI (Browning Ferris Industries, although the drivers insisted it stood for Brute Force and Ignorance.) Some of them saw us as upstarts – a hippie and an old biker playing at being garbage men – while others saw us as outlaws, undercutting the big outfits, but too small to do any real harm. Either way, that fresh croissant we left behind each day was proof that we’d done the job, so we got the respect we deserved.

I always got paid promptly, the checks never bounced and after especially difficult weeks I’d be slipped a little extra cash; not a fortune, but enough to make the point.

I finally quit in order to be a real, full-time writer. Often the money wasn’t as good and it was never as dependable, but it was what I wanted, so fair enough.

In fact, that’s what I was doing in that motel when the garbage truck woke me up: working on a magazine story about fly-fishing, but also playing because fly-fishing is what I’d be doing even if I wasn’t working.

That’s sort of how I’d envisioned it back then. The only thing I didn’t foresee is that after the garbage truck job, my back would never be the same again.

John Gierach died on Oct. 3, 2024. He was an outdoor and flyfishing writer who wrote books and columns for magazines including a regular column for Trout Magazine. His books include Trout Bum, Sex Death and Fly fishing, and Still Life with Brook Trout. He won seven first place awards from the Colorado Press Association for his columns in the Redstone Review. His last book, All the Time in the World, was released in June, 2023.

Town of Lyons named Bee City USA® affiliate

By Kim Mitchell Redstone Review LYONS – The community commits to being an affiliate following a unanimous vote by the Lyons Board of Trustees earlier this month. The designation places Lyons among communities nationwide working together to protect and enhance pollinator habitat.

Bee City USA is an initiative of the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

that encourages communities to create and maintain landscapes rich in native plants and free from harmful insecticides. Pollinators—including bees, butterflies, birds, and other beneficial species—are responsible for the reproduction of nearly 90 percent of the world’s flowering plants and one out of every three bites of food we eat.

The board’s action followed a presentation in November 2024 by Tyler Stellern of Simply Bee Conservation, in partnership with the Lyons Environmental Advisory Board, (EAB).

Through collaboration among town leadership, staff, and community partners, Lyons completed the Bee City USA certification process in just over a year. “By becoming a Bee City, Lyons is committing to real, on-the-ground action—from pollinator-safe practices to community gardens and hands-on events,”

said Mayor Hollie Rogin. “Every resident can be part of building a vibrant pollinator corridor that keeps our ecosystems strong.”

Simply Bee Conservation has worked with the EAB since November 2024 to advance pollinator-friendly practices and help shape a connected pollinator corridor throughout town. Colorado is home to more than 1,000 native bee species, many of which can only travel short distances, making neighborhood-scale habitat especially important.

“Pollinators may be tiny, but their work powers the landscapes we love,” said Stellern. “As a Bee City, Lyons is embracing the idea that every flower planted and every garden tended helps build a healthier future for our community.”

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Lyons will report annually on its progress and celebrate pollinator conservation through education and community engagement. Bee City USA strongly encourages school gardens and youth-focused educational programs as part of this work.

Next steps in Lyons focus on community participation, including volunteer leadership opportunities with Simply Bee Conservation, neighborhood pollinator gardens supported by local partners, and planning for a future community pollinator event.

Whether planting a single flower or helping create a neighborhood garden, residents can play a role in supporting pollinators and the ecosystems that sustain Lyons.

About Bee City USA® Bee City USA® is a national initiative of the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation that works with communities to create sustainable habitat for pollinators through education, policy, and community engagement. For more information about Bee City USA, visit https://www.beecity usa.org/ For information about four simple ways to help pollinators, visit h t t p s : // xe rc e s . o r g / b r i n g b a ck t h e pollinators/ Kim Mitchell is Director of Communications and Community Relations for the Town of Lyons. Kim has called Lyons home since 2009.

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VIEWPOINT work every day. Dads got leather gloves lined with rabbit and our dad never wore a hat.

Mid-Century winters in upstate New York tofur,Tiny snowballs stuck all over our wool mittens from play-

ing in the snow. I would suck the little snowballs off during the thirsty work of building snow forts and digging snow caves, making snowmen and having snowball fights.

I walked to kindergarten on sidewalks crunchy with ice and salt. I wore tights under my wool skirt and galoshes that slopped around my feet and ankles and did not keep out the cold, over the oxfords that I finally, tearfully and under duress, had learned to tie myself at the end of summer, so that I was able to attend kindergarten. The piles of shoveled snow on either side of the sidewalks were so high I was unable to see the street except where each driveway between houses had been cleared.

Walking between the snowbanks reaching over my head on each side of me, I could hear but not see the swishing sound of the tire chains that the buses and cars wore on their tires. The chains flew over the top of the wheels and cascaded on top of one another onto the street.

I loved the buses’ chain sounds best, because their wheels and tires were bigger and so the chains were too, and had farther to fall to the road. The chains of buses on brick roads chimed like bells and swished like summer trees each time they went around. Sometimes I dream the music of tire chains rustling and ringing on brick streets and wake up longing for that world.

By Janaki Jane Redstone Review LYONS – Huge teeth bit down from the eaves, glittering blindingly, blocking the views from the windows, lengthening every day. As the heat of the sun melted the snow on the roof, they tripled in size; Jane the melted snow flowed down, it froze, and they grew fatter, longer, and sharper.

One day they grew so tired in the heat of the midday sun that they surrendered. An immense, ringing, crack as they broke free of the gutter was followed by a massive WHOMP as they disappeared into the snow drifts below. They left no trace of their glittering existence except the holes in the snowbanks around the house.

We burrowed into the fallen icicles’ lairs and triumphantly dragged them out. Some were taller and bigger around than we were. We would throw the giant iceberg down hard on the shoveled driveway over and over until they shattered and then share out the pieces for each of us to suck on until our tongues were numb, our lips blue, and our cheeks red from the cold.

Every early fall, Mother would trace our hands onto cardboard and knit wool mittens to fit.

There were always two pairs: a white pair of fine yarn inside a colored pair of coarser yarn. Mine were red, my sister’s were blue, my brother’s, green. I wore Mom-knitted double mittens and matching Mom-knitted stocking hats all through grade school and into junior high school. All the moms we knew stayed home then, while the dads went

Janaki Jane writes on issues of society and mental health. She is co-director of BolderMind Talks and Tabletops: suicide prevention and mental help resources; removing the barriers that keep too many from getting help, with funding from Boulder County and The American Recovery Act. She lives with her husband off the grid in the foothills with the moose, foxes, and birds for company.

Laughing Wild will be performed at the River Bend pavilion in March

By Kytriena Payseno-Saidman Redstone Review LYONS – At Lyons Community Theater, we are excited—and honestly a little thrilled—to announce our next production: Laughing Wild by Christopher Durang. This bold, strange, darkly funny play has stayed with us from the moment we began talking about it, and we can’t wait to share it with our community. The performances will be on March 6 and 7 at the River Bend Pavilion starting at 7 p.m. More information, including ticket details, will be announced soon.

Laughing Wild lives in that uncomfortable, fascinating space where humor and heartbreak overlap. Written in the late 1980s, it has only grown more resonant with time.

Durang has a rare gift for making us laugh at things we might otherwise be afraid to face: isolation, anxiety, rage, optimism gone wrong, and the exhausting effort it takes just to get through the day. It’s a play that feels chaotic, tender, unsettling—but very human.

The structure of the piece is deceptively simple. It unfolds in three parts: two monologues followed by a final section where the characters finally meet. In the first monologue, the Woman, played by Esther van Zyl, speaks directly to the audience. She wants to talk about life—how hard it is to be alive and to function in the world. What begins with a story about trying to buy tuna fish at the grocery store spirals into something far

deeper and more volatile.

She is intelligent, funny, emotionally raw, and increasingly unstable. She laughs too loudly, cries unexpectedly, lashes out, apologizes, and ultimately asks us all to just keep

Laugh Wild artwork by Charles Fazzino “New York City Promenade”. breathing.

The second monologue introduces the Man played by James Hart. He is friendly,

Art show at the Library and Town Hall

By Chrystal DeCoster Redstone Review LYONS – Two local artists are featured at the Lyons Regional Library, 451 Fourth Ave., Lyons, and the Lyons Town Hall, 432 Fifth Ave., Lyons, in a combined art show, a quarterly event. The show opened on January 14 and will continue for several months.

The two artists featured in this duo art show are Patrick Cullie and Jocelyn Farrell.

The show, UNDERbelly, runs from January 8 to April 8 at the library and runs to April 10 at the town hall. The UNDERbelly is often a hidden area or side.

Patrick Cullie is from Youngstown, Ohio.

His practice resists easy classification, unfolding instead as a layered form of cultural connoisseurship—a collage of eclectic references, curiosities, crossovers, influenc-

articulate, and eager to share what he has learned about positive thinking. But his carefully rehearsed optimism keeps breaking down. His thoughts spin into fear, anger, and frustration with the world and the

es, and playful contradictions that invite close looking and quiet reflection.

Drawing from a lifetime of creative experience as an artist, musician, songwriter, collector, former antique dealer, and visual storyteller, Cullie assembles meaning from unlikely fragments: thought bubbles from comic strips, vintage metal car badges, thrift-store paintings, small toys, clippings from old advertisements, and materials that bear the marks of previous lives. He is fascinated by the imperfections of previous lives.

He is fascinated by the imperfections of reproduction—the misalignments of screen printing, the dots of commercial process— and by the way familiar images shift when removed from their original context.

His visual language moves fluidly between abstraction, linocuts, poster graphics, cartoons, and hybrid forms that incorpoContinue Art Show on Page 15

people in it. He recounts his own version of the supermarket incident, along with stories about work, identity, injustice, and

his struggle to stay hopeful in a world that doesn’t make it easy. Like the Woman, he too returns to the simple, desperate act of just breathing.

In the final section, Dreaming Wild, realism gives way to a surreal and often hilarious dreamscape. The Woman and the Man finally interact, replaying their supermarket encounter and slipping into dreams that overlap, collide, and unravel. Talk shows, religious icons, New Age movements, and grocery aisles blur together as they struggle— sometimes violently, sometimes tenderly—to make sense of their lives. What emerges is not a tidy resolution, but a moment of shared humanity and fragile calm.

The title Laughing Wild comes from a line that echoes through centuries of literature, most famously appearing in Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days. Like Beckett, Durang explores isolation and absurdity, but where Beckett offers quiet endurance, Durang explodes into manic laughter, bitter satire, and raw emotional release. It’s messy, uncomfortable, and often very funny—and that’s exactly the point.

Lyons Community Theater is incredibly grateful to have two local Lyons artists whose life experiences bring extraordinary depth to this work. We are proud to bring this extraordinary piece to Lyons and invite you to join us for a night of theatre that is bold, strange, funny, and deeply alive.

Kytriena Payseno-Saidman is the Artistic Director of Lyons Community Theater.

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SHOWCASE Wind with a vengeance

By Peter Butler Redstone Review LYONS – Recently, there was a lady on the radio, talking about how, in the insurance industry, Colorado is described as a Butler two-catastrophe state. And I’m thinking, “Only two?”

Mentally I am checking off wildfires, hail, winter storms, tornadoes in the east, and floods. Wow—we’re really lucky that there’s almost no risk of asteroid strikes or tsunamis. Did I mention avalanches?

When I was a kid in England, all my friends seemed to be members of the Boy Scouts. Or if they were younger than twelve years old, they were Cubs, which was like baby boy scouts. The girls could be Girl Guides or Brownies as their equivalent.

I begged my Mum to let me join, but somehow the Boy Scouts’ human resource department never seemed to miss the mem-

bership of a non-descript kid with acne on the horizon. All the things I missed out on: the special cap and the shirt covered in badges for excellence in fire-lighting or

head, you engaged in gentlemanly pushing in a rather refined manner. But the big thing about Boy Scouts, even their motto, was “Be Prepared”. Prepared for desperate emergencies like needing to create a shelter with only two twigs and a penknife.

But recently, in mid-December, the intense wild winds brought out that Boy Scout mode once again. You’re trying to sleep, but outside the furies are raging like a runaway locomotive, and in the morning, your normally welcoming a kettle—that usually whispers, “only 75 seconds away A fallen tree at Stonebridge Farm. John Martin and Joe Kuckla from your first cup of reflect on the vicissitudes of fate. coffee”—is silent like a dead pet. Your soul is erecting a tent. The scouts seemed to spend floundering for answers. a lot of time doing that Robin Hood and At our end of Lyons, every time there is a his merry men thing of staff-wrestling, fluff of snow or a puff of wind, some geriatwhere you have a long stick, and rather ric tree branch creaks its last and pancakes than whacking your opponent over the the power line. It always seems to happen

Local adventurer John King’s 1978 Continental Divide expedition comes to screens

John and Sally King

By Sally White King Redstone Review Join us for the viewing of the documentary about the 1978 Backcountry ski tour of the Continental Divide through Colorado.

An expedition that took 6 weeks and incredible endurance.

Moving Line will be viewed at 4 p.m. at the Lyons Library on Feb 7 Followed by a steaming bowl of Chili and conversation.

So, make sure you come, it should be fun.

Moving Line can also be viewed on YouTube

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Lyons Health & Wellness expands to 418 High Street

By Pamela Sichel Redstone Review LYONS – Lyons Health & Wellness (LH&W) founder and family medicine practitioner Megan Foreman MSN, FNP-C, is moving her practice to a dedicated office at 418 High Street, a transition that will allow the clinic to expand its hours, services and wellness offerings while deepening its commitment to patient-centered care in the Lyons community.

The clinic combines primary care with integrative medicine. As a primary care provider, Foreman treats everything patients would see their regular doctor for, from illnesses and minor injuries to chronic disease. The clinic also offers physicals and preventive care.

When Megan Foreman opened LH&W in January 2024, she wasn’t trying to reinvent medicine—she was trying to practice it the way she always believed it should be done. “My vision has been to create a full-service wellness center where people feel truly supported in their care,” Megan Foreman MSN, FNP-C, Foreman said. “You can’t Medical Director and Founder treat someone effectively of Lyons Health & Wellness. if you don’t know their needs and goals.”

Foreman’s approach to family medicine is shaped by her early career. She began her nursing work in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at University of Colorado Hospital in Denver. “I loved it,” she said. “In graduate school, it was a tough decision to choose between a specialization in neonatal nursing and family practice.

John King, of Apple Valley Rd, is known for his kinetic sculptures Two of which are presently in Lyons and Cameron Wyatt, who created Moving Line Made a strong connection between expedition And the process of making art…..

Creating the vision and performing the vision....

Following the universal thread That pertains to each of us.

For more information about this event Visit the Lyons Library web page.

And just as a fun note - the photo above Is of John and I in the early 80s On a three-night ski tripAnd I’m here to say that “It was intense to be out there like that.

Glad I did it- but wow.”

Sally White King is a local artist who believes it’s imperative that each of us pop our head up out of the collective trace, to bring through our creative gifts. You can find her on her blog and website, hersoupot.net and sallywhiteking.com or e mail sallywhiteking@live.com

when my more sensible partner is leading a trip in the other planetary hemisphere.

There is much random stumbling in the attic hunting down the camping stove, candles, and rechargeable headlamp. This is mingled with resentment that all previous plans for the day are down the toilet and that ol’ “life is what happens when you are making other plans” kicks in. But once in Boy Scout mode we can assemble a battery-powered radio, candles, night lights, disposable lighters, and either a camping stove or Colemen stove. If you’ve got those you are on the verge of survival—if not, for goodness sake, get yourself down to ACE Hardware or put in a big order to Amazon.

I’m not a prepper but there’s a minimum level of self-protection from misery that should motivate you. Ahh coffee.

Things were a lot different once I ventured out and saw how other folks had experienced the power of the screaming furies. My neighbor had the roof completely ripped off his traditional pole barn.

There were a few loose and upwardly waving panels of corrugated iron still flapping, almost like a taunt.

Then I visited Stonebridge Farm, where a monster willow tree, along the Palmer-

The IV infusion lounge at Lyons Health and Wellness.

Neonatal care is 24-hour shifts, which is incredibly demanding. Because of that, I chose family medicine, but I miss the babies.”

That experience gave her a lasting passion for pediatric care. “Family medicine allows me to care for pediatric patients, and it feels very natural to me. Kids appointments

are the highlight of my day,” she said.

Women’s health is another cornerstone of the practice. Foreman is a certified women’s health specialist and provides gynecological services, orders mammograms and bone scans for osteoporosis, and supports women’s health through all stages of life.

“I want this to be a place where women feel supJosh Tueting, ANP-C, adult ported in their care,” she nurse practitioner at Lyons said.

Mental health services Health & Wellness, focuses on men’s health, hormone balance, are also part of the practice. Lyons Health & and longevity medicine.

Wellness offers primary care diagnosis and management of ADHD for patients 17 and older, as well as treatment for anxiety and depression.

Foreman holds a trauma-informed provider certification, which informs her work with patients navigating mental health concerns.

Hormone therapy is another area of expertise. Foreman and her colleague, Josh Tueting ANP-C, are certified in Biote hormone pellet therapy for men and women. While the pellet procedure itself is not covered by insurance, office visits and lab work are typically reimbursable.

Foreman’s partner Tueting, a certified adult nurse practitioner with an internal medicine background, sees patients 17 and older and has a special interest in longevity and anti-aging medicine. He focuses on men’s health, including hormone balance, prostate health, stress management and sexual health. Tueting also works at Wardenburg Health Center at the University of Colorado and is available at Lyons Health & Wellness on Fridays.

Foreman also spent nine years at Wardenburg, where she helped develop the university’s eating disorders program and later served as interim medical director — the first nurse practitioner to hold that role. “At a large institution, there’s a lot of bureaucracy,” she said. “Fifteen-minute appointments are not enough to really understand someone. Individualized, compassionate care is important to me.”

That realization ultimately led her to open her own practice. Although Foreman and her family initially moved to Boulder, Lyons always felt like home. “I’m a small-town girl at heart,” Foreman said. “I love the community aspect and knowing people in town. It feels like a safe place for kids.”

She and her family moved to Lyons in 2017. After eight years in the community, she opened her practice in a oneroom cottage behind 418 High Street. Within four months, she expanded into shared space at the Lyons Physical Therapy clinic. Growth followed quickly, with the addition of front desk staff and Tueting joining part time. The move to 418 High Street marks the next phase of that growth, creating space for longer in-person hours, expanded wellness services and on-site care enhancements.

Telehealth appointments are also available, and the clinic plans to begin in-house lab draws by the end of January.

Patients will no longer have to travel to Longmont or Boulder for lab work. The wellness side of the practice continues to grow. Planned offerings include IV therapy, vitamin injections, infrared sauna and red-light therapy, which support skin health, collagen production, inflammation reducContinue Health & Wellness on Page 14

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WHAT’S COOKIN’ Lemony lentil soup

store bought varieties.

Sometimes I receive lentils in my shipment and recently made a soup posted in the newsletter. A little different taste than my usual Mexican flavored soup, this take on lentil soup is bright and earthy. A keeper.

Lemony Lentil Soup In a couple tablespoons of olive oil, sauté ½ a chopped onion, a diced piece of celery, a diced large carrot, and two cloves of minced garlic. Cook over medium heat for a few minutes then add a teaspoon of cumin seed and a little salt.

Stir in half a pound of green lentils and six cups of water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 45 minutes until lentils are tender. Add two tablespoons lemon juice.

Taste for salt. When ready to serve, garnish each bowl with grated lemon zest, chopped dill and crumbled feta.

By Barbara Shark Redstone Review LYONS – It sounds nerdy but I belong to the Rancho Gordo Bean Club and every three months receive six pounds of a variety of beans. The wait list to become a Shark member of the club is thousands of folks long. Each box comes with a newsletter full of recipes and at the beginning of a new year a calendar depicting a poster from a classic Mexican film.

I usually prepare a pot of beans every few weeks and keep portions in the freezer for quick tostadas or a roasted sweet potato stuffed with beans. Sometimes we have a simple bowl of beans with cheese and salsa on top. Rancho Gordo beans are fresh and delicious, a revelation after cooking

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

From the underground to the palace—the quintessential sausage roll

By Catherine Metzger Redstone Review SAN MIGUEL COUNTY – Inspired by the techniques of Darren McGrady—former chef to Queen Elizabeth II—these sausage rolls are a masterclass in English comfort.

Whether served as a “stick-to-the-ribs” snack or a refined appetizer, they bridge the gap between the working-class street food of 19th-century London and the elegance of a contemporary royal buffet.

For me, the first encounter with this marvel was at a London Tube station in the 1970s—specifically at St. John’s Wood— where they were served piping hot in greaseproof paper bags. This recipe honors that memory by using a sophisticated, homemade sausage blend rather than pre-packaged sausage links.

diced and sautéed in 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil until soft. (To this, add the bacon a few minutes before the onions are soft.)

The seasoning blend: 1 clove garlic, crushed and finely chopped 4 juniper berries, finely crushed ¼ tsp ground sage ¼ tsp salt ¼ tsp black pepper The Finish: 2 egg yolks, beaten with 1 tsp of water (for the egg wash).

Directions Prepare the oven: Preheat your oven to 350ºF /175ºC. Mix the filling: In a large bowl, thoroughly combine the ground pork, and sautéed onion/bacon mixture. Add the seasoning blend and mix until the spices are evenly distributed.

Roll the pastry: On a lightly floured surface, roll out your puff pastry until it is approximately ¼ inch thick.

Assemble: Lay a 1-inch thick “cord” of the sausage mixture along the long edge of the pastry.

Brush the edge of the puff pastry with a pastry brush and roll the dough over the sausage, like a blanket, evenly and press gently to seal. Cut a long seam along the roll to create a free-standing log. Repeat this process for the remaining puff paste.

Score and glaze: Use the back of a fork to score the tops of the rolls in a diagonal,

crisscross pattern. Brush the tops generously with the remaining beaten egg mixture.

Cut and bake: Cut the logs into your desired size (mini cocktail size for appetizers or larger lengths for snacks). Bake for approximately 15 minutes, or until the pastry has risen into flaky layers and achieved a deep, dark golden-brown luster.

Serving suggestion: Enjoy them hot from the oven or cold the next day. For a truly authentic 1970’s experience, serve them plain, or pair them with a sharp mustard to cut through the richness of the juniper-spiced pork.

Since cooking for room and board at a Scottish estate in 1978, then as a French cuisine journeyman at the celebrated Henri d’Afrique restaurant in Alexandria, Virginia, Catherine Ripley Metzger has been honing her culinary skills. Today, as proprietor of the blog, www.

FoodForTheAges.com, she sources locally, gardens intentionally and cooks with curiosity from the ground up in her log cabin home on Colorado’s Western Slope. For more practical, howto recipes, go to www.foodfortheages.com.

Sausage Rolls a la Darren McGrady This recipe makes a half-sheet of sausage rolls.

Ingredients The pastry: 1 batch of puff pastry (Homemade is best, but store-bought frozen pastry thawed overnight in the fridge also works perfectly.) Have a ½ cup of all-purpose flour at the ready for rolling out the dough.

The meat: 1 lb. ground pork and 2 slices of bacon, finely diced.

The aromatics: ½ medium onion, finely

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helps protect you, your family, and our community. Although it can be challenging, having conversations with family members and neighbors about these plans can be helpful if you ever need to use them.

For 2026, the Lyons Board of Trustees has budgeted matching funds for town residents to make wildfire mitigation improvements on their property, as a match toward the Boulder County Wildfire Partners Program. More details will be shared after Boulder County updates its program later this winter or early spring. Thank you for taking the time to plan ahead.

Lyons Town Hall closure

LYONS – Town Hall will be closed on Monday, January 19, for the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday. As a reminder, Town Hall hours are Monday—Thursday, 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m. and Friday, from 8 a.m.–12 noon.

If you have a concern or issue, residents are welcome to reach out via our TextMyGov App. To use the app, Text “Hi” to 970.972.0972. The software will prompt you to reply and text us to find information or report issues. The prompt is found on the town’s website as well.

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Thank you readers, for your subscriptions and your donations. For those of you who can donate, but haven’t yet, please consider a donation.

If new tariffs are imposed on Canada, there will be a 25 percent increase in the prices of paper and gas, which will disrupt much of the newspaper industry, according to Adams Publishing Group, in Cheyenne, WY. You can donate to Redstone Review by check to PO Box 68, Lyons CO 80540 or by credit card by calling Julie Hamilton at Scope Accounting in Lyons at 303-324-2869.

In 2023, the rate of newspaper closures in the U.S. increased to an average of 2.5 per week, up from two per week in 2022. Thank you for your support.

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VOICES ARE HEARD LCF Welcomes the new year with gratitude, a new board member, and new opportunities

By Grace Simonsen Redstone Review LYONS – The Lyons Community Foundation (LCF) is ringing in the New Year with immense gratitude for our incredibly supportive community, having finished 2025 with the great Simonsen success of our annual appeal matching campaign.

Through the support of those who donated during the annual appeal and the generosity of our matching donors we were able to raise over $50,000 in funds to support scholarships, grants, and other LCF initiatives in 2026. LCF would like to thank all those who donated this holiday season to help us exceed our goal and start the new year out strong.

In 2026 we also look forward to welcoming Jon Gale as a new member of our board.

He and his wife, Carrie, made Lyons their permanent home in July 2024, drawn by the community’s warmth, small-town feel, and the chance to spend more time with their children and grandchildren.

Jon looks forward to contributing to the nonprofit community that makes Lyons so special, bringing over three decades of experience in supporting for-profit and nonprofit organizations through financial strategy, growth,

governance, and succession. Throughout his career as a CPA and principal at CliftonLarsonAllen (CLA), he has advised countless organizations on creating sustainable business models, navigating the complexities of tax law changes, and executing on operational excellence initiatives.

Beyond his professional work, Jon has dedicated himself to hands-on community service for over 30 years. He has served as a board member for a homeless shelter, volunteered with United Way as a grant reviewer evaluating financial and program effectiveness, and organized service projects and fundraising campaigns through Rotary International.

His approach to community involvement has always been rooted in paying it forward and helping organizations maximize their impact. Jon earned his BS in Accounting from Northern Arizona University and enjoys working in his garden, hiking, going to the gym, rekindling his ice hockey journey, and playing with his grandchildren.

Grace Simonsen is a longtime Lyons local. She served as a member on the board of Lyons Community Foundation before stepping into the role of administrative assistant and community outreach coordinator in late 2025.

LCF is proud to welcome Jon Gale to our Board of Directors.

With over 30 years of experience in financial strategy and nonprofit service, Jon brings invaluable insight and a strong commitment to giving back.

Quetzalcoatl the goddess appears

LEAF invests in a greener future and launches 2026 Fireplace community wellness programs Daryl McCool Redstone Review LYONS – Lyons Elevating All Fund (LEAF) is entering 2026 with momentum on two fronts: advancing major state-funded sustainability improvements and launching Fireplace, its free, community-centered mental wellness programming.

Through Colorado’s SupMcCool plemental Environmental Project (SEP) program, LEAF has secured full state funding for five sustainability projects designed to reduce environmental impact, lower long-term operating costs, and strengthen the organization’s ability to serve the Greater Lyons community.

A key milestone was reached this winter with the selection of a solar provider, and LEAF anticipates solar panel and battery backup installation at its newly renovated building to begin this spring. Once completed, the system will improve energy resilience, reduce reliance on fossil fuels, and help ensure continuity of critical human and behavioral health services during power outages.

These sustainability efforts build on LEAF’s recent capital improvements to its 1970s facility, creating a more efficient, environmentally responsible community hub that aligns with the organization’s mission of caring for both people and place.

At the same time, LEAF is launching its popular Fireplace mental wellness programming, offering free opportunities for connection, restoration, and personal growth.

The 2026 season begins

January 12 with weekly Qi Gong sessions led by Lana Reed.

These gentle, mindful movement classes are designed to support emotional balance, physical wellbeing, and stress reduction, welcoming participants of all experience levels.

In February, LEAF will introduce its other Fireplace offerings, which will include equine personal development, nutrition education, and additional mental health–focused programming. New this season is Being Men Together: An Exploration of Strength, Integrity, and Brotherhood. Many men are taught to stand on their own, handle challenges quietly, and keep moving forward without asking for help. Over time, that independence can lead to isolation and disconnection. Being Men Together offers a supportive space for men to gather in community, reflect on shared experiences, and explore healthy expressions of strength, integrity, and belonging.

All Fireplace programs are free and open to the public.

LEAF invites neighbors to come as they are, bring a friend, and experience a community-centered approach to wellness, one that reflects the organization’s belief that caring for ourselves, each other, and the environment goes hand in hand.

For program details and updates on sustainability projects, visit LEAF’s website or follow LEAF on social media. www. leaflyons.org Daryl McCool joined LEAF in 2024 and serves as Creative Communications and Marketing Manager. She supports programming, events, social media communications, website, and outreach activities in the community.

By Sally White King Redstone Review Quetzalcoatl sits on the ridge overlooking the fieldThe plumed serpent The goddess who appears in times of change...

Her benevolent smile- supporting us with her knowing wisdom. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“` It was the Arapahoe that camped here….

Plentiful game by the river…..

As my friend tunes in to their presence here still As she sat on the riverbank just Before the December sun set.

Her soft gray hair and knowing smile...

So much like her rock counter-partI listened with everything I had As she channeled their words…..

“Nature is a pattern we can follow Shy bear, patient deer, determined turkey Silent fox- loud kingfisher…

Invisible mountain lion.

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COMMON CAUSE Most memorable moments of 2025

By Cindy Leikam Redstone Review

er Joanna Lambert. A big thanks to Nissi’s Event Center in Lafayette for hosting the event, which has set the center up for LONGMONT – A new year is a time of another incredible year of saving lives. reflection and resolutions. A time to The new van made its public debut rest but also preparation for the at the annual holiday Parade of months ahead. A time for Lights in Lyons, and then goal setting and forward again at the Longmont thinking. But first, let’s Lights Holiday Parade. take a look back at a Slowly and proudly, it few of the most memcruised down Main orable moments of Street alongside jolly 2025 for Greenwood volunteers and staff Wildlife Rehabilitadressed in animal tion Center. costumes and holiday After months of fundlights. raising and searching, we Just before the holiwere finally able to purdays, strong winds whipped chase a lightly used Sprinter through the foothills and van for emergency evacuations. front range, leaving behind a mess Thanks to Longmont Wraps for personof branches and destruction. Fortunatealizing the exterior for us with our logo, ly, the main buildings of the center only contact info, and high-resolution, full-col- sustained minimal damage, but some of or images of some of the critters we have our outdoor enclosures were not so lucky. helped over the years. Once it was road- Duck Beach, the raccoon enclosures, and ready, the van was used regularly to move the corvid aviary were all damaged by fallen large items, in community outreach events, branches and the sheer force of the wind. and even transported a large group of rac- Donate on our website to help us repair coons to their release site. damages before a busy season of helping For the second year in a row, our amaz- orphaned wild babies. ing supporters and local businesses teed up Last year also broke all previous intake records. Over 5,333 orphaned, injured, and sick animals came through our doors for compassionate care. Of those, we treated 142 different species, from the common American Robin to the occasional m armot. Each and every animal that entered had their own unique story.

There are far too many tales to tell them all, but I can highlight a few of the For the second year in a row, friends of Greenwood teed off for most memorable. wildlife and helped raise funds and awareness for wildlife.

Two young American Coots were found wandering for wildlife in our charity golf tournament, alone along the shores of a local wetland, Birdies and Bogies. It was an amazing turn- somehow separated from their flock. They out for an event still in its infancy and were captured and brought to Greenwood thanks to the generosity of the sponsors for care. Although they were underweight and players. and a little dehydrated, they had no injuOur largest in-person fundraiser of the ries or illness. They grew fast and soon year, Wild Night for Wildlife, was anothwere ready to return to the wild. Our team er fundraising success, with dinner, hapfound the perfect location where they were py-hour cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, welcomed into a resident flock. games, silent and live auctions, live music In a shocking example of the resiliency from the Ben Parrish Trio, and guest speak-

Staff and volunteers decked out in animal costumes and lights to bring holiday cheer to the Lyons Parade of Lights and Longmont Lights Holiday Parade. of wildlife, a squirrel was seen climbing high on a powerline, suddenly fell to the ground, and was found jolted and disoriented. The intake exam revealed singed fur and a tail that was missing some hair.

Despite all that, she was very active and alert, and after a couple weeks, she was able to move into the larger outdoor enclosure to regain her strength before returning home.

Since the completion of the Lagomorph Building (aka Bunny Hotel), hundreds of wild cottontails were given a second chance. However, the story of the trio of baby bunnies found Acquiring a lightly-used transport van enables easy evacuat the Denver Zoo, huddled up ation in case of emergencies, is useful to increase visibility in a stall in the elephant enclo- at outreach events, and so many other uses! sure is one that caught a lot of attention. It’s not every day that tiny cottontails moonlight with giants B •R •I •E •F •S and live to tell the tale. But these lucky lagContinued from Page 10 omorphs got their happy ending at Greenwood where they had a safe place to grow sure to follow @TownofLyonsGovernup until they were ready to survive on their ment on Facebook for the most accurate own. and up-to-date Town information.

In conclusion, 2025 was full of ups and Limb pick-up downs, highs and lows, and everything in between, but every challenge was met headLYONS – After the high winds in on by the Greenwood team with ingenuity, mid-December, and cleanup on Town determination, and grit. More animals were owned parks and property, the Town of Lyons was able to schedule services with treated in our center than ever before, and a contractor to have a curbside limb pickwe are ready for another year of saving wild up for residential properties that are less lives. Are you?

Cindy Leikam is the Communications and Fundraising Assistant for Greenwood Rehabilitation Center.

County DA’s office highlights new language access

By District Attorney’s Office staff Redstone Review BOULDER COUNTY – The District Attorney’s Office is committed to ensuring equitable access to justice for all. In 2024, the District Attorney secured funding from Boulder County for a dedicated Interpreter/Translator. Our office filled this position in October 2024.

The Spanish-speaking Interpreter/Translator position has quickly proved invaluable to the DA’s office. Below are his key accomplishments in 2025.

From January 1, 2025, through November 13, 2025, our Interpreter/ Translator has provided extensive interpretation and translation services to support victims, witnesses, and staff.

Accomplishments in 2025: Document translation (created new version of legal documents for better understanding): 98 legal documents translated (approximately 66,218 words); 256 additional documents translated (approximately 115,443 words) Meetings interpreted 137 (average two hours each); Phone calls and lobby walk-ins: 17 (calls average 1 hour; walk-ins average two hours); Simultaneous live presentations: two (approximately two hours each, including one virtual and one in-person, including writing out full transcripts for closed captioning); Court translations/summaries for victims/witnesses: 14 (can range from three to five hours each).

Repatriation coordination: assisted with repatriation of remains to Venezuela through Colombia; video transcription (Spanish to English): 30 hours (body-worn camera, interviews, evidence, etc.)

Jail calls: 317 calls (average five to fifteen minutes per call with the majority transcribed into English) District Attorney Michael Dougherty stated, “The impact of this new position reflects our ongoing commitment to access to justice and strong, equitable support for those navigating the justice system. It is a much needed and positive step. I am grateful to Boulder County and the District Attorney staff who helped fill this need for our office and the community.”

than one acre beginning on Monday, January 19, 2026. The following rules and regulations regarding the service will apply. Please review the guidelines for 2026. If they are not followed you may not receive service.

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CHOICES The Co-LIH Fund: a nonprofit legal aid insurance group is here to help you didn’t foresee. Or you succeed in filing a claim, but it was denied, or your provider says that it is not included in your coverage.

Next, you think of reaching out to a lawyer, but when you look up lawyers in our area, none of them seem right to you. If you do eventually find one that clicks, it’s unfathomably expensive.

Not to worry, there are resources in place to help. Here at the Colorado Legal Insurance Help Fund, we specialize in guiding residents of Colorado through the legal side of the insurance system. We connect clients to attorneys who have decades of expertise; these lawyers can assist with both navigation and litigation.

The Co-LIH Fund is the only insurance legal aid nonprofit located here in the greater Lyons area. Our nonprofit is highly committed to assisting our residents: we have partnerships with prominent law firms in our area, as well as collaboration with organizations such as the Boulder County Bar Association and Colorado Legal Services.

Not only that, but we were recently awarded a grant from the Lyons Community Foundation. Accordingly, we are very equipped to provide for our community.

As an organization, we can help you with many different problems that may arise in the insurance system. We can connect you with an attorney to assist with processes such as filing claims and contacting your provider. Furthermore, they can assist with maneuvering the system when it doesn’t work out, such as when your claim gets denied or your coverage gets rescinded.

In certain cases, we can provide financial assistance to help make the pricy legal system more accessible. This can be through discounted or pro bono legal rates, our organization covering a portion of the costs, or a combination of both.

Our founders were inspired to start our organization by a passion for the law and helping the community. The organization has a board with three members, all of whom are Lyons residents: Niko Sparks, Wilma Spencer, and Kathy Glover. Together, we work to help make an inaccessible system more accessible.

Over the past year, our organization has

By Niko Sparks and Wilma Spencer Redstone Review LYONS – Imagine you spent years caring for your land. Making your property beautiful.

Laboring over every square foot. Growing trees, planting flowers, and building lovely structures.

Then out of the blue, winds blow in at

Wilma Spencer and Niko Sparks, co-founders of the Colorado Legal Insurance Help Fund, working to support the Lyons community. over 100 mph, destroying your years of hard work. In an instant, a tree falls. A panel of shingles shudders then is ripped away into the night. A lifetime of sacrifice gone in a gust of the wind.

Now, you not only must mourn the losses to your property but also deal with a system stacked against you. Sadly, this system is the most effective way to get the compensation you deserve. Navigating the claims process can be tricky and difficult, with lots of intricacies and legal terminology.

You started the day thinking it would be normal like any other, but now you have to reconcile with the aftermath of a disaster that was based on no more than environmental randomness.

You are not the only one dealing with these issues. What do you do now? You want to file a claim, but there is a complication

If, as a result of the recent extreme wind events here in Lyons, you have experienced any sort of property damage that may require insurance litigation, do not hesitate to reach out to us at the Co-LIH Fund (info@co-lihfund.org).

Not to worry, we can also help with any sort of insurance difficulties, no matter the type of insurance: property, medical, liability, and automotive are just a few of the varieties we can assist with. Given that you are curious to learn more about our organization, feel free to check our website co-lihfund.org.

We are a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization, so if you are willing to donate, we can connect you with our treasurer to get a tax deduction.

Whether you or anyone you know has experienced any sort of issues regarding insurance, or you would like to learn more about our organization, we’d love to hear from you. collected half a dozen part time volunteers.

They are assisting with website design, outreach to law firms, and client connection, these hardworking members are essential to our success.

Niko Sparks is the Board Chair of The Colorado Legal Insurance Help Fund and Wilma Spencer is the Vice Chair; together, they Co-Founded this organization. We are striving to make our community a safer and more just place.

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branches. IT WILL NOT BE PICKED UP. No construction or building materials. No trash, weeds, etc. No root wads, dirt, or rocks. No grass clippings. No bags of leaves or pine needles. No nails and wire. No thorny materials (rose bushes, etc.)

Pile guidelines Piles must be stacked curbside by 7a.m. on the START DATE OF THE EVENT-Monday, January 19. Any branch piles put out after the collection day will not be collected by the Town/contractor and will be the responsibility of the homeowner. Piles must be neatly stacked with cut ends facing the road. Please ensure limbs are cut as straight as possible. Max pile size is 5x5x5 and are limited to one per household PILES THAT ARE LARGER WILL BE SKIPPED. Please work to ensure that no obstacles interfere with the pickup of the limb pile by the loader and chipper. Do not park in

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2026. IF THEY ARE NOT FOLLOWED YOU MAY NOT RECEIVE SERVICE. Rules and regulations The Town of Lyons and the contractor reserve the right to refuse service to any homes that do not follow the accepted materials or pile guidelines. Town or contractor staff do not clean the immediate area after the chipping is complete. Cleaning the residual debris from the chipping process is the responsibility of the property owner.

Questions? Please call our Parks and Public Works at 303-823-6622.

Acceptable Materials: Branches and Limbs Only. No Grass, weeds, loose yard waste, or compost. IT WILL NOT BE PICKED UP. Only piles of wood limbs and branches up to 6” in diameter are accepted. No construction debris or treated lumber. No nails or wires in limbs or

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JANUARY 16 / FEBRUARY 12, 2025

HEALTH Sleepless nights due to shoulder pain?

By Bronwyn Muldoon Redstone Review LYONS – Sleep is crucial for overall health. When you aren’t sleeping, regardless if it’s emotional or physical stress, a cascade effect ignites, disrupting your body and brain.

Muldoon A good night’s sleep is essential for our body to repair, restore, and function properly, impacting everything from mood, memory, immune response, and cardiovascular health. Unfortunately, for a large percentage of Americans, shoulder pain is the cause of their sleepless nights. Thankfully, a few simple changes to your daily rou-

tine can help.

Shoulder pain doesn’t favor a particular sleep position.

Whether or not you sleep on your side, back or stomach, shoulder pain can frustrate anyone and start a domino effect of other health complications if not managed.

Typically, people who have difficulty sleeping due to shoulder pain, have an underlying shoulder pathology, an impingement, rotator cuff issues, bursitis, arthritis or a recent fall. The most common denominator of those with pain at night is a loss of motion (flexibility) in one or both shoulders. These shoulder issues respond well to a few simple exercises as well as posture awareness throughout the day.

Stretching and restoring normal range of movement is

the prime goal. When stretching, don’t push through sharp pain. Take the stretch to the point of feeling the stretch and hold. These tissues are viscoelastic so they respond to prolonged passive stretching. If morning stiffness is a main complaint, stretching in the morning is particularly helpful. Some people find stretching in a hot shower very beneficial. Sometimes the shoulder will ache for a few minutes after the exercise. That is normal. This should diminish with time. You should see improvements in range of motion after a one-to-two-week period of doing these exercises diligently.

Exercises should not cause pain during or afterward. Also, one should notice an improvement of greater motion the more they perform the stretch. It might take a day or two to notice the improvement, so patience is helpful. Once the range of motion is restored, the night pain should resolve.

Stretch 1) Statue of Liberty: Place your arm out in front of you on a wall. Slowly raise your arm, reaching up as high as comfortable, as if you’re the Statue of Liberty. Gently lean your body forward, allowing gravity to create traction and stretch your shoulder. Hold the stretch for 10–30 seconds, feeling a stretch but not sharp pain. Repeat three times.

2) Stretch: Take arm across your body horizontally and hold 10-20 seconds, Repeat 3 times

Maintaining good posture throughout the day is also essential to ensuring our body can work effectively and efficiently. Shoulder problems can be initiated by poor posture, as we tend to round forward as we work, eat, and play on our devices.

Creating a forward round posture, stretches the posterior muscles in our back and shortens the ones in our chest. This creates a biomechanical disadvantage to our musculo-skeletal system. Over time, our system weakens and creates stress in our shoulder joints (inflammation and arthritis). Correct sitting/standing posture: Ears over shoulders, shoulders over hips and hips over ankles.

For those of you with sleepless nights due to shoulder pain, don’t get discouraged. By adding in the above stretches

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and maintaining good posture throughout the day, you will be helpingshoulder mechanics return to normal. Once full mobility of the joint is restored, the night pain should resolve. Getting a good nights sleep is important not just for your shoulder, but for overall health and wellness.

Correct sitting/standing posture: Ears over shoulders, shoulders over hips and hips over ankles.

tion and immune function. Acupuncturist Katie Dittman will offer services at the clinic on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Foreman also envisions adding wellness coaching, personal training and nutrition support — services that may be covered by insurance depending on the provider.

“I’m committed to Lyons being healthy,” she said. “This is about creating a full-service wellness facility where people feel cared for — not rushed.” For Foreman, Lyons Health & Wellness is not just a medical practice. It reflects how she believes care should feel: personal, thorough and grounded in trust. Lyons Health and Wellness is located at 418 High Street in Lyons. The website address is www.lyon-

Bronwyn Muldoon, PhD, is a licensed physical therapist, owns Lyons Physical Therapy, 435 High St. in Lyons. Some of the things addressed at her clinic include but are not limited to: acute and chronic spinal pain (back and neck pain), postural dysfunction alignment, sports and performance-related injuries, repetitive/overuse-related injuries, post-surgical rehabilitation, muscles strains and sprains, and physical rehabilitation of all kinds. For more information call 303-823-8813.

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Pamela Sichel is a communications consultant and former newspaper and magazine editor. Her most recent newspaper role was as editor of the Mancos Times, a community newspaper in Colorado’s Four Corners region.

funding and technical assistance for capital projects. Your next mayor should be familiar with these opportunities and obligations and be comfortable “making the big asks” of our state and federal representatives.

You never know when a crisis will hit, and how it will affect our residents. Your next mayor should be able to remain calm and provide steady leadership to citizens, statements to the press when necessary, and effectively work with county, state, and national officials if a crisis should unfold.

(And let’s all hope it doesn’t!)

Some of us may remember board meetings going into the wee hours of the morning, sometimes unnecessarily. Your next mayor should be able to run an effective, efficient meeting where all opinions and ideas are heard and considered, and where decisions are definitively made and please make sure to give everyone that 10-minute, 9 p.m. bio break.

I’ll have more to say over the next few months about the accomplishments of this Board of Trustees, the issues we’re facing now, and what may be coming down the pike. But for now, I’ll close by saying that I look forward to working hard for the Lyons community until April 20, and that I’m extremely grateful for the opportunity to do so.

our native pines, firs, spruces, and junipers, along with their fascinating relationships to other forest species. Participants will learn how to identify local conifers and gain a deeper appreciation for the role they play in our ecosystems.

Finally, mark your calendars for Pints and Pages Book Club at MainStage Brewing on February 11 at 6 p.m.

February’s selection is Memory Ward by Jon Bassoff, a haunting and unsettling novel set in a picture-perfect Nevada town where things are not quite what they seem. As a postal worker begins to notice blank letters, hidden stories, and cracks beneath the surface of everyday life.

The book explores memory, identity, and the lingering impact of trauma. It is a gripping, conversation-ready read that pairs well with good beer and thoughtful discussion.

Your Lyons Community Library opens at 10 a.m. Monday through Saturday. Closing times are 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 5 p.m. on Friday, and 2 p.m. on Saturday. Our catalog is always available at lyons. colibraries.org, and digital downloads are open 24/7 through the Libby, CloudLibrary, and Kanopy apps. Call us at 303-8235165 or email info@lyonsregionallibrary. com with any questions. For more events, details, and registration information, please visit our website’s calendar.

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One of the cozy and private IV infusion stations at Lyons Health and Wellness

Modification: place your hand on the opposite shoulder and move the elbow up and down with opposite hand.

rate remained the same at $1.50 a year but the publication date switched from Thursday to Saturday. The new owner clearly had a sense of humor as evidenced by his front page request to Lyons residents to send him their news: “If Anybody Has-Died, eloped, married, divorced, left town, had a fire, embezzled, absconded, had a baby, been arrested, come to town, cracked a safe, bought a home, killed an officer, robbed a church, been assassinated, sold a ranch or a home, fallen from an aeroplane-that’s news, and The Recorder will be glad to have you call up Lyons 2J and give the facts.”

As we enter our 47th year of operation, the Lyons Redstone Museum invites you to explore more of Lyons’ history through our website, lyonsredstonemuseum.com, where you will find links to the Lyons Historic District Walking Tour, the Lyons Cemetery Tour, and several virtual exhibits. We look forward to seeing you when we open to the public on weekends in May. Wishing you all the best in the coming year!

Monique Sawyer Lang is the Collections Manager of the Lyons Redstone Museum. She is also a volunteer with the Lyons Food Pantry and a former member/chair of the Lyons Community Foundation Board. She lives in Spring Gulch.

Hollie Rogin was sworn in as Mayor of Lyons on April 18, 2022. Before that she was elected to serve on the Board of Trustees for the term of 2020–2022. In 2015, Hollie created the foundation for what is now the City of Boulder’s Commercial Affordability program on a pro bono basis. While serving as a Trustee, she was the Board liaison to the Economic Vitality Commission and the Historic Preservation Commission.

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

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rate drywall mud to create surfaces with an encaustic sensibility. Throughout, he engages with clichés, double entendres, and cultural artifacts both earnest and ironic, allowing humor and insight to coexist in equal measure. Cullie’s work is not about arriving at answers but about staying open to the richness of the in-between, where objects, images, and ideas are constantly bending, overlapping, and revealing new relationships. The result is a body of work that feels deeply personal and at the same time universally resonant—playful, thoughtful, and quietly profound.

Jocelyn Farrell’s work explores modern abstract expressionism with a subtle grounding in realism. Through layered, full-bodied color, she builds rich texture and offers a bold perspective on landscape, inviting viewers to reconsider space, depth, and the way they experience their surroundings.

Long inspired by traditional landscape painting, her work reflects the way she moves through the world—embracing imperfection as a more honest and natural form of beauty. Light and shadow play a central role in her process. She is drawn to the tension between what is revealed and what remains hidden, allowing moments of darkness to hold quiet pockets of light.

Working primarily in acrylic and oil, Farrell uses palette knives and brushes to let each painting evolve intuitively, without a predetermined outcome. The landscapes emerge organically—along the way, forests, reflections, oceans, rivers, canyon walls, and sunsets begin to surface. Her work is deeply connected to the places she loves—from whitewater rafting adventures with her family through the deep canyons of Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, to travels in Mexico and Costa Rica, and memories of summers spent among the turquoise waters of the Florida Keys. Farrell’s goal is for viewers to feel an impulse to reach out and imagine touching the surface—to connect with the textures, the places, and the stories within each painting. The imperfections invite a pause, revealing a quiet beauty that often goes unnoticed in everyday life.

ton Ditch, had broken off a huge one-ton section, missing the main greenhouse by a whisker apart from one glass panel smashed in. This is a place where, in a few weeks, tens of thousands of seeds will be planted to feed dozens of families.

Even our esteemed Editor in Chief could not escape—with a hole ripped in her roof.

Elsewhere, up in the National Forest trails at Pinewood Springs, there are dozens of trees down, blocking trails, that one comes across every few minutes of hiking. I met a good Samaritan called Michael trekking in his electric chainsaw to help clear things up.

He had his dog for company.

It is interesting how even a bumbling amateur forester like myself can fell a tree down a line within a degree or two to avoid some precious natural or man-made feature, whereas Nature seems obliviously reckless and dashes down a tree creating even more mayhem as it falls.

I am not claiming to be smarter than Nature, although most of mankind believed that to be true until very recently, but the Earth Mother’s plan is sometimes hard to untangle. I suppose that Nature knew about Darwinian selection before Darwin’s own molecules had assembled themselves into a body, and would triage out weak trees with unstable roots with an almost Machiavellian lack of compassion. Hmm—double mixed historical metaphor.

Now that the wind has mostly abated, I am trying to appreciate every moment of calm and cherish each tree that is still standing. After resisting that mighty whirlwind our local arboreal survivors deserve their lofty view of the sky.

Peter Butler was born in India and lived in a house facing a giant kapok tree. Growing up in England there were trees but never quite enough. After qualifying as biochemist there as a gradual evolution into being a graphic designer. He and his wife Deirdre moved to the States in 1997 and to Lyons in 2000. Finally, there are enough trees.

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Meet Allie, a 9 year old gentle giant with a heart as big as she is. At first she may be a little shy, but once she warms up, she absolutely loves meeting new people and soaking up all the attention she can get. Allie’s calm, loving nature makes her the kind of dog who quietly wins over everyone she meets.

She’s often overlooked, perhaps because of her age or breed, but those who take the time to get to know Allie discover a sweet and affectionate companion who just wants to be loved.

She moves through life with a patient, easygoing spirit and is happiest when she can be close to her people. Allie would do best as the only pet in her new home, where she can enjoy all the love and calm she deserves.

Allie is great with children of any age and is ready for a family who will appreciate her gentle soul and give her a forever home filled with kindness, comfort, and care. If you’re searching for a devoted, loving friend, Allie is waiting to meet you.

To see all our adoptable animals or get more details visit longmonthumane. org. Or stop in at the shelter at 9595 Nelson Road.

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in front of your limb pile. Piles must be within 5’ of roadway (do not place on the sidewalk.) Municipal code prohibits placing items in the street. Limbs will not be collected in alleys.

Even if your trash/recycling collection occurs in an alley, you must place limbs curbside in front of your property for pickup. Residential properties only that are less than one acre. NO Commercial Piles. Do not combine piles with neighbors or haul material in from other neighborhoods. Do NOT tie or band piles’ Updated stormwater and wastewater rates for 2026

Chrystal and her husband own the Western Stars Gallery and Studio in Lyons. She is one of the founders of the Arts & Humanities Commission and one of the founders of Lyons Arts District designation.

LYONS – The Lyons Board of Trustees approved adjustments to stormwater and wastewater utility rates, effective February 2026. These updates are tied to the annual

Consumer Price Index (CPI).

Stormwater utility: The monthly fee will increase from $10 to $10.36.

Wastewater utility (residential): The base rate will increase from $25.90 to $26.10.

For residential customers, the averaged winter wastewater use rate per 1,000 gallons will increase from $15.05 to $15.60.

For commercial customers, the wastewater use rate per 1,000 gallons will increase from $14.75 to $15.30.

January utility bill newsletter

LYONS – Stay informed Lyons. The January 2026 Newsletter has been sent to all town utility bill customers. If you missed the most recent newsletter, we encourage you to review the newsletter for updates and information. Current and past newsletters are on the town website.

In addition, we also have all of our e-newsletters and information on the town website.

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