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B •R •I •E •F •S Beach Bash Community Dance Party LYONS – A Beach Bash Community Dance Party will be held on Saturday, March 18 from 7 to 10 p.m. at Ax and Oar at 160 E. Main St., Lyons to benefit the Lyons Food Pantry and Lyons Longevity. All ages are welcome.

The Beach Bash will feature 80s dance music and sound by Steve “Dude” Lang. Ax and Oar will have food and drinks available for purchase. Admission is $5 suggested, plus items for the he Food Pantry. Kids under 10 or people over 70 are free.

Get in the groove and turn up the heat. Put on your dancing shoes and kick up your heels.

Beach attire recommended. Items needed by the Food Pantry are dry and canned food, personal hygiene items, household paper and cleaning products.

This event is sponsored by Cathy Rivers, owner of Rivers Colorworks+Design, and Annie Mannering. For more information contact Annie Mannering at lyonsdreamteam@gmail.com.

Easter Services to be held at Wildflower Pavilion LYONS – Sam and Mindy Tallent will have an Easter service at the Wildflower Pavilion at Planet Bluegrass, 500 W. Main St. on April 16, at 11a.m., followed by an egg hunt and potluck. Bring a dish to pass. For more information contact Mindy at the Stone Cup at 303-823-2345.

Easter Services at Lyons Community Church LYONS – The Lyons Community Church at 350 Main St. in Lyons will hold Easter and Easter Week Services. The Palm Sunday Service will be held at 10 a.m. on April 9. The Good Friday Service will be held at 6:30 p.m. on April Continue Briefs on Page 5

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Denver Zoo welcomed the birth of a Grevy’s zebra in the early morning hours on Saturday, December 3. The foal, named Cody, was born to mother Farasi, and father Punda. Zookeepers say Cody is thriving. Guests can see Cody with the rest of his herd in their yard now, weather permitting. Grevy’s zebra are one of three species of zebra, in addition to plains, or common zebra, and mountain zebra. The largest of all wild equine species, they can be distinguished from other zebras by their longer legs, more narrow stripes, white, stripeless underbellies and large rounded ears. Grevy’s zebra are classified as endangered with a wild population estimated at fewer than 2000 individuals. Denver Zoo is open every day of the year. Summer hours, March 1 through October 31, are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Go to http://www.denverzoo.org for more info.

Lyons BOT raises pay, rejects longer terms

By Mark Browning Redstone Review LYONS – At its March 6 meeting, the Lyons Board of Trustees said yes to increased compensation for future Town elected officials, but Browning no to longer terms of office.

Town board members have been entitled to receive $50 per meeting for two regular board meetings per month and an additional $50 per meeting for up to a maximum of five special meetings per year. Compensation for the mayor is currently $100 per meeting, with the same five special meeting limit.

Under a new ordinance, approved 6 to 0, that compensation will change to $200 per month for board members and $400 per month for the mayor. The change will only be effective in 2018 after current officials’ terms end.

Both current and former board members pointed to the greatly increased workload and number of meetings as the Town has grown and has dealt with recovery from the 2013 flood.

“It is time for Lyons to grow up in regard to compensating elected officials,” said former Mayor Nicholas Angelo, who suggested even higher monthly pay.

Longtime trustee Lavern Johnson agreed.

“You deserve it,” she said.

A major reason cited by all six current

board members (Trustee Jim Kerr was out of town) for the pay raise was to encourage more citizens to run for board positions.

The same consideration – getting more people to run for board spots – led the board to reject a proposed change from two-year to four-year terms, with those terms proposed to be staggered to provide for more continuity on the board.

Both Angelo and Johnson (the only two citizens who spoke at the public hearing) agreed that proposal was a bad idea. When four-year terms were in place in the past, they said, too many board members resigned before their terms ended, resulting in replacements being appointed by the mayor instead of being elected by voters. Angelo said board members were more accountable to voters with two-year terms, and that fouryear terms might lead to more recall elections if citizens became unhappy with board decisions, but had to wait a long time until the next election to vote them out.

“The two-year system isn’t broken,” he said, though he did suggest considering at some point a ward system in which some trustees would represent particular neighborhoods.

Several current board members indicated a preference for a system of staggered twoyear terms, but that isn’t allowed by state law governing Lyons municipal elections. As a “statutory town” with limited powers, rather than a “home rule” city with more authority

to set its own rules, Lyons is bound by state law on its elections. State law allows only two-year, non-staggered terms or four-year staggered terms. Trustee Mike Karavas suggested the Town might want to consider becoming a home rule city to obtain more flexibility on things like elections and taxes, but Town Administrator Victoria Simonsen noted the cumbersome process involved in taking that big step.

“I told Deb (Town Clerk Deb Anthony) we wouldn’t bring that up until she retired,” Simonsen joked.

All current trustees agreed that more people were likely to run for board seats if they only committed to two years instead of four years. The perception that board members serving two years at a time are more accountable to voters was also discussed as a reason to keep the current system. Trustee Julie Waugh said she would not have run for her first term on the Town board if a four-year term had been involved. The newest trustee, Wendy Miller, agreed. “Four years is intimidating for people who have never run,” she said.

The vote to keep the two-year system was again unanimous. Discussion followed about whether the mayor’s term should perhaps be lengthened to four years, but that topic was reserved for future consideration.

In staff reports earlier in the meeting, Boulder County Sheriff Sgt. Bill Crist reported that there had been vandalism of construction equipment in Bohn Park. Extra patrols have been added in that area, and Continue Town on Page 14

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LYONS Lyons Fire Protection District receives improved rating from ISO

By Maureen Davidovich Redstone Review Effective December 1, 2016, the service area for the Lyons Fire Protection District has received a Public Protection Classification (PPC) of 3 / 10 from the ISO. This is a significant improvement over our previous ratings. The classification of 3 applies to the entire Town of Lyons and all properties in the fire district that are within 5 road miles of one of the two fire stations. The classification of 10 applies to all properties in the fire district that are more than 5 road miles of a fire station. Please note the address of the new Fire Station #2 is 1250 County Rd. 37E. Homeowners are to contact your insurance company to find out if this new rating change might decrease your insurance premium, although not all insurance companies use the ISO Public Protection Classification directly in their pricing structure.

ISO evaluated the Lyons FPD during 2016 and assessed our structural firefighting capabilities, including response time, water supply, firefight-

ing equipment, training and communication. The PPC rating of 3 was only achieved by 11 percent of departments nationwide and 27 percent of departments in Colorado.

This improvement is a direct result of a lot of hard work on the part of Chief JJ Hoffman and your volunteer firefighters and is also a reflection of the investment the community has made in modernizing and maintaining our equipment and fire stations.

Maureen Davidovich is the vice president of the Lyons Fire Protection District Board.

Chief JJ Hoffman explains the importance of the ISO rating for Lyons “ISO stands for Insurance Service Office; basically ISO evaluates and assesses fire protection for municipal fire departments and fire protection districts across the United States. It uses certain standards that it looks at for what should be expected from a fire department.

“These standards that are measured are based on: equipment readi-

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ness and how fast it and crews respond to a fire; fire prevention; fire investigation; training; types of equipment and tools carried on the equipment; leadership and training for the leadership; water supply; distances from water supply to structures; record keeping ; and many other categories.

“ISO comes in and basically does an audit of the fire department to see where the department rates with these standards that are used all over. This information is all put into what is called public protection classification (PPC). The lower the protection class rating the better. It goes on a scale from 1 to 10. These numbers are shared with insurance companies as well.

“Not all insurance companies use the ISO rating scale. Some have their own standards that they use but a large portion of insurance companies across the U.S. do use it and will use the PPC rating as a tool when setting peoples homeowner and business insurance. Most of the time a lower ISO rating can help lower insurance rates depending on how the insurance company uses the rating in its calculations.

“We are very pleased to now be at a 3 which is a very hard rating to obtain,” said Fire Chief JJ Hoffman.

spread to pet birds, if you aren’t careful. Disinfect and clean your feeders once a month by using one part household bleach in 30 parts water, scrubbing with hot, soapy water, then letting them dry in the sun. If you have a lot of activity at your feeders, you should consider cleaning them more

By Stacey Scarborough often. Make sure you clean up under the feeder as well.

Limit the use of pesticides in your garden. I don’t like Redstone Review bugs in my garden. Period. However, I also know that pesLONGMONT – You can certainly feel ticides are indiscriminate killers, and there are many good the call of spring in the air. More people bugs that need to be in my garden. Pollinators, like bees and are outside, riding bikes, jogging, and sim- butterflies, are harmed by pesticides just as often as the ply enjoying the big yellow ball in the sky. “bad” bugs. Lawn fertilizers can cause problems for birds Some, like me, are surveying the damage that are ground feeders (looking for worms, beetles, and Scarborough that our relatively mild winter took upon extra seeds). Organic fertilizers and compost are a wonderlawns and gardens, and planning what to do this year with ful alternative that keep birds and other wildlife safe. landscaping. One thing that we always take into considerFinally, I’d like to talk about outdoor cats. Note ation at my house is creating a yard space that birds will that I am not a cat hater (I have a cat companion). I am, enjoy visiting. There is nothing more satisfying and stress- however, someone who sees the devastation that roamrelieving for me than sitting on ing house cats and feral cats my back porch at dawn and can have on wildlife daily. dusk, watching and listening to House cats are not a natural the birds. part of a bird’s habitat, nor are Keeping wildlife safe from they part of a natural ecosysharm has always been a priortem. They do have a natural ity when deciding what to do instinct to chase and catch with my yard from year to things that move, but rarely year. Working at Greenwood will they eat what that catch.

Wildlife Rehabilitation Feeders and roaming cats are a Center and seeing the injuries lethal combination, not only that wild birds suffer only for the birds, but also for the reinforces my personal desire cats. If the bird (or small to do no harm. Here are a few mammal) has eaten or gotten things I have learned over the This Say’s Phoebe was treated at Greenwood last year. into something poisonous, or years about being a good stewis carrying disease, the cat ard to birds while enjoying their presence: that catches it is likely to suffer the ill effects of the conTake steps to avoid window strikes. Occasionally I tact. Veterinarians will tell you that indoor cats live hear a subtle thud against one of my windows. Windows longer, healthier lives. If you have an outdoor cat, or reflect the sky, which can trick birds of all sizes into think- strays that frequently visit your yard, it might be best to ing that they are flying through something instead of into consider not having a bird feeder at all. something. Special tape, decals shaped like birds of prey, Creating a bird-friendly yard can bring you hours of and several other products are available at wild bird stores happiness and wonder. There are few things more and the Greenwood Center that you can adhere to your delightful than the antics of our feathered friends. windows. If those don’t work (and sometimes they don’t), Creating a yard where birds will nest and raise their you might try moving your bird feeders a few feet closer to babies for years to come is a simple little way to give back the window. Birds can’t gain much speed over short dis- to the environment and feel good about it. tances, so while they may still tap your window, the likelihood of lasting damage can be minimized.

Stacey Scarborough is the Volunteer and Outreach Clean your bird feeders regularly. Moldy seeds and Manager at Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, bird droppings are a breeding ground for harmful bacteria which cares for more than 3,400 mammals, songbirds and that can kill birds. One particular disease, conjunctivitis, is waterfowl each year. Greenwood also offers education proeasily and quickly spread among birds, causing neurological grams for children and adults of all ages. Visit www.greendamage that they cannot survive. This disease can even woodwildlife.org to learn more.

OBITUARIES Anne E. Schlegel August 4, 1964 – February 17, 2017 Anne E. Schlegel, 52, of Lyons passed away February 17, 2017 at her home. She was born August 4, 1964 in Plainfield, Indiana to John and Margie (Burton) Rogers.

She married Michael Schlegel on January 1, 1988 in Mitchell, Indiana.

They moved to Lyons, Colorado in 2011 from Washington State.

Anne Schlegel was a homemaker and mother; her avid interests were bible study, gardening, flowers and raising her family. They are members of the River Community Church of Lyons.

She was preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by her husband, Mike; two sons, Noah Schlegel and Aaron Schlegel; two brothers, Brad Rogers (wife Becky) and Todd Rogers (wife Melisa); a sister Dawn Cordray (husband Bruce); and numerous nieces and nephews.

A funeral service was held on Feb. 23, at the River Community Church, in Lyons. Interment was at Lyons Cemetery. Contributions can be made to Anne Schlegel Memorial and sent in care of Ahlberg Funeral Chapel 326 Terry St., Longmont, CO 80501. Share condolences at www.ahlbergfuneralchapel.com.

Pamela Anne Squier-Solman January 19, 1955 – February 12, 2017 Pamela Anne Squier-Solman, beloved daughter, sister, and mother, lost her battle with late-stage endometrial cancer on February 12, 2017. She is survived by her father Dean, her sister Cecily (Rob), her half-sister Antonia, and her daughter Isabella (Travis).

Pam was a friend to many, especially in Lyons, where she was a long-time resident and business owner. She was known for her free spirit and adventurous personality. She was at her happiest when she was exploring or traveling the world. She was a strong, confident, and independent woman. She was driven and dedicated to her work.

In lieu of sending flowers, please consider donating to the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, where Pam was treated. In her honor, help doctors find treatments and hopefully cures for rare cancers like endometrial cancer.

May she rest in peace alongside her mother Alice and brother Christopher.

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MAYOR’S CORNER The pros and cons of moving to staggered four-year terms for trustees and mayor

By Connie Sullivan, Mayor Redstone Review LYONS – Every two years in April, the Town of Lyons holds an election for mayor and six board of trustee seats. As a statutory town, Lyons has two options for electing its board: either elect all Sullivan seven members at once for two-year terms, or stagger the seats by electing half the board every two years with each trustee and the mayor serving a four-year term. Lyons has experience with both options.

Currently the mayor and trustees serve two-year terms and come up for re-election every other April; however the four-year method was used in the 1980s. The board recently discussed the merits of both options. From my point of view, there are pros and cons to both methods.

The primary concern with a four-year term is that it could make it harder to recruit volunteers to serve for a longer-term commitment. Encouraging people to run for board seats has been challenging in past years.

The mayor seat has been uncontested more often than not in the past decade, and if it weren’t for incumbents running for multiple terms, there often would not be enough new candidates to hold an election for trustee seats. That said, since many trustees do run for at least two consecutive terms, maybe the four-year commitment isn’t really an issue. Another concern is whether the longer term might result in more trustee resignations due

to unforeseen life events interfering with fulfilling the obligation. Depending on the time remaining in the term, open seats from resignations are filled by special election or appointment.

From a governing perspective, moving to staggered, four-year terms offers several perceived benefits. For one, the risk of turning over an entire board at once is eliminated. The board functions best when there are at least a few tenured trustees for new elected officials to learn from. The learning curve for a new trustee can be quite long and it takes time to come up to speed with both the processes and the issues. Experienced board members help keep things moving while integrating and orienting new trustees. Continuity is important to avoid losing momentum on major projects. Fortunately, Lyons has benefited from stability in the career staff to maintain progress toward implementing the town’s long-term vision; however this should not be taken for granted. In a small town, institutional knowledge is worth the price of gold and everyone benefits from having individuals (both paid staff and volunteers) serve who are experienced and understand the history behind town policies.

Serving on the board as an elected official is a volunteer endeavor. The mayor and trustees receive a small stipend for their service. For the current board, the maximum stipend for a trustee is $1450 per year, and the Mayor is eligible for up to $2900 annually. Elected officials commit to preparing for and attending two regularly scheduled board meetings per month. Additionally,

Dedication ceremony at the opening of La Vern M. Johnson Park last fall. PHOTO BY CATHY RIVERS most attend meetings with their boards and commissions, public-planning sessions and other miscellaneous townsponsored events. The mayor attends several meetings each month in Denver and around the state as the representative of Lyons on various regional boards.

The time commitment can vary widely depending on the topics being considered, but I estimate the time commitment as somewhere between 20 to 40 hours per month for a trustee, and 40 to 80 hours per month for the mayor. The issue of increasing the compensation was raised during the previous board’s term; however since the topic came up after the election packets were distributed and it was known who was running for the 2016 to 2018 term, the issue was tabled. Looking at the stipend Continue Mayor on Page 15

LCF and LEAF: An enduring collaboration serving Lyons residents

By Kristen Bruckner Redstone Review LYONS – The Lyons Community Foundation (LCF) board last year created a policy to continue to provide support to the Bruckner Lyons Emergency Assistance Fund (LEAF). LCF has been supporting LEAF and its predecessors since LCF’s inception 10 years ago.

Since LCF began awarding grants in 2009, funds allocated to LEAF / Food Pantry / Basic Needs Fund have accounted for over a quarter of all money awarded by the foundation, or almost $103,000.

The new policy will grant LEAF an amount equal to 20 percent of all of the grants given to other organizations that LCF supports. The funds are intended to pay operating expenses of the important “Human Services Safety Net” LEAF provides to members of the Lyons community.

Since its beginning, LCF recognized the importance of serving those most in need in our community and began supporting what was then the Basic Needs Fund. Both organizations operate

independently and serve residents in very different capacities, yet there remains a bit of confusion about what LEAF does vs. LCF. It’s helpful to understand each nonprofit’s history and mission of service to appreciate why each is critically important to the residents of Lyons.

When the Lyons Community Foundation was started (a process described in the February Redstone Review issue), locals realized that a regional foundation wouldn’t address the unique needs of our community.

As described by Laura Levy, Co-Executive Chair of the LCF Advisory Board, “The Lyons Community Foundation was formed in response to a wide range of cultural interests as well as a call for public service in town. We are here to provide a conduit for those who seek to enhance lives in a broad range of ongoing community interests.”

Grantees such as the Clarifier Project, Lyons Volunteers, the Sandstone Summer Concert Series, and scholarships for Lyons-area students indicate the diversity of projects funded. LCF is able to grant to non-profits backed by local citizens who perform the arms and legs of

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In the immediate aftermath of the epic flood, LCF raised over a million dollars that was disseminated through LEAF to help individuals, families and local businesses. Typically LCF can only grant to non-profit entities (501c(3)’s), but by partnering with LEAF, individual critical needs were addressed. Recently, the partnership with LEAF / LCF was able to facilitate the allocation of the last of LCF’s “Rebuild Lyons” fund to residents in the confluence still facing hurdles in getting back and remaining in their homes.

LCF’s goals: • Improve the Quality of Life: Add to community culture by supporting public art and music, local history, area ecology, public school enrichment, community events and more.

• Build a Culture of Giving: Act as a bridge to connect groups such as Lyons Volunteers and Lyons Leos; provide a platform for residents who want to donate their time, talents, expertise, inspiration and financial resources.

• Encourage Positive Change: Serve as a catalyst for progress with projects ranging from Rebuild and Recovery from the flood; promoting sustainability; providing support for many human services.

LEAF’s mission is to offer a human services safety net to those in need in the greater Lyons area. LEAF began in 2008 when the pastor of the Lyons

Community Church, Claire McNultyDrewes, had the compelling idea of starting a food pantry and basic needs emergency fund. In her role as pastor, she had noticed that there were residents of Lyons who didn’t have enough to eat, and that sometimes local people ran into emergencies where they needed help paying for basic needs like heat, electricity, rent and medical bills. The pastor went to her congregation, where members volunteered to help out in creating a food pantry and a Basic Needs Emergency Fund. LCF began supporting the Basic Needs Fund (BNF) in this very first year. LEAF officially became its own 501 c (3) in 2016. Local resident Emily Dusel is the Executive Director.

LEAF serves those in need in the Greater Lyons area in three basic areas: • Lyons Community Food Pantry: providing food on a weekly basis to roughly 30 to 40 families living in poverty.

• Lyons Meals on Wheels: serving frail elderly and people with disabilities.

• Basic Needs Assistance: helping residents find resources they need including rent, utilities and medical bills; guiding clients to a road of self-sufficiency.

LEAF Goals: • To help frail and elderly, people with disabilities and those returning from the hospital to remain self-sufficient and in their own homes for as long as possible.

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LOCAL Joint Statement from Mayor Connie Sullivan and Sergeant Bill Crist on immigration

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LYONS – A joint statement from Mayor Connie Sullivan, and Sergeant Bill Crist of the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office: Lyons is a small community that attracts a diverse mix of residents,

workers and visitors.

Lyons strives to be a welcoming community for all, whether you are a resident, here working at a local business or just spending the day enjoying all that Lyons has to offer.

As community leaders, we share the goal of maintaining the positive relationship between Lyons’ citizens and

visitors, and the law enforcement personnel who work in the community. We also understand that building trust with the community requires transparency and communication, particularly when there is a change in policy.

Therefore, we want to take this opportunity to clarify that despite the executive order issued in Washington D.C, there will be no change in how the Boulder County Sheriff officers, who provide police services on behalf of the Town of Lyons, will work with federal authorities.

Explicitly, the Boulder County Sheriff will not make decisions about taking someone into custody based solely on a person’s immigration status. Furthermore, officers do not enforce federal laws including those on immigration, nor do they hold someone on an administrative order, as this is a violation of the Fourth Amendment.

Spring cleanup day in Lyons is on May 7

By Dawn Weller Redstone Review LYONS – The Sustainable Futures Commission (SFC) is pleased to announce that the Weller 2017 spring cleanup day, designed to reduce landfill items by providing options for responsible recycling and / or donation of useful items, will take place on Sunday, May 7. Due to construction and restoration activities at Bohn Park, the cleanup day will be held in the parking lot at the Wastewater Treatment Plant on Second Avenue.

Again this year we are inviting residents to participate in a Lyons community-wide garage sale the day before cleanup day, on S a t u r d a y, May 6, from 9 a.m. to 1-ish. The goal is to encourage reuse and sustainability and keep useful items out of the landfill. Our hope is that families, neighborhoods, churches, clubs, etc. will host garage

sales all over town on Saturday. To help promote the community-wide garage sale, the town is advertising the event in area papers (including Longmont and Boulder), on the town website, Craigslist, etc. Lyons businesses are invited to participate with their own sales, sidewalk specials, and tasty treats to welcome visitors to their shops.

Cleanup Day Guidelines: Sunday, May 7, Wastewater Treatment Plant on Second Ave. (specific hours will be finalized and published soon) Fees will apply for trash disposal, yard waste recycling, and most hardto-recycle items. Since we are unable to store yard waste on site, there will be a charge for this.

Prices will be similar to 2016.

Both cash and checks can be accepted, and a Lyons utility bill is not required to participate.

Eco-Cycle’s CHARM (Center for Hard to Recycle Materials) will be onsite, accepting #6 Styrofoam, durable plastics (such as lawn furni-

ture, buckets, trash cans, barrels), clothing, textbooks, bicycle tubes, plastic bags, printer cartridges, and scrap metal. Please separate items for ease of sorting.

Hard-to-recycle items that will be accepted for a recycling fee include: appliances, mattresses, box springs, and electronic waste, such as computers and peripherals, audio equipment, phones, small electric items, TVs, VCRs, and appliances.

Items accepted for landfill include couches, painted or stained wood, and bulky trash. Please note that hazardous waste, such as paint thinner, motor oil, cleaning products, batteries, etc. will not be accepted.

Tires can be dropped off for $2 each.

While yard waste is OK, and will be recycled, please keep it separate from your other trash.

No “normal” recyclables, such as glass, cans, bottles, paper, or cardboard here please. Take those recyclable products to the recycle bins on Railroad Avenue, as usual.

Watch the papers, town emails and website, etc. for more information.

The Sheriff’s Office complies with the Colorado Open Records Act and will provide public information to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE), but does not participate in determining the citizenship of any individual. The Sheriff does not conduct investigations for ICE or facilitate involuntary interviews with inmates for purposes of determining citizenship, and will not delay the release of any person based on their immigration status.

We hope this message clarifies any concerns or questions for our citizens, workers and visitors regarding how they can expect to be treated when in Lyons. As always, residents are welcome to contact myself, (Mayor Sullivan) or Sergeant Crist directly with any questions or concerns regarding Lyon’s policing policies.

For comments or questions, Mayor Connie Sullivan can be reached by email at csullivan@townoflyons.com. Sgt. Bill Crist can be reached at non-emergency phone 303-441-4444.

For emergencies call 911.

Super Hummingbirds film to be shown at the Lyons Farmette LYONS – It’s springtime, and our local hummingbirds are on their way back to Lyons from Central America, their wings beating more than 60 times per second.

The journey and life of these tiny birds is the subject of a free movie to be shown Friday, April 7, at 7 p.m. at the Lyons Farmette at 4121 Ute Hwy. With incredible photography and breakthrough science from South American researchers, the movie takes viewers from the jungles of South America to the Sonoran Desert and up to Canada, as hummingbirds travel the length of our hemisphere.

Following the movie, there will be a guest speaker from the local Greenwood Wildlife Center, who will answer questions about local hummingbirds in our gardens. The movie is free, and all are welcome. There will be light refreshments.

As always, the DVD will be donated to the Lyons Library afterwards, where it will be available for those who miss this community evening.

Dawn Weller is a member of the Sustainable Futures Commission. She lives with her family in Lyons.

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OPTIONS Tomatoes, geraniums and more at Lyons Library sale

By Kate Kerr Redstone Review LYONS – About this time each year, Dave Williams carefully selects seeds for a wide variety of heirloom and hybrid tomatoes, each suited perfectly for Lyons’ climate and conditions. This year he is also growing geraniums.

All of these plants will be ready just in time for May 14 and the Lyons Library’s Mother’s Day plant sale, to be held at the library at 405 Main St. All proceeds will go to Lyons Friends of the Library.

Williams says most of his education came from public libraries. As a dedicated library user and longtime supporter of the Lyons Friends of the Library, he asks that the funds he donates be used specifically to purchase printed books – not any sort of electronic books.

Friends of Lyons Regional Library is a nonprofit organization of volunteers supporting the library by sharing enthusiasm for the library’s service to the community and helping to provide funding for special programs and purchases.

The tomato plants will be $4 to $5 each and geraniums will cost $5 each. More details, pre-order and delivery information will be available soon. Starting mid-May, the plants will also be sold outside of the library at 405 Main St. For more information contact katethefiddler@gmail.com.

Start now to plan your garden, window boxes and hanging planters.

LYONS – The Lyons Urban Renewal Authority (LURA) Board of Commissioners, which is the same membership as the Lyons Town Board, met on February 28 to discuss the Longmont Water Treatment Plant property and the Eastern Corridor Urban Renewal Authority plan strategy.

The Lyons Board of Trustees (BOT) met on March 6 to approve the contract to purchase the two Longmont decommissioned water treatment water plants in the Eastern Corridor on Colorado Highway 66 in the Lyons Primary Planning Area (LPPA). At the LURA meeting, a representative from law firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck recommended to the LURA board members that they add representatives to their board from the special districts that are affected by the LPPA such as the Lyons Fire District, the Lyons Regional District Library, the school district, etc.

The BOT was told that any special district that can level one mill in taxes in the area where the URA has a plan is authorized to have a seat on the LURA Board of Commissioners. Lyons Town Administrator Victoria Simonsen said that the commissioners need to act fast to

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The Rev. Emily Kintzel will conduct all the services. For more information, call 303-823-6245.

LYONS – Stillwater Clinic and Apothecary recently moved to a new location at 418 High St. The official grand opening party will be held on Monday, April 3 from 2 to 6 p.m. at the new location. The new office includes a newly expanded store, the Stillwater Apothecary. “We are so happy to be supported by the Lyons community for over five years now,” said owner, Sara Hart. Clinic services are available by appointment and the apothecary is open from noon to 4 p.m., Monday through Saturday. For more information or for an appointment call 303-823-9355.

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

find people to fill those seats and get them up to speed.

The BOT will purchase the two water-treatment plants, which are 9.6 acres combined, with funds from the Water / Waste Water Enterprise Fund. A portion of the property will be used for a new Lyons Public Works Building. The original Public Works Building was destroyed by the flood of 2013. The Public Works is currently located temporarily at the east end of town on Colorado Highway 66 and is in the flood plain and cannot be housed there permanently.

Simonsen said that they hope to close on the two Longmont water plants on April 21 and will start preparing the area for the new Public Works Building immediately. The BOT will then annex the property and it will be sold to the LURA for future development. The LURA will look for developers to develop the property, which is expected to be a mixed-use development with affordable housing, market rate housing, retail businesses and some light industrial use.

The next LURA meeting is tentatively scheduled for Thursday March 23 at the Town Hall. The commissioners suggested a time of 6 p.m. but it is not clear if everyone agreed on that time. For more information, call the Lyons Town Hall at 303-823-6622.

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LYONS – On Wednesday, April 12, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Lyons Regional Library at 405 Main St., Mary Magdalena will speak on The Nature of Oneness is Light. This will be her third talk on the teaching of the Magdalene in her seven teachings series.

Mary Magdalena is a local author and spiritual counselor who, in her pursuit to know the truth of Mary Magdalene, has traveled to France and England and practiced the art of the inward journey. She brings to you her experience of meeting with Joanna Prentice and Stuart Wilson in their healing center in England and is excited to share her understanding of their two books on Mary Magdalene which are so pertinent to today’s awakening to the truth of who we are. Copies of these books can be found at the Lyons Regional Library. Mary Magdalena will be sharing excerpts from her own book, Unveiling Innocence, coming out in the summer 2017. For more inforMagdalena mation, call the Lyons Regional Library at 303-823-5165.

Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland raise fees FORT COLLINS – The Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland (ARP) announced the approval of a fee increase for campgrounds and day-use areas operated by American Land and Leisure for the 2017 season. Fees will increase by 10 percent or less to offset rising operating costs. American Land and Leisure requested the fee change to offset the rising cost of trash collection, staffing, toilet pumping and campground cleaning. Fees were last changed in 2013.

Reservations made through the reservation system at recreation.gov before the pricing change will be honored at the 2016 price. Senior and Access passes will continue to be honored providing a 50 percent discount to holders at campgrounds.

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By Greg Lowell Redstone Review

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sides or in waterways where they gradually break into microscopic particles that contaminate water and soil and find their way into your food.

Wouldn’t it have been just as easy to turn on your faucet?

Sure, Fiji water is an extreme case but even locally bottled water carries some of the same environmental price tags, like extraction, shipping and plastic bottles.

And while I suspect green Colorado’s recycling rates might be higher than 20 percent that still leaves a lot of plastic unrecycled.

Safer? Better? There’s been some horror stories about public tap water, but consider this: municipal tap water is

LYONS – Longer ago than I care to remember everyone drank from the kitchen faucet and, in summer, the outside hose. If anyone had told me that in the future people would be buying water in bottles I’d have thought it a hoax rivaling the pan of stringy goo that passed for the “man-eating octopus” I paid 10 cents to see at a local carnival sideshow.

Granted we’ve learned a lot about what’s in our drinking water (see Flint, Michigan), but the very idea that today consumers pay billions of dollars for water in plastic bottles – water sometimes no better than average tap water – still confounds me. And the environmental cost of this luxury is astounding.

Consider one of today’s premium bottled waters – Fiji. The label on its distinctly shaped bottle touts that the water “slowly filters through ancient volcanic rock” and “gathers vital minerals that give Fiji its signature smooth taste.” Well, okay, but anybody in Colorado who finds Fiji’s taste compelling should consider that this water is drawn from an aquifer 6,500 miles away, bottled in polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic bottles (whose petroleum-intensive production can best be envisioned by imagining each 12-oz. bottle 1/4-filed with oil), then loaded onto one of the many giant container ships that crisscross the It’s a long way from Fiji to the Rockies. PHOTO BY GREG LOWELL Pacific until it reaches a western U.S. port where it is then loaded onto a succession of 18-wheelers (who carefully processed and screened for pollutants. There are use 50 million barrels of oil each year in the U.S. to move rigid protocols in place to ensure the safety of what’s just bottled water) before it is at last delivered to the delivered to our homes. While tap water purity varies local King Soopers to slake your thirst. according to region, the same can also be said for bottled If you’re conscientious, you’ll recycle the bottle but it water. The National Resources Defense Council conwill be among the only 20 percent of water bottles recy- ducted an intensive study of bottled water and found that cled in the U.S.; the rest with any luck go to landfills but 22 percent of the water tested contained contaminant some of the unrecycled 24 billion bottles end up on road- levels that exceeded the state health limits. Moreover, in

documented taste tests most people could not tell the difference between commercial bottled water and tap water.

Further muddying the issue are studies that show some of the bottled water being sold is actually municipal tap water. In theory, you could be buying the very tap water that comes into your home for 300 times the cost.

If you’re concerned about your local water, a better alternative to buying bottled water is to run it through a filter on your faucet or water container.

Big PETs become little PETs. The PETs that comprise most water bottles have the disturbing habit of photodegrading in the presence of light and oxygen. The bottles break down into smaller and smaller – nearly microscopic – fragments that over time enter streams, rivers and oceans and insinuate themselves in the food chain. PETs can also leach into the water in the bottle after as little as ten weeks of storage and much faster if the bottles are left in the sun, like in a car.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and others have found that PETs are okay to use, but the American Chemistry Council cautions that products made with PETs should be used only as indicated by the manufacturer; never reuse anything made with PET. Dispose of it once it’s been used. (So much for repurposing water bottles.)

Bottled water does have its place. What would we in Lyons have done after the 2013 flood without the pallets of bottled water that were trucked in? And sometimes the relative safety of a trusted brand of bottled water during travel is necessary.

But remember to recycle, don’t use the bottle again and make sure you’re getting more than resold tap water in the bottle.

And if you really must have pumice-infused water from thousands of miles away, it’s your call. Me, I’ll be drinking out of the garden hose.

Greg Lowell is a member of Lyons Ecology Advisory Board and has been involved with land conservation issues for more than 25 years. He graduated from the University of New Hampshire and now lives in Lyons.

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Lyons Primary Planning Area Master Plan public hearing LYONS – The Lyons Primary Planning Area (LPPA) Master Plan: Comprehensive Plan Amendment and Three-Mile Plan public hearing before the Planning and Community Development Commission (PCDC) was held on March 13, at the Lyons Town Hall Board Room. The final draft of the document is now available for the public.

Commencing in March of 2016, the Town of Lyons kicked off a planning process that included 10 public meetings. The purpose this process was to develop a plan that would help to inform any future development in any of the areas outside of town limits that are within the boundaries of the Lyons Primary Planning Area. These LPPA boundaries were established by a 2012 Intergovernmental Agreement with Boulder County. According to state statutes, a municipality must have a Three-Mile Plan in place before any annexations can be finalized. So not only will the LPPA Master Plan guide future decisions on development and land uses in the planning area, it will also satisfy the Three-Mile Plan state requirement. In order to satisfy these requirements, the LPPA Master Plan must be adopted as an amendment to the 2010

Comprehensive Plan.

Therefore, the plan will need to be approved by a super majority (2/3rds) of the members of the Planning and Community Development Commission (PCDC) before being ratified by resolution by the Board of Trustees (BOT). The BOT needs the LPPA Master Plan in place so that it can begin work on the Eastern Corridor development project.

The most immediate issue in the Eastern Corridor project is to build a new Public Works building. The original building was destroyed in the flood and the temporary building on Colorado Highway 66, just east of town is in the flood plain and can’t be used as a permanent site. The new building must be completed by September 2017 to be able to take advantage of available funding.

The final LPPA Master Plan and Appendix can be found on the town of Lyons website.

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INSIGHT The books we collect tell a story about us

By John Gierach Redstone Review LYONS – Every now and then in the interest of reducing clutter, I’ll go through my books, box up 30 or 40 that I have no further use for and get rid of them. I’ll donate some and sell others to a used Gierach bookstore. Instead of cash, I take store credit, which I can then turn into more books, sometimes immediately. After all, it’s impossible to go into a used bookstore, even on a selling mission, without cruising the shelves for half an hour, so it’s not unusual for me to come back from one of these trips with a new book or two.

Now here’s the weird part. When I go to put those new books into one of my bookcases, there’s no room. Not even enough for a slim volume of poetry. I’ve pondered this phenomenon for years and have settled on the only possible explanation: The books were crammed into the shelves so tightly that when the pressure was relieved by removing a few, the remaining books swelled up to fill the empty space like fat men loosening their belts after a big meal.

I’ve always been a reader – which I suppose is why I grew up to be a writer – and I’ve always had trouble unloading books. Even back when I was footloose and had to keep my possessions pared down enough to fit in whatever vehicle I was driving at the time, I lugged around boxes of books. I’d already read most of those books, but hadn’t ruled out reading them again and so couldn’t leave them behind.

Now that I’m settled, the books have multiplied. I have no idea how many books I have and can’t face counting them, but I can tell you there are currently 115 feet of books in 11 separate bookcases, plus more books stuffed in sideways above the rows, plus piles on top of the bookcases, plus smaller piles around the house, another handful on the kitchen table, a few stacked on the stairs and two or three next to the bed. Come to think of it, there may be a few boxes of books out in the garage, too.

There’s the core library: Every title by a handful of favorite authors like Pete Dexter, Thomas McGuane, Annie Proulx, Annie Dillard, Jim Harrison, James Galvin, Tobias Wolff, Richard Ford, Pete Fromm, John Updike, Richard Russo, Gary Snyder, Howard Norman, Ron Carlson, Scott Spencer, Tim O’Brien, Craig Nova, Ethan Canin, Larry Watson, David Guterson, Tim Gautreaux , John Casey and others, most in hardback, a few signed by the authors.

I like hardback books for their sense of – or attempt at – permanence and seriousness. A literary agent once told me, “Having your book come out in paperback is like having your movie open at a drive-in.” A book is the opposite of a blog. It can take years to research and write, during which spelling, grammar and syntax are checked.

It goes through an editing and verification process.

People who care about things like typefaces and paper

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buses and light rail in and around Boulder, Longmont and Denver.

The deadline for paying is coming up! If you already have an EcoPass you need to pay $25 before March 31 in order to keep it active (if you have multiple members in your family you will need to pay $25 per pass). There are two ways to do this. You can bring a check to Town Hall or make the payment online at www.townoflyons.com/415 Once you pay the fee no further action is required, your card will continue to work.

EcoPass holders who do not pay the fee by March 31, cards will be deactivated until payment is received. If you do not already have an EcoPass you can apply for a new one for the same cost of $25. For more information, visit www.townoflyons.com/415

Telluride Blues and Brews Festival Returns TELLURIDE – The 24th Annual Telluride Blues and Brews Festival will once again take over the world-famous mountain town of Telluride, Colorado on September 15 to 17, 2017. The festival boasts three days of music, comedy, craft beer, yoga, art and entertainment in the iconic Telluride Town Park set

stock design it. Even if, as sometimes happens, a book isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on, it’s built to last.

Back to the library. There’s also some, but not all, of Hemingway, Steinbeck, Twain, etc. (those authors whose first names you don’t have to use) plus smatterings of Wendell Berry, Elizabeth Hay, Louise Erdrich, Larry McMurtry, James Lee Burke, Elmore Leonard, E.B White, John McPhee, Kurt Vonnegut, Pam Houston, Wallace Stegner, William Kittredge, etc., plus books by friends, some of which I’ve written forwards or blurbs for and that are warmly inscribed to me by the authors.

(Well, I assume they’re warmly inscribed, although I can’t always read what they’ve written.) These include titles by Thomas McGuane, Ed Engle, Jim Babb, A.K. Best and Ted Leeson.

There are also the reference books: several dictionaries, a thesaurus, a Spanish / English dictionary, two dictionaries of quotations, Webster’s New World Speller / Divider, The Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual, The Elements of Style by Strunk and White, (four copies of this, for some reason) The Elements of Editing by Arthur Plotnik, The Elements of Grammar by Margaret Shertzer and a strange little grammar handbook by Karen

against a backdrop of stunning 13,000-ft mountain peaks. The multi-stage (main stage, blues stage, campground stage) celebration of music and craft brews offers an eclectic mix of live blues, funk, indie, rock, jam-band, gospel and soul performances. Not to be outdone by the music, the festival is also host to one of the premier beer tasting events in the Southwest, the Grand Tasting, which features 56 craft breweries showcasing more than 170 beers and ciders.

The early bird and VIP three-day festival passes are limited and sell out quickly. Juke Joint (late night shows) passes, four-day camping passes, glamping, campground vehicle and RV passes, and basecamp gear rentals (camping gear packages) became available for purchase on March 1. Tickets start at $175.00 for an early bird three-day pass. Children ages 11 and under are free. Single day tickets will go on sale Wednesday, June 14, 2017. Details about all ticketing packages can be found at www. tellurideblues. com / tickets. Tickets can be purchased online at Telluride Blues. com and by phone at 866-515-6166. The 2017 artist lineup for will be revealed in the coming weeks.

Lyons Food Pantry needs some items LYONS – The food pantry, located at the Lyons Community Church basement at 350 Main St., has a list of food items needed to fill the pantry. The pantry would like to have

Elizabeth Gordon called The Transitive Vampire. That’s “Transitive,” not “Transvestite,” as a friend once thought when he saw me reading it.

There are also two shelves of guidebooks covering everything that walks, crawls, swims, flies or grows in North America, plus a 30-some-year accumulation of flyfishing books, some of which I’ve written. It occurs to me that I have more books than I do trout flies, which is saying something.

It’s harder to explain the rest of the books. There’s the long shelf of poetry that I delve into from time to time when I need the literary equivalent of a breath of fresh air, a hot shower or a slap in the face. This also includes books by friends like Jack Collom, Reed Bye, Charley George and John Moulder. There’s a copy of Out Stealing Horses,

by Norwegian novelist Per Petterson that was magnificent, as well as another novel by the same author that left me scratching my head after 50 pages. I figure I’ll take another run at it one of these days. There are books that I bought on a whim or out of curiosity about a new author or that were given to me by friends and that I may eventually get around to reading. There are copies of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Persig and On the Road by Jack Kerouac, as well as The Honey Badger and Uhuru by Robert Ruark and others that I no longer like, but did once and may again. There’s an old hardback copy of To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. It was the only book she ever intended to publish, but it was a good one.

I’m haunted by books the way Norman MacLean was “haunted by waters” in A River Runs Through It. It would take a forensic geek to figure out what you’d been doing on your computer, but book people betray themselves with lots of obvious hard evidence. When I go into someone’s house, I invariably scan their bookshelves, which is a little like going through their underwear drawer, only not as creepy. I feel that I can tell a lot about people from their books, or in some cases the relative lack thereof. A shelf filled with technical manuals tells you one thing. A shelf full of romance novels (or “bodice-rippers” as they were once called) tells you another. I once knew a Hell’s Angel who owned exactly two books: a Bible and a copy of Mein Kampf, by Adolf Hitler. He said he hadn’t been able to get through either one (“too many big words”) but kept them for sentimental reasons.

Whenever I catch a reader scanning my bookshelves, I feel momentarily exposed. Were they impressed by my hardback edition of Moby Dick, or did they raise their eyebrows over The Story of O or Spanking the Maid?

I don’t think I’ve ever been in a home that didn’t have at least a couple of books lying around. If I had, I think I’d remember.

John Gierach is an outdoor and fly fishing writer who writes a column for Flyrod & Reel magazine. His books include Trout Bum, Sex Death and Fly fishing, and Still Life with Brook Trout. His new book, A Fly Rod of your Own will be out in April and will be available at book stores and fly fishing shops everywhere including South Creek Ltd. on Main Street.

healthy kids snacks for the after school snack bags that it provides to households with children. Some examples are juice boxes, Horizon aseptic milk, puddings, crackers, granola bars, fruit cups, pretzels, baked chips, etc. Also needed are assorted soups and canned fruit.

Paper items are always welcome and monetary donations help the pantry to purchase the items that aren’t on hand. The Food Pantry helps over 40 families a week.

New outings and progress on Lyons senior meals LYONS – According to Kathleen Spring, a liaison to the senior community, hot lunches are anticipated to start soon at the Lyons Walt Self Senior Center. Teresa DeAnni, Healthy Aging Programs Manager, will be delivering catered meals to the Walt Self Senior Center on Wednesdays and Fridays, and serving them to Lyons seniors with the help of three Lyons volunteers. Boulder County Area Agency on Aging will be providing a dedicated phone line for interested seniors to reserve their meals.

Updates will be available on Lyons Longevity's Facebook Page or by contacting Kathleen Spring at lyonsdreamteam@gmail.com. Spring can also email seniors a list of free meals offered five times a month in Lyons.

Free monthly activities for Lyons seniors 50 years or older are provided by the Town of Lyons Parks and Recreation Department,

which also offer a monthly birthday party the last Friday of the month, and fitness classes each Wednesday. Contact the Town at 303823-8250 for more information on location and hours and to sign up. The next Town of Lyons outing will be a snowshoe tour and nature experience on Wednesday, March 15, at Peaceful Valley Resort, for a fee of $30.

CU Boulder ranks top in state and No. 2 in geosciences in global rankings BOULDER – For the third year in a row, the University of Colorado Boulder has been ranked No. 2 in geosciences among the world’s universities, according to U.S. News and World Report, which has released its third annual global standings for 2017.

In the global standings, CU Boulder takes the No. 32 position overall, tying with Boston University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, placing it top among all Colorado institutions. The No. 32 ranking is up from No. 48 for 2016 and No. 58 for 2015.

Among U.S. public institutions that made it onto the global list, CU Boulder ranks No. 11.

“We are pleased to be recognized as global leaders in the field of geosciences,” said Terri Fiez, CU Boulder Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation. “We have an innovative faculty that excels in research and teaching, and attracts some of the best and brightest students from around the nation and world.”

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CONTEXT Young girls and hope

By Natalie Costanza-Chavez Redstone Review LOVELAND – Piled all winter in the dusty corners of sheds and garages, hoses now uncircle across town. They are stretched and pulled from their tight spirals and maneuvered back to the spigots. The Costanza-Chavez water rushes on – they flounce and drip.

The road edges and park trails are dotted with runners and meanderers in Lycra and shorts. No one wears a hat and most move beside dogs loose in the sun after winter, loose in the warm after winter.

In Bellevue, paint horses nudge the short grass, their spotted flanks twitchy and cool. A man stands beside his car in a driveway, reaches into the back, pulls out the ball of a shirt and shakes it until it unfurls with dust and old leaves. He smooths it against his chest and bags it for washing.

A young girl, because she is 12 and because it’s close, walks alone to the store down the street from her house.

She buys a giant Pixie Stick and on the way out bends to find a tiny broken egg. What would have eventually have been a bird is still stuck to the shell – alive.

Twelve-year-old girls are spillovers, full of caring and plans and argument, always moving on some cellular level even when they are silent and still, always in a swirl

or a huff. They’re new possibilities, again and again, and the delight and exhaustion that comes with each.

She picks up what there is of the bird and brings it home. She shows it to her mother, who says (resigned, already tired, already way past winning this one), “It has no feathers. It’s not done growing. It’s translucent,” when she is actually thinking, “This is ridiculous. This is the last thing I need. The bird will never make it.” But all small daughters persist, and persist.

like a thin line drawn slowly. The girl can feel her mother’s slight irritation, but also her resignation. So, she’s sugar and batty-lashes and brimming: “Love you, Mom,” “Thanks, Mom,” “He’ll be fine, Mom,” “I’ll do all the work, Mom.” She sings.

Of course, she doesn’t do all the work. And later that night, many hours past dark, she wakes and realizes she missed feeding the baby bird two or three times at least; she runs down the stairs to the laundry room and pulls open the door. Her mother looks up, an eyedropper in her hand, her hair loose, bathrobe open, slipperless. She’s feeding the bird – and has been each hour.

The bird dies the next day. But, what the girl will remember most clearly is the tug she imagines brought her tired mother through the house in the deep of night to a bird. She will marvel at it, and then, one day, when she’s grown, and tired too, she will understand it as she exhales a heaved sigh of “this will cost me time and effort and heartache” – and plunges along into it anyway.

We must give each other waking in the night. We must give each other the messy inconvenience of small salvations. It’s Spring again. All things are turning in their shells. Some are ready – strong and sharp-beaked – and some will fall and fail.

Wake up and hope again. Hope still. Hope anyway.

They put the bit-of-a-bird on cotton balls and watch as the mixture they feed it makes its way through the small body. They can see the white food wind under the skin

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Solving big problems by building local community solutions COMMENTARY: AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN LYONS

By Amy Reinholds Redstone Review

LYONS – Since November, several people have shared stories with me about being disheartened after the presidential election but then motivated to take action to help make the country and the world a better place. The November Reinholds 2016 national election was not the first time I felt discouraged by election results and a campaign where falsehoods were presented as facts. The most recent time I felt like this was in March 2015 after a post-flood local Town of Lyons special election, when a proposal for subsidized, affordable Boulder County Housing Authority rentals and some Habitat for Humanity for-sale affordable homes (a total of 50 to 70 units) in 5 to 7 acres of Bohn Park was voted down 614 to 498.

The good news? When people see problems aren’t solved in an election, they get to work addressing problems in other ways. After the March 2015 election, as an antidote to what is now called “fake news,” I started writing monthly columns in the Redstone Review and other local papers, and blogging at lyonscoloradonews.wordpress.com. And I got involved with more groups looking for solutions for affordable housing. After the November 2016 election, many Americans, including several Lyons area residents, have been inspired to volunteer and organize to protect not only the health of the land, but also a living wage for workers, and the well being of marginalized neighbors – to make America a kinder place. With this new movement, I’m now in the company of some Lyons community members who campaigned or voted on the opposite side of the local March 2015 special election about affordable housing in Bohn Park.

I’m grateful for the positive guidance in Sarah van Gelder’s new book, The Revolution Where You Live. Now available at the Lyons Regional Library, this inspiring book gives examples of communities that are solving big problems locally at a

grassroots level, places she visited on a 12,000 mile trip across the country from August to December 2015. Ask for it next time you visit our local library in Lyons, reserve it here: http://lyons.catalog.aspencat.info/Record/898027, or buy your own copy at http://revolutionwhereyoulive.org.

The author traveled to 18 states, visiting American Indian reservations, large industrial cities, and small towns. She tells the stories of communities that stopped coal mining and fracking, and found new economies instead, and communities both rural and urban that created farming cooperatives and worker-owned businesses after corporate economies failed. Other communities she visited were promoting healing through restorative justice,

of who we are. That complexity is possible in the rich networks of interaction with people that happens at the local level. Face to face, we are less likely to stereotype each other or resort to oversimplified ideologies.”

The book includes a list of “101 Ways to Reclaim Local Power,” a valuable resource. Here are some of my favorites: • Learn about the original people whose land you live on, acknowledge them, and share their stories.

• Find out who in your community is not free (such as buried in debt, in prison), and support their visions of liberation, or at least help them connect.

• Hold celebrations featuring diverse foods, music, dance, and art from cultures and tra-

Sarah van Gelder’s new book, The Revolution Where You Live gives examples of communities that are solving big problems locally at a grassroots level. healthy pregnancies, and reconciliation from a legacy of racism.

She observed five strategies that worked: building bridges between people who are separated, reconnecting to a community’s ecological home, rebuilding the local economy, building power, and creating spaces for healing, creativity, and spirit.

“Revolutionaries of the past have looked for something grand, something more important than community-level change,” van Gelder writes. “But change that starts from the bottom up is more like evolution, drawing on the full complexity

ditions that make up your community.

• Recognize that traumatized people need to define for themselves what they require to heal, and they don’t need to be second-guessed or “helped.”

• Encourage retiring business owners to sell their businesses to their workers, and help the workers form cooperatives.

• Crunch local government data on the effects of policies on the well being of various groups of people, the environment, and the community as a whole, and share with journalists and the public.

• Hold regular shared meals (in parks,

community centers, or churches) that are free, so people who are hungry can participate without shame.

On a related note, Habitat for Humanity of the St. Vrain Valley, which owns land at Park Street and Second Avenue in Lyons and will be building six permanently affordable homes, is also reaching out to the Lyons community to build a partnership of community organizations, town officials, churches, and volunteers.

Rebecca Shannon, outreach and volunteer manager for Habitat, is looking for interested participants in an alliance of organizations surrounding affordable housing in Lyons. Focus would include the six new Habitat homes on Park Street but would go beyond that, identifying other needs for the community, including various housing types, such as rentals.

Goals of the alliance would be to bring affordable housing to the Lyons community, empowering low-income families who were flood-displaced, or who live, work or attend school in Lyons, with homeownership, to advocate for a variety of affordable housing options within the Lyons community, and to foster economic growth and diversity in the Lyons community.

For questions, contact Rebecca Shannon at rshannon@stvrainhabitat.org.

As meetings are scheduled for the new group, look for information in local newspapers and on my blog.

After the September 2013 flood, the Town of Lyons lost a total of about 70 flood-destroyed homes to both the federal buyout programs (including one buyout of a mobile home park) and to the changed use of a second mobile home park property to an event venue (rezoned for commercial use). For history of post-flood efforts for affordable housing in Lyons, you can read previous columns posted on my blog at lyonscoloradonews.wordpress.com. This column is a monthly commentary in the Redstone Review. If you have any questions, comments, or complaints about this column, contact me directly at areinholds@hotmail.com.

Amy Reinholds served on the Lyons Housing Recovery Task Force from December 2013 through its end in February 2015. She is currently a member of the Lyons Human Services and Aging Commission and served as a liaison to the Special Housing Committee during its existence from April 2015 to April 2016. She has lived in Lyons since 2003.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Arts and Entertainment in the greater Lyons area

By MinTze Wu Redstone Review LYONS Carla Ogden and her daughter Hannah Ogden will be showing their art at the Stone Wu Cup at 442 High St. in March and April. The show is called You are Here. Carla Ogden has been a resident of Lyons for almost 17 years. She worked in psychiatric nursing for over 40 years before retiring and becoming a professional grandmother. For many years she has enjoyed gathering various art supplies, hunting and gathering trinkets and treasures for “someday” Works by Carla and Hannah Ogden will be fea- p r o j e c t s , and now tured at the Stone Cup that someduring March and April. day is here.

Her You Are Here shadow boxes use those meticulously gathered treasures to transport us to cafés and other places here in our little town and around the world. Hannah Ogden is a Colorado native who grew up in Lyons. A graduate of Lyons High and CU Boulder, she now lives in Aurora but Lyons still feels like home. Hannah grew up loving arts and crafts of all kinds. She has dabbled in photography, pencil sketching, watercolor, scrapbooking, collage and most recently crochet. Her contributions to You Are Here each feature map segments despite being constructed in a variety of mediums and styles. This is the Ogden’s first art show.

For more information call 303-8232345. Carla and Hannah will be having a reception, but no date has been set yet.

Sam and Mindy Tallent will be hosting an Easter service at the Wildflower Pavilion, on April 16, at 11a.m., followed by an egg hunt and potluck.

The weekend morning music lineup at the Stone Cup will be: On Sat. March 18 Jay Stott will perform 10 a.m. to noon Americana; on Sun. March 19

Billy Shaddox will perform from 10 a.m. to noon American folk music; on Sat. March 25 the Story of Two will perform from 10 a.m. to noon acoustic pop-rock; on Sun. March 26 from 10 a.m. to noon Michelle Allen / Erik Johnson will perform acoustic 60s / 80s rock; on Sat. April 1 from 10 a.m. to noon Caleb Ryan Martin will perform roots and Americana music; on Sun. April 2 from 10 a.m. to noon Amy Francis will perform country / jazz / blues; on Sat. April 8 from 10 to noon Antonio Lopez will perform modern folk / acoustic soul; on Sun. April 9 from 10 a.m. to noon Sky Choice will perform folk / blues / pop music; on Sat. April 15 from 10 a.m. to noon Bethel Steele will perform Americana / song-slinger; on Sun. April 16 the Stone Cup will be closed for Easter; on Sat. April 22 from 10 a.m. to noon the Story of Two will perform acoustic pop-rock; on Sun. April 23 10 a.m. to noon Billy Shaddox will perform American folk music.

The Lyons Town Hall Art Show featuring Quilting and Fiber Arts Creations will be at the Lyons Town Hall, 432 5th Ave, for March. The show is under the direction of Tracy Barber, owner of Lyons Quilting at 42 E. Main St. Lyons Quilting is one of the largest quilt shops in Colorado with

The Beth Gadbaw Celtic Band will perform a St. Patrick’s Day concert at the Longmont Museum on March 17. clients from all over Boulder and Larimer Counties. Some of the best quilters in the state will be on display at this show, which can be viewed Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For more information about the quilt show, call Tracy Barber at Lyons Quilting at 303-886-0651.

Bonnie and the Clydes will perform on Friday March 31 at the Wildflower Pavilion, at Planet Bluegrass, 500 W. Main St. Bonnie and the Clydes are one of the foremost Front Range bands. Fronted by the fiery Bonnie Sims, this band has been making waves with powerful and

Brother Bear by Ezra Tucker. Tucker’s work is featured at Western Stars Gallery and Studio, located at 160 East Main St in Lyons.

Western Stars Gallery and Studio showcases acclaimed wildlife artist Ezra Tucker

By Chrystal DeCoster Redstone Review LYONS – In mid-February, Betsy Hubner and Chrystal DeCoster, co-owners of Western Stars Gallery and Studio, 160 East Main St., headed for Charleston, SC and the renowned Southeastern Wildlife DeCoster Expo (SEWE), a three-day showcase and celebration of our “naturally beautiful world,” with its expansive array of curated wildlife art.

The reason behind DeCoster and Hubner’s southern venture was to meet with and view the art by Ezra Tucker of Monument, CO, SEWE’s 2017 featured artist. His work has been featured on billboards, wine bottles, t-shirts, tickets, posters, and in many distinguished gallery displays.

Work by Tucker, a Memphis, TN native and “contemporary realist” painter, is in major collections across the world and was recently featured in Southwest Art magazine.

Now Western Stars Gallery and Studio is displaying and hopes to sell 19 pieces of Tucker’s original fine art.

In addition, Tucker is also represented in major galleries in Jackson, WY, Billings and Big Sky, MT, Fredericksburg, TX, Steamboat Springs, CO, and Park

City, UT. According to SEWE’s website, “Internationally renowned artist Ezra Tucker’s vast knowledge of animal species and their anatomies gives his subjects a fresh appeal reminiscent of the old masters.

Tucker’s artistic style relies on his strong Ezra Tucker was the featured artist draftsmanship and at this year’s Southeastern Wildlife expert painterly Expo in Charleston, SC. skills. His bold, distinctive style of painting animals reflects his acute observation of his subjects and he displays an intimate and emotional portrait quality rarely seen in wildlife art, thus giving the viewer the opportunity to see a familiar creature with renewed knowledge and appreciation. Tucker’s artwork has been recognized through Continue Tucker on Page 14

memorable live performances for the past five years. They were awarded Best Country Band in 2013 and 2014 in Westword's yearly Best Of poll and the band has independently released four studio albums. Seeing Bonnie and the Clydes’ live show is what sets them apart. The energy and connection that the band facilitates with the audience is irresistible, and first timers become lifelong fans in a single night. We are ecstatic to welcome them for their first Wildflower Pavilion headlining show. Doors open at 7 p.m. and show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance and $23 at the door. Children 12 and under are free with a paying adult. All Wildflower Pavilion tickets are non-refundable.

The Haunted Windchimes will perform on Friday April 7 at the Wildflower Pavilion at Planet Bluegrass, 500 W. Main St. with special guests the Sweet Lillies. The Haunted Windchimes’ sound is very traditional folk and blues, and the songs have a vintage quality. The groups’ subtle and collective genius features original material written by all four members; the vocal harmonies that really set them apart are from the three-headed juggernaut of Desirae Garcia (ukulele), Chela Lujan (banjo) and Inaiah Lujan (guitar). The ir sound is embroidered by the instrumental mastery of Mike Clark (harmonica, fiddle, mandolin, guitar and concertina). We are excited to welcome them back to the Wildflower Pavilion.

Doors open at 7 p.m. and show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance and $23 at the door. Children 12 and under are free with a paying adult. Wildflower Pavilion tickets are non-refundable.

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Upcoming and evolving events for Western Stars Gallery and Studio Staff Reports Redstone Review LYONS – Western Stars Gallery and Studio has a full month marching out ahead with two custom private Sip n’ Paint parties, a Back to the Basics Essential Oils workshop, a special Polar Bear Sip n’ Paint Fundraiser for Josh Baranauskas on March 16 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. ($35 per person), and involvement with the Third Annual Clint Clymer and Friends Benefit Concert featuring Don Edwards at Ellis Ranch in Loveland on March 25.

In April and May, look for some fun upcoming Sip n’ Paints – as always, they will be promoted on our Facebook page and soon-to-be-launched revised website. Also, Western Stars will be a film-showing host for the Front Range Film Festival April 20 to 23.

Currently, the gallery still plans to be closed for inventory and a pre-summer break from April 24 through May 10.

Advance registration (with a minimum of eight participants) is required for all Sip n Paints and events in order to have ample supplies and seating on hand. Stop

by Western Stars Wednesday through Sunday 11a.m. to 5 p.m. (current hours), email info@westernstarsgallerystudio.com, or call 303-747-3818.

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FOUNDATION I am an enemy of the people, according to the president

By Richard Joyce Redstone Review VP PUEBLO – It doesn’t matter that I and most journalists have never knowingly written, published or allowed to be Joyce published fake news, news without sources, news with only one side of an issue represented, news that libels someone, news that invades someone’s privacy, or news hiding propaganda, bias, or personal opinion within it.

Nor does it count that I and most journalists believe in and adhere to the code of ethics of the Society of Professional Journalists, the four pillars of which are: seek truth and report it; minimize harm; act independently (of outside influences); and be accountable and transparent.

What I write for the Redstone Review is my personal opinion, though I use factual reporting by journalists to support my opinions when that is called for.

Otherwise it’s my conclusion based on everything I’ve read, heard and seen about a particular issue. Though I endeavor to appeal to reason in my arguments, I don’t expect anyone to agree with me.

The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is my professional sacred commandment, and the Constitution itself is the bible that contains it. Nevertheless. I am a journalist – an enemy of the people.

Donald Trump has labeled all journalists as such. I must confess, in my case, he’s on to something, even if he doesn’t know it.

But before I delve deeper into that, let’s look for a moment at what the First Amendment says exactly about free speech and press: “Congress shall make no law” abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.

Nothing in the amendment itself or in Supreme Court case law addresses fake news (except for actionable libel, which requires publication of false, defamatory factual statements) or even flake news, which is more prevalent than fake news these days.

The First Amendment is based on the marketplace of ideas. Put all the truths and lies, facts and opinions on the table, and the common intelligence among the people will sort it out and act appropriately to preserve the democratic republic

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known as the United States of America.

Generally, lies – and therefore fake and flake news – are completely ok under the First Amendment, except in cases of perjury, fraud and deceiving police agencies about certain basic information, such as your real name and address. Also, lying to pretty much any federal officials can be punished, as Martha Stewart found out.

But lies used in what the court has called “core political speech” are pretty much fully protected. So, if we logically interpret what Trump said about the press, it’s this: The press publishes fake news (i.e. false facts, by

people, law enforcement, lawyers, doctors and a whole helluva lot of other citizens since the beginning of this republic, have been enemies of the people, deliberately or via ignorance.

In fact (if I may use that expression), by Trump’s logic the whole country is and has been since even before its inception filled with people who are enemies of themselves.

It’s nice to know in this case Trump’s words logically also lead back to an “enemy of the people” self-indictment of himself (recall the “millions of illegal votes cast for

Following his press conference on February 16, Donald Trump sent a Tweet saying “The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!”

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definition), and is therefore the enemy of the people. I presume, since he did not differentiate, that he meant all of the press, including the ultra-conservative press.

No doubt one of his inner circle apologists would say he meant only the liberal press because that’s the only press that publishes fake news.

Nevertheless, that still says anyone who publishes false facts (there are only true or false facts, of course, not alternative facts – that statement by Kellyanne Conway is, itself, a false fact) – is an enemy of the people.

By that reasoning, Conway, the liberal and conservative press, politicians, including Trump, and their inner circles, many, many government officials and employees at all levels, advertisers, PR

Hillary” false factual statement he made more than once as just one example).

If we journalists are enemies of the people, he must stand at the gallows with us, for his campaign and current administration are bastions of fake and flake news for all – well, almost all – to clearly see.

Some true believers will never see because for them it’s all about blind belief, no matter what the facts show.

Now back to what Trump is on to about me. To understand it fully, you must allow me first to add a single word, and then complete the sentence.

The word is “who.” I am an enemy of any people out there who: • Are openly or secretly attempting to undermine our Constitution and its amendments in order to short circuit its

munity interests.

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• LCF grants to 501c (3) organizations, not individuals.

• LCF addresses community culture, public education, and enhancement of public spaces.

• LCF is a catalyst for local volunteerism and public engagement.

• LEAF aids residents in their critical time of need; resources for food, rent, utilities, etc.

• LEAF works to increase awareness of

poverty on a local level.

• LEAF can work with individuals through client advocacy services.

• LEAF can assist residents in tapping into available resources.

Both LCF and LEAF rely heavily on volunteer support. Both organizations have volunteer board members as well as dozens of citizens who perform the hundreds of hours of work of each organization’s mission each month. Without LCF, things like the 9Health Fair, the Lyons Art Walk, and the Holiday Parade of

balance of powers and civil rights for their own narrow ends rather than working openly within those fundamental laws to enhance the general welfare of all the people, including the opposition; • Would enslave or destroy anyone in any way for any reason; • Would deny anyone equality under the law, or deny anyone the respect each of us owes each other as human beings.

• Would paint the word enemy or inferior or evil on any class of people as a whole because some people in a particular class have committed crimes, or hold beliefs, or say things those in the “in” crowd find disagreeable.

I could continue easily, but I won’t.

The real enemies of the people don’t care at all about the people, except as the people can serve the ends their would-be masters seek for themselves.

I am now and always will be their personal and professional enemy, whatever their politics or backgrounds may be. I will never condone publication of false facts about them, but I will us my vote, my voice and my column to oppose whatever tyranny they would force, if they could, on others, warping the Constitution to their will to the extent they can as they go.

Throughout, they’ll call it all due process of law, but it will violate the spirit of the Constitution and Bill of Rights to their core.

I cannot love such people in any way, but I will defend their rights under our Constitution even as they attempt to dismantle it and deny those rights to others not of their liking. If they prevail, whatever proud, patriotic documents, slogans and symbols once taken as truths in this country will become the fake news of the future.

And the wall now touted as a way to keep enemies out of the U.S. will be used to keep American political refugees in.

They must not prevail.

Richard A. Joyce is a retired professor in the mass communications department at Colorado State University-Pueblo. He is an award-winning journalist who served as managing editor, and subsequently editor and general manager of the Cañon City Daily Record from 1988 to 1994. The opinions he expresses in this column are strictly his own, and do not represent in any way the views of anyone else at the Redstone Review or at Colorado State University-Pueblo. He can be reached at phase15@mac.com.

Lights likely wouldn’t continue. Without LEAF, there would be no local safety net for the estimated one in four people who will fall into poverty at some point in their lives. Both LEAF and LCF are eternally grateful to area residents who volunteer, donate, and participate in the programs offered. To find out more visit www.Lyonscf.org and www.leaflyons.org.

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CREATE Hip pain is often misdiagnosed as low back pain

By Bronwyn Muldoon Redstone Review LYONS – Although many Americans suffer from hip pain, many others have hip pain but don’t know it. Hip pain can commonly be misdiagnosed as low back groin pulls, piriformis pain, Muldoon syndrome and thigh pain.

The confusion regarding the hip could be because many don’t accurately recognize where or what the true hip joint is. Medically defined, the hip joint is a ball-and-socket joint where the femur (ball) and acetabulum (socket) come together. You can’t physically put your hands on your hip joints, as they sit deep in the pelvis region. Anteriorly the ball is where most refer to the mid-groin area. Posteriorly it lies deep under the gluteal muscles. When people “put their hands on their hips,” it is actually the ilium (part of the pelvis) they are touching.

By locating where the pain is in relation to the hip and identifying the pain pattern, one can help decipher whether or not the symptoms are related to the hip.

Trochanteric bursitis causes pain and tenderness on the outside of the upper thigh, and can make activities like walking difficult. The trochanteric bursa is a thin cushion that helps reduce friction over the large bony knob on the outside of your thigh bone (femur). If this bursa is irritated it can swell and become painful.

Repeated activities like running or walking, and injuries like a fall can cause the trochanteric bursa to become inflamed and painful. Common complaints are tenderness over the area, pain lying on your side, or wors-

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away and the bones may rub on one another, causing pain in the joint. As the condition worsens, bony growths called spurs can form, which can create more pain. This wear and tear often worsens with aging, and a prior injury to the hip, being overweight, or having a family history of osteoarthritis can increase your risk of developing the condition.

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hip joint osteoarthritis. Stiffness and limited motion are typically worse when first getting out of bed in the morning or when getting up after sitting for a while. Your hip joint might make noises of grinding or popping. Walking may become more difficult as the condition worsens, and you may walk with a limp due to pain.

Labral tears typically occur when the head of the femur repetitively pinches parts of the labrum and creates tears.

The acetabulum is lined with a ring of cartilage called the labrum, which stabilizes your hip joint and helps to keep the ball in place. The labrum can also be pulled away from the bone or torn from the socket of the hip. Causes of a labral tear include trauma, overuse and repetitive motions such as in sports, and structural changes of the hip joint such as with arthritis. Symptoms of a hip labral tear include pain in the front of the hip or groin, and stiffness or locking of the hip. You may experience pain during daily activities such as sitting and walking.

As with any injury, accurate diagnosis is the key in treating the symptoms; X-rays and MRIs are nice diagnostic tools but are expensive and not always necessary. Locating the pain and paying attention to when your symptoms occur can accurately assist in identifying the source. Thankfully there are numerous treatment options that are successful and don’t require surgery.

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LYONS – There are thousands of ways to make green chili, but this Food for the Ages recipe is tested and near perfect: mild yet packed with green chilies, rich and mellow with deep, satisfying flavors that anyone, at any age can eat in comfort. This is a recipe that you will find yourself returning to for that deeply connected feeling that BROWN, COMBINE, COOK. ENJOY! lives within this most-Mexican of mother sauces.

Green chili is so flexible that it can be enjoyed as a cup of stew with tortilla chips on the side, as a sauce on a burrito or chile relleno, smeared inside a tamale, ladled over huevos rancheros or happily paired with another Mexican food fabrication from your imagination.

And the best part is that after you’ve cooked it for three plus hours in your slow cooker, unless you have an army to eat it, you can cool it and freeze it in serving-size Hefty bags.

I finished a cup of it just now and it gives just the edge of spicy heat that makes it palatable and a forever-flavor obsession that we at Food for the Ages search out for you. Chili doesn’t have to be hot to be good, but if this is too wimpy for you, just keep diced jalapeños on the table when you serve friends

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Whatever you do, wherever you live, taste and enjoy one of the mother sauces of Mexico, green chili, and make great tasting memories for yourself, your friends and your family!

Green Chili 2 lbs. pork shoulder, cubed 1 large, sweet onion coarsely chopped 1 32-ounce box of chicken bone broth 4-6 fresh tomatillos, dry husks removed,cut into eighths, placed in small saucepan, covered with bone broth, cooked until tender, then blended until skins are thoroughly pulverized.

2 C diced green chile (I used Ortega’s Mild, Fire Roasted Green Chiles.)

3 large garlic cloves crushed and chopped 2 1/2 T Better than Bouillon chicken base 1 t celery seeds 1 T flour 2 t oregano 1 T ground cumin 3 T chopped fresh cilantro or 1 T dried 1/2 t to 1 T chile powder, to taste 1/2 t to 3 T diced jalapeño peppers, optional Green Tabasco to taste Salt to taste In large pan brown the pork in batches. Remove and set aside. Combine all ingredients in same pan or crock pot and add pork. Cook covered for three hours. This makes a large batch and this freezes well for use later.

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CONCEPTS Never give aspirin to your pet

By Dan Taylor, DVM Redstone Review LONGMONT – Here in Colorado we enjoy being active with our canine companions. Our dogs love outings but can encounter some of the same painful issues that we feel after physical activity.

Imagine the following common scenario.

You and your nine-year-old dog jump in the car for a morning at the dog park. After your dog has had a productive session of chasing down her favorite ball, meeting new dog friends and splashing in the community dog pond, you notice that she is limping on one of her legs. You load her in the car, get her home and assess her to be painful.

You want to relieve that pain, so you head to the medicine cabinet. You scan the available pain reliever options: aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen and acetaminophen. Before reaching for any other these, STOP and call your veterinarian. While these common pain relievers are great for our aching joints, they are not always right for our pets and can even be considered dangerous.

Other than acetaminophen, the previously listed human pain relievers are considered non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs. This category of drugs is widely used in humans and there are dog and cat formulations that veterinarians use to treat many painful conditions, mainly osteoarthritis. Examples of these dog-friendly drugs are deracoxib, carprofen, meloxicam and firocoxib. However, human NSAIDs and canine NSAIDs are

not created equal.

Just because NSAIDs, such as aspirin, ibuprofen and naproxen, are found to be relatively safe and effective in people, does not mean that they can be used for pain control in dogs or cats. The reason for this is human NSAIDs can last longer in dogs, they have a higher absorption rate in the stomach and small intestines, and they reach higher levels in the blood.

These differences can lead to toxic side effects, such as gastrointestinal ulcers and perforations, liver damage and kidney failure. These conditions can lead to lifethreatening situations and can require intensive care in a veterinary hospital setting. There are other side effects of giving a human-labeled NSAID that may not always lead to such gloomy scenarios, but can have other undesirable outcomes.

A very common example of a medication that pet owners tend to give their dogs is aspirin, more specifically 81-mg. baby aspirin. People will very commonly give an aspirin when they feel their dog is having pain. While this may seem benign, the use of aspirin rarely relieves pain effectively and can prevent the future use of more effective canine-labeled NSAIDs, because two different types of NSAIDs should never be taken at the same time.

Knowing these basic facts about humanlabeled NSAID use in dogs is important, but we are still left with the issue of a dog in pain. Here are some tips to consider: Before starting any medication, talk with your veterinarian and have your dog

examined. Make sure to inform the veterinarian of any gastrointestinal problems, such as vomiting and diarrhea, that your pet has experienced.

Inform your veterinarian of any medication that your pet may be on, even if it is over-the-counter. It is even more important to tell your veterinarian if your pet has been receiving steroids. When taken together, steroids and NSAIDs can cause ulcers.

Before starting an NSAID, your veterinarian may recommend blood work to ensure that your pet’s liver and kidneys are functioning properly. This is because NSAIDs can unmask hidden kidney and liver issues. If your dog is to remain on NSAIDs long term, your veterinarian may recommend periodic blood tests to monitor for disease.

When on NSAIDs, monitor for side effects, such as vomiting, diarrhea, bloody or black stools, decreased appetite and

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Town Continued from Page 1 some leads on the case are being worked.

Town Administrator Simonsen informed the Board of another unwelcome, and somewhat surprising, development relating to Bohn Park. Prior to the 2013 flood, a water well in Bohn Park provided irrigation for the park, including ballfields and community gardens. The well filled with sediment during the flood, so the Town planned to drill a new well to serve the renovated park.

That won’t be easy, however, because the Town just discovered that prior well (believed to be drilled in the early 1980s) was never permitted. The Town has no well water rights to irrigate Bohn Park, Simonsen said.

A water engineer will be hired to review the Town’s water rights to see if any of them could be used in the park. If not, the Town may have to seek to acquire new water rights. In the meantime, more expensive potable (treated) water will have to be used to irrigate the vegetation planned for the improved park.

Simonsen also reported that increased infrastructure repair costs for Boulder County will consume more of federal Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Round 2 funds than initially estimated. That means less money left over for Round 3, with probably only the Second Avenue bridge receiving funding from that round of grants. Things like repairing flood-damaged Lyons streets and meter upgrades will likely have to be paid for from other sources.

Round 2 CDBG-DR funds are still expected to be available for Eastern Corridor utilities matching funds, the McConnell Street Bridge match, wastewater treatment plant costs, a 10-foot wide concrete trail along the St. Vrain to the Highway 66/36 intersection, two more home elevations, and South St. Vrain Creek work.

Other items in Simonsen’s report included continuing

A&E Continued from Page 9 LONGMONT Lyons artist Beth Gadbaw will perform St. Patrick’s Day Encore Concert with the Beth Gadbaw Celtic Band on March 17 at 6 p.m. at the Stewart Auditorium in the Longmont Museum. A reception and Irish dancing will be held at 6 p.m. and at 7:30 p.m. the concert will be held. Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with Irish dancing, traditional music, and Irish-inspired eats and drinks. The Beth Gadbaw Celtic Trio delivers joyful, ethereal Irish music, and features the traditional bodhrán drum, fiddle, guitar, Celtic harp and flute. The concert is presented in partnership with Arts Longmont. General admission is $30.

Arts Longmont and the Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Rd., present the Friday Afternoon Concert Series to be held on March 17 and April 21 at the Stewart Auditorium, with art show at

efforts to clear title to the RTD lot property so new library construction can begin. If that isn’t done by May 19, the Lyons Regional Library District may miss upcoming deadlines for grant requests to the Colorado Department of Local Affairs, further delaying library construction.

The proposed library was also the subject of an Audience Business request by former trustee Peter Baumgartner, who asked the Town board to use its leverage to push the Library District to add an auditorium performance space to the new library.

Other Audience Business included a presentation by Tracey Barber and Sandra Henderson of Lyons Quilting about possibly starting an annual quilt show in Lyons. A pilot show, limited to the Lyons Quilting premises, may be attempted this August, they said, with a larger show all over Lyons in following years. A similar show in the small town of Sisters, Oregon has made it an international quilting hot spot, with more than 10,000 visitors each year.

Lyons is already well-known as a quilting center, and an annual show could enhance that reputation, Ms. Henderson said. Lyons Quilting will work with the Lyons Art and Humanities Commission in planning a show and a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization may be formed to manage the event.

David Emerson of Habitat for Humanity of the St. Vrain updated the board on plans for six Habitat townhomes in Lyons. Habitat hopes to begin dirt work soon on the project and would like to take advantage of a large contingent of AmeriCorps volunteers in June to frame out three or four homes.

Emerson also discussed the process of homeowner selection and approval. Habitat is working diligently to get as many first priority displaced Lyons residents as possible approved for the Lyons homes.

The approval and selection process is difficult for both

1:30 p.m., and concert at 2:30 p.m., for $10 per show. There will be a reception after each concert.

On April 21, Masontown, the quartet that offers a new take on old-time folk music with delightful renditions of classic bluegrass songs mixed with original tunes played on guitar, fiddle, mandolin and bass, will appear. Art show is Rocco Varbaro – photographer. For information, call 303-651-8374.

On March 18 at 7:30 p.m., welcome BACH-in-Longmont: Spain and the Americas. The Boulder Bach Festival’s BACH-in-Longmont presents a program featuring Grammy-nominated guitarist and lutenist Richard Savino, mezzo-soprano soloist Clea Huston, West Coast baroque violin concertmaster Adam LaMotte, and principal cellist of the Boston Handel Haydn Society Orchestra Guy Fishman. Tickets are $30 general admission, $15 students.

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MARCH 15 / APRIL 19, 2017 Habitat and applicants, he explained. Even if some applicants are initially denied, they are provided specific reasons and given the opportunity to re-apply after those issues have been addressed, Emerson said. He explained that of the last 10 successful Habitat applicants in Longmont, five were initially denied, then approved upon re-application. Habitat is similarly working with flood-affected Lyons residents, Emerson said.

Prior to the BOT public meeting, consulting firm Energy Process Solutions Management (EPSM) of Boulder presented its long-awaited Lyons electric rate study to the Board. The study included some very good news: “Financially, Lyons’ electric utility appears healthy again,” EPSM reported.

The Lyons electric utility was adversely impacted not only by the 2013 flood, but also by pre-flood rates that did not cover costs. In 2015, large increases in power costs from the Town’s primary supplier (the Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska) added to the problems, forcing Lyons to significantly raise rates to cover costs and maintain adequate reserves.

Lyons’ electric fund reserve balances are now back to acceptable levels, EPSM reported, and Lyons can look forward to repaying its electric utility debts within the next 10 years. But in that time, there are some important issues needing to be addressed. Those include the need to replace aging meters, to study how the rate structure should address increasing solar power installations (which now generate 1.7% of the Town’s load), and to plan ahead for increasing loads from electric vehicles.

Mark Browning is a Lyons resident and retired attorney. He serves on the Lyons Planning and Community Development Commission (PCDC) and he is active with the Lyons Volunteers organization.

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BOULDER CU Presents 80th Anniversary Artist Series with flutists Sir James and Lady Jeanne Galway on March 22 at 7:30 p.m. in Macky Auditorium.

Between his classical credits, his star-studded collaborations with the likes of Ray Charles, Joni Mitchell and Sir Elton John, and his bestselling recordings for The Lord of the Rings films, Sir James Galway is among the premier flutists of our time.

Together with Lady Galway, he’ll demonstrate his virtuoso chops in style at Macky Auditorium with a program of hidden gems from the 18th and 19th centuries, from Briccialdi’s Il Carnevale di Venezia to an arrangement of Kreisler’s Schön Rosmarin. A free pre-concert lecture by CU Boulder Associate Professor of Flute Christina Jennings will be held at 6:45

p.m. across the street from Macky Auditorium in the Old Main Chapel.

Tickets for this performance start at $20, and limited tickets remain. To purchase, visit the CU Presents box office in person (972 Broadway), call 303-4928008 during business hours or visit us online anytime.

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Tucker Continued from Page 9 numerous awards of excellence and his extensive and prestigious commercial and private client list.”

Tucker’s life passion is for capturing the essences of animals on canvas so they can convey their engaging “moments in time” stories and compelling adventures.

He explains, “My interests in archeology, history, science and geography always seemed to intersect with my interest in animals.

The rich descriptions in stories fed my adventurous imagination and inspired me to produce my own scenes.” He cites Marlin Perkins, the Memphis Zoological Gardens, his grandparents’ farm, Tarzan movies, and the World Book Encyclopedia as early influences.

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Ancient Chaco Canyon population likely relied on imported food

By CU Media Relations Redstone Review BOULDER – The ancient inhabitants of New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon, the zenith of Pueblo culture in the Southwest a thousand years ago, likely had to import corn to feed the multitudes residing there, says a new University of Colorado Boulder study.

CU Boulder scientist Larry Benson said the new study shows that Chaco Canyon – believed by some archeologists to have been populated by several thousand people around A.D. 1100 and to have held political sway over an area twice the size of Ohio – had soils that were too salty for the effective growth of corn and beans.

“The important thing about this study is that it demonstrates you can’t grow great quantities of corn in the Chaco valley floor,” said Benson, an adjunct curator of anthropology at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History.

“And you couldn’t grow sufficient corn in

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the side canyon tributaries of Chaco that would have been necessary to feed several thousand people.

“Either there were very few people living in Chaco Canyon, or corn was imported there.”

A paper by Benson was published online in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports.

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in conjunction with the term length seems appropriate to consider whether it is a limiting factor into the decision to serve for some candidates, particularly if the term is longer than two years.

The opportunity to serve should not be limited to those who can afford to pay a babysitter or take time away from paying work. There are merits to increasing the stipend as a means of increasing the pool of candidates who can afford to volunteer.

Serving in the town government is an

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Chaco Canyon (officially the Chaco Culture Natural Historic Park) located in the San Juan Basin in north-central New Mexico was the focus of an unprecedented construction effort, said Benson. At the height of its cultural heyday, 12 stone masonry “great houses” and other structures were built there, along with a network of ceremonial roads linking Chaco with other Pueblo sites in the Southwest.

As part of the study, Benson used a tree ring data set created by University of Arizona Professor Emeritus Jeff Dean that showed annual Chaco Canyon precipitation spanning 1,100 years. The tree rings indicate the minimum amount of annual precipitation necessary to grow corn was exceeded only 2.5 percent of the time during that time period.

Benson suggests that much of the corn consumed by the ancient people of Chaco may have come from the Chuska Slope, the eastern flank of the Chuska Mountains some 50 miles west of Chaco Canyon that also was the source of some 200,000 timbers used to shore up Chaco Canyon masonry structures.

Between 11,000 and 17,000 Pueblo people are thought to have resided on the Chuska Slope prior to A.D. 1130, he said.

Winter snows in the Chuska Mountains would have produced a significant amount of spring snowmelt that was combined with surface water features like natural “wash systems,” said Benson.

Water concentrated and conveyed by washes would have allowed for the diversion of surface water to irrigate large corn fields on the Chuska Slope, he said.

Benson said the Chaco Canyon inhabitants traded regularly with the Chuska Slope residents, as evidenced by stone tool material (chert), pottery and wooden beams.

“There were timbers, pottery and chert coming from the Chuska region to Chaco Canyon, so why not surplus corn?” asks Benson, a former U.S. Geological Survey scientist.

Many archaeologists are still puzzled as to why Chaco Canyon was built in an area that has long winters, marginal rainfall and short growing seasons. “I don’t think anyone understands why it existed,” Benson said. “There was no time in the past when Chaco Canyon was a Garden of Eden.”

extremely rewarding experience and something I highly encourage. Revisiting the issue of how elections are structured and volunteers compensated is important for ensuring the town is encouraging participation from a broad segment of the community.

Travels with Redstone Bronwyn Muldoon and husband Marcus Osborne with Redstone Review and a giant tortoise, on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos, Ecuador, during February 2017.

Connie Sullivan was elected mayor on April 5th, 2016. Prior to becoming mayor, she served two terms on the Lyons Board of Trustees beginning in 2012.

Connie and her husband Neil are the owners of the St. Vrain Market in downtown Lyons on Main Street.

For comments or questions, Mayor Sullivan can be reached by email at csullivan@townoflyons.com.

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