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B •R •I •E •F •S Holiday Parade of Lights LYONS – The 2013 Lyons Annual Holiday Parade of Lights with the theme “There’s No Place Like Home for the Holidays” will be held Saturday, December 7 at 6:30 p.m. on Main Street and Broadway in Lyons. The schedule of events includes live music and entertainment at 7:15 p.m. at the Raul Vasquez Community Stage in Sandstone Park on Fourth Ave. and Broadway. The show features the Lyons High School Show Choir, Santa and Mrs. Claus, and much more.

The annual fireworks display will be held at 7:40 p.m. just west of Main Street. The Parade Awards Ceremony will be held at 8:05 p.m. at the Raul Vasquez Community Stage in Sandstone Park at Fourth Ave. and Broadway.

The schedule is subject to change based on length of the parade. Contact the Lyons Department of Parks and Recreation at recreation @ town of lyons. com or 303-8238250 for more information.

This event is brought to you by the Town of Lyons Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Events with the help of a host of generous local friends and sponsors.

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Highway 36 reopened at 10 a.m. on November 4, 2013. The event was introduced by Governor John Hicklooper. PHOTO BY PETER BUTLER

Work on the town restoration and coming home

By Susan de Castro McCann Redstone Review Editor LYONS – At a recent town board meeting, Mayor Julie Van Domelen read something she found about the four stages people go through after surviving a major disaster.

Stage 1, she said is the Heroic Stage which occurs during and right after the disaster. It is a stage of high emotions. People are glad that they survived and helped their friends and neighbors to survive. Families, friends, groups gather to reassure each other.

Everyone feels heroic.

Stage 2 is from one to three weeks later.

This is the Honeymoon Stage. It is a time to help each other. All kinds of emergency help arrives, the disaster recovery begins, volunteers step in, the cleanup begins and people begin to see signs of progress.

Stage 3 is the Disillusionment Stage. The emergency workers begin to retreat, some of the services start to leave, progress is made but not enough or fast enough for some. People begin to see that the recovery is a long process.

Stage 4 (Mayor Van Domelen said she was very glad that there was a stage 4) is the Reconstruction Stage. This is the reality stage. Help is still available, but the responsibilities for what comes next shift back to the individuals and the reality about what is actually possible and the time frame required to make things happen becomes evident.

The Mayor and members of the Board of Trustees laughed and said that they thought that we are all in the Disillusionment Stage now.

People want to go home, they want a home to go to, they want their damaged homes

fixed, people want their lives back; they are past being heroic. Homes are one of the most important things people have in their lives.

Our homes are a symbol of our safe place and when they are not safe or when our homes are damaged, it is very disconcerting.

Many neighborhood residents have moved home and more infrastructure is being repaired each day. The progress has actually moved very fast, ahead of schedule.

A few neighborhoods are still very badly damaged and residents will be able to move back on a case by case basis as water, sewer and gas lines are being repaired each day.

Some homes have shifted off foundations.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, has labeled a number of homes severely damaged, which tells the homeowner that these homes are too damaged to live in and must either be scraped or rebuilt to FEMA flood plain approved stan-

dards. To build or rebuild in the flood plain, homeowners have to consult the FEMA Flood Plain Maps to find the Base Flood Elevation, BFE, for each individual property; each property is different and then will have to be rebuilt at least one foot above the BFE. If homes have 50 percent or more damage, those would also have to be rebuilt to the FEMA flood standards.

If homeowners build up two feet or more above the BFE, usually their homeowners insurance is reduced. The BOT will discuss ideas around the 50-percent damage level to see if that should be modified.

Much of the infrastructure has been repaired in Lyons and many of the roads and bridges have been repaired, although some of the roads may have to be rebuilt because they are only temporarily fixed.

The BOT hopes to resume town board meetings at the old town hall after Thanksgiving.

Establishing more affordable housing in Lyons is a challenge

By Susan de Castro McCann Redstone Review Editor LYONS – Lyons is trying to find solutions for those who need low income and moderate income housing. It’s not easy. Two of the trailer parks in Lyons were destroyed in the flood.

An Affordable Housing Committee was formed to come up with ways and means to help displaced people find housing in the area, create new sources of affordable housing, see what spaces are already available and possibly

rezone areas to accommodate more density or perhaps work with non-conforming structures.

All possibilities are being considered.

Michelle Allen, chair of the Planning and Community Development Commission, PCDC, said, “Affordable housing is not a good term to use because affordable housing is what people can afford which is different for everyone.”

The Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD, determines the Continue Housing on Page 4

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LYONS Board ponders library’s future after split voting result

By Mark Browning Redstone Review

tricts in Colorado. After studying those districts, the tax level was designed to provide for both expanded library programs and services and a new library / community resource center along lines suggested in public survey responses and public meeting input, including such things as meeting rooms, performance space, a children’s area and expanded technology.

Issue 4D, legally necessary but complicating the picture, was a Taxpayer Bill of Rights (“TABOR”) bypass or “de-Brucing” measure. Without that measure (which was not a tax measure), if the library district succeeded in raising, for example, $200,000 in foundation grants and individual donations, taxes would have to be reduced by the same amount, resulting in no real net monetary benefit from the grants / donations.

“TABOR bypass” measures are therefore common when new districts are established.

Voter approval of Issue 4D leaves the library district able to accept donations, but without a tax funding base that is important to financing a new library / resource center facility, expanding services and being able to perform required

LYONS – Results from the November 5 election concerning the Lyons Regional Library District were a mixed bag, with tax issue 4C narrowly failing (713 to 672, 51.5 percent to 48.5 percent) and “TABOR bypass” issue 4D passing handily (914 to 269, 65.9 percent to 34.1 percent).

What those results mean and where the library / community resource center effort goes from here were the subjects of considerable discussion at the November 7 Lyons Regional Library District Board meeting.

From feedback received by board members, some voters may have been confused by having two library-related issues on the ballot at once, explaining to some extent the different results on the two measures.

If another library vote is held in November 2014, it would be a simpler, yes-or-no vote on a single ballot issue – whether to have a new library / resource center or not.

Issue 4C, which failed by 41 votes, would have granted tax authority at a level slightly below average for similar-sized dis-

This license plate is all about the bull

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Colorado legislature for a vote in January 2014.

The plate would be available by 2015, which coincides with Rocky Mountain National Park’s centennial celebration.

The idea for the license plate originated with the Rocky Mountain Nature Association (RMNA) in partnership with Rocky Mountain National Park. The RMNA is a non-profit philanthropic organization founded in 1931 to provide information, educational materials and trails and improvement projects for this park.

If the Colorado legislature approves the bill the signature will serve as a pledge to purchase a license plate. A $25 donation to RMNA is required to obtain this special plate and renewals require a $20 donation. Money is not required at the time the pledge is made, but is required in order to obtain the license plate. Visit www.ipetitions.com/petition/rmnplicenseplate for more information.

LYONS – Rocky Mountain National Park may get its own license plate just in time to celebrate its centennial. The design of this license plate features a star-

ry sky with alpine tundra as a backdrop and a big bull elk in the middle of the scene. The plate reads “Rocky Mountain National Park.”

Before this decorative and supportive license plate comes to reality 3,000 Colorado registered vehicle owner signatures are needed to bring a bill to the

affected some voters. Ballots were mailed to all voters, but ballots cannot be forwarded in the mail, so some voters having their mail forwarded did not receive ballots. They had to ask for them during a difficult time. At least a few former Lyons renters could not even get library district ballots when they asked, because they neither owned nor leased property in the district at the time they tried to vote. If they return by next November, they can vote.

What the Town of Lyons will do with Depot library operations was unknown prior to the election (and remains unknown until a final 2014 Town budget is adopted). The extent to which a tax-funded library district might improve services and programs is hard to evaluate when the current level of operations and services is up in the air. That picture should become clearer by November 2014.

So for now, library district trustees are leaving options open for a new library / resource center. One option is a simple, yes-or-no vote in more normal times.

Another option is to delay a second vote until 2015 or later. Those options will be discussed and possibly acted upon at a February 2014 board meeting at which the public will be invited to give input.

The library district board did vote on November 7 to extend the deadline for an “interim operations” IGA until December 31, 2014, in order to keep options open for a November 2014 re-vote. The Town of Lyons, Boulder County and Larimer County are expected to agree to the deadline extension, as permitted by the Colorado library law.

inter-governmental agreements to assume permanent responsibility for library operations. Because it passed, Issue 4D does not need to be voted on again.

Taking over operations without an assured base of tax funding – i.e., relying solely on future donations – would leave the library district vulnerable to funding crises if donations proved insufficient to pay operating expenses and debt service.

(The majority of tax revenues would fund operations, but part would go to debt service.) The Longmont Humane Society recently faced just such a crisis, and the library district board of trustees does not want to put the Lyons library / resource center in such a situation. Colorado library districts typically rely on tax funding for a majority of their funding.

The library district board did not make a decision at its recent meeting about holding another vote in November 2014.

That decision may be made at the board’s next meeting in February. The trustees did discuss some factors relating to that issue, including that having one ballot issue instead of two would simplify voters’ choices; and six weeks after a major disaster was a less-than-ideal time for a local tax vote. Issues 4C and 4D were placed on this year's ballot prior to the flood, after a petition effort and public hearings, and the board did not think it appropriate to deprive voters of their right to vote for or against the measures.

The presence on the same ballot of an unpopular statewide tax measure (school funding Amendment 66 lost by 66 percent to 34 percent) was also not conducive to passing a local tax.

Voter displacement and mail service changes during the voting period clearly

Mark Browning is the newly formed Lyons Regional Library District Board President.

The district roughly follows the boundaries of the Lyons Fire Protection District.

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MAYOR’S CORNER The $50 million dollar question

By Julie Van Domelen, Mayor Redstone Review LYONS – I was standing near the damaged bridge at Second Avenue, looking at the massive amounts of utilVan Domelen ity trucks and workers laying new lines and temporary pipes, a crew was at the sewer plant getting it ready to run, and an inspection team was in Bohn Park cataloguing needed repairs, when a citizen walked by and asked me, “Who pays for all of this?”

That’s a good question. It’s the $50 million dollar question to be exact – the current estimate of the damage to public infrastructure. Emergency and temporary measures cost about $5 million and the permanent fixes about $45 million.

The Federal Government through FEMA will finance 75 percent of that, with the State paying 12.5 percent and Town

12.5 percent. This brings the bill to the Town of Lyons to about $6.25 million. The problem is we do not have that, not even close. If we scraped together every penny of reserves from every one of our various funds (general fund, parks and recreation, utility funds) the total is about $4.5 million. And, we cannot wipe out all of our reserves. If we kept a minimum of three months operating costs in each one to be able to handle cash flow issues and emergencies, the available funds are much less.

I have spent quite a bit of time discussing this issue with folks at the county and state levels, all the way up to the Governor. While sympathetic to our plight, as of this writing, there are no concrete commitments to lower our requirement. There may be a process by which we can plead our case to the State for relief, down to perhaps 2.5 percent for the hardest hit small towns. This would bring the cost to Lyons down to $1.25 million.

This would be more doable, but there is a mismatch between the available reserves in each fund and in which funds the costs

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To add to the challenge, our revenues are declining, steeply. With all of our businesses closed for almost two months and many not reopening, at least for a

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while, sales tax is taking a big hit.

Property tax will also go down: damaged houses have been reassessed already and will see tax relief. Over the longer term, our parks that house campers, events and are a regional draw have been deeply affected, threatening our tourism base and

PICTURED: JENNA CLEANS UP AFTER THE SEPTEMBER FLOODS.

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Lyons business recovery plan – loans or grants?

By John O’Brien Redstone Review

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the direct revenues that go into our parks and recreation fund.

So at a time when we need more money, we will be taking in less. Usually when there is an economic downturn, you tighten your belt, do less, put off projects. But responding to a natural disaster is the opposite. You need to invest to recover. We need more staff time, not less, to accomplish the tasks that have suddenly multiplied.

We need to figure a way to fund the town budget through the recovery period while we make additional investments to floodproof our town and do mitigation that will avoid such devastation when the next hundred year flood hits.

The problem is that everyone got hurt economically: our businesses, our town coffers, and our residents through the cost of damage and displacement. Each can only absorb so much of the others’ losses.

Town waived its revenue from building

LYONS – Lyons’ small businesses, which are all of them, are going through a nightmare right now.

Many companies have opened their doors and most of the Lyons population is back in their homes, but the volume of traffic is still not up to O’Brien what most businesses need to be profitable. The problem is the loss suffered during the months of September, October and at least half of November. Restaurants lost food inventory. Service businesses lost customers, equipment and some fixed assets.

Many people and businesses had damage to their property.

Many businesses found that they could control their costs and get several expenses, such as rent, some accounts payable and advertising either forgiven or delayed. Even if they had been successful in accomplishing the above, they have found that they still are in need of working capital. This usually takes the form of cash and inventory. To be able to obtain cash and inventory, these businesses can look for grants or loans.

Currently grants are available from Oskar Blues’ 501(c) (3) organization called Can’d Aid (https: // foundation. oskarblues. com). Can’d Aid has done an outstanding job of providing cash to individuals and small

business owners in this time of need. Another source of grant money to individuals and charitable organizations is the Lyons Community Foundation (www.lyonscf.org).

The LCF does not provide grants to businesses, but small business owners can get grants for personal expenses. The Lyons Area Chamber of Commerce is very active in requesting donations that will allow the organization to provide grants to local firms.

One thing to understand about grants for businesses is that they are considered taxable income. When a business gets a grant in the form of cash, the amount of the grant is considered revenue and should be included in the Profit and Loss Statement as Other Income. Many businesses that do obtain grants count on having expenses and losses which exceed their revenue, causing a loss in bottom line net profit. If the company has a net loss, it does not have taxable income.

The Lyons Economic Development Commission has set up two revolving loan funds, one based on grant money from the USDA Rural Development and the other based on donations, which is intended for businesses negatively affected by natural disasters, such as the Colorado floods of September 11 through 14. This fund is called the Lyons Business Recovery Fund. Applications are available at http: // www. lyons fights back. org / lyons - business - recovery - fund. html.

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OPTIONS From Hygiene to Glastonbury

By C. Chrystal DeCoster Redstone Review HYGIENE – Local artist and community centered entrepreneur Mary Magdalena has found a new home across the pond. The really big pond.

England has knocked ajar a series DeCoster of doorways for Magdalena, who for decades has studied transpersonal psychology and provided “inner-focusing” counseling and empowerment sessions. She recently planned a layover in rural Somerset county en route back to Hygiene, after leading a women’s pilgrimage to France.

What was different about this year’s travel plans for Magdalena was that she felt strongly compelled to spend time in Glastonbury. Often dubbed “the religious heart of Britain,” the town is pseudohistorically known as the hub of England’s ancient Isle of Avalon, where Excalibur,

King Arthur’s fabled sword, was supposedly forged. Described today as a New Age and Neopagan community, this alleged transformationally energetic area remains rich with scholarly pursuits, myths and tales about Joseph of Arimathea, goddesses, the Holy Grail, zodiacs, and ley lines.

Building meaningful community is something with which Magdalena is very familiar. In the 1980s, Magdalena was involved with humanistic-based education in Boulder and the since-dissolved Windstar Foundation, a visionary environmental and humanitarian organization founded, in part, by the late John Denver.

In the early 1990s on 108 acres northeast of Blue Mountain Road outside of Lyons, Magdalena created an ahead-of-its-time planned-use development. Sunship was originally designed to be off the grid, using solar panels, shared wells, greywater systems, and composting toilets. Compliance for financing nipped some aspects, however 90-plus acres along the Little Thompson River were forever preserved.

Patricia Appelfeller, a Lyons resident and graphic designer, said that, in the wake of the 1999 Columbine incident,

Housing Continued from Page 1 median income or area median income, AMI, for areas all over the U.S. annually. In this area, HUD uses the greater Boulder/Broomfield Metropolitan Statistical Area AMI to determine income levels. This area has a high AMI when contrasted with the wages paid and the cost of housing.

For one person in the Boulder/Broomfield area the

AMI is $64,200 per year and for two people it is $73,300 per year. This means that 50 percent of the people in this area make more and 50 percent of people make less. For one person $51,360 is moderate income; $38,520 low income; $32,100 is very low income; and $19,250 is extremely low income.

Subsidized housing is often owned and operated by the county and some non-profits in this area. This would typically be rental housing. Rental programs generally are below 50 percent of AMI. Renters are in the 30, 40 and 50 percent of AMI. Home ownership starts around 60 percent of AMI or an income of $44,000 annually for two people.

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things I could not do for myself at the time. Her generosity has made a huge difference in my life.”

Cathy Rivers, a local artist and business owner, recalled, “When 9/11 happened in 2001, Mary Magdalena rallied residents to come together to heal through meditation. Every Sunday for several years she welcomed us to gather in her cozy weaving studio on Seward Street. There, warmed by a corner stove, the much needed community healing hapMary Magdalena’s next life adventure will take her to pened. Mary totally pours Glastonbury, England herself into new challenges and creative projMagdalena got the rototiller rolling and ects. She completes everything she touches “jumpstarted a nurturing collaborative in an outstanding manner. Rather than project that local kids could be involved choosing to hang onto things, she ambiwith and proud of.” While Appelfeller tiously readies herself for what’s next. She is was contending with personal health the most highly creative, energetic, intuissues, “Mary taught me personally what itive, and community-oriented person I’ve the true meaning of community was by ever met,” Rivers said. bringing over food and helping me with Continue Magdalena on Page 14

Allen said that if town or cities try to manipulate the market to create low income or affordable housing it usually does not work well. “It is better to let developers do what they do best and to offer incentives to get them to lower the cost of housing.” She said. “There is only so much you can do (to create low income housing) within the market constraints. It is a challenge.” She added that the town is not in a position to offer incentives to developers such as low cost water taps, because the town needs the income right now to pay for the infrastructure repairs and can’t take the hit.

Boulder has a program called Inclusionary Housing where 20 percent of all new residential housing must be permanently affordable.

“They can do (affordable) units on site or off site or they can buy out of the program by a payment to the affordable housing fund,” said Allen. “We can’t do a program like that in Lyons because the program is hugely expensive for the developer. We determine the price that they can sell the units for and they make it up in the price of their other housing units. The program has created 3,000

affordable housing units in Boulder; it’s a great program.

The owners of the affordable housing are allowed to make 3 percent interest a year when they sell their house and they must sell it to another low income qualified buyer. They won’t lose money but they won’t make much money either.”

Allen said that creating zoning for and encouraging the development of multi-family housing is probably the best way to go in Lyons to get lower income housing.

Another possibility is to restrict the size of housing in some areas. “We have to look for ways to incentivize developers,” said Allen. “We have to look for outside money. Affordable housing is very very difficult to do because it is expensive. The price of land drives the cost.”

Allen also said that modular housing is a really good option because modular housing is well built, inexpensive and are insured the same as a stick built house. If people have to scrape their homes off their lot, the money they get from Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, can go towards building a FEMA flood plain approved foundation and then they can build a modular home on that foundation. This is often a cheaper option than raising a house to build a foundation under it and setting the old house back on the new foundation.

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CONTRAST Annual Lyons Holiday Bazaar supports flood relief

By Katherine Weadley Redstone Review News Editor LYONS – After hours of searching to find a new venue for the Lyons 39th Annual Holiday Bazaar, the bazaar will take its rightful place at Lyons Elementary School where it was started by Lyons Community School in 1974. For 15 years the Lyons Depot Library sponsored this event but gave it up in 2012. At that point lifelong Lyons resident LaVern Johnson asked parents from Lyons Elementary School (LES) to get involved and save the holiday bazaar. Cassi Rosekrans and Erin Maniscalco decided to donate their time and continue the fundraising efforts of the bazaar.

“This is our second year running the bazaar, and it’s been a challenge, but nothing we didn’t want to handle. In the midst of the flood we were looking for alternative venues as well as trying to secure new and repeat vendors,” said Rosekrans. “Fortunately our vendors were extremely understanding and happy to be able to participate in the 39th Annual Holiday Bazaar in Lyons,” she said. Rosekrans, who is president of this year’s LES Parent Teacher Organization, said, “It’s been a crazy year.”

The flood, which began the night of

Sept. 11, displaced the town and destroyed and damaged homes and businesses. It also forced Lyons Elementary School to relocate. The LES Jog-a-Thon, one of the year’s biggest fundraisers for the school, wasn’t able to happen. The elementary school didn’t suffer any damage and has served as the temporary location for Lyons Town Hall, the Lyons Depot Library, and the Disaster Recovery Assistance Center.

Like much of Lyons, after the flood the bazaar was in limbo. Rosekrans and Maniscalco didn’t know when services to Lyons would return or where the bazaar would be held or which artisans would be able to come. They examined many alternatives. “The St. Vrain Valley School District generously said we could have the bazaar at the Main Street School,” said Rosekrans. “A lot of things had to fall into place to make the bazaar able to come home to the Lyons Elementary School.”

The Lyons students have been temporarily attending Main Street School, located at Ninth and Main Streets in Longmont.

After Thanksgiving break Lyons students will return to their own schools.

Last year’s bazaar donated its profits to the Lyons Golden Gang Seniors. This year the proceeds from the bazaar will be

donated to the Lyons Community Foundation for flood relief efforts. In addition, a flood relief donation center will be set up to allow people to simply donate towards the Lyons rebuilding effort.

The Holiday Bazaar only allows artisans who sell handcrafted wares. “The bazaar sells anything from knits and jewelry to wood carvings and pottery,” Rosekrans said. “We will have over 60 vendors this year.” The bazaar features holiday gifts made by Colorado crafters and artisans. This is one of the few handcraftonly fairs to survive in this region. As creative crafting has surged in popularity in the last few years the bazaar has become even more of a highly anticipated event amongst artists, crafters, makers and those who support and appreciate art,

independent businesses, and creativity.

However, much more than arts and crafts are offered this year. The Oskar Blues Bonewagon food truck will be present on Saturday. On Sunday, grilled hot dogs and bratwurst will be available.

Santa Claus will be present to talk to kids from noon to 3 pm on Saturday.

Stillwater Healing Arts of Lyons will provide massage and acupuncture during part of the bazaar. Baked goods through Lyons Elementary School bake sale will be available.

The Lyons 39th Holiday Bazaar is Dec. 7 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Dec. 8 from 11a.m. to 4 p.m., back home in the Lyons Elementary School gym, 338 High St. For more information, email lyonsbazaar @ msn.com.

Also, you can “like” their Facebook Page, which is Lyons Holiday Craft Bazaar.

Katherine Weadley is a freelance writer and a librarian.

She worked as a reporter for the Daily Camera in Boulder. She lives in Lyons with her family and dog Wolfie.

Soil and sacrament: Food, faith and growing heaven on earth

By Prescott Knock Redstone Review LYONS – A flood relief event to support local farmers will take place at Impact HUB Boulder, 1877 Broadway, Suite 100, Boulder, on Monday, Dec. 9 from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. This event will be recorded live for the Collaborative Knock Community Radio Show for a later broadcast on KGNU 88.5 FM. Enjoy an evening of rich conversation, presented by a Boulder-based interfaith coalition, Project Revive and hosted by Prescott Knock and Ken Miller for the Collaborative Community Radio Show. This event will explore sustainability and the positive impacts that faith organizations have on local food systems.

Keynote speaker Fred Bahnson, author of, Soil and

Sacrament: A Spiritual Memoir of Food and Faith, and director of the Food, Faith and Religious Leadership Initiative at Wake Forest School of Divinity, North Carolina, will describe his visits to four different faith communities that embody the multilayered connections between spiritual and physical nourishment. From Trappist monks who pursue a life of contemplation while harvesting oyster mushrooms to a Jewish organic farm in the Berkshires, his talk will take you on a journey across four seasons and five gardens.

Following the September floods, many farmers are struggling to recover, rebuild, and reseed. Michael Brownlee of Local Food Shift will discuss the flood’s impact on our local agriculture. The Front Range Farm Relief Fund will be there to share about their important work and accept donations to assist food producers who have experienced significant losses in crops, animal feed, infrastructure, soil fertility and revenue.

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Please join us for this evening of Dinner and Discussion, while participating in this live recording radio event.

Delicious complimentary local food donated by Tangerine and Arugula restaurants. This community event is free!

For additional information, to make a donation to the Front Range Farm Relief Fund, or to RSVP for the event (RSVP encouraged), please visit: Local Food Shift. com / event / 466.

Prescott Knock is a resident of Pinewood Springs. He is a Community Organizer, Producer and Host of The Collaborative Community Radio Show on KGNU 88.5FM, Executive Director of the Buddhist Coalition and Director of Business Development for Windhorse Family & Elder Care.

Please contact him at prescottrk@hotmail.com for more information about any of the events or groups listed.

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LYONS FIRE STATION #2 ALMOST IN THE LITTLE THOMPSON RIVER ON STAGECOACH TRAIL, SEPT 20, 2013, EIGHT DAYS AFTER THE FLOOD.

“THE NEW CROSSING” STAGECOACH TRAIL INTO BLUE MOUNTAIN AND X-BAR7, SEPT 20, 2013.

Stagecoach Trail crossing needs work About 200 Lyons unincorporated county residents use “the new crossing” over the Little Thompson River on Stagecoach Trail to get to and from their homes. The two new “temporary” bridges and road are in the X-Bar7 and Blue Mountain neighborhoods, north of the Apple Valley arch bridge (up CR 71N as LaVern might say).

The crossing may be new but it is not improved yet. It was an emergency access bridge and road constructed from Sept 13 to the 16th by excavators overseen by the National Guard and the Lyons Fire Protection District, reimbursed by FEMA. The first crossing was on Sept. 17 allowing residents access in and out. The Little Thompson River changed its normally 17-foot wide self and erupted into over 300 yards wide, taking the bridge, roads, trees, rocks, homes, propane tanks, and part of the Lyons Fire Station #2 with it. What’s left of the Fire Station will be torn down and rebuilt on the other side of the river.

The entities that made the emergency road and bridge fix did their jobs. But it is a bumpy and literally shaky situation.

Poude REA utility trucks trim trees around telephone and electric poles on Nov 4, 2013 on the “new” Stagecoach Trail. It is still in the same muddy condition today.

Sections of the road have no crown (high point in the center for drainage) or road base. These sections are currently covered with decomposed vegetation matter which when wet turn to slime and slippery mud. Larimer County owns this section of road and the crossing is on the county’s list to repair, but is way down in priority, understandably so. So the temporary road looks like it will be here for a while.

Residents are concerned it will become impassable if a vehicle gets stuck in the middle there.

Now the dilemma for residents is to figure out how to bring the road up to standard for safe winter passage. They are working on it from various aspects, starting from funding for grading the road and bridge to stream bank reconstruction. It is a huge project headed by the volunteer Little Thompson Road Association and the volunteer Blue Mountain Road Association and anyone else who might be able to help, including residents; county, state and federal agencies; and local flood relief and restoration organizations.

Julie Thongsoontorn (center seated on a volunteer’s knee) her husband Yogi (standing at left, grey shirt) and her son Bogi (in black shirt, to the right of Julie) are the owners of Julie’s Thai Kitchen, 138 Main St. in Lyons Village Central Plaza. They are pictured with a group of volunteers from LifeBridge Christian Church in Longmont, who helped the Thongsoontorn family clean out the mud and debris from the restaurant after the flood. The volunteers worked to scour the stove, floors, walls and furniture. “We couldn’t have done this without them,” said Julie. “They helped us so much.”

Julie’s Thai will reopen the weekend before Thanksgiving with all new flooring, freshly painted walls, new appliances and some new furniture. Julie is hiring people to work in the restaurant. If anyone wants to apply for a job, please contact Julie at the restaurant or call 303-823-2327or go to Julies Thai Kitchen @ gmail. com.

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Thanks to all who helped Staff Reports Redstone Review LYONS – Flood stories continue to unfold and volunteers from all over our area, all over the U.S. and even from other countries, have come to the Lyons area to help people reconstruct their lives in so many ways.

Everyone took on jobs way above and beyond what they ever thought they would have to do.

Poudre Valley REA worked long hours to connect electric lines and got the power working in the rural areas in an amazingly short period of time after the flood.

Xcel Energy is continuing to install all new lines all over the area and worked quickly to reconnect the electricity in and around Lyons. The stone quarries all over this area hauled rock to repair roads and open up access along U.S. Highway 36 and Colorado Highway 66, Blue Mountain Road bridge near the Fire District Substation, roads and bridges all over Lyons area. The Lyons Fire Protection District fire fighters and Fire Chief JJ Hoffman became the heroes of Blue Mountain Valley when FEMA tried to get everyone to evacuate and Chief Hoffman told us we could stay in our homes and he would help us in any way he could. Chief Hoffman worked long, long hours to help save Lyons from the flood damage. He along with others received a standing ovation at a town meeting when everyone could see the toll the flood was taking. The National Guard did a fantastic job working to repair the roads, at the check point entrance to Lyons and helping people evacuate. They were one of the first responders, braving the flood waters to save people. The Red Cross gave out supplies, FEMA gave information, SBA offered loans, the Salvation Army food truck became the only restaurant in Lyons offering food and comfort. Gary Berngard with Honeywell volunteered his time working on the sewer plant. The Boulder County Sheriff’s Department never left Lyons; they helped to make the town and surrounding area safe when so many people had to leave their

homes. Crews came to help from Boulder, Denver, Wyoming, Longmont. Trucks appeared with license plates from California, Nebraska, Montana and other states to help.

The town staff and town board, Mayor Julie Van Domelen, Town Administrator Victoria Simonsen, the Public Works Department, have all worked nonstop to get water and sewer lines reconnected, flush and test pipes, reconstruct the infrastructure to get people back in their homes. Longmont has helped the town in many, many ways. Longmont loaned the town space for both town and town board meetings, and gave staff advisory and support help. LifeBridge Christian Church in Longmont gave Lyons meeting space, made up lunch boxes for us in stranded areas, sent volunteers to help both homeowners and businesses. Churches all over the

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area sent volunteers. The TeamRubicon along with Home Depot volunteers helped many homeowners dig out; Samaritan’s Purse, Lowe’s, a group from Israel, and so many others worked with our volunteer coordinator, Ed Kean, who organized a massive amount of volunteers and support for local businesses and home owners. Thanks to all the locals who volunteered and supported people when their houses were destroyed. People were so overwhelmed by the help they received, they had to choke back tears by the very idea that total strangers would appear to help them. We are grateful to all of you who helped in any way and will try to pay it forward.

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Boulder County Resource Coordinator LYONS – Jocelyn Fankhouser now serves the Lyons area. She has been hired by Boulder County Department of Housing and Human Services as the Boulder County Resource Coordinator Supervisor to be available 20 of her 40 hours a week helping Lyons residents with flood related issues. The other 20 hours she continues to investigate child abuse. She has worked for the county for 18 years as a child abuse investigator. After the flood the county realized it needed to add more people to the effort. The county also needed someone to supervisor the team. She is on the Long Term Recovery Committee, working collectively with many people throughout the county to look at the unmet needs of the each individual. The goal for that group is to address each and every unmet need with a goal of raising enough money across the world to meet them.

The county will be hiring others to help her in order to offer individual case management to individuals. There will be a specific focus on the mountain areas such as Jamestown and the Fourmile area. These areas were hit very hard as well. She is not sure where her office will be located yet. She will still be in Lyons and helping to organize as much help as is available.

She can be reached at 303-591-4424 or email her: Jfankhouser@bouldercounty.org.

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OUTREACH Stepping up, leaning in

By John Burke Redstone Review

istrative staff are all women, as are the presidents of both the Chamber and the Community Foundation. This is pretty cool – a significant leadership change from earlier decades.

That change may have implications for these difficult times. Social scientists tell us that woman leaders tend to be more collaborative while men are more hierarchical.

If ever there were a time for community-wide collabora-

letters to the editor, in email surges and in unkind and often inaccurate gossip. These attacks could become virulent. Thankfully, that era is pretty much over.

But we did have a recent reminder of the way the game used to be played. Remember the drive-by letter that arrived just before the library vote? Filled with inaccuracies, it attacked the good folks who have been developing the new Library District for the community. To our great satisfaction, Janice and I received frequent reassurance: claims that many recipients might have believed a few years ago earned hoots and derision from today’s readers. Even though the tax increase was narrowly (and understandably) rejected by a flood-abused community, we believe the hostile reaction to that letter as an indication that the people of Lyons no longer accept Kamikaze attacks as a form of community discussion. Lyons is evolving.

Here is one example of that evolution – an example of the new spirit of leaning in. For years many stakeholders felt the community has an enormous reservoir of reluctant talent. Many capable people sat on the sidelines. They could not be induced to volunteer for public service, even though that is one of the obligations of living in a small community. As a result, the same old warhorses, good citizens all, had to recycle themselves through various committees and offices in town government and town organizations.

Then, as the flood receded, a wonderful thing happened.

A cadre of several dozen folks moved forward, volunteering their competence, their time and their commitment. A new generation of leaders is emerging! There is work to be done. And it is time for old farts like me to begin fading, a privilege you have accorded us and a demand you will soon place upon us. Your time has come. Welcome!

Pair these symbols of a new beginning with two symbols of continuity, both of which had dramatic effect.

Main Street began to come to life when the Sullivans opened the St. Vrain Market and the Chesnes opened the Barking Dog. Both families rushed to announce “Damn the flood. We’re still here!” even if their inventory wasn’t. These gestures created enormous emotional buzz. Continuity and a new beginning. We have both.

Here’s another perspective on stepping up and leaning in.

LYONS – My wife Janice Gavan and I were out of town when the flood hit our community. Acting upon advice from those close to the scene and unable to access our home, we elected to stay put and remotely address our company’s Burke needs. Meanwhile, our terrific colleagues jumped into action. With flashlights in hand, in a dark and cold office and warehouse building, they worked together to take care of clients and to remove computers and essential files. Ninja warriors all, within days they had set up operations in their homes.

Two months later we know that, despite our company’s financial losses, we are among the truly fortunate. A long road to recovery is ahead for our community. Some of our neighbors will run out of financial and emotional resources before reaching the end of that road.

But the tragedy may be having some extraordinary results, too. It occurs to us that an evolution already underway has become a revolution – one that benefits “...have you noticed that Lyons’ public affairs are largely our community in many ways. Consider our personal managed by women?... This is pretty cool – a significant post-flood ruminations. See if you agree. leadership change from earlier decades.” Left to right: Outsiders Leaning In: We have a few friends and Laverne Johnson, Victoria Simonsen, Julie Van Domelen, neighbors who tend to scorn what they call big governDawn Weller. PHOTO BY KENNETH WAJDA ment and do-gooders. Now they have seen the energized commitment of individuals representing FEMA, National Guard, Small Business Administration, tion, wouldn’t you say we’re going through it now? And Disaster Recovery Center, Red Cross, Salvation Army, will continue to go through it for the next few years?

Team Rubicon and others who stepped up. Perhaps firstThat leads us to a related thought. If you are new to hand observation caused them to soften their skepticism. town, you may not be aware that politics in Lyons could We decided we will never again walk past a Salvation be a risky blood-sport. If you have been here for a while Army Santa without donating to the kettle. We happily you probably want to forget that sorry fact. endorse Cheri Hoffer’s (of Canine Campovers) suggestion Until about four years ago, promoting any issue in the that Town Government invite the Salvation Army Food public square, running for any office, working publicly on Truck to participate in the annual Christmas Parade. any new project could cause a person to be attacked in Continue Stepping Up on Page 15 Insiders Leaning Further In: We have many homegrown heroes. Community volGREAT NEW PRICE! UNPARALLELED VIEWS! PRIVATE SETTING! unteers with a sense of service and compassion. Local agencies. Churches. The Chamber. The Community Foundation.

Elected and appointed officials. The extraordinary Lyons Volunteer Fire Department. These insiders set examples Wed, Nov 20 that will be remembered.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Dampened spirits lifted again and again

By C. Chrystal DeCoster Redstone Review LYONS – The waters have receded, recovery funds are on the rise above anticipated levels, and some dampened spirits have been recently lifted in the process.

The estimated DeCoster $45,000 brought in by the November 15 Lyons Homecoming event at Lionscrest Manor put the total Rebuild Lyons – One Life at a Time till at nearly $650,000, one hundred percent of which will flow out directly as grants to qualifying applicants. This group blends the efforts of the Lyons Community Foundation (LCF) and the Lyons Community Basic Needs and Emergency Fund (LCBNEF) with the mission “to offer emergency relief and current or immediate recovery assistance to rebuild Lyons, one life at a time.”

The Lyons Homecoming event, featuring an inspired dinner and smorgasbord of excellent local musical offerings, was spearheaded by a group of philanthropic go-getters from the Lyons area who call themselves the Wolf Pack. “We saw the need and jumped in to assist the best we knew how,” said Katie Bruzdzinski of Eat Catering. Other alpha players in the Homecoming’s howling success were Dan and Kristin Bruckner (A Spice of Life Catering), Jeff Cornell, Ali Lawhon (Bird Dog Press), Kristin Schuette (West End Tavern), Emily Dusel, and Greeley Sachs.

The exemplary evening demonstrated the get ‘er done tenacity, generosity and eclectic talents abounding in Lyons.

On Saturday December 7, the word on the street is that another fun and delicious fundraiser will be right on the Parade of Lights’ route – both before and after. Starting at noon, the Rebuild Lyons Holiday Bar-B-Que will be staged on Main Street at Ferg’s Inn, owned and generously donated for the evening by Craig Ferguson of Planet Bluegrass. Pulled pork, smoked turkey, organic sides and soups will be available by the plate or as bulk take-home holiday fare. Again, an array of outstanding and benevolent local musicians will be performing, beverages have been kindly donated, and an outpouring of community resources have already rallied to get this parade event afloat under Skye McDonald’s baton. In addition, through confidential nominations by townspeople, from monies raised by food purchased at the Holiday Bar-BQue, a Lyons family will be fed for six months through Nourishment Education Foundation’s Feed A Family program.

“Lyons, Colorado was dealt a low blow on September 12. But the love bestowed upon and demonstrated by the town of Lyons has resulted in Rebuild Lyons being able to aptly reach those with the highest levels of need,” recaps Dr. Liz Erley, LCF chair. “On October 12 the official process began of getting Rebuild Lyons funding out to those residents most in need; our goal is to have a check in their hands by mid-December,” she added.

The Rebuild Lyons granting process, modeled largely after the successful efforts

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Town Hall moves back LYONS – Town staff will be transitioning back to 432 5th Ave. starting November 22nd. The Board of Trustees has authorized closing Town Hall November 25 to 29 to allow staff time to move and celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday with their families.

Volunteer reconstruction help LYONS – If your home in Lyons was damaged by the flood and you are in need of assistance in getting your house ready so you can move back, help is on the way. Volunteers are coming to the Lyons area to offer their remodeling/building services to restore uninhabitable houses back to homes. Please visit www.townoflyons.com to download the Request for Rebuilding Assistance Form. To be considered for

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of Boulder’s Fourmile Canyon Fire Relief Fund, looks like this: both the Assistance and Confidentiality Forms, which can be found on the Lyons Community Foundation’s website or at the Lyons Disaster Recovery Center in both Spanish and English, must be postmarked by the recently extended November 30 deadline, or emailed to rebuildLyons@gmail.com by 5 p.m. on that date.

Also available at the same locations is a bi-lingual list of examples of household needs that are potentially eligible for grant assistance. This compilation includes, but is not limited to, suggestions related to the following categories: financial, transportation, household, communications, work, health, and child.

Along with the two completed forms, the three following items must also be submitted: proof of residency or employment in the Greater Lyons Area that links applicants to the affected property

(such as a driver’s license, lease, utility bill, letters from landlords, other bills, etc.); a copy of the Declaration or Summary Page of homeowner’s or renter’s insurance coverage; and a FEMA Confidentiality Written Consent Form.

The grant application review process has already begun. All received by the November 30 deadline will be reviewed by a local independent panel of carefully selected and caring individuals who have each signed conflict of interest and confidentiality statements. Final granting decisions rest with the Community Foundation Serving Boulder County (TCF), LCF’s fiscal sponsor.

This holiday season, many people are giving Rebuild Lyons donations as gifts given in the name of their designated gift recipient. Donations are still being accepted online at www.lyonscf.org. For additional information, please call 720-8644309 or email rebuildLyons@ gmail.com.

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FOUNDATION I really like Thanksgiving Day

By Richard A. Joyce Redstone Review VP PUEBLO – Although it is rooted in the desire of various Christian sects to thank God for good harvests, victory in battle, prosperity, health and general well being, it’s a day that Joyce can be celebrated by those of any religion.

In modern American life, the day also includes enjoying football games, family warmth, food and drink of all sorts, good friends and good feelings, including a general sense of thankfulness even atheists can enjoy as a reflection of their inner humanity. It has its own special feel.

Once upon a time not so long ago, it shone like a beacon of hope in a season of bare trees, windblown dead leaves, hardening ground and longer, colder nights, a sort of lighthouse guiding us from summer through the rocks of autumn to the cheerful, calm winter harbor of Christmas.

It doesn’t do that so much anymore, I think, and not because we want it to do otherwise, but because we’ve created a world in which it cannot function that way, largely because on either side of that day lie the grim realities of economics.

When Abraham Lincoln invited those “in every part of the United States… to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of

Thanksgiving” in October 1863, it didn’t matter to him that occasionally, the last Thursday in November is the fifth Thursday in that month.

For President Franklin Roosevelt, however, facing the gloom of the Great Depression, it did matter, because, as historians have observed, he felt celebrating Thanksgiving on the fifth Thursday shortened the Christmas shopping season, which had a direct negative effect on an already crippled economy.

Roosevelt’s thinking on the matter likely was influenced at least in part

by Fred Lazarus Jr., founder of Federated Department Stores (which later became Macy’s).

At the time, it was considered unacceptable to advertise Christmas products until after Thanksgiving, and in 1940 and 1941, years in which November had only four Thursdays, Roosevelt declared Thanksgiving to be on the third Thursday, again to keep the Christmas shopping season longer and, the hope was, more profitable and therefore more stimulating to the economy.

Republicans generally opposed such changes as affronts to Lincoln’s memory and accomplishments, and others opposed it in general, so the matter of when to hold Thanksgiving Day wasn’t resolved fully until Dec. 26, 1941, when Roosevelt signed a bill passed by Congress

that fixed the occasion on the fourth Thursday in November.

And so it remains, but the reason for keeping it there no longer exists. In fact, if we consider the economic well being of the nation in the age of consumerism, debt crises, deficits and unemployment, we may need to consider moving our day of thanks.

The facts are clear: Christmas shopping season in the United States now begins in October at a point near but in advance of Halloween. Perhaps we could agree on Oct. 25 as the start. That means an official span of two months in which Christmas goods are advertised and purchased.

Of course, some do shopping in January for next year’s Christmas season, and some do it throughout the year, but advertisers generally have waited – at one time until a month before Christmas, which would be Thanksgiving, and in recent years until Halloween was over, adding 25 days to the season.

Now, it’s two full months and likely to expand until the Christmas shopping season will eventually officially launch in early October. Any fight in any of us to stop this trend would be a waste of energy, so let’s not try to pull the Christmas shopping season back to the appropriateness of 1930 thinkers. Instead, let’s think rationally, economically. Let’s move our holidays around a bit to fit. So,

the summer / fall shopping season will end at Labor Day. The next day will begin the Hunter / Halloween shopping season, but Halloween will move to Sept. 30.

On Oct. 1, the Christmas shopping season will begin. It will run straight through Christmas, New Year’s Day and the January white and overstock inventory sales. It will end on Jan. 31.

And Thanksgiving? Why, we need to get it out of the Christmas shopping season, where it lies like a log in the road, a one-day obstacle to leapfrog on our way to spending, debt, sales and profits. So it only makes sense to couple it with one of the greatest and most positively potent economic days we have.

Super Bowl Sunday should forever be followed by Thanksgiving Monday, a day of thankful rest and recuperation, a day to count your blessings, winnings, profits, losses, raises, layoffs, debts, overdue bills, etc., and make big plans for even more such things to come in the next 12 months.

Who knows? We may even start a new industry. A Thanksgiving Monday in February could see groundhog on the menu – with frozen veggies and pigeon pie, of course. Mmmmmm!

Richard A. Joyce is an associate 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.

Our thoughts are with the many whose lives have been disrupted by this recent tragedy, especially those who have lost their home or business. We applaud the efforts of those working to help in the community’s recovery.

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FORWARD New RedstoneSky project to benefit area recovery Redstone Staff Reports Redstone Review PINEWOOD SPRINGS – The Redstone Review is delivered free to everyone in the 80540 zip code. Costs are covered by advertisements from local businesses. The Redstone Review is extremely grateful to the businesses that have advertised over the paper’s 14 years, and to those that have been able to continue their support during the flood recovery process. In order to keep the information flowing and the presses rolling, the Redstone Review appealed to SKYBEAM, a local business interested in expanding service to new customers during the recovery.

SKYBEAM is a fixed wireless and digital telephone service provider, operating in the greater Lyons area since 2006. In collaboration with the Redstone Review, SKYBEAM has set up a promotion called RedstoneSky. SKYBEAM will make a financial contribution to both the Redstone Review and the Pinewood Springs Fire Department for each new customer signed up through the RedstoneSky link or telephone number.

Please go to Skybeam.com/Redstone, or call 720-539-7977.

Even though the Redstone is distributed free to everyone in the 80540 area, we really appreciate those who purchase a $16 subscription (for one year). Your purchase of a subscription helps us to offset

our mailing costs. Look for the coupon in this issue and mail it with your check to Redstone Review, PO Box 68, Lyons, CO. 80540. Thanks for your support.

The Pinewood Springs Fire Department serves the area along Highway 36 abutting the Estes Park Fire District on the northwest and the Lyons Fire District on the southeast.

The response area includes parts of both Boulder and Larimer Counties, as well as Roosevelt National Forest. It includes about 400 homes, 1000 residents, and four businesses. Twenty-two volunteer fire fighters and EMTs who live in the area respond to calls for fire, medical emergencies and motor vehicle accidents, and provide prevention and mitigation education.

Assistant Chief Andrew Lucas explained that the firehouse, built in 1962, is in dire need of expansion and updating. The community has held a number of fundraising events this year, which are now on hold, due to extensive flood impacts in Pinewood Springs.

Funds from the RedstoneSky project will help the department replenish supplies used during the flood and hopefully help get the firehouse project back on track. Lucas welcomes any and all contributions. “Every contribution will make a difference and will be gratefully accepted,” Lucas said. Contact him at alucas@pinewoodspringsfire.org, or 303-885-1030.

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NATURE Greenwood: Giving back as the season of giving approaches

By Dara L. Miles Redstone Review LONGMONT – As we ease into winter at Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, our population of wild critters begins to dwindle. Rooms that were full of baby squirrels and birds just months ago are all but empty now, as most of our charges have been released back into the wild where they belong. One interesting new resident, however, is a female red fox who came to us November 2 in very bad shape. “Jill” was found by a Loveland business owner, curled up on a futon in his warehouse office. She was unusually docile because she was emaciated, dehydrated, and suffering from a severe case of mange, which, if left untreated, can be fatal.

We started fighting the mange immediately with anti-parasitic and anti-inflammatory drugs and gave Jill a medicated shampoo bath to help ease the itching.

JILL, THE RED FOX

Combating the malnutrition was more complicated. While it is tempting to over-feed a starving mammal, it is crucial that food be reintroduced gradually to avoid re-feeding syndrome, a condition that stems from sudden shifts in body fluids and electrolytes and can result in heart failure. Jill was put on a lean protein diet to ensure that her body could handle

nutrients after going hungry for so long.

Jill looks and feels dramatically better, and is once again acting like a wild animal, growling at humans. We see no more futons in her future. You can follow her progress by “liking” us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/greenwoodwildliferehabilitationcenter.

Our relatively low occupancy rate this time of year leaves us with more time for fundraising. In spite of the devastation caused by the flood, Greenwood set a new record with our Wild Night for Wildlife dinner and auction, held September 27 in Boulder. This year, Wild Night raised nearly $90,000, a 20 percent increase over last year’s proceeds. Thanks to our sponsors, auction donors and guests – especially our friends from Lyons – who helped make Wild Night such a success. Because of you, we can continue to provide food, shelter and medical services to the more than 2,300 sick, injured and orphaned birds and

Pets often have fatal reactions to household toxins

By Dana Dietrich, DVM Redstone Review LONGMONT – There are several common household items that are toxic if ingested by our pets. If your pet ingests something that may be toxic, a veterinarian or an animal poison control center should be contacted. The ASPCA Animal Poison Control and the Pet Poison Helpline are two trusted animal poison control centers.

The ASPCA Animal Poison Control can be contacted at 1-888-426-4435 and the Pet Poison Helpline at 1-800213-6680. There is a nominal fee to call either center but

you get advice from a boarded veterinary toxicologist.

The advice may range from recommending home care to hospitalization. The toxicologist will provide a case number and even help guide the veterinarian that ends up seeing your pet.

Common household toxins: • Grapes / raisins can cause severe kidney failure within zero to 72 hours after ingestion. Clinical signs include vomiting, lethargy, anorexia, diarrhea, ataxia, abdominal pain, and decreased urine production. Prognosis is guarded and does not correlate with the quantity of ingestion.

• Marijuana ingestion causes incoordination, dilated

mammals that come to us every year.

If you missed Wild Night, you can still help Greenwood by purchasing one of our 2014 calendars. These full-color wall calendars are printed on heavy cardstock and feature photos of some of our cutest patients. Pick one up at the center east of Lyons or at our Greenwood Consignment Gallery and Thrift Shop at 3600 Arapahoe Ave. in Boulder.

As the year draws to a close, many of us start looking for additional tax deductions.

If you have a car or truck that you no longer want, you can turn that vehicle into tax relief by donating it to Greenwood.

Visit our website at http://www.greenwoodwildlife.org/cardonation.php or call 1-800-274-1088. Your vehicle will be towed away, and you’ll get a receipt for your 100% tax-deductible donation.

Dara L. Miles is a freelance journalist and a volunteer at Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. If you’d like to learn more about Greenwood Wildlife, please visit www.greenwoodwildlife.org.

pupils, slow heart rate, and sometimes dribbling urine.

Vomiting also occurs in some cases. Prognosis is favorable with treatment.

• Xylitol is a sugar substitute used in gum, candy, and baking goods. In dogs, xylitol is rapidly absorbed and causes a severe increase in blood insulin leading to a drop in blood glucose. Clinical signs can occur 30 to 60 minute after ingestion. Clinical sigs can include vomiting, weakness, a wobbly gait, and seizures. Liver failure can occur nine to 72 hours after ingestion. Prognosis is guarded and does not correlate with the quantity of ingestion. Institution of early aggressive therapy in known exposure may increase survival.

• Over-the-counter anti-inflammatories (aspirin, acetaContinue Toxins on Page 14

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Magdalena Continued from Page 4 When musician KC Groves moved to Lyons a dozen years ago, she felt that she received free life coach sessions whenever she bumped into Magdalena around town. “I could always count on her for a meaningful interaction, a positive outlook, and to be present for that moment in time,” Groves recollects. “With her bright eyes, great eye contact and clear thinking, it was a no-brainer that this was a creatively gifted woman with a knack for making things just so.”

“Making things just so” is the norm at Mary’s Market, Deli and Bakery in Hygiene.

Established in 2010 by Magdalena personally handing out still warm chocolate chip

cookies out front, this busy homey hub is the heart of Hygiene.

Also dear to her heart are hundreds of children ages 5 through 12 who have attended her hands-on Summer Art/Farm Camp at her Hygiene home. Magdalena has also taught adult art classes and published a book of meditations entitled The Great Mother’s Handbook of Love.

About her time spent in Colorado Magdalena reflects, “It has been a beautiful dance and a privilege.”

In Glastonbury Magdalena anticipates potential roles as an artist in residence at St. Margaret’s Chapel and Royal Magdalene Almshouses, as an Essene conference coordinator next June, and /

Recovery Continued from Page 3 Recovery Fund Loan Committee, which decides on loan rates and terms. Right now the loan rate is 2.25 percent per year and the loan term (the length of time to pay the loan back) can range from one to 10 years. To help those businesses affected by the flood the loan committee has approved a period of 0 percent interest rate (i.e. the borrower pays nothing on the loan) for the first one, two or even three years.

Let’s suppose a company affected by the flood wants to borrow $10,000. The company would send an application to the loan committee. If approved, the loan rate

Toxins Continued from Page 12 minophen, ibuprofen) should never be given to animals, even in small doses, as they can cause gastric ulcers, liver, and kidney failure. Prognosis depends on the type and amount of anti-inflammatory ingested but is guarded.

• Rat / mouse poison comes in several different varieties. The most common type causes internal bleeding 48 to 72 hours after ingestion. Internal bleeding can cause trouble breathing, weakness, collapse, abdominal distention, lameness, bloody urine, and oral bleeding. Other types of rat poisons cause severe muscle tremors, hyperthermia, extreme hyperactivity, and focal or generalized seizures within 24 hours of ingestion. Prognosis depends on the type of rat poison ingested.

• Albuterol toxicity usually occurs when dogs chew on inhalers prescribed for people with asthma. When the inhaler is punctured it releases all the albuterol which is rapid absorbed. Clinical signs occur within 30 minutes of exposure and include and elevated heart rate, irregular heartbeats, elevated blood pressure, dilated pupils, and hyperactivity. Prognosis with treatment is usually favorable.

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or spiritual leader helping to “anchor in the light.” No matter where she ends up, Magdalena promises “to forever remain connected to wherever I’ve shared time and passion.” Rivers summarizes, Magdalena is a “visionary lifelong student and spiritual optimist who believes deeply in the workings of the world and the universe – and the well being of Mother Earth and all beings in it."

As Magdalena prepares for her November 23rd yard sale she’s found treasures collected through the years from her family and friends. Magdalena professes, while looking through her porch screen at a shimmering Longs Peak: “As I think about the impact the flood has had upon so

would be at 2.25 percent per year for 10 years, with the first two years at 0 percent interest. So, for the first 24 months, the borrower would pay nothing per month.

From the 25th month to 120th month the borrower would only pay $115.68. The loan could be paid off early without a penalty. This is the best deal around.

When the borrower repays the loan, with interest, the loan committee has more funds to lend. When those loans are paid off, with interest, the committee can lend to new borrowers, and so on and so on. These revolving loan funds are intended to be in perpetuity. We could be lending money to local businesses 50 years from now,

• Lilies are extremely toxic to cats and even small ingestions of any part of the plant can cause kidney failure. Clinical signs include vomiting, lethargy, and depression, loss of appetite, and excessive thirst and urination followed by lack of urine. Prognosis is guarded to poor.

• De-icing salts can cause an increase in blood sodium leading water retention.

Clinical signs include vomiting, diarrhea, a wobbly gait, tremors, weakness and seizures. Water retention can also can to lead to heart failure and trouble breathing.

• Chocolate ingestion can cause vomiting, diarrhea, hyperactivity, tremors, seizures, and restlessness. It can also cause changes to the heart including racing heart rhythms which can progress to abnormal heartbeats. In severe cases, death can occur. Prognosis depends on the amount and type of chocolate ingested.

• Onions and garlic are more toxic to cats and certain breeds of dogs. Onions and garlic causes anemia and GI irritation.

Clinical signs can include vomiting, diarrhea, lethargy, drooling, lethargy, weakness, collapse, pale gums, and an elevated respiratory rate. Prognosis is guarded and some animals will require a blood transfusion.

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Cathleen Chrystal DeCoster has loved writing, art and horses since childhood.

Professionally she’s led inventive contributions at ad agencies, printing companies, a variety of publications, and in secondary / post-secondary education. She’s trying her pen at songwriting and writing her first novel. She can be reached at chrystaldecoster@gmail.com.

with money we received in 2013 or 2014.

Right now the Lyons Business Recovery Fund has about $22,000 to lend, with donations coming in all the time. Please encourage your friends, relatives, fellow alumni, current and former business colleagues to donate to the Lyons Business Recovery Fund. We will all be better off when the do.

John O’Brien is the chairman of the Lyons Economic Gardening Group, LEGG. He has worked in business and industry for many years and teaches classes at the University of Denver. He lives in Lyons. For more information on LEGG, contact legg@lyons-colorado.com or call 303-823-5215.

Unfortunately, toxin exposure is a common occurrence and the outcome varies greatly depending on what was ingested and the amount. The more information you can provide to the veterinarian the better the veterinarian can serve you.

This information should include what was ingested, the amount ingested, what time the ingestion occurred, and the weight of the animal. Getting your pet to a veterinarian as quickly as possible after exposure to a toxin can greatly the length of treatment, cost, and prognosis.

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A combination altar and interactive art installation, the Lyons Flood Shrine was set up a couple weeks ago in the vacant lot between Lyons Fork and the St. Vrain Pharmacy. Constructed by artists Danny Mortimer and Jacob Leewenburg entirely out of debris left by the recent flood, the idea was you could take what belonged to you, or add things as you wished. Items were recently removed so the washed out area could be graded; some items have returned. The night of the Halloween parade, it was lit up with blue lights, and many people gathered there.

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Mayor Continued from Page 3 permit fees for flood damage repairs to reduce the cost of rebuilding for the hardest hit. Some have questioned getting utility bills even though you were not using water or electricity. Utility charges include use charges (the actual metered amount of water or electricity) and a base charge. The base rate is structured as the fixed cost of the system that you would still have if no one used anything. Even when no one was home, our utility funds still had to pay debt service on bonds, all the repair work on the damaged lines, general maintenance, and administrative costs like engineering and staff time. As owners of the system, the base rate you pay funds those costs. Charging the base rate is not ‘throwing salt in the wound’ as one email I got commented, it is avoiding bankrupting our utilities and paying to fix the system so that we have lights and water to turn back on.

This may seem like a kind of chilling reality check, but unfortunately there really is no such thing as a free lunch –

except at the Salvation Army, of course.

The assets of town belong to all of us. So the answer to the question of who pays for all of this is that, in the end, we are responsible for rebuilding our Town.

Over the next few weeks, Staff and the BOT will be working on the 2014 budget and a more detailed financing plan for recovery efforts. We will have tough choices to make on what services will be prioritized and how to fund the ongoing costs of running town government given revenue declines. We will need to figure out how and where to come up with the matching funds we need for rebuilding infrastructure.

I invite interested citizens to come to the meetings, get informed and help us find a way to finance our recovery.

Julie Van Domelen was first elected mayor of Lyons in 2009 in a special election. She was re-elected mayor in April 2010. Mayor Van Domelen works part time as an economist for the World Bank. She lives with her family in Lyons and can be reached at juliev@townoflyons.com.

Stepping Up Continued from Page 8 Like many readers of the Redstone Review, our business colleagues, friends, and relatives throughout the country have sent donations to various relief programs. These good folks think Lyons is cool and want to support us, even if they have not seen the disaster themselves.

How about those who have experience in dealing with disasters like ours? Like the SBA official who was really contained and professional at the Longmont Disaster Center? She Know where to go bumped into us at Office Depot and began talking about the people of Lyons – all of you. She couldbefore an stop saying how great Lyons people are. And emergency occurs! n’t then, standing there in among the office supplies, she began to weep. Another time a Red Cross volThank you for choosing… unteer at the Disaster Center teared up as she expressed admiration for the people of Lyons. Then there were those Salvation Army volunteers who became emotional when we stopped over to thank them as they were packing up on their last day.

Experienced people all – they took our measure and were deeply touched!

Janice and I didn’t make those folks cry. Each of • 24-Hour Veterinary Facility them – and many more – was deeply moved by the • Emergency & Critical Care calm, resolute, classy and empathetic way our neighbors handled this tragedy. These disaster • Surgery relief folks watched in awe as our community • Internal Medicine pulled together. They are used to confronting tragedies like ours. But they never saw a communiVisit our “green” facility ty respond like Lyons did. They had never seen at 104 S. Main St. in Longmont. anything like us. Anything like LYONS! 303-678-8844 In some ways our community will never fully www.AspenMeadowVet.com recover. Remaining areas of loss and pain will stand as reminders that when responding to the flood, the people of Lyons found ways to step up, lean in and continue building an extraordinary community.

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