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B •R •I •E •F •S Holiday Parade of Lights LYONS – The bright glow of the holidays is once again coming to the Town of Lyons on Saturday December 3 with the Holiday Parade of Lights. The Holiday Parade of Lights will start at 6:30 p.m. and will be filled with illuminated, colorful floats, many of which will be decorated in the theme of this year’s parade “Do You Hear What I Hear?” Sign up today. The lineup for the parade will be at 5:15 p.m. Before the parade reindeer and Percheron draft horses will be in Sandstone Park. Also on Dec. 3, Lyons Lights will return this year to Sandstone Park. Be sure to come out and enjoy a colorful, exciting, dancing light display synchronized to music. Lyons Lights in Sandstone Park will be available for public viewing throughout the month of December. Beginning Saturday, December 3 through December 31. Lyons Lights in Sandstone Park will run every day from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Holiday Bazaar will be held on December 3, Saturday, and December 4, Sunday, at the Lyons Elementary School Gym. Don’t miss out on this large craft fair where many Christmas gifts are available. Be sure to catch live music and entertainment following the parade at approximately 7:15 p.m. in Sandstone Park on the Raul Vasquez Community Stage. Among those performing this year will be the Lyons High and Elementary Schools Show Choirs. At 7:40 p.m., there will be a wonderful fireworks display made possible by donations and grants received from the Lyons Community Foundation and other local supporters. Continue Briefs on Page 4
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Mountain goat kid cuddling mom, Mount Evans, Colorado. Photo by Fi Rust. Mount Evans is the best place in the United States to photograph mountain goats. Around mid-June, the nannies bring the new babies up to the road and you can get pretty close to them. The photographic challenge is in getting the kids to stay still long enough to make a great image. Fi Rust is an award-winning wildlife photographer who has won awards in all the top US nature photography contests, and her images have been published in numerous nature magazines, in books and calendars. She will have a booth selling her wildlife photography at the Mollie McGee Holiday Market November 19 and 20 at the Boulder County Fairgrounds in Longmont. Fi also has a 22-image exhibit at The Wildlife Experience in Parker, now part of the CU South Campus. An artist reception will be held Thursday, December 1 from 5 to 7 p.m.; http://southdenver.cu.edu/events/event/creatures-great-small/
Budget for 2017, unexpected expenses and finding a place for Public Works By Susan de Castro McCann Redstone Review Editor LYONS – It is budget season and the Lyons Town Board is hammering out the new budget for 2017. Logic might tell you that the town hall would be crowded with residents wanting to know how their tax money is going to be spent. But contrary to what might seem logical, no one ever shows up to the workshops or for the Board of Trustees’ regular meetings at budget time. The budget process is complicated and tedious and no one has the patience for it. The budget must be finalized in December when it is first sent to the county for approval, and then sent off to the state. All municipal budgets must be balanced by state law. A finance report was given to the board by Margi McDonald, an assistant to Finance Director Tony Cavalier. She went over the age-old problem of trying to wrestle the reimbursement funds from the state. Lyons has to pay for all its flood repair projects up front
then turn all the receipts and records for the project over to the state. The state then goes over all the projects with a fine-tooth comb, making sure that all the rules for reimbursement funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Development (HUD) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are followed to the letter. The BOT submits a request for reimbursement (RFP) to the state for each project when it is completed and the reimbursements can take 90 to 120 days to arrive, forcing the town into a cash-flow crunch. Bi-weekly phone meetings are held with the state and the state has loaned the town between $2 and $3 million to help with the cash-flow problem. This still leaves the town without money. “We have no cash flow right now to work on any projects,” said Mayor Connie Sullivan. The cash flow problem got worse as the night went on when Town Administrator Victoria Simonsen told the board that Michael Markel, the owner and contractor of the remaining land in Lyons Valley Park,
submitted his latest filing (#8) to develop that portion of the subdivision. Simonsen explained that somehow way back in 1975 or 1976 the town agreed to put in all the electrical infrastructure for the subdivision; she estimated the cost would be about $51,000. Needless to say the board was shocked to hear that news. “I have never heard this before,” said Mayor Connie Sullivan. The town attorney Kathie Guckenberger asked if the BOT put away funds to do this project. Obviously not. The BOT also learned from Public Works Director Kyle Miller that a new pump for the lift station for Eagle Canyon would cost about $5,000. In other news Lyons resident Benita Yoder spoke to the board about how much work Rosi Dennett had done for the town, how hard she worked and the recognition she deserves for her work with the flood residents in the confluence area. Dennett worked for the town coordinating all the 404 buyouts, the flood-damaged properties that the town bought from the homeowners who wanted to sell. The buyout properties then became park land owned and maintained by the town. Mayor Sullivan thanked Yoder for coming forward to praise Dennett. “I think Rosi has Continue Town on Page 14
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LYONS Give where you live: Lyons Valley Preschool participating in Colorado Gives Day By Kate Zalzal and LVP Board of Directors Redstone Review LYONS – Lyons Valley Preschool (LVP) is excited to announce that we are participating in Colorado Gives Day on Tuesday, December 6, 2016. LVP was Zalzal born out of love. Following the flood three years ago, our town was reeling in many ways. A group of dedicated parents, driven to help rebuild and strengthen our community, saw a need for more options for quality, local preschool. They quickly came together with a common vision: to create an excellent, supportive, Montessori-based preschool for the Lyons community. Lyons Valley Preschool was born of these efforts. Now in its third year, LVP is thriving. With a dedicated and passionate staff of four, enrollment is nearly full and we are proud to have a supportive community of students, teachers, parents and grandparents. The preschool has successfully “graduated” over a dozen children on to kindergarten and we are excited to continue growing our enrichment program with music, art and dancing. Our teachers at LVP, Athena DuBois, Courtney Owens, Cayenne Towns, and our Head of School Lesley Rahbany, bring experience and kindness to all of our programming. They also have a deep understanding of how to foster a lifetime love of learning in children. Colorado Gives Day is an annual, state-wide movement to celebrate and increase philanthropy in Colorado through online giving. With additional funds, we hope to
The King’s garage By Sally King Redstone Review LYONS – It’s unusual when your dentist has read about you in the paper and says, “What’s going on with your King garage?” He’s my dentist of 40 years but it turns out many people are interested in flood related recovery stories. I’d love to skip all the details of our conflict with Boulder County because I don’t like to whine but this has been an exhausting journey with not enough help from the County folks. We were looking for collaboration and have not found it. Boulder County commissioners recently postponed any decision about whether to uphold or overturn a staff position that our garage must be removed from the North St. Vrain Creek floodway. We built the garage on our property to replace one destroyed in
Teacher Athena DuBois presents a map and flag lesson at Lyons Valley Preschool. expand our classroom materials and lesson tools. We also hope to redesign our outdoor space to incorporate mixed seating for both adults and children. LVP students spend much time outdoors and we would love to incorporate more comfortable learning and meeting spaces outside. Presented by Community First Foundation (CommunityFirstFoundation.org) and FirstBank, ColoradoGives.org, is an online giving website featuring more than 1,800 Colorado nonprofit organizations. Lyons Valley Preschool is recognized by the IRS and the Secretary of State as a non-profit in good standing. Donations are tax
the September 2013 flood. The County Land Use Department ruled that the replacement must be demolished because it lies in the North St. Vrain floodway and poses a potential danger if there were a future flood. It was not permitted because no permits were being given at that time. It boils down to this: Can someone please educate us about the code that we are dealing with or are we caught in an HMR interpretation that has flexible outcomes? This we have not been able to discern. The gist of the situation out here at the river house, on Apple Valley Road, is that we had a permitted garage before it collapsed in the flood and would like to have one now. A garage makes our property work on many levels including bear proofing our garbage this time of year. On Nov. 3 we had a hearing with the Boulder County Commissioners where many neighbors and friends spoke on our behalf. The commissioners’ decision was tabled until they could make a site visit and our final hearing is Dec 1.
deductible as charitable contributions to the full extent permitted by law. Contributions can be applied to the Colorado Child Care Tax Credit (www.coloradokidstaxcredit.org). Taxpayers and businesses that make a contribution to a qualified child care provider can claim a Colorado income tax credit for 50 percent of the total contribution. Please contact your accountant for additional information. We welcome your thoughtful support. Community First Foundation and FirstBank each contributed $500,000 to create a $1 Million Incentive Fund, one of the largest gives-day incentive funds in the country. Every nonprofit receiving a donation on Colorado Gives Day receives a portion of the fund, which increases the value of every dollar donated. Please visit www.coloradogivesday.org and search for Lyons Valley Preschool to read more about us or to make a donation. Can’t make it on December 6? No problem, donations can be scheduled anytime. Or contact our Head of School, Lesley Rahbany directly at Lesley@lyonsvallepreschool.org. Lyons Valley Preschool Board of Directors: Tasha Kepler, Elizabeth Lennert, Drew Biel, Justin Nelson and Kate Zalzal. Thank you so much for your support. We love being a part of Lyons. Kate Zalzal has a M.Sc. in Geology with a focus on Arctic and Antarctic climate change. She most recently worked on her Ph.D. at the Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research and the University of Iceland. She lives with her husband and two young daughters in Lyons. She can be reached for comments and article ideas at katezalzal@gmail.com.
It has been an enlightening experience. I wanted to cave early in the process, Boulder County is the big cat but I have strong husband and family team so we went forward and I’m glad we did. Conflict is only an entry point with two differing points of view. It’s actually a place to meet and begin the conversation. Collaboration is a willingness to meet and share information and maybe even find solutions and if not, understand why. We stubbornly hold to the idea that this
process with the county is an exploration, a possibility for growth. What are we all doing here together if not this? Sally and her husband John King are local artists and have created art work all over Boulder County. Sally is well known for her bear and flower paintings and John creates moveable interactive sculptures. He has had several commissions in Lone Tree and his work is featured on a large wall at the Kaiser Hospital in Lone Tree.
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MAYOR’S CORNER Five ways to help maintain government effectiveness By Connie Sullivan, Mayor of Lyons Redstone Review LYONS – The outcome of the recent Presidential election has certainly summoned a mixture of Sullivan responses from the American people. Within our own community I expect some are hopeful and encouraged by the result, while others are feeling anxious and afraid. Regardless, we need to make room for individuals to express their thoughts, hopes and fears without being disparaged for it. The peaceful transition of power in government has somewhat been taken for granted in the U.S. In my lifetime, I cannot remember an election where there was such uncertainty associated with the change over of the Presidency. During challenging times, I find it is often helpful to return to fundamentals for grounding. By locating the pillars, we might steady ourselves and regain our balance. Our democratic government and subsequently free society is founded on some fairly basic principles. Every citizen has the right to participate in and question the government. We have certain freedoms that are protected by law – freedom of speech, privacy, fairness and religion. I’ve come to appreciate and understand these principles more fully as an elected official. I also understand that people need to trust their government for the system to work. So, how can the average citizen assess the effectiveness of their government at the local, state and
national level? Here are some insights and suggestions based on my experience. I hope this is helpful no matter which side of the fence you find yourself on. 1. Expect transparency in how the government operates. Conducting government business in an open and transparent way is a founding principle of democracy. The importance of adhering to “open meetings” law should never be underestimated. The public always has a right to know when, and where elected officials are meeting to discuss government business, and what is on the agenda. A responsible and honest governing body welcomes the press and appreciates their help getting factually accurate information out to the broader public. Elected and appointed officials should be vocal about the reasons for adhering to these rules. Observers should be vigilant about holding elected officials and staff accountable to open meetings standards. The appearance that decisions are being made outside of public view can erode public confidence and imply corruption. Signs that these rules are being shrugged off, or efforts to deny public access to discussions among elected officials should ring alarm bells. Seek out reporting that includes factual information presented in a balanced way. The Town website has been improved in recent years since the flood. Agendas, meeting minutes and events are posted to the Town website and you can sign up for notifications when a new item is added. The Town’s two newspapers attend most meetings and write summaries of what is discussed. Tune in and ask questions.
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2. Participate in direct, respectful communication, with elected officials either one-on-one or at Board meetings. Government reflects those who are active the system’s structure. within Participation can involve direct (verbal or written) communication with elected officials, attending public meetings and voting. Don’t be fooled into thinking that online petitions, posts and tweets will make your voice heard. Facebook messages don’t count as formal communication with elected officials and won’t influence policy. Social media can be a constructive way to organize, voice opinions and show solidarity, however it has no official place in governing procedure. Elected officials want to hear from constituents about what is, and isn’t working in the community. Public feedback and participation helps to guide effective policy-making. Share personal stories and experiences with your elected officials and explain in a sincere and respectful way why you feel they should support your position. 3. Attend and observe public meetings for decorum and protocol. Conducting government business in a respectful, orderly and professional manner ensures all opinions have an equal chance of being heard, and prevents the majority opinion from dominating. Following Roberts Rules of Order, and / or other rules of procedure creates a stable, predictable and efficient legislative process. Disorderly meetings are an indication that the elected body is not highly functioning. The ability of elected officials to adhere to a pre-established code of conduct for meeting deco-
rum influences their credibility and public confidence. A public meeting should be a safe place where all are welcome and no on feels attacked for voicing their opinion. 4. Assess the staff by looking at results and visible signs of progress. While elected officials play an important, public facing role in government, it is the permanent staff that do the heavy lifting of implementing policies and making the public’s vision a reality. Elected officials do not get involved in the day-to-day operations of the Town. Board members gather input from the public and set the direction for the Town by establishing policies and deciding how to expend the Town’s funds. A competent, professional staff that is knowledgeable about the local systems, community culture and historical context is necessary to maintain progress and achieve results. Infrastructure projects can be years in the making and span several different Boards. For example, the Main St. improvements just completed were set in motion before my first term as a Trustee over four years ago. Elected officials come and go, so it is the staff that provides continuity and ensure long-term progress is made. The Town employees are the wheels inside the clock that keep things ticking, and they should be assessed according to their results. The Town of Lyons staff has been through a particularly hard three years. They have dedicated their time, sacrificed personally and endured a lot of criticism. The progress we’ve made as a community is a reflection of their competence and professionalism. Look around for tangible signs of progress as a measure of the staff’s effectiveness. Continue Mayor on Page 14
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LOCAL What’s happening behind the shelves at LRLD? By the Lyons Regional Library District Board of Trustees Redstone Review LYONS – We hope the entire community is taking advantage of the Lyons Library’s exciting fall schedule of programs and services, such as write-ins, author talks, technology instruction, and document notarization. Not all services are available on all days, so please remember to call first: 303-823-5165. In 2017, be on the lookout for expanded hours and passport services. Equally exciting – although perhaps not as visible to the public on a daily basis – is the progress being made “behind the shelves.” As 2016 now winds down, the trustees would like to update the community on that progress. First and foremost, what’s up with the new building project? We’re pleased to announce that an amended Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) has been approved with the Town of Lyons regarding the site. It is east of the original historic Depot Building, and generally encompasses the current Skatepark and Recycling (both scheduled to be relocated) and the parking lot (to be redesigned). For those of you who are wondering if we looked at some of other real estate available around town before coming to agreement on the IGA, the answer is “Yes,” we sure did. Unfortunately, none of those properties could meet the particular needs of a modern library or our budget. So, we will build from scratch. The rough plan, which was originally debuted at the Open House this past May, shows in a very general way how a library might sit on the site. The final building’s footprint will, of course, look quite different. Like you, we are eager to move on to specifics to get us into that new building in 2018. To that end, we have engaged Wember Inc. as our Owner’s Rep consultants.Wember will move us through the financing, design, permitting, construction, and outfitting phases. No
$2 to $3 million. Between already donated monies and the continued thrifty accumulation of revenue in our capital account, we will be ready to contribute Colorado firm has done more libraries – from large to $500,000 cash toward the funds necessary to complete small – than Wember, whose portfolio includes the project. Like many other districts building new Nederland, Erie, Denver, and Louisville. Check Wember facilities, we also plan to take on a loan. We will use out at: http://www.wemberinc.com/portfolio/. current mill levies to service the loan debt, and have no What else? District finances are solid. Our intent is to plans to ask for an increase or to float a bond. Also, we build and work within our budget. We are on target for are hoping to raise additional funds for the new building through grants and donations. A separate 501c3, the Lyons Regional Library District Foundation, has been set up to support the fund-raising effort. For more info on the foundation, please email lyonslibraryfoundation@gmail.com. Our long-time cherished supporters, the Friends, have recently updated their name to “Friends of the Lyons Regional Library.” They are in the midst of a membership campaign and are developing wonderful new activities and programs. Visit their Facebook page or the Lyons Regional Library website for more information. And finally, we are pleased to announce the addition of two new members to our own team. Lori Adams-Weaver joins the board, replacing Julie Cimmet (who relocated to Florida). A nurse and published author, Site concept plan for the new library building. The footprint of the building she also brings 21 years of military is just a place holder and will change once the building is architected. (U.S. Air Force) organizational experience to the table. In addition, longtime Lyons chiropractor and astronomy operations costs, and continue to be able to save money buff Dr. Joe Meckle joins the building committee. We towards the capital campaign for the new building. We are delighted to have them both. are currently working with a range of cost models for Those interested in the more details can find our building a library of 6,500 to 8,000 square feet. entire annual report online on the District News page of Depending on its final size, the new building could cost the Library website.
Rave to the Grave Halloween party raises $22,000 for LEAF By Emily Dusel Redstone Review LYONS – The wild rumpus sure was wild. The biggest adultsonly Halloween Party in Lyons’ history, Rave to the Grave, was held on Friday October 28 at the Wildflower Pavilion at Planet Bluegrass. The party was a benefit for Lyons Emergency Assistance Fund (LEAF). “We are so thankful to all of the artists, musicians, partygoers, donors, clients, sponsors, and volunteers for making Rave to the Grave a huge success raising over $22,000. The money raised for LEAF will directly benefit our friends and neighbors in need,” says Tanya Daty, a LEAF board member. Rave to the Grave is a benefit for LEAF, whose mission is to offer a human services safety net to those in need in the greater Lyons area. This year, partygoers had an opportunity to experience a visual tour of LEAF created by Peggy Dyer before entering the
Wildflower Pavilion. Powerful photos lined the walls with clients, staff, and volunteers of LEAF sharing messages such as “Thank you LEAF, for feeding us,” “Everyone struggles sometimes,” and “I am a part of a community that cares.” The music by Arthur Lee Land, gogoLab, and special guests was truly out of this world. Along with a video DJ show by Needmore productions, wild costumes, lots of dancing, great food and drink, and fun booths, this party was epic. Congratulations to Bob and Janet Wood for winning the costume contest as the twins from The Shining. Local artist Kahlie Sue Pinello took the lead on artistic vision and decorations along with her team of Wendy Miller and Jacob Leeuwenburgh and wow did they deliver. From blood lining the walls, to creepy themed booths, this team blew it out of the water. Planet Bluegrass donated the venue, staff time, and proceeds from alcohol sales directly to
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The Parade Awards Ceremony will take place following the fireworks at approximately 8:05 p.m. on the Raul Vasquez Community Stage awarding the outstanding parade entries of 2016. The evening will wrap up with Lyons Lights in Sandstone Park from 8 p.m.to 9 p.m. If you would like to donate money or time to this event, a donation form is also included. If you have any questions, please call 303-823-8250 or email recreation@townoflyons.com.
LEAF. This event would not have been possible without their generosity. Thank you to Craig Ferguson and all of the Planet staffers that helped. Rave to the Grave sponsors covered all of the hard costs of the event, allowing every dollar raised that night to go directly to LEAF’s programs. Thank you to band sponsor Oskar Blues, premier sponsors Headquarters Cannabis Company, S2O Design, Wink Optical and Bud Depot, contributing sponsors Independent Power Systems, Laura Levy Colorado Real Estate, Smokin’ Dave’s, Lyons Sandstone, and LeGault Construction, and the 13 additional supporting and inkind sponsors. And finally, thanks to Ax and Oar Taqueria Grill for providing delicious food. LEAF serves over 100 people every week with programs including the Lyons Community Food Pantry, Individual and Family Advocacy, Flood Recovery, and Lyons Meals on Wheels. For more information, go to www. leaf lyons. org. Emily Dusel is the Executive Director of the Lyons Emergency and Assistance Fund (LEAF). She lives with her family in Lyons.
Holiday Giving Tree LYONS – A group of volunteers are organizing a Holiday Giving Tree to help out Food Pantry clients. This initiative will provide an opportunity to locals to give back by picking a gift to purchase from giving trees. Food pantry clients have been filling out wish lists (three wishes each for under $25). Donors have offered to adopt a client and meet their needs. Three trees will be up after Thanksgiving at the following locations: Stone Cup, Barking Dog and the Library. The gifts need to be wrapped and gifts can be dropped Continue Briefs on Page 5
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OPTIONS Trill and vibrate By Natalie CostanzaChavez Redstone Review Dear Readers, Indulge me. This is the second newspaper column I ever wrote – 12 years ago – my sons Costanza-Chavez were nine and ten. They are both in college now and just voted, for the first time, in a presidential election. In the days leading up to the close of the 2016 race, I kept thinking about this column – I could only recall the first five words: “Trill. Moon low, white sky.” I found myself saying the words over and over again and for a moment, remembering the peace I felt then. I was still writing more like a poet than an essayist – trying to paint a picture of a mood – fragments of sentences, single words, bursts. Perhaps that’s why the words stuck – even all these years later. The day after the election, warily, I looked up the column and reread it. It made me sad; I take heart, though, that I’m trying to feel the way I did that afternoon in 2004. Here’s hoping we can all find some sort of song together. LOVELAND – Moon low, white sky. The boys come in from outside. They tumble and splay down the hall all elbows, “ooof,” and knees. Boots off in a thud of heel-toeheel-toe-kick and coats, slick with melted
ice, don’t make it to the hooks. Thudding, they are off, in soggy stocking feet, to play run-jump-twirl in the basement. I come in behind them. Things to carry. Things to carry. The hall is cold and has been empty of people all day. I scoop gloves and hats and move on into the house, toward the freezer, the stove. A red light blinks on the phone. The white mail pile I put on the table tips over and slides like slow, dry, snow to the ground. I am trying to settle, though all the while moving. The dog, motionless by day, is circling and wagging underfoot, beside me, happy. Coat on the back of the chair, I pull out a pot for the stove. Boil water – my options will become clear from there. Rice. Spaghetti. Instant soup. I take a breath, palm a spoon for stirring though I haven’t decided just what to cook and the mental list of “shoulds” begins... all I should do and all I should be... all I will do and all I will be. I will rebuild myself. Better. Stronger. Faster. After all, it is almost New Year’s Eve. I hear the boys in waves – gleeful still. Water at a gentle boil, I cut onions with a sharp knife, let oil and garlic bloom across a pan and the moment changes over from afternoon to darkness. It comes toward the windows, orange light and then gone like a ghost – lamp time – vespers. And we snap switches on all over town. As our rooms turn dove gray we call light into service. Illuminate.
Two new mental health professionals open an office on Main Street LYONS – LeAnn Woods, a psychotherapist, and Claire Thomas-Duckwitz, a licensed psychologist and nationally certified school psychologist, have created
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Partnership for Well-Being. Partnership for Well-Being is a collaboration to provide counseling, healing, and education services to the Lyons community and surrounding areas. It was founded with the intent of supporting the growth of children, teens, adults, and families. Partnership for Well-Being is located in downtown Lyons above the St. Vrain Pharmacy at 440 Main St., and provides services most weekdays and some weekends. Woods can be reached at 928-4511780 or www.LiveYourLight.net, and Dr. Thomas-Duckwitz can be reached at 719930-4413 or www.navigatingsolutions.net.
Early evening, and a small song plays in my ear. Only one note, really, a whole note, long low and full of grace. I hear it as the wail-whirl of time and years and ache; it’s the time for reconciliation. Across this country we are gazing out of darkening windows and thinking suddenly of all we want to be. We imagine ourselves wholly good: we imagine ourselves slimmer and smarter and nicer and whole.
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ECOLOGY Lyons elk herds are part of Colorado’s success story By Greg Lowell Redstone Review LYONS – The well worn copy of my 1959 “Complete Field Guide to North American Wildlife” has an entry for “Wapiti” with an accompanying map showing “American elk” occupying a narrow niche along the spine of the Rockies from Canada to Colorado. The guide notes that elk are “extinct in the East.” The book was published right about the time the Colorado elk population was rebounding from its own near extinction. Like many of history’s wildlife success stories, hunting restrictions were put in place and sound game management policies have turned the once rare elk into the state’s signature big game animal. Forest service records from 1910 show that the native Colorado elk population was somewhere between 500 and 1,000, scattered in ten small bands in wilderness areas in the mountains. Colorado game laws for elk were established from 1913 to 1929, and a system of refuges was set up. About 350 elk from Jackson Hole, Wyoming were reintroduced into the state during this time. From these transplants, the state is now home to the largest elk population in the world, numbering some 276,000 animals. Hunting is the key to management. Strictly managed hunting keeps the state’s elk population at sustainable levels. The 2016 CPW hunting guide says that the majority of elk herds in the state are either at or near target levels. In 2015, elk hunters took 44,582 animals. Each year, the state conducts a post-hunt survey and adjusts the number of elk licenses for the next season. The result is a stable population of elk that matches the carrying capacity of their environment.
A local example of what can happen when an elk population goes unchecked can be found in Rocky Mountain National Park. While the RMNP elk are a main attraction for millions of visitors, few realize that occasionally the herd must be culled by staff or volunteer sharpshooters to maintain a healthy environment for not just elk but other species. Left unchecked, the park elk would
intensively graze meadows, willows and aspen stands to the detriment of other species, such as birds and fish. Here in the Lyons area, there are two distinct groups of elk. The Rabbit Mountain elk herd numbers around 300 animals. The herd is non-migratory; the elk stay in and around Rabbit Mountain Open Space area year round. The other, more visible group is the 150 or so elk that winter along the Route 36 corridor between Lyons and Boulder. Like most elk in Colorado, this herd is migratory and moves from higher elevations to lower elevations in the winter. In the case of the Lyons herd, the elk spend
New senior group in Lyons makes plans By Kathleen Spring Redstone Review LYONS – A new senior group, Lyons Longevity (LL) has stepped up to fill the void left by the demise of Lyons’ Golden Spring Gang. In January, all Lyons seniors, 50 years old and better, and local senior service groups were invited to a get together in the Lyons Community Church to talk about goals, wants and needs. The group was created by Annie Mannering, Ruth Wilson, Coco Gordon, and Anne Berman, with the assistance of Ken Singer and myself, Kathleen Spring. Over the summer months, successful
monthly socials with food and continued conversation were held at the Ax and Oar Taqueria Grill. Potluck picnics were enjoyed during the summer concerts in Sandstone Park. An LL Facebook page was launched with news and tips for and about Lyons’ seniors. Overseen by senior activities coordinator, Lori LeGault of the Town of Lyons, Parks and Recreation Department, the number of activities for seniors increased over the summer months, to include weekly exercise sessions consisting of a walk, strength training, and yoga / stretching, and also crafts sessions, all-day bus trips, and a monthly birthday party. The Lyons Regional District Library offered classes in finances and computers
the warm months up near the Continental Divide in the Camp Dick and Audubon areas, and then migrate down through Jamestown to Heil Valley Ranch when the snow gets deep. The Route 36 herd typically appears in November and may stay until May. The elk are attracted to the area by the large farm fields to the east, which are mostly free of snow cover all winter and provide food, and the protected open space areas like Heil Valley Ranch. Anyone who drives Route 36 regularly has likely seen the elk at dawn or dusk as they cross the highway. The elk will typically spend the daylight hours on the ridges on the west side of the highway, taking advantage of the warmth of the southfacing slopes, then cross the highway at dusk or later to feed in the fields on the east side of the road. At dawn, they’ll reverse the trip to return to the ridges. During these twice-daily road crossings elk are vulnerable to being hit, with the results usually ending badly for the elk and causing injury to motorists and damage to their vehicles. CPW District Wildlife Manager Jason Duetsch said that as the Lyons elk herd has increased over the years, so too has the number of auto-elk collisions along Route 36. Although there are no accurate figures, he estimates that while six or seven elk are documented as roadkill annually, the number may actually be greater as some elk struck by cars go off to die. As a general rule, if you drive Route 36 to Boulder and back watch for elk crossing an hour before and after dawn and dusk, said Duetsch. The stretch between Lyons and Nelson Road is where the elk cross, and where there’s one elk, there are going to be many more following. 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.
and a monthly book club. Other groups offered free nature walks. The four Lyons churches offered occasional free suppers, served in the Senior Center. In October, LL’s core volunteers met to discuss how to turn the social group into something more concrete. Fourteen active volunteers attended, along with four representatives from Boulder County Aging Services, including Colleen Sinclair, the new Lyons Aging counselor, and Lyons mayor Connie Sullivan. Attendees stated what they would like to see offered and signed up for committees. In mid-January the committees will report back to the group. Additional volunteers are needed for all committees, so if you’re interested contact Annie Mannering at lyonsdreamteam@gmail. The following actions were taken:
Contact List: LL has an email list used for major event notification. A telephone tree will be developed from this list. This allows a more personal contact with the seniors, checking in on them and / or discussing upcoming events. Education and Entertainment: Popular items were discussions on end-of-life planning, historical programs, learning Spanish, dancing, taking bus tours, and more. Contact Ken Singer ksinger48@gmail.com. Volunteer Help: Coordinate locals to help seniors with errands, transportation, snow shoveling, and more. Kathleen Spring is a local historian, author and photographer. She does publicity, research, exhibits, and fundraisers for the Lyons Historical Society, and has done extensive video interviews Lyons’ pioneers.
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INSIGHT Notes from the election 2016 By John Gierach Redstone Review LYONS – The last thing I expected to watch on election night was what a friend called a “royal flush for Republicans:” Gierach both houses of Congress, the presidency and almost certainly the Supreme Court. The polls had it wrong and Trump had it right. There was a large, unrecognized constituency that didn’t like Republicans any more than they did Democrats and who felt so culturally and economically disenfranchised that they’d take a flier on a candidate who had no coherent policies, but seemed as angry as they were. The final proof of that for me was the significant number of voters who wanted to vote for Bernie Sanders – the Socialist – but switched to Trump when the Democrats put up Clinton instead. They weren’t interested in political parties and in fact were sick of the tired of the old two-party system. They wanted to see things done differently and the Democrats offered a status quo candidate. In hindsight, it all seems painfully clear. It remains to be seen whether or not a Trump administration will actually repeal Obamacare, deport millions of illegal immigrants, build a wall on the Mexican border, ban Muslims from entering the country, put Hillary Clinton in jail. etc. The Republicans will control both houses of Congress, but all those people will
want to get reelected and they may not want to be among those that, for instance, took the health insurance away from 20 million Americans – Republican voters among them. For that matter, how, exactly, do you go about locating and deporting millions of
money come from? (President Pena Nieto has already said, in no uncertain terms, that Mexico won’t pay for it.) And so on. The fact is, most politicians don’t fulfill their campaign promises, either because they never intended to in the first place, or because they tried but couldn’t. That’s a sad thing to pin your hopes on, but there it is. For that matter, it’s possible that many
undocumented workers? How much will that cost and how much more will it cost the economy in lost workers? The same goes for the wall. Has anyone actually looked into the logistics of building an impregnable wall across four states? What will that cost and where will the
Trump voters never expected any of that to happen. Over the last year or so I’ve seen any number of person on the streettype interviews with Trump supporters who shrugged off his rhetoric by saying they didn’t think he actually meant half of what he said. I specifically remember one
woman who claimed that he wasn’t talking about a literal wall at all, but a metaphor for a more robust immigration policy. Interestingly, on election night a Canadian government website having to do with immigrating to that country crashed because it got too many hits. I think you can write most of that off to the momentary panic of people who expected Clinton to win by the promised three to six per cent and momentarily lost it when it became clear that wasn’t happening. I should admit that I once considered moving to Canada myself one of the several occasions when the political situation here in the U.S. wasn’t to my liking. On a trout fishing trip I even found a nice little farm on the banks of the Elk River in British Columbia that I could have bought outright for $19,000 at a time when the exchange rate favored U.S. dollars over Canadian so much that some Canadians were calling their currency the “northern peso.” I didn’t do it. As grim as things looked here at the time, I realized that I loved my country too much to ever think seriously about leaving for good. As it turned out, that little farm now sits in the middle of an upscale ski resort that rivals Aspen and I could have parlayed that $19,000 into millions. But I’ve never regretted it. The fact is, I’m an American – not right or wrong but for better or worse, like a marriage. It’s also interesting that the first time Donald Trump spoke as the president elect he was unrecognizable. He was calm, quiet and, considering the source, even articulate. When he mentioned his opponent he didn’t call her “lying Hillary” as Continue Notes on Page 9
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CONTEXT LCF Gala and 2016 Community Support Grants awarded By Kristen Bruckner Redstone Review LYONS – The Lyons Community Foundation is announcing its 2016 Support Community Grant Award recipients. Bruckner All told, 19 separate grants were dispersed to different organizations that promote civic-minded projects in the greater Lyons area. The awards totaled $55,000 and were celebrated at the Eighth Annual Gala held Nov. 11. Also awarded in 2017 was $20,426 in Rebuild flood recovery grants and $7000 in college scholarships. Money raised at the gala will support the continuation of community-inspired efforts into 2017. It was also an opportunity to celebrate accomplishments and strengthen our dedication to this work. The Lyons Community Foundation would like to acknowledge support from event / table sponsor the Tucker Group / Jonelle Tucker, and event sponsors Dan Siddall / Gateway Realty, and Laura Levy / Coldwell Banker. In-kind donors Lionscrest Manor, A Spice of Life Catering, St. Vrain Market, Spirit Hound Distillery, Oskar Blues, Wyatt’s Wet Goods, and Hiku Graphics all made this
fundraising event possible. LCF would also like to thank the gala committee Kari Basi, Debbie Simms, Sandy Banta, Jennie Lock, Don Moore, Jeanne Moore, Andrea Oetting, Jayne Rhode and Monique Sawyer-Lang. We are also grateful for the dedication of our Advisory Board: Sandy Banta, Christy Cope, Laura Levy, Dave Lock, Rebecca Louzan, Don Moore,
chairing for the last three. This position has required a tremendous amount of hard work and dedication especially during these past three years post-flood. She has chaired the Grants Review and Scholarship Committees and has always stepped up whenever called upon. In addition to her commitment to LCF, Sawyer-Lang volunteers for LEAF and the Lyons Food Pantry. She serves the food pantry on a weekly basis, even providing a vehicle that was used for weekly runs to the Community Food Share until the pantry was able to recently acquire its own vehicle. She is also a dedicated staff member of the Lyons Redstone Museum, working to preserve the rich history of At the 2016 LCF Gala on Nov. 11. PHOTO BY STEVE LANG the Lyons area. Thank you for your years of servAndrea Oetting, Jayne Rhode, Monique ice to the Greater Lyons Community. Sawyer-Lang and Debbie Simms. To find out more about the Lyons A special note of gratitude goes to our Community Foundation, or to make a outgoing LCF Chairperson Monique donation supporting community based Sawyer-Lang. She has worked tirelessly philanthropy, academic scholarships, or over the past six years on the LCF board, flood recovery work, visit www.lyonscf.org.
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Opportunities for Habitat for Humanity, Eastern Corridor By Amy Reinholds, Affordable Housing Columnist Redstone Review LYONS – At press time, the purchase of six residential lots at Second Reinholds Avenue and Park by Habitat for Humanity of the St. Vrain Valley was expected to close soon. Plats for subdivision of the former Valley Bank land into six residential lots and one commercial lot were expected to be filed with Boulder County the week of Nov. 7, and after that step is completed, the land purchase can move forward. After Habitat for Humanity owns the land, preparation for constructing six townhomes can begin. Habitat for Humanity acts as a builder and a lender of no-interest loans for home-
owners. Habitat homes are permanently affordable, and in Lyons would be based on covenants for resale, administered by Habitat for Humanity. For the six homes in Lyons, first preference is for applicants who were living in the 80540 zip code during the flood and were displaced. Second and third preferences are for applicants from surrounding areas who were displaced by the 2013 flood, and current local residents, students, and employees of 80540 who weren’t displaced. Habitat for Humanity of the St. Vrain Valley hopes that all six homes will be filled with people in the primary preference category and knows of three interested applicants who have been living out of state since they were displaced by the flood. Applicants who meet the preference requirements must also qualify for the Habitat for Humanity program.
Households must demonstrate a need for housing (examples include paying more than a third of your family income on rent, not qualifying for a traditional loan, or living somewhere that is not able to be maintained for health and safety), a willingness to partner with the Habitat for Humanity program (including volunteering hours to build their home and other homes), and ability to pay the mortgage and provide a down-payment (some assistance is available). Habitat homeowners get no-interest mortgages but agree to put in up to 500 hours of “sweat equity,” depending on family size, on both their own homes and other homes in the community. If anyone is interested in applying for home owner-
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Arts and Entertainment in the greater Lyons Area By MinTze Wu Redstone Review LYONS The Stone Cup Pie Contest will be held on Nov. 20. Pie aficionados can enter their pumpkin, Wu fruit or pecan pies for a chance to win the title of Best Pie Baker in Lyons. Call 303-823-2345 or stop by to sign up. Bring two pies, one to sell and one for judging, by 10 a.m. on Nov. 20 to the Stone Cup at 422 High St. The winner will be announced by 3 p.m. The pies will be judged by the customers, starting at 11 a.m. for a popular vote and also by a panel of distinguished judges. All of the proceeds will be donated to the Lyons Parade of Lights, 2016. The Stone Cup Café will continue with Theresa Beck’s show Field Journals: Colorado and Ethiopia, through December. The encaustic series is the result of many watercolor sketches and drawings made during Beck’s recent trip to Ethiopia across bumpy, dusty roads to arrive at Simien National Forest. The beauty of land, people, culture, experiences, life and joy illuminate this work. The café is located on Fifth Avenue and High Street. For more information please call 303823-2345 or visit www.thestonecup.com. Music lineup at the Stone Cup: On
Works by Theresa Beck are currently featured at the Stone Cup Café. Saturday Nov. 19 from 10 a.m. to noon, Colin Hotz and Co. will perform original / traditional music. On Sunday Nov. 20 the pie contest will be held and there will be no music. On Saturday Nov. 26 from 10 a.m. to noon Maya Bennett will perform folk / blues. On Sunday Nov. 27 from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Aural Elixir will perform jazz-rock-folk fusion. On
Saturday Dec. 3 from 10 a.m. to noon Antonio Lopez will perform modern folk / acoustic soul. On Sunday Dec. 4 from 10 a.m. to noon the Amy Francis Trio will perform country / jazz / blues. On Saturday Dec. 10 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Thomas Gronberg will perform folk rock / Americana. On Sunday Dec. 11 from 10 a.m. to noon Thomas Cassell and
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I travel in, everyone I’ve talked to since the election has been stunned and depressed. Me too. All I can say is that I’ve voted in every election since I was old enough (you had to be 21 back then) and the results of some of them seemed like they were the end of the world. None of them actually were, although a few turned out to be pretty damned unpleasant for a while. In the meantime, once the dust settles, we can start thinking about Elizabeth Warren in 2020. 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 most recent book, All Fishermen are Liars is available at bookstores and fly-fishing shops everywhere including South Creek Ltd. on Main Street. 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.
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FOUNDATION Taking stock and looking ahead By Richard A. Joyce Redstone Review VP PUEBLO – Hallelujah! It’s over. Many people I know, and many more I don’t, were depressed on Wednesday after Donald Joyce Trump’s victory, and many remain depressed, even angry, and are protesting that victory across the nation and on the Internet. My inner response to this reality, however, has been one of unusual calm. I might attribute this inner serenity to shock so deep it has numbed all emotional and intellectual response, except for an episode that occurred when Trump became the Republican nominee for president. At the time, I was visiting two friends, and the three of us mirrored the perplexity expressed by national pundits in trying to figure out how the man’s rhetoric during his debates with other Republicans had not only not turned off that party’s primary voters and caucus participants, but had instead led to his nomination. I recall experiencing a similar sense of calm at one moment in our discussion, followed by my statement that I had a strange inner sense that he would win the presidency, and that while that may lead to unpleasant things for many Americans and non-Americans, too. Since I don’t claim to be psychic or hear supernatural beings speaking to me, I could only conclude at the time that my mind, at a level of consciousness superior
to my waking level, had picked up on something in the environment from which it drew that conclusion. Now, having that same sense after Trump’s win, I can only reach the same conclusion. Something in all of this remains in the realm of dots, if you will, perceptible at a certain level, but not yet connected. Because of this, I am not afraid of Trump or his presidency any more than I was of Richard Nixon and his. Yes, Nixon did some unsavory and illegal things, but in the end, he destroyed himself. I am extremely wary of the upcoming Trump administration, but he may just have begun to become the victim of his own hubris. On my trip to Ireland last summer, friends of mine and I spoke with Irish citizens and travelers from other countries, and were asked whether Americans were really as insane as we appeared to be in taking Trump seriously as a presidential candidate. Many of them thought it ludicrous even to consider him for the role of leader of the free world. Trump has no real experience dealing with political hostility on the world stage. If he insults world leaders in any way similar to what he said about
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President Obama and Hillary Clinton, he and his staunch supporters will not like the results at all, and the nation may find itself more and more isolated from the rest of the world, certainly in a psychological sense, but also in terms of trade relationships, military alliances and cooperation in general in many other areas. Trump now must play the role of new-
comer, i.e. one who is strong but humble, who listens and then speaks wisely, who responds rather than reacts to surface conditions. He and his secretary of state must learn the art of diplomacy to match and master the tendency to use the science of military power. At home, he and the Republican party, as well as the independents who supported him and disaffected Democrats should realize two key things: Lincoln’s truth: A house divided against itself cannot stand;
and a house cannot be united by force or coercion, but only by respectful, amicable good will and cooperation among those who live within it. Had Lincoln lived through reconstruction, he would have attempted to abide by that second key. Those who succeeded him, some of whom may have wanted to do that, failed, and the problems of slavery became those of segregation in a South that still recalls the excesses of reconstruction and harbors resentment over them. Failure to make those keys foundational elements of the new Trump administration will result in more protests, not fewer, and in a political reaction that may cause members of the Republican Party to turn against him at some point in order to save the legislative branch control they now have. It’s only two years to midterm elections. Democrats, of course, will be looking for the high crime or misdemeanor that will bring down a Trump presidency if he attempts to turn it into a de facto Trump dictatorship, and they’re likely to be as obstructionist as Republicans have been toward Democrats during Obama’s two terms. The wall, deportation of millions, immigration blocks against tens of thousands more, scrapped trade agreements, scrapped arms agreements, military buildup and posturing, tax breaks mostly Continue Taking Stock on Page 14
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Mojo Taqueria offers tacos, tequila and samba By Susan de Castro McCann Redstone Review Editor LYONS – Strap on your samba shoes and head down to Lyons’ newest restaurant, Mojo Taqueria at 216 E. Main St. For those of you who have been here a while it is the former location of Lyons Quilting and Andrea’s German Cuisine before that. Restaurant owners Ty Hammes and his wife Erika Anderson said they fell in love with Lyons and moved here two years ago. They decided to open a taqueria because Hammes said it is the type of food that both he and his wife love to eat. Hammes also fell in love with Brazilian music. “I lived in Brazil for four years and I ended up living in the most African part of Brazil,” said Hammes. “I played in several bands there and love samba and reggae music. When I got back from Brazil I started my own samba / reggae band called Sambadende. We have played in Boulder. We plan to have both samba and reggae bands playing here. I don’t have any of the music booked yet because we have been so busy opening, but we will have music here soon.” Hammes comes from a long line of restaurant owners. “My great grandfather started Hammes Tavern in Racine, Wisconsin,” said Hammes. “Then my grandfather took it over and now my dad owns Hammes Tavern. So I am a fourth generation bartender.” His father owns several restaurants in the Racine area. Hammes grew up in Racine. The taqueria will be open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. from Tuesday through Sunday and closed on Monday. Reservations are not being taken now but will be available in a few weeks for larger parties. James Van Dyke is the new chef and will be running the kitchen. Van Dyke had his own restaurant in Lyons called the Gateway Café, located where the current Farmer Girl is located now. After that he worked at several restaurants in Boulder; most recently he was the chef
at Lucky’s Café on North Broadway in Boulder. His food is always amazing. The new Mojo Taqueria will seat over a hundred including outdoor patio seating. “We are taco-centric,” said Hammes. “Everything is made here, we make all our sauces and all the corn tortillas. We make over 1,000 tortillas a day here.” Along with their wide selection of tacos and burritos, they have many types of tequila and mescal to choose from. All made from agave. For more information, call the taqueria at 303-823-2321.
there were some legislation in place, they might have been able to save the house or to rebuild the house. Watson will be missed at Town Hall. She was always willing to answer questions and dispense helpful information. Stop in and wish her good luck in her new venture.
New charging station LYONS – The Town of Lyons has completed the installation of an Electric Vehicle (EV) charging station on Railroad Avenue, by Sandstone Park. The station is available for any EV. There is charge of 20 cents a kwh (roughly $6 for a standard electric vehicle for 100 miles). The station is made by ChargePoint, which has the largest infrastructure of charging stations across the country. Charging sessions can be done in multiple ways. One option is to wave your free ChargePoint membership card in front of the station’s card reader. Users can also use the Start Charging feature on the ChargePoint mobile app, or call the toll free 1-888 number displayed. This station was funded through Regional Air Quality Council and Boulder County grants.
Lions Club is collecting used eyeglasses LYONS – The Lyons Lions Club is having a used eyeglass drive through December. Used eyeglasses are reconditioned, their prescription is determined and they are distributed internationally to those in need of eyeglasses. Drop of locations are Clark's Hardware, the Stone Cup, Lyons Regional District Library on Main Street, Lyons Elementary and Lyons High School. For more information, contact Scott Leiding at 303-995-3471.
Spirit Hound celebrates its fourth anniversary
Ty Hammes and his wife Erika Anderson have opened Lyons’ newest restaurant, Mojo Taqueria at 216 E. Main St., the former location of Lyons Quilting and Andrea’s German Cuisine before that.
LYONS – The Spirit Hound Distillers is celebrating its fourth anniversary with a party on December 3 after the Lyons Christmas Parade; it will be the annual Prohibition Repeal Day themed event. We're going to have the G-Spot food truck, and live music on the stage from 8 to 11 p.m. Continue Briefs on Page 12
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Not-so-frisky felines: how to tell when your kitty is sick By Stefanie Olsavsky, DVM Redstone Review LONGMONT – When it comes to our pets, sometimes it may be difficult to tell when they are not feeling well. They don’t understand what it means to feel sick. They only know that they want to make us happy and spend time with us. When they are feeling sick or in pain, they may accept this as their new normal and continue their daily activities as much as they can. It is important that we recognize signs of illness and pain in our pets as early as possible in order to get our furry friends feeling happy and healthy again. Early diagnosis also gives our pets the best chance of recovery, whatever their ailment. Our feline friends are especially skilled at hiding signs of sickness or injury. Cats, unlike dogs, are considered both predator and prey. This means that they can be both assertive and submissive depending on the situation. For any prey animal, sick or injured individuals are the ones targeted by predators. Prey that is vocalizing and acting sick or injured is more likely to get killed. For this reason, cats will often hide or act quieter to avoid potential detection. Even though we are their caretakers and protectors, their instincts tell them to not show signs of weakness that could get them killed in the wild. More obvious signs of illness such as
vomiting, diarrhea, coughing, and sneezing are easier to notice in our pets. Cats are often much more subtle, especially early in their disease. They may be a little quieter than usual, less social than normal, spending time in rooms away from the family, or sleeping more. They may spend time in their usual places and
perches, but not move about the house as much as usual. Occasionally, you may notice that their fur looks less shiny or is clumping on their sides and back due to lack of grooming. Your cat may also urinate outside the litterbox, urinate more or less than usual, or urinate in inappropriate areas of the house. Changes in eating and drinking may also be useful things to watch for, but like urination, this may be difficult to monitor if you have more than one cat in the house. The best way to tell if your feline friend is feeling under the weather is to know
his or her normal routine and habits. Make note if your cat usually meows and rubs against you when you come home, or plays with a certain toy. Decrease or change in these behaviors may be the first sign that something is wrong. Another important tool is yearly checkups at your primary care veterinarian. At these visits, your kitty will receive a thorough physical exam and any necessary vaccines and other diagnostics or treatments. Monitoring your cat’s weight regularly is another indicator of potential illness. If your cat is losing a significant amount of weight, your vet can help you determine the cause and any required treatment. If you ever have any questions or concerns about any of your furry friends, always call your primary care veterinarian or an emergency facility. It is always good to ask questions if you are worried about your pets. Dr. Stefanie Olsavsky is a veterinarian at Aspen Meadow Veterinary Specialists. AMVS is a 24-hour veterinary facility providing specialty internal medicine, orthopedic surgery, oncology, emergency, critical care, and pain management located in Longmont at 104 S. Main St. For more information, go to www.AspenMeadowVet.com.
Items needed by the Lyons Food Pantry LYONS – The Lyons Food Pantry, located at the Lyons Community Church basement at 350 Main St., has a list of food items that needed to fill the pantry. This month’s needs are: cold cereal, canned corn, pasta (not mac and cheese), assorted soups, canned fruit, vegetables and canned beans (not black beans). They also need crackers, snacks, trail mix, nuts, granola bars and kids’ drinks such as juice or milk boxes. The Food Pantry helps over 40 families.
Annual outlook on Colorado economy BOULDER – The University of Colorado Boulder Leeds School of Business will present its 52nd annual Colorado Business Economic Outlook Forum at 1 p.m. (check-in at 12:30 p.m.) on Monday, Dec. 5, at the Grand Hyatt Denver. The event at 1750 Welton St. is free and open to the public, but reservations are required for those planning to attend. Visit the registration page to make a reservation. Compiled by the Leeds School’s Business Research Division, the comprehensive state economic outlook for 2017 will feature forecasts and trends for 13 business sectors prepared by more than 100 key business, government and industry professionals. Economic snapshots from specific counties and regions around the state, as well as updates on international trade, population, labor force, personal income growth and the national economy are included in the outlook. Economist Richard Wobbekind, executive director of the Business Research Division, will present the forecast with co-presenter Kelly Brough, president and CEO of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce. Roland Lyon, president of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado, will deliver the keynote address. Visit the Leeds School’s Business Research Division page for more information including details about the forum.
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CONTENT Give your yard a break for wildlife By Stacey Scarborough Redstone Review
season. Zinnias, marigolds, cosmos, phlox and dianthus also provide seed heads that can feed animals throughout the winter. LONGMONT – Do you have some bushes that produce Autumn has arrived! berries? Try not trimming them for a seaThe leaves are falling; son. Bayberry and juniper bushes provide the temperature has berries all year long that can attract birds started to drop; and the you may have never seen before to your Scarborough evenings are decidedly yard. Our wild creatures also forage chillier. In anticipation of the coming through dead grasses and plants in search season, many of us are of seeds at the bases of the pulling out rakes, blowbushes, to get them ers, clippers and trash through the tough times, cans to ready our yards and then use the stalks for a long winter’s nap. and dried foliage for nestHowever, I am suggesting ing materials in the a different scenario. How spring. If you absolutely about taking a break have to trim and prune from fall yard clean up? your bushes, consider How about (audible gasp building a brush pile in an inserted here) letting out-of-the-way portion of your yard go until spring? your yard, away from My concern is for the buildings and close to wild creatures that confood sources. This will tinue to live in our yards provide a safe ground spot during the winter, despite for ground-nesting birds, PHOTO BY PAGE VANDERLINDEN the harsh elements. chipmunks, rabbits and Taking a break from the typical fall yard hibernating insects. Firewood piles also cleanup can actually help wild animals make a good shelter for wildlife, even if you survive the winter. When we rake, bag, get into it occasionally. Piling your logs in trim and de-clutter our yards and gardens a crisscross pattern makes great spaces for every fall, the local wildlife can suffer as wildlife trying to get out of the cold. the seasons take a turn. Just when foragFinally, leave that birdbath outside and ing and shelter become an absolute filled with water. This is one of the most necessity, we humans are removing prime important elements you can provide sources of food and cover for the sake of a wildlife during the winter months. They cleaned-up yard and expectations of don’t have to waste valuable energy finding spring. Adding this additional, unneces- something to drink, which can mean the sary challenge to winter survival can spell difference between life and death on a cold disaster for some of our wild friends. winter day. Artificial ponds, heated birdThe Humane Society of the United baths and even heated pet water dishes can States (HSUS) has several recommenda- help a critter make it through the season tions I’d like to share with you as winter I personally know how difficult it is to starts to knock at our doors. HSUS recom- leave your yard unkempt until spring. My mends we put down our rakes. Fallen leaves husband has stopped me on more than make great mulch for your yard and garden. one occasion from running out to the garIf you leave them where they fall, or shred den with the clippers. However, when he them and spread them in your garden, this reminds me of how the birds and critters totally free mulch helps our Colorado yards view my messy garden, as a safe haven conserve water and improve soil fertility. where they are protected and nourished, I Those leaves also make nice additions to have no choice but to let it go. It’s good your compost pile for the spring planting for my garden and for those who live season. For our wildlife, fallen leaves, dead within its shadows. stalks and seed heads provide food for birds and animals, and serve as protected, insuStacey Scarborough is the Volunteer and lated hiding places for when the weather Outreach Coordinator at Greenwood Wildlife takes a nasty turn. Rehabilitation Center, which cares for an Consider leaving your dead flowers and average of 3,000 mammals, songbirds and plants in the garden until next spring. waterfowl each year. Greenwood also offers Many of our local wildlife go crazy for education programs for children and adults of large flowers like Black-eyed susans, all ages. Visit www.greenwoodwildlife.org to sedums, purple coneflowers and sunflow- learn more. Got an idea for a column? Send ers that are left in yards after the growing an email to jenny@greenwoodwildlife.org.
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done a phenomenal job for Lyons and she deserves a lot of credit,” said the Mayor. Gary Barnard, who directed the construction of the new wastewater / sewer plant for Honeywell International Inc., gave the BOT an update on the status of the plant. It was pointed out to the board that the new control building for the sewer plant is in the flood way according to the new FEMA flood maps. This means that the construction of the control building would not be eligible for Colorado Development Block Grant – Disaster Relief (CDBG – DR) funding. However, Barnard pointed out that the new flood maps are just drafts and not finalized yet. “They are subject to change,” he said. Barnard said that plans for the new plant were started in 2009 and completed this year. A grand opening celebration is planned for Nov. 18 at 11 a.m. at the sewer plant near Second Avenue. Gov. John Hickenlooper and other state officials are planning to attend. There will be tours of the plant, music by local musicians and food provided by Oskar Blues Grill and Brew. Area residents are invited to attend.
Mayor Continued from Page 3 5. Anticipate that elected officials may change their minds. The primary goal of an elected body is to make decisions they believe are in the best interest of the larger community. Elected officials balance a wide range of factors when making decisions, and benefit from hearing multiple perspectives. Campaigns on the other hand are self-serving endeavors aimed at achieving an individual outcome. Campaign promises tend to offer over-simplified solutions to complex issues. Newly elected officers tend to discover almost immediately that easy solutions are elu-
Housing Continued from Page 8 his transition from recovery and eventually back to his home in Lyons, which he hasn’t been able to live in for more than three years since the flood. Debra Hill, a caseworker with Boulder County Housing and Human Services, said that cards and letters during the Thanksgiving holiday would be most helpful and encouraging in the immediate timeframe, and that Habitat for Humanity will be helping build a ramp for his home later when he is able to come home. “I believe it would be of great comfort and encouragement to know his community is rooting for him to get better and return home after three and a half years of being displaced,” Hill said. You can reach Debra Hill at dhill@bouldercounty.org and Joycelyn Fankhouser at fankfam@gmail.com. Finally, if you are interested in future affordable housing opportunities on the Lyons Eastern Corridor, or other areas,
Taking Stock Continued from Page 10 for the upper classes and corporations, insults, demonization and other propaganda techniques, such as labeling protestors as disloyal, etc., are and / or are likely to be the initial actions and, if met with resistance, the future rhetorical devices used to keep the nation in lock step with the Trump agenda. I hope the protests against him and his policies remain orderly and peaceful, again recalling the Nixon years, so as not to play into the hands of those who think “the only good liberal is a dead liberal” and are more than willing to act on that premise, at the very least by shutting “them” up through fear and coercion. Yet, I fear there may be violence during this administration, and more than a few peo-
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The sewer plant operators are looking at controlling the amount of grease that goes into the plant from local restaurants and some residents. Earlier in the evening the topic of fats, oils and grease, know as FOG was discussed and restaurants were made aware that they need to empty and clean out their grease traps more frequently to prevent all the FOG from going into the sewer plant. The plant is reporting much higher levels of FOG than normal and it is above the acceptable range for the plant. The BOT passed a resolution to accept the state’s site visit report. In response to the HUD investigation an action plan was created, which the staff will carry out. The action plan will include the staff members documenting all their actions concerning purchasing, and training everyone to document their actions and track all their steps around purchasing. Finding a home for the Public Works Building is still a sticking point that has no easy solution. The town wants to buy Longmont’s decommissioned water treatment at the east end of town to build a new Public Works Building, but once again, there is no money available. Longmont suggested that Lyons do a lease
sive, and quick actions may have unintended consequences. Once in office, the newly elected tend to gain a fuller understanding of issue complexities and often reconsider their positions. This may be a good sign even if it frustrates their followers. Everyone wants their candidates to follow through on campaign promises, but the other side is also hoping the individual will listen to alternative points-of-view. Ideally, elected officials don’t approach any topic with their mind completely made up, and there should always be room to be persuaded by one’s peers. While not an exhaustive list, this is my attempt to offer
purchase agreement, but attorney Guckenberger told the board that this is not considered a legal sale until the lease is paid off and the town would not be able to annex the old water plant into Lyons using that arrangement. This put the BOT back to square one to find a new location. Currently Public Works is located temporarily between the Spirit Hound Distillers and Blue Mountain Stone which owns the property where the Public Works building is temporarily located. This property was damaged in the flood and is not acceptable as a permanent location for Public Works. If the Vasquez family, who owns Blue Mountain Stone, decides to sell the property before the BOT can find a new location then the BOT is left with almost no options. Some options might include a possible quit claim deed with Longmont for the water treatment plant, putting some of the other projects on hold, finding an alternative site and a few others. The alternative site would be Bohn Park, which the town has discussed in the past, but never reached any conclusion. The board decided to ask the staff to explore all possible options.
some insight regarding ways citizens can help promote functional government. Serving the public is not easy and no one comes to the table with all the answers. Both skepticism and trust are needed and justified when evaluating how well the government is working for its citizens. Connie Sullivan was elected Mayor on April 5th, 2016. Prior to becoming Mayor, she served two terms on the Town Board of Trustees beginning in 2012. For comments or questions, Mayor Sullivan can be reached by email at csullivan@townoflyons.com.
check out the draft of the Lyons Primary Planning Area Master Plan. The Lyons Primary Planning Area is an area of Boulder County on the outskirts of Town of Lyons limits, where landowners in the area are allowed to petition to annex into the town, based on an agreement between the Town of Lyons and Boulder County originally, established in 2002 (before many of us even lived in Lyons). Even if you couldn’t attend the open house or presentation in October, you can read the materials at www.townoflyons.com/441/Lyons-Primary-PlanningArea-Master-Plan, especially the October 20, 2016 LPPA Final Wrap-Up Meeting Presentation at www.townoflyons.com/DocumentCenter/View/834. If you really want to know what’s up with the Lyons Primary Planning Area Master Plan, read all the presentation materials – don’t just look at the pictures. The draft of the Lyons Primary Planning Area Master Plan is slated to go to the Lyons
Board of Trustees on Nov. 21. All Board of Trustees meetings start at 7 p.m. at Lyons Town Hall and include periods for public input. The Board of Trustees is also directing town staff to continue pursuing funding options to purchase the former Longmont water treatment land east of Hwy 36 on the north and south sides of Hwy 66. Keep following my column for news about accomplishments to increase affordable housing stock in Lyons after the 2013 floods. For history of post-flood efforts for affordable housing in Lyons, you can read previous columns posted on my blog at lyonscoloradonews.wordpress.com. All town meetings of the elected Lyons Board of Trustees and appointed, volunteer town boards and commissions are open to the public and supposed to be posted on the town calendar at www.townoflyons.com/calendar.aspx. This column is a monthly commentary in the Redstone Review. If you
ple will be seriously harmed. Still, I trust us to be wary, watchful, peaceful protestors of government policies we consider wrong, and to be smart, resourceful, effective political activists who, even if we now support Trump, will stop him in his tracks if it becomes obvious that his policies must be stopped for the good of the whole nation. So now it begins, the intense scrutiny of the Trump presidency. Let no words or actions of Donald Trump be laid at the door of anyone else. Let no whistleblower be ignored, let no phone conversation be unrecorded and unheard, let no email, tweet or scribbled note be unread, not only those of Trump, but also those of his cabinet and other advisers. Above all, let this truth be known: The tyranny of the majority, so feared by the
founding fathers and so well guarded all these decades by the Bill of Rights, shall not be allowed to prevail in these United States, now or ever. To that end Mr. President-elect Donald Trump we, the people, all are watching. And did I mention this strange feeling I have... 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.
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