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Lyons Parade of Lights and light show LYONS – The Lyons Parade of Lights will be held on Saturday December 6 starting at 6:30 p.m. at Main Street and Broadway. There will be live music at 7:15 p.m. at the Raul Vasquez Community Stage in Sandstone Park at Fourth Ave. and Broadway featuring the Lyons High School Show Choir, Santa and Mrs. Claus.

The fireworks display will take place at 7:40 p.m. at the west end of Main Street. Dress for cold weather. The awards ceremony will be held at 8:05 p.m. at the Raul Vasquez Community Stage in Sandstone Park at Fourth Avenue and Broadway. This schedule is subject to change based on the length of the parade.

The Lyons Lights will be held again in Sandstone Park during the holiday season. Bring family and friends to enjoy a colorful holiday light display synchronized to music. The schedule for the light display is: Saturday, Dec. 6 from 5 to 6:30 p.m.; Sunday Dec. 7 from 6 to 8 p.m.; Friday Dec 12 from 6 to 8 p.m.; Saturday Dec. 13 from 6 to 8 p.m.; Sunday Dec. 14 from 6 to 8 p.m.; Friday Dec 19 from 6 to 8 p.m.; Saturday Dec. 20 from 6 to 8 p.m.; Sunday Dec. 21 from 6 to 8 p.m.; and Wednesday Dec. 24 from 5 to 9 p.m.

For more information on these events, call the Parks and Recreation Department at 303-823-8250.

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By Susan de Castro McCann Redstone Review Editor LYONS – The Lyons Town Board heard comments from Danica Powell, a partner with Trestle Strategy Group, on replacement housing sites. Trestle is a Boulder based strategy group, hired by the Town of Lyons to analyze possible housing sites for replacing housing that was lost in the 2013 flood.

Trestle has identified 24 housing sites so far but emphasized that all the research is still in the preliminary stages and considered to be a rough draft. Nothing has been finalized. The objective of Trestle is to develop criteria for choosing viable housing sites, analyze the criteria and present the best possible sites to the town board. The board will then choose which sites they want to use. Trestle will make their recommendations to the board on Dec. 15 to allow the Board of Trustees (BOT) to apply for federal funding early in 2015.

The town board has instructed town staff to apply for Round 2 Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG – DR) federal funding.

The deadline for the block grant is expected to be in early 2015. The deadline has not been set, but the town staff has been instructed to prepare a letter of intent for the funding. The BOT has expressed a desire to replace about 60 housing units (+/– 10) to make up the housing lost in the flood.

As part of the application process for the CDBG – DR funding, the town has to submit a proposal/plan that they intend to implement for replacement housing. Although the plan does not need to contain all the details

of the replacement housing proposal, it would need to contain at the very minimum, the location where the housing units would be built. This would be the foundation of the plan. The board has struggled with the decision on the location of replacement housing and several groups have formed in opposition to building housing on various sites, the BOT hired Trestle Strategy Group to come up with objective independent analysis of the sites available. It should be noted that each site has pros and cons.

Trestle presented the board with their list of 21criteria at the Nov. 17 town board meeting.

The criteria include: A. Thresholds. 1.

Building below the Blue Line 5,584 feet of elevation to prevent extraordinary infrastructure costs. 2. Building within the Lyons planning area. 3. County Open Space. Boulder County said they are not open to building on open space land. 4. Developable acreage – parcels less than 5 acres are not as feasible but could be part of a multi-site development.

B. Physical site. 5. Flood plain. Sites completely within the 100 year flood plain are not considered. Sites within the 500 year flood plain are considered. 6. Site grade. Sites over 60 percent grade are considered very difficult.

7. Soil. Looking to see if there are any significant soil findings to consider. 8. Town center.

Looking at sites that are between 15 to 30 minute walk to the town center are high or moderate walkability. 9. High School.

Looking at sites that are between 15 to 30 minutes walk to the high school are high or moderate walkability. 10. Bus stop. Looking at sites that are 15 to 30 minutes walk to the bus stop are high or moderate walkability.

C. Entitlement. 11. Public roads. Site prox-

imity to public roads. 12. Annexation.

Annexation of properties over 5 acres that are outside the town limits but within the LPA require a town vote. Annexation of properties under 5 acres do not require a vote. 13. Park land. A vote of the people is required if park land is to be used for housing. 14. Open Space. Conservation easements and other easements are harder to develop due to intergovernmental agreements. 15. Covenants.

The county makes it harder to develop due to intergovernmental agreements. There is a potential opportunity to swap land.

D. Due Diligence. 16. Off site infrastructure. Infrastructure will be owned by the town and not be weighted for this study. 17. On site infrastructure. These costs will be looked at such as roads, utilities, curb and gutter, etc.

18. Acquisition opportunity. Trestle is asking for town staff feedback. 19. Assumed unit count. The median unit count is 60, but the count will be based on comparable density from site acreage. 20. Land owner. The land is classified as town owned, county owned, or privately owned. 21. Land owned by. Who owns the land, town, county, private.

Powell said that Trestle Group plans to have site tours of example projects and they named a few including Red Oak Park, Holiday neighborhood and Foothill Housing all located in Boulder. Powell said that at this time “We are focusing on the where not the what or the who.”

Trestle has offices at 443 Main Street, the old chamber office, and can be reached at Danica@trestlestrategy.com. The office hours are Tuesdays – 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Thursdays – 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Sundays – 10 p.m. to 1p.m.

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LYONS O B I T U A RY

Aldyene Larson Gullikson May 12, 1928 – October 24, 2014 Aldyene Larson Gullikson of Lyons passed away October 24, 2014 at the TRU Community Hospice Care Center. She was born May 12, 1928 to Lillie Sandin Larson and Ole A. Larson in Grand Forks, ND. Aldyene graduated from East Grand Forks High School where she was proud to have played the French horn and to have sung in the United Lutheran choir. She attended Kansas City Airline School and did secretarial work at the Bill Larson Co. where she met and married Ernest S. Murphy on January 1, 1948. He was killed in an automobile accident in 1953.

Aldyene married Ted Gullikson in 1957, and they lived with their family in Grand Forks on University Park. There she was active in church, scouts, P.T.A. and was a hockey mom.

Aldyene was a talented artist, seamstress and renowned cook. She enjoyed entertaining family and friends for holidays and other occasions.

In 1969 the family moved to Longmont. Among the

L E T T E R •T O •T H E EDITOR Fear, anxiety and concern around the sale of marijuana There is a lot of fear around the legal availability of marijuana to adults. Parents are understandably concerned that making the substance accessible through legal channels will increase its proliferation among both teens and adults. Colorado passed Amendment 20 in the year 2000, enacted the Colorado Medical Marijuana Code in 2010, and passed Amendment 64 in 2012. The first retail marijuana stores opened in 2014. There has been much fear, anxiety, and concern about this progression of events. What do the statistics show thus far? What has been the impact of marijuana legalization in Colorado?

Marijuana use among teens has not increased since it was legalized for use by adults. A press release from the Colorado

organizations she served here were Encore Club, Wednesday Music Club and the Lions Lioness Club in Lyons. She was an active member of Central Presbyterian Church where she served two terms as a deacon and was co-chair of the Sewing Guild, for which she enjoyed designing and sewing clothing from the donated fabric for children of migrant workers.

Aldyene helped in the family businesses of Lucky 7 Shamrock and Ted’s Hardware in Lyons. She enjoyed bringing her baked goods to share with the employees and customers. Aldyene and Ted moved to Lyons in 1998 and in 2000 retired and sold the hardware store to longtime employee Lon Clark and his brother, Joe. Shortly after Aldyene was diagnosed with neuropathy and then cancer and other illnesses, all of which she valiantly fought.

She is preceded in death by her parents, her brothers Randy and Loren and her sisters Doris and Arleene. She is also preceded in death by her son Jim Murphy (2003) and her daughter Laurie Valois (2007).

Survivors include her loving husband, Ted, sons David (Linda) Murphy and Teddy Gullikson, daughters Mitzi (Gordon) Dosher and Joey Gullikson, grandchildren Marc (Jeanne) Valois, Amy (David) Spurlock, Sarah (Chris) Valois, Matt Valois, Mike (Jenny) Murphy, Heather (Ryan) Tellock, Megan (David) Hansen, Peter (Katrian) Dosher, Nathan (Krista) Dosher, eleven great grandchildren, four great-great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Also surviving are her brother-inlaw David and his wife, Mary.

The family would like to thank the palliative and TRU Community Care hospice staff and volunteers for their extraordinary and compassionate attention.

Aldyene will be remembered by her family and friends

Department of Public Health and Environment on August 7, 2014 shared the results of the most recent study of marijuana use among middle and high school students in Colorado. It showed that marijuana use among middle and high school students has remained statistically flat in Colorado in the past two years.

In addition, in a working paper entitled “Medical Marijuana Laws and Teen Marijuana Use” published by the National Bureau of Economic Research in July of 2014, researchers shared the results of their nationwide efforts to correlate the medical marijuana laws and marijuana use. They conclude, “Our results are not consistent with the hypothesis that legalization leads to increased use of marijuana by teenagers.” It is true, according to the Colorado study, that teens are finding marijuana less risky and less dangerous. That does not, however, appear to be translating into more use. Quite the opposite, actually. Use is increasing in much of the coun-

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While it’s reasonable to be concerned about kids gaining access to any drug (tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, prescription pain medications, and so on), the data has not shown that moving marijuana from the illegal to legal category changes much of anything. Usage, traffic accidents, and crime are not increasing, and may actually be decreasing. Therefore, preventing retail marijuana businesses from operating in town is not likely to have much effect on usage patterns in town, especially since marijuana will soon be readily available just outside of town limits. Rather, parents and other adults need to secure their marijuana products, just as they would anything else inappropriate for children.

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It is very difficult to track the impact on the number of marijuana infractions at schools, because most schools did not previously report data at that level of detail.

Some anecdotal reports that infractions have increased are likely since school officials and teachers were expecting increased use, and thus were being more vigilant. An increase in “getting caught” does not necessarily indicate an increase in doing it.

There have been incidents where kids have been found with other people’s prescription marijuana. This does not indicate there is increased use. These same kids might have had other sources before the legalization, or the sources they used might have had other sources before the legalization. There is a new supply chain through which adults may acquire marijuana. Some of the products from that chain have made it into the hands of teens. That does not mean there is more marijuana in the schools overall. Given the statistics about

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MAYOR’S CORNER Looking forward: Lyons projects for the next two years take five to six months. Still undetermined is the order of construction of the bridges.

The Second Ave bridge could be reconstructed first or the McConnell bridge could LYONS – Currently be the lucky one.

Lyons has received Assuming the first to be constructed is 87 grants for flood the Second Avenue bridge, once the new recovery projects. bridge is completed, work will start on Those grants have a the McConnell bridge. The extent and value of $32 million. location of McConnell bridge improveThere are 37 grants ments is determined by the Stream from FEMA (Federal Master Plan, which E m e r g e n c y is in draft stage at Management O’Brien present. Yet to be Agency) and 50 determined are from a variety of sources including CIRSA stream issues such as (the town’s insurance provider), CDPHE whether the St. (Colorado Department of Health and Vrain Creek will go Environment), CWCB (Colorado Water to its pre- or postConservation Board), DOLA (Colorado flood course and Department of Local Affairs), EDA (US where the ponds will Economic Development Administration), be located. The draft CPW (Colorado Parks and Wildlife), of the Stream Master GOCO (Great Outdoors Colorado), Plan has the St. NRCS (U.S. Natural Resources Vrain Creek (from Conservation Service), Colorado the confluence east) Department of Education, Longmont being put into its Community Foundation, Lyons The Town of Lyons Plaza Project includes repainting of the pre-flood course and Community Foundation, Colorado State Town Hall exterior. Multiple funding sources and numerous the ponds being reloHistoric Society, Colorado Rockies human resources have helped support this and many other cated to their preBaseball and the National Trust for rebuilding efforts in Lyons. PHOTO BY CATHY RIVERS flood location. The Historic Preservation. draft also has the Many of the FEMA-funded projects are managed by the state Department of / or allow adjoining homeowners to lease a South and North St. Vrain Creeks to be Homeland Security / Emergency vacant lot as long as it is “returned to left in the post-flood locations.

Grant proposals for other projects that nature” in the words of FEMA. Management.

Great news: FEMA has approved the are very important include purchase and The projects funded by the granting agencies mentioned above will bring wel- replacement of the Second Ave. bridge with demolition of the Longmont decommiscomed improvements to Lyons’ infra- a single span bridge. The new bridge will be sioned water treatment plants (Hwy. 66 at structure and quality of life. The changes about 30 feet longer than the current bridge Hwy. 36), and development of a new include the 404 or “buyout” program for and will provide much improved resiliency storm water drainage master plan and its the folks whose houses were substantially in case of another major flood event. implementation.

Already underway are public discusdamaged by the flood, replacement and / Construction on the bridge is anticipated to sions about restoration of the St. Vrain riparian corridor, and planning and TO CONTACT REDSTONE REVIEW: implementation of a Parks Master Plan REDSTONE REVIEW for Meadow Park (phase II) and Bohn P.O. BOX 68, LYONS CO, 80540 R E V I E W Park. On November 12, a sizeable crowd TO PLACE AN AD OR FOR QUESTIONS gathered at the fire station to participate REGARDING ADVERTISING: PUBLISHER/EDITOR ADVERTISING DIRECTOR in discussions about Meadow Park, Phase Bonnie Chaim 303-442-4701 Susan de Castro McCann Bonnie Chaim II. Many exciting ideas were presented in bonniechaim@yahoo.com MANAGING EDITOR/VP ADVERTISING DESIGN graphic form and the group got to “vote FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING BILLING: Richard Joyce Monica Brooks with dots” on the most preferred ideas for Diane Johnson 303-823-6358 NEWS EDITOR PAGE DESIGN park activities, kids’ play areas, camping TO SUBMIT LETTERS, NOTICES Katherine Weadley Eileen Tobin sites, water features, and many others.

ANNOUNCEMENTS & PRESS RELEASES: COPY EDITOR PRINTING sdcmc@infionline.net Replacement of approximately 60 Sara Neustadtl The Daily Times-Call dwellings is also a top priority for the BUSINESS MANAGER town. The 404 and CDBG-DR acquisiDiane Johnson tion program could run as high as $20 or repair to two of the main bridges in town and major repair and restoration of our parks and riparian corridor.

Specifically about the 404 program: we expect that all applicants will be included in this buyout. It is anticipated that the announcement will be made in December.

The town will take title to the properties in the buyout, with the homeowners being paid pre-flood value for their homes. This will add additional park land to Lyons and

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million. There are many challenges associated with this issue; however, the town has contracted Trestle Strategy Group to do a housing and municipal infrastructure site analysis and community engagement.

See an outline of Trestle Strategy Group’s plan on page 12.

John O’Brien is the Mayor of Lyons elected in April, 2014. He was 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.

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The winner will be announced by March 1, 2015 and will be awarded a cash prize and the play will be produced and performed during the month of May as a part of the Lyons History Month Celebration. The cooperation of all of the schools is being sought and encouraged. Home schooled students and Lyons residents attending school out of town are, of course, eligible. Residency is generally considered as currently living in the 80540 zip code or having lived within that zip code within the past five years.

Prizes Approximate Produced Length Elementary School: $100 10 Minutes Middle School: $100 15 Minutes Senior High School: $250 30 Minutes Lyons Residents: $500 1 Hour To be eligible, plays must be one act (except that the one-hour plays may have up to three scenes) and never produced. Cast size is limited to 10 actors or fewer for each play.

Musicals are beyond the scope. Playwrights must be students in one of the schools in Lyons or current or former residents of Lyons.

Entries must be postmarked or received between December 1, 2014 and February 7, 2015 to receive consideration. Entries must be free of royalty or copyright restrictions.

Scripts can be submitted by manually or electronically. Submissions must be received or postmarked no later than February 7, 2015. For more information, e-mail Info@visitlyons.com.

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OPTIONS Colorado Spirit Flood Recovery Team leaving at end of year

By Janaki Jane Redstone Review LYONS – Do you know who Colorado Spirit is? We hope so! We are a group of (often) blue-shirted folks who have been full time in Lyons Jane since April, and around town since last November. The Colorado Spirit flood recovery team is part of the national Crisis Counseling Program (CCP) that Boulder County and the State of Colorado requested in response to last year’s floods, which were declared a national disaster. The job of the CCP is to assist in community and individual recovery, and promote individual and community strengths, through community-based outreach that offers resources and psychoeducational services. The Colorado Spirit Teams in Boulder County are a program of Mental Health Partners.

The Colorado Spirit CCP team has worked in many different ways to support the Lyons area community and its members in their healing from the September 2013 floods. Healing from a disaster includes getting together with others to express your thoughts and feelings. To this end, the team organized four Flood Open Mics at Oskar Blues and at the Wildflower tent, supports a group that drinks coffee and talks at the Barking Dog, invited the community to “improve” thrift store paintings, and supported the One Year Strong Lyons Islands Parade.

We also attempted to host a support group for a few months, but no one came, so we gave that up and tried other things.

Healing also includes having the opportunity to talk about your experiences with someone safe and sympathetic. The team works in pairs to listen to and encourage individuals who want to process what they encountered during and since the floods.

People share with the members of Colorado Spirit in privacy at our offices above the

Barking Dog on Main Street, or in their own homes. People have sat and talked with the Flood Recovery Team in coffee shops, and stood and talked on the street.

People have used our services at the 9 Health Fair, at the Planet Bluegrass festivals, and at the events of the anniversary commemoration weekend, including Cyclists 4 Lyons. The team has been present at many town of Lyons events where individuals and families have discussed their emotions about the impacts of the disaster, including the Outdoor Games, Good Old Days, and the Sandstone Summer Concert Series. Some survivors have used time with the Spirit Team to blow off steam, to cry, to prioritize their next steps, to figure out what they need, and to realize that they are doing better than they thought.

Another piece of the CCP’s purpose is to connect people with resources. This

was especially valuable during the first six months after the flood, when members of the Colorado Spirit Team visited every house in the Lyons area, and were able to share possible sources for financial and emotional support, and to explain the Federal Emergency Management Agency appeals process. The team has been a consistent presence in the confluence area sharing what they know and offering support. Residents of the Lyons area used the m e n t a l h e a l t h vouchers provided by Foothills United Way more than residents of any other area; Colorado Spirit passed out a lot of those vouchers in this area between November and April.

Crisis Counseling Programs across the country also are tasked with providing information to survivors about typical reactions to disasters and helpful coping strategies. These might include deep breath, or learning about the disaster curve. My columns in the local papers often were part of this psychological education component. The Facebook pages One Year Strong and Lyons, Allenspark and Hygiene also included suggestions for self care and reminders about how disaster impacts people. Many of our individual meetings with survivors included reassurances that what felt abnormal, were actually normal reactions to an abnormal event.

The Colorado Spirit team will be leaving Lyons right before Christmas. This team

has actually been fortunate enough to be here three months longer than most teams usually stay – usually the teams are through soon after the anniversary event passes.

This CCP team was involved in many other things besides what is listed above during their tenure here, including presenting at and attending meetings.

Mostly, the team members want to thank everyone in Lyons and its environs for the way you have welcomed us.

There will be an open house sponsored by the Lyons Area Chamber of Commerce, located in Lyons Village Central on U.S. Highway 36 at the east end of Lyons for the team to say goodbye to the community on Friday, December 19 from 4 to 7 p.m.

Everyone is invited to come by and decorate some cookies with us.

The Lyons and Environs Colorado Spirit Team has office hours at 431-B Main St., Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. They can be reached by calling 720-226-8709, or by email at bouldercountycolordaospirit@gmail.com. Find them on Facebook at www. facebook. com / One Year Strong.

Colorado Spirit Teams in Boulder County are a program of Mental Health Partners.

Janaki Jane is a member of the Colorado Spirit Team in Boulder County, a program of Mental Health Partners. The Lyons and Environs team covers the area from Hygiene to the Larimer County border. We can be reached at 720-2268709, on Facebook, Lyons And Environs, at our offices at 431-B Main St. from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday or e-mail boulder county colordao spirit @ gmail. com.

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In spite of below-zero, snowy weather, which kept the celebrations indoors, over 150 people packed the Colorado Cherry Company in Pinewood Springs on November 12 to celebrate the imminent completion of CDOT’s Highway 36 flood recovery project. The crowd included Colorado and Utah National Guard representatives, Larimer County Sheriffs, CDOT staff, Lyons and Estes Park Mayors, Recovery Managers and residents from up and down Highway 36. Appreciation was heaped on all those who participating in rebuilding “The Road Home.” Attendees enjoyed the Cherry Company’s specialties, courtesy of the Larimer County Long Term Recovery Group partners – the House of Neighborly Service in Loveland, the Red Cross and Rocky Mountain Church in Estes Park. Construction is expected to be completed by the end of November.

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Holiday Bazaar LYONS – The 40th Annual Lyons Holiday Craft Bazaar will be held Saturday, December 6 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, December 7 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The bazaar will be held at the Lyons Elementary School Gym on Fourth Avenue at the back of the elementary school.

Visual and craft artists from all over the area gather together at the elementary school gym each year during the holidays to sell their unique and unusual hand-made items, gifts, pottery, fiber art and clothing, jewelry, paintings, cards, soaps, oils, wood carvings, food items and so much more. It is one of the most fun events of the holiday season. There are many items to choose for Christmas gifts. Don’t miss this event.

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Jonathan Diller hired as Flood Rebuild Advocate by LEAF LYONS – LEAF (Lyons Emergency Assistance Fund) has hired flood plain expert and engineer Jonathan Diller to help all greater Lyons area flood impacted residents navigate the permitting and rebuilding process. Diller has experience in modeling in the Hydrologic Engineering Centers Rivers Analysis System, known as HEC-RAS, which is required by FEMA for anyone building in the floodway. He is also very familiar with permitting, FEMA requirements, and working with regulators and homeowners. Diller can review all of your documents with you, your architect or engineer.

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CONTRAST Rebuilding towns with CAN’d Aid

By Katherine Weadley Redstone Review News Editor LYONS – Oskar Blue’s CAN’d Aid Foundation offers a different kind of place to donate money and receive funds. The CAN’d Aid Foundation was formed by Oskar Blues’ founder Dale Katechis and his family and staff as an immediate response to the flood that nearly destroyed Oskar Blues’ hometown of Lyons. Oskar Blues boasts several restaurants as well as a national beer and root beer brewing and canning operation among other entrepreneurial enterprises. Longmont, where the main brewery and second Oskar Blues restaurant is located, also suffered losses from the flood.

CAN’d Aid supports a variety of ventures and causes. It helps support musicians such as the Infamous Stringdusters (see their video on the CAN’d Aid website). It also supports the multistage, multi-day annual Enduro mountain bike series. Novelis, an aluminum company, as well as many other ideas, companies and people receive funding and exposure from CAN’d Aid.

Just a year after the September flood the foundation and the Lyons Chamber of Commerce and many small businesses celebrated the resilience of Lyons at OSKtoberfest, which was both a party and benefit. According to Chad Melis of Oskar Blues, the only foundation granting money to many of the businesses in Lyons forced to close during the flood was the CAN’d Aid Foundation. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew in Lyons was, once upon a time, also a small business in Lyons.

OSKtoberfest was held at Riverbend, a former mobile home site destroyed by last September’s flood. It’s now an events venue. The party included games sponsored by local businesses as well as a bouncy h o u s e , wheelbarrow races and other games for kids. For adults there was music from Prairie Scholars, Stone Soup, and the Big Thompson Flood.

The headliner was Halden Wofford & the HI*Beams.

Local Lyons musi-

cian and member of the Big Thompson Flood band Marc Hutt said, “It’s an incredible location to play and we are really honored to be here.” Hutt is aware of the ironic nature of the name of his band, which is named in part after the Big Thompson Flood of 1976 which devastated the Big Thompson Canyon near Estes Park. Playing at Riverbend in his hometown to benefit people and businesses in his hometown and beyond meant a lot to Hutt. “Playing music is what I love to do best and contributing with my music in the town where I live makes it even better.”

Tamara Vega Haddad, Executive Director of the Lyons Chamber of Commerce, said, “Live music all day, beautiful outdoor setting by the river, community partnerships – this is what Lyons is made of. The CAN’d Aid Foundation is near to our hearts. Lyons is made of 100 percent locally owned businesses, not many towns can claim that accomplishment.”

However, CAN’d Aid is more than a place to donate money. People also get their hands dirty, sometimes very dirty, as on Sunday, Nov. 3 when volunteers from All Hands Volunteers (AHV) and Oskar Blue’s CAN’d Aid Foundation got together to help rebuild a home in Lyons.

Citing the ability to provide boots-onthe-ground volunteering, AHV was one of the first groups post-flood to receive money from C’AN Aid. This aligned well with CAN’d Aid’s objective of providing financial help and services as quickly as possible. Unlike other groups who have since vanished, AHV and Oskar Blues’ foundation are still helping with Lyons’

many needs.

Once it was clear that rebuilding efforts would continue well into 2014 and beyond, AHV reached out to CAN’d Aid for additional financial support to allow its team to return to Colorado. Since then, AHV has assisted 130 families, utilizing more than 700 volunteers who logged over 1,500 days in the field.

This day of volunteerism on Nov. 2 provided Oskar Blues employees the opportunity to work side by side with AHV volunteers as they helped to rebuild a home in Lyons. The house is located near the area of Railroad Avenue and Park Street.

Diana Ralston, Executive Director of the CAN’d Aid Foundation, said she was excited to see first-hand what the volunteers have been doing. “We are really happy to be able to help, not only financially, but by actually getting out into the community, swinging hammers and wielding paint brushes. This is a great way for us to give back, do something good and have fun outside of work.” Nearly 75 Oskar Blues employees participated in the project on Sunday, culminating with a barbeque where AHV and employees’ shared stories, and of course, cold Dale’s Pale Ale craft beer made by Oskar Blues Brewery.

The website for CAN’d Aid is http://foundation.oskarblues.com/.

Donations are still needed as many homeowners are still trying to recover from their losses.

Katherine Weadley is a librarian at Longmont Public Library. She also wrote for the Boulder Daily Camera. She lives in Lyons with her family, two dogs.

LCF Community Grants announced: spotlight on 9Health Fair

By Kristen Bruckner Redstone Review LYONS – LYONS – The Lyons Community Foundation (LCF) celebrated the recipients of the 2014 Community Grant Awards during its annual gala last week.

The event showcased the 24 separate projects totaling almost Bruckner $50,000 funded through the LCF’s annual Community Grants cycle. The focused grants support specific endeavors that enhance the quality of life in and around Lyons. These include a variety of groups such as the Lyons Food Pantry and assistance to seniors, public art and music, enrichment and academic support in Lyons’ schools, and support for volunteer groups working to make a difference. For a complete description of these and other projects, visit www.lyonscf.org/community-support.

A major success story for LCF funded programs over the last five years is the 9Health Fair. Supported in part by an LCF Community Support grant, this event serves to provide free and low-cost medical screenings for an average of 450 residents each year. The 9Health Fair is part of a statewide program that has been held around Colorado for the past 25 years and whose sole mission is promoting health awareness and encouraging individuals to take responsibility for their own health care.

The one-day fair offers important tests and medical

evaluations for area residents who otherwise might not have access to these potentially life-saving services. Free and low-cost evaluations include basic blood chemistry screenings, nutrition screenings, skin-cancer checks, vision and eye health, cervical and prostate screenings, hearing and oral health. There is also a huge educational component, with attendees learning about nutrition, disease prevention and mental health services.

The 9Health fair has been held in Lyons since 2009 and operates on a surprisingly low overhead, thanks largely to the work of over 100 medical and non-medical volunteers. The LCF grant of $1,900 goes towards administrative and overhead expenses, as a vast majority of the costs are donated by members of the local community. Kim Mitchell has recently taken the reins as the site coordinator for the 2015 fair. She oversees the entire event from grant writing, facility scheduling and layout, set up and conducting organizational meetings. Sue Wratten is the medical coordinator, and Pam Browning will coordinate non-medical volunteers for this year’s event. Other residents such as Dawn Weller, Lora Gilson, Amy Munson, and Edward Kean also play big roles in the production and coordination of this huge community effort. All told, an estimated 600 hours go into the planning and execution of the Lyons fair.

There have been many stories of residents who have had potentially life-changing results due to the screenings provided. Former site coordinator Jonelle Tucker has a personal story of the value of the Health Fair.

“During a routine skin check, they discovered a cancer-

The 2015 9Health Fair will be held on April 18 at Lyons High School. Visit www.9healthfair.org for more information. ous growth that I had operated on and removed. The outcome was a success due to the availability of this simple exam. I know there are countless more of these stories for residents who have been able to address health concerns that might otherwise have gone unchecked.”

The yearly blood screenings are able to provide a consistent record on results such as blood pressure, cholesterol and glucose levels. For people going without routine medical care, this is an invaluable service that can augment what someone might be able to seek with a regular medical provider.

The 2015 9Health Fair will be held on April 18 at Lyons High School. For more information on the health Continue LCF on Page 14

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CONCEPTS Body donation program benefits future medical students and patients

By Carol Devenir Redstone Review LYONS – More doctors have looked and worked inside my heart than I could have imagined just five years ago.

These cardiologists Devenir and countless other medical personnel in my recent life all had an early experience that benefited me and all their patients: gross anatomy class, or “cadaver lab.”

For this important learning experience, we patients all benefit from others having donated their bodies to medical science.

This year I decided to follow their lead and donate my body, when I’m finished with it, to support the education of future medical practitioners.

Across the country, about 150 colleges have body donation programs. In Colorado, the State Anatomical Board, created by statute in 1927, receives donated bodies for education and research. The Anatomical Board is housed at the School of Medicine at the University of Colorado, and oversees preparation and distribution of donated bodies to eight Colorado schools and one in Wyoming.

Each year, the University of Colorado School of Medicine enrolls about 400 students – future doctors, physician’s assistants, physical therapists and dentists.

“Gross anatomy is one of their first classes. They learn the body before they can learn diagnosis or treatment,” explained Kate Serr, staff to the Anatomical Board.

“Students often say the cadaver is like their first patient.”

The Colorado donation program receives about 180 bodies a year. At the School of Medicine, students meet in groups of six people who together work on a cadaver. A computer-simulated dissection is simultaneously used, along with text books.

Lyons Physical Therapist Bronwyn Muldoon said, with wide eyes, that for her, the cadaver lab experience was awesome.

“It’s crucial to be to able to see the body in its true form, to truly appreciate how amazing the human body is,” she said. I’m grateful for those who donate their bodies to science. Working with cadavers is an incredi-

ble learning tool – one I won’t forget.” became teachers in their way, and all Sherick was one of the student initiators of the memorial garden. “For me,” he said, Retired physician Loretta Milburn have benefited by what they taught.” thinks Gross Anatomy has probably This year, a memorial garden was estab- “the memorial ceremony was the best changed a lot since she took it 50 years ago. lished to honor the donors. Dr. Richard moment of my four years of medical “Part of what we were learning was how to Krugman, Dean of the School of school. “You get to hear from the families distance ourselves from the emotional Medicine, explained, “Thousands of of the people you’ve learned so much impact of people who were ill and dying,” Coloradans have donated their bodies so from. There is not a dry eye in the house.”

The donation process is simple. Fill out she said. “At that time, most of them had our students could learn basic anatomy a donation form, have two metastatic cancer. We were trying people witness your signature, to figure out what metastatic canand mail it in. Then carry a cer was. I saw the bodies as card with the Anatomical humans without a story.”

Board’s phone number. Serr Medical student Lindsey Meyer recommends donors tell their appreciates the donors. “How friends, family and caregivers kind and generous they must have about their decision, as there is been in every aspect of their no automatic system to notify lives,” she said, “if their last the Board at the time of death. bequest was for the benefit of A call to the Board at that total strangers.” In addition to time sets the process in anatomy classes, a few of the motion. For more details, donated bodies are used for consearch the web for Colorado tinuing education of surgeons, Anatomical Board, or call the and research into new surgical Board at 303-724-2410. procedures. After the studies are About 50 years ago, I read completed, the remains are creIrving Stone’s The Agony and mated. The donor’s family may the Ecstasy. Visions of choose to have the ashes returned Michelangelo learning human to them or interred in a plot at Rembrandt van Rijn “The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp” oil on canvas, 1632. anatomy for the sake of his art, Fairmount Cemetery in Denver. at night in makeshift morgues, Every year the School of Medicine holds an appreciation ceremo- firsthand and become better health care still haunt me. If he had lived five cenny, the Anatomical Donor Memorial, to professionals. The students and faculty turies later, Michelangelo could have honor donors and their families, and to wanted to show our gratitude with a per- enrolled in a cadaver lab and saved himallow students to show their apprecia- manent garden memorializing these self a lot of agony. tion. Most students attend the ceremony gifts.” The garden is located at the School Carol Devenir worked for 30 years in each spring, with family and friends of of Medicine, the former Fitzsimons Army donors. An engraved memorial plaque Medical Center. The garden and the planning and public works and is the author hangs on display outside the anatomy annual donor memorial ceremony are of Beyond Chemo Brain: Recovering after labs. It reads, “In Gratitude: They both open to all visitors. Dr. Stephen Surviving. She lives in Lyons.

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INSIGHT Midterm election 2014: Does voting matter?

By John Gierach Redstone Review

dents into the fold with big business and rich white folks, or do you simply keep them from voting? Apparently, suppressing the vote is easier, especially since apathetic voters seem more than willing to meet you halfway.

It’s hard not to get nostalgic here. I first voted in 1968 at the age of 21. (I either voted for Hubert Humphrey or against Richard Nixon, take your pick.) I had to wait till I was 21 because the 26th Amendment that lowered the voting age to 18 wouldn’t pass until 1971. There were plenty who were against that, but this was during the Vietnam War and the argument was irrefutable: If you were old enough at 18 to be drafted and sent to fight and maybe die for your country, then you were damned well old enough to vote.

LYONS – The day after the midterm election I put my bird feeder back up. A bear had torn it down a few weeks before to get a measly mouthful of sunflower seed and since I thought he might come back, I just left it lying forlornly on Gierach the ground. But the morning after the election – and feeling the need to do something positive – I put it back up. I figured that by now the bear was already hibernating or had at least moved on to someone else’s bird feeder.

I’ve been feeding birds up here for 17 years now and in that time I’ve noticed that the numbers of some species have declined.

Ornithologists say this is due largely to habitat loss and the disruption of feeding, nesting and migration patterns caused by global climate change. Unfortunately, the Republicans swept the midterm, took control of the Senate and now James Inhofe, the outspoken evolution – and climate science – denier, is in line to chair the powerful Environment and Public Works Committee.

I mention that for the benefit of those who say it doesn’t matter who wins an election Republican Senator James Inhofe hosted a live pigeon shoot at because all politicians are the same. Well, Oklahoma’s Quartz Mountain State Park in September. The event they’re not. Who wins does have an effect on was a campaign fundraiser. Inhoe is expected to become chair of the your own little life, whether it’s what your federal Environment and Public Works Committee. Video of the event kids study in school, the amount of the mini- can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDbN36abT0k mum wage they’ll earn at their first job or I’ve voted in every election since, including those back something as seemingly nonpolitical as how many birds you in the days when you had to either show up physically at may see out your kitchen window in the years to come.

Apparently lots of people thought it didn’t matter this the polls on Election Day or go to the trouble of casting year because roughly two thirds of the eligible voters in an absentee ballot. Often I was on the losing side and the the country didn’t bother to cast a ballot. But then that’s few times I was with the majority things didn’t always not unusual. Since the 1940s, midterm elections have shake out the way I’d hoped or even assumed they would. only drawn about 40 percent of eligible voters, while in Still, I thought it was important. I still do. Voter turnout the more glamorous presidential elections the number is has never been much better than it is now, but that just more like 60 percent. That’s better, but it’s still just bare- made me feel like a member of an elite class that cares what happens to their town, county, state and country. ly more than half.

After almost half a century of compulsive voting, I’ve Elections are won by people who vote and lost by those who don’t. Historically, high voter turnouts have favored finally gotten it through my head that things will never be Democrats, while low turnouts have favored Republicans, as definitive as I’d like them to be, that they’ll keep trendregardless of the candidates or the issues. Furthermore, peo- ing back and forth and that more will go wrong than ple between the ages of 18 and 29, and who are typically right. Which leaves me wondering if the founders inventmore liberal (with a small l) vote at a rate 15 to 20 percent ed a system of government that’s so unwieldy it can never lower than those who are 30 and older, even though they function smoothly, or a brilliantly organic device that will work even when most of its parts are broken. have a bigger stake in the future than the rest of us.

Election results can be inexplicable and this one was That’s why the Republicans have been so dogged about voter suppression in recent years. Ethics aside, the strategic no exception. For instance, why did voters in some states question is, do you try to bring the poor, minorities and stu- pass liberal issues like legalizing medical marijuana, rais-

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ing the minimum wage or defeating a personhood amendment while at the same time electing congressmen and senators who hold opposite views?

One theory is that after six years of Congress refusing to do anything – even the easy stuff – people no longer associate their so-called representatives with anything resembling policy decisions. I think it’s because people were still in a mood to throw the bums out, even if the replacement bums were no better or maybe even worse.

When you’ve been stuck for a long time, there’s the impulse to just do something, even if it’s wrong.

It’s also possible that the Democrats simply didn’t offer much this time. In an effort to “distance” themselves from an unpopular President Obama, many of them came off like the shy kid at the high school dance hoping that if they just stood quietly and didn’t say much, no one would notice them. That’s one reason why I didn’t donate money to any candidates this year. Another is that it seemed pointless. If you donate millions in dark money under the new campaign finance rules, you get access and influence. If you send a hundred dollars, you get squat – plus a request for more money in lieu of a thank you note.

I felt cagey about that at the time, but now I’m beginning to wonder if I just played into the hands of the big money by letting them decide the campaign with their nasty, inaccurate ads while I saved a few bucks. I’ll have to think about that some more. Maybe I’ll change my mind next time. I do get to change my mind and there will be a next time.

John Gierach is an outdoor and fly fishing writer who writes a column for Flyrod & Reel magazine. His books include Trout Bum, Sex Death and Fly fishing, and Still Life with Brook Trout. His new book, All Fishermen are Liars is available at book stores and fly fishing shops everywhere including South Creek Ltd. on Main Street.

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He is almost always available for appointments on Wednesdays. He prefers to have people email him their paperwork so that he can go over it before meeting with you.

You can email him to ask questions or to make an appointment at jonathan@jmdiller.com, or call him at 815-530-8709.

Free online books for kids LYONS – Using TumbleBooks is so fast and easy your kids can quickly learn how to access fun books, games, puzzles, videos and quizzes by themselves. Different settings allow for young readers to read along with narration or to enjoy listening as an audio book. Turn off the sound for silent reading.

Many adults also enjoyed a TumbleBook such as the book about renowned violinist, Joshua Bell, who performed on the street in Washington D.C. and very few people paid attention to him.

To use TumbleBooks: Visit the Lyons Depot Library website: http://lyons.colibraries.org/. Click on “Online Resources.” Click on TumbleBooks (Pre-K to 12) or TumbleBook Cloud for ages 12 and up. Enter Username: lyonsdepot Password: libra. Choose a book and click on it!

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CULTURE Voters approve funding for the Lyons Library District and the library will get a new addition

By Mark Browning Redstone Review LYONS – In The Candidate, a 1972 movie starring a still-young Robert Redford, an underdog politician scores an upset victory in a hardfought campaign. When the votes are counted, Redford’s character turns to his campaign manager and Browning utters the film’s concluding line: “What do we do now?”

The Lyons Regional Library District doesn’t have Robert Redford, but it does now have funding (approximately $350,000 per year) after a vigorous campaign, thanks to the efforts of a host of volunteer block-walkers, phone-callers and contributors. Issue 4C passed by 1,096 to 939, a 54 percent to 46 percent margin, with voter turnout up 30 percent from 2013.

“What do we do now?” is a good question.

Fortunately, the Library District Board and its predecessor Steering Committee, assisted by the district attorneys, the Colorado State Library and the Town of Lyons Library Advisory Board, have done some thinking and

Unless a better site becomes available, the historic sandstone part of the existing Depot building will be connected to a modern addition that includes both a library and community center. research about what to do now.

Budgets and information have been collected from other library districts, especially those of similar size to Lyons. Programs and services offered by other libraries have been studied. Most importantly, input from the Lyons community in surveys and public meetings has been compiled and thoroughly reviewed. It's time to put those resources to good use and work to make a new library/community resource center a reality.

Here is the preliminary timetable for a new library, with the order of items possibly changing as events develop: First – An agreement must be reached with the Town of Lyons, Boulder County and Larimer County on a host of issues. One issue is the transition period and transfer date for operations, materials and equipment to move from the town to the district. Another is setting the Library District Board trustee terms and replacement procedures. By law, the district has seven unpaid trustees, appointed by the town and two counties. The deadline for this Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) is December 31, 2014, but a short extension may be necessary.

Second – A 2015 budget must be drafted and adopted.

Since tax funding won’t start flowing to the district until mid-2015, as district property owners pay their taxes, the initial budget will be for a partial year, depending on what the “operations IGA” with the town and two counties provides.

Third – The district will establish personnel policies and implement a process to select the staff that will have significant input into a new facility. The Library District Board has discussed that before architectural design and construction contracts are done, it is important to get expert guidance from a qualified staff about such things as: how many linear feet of books are needed versus less space-occupying (but potentially more expensive) electronic materials; what computer resources should be included; what features a modern children’s library should have; and other important aspects of modern library design, which is rapidly evolving.

Fourth – Establish a programming and services committee to provide input on the most important part of library operations – how to best serve the community.

The Library District Board has favorably discussed using the expertise and experience of the current Town Library Advisory Board, which will likely transition into a Programs and Services Committee for the District.

Fifth – Other funding sources to supplement tax money will be fully explored. This will be an ongoing process – prior to, during and after constructing a new facility. A large matching pledge from a local family will be used to kick off a local capital campaign in 2015. Other districts with new libraries have advised that such efforts, reflecting “local buy-in” to a project, are critical before approaching major foundations for grants. But foundation grants will also be pursued at the proper time to enhance features and services beyond what can be done with tax money alone.

Sixth – Request For Proposals (RFP) will be issued for architectural services and designs, based on desired features in a new facility as identified from community input and staff expertise. RFPs are site-specific. At present, the current Lyons Depot Library site remains the preferred site for a new facility. Unless a better site becomes available before RFPs go out, the RFPs would seek designs that connect the historic Depot structure (the historic sandstone part, but likely not the attached wooden baggage building moved onto the site in the 1980s) to a modern addition that includes both library and community center features.

That is the broad outline. Some aspects could change

LYONS – The Stone Cup Café / Rise and Shine Bistro will continue Ruth Wilson’s work that will be featured in November and December. Wilson’s painting is often referred to as “atmospheric” for the soft edges when painted in the wet method. Many works in this exhibition are painted “Plein Air”, captured on her many paint-outs of the beautiful surroundings at 9000 feet where she resides. Wilson was commissioned by Planet Bluegrass to do a painting for the 2014 Folk Festival.

The music line-up for the month includes Indie Rock / Alternative Bella Musser on November 22; Folk-Classic Rock James Faulk on November 29 and Dec. 13; Jazz Standards by Glenn Colby on November 30; Electric Rock Duo Meraki on Dec. 6; Americana Jay Stott on Dec. 7 and Folk Tupelo Honey on December 14. The café is located on Fifth Avenue and High Street. For more the complete list of show time please call 303-823-2345 or visit www.thestonecup.com.

Annual Stone Cup Pie Contest. We’re bringing back our annual pie contest this year (traditionally, the Sunday before Thanksgiving). The Stone Cup Pie Contest will be held Sunday Nov. 23. Don’t miss your chance to enter your pumpkin, fruit or pecan pie for a chance to win the title of Best Pie Baker in Lyons. Call or stop by to sign up.

Bring 2 pies (one to sell and one for judging) by 10 a.m. on Nov 23. 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.

And 100 percent of proceeds will be donated to the Lyons Parade of Lights, 2014. For more information, call the Stone Cup at 303-823-2345.

LAFAYETTE – On Wednesday, December 17, The Colorado Music Festival & Center for Musical Arts presents the Colorado debut of the film Silent Night, a new opera by Pulitzer Prize winning composer Kevin Puts with libretto by CU graduate Mark Campbell. This production of Silent Night, conducted by Michael Christie and performed by the Minnesota Opera, recounts the fascinating true story of the Christmas Truce of 1914, a miraculous moment of peace during World War I. All Kaleidoscope Concerts take place at 7:30 p.m. in Founders Hall at the Center for Musical Arts.

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based on future events and ongoing community input.

Nothing is “set in sandstone” yet, but the district board is gearing up to build a new library for Lyons.

Committees to address the operations IGA, identify personnel needs and policies, and draft an initial budget were appointed at the Board’s November 6 meeting.

The Library District Board met again on November 16 and will continue to meet at least monthly. Meetings will be publicized in local papers and on Facebook. The Library District is a governmental entity, and all meetings are open to the public. Audience participation is invited and welcomed. For anyone unable to attend meetings in person, comments, suggestions or questions can be emailed to lyonslibrarydistrict@gmail.com.

The Lyons Community Foundation Advisory Board, pictured at this year’s banquet on November 7: Left to right, Back row: Executive Director Emily Dusel, Chrystal DeCoster, Sandy Banta. Center row: Monique Sawyer-Lang, Christy Cope, Debbie Simms, Kris Donohoe. Front row: Holly Beck, Alison Jennings, Roger Flynn.

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Longmont awards Lyons residents Employee /Team of the Month Award

By J. Shawn Lewis For Redstone Review LONGMONT – This month, the External Services Leadership Team of the Institute of Museum and Library Services has recognized Katherine Weadley, Elektra Greer, and Amy Fontenot (Library Children and Teen Services team members) for their amazing work with children and teens diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder and their families, as well as for actively promoting diversity and the use of technology in service delivery. Weadley and Greer are both from Lyons.

Weadley is a librarian at the Longmont Public Library, who works with Children and Teen Services, among many other duties, and is also mother of two children who fall on the autism spectrum. She is pas-

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sionate about making institutions more responsive to the needs of the all children in the community.

The award-winning project began in earnest with a successful application for a Library Services Technology Act grant for $10,000. Money in hand, the trio got to

Katherine Weadley (center), Elektra Greer, and Amy Fontenot display awards received for their work to provide programs for autistic children and teens and their families.

work. Their first step was to talk with the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) community to find out what they needed from their public library. Based on this information (and with constant check-ins to be sure they were on track) the library team developed sensory story times that engage multiple senses: the story plus music, movement and items to touch and sometimes taste.

Weadley, Greer and Fontenot’s innovative and exciting work is being recognized locally, and throughout the state and nation. For their outstanding work, they recently received the 2014 Library Project of the Year award from the Colorado Association of Libraries.

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CLIMATE CHANGE Methane reductions offer rapid climate reward

By Kate Zalzal Redstone Review LYONS – On the heels of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report warning of, “severe, pervasive and irreversible impacts for people and ecosystems” if greenhouse gas emissions go unchecked, the U.S. and China stunned with Zalzal their announcement of a landmark agreement to cut carbon emissions. Ambitious in its goals and groundbreaking in the partnership now formed between the two largest emitters of greenhouse gases, it also may provide a blueprint for other countries’ transition to clean energy technologies.

In the U.S., President Obama is moving forward with the Presidents Climate Plan, working with the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, to develop carbon pollution standards for power plants, to create aggressive fuel economy standards for vehicles and to expand energy efficiency programs. Despite frequent political gridlock on climate issues, mid-term election exit polls showed that most voters view climate change as a serious problem. There are many road blocks and challenges ahead, but if nothing else, climate change is something people are finally talking about.

One of our most visible climate issues in Colorado, both in the news and across the landscape, is hydraulic fracturing. The higher energy content of natural gas produces less CO2 (carbon dioxide) per unit of energy than other fossil fuels and the increasing usage of natural gas over coal is partially responsible for the slowing growth of annual CO2 emissions in the past five years. However, methane (CH4) is the principal component of natural gas, and is also a potent greenhouse gas. The oil and gas sector is the nation’s largest industrial source of methane pollution and as the natural gas boom continues, methane has become an increasing concern, both locally and globally.

At the heart of most municipal efforts to ban, study or regulate fracking practices are the immediate local effects of shooting high pressure liquids deep into the ground to fracture shale and extract natural gas. These effects include noise, traffic and light pollution from drilling sites, potentially contaminated water from drilling fluids leaking into groundwater and wells, water usage, concerns of fracking-induced earthquakes, and leaked and flared methane, volatile organic compounds, and air toxics such as benzene. Methane also causes air-quality related

Methane is flared as waste at this North Dakota fracking site. PHOTOGRAPH BY EUGENE RICHARDS impacts locally as it is a precursor to ground-level ozone.

On a global scale, leaked methane is of most concern as it acts as a short-lived, but potent climate forcer.

Short-lived climate forcers are gases (ozone, hydrofluorocarbons, methane) and aerosols (black carbon) that have a rapid and strong impact on climate, but remain in the atmosphere a matter of days to decades. The EPA estimates that 30 to 40 percent of human-induced warming to date results from these forcers. Carbon dioxide’s long life in the atmosphere (decades to centuries) allows huge reservoirs to be built into the system, causing warming to continue well after emission cuts are made. In comparison,

Lyons Fire Protection District raises funds for the new fire house crew members soon realized that they were victims of the flood. Lyons 4011 was on a road that soon became the river.

The Lyons firefighters went from rescue LYONS – The Lyons Fire Protection District raised over $23,000 at the Black mode to self preservation when the road Tie Benefit and Silent Auction at the became the river. They climbed to the Greenbriar Restaurant on Saturday Nov. 8 canyon wall and eventually hiked to and “most of that money came from out- Pinewood Springs, then were evacuated by side the Lyons community... which was helicopter to Lyons. Upon their return to the goal,” said Kerry Maitre, who works Lyons they quickly took on their shifts at with the fire protection district. Several the station. The new Timberwolf II was toasts were given during the night to cel- recently completed and driven back to ebrate Fire Chief Hoffman and the entire Colorado from the Minnesota manufacturvolunteer fire department. The men and er just days before the Black Tie Benefit.

The dinner and auction was a huge sucwomen in the department sat at tables cess. Over $5,600 came from the auction. with signs designating them as heroes.

Many firefighters were able to attend the event as guests of other donors, which made it a very special night. Financial donors include CAN’d Aid, Rosenbauer, Smokin’ Dave’s BBQ, Spirithound and CEMEX. The Greenbriar Inn was also a huge sponsor of the evening helping the event to keep costs down and make sure that the money from the event goes directly to rebuilding Lyons Fire Station #2 on Larimer The Lyons Fire Protection District group at their County Road 37E, five miles Black Tie Benefit and Silent Auction at the Greenbriar outside of Lyons. A private Restaurant on Saturday Nov. 8. Fire Chief JJ donor recently donated $50,000 Hoffman is kneeling in front. to the Fire Department to help defray costs for the new station.

The exact cost of the new fire station The benefit dinner and auction was created to raise funds to replace Fire Station 2 has not yet been determined, but conon the Little Thompson River in the Blue struction is currently underway even on Mountain Valley, which was destroyed in the most bitterly cold days. Roche the flood. A fire truck, Timberwolf, was Construction from Greeley is the builder/ also destroyed in the flood while on a mis- contractor for the project, according to Continue Fire House on Page 14 sion to rescue a stranded motorist, and the Staff Reports Redstone Review

methane has an atmospheric lifetime of only 12 years, but is more efficient at trapping radiation and warming, making it extremely potent. Pound for pound, the comparative impact of methane on warming is over 20 times greater than is that of carbon dioxide over a 100-year period.

Agriculture, natural gas production and use, waste landfill decomposition, coal mining, rice cultivation, and effluents from cows and pigs as they digest their food make up the bulk of anthropogenic methane. The White House Strategy to Reduce Methane Emissions, released this past spring, identifies areas within these sectors where reductions, capturing, and improved monitoring can be achieved. Some of these actions have clear and immediate benefits economically through the capture and re-sale of methane as well as public health benefits due to less ozone and subsequent respiratory ailments.

Methane’s real wild card nature is in the future of the natural stores of methane in a warming world. Huge volumes of methane are tied up in permafrost, wetlands and in methane hydrates-reservoirs captured under the seafloor by ice. Atmospheric and oceanic warming has the potential to disturb these, triggering potentially snowballing feedbacks.

The scale of these potential sources leaves few options for mitigation and control although there is a growing research focus on monitoring and understanding these environments. Site studies and modelling help identify emission and temperature targets we need to reach to prevent destabilizing these methane stores.

The short but potent life of methane allows us to quickly see the environmental response to our actions. Deep cuts in carbon dioxide are critical and needed immediately. But perhaps achieving successes with methane and other shortlived climate pollutants within an election cycle or two may make further actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions more palatable to an impatient electorate and its leaders.

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.

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FOUNDATIONS Emergency planning: Feeding the chickens

By Emily Gubler Redstone Review LYONS – Preparing for emergencies and disasters can feel like writing a will or planning for our own funeral; our inclination is to procrastinate, or to cross our fingers and hope nothing happens. We know we should make a plan, but Gubler something is always more pressing: how much screen time has the sixth grader inhaled today? Where are the dust caps for the hub of my mountain bike? What is for dinner?

Thinking about disasters can have a superstitious feel to it; we don’t want to unintentionally invite an emergency into our life by giving it attention. Emergency planning forces us to acknowledge our vulnerabilities, and that can be uncomfortable.

Here’s another way to think about emergency planning. Think about those parts of your job that have nothing to do with your actual work. Perhaps you are a machinist and you love making tiny parts out of metal, but you hate creating invoices or figuring out your monthly consumer-use taxes. Perhaps you love designing buildings, but hate talking to clients about their wishes.

Working as an EMT I sometimes found myself digging holes and hanging Christmas decorations.

The years I worked as a wildland firefighter involved many of these tasks: cleaning and sharpening tools, ensuring a crew had food and a paycheck, or simply finding a new pair of laces for my boots. My boss called these tasks “the

feed-the-chickens duties.” Nobody really enjoys feeding the chickens, but it must be done. If we don’t feed the chickens, the chickens will die. Likewise, chainsaws must be cleaned, stock needs to be ordered, taxes have to be paid.

Emergency planning is a feed-the-chickens task for a community. It doesn’t have to come from fear, because we know something – a disaster situation – will happen.

We just don’t know when. I will be evacuated from my house for a wildfire, maybe next summer, or maybe in ten years. As much as we hate to think about it, another flood will come through Lyons. Heavy snow or wind events will happen. Instead of avoiding creating plans for emergencies, it is important to recognize planning as something that has to be done, a little at a time.

As we continue to recover, we have a unique opportunity to plan for future emergency situations with the flood fresh in our minds. An effort is underway to bolster emergency planning in the Lyons Fire District area.

There are scales of preparedness; many people are familiar with individual or family levels of preparedness: CPR and First Aid classes, fire extinguishers, grab-and-go kits. This effort will be on a neighborhood level and intend to organize the islands created by the flood waters. We will identify leaders, create contact trees, and potentially cache emergency equipment in known places.

The Lyons Fire Department has

already created a fantastic resource to begin thinking at a neighborhood level. The Lyons Community Wildfire Protection Plan is accessible online at the bottom of the webpage http://lyonsfire.org/need-to-know/fire-prevention-and-preparation. Check out the “Main Homeowners Document” for an overview, and then read the section specific to your neighborhood. While this document mainly focuses on wildfire risks, the preparedness effort will be all-risk, focusing on all potential disasters.

A big thank you goes out to the people who have been tirelessly thinking about emergency planning for Lyons: Fire Chief J.J. Hoffman, Boulder County Sheriff Sargent Nick Goldberger, Town Administrator Victoria Simonsen, Mayor John O’Brien, and the Human Services and Aging Commission. Everyone is busy today, especially these people. But the chickens have to be fed. In this effort, I’m putting my years as a wildland firefighter and EMT to use by helping facilitate communication among these groups.

In January I’ll be involved in organizing a community meeting to start the process of planning for future emergencies. Island leaders will be selected through an application process, and neighborhoods will be given guidance on creating preparedness plans. Planning is important, but so is maintaining and updating a plan. In the long run, it is hoped that neighborhoods will meet annually (barbecue, anyone?) to update emergency plans. If you’d like to share thoughts or questions about this preparedness effort, feel free to email me at Lyons. Preparedness @ gmail. com.

Emily Gubler spent ten years working as a wildland firefighter and five years working on an ambulance. She is currently working on emergency preparedness in Lyons as a volunteer with the Human Services and Aging Commission.

Little Thompson Master Plan lays out a plan for flood recovery

By Denise Coté Redstone Review L A R I M E R COUNTY – Fourteen months after the flood of 2013, the Little T h o m p s o n W a t e r s h e d Coté Restoration Coalition (LTWRC) has achieved a major milestone with the completion of a master plan for the river system.

The Little Thompson and its tributaries wind through three counties, but manage to avoid every town from Estes Park to Milliken. The result is a multijurisdictional purgatory that left many residents

stranded during the flood and unsupported during the aftermath. The Big Thompson Conservation District (BTCD) stepped into this gap, providing guidance, expertise, and a recognized agency that allows the residents to apply for disaster relief assistance from State and Federal agencies.

The first big step was to form a coalition – the LTWRC – of all the stakeholders along the river, including roughly 300 landowners, farmers, fire districts, the U.S. Forest Service, and officials from Boulder, Larimer, and Weld Counties. The coalition has been very active, gathering information, organizing debris cleanup, assisting residents with emergencies and urgent needs (the flood destroyed several houses, a fire station, nearly all of the irrigation

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On the advice of Gordon Gilstrap, president of BTCD, the coalition decided to develop a master plan for the watershed. This would provide a unified vision to guide the recovery of the riparian corridor, and in many cases would be required to qualify for certain grants.

Many cities and states commission master plans for rivers that pass through their borders, but it’s rare for a group of private residents and an assortment of agencies to develop one on their own.

The coalition solicited proposals and ultimately selected Tetra Tech, a consulting, engineering, and technical firm with

expertise in watershed management.

Funding for the plan came from the Colorado Water Conservation Board, Boulder County, Larimer County, Big Thompson Conservation District, and Northern Colorado Water Conservation District. Tetra Tech also donated a significant portion of the work.

The Tetra Tech team, led by Senior Project Manager Peggy Bailey, began by digging up all the data and research on the Little Thompson River ever published. The resulting pile of information was very sparse, which made it a challenge to develop a comprehensive model of the river system before the flood.

However, there was enough to show that, prior to the 2013 flood, the Little Thompson was a healthy and diverse ecosystem, relatively undisturbed compared to other Front Range rivers.

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CONTEXT State approves Big Elk Meadows water supply dam, corrects dam failure report

By Carol Devenir Redstone Review BIG ELK MEADOWS – The Colorado Division of Water Resources Dam Safety Division on Nov. 4 granted approval for rebuilding the Mirror Lake Dam at Big Elk Meadows, following its review and approval process. Some excavation and site clearing work had previously been approved. Mirror Lake Dam is the largest of the development’s five dams, and provides domestic water. As such, it is the community’s highest priority for reconstruction.

The Mirror Lake Dam construction will have to shut down during freezing weather, to comply with State safety requirements. The completion date will depend on weather and grant funding. In the interim, potable water is available again. Local realtor Tom Adams said, “This is good. Once again buyers can obtain loans to purchase property in Big Elk Meadows.”

The Rainbow Lake Dam plans were approved by the Dam Safety Division in August. Due to its smaller size, this dam would normally not require State review of engi-

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County voted against recreational sales.

Nearly 100 new businesses received their licenses from Colorado regulators on Oct. 1.

Yet many of these new, voter-approved pot shops may now find it difficult to survive a drug war-era tax code that already threatens many established businesses.

Under the code the federal government stands to make more money from the sale of marijuana than those legally selling it. That could be enough to shut down many shops.

“It’s almost like they want us to fail,” said Mitch Woolhiser, while walking through his store called Northern Lights Natural Rx in Edgewater.

neered plans. The higher-level planning resulted from the aftermath of last year’s floods and dam failures. GEI Consultants prepared the plans and specifications for both dams. Work has not yet begun on Rainbow Lake Dam. In related news, the Dam Safety Division, under the direction of Bill McCormick, has revised its report on the dams, “The Report of September 2013 Little Thompson River Flooding and Big Elk Meadows Dam Failures,” after finding an error in interpretation of the rainfall time data. “Our conclusion of no incremental damage (caused by the dam failures) does not change,” McCormick said.

“However, the revised analysis shows a second peak flow at about 3:00 am on Friday the 13th, which fits well with eyewitness accounts of a rise in water level. The peak (5200 cfs) is much lower than the previous mornings’ peak (16,000 cfs) so it does not fully explain the extent of damage observed during that later period. Our hypotheses about debris accumulation and erosion effects from sustained flows still seem to be our best explanations.” An updated version of the report will be posted shortly on the division’s website.

“Everything I do is aimed at keeping us in business because if I don’t, then (the feds) win.

And I’m not going to let them win.” Woolhiser believes the federal government is actively seeking to undermine his business. Woolhiser first opened shop in 2010, selling medical marijuana. He started selling recreational pot when it became legal in Colorado at the start of this year. Last year, his business didn’t earn a profit.

Had he been selling anything but cannabis, he would not have owed federal income tax, as he ended up with a loss. Instead, he ended up paying close to $20,000 to the IRS because of a 1980s tax code called 280E. The federal government collects taxes on what it considers an illegal drug because the Supreme Court ruled more than 50 years ago that everyone has to pay taxes – even those

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who make their money illegally. Then, in 1982, Congress amended the U.S. tax code to include 280E, which says businesses selling a Schedule I or II drug – like marijuana, heroin, methamphetamine or cocaine – cannot deduct all of their regular business expenses.

The rule means that the “costs of the product,” like the soil and fertilizer used to grow plants, are deductible. But the “costs of selling,” like advertising, rent and utilities – even salaries for employees – are not deductible.

“A lot of people think that the marijuana industry is just a license to print money,” said Taylor West, deputy director of the National Cannabis Industry Association. “And it’s just not the case.” West works for an association of more than 750 cannabis-related businesses across the United States, and says that 280E results in her

clients paying more than 70 percent of their profits in taxes to the federal government.

Sometimes, the rates are far higher than that.

Whether the government is actively enforcing the punitive code in an effort to undermine the legal marijuana business remains unclear.

The Justice Department, Drug Enforcement Administration and Internal Revenue Service declined comment.

However, an IRS spokesperson provided a 2010 letter written in response to several lawmakers in Colorado, Massachusetts, Arizona and California who had asked the IRS to stop enforcing the tax code in states that legalized the sale of medical marijuana. The IRS letter pointed out that only Congress could make that change. “The result you seek would Continue Briefs on Page 12

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HOUSING Town of Lyons housing recovery site analysis Staff Reports Redstone Review LYONS – Trestle Strategy Group started working on the Housing Site Analysis for the Town of Lyons in October 2014. Here are some of the highlights of the work and ways that you can be involved in the process (for a full scope of work please see below): Meetings held with the Ad Hoc Committee (representatives from Lyons Boards and Commissions) on November 7 and November 14. We developed draft criteria for the Housing Site Analysis and reviewed with the Ad Hoc Committee on November 14. We met with various stakeholder groups and individuals and opened our storefront space at 443 Main St. (Old Chamber of Commerce office).

For office hours and contact info, see below. We updated the list of potential housing sites. The list of sites and acreages will be presented at Ad Hoc Meeting on November 20.

Next Steps include: Planning for site tours of example projects, dates and times to be announced shortly; developing a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for publication to Housing Recovery webpage and Facebook; compiling a list of potential properties and acreage(s) and locations; presenting draft criteria to BoT on Monday, November 17, 2014 at 6 p.m.

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require the Congress to amend either the Internal Revenue Code or the Controlled Substance Act,” the IRS letter said.

Though multiple members of Congress received the letter, there has been little effort to amend the code.

Redstone Review brings you this report in partnership with Rocky Mountain PBS I-News. Learn more at rmpbs.org/news.

Black Friday Party at Corner Studios LYONS – The Corner Studios will host the second annual

We will create an overall map of Town of Lyons opportunities and constraints and hold a presentation of findings to BOT on December 15, 2014.

Storefront Hours at 443 Main St., Lyons: Tuesdays 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Thursdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Sundays 10 p.m. to 1 p.m. If you would like to meet outside of these hours, contact Danica at danica @ trestle strategy. com.

Trestle Strategy Group Scope of Work: On Sept. 15, 2014, the Lyons Board of Trustees directed Lyons town staff and Flood Recovery Manager Deb Pearson that the board would be seeking funds from Round 2 of Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBGDR) federal funds for housing replacement of 60 (+/-10) units. The range of 50 to 70 housing units would allow for flexibility of development based on design, available space, and budget. Approximately 100 homes in the Town of Lyons were lost in the 2013 flood. The Round 2 final deadline for these federal CDBG-DR funds is expected to be in early 2015. Staff was instructed to prepare a Notice of Intent for this funding and a full application for funding. The deadlines for this second round of funds won't be set until the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) completes an amendment to the action plan for CDBG-DR. In October 2014, the Town of Lyons hired Trestle Strategy Group to conduct a Housing Site Analysis Study Black Friday Party from 5 to 9 p.m. on November 28 at 318 Main St. in Lyons. The Corner Studios is a group of individual artisans who share a unique space, sell art, curios, and handmade items, and offer framing and letterpress cards and gifts. It is a fine arts boutique and also offers art restoration. For more information, call 303-903-2165.

Golden Gang dinners LYONS – The Golden Gang will host church-sponsored dinners at 5:30 p.m. for all area seniors on Tuesday, Nov. 25, at the LDS church on Second Avenue; Monday Dec. 1 at the River Church on U.S. Highway 36; Monday Dec. 8, at the Catholic Church which is also the Lyons Community Church; Monday

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to determine the feasibility for replacement housing on potential subject parcel(s). As a neutral, independent party, Trestle will review all work that has previously been performed by the Housing Recovery Task Force (HRTF), verify all information is accurate, and analyze all old and new data in order to develop a comparison matrix for all of the housing site options and present a fact-driven recommendation to the Board of Trustees in order to meet the deadlines for disaster recovery application and funding process.

As part of this study, Trestle and its public outreach team will be working proactively with the community to build transparency around this process, the data analysis, and the findings. We will put the information in a format that can be easily understood, and will provide multiple opportunities to interact with the data and information.

As part of the outreach process, Trestle plans to meet with interested stakeholders, citizens and residents to bring the Lyons community into the conversation around the analysis of the replacement housing lost to the 2013 flood. The Trestle Strategy Group’s scope of work includes: comprehensive site evaluation with documented site criteria; matrix evaluating each site using established criteria; initial financial modeling and strategy; cost estimations including infrastructure, utilities, construction, soft and other development costs; land planning strategy and initial implementation schedule; public engagement plan and stakeholder outreach strategies, and final presentation to the Lyons Board of Trustees.

Dec. 15, at the Lyons Community Church on Fourth Ave. and Main Street, and Tuesday Dec. 30 at the LDS church. Please call to reserve space as seating is limited: 303-823-6771.

Prescribed burn completed at Heil Valley Ranch Park now open. Smoke may still be visible in the area.

BOULDER COUNTY – The prescribed burn at Heil Valley Ranch Open Space has been completed and the park is now open. Park visitors are required to stay on-trail in the burn area. There are signs indicating the sections of the Wapiti Trail and Ponderosa Loop that are on-trail use only. Boulder Continue Briefs on Page 15

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NATURE Let’s talk turkey

By Tina Mitchell Redstone Review LONGMONT – Who remembers the 1980s situation comedy WKRP in Cincinnati?

One episode highlighted an ill fated Mitchell Thanksgiving promotion featuring domesticated turkeys shoved from a helicopter flying over a shopping center – and plummeting straight to the ground. Covering the event on the ground, reporter Les Nessman wailed, “Oh, the humanity!” The station manager gasped, “As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.” If only he’d known just a

bit about domesticated turkeys, especially in contrast to their wild cousins.

Compared side by side, differences abound between wild turkeys – the birds, not the bourbon – and those domesticated turkeys that are raised en masse for the dinner table. A wild turkey is sleek, alert, and built for speed: An adult turkey can be fleet of foot, running up to 25 miles per hour, and strong of wing, flying up to 50 miles per hour, at least for short distances.

At first glance, it appears dark overall, which helps it fade into the dark woods. But in the bright light, you’ll notice a subtle bronze iridescence in many of its feathers and lighter feathers in the wings and tail. Its body is long and humped-looking; its neck, long and thin; and its naked head, amusingly small. Its constant state of heightened awareness makes it one of the toughest game animals to hunt – or even to capture in a quick photo. In sharp contrast, domesticated

Laryngeal paralysis in dogs

By Sonya Sia, DVM Redstone Review LONGMONT – It is a warm, sunny summer day. You are hiking with your long time, furry friend, Duke, a nineyear-old Labrador retriever. He has been your hiking buddy for years, but recently his breathing has seemed hoarse and loud. Usually, Duke easily beats you up the trail, but now Duke is panting as he tries to keep up with you. What could be causing Duke’s difficulty breathing?

Laryngeal paralysis is a progressive, degenerative disease that causes the larynx, also known as the “voice box,” to lose its function. The main purpose of the larynx is twofold: to open while letting air in, as well as close to keep food out of the trachea. Laryngeal paralysis

turkeys have been bred for temperaments that do well in confinement, rendering them docile and pretty far from intelligent. Their white feathers help to prevent skin coloration. They have also been bred to have much larger breasts than their wild cousins; as a result, the birds weigh about twice as much as wild turkeys do. Domestic turkeys can’t run very fast and can’t even fly at all (as Les Nessman could attest).

Wild turkeys forage primarily in flocks

is more common in older, large breed dogs and rarely occurs in cats. Labrador retrievers are a common breed to become affected, however, depending on the cause, laryngeal paralysis can occur in any breed. There are a number of causes for this disease. Some dogs may be born with a nerve disorder, predisposing them to laryngeal paralysis, while other causes can include trauma, tumors in the neck (thyroid cancer), chest masses, endocrine diseases (like hypothyroidism), or other acquired diseases. Despite all of these possibilities, more commonly the cause is unknown, which is what we call idiopathic.

Clinical signs start as progressively loud and harsh breathing due to turbulent airflow on inhalation. This occurs because the larynx is paralyzed and no longer retracts open to allow normal air flow. Instead, air is forced to squeeze through a very narrow opening. To us, the feeling is equivalent to inhaling through a straw.

Imagine doing that as you run up and down a mountain!

on the ground during the day and roost in trees at night. Birds flying into roost trees can create quite a ruckus, cracking limbs and breaking branches en route to nighttime perches. Although acorns are a favorite food, turkeys can be quite opportunistic eaters. Their diet consists mostly of plant material such as leaves, seeds, grains, and berries. But they also eat insects, spiders, and the occasional small reptile or amphibian. In late summer, these birds sometimes feed side by side in an advancing line, crossing a field to flush grasshoppers. Quite a sight!

Ben Franklin held the wild turkey in high esteem. Not a fan of the bald eagle as the symbol of the U.S., he considered that bird to be a robber and a lazy coward.

Instead, in 1782, he wrote, “…the turkey is in Comparison a much more respectable bird... He is besides, though a Continue Turkey on Page 15

Other signs include a bark change, decrease in activity level, or exercise intolerance. Signs are worse in the heat or in stressful situations. This can lead to emergency breathing difficulties, cyanosis (blue gums and tongue), coughing, vomiting, restlessness, and severe anxiety.

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Fire House Continued from Page 9 Assistant Fire Chief Paul Davidovich.

The new fire station sits on two acres of land purchased for $20,000 from local resident Bob Dobbs. The new building is expected to be about 5,300 square feet and will have four bays. The department received about $325,000 from its insurance company. “It was not enough to replace the old building,” said Davidovich, adding that the insurance funds will give a good start towards building the new station.

The shell and foundation pad of the new building will cost about $290,000.

Interior walls finishing and a heating and cooling system will cost another $125,000;

sprinklers will cost about $50,000, a septic system will cost about $16,000 and the costs go on and on. “We are currently campaigning for a fundraising drive for around $360,000 in shortfalls as a result of the flood. This includes cost that we incurred during the flood, insurance shortages and losses,” said Chief Hoffman.

The new fire station will include offices, training and meeting space, and eventually a helipad. The new fire station will not only allow these outlying areas to be served but will also house Colorado Division of Fire Protection and Control employees who will provide actual paid staffing five days per week. A presence of volunteers and consistent staff adds to the overall ability to provide safety and serv-

Little Thompson Continued from Page 10 The river has a wide variability in flow levels even in normal years, ranging from thousands of cubic feet per second during spring runoff to single digits late in the season. There were only 36 years of flow data from 1929 to 2012, and these didn’t cover the months from late fall to early spring. Using the scant information available, Tetra Tech extrapolated that 2013 may have been a 200- to 300-year event, in terms of peak flow volume. Bailey pointed out that the duration of the event – a total of about 10 days – was also highly unusual, and probably played a critical role in the total collapse of large sections of the riparian corridor.

It appears that all of the water supplied by the watershed in a normal growing season is allocated for agricultural, fire protection, and domestic use, and part of the channel is also used to carry water for the Colorado-Big Thompson Project. In spite of its importance and the complex water rights and jurisdictions, the unpolluted water supplied by the river has been largely taken for granted.

The Tetra Tech team divided the river into 123 sections of roughly equal length and walked every one of the 61 miles of river and its two tributaries, the North Fork and the West Fork, assessing the current condition for each section. The encouraging news was that nearly half of those 123 sections could be left to recover on their

LCF Continued from Page 5 fair go to www.9healthfair.org, or to become involved locally, contact Kim Mitchell, Site Coordinator for Lyons at PO Box 1104, Lyons, CO 80540; or email: kimicolorado@gmail.com.

In addition to celebrating the Community Grant recipients, the LCF Gala is a major fundraiser for the Lyons Community Foundation. The annual event provides a jump start for funding projects in 2015. This year’s event raised an estimated $32,000; however, there is still a huge need to raise funds. Emily Dusel, Executive Director for the LCF acknowledges, “While we are proud to support so many worthwhile projects, we have lots of unmet needs. We receive roughly double the amount of funding requests than we are able to award every year. The population of Lyons since the flood is still struggling, with an estimated

ices to this part of the Lyons District. The goal for this part of the facility is to build it in the next year or two.

Chief J.J. Hoffman has implemented an internship exchange program to provide critical training to new recruits in exchange for service shifts at the firehouse, as well as a two-year service commitment after they complete their basic training.

The building shell should be enclosed

by Christmas but the interior will take more time. The giant water tanks will be buried. Chief Hoffman said that the junk cars will also be removed. Many are gone now. There may be some space for local residents to use the facility for meetings and events. “Our plan is to have a meet-

own. For the rest, Tetra Tech produced maps with conceptual plans for restoring the channel and overbanks to a safe and resilient condition, in line with the coalition’s goals. The proposed repairs include correcting problems with the new floodplain, refining the low-flow channel to prevent excessive erosion and deposition, and stabilizing the banks and upper areas with trees, shrubs, and grasses. Native vegetation will also provide a critical defense against noxious weeds.

The proposed restoration focuses on “soft” techniques that primarily use natural materials to create self-healing structures that will stabilize the river and its banks, improve habitat, create a functioning floodplain, and allow vegetation to quickly reestablish itself. In the few places where riprap is called for to protect existing structures, the rocks would be buried and invisible under grassy or forested slopes.

Based on its study of the historic flows, Bailey’s team believes that many of the public and private river crossings – nearly all of which were damaged or destroyed last September – were undersized, even for a 100-year flood event. The team also warned that the river is currently carrying abnormally high sediment loads, and may continue to do so for several years. As a result, some sections may degrade (wear down) or aggrade (build up) signifi-

15 percent living in poverty. LCF will continue to support flood relief and rebuilding efforts, but is also focused on the ability of Lyons to thrive in the long term. Donations to the foundation allow for planning and sustainability of our efforts in the months and years to come.”

The Lyons Community Foundation exists to improve the quality of life, build a culture of giving, and encourage positive change in the greater Lyons area.

The LCF is gratefully accepting year-end tax deductible contributions that may be applied to Community Support Grants, Flood Relief/Rebuild Lyons, or scholarships. For more information or to make a donation, please visit www.lyonscf.org or call 720-295-9667.

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cantly, which could jeopardize repairs infrastructure.

Based on its conceptual designs, Tetra Tech calculated an “opinion of cost” for each segment. The total comes to more than $37 million. This amount doesn’t include costs for the structures that were lost or damaged, public roads and bridges, or debris removal, but it does include budgets for more comprehensive design work, permits, contracts, and oversight. Tetra Tech strongly recommended a comprehensive study of the hydrology of the entire watershed, as the few studies to date may no longer be valid due to the drastic changes wrought by the flood.

The master plan provides, at last, a sense of the scope of what needs to be done. Even though it calls for only a minimum of intervention and repair – just enough to restore function and stability – the scale of the project is staggering for a coalition of farmers and homeowners.

And yet, together, they’ve already achieved so much.

The Little Thompson Watershed Restoration Master Plan will be published in January 2015, at which time you can read it by going to www.ltwrc.org.

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ing room. It is undetermined at this point if we will open it up totally to the public and again due to funding we are not sure when that meeting room will be completed,” said Hoffman.

The chief added that he planned to try to work on getting some landscaping in this spring and planned to ask some of the local nurseries if they would donate some trees and shrubs to enhance the appearance of the building.

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Paralysis Continued from Page 13 So, what happened with Duke?

Luckily, his owner realized he was in trouble and took him straight to an emergency animal hospital. He was brought directly into the treatment area, provided oxygen, and given an intravenous sedative to calm him down. Once calm, he was heavily sedated and a laryngeal exam was performed. Both sides of Duke’s larynx were showing paralysis and were not opening up like they should. He was intubated in order to control his airway.

He was immediately started on supportive care, as well, as his temperature was high. Having an elevated temperature can be another common finding and is consistent with a dog exhibiting signs of heat stroke. It is due to their inability to cool themselves off by panting.

Now that Duke is stable, what do we do next?

Turkey Continued from Page 13 little vain and silly, a Bird of Courage...”

One can debate whether he was serious; after all, this comment appeared only in a letter to his daughter. But whether or not you prefer the wild turkey as our national symbol, whether or not you celebrate Thanksgiving, whether or not you eat domesticated turkey – you can’t miss the many representations of turkeys this month. I hope you’ll take a moment to be thankful for these native, stunning, wily denizens of Colorado’s woodlands.

Tina Mitchell is a bird enthusiast and volunteer at Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, which cares for more than 2,300 mammals and songbirds along the Front Range, on average, per year. Greenwood also offers education programs for children and adults of all ages. Visit www.greenwoodwildlife.org to learn more. Got an idea for a column? Send an email to jenny@greenwoodwildlife.org. This article was adapted from a column originally published in Colorado Central: http://cozine.com/.

Remember the possible causes of laryngeal paralysis?

Well, we performed blood work and x-rays to help rule out some of those causes. All were normal. On physical exam, there were no obvious masses palpated in his neck that could be the possible cause of laryngeal paralysis. In Duke’s circumstance, he is most likely an example of idiopathic laryngeal paralysis.

In dogs like Duke, surgery is recommended. This is called an arytenoid lateralization procedure, also known as a “tie back.” This procedure involves permanently tying back one side of the larynx in order to allow Duke to breathe more easily. The prognosis after surgery is typically good, given that there is no underlying disease.

Laryngeal paralysis cannot be prevented. However, early detection or emergency treatment can prevent detrimental events. If you notice any of the clinical signs above and your pet fits in the category of commonly affected

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County fire crews and park rangers will continue to monitor the fire until it is called out.

Boulder County Fire Management Program along with Boulder County Parks and Open Space successfully and effectively reintroduced prescribed fire to 150 acres of the ponderosa pine ecosystem at Heil Valley Ranch. Over 150 acres were part of the prescribed burn. The goal of this project was to reduce the forest density and help decrease the occurrence and impact from uncharacteristic wildfires and large-scale insect and disease infestation.

Over 400 firefighters from 25 local and statewide fire protection districts and agencies, including the City of Boulder Wildland Division and Lefthand Fire Protection District, provided resources throughout the duration of the project.

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PAGE 15 dogs, talk to your family veterinarian for more information on preventative measures. I encourage all owners to have their pets examined to talk about these options ahead of time. This will help prevent a stressful situation for both you and your pet.

Dr. Sonya Sia is a surgical intern at Aspen Meadow Veterinary Specialists.

AMVS is a 24-hour veterinary facility providing specialty internal medicine, surgery, neurology, oncology, emergency and critical care, physical rehabilitation, and blood bank services for pets located in Longmont at 104 S Main St. For more information, go to www.AspenMeadowVet.com.

unincorporated Lyons residents (Larimer and Boulder counties). Lyons town residents, other guests welcome also. The workshop will be hosted by the Big Thompson Conservation District and the Little Thompson Watershed Restoration Coalition (LTWRC). Winter is actually a great time to learn and prepare for the coming spring.

The workshop will include: Weed identification and elimination techniques by experts, including Sharon Bokan, Boulder County CSU Extension Service agent; Information on organic and chemical treatments. Colorado weed management guides to take home; Weed control using flame and burning methods; Best practices for seeding and re-vegetation—and we’ll give you tree seedling samples (and CSU nursery order forms—a low cost way to plant). A $10 workshop fee is requested to cover costs. A great bargain and you’ll learn a lot. New weeds are sprouting up since the flood and experts at this workshop will help you know what to do. There will be door prizes and refreshments. Just show up, or you can let Jenny Sanders know you’re coming via email or phone: jenny@ltwrc.org or 303-532-7922.

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