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B •R •I •E •F •S Voluntary buyout deadline for flood-damaged property BOULDER COUNTY – Boulder County is currently identifying properties for application in FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP). All interested county property owners must give intent to apply for the program

by April 25 to be eligible.

Funds from the HMGP program will be used to acquire, elevate or structurally retrofit properties that were substantially damaged in the 2013 flood and are vulnerable to future disasters.

Property acquisition, better known as buyout, is the most well known function of the HMGP program. In this portion of the program, funds are used to buy out properties damaged during flooding, demolish the damaged property, and return the land to its natural state. Removal of these properties will prevent future losses occurring and will also give property owners an opportunity to recoup a large part of their investment in property that has lost some, if not most, of its value.

Participation in the HMGP program is voluntary for all parties involved. Property owners who have sustained damage as a result of the 2013 flood may be eligible to participate in the program. Residents interested in funding who have not already contacted Boulder County should do so immediately, before the deadline passes.

All interest property owners or those who have questions should contact the Boulder County HMGP Information Hotline at 866-953-2325 or email buyout @ bouldercounty. org.

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Springing back to life in Lyons – Daffodils and hyacinths bloom wildly at the Hwy. 36 intersection as Sally King’s stoic bears keep a watchful eye on things. PHOTO BY CATHY RIVERS

Lyons choses a new mayor and town board and pushes forward with reconstruction projects

By Susan de Castro McCann Redstone Review Editor LYONS – The new Lyons Town Board was sworn in April 1. John O’Brien was sworn in as Mayor. He ran unopposed and received the highest number of votes at 670. All four Trustee incumbents were re-elected. Trustee Connie Sullivan received the highest number of votes, 610, making her the mayor pro tem. The other three Trustees who ran, Dan Greenberg, Dawn Weller and LaVern Johnson, received 572, 521 and 512 votes respectively. James Kerr, 379, and Barney Dreistadt, 332, round out the roster. A total of 827 people voted. Former Trustee Sandy Banta chose not to run and Kirk Udovich was term-limited.

The outgoing trustees, incumbents and former Mayor Julie Van Domelen were praised for their extraordinary work on the board during the flood. Lyons Quilting shop presented the outgoing board with handmade quilts.

Lyons Town Administrator Victoria Simonsen also received a quilt for her work during the flood. Local artist Ruth Wilson gave the outgoing Trustees and Mayor Van Domelen small paintings from her art show hanging at the Town Hall. Simonsen told the outgoing board, Banta, Udovich and Mayor Van Domelen that a tree would be planted in their honor either in town or in one of the parks and a bench would be placed in Meadow Park with the names of all the Trustees and Mayor who served during the flood period. State Representative Jonathan Singer from

Editor’s Note: The Redstone Review takes this opportunity to give a sincere thanks to all of the Lyons residents who ran for the Board of Trustees and Mayor. We congratulate those who were elected and thank those for running who weren’t elected. It is extremely difficult to put yourself in front of the scrutiny of the entire town, to share your views and take a stand on sometimes controversial issues in the hopes of being able to effect positive change in your community. We especially want to thank the outgoing board, former Mayor Van Domelen, the town staff and Town Administrator Victoria Simonsen for their extraordinary service to the community during and after the flood. We who live in the greater Lyons area are extremely fortunate to have so many dedicated, talented people who are willing to donate the time and energy, giving up so much family time, to rebuild Lyons and the surrounding area.

Our area needs people who have passion for public service and who recognize that “Thank Yous” are often few and far between. We encourage each and everyone one of you to stay involved. At the Redstone Review we understand that running for and serving on the Lyons Board of Trustees is an act of community love and your efforts are noted and appreciated.

Lyon’s new Town Board, left to right: LaVern Johnson, Barney Dreistadt, Dan Greenberg, Mayor John O’Brien, James Kerr, Dawn Weller. Not pictured: Connie Sullivan Longmont (District 11) gave the outgoing board certificates of appreciation (green slips) honoring their service in Lyons during the difficult period during and after the flood. A proclamation of appreciation for the Mayor and Trustees was read on the House Floor at the State Capitol in Denver on April 1.

Then it was down to work. The former town board finished up the old business and former Mayor Julie Van Domelen handed over the gavel to new Mayor John O’Brien.

Trustee Sullivan was out of town for the meeting but attended by conference call.

The board passed an ordinance approving Alternative Dwelling Units (ADU) to ease the housing shortage caused by the flood that ravaged homes in Lyons. This ordinance would allow small pocket additions to existing housing, which were formerly not allowed by the town building code. It would also allow Continue Town News on Page 15

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LYONS In memory of my neighbor, Donna West

By Sally King Redstone Review We will miss you dearest Donna, your steady humor and willingness to laugh and be at ease. I was always happy to see you down by the road after you managed to get down your steep driveway. I’d roll down my window and we’d chat and I’d always feel better somehow King from our brief conversation. Donna was what you’d call a live wire, lively, a full of life person.

She lived alone after Claude died. She was a keen observer of nature and when she would tell you about who had passed though her land, I felt the thrill of adventure and connection with the animals we share the valley with.

Donna didn’t drive, so she wasn’t out running around which is how I spend my days. I am still puzzled by her

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By Sara Hart Redstone Review LYONS – Springtime is changing our landscape dramatically, and it is with such relief that we see some of our flood-damaged areas Hart showing signs of life.

Bird songs everywhere are reminding us of the vitality in our inherent natural beauty.

At the Lyons Area Chamber of Commerce (LACC), this has inspired some new ideas to increase the vitality of our community.

The next Lyons Chamber Social is cohosted by Lyons Community Foundation (LCF) and Smokin’ Dave’s BBQ; members come free, and $5 covers a guest. The social will be held on April 22 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the shared office of LACC and LCF, 443 Main St. The LACC hosts a monthly social event that has long been considered a social highlight of the month. Unlike other chambers where pushing business cards is the agenda, the Lyons group has been considered more of a social club where good times are the goal and connections happen naturally.

Donna M. West September 28, 1934 – March 17, 2014 Donna West, 79, of Lyons, passed away Monday March 17, 2014 in Longmont from natural causes.

Donna was born in Denver, Missouri on September 28, 1934. She was married to Claude West on August 30, 1952.

She is survived by her children, Steven and Connie, her grandchildren Michael and Justin, and her great grandchildren Cole, Robyn, Tristan, Maverick and Ty,

thing for sure, this community is overflowing with talent. Please connect with me to sign up to host, entertain or be a part of these events by emailing dr.sarahart @ gmail. com or stop by Stillwater Clinic Monday through Friday 12 to 4 p.m.

From this lift to our foundation, we look forward to seeing the creativity of our community thrive. Our goal is to seed the concept of a monthly Lyons event and encourage the monthly hosts in addition to other businesses enjoy a nice influx of guests.

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as well as several brothers and sisters. Donna will be missed by all of her friends, family and the furry critters around her home. The family would like to thank all of Claude and Donna’s friends for their friendship, help and support.

She is predeceased by her husband Claude and grandson Anthony. Per Donna’s wishes, no formal services are planned; the family will be scheduling a gathering of friends and family in the near future. Ahlberg Funeral Chapel in Longmont is handling the arrangements.

Donna’s remains will be interred at Ft. Logan National Cemetery next to her husband, Claude. Visit www.ahlbergfuneralchapel.com for gathering details and to share condolences.

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While our gatherings are already a hit, we are always looking for ways to make them better. One question in the LACC boardroom conversations is how do we facilitate more growth, greater connections and more fun for everyone?

Beginning in May, 2014 the LACC Socials will be shifting to a set monthly schedule. Rather than bouncing the event around the calendar, we are now encouraging all social hosts to offer events on the FIRST WEDNESDAY of each month. As many communities have discovered, hosting a routine monthly event encourages visitors to venture into town for a reliably good time.

Members of the LACC have the benefit both of attending these monthly events and also of hosting one at their own places of business. Members who don’t have a large space to share with our crowd of 70 to 100 people can team up with others to share the limelight.

Even more, the businesses that sponsor the event will now be featured for the entire month. They’ll have a captive and loveable audience to offer specials or coupons to all those who attend their event.

To further facilitate this shift, we are now welcoming a featured artist to participate at each of the monthly socials. These artists can perform, share their work and enjoy some mic time to inspire us all. One

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Easter is approaching and so if you’d like to remember Donna, add an egg or a bunny to the small tree on Apple Valley or put one in your own tree. Thank you Donna for being our neighbor, one of the best. We will miss you.

contentment. How did she live like that? I fill my days with details and distractions. Donna did not. Hers was a rare wisdom of staying put, slowing down and being present when a neighbor zooms to a halt to chat for a minute.

When I first moved here, Donna, Dorothy and Alice would be seen walking together and sometimes their destination was a small plum tree, about half way down Apple Valley Road, which they would proceed to decorate for the coming holiday.

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MAYOR’S CORNER It takes good governance

By John O’Brien, Mayor Redstone Review LYONS – On behalf of the newly elected board, I would like to thank you, Lyons, for placing your confidence and trust in us. I can assure you that we all take the public trust very seriously.

Another tenet we take seriously is O’Brien good governance. Many companies and towns and cities enthusiastically prepare mission and vision statements in their planning processes. Yet how many times have you seen examples of companies and cities that have performed very poorly, which usually elicits a response such as “where was the board?” and “how

could the board allow that to happen?” Corporate examples include Enron, BP, Exxon, Union Carbide and Murdoch’s News Corp. Municipal examples include Detroit, San Bernardino and Tucson. And yet I would be willing to bet that all those organizations had pretty, well written mission statements and well constructed visions. In each of those examples it is hard to believe that there was not a quorum of people on the boards of those organizations that would not and did not stand up and say “not on my watch.” It is not always easy to “make the right decision,” but it is satisfying when at the end of the day, citizens and shareholders say “thank you for doing the right thing.”

Wikipedia defines governance as “all processes of governing, whether undertaken by a government, market or network, whether over a family, tribe, formal or informal organization or territory and whether through laws, norms, power or language. It relates to processes and decisions that seek to define actions, grant power and verify performance.”

Great Outdoors Colorado awards Lyons $1 million for Meadow Park

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was severely damaged by the flood last September.

The parks are one way that Lyons hopes to recoup some funding for Lyons.

“The parks in Lyons are an economic development driver for our community,” said Mayor John O’Brien. “Over 50,000 people a year use Meadow Park, which is our jewel. We already have the money from the GOCO grant and we are using heavy equipment to scarify the park and put down some topsoil and then get it ready for camping and outdoor activities. The target

LYONS – Governor John Hickenlooper held a news conference in Lyons April 9 to announce that Lyons will receive $1 million from Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) to repair Meadow Park, which

In Lyons we have been very lucky to have had good governance for the last six years. The past board has defined the actions they wanted to see implemented, granted the power and responsibility to the town administrator and staff and defined the metrics necessary to determine whether the defined actions were accomplished with the desired results.

One of the elements that is most important in arriving at good governance is the mutual respect and trust that exists on this current board. Because we will allow for a full examination and discussion of the issues brought before us, the board will have the information and time to make good decisions.

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.

date is go have the park up and running by the end of May.” Meadow Park has been closed since the flood due to damage, debris, sand, rock and erosion covering almost every area in the park. Some structures were destroyed.

GOCO awarded $4.5 million in flood recovery grants to repair parks and trails.

Some of this will go to repair 3.5 miles of trail along the St. Vrain Greenway and to repair Pella Crossing outside of Hygiene.

Jamestown will also get funding to repair its Town Square Center along the river.

Mayor O’Brien said that when the repair of Meadow Park is complete, it will be one of the green areas in town.

The grant money comes from the portion of Colorado Lottery proceeds the agency gets for helping preserve and enhance parks, wildlife habitat, rivers and open spaces.

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OPTIONS Library opens on Main Street while depot restoration proceeds

By Carol Devenir Redstone Review LYONS – While the 1885 depot building is undergoing recovery and restoration after September’s flood, the Lyons Depot Library has morphed from its temporary life as the Visitor Center Library, to its next incarnation as the Lyons Main Devenir Street Library.

The Town is leasing the library’s new space at 420 Main St., where library patrons may enjoy the aromas from the next-door St. Vrain Bakery. The building is owned by Wayne York, former owner of Lyons Automotive. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has agreed to reimburse the town for most of the building rent for a year.

Librarian Merlyn Williams and a host of volunteers have been busy recently not with books but with salvaging furniture and determining the new building plan.

“This building has about the same amount of floor space as at the depot,” she said, “but it’s a completely different configuration, and there are no built-in shelves, as there were at the depot.” Virtually all of the library’s former furniture was destroyed in September’s flooding.

Much of the new shelving, desks and other furniture came through Boulder County, from its purchase of a former church which houses the Longmont Christian School in downtown Longmont. “This donation is huge,” Williams said. She gives credit to volunteer Chrystal DeCoster, who worked with the County staff and “kept that project together.” DeCoster feels that the County facilities staff, notably Gary Gressett, Mike Cisneros, Sharon Baker, and Ron Diederichsen and their teams, were generous and really “got” that Lyons was a neighbor in need. “They rallied to make things happen for us,” she said.

Lyons Volunteers, coordinated by Ed Kean, have been busy moving, cleaning, and assembling the donated equipment, including wresting 100-pound partitions to bracket them into place. Volunteers with all sorts of skills are still needed.

With free-standing shelving and movable partitions, Williams and volunteers are masterminding a flexible room for story time, kids’ space, a young adult area, checkout space, computer space, and all the other important spaces for a workable library. “We will need to cull

even more of our books,” she said.

“For example, instead of having all of Mark Twain’s books, we will have just three or four. Things will be evolving over the next few weeks and months.” The LEGO club will begin meeting at the Main Street library on Wednesday, April 16. Story time with Dawn Henley started at Main Street Friday, April 11.

The after-hours book drop will eventually move to Main Street, but for now it is still at the depot building.

Library hours are 10:30 a.m. to 6:25 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday; and 10:30 a.m. to 2:25 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Parking is available across Broadway at the Park and Ride lot.

Depot Restoration Meanwhile, the historic depot Left to right: Volunteers Wendy Raymond of Ann Arbor, MI, Kate Kerr and building is another site of busy Ruth Wilson of Lyons, and Nathaniel Wootten of Chicago cleaned and arranged people. Christina Wells, Chair of shelves at the Main Street Library. PHOTO BY CAROL DEVENIR the Lyons Library Advisory Committee, is the lead on the new ted additional applications to cover the balance.

Depot Restoration Task Force. “Christina Wells is a true The State Historical Fund has also provided support warrior,” Library Director Williams said. “She is making and guidance during recovery efforts and will oversee histhings happen.” toric preservation. Main Street Architect Tim Stroh has The Task Force includes Mark Browning, Lyons committed to continue to provide guidance throughout Regional Library District President; Kitty Keim, Lyons the project.

Depot Library Advisory Board Member; Chuck Keim; Eventually, the library will return to the restored depot and John King. The group hopes to ensure the depot is building, the library’s home since 1977. Lyons Trustee restored to historical standards and protected for future LaVern Johnson led the crusade to rescue the 1885 depot generations. “Restoring the Lyons Depot Library to serv- building for Lyons’ first library. Next, it will be up to votice is an important step in healing our community after ers to decide when and where the library moves to its the 2013 floods,” Wells said. next life as the Lyons Regional Library.

Currently the building is gutted down to mud floors.

For more information on the history of the depot, visit “The necessary restoration also creates an opportunity to townoflyons.com/history. For up-to-date information, as well improve the function of our limited library space,” Wells as photos of the depot restoration project and lists of new said. Opportunities include items such as modernizing books and audio materials provided by Friends of the Lyons electrical systems, restrooms, and energy efficiency.

Depot Library, check LyonsDepotLibrary on Facebook.

Restoration is projected to be complete some time in Carol Devenir worked for 30 years in City Planning and 2015, at a cost of approximately $432,000. Close to $50,000 has been received so far, from the State Historical Public Works. She is the Vice President of the Friends of the Fund, Longmont Community Foundation and Colorado Lyons Depot Library and the author of Beyond Chemo Department of Local Affairs. The Task Force has submit- Brain: Recovering after Surviving. She lives in Lyons.

South Creek benefit for the river

(F3T), and together they arranged to show the film, which features fly fisher

By Don Moore “It’s the river that makes this town what people from all over the world fishing in it is, and the flood destroyed it,” he said. wild and exotic places. One segment in Redstone Review “We now have a clean pallet to build a the show about fly fishing in Labrador shows local fly fishing writer John LYONS – When the September flood world class fishery that can be dedicated Gierach fishing for wild salmon. made international news, offers of help to catch and release blue ribbon waters.”

Dale Katechis of Oskar Blues offered to To that end, Clark organized a major came from around the world. Mike Clark, host the event, giving away a free beer to world-renowned Lyons bamboo fly-fishing fundraiser event in Lyons dedicated to each ticket holder, and matching the first rebuilding the river, selling donated fishrod builder, received offers from customers $12,500 Clark raised. Due to the limited asking what they could do to help Lyons ing gear, art signed books, flies and many space of the venue, Clark limited ticket residents through his website, other items. He contacted Doug Powell, sales to 100 at $50 each. “After we sold southcreekltd.com. Clark received a the owner of the Fly Fishing Film Tour those first 100, we had requests for at least donated fly rod, had it another 50, but the space wouldappraised, sold it on his website n’t allow it,” Clark said. for $3,000, and donated the The donated items, including a entire proceeds to Lyons 65-pound box of gear from a cusCommunity Foundation (LCF). tomer in Kansas, were sold Before long he had other custhrough a silent auction. Clark tomers from Belgium, England, first displayed them on his webCanada, and all parts of the U. site where anybody could place a S. donating rods, reels, and bid until the night of the event, other fly-fishing gear. After March 24, 2013, when patrons appraisals, sales, and donations took over the bidding. to LCF, Clark raised more than The Colorado Department of $20,000 for Rebuild Lyons One Parks and Wildlife offered a Life at a Time. $75,000 match if Clark could “One customer bought one of raise $25,000. By the end of the the donated rods for $2,500, evening, ticket sales, cash donathen gave it back to me. I then tions, and receipts from raffle sold it again for an additional tickets, and the silent auction $2,500, making a total of totaled $19,000. The Oskar Blues $5,000 for the foundation,” match raised that to $31,875 and Clark said recently. with the Department of Parks and Mike Clark (left) and Ben Swigle, a wildlife biologist with Clark’s love of Lyons is only Colorado Parks and Wildlife, at the Fly Fishing Film Tour Wildlife match, receipts from the surpassed by his love of the St. fund raising event at Oskar Blues. $106,875 was raised for event will top $106,875. Clark Vrain River flowing through it. the St. Vrain River Project. gives credit to CAN’d Aid –

Oskar Blues Foundation and also to Laughing Grizzly Fly Shop in Longmont for their work in making the fundraiser such a success.

“To rebuild the two miles of stream flowing through Lyons, we really need $200,000,” Clark said. “We’d like to do this again next year to raise the remaining funds.” The river restoration project won’t begin until two run off seasons are completed so it will be evident where the river is going to go.

When asked about the outpouring of generosity, Clark related a story. “You know, we had people making cash donations of $500, $2,000, but one that really stands out was a gift from a local man displaced by the flood. He came in here and told me he’d received a grant from the foundation to help him get back on his feet and wanted to thank me. With tears flowing down his cheeks, he said he could not afford a $50 ticket for the fundraiser, but handed me a $20 bill and gave me a hug.”

For now, Clark is not accepting donations of goods, but is directing people to the St Vrain Angler Trout Unlimited, svatu.org, which is hosting a fundraiser on May 3 to rebuild the St. Vrain River in Longmont.

For more information about the River Project or to make donations, call South Creek Ltd. at 303-823-6402.

Don Moore is a retired lawyer and the author of Love is a Verb: Healing Yourself through Love, Gratitude and Compassion. He lives in Lyons.

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CONTRAST INSTRUMENTS AS WO RKS OF ART

Retiring the hands of the master builder

By Susan de Castro McCann Redstone Review Editor LYONS – After building harpsichords for almost 29 years, harpsichords that were played by, sold to and sought after by musicians all over the country, Dana Ciul is packing up his tools and retiring from making harpsichords and early music instruments.

The arthritis in his hands has finally forced him to consider retirement.

“Retirement was not a choice I would

have made were if not for severe osteoarthritis in my thumbs of all places,” said Cuil. “But what the heck everyday will be like a weekend.”

He seated himself at the keyboard of the last harpsichord he plans to make, a French double-manual harpsichord after Benoit Stelin circa 1760, Paris. The instrument has two eight-foot choirs, one four-foot choir and a buff stop. “This grand concert harpsichord was a special order by the University of Northern Colorado,” said Ciul. “Ironically, UNC now owns my first and last works. I think it was a fine way to bring to a close 28 years of building (harpsichords).

I’m guessing this was my fiftieth early keyboard instrument.”

As Ciul starts to play the instrument which is a work of art in itself, the sounds of Bach’s early music fill the room and the listener is transported to a cathedral in Dana Cuil has been building harpsichords for 28 years. He is pictured with a French double-manual grand concert harpsichord, comissioned by UNC.

Europe. The sound is bold and rich as Ciul demonstrates the difference in timbre of the upper and lower keyboards.

Ciul began taking piano lessons at the age of 5. He did not study music in college and ended up with a degree in economics from San Jose State in California, and he worked in marketing as an electronics engineer.

“My dad played the violin, classical music,” said Ciul. “I took piano lessons. I wanted to be a conductor but I didn’t have the facility for it.”

He began building harpsichords with his brother. “He taught me how they worked,” said Ciul. Then in 1985 he went to Connecticut to study with a master harpsichord maker, David Jacques Way, who became Ciul’s teacher. “David just gave me a bunch of parts and told me to build it,” said Ciul. “It was a Flemish single manual circa 1580. I finished it and kept it for six or seven years.” Then he sold it to UNC. Ciul built the instruments from the ground up.

“I had about seven instruments which I built and rented them out all over the country to symphonies, universities and musicians.” He orders the parts, which he then sands by hand; he assembles, attaches parts, paints or stains. The strings are tightened, the pins are put in place and he sets the action. “I build the entire action, build the keyboards, build the frames, make the action workable and fine-tune the action,” he said.

Because of the arthritis in his hands, his wife Debbie has helped him with his last instrument, doing lots and lots of sanding.

After years of perfecting his craft, Dana

figured out that at long last he was finally the conductor of his instrument. “When I’m voicing the harpsichord, I am the Arturo Toscanini of the harpsichord. I do all the rehearsals, then the performance is where the customer gets the harpsichord.”

“The harpsichord is a living thing.”

Dana points out that after the harpsichord is finished, it has to sit until the wood stops shrinking. “Then it has to be played a lot to sound really good,” said Dana.

He attributes his dedication to perfection to his martial arts background. “The discipline from my years of martial arts training, where you have to be a perfectionist and an efficiency expert taught me to focus on one thing only,” he said. “My expertise is in working on the action (of the harpsichord). That is my favorite thing and that is the feedback, I get from musicians who say they love the action in my harpsichords.”

The harpsichords became very popular in the 1700s and were popular until about 1810 when they began to disappear, Dana said. But around 1950 there was an early music revival and the harpsichords came back and became very popular again.

Dana said that in 2012 there were about six harpsichord makers in the U.S. Now there is one less.

Dana said he will still do some repair work on harpsichords; he may play a little, but as far as building an instrument from the ground up, he hopes that this instrument will be his last. Those amazingly beautiful instruments with the name Ciul painted behind the keyboard will become increasingly rare.

Hopelight Medical Clinic grand opening Staff Reports Redstone Review LONGMONT – Hopelight Medical Clinic is proud to announce the opening of a new non-profit clinic located at 1351 Collyer St. in Longmont. This free clinic is open on Thursday evenings from 2:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. The clinic provides primary medical care for residents of the greater Longmont area including those who are underinsured or those without insurance. We welcome those in need of quality medical care and unable to afford full medical prices due to low financial income. The clinic is staffed by doctors and nurses who provide care for both acute and chronic conditions along with routine medical care, including physicals.

On Saturday, May 3, Hopelight will be hosting a grand opening of its free health clinic from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Members of the public are invited to tour the facility and learn about the free medical services and preventative care being offered. Other services include health and wellness education and access to a wide range of community resources. The clinic seeks to care for the patient as

a whole person – body, mind and spirit. Longmont Church of Christ has agreed to allow the clinic to operate in its building on Collyer Street.

The clinic is equipped with three exam rooms and other facilities overseen by a team of volunteer licensed medical professionals. “We are grateful to the dedicated group of doctors, physician assistants, nurses, lab techs and supporters who have made this dream a reality, helping to ensure that many individuals in need have access to an improved quality of life,” said Amy Rakestraw RN, the director of the clinic.

Additional information is available by calling 303-7767117 or visiting www.hopelightclinic.org where you can schedule an appointment. Walk-ins are also welcome.

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CONTACT Dr. Susan bought a farm (and joined the vet clinic)

By Katherine Weadley Redstone Review News Editor LYONS – There’s a new veterinarian at Lyons Veterinary Clinic and her name is Susan Scariot, but she prefers to be called Dr. Susan. Jolene Duncan, the longtime practicing veterinarian at the clinic, isn’t going anywhere, but Dr. Susan is joining the practice and bringing some unique skills with her.

Dr. Susan moved to Colorado in 2000 to attend Colorado State University and has wanted to live in Lyons since that time. “I used to do the Colorado Disc Dog competitions in the park and drive down to go hiking at Lion’s Gulch.” However, her first job out of veterinary school was in a small mountain town in North Carolina that she describes as similar to

Dr. Susan Scariot has joined the Lyons Veterinary Clinic. She lives on a 43-acre farm on Blue Mountain Trail where she keeps (among many critters) Nigerian Dwarf goats.

Lyons. “When it was time to move back to Colorado, Lyons was the first town on my mind,” she said.

BIZ BUZZ Sgt. Goldberger offers help to businesses LYONS – The recent robbery of the St. Vrain Pharmacy brought to light some resources that I would like to share in case we have any type of crime in Lyons. To take a more proactive approach as it pertains to video cameras and camera capabilities of your businesses, I would like to put together a secured file that would tell me who has video cameras and / or cameras in their business. This information would assist the Sheriff’s Office with conducting investigations in a more efficient, thorough and expedient manner to help apprehend the suspect/s in case of a crime. With this information, I will be able to have Deputies contact the business owners who might have video footage or camera shots of suspected people and vehicle/s. Your assistance and support will help the Sheriff’s Office protect and assist the citizens of the Town of Lyons.

Take a minute to answer these questions: • What is the business name, address, contact name and number for your business?

• Do you have a video system, camera system or both systems inside your business? If so, which do you have?

• Do you have a system that covers any outside area (sidewalk, road)? If so, please describe the coverage area.

The information that you provide the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office will only be used for investigative purposes.

The robbery at the St. Vrain Pharmacy was solved primarily due to the video system that was installed after the first robbery there last year. This system aided the Sheriff’s Office tremendously by getting the photos out to the news media and the Town of Lyons residents.

Lastly, to make everyone aware, the female who robbed the St. Vrain Pharmacy last year was the same that just did it. I want people to be aware that there is not a suspect out there somewhere who committed the first robbery.

If you have any questions about this request, please do not hesitate to call me at 303-210-5350 (Cell) or 720-564-2693 (Office), or email me. If you would like to provide me with this information, please send an email to me at ngoldberger@bouldercounty.org. Thank you in advance.

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She and he boyfriend recently bought a 43-acre farm on Blue Mountain Trail northwest of town and have built a new barn. She calls her new place Trapper Mountain Farm. Just like most veterinarians Dr. Susan loves animals and she has the numbers to prove it. Her farm consists of Nigerian Dwarf goats and kids, a miniature donkey, chickens, ducks, dogs, and cats.

She has nine dogs in total including a few Great Pyrenees mountain dogs and one puppy. “I milk my goats and provide goat milk shares, and I also have fresh farm eggs available if anyone is interested,” she said.

Besides her general veterinary medicine abilities she is also certified in both acupuncture and chiropractic for animals and thinks these techniques work very well to meet certain needs for animals.

She will see ducks and chickens as well as

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Outdoor Games return LYONS – The Town of Lyons, Colo., announces that despite floodwaters damaging most of its parkland, trails, and waterways, it will still hold its signature 13th Annual Lyons Outdoor Games multi-sport festival and the accompanying Oskar Blues’ Burning Can Beer Festival on Saturday, May 31.

The event will be held in unaffected portions of Bohn Park and will include the Outlaws of Dirt BMX series, a rugby tournament, limited pro kayaking events (slalom, freestyle, and BoaterX), plus a family friendly area with slacklining, a climbing wall, and a strider bike area for kids. New Orleans national touring act Anders Osborne will headline Saturday night’s concert, and the Burning Can Beerfest will bring more than 40 national canning breweries to Lyons. For information contact the town of Lyons at 303-823-6622.

Golden Gang events LYONS – The Lyons Golden Gang is hosting a spaghetti dinner fundraiser on Friday, May 16 at the Longmont Moose Lodge, 2210 Pratt St. in Longmont from 6 to 8 p.m. There will also be a silent auction. Adults $10 and kids under 12, big kids over 60 are $5. For more information, to order tickets or to donate items for the auction please call 303-823-6771. Hope to see everyone there – come support your senior / disabled community.

The area churches host evening meals at the Walter Self Center open to all Lyons area seniors. The facility is

many other types of animals. “I am working at Lyons Veterinary Clinic two days a week, plus a day of house calls. I also travel to agility trials along the Front Range to treat competing dogs. I compete with two of my dogs as well.” Besides her love of veterinary medicine Dr. Susan says “I love anything outside, gardening, and all animals big and small!”

Dr. Susan is looking forward to becoming an active and integral part of Lyons and meeting other animal and nature lovers in the area.

For more information, call 303-8236767. Office hours at Lyons Veterinary Clinic, 412 High St., are Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Wed, Sat 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Please call 303-823-6767.

Kathrine Weadley is a freelance writer and a librarian. She worked as a reporter for the Daily Camera in Boulder. She lives in Lyons with her family and dog Wolfie.

open by 5 p.m. and dinners are served at 5:30. Please call 303-823-6771 to reserve a place, seating is limited.

The River Church is the first Monday of every month.

The Catholic Church is every other month (April, June, August, October, etc.) on the second Monday of the month. The Lyons Community Church is the third Monday of every month and last but not least is the Latter Day Saints Church on the last Tuesday of the month. For information, contact Sandy at Lyons Golden Gang at lyonsgoldengang@aol.com.

Distinguished Research Lectureship BOULDER – The Distinguished Research Lectureship is among the highest honors bestowed by the faculty upon a faculty member at CU-Boulder. This year the 106th Distinguished Research Lectureship has been awarded to a resident of Lyons, Peter Molnar, of CU’s Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, CIRES. Each year, the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research requests nominations from faculty for this award, and a faculty review panel recommends one faculty member as a recipient. The lectureship honors a tenured faculty member widely recognized for a distinguished body of academic or creative achievement and prominence, as well as contributions to the educational and service missions of CU-Boulder.

Normally, one Distinguished Research Lectureship is awarded each year. The recipMolnar ient presents a lecture in the fall or spring following selection and receives a $2,000 honorarium. The lecture will be held on Friday, September 5 from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Old Main Chapel, followed by a reception in the Heritage Center.

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INSIGHT On and off the grid

By John Gierach Redstone Review LYONS – A friend is thinking about retiring and we’ve been talking it over.

I’ve been careful not to offer advice because I’m so often Gierach wrong about what other people should do with their lives; I’m just helpfully trying to make sure he’s thought everything through. For instance, I reminded him that “retirement” now usually just means working a different job for less money.

From a distance at least, this guy has what I’d call the ideal job. He’s the editor of a high-end sporting magazine, and although it’s hard, time-consuming work, he’s able to do it from his modest house in the Maine woods where, between editing chores, he can fish, hunt, hike, split firewood, putter in his vegetable garden, cook, read, and write his own books. He has three in print, another finished and with his agent, and a fifth “in the works,” which means, he said, that he is “seriously thinking about getting started on it.”

He’s self-educated and widely read, but wears it lightly enough to fit seamlessly into his local environment without actually being in disguise. That is, he often speaks like a backwoods hick would if a backwoods hick had an encyclopedic vocabulary and peppered his conversation with literary allusions. When I mentioned that, thanks to my publisher, I’d soon

have an official website, he said, “Yeah, I gotta get me one a’ them.”

It’s tempting to say that my friend couldn’t live this kind of life without modern communication technology, but that’s not entirely true. Henry David Thoreau managed well enough and in fact his book The Maine Woods inspired my friend to move up there in the first place. And there was E.B. White, who wrote stories

many in our generation, he views the technology as a useful and necessary tool of his trade, but not as a toy or the basis for a lifestyle. In that sense, the computer might as well be a typewriter and, like me, I suspect he has a typewriter stashed somewhere, just in case.

Many of us in our 60s like to play the geezer by joking about our supposed computer illiteracy. When I asked a friend

about country life from his farm in Maine and mailed them down to the big city to be published in the New Yorker. But it is much quicker and easier with cell phones, computers, email and such.

Like everyone else in our generation, my friend started with landline telephones, typewriters, spiral notebooks and pencils and learned the digital stuff from the ground up, but he’s become very adept at it, especially the handy editing software that’s now available. Then again, also like

recently if he knew how to access the spell check program in Hotmail, he said, “Beats me; ask any eight-year-old kid.” I make the same kinds of jokes and I’ll be the first to admit that at first computers scared me to death. I grew up watching those science fiction movies in which computers got confused or angry and blew up, sometimes taking entire cities with them. So when I got my first “error” message, I ran out of the house and hid behind a tree. For that matter, the first

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But in fact, most of us are now perfectly comfortable with the technology to the extent that we need it. It’s just that, unlike some, when we’re done with it, we turn it off and live actual lives in the physical world.

Many of us have also maintained our original skepticism. I don’t know anyone who was among the first to buy a personal computer or cell phone or go on the Internet when they were first available.

We had to be convinced, or, in some cases, forced into it. I finally bought a cell phone for traveling when pay phones vanished from the face of the earth (it seemed to happen overnight) and I only started using email when some of the younger editors I worked with turned out to be unable to communicate by mail or telephone.

Of course the problems began immediately. It turned out that a cell phone will shatter your privacy unless you take a couple of basic precautions. One is to turn it on when you want to make a call and otherwise leave it off. The other is to not give anyone your number. And not long after I started using email, someone hacked my account and sent everyone in my address book ads for cheap Mexican Viagra with my return address on them. I got dozens of emails asking, “What the hell?” as well as one saying, “Dude, thanks for the tip!”

Of course all technologies involve a learning curve and new problems and hazards to get used to. When you first put on a pair of skis, you’re terrified because you have no traction, but then the whole point of skis is to do away with traction so you can slide. The trick is to use the technology instead of letting the technology use you. If you do it right, you could be like my friend, who steps onto the grid for work and then off again into a simple life in the Maine woods.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Arts and entertainment news and events

By MinTze Wu Redstone Review LYONS The Stone Cup Café / Rise and Shine Bistro will continue Mahalia Mae Porter’s From the Wu Stars: A collection of Fantasy through the end of April.

This show is inspired by fairy tales and a trip to Ireland. Photographs by Nicholas Saucier, a Colorado native from Boulder, will be shown for the month of May. A former staff photojournalist for the Aspen Times, contributor to the Denver Post and Daily Camera, Saucier is drawn to capturing compelling images of both the natural and urban world. The music line-up includes Denny Driscoll’s acoustic guitar on April 19.

Music at the Cup includes Sarah Caton’s Americana / Soul / Blues on April 27, James Faulk’s folk-classic rock on April 26 and May 10, Lori Flynn’s folk on May 3, and Teddy Carr’s Fiddling Star on May 4. The annual Easter Celebration will take place on April 20 at 11 a.m. at Sandstone Park. There will be music provided by local musicians, an Easter egg

hunt, and potluck. Bring your own table service, beverages, chair, and a dish to share. The café is on Fifth Avenue and High Street. For more information please call 303-823-2345 or visit www.thestonecup.com.

High Street Concerts is thrilled to present Mollie O’Brien and Rich Moore with Eric Thorin and special guest Bella Betts with Steve Szymanski on Saturday, April 19.

Grammy Award winner Mollie O’Brien has became known as singer’s singer when she and her brother Tim O’Brien released Take Me Back, Remember Me, and Away Out on the Mountain for Sugar Hill Records.

In the 2014 release of Love Runner, O’Brien and her husband Rich Moore, also a powerhouse guitarist well versed from blues to traditional folk to jazz, mined the American songbook and recreated an amalgam of music from the last 100 years. Joined by renowned bassist, Eric Thorin, who also produced the album, the show features a mix of contemporary folk, funky dance music, and everything in between. Opening the evening will be multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Bella Betts. The show starts at 8 p.m. at the historical Rogers Hall on Fourth and High in Lyons.

Tickets are available in advance online or at the Stone Cup. For more information, please go to www.highstreetconcerts.com Join the Renaissance Project in its

Photographs by Boulder native Nicholas Saucier will be the featured display during May at the Stone Cup Café. first appearance in Lyons, celebrating the masterworks of British composer William Byrd on May 3 and 4.

Considered one of the most prolific and versatile composers from the 16th century in England, Byrd was also a pioneer in the music publishing industry; over 500 of his works survive. This concert features selections from Byrd’s complex Mass for Four Voices and other Latin motets. On

CAN’d Aid crafts a future for itself and others

By Katherine Weadley Redstone Review News Editor LYONS – Oskar Blues Grill & Brew had a great foundation of supporters in Lyons when it started in 1997 and now Lyons has the support of Oskar’s great foundation known as CAN’d Aid. Most people in the Lyons area know about Oskar Blues (OB) the restaurant and brewpub that Dale Katechis started with the support of his wife Christi. Since then, OB has become famous for canning craft beer as well as exponential business growth, including more restaurants, a mountain bike division, a new brewery in Brevard, N.C. and expanding its sales around the nation.

Dale, the founder of the Oskar Blues empire, has long supported various local fundraisers, donated money and items for schools and has been financially generous to deserving groups. The 501(c)(3) organization known as the CAN’d Aid Foundation is a natural extension of his generosity. In August, 2013 the foundation was in the early planning stages. Diana Ralston, Director of CAN’d Aid said, “Dale and I had been kicking around ideas about names, focus areas, and ways to make bigger impact with our giving when floodwaters ripped through Lyons and Longmont. We reacted in typical OB style – passionately and immediately.”

Ralston, a 19-year resident of Crested Butte, is the sole employee of CAN’d Aid. “Dale and I applied for expedited 501(c)(3) status and immediately began raising money. The IRS granted our status within three months and between September and the end of the year we were able to raise and distribute more than $515,000 to businesses, families and local organizations,” she said.

Dale and Christi Katechis met Diana Ralston while attending college at Auburn University in Alabama, and they have been friends ever since. Shortly after college Ralston moved to Crested Butte and never left although she spends a lot of time in Lyons. All of her professional experience prior to working for Dale was in the nonprofit realm. She was the Program Director for a performing arts center in Crested Butte, Executive Director of the Crested Butte Arts Festival, a founding board member of the children’s museum in Crested Butte and was a consultant for the Western States Arts Federation for several years. She most recently spent two years as a sales representative for Oskar Blues. “I absolutely fell in love with the company, my co-workers and the craft beer culture. I knew from day one that I was part of something truly special, and immediately starting thinking of ways to incorporate my nonprofit work with my passion for OB.

Luckily, starting a foundation had been on Dale’s wish list for quite a while, and was an easy sell when I pitched the idea to him. Oskar Blues has always been generous about supporting the community, but having someone in charge of wrangling the various giving opportunities should make a bigger impact and provide more effective programs and partnerships down the line,” Ralston said.

Dale Katechis, at left, founder of the Oskar Blues empire and Diana Ralston, right, Director of the CAN’d Aid Foundation, pictured here with a representative from McStain Neighborhoods.

According to Ralston she is the only employee of CAN’d Aid. There is a CAN’d Aid Board of Directors made up of six people who provide guidance and governance for the organization. The majority of the board members are Oskar Blues employees.

The devastating September flood threw Dale and Ralston into action. The tremendous and immediate needs of the individuals and businesses in Lyons prompted Dale to write a personal check to CAN’d Aid for $125,000. “We didn’t want a lot of red tape preventing people from getting the funds they desperately needed,” said Ralston. “We used our sales reps and relied heavily on the

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craft beer industry to help raise funds to give back to the people in Lyons.” At the time the foundation received letters from people and businesses asking for help and gave up to $10,000 to each.

Like so many things the flood altered the original direction of the foundation. Ralston recognizes that there are still significant unmet needs in Lyons but now that the immediacy and urgency of the flood have subsided a bit she’s eager to start in on the pre-flood scope and focus of the foundation. “We are providing funds to rebuild local hiking and biking trails that were damaged by floodwaters, and gave $2,000 to the Lions Lyons Club to replant trees along Main Street. Our focus isn’t necessarily changing, but rather expanding to include things that we’ve always been passionate about – bikes, music, sustainability, families and outdoor pursuit,” she said.

CAN’d Aid won’t evolve as a typical nonprofit foundation, and for those familiar with Dale and his work this is not a surprise. “One of the unique aspects of our foundation – and proof that our company is serious about doing good – is that Oskar Blues Brewery matches each dollar raised by the CAN’d Aid Foundation. We recently received a large grant from the Ball Foundation to implement a national recycling program, and things are starting to come together for national music programs as well,” said Ralston. “If anyone is interested in supporting us or finding out more about what we’re up to, please check out www. foundation. oskarblues. com.”

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INTEREST Someone in need – needs your donation now

By C. Chrystal DeCoster Redstone Review LYONS – Since the awareness and critical worldwide need of life-saving plasma was realized in the World War Two era, the social responsibility for supplying blood to those in need has been understood. A transfusion of donated blood is received every few DeCoster seconds by someone in the United States.

In the 1940s, Dr. Osgoode Philpott and Helen G. Bonfils, a philanthropist from Colorado, rallied to create Denver’s first community blood bank named after Helen’s mother, Belle Bonfils. The Belle Bonfils Memorial Blood Bank is today known as Bonfils Blood Center.

According to its website, “Today, Bonfils Blood Center has become an important part of the healthcare system throughout Colorado. Our headquarters are in Denver in the Lowry redevelopment area and we have nearly 400 employees including phlebotomists, apheresis and donor

laboratory technicians, accounting, human resources and communication professionals who work at Bonfils each day to make a difference in our community. It now operates seven community donor centers, serves nearly 200 healthcare facilities in Colorado and beyond, collects nearly 143,000 units of blood annually and offers a variety of services to better meet the needs of the community, including the Colorado Marrow Donor Program.”

The annual Lyons Community Foundation’s Bonfils Blood Drive is on Easter, Sunday, April 20, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. To date, no one has officially signed up. Appointment times are easily arranged and are approximately one hour in duration. The goal is to fill the bus and help save lives.

Thousands of weekly donors are needed to give blood in order to “meet the needs of Colorado’s patients and to maintain a state of blood supply readiness to support any unforeseen events.”

Types A+ and O+ are the most common blood types. The blood in highest demand by physicians is the “universal donor,” otherwise known as the rare O – blood type donor, because this type can be transfused to any patient regardless of the des-

Turning 50 and skiing across Finland

By Julie Smith Redstone Review LYONS – I’m not one to make a big deal out of my birthday. At least, not since I turned 18. On my 40th birthday, for example, I bought a new vacuum cleaner.

That wasn’t a bad choice, given the circumstances. But I decided I wanted to do something memorable for my 50th year. I searched the Internet, and found the Border to Border Ski Tour (Rajalta Rajalle-Hiihto, in Finnish), 440 km. of groomed classic ski tracks across Finland.

You ski supported for a total of seven days, from the border of Russia to the border of Sweden. It takes place in northern Finland, close to the Arctic Circle.

I told my husband Tim, and we signed up, unsure of who was going to look after our children, our dog, or our jobs. Then we more carefully examined the itinerary.

The average distance per day was about 60 km., the longest day being 90 km. Neither of us had ever skied that far in a day.

When and where did we have the luxury to do that? It never crossed my mind that I might not be fit enough. After all, we live in Lyons Colorado, one of the most athletically obsessed places on the planet!

There were close to 100 people from many different nationalities on our tour.

Most of them were men (85 percent) and had names like Gunnar, Thor, Serge and Guido. The majority were from Finland, of course. There was a Swiss man who had skied Border to Border 23 times. He must have been close to 80 years old.

This was the warmest winter on record in Finland in over 100 years. Ironically, the arctic current was on the east coast of North America, where I am originally from. In some ways this was a relief as I had heard tales of losing fingers and face to frostbite in 30-degrees-below-zero temperatures. The ski conditions reminded me of skiing in southern Vermont in March, a mixture of alternating soft slush and rockhard ice, with many bare spots in between.

There were areas where our feet got soaking wet from melting lakes and bogs. It was certainly not the arctic, Christmas-like, experience we had anticipated. But it was nice not to worry about frostbite.

So there we were in Finland, skiing 60 km. a day. If you had klister (a type of sticky ski wax) and stayed focused it really wasn’t too bad. If you dawdled and took pictures and fell behind, 60 km. was endless. The first few days we were sore. At night, we could barely lift our legs up the stairs. If we wanted to sit cross legged in a chair we had to physically place one leg on top of the other. Some days the conditions demanded lots of double poling, as it is difficult to get a kick when the tracks are icy. This is something the Finns have mastered. Dedicated double polers rarely move their legs, but this technique can tire the back and arms.

The accommodations varied. Some nights we slept in resort hotels and others we slept dormitory style in an old school house. There was a sauna at each location. The food was plentiful and starchy.

The rest stops were staffed by volunteers.

They provided pickles, a fire and warm

ignated type. Since it is impossible to make blood synthetically, healthy people are the only source of this precious life saving commodity. “Donors must be at least 18, though 16 and 17 year olds are welcome with parental consent.”

As in past years, the Bonfils Blood Center van will be at Sandstone Park and the Walt Self Center will serve as a recovery area. Donating blood is a safe process in sterile conditions. Local residents, please register ASAP online at donors.bonfils.org or call 303-363-2300 and specify Lyons as the location. For those unsure of their eligibility to donate, the requirements are available online and pre-screening is available over the phone.

In addition, registry for Bonfils’ Colorado Marrow Donor Program is available that day. This is a simple procedure administered by a simple cheek swab that can result in a match with someone in a life-threatening situation in dire need of a transplant and compatible marrow.

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C. Chrystal DeCoster is publicist for the Lyons Arts and Humanities Commission (LAHC) and is a two-year resident of Lyons. Her arts-centered career includes spans as editor/art director, secondary vocational and fine arts teacher, post secondary director of education, advertising account executive, and freelance graphic designer, writer and photographer. Please contact her for any inquiries or contributions readers might have regarding arts in Lyons at chrystaldecoster @ gmail. com.

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One of our Norwegian friends commented that the trip felt like camp for adults.

The last day, near the border of Sweden, none of the designated trail was skiable. We were driven instead to a ski resort with a 50km. route of groomed trails. The participants seemed thankful to have decent tracks and an opportunity to strut their stuff. It was a race to the finish! The whole trip felt a bit like a competition. It was hard to pass a Finn. I had trouble keeping up with the 75-year-old Finnish women. I’m not sure if their speed was attributable to Lyons residents Julie Smith and Tim Oakes begin their ski trip technique or sheer at the border of Russia and Finland. They skied the Border to determination.

Border Ski Tour, travelling west across Finland to the border I am not a good skier with Sweden.

by Finnish standards, and this was humbling, Julie Smith became interested in acupuncyet, it was also inspiring. It solidified my ture and Chinese medicine more than 15 opinion that x-country skiing is a won- years ago, while working and living in China derful life long sport. Perhaps when I am and interning at several acupuncture and herb 75, I will go back and ski Border to clinics. This profoundly influenced the way Border again. she thought about medicine and healing. In For a more detailed description of this 1997 she graduated from Seattle Institute of trip visit Smith’s blog: www. moxashack. Oriental Medicine. Since then, she has been com. For more information on the tour : in private practice on the Front Range and http: / / rajaltarajallehiihto. ranua. fi / In- taught at Southwest Acupuncture College in english / RR - info.

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FOUNDATIONS Why have we not called them heroes?

By Richard Joyce Redstone Review PUEBLO – Anja Niedringhaus, 48, a German photographer for the Associated Press, died instantly on April 4 in Eastern Joyce Afghanistan when an Afghan police officer shot her multiple times as she sat in the back seat of a vehicle. Kathy Gannon, a Canadian reporter in the same vehicle, at last report was in stable condition following surgery for two gunshot wounds.

Both had been working in the region for a long time, and both were traveling that day with election workers in eastern Khost province in a convoy protected by Afghan soldiers and police officers, according to the AP. In our world, especially since the attacks on 9/11/2001, we have attached the label “heroes” to many who serve. Members of the U.S. and allied military services, and of various police forces, firefighters, paramedics, doctors and nurses are often so honored.

Common characteristics among these heroes are that they: volunteer to serve, whether they are paid or not, willingly risking their bodies, their freedom and even their lives in dangerous situations; all have faces, if not individually recognizable, then collectively via their uniforms and other paraphernalia associated with what they do. In at least one profession, however, there is no “universal” face, and very few individual faces ever cross into our conscious awareness.

That profession is journalism, in particular the journalism practiced by those who cover the violent clashes so common to our species all over the planet. Some of them are TV reporters who have been seen by many, but most are virtually invisible. All of them should be considered candidates for the label “hero.”

Sometimes they are imprisoned – often tortured, if not physically, then psychologically – for years. But even one day in captivity can leave lasting emotional scars. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, there were 211 jour-

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Muslim Brotherhood – an organization now banned and labeled “terrorist” by the Egyptian government – by working for nalists jailed worldwide in 2013, the secAl-Jazeera, which is owned by Qatar, ond worst year on record – 2012 was the which opposed the coup that ousted forworst year with 232 held in captivity. mer Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, The CPJ said Turkey has imprisoned who was supported by the Muslim the most, 40, with Iran a close second at Brotherhood.

35, and China rounding out the top three The Egyptians have only eight of the with 32. The U.S. had one, blogger 20 journalists in custody, including Roger Shuler of Alabama, jailed for conAustralian journalist Peter Greste, who tempt last year because he refused to works for Al-Jazeera English, which remove posts about a “sex scandal” operates internationally and is editorialinvolving prominent people from his ly separate from the Egyptian branch. blog site, as was ordered in an injunction Those not in custody are being tried in issued by an Alabama judge. He was freed absentia. Their trial began March 5, in late March after five months, but only continues to draw condemnation from because his wife complied the United Nations, with the judge’s order and Amnesty International, and removed the posts. media organizations around Many journalism heroes the world. They all face from without faces accompany five to 15 years in prison if those with familiar faces. For convicted. example, consider the ordeal Whether missing and preof those traveling with sumed dead, killed without Richard Engel, chief foreign justice for the killers or lancorrespondent for NBC. He guishing in prisons all over and his team were captured the world, the journalists in inside Syria in 2012 by forces service to us have no faces loyal to Bashar al-Assad, ruland often no names with ing dictator of that nation, which we are familiar. Others who has banned most foreign replace them, and the societal journalists from covering the function known as journalism civil war there. continues, so it’s easy to They were held for five ignore their plight when it’s days. One of their guides was not in the news anymore. But shot upon capture, and their for these brief moments, for captors kept the rest of them just the time it takes to read blindfolded and guessing, via these words, let’s reflect on mock executions, as to who their courage and the imporwould be next. They were tance of their lives in relation freed when their captors lost Kathy Gannon (left), a Canadian reporter, and Anja to our own.

Niedringhaus, a German photographer for the Associated Press, a gun battle with a rebel Consider this column a group they encountered. were shot multiple times by an Afghan police officer shot. Niedringhaus small tribute to all of them. I Engel, NBC Turkey reporter died instantly; Gannon survived the attack. call them heroes.

Aziz Akyavas, NBC / USA Today cameraman / photographer John Richard A. Joyce is an associate professor mates 1,051 journalists have been killed Kooistra, producer Ghazi Balkizand and doing their jobs since 1992, the five dead- in the mass communications department at an unnamed engineer were the captives, liest countries being: Iran, 164 killed; the Colorado State University-Pueblo. He is an but it’s doubtful any but Engel would be Philippines, 76; Syria, 63; Algeria, 60; award-winning journalist who served as recognized. Sometimes, journalists just and Russia, 56. The killings were carried managing editor, and subsequently editor and vanish. Here’s a partial CPJ list of the out with impunity 88 percent of the time, general manager of the Cañon City Daily missing by year: 2013, Sergio Lando Record from 1988 to 1994. The opinions he according to the CPJ. Rosado, print, Mexico; 2012, Mohamed In 2014 so far, 14 journalists, including expresses in this column are strictly his own, al-Saeed, TV, Syria; 2012, Bashar Niedringhaus, and three media workers and do not represent in any way the views of Fahmi, TV, Syria; 2012, Cüneyt Ünal, have been killed. In addition, 20 journal- anyone else at the Redstone Review or at TV, Syria; 2012, Miguel Morales ists, including four Westerners, have been Colorado State University-Pueblo. He can Estrada, print, Mexico; 2011, Marco indicted in Egypt for “supporting” the be reached at phase15@mac.com.

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EMDR trauma resolution therapy in Lyons for flood-impacted residents LYONS – Two Boulder psychotherapists in private practice, Linda Weber, M.A. and April Pojman, M.A., will offer low-cost EMDR trauma resolution therapy in Lyons to flood-impacted residents. Trauma symptoms often show up long after a disaster and interfere with normal life functioning. Symptoms such as poor sleep, restlessness and anxiety, and fear of the rain and future flooding can be significantly reduced or eliminated through EMDR and counseling. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a clinically proven method that

Antonio López Ortiz, print, Mexico; 2011, Manuel Gabriel Fonseca Hernández, print, Mexico; 2010, Miguel Angel Dominguez Zamora, print, Mexico; 2010, Pedro Argüello, print, Mexico; 2010, Ramón Ángeles Zalpa, print, Mexico; 2010, Prageeth Eknelygoda, Lanka eNews, Sri Lanka; 2010, Vasyl Klymentyev, print, Ukraine.

Often, journalists are simply and openly killed in search of the truth, as was Niedringhaus. Award-winning French TV reporter Gilles Jacquier, photographer Rémi Ochlik and Britain’s Sunday Times correspondent Marie Colvin all were killed covering the war in Syria. The Committee to Protect Journalists esti-

helps the brain to re-file memories of distressing events.

This type of therapy reduces the intensity of emotion and frequency of thoughts associated with difficult past experiences. It removes the psychological obstacles that stand in the way of moving forward. Reduced fee services may be worked out on an individual basis. Some clients may be eligible for the United Way voucher program to cover the cost of therapy. Services are by appointment at Lyons Yoga and Wellness, 310 Main St., or in Boulder. Call for a free 30-minute phone consultation to find out more about these services. Counseling is available in English and Spanish. For more information, contact Linda Weber, M.A. at www.earthskycounseling.com, 303-442-1394 or April Pojman, M.A. at www.lions-breath.com, 303-997-2267.

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OUTCOME Dam concerns gather area residents and officials to learn from each other

By Carol Devenir Redstone Review LYONS – A full house of Lyons area residents packed Rogers Hall on Saturday, March 29, for a meeting with the Colorado Division of Devenir Water Resources (DWR) and other agencies, about flooding in the Little Thompson River watershed. A specific issue was the five dams at Big Elk Meadows and how they did or did not impact flooding lower on the river.

Gail Hoag and Tom Lewis, two residents in of X-Bar Seven whose homes were damaged, showed slides and gave reports on the impacts of the flooding at their homes. Bill McCormick, Chief of the Dam Safety Branch of DWR, presented slides and data on rainfall, runoff, dam specifications, and the increased stream flow attributable to the failure of the five dams at Big Elk Meadows.

The Little Thompson flows 51 miles from west of Big Elk Meadows, through Big Elk’s five dams, along County Road 47 to US Highway 36, just north of Pinewood Springs. It flows east through Pinewood, north of Spring Gulch, through X-Bar Seven Ranch and continues east through Berthoud. It joins the Big Thompson River near the confluence with the South Platte River, in southwest Greeley.

A long question-and-answer session allowed residents of both Big Elk and the lower Little Thompson watershed to OPEN HOUSE!

describe their impacts and ask questions of a variety of County, State and Federal agencies, including FEMA. Meeting notes and extensive reports are available at water. state. co. us / SURFACEWATER / FLOODINFO / Pages / floodinfo. aspx.

A year’s water came down in 10 days.

The 10-day precipitation was 14 to 17 inches, and the area’s average annual precipitation is 17.5 inches. Rainfall was a 1-in- 500 to 1000-year event, although 44 years ago the 1969 Big Elk Meadows storm was a similarly extreme event.

The runoff from this year’s rainfall would have filled 20,000 Olympic swimming pools. The Big Elk Meadows dams are relatively small, holding a total of 125 pools worth of water. The amount of water released from all five Big Elk Meadows dams was 0.6 percent of the water pouring from the sky.

By 2 a.m. Friday, Sept. 13, all five dams had failed, but none had failed when the reverse-911 calls went out at 1 a.m. Sept 12. At that point the water was overtopping – flowing over the dams – a phenomenon virtually never observed in Colorado, and misinterpreted by first responders.

Results of the State’s preliminary models show an approximate 4-inch rise in the river because of the dams, not significant enough to cause the damage reported by downstream residents. The models are not sophisticated enough to address the volumes of earth, trees and boulders rushing down the river. These impacts may have contributed to constrictions and surges, which severely impacted downstream properties. Dam Safety staff

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County Road 47 from Hwy 36 to Big Elk Meadows was totally destroyed before any of the dams broke. About 50 full-time Big Elk Meadows residents lost access and water, in addition to sustaining flood damage. They remain without a source of water. FEMA has agreed to fund a feasibility study regarding replacing the dams. Big Elk owns water rights that allow storage to serve the residents. Its State Water Augmentation Decree has provisions for releasing water to other downstream users, at times of drought for one example, which can temporarily dry up the river.

All five dams responded as designed, in that they are designated Low Hazard dams, and met design standards, which were exceed by the rainfall. The State plans to review its models based on this storm. A final report is expected May 1.

Meeting organizers and DWR staff agree that the meeting was helpful in sharing concerns and learning from each other.

McCormick acknowledged that the agency

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Summer camps: Lyons LYONS – Students can work with local artists to create awesome art this summer.

• June 3 to 5: silk painting ages 8 and up.

Jennifer Quinn, MAET, ATR will teach the art of silk painting. Students will create a mandala, scarf (or) wall tapestry and prayer flag using fabric dyes, stretchers and silk fabrics.

• June 9 to 11: Garden sculpture, wire ages 8 and up. Jennifer Quinn will present the art of sculpture using a variety of found objects: wood, wire, fabrics.

Students will create a garden totem pole, wind chime and stepping stone.

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needs to “do what we can to try to resolve the differences between eye-witness accounts and what our modeling showed, about surges on the river. We need to develop possible explanations for the surges which were observed. Without speaking to the residents and seeing their photos, we would not have realized the severity of the surges. We can’t ever say it’s impossible for a dam to fail. We want to predict the probability of that happening, reduce the potential consequences, and help people know when to get out of harm’s way.”

Gail Hoag, a member of the Little Thompson Watershed Restoration Coalition who almost lost her home in the X-Bar Seven area said, “We believe there still is risk involved. The climate change situation is very real across the world. We can’t continue to build structures the way they used to be built. We have to factor in potentials, given the changes.” She believes the meeting gave the Dam Safety staff “a great perspective about what community people have experienced. It’s not just data.

There are real people at the other end. The question is, how do we work together as a community? It’s a new game. Let’s find solutions together.”

The Little Thompson Watershed Restoration Coalition (LTWRC) is made up of landowners along the Little Thompson River, along with stakeholders from various government agencies, businesses and volunteer organizations.

Sponsored by the Big Thompson Conservation District, LTWRC’s mission is to restore and maintain the resiliency, function, and ecological integrity of the Little Thompson River watershed, from its headwaters on the slopes of the Rocky Mountains to its confluence with the Big Thompson River near Milliken.

More information, photos and contacts can be found at LTWRC on Facebook. of art. Students will go home with two finished projects and the skills to create more at home. ($10 material fee in addition to tuition, paid directly to the artist.)

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• June 30 to July 2: Creative bookmaking ages 8 and up. Lindsay Wolf, MA will teach the art of bookmaking. Students will learn bookmaking simple enough to create more at home. (Students are asked to bring personal items for incorporation: maps, photos, poems, feathers, items from nature.)

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NATURE Congestive heart failure in pets

By Crystal Connor, DVM Redstone Review LONGMONT – One of the most common health crises I deal with as an emergency veterinarian is congestive heart failure (CHF). Animals, both dogs and cats, of any age may develop this disease, but it is most common in older pets.

Why does CHF occur? This disease is caused by an abnormality of the structure and / or the function of the heart. The heart is responsible for pumping blood to the tissues of the body. When this pump fails, the blood does not get to where it needs to be and instead backs up. This results in an

accumulation of fluid in or around the lungs and / or within the abdomen. In dogs, we most often see CHF result from an aging or leaky heart valve, whereas in cats, it is more commonly related to structural abnormalities within the heart, such as thickening of the heart muscle.

Clinical symptoms of heart failure can vary, but most commonly, dogs will exhibit coughing, lethargy, breathing difficulties, collapse, and pale or purple / blue gum and tongue color.

Cats do not typically cough with heart disease and often do not exhibit any symptoms until they are in a severe crisis.

Owners may notice more vague signs,

Wildlife babies are here

By Cathy Dennerline Redstone Review LONGMONT – After the flooding rains of September and the brutally cold temperatures of winter, it’s time to celebrate Mother Earth’s beauty. Comedian Robin Williams said, “Spring is Dennerline nature’s way of saying, ‘Let’s party!’” Grass turns green; trees, flowers, and shrubs open their buds and it’s time to prepare our gardens. Wildlife moms also prepare for the next generation of offspring as they search for the optimum location to set up a home – although their idea of safe shelter may not be ours.

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such as weight loss, lethargy, and poor appetite. When in full blown heart failure, cats will often have labored breathing, which may or may not be accompanied by open mouth breathing (panting).

Open mouth breathing is never normal in cats. They can also vocalize and appear very distressed. Sometimes owners are not

Rehabilitation Center we field dozens of calls about wildlife doing just that, setting up a home in an inopportune place for us. Calls like, “I found a nest of bunnies in my compost heap,” and “I think raccoons have opened a nursery in my chimney.”

Planning can be the best prevention for upcoming generations but that doesn’t do much good if raccoon babies are cozily sleeping in your attic. Greenwood’s advice is to leave them alone and don’t close off an opening until you are sure all animals have moved out. It may only take few weeks for mom to prepare the young ones for safe departure. Then it’s okay to block the entrance, trim the shrub or rotate your compost.

We get many calls

even aware their pets have heart disease until they are in actual heart failure.

How is this heart condition diagnosed?

Your veterinarian will be able to diagnose CHF through physical exam findings combined with changes seen on chest xrays. The cat or dog generally presents for labored or difficulty breathing. In addition to breathing abnormalities, your veterinarian may detect one or more signs, including a heart murmur, “wet” lung sounds, or a low body temperature.

A blood pressure measurement and a recording of the electrical activity of the heart (EKG) should also be performed as part of a thorough evaluation.

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Mother mammals will not return if people or pets are present. No matter what the circumstances, a baby’s best chance for survival is with its mother. Of course, if a baby or adult is injured or sick, call us at 303-823-8455.

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A day in the life of a paramedic in Detroit

By Rich Jeffries Redstone Review DETROIT, Mich. – A welfare check by an EMT is a response to an uncertainty regarding the whereabouts and / or well-being of a person who has been missed by someone who is concerned for them. The calls are often unfounded, a simple oversight or misunderstanding on the part of the caller, or an accidentally tripped medical alarm. Other times we find someone in distress and rescue them from harm. In the most unfortunate scenario we find a corpse.

Working as Paramedic First Responder on a bright early winter morning I arrived with two police officers and two other paramedics crewing an ambulance at an early 1960s-era grey brick ranch-style house in a suburb of Detroit. We began by knocking at the front door, banging loudly and calling the name of the man who lived there. The man was a 95-year-old widower who kept a regular schedule and hadn’t been seen by the neighbors for a couple of days. We waited, listening for a response, but heard nothing from within.

One cop stayed at the front door and the rest of us split up to circle the house and search for an open door or window, any means to gain access or get a view inside.

Going along we find all the windows locked and the shades drawn. Cobwebs have formed inside the window frames between the shades and the glass. Unused rooms were closed off for winter nothing suspicious about that, but the cobwebs are oddly blackened, looking like a strange string art project.

A glass door wall off the patio is locked, but peering inside we view a living area that opens to a dining room and kitchen. We see no occupants and nothing appears

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amiss. On the far side of the house we find more windows with the shades drawn, and the same blackened cobwebs inside the window frames. Not finding a way in the cops call by radio for a supervisor’s clearance to force an entry, they get it, and one of them kicks in the door.

Passing through the smashed door frame, we enter single file, calling out his name into a still, quiet house. I notice our footprints on the floor, appearing in negative, our wet boots leave clean, lug patterned prints in a fine coating of black dust that coats everything in the home.

There are no bad odors and nothing stirring within to disturb the dust. The air is clear and feels cool. We split up to check the house. I surveyed the open living area and proceed to the kitchen, one of the ambulance medics calls up from the basement, “Down here!”

I found the medic standing over a body. The body was lying along a dimly lit pathway winding through the various items in storage down there, about halfway to the silent furnace at the back. There lay the homeowner, on his right side, his face a waxy blue-white hue, purple lips with a fixed expression, eyes glazed over – obvious rigor, obvious death. Wearing a winter coat, and a wool hunter’s cap, maybe because the house had been cold, we surmised that he’d tried to find out what was wrong with the furnace, and was overs taken by carbon monoxide in the enclosed space.

After running several required medical tests including an ECG strip, a pronouncement of death was obtained from a medical control physician who, briefed over the phone, called the time of death. The police stayed on the scene to begin an un-witnessed death investigation.

Later that evening I would happen to see on the evening news that the investigators had found something blocking the furnace chimney pipe, causing a backup of furnace exhaust into the house. Even though carbon monoxide poisoning was listed as the cause of death, it was the dead raccoon stopping up the chimney that would get all the blame.

Rich Jeffries is a freelance writer, EMT and urban naturalist living in the Detroit area.

two weeks prior to start of session. Art Point of View, ltd. 419 Main St. (Unit B) Lyons; for July schedule email info@artpointofview.com or visit www. artpointofview. com. Register online: www. artpointofview. com or call, 970-480-7743. Class size is limited, register early!

9Health Fair Mark your calendars for the Lyons 9Health Fair, scheduled for Saturday, May 3, 2014 from 7 a.m. to noon at the Middle / Senior High School. Participants 18 and older receive free and low cost health screenings as part of Colorado’s statewide 9Health Fair program.

Since 2009, the Lyons 9Health Fair has served well over 2,000 people in the greater Lyons area. Anyone, whether insured, uninsured, or under-insured; can participate. No ID or social security number is required.

Visit www.9healthfair.org to learn even more and register to participate and/or volunteer!

In addition to the extensive series of low cost comprehensive blood screenings, participants can take advanContinue Briefs on Page 15

Left to right: Bob Hullinghorst, Boulder Country Treasurer, Dickey Lee Hullinghorst, State Representative Boulder, Jonathan Singer State Representative Longmont and Lyons Mayor John O’Brien attend a fund raiser for Singer’s campaign at the Black Bear Restaurant in Lyons.

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Pets Continued from Page 12 ment varies depending on the underlying cause of the heart failure, but commonly involves hospitalization with oxygen supplementation and diuretic therapy, use of medications designed to increase the loss of water and salt from the body. If fluid is present around the lungs, your pet may require a procedure to drain the fluid from the chest cavity, a procedure routinely performed by emergency veterinarians. This procedure often improves breathing, making the patient much more comfortable.

Blood work is also needed to help evaluate any underlying metabolic changes, especially kidney disease. It is important to know if kidney disease is present as the treatments for this and heart failure are contradictory and greatly effect outcome. The primary goal with emergency treatment is to get the patient out of heart failure.

Once stabilized, additional cardiac evaluation can be sought. This involves a consultation with a veterinary cardiologist, who will perform an ultrasound of the heart (echocardiogram) to evaluate structure and function, as well as how blood is flowing through the heart.

A&E Continued from Page 8 Community Church, 350 Main St. in Lyons; on May 4 the concert starts at 4 p.m. at Pine Street Church on 1237 Pine Street in Boulder. For detailed information please go to. www.renaissanceprojectboulder.org.

BOULDER Ars Nova Singers presents Extended Voices in concerts on April 25 and 26. Connect with the future in this fascinating journey into the world of new music, featuring the winning works from the Sixth Colorado Composers Competition: Utan Hringsins (Outside the Circle) by former Fulbright fellow Nathan Hall, set to an Icelandic poem; Awake by Leigha Amick, a sophomore from Boulder High School, and Ave Maria for a cappella choir by Joseph Goodhew, a home-schooled high school senior. The program also includes music

by Samuel Barber, John Tavener, Mason Bates, among the others, providing fresh and hauntingly beautiful sounds with astonishing overtones and undertones, connecting with the listener on a deep, primal, and spiritual level. The concerts are on April 25 at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 1419 Pine St., Boulder, and on April 26 at Bethany Lutheran Church, 4500 E. Hampden Ave., Denver. For tickets and information please go to arsnovasingers.com.

On May 10 the Boulder Chorale will present the poignant and moving regional premier of the oratorio by James Whitbourn, Annelies. Annelies is the full forename of Anne Frank, whose World War Two diaries have captured the world. This 75-minute choral work is based on sung text from Anne Frank’s diaries, with instrumental accompaniment of clarinet, violin, cello and piano. The text, music and performance will awaken the listener to the beauty and cruelty of the human spirit. Soprano Jennifer BirdArvidsson will be the soloist. The performance will be on May 10 at 7:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 1421 Spruce St., Boulder. For tickets and information visit boulderchorale.org.

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Echocardiograms are the best and often only way of identifying diseases of the heart valves and / or heart muscle, as well as detecting fluid around the heart, cardiac tumors, and birth defects. This “real time” examination of the heart will determine which underlying heart disease has caused the failure. This also helps determine what specific treatment is needed to slow the progression of heart disease and permits a more accurate prognosis for your pet.

The cardiologist will also be able to track your pet’s progress through treatment and make adjustments as needed.

Heart failure cannot be prevented, but early detection and implementation of a custom-tailored treatment plan can slow the progression of disease and provide an improved quality of life. I encourage all owners to have their pets examined at least once a year, as these visits can be key to early diagnosis of heart disease (in addition to other health conditions).

Dr. Crystal Connor is an emergency veterinarian at Aspen Meadow Veterinary Specialists.

AMVS is a 24-hour veterinary

Ripped, Torn, Salvaged, new work from Boulder artist Joe Friend, is being shown at the Madelife Café through April 27 in conjunction with the first annual Boulder Arts Week.

Friend’s work demonstrates aesthetic elements that encompass both editorial photography and contemporary collage. In this show, the artist presents a body of work that uses recycled and reused materials, highlighting his unique process of creation and creativity. Madelife Café is located on 2000 21st Street in Boulder.

For more information please go to www.madelife.com.

Dairy Center for the Arts is presenting MMMMMBoulder! on April 26 at the Performance Space. This magical evening of everything local centers on a show featuring Movies, Music, Monologue, Movement, and Magic by the best of Boulder artists. Food truck will sell delicious diner items including wine, beer, and desserts. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. for food trucks, art, natural food samples and magic in the lobby. Show begins at 7 p.m. On May 2, Frequent Flyers Aerial Dance will present its newest show, The Bird House, exploring the concept of being caged versus being free, and the sense of home versus migrating.

The shows will be presented on May 2, 3, 9, and 10. Viva Theater & Boulder Fringe Festival present Take 6 in the annual spring play series. The shows run on May 22, 23, and 31. The Dairy Center For the Arts is located on 2590 Walnut St. in Boulder. For information please go to www.thedairy.org.

Boulder Philharmonic presents its season finale on April 26 at Macky Auditorium. The program includes Smetana’s riverscape, The Moldau, winding through the fabric of daily life; Jeff Midkiff’s high-energy and bluegrassinspired mandolin showpiece, From the Blue Ridge; and finally, Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony, his quintessential work of sound painting. Macky Auditorium is on the CU-Boulder campus. For information please call 303-4928423, or go to www / boulderil.org.

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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.

Greenwood Continued from Page 12 our website for more ideas! Grocery gift cards are always welcome. That way, we can get the freshest vegetables and fruits as needed without the worry of storage and spoilage. Items can be dropped off at either our main facility at 5761 Ute Hwy. daily between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. or our thrift store at 3600 Arapahoe in Boulder, from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily. All of our animals will be grateful. Now, let nature’s party begin!

Cathy Dennerline is a professional writer and seasonal employee at Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center.

Greenwood cares for an average of 2,300 mammals, songbirds and waterfowl along the Front Range each year. To learn more, visit www.greenwoodwildlife.org or call us at 303-823-8455.

will present Pillars of Ingenuity on May 10 and 11. The program includes Smetana’s Bartered Bride Overture, Brahms’s Violin Concerto, and Beethoven’s Symphony no. 5. The notable 23-year-old soloist, Lindsey Deutsch, is an avid performer with orchestras, chamber ensembles, and in movie appearances throughout US and Canada. The May 10 concert will take place at the Broomfield Auditorium and the May 11 concert will be at Seventh Adventist Church, 345 Mapleton Ave., Boulder. Both concerts start at 7:30 p.m.

For more information and tickets please call 303-583-1278 or visit www.boulderchamberorchestra.org.

DENVER The Flood That Broke The House Divided, an exhibition of Anna

Maddocks’ drawings and installation is being presented through April 26 at the Ice Cube Gallery. The show centers around the floods of September 2013, and her work seeks beauty in the aesthetic of destruction coinciding with the beauty in the community that arises from crisis by creating; 25 percent of sales from select pieces will go towards flood relief efforts. Ice Cube Gallery is located on 3320 Walnut St. in Denver. For information please call 303292-1822 or visit icecubegallery.com.

MinTze Wu is a professional violinist and the artistic director of the Sounds of Lyons Music Festival, which will take place in September. She plays with the Boulder Bach Festival Orchestra and is the director of a concert series in Newfoundland. She lives in Taiwan with her husband and two daughters and orchestrates many concerts there.

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Town News Continued from Page 1 for temporary housing, such as mobile homes, to go onto lots while homes were being repaired or under construction. The idea is to make repairs and rebuilding easier and to create more options for housing.

The last official discussion of the what we will refer to as the Flood Board was to discuss the issues around building permits for the flood plain and the flood way.

There is no question that this discussion will be ongoing for years to come and that the permitting process will be a moving target. There will be a concerted effort to limit building in the flood plain. The flood way, according to Simonsen, is the area where floodwaters push through in the most direct pathway. The flood way carries all the tumbling rocks, trees, cars, propane tanks and all the debris causing

REDSTONE • REVIEW the most destruction. It is the fast moving water that causes the most damage. The flood plain is the expanded area where the water flows and spreads but is not the fastest or most destructive water.

Approximately 178 homes plus 40 mobile homes suffered some form of damage from the flood in Lyons. About 33 of those homes and most of the mobile homes suffered substantial damage which means that 50 percent or more of the home was damaged. If a home in the flood plain is deemed substantially damaged, by Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), that home must be repaired or elevated or mitigated to meet FEMA flood standard guidelines.

For home owners who qualify for the FEMA 404 buyout – where the town, using FEMA funding, will buy out a homeowner who has a substantially dam-

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tage of over 15 free screenings including blood pressure, bone health, breast exams and Paps, foot, hearing, mental health, metabolic syndrome, nutrition, oral, vision, and more. Unique to Lyons is the addition of the holistic health component providing education and services centered on natural health and healing practices.

Hundreds of other volunteers make this expo for healthy living a success. New for 2014 is a special 15percent discount on blood work and colon cancer screenings for all volunteers. A special coupon code will be provided when you sign up to help. To volunteer you may register on-line at www.9HealthFair.org or contact Pam Browning at pbmountaingirl@gmail.com. If you’d like to join our planning team, contact Jonelle Tucker, Site Coordinator at jtucker@realtor.com.

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aged home, wants to sell and is in the flood plain – the town will pay pre flood value for the home and the town will pay to tear down the damaged home. All homes purchased with 404 funding must be scraped off the lot and nothing can be built on that lot again unless it relates to a park structure such as a shed for tools or picnic tables, etc. The town will then own that land and must maintain it.

Rosi Dennett, town planner, said that the first deadline is July 14 for the applications for the 404 buyout. The second deadline for the buyout is Aug 14. But she added that the town needs to have all the information by the July 14 deadline.

“Right now we have 50 homeowners plus 12 mobile homes who are interested in getting an appraisal for a 404 buyout,” said Dennett. “We have an RFP (request for proposal) out for two appraisers to

Farm CSA, 5169 Ute Hwy. announces the planting of six new cold-hardy wine grape varieties: Chambourcin, Chancellor, Corot Noir, DeChaunac (reds), Brianna, and Frontenac Gris (whites). All the wine grapes at Stonebridge Farm are hybrid crosses of classic European species with cold-tolerant American species that survive harsh Front Range winters and exhibit the excellent wine qualities of their European parents. The primary mission of the Stonebridge test vineyard is to gather information about varieties suitable to this region toward the establishment of a backyard amateur wine growing tradition for the Front Range. John Martin of Stonebridge Farm teaches grapevine pruning on April 26, 2014. Martin also teaches an introductory home winemaking class in the fall (Sept 21, 2014) starting from grapes harvested in the Stonebridge Farm test vineyard. He is also available for onsite pruning consultation for neglected grape thickets and new grape plantings of varieties proven successful for this region.

For more information please visit http://frontrangebackyardviticulture.com/ http://frontrangebackyardviti-

appraise the damaged homes for the buyout. The money for the buyout comes from FEMA and we have money from HUD (US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development) for home repairs for the flood area. Leidos Consultants from back east are writing all the grant applications for people who want the 404 buyout. We are lucky to have them. They have worked on all kinds of natural disasters all over the U.S. and they know how all the forms need to be filled out.”

Foothills Mobile Home Park in Lyons with 12 trailers and two small cabins is owned by John Baranway, who told Dennett that he is considering rebuilding the park again. Dennett said that the goal is not to lose the number of housing units in Lyons, meaning that all the housing that is destroyed will be replaced somewhere else.

culture.com or contact John Martin at jmartin@greenspeedisp.net or 303-823-0975.

Up to $10,000 in grant money for Lyons business LYONS – A presentation for small businesses affected by the flood to receive grant money will be hosted by Economic Development Council, by the Lyons Chamber, and Small Business Development Center (SBCD).

An informational orientation will be held on Thursday April 17 from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at the Town Hall, 432 5th Avenue. A hands on Workshop will be held on Friday April 18 from 9:15 a.m. to 2:15 at Old Valley Bank Building. Businesses can apply if they qualify for up to $10,000 in grant money.

Who Should Attend: Small businesses and non-profits that have suffered substantial harm from September 2013 flood, and continue to have unmet financial need, including:; For Profit Businesses; Non Profit Businesses; Home Businesses; Agricultural Based Businesses; Property Managers and HOAs. For more information, contact the Lyons Chamber of Commerce at 303-823-5215.

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