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National Craft Beer Relay Races to Copper Mountain for a weekend of fun COPPER MOUNTAIN – Who says kids get to have all of the fun? And, costumes are only for Halloween? We encourage consumers to dress up and race over to Copper Mountain on August 20 for the Craft Beer Relay. What does a Craft Beer Relay look like? It’s a mix of running and drinking feats – such as the Slip n’ Flip (slip-and-slide + flip cup!), Giant Beer Pong, Bottle Bash, Tire Bowling and the mighty Keg Wall – all taking place at Copper Mountain on August 20. Stick around after the Continue Briefs on Page 9
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Cooling off in the St. Vrain at Riverbend. The Lyons Community Foundation’s fundraising event with the theme of “Hoedown” included square dances, games for kids, and plenty of music. PHOTO BY CATHY RIVERS
Street repairs near completion, BOT looks at a waiver, library works on IGA By Susan de Castro McCann Redstone Review Editor LYONS – It is typical for cities and towns to upgrade their streets, add new curb and gutters and replace water and sewer pipes during the spring and summer, causing residents to weave and wind through orange cones and barrels all summer long, with disruption to businesses and harrowing traffic delays on weekends. Lyons is no exception. The good news is that we are approaching fall and the street project along Main Street in Lyons is nearing completion. The curbs and gutters around the diamond area across from Bank of the West are finished. The landscaping inside the diamond will take more time. “We talked to the Design School at UC Denver and we are hoping they will take on the project,” said Joe Kubala, Lyons flood recovery project manager.
Sidewalks on the north side of the street will be done by Aug. 19. “We still need handicapped ramps in some areas,” said Kubala. He added that he expected the Main Street project to be completed by the end of August, with all the sidewalks in place. The project on the south side of the street took much longer to complete. “We had to put in storm sewers, mostly on the south side of the street where most of the businesses are,” he said. The town is still dealing with the Highland Ditch Company which has now requested a variance to keep their diversion structure in place in the St. Vrain River. The Highland Ditch diversion structure, built in 1870, was destroyed in the 2013 flood and was completely rebuilt the following year. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, told Victoria Simonsen, Lyons town administrator, that the structure was not built to FEMA standards and posed a flood danger to
the Town of Lyons if allowed to remain. FEMA officials also told Simonsen that the town is in danger of losing its FEMA insurance if another flood should occur and the diversion structure remains in place the way it is currently built. Highland asked FEMA for over $1 million in funding for reimbursement for building a diversion structure that ignored regulations and was built “way out of compliance,” according to FEMA. The agency denied the request from Highland for reimbursement so Highland appealed the decision. At the Aug. 15 Town Board meeting, Simonsen told the board that Highland has asked the town to hold their application for a variance until they receive additional technical information from the state and from FEMA. FEMA initially gave Highland 120 days to get the structure into compliance back in February when Highland was denied reimbursement for the “way out of compliance” structure. Simonsen said that Highland will get back to the board by Aug. 18 with their findings based on the state and FEMA’s technical information. Highland has its own engiContinue Town on Page 12
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LYONS Boulder County amended fire ban Staff Reports Redstone Review BOULDER – On Thursday, August 11, 2016, Sheriff Joe Pelle amended the fire ban currently in effect. The fire ban is now in effect for the mountain area of Boulder County. This area includes all unincorporated areas west of Highway 93, Broadway Avenue, and Highway 36 (North and South Foothills Highways and Broadway Avenue in the City of Boulder) including Rabbit Mountain Open Space and west of Rabbit Mountain Open Space to Highway 36. State statutes authorize counties to impose a fire ban “to a degree and in a manner that the board of county commissioners deems necessary to reduce the danger of wildfires within those portions of the unincorporated areas of the county where the danger of forest or grass fires is found to be high based on competent evidence.” Due to the lower temperatures and recent moisture, the current fire conditions in Boulder County have moved closer to historical averages. The fire ban has been amended in response to this change while still considering the potential threat. This amended fire ban PROHIBITS: • Building, maintaining, attending, or using an open fire, campfire, or stove fire. This includes charcoal barbecues and grills. • EXCEPT: Building, maintaining,
attending or using a fire in constructed, permanent fire pits or fire grates within developed recreation sites (as specifically listed below) and on private lands along with the use of portable stoves, lanterns using gas, jellied petroleum, pressurized liquid fuel or a fully enclosed (sheepherder type) stove with a one fourth” spark arrester type screen is permitted. The following developed recreation sites allow fire in constructed, permanent fire pits or fire grates pursuant to the exception: • Kelly Dahl Campground • Rainbow Lakes Campground • Camp Dick Campground • Peaceful Valley Campground • Meeker Park Overflow Campground • Olive Ridge Campground • Brainard Lake Recreation Area (Includes Pawnee Campground) The following is prohibited: • Smoking, except in an enclosed vehicle or building, a developed recreation site, or while stopped in an area at least three feet in diameter that is barren or cleared of all flammable materials. • Operating a chainsaw without a USDA or SAE approved spark arrester properly installed and in effective working order, a chemical pressurized fire extinguisher kept with the operator and one round point shovel with an overall length of at least 35 inches readily available for use.
• Welding or operating acetylene or other torch with open flame except in cleared areas of at least 10 feet in diameter and in possession of a chemical pressurized fire extinguisher. • Using an explosive. The fire ban does not affect open fires within incorporated cities and towns. However, citizens must comply with applicable ordinances and regulations in their respective cities and towns. The fire ban will be in effect until the sheriff finds that the hazardous conditions have subsided.
Anyone found in violation of the fire ban may be convicted of a class 2 petty offense and may be subject to a $500 fine, in addition to any possible civil penalties. Higher fines may be imposed for subsequent offenses. For current fire and shooting restrictions for United States Forest Service properties go to the following website: http : / / www. fs. usda. gov / alerts / arp / alerts - notices. This media release may be found on the Boulder County Sheriff's Office website at: http://www.bouldersheriff.org.
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By Kathleen Spring Redstone Review LYONS – Don Colard, born on July 26, 1917, is celebrating his 99th birthday. He left home at the age of 14 and went to work on a farm in Estes Park, with his brother, Clair. Don was so responsible Spring while working at the dairy farm that when the owner would go away for a few days on business trips, he put the teenager in charge of the farm. Some think of him as a horse whisperer, as he could tame a horse that another person would discard. He was also a star in local rodeo shows. He lives in downtown Lyons, and still walks the quiet back streets twice daily, keeping healthy and fit. His hearing may have deteriorated, but his mind is sharp. He will take whatever joke one tells him and turn it around and make it twice a s funny! In 1910, the grandparents moved northwest of Lyons,
where the Rowell House, a tollhouse in the early stage road days, was located. Don’s parents, Arthur and Anna, had 12 children. The oldest, Clair (born 1911). was well-known in Lyons. Today Don is the only surviving child. Arthur and Anna took over the ever-increasing family farm, most of which is now developed into Spring Gulch Estates. Nearby was the small Silver Dell schoolhouse built by locals to serve the Blue Mountain area. It has since burnt down. Up until just a few short years ago, Don would go up and survey his land and “pull those dang mullen weeds every morning.” PHOTO BY CATHY RIVERS
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MAYOR’S CORNER Budgeting for recovery and beyond By Connie Sullivan Redstone Review LYONS – On Saturday, August 13, the Board of Trustees, Town Administrator Victoria Simonsen, Town Finance Sullivan Director Tony Cavalier and a few other key staff gathered at our new favorite non-chambers meeting spot, the Lyons Depot, to kick off the budget season. The goal of the meeting was to set the stage for developing the 2017 budget. We engaged in a high-level, philosophical discussion about fiscal priorities and strategized about coordinating the next phase of recovery projects. We also took some time to consider the emotional health of our community as it is today, and where we hope it will be in the future. I left the meeting feeling energized and confident the board is ready to dig
into the budget process with a clear sense of our current state and of the challenges that lie ahead. Since the flood, the town staff has been managing two separate pots of money, the usual town operating and utility funds and the Grants Fund. Monies provided to the town by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency), Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR), and other various sources are accounted for in a special Grants Fund separate from the usual town accounts. To date, the flood-related projects that are complete or nearly complete represent about $17 million worth of the roughly $48 million that has been obligated thus far to Lyons as part of the recovery effort. Prior to 2013, the town also had several non-flood-related projects planned that added to the total amount being managed through the Grant Fund. For example,
Bohn Park, shortly after the 2013 flood. the wastewater treatment plant capital improvements were scheduled and funded pre-flood, but damage to the facility from the flood resulted in construction delays that added cost to the project. The additional repairs were funded in part through disaster grant reimbursements. Every project has more than one source of funding, and each source brings unique rules
Win a brand new Crock Pot at “How to Eat on $6 a Day” program at Lyons Regional Library By Marsha Yelick and Katherine Weadley Redstone Review LYONS – Ever wonder how much money you spend on food? Does the thought cross your mind, “Am I getting my money’s worth?” Am I eating what is valuable to my body?” This program will consider these questions on Wednesday, Aug. 24, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Lyons Regional Library. There will be lots of useful information about saving money and living well. The program “Eating Well on $6 a Day” discusses the importance of eating a healthy, well-balanced diet at a minimum cost and time. If you are like most people, you probably don’t spend much time considering the food dollar. After all, eating is necessary, three or more times a day; and food is relatively inexpensive and easily accessible to many in our country. Busy people are accustomed to grabbing a quick meal-to-go at breakfast or lunch during the work week, heading for prepared food items at the grocery store. Those daily eating habits, however, do total a costly portion of our budgets. Studies show that food is the third largest category in the aver-
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age American’s budget (13 percent), behind transportation (16 percent) and housing (35 percent). Of that 13 percent, over half of those dollars are spent on dining out, which includes the to-go items picked up at the drive-up lane, the sandwich purchased at the office cafeteria. Consider the economic loss of food not consumed. A 2012 study done by the Natural Resource Defense Council estimated that over 40 percent of the food produced in America goes uneaten. That’s the equivalent of over $165 billion. The cost of processed items at the grocery store is another interesting component of the food dollar. Consider, for example, the cost of macaroni and cheese. You can visit the prepared food aisle of your grocery store buying two single-servings in plastic containers ready for the microwave for about three dollars. In the frozen food aisle, an oven-ready, family-size casserole costs about $10. A quick-to-fix box mix might be on sale for two dollars. How much would it cost to make your own casserole at home? Which of those choices (and more) is the best for your health, your wallet, your taste buds and your schedule?
and requirements that must be met. All of this makes discussions about timing and funding of disaster related projects feel like a test of one’s air traffic control skills. The 2017 budget challenges as they relate to the grant funds stem from the basic fact that all the flood recovery work is reimbursement based – meaning the Continue Mayor on Page 13
So is it possible to eat delicious, satisfying meals made with organic, local ingredients without spending lots of time and money? Come find out how to save money on food at the Lyons Regional Library, Wednesday, Aug. 24. The program is from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Stay longer for more discussion and to share recipes and tips. Cookbook recommendations, menu ideas and interesting discussion will be included. All attendees will be entered into a drawing to win a new fourquart crock pot. You must attend the program to win. Janaki Jane is the coordinator and host of the Lyons Regional Library’s Common Cents for Colorado program. This program began in the Estes Valley Public Library and will soon be national. Common Cents for Colorado is made possible by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) through Smart Investing @ Your Library, a partnership with the American Library Association (ALA). Libraries are a neutral place to sharpen, review and / or create financial success. This is a great program for teens, seniors, parents and anyone who would enjoy saving money and learning something new. You may find that changing a few of your food habits will put extra dollars in your savings account and make you healthier and happier. Call the Lyons Regional Library at 303-823-5165 or “Like” their Facebook page at Lyons Regional Library for more information. Or better yet, come visit the library at 405 Main Street. Marsha Yelick is a Chartered Financial Analyst (retired) and Financial Programs Coordinator for the Estes Valley Public Library. Katherine Weadley is the Director of the Lyons Regional District Library.
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LOCAL Deadline approaching for 2016 LCF grant applications By Kristen Bruckner Redstone Review LYONS – If your organization has a project in mind that aligns with LCF’s mission to improve the quality of life, build a Bruckner culture of giving and encourage positive change in the greater Lyons Area, now is the time to apply for a grant. The deadline to submit applications for Lyons Community Foundation’s 2016 Annual Granting Cycle is September 9. Awardees are notified in late October and announced at the LCF Annual Gala held at Lionscrest Manor on November 11. Organizations applying must have a 501C3 affiliation. Full requirements are available at www.lyonscf.org. In 2015, Community Support Grants totaled over $42,000 and were awarded to 24 individual projects. Types of projects range from school enrichment, local art
The Clarifier Community Art Project was among the 24 LCF grantees in 2015. PHOTO BY CATHY RIVERS
and music, ecology, landscaping and beautification in public spaces and support for human services. Grantees in 2015 included organizations such as the Lyons Emergency Assistance Fund (LEAF), Town of Lyons Parks and Recreation
Department, the Clarifier Community Art Project, the Lyons Historical Society and Lyons Leos youth service organization. The Lyons Community Foundation welcomes the participation of community members who wish to serve on the Grants
LEAF saves Meals on Wheels program from closing By Emily Dusel Redstone Review LYONS – Toni St. John, a volunteer delivery driver for the Meals on Wheels program at Lyons Golden Gang, was devastated to hear that the program would be closing soon. “I feel that seniors are such an underserved part of the population,” said St. John. “Everyone assumes that elders have someone looking out for them, but many of them don’t. I feel we need to provide for their basic needs the way we do for other segments of the population.” With the program on the brink of closing, many around town are desperately trying to find a solution. “The Human Services and Aging Commission (HSAC) and Lyons Emergency Assistance Fund (LEAF) have been aware of the upcoming closure for quite a while,” said Ellen Hine, a member of the LEAF board. “We are all working hard to come up with a solution. The big question is what do we do next? How do we save Meals on Wheels in Lyons?” All options were explored. Boulder County Aging Services, Longmont Meals on Wheels, the Town of Lyons and LEAF all tried to find a
Maia Lang wins logo contest Staff Reports Redstone Review LYONS – The Lyons Volunteers (LOV) are excited to reveal their new logo. In late 2015, the nonprofit held a logo design contest, open to artists of all skill levels, to submit a design(s) that reflect LOV’s objective of giving back to the community, along with representation of the Lyons area through water and earth tones. Eleven designs were submitted for the contest, and Maia Lang’s design received the most votes from the LOV Board of Directors. Lang is a Lyons local – currently studying Studio Arts at Fort Lewis College, in Durango. LOV asked Maia a few questions, to get better acquainted: LOV: How long have you been an artist? ML: Growing up, I was always drawing and doodling, and I’d always enjoyed it. I enjoyed it the most through high school. It
way to take on the program. But until now, the pieces of the puzzle weren’t fitting together. By volunteering her time as a leader of the program, Toni St. John saved the day. “I knew that if I didn’t step up, it would go away. My motivation in stepping forward was that this program, although small, is of such great value to the community.” After an impassioned plea from St. John at a recent LEAF board meeting, and a long well-thought-out discussion about LEAF taking on the program, the board decided on a oneyear pilot program of Meals On Wheels. The LEAF board is wary of taking on a new program when fundraising has been difficult this year. “LEAF needs to see an increase in financial support from our community in order to remain sustainable,” noted Susan McCann, board member. “Taking on the Meals on Wheels program is a risk for LEAF, and that’s why we decided on a pilot year.” The pilot year will run from October 1, 2016, to October 1, 2017. LEAF will operate the program of Meals on Wheels with Toni St. John as the volunteer manager. Meal delivery will continue to operate Tuesdays through Fridays for seniors and people with dis-
clicked when I wasn’t actually doing art. Two years into my physics major in college, I realized I missed art too much. Shortly after, I switched to become an art major. LOV: What is your artistic medium of choice? ML: Most of what I do is drawing and the specialized art form of print making (art plate or block of wood, carve / etch design into it, roll paint over it, run through press, transfers) as well as some digital art. LOV: How’d hear about the LOV logo contest? ML: My mom actually sent me an email with the announcement. LOV: How was this project compared to others? ML: The idea came easier to me, because it was Lyons and the Volunteers – I grew up constantly involved in volunteer stuff in Lyons. I looked around, did some research on what other volunteer organizations do for their logo, and tried to do something with more of a connection with Lyons. LOV: Do you plan to make career of art? ML: I hope to! I’m thinking illustration for books, or similar, in between fine arts
Review Committee. Being a grant reviewer is a fun way to learn about communitysupported efforts going on around Lyons and also to assist in the LCF granting process. Applications to serve on the Grants Review Committee are being accepted now and must be submitted by September 6, 2016. Instructions and information are available at www.lyonscf.org. The Lyons Community Foundation’s work of Community Support Granting, Youth Scholarships and the Rebuild Lyons Fund that continues to support flood recovery would not exist without the dedication, inspiration and financial support of Lyons area residents and business community. LCF recently hosted our Second Annual Hometown Hoedown that demonstrated this commitment to our community. Our deepest gratitude goes to our generous sponsors, board members and volunteers. For more information, go to the website at www.lyonscf.org. Kristen Bruckner is on the Lyons Community Foundation Communications Committee and writes columns for the LCF. She lives in Lyons.
abilities. Currently, six individuals receive Meals on Wheels in the Lyons area. LEAF is making the one-year commitment to see what actual costs, growth and time are involved. LEAF plans to keep the overhead as low as possible by harnessing the compassion of volunteers like Toni St. John. As stated by Meals on Wheels America, “For millions of Americans, Meals on Wheels is literally the difference between remaining in their own homes and needing to relocate to a nursing facility. The nutritious meal, friendly visit and safety check help them cope with three of the biggest threats of aging: hunger, isolation and loss of independence. Research proves that when seniors have the right support, they gain greater quality of life, need fewer hospital stays and live longer.” The Lyons Meals on Wheels program, and LEAF as a whole, receive no federal or state funding and rely heavily on financial contributions from donors such as you. Simple monetary contributions, online (www.leaflyons.org) or through the mail (PO Box 324), various types of planned giving, in-kind gifts of goods and services, etc. are but a few of the ways in which you can play a part in furthering LEAF’s work in the community. “This is a very exciting venture in reaching out again to a population in need in our community,” said Pam Browning, chair of LEAF. “I’m very proud of our organization for taking this risk and trying to help with something our town was about to lose.” Emily Dusel serves as the Executive Director of LEAF and the co-chair of the Town of Lyons Human Services and Aging Commission. She lives in Lyons with her family.
Maia Lang designed the new logo for the Lyons Volunteers. Lang is a Lyons resdident and an art student at Fort Lewis College in Durango. and commercial. LOV: Where do you plan to be after school? ML: I’m not 100 percent sure yet, but I definitely have Lyons in my mind – always has been a great art town. LOV: Who or what is your biggest art inspiration? ML: My earliest art inspiration was my mom. Growing up, she did lots of paintings and art classes, and was always
changing and doing new things. Also, Cathy Rivers in Lyons did art classes through high school. She held private art classes on Saturdays, and my friends and I would go to her studio in her basement and learn about painting. Be on the lookout for the new logo across all of LOV’s branding platforms, or check it out now on LOV’s website, lyonsvolunteers.org.
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OPTIONS had been the case on the first day) we would not see any condors, and on clear days there still was only a 50/50 chance of a sighting. I stood as close to the edge of the rim as safety would in laying it out, to apply the inconceivable math, engineering and agricultural skills, and to then actually per- allow and peered down. Nothing. Forty-five minutes form all the hard work with ancient bronze tools to make went by, and up and down the canyon, still nothing. it a reality, are all more than my mind could absorb. Divine Suddenly, a flock of five soared the upward thermals and glided right before my eyes. I watched in awe as they inspiration is a phrase that came to mind time after time. Then it was on to other parts. I visited such places as ascended upward, showing off the underside of their 8 to Lake Titicaca, which, at 12,500 feet, is one of the ten 9 feet wingspans. They sailed down canyon, made a long highest navigable lakes in the world. Onward, I traveled gentle loop, coming by me once more as they continued what appeared to be a very lazy glide before they descended out of sight. A few minutes later as I was looking eastward, I happened to glance over my shoulder and saw some approach in silence from the west. A flock of six soared in single and double file not ten feet over my head. Oh, my! Overarching all my Peruvian experiences was “Best of Show” – evidence of the long-since dead Incas. Their influence over the country is beyond description. Their splendid civilization, destroyed by Spaniards, spanned a region that included all of Peru and parts of Bolivia, Argentina, Chile and Colombia. Their industrious nature, along with their advanced knowledge of engineering, “...I came to that iconic vantage place I’d seen a thousand times in pictures displaying the math, agriculture and entire sanctuary down below and before me. I called out “God” in an unintended, audible astronomy, combined with reflexive gasp.” means and methods now lost to the ages, equaled or to other multiday stops including Arequipa, the “White surpassed other so-called advanced civilizations of City”, named for its light-colored stone buildings, and Eurasia. Cusco was the political capital, and surrounding Huacachina, a true desert oasis surrounded by some of it are not only ruins of staggering proportions, but stonework, design, colors, fabrics and customs still alive the world’s tallest sand dunes. Machu Picchu was the highlight of my trip, and a very today. Breathtaking, all of it. close second were the Andean condors living in Colca Canyon, a four-hour bus ride outside Arequipa. It was a Don Moore is a retired lawyer and the author of Love Is a two-day, one-night stay, and on the morning of the second day I found myself on the rim of a deep and narrow Verb: Healing Yourself through Love, Gratitude and canyon. Our guide told us if the skies were overcast (as Compassion. He lives in Lyons.
Spanish immersion and other things Peruvian By Don Moore Redstone Review LYONS – “It seems like you are having trouble with remembering the difference between se and es,” teacher Sony said. And, that was just the beginning of my troubles with the Spanish language. For most of June and the first couple of weeks in July I traveled to Peru to do a three-week Spanish immersion, combined with another three weeks of traveling the country. It was a trip beyond measure. On a daily basis I took 3 hours of private lessons at Mundo Antigua, a privately owned school located just off the main square in the old part of Cusco, a city of about 350,000 perched 10,000 feet high in the Andes. At night I stayed with host familia Lara who prepared all my meals. Delicious. The idea was to take lessons during the day and practice with the family at night. In the end I would have passable skills to get me through the rest of my journey. If this had been a traditional school, I would have been held back for another year in kindergarten. Off to Machu Picchu, a major thrill of my life. The trail just beyond the entrance presented two options, one down and the other up to the Inca Bridge. To get out of the crush of people going down, I chose up. Taking the final steps from multiple switchbacks on the side of a mountain, I came to that iconic vantage place I’d seen a thousand times in pictures displaying the entire sanctuary down below and before me. I called out “God” in an unintended, audible reflexive gasp. No other word comes close to what I saw, and no other word is adequate. It’s that majestic, magical, mystical and reverent. A nearby woman heard my one word, smiled and nodded agreement. I stood there for several minutes trying my best to understand what I was seeing, and combining that with just doing nothing, paid my respects to the wonder of it all. For several hours I slowly and in silence walked the grounds of this haven and with occasional delicate touch, ran my fingers across the stones here and there. I tried to pull from my imagination the civilization that conceived this and then brought it to life. To visualize this paradise before it was carved out of a mountain ridge, then to plan
HSAC – Meeting human services needs in the Lyons area By Meg Waters Redstone Review LYONS – The rapid rise of Lyons-area property values over the past few years may mask the fact that some in our comWaters munity still struggle to provide the basics for their families. In Colorado, children qualify for free or reduced-price lunches at school if their family earns less than $44,000 per year, for a family of four. Between 10 and 15 percent of students in the Lyons schools qualify. The threshold for self-sufficiency in Boulder County — which is to say, the income level at which a family of four does
not require assistance from external agencies to meet their basic needs — is $75,906, according to the Colorado Center on Law and Policy. Data is not available on the specific proportion of Lyons families with incomes below that $75,906, but if around 15 percent of kids at Lyons schools qualify for free/reduced lunches, and the self-sufficiency standard is nearly 75 percent higher than the free/reduced lunch cutoff, then presumably a significant proportion of families in our community currently require help just to get by. Forty families utilize the Lyons Emergency Assistance Fund (LEAF) Food Pantry every week. And through its Nutrition and Healthy Living, Individual and Family Advocacy and
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ECOLOGY Iron Eyes Cody is still crying By Greg Lowell Redstone Review LYONS – It wasn’t as if I hadn’t seen this all before, but this particular pile of trash seemed so inappropriate. Maybe it was where I found it – a pretty spot by the North St. Vrain River. Or just maybe after decades of witnessing these affronts, this was the final straw for me. Who, in their right mind (well, that might be the clue right there), after sitting under the pines eating their storebought sandwiches and swilling their sodas while watching the trout rise and the swallows swoop, would simply get up and walk away leaving a half-eaten sandwich, two soda cans, the sandwich wrappers, three containers of condiments, dirty napkins and the plastic bag they all came in right on the path in plain view? I wish I knew because at that point I was not above driving to their residence, knocking on the door and giving them back their garbage along with a considerable piece of my mind. Instead, for the umpteenth time, I picked up the litter myself. I’ve always tried to psychoanalyze what kind of person does this sort of thing. It’s certainly not just carelessness. It takes some considerable don’t-give-a-damnedness to leave behind a pile of trash this big. Despite the hundreds of times I’ve encountered these affronts, I’m still always shocked. Growing up, I saw lots of littering, but sometime in the late 1960s it seemed people generally stopped tossing trash at the feet of Iron Eyes Cody, and Woodsy Owl taught us better behavior. But apparently many of us still don’t give a hoot. Iron
Eyes Cody was a Native American symbol used to bring awareness to the problem of littering. Numerous studies have been done as to why people litter. Some posit that people’s economic or education level affects whether they litter. Others blame it on cultural upbringing. In a Psychology Today article, Rob Wallace of the antilitter Keep America Beautiful organization, said that
Search “Iron Eyes Cody” on YouTube and see why he’s still crying. while studies of littering are inconclusive, he theorizes that some people litter because they feel disenfranchised from society, that they feel powerless: it’s an expression of anger much like graffiti. Or, he thinks, people may litter because they believe someone else will pick up after them. Robert Cialdini, professor of psychology and marketing at Arizona State University, said in an Atlantic article that humans tend to imitate the actions of others around them. Cialdini has conducted a number of studies on littering and its prevention and all of them point to the fact that people are likely to do what they think is
expected of them. So, he says, “it’s the idea that since no one is littering here, it must not be a legitimate thing to do.” On the other hand, if there’s already litter, it must be okay for me to litter as well. I’m just not sure I’m buying all of this. Because people are mean to me I’ll show them and make them pick up my trash? Or my mom never made me pick up after myself so certainly some mom-like person will retrieve that bag full of stuff I threw in the river? Or all the cool kids are littering, so I guess I’ll toss my McDonald’s bag too. Or maybe, just as some animals leave their spoor as a calling card, litterers see garbage as leaving their own personal signature. More likely, I think, litterers are just vacuous – there’s no appreciation of their surroundings and no sense that their garbage diminishes the place they, strangely, love to visit. In a word, they’re slobs. Both the state of Colorado (Statute 18-4-511) and the Town of Lyons (Section 10-4-20 of the town code) have laws on the books regarding littering. First offenses run $20 to $500 and subsequent offenses have heftier fines. But despite years of these laws it’s obvious we’re never going to be shed of those among us who somehow believe the woods, rivers, hiking paths and roads are their own personal garbage can. I guess we just have to accept it and continue to adopt-a-road to pick up after them. Just don’t let me see you leaving your garbage behind, because, personally, I’ve had it up to here. Search for Iron Eyes Cody on YouTube and see why he is still crying. Greg Lowell is a member of Lyons Ecology Advisory Board and has been involved with land conservation issues for more than 25 years. He graduated from the University of New Hampshire and now lives in Lyons.
Two “Lyons Last Thursdays / Arts Strolls” remaining By Chrystal DeCoster Redstone Review
ties, happy hours, social networking and / or political soapboxing. Here in small-town Lyons, the concept of LYONS – Municipalities all across “Lyons Last Thursdays / Arts Stroll” came America are sponsoring Art Walks, some- about in an effort to entice a post-flood arts times known as Gallery Stops or Shop rejuvenation, stimulate commerce and Hops, which are special once-a-month inspire exploration of arts-centric offerings evenings set aside for people to get out via an easily walkable span. Thursday and enjoy their community’s art life. evenings were specifically chosen to encourage locals and tourists alike to extend their stays and linger longer in Lyons; to expose everyone to the town’s eclectic array of artists and musicians; and to promote the local businesses / restaurants that are typically already bustling on summer weekend nights. Involved in this maiden-voyage endeavor have been a number of cogs of the town’s industrious wheel of Mixed media artist Millicent Kang with one of her works at the recovery: the Lyons Corner Studio during the most recent Lyons Last Thursdays / Arts and Humanities PHOTO BY CATHY RIVERS Art Stroll. Commission (LAHC); the Lyons Area Often these city-wide events or arts dis- Chamber of Commerce; the Economic trict promotions fall as “First Friday” des- Development Commission (EDC); the ignations, and historically originated in Town of Lyons; Lyons Historical Society; tough downtown urban settings for a and various individual volunteers. “safety in numbers” approach to organized There are two remaining “Lyons Last artist studio tours, pub crawls, block par- Thursdays / Arts Strolls” this summer:
August 25 and September 29 – where strolling, costumed characters distribute maps for that evening’s events and award same-as-cash vouchers (valued $5 to $7) to people around town in exchange for completion of a short tourism-related survey. These vouchers are valid from the last Thursday of the month until the following Monday evening and can be expended at the ever-evolving list of officially participating business earmarked by “Lyons Last Thursdays / Arts Stroll” door signs and towering “Art” flags, made available through the collaborative efforts of the Chamber, Town of Lyons and LAHC. Merchants tally up the vouchers spent at their places of business and deliver them to Town Hall to initiate the face value reimbursement process through specially awarded funding.
From the eastern edge of town – where the newly installed sidewalk ends at Lyons Quilting and passes by Lyons Dairy Bar, Ax and Oar Restaurant and Western Stars Gallery & Studio (all official participants with special offerings) – to the western periphery featuring the ArtBox’s Stylista Salons, specialty cocktails at the Lyons Fork Restaurant and a Flag of Lyons creation station at the St. Vrain Market – and all along in between – there are an array of creative celebrations, pop-up boutiques and lots of “Lyons Last Thursdays / Arts Stroll” fun to be had. Many other local businesses have also reached out so far to partner with area artists / musicians in this eclectic celebration of the arts: the Redstone Museum, Oskar Blues, Corner Studios, Spirit Hound Distillery, Metamorphosis Tattoo and Piercing, BRICK and mortar, Gatherings, Lyons Reruns, Hearth, Continue Stroll on Page 15
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INSIGHT Making a living is an art form By John Gierach Redstone Review LYONS – I have a morbid curiosity about how the people I know manage to make a living, but my native Midwestern Gierach upbringing reminds me that personal finance is a forbidden subject, so I can’t bring myself to ask. I picked this up as a kid eavesdropping on the adults in my family as they wondered how this or that neighbor, friend or relative was doing based on the work they did, the houses they lived in, the cars they drove, how they dressed and where they went on vacations – if they went at all. It’s not that I cared in any conventional way. In fact, the people who were said to not be doing too well were among my favorites to spend time with, while those who were doing better tended to have their lids screwed on too tight, and so weren’t the ones who took me fishing. In retrospect, I don’t think my family really cared, either. They’d recently been through the Great Depression and then the Second World War, 16 years’ worth of life-altering events that illustrated how quickly and completely things could go sideways, and that struggle had knocked whatever snobbery they might have had right out of them. From my vantage point as a kid these adults seemed ancient, but in fact they were young – late 20s, early 30s – and so much had changed in recent years that the world was no longer the one they’d grown up in. Among other things, the country was experiencing a great shift from rural to
urban and all that countrified, madefrom-scratch stuff we’re so sentimental about now was just old-fashioned drudgery. They didn’t want the hard but simple farm life; they wanted big cars, houses in the suburbs, frozen Fish Sticks, the vast wasteland of television and everything else peacetime prosperity could buy. So in a way they were doing the same thing I was: innocently trying to figure out how best to make their way by studying how others were making theirs. I’m still at it if only because, even at this late date, I can use all the pointers I can get. And because of how I make my living I pay special attention to those with similar professions, like painters, photographers,
filmmakers, musicians, various craftsmen and of course other writers. Most of us are at least well into middle age now, have some experience and have achieved some success – possibly as much success as we’ll ever have – but we still compulsively compare notes. The difference is that where we once
Mason (left) and Avery Wechsler, sons of Cat and David Wechsler, passed the ceremonial ax to Mayor Connie Sullivan at the August 5 program at the Lyons Redstone Museum. The ax had been presented to presidential candidate Charles W. Hughes in 1916. The Wechler’s grandfather was Sherman Bohn, who would have been 13 years old at the time and was a Boy Scout, and may have been one of the Boy Scouts who presented the ax 100 years ago to the Hughes Family. The family is currently researching who was present. The ax is on display at the Lyons Redstone Museum. PHOTO COURTESY OF LYONS REDSTONE MUSEUM
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talked about perfecting our craft, we’re now more likely to discuss the fine points of making a livelihood out of what we do: the intricacies of self-promotion (it doesn’t matter how good you are if no one knows about it) plus the endless deals, bargains, trades and shortcuts that can spell the difference between breaking even and going in the black. There are endless pitfalls. A blacksmith I know who made beautiful knives fell into the habit of trading his fine cutlery to chefs for credit in four- and five-star restaurants that he could never afford to eat at otherwise. A few months later he said, “This has to stop. I’m eating like a king, but I don’t have any money.”
Of course craft is still the paramount consideration – your only currency is the quality of your work – but it’s now assumed to be a private matter that no one else can help you with. So although writer’s block is still the same creative crisis it always was, it’s also a bottleneck in the assembly line that could affect the bottom line if it isn’t addressed. So the advice of friends is now likely to be entirely practical – usually something along the lines of, “Work through it if you’re on deadline; otherwise, go fishing until it passes.” Speaking of which, I recently spent two days fishing with a French publisher who publishes my books and translates the books into French. He was in the country to meet with writers and to look for a house to buy in Missoula, Montana, where he’ll stay when he’s here on business and use to meet with authors. This man has neatly parlayed a lifelong love of the American west into a business that publishes French translations of western
American writers, and the fact that the company’s U.S. office will be centrally located in some of the best fly-fishing in North America is purely coincidental. That’s an example of the kind of creative thinking I admire. Some musicians dream of stardom, some painters imagine their work hanging in museums and some novelists hope to someday sell the movie rights to a book, but most who go into what are loosely called “the arts” don’t do it for the money. They do it out of a love of and a fascination with the process and an overriding romantic ideal that sustains them over the long haul. The idea is to do what you always wanted to do in such a way that the life you get to live makes up for any shortfalls in the livelihood department, so that on good days you can say to yourself, I always wanted to be a writer and here’s the book that says I succeeded, while on bad days the worst you can say is, Well, it’s your own damned fault. I’ve always been impressed by the writers, musicians, artists and others I know who have families and aren’t scoundrels about it, but take their responsibilities as parents and breadwinners seriously. It’s hard enough raising a family with a steady job and a regular paycheck, but the boom and bust cycle of freelancing must make it seem impossible. Some manage it, although it’s always an ordeal, others end up divorced, others give up entirely and still others make adjustments. So when a filmmaker I know gave up shooting documentaries in exotic locations and began shooting TV commercials in order to feed the kids, I congratulated him. Parenthood won’t make you famous, but it’s an art form and as honorable a profession as any. I belong to a fifth category: those who identified the problem early on, were scrupulous about not having kids and have never regretted it. That means we’ve either dedicated our lives to our craft, or that we’re high-functioning sociopaths. Who’s to say? John Gierach is an outdoor and fly fishing writer who writes a column for Flyrod & Reel magazine. His books include Trout Bum, Sex Death and Fly fishing, and Still Life with Brook Trout. His new book, All Fishermen are Liars, is available at book stores and fly fishing shops everywhere including South Creek Ltd. on Main Street.
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Art events, music and movement By MinTze Wu Redstone Review LYONS The Stone Cup Café will continue to exhibit the show titled “Girlfriends” by Sally Wu Kind and Lindsay Heppner through the end of August. Margaret Bobb will display her art for the month of September. Hailing from the vibrant arts community of New Orleans and now a resident of Colorado, Bobb’s goal in art is “to evoke emotions of joy, peace and harmony.” Since the diagnosis of stage 4 ovarian cancer in 2007, she has made her art journey part of the healing process. The morning music schedule includes Pistols in Petticoats and Honeytree Duo for the opening of Folk festival weekend on August 19. Other performers: Ran off the Rooster, August 20; Billy Shadow, August 21; Heartwood Duo (Thomas Gronberg and James Faulk), August 22; Nate Hancock’s Country Funk, August 27; Jill Cohn’s Folk Americana, August 28; Union Pelta-Tiller & Ryan Drickey, September 3; Americana Duo Escaping Pavement, September 4; and Alternative Folk Study Stray, September 10. Americana singer Bethel Steele will perform on September 11. The café is located on Fifth Avenue and High Street. For more information, please call 303-8232345 or visit www.thestonecup.com. The Corner Studios will present two Art Shows: Kristine Smock, opening August 25; and Sarah Nicholson, opening on September 29, both to coincide with the Lyons Last Thursday Arts Stroll. Musicians, their
Tribute concert to John Denver with the Colorado Symphony, September 10 at the Boettcher Concert Hall.
BOULDER The Grammy Award-winning Takacs String Quartet will present an all-Beethoven concert on August 28 at 4:00 p.m. and on August 29 at 7:30 p.m. The program includes Beethoven String Quartet op.18 no. 1 in F major, op. 95 in F minor, nicknamed “Serioso”, and concludes with the set of monumental theme and variations in op.131 in C sharp. Takacs Quartet has been selling out concerts for three decades at CU-Boulder with an irresistible blend of virtuosic technique and engaging personality. The event will be held at the Grusin Concert Hall at the Imig Music Building at CUBoulder. For ticket and information, please go to www.cupresents.org. Ars Nova Singers return to the dome of the magnificent Fiske Planetarium with an all-new program of spectacular sights and sounds, August 27 at 5 & 7 p.m., and September 4 at 6 & 8 p.m. Music includes works by Adolphus Halstork, Antoine Brumel, David Lang, Meredith Monk, Kile Smith, Boulder composer Bill When Some Birdie Loves Me by Margeret Bobb. Bobb’s work will be featured at the Stone Cup during September music and handcrafted instruments have been the inspiration to Smock in making much of this art collection. As an environmentalist, repurposing and transformation of trash is an important challenge and goal for her. Pop-up Boutique at The Corner Studios features Desirea Holton on August 20 and September 17; and Amanda Faubus on September 3 & 10. The Corner Studios is located on 318 Main Street. Contact information is thecornerstudios@gmail.com 2016 Folks Festival will take place on August 19 through 21. Join The Decemberists, Andrew Bird, Conor Oberst, Lucinda Williams, Passenger, Mavis Staples, Dougie MacLean, Kathy Mattea, Darrell Scott and many more in celebrating songs and stories from around the musical and geographic world. In 25 years of the “summit on
the song,” the Festival relocated from Estes Park to Lyons in 1994. It has grown to the current capacity of 4,000, survived a 500year flood and created its own culture, community and spirit. For more information, please go to www.bluegrass.com, or call 1800-624-2422. Enjoy a sublime combination of music, art and nature on August 28 with Sounds of Lyons and Arts on the River at River Bend. Strolling around the breathtakingly beautiful River Bend, amongst unique artwork from 25 celebrated local artists, the ethereal sonority of viola da gamba, lute, mezzo-soprano, the sweetness of string trio and the sensational dialogue between nykelharpa and guitar, never would enjoying music, art and nature be so complete. It is a feast for the eye, for the ears and for the soul. The event
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Arts on the River and Sounds of Lyons join forces at River Bend on August 28 By MinTze Wu Redstone Review LYONS – Arts on the River and Sounds of Lyons will combine their efforts this year at River Bend on August 28. They will perform from 12 noon to 5 p.m. at the site, 501 Main Street. At 1 p.m., Sounds of Lyons will present Beyond Baroque: Quirkiness of the Ancient Time. At 2:30 p.m., SOL will perform Music on Canvas: Listen. Paint. Express (for children 3-8). At 4 p.m., SOL will perform All Music Considered: Music from North, South, East, West, & Soul. Both Arts on the River and Sounds of Lyons have their own story of how each evolved since 2006 and 2009 respectively. Originally an annual meeting for Boulder County Arts Alliance and an art show featuring extraordinary local artists at the riverfront on Apple Valley Road, the art event became Art on the Farm in 2008. Plein air artists created their pictures against the backdrop of Lyons Farmette. In 2013, the event took place the Sunday before the historical flood that altered the course of many people’s lives. The ominous sky with its thick, looming clouds and drizzling rain was a memorable scene when recounted by Betsy Burton, the event host since 2006. For 2 months after the flood, Mike Whipp and Betsy Burton hauled dirt out and cleaned up the property of River Bend, as
Art on the Farm continued its presence at the new location of River Bend and took up its new identity as “Arts on the River.” For ten years, the event has recognized many artists from the Front Range, and has benefitted organizations such as Boulder County Arts Alliance and Lyons Arts & Humanities Commissions; they in turn help support grant recipients such as Sounds of Lyons. Those who have supported Arts on the River over the years include Betsy Burton, Charlotte LaSasso, Jill Musser, Carol Rufenach, Chrystal DeCoster, Monica McGuckin and Betsy Hubner, among many others. Sounds of Lyons was an idea developed in the winter of 2009, and was realized the following summer. The intention is to represent and express the many sounds, faces, voices, delights, cultures and emotions of Lyons. It is an event where people come to explore, to reveal, to heal, and most of all, to celebrate what’s around and within us. The three sets of beautiful music will include Beyond Baroque, featuring vocal and instrumental music from the quirky Renaissance time. During
Music on Canvas, audiences will be engaged in an interactive experience of listen, paint and express. All Music Considered will present music of Swedish folk instrument Nyckelharpa and music from around the world. The musicians that come together for this year’s musical feast are violinist MinTze Wu, viola da gamba / cellist; Sarah Biber, alto; Kathleen Schmidt, violist; Erika Eckard, nykelharpa virtuoso; Sandra Wong and guitarist Steven Mullin. The joint event will include the Art Show from 12 to 5 p.m. and Sounds of Lyons concerts at 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m., and 4 p.m., with food and drinks provided by local favorites: Sugar Pine, Button Rock Bakery, The Fork, Oskar Blues, Garnish, Spirit Hounds Distillers, and B Town Wine & Spirits. It is a free event, and special thanks go out to the following: Lyons Farmette, Tucker Real Estate Group & Family, Peter Baumgartner, Bonnie Richards, LAHC, Lyons Lions Club, Bonnie Richards, Coco Gordon, Western Stars Gallery & Studio and Descant Productions. Come join us.
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A Spice of Life has been in the catering business in Boulder County for over 20 years specializing in weddings and special events. David Rubin, Bruckner’s business partner, said, “We began participating in the Farm to By Kristin Bruckner Table dinners when they began at the Farmette. Not only Redstone Review is an opportunity to be a part of a Lyons-based celebration of food and community, but it showcases what we do best. LYONS – On September 7, The Lyons It gives our culinary team an opportunity let their creFarmette will be the venue for showcasativity shine. By working with the best of local ingrediing the best in locally sourced harvest ents at the peak of harvest, we create an inspired meal.” while supporting a very worthy cause. A Led by Executive Chef Andy Ribelin and sous chef, Spice of Life Catering, co-owned by Bruckner Michael Gerhardt, the culinary team will consult with Lyons resident Dan Bruckner, is partnerthe Farmette’s Farm Manager Garrison Schulte to coordiing with the Farmette’s Betsy Burton and Mike Whipp to nate the menu just days before the support PRIDE, Partners for Rural dinner. They will walk the fields in Improvement and Development in Lyons to hand-select what is at its Ethiopia. This non-profit is the pasprime. September’s four-course dinner sion project of local entrepreneur Neil will likely include ingredients such as Sullivan. Neil and his wife Connie lavender and black cherry heirloom (Lyons’ Mayor) own the St. Vrain tomatoes harvested at the Farmette as Market and are also partners in Spirit well as locally sourced pork belly. Hound Distillery. Bruckner’s idea for this year’s Farm When the Sullivans visited Ethiopia Dinner was to tie into a local cause. in 2010 in the process of adopting their Pairing up with PRIDE was a perfect two children, they fell in love with the outlet for area friends to support people there and became committed to something with an inspired purpose. helping improve lives and living condiThe Farmette is also a committed tions for the school children in remote sponsor of homegrown philanthropy mountain villages. Neil began annual and was also happy to participate. working visits to Ethiopia, managing a Locals, culinary experts and supportvariety of projects with each visit and ers of PRIDE will enjoy this celebrajoined the board of PRIDE six years tion of food here in Lyons. With the ago. Neil’s commitment to this type of focus on raising money for a great “participative philanthropy” has Neil Sullivan with Ethiopian village children. Sullivan serves on the board of PRIDE, Partners for Rural organization and a reason to bring proved very rewarding as support from Improvement and Development in Ethiopia, an NGO dedicated to improving the living conditions and together friends in this beautiful setColorado and beyond is evident in the quality of life in the rural highlands of Ethiopia. ting, it’s one not to miss. work accomplished and growth of Tickets are $95 each and may be purPRIDE’s ambitions to do more. PRIDE is an NGO (non-governmental organization) fits that bill,” said Neil. “Funding projects abroad is not chased at www.lyonsfarmette.com. Beer and wine will also dedicated to improving the living conditions and quality for everybody, however when you can help fund a project be available for purchase. All proceeds go directly to of life in the rural highlands of Ethiopia. The organiza- and then travel to the far remote reaches of a developing PRIDE. For more information, visit www.pride-ethiopia.org. tion promotes positive change in some of the poorest African country to witness your philanthropy, that is a For more information on A Spice of Life Catering, visit www.aspiceoflife.com. Ethiopian villages by helping to lay the foundation for life-changing and different experience.” sustainable development. By focusing on improvements in education, clean water and agriculture, PRIDE efforts focus on areas with the greatest likelihood of breaking cycles of poverty. Projects include the building and reinforcement of school buildings, the construction of improved latrines and construction of clean water facilities that include capping natural water springs and putting in natural filtration systems to prevent death and disease from water-borne bacteria. “With a fast-growing Ethiopian population in Colorado and an innate adventurous spirit of Coloradans, people here in Colorado want to help in places that resonate with their inner curiosities; Ethiopia
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would provide town grants to local nonprofits in the human services arena — such as organizations that provide food assistance, transportation and services for seniors and at-risk youth. The commission presented this idea to the Lyons Board of Trustees on July 18; it will formally propose during the upcoming town budgeting cycle that Lyons set aside a fixed amount of money every year as a “goodwill fund.” Nonprofits would apply for assistance from the fund, with volunteer HSAC commissioners coordinating the application and due diligence processes. Then, HSAC would periodi-
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Josie Heath resigns from the Community Foundation of Boulder County BOULDER – At the end of 2016, Josie Heath will step down as President of the Community Foundation of Boulder County. “I’ve loved this job, and I’m proud of all that we’ve accomplished together,” said Heath. “I often quote Katherine Graham who said, ‘To love what you
do and feel like it matters, how could anything be more fun?’ I feel like it has mattered. Together, we’ve built a foundation for the future. I’m proud that we've granted $68.9 million and built an endowment of more than $50 Heath million during the nearly 20 years I’ve served in this role. Equally important to me has been your help in our leadership work.” Heath recall the accomplishments of the foundation. “We’ve invested, with you, in things that matter. We responded to fires and floods. We built and put to work permanent endowments such as the Community Trust, Millennium Trust, Arts Trust, Open Door Fund, BRAVO Fund and Veterans Fund. It was no accident that I included the word “trust” in the name for some of these funds. Trust implies one party can rely on the actions of another, especially in anticipation of the future.” This year marks the 25th Anniversary of The Community Foundation. Continue Briefs on Page 11
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FOUNDATION The Cold War stored under the ice in Greenland By Richard A. Joyce Redstone Review VP PUEBLO – In the genre of horror movies, one of the standard endings throughout the years, one designed to keep audiJoyce ences mentally on edge after the film ends, is to leave moviegoers with the frightening idea that the creature, dead person, alien being, amorphous blob, demon, whatever, isn’t as dead as
its grave even sooner. It wouldn’t be a problem, except that the U.S. military left a lot of toxic and radioactive waste there: About 9,200 tons of physical materials and 53,000 gallons of diesel fuel. Once exposed, it could be carried toward the ocean by meltwater. Other waste left there includes small amounts of radioactive coolant water from Camp Century’s nuclear power plant, and carcinogenic toxins – PCBs – used in paints and fluids. According to an overview of the base written by historian Frank Leskovitz,
The Army wanted to build an underground highway of tunnels throughout more than 52,000 square miles of Greenland’s ice sheet. “In case of an attack,” Planko wrote, “up to 600 specially designed nuclear missiles would travel through these tunnels to launch points across the island.” But glaciers stop for no men or the nation they represent. They shift constantly, making tunnel building and maintenance impossible, ultimately, and so the Army abandoned the base in 1966.
The 200-man Camp Century was massive and consisted of 21 steel-arch covered tunnels, the longest of which was 1100 feet long, 26 feet wide and 26 feet high. These tunnels contained numerous prefabricated buildings that were up to 76 feet long. The base was powered by a portable nuclear reactor that produced two megawatts of power for the facility. FROM HTTP://WWW.DEFENSETECH.ORG. the hero – and we – thought it was. At the same time, one of the standard beginnings for many scoff horror films is the idea of alien beings in some state of suspended animation, such as alien embryos in nodules or an alien trapped in thick ice, just waiting for the right circumstances to set them free in a world or on a ship filled with human prey. Right now, in tiny increments with rapidly increasing frequency, a glacier is melting in Greenland, and as it does, a monster moves closer to the surface of our planet. It’s not alien, though. It’s of human origin, originally alive and warm, then deliberately abandoned to a frozen fate during the Cold War, a fate presumed to last forever. According to an Aug. 5 article on Smithsonian.com by Ban Panko, citing a study published Aug. 4 in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, scientists have identified, still beneath the ice, the remnants of a covert U.S. Army base abandoned long ago in northwestern Greenland. Currently, the base is buried under 115 feet of ice and snow, but that is now melting too fast to keep “Camp Century” covered for more than another 75 years. If the melting accelerates, it could rise from
cited by Panko in his article, “Camp Century was founded nearly 60 years ago as a model of new kind of Arctic base. Just 800 miles from the North Pole, the base was built in large trenches buried underneath ice and snow to protect the base and its personnel from temperatures that could reach –70 degrees F and wind gusts up to 125 miles per hour.” The base had its own nuclear power plant, scientific labs, library, chapel and barbershop. And it wasn’t a secret; Walter Cronkite visited it in 1961. But its mission involved nuclear weapons, and that was a secret. “The place,” Panko wrote, “was designed as a cover operation to house workers and equipment for what the military had designated “Project Iceworm.” Even Danish authorities, who had given permission for the base, had no idea what was really going on in their territory. What was going on in 1959 in the chill of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union was that the U.S. military wanted to secretly store nuclear weapons underneath Greenland’s ice sheet. If the war turned hot, the nukes could be launched over the Arctic Circle.
It remained buried and forgotten under the ice until the Danish government uncovered evidence of its true nature in 1995, and until glaciologists began studying core samples of the glacier actually
drilled by scientists at Camp Century. And though the inevitable release of radioactive materials and PCBs may not amount to much, considering how many of the latter already permeate the arctic, larger questions, political and environmental questions remain about monsters thought to be dead, buried and of no possible future danger. We don’t know where the nations of the world have buried their skeletons, what those skeletons are, what dangers they pose and which – because of climate change, earthquakes, volcanic activity or just opening a door to an old mine in Western Colorado – might reach out from their graves and remind us in many painful ways just how foolish and naive our species has always been. If only we could tell ourselves, “It’s only a movie, it’s only a movie…,” we might face the future with some assurance of normalcy. But like climate change, itself, there is little we can do to prevent such unpleasant surprises at this point, and that, perhaps, is the most terrifying prospect of all. What lurks in the deep recesses of our buried history is just waiting for the right circumstances to reach out and take us into darkness. Richard A. Joyce is a retired professor in the mass communications department at Colorado State University-Pueblo. He is an award-winning journalist who served as managing editor, and subsequently editor and general manager of the Cañon City Daily Record from 1988 to 1994. The opinions he expresses in this column are strictly his own, and do not represent in any way the views of anyone else at the Redstone Review or at CSU-Pueblo. He can be reached at phase15@mac.com.
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CREATE Eating a crab By Natalie Costanza-Chavez Redstone Review LYONS – I don’t dream of chemo now. Instead, all night long I dream of garages – their high walls, stacked with boxes, dust settling so quietly no one can quite hear it fall, jars filled with screws, with Costanza-Chavez blades, with half-gone rolls of cellophane tape, fuses and alligator clips. Extension cords wrapped, or clipped, or hung, gloves, bars of old soap, a Christmas tree stand. Or, I dream of missing trains; they’re running too fast, veering almost off the tracks in front of me, then clacking away from me as I watch them go. Or, I dream of holding my just-born son, his tiny perfect spine not yet strong enough to hold himself upright, of tucking his head beside my neck and jawbone and feeling his heart beat through the fontanel. And then I become new, and he, suddenly permanent in my blood, my bones; my pulse is altered and set. Or, of driving without seeing – south on Highway 1, toward Monterey, toward Moss Landing and the fish-slick boats coming in, full of wet nets and hooks of all sizes. My eyes are black and vacant desperate – ears, nose, mouth – all gone. When I wake I’m sitting in front of Phil’s Fish Market, my car idling in the 20-slot parking lot. I watch a tourist car, Alabama plates, slowly back out and I wait and wait – I won’t move on to come
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around again even though the leaving car maneuvers slowly. Finally, I slide in the space and sit. I breathe and shake. The line for the walk-up order counter is fifty people deep at least. I move past each one of them, making no eye contact, fixed and focused on the cash register in the back, the sticky counter; the deep and cold and mussel-ice-parsley-grit smell of the fish market fill my lungs like hope, like home. A man clothed in a white pocket-apron, his shirt sleeves rolled high past his elbows, his hands worn and rough and immune to the ice-cold of fresh fish, practiced and good with knives, raises his eyebrows and nods in question – “One crab – a cooked one, please.” He nods again and jostles the bodies, lined in neat rows on the crushed ice. He settles on one, picks it up, and places it in the middle of wax-coated butcher paper. He wraps it quickly into a packet and hands it over the counter. “Oh, and one pot of cioppino – the small one.” He reaches into display, rocks a tub back and forth to loosen the ice, wipes the bottom and hands that too, over the counter. I pay him and before I turn to walk again, past the line of people waiting for plates and side dishes, free Italian bread, real butter, and folk music on the patio, he says to me “You need anything else?”
I wonder how he knows. No, I shake my head. I go back to the car and ignore the many people circling the lot. They’re looking for spaces, waiting their turn. I get in and don’t start the engine. The sun and heat from the closed windows touches me. I stare. The windshield needs washing, we’ll have cioppino for dinner. Then, I unwrap the crab, and with my hands, break it piece by piece –
I wedge my thumb under the apron flap and flip it off, crack the damp body in half, and split the five pairs of legs. I scrape out the stomach, the lungs, the gills, and the yellowtomalley of the pancreas and then start with the smallest leg: I break each with my fingers, pull or push or suck the meat out and eat it over the white paper with my teeth and tongue. When I get to the claws, I crack each on the edge of the plastic window frame with the palm of
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LYONS – Community Pig Roast takes place on Saturday, September 3 from 7 to 10 p.m. at Spirit Hound Distillers, 4196 Ute Highway in Lyons. A $10 donation is requested for dinner. Live music features Big Thompson Flood and Blue Mountain Ranch Hands. Parking is limited, so please bike, hike, walk or run on in. Spirit Hound’s Straight Malt Whisky won a gold medal at the Boulder County Craft Spirits Festival, held on July 30 at the Boulder County Fairgrounds. There were 25 other participating distilleries. This is the second Gold Medal for the Straight Malt Whisky. Spirit Hound Straight Malt Whisky is made from 100 perWayne Anderson, cent malted barley. one of the owners All of the barley of Spirit Hound, comes from the and Talia Tiram, Colorado Mating Spirit Hound PR Company out of administrator, show Alamosa, Colorado. It off their newest is twice distilled and gold medal. barrel aged for a minimum of 2 years. For more information on Spirit Hound Distillers, go to www.spirithounds.com or 303-823-5696.
Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor to speak at CU Boulder BOULDER – U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor will deliver the fifth John Paul Stevens Lecture hosted by the Byron R. White Center for the Study of American Constitutional Law at the University of Colorado Law School on Friday, Sept. 2. The fireside chat-style event will be held from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. at Macky Auditorium on the CU Boulder campus. A limited number of seats are available to the lecture for the general public at no cost. To register for tickets visit the RSVP page by Monday, Aug. 22. Nearly every year, the White Center brings a
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my hand. Triangles of orange-red-cream colored shell spring into the air. I think I’m starving. At my parent’s house, 21 miles north, my father is dying. My lap is full of shell and muck. I wrap the paper back around the leavings, clean up what I can with bottled water and Kleenex and breathe the sweet, ripe smell of seawater. People are still waiting in the lot, their cars humming exhaust. When I pull out, I’m thinking of getting back – of properly wiping down the door of the car, of the smell of limes, of my father – hungry, I hope. Hungry at last. Hungry again – like he used to be, like the olden days – for the garlic and tomato of the fisherman’s soup, the white fish and mussels, the shrimp and clams and crab of cioppino. I’ll stop once more – to buy sourdough bread. At home, I’ll heat it and cut it. I’ll offer him wine. He won’t drink it. But, my mother and I will – terrified and settled and in pieces all the same, starving for something we can’t name. Natalie Costanza-Chavez wrote a blog called Grace Notes now called Precarious Kites, a weekly, Sunday, newspaper column that first ran in the Fort Collins Coloradoan in 2004.From there it went on to run in various other papers: The Denver Post, The Greeley Tribune, Fort Collins Weekly, the Redstone Review and others. Her website is precariousites@comcast.net. She can be reached at n.costanza@comcast.net. distinguished jurist to Boulder for a public lecture about the state of the judiciary through the Stevens Lecture. Previous speakers include Justices John Paul Stevens, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sandra Day O’Connor and the late Antonin Scalia. Past attendance numbers have exceeded 1,000 people, with additional audiences watching via Sotomayor live video stream at the Wolf Law Building on campus and satellite locations at other colleges and universities throughout Colorado. Justice Sotomayor earned her bachelor’s degree from Princeton University in 1976 and her law degree from Yale Law School in 1979. She began her career as an assistant district attorney and went on to have a solo practice before entering a private practice. In the 1990s, she was nominated by Presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton to judge seats on the U.S District Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals respectively. In 2009, nominated by President Barack Obama, Justice Sotomayor was confirmed and sworn in as the first Hispanic justice to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. For more information about the White Center and the Stevens Lecture visit http : / / www. colorado. edu / law / research / byron - white - center.
Elevation Outdoors Magazine top adventure town poll LYONS – Vote for Lyons! Lyons is a finalist in Elevation Outdoors Magazine’s Top Adventure Town poll. The contest runs from Aug. 8 to Sept. 19, and consists of 5 head-to-head rounds among other towns in the same division, with winners of each round advancing. The three winners will be featured in the November print issue of Elevation Outdoors Magazine, and offered a substantial discount to advertise in the November or December issues. Each person can vote once per day. Show your support in showcasing Lyons as the Top Small Adventure Town. Vote here: http://www.elevationoutdoors.com/top-towns/. Continue Briefs on Page 14
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CONCEPTS A homemade breakfast – fruit and nut granola By Catherine Metzger Redstone Review LYONS – We don’t often think of making our own breakfast cereal from scratch. But here’s a homemade fruit and nut granola recipe that makes old-school cool again by turning the tables on traditional morning roughage.
As summer cools down and back-toschool heats up, parents want their children to head out of the house boosted by a nutritious breakfast that will carry them through the day. Like the Cream of Wheat bowl that hovered over children’s heads in the iconic 1970s TV ad, their breakfast should follow them through the mud puddles on their walk to school and keep them steaming ahead to lunch. But
does it have to taste as boring as Cream of Wheat once was or today’s mostly bland store-bought granola? No. Enter this delicious recipe from Yotam Ottolenghi’s The Cookbook, published in 2013, simply called “Granola.” As usual, Ottolenghi shows his virtuosity in transforming a ho-hum, old-school cereal, first popularized in the back-to-nature hippie movement of the 1960s, by creating a delectable syrup and adding dried fruits and nuts. Add baked and toasted oats for a delicious, nutritious, high-calorie result that will stay with you for hours, if not all day. We’ve tried every granola available out on the commercial shelves and came closest with 365 Brand’s Raisin Granola. But the Whole Foods favorite pales in comparison to this homemade recipe. Even finicky kids love it and it’s delicious served with hot or cold milk or almond milk, if you prefer. If you’re feeling guilty about grabbing that stale box of Fruit Loops for a quick but fleeting fill-up for your kids, take a little extra time to make your own with this ultra-hearty recipe. You are a Super Parent when you feed the future leaders of our country a super-food breakfast that will follow them through all their morning activities... and then some.
Town Continued from Page 1 neers who apparently designed the structure. “Most engineers do not understand FEMA’s no rise requirements for structures in a floodway,” said Simonsen. “Right now, it (the structure) is at a 1 to 4 slope and the goal is to get it to a 1 to 12 slope. They are trying to go with the 1 to 4 slope. The 1 to 4 slope creates a rise and would not be in compliance with FEMA,” said Simonsen. Trustee Dan Greenberg asked Simonsen, “What assurances do we have that we can get the ditch company to comply? “We are trying to get a certain amount of money placed in escrow to assure that the diversion meets the FEMA requirements,” said Simonsen. We don’t have that agreement solidified yet.” It would be reasonable to assume that the residents of the confluence area would be watching this issue with Highland Ditch closely. The homeowners in this location who rebuilt their homes to FEMA standards had to jump through every conceivable hoop to get their houses in compliance, hiring engineers at great expense, working with town staff, applying for building permits over and over again and were not allowed one inch of leeway to deviate from FEMA standards. They will probably be interested to see if Highland gets a variance to retain their structure or if their feet are held to the fire in the same way that the residents were required to comply. In other matters, Lyons Emergency Assistance Fund (LEAF) Executive Director Emily Dusel asked the Board of Trustees (BOT) for $2,000 as an emergency donation to get the Meals on Wheels (MOW) program up and running after the Golden Gang dissolves. Currently, the Golden Gang has been running the pro-
Granola Makes about 7 cups. You can use any of your favorite nuts, fruits or seeds. 6 1/2 T whole almonds 5 T Brazil nuts 5 T cashew nuts 3 C rolled oats (I used Bob’s Red Mill Rolled Oats) 1/2 C pumpkin seeds 1/2 C sunflower seeds 1 C dried apricots, coarsely chopped 1/2 C dried cranberries 1/2 C dried blueberries Syrup 1/4 t salt 3 T water 2 T canola oil 2 T sunflower oil 1/2 C maple syrup 1/2 C honey • Preheat the oven to 275° F. Coarsely chop all the nuts and put them in a large mixing bowl. Add the oats and seeds and set aside. • To make the syrup, mix together all the syrup ingredients in a small saucepan. Place over low heat and stir gently. Once the syrup is warm, pour it over the seeds, nuts and oats and stir well with a wooden spoon. • Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper and spread the granola over it evenly. It should form a layer no more than 3/8 inch thick. If it is too thick, consider using 2 pans.
gram, but the Golden Gang has shrunk down to one person. LEAF decided that it would take on MOW as a pilot program for one year. LEAF is seriously behind on its fundraising for 2016 and board members were hesitant to take on a new program without some assurance from the BOT that some money would be available. Dusel said that LEAF does not want to jeopardize its ongoing programs. Mayor Connie Sullivan asked Finance Director Tony Cavalier to look over the budget and see if the requested funding could be found in the budget. If Cavalier finds the money requested, the staff can give the money to LEAF. Members of the Lyons Regional Library District spoke with the town board about forming a new Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA). An IGA is currently in place creating the Library District, which includes parts of both Boulder and Larimer Counties. The new IGA was requested by the Library Board for several reasons. The old historic Depot Building is owned and being used by the town of Lyons and is not a part of the proposed new library. The Town Board would eventually like to create a campus or complex of buildings that would combine the Town Hall, Depot building, new District Library building and Sheriff’s Department building. But for the present, the proposed new library needs to define the parcel of land where the new facility will be built, so that the Library Board can begin raising money for the new building. The Town Board agreed that a new IGA was needed and the Library Board and the Town Board will work together to agree on the location of the library’s new home. The Town Board will lease the land to the Lyons Library District for a period such as 100 years for a minimal amount. The new IGA will need to be approved by the Larimer County Commissioners.
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Feel free to vary the nuts, fruits and seeds in this recipe to suit your taste or availability of ingredients. • Bake for 40 minutes, turning and mixing the granola two or three times. When ready, it will have taken on a dark, honeylike color. Don’t worry if it is soft; once it is cool it will become crunchy. Remove from the oven. • While the granola is still warm, but not hot, stir in the fruit. Leave to cool in the pan and then transfer to a sealed container. It will keep for up to 2 weeks. Catherine Ripley Metzger has been cooking professionally and privately since 1979. She was a French cuisine journeyman at the celebrated Henri d’Afrique restaurant in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia. Today she is the proprietor of the food blog www.foodfortheages.com, and Facebook.com/Food for the Ages. Though she cooks every day in a tiny kitchen with a two-burner stove, her recipes are expansive and she dedicates her craft to living large by cooking well in tiny kitchens.
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CONTENT COMMENTARY: WHAT’S THE FIX FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN LYONS?
Trustees and commissions consider ADU and rental policies By Amy Reinholds Redstone Review LYONS – In the past month, affordable housing discussions in Lyons focused on rental policies in town for landlords Reinholds who rent out rooms or apartments in residential neighborhoods, whether as short-term vacation rentals or as lower-cost, market-rate rentals for people who work in town. The main issues are safety, registration and limits on short-term vacation rentals to keep residential neighborhoods residential and available for long-term renters. As a member of the Human Services and Aging Commission, I care about rental safety and registration, and keeping as many long-term rentals in town as possible. Our commission recently reported a goal to the Board of Trustees that we support affordable housing, safe accessory dwelling units and safety for all renters in town, protections for tenants and landlords and education that encourages safe, healthy, and fair rentals. Consider the current situation in the town limits of Lyons. There are two policies in town code that no homeowners have applied for: the accessory dwelling unit (ADU) policy, aimed at increasing long-term rentals, and the Bed and Breakfast ordinance, which allows homeowners who apply for a conditional use of their residential-zoned land to rent out
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rooms in their home to vacationers, as long as the home is owner-occupied. Yet homeowners are renting out apartments in basements, garages, or outbuildings on their single-family home residential lots. And Lyons has many listings on the AirBnb website. The Lyons Fire Department and the Boulder County Sheriff's Department have asked the Town of Lyons for a registry to know where renters (either long-term tenants or vacationers) are staying in apartments, garages or basements, because they need to know when responding to fires or other health and safety calls. Town staff know of 21 ADUs in Lyons, none of which are legal, because they are on R1 residential lots in town, which only allow one single-family home. Many current owners of homes with ADUs that were built without permits don't know their apartments are illegal, and the separate buildings have been used that way for years. Now consider what the Planning and
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Community Development Commission (PCDC) and the Utilities and Engineering Board (UEB) are discussing with town staff to bring forward as recommendations to the Board of Trustees: a registration of rentals for safety, limits on short-term vacation rentals i n
single-family home zones, and definitions in Lyons utility code to make it clear that apartments that are part of the ADU policy won’t require separate tap fees. PCDC commissioners identified the biggest barrier to people participating in the ADU program as tap fees / connec-
Mayor Continued from Page 3 town must pay for the work and then submit receipts (a grossly over-simplified description for the actual process) to be reimbursed. Since the town operates on a budget of about $1.6 million in the General Fund, it became clear early on that the state would need to advance money to Lyons in order to initiate the recovery. To date, the state has advanced about $6 million to Lyons, and that money has been circulating through the recovery projects since 2013. Unfortunately, when you have nearly $50 million of projects to complete, most of them related to critical infrastructure, $6 million doesn’t go far. This is why some projects such as the McConnell bridge / road, the Second Avenue bridge and completion of the stream restoration have yet to begin. The town can’t cash flow the full slate of work simultaneously and thus the estimation that a full recovery would take at least five years to complete. As if this is not already exhausting enough, add the fact that some of the grant funds have expiration dates for when they must be spent or the funds are sent on to the next disaster. Some of the money given to Colorado came from unspent CDBG-DR funds from Hurricane Sandy. Avoiding running out of time to use the funds obligated to Lyons from early rounds of CDBG-DR is a real, and sobering challenge facing this board. The good news (if you have managed to hang in there with me for this long) is that State and County officials are working with the local town staff to help manage the cash flow issues. Our Federal officials are also at the table and have offered to help cut through red tape (i.e., keeping work in Johnson Park from grinding to a halt because of nesting eagles) and are regularly checking in on our progress. Additional advances from the State will likely be necessary, and the board and
tion costs for separate ADUs that aren’t part of the original home. At an August 8 workshop, members of the PCDC and the UEB and town staff all agreed on a recommended approach to clarify definitions in Lyons utility code about ADUs so they can share the tap with the main house. PCDC chair Gregg Oetting researched ADU regulations for several other municipalities in Colorado and other states, finding that none require separate tap fees for ADUs. Several of the regulations for the other municipalities specifically state that the main home is required to be owner-occupied. Some even state that the ADU must connect to the same utilities as the original home and not be on a separate utility billing, which encourages landlords to continue to live in the original home instead of renting out both structures to separate households. The Trustees asked the PCDC and town staff to report back. Policies will be discussed at future meetings with opportunities for public comment. All town meetings are open to the public and posted at www.townoflyons.com/calendar.aspx. Also, focus groups with stakeholders are expected to be scheduled, including meetings with Town of Lyons residents who currently rent out short-term vacation rentals. The supply of lower-cost market-rate rentals is just one piece in a much larger puzzle to solve our local need for affordable housing. Last month, there was focus on homeownership with the final Board Continue Rental on Page 15
town staff will be prioritizing projects based on their importance to the community, funding deadlines and other variables such as stream run-off and weather. Meanwhile, the Board will also be contemplating the usual budget season questions such as, “What do we expect sales tax to be in 2017?” and “How will the buy-outs impact our property tax and utility revenues?” We’ll analyze how money is spent and look for ways to rebuild reserves by stretching dollars as far as possible to meet the town’s short- and long-term goals. There will be the usual debates about the cost of special events and the maintenance of new and improved parklands, and how to minimize the un-funded expenses associated with the recovery such as accounting fees. While the work that goes into answering these questions can feel tedious, I am encouraged by the recent discussion that kicked off the process. Ultimately, a government’s budget should reflect the expectations of the public, and one should be able to draw clear lines between budgeted items and tangible outcomes. The board has a solid foundation in the Lyons Recovery Action Plan and the Comprehensive Plan for developing a budget that emphasizes our continued recovery from the flood, while keeping our eyes on the horizon. As with all Town business, budget meetings are open to the public, and the board welcomes input from citizens throughout the process. Let the budgeting begin. Connie Sullivan was elected Mayor on April 5, 2016. Prior to becoming Mayor, she served two terms on the Town Board of Trustees beginning in 2012. Connie and her husband Neil have two children and have lived in Lyons for approximately 9 years. Connie is co-owner of the St. Vrain Market located in downtown Lyons on Main Street. For comments or questions, Mayor Sullivan can be reached by email at csullivan@townoflyons.com.
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NATURE Arthritis in cats By Kristin Freund, DVM Redstone Review LONGMONT – Arthritis can be a debilitating condition for many of our canine friends. However, it is important to remember that our feline friends can also be afflicted with this chronic condition. Cats share many of the same therapeutic goals as our dog patients. We aim for comfort, quality of life and to slow down the progression of the disease. Here are some important factors when managing the arthritic cat. Weight loss. This is the single most important goal in managing the arthritic pet. Due to the more sedentary nature of our feline friends, this can be the most difficult goal to achieve. Ultimately, prevention is key. Start your new kitten on the right path by providing high quality nutrition in a measured amount. Very few animals can be successfully fed free-choice. This means if you simply leave a giant bowl of food out, chances are that they will eat it and come back for more – even though they have already met their daily caloric needs in that one sitting. The saying that a fat cat is a happy cat is unfortunately misguided.
Our overweight feline patients face an uphill battle for many systemic diseases that their lean counterparts do not share the same risk for. However, if you find that your cat is overweight, now is the time to start taking corrective actions to help it live a longer, healthier life. Talk with your veterinarian about specific diets and weight loss plans that can help the feline achieve its’ ideal body condition. Activity modification. This is another arthritis management goal that can be
tricky for feline friends. In dogs we recommend shorter, slow leash walks and swimming. This is not something many cats are thrilled about. If you have leash-trained your cat, this may be an option for you. For the rest of us, I would like to direct your attention to the Indoor Pet Initiative brought to you from The Ohio State University (https : / / indoorpet. osu. edu /
cats). This webpage provides helpful information for owners on how to enrich your cat (or dogs’) life indoors. Pain medications. Remember that time you strained a muscle or your back was acting up? You probably reached for an over-the-counter non-steroidal antiinflammatory drug, also known as an NSAID. For humans, this class of drugs includes medications like ibuprofen. However, these drugs are toxic to our animal patients, and the ones we do have in veterinary medicine still carry a higher risk for our pets than our own NSAIDs do for us. Unfortunately in cats, our choices are even more limited. There are other pain medications that are not NSAIDs that may be an option for your cat when their arthritis is really bothering them. Talk with your veterinarian about what medications may be best. Nutraceuticals. This category of arthritis management includes fish oil, glucosamine-chondroitin and avocado-soybean unsaponifiables (or ASU). These nutritional supplements are safe for most pets, have low side effects and may have the benefit of reducing inflammation and protecting the cartilage within the joint. However, be careful of online dealers looking to make a profit by selling low-quality supplements. Talk with your veterinarian about which prod-
ucts they recommend to make sure you are spending your money wisely and giving your pet the most benefit. Physical therapy. Once again, this management strategy can be difficult for our feline patients and relies heavily on your cat’s personality and willingness to try new things. This category involves a broad spectrum of both physical activities and special therapeutic modalities. These can include massage, acupuncture, laser therapy, thermal therapy (warm / cold packs) and other specialized techniques. If you are interested in pursuing these options, seek out a certified veterinary specialist to provide targeted and appropriate therapy for your pet. Arthritis can be a debilitating condition, but it doesn’t have to be. You can help your cats (and dogs) lead a happier, healthier life. If you have any questions about your pet’s weight, health, or your long-term goals for your pet, please make an appointment with your veterinarian. Dr. Kristin Freund is a veterinarian at Aspen Meadow Veterinary Specialists. AMVS is a 24-hour veterinary facility providing specialty internal medicine, orthopedic surgery, oncology, emergency, critical care, and pain management. They are located in Longmont at 104 S. Main St. For more information, go to www.AspenMeadowVet.com.
Baby season gives way to… another baby season By Stacey Scarborough Redstone Review LONGMONT – In just a few short weeks, the unofficial end of summer will be upon us. The buzz in the air is almost palpable as store shelves fill with school supplies and fall decorations are hung. Scarborough Labor Day marks both an end and a new beginning in our yearly cycle at the Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center as well. Our spring baby season is giving way to the late summer release of now adolescent birds, raccoons, geese, ducks and more that found their way through our doors to be given a second chance at life in the wild. The release of wildlife that happens at this time of year is one of the greatest rewards the staff and volunteers at Greenwood experience. To see an animal that needed hand feedings three and four times a day be replaced by a self-sufficient adult that is capable of foraging for its own food brings a sense of accomplishment that is not easily described. Our mission, to release these animals back into the wild, is a testament to the labor of love that is provided at Greenwood. Our staff and volunteers work tirelessly 365 days a year to make sure that every creature gets the chance to live a full and complete life. As we say goodbye to our spring and summer babies, the new fall arrivals are beginning to make their presence
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The Lyons food pantry can use the following items: LYONS – When it is time to clean out your pantry, don’t forget the pantry in Lyons. Some of our friends and neighbors need your help. The pantry organizers have created a list of items that are in high demand. These items include: diapers (newborn, sizes 1-3), cleaning supplies (toilet bowl cleaner, Ajax or Comet, disinfectant cleaners such as Pine Sol, laundry detergent, dish soap, snacks (crackers, nuts, dried fruit, popcorn, trail mix), cat and dog food. The pantry can always use food items as well. But often it is in short supply of the non-food items that clients cannot buy with their food stamps.
known. Goldfinches, raccoons, squirrels, rabbits and a number of other wildlife species will attempt a second breeding at this time of year if their spring breeding was not successful. These “back-up” babies keep us on our toes this time of year as we anticipate colder weather, snow and lack of shelter for the new arrivals. People are sometimes surprised to come across a brand new animal baby in the autumn. If you should discover a fall baby, remember that the best care for the animal is always its parent. Before rescuing a baby animal you believe may have been abandoned, first observe the baby from a distance for 24 to 48 hours to give the mother time to reunite with its offspring. Many wild parents have not abandoned their young, but instead are foraging for food, looking for an alternative nest site, or trying to lure predators away from their offspring. If, after observation, you believe the baby has been abandoned, line a box with a pillowcase, (towels can catch small claws and cause damage) make some air holes, and place the baby inside. Place a rice sock warmed in a microwave for 1 minute, or a rubber glove filled with hot water under the pillowcase to keep the baby warm. This will keep the baby from being accidently burned by the heat source. Do not feed or give water to the baby, as all wild animals have a specialized diet specific to the species. Improper feeding technique, food or giving of water can aspirate a baby very quickly and possibly cause unintentional death. Give Greenwood a
Classes begin at Mayama August 15 LYONS – The Fall 2016 Session runs 17 weeks with Thanksgiving week off. Cost for 1 hour classes is $255 for the session + $15 registration fee. Our toddler sessions run on two 8-week sessions, $85. Little Bird Music, ages 0 – 3 and Creative Movement, ages 3 – 4, are registered classes, but they also both accept drop ins. Cost is $14. We are delighted to announce Mayama’s new satellite studio at Rogers Hall (across High Street from Mayama). Rogers Hall has beautiful wood floors and now has mirrors and a great sound system. With the addition of Rogers Hall, we are able to grow our program with the quality that we desire (more variety in levels and ages) as well as keep (most) classes off the weekends.
Squirrels can have two litters a year, in spring and fall. PHOTO BY RACHEL AMES
call or bring the baby to Greenwood and our staff can guide you on what to do from there. Wildlife has an instinctual plan of how to take care of its own, even if we don’t fully understand it. Given a fighting chance, with humans watching respectfully from a distance, it might, in fact, succeed. Stacey Scarborough is the Volunteer & Outreach Coordinator at Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. To learn more about Greenwood Wildlife, please visit www.greenwoodwildlife.org. Got ideas for a column? Email jenny@greenwoodwildlife.org.
We offer a 4-week trial for new students. It is $65 and if you or your child decide to stay in the class, this amount goes directly toward full tuition. Please feel free to drop by the studio. We will be available to help students enroll for fall classes, exchange shoes and answer any questions. Mayama is owned and operated by Ali Kishiyama and Jasmine Lok. Mayama Movement Studio is located at 625 4th Avenue in Lyons. For more information, call 720-245-5448 or www.mayamastudio.com.
Chamber social and workshop LYONS – The Lyons Area Chamber of Commerce will hold a chamber social at the Festivaire Inn (Ferg’s Inn) at 349 Main Street on September 7 at 6 p.m. There will be a Social Media / Web Marketing Workshop
before the social at 5 p.m. The media workshop will be presented by Madison Watson, MBA. She is the strategic planner at Planet Bluegrass and marketing director at the Festivaire Inn. Learn the basic essentials of social media/web marketing for small businesses. For more information, go to admin@lyons-colorado.com
Grand re-opening of Meadow Park LYONS – A grand re-opening of Meadow Park will be held in Meadow Park by the Lyons Parks and Recreation Department on September 9 at 4 p.m. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held at 5 p.m. The celebration is for local Lyons area residents in the Lyons zip code. There will be music, entertainment, food and fun. More information is available in a town e-blast.
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Haven, Stone Cup, Red Fox, Red Canyon Arts, ArtBank Gallery, Lyons Community Church, Lyons Physical Therapy, Farmer Girl Restaurant, Lyons Classic Pinball and Rosey’s Rescues. Around 4:30 p.m. on August 25, at least one friendly costumed character will be distributing surveys, maps and vouchers from the parking lot of the Lyons Village Central Shopette, near Lyons Dairy Bar, to hopefully inspire locals and Lyons Last Thursdays / Arts Stroll attendees to try out the new sidewalk and street lights which makes the old part of Lyons contiguous with the ever-expanding eastern corridor. Times will vary as to how late businesses will remain open. It is not too late for merchants, artisans and minstrels to co-mingle and be included on the map for the August and September events. Participation forms and information are available at Western Stars Gallery & Studio at 160 E. Main Street in Lyons (Closed Tuesdays) or by emailing chrystaldecoster@gmail.com or phoning 303-747-3818. Come out and explore the evolving arts and offerings of Lyons, Colorado, on the last Thursday of each summer month. Input is welcome on how to make Lyons Last Thursdays / Arts Strolls the very best they can be. Please let businesses know if you would personally like to see this endeavor continue in 2017 and if you might like to participate in some way or volunteer in the future.
Douglas and many more. Special guests include Ann Marie Morgan on viola da gamba and John Drumheller on electronic music. The University of Colorado’s Fiske Planetarium is among the world’s finest digital planetariums; it has been educating and delighting audiences since 1975. After a major systems upgrade in 2013, it is now one of the most technically advanced theaters in the world. The Planetarium is located on 2414 Regent Drive in Boulder. For more information on Ars Nova Singers’ seasonal program, please go to www.arsnovasingers.org. The groundbreaking exhibition Women of Abstract Expressionism will be on display at the Denver Art Museum through September 25. It celebrates the often unknown female
Chrystal DeCoster is the chairwoman of the Lyons Arts and Humanities Council and one of the proprietors of Western Start Gallery & Studio at 160 E. Main Street in Lyons. She lives with her husband in Lyons.
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artists of this mid-twentieth-century art movement with more than 50 major paintings on view by artists working on the east and west coasts during the 1940s and ‘50s. These artists include Mary Abbott, Jay DeFeo, Perle Fine, Helen Frankenthaler, Sonia Gechtoff, Judith Godwin, Grace Hartigan, Elaine de Kooning, Lee Krasner, Joan Mitchell, Deborah Remington and Ethel Schwabacher. Women of Abstract Expressionism will focus on the expressive freedom of direct gesture and process at the core of abstract expressionism, while revealing inward reverie and painterly expression in these works by artists responding to particular places, memories, and life experiences. To find out more information on the exhibition, please call 720-913-0130 or go to www.denverartmuseum.org.
Rental Continued from Page 13 of Trustees approval of subdivision and rezoning that allows 6 lots to be sold to Habitat for Humanity at 2nd and Park. And results from a survey that Mayor Connie Sullivan and the Board of Trustees sent out showed community support for affordable housing in the Eastern Corridor, which would probably be a mix of rentals and homeownership, subsidized with federal funds in one way or another. The town would not develop affordable housing itself but would partner with developers who build affordable housing. Trustees said they saw the survey with 65 percent of respondents saying that affordable housing was “essential” or “very important” as a positive endorsement of moving forward if the opportunity presented itself to have the Town of Lyons buy and annex a parcel in the Eastern Corridor. When asked how important it is for affordable housing to be available in Lyons, 41percent said “essential,” 24 percent “very important,” 21 percent said “somewhat important,” and only 13 percent said it was “not important.” There have been no updates from the Board of Trustees about
A special tribute concert to John Denver: A Rocky Mountain High Concert Celebration with The Colorado Symphony will take place on September 10 at the Boettcher Concert Hall. Denver was the two-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and poet laureate of Colorado. The concert features archival video footage of the singer-writer performing classic songs backed by live performances from former members of his band with full symphony orchestra. This concert is an innovative musical treat and unforgettable tribute. Hear John Denver’s voice, see vintage John Denver video performances, hear stories of Denver told by old friends. Boettcher is located in downtown Denver at the Performance of Arts complex. For information please go to www.coloradosymphony.org.
the Town of Lyons purchasing land in the Eastern Corridor, but last year, the Town entered into an option-to-buy contract with the City of Longmont for the former Longmont water treatment land on the north and south sides of Hwy 66, just east of Hwy 36. It turned out that Colorado wasn’t awarded any funds for a National Resilience Competition, but mixed residential and commercial could work if other funding sources are found. Keep following my columns in both Lyons papers for news about accomplishments to increase affordable housing stock in Lyons after the 2013 floods. For history of post-flood efforts for affordable housing in Lyons, you can read previous columns posted on my blog at https://lyonscoloradonews.wordpress.com. If you have any questions, comments, or complaints about this column, contact me directly at areinholds@hotmail.com. Amy Reinholds served on the Lyons Housing Recovery Task Force from December 2013 through its end in February 2015. She is currently a member of the Lyons Human Services and Aging Commission and served as a liaison to the Special Housing Committee during its existence from April 2014-April 2015. She has lived in Lyons since 2003 and in the surrounding Lyons area since 1995.
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