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B •R •I •E •F •S Correction on Smart Meters and Lyons electric meters from Prescott Knox PINEWOOD SRINGS – There are so many issues to properly understand how smart meters operate, their capabilities, and the capabilities of the utility companies, that this has led to some confusion even at Lyons Public Works. It turns out that I was initially misinformed about the type of meters utilized in the downtown area of Lyons. I previously reported that the meters utilized by Lyons Public Works are smart meters. This is incorrect. No household that is serviced by LPW has a smart meter. This is very good news. The meters used by Lyons Public Works transmit information through the electric lines and are referred to as turtle meters, which do not have the capability to be able to send detailed usage information. Sorry for the confusion and I regret the error.
Public Notice: Lyons Whitewater Recreational Features reconstruction LYONS – Notification is hereby given to the public that it is the intent of the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide funds to the Town of Lyons, Boulder County, for the reconstruction of whitewater recreational features in town parks, to include 15 whitewater drop Continue Briefs on Page 3
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By Susan de Castro McCann Redstone Review Editor LYONS – For the second time the Lyons Board of Trustees (BOT) tried to pass an ordinance to regulate the sale, growing, manufacturing, testing, etc. of recreational marijuana. But after an hour of discussion at a workshop on marijuana and an hour of discussion during the BOT meeting, the board failed to pass the first reading of the ordinance for a second time. Trustees Connie Sullivan, LaVern Johnson and Dawn Weller all voted against the measure and Trustees Dan Greenberg, James Kerr and Mayor John O’Brien voted for the measure. Trustee Barney Dreistadt was not present but was attending the meeting via a conference call and not allowed to vote. The ordinance will be continued again for the third time with the first reading at the BOT meeting on July 21. The issue proved too complicated after hours of discussion. The board originally wanted to ban smoking clubs and lounges and ban hash oil manufacturing, but then Town Attorney Tim Cox explained that hash oil is used in some products and may be necessary to the manufacturing of some products. The board did not seem to be in agreement on how many establishments to allow in town. Currently there are three medical
marijuana retail shops and the ordinance would keep the three in place until one leaves; then the town would be limited to two shops with the addition of allowing two manufacturing places, two testing facilities and two grow facilities. But not all board members agreed on limiting the number of retail shops. Trustee Kerr said he saw no reason to limit shops that could potentially bring a lot of money to Lyons. The trustees discussed signage, saying they did not want any reference to pharmacies on the signs. A discussion of distance from schools arose, and also of how to separate the medical from the recreational sales in shops, the location and size of marijuana facilities, the impacts on the community and tourism, and many other subjects. Before the ordinance came to a vote Trustee Connie Sullivan told the other board members that she was voting against the measure not because she did not approve of the ordinance in general but because she said it was too complicated with too many gaps: it was vague in some areas and too much information for people to digest all at once. She felt that people needed more time to go over the information. Trustees Johnson and Weller agreed and also voted no. The board did agree to pass a tax on marijuana. Trustee Johnson wanted a 10 percent tax but Trustee Greenberg thought that was
too high to start with. The board took his suggestion and passed an ordinance for a sales tax starting at 3.5 percent with a top end of 10 percent. Because of the TABOR (Tax Payer Bill of Rights) amendment the proposed tax must go to a vote of the people. This tax measure will now be on the November ballot. The BOT listened to a presentation by Abigail Shannon, the Boulder County Long Range Planning Development Manager, and Dale Case, Land Use Director, about residents who have signed up for the 404 buyout program for flood victims in the Lyons Planning Area, LPA, whose homes were badly damaged by the flood. She said that there are 22 properties in the Lyons Planning Area, most of them in Apple Valley. About 14 of those homes qualify for the 404 buyout program, but it is not a done deal, she explained. The homes in the county purchased under the 404 buyout program would be removed and the land would become open space. Most of the structures in Apple Valley were and still are in the floodway. Trustee Greenberg told the Boulder County representatives that Lyons may want to annex some of these properties in Apple Valley. “I don’t want the fact that we may want to annex some of these properties to be a bargaining chip,” he said. He doesn’t want annexations to Continue BOT on Page 14
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LYONS Chamber News By Sara Hart Redstone Review LYONS – On any given day in Lyons you’re bound to be inspired by nature, art and the community. Whether you’re a local resident or a visHart itor, venturing out and about in town always provides good times. Here are a few things to look forward to: The next Chamber Social will be held Wednesday August 6 at 5:30 p.m. Join us (location to be announced) for a very special celebration of the High Street business neighborhood and the anniversary dates for at least three of the businesses. The businesses hosting the Chamber Social are: Ralston Antiques, which is celebrating its 40th year in business; the White Lion gift shop, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary; and the Stone Cup coffee shop and café, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Come celebrate with these wonderful businesses either as a chamber member for free, or as a community guest for $5. We encourage visitors and new residents to join our gatherings to learn more about what our businesses have to offer. Even if you’re not able to attend the social, make a point this month to visit these three unique businesses and their neighbors to offer congratulations and see what special things their cooking up for their anniversary months. Second Saturday Sidewalk Sale will feature Eat+Drink+Shop in Lyons on August 9. Lyons businesses, supporters and visitors are encouraged to come out to Main Street for our second-Saturday gatherings. Businesses are offering sales and events all through the day. If you are a Lyons business owner, you can have your business featured by cohosting one of our monthly social events. Events include food, drink and an enthusiastic audience. The business owners then have the opportunity to share some history and information about how we can utilize the business in our everyday lives. For the following month, the business co-hosts can feature special offerings via the chamber’s media network. Get to know your community and support network by joining the chamber
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Rabbi Zalman Schachter Shalomi August 17, 1924 – July 3, 2014 Editor’s note: Reb Zalman, as he liked to be called, spoke in Lyons during the Christmas season in 2003 at the invitation of the Rev. Sam Tallent at the Lyons Community Church. As Reb Zalman walked to the front of the church passing the large statues of Joseph and Mary with baby Jesus, he patted Joseph on the head and said, “It’s good to be with family.” Reb Zalman revolutionized the Jewish religious movement, pushing for more liberal ideas that included many religious movements. He created many followers worldwide and many critics. He was the advisor to the Dalai Lama and Pope John Paul II on Jewish matters and he took acid with Timothy Leary. “He was a remarkable man,” said Sam Tallent. “He was very loving and compassionate.” Reb Zalman was a member of a men’s religious group held in Lyons which included the late Dr. Bill Milburn, the late Rev. Jim Vierra, Sam Tallent and Harry Schaefer, formerly from Lyons. A message from Rabbi Michael Lerner on the death of Rabbi Zalman from Boulder To my many friends in the Tikkun community: Rabbi Zalman Schachter Shalomi, founder of the Jewish Renewal move-
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MAYOR’S CORNER Art in the recovery By John O’Brien, Mayor Redstone Review LYONS – Often when we talk to our families and friends regarding what is important to us about Lyons we mention the art and music scene and the wonderful artists and musicians who grace our special town. Try to image another town O’Brien of 2,000 people where one can have weekly concerts in the park, great musical talent on stage several nights of the week all year round, two fantastic summer music festivals, classical music concerts, monthly art shows at Town Hall and local galleries. And we have not yet mentioned the poets, playwrights and authors, and the painters and sculptors, and the fine crafts creators, and the art teachers. Lyons appreciates our artists and musicians. What is so great about Lyons is that the artists and musicians truly appreciate Lyons. How many times during any year can we find musicians performing free for a fundraiser for an individual, a family in need or some other worthwhile cause? How many times have our talented artists and graphic designers donated their work to worthy causes? Too many to count. Several inspiring stories of artists and art venues making dramatic recoveries from the flood have emerged. Planet Bluegrass, owned by Lyons resident Craig Ferguson, was photographed during the flood with water up to the tops of the trees. One building was lost, trees were washed away and thousands of dollars of damage was done to the entire concert area. Musicians from all over the country held benefit concerts to raise money to help repair the place where thousands of people attend concerts each year, go to the music school and attend a myriad of social events. After months of hard work the Planet Bluegrass is back and it is beautiful once again. Many trees are gone, but the loss has not marred the natural beautiful of the rock cliffs and the river that runs through where musicians and audiences have enjoyed music for many years. A second inspiring story that many may know but it is worth repeating is that of John King, a local world-class sculptor of large kinetic art pieces. The epic flooding that ravaged Lyons in September of last year resulted in one death, nearly $65 million in property damage and dramatically impacted the lives of all of us who lived along the flood zone, including Lyons’ artist John King, his wife, Sally and their family. The King’s home was also badly damaged and John divided his time between working on his home and trying to rebuild his sculpture. John’s studio, tools and equipment were washed away in the flood, but amid the devastation, something remarkable remained in his driveway, a work of art entitled the Seed which was all that remained from a five-story art sculpture that had just been completed the day before the
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The Seed was the only piece that remained of John King’s five-part, 80-foot-tall artwork that had just been completed the day before the flooding began. “Tree of Life,” was recommissioned by Kaiser Permanente and was dedicated at its new Lone Tree Medical Center in a ceremony on June 23. flooding began. This piece was commissioned by Kaiser Permanente to be installed at its new Lone Tree Medical offices. Over the past nine months, John has been working to pick up the pieces of his life and this work of art. Now the circle has been completed. On June 23, Kaiser Permanente officially unveiled John’s work, the
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structures and five fishing structures. The whitewater recreational features were severely damaged during the September, 2013 flood event. Funding would be provided through FEMA’s Public Assistance program, which provides grants for repair of infrastructure damaged as the result of a Presidentially-declared disaster (FEMA 4145-DR-CO), pursuant to the authority of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, Public Law 93-288, as amended (The Stafford Act). FEMA is required to take into account environmental considerations when authorizing or approving FEMA actions. The President of the United States has issued Executive Orders (EO) that require Federal agencies, when considering an action for funding, to focus attention on the environment and human health with respect to Floodplain Management (EO 11988); Protection of Wetlands (EO 11990); and Environmental Justice (EO 12898). Compliance with these Executive Orders, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), Endangered Species Act (ESA), Clean Water Act (CWA), other applicable environmental laws and regulations is required as a condition of FEMA funding. A disaster-wide initial public notice was published in the Denver Post on November 10, 2013 FEMA has evaluated the proposed project with the eight-step decision-making process per FEMA’s implementing regulations
five-story sculpture that he recreated. The event served as an opportunity, as Kaiser mentioned in its press release “to reflect on how far one Coloradan has come postflood, but also as a reminder of the rebuilding that is still taking place for John and so many others.” Kaiser Permanente paid John for the completed, ruined piece and commissioned him to produce a second version. It was the second, magnificent sculpture that was unveiled in the Lone Tree Medical Center on June 23. It will serve as a beacon of hope for people who come to the center with serious medical issues; a hope that they too can come back strong from a major setback. John and Sally King’s overcoming the almost total destruction of their home, property and art works is just one amazing story among all the others of Lyons’ creative community and their comeback from similar tragedies. With the one-year anniversary of the flood fast approaching, we are looking forward to another unveiling of a large art project by local artists Sally Truitt, Kahlie Sue and Jake Pinello and Rachel Tallent, which is still in the planning stages and will be presented soon to the public art process. We treasure our creatives and innovators and continue to support them financially and spiritually. They make Lyons the wonderful, magical town that it is. John O’Brien is the Mayor of Lyons elected in April, 2014. He was the chairman of the Lyons Economic Gardening Group, LEGG. He has worked in business and industry for many years and teaches classes at the University of Denver. He lives in Lyons. found in 44 CFR Part 9 and determined that the proposed actions will occur within the 100-year (1% chance) floodplain / regulatory floodway. EO 11988 requires federal agencies to avoid, to the extent possible, long and short-term adverse impacts associated with the occupancy and modification of floodplains and to avoid direct and indirect support of floodplain development wherever there is a practicable alternative for achieving the intended purpose of the proposed project. During the declared event, high velocity flow through the St. Vrain Creek caused extensive structural damage to the Town of Lyons’ whitewater recreational features (lat / long from 40.224964, – 105.274686 to 40.216361, – 105.259653) which rendered the features unsafe for public use. The proposed project will reconstruct the whitewater drop and fishing structures in their pre-disaster location within the North, South, and Main stems of the St. Vrain Creek. Additional project information may be obtained by contacting Dave Cosgrove, Director of the Town of Lyons Department of Parks and Recreation by email at recreation@townoflyons.com. The alternatives evaluated included: (1) the no action alternative and (2) the proposed action described above. No alternative actions for locating the project outside the 100year floodplain were evaluated because the function of the whitewater features depends on their location in the creek. This notice will constitute as the final notice for public review as required by EO11988, EO 11990, EO 12898, NEPA, NHPA, and other applicable environmental laws and regulaContinue Briefs on Page 4
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OPTIONS Lyons Fire Protection District prepares site for new Fire Station 2 Staff Reports Redstone Review Editors’ Note: Redstone asked Fire Chief JJ Hoffman about the new Fire Station 2. The questions and answers are listed below. Bob Dobbs sold the fire district two acres of land for the fire station. The fire district had to get a waiver from Larimer County to build the new station on a piece of property that small. CHIEF JJ HOFFMAN RR: When will the new Fire Station 2 building go in at the new location on Blue Mountain Road? Chief Hoffman: This is unknown exactly. We are hoping to break ground next month (August) if possible but we are still working with Larimer County soil engineers as well as still obtaining estimates from building contractors. RR: How big will the building be (square feet)? Chief Hoffman: The new building will be approximately 5,300 sq. feet. RR: Will there be three bays or more? Chief Hoffman: We will have four bays on the new
building. RR: How many fire trucks will be located at the station? Chief Hoffman: Currently the plan will be to house the same amount trucks as before – one main engine, one ambulance, one brush, one tender – we may also have an additional brush truck and possibly another one or two emergency response vehicles in the future. RR: When will the station be operational? Chief Hoffman: Our hope will be to have it operational by no later than the end of August or the first part of September if possible and things go right dealing with the county, obtaining permits and working with contractors. RR: How much will the new building cost? Chief Hoffman: The exact cost is unknown for the final plan; we are currently campaigning a fundraising drive for around $360,000 in shortfalls as a result of the flood. This includes cost that we incurred during the flood, insurance shortages and losses. Early estimates are showing just the building itself will probably cost us around $220,000. This is only for the shell and concrete foundation – but this does not include, power, interior/exterior finishes, parking lot paving, water cisterns, septic system and so on. We will hopefully have a final number or close to a final number by the first part of August, at least that
is my goal and what I am pushing for at this point. RR: Will there be some landscaping around the building? Chief Hoffman: The goal will be to do some landscaping eventually, but more than likely not right away due to the shortage of funding at this time. A lot of the exterior and some of the interior finishes will all be based on our success of grants or fundraising efforts. RR: Will there be space for residents in the Blue Mountain Road area to hold meetings there? Chief Hoffman: Our plan is to have a meeting room. It is undetermined at this point if we will open it up totally to the public and again due to funding we are not sure when that meeting room will be completed. RR: Is there a drawing of the new building we could publish? Chief Hoffman: We do have several different drawings, but not a final one at this point. We do have a conceptual drawing but again it is not totally finalized. We do know mostly how the doors, windows, meeting room, offices and so on will be located. At this point since we have not yet picked a final contractor – I do not have the final drawing to provide. RR: What company is constructing the building? Chief Hoffman: We have not yet picked a final company.
The novel Tumbledown, by Robert Boswell, is built up with depth and detail Book reviewed by Andi Gregory Pearson Redstone Review LYONS – “I don’t actually like Mr. James Candler,” Karly said, making a pouty mouth and holding the expression while she took a bite of pizza. Mick thinks Karly doesn’t like Mr. James Candler because he doesn’t Pearson flirt with her, which is fine with Mick because he is in love with Karly. But the truth is, Karly and Mick and the other young adults at the Onyx Springs Rehabilitation and Treatment Center don’t know their counselor, James Candler. And the additional truth is that in the beginning of Tumbledown, he doesn’t know himself. Candler drives a flashy sports car and lives in a huge
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tions for the proposed actions stated above. All interested persons, groups and agencies are invited to submit written comments regarding the proposed use of federal funds to support a project located in a floodplain. If no significant issues are identified during the comment period, FEMA will conclude its reviews and provide funding for the Whitewater Park recreational features reconstruction project. Interested parties may submit comments for seven days after the date of this Final Public Notice by contacting Richard Myers, FEMA Region VIII Deputy Environmental Officer by email at richard.myers2@fema.dhs.gov.
Preschool makeover LYONS – At the corner of Fourth and High Streets this summer, the sounds of preschoolers and church music have been replaced with the yowls of saws, hammers and pick axes. A solid crew of workers is in the thick of transforming the Lyons Community Church’s parsonage (the green building located just east of the church) into a newly renovated Lyons Valley Preschool. Inside the building, walls have been knocked out
house in prestigious Liberty Corners. He has a fiancée who is soon returning from London and he’s about to be made director of the treatment center. At the age of 33, he has the perfect life, right? But there’s a scratchy feeling in Candler’s life. And while he can help guide the troubled youth through discussion groups and open-ended questions, take them on field trips and handle their calls in the middle of the night, he has Robert Boswell, author of real trouble examining his Tumbledown. own feelings. For example,
Candler and his Porsche get into a road rage incident causing the other car and driver to crash. Instead of feeling guilt or a sense of involvement, he sails by the crash site, a smug look on his face, and cruises in to the parking lot at the center. The young mental health clients work in a factory setting where they earn money by folding boxes into odd shapes, depending on the contents. Karly, Mick, Alonso and Maura are joined by Vex and each of them experiences odd folds in their own diagnosed condition – from “mentally impaired” to schizophrenic to expressions of anger. But the young adults are all tender-hearted and stories of their affection for each other, their interaction at parties, their lives outside the center and the cleareyed picture they have of each other go a long way toward chronicling the progress in their own growth.
with new plumbing and electric being installed. Outside, the north yard is being shaped into a play space with trees, shade sails and a sand pit. The project is right on schedule to be completed by the beginning of August, with classes PHOTO BY ANDREW BIEL commencing on August 18th for children ages 2.5 (and potty trained, please) to 5 years old. Enrollment is nearly full, inquiries can be sent to Lesley Rahbany at 303-823-9086. Remember it’s never too early to put your little one on the wait list. The school will continue to follow the Montessori educational model. Stay tuned for information on a grand opening celebration.
yard sale booths. Organized by volunteers to support the Pinewood Springs Fire Protection District’s efforts to build a new firehouse, the event is set for 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. across from the Pinewood Springs fire station, on Highway 36 at mile marker 12 (8 miles from downtown Lyons). For more information or to reserve a booth, contact Sue Painter at 303-8235631 or sue@ignite-cirquedufire.com.
Circus in Pinewood Springs August 2 PINEWOOD SPRINGS – The circus comes to town on Saturday, August 2, when a fundraiser called Ignite! Cirque Du Fire! presents Circus Your Way, a kids’ circus troupe. The day includes live music, artwork, silent auction, food, and crafts /
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Colorado Spirit sponsors flood recovery events in Allenspark ALLENSPARK – On Wednesday, July 17 at 7 p.m. in the Community Room of the Allenspark Fire Department there will be an informational meeting about September’s floods. The meeting will feature Colorado State House Representative Jonathan Singer, from District 11, which covers Lyons up to the Boulder County border on Highway 7. Singer sponsored the disaster victims’ property tax relief bill that passed this past legislative session. Rocky Mountain National Park will talk about the open and closed trails and how the Park responds to national disasters; the American Red Cross will share information on preparedness; and the Boulder County Flood Recovery Specialist will present information on what the county has Continue Briefs on Page 6
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BUSINESS LOCAL Eat+Drink By Don Moore Redstone Review LYONS – “In late April we opened with a concept, have stuck with it, and we’ve had a great response,” says DeDe Duncan, co-owner of LOCAL Eat+Drink. Actually, LOCAL has had a fantastic response by relying on word Moore of mouth and repeat customers bringing in new faces. That word of mouth has quickly spread and LOCAL regularly hosts guests from Ft. Collins, Boulder, and Denver. The winning concept of Duncan and partner Katie Baum starts with developing relationships in sourcing the freshest ingredients from primarily eight different farmers and other providers, all local. Approximately 85 percent of all ingredients are sourced locally. “It begins with the deep love our farmers use in producing their crops,” said Baum. “That love is passed on to us as we take those ingredients, lovingly prepare our offerings from original recipes, and serve them to our customers.” Baum serves as LOCAL’s Executive Chef and creates those recipes. Where possible, alcoholic beverages, including craft beers, are sourced locally, too.
To give customers a wide experience, LOCAL’s menu consists of a variety of small portions. That menu changes every two to four weeks, based on what’s in season. Recently, the 12 offerings menu included Korean beef lettuce wraps with Ozuke kimchi and grilled scallion salsa; two Rueben sliders with Ozuke dill and cabbage kraut, and Thousand Island dressing (with a note to “add a fried egg trust us!”); and berries and cream dessert, made of homemade Italian ice cream, crème fraiche, fresh blueberries, strawberries and raspberries, and a side of berry powder from dehydrated blueberries and blackberries. I tasted the Korean beef; borscht with sour cream and Ozuke fermented beets; and risotto with local tomatoes, Pachamama asparagus, and hazel dell mushrooms. I topped it all off with a portion of the berries and cream. In all the samplings, I experienced delicate flavors in appealing combinations that dazzled my palate. Each portion contained just the right mixture of spices to not overpower the dish, but enough to enhance the natural flavors of their freshness. The restaurant’s casual atmosphere has guests seated at long community tables where once-strangers sitting next to each other become friends. LOCAL’s final ingredient of success is live music every Friday night performed by local talents. LOCAL is open Wednesday through Saturday, 5:30 to 9:30 p.m., with the bar staying open later. On Fridays and Saturdays during RockyGrass and Folks Festival, festivarians will be able to enjoy LOCAL’s offerings from 11 a.m. until regular closing, and on Sundays of those weekends, 11a.m. to 3 p.m.
Brandy Jo Turner had been to LOCAL once before and returned to celebrate her birthday. From left, Jo Halle, Turner, Nancy Mount, Ashlea McMahel, Tori Bellah, and Lief Johnson. “In celebration of two of our fabulous local providers, Ozuke and Rowdy Mermaid, on July 23 we will be hosting a set-course dinner featuring Ozuke’s pickled and fermented food delights, along with Rowdy Mermaid’s kombucha,” said Duncan. Kombucha is a lightly effervescent fermented drink of sweetened black tea. The cost of the set menu, plus four drinks is $55. See the website for more details. You can find LOCAL online at localeatdrink.com and at Facebook at facebook. com / local eat drink. Don Moore is a retired lawyer and the author of Love is a Verb: Healing Yourself through Love, Gratitude and Compassion. He lives in Lyons.
Taking cues from other libraries, Lyons moves forward with the library project By Mark Browning Redstone Review LYONS – If you planned to buy a reliable, attractive, fuel-efficient midsize car, what comparables would you look at? A huge RV with all the bells and whistles? A fancy European luxury car Browning with all the latest gadgets? A stripped-down subcompact? No, you’d probably check out mid-sized sedans in your price range, looking at cost, customer reviews, available options and experts’ evaluations. That’s what the Lyons Library Steering Committee and Lyons Regional Library District Board have done in evaluating what kind of library / community resource center the Lyons area could get with the resources it has. We “checked the comps.” Under the “picture is worth a thousand words” theory, take a look at the multiple photos in the “Libraries We Love” section of the www.theheartoflyons.org website. The pictures are from three Colorado libraries in communities of similar size and financial resources to Lyons: Nederland, Dolores and Mancos. All three of those communities have built new libraries / resource centers within the last ten years. They all have features people told us in surveys and meetings they’d like to see in a new Lyons facility: ample computer resources, ebook access, meeting rooms, art exhibit
space, inviting children’s areas, teen study space, an abundance of natural lighting and other energy efficiency features. We looked carefully at construction costs for each facility (ranging from 4,600 to 7,000 square feet) and at detailed annual operating budgets. Projecting what revenue the Lyons library district’s proposed mill levy would raise, it’s clear a similar facility with expanded programs can be done here. The proposed 5.85 mill levy (about $16 per month, $186 per year on a $400,000 property) is less than average for similarsize Colorado districts. By comparison, Nederland’s tax mill rate is 6.60. Additional funding will come from foundation grants and individual contributions. A capital campaign is planned for the Lyons library / resource center if the November vote succeeds. Fortunately for Lyons, a local family has already
pledged $250,000 in matching funds if the tax vote passes – a great resource to add special features to our facility. Why look at what other library districts have done? Not just to be a copy cat. But rather to see what things work for them, and what they’d do differently if they did the funding and construction process again. By benefitting from similar districts’ experiences, we lower the risk of being the “guinea pig” for untested ideas or biting off more than we can chew by trying to do things only larger library districts can afford. Number One on other libraries’ “what we’d do differently” list is more parking – because the communities use their new libraries / resource centers even more heavily than was expected. That’s a major reason why the current Depot site is the “preferred site” for our new facility: the town-owned “RTD lot” and skate park
area (the skate park will be relocated, new library or not) provide ample, alreadybuilt parking. The tangible features of these comparable library / resource centers can be seen at www. the heart of lyons. org. Or take a short drive to Nederland to check out its fine facility. If you’re in the Mesa Verde area, stop by the Mancos and Dolores libraries. They’re all worth the visit. But these new library / community centers also have an intangible aspect that is overpowering when you enter them. It’s the immediate thought that “Why can’t we have something like this in Lyons?” The answer is that we can, and should. All it takes is a “Yes” vote this fall. Mark Browning is the Lyons Regional Library District Board President. The district roughly follows the boundaries of the Lyons Fire Protection District.
Pictured here is one of the teen / senior gathering areas at the Dolores, CO Public Library. The library director at the Dolores Public Library told a group of people from the Lyons Library District Board an interesting story about planning the Dolores Library. At the Dolores Library the board wanted to provide a space where teenagers would enjoy gathering in after school to exchange ideas, do homework and perhaps even study. So they put in high tables with high-backed chairs, trying to come up with a kind of “dairy bar” atmosphere. The teens do use them after school, but the library staff discovered by accident that groups of seniors love to gather in that area in the mornings. Why? Because they don’t have to squat down or strain to get up from low, soft chairs. The seniors prefer the higher chairs which are more comfortable for them to get in and out of; easier on the knees. The group from Lyons noted that it is things like this that they learned from the Dolores Library that help in planning for a new library in Lyons. Dolores is similar in size to Lyons and also has limited resources.
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CONTEXT U.S. 36 fewer delays near Lyons American Civil Constructors: long hours, happy employees, clean trucks By Carol Devenir Redstone Review This is the second in a series of articles about U.S. Highway 36. PINEWOOD SPRINGS – For half a year, Lyons residents from Big Elk Meadows to Pinewood Springs to Blue Mountain, and in between, have had a love / hate relationship with American Civil Constructors (ACC). Since January, ACC has impacted trips up Devenir and down US Highway 36, lengthening a 15-minute drive into an hour or more. At the same time, drivers have had a rare, fascinating view of what’s underneath the highway, and what it takes to build a road along a narrow, winding path crossing two rivers. ACC’s shiny white vehicles with blue logos are startling. Ordinary drivers along the US 36 construction zone know that just one trip after the car wash: “We’ve Got Grit” says it all. As ACC finishes its $10 million contract on Highway 36 and moves up in the world, to a project on Guanella Pass, some might wonder, “Who was that masked company?” ACC began as Randall & Blake, Inc. in 1975, its first big job on Vail Pass. Based
in Littleton, it became known for highway, civil and landscape projects such as golf courses and the playing surface at Coors Field. In 1996 the company purchased a northern California company and now has two bases. Founder Rick Randall explained that being based in areas with different weather and different markets helps fulfill the company mission of providing a stable workplace for employees. Today’s business manager, with 20 years at the company, is Jody Randall, the founder’s daughter. Along with most of the ACC field managers, she is a graduate of CSU. Randall speaks of the company and its employees as if they are all family. In fact, their average time with the company is 14 years. “For some of the employees, I’ve been around them their whole adult life,” she said. Randall said ACC is well known for working in rocks, at high altitudes, and with Federal Highway Administration specifications and procedures. ACC started work on Highway 36 after a two-year project upgrading Bear Lake Road in Rocky Mountain Park. “We work in some of the most beautiful areas of Colorado,” Randall said. About 45 people work on Hwy. 36 on a given day, and about 145 different people have been involved. Almost all are from Colorado. Everyone works long hours. “Typically, a job this size would take twice as long,” Randall said. Weather and tourism issues compressed the schedule, prompting double shifts and weekend work. Randall estibeverages to share. Contact jjane@mhpcolorado.org or call 720-317-9748 for more information.
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done, and what it will be doing in flood recovery. Thursday, July 24, at 4 p.m. everyone is welcome to a Community Cares Flood Stories Sharing Group at the Hilltop Guild’s Kelley House. Calling all musicians, poets, storytellers, jokesters and visual artists to a Flood Open Mic on Thursday, August 7 at 7 p.m. at the Old Gallery in Allenspark. Anything relating to what happened in September or in another disaster is relevant to these evenings. Bring snacks, desserts and
Honoring flood heroes LYONS – Lyons Historical Society congratulated 53 people who were nominated by Lyons residents as personal heroes who assisted them in their flood recovery. They received certificates as Mr. and Mrs. Good Old Days, an annual honor that is bestowed on Lyons citizens who have made a significant contribution to the betterment of Lyons. Every name on the list was that of a friend, neighbor or stranger, no names of big busiContinue Briefs on Page 8
mates 55,000 hours of regular time work and over 16,000 hours of overtime on the project. About 80% of the workers are ACC employees. Sub-contractors did blasting and rock crushing. Randall loves the construction industry and is working with the Colorado Contractors Association to encourage more people, both men and women, to
body.” His brother works on the project, too. His coworkers are his friends. Laurel Roberts, a flagger from Brighton, appreciates her supervisor. “He makes the job fun and safe,” she said. “He has chewed me out about safety, but in a way that I got the message and it wasn’t a personal attack.” She feels that with ACC, she has been treated no differently from
ACC Flaggers Nathaniel Ramirez and Adam Rickard on the job at US 36 and CR 80. join it. “There is a perception that you have to have a college degree to be successful,” she said. “Construction offers training – the other four year degree – as well as higher earnings. And it’s satisfying to see the results of your work.” Flaggers – With up to an hour’s wait on every leg of every trip, many area residents know ACC through their flaggers, who make sure drivers know when to wait and when to drive. At the junction with the Longmont Dam Road, for example, this is not a simple job. There is much coming and going of huge machines, intersecting with interested and resigned drivers on their way to or from Lyons and the outer world. As Randall said, “Flaggers have to be on the ball and personable.” Flagger Nathaniel Ramirez lives in Berthoud. His job is “pretty amazing, with great benefits and room for advancement,” Ramirez said. He and his roommate both work on the project, and they look forward to working with ACC on Guanella Pass. Flagger Adam Rickard is a lifelong Greeley resident. “I get to go to work and laugh and talk to people,” he said. “My boss makes sure you know your job, and checks in with you, but she doesn’t harass you. Everybody knows every-
others, as a female. Recently Roberts has been seen driving the pilot car – a promotion? Flagger Ron Schroeder, well known to waiting drivers to and from Blue Mountain Road, was reading the newspaper at the Estes Valley Library when he learned of the Bear Mountain Road project. He put down the paper and drove out to Bear Lake Road until he found an ACC member talk to. He is still with the company and hopes to move on to the Guanella Pass project next. ACC Business Manager Jody Randall summarized the employees’ attitude: “They love their jobs and what they do.” The last of ACC’s shiny trucks move out July 18, according to CDOT’s new Region 4 Communications Manager Jared Fiel. Kirkland Construction starts work the next Monday. Bye-bye, waiting, bumpy dirt roads, and pilot cars. Thanks for an eye-opening experience! Carol Devenir worked for 30 years in City Planning and Public Works. She is the Vice President of the Friends of the Lyons Depot Library and the author of Beyond Chemo Brain: Recovering after Surviving. She lives in Lyons.
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INSIGHT Technology: Some of us will always lag behind the curve and like it Editor’s Note: This column appeared in the Redstone Review one year ago. John Gierach is fishing in Labrador. By John Gierach Redstone Review LYONS – It’s happened to most of the people I know at one time or another. You’re going about your business – apparently functioning in society at a reasonably high level – and one day you find yourself asking, “So what the hell is this “face Gierach book” I keep hearing about? A friend recently told me he doesn’t want to get so far behind that he becomes like his elderly mother who is so flummoxed by technology that she can no longer even make a phone call. He’s not unsympathetic and in fact this is a sore spot with him. A year before he retired, his company installed a new phone system that was so complicated no one could figure out how to operate it. The practical result was that telephone communication in this large company effectively ceased and people reverted to walking from one office to another to have actual face-to-face conversations. “It wasn’t all bad,” my friend said. “At least we all got some exercise.” A year later when he retired, this phone system that had cost the company something like half a million dollars to install still sat unused. That’s not an isolated story. Some years ago, the New York Times reported on the tremendous loss of productivity in American companies caused by employees struggling, sometimes for as long as a year, to figure out newly upgraded technology when the old systems they were used to had worked just fine. It cost many millions of dollars a year, not counting the expense of the new systems themselves or the information technology (IT) specialists who ran themselves ragged trying to keep them running. These upgrades were decreed from the isolation of boardrooms where apparently no one had bothered asking, “Is this stuff really necessary?” I don’t consider myself a Luddite. I’m happy enough to adopt a new technology when I think it’s genuinely more useful than the old one, and although I did lag behind the curve, I wasn’t the last writer I know to switch to a computer, or “word processor,” as we called them then. After writing hundreds of newspaper columns, magazine articles and no less than three books on a typewriter, the
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idea of doing all the composing, editing and such on a screen and then pressing a key and going for coffee while the machine printed a clean manuscript was too tempting to pass up. Of course I was terrified of my first computer – a primitive Sanyo that typed tiny, pale green letters on a muddy gray screen and had less memory than a house cat. But then I wasn’t in the generation that grew up with computers; I grew up watching science fiction movies in which people made mistakes on computers that then babbled in frantic, high-pitched voices and exploded, sometimes taking entire planets with them. The first time I got a “fatal error” message, I ran from the house and hid under the porch. I’ve come a long way since then. I’m on my fifth computer, an obsolete Dell that’s now well past its projected three- to five-year lifespan and sometimes gets as cranky as its owner. I’m putting off buying a new one because I dread the vertical learning curve of teaching myself a new program. If I had to learn to drive all over again every time I got a new car, I’d still have my 1966 Ford pickup. I did avoid email longer than most – not really seeing the necessity for it – but eventually the editors and publishers I had to communicate with forgot how to use the post office and the telephone and assumed that if you didn’t have email, you couldn’t be reached. I can’t say I’m a big fan. A typical email falls somewhere between the immediacy of a phone call and the thoroughness of a letter, but usually lacks the advantages of either. Most emails aren’t written carefully enough and are only useful for simple exchanges like, “I’ll meet you at the coffee shop at 10 a.m.” “Okay, see you then.” Naturally, there are exceptions. Several of my regular correspondents are capable of writing complete, succinct replies that answer, or at least address, every question I asked, and two of them regularly send long, articulate, well-thought-out and well-written emails that are a joy to get. One is a writer and editor; the other is a horse trainer. I do take some minimal care with my own emails as a matter of personal pride. After all, I’m supposed to be a professional writer, so I feel I should at least use complete sentences and spell all the words right. I do own a cell phone, but I so seldom use it that a few months ago my 400-some unused minutes expired. I bought it because pay phones are now virtually nonexistent, but I live a charmed life that often takes me out of cell phone range. That usually means some fairly remote location, but in recent years has also included the
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Pilates of Lyons raises $1,300 for Lyons groups Pilates of Lyons presented $300 to Lyons Gardening group, which has been doing such a wonderful job all around our town and will add this amount to its “Plant it Forward” project. Pilates of Lyons also presented $1,000 to the Lyons Community Foundation, which has helped to so many of us recovering from September flood. Says Pilates of Lyons owner Martina Mason, “Thanks to all of you wonderful people for helping with the fundraiser, and for working together to heal our souls, bodies and our town, little by little. We feel the difference! Special thanks to my mother-in-law, who loves our town and who contributed to our case from Gallatin Gateway, MT. I hope your summer has been jam-packed with many beautiful days full of love and laughter.”
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Rising from the flood in 10 months to host world class musicians By Katherine Weadley Redstone Review News Editor LYONS – The comeback triumph of Planet Bluegrass begins with RockyGrass. For over 40 years, entertainers have sung at RockyGrass about love, loss and overcoming adversity. With those emotions in mind Planet Bluegrass has been painstakingly rebuilt after September’s devastating flood. It is a living example of every emotion that it has ever evoked from its stage. This three-day music festival is an international event with bluegrass at its heart. Held the last weekend of every July at the Planet Bluegrass Ranch in Lyons, it incorporates a variety of music and events. It’s popular with local Lyons folks as well as people from all over the world. This year Rockygrass will be held July 25 through July 27 it will be followed a month later by the Folks Festival to be held August 15 through 17. Rockygrass is already sold out and will feature Allison Krauss, who decided to route her tour to include Rockygrass this year. Starting in the small hours of Sept. 12 the sudden and devastating flood unwound the normal threads of life for Lyons area residents. Planet Bluegrass president and Lyons resident Craig Ferguson was no exception. “The water was right up to my head,” said Ferguson as the construction noise still swirled around the grounds. Rushing brown debris-filled river water entirely covered the 20 acres of the Planet Bluegrass Ranch as well as most of the town and surrounding area. Stubborn and tenacious in nature like most Lyons-area residents, Ferguson vowed to rebuild Planet Bluegrass better than ever. Many local volunteers helped clean out the mud in Ferguson’s house and remove debris from the grounds. Piles of sand and sediment were over 20 feet tall. The stage did not have any real damage and Ferguson said after he saw that the stage was standing, he knew that he was going to rebuild. Yonder Mountain String Band, which got its start at Planet Bluegrass, raised $60,000 from a flood relief concert
and donated it to Planet Bluegrass. Other groups raised money to help also. But the cost for the recovery was overwhelming. Planet Bluegrass spent $1.3 million to repair the flood damage. The Planet took out a loan for $1 million. As part of its exciting renewal Planet Bluegrass has purchased 54 solar panels to cover the entire south roof of the new Wildflower Pavilion, which is the more intimate stage on the property. This will provide enough electricity to power the Planet Bluegrass offices throughout the year, and make Planet Bluegrass the largest solar adopter in Lyons. The panels have arrived and should be installed soon. Brian Eyster of Planet Bluegrass said, “The Planet Bluegrass recovery is about much more than just Planet Bluegrass. We suffered some of the most visible and most talked-about losses during the flood. So rebuilding enough to hold RockyGrass again 10 months after the flood is a testament to the resiliency of this entire town. When the bagpipes sound for the opening tarp run, it’ll be hard to not look around at the smiling faces and the years of unbroken traditions and the generations of Festivarians who plan their entire year around coming to Lyons for RockyGrass, and not get teary-eyed. It’s that moment of communal joy that keeps has kept us going
“Welcome to Lyons!” said the flood By Janaki Jane Redstone Review LYONS – It seems that every time you turn around in the town of Lyons, Colorado, you meet someone who moved to town either right before or right after the flood of September 2013. Their stories can bring a bit of lightness into the many tougher stories of the town’s recovery. “I had never been a victim before,” says Lisa Van Damme. Lisa Van Damme’s golf cart makes a strange sound as she backs it up from outside the elementary school in Lyons. She has embraced the Lyons lifestyle: golf carts were made legal on the town’s streets in 2010. Van Damme and her family had a closing date of September 12, 2013, for their house in Lyons. But “at 2 a.m. (on Thursday), I learned that the highway to Lyons was closed. I started following the twitter feed. Every minute or so someone was tweeting about the flood in Lyons. It was the only place to get any information about what
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nesses, charities or government agencies were listed. It reflected the desire of Lyons residents' to make sure that the little guy was honored for their selfless acts of kindness. Persons who were not able to attend the ceremonies can pick up their certificates at the Redstone Museum (open 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sundays). The list of nominees and other heroes is published on the museum’s Facebook page: Lyons Redstone Museum. Representatives of the Historical Society and Town also sent out congratula-
was happening there,” Van Damme says. Van Damme’s husband wanted to buy the house without a walk through. Van Damme wanted to wait until Monday: “We were starting to get photos of Lyons and how bad it was. Why should we take the risk?” But finally Van Damme said “Fine. I’m exhausted. I’ll sign.” It was a good thing, too. They would have lost the house if they had waited; it wouldn’t have been underwritten in a flooded town. “So my husband was right, dammit,” says Van Damme. She had sold her Boulder house, so with a dog, two cats, and two kids, she called a hotel. They asked, “Are you a flood victim?” She says, “I didn’t think of myself as a flood victim until that moment. I had never been a victim before.” Van Damme and her family then lived the Lyons flood survivor experience. They found an apartment and furnished it from the Salvation Army, they came and went through the checkpoint, and they participated in a neighborhood-wide tions to all of the Greater Incorporated Lyons Area residents for their heroism, acts of kindness, generosity and donations. While the Good Old Days honors ceremony is over, the Historical Society will continue to collect names and stories to add to the list over the next two months. A final list will be printed for the September recovery ceremonies, and it will be a part of the Redstone Museum's Flood permanent exhibit. The museum has opened an exhibit presenting the flood news headlines, stories and photos, which will be expanded to include video and artifacts for the September ceremonies. Five published books on the flood are available for purchase. Contact Kathleen Spring at lyon-
late into the night every night since September.” This year, the radio station KGNU (Boulder-Denver) will audio-stream the entire festival live at KGNU.org. “This is the first time we will ever have streamed any of our Lyons festivals in their entirety,” Eyster said. The audio broadcast will include all the main stage performances, between-set interviews, and other radio features produced at the festival. “We really want the world to hear the magic that is happening at this year’s RockyGrass as thousands of Festivarians and musicians return to Lyons for the first time since the flood.” Brian Eyster said that it doesn’t take much to get anyone at Planet Bluegrass emotional about flood recovery. “Planet Bluegrass is so much bigger than this physical property – it’s the community and the artistic energy and the history that all converge here for a few days every year. And to know that we’ve made that possible for another year – against impossible odds – will be at least as profoundly satisfying as any music that has ever graced our stage.” Other News from Planet Bluegrass While RockyGrass has been sold out since January there are still some tickets available for the 24th Annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival (August 15 to 17). In September, Planet Bluegrass will welcome back the first major main stage music festival in September since the last Festival of the Mabon in 2006. Kinfolk will feature two sets from Yonder Mountain String Band each night as well as many other musicians including John Bell of Widespread Panic. Kinfolk, held Sept. 19 and 20, is Yonder’s only Colorado show this summer and fall. Planet Bluegrass has published a 216-page hardcover collector’s edition book, Telluride Bluegrass Festival: Forty Years of Festivation. This book is now available online, at summer festivals, and at the Boulder Bookstore and Tattered Cover. Kathrine Weadley is a freelance writer and a librarian. She worked as a reporter for the Daily Camera in Boulder. She lives in Lyons with her family and dog Wolfie.
sprinkler blowout BBQ. Because of her experiences after the flood, Van Damme says she “got to meet so many people in town. I got involved in the Economic Recovery Working Group.” She is now the Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. “I am more engaged here because of the flood.”
Another bright story is of the “Angels of Mercy.” “It was as if they were our own private catering group. I would drive down with my dogs every morning to get coffee, sausage, eggs, and camaraderie. I met a lot of people. They were angels of mercy,” says Ruth shistory@yahoo.com for information.
Lyons History Camp follows Pony Express LYONS – Kids who love history will be treated to lessons and acting out scenarios involving the mail system of the Old West and early Lyons, including the Pony Express, and reading and writing old-time diaries and letters. They will learn about William F. Cody, also known as Buffalo Bill, who rode in the Pony Express, and was an American soldier, conscientious buffalo hunter, and a world-renown showman, with his Wild West Show. The half-day program includes lessons, crafts, drama, scrapContinue Briefs on Page 10
Wilson, referring to the Salvation Army truck, which offered food to residents and workers who stayed in town. This is how Ruth Wilson describes her time living in Lyons after the floods. Wilson originally moved to Lyons on June 9, 2013. She wasn’t done rehabbing her house, and knew no one in the town. The night before everyone was evacuated to Lifebridge, Wilson, too attended a community-wide BBQ. Like so many Lyons neighborhoods, everyone emptied their refrigerators and had a big party. Wilson moved back to Lyons as soon as the electricity came on in the middle of October. The youthful 80-year-old went to a stranger’s house to shower, constructed her own portapottie from a bucket and insulation tubing, and set out three times daily to the Salvation Army’s station on Railroad Avenue. “It was the experience of a lifetime,” Wilson says. “I was lonesome for a bit but I made friends.” Wilson is an artist who has given artworks to the former mayor and the Town Administrator. “I couldn’t emotionally get into anything like the artwork I am now doing for the Chamber and Planet Bluegrass,” she says. Now she is painting and displaying her work in many venues around Lyons. Janaki Jane is a member of the Colorado Spirit Team in Boulder County, a program of Mental Health Partners. The Lyons and Environs team covers the area from Hygiene to the Larimer County border and can be reached at 720-226-8709, on Facebook at LyonsAndEnvirons, or by dropping by 431B Main St. between 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday; or e-mail bouldercountycolordaospirit@gmail.com.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Art shows, concerts and events By MinTze Wu Redstone Review LYONS The Stone Cup Café / Rise and Shine Bistro continues Sally Truitt’s show The Secret Creature Society through July. It is a visual journal in the weeks and months after the flood of 2013, Wu when Lyons was eerily still except for creatures such as bunnies, foxes, coyotes, and owls. Truitt endeavors to capture the magic in the presence of these inquisitive citizens and the absolute peaceful beauty amidst the destructive chaos. The next installment of Truitt’s show, entitled RAWR!!!! will be featured for the month of August. This part of her summer show “celebrates the monsters in all of us as we nourish our creative appetites for music and art,” says Truitt. The weekend music lineup includes Lori Flynn’s folk on July 19; Teddy Carr’s fiddling star on July 20; Chain Station’s indie mountain music on July 25; Meraki’s eclectic rock duo on July 26; Foxfeather’s folk on July 27, and Enion PeltaTiller’s indie folk-bluegrass-gypsy jazz on July 28. Continuing into August will be James Faulk’s folk-classic rock on August 2; Dan Eilers’ acoustic folk and blues on August 3; Denny Driscoll on acoustic guitar on August 9; and Teddy Carr’s fiddling star on August 10. The café is located at Fifth Avenue and High Street. For more the Denver Botanic Gardens presents the Rocky Mountain Region’s first major outdoor exhibition of artwork by celebrated complete list of show time please call 303-823-2345 or American glass artist, Dale Chihuly. through Sept. 28. Do not miss it! PHOTO © SCOTT DRESSEL-MARTIN visit www. the stone cup. com. The 42nd Annual RockyGrass is due July 25 exploring the roots of American rock through their information and registration on the B.A.M.M. workthrough 27. This is the time of the year when the small unique improvisational lens with audacious drumming, shops please check on www.soundsoflyons.com. mountain town of Lyons becomes the Mecca of bluegrass propulsive bass lines, and searing guitar licks. At 10 a.m. music. Generations of legends and future legends will con- on July 20 will be brunch with David and Enion Tiller. BOULDER Colorado Shakespeare Festival presents I Hate verge by the red rock cliffs of the St. Vrain River, this year The famed duo started back in 2001 with the formation including Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn, Ricky Skaggs of Taarka in Oregon. Taarka is the word which describes Hamlet, now through August 9, written by New and Bruce Hornsby with Kentucky Thunder, Uncle Earl, roasting spices to create the base for an Indian culinary Yorker contributor Paul Rudnick, who “may be the Steep Canyon Rangers, Alison Krauss and Union Station, delicacy. At 3 p.m. on the same day will be the Fourth funniest writer for the stage in the United States today,” Matt Flinner Trio, Darol Anger’s Big Chill featuring Tony Annual Honky Tonk Festival with Matt Skinner, Jeremy says the New York Times. The Merry Wives of Windsor Trischka, Hot Rize featuring Red Knuckles and the Steding, Halden Wofford and the HI Beams, and Jason will be running through August 9. This new production is Trailblazers, and finally the Sam Bush Bluegrass Band. Eady. Kristin Andreassen, a member of Uncle Earl, will set in a Catskills resort in the early 1960s, a hilarious Unfortunately all the tickets were sold out as of January, so take the stage with friends on July 22 at 7:30 p.m. On the mashup of Dirty Dancing and one of Shakespeare’s most popular comic plays. Henry take earlier action next time! RockyGrass is held at the same night is Tuesday Bluegrass Pick session IV, Part 1 is the most tradiPlanet Bluegrass Ranch in Lyons on Hwy 36. upstairs. All levels are welcome. On July 23 at tional production for the Another extremely popular event at Planet 8 p.m. will be Trout Steak Revival, a Colorado 2014 season, with a gorBluegrass is the Rocky Mountain Folks Festival indie-grass-folk band. Long Road Home bluegeously styled medieval setAugust 15 to 17. Since its former identity as “summit on grass band will be featured on July 24 at 8 p.m. ting, running from July 17 the song” in Estes Park, the festival has created its own with Justin Hoffenberg on fiddle, Pete through August 10. For culture and spirit of celebrating stories and songs from all Wernick on banjo, Jordan Ramsey on manticket and the complete around the musical and geographical world. The festival dolin, Martin Gilmore on guitar, and Andrew show information, please go will open with the song school August 10 to 14 and the Bonnis on bass. For complete listing of musito www. colorado shakes. prestigious Songwriter Showcase where the most gifted cal events and menu please go to org or call 303-492-8008. new songwriters compete for a spot in the 2014 lineup. oskarblues.com. The Colorado Music Songwriting workshops will continue throughout the fesSounds of Lyons is thrilled to Festival’s 2014 season is tival in the intimacy of the new Wildflower Pavilion announces the 2014 season September 12 underway! The highlights while music will run on the main stage from morning through 14 with three evening concerts, include a program led by until after 10 p.m. each night. Tickets are still available one free outdoor event, and a three-day Mexican conductor Miguel for the Folks Festival so hurry up. For information please workshop for children. On Friday night at Prieto of Haydn’s go to www.bluegrass.com. Rogers Hall you will find Crazy Symphony no. 49 La Corner Studios, 318 About You, a stunning tapestry of Passione, Mozart’s Piano Main St., will host classical, flamenco, jazz, folk, and The Candlelight Dinner Playhouse in Concerto no. 27 with winJohnstown presents Peter Pan, through Saturday Market from 9 original music with virtuoso guiner of 2008 Avery Fisher a.m. to 1 p.m. on August 9 tarist Alfredo Muro, lyrical flutist August 24. Career Grant, American with handmade goods, fine Emma Shubin, sensational vocalpianist Gilles Vonsattel, and Beethoven Symphony No. 8 arts and crafts and food. ists Shannon Johnson and Mark Herzog, as on July 20. An evening of chamber music at eTown Hall This is a great opportunity to well as flamenco dancer Natalia Perez del in downtown Boulder features CMF Chamber players permeet the local artists and artiVillar and the Sage Ensemble. On Saturday sans, florists and farmers. night also at Rogers Hall will be a complete- forming Hugo Wolf Italian Serenade for String Quartet Corner Studios is a collective ly different experience with Life True, a four- and Bruckner’s String Quartet in F Major on July 22. of artisans and a space for art. movement ensemble piece with each move- Young American conductor Joshua Gersen will be joined It is an umbrella to independment following the path of someone search- by young cellist Brook Speltz in a program featuring ent artisans studios, a ing for what’s true in their life. The four Berlioz’s Roman Carnival Overture, Schumann’s Cello Colorado handmade boumovements are comprised of: Truth: the Concerto in A minor, and Copland’s Symphony no. 3 on tique, a gallery, a picture framstory of Douzhen Coffee Plantation owner; July 24 and 25. Canadian conductor Jean-Marie Zeitouni ing and fine art restoration Simplicity: the quest of Hakka singer-song- closes the season in a celebratory program to mark the studio. For more information writer Lin Sheng-Xian; Gravity: Annie’s 150th anniversary of the birth of Richard Strauss. The please call 303-903-2165. Journey; and Balance: the landscape of Tree program will feature Strauss’ Don Juan and Ein Oskar Blues Grill and House Five Lady. Each movement is inter- Heldenleben on August 7 and 8. For information on conBrew presents Interstate The August installment of Sally Truitt’s laced with music from Haydn and cert schedule and tickets, please go to www.comusic.org. Stash Express on July 19 at monster show at the Stone Cup Café is Beethoven’s sublime late string quartets JOHNSTOWN 8:30 p.m. Formed by guitarist entitled RAWR!!!! (Cavatina & Molto Adagio from op.132). The Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, 4747 Terry Kishiyama and drummer Sunday night will be Goldberg Variations Marketplace Dr. in Johnstown, is proud to present Thom McKee back in their days in Nebraska with the and 32 Sleepless Nights with Sage String Trio at Lyons Peter Pan, the high-flying Broadway musical with former identity of Meandering Blue, the pair found the Community Church. Tickets are now available on music by Jule Styne, Betty Comden and Adolf Green. bassist James Lloyd Smith in Boulder after migrating to www.soundsoflyons.com and will go on sale at Lyons The timeless masterpiece about the boy who refused to Colorado for a more adventurous sound. The three began ReRuns and the Stone Cup after August 15. For more Continue A&E on Page 15
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FOUNDATIONS The value of transparency By Richard A. Joyce Redstone Review VP PUEBLO – I drive a 2003 pickup truck. About six months ago, I noticed myself shying away from taking it out at night, whether for a drive to Denver or just to the local grocery store. Joyce I thought age was the cause and that the annual prescription lenses I get for my glasses must not be keeping up with my visual deterioration. I just couldn’t see well at night any more. Then a friend, to whom I had confided my fears of age-related visual impairment, happened to walk in front of my truck on his way to get into the passenger seat. It was daylight. Suddenly, he did a double take. “Here’s your vision problem,” he said. I got out of the truck to see what he was talking about and – duh! – recognized immediately he was right. The thick transparent plastic covers over my headlights had turned translucent – on-the-way-toopaque translucent, in fact – and their milky semi-transparency had probably robbed me of half the illumination I really needed to navigate dark roads safely. A trip to the auto supply store, some grinding and polishing with the right chemicals and pads, and about two hours later, my headlight covers were completely transparent again. I redo the treatment every few months, and they stay that way. I don’t have to guess how sharp the curves are or ask passengers if they can tell. I can hold my own with oncoming headlights, I can see the lines on the road surface, and I can tell when the speed limit is about to change long before I’m on top of the sign. Night driving is just fine now. My efforts let the light shine through. I wish I could say the same for our government, which more and more prefers translucency to transparency, that we see less of its inner workings than ever before. That’s why on July 8 the Society of Professional Journalists and 37 other journalism and open-government groups sent a letter to President Obama “to stop practices in federal agencies that prevent important information from getting to the public,” according to an email sent out on the same day by SPJ President David Cuillier. The letter, which reminds Obama of his first-day-in-office promise to bring a “new era of openness” to federal government,
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booking, and a nutritious light lunch. It is supported by the Lyons Community Foundation, which promotes Lyons history preservation. This keeps the cost down to $50 per child. All Lyons children are invited to attend grades 1 to 5, July 21 to July 25. Call Kathleen Spring at 303-823-0997 for more information and to reserve one of the ten spots.
Lyons Lions Club to host golf tournament LYONS – The Lyons Lions Club will host its 20th annual golf tournament on Monday July 28, 2014 at the Lake Valley Country Club Golf Course off Highway 36 between Lyons and Boulder. Lyons Lions numerous contributions to the Lyons community include scholarships to Lyons High School graduates, awards to local students, assistance at athletic events, eye care and glasses for needy residents, highway maintenance, sponsorship of the annual
chastises him for failing to do that. “You (Obama) recently expressed concern that frustration in the country is breeding cynicism about democratic government. You need look no further than your own administration for a major source of that frustration – politically driven suppression of news and information about federal agencies. We call on you to take a stand to stop the spin and let the sunshine in. “Over the past two decades, public agencies have increasingly prohibited staff from communicating with journalists unless they go through public affairs offices or through political appointees. This trend has been especially pronounced in the federal government. We consider t h e s e restrictions a form of censorship – an attempt to control what the public is allowed to see and hear.” Examples of the trend, the letter states, include: • The New York Times ran a story last December on the soonto-be implemented ICD10 medical coding system, a massive change for the health care system that will affect the whole public. But the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), one of the federal agencies in charge of ICD-10, wouldn’t allow staff to talk to the reporter. • A reporter with Investigative Post, an online news organization in New York, asked three times without success over the span of six weeks to have someone at EPA answer questions about the agency’s actions regarding the city of Buffalo’s alleged mishandling of “universal waste” and hazardous waste. • A journalist with Reuters spent more than a month trying to get EPA’s public affairs office to approve him talking with an agency scientist about the effects of climate change. The public affairs officer did not respond to him after his initial request, nor did her supervisor, until the frustrated journalist went over their heads and contacted EPA’s chief of staff. Nor are these actions by federal agencies based on protecting information that in any way would harm national security. The information in the examples is about what the agencies are doing in response Lyons Channel 9 Health Fair, and general assistance to local residents. Lake Valley, a private club, offers 18 holes of championship golf. The Scramble (best ball) Tournament, which tees off at 7:30 a.m., offers great prizes, favor bags, hats, trophies, a country club luncheon, individual hole contests, free practice balls, Bronco Cheerleaders, and a great day of fun and golf. Space is limited to 32 teams, but you may sign up with less than four individuals and be placed with other golfers. Men’s, women’s and mixed teams are invited to participate. The cost is $100 per golfer. All profits fund the Lyons Lions philanthropic activities. So sign up today. Pick up your registration form at Clark’s Hardware, download your registration form at www.lyonsliving.com, or phone Lyons Club Golf Chairman, Ken Cinnamon at 303-823-6925 or 303-709-6022.
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to certain issues, problems, etc. within their purview. In some cases the federal agencies are playing a vindictive game. “In many cases, this is clearly being done to control what information journalists – and the audience they serve – have access to. A survey found 40 percent of public affairs officers admitted they blocked certain reporters because they did not like what they wrote,” the letter said. It also pointed out that, before the George W. Bush presidency, the situation used to be quite different. “In prior years, reporters walked the halls of agencies and called staff people at will. Only in the past two administrations have media access controls been tightened at most agencies. Under this administration, even nondefense agencies have asserted in writing their power to prohibit contact with journalists without surveillance.
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Meanwhile, agency personnel are free to speak to others – lobbyists, special-interest representatives, people with money – without these controls and without public oversight.” The letter suggests that Obama issue a clear directive encouraging federal employees to talk directly to reporters, and that he create an ombudsman position to monitor and enforce “transparency” in federal government and giving the public the “unvarnished truth about its workings.” Transparency in government is essential to a functionally healthy representative republic. Translucency may be politically desirable for those in office, but it leads to dysfunction, deceit and ultimately, despotism. We all should support this letter by sending our own letters, emails, tweets, etc. and just telling Obama we agree with this one. To do less is to allow government to rob us of the vision news media provide, vision we need in order to govern ourselves at local, state and national levels. Richard A. Joyce is an associate professor in the mass communications department at Colorado State University-Pueblo. He is an awardwinning journalist who served as managing editor, and subsequently editor and general manager of the Cañon City Daily Record from 1988 to 1994. The opinions he expresses in this column are strictly his own, and do not represent in any way the views of anyone else at the Redstone Review or at Colorado State University-Pueblo. He can be reached at phase15@mac.com.
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INTEREST Flood insurance falls short for many homeowners with flood damage By Meg Waters Redstone Review LYONS – Many of the homeowners whose houses were badly damaged in last year’s flood had purchased flood insurance through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). You might expect that to mean they would receive plenty of money to repair the flood damage – but you might be wrong. Many homeowners in the Lyons area believe their flood insurance settlement is well below the amount they deserve. In some cases, the homeowners didn’t understand exactly what their policy covered. In other cases, the problem stems from sloppy work by flood insurance claims adjusters. After the flood, when homeowners began filing flood insurance claims, the NFIP sent certified adjusters to Colorado to determine the extent of the damage and the cost of rebuilding. “I think that about 70 to 80 percent of National Flood claims are done close to right,” says David Charles, an insurance adjuster and claims consultant who serves as an expert witness in flood insurance cases across the country. “But the 20 to 30 percent that aren’t done right have problems, and the upper 5 percent are egregiously underpaid.” The discrepancies between what people should receive and what they’re offered in settlement have a variety of causes. One is that the program for certifying NFIP adjusters is not rigorous. “Experience is everything in this,” Charles says. “The National Flood adjusters have varying levels of expertise and understanding of what’s
covered under a flood policy. Certification means you have to go to a one-day seminar every year. And if you look at a large number of their estimates, there’s often a broad spectrum of things they missed.” Another issue is that even for the construction needs the adjusters identify, their prices may be off. “One of the
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biggest things we’re seeing in this case is that they’re using computer programs to get prices that are way too low for the Boulder area,” Charles says. “It’s much more expensive to build there. And we’re not talking about building on a vacant lot. This is reconstructing a house that’s partially torn apart, that might have two feet of mud throughout it. You can’t find numbers for that in a book.” One Lyons resident who asked to remain anonymous received a settlement offer that left him “pretty shocked.”
LCF awards latest round of Rebuild Lyons Grants and announces annual grant cycle By Kristen Bruckner Redstone Review LYONS – The work of the Lyons Community Foundation continues on with its dual mission of flood recovery efforts and its longtime support of projects that support the overall quality of life in the greater Lyons area. The LCF kicks off its seventh annual granting cycling with applications being accepted beginning on August 1. Examples of projects supported in the past include garden and ecology projects, public art, enrichment programming in the schools, and humanitarian support including the Lyons Food Pantry. To be considered for a grant or to donate to this important work, please see www. Lyons CF. org. The deadline for this application cycle is September 5, 2014. The Community Foundation welcomes the participation of community members who wish to serve on the Grants Review Committee, which is separate from LCF’s Advisory Board. Being a grant reviewer is a fun way to learn about some of the important efforts going on in Lyons and to get involved in the Foundation’s granting process. If you wish to be considered for the Grants Review Committee, please submit the application form that can be accessed on the LCF website, www. Lyons CF. org. Applications to serve on the Grants Review Committee will be accepted starting August 1 and must be submitted by August 29, 2014. Rebuild Lyons, the branch of LCF dedicated to flood
recovery and the ability of the greater Lyons area to thrive long-term, continues to award funding on a revolving basis. The latest round of funding was recently announced and included over $50,000 in supported programs. Examples of projects receiving money included: the Lyons Ecology Board to begin improvements on Main Street; the Sustainable Futures Commission to continue the Lyons Community Cleanup Day; Pinewood Springs Fire Protection District to help restore Crescent Lake, a major source of fighting fires in Pinewood; and the Town of Lyons Flood Information and Visitors Center to augment communications and staffing at the visitors center. All of these programs contribute to the beautification, enhancement of safety, and physical restoration of Lyons post-flood. The Lyons Community Foundation exists to improve the quality of life and build a culture of giving in the greater Lyons area. The work relies on the donations and support of volunteers and community members. There are several fund raising events coming up in the next few weeks including the Rebecca Folsom concert “Under the Stars at Riverbend” on August 5. For more information on any LCF work or events, or to donate, visit www. Lyons CF. org, email info @ lyons CF. org or call 720-29LYONS. Kristen Bruckner is on the Lyons Community Foundation Communications Committee and writes columns for the LF. She lives in Lyons.
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The offer was for less than 30 percent of the amount of flood insurance coverage he’d purchased. His home had very heavy damage, and he says that as soon as he was allowed back into town, his NFIP adjuster showed up. “When the adjuster came by, the house was full of mud,” he says. A few days later he received the adjuster’s estimate. It was rife with errors. Some of the square footage numbers were incorrect. Some of the quality of materials were incorrect – for example, the estimate listed laminate flooring in rooms that had 3/4-inch solid oak. Worse, because of the mud, “they couldn’t really see the extent of damage to the foundation,” the homeowner says. “And the whole house shifted, so the roof structure was damaged.” The NFIP adjuster didn’t catch that either. The prices that the adjuster listed for repairs were also a problem. The homeowner hired a local contractor to estimate what it would actually cost to repair the house, based on the items the adjuster had identified as needing repair. The contractor’s figure was 135 percent more than the NFIP settlement amount. This homeowner took matters into his own hands, investing more than 100 hours of his own time in identifying problems the adjuster had missed. “What it took was me going in there with a fine-toothed comb and tape measure,” he says. He filed a supplemental claim with the NFIP, and as a result he received a second settlement amount. The total is still less than he expects to need to repair his home, but the supplemental claim amount increased his overall NFIP settlement by nearly three-quarters. Continue Insurance on Page 15
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Golden Gang LYONS – Members of the Lyons Golden Gang are attending church dinners, free to all Lyons Seniors. Please call 303-8236771 to RSVP as seating is limited. Lyons Community Church is hosting on Monday, July 21 at 5:30 p.m. LDS Church is hosting on Tuesday, July 29 at 5:30 p.m. August dinners will be Monday, August 18 at 5:30 p.m. and Tuesday, August 26 at 5:30 p.m. Continue Briefs on Page 14
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NATURE My dog eats everything! The potential complications of ingesting a foreign body By Danielle Huval, DVM Redstone Review LONGMONT – We have all heard the stories about dogs eating inedible objects or making something that may have been edible a big problem by swallowing it whole. There are stories about dogs ingesting toys, rubber duckies, squeakers, underwear, feminine products, glass, bedding, and more. In the veterinary world, we call these items gastrointestinal foreign bodies. Sometimes the ingestion of a foreign body can lead to a surgical emergency, while other times it turns into a 3 a.m. wake up call with vomit on the carpet. It is not always possible to prevent a foreign body ingestion, but finding your dog’s weaknesses and avoiding temptation can go a long way. Some dogs just love to chew on hard plastic, while others destroy and eat plastic objects to deal with boredom or anxiety. I used to joke about my own dog’s rainbow colored poop in the backyard, from the colorful plastic she ate. Yes, sometimes your dog will pass the seemingly impassible. Speaking from experience though, every time your dog ingests plastic, it becomes a gamble for a potential foreign body obstruction. Other concerns are hard teething-type dog chews, compressed food bones, actual bones, and rawhides. In general, these objects are digestible, but how your dog chews on them, if he or she chews at all, can have a great impact. These digestible
foreign bodies can become lodged in your dog’s esophagus, stomach, or small intestine. It is possible for a dog that has never had an issue ingesting these treats to suddenly develop an obstruction. The best advice is to avoid these products. If you must give them to your pet because he or she has to chew to keep busy, make sure to closely supervise them and be aware there is always a risk. There are a lot of other potential foreign bodies out there that one day a dog may find particularly enjoyable. In the case of an accidental ingestion of something inedible, make sure you call your veterinarian immediately. If the object is soft, like a sock, the recommendation may be to induce vomiting. If it is hard, like a bone, and it does not become lodged in the esophagus, the recommendation may be to wait it out. An esophageal foreign body is best treated as quickly as possible with endoscopy. A pet with a stomach and / or intestinal obstruction tends to vomit frequently, and may try to eat or drink but generally cannot keep it down. Many people think because the dog is drinking, it is staying hydrated. This is often not the case. Most pets with a foreign body obstruction are dehydrated, in pain, and in need of hospitalization and IV fluids in the emergency clinic. X-rays to look for the obstruction are the next step. Unfortunately, not all objects are visible with x-rays and a partial obstruction will
not give us the obstructive signs we are looking for. This does not mean the problem does not exist. For a suspected foreign body, we recommend IV fluids, repeat x-rays, and often an abdominal ultrasound. In some cases, the first x-rays alone are enough for us to recommend surgery. A foreign body can cause damage to the intestinal wall as the intestines w i l l repeatedly try to move the object along. If the object becomes lodged, an abdominal exploratory surgery is often necessary. Best-case scenario, the object is removed with a simple incision into the stomach or intestines. Worst-case scenario, the object has perforated the bowel and caused intestinal contents to leak into the abdomen. This creates a severe abdominal infection, which can lead to sepsis (a blood infection) and death. After surgery for a foreign body obstruction, the next three to five days are critical. As the intestines heal, they are weaker and leakage may occur at the incision site. Fortunately, most dogs recover quickly and are eating normally
by the time they leave the hospital. Other possible complications include strictures at the surgery site, abdominal adhesions, and even chronic diarrhea. When our pets consume foreign objects, a lot can happen. In the event of your dog eating an inedible object, call your veterinarian, so you know the potential risks and can seek
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A day in the life of small critters at the Greenwood Wildlife Center By Jenny Bryant Redstone Review LONGMONT – Ever wonder what goes on at a wildlife rehabilitation center? Here’s a snapshot of an average summer day at Greenwood. Believe you, me. There’s no time for thumb twiddling. At 7 a.m., staff, volunteers and Bryant interns, 22 to be exact, begin arriving to tend to Greenwood’s 400+ songbird and small mammal patients. Lights flicker on and birds start chirping, their cue that their day has begun. Blenders whir as formula is prepared. Mammal critters stir as they sense our presence. Did the little nestling sparrow make it through the night? Are the raccoons in Cage 5 gaining weight as they should? Do we need to order more worms? Can we move the phoebes to outside aviaries today? These are just a fraction of the questions we begin to address as the process of feeding and caring for our wild patients starts to kick into high gear. Well over 1,000 diets are prepared as many of our patients are fed multiple times throughout Yes. We are way too cute. the day: worms, fruit, greens, fish, ground meat and special formulas will start making their way out of the kitchen. At 8:30 a.m. the front desk receptionist arrives to start checking messages and returning phone calls. Ten to 15 emergency messages are usually waiting, and even though we don’t open until 9 a.m., the phone will start ringing at a steady pace. Except for a brief, mid-afternoon
lull, the phone will ring steadily throughout the day. At 9 a.m. the doors open and the animals start arriving. Three or four good citizens show up within the hour with injured animals they’ve kept overnight. Two volunteers can’t make it for their shift later in the day, so replacements need to be found, stat. Three washing machines are already running full loads, and they’ll keep running full loads well into the evening. At noon it’s time for the front desk to check voicemail again. If we get too many calls at once, which happens frequently, callers are sent directly to voicemail. We average about 40 calls per hour! Animal intakes ebb and flow throughout the day, but the phone is a constant. Second shift volunteers and interns arrive at the center, and an intern calls in sick for her night shift – time to hit the crisis list again to find a replacement. Our volunteers and interns commit to five-hour shifts as we operate similarly to an emergency room. Some of our orphan patients require hand-feeding every half hour from dawn until dusk! There’s also a goose that needs transport for an X-ray, three bunnies who need to be transferred to a home rehabilitator, and a good Samaritan who has rescued an injured bird, but has no way to bring the Know where to go bird to Greenwood. before an At 4 p.m. the front door is locked, the emergency occurs! front gate is closed, but the phone keeps Thank you for choosing… ringing. Evening staff begin arriving and animal care debriefing begins. Front desk and administrative help leave for the day, and the waterfowl • 24-Hour Veterinary Facility nursery prepares to close down for the • Emergency & Critical Care night, but the third • Surgery shift in mammals and • Internal Medicine birds is just beginning. Third-shift volunteers Visit our “green” facility and interns will start at 104 S. Main St. in Longmont. arriving in an hour. 303-678-8844 At 9 p.m. lights are www.AspenMeadowVet.com turned out in the bird
nursery and ICU, as we trigger their circadian rhythms to slow down their metabolisms to go to sleep. At this point, half of Greenwood has shut down for the night. At 11 p.m. the mammal care staff, volunteers and interns make one last round throughout the facility, turning off lights, ensuring heating pads and heat lamps are on, locking doors and outside caging, and giving raccoons their late night enrichment, as their day is just beginning. Jenny Bryant is the Volunteer & Outreach Manager at Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, which cares for more than 2,300 mammals and songbirds along the Front Range, on average, per year. Greenwood also offers education programs for children and adults of all ages. Visit www.greenwoodwildlife.org to learn more.
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CONTACT Little Thompson report blames downstream damage on rain intensity, not failed dams By Carol Devenir Redstone Review PINEWOOD – After months of study, the Colorado Division of Water Resources (DWR) has released its final report on the relaDevenir tionship of the September Big Elk Meadows (BEM) dam failures and downstream flooding on the Little Thompson River. Lyons area residents contacted DWR’s Dam Safety Branch in February, concerned that failure of the five BEM dams caused surges and destruction in the X Bar 7 Ranch area, 13 miles downstream of Big Elk Meadows. At least two homes were lost, in addition to the Lyons Fire District’s Station #2, and others suffered damage. Deidre Daly, an area resident and member of the Little Thompson Watershed Restoration Coalition (LTRWRC), said 600 homes downstream of the failed dams were affected, all either located on the Little Thompson or accessed by crossing the river. Bill McCormick, Chief of the Dam Safety Branch, and other DWR staff visited the area as part of the study. Over 100 concerned citizens attended a meeting in Lyons on March 29 organized by the LTRWRC, where they spoke with DWR and other flood-related agencies staff. The Report of September 2013 Little Thompson River Flooding and Big Elk Meadows Dam Failures concludes that
damages observed resulted from the “volume and erosive power of the river,” and that the dam failures “did not cause incremental damages in the downstream channel.” Possible causes of the destruction, which were not explained with the State’s modeling, include stream bank saturation and erosion, channel migration, and debris dams (mainly trees, mud and rock) which subsequently broke free. The report acknowledges the flood as “a complex disaster from almost every aspect.” The study’s team of geologists, hydrologists, and civil engineers determined that the small dams met their design standards, which are based on surviving a 100-year storm. September’s storm has been called a 500- to 1000-year event. Tom Lewis and his wife lived through the flood trapped in their home, watching events unfold hour by hour. He said they were inside when an “unimaginable surge of water came though at 3 a.m. on Friday the 13, which tore off the west and south sides of the house, accompanied by the sound of all the windows shattering.” “I can’t argue with the study’s conclusions,” Lewis said, “but based on what I lived through, it sure didn’t look like that to me. I understand a local geologist said we’re now seeing rocks that haven’t seen daylight in 10,000 years. What used to be a gently sloping pasture now has more than six feet of soil missing. Many trees were washed away. Most of the remaining cottonwoods and willows are standing in three to 10 feet of silt.” While the 2013 flood is the largest event in recorded history on the Little
Before the flood: The Campassi residence on County Road 37E. The land slopes gently down to the Little Thompson River, 200 to 300 feet away, where bright green aspen trees are visible in the distance. PHOTO COURTESY OF KIM CAMPASSI After the flood: The evergreen tree on the left is the one farthest right in the before photo. The river carried five acres of land downstream and shifted its bed 200 to 300 feet towards where the house formerly stood. It now flows below what was the Campassi’s kitchen. Both photos look west, towards Pinewood Springs. PHOTO BY BILL MCCORMICK Thompson River watershed, three other extreme events have been documented since 1969. The previous record event was the May 1969 Big Elk Meadows flood. The study found higher peak discharges in 2013 (1599 cfs in the X Bar 7 area) mainly because most of the rain fell over 12 to 18 hours, compared with a slower rate of rainfall over three days during the 1969 flood. The report acknowledges the input and cooperation of residents of the Big Elk Meadows Association, the X Bar 7 Ranch area community and members of the Little Thompson River Watershed Restoration Coalition who were directly impacted by this disaster. It also notes that inquiries and concerns from Little Thompson area residents prompted a reorganization of DWR priorities, advancing the timing of the Little Thompson / BEM study. Dam Safety Chief McCormick said that after Hazard Classification and Hydrology Studies, the BEM Association will restore all five dams to original condition, with no enlargement of the dams or reservoirs. The five dams provide water to 160 residential lots in Big Elk Meadows, including approximately 50 full-time residences. “They will all be designed and constructed with modern
dam engineering standards, and will all be subject to our regulation and inspection program,” he said. Previously only one of the dams was part of the regular inspection program. After a two-to-threemonth review process for the plans and specifications, reconstruction will begin. “The risk of the dams will be lower than it was previously,” McCormick said. “After all that has happened at Big Elk Meadows, those owners are much more aware, and we will continue to work to make that better.” “We know that global warming is the underlying cause,” Lewis said. “This could happen again. We need to find solutions to mitigate the effects of future events.” McCormick expressed appreciation for the Lyons area residents and commented, “As with fire-burned areas and beetle kill areas, this floodplain will look different for the next generation, but there is a certain beauty inherent to the Colorado mountains and the people who live there that will never go away.” The report and related documents are available on line at http: / / water. state. co. us / Surface Water / floodinfo / Pages / floodinfo. aspx. That site will also include information on the review process for the Big Elk Meadows dams when it is available.
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Housing site alternatives explored by HRTF By Amy Reinhold Redstone Review LYONS – Graduate students from a class with Carrie Makarewicz and Andrew Rumbach of the College of Architecture and Planning at the University of Colorado, Denver, are assisting the Town of Lyons and the volunteer Lyons Housing Recovery Task Force (HRTF) to create a housing site alternatives analysis and a public engagement plan for Lyons. Also by early August, the town should have hired a housing coordinator with grant money distributed by the Colorado Department of Local Affairs. This new housing coordinator will work directly for the Town of Lyons and will be responsible for coordinating with a housing site study of town-owned parcels for new flood replacement housing sites, with the master developer that wins the bid for developing new housing, and with the Lyons HRTF volunteers, which the Board of Trustees has requested should assist with public engagement. The consultants will conduct a housing site study of all town-owned parcels, including a suggested land swap with the St. Vrain Valley School District for the current practice fields, in exchange for other adjacent park / recreational land that the town owns. As a prerequisite for the Town of Lyons requesting the
$2.4 million for the first round of the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBGDR) funds, the town needs to have potential housing parcels under control. After the grants are distributed, whatever amount Lyons is granted for housing recovery must be spent within two years, or it is lost. The Board of Trustees directed the town staff to hire a team of professional consultants to conduct the necessary detailed predevelopment analysis of parcels. The trustees voted to select parcels for the analysis that are currently owned by the town, focusing on the current dog park, the parcel south of the dog park, and other parts of Bohn Park that are not in the floodplain. The St. Vrain Valley School District-owned parcel where the ball fields are currently located was also listed as a possibility for a swap with other town-owned parcels. For more background on the housing recovery decisions made by the Board of Trustees, see www.lyonsrecovery.com/housing-task-force.html. Public engagement plan – The CU Denver graduate students’ public engagement plan will give the board and the HRTF some ideas to consider for public engagement, including identifying the wide range of stakeholders in Lyons who are concerned about new replacement housing for displaced residents and homeowners in the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program buyout. The HRTF
Documentary on Smart Meters and EMF to be shown at Lyons Cinema By Prescott Knock Redstone Review PINEWOOD SPRINGS – In our effort to help bring more awareness to the issues of smart meters and electromagnetic frequencies, the local grass-roots organization, the Lyons Smart Meter and EMF Awareness Group, will be showing the award winning documentary, Take Back Your Power: Investigating the “Smart” Grid by Josh del Sol at the Lyons Cinema, 442 High St., (around the west side of the Stone Cup) on Aug. 22 at 7:15 p.m.. There will be time for discussion at 9 p.m.. Donations are much appreciated to help cover the costs of the cinema rental and to the film makers. DVD copies will be available for sale at cost. We will be joined for the discussion by Cathee Courter and Peter MacGill who are highly informed on these subjects and will be happy to answer questions. They have measured and mitigated electromagnetic fields (EMFs) for clients for a
decade, www.weness.org. Also available will be Richard Lear, co-founder and chairman of GreenWave International, www.greenwavefilters.com, which offers clean electricity solutions to consumers and businesses. In 2006, Lear began researching the impacts of electromagnetic fields on health, including dirty electricity. He has penned more than a dozen articles on the subject and is currently writing a book called Black Swan, which explores the environmental connection with the unexplained explosion of the diseases of civilization since the mid-1980s: cancer; heart disease; Alzheimer’s and other neurological disorders; diabetes; ADD / ADHD; and autoimmune disease. This is an opportunity to watch a highly acclaimed documentary film that addresses the issues of electromagnetic frequencies, which affect everyone who utilizes electricity. Please join the community discussion about these technologies at the Lyons Cinema.
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Dinner/Lunch delivered to your seat at the Park Theatre ESTES PARK – Did you know that you can now get lunch or dinner delivered to you at your seat in the theatre? The historic Park Theatre, 130 Moraine Ave. in Estes Park, has a food and liquor license since it is combined with the Park Theatre Café. You can chose from the favorite classic Reuben, Rocky Turkey Reuben or 3 Fugitives BLT sandwiches, or go for the lighter Mamma Mia Greek salad or the amazing Molly Brown chicken salad. We also have amazing shakes, croissants, cinnamon rolls, and pie. So have your next meal delivered to you in the historic Park Theatre while enjoying a refreshing soda, or even a cold beer, glass of wine or your favorite mixed drink with the movie. For information call 970-586-8904 or go to www. historic park theatre.com.
Lyons youth summer events LYONS – Lyons Youth Summer Series is now set up for young people to help with town cleanup and rebuilding projects. Lyons youth volunteer leaders will be on board for the afternoon to guide Summer Series participants through a volunteer opportunity. Each event will include yoga, mindfulness, lunch and a community rebuilding project. The projects will run from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., July 15 to July 22. Pick up and drop off will be at Sandstone Park. RSVP or for more info: Contact Adriana Blacker at Youth @ town of lyons. com OR 303-823-8250, ext. 16. If your child has not yet participated in a Summer Series event, please send them with a
JULY 16 / AUGUST 13, 2014 will report to the town board at the July 21 Board of Trustees meeting, 7 p.m. at Lyons Town Hall. Site alternatives analysis The CU Denver graduate students also will create a site alternatives analysis to illustrate potential housing configurations and access patterns on the proposed sites, keeping in mind locations, access, and housing types that have the least impact on surrounding neighborhoods and other resident concerns. This informal plan will supplement the professional housing site study expected by the hired consultant team later in the summer. The graduate class will present the site alternatives analysis to the HRTF on July 29, 6 to 8 p.m. at Lyons Town Hall. As public engagement regarding housing recovery unfolds, the HRTF wants to emphasize again that the process is a transparent and open forum for the whole town to participate in. The decisions are difficult and complex, requiring extensive research and analysis. The public input received will help the Board of Trustees make the best decisions about housing recovery. The ultimate goal is for the Board of Trustees to pursue a plan that ensures that Lyons thrives in a sustainable, prosperous manner. Amy Reinholds is a member of the Lyons Housing Recovery Task Force. She and her husband, Caleb Roberts, have lived in Lyons for 11 years and in the surrounding Lyons area since 1995. She is a technical writer for IBM and a former reporter and freelance writer for the Colorado Daily and the Boulder Daily Camera.
BOT Continued from Page 1 be held up for the county to try to strike a deal with Lyons for honoring the Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA). “The county hears that loud and clear,” said Shannon, adding that the county had no intention of doing that. It is possible that the county believes that there is a trust issue between Lyons and Boulder County. The county representatives told the BOT that the 14 homes eligible for the 404 buyout were all substantially damaged and they consist of about 51 acres. Greenberg was also concerned about the possibility of putting in some services such as sewer and waste water for Apple Valley residents through land that would become open space. Shannon said that the land could not be used for building structures but there was no provision preventing the open space land from being used for infrastructure (water, sewer, electric) lines across the property. She said that some of the open space land would be used for flood control or flood mitigation in some areas. Rosi Dennett, Lyons planner, told the BOT that about 34 home owners were serious about getting the 404 buyout for
participation waiver or drop one off at Town Hall prior to the event. Lyons Youth Volunteers – Thanks to a grant from the Lyons Community Foundation, the Town Of Lyons was able to hire two part-time employees to supervise youth engaged in volunteer projects throughout the rest of the summer. Volunteer projects will give youths an opportunity to give back to their community in a meaningful way, while contributing to the clean up of their town. Young people ages 12 and older are invited to show up every Wednesday and Saturday, from July 9 through August, at 9 a.m. at the Lyons Depot (former home of the Lyons Depot Library). Please bring water and sunscreen; lunch will be provided. Sign up at lyonsvolunteers.org For any questions contact Jeremy Matsen at lyonsvolunteersyouth@gmail.com, or at 303-823-6622, ext. 28.
Events planned for the first anniversary of the flood LYONS –Local artist and resident, Sally Truitt, will be the coordinator for the events and ceremonies planned for the commemoration of the 2013 flood to be held in September 2014. Truitt has extensive experience in event production, communications and social media. She will be working closely with Mayor John O’Brien, Jacque Watson and Administrator Victoria Simonsen to plan the events. “The goal will be to help create a unified, clear, and dynamic presentation of all equally important events around the anniversary, so that the town can celebrate the many successes throughout this trying time and create a sense of resilience moving forward,” said Truitt. For more information, contact Truitt at 303-588-3683 or sassytruitt@me.com.
their substantially flood damaged homes. She said that the top priority for homeowners wanting the buyout are the homes in the flood way, the second priority homes are those homes that are substantially damaged and the next priority homes are the those adjacent to the homes that are getting sold. “We still have some money for elevations (raising homes onto higher foundations),” she said. Gary Berngard, the Lyons wastewater plant project manager for Honeywell International Inc., told the BOT that a grand opening for the wastewater treatment plant will be held on July 24 at 4 p.m. Contact the town Hall for more information at 303-823-6622. Berngard went on to say that the town got some money from the town’s insurance company and the Colorado Department of Local Affairs, DOLA, gave Lyons a $1 million grant to build the new sewer plant. The town’s insurance company gave Lyons $270,000 to complete short-term repairs and to get the plant back on line. The BOT approved Berngard’s request to give Administrator Victoria Simonsen the authority to use the insurance money to cover some of the cost of the repairs to the wastewater / sewer plant.
Zalman Continued from Page 2 stand, and then to embody his teachings in the way he actually led the davvening. So it was no surprise to me that after Heschel died, Zalman became the de facto leader (or perhaps co-leader with Shlomo Carlebach) for all those Jews seeking a spiritually alive Judaism. To develop that approach more fully than he could in academia (he had been teaching at a college in Philadelphia), Zalman helped create the Aquarian Minyan in Berkeley, and then in Philadelphia he developed B’ney Or with its attempts to spread the kind of spiritual vision he had developed. When he began ordaining rabbis as part of the new Jewish Renewal movement he was creating, he insisted that we observe the mitzvot, particularly those regarding personal status (birth, marriage, conversion to Judaism, and death). He wanted to be sure that his ordinations were recognized in Israel and in the orthodox communities of the U.S. in order to ensure that he wasn’t participating in further splitting the Jewish people. Zalman quickly became a champion of women’s voices and the centrality of women’s experience and wisdom in Judaism, and not long later a champion of equality of treatment for homosexuals in Judaism. He was in the vanguard of giving rabbinic ordination to women and gays. Zalman was a founding member of the Editorial Board of Tikkun magazine, which was and is the only national magazine that actively identifies with the Jewish Renewal movement. Tikkun became the one Jewish publication that he could count on to print his prayers, his translation of psalms, his own essays, and to promote many of those to whom he had given smicka (rabbinic ordination).
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A&E Continued from Page 9 grow up will transport you into J.M. Barrie's beloved tale of lost boys, pirate rogues and a mischievous fairy named Tinkerbell. A truly magical experience awaits. The show runs through August 24. For more information please call 970-744-3747 or go to www.coloradocandlelight.com. DENVER Dale Chihuly’s glass sculpture is now at the Denver Botanic Gardens until November 30, 2014. Don’t miss this show and plan to see it twice, once during the day and once at night to see the glass all lit up. Denver Botanic Gardens presents the Rocky Mountain Region's first major outdoor exhibition of artwork by celebrated American artist, Dale Chihuly. Chihuly's sculptures – ranging in size and form – add bold colors and dramatic beauty to the Gardens' 24-acre urban oasis.
Tumbledown Continued from Page 4 James Candler’s lifelong friend Billy Atlas shows up and the two couldn’t be more different. Billy drives a dilapidated car, has just ended a three-year career in a convenience store and wants to date a girl, “any girl.” He is the vehicle for the reader to see more deeply into Candler’s life and past. He has lost his older brother, Pook, a sensitive artist, to suicide. Candler puts Billy in charge of the therapeutic program and Candler begins to see that, like the clients he helps treat, he leads a tumbledown life full of unresolved issues. He figures out that a big, empty house with an underwater mortgage, a fast car he doesn’t really like and even a beautiful, sexually adventurous stalker who works in a lingerie store don’t always add up to a sum of contentment. As the youths stumble through the days and make progress in their personal growth, Candler begins to identify his own challenges and sharpen the vision he brings to his own life. Robert Boswell’s seventh novel is rich
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Chihuly is credited with revolutionizing the Studio Glass movement and elevating the perception of the glass medium from the realm of craft to fine art. He is renowned for ambitious architectural installations around the world, in historic cities, museums and gardens. The Botanic Gardens are at 1007 York St. in Denver. Until Sept. 28 hours are from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Last entry is at 8 p.m.; grounds close at 9 p.m. Early closures occur throughout the summer. Please check the schedule before your visit. For more information, call 720-865-4336.
September 7. Set against the steamy backdrop of New Orleans’ gritty French Quarter, Tennessee Williams’ 1947 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama tells the story of Blanche Dubois, a faded Southern belle driven to madness by her animalistic brother-in-law, Stanley Kowalski. Taking refuge from her crumbling past, the fragile yet determined Blanche arrives unexpectedly at her married sister Stella’s doorstep, hoping for a better life and restoration of her senses. Directed by Craig Bond, the cast is comprised of Haley Johnson as Blanche, Kelly Uhlenhopp as Stella, Kurt Brighton as Stanley and Patrick Collins as Mitch. For information please call 303-856-7830 or go to www.vintagetheatre.com
AURORA Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St. in Aurora, presents A Streetcar Named Desire July 18 through
MinTze Wu is the musical director of the Sounds of Lyons. She lives in Taipei, Taiwan with her husband Jem and two daughters. She can be reached at mintzewu@hotmail.com.
with detail and a modern day expression of personal growth. Best of all, it’s based on the author’s experience. “I was a counselor before I was a writer, and those clients of mine haunted me for many years. Tumbledown is an attempt to do right by them, to tell a story that isn’t exactly their story and isn’t exactly my story but one that captures something of both. For ten years, I lived with these characters, trying hard to do justice to their lives,” he says. To meet Robert Boswell and hear him read from Tumbledown visit the Tattered Cover on Colfax Avenue on Sept. 23 at 7:30 p.m. For more information, go to www.tatteredcover.com. Andi Gregory Pearson wrote her first short story at the age of seven and, despite requests to do so, she has not quit writing since then. She spends a great deal of time reading and writes a monthly book review for the Denver Post YourHub. Her website is www.andipearson.com. She and her husband have a cabin in the greater Lyons area.
Insurance Continued from Page 11 Boulder County has engaged David Charles to review some other homeowners’ initial settlement offers and help them put together supplemental claims. The process is very specific, and each step must progress exactly according to NFIP requirements, from verbiage to the software used to submit the claim. “You have to turn in an estimate that’s done exactly the way they want to see it,” Charles says. For example, the estimates have to be broken down room by room. “If you have to replace sheetrock in 10 rooms, you have to write sheetrock estimates in 10 different places,” he says. Charles is confident that most of these homeowners will get more money from the NFIP as a result of his efforts. “It all comes down to how you document it,” he says. It’s a shame that homeowners already suffering from flood fatigue end up having to haggle to get settlements from the NFIP that are even somewhat reasonable. “Most of the adjusters are sympathetic to homeowners,” Charles says. “It’s a miserable job;
they’re worked like dogs. But it’s still their responsibility to do the right thing.” To support his efforts to get more money for Lyons-area homeowners, Charles is working to pull together a group of local contractors who agree that NFIP prices tend to be too low for Boulder County. “It’s important that we get a number of solid, reputable contractors in the area who will fight with us, so that it’s not just me saying a price isn’t enough,” he says. “We need the contractors who live and work here to say, ‘This is what the market price is. It’s not a fantasy price out of a book; it’s the prevailing price in the market right now.’” Any contractor who would like to participate can email David Charles at dcharles@masterclaimsllc.com. Meg Waters is editor-in-chief of the digital business magazine Treasury & Risk. She lives in the Lyons area with her family and serves as a commissioner on the town’s newly formed Human Services and Aging Commission. You can reach her at hhs@megwaters.com.
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