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B •R •I •E •F •S Lyons celebrates its 125-year anniversary LYONS – The Town of Lyons was founded by E.S. Lyon on April 19, 1880. On April 6, 1891 the town was incorporated.

The Historical Society president LaVern Johnson is making plans for the celebration. A commemorative event will take place on April 4 at 5:30 p.m. at the Lyons Town Hall.

The event will open with live music, tours of the Lyons Depot, speeches by Mayor O’Brien and Mayor Pro Tem Connie Sullivan, history and poetry readings by LaVern Johnson, presentations of commemorative gifts and more.

The Historical Society / Redstone Museum is asking the schools, various organizations and individuals to contact them with ideas or stories to include in future events.

Additional memorabilia will soon be available and additional events will take place at the museum at Good Old Days in June.

Johnson is making a collector’s envelope that will be stamped at the Post Office with the date. Artist Ruth Wilson will sketch the old schoolhouse and Main Street on the commemorative envelope.

Souvenirs will be available at the museum, town businesses and the visitors’ center. For information, contact LaVern Johnson at lavern21@aol.com or 303-823-5925.

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“You lookin’ at ME?” This mountain lion was one of many tagged and radio-collared for a recent study in the Lyons area. CPW biologist Levi Rummel took this picture early in March at Hall Ranch Open Space here in Lyons.

Housing workshop and Highland Ditch Diversion structure were discussed at Board of Trustees meeting

By Susan de Castro McCann Redstone Review Editor LYONS – At a workshop before the March 7 Lyons Town Board meeting, Cody Humphrey, Housing Recovery Coordinator, gave a power point presentation on possible strategies and policies for affordable housing in Lyons. The presentation was requested by the Lyons Board of Trustees (BOT), which asked the Special Housing Committee for a draft of strategies and policies for affordable housing. This has been a long time coming.

The Special Housing Committee was formed right after the vote failed for building housing units in Bohn Park. “I think they spent the first year or so trying to find projects to build (affordable housing) to answer those who were saying there must be a better way (instead of building housing in the park),” said Connie Sullivan, Mayor Pro Tem. “I think they found out how difficult that is to do, which we all knew. They found out that it was very challenging.” She added that the lack of available land made any affordable housing projects difficult.

After coming up with a way to build six Habitat for Humanity housing units on the former Valley Bank property, the Special Housing Committee, chaired by Justin Spencer, redirected its focus, at the urging of the BOT, to come up with some policies and strategies for the town board to consider on

affordable housing. The board wants to get these policies and procedures in place before the new board takes over on April 18.

The future of the Special Housing Committee seems uncertain. “It is my opinion that the new board (town board) would need to appoint (or reappoint) a new Special Housing Committee,” said Sullivan, who is running for mayor unopposed and will be the new mayor of Lyons.

The housing committee presented the BOT with a draft of an affordable housing policy framework with ten guidelines to meet the goal of making ten percent of all housing in Lyons to be affordable to people who make 60 percent of the area median income (under $48,000 for two people). To date no affordable housing structures have been built in Lyons since the flood.

At the regular board meeting, town engineer Jim Blankenship gave a report on the Highland Ditch Company diversion structure located downstream from the McConnell Bridge and behind the homes off of Second Avenue.

The diversion structure owned by the Highland Ditch Company was destroyed by the flood in 2013. The company rebuilt its diversion structure right after the flood and then applied to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for reimbursement for over $1 million. FEMA denied this request saying that the structure

was out of compliance. It is also out of compliance with the Town of Lyons codes and poses a danger and flood risk to the town.

FEMA told Highland that it had 120 days to bring the structure into compliance if it wanted to receive FEMA funding. FEMA also offered technical help if the ditch company chose to comply.

Blankenship reported that at a recent meeting with the ditch company, it was reported that FEMA had not sent Highland Ditch a formal notice yet as to when the 120-day clock would start ticking, so it is unknown when exact deadline is for the rebuild of the diversion structure.

At a recent meeting with Highland Ditch Sullivan said that it was not clear what the ditch company plans to do. “They have not informed anyone about what they are going to do; nothing is agreed on (as far as rebuilding the diversion structure),” said Sullivan.

Lyons is very keyed in on when and if the rebuild will take place because FEMA has warned Lyons that the town will lose its FEMA flood insurance if the diversion structure does not meet FEMA criteria and come into compliance with FEMA regulations.

FEMA told Highland Ditch that about eight items were out of compliance with FEMA regulations including the all important no-rise regulation whereby no structure can be built in the river that will create a rise during a flood. This structure has very high walls creating a steep drop to the water which is not in compliance with town codes. “It is unsafe the way it is built,” said Sullivan. “It is not safe for recreation and not fish friendly.”

The structure was originally built in 1870.

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LYONS O B I T U A RY Rex Reynolds Howe February 10, 1959 – March 1, 2016 Rex R. Howe, beloved husband and father, passed away peacefully on March 1, 2016, in Lyons, Colorado. He was the son of Bob and Irene Howe, born on February 10, 1959 in Redfield, Iowa. Rex leaves behind to cherish his memory his devoted wife, Deborah M. Howe; son, Hunter R. Howe; father and mother Bob and Irene Howe; sisters, Rachelle Pultrone and Rhonda (Bob) Rowden; and brother, Robbie (Kim) Howe; as well as many wonderful nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts, uncles, and friends.

Rex graduated from Newton High School, Iowa in 1977. In 2006, he received a Bachelor of Science degree in

Real Estate and Finance from the University of North Florida. An entrepreneur and a businessman, he managed and owned commercial properties and investments through HRH Holdings. He also brokered sales and leases with Easton, Sanderson and Company in Jacksonville, Florida for many years. After moving to Colorado in August of 2014 he began a work relationship with the Colorado Group in Boulder. He was excited about this new adventure.

Rex embraced all things: all sports, auto racing, running, hiking, cycling, boating, tournament fishing, hunting, and skiing. He thrived on competition.

He loved coaching Hunter and watching Hunter play sports. He challenged himself to complete multiple triathlons and to ultimately compete in an Ironman Triathlon. He could fix just about anything and enjoyed it. His love of auto rac-

ing is what brought him and Deborah together in 1988. Both the sound of the sea and the silence of the mountains made Rex who he was. The great outdoors is what ultimately lured him and Deborah to Colorado from Florida.

He could and would do all things – help, teach, support, build, clean, and give. He liked all people, rich millionaires, poor laborers, young kids, teenagers, everyone; no matter their position in life, they called Rex their friend and he treated them that way. His quiet Midwestern demeanor belied a great sense of humor and it was his quiet dependability that gave one the comfort of knowing his friendship was always there for you.

Memorial contributions in Rex’s memory may be made to the Brain Trauma Foundation at www.braintrauma.org.

A memorial service will be planned for a later date.

Lyons gets a medical equipment loan closet

By Meg Waters Redstone Review LYONS – If you’ve ever had a shortterm need for reusable medical equipment – such as crutches, a wheelchair, or perhaps a walker – then a medical equipment loan closet might sound like a Waters great idea.

Buying or renting expensive equipment doesn’t make a lot of sense for patients who may need it only for a matter of weeks. But when you’ve broken a leg or endured a surgery, you may seem to have limited options. In Lyons, a new option has just been added to the mix.

Local occupational therapist Andrea Buus, in association with the Town of Lyons’ Human Services and Aging Commission, has organized a medical equipment loan closet.

The equipment is stored in the basement of the Walt Self Community Building. But it is not available just to residents of Walt Self, nor only to

residents of Lyons. Anyone in the greater Lyons area who has a medical need can borrow equipment.

The first step is to contact Buus at 303-641-6950 or by email at lyonsloancloset@gmail.com. Let her know your needs, and she’ll determine whether the closet has the right equipment.

If it does, the next step is to sign a liability waiver. As an occupational therapist, Buus works to make sure all equipment is in proper working order. However, anyone who wants to check out a piece of equipment must agree not to hold the town, loan closet volunteers, or Boulder County Housing Authority (which owns the Walt Self building) liable in the event that anyone is injured while using or in possession of the equipment.

Once the waiver is signed, Buus will provide access to the equipment. She will also provide a deadline by which the equipment must be returned.

Anyone who would like to donate

clean and fully functional, reusable medical equipment to the loan closet – or non-reusable medical supplies, such as adult diapers, that are in their unopened original packaging – can also contact Buus at the phone number or email address above.

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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MAYOR’S CORNER What a two and a half years it has been

By John O’Brien, Mayor Redstone Review LYONS – In a few weeks Lyons will witness another orderly transition of its elected officials. On April O’Brien 18 my term as your mayor will end and Connie Sullivan’s new term as mayor will begin. Incidentally, I think the town is very fortunate to have so many qualified and selfless people running for Board of Trustee seats this year. I’m sure the right ones will be chosen.

What a two and a half years it has been.

In April 2014 we were seven months into the recovery from the horrendous floods of 2013. The new board dedicated itself to the recovery. At the time we did not know how long it would take to get us back to “normal” but we were willing to roll up our sleeves, spend countless hours on meetings, study, discussions and hard work to help make it happen. We started with many good wishes from our constituents and advice from many quarters as to where to start and where to go. Fortunately, we had the Lyons Recovery Action Plan (LRAP) as a guide. The LRAP had been developed in the December 2013 to

Block Grants (CDBG-DR), annexations, rezoning, leases and, of course, budgets.

The many hours dedicated to the 2015 February 2014 timeframe by a large swath and 2016 budgets were well spent disof Lyons area residents. cussing and agreeing on how the people’s In the last two years the Board of money should and would be spent for the Trustees passed 49 ordinances (the local good of the town, especially related to equivalent of a law at the state or federal flood recovery. Housing took a lot of level) and 274 resolutions. Many, perhaps time and the involvement of many local most, of the ordinances and resolutions residents dedicated to providing housing had to do with issues related to the issue for our neighbors who lost their homes of flood recovery. Several had to do with in the flood. This effort will continue as a large portion of the community continues to express a desire to have more “affordable” housing in Lyons.

We as a community, and I as your mayor, found that all selections and elections come down to people voting their self interest. I am a free-market capitalist and believe that self interest is a good thing; however, I tend to side PHOTO BY CATHY RIVERS with those philosophers who have espoused issues indirectly related to flood recovery enlightened self interest. It is closely such as retail marijuana and housing. We related to the Golden Rule, which says also covered such topics as planning that we should act toward others as we processes, Community Development would like to have them act toward us. If

we remember this in all aspects of our public and private lives, we would all be better off.

I want to thank my bosses, the residents of Lyons who voted for me… and those who did not. Also I want thank my fellow trustees who have formed a good team to help further the “public health, safety, security and general wellbeing” of our town. Many thanks to the town staff led

by Town Administrator Victoria Simonsen, who devotes many hours every day to making life better for all of us.

Simonsen and her staff, who normally work with a general fund budget of just over $1 million a year, now are managing approximately $85 million in recovery grants. We are well served by having Victoria’s staff including: Jacque Watson, Kyle Miller, Tony Cavalier, Deb Anthony, Joe Kubala, Jim Blankenship and the folks who work with them to serve the community.

We are on our way to recovery, but we may have another two years or so to be totally recovered. Thanks for your patience. It will be worth the effort.

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.

Lyons Community Garage Sale and Cleanup Day comes in May

By Dawn Weller Redstone Review LYONS – It’s time to start planning for the annual Lyons Community Garage Sale and Cleanup Day weekend. This year the two-day event will take place May 21 and 22. The Sustainable Futures Commission Weller is sponsoring the weekend event. The community garage sale will be held on Saturday, May 21.

We are hoping that area residents, clubs, churches, etc. will participate on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 12 noon.

For those who can’t or prefer to not host a sale at their residence, you are invited to set up a table in Sandstone Park on Saturday morning. The park can be used for “flea market” type venue space, free of charge. Please bring your own table, chairs, etc. Also, you are responsible to remove all items, etc. at the end of the sale and leave the park in clean condition.

The SFC will work with Town staff to advertise the community garage sale on the Town website, on the marquees, in utility billings, on Craig’s List, etc. In addition,

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we will post “garage sale” signs the evening of May 20 in areas where residents have registered as participating.

Details on how to “register” your house or block as hosting a garage sale(s) will be sent out in a town email blast.

On the next day, Sunday, May 22 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Lyons area cleanup day will take place in Bohn Park on Second Ave. This year Lyons utility bills are not necessary to participate. Area residents are welcome to bring items for recycling, donation, and disposal.

Recyclable items accepted by Eco-Cycle’s CHARM (Center for Hard to Recycle Materials) include electronics, appliances, white block #6 styrofoam, durable plastics (such as lawn furniture, buckets, trash cans, barrels), clothing, books, bicycle tires and tubes, porcelain toilets and sinks, plastic bags, printer cartridges, and scrap metal. Please refer to www.ecocycle.org/CHaRM for more information about what is accepted, including applicable recycling fees for items such as electronics.

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LOCAL Buy groceries at King Soopers, benefit Himalayan Development Foundation

By Don Moore Redstone Review LYONS – “This is the No Cost, No Pain Fundraiser,” says Edward Kean. Kean is a board member of Lyons-based Moore H i m a l a y a n Development Foundation (HDF), a charitable organization that is rebuilding homes in Nepal that were destroyed by last spring’s earthquakes.

The program is simple. King Soopers has issued gift cards to HDF and the organization is passing them out to people interested in helping the rebuild effort.

“A participant would preload the gift card for say $100 at King Soopers’ service desk or at the cashier prior to the first item being scanned,” Kean explained.

“That gift card is then used to buy groceries. Five percent of the funds loaded onto the card goes directly to HDF for rebuilding Nepali houses.” Cash, check or credit cards can be used to preload the gift card and the card can also be used to purchase King Soopers’ gasoline and other merchandise. It cannot be used for King Soopers’ services such as money orders, lottery tickets, and stamps.

“Everyone buys groceries,” said Kean.

Lyons Volunteers show off their King Soopers gift cards. Left to right: Joe Meckle, Claudia Kean, David Selden, Donn Kuntz, Aaron Crane, Edward Kean, Barney Dreistadt, Mark Browning, Crystal White, and Doug Miller. The gift cards are a fundraiser for Himalayan Development Foundation, a charitable organization that is rebuilding homes in Nepal that were destroyed by last spring’s earthquakes. PHOTO BY DON MOORE “It really is a no-brainer and the card is easy to use. It has special appeal to those who aren’t able to make a direct donation, but want to help out.” Kean and his wife, Claudia, participated as volunteers in a trek to Chhulemu, Nepal helping local Sherpa carpenters with the rebuilding. The effort used traditional Sherpa

style construction, with added concrete and rebar for earthquake resistance. Funds raised will be used to buy cement, sand, and rebar, as well as to pay for the wages of the local carpenters.

“Money goes a long way in Nepal. The purchase of $200 of groceries using a gift card results in $10 going to HDF, enough

to pay one day of wages for one carpenter,” he explained.

Edward Kean will be leading another volunteer trek this spring, leaving on March 22, 2016. He along with myself, Don Moore, president of HDF, will be leading two more treks this fall, Oct 28 to Nov 7, and Nov 8 to 20.

“If a person wants to go on one of our treks, gift cards can be earmarked to help that volunteer raise funds to pay for the costs of the trek,” he said. “We can issue additional cards to the volunteer to give to family and friends and all purchases made on those cards will be set aside for the benefit of the volunteer.”

HDF preloaded each card with $2.50 and is asking participants to reimburse the organization in that amount.

Cards can be obtained from Edward Kean, 303-589-2727; Claudia Kean, 303589-2210; Don Moore, 720-854-9518; or at the Stone Cup, 412 High St., Lyons.

To learn more about HDF’s work and/or the volunteer treks, please contact Edward Kean, Don Moore, or HDF’s website, hdfoundation.net.

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.

What’s the word @ the library? The Smell of Other People’s Houses

By Katherine Weadley Redstone Review LYONS – Congratulations to Lyons local Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock for the successful release of her Young Adult (YA) novel The Smell of Other People’s Houses. The book was released in Alaska because the book is one of the only authentic representations of Alaskan life.

Hitchcock grew up in Alaska and this novel is a reflection of Alaska’s coming of age as well as that of the four young characters in her novel.

This book is also this month’s Lyons Library Book Club choice of the month. Due to Hitchcock’s schedule this month’s book club will meet on Wednesday, March 30 at 6:30 p.m. at the library, 405 Main St. This relaxed book club usually meets on the fourth Wednesday of the month but will meet on the fifth Wednesday of the month just for March. Participants will discuss the book and the author is happy to answer any questions. It doesn’t matter if you have read the book, not read the book or will never read the book. It’s just a fun and informal

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Clerk and Recorder Office to open Recording Desk at Longmont Branch BOULDER COUNTY – The Boulder County Clerk and Recorder Longmont Branch, 529 Coffman St., will have a workstation dedicated to processing real estate documents, issuing marriage licenses, and performing all county recording-related public tasks. There will also be a computer station set up for the public to perform research and print documents as needed (standard fees apply).

“While members of the public could always receive marriage licenses at the Longmont Branch, other recording services, such as recording real estate transactions, were limited to just paperwork drop-off only,” said Hillary Hall, Boulder County Clerk and Recorder. “This speeds up the services we perform for the public by having a recording staff member on

book club at the library with the author. No registration is required and all ages are welcome.

Outdoor Career Convention Did you ever wonder how some people get amazing outdoor jobs? A partnership with Red Fox Outdoor Equipment and the Wilderness Institute is providing a night of discussion and information about outdoor careers. Several outdoor professionals will discuss informally how they got to their current professions. This is a great evening for those wishing to start in the outdoor industries or start a second (or part-time) career.

Brad Childs, who recently moved to the Lyons area, will discuss 30 years of running an outdoor non-profit educational organization. This collaborative evening will be held at Red Fox Outdoor Equipment, 424 Main St. in Lyons.

For more information on library events like the Lyons Regional Library on Facebook or go to lyonsregionallibrary.org to see the latest events.

Katherine Weadley is the director of the Lyons Regional Library. She lives in Lyons.

Lyons author Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock will be at the March meeting of the Lyons Library Book Club on March 30.

Her young adult novel The Smell of Other People’s Houses will be the book club’s featured book. everyone is welcome, no registration needed.

site. People no longer have to wait to get a recorded document back in the mail.”

Now, having a Recording staff member work at the branch will allow the public to record documents on the spot, obtain copies of documents directly, and get all recording-related questions answered in detail. The Clerk and Recorder’s office is looking forward to providing these additional services for the Longmont community. For more information on the Clerk and Recorder’s Recording Division, visit www.bouldercounty.org/recording or call 303-413-7770.

cery (Dorothy’s) at the corner of Fifth Avenue and High Street.

The pantry always needs: fresh produce, eggs, bread, meat that is commercially processed and packaged, paper products such as toilet paper, paper towels, facial tissues, cleaning products such as powder cleanser, toilet bowl cleaner, disinfectant spray, dish washing soap, laundry soap and personal hygiene products such as shampoo, body lotion, razors, soap, toothpaste.

The Food Pantry helps 40 families in our area and is very appreciative of whatever you can donate to help out.

Lyons Food Pantry needs a few items

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LYONS – For those who want to help out the Food Pantry by donating some much needed items, please refer to the following list. Items can be donated to the pantry on Wednesdays at 3:30 p.m. at the Lyons Community Church on Fourth Avenue and Main Street. Lyons can also be donated to the pantry on Tuesday at Steamboat Mountain Natural Food gro-

LYONS – Let’s gather and enjoy reading some great literature. This is a book club for Active adults 50+ meeting at the Walt Self Building. The first book is an amazing novel called, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer. To be a part of the book club, you must RSVP by either calling 303-8238250 or e-mailing llegault@townoflyons.com to sign up. There is limited

space. Ten copies are available at the library, one in large print and one in audio as well. The book club will meet on Thursday March 24 from 12:30 to 2 p.m. at Walt Self Senior Housing community building to discuss the book and decide on the next book to read.

CU Number 5 in the country for Peace Corps volunteers LYONS – CU-Boulder students and alumni have long been known as caring and engaged world citizens, and this year’s Peace Corps volunteer numbers once again bear that out.

CU-Boulder is ranked fifth in the nation for graduates serving as Peace Corps volunteers with 53 alumni currently serving around the world, the Peace Corps announced this month. Student success is one of CU’s top campus priorities and CU-Boulder continues to produce engaged citizens of the world. CUBoulder is among the top five volunteerproducing universities of all time with Continue Briefs on Page 6

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OPTIONS Town’s generosity allows LEAF to expand services to locals

By Janaki Jane Redstone Review LYONS – The people of Lyons have shown their true, generous spirits.

The Polar Bear Club’s Heart of Cold raised over Jane $10,000 for LEAF in February, with the support of local businesses and many generous townsfolk.

Rave to the Grave in October raised over $13,000 for LEAF, supported by the generosity of local musicians and business owners and artists and resident contributors. Altogether, over 25 businesses contributed space, time, money and resources to making those events the great successes they were. Hundreds of Lyons townspeople showed up and danced, dunked, donated, and drank to support LEAF. A LEAF client says: “When I was really down LEAF stepped in and saved the day, working with me for months. They were able to give me some financial support that I so desperately needed at the time. With that boost I was able to get some grip on the downward spiral. I am forever thankful for all that they did for me, and all they do for others here in Lyons. The kindness and compassion that was shown to me was amazing in addition to providing me resources and financial assistance.”

Here’s what LEAF does with those funds, and with money received on Colorado Gives Day and from generous

donors and grantors. All of these services are offered without charge: • Every week, LEAF offers case management, basic needs assistance, resource referral and supportive advocacy.

Between ten and 20 people come in and talk to one of the case managers each week. Some need help to pay for car repairs, medical and electric bills. Some need someone to help them navigate paperwork and websites. Some need a sounding board to help them decide on what’s the next step. Plus, everyone who comes in is offered water, a granola bar, and Barking Dog coffee! “LEAF has been a lifesaver for us, financially, when we were really up against it because of medical issues,” says a local resident.

• The third Wednesday of each month, LEAF hosts Housing and Financial Counseling. These supportive counselors share their expertise and knowledge about mortgages, debt, budgeting, buying a house, student loans... if it has something to do with finances, they know about it. Their motto is: “You know your money, we know the tricks.” The service is completely confidential.

• There is no longer any need to travel to Longmont or Boulder to get assistance with food stamps and low-cost medical insurance. The second Wednesday of each month, LEAF offers sign-up and assistance with food stamps and low-cost medical assistance. These technicians can go directly into the system and help with applications, answer questions, and make

referrals to other programs.

• Every week, an OUR Center case manager comes and is available to look at folks’ budgets, provide referrals, and, if warranted, provide utility and other forms of assistance.

A sketch of the Polar Bear Plunge drawn by Peter Maves, one of LEAF’s board members.

• LEAF’s Direct Services Advocate, Janaki Jane, provides case management, resource referral, and basic needs assistance, and also can apply for funds from multiple partner organizations. In the last six months, LEAF has gotten significant sums of money to assist locals with medical, utility, and housing costs.

• The Lyons Community Food Pantry is now serving 40 families a week. “They have really great food – maybe 45 per cent is organic and organic milk, for instance,

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is really expensive. It’s helped us especially since our food stamps were cut. So many times on Wednesday we ran out of food, and were able to fix dinner because of the food pantry,” says a long-time user.

To make a donation, get assistance, volunteer, or find out more, contact LEAF at info@leaflyons.org, call at 720864-4309, or drop by the Lyons

The film festival will kick off with films at Planet Bluegrass, a performance by phenomenal bluegrass stars the Railsplitters, and a classic bonfire behind the Wildflower Pavilion. Saturday night at Bohn Park will feature Lyons’ own world famous Android Jones in an outdoor performance of his digital art, accompanied by live music. To learn more about Android, visit his website, androidjones.com, and see his work at Red Canyon Art, 400 Main St., Lyons.

Film screenings will be held at double last year’s number of venues including Red Fox Outdoor Equipment, Oskar Blues, Ax and Oar, Western

Stars, the new Art of Adventure tent in Bohn Park, and more to be announced. Thank you to Higher Ground Ministry International for providing fiscal support for the festival. Additional sponsors will be announced soon.

As proven by the success of last year’s incredible film festival, Director Jake Fink has established a new cultural vision for the town of Lyons as a place where movies, art and music come together. An independent filmmaker for 15 years, Fink has worked in TV and feature films and is also producing this year’s Longmont Front Range Film Festival to be held April 27 to May 1.

Lyons resident Janett Amsbaugh is the festival Associate Producer.

Her expertise includes producing huge music events in Vera Cruz, Mexico; her passions are to help the community and support the arts.

Passes for the Lyons Film Festival will go on sale April 1 for $35 (three-day pass). Buy your passes before the price increases to $50 on April 15.

Volunteers who offer their time and talents can attend for free: four hours for a full day pass, eight hours for a two-day pass and 12 hours for a three-day pass.

Lots of fun volunteer jobs are available. What would you enjoy doing the most to help with this amazing event? To learn more, stop by on Fridays 10 a.m. to noon above the Barking Dog, or email janettamsbaugh4@gmail.com.

Visit the website www.lyonsfilmfestival.com and be sure to “like” the Lyons Film Festival Facebook page.

Kate Kerr moved from Virginia to Lyons in 2012 with her husband Jim. She enjoys playing fiddle, quilting, knitting, NIA, hiking and shopping local. She is a board member of Friends of Lyons Regional Library.

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Mountain lions are a part of Lyons’ landscape

By Greg Lowell Redstone Review LYONS – Talk long enough to anyone who has lived in the Lyons area and you’ll likely hear a mountain lion story, like the mountain lion found in a barn or the fleeting glimpse in the headlights of a big cat carrying a deer or the lion casually lying in the grass of a neighborhood park.

Mountain lions, or cougars, have been a top predator along the Front Range for thousands of years. And while they are generally unseen and elusive, the spread of humans into their range doesn’t deter them from living their normal predatory lives – it only increases the chances of mountain lion-human interaction and conflict.

Generally, such interaction is more casual than threatening but there have been incidents where pets or domestic animals are killed and, while unlikely, people have been attacked. While the chance of being attacked by a mountain lion in Colorado is much less than being struck by lightning or being caught in an avalanche, it does happen. Understanding that there are lions in our area and learning how to deal with them can eliminate the chance of an attack.

Records show that there have been only two people killed by lions in Colorado: a ten-year old boy attacked in 1999 in Rocky Mountain National Park, and Idaho Springs high school student Scott Lancaster in 1991 whose attack was recounted in the book, The Beast in the Garden, which chronicles the resurgence of mountain lions in the Boulder area in the early 1990s largely due to the increase in protected open space around the city, the accepting attitude of residents toward wildlife and the prohibition of hunting, which led to a large increase in deer.

Prey attracts predators. In Boulder’s case, the city had created a Mecca for deer and thus a magnet for mountain lions. The lions began to lose their natural fear of humans as they infiltrated the city in search of plentiful deer. One thing led to another and lions began to take easier prey, such as dogs, and ended up attacking two people (not fatally). And while the situation has somewhat abated in the Boulder area due to more aggressive control, mountain lions continue to enjoy the readily available prey living in the large protected spaces along the Front Range.

Here in the Lyons area we are surrounded by thousands of acres of open space, notably Heil Valley Ranch and Hall Ranch. An adult mountain lion generally requires a deer kill every ten days – a predation rate that at first seems unsustainable until you begin to notice the numbers of deer in the surrounding protected areas. This writer once counted 93 individual mule deer on a January hike in Hall Ranch.

Clearly, there are enough deer to support our local lions.

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Little known fact: “Woz,” as he is known, was put on probation during his first year at CU-Boulder in 1969 for computer pranks. Perhaps we can take credit for planting the seed of innovation? He went on to develop the Apple I seven years later and CU presented “Woz” an

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Lyons resident Dave Rahbany took this photo of mountain lion tracks on Picture Rock Trail, Heil Valley Ranch earlier this month.

From Varmints to Big Game The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Department which is responsible for the state’s wildlife has no clear count on how many mountain lions there may be in Colorado but estimates that there may be anywhere from 4500 to 5500 lions. The difficulty in determining an exact number is because lions’ ranges vary in size from ten to 370 square miles; adult males have the largest range, females with kittens the smallest.

The first settlers arrived on the Front Range in the 1850s and began a systematic extermination of predators they saw as threats to their livestock. As recently as 1964, lions were considered a varmint and there was a $50 bounty paid by the state on them. Between 1917 and 1964, bounties were collected on 1,754 mountain lions in the state, according to the Mountain Lion Foundation. honorary degree in 1989. His appearance on April 4, moderated by a panel of students, is sure to be fascinating.

The Conference on World Affairs has been a thought-provoking national and international dialogue on campus since 1948.

Featuring 100 scholars, scientists, entrepreneurs, activists and journalists, the conference has always been a bellwether for national and Wozniak world events. It provides an important partnership with the Boulder community, whose members help select and house speakers. Students also pitch in to transport speakers to and from the airport.

This year we are redoubling our efforts to ensure that students and faculty have an opportunity to engage in

But beginning in 1965, mountain lions were recognized as a big game species and hunting seasons and annual quotas were established. Records from 2005 to 2014 show hunters legally took from 238 to 482 lions each year. In game management Unit 20, which includes Lyons and the surrounding area, an average of four lions were taken annually over the same period.

New Study on Lions A ten-year study headed by CPW wildlife researcher Mat Alldredge is ending this year. Its goal is to shed more light on mountain-lion human interaction along the Front Range.

“The principal objective of the study was to assess mountain lion populations, their prey use, their movements and their interactions with humans,” said Alldredge.

The study covers the area of the Front Range from Interstate 70 north to Lyons and south to Rte. 285.

The study’s early findings provide some insights into the local mountain lions.

The study uses GPS collars on mountain lions to gather data. There are currently 11 lions still being studied. The lions come from throughout the study area, but here locally from 2007 to 2015, 25 mountain lions were captured, collared and released (many multiple times) in the Lyons area. Nearly all the lions came from the Heil Valley Ranch and Hall Ranch open spaces. Of those 25 lions, 16 are now dead: three were road-killed, three killed by hunters, three were shot while preying on domestic animals and the remainder died of natural or unknown causes.

One lion, a two-year old male collared in January 2011 at Heil Valley Ranch, was shot by a hunter in December of that same year 250 miles away in Casper, Wyoming.

Most recently in late February, Alldredge and his team captured and removed the collars from three lions in Hall Ranch. The collars are being removed from the lions as the study finishes.

The study has thus far confirmed that mule deer are the primary prey, with an occasional elk being taken.

Other prey, as measured by hair samples at kill sites, includes raccoons, skunks, turkeys and occasionally domestic animals.

The study at this point is inconclusive on the effectiveness of relocating problem mountain lions. Only a few lions are relocated each year because of human conflict but the success of relocation depends on finding a suitable release area that is remote enough so that the lion will not repeat the same problem.

Living with Mountain Lions The study states that, “given that cougars currently coexist with humans... along the Front Range, varying levels of cougar-human interaction are inevitable.”

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INSIGHT A race to the finish line: Primary 2016

dictator who can do whatever he wants without worrying about international treaties, state and federal laws, the Constitution, Congress or the Supreme Court, let alone public opinion.

Even the people who are paid to interpret politics say that at least on the Republican side, the old calculations no longer apply. In the world they’re used to, Trump wouldn’t have lasted a week, but here he is anyway, winning support and generating record turnouts at Republican primaries and caucuses by thumbing his nose at his own party.

So now there’s talk of blocking Trump at the convention and if that doesn’t work and he does become the nominee,

tion outright or just rob Trump of enough delegates to throw a wrench in the works at the convention, whichever comes first.

By John Gierach of what they might hear.

Either way, they’d have stood a better At first people in the know on both Redstone Review chance if they’d started months ago. sides said Trump was a clown who’d soon It’s tempting to picture Trump supportLYONS – You don’t go too far and get booed off the stage, but ers as all-or-nothing true believers who have to watch TV or lis- that now looks like wishful thinking. would never buy a candidate who’s ten to the radio for long Instead, he attracted a huge following and acceptable to, let alone chosen by the to hear someone say that is well on his way to becoming the establishment, but that’s not true of this presidential cam- Republican presidential candidate. everyone. I saw a person-on-the-street Gierach paign is like none we’ve Critics say Trump is an embarrassment interview with a Trump supporter who ever seen. They’re talking about the and that he’s not presidential. He’s lewd, said she assumed he didn’t mean half of Republican primaries that by late February loud, ignorant, egotistical, racist and what he said and admitted she had no had degenerated into accusations of lying, misogynistic; “a phony and a fraud whose idea what he’d do as president. And there excess sweating, pants wetting and genital promises are as worthless as a degree from are those who say they’re trying to decide size as Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz belated- Trump University” according to Mitt between Trump and Sanders with what ly tried to beat Donald Trump they see as their alternate verat his own game while Trump sions of burning it all down himself was momentarily and starting fresh. No ideolosquirming over endorsements gy here; just frustration. from white supremacists.

It’s easy to forget that every (The Democratic primary, last voter is an individual and with its discussions of policy therefore unpredictable, but proposals and voting records, it’s just as hard to forget the seems like a quilting bee by verbal and sometimes physical comparison.) abuse of journalists and proIt was only a few months testers at Trump events. ago that Trump began his There’s a nasty edge to Trump campaign by declaring that and at least some of his supMexican immigrants were porters – what Rachel Maddow rapists and murderers, went called an “ambient racist on to call for a total ban on noise” – that’s as disturbing to Muslim immigrants, advocate mainstream Republicans as it is the killing of terrorist’s famito Democrats. lies, publicly ridicule a disOf course the worry is that abled journalist, declare from a Trump candidacy will cost the podium that he’d like to the Republicans the presidenpunch a protester in the nose cy – and maybe the Senate, and so on.

Secret Service agents surrounded Donald Trump during a rally in Ohio on March 12 as a man tried rushing the stage, too – and ultimately tear the That shouldn’t have only a day after Trump canceled an event over what his team said were safety concerns. AARON P. BERNSTEIN / REUTERS party apart. But then when worked. We no longer expect you see the mainstream of the a Thomas Jefferson or an Abe some mainstream Republicans are saying party openly opposing their own frontLincoln, but until recently we’ve at least Romney. On the other hand, South they won’t support him, or that they’ll be runner, you could say the party is already insisted on some basic decorum and nor- African comic Trevor Noah recently said forced to vote Democratic, or, as Senate torn apart into two unequal pieces: those mally a candidate is hurt by press cover- Trump actually is presidential along the Majority Leader Mitch McConnell put it, in Washington and everyone else. Ron age of ignorant, embarrassing or offensive lines of thuggish African strongmen like they’ll “drop him like a hot rock.” There Brownstein on CNN said the statements. Remember the last campaign Idi Amin. are now Republican anti-Trump super Republicans are now faced with an when Mitt Romney was secretly recorded They say many of Trump’s followers are PACs running anti-Trump ads. There’s impossible dilemma: Blocking Trump’s saying that 47 percent of the electorate Republicans who are now as mad at the even been vague talk of mounting a third- nomination could start a civil war in the didn’t count because all they wanted was Republican Party as they’ve always been party establishment candidate to oppose party, but giving him the nomination a free ride? But Trump campaigns from his at the Democrats and that they may him in the general election – sort of a could have the same effect. real strength, which is as a reality TV star. include an unknown number of folks who modern version of Theodore Roosevelt’s As a lifelong Democrat turned He thrives on being offensive, he enjoys hadn’t been involved in politics until Bull Moose Party.

Independent whose head says “Hillary it, he’s good at it, his fans adore him for it now. Of course Trump is new to politics In the same speech that Romney called Clinton” and whose heart says “Bernie and he ends up getting more free publici- himself – he’s had plenty to say in recent Trump a phony and a fraud, he urged Sanders,” it shouldn’t break my heart to ty than his rivals can buy with all their big years, but he’s never held elective office – Republicans to vote for Cruz, Rubio or see the Republicans tear themselves apart donors’ money. Meanwhile, some parents and he and his fans seem united in the Kasich in upcoming primaries. The plan – except that I worry about what could won’t let their children watch him for fear naive belief that a president is a kind of is to get someone else to win the nomina- take their place.

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picked up false beliefs as to who we are. These false beliefs veil over our truth that is already within us. You will wonder why you waited so long. Make an appointment with Mary Magdalena at 303-652-4004 or Mary Magdalena Arts @ gmail. com. She now lives and works in Lyons, she is the former owner of Mary’s Market and Deli in Hygiene.

Meditations times: Monday Mornings, 9:30-11a.m. and Tuesday Evenings, 6:30-8 p.m. Please let her know if you will be coming, MaryMagdalenaArts@gmail.com

Teaching and research are part of our state constitutional mission as Colorado’s flagship university. More than 2,000 CU-Boulder undergraduates play important roles in the life-changing research of the university.

These include undergraduates who participate in vitally important research with our Nobel laureates.

This month, evolutionary biology students were featured in this ABC Denver7 piece as they studied antibiotic resistant bacteria they are collecting from everyday places.

CU Nobel laureate Tom Cech and undergraduate student Natasha Powell.

CU-Boulder research, featured this month across the nation, ranged from the feasibility of a renewable energy national power grid on CNBC, to humancaused extinction of a prehistoric bird in The Washington Post, to development of the world’s fastest microscope – one trillion times faster than the blink of an eye.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT nominated bluegrass band Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen with Spring Fever Bluegrass Band will take the stage on April 8. Hailing from Alaska, Frank Solivan has built a reputation as a monster mandolinist and is a major festival attraction with his band, Dirty Kitchen. Coming

By MinTze Wu is Virtuosic Bluegrass with a punk edge, Billy Strings, next Redstone Review on April 15. Join the stellar line-up with beer and wine, free parking, bonfires and jams by the river after the shows.

LYONS The Stone Cup Café will show the Shows start at 8 p.m. For tickets and information please go paintings of interdisciplinary scholar and to www.bluegrass.com or call 1-800-624-2422.

At Western Stars Gallery and Studio, 160 E. Main artist David Williams through April. An Emmy-winning environmental songwriter St., wide brushstrokes of quality offerings continue Wu for kids and a children’s author with to capture the interest and expand the tool belts of Random House, Williams has been teaching the lessons of aspiring artists of all ages and abilities. On the horiwildlife preservation and sustainability to generations. He zon are classes in pastel drawing, acrylic and watercolor is also a gypsy jazz guitarist, a cartoonist, a painter, and a painting, digital photography, novel art camp experiences, teen gatherings, ongoing Thursday evening Sip n’ visual artist.

Upcoming weekend morning music schedule includes Paints, and a collegial Figure Drawing From Life series singer-songwriter Kaitlyn McDaniel, as well as bluegrass / that is held every other Sunday afternoon from 1 to 4 p.m. through June 12. In addition, the studio is available gypsy jazz duo David Williams and Ellie Brown on for custom bridal party gatherings, unique celeMarch 19. Andy Matteo will present Americana brations, and special community presentations; music on March 20. Enion Pelta Tiller and Ryan just contact Western Stars to arrange. For Drickey play classical on March 26. Folk rock by information, call 303-747-3818.

Thomas Gronberg will take place on April 2, blues Corner Studios at 318 Main St. has and roots by AG Fullerton on April 3, classic rock pop-up boutiques earmarked creative

by James Faulk on April 9, and American folk by for every weekend this summer, each Billy Shaddox on April 10. The café is located featuring a different area artist in a at Fifth Avenue and High Street. For more working-studio setting.

Owner information please call 303-823-2345 or visit Valerie Pellegrin is also targeting to splash www.thestonecup.com. a special new artist showcase on each of A Community Easter Celebration will the five Lyons Last Thursdays evenings. take place on March 27 at 11 a.m. at Watch that website for details. For the Wildflower Pavilion at Planet information, call 303-903-2165.

Bluegrass. Music will be provided by Mystie Brackett’s current Town local musicians. An Easter egg hunt and Hall Art Show lasts until the end of potluck will follow the service, and a love March; there is still time to see her offering will be taken for Higher Ground tandem storyline. The next event Ministries. Please bring your own table servwill be a new show by Betsy ice, beverages, and a dish to share.

Hubner, Birds of Spring.

The potluck sign-up sheet is availHubner, one of the owners of able at the Stone Cup. Donations Western Stars, is prolific in her of filled plastic Easter eggs will be approachable creation of popuaccepted on Friday March 25 and lar and highly collectable Saturday March 26. For any inforacrylic paintings in varying sizes. mation please call the Stone Cup Saturday, April 2 is this show’s at 303-823-2345. scheduled opening reception Wildflower Pavilion Spring and community tapas (finger 2016 Concert series announces foods only) potluck from 6 to 8 its season kick-off with hot p.m., featuring local musician, Texas bluegrass quartet Wood Janice Young. Wine sales will and Wire, with special guest benefit community arts coordiTaarka on March 25. A culminanated by the Lyons Arts and tion of distinct musical personaliHumanities Commission. Town ties, this young acoustic band’s Hall is at 423 Fifth Ave. influences range from Led Zeppelin Lyons’ Last Thursdays is to Doc Watson, and everything in in the works and set to between. On the same bill is Taarka launch this May 26 and run Quartet, led by the husband-and-wife through September 29. It aspires team of David and Enion Pelta-Tiller, and Samurai: Armor from the Ann to be a summer-long and arts-centric joined by the unique sound of award-win- and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller ning bassist Troy Robey and the prodigious Collection, now through June 5 at celebration for any artist, arts-entity, musician, performer, writer, business, young guitarist Mike Robinson. Grammy- the Denver Art Museum.

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RockyGrass tickets for locals on sale Staff Reports Redstone Review LYONS – Planet Bluegrass loves its locals.

That’s why a block of tickets is set aside for the three-day bluegrass festival RockyGrass.

Tickets to the 44th Annual RockyGrass Festival (July 29-31, 2016) sold out to the general public within weeks of going on sale in December. Both three-day and single-day RockyGrass tickets will be available while supplies last. Tickets went on sale last Wednesday, March 9.

As with past years, approximately half of these Lyons tickets will be discounted $5 per day / $15 for a three-day pass for locals. Three-day RockyGrass festival passes will be discounted to $141 (includes a $15 discount) and single-day tickets will be discounted to $61 (includes a $5 discount). After the allocation of discount tickets are gone, the remaining locals tickets will be sold at

the regular prices of $156 / $66.

These tickets are sold exclusively at the Stone Cup Café, which charges a $1 handling fee per ticket. Planet Bluegrass does not charge handling fees. Payment must be made via cash or local check. No phone or online orders will be accepted. A local ID or proof of residency in the 80540 zip code is required. This offer is limited to two tickets per person.

The lineup for the 44th Annual RockyGrass includes a special Punch Brothers Play and Sing Bluegrass set; the only-at-RockyGrass appearance of Sam Bush Bluegrass Band; the virtuosic trio of Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas and Edgar Meyer; Grammy-winning bluegrass powerhouse Steep Canyon Rangers; the most revered woman in bluegrass Rhonda Vincent and the Rage; the banjo loving duo of Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn; bluegrass legends Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver; O’Connor Family Band fea-

“Above the Fold:Expressions in Origami” at the Longmont Museum, through May 1.

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or restaurant desiring to creatively help establish the Town of Lyons as an authentic fun and funky arts must-stop destination. Listen for more details, and how these events might envelop the two overlapping Sandstone Concerts, Art on Main Street, the Clarifier, and more as they unfold.

BOULDER Boulder Bach Festival presents Venice on Fire on March 18 and 19 in its historic 35th season. A program of electrifying concertos of the Venetian baroque in stunning performance on electric instruments, this ensemble, led by music director Zachary Carrettin and joined by dramatic soprano Szilvia Schranz, creates riveting renditions in Vivaldi arias. The concerts are held on March 18 at the Dairy Center, 2590 Walnut St. in Boulder, and on March 19 at the Stewart Auditorium at the Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Rd. in Longmont. For the extensive musical offerings by Boulder Bach Festival, ticket and detailed information, please go to wwwboulderbachfestival.org or call 303-776-9666.

The Boulder Chamber Orchestra will present Mini Soiree with the Gloriosa Trio on April 1 at Grace Lutheran Church, 1001 13th St., Boulder, with Oblivion by Piazzolla and the Archduke Piano Trio by Beethoven. Virtuosity and Grace featuring international star pianist, Soheil Nasseri will take place on April 15 and 16. The concert will be held on April 15 at the Broomfield Auditorium, 3 Community Park Rd. in Broomfield, and on April 16 at the Seventh-Day

turing Mark O’Connor; a special reunion of Good Ol’ Persons; and many more.

Discount tickets for Lyons residents to the 26th Annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival (Aug 19 to 21, 2016) will go on sale later this spring, also at the Stone Cup Café, 442 High St., 303-823-2345.

Wildflower Pavilion Spring Series The smaller more intimate concerts at the Wildflower Pavilion start the season on Friday, March 25 with the Wood and Wire bluegrass quartet from Austin, Texas. The opening band is Taarka, the l o c a l Ly o n s wife and husband team of

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Enion Pelta-Tiller, who plays the fivestring violin and performs vocally, and David Pelta-Tiller, who plays mandolin, tenor guitar and also performs vocally.

The next concert at the WildFlower Pavilion is Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen on Friday, April 8. Their last album earned a 2015 Grammy nomination for the category Best Bluegrass Album. Opening for Frank Solivan is Spring Fever Bluegrass Band.

All Wildflower Pavilion shows sell out at 300 tickets; kids ages 12 and under are free. Tickets are $17 each in advance and $20 at the door. Planet Bluegrass does not charge any handling fees and parking is free. Planet Bluegrass has plenty of bicycle parking.

Shows are all ages. Tickets for Wildflower Pavilion concerts may be purchased at bluegrass.com.

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CANDIDATES Spotlight on candidates Candidates for the town board and mayor answered questions about affordable housing, developing the Eastern Corridor and the Urban Renewal Authority (URA). The election will be held on April 5. Six candidates will be chosen to serve as trustees and one candidate, Connie Sullivan is running unopposed for mayor.

Connie Sullivan – unopposed candidate for Mayor Bio: Connie Sullivan, 46, is from Ohio.

She and her husband have lived in Lyons for nine years. They have adopted two children from Ethiopia, Maregit and Menere, who are nine years old. She moved to Colorado from Minneapolis.

She was elected to the town board in 2012 as a trustee and was re-elected in 2014. She is currently the Mayor Pro Tem. This year Sullivan is running unopposed for Mayor of Lyons. She and her husband purchased and revamped the St. Vrain Market on Main Street. The market suffered major damage during the flood. The St. Vrain Market was one of the first businesses to open in Lyons after the flood.

Sullivan graduated from Ohio State University College of Pharmacy with a B.S. degree. She is a pharmacist by profession and works with a nonprofit national pharmacy association to focus on research and develop regulatory policy. She currently serves as a liaison to the Ecology board, Watershed board and Golden Gang, a group of seniors who plan senior events and the Meals on Wheels program.

She said that the number one priority for the incoming board will be to make sure that the Lyons Recovery Action Plan (LRAP) continues to be implemented as well as continuing the ongoing recovery process. She would also like to see the board adopt policies that promote the development of affordable housing.

Sullivan wants to see the town’s tax base shift away from property taxes and fees to sales tax as a primary source of revenue.

She wants to encourage the board to engage the public regularly on issues that contribute to the quality of life in Lyons.

Q1: Now that the people of Lyons have voted down building affordable housing in Bohn Park, what suggestions would you offer for creating affordable housing in Lyons and where would it go?

A: The lack of affordable and diverse housing continues to resonate as a major issue for Lyons – and Boulder County as a whole. Prior to the flood, low to moderate income housing options in Lyons existed in the form of mobile homes, permanently affordable (associated with an assistance program) attached units and older singlefamily homes. Counting the 56 mobile homes and the permanently affordable rental units (28), Lyons (pre-flood) had about 7.5 percent of housing stock available to persons of low to moderate income.

(According to the Boulder County Assessor’s site, in mid-2013, Lyons had a total of 1,113 housing units). Having lost 43 mobile homes, and at least 28 older (built before 1980) single-family homes to the flood and the buy-out program, Lyons is left with a severe shortage of housing options for anyone not able to afford a mortgage of at least $350,000. In terms of demographic impacts, best estimates put Lyons at a population of 1950 today, down from 2145 in mid-2013, with the majority of those lost representing local workforce residents, artists and musicians and seniors.

Without intentional action, the pre-flood demographics of Lyons will not be restored, and I do not agree that Lyons should offer live in Longmont as the solution, thus letting go of the contributions these citizens can make to our community.

The average median income (AMI) for Boulder County is $98,400 (2014) and the average rent in the county has increased 32 percent since 2012 to $1,650 per month. Even people making 80 percent of AMI will likely meet the cost-burdened standard of spending more than 30 percent of their incomes on housing to live and work within the same county. It is only a matter of time until Longmont is also unaffordable for our restaurant workers, artists and musicians and independent, aging seniors. Lyons must own its housing problem, along with every other community on the Front Range. Our approach should not focus on any one piece of land, one housing type or single policy. A wide range of actions are needed to ensure we restore our pre-flood housing stock and population to protect the character and economic viability of our community.

Following the City of Boulder’s lead by requiring future developments to include a portion of permanently affordable units is one option, however we have learned from past experience that subsidized projects must be of sufficient size to qualify for lowincome housing tax credits and attract investors. Lyons has limited land options for large-scale developments, and many competing interests (economic development, municipal buildings, etc.); therefore our

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strategy should include a multi-faceted approach that prevents excessive development of market rate single-family homes, and incentivizes construction of both market rate and permanently affordable attached homes and rentals. We should encourage mixed-use commercial construction near downtown and out east, and evaluate residential zoning code to allow higher density development in certain areas.

Finally, Lyons should have well-defined policies outlining annexation criteria, and how Urban Renewal funds are allocated to

encourage effective use of land to meet our housing and overall development goals.

Efforts are already underway to develop such policies and the next Board of Trustees should complete the work initiated by the current board. Finally, any policies and programs considered by the board to facilitate the replacement of lost housing and population will be presented in a public forum to allow for input from the community.

Q2: Lyons recently created an Urban Renewal Authority. The town board is the Urban Renewal Authority Board. What can the Urban Renewal Authority do for Lyons?

A: Urban Renewal in the simplest of terms is a financing tool for completing capital improvement projects that mitigate blight in our town. One significant advantage of a URA is that the funds can be used to restore historic buildings – in addition to replacing outdated construction. Redevelopment is often prohibitively expensive and urban renewal can offer incentives to encourage privately funded projects that would not otherwise be completed. URA also encourages infill and redevelopment over “green-space” development, which is must less costly, and the reason most towns and cities expand at the edges. Finally, having a URA provides additional control over development projects by giving the board the flexibility to apply additional criteria over and above what the town code allows.

Q3: What suggestions do you have for developing the Eastern Corridor?

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Q4: What book or article have you read recently or are reading currently?

A: I needed a mental vacation from our current U.S. election insanity and recently read an article in the Christian Science Monitor titled, Canadian Cool about Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Candidates talk about their ideas for Lyons LYONS – Eight candidates are running for the Lyons Board of Trustees. The votes for the election will be tallied on April 5.

The candidates answered four questions about Lyons. The questions are: Q1: What suggestions would you offer for creating affordable housing in Lyons and where would it go? Q2: What can the Urban Renewal Authority do for Lyons?

Q3: What suggestions do you have for developing the Eastern Corridor? Q4: What book or article have you read recently or are reading currently?

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A: The Eastern Corridor represents the majority of developable land within the Lyons Planning Area, however the parcels are currently owned by Longmont or private citizens, and require annexation in order to be redeveloped. The planning effort currently underway will provide the board with additional information about how to balance priorities and maximize development should annexation opportunities arise. While we need to capitalize on the eventual economic potential of this area, we should also consider whether we might accommodate immediate and future housing needs by requiring any commercial development to be “mixed-use” in order to add residential units. This area also contains parcels of land of sufficient size for “permanently affordable” housing, however there are many obstacles in the path to success including; willing sellers, money to acquire land, and annexation – which may or may not require a vote. While opportunities do exist, the board must also consider the challenges and risks of ineffective development. Commercial development should complement our downtown businesses, and residential development must not be isolated from the rest of town, particularly if the housing serves primarily low and moderateincome citizens. The area is currently industrial in nature, and the conversion to commercial/residential will be a costly and potentially slow process, thus the board should not be so focused on the Eastern Corridor that it misses more immediate opportunities for economic development and housing within the existing town limits.

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CANDIDATES Candidates Continued from Page 9 Michael Karavas, 49, is a new candidate running for Trustee Michael Karavas is a semi-retired family contracting business owner, and is the sole owner of a residential and landscaping contracting small business. He spent the early years of his career in the insurance industry and has served in both management and labor positions.

Karavas is involved in the Lyons community as a volunteer. He also serves as the Chairman of the Lyons Volunteers. He helps at Lyons Elementary School with the spelling bee, serving as an ice hockey coach for 12 years, as an alumni advisor to college students, and as an officer of a building corporation for a fraternal organization. In addition, he served as the vice president of his church board for seven years and as a youth camp counselor while in college.

As a trustee, Karavas wants to advocate for the growth of Lyons through the Eastern Corridor annexation. By developing the area using the modern technique of mixed use design to include retail, housing, restaurants and recreational venues, annexation will help achieve increased property tax revenues, without raising tax rates. He said this development scheme will recover the lost property tax and utility revenue following the flood, while increasing the town’s sales tax revenues, resulting in a more stable tax base for the community. By providing mixed use development alongside the river with exceptional views of Mt. Meeker and Longs Peak, Lyons will truly be the gateway to the Rockies. Mike lives in Lyons with his wife, Julie. They have two grown sons who visit frequently.

Q.1 and 3: Affordable housing and developing the Eastern Corridor A: A plan that I believe would work is the one of annexation of the Eastern Corridor with a design plan of a mixed-use technique. This mixed-use plan has been successfully used across our country over the past 15-plus years with great success.

An example close to Lyons would be North Broadway in Boulder and on a very large scale in Denver just south of Colfax on Colorado Blvd., where the old University Hospital was recently razed. Of course our plan could easily incorporate the idea of providing a percentage of affordable housing units because we would be using grant monies to acquire the property to be annexed into the Town of Lyons.

Having retail space, restaurant space, light industrial / artisan space that is new with all the modern amenities that business owners (millennials especially) expect will draw people to this space which in

turn creates demand for employment.

Then, above this space is three to four stories of living space in which we have designed into the plan, affordable living space. I could go into greater detail about how the living space is designed for all types of people and their needs but, that would take much more space and time.

In addition, having this kind of development helps with balancing utility usage / load for peak and off-peak usage times.

This, theoretically, is supposed to help you, me and all ratepayers in the area. Also, this would allow Lyons to use additional grant funding currently available to work into this development our fast-water rescue training facility, which in turn drives demand for a hotel facility on the north side of Hwy. 66 for training crews to come and spend a weekend here in Lyons. An additional hotel facility on our western edge would give our community even more availability for visitors to stay and play in Lyons rather than going elsewhere. Once again, more employment opportunities.

Unfortunately I do not believe there is a simple answer to your affordable housing question outside the Eastern Corridor.

Certainly I would like to see housing available to residents across a broad range of income levels. However, to provide on objective measure of what affordable housing is today, may be very different five years from now. I believe it is reasonable to consider requirements which include a variety of types of housing, but given the limited area of land available on which to build, it is not reasonable to expect we can have a wide spectrum of housing types in one area of town, especially since we are in the process of removing building sites for viable inventory.

However, it is reasonable to consider including various types of living units throughout Lyons, such as additional housing units in areas with secondary access (alleyways) without the burden of additional utility taps. In the big picture though, in order for the town to provide other benefits to those needing financial assistance, we need to be aware of the fact that the more expensive houses will bring in more tax revenue which in turn gives us resources to provide more to our neighbors in need of assistance.

In quick conclusion I believe the additional dwelling units is the only thing we can do now! With the annexation of the Eastern Corridor we are still several years away of getting to a point where we have a structure rising from the ground and that is based on the answers I have been given to my questions regarding those particular parcels of land.

Q 2: Urban Renewal Authority A: Lyons can benefit from an Urban Renewal Authority (URA) in many different ways. Some of those being the revitalization of older run down parcels or areas of the town which may or may not have a crumbling infrastructure. It can be used to replace infrastructure that is no longer safe or outdated while improving or restoring the economic strength of an area. There are many more examples that one can give but you are limited on space.

A very important reason to have a URA is that bonding authorities may provide us with a better bond rating which in turn provides Lyons with a lower interest rate when we float a bond issue to redevelop and revitalize an area. This however, brings up the question; what is the projected accumulation of funds in the URA and the time period?

Q4: What have you read recently?

A: Just completed the book Brooklyn by

Colm Toibin and currently reading The Guns at Last Light by Rich Atkinson.

Articles read on almost a daily basis are on current geopolitical and world financial issues.

Jim Kerr 62, is a current Trustee Kerr is running for his second term of office as a trustee. He was elected to the board in 2014 and served as the construction coordinator for the Lyons Volunteers where he was able to see the devastation first hand and help local residents and businesses that experienced flood damage.

He is from Michigan where he graduated from Michigan State University and became a systems engineer. During his time on the board Kerr has served as the liaison to the Planning and Community Development Commission and as liaison to the Utilities Engineering Board and he

still works with the Lyons Volunteers.

Kerr has been a big supporter of the arts and music in Lyons. He began taking fiddle lessons. Kerr said his priorities are: to work on affordable housing for displaced residents and town employees; support local businesses; continue with flood relief and economic recovery; help monitor town expenditures to ensure that federal and state grants are spent responsibly. Kerr said that when the recovery is completed and finances have stabilized, he would like to pursue the idea of lowering property taxes.

When he retired just over three years ago, Kerr and his wife Kate moved to Lyons. They have three kids whom they raised in Virginia where Kerr was working at the time.

by redevelopments over the next 25 years.

The URA can use these TIF moneys to help incentivize developers to build projects Lyons can most benefit by, such as additional lodging, and help fund other projects such as streetscape artwork and sidewalks. The key will be in carefully selecting redevelopment projects to make sure they are economically viable and of real benefit to Lyons.

Q3: Developing Eastern Corridor A: Disaster recovery funds are what make it possible to consider near term development of the Eastern Corridor. The funds are imperative to extend Lyons water and wastewater lines to service this area. The Town recently awarded a contract to develop the Lyons Primary Planning Area Master Plan which includes a public process to find out what Eastern Corridor and Lyons residents would like developed there. Now is the time for residents to step forward and let the Town know if they support annexation and, if so, what the developments should look like. I support annexation of the Eastern Corridor areas and want developments that include a mix of commercial, residential, and recreational uses.

Recreation enhancements should include a trail system which links back to the core town. New residential developments should include affordable housing. It is important to encourage businesses that minimize retail sales leakage from core town businesses.

Q4: What have you read recently?

A: On the lighter side, I’m currently reading Strange But True, Colorado Weird Tales of the Wild West by John Hafnor. I had heard that the Ku Klux Klan once ran Longmont, but was shocked to hear that in the early 1920s they also controlled the entire state of Colorado. I can’t imagine Colorado revisiting those dark times.

Wendy Miller 42, is a new candidate for Trustee Wendy Miller moved with her partner to Lyons 12 years ago from Colorado Springs partly seeking regional work in the wholesale wine industry. She currently serves on the Lyons Special Housing Committee and volunteers on a Tenant Landlord Protections subcommittee for the Lyons Human Services and Aging Commission.

She also serves on the Lyons Elementary PTO Board and volunteer for the Lyons Emergency Assistance Fund (LEAF).

Miller has a Lyons-based business cleaning

Q1: Affordable housing A: The most likely scenario for adding permanently affordable housing to Lyons is to build it in the Eastern Corridor. The Town of Lyons has an agreement with the city of Longmont to purchase and dismantle the abandoned water treatment plant with flood recovery funds. This property could support both commercial and housing developments and a large portion of that could be permanently affordable housing. It should work because it is not parkland, it is not close to existing Lyons housing and there should be development funding available.

Q2: Urban Renewal Authority A: The Lyons Urban Renewal Authority (URA) was recently set up to partner with private developers to provide assistance in redevelopment projects that will increase Lyons tax base. The primary tool used is tax incremental funding (TIF) where the URA gets to collect the additional (incremental) taxes generated

homes / offices by the name of GLEAM. She said her family struggled to find affordable housing in Lyons. “After the flood, it became apparent to me that Lyons is in jeopardy of becoming something it has never wanted to be,” she said.

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CANDIDATES Candidates Continued from Page 10 “I believe we need to look hard at the Lyons Comprehensive Plan for Lyons to move forward. I believe there may be a need to readdress certain issues like zoning, parks, housing, and business.”

Miller said, “The three most important things in this town are 1. the people, 2. housing, and 3. businesses. Without all three of these things as the focus, we no longer have a community, but an empty shell. I also believe it’s important for Lyons to take care of our elderly and to maintain a high level of learning opportunities for our children.”

Q1: Affordable Housing A: I think the best solution for affordable housing is the Eastern Corridor, which has already been slated for mixed use in the 2010 Comprehensive Plan.

Although in my opinion, we should look at the plan again and reallocate the available land to create a larger area for housing. We also need to look at the possibility of infill and density among the existing land in town by creating incentives to landowners to build affordable ADUs in an effort to encourage rooftops and reasonable rent. We need to look at the zoning, which needs redirection.

Q2: Urban Renewal Authority A: I believe the Urban Renewal Authority is a good way to boost our faltering local economy by reviving the businesses. By using tax increment financing, we could offset some of the costs associated with the need for capital improvement.

It allows for more private / public partnerships that can ultimately lead to a revitalized economy. I am still learning about this subject, and it is not one that is easily grasped. Because it’s newly implemented, I will be cautious and extra diligent on how we use the tools it supplies.

Q3: Developing the Eastern Corridor A: The Eastern Corridor should be well thought out and planned with implementation with ease of access to the downtown area, preferably connected via bike / golf cart path. We should have some commercial, including a grocery store, retail, and light industrial with a high density townhome / condo / apartment complex that is affordable, as well as a manufactured housing site.

Q4: What have you read recently?

A: A very interesting article I just read was on www.housingfinance.com. It was about a recent Supreme Court decision that left a law intact in San Jose, CA regarding an inclusionary zoning law requiring all new residential developments to include price restricted affordable housing for moderate income buyers.

I also love a good memoir.

Nick Angelo 67, candidate for Trustee, former Mayor and Trustee Nicholas Angelo is a 30-year resident of Lyons and a local businessman. He has a shop where he sells fine art, prints, artifacts, jewelry, native masks and other things of interest.

He first served on the town board in 1995 when he was appointed to replace a trustee who stepped down. He was officially elected to the board as a trustee in 1996. Then he was elected Mayor in 1998 and elected Mayor again in 2006.

Currently Angelo is on the Planning and Community Development Commission

(PCDC) where he is working with others to create a strategy to enable people displaced by the flood to return to Lyons and to address the issue of affordable housing.

Angelo said he also wants to work to repair the flood damage to the parks, and reopen the parks and trails as soon as possi-

town. When I say “we” I mean the citizens of Lyons, not just the town board.

Q 4. What have you read recently?

A: I am reading a couple of books by Manly P. Hall, he was a mystic and philosopher, and an expert on religion. His grasp of history and being able to weave it into modern times is fascinating to me. I like to read books by authors that are much smarter than I am, that way while I’m reading I’m learning something, anything!

Barney Dreistadt 68, is a current Trustee

ble, which will help to create an economic stimulus for Lyons. He wants to get residents involved in creating a vision for Lyons. He believes that Lyons has become a recreational hub for people all over the area.

Angelo is married to local artist Candace Shepard. They have four children.

Q1 and 3: Affordable housing and developing the Eastern Corridor A: Well I have proposed to our future Mayor and posted an article online to this effect. The Eastern Corridor will be our best option for a mixed-use development. Since bond rates are at historic lows, we should bond and construct our own housing options coupled with mixed-use development to fully capitalize on this option. The reasoning behind a municipal bond is that private sector money is motivated by profit, we can price our housing at the minimum required to service the bond and manage the property. We can prioritize for people that have been misplaced by the flood, our seniors and our citizens who work in town for their living. The sad part about this is because of the time it will take to design and build, many displaced flood victims will have gone on with their lives in other locations, however I would still prioritize their position.

Q2: Urban Renewal Authority A: The Urban Renewal Authority is a financing mechanism. It will be financed by the incremental increases in property taxes over and above the benchmark of this year’s tax bill. What I am personally having a difficult time understanding is why when all of our property taxes are earmarked for the General Fund normally that this particular increment is not considered as having derived out of the General Fund. There are other taxing sources of which the increment will also accrue to the URA, those never reside in the General Fund so that I understand. If elected, I will research until I am satisfied that I understand “our” contribution fully. Personally I don’t think we needed to hire one of the most expensive law firms in Denver to do the legal work involved, but that was not my decision and I was not allowed to address my concerns publicly at a meeting. That decision has been made. Once a substantial resource has been established in the URA fund, we can then start to think about where we would like to apply it, and what projects we feel are the most important to

Barney Dreistadt was elected to the town board as a trustee in 2014 and he is seeking a second term. He moved to Lyons in 2009. Dreistadt has worked with the Lyons Volunteers since the very first days of the flood. As a trustee he works with the Lyons Arts and Humanities Commission.

He was born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania and has lived in West Virginia, Ohio and Florida prior to moving to Lyons, He graduated from Wheeling College in 1969 and attended Ohio University for several graduate courses in business. He has four daughters and six grandchildren. His career included working in management roles for two physician group practices and for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida. These positions provided experience in organizational strategy, planning, budgeting, project management and the nuts and bolts of making complex organizations work effectively.

Q1: Affordable Housing A: Now that the people of Lyons have voted down building affordable housing in Bohn Park, what suggestions would you offer for creating affordable housing in Lyons and where would it go.

Up to this point the people of Lyons have succeeded in protecting some portions of land and have failed miserably at protecting some of the most important and most vulnerable of our people.

Virtually everyone has stated that they support or at least do not oppose affordable housing and some are actually making efforts to provide some as in the old Valley Bank effort and some are keeping the commitment alive in the media. I applaud these efforts.

We must get on with the effort to provide adequate numbers affordable housing in Lyons. Housing is needed for the people who work in our community and who use our businesses and support our community endeavors. First we must replace the numbers we have lost and then carefully consider if we need any additional population to support economic sustainability.

At this time the most promising oppor-

tunity is in aggressively pursuing the development of the Eastern Corridor by obtaining the old Longmont Water Treatment Plant (WTP) property located east of the intersection of Rt. 66 and Rt. 36. Multiple options must be considered and it will likely take a strong coalition of public and private interests to make it happen. I believe it will take a combination of commercial and residential development on the WTP property and potentially other property if it can be reasonably acquired. We have no time for naysaying on this effort and I anticipate a near 100% approval vote for any annexation necessary in the Eastern Corridor.

Q2: Urban Renewal Authority.

A: The Lyons Urban Renewal Authority (LURA) is a long-term effort to use tax revenue generated by new or development or improvements to existing endeavors to pay for things that make the development and improvements easier or better. One can look to other communities in Colorado to see how URAs have helped to stimulate and rejuvenate areas of cities and towns.

We have no lack of need when it comes to improvement to infrastructure, from sidewalks, roads and utilities to public facilities. I encourage residents to be involved in every step of the process.

Make sure the Board provides information to the public at every turn. Help the Board focus on the improvements that will actually help and keep making it clear that every effort of LURA is limited to efforts that will benefit the residents of Lyons.

Q2: Developing the Eastern Corridor A: As mentioned earlier, I see the Eastern Corridor as an excellent opportunity to address the affordable housing needs and also to expand the commercial footprint of the town. Commercial development should include retail that serves the needs of Lyons area residents and help attract visitors who have an affinity for what Lyons has to offer. Ideal candidates would include musical instrument and support industries (Grace Designs which is already in that area is an excellent example) or interests in the outdoor/athletic value chain. These could potentially provide good paying jobs and help more residents afford more of the homes in the Lyons area.

Q4: What have you read recently?

A: I recently picked up a book entitled Tips of Teams by Kimball, Fisher and Rayner. Along with 5 Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni; the concepts presented help focus on effectively working with others to build on each other’s strengths and limit unnecessary barriers to progress. In other words, working together to get things done!

Juli Waugh 45, is running for Trustee Juli Waugh has lived in Lyons for 13 years. She and her husband own the Lyons Dairy Bar on Main Street and the Tiny Homes business. They bought the former Dairy Lite in 2010, remodeled it and named it the Dairy Bar. She was elected to the town board as a trustee in 2008. She served one term. Waugh worked as a human resources manager. Before she became a trustee, she was on the Depot Library Board. While on the Lyons Town Board, the trustees approved the 2008 Parks and Open Space Plan and updated the 2008 Comprehensive Plan.

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CANDIDATES Candidates Continued from Page 11 with the post-flood recovery to make sure it aligns with the Comprehensive Plan and to work with the Economic Development Council to help local business owners with post flood recovery and funding. Juli and Kenyon Waugh have two daughters in Lyons schools and they live in Lyons.

Q1: Affordable Housing A. I support Accessory Dwelling Units as an affordable housing option. ADUs allow homeowners to have separate housing on their property and rent it at affordable market rates. Using ADUs as an affordable housing option allows for affordable housing throughout and across neighborhoods, preserving socio-economic diversity in Lyons. I also support building housing as part of a mixed-use community in the Eastern Corridor.

Q 2. Urban Renewal Authority A: I strongly support the URA goals that generate funding and maintenance for major projects that help develop infrastructure, create efficiency and beautify areas in need of improvement. I gave a couple of personal examples at the forum that I will relay here: in my neighborhood, it could mean a sidewalk that would connect High Street to Third Ave. all the way to the awkward Stickney 3-way stop, creating a safe walking path to the elementary school. For my business, it could mean development of sufficient and efficient utilities to improve operations of my current restaurant equipment, and allow me to expand my operations further.

Q3: Developing the Eastern Corridor A: I would like to see the Eastern Corridor built as mixed-use, including housing, retail and light industrial business. That mix should exemplify the spirit of Lyons' creativity and entrepreneurship, including workshop spaces, innovative business, and community spaces. The Eastern Corridor should also be connected to downtown Lyons with a trail accessible to bikers and walkers, linking the Eastern Corridor and downtown business.

Q 4. What have you read recently?

A: I recently read an article in Outside Magazine naming WeeCasa Tiny Homes in Lyons, CO, as the 28th must-visit places in the world in 2016. I am so proud of my husband Kenyon and his partners in WeeCasa for this amazing recognition, and proud of our little town of Lyons with all of its big dreamers that make Lyons rock!

Daniel Reitz 48, is a new candidate for Trustee Dan Reitz moved to Lyons a little over

two years ago. He married his wife Lisa in 2010. He is an international business manager and he has done work in community service holding several leadership positions related to youth sports and cycling. He said, “One of my primary beliefs is that we all have some common points that we can agree on and can use those to build better relationships and community.”

He was educated as a mechanical engineer. As a young adult he worked in landscaping, painting and various other labor related jobs. During his university years he helped manage a small group that competed in national engineering events that placed in the top five schools. After university he worked in several different industries including automotive, research, and high tech manufacturing. He has been with his present company for 15 years. “I want to help Lyons stay great and adapt to future community needs,” he said. “I have been encouraged to run for the board of trustees because of my skills at working with diverse groups of people and my belief in moderation.”

Q1: Affordable Housing A. As you know this is a very tricky subject. There are many different opinions on this topic and what has happened in the past, is just that the past. In looking forward we need to be creative on how to look at the land resources that are available to the town now but also look at what could be available to the town in the future. Land in the Eastern Corridor, infill property (like the bank property being developed by Habitat venture) and other land yet annexed into the town. One issue I see is that much of the land around the town is controlled by Boulder County Open Space. I think there needs to be a moratorium on new BCOS around the town of Lyons and also look at the town acquiring some of the land that BCOS already controls. Anyway we need to be creative.

Q 2: Urban Renewal Authority A: Although I have read a bit on the URA I am still learning. Before I can really comment on the URA I think I would need to sit town with some of the trustees and also the town to better understand the URA. On the surface it looks good for the town but I have heard some concerns from folks. Basically I am not going to comment on something that I need to better understand.

Q3: Developing the Eastern Corridor A: Develop it. I think there needs to be a mix in development on the Eastern Corridor. We need more light industrial in the town and we need some residential. The light industrial can be used for all sorts of business. I would also like to see some kind

of indoor farmers market that you can get locally raised foods including meats.

Getting as much input from local business and residents is going to be key as well.

Q4: What have you read recently?

A: I just read a very interesting article about David Gelernter on artificial intelligence. One of those topics that can spawn much debate in the computer science and robotics community. Not something I would go in detail about in a candidate Q and A but a topic to discuss over a few beverages at one of our local watering holes. If you have read the article I am more on the Bill Gates spectrum of AI folks. :-)

Dan Greenberg 47, is a current Trustee Dan Greenberg was elected as a trustee to the town board in 2012. He was reelected in 2014 and now he is seeking a third term. He worked with the town board and staff during the flood to help Lyons recover.

Greenberg is a liaison to the Library Board which is working on planning and building a new Library building. He is a math teacher by profession and is a math coach to other math teachers helping them in the class room to improve their teaching skills. He is originally from Philadelphia, PA. He graduated from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst with a BS degree in sociology.

He said he realized during his first term on the board that the town’s budget relied too heavily on fees from developers and needed to shift to a more long term view of a sales and property tax based economy.

Greenberg said he is seeking a third term because he wants to see the town through the final phases of recovery and the grant projects to fund the projects. He said he can help the board stay on track to keep the utility funds stable so they are not a burden to taxpayers. This also includes finding ways to pay for the upkeep on all the new and existing park land. He wants the board to be more inviting to residents and make it easier for members of the community to engage with the board.

Dan and his wife Jo have two children, Jade and Peytan, both in school at Lyons schools.

Q1: Affordable Housing A. The best opportunities we have to create housing that meets the needs of a variety of income levels is to promote infill and to look towards the Eastern Corridor. We can incentivize infill by reducing tap and permitting fees for homeowners who wish to build an ADU or increase the density of their lot. This alone does not guarantee affordability, as we have seen the demand for long term rentals in Lyons increase rents.

Additionally, an increase in the ease of renting short term via the internet may have put a squeeze on our rental supply. It may be possible to develop a system that in return for reduced tap and permitting fees, a homeowner must maintain their rental property as one that charges rent below the median rent for the area for a certain number of years. The Eastern Corridor also has the potential to meet some of our housing needs. We will likely be best served by a mix of housing types and densities, such as mixed use in a commercial area, affordable rentals managed by a private or public developer, and lower density homes that can be purchased. Deed restrictions can be used for some homes that allow the home to appreciate with the market, yet restrict that appreciation over time so they main-

tain their affordability Another available mechanism is to create the requirement that any new development include a certain percentage of units affordable to people who earn 60 percent or less of the Area Median Income. Overall, it is important that we develop more than one instrument to write into our code, and then select the right tool for the job given the specific development and situation.

Q2: Urban Renewal Authority A: The purpose of a URA is to revitalize areas of town that cannot reinvest in themselves on their own. Development is expensive and in many cases local business owners do not have 100 percent of the funds to redevelop their investment. The Lyons URA will have access to funds that can be used to close the funding gap between what business and land owners can finance through traditional means and the actual costs of redevelopment. For example, URA funds can be used as collateral for a bank loan. Having a URA helps to keep local business local because it gives access to funds frequently only larger developers have in the form of cash or in the form of dollars that come from outside investors. Additionally, since the elected BOT serves as the LURA, the accountability to the people is significant. As a community we will actually have better control as to what, if anything, gets developed with a URA as opposed to without a URA since we control the purse strings.

Q3: Developing the Eastern Corridor A: The Eastern Corridor could be a great asset to Lyons if developed the right way and with the best interests of Lyons in mind. The opportunities this area of town presents are for housing as well as for commercial and light industrial uses, including the potential for a small sized hotel. We have a dramatic need for lodging in Lyons for those who visit for a wedding, a concert, or perhaps simply to access the surrounding open space and mountains. When we lose these visitors to Longmont and Boulder, our businesses lose out along with our sales tax dollars.

This lost revenue impacts our ability to operate and maintain our parks and fund capital improvement projects such as street and road repair. Light industrial creates jobs and reduces the need for some of our residents to commute to work or to the local business they own.

Q4: What have you read recently?

A: I am currently reading Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehishi Coates. In his book, Coates writes a letter to his son where he seeks to explain his life experience and impart the lessons of being a Black man in America.

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The Lyons 9Health Fair advances health awareness, providing people with the tools they need to take responsibility for their own health. Together, with a local team of volunteers and coordinators, the Lyons 9Health Fair provides life-saving, professional health screenings and education programs. It all began in 1970 by the National Institutes of Health and 9NEWS and has impacted two million lives in its 36-year history.

The Lyons 9Health Fair has created a safe, convenient and friendly environment to provide our local community with free and low-cost screenings to those 18 and

Chipping away means making progress with an LCF grant for Bohn Park

By Kristin Bruckner Redstone Review LYONS – When Lyons-area residents look at our still-decimated parks, it is easy to get discouraged and become impatient.

For as much work has been completed in river restoration as well as major progress Bruckner being made in Meadow Park, a walk by Bohn Park tells the story of the long wait ahead. As spring approaches, local kids and adults want to know when Bohn Park will be open, when there will be a place for riverfront picnics, or when we’ll have public baseball fields.

The Lyons Community Foundation has recently awarded a $14,460 grant to the Town of Lyons Parks and Recreation Department to assist in rebuilding efforts in Bohn Park. The award epitomizes the teamwork and

group efforts that are working to try and make a dent in the estimated $25 million in damages the floods wreaked on our parks and trails. While it might be a drop in the bucket towards the massive amount of cleanup and rebuilding ahead, a few local residents have made their impact felt through the LCF Rebuild Lyons Fund.

In April of 2014, local resident Stephanie Kurland ran the Boston Marathon and raised money in an effort to

older, ensuring the health of our community. Thanks to all of our committed volunteers, sponsors, and suppliers, our local health fair has continued to be an annual success. The Lyons 9Health Fair is also sponsored in part by our Lyons Community Foundation.

Plan to attend the Lyons Health Fair on Saturday, April 16, at the Lyons Middle / Senior High School.

New this year are the hours of 8 a.m. to noon. Also, just a reminder that you no longer have to fast before you have your blood drawn, as the only levels that will be affected are glucose and triglycerides. This allows you to sleep in, eat breakfast, have some coffee or tea and drink some water, then come to the fair at a time that best works for you.

The core committee of coordinators, who are your friends and your neighbors are looking for a few more volunteers. If you are interested in volunteering just go to: www.9healthfair.org and click on the Volunteer link; everything else is self-explanatory from that point on.

The site number for Lyons is 811, but you can also find our fair by looking for Lyons location. Spread the word rebuild the trails she so loves. An avid runner, she saw the opportunity to spread the message of hope and resiliency and raised over $3,400 for Lyons parks and trails in the process. “I couldn’t think of a better place to run for Lyons than in Boston,” said Kurland just before her big race. “Both of our communities went through a profound tragedy in 2013 and this was my way to show my support for Boston while raising money for Lyons.

Boston Strong. Lyons Strong.” The race occurred on the first year anniversary of the bombing of the Boston Marathon that injured more than 260 people. By using a Crowdfunding site to tell the flood story of Lyons, Kurland was able to garner support from friends and family from around the country. Members of the Lyons High School Cross Country Team and Lyons High School Video Production team helped make the video that was on her fundraising website.

The fruits of another Lyons project also contributed to the grant allocated for parks and trail repair. Members of the Lyons High School Photography Club, led by teacher Stephanie Busby, donated the roughly $10,000 raised by selling their book that documented the floods. Produced in early 2014, the photographic journal of the flood experience was put together by Busby’s photography students and artist-in-residence Robert Campagna. In it, students shared personal stories and a photographic documentation of their own experiences though the epic shared events of September 2013.

The remaining portion of the grant awarded to the Parks and Recreation Department came from a private donation from a local citizen, Wendell Walker. A resident of Lyons Valley Park, Walker reflects on the sentiment of many locals, “I feel it is very important for the Town of Lyons to get back to where it was before the flood.” It really demonstrates that every little bit counts and individuals can collectively make a difference.

It’s easy to feel like progress is slow, or that rebuilding is so monumental that people can’t make a difference. In this case, the Lyons Community Foundation was able to pool together a variety of resources to make a bigger impact.

That inherently is what the foundation does. Says longtime LCF Advisory Board member Debbie Simms, “Because LCF is uniquely positioned as a channel for directing local philanthropic efforts, we are able to make an impact, even if it’s one section of one park at a time. Two and half years later, we can look at the glass half empty in terms of the amount of work to be done, or we can measure our small successes in what we are able to accomplish.”

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L E T T E R •T O •T H E •E D I T O R 9Health Fair As you can see from the accompanying article, the Lyons 9 Health Fair will be held on April 16, 2016 at the Lyons High School. This will be the ninth consecutive year for the health fair in Lyons, and my ninth year as medical coordinator. When the core group brought this health fair to Lyons in 2008, there were eight of us coordinating this event, which takes approximately four months. We are down to four coordinators, and two of us have volunteered all nine years.

This core group has dwindled in size, and will dwindle even further in 2017.

I am wondering if our community values this event enough to continue in 2017? If so, we need passionate volunteers to step forward and begin to take over the reins. If not, this event will be one that no longer exists to bring free medical screenings to our community; 400 to 500 of our neighbors will not have easy access to this free event.

I’m hoping some others in Lyons value this fair as much as I do, and will step forward. It makes sense to shadow the present coordinators in 2016 for an easy transition, IF the health fair is to survive. Contact me, or any of the other coordinators if you have this passion.

Sue Wratten RN, Medical Coordinator, Lyons 9 Health Fair.

Contact me at 303-823-2435 There is light at the end of the tunnel for our parks and trails. Dave Cosgrove, Director of Parks and Recreation, reports that the work in Meadow Park is in full swing and on track to open to the public by July 1 of this year. For Bohn Park, it is anticipated that the final design and bid process will take place from March 2016 through July 2016. The Town intends to put the project out to bid for construction in July/August 2016 in order to award a contract for construction to begin no later than October of 2016. It is the intention that Bohn Park will be open to the public by end of summer 2017. An initial conceptual plan for Bohn Park is available by PDF-Bohn Park Flood Recovery Planning Process Plan at www.lyonContinue Bohn Park on Page 18

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FOUNDATION Will Guantanamo Bay Detainee Camp eventually close down?

By Richard A. Joyce Redstone Review LYONS – Though President Obama’s latest plan to remove all the detainees from Guantanamo Bay Joyce (GITMO) and shut it down has met with fierce opposition from Republicans in and outside of Congress and more than a few Democrats as well, there’s very good reason to do exactly that.

The first goes back to 1903, when the U.S., fresh from its victories in the Spanish American War, briefly took complete control of the island as Cuba’s fledgling independent government took shape.

At that point a treaty was signed. It gave the U.S. the right to have a Naval refueling and coaling station at Guantanamo Bay. In return the U.S. would pay the government of Cuba about $2,000 per month to lease the land in perpetuity unless both countries agreed to end the treaty or the U.S. abandoned the place.

The treaty, however, specified that the area under lease, about 45 acres in Southeastern Cuba, could only be used for that purpose and no other.

The treaty was revised under President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1934, and a troubling law called the Pratt Amendment, which gave the U.S. the right to intervene in Cuba’s internal affairs – it did on several occasions – was eliminated by the revised agreement.

Then the Cuban revolution, begun in 1953 and ending in 1959, brought Fidel Castro and his brother, Raoul, to power as a communist government. During all the years before 1959, the U.S. government faithfully sent the lease payment to the Cuban government, though by that time the amount had been increased to $4,000 per month, and all of the checks had been

accepted and cashed by the Cuban government up to the Castro takeover.

Castro wanted Guantanamo back and refused to cash the checks. But because one had been cashed in the early days of the Castro regime, likely by accident in the confusion accompanying dramatic political change, the U.S. claimed Castro had by that act accepted the treaty and its in-perpetuity terms.

The Castro government never cashed another check, and the U.S. continued

to operate Guantanamo as a naval refueling base, but also wanted to keep it for its strategic location with regard not only to Cuba but also South America. So the first question to consider, if we are indeed an honorable nation of laws, is whether the possibly accidental cashing of a single lease check justifies a claim that Cuba under Castro accepted the terms of the 1903 treaty and 1934 revised treaty allowing the U.S. a perpetual lease for Guantanamo.

If the answer is no, then we are bound by international law to shut down our naval base at the request of the nation of Cuba, the recognition of its sovereignty being also part of the treaty. As it is we

hold the base by threat of military action if Cuba were to attempt to take it back.

If the answer is yes, then we must ask if our use of Guantanamo has been strictly as a naval refueling and coaling station, as the treaty requires.

GITMO alone proves this answer must be no, but other naval operations at or with support from the Guantanamo base over the years also may violate this treaty provision. Our use of Guantanamo, therefore, may nullify the treaty and add to

Cuba’s sovereign right to demand that we leave, as does our recent restoration of rudimentary diplomatic relations with the Castro government.

People in the U.S. can argue all day, and night, too, about what to do with the 90 or so remaining detainees at GITMO, but holding them until they die without charges, trials and convictions is, in the view of many, including the U.N. Human Rights Commission, a violation of international law, and that’s a third reason for an honorable nation to close the place.

Only nine of the hundreds of detainees held there over the years have been put on trial and convicted of whatever charges were brought.

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So, despite politicians’ attempts to muddy it all by using the “fear factor” in talks about what those detainees might do or cause to be done if we bring them to high-security prisons in the U.S., there is no real choice here for a nonhypocritical nation.

Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, including GITMO prison, must be shut down.

Legally and morally, it is dead wrong to continue to occupy part of a sovereign nation in violation of a treaty with that nation, as it is to hold people forever on suspicion of terrorism, past or future without due process. Refusing to do so makes one surmise that keeping detainees there may really not involve fear at all but rather is just a clever way of keeping Cuba from reclaiming its sovereign territory, and thus of ever fully normalizing relations with the U.S. so long as it remains communist.

But even if the fears mouthed by politicians are justified, fear should not deter Obama’s plan. Those who ultimately prevail have no fear except that of failing to do what is right and just. In this case, that means the end of GITMO and the restoration of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base to Cuba.

Richard A. Joyce is an associate professor in the mass communications department at Colorado State University-Pueblo. He is an award-winning journalist who served as managing editor, and subsequently editor and general manager of the Cañon City Daily Record from 1988 to 1994. The opinions he expresses in this column are strictly his own, and do not represent in any way the views of anyone else at the Redstone Review or at Colorado State University-Pueblo. He can be reached at phase15@mac.com.

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Fostering resiliency: Learning from others

By Toshen Golias Redstone Review LYONS – After the Big One, a long form, is a story of a natural disaster by Adam Rothstein published on Motherboard, the technology and science website of Vice Media, March 3, 2016. It can be used as an example for the flood recovery in Lyons.

In the science fiction story After the Big One the ground begins to move at 11:44 a.m. on a Thursday in April. Cacophony swells from the city as if it is howling in response to the earth’s call: car alarms, shattering glass, the thudding of bricks popping out of building facades, humans screaming in fright, and far off, echoes of what sound like dumpsters clattering to the ground from the jaws of garbage trucks. These are the sounds of the living surfaces that a city takes for granted becoming undone.

So begins a riveting story bringing to life the consequences of a major natural disaster as well as the critical necessity of being prepared for such an event. Written in a style described as “reported science fiction,” it vibrates with authentic emotional intensity while remaining grounded in the latest related scientific studies and emergency response planning.

Though smaller in magnitude than the event described in this story, the 2013 flood here in Colorado brought us similar experiences: being cut off for days, having

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CONTEXT What is that noise my dog is making?

By Dana Dietrich, DVM Redstone Review LYONS – Reverse sneezing is an unsettling event in which a dog makes loud respiratory sounds that sound like it is having trouble breathing or choking. It is termed a reverse sneeze, because it sounds like the dog is rapidly pulling air into the nose, whereas in a regular sneeze, the air is rapidly pushed out through the nose.

Reverse sneezing, although scary to witness, is a simple condition that usually does not need any treatment. The sound the dog makes can be so scary that many owners have rushed in a panic to emergency clinics in the middle of the night.

The most common cause of reverse sneezing is an irritation of the soft palate and throat which results in a spasm.

During a reverse sneeze, the dog will make rapid and long inhalations, stand still, and extend his head and neck. A loud snorting sound is produced, which may make you think the dog has something caught in his nose or throat.

Anything that irritates the throat can cause this spasm and subsequent sneeze.

Causes include excitement, eating or drinking, exercise intolerance, pulling on a leash, mites, pollen, foreign bodies caught in the throat, perfumes, viruses, household chemicals, allergies, and postnasal drip. If an irritant in the house is the cause, taking the dog outside can help simply because the dog will no longer be inhaling the irritant. Brachycephalic dogs (those with flat faces, such as Pugs and

Boxers) can have respiratory sounds similar to a reverse sneeze but may be a sign of a respiratory problem, such as an elongated soft palate. In these cases, the dogs be examined by a should veterinarian. Small dogs are particularly prone to reverse sneezing, possibly because they have smaller throats.

Reverse sneezing itself rarely requires treatment. A reverse sneezing episode can last for several seconds to a minute.

When the sneezing stops, the spasm is over. Since episodes of reverse sneezing can make your dog anxious, it’s important that you remain calm. If you feel the need

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to do something for your dog, you can try massaging the throat to stop the spasm.

Treatment of the underlying cause, if known, is useful. If parasites, such as mites, are in the throat area, your veterinarian may use drugs to get rid of the mites. If allergies are the root of the problem, your veterinarian may prescribe antihistamines. You can keep track of when your pet reverse sneezes and what it’s doing, just as it happens, to try and figure

out the triggers and work to avoid them.

Because reverse sneezing is not a severe problem, do not worry about leaving your dog home alone; if it occurs when you're not there, the episode will most likely end on its own.

If reverse sneezing becomes a chronic

problem rather than an occasional occurrence, your veterinarian may need to look up the nasal passages (rhinoscopy), and may even need to take a biopsy to determine the cause of the problem.

Sometimes, however, no cause can be identified. Some dogs have these episodes their entire lives; some dogs develop the condition only as they age. In most dogs, however, the spasm is a temporary problem that goes away on its own, leaving the dog with no after-effects.

If you are unsure if your dog is reverse sneezing, the dog should be evaluated by a veterinarian to make sure a more serious condition or a life threatening event is not happening. If you do have your dog evaluated by a veterinarian a brief video of the event should be taken to help your veterinarian determine if the dog was reverse sneezing.

Cats are much less likely to reverse sneeze than dogs are. However, owners should always have a veterinarian examine the cat in case the respiratory sounds are caused by other, more serious breathing problems, and not a reverse sneeze.

Dr. Dana Dietrich is an Emergency Veterinarian at Aspen Meadow Veterinary Specialists. AMVS is a 24-hour veterinary facility providing specialty internal medicine, orthopedic surgery, oncology, e m e r g e n c y, critical care, and pain management. They are located in Longmont at 104 S. Main St. For more information, go to www.AspenMeadowVet.com.

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CONCEPTS The magic of wheat berry flour in sourdough bread

By Catherine Ripley Metzger Redstone Review LYONS – We at Food for the Ages love artisan bread: you know, the hand-made sourdough loaves with the rough, crusty outside and tender inside. Fine for a couple’s special meal after a hard week at work, but at the normal rate that the family consumes bread, who can afford it at $6 plus per loaf? Why not make use of healthy organic wheat berries that can be made into flour?

With a little time on your hands, and with the help of a trusty Vita Mix highspeed blender, you can’t afford not to at least try making your own flour, your own sourdough starter, and ultimately, your own sourdough bread. Sourdough bread may be healthy and inexpensive but it takes painstaking detail and attention and time for successful results. Once you are up and running it’s just simple maintenance of your starter, and you can bake with sourdough regularly.

from the ground up but here I am interpreting Patricia Kendall’s advice from her book High Altitude Baking for making starter and basic batter using yogurt, potato water or commercial yeast.

Step 1: Make the sourdough starter Make one of the starter recipes shown in the chart in a glass, crockery or plastic container with a lid that can be tightened, and make sure that there is plenty of room for the mixture to expand. Do not let a metal lid or metal utensils come in contact with the starter; use a wooden or plastic spoon to mix.

Mix ingredients for the chosen starter and let it sit at room temperature, covered with a dishcloth, for 48 hours, or until it has a pleasantly sour odor. This only makes enough for the starter pot. The potato water recipe makes enough for the starter pot and the first basic batter.

Cover tightly and refrigerate or proceed to Step 2 below.

at room temperature loosely covered for at least six hours or overnight. Makes about four cups. Cover tightly and refrigerate if you are not using right away.

• When you take it from the refrigerator to use it, let it sit six hours at 80-85 degrees F to reactivate it.

Sourdough Wheat Berry Bread Makes two large loaves 2 Tablespoons butter 3/4 cup milk 1/3 cup honey 1 Tablespoon yeast 1 teaspoon salt 1.5 to 2 cups wheat berry flour 3 cups all-purpose flour or bread flour 3 cups basic batter • Melt butter, then add milk and honey in small pan and stir until dissolved.

• In a large bowl, thoroughly mix yeast, salt and four cups of flour.

• Add milk mixture and basic batter to flour mixture and stir with a large wood-

Yogurt Starter ½ cup low-fat or non-fat yogurt with active/live cultures

Yeast Starter 1 teaspoon yeast or 1 small cake of yeast

Potato Water Starter Use a one-gallon container

Fine Ground Wheat Berry Flour

1 cup

1 cup

5 cups

Water

1 cup

1 cup, lukewarm, 80–85 F

4 cups lukewarm potato water, 80–85 F. Use water in which you have cooked 5 to 6 peeled potatoes until tender

Sugar

1 tablespoon

1 tablespoon

2 tablespoons

Salt

N/A

N/A

2 teaspoons

Sourdough, or fermented wheat flour, is the oldest form of leavening for bread and was around for thousands of years before other forms of leavening were discovered.

And as we are discovering again, fermented food is good for you. Many folks who are gluten-free report they can comfortably consume sourdough bread – the fermenting process pre-digests much of the gluten, and in turn provides good probiotics for the stomach.

It’s funny that many people have decided to become gluten-free. Gluten intolerance is a specific disease (celiac disease) or allergy and most people don’t have it.

Unfortunately, gluten-free everything has been popularized as a food fad at the expense of consumers avoiding nutritious breads, such as the wheat berry sourdough recipe below. Though it contains gluten, it also delivers many key minerals and important vitamins and loads of dietary fiber, the hallmarks of our multi-billiondollar supplements industry. Would you rather take a pill or toast a slice of bread?

Your gut needs the real deal!

In this recipe I blended wheat berries in my Vita Mix to get very finely ground wheat flour and then added a teaspoon or so of whole wheat berries to the flour for crunchiness. I used Great River Organic Milling’s Hard Red Spring Wheat for this recipe.

I am thoroughly impressed with those artisan bakers who avoid modern yeasts and sugars to make their sourdough bread

Step 2: Make a permanent starter pot, a.k.a., “your insurance policy.”

Optional but a good idea if you are planning to make more than one sourdough loaf, cookies, pancakes, etc.

1 cup Yogurt, Yeast or Potato starter 1 cup wheat berry flour 1 cup lukewarm water (80-85 degrees F) 1 teaspoon sugar • Combine all ingredients in a two-quart glass or plastic container and allow to sit at room temperature loosely covered for at least 12 hours or overnight before using to make the basic batter.

• When removing one cup of starter to make the basic batter, replenish the starter by stirring in one cup warm water (105-115 degrees F), one teaspoon sugar and one cup wheat berry flour. Stir with wooden spoon and let sit at room temperature, loosely covered, for 12 hours. Then tightly close and refrigerate.

• When you take it from the refrigerator to use it, let it sit six hours at 80-85 degrees F to reactivate it.

Step 3: Make the basic batter: 1 cup starter 2.5 cups wheat berry flour 1 Tablespoon sugar 2 cups lukewarm water (80-85⁰F) • Combine all ingredients in a two-quart glass or plastic container and allow to sit

Make Natural Yeast from Scratch You can make your own yeast, which takes about five days, by following the well-explained and copiously detailed instructions from the Bread Geek at http://thebreadgeek.com/2015/03/make-natural-yeast-scratch.html).

Baking Bread Without Commerical Yeast And you can make and your own sourdough starter from scratch using the simple instructions from (http://vikingfoodguy.com/wordpress/papers/baking-bread-without-commercial-yeast/), which again takes about five days.

Buy Natural Sourdough Starter If you are worried about failure, which is common in making your own yeast or sourdough starter from the whims of wild yeast, you can purchase sourdough cultures to improve your outcomes at www.sourdo.com. The interesting thing about homemade sourdough starters is that they catch the wild yeasts that are native to wherever you live and each region has its own sour taste, thus San Francisco sourdough, etc.

en spoon until well combined.

• Gradually add up to one more cup of flour, kneading in as much as possible.

Continue kneading until dough is smooth and elastic, about eight to ten minutes by hand or two minutes by mixer. (If you use mixer, start out with only two cups of flour and gradually add the flour until you have a stiff kneaded dough.)

• Put dough in lightly greased warm bowl and let rise for between 40 and 55 minutes at 80 to 84 degrees F until it doubles in bulk. Your next steps depend on your altitude: Below 5,000 ft.: One-rise bread is possible and you can skip the second bowl rising. Simply punch the dough down after the first rising, shape into loaves and place in greased loaf pans. Let rise until doubled in size, about 25 to 30 minutes then bake as directed.

Above 5,000 ft.: You will need to do the second bowl rising. After the first rising, punch down and let rise again. Don’t panic, the second rise only takes between 20 and 30 minutes (less time for higher altitudes). Then punch down, and for the third rising, in the pan, rising time is between 25 and 35 minutes.

• Shape your loaf following the first rise or, if you are above 5,000 ft., shape before third rising. For rectangular loaves in loaf pans, shape dough by rolling it out into a ten-by-six-inch rectangle, forcing out any gas bubbles as you roll. Beginning with the six-inch edge, roll the dough toward you and push the roll into the dough as you roll to prevent holes from forming.

Seal the edge by pinching the edge and the roll together, then seal the ends by pinching them into the roll.

I wanted a round, artisan-like loaf, so, after my second rising, I kneaded the dough slightly and tucked it under into a circle and pinched the ends together underneath. I then set the dough on the cookie sheet and pulled the sides up and

CHOOSE A STARTER

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pinched them together twice in the center, like the letter X. Then I lightly floured the top, covered it and let it rise another 25 minutes or so.

• At 9,150 feet, I preheated the oven to 400 degrees F with a metal cookie sheet with sides set on the bottom of the oven and the shelf just above it. As I opened the door to the oven and placed the loaf in the preheated oven, I threw one cup of ice water onto the metal cookie sheet and quickly shut the door as the steam rose.

This gives it the rough crust you are looking for. I baked my loaf at 400 degrees F for 30 minutes although at lower altitudes 375 degrees F should be fine.

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ASPECT Everyone is talking about the P word

By Marty Hine Redstone Review LYONS – After last week’s primary elections, I received a request to comment on the “P” word. As a registered Hine anarchist I normally avoid the subject but, just this once.

You must know that the word politics derives from “poly” which means many and “ticks” which means blood sucking parasites.

Besides, all politics is yokel.

Fact is, most of the citizens I know stay instinctively out of politics. We think even less of politicians than we do of lawyers. After all, what is a politician but somebody who couldn’t make it as a lawyer? We good citizens don’t go to school meetings, town board meetings or caucuses. Our time is much too precious for jury duty. We forget to register for elections and we neglect to vote. We sneer at the politicians and stick our noses up at the thought of participating in political activities unless our personal interests are at stake. Then we fume over the sordid level to which government has fallen.

As a result, we don’t really have democracy any more because democracy demands participation. Genuine democracy is what you have in a small village where everybody has a personal relationship with the boss, a personal interest in the issues and everybody gets a vote.

Representative democracy is a contgradiction in terms. Lawyers, politicians, police, journalists, bureaucrats, lobbyists, stock brokers and bankers all claim to represent us. The state legitimizes what it does and then we pay it to tell us what to do. Let’s face it; the state is a device whereby some people get to live at the expense of everybody else.

Politics is the voluntary surrender of personal good for to benefit the community. It’s when ordinary people chip in and build something for themselves and their children. It’s when people get involved enough to understand what a bond issue is. It’s when you vote for a real person you know rather than a name on a party ballot.

Again and again our elected representatives disappoint us, frustrate us, embarrass us. But we never seem to learn. We give them great power over us and we trust them with it but they are only human. Robert Heinlein said, “A monarch’s neck should always have a noose around it... it keeps him upright.

So, in our frustration and disgust we ignore the whole business, unless there is a delicious scandal. Then we are very interested because it makes them act and look like the soap opera fools that they really are.

Problem is, we have entrusted them with our very souls. Government is based on the premise that the individual has no rights except those privileges granted by the state. Freedom does not come from government. It springs from resistance by the subjects of government. Bad govern-

ment is the main source of mischief and evil in the world.

My personal experience in politics began in the 1970s on the Lyons Town Board. Developers were taking more than ordinary advantage of the trustees and I was disturbed. I wanted to do my part to help correct the abuses and found it surprisingly easy to get elected.

The fact that nobody knew me from a hole in the ground was a huge advantage.

It soon became painfully clear that I was ill-prepared for the job. So I began to educate myself in the only way I knew, from books and newspapers. I collected an impressive set of works on city planning, environmental impact studies, comprehensive plans, government and political economy, and I studied them. There I found Government laid out in perfect order.

What you get from newspapers and books is not life, however, it’s just what someone tells you about life. I was full of beautiful political theory and devoid of the reality of daily practice. The great weakness of representative democracy is that newly elected officials are totally at the mercy of unelected bureaucrats.

Of course I never let my naiveté get in the way of voting on any issue. And to this day I march to the polls and vote for

Commentary: What’s the fix for affordable housing in Lyons, and vote for trustees

By Amy Reinholds Redstone Review LYONS – This month, my column focuses on what Lyons residents and the surrounding community can do.

Participate in planning meetings.

If you think there should be housing that Reinholds people who work in Lyons, or people who lost their homes in the flood, can afford, make that part of the vision for the Eastern Corridor.

The Town of Lyons, along with the hired consultant team, will be holding public meetings for the Lyons Primary Planning Area Master Plan to determine the vision for parcels that are currently outside of Town limits.

The planning process is broken into three small areas: the Eastern Corridor and Gateway, the South St. Vrain River / County Road 69 area, and Apple Valley.

But the first three public workshops will

focus on the Eastern Corridor and Gateway. Meetings are Thursdays, March 17, April 14, and April 18, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Rogers Hall (Fourth and High Street).

Attend as many of the meetings as you can to make sure you have the opportunity to shape the vision of what can be built in the future on the eastern edge of town. You don’t have to live within town limits to participate.

If you don’t participate, don’t complain later that your ideas weren’t included. You have the power.

Vote for trustees. Vote for leaders who have realistic and workable ideas to make Lyons more affordable. Read the candidates’ answers to questions that are published in this edition of the Redstone Review.

From what I’ve learned in the two and a half years that I have devoted to looking for solutions for affordable housing in Lyons, I advise against approaches that rely only on

people I have never heard of and have no idea what they stand for.

I ended up learning a great deal about life and politics on the town board. Mostly it has to do with staying out of other people’s disputes and politics, but also that the business of politics is my business and it had better be yours. Not only do they have their hands in your pocket, they control your water supply, your electric, your houses, your work, your children’s education, and just about everything else that matters.

It’s easy to be a patriot when we are called out to rally to a great cause. All too easily we allow ourselves to be manipulated by great leaders or clever media wits. But the real unsung heroes, the motive power of this democracy are people with their sleeves rolled up, staying involved and doing the real work.

Just in case you haven’t heard, we’re about to have an election for the next town board and it does matter. Please inform yourself on the issues and vote.

Marty Hine has lived around Lyons for more than 40 years. He has served on the Lyons Board of Trustees, the Utilities and Engineering Board, the Boulder County Planning Commission and as chairman of the PCDC. He and his wife, Ellen, have raised five children in Lyons over the years.

the free market, such as removing barriers to homeowners creating mother-in-law apartments (also called accessory dwelling units or ADUs), or general statements about increasing infill and mixed types of housing. Without a way to require that rent or sales prices will be affordable in the future, all the work is lost as soon as the landlord needs to raise the rent or the original homeowner decides to sell. Instead, I encourage electing trustees who understand that multiple tools should be deployed to incentivize and encourage housing that remains affordable into the future to the populations who need it.

The candidates who are currently serving on the Board of Trustees and the Special Housing Committee have the institutional knowledge of the research from the years since the flood to understand these issues, and we know where they stand, informed by their experience.

The Town of Lyons election (by mail ballot) is Tuesday, April 5.

What affordable housing strategies will work? In the next month, before the current terms end, the Board of Trustees would like to have a realistic group of strategies that future town leaders can apply to decisions about affordable housing. The trustees reviewed a draft of an Affordable Housing Policy Framework with Cody Humphrey, Lyons Housing Recovery Coordinator, and Justin Spencer, chair of the Lyons Special Housing Committee, in early March. The draft was based on research including policies in other towns in Colorado, input from other town boards and commissions and town attorney Kathie Guckenberger, and a guide from the Colorado Division of Housing. It summarized affordable housing objectives already defined by the town and sugContinue Housing on Page 18

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New movement in town for more senior activities

By Kathleen Spring Redstone Review LYONS – There is a new senior movement in Lyons, which includes social, physical and cultural activities planned every month. Studies show that seniors who remain active physically and in a Spring community setting are more likely to live happier and longer lives. In the Town of Lyons there are approximately 400 seniors (persons age 50 or older) in the community. Two key groups in Lyons are striving to entice seniors to take advantage of several new offerings.

The newest group is Lyons Longevity. Four local seniors put together in January an open forum for seniors to state their needs and hear about what was currently being

Cleanup Continued from Page 3 cardboard, etc. should be taken to the recycle bins on Railroad Avenue.

Yard waste (branches, leaves, and other organic materials from your yard) will be accepted free of charge. There will be a charge per load for trash. Items that can be dropped off as trash include box springs, construction materials, old wood, and couches. Although not yet finalized, most prices will be similar to 2015. Both cash and checks will be accepted.

E-waste will be accepted and disposed of responsibly and will incur a fee, including computers and peripherals, audio equipment, phones, small electric items, TVs, VCRs. In addition, one charity will be at Bohn Park to accept your donations of lightly used household items, clothing, books, and small furniture to promote reuse. The Epilepsy Foundation will be onsite during the Sunday event. Items accepted for donation include gently used clothing of all types and seasons, small home appliances and electronics, toys, games, housewares, linens, books, CD’s, small furniture. No couches, mattresses, or large furniture, etc. can be accepted.

Please note that hazardous waste, such as paint, thinner, motor oil, cleaning products, batteries, etc. will not be accepted. However, these items can be taken to the Hazardous Material Management Facility in Boulder Wednesday through Saturday. There is no charge to Lyons residents for drop off of accepted hazardous items. Location, hours, and information about disposing of hazardous wastes can be found at bouldercounty.org/env/hazwaste/pages/h azmatfacility.aspx.

The Sustainable Futures Commission is also working with the Boulder County Sheriff’s department to explore the option of including medical take-back (accepting out-of-date or no longer needed prescription drugs) for Sunday.

More info will be available in your April utility bill. Also watch for Town of Lyons email blasts for information and updates.

Dawn Weller is a member of the Lyons Board of Trustees. She was elected in April 2014 to a second two-year term. She is the liaison from the town board to the Sustainable Futures Commission.

Housing Continued from Page 17 gested ten guidelines to consider as ways to meet a goal of ten percent of all housing in Lyons to be affordable to people who make less than 60 percent of the area median income (AMI). (In 2015, 60 percent of AMI was less than about $48,400 for a two-person household).

The draft presented guidelines to consider from requiring all new residential developments in Lyons of more than five dwelling units to build at least 20 percent affordable, incentives for developers who elect to build additional affordable units, researching changes to utility connection fee structure, and a fee or tax for funding affordable housing. Trustee Dawn Weller worked on the draft with the Special Housing Committee, and trustees Barney Dreistadt, Dan Greenberg, Jim Kerr, Connie Sullivan, and Mayor John O'Brien all gave feedback. In the next month, look for changes including an assessment of the needed number of units of affordable housing, about five realistic strategies that can work for different scenarios and be incorporated into existing town design standards / code.

Comments from trustees included specific incentives for

Lions Continued from Page 6 this reality to protect ourselves, our animals and the lions.

John Koehler, CPW wildlife officer whose district covers Lyons, said that he can recall only one instance in the last few years where a mountain lion was a problem in the Lyons area and had to be captured and relocated.

“Normally when we have conflicts, it’s a lion and livestock or pets,” Koehler said.

“Lion aren’t normally aggressive with people because they don’t view people as prey.”

Koehler said what’s important about living in lion country is to understand

offered in town. More than 50 Lyons seniors turned out.

Their first event was planned for March 16, at the Ax and Oar restaurant, where seniors could socialize over dinner.

This activity will take place bi-monthly. The group is also planning a picnic in August. Their new Facebook page contains both local senior activities and general aging topics. It is the only place to contact the group.

The Town of Lyons Parks and Recreation Department has hired a part-time person in charge of senior activities.

Seniors can join weekly fitness walks and exercises on Wednesdays, monthly birthday parties on the fourth Friday, a senior book club, and a computer training class.

There are two field trips in the works, along with craft classes. Contact Lori LeGault at 303-823-8250 or view Lyons’ monthly newsletter.

Boulder County Area Agency on Aging has a repre-

sentative in town, offering advice and referrals over the phone or in person. Contact Rebekah VanSweden at 303-823-9016. Lyons Golden Gang offers inexpensive nutritious lunches at the senior center, as well as delivers meals to disabled and elderly. Contact Rich Wallace 303-823-6771.

In addition there are other Human Services groups that help people of all ages. LEAF (Lyons Emergency Assistance Fund), which includes the weekly Wednesday food bank 720-864-4309. Lyons Regional Library has many new activities appealing to seniors 303-823-5165. Cheri Hofer runs Facebook’s Lyons Rides, where people can request a car ride. VIA (formerly Special Transit) offers fee-based rides from seniors’ doors to places in Longmont and Boulder, including doctor, grocery, and entertainment. Sliding scale fees are available 303-447-2848. Circle of Care offers free tickets to cultural events in Boulder County for struggling seniors 303-449-8884.

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hours after the quake, there is no official announcement, no emergency notification, no phone number to call, no uniformed official to ask. But in this panic, and through it, is where neighbors can help each other.

As we finally begin to get beyond our own disruption, I think it’s only natural to rejoice in the slowly returning normalcy of everyday life. At the same time, this story serves as a powerful reminder that it’s also wise to be prepared to take care of ourselves and our neighbors during extraordinary events.

Fortunately, like the Portlanders, we too have a local neighborhood organization, Lyons Prepared, a citizen partnership with our fire district that is working to ensure we’re prepared for any future emergency events that may come our way.

This is the lifecycle of cities. The scars of disasters of these magnitudes are borne by cities, mingling with an aging flesh. Until one day, the scars appear as normal, and the skin is ripe for more damage to find it.

If you’d like to get involved with Lyons Prepared or learn more about what we’re doing, please visit www.lyonsprepared.com.

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Rebuild Lyons continues to support Lyons recovery. In 2015, over $95,000 was awarded to the ongoing efforts to rebuild and recover. LCF will continue to support these critical efforts as long as funds are available. The current round of granting for 501-(c)3 status organizations has an application deadline of April 1.

The Lyons Community Foundation exists to improve the quality of life, build a culture of giving and encourage positive change in the greater Lyons area. Funds raised through the foundation support programs in our community. The great work is accomplished by the dozens of community volunteers and generous support of local individuals and businesses.

To donate to Rebuild Lyons, to our Community Support grants, or to student scholarships, please visit www.lyonscf.org.

housing affordable to people who make less than 30 percent of AMI and fees assessed as part of the permit process for residential and commercial permits.

Spread the word about Habitat for Humanity.

Please help pass on this information for people who wonder if they qualify for some home-ownership affordable housing programs like Habitat for Humanity: If you are interested in home ownership for a future Habitat for Humanity home in Lyons but couldn't attend the 2015 meetings, call Habitat for Humanity of the St. Vrain Valley: 303-682-2485. Ask for Erin McDermott or Julie Gallegos.

You can pull your free credit report from annualcreditreport.com or 877-322-8228 (the government site that is free to request reports once a year from each of the three credit-reporting companies) Calculate your debt-to-income ratio, which should be 41 percent or less (worksheets are available from Habitat for Humanity). Pay off debts to the best of your ability, or start a payment plan.

Take free Financial Foundation classes offered by

their lives and take reasonable precautions, both on the trail and at home.

A CPW brochure, Living With Lions, is available on the CPW website ( www.wildlife.state.co.us ) and is a mustread for hikers, bikers and homeowners in our area.

Among the brochure’s key points is that while lions generally avoid people there are instances where a surprise confrontation is possible, particularly if there is a recent kill nearby. If you should chance upon either a fresh or cached kill (covered with leaves and dirt), you can be sure a lion is nearby and you should leave the area.

MARCH 16 / APRIL 13, 2016

Kristen Bruckner is on the Lyons Community Foundation Communications Committee and writes columns for the LCF. She lives in Lyons.

Boulder County, and meet with a free financial counselor. Call 720-564-2279 to sign up (free whether or not you choose to apply for a Habitat for Humanity home).

Learn about more financial programs from the Lyons Emergency Assistance Fund (LEAF) at the Lyons Community Church every Wednesday from 3:30 to 5 p.m.

Keep following my columns in both Lyons papers for news about any accomplishments to increase affordable housing stock in Lyons. If you have any questions, comments or complaints about this column, contact me directly at areinholds@hotmail.com. The next meeting of the Special Housing Committee is scheduled for March 30 at the Town Hall annex (behind the Barking Dog Cafe) from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

Amy Reinholds served on the Lyons Housing Recovery Task Force from December 2013 through its end in February 2015. She is currently a member of the Lyons Human Services and Aging Commission and serves as a liaison to the special housing committee. She has lived in Lyons for 12 years and in the surrounding Lyons area since 1995.

Should you surprise a lion on the trail, retreat slowly – never run – always facing the animal and talking loudly. Make yourself “big” by spreading your jacket and raising your arms.

Living and recreating in mountain lion country as we do in the Lyons area doesn’t mean we are in danger. It simply means taking precautions and remaining alert.

The writer Barbara Kingsolver, in talking about another type of lion, said, “Once individuals have experienced “lion,” not just with their eyes during a TV nature show but with their ears, nose and the little hairs that stand up on the back of your neck when a lion stares you

down, they can be expected to share the world with lions in a different way that will be more protective of the animal’s right to occupy their own place.”

And if the lion’s place happens to be the place where we live, then mountain lions are part of the deal we’ve made to live here with nature at our doorstep – a nature that sometimes demands an extra degree of awareness.

Greg Lowell is a member of Lyons Ecology Advisory Board and has been involved with land conservation issues for more than 25 years. He graduated from the University of New Hampshire and now lives in Lyons.

MARCH 16 / APRIL 13, 2016

A&E Continued from Page 8 Adventist Church, 345 Mapleton Ave., Boulder. For more information and tickets please call 303-583-1278 or visit www.boulderchamberorchestra.org.

On April 15, CU Presents brings together composer-pianist Pablo Ziegler and violinist Lara St. John to perform beloved tunes from tango maestro Astor Piazzolla’s famous 1987 Central Park concert. The program also includes originals by Ziegler, who takes the tango to new heights. A pre-concert lecture with Alejandro Cremaschi, Associate Professor of Piano, will be held at 6:45 p.m. in room 102 at Macky Auditorium. The concerts take place at Macky Auditorium at CU. For information please call 303-492-8008 or visit www.cupresents.org.

Colorado Brazil Fest presents An Evening of Brazilian Guitar on April 15, featuring one of the most virtuosic seven-string players from Brazil, Yamandu Costa.

Yamandu Costa attacks the nylon strings of his guitar with a demonic playfulness. The fingers of his left hand trace lightning riffs, pausing briefly to block out full chords as they range up and down the neck with effortless zeal. Concert will start at 8 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 1421 Spruce St., Boulder. For information please contact cobrazilfest@gmail.com or call 303-960-8972.

DENVER Pro Musica Colorado presents Mozart’s Requiem with St. Martin’s Chamber Choir on April 8 and 9. The concerts will take place on April 8 at First Baptist Church, 1373 Grant St. in Denver and on April 9 at First United Methodist Church, 1421 Spruce St.,

REDSTONE • REVIEW Boulder. For information please go to www.promusicacolorado.org.

The Denver Art Museum is presenting the exhibition Samurai: Armor from the Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Collection, now through June 5, 2016. The exhibition tells the iconic story of Japanese samurai through 140 objects from one of the finest and most comprehensive collections of samurai armor and accoutrements in the world. Surrounded by murals and war regalia, visitors will be immersed in the life, culture, and pageantry of samurai in the 1100s through the 1800s. Exquisitely decorated suits of armor, helmets, weapons, horse trappings, and additional battle gear will be on display. To purchase ticket or find our more information, please call 720-913-0130 or go to www.denverartmuseum.org.

Colorado Symphony’s Masterwork Series presents Romeo and Juliet on March 18, 19, and 20. The definitive ode to star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet caps the Colorado Symphony’s Shakespeare Festival with a wide-ranging expedition into the music inspired by the timeless drama. The concert covers not only the interpretations of masters like Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, and Berlioz, but the definitively American translation of the play in Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story. A quartet of actors perform scenes that dramatically stitch together the beauty of Shakespeare’s words with that of the music inspired by them. A prelude lecture at 6:30 will be hosted by principle violist Catherine Beeson. All the concerts take place at Boettcher Concert Hall, Denver Performing Arts Complex,1000 14th St., Denver. For information please go to www.coloradosymphony.org.

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Town Continued from Page 1 owned company and one of the largest ditch companies in the state. Ditches operate using diversion dams and headgates. The dams slow the water and back it up so it can then flow through the headgate which is open to let the water through. At this point the water is diverted from the river to various irrigation ditches for farmland and in the case of the Highland Ditch some of the water is diverted to Longmont for use as drinking water. Highland Ditch water is used to irrigate over 35,000 acres of farmland.

Ditch companies control the water rights to irrigation ditches and are charged with maintaining them. Highland is typical of most such entities; it's privately held and owned by shareholders.

In other news the BOT adopted a budget for the Urban Renewal Authority. The BOT allocated $60,000 in the General Fund for the URA and adopted a budget of $50,000 to be used this year. Trustee candidate and former mayor Nick Angelo recommended to the board that it add to the URA bylaws that money used from the general fund for the URA be recorded and reimbursed to the General Fund.

Mayor Pro Tem Sullivan said that there was a general agreement among board members that as soon as the URA started to make money the General Fund would be reimbursed for money used to fund the URA.

Travels with Redstone Wendy Demjanick of Barnesville, PA, brought her Redtone Review along on a trip to Big White Ski Resort in Kelowna, British Columbia. Husband John took the picture.

Take the Redstone with you on your next trip and send us your photos showing where the Redstone has traveled. Send your photos to sdcmc@infionline.net.

Bonfils Easter Blood Drive LYONS – The annual Easter Sunday blood drive is coming to Lyons March 27 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Chase the Music and Bonfils are bringing the bus to Lyons for this blood drive. They need 37 donors to maximize the bus utilization.

It is important to make an appointment to donate blood. To make a reservation, visit the website donors.bonfils.org or call 303-362-2300. For more information or other questions call Clark Hodge at 303-859-3321 or e-mail clark@chasethemusic.org. Chase the Music is a Lyons based 501c3 non-profit that has original music composed and performed for children battling critical illness.

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