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B •R •I •E •F •S Public hearing on shortterm rentals LYONS – On Monday, August 28 at 7 p.m. the Planning and Community Development Commission will hold a public hearing to consider Ordinance 1019, an ordinance adding a new Article 7 to Chapter 6 of the Lyons Municipal Code and amending certain sections of Chapter 16 of the Lyons Municipal Code regulating short-term rentals. Members of the public and other interested parties are invited to attend the public hearing and may be heard or may submit written comments regarding the matter under consideration to the Town Clerk at Town Hall, 432 Fifth Ave., Lyons.
Limited LaVern M. Johnson Park access LYONS – Until Monday, August 21 at noon, LaVern M. Johnson Park will be open only to residents of Lyons and Folks Festival campers with passes. Lyons residents may access LaVern M. Johnson Park with proof of residency, and will be limited to foot traffic only – no vehicles. Please no dogs. This is per the lease agreement between the Town of Lyons and Planet Bluegrass. More information on Folks Festival, including site usages, is on the Planet Bluegrass website.
Little Thompson Watershed Coalition LYONS – The Little Thompson Watershed Coalition is steadily finishing flood restoration projects along the Little Thompson River. The Stagecoach Project located on Stagecoach Trail in Larimer County is the next one ready to be completed. Larimer County has partnered with the Little Thompson Watershed Coalition (LTWC) to implement the work. LTWC will hold a comContinue Briefs on Page 3
A large petroglyph rock panel stands tall in Chaco Cultural Historical National Park, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. This Historic Anasazi carving dates back to between 850 and 1250 C.E. The carvings can be seen in the lower right of this image and are shown in detail in the second photo. Recently, archeologists at the University of Colorado Boulder have found petroglyphs in Chaco Canyon that they think represent the Anasazi documenting a solar eclipse – story on page six. A total solar eclipse will take place on August 21 and can be viewed in many areas across the U.S. At right: A detail of the large petroglyph panel above shows Anasazi carvings of bighorn sheep, horned male figure with arms raised, geometric patterns with spirals, insects, a snake and many other symbols. Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, 850 – 1250 C.E. PHOTOS BY SUSAN SILBERBERG PEIRCE
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LYONS – The vote has been finalized and Planet Bluegrass Farm is now officially in the Town of Lyons, zoned Commercial / Entertainment. The vote was 427 yes votes and 309 no votes; the measure passed by a 58 percent margin and the town area was increased by about 25 acres. A vote to annex was required because of the 5-acre rule which says that property owners who want to annex property over 5 acres must go to a vote of the people. The exception to this is if the land is owned by the town, then the annexation does not need to go to a vote. Town Administrator Victoria Simonsen said, “I thought that the vote, 58 percent to 42 percent, was expected. Craig (Ferguson) wanted to bring the zoning in with the vote so that people would know what they were voting on.” Planet Bluegrass Managing Partner Craig
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Ferguson is pleased with the vote. “I was in the wilderness last week and got the Morse code of vote results; but I was a bit surprised,” he said. “I did think it would pass, but was prepared for it not to. I’m surprised so many voted. I’m also surprised at how many voted no. I’m biased, but I have a hard time seeing the negatives and see lots of positives for the community. I think our job now is to win over the 300 that voted no.” Ferguson went on to say, “I was very impressed with the Town Board, staff, attorney, planner, PCDC (Planning and Community Development Commission) on the process. Very (impressed). (Trustee Dan) Greenberg really did what I thought was the right thing for the community in getting zoning very specific before it went to vote. I can understand people voting no, just on the basis of ANYTHING that smells like growth and increased activity is hard to support as we watch the traffic frenzy to Estes continue to grow. But, I do think this ‘solution’ will reduce
that frenzy for a large majority of (the) town.” The opposition to the vote, largely by residents of Apple Valley, disintegrated when Ferguson said that he would not create an access to the property on Apple Valley Road, but keep the original access on Colorado Highway 66, and he added that he would follow the same guidelines that River Bend is using for wedding music by not allowing electronic music and only using acoustic music for weddings and other events. Some residents expressed concern about the traffic along Highway 66, but Sheriff Deputy Sgt. Bill Crist told the Town Board on several occasions that the traffic to Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park continues to increase each year and there is not much the Town of Lyons can do about it. About 3.5 acres of the Bluegrass Farm will remain intact for the existing farm and about 7.5 acres will be used for event parking; just over 2 acres near the river will be used for Continue Town on Page 15
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LYONS Hygiene bald eagle nest threatened by mine operation By Amanda Dumenigo Redstone Review HYGIENE – A special-use permit issued two decades ago could allow gravel mining on 492 acres in the Saint Vrain Valley. The Hygiene bald eagle nest is located within the southern margin of the planned mine area, and gravel operations could be within close proximity of the nest. The nest tree and much of the land to be mined is owned by Boulder County, however, mineral rights are largely controlled by Martin-Marietta-Materials. Similar to all known bald eagle nests in this part of the Front Range, the Hygiene nest hosts a prairie dog colony within close proximity. This is arguably a prerequisite for the survival of these nests, especially during the more difficult winter months, as fish are often unavailable. This nearby source of prey is crucial, especially in winter, as it minimizes energy expenditure for these large nesting birds. Gravel mining has the potential to destroy a significant portion of the adjacent prairie dog colony. The colony at the Hygiene nest extends nearly 0.5 miles into the fields north and east of the nest tree. The importance of these foraging fields has been recently documented during frequent monitoring sessions at the Hygiene nest during July and early August of 2017 (Dana Bove written communication). During this critical developmental period – post fledge and pre-fledgling migration – the two Hygiene eaglets spent as much as 53 percent of their time during each study session foraging in these fields (0.25 miles north and east of the nest); the adult eagles also
spent a large amount of time foraging there, spending up to 31 percent of their time budgets. In the fledgling phase, prior to nest dispersal, the young eaglets are notoriously inept hunters, and depend on most of their food to be provided by the adults. The opportunity for the fledglings to stalk and actually catch
their own prey – as has been documented recently at the Hygiene nest – further demonstrates the importance of protecting the prairie dogs and the foraging fields where mining is planned. Could the post-DDT recovery of bald eagle populations be bringing a false sense of security and relaxed pro-
Lyons Meals on Wheels rolling for a year By Kate Kerr Redstone Review LYONS – It was a year ago that the Lyons Golden Gang disbanded. Among the gang’s activities was providing meals for seniors, including meals delivered to homebound and disabled residents. Volunteer driver Toni St. John, a Lyons area resident, had been delivering meals and realized that the program was going to be dissolved for lack of leadership. She volunteered to take on the administration so that the Lyons Emergency Assistance Fund (LEAF) could take on the program.
Currently, Meals on Wheels (MOW) delivers food five days a week to eight residents in their homes. A nutritious meal is offered along with a friendly visit that also serves as a safety check-in. Clients are asked to contribute for the meals on a sliding scale based on their incomes. The meals are picked up at the Longmont Senior Center and delivered by volunteer drivers: Ann Low, Mark Browning, Pam Freeman, Tosh Goshen, Bob Freeman, Eric Andresen and Nina Davis. Toni St. John organizes it all, working closely with Emily Dusel, Executive Director of LEAF.
tections for nesting bald eagles in Boulder County and the Front Range? Please consider that here have been no new/successful Bald Eagle nests in Boulder County and adjacent Weld counties since 2014 (two nests have moved due to disturbances). Boulder County Winter Raptor surveys show a resurgence of bald eagles in the early 1980s, a peak in the early 1990s, and a decrease and mostly level population since that time (http://bcna.org/winrapt7.html). On the other hand, growth, development, and habitat loss in the Front Range is sharply inclining. Due to their large size, nesting bald eagles require substantial-sized territories. Bald eagle nests are still vulnerable, even on protected property. This is evident from current plans to mine at Hygiene nest; a plan to soon build 288 apartments 600 ft. from the Stearns Lake Bald Eagle nest (near the Holmberg preserve and on a protected conservation easement); and four other allowed eagle nest disturbances on Boulder County open space land since 2013. This letter is a request to all Boulder conservation groups and concerned individuals to speak out for protection of the Hygiene bald eagle nest. In your letters or calls to all applicable stakeholders in this issue, we ask that you insist that if mining is to occur, it is restricted to a minimum of 0.5 miles from the base of the nest tree. This spatial restriction will likely safeguard the Hygiene Bald Eagles and nest from disturbance, and will ensure that the adjacent prairie dog colony that sustains this nest, remains intact. Email addresses to send to: julie.mikulas@martinmarietta.com sandy_vana-miller@fws.gov kevin_kritz@fws.gov jatherton-wood@bouldercounty.org elane@bouldercounty.org dcase@bouldercounty.org rhaigh@bouldercounty.org saveoursvv@gmail.com drue_deberry@fws.gov
Lyons Meals on Wheels also makes meals available to anyone who has returned from a hospital stay. Five free meals are offered through their program called Project Homecoming. Are you interested in signing up for Meals on Wheels? Do you have a neighbor who might benefit? Would you like to help LEAF through a donation or by volunteering? For information, call 720-507-5480 or visit www.leaflyons.org. LEAF offers a human services safety net to those in need in the greater Lyons area with three programs: Lyons Community Food Pantry, Lyons Meals on Wheels, and Basic Needs & Resource Matching. LEAF receives no federal or state funding
and relies on financial contributions from donors such as you. Stats for Lyons Meals on Wheels Oct. 1, 2016 through Dec. 31, 2016 Total Volunteers: 10 Total Volunteer Hours: 109 Total Unique Households Served: 9 Total Individuals Served: 11 Total Number of Meals Delivered: 416 Kate Kerr moved from Virginia to Lyons with her husband, Jim, partly to live near their daughter in Boulder – who got two temporary housemates during the flood evacuation. Kate enjoys playing fiddle, quilting, yoga, Nia, hiking and shopping local. She is a member of the Lyons Depot Library Advisory Board.
City of Boulder hosts August 21 eclipse viewing event and August 15 talk By Staff Reports, Boulder Human Services Dept. Redstone Review BOULDER – The City of Boulder Human Services Department is hosting a solar eclipse viewing event on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the West Senior Center, 909 Arapahoe Ave. Admission is free and no reservations are necessary; however, seating will be limited to first-come, first-served. The total eclipse of the sun on Monday, Aug. 21, will be visible in the continental United States for the first time in almost 40 years. The total eclipse will
be visible on a narrow track across the United States from Oregon to South Carolina. A partial eclipse will be visible in Boulder. The event will include indoor live streaming of the total eclipse and an outdoor viewing area, weather permitting, to see the partial eclipse. The local eclipse viewing period is expected to start at 10:17 a.m. MST, peak at 11:47 a.m. and end at 1:14 p.m. Those who plan to view the eclipse outside should bring their own solar glasses or other safe viewing device. A limited number of solar glasses will be available during the event at no charge on a first-come, first-served basis.
Sunglasses are not sufficient eye protection even during a partial eclipse. Meals on Wheels, located in the West Senior Center, will provide a special lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for $6. For more information on the event visit bouldercolorado.gov/seniors. For more information on Meals on Wheels, visit mowboulder.org.
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Don Colard celebrates 100 years with his friends By Kathleen Spring Redstone Review LYONS – Don Colard celebrated his 100th birthday in July. His parents, Arthur and Anna, came to Lyons in 1918, and homesteaded in the area now called Blue Mountain. Through the years more acres were added, including the old Rowell Ranch. Still standing today is the Silver Dell Schoolhouse that Anna taught in, and the old Rowell log cabin, which housed a tollhouse on the stage road. Today part of the land is developed into Spring Gulch Estates. Out of his PHOTO BY KATHLEEN SPRING
11 siblings, Don Colard is the only one remaining. After serving in the military during WWII, he came home and ran his parents’ farm, struggling through periods of drought. He was known for his prowess on horses and, later in life, for his musical abilities. He performed with the Lyons Golden Gang Band at various venues in the Front Range. Today he likes to take walks along Lyons downtown streets, where he currently lives. He celebrated his birthday at the Walt Self Senior Center, enjoying a fish lunch and chocolate cake with fellow Lyons seniors. Happy Birthday, Don.
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MAYOR’S CORNER Achieving housing diversity to meet a critical need By Connie Sullivan, Mayor of Lyons Redstone Review LYONS – All across Colorado, cities and towns are struggling with the rising cost of housing and the impact it is having on our economic and cultural opportunities. The lack of diverse housing Sullivan options continues to resonate as a major issue for Lyons, and our ability to address this issue will have lasting impacts on the town’s identity and economic viability. Success with any housing strategy will come down to effective land-use decisions to create housing solutions that contribute positively to the town both economically and culturally. The Town of Lyons lost over 70 housing units in the 2013 flood. Residents who voluntarily chose to participate in the federal buy-out program rather than rebuild their homes in the floodway or floodplain resulted in another 30 or so properties being removed. The result is that Lyons has lost about 225 permanent residents, dropping the population to approximately 1920 according to state demographer estimates. While the 2013 flood exacerbated the housing situation in Lyons, the lack of sufficient housing stock to support a diverse range of income levels was already percolating. Prior to 2013, Colorado was growing rapidly at a rate of 1.6 percent to 1.8 percent which translates to about 13 to 15 new residents per day. Boulder County grew by an average of ten new residents per day between July 2015 and July 2016 (U.S. Census Bureau), and growth in Colorado exceeded 100,000 people for the first time since 2001. Colorado had the second largest rate of growth in the country (behind North Dakota) and 96 percent of the growth occurred in the Front Range. Growth is expected to slow somewhat over the next few years, but the deficit of available housing is being felt across the state, driving up home prices and pricing out the middle class, and making it next to impossible for those earning wages below the median income to afford a home. Immediately upon being seated in 2016, the current board affirmed their commitment to diversifying the housing stock in Lyons, and has been making strides toward finding long-term solutions. More than 90 percent of the existing housing stock in Lyons is made up of single-family homes. With an average home price well over $400,000, there are few options for residents who may want to rent smaller spaces, such as young adults and seniors. We know the town needs more rental units and small, cottage-style homes, however the challenge is identifying locations for this type of development to ensure it fits in with the existing community.
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both Democrats. So far no Republicans have filed to run for the District 3 commissioner’s seat. The three members of the Boulder County Board of Commissioners have traditionally been Democrats. Boulder County is considered one of the wealthiest counties in Colorado. In 2014, the median income for a household in the county was $69,407, and the median income for a family was $94,938. Males had a median income of $65,489 versus $48,140 for females. About 7.0 percent of families and 14.6 percent of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.6 percent of those under age 18 and 5.9 percent of those age 65 or over. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 740 square miles. Continue Briefs on Page 7
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by facilitating relocation and helping to fund housing projects that support the town’s goals. While the disaster recovery funds are still allocated to One of the strategies being pursued is tied to the pur- Lyons, time is running out to utilize the funding to help chase of the defunct water treatment facility in the replace our lost population. All the federal disaster funds Eastern Corridor. The primary purpose of this property is have expiration dates or they get allocated to the next to locate our public works facility, however it also opens disaster. I believe Lyons should care about the permanent the door to creating opportunities for additional housing. loss of residents. Feeling the impacts of the lost housing The town staff is approaching businesses in Lyons that and subsequent population has likely been subtle to most may be interested in relocating to the Eastern Corridor residents. The loss may eventually materialize in the form of higher utility fees and property taxes; however, if you talk to businesses they can tell you that finding enough employees has been a significant and immediate problem. With unemployment at historic lows in Colorado, prospective employees don’t have to commute to Lyons for service jobs. Another recent and visible impact of our population decline is the loss of the local medical clinic. Having services available in town is directly tied to our population of permanent residents. There is a tipping point for businesses that serve the local community in terms of how many residents are needed in order to make a location viable. Finally and most importantly, Lyons Finally and most importantly, Lyons needs to address housing diversity in order needs to address housing diversity in PHOTO BY CATHY RIVERS to maintain the character of the community. order to maintain the character of the community. We need artists and about how to facilitate this transition. Businesses musicians to live here. Teachers and public service workengaged in manufacturing or industrial activities are ers should be able to live in the communities they serve if more suited to locations outside of town, away from resi- they choose to; and we have a proud tradition of fostering dential areas. Additionally, requests for proposals for the (nearly exclusively) locally owned and operated businessEastern Corridor property emphasize the town’s housing es. Lyons is a fantastic mix of old timers and newcomers, goals. Proposals that generate housing (either out east, or both of which cherish the beautiful surroundings and histhrough business relocation) will be scored higher than tory the town has to offer. The current Board of Trustees those that do not. is very focused on maintaining this character through The four million dollars of disaster recovery funding land-use planning that supports our goals as a communiallocated to Lyons for replacement housing is still avail- ty. Small strides have been made through the approval of able if we can identify a project soon. Executing the pur- accessory dwelling units and with the current regulatory chase of the Eastern Corridor property was a key step in efforts to manage short-term vacation rentals that comnot only creating new opportunities for housing, but for pete with the long-term rental market, but we know more solving some land use challenges that currently exist. must be done. Seeking land to identify and pursue housWith the flood, we’ve seen property owners re-evaluate ing diversity has been and still is a top priority. what they consider to be the highest and best use of their property. Properties located in the floodplain and floodConnie Sullivan was elected Mayor on April 5, 2016. way are being converted from residential to parks and Prior to becoming Mayor, she served two terms on the Town commercial uses. Now the town is initiating conversa- Board of Trustees beginning in 2012. Connie and her hustions with owners of commercial and industrial proper- band Neil are the owners of the St. Vrain Market located in ties to encourage them to consider residential opportuni- downtown Lyons on Main Street. For comments or questies. While the town cannot force a zoning change on a tions, Mayor Sullivan can be reached by email at csulliprivate property owner, it can support a desired change van@townoflyons.com.
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INTEREST The Disaster Pastors finish their work in Lyons and head back home By Mark Browning Redstone Review LYONS – When Mary Jo Tantalo sat down in the overflow section of the Calvary Chapel church in coastal Sarasota, Browning Florida, one Sunday in 2004, she never dreamed she was about to begin a journey that would take her to a multi-year flood recovery project in the mountains of Lyons, Colorado. But then an usher noticed her and told her she was “sitting in the wrong place.” “He yelled at me,” she said, “but I didn’t move. That’s when he first knew what he was in for.” The usher was named Curt Hencye, a Florida contactor now familiar to many in Lyons as the “Disaster Pastor.” This month, Curt and Mary Jo Hencye (they married in 2006) brought to a close their almost four-year mission in the Lyons area, having contributed to the cleanup or restoration of some 200 homes damaged by the September, 2013 flood. In the Confluence neighborhood, in particular, some Lyons residents would not be back in their homes without the assistance of the Hencyes and their Calvary Relief Ministries. “What they did was create a sense of community here,” said Confluence resident Michelle Leonard. “They were relentless and would not give up. Whatever needed to be done to get us back in our homes, they did it.” The Hencyes’ contributions to Lyons’ recovery from the 2013 flood were recognized with a special proclamation at the August 7 Board of Trustees meeting, but that event only hit the highlights of their time here and reflected the end of one chapter of an ongoing, extensive story. When they met in 2004 in Florida, Curt Hencye was a contractor doing home electronics, mostly movie theaters, in high-end houses. Mary Jo was a middle school teacher. Both, however, felt a strong calling to service, rooted in their Christian faith. After Hurricane Charlie hit the Orlando, Florida area in 2004, the Hencyes got involved in the clean-up efforts as part of a church mission effort. They did the same when Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in 2005. And when tornadoes did
major damage in Florida in 2007, they went again. In the interim, they returned to jobs in the Sarasota area. But after the division of a company where Curt was working closed down, and people kept telling them how good they were at disaster relief, they believed they were being directed toward a life of missions and service to others. “We talked to the pastors at our church,” Curt said. “They told us, ‘You are really good at this. We just don’t know how you’re going to pay for it.’” In a literal leap of faith, Mary Jo informed her supervisor that she would be leaving teaching to pursue what she believed was
Mary Jo and Curt Hencye helped clean up or restore nearly 200 Lyons homes damaged by the September 2013 flood, many of them in the Confluence neighborhood. God's calling for full time mission work. The supervisor asked her, “Are you sure God didn’t mean next year?” Other relief missions followed – to Haiti (hurricane), Tennessee (tornados), Iowa (flooding), New York (Hurricane Sandy). A pattern began to emerge. In between disasters, when they were back at home, the Hencyes and their home church wondered where funding for future relief efforts would come from. At one point, $3,500 in the red, they were counseled to shut their ministry down. “We felt God was calling us to continue, though,” Curt said. “And besides, what guy doesn’t want to run around with chainsaws and tools?” When they would hit the road for the next disaster, the unexpected happened, and more than once. Contributions came in
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to local churches in the affected areas. Donations were made to their home Calvary Chapel church for their work. A big Baptist church in Manhattan provided a $10,000 gift after seeing what the Hencyes were able to do after Hurricane Sandy. That allowed the purchase of a muchneeded new truck, which allowed them to sell their old truck and a trailer, with the proceeds going to buy a vital new tool trailer. Their ministry had gone from underwater financially to being in the black when tornadoes devastated Moore, Oklahoma. So they went there, followed by a return to New York for more Hurricane Sandy follow-up work.
It was in New York, while eating dinner at a restaurant, that they saw a television news story about flooding in Colorado. The next night, they saw another story on the same thing. Sensing a need, they called the Calvary Chapel Front Range church in Colorado and were told, “We need help. We’re already working in Longmont.” The Hencyes jumped in their truck and drove to Colorado. When they learned about the devastation in Lyons, they drove here, but were initially told, “You can’t get in.” Access to Lyons was limited by the National Guard. But a National Guard gatekeeper did let the Hencyes into town. (“You're here to help? Come on in.”) They met Edward Keen, then in charge of coordinating multiple volunteer groups streaming into the area.
The first job Keen asked them to do was clean the Lyons Elementary School, which had been used temporarily as an evacuation center. That was a task somewhat beneath the skill level they had built up over the years, but they sensed they were being asked to prove themselves, which they quickly did. Curt Hencye’s extensive training in mold remediation methods (learned from experts in coastal disaster relief efforts) put him in the right place at the right time. His skill in that area quickly became known, and the Hencyes were asked for help with soggy homes in Lyons, Pinewood Springs, Big Elk Meadows, Jamestown and other communities. They insisted that mold remediation be done right – no shortcuts. More than once, they were asked to cease working on a house because an owner thought they were taking too long or being too particular. A year or more later, some of those homeowners were dealing with recurring mold problems and approached the Hencyes to apologize and say, “You were right. We should have done it your way.” One morning, the Hencyes met Pastor Mickey Lohr of Lyons’ River Church for breakfast at the Barking Dog. Curt spent much of breakfast time on his cellphone fielding urgent requests for assistance, so Mary Jo talked with “Pastor Mickey.” That conversation led to more talks, which led to an affiliation with the River Church that has lasted through Calvary Relief’s time in Lyons. The River Church was itself heavily damaged by the 2013 flood, but the Hencyes made it clear that “our mission was to get people back in their homes.” The River Church agreed, and donations received for general flood relief were directed to the Hencye’s efforts, not just church reconstruction (Although the Hencyes helped with that, too.) Local church affiliation and funding is crucial to Calvary Relief’s work, the Hencyes said. “It’s usually the case that local churches and 501c3 organizations in areas where disasters hit receive a lot of extra donations in the post-disaster period,” Curt Hencye said. “But they don’t always have the experience to put the funds to work effectively. We have learned how to do Continue Pastors on Page 10
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OPTIONS The La Brea Tar Pits offer a look back in history By Don Moore Redstone Review LYONS – The pungent smell of crude oil was immediate when we stepped out of our parked car. A short walk took us to the Lake Pit, a pond size pool of a bubbling asphalt spring on the grounds of Moore the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum. We’d taken a break from our Hollywood celebrity gawking (we actually saw none, other than Bill Maher, whose show we attended) to tour the grounds and the interior of the museum. We were not disappointed. The La Brea Tar Pits are pools of naturally produced asphalt, one of the world’s most famous fossil sites, and are located on Wilshire Boulevard in the heart of Los Angeles. The bubbles are pockets of methane gas rising to the surface and then releasing into the atmosphere. There are numerous pits on the property from which fossils have been extracted. In 1828 Antonio Jose Rocha was given a Mexican Land Grant of over 4,000 acres that was known as Rancho La Brea. The grant contained a stipulation that residents of the pueblo could have as much asphalt they needed for their personal use, such as lining baskets to make them waterproof. Over the years the land was subdivided many times with its last owner, George Allan Hancock (who recognized its scientific importance), donating 23 acres of the ranch to the County of Los Angeles. Hancock Park was created with the donor’s stipulation that the park be preserved and the fossils appropriately exhibited. The museum has found-on-site Pleistocene Ice Age fossils on display, including saber-toothed cats, dire wolves, giant
sloths, and mammoths that lived 10,000 to 50,000 years ago. The two oldest fossils, from a saber-toothed cat and a coyote, are estimated to be 44,000 and 46,800 years old respectively. The museum contains over three million specimens that
Lake Pit at La Brea Tar Pits with models of trapped mammoth and onlookers have been recovered from the pits since 1906. To obtain the fossils at La Brea, paleontologists dig out large chunks of sediment from the tar pits and adjacent land. Further delicate digging and scraping is done, uncovering a multitude of fossils which include large animals, birds, plant material, insects, reptiles, and even microscopic unicellular algae. The fossils are taken to a laboratory where other paleontologists clean them with a solvent and dental picks. This process causes the extraction of the tar from the bone matrix which scientists then identify and study.
Typically a fossil is a mineral deposit into the cavities and pores of a bone, which hardens over time. The fossils from La Brea occur in the same manner, with the asphalt taking the place of the mineral deposits. Asphalt is a very sticky substance, even more so in warm weather, making spring through fall ideal times for animals getting trapped. Paleontologists theorize that a herbivore animal such as a mammoth would venture near the surface of a pit and make the mistake of taking a step into the black pool. Its foot might have sunk only a few inches, but that would be enough for permanence. Once in, it would struggle to get out and in the process another foot would land in the sticky substance. The animal would have called for help as it continued to become even more mired. Its distress signal then would have attracted the attention of a nearby sabertoothed cat, which would have come to see if lunch had been served. The cat then would have attacked the mammoth and in the process would have stepped into the asphalt with the result that now both animals would become victims of the pit. Paleontologists estimate that only ten large animals and birds being entrapped each decade would be enough to produce over a million fossils of those types collected in the 20th century. The end of the Pleistocene age about 11,700 years ago saw a slow retreat of glaciers across North America. Humans had been around since the middle of that era and by its end had migrated to many regions throughout the world. With their presence came the killing for food of large species such as the giant sloth, saber-toothed cat, and the mammoth, all now extinct. The most predominant theories advanced as to the cause of these extinctions are overkill by humans and naturally occurring climate change. Everything about the tar pits and museum is fascinating and sparks curiosity and imagination. For more information see tarpits.org, or go for a visit.
Locals help locals help people a world away – farm dinner fundraiser for PRIDE By Kristen Bruckner Redstone Review LYONS – The Lyons Farmette will host a special farm dinner and community gathering under the stars on Wednesday Bruckner August 23 from 6 to 9 p.m. A Spice of Life Catering, which is locally owned, is partnering with the Farmette’s Betsy Burton and Mike Whipp to support PRIDE, Partners for Rural Improvement and Development in Ethiopia. This non-profit is the passion project for local entrepreneur Neil Sullivan. Neil and his wife (Lyons’ Mayor)
Connie Sullivan own the St. Vrain Market and are partners in Spirit Hound Distillery. The evening features menu items that are inspired from what is at its best from the farm that day. Produce is picked within hours of being served, and meats and even the flowers on the table are sourced from local, sustainable sources. The fourcourse dinner is an incredible culinary experience and an excellent opportunity to visit with neighbors and friends, as well as meet new ones in the “family-style” open air setting at the Farmette. PRIDE is an NGO (non-governmental organization) dedicated to improving the living conditions and quality of life in the rural highlands of Ethiopia. The organiza-
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ECOLOGY Watch wildlife behavior during the eclipse By Stacey Scarborough Redstone Review LONGMONT – Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the past few months, you’re probably aware that on August 21, for the first time in 99 years, a total solar eclipse will pass across the United States Scarborough creating a diagonal swath of totality from Oregon in the northwestern part of the country to South Carolina in the southeast. While a full solar eclipse is a rarity in the United States, worldwide total solar eclipses happen approximately every 18 months, drawing millions of human eyes (protected by appropriate eclipseready glasses) skyward. However, for those of us in the U.S., this is a rare, once-in-a-lifetime event that excites star-gazers and common folks alike. This phenomenon had several of the staff at Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center wondering how the total eclipse will affect the wildlife in or near the path of totality. As humans, we at least know what is going on, but if you’re an animal hunting for your midday meal, and the sky goes dark, it must be somewhat bewildering. Do you continue to hunt, or head back to the den at the end of what appears to be a very short day? Throughout history there have been numerous reports of animals acting strangely before, during and after solar eclipses. Yet there has never truly been a scientific study that looks into exactly what happens with animals during this astronomical phenomenon. Based on what humans across the globe have witnessed during eclipses
in the past, here are some things that you can keep an eye out for from our wild neighbors living among us: Insects and frogs may begin to chirp and croak much as they do at dusk. It is believed that as the moon passes between the sun and earth, the change in light and the change in temperature created by the missing sunlight signals to certain creatures that it is time to begin their nighttime routines. Bees have been seen suddenly leaving their pollen gathering and returning to their hives, often staying in the hives even after the eclipse has passed. Birds may be duped into thinking that nightfall has arrived and will go to their roosting trees, making the noise and flutterings that they usually do as they prepare to sleep. Spiders have
been seen taking down their webs as if night was falling. Squirrels may remain in their nests, unaware that the day is really in full swing. In the non-animal world, some plants may curl up and unfurl during the eclipse, creating a supernatural display in the garden! In some places, it can become so dark that diurnal animals start to quiet down for sleep and nocturnal animals come out. There are many reports of bats and owls venturing out during a total eclipse, reacting in a confused and bewildered manner when their normal prey is nowhere to be found. Following an eclipse, both domestic and wild animals have been observed exhibiting confusion for the rest of the day. With wildlife, their confusion can cause them enough stress that they behave with unusual and aggressive behaviors. It is advised to avoid close encounters with wildlife on the day of the eclipse for your own safety. The California Academy of Sciences is organizing a citizen-science project, called Life Responds, to document how North American wildlife reacts to the eclipse. To help in the project, load the iNaturalist app onto your smartphone and record animals behaving oddly. Once the eclipse is over, anyone can submit data using the iNaturalist app. The academy recommends that you keep an ear out for which animals are (or aren’t) singing, like songbirds, insects, and owls. Any information that can be collected on the day of the total eclipse can only help us all understand more about what happens in our natural world. Stacey Scarborough is the Volunteer and Outreach Manager at Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, which cares for more than 3,400 mammals, songbirds and waterfowl each year. Greenwood offers education programs for children and adults of all ages. Visit www.greenwoodwildlife.org to learn more.
Chaco Canyon petroglyph may represent ancient total eclipse By CU Communications Redstone Review BOULDER – As the hullabaloo surrounding the August 21 total eclipse of the sun swells by the day, a University of Colorado Boulder faculty member says a petroglyph in New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon may represent a total eclipse that occurred there a thousand years ago. CU Boulder Professor Emeritus J. McKim “Kim” Malville said the petroglyph – carved in a rock by early Pueblo people – is a circle that resembles the sun’s outer atmosphere known as its corona, with tangled protrusions looping off the edges. Discovered in 1992 during a Chaco Canyon field school for CU Boulder and Fort Lewis College students led by Malville and then-Fort Lewis Professor James Judge, the object may illustrate the total eclipse of the sun that occurred over the region on July 11, 1097. “To me it looks like a circular feature with curved tangles and structures,” said Malville of CU Boulder’s astrophysical and planetary sciences department. “If one looks at a drawing by a German astronomer of the 1860 total solar eclipse during high solar activity, rays and loops similar to those depicted in the Chaco petroglyph are visible.” One tangled loop jutting from the petroglyph circle may illustrate a coronal
mass ejection (CME), an eruption that the activity of the sun around the time of ed with sunspots – the less carbon-14, the can blow billions of tons of plasma from the 1097 eclipse. That included data from more sunspots, which indicates higher the sun at several million miles per hour ancient tree rings, formed annually and solar activity, Malville said. during active solar maximum periods. But which have been cross-dated to create They also used records of naked-eye if the sun was in a “quiet phase” of its time series going back thousands of years observations of sunspots, which go back roughly 11-year cycle, one several thousand years in would expect few if any China. A third method CMEs, and the likelihood involved looking at historiof one occurring during a cal data compiled by northsolar eclipse would be negliern Europeans on the annugible, Malville said. al number of so-called “This was a testable “auroral nights,” when the hypothesis,” Malville said. northern lights were visible, “It turns out the sun was in an indication of intense a period of very high solar solar activity. activity at that time, consisThe free-standing rock tent with an active corona hosting the possible eclipse and CMEs.” petroglyph, known as Malville and Professor Piedra del Sol, also has a José Vaquero of the large spiral petroglyph on its University of Extremadura east side that marks sunrise in Cáceres, Spain, pub15 to 17 days before the lished a paper on the petroJune solstice, Malville said. glyph in the Journal of A triangular shadow cast by Mediterranean Archaeology a large rock on the horizon and Archaeometry in 2014. crosses the center of the spiChaco Canyon, the zenith ral at that time. Such a pheof Pueblo culture in the This petroglyph in New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon may represent a total nomenon may have been Southwest a thousand years eclipse that occurred there a thousand years ago. used to start a countdown ago, is believed by archeoloto the summer solstice and gists to have been populated by several and which also contain traces of the iso- related festivities, he said. thousand people and held political sway tope carbon-14. Created by cosmic rays In addition to the spiral petroglyph, the over an area twice the size of Ohio. hitting Earth’s atmosphere, carbon-14 east side of Piedra del Sol contains a The two used several sources to assess amounts in the tree rings can be correlatContinue Chaco on Page 15
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INSIGHT Trump Country, where those living in the fringe try to survive By John Gierach Redstone Review LYONS – I’ve spent some time this summer in what they now call Trump country: those parts of America where more peoGierach ple than not voted for Donald Trump in the last election and may or may not still support him. These are rural areas bisected by unpaved county roads; sparsely populated and punctuated by crossroads towns consisting of a gas station / general store and maybe a mom and pop café. In a larger town of a few hundred people there might also be a ranch supply store, a supermarket and maybe even an actual sit-down restaurant or two. Most likely the old movie theater is closed, run out of business by DVD rentals. In a corner of far northeastern Washington State where I went in early July, the nearest city, Spokane, was three and a half hours away on two-lane state highways. In the part of South Dakota where I was just a week ago, Sioux Falls was about the same distance. Both were places you might go a few times a year to shop for big items or pick someone up at the airport. In either case, you’d be uncomfortable with the crowds and traffic and wouldn’t feel quite right again until you peeled off the Interstate onto a road where your pickup raised a cloud of dust. And if Spokane and Sioux Falls are remote and strange, how much stranger does Washington D.C. seem? Its distance from home and the behavior of its alien inhabitants make it
look like something out of Star Trek. I feel at home in places like this because as a Midwestern Baby Boomer born in the wake of World War II I have one foot on the farm and another in a small town. I never actually lived on a farm for any
to the eyeballs and the real money went elsewhere, to middle men and the banker you met with once a year and understood to be your fair-weather friend at best. Meanwhile, although the odd farm kid may still want to stay and run the family
length of time, but I spent enough time on my aunt and uncle’s place to see how it was. The hours were long, the work was hard and the living was uncertain. A good spread was worth money – these days it could be in the millions – and it produced food, the one commodity everyone needs to live, but it was perpetually mortgaged
place or start their own spread nearby, most of them, as Willian Kittridge said, “Leave early and never go home except for a few days at Christmas, while many of the people who stay develop a deep mistrust of anything beyond their emotional horizon.” He might also have mentioned the pride of those left behind as they stand up for a life that, as imperfect as it might be, seems better than any conceivable alternative. I’ve been told by friends that people can spot my liberal leanings from a block away. If nothing else, I often stand out as a tourist with my shorts and sandals in country where the locals wear jeans and boots even in 100-degree heat. But I’m usually there to fish, and these are places where hunting and fishing are seen as acceptably manly pursuits, so although my friends and I don’t exactly resemble a Norman Rockwell painting, we are usually seen as at least marginally normal and harmlessly off the clock. Whether or not people can spot us a block away as liberals, they mostly return our instinctive Midwestern politeness and may even ask in a friendly, passing-the-time sort of way, how the fishing is or if it’s hot enough for us. On rare occasions a longer conversation
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LCF celebrates ten-year anniversary LYONS – Lyons Community Foundation has been making a difference for people in Lyons, Lyons schools, the Food Pantry and other things. Did you know that LCF has been funding robotics, band trips, science and technology equipment, gardening initiatives, literacy and other enriching school programs totaling more than $68,000 in Lyons area schools over the last ten years? Happy Anniversary to LCF You can give back and donate to LCF, go to www.lyonscf.org/give.
Food Pantry LYONS – The Food Pantry has announced that it is now accepting lightly used school and art supplies such as notebooks, pens and pencils, backpacks, paints, brushes, etc. These items will be distributed to families that use the Food Pantry who need the supplies. The number of households served in July averaged 27 per week. The pantry received
will stray into politics – usually through the side door of some tomfoolery by a government bureaucrat – and it’s easily resolved by agreeing about what’s wrong, while having differing opinions about what the solution might be. Bernie Sanders has saved the day more than once as a Trump voter agrees that, “Yeah, I could’ve gone with Bernie if I’d had the chance.” Naturally there are some true believers, but most of the Trump voters I’ve talked to understood that they were conducting a dangerous, but as they saw it necessary social experiment. Trump was their only alternative to a status quo that was grinding them under its heel without even noticing they were there, and in that way it makes a kind of sense. William F. Buckley once said, “You can’t be a conservative until you have something to conserve,” but where do you go when you’ve had a good way of life and now see it slipping away? Well, you drift into the fringe because that’s how it’s done here. The rural West has always been prone to radicalism – communism, populism, Agrarian Anarchy, militias, you name it: simple answers to desperately complex, possibly unanswerable questions. It’s a kind of last-ditch desperation reminiscent of the Ghost Dance movement of 1890 that some Native Americans thought would bring back the buffalo and send us white folks back where we came from. It was an urge to finally bring things to a head, if only to end the unbearable tension. I don’t mean to oversimplify or sugarcoat this. There are irreconcilable differences and genuine hard feelings here that can’t be explained away and you sometimes sense a walking-oneggshells wariness in these conversations as all parties realize how hot this could get with a single wrong word. But maybe a truce is possible and a first step would be to allow that the stereotypes we use to define each other are perpetrated by people who don’t actually believe them, but want us to believe them for political reasons. So, for the record, I’ve known many liberals over the years and only a handful were touchy-feely political correctness junkies who were loudly offended by almost everything. And as for Trump voters, I can testify that most of them aren’t actually bat-shit crazy and heavily armed – and you can spot those that are from a block away. 561 lbs. in donated food. No new clients were added in July. The pantry held a farewell lunch to honor longtime volunteer Pat Journeay, who has moved to Longmont and is volunteering with organizations there. The Food Pantry needs more fresh vegetables. If you have some extra vegetables in your garden they would be welcomed. Nonfood items such as dish soap, paper towels, TP, toothpaste, etc. are always welcome. Kim Doering from the elementary school brought in to the Food Pantry some students who planted, cared for and harvested vegetables from their school garden. They came in with 37 lbs. of beautiful cucumbers, tomatoes, bell peppers and some basil. What a great school project. The Food Pantry accepts food donations on Wednesday afternoons. Steamboat Mountain Natural Foods, on the corner of Fifth Avenue and High Street, will accept food donations for the Food Pantry on Tuesdays. The Food Pantry helps over 40 families a week. Information on the Food Pantry is located on the Lyons Emergency Assistance Fund (LEAF) website.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Arts and Entertainment in the greater Lyons area By MinTze Wu Redstone Review LYONS Rocky Mountain Folks Festival is selling tickets and camping reservations for the 27th Annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival (August 18 to 20) at shop.bluegrass.com or 800-624-2422. In the 27 years of the “summit on the song,” the festival has relocated from Estes Park to Lyons (in 1994), grown to the current capacity of 4,000, survived a 500year flood, and created its own culture, community, and spirit. All the while, it has remained true to its initial vision of spending a glorious Colorado summer weekend celebrating songs and stories from around the musical and geographic world. The line-up this year: for Friday, August 18 includes Peter Himmelman, Rhiannon Giddens and Gregory Alan Isakov; on Saturday, August19, Elephant Revival and the Revivalists will be featured; on Sunday, August 20 Lake Street Drive and Dave Rawlings Machine will bring the audience to their feet. There is still time to get your tickets, 800-624-2422. Sandstone Summer Concert Series has rescheduled the August 10 Sandstone Summer Concert, which was cancelled due to rain, to August 17. The concert will feature the Billy Shaddox Band and starts at 6:30 p.m. at Sandstone Park on the Raul Vasquez Stage. This concert completes this summer’s series. Corner Studios will hold Naked in Lyons this year at the Corner Studios home, 318 Main St. This collective exhibition will feature work from local artists and will run from August 25 to September 25. The opening event will take place August 25 from 5 to 7 p.m. We hope to see you there. Art at the Stone Cup, 442 High St., this month features Allan Robertson, and his show is Jimi Hendrix, Outer Space and Beyond. “Despite winning an art prize at school at the age of 15,” said Robertson, “I did not take up painting till I was 45. For all of my life, I have been a regular visitor to art galleries around the world. My favorite medium is acrylic, not just because it produces a pleasing end result, but because it is easy to apply and quick drying. I particularly enjoy the option to mix and alter paint directly on the canvas. As well as doing original works. I enjoy paintings based on the work of famous artists. I like to produce my interpretation of the famous works, based on a detailed analysis of the technique employed by the original artist. I love painting.” The Stone Cup’s morning music line-up: Aug. 18 (Fri.) from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., Harmony and Brad perform acoustic pop-rock; Aug. 18 (Fri.) from 11 a.m. to noon Honeytree Duo performs folk / bluegrass / indie; Aug. 19 (Sat.) from 9 a.m. to noon Ran Off the Rooster performs folk / bluegrass / Americana; Aug. 20 (Sun.) from 9 a.m. to noon Billy Shaddox will play American
Wild Horses by Allan Robertson. Paintings by Robertson are featured this month at the Stone Cup Café. folk; Aug. 21 (Mon.) from 10 a.m. to noon Franklin and Friends will play Americana / bluegrass / folk; Aug. 25 (Fri.) from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Enion Pelta Tiller with Joy Adams will play classical; Aug. 26 (Sat.) from 10 a.m. to noon Paul Cataldo will play Americana; Aug. 27 (Sun.) from 10 a.m. to noon Jill Cohn will play folk / Americana; Sept. 2 (Sat.) from 10 a.m. to noon Antonio Lopez will play modern folk / acoustic soul; Sept. 3 (Sun) from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aural Elixir will play jazz / rock / folk fusion; Sept. 9 (Sat.) from 10 a.m. to noon Amy Francis will play country / jazz / blues; Sept. 10 (Sun.) from 10 a.m. to noon David Coile will play rock / folk / R&B; Sept. 16 (Sat.) from 10 a.m. to noon KC Groves will perform. For more information please call 303-8232345 or visit www.thestonecup.com. Old time photos of Lyons are on display on the second floor of the Redstone Museum, 340 High St., going back to before the town was incorporated. Over the winter the Redstone Museum began Phase I of a multiyear photograph archive project. Combining a few different grants aimed at protecting the museum’s archives, the museum scanned high-quality copies of all the photographs on display, including the graduation group photos
Three mushroom Ragu and polenta By Catherine Metzger Redstone Review LYONS – While hiking the West Berthoud Trail, racking my brain for another great recipe to share with you, I spied some beautiful red, white-spotted mushrooms, growing vibrantly at nearly 12,000 feet. The mysterious mushrooms reminded me of how much I love the curious fungi, and how much I’d like to pick them wild and create something yummy – but I reminded myself how dangerous this can be if you don’t know what you’re doing. My thoughts turned to something more familiar and safe: three mushroom ragu and polenta. Although we humans have always craved meat, it’s amazing how stunningly delicious and memorable meatless dishes can be. Not only is this recipe delicious, but hours after we finished eating it we still enjoyed the scents of a symphony of tomato sauce, shallots, mushrooms, garlic, thyme and bay. What a great inter-
pretation of a familiar melody. Serve this with a glass of red wine and you will have a worthy feast. Credit for this recipe goes to Marie Simmons and her book Fresh and Fast Vegetarian, which I highly recommend. I have interpreted two of her recipes here. Three-mushroom Ragu Cooking time: 40 minutes 1 C dried porcini mushrooms 1 C dried shiitake mushrooms 8 oz. fresh Crimini mushrooms, roughly chopped 1/4 C extra-virgin olive oil 3 large shallots chopped 1 t dried parsley or 1/4 C fresh, chopped 1 t dried thyme or 1 T fresh, chopped 1 bay leaf 1/2 t sugar 2 garlic cloves, chopped 1 C dry red wine 1 28-oz. can of Italian plum tomatoes, pureed in a food processor Salt and freshly ground pepper
going back to the 1930s. Local photographers Ron Pederson and Kathleen Spring completed the project early this summer. It is projected that the public will be able to purchase copies of the photographs by September. Did you ever want a photo of a saloon from 1910? Or quarry workers in one of Lyons famous sandstone quarries in the 1880s? Or perhaps the street that you live on, from 100 years ago? Stop by the museum to view the photographs. Open seven days a week. Inquire after Labor Day about the costs, or contact lyonshistory@yahoo.com. Summer music on the patio at Spirit Hound Distillers, 4196 Ute Hwy., includes: on Aug. 26 KindHearted Strangers will play rock’n roll with Yolk’n Around: on Sept. 2 Billy Shaddox will play rock’n roll and there will be a pig roast. The tasting room at the Spirit is open from Sunday through Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Thursday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. For more information go to spirithounds.com or 823303-5696 or info@ spirithounds.com. The annual collaboration between Arts on the River and Sounds of Lyons will take place at RiverBend on August 27. This celebration of arts, Continue A&E on Page 14
Stovetop Polenta Serves 6 1 1/2 C coarsely ground cornmeal or polenta 1 t salt 2 T extra-virgin olive oil 1/2 C grated parmesan cheese (optional) Freshly ground pepper • Make the polenta: Bring 5 cups water to a boil in a large pot. Once the water is boiling slowly add the cornmeal while stirring with a whisk to prevent lumps. Stir in salt. Cook for approximately 15 minutes and add boiling water as needed during this time to keep polenta from becoming too thick. Just before the polenta is finished cooking, stir in parmesan cheese and olive oil. Pour into a deep serving dish. • While the polenta is cooking, combine the dried mushrooms in a small sauce pan and add 2 to 3 C of water. Bring water and mushrooms to a boil, remove from heat, cover and set aside for 20 minutes until soft. Remove the mushrooms from the mushroom liquor and chop coarsely. Retain the liquor. • Heat oil in a Dutch oven over medium
heat and add shallots and cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Add all the mushrooms and cook, stirring over medium heat until golden and tender, about 8 minutes. Stir in the thyme, parsley, bay leaf and garlic and cook one minute. Add the wine. Bring to a boil and reduce by half. • Add the pureed tomatoes and 1 1/2 C of the mushroom liquor, being careful not to get any grit from the bottom of the pan. Cook uncovered over medium heat until the sauce is thickened, about 20 to 25 minutes. Adjust seasoning using salt and pepper. Serve hot over the polenta with broccoli on the side, and a glass of wine, if you like.
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CONTEXT Earth already committed to two degrees of warming, new analysis finds By CU Boulder Communications Redstone Review BOULDER – Even if humans could instantly turn off all emissions of greenhouse gases, Earth would continue to heat up about two more degrees Fahrenheit by the turn of the century, according to a sophisticated new analysis published today in the journal Nature Climate Change. If current emission rates continue for 15 years, the research shows, odds are good that the planet will see nearly three degrees Fahrenheit (1.5 Celsius) of warming by then. “This ‘committed warming’ is critical to understand because it can tell us and policymakers how long we have, at current emission rates, before the planet will warm to certain thresholds,” said Robert Pincus, a scientist with the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), a partnership of the University of Colorado Boulder and NOAA’s Physical Sciences Division. “The window of opportunity on a 1.5degree [C] target is closing.” During United Nations meetings in Paris last year, 195 countries including the United States signed an agree-
ment to keep global temperature rise less than 3.5 degrees F (2 C) above pre-industrial levels, and pursue efforts that would limit it further, to less than 3 degrees Fahrenheit (1.5 C) by 2100. The new assessment, co-authored by Pincus and Thorsten Mauritsen of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, is unique in that it does not rely on computer model simulations, but rather on observations of the climate system to calculate Earth’s climate commitment. Their work accounts for the capacity of oceans to absorb carbon, detailed data on the planet’s energy imbalance, the climate-relevant behavior of fine particles in the atmosphere and other factors. Among Pincus and Mauritsen’s findings: Even if all fossil fuel emissions stopped in 2017, warming by 2100 is very likely to reach about 2.3 F (range: 1.64.1) or 1.3 degrees C (range: 0.9-2.3). Oceans could reduce that figure a bit. Carbon naturally captured and stored in the deep ocean could cut committed warming by 0.4 degrees F (0.2 C). There is some risk that warming this century cannot be kept to 1.5 degrees C beyond pre-industrial temperatures. In fact, there is a 13 percent chance we are already
committed to 1.5-C warming by 2100. “Our estimates are based on things that have already happened, things we can observe, and they point to the part of future warming that is already committed to by past emissions,” said Mauritsen. “Future carbon dioxide emissions will then add extra warming on top of that commitment.” The research was funded by the Max-PlanckGesellschaft, the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation.
9Health Fair returns to Lyons on October 7 By Kim Mitchell Redstone Review LYONS – For the past ten years the Lyons community has hosted the Lyons 9Health Fair. This will be the second year that the health fair will be held in the fall. Please mark your calendars, for the Lyons 9Health Fair, with free health screenings and lowcost blood draws, on Saturday, October 7, from 8 a.m. till 12 noon at the Mormon Church, 200 Second Ave. in Lyons..
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The health fair offers health screenings and information at no cost from local healthcare providers who volunteer their time and knowledge, and local advocacy organizations. The Lyons 9Health Fair offers a variety of free health screenings including: body in balance; breast exams; free PAP exams; flu shots (some are free if you qualify, others will be billed to your insurance); blood pressure, mental health, vision, dental, foot and hand screening; hearing; skin screening; stress management screenings and more! We will also have representatives to assess correct child car-seat placement. A hallmark of the 9Health Fair program is the low-cost blood screening options. In Lyons, these options include:
• Blood chemistry ($35): Provides baseline information on blood glucose, cholesterol, liver, kidneys, thyroid and more. • Blood cell count ($20): Your body’s ability to fight infection, anemia, liver disease and certain cancers can be discovered with this screening, which gives you a general picture of your overall health. • Hemoglobin A1C ($20): Measures your average blood sugar control for the past two to three months. Screens for diabetes and prediabetes. • Prostate specific antigen ($30): Measures a protein produced by the prostate gland and is recommended if you have a family history of prostate cancer or are monitoring your PSA, per your physician recommendations.
• Vitamin D ($45): Provides baseline Vitamin D levels, which helps you maintain proper bone health and understand your risk for immune diseases, heart disease and certain types of cancer. Additionally, take-home colon cancer screening kits are available for purchase for $25 at the 9Health Fair. To best prepare for a blood draw, drink plenty of water and continue to take prescription medications. People with diabetes should not fast. New, and free, this year is a B12 blood draw for all folks who purchase any blood test of any kind. We will also have representatives available to discuss your involvement in a free assessment for rheumatoid arthritis, which also includes a free blood test. Both medical and non-medical volunteers are needed if the Lyons 9Health Fair is to operate successfully. Consider donating your time and expertise today. To volunteer or to learn more visit https://www.9healthfair.org/healthfairs/fall/153/screenings, or contact Sue Wratten, RN, Medical Coordinator at steveandsuew@gmail.com, or call her at 720-850-2475. To register online, go to http://www.9HealthFair.org.
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FOUNDATION Reflections on 70 trips around the sun By Richard Joyce Redstone Review PUEBLO – It may surprise some of you to learn I’ve just finished my 70th trip around the sun and, perhaps even more surJoyce prising, that I haven’t been bored to death yet by the rather repetitive nature of all those journeys. The truth is, a lot of it does bore me. I mean, how interesting are the things I’ve done in restrooms (including my home bathrooms) after, say, the 5,678th time? (That’s just an arbitrary number – I really haven’t counted. If I had, the number would be far higher.) I ask myself: How utterly enthralling are 99.9 percent of TV and radio commercials, or print ads? Or routines such as mowing the lawn, doing my laundry, doing someone else’s laundry, cooking dinner, making breakfast, pumping gas – or passing it – and smelling either? Or having sex with someone I didn’t care about (but hey, there was nothing good on TV that night), or with someone I did care about but didn’t find attractive at that moment – because I was bored? You get my drift, I’m sure. If not, just wait. By the time you finish your 70th trip around the sun you will. In those 70 trips, there were 3,640 weeks, 25,550 days, 613,200 hours, 36,792,000 minutes and 2,207,520,000 seconds. I’ve lived them all, and I’ve counted them all in one way or another: agonizing seconds of pain, fleeting seconds of pleasure; minutes of waiting for good news, and bad; hours of loneliness, and of warm, friendly conversations; days of work and of play; weeks of warm and cold seasons; and years of all of the above in various measures, intensities and durations. And the speed – the mind boggling speed, going round and round on the surface of the Earth, spinning at 1,000 mph
as it travels at 67,000 mph around the sun, which is traveling at 514,000 mph around the galactic center, which is... It’s all downright dizzying. No wonder I had a bout of vertigo a few years back. Oh, and speaking of back, mine has shrunk. I’m about 3/4-inch shorter now than I was after my 22nd trip around the sun, and I can’t tell you how much it has taken to
us, use whatever products I can to eliminate and mask them, to the point at which I believe I now smell to myself and to those who wander into my personal space about as olfactorily exciting as a piece of cardboard. That, of course, is in my resting state. Give me an hour of even relatively low order activity in the Colorado sun, and some form of cheese becomes the better comparison for the waves of olfactory stimuli floating from myself and clothes through the air to innocent noses any-
resist plunking down money for an inverter, upon which I could hang each day until gravity returned that near-inch of height. Girth, of course, becomes easier to gain with each new solar journey. I think it’s because food, once inside us, becomes an integral component of universal expansion, our bodies mimicking in the microcosm what the universe’s bag of space is doing in the macrocosm. It’s an insidious process that causes us to explode by tiny increments until we paradoxically implode into disassociated kibbles and bits for microbes. I refuse to describe for you the nature and intensity of the smells associated with each new orbit, mostly because I, like all of
where in the vicinity. As a result, since the age of 60, I have kept more and more to my own and my wife’s company, the theory being that we are both used to such fragrances and, therefore, tend to ignore them. We also tend to ignore each other for the most part, having discovered on our many solar forays together that life tends to mold couples into predictable patterns of repetitive routine, punctuated infrequently by the surprises that electrify the wonderful discoveries about “other” that made us join together in the first place. Those discoveries, as they repeated over time, have become lovingly comfortable (and in some cases constantly irritable),
Pastors Continued from Page 4 that by working with them.” In the nearly four-year period since the 2013 flood, the Hencyes spent between two and three years’ time in the Lyons area. They lived with the Keens for a while, but eventually took up residence in an RV parked at the River Church and worked tirelessly on multiple homes in the area. They live frugally, devoting financial assistance they receive to basic living expenses and the home rebuilding projects they work on. They neither draw salaries nor solicit donations from people whose homes they work on. In the past year, much of the Hencye’s efforts were concentrated in the Confluence area, where they worked with homeowners and contractors to get as many people back in their homes as possible. They made ample use of volunteer labor from Lyons Volunteers and other sources, including several groups of Mennonites, another religious group with a history of skilled disaster relief ministries. “The level of cooperation among different faith groups in Lyons was unheard of,” Curt Hencye said. “Churchbased groups tend to be pretty insular sometimes, but here we worked together very closely with the Mennonites and others.” The results of the Hencye’s efforts can be seen on a drive or walk through the Confluence area. Elevated, freshly-painted and trimmed homes with new decks, windows, railings and stairs have turned what was a nearwasteland after the flooding into one of Lyons’ more scenic neighborhoods. Confluence residents have come to know the Hencyes quite well, and to say their contributions to the neighborhood’s resurgence are highly valued would be a vast understatement. “They were terrific,” said Joe Meckle, who got help from Calvary Relief both in initial mold remediation and later with home reconstruction. “They were very capable, very kind people who were always here for people in the Confluence when we needed help.”
With the Confluence renovation mostly complete, the Hencyes are moving on. After taking care of some matters with family and friends in Ohio and Tennessee, they will return to their Sarasota home and await their next calling – which always seems to come. Such things just seem to go along with their Christian faith.
but they no longer stir up passionate emotional responses, at least most of the time. Time also has changed during the course of these trips, and now has the flavor of something to be savored by the existential palette. It neither speeds on by, demanding to be seized lest it slip away unfulfilled in some way, nor drags heavily on the mind with its interminable nature in stressful and painful situations. Instead, it settles into its true aspect: the now, a moment so short we cannot live it consciously, but only infinitesimally at the level of true awareness. As I just said, it settles there. I, however, must settle for the whole movie scene, rather than for the superbly detailed stills that make it what it is: the life experience. And so on my birthday each year, I wander outside around midnight (I was born shortly after) and gaze up at the stunning majesty of the stars and the awesome magnitude of the universe they traverse, knowing that light from even the closest of them has taken millions of years to reach my retina. I am actually seeing what they were and not at all what they are. They may have changed little in that time interval, but they have changed – just as we do. It’s quite a spiritual experience, and I savor it as deeply as I can. Then I remember I forgot to put out the garbage earlier, and I’m right back into my repetitious and mundane routine, which undoubtedly will remain that way throughout my current trip around the sun. BORING!!! Richard A. Joyce is a retired professor in the mass communications department at Colorado State University-Pueblo. He is an award-winning journalist who served as managing editor, and subsequently editor and general manager of the Cañon City Daily Record from 1988 to 1994. The opinions he expresses in this column are strictly his own, and do not represent in any way the views of anyone else at the Redstone Review or at Colorado State University-Pueblo. He can be reached at phase15@mac.com.
As Confluence homeowner Brian Schey put it shortly before the Hencye’s departure from Lyons, “Many people say they are Christians. Curt and Mary Jo show that they are true Christians by what they do.” For more information on Calvary Relief and the opportunity to donate to its mission, see www.calvaryrelief.com.
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CREATE Fruits of their labor By Kristen Bruckner Redstone Review LYONS – What began with a Lyons Community Foundation Community Support Grant for “seed money” to fund a Garden Bruckner Classroom Integration program last year has blossomed into true garden-to-table program with the bounty going to support the LEAF / Food Pantry program that serves members of the Lyons Community who may not have enough to eat. Kim and Andy Doering, on behalf of Lyons Elementary School (LES), were awarded a $1,400 LCF grant last fall to buy some new growing lights and supplemental support for the existing garden beds and irrigation infrastructure. The plant life cycle curriculum and the “garden to table” programs have existed at LES for years, but until now the lessons learned about seed life cycle, planting and cultivation mostly ended in the classroom. There was also a garden-to-table program but the harvest happened to coincide with summer vacation and students being away from school. By initiating the new integrated program involving the students in all phases of planting and harvest, the cycle of “seed to table” has been completed with students delivering fresh fruits and vegetables to the Lyons Food Pantry starting last week. Last years’ first grade class, along with Eco Club students, planted all the fruits,
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veggies and flowers from seed in the springtime. They used milk cartons from the cafeteria, planted donated seeds, and set the containers up under the new grow light stations. With some extra care by master gardener Andy Doering, these have now blossomed into a bountiful harvest. The first batch of produce was delivered to the food pantry during the regular Wednesday food distribution at the Lyons Community Church. The plan is to provide a steady stream of fresh, local produce to the pantry on an ongoing basis. This is something typically hard to come by for locals relying on the weekly food support service. The more integrated experience teaches students not only about plant life cycles and gardening but now students are able to see how and where the finished product goes. Kids today mostly see their food coming from a grocery store, but don’t get to experience the importance of actually feeding people what is grown. The integrated classroom curriculum has plenty of room for expansion with plans to expand the Butterfly Gardens, the Bee Observatory learning center and additional beds for increasing the volume of produce. Over the last ten years, Lyons-area schools have been one of the largest benefactors of LCF Community Support Grants. In fact, since 2009 more than $68,000 has gone to support a wide range of educational enrichment programs. This is in addition to the more than $30K in college scholarships that have been granted to local area graduating seniors seeking to pursue higher education. At Lyons Elementary, grants that are typically applied for by teachers seeking
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ic equipment, and much more. The Lyons Community Foundation as a catalyst for community inspired-change has also been in a position to fund projects that bridge the gap in work done by local government in partnership with the schools and concerned citizens wanting the make their community better. In addition to classroom and extra-curricular support, LCF funds programs that promote safety and education for area residents. Programs such as parenting classes, traffic safety, youth sports and volunteer programs have all been the beneficiary of Community Support Grants. The Tenth Annual Community Support Granting Cycle is open now. Any organization with a 501 (3) status Continue Fruits on Page 14
Concussions not just seen in athletes By Bronwyn Muldoon Redstone Review LYONS – In the past few years concussions in sports have finally gotten the attention they deserve. Prior, many coaches and athletes thought it was part of the Muldoon game when they “got their bell rung” or “were seeing stars.” Currently in sports everyone, from coaches and parents to medical professionals, takes concussions seriously. But we need to realize that concussions are also common in car accidents, falls around the house and accidental bangs on the head. Concussions can be serious because they are caused when the brain is jostled within the skull causing a brain injury. Concussions can’t be determined by an x-ray, MRI or CT scan, thus are commonly missed when they aren’t caused by a sporting activity. To diagnose a concussion correctly, we have to rely on testing functional activities that the brain performs. By assessing memory, eye tracking and balance, we can start to diagnose the level / severity of the injury. Other symptoms of the injury can’t be measured by an objective scale: fatigue, dizziness, confusion, but also contribute to the diagnosis. Thankfully, most concussions that occur are selfresolving within seven to ten days. For those lasting longer, the timeline can range from three to six months to a year. The more concussions one experiences, the longer the time period for healing as the severity of the injury is greater. Symptoms from a concussion don’t always come on immediately. It can take a few hours or a few days for symptoms to occur. One of the most fre-
quent symptoms of a concussion is a headache, but others symptoms include memory loss, confusion, nausea, fatigue, sleep disturbances and sensitivity to light or sound stimulation. Rest is the initial treatment for level of concussion. For mild levels, this includes no exercise or reading for a few days. If the concussion is moderate to severe, resting in a dark room with no light or noise is preferred. Depending upon the symptoms, it might take up to a week or more for symptoms such as headaches, dizziness and fatigue to diminish. Remember concussions are brain injuries, and like any other bodily injury, we use rest to let it heal. Any stimulation to the auditory and visual centers causes your eyes to focus and ears to listen, thus creating work for the brain. Once the initial symptoms start to subside, treatment involves adding physical activities to challenge the vestibular (balance) and visual (eye tracking) systems of the brain as well as physical exertion levels. Challenging these systems and measuring how the body responds correlates to how the brain is healing. Concussions are a treatable injury with good outcomes when addressed appropriately. One of the first hurdles in providing appropriate treatment is recognizing signs and symptoms of concussions and seeking medical attention. In addition to rest, physical therapists are an integral part of the recovery process and assisting in returning function to normal. Bronwyn Muldoon has a doctorate in Physical Therapy and is a Board Certified Sports Clinical Specialist. She owns Lyons Physical Therapy at 435 High St. in Lyons, 303-823-8813. She lives in Lyons with her husband and four children.
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CONCEPTS Minimally invasive surgery in dogs and cats By Dr. Lauren Meltzer Redstone Review LONGMONT – Minimally invasive surgery is surgery that uses techniques to reduce damage to tissues. Minimally invasive surgery was initially developed in human medicine. Benefits of minimally invasive surgery include less pain, quicker recovery, smaller incisions, and reduced risk of infection compared to traditional open surgery. Veterinary minimally invasive surgery was adapted from human techniques in order to offer these benefits to our beloved pets. Minimally invasive surgery uses small fiber optic lenses called scopes to look inside body cavities. Long, flexible scopes are used to examine the inside of the gastrointestinal tract, such as inside the stomach, small intestine, and colon. Shorter, rigid scopes are used inside the chest, abdomen, and joints. Both flexible and rigid scopes can be used to look inside the urinary bladder. The scopes are attached to cameras that display the images on a screen. This allows for magnification of the image and greater visual detail than if looked at with the naked eye. In order to manipulate tissues and perform surgical procedures, small instruments are introduced through additional small holes, called ports. Despite the small size of the incisions, many procedures that have traditionally been performed via open approach can be successfully performed using minimally invasive techniques. Minimally invasive surgery of the joints is called arthroscopy. During arthroscopy, the cartilage surfaces, ligaments, tendons, and joint capsule are examined in detail. The most commonly explored joints in dogs are the knee, elbow, and shoulder. In the knee, arthroscopy is used to diagnose cranial cruciate ligament (ACL) tears and to diagnose and treat meniscal injuries. Arthroscopy with probing is the most accurate technique available for detecting meniscal tears in dogs and is the gold standard
for diagnosis. In the elbow, arthroscopy is used to diagnose and remove small bone fragments that are often too small to see on x-rays. Osteochondritis dissecans, or OCD, is a condition in which large cartilage flaps form in the joints. In dogs, this condition occurs most commonly in the shoulder. Because the flaps are cartilage,
they are not always easily seen on x-rays. Arthroscopy allows for direct visualization and removal of the flaps. Minimally invasive surgery of the abdominal cavity is called laparoscopy. With laparoscopy, the liver, gallbladder, spleen, kidneys, adrenal glands, bladder, stomach, small intestines, and colon can all be examined. Dogs can be spayed laparoscopically. Laparoscopic gastropexy is a procedure in which the stomach is tacked to the abdominal wall to prevent the stomach from twisting, a life threatening condition also known as bloat. Laparoscopy is very useful for taking multiple biopsies of the liver and for removing tumors of the adrenal glands and spleen. Hernia repair can also be performed laparoscopically.
Using a scope to examine the inside of the bladder is called cystoscopy. Cystoscopy can be used to diagnose bladder stones, polyps, and tumors. Some bladder stones can also be removed using minimally invasive techniques. The stones are broken into smaller pieces with a laser and then retrieved using miniature baskets and graspers. Bladder stones that are too large to be removed cystoscopically can be removed in a laparoscopic assisted cystotomy, where a laparoscope is used to observe and manipulate the bladder to create a small external incision. Minimally invasive surgery of the chest is called thoracoscopy. Thoracoscopic procedures include removal of lung lobes due to tumor or infection. Pericardial effusion is a condition that can also be treated with a thoracoscope. In this condition, fluid accumulates in the sac that surrounds the heart, called the pericardium. The fluid puts pressure on the heart, which can severely reduce the ability of the heart to pump blood. Using thoracoscopy, the sac can be partially removed to allow the fluid to drain into the chest, relieving the pressure on the heart. Minimally invasive surgery requires special equipment that can increase the cost of surgery compared to traditional open surgery. In addition, minimally invasive surgery requires development of surgical skills and techniques that are not included in traditional surgical training. This means that a veterinarian offering minimally invasive surgery has invested considerable time and expense in order to offer advanced care. Most veterinarians that perform minimally invasive surgery are specialists. Dr. Lauren Meltzer is an Associate Veterinarian at Aspen Meadow Veterinary Specialists. AMVS is a 24-hour veterinary facility providing specialty internal medicine, orthopedic surgery, oncology, emergency, critical care, and pain management. They are located in Longmont at 104 S. Main St. For more information, go to www.AspenMeadowVet.com.
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CONTENT Habitat for Humanity work to begin this fall COMMENTARY: AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN LYONS
By Amy Reinholds Redstone Review
LYONS – You might have seen that the car show at the Lyons Good Old Days celebration in June raised more than $1,300 in registration fees and donations for Habitat for Humanity of the St. Vrain Valley to help with the construction of six permanently affordable homes in Lyons. Chuck Wing of Lyons Automotive presented a check to Habitat for Humanity on June 30. Reinholds At the end of July, the construction plan for public improvements that Habitat for Humanity must complete was approved by the Town of Lyons engineering staff, another hurdle cleared in the development of three duplexes at Second Avenue and Park Street. The next steps for Habitat for Humanity include selecting a contractor to do the public improvement infrastructure work. A contractor will probably be selected in August, according to Dave Emerson, executive director of Habitat for Humanity of the St. Vrain Valley. The infrastructure work is expected to take about three to four months. Habitat for Humanity also needs building permits, which have been previously committed by the Lyons Board of Trustees to cost no more than $15,000 per home (after an agreement to waive the water and sewer connection fees that the town controls). Some of the work required for the building permits was already completed as part of the construction plan for public improvements. After Habitat for Humanity has the building permits for the six homes, the foundations can be poured for all three duplexes. The foundation work can overlap with the public improvement work if needed, Emerson said. Volunteers to work on construction of homes probably are not needed until later this fall, after at least the foundation for the first duplex is completed. In November 2016, Habitat for Humanity of the St.
Vrain Valley purchased six residential lots on Park Street, west of Second Ave, south of the former Valley Bank building (which remains on a separate commercial lot). Two rounds of applications for home ownership have been completed: two applications were selected in the first round, and two applications were selected in the second round. Habitat for Humanity, future homeowners, and volunteers will work on the first four homes first, and a third round to select applicants for the final two homes will be open later, after the construction is underway. That way applicants won’t have a long wait between selection and home completion. It also gives applicants more time to prepare applications and related requirements for mortgages, such as reducing debt-to-income
ratios and getting issues corrected on credit reports. The first preference category of 80540 residents displaced from their homes as a result of the 2013 flood still has priority in the third round. All six homes might be filled with the applicants in the first category, but if not, the second and third preferences are for applicants from surrounding areas who were displaced by the 2013 flood, and those with ties to the Lyons 80540 area, such as current local residents, families of Lyons students, and area employees. So far, applicants selected for the first four homes are all in the first preference category.
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Habitat for Humanity is a non-profit that acts as a builder and a lender of no-interest loans for homeowners. For income level requirements in Lyons, preference is for applicants at 60 percent of area median income or below, but households that earn as much as 80 percent of the area median income can also be included. Although the median income of an area (Boulder County, in our case) changes every year, you can get an idea by going to the Boulder County Area Median Income Table at www.leaflyons.org/resources.html. For example, the area median income for a household of two people is about $75,900, so 60 percent is $45,540, and 80 percent is $60,720. Area median income is measured by family / household size. In addition to agreeing to partner with Habitat to put in volunteer hours on construction of their home and their neighbors’ homes, applicants must meet other requirements for mortgages. For example, they must have a debt-
to-income ratio of 43 percent or lower (more flexible than what traditional lenders require) and have credit reports that meet specific requirements. St. Vrain Habitat mortgages are usually about $150,000, and have no interest. Monthly mortgage payments, including escrow, are set at 27 percent of the household gross monthly income. Several parties owned the land at Second Avenue and Park in the past three years. On Nov. 17, 2016, Habitat for Humanity of the St. Vrain Valley bought the six residential lots from Craig Ferguson and his LLC partners. In Continue Habitat on Page 14
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Job Title: Utility Clerk /Building Permit Technician Closing: Open Until Filled Salary: $14.57 - $19.30 Job Type: Full-time / Non Exempt Location: Town Hall, 432 5th Avenue, Lyons, CO General Statement of Duties: Responsible for all aspects of Utility Billing for the Town of Lyons & Issuing Building Permits. This position requires strong skills in customer relations, collections, cash receipting, building codes, various software programs, and record keeping. Duties also include phone, front office reception, and other general tasks as assigned.
Maintenance Worker I Job Title: Department: Parks and Public Works Closing: Open Until Filled Job Type: Full-time / Non Exempt Salary: $14.97 - $20.72 DOQ Location: Town of Lyons, Town Hall, 432 5th Avenue, Lyons, CO General Statement of Duties: Under the general supervision of the Director of Parks and Public Works or direction of the Departmental Lead as assigned, participates in a full-range of semi-skilled to skilled tasks in the construction, maintenance and repair of municipal infrastructure, including town parks, open space, trails, streets, sidewalks, rights-of-way, water system, sewer system, storm water, buildings and other structures, landscaped and improved areas. Assists Departmental leads in planning work and directing workers as assigned. Maintenance Worker — Seasonal (Aug-Oct 720 hours) Job Title: Closing: Open Until Filled Salary: $14.98 - $20.00 DOQ Job Type: Full-time Seasonal / Non Exempt Location: Town Hall, 432 5th Avenue, Lyons, CO General Statement of Duties: A temporary seasonal four to five month position up to 720 hours under the direct supervision of the Departmental Lead assigned to and the Director of Parks and Public Works. To assist the full-time maintenance staff in performing the regular and recurring park and public works maintenance duties, using any of the equipment authorized. Perform routine assignments as employee gains experience. Will operate maintenance equipment, power tools and hand tools as assigned, may work alone or as a crew. This individual must perform tasks efficiently and safely. For more information or to fill out an application, please go to www.townoflyons.com
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A&E Continued from Page 8 nature, and community features more than 30 artists from the Front Range. Music will be provided by Sounds of Lyons from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m, and from Kutsandara Marimba Ensemble from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Food trucks will include Button Rock Bakery, Farmer Girl, and Savory Cuisines, and libations will be from Spirit Hound Distillers and B Town. Admission is free, and proceedings from the art sale will benefit Lyons Arts and Humanities Commissions and Boulder County Arts Alliance. Arts on the River originated in 2006 on Apple Valley Road as an annual meeting for Boulder County Arts Alliance and an art show featuring extraordinary local artists; it was Arts on the Farm from 2008 to 2013 at Lyons Farmette with plein air artists and happy strolling chickens. It continues since the flood as
REDSTONE • REVIEW Arts on the River at River Bend, where it has recognized many artists from the Front Range, and has benefitted many local arts organizations.. Sounds of Lyons is a music event founded by violinist MinTze Wu with classical music as its core. Since its inception in 2009, Sounds of Lyons has collaborated with many celebrated musicians both locally and internationally. Its intention is to represent and express the many sounds, faces, voices, delights, cultures, and emotions of Lyons. It holds a space where people come to explore, to reveal, to heal, and most of all, to celebrate what’s around and within us. This year Sounds of Lyons will be collaborating with violist Matthew Dane and cellist Sarah Biber, both SOL alumni, in a program featuring the five-movement Divertimento for String Trio by Mozart. Each of the five movements will be an inter-disciplinary collaboration.
Artists Mystie Brackett and Chrystal DeCoster will create art along with the soulful Adagio movement. Dancers from Mayama Movement Studio will bring hip-hop and a modern interpretation to the Menuetto movements, and audiences of all ages will be invited to express their listening experience through “Music on Canvas.” Special thanks to Lyons Farmette, Lyons Arts and Humanities COmmissions, Boulder County Arts Alliance, Western Stars Gallery and Studio, and Descant Productions. Come join us at this beautiful event.
ry. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. on August 18, 19, 25, 26 and at 2 p.m. on August 20 and 27. For more information call 303-7725200 or go to longmonttheatre.com. Downtown Summer Concerts in Longmont presents Josh Hoyer and Soul Colossal with Space Orphan on Aug. 25. Josh Hoyer is praised by the Rolling Stone for smooth interpretation, confidence, and sonorous vocals. For more information call 303-651-8484 or Idda@longmontcolorado.gov. The concerts are from 6 to 9 p.m. at the intersection of Fourth and Kimbark.
LONGMONT The Longmont Theatre Company, 513 Main St. in Longmont, presents Today, Tomorrow and Forever: A celebration of Patsy Cline, starring Melissa Swift-Sawyer. This magical evening relives the all too brief career of Patsy Cline, one of the greatest female country artists of the 20th centu-
BOULDER Colorado Music Festival’s 40th Anniversary Season continues with the French mini-festival. Colorado Music Festival takes place at the historical Chautauqua Auditorium. For more information please call 303-665-0599 or visit www. coloradomusicfestival.org.
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may apply. The applications are available only once per year and must be applied for and submitted by September 8, 2017. Electronic submissions are required; granting information and applications are available at www.lyonscf.org. In 2016, Community Support Grants totaled over $40,000 and were awarded to 19 individual projects. None of this work would continue without the dedication, inspiration, hard work, and financial support of Lyons area citizens. The work of Community Support Granting will not continue without the continued support of Lyons area residents. For more information about volunteering, donating or applying for a grant, please visit our website or email us at info@lyonscf.org or visit our website at www.lyonscf.org.
June 2015, Craig Ferguson purchased the entire 0.76acre commercial parcel from Valley Bank. Later that month, the Lyons trustees voted unanimously to waive water and sewer connection fees that they have control over for Habitat for Humanity, which was planning to buy residential parcels after the land was subdivided and rezoned. The total of about $173,500 in savings from the Town of Lyons will help Habitat for Humanity meet its permitting and fees budget, keeping mortgages lower. In July 2016, the Lyons trustees unanimously approved final rezoning and subdivision steps. After the plat was recorded with the county in the fall, and Ferguson and his LLC partners kept the former bank building (on a PUD/commercial lot) and sold the six lots for three duplexes to Habitat for Humanity of the St. Vrain Valley. Habitat for Humanity agreed to complete the required subdivision improvements for the residential lots. This column is a monthly commentary (opinion
Kristen Bruckner is on the Lyons Community Foundation Communications Committee and writes columns for the LCF.
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column) in the Redstone Review about affordable housing after the 2013 flood disaster in Lyons. If you have any questions, comments, or complaints about this column, contact me directly at areinholds@hotmail.com. The Town of Lyons lost a total of about 70 flood-destroyed homes to both the federal buyout programs (including one buy out of a mobile home park) and to the changed use of a second mobile home park property to an event venue (rezoned for commercial use). For history of post-flood efforts for affordable housing in Lyons, read previous columns posted at lyonscoloradonews.wordpress.com. Amy Reinholds served on the Lyons Housing Recovery Task Force from December 2013 through its end in February 2015. She is currently a member of the Lyons Human Services and Aging Commission and served as a liaison to the Special Housing Committee during its existence from April 2015-April 2016. She has lived in Lyons since 2003 and in the surrounding Lyons area since 1995.
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Town Continued from Page 1 weddings. The river banks will remain largely protected area with some restoration taking place. Another 7 acres will be used for camping for the festivals and the remaining land will be designated open space. Ferguson said that not much will be done this year. “As for next year... we are going to move very slowly,” he said. “I don’t expect any wedding / farm-to-table dinners, nothing until fall 2018. For one thing, we want to get the place looking better and St. Vrain Creek Coalition is doing fall river work and we won’t really know what we’re working with until they are done. The wedding area will need a fair amount of vegetation work, I don’t want to rush any weddings until we know the grounds look good. We are fixing up the house a bit and hope to short-term rent it, thinking bridal parties connected with our weddings, River Bend, etc. will be very interested. Next year, we will be using River Bend for camping as well. We will have some campers at the farm, but not full capacity. Our clear priority is all about parking and pedestrian safety/flow. We want to reduce any variable that isn’t about parking and pedestrian safety. We’ve met twice with traffic engineer and are awaiting his first draft.” Ferguson went on to say, “I did tell the St. Vrain Creek Coalition they could ‘stage’ on the farm, but would need
PRIDE Continued from Page 5 the construction of improved latrines, and construction of clean water facilities that include capping natural water springs and putting in natural filtration systems to prevent death and disease from waterborne bacteria. Neil makes annual pilgrimages to the country to contribute in the “participative philanthropy.” Other area residents have also jumped on board for an opportunity to witness and contribute to the results of this lifechanging work. Executive Chef Andy Ribelin and sous chef Elizabeth Drolet, the culinary team, will consult with the Farmette’s Farm
REDSTONE • REVIEW town’s blessing; but, that would alleviate lots of construction traffic on Apple Valley Road. We can do 12 weddings a year, but only one a week. And, only on Saturday and Sunday.” In other news the Lyons Town Board spent some time at the board meeting in August trying to figure out how to come up with the funds to pay for the extra money owed to Honeywell for the cost delays for the new sewer plant. At a meeting in June, Gary Berngard, manager of business development at Honeywell International (the company that built the new wastewater treatment plant in Lyons), told the board that the town would have to pay money owed for cost delays at the new wastewater / sewer plant. It turns out that the town owes an extra $537,659.00 on the new wastewater treatment plant, which is a 9.2 percent increase. The original amount of the plant stated on the contract was $5,866,976. Berngard said that there were several reasons for the cost overruns. First, there were delays in completing the construction of the plant. The construction was expected to be completed by October 2014 but was delayed due to the flood damage and eventually the construction was completed in December 2015. The cost of materials went up during that time. Second, the cost of wages went up and Honeywell fol-
Manager Grant Hamil to coordinate the menu just days before the dinner. They will walk the fields in Lyons to handselect what is at its prime. The fourcourse dinner will likely include such ingredients as greens, chard, and eggplant from the Farmette, as well Palisade peaches, and Hazel Dell mushrooms. The only exception to this year’s local-centric menu is the addition of Ethiopian coffee from local roasters, Ozo Coffee. Tickets for the farm dinner on August 23 are available now at www.lyonsfarmette.com. Tickets are $100, with proceeds going directly to PRIDE. Beer and Wine are available for purchase. For more information, visit www.pride-ethiopia.org.
PAGE 15 lows the Davis Bacon requirements for wages, which raised the wages of the workers during the wastewater treatment plant construction. A few other changes made the costs go up, including time delays, which meant paying workers for more time, not to mention the higher rate. All in all, the town has to come up with over $500,000. The BOT voted to give Honeywell $100,000 right away from reserves for a good-faith payment. That payment has been made. The board went into executive session in August and the staff was given direction to explore options and come back to the board with recommendations for funding the remaining payment to Honeywell. The town plans to work with Honeywell to find a solution. Administrator Simonsen said that they town was not allowed to use Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery funding, which is funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), because HUD has deemed that the new wastewater plant is in the floodway even though it was not flooded in the 2013 flood. The wastewater plant was actually on a small island with water all around it. “The BOT (board of trustees) wants to start up a storm water fund (which would be like the current water or electric fund) which could raise some money for the sewer plant,” said Simonsen.
Chaco Continued from Page 6 bowl-shaped depression where Chacoans likely left offerings like cornmeal. The southwest side of the rock faces a small butte on the horizon that marks the December solstice event, and the rock also has carved steps, indicating it likely had some kind of a ceremonial importance, he said. “This possible eclipse petroglyph on Piedra del Sol is the only one we know of in Chaco Canyon,” Malville said. “I think it is quite possible that the Chacoan people may have congregated around Piedra del Sol at certain times of the year and were watching the sun move
away from the summer solstice when the eclipse occurred.” Two other Chaco Canyon rock art pieces may be related to astronomical events, Malville said. One is thought by some to be a depiction of an A.D. 1054 supernova bright enough to be visible in the daytime for several weeks, while another resembles a comet, perhaps Halley’s Comet, which would have been visible from there in A.D. 1066. “The appearance of the spectacular supernova and comet may have alerted the residents of the canyon to pay attention to powerful and meaningful events in the sky,” he said.
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