NOVEMBER 17 / DECEMBER 15, 2021
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OPTIONS Library celebrates Native American Heritage Month and its new solar array By Kara Bauman Redstone Review LYONS – November the Lyons Library celebrates Native American Heritage Month with the Teen Advisory Group welcoming Rose Red Elk as she guides the creation of Lakota dream catchers. This Bauman event will be on Saturday, November 20. The Denver-based artist, known by her Native American traditional name Red Feather Woman, will share the historical and spiritual significance of the dream catcher art form in Native American culture while teaching the kids how to weave their own five-inch dream catchers with artificial sinew. Rose Red Elk is an award-winning recording artist and author who is an enrolled member of the Assiniboine / Sioux Tribes of eastern Montana. This program, which will run from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m., is for kids in grades 6 through 12 and registration is required. We thank the Friends of the Library for sponsoring this event and allowing us the opportunity to consciously provide financial support to an Indigenous artist. In other news, the current session of weekly storytimes with Youth Services Librarian Becki Loughlin runs until December 15, at which time we will take a two-week break for the holidays. Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. we welcome babies and their caregivers for a lapsit storytime, and on Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. we welcome all ages and their caregivers for a storytime followed by a craft. We call all area artists to the library every third Saturday of the month from 12:30 to 2 p.m. to swap Artist Trading Cards (ATCs). ATCs are miniature pieces of art that are then traded among attendees of the swap. Swaps are open to any media, materials, or techniques as long as the card fits in a standard trading card sleeve of 2.5 inches by 3.5 inches. The swap at the library is the district’s longest running program and a small, rotating display of ATCs is located in the Effie Banta Meeting Room. The Lyons Library is now the proud home of the Barry
November is Native American Heritage Month. To celebrate, the Lyons Library Teen Advisory Group welcomes artist, author, and recording artist Rose Red Elk. She will guide in the creation of a Lakota dream catcher at an event on Saturday, November 20. Campbell Music Collection. Donated to the library by a longtime friend of Campbell’s, the collection contains sheet music, chords, lyrics, and fake books for a wide range of musical styles. Visitors can check out the likes of Neil Young, Bob Marley, Frank Sinatra, as well as general country, classical, and jazz collections. We are pleased to offer
this resource to all the wonderful musicians in Lyons. Make sure you are stocked up with all the books and family-favorite movies you might need ahead of the Thanksgiving and Native American Heritage Day holiday. The library will be closed to the public on Thursday, November 25, and Friday, November 26. It will reopen on regular hours at 10 a.m. on Saturday, November 27. The Lyons Community Library would like to thank everyone who came out for the ribbon cutting ceremony for our new solar array on October 19. Three years to the day from our groundbreaking ceremony for the new building project, we welcomed Ian Skor, co-founder of Sandbox Solar, who enthusiastically introduced our 86-panel, 100+ percent offsetting array. The project was fully funded by the Boulder County Worthy Cause Grant. In 2019, the American Library Association (ALA) added sustainability to the core values of librarianship. The ALA recognizes that libraries of all types can act as catalysts and inspire future generations to reach solutions that are not only sensible but essential to sustaining life on this planet, and your Lyons Community Library is dedicated to doing its part. We also thank our lively Friends of the Library group which provided cookies and cider for the event. The Lyons Community Library is open Monday through Saturday at 10 a.m. We close at 5 p.m. on Mondays and Fridays; 7:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays; and 2 p.m. on Saturdays. Our online catalog is available 24/7 at lyons.colibraries.org and we’re always open for digital downloads on both the OverDrive and CloudLibrary apps. Give us a call at 303-823-5165 or email info@lyonslibrary.com with any questions. Registration for all events and programs is available via our website. Kara Bauman is the Director of the Lyons Community Library and holds an MLIS from the University of Kentucky. She’s an avid fly angler, enjoys craft beer, and in non-Covid times travels extensively to see her favorite band, Widespread Panic.
Lyons Community Church makes Christmas plans By Pastor Emily Hagan Redstone Review LYONS – Lyons Community Church is planning to have its traditional chili supper event during the Christmas parade. It may be a little different than it has been in the past with possible “to go” options Hagan for people who don’t want to eat inside due to Covid. There will be various options for people to either eat in or take and go chili and hot chocolate at the Parade of Lights. We are all looking forward to it. In November we hope to offer a youth mission trip for people between the ages of 11 and 18. The church will share more when more information is available. At the Halloween Parade, the church staff handed out invitations for any kids who want to participate in the Christmas pageant this year. There are speaking parts,
silent parts and opportunities for people to record themselves. Rehearsal will be on December 5 around the new community service. The pageant will take place on December 12 at 10 a.m. at Lyons Community Church, 350 W. Main St., with Christmas cookies to follow. All are welcome at the church for special events. There will also be a potluck and communion as a part of the new monthly community service. Each first Sunday of the month there will be the 4 p.m. service with potluck and communion – the table is open to all. People can come who are part of other churches, no church, and spiritual but not religious. We welcome children and encourage people who are feeling isolated to attend for community. Did you know we have an email that goes out weekly to keep people updated? If you would like to be added to the weekly email for updates please send your information to LyonsCommunityChurchumc@gmail.com.
LCF grants $37K to 15 local nonprofits By Tanya Mercer-Daty Redstone Review LYONS – The Lyons Community Foundation (LCF) is thrilled to announce its 2021 CommuSupport Grant Mercer-Daty nity Awards. Each fall, Lyonsarea nonprofit organizations apply to LCF for grants that will support the work they plan to do in the year to come. As a community foundation, LCF’s work consists of raising money to support a diverse range of projects and populations in the greater Lyons area. With a centralized source for fundraising, nonprofits can focus on their projects. The grant review com-
mittee, a nominated group of area citizens, meets to analyze grant applications and award those whose intent aligns with LCF’s mission to improve the quality of life, build
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Emily Hagan is the pastor of Lyons Community (Methodist) Church in Lyons and the First United Methodist Church in Lafayette. She can be reached at the Lyons church office at 303-823-6245 and at pastor@firstumclafayette.org.
a culture of giving and encourage positive change in the greater Lyons area. Since LCF’s inception in 2008, over half a million dollars has been raised to support local initiatives that either build community connectivity, provide human services, invest in our youth or showcase local ecology. This year, the LCF Advisory Board approved more than $37,000 in grants to 15 separate projects representing these four different focus areas. If you would like to learn more about these projects, please follow Lyons Since 2013, LCF has helped fund the Parade of Lights. Our Advisory Board members look forward to seeing you at the Christmas parade.
Here’s to a Hopeful and Grateful Thanksgiving!
Community Foundation on Facebook as we will be posting weekly videos to better explain how the following nonprofits plan to use their grant money to help support our community. The following is a brief description of the projects awarded this year. The Lyons Community Foundation has invested in human services since 2008. Even before the creation of the Lyons Emergency & Assistance Fund (LEAF) in 2014, LCF supported the food pantry and the Basic Needs and Emergency Fund when they were ministries of the Lyons Community Church. For the third year in a row, LEAF is the biggest recipient of grant funding with a total of $17,050 awarded for all five of its programs: Lyons Community Food Pantry, Basic Needs and Resource Matching, Meals on Wheels, Mental Wellness and Addiction Recovery and Lyons Volunteers. Continue LCF on Page 14
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