Carrying on Redstone a tradition that dates back at least 15 years, a paint crew marked a symbolic St. Patrick’s Day Parade route on Saturday. It was a symbolic route down the Boulevard this year, because there was no parade on Sunday. The congregation, 20 to 30 strong, that followed the paint crew was pretty much the parade. The painters, which at times included little kids, also painted green shamrocks and “SLOW” on the road. Photo by Lynn “Jake” Burton

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day
By David P. Carroll

It’s Saint Patrick’s Day
Everyone’s Irish today
And, we’ll have some fun along the way

Green shamrocks and a colorful rainbow
In the clear blue sky  
The shiny pots of gold are in sight
And we’ll sing and dance

All through Saint Patrick’s night

From Carbondale 
To Aspen and to
Sunny Broomfield 
And on to Castle Rock

Classical Irish
Music fills the air
All the little leprechauns
Are dancing and jumping 
Up in the air and the little children
Are having so much fun 

I love Saint Patrick’s Day and
I’m playing the fiddle on
This special Irish day and
The people are marching through the
Streets celebrating Saint Patrick’s Day

And the little children
Are running up and down
And chanting “Saint Patrick!”

And we will sing 
And dance in Colorado 
All through the night

So may the love and luck
Of the Irish be
With you all today on this verySpecial, loving
And peaceful happy Saint Patrick’s Day