Roadside frosties meant to bring smiles

In a beige metal building above Lakeside, the holiday spirit kicked in early.  

Ringleader Lois Lauman, in sandals and a navy sweatsuit splattered with white paint, greeted me earlier this fall. Volunteers Lisa Brewster and Judy Luce emerged from a forest of plywood forms wearing rubber gloves and holding paper plates with bright puddles of color. 

Lauman usually sets aside three weeks for painting new frosties and refurbishing old ones. This was the final painting day before the results headed out for installation last month along Lakeside’s U.S. 93 corridor and in Somers.