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Christmas Cheer And Changes
By Kathleen Spring
It’s time for the Lyons Golden Gang’s biggest fundraising event of the year, the Christmas Bazaar. Locals delight in buying holiday gifts that they can say were made by local grannies! Chose from jewelry, raggedy dolls, table runners, potholders, tree decorations, coasters, and more. If you want to donate crafts, or join the crafters after lunch at the senior center, call Shirley DeVeny (303)About Town Nov. 15, 2012
VETERANS DAY WAS SUNDAY, with the Longmont parade on Saturday. The Lyons High School Band participated in the parade, with a large crowd in spite of the cold and snow. All paid their respects to our veterans for the years given out of their lives, and the many who gave of their lives to defend the USA. We honor all service people and those from our area who wereAbout Town Nov. 8, 2012
THIS IS THE DAY! A lovely day, to end all those political ads on TV and in the papers. It will be a welcome relief. May the best men or women win!I am mostly interested in the Mill Levy override 3A, and hope it passes for the welfare of our kids of the St.Vrain, the knowledge, the property values, the community, and all that good schools bring to us all.
What $1 Million Will Get You In Retirement
By Doug Carey
I spend a lot of time helping people understand how much money they will need to meet their retirement goals. Today I want to look at this another way: What will $1 million actually get you in retirement? This is an interesting question
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About Town Nov. 1, 2012
Another beautiful week gone by! That snow was nice, and we needed the moisture. Coming from the east, you can see that the mountains got quite a bit of snow, which is still there. We will need a LOT OF SNOW TO CATCH UP! Of course, we don’t want it to snow for Halloween or the Christmas Bazaar and parade, or for the football games, but otherwise we will welcome it!
Roads Traveled with Linda L. Osmundson
Nearby Educational Exhibits Worth Seeing
Exclusive to Denver, the “Becoming Van Gogh” exhibit at the Denver Art Museum includes seventy works by Van Gogh, which return to original owners after the January 20, 2013 closing. Another twenty works by artists who inspired Van Gogh’s ten-year art career, sit beside his work and show his progression from figure drawings to oil landscapes, among other things.
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Ask the Handy Woman!
Answers to your home maintenance and repair questions
By Kheli Mason, The Handy Woman LLC
Last month I wrote about the pros and cons of two types of hot water heaters. I was expecting that I might catch a little “heat” from proponents of one type or the other. What I did get was a wonderful email with yet another option that I thought would be good to share in this month’s column. Here is what Bud O’Connor had to add to the conversation:
