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Loveland Garden Tour & Art Show Tour

2013 marks the 10th year of the Loveland Garden Tour & Art Show Tour to benefit Loveland Youth Gardeners. This event, which demonstrates the beauty and benefits of sustainable gardening, will be held on Saturday, June 22, from 8:00 am - 2:30 pm.

This year, the tour features seven “Gardens on Garfield.” All of the gardens are within ½ mile from beginning to end, conducive to walking and/or biking. The tour includes a sale of "art for the

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Fire Ban for Entire Mountain Area of Boulder County

On Monday, June 17, 2013 at 12:00 pm, Sheriff Joe Pelle will amend the current fire ban to include the entire mountain area of Boulder County. The fire ban will be in effect until the Sheriff finds that the current hazardous conditions have subsided.

This amended fire ban area includes any and all unincorporated areas of Boulder County west of Colorado Highway 93 from its intersection with the southern boundary of Boulder County until and including its intersection with Colorado Highway 119; west of Broadway Avenue in the City of

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Have Fun on the Farm at Barnyard Critter Day

Boulder County Parks and Open Space invites you to have fun and learn about domestic animals and even wildlife found on the farm during Barnyard Critter Day on Sunday, June 23, 2013 from 10 am to 3 pm at the Agricultural Heritage Center, 8348 Highway 66 in Longmont.

See demonstrations of sheep herding, visit with chickens (and learn about raising your own) and see sheep,

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Boulder to Lyons Free Weekend Shuttle!

Boudler to Lyons free weekend summer shuttle begins service.

The shuttle will operate Friday through Sunday every weekend and holidays (Memorial Day & Independence Day) with service ending on Saturday, August 31.

For a shuttle schedule, please click here here.

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Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center Benefit Art Show

Opening Friday, June 14, 5-8 pm
Show runs through Friday, June 21

Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center is a non-profit organization devoted to rehabilitating sick, injured, and orphaned wildlife for return to their natural habitats. One of the largest wildlife rehabilitation centers along the Front Range, Greenwood cares for between 2,000 and 3,000

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Sounds Of Lyons Music Festival

Mintze Wu, the founder and driving creative force behind the Sounds of Lyons Music Festival (not to mention a pretty fair fiddle player), is back in town for the fifth annual festival to be performed this weekend. Wu invites the commaunity to please come join her and a stellar mix of world-renowned musicians for the special edition of Sounds of Lyons Season Five on June 14 through 16! With buoyant creativity

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Ten’ll Get Ya Forty

By Joseph Lekarczyk

In the interest of full disclosure, let it be known that the author of this article is married to the Mayor.

The Board of Trustees (BOT) held a workshop Monday evening to go over the design standards suggested by the Planning and Community Development Commission (PCDC) for Commercial Eastern Corridor and other commercial areas in Lyons, with the exception of the core downtown business district (Main/High Street between Third and Fifth Avenues).

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Fox News In Town

A couple of weeks ago it was a movie crew filming “Dear Eleanor,” Tuesday morning at 6:45 a.m., it was a news crew from the Fox Network in Denver visiting Lyons to do a “live remote” about the extreme fire danger in Colorado. Why Lyons?

Well, Monday afternoon while he and his crew were attending a medical assist for a mountain biker who had gone over his handlebars up at Hall Ranch, Fire Chief J.J. Hoffman got a call about a wildfire starting up on Eagle Ridge Road just east of Lyons. Due to a quick response and a lot of luck, Hoffman and a second crew were able to contain the fire to a little less than an acre of grass and some tree

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Lets keep this LOG rolling

Dear Lyons Recorder,
I wanted to comment on the hugely successful 2013 Lyons Outdoor Games (LOG). I have watched this event grow from its infancy into a family-friendly, multi-sport, and activity based three-day event. With growth comes growing pains; however, with growth comes the opportunity for Lyons to grow this event into a nationally recognized destination event that show cases the many attributes our town has to offer (beyond bluegrass). This event, when allowed to prosper, will continue to give back to us and our children for years to come.

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