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Roads Traveled With Linda L. Osmundson

Fireworks Or Not, Celebrate The 4th Of July

Over many years my husband and I have celebrated our country’s birthday standing on the same corner of his small northern Minnesota hometown. Friends and family travel from all parts of the country and congregate on Main Street. They cheer the fire trucks and huge taconite tractors. They watch the children scramble for candy, keep time to patriotic music

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Dog Bites Man, Man Bites Back?

By Joseph Lekarczyk

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

Things sped along at a pretty good pace at Monday night’s Board of Trustees (BOT) meeting. Sgt. Kevin Parker, Lyons Substation Supervisor of the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office, reported that things went very

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About Town with LaVern Johnson, June 14, 2012

Another week gone by, and a hot and windy one.  We are fortunate not to have a wildfire.  Keep your fingers crossed, watch your cigarettes, your vehicle backfiring, etc. The conditions are bad!
This Sunday, June 17, is Father’s Day; a time to remember your father, the one that provided the money for your subsistence, whether he worked early or late, night or day, no doubt your father or grandfather

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Crayons To Calculators

There are over 8,500 children in the St. Vrain Valley School District on the federal lunch assistance program, a common indicator of family poverty. Many of these children routinely start school without basic school supplies for learning. Last year, through the Crayons to Calculators program, the Education Foundation for the St. Vrain Valley provided approximately 3,100 backpacks to ensure that an increasing number of our

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Ask the Handy Woman! with Kheli Mason

True or False: A house is only as good as its foundation?

In a general sense a general sense, true. But a foundation is only the start. I would suggest that just as important as a good foundation is a good roof. The best foundation in the world won’t do you a bit of good without a roof to protect the overall structure of the building, and in some cases, the foundation itself.

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Be Responsible for Yourself!

To the Editor,
I have just returned from a trip to the recycling bins with my recyclables and what I saw prompted me to write this letter.  There was trash piled up on the fence side next to the skateboard park and mystery trash (in large black trash bags) piled next to the cardboard bin along with other NON-RECYCLABLES.  There was also shredded

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About Town with LaVern Johnson, June 7, 2012

What a great weekend. Nice weather and lots of customers downtown.  Everyone enjoyed the extra crowds along Main Street. Thanks to the LAHC, artists, vendors, Studio Tour, MinTze Wu’s concerts, those who went on the Art Walk, the reception, etc.  A special day for Lyons, which really put us on the map!  The Lyons Redstone

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Spot on Seniors

Spot on Seniors

By Kathleen Spring

All aboard the “Salute to Seniors” ship!  In memory of the 100th year of the Titanic tragedy, the Colorado Gerontological Society presented a program at the Colorado Convention Center, which offered many historical adventures. Artifacts were displayed by the Molly Brown Museum, and vintage cars by the Forney Museum.

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Roads Traveld With Linda L. Osmundson

Roads Traveld With Linda L. Osmundson

Cabo San Lucas

My recent articles concentrated on local daytrips but I’d like to deviate this week and share the experience my husband and I experienced recently. A friend we met on several Dixieland Jazz cruises invited us to share a week in his four-bedroom timeshare in Cabo. We’ve all heard the warnings about visiting Mexico. So, I Googled the

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