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Light Agenda Leads to Long Night

by Joseph Lekarczyk

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

You move into the community, you work hard, you’re industrious (some might even say, “eager”), you build your dream home, right on the river, you start a family, then suddenly there’s talk around Town Hall of “blowing up” or “tearing down” all your hard work. Such is the plight of modern-day beavers when they build without a permit in Lyons.

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Dear Editor,
Nuclear plants are basically a (dangerous) way to create steam (which in turn provides electricity). There are better ways, and if these two “better ways” (plants) broke down, the most dangerous thing that would happen is that it (the plant) would be ruined, and have to be rebuilt.

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Glimpse behind the scenes

Dear Editor:
The good news is circulating that Lyons will benefit from over $2.2 million in Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) funds, which are Federal transportation monies channeled through the Denver Regional Council of Governments. To put this in perspective, that is almost twice as much as Lyons has received from all grants combined over the last 10 years, including the

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Registration begins for Safety First Class for Adults

The Boulder Police Department will be offering Safety First for Adults from 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursdays from April 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th and May 5th at the Public Safety Building, 1805 33rd Street in Boulder.

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Don’t be Scammed by Fake IRS Communications

IRS TAX TIP 2011-38

The IRS receives thousands of reports each year from taxpayers who receive suspicious emails, phone calls, faxes or notices claiming to be from the Internal Revenue Service. Many of these scams fraudulently use the Internal Revenue Service name or logo as a lure to make the communication more authentic and enticing. The goal of these scams – known as phishing – is to trick you into revealing personal and financial information. The scammers can then use that information – like your Social Security number, bank account or credit card numbers – to commit identity theft or steal your money.

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IRS Provides Tax Assistance on Saturday Mar. 26

Taxpayers who may have difficulty visiting an IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center during weekday business hours can visit an IRS office on Saturday, March 26 between the hours of 9 a.m. and 2 p.m.

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Sponsors Needed for Colorado Reptile Humane Society (CoRHS) Animals

Why sponsor a homeless CoRHS animal?
...maybe you don't have the time or room for a pet right now
...maybe you are too busy to volunteer your time

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DR COG Prescribes Millions For Lyons!

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 Doctor has spoken! “Take two million and call me when you’ve completed the projects.” As the crowd was trickling out of the Lyons Area Chamber of Commerce social at Gwynne’s Greenhouse Wednesday (March 16) night, Chamber President Jane Rhode received a text message from Mayor Julie Van Domelen, announcing that the Town of Lyons had been awarded two grants from the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) totaling a little more than two million dollars.

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Leaving Sendai - An Eye Witness Account

By Nick Schneider

Editor’s Note: Lyons resident Nick Schneider is an astronomer at the University of Colorado specializing in planetary science. He had been invited to a conference in the field at Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan, from 8-11 March. The earthquake and tsunami struck Sendai on March 11, at approximately 2:45 p.m., Japan time.

Some of you have asked for my account of events in Japan, and the rest of you are just going to get it. I wanted to write it down anyway so I didn’t forget any part. Remember though, that however alarming it was for me, my family, and my friends, there are undoubtedly hundreds of thousands of stories scarier still, and not all with happy endings.

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