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Displace Voters' Ballots Will be Mailed Early

In an effort to make sure displaced voters receive a ballot for the upcoming election, the Boulder County Elections Division will mail ballots early to areas of the county affected by flooding. The Clerk & Recorder’s office plans to mail ballots beginning Wednesday to 2,741 residents of Jamestown and Lyons, towns that were especially devastated by floods in mid-September.The 2013 Coordinated Election, set for Tuesday, November 5, is being conducted by mail ballot with several voter service and polling centers throughout the county. If a voter can still receive mail at their regular address, they should receive a ballot. However, if a displaced voter is not receiving mail, or they have forwarded their mail to a new address

About Town - October 10, 2013

WOE IS ME. I AM HACKED AGAIN! I hope you are all ignoring the fact that the hackers hacked me again! Please do dot send money, I am not in the Phillipines! When are they going to get tired of doing this! I have had email from folks that were hacked, too. Very disgusting. I have changed my password several times. Two insurances to avoid this

COMMUNITY UPDATE MEETING this Thursday, October 10, 7 p.m., at the LifeBridge Church. See you there!

THANK YOU! It was a very heartening moment last Thursday evening at the public meeting when the Town Board received a standing ovation for their work on the September 2013 Flood. Thank you.

Old Friend

By Alexa DiSalvo

Crushed mascara
Pollen ground by river stone
To dye dark the cotton threads
You perch your body
Precariously within

Invert To Survive

With Lee Hall & Bob Gilson

Lee: What was the first thing you did after you evacuated Lyons?
Bob: Sat down on a toilet that did not require I fill it with water before use. Didn’t even need to share a flush with someone.
Lee: Ahh, simple pleasures.
Bob: But it didn’t last. The reading rack included an article on inverters.
Lee: Do we really want to hear about this?

Cat Fight No Contest!

By Oskar LaRue
The Lyons Lions football squad remained unbeaten after five games as they shut out the winless Nederland Panthers 21-0 in Nederland last Saturday. With the temperature in the thirties and the wind gusting to fifty miles per hour, Lyons’ Coach Brandon Wilkes knew it was going to be a day for running the ball, not passing it. And that’s perfectly fine, since he’s got two guys that usually run for over a hundred yards a game in senior quarterback Logan Watson and senior

Town of Lyons Conducting an Emergency Siren Test

The Boulder County Sheriffs’ Department will be conducting a test of the emergency siren warning system in Lyons. This test is scheduled to take place at 12 p.m. Friday, October 11. This test will be weather dependent, as the Sheriffs’ Department prefers that the test takes place on a clear day, due to the September floods. If conditions are not favorable, the test will be rescheduled for the following Friday, October 18, at the same time.

Rebuild Lyons - One Life At A Time Campaign Kicks Off Oct. 12

“Rebuild Lyons – One Life at a Time” is very happy to announce the beginning of its campaign to provide direct grant assistance to residents of the greater Lyons area who have been impacted by the recent devastating floods.

The Lyons Community Foundation (“LCF”) and the Lyons Community Basic Needs and Emergency Fund (“LCBNEF”), fiscally sponsored by Lyons Community Church, have established the “Rebuild Lyons – One Life at a Time” fund in the wake of the devastating flood that began on the night of September 11, 2013.

State of Lyons Public Meeting Oct. 3

State of Lyons Public Meeting, Oct. 3

“Lyons Strong” At Broomfield X-C Invitational

Torrential rains and flooding have not slowed or disheartened the Lions. Separated by rising waters and road closures that created islands throughout their tight knit community, the dedicated cross-country team of Lyons continued to train on their own. As their own neighborhood was initially declared uninhabitable and the National Guard filed in to assist with evacuations, residents of the Blue