About Town – Happy New Year – December 30, 2021

ByLaVern Johnson, for the Lyons Recorder

    We hope you all had a great Christmas with Family and Friends- my Thanks for all the gifts and goodies, and Now to the New Year, 2022;  There is New Year’s Eve Fireworks in Denver, and lots of Christmas lights; some great houses around the Lyons-Longmont area, and Lyons is especially beautiful with all the lights.. Thanks to all and HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!

LaVern-About Town, 303 823 5925


Mini “About Town” (for Holiday Break)

NO SCHOOL – Christmas Vacation Dec. 18th to January 5, 2022; 

The Year of 2021 is coming to an end..and we are not sorry.   Thousands have died of COVID;  now the Omicron is prevalent;  We are still “staying in” after 2 years..afraid of catching it.  However, it is enheartening that Pfizer has a pill coming out that we can take, should take it as soon as possible, which helps with the worse case of the illness.  So take care..Don’t catch the Virus. Everything is slow due to the COVID; we should continue to wear masks and social distance.

The New Year of 2022 is winding around, day after day. In April there will be a Town Board election..an interesting occupation; you learn what all the town is up to; how they pay for things; where their funds come from; and the grants received due to the Flood.  We are  getting near the last Recovery project-the 4th Street Footbridge.  The residents in the Confluence will certainly be happy to have that bridge built. 
 
Thanks to the town for all the Recovery projects and infrastructure..it had indeed been a tremendous job.   Also, thanks to those who restored their homes, built up 3.5 feet so they can live in them, now fixing their yards.. Although it has taken Lyons nine years, you can’t get Lyons down..”We have Grit”!
 
The students had 2 weeks off for Christmas vacation; School starts this coming Monday, Jan. 5th So back to getting up early, hopping on the bus in the dark, and for the teachers of trying to get that education in your heads, so you can become “self sustaining” citizens..
 
One thing we should all look to is the Vandalism and who is doing it.  Help us catch them.  Our parks have been damaged, and for what..It costs us all money!  We are very proud of our parks..tourists pour into our parks each weekend. as they can not find any other place so  beautiful to picnic, eat, play in..
 
A NEW YEAR’S TIP:  To our youth, or whoever, is doing  the vandalism  is, if caught, you will have a Record, which will be against your chances of getting into college or getting a grant, and it will be hard to get finances for college, or even get into college. They want respectable people in their colleges, not those tearing up things!  Please, have respect for our parks, for other people’s property, for each other; and keep the police and a record off your door.
 
BASKETBALL.  Both boys and girls will be playing basketball as well as wrestling this winter, go to their games, interesting.  Your presence encourages them to do better.  Good Luck Teams
 
FOOTBALL:  Two Lyons Players, Finn Oetting and Maregu Sullivan both Sophomores, have been chosen Honorable Mention on the All-Region Boulder County Football team.  Our Congratulations.  
 
CHURCH: The Lyons community Church will hold its Sunday Service at 4pm; this Sunday, Jan. 4th, with Pastor Emily Hagan, followed by a Potluck dinner,  All invited
 
BIRTHDAYS:  Steve Good; Carol Groves; Lily Kincaid; Mark Boys.  

SYMPATHY: Deb Simms and her sister Darlene put on a funeral service for their mother in Cheyenne, WY; 23 relatives came from other states to pay their respects.
 
COVID & OMICRON is worse than over with 1353 new cases in Boulder County over the weekend.  Please get vaccinated, wear  your masks, social distance.  We have to stop this somehow, and we need a united front to do so. 
 
The Lyons Town Board will meet this Monday, Jan. 3, at 7pm, on Zoom.  
 
LYONS GOOD OLD DAYS  Mark  your calendars for the LYONS GOOD OLD DAY, SATURDAY, JUNE 25TH, where all alumni and past and present residents are invited. 

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NOTE: This is a weekly social/news column. This information has not been edited or verified by the Lyons Recorder editorial staff. Please contact LaVern or the Editor for corrections or comments. == lavern921@aol.com == LyonsRecorder.Editor@gmail.com ==

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LaVern Johnson has been writing Lyons Recorder's "About Town" social news column every week since October, 1983. LaVern became the president of the Lyons Historical Society in 1975, two years after the group started, and became the Director of the Lyons Redstone Museum. She and her husband founded Red Rocks Ramblers Square Dance, Lyons, in 1958 to 2019. She was a Town Trustee for 13 years, and worked with the Parks Commission since 1976. She was key in some campaigns to save things important to a good quality life in Lyons. Her family were early farmer pioneers in Lyons, who moved here in 1928.

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