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VOLUME 14, NUMBER 4
LYONS, COLORADO
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B •R •I •E •F •S Good Old Days moves to Bohn Park LYONS – The 37th Annual Good Old Days will return to Bohn Park June 28 to 29. Good Old Days is a longstanding, highly anticipated outdoor event that will focus on bringing people from Lyons and the surrounding region together in a celebration of community in beautiful Bohn Park. The move back to Bohn Park will provide more exciting activities all in one fantastic location. Good Old Days features a full schedule of live music and entertainment, beer garden and food vendors, carnival games and rides, and activities for all ages. In addition, those attending Good Old Days will enjoy the Lyons River Run 5K, KidSpace, softball tournament, community picnic, car show, pony rides and petting zoo, and a weekend full of new events and surprises. Those interested in volunteering time, participating, or adding to an event should direct their questions as follows. For general event and River Run 5K questions contact Lyons Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Events at 303-823-8250; Good Old Days Softball Tourney-Manny Vasquez at 303-775-3036; Alumni Reunions / Mr. and Ms. Good Old Days / Historical Society / Redstone Museum / Square Dance; LaVern Johnson at 303-823-5925.
Lyons Outdoor Games LYONS – In their 12-year history, the Lyons Outdoor Games have evolved into a world-class celebration of mountain sports. The 2013 Continue Briefs on Page 7
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Owen McCarty, age 6, of Boulder romps with a baby goat at the Lyons Farmette. Farmette owner Betsy Burton is a cousin of the McCartys. Photo by Catherine McCarty
Missing water leaked out into resident’s well, and town works out budget issues By Susan de Castro McCann Redstone Review Editor LYONS – Imagine your surprise if your water bill arrived and it was $3,700 for one month’s water. You would think it was a mistake, no private household would use that much water. The town got you mixed up with the Lyons Hilton or the Trump Towers except that Lyons doesn’t have a Hilton or a Trump Towers. And to make matters worse, it wasn’t even a mistake. After this water bill for $3,722 was sent to Richard and Sharon Jones for their rental house at 323 Fifth Ave. in Lyons, they came before the town board to appeal their water bill. The cause of the excessive water bill was a leak in a spigot located near a well in the yard and the town water running to the spigot was never placed on a water meter. The leak was discovered when a new water meter was installed at the lateral from the water main on December 18, 2012. Before the new meter was installed (the town is in the process of replacing all the old water meters with new curbside meters.) the meter used to measure water use was located under the sink as it is in all the houses with old-style meters. Leaks along the lateral lines would not be detected. Dane Hirschfeld installed the new meter at 323 Fifth Ave. and told Kyle Miller, public works supervisor, that he thought the yard
hydrant was leaking because he heard it “singing” and knew it was not being metered. The public works department went to the house and read the meter a few weeks later and found over almost 450,000 gallons of water measuring at the meter. The homeowner was notified and had the leak repaired. It is estimated that over 3,000,000 gallons of water was lost down the well since the staff first heard the leak. Now the household is using 2,500 gallons of water a month after the repair. Sharon and Richard Jones complained that they were not notified about the leak and the bill soon enough. Sharon said that they found out on January 7, 2013
According to the town code, it is illegal to have an unmetered spigot in your yard and it is the responsibility of the property owners to fix and repair any and all water pipes going onto the property from the water main. The homeowners however did not know that the spigot was leaking until they got the water bill under the new metering system, and they may not have known that the spigot was unmetered. The leak was not detected because the water went down the well. The homeowners are not being charged for the full amount of the water lost. Staff is working with Richard and Sharon Jones to ease the burden of payments. The town has lowered the Jones’ bill to $2,240.94 using the lowest tier and will allow them to make payments over a two-year period. The town has been trying to figure out for Continue Town on Page 14
Driver arrested for vehicular homicide in Lyons By Staff Reports Redstone Review LYONS – A 46 year old male cyclist, Michel Van Duym, from Boulder was killed on Main Street in Lyons on Saturday May 11 shortly after 5 p.m. He was stuck by a sports utility vehicle traveling west in the east bound lane although he may have been in the process of turning. A witness reported that the driver was trying to make a quick turn and failed to see the bicyclist. The exact details of the accident are still under investigation according to Sgt. Nick Goldberger from the Boulder
County Sheriff’s substation in Lyons. Emergency crews responded shortly after 5 p.m. They found a witness giving first aid to the injured man. Paramedics tried to resuscitate the man but were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Patrick Allen Ward, 69, the driver of the Patrick Allen Ward SUV, was arrested for in court on May 13. suspicion of vehicular PHOTO CBS
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