LYONS – The town board decided at a regular meeting in September to officially refer to the development area at the east end of town around the intersection of Colorado Highway 66 and U.S. Highway 36 as the Gateway Corridor, GC, rather than the former name if Commercial Eastern Corridor, CEC.

Several of the commissions in town made the recommendation to the town board. Gateway seems to reflect the image Lyons has created for itself.

Prescribed burn at Hall Ranch between Sept. 21 and Oct. 31

BOULDER COUNTY – Boulder County Parks and Open Space will conduct a prescribed burn on Hall Ranch Open Space sometime between September 21 and October 31. The proposed burn area is approximately 66 acres in size and is located near the Nelson loop trail, just west of the prairie dog area.

LYONS – An enthusiastic group consisting of members of the Lyons Board of Trustees, Economic Development Commission, and town staff assembled at the Lyons Valley Village Common House on Second Avenue on Saturday, September 10 to discuss the economic vision for the Town of Lyons. Having reviewed the Lyons Comprehensive Plan as well as other recent planning and directional documents for the town and the region, the majority of the activities on Saturday were focused on discussing a vision for the future that would support and retain the quality of life that we have come to expect in this small town.

LYONS – Seven toddlers, all engaged in activity, are obviously thrilled to be part of the new Lyons Community Montessori Toddler program. On Sept. 6 this toddler program at the parsonage of Lyons Community Church on Main Street opened up. A long time in coming, the toddler program is part of Lyons Community Montessori that opened in January of 2005.

LYONS – Word on the street moves quickly but changes in the business community around Lyons move even more quickly. Ma’s Pizza, 430 Main St., was recently sold to Gavin Moore and Josh Baranauskas, two friends who joined forces to bring fresh produce from garden to table and potentially extraordinary pizza. They took over the pizzeria on Sept 2.

LYONS – Parents are often confused and dismayed when their child has an incredible memory for details of an event that happen three years ago, but can’t remember names or dates.

Perhaps the child has trouble reading all the words on the page so he or she proceeds to make up an incredible story while starring at the words in the book which have nothing to do with the story the child is telling. For dyslexics words often look alike such as was and saw, California and Columbia. They transpose letters and see words as symbols not as letters. They look at patterns, not at individual letters.

LYONS – Juli and Kenyon Waugh, Lyons residents, plan to open a new ice cream and dairy shop called Lyons Dairy Bar in the former Dairy Lite space at Lyons Village Central at the east end of Main Street.

Robin Young who owns the shopping center with her partner, Nancy Liquori, the City Chicks, said the Waughs will be renting the former Dairy Lite space along with the unit next to the ice cream shop. “The Waughs are going to do their own ice cream business,” said Young. “I believe that they have some experience in the ice cream and frozen yogurt business. They hope to have it up and running on the weekends in a short time and then a little later expand to week days. By March they want to have the inside seating in place.”

PUEBLO – If you own a combat helmet, you might want to dust it off and keep it nearby. It won’t save your life, but it may make you feel more secure when the refrigerator falls from the sky late this month or in early October.