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The past two water board meetings in Mehama have drawn a crowd of concerned citizens in response to re- cent survey conducted on the Lyons- Mehama Water District (LMWD) by local health officials. The Water System Survey, conduct- ed this past August 12, indicates twelve areas that the district was not compliant with the Department of Human Services Drinking Water Pro- gram, including two that have been non-compliant since 1988 and seven more that failed to meet standards since 2002. These and other issues led to a well attended water board meeting this past Dec 8. There, it was clarified that the water is currently safe to drink for those in the Lyon-Mehama Water District, according to James MacPherson, the DHS Regional En- gineer for the Drinking Water Pro- gram, who inspected the water sys- tem this past Aug 12. Additionally, it was clarified that no one is aware of any illnesses caused by the water in the district. But potential health hazards are there, including the lack of a Cross Connection Control Program. This could be a hazard if a main water line breaks and reduces the water pressure to less than what is con- tained in off-system storage devices, like a school boiler. This could allow water to back flow from the high pressure boiler Need something to do this week? Check out our Holiday Events Calendar located on the inside back cover! Citizens Concerned About Local Water District Reporting & Health Issues December 15, 2010 Volume 1, Issue 8 News and life ~for our side of the mountain!

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Mill City, Gates, Oregon, Newsletter in the santiam canyon, karen widmer, tim widmer, michelle gates

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The past two water board meetings in Mehama have drawn a crowd of concerned citizens in response to re-cent survey conducted on the Lyons-Mehama Water District (LMWD) by local health officials. The Water System Survey, conduct-ed this past August 12, indicates twelve areas that the district was not compliant with the Department of Human Services Drinking Water Pro-gram, including two that have been non-compliant since 1988 and seven more that failed to meet standards since 2002. These and other issues led to a well attended water board meeting this past Dec 8. There, it was clarified that the water is currently safe to drink for those in the Lyon-Mehama

Water District, according to James MacPherson, the DHS Regional En-gineer for the Drinking Water Pro-gram, who inspected the water sys-tem this past Aug 12. Additionally, it was clarified that

no one is aware of any illnesses

caused by the water in the district.

But potential health hazards are

there, including the lack of a Cross

Connection Control Program. This

could be a hazard if a main water

line breaks and reduces the water

pressure to less than what is con-

tained in off-system storage devices,

like a school boiler.

This could allow water to back

flow from the high pressure boiler

Need something to do this week? Check out our

Holiday Events Calendar located on the inside back cover!

Citizens Concerned About Local Water

District Reporting & Health Issues

December 15, 2010 Volume 1, Issue 8

News and life ~for our side of the mountain!

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$20,000 Grant Awarded To NSCEDC

The Northern Willamette Valley Leadership Council

of The Oregon Community Foundation (OCF) awarded

the North Santiam Canyon Economic Development

Corporation a $20,000 grant this past Dec 9 at Trexler

Farm in Mehama.

The grant comes from the Swindells Family Fund and

is due to generous Oregonians who contribute funds

who want to give back. The OCF has gifted over $60 million to Oregon non-

profits this last year.

"(This grant will be used) to support our ongoing program of providing free,

confidential business coaching to anyone who wants it in the Canyon area, ―

said Nicole Miller, the GROW North Santiam Fundraising Chair ―Local busi-

nesses can benefit by calling GROW for help when the need it. If they want to

start, sell, save, improve or expand a business, they can tap into our program for

support.‖

Additionally, NSCEDC and GROW North Santiam project was commended

by the Oregon Community Foundation as being ahead of the curve, said Miller.

Happy Holidays from

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Jody Hack, of the OCF presents the check to NSCEDC board

member Mike Medley.

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PO Box 39

Mehama, OR

97384

Local Dog

Trainer Gets A

Little Backward

―When they come into our

home,‖ said Linda Grace, pro-

prietor of Social Graces Dog

Training, ―dogs don‘t know that

people are not dogs.‖

Traditionally, most dog train-

ing is based on correcting what

is done wrong, but Linda Grace

sees this as the opposite of how

to motivate proper behavior.

Instead, she uses techniques

like operant conditioning (the

modification of voluntary be-

haviors) and other trainings with

motivators.

―First, we need the dog to

learn to enjoy doing the behav-

ior physically on their own—

then we can tell them what

they‘re doing right,‖ said Grace.

Social Graces Dog Training

has two hour private sessions

for $40 or package rates of four

sessions for $105. One session

will get you some basic foun-

dations, three will help you

solve some major problems.

Group classes are offered out-

doors in the spring. Contact

Linda Grace at 503-859-3647.

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SMITH &

JUNGWIRTH

REALTY, INC. Farms~Ranches~Residential Member of MLS

21976 Gingerbread St

Mehama, OR 97384 Office: 503-859-2161

Home: 503-580-8410

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11267 Grove St

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859-2257

Mon-Fri 8am-6pm • Sat 8am-5pm • Sun 9am-3pm

Local Speak In this segment, we ask local residents

their opinion on a topic question. Answers are not representative of the views of

The Canyon Weekly.

How do you feel about

the quality of treated

water that you receive?

―Considering we‘re on city wa-

ter, I think we have great wa-

ter.‖ Veronica Gates, Lyons

―I would personally not drink it,

based upon what I‘ve seen com-

ing down the river.‖ Tom Leseman, Lyons

“I‘m not concerned about the

water; I used to drink it out of

the creek.‖ Lauri Trujillo, Mehama

―I‘ve heard a lot of rumors

that‘s it‘s tainted, I personally

have stopped drinking the water

unless I boil it first.‖ Bobbi Herring, Lyons

Dan & Carol

Keillor

1219 Main

Lyons, OR

(503) 859-2519

Eat In or To Go

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Mon-Thurs & Sat 7am-2pm, Fri 7am-8pm, Sun 8am-2pm

Joshua Mentzer & Brandon

Kingsber-ry planting

trees at the 13th

St Park on Dec 10. The park will re-

ceive 200 flowering

pink & white rees

around the pond.

New Foliage For Lyons Approx 400 new trees are scheduled to be planted in Lyons under the Tree Beautification Program. The trees were donated by Fawn Meadow Farm of Lyons and will be planted by inmate crews in areas such as the Lyons Li-brary and cemetery by Dec 19.

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Jahn Hoover

The Canyon’s Cutting

Edge Hair Artist With Jahn the first hair cut is always

FREE! 503 897-2460

The Hair Konnection Hwy 22 & 5th

Canyon Gleaners Awarded $5000 Grant The Oregon Community Foundation, Minty Fund and Alexander Fund, awarded the Canyon Gleaners $5000 to-ward their program to help feed low income, senior and disabled families. The Canyon Gleaners mission is to help people help themselves to achieve better nutrition.

Local Speak In this segment, we ask local residents

their opinion on a topic question. Answers are not representative of the views of

The Canyon Weekly.

What did you like about the Military Band

Performance on Dec 11?

―The 234th Army Band was

absolutely fabulous! What a

wonderful treat...‖ Sheila Nielson, Gates

―Stellar performance, I loved

the ‗You‘re a Mean One, Mr.

Grinch‘ tuba solo.‖ Mike Medley, Mill City

―Absolutely the best! The

three oboes were a real treat,

too! Greg Pisano needs some

real kudos for being instru-

mental in bringing this to us.‖ Susan Dickenson, Mill City

―Kudos to all involved in the

behind the scenes activities…‖ Peggy Barnick, Gates

―The band gave Mill City a

huge gift of music...my only

complaint is that it ended too

soon!‖ Ken Cartwright, Stayton

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Noal’s Home Repair &

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503-983-5277

One call, we’ll fix it all! Lyons, OR

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River Report

December 15, 2010

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The Canyon Critters Preschool lights up the stage in Mill City Monday night. Students include: Sawyer Kent, Maizy Downey, Jesse Moreno, Evan Breen,

Jacob Goforth, Alexa Clark, Zach Fencl, Jillian Shaddrick, Mazie Reeser, Brooke Massey, Emily Larson, Boston Deaver, Kasey Solus, Isa-bella Mitchell, Kailey Clark, Devlyn Netter, Peyton Forste, and Zachary Long. Photo courtesy of JMJ Photography www.jmjphotog.com

Jefferson, and Salem. It will take weeks

for the rivers to get back to normal.

Some adventurous people with special

interests may enjoy the unusual condi-

tions the high water brings. Regular

recreational people will plan for trips

when we have warmer and dryer

weather.

The Little North Fork has so much

water that Mehama and Lyons have

bank-full conditions. It is complicated,

but maybe we can have regular river

levels after Christmas.

Gift certificates are available for

North Santiam River Trips, both scenic

raft trips and fishing drift boat trips.

Our weather records are kept by the

rainfall season and so far we are 180%

of average. That is wonderful for water

reserves for next summer, and wet and

rainy times in the Willamette Valley

often have big snow packs on the high

mountains. As it melts, the rivers run

high.

The North Santiam has been very

high for weeks, and it appears that will

continue for weeks more. On Sunday,

December 12, so much rain and snow

came down that Detroit Lake rose four

or five feet in just the one day. That

increase will have to be released slowly

to avoid flooding in Mehama, Stayton,

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Mill City Presbyterian Church Christmas Party & Luncheon

Dealer No. DA2358

503-884-9754 1517 Main St

Lyons, OR

97358

[email protected]

Special of the Week

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On Hwy 22 in Idanha

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Open Thurs-Sun 10am-7pm, please call ahead.

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This Week’s Special

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In a Sourdough Bread Bowl

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With your order of a 16 oz or larger Holiday Drink!

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Free cookie or scone

503 897-2378

Merry Christmas

from all of us at

Above: Members of the Santiam

Community Chorus including L to R: Sachiko Bastuscheck, John Headrick, Herb

Bastuscheck, Joy Charles, Renate Medley.

The group was led by JoAnne Hebing.

The Dec 12th event was at-

tended by over 30 locals from

the surrounding churches and

communities and included a

selection of gluten free entrees,

as well as hand crafted angels

for a few lucky raffle winners.

Below : Alice Bond and Alice Wilson, good

friends from the Mill City area, show their

appreciation for the performances.

Above: John Headrick on guitar

performed to a packed house.

Mill City Pharmacy

Randy and Kathy Mickey, Proprietors

218 SW Broadway in Mill City

(503) 897-2331

Please visit us for a free Merry Memories

Sachet, while supplies last.

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Hornet Girl’s Basketball Awards Night

Awards night on Friday, December 10th, was fun with the girls receiving a team poster, goodie bags, & catered meal provided by the coaches & families to celebrate a well played season. We said goodbye to our 8th graders: Courtney Cow-an, Sylvia Dooley, Shyanne Ely, Sierra Price & Kathleen Smathers, with a “wish” necklace from the team wishing them success.

Top scorers for the year were Gracie Schafer (7th) & Courtney Cowan (8th). Top rebounders were Angela Valentine (7th) & Gracie Schafer (7th). Most steals were Allie Hanna (7th) & Gracie Schafer (7th). 6th grade members: Desi Pechar, Abbie Schafer, Amber Black, Molly Beilstein, Kylie Parker, Kayla Burrell & Rosie Riley. 7th grade members: Gracie Schafer, Angela Valen-tine, Kaitlyn Kane, Kyla Bivans, Ashley Epley, Ashley Luna, Allie Hanna. ABOUT THE PROGRAM: Due to budget cuts this year, Mari-Linn Girl’s Basketball is organized by volunteer referees, scorekeepers and coaches (including Greg & Chelene Schafer). The team banded together and cheered each other on through both wins & losses— each giving 100% effort and developing their skills throughout the season. Everyone was continually thankful that they could keep Hornet school spirit alive and well at Mari-Linn for another year.

Since 1936

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Happy Holidays from

Chiropractic Physicians Clinic &

Wellness Center 11247 Grove St, Mehama (503) 859-2181

Mill City Middle School Tigers of the Month for November

Jonah Downey Hannah Meola Natalie Cole Joey Walzak

Joshua Ballard Braeden Cook Olivia Horning Elijah Nielsen

Merry Christmas From

Local Distributor of Packsaddle Pellets

(503) 897-2363 Highway22 in Mill City

Dennis Caroll Regina and Tessa

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LRFD

Graduates

Two Recruits By Tom Leseman

The Lyons Rural Fire Dept has

two new recent graduates of the

Stayton Fire Academy: Dustin

Campbell and Walter Dyer.

Dustin Campbell, originally

from Washington, moved to Ly-

ons ten years ago and thinks of

his service in the department as

giving back to his community,

saying it‘s rewarding and a great

thing to do. He dreams of some-

day acquiring a paid position

somewhere in fire service. He is

particularly interested in the me-

chanics of firefighting and cur-

rently works part-time at Marion

Estates in Stayton.

Walter Dyer graduated from

the Fire Academy with honors,

and brought home a top student

award with no prior exposure to

fire service - and a trophy which

the department gets to display

for a year.

Walter Dyer grew up in South-

ern California and dreams of

obtaining a position as a depart-

ment engineer, and then perhaps

an officer. In his spare time, he

likes to read, is an avid gamer

and works as a production man-

ager in Hillsboro.

Congratulations Dustin and

Walter for a job well done. We

welcome your service to our

community, and the folks at the

Lyons Fire District 550 and 570

look forward to many years of

serving beside each of you.

Mention this ad for 50% off our Ginger Bread & ice

cream special! Thru Jan 4, 2011

from everyone at

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From all the Crew At Santiam Quick Mart

Open 7 days a week

Highway 22 in Mill City

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Saturday Morning TRADIO Buy • Sell • Trade

Give Away • Yard Sale Info

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Listen online 24 hours a day www.kencradio.com

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Dr. Keri Sanders, DVM

Thinking of a Puppy

for Christmas? What could be cuter than a

bundle of joy under the tree?

Unfortunately, every year we

see far too many people take on

this responsibility without hav-

ing done the research first.

Many people like to buy what

is popular or find it is easier to

get a ―free‖ dog on Craigslist.

This sets a family up to be com-

pletely unprepared for breed

tendencies, genetic illnesses,

grooming and exercise require-

ments of the new addition.

The second reason is quite

simply that many fail to re-

search the cost of caring for a

dog, especially the first year

when vaccines, deworming, flea

prevention, and spay/neuter

surgery can take a heavy toll on

one‘s pocket book.

So while I don‘t wish to dis-

courage you from adding a new

four legged friend to your fami-

ly this Christmas, do what it

takes ahead of time to make

sure this venture will be suc-

cessful; do your research first!

Mill City Fire Department wants to remind you that

Burn Season Ends Dec 15th.

Holiday Reminders: Don’t burn wrapping paper

in your fireplace/wood stove Water your tree

Watch your space heater

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We package, ship and deliver!

Mill City Middle School would like to thank the Siletz Tribe for their gen-erous donation of $6500 towards the purchase of new safe football equip-ment. We had a great season with no major injuries.

Photo by Jessica Stewart, courtesy of Christina Stinson.

L to R: Bree Frieden, Lau-ren Heibing, Brittnay Foster, Kary Tuers

For more information about the program, contact

Santiam High School at (503)897-2311

Santiam High School

Wolverette Drill Down

Awards

A little shopper takes in the sights at Country at Heart in Lyons last week..

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MARION FORKS RESTAURANT & LOUNGE

Rustic Setting, For a Lasting Experience!

Book Meetings & Events Early Call: 503-854-3669

Open Daily 8am to 8pm

Visit us at Marion Forks Restaurant on Facebook

Locker beef and Pork Packs

Custom Smoking: Ham, Bacon, Sausages

Summer Sausages & Spiral Sliced Hams

Mobile Slaughtering

Cutting & Double Shrinkwrap

GENE’S MEAT MARKET HOLIDAY HAMS & SMOKED TURKEYS ARE HERE!

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Your overall intensive, issue - specific approach to body wellness.

Joseph's Storehouse of Hope,

a local food resource, is now available to those in need. Organizational/Training

Meeting Dec. 15th, 6:30 p Canyon Bap Church Lyons

First Distribution Day Dec. 18th, 11:00a in the Gym at Mari-Linn School

in Lyons. 503.859.2849 or 503.881.9846

Classified Ads Local lamb available for your holi-

day meal. All natural pasture &

grass fed. Chops, shanks, roasts,

ground and more. Misty Mountain

Farms 503-859-3575

[email protected]

FOR RENT Space next to Gates

Post Office, used to be a beauty

salon. Call 503-897-2966 or 503-

897-2161 for more information.

16” Hereford Saddle. Basket

weave, excellent condition. Med oil

colored, semi QH bars. Lyons $400

541-619-7416

110 plug in dryer, Maytag. Used

very little, came out of RV. White.

$60 805-501-4504

Corrections:

Dec 8 Issue ―NSCEDC, Local

Agencies Consider New Multi-

Use Trail System‖ contained erro-

neous information about the

length of the trail.

According to the Jennifer

O‘Leary, Public Affairs Officer

for the USFS, public input and a

variety of funding sources would

need to be secured before plan-

ning efforts could begin. A time-

line to develop any such new trail

has not yet been determined.

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Ellie’s Housecleaning Serving the Santiam Canyon

from Stayton to Idanha.

Quality Service

Reasonable Hourly Rates

503-689-4713

503-689-5289

Maria Elia Fuenes-Angel

Free coffee Wednesdays

with your meal of $5~

Mention this ad

897-2714

Local Events

Dec 15, Last day to donate

items for “Give 2 the Troops!”

Call Wilma at 503-897-2147

Dec 15, 12pm Potluck at the

Canyon Senior Center in Mill

City. 503-897-4176

Dec 15, 4pm Mill City Girls

Basketball vs. St Mary’s. Mill City Middle School gym.

Thru Dec 16. Ministerial As-

soc. of Mill City and Gates

Giving Tree at Mill City Phar-

macy and U.S. Bank.

Dec 17, 7pm-9pm Judging for

the Best Outdoor Lighting in

Gates & nearby rural areas.

Dec 18, 9am Canyon Senior

Center‘s Breakfast With San-

ta. Breakfast includes scram-

bled eggs, pancakes, juice and

coffee. A Gift for every child!

Santiam High School Com-

mons. $3.00 under 12, $3.50

12 and over. Photos with Santa

avail. $3.00

Dec 16, 6:30 pm Old Fash-

ioned Holiday Program San-

tiam High School gym with

students singing from Gates

Elementary, Mill City Middle

School and Santiam High

School. Special feature:

Mongolian violin by ex-

change student Urandari

Byambadalai. Join the fun,

see local talent & Santa too!

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homemade cookies with your

order of $15 or more.

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Mill City Presbyterian Church

Christmas Eve

Candlelight

Service

Dec 24 ~ 7pm

3rd & Broadway

503-897-2291

OPEN HOUSE December 27th 4-7pm

at Gates Community

Church for

Yvette Corey-

Malmquist Who will be on leave

in Mill City before her

next duty station in

Belgium. Welcome Home!

Free trip to Heaven ~ Details Inside!

Dec 18, 1 pm . Gates Color-

ing Contest winners an-

nounced. (all are win-

ners..shhh!) Drop by the

Gates Post Office to enter.

503-897-2966.

Dec 20, 7pm Lyons-

Mehama Neighborhood

Watch Meeting Open to eve-

ryone, refreshment served.

Mehama Community Church,

11336 Morris (Blair) 503-859

-3152

Dec 18, 5pm Bluegrass Jam

session, Cartwright‘s Music

Event Center, 429 N 3rd Ave.

Stayton. Keeping the Christ-

mas and the Bluegrass sprit

alive. Always free. Donations

accepted. 503-769-2778

On Going Events Canyon Senior Center

Christmas tree sales inside

the Canyon Senior Center in

Mill City. $10 each. Shop for

your tree out of the rain!

Fridays, 1pm Open Pinocle,

The Canyon Senior Center in

Mill City.

Fridays 10am–12pm Kid

Zone for 1st thru 6th grade.

Fun, crafts and a free sack

lunch. Mill City Baptist

Church. 503-536-5414

Mondays & Thursdays 4pm-

8pmYouth Center for 7th

thru 12th grades. Air hockey,

ping-pong, foos ball and

more. Free. Mill City Baptist

Church. 503-536-5414 or 503-

227-3586. Wednesday 7pm. Alcoholics

Anonymous Santiam Chapel,

Lyons.

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LMWD Compliance Progress As reported by the water board superintendent’s

report this past Dec 8, 2010.

Now Fully Compliant:

• Written Coliform (bacteria) sampling plan

• Consumer Confidence reports filed

• Records of daily disinfecting dosages kept

• Complete Operations & Maintenance Manual

• Turbidimeters (particle detectors) calibrated

• Monitoring for chemicals like Nitrate and Arsenic

In Progress:

• Cross Connection Control Program (in contact

with agent from DHS Drinking Water Prgm)

• Insufficient water pressure at some locations

• Updated Master Plan (extension requested)

• Emergency Response Plan (possible ext. reqst)

• Records & schedule for storage tank cleaning and

inspection (scheduled for next spring)

• Water tracer study (this week)

into the Lyons-Mehama water

system and leaving it open to

contamination.

The Lyons-Mehama Water

District, while not required to

install devices to prevent this, is

required to find out where the

devices are needed and oversee

the program.

To some concerned citizens,

the issue goes beyond just one

program and reflects the overall

response from the water board.

―They‘ve had years to supply

this information,‖ said Denny

Hoop, a Lyons resident and

member of the informal group

Concerned Citizens for Safe

Water. ―We want to know what

they have done to date and what

is their projected plan. It‘s obvi-

ous that several of the issues

have not been addressed.

‗We‘re working on it‘ is not a

good enough response.‖

Others agree, like Lon Connor

a Lyons resident and city coun-

cil member.

―I just don‘t think that I have

the confidence that these people

are going to do what they say

they‘re going to do.‖

The next Lyons-Mehama Wa-

ter District Board meeting is on

Jan 12 at 7pm at the Mehama

Fire Station. For more info visit

www.cityoflyons.org. This reporter can be contacted at [email protected]

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