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Thursday, August 26, 2010
Greene County Daily World

When the Red Bull MotoGP motorcycle race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway takes the green flag Sunday, a Lyons resident will have one of the best seats at the track.

Larry Waggoner has been a part of the fire/rescue crew at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for 35 years.

Nearly every time there is a racing event, practice session, time trial or testing for the Indy 500, Brickyard 400, MotoGP and the related preliminary race events, Waggoner is there. …<more>

Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Greene County Daily World

LYONS — Grease is the word that has Lyons Town Council members concerned.

Specifically, a substantial amount of cooking grease, coupled with rubber gloves, medicine cups and other debris has hindered the work of a lift station near the Lyons Health and Living Center.

Now, town officials may seek to impose an additional sewer charge on the nursing home they believe is the cause, though no action was taken during Monday’s meeting.

Instead, nursing home officials will be contacted, and additional information will be sought about repair and upkeep costs on the station caused by the added grease.

Town officials believe the grease may have come from the center, said Clerk-Treasurer Kim Flynn. …<more>

Monday, August 16, 2010
Greene County Daily World

A Lyons family’s quest to determine who pays for the damages to their trailer comes down to a seemingly simple question: Tree for you, or tree for me?

In the aftermath of mid-July storms which felled the tree that demolished the trailer home of Jann and Hank Tonyan, the family approached the Lyons Town Council Monday seeking word insurers would cover the damages.

“It was an accident waiting to happen,” said Hank Tonyan, who approached the town council repeatedly over recent years about cutting the tree.

But whether the tree belonged to the town or Tonyan was hotly debated during Monday’s session. Tonyan said while he’d offered to cover half the costs of cutting the troubled tree down before the storm felled it, the town council forbade it.

“It’s a hazard we brought up to you guys through a tree expert, and you let it go,” Tonyan said.

That, he said, implies the town owned the tree and controlled its cutting. Now, he seeks restitution for the trailer’s loss, adding his insurer only intends to cover the costs of losses inside the home. …<more>

Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Greene County Daily World

A very humid morning provided nature’s pallet for a beautiful sunrise that painted the sky and caused a fog cover on Tuesday. This photo was taken looking east near the intersection of County Road 225S and County Road 600W — east of Lyons. …<more>

Wednesday, July 22, 2010
Greene County Daily World

The town of Lyons is ready for a break from the daily thunderstorms that have hit the area over the last week.

Numerous trees and limbs have come down all over town. They’ve filled yards with debris, fallen across streets, hit power lines, caused outages and damaged the park shelterhouse.

And one woman, Jann Tonyan, lost her home when a huge tree uprooted and smashed her mobile home on Jefferson Street. …<more>

Friday, July 16, 2010
Greene County Daily World

Lyons resident Michael Kinnaman said Thursday evening’s big storm that hit about 7 p.m. packed plenty of punch. The high winds hoisted Brandy Logan’s trampoline into a nearby tree in Shelly Resler’s yard, giving it the appearance of a flying saucer. …<more>

Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Greene County Daily World

LYONS - It’s plain the drain caused some strain with the train.

Lyons Town Council members are concerned after angry words were exchanged this week with workers on the Southern Indiana Railroad line which passes through the town, a dispute which began after town employees sought to drain standing water near the tracks.

Southern Indiana Railroad officials could not immediately be reached for comment.

Problems arose, said Town Council member Daniel Grant Tuesday evening, when workers were draining standing water near the tracks by placing a hose over the rails. The move was made, he said, to clear water which might otherwise have posed a potential mosquito problem.

As a maintenance truck approached, Grant said the workers, who were standing by watching the drain hose, removed it well before the railroad workers neared the intersection. …<more>

Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Greene County Daily World

LYONS - The town council will seek a $582,500 Owner-Occupied Housing Rehabilitation grant from the state which could be awarded by late summer.

The proposed Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority grant is intended to provide loans to low-income homeowners, Kenna Consulting representative Christi Pappano said.

Over time, those grants will be forgiven, provided the homeowner continues to reside in the renovated property.

Thus far, 22 applicants have been identified in the town, Pappano said, and income verification is ongoing.

The grant application will be submitted by July 15, and a response from IHCDA could come quickly, Pappano told the Lyons Town Council during a required public hearing on the grant proposal Monday. …<more>

Monday, July 12, 2010
Greene County Daily World

A motorcycle crash late Saturday night sent one man to the hospital with head injuries.

Robert Sipes, 55, of rural Lyons, was transported from the scene to Wishard Hospital in Indianapolis by an AirEvac medical helicopter.

Greene County Sheriff’s Deputy Jeremy Inman was dispatched to the scene on County Road 300S west of State Road 57 southeast of Lyons in Washington Township at approximately 11:25 p.m. Saturday.

Sipes was operating a 1991 Harley Davidson motorcycle westbound on the county road when he ran off the roadway. …<more>

Friday, June 25, 2010
Greene County Daily World

LYONS — John Stanley was preparing to serve his country when he found his house on fire Friday.

Stanley and his wife, Franki, along with their two children — 4-year-old Brandon and 2-year-old Grace — live at 255 North Walnut St. in Lyons.

“He was headed over to get his (National) Guard stuff, and when he came back it was already fully engulfed,” Franki Stanley said at the scene while watching firemen battle the blaze. …<more>