Planning looks at zoning

Mildred Lykens, 365-0060

mildred@gorge.net

Barbara Sexton, 365-5374

madison@gorge.net

A second "Lyle Compressive Planning" public meeting will be held on Nov. 19. The Chairperson Scott Putnam will host this meeting, which will concern "zoning." Again, it will be held at the Lyle Lions Club Community Building. So put on your thinking caps and come and share your vision of Lyle's future. As far as we know the time is 7 p.m. If it is different we will let you know via this article.

Once again vandals struck the post office. The postmaster has asked that residents driving by the post office in the evenings, (if you are already out) just check for activities that shouldn't be happening. Please call the sheriff. The floor was badly scarred again (from skateboards?).

A great opportunity to Christmas shop locally will be at the Holiday Bazaar this Saturday and Sunday at the Lions Club, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Support the handicraft endeavors of many of your local neighbors.

Looking towards the future, The United Methodist Church will begin hosting a free "Meet & Eat" on the last Sunday of the month beginning in January. Not yet sure of the menu but this will be a chance for those who want to come and enjoy a free meal with no strings attached. We will let you know the particulars as the time draws closer.

Check the fliers at the Post Office for times and places of the three separate "Horizon" meetings being held each week. See where you can fit one of them into your schedule and contribute your ideas for the future of Lyle. If there are not at least 30 interested participants Lyle will not be eligible for the $10,000 Grant.

Once again with winter on its way it is a good time to check on your neighbors, especially the elderly to make sure that they are warm, and have food. If you are planning a trip to the store, call and see if you can pick up anything for them. It is the neighborly thing to do.

The Song of the Rivers (a history of Lyle by Elizabeth McDowell): "V THE PRESENT LYLE -- The Song of The Rivers is subdued, now, since the mighty dams have quieted and contained it. The copper-skinned men still fish in the waters, but even that is being curtailed by the white men. There is a tragic sadness in the once wild and free song known so well to ages past. But there is much more in the Song than the memories of the years. There is also hope for the future, and faith that the children of the Pioneers will carry on their work, faith and dreams...in Lyle."

Your children will become what you are; so be what you want them to be.