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Show th Executive Director of the Davis Nancy also worked part time as School District Foundation, a nonprofit organization whose purpose to receive donations to bolster the programs and educational was opportunities for students in the Davis School District. experience in the Legislature was a great personal learning and Many fascinating and challenging issues came before the growth. Legislature including utah's bid for the 1998 Winter Olympics, the Her cold fusion, and a hotly debated abortion bill. She the Education and Social Services Standing Committees and Named Community and Economic Development Appropriation Committee. vice-chairman of the State and Local Affairs Standing Committee her second term, she served with Rep. Afton Bradshaw as chair of that committee, the only committee with both a woman chair and a vice chair in utah legislative history. furor over served In on 1991, involved she was appointed to the in the difficult task of ethics committee where hearing complaints about she was fellow legislators. During the 1991 session, Rep. Lyons was the sponsor of important She had legislation for women and families, The Marital Rape Bill. to indoctrinate her within a marriage. fellow males The bill was to the fact, that rape can occur successfully passed. Lyons enjoys the outdoors, and she and her husband, Joe, enjoy She backpacking in the Wind River, Sawtooth, and Uintah Mountains. al so enjoys tennis, and skiing. running, Gardening is al so a Rep. source of great satisfaction. civic and committees has served on boards, many the Utah the Salt Lake Olympics Games Bid Committee, Public Education Foundation, the Performing arts Coalition, and the Economic Development Corporation of Utah. Rep. Lyons including 219 |
