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Page2 The Lone Tree Reporter Thursday, January 15,2015
On the
- kroads
-ac
I'm fnally getting around to
doing a Backroads to take some
of the pressure off of Kris. We've
been here in south Texas for a
little more than a month and are
doing well so far.
We went out for dinner on
Christmas Day. There was a com.
munity gathering, for those who
wanted to go, at the Rec. Center.
You had to sign up ahead of time
and got put in a group of people
for one table. The park furnished
the turkeys, which were cooked
by somebody in the group, and
we all brought an extra dish to
share. We were in a group with
a couple from South Dakota and
three from the Fairbury Nebraska
area, which is near where we were
living out there. A great time was
had by all.
Our trip to the Rio Grande Val-
ley was uneventful except for the
first morning in southwest Mis-
souri. We had gotten to Spring-
field in the night of November
30 and woke up on the morning
of December 1 to ice all over, We
finally got underway at 11:00 a.m.
and had no trouble. Once we got
about 20 miles west of Springfield
on 1-44 we were out of the area
that had gotten the ice.
Kris's dog, Tate, has been a good
traveler. Once the car is moving
By Ron Rife
The Lone Tree
Reporter
down the road he pretty much
curls up and goes to sleep. When
we slow down he gets up to see
what is happening.
The first couple of weeks here
were very mild with temperatures
reading during the day from mid
70's to the low 8O's. The last two
or three weeks have been up and
down. Sometimes it's in the 60's,
but most of the time only in the
50's. I know that sounds plenty
warm compared to what you're
having in Iowa and it might be
pretty nice if the sun would
shine. We've had a lot of clouds
and drizzle and wind. Most of the
time when it's been like that it has
felt like March in Iowa. We even
got a wind chill warning for the
morning of January 8. The tem-
peratures were in the upper 20's,
but they were warning people it
would fall like to the 20's.
I'm not writing this to lord it
over you that we happen to be
in a warmer climate and don't
worry about snow and bitter cold.
I'm just letting you know how
we are doing. One thing that has
surprised me is the length of the
days. I know that the days got lon-
ger the closer you got to the equa-
tor, but it's more than I expected.
Right now the days here are about
an hour and 10 minutes longer
than Iowa. It might be pretty even
by summer time because the days
get much longer then the farther
north you go.
We have found groceries are
cheaper here in the Valley as a
general rule. I don't know that
everything is, but I can give you a
couple of examples. Bananas are
48 cents a pound as opposed to 59
or 69 cents. Milk is $2.98 a gallon
as opposed to $3.30 or $3.40. These
things aren't enough to get me
to move permanently to the Val-
ley and abandon Iowa's beautiful
warmer seasons, but I'm glad I
am away from the snow and bitter
cold.
My thought for the week this
week is: "Don't put things where
you'll be sure to know where they
are because then you can't find
them." That's what happened to
my list of thoughts and all the
jokes I packed up.
Splinters from the Bench
Well, except for the National
Championship game, the college
season is all wrapped up. Since
neither of the teams I picked for
the title game made it I'm count-
ing that as a miss, which leaves
me with a bowl prediction record
of 22-17. I haven'tkept track from
year to year but I think this might
be about as well as I have ever
done.
We're able to keep track of what
is happening in Big Ten country
because we got a Dish satellite
put up. Since we have Dish on the
farm this was a free installation.
I haffa couple of pleasant sur-
prises vcith the Iowa basketball
teams. First came the men's upset
of #20 Ohio State in Columbus.
Then came the women's victory
over #16 Rutgers at Rutgers. I'm
not touting either Co be Big Ten
champions, but if they can keep
going the way they did in the first
two games then they should be in
the first division and might even
get a good seed in the NCAA tour-
nament.
By Ron Rife
The Lone Tree
Reporter
The wrestlers had a close call at
#3 Ohio State but managed to pull
it out. That should be a humding-
er of a dog fight through the dual
meet season and the tournament.
It looks as if there are 4 teams
that will be in a real scrap for first
place. Iowa and Minnesota are
ranked #1 and #2 or #2 and #1 in
the nation, depending on which
poll you read. Ohio State is #3 and
Penn State will be right in the mix
too.
I fred it rather sad that, as far as
I know, no college or university in
the state of Texas has a wrestling
team. There might be a few of the
lower classes like Division II or
NAIA. I say that because there is
definitely wrestling in the high
schools. Some high schools even
have girls wrestling teams. That's
right. They have a separate team
that competes, not just girls get-
ting to wrestle in an open spot on
a boys team like it is in the Mid-
west. I don't know of any college
or university anywhere who has a
girls wrestling team.
Just compare Iowa and Texas.
Iowa has a population of about
3,000,000. I saw an article in the
paper since we got down here that
said Texas has now passed New
York and is the 2nd most populat-
ed state in the country with over
26,000,000 people. In Iowa there
are the Big 3 Division I programs,
Iowa, Iowa State and Northern
Iowa. Besides that there is a gob
of the smaller conferences with
wrestling programs. I don't sup-
pose the Texas schools will change
their minds any time in the near
future and I certainly hope the
Iowa schools don't.
Obituaries
Eva V. Eden 1933-2015
Eva V. Eden, 81, of West Liberty,
passed away on Monday, January
5, 2015, at the University of Iowa
Hospital and Clinics. Funeral ser-
vices were held at 11:00 a.m. on
Friday, January 9, 2015, at the Sor-
den-Lewis Home for Funeral and
Cremation Services in Lone Tree.
Burial was in the Lone Tree Cem-
etery. Following the services at the
cemetery, a time of food and fel-
lowship was held at the Lone Tree
American Legion Post 457. Visita-
tion was held on Thursday, Janu-
ary 8, 2015, from 4:00 p.m. - 7:00
p.m. at the funeral home. A me-
morial fund has been established
at the funeral home in memory of
Eva. Online condolences for the
family may be sent to www.lewis-
funeralhomes.com.
Eva V. Eden was born on Febru-
ary 2, 1933, in Lone Tree, Iowa the
daughter of Homer E. and Hattie
S. (Pruess) Eden. Eva was a gradu-
ate of Lone Tree High School. Eva
was united in marriage to Gilbert
Parizek in 1952 and later divorced.
Eva retired from Economy Stor-
age, which she was in business
with her sons. She was a member
of the Red Hat Club in West Lib-
Eva Eden
erty and enjoyed playing cards
with special friend, Ed Westfall,
spending time at the casino, going
to her condo in Florida in the win-
ter, cooking and making all of the
holidays special, but most of all,
Eva loved to spend time with her
family and grandchildren.
Eva will be deeply missed by
her sons, Steve J. Parizek and
wife, Deb of West Liberty and Kirt
D. Parizek of West Liberty; seven
grandchildren, Ashley Gatlin,
Brent Parizek, Jessica Parizek,
Lucas Parizek, Anthony Clark,
Vic Clark and Cody Krenz; ten
great grandchildren; one brother,
Vernon E. Eden and wife, Sharon
of Iowa City and brother-in-law,
JackLarew of Lone Tree.
Eva was preceded in death by
her parents, one grandson, Mitch
Parizek, two brothers, two sisters
and special friend, Ed Westfall.
LookiJ lg Back
100 Years
Looking back 100 years to Janu-
ary 15, 1915.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Horrell on Saturday, Janu-
ary 9th.
R. T. Shannon, of Nichols, has
a blind milch cow. Bob doesn't
know whether to put a honk on its
horns, paint it red in compliance
with the state laws, or provide a
guard to protect it from passing
automobiles.
B. G. Jayne is now Justice of the
Peace in Fremont township and is
ready to look after a11 business
that goes with that office.
In 1915 the Fourth of July and
Memorial Day fall on Sunday.
Mrs. George Cipperley passed
away quite unexpectedly on
Thursday morning of last week.
While she had been suffering with
pleurisy for some time follow-
ing the injury to an ankle which
kept her bedfast for many weeks,
the news of her death was a great
shock to her relatives and friends.
The new school building will be
occupied next week. The seats and
other belongings will be trans-
ferred to the fine new modern
structure over the weekend and
everything will be in readiness for
opening school there on Monday.
The Sol Higgins home at River
Junction was placed under quar-
By Kris Rife
The Lone Tree
Reporter
Hotz to Reo Horak.
Six new members were added
to the Lone Tree fire department
when the town council approved
their memberships at its regular
meeting Monday evening. New
members are: H. A. McMaster,
Leroy Horrell, Galyn Loehr, A. L.
Rudman, Donald Mossman and
Fay Musser.
Fire, apparently starting from
sparks from the chimney, burned
part of the shingles off the roof
of the Mrs. Margaret Crim resi-
dence on East Commercial street
Monday afternoon.
Dorigen Doerres, Lone Tree's
remaining contestant in the state
series of declamatory contest,
won a first division rating in the
dramatic division of the pre-dis-
trict contest held last Thursday
evening.
John Stock, 31, died Monday
evening about 5 o'clock at the
University hospital where he had
been a patient for about three
antine for small pox Tuesday. months, .... win-
Sremont-townsh2V1YTnF6e-- The worst storm since the
new trustees. They are: A. J. ter of the big snow" in 1935-1936
Stonebarger" Fred Morrison and E
T. Atkins, the latter being chosen
to take the place of Gus Herring
who refused to qualify.
Louisa county is to be the center
of one of the great health sanato-
riums of the United States accord-
ing to plans that are now develop-
ing following the discovery of a
great formation of blue mud and
mineral water solution on the L.
C. James farm near Columbus
Junction.
Wm. McKee and Arthur Abbott
have recently purchased the eleva-
tor and grain office from McCor-
mick & Owen.
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton
Brown will be grieved to hear of
the death of their infant daughter
who was born January 4, 1915 and
departed from this world January
7, 1915.
There are over one million five
hundred thousand automobiles in
the United States. They pay an an-
nual registration fee this year of
more than ten million dollars.
David Jayne has been elected
Worshipful Master of Abner
Lodge No. 535, A. E & A. M. for the
year 1915.
Esther, the five day old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Joens was
buried in the Lone Tree cemetery
last Thursday.
75 Years
Looking back 75 years to Janu-
ary 18, 1940.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon at the Swank
church for Collin Forbes, 83, who
passed away last Thursday due to
the complications of old age.
The Methodist parsonage at
Iowa City was the scene last
Thursday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock, of the marriage of Alice
struck this section. Starting Sat-
urday evening and continuing
through Sunday about a foot of
snow fell. During most of Sunday
the snow was driven by a wind
that at times exceeded 43 m.p.h.
Drifts piled up as much as six or
seven feet deep. The one fortunate
circumstance is the temperature
remained quite moderate, in the
neighborhood of 25 degrees.
Funeral services for Freeman
Hill Elder, 85, who died January
11, were held Saturday at 2 p.m.
from the Methodist church in
Nichols.
Mrs. Jacob Lemp, 78, died at her
home in Conesille early Wednes-
day afternoon after a long illness.
Senior Dining
January 19 - January 23
Monday, January 19: NO MEAL: MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY
Tuesday, January 20: Oven Fried Chicken, Au Gratin Potatoes, Or-
egon Bean Medley, Tropical Fruit, Fruit Whip
Wednesday, January 21: Swiss Steak, Mashed Potatoes, Corn w/
Pimento, Jeil-O w/Fruit, Chocolate Pudding
Thursday, January 22: Seasoned Chicken Breast, Creamy Noodles,
Capri Vegetables, Coleslaw, Fruit Salad
Friday, January 23: BBQ Meatballs, Oven Roasted Potatoes, Green
Beans, Fruit, Poke Cake
All meals are served with whole wheat bread, margarine and 2 % milk
unless noted. For reservations call 629-5144.
Lexi Marek
successfully
completed
Fall 2O 14
as a CALS
Ambassador
AMES, IA (01/08/2015)(read-
Media)-- Lexi Marek, of Riv-
erside, IA (52327), majoring
in Public Service and Admin-
istration in Agriculture, suc-
cessfully completed Fall 2014
as a member of the College of
Agriculture and Life Sciences
(CALS) Ambassadors. This
highly selective group of stu-
dents plays a pivotal role in the
recruitment activities of the
college.
Marek served as a member
of the Junior Visit Day Corn,
mittee.
Each CALS Ambassador is
expected to serve on a commit-
tee within the organization, to
devote a prescribed amount of
hours volunteering throughout
the semester, and maintain at-
tendance and participation re.
quirements. Over the course of
fall 2014, the Ambassadors saw
745 prospective students on
campus and logged 1,460 volun-
teer hours.
Governing the Ambassadors
is a leadership team who is
made up of committee chairs;
a representative from each
committee, and elected officers
which includes a chairperson,
vice-chair, and secretary. The
CALS Ambassadors are advised
by Beth Foreman, Student Ser-
vices, College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences.
Education
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Phone: 723-4346
Sunday Services:
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Methodist Church
315 Main, Nichols
Phone: 723-4585
Pastor Don H0dson
Sunday Services:
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with Children's Sermon
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