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Ttl,e Lone Tree EPORTER 5 ¢ Regular edition news,stand price Volume CXIV, Issue 4 • Thursday, January 27, 2005 The only paper in the world that CARES about Lone Tree In Brief Parents' Night January 28 The Lone Tree Lions Club will have their annual Parents' Night for the Lady Lions bas- ketball team Friday, January 28 after the Columbus girls' game. Before the game, Kaylin Burr (the little girl who received the kidneys) will be announced as the team's hon- orary captain. Spaghetti Supper January 28 The Lone Tree Historical Society will have a Spaghetti Supper at the school cafeteria on Friday, January 28 from 4:30-7 p.m. The cost is $6 and $4 for children under 12 if pur- chased in advance. The cost at the door is $6.50 and $4.50 for children under 12. Carryouts available. For tickets call 629-4257, 629- 5145 or 629-4625. Community Day February 26 The Lone Tree Historical Society is selling Community Day coupon books for $5. Com- munity Day at participating stores will begin at 7 a.m. on February 26. For more infor- mation please call 629-4257. Flu Vaccine available in Lone Tree The Lone Tree Family Prac- tice Center has a supply of the influenza vaccine, which is available to the public regard- less of age. Call 319-629-4214 to schedule an appointment. Firewood at Kent Park The Johnson County Conser- vation Board will open fire- wood cutting at Kent Park beginning January 24, 2005. In order to cut wood you must frill out a current Firewood Cutting and Removal Permit. These forms are at the Board's operation center, FW Kent Park. For more informa- tion please call 319-645-2315. Page 3 LT's Reading Buddies Page 3 Fountain of Flowers attends inauguration Page 5 College news Page 12 Local Tsunami relief Page 12 Little Lions pictures Expansion project allows Lone Tree room for growth Photo by Melissa Heatherly The new water tower dwarfs the old with more than twice the capacity of the old tower. In the spring, the new tower will be painted hunter green with white lettering. By JR Smetak At the January 3rd City Council meet- ing, the Council approval the last phase of Lone Tree's water system improve- ments. Resolution 2005-C (Adopting Plans, Specifications, and Form of Contract for the 2004 Water Treatment Improve- ments Project) carried unanimously, as did Resolution 2005-D, which awarded the contract to Wendler Engineering and Construction for a base bid of $329,742.35. The project was jump started in Janu- ary of 2002 when John Hester and Duane Loreck purchased forty acres south of Highway 22 and east of the North Lagoon. They were planning a housing development and went to the city for the necessary permits to begin building. There was a problem, howev- er: Lone Tree's water system. The cur- rent water plant was operating at maxi- mum capacity, which effectively pre- vented any further development or growth. Given rapid growth and fievelopraent in the Iowa City/Cedar Rapids Corridor, it is inevitable that people will be look- ing south to Lone Tree, Hills, Nichols, Riverside, and other nearby communi- ties for affordable housing. In addition, proposed economic development, including a :casino in Riverside will attract more people to the area. Devel- opment is planned for Lone Tree. In May of 2004, the city council accepted a preliminary plat for another northside subdivision, this one on land owned by Bob Finley, south of Highway 22 and north of the Old Lagoon. Fin- ley's subdivision was also proposed as the new site for an expanded Family Practice Center, which may relocate from its current location on West Jayne Street where it has been since 1952. The old water plant, completed in 1972 when Lone Tree's population had been , approximately 700, replaced an older system largely dependent on private wells and septic tanks. Long time resi- dent Grynneth Parizek recalls that city ..... • WATER TOWER- see page 3 Audio problems still plaguing City Hall By Melissa Heatherly Approximately eight minutes into the Wednesday, January 19 City Council Special Meeting and work session, a citizen watching from home called to report the sound portion of the broadcast was not coming through. The City Council meetings which are broadcast on the local cable channel have had audio problems for at least the past month. The meetings are broadcast live and the video- tapes are kept as record of the meeting. The videotapes are available for the public to check out and view. The city clerk tape-records the meetings using her tapes to write the formal minutes of the meetings. These tapes are not allowed to leave City Hall but citizens can come by and listen to them. Since the clerk's tape recorder has had problems, the city has recently purchased a new recorder and microphone for the taping of the minutes. "The (video) recordings are basically inaudible," Coun- cilmember Wieland said. "I don't think we should hold a meeting unless we have two tapes." Wieland suggested that the =AUDIO- see page 8 Burning issue to be addressed at February meeting By Melissa Heatherly Lone Tree should soon have a new ordi- nance regarding the open burning of solid waste. Representatives from the Eastern Cen- tral Iowa Council of Governments were present at the City Council Special Meet- ing and Work Session held Wednesday, Jan- uary 19. ECICOG Solid Waste Planner Jen- nifer Ryan discussed alternatives to open burning including composting, mowing leaves and taking yard waste to the John- son County landfill which is free. Ryan also presented the ordinance that is in effect in Iowa City, which states: Sec. 24-171. Open burning prohibited No person shall ignite, cause to be ignit- ed, permit to be ignited, allow or maintain any open fire. Sec.24-171. Exceptions Open burning of the following types may be permitted in compliance with Fire Department: • Ceremonial or Controlled Bonfires. Cere- monial or controlled bonfires allowed with a permit. • Disaster rubbish. The open burning of rubbish, including landscape waste, may be permitted for the duration of the disas- ter period in cases where an officially declared emergency exists. • Prescribed agricultural burns. The open burning of fields may be permitted if nec- =BURNING- see page 3 Members of The Reporter has Lone Tree's D,n00, sq=.d address changed perform during As of this week, the new mailing half-time of the varsity boys basketball game at Lone Tree on Tues- day, January 18. See basket- ball coverage of varsity games on Page 6. Photo by Melissa Heatherly address for The Lone Tree Reporter is: The Lone Tree Reporter, P.O. Box 13, Lone Tree, Iowa 52755. Our offices will remain at 117 North DeVoe Street. The post office will forward all mail to the new address. The Reporter has had P.O. Box 235 for longer than Mrs. P can remember. The post office allows a free post office box for addresses within a quarter mile of the post office and not on a postal route, This year the post office is enforcing a policy that the free box is to be the smallest size, so The Lone Tree Reporter is moving its address to the new box.