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The Lone Tree EPO RTER 50¢ Volume 110, Number 12 • Thursday, March 22, 2001 • Fifty Cents Tile only paper that CARES about Lone Tree Simpson College Rep Simpson College admissions Counselor, Andrea Boyd, will be available to talk with prospective students at Lone Tree High School on March 27 at 12:30 p.m. For more infro- ;mation contact the high school I [guidance counselor, or call the ISimpson College Office of I Admissions at 1-800-362-2454. ISimpson College is located in [Indianola. Iowa. Summer Ball Program Registration for the Lone Tree Ball Association Summer Ball Program will be held Monday, April 2, from 5-8 p.m. in the Elementary lobby of the Lone Tree School. Boys and girls in kindergarten through sixth grade during the 2000-2001 school year are eligible to regis- ter. Registration lees will be col- lected at this time. Lone Tree Yearbooks Now you can order your Lone Tree High School 2000-01 year- 'books by telephone. Call Jostens Publications directly by dialing 1-800-846-4686, and let them know the name of the school in which you are inter- ested. You will be billed directly by Jostens. Yearbooks cost $30, and they will be published, as Usual, in the fall of 2001. Kindergarten Screening' On Wednesday, April 11 from 8:30-11 a:m., the Grant Wood Area Education Agency will be at Lone Tree Schools to conduct their annual vision and hearing child check. The U of I Dental Clinic will also be on hand to do dental check-ups for all 2001- 2002 kindergarten class mem- bers. These child checks are free of charge. Children must be 5 Years of age on or before Sept. 2001. Please call Colleen Westfall, the elementary secre- tary at 629-4213 ext. 106 to pre- register your kindergartner for next year. Weekly Meeting !t [The local chapter of Take Off t IPounds Sensibly (TOPS) #618 ]meets at 6 p.m. every Thursday lat the United Presbyterian i [2hurch in Lone Tree. i' = High school band nabs trophy at St. Patrick's Day parade by Helene Lubaroff Elementary Principal David Burke had a trick up his sleeve this past Tuesday, and some might say, an "in" with the leprechauns as well. During Tuesday's lunch peri- od, Burke assembled members of the high school band in the Old Gym to present them with a tro- phy for "Best School Spirit", an award they didn't even know they had won. The band received the award for their float in the Quad City Irish Society's St. Patrick's Day Parade. Seventeen members of the band participated in the event. They wore green and white bead necklaces in honor of the holiday, and performed their pep band "favorites" for the crowd, accord- ing to Nicole Harding, band direc- tor. Tom Curnyn of Geneseo, I11. provided a flat-bed truck and hay bales tor the float. After thc parade, they were treated to din- her at the Knights of Colombus, courtesy of Don Kout. According to Burke, Harding and the band then returned to Lone Tree, while he remained to attend the Awards Ceremony, not knowing that he would soon be accepting the trophy for the band. Or so he says... Reports that Principal Burke may have been seen conversing with the 'Wee People' following the parade remain unsubstantiat- ed at this time. Above: Nicole Harding and assembled band members Below: Scenes from.the parade Photos courtesy of Principal Burke Iowa to receive increased HUD funding According to a press release from U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), the Iowa Department of Economic Development will receive an estimated $31,375,000 under the Community Development Block Grant Entitlement (CDBG), $11,355,000 through the HOME Investment Partnership and a $1,323,000 Emergency Shelter Grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This represents over a six percent increase compared to last year's funds. "These funds will be of great service to Iowa," Harkin said. "The money should give a needed boost for promoting economic development and serving low to moderate income Iowans." Small- and medium,sized local governments apply for their funds through the Iowa Department of Economic Development. The funds are competitively awarded for a wide variety of economic development and housing pro- jects. Cities over 50,000 people receive a direct allocation of CDBG funds from the federal government. Specific urban pro- jects are decided on locally. The CDBG funds are distrib- uted based On a formula system, and are determined by population, extent of poverty and the age and condition of housing. Senator Harkin is a member of the HUD Appropriations subcom- mittee which provides these funds. JCSWCD Native Plant, Johnson County Soil and Water Conservation District's Annual Tree, Native Plant, and Prairie Seed Sale offers an affort- able and environmental way for landowners and homeowners to enhance backyards and rural acreages. A wide variety of bareroot trees, native plants and prairie seed mixes are available from the JCSWCD at affordable prices. Profits from this sale will be used to support conservation efforts in Johnson County. Available are thirty-one vari- eties of trees and shrubs; .more than twenty prairie plant pack- ages, including flowering plants and grasses from the blazing star to big bluestem; and a variety of prairie seed mixes available to Tree and Seed Sale restore spaces from I00 square feet to more than an acre. Trees and shrubs can improve the property value of any land- scape and help to lower energy costs by providing shade and windbreaks. Native prairie plants are able to survive extreme weath- er conditions, andthey are resis- tant to fire, water and drought. Many species are used for food, medicine and wildlife habitat. All trees and plants were selected for local climate and soil conditions. To receive your free brochure, all 337-2322 ext. 3, or stop by the JCSWCD office at 238 Stevens Drive, Iowa City (across from Carousel Ford). Tree orders are due by April 1. Trees, plants, and seeds will be ready for pick up by May 1. Zachariah's Weather ' ,. Week of March 11, 2001 Wednesday was the warmest da, with a high of 47°E Friday was the coolest day with a high of 34°F. Lows have ranged from 22°F to 32°F. This week's precip- itation amount was 7.75"inches. Neuzil announces "Hawkeye Friday" posts Johnson County Supervisor Terrence Neuzil will be holding listening posts on Friday's in March from 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. The "Hawkeye Friday" Listening Posts provide residents an opportunity to discuss issues and have lunch with Supervisor Neuzil as well as learn what has happened throughout the week in Johnson County government. Hawkeye Friday locations will change each week and may be at Neuzil's office, at the Senior Center, an area restaurant, or at a local park. The locations will be posted inside the Supervisor's office at the Administration Building or by calling Neuzil at 356-6000. "Hawkeye Friday's are just one way people will be able to learn more about what county government does," Neuzil said. "And for me to listen to concerns and ideas from our residents." March 23rd will be at Caf Iguana's Mexican Restaurant in downtown Hills. March 30th will be held in the Iowa City/Johnson County Senior Center's dining area.