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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.
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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.