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The largest All-Iowa horticul- the state and region. Topics will 3. His lecture "Why I Love to Gar- Larson, and Dennis Portz. Please
ture exposition in 100 years will cover the gamut of horticultural den" will begin at 10:00 a.m.visit www.iowahort.org for more
be held April 3-4, 2009 in Ottumwa, specialties including honey pro- Twenty-four breakout sessionsinformation about speakers, top-
Iowa at the Bridge View Confer- duction, growing herbaceous pe- on Friday and Saturday will offer ics, and times.
ence Center. The exposition, billed rennials, panel sessions of wine attendees a wide variety of topical Single and two-day registration
as the state fair of horticulture, is and arboriculture experts, rain information that showcases the packages are available. Visit www.
sponsored and coordinated by the gardens, organic •lawn care, sus- diversity of Iowa horticulture and iowahort.org for registration
Iowa State Horticultural Society, tainability in the home garden, gardening. Top speakers for these forms or contact your local ISU
and supported by over 20 in-state children's gardening, and much sessions include Susan Appleget Extension Office. For more infor-
horticulture• associations and more. The Expo will offer anyone, Hurst, senior associate editor at mation call 641-683-6260.
Iowa State University Extension. novice to professional to engage Better Homes & Gardens® and The Iowa State Horticultural So-
Nearly 100 vendors are expected in Iowa's diverse and vibrant hor- Kathleen Ziemer, known through- ciety (ISHS) was founded in 1866
to exhibit plants, art, garden sup- ticulture industry, out the area as "the butterfly for the purpose of promoting and
plies, and lawn equipment. A wine Elvin McDonald, renowned lady". A number of ISU Extension encouraging horticulture and its
village featuring Iowa wineries is horticultural author and former personnel will also be present in- related interests in Iowa through
also planned. Additionally, the editor-at-large for Better Homes cluding Dr. Jeff Iles, Dr. Eldon the collection and dissemination
Expo will feature three concur- & Gardens® will be the keynote Everhart, Dr. Cindy Haynes, Dr. of information concerning pro-
rent educational seminar tracks speaker for the inauguralAll-Iowa Patrick O'Malley, Dr. Nick Chris- duction, marketing, and utiliza-
featuring experts from around Horticulture Exposition on April tians, Dr. Kathleen Delete, Andy tion of horticultural crops.
MONTICELLO, IA - The Camp
Courageous Spring Antique Mar-
ket Show will be held on Sunday"
April 5th at the Berndes Center
at the fairgrounds in Monticel-
lo. Doors will be open from 9:00
A.M. until 3:00 P.M. Dealers and
exhibitors from around the Mid-
west, many of whom have always
been a part of this event, will be
displaying their quality antiques
and country collectibles. Food
and beverages will be available
for purchase throughout the day.
This show is offered twice a year
in the spring and the fall.
Cindy and Pete Hall estab-
lished the Antique Market Show
as a family venture in 2000. As
stated by Cindy, "It was time for
a change. Camp Courageous of
Iowa was offered this venture be-
cause more people would benefit.
This is an established show with
great dealers! By having a show
of this magnitude, it brings people
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to Monticello which also benefits to see the many items that will
the community." The camp looks be available for sale at the An-
forward to continuing the tradi- tique Market Show. Admission
tion of offering a quality antique is $3.00 and parking is free! For
market show. any inquiries or dealer informa-
Camp Courageous of Iowa is t ion contact Sharon Roller at
a recreational and respite care Camp Courageous ((319)465-5916
facility for individuals with dis- Extension 2200). All proceeds for
abilities of all ages. It is run on this event goes to benefit the over
donations, without government 5,000 campers with special needs
support, without paid fundraisers, who visit Camp Courageous each
and without formal sponsorship, year.
The general public is invited
AMES, Iowa -- With spring in
the air, now is the perfect time for
thoughts of the Iowa 4-H Center
and summer camp, particularly
when campers can receive an
early bird discount if they regis-
ter by April 1.
Camp registrations postmarked
by April 1 will receive the early
bird discount -- $20 for full-week
camps and $10 for half-week camps
-- said camp program specialist
Traci Haselhuhn. Discounts also
are available for multiple siblings
and 4-H members.
"Summer camp at the Iowa 4-H
Center is a great deal, even with-
out the discount," Haselhuhn said.
"Kids of all ages, abilities and in-
terests can Emd a camp that's just
right. You don't have to be a 4-H
member to participate in these
camp experiences."
The Iowa 4-H Center offers
age-appropriate activities to help
youth master skills in a wide
variety of interests, including
a climbing wall, high ropes, zip
lines, a team challenge course,
swimming, kayaking, canoeing,
y
Well, the Iowa wrestling team
survived in spite of itself at the
NCAA Tournament last weekend.
Thanks to a gusty consolation
round on Saturday morning Iowa
has been able to claim its 22nd
championship. Iowa wrestlers we-
ren't the only ones to under per-
form according to their seedings.
But, we have come to expect that
not to happen with the Hawkeyes.
There were a lot of upsets as
the tournament unfolded begin-
ning Thursday morning. And, as
always, there Were inspirational
stories during the three-day run.
The top one of those had to be
Anthony Robles of Arizona State.
He was wrestling in the 125-pound
bracket. The thing that made him
unique was that he had just one
leg. He was born with just his left
leg. According to the story they
told on TV his mother had bought
him prosthesis about the time he
was three. He didn't like it. So, he
has spent his life either getting
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around on crutches or hoppmg on
the one leg. It looked as if it could
be difficult to get a prosthesis hoo-
ked on because he had no stump
on that leg. His body appeared to
stop at the point where he normal-
ly would have had a hip joint.
As he grew up he played safety
on his junior high school football
team.
He eventually settled on wrest-
ling as the sport for him. He can
'run' a mile in eight minutes and
is hoping to get his time down to
six minutes. He is a sophomore at
Arizona State, a school that can-
celled its wrestling program after
last season before some benefac-
tors stepped in with some money
to keep it going. He was 12th seed
in his bracket in St. Louis. Appa-
rently nobody told him he wasn't
supposed to do too well. His first
big win came in his second match
when he knocked off Charlie
Falck, Iowa's Unreliable Senior,
8-3 in the second round on Thur-
sday night. Falck was seeded 5th.
On Friday morning he totall:~ do-
minated
Northwestern's #4 seed, Bran-
don Precin, 9-0. In the semifinals
on Friday night he lost to #1 see-
ded Paul Donahoe, a senior from
Edinburg. On Saturday morning
he came through the wrestlebacks
to Emish fourth.
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The Lone Tree
Reporter
While Robles was busy carving
his niche in history" Falck didn't
even place. Also not placing for
the Hawks was Alex Tsirtsis at
141 pounds, another Unreliable
Senior, and Jay Borschel at 174.
Both were ~seeded 4th. Iowa got a
7th place out of 4th seeded Daniel
Dennis at 133, a second place out
of #1 seed Brent Metcalf at 149,
a 3rd place from 3rd seeded Ryan
Morningstar at 165, a 3rd place
from 2nd seeded Philip Keddy at
184 and a 4th from 7th seeded Da-
niel Ereckson at heavyweight.
Iowa did something that hasn't
happened very often. The Hawks
won the team championship
without having an individual
champion. It's happened twice
that I know of. Iowa won in 1977
without one and so did Arizona
State in 1988. Those consolation
round points can add up. I don't
know what happened to Metcalf.
He looked lethargic at the start
of his match and never really got
going. Maybe he was fighting off
some kind of bug. Maybe having
the weight of so many unproduc-
tive teammates on his shoulders
finally got to him. I don't know.
He has now lost twice in his col-
lege career, both times to the same
wrestler, Darrion Caldwell of
North Carolina State.
A couple of things were happe-
ning that didn't bother me a bit.
One was the rise of Ohio State.
The Buckeyes are coached by Tom
Ryan, a former
Hawkeye wrestler. There was a
time on Friday night and Saturday
when it looked as if the Buckeyes
would dethrone the Hawkeyes as
team champion. I was alright with
that. I figured if Iowa was going to
fritter away the title, as it appea-
red the Hawks were doing, then
it was alright for Ohio State to
win its first team wrestling cham-
pionship.
But, after the consolation finals
during the day Saturday things
creek walks, outdoor cooking and Scholarships are available from
camping skills, GPS, nature explo- the Iowa 4-H Foundation for camp-
ration, fishing, archery, air rifles, ers with Emancial need, and appli-
arts and crafts, drama, and sports, cations are due May 1, Haselhuhn
Campers can choose to focus their added. "To apply for a scholarship,
time on one topic or try a little bit contact your ISU Extension coun-
of everything the camp offers, ty office www.extension.iastate.
The 2009 camp brochure and edu/ouroffices.htm. If you are
registration information are unsure how to reach your local of-
available on the Web at www.io- rice, call (515) 795-3338."
wa4hcamp.com.
"You can register online or you
can download and print a paper
Credit Union
registration form to register via .................... • ::: . :
U.S. mail or fax," Haselhuhn said.
were looking pretty good for the
Hawks. Yes, Ohio State had three
finalists on Saturday night to Io-
wa's one, but they were 9 1/2 points
behind. There were two ways for
the Buckeyes to win. They had
to get a loss by Metcaif and win
all three of their finals matches.
Or, if Metcalf won, they needed
to win all three, two of them with
pins. •Well, Metcalf lost, but by
that time one of the Buckeyes had
also been defeated in one of their
matches and even a pin in its last
match would have left Ohio State
½ point behind.
The other thing that happened
that really, really tickled me was
the performance of the Oklahoma
State Cowboys. We hadn't been
hearing much from Oklahoma
State all year long. Apparently,
the Cowboys just haven't been
that tough. They, albng with their
Sooner brothers from Norman,
have been ranked in the' second
ten all year. Going into action on
Saturday the Cowboys were in
a 17th place tie with Minnesota,
with Kent State just ahead of
them. Their one remaining wrest-
let; Jared Rosholt at heavyweight,
might have gotten them some
more points during the day
Saturday. He was to be Okla-
homa State's only All-American.
This from a program that is used
to having 7, 8, or 9 All-Americans.
I said earlier that this was Io-
wa's 22nd National Wrestling
Championship. Oklahoma State
does have more than anybody else,
having claimed 31, most of those
before 1970. The Cowboys have
picked up maybe half a dozen in
the last 40 years while Iowa was
getting its 22. There is something
else that Iowa has done that has
put it far and away ahead of eve-
rybody. The Hawks have 36 conse-
cutive Top 10 Emishes. Oklahoma
State is second with 17.
The softball team opened its
home season this week. The
Hawks have some home games
next week, too. They have been
doing very well so far this season
and might manage to win the Big
Ten Championship. Michigan and
Northwestern are the favorites,
but the Hawks should be somewhe-
re in the thick of the battle.
Eight University of Iowa stu-
dents from eastern Iowa have
received University of Iowa Com-
munity Credit Union Scholarships
for the 2008-2009 academic years.
Area recipients of the $1,000
UICCU Scholarships are Patrick
Fischer of Lone Tree and Dana
Merritt of Riverside.
For more information, visit the
UI Foundation web site at www.
uiowafonndation.org.
recovery money in
Iowa is expected to receive ap-
proximately $1.9 billion in one-
time, direct assistance as part of
the new federal stimulus package
which was approved by congress
on February 13.
Iowans may check to see how
that money is being used at http://
recovery.iowa.gov. The website
helps Iowans learn about the
American Recovery & Reinvest-
ment Act (ARRA) and also track
state efforts to make the best use
of Iowa's funds, providing ac-
countability and transparency.
Some of the ARRA funds have
been awarded to the Iowa Depart-
ment of Transportation. A sum
of $56 million will be invested in
construction projects across the
state. A website on State's Depart-
ment of Transportation use of the
funds can be examined at www.io-
wadot.gov/recovery.
Lone Tree schools to
$37,996 for academic
receive
support
The Lone Tree Community computer labs, fund parent in-
SchoolDistrict willreceive $37,996 volvement activities, purchase
as part of Title I funds from the instructional materials, host pro-
Economic Recovery package, fessional development for teach-
Iowa Schools received a total of ers and create pre-kindergarten
$50,667,461 - to be used by elemen- classes.
tary and secondary schools with a The U.S. Education Depart-
high percentage of children from ment plans to award half the Title
low-income families. It will pro- I funding to school districts by
vide additional academic support the end of March, with the other
and learning opportunities to help half awarded in October. Iowa
low-achieving children master schools will also receive funding
challenging curricula and meet for special education, education
state standards in core academic technology" and other programs
subjects, from the Economic Recovery
In particular, Iowa school dis- package in the coming months.
tricts may use the funding to hire
teachers and teacher assistants,
provide tutoring, create school
Lone Tree Community School 2009-2010 Preschool Registration will
be held on March 30, from 4:00-6:00 p.m. in the Preschool classroom.
Registration is for all 3 and 4 year old children wanting to enroll in the
Lone Tree Preschool. To enroll in the LTCS Preschool you will need to
bring to registration a copy of your child's Social Security Card, Birth
Certificate, and their updated Immunization Record.
Position Location: UI Family Care - Lone Tree
Available: Immediately
UI Family Care - Lone Tree is looking for part-time MNCMNLPN
who provides nursing assessment and duties generally associated
with a primary care clinic. Experience in medical office setting
is preferred but not required: Ability to speak Spanish is highly
desirable. This is primarily a 4pm-7pm Monday through Friday
position. The starting time is negotiable. May include some day
time and weekend hours. Preference given to individuals willing to
work a minimum of two evenings per week. Preference given to
individuals willing to work occasional day time and weekend hours.
Candidate must possess multi-tasking skills and be capable
of working in a fast paced environment. Candidate must display
professional appearance, be self-motivated, and patient satisfaction
must be first on the list of priorities.
UI Family Care - Lone Tree
Attn: Linda Forbes
109 W Jayne Street
PO Box 417
Lone Tree, IA 52755-7771
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