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Thursday, March 26, 2009 The Lone Tree Reporter Page 3 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 9 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 0 . 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. iiii~iii~i~i~i~iii!iiiii~ii!~ii~iiii~iii~iiii~iiiiiii!i~ii~i~iii~i~iiiiiii~i!i~i~ii!~i!i~i!i;iiii~i~i~ By Kon Rife 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. 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