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Opinion/Editorial
The Lone Tree Reporter, April 3, 2
Nothing terrible about these two's
by Bryon Houlgrav,
My wife and I recently cele-
brated the anniversary of the
last time we were guests of
Covenant Medical Center, in
Waterloo. We celebrated the
event, it was a pretty big mile-
stone actually, with cake, ice
cream, presents, a couple of
tantrums (which are only signs
of whats to come in the ever-
present future) which lived
longer than normal-it's kind of
hard to discipline a full-scale,
fist-pounding, top-of-your-lung-
screaming, floor-kicking
protest when the protester is
celebrating his second birth-
day.
I warned you about this a
couple of months ago. My dear
sweet Calvin has graduated
from the world of the ones to
the terrible twos, and so far
he's...
•..been considerably and
surprising good!
That entire fit scenario that
I just placed before you, that
was all really made up. I need-
ed to set the scene, raise your
attention for the moment. It's
what people in the drama
world call.., alright, I don't
have a clue about the drama
world, but I had to increase
your elevation of awareness. I
had to give you a visual aide to
continue reading this editorial,
because Calvin was, on his
two-year birthday, the exact
opposite of how I described
him. He was very good. And
he's been that way ever since.
Aside from the occasional
vocal uproar, and the demands
for more milk, Calvin so far
remains the ideal two-year-old-
child.
Calvin is the only one who
leaps into my arms when I
come home at night, the only
one who gives me kisses over
the phone, the only one who
misses me when I'm just a
room away, taking a shower.
He is a constant reminder
of what it is to think like a
child. Everything is new.
Everything is an adventure,
and we learn, in our aging
The Tiger Scouts toured the Reporter office last
week. (bottom row, I-r): Ty Robertson, Austin
Brenneman, Keaton Kane, Lucas Plank, Shea
Hudachek, Daniel Jansen. (top row, I-r):
Kenneth Kane, Greg Jansen, Jerimy Robertson
photo by Bryon Houlgrave
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days, that sometimes it is just
fine to get your hands dirty.
That a milk-mustache is not
signs of a slob, but signs of
creativity. Calvin is just that:
creative. He's just like Michelle
and I when we were that age.
We say so all the time, and it is
my belief that we agree on that
because we not only see who
we were, but we see who we
want to be still, in our agoniz-
ing daily world amongst bills,
work, stupid people, and more
stupid people.
Thanks to Cal, I've recently
re-learned that the Alosaurus
was larger than the T-Rex, and
probably ate him on a semi-
regular basis. Thanks to Cal, I
can throw a Nerf ball against
the living room wall and have
an excuse ready when Michelle
• catches me pretending to be
Pedro Martinez. Unless my two
year old catcher slips into the
kitchen for a drink of milk.
Thanks to Calvin I've had
another reason to believe that
life is wonderful, despite the
last two years and all its miser-
able bearings. And yet more
stupid people.
I've joked in the past about
warning you of Calvin's terri-
ble two stage. Now, as Michelle
and I weigh the decision to
move into town from
Coralville, I'm thinking that
whatever town he lives in is
going to know, relatively quick-
ly, that they have someone spe-
cial in their lives.
All it will take is one smile.
And the bat of an eyelash.
Do you have a
strong opinion
about an
issue
important
to your
community?
Write a letter
to the editor.
P.O. Box 235,
Lone Tree,
Iowa, 52755
or fax:
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Above: Lone Tree Fire Chief Steve Flake (righi
accepts a Pediatric Trauma Kit from Old
Capitol Kiwanis director Shaner Magalhaes
(left). The Kiwanis donated kits to three
Johnson County units last Tuesday. Hills and
Oxford were the other two communities along
with Lone Tree.
From page 1 • First
Responders
gram.
"Priority One, which is a
Kiwanis project, set very simi-
lar priorities as what we do in
the EMS for children,"
Altenhofen said. "So it makes
sense that we combined our
resources to better enable us to
meet the needs of our EMS
photo by Bryon Houlgf
communities which have
awarded the pediatric tr
kits.
Kiwanis was founded
1915, in Indianapolis, Ind],
Very supportive of chi!
and young adults world-WlU
Kiwanis Internati(
places focus on the need
children in pediatric tra
safety, child care, early deve
ment, infant health and P#
providers." . .
Lone Tree joins Riverside, mg skills.
Ainsworth, Kalona, Brighton . For. more informatl
and Crawfordsville in area Klwams, log on to thew W
at www.kiwanis.org
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