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Spring Festival in
River Junction
By: Joan Morgan
The Old Settlers Association
will hold their annual Spring
Festival, at Walker Park, in River
Junction, on Saturday, April 19,
2014.
The Easter Bunny has hidden
eggs in Walker Park. All children
are invited to come out to the
park and help find the eggs. The
Easter egg hunt begins with chil-
dren ages three and under at 11:00.
: All other age groups will follow.
There will be a prize or candy in
every egg. Some eggs have a token
inside. These tokens should be
taken to Old Mother Hubbard for
a special prize.
The children can participate in
other activities while the Easter
egg hunt is underway, There will
be games with prizes and a trea-
sure hunt. They can jump in the
Moon Bounce for a small fee.
Special guest will be there to
entertain the Children. They are
the Easter Bunny, McGruff The
Crime Fighting Dog, Old Mother
Hubbard, Minnie and Mickey
Mouse, Dorothy From The Wizard
of Oz, The Wizard Of River Junc-
tion, Captain Grey Beard, Louis
the Firefly, Raggedy Ann and
Andy, Seydee the Clown, Goldie
the Spring Chicken, and Miss
April Showers.
The king and queen contest will
be held at 11:45 to select a king and
queen for the festival. Any child
interested may enter the competi-
tion. Just check in with the park
greeters at the entrance to the
park. Seydee, the Clown, will as-
sist the children with the Maypole
Dance at noon. A Children's Pro-
gram will be presented at 12:30.
Bring a picnic lunch or you can
get a hotdog, chips, cookie and a
drink for a $4.00 donation from the
Lone Tree Spanish Club. Proceeds
from the lunch will go for the stu-
dent's trip to Costa Rica in 2014.
Be sure and bring your cameras.
There will be plenty of opportuni-
ties to get some great pictures of
the kids. Walker Park is especially
pretty this time of year. No admis-
sion fee is required.
The Volunteer Iowa Lions Club
Members will be conducting a
free KidSight Eye Screening to
children age's six months to forty-
eight months with parental con-
sents starting at 10:00.
If you have any questions con-
tact Joan Morgan, 319-629-5296.
Country School Students
Gathering for Fremont
and Pleasant Valley
By Joan Morgan
The committee working on the
Johnson County country school
history book needs information
about the country schools in Fre-
mont and Pleasant Valley Town-
ships in Johnson County. If you
are a former student and would
like to meet with us to share your
stories and experiences at the
country schools in these town-
ships we would like to invite you
to a meeting. We will gather at
the home of Joan Morgan at 6080
Otter Creek RD. SE, Lone Tree.
Come on Sunday April 13 at 2:00.
Bring pictures, articles or other
items that had something to do
with the country schools.,. With
permission we can scan them that
afternoon. Arrangements have
been made to video your stories
to be transcribed and kept at the
JCHS with your permission.
The country schools are now
gone, so we want to gather as
much information about them as
we can for this book to preserve
this history for future genera-
tions. If you can't come and would
like to.visit with us we can make
arrangements for an interview.
For information contact Joan
Morgan 319-629-5296.
UPCOMING A UCTIONS:
April Is National
Safe Digging Month
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The Common Ground Alliance
has again designated April as Na-
tional Safe Digging Month in 2014.
The Iowa Utilities Board joins
many other state utility commis-
sions and the National Association
of Regulatory Utility Commis-
sioners in promoting Safe Dig-
ging Month and emphasizing how
important it is for all professional
excavators and residents in Iowa to
call 811 before starting any digging
projects throughout the year.
This one toll-free phone call con-
nects to Iowa One Call, which pro-
vides contractors and residents
with free locating and marking of
underground utility facilities such
as electric, gas, telecommunica-
tions, cable, water, and sewer, indi-
cating where it is safe to dig.
Iowa law requires that Iowa One
Call be contacted at least 48 hours
in advance, excluding Saturdays,
Sundays, and legal holidays, before
beginning to dig. Calling 811 can
save lives, protect utility infrastruc-
ture, and help prevent injuries,
fmes, and costly repairs. Iowa's One
Call Center is available 24 hours a
day, seven days a week.
According to the Common
Ground Alliance, a recent national
survey revealed that roughly half
of Americans are "active diggers"
who have done (or are planning to
do) some type of digging project at
home. Whether you are a profes-
sional excavator or an avid do-it-
yourselfer, always call 811 before
every dig.
On April 10, 2014, Iowa Utilities
Board, Iowa One Call, and Com-
mon Ground Iowa representatives
will participate in a ceremony at
the State Capitol with Iowa Gover-
nor Terry Branstad, who will sign a
Safe Digging Month Proclamation.
Visit Common Ground Iowa to re-
view a series of educational videos
and additional information. Com-
mon Ground Iowa is a regional
partner of the national Common
Ground Alliance, an association
dedicated to ensuring public safeW,
environmental protection, and in-
tegrity of utility services by pro-
moting effective damage protection
practices.
National Child Abuse
Prevention Month event
April is National Child Abuse
Prevention Month (N.C.A.P.).
Every year approximately 1500
children die from child abuse in
the United States. That is 4 chil-
dren per day with over 3 million
child abuse reports filed each
year. There were 733 reports of
child abuse in Johnson County
alone in 2012.
To recognize N.C.A.P., John-
son County Community Part-
nership for Protecting Children
(JC-CPPC) will team up with the
Prevent Child Abuse -Johnson
County Council to close out the
month with a Kites Festival that
will signify the need for abuse to
leave our community called Kites
for Kids.
On April 26th (Rain date May
3rd) JC-CPPC invites all commu-
nity member especially families
to come fly a kite in Lower City
Park, Shelter #5 in Iowa City from
12pm to 3pm. Bring your family
and friends and join us for this
community event to support end-
ing child abuse. Feel free to come
fly a favorite kite of your own
from home as well.
There will be free kites to fly
and take home throughout the
event. Desserts and hot choco-
late, coffee and cold drinks will be
served.
We are flying kites in honor of
all the children in Johnson Coun-
ty who have been abused, are cur-
rently being abused, or have died
as a result of child abuse. Child
abuse must end in our community.
Please help raise awareness
about child abuse in Johnson
County.
If you would like more infor-
mation about this project please
contact LaTasha DeLoach, CPPC
Coordinator and Johnson County
Community Projects Special-
ist at 319-356-6090 or lmassey@
co.johnson.ia.us or like our Face-
book event page "Kites for Kids:
Preventing Child Abuse in John-
son County".
Lone Tree Golf ready to hit the greens
by Tim Grofl
The Lone Tree Reporter
The Lone Tree golf team is
ready to be in action as the weath-
er finally turns nicer from the
chill of early spring.
At the helm of the Lone Tree
golf program is former assistant
coach Dan DeJong who assisted
Kelby Bender over the past few
seasons. Bender has stepped down
after taking a teaching position at
Mid-Prairie.
DeJong said he's enjoyed sports
all of his life and plays golf a lot
during the summer.
"I play golf in leagues in the
summer and try to get out two or
three times a week," said DeJong.
"I have a love for golf and it was a
great opportunity to coach under
Coach Bender."
DeJong went to high school at
Boyden Hull and attended the Uni-
versity of Sioux Falls and taught
in Florida and Sioux Falls before
coming to Lone Tree where he's
taught middle school math for the
past three years.
Girls Preview:
Liz Griffin and Morgyn Ed-
wards are a pair of returning
golfers on the girls' squad. Griffin
was a second-team all-conference
player for the Lions and Edwards,
as sophomore, was a key contribu-
tor and a medalist in a number of
meets as a freshman.
Besides the team's two leaders,
there are six new golfers out this
spring, a Lone Tree record.
"Junior Allison Chewning,
sophomore Lilly Starr-and four
freshmen: Liz Dodson, Alena
Seiverding, Maddy Forbes and
Emily Davidson.
"our two returning letter win-
ners will be anchoring our team
and those six will be contributing
for our four open varsity spots,"
said DeJong.
"Our girls program last year
moved beyond the first round
of Regionals for the first time in
Lone Tree history and we're look-
ing forward to getting back there
again."
"Hi-Point where we play hasn't
been open yet, so the first time
with a full round on the course
will be when we go out Monday,"
noted DeJong of his team's golf
practice on the coruse. 'bout
50 percent of our golfers haven't
even played a full round in their
li,es, sofl'lle a great experience
for them to get out there."
"I'm looking forward to the
weather to turn around, and the
kids to get out there and get bet-
ter, and it's not how you start the
season, it's how you finish."
Boys Preview:
The Lon e Tree boys also have a
record number of golfers out for
the team.
The main returner is Levi Sat-
terfield, a senior. He's been a
three-time co-MVP of the. team.
Also returning are juniors
Ethan Abbott, Thomas Tryon,
and Jacob Mackenzie, as well as
sophomore Kyler Akers.
New on the greens this year are
junior Ethan Bates, sophomore
Carson Simonsen and three fresh-
men Jovonte Squires, Sam Fuhr-
meister & Wyatt Westfall.
Ted Vyushkin a foreign ex-
change student from Russia is out
for golf, playing the game for the
first time in his life.
"We're hoping our returners
and newcomers are competing
every single day to get better and
be able to get into the varsity ros-
ter," said Coach DeJong.
The boys and girls golf squads
play their home meets at Hi-Point
Golf Course in Iowa City.
Boys vs Van
Buren
The Lone Tree boys scored 213
strokes against Van Buren on
April 7, getting onto their course
in Iowa City for the first time this
season. Van Buren won the team
event with 182 team strokes.
Levi Satterfield led the way with
a nine-hole score of 49 and team-
mate Jovonte Squires was second
on the team with a round of 54.
Thomas Tryon and Ethan Bates
both finished with 55 strokes to
round out the team's top four,
and Sam Fuhrmeister was a few
strokes back with 57.
Van Buren's Austin Bar-
tholomew turned in the low score
of the event with his nine-hole
round of 41.
Boys results:
Levi Satterfield - 49
Jovonte Squiers - 54
Ethan Abbot - 77
Lone Tree Track & Field
competes at Tipton
by Tim Greff
The Lone Tree Reporter
The Lone Tree boys scored 41
team points at their meet in Tip-
ton on April 1, fmishing sixth out
of nine teams. Solon won the meet
with 150 team points.
The Lions got a first place fin-
ish in the long jump by Jovonte
Squires who also finished eighth
overall in the 100m dash and aided
his team's 4x2oom relay team to a
first place fmish.
The 4x200m relay squad, featur-
ing Jared Hudson, Nick Viner,
Travis Gillham and anchored by
Squiers, finished in a speedy time
of 1:37.99 to finish first overall.
The 4x400m relay team: Squiers,
Matt Waldschmidt, Jake Viner
and Gillham was fourth overall in
a time of 3:51.57.
The Lone Tree boys are sched-
uled to be in action again on Mon-
day, April 14, at Waco. The Lions
were scheduled to host their own
meet in Lone Tree on April 14, but
have had that meet moved to Waco
due to a low spot on the track in
Lone Tree.
The Lone Tree girls' early
meets, at Columbus Junction and
Belle Plaine were both canceled.
The girls are due to be in action
on Tuesday evening April 8 (after
Lone Tree Reporter deadlines).
They run again on April 10 at
Washington, and at Waco on April
14.
Lone Tree boys at Tipton
100m dash: Jovonte Squires
12.20 (8th), Nick Viner 12.57,
Drake Hotz 12.77
200m dash: Jared Hudson 24.30
(4th), Drake Hotz 26.23, Tony
Bauwens 27.89
400m dash: Jake Viner 59.92
(8th), Matt Waldschmidt
1:02.58
800m run: Ross Swinton 2:29.25
(7th), Mercury Cagley 3:08.62
ll0m hurdles: Caleb Christian
18.02 (10th), Michael Schmidt
18.69 (13th)
1600m run: Swinton 5:07.55
(8th), Waldschmidt 5:36.46
(llth), Jacob Quigley 6:14.80
3200m run: Waldschmidt
11:55.68 (4th), Cagley 15.02.07
400m hurdles: Caleb Christian
1:06.72 (10th)
Discus: Garrett Boxwel186'00"
High Jump: Travis Gillham
5'4" (6th), Michael Schmidt
5'2" (7th)
Long Jump: Squires 20'10"
(lst), Jared Hudson 19'6"
(8th)
Shot put: Boxwel136'1" (13th)
4xl00m relay.: Lone Tree
(Hudson, Christian, Hotz,
N.Viner) 47.93 (5th), Lone
Tree B (Bauwens, Swinton,
Cagley, Quigley) 57.37
4x200m relay: Lone Tree (Hud-
son, N.Viner, Gillham, Squi-
ers) 1:37.99 (lst)
4x400m relay: Lone Tree (Squi-
ers, Waldschmidt, J.Viner,
Gillham) 3:51.57 (4th)
Shuttle Hurdle_ relay: Lone
Tree (Christian, Schmidt,
J.Viner, Boxwell) 1:11.50 (7th)
Medley relay: Lone Tree
Chop Chop
Food and
Fitness Camps
Chop Chop Camp, a Food and
Fitness Experience, for third and
fourth grade youth kicks off this
summer at locations in Iowa City
and Coralville.
Camps are scheduled in Iowa
City on July 15-17 at the Zion Lu-
theran Church and in Coralville on
July 22-24 at the Coralville United
Methodist Church.
Developed by nutrition, Pick a
Better Snack, and 4-H youth devel-
opment staff at Johnson County/
Iowa State University and Out-
reach, the camps will focus on food,
fitness, health and nutrition.
Youth will chop, mix, make and
bake food for snacks and lunch, ex-
plore foods at a local grocery store,
learn about nutrition, participate
in a variety of outdoor fitness expe-
riences, hike to "lunch and learn"
at local restaurants, and experience
a variety of field trips.
For more information and reg-
istration forms, contact the John-
son County/Iowa State University
Extension Office at 319-337-2145 or
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/
johnson/.
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Sam Fhrmeister - 57
Thomas Tryon - 55
Ethan Bates - 55
Kyler Akers - 70
JacobMackenzie - 87
Wyatt Westfall - 61
Ted Vyuskhkin - 87
Girls vs Van
Buren
The Lone Tree girls beat Van
Buren in their first outing of the
season, getting 233 team strokes to
Van Buren's 255.
The girls were led by Morgyn
Edwards who turned in a nine-
hole score of 56. She was followed
by Allison Chewning who had a
score of 57, and Liz Griffin who
finished with 58 strokes.
Van Buren's Lydia Heald led the
way with 54 strokes for the War-
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Girls results:
Liz Griffm - 58
Morgyn Edwards - 56
Liz Dodson - 62
Maddie Forbes - 67
Allison Chewning - 57
Lilly Sarr - 69
Elena Sieverding - 96
Emily Davidson - 90
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