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Thursday, June 7, 2012 The Lone Tree Reporter Page 3 Splinters from the Bench By Ron Rife High school baseball and softball are in full swing. According to my little yellow pocket schedule the softball team has a home game with WMU on Thursday night, the base ball team entertains WMU on Fri- day night and both will host L&M on Tuesday night of next week. The Big Ten only had two teams, Purdue and Michigan State, in the NCAA Regionals that were played last weekend and both have been eliminated. There have been some surprises in the baseball tourna- ment. The most notable of those may be the way perennial power- house Miami (Fla.} got eliminated with two horrendous lopsided losses. I think the Hurricanes were reduced to such a gentle spring breeze t.fiat the combined score of their two losses was 22-4. By the time you read this the Soft- ball World Series in Oklahoma City will have established a champion. History is being made, of sorts. I believe I heard the announcers say that this is the first time in 26 years • that a PAC-10 (12) team has not been in the championship game. The last two standing who squared off in a best two of three series start- ing on June 4 were Oklahoma and Alabama. Oklahoma won a champi- onship a few years ago. If Alabama wins it will be the fnst Southeast Conference team to win the softball title. Speaking of the Southeastern Conference there was an article in the papers in the last few days about the SEC's drug enforcement policies. From what I gathered from the article it seems the SEC pretty much leaves it up to each school to determine when a player should be • suspended or totally removed from the team for a drug test. violation. It • said some schools (without naming names) appear to let an athlete fail a test four or five times before tak- ing serious action. Is it any wonder the SEC has become the power con- fererrce of the country? At least it claims to be. However, in football it seems that it is the same people at the top or near the top every yem:. It seems to me that in the last 10 years, when the SEC has made its big push to the top, the top teams have basically been Flor- ida, Alabama and LSU with an oc- casional rise by Georgia or Auburn. As nearly as I have been able to fig- ure out the combined non-confer- ence records of Florida, Alabama and LSU, including bowl games, for the last five years is 65-7. The rest of the SEC teams that I checked, such as Georgia, Arkansas, Auburn and Mississippi, all had at least five losses apiece. Kind of shows where the power in the SEC in football is, eh? Pll have to study the football magazines I got last week a little more closely So far what I have is a magazine put out by USA Today and Phil Steele's opus• It looks as though neither one of them thinks much of Iowa this year. As always, time will tell. L-T Lightning competes at USATF in the HJ with a great PR of 4'1". He took 2ndin the 80H with a time of 17.46 and 3rd in the shot put with a PR of 22'3". Both of them chose nearly all events they had never previously tried at a track meet this year. Still in the Midget division, Jor- dan Akers (2000) took 1st place in both the shot put and the discus, with throws of 13'7" and a PR of 36'0". She took 6th place in the 100 meter dash with a new PR of 19.95. Dalton Hanenburg (2000) took 1st in the turbojavelin, shattering the club record with a throw of 60'8". He also took 1st in the discus with a throw of 48'8" and 2nd in the shot put. Xavier Cagley (2000) took 3rd in the long jump with a jump of 11'0", 4th in the 800 meter and 5th in the 1500 meter run. In the Youth division (1998 and 1999), Mercury Cagley suffered an unfortunately asthma attack during the 3000. He managed to bull through it until the last 150 meters of that very long race. He rallied back to take 3rd in the 800 and in the 1500 and 5th in the long jump, a brand new event for him. Here are the qualification standings for the USATF State Association Track rpeet on June 16-17: Long Jump: Liam Cagley, Cale Christofferson, Konner Copping- er, Xavier Cagley, Mercury Cagley High Jump: Konner Coppinger, Carly Moore Shot Put: Ava Jean Christof- Lightning Track Club attended its last club USATF State Quali- fier of the year at Pleasant Valley High School in Riverdale (Bet- tendorf), Iowa. There were 150- 200 athletes in attendance. As most of the members had already qualified in their regular events, many tried some new and differ- ent events. The club did extreme- ly well, setting three new club records and fourteen personal records. They took seven 1st plac- es, six 2nd,places, six 3rd places, three 4th places, two 5th places, and two 6th places. In the Sub-Bantam division (born 2004 or later), Ava Jean Christofferson (2007) took 2nd in the shot put with a PR of 5'4", 3rd in the 100 meter dash with a PR of 22.21, and sixth in the 200 meter dash. In the Bantam division (born 2002 or 2003), Liam Cagley (2003) took 2nd in the shot put and 2nd in the turbojavelin, also trying the 100 meter dash. Cale Christofferson (2003) took 1st in the long jump with a PR of 10'4", 4th in the 100 meter dash with a PR of 16.84, and 4th i/1 the 200 meter dash. In the Midget division (born 2000 or 2001), Carly Moore (2001) took 1st in the 200 meter dash with a new club record and a PR of 30.86 seconds. She placed 2nd in the high jump with a PR of 3'8" and 3rd in the 100 meter dash with a club record and PR time of 14.66. Konner Coppinger (2001) took 1st ferson, Liam Cagley, Konner Coppinger, Carly Moore, Jordan Akers, Dalton Hanenburg, Erik Allison Discus Throw: Carly Moore, Keegan Edwards, Jordan Akers, Dalton Hanenburg, Erik Allison Turbojavelin: Liam Cagley, Cale Christofferson, Dalton Hanenburg 80m Hurdles: Konner Copping- er 100m: Ava Jean Christoffer- son, Cale Christofferson, Konner Coppinger, Carly Moore, Jordan Akers 200m: Ava Jean Christofferson, Cale Christofferson, Carly Moore 400m: Ava Jean Christofferson, Liam Cagley,.Cale Christofferson, Carly Moore, Mercury Cagley 800m: Carly Moore, Xavier Cagley, Mercury Cagley 1500m: Konner Coppinger, Xavi- er Cagley, Mercury Cagley 1500 RaceWalk: Xavier Cagley 3000m: Xavier Cagley, Mercury Cagley 4x400: Midget Boys (K. Edwards, D. Hanenburg, X. Cagley, K. Cop- pinger) The club's next track meet is the AAU District Track meet on June 10, 2012 at Simpson College in In - dianola. Qualification at Simp- son College moves the athletes on to the AAU National Qualifier. Three athletes will be attending. Backroads . . . Continued... from page 1 in rows either 40" or 42" apart. I forget which after all these years. There was also something that city slickers and maybe a lot of young farmers have never heard of. It was called a check wire. It was a piece of wire that would be unwound from a spool on the planter and it had little "buttons" every 40" or 42". There was a bracket on the planter that the wire ran through and when a button came to the ears it tripped, the planter to drop ker- nels of corn into the ground. When the corn came up it was then cultivated to get the weeds out from between the rows. I don't think anybody sprayed in those days. The first time over the corn was when it was still pretty short, about like the corn in the fields is right now. You had to go slow so you didn't cover the hills. In the old days corn was usually planted about the mid- dle of May so the first cultiva- tion would be late May or early June. At any rate it could b.e very warm weather like we had over Memorial Day weekend. Moving at a slow rate,-with the sun shin- ing down brightly upon you, get- ting almost hypnotized staring at the Corn you were going over, could make one pretty sleepy sometimes, especially right after dinner. Qf course; there was more than one cultivati6n. There was the second time and that time you went crossways in the field. Remember how those "buttons" were the same distance apart as the rows that were being planted? Yes, it was possible to go crossways. It could be a bit of a rough ride because you were going over the ridges you had made during the first cultiva, tion. But, we're not done yet kid- dies. There is the third time, or the "laying by" when you once again go the same way the rows were planted. It's another rough ride over the ridges you made when you went crossways. I mentioned earlier that the horses were used to pulling hayracks with bundles of straw with the oats still on their heads. Why not use tractors? We had them then. Well, it was conserva- tion of labor. If you use horses it took just two men to load the rack. There would be one on the ground throwing the bundles into the rack and one in the rack stacking them so they wouldn't fall over. The reins of the horses were looped around the stan- chion, or.standard orwhatever it was called, that stuck up in the air at the front of the rack. Any course adjustments that needed to be made could be done by the stacker on the rack. No need for an extra person to drive the horses as would be the case with a tractor. I guess that's enough about old time farming for now. I'll prob, ably think of some more during the next week. -OTB- Now for the Thought For The Week. It is: We cannot always build the futu.re for our youth, but we can build our youth for the ffiture." CATERING Lone Tree Community Library Now Seeking: You've got the blueprint. We've got the loan. Lone Tree Community Library is seeking a part time Community Library assistant. The position will start on August 20, 2012 however, training will take place prior to the start of school. • During the school year, hours are Tues. - Thurs. 3:30 - 7:30 and Sat. 8:30 - 10:30. Summer hours are Tues. 10:00 - 4:00, Wed. & • Thurs. 3:30- 7:30 and Sat 8:30-10:30. Applicants must be dependable, possess organizational skills and enjoy working with people. Computer skills are helpful. If interested send resume to: Stephanie Callan Lone Tree Community Library PO Box 520 ., Lone Tree IA 52755 Comer Named to Dean's List at Creighton Katelyn Comer of Lone Tree, a sophomore School of Nursing student at Creighton University was named to the spring Dean's List for the 2011-2012 academic year. Full-time students vho earn a 3.5 grade-point average or better on a 4.0 scale are eligible for the Dean's Honor Roll. About Creighton University: Creighton University, a Catho- lic, Jesuit institution located in Omaha, Neb., enrolls more than 4,200 undergraduate and 3,500 professional school and graduate students. Nationally recognized for providing a bal- anced' educational experience, the University offers a rigorous academic agenda with a broad range of disciplines, providing undergraduate, gradulte and professional degree ' programs that emphasize educating the whole •person: academically, so- cially and spiritually Creighton has been a top-ranked Midwest- ern university in the college edi- tion of U.S. News& World Report magazine for more than 20 years. For more information, visit our .website •at: www.creighton.edu. Great Iowa River Canoe and Kayak Race The Iowa Vall[y Resource, Con- servation and Development Coun- cil will host its third annual Great Iowa River Canoe and Kayak Race on Saturday, June 9, 2012 frpm 10:00 a.m- 1:00 p.m. The race is open to paddlers of all ranges of ability, begins at Sturgis Access in Iowa City, and continues approximately 9 milOs to Hills Access. Check in for the event will be from 8 - 9:30 am in the Fin and Feather Parking Lot(125 Hwy 1 West Iowa City, IA 52246). Volunteers will serve a pancake breakfast. Race instructions will be given as Sturgis Access at 9:40 and the race begins at 10 a.m. Race tee shirts will be available, and award plaques will be given to the top three finishers in each of the multiple individual racing cat- egories. For the second year. the race will also feature a company chal- lenge in which teams from differ- ent area companies can compete against each other. The winning company has the honor of display- ing the Traveling Paddle Award at their business for 2012. Race sponsors this year in- clude: Fin and Feather- Iowa City, University of Iowa Community Credit Union, Walking Stick Ad- ventures, First Trust and Savings Bank, Network Computer Solu- tions and the Watts Team. For more information, please contact Lori Schrodimier at 319.622.3264 or at lori@ivrcd.org. Race details and online registra- tion can be found at: http://www. ivrcd.org/projects-2/great-iowa- river-canoe-race. We be}ieve that everyone deserves quality care at [ the end of life I-'1 eComfort, rather than curative measures e24 hour call, 7 days a week ==u= ,.,H=,=--- J=-\\; ePain and symotom cofitrol eEmotJonat support  I _ eSpiritual supporL as needed =Bereavement support #roudly Serving These Counties ® Learn how to enhance forage yield and quality with aworld-class crop management system. 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