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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.
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