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Thursday, September 11, 2014 The Lone Tree Reporter Page 3 Nichols News By: Toni Wilson Community events are big hit Beautiful weather on August 29 and September 6th contributed to the excellent turn-out for two community events. The "Movie in the Park", sponsored by the Nich- ols Betterment Committee, on Saturday, August 29th featuring Robin Williams in HOOK was at- tended by close to 100 children and adults. The movie was shown on the stage of the bandshell at Me- morial Park and the audience was seated on lawn chairs, blankets on the ground, picnic tables and park benches. The only unwel- come guests were the mosquitoes which were dispatched with a bit of insect repellent. Hopefully, the Betterment Committee will spon- sor more movies next summer. The concert by "Sheltered Re- ality" on September 6th was at- tended by 75 or more, and enjoyed by all. New playground equipment installed On Labor Day, September 1, 2014, and Wednesday, September 3, a wonderful group oS volun- teers from Iowa City and Nichols assembled and installed the last two pieces of playground equip- ment in Nichols City Park, for the Nickels for Nichols Project, which started raising funds in 2009. The volunteers from Nichols are: Charlie Hazen, Krista Kuep- ker, Dee Walker and son, Jacob, Linda Logan and husband, Char- lie, John Stroppel, Sue Schlapkohl and husband, Jerry, Marv Wilson and wife, Toni. Todd Lorack exca- vated the area for the play equip- ment, and Kory Kaalberg used his backhoe to set the assembled pieces into place. The volunteers from Iowa City deserve special thanks for giv- ing up their Holiday. They were recruited by Karen Kelly, Toni Wilson's daughter, who was tired of hearing her mother talk about getting the playground finished. At their request, only their first names are listed as follows; Jason, Charlie, Terri, Kenny, Zach, Chris, Linda, Kathy, Todd, Karen, Jackie, Emma, and Jeff. Playground equipment installed at Nichols City Park Fountain family reunion The 63rd Annual Fountain Fam- ily Reunion was held Saturday, September 6 at Walker Park in River Junction with 35 registered attendees. The oldest member was Elsie Fountain Morgan from West Liberty and the youngest was Hayden Snyder, the great grand- son of Joyce Snyder. Coming the greatest distance were two sisters from Idaho, Joyce Peterson from Post Falls and Pat Carny from Harrison. Family members from Idaho, Indiana, I1- linois, and Clarence, Columbus Junction, Donahue, Iowa City, Kalona, Lone Tree, Muscatine, Riverside, Hills, Tipton, West Branch, Belle Plaine and West Liberty Iowa were in attendance. Sullivan's Salvos ....  ::-RIP Iolin Hayek Iowa City lost a treasure with the passing of local attorney John Hayek. I had the pleasure of work- ing with John on a few projects, and he was really a gem. John was brilliant, kind, generous, and a real gentleman. My condolences to his family and friends. Thanks, Sandy! Congratulations to Sandy Pickup on her retirement from the Crisis Center. Sandy has served the needi- est folks in our community for many years now - first at the Free Medical Center, and recently at the Crisis Center. I have long admired this pillar of our community Sandy is an easy person to like. Unfortunately, due to her selfless- ness, she is also an easy person to take for granted. So please take a moment to thank Sandy for her years of service. Congrats and good luck, Sandy! Rock On, Ross! Former ICCSD Equity Director, Crisis Center Director, and Iowa City Mayor Ross Wilburn is leaving Iowa City for a job with the Iowa State Extension in Ames. This is a huge loss to our com- munity There were many times over the years where I disagreed with Ross. I often wanted him to be bolder and exert greater leadership. But that is not who Ross is. Ross is thoughtful, deliberative, and careful. He is also one of the most genuine, kind, decent, and honest people we have ever elected. I am sad to see him go on a personal level, but I'm also sad politically I really thought Ross would make a great State Representative some day Good luck, Ross. Stay true to the black and gold! Good Luck Greggl I am often critical of the local press. That criticism is deserved, but not by everyone in every orga- nization. The reporters I know are all overworked, underpaid, do not get the column inches they need, and are not given the resources they deserve. Gregg Hennigan from the Ga- zette is as good as any reporter with whom I have had the privilege of working. Unfortunately, Gregg is leaving journalism for the PR field. Thanks, Gregg, and good luck. You will be missed! Opinion Piece You may have read the opinion piece in the Press Citizen dated Sat- urday, August 3O. In it, Mayor Matt Hayek and Councilor Susan Minas made several interesting points. I agreed with a couple; I strongly dis- agreed with others. But you will never hear a con- versation on these (or any other) 319) 648-5555 • 3030 Hwy. 22 Riverside Photograph by Jeff Yoder The Lone Tree "D" holds onto the Belle Plaine ball carrier dur- ing action in Lone Tree on September 5, 2014. Youth Salute Pr'ogram The Youth Salute Program is sponsored by Hills Bank & Trust Company. The Youth Salute participants from Lone Tree Com- munity school are from left to right: Julie Wehmeyer, Kaylin Burr, Travis Gillham, Thomas Viner, and Alex Yedlik. Not pictured Gretchen Gerot. Test plot field day You're Invited to the 2014 Lone Tree FFA Test Plot Field Day hosted by the Lone Tree FFA, Terry Kruse, and Stutsman Inc. The Field Day will be attended by seed representatives and FFA members. The Lone Tree FFA will be doing yield checks and the seed representatives will be discuss- ing problems and diseases found in the soybean crop this growing season. The event will be held at Terry Kruse's home located just west of the Lone Tree corner on Hwy, 22 on September 22nd, 2014 from 6 - 8 p.m. Supper will be served from 7:00pro - 8:00 p.m. For more information please contact Bridget Mahoney (Ag In- structor/FFA Advisor) - 319-629- issues. Because they refuse to ineet 00tat,;Fair ........ with thfl Board of SuPeTvisors. - , , Since we cannot discuss any- thing in public, I'll make two points here: First, the title of the article is, "Iowa City Leaders Welcome Fact Based Discussion." Ummm... no, they do not. Want a fact-based discussion? Allow the public to speak at a work session. Televise said work session. Take feedback from someone other than City staff. Hire an economist to decide these "facts". Meet with another elected body Do almost ev- erything different than the way you currently do it. Where was the fact-based discus- sion on the last TIF? The Council ignored a petition signed by over 2000 citizens in that case. Come on. You don't REALLY want a fact-based discussion. There is simply no evidence for that state- ment. Secondly, in the piece, they say, "the City Council's commitment to affordable housing should be appar- ent from the ballot language for the proposed Local Option Sales Tax." That language fails to make any- thing "apparent". Here are the facts - affordable housing is the number one problem facing Iowa City. It has hit crisis proportions. EVERY Councilor save one promised to im- prove the situation as a candidate. That is 6 votes, minimum. Continued ... on page 6 results Angus Show Early Junior Yearling Heifer - January 2013 4) Hotz Farms, Lone Tree, HOTZ Proven Queen 1329, 1/25/2013, 17584232 Simmental Cattle Show Purebred Fall Heifer 4) Lone Tree Simmentals, Lone Tree, Obcc Sadie 21a, 9/10/2013, 2830875 Purebred Junior Female 4) Lone Tree Simmentals, Lone Tree, Lta Anew, 4/1/2013, 2781553 Purebred Senior Female 2) Ruth Family Simmentals, Iowa City, DANR Jelly Belly, 3/13/2013, 2762925 Purebred Senior Female 5) Lone Tree Simmentals, Lone Tree, Lts Versace, 3/2/2013, 2751085 Purebred Senior Female 6) Lone Tree Simmentals, Lone Tree, Lts/tho Moco's Passion, 2/14/2013, 2781551 Purebred Senior Female 1) Ruth Family Simmentals, Iowa City, R F S Sheza Big Star 35Z, 9/2/2012, 2845994 4) Ruth Family Simmentals, Iowa City, R F S Ms Rachel Berry 4Z, 12/7/2012, 2707601 Lone Tree Football... I thought we responded well to that." Lone Tree travels to Keosau- qua on Friday night to take on Van Buren Community, who has a 1-1 record following a 28-13 loss to Montezuma. Van Buren fea- tures a balanced attack with 231 rushing yards on 58 carries and 317 passing yards on 37 attempts on the season so far. Senior sig- nal caller Garrett Saunders leads the team in passing and rushing and is third in class A in total of- fense. Lone Tree has won the last two meetings with Van Buren by a combined score of 90-0. District games this week: LONE TREE at Van Buren Cardinal of Eldon at WMU Danville at Pekin Waco at New London Continued... from page 2 he's a physical specimen on both sides of the football." The Lions got a break after the kickoff when Wieland jumped on a fumble at the Belle Plaine 25. However, the Belle Plaine defense stiffened and Lone Tree failed to score. From their 25 the Plainsmen started their final scoring drive which carried over into the fourth quarter. Slaymaker got the touch- down on a two-yard run and Trey Squiers ran for the conversion to end the coring at 34-21 with 9:37 left in the game. "We didn't execute as well as we would have liked to tonight, but Belle Plaine was very physi- cal at the line of scrimmage, and we'll learn from this game and get more physical ourselves," said coach Shield. "I thought our guys responded at halftime, we kind of got punched in the mouth and they had some adversity and 4610 ext. 160, Ty Schillerstrom (Test Plot Manager)- 319-530 9049, Terry Kruse (Land Owner) - 319- 430-6149 or Taylor Flynn (Stut- sman Representative) - 319-325- 4374. The Lone Tree FFA would like to thank Joel Schillerstrom for helping plant and harvest, Terry Kruse for donating the land, and Stutsman Inc. for helping set up the test plot. 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