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Page 2 ,, In Brief Post Prom don Junior, Senior Parents send $15 or $25 donations for Post Prom to: Cathy Sladek, 4680 Taft Ave. SE, Iowa City, IA 52240. Donations are needed by December 1, 2003. Cranston Craft Show There will be a craft show at Cranston Hall, Saturday Nov. 1st from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Lunch will be available. Please come and do your Christmas shopping with us! Cranston Hall is located southwest of Muscatine or north of Letts. Annual auction St. Mary of Nichols Parish Hall will be holding their 25th i annual auction Sunday, Nov. 2. A silent auction will be held at 1-2 p.m. and the regular auc- tion follows. Doors open at noon for chicken & noodle lunch. St. Mary's fall auc- tion You won't want to miss this. St. Mary's Church of Lone Tree will be having their Fall Auction Sunday, Nov. 9, at the Lone Tree American Legion. A silent auction will be held from 11:00-12:30. A lunch will be served starting at 11:00 a.m. and the regular auc- tion will follow lunch at 1:00 p.m. Come and join the fun and bid on your favorite home- made pie, cake or craft! Firemen Auxiliary have October meet- ing Firemen Auxiliary met Oct. 14th at the home of Rose Mary Lewis with 5 members and one guest, Virginia Schlapkohl, present. Pinochle was played with prizes going to Marge Wieland, Hester Larew, Lavon Wisor and Betty Schnoebelen. Then a deli- cious lunch was served. The November hostess will be Betty Schnoebelen. Attention book lovers Are you reading a good book or have read a good one you think others would like to read? Come and share your love of books at "The Reading Club" get-together on the third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the City and School Library. Everyone welcome. Please come! Columbus City GospelSing Sunday, November 2nd, is the date for the final Columbus City Gospel Sing of this season. The concert starts at 7:00 p.m. The featured singers this month are Ray and Odell Gilpin from Hamilton, Illinois. The Sings will start again next April. Refreshments will be served to benefit the camp kids. On the Backroads By Ron Rife! I'm not going to do the usual Brain Teaser this week because I want to talk a little longer about what would have been the answer. Through 1863, after the losses at Gettysburg and Vicksburg, on through 1864, the Union plan was to gradually put a stranglehold on the Confederacy. There were vicious battles at places such as Cold Harbor and The Wilderness, but the Union forces gradually forced their way toward Richmond, Virginia, the Confederate Capital. Although there was sporadic fighting for a few weeks after- ward, the war, for all practical pur- poses, came to an end on April 9, 1865. The opposing armies were drawn up to do battle at a a coun- try crossroads in southwest Virginia known as Appomatox Courthouse. Before that, however, Robert E. Lee and Ullyses S. Grant met to discuss surrender terms. The terms were agreed upon and Lee surrendered his army to Grant. I was at Appomatox one day about 15 years ago. It was in the middle of the summer and it was hotter than blazes. However, there were some re-enactors there, dressed in authentic costumes of the period. Their wives were there, too, dressed as women would have dressed in that day, with long dresses and bonnets. The temperature was over 90 degrees and there they were, dressed in hot clothes, cooking over open fires. The men were sweating like crazy in the heat, but, of course, the women only perspired. According to the old tenets of society ladies don't 'sweat.' Maybe not, but they were wiping a lot of something off their faces. There were also some young men who were hired by the National Park Service to talk to visitors about that day at Appomatox in 1865. They, too, were dressed in authentic cos- tumes of the day and also talked in the vernacular of the day. The one I heard most was playing the part of ayoung soldier from a Pennsylvania unit and he described how they had marched up the road and gotten ready for battle. But, the surrender came first and there was no battle. It was a fascinating presentation. It's rather a unique story about the house Lee and Grant used to discuss the surrender, too. It was owned by a man named McLean. Now, Mr. McLean was not a native son of that area. He had lived ,further north in Virginia before the war. In fact, he lived on a farm that became part of the scene for the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major battle of the war, on July 21, 1861. After get- ting his house shot up during that battle he sold his farm with the intention of moving far enough south so the war wouldn't get to him any more. Little did he know that just a few months less than four years later his house would take a place in U. S. history as the war he sought to escape ended there. -OTB- I had a nice phone call from Ray Marner last week. I didn't actually talk to him. We were out when he called, but he left a mes- sage on our answering machine about my Sally Rand column. He said that he had seen Sally Rand do her show, also. I think he said he saw her in the Chicago Theater. It would have been several years after she performed at the World's Fair. I doubt if Sally is still alive by now, but it's nice to know that Ray and I are still plug- ging ahead. Sorry about the Cubs, Ray. I thought when they went back to Wrigley with a 3-2 lead and their two aces on the mound they'd get the job done. But, look at it this way. At least they took the Marlins to seven games while my Yankees could only take them to six. -OTB- "The Thought For The Week this week might be used as a rea- son why I avoid interstate high- ways and much as possible and stick to the back roads and going through the towns. 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We will probably never know, but it was a huge mistake that will cost taxpayers a lot of money for a long time. I would say it was the engineering firm, otherwise why was there at least 3 feet of dirt excavated out and two+ feet of roadstone hauled back in to replace it? I've been around construction for many years and have never the "Red Flag." Only one council person I'd seen was anywhere to be see and he is in the engineering fi There were two city employ' standing around with their ha in their,pockets every day. Can t anyone see a mista when they are looking right at i Please, let us, the public, l an explanation about it. Bill Schlapk 107 N. Perkins St seen the likes of this. I would Area vets to be honored Area Veterans will be honored by Heritage Christian School on Veteran's Day, Tuesday, November l lth from 10:00 to 11:00 AM at HCS, 2709 Dubuque Street NE, North Liberty. Lloyd Johansen is the featured speaker. Jordan Cannon, a graduate of HCS and soon to leave for h:aq, will be Honorary Guest. Color guard under the direction of Tim Soggy bills * from page 1 when the new ones were installed. "If they mis-read the meter when they took it out, there will be a problem right there" Hayes said. Despite the hike in many bills, Mayor Havel said there are still many things the city doesn't know yet. There are still things to work out, but it will come at another time. No decision was reached at last week's meeting, but the topic is one some on council would like to pursuit further. In other business, the city: • heard from Mike Hart regarding the painting of the new Wise will open the ceremonieS, Instrumental groups un direction of Lynn Jansen, 1 Heritage Singers directed by Li Mysnyk will perfoV Refreshments will be served pri to the program. All area veterans are For information, call Christian School at 626-477"I heritage-christian-school .com. water tower • Set Nov. 1 as the date for well digging at (Park will be closed) _i • approved resolution 200i UU, approving plans, specifi0 tions and form of contract for 1 water tower project • reviewed three bids for t] water tower project • approved the bid ff0 Maguire Iron, Inc. out of Falls, SD. for the amount $443,900 for the water tower ect • discussed animal con issues; towers and antennas; PbI.A' in South Park; Sub-Division, cemetery brush pile. For the edition of The Lone Reporter R The Lone Tree EPORTER (USPS 318-160) Published by: Slechta Communications, Inc. Bryon S. Houlgrave Editor/Repol.;ij Ron Rife Colurni Grynneth (Mrs. P) Parizek Colum,i|  THE LONE TREE REPORTER (USPS 318-160) is published weekly except Christmas for $2t per year in ]ohnson and Museatine counties, $25 per year elsewhere in Iowa and $30 per y er[ I the continental United States by Slechta Communications, Inc., The Lone Tree Reporter, Devoe St., Lone Tree, IA 52755. Periodicals postage paid at Lone Tree, IA. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to THE LONE TREE REPORTER, PO Box 235, Tree, IA 52755 i News and story deadlines are 2:00 p.m. each Monday Advertising deadlines arc noon each Monday All deadlines arc enforced, so to ensure your article gets published, please meet these requite" ments. Thank you. • •As our office is frequently unattended, you tony"reach Bryon Houlgrave at his cellphone: 631-3211. Leave a detailed message. The Lone Tree Reporter P.O. Box 235 Office: 319-629-5207 Lone Tree, low• 52755 emaih Itnews@lowatelecom.net ,, web: www.lonetre, ereportecom www. 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