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Blue Christmas
service
The community Blue
Christmas worship service
will be held on Sunday, Decem-
ber 6 at 2:00 p.m. at the United
Presbyterian Church in Lone
Tree.
Pancake supper
The Lone Tree chapter of
Lions Club International will
be having a pancake and sau-
sage supper prior to the Lone
Tree vs, Winfield/Mt. Union
basketball games on Friday,
December 18 beginning at
4:30 p.m. and ending at 7:00
p.m. Free will donation. Plan
on coming out to eat prior to
cheering on the home teams.
Holiday Food
Baskets
The churches of Lone Tree
are offering Holiday Food
Baskets for families in need.
Please call the Presbyterian
Church at 629-4900 by Monday,
December 7 to receive a bas-
ket. If you get the answering
machine, please leave your
name, phone number and
size of the family. The baskets
will be ready for pick up on
Wednesday, December 16 at
5:30 p.m.
Lone Tree Christmas
Lighting Contests
Thanks to the Lone Tree
Community School and the
Lone Tree Chamber of Com-
merce there, are two Christ-
mas Lighting Contests• this
year. The Lone Tree Commu-
nity School's girls track team
is having a contest with the
team making the selections
of first, second, and third
places. Their deadlines are as
follows: 12/15/15 to enter your
house in their contest with a
$10.00 entry fee. Judging of
the homes entered will be on
12/17/15 and the winners will
be announced during the half=
time of the games on 12/18/15.
If you have any questions or
need assistance with your
decorations please contact the
school at 319-629-4610 and ask
for Mr. DeVaul.
The Lone Tree Chamber of
Commerce contest is a little
different. Their rules are as
follows. The houses must be
within our city limits and the
lighting and decorations must
be visible from the outside.
Every Wednesday Chamber
members will vote on their fa-
vorite house. Winners will be
announced every Thursday
in December on the 3rd, 10th,
17th, 24th, and 31st. The lucky
winner will receive $24.00 in
Lone Tree Dollars, have their
picture placed in the local
newspaper, and get a congrat-
ulatory sign placed in their
yard. If you have questions
please call the bank at 319-629-
4222 and ask for Russ Forbes.
The same house is eligible
to win both contests. The
judging for each contest is in-
dependent of each other.
Let's light up our city this
year.
LoneTree
community tree
decorating event
There will be a Lone Tree
community tree decorating
event held on Friday, Decem-
ber 4 at 6:30 p.m. at the corner
of DeVoe and Jayne Streets.
Help us bring back some
"good old days" activity to our
community again. You may
bring your favorite decora-
Cmdr. Douglas Langenberg State University ROTC where he
recently became commanding graduated in 1997 with a Bachelor
officer of the "Black Lions" of of Science in Civil Engineering
Strike Fighter Squadron 213 in and received his commission. He
a change-of-command ceremony, earned his wings of gold and was
The squadron flies F18 Super Hor- designated a Naval Flight Officer
net jet fighter planes and deploys in Pensacola, FL in March 1999.
aboard the Norfolk-based air- Following initial flight training,
craft carrier George H.W. Bush. CDR Langenberg reported to the
Langenberg relieved Cmdr. Ted Grim Reapers of VF-101 for in-
Ricciardella, who had led the struction in the F-14 Tomcat. His
squadron since August 2014. Ric- first fleet assignment was on the
ciardella's next assignment is at Red Rippers of VF-11 and from
Harvard University as a Federal May 2000 until April 2003 he com-
Executive Fellow. Langenberg pre- pleted deployments on the aircraft
viously served as the squadron's carriers USS Dwight D. Eisen-
executive officer, hower (CVN 69) and USS John F.
Cmdr. Douglas Langenberg Kennedy (CV 67) in support of
is the son of Don and Diane Operations Southern Watch and
Langenberg, and brother of Enduring Freedom. In May 2003
Mat Langenberg of Dubuque. he reported to the Flying Eagles
Commander Doug Langenberg, of of VFA-122 in Lemoore, CA where
Lone Tree, Iowa, enlisted in the he transitioned to the FA-18F and
Navy in October 1988 and attend- was assigned as a Fleet Replace-
ed Recruit Training and Nuclear ment instructor.
Power School in Orlando, Florida. In 2006 he attended the Naval
Following a tour as an instructor war College in Newport, RI
at Nuclear Power Training Unit, where he received a Master of
Idaho Falls, ID he was selected Arts degree in National Security
and attended prep school in San and Strategic Studies and was as-
Diego, CA. He attended Iowa signed in March 2007 as the Strike
Operations Officer for Carrier Air
Wing Eight. In September 2008
he reported to the Blacklions of
VFA-213 where he served as the
Administrative, Maintenance and
Operations Officers and deployed
on the USS Theodore Roosevelt in
support of Operation Enduring
Freedom.
In October 2010 CDR Langen-
berg was assigned to the staff
of Commander, Naval Air Force
Atlantic as writer of the Master
Aviation Plan. Selected for Strike
Fighter command, CDR Lan-
genberg reported to the VFA-213
Blacklions as Executive Officer in
August 2014 where he deployed on
the USS George H. W. Bush (CVN
77) in support of Operation Inher-
ent Resolve.
CDR Langenberg has accumu-
lated 2400 flight hours. His decora-
tions include the Meritorious Ser-
vice Medal, Air Medal, Navy Com-
mendation Medal, Navy Achieve-
ment Medal, Good Conduct Medal
as well as various unit, campaign
and service awards.
O
Jovonte Squiers gets a layup on a fast break in the second half of a win
over Keota on Monday. Squiers had 21 points in the season-opener.
Lone Tree took a 53-48 lead with a 10-1 run
in the fourth quarter.
Lone Tree trailed Keota for most ofvonte Squires had a game high 21 points,
the game, but came back for a 68-63 road to go with 10 assists, six steals and five
victory in the first game of the regular rebounds.
season. "He always plays hard," said Coach
A banked 15-foot jumpshot from Daw-Squiers, "We're never going to fault his
son Swails capped a 10-1 run that gave effort, I thought he played really good
Lone Tree a 53-48 lead with 5:49 remain- defense and I thought he passed the ball
ing. Four Keota free throws cut the lead real well tonight. He took the shots that
to one point, but a pair of baskets from he had to take and then I thought he
Ross Swinton and a free throw from passed the ball when he needed to pass
Brock Smith kept the Lions up by at least the ball."
three points the rest of the way. Keota answered Lone Tree's run by
'Keota is a very good basketball team, outscoring the Lions 20-7 over the next
and they have a great tradition," explaine eight minutes.
Head Coach Tom Squiers. "I thought we Brock Smith made two shots, includ-
did some good things in the fourth quar- ing a three-point play tb cut the lead to
'fer, I-thought we adjusted well, we made 33-29 before halftime.
some shots in the last twelve minutes of Smith finished with 20 points, includ-
the game and that was key." ing seven in the fourth quarter, and
Lone Tree grabbed a 13-7 lead in the grabbed six rebounds.
f~stquarter with a l0-2 run behind seven "We had the size advantage," said
points from Jovonte Squiers and a three- Coach Squiers, "I told our post guys at
pointer from Swinton. halftime, it comes down to want-to. You've
Swinton finished with eight points, Jo- Continued... on page 6
Riley Warson looks to finish a fast break in the fourth quarter of a 36-15
win over the Eagles on Monday. Warson has 27 points through three games.
Lady Lions hold Eagles scoreless in 16-0 first
quarter in Keota.
The Lone Tree girls' basketball team Despite back-to-back baskets from
used a 16-0 first quarter run to sink Keota Morgyn Edwards in the second quarter,
36-15 on Monday night. Keota cut into the Lone Tree lead with
The Lone Tree defense held the Eagles a pair of three pointers and two free
without a field goal for the first 11:37 and throws. The Eagles had outscored Lone
only gave up a pair of two-point field Tree 8-7 in the second quarter before
goals and three triples on the night. Elena Sieverding made two field goals to
"The girls take a lot of pride on the de- push the lead to 19 at halftime.
fensive end, and we work on that a lot," "The thing that I challenged them on
said Head Coach Jonathan Harshman, at halftime was to really communicate,"
"it was good to see them playing with said Harshman. "Our communication
that effort." wasn't very good in the first half. In the
Riley Warson gave the Lady Lions a second half, it got much better. They were
14-0 lead with a layup and a three-pointer able to cover up each other's mistakes,
late in the first quarter, and know their assignments, where we
"We got some layups early,: we spread have to be on the floor. Communication
them out and were able to get some easy is a big key, and they did a nice job with
ones around the bucket," said Harshman, that in the second half."
"that obviously helps the girls with their Lone Tree held Keota to five points in
confidence, getting some easy ones." the third quarter and two points in the
"We were able to make some uncon-fourth: Sieverding led the Lady Lions
tested three point shots, we drove and with eight points. Madison Forbes, Ed-
got some open looks on the perimeter be- wards and Warson eac had seven.
cause of that." Contin ... on page 5
tion to add to our Lone Tree
tree. Hot cocoa will be served
to keep your heart warm and
fingers toasty. This even is
being sponsored by the Lone
Tree Chamber of Commerce.