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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.