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Page 2 On The Backroads It seems that Christmas will soon be upon us. After two months (or more) of preChrist- mas sales and Christmas music we finally get to celebrate the holiday. Before we know it (along about the 20th of January) the stores will be advertising pre- Easter sales. I realize it takes large stores awhile to get their displays up, but getting started before Hal- loween seems to be pushing the envelope. The retailers must be taking clues from the politicians who announce intentions to form a committee to explore the possibilities of running for some political office two or three years before the event. I guess we're going to have to do one of two things to get through this each year. We will have to accept that there is going to be a long 'Christmas' season, or we'll just have to ignore the whole thing entirely. The retail- ers aren't going to change. So, even though I am about two months behind the retailers, I would like to take this opportu- nity, just three days before Christmas, to wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. If you are among those who don't celebrate Chrisnas for whatever reason then Happy Whatever Your Choice is. The main thing is we need to all learn to accept others views and to get along. It could be a mighty fractious world if we are constantly bick- ering or it could be a mighty lonely world if we take our `ball', leave the game and go off by our- selves. I would like to take this oppor- tunity to thank all of you who have told me during the past COLUMNS/LETTERS "Pushing the Chrimrm envelope" m By Ron Rife The. ?.one "Pra Reporter year how much you appreciate my efforts. Your comments are very much appre- ciated by me. To those of you who have seen fit to question some of my motives, thank you for that, too. It helps keep every- thing in perspective. I'm not saying I am going to agree with your points of view, but it keeps me on my toes. It keeps me aware of a fact I know very well. I do not have all the answers to all problems and I do not claim that a Supreme Being is guiding me and those who don't follow me are doomed. There is enough of that kind of thinking being passed around all over the world that it doesn't need any help from me. So, once again, have a Jolly Holiday, whatever yours may be. I hope we all have a Happy and Prosperous New Year and that we all stay healthy and remain friends. Once again we got smacked by snow. Last Thursday's Gazette had a little box on the front page comparing this December's snow with normalcy.. Cedar Rapids is on a track to set a record. Through December 14 that city had received 17.3 inches of snow in December. That beat the amount of 13.56 inches received by that date in Decem- ber, 2000, the snowiest month in Iowa's recorded weather history. Iowa City has received 17.8 Yuletide table Photo by Ray Weikal l"erd Mullintx (left) serv¢ a full plate and some seasonal joy to Mary Menzer (front) Irene Ford and Glaclys Forbes at the senior center Friday, Dec. 16. inches in that time span. We might not get much snow for the rest of the month and, therefore, will not set a record for the whole month. The December, 2000, totals were 30.6 inches in Cedar Rapids and 27.1 inches in Iowa City. The average amount of snowfall in Iowa for the whole winter is about 32 inches. Whether or not we set a Decem. bor record we certainly have a head start on getting more snow than average for the winter. The only good thing about the snow is that, hopefully, when it melts it will put a lot of good moisture in the ground because we cer- tainly came up short in 2005. For those of you who don't like fruitcake and think it should be banned I have a story here for you that proves the dan- ger of fruitcake. It's another item I lifted from Bill Wun- drum's column in the Quad-City Times At the Quad-City Internation- al Airport, Russ Lack of Daven- port was stunned when asked to step out of line. Russ, who is a quiet gentleman of some years, looks to be as harmless as a pussycat. But those who handle the security line were leery. There was a suspicious object in his luggage. The bag was upacked and there it was -- a heavy, threatening, bomb-look- ing object tightly wrapped in plastic. It was about 6 inches long and 3 inches high. "You gotta be kidding me," Russ laughed. That threatening "bomb' was one of Sister Lud- milla Benda's famous fruit- cakes. "I've had people tell me they used my fruitcakes as doorstops, but this was the first time anyone thought it was an explosive. Maybe I'm putting in too much brandy," says Sister Luddy. Russ was flying to Minneapo- lis and then on to Grand Marais, Minnesota. "My son, Steve, loves Luddy's fruitcakes. He told me not to come up for Thanksgiving unless I brought one of her fruit- cakes," he says. Luddy, 'retired' to Buffalo, Iowa, is in her 25th year of turn- ing out brick-heavy fruitcakes. She will make 2,500 of them this season. They're on sale at the Religious Supply Center, Daven- port, and Italian Village, Rock Island. I guess you're not out of the woods yet. I found another sheet of those crazy things about the English language. Since it's Christmas I'll give you a present by just using one of them this week. If you have a rough cough, climbing can be tough when going through the bough on a tree. The Thought For The Week this week rather says that it all starts with each individual. It is: "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." i • The Lone Tree Reporter, Thursday, December 22, 200 From My Little Corner... "Snow everywhere you go" I've been getting Christmas cards. Some have just the name of the person who sent it. Some have a little note and some come with a letter. If I get a card with just a name, I know the person is alive, but it would be nice if they wrote a few words about themselves or their family. If they go to all the trouble to send a card, I would like it if they wrote something in it. I think next year I won't be sending cards. Postage is get- ting so high now. I think I will send the money to Camp Courageous instead. By the calendar it's not win- ter yet, but it's snowing! I hope the people who wanted a white Christmas are happy. I'd like to go down south, but they are getting cold and snow too. The snow makes it look like Christmas, so I guess if I don't have to drive in it, I'm happy. Maybe I'll just stay indoors until spring. In fact, they can bring on spring weather any time now. Now it's time for bakIng cookies and getting ready for By Mrs. P The Lone Tree Reporter the holidays. I brought this recipe for Swedish Pepper Kakor back from Branson. It's a Morn Hughes special. Ingredients: 3 cups flour. 1 tbsp ginger 2 tsp cinnamon 1/2 tsp cloves 2 tsp baking soda 1 1/2 cups sugar 2 eggs 1/2 lb butter 2 tbsp dark karo syrup Refrigerate dougt overnight. Roll out very thii with a floured rolling pin on a floured board. Cut with cookie cutters and place on a baking sheet. Bake at 350 for six to seven minutes. I hope everyone has a very good Christmas! Wednesday, Dec. 2I - 3:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 27- 2-7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 28- :2-7 p,m. Thursday, Dec. 29 - 2-7 p.m. Senior Dining December 22-30 December 22: Breaded fish fillet, rice pilaf, broccoli, cauli- flower and raisin salad, Mandarin.oranges, lemon pudding. DOMINOES. December 23" BBQ ribbette with bun, onion slices, tri potato patty, pea salad, mixed fruit, poke cake. CHECKERS. December 26: Christmas holiday. No meals. December 27: Beef stew, cornbread, mixed green salad, cottag e cheese and pinapple, cake, vanilla ice cream cup. CARDS. December 28: Pot roast, mashed potatoes and gravy, sliced car' rots, broccoli salad, heavenly hash. COMPUTER. December 29: Roast pork, mashed potatoes arid gravy, Italian L vegetables, rosey applesauce, frosted pumpkin bars. CRIBBAG December 30: Meat Swiss broccoli sauce, noodles, Harvard beets, apple-bran muffins, strawberries and banana, trail mix. YAHTZEE. All meals served with whole wheat bread, margarine and 2% milk unless noted. me Tree (USPS shd ':we'ey except per year in Johnson and $25 per year else- Thursday December 22 2005 The Lone Tree Reporter 117 N DeVoe Street Lone Tree, IA 52755 Periodicals postage paid at Lone Tree, IA. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to THE LONE TREE REPORTER, PO Box 13, Lone Tree, IA 52755 THE LONE TREE REPORTER An independent newspaper and official newspaper for the City of Lone Tree, Johnson County, and the Lone Tree Community School District. Deadlines: All items are due by 12 p.m. Monday after- noon for publication consideration in that week's issue. Deadlines for holidays are Fri- daybySp.m. Deadlines are strictly enforced, and the Editor of the newspaper reserves the right to reject any item submitted for publication, solely at his discretion. Contact Us: Office: 319-629-5207 FAX: 319-629-4203 Mobile phone: 319-930-7570 email: ltnews@iowatelecom.net www.lonetreereporter.com Ron Slechta ............... Publish¢ Ray Weikal ............... EditOr Tim Groff .......... ......... Spo