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Read about Lee the
Horselogger's amazing
trek from Montana to
Boston and west again in
a covered wagon pulled
by three draft horses. The
next leg of his journey:
San Francisco!

The show will go on
10th Annual Antique
Tractor & Farm
Equipment Show will
occur on Sept. 6

Pastor Olson to be
installed at St.
John's in Buckley
Page 4

Youth For Christ to
hold Marathon
Weekend
Page 5

Eimen earns Public
Health
Administrator's
certification
Page 7

Area students
complete CNA
training
Page 7

Grand Prairie
Questers view
veterans' display at
Gilman Historical
Society
Page 8

Ashkum Lions
Homecoming photos
Pages 10-11

Obituaries
Diane Slack
Ronald McCoy

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Art Jones & Patricia
Goff, Publishers
111 W. Seminary Ave.,
Onarga, IL 60955

Welcome to the Lone Tree Leader
Online!
At the LTL, we know that a well-designed, accessible website
is a necessity in our increasingly technological world. In order
to keep up with changing times, we tend to change once in a
while. The LTL Online now has a new look and layout and is
easier to browse.

We're always happy to hear constructive comments and
criticism. Email us about the new website look, content or
anything else on your mind. If you're in the area, stop and
chat and meet Bonnie and Clyde (the office felines).

About the Lone Tree Leader
The Lone Tree Leader is a weekly newspaper serving
communities in Iroquois and Ford Counties, Illinois. The LTL
is published each Thursday morning and dated the following
Friday. It is mailed to hundreds of subscribers in East Central
Illinois and also to people in 38 states.

Why the name "Lone Tree Leader?" Well, "Onarga, by the red
men named, Lone Tree, the Indian version." That is one of the
first lines in a poem written by an ancestor of Durwood
Shawl, a genealogical researcher with ties to Onarga. The
poem was written at a 1906 Greene Family reunion at the
home of Mrs. Sylvester Howard in Onarga.

It is only family lore that the word "Onarga" is Amer-Indian
for "Lone Tree," but it sounds plausible (and a bit romantic) to
us and makes a very good name for our newspaper. Other
theories concerning the origin of the name do not lend
themselves to the naming of this paper.

Of course, the "Leader" part comes from the old Onarga
newspaper, "The Onarga Leader and Review."

Pick up your
copy of the Lone
Tree Leader at
the following area
stores:

ONARGA: Caseys,
Best Supermarket,
I-66 Station

GILMAN: Hometown
Shop 'n' Save,
Wasmer's Phillips 66,
Doc's Drugs,
Show To Go

CRESCENT CITY:
Casey's

ASHKUM: Meier Mart

CLIFTON: Huot I-66
Station

PIPER CITY: Cliff's
Supermarket,
Piper Gas

BUCKLEY: Buckley
Market & Deli