A Short Stack

     As you will notice, things were pretty quiet in Kornerland this week. The Kornerman almost cancelled out. Hopefully, our correspondents (YOU) will be more responsive prior to Wednesday.
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     Old buddy Vern Modeland has called the Kornerman out again. He has to be so politically correct all the time. In the last edition, I mentioned the radio station, WMT in Fort Dodge and Vern wrote that he didn't know that station had moved from Cedar Rapids to Fort Dodge. Alright, the Kornerman goofed.........the station in Fort Dodge we were referring to is KWMT, not WMT. Really, I do appreciate it when someone corrects our material.
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     Rumorville: We have mentioned before that there was a Pending Sale sign on the site just north and across the street from the south Kum and Go. Now, the For Sale signs are completely gone so that adds to the possibility something is underway there after no activity for quite a period of time.
     The rumor is that Vision Bank, across the street east from that location, has purchased the area, supposedly for employee parking.
     Now to McDonald's. We've mentioned that we were told by a reliable source that after a renovation of McDonald's in Nevada is completed, the Boone McDonald's will be demolished and rebuilt.
     Originally, it was thought that the Boone McDonald's would simply be "out of business" during the renovation time but now, we're told the "old" will still operate during that time because the "new" building will be set on a different piece of their property. By the way, most of the new McDonald's are built without a kids play area.
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     A truly wonderful collegiate basketball season is now over with the Cyclone men's loss last night in the NCAA tournament. Almost all of our state teams, Iowa, Iowa State, Northern Iowa and Drake, both the men's and women's teams, had good seasons with the Iowa and Iowa State men and women having exceptional years. That kept us all excited during our long winter. Basketball season is now over, just in time for the start of baseball.
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     He's been a regular in the Boone business community for over 60 years so many of you out-of-staters were probably familiar with investment guru Bob Digman before you left the area. He has retired and was honored with a nice retirement party yesterday. Congratulations to Bob.
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     We have touched briefly on this subject before but have a few more details now. In the Des Moines Register, Sunday edition, March 16, in the business section, there was a huge picture of former Booneite D.L. (Hank) Harris and a big story about his business.
     A former ISU professor, Hank is now the CEO of a company that is the only one in the nation that has developed a vaccine to fight a hog virus that has infected herds in 26 states. The virus has killed an estimated five million pigs in less than a year. This virus fight is especially important to Iowa farmers since the Hawkeye state is the largest producer of pigs in the country. The company is called Harris Vaccines. Hank is the son of the late Arnie and Marie Harris. They would be proud.
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    Boone Area Deaths: Ted Little, 57, Boone. Boone survivor is his wife, Tammy Craven Little........Donald Pritchard, 84, Stillwater, MN. Pilot Mound High grad. Farmed with his father and then became an elementary teacher............Larry Firnhaber, 72, Boone. BHS-59. Was a firefighter, route salesman and owner of a gutter and dry wall company. Boone area survivors include his wife, Patricia, and a daughter Judy Dowdy.
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