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       From Lamoni, IA Tony Crandell, BHS-59, gives us a more "hands-on" description of how the graffiti (Boone/Ames etc.etc.) ended up on the railroad overpass east of Boone.
     Tony wrote, "Greg Moore, BHS-84, brought to light a 50-year old event that needs to be explained. Greg's recollections about the graffiti on the Highway 17 bridge was not completely accurate. The graffiti was actually on the Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern overpass east of Boone on old Highway 30. It was painted with Rust Oleum forest green paint and a whiskbroom. The paint was left over from painting the six green light towers at Goeppinger Field. The perpetrator, who has now passed on, was trying to incite a little school spirit on the Boone side by making it appear as if students from Ames painted it. This was done the year that Brent Downey and others finally beat Ames in 1962 after 29 years of losing to the Little Cyclones. So, maybe, in that respect, his psychology worked! While I did not actually furnish the paint, I did tell him there was a can with a small amount of it at the bottom of the fence on the east side of Goeppinger Field at the base of the middle pole. I had painted the six, 80-foot light towers in trade for my tuition at Boone Junior College and I had left the paint there for later touch-up."
     Tony added, "I imagine the statute of limitations has expired so........Larry McHugh was the perpetrator. Larry went on to be an officer in the Iowa National Guard and served at the National Guard Bureau in Washington, D.C. for a few years. For a while, he lived in the old Dr. Whitaker? house on the southwest corner of South Story and Park Ave. Larry died in 1999."
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     Mark Tompkins, BHS-60, wrote, "recently there was a late night PBS showing of "Driving the Lincoln Highway......New York City to San Francisco." It was interesting but I didn't think any more of it until I was wandering the back roads Friday and chanced into the Iowa  headquarters of the Lincoln Highway Association in Grand Junction. I stopped in, got some brochures, had good conversation, and picked up a membership application. As I motored along, I conjectured that there must be a good many, at least several, Booneites who belong to the association or would have an interest. Boone County, of course, had to have been one of the real challenges to building the Lincoln Highway a hundred years ago. The Des Moines River valley presented challenges, otherwise, not seen between Clinton and Council Bluffs. So I motored "new" U.S. 30 east out of Grand Junction and soon saw one of the easily spotted Lincoln Highway signs pointing into Beaver, a onetime route. Old U.S. 30 went through Ogden and Boone, crossing the river a mile or so north of "new" 30. I saw that at Mamie Eisenhower Drive and Marion Street the Lincoln Highway jogged north and thence east on Seventh street back in the day. Guess I'm curious about whether there is a Boone chapter of the association? There's likely a small history book about the Lincoln Highway in Boone County that has been or should be written. Something to do in your spare time, Mo!"
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     BITS AND PIECES:  (1) Don't forget the Jamie Kelley concert coming up to benefit the Boone County Freedom Flight effort. The concert is set for June 20 at 8 p.m.. Tickets can be obtained for $20 in advance at the YMCA or Eckstein's or for $25 at the door. Or, if you are feeling real generous, just write a big check out and send it to Boone County Freedom Flight, P.O. Box 311.
     (2)  Congrats to current BHS student/athletes, Danny Anderson and Paul Solomon, who earned their way into the state tennis doubles field. Quite an accomplishment.
     (3)  Delbert (Hank) Harris, BHS-61, a former ISU professor, continues to make a name for himself worldwide through his company, Harris Lab. First, a solution for a serious hog disease was founded and now, an effort is being made to quell Avian Flu.
     (4)  John Kueck, BHS-61, commented on two-a-day football practices. He said some very hard work he was doing in very hot weather as a laborer at Quinn's "bulked me up to 128 pounds, mostly muscle" and he thought he was ready for some football. He added, "but the football practices were more tiring than the eight hours of work and I was being battered by bigger kids." John said, "trust me, those practices were brutal. I wonder if they still do those intense training sessions. I know they have tempered such practices closely in Minnesota because of the risk of hyperthermia."
     (5)  Jon Welin, BHS-70, made some nice comments from sunny and hot Florida. "I so enjoy reading your blog and wanted to thank you for your efforts. Reading the blog helps stir so many good memories of a town that I have never been ashamed to call home and have always been proud of." John said he hasn't been "home" for a while (2013) but hopes to stop in this summer.
     (6)  Finally, there is always lots of "coffee talk" including community rumors. If you look closely you will see that there has been some action at the old Walmart location. Is their any truth to the talk that Carroll's Farner-Bocken company may setup a distribution center in that building?
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     Boone Connected Deaths: Ron Harris, 73, Cedar Rapids. Formerly of Boone/Ogden. Born in Boone. His parents were John and Mildred Harris. OHS-59. Was a serviceman and then worked 25 years for Mid American Energy. Retired in Ogden..........James Girard, 49, Boone............Justin Tjentland, 57, Boone.........Joni Wailes, 59, Boone. Grew up in Carroll. Assisted her husband, Rick, with Wailes Carpentry and Flooring. Boone area survivors include husband, Rick, son Scott, daughter Hannah and brother-in-law Larry Wailes all of Boone.
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