The Cold/Cough is Bye, Bye

     The Kornerman was hoping to make it one winter......just one winter......without the dreaded coughing cold but.........
     Cough, cough, cough, that makes for a very sore head and it held on from a Sunday to Friday.
     That's it.....I hope.
     Thanks to Lou and Roger Oxenford and Kathleen Wheelock who sent encouraging e-cards.
     If any viewers have any outstanding concoctions or ideas about how to battle a coughing cold or prevent one from starting, we'd appreciate hearing about them.
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     John Kueck, BHS-61, sent some information regarding classmate Tom Burke's extensive model train layout which, in its midst, depicts many Boone buildings and other familiar sites. John wrote, "Tom has invested thousands of hours through the years making this layout."
     John added, "I, personally, would like to see it, eventually, become a part of the Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad/James H. Andrew Railroad Museum." He sent a picture of the layout to the BSVR organization with his thought. Sent the Kornerman a picture too and it is a spectacular layout.
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     Mark Tompkins, BHS-60,  wondered if we had received a big snowfall recently? Yup! He indicated that in his area, the Missouri River's east bank, they received some 10 inches. Mark wrote, "I think we were heartier, braver, or more reckless back in the "dark ages" pre-1960. School never got closed and we just plowed ahead (pun intended). Country kids who missed school because the buses couldn't run just had to make it up."
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     Quick notes: (1) The Kornerman was surprised with all the recent theatre talk that we hadn't heard from Tony Crandell, BHS-59, who survived work experiences at both KWBG and the Rialto. (2) Scott Linn, BHS-74, sent one of those Boone postcards that shows the Rialto sign and also the big Boone sign that hung over Story Street in the railroad track area. By the way, what ever happened to that effort to, somehow, restore that epic "Welcome to Boone" sign?
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     Boone Connected Deaths: Bonnie Klatt, 80, Madrid. Was a waitress and worked at Woodward State Hospital. Boone area survivors include a son, Allen, of Madrid and Mark of Boone.......Edward Rethman, 79, West Des Moines. Boone area survivor is a daughter, Kirsten McGrauth of Boone.........Delores Holz, 97, Des Moines. Boone area survivor is a granddaughter, Kim Johnson of Boone........Ardis Heidebrink, 75, Madrid............Jean Kellogg, Mitchellville. In 1948, Jean and her husband, Virgil, moved to Madrid where Virgil was school principal and, eventually, the school suprintendent...........Harold (Bill) Jensen Jr., 88, Ankeny. Formerly of Boone. Had a long railroad career prior to retirement...........William Troche, 84, Boone........Joseph Lentsch, 59, Boone. Worked for Walters Sanitary before retirement. Boone area survivors include his wife, Brenda, daughter, Brendalee, and sister Bonnie Patten.........George Sears, 74, Boone. Boone area survivors include a sister, Kathy Harrington of Ogden............Roger Hubby, 67, Boone. BHS-67. Worked in the family business, Mid-States Steel, until retirement in 2000. Boone area survivors include his wife, Rose, and sister, Claudia Ferry, both of Boone.
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