Hello Again

     "Hello, again, hello. Just called to say hello." Yes, we're back and those words are from a Neil Diamond song that was sung beautifully by Jennifer Nettles of the Sugarland group at the Lincoln Center Honors of 2014. You can hear it on YouTube if you desire.
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     As long as we're on music, lets talk about the Boone City Municipal Band July 4th concert at the Herman Park pavilion. It was all patriotic music, of course, and if you locals didn't attend, you were the only ones missing. What an overflow crowd.......every cranny inside the pavilion
was taken and there were overflows to the outside. The brat was good (with sauerkraut of course) and the pie and ice cream delicious.......and the weather, about as good as you could ask for on a July 4th.
     Next up, the 25th annual Band Festival featuring several Iowa bands in a day-long performance on Saturday with the Boone Municipal band concluding the menu with a 7 p.m. performance.
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     Speaking of future happenings, we're looking ahead to the 116th annual Iowa By the Sea Picnic which will be held the weekend of August 12-13. The info we received never mentioned a date or the site but it did say it was 39 days ahead and the limited info was dispensed on July 4.
    Mention of  a picnic on the Battleship Iowa's bow area on the pier gives us a bit of a clue as to the site.
     Reservations and payment are due before August 1st.
     With that limited basic info, I guess the best thing we can do is mention a web site that promises information........www.iowabytheseapicnic.com.
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     Thanks to Kathy Wheelock for the nice July 4th e-card.
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     Two things the Kornerman wanted to mention that the "outside" viewers may find interesting. (1) The old ice skating rink you and I remember in McHose Park has finally been released to the 'rinks in the sky.' It was explained that, "due to the way the water runs through it and the amount of silt, the pond would not freeze over enough to safely allow ice skating to take place."
     Planning for a new outdoor rink is well underway. It will be held a short distance up the hill, west, from the old rink in the Gutteridge Park area.
(2) Bob Fisher has officially retired as the Executive Director of the Boone County Economic Growth Corporation after 22 years of valiant service. The corporation was formerly called Boone's Future.
     It can be verified that almost anything good that has happened in this community in the past 22 years, has, at least, some of Bob's fingerprints on it. He and his dedicated service will surely be missed.
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     Boone Connected Deaths: Luis Luloff, 89, Des Moines. Born in Boone. Parents were Lewis and Edith Robertson Mosher. Boone area survivor is a sister, Gwen Platter, of Boone.........Sara Deuel, 90, Boone..........Winston Murphy, 72, Boone.........Bonnie Walker, 81, Boone. Homemaker. Boone area survivors include sons, Kurt, Brian and Lance Walker, all of Boone............Norma Weaver, 72, Boone. Moved to Boone in 1971. Operated a day care for several years. Boone area survivors include a son, Doug, and daughters, Kimberly and Kristine, all of Boone..........Angie Bryant Brown, 48, West Melbourne, FL. Daughter of Gary and Barb Fetzer, BHS-60, Bryant of Palm Bay, FL.
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