Moving Forward

     Clare Kostelnick, Pete's mother, wrote, "thanks for including the update of Pete Kostelnick in your blog. He has crossed into Nebraska so he won't have to fight the altitude any longer. We're looking for him to arrive in Boone sometime this coming weekend. This mom would love to give him and his awesome crew a bed and a meal, but Pete will make that call as far as how much time they can allow. You know Mo, I was so excited when you covered Pete's first marathon in Washington D.C. in 2008. I saved those newspapers. He runs nearly three times that distance every day now. But it is because of the support of his hometown and people like you that he had to include Boone on his route in the attempt to break the Guinness record. We sure enjoy your blog and it helps us stay connected to the community of Boone, both past and present. Keep up the good work. Thanks for all you do."
      The Kornerman says, "Clare, it isn't every day that "one of our own" accomplishes greatness on a national/international scale like Pete, BHS-2005, has. Its a great pleasure for me to follow this most current success and tell everybody else I can all about it."
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     Regarding that last line.......among several other things we Booneites can brag about are the Super NATIONAL races. We're it! We are hosting national championships in several racing categories annually yet, we don't seem to get a peep out of our friends at the Des Moines Register. I couldn't find anything about the event in the DMR those days..........even results in the small print.
     The Kornerman had had enough. Yes, I wrote the DMR Sports Editor (they don't really call him that anymore.......its some fancy name that nobody understands)...........a letter complaining about this lack of coverage of this national event right here in Boone, Iowa.........900 cars involved and drivers from numerous states, including Arizona, California, New York etc.
     It certainly has to be one of the top 5, 10,  or, at least, 15 events in our state every year and it has been that way for many years but not a peep from the "News Iowa Depends Upon." Above the top banner it used to say, "The Newspaper Iowa Depends Upon." Sounds like kind of a guilt change to me.
    Anyway, as expected I guess, I've never received a reply.
    I guess I was in that kind of a mood because I also wrote the Publisher of the Ames Tribune complaining about their radical BNR changes from a daily to a three-times a week publication to a weekly edition and the lack of compassion for our community during this drastic changeover.
    Guess what? No reply to that letter either. What? These leaders don't answer their mail?
    As long as I'm on the subject. Has anyone else noticed that there are Boone stories, about Boone people, written by Whitney Sager, the editor of the BNR, appearing in the Ames Tribune BEFORE it is repeated in the BNR at a later date? Thanks a lot for, "thinking of us first."
     Then too, as part of the new BNR changeover, Boone folks are receiving copies of the Ames Tribune on weekends, Saturday and Sunday.
     It appears to the Kornerman that this is a forerunner to an even bigger change. Sometime soon, there won't even be a Boone weekly, but a smattering of Boone news will appear in the pages of the Ames Daily Tribune and Booneites will be urged to subscribe to the Tribune to receive their Boone news.
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     Editor's Note: Other than coverage of Pete's great event, this edition leans heavily negative and for that, I apologize. The Kornerman doesn't like for it to be that way but I had to clear my head on a couple of things that I found bothersome and that effect my home community.
     BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS: Jerry (J.D.) Dean, 55, Decorah. Boone area suvivors are his dad, Harold (Tex) Dean and his step-mother, Nancy Dean, both of Boone........Barbara Hagge, 74, Des Moines.........Victor Thomas. His daughter, Vicki Gustafson, survives........Thomas Keenan, 69, Phoenix. OHS-65...........Raynold Johnson, 84, Woodward.........Marvin Thomas Dutton, 72, Bella Vista, Ark. Born in Boone. BHS-62. Parents were Marvin and Jean Dutton. Marvin was an electrical engineer prior to retirement in 2009 when he moved to Bella Vista. There, he became a realtor.
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