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     Since our Theodore Roosevelt statue has been such an important part of the McHose Park landscape, the Kornerman couldn't help but notice seeing a pertaining New York headline without mentioning it to our viewers.
     The headline blared, "Take down racist Theodore Roosevelt statue agitators tell New York Museum." It was all connected to the recent Columbus Day holiday.
      A pair of well known groups ??.......NYC Stands with Standing Rock and Decolonize This Place ......were the organizers of the protest to "draw attention to the museum's encouragement of racist tropes, and implored New York City to rename Columbus Day.......Indigenous People's Day.
     Christopher Columbus is BELIEVED to have brutally enslaved the indigenous people upon his arrival here in October of 1492 and he SUPPOSEDLY imposed harsh punishments, including torture.
     New to the Kornerman is word that there is a growing movement to change the name of Columbus Day to Indigenous People's Day. In the past year, cities in 10 different states have moved to make the change, the largest being Phoenix, AZ. One protestor commented, "it doesn't seem like this renaming is important but it is super important for oppressed  people."
     One of the organizers of the museum protest said, "it's just to echo what this is. It's really a hall of white supremacy, that's what this is." After touring the museum, activists started chanting, "Respect! Remove! Rename! while carrying signs that read, "Decolonize This Museum," "Abolish White Supremacy" and "Black Lives Matter."
     Back to the Teddy Roosevelt thing.......when the activists toured the museum, they covered the Roosevelt statue and took turns reading from a speech. Part of the speech referred to Roosevelt, "his nature was not empty wilderness. It was and is indigenous land taken through violence just like Columbus who came to enslave. To take their gold and their bodies and their souls."
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     The Kornerman received a nice note from Janeann Stout who wrote, "thanks for the coverage of the Trinity Lutheran Church 150th anniversary. We had wonderful turnouts and enjoyed visiting with former members, teachers and pastors who had moved away but found the road back for the anniversary."
     Janeann reported that attendance at two services totaled 468, or double the normal attendance; some 60 or 70 were at the talent show; in the rain, 52 came for game night, 15 took part in the golf outing and the celebration dinner was enjoyed by 235 people.
     More than 200 anniversary books have been sold and church historian, Gary Mackey, was lauded for his work. Janeann said, "Gary is the "keeper" of the newspaper clippings on all the members of the Trinity. He had two huge scrapbooks on display, filled with clippings from the past 25 years.......marriages, births, anniversaries and deaths."
     Janeann concluded, "appreciate what you do, helping keep the memories and day-to-day activities of Boone alive and well."
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     BITS AND PIECES: (1) The BHS/BSH class of 1957 is planning a reunion next year and has been seeking some information on "missing" classmates. Our mention of some of those classmates brought a response from Marty Dannatt, BHS-68, who provided a Florida address for one of his relatives, Larry Land. We passed the word on. Larry, a longtime employee of Polk County, has just moved to Florida fulltime. (2) East coast correspondent Rick Houser, BHS-63, sent us a DVD of an old movie, "the Long Gray Line" starring Tyrone Power and Maureen O'Hara. Rick said, "here's a movie that tops my list. I hope you haven't seen it. It'll cause a lump in your throat." (3) A couple of things about the recent reunion of the classes of  1961. First, Lori Johnson sent us an opportunity to see, via pictures, the fantastic work of Tom Burke. Tom has built a train layout and included are many familiar Boone sites.....the Rialto Theatre and other downtown locations. Then too, John Kueck of that class sent the Kornerman a copy of a movie he constructed of the reunion.......from start to finish. It was very well done in every way.......musical background etc. A very nice momento of a very enjoyable 55th reunion anniversary. (4) It appears that minus any bad luck.....injury etc.......Boone's Pete Kostelnick, BHS-2005, will set a new record for a run from San Francisco to New York City. Monday was day 36 and Pete has estimated he will end his journey seven days after. The record, which has stood since 1980, is 46 days, eight hours and 36 minutes. One observer said, "at his pace of 70.7 miles per day, Pete could break that record by two or three days."
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     BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS: Mary Lindblom Rieck, 97, Ankeny. After her mother's early death, Mary and two older brothers moved to a children's home. Eventually, she moved with her dad to Boone. BHS-37. Was a telephone operator. Mary and her husband, Kenny Rieck, followed Pastor Paul Spong from her Lutheran Church in Boone to Grand View Lutheran in Des Moines in 1947.........Sandra Kay Harriman, 68, Ames. Homemaker and worked at Contemporary Designs for 15 years. Boone area survivor is a brother, Roger Temple, of Boone.........Zita Mary Powell Bucsko, 94, Boone. Moved to Boone in 2007 and moved to the Eastern Star Home in 2012. Boone area survivor is a daughter, Mary (Corky) Bucsko-Prater, of Ames.
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