We Goofed

     I hate to have to start with an apology BUT........what the heck, haven't you ever made a mistake?
     We had mentioned in a recent rant that a BHS wrestler, Mason Hulse, had qualified for the state meet. Actually, there was a second Boone High School wrestler who also qualified. So the Kornerman apologizes to Jacob Melton who we, unintentionally ignored.
     The state meet is well underway with the finals coming up tonight (Saturday), preceded by wrestlebacks to determine all the other final placings.
     Here's the Boone wrestlers situation. Hulse, a junior at class 3-A,  145 pounds, has an opportunity for as high as a third place finish. He won his first two matches, 6-4, and 8-6, and then lost by technical fall in 5:37.
     Melton, a senior at 220 pounds, could finish as high as seventh. He won by a fall in 1:25 and lost by a fall in 1:28.
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     Here we go again. The Kornerman hates to get involved but what am I do too? This is the only contribution I have unused........and I've put off using it for two weeks. Again.....too much me, me, me when I want me completely ignored in favor of stories/memories from you, you,  you.
     Vern Modeland, BHS-40, wrote in response to the Kornerman's similar expressed feeling several editions back. He probably thought I had forgotten it. No, I just don't feel comfortable getting into it.
     He wrote, "you see, Mr. Kornerman, if it wasn't your, you, you, you, we likely wouldn't have any records of those wonderful achievements, big or little, to reminisce about. If you didn't notice, today's readers and rarer contributors don't go back very far. We had a school full of achievers, for all the right reasons. Look how many went on to achieve in other fields because of competitiveness that was drilled into them as what growing up was all about. Intelligent people. That's what you get from intelligent teachers and the back grounding growing up in Boone. You and a lot of motivated teachers, neighbors and sports-folk made us what we are 'cause we were lucky enough to grow up there, in Boone, Iowa."
     It was a lengthy response and I haven't printed all of it but should explain that Vern's comment, "full of achievers for all the right reasons" was in answer to his opinion (and mine and others) that the competitiveness mentioned was far more important than "everyone winning a medal or other award so no one was left out, without one to hang on their wall."
    Now there is a subject that could produce lots of combative discourse on a different day.
    Thanks Vern. I do feel appreciative of your complimentary note BUT again, I'd much prefer filling this space with much less me, me, and me and more of you, you, you.......your stories, memories etc. Can't do that without the help of you viewers.
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     BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS: Donna Bollenbaugh, 87, Ogden. OHS-47. Was a DMACC graduate. Worked at the Boone County Hospital, then for 26 years in Dr. Linder's office, and 10 years at Walmart as a pharmacist. Boone area survivor is a son, Jeff, of Ogden........Derek James Watkins-Lipscomb, 6 Ames. His mother is Audra Hand Watkins and his step-father is Dwayne Lipscomb. Abby and "Dutch" Hand, now deceased, would be Derek's grandparents. Services to be held in Napier.........Geneva Taber, 88, Des Moines. She and her husband, Harold, "loved to go camping and greatly enjoyed the years spent at their summer home near Pilot Mound." The movie, "Twister," was filmed near their property...........Catherine Ford, 63, Ames. Ballard HS. Lived most of her adult life in Hawaii. Boone area survivors include her mother, Louise Mattingly, and sister Holly Larson both of Boone........Bernadine Pepper Kalen, 96, Harlan, KY. Grew up on a Boone County farm with twin brother, Bernard, and 11 other offspring. Was a teacher and worked in the children's room of the Ericson Library..........Marjorie Henry, 90. Boone area survivors include son, John Henry, and daughter, Mary Maben, both of Boone.
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