Successful BHS Basketball Seasons are Ending

     The Boone High School boys basketball team fell just short of a state tournament berth Monday, losing to Dallas Center-Grimes, 54-43, to end the BHS season.
     Meantime, the Boone High School girls basketball team will open state tourney play this very morning (Wednesday) with a 10 a.m. game against top-ranked Marion.
     It was hoped that both the boys and girls would earn their way into state play, and it almost happened, for what would have been a "first ever" such feat in BHS basketball history.
     Regardless, it has been an outstanding Toreador basketball season with numerous achievements.
     CONGRATULATIONS to both teams.
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     During these successful seasons there has been lots of comparison between this year's teams and Toreador teams of the past.
     During the discussion, it has been mentioned that Coach Chuck Lovin had some outstanding girls teams in the 1950's.
     Marty Dannatt, BHS-68, tells the Korner that he has had a discussion with Mr. Lovin, his father-in-law, about those days. Marty wrote, "he (Chuck) remembers fondly that his 1956 team went 19-1 with l7 of the wins in a row. They were beaten by Gilbert in the sectionals, a team they had beaten a few weeks before. Chuck said the reason they lost that game is because his leading scorer, Sandra Hall, had a tooth pulled at 6 p.m. before the start of the 7 p.m. game and she normally scored 18 to 33 points a game but did not have a good game, due to the tooth extraction. He said he had some other good players on that team, Bonnie Reid, Mary Courter and Janet Musser were mentioned. He also said the girls did not play in a conference at that time. They had to schedule games with whomever would play them."
     Coach Lovin is 97 now and still resides in Boone.
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     The Kornerman noted a hilarious video on the internet, YouTube to be exact. Someone hired an actor to get on a subway or train or some such vehicle and just break out in constant laughter while viewing their I-pad or whatever you call those devices, wondering what the reaction of the other passengers would be. He went on and on with the laughter.
     It was amazing.........eventually, everyone of the passengers were laughing also or at least displaying a healthy smile. Its been said, "happiness starts with a smile." Or laughter. Guess so.
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     Mark August 21, 2017 on your calendar. Tom Peterson, BHS-67, tells us there will be an epic, total solar eclipse on that day........the first such event in 99 years.
     It will darken the skies from Oregon to South Carolina along a stretch of land 70 miles wide. Tom said, "folks who descend on this path of totality are in for an unforettable experience."
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     Mary McCoy was a loyal, very loyal, Boone resident from 1951-2009 and was extremely active in almost "anything Boone." Such  a gracious lady we admired so much engaged in church and so many other community activities.
     You may recall that the Korner asked our viewers to send her special birthday wishes as she hit her 100th birthday January 1, 2017.
     Somehow, the Kornerman missed the fact that Mary passed away in Littleton, CO early last month. Her husband, Max, a well known Boone businessman, died in 1989 and Mary left Boone for Colorado in 2009 to be closer to family members.
     The surviving McCoy children are Roger, BHS-61, of Morrison, CO; Marsha McCoy Wilson, BHS-64, of Montgomery, TX. and Michael, BHS-69, of Victor, ID.
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     BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS: Phyliss Streit Drumm, 89, BHS-46, passed away in Carmel, CA. in December. Her husband, Victor, is a survivor...........Louise (Jan) Peterson, 80, Ames. Boone area survivor is a son, Michael Peterson of Boone........Janet Lea Kleinwolterink, 54, Ames. She received a degree from DMACC, Boone campus.........Robert Reutter, 83, Wallingford, IA..............
Betty Hendershott Watson, 85, Boone. Pilot Mound HS-50. DMACC grad. Was a cook at the Ogden schools and served as a secretary at the Woodward State Hospital until retirement in 1993. Boone area survivors include sons, Don and Jay Watson, and daughter, Vicki Conley, all of Boone........Roger Erickson, 55, Boone. OHS-79. A truck driver. Boone area survivors include his mother, Shirley Erickson, and brother, Robert Erickson, both of Boone.........Deane Eckley, 91, Boone. Grew up on a Boone County farm and farmed in the county throughout his working life. Boone area survivors include a son, Gary of Ames, son, Doug, and daughter, Dee Tometich, both of Panora........Etta Stewart, 97, Boone. Was raised in Boone by Dora and Will Troutwine. Boone area survivor is a son, Stephen Doran, of Boone.........Inez Simonson, 93, Stratford. SHS-41. Was a homemaker and worked at the Stratford library. Farmed with her husband, Dale, near Boone and Stratford. Boone area survivors include Dale, a daughter, Carol Harris, and a son, John, all of Stratford.
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