Wednesday, May 17, 2017

More National Recognition

     The Kornerman, in some recent editions, has been highlighting some Boone natives who have made us proud via their career accomplishments, many on a national scale or even beyond.
     Mark Tompkins, BHS-60, tells us about a classmate of his who is "a world leader in his corner of electrical engineering." The classmate, Dr. John Clymer, later this month, will be making a presentation on the Mathematics of Complex Adaptive Systems at the 2017 International Complex Systems Conference in Wessex, England.
     Mark added, "I will be John's travel guide after the conference when we take the ferry to Cherbourg, France where we will start two weeks of touring the five D-Day beaches. We'll start at the Liberation Museum in Cherbourg and likely visit a couple dozen World War II sites including Omaha and Utah beaches, Point du Hoc and some magnificent cathedrals dating back to about 1066."
     Mark promised he would update us on their "wanderings."
     By the way, Mark now visits with us from Dubuque. He moved there recently after a long residence in the Council Bluffs area.
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     Bet you didn't know that the very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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     You former Toreadors may be interested in knowing that the Boone Community School District has unveiled a brand new mascot and motto.
     The motto is "expect the best, achieve success" and the mascot will be named sometime in the future after public input.
     Superintendent of Schools Brad Manard said, "we needed to find ways to identify ourselves and share the good word about what we are doing."
     The Kornerman has noticed in past years that the mascot, an actual Toreador-type suit, was getting a bit "older." By the way, wasn't that suit part of a Hollywood movie from years ago? Didn't Boone native and BHS grad Tom Grasso, BHS-60, provide it direct from Hollywood?
     Nevertheless, the "new" mascot is quite an upgrade, more sturdy, more colorful.
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     Bet you didn't know that the dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.
     Yes, my good friend Dick Shenary says, "its a dot or other small mark in writing or printing used as a punctuation."
     Oh,.......heavens......all the things my good friends learn from viewing the Korner each week. Its mindblowing.
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     Jerry Manriquez, BSH-67, wrote, "thanks for mentioning my website on your blog. You have such a good following of people from Boone and they have certainly responded to me with yearbooks over the years."
    Here are some of the latest contributions: (1) Kim Madden Ohge, BHS-81, has sent her class yearbook and also plans to send her daughter's yearbooks, 2004-08. (2) Robert Lay is sending his BHS 1990 yearbook. (3) Monica Nystrom McHugh, BHS-86, is sending her yearbooks, 1982-86. (4) David Howell has sent his 1965 yearbook and will also send John Howell's 1994-99 yearbooks.
     Jerry wrote, "this was great because I didn't have any 1980's or 1990's yearbooks. Also, I don't have a class list for the 1998 class or any classes after 2005. I'd sure like to get those class lists so I could add them to the website."
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     The original name for butterfly was flutterby.
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     BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS: Richard Warrick, 61, Boone........Yvonne Howard, 80, Boone. Worked at 3M in Ames. Retired in 1998. Boone area survivor is her husband, Pence Howard........Richard Sonquist, 93, Dayton. Lived his entire life in the Boxholm/Dayton area. Was a military vet and a farmer........Arlys Krueger, 70, Ogden. Owned and operated Krueger's Kitchen for many years. Boone area survivors include her husband, Virgil, of Ogden, two sons and a daughter, Stacy Lewis of Boone.......Verle Simmer, 84, Madrid. Boone area survivors include four daughters, including Pamela Grall of Madrid, and three sons, all of Madrid, Robert, Richard and Roger.
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