A Busy Time

     The Kornerman can't believe how quickly the summer is moving. Sweet corn is about ready, tomatoes to follow, the Boone County Fair is just a couple weeks away, July 13, then RAGBRAI and the Iowa State Fair.
     This time of year always brings class reunions as well and Mike Sundall emailed this week to inform that the class of 1968 is heading toward its 50th bash, July 21.
     Mike said he wants all 68ers to pass the word and encourage classmates to make plans. He indicated that more information would be forthcoming. Shelly Lovin Dannatt is aiding Mike and they're asking others to join the planning group.
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     Jo and I attended the visitation for Ken Shuey last week. The Kornerman had lots of connections there. Ken's wife, Judy, was an employee of the Iowa High School Athletic Association when I worked there. In addition, Ken helped us out for a numbers of years as a member of the statistical crew at the boys state basketball tournaments. He also had responsibilities for a long time working at the officials bench for both Iowa State University football and basketball.
     Ken officiated high school athletic events. In football, he partnered with Bill Ott, Eldon Hutchison and Stan Brandmeyer. I know that Bill Ott, the former longtime Executive Director of the Boone County Y, was in town for the Shuey funeral from his home base, Cherryvale, KS.
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     The Kornerman was watching some of the NBA awards show on television last week. Russell Westbrook of the Oklahoma City Thunder was awarded the Most Valuable Player award and he had great praise for his teammates. In fact, four or five of them were in attendance and he invited them on stage with him. Noticed one of them was Nick Collison. Nick just finished his 13th season in the NBA and all of them were with Seattle, and then Oklahoma City. That was the same franchise and that's highly unusual for a player to spend his entire career with one franchise. Nick will be 37 years of age in October and he's not expected to be retained by Oklahoma City. Its possible, if not probable, that another NBA team could make him an offer for the coming season.
     Nick's parents, Dave and Judy Peterson Collison, of course, are BHS grads and Nick still has relatives in the Boone area.
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     Lots of talk about the unbelieveable heat.........especially in  the southwest U.S.
     That reminds me of my "hottest" experience. The Boone Babe Ruth All Star team of 1962 that I managed had just won the state tournament. We boarded a bus for a long trip to Wellington, KS for the regional tourney. I'll never forget the first sight I saw in Wellington. It was one of those bank signs with the time and temp provided. It stuck out like a sore thumb.........113 degrees. AND, those days we were there, we were provided sleeping arrangements in an old barracks as I recall. No air conditioning of course.Sort of like a musty old summertime gymnasium or locker room. But, we survived. In fact, won the regional and advanced to the Babe Ruth World Series in Bridgeton, New Jersey.
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     BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS: Charles Eddy, 86, Glendale, AZ. Formerly of Boone. BHS-49. Son of Arthur and Margaret Eddy.........Kim Harris, 66, Tucson, AZ. Formerly of Boone. Attended BHS. Was a Marine vet and a drywall finisher.Two sisters survive, Laurie Platter of Boone and Julie Harris.......Jayson Pendarvis Sr., 54, Boone. BHS-82. Boone area survivors include sons, Jayson Pendarvis, of Ogden and Dustin, Anthony and Brandon all of Boone........Laurie Walkenhorst, 56, Ankeny. Formerly of Boone. BHS-78. Worked for IBP and Katecho. Among the survivors is her father, Bob Brown, of Boone........Joe Rouse, 55, Boone. BHS-81. Survivors include four sisters and six brothers, many from the Boone area..........Ralph Musser, 68, Boone. BHS-68. Was a painter at Percival Scientific. Boone area survivors include his wife, Patty, and sons, David, Carl and Chris, all of Boone and Steven of Madrid,  a daughter, Laurie Wilson, of Boone, sister, Margaret Hilsabeck, of Boone and sister-in-law, Linda Musser, of Ogden........Jaye Watson, 61, Boone. Moved to Ogden in 1962 and attended school there. Worked at several area businesses at Story City, Kelley, Nevada and for the railroad. Boone area survivors include his brother, Don, and sister, Vicki Conley, both of Boone.
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