Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Germany, then Jerusalem

     Remember that Wide World of Sports intro?  Just like that,  Korner viewers are scanning the world. In the last edition, we heard from Wendall (Spike) Condon, BHS-75, who keeps in touch from Germany. This edition, Becky Reynoldson chimes in from Jerusalem. She wrote, "hey Mo, this is Becky Reynoldson over in Jerusalem. What a trip of a lifetime. Awesome, overwhelming, and overload on information. I'll be contributing some info about the Fifth Street gang later."
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     I, the Kornerman, received an invitation to the Boone 1967 class reunion.......their 50th......and I did attend the Friday night get-together at Toby K's Event Center.
     It was my first trip to the Event Center and its a wonderful place for such an event. One more plaudit. Boone's Diane Patrick was in charge of the appetizers. I see her working in the Dutch Oven bakery often (probably too often) and was surprised to learn she does catering work for such events. Anyway, she did a fantastic job and I would certainly recommend her catering services.
     Now......the hard part........trying to jostle my memory. It was a time, primarily, of visitation and the Kornerman had an opportunity to catch up with so many folks, many that I had not seen in quite some time. There were lots of stories being told, garnering numerous guffaws. Some tall tales, no doubt, rose even taller during the evening. I had to laugh, thinking at the end of the night it would take quite some time to separate the wheat from the chaff if you know what I mean.
     Anyway, Tom Peterson  issued the invitation and I was greeted at the door by Donna Woods Rusnak and Sue Anderson Mersereau. Along the way, some of the attendees I visited with were Kelly and Marcy McMullan, Jane McGriff (she has a grandson that's quite a talented kicker for the BHS football team), Topper Lyness, Christy Munson Winters and John, Mike Doyle, Mark Campbell (who's moving to Tennessee), Dick Duffy, Jack Rusnak and Sally Radnich. Linda Swain was there also and brought her husband, Jon Hinz, BHS-64, along. I apologize........I'm sure I missed others.
     Everybody seemed to have a great time.
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     I guess you could call this the Tip of the Week.
     With the slow elimination of land lines and no directory yet of cell phone numbers, many of us have struggled trying to find addresses of people we used to obtain via the telephone book. A group of us were grumbling about this inability to locate some local people anymore.
     Here's what I've found. You can pull up white pages on your computer and sometimes obtain some help. But, not always.
     The best way I've found of locating people is through the use of Beacon Homes. If, on your computer, you type in and pull up Beacon Homes Boone County, you can then access from that  site a site that says, "Property Search." Tag "Property Search" and you will be taken to a site that asks for an address or a name. Type in the address or name and you should obtain the information you are seeking. If you don't have that much of a clue.....an address or name.......you're probably out of luck.
     The Kornerman has given up on white pages but has had a good success rate using Beacon Homes.
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     BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS: Dorothy Myers, 90, Melrose, FL. formerly of Boone. She married Juel Haaland in 1944 and they were later divorced. She married Eugene (Bud) Myers in 1986. She is survived by two Boone residents, daughter, Martha (Toby) Ahrens, and step-son, Gary (Mox) Myers........Dean Blougher, 92, Perry. Boone area survivor is a daughter, Alma Swanson, of Ogden........Lorene Franklin, 85, Boone. Formerly of the Stanhope area. Stanhope HS. Boone area survivors include her husband, Ben, daughters, Kim Curell and LuAnn Robinson, and son, Tony, all of Boone, and daughter, Dorine Bloomberg, of Ogden........Vivian Kennedy, 93, Boone. BHS-42. Was a telephone operator for many years. Boone area survivors include her husband, James, sister Patty Bushore, and nephew, Brian Bushore.........Andrew Pfaltzgraff, 33, Boone/Ogden. OHS-2003. Was a former OHS football assistant coach. Worked at 3M in Ames. Boone area survivors include his parents, David and Georgena, and his sister, Jo-el Sprecher, all of Boone........Genevieve Cook, 97, Boone. Jordan HS. Was a homemaker.........David McClain, 67, Boone. Layed carpet and tile for a Carroll company. Boone area survivors include his wife, Janice Baker, step-son, Jeremiah Baldus, and brother, John Helm, all of Boone........Norma Jean McDonald, 91, Boone. BHS-44. Worked at Boone Dairy and DeLux Cleaners. Boone area survivor is a son, Keith, of Boone.
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     14 days to go
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