New YMCA? Really!!

     What's this about a new YMCA?
     At the latest Boone City Council meeting, that subject was broached. There have already been some meetings about that possibility and, in fact, a taskforce is in play to check on the feasability of such a project.
     Plans seem to be in solid play for various other upcoming projects........a new bank, a Squeaky Clean laundromat, new housing units, another laundromat, that new Boulder Inn and convention center and, perhaps, a real estate office housing Exit Realty.
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     A pair of good Korner friends, John Kueck, BHS-61, and Ron Hopkins, BSH-59, were kind enough to send me a copy of Visions magazine, Fall edition, which provides members of the Iowa State University Alumni Association with news of interest about ISU, its past and present.
     Staring the Kornerman in the face from the Visions cover was a huge, color photo of Boone's Pete Kostelnick, BHS-2005. Inside, was a complete and terrific story of one of the nation's premiere ultra runners. Lots of great pictures too.  Pete, of course, was home just a week or so ago to lead the Pufferbilly parade as the 2017 Grand Marshal.
     He's 29 years old now, married to Nicole Larson, a 2011 ISU chemical engineering grad, and they reside in Hannibal, MO. Pete earned his ISU degree in international business and finance in 2009 and he works as a Financial analyst for the National Research Corporation.
     His parents, still Boone residents, are Clare, who teaches at DMACC, and Charlie, who has been an ISU faculty member for over 30 years.
     SURPRISE! Today, the Kornerman is going to tread very lightly on Pete's numerous national running achievements. Been there, done that......many times in the Korner and, of course, there's been lots of nationwide reporting on those events also.
     No, being a big fan of food, nutritious and otherwise, in this writing I'm going to lean toward what I think is some interesting info on the diet he followed during his border-to-border record breaking run.
     Here's what Pete was quoted as saying, "essentially, I was burning 100 calories a mile (3,067 total miles) on top of just normal calorie needs. So, I was burning well over 10,000 calories most days."
     When you're burning that much fuel, you have to "catch up" by..........eating. This is the part the Kornerman likes.
     On his run across America, here was Pete's typical DAILY menu: First Breakfast - oatmeal, toast, banana, protein shake; Second Breakfast - protein bar or trail mix, Gatorade; Brunch - breakfast sandwich; Lunch -foot-long sub sandwich, followed by something sweet and a big soda; Afternoon Snacks - sweetened, dried pineapple and banana chips, Gatorade; Dinner - steak and potatoes; Dessert - A pint of Ben and Jerry's ice cream; On His Nightstand - protein bars, water, juice and animal crackers.
     He often ate eggs, red meat, avocadoes and high calorie meals like lasagna, tater-tot casserole, mac and cheese and spaghetti.
     Sounds great........but there's something I don't like about this plan............all....... or any..... of that running.
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     On this subject of eating..............let's look back to eating in the 50's. You remember those days I'm sure but do you remember this........
     (1) Pasta had not been invented. It was mac or spaghetti. (2) Bananas and oranges usually appeared just at Christmas time. (3) Chips were plain. (4) Oil was for lubricating, fat was for cooking. (5) Tea was made in a teapot using tea leaves and never green. (6) We hadn't heard of yogurt. (7) Cooking outside was called camping. (8) Water came out of the tap. If someone had suggested bottling it, they would have become a laughing stock.
     And, the things that we never, ever had on/at our tables in the 50's.........elbows, hats, cell phones.
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     7 days to go
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      BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS: Lois Kuhl, 93, Boone. Born on a farm near Ogden. BHS-41. Worked at H.V. Patterson Insurance Agency until it closed..........Cleo Carroll Jr., 73, Boone. Attended BHS. Worked at Grabau construction and for Hallet's Materials. His wife, Judy Deemer, is deceased. They were married in 1966. Boone area survivor is a son, Michael, of Boone..........Bill Littrell, 88, Marshalltown. Formerly of Boone. Was married to Rita Cole. Boone area survivor is Terri Todd of Madrid. Two other sons survive.........Richard Beachler, 66, Boone. Worked at ISU Media Graphics until retirement in 2011. Was a well known musician. Boone area survivors include his wife, Leanne, of Boone, son, Ian, of Ames, and daughter, Aleda Richardson, of West Des Moines...........Don Silver, 93, Boone. Was a dry cleaner for 42 years. Owned and operated North Side Cleaners in Boone for 25 years prior to retirement in 1987. Boone area survivors include his wife, Vivian, and daughter, Carla Toms, both of Boone. Three sons also survive..........Loras Woodard, 70, Boone. BHS-65. Held several jobs prior to 29 years at John Deere in Ankeny. Retired in 2004. Boone area survivor is his wife, Mary Jo Fritch Majors Woodard, of Boone. He raised four girls and two step children..........Tom Kieffer, 85, Ogden. Navy vet. Was an Ogden teacher for 38 years. Also did some woodworking and construction work. He and his wife, Dorothy, were married for 58 years prior to her passing. Boone area survivors include two sons, Bob and Steve, both of Ogden. Four other adult children survive.
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