"Best Chili Ever"

     Stan Moffitt, BHS-52, has taken some interest in the recent Korner talk of the chili Pete and Mary Kokanakis served at their Coney Island Restaurant.
     Stan called this week with this message, "Pete and Mary made the best chili ever. Mary would visit our garage at Sixth and Story on occasion and I would always mention that I'd like that chili recipe. I remember she told me she gave it to Lloyd Courter, BHS-53, and I think, at one time, it was part of the First United Methodist church cookbook. I eventually contacted two of the Kokanakis daughters, Martha, BHS-54, and Nikki, BHS-65, and obtained the recipe. My son Chris, BHS-83, will use a big kettle and make a huge batch and then freeze some of it. He'll use three pounds of ground round and, of course, some beef suet. Maybe we'll get you a bowl some time."
     The Kornerman says, "promises, promises."
     P.S. Pete and Mary had a couple older daughters some of you may remember.......Helen, BHS-44, and Georgia, BHS-49.
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     Speaking of recipes.......I'm sure there are others who love the bread at Texas Roadhouse smothered in that wonderfully flavored butter that has a cinnamony(sp) taste. The Kornerman has just obtained the recipe for that butter and will share it in a future edition.
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     About our latest Korner quiz.......courtesy of Tony Crandell, BHS-59.
     He asked you viewers to name Boone's five hotels and three motels and their locations circa the late 50's and early 60's.
     The hotels remembered are the Crary, at the southeast corner of Seventh and Story, the Boone, on north Story across east from the old Northside Cleaners, the Holst, on the northeast corner of Eighth and Arden, the Union News, at the old railroad depot, and the YMCA, on  Eighth Street just east of the old Lincoln Armory.
     The motels are the Topper, on old Highway 30 by the Chick-A-Dine restaurant, the Shangri La, on the southeast corner of Mamie Eisenhower and Boone streets and the Courts (?) (Tony couldn't remember the real name) on old Highway 30 across from the Eastern Star home.
     Trying to be perfect as always (?), the Kornerman thinks the Shangri La was REALLY on the east side of Story Street, mid-block, between Fourth and Fifth. Wasn't there some type of building next door just south of that motel on the corner? There's a brick building there, now occupied by Century Link, but there was something on that corner prior to that becoming a telephone, NW Bell/Century Link, building and I can't come up with the answer at 5 a.m. this morning.
     Also, how about the motel on Mamie Eisenhower Avenue, south side of the street, between Story and Boone Streets? Shouldn't that be on the list?
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     The Kornerman noticed the big new Boone County Historical Society billboard along Highway 30. That had to be expensive, along with the huge new banners on the Society's building and various other newer items........money that could have been used for what ails the Mamie Eisenhower Birthplace.
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     In business news, two very reliable sources tell the Kornerman that the old Redeker building on South Story has been sold. No further details at this time.
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     Eula Scheuermann tells me that Phyliss Hoppe and Carolyn Schroeder were former BNR employees that weren't on our original list. The Kornerman remembers Phyliss but again, I'm not sure I was employed there at the same time they were.
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     Vern Moorman, BHS-47, reports the death of classmate, Dick Maynard, who passed away Sunday night in Boulder City, NV. More details will follow in a future Korner.
     BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS: Denny Sherer, 78, Urbandale. Born in Boone. His parents were Edwin and Edna Menough Sherer...........Carolyn Cay Munn Herrald, 80, BHS-55.........Joan Guy, 86, Boone/Westhaven........Edna Hellekson, 95, Madrid Home........Lonne Tracy, 69, Boone. Boone area survivor is a son, Josh, of Boone. A sister and two brothers also survive.........Edwardo Jose Rosa II, 73, Boone. ISU grad. Was Transportation Logistics Manager for Cedar Rapids Steel Transportation. Later, for 16 years, served as a caretaker for his wife, Judy, until her passing in 2013........Kathleen Nordstrom, 87, Boone. BHS-49. Her parents were Robert and Ruby Reynoldson. Kathleen worked in the Botany lab and as a custodian at ISU until retirement in 1977. Then, worked for Randy's Meats in Boone, the Broiler Restaurant between Boone and Ames and the Boone Walmart until 2007. A daughter and two sons survive. Boone area survivors include two sisters, Helen Mattson and Carolyn Webb, both of Boone and a brother, Roger Reynoldson, of Fraser. Two other sisters and two other brothers also survive.
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