HEARING SET FOR TUESDAY

     Here's the latest on the Boone County Historical Society fiasco.
     As you, perhaps, know, four Boone residents have filed suit in District Court asking for answers to many questions concerning the operation of the Society.
     On Tuesday, October 23, that quartet, and many others, will have their initial day "in court."
     They are asking their supporters to be there as "respectful" observers, not really knowing how long the hearing will last. Maybe an hour, perhaps the entire day.
     Those planning to attend are asked to arrive no earlier than 8:45 a.m. but are also warned that late arrivals may not be admitted.
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     The Kornerman saw a familiar face on Des Moines television recently.
     Mike Wallace, BHS-77, the son of Hank and Rosie Wallace, was being interviewed as an official of the Dallas County Conservation Commission.
     I recognized him right away.......reminded me a lot of former Boone County Sheriff, Hank.
     The interview had something to do with some trails in Dallas County.
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     An item sent to the Korner by Karen Anderson couldn't have been more timely. When Karen saw it in a Sunday newspaper she said, "I thought of you."
     It was a story written by Stephen Lyons and appeared in the Minneapolis/St Paul Star Tribune and was all about Art Cullen of Storm Lake, a small town newspaper owner/publisher, who is a recent Pulitzer Prize winner. He was cited in 2017 for his editorial writing in the Storm Lake Times, a twice-weekly paper with a circulation of 3,000.
     Cullen's sharp opinions often draw the ire of politicians of both parties. A Republican member of the Board of Supervisors was quoted as saying, "if Art says "do something" we'll do the opposite" and when the award to Cullen was announced, a Democratic member of the Board said, "I guess if you tell lies long enough, they become the truth in  the mind of the teller."
     Anyway, much of the story tells of Cullen's take on the demise of newspapers and general downward trajectory of many rural Midwestern cities.
     P.S. His newspaper's motto is, "Print the truth and raise hell."
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     That certainly brings to mind the current status of the demise of our own Boonetown newspaper.
     The end of a REAL local newspaper is at hand.
     The Thursday only edition of the Boone News Republican is still available but, as noted in the most recent editions, any notion of REAL Boone news has disappeared. Some obituaries are still available but not much else. In fact, for quite some time, there hasn't even been a Boone-based Managing Editor.
     Those in charge have been obvious in their pushing of a Mid-Iowa newspaper. Our latest Boone edition provided front page stories of some vandalism in Ames, some future planning of the Roland-Story school board and the fact that Energy Secretary Rick Perry visited the Ames laboratory.
     Inside pages featured Nevada, Woodward and Perry news.
     If I were a bit younger, the old Kornerman would, somehow, pick up the "mantle" and in these pages or some other venue, attempt to provide some REAL Boone news.
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     BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS: None to report today.
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