NEWSPAPER TALK

      LATE BULLETIN: At Tuesday's District Court hearing concerning the Mamie Dowd Eisenhower home and Boone Count Historical Society, the Korner has been informed there was one major development. Apparently, the lawyers for each side came to an agreement that the home and artifacts pertaining to the home will not be for sale, at least, at the present time.
      At this time, no word has been received concerning the state audit of the Society that was called for recently by Boone Mayor John Slight.
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      Richard Longworth, BHS-53, has responded to the mention in the last edition of Storm Lake newspaper icon, Art Cullen. Dick wrote, "thanks for the good piece on Art Cullen, the Pulitzer-Prize-winning editor and columnist for the Storm Lake Times, and for comparing the success of that amazing paper to the fate of our Boone News Republican, where you and I once labored in better days. I spent some time in Storm Lake when I was doing my book on the Midwest and I got to know Art, who knew his town inside out and was a terrific asset to it. Storm Lake is a meatpacking town with lots of Mexican immigrants, most of them from the same Mexican town, Santa Rita. On his own dime, Art went to Santa Rita and did long articles on the place, telling Storm Lake readers where their new neighbors came from and why they left. That's just plain good journalism."
     Dick added, "Storm Lake is smaller than Boone and much less prosperous. How can it support not one, but two twice-weekly papers, one of them a Pulitzer winner, when Boone, apparently, can't support one that even pretends to cover the town? The secret is that the Times is locally-owned by Art and his family, and so, is really committed to the community. It still gets a lot of local advertising. And mostly, it's necessary, even if it routinely steps on important local toes. You don't know what's going on in Storm Lake unless you read the Times. In return, the town supports it and as Art said in that Minneapolis Star Tribune piece you mentioned, "Unless communities support journalism, all the prizes in the world are worth what you can melt them down for." Maybe Boone isn't interested in supporting good journalism, and has got the paper - the BNR - that it deserves. I wonder if there's anybody in town with the funds and patience to start a good paper, knowing they'll probably lose both money and friends? Not easy. But necessary."
     Mike Loehrer, BHS-64, also remembers Art Cullen. He wrote, "I know Art well. He was a student at Storm Lake St. Mary's when I was there and his brother was a good basketball player for me. I've followed Art's career somewhat. Opinionated? I should say so."
     The Kornerman adds, "I've always understood that some blame for the BNR's demise does lie with a lack of support from subscribers and advertisers. HOWEVER, my main claim, in recent years, since the Schaub's sold the paper, is that no solid effort has been made to provide good enough local news coverage, the type that would entice both more subscribers and advertisers."
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     Let's change course with a little humor. A look at some business signs.
     On a muffler shop "No appointment needed. We hear you coming."
     In a veterinarian's waiting room, "Be back in five minutes. Sit. Stay."
     On a Septic Tank truck, "Yesterday's Meals on Wheels."
     On a plumbers truck. "We repair what your husband fixed."
     On an electrician's truck. "Let us remove your shorts."
     Then too.......did you ever wonder......
     Why abbreviation is such a long word?
     Why is it doctor's call what they do, "practice?"
     Why is the guy who invests your money called a broker?
     Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called a "rush hour?"
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     Former Boone resident, Jacques Welin, 90, BHS-46, passed away a few months ago down south. It has now been learned that he will be buried beside his wife, Marilyn Lister Welin, at Linwood Park Cemetery in Boone this Saturday, October 27. A service will be held at Stark Welin at 2 p.m., followed by the burial.
     BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS: Ardeth Nadine Chesnut, 95, Boone........David Smelcer, 68, Zearing. Formerly of Boone. A truck driver. Boone area survivors include his mother, Adeline Hilts, and four children........Donnie Green, 66, Fraser. He married Julie Wilson and they were later divorced. He worked at the turkey processing plant in Ellsworth and was a truck driver. Boone area survivors include his long time companion, Susan Drake, of Fraser, a daughter, Monica Green, and  son, Kurtis Green, both of Boone.  Also surviving are two sisters, including Tina Myers  of Boone and Susan Drake's sons, Zach and Jake Kochel, both of Boone........Bonnie Kruse Kingsbury, 89, Boone. Born in Ogden. OHS-47. She married Carroll Kingsbury in 1950 and he passed away in 1997. She was a homemaker and a long time cook at Westhaven until retirement in 2006. There were four children, including two daughters, including Rosalie Rysavy of Boone. Also surviving are two sisters, Sharon Sharp and Charlene Brice, both of Boone.........Richard Rash, 88, Des Moines. Boone area survivor is a son, Mike Rash, of Ogden.
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