PETE'S TREK IS COMPLETED

     World class endurance runner, Pete Kostelnick, BHS-2005, has successfully completed his latest goal.
     The son of Boone residents, Charles and Clare Kostelnick, Pete finished his 5,384.3 mile run from Kenai, AK to Key West, Fl. Monday. He averaged 55.3 miles per day on the 97 day, six hour, 57 minute journey.
     Clare reported, "I felt compelled to contact you again because you have been there from the beginning. When this kid struggled to finish his first marathon in Washington, D.C., nearly 10 years ago, you covered the story. We are so grateful for the community of Boone for following Pete and encouraging him throughout the run. Many watched as Facebook live covered his arrival in Key West. The Boone Chamber of Commerce even posted the link. I'm hoping Pete will take some time to relax and recover now. Many ask, "what's next?" I don't think I want to know the answer to that!! Thanks for all you do Mo."
     Pete, of course, has run numerous endurance running events through the years including a record breaking jaunt from San Francisco to New York City prior to this latest event.
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     Our mention in the last edition of a tornado that struck Boone on May 21, 1918, brought a response from Mike Loehrer, BHS-64. Mike had a family member involved.
     He wrote, "my great grandfather, Johann, and the father of my grandfather, Joseph, was the keeper of the grounds for John Deere in Moline, IL. In 1901, he moved his family, wife and nine children, to Boone; don't know why. His life dream was to own his own greenhouse. He had worked as a carpenter and on the railroad saving his money. He finally began construction of his greenhouse in 1917, near the railroad roundhouse at the east end of Boone. The night before his grand opening, the tornado came through Boone. His greenhouse was completely destroyed and he had no insurance. Shortly thereafter, and I never found out why, he took his family to Spokane, WA. where he is buried. Luckily for me, my grandfather, who was 29 at the time, stayed in Boone. And so it goes."
     Mike says he still has a clipping from the Boone News Republican telling this story.
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     Nice to hear from John Humeston, BHS-78, this week. He wrote, "with the passing of former
Minnesota Viking running back, Bill "Boom Boom" Brown, I recall attending the exhibition basketball game that some Viking team members played at the DMACC gym which was, probably, around the early 1970's. My lasting memory of that night was watching Brown warming up by shooting and sinking numerous shots from center court. They passed out a program and I got a lot of autographs of Viking players but, sadly, that program was lost."
     The Kornerman doesn't know if that type of attraction still occurs. I  do remember similar events through the years. If I remember correctly, there was an Iowa version of the famous Harlem Globetrotters featuring a very large ?Bomba Johnson, that appeared here on occasion and yes, there were some pro footballers who played here as well as some senior graduates of the University of Iowa and other state colleges who had just completed their final season and were seeking a few extra dollars.
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     BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS: Jean Tingwald Bjustrom, 83, Boone. Formerly of Stratford. BHS-53. Earned a degree from Iowa Lutheran Nursing School and worked as an RN at the Boone and Story County hospitals and for the Boone Community School  District. Three children survive, including son Bret Bjustrom of Boone and daughter Jill Caruth of Ames. Survivors also include a brother, Darrell Tingwald, and sister, Lois Titman, of Boone.......Dr. William Updegraff,  97, passed away in May in Venice, FL.He was born in Boone, one of five sons of a physician. BHS-37. Dr. William was a longtime resident of Poughkeepsie, N.Y. and was an Otolaryngologist, a head and neck surgeon and Neuro-Otologist, specializing in problems pertaining to the ear, nose and throat, similar to what his dad and brothers practiced. He retired at age78 and is survived by his wife, Teresa (Terry) and three children, as well as two brothers, Dr. Charles Updegraff, Jr., BHS-42, a former Boone physician/resident now living in the Des Moines metro area, and Dr. Edward Updegraff, BHS-39, of Arizona who also boasted one of the best amateur golf careers ever in the U.S.A.............Cheryl Harvey Holt, 71, Chesterfield, MO. BHS-65. The daughter of Betty and Alf Harvey, a former Boone Police Chief, Cheryl passed away, Sept. 15, 2018........Gary Weston, 84, Las Vegas, NV. BHS-53. Boone area survivor is a sister, Pat Miller, of Boone.........Donald Ball, 87, Boone. Born in Boone. U.S. Army vet. Was a farmer in Dodge Township until 1986. Moved to Des Moines and returned to Boone in 1998. Boone area survivors include three sisters, including Boone residents, Pearl Cole and Betty Mowrer.
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