THANKS TO DMACC AND THE BSVR

      A few editions back, the Kornerman wrote about Boone Junior College/DMACC and the fact that, perhaps, our community doesn't give that institution  the respect it deserves. Personally, I would hate to think of Boone without it and, sometimes, I don't think we citizens express our appreciation enough for what it brings to our community.
      Along that same line, I could certainly utter the same thankful comments about our Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad. What a boon that has been to our community.
     It just so happens, I was surfing the internet the other day and pulled up the BSVR on You Tube.
     I was pleasantly surprised to find so much great and downright positive information about it AND info also about Kate Shelley and, of course, the famous bridges.
     I would highly recommend a tremendous 27-minute, 48-second video about the BSVR that was available on You Tube. I thoroughly enjoyed watching it, yes, with pride that such a venue is available in our little community. It was so well done and told many interesting facts I was unaware of and it featured great area scenery as well.
     The Kornerman did receive a degree from BJC but I had absolutely nothing to do with the great success of the college and/or the BSVR but I'm extremely proud of the fact that I live in a community that houses such attractions AND many thanks to those who had a hand in jump starting these attractions and those who "keep them going." I think of my old classmate, Lloyd Courter, BHS-53, when I think of those who were important in the effort to get DMACC situated here and, of course, Mel Hanson, George Eckstein and others who were the "originals" in the establishment of the BSVR.
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      BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS: Robert (Bob) Digmann, 87, Ames. Formerly of Boone. Attended business college in Dubuque. Served in the U.S. Marines. Married Norma Jean Friedman. Was an insurance agent for Life Investors, Aegon and Transamerica Financial in Boone for over 50 years. Wife, Jean, of Ames, survives, as do four adult children, Brad, BHS-72, Jane, BHS-75, Barbara, BHS-78, Jon, BHS-83.......Mary Lee Herron Wisecup, 81. Boone. Born in Boone. BHS-56. Was a homemaker and worked for Bell Telephone. Married Roger Wisecup, now deceased. Boone area survivors include a daughter, Terri Wisecup, a brother-in-law, Don Shaw, and sisters-in-law, Sharon and Karen Wisecup and JoAnn Ray all of Boone. Two sons and two other sisters-in-law also survive..........Raymon Tilley, 52, Zearing. Formerly of Boone. Born in Boone. His parents, Richard and LaVaune Tilley. Was a laborer. Married Gladys Wolf in 2001. Boone area survivors include his wife, Gladys, and brother, Robby Tilley, both of Boone. Two other brothers also survive......Thelma Meadows, 79, Boone. Married Robert Meadows in 1960. Received an RN degree from DMACC. Worked at Eastern Star and was Director of Nursing at Ledges Manor. The couple moved to Texas in 1994 and Bob died in 2006. Thelma then moved to Florida before returning to Boone. A sister and three adult children, two boys and one girl, survive........Maxine Spencer, 96, Boone. Woodward HS and attended a cosmetology school in Des Moines. Was a hairdresser in Woodward, Boone and Charles City. Married Warren Spencer in 1944. Served as a Human Resource Coordinator at Bourns in Ames for 30 years prior to retirement. The couple did lots of traveling before settling in Bella Vista, Ark. Maxine came back to Boone in 2018. One son, Warren Jr., BHS-63, survives........Jerry Sinn, 81, Beaumont, CA. BHS-55. Survivors include two daughters, a son and two brothers, including Max Brower of Boone.......Jill Marie Davis, 55, Hackensack, NJ. BHS-81. Earned a degree from ISU and was an RN. Survivors include her mother, Veronica Foltz, of Arizona, her father, Allen Davis, of Boone, a brother, her grandmother, Velma Davis, of Boone and uncles, Bill Staebler, of Ogden and August Staebler of Boone.
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