BHS'ers MEET AGAIN AT DRAKE RELAYS

     They're Boone natives who, each year about this time, inhale "relays fever."
     We're talking about Steve Shaler and Tim Croxen, both BHS-59, and Barry Wills, BHS-58, who gather together each year to watch the Drake relay activities and reminisce about growing up in Boonetown. Boy, do they reminisce.
      Fortunately for me, the Kornerman, in recent years, they've allowed me to join the group for some of the talk and laughter. We got together at McDonald's Thursday morning for a two-hour gabfest.
     One of them said their first relays experience occurred in the late 40's and the threesome have a long, consecutive record of participating ever since and with very few misses. Larry McAnnally, BHS-59, was an original member of the group but he passed away in 1993.
     Despite the fact the threesome have traveled many miles away from their hometown since their high school days, their memories of BHS and of the city of Boone, in general, are positively ingrained in their minds. Sometime during the conversation, each one commented, "what a great community this was to grow up in."
     Some longtime classmates/friends recognized the "somewhat" familiar faces and stopped by to share in and add to the stories of school and community.
     Gary Irvine, BHS-55, and Dave Oppedahl, BHS-59, and Dave's wife Janice (I'm a Stanhope grad)
joined the reunion.
     We're all a bit grayer and a bit wounded but we agreed the relays would draw us together again next year......God willing.
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     Lester Ross, BHS-67, added another name to our list of previous KWBG employees.
     He wrote, "how about Bette Hicks, BHS-56. She would get me records from sock hops or the station."
     The Kornerman says, "oh yes, Bette was a sensation as a disk jockey who provided the audience with the latest song hits the "younger crowd" enjoyed. She lives in Colorado Springs, CO."
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     The Kornerman received an update on the Boone County Historical Society situation which continues to a very slow resolution.........mainly due to the litigation involved. And yes, the lawsuit against the former administration is still pending. With that comes lots of attorney fees. January and February billings totaled over $12,000 so financial help is needed.
     To contribute, make checks payable to Save Our Museums, P.O. Box 224, Boone, Iowa 50036.
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     The old McDonald's comes down and building of the new McDonald's will get underway Monday, April 29.
      On another business note. You can expect some action sometime on that lot just north of the former Kum and Go at the corner of Story and Mamie Eisehower. There's a report that some type of coffee shop/restaurant is "in the works" for that area.
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     BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS:  Larry Wailes, 76, Boone. Married Mariela Del Carmen King. Was educated at a school of watchmaking and Queens College. Larry operated Larry's Fine Jewelry in Boone from 1989 until retirement in 2018. Boone area survivors are his wife, Mariela, and a brother, Rick Wailes, both of Boone..........Neeta Louann Craven,65, Nevada. Formerly of Boone and Manning. Born in Boone and while living in Boone she was an active photographer for the Boone Area Humane Society. She moved to Manning but was disabled in 1990. Moved to Nevada in 2006. Survivors include a son and two daughters, a brother, three sisters and two brothers-in-law.
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