THANK HEAVENS, WE'RE HOME

     Yes, we have returned after a short trip out west.
     It was a wonderful trip that went very well in every respect. Weather was great, the food was very good and the airplanes were on time.
     One question remains in  my mind........why would anyone want to live there? Despite any problems, and there are various problems, big ones and small ones, I'm thankful I found or it found me, little old Boone, Iowa. What a great life we have here.
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     The Moore boys, Max, BHS-46, and Larry, BHS-52, live in California and Max referred, via email, to a recent  Korner edition, "great article on music. I do the same. So many good artists. Especially "Precious Memories" by the Gaithers. We have had two weeks over 100 degrees. Wanting fall and football. Go Cyclones, Hawkeyes and Toreadors. Talk with Red Houser, BHS-49, every now and then. In good health."
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     Thanks to Dale Cox, BHS-63, for the recorded song he sent and Tom Peterson, BHS-67, for a video copy of a terrific graduation speech given by Lou Holtz, the former Notre Dame football coach. He is an inspiring guy........so good. I read, somewhere, the other day, that he had given a similar speech on a college campus and it was determined to be so good, they invited him back for an encore the next year or so.
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     I, the Kornerman, noted in a recent Register story, there was an opinion list of the "100 greatest Iowa college football players."
     I was disappointed the great ex-Toreador, Mike Enich, BHS-37, was not on the list but was very happy that Chad Rinehart, BHS-2003, was included.
     Enich was an All American lineman and played on some great teams at the University of Iowa with the legendary Nile Kinnick.
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     Mike Loehrer, BHS-64, has a nice photo of the 1958 Boone Little League all-star team that was coached by Jack Bass and Jack Mustapha Sr.
     Members of that team were Marv Nicholson, Larry Lindmark, Marty Rinehart, Don Riker, Al Neely, Brett Downey, Greg Davis, John Diehl, Jack Mustapha Jr., Terry Sparks, John Hendricks, Tom Inman, Pat Ahlstrom, Ted Gifford, Dick Musser and a Dawson boy.
     Mike wrote, "if anyone would like a print of the photo, I'd be happy to run them off and send them out to them. My email is mjloehrer@hotmail.com."
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     BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS: Helen Ranard Brown, 98, Boone. Born in Boone. BHS-39. Married Frank Brown in 1940. Served as an OB Technician at the Boone County Hospital. Two sons, John and Melvin Brown, and a daughter, Nancy Lee, all of Boone, survive.........Brian Claussen, 59, Boone.........Michael Whitaker, 36, Boone........Donald Schultz, 74, rural Ogden.........Joanne Smith Krug, 88, Boone. BHS-49. UNI. Was a professional homemaker. Did some drapery making and, in the 70's, was co-owner of a gift shop with Barb Riemenschneider. Survivors include three daughters, a son, a brother, brother-in-law and a Boone sister-in-law, Doris Simmons..........Jill Ball Davis, 59, Boone. Married Gordon Davis in 1984. The couple moved to Boone in 1987. Was an RN at Mary Greeley in Ames for 25 years. Boone survivors are her husband and a daughter, Rachel Ellefson, and brother, John Wall, all of Boone. Also surviving are a son, another daughter, her father, sister, mother and father-in-law and brother-in-law.........Shannon Swain, 55, Grimes. Born in Boone in 1964. His parents were Donny and Marilyn Swain. Madrid HS. Was an X-Ray tech, medic and worked in a cath lab. Sold medical devices. Survivors include his wife, Sherry, a son and daughter.........Wanda Dalton, 85, Madrid. Survivors include her husband, Russell, and five children, including Randy and Rhonda Dalton both of Madrid........Frances Anderson, 85, Des Moines. Born in Madrid. Two daughters survive........Mary Keck, 88, Des Moines. She met her future husband, John Keck, at the Des Moines YMCA camp near Boone when both were 16 years of age. The family is asking for memorial contributions to the YMCA camp.
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