SOME GREAT MOMENTS

     I, the Kornerman, know, it was a long, long time ago. But when I was still working?, Honey Creek golf course was under construction and the kind folks there took me, via golf cart, on a trip around the proposed course. It was obvious from the start that the back nine, particularly, was going to provide some beautiful central Iowa scenery.
     All these years later, over this past weekend, I had an opportunity to again view the entire course and yes, it is in the midst of a beautiful part of Iowa. Then too, double the pleasure. I backed that up with an up-front view of another beauty, Cedar Pointe golf course.
     Here's the skinny. Our son-in-law from San Diego was in town, briefly, and he is an avid golfer. So, Friday, he toured both Honey Creek and Cedar Pointe and Saturday returned to Cedar Pointe. I had the good fortune to ride "shotgun" with him at Honey Creek and for one of the Cedar Pointe trips.
     The weather was very cooperative and both he and I thoroughly enjoyed those outings. We were both anxious to visit the Don Williams course also but that just didn't fit into his tight schedule.
     All you Boone County golf fans are to be envied. You certainly have some wonderful facilities to enjoy.
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     Monday evening, I proposed an ice cream trip BUT "let's also drive up by Memorial Park where the Toreador baseball team is opening its shortened season."
     We figured there would be a good crowd but make that, "a great crowd." We never imagined what we saw.......cars, cars everywhere within shouting distance and all of them must have been "fully loaded." People, who live by the park, verified it was one of the biggest crowds they had ever witnessed at Memorial Park.
      With this pandemic thing going, restrictions were in place and BHS had pledged that there would be no canvas on the outfield fences and, in fact, encouraged fans to sit beyond the outfield fences with, of course, social distancing in place. There were some fans in the stands but a huge crowd beyond the outfield fences and it had to be impossible for strict social distancing.
     It was obvious that people just wanted to "get out" and this high school baseball game gave them the impetus to do just that. I would assume it might have been the same way at Gary Creasman field where the girls softball team was also engaging in their season opener.
     Both teams defeated their Bondurant-Farrar opponents so it was a wonderful evening in Boonetown.
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     The Kornerman heard from Gary, BHS-53, and Delores, BHS-52, Grosnickle and Wanda Eklund Goeppinger, BHS-58, this week regarding Bumble B clippings they had recently received anonymously? of course.
     Delores wrote, "we both chuckled at the contents of the articles but I must confess I do not recall the "36 laps" article. After all, that was 68 or more years ago. Thanks for your thoughtfulness."
     Wanda wrote, "thanks for providing me with a trip down memory lane. It made me think of the Bumble B. At the time, we didn't realize what a gift it was to have a school newspaper."
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     This darn pandemic has made its mark in many negative ways.
     Word received from Michael Sundall, BHS-68, indicates, that due to the COVID-19 situation, he and Lynn, BHS-69, regretfully, will cancel their planned 50th wedding anniversary open house celebration.
     It was scheduled for July 25 at Cedar Pointe, 4 to 7 p.m..
     Thats a shame, but there is no reason the couple could not be recognized in other ways, such as sending an anniversary card.
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     BREAKING NEWS: Despite COVID-19, the Boone County Fair Board has agreed to proceed with plans for their annual event, with restrictions. The fair will be held July 16-19.
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     BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS: Frank Person, 82, Iowa City. Survivors include his brother, Bob Person, of Boone...... Kerry Morrissey, 60, Boone, who passed away via complications of COVID-19, the first such death in Boone County. A lifelong farmer, he obtained a degree in auto mechanics and also became a 27-year employee of the Ames Post Office. He married Cherie Quillen in 1982 and the couple had two daughters, Stacey Williams and Katie Morrissey. His wife, his daughters and a sister survive.........Beverly Hammer, 85, Boone. Denison HS-53. Married Russell Hammer in 1956. She worked at ISU until retirement in 1999. After retirement, she was a part-time, preschool teachers aide at Trinity Lutheran Church in Boone. Four adult children survive, including Tammy Gustafson and Eric  Hammer both of Boone. A brother and sister-in-law also survive........Keith Vest, 87, Boone. Boxholm HS. Married Belva Wiener in Ogden in 1951. Army vet. The couple farmed in the Boxholm area until 1980 when they moved to Boone. Keith became a real estate agent in Boone until retirement in 2014. Survivors include his wife, Belva, his son, Jeff, and his son-in-law, Mark Trueblood, of Ogden.........Todd Michael Smith, 55, Boone. Grew up in the Jefferson area. Army vet. Married Paula Halbur in Boone in 1993. Survivors include his wife, three step-children, including Nicki Larrew of Boone and three brothers, including Brian Smith of Ames........Keith Alan Pohl, 52, rural Boone. UCHS-86. Earned a degree from Ellsworth Community College in 1988 and attended Mankato State for one year. Worked in construction, operating heavy equipment and with Majors Concrete before joining his dad on the farm. Married Sharon McGuire in 1993 and the couple had two children, Nathan and Brandon. After Keith and Sharon divorced, Keith and Kelli Stark, his significant other, formed a family of Keith's boys and Kelli's four children. Survivors include his parents, Sharon and John Pohl, his sister, Brenda Fisher, former wife, Sharon, his significant other, Kelli, and their children, all of Boone.
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