NEWSPAPERS

     Our lead story this edition is one I, personally, find very interesting. Perhaps you will view it with disinterest or even disdain BUT I will say this, it will provide some updated material you're unaware of, at least as of Monday, July 12.

     For some reason, this main story, which surfaced a few days ago, hasn't been widely circulated. Once again, perhaps its of limited interest to most people.

     Its another wonderful but quiet Monday in Boone Iowa and nothing else has stepped forward so, here we go. 

     From the Associated Press, "The Gazette will move printing operations to Des Moines. Folience, the parent company of the Gazette newspaper in  Cedar Rapids, says it will close its printing operations there and move the printing of several publications to Des Moines. Folience said it will stop newspaper printing at its subsidiary, Color Web Printers in Cedar Rapids, on August 31. The closure will impact 34 full-time and eight part-time employees. The printing of the Gazette, Southeast Iowa Union, Washington Evening Journal, Mt. Pleasant News, Fairfield Ledger, PennySaver and The Shopper will be transferred to Gannett Publishing Services in Des Moines. Folience CEO Daniel Goldstein called it, "a very difficult decision," noting it will impact some long-time employees. But, he says the changing economics and ongoing consolidation of the print industry demanded the change."

     The Cedar Rapids Gazette has always been one of Iowa's top newspapers via circulation. Here is  a good time to insert a list of the top eight Iowa dailies and their circulation.

     (1) You know who! 71,829. (2) Gazette, 36,946. (3) Quad City Times, 26,845. (4) Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier, 25,457. (5) Sioux City Journal, 23,499. (6) Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 22,619. (7)  Burlington Hawkeye, 16,231, and the Mason City Globe Gazette, 10,837.

     By the way, the Burlington Hawkeye is the state's oldest newspaper.

    To me, the Register's fall is the real shocker. City View in Des Moines is at 29,417.

     Looking at area newspapers: Ames Daily Tribune, 14,000; Boone? News Republican, 1799; Dallas County News, 2050; Madrid Register-News, 1250; Nevada Journal, 3153; Ogden Reporter, 2000; Tri-County Times, 2870, and Stratford is hanging on with 465.

     Full Disclosure: These figures I'm using are taken from the Iowa Newspaper Association web site and I do notice some differences in some cases........a newspaper can appear twice on the same page but with slightly different circulation figures.

     There are still 282 newspapers in Iowa that offer paid circulation.

     Just for fun......the most circulated newspaper in the U.S. is the Wall Street Journal with some 2.2 million subscribers BUT the largest in the world is the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper of Japan with some 10 million viewers.

    Other than the Wall Street Journal, some of the other top circulated U.S. newspapers, in order, are the New York Times; Los Angeles Times; New York Post; Washington Post and Minneapolis Star Tribune.

    An early morning coffee or other treat, along with the latest newspaper is still an envied product, when available, but, as the world turns in a different direction, those "times" are fleeting at a much too fast pace.

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    I know this is strange.......but......somewhere, recently, I heard a speaker claim someone was, "deader than a doornail." I pondered that and wondered, "what is a doornail?"

    There are many "figures of speech" that, like that one, pose more questions than answers but most seem to have an explanation. One explanation I found was simply,"it means dead, very dead, quite dead and certainly dead." But, I also found a more detailed explanation.

     Dead as a doornail is a phrase which means, not alive, unequivocally deceased. The term goes back to the 1300's, which is found in poems of the time. The term was used in the 1500's by William Shakespeare, and in Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol in 1843. It is thought that the phrase comes from the manner of securing doornails, which were hammered into a door by clenching them. Clenching is the practice of bending over the protruding end of the nail and hammering it into the wood. When the nail has been clenched, it has been dead nailed, and is not easily resurrected to use again.

     Finally, the Kornerman says, "oh...you folks are so lucky. The avalanche of educational material you receive from the Korner.....its overwhelming sometimes. Enjoy and absorb."

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     BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS: Mildred (Millie) Quarnstrom, 101, Boone. OHS-37. Worked at the News Republican and Boone County Courthouse........Kay Helm Sanders, 78, Florida. BHS-61. Born and raised in Boone. Two sisters and a brother survive.........David Lee Finch, 82, Ames. United C-57. Worked in construction. Married Jeanette Frederick in 1961. They farmed north of Roland. He also sold real estate and worked for Nikkel and Associates of Ames. Two daughters and a sister survive..........George Belle Bethel Cleaveland, 100, Boone. Married Bruce Cleaveland in 1944 and the couple had eight children. In her early years, attended the University of Missouri and during World War II, taught in a one-room school house. The couple moved to Boone in 1947..........Melanie Ann Camp Lindahl, 60, Boone. BHS-80. In high school, worked at the Salvation Army church and the National Guard Armory. DMACC and then worked at 3M in Ames for a time. Married Kevin Lindahl in 1982 and they divorced. Survivors include two sons, including Christopher Lindahl of Boone, her mother, Marlene Camp, and two brothers, Donald and Rodney Camp all of Boone.........Penny Marzolf Shank, 58, Boone. Born in Boone but the family moved to Arizona in 1975. Most recently, in Boone, she worked at Walmart. Survivors include her fiance' Adam Dangelser of Boone, two brothers and three children, two boys and a girl..........Larry Eugene Williams, 85, Las Cruces, NM. Born in Boone. His father was a well known Boone attorney, Marlowe Williams. Attended the University of Iowa and was a resident of Des Moines for many years where he owned the Iowa Engraving and Trophy Company. Survivors include his wife, two sons and a step-daughter.

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