BUSY....BUSY

     Here are some things "making news" in Boonetown these days.

      (1) Ogden's only grocery store was lost, via a fire, quite some time ago but Fareway has come to the rescue.

      A new 8,000 square foot store will be built, hopefully, with completion by late 2022.

      The Ogden community, of course, is "ecstatic" about this development.

 

     (2)  This week, the brand new DMACC Boone Campus Activity Center Open House and Ribbon Cutting ceremony was held.

     The $6.5 million project will be used by DMACC's athletic teams as well as other DMACC Boone Campus students, faculty and staff.

     Here's that Fareway again...... 

     The new facility is named "Fareway Fieldhouse" after a generous donation from the Boone based Fareway stores.

     The facility includes two college-size basketball/volleyball courts with each court containing three 40' by70' baseball/softball batting cages that drop down from the fieldhouse ceiling. It also contains a state-of-the-art weight room, a contemporary sports medicine lab, an indoor golf performance center, storage space, office settings and a family room.

     The Boone Campus Athletic Director said, "this new facility is a game-changer" in the recruting of student/athletes to Boone Campus."

      This addition adds even more "fire" to what has already been a successful athletic program featuring  the defending national champion men's basketball team and softball and baseball teams that are perennial national contenders.

     EDITOR'S NOTE: As the Kornerman has said many times......"Isn't our community so lucky to have this tremendous asset.....Boone Campus.......and, of all the DMACC facilities in the state.....Des Moines, Ames, Newton, Carroll etc.......how in the world was our campus the one selected to host ALL of DMACC's athletic teams?

     Of course we old timers know the reason. It was the hard work and perserverence of a group of our citizens who were able to "pull the proper strings" to get and retain this valuable asset here. 

     

     (3) Regarding the demolition of the old Boone Depot/Gigglin' Goat building and parking ramp, a contractor is expected to be awarded the project on September 27.

     (4) The area that will house the new elementary school will be graded as soon as the crops in that area are harvested. Constrict of Ames was awarded that contract.

     That will be the main work completed before winter. 

     (5) The BHS/Ryan classes of 1961 will be completing their reunion today at the Boone Senior Center and tommorrow (Sun) at Saints Cafe.

     The classes of 1970 are meeting this evening at 6 p.m. at Cedar Pointe.

     The classes of 1953 are meeting at 5 p.m. today at the Colorado Grill.

 

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     BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS: Alan Claytor, 50, Boone. Born in California. National Guard/Navy  vet. Worked as an Adobe Reader Technician. Married Sina Prue in 2011. Survivors include his wife, son, mother and a brother, Russel Claytor, of Boone..........Collin T. Buckingham, 71, Boone. Born in Boone. BHS-68. Married Dorene Huffman in Boone in 1975. Worked at John Deere from 1973 to retirement in 2005. Survivors include his wife, three daughters, a son, two sisters and his mother-in-law.........Dixie Gabrielson Johnson, 81, Boone. Formerly of Stratford. Born and grew up in Boone. Callender HS. Taught at Page Elementary in Boone. Married Marvin Johnson and became a farm wife in the Stratford area. Taught in Stratford until retirement in 1990. Was a well known musician, playing the piano and organ in various area bands. Survivors include a son, daughter, a brother and two sisters and a sister-in-law.

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