The wait is over. Winners of the $1 BILLION, 787 powerball drawing have been declared (but not announced....due to state rules of anonymity). Each of the two winners can choose between an annuity....893.5 MILLION, 30 payments over 29 years OR lump sum payments of 410.3 MILLION each before taxes.
I, the Kornerman, am reminded of "Magic Bank Account." The actual author is unknown but his/her words were found in the billfold of famous Alabama football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant after he died in 1982.
Here goes......Imagine that you won a prize in a contest that resulted in your receiving a bank account deposit of $86,400 EACH morning. HOWEVER, there are a set of rules to follow. (1) Everything you didn't spend each day could be taken away from you. (2) You cannot transfer money into another account. (3) You may only spend it. (4) Each morning, the bank deposits another $86,400 in your account. (5) The bank can end this game without warning at any time. It can close the account and you will not receive a new one.
What would you do? Probably, you would buy anything and everything you've wanted. Not only for yourself, but for all the people you love and care for. Even for people you don't know because you couldn't possibly spend it all on yourself, right? You would probably try to spend every penny and use it all each day because you knew it would be replenished the next morning, right?
Actually, this game is real. Each of us is already a winner of this prize, we just don't seem to see it. Each morning we receive 86,400 seconds as a gift of life. When we go to sleep, any remaining time is not credited to us. What we haven't used up this day is forever lost. Yesterday is forever gone. Each morning the account is refilled, but the bank can dissolve your account at any time. So, what will you do with your 86,400 seconds?
Those seconds are worth so much more than the same amount in dollars. Think about it and remember to enjoy every second of your life because time races by so much quicker than you think. (Editor's Note: Yes, ask me about that.) So, take care of yourself, be happy, love deeply and enjoy life.
Start "spending" and don't complain about growing old. Some people don't get the privilege.
K-----K
John Kueck, BHS-61, has told Korner viewers about the FIVE Boone natives who find themselves together as residents, these many years later, of Friendship Village in Bloomington, MN.
One of them is Stephen Jon Hamilton, BHS-66. His dad was the owner-operator and charter member of the Boone Tru Value hardware store on Story Street and also owned the Ames, Ogden and Madrid stores.
Here we go again. Nothing busts my buttons than having an opportunity to tell and yes, brag about Boone natives who have brought buckets of pride and distinction to our community.
Stephen Hamilton has received raves of adoration throughout this nation and abroad due to his prominence on the American organ scene for over 40 years. Throughout his career, consistent critical review has earned him acclaim as a thoroughly engaging and popular personality and has firmly established his reputation as a leading and much sought-after virtuoso.
His lengthy and extremely impressive biography is much too thorough to include in its entirety in the Korner. But its replete with mentions of his work in not only revered and well known American venues, but some of the world's greatest locations as well. An avid educator, as well as his personal performances, he is a well known faculty member of several colleges and always in demand as a clinician.
Hamilton is Minister of Music Emeritus at the historic church of the Holy Trinity (Episcopal) in New York City and in 2023, he was named Director of Music and Organist at Olivet Congregational Church in Saint Paul, MN.
Steven began his private studies in the fourth grade at Drake University, earned Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Southern Illinois University and secured the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the Manhattan School of Music.
His next concert at Olivet Congregational Church in St. Paul is Sunday, November 30, 2025 at 3 p.m. and he has issued a special invitation to his Boone friends and neighbors, Steve and Susan Kueck.
K-----K
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