After our mention the last few editions of the possible Redeker Furniture move to an out-of-town location, I'm sure you viewers are anxiously awaiting further information. Sorry!
There has been no formal announcement, just continued rumors and, in fact, this item is rather quickly being shelved into the "old" news category. There will, however, be an important step forward next Monday as the Boone County zoning commission, in a public hearing, considers a request from Stanley Redeker for a rezone of approximately 57.07 acres of land from A-1, Agriculture Conservation, to C-1, Commercial. The land is located about three miles east of Boone.
A positive hearing is an early step and necessity for any such proposed project.
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They've been planning it for quite some time and now, the all-70's class reunion is just days away. It will be held this weekend, Friday through Sunday.
Friday, classmates are invited to meet at any of several Boone food/drink establishments. Saturday, the reunion coincides with Boone's annual Crazy Daze, a tour of the new Boone High School will be offered, golf is available at Honey Creek or Cedar Pointe and, finally, starting at 5 p.m., there will be a "Taste of Boone" at the community building, highlighted by food, of course, as well as 70's music for dancing and a program. There are several options on Sunday, canoeing at Seven Oaks, a bike ride on the High Trestle Trail, a train ride on the Boone and Scenic Valley and/or excursions to any of Boone's many area parks.
Marie McRoberts aka Lois Marie Gaskill McRoberts emailed with information about another reunion offering. There will be an all-school alumni mass Sunday at 12:30 p.m. at Sacred Heart Church.
Marie wrote," If you graduated from Ryan High School or Sacred Heart School, come help us celebrate our wonderful Catholic education."
This is an all-school celebration, which means alumni from Sacred Heart Elementary, Middle School and/or high school or Ryan High are urged to attend.
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The Kornerman received a greeting, indirectly, from Ken Zanker this week. Thanks so much Kenny.
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The Kornerman was so sorry to learn this week of Dick Farley's death last Friday. Jim Farley, one of Dick's sons, emailed with the details. Dick was 90 years of age and passed away in Lakeland, FL.
Funeral services are being held in Winterhaven, FL. today (Wednesday).
The Kornerman first knew of Dick as a BHS tennis doubles partner with Dick Lantz. In fact, that twosome won the 1942 state high school doubles championship.
Then, as so many others did, the Kornerman connected with Dick during his days of managing the North Side Boyd's Dairy Store, 1952-1978. According to the obituary Jim provided, "He (Dick) and Jim Boyd created "bubble gum" ice cream in the 1960's. The great malts, and multi-flavors of ice cream, including "bubble gum," made Boyd's a destination stop for many in Central Iowa. He was known for his ready smile, welcoming manner, and spirited conversations."
ABSOLUTELY! How well the Kornerman knows, having spent many evenings there in his company.
He was a wonderful guy and, along with great conversation, he had this habit of dishing up the "best malts and shakes ever."
Dick was a 1942 BHS grad and served in the U.S. Air Force in WWII. He married Mary Margaret (Marty) McMichael in 1948 and they had five children, sons Steve and Jim and daughters Teri, Janaan and Marcia.
In 1994, Dick retired to Lakeland, Fl., met and, in 2001, married Martha Bittner who is also a survivor.
In his email, Jim concluded, "I read your blog regularly. I think you do a great service keeping us out of townies current on Boone events and news. It is always entertaining. Thanks for all you do."
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Boone Area Deaths: Steven Ward, 30, Des Moines. Born in Boone.........Steven Stoll,70, Madrid. Ballard High. Worked for Johnson Controls. Boone area survivor is a sister, Marsha Stoll Kenney of Ames...........Loretta Jones, 97, Ogden. Cook at OHS and Ogden Manor...........Marian Jesse, 91, Woodward. Luther H.S. Worked for a Madrid business. Boone area survivor is a son, Larry Jesse of Ames..........Kay Rach, 61, Ames............Brayden Passet, infant..........Marian Kimsey, 98, Platte City, MO. After retirement, settled in Pilot Mound and then, Platte City........Edna Meyer, 89, Boone. Moved to Boone in 1999. Boone area survivor is a sister, Geneva Stoneburner.............Johnny Berns, 67, Ogden..........Steven Reetz, 51, Boone.........James Dillon, 91, Bucklin, MO..................Michael
Scheuermann, 53, Boone. BHS-79. ISU-83. A CPA with Henkel and Associates. Boone area
survivors include his wife, Renee and his mother, Eula, of Boone, brother Mark of Bettendorf, mother-in-law Carole Dittmer of Boone, brother-in-law Herb Dittmer of Ogden and sister-in-law Rachelle Flory of Ames.
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Worldwide Korner headquarters are located at 710 Aldrich, Boone, Iowa 50036-4703. Phone number is 515-432-1530. To email your stories/memories/comments........
kelleyskorner1@gmail.com.
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Friday, July 18, 2014
Something Big May Be Brewing
O.K! The rumors are getting heftier and more widespread so the Kornerman has decided to speak in more detail about the "hint" we've given in recent editions about something "big" involving the Boone business community. I'm sure this is not news to some of you locals by now but it probably will be to our "outside" viewers.
There's been no formal announcement but, apparently, Redeker Furniture is contemplating a possible move to an area east of town. One positive is that Stanley Redeker, himself, has asked the zoning commission of Boone County to consider a request to rezone approximately 57.07 acres of land from A-1, Agriculture Conservation, to C-1, Commercial. A public hearing before the commission will be held July 28. That info is a given.
The area in question is located in Colfax township and, in it's simplest terms, would be described as the southeast corner of the intersection of Highway 30 and Highway 17 approximately three miles east of Boone and just south of the Farm Progress show area. That's south of Highway 30 and east of Highway 17.
According to the rumor mill, the firm would like to have all of their assets "under one roof" and would like additional parking availability. Currently, their warehouse is a non-connected building across the street from the main facility and, from casual looks, it would seem, more parking could be used, at least at certain times.
Perhaps more information will be forthcoming after the zoning hearing, if not before. In the meantime, or, until their is more official word, added rumors are sure to surface.
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It's ironic that a short note we received from Mike Loehrer this week fit rather neatly into the big story of the day. I assume Mike was unaware, at the time, of the "rumor." He wrote, "interesting about the massive growth spreading outward from DM. I can forsee the day when there will be few, if any, fields between Ames and Des Moines on I-35. So, the big question is, why has Boone stayed at 12,000 population since the early 1920's. Low property rates, I believe, would make Boone a fabulous bedroom community for Ames."
Mike was initially referring to what we had mentioned in last week's edition about the huge population growth in Ankeny. And later, couldn't Mike have also said he could forsee the day when there would be few, if any, fields between Ames and Boone on Highway 30?
It does seem like Ames is growing more westward. Are we starting see signs of Boone growing more eastward and shall the twain ever meet? Not in the Kornerman's lifetime I'm sure.
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Mark Tompkins also referred to something mentioned in the last edition. He wrote, "Mom had a friend, Sylvia Enquist, who, I believe, was once in the restaurant business. I think she owned the Embers out on the west side of Ames and, maybe, another place in Ankeny. The folks took me to the place near Ames in the summer of '63 the night before I left for Basic Training. I had my first lobster dinner there! I'm organizing for a month in Scotland, family on mom's side, and WWII battlefields in Belguim, Bulge, and Normandy, D-Day. Stay well and keep up the grand work."
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The Kornerman received the most interesting series of maps from Tom Peterson this week. To give you an idea, there was a map that showed all the countries where there are McDonald's restaurants, there was one that showed all the rivers that feed into the Mississippi, there was one that showed all the countries that don't use the metric system and there was one that showed all the countries where they drive on the left side of the road. Twenty-five different maps in all. By the way, the U.S., Alaska and just a couple others are the only countries that don't use the metric system.
The map that intrigued the old Kornerman the most was a map that showed, in each state, who were the highest paid public employees.........In 24 states, the highest paid public employee is a football coach and in 13 state's it's a basketball coach. A hockey coach is the highest paid in one state. All told, there are only eight states where the highest paid public employee is not a coach. Four college presidents make the list, there is a law school dean listed for one state and the remainder have top paid employees connected with the medical profession.
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No "new" news on the proposed 70th BHS class reunion slated for September. That all-70's reunion is coming up July 25-27 and either Georgia Robertson or Deb Chadourne are contacts for additional information on that and that Iowa By the Sea picnic to be held in front of the battleship IOWA at the Los Angeles Pier is coming August 2 and reservations must be in by July 26. Further information can be obtained at the website
http://www.iowabytheseapicnic.com/
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Boone Area Deaths: Lowell Daniels, 89, Polk City-Perry. Boone area survivor is a daughter, Lorrie Banks of Ogden..........Donald Nell, 87, rural Boone. Born in Boone. Stanhope High. Grain farmer north of Boone. Boone area survivors include his sister Myra Nell of Ames, and his sister-in-law Marcella Nell of Boone.
There were a couple of Nell brothers, Edmund and Orville, both deceased and the Kornerman remembers the Nell boys as being very good softball players in their youthful days. One of the many teams in the area in the 40's and 50's was the Oddfellows team and, for some reason, I connect the Nell boys with that team. Maybe that's incorrect???
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Worldwide Korner headquarters are located at 710 Aldrich, Boone, Iowa 50036-4703. Phone number is 515-432-1530. To email your stories/memories/comments/corrections (oh no)........
kelleyskorner1@gmail.com.
There's been no formal announcement but, apparently, Redeker Furniture is contemplating a possible move to an area east of town. One positive is that Stanley Redeker, himself, has asked the zoning commission of Boone County to consider a request to rezone approximately 57.07 acres of land from A-1, Agriculture Conservation, to C-1, Commercial. A public hearing before the commission will be held July 28. That info is a given.
The area in question is located in Colfax township and, in it's simplest terms, would be described as the southeast corner of the intersection of Highway 30 and Highway 17 approximately three miles east of Boone and just south of the Farm Progress show area. That's south of Highway 30 and east of Highway 17.
According to the rumor mill, the firm would like to have all of their assets "under one roof" and would like additional parking availability. Currently, their warehouse is a non-connected building across the street from the main facility and, from casual looks, it would seem, more parking could be used, at least at certain times.
Perhaps more information will be forthcoming after the zoning hearing, if not before. In the meantime, or, until their is more official word, added rumors are sure to surface.
K-----K
It's ironic that a short note we received from Mike Loehrer this week fit rather neatly into the big story of the day. I assume Mike was unaware, at the time, of the "rumor." He wrote, "interesting about the massive growth spreading outward from DM. I can forsee the day when there will be few, if any, fields between Ames and Des Moines on I-35. So, the big question is, why has Boone stayed at 12,000 population since the early 1920's. Low property rates, I believe, would make Boone a fabulous bedroom community for Ames."
Mike was initially referring to what we had mentioned in last week's edition about the huge population growth in Ankeny. And later, couldn't Mike have also said he could forsee the day when there would be few, if any, fields between Ames and Boone on Highway 30?
It does seem like Ames is growing more westward. Are we starting see signs of Boone growing more eastward and shall the twain ever meet? Not in the Kornerman's lifetime I'm sure.
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Mark Tompkins also referred to something mentioned in the last edition. He wrote, "Mom had a friend, Sylvia Enquist, who, I believe, was once in the restaurant business. I think she owned the Embers out on the west side of Ames and, maybe, another place in Ankeny. The folks took me to the place near Ames in the summer of '63 the night before I left for Basic Training. I had my first lobster dinner there! I'm organizing for a month in Scotland, family on mom's side, and WWII battlefields in Belguim, Bulge, and Normandy, D-Day. Stay well and keep up the grand work."
K-----K
The Kornerman received the most interesting series of maps from Tom Peterson this week. To give you an idea, there was a map that showed all the countries where there are McDonald's restaurants, there was one that showed all the rivers that feed into the Mississippi, there was one that showed all the countries that don't use the metric system and there was one that showed all the countries where they drive on the left side of the road. Twenty-five different maps in all. By the way, the U.S., Alaska and just a couple others are the only countries that don't use the metric system.
The map that intrigued the old Kornerman the most was a map that showed, in each state, who were the highest paid public employees.........In 24 states, the highest paid public employee is a football coach and in 13 state's it's a basketball coach. A hockey coach is the highest paid in one state. All told, there are only eight states where the highest paid public employee is not a coach. Four college presidents make the list, there is a law school dean listed for one state and the remainder have top paid employees connected with the medical profession.
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No "new" news on the proposed 70th BHS class reunion slated for September. That all-70's reunion is coming up July 25-27 and either Georgia Robertson or Deb Chadourne are contacts for additional information on that and that Iowa By the Sea picnic to be held in front of the battleship IOWA at the Los Angeles Pier is coming August 2 and reservations must be in by July 26. Further information can be obtained at the website
http://www.iowabytheseapicnic.com/
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Boone Area Deaths: Lowell Daniels, 89, Polk City-Perry. Boone area survivor is a daughter, Lorrie Banks of Ogden..........Donald Nell, 87, rural Boone. Born in Boone. Stanhope High. Grain farmer north of Boone. Boone area survivors include his sister Myra Nell of Ames, and his sister-in-law Marcella Nell of Boone.
There were a couple of Nell brothers, Edmund and Orville, both deceased and the Kornerman remembers the Nell boys as being very good softball players in their youthful days. One of the many teams in the area in the 40's and 50's was the Oddfellows team and, for some reason, I connect the Nell boys with that team. Maybe that's incorrect???
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Worldwide Korner headquarters are located at 710 Aldrich, Boone, Iowa 50036-4703. Phone number is 515-432-1530. To email your stories/memories/comments/corrections (oh no)........
kelleyskorner1@gmail.com.
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Changes, Maybe and Yes
Remember the "hint" in the last edition of a rumor involving an important part of our business community? The Kornerman still does not feel comfortable providing much additional information on this rumor, except to say the project seems to positively be edging forward.
Along that same business line, we can tell you that the popular Tic Toc restaurant is changing hands. And, on Friday and Saturday nights of this week, a special tribute will be paid to outgoing owner-operator Christine Thompson Bolton. As part of the festivities the band "Homegrown" will play Friday night and the Bill Martin Group will provide music on Saturday night starting at 5:30 p.m..
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For those of you who graduated from Boone schools and immediately fled our "Heaven on Earth," only to return sporadically, if at all, the Kornerman wants to provide some information you might find astonishing.
We've mentioned before about school enrollments and how Waukee has already reached large community status while "little" Dallas Center-Grimes will soon be there. Talk has already begun about Waukee needing a second high school and about DCG continuing a monumental growth.
Then, there's Ankeny. That community is completing it's first, or is it the second year of having two high schools? Anyway, there was a big story in the Des Moines Register the other day about the growth of this "suburb" of Big D. We won't go into great detail but absorb this........in the 2000 census year, Ankeny had a population of 27,117 (remember when it was 10,000?). The current estimated population is 49,080 AND, down the line a bit, it is estimated that Ankeny will become a community of 90,000 residents. Unbelieveable!
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In the Korner recently we mentioned that at BHS there once was a Radio Production Club. That was in the early 1950's and the Kornerman is still surprised I wasn't involved. I guess I turned to radio a year or so later.......like in 1953.
Anyway, Ross Baird was the club sponsor and the club did a weekly show on KWBG. There were four shows all told. One show told the townspeople what was happening at school and what some of the various organizations were doing. Another was a "High School Hit Parade," a collection of the favorite songs, singers, and orchestra's of BHS as recorded on national polls. Another was, "Night Thoughts," a series of mystery dramas, each one presented complete with one show and another featured literary pieces.
Some of these names of club members may "ring a bell." The club officers elected were Gretchen Caldwell, President; Andrea Dorman, Vice President, and JoAnn Morris, Secretary. Additional club members were Marilyn Brunner, Jeslyn Pearson, Betty Rose, Everett Hickman, Tom Sandell, Jo Betty Stemmerman, Bob Hammond, Wilma Knox, Leta Winans, Jo Ann Peters, Shirley Davis, Jo Ann Quantz, Donna Alexander, Nancy Jo Smith, Harriett Swank, Norma Trulin, Connie Spurgeon, Dean Canakes, Bob Carpenter, Jean Becker, Dorothy Goldsworth, Joan Logsdon, Lelia Davidson and Dick Longworth.
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Liz Reiss wrote," A reminder that Janet Musser played girls basketball - didn't she? I'm pretty sure I remember her on the court. Several years ago, I enjoyed sitting with Dick Musser at some of my nephew's basketball games in Minnesota.......that's brother John Hinz son. Ah, good old Boone...."
The Kornerman says that's true about Janet. In the last edition we had mentioned the fact all the Musser boys were such good athletes, especially good basketball players. The Kornerman didn't mention that Janet played and I should have.
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Noticed in the Register Sunday that Bill and Phyliss Enquist were married in Boone in 1949 and are celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary. In the Kornerman's mind, this is a "tweener." I remember the Enquist name but few real details are emerging. For some reason, I connect that name with a restaurant or is that way off? Then too, I remember a Joanie Enquist who was more my age, a sister, maybe, of Bill's?
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Boone Area Deaths: George Busch, 82, Boone. East Greene High-49. Lived south of Beaver for 14 years and moved to Boone in 1965. Grain farmer. Boone area survivors include his wife, Madilyn,
daughter Lori Burma, sons Tracy, Joe and Marty all of Boone, his brother Ray and sister Clara Clark both of Ogden...........Darrell Madden, 79, Boone. Attended Boone schools. Owned and operated a trucking business until retiring in 1997. Boone area survivors include his wife, Phyliss, son Mike and daughter Susan Nelson and a sister Karen Michel all of Boone.............Donald (Buddy) Lass Jr., Pilot Mound, 67. Pilot High until entering service. Was a carpenter until retirement. Boone area survivors include his mother Sarah Lass of Madrid and brother Jeff of Pilot Mound...........Robert Hasbrook, 72, Minnesota............Oliver (Muggs) Palmer, 73, Ames. BHS grad. Lived in Boone 32 years. Worked for DOT for 20 plus years.......... Betty Mae Van Gorden, 85, Guthrie Center, formerly of Boone. Born in Boone and attended Boone schools. With her husband, operated Gorvano's Pizza House in Des Moines for eight years. Boone area survivor is her sister, Jolene Wisecup of Ogden.
Editor's Note: Didn't the Van Gorden's, for a short time, have a pizza place in Boone which was Boone's first.......even before the Manriquez pizza? I think the Korner has been down this road before.
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Worldwide Korner headquarters are located at 710 Aldrich, Boone, Iowa 50036-4703. Phone number is 515-432-1530. To email stories/memories/comments......
kelleyskorner1@gmail.com
Along that same business line, we can tell you that the popular Tic Toc restaurant is changing hands. And, on Friday and Saturday nights of this week, a special tribute will be paid to outgoing owner-operator Christine Thompson Bolton. As part of the festivities the band "Homegrown" will play Friday night and the Bill Martin Group will provide music on Saturday night starting at 5:30 p.m..
K-----K
For those of you who graduated from Boone schools and immediately fled our "Heaven on Earth," only to return sporadically, if at all, the Kornerman wants to provide some information you might find astonishing.
We've mentioned before about school enrollments and how Waukee has already reached large community status while "little" Dallas Center-Grimes will soon be there. Talk has already begun about Waukee needing a second high school and about DCG continuing a monumental growth.
Then, there's Ankeny. That community is completing it's first, or is it the second year of having two high schools? Anyway, there was a big story in the Des Moines Register the other day about the growth of this "suburb" of Big D. We won't go into great detail but absorb this........in the 2000 census year, Ankeny had a population of 27,117 (remember when it was 10,000?). The current estimated population is 49,080 AND, down the line a bit, it is estimated that Ankeny will become a community of 90,000 residents. Unbelieveable!
K-----K
In the Korner recently we mentioned that at BHS there once was a Radio Production Club. That was in the early 1950's and the Kornerman is still surprised I wasn't involved. I guess I turned to radio a year or so later.......like in 1953.
Anyway, Ross Baird was the club sponsor and the club did a weekly show on KWBG. There were four shows all told. One show told the townspeople what was happening at school and what some of the various organizations were doing. Another was a "High School Hit Parade," a collection of the favorite songs, singers, and orchestra's of BHS as recorded on national polls. Another was, "Night Thoughts," a series of mystery dramas, each one presented complete with one show and another featured literary pieces.
Some of these names of club members may "ring a bell." The club officers elected were Gretchen Caldwell, President; Andrea Dorman, Vice President, and JoAnn Morris, Secretary. Additional club members were Marilyn Brunner, Jeslyn Pearson, Betty Rose, Everett Hickman, Tom Sandell, Jo Betty Stemmerman, Bob Hammond, Wilma Knox, Leta Winans, Jo Ann Peters, Shirley Davis, Jo Ann Quantz, Donna Alexander, Nancy Jo Smith, Harriett Swank, Norma Trulin, Connie Spurgeon, Dean Canakes, Bob Carpenter, Jean Becker, Dorothy Goldsworth, Joan Logsdon, Lelia Davidson and Dick Longworth.
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Liz Reiss wrote," A reminder that Janet Musser played girls basketball - didn't she? I'm pretty sure I remember her on the court. Several years ago, I enjoyed sitting with Dick Musser at some of my nephew's basketball games in Minnesota.......that's brother John Hinz son. Ah, good old Boone...."
The Kornerman says that's true about Janet. In the last edition we had mentioned the fact all the Musser boys were such good athletes, especially good basketball players. The Kornerman didn't mention that Janet played and I should have.
K-----K
Noticed in the Register Sunday that Bill and Phyliss Enquist were married in Boone in 1949 and are celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary. In the Kornerman's mind, this is a "tweener." I remember the Enquist name but few real details are emerging. For some reason, I connect that name with a restaurant or is that way off? Then too, I remember a Joanie Enquist who was more my age, a sister, maybe, of Bill's?
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Boone Area Deaths: George Busch, 82, Boone. East Greene High-49. Lived south of Beaver for 14 years and moved to Boone in 1965. Grain farmer. Boone area survivors include his wife, Madilyn,
daughter Lori Burma, sons Tracy, Joe and Marty all of Boone, his brother Ray and sister Clara Clark both of Ogden...........Darrell Madden, 79, Boone. Attended Boone schools. Owned and operated a trucking business until retiring in 1997. Boone area survivors include his wife, Phyliss, son Mike and daughter Susan Nelson and a sister Karen Michel all of Boone.............Donald (Buddy) Lass Jr., Pilot Mound, 67. Pilot High until entering service. Was a carpenter until retirement. Boone area survivors include his mother Sarah Lass of Madrid and brother Jeff of Pilot Mound...........Robert Hasbrook, 72, Minnesota............Oliver (Muggs) Palmer, 73, Ames. BHS grad. Lived in Boone 32 years. Worked for DOT for 20 plus years.......... Betty Mae Van Gorden, 85, Guthrie Center, formerly of Boone. Born in Boone and attended Boone schools. With her husband, operated Gorvano's Pizza House in Des Moines for eight years. Boone area survivor is her sister, Jolene Wisecup of Ogden.
Editor's Note: Didn't the Van Gorden's, for a short time, have a pizza place in Boone which was Boone's first.......even before the Manriquez pizza? I think the Korner has been down this road before.
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Worldwide Korner headquarters are located at 710 Aldrich, Boone, Iowa 50036-4703. Phone number is 515-432-1530. To email stories/memories/comments......
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Friday, July 11, 2014
True or False?
The Kornerman is sitting on a huge rumor involving an important part of our business community. Sorry, right now I'm not for hire on this one. It's strictly a rumor and we have nothing more we dare say at this time. It would be very big if it turns out truthful. Keep in touch.
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The Boone County Fair is right around the corner......not this Korner.....but the corner. Our old radio mate, Larry Kelley, no relation, had much to do with improvements at the local fair until a year or two ago. He is still a big fan of the event and very much wants it to succeed, to reach it's full potential. But, admittedly, the carnival situation has bothered him.
Larry wrote, "I read somewhere that the local fair has paid out as much as $30,000 for a carnival. During the five years I was involved, the most that was paid out was $7,000. I'm not sure why that larger figure would even be given out but I know many of us were not thrilled last year when they just brought in blowup "rides" and no real carnival. They have a smaller carnival coming this year. They should never NOT have a good carnival at the fair as that is what people expect and that is what completes the making of any fair."
Larry added that he understands an audience was told it takes $25,000 to bring in a carnival, "knowing full well it cost $7,000 in 2012 and nothing for the blow up stuff last year." He also said Ogden Fun Days had a carnival for $4,000.
In a personal note, he concluded, "We need to discuss the old radio days more. How I miss it!"
Yes, those radio days were an important and good part of the Kornerman's life and for $85 a week in the late 50's to early 60's, I gained some good experience and had lots of fun.
An update on Larry's son, Jamie: Jamie performed at the reunion of the Ogden High School class of 1959 recently and was a great hit. He sang lots of songs of that era plus a few of his "originals" but there was dancing and everyone seemed very appreciative. It was intended to be an hour performance but another 20 minutes or so was tacked on and Larry said, "those folks were so respectful and kind and really seemed to enjoy the music and Jamie."
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Speaking of 1959, well I think it might have actually been 1958 that Bob Musser was a BHS grad. The Kornerman was sorting through some material recently and came across this interesting item. Bob, who graduated from Grinnell College in 1962, was an outstanding basketball and tennis player for the Pioneers......co-captain of the basketball team his senior season. He earned an M.S. from the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management in 1964 and then spent two years in Nigeria on the MIT Fellows in Africa program where he worked on financial affairs. He joined Mobil and served as Chief Information Officer for five years. He retired in 1996 after nine years as controller of Mobil Corp.
Bob was elected to the Grinnell College Board of Trustees in 1995 and was named a Life Trustee in 2007.
Oh yes, the Kornerman recalls those Musser boys, Bob and brothers John, Chuck and Dick, and their athletic exploits at BHS. They were all great Toreador athletes, especially on the basketball floor.
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Boone Area Deaths: Betty May VanGorden, 85, Guthrie Center, formerly of Boone...........Laurel (Pat) Landals, 87, Ogden...........Donald Johnson, 74, rural Stratford. Stratford Hi-59. Farmer and Fareway truck driver. Boone area survivors include son Tracy Johnson and grandchildren of Boone...
Michele Brown, 60. BHS-grad. Dancing was a passion and she also earned an RN degree. Boone area survivor is a son James Wilhite of Ames.
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Worldwide Korner headquarters are located at 710 Aldrich, Boone, Iowa 50036-4703. Phone number is 515-432-1530. To email your stories/memories/comments....
kelleyskorner1@gmail.com.
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The Boone County Fair is right around the corner......not this Korner.....but the corner. Our old radio mate, Larry Kelley, no relation, had much to do with improvements at the local fair until a year or two ago. He is still a big fan of the event and very much wants it to succeed, to reach it's full potential. But, admittedly, the carnival situation has bothered him.
Larry wrote, "I read somewhere that the local fair has paid out as much as $30,000 for a carnival. During the five years I was involved, the most that was paid out was $7,000. I'm not sure why that larger figure would even be given out but I know many of us were not thrilled last year when they just brought in blowup "rides" and no real carnival. They have a smaller carnival coming this year. They should never NOT have a good carnival at the fair as that is what people expect and that is what completes the making of any fair."
Larry added that he understands an audience was told it takes $25,000 to bring in a carnival, "knowing full well it cost $7,000 in 2012 and nothing for the blow up stuff last year." He also said Ogden Fun Days had a carnival for $4,000.
In a personal note, he concluded, "We need to discuss the old radio days more. How I miss it!"
Yes, those radio days were an important and good part of the Kornerman's life and for $85 a week in the late 50's to early 60's, I gained some good experience and had lots of fun.
An update on Larry's son, Jamie: Jamie performed at the reunion of the Ogden High School class of 1959 recently and was a great hit. He sang lots of songs of that era plus a few of his "originals" but there was dancing and everyone seemed very appreciative. It was intended to be an hour performance but another 20 minutes or so was tacked on and Larry said, "those folks were so respectful and kind and really seemed to enjoy the music and Jamie."
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Speaking of 1959, well I think it might have actually been 1958 that Bob Musser was a BHS grad. The Kornerman was sorting through some material recently and came across this interesting item. Bob, who graduated from Grinnell College in 1962, was an outstanding basketball and tennis player for the Pioneers......co-captain of the basketball team his senior season. He earned an M.S. from the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management in 1964 and then spent two years in Nigeria on the MIT Fellows in Africa program where he worked on financial affairs. He joined Mobil and served as Chief Information Officer for five years. He retired in 1996 after nine years as controller of Mobil Corp.
Bob was elected to the Grinnell College Board of Trustees in 1995 and was named a Life Trustee in 2007.
Oh yes, the Kornerman recalls those Musser boys, Bob and brothers John, Chuck and Dick, and their athletic exploits at BHS. They were all great Toreador athletes, especially on the basketball floor.
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Boone Area Deaths: Betty May VanGorden, 85, Guthrie Center, formerly of Boone...........Laurel (Pat) Landals, 87, Ogden...........Donald Johnson, 74, rural Stratford. Stratford Hi-59. Farmer and Fareway truck driver. Boone area survivors include son Tracy Johnson and grandchildren of Boone...
Michele Brown, 60. BHS-grad. Dancing was a passion and she also earned an RN degree. Boone area survivor is a son James Wilhite of Ames.
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Worldwide Korner headquarters are located at 710 Aldrich, Boone, Iowa 50036-4703. Phone number is 515-432-1530. To email your stories/memories/comments....
kelleyskorner1@gmail.com.
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Ah Yes! There will be a 70th BHS Reunion
According to Gretchen, it's fact. Believe it! A BHS 70th.....that's 7-0 reunion will be held here in September. Has a class reunion of that many years ever been held before. Doubtful!
It seems that several members of the classes of 1941, 1943, 1944, 1945 and 1948 recently met to hear of plans for the event which will be hosted by Bill and Jodie Beckwith. There will be the usual festivities and and thanks to Bill and Marshall King, a handicap accessible railroad car will be available as a ride on the Scenic will be part of the gathering.
The Boone Scenic has had such a car for quite some time but it has been out of service recently, needing new wheels. A car with great wheels was located in Blair, NE and Bill and Marshall arranged to have the wheels transported here.
As far as the Kornerman knows, the next reunion scheduled here is the all 70's class reunion set for July 25-27.
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Quite some time ago, the Korner would hear, rather regularly, from Boone native Pat Donovan McDonald but then came quite some time of silence and we were concerned, although we knew she frequently took overseas trips.
We finally did hear again from the Tulsa, OK resident this week but with news we don't like to hear. She informed us that her sister, Elizabeth (Betty) Donovan Reed, had passed away. A BHS-43 grad, Betty died in New Mexico. Brother Jim Donovan and wife Karen are Boone survivors.
The Kornerman replied to Patty that it was good to hear from her again and she answered that she had retired from teaching after 40 years, much of that time in Iowa, including seven years in Stratford. When she started teaching at age 19, her salary was $3,400. She actually had done her student teaching under Mildred Holt at Franklin school here. She was a Boone Junior College grad who finished her education at Drake.
Patty wrote, "I have been lucky to be a leader for several years with the People to People organization. I have taken high school and junior high age students to numerous overseas countries. I have repelled off a 160 foot cliff in the Blue Mountains of Australia and repelled down a 60 foot castle tower in Wales and walked on the beach at Normandy among other sites so I've been very fortunate. I've been to several of these countries more than once. Not bad for a girl from Boone's north side. I won't be going overseas this summer but will be next summer. I enjoy your column. Please keep it up. I will try to do something exciting so I can tell you about it next time."
Speaking of the good old north side, the Kornerman was looking at some family pictures recently and saw some shots of the grand opening of my dad's grocery store on 17th street, the Superette. A very young Patty Donovan was in one of those pictures.
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Roger Moravetz mentioned that there are plenty of Iowa State Cyclone grads and fans from the Boone area who are excited about some new ISU history. He enclosed a news report about the Cyclones already completely selling out their season ticket sales for the upcoming ISU men's basketball season. It is a historic event that this has happened.......not only happened but happened this early. There are great expectations for that team for next season after their great conference and NCAA run of the past campaign.
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Rick Houser, Fairfax, VA, wrote in detail about what seemed like a fantastic trip he recently took through the New England states. His description of all the various sites and events visited made the old Kornerman extremely jealous. A generous supporter of the Korner, we thank him for his great interest in keeping our ship afloat.
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Boone Area Deaths: Theodore (Ted) Reis, 71, Carrollton, TX. Boone area survivor is a brother, John of Ogden..............Ron Murken, 75, Boone. United-57. Retired from ISU printing services in 2000. Sister Deloris Weaver of Johnston is a survivor..............Joseph Askin, 80, Sunrise Beach, MO., 80. Boone area survivor is a daughter, Gina Lundberg of Boone.........................Darrell Heck, 81. Ogden...............Kenneth Peterson, 80, Ogden.................Joe Smith, 78, Ogden. BHS-54....................
Clara (Vonis) Parrish, 92, Boone. BHS and BJC grad. Worked in her husband's Nevada Vet Clinic. Boone survivor is a son, Paul Parrish........................Kimberly Kruse, 55, Ames, formerly of Boone. BHS-77. Was a supervisor at Woodward Hospital and a chef at an ISU cafeteria. Boone area survivors include her brother, Kurt, of Madrid.................Jean Gebert, 93, Marion, formerly of Boone.
Everybody's friend Vern Condon reads the Korner and the Boone Area Deaths segment. He mentioned he was sorry to read in the Korner of Bev Doran Healy's recent death.
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Worldwide Korner headquarters are located at 710 Aldrich, Boone, Iowa 50036-4703. Phone number is 515-432-1530. To email your stories/memories/comments.......
kelleyskorner1@gmail.com.
It seems that several members of the classes of 1941, 1943, 1944, 1945 and 1948 recently met to hear of plans for the event which will be hosted by Bill and Jodie Beckwith. There will be the usual festivities and and thanks to Bill and Marshall King, a handicap accessible railroad car will be available as a ride on the Scenic will be part of the gathering.
The Boone Scenic has had such a car for quite some time but it has been out of service recently, needing new wheels. A car with great wheels was located in Blair, NE and Bill and Marshall arranged to have the wheels transported here.
As far as the Kornerman knows, the next reunion scheduled here is the all 70's class reunion set for July 25-27.
K-----K
Quite some time ago, the Korner would hear, rather regularly, from Boone native Pat Donovan McDonald but then came quite some time of silence and we were concerned, although we knew she frequently took overseas trips.
We finally did hear again from the Tulsa, OK resident this week but with news we don't like to hear. She informed us that her sister, Elizabeth (Betty) Donovan Reed, had passed away. A BHS-43 grad, Betty died in New Mexico. Brother Jim Donovan and wife Karen are Boone survivors.
The Kornerman replied to Patty that it was good to hear from her again and she answered that she had retired from teaching after 40 years, much of that time in Iowa, including seven years in Stratford. When she started teaching at age 19, her salary was $3,400. She actually had done her student teaching under Mildred Holt at Franklin school here. She was a Boone Junior College grad who finished her education at Drake.
Patty wrote, "I have been lucky to be a leader for several years with the People to People organization. I have taken high school and junior high age students to numerous overseas countries. I have repelled off a 160 foot cliff in the Blue Mountains of Australia and repelled down a 60 foot castle tower in Wales and walked on the beach at Normandy among other sites so I've been very fortunate. I've been to several of these countries more than once. Not bad for a girl from Boone's north side. I won't be going overseas this summer but will be next summer. I enjoy your column. Please keep it up. I will try to do something exciting so I can tell you about it next time."
Speaking of the good old north side, the Kornerman was looking at some family pictures recently and saw some shots of the grand opening of my dad's grocery store on 17th street, the Superette. A very young Patty Donovan was in one of those pictures.
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Roger Moravetz mentioned that there are plenty of Iowa State Cyclone grads and fans from the Boone area who are excited about some new ISU history. He enclosed a news report about the Cyclones already completely selling out their season ticket sales for the upcoming ISU men's basketball season. It is a historic event that this has happened.......not only happened but happened this early. There are great expectations for that team for next season after their great conference and NCAA run of the past campaign.
K-----K
Rick Houser, Fairfax, VA, wrote in detail about what seemed like a fantastic trip he recently took through the New England states. His description of all the various sites and events visited made the old Kornerman extremely jealous. A generous supporter of the Korner, we thank him for his great interest in keeping our ship afloat.
K-----K
Boone Area Deaths: Theodore (Ted) Reis, 71, Carrollton, TX. Boone area survivor is a brother, John of Ogden..............Ron Murken, 75, Boone. United-57. Retired from ISU printing services in 2000. Sister Deloris Weaver of Johnston is a survivor..............Joseph Askin, 80, Sunrise Beach, MO., 80. Boone area survivor is a daughter, Gina Lundberg of Boone.........................Darrell Heck, 81. Ogden...............Kenneth Peterson, 80, Ogden.................Joe Smith, 78, Ogden. BHS-54....................
Clara (Vonis) Parrish, 92, Boone. BHS and BJC grad. Worked in her husband's Nevada Vet Clinic. Boone survivor is a son, Paul Parrish........................Kimberly Kruse, 55, Ames, formerly of Boone. BHS-77. Was a supervisor at Woodward Hospital and a chef at an ISU cafeteria. Boone area survivors include her brother, Kurt, of Madrid.................Jean Gebert, 93, Marion, formerly of Boone.
Everybody's friend Vern Condon reads the Korner and the Boone Area Deaths segment. He mentioned he was sorry to read in the Korner of Bev Doran Healy's recent death.
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Worldwide Korner headquarters are located at 710 Aldrich, Boone, Iowa 50036-4703. Phone number is 515-432-1530. To email your stories/memories/comments.......
kelleyskorner1@gmail.com.
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Time Off
Folks are thinking about the Fourth.......time off........and not the Korner so we'll ride along today and, perhaps, the day after the fourth also. Input measurement will be the final determinent. If we're not here Saturday, we will be a week from today for sure.
Enjoy the holiday weekend.
Enjoy the holiday weekend.
Saturday, June 28, 2014
Memories of a Past Reunion, Rumors of A Coming Recordbreaker
The Boone High School class of 1964 had an exciting, successful reunion, their 50th, last weekend and we're still hearing about it.
Along that same line, the Kornerman is hearing rumors of an unprecedented event that may be forthcoming. No details yet, just rumors, but word is that Boone may host, this fall, the oldest class reunion in Boone High history...........a 70th reunion. We hope to have further information in the near future.
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Pat Ahlstrom, who lives in Arvada, Co., wrote about his 50th.........reunion that is. "Last weekend was great, reconnecting with the class of 1964, one of the best ever. I'm clearly biased but the facts add up to an outstanding group of people, teachers, parents and other good folks, leading, challenging and inspiring some very high and sustained performance out of so many in that class; others too I know but I'm tooting the horn of '64. As I mentioned to you Friday, that wholesome community life included people like you and institutions like the Boone News and KWBG that helped make growing up in Boone, at least in the 50's and early 60's when I did, a special thing. Our dads got together and created Little League and then Babe Ruth; service clubs like the Knights of Columbus, Kiwanis, Lions Club, Rotary, Vogler-Nieman, Elks Club and others supported the youth of Boone. KWBG and you, in radio and print sports in the BNR, recounted our exploits in grade school, junior high and high school on athletic fields, in academics, and community service. Speaking of athletic events, I used to enjoy watching you at the KWBG microphone describe Boone athletic events to the home radio audience. Your jaws moved with the speed of light and the fans at home understood exactly what was happening on the field or on the floor. The Toreadors ruled during some of those years and you helped long time Boone people hear about it first hand with all the excitement of the game! A lot of things have changed in media and in the pace of life these last 50 years but our memories are still sharp about the joy many of us had growing up in Boone, Iowa and being a part of the lives of such good people in the class of '64 and so many others. It was the best of times."
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John Hinz, who organized last Friday mornings golf outing for the '64 reunion wrote, "What a great reunion weekend! Thanks again to the Puntenney's for their extraordinary effort in putting on a great Friday night party! Your efforts are so appreciated! Thanks to the reunion committee for their hard work in putting on a wonderful dinner and program at Seven Oaks, a nice venue for our event! Mo, your article about the 1964 reunion was wonderful as was your visit with us at the golf course Friday. Your blog is so special to thousands of us Boonies. You help us stay in touch with so many Boone and former Boone people. Thank you."
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Boone Area Deaths: Donald Whannel, 83, West Des Moines. At a very early age, Donald spent some time being cared for by his father's sister, Florence Carlson, of rural northwest Boone County. When Don was in eighth grade his family reunited and moved to Jefferson..............Kenneth Toepfer, 83, Perry. He was born in Boone and married Esther Mary Burton in Boone at the Methodist Church parsonage in 1951. Boone area survivors include his wife Mary and a son Gary both of Perry and a brother Jack of Madrid.........Beverly Doran Healy, 84, El Paso, TX, formerly of Boone...........Brian Sparks, 61, Ames.............Arlene McNace, 90, Madrid, formerly of Boone..........Connie Patten, 49, Boone. Raised on a farm in Boone County. Worked as a waitress, and did assembly work at Carriage House in Ames and Gates Rubber in Boone. Boone area survivor is her husband, Bob.
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Worldwide Korner headquarters are located at 710 Aldrich, Boone, Iowa 50036-4703. Phone number is 515-432-1530. To email your stories/memories/comments.........
kelleyskorner1@gmail.com.
Along that same line, the Kornerman is hearing rumors of an unprecedented event that may be forthcoming. No details yet, just rumors, but word is that Boone may host, this fall, the oldest class reunion in Boone High history...........a 70th reunion. We hope to have further information in the near future.
K-----K
Pat Ahlstrom, who lives in Arvada, Co., wrote about his 50th.........reunion that is. "Last weekend was great, reconnecting with the class of 1964, one of the best ever. I'm clearly biased but the facts add up to an outstanding group of people, teachers, parents and other good folks, leading, challenging and inspiring some very high and sustained performance out of so many in that class; others too I know but I'm tooting the horn of '64. As I mentioned to you Friday, that wholesome community life included people like you and institutions like the Boone News and KWBG that helped make growing up in Boone, at least in the 50's and early 60's when I did, a special thing. Our dads got together and created Little League and then Babe Ruth; service clubs like the Knights of Columbus, Kiwanis, Lions Club, Rotary, Vogler-Nieman, Elks Club and others supported the youth of Boone. KWBG and you, in radio and print sports in the BNR, recounted our exploits in grade school, junior high and high school on athletic fields, in academics, and community service. Speaking of athletic events, I used to enjoy watching you at the KWBG microphone describe Boone athletic events to the home radio audience. Your jaws moved with the speed of light and the fans at home understood exactly what was happening on the field or on the floor. The Toreadors ruled during some of those years and you helped long time Boone people hear about it first hand with all the excitement of the game! A lot of things have changed in media and in the pace of life these last 50 years but our memories are still sharp about the joy many of us had growing up in Boone, Iowa and being a part of the lives of such good people in the class of '64 and so many others. It was the best of times."
K-----K
John Hinz, who organized last Friday mornings golf outing for the '64 reunion wrote, "What a great reunion weekend! Thanks again to the Puntenney's for their extraordinary effort in putting on a great Friday night party! Your efforts are so appreciated! Thanks to the reunion committee for their hard work in putting on a wonderful dinner and program at Seven Oaks, a nice venue for our event! Mo, your article about the 1964 reunion was wonderful as was your visit with us at the golf course Friday. Your blog is so special to thousands of us Boonies. You help us stay in touch with so many Boone and former Boone people. Thank you."
K-----K
Boone Area Deaths: Donald Whannel, 83, West Des Moines. At a very early age, Donald spent some time being cared for by his father's sister, Florence Carlson, of rural northwest Boone County. When Don was in eighth grade his family reunited and moved to Jefferson..............Kenneth Toepfer, 83, Perry. He was born in Boone and married Esther Mary Burton in Boone at the Methodist Church parsonage in 1951. Boone area survivors include his wife Mary and a son Gary both of Perry and a brother Jack of Madrid.........Beverly Doran Healy, 84, El Paso, TX, formerly of Boone...........Brian Sparks, 61, Ames.............Arlene McNace, 90, Madrid, formerly of Boone..........Connie Patten, 49, Boone. Raised on a farm in Boone County. Worked as a waitress, and did assembly work at Carriage House in Ames and Gates Rubber in Boone. Boone area survivor is her husband, Bob.
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Worldwide Korner headquarters are located at 710 Aldrich, Boone, Iowa 50036-4703. Phone number is 515-432-1530. To email your stories/memories/comments.........
kelleyskorner1@gmail.com.
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