Let's Talk Food

     The "new" Tic Toc restaurant has been open a week and, courtesy of our good friend Ann Onimous, we have our first review of the establishment.
     Ann wrote, "wanted to give you a report on the newest version of our beloved Tic Toc restaurant. We were there on the opening night and it was FANTASTIC. The steak was done perfectly and you could cut it with a fork. Gone is the old menu and in with an all new one which is more upscale than anything Boone has seen in the past. Sadly, the pizza isn't the old Tic Toc pizza either. The owner indicated this menu is what they are starting off with and will expand as the employees become more comfortable with all of the options. And, if there is something you would like that isn't on the menu, all you need to do is ask. The owner was super attentive and the food was as good as things I've had in much larger cities. He visited with each table and actually took orders and served some of them. He did mention that's he's really struggling to put together a team of employee's. Half of them called in the first night or didn't show up. Hopefully, he'll be able to get that problem solved and Boone will be able to support such a great addition!"
     Thanks Ann. Appreciate your thoughts.
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     Saw Bill McBirnie the other day and he, specifically, asked the Kornerman to try and track down a BHS beefburger recipe. Bill, who's been working in Texas, said, "ask anyone in the 1959-60 era and they'll agree that the Boone High Cafeteria served the best beefburgers ever. I'd sure like that recipe. It would also be nice to know who the cook was."
     Anybody else out in Kornerland remember those "great" burgers?
     Of course, the Kornerman was a few years prior to that, but I don't recall ever eating a meal at school. Was there a school cafeteria in the early 50's? All I remember is students eating a brown-bag lunch while sitting in the gymnasium bleacher balcony OR going home for lunch. We had at least an hour of lunch time and I walked the 10 blocks up Crawford Street home for lunch and then returned the 10 blocks back for the start of afternoon school all within that "off" time.
     The Kornerman needs some help here. My memory is very fuzzy on this. Was there a school lunch offered in those days or did that cafeteria business come later?
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     The Kornerman hadn't seen Bill for awhile. He's been working in Texas.
     Also saw Al Dannatt, a resident of Texas, who was in town to see brother Marty and celebrate their mother, Mae's, birthday.
     Al and Marty also attended the third annual Monte Anderson, BHS-69, Memorial Golf Outing.
     Al said that event was well attended and after golf, the group assembled at Toby K's Event Center.  Al marveled at "what a great place that was for getting together. I can't imagine that was, at one time, the Percival plant. I was really impressed with that facility."
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     John Hinz, BHS-64, wrote, "It's really hard to believe that the NBA Golden State Warriors versus the Oklahoma City Thunder had a sub-battle going on within their games. Anyone who follows anything about sports is aware that one of the all-time great rivalries in sports lies within Iowa boundaries.....Boone versus Ames. Yes, that matchup has grown into an NBA playoff game. The Thunder's Nick Collison has and has had many relatives in the Boone area including his parents, Dave Collison, BHS-72, and Judy Peterson Collison, BHS-72. And, Nick has played for Oklahoma City for many years while former Ames High star, Harrison Barnes, is a starter for Golden State. Yes, a barnburner NBA playoff series involves guys connected to Boone and Ames, 15 miles apart in the heart of Iowa. I look for Collison (Nick) to announce his retirement sometime this coming week. Glad I could share this remarkable fact with so many of you who, unluckily, are not Iowans."
     The Kornerman says " Monday night, Golden State defeated Oklahoma City in the deciding game in their series and will advance to the NBA finals. Oklahoma city is done for this season."
     Whether he retires or not, Nick Collison has had an outstanding basketball career. State high school championships at Iowa Falls under his dad's coaching, a great All-American collegiate career under Roy Williams at Kansas University and then a great NBA career at Seattle and Oklahoma City starting in 2003. That's about 13 years of play in professional basketball.
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     Bit's and Pieces: (1) Barb Buechler Fosdick reported in from San Diego. She said,"just returned from Maui and Boone, Iowa." She visits her mother, Martha Buechler, in Boone quite often and also, while here, attended the Monte Anderson event. (2) In the Sunday Register there was a special honor, a 60th anniversary, accorded to Stan and Jan Miller of Spirit Lake and Sun Lakes, AZ. It said the couple were married in Boone, Iowa, June 3, 1956. Their children, who recognized the milestone, included Tim and Wanda Miller of Kalona and Mary and Don Diehl of Storm Lake. (3) Max Moore, BHS-46, wrote, "is there a committee spearheading the naming of the BHS gym?" His thought was that a Fisher/Moran named gym would honor both Hap Moran, who Max called, "the greatest BHS athlete ever," and Bud Fisher, Toreador coach of the 1932 State basketball champs.
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     Boone Connected Deaths: Dan Wilson, 66, Ogden. OHS-68. Worked for Ogden Municipal Utilities until his retirement. Was a volunteer fire fighter. Boone area survivors include his wife, Judy,  and sons, Tom and Bill, all of Ogden...........Delores Ann Kyle, 86, Story City. Worked at the Ag Department at ISU. Boone area survivor is a daughter, Naylene Crispin, of Madrid.
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