CATCHING UP

      Some emails have caught up with us and we need to spread some info we have recently received.

      Let's begin with some great pride and happiness.

      We love stories that make us proud of great achievements by Booneites, past and present.

      Wendall Condon, BHS-75, a son of the famous longtime Boone resident, Vernon Condon, BHS-49, has passed a milestone and been greatly honored. The guy has completed 50 (that's fifty) years of service to our country as a U.S. Army veteran. BUT THERE'S MORE. He has been selected as the DAC (Department of the Army Civilian) Sikorsky Blackhawk helicopter instructor pilot of the year. His wife, Lori, and sons, Andy and Ryan, accompanied him to Washington D.C. to receive that award earlier this week.

      Ryan is a Nevada Iowan and Wendall's youngest son, Andy, was just promoted to CW5, a rank not easily achieved.There were just 31 Army Warrant Officer's selected this year for that promotion. He is stationed at Ft. Novosel with his dad flying Blackhawks and also doing quality control on all Blackhawk simulators worldwide. He will soon be at Iowa's Camp Dodge checking on their flight simulator.

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     If you're not a person that loves the four seasons, you're probably in the wrong place.

    Looking ahead a bit, Larry Lindmark, BHS-63, was on one of the very first Babe Ruth baseball teams I managed in my 25 years of that joyful experience. Assuming, we will again have a winter season in Boone Iowa in the coming months, Larry has done some reminiscing on his experiences at the Boone ice skating pond.

    Larry writes, "that where I learned to ice skate and as I turn 79, I hope to continue skating into my 80's. Roy Coffman was the park supervisor and he would always have a nice fire for us in the warming house and a few candy items, like Milk Duds, were available for purchase. A.C. Jensen, Tom, BHS-66, and Patty, BHS-64, Jensen's dad, was a renowned ice skater and sometimes he would be doing a "Grapevine" figure. That Boone ice provided me with lots of bumps and bruises but it helped me become a better skater in later years. I've been a member of the Red Wing, MN. Figure Skating Club for nearly 20 years. We usually have two shows in mid-March and I've done some comedy routines.....Tiny Tim, Charley Chaplin, Church Lady and some duets......Mom and Pop's Soda Shop and Tom and Jerry skits on ice."

     Larry is a collector......of almost anything, but especially sports items. On this occasion, however, he talked about another particular item in his huge collection. "I have a 16 x 20 painting of the Boone ice skating pond done by local Boone artist, Beulah Gibson, who was a BHS art teacher. Each Christmas, she would set up a hand painted nativity scene. I discovered this painting on ebay a couple years ago and bought it from a Texas seller. I brought it to show at my 60th class reunion and found that Mary Lea Cleveland's, BHS-63, family also had that painting," Larry explained.

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