Here's the best news we've been able to report early this month........"the Ogden Reporter isn't going anywhere."
Those were the latest words spoken, via facebook, by someone representing the Reporter.
As indicated in the Korner earlier this month, Mid America of Hampton, owner of the Reporter and the Madrid Register News, plus papers in 14 other Iowa counties, were finally succumbing to the pressures all of print media seem to face these days, "dwindling readership and advertising revenue" They announced they were closing all the counties doors April first.
That decision, many miles away, seemed to "wrap up" the long history of the two Boone County newspapers who have kept their communities and area informed, connected and heard since early this century and beyond.
HOWEVER, one important caveat has still breathed life into this devastating story. Their seem to be fighters in those communities who refuse this acceptance.
Regarding the Reporter, facebook said, "plans are in place for the Reporter to continue publication" and similar whispers have been heard regarding the Register News.
So, nothing official to report yet........other than some individuals or groups are fighting to "stay alive and continue serving."
Let's remain hopeful.
K-----K
I, the Kornerman served as a Boone Little League/Babe Ruth baseball coach for 25 years. Many stories, large and small, from those experiences, seem to pop up quite often. Everything from guiding a group of young Boone men, 13-15 years of age, to participation in the 1962 Babe Ruth World Series in New Jersey to simple interactions with players that produced a laugh or, perhaps, even a tear or two.
Freddy Hagaman passed the other day at 76 years of age....how can it be. A Boone High graduate with the class of 1968, Fred was one of those hundreds of young men who I had the pleasure of working with. But there's more.
In all honesty, Fred was not a gifted baseball player. But, perhaps, just his presence and attitude were even more important to our team than singles or putouts. He, without doubt, was one of the most enthusiastic young men I ever coached......always willing, always able........just the type of teammate always desired.
Jeff Courter, BHS-80, remembered Fred as an assistant coach on a Dodger youth team he was a member of.
I'll never forget......Fred came to practice one day with a different pair of baseball shoes and wasn't he proud. The smile still remains as he showed me his shoes with the promise......"now, I'll really be able to run fast."
Just one of those moments that remain in the mind of a 91 year old after all these years.
K-----K
The Korner's Chief Eastern Iowa correspondent Andy Anderson has a story to tell.
He says, "In 1963, while attending Boone Junior College, I met a young man who was a "boarder" at the Boone Biblical college. His name was Ken Kamau and he was from Nairobi, Kenya. In 1997, I was checking in at a hotel in Milwaukee. The hotel receptionist was an African American with a British accent and in our discussion, I learned she was from Kenya Nairobi AND SHE KNEW KEN."
Andy had no connection with Ken in more than 30 years and was told that he was teaching African history in Milwaukee. After a few telephone calls, he was talking to Ken, they eventually got together, and he gave Andy a wonderful gift from Africa.
Several years later, Andy felt compelled to try to contact his friend. However, it was discovered that Ken had died in 2014.
K-----K
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