OST-08-07-2014

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Clarke County Fair exhibit results are in today’s paper starting on page 2. Results include awards for photography, baking, jewelry, vegetables and other handmade projects.

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The results are in By BAILEY POOLMAN CNA staff reporter • bpoolman@crestonnews.com

The unofficial results are in for a special election held in Osceola Tuesday. The election was a result of former city council member Glenn Schaff’s resignation in May. Schaff held the council’s at-large seat for 14 years, and was re-elected in the November 2013 election. The four candidates were Dennis Page, Sarah Truitt, Brian McKnight and Douglas Gay. Candidate Dennis Page, a Clarke County local and

1964 Clarke Community High School graduate, won the at-large position unofficially with a vote of 261. Sarah Truitt, a 2005 Osceola transplant formerly of Missouri, earned 115 votes. With the third amount of votes was Douglas P. Gay with 27 votes. Gay moved to Iowa from Florida in 2007. Brian K. McKnight, a Clarke Community High School graduate, had the least amount of votes with six. Page will hold the atlarge position through the remainder of Schaff’s term,

Results for Osceola’s special election

The unofficial special election results are: • Douglas P. Gay — 27 • Brian K. McKight — 6 • Dennis Page — 261 • Sarah Truitt — 115 which ends December 2017. There were 409 ballots cast in this special election, split between absentee ballots and wards one, two and three.

Dance your heart out By AMY HANSEN

OST news editor • ahansen@osceolaiowa.com

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Hope Lowry rides her horse Honor after her coronation for the 2014 Leon Rodeo Princess title.

Crowning achievement By AMY HANSEN

Lowry wins Leon Rodeo Princess during first-ever title competition ■

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Not many people can say they’ve had a dream come true even before they’ve reached their teenage years. However, Hope Lowry, 12, of Osceola has managed to do just that. Lowry was crowned the 2014 Leon Rodeo Princess during the Leon Rodeo July 2-5. “Horses, they’ve been in my life so long, you know,” Lowry said. “Whenever we went to the Leon Rodeo — we go there every single year — so, I always see the princess and queen. I’m like, I would want to do that someday. It’s always been kind of my dream. It’s really cool. It actually came true.” Lowry started competing in youth rodeos last year. She has been around horses since she was little. “My grandpa, we rode together,” she said. “He put me in front of him in the saddle when I was in diapers.”

First ever The Leon Rodeo was Lowry’s first time competing for a rodeo princess title. “When I won the rodeo princess, I was really stunned,” she said. “I really didn’t think that I would really win it. For the first time (competing) … I thought I was just going to have a good experience and maybe try out next year if I didn’t win. But, I won and I’m like, ‘Oh, OK!’” To win the title, Lowry had to compete in the areas of horsemanship, fashion show, an interview with the judges and a selection of random questions that are drawn out of a bucket. With rodeo titles, horsemanship takes

A local dance trio is ready to take their show on the road — to the Iowa State Fair. At Winterset a couple of weeks ago, Tori White, 11, Calleigh Klein, 11, and Lexie Penick, 10, qualified for the Iowa State Fair’s Bill Riley Talent Show. They qualified with a clogging dance routine to the song “Electricity.” They will perform on the Bill Riley stage at noon, Monday, Aug. 11. Clogging might sound hard to some people, but it’s not so much for these girls anymore. “It depends on what kind of classes you are in,” White said. “Like, if you’re in easy intermediate class, then it’s kind of easy.” “It’s kind of easy to us, anyway,” Penick said while laughing. “(For) some people, it might be, like, really difficult.”

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Pictured, from left, are Bill Riley Jr., Lexie Penick, Calleigh Klein, and Tori White in Winterset.

The girls have taken dance lessons through Leslie’s Dance Emporium for eight years. When trying to describe what it’s like to clog, the girls made comparisons to other dancing styles. If clogging is compared to tap dancing, then it’s similar. However, it’s different from the style of ballet dancing. The trio has been practicing their routine for approximately one year. They also do competitions during their

regular dance season. Klein said her favorite part of the routine was at the beginning. “Because you get ready to perform in front of everybody,” she said. This will be their third year at the Bill Riley Talent Show with a clogging routine. Their goal is to make it to the semifinals. “The past two years we Please see DANCE, Page 4

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Fun and games: Jadi Short, 9, of Osceola plays a bag game during Meet Your Merchants

Thursday, July 31, on the square in Osceola. Meet Your Merchants was an opportunity for people to meet their local business owners, eat food that was provided, listen to music and play children’s games.

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School is just around the corner. Clarke Community Schools will have the first day of school Wednesday.

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