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• Community blood drive

A community blood drive sponsored by the Osceola Lions is planned Friday at LifePoint Assembly of God. Make appointment by calling 641-342-2634 or online at www.lifeservebloodcenter.org

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HOMECOMINGS

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From left, Mary Ann Smith, Jack Baumgardner, Karen Baumgardner and Tom Woodin square dance at the United Methodist Church in Creston earlier this month.

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Clarke royalty:

Clarke’s homecoming royalty is crowned Friday, Sept. 26, at Clarke Community High School’s auditorium. Pictured, top row, from left, are Carlos Tamayo, prince, and Dania Echeveste, princess. Front row are Sofia Contreras, queen, and Junior Morales, king.

The Smiths share their love for square dancing By AMY HANSEN

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Everybody has a favorite song where they stop everything they’re doing and listen to it play. You know the one, it has a beat and melody that just wants to make you get on your feet. For Lester and Mary Ann Smith of Osceola, their song is “Fisherman’s Luck.” However, when that song comes on, they square dance to it. The song has a slow start, but picks up as it goes along. “We never want to miss that dance whenever they (play it). Because you hear the start of the music,” Lester said. “The beat,” Mary Ann added. “And, you say, oh my, that’s going to be ‘Fisherman’s Luck,’” Lester said. The Smiths have been square dancing for 35 years. They originally started in Washington state. “And, we’re still at it,” Mary Ann said. The Smiths took required lessons for the basic steps and moved up to the next plus level. The square is a group of eight people and they synchronize their dance to what the caller is telling them to do. “If we know the caller, we love to mess him up,” Mary Ann while laughing. Active in Iowa Since Lester was born and raised in Osceola, the couple decided to move here a few years ago. They brought their passion for square dancing with them and found a club in Creston. There are 33 clubs in Iowa and the Smiths are a part of the Southwest FederaSINGLE COPY PRICE: 75¢

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Interested in square dancing? Do you think you might be interested in square dancing? For more information, people may contact Lester Smith at 641342-9448 or Bob Cooper at 641782-4403. National Square Dance offers line dance, clogging, round dance and main stream and plus and challenge levels. In more square dancing news, Iowa will be hosting the nationals in June 2016 in Des Moines. There is expected to be 8,000 dancers from all over the world in attendance.

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I-35 royalty: Interstate 35 High School’s homecoming king and queen are crowned during

a pep rally Thursday, Sept. 25. King Josh Hughes is the son of David and Sara Hughes. Queen Shannon James is the daughter of Bill and Sharon James.

Gregg aims to crack down on cyber crime in campaign for state AG By AMY HANSEN

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tion, which has three clubs in the area. Members in the Union Squares club hail from Creston, Corning, Lenox, Osceola and Winterset. The Smiths are the only couple from Osceola in the square dancing club. “The friendship is just everlasting. They say it’s exercise put to music,” Mary said. The Smiths travel all over the state to dance, but their main club is in Creston. For the Smiths, square dancing isn’t a competition, it’s purely entertainment for them. Square dancers in the Creston club dance the first and third Friday of the month in the basement of the Methodist church in Creston. Dancers and visitors are always welcome. Please see SQUARE DANCING, Page 4

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If you need a way to remember Adam Gregg and his campaign, just think “AG for AG.” Gregg is running for the state’s attorney general in the November elections. Gregg, 31, is the Republican candidate who will face Gregg Democratic incumbent Tom Miller. “I think it’s time we have an attorney general who served as Iowa’s lawyer in-

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stead of Washington, D.C.’s, lawyer,” Gregg said during an interview at the Osceola Sentinel-Tribune office. “I think our current attorney general, over his 32 years in office, has kind of lost touch with what Iowan’s care about. It’s because he doesn’t travel the state and doesn’t make him accessible to Iowans.” According to Gregg, he has outlined his ideas for Iowa families, farmers and constitutional freedoms. Cyber crimes One of his the goals is to create a division within the attorney general’s office focused on prosecuting cyber crimes and crimes against children.

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“Almost everything in our lives is moving online, from campaigns to banking to commerce to our personal lives through social media,” Gregg said. “But, that’s also been true of crime, as well, unfortunately.” He said people don’t always recognize the triggers that classify something as a scam. Gregg said he doesn’t think Miller understands the trend of cyber crime, especially concerning the fact that Miller doesn’t even have email. Full Grassley Visiting 99 counties is another one of Gregg’s goals Please see GREGG, Page 4

After prom vendor fair

The after prom vendor fair is planned 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Clarke Community Middle School’s gym.

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