RODEO RESULTS
NIGHT OF HONORS
The 70th annual Lenox Rodeo concluded Saturday evening. Results are published on page 12A of today’s newspaper. >>
Murray coach Danny Jensen goes into Hall of Fame and Creston’s Haylee LaMasters plays for winning team at IGCA Softball All-Star Classic. More on page 6A. >>
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Corbyn Vicker, 11, of Creston competes at the Clarke County Youth Rodeo June 28. Vicker won champion senior steer rider.
Young bull rider trains at Lane Frost school By KELSEY HAUGEN
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he eight-second rush has a hold on 11-yearold Corbyn Vicker. “The feeling is hard to explain,” said Corbyn of Creston. “It’s a little bit scary, but really fun. You don’t know what the bull’s going to do, so you have to be ready for anything.” A simple desire to give bull riding a shot led him to win a champion title at his first competition last summer in Leon. In June, he received three-day training at the Lane Frost Memorial Christian Bull Riding and Bull Fighting School, which is taught by members of the Professional Bull Riders (PBR). Though Corbyn comes from a rodeo-loving family, he is the first bull rider. Corbyn already had experience bareback horse riding. It was a combination of his friends riding bulls and him nearly wearing out his 8 Seconds DVD – the Hollywood rendition of Lane
Frost’s life as a bull rider – that had Corbyn fascinated by bull riding for a long time. “We played around with not letting him, but we figured he’d try it once and wouldn’t like it,” said Corbyn’s mother, Amber. Instead, Corbyn first got on a friend’s bucking dummy and loved it. He then started learning from local people, including John Young, a Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association bull rider who grew up in Orient and went to Creston High School. In June 2014, Corbyn competed in bull riding for the first time at the Leon Youth Rodeo and won the buckle for champion senior steer rider. He then won reserve steer riding champion at Clarke County Youth Rodeo. “He’s got some natural talent,” said Corbyn’s father, Clint. “I was hoping he’d just get hurt and quit,” he joked. Clint and Amber’s concern for Corbyn’s safety, as well as Corbyn’s desire to improve, prompted Clint to fill out an application for the Lane Frost program in Lane,
“We played along with him, but we figured he’d try it once and wouldn’t like it.” — Amber Vicker
Corbyn’s mother
Okla. The school was established in 2005 by Frost’s parents, Clyde and Elsie, in memory of their son, who died in an arena in 1989. The school is taught by PBR, including former world champions, and held at the Frost Ranch. This year, 20 bull riding and 10 bull fighting students of a wide age range were accepted. Kids were chosen from several states, but Clint said Corbyn was the only one from Iowa. “I’d rather he roped like his brother, but if he’s going to do it, I figured we’d better take him to a school so he could learn how to Please see VICKER, Page 2
DES MOINES — The Iowa State Fair Blue Ribbon Foundation and Cookies Food Products has announced the recipients of the Iowan of the Day award for the 2015 Iowa State Fair. There are 10 recipients choosen from around Iowa, and the local 2015 Iowan of the Day recipient is Elaine Bohling of Greenfield. Each winner will have their own day at the Iowa State Fair. They are recognized on the Anne and Bill Riley Stage and presented as an Iowan of the Day. Along with accommodations at the Downtown Des Moines Marriott, they will each receive a cash prize, grandstand and Iowa State Fair admission tickets, use of the Iowan of the Day golf cart and one year subscriptions to The Iowan and Iowa Gardening magazines. The Blue Ribbon Foundation began the Iowan of the Day award in 1997 to honor those Iowans who Please see IOWAN, Page 2
Water utility: removal of nitrates has cost $1.5M DES MOINES (AP) — The water utility serving 500,000 customers in central Iowa says it has spent more than $1.5 million since December to remove nitrate from the water to keep it within safe drinking limits. Des Moines Water Works draws some water from the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers, both of which have had nitrate levels above the 10 milligrams per liter allowed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in recent months. Water Works CEO Bill Stowe says he’s preparing plans that include spending up to $183 million for new nitrate removal equipment that can keep up with higher levels coming from farms. The utility is suing three upstream counties claiming farm drainage tiles contribute to high nitrates. Farm groups campaigning against the lawsuit did not immediately reply to messages.
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Angel gowns: Right, Pam Dunham of Creston, a former kindergarten teacher, sews bits of lacy wedding gown together to form an “angel gown” Monday at the Quilts and Other Notions
creative center. The idea for “angel gowns” came from a woman in Texas that Amy Lohoff — one of the founding members of pregnancy awareness and infant loss group Mommies of Angels — found online. The gowns, pictured left, will be donated to local hospitals and given to families who want one, free of charge, for their child who doesn’t make it home. For more information, contact Lohoff at 641-202-0024 or Joyce Franklin at 641-782-8874.
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