OST-06-04-2015

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Softball:

• Thursday Night in the Park

Thursday Night in the Park hosted by Osceola Parks and Recreation will be 5:30 to 7 p.m. today on the courthouse lawn in Osceola.

Clarke starts season 2-2

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154 YEARS • NO. 22

THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2015

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Final honor

Osceola police marshal who died in service receives state, federal recognition By AMY HANSEN

OST news editor • ahansen@osceolaiowa.com

Almost 100 years later, an Osceola marshal is getting the recognition he deserves for dying in the line of duty. Osceola Police Department’s Marshal Richard Eggleston’s name was formally dedicated May 13 at the 27th annual candlelight vigil during National Police Week. Eggleston will receive state and federal recognition for dying in the line of duty. “I just thought, you know, he died in service to his community, and I felt that nobody knew him,” said Osceola Police Chief Marty Duffus. Duffus sent in the paperwork for the state of Iowa and National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial (NLEOM). How it started The effort for formal recognition first began two years ago with Duffus and former captain Ed Stoll when they were researching the history of the department. Through their research, they came across articles of a fire in downtown Osceola 1 a.m. Nov. 22, 1917. According to the articles, there was an explosion and a building’s wall fell on Eggleston and a fireman named George Griffin, killing them both. The fire was at Frick’s Drug Store on the south side of square. Eggleston, 50, was a dedicated public servant. He was a two-term Clarke County Sheriff, with his term ending January 1915. From there to the time of his death, Eggleston was Osceola’s deputy city marshal. He also

OST photo by AMY HANSEN

Outside signs welcome customers to the new Uptown Bistro inside King’s Canyon Art Gallery on the square in Osceola.

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Osceola Police Chief Marty Duffus holds a plaque in recognition of Osceola’s Deputy Marshal Richard Eggleston, who died in the line of duty in 1917.

In the line of duty

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Pictured is Deputy Marshal Richard Eggleston.

served nine years with the U.S. mail service. “In Osceola, Iowa, accidents happen. This was an accident, but it doesn’t diminish what he was doing,” Duffus said. “So, as a department, we wished it wouldn’t have happened, but we’re proud to have been serving with someone, Please see EGGLESTON, Page 4

New Uptown Bistro opens in King’s Canyon Art Galley By AMY HANSEN

These are the other three officers who were officially added to the state’s Peace Officers’ Memorial with Osceola’s Deputy Marshal Richard Eggleston. Note: E.O.W. stands for end of watch. • Knoxville Police Department, Officer Marion “Bert” Conrey, E.O.W. April 2, 1938 Officer Conrey was attacked while on duty on March 17, 1938, by an intoxicated couple. • Cedar Falls Police Department, Officer Everett Dutcher, E.O.W. July 31, 1945 Officer Dutcher was killed in a crash while on duty on 07-31-1945. Officer Dutcher not only served as an officer with the police department, but also as a volunteer firefighter and was killed when the apparatus he was riding in to a fire was struck by a train. • Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office, Special Deputy Claude Dail, E.O.W. Aug. 25, 1932 Special Deputy Dail was accidentally killed in the line of duty on 8-25-1932. Deputy Dail was being instructed by another deputy on the use of a “riot gun” in preparation for the “Farmers Holiday Strike,” when the gun discharged striking Deputy Dail in the abdomen. Visit the Iowa Department of Public Safety’s website to view a list of the 177 officers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice in the state of Iowa.

OST news editor • ahansen@osceolaiowa.com

Fast, fresh food — that’s the specialty at the new Uptown Bistro in King’s Canyon Art Gallery on the square in Osceola. Uptown Bistro officially opened May 1, and it is owned by Brandi Dunbar and her sister-in-law Jill Sage. “I just always wanted to have a restaurant, and so, this kind of worked out,” Dunbar said. Existing operation King’s Canyon, which is owned by Brad and Cheryl Hansen, used to offer a lunch bistro, as well as an art gallery, but they found it advantageous to turn over the restaurant to someone else. Cheryl said having the existing lunch operation going and using the licensed kitchen has greatly

aided the start of Uptown Bistro. “They were able to step in and start up from day one,” she said. “Right, they didn’t have to go out and lose money in investment. It was here. … the door was open.” Uptown Bistro’s current hours are 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday. They offer eat-in or carry-out. Uptown Bistro will continue to offer catering, brunch, breakfast, lunch and dinner. They cater sandwiches found on the menu and frequently customize menus. Dunbar said they don’t buy bulk items and make the effort to shop locally. Cranberry pecan chicken salad One of the most popular and frequently asked for Please see UPTOWN BISTRO, Page 4

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Rollover accident: A vehicle sits on its top in the middle of a field six miles north of

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Restoration Ranch: Michele Davis, right, discusses what Restoration Ranch does with

Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds Friday, May 29, at Restoration Ranch in rural Clarke County. Restoration Ranch works to help restore people to a life of independent living. Reynolds was touring the place as part of her “Stories of Women’s Lives” tour. SINGLE COPY PRICE: 75¢

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Index Obituary .......................3 Editorial ........................4 Church Directory .........9 Classifieds ........... 12-13

Osceola near Highway 69 Wednesday, May 27. According to an Iowa State Patrol report, Floyd Carl Schrodt, 61, of Wilton was charged with failure to maintain control after the accident. Schrodt, driving a 2008 Cadillac south on Highway 69, approached a curve in the road. The vehicle’s right side tires traveled onto the south shoulder of the road and Schrodt said a deer entered the road. Schrodt lost control of his vehicle. The vehicle crossed the center line, entered a ditch, struck a landscaping object and struck two fence posts. The vehicle traveled through a wire fence, struck a tree, rolled onto its left side and came to a stop against a tree. There were no major injuries reported after the accident. Damage estimates are $13,000 to Schrodt’s vehicle, which was considered totaled, $275 to a landscape horse cultivator owned by Gary M. McKnight of Osceola and $500 to two fence posts and a wire fence owned by McKnight.

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Don’t Forget

Clarke County farmers’ market is planned 8 a.m. to noon Saturday on the courthouse lawn in Osceola.

Highs in the low 80s and Highs in the low 80s and possible. CHECK OUT OSCEOLAIOWA.COM FOR DAILY DEATH NOTICES AND SPORTS. lowsUPDATED in the mid 60s. lows inNEWS, the low 60s.


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