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154 YEARS • NO. 26
THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2014
OSCEOLA, IOWA 50213
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Firecracker Fun Run to make debut during Osceola’s Fourth of July By AMY HANSEN
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It’s time to dust off those running shoes. Osceola Chamber/Main Street’s (OCMS) first ever Firecracker Fun Run is scheduled 7 a.m. Friday, July 4. “It will be a great time,” said Derek Lumsden, executive director of OCMS. “Come out and have some fun.” Basic information The Firecracker Fun Run is a 5K/1K run/walk. The cost to participate is $15. Children ages 10 and younger are free. Checks and registration can be sent to Osceola Chamber/Main Street. The fun run starts at the Mosaic parking lot across the street from the fire station. It will end at Biggy’s restaurant. The Fourth of July theme this year is “A Super Fourth of July!” Prizes will be given in several categories for best themed outfits and strollerwagon decorations during the fun run.
Lumsden said, years ago, there used to be a fun run put on by the hospital. “So, one of the things that keeps coming back up during our planning sessions is it’d be nice to have something that’s a little more active to get people involved,” he said. “And, everybody keeps telling us there’s nothing the morning of the Fourth, until the parade. So, we thought that would be the perfect time and way to incorporate the Fourth of July and some healthy living.” Good addition There are a lot of activities planned during the holiday extravaganza in Osceola. However, Lumsden said the fun run/walk will be a good addition. He said it will add an event during a time gap between the July 3 evening activities and July 4 midday parade. “There’s a lot of people in town that like to take advantage of things. They like to be busy and doing things because a lot of people use Please see FUN RUN, Page 4
OST photos by AMY HANSEN
Above, Glenda Wishon interacts with a baby horse named Red’s Lucky Seven. Right, pictured is a horse named Lightning.
TO THE FINISH LINE Wishons find success with racing horses By AMY HANSEN
OST news editor ahansen@osceolaiowa.com
It all started on a trip to Mexico. “We had horses when I was a kid, so I loved them, you know, but never had them later,” said Glenda Wishon. “We went to Mexico and rode horses on the beach. And, it brought it all back.” Once Glenda and Larry Wishon of Osceola came back home, they bought a horse. The horse had a good pedigree, and they decided to breed her. “So, we did,” Glenda said. “And, that’s how it started.” The Wishons now have 12 horses. Glenda wears her love for her horses literally on her sleeve. During the interview, she had on a T-shirt that
said, “My therapist lives in a barn.” Racing Working with horses has led the Wishons to racing them at Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino. They have been racing for five years, and their name is “LG Racing.” They have also raced in Oklahoma and Texas. Saint Greeley, the two-year-old “baby,” raced at Prairie Meadows June 1 and won by 8 1/4-lengths. “Which is quite a ways,” Glenda said. The next day, the Wishons got a phone call from a person in New York who wanted to buy their horse, even though they’d never seen it in person. Even though a lot of money was offered for the horse, the Wishons decided to not sell Saint Greeley. Recently, Glenda had a conversa-
tion with someone who had seen Saint Greeley race earlier this month. “He said, ‘I don’t know that much about horses, but my god, that horse has got something. He just went off and left everybody.’” Getting noticed There are goals and aspirations for Saint Greeley, including someday getting the horse into the Kentucky Derby. Saint Greeley has also been featured in the specialty publication “Blood-Horse.” “To get into that magazine is something else,” Glenda said, “because that’s just the big studs, the big winners like California Chrome, all that stuff.” Please see HORSES, Page 4
Council approves housing redevelopment, addresses property covenant By AMY HANSEN
OST news editor ahansen@osceolaiowa.com
A covenant agreement could have brought housing redevelopment tumbling to the ground in The Meadows on the west side of Osceola. But, that didn’t happen during a June 17 Osceola City Council meeting. Alan Adams, who lives in The Meadows, spoke out against the construction of multi-family duplexes during the meeting’s public comment. “When I moved into The Meadows, we were given a covenant,” Adams said. “The covenant states that the city will only build single-family houses. ... The covenant also says that if any one resident objects, then they cannot go ahead and build it. So, I’m officially objecting.” SINGLE COPY PRICE: 75¢
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Ty Wheeler, Osceola’s city administrator/clerk, said the covenant, or agreement with the city, only applies to Plat 1 of The Meadows. “There aren’t any two-family units going in on the section of the development that the covenant would apply to,” Wheeler said. Housing issues There’s a long, sordid history of housing development in The Meadows. At previous council meetings, Wheeler has stated the housing redevelopment project is really a resalvaging project because of a bad development deal in that area with Midwest Homes Incorporated in 2003. Recently, city officials were approached by Kading Properties with development proposals to fix the hous-
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ing problem made many years ago. The city has already approved going into a development agreement with Kading Properties. The Meadows has been divided into plats 1 and 2. Plat 1 comprises Truman Road and the north half of Primrose Lane. Plat 2 is undeveloped so far, and it’s a portion on the south end of The Meadows. The proposed development agreement for The Meadows, Plat 2, called for no fewer than 42 single-family property lots and the construction of no fewer than 22 two-family dwellings, also known as duplexes. Kading Properties shall be responsible for the design and construction of Please see REDEVELOPMENT, Page 12
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