Events
RENOVATIONS:
• Veterans Day
For a complete list of Veterans Day events in the Osceola area, see page 9A.
The Clarke baseball and softball fields will be renovated beginning this fall page 6
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2016
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Kovacevich wins open Clarke County sheriff election By SCOTT VICKER
OST managing editor svicker@osceolaiowa.com
Shortly after final unofficial results were read Tuesday night at Clarke County Courthouse, Mayor Thomas Kedley gave Rob K o v a cevich a congratulatory handshake. Kovacevich, run- Kovacevich ning on the Demo-
cratic ticket, won the Clarke County sheriff election in one of the most tightly contested races in the county for partisan offices. Kovacevich prevailed with 48.53 percent of the votes and Ed Stoll received 31.90 percent. George Williamson finished with 19.38 percent of the vote. Clarke County experienced a slew of new voter registrations during Tuesday’s voting period. In total, 4,499 or 73.29 percent of 6,139 registered voters cast ballots in the general election.
In other local contests, Republican candidate Larry Keller won the Clarke County supervisor District 2 seat with 6 9 . 0 7 percent of the vote com- Keller pared to Richard McKnight’s 30.85 percent. In District 3, Democratic candidate Marvin McCann OST photo by SCOTT VICKER
Poll workers Lila Haltom, right, and Madeline Adams explain the ballot to voters Scott Glenn, left, and Junior Morales Tuesday night at Clarke County Courthouse.
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CCHS to perform ‘Footloose’ CCRC approves final site plan By SCOTT VICKER
OST managing editor svicker@osceolaiowa.com
A resolution approving the final site location and authorizing public improvement, which may require acquisition of agricultural land by the use of condemnation, was passed by Clarke County Reservoir Commission during a public hearing Wednesday, Oct. 26. The new reservoir that will be built as a result of the resolution will be located at dam site 4B, the same location that had previously been proposed. Design of the reservoir will occur in 2017, with construction taking place in 2018 and 2019. The reservoir would then fill and be ready to use in the year 2020.
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Clarke County High School students prepare for their fall musical, “Footloose,” running Nov. 11 and Nov. 12 in the Clarke auditorium.
By HILARY FERRAND
“Footloose” sees the arrival of Ren McCormack (John Echeveste), a boy hailing from the clubs of Chicago, to the small town of Bomont, Illinois, where dancing is illegal. With help from his new friend, Willard Hewitt (Riley Elben), Ren plans to change the city council’s mind, winning the heart of Ariel Moore (Brittany Beckett) in the process. Unfortunately for Ren, Ariel’s father, the Rev. Shaw Moore (Zach Smith), de-
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What happens when a kid from the city winds up in a small town with big restrictions? He leads a revolt bent on opening minds and celebrating self-expression. Clarke Community High School’s fall musical, “Footloose,” kicks off 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11 and Saturday, Nov. 12.
manded the ban to begin with. With 38 students appearing onstage and 76 involved total, “Footloose” will be a massive production for the small school. It’s also a departure from more traditional selections of the past, such as “Annie” and “Mary Poppins.” “With all the pop music, it’s a little bit different,” said Director Don May. “This one is a little more fun, and obviously, more
modern.” May teaches speech, theatre and keyboarding at Clarke C o m munity Middle School/ H i g h May School. This is his 22nd year directing the fall musical.
Patel Subdivision one step closer to completion
ing Tuesday, Nov. 1. “We need to make sure there’s actually storm water control in the culde-sac itself. There’s nowhere for that water to go,” said Osceola City Administrator/Clerk Ty Wheeler, noting an absence of storm drains in the subdivision. The plan calls for intakes on either side of the cul-de-sac and another at the bottom to effectively drain water away from the properties at the end of Kelly Lane. This is the second time
By HILARY FERRAND OST news editor hferrand@osceolaiowa. com
Costs involved in storm-water management for the Patel Subdivision, located at the end of Kelly Lane in the Harken Hills neighborhood, will be shared, Osceola City Council voted unanimously during its regular meetSINGLE SINGLECOPY COPYPRICE: PRICE:$1.00 75¢
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in two months the city has committed to help in the progress of the Patel Subdivision. Tuesday, Oct. 4, Osceola City Council voted to assist in the construction of a hammerhead design at the end of the lane to aid in proper turnaround. In return, the developer, Pragnesh Patel, agreed to forfeit any tax abatement on the property. This plan has since changed, with the hammerhead design being replaced by a cul-de-sac in order to encourage the
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Hilary Ferrand has joined the Osceola Sentinel-Tribune staff as news editor. Ferrand, 39, is from Fort Dodge. She replaced Amy Hansen Willey when Willey left the newspaper. “Osceola’s a charming town,” Ferrand said. “I’m really excited to take over.” Ferrand graduated from Fort Dodge Senior High School in 1996 and attended Westmin- Ferrand ster College in Fulton, Missouri. She has been a freelance writer for the past 17 years, working with magazines and newspapers such as E-The
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development and resale of residential plots located at the end of the street. “From the city’s perspective, the cost for the materials wouldn’t likely change much between the two designs,” Wheeler said. “At this point, the city is supportive of whatever the developer feels will best accommodate future development, so long as the final project is constructed to city specs.” Original plans called for the development of Kelly Lane to be completed Dec. 1, 1999.
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Environmental Magazine, Mother Nature Network and Twist and Shout of Fort Dodge. Ferrand is married to Dennis and together they have five children: Nathan, 18, Strata, 16, Lian, 14, Felix, 7, and Luna, 3. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with family, reading horror and fantasy novels, traveling and playing video games. “I’m really excited to help with the paper. Osceola has so many new things going on, and I hope to help the community take advantage of them,” Ferrand said. To welcome her to the community or send story ideas, contact Ferrand at hferrand@osceolaiowa. com or 641-342-2131 ext. 231, or follow her on Twitter at @yack.
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According to Mark Duben of HDR Engineering, Iowa law requires the owner of a surface water source reservoir to have legal control of the land areas 400 feet from the shoreline at the normal pool level in order to provide adequate protection for water quality and protection against development in the immediate area of the shoreline. In July 2015, state legislature passed laws regarding the use of eminent domain that hampered Clarke County’s progress toward building a new reservoir. That legislation made it so the sizing of a new reservoir could not be based on any more than the size of the population in the most recent census – in this case 2010.
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“Footloose”
Clarke Community High School’s musical, “Footloose” is Friday and Saturday in the auditorium.
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