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Meet your Clarke County Fair Queen candidates These are the candidates Her hobbies include huntfor Clarke County Fair ing, fishing, riding horses, Queen. The fair is planned showing cattle, spending time with friends and family, July 19-25. training her puppy and horse, Trinity Miler Miler, 16, of Osceola is working with livestock, cookthe daughter of Krystal and ing with her mother, organizHank Miler. She is spon- ing everything she can and sored by Fremont Feenix barrel-racing. In October 2015, Miler re4-H club. Her escort is Colby ceived her CNA license. She Wilken. hopes to become a traveling Miler attends Clarke Comnurse and see the world after munity High School. Her going to college in Missouri. high school activities include being an FFA chapter officer, FCCLA chapter, district and state officer, book club, CCOPS, student council, cheerleading for wrestling and football, former football and basketball manager and NAHS secretary of robotics. Her other community activities include volunteering with Americorps, being a member of Murray and New Virginia Saddle Club, member of Youth Council Freemont Feenix and member of Clarke County Youth Rodeo. Miler’s special awards include MVP for FCCLA in 2015 and 2016, GPA award for 2015 and 2016, being elected FCCLA state executive council and the 2014 Senior Cowgirl Queen.
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Baumfalk, 17, of Murray is the daughter of Jaci Smith and Terry Baumfalk. She is sponsored by Billie’s Army (Fighting Gastroparesis One Day At a Time). Her escort is Zabe Hatfield. Baumfalk attends Murray High School. Her high school activities include basketball, softball, FFA, FNA and student council. She is currently the FFA secretary and a former FFA reporter. Her other community activities include 4-H, and she is currently the vice president of the Triple Troopers 4-H club. She has run 4-H workshops, helps at youth QUEEN | 4
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Flames tear through a trailer filled with hospital equipment at CROSS Ministries Wednesday, July 6.
Fire destroys trailer full of hospital supplies at CROSS Ministries By AMY HANSEN
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As the black smoke billowed in the air, Mike Sitzman with Christian Relief of Supplies and Services (CROSS) Ministries watched helplessly as flames engulfed a trailer at the resale store in Osceola. “I can replace the trailer, but that equipment inside, it’s hard to replace,” Sitzman said. During the early afternoon of Wednesday, July 6, Sitzman pulled into CROSS Ministries with a trailer full of hospital equipment that included beds, mattresses, linens and other miscellaneous supplies. The items were scheduled to be sent
overseas to countries and people in need. At approximately 3 p.m., law enforcement in Clarke County received a call for the trailer on fire. Clarke County Sheriff, Osceola Police Department and Osceola Fire Department responded to the scene. CROSS Ministries is located just north of Osceola on Highway 69.
pened here instead of on the road,” Sitzman said. “(It was) a quick response from the fire department.” Sitzman said the trailer had only been parked at the resale store for about half an hour before people started informing him of the flames coming from it. He guessed the fire started from a trailer brake or back tire. Clarke County has also been under a Flames heat advisory with temperatures reachThe black smoke could be seen from ing the mid-90s and high humidity. many blocks away. Sitzman attributed ‘Priceless’ this to the hospital mattresses being made of vinyl and foam. The loss of the trailer was estimated The flames were quickly put out be- between $5,000 and $6,000. It was confore the fire could spread to anything sidered a total loss. else at CROSS Ministries. “Equipment-wise, it’s priceless,” “It’s probably a good thing it hap- Sitzman said.
City council sniffs out harsher penalties for dog-barking ordinance By AMY HANSEN
– they weren’t witness to it, necessarily.” This can create a situation where people don’t want to stir up any more bad feelings between neighbors to get Will your tail be wagging if the city the barking nuisance fixed. council makes changes to a dog-barking Stemmed from at-large ordinance? penalties Recently, Osceola City Council has reThe reason the barking issue is being ceived public comments that it would be brought up now is, a few months ago, the advantageous to strengthen penalties with city council made some changes to the the current dog-barking ordinance, which animal-at-large code, which stated it is is under animal protection and control. unlawful for any owner to allow an ani“As the chief tells me, they can write a mal to run at large within the corporate ticket, they can create limits of the city. the fine … but there The council strengthened the ordihas to be a victim, and nance by adding a fee schedule/set fine the victim has to go – for when a ticket is issued. be willing – to attest to The amendment stated “admitted the nuisance,” said Ty violations imposed by this code of orWheeler, city adminisdinances may be charged upon a simple trator/clerk, during a notice of a fine payable at the office of July 5 council meeting. Wheeler the police department. The simple no“If said victim won’t attest to it, the (police department) can’t tice of a fine shall be in the amount of OST news editor ahansen@osceolaiowa.com
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$50 for all first violations, $100 for all second violations and $150 for all subsequent violations thereafter.” As for the dog-barking ordinance, the council is looking at a similar penalty-fee schedule.
Too much barking Right now, the barking ordinance states it is unlawful for the owner of a dog to allow or permit such dog to cause serious annoyance or disturbance to any person by frequent and habitual howling, yelping, barking or otherwise or by running after or chasing a person on a bicycle or in a vehicle. During the meeting, councilmen had questions about whether complaints applied to dogs barking outside in a yard or inside a house. Wheeler said if the police were called to a nuisance of a dog barking inside, they would most likely assume the BARKING | 4
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