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Dream of reigning over the 2016 Winter Carnival? Time to apply

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Aurora Queen of the Snows, Krystle Igbo-Ogbonna, waves to the crowds as she rides the Winter Carnival Royal Float in Winter Carnival Grand Day Parade
By KATIE KATHER | Pioneer PressWomen with dreams of Winter Carnival royalty can begin their campaigns.Applications for the 2016 St. Paul Winter Carniv

Vulcans hop on the booya bandwagon

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St. Paul Vulcans ride their truck, Luverne, at a 2014 event at Bridge View School in St. Paul. (Courtesy of St. Paul Vulcans)
By JAIME DELAGE | jdelage@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressList of booya feedsIt’s not often someone new ventures into the secretive old St. Paul tradi

For Vulcanus Rex 2015, role is a boyhood dream fulfilled

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The St. Paul Winter Carnival Vulcans in St. Paul on Wednesday Jan. 28, 2015. Front row (from left): Trever Harwell, Grand Duke Fertilious, Steven Fisc, Vulcanus Rex Steven Fischer, center, is flanked by 2015 St. Paul Winter Carnival Vulcans. Front row from left are Trever Harwell, Grand Duke Fertiliou, Grand Duke Fertilious, Trever Harwell, and Count of Ashes, Matt Fleming paint their faces before going out and about with the St. Paul Winter Carnival, Duke of Klinker, Leigh Halvorsen gets some help putting a stencil on his cheek in a hotel room bathroom before going out with the vulcans in St. Paul , Vulcanus Rex, Steven Fischer gets his cape on before going out and about with his crew in St. Paul on Wednesday Jan. 28, 2015. (Pioneer Press: Jean Pi, Empty boxes of wild sardines, attributed to General Flameous, sit by Winter Carnival buttons on a hotel room table where the vulcans gathered before g
By KATIE KATHER | Pioneer PressSteven Fischer, Vulcanus Rex for the 2015 St. Paul Winter Carnival, raved about his 12-year-old granddaughter between b