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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

History-making Queen of the Snows: 'I love St. Paul, this is my home'

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By MOLLY GUTHREY | mguthrey@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressAs a child of Nigerian immigrants growing up in and around the old Rondo Avenue neighborho
Krystle Igbo-Ogbonna takes a moment after being crowned Aurora, Queen of the Snows during the St. Paul Winter Carnival Royal Coronation at the RiverCe
This year, 10 candidates vied for the position of Queen of the Snows and the princesses of the North, South, East and West Winds. Together, these four
King Boreas Daniel E. Stoltz, left, and Aurora, Queen of Snows Krystle Igbo-Ogbonna during the St. Paul Winter Carnival Royal Coronation at the RiverC
Igbo-Ogbonna, whose candidacy is sponsored by Dar’s Double Scoop, was born at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis in 1988, just eight years af

Winter Carnival: New King Boreas honored to hold title

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Dan Stoltz, CEO of Spire Credit Union, has been named King Boreas Rex for 2015. (Photo courtesy of the Saint Paul Winter Carnival), King Boreas Daniel E. Stoltz, left, and Aurora, Queen of Snows Krystle Igbo-Ogbonna during the St. Paul Winter Carnival Royal Coronation at the RiverC
By KATIE KATHER | Pioneer PressSpire Credit Union CEO Dan Stoltz remembers how the pageantry of the St. Paul Winter Carnival stood out to him as a chi

Winter Carnival makes history with crowning of Queen of the Snows

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Krystle Igbo-Ogbonna takes a moment after being crowned Aurora, Queen of Snows during the St. Paul Winter Carnival Royal Coronation at the RiverCentre, King Boreas Daniel E. Stoltz, left, and Aurora, Queen of Snows Krystle Igbo-Ogbonna during the St. Paul Winter Carnival Royal Coronation at the RiverC, Shelby Edmondson is excited to be named West Wind Princess. (Pioneer Press: John Autey), Vulcans invade St. Paul Winter Carnival Royal Coronation and issue their takeover threat at the RiverCentre. (Pioneer Press: John Autey), Prime Minister Carolyn Blakey delivers her address. (Pioneer Press: John Autey), Notos, Prince of the South Wind Jesse Abbott, right, motions to the South Wind Princess Leah Wipperling. (Pioneer Press: John Autey)
By PIONEER PRESS | news@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressThe St. Paul Winter Carnival broke new ground Friday night at the coronation of Aurora, Queen

Woodbury artist reimagines Winter Carnival legend

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Woodbury artist Richard Hubal works on his piece "The Tyranny of Tradition" on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014, in his home studio. Hubal will be showing his, Woodbury artist Richard Hubal sits in front of his painting "The Tyranny of Tradition" on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014, in his home studio. (Special to th
By BOB SHAW | Pioneer PressFor those who missed out on Minnesota’s history, there’s Richard Hubal.“Unfortunately, no one listens in history class,” sa

St. Paul Winter Carnival Vulcans truck needs nips and tucks

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Dave Breen, a Roseville firefighter and Vulcans caretaker of "Luverne," starts the 1932 Luverne Fire Truck in its garage in Vadnais Heights on Tuesday, St. Paul Vulcans ride their truck, Luverne, at a 2014 event at Bridge View School in St. Paul. (Courtesy of St. Paul Vulcans), The windshield shows the wear and tear of the years on "Luverne." (Pioneer Press: John Autey), The steering wheel and dashboard of the open-cab 1932 Luverne Fire Truck. (Pioneer Press: John Autey), Rust shows above the truck's name plate. (Pioneer Press: John Autey)
By KATIE KATHER | Pioneer PressLuverne, the 83-year-old firetruck and chariot of the the St. Paul Vulcans, has rust in her undercarriage. She needs an
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