Meet ‘Lucky’ the horse: Omena’s newest mayor

Omena’s newest animal mayor in town is just a bit larger from the usual dog or cat candidates that run in the race.

A horse, Lucky Dinero Bosco, was elected in July to represent the historic small town as the seventh mayor, with cats Topsy and Turvy Stephenson serving as co-vice mayors, and another cat, Porsche McKee, serving as deputy vice mayor. Emmie Tomlinson and Ruby Emmert fill in the top five positions, officially forming the newly elected Omena Village Council.

Every three years, the Omena Historical Society (OHS) holds a mayoral race where people can cast a vote for $1 for their preferred candidate. The funds raised will be used for the Putnam-Cloud Tower House museum preservation.