Decorah girl is chosen "Miss Poppy"

(Front row): Janae Bolson Little Miss Poppy for 2012. (Middle row, left to right): Bridget Mann, Annette Bolson, Spencer Bolson, Gail Magnuson and Melanie Bolson. (Top row, left to right): Heather Bolson and Amber Busta.

Decorah second grader Janae Bolson has been chosen as this year's "Miss Poppy."
 
Janae is 8 years old.  She is the granddaughter of Corporal Spencer Bolson, who served in the 18th AAA gun battalion as radar operator from 1953 to 1955, based in Detroit, Michigan.