‘Cinderellas’ make it to special ball
Published: February 20, 2007
When two young Cinderellas went looking for knights in shining armor to escort them to a dance, they found two men who fit the bill — literally — and they didn’t even have to fit into glass slippers to get them.
Tori Bolen, 7, and her sister, Jordan Albert, 10, are both members of the Girl Scout Troop 700 at Central Christian Church in Ironton and planned to attend the annual Wilderness Road Girl Scout father-daughter dance at the Kentucky National Guard Armory in Ashland, Ky., Saturday night. But the ladies needed escorts.
Enter those knights: U.S. Army Specialist James Owens, who is their uncle, agreed to escort Tori; his friend, Private First Class Robert Van Antwerp, agreed to escort Jordan.
Both men were attired in military uniform complete with medals, including the Military Order of the Purple Heart ribbons each of them received in the Iraq war. Both are members of the 101st Airborne Division stationed at Fort Campbell, Ky.
“I’m kind of looking forward to it,” Owens said. Both he and Van Antwerp said they had not been to a dance lately, and it was the first such dance for Tori, too.
“I don’t know what kind of dance I’m going to do,” Jordan, replied, when asked if she had been practicing her moves.
When reminded she could try the cha-cha slide, Van Antwerp turned to Owens and mused, “God help us both.”
Jordan donated approximately 30 Bibles she won through The Ironton Tribune’s Bible verse contest last year to injured soldiers. The act will earn her a Girl Scout bronze merit badge.
“I just wanted to do it because people should know God is the reason we are all here,” she explained.
“I’m proud of her,” Owens said.
Tory cut her hair and donated the tresses to Locks of Love to help another girl scout earn her merit badge.
More than 200 Girl Scouts from Ohio and Kentucky attended the annual dance.
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