Olympic gymnast to be featured in butter
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DES MOINES — Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson will be in the spotlight at this summer’s Iowa State Fair — in butter.
While the 16-year-old reigning world champion from West Des Moines is going for gold at the Olympics in Beijing next month, a “butter Johnson” will be sharing a cooler with the butter cow at the fair in Des Moines.
Butter sculptor Sarah Pratt of West Des Moines plans to incorporate a balance beam into Johnson’s pose, and maybe an American flag.
Johnson will join a butter list that includes Tiger Woods, Elvis, Grant Wood’s “American Gothic,” Leonardo da Vinci’s “Last Supper,” actor John Wayne and country singer Garth Brooks.
The Iowa State Fairs runs from Aug. 7-17.
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