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Saturday con’t
Fort Dodge for the State Meet. The
entire CLHS boys team and Gretchen
Jones from the girls squad will com-
pete at State.
Halloween parade
The Clear Lake Parks and Recre-
ation Department’s Halloween Parade
is Saturday, Oct. 31, at 9:30 a.m. at
City Hall. Come dressed in costume.
Pictures will be taken of each age
group from pre-school through third
grade, which will be published in the
Clear Lake Mirror-Reporter. The pa-
rade will begin at City Hall and pro-
ceed down Main Ave. to City Park. All
participants will receive a goodie bag.
Halloween art
After the Halloween parade, chil-
dren are invited to a Free Creative
Kids Halloween Art Activity offered at
the Clear Lake Arts Center, 17 S. 4th
St. This free art activity is sponsored
by the Clear Lake Noon Lions.
vv THEATRE
The Martian
Wednesday & Thursday “PG-13”
Goosebumps
“PG”
Friday & Saturday 7 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday Matinee • 1:30 p.m.
Sun., Mon., Tues., Wed. & Thurs., • 7 p.m.
Starring: Jack Black, Dylan Minnette, Odeya
Rush, Ryan Lee, Amy Ryan, Jillian Bell,
Halston Sage, Steven Krueger (1 hr. 43 min.)
Adults ~ $5 • 12 & Under ~ $4
357-2414
Treats at Oakwood
Oakwood Care Center, 400
Highway 18 West, invites children
of all ages to stop in for a warm, safe,
fun Trick-or-Treat time from 2-4 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 31.
Trick or Treat!
The City of Clear Lake has desig-
nated Saturday, Oct. 31, as the night
for Trick or Treating. Recommended
hours are 5-7 p.m.
King’s Kids
King’s Kids, an alternative to Trick
or Treating for pre-schooler through
sixth grade, will be held again this year well as numerous bruises around Konecne’s neck indicated she had been
Saturday, Oct. 31, from 6 to 8 p.m. at
the Evangelical Free Church of Clear
Lake, 1310 Highway 18 W. The car-
nival atmosphere gives children the
fun of earning points to “buy” prizes
donated by local businesses. Hot dogs
and chips will be served. The event is
free, but each family is asked to bring
two bags of candy to share. Door
prizes will be awarded at 7:45 p.m.
Besides the door prizes, there will be
prizes for the best Bible girl costume,
the best Bible boy costume, the cutest
girl costume, the cutest boy costume,
and the most original costume. Dress
in costumes that are not scary, vio-
lent, or occult, like witches or ghosts.
Leave any guns, knives, or other weap-
ons at home.
Sunday
Daylight savings time ends
Portion of N. Shore Dr. closed this week SCHOOL LUNCH MENUS
Clear Lake city officials have an- According to Public Works Di- Clear Lake
nounced that North Shore Drive will rector Joe Weigel, the intersections THURSDAY - Breakfast: French
be closed between 2nd Avenue North of 2nd Avenue North and 3rd Av- toast sticks, sausage, or cereal, cinna- or yogurt cup. Lunch: Chicken noodle
and 3rd Avenue North to through enue North will remain open and all mon toast or yogurt cup. Lunch: Hot
traffic Wednesday through Friday this the driveways will remain accessible. dog on a bun, baked beans, carrots
week, weather permitting, to repair a Wicks Construction, of Deborah, and celery with dip, watermelon. Alt.:
section of cracked pavement. Iowa will be patching and replacing Sub-stacker, romaine salad.
sections of the road. FRIDAY - Breakfast: Mini pan-
cakes, sausage or cereal, cinnamon
toast or yogurt cup. Lunch: Chili with
cheese and Fritos, pineapple, cake
with choco frosting, fresh veggies with
dip. Alt.: Sub-stacker, romaine salad.
This is a weekly feature highlighting some of Iowa’s unsolved homicides MONDAY - Breakfast: Breakfast
in the hopes that it will lead to new tips and potentially help solve cases. pizza or cereal, cinnamon toast or
The project is a partnership between this newspaper and other members yogurt cup. Lunch: Breaded chicken
of the Iowa Newspaper Association. patty on a bun, buttery noodles, Cali-
fornia veggies. Alt.: Sub-stacker, veg-
DORIS ELAINE KONECNE | AGE: 38 | DIED: OCTOBER 27, 1973 gies with dip.
Hometown: Creston TUESDAY - Breakfast: Pan-
Doris Elaine Konecne, secretary for Union County Attorney Robert cake on a stick or cereal, cinnamon
Rolfe, was found dead on the kitchen floor of her Creston apartment toast or yogurt cup. Lunch: Soft shell
the morning of October 28, 1973. Overturned and broken furniture as taco, Mexican rice, refried beans with
cheese, banan.. Alt.: Sub-stacker, ro-
strangled after a struggle. maine salad.
First to arrive at the crime scene were Union County Deputy Sheriff James
Hildebrand and Marion Manley, acting chief of police for the Creston CITY COUNCIL
Police Department. With foul play clearly evident, the two began taking from page 2
evidentiary crime scene photos. Shortly after photographing the full crime
scene, County Attorney Rolfe and County Sheriff Don Loy arrived on the study and report by Iowa State Uni-
scene and conducted their own walk-through. Once those two finished versity Professor Dr. John Downing.
and left the scene, Hildebrand and Manley reentered the apartment, where Its goal is to make Clear Lake clear
they found the crime scene had been tampered with. Hildebrand and again by helping residents control al-
Manley asked that an autopsy be conducted, but Loy and Rolfe denied the gae by reducing nutrients loading into
request, claiming that Konecne had died from an unfortunate accident the lake from its watershed.
while drinking alone. The City Council will also hold a
Konecne was rumored to be involved in an extramarital affair with both public hearing for the sale of real es-
Rolfe and Loy. On the night of the death, Loy’s 15-year-old daughter alleg- tate during its regular meeting Mon-
edly overheard an explosive argument between her parents and her father’s day, Nov. 2.
secretary/mistress, Jule Sturzenegger, followed by a discussion among those The City received two bids for
three and County Attorney Rolfe, on how all of them would handle the city-owned land at 1123 (including
unfortunate incidents that had transpired. south one-half of 1119) S. 3rd Street.
No calls to the BCI (now known as the Iowa DCI) to request investiga- City Administrator Scott Flory has
tive assistance into Konecne’s suspicious death were ever made. An au- advised the Council to accept the
topsy was not conducted. No criminal investigation took place. Konecne highest offer, submitted by Jim and
was buried in a turtleneck sweater to hide the choke marks on her neck. Judy Hilgendorf, of Clear Lake, in the
Anyone with information concerning Doris Elaine Konecne’s unsolved amount of $40,100. The Hilgendorfs
murder is encouraged to contact the FBI at (712) 258-1920 or contact have proposed construction of a twin
Special Agent in Charge Mike Motsinger at the Iowa DCI at (515) 725- home on the site.
6010 or email [email protected]. The Council is also expected to
consider offering an Employee Early
Retirement Program at its Nov. 2
meeting. Flory told the Council he
has received requests from current
employees interested to know if the
City will again be offering the pro-
gram.
Clear Lake Mirror-Reporter
WEDNESDAY: Breakfast: Om-
elets, toast or cereal, cinnamon toast
soup, cheese pretzel stick, romaine
salad, apple slices, banana bar.. Alt.:
Sub-stacker, veggies with dip.
Garner-Hayfield-Ventura
THURSDAY - Breakfast: Break-
fast pizza, fresh fruit, juice. Lunch:
Chili with bread bowl, applesauce cup,
carrots with hummus, saltines.
FRIDAY - Breakfast: Breakfast
wrap, fresh fruit, juice. Lunch: Turkey
and ham deli sub, banana, cucumbers
and tomatoes, side salad.
MONDAY: Breakfast: Western
omelet quesadilla, fresh fruit, juice.
Lunch: Hamburger on a bun, pineap-
ple chunks, tator tots, broccoli salad.
TUESDAY: Breakfast: Waffle
sticks with syrup, fresh fruit, juice.
Lunch: Potato and ham soup, peach-
es and Jello, spinach strawberry salad,
dinner roll.
WEDNESDAY: Breakfast: Egg
biscuit, fresh fruit, juice. Lunch: Or-
ange chicken with brown rice, fresh ba-
nana, green beans, tossed salad with
dressing.
CONGREGATE
MEALS
THURSDAY - Tater tot casserole,
California blend, fruit salad, whole
wheat roll.
FRIDAY - Crunchy pollock, corn,
spinach au gratin, carrot cake, manda-
rin oranges.
MONDAY - Egg and potato cas-
serole, asparagus, apple slices, fruit
oat muffin, tomato juice.
TUESDAY - Ham and bean soup,
corn bread, carrots, strawberries and
bananas, orange juice.
WEDNESDAY - Turkey roast,
sweet potatoes, green beans, pumpkin
custard.
Fareway closed
Thursday, 9-noon
for funeral
The Clear Lake Fareway Store
will be closed Thursday, Oct. 29, from
9 a.m. to noon for an employee fu-
neral.