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Weather
Rain likely Wednesday and Thursday. Sunny
skies return for the weekend.
USPS 117-120 VOL. 145 Issue 45
Clear Lake
Mirror-Reporter
CALENDAR
Wednesday
Veteran’s Day
Services at school
The public is invited and
encouraged to observe Veteran’s
Day today (Wednesday, Nov.
11) at an assembly scheduled
at Clear Lake High School. An
outdoor ceremony begins with
V.F.W. Post 4868 conducting
a flag lowering and gun salute
at the flag pole south of E.B.
Stillman Auditorium at 10:50
a.m. At 11 a.m. an indoor cer-
emony begins in the auditori-
um. Student Council President
Sam Jones will serve as emcee.
Student speakers will be Isaac
Bryne, a CLHS junior, and se-
nior Spencer Orr. The keynote
speaker will be Mindy Coe, U.S.
Navy retired. There will also be
a flag presentation to Clear Lake
High School from the local
V.F.W. 4868 post in memory of
Carrie Heitland and in honor of
all veterans.
Thursday
Relay for Life
The American Cancer So-
ciety’s Relay For Life® of Cerro
Gordo County will hold a Kick
Off Open House in Clear Lake
at The Other Place on Thursday,
Nov. 12, from 5 to 7 p.m. Com-
plimentary light appetizers will
be served. The event is free and
open to the public. Those in-
terested in learning more about
Relay For Life are encouraged
to attend. This year’s Honorary
continued was tasked with researching a problem
More CALENDAR
on page 2
Inside
Opinion..................... 4
Weather.................... 5
Sports................ 10-11
Legals..................... 13
Classifieds.........14-15
The lake level rose slightly
to its new reading of -1.80”
below the weir. Last year at
this time the lake measured
-2.52” below the weir.
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Nov. 11, 2015 Serving Clear Lake and Ventura since 1869 • Hometown newspaper of David and Linda Bowers $1.50
Incumbents Boehnke, Callanan returned to Council;
Ebeling defeats Oehlert in Ward 1
Jim Boehnke and Mike Callanan tative, Jim Boehnke. Boehnke was the Boehnke gained a 35 vote advan- Jim Mike Mark
were returned to the Clear Lake City winner in a tight race, 161-145. tage at the Church of Christ voting Boehnke Callanan Ebeling
Council by voters in the Tuesday, Nov. Callanan was running unopposed center. He earned 109 votes compared
3, general election. They will be joined for his at-large seat. He collected 643 to Brant’s 74 at that site. At City Hall, were eight write-ins. canvassed Tuesday, Nov. 10, at the
by Mark Ebeling, who was a 178-119 votes across the community. There Brant topped Boehnke 61-47. Cerro Gordo County votes were Courthouse.
winner in the race for Ward One repre- were 42 write-ins for the position. Ebeling and Oehlert were both
sentative. Two voting centers were open in seeking elected office for the first time.
Dana Brant, the previous repre- Clear Lake Tuesday. According to the In Ventura, interim Mayor Lynn
sentative for Ward One, was forced to Cerro Gordo County Auditor’s Office, Benson and three incumbent Coun-
seek re-election in Ward Three due to 770 persons cast ballots in the election. cil representatives were running un-
redistricting created by the most recent The vast majority, 524, voted at Clear opposed. Benson received 46 votes.
census. The new boundaries for Ward Lake City Hall, while 188 ballots were Councilman Darwin Avery earned 46
One placed the one-term incumbent in handed in at the Church of Christ lo- votes, John Quintus had 47 and Mi-
a race with another one-term represen- cation. chael Thackery earned 41 votes. There
Superintendent sharing
on School Board agenda
The Clear Lake School Board is just $121,930 for the shared super-
expected to discuss the future of its su- intendent over five years. Total dis-
perintendent sharing agreement with trict savings by sharing a superinten-
the Mason City School District when it dent tops $765,000. The Mason City
meets tonight (Wednesday, Nov. 11). School District has saved more than
The 2015-16 school year is the sixth $940,000 since the sharing agreements
that the two districts have shared a su- were established.
perintendent, as well as other positions. Clear Lake School Board mem-
Earlier this year the Board indicated it bers have expressed their concern that
was interested in at least planning for a incentives may eventually be reduced
time in which the superintendent posi- and Mason City, which holds 60 per-
tion would not be shared. cent of the contract, may decide to end
In March, the Mason City School the sharing.
Board agreed to continue sharing on a The issue has not been discussed
4-3 vote. since the September election of new
The Clear Lake School District,
helped by state incentives, has spent See SHARING on page 2
Members of the FIRST Lego League are pictured outside the Clear Lake Public Library, where one of their recycling containers is
placed. Members include front row (L-R): Mattea Skinner and Elisabeth Nicolson. Back row (L-R): Bronson Buitenwerf, Aden
Williams, Tyler Skinner, Caleb Nicholson and Ethan Forsyth. Not available for the photo was Nathan Kamberger, Austin Rich-
ardson and Liz Richardson. -Submitted photo
Clear Lake students work to build a This is a weekly feature highlighting some of Iowa’s unsolved homicides in the
better world-- one lego at a time hopes that it will lead to new tips and potentially help solve cases. The project is a
partnership between this newspaper and other members of the Iowa Newspaper
A Clear Lake Lego team is talking aren’t stored properly, so each sorting Core Values and Project/Presentation. Association.
some serious trash - - and the residents station is complete with tape and scis- This year’s theme is “Trash Trek.” The
of Clear Lake are going to benefit from sors to cover the ends of batteries that team is coached by Emily Forsyth and ROBERTA E “BOBBI” CRAWFORD | AGE: 53 | DIED: NOV. 17, 1999
it. are three volt or higher,” said Forsyth. her husband, Aaron. Hometown: Hampton
The team, named First Lego It’s important to keep kids safe,” Members of the team consist of
League, will be competing in Denver, said Austin Richardson, a member of Bronson Buitenwerf, Ethan Forsyth, Roberta “Bobbi” Crawford
Iowa, on Saturday, Nov. 21. The group the team. Nathan Kamberger, Caleb Nicholson, was murdered inside her
The Landfill of North Iowa is Elisabeth Nicolson, Austin Richardson, Hampton home sometime
related to trash and finding a solution working with the children to coordi- Liz Richardson, Mattea Skinner, Tyler between late Tuesday night,
to the problem. nate regular emptying and recycling of Skinner and Aden Williams. Nov. 16, 1999, and early the
The group started their research batteries collected at these sites. “I like that our team is helping to next morning. An autopsy
with a tour of the Landfill of North The First Lego League consists of keep the environment clean for future concluded the 53-year-old,
Iowa. The students returned from the 10 children ages nine to 13 years. The generations,” said Nathan Kamberger, a who lived alone, died of
tour sad at the sight of so many recy- competition in Denver will consist member of the team. blunt force trauma to the head. Someone had cut what they thought were
clable items piling up in the landfill. of three components, Lego Robotics, the phones lines and then broken in, killing her in her bedroom. Burglary
“The children realized that many didn’t seem to be the motive, nor had she been sexually assaulted.
people don’t know how, or where, to Caleb Nicholson, Ethan Forsyth and Elisabeth Nicholson learn about battery recycling Since the murder, the local and state investigators have tracked hundreds of
recycle batteries,” said Emily Forsyth, a at the North Iowa Landfill. The barrel of batteries is ready for sorting and recycling. leads, some across state lines, but still can’t make sense of such a senseless
coach of the First Lego League. “They -Submitted photo crime. In June 2005, a private investigator from South Dakota said he be-
designed four convenient battery recy- lieved Bobbi Crawford was killed by a serial killer — the same one he believes
cling bins, complete with fire safe stor- killed Mason City television reporter Jodi Huisentruit. The detective said
age, and delivered them to various loca- the suspect was a Newton native who then moved to Arizona, where he and
tions around town.” another man allegedly beat a man to death.
The recycling bins are located at Despite the leads, no one has ever been charged in Bobbi Crawford’s homi-
Ace Hardware, the Clear Lake Fire Sta- cide.
tion, Open Bible Church and the Clear Anyone with information regarding Bobbi Crawford’s unsolved murder is
Lake Public Library. In addition to the urged to contact the Hampton Police Department at (641) 456-2529, or
large bins, they also distributed smaller the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation at (515) 725-6010 or email dci-
“safe sorting stations” for use in homes, [email protected]. Callers may remain anonymous.
businesses, and organizations. The
Clear Lake Arts Center and First Con- Find out more about this and other unsolved homicides at
gregational Church have the safe sort- www.IowaColdCases.org.
ing stations. Each sorting unit also has
a sticker listing where the four recycling
bins are located in the community.
“Batteries can create fires if they
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