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Students picked for honor band
Congratulations to the following seventh and eighth grade Clear Lake band students for being accepted into the North tecting, serving, and healing children.
Central Iowa Bandmasters Association Honor Band Festival. The event will take place in Humboldt, Iowa on Saturday, Some of the organization’s programs
Nov. 14. Over 200 students will be auditioning and rehearsing throughout the day. A concert will be held, under the include child welfare emergency ser-
direction of Mr. Fritz and Mrs. Mackey, at 5 p.m. in the Humboldt Auditorium. Participating from Clear Lake will be: vices and shelter, day programs for
(front L-R) Kennedy Kallenbach, Sky Toyne, Savannah Williams, Jillian Enke, Julia Parcher, (back L-R) Grace Beard, boys and girls, and services to youth
Theo Swanson, Tim Swanson Nate Schiltz, Rachel Lursen and Gavin Rich.-Reporter photo.
Nancy Porter, left, vice president of the Iowa United Nations Association present-
ing the Garst Memorial Service Award to Beth Ann Schumacher in Des Moines.-
Submitted photo.
Local educator receives
United Nations’ Garst Award
Recently retired Clear Lake
High School social studies teacher
and Model UN advisor, Beth Ann
Schumacher, was one of three Iowans
honored by the Iowa United Nations
Association on Oct. 23. She was the
recipient of the Garst Award for Ser-
vice.
The Garst Memorial Service
Award honors an outstanding individ-
ual for playing a significant role in the to Iowa youth and the Iowa United
program of the Iowa United Nations
Association and the United Nations
Association-USA chapters in Iowa.
Recently retired after nearly four de-
cades as a high school history and gov-
ernment teacher, she was singled out
for her dedication to Model United
Nations in Iowa high schools.
The accompanying citation
reads, “Beth Ann has had an impact
on thousands of students-and not
only in Clear Lake. As the chair of the
UNA Faculty Advisory Council, Beth
Ann worked with other dedicated
educators to organize the annual Iowa
Youth Symposium on the United Na-
tions, held every October at the State-
house in Des Moines and attended by
high school students from across the
state. Preparing students to participate
in the Youth Symposium helps Beth
Ann instill a sense of civic responsibil- as it can take up to two weeks for the
ity in her students. She says, ‘I want
students to know this is their coun-
try, and they have to take ownership
in their country, and if we don’t, then
the nation won’t survive.’ We honor
Beth Ann Schumacher for her service
Nations Association.”
Schumacher was the advisor of
the Model United Nations delegation
at Clear Lake High School from 1986
– 2015, taking Clear Lake students to
not only state, but also national and
international conferences. She served
in the above named position with the
Iowa UNA for 12 years.
Also receiving Garst Awards the
same day were Des Moines Mayor
Frank Cownie for leadership and
Rekha Basu, opinion columnist for
the Des Moines Register, for media.
The Garst Memorial Awards are made
possible by a contribution from the
late Elizabeth Garst in memory of Ro-
swell Garst.
Wishing You A Harvest of
Good Times and Blessings This
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Influenza is already on the move.
Although it seems early in the year,
according to the State Hygienic Labo-
ratory there have already been seven
confirmed cases of influenza A in
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“The best way to protect yourself
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stated Jeni Stiles, Infectious Disease
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idays just around the corner, getting
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The Cerro Gordo County De-
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influenza vaccinations for everyone
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ness caused by viruses. The flu comes
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Thanksgiving
Nov. 11, 2015 • Page 7
Francis Lauer
to merge with
Ames service
After more than 80 years of com-
bined service to Iowa youth and fami-
lies, Youth & Shelter Services, Inc.
(YSS) , headquartered in Ames, and
Francis Lauer Youth Services (FLYS),
based in Mason City, have entered
into an agreement to merge.
On July 1, 2016, FLYS will be-
come a community-based program
of YSS, maintaining all of its local
services in North Iowa. YSS and
FLYS currently partner on multiple
community-based initiatives, includ-
ing Basic Center Runaway Services,
Transitional Living Services, Com- Turkeys donated for community dinner
munity-Based Treatment through Ju-
venile Court Services, Iowa Aftercare Louie and Kathy Covillo (right), owners of Louie’s Custom Meats in Clear
Services Network, and AMP Foster Lake, have donated turkeys to be used at the IFCA Community Thanksgiving
Care Youth Council Services. Dinner this year. Pastor Dan Jordan, from the Evangelical Free Church, and
FLYS has served communities in Nancy Baker, chair of this year’s Community Thanksgiving Dinner, recently
North Iowa for over 40 years. Its mis- thanked the Covillos for the gift. The dinner will be served from 11:30 a.m. to
sion is to provide excellence in pro- 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 26, at the Evangelical Free Church, 1310 Highway
18 West. The family-style dinner will be served at no cost. Carry-outs are not
available this year. Rides to the dinner are available by calling the church at
357-7581 Thanksgiving morning. The dinner is sponsored by the Interfaith
Fellowship for Community Action (IFCA).-Reporter photo.
aging out of foster care. Dr. Todd D. Hocraffer
Chiropractor
641.357.7189
partment of Public Health’s walk-in
immunization clinic is open Monday- Alternative Tom Alexander
Friday from 10 a.m. -noon and 12:30 Investments Financial Consultant
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The Health Department offers
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Medcaid or child is under-insured.
•Individuals can purchase the Assisted Living and Memory Care
vaccine at full cost.
•We also accept most major
health insurances. With insurance, no
money is collected at the time of the
vaccination; services are billed directly
to insurance. Any remaining balance
is billed to the client after insurance
has paid for its portion of the ser-
vice. The Health Department accepts
the following insurances: Wellmark
(Blue Cross, Blue Shield), Medicaid,
Midland’s Choice, Meridian, Cigna,
North Iowa Community Health Care,
Medicare Part B.
For more information about the
flu vaccine, call 641-421-9322 or visit
the Health Department’s new website
at www.cghealth.com.
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