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CALENDAR
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Friday
Fresh on Friday
This week’s Fresh on Friday event
from 8-11 a.m. at Central Gardens of
North Iowa, corner of 2nd Avenue
North and North 8th Street, features
a Take Time at Ten (10-10:45 a.m.)
program about Garden Meditation,
presented by Frankie Winegardner
from the Integrative Health. Enjoy
a relaxing morning with coffee and
seasonal goodies served on the pa-
tio of the Nature Education Pavilion
and purchase fresh flower bouquets
from the gardens. From 9:30-11 a.m.
kids and adults are invited to the Bee
Happy Kids Garden. At 10:45 a win-
ner will take home a repurposed item
from the Opportunity Village Gen-
eral Store for free.
Fri. - Sat.
Storytelling festival
Three wonderful tellers will be the
featured performers at the 2015 Iowa
Storytelling Festival in Clear Lake.
Janice Del Negro, of Brookfield, Ill.,
Jeff Doyle, of Brighton, Mich., and
Maureen Korte, of Des Moines, will
participate in the event Friday and
Saturday, July 24 and 25. On Fri-
day at 9 p.m. the featured performers
will share eerie stories on the “Ghost
Boat” aboard the Lady of the Lake
paddlewheel boat. Tickets for the
“Ghost Boat” are $15. Advance pur-
chase is recommended. Tickets are
non-refundable. In case of threaten-
ing weather the ghost stories will be
presented at the Lakeview Room be-
hind Clear Lake City Park’s bandshell.
On Saturday in the Story Tent in
City Park, there will be two perfor-
mances: “Stories for Kids of All Ages”
at 10:30 a.m. and “Teller’s Choice” at
2 p.m. All Saturday storytelling ac-
tivities are free. Other visiting story- vites the public to attend the follow-
tellers will also be performing at the
“Story Exchange” at noon. The rain
location is the Lakeview Room.

Saturday
Farmers Market
The Clear Lake Farmers Market
is held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays
in the Surf Ballroom parking lot, 460
North Shore Drive. Fresh fruits and
vegetables, as well as baked goods and
handcrafted products are available for
purchase.
Art Sail
The 38th Annual Clear Lake Art
Sail will be Saturday, July 25, in City
Park in downtown Clear Lake. Pre-
sented by the Clear Lake Arts Center,
Art Sail is held during Lakefest Week-
end. The Clear Lake Art Sail is an
Iowa tradition that showcases 75 fine
arts and crafts people. Hours will be
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in City Park.
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Sat. - Sun.
DixieFest
The 23rd Annual Lakeside Dix-
ieFest on Saturday and Sunday, July
25 and 26, will feature a mixture of
bands new to the festival, as well as
favorites from past events. The Bare-
handed Wolfchokers, based in the
Quad Cities, will be making their first
appearance in Clear Lake. The Party
Gras Classic Jazz Band, from the Des
Moines area, will be making its second
appearance, having first performed in
Clear Lake in 2011. A returning Dix-
ieFest favorite is the Barberry Coast
Dixieland Band. The Raiders of the
Lost Art, made up of eight North
Iowa musicians, is now in its 28th year
and will be seeing its 23rd year as the
host band of the Lakeside DixieFest.
All concerts will be performed in the
Band Shell in Clear Lake’s City Park
and are free to the public. A complete
schedule of band performances ap-
pears on page 12 in this edition.
Air show
Fly Iowa will be held Saturday
and Sunday, July 25-26, at the Mason
City Municipal Airport. Gates open
at 2 p.m. Saturday, with the airshow
beginning at 4:30 p.m. The Nadas
will be in concert at 7:30 p.m. and a
night air show will begin at 8:30 p.m.
That will be followed by fireworks.
On Sunday, a fly-in breakfast is set for made, along with a 1.75 percent
7 a.m., with the air show beginning
at noon. Fly Iowa will also be offer-
ing ride opportunities in three unique
aircraft. The Fly Iowa event is free and ment.
open to the public.
Ventura library invites public
to special summer programs
The Ventura Public Library in-
ing special summer programs:
Today, (Wednesday, July 22) at
1 p.m. join Lisa Laird and her puppet
friends for a super hero story and stick attend all programs. For more infor-
around afterward to make a puppet to
take home.
CITY COUNCIL
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Wicks Construction, of Dec-
orah, Iowa was the general con-
tractor for the North Shore Drive
work, which involved $638,000
in federal funding. Petersburg
reported that the project is sub-
stantially complete, but the city is
waiting for some trees to be plant-
ed along the route in the fall.
Snyder Construction, of
Clear Lake, is waiting for some
pipes and valves to be delivered so
that work can resume on the city’s
Water Treatment Plant.
Other business
In other business Monday,
the Council joined Cerro Gordo
County Supervisors in approving
the L&G Meyer 1st Subdivision.
Although the site is not located
within the City of Clear Lake,
the city has the right to review it,
based upon its proximity to Clear
Lake. The city’s Planning and
Zoning Commission reviewed the
proposed subdivision, located at
15096 Evergreen Ave., and recom-
mended its approval to the Coun-
cil. The proposed two-lot subdivi-
sion is approximately 4.68 acres in
size and is owned by Lothar and
Gail Meyer.
City Administrator Scott
Flory also presented details of a
Clear Lake Public Works Collec-
tive Bargaining Agreement. The
three-year contract which the
Council approved largely mirrors
the agreement reached with the
city’s police department. Minor
changes to vacation, funeral leave,
sick leave, clothing allowance and
health and life insurance were
wage increase each July 1 of the
contract year and 1.5 percent wage
increase each Jan. 1 of the agree-
On July 29 at 1 p.m. the Han-
son Family from Kanawha, Iowa will
entertain with juggling and unicyling
fun.
Everyone is cordially invited to
mation call 641-829-4410.
Clear Lake Mirror-Reporter
Early risers
The Clear Lake Noon Lions hosted another very succcessful Chicken BBQ Sunday. The club prepared and sold approxi-
mately 4,200 chicken dinners and sold out of the meals by 1 p.m. The event was a win-win, as not only did thousands
enjoy a delicious meal, but more than $15,000 was raised for local projects. Pictured preparing chicken for the huge grill
spanning the length of the Sea Wall is Tim Esbeck and Roger Walston.-Reporter photo by Chris Barragy.
Deferred judgement for man accused
of cheating in local fishing tournament
One of two men accused of cheating in a Clear Lake Both men were charged with second-degree theft, a
fishing tournament earlier this year has received a deferred Class D felony punishable by up to five years in prison.
judgment and two years probation. During a plea change hearing held Monday, July 13, in
Aaron Lauber, 23, of Clear Lake, and Jason Schuttler, Cerro Gordo County District Court, Schuttler pleaded
25, of Manly, were charged by the Iowa Department of guilty to a reduced charge of third-degree theft. Judge An-
Natural Resources for cheating during a state-sponsored nette Boehlje gave Schuttler a deferred judgment, placed
fishing tournament at Clear Lake on Feb. 8. The pair him on two years probation and issued a $625 civil pen-
turned in a winning entry of 50 fish at the Yellow Bass alty, which was suspended.
Bonanza and won a prize package valued at $1,500. Lauber is scheduled to have a plea change hearing on
After the event the DNR received a tip that some of Aug. 3.
the fish were caught outside the tournament’s hours.
SENTENCE Zimmerman and McRoberts must The case was prosecuted by Assis-
also serve a 5-year term of supervised tant United States Attorney Jack Lam-
from page 1 release after the prison term. Zim- mers and investigated by the North
Zimmerman and McRoberts, merman and McRoberts were each Central Iowa Narcotics Task Force,
were sentenced in Cedar Rapids by ordered to pay a $100 special assess- Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Office,
United States District Court Chief ment. There is no parole in the federal Mason City Police Department, Iowa
Judge Linda R. Reade. Zimmerman system. Division of Narcotics Enforcement,
was sentenced to 188 months’ im- Both are being held in the United and Iowa Division of Criminal Inves-
prisonment and McRoberts was sen- States Marshal’s custody until they tigation.
LETS’S BBQtenced to 45 months’ imprisonment. can be transported to a federal prison.
Join us at the
Up In Smoke BBQ Bash
July 24-25
located in East Park, Mason City
FREE ADMISSION
Special Visit our booth
On-Site
Classes Fri., July 24 - Rib BBQ Class
Sat., July 25 - Brisket BBQ Class
Learn how to BBQ with Chris Marks,
8 time World BBQ Champion!
$20 per class. Call our store to register.
Space is limited!
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