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Local NewsPage 8 • Sept. 23, 2015
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The campaign wraps
Market up Monday
By Marysue Salmon The Clear Lake Mirror-Report-
This recipe will make you think of fall! In fact, it is a great new way er’s Subscription Expansion Cam-
to include sweet potatoes in Thanksgiving dinner! paign is in its final days, with five
For now though, enjoy it with a grilled pork chop and a green veg- candidates competing for cash prizes
etable like broccoli or green beans. totaling over $5,000. The campaign
Apples, sweet potatoes, and green vegetables are now available at our continues through Monday, Sept. 28.
wonderful farmers market! Every two-year (new or renewal)
Sweet Potato and Apple Casserole subscription sold during this cam-
3 medium sweet potatoes paign will receive an additional two
2 medium apples, (Galas or Jonathans are good for this) months of the Mirror-Reporter ab-
1/4 teaspoon salt solutely free. One year (new or re-
1/4 cup sugar newal) subscriptions will receive one
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg (fresh grated best) additional month at no charge. New
1 tablespoon grated orange peel (from 1 large orange) subscribers (defined as not receiving
1/4 cup orange juice the newspaper since Aug. 1, 2015)
Bake sweet potatoes for 1 hour at 350 degrees, or until tender. will also receive their choice of a Mir-
Peel and slice in 1/2-inch slices. ror-Reporter cookbook (retail value
Peel and core apples and either slice or cut in 1/2-inch large dice. $12.95, plus tax) or a $10 Kum & Go
Combine salt, sugar gift card.
and nutmeg and grated or- Anyone wishing to renew or
ange peel in small bowl. subscribe to the paper may stop in or
In 1 1/2 quart oven- mail your order to the Mirror-Report-
proof dish alternate layers er office, 12 N. 4th St. and give a des-
of apple and sweet potato, ignated candidate the credit. Or, you
sprinkling each layer with may call a candidate and ask them to
sugar mixture. Add orange pick up your order.
juice.
Cover and bake at 350 Campaign candidates
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you can microwave on high Delores Mindrup 641-357-3136
until apples are tender). Garry Oehlert 641-512-1701
Serves six. Carolyn Prohaska 641-357-5755
Linda Thoen 641-357-3260
Optimum Health Chiropractic County will
Bringing you and your canvas NIACC
family better health and vote Tuesday
a better way of life. The Cerro Gordo County Board
641-357-1211 of Supervisors will meet in regular ses-
506 Main Avenue, Clear Lake Dr. Nick McColley sion at 10:15 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept.
Visit our new website at www.drnickmccolley.com Palmer Graduate 29, to canvass the results of the 2015
election for the North Iowa Area
Community College. At that meet-
ing the Board will canvass the tally
lists and prepare an official abstract
of the election results. The meeting is
open to the public.
Additional election and voter
registration information can be seen
at the county website: www.co.cerro-
gordo.ia.us.
In-depth learning
Eighth graders from Clear Lake Middle School made Clear Lake and the City Beach area their classroom last week, as
the students investigated water quality and how it is impacted by the environment. Students heard discussions on vari-
ous types of fish, wildlife surrounding the lake, environmental factors affecting the lake, plankton in our waters, water
quality and got some hands-on experiences with a 50 foot seine net. Students even caught local species of fish to keep in
classroom aquariums. Teacher Val Southgate explained that with the help of the Clear Lake Yacht Club and the use of
their facilities, the entire eighth grade was able to take part.-Reporter photo by Chris Barragy.
City’s Fall Large Item pickup is Oct. 12-15
The City of Clear Lake has sched-
uled its Fall Large Item Pick­up for
Ventura will flush Monday through Thursday, Oct. 12-
hydrants Sept. 28 15, with appliance picku­ p being held
on Oct. 15. Residents are encouraged
The City of Ventura will be flush- to use this opportunity to dispose of
ing hydrants beginning Monday, Sept. large items that cannot be discarded
28, and continuing through the week. through their weekly garbage service.
Residents may notice a loss of water The Large Item Pickup map will
pressure and water discoloration dur- appear in the Clear Lake Mirror-Re-
ing the process. The water remains porter on Oct. 7, listing the dates the stereo equipment, clock radios, gam-
safe to drink, however, laundering is City will pick up in your area and the
not advised when hydrants are being items that will and will not be picked
flushed due to the possibility of cloth- up.
ing becoming discolored. City residents can have old appli-
ances and/or electronic items picked
up during Large Item Cleanup for a
cost of $15 an item. Stickers can be
purchased for $15 each at Clear Lake
City Hall, 15 North 6th Street. Stick-
ers must be purchased by 5 p.m. on
Oct. 14. Items that require a sticker
are: furnaces, air conditioners, re-
frigerators, freezers, dehumidifiers,
dishwashers, stoves, washers, dryers,
microwaves, copy machines, water
heaters, fluorescent light fixtures,
televisions, computer monitors, and
Thursday Night
Specials
Ribeye Dinner
$1997
Chicken Alfredo
$$159977
305 Main Avenue
Downtown Clear Lake
(641) 357-0106
Open 6:30 a.m. Mon-Sat. • 7 a.m. on Sunday
Dinner Tues.-Thurs. at 5 p.m. • Fri. & Sat. at 4:30 p.m.
Clear Lake Mirror-Reporter
printers. Pickup of appliances in all
areas will be on Oct. 15. Please have
appliances with stickers attached by
the curb by no later than 7:30 a.m.
Please also be aware that the City
WILL NOT pickup any items that
may be recycled through the Landfill
of North Iowa’s electronic waste-re-
cycling program. Landfill customers
may drop off VCR’s, DVD players,
ing equipment, computer towers,
mouses and keyboards, input devices,
scanners, video surveillance cameras,
fax machines, and cordless phones for
recycling. Many of the above items
may be recycled free of charge at the
Landfill.
JULIE LONG
Author with
Clear Lake ties
will sign books
at Arts Center
On Satur-
day, Sept. 26,
from 1-3 p.m.,
Julie Long, of
Pittsburgh, Pa.,
will be a fea-
tured author
at the Clear
Lake Arts Cen-
ter for her first
fictional novel,
“Rooville,”
which offers a new age twist on the
age-old question: can you ever go
home again? With quirky characters,
wit and warmth, and an uplifting tale
of love, this novel examines the small
town of Martinville that becomes the
center of the Transcendental Medita-
tion movement.
Long holds many special ties
to Clear Lake. Her mother, Ardella
(Watson) Boldt, was a 1950 graduate
of Clear Lake High School. Long has
many wonderful memories of spend-
ing time on the farm of her grandpar-
ents, Gerald and Nellie Watson, south
of Clear Lake. She still has aunts,
uncles and cousins in the area.
Long was born in Fairfield, Iowa,
the center of the Transcendental Med-
itation movement. Oprah dubbed
Fairfield, “America’s most unusual
town.” Rooville takes a funny, imagi-
native look at a small Iowa town and
what happens when two worlds and
cultures collide. Rooville combines
meditation, romance, and small-town
politics into an enjoyable debut novel.
Long will be discussing and
signing copies of Rooville at the Arts
Center, located at 17 S. 4th St., Clear
Lake. Refreshments will be served