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Weather
Chance of snow on Friday. Sunny on Sunday with
a high of 15 degrees.
USPS 117-120 VOL. 146 Issue 2
Clear Lake
Mirror-Reporter
CALENDAR
Wednesday
Health clinic
The Cerro Gordo County
Department of Public Health
offers Senior Health Clin-
ics to county residents age 55
and older. There is no charge;
however, contributions are en-
couraged in order to keep the
clinic running. The clinic is
an annual health screening and
does not replace a physician’s
care. To make an appoint-
ment, Cerro Gordo County
residents may call the Cerro
Gordo County Department
of Public Health at 641-421-
9316 or toll free, 1-888-264-
2581 ext. 9316. On Jan. 20,
a Senior Health Clinic will be
held at Zion Lutheran Church,
112 N. 4th St., Clear Lake.
Thursday
Hit the ice!
The Clear Lake Parks and
Recreation Department has an-
nounced the public ice rink will
open for the season on Thurs-
day, Jan. 14. Open skating is
permitted anytime at the rink,
which is located at Marian Park
on 2nd Ave. N. and N. 12th
St. Warming house hours are
nightly, 6-8:30 p.m. and Satur-
day and Sundays from 1-6 p.m.
Monday nights are designated
as high school skate nights.
More CALENDAR
on page 2
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Opinion..................... 4
Weather.................... 5
Sports.................. 8-11
Legals..................... 12
Classifieds.........12-13
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Forecasts
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Sioux Falls 1-605-330-4444
Waterloo 1-319-234-6600
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The world, Board chooses
according superintendent
to Trump search firm
Republican party’s The Clear Lake School Board unanimously chose McPherson
front-runner makes & Jacobson, of Omaha, Neb., as the firm they want to help them
a stop at the Surf find a new school superintendent.
The Board has scheduled a meeting for 5:30 today (Wednesday,
Donald Trump doesn’t want to just do well in Iowa. “We’re on the cusp of something so great,” Republican Donald Trump told a Jan. 13) to identify the timeline and criteria they will use in the
He wants to win it. And not surprisingly, he’s pretty con- packed Surf Ballroom Saturday.-Reporter photos by Chris Barragy. search.
fident it will happen. The Board listened to presentations from three firms, includ-
The Republican party’s front-runner for the presiden- ing McPherson & Jacobson, Jan. 6. Cedar Rapids-based Ray and
tial nomination told a capacity crowd at the Surf Ballroom Associates Inc. and the Grundmeyer Leadership Trust, from Des
Saturday, he expects to win when Iowans caucus Feb. 1. Moines, were also interested in the job.
“The silent majority that they say I have struck a chord The contract McPherson & Jacobson will sign with the district
with is the noisy majority. We’re all angry at what’s going identifies a base fee of $6,500, estimated advertising costs of $800
on, but we want to get it fixed— and we will. We’re on to $1,000, $75 per candidate background check, and $500 per day
the cusp of something that’s so great,” said Trump. “If for onsite interviews with candidates.
we don’t win, I won’t consider just doing well a success
because things won’t get done.” See SCHOOL BOARD on page 2
Trump acknowledges rival Ted Cruz is challenging
him in the Iowa polls. He continued to harp on his belief Clear Lake Representative
that Cruz’s citizenship is in question. sworn in as House Speaker
“Even though Ted is very glib and he goes out and
he says, Oh, well, I’m a “natural born” citizen,’ the point The Iowa House unanimously approved Linda Upmeyer, of
is you’re not...You have to have the courts come up with Clear Lake, as the first woman Speaker of the Iowa House on Mon-
a ruling or you have a candidate who just cannot run.” day, Jan. 11.
Trump said Cruz needs to get a judge to declare that he’s The 16-year veteran of the House helped to open the legisla-
a “natural born” citizen and, therefore, eligible to serve tive session Monday. The moment was especially touching, as she
as president. “I say to Ted, and as a Republican I say it, recalled her father, Delwyn, serving as the Speaker during the 69th
because I think it’s very General Assembly. In total, he served 23 years in the legislature.
important, ‘You’ve got to Upmeyer says she hopes she can continue to carry on with her
get it straightened out.’ father’s values that he showed not only at home, but during his time
You cannot put somebody at the Statehouse.
there, folks, that’s going to Besides Upmeyer being the first woman elected as Speaker of
go in and he’s going to be the Iowa House, it’s the first time in any legislature in the United
immediately sued by the
Democrats. Who knows See UPMEYER on page 2
more about lawsuits than I
do? I’m the king.” This is a weekly feature highlighting some of Iowa’s
“My primary oppo- unsolved homicides in the hopes that it will lead to new
nent was totally opposed to tips and potentially help solve cases. The project is a
ethanol and the ethanol in- partnership between this newspaper and other members of
dustry because he’s with the the Iowa Newspaper Association.
oil industry. You know, he’s KIMBERLY MARIE RATLIFF | AGE: 22 | DIED: JAN. 9, 1999
from Texas...and he was
getting clobbered and all of Hometown: Council Bluffs
a sudden he said: ‘Uh, oh. Kimberly Ratliff was found in a car left in
I’m for ethanol,’” Trump the parking lot of People’s Natural Gas at
said in Ottumwa. “You 1414 West Broadway in Council Bluffs, Iowa
on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 1999. She had been
See TRUMP on page 2 Lines of people braved sub-zero temperatures Saturday to wait for a chance to hear Republican presidential hopeful viciously mutilated and nearly decapitated.
Donald Trump speak. Ratliff, who worked at Airlite Plastics Co. in Omaha, Neb.,
was last seen alive when she got off work about 11:30 p.m.
on Friday, Jan. 8.
Police believe Ratliff was killed elsewhere because little
blood was found inside her car despite multiple cuttings,
and there also were indications someone else dressed her
in different clothing — her own clothing — from what
she’d been wearing when last seen alive. Authorities also
believed the vehicle had been parked in the lot over the
weekend. Ofcials quickly concluded Ratliff’s murder was
not a random crime. The brutal killing was personal in
nature, and it wasn’t long before they had a prime suspect.
Obstacles stood in the way of making an arrest, however;
the majority of evidence would have been left at the crime
scene where the killing took place, and that crime scene
was not where her body was found.
Kim was raised by her mother and stepfather, Joyce and
Les Kennedy, from age 6. The Kennedy’s allege that Kim
had been hanging out with drug users and dealers. Ratliff’s
biological father, Jacque Ratliff, alleges that Les Kennedy
was a possessive man and was responsible for Kim’s drug
abuse. Kim’s brother believes that Les Kennedy had his
hands in her murder because Kim was going to tell the
police about Kennedy dealing drugs.
To this day, no witnesses have come forward and police
have not been able to gather enough evidence to charge
anyone with the crime.
Donald Trump signed posters and spent a few minutes with those at the Surf prior to getting back on the campaign trail. Anyone with information about Kimberly Ratliff’s unsolved
murder is asked to contact Det. Doug Mann at the Council Bluffs
Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division at (712) 326-
2507 or call Crime Stoppers at (712) 328-7876.
Find out more about this and other unsolved homicides at
www.IowaColdCases.org.
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