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Local NewsPage 8 • Oct. 21, 2015
Engage! boxes in community this week
The Engage winter outerwear drive is on again! According to organizer Colleen Thompson, new boxes will be out at the
end of the week. The design and decorating team pictured here getting the boxes ready includes (L-R) Barb Leonard,
Becky Finstad, Jane Broghammer, Nicky Berge and Polly Suntken. Financial donations are very gladly accepted and will
help supplement the purchase of needed outerwear. Distribution Day will be Dec. 5, the day of Christmas by the Lake.
BENJAMIN STROUP
CLHS student
selected for
Opus Festival
The Iowa Choral Directors Asso-
ciation (ICDA) will sponsor the 30th
annual Opus Honor Choir Festival
on Thursday, Nov. 19, at Opus 2015.
Four choirs are featured at this annual aged to attend. On hand to meet with
event, held in the C.Y. Stephens Au-
ditorium on the Iowa State University
campus in Ames.
Benjamin Stroup, son of Sara
Puttmann and Matt Stroup, has
been selected to sing in the 180-voice
Ninth Grade Select Mixed Honor
Choir, directed by Julie Schnieders,
retired choir director from Indianola
High School. Over 3,000 students
auditioned for the 720 positions in
the four Opus Honor Choirs. Stroup
is a member of the Mixed Chorus at
Clear Lake High School, directed by
Paul Langholz.
Engage!
outerwear
drive ready
to accept
donations
Cerro Gordo Relay for Life
schedules kick-off event
The American Cancer Society’s
2016 Relay For Life® of Cerro Gordo
County will officially get underway on
Thursday, Oct. 22. Event volunteers,
participants, and anyone interested
in joining the fight against cancer are mobilizes communities throughout
invited to LD’s Filling Station in Ma-
son City for a Kickoff Open House to
launch their fundraising efforts. The
Open House will run from 5 – 7 p.m.
Complimentary light appetizers will
be served. The event is free and open
to the public.
Those interested in learning
more about Relay For Life are encour-
volunteers will be the Iowa Direc-
tor of the American Cancer Society,
Kevin Kann. This informal event will
showcase the upcoming Relay, help
teams gain fundraising ideas, and give
statistics about cancer and what the
American Cancer Society is doing in
the fight.
The 2016 Relay For Life of Cer-
ro Gordo County will take place on
Saturday, June 4, at the North Iowa
Events Center from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Learn more at www.relayforlife.org/
cerrogordocountyia. Another Kick
Off event will be held in Clear Lake at
the Other Place on Thursday, Nov. 12.
The world’s largest grassroots
fundraising movement, Relay For Life
the country to celebrate people who
have battled cancer, remember loved
ones lost, and provide participants
with an opportunity to fight back
against the disease. Relay brings to-
gether friends, families, businesses,
hospitals, schools, faith-based groups
. . . people from all walks of life – all Lutheran Church in Ventura.
aimed at furthering the American
Cancer Society’s vision of creating a
world with less cancer and more birth-
days.
Relay For Life takes place in
nearly 5,100 communities in the
United States and 20 other countries
and will raise funds to support the So-
ciety’s mission of saving lives by help-
ing people stay well, by helping people
get well, by finding cures and fighting
back. Call Steve with the American
Cancer Society at 641-251-1082 for
more information.
Clear Lake Mirror-Reporter
The Engage winter outerwear Best scarecrows
drive is ready to kick off this week.
According to organizer Colleen The Clear Lake Arts Center has announced winners of the Community Display
Thompson, new boxes will be out at of Scarecrows in Central Gardens of North Iowa. Winners were Clear Lake
the end of the week. High School students Hayleigh Hansen, for design, and the team of Matt Hily-
Donation sites are: er and Braxton Doebel for originality. For the most part, recycled or repurposed
Clear Lake Bank & Trust, materials were used for the construction of each scarecrow. Scarecrows were de-
Farmer’s State Bank, Manufacturer’s signed and constructed by CLHS art students and clients from the Creative Arts
Bank & Trust, Agape Christian Fam- Department at Opportunity Village in conjunction with the Clear Lake Arts
ily Church, Clear Lake Christian Center and will be on display with added fall embellishments from Furleigh
Church, Clear Lake Church of Christ, Farms through Nov. 1 at Central Gardens. Central Gardens of North Iowa is
Clear Lake Evangelical Free Church, open from dawn to dusk, seven days a week.-Submitted photo.
Clear Lake Regular Baptist Church,
First Congregational Church, First Absentee ballots now available
United Methodist Church, Galilean Absentee ballots are now avail- A written request must include
Lutheran Church, Harvest Bible able for all cities in Cerro Gordo the voter’s name, date of birth, ad-
Chapel, Open Bible Church, St. County for the Nov. 3, 2015 regular dress, signature, and the name or
Patrick’s Catholic Church, Zion Lu- city election. date of the election (regular city elec-
theran Church, Clear Lake Chamber An eligible voter may vote an tion /11-3-15). Send to Cerro Gordo
of Commerce, Clear Lake Public Li- absentee ballot at the county auditor’s County Auditor, 220 N. Washington
brary, Clear Lake Schools, Fareway, office or submit a written request for a Ave., Mason City, Iowa 50401.
Kingland Systems, Clear Lake Senior ballot to be mailed to the voter. Reg- Persons with questions may call
Citizens Center, VFW and Redeemer ular weekday courthouse hours are 8 641-421-3041, or visit www.co.cerro-
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. gordo.ia.us.
In addition this year there will be
boxes at the IOOF Home, Curves and
Clear Lake Bank & Trust in Mason
City.
Financial donations are very
gladly accepted at all the banks listed
and will help supplement the pur-
chase of needed outerwear.
Distribution Day will be Dec. 5,
the day of Christmas by the Lake.
Sally Duesenberg, Student and Family
Services Coordinator for Clear Lake
Schools spoke to the need for the pro-
gram. “Please don’t stop what you’re
doing. The need is great,” she said.
“That’s why the boxes are going
out again this year. This community is
amazing when it comes to loving into
a need,” added Thompson.
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