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Weather More weather on page 5.
Mostly sunny for the weekend and warmer with a
high of 73 degrees on Sunday.
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Clear Lake Options for Main
Mirror-Reporter Street brick
CALENDAR paver sidewalks
Thursday to be addressed
Blood drive Fall foliage, food and fun The brick paver sidewalks flank- number of claims as the result of pe-
ing Clear Lake’s Main Street will destrian trips and falls on the brick
The American Red Cross be the subject of a study. Monday paver sidewalks.
encourages eligible donors to night the City Council approved The Council, on a 5-0 vote, di-
help their communities prepare a $5,600 preliminary engineering rected Jason Petersburg from Veen-
for emergencies by giving blood services contract with Veenstra & stra & Kimm, to move ahead with
during National Preparedness Kimm, of Mason City, to look at the sidewalk study. The process will
Month this September. Upcom- making improvements to sidewalks include a “neighborhood meeting”
ing blood donation opportuni- on Main to address tripping haz- with property owners along Main
ties include a blood drive at Op- ards. to discuss scheduling and other con-
portunity Village, 1200 N. 9th According to City Administra- cerns.
St. W., Clear Lake, on Oct. 8, tor Scott Flory, brick paver side- The Chamber of Commerce
from 1:30-6:30 p.m. To make walks were installed between 1994 has also asked to be involved in
an appointment to give blood, and 1996. Through the years the meetings, as it is the organization
download the Red Cross Blood pavers have heaved and fallen with which has sold and placed person-
Donor App, visit redcrossblood. the freeze and thaw, causing some alized brick pavers along Main Av-
org or call 1-800-RED CROSS persons to trip and fall. Flory noted enue. The Chamber has cataloged
(1-800-733-2767). the majority of the city’s pavers were brick placement and will work to
installed on a sand base and are tied ensure those bricks are returned to
together with sand. As technology the new sidewalk.
Saturday and practices have evolved, brick City leaders also advised V&K
pavers are now typically laid on a to incorporate tree planting, trash
Farmers Market All things fall were celebrated in a big way during the more stable bed to reduce shifts in receptacles and bicycle racks into its
Chamber of Commerce’s annual Harvest Fest held elevation. In two recent projects, sidewalk reconstruction ideas.
The Clear Lake Farmers downtown Saturday. Executive Director Tim Coffey near the Surf Ballroom and at the Flory said the project will in-
Market is held from 9 a.m. to said the successful event fell in line with a great sum- Sea Wall, the city has placed the volve a city-property owner cost
noon Saturdays in the Surf Ball- mer season for local business owners. He estimated brick pavers on top of a four-inch share, with benefitted property
room parking lot, 460 North festival crowds to be the largest in the 11-year history Portland cement concrete base and owners being assessed for at least
Shore Drive. Fresh fruits and of the event. then locked them together with some of the work.
vegetables, as well as baked sand in order to eliminate settling. “We need to take our time on
goods and handcrafted products Flory said that the condition of this and talk to the various mer-
are available for purchase. Main Avenue sidewalks were identi- chants,” said Mayor Nelson Crabb.
fied as the number one priority for “We have a unique street business
Art FUNdamentals the City following completion of a culture here and the bricks need to
sidewalk comprehensive plan last be safe— a flatter brick with firmer
Art FUNdamentals, a year. Some areas of the sidewalk foundation underneath. We have to
multi-faceted, multi-media, are disintegrating and ADA compli- do it right.”
youth art program that is fun ance is an issue in other spots. He Councilman Gary Hugi also
and interactive for children ages noted the city and its insurance li- suggested the City consider a more
four-years and up, will be held ability carrier have had to process a simple pattern for the bricks.
Saturday, Oct. 10, from 10:30
– 11:30 a.m. at the Clear Lake
Arts Center. Children will learn
about the Austrian painter Gus-
tav Klimt, who is known for his
highly decorative style of paint-
ing. Class fee is $6 per child. To
register, call or email the Clear
Lake Arts Center at 641-357-
1998 or clac@cltel.net.
continued
More CALENDAR Winners in the salsa contest were chosen by those Rissa Barragy stomped the grapes while her friend, Madison Finstad tried to get the
on page 2 enjoying Harvest Fest. juices flowing in the Grape Stomp Competition.
Inside This is a weekly feature highlighting some of Iowa’s
unsolved homicides in the hopes that it will lead to new
Opinion..................4-5 tips and potentially help solve cases. The project is a
Weather.................... 5 partnership between this newspaper and other members of
Sports..................9-12 the Iowa Newspaper Association.
Legals..................... 16
Classifieds.........16-17 WILLARD CHARLES WOODRING | AGE: 42 | DIED: OCT. 9, 1960
RICHARD B. BUCHANAN | AGE: 49 | DIED: OCT. 9, 1960
Location: Keokuk
The lake level dropped Those who purchased event bags sampled wine at several locations. (Right) The pumpkin roll was fun for all ages. Willard Woodring and Richard Buchanan were found bound,
1.32” to its new reading - Reporter photos by Chris Barragy. gagged and shot to death in the kitchen of the Hawkeye
of +2.16” above the weir. Hotel, a well-known house of prostitution, in Keokuk on
Last year at this time the McKesson off to neighborly start Sunday, Oct. 9, 1960. Police immediately launched a three-
lake measured +0.12” state search for a young couple who witnesses reported
Volunteer work operations director from the company’s tour, where they earned about Opportu- seeing leave the building shortly before the double slaying
above the weir. precedes job fair Clear Lake facility. Together, the group nity Village, its mission and the services was reported. Witnesses described the man as about 25
today at Surf provided volunteer labor to complete the organization provides. That was fol- years old with black hair and clad in a black leather jacket.
Mail: 12 N. 4th St., painting of several rooms at the Opportu- lowed by painting at the Children’s Au- The woman, about 22-23 years old, was described as having
Clear Lake, IA 50428 Seventeen employees of McKesson nity Village Children’s Autism Center. tism Center. short red hair and wearing a lavender dress. They were
Telephone: 641-357-2131 Corporation traveled to Clear Lake on “The timing could not be better,” said Chris Van Norman, director of op- thought to be driving a car with Illinois license plates.
Fax: 641-357-2133 Monday to spend an afternoon volun- Christina Maulsby, family services advo- erations for the new McKesson Corpo-
Email: office@clreporter.com teering at the Opportunity Village Chil- cate at the Children’s Autism Center. “We ration facility in Clear Lake, was among Police believe robbery was the motive for the crime
Website: www.clreporter.com dren’s Autism Center. were looking for volunteers to help with those volunteering. Van Norman said he and that the killer may have been an acquaintance of
Members of McKesson’s North Cen- this big project and McKesson was look- recently moved from Chicago to Clear Woodring. There were few signs of a struggle in the room
@CLReporter tral Region human resources team joined ing for a way to connect with the Clear Lake and is now able to see the facility where Woodring and Buchanan were shot and, according
new human resources team members, Lake community. What a great way to through its final preparations for opening to investigators, the murderers “seemed to know what they
the operations director and the assistant partner and meet all our needs. We are so in Spring 2016. were doing.”
thankful.”
The group first enjoyed lunch and a See McKESSON on page 2 If you have any information regarding these unsolved murders,
please contact the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation at
(515) 725-6010, email dciinfo@dps.state.ia.us, or contact the
Keokuk Police Department at (319) 524-3131.
Find out more about this and other unsolved homicides at
www.IowaColdCases.org.
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