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LIONS Isolated T-storms
ARE possible
STATE
CHAMPS! Chance of scattered
T-storms Friday and
special Sunday, but sunny on
section Saturday. Pleasant temps with a high
inside of 79 degrees on Saturday.
More weather on page 5.
USPS 117-120 VOL. 145 Issue 31 Aug. 5, 2015 Serving Clear Lake and Ventura since 1869 • Hometown newspaper of Jay & Nicki Barragy $1.50
Clear Lake Jumping for joy School Board
Mirror-Reporter races shape up
CALENDAR The Clear Lake Lions, which needed two walk-off grand slams to get to State, won the 2A title with an 11-1 win over Columbus Catholic in the
championship game played Saturday. The Lions posted a 20-1 win in the semifinals, setting all-time state tournament records for most runs scored Pair of CLHS grads join
Wednesday and widest margin of victory. The Lions outscored its three opponents in Des Moines 36-2 to win the 2A state title.-Reporter photo by Chris Barragy. incumbent Kuhlers on
Open mic night the ballot in Clear Lake
Roth sworn in as new Clear Lake
The Surf Ballroom holds its Three individuals will be running for three director
Open Mic Night each Wednes- at-large positions on the Clear Lake School Board this
day. Anyone interested in per- fall.
forming may take the stage Incumbent Chad Kuhlers will be seeking a second
in the Surf ’s Cypress Lounge. term, while Dr. John Brady and Michael Moeller are first
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; show time candidates. Brady, a physician with the Hancock
time is 7 p.m. Admission is free. County Health System, and Moeller, an attorney with the
Sorensen Law Office in Clear Lake, are both graduates of
Thursday Clear Lake High School.
Board members whose terms are expiring, Jill Wil-
Thursdays on Main helm and Jon Loge, did not file for re-election. Loge was
appointed in August 2014 to fill a vacancy after Deb Betz
The Clear Lake Area Cham- resigned.
ber of Commerce hosts Thurs-
days on Main each week. From Four candidates for
6-11 p.m. Thursday, July 23, two seats at GHV
there will be live music, featured
entertainment, classic cars, a Four candidates have filed nomination papers as
bounce house, hand-powered candidates for the new GHV Board. Two at-large board
kiddie train rides, a vendor positions are retiring this year. Both incumbents have de-
street market and retail stores clined to run again.
stay open late. The night will Those hoping to be elected include Gene Toppin, a
be topped off with a movie in resident of Clear Lake who lives within the GHV School
the park. Main Avenue activi- District, and Diane Frank, Jeremy Gouge and Brian Rob-
ties are 6-9 p.m. At 6:30, special erts, all residents of Garner.
entertainment on the 300 block School Board members are elected to four-year terms.
(SE corner of City Park) will be The School Board election will be held Tuesday, Sept.
provided by Denny’s School of 8.
Dance. From 7-9 p.m. Spenser
Rahm will play music in the 400 police chief
block of Main (next to Larson’s
Mercantile) and from 9-10:45
“Big Hero 6” will be shown in
City Park. All activities are free.
Summer Showcase Clear Lake’s new police chief, Pete Roth, hit the previous 10 years with the Clive Police Department.
ground running Monday, Aug. 3. Roth met with his He has a Bachelors degree from the University of Iowa
Hitchville with special guest staff and city employees, helped with a tornado siren and a Masters in Public Administration from Drake
Neil Hewitt will be the featured drill, reviewed issues in his department and attended a University. He began his career in law enforcement in
City Council meeting where he was officially sworn in Johnson County, Kansas and the City of Mission, Kan.
continued to his new post. Since he was named the new chief on July 6, Roth
“I’m excited to work with the city,” said Roth, add- and his family have visited the community several
More CALENDAR ing his first order of business will be to get to know his times. The 45-year-old married father of two said the
on page 2 department and the city and address pending issues. size of the community and police department attracted
The new chief had been serving as a University of his interest in relocating here.
Inside Iowa police captain, overseeing 22 sworn officers, four Roth takes over as chief for Greg Peterson, who
lieutenants and two sergeants in the University’s uni- retired last year, and for interim chief Rex McChesney,
Opinion..................4-5 formed patrol division. Prior to joining the Iowa City who passed away in December.
Weather.................... 5 university’s public safety division in 2008, he served the
Sports................13-15
Legals..................... 17 New commerical charter boat
Classifieds.........18-19
will soon cruise Clear Lake Clear Lake Mayor Nelson Crabb administers the oath of office to Police Chief Pete Roth during
Monday night’s City Council meeting.-Reporter photo.
The lake level dropped slightly Clear Lake will soon have an- season, Aug. 3 to Oct. 15. The an- and refurbished it entirely.
to its new reading of +2.52” other commercial charter boat on nual permit fee is $500, the same as “We expect to have it in the Win Renaissance tickets!
above the weir. In 2012 the its waters. the Lady of the Lake. The cost will water this week,” he said, adding
lake measured -20.52” below Mike Maulsby, owner of Clear be pro-rated for the partial 2015 that Snyder Construction would be Winning tickets to the 2015 Minne- takes place weekends through Oct. 4. The
Lake Boats, received permission season. Insurance requirements and lifting the boat onto a lift and get- sota Renaissance Festival is as easy as reading event, in its 45th year, features live armored
the weir at this time. from the Clear Lake City Council licensing fees were also stipulated in ting it to the water. your Mirror-Reporter! jousting, 250 artisan booths, 16 stages of
Monday night to locate a 44-pas- the agreement. Maulsby has done Mayor Nelson Crabb and City A clue telling you how to claim two free entertainment, free family activities, food,
PHONE: 641-923-2837 EXT. 3 senger charter boat at the 16th Ave. his due diligence with the Iowa De- Administrator Scott Flory said they tickets to the Festival appears somewhere drink and more.
S. public access. The Council, on partment of Natural Resources and have seen the new boat and consid- in this edition of the newspaper. The first The Minnesota Renaissance Festival sea-
How to contact us at: the unanimous recommendation U.S. Coast Guard to confirming er it a nice addition to the lake. six persons (limit one winner per family) son begins on Saturday, Aug. 22, and ends
of the Parks and Recreation Board, the vessels’ seaworthiness. The charter boat will not im- to bring in the clue to the Mirror-Reporter on Oct. 4. The Festival is open weekends;
granted a permit to operate a com- Maulsby attended Monday pede the usage of the 16th Ave. S. office at 12 N. 4th St. will receive two free Labor Day and Festival Friday, Oct. 2, open
mercial charter boat. night’s Council meeting and ex- boat ramp in any way for the pub- tickets to the Shakopee, Minn. event. Each from 9 a.m. – 7 p.m., rain or shine. The Fes-
Using the City’s lease with the plained the boat is a 53-foot Miller, lic, and the owner of the South ticket is valued at $22.95. tival is located five miles south of Shakopee
Lady of the Lake as a template, the originally built in 1963, re-powered Shore Inn and The Landing, locat- The Minnesota Renaissance Festival on Highway 169.
Council unanimously granted a in 1988. Maulsby and his crew ed adjacent to the public access, has
permit for the balance of the 2015 took the vessel down to bare deck expressed his approval for the boat.
Shooting death in Cedar Falls remains a mystery
Mail: 12 N. 4th St., This is a weekly feature highlighting some of Iowa’s unsolved homi- On August 12, 1974, sometime be- left Madison around 4 p.m. that day with café there around 8:15 p.m. Clougherty left
Clear Lake, IA 50428 cides in the hopes that it will lead to new tips and potentially help tween the hours of 10:30 p.m. and mid- plans to hitchhike to Wyoming, to retrieve Independence around 9:15 p.m., hitchhik-
Telephone: 641-357-2131 solve cases. The project is a partnership between this newspaper night, someone shot 23-year-old Dennis his motorcycle and then ride it back to De- ing westbound on Highway 20. Another
Fax: 641-357-2133 and other members of the Iowa Newspaper Association. Clougherty five times in the chest and left troit, Mich. motorist picked him up and drove him to
Email: office@clreporter.com his body along Union Road, south of First An investigation confirmed a motor- Waterloo, dropping him off at the Highway
Website: www.clreporter.com Street in Cedar Falls. ist picked him up around 7 p.m. Monday 20 and Highway 63 intersection.
A Vietnam vet preparing to begin his while traveling westbound on Highway 20 Around 10:30 p.m., two men — both
@CLReporter last year of graduate school at the Univer- near Dubuque, and gave him a ride to In-
sity of Wisconsin in Madison, Clougherty dependence, dropping off Clougherty at a See COLD CASE on page 2
