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CALENDAR
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Thursday con’t
performer when the Surf Ballroom
and Museum continues its Summer
Showcase Series Thursday, Aug. 6, at
7 p.m. New this summer, the Surf
opens its doors for local and regional
up and coming artists every Thursday
at 7 p.m. throughout the summer.
The Summer Showcase Series, which
started in June and will be ending on
Sept. 3, happens in the Surf Ballroom
and Museum’s Cypress Room to uti-
lize the initial purpose of its construc-
tion– to enjoy local and regional en-
tertainment in an intimate sit-down
environment. Donations will be ac-
cepted at the door to support future
opportunities.
Glo Run/Walk
The Clear Lake Dance Team will
hold a 5k Glo Run/Walk Thursday,
Aug. 6, from 9-11 p.m. The race will
start at the City Park Seawall. Regis-
tration will start at 7 p.m. at the Sea-
wall with the race starting at 9 p.m.
Cost is $25 for adults $20 for six to
18-year-olds. Those five-years and
younger can take part for free. Glo-
products will be provided with regis-
tration. The event is a fundraiser for
the Dance Team.
Friday
Fresh on Friday
This week’s Fresh on Friday event
from 8-11 a.m. at Central Gardens of
North Iowa, corner of 2nd Avenue
North and North 8th Street, features a
Take Time at Ten (10-10:45 a.m.) pro-
gram entitled “A Bee Walk Through
the Garden.” Local bee-keeper Cindy
Richardson will present the program.
Enjoy a relaxing morning with coffee
and seasonal goodies served on the pa-
tio of the Nature Education Pavilion
and purchase fresh flower bouquets
from the gardens. From 9:30-11 a.m.
kids and adults are invited to the Bee
Happy Kids Garden. At 10:45 a win-
ner will take home a repurposed item
from the Opportunity Village General
Store for free.
Fri. - Sat.
Car cruise, show
The Clear Lake Auto Social Soci-
ety’s Annual Class Car Show and Sum-
mer Dance Cruise kicks off Friday
night with a car cruise around Clear
Lake, with a concert to follow. The
car cruise will depart at 6 p.m. from
Kingland Systems, 1401 6th Ave. S.
The route will follow South Shore
Drive and proceed to Ventura, turn-
ing east onto Lake Drive and end at
downtown Clear Lake. A concert fea-
turing The Whitesidewalls will follow
at the Surf Ballroom from 8 p.m. to
midnight. The public is welcome to
attend. Admission is $10. On Satur-
day, the Car Show is held downtown
and around City Park, with registra-
tion starting at 8 a.m. and Show and
Shine from noon to 3:30 p.m. Ad-
mission is free. Saturday evening free
musical entertainment will be provid-
ed by Coupe DeVille on the City Park
Bandshell stage from 7-11 p.m.
Man sentenced
following sex
abuse arrest
made by CLPD
A Rockwell, Iowa man has plead-
ed guilty as part of a sexual abuse case.
Michael Lowe Jr., 45, was ar-
rested on May 19 by Clear Lake police
and charged with two counts of sec-
ond-degree sexual abuse, two counts
of third-degree sexual abuse and two
counts of lascivious acts with a child
after allegedly abusing a girl under
the age of 12 between April 2006 and
April 2013.
Online court records show as
part of a plea agreement, he’s pleaded
guilty to one count of second-degree
sexual abuse and one count of lascivi-
ous acts with a child, with all other
charges to be dismissed.
Lowe faces up to 35 years in pris-
on when he’s sentenced on Sept. 14.
Fri. - Sun.
Weekend deals
Clear Lake retailers will hold sum-
mertime sales Friday through Sunday
both inside and outside their stores.
The Sidewalk Sales event is sponsored
by the Chamber of Commerce. The
Iowa Sales Tax Holiday is Friday and
Saturday (some exclusions apply).
Saturday
Farmers Market
The Clear Lake Farmers Market is
held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays
in the Surf Ballroom parking lot, 460
North Shore Drive. Fresh fruits and
vegetables, as well as baked goods and
handcrafted products are available for
purchase.
Poppy sales
Members of the Veterans of For-
eign Wars (VFW) Post 4868 and its
Ladies Auxiliary will be distributing
Buddy Poppies in Clear Lake from 7
a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8. The
proceeds from Poppy distributions
must be used to benefit disabled and
needy veterans and the widows and
orphans of deceased veterans.
Firefighter fundraiser
The Ventura Fire Department in-
vites the public to its annual Pork Sup-
per Saturday, Aug. 8, at the Ventura
Fire Station. Cost is $8. The meal will
be served from 4-8 p.m.
Sunday
Burgers and corn
The annual Hamburger and
Sweet Corn Feed, prepared by the
Clear Lake Evening Lions Club, will
be held Sunday, Aug. 9. Serving will
take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., or
until sold out, at City Park. Tickets
are available at the event.
Ice-cream social
The IFCA sponsored Ice Cream
Social will be held in Clear Lake City
Park on Sunday, Aug. 9. The group
will be serving ice cream and brownie
sundaes in conjuntion with the Clear
Lake Evening Lions Club Hamburger
and Sweet Corn Feed. Brownie ice
cream sundaes will be served for $3
from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m., or until
sold out. This year’s host church is the
Clear Lake Christian Church.
Mon. - Tues.
School registration
The Clear Lake School District
has announced its school registration
for students preschool through 12th
grade will be held Monday, Aug. 10,
and Tuesday, Aug. 11, at Clear Creek
Elementary, 901 S. 14th St. Hours
for registration are 8 a.m. to noon
Spectacular Jewelry Sale!
50% Off
Our entire stock of costume jewelry
Necklaces • Bracelets • Earrings, • Rings
It’s all on sale! ~ No exclusions!
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
August 6 • 7 • 8 ONLY
60% all closeout Iowa &
off ISU merchandise
Special Come in Saturday, Aug. 8th
Deal
for special in-store deals
Specials change hourly beginning
j avenue
Clear Lake Mirror-Reporter
and 3-7 p.m. each day. Doors will be Dance team rewarded for their efforts
closed from noon to 3 p.m. A Back
To School special section appears in Clear Lake Mirror-Reporter Office Manager Amy Palmer (right) is shown presenting Clear Lake High School Dance
this edition of the Mirror-Reporter, Team Director Liz LeFevre with a check for nearly $800. The check was the portion of what the girls on the Dance Team
featuring supply lists and other regis- earned while selling subscriptions to the Mirror-Reporter in a recent campaign. Also on hand to receive the check was
tration information. dance team members (L-R) Marissa Olk, Madison Finstad, Kate Franke, Ellie Schulze and Mia Katter.-Reporter photo.
Tuesday Get ready for a big car cruise weekend
RSVP open house This weekend the C.L.A.S.S. Car pants proceed to the four-way stop at said club president Jerry Young. “We
Club presents its annual Summer Main and Lake Street and turn right ask the spectators to please not en-
Last fall, 203 volunteers with Cruise, Dance and Car Show by the onto Lake Street and North Shore courage these actions. We want to be
Retired Senior Volunteer Program of lake. The event is the largest car show Drive toward Clear Lake. The cruise able to continue to provide a safe and
North Central Iowa provided one-on- between Des Moines and Minneapo- will then turn onto North Lakeview enjoyable cruise for everyone for years
one attention to help 360 elementary lis. Drive, going in front of City Park and to come.”
and 36 middle school students im- Last year over 950 cars cruised ending at the corner of 4th Avenue Cars may begin lining up for the
prove their reading skills. More than around the lake on Friday evening and South and South Shore Drive. cruise any time after 1:30 p.m. at
300 students exchanged letters with over 650 cars were at the show on Sat- “Our role is to balance the enjoy- Kingland. The cost of participation
Pen Pals to enhance their writing urday. This year, in an effort to speed ment of everyone, from participants in the cruise is $5 per car. The $5
skills. This fall, RSVP will need more up the lengthy cruise, minor changes to the public. We did adjust the route charge provides for two tickets for free
volunteers than ever to help students in the route have been announced. this year in Ventura to prevent bottle- admission to the Surf Ballroom Fri-
become better readers and writers. If “The annual car cruise is an event necks and gaps in the cruise. The flow day evening. Ticket cost for all others
you are 55 or older, you can be that the participants and the public look changes when you grow from 200 cars wanting to go to the Surf and enjoy
extra help a student needs to succeed forward to each year. We are happy to almost 1000,” added Ellis. “This The Whitesidewalls will be $10 at the
by becoming an RSVP volunteer in it continues to grow each year, but decision did take into consideration door.
your town. RSVP will host an open with growth also come changes,” said that there will be plenty of room on On Saturday morning, entrance
house in Clear Lake in August. The CLASS Car Club member Mark Ellis. the new route for the public to view for cars entering the show will begin
open house event, for current volun- The cruise will begin at 6 p.m. Fri- the cruise in Ventura.” at 8 a.m. in front of Wilcox Furniture
teers and anyone interested in becom- day from the Kingland Systems park- The CLASS Car Club will instruct on Main Avenue. The car show will
ing a volunteer, will be held Tuesday, ing lot adjacent from 1401 6th Ave. each driver on the cruise to not throw begin at 11:30 a.m. and the trophies
Aug. 11, at 10:30 a.m. at the Clear S. The cruise will proceed from King- candy from the cars or do burnouts. will be given out at 3:30 p.m.
Lake Public Library, 200 N. 4th St., land down 6th Avenue South to South “Nothing is more dangerous to Coupe DeVille will be performing
(downstairs meeting room). Shore Drive, where it will go south spectators, drivers and the cars than in City Park from 7-11 p.m. on Satur-
around the lake. At Ventura, partici- 3,500 pounds of steel out of control,” day night. The public is welcome to
Artist reception attend the free concert.
A Meet the Artist Reception for Huge Sale
Clear Lake Artist Jaclyn Garlock is
scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 11, from Now in progress
5:30 – 7 p.m. Garlock’s bold, strong
and larger than life exhibit is on dis- We need to make room for new merchandise coming soon!
play in the Hanson Gallery at the
Clear Lake Arts Center through mid- Save BIG!
August. As an added bonus, the Cen-
ter will unveil the latest work from Jewelry Baby
Steve Johnson, another Clear Lake Items
artist. The Clear Lake Arts Center is
located in downtown Clear Lake at 17
S. 4th St.
COLD CASE
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in their early 20s and driving a brown-
ish/gold 1962-1964 Chevrolet with a
beige interior — picked up Clough-
erty at the Kentucky Fried Chicken
on Broadway Street. Clougherty was
never seen alive again and died about
30 to 45 minutes later along Union
Road.
Officials didn’t consider robbery
a motive, as Clougherty’s billfold still
contained $80 and his backpack’s con-
tents were left undisturbed. Police said
that they’d not determined a motive
for the killing or identified any sus-
pects in the case.
If you have any information
about this case, please contact the
Iowa Division of Criminal Investiga-
tion at (319) 277-4601, email dciin-
fo@dps.state.ia.us, or contact the Ce-
dar Falls Police Department at (319)
273-8612.
Find out more about this and other
unsolved homicides at www.IowaCold-
Cases.org.
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