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Weather
Mostly sunny for the weekend. High of 76
degrees both Saturday and Sunday.
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CALENDAR
Wednesday
FALL BEGINS TODAY!
Concert series
Denny Diamond and the
Jewels, a Neil Diamond trib-
ute act, will be presented by the
Clear Lake Area Concert Asso-
ciation (CLACA) Wednesday,
Sept. 23, at 7 p.m. in E.B. Still-
man Auditorium, 1601 3rd Ave.
N. in Clear Lake. Admission is
by CLACA membership; these
are available at the door for $40
for adults, $15 for students, and
$85 for a family. Membership
includes over 20 additional con-
certs in Clear Lake and nearby
communities. For additional
information, see http://clear-
lakeconcerts.org.
Saturday
Farmers Market
The Clear Lake Farmers
Market is held from 9 a.m. to
noon Saturdays in the Surf Ball-
room parking lot, 460 North
Shore Drive. Fresh fruits and
vegetables, as well as baked
goods and handcrafted products
are available for purchase.
Meet the author
On Saturday, Sept. 26, Julie
Long will be a featured author at
the Clear Lake Arts Center for
her first fictional novel, “Roov-
ille,” a new age twist on the age-
old question: can you ever go
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Inside
Opinion..................... 4
Weather.................... 5
Sports.................. 9-11
Legals..................... 15
Classifieds.........16-17
The lake level dropped
slightly to its new reading
of +3.72” above the weir.
Last year at this time the
lake measured +.72” above
the weir.
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More weather on page 5.
Sept. 23, 2015
CALLANAN LAGIOS
BRANT BOEHNKE
Fiber optic project
will speed up Internet
for businesses
Most of Clear Lake’s businesses
and industries will soon have access
to high speed Gigabit Internet service
because of an extensive fiber optic net- The high speeds for residents make
work project this fall.
“This is the high speed Internet
service that businesses across the na-
tion are craving,” said CL Tel General
Manager Tom Lovell. “It provides the
competitive edge that our local busi-
nesses need and is an important key
to recruiting new industry.”
Businesses in the industrial park,
business park and the Fieldstone area
are being connected to the fiber optic
network. With download speeds that
are 100 times faster than the typical
download speed, businesses can be
more productive. This means faster
conferences and webinars and better
collaboration with workers off-site.
The higher speeds provide more flex-
ibility for both small and large busi-
nesses for work on the go and gives
GHV Homecoming court
Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Community School District would like to announce their Homecoming King and
Queen Candidates. Queen candidates include front row (L-R): Mallory Johnson, Taryn Carolus, Sarah Weaver,
Payton Bamrick and Autumn Weaver. King candidates include back row (L-R): Cade Baker, Harley Forry, Turner
Albertson, Chase Ulven and Alek Goll. The king and queen will be crowned on Thursday, Sept. 24, during a pep
rally at the high school at 1:25 p.m. -Reporter photo
Serving Clear Lake and Ventura since 1869 • Hometown newspaper of Steve & Angela Faber
EBELING
OEHLERT
access to next generation services.
Residential customers in these ar-
eas will be connected this fall, as well. that is being extended to the city’s business and industrial park. The area will soon have access to a high speed Gigabot Internet service.-
it possible to telecommute to work
from home, stream Netflix “buffer-
free” and download large graphics
files quickly.
“A fiber optics network provides
the broadband infrastructure that is
essential to our community’s and our
country’s economic success,” said CL
Tel President Jan Lovell. “We want
our local businesses to thrive. We’re
firm believers that our local busi-
nesses should have at least the same
advanced technology as a business in
a large city. With our local service
and responsiveness in rolling out new
services, it’s our mission to provide
service that is superior to that offered
in a large city.”
While a fiber-to-the-home net-
work is initially more expensive to
See FIBER OPTICS on page 2
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$1.50
Slate is set for City Election
Flurry of filing at deadline creates races
Two of three races for spots on the Lagios. He added that although his fam- community and property. I’m merely
Clear Lake City Council will be contest- ily supports and agrees with his position asking for mutual respect and common
ed in the November election. on loud tailpipes, they did not want to sense,” he said.
A flurry of filing before the Thurs- be subjected to some of the undue scru- Incumbents Dana Brant and Jim
day, Sept. 17, deadline resulted with tiny and harassment they suffered during Boehnke will actually race each other
head-to-head battles for the First Ward, Lagios’ 2013 campaign. “Motorists were after re-districting based on the most
Third Ward and At-Large positions on indeed making it a point to stop and rev recent U.S. Census information. Brant
the Council. However, one candidate their engines very loud in front of our currently represents the First Ward.
has since withdrawn his name. family home, and my yard signs were Boehnke is seeking his second term as
At-Large Council representative stolen or vandalized from the yards of the Ward Three representative. Brant is
Mike Callanan was slated to face Peter my supporters. Very nasty online threats also seeking a second four-year term on
Lagios in the election, however Lagios and slurs were written about my person, the Council.
announced Monday he was withdrawing as well.” Mark Ebeling threw his hat into the
from the race. Lagios said he will continue to ad- First Ward seat against previously an-
“Basically, my family asked me not vocate and campaign for quieter streets nounced candidate Rich Oehlert.
to run because of the difficulties sur- and adherence to existing Iowa Stat- Ebeling, a lifelong resident of Clear
rounding the nature of my campaign, ues protecting the public peace on the Lake, has been active in numerous com-
which is to quiet the streets of Clear Lake streets. “I’m not asking to destroy any- munity activities in Clear Lake. He is
from unruly motorists who deliberately one’s fun, but I’m suggesting to the pub- owner/partner of Edwards-Brandt & As-
rev their engines or alter their exhaust lic that having fun does not come at the sociates, Inc. He was twice past president
system to be excessively loud,” explained expense of other people’s enjoyment of
See CANDIDATES on page 2
Crews from Central Cable have been working with those from CL Tel working in the Fieldstone area Tuesday on a fiber optic project
Reporter photo by Chris Barragy.
This is a weekly feature highlighting some of Iowa’s unsolved
homicides in the hopes that it will lead to new tips and po-
tentially help solve cases. The project is a partnership between
this newspaper and other members of the Iowa Newspaper
Association.
‘Someone, somewhere, knows more ...’
Fourteen years later, Ila Mae Clark’s
murder remains a mystery
by Mike Donahey ment.
Marshalltown Times-Republican The nearby apartment complex which
Ila Mae Clark’s grave marker at Rose Hill employed Clark as manager and was once a
Cemetery is sadly, perhaps the only physical motel, is also gone.
reminder of her Marshalltown years. However, yellowed Times-Republican
Family, former coworkers at Grandview newspapers bring the incident to life as if it
Heights Nursing Home and the Iowa Veter- were yesterday.
ans Home have memories. “Motive determined in local murder,”
As do her friends at the local American was the headline below the fold on a front
Legion and VFW Auxiliary. page T-R article published Sept. 13, 2001.
Tragically, Clark, 73, was found beaten “Based on our investigation to date in
to death in her home 116 Ave. West on Aug. this unfortunate murder, it appears as if
29, 2001. at least $500 in cash is missing from Mrs.
The one-story house was demolished years Clark’s home,” said former Marshalltown Po-
ago to accommodate a business develop-
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