The Clear Lake Parks and Recreation Department held their annual Halloween parade on Saturday, Oct. 27.
Clear Lake’s Main Street was invaded by ghosts, goblins and also cute, little princesses and chicks.

Look for more photos from the parade on page
16 of this week’s Clear Lake Mirror-Reporter.

Goblins will again take to the streets tonight,
Wed.,Oct. 31, for trick or treat night.
Please drive carefully. -Reporter photos

    The Clear Lake Police Department has received a grant from the Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau.
    The grant is for the period of Oct. 1, 2007 to Sept. 30, 2008.  The amount of the grant is $15,500.
    The money will be used for two radar units, one in-car video camera, and 8,500 hours in overtime hours.
    The objective of the grant is an emphasis on alcohol/drug related traffic enforcement, as well as occupant protection and other moving violation enforcement.

Third Ward candidates

BEN FURLEIGH
1) Please supply a brief personal biography as an opening paragraph. Be sure to include information about your family, educational background, occupation and other work/life experiences.
Ben Furleigh, 18 East Gate Court. My wife, Kathy, teaches fifth grade at Clear Creek Elementary School. She’s taught in Clear Lake for 17 years. Next May will be our 20th anniversary. My son, Alex, is 16 and a junior at Clear Lake High School. My daughter, Katy, is 13 and in eighth grade at Clear Lake Middle School.
I graduated from Clear Lake High School in 1983 and from Iowa State University in 1988 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Business. I received my Certified Quality Engineer designation in 1998 from the American Society for Quality.

Occupation and other work experience: I’m presently the Quality Manager at Nortech Systems (formerly Suntron) in Garner. Prior to that, I was Quality Manager at IMI Cornellius in Mason City (five years), Quality Specialist at IMT in Garner (four years), and Quality Inspector at Winnebago (six years). I was raised on a strawberry and vegetable farm on the east edge of Clear Lake.

2) Why have you decided to seek election or re-election:

On Nov. 6-8 and Nov. 13-15 these members of the Clear Lake Dance Team will be manning the phones at CL Tel to sell subscriptions to the Clear Lake Mirror-Reporter. The girls will also be offering a great gift subscription offer to anyone who renews or purchases a new subscription to the Mirror-Reporter. A portion of each subscription sold will be donated to the Dance Team. -Reporter photo

By Lowell Washburn

For archery deer hunters, the best ten days of the season are at hand. The November rut has begun, and monster Iowa white-tails are on the prowl.
It’s a time like no other. Restless, moody, and itching for a scrap bucks, and lots of them, are currently on the move 24/7. Trophy stags that have been careful to remain invisible all summer now suddenly appear to boldly swagger through mid-day corn stubble. Locked into perpetual search mode, they relentlessly cruise ridgetops, river bottoms, and brushy draws in hopes of finding does. Sometimes, these wandering bucks find rival males instead. When that happens, the Iowa timbers resound with the distinctive clash of dueling antlers.
With the scales suddenly tipped in their favor, archery deer hunters employ every trick in the book in hopes of arousing the curiosity [or anger] of mature bucks. Vigorously rattling a set of antlers to create the sounds of a make believe battle is the bow hunter’s staple. Other tactics include doe [bleat] calls, grunt tube calls, and decoys.
But even now, Iowa’s big bucks never come easy. Tagging one still requires ample amounts of scouting, stealth, woodsmanship, and above all --- patience. But when the buck of your dreams finally steps into full view, there is no question that all the work, sleep depravation, and other personal sacrifices were well worth the effort.
Whether you judge them in terms of body size or in inches of antler growth, there is no denying that Iowa bucks grow to monstrous proportions. True Legends of the Fall, Iowa’s behemoth stags have gained global notoriety. There are, in fact, few places on the entire continent where deer grow bigger or better than they do right here at home.

Turkey Shoot set for Nov. 11
    The Clear Lake Parks and Recreation Department will hold their annual Turkey Shoot on Sunday, Nov. 11, at noon, at Clear Creek Gym (enter through the main doors).  Teams, consisting of an adult and a related child, have the chance to shoot freethrows and win a turkey.  Each team shoots 20 free throws.  The competition is divided by age of the child. Youth 6-9 years of age move in four feet from the free throw line and shoot at an 8-foot high basket, 10-11 year-olds move in  two feet and shoot at the regulation basket and 12-14 year-olds and adults shoot regulation free throws.  All winning teams will receive a free turkey for their holiday cooking.

MALL Bowling League announces winners
    The MALL Bowling League met on Monday, Oct. 29.  Winners included:  Individual High Game, Clyde Hutchinson, 171 and Sharon Coe & Irene Zuck, 182; Individual 3-Game Series, Clyde Hutchinson, 476 and Karen Humphrey, 498; Team High Game, Forever Tan, 390; Team 3-Game Series, Forever Tan, 1,157. Splits:  Karen Humphrey, 5-10 & 3-10, Barb Hicok, 5-10 & 5-6 and Wilma Ades, 5-7.

    As the leaves start to fall from the trees remember the City has a yard waste drop-off site available to citizens of Clear Lake located in the 1400 block of 4th Avenue South. 
    The drop-off site is for tree limbs/branches less than six-inches in diameter and yard waste, such as grass clippings, leaves, twigs, garden vines, etc.  Yard waste left in bags at the site shall be in biodegradable brown bags.  No plastic bags or lumber are allowed at the site. 
    The hours of operation at the yard waste site are Mondays and Wednesdays from 3-7 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.