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Westaby TREE SERVICE Tree Pruning Removals Cable Support Systems Pest Control Fertilization Disease Management Licensed Insured Free Estimates Jesse Westaby, CTSP ISA Certified Arborist IW-0019A RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL 641-648-9661 • 800-748-3883 Shingles Flat Roofs Wood Shakes Steel Seamless Gutters 5” & 6” FREE ESTIMATES FULLY INSURED OVER 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE “TOUGH AS NAILS” By Jessi Myers I have a black thumb. I know lots of people probably think that’s an excuse or a lack of effort but for me it’s a true afflic- tion. An individual with a black thumb struggles to grow plant life of any kind. is is true for me, but beyond that, plant life struggles to thrive even if I’m merely present. It’s emotionally taxing to watch vegetation wilt when you walk in the room. I can feel their distrust. It’s the same feeling I have when watch a movie I know will emotionally devastate me. (Plants: “Oh no, I feel my life force escaping. Why must I die? Oh, Jessi walked in. Well, it was a good run.”) I would love to believe I have some sort of “not yet understood” super power that will someday re- veal itself to be positive and use- ful but at this point I can’t help but feel like a plant murderer. Growing up with a Grandfather who farmed and gardened ac- tively, a florist/botanist Mother, and a Dad who is great at any- thing that lets him work with his hands, there has always been a reasonable assumption that I knew about plants and flowers. I have learned a lot from them, and yet I remain a destroyer. is was a hard learned truth. Many innocent plants suf- fered. ere were some hopeful moments. I kept a plant alive for a couple months. My Mom gave me some glass watering bulbs as a gift. We went to my local farmers market and she chose a highly du- rable plant. She provided specific instructions about light and wa- tering. I was told it was a hearty plant that could survive even me (not her words). I was diligent. I believed. I tried. I mourned. Growing isn’t my strength. Consuming has proven to be a much stronger skill set. I like to cook and I love to eat. I think it’s important to know what goes into our food and how it is raised. I believe in being an informed and responsible consumer. I can’t grow food but I can support those that have the skills I lack. e best part is that I can From The Market do it locally. I don’t know why I can’t grow veggies or herbs but I know where to find them in my community. I love finding the “ugly” veggies at Farmers Market. Giving them a home and tum- mies to fill. It just feels right. I enjoy the challenge of cook- ing with produce I’m not familiar with. I love hearing success sto- ries. Nothing is better than seeing a producer share how proud they are of a crop that exceeded their expectations in quality or quanti- ty. I love Farmers Markets. I love our Farmers Market. I recently became the market manager at the Clear Lake Farm- ers Market and I am so happy to spend each Saturday morning supporting our vendors. ey’re accomplishing something I could only dream of. ey keep plants alive long enough to sell the de- licious bounty, weather permit- ting. ey put their hearts and souls into growing yummy ingre- dients for your next meal. ey bake, can, pickle, sew, make can- dles, design, build, and repurpose items to make home decor. ey tend bee hives, cattle, ducks, chicken, pigs, and social media accounts. ey fight to give us something great. Let’s fight for them. ey are working so hard for you and me. People who can’t or won’t, Individuals who don’t have the time or the space. ey’re working for all of us who think that someday we might keep a plant alive, because we desperate- ly want to. ey’re giving us all hope. I’ll use the skills I do possess, unfettered enthusiasm, organiza- tion, patience, communication, grant writing, nonprofit man- agement, spreadsheet obsession, food love, and community pride to help where I really can make a difference. For me, that’s sup- porting my market. What does that mean for you? Find a way to support and benefit from your market. Grow, create, educate (specifically the black thumbs), volunteer, pur- chase and explore. Do your part to help our market thrive. PUBLIC NOTICE City of Clear Lake ORDINANCE NO: 841 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF CLEAR LAKE, IOWA, TO REZONE CERTAIN PARCELS IN THE CITY FROM PUB- LIC TO MEDIUM-DENSITY MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL WHEREAS, the Planning & Zoning Commission of the City of Clear Lake reviewed this requested rezoning at its meeting on July 17, 2018, and has recommended the re- zoning of certain parcels of property from Public (“P”) to Medium-Density Multi-Family Residential (RM-12), these parcels more fully described as: THE S 40’ L5 & ALL L’S 6-7-8 BLK 2 CRANES 1ST ADDITION. and WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Clear Lake, Iowa set the date for a public hearing on the proposal to rezone the parcels on July 2, 2018, with notice published in the Clear Lake Mirror Reporter on July 25, 2018; and WHEREAS, the Council conduct- ed the required public hearing at its regular meeting on August 6, 2018. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLEAR LAKE, IOWA: Section 1. The Council of the City of Clear Lake, Iowa, moves to adopt the recom- mendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission that the Official Zoning Map be amended and that the real estate described herein be re-zoned or the classification of this real estate changed from Public (“P”) to Medium-Density Multi-Family Residential (RM-12), and the Official Zoning Map of the City changed to reflect the same. Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as provided by law. Section 3. That the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed, upon the passage, approval, and publication of this Ordinance to file a copy for recording in the Office of the County Recorder of Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. Passed and approved this 20 th day of August, 2018. ATTEST: Nelson P. Crabb, Mayor Jennifer Larsen, City Clerk 1 st reading: August 6, 2018 2 nd reading: August 20, 2018 Final reading: August 20, 2018 Published in the Mirror Reporter on ?, 2018. e Clear Lake Historical Society is inviting the public to learn “Why Local History is Im- portant” at its annual meeting on Saturday, Aug. 25, at 1:30 p.m. at the Clear Lake Public Library in Room B on the lower level. Clear Lake Historical Society president, Beth Ann Schumacher and Clear Lake historian, H. Mil- ton Duesenberg will discuss the importance of saving our local history and making sure that our students and community mem- bers understand its value. e Clear Lake Historical Society is a non-profit organi- zation, first founded in 1985, and dedicated to the purpose of preserving and interpreting our community’s rich heritage. All of this is done with the aim to pro- mote and preserve a vital interest in Clear Lake’s local history. ose in attendance will learn about projects that have been completed by the society this past year, what is in store for 2019 and how more people can get involved with Clear Lake’s wonderful legacy. It will be a great time to join and become a member of the Clear Lake His- torical Society. ose needing more infor- mation about the meeting or the Historical Society may contact Beth Ann Schumacher, president of the Clear Lake Historical Soci- ety at [email protected] Over the last few weeks, vis- itors and residents might have noticed a construction project going on at the public lake access area at 8th Avenue South in Clear Lake. Crews were working to re- construct two storm water cap- ture basins in an effort to protect Clear Lake from pollution rush- ing off of South Lakeview Drive. According to Jim Sholly, CLEAR Project coordinator with the City of Clear Lake, the area was built in the early 2000’s as a way of protecting the lake from runoff, but had reached the end of its lifespan. By partnering with the Association for the Pres- ervation of Clear Lake, the City of Clear Lake was able to hire a local contractor to come in and restore the functionality of the two bio-retention cells. Workers were also able to replace an aging staircase with a much safer and more easily nav- igated design. “It is cooperation like this that has lead to so many great practices being placed around the area to protect Clear Lake” said Sholly. “Without the City’s lead- ership and willingness to work with its concerned citizens, we would not be where we are today when it comes to protecting our lake.” Officers from Clear Lake and the Mason City Police De- partments helped the Clear Lake Police help teachers prepare for school year Anyone interested in finding out what they can do to help pro- tect Clear Lake should visit www. clearproject.net to learn about ways every person living or visit- ing Clear Lake can be part of the clean water solution. APCL, City partner to protect Lake More than 200 teachers and school staff attended the fifth annual Educator Appreciation Breakfast on Monday, Aug. 20, in the school cafeteria. Twenty-two businesses were “table sponsors,” hosting the teachers and staff at their decorated tables. -Submitted photo. Educator breakfast kicks off school year Historical Society invites public to annual meeting e public access at 8th Avenue South was recently re-worked to protect Clear Lake from pollution rushing to- ward the lake from South Shore Drive.-Submitted photo. School District ready for the school year by conducting train- ing on violent incidents Monday. Clear Lake Police Chief Pete Roth explained the training in- cluded classroom instruction and miscellaneous scenarios played out in the high school and mid- dle school buildings. “We appreciate the oppor- tunity to work with staff, as we know their time is limited as they gear up for school this week,” said the Chief. “We want to take steps to prevent, as opposed to re- act to situations.” On April 21, Cerro Gordo County Treasurer Pat Wright re- leased her intentions of working with the Cerro Gordo County Board of Supervisors as well as any affected City Councils on a plan to reduce delinquent taxes in the county. As a follow-up to the prog- ress of this project, Aug. 16 was the last day to pay taxes on two of the 49 delinquent county-held tax sales. Wright reported one owner paid their back taxes, amounting to $20,370. e second owner did not step forward to pay the back tax- es within the 90-day legal notifi- cation time; therefore, the county deeded that parcel to the accept- ed bidder who can now take pos- session of the property. Legal notices were given to many of the property owners during this process of assigning the tax sale certificates. With- in the next few weeks, Treasurer Wright will be issuing Tax Sale Deeds on another 20 parcels un- less the property owners come forward to pay the outstanding delinquent taxes. Treasurer: Delinquent tax update
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By Jessi Myers I have a black thumb. I know lots of people probably think that’s an excuse or a lack of effort but for me it’s a true afflic-tion. An individual with a black thumb struggles to grow plant life of any kind. This is true for me, but beyond that, plant life struggles to thrive even if I’m merely present. It’s emotionally taxing to watch vegetation wilt when you walk in the room. I can feel their distrust. It’s the same feeling I have when watch a movie I know will emotionally devastate me. (Plants: “Oh no, I feel my life force escaping. Why must I die? Oh, Jessi walked in. Well, it was a good run.”) I would love to believe I have some sort of “not yet understood” super power that will someday re-veal itself to be positive and use-ful but at this point I can’t help but feel like a plant murderer. Growing up with a Grandfather who farmed and gardened ac-tively, a florist/botanist Mother, and a Dad who is great at any-thing that lets him work with his hands, there has always been a reasonable assumption that I knew about plants and flowers. I have learned a lot from them, and yet I remain a destroyer. This was a hard learned truth. Many innocent plants suf-fered. There were some hopeful moments. I kept a plant alive for a couple months. My Mom gave me some glass watering bulbs as a gift. We went to my local farmers market and she chose a highly du-rable plant. She provided specific instructions about light and wa-tering. I was told it was a hearty plant that could survive even me (not her words). I was diligent. I believed. I tried. I mourned. Growing isn’t my strength. Consuming has proven to be a much stronger skill set. I like to cook and I love to eat. I think it’s important to know what goes into our food and how it is raised. I believe in being an informed and responsible consumer. I can’t grow food but I can support those that have the skills I lack. The best part is that I can
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do it locally. I don’t know why I can’t grow veggies or herbs but I know where to find them in my community. I love finding the “ugly” veggies at Farmers Market. Giving them a home and tum-mies to fill. It just feels right. I enjoy the challenge of cook-ing with produce I’m not familiar with. I love hearing success sto-ries. Nothing is better than seeing a producer share how proud they are of a crop that exceeded their expectations in quality or quanti-ty. I love Farmers Markets. I love our Farmers Market. I recently became the market manager at the Clear Lake Farm-ers Market and I am so happy to spend each Saturday morning supporting our vendors. They’re accomplishing something I could only dream of. They keep plants alive long enough to sell the de-licious bounty, weather permit-ting. They put their hearts and souls into growing yummy ingre-dients for your next meal. They bake, can, pickle, sew, make can-dles, design, build, and repurpose items to make home decor. They tend bee hives, cattle, ducks, chicken, pigs, and social media accounts. They fight to give us something great. Let’s fight for them. They are working so hard for you and me. People who can’t or won’t, Individuals who don’t have the time or the space. They’re working for all of us who think that someday we might keep a plant alive, because we desperate-ly want to. They’re giving us all hope. I’ll use the skills I do possess, unfettered enthusiasm, organiza-tion, patience, communication, grant writing, nonprofit man-agement, spreadsheet obsession, food love, and community pride to help where I really can make a difference. For me, that’s sup-porting my market. What does that mean for you? Find a way to support and benefit from your market. Grow, create, educate (specifically the black thumbs), volunteer, pur-chase and explore. Do your part to help our market thrive.
PUBLIC NOTICECity of Clear Lake
ORDINANCE NO: 841AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF
CLEAR LAKE, IOWA, TO REZONE CERTAIN PARCELS IN THE CITY FROM PUB-LIC TO MEDIUM-DENSITY MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIALWHEREAS, the Planning & Zoning Commission of the City of Clear Lake reviewed
this requested rezoning at its meeting on July 17, 2018, and has recommended the re-zoning of certain parcels of property from Public (“P”) to Medium-Density Multi-Family Residential (RM-12), these parcels more fully described as:THE S 40’ L5 & ALL L’S 6-7-8 BLK 2 CRANES 1ST ADDITION. and WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Clear Lake, Iowa set the date for a public
hearing on the proposal to rezone the parcels on July 2, 2018, with notice published in the Clear Lake Mirror Reporter on July 25, 2018; and WHEREAS, the Council conduct-ed the required public hearing at its regular meeting on August 6, 2018.NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CLEAR LAKE, IOWA:Section 1. The Council of the City of Clear Lake, Iowa, moves to adopt the recom-
mendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission that the Official Zoning Map be
amended and that the real estate described herein be re-zoned or the classification of this real estate changed from Public (“P”) to Medium-Density Multi-Family Residential (RM-12), and the Official Zoning Map of the City changed to reflect the same.Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage
and publication as provided by law.Section 3. That the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed, upon the passage,
approval, and publication of this Ordinance to file a copy for recording in the Office of the County Recorder of Cerro Gordo County, Iowa.Passed and approved this 20th day of August, 2018.ATTEST:Nelson P. Crabb, MayorJennifer Larsen, City Clerk1st reading: August 6, 20182nd reading: August 20, 2018Final reading: August 20, 2018
Published in the Mirror Reporter on ?, 2018.
The Clear Lake Historical Society is inviting the public to learn “Why Local History is Im-portant” at its annual meeting on Saturday, Aug. 25, at 1:30 p.m. at the Clear Lake Public Library in Room B on the lower level. Clear Lake Historical Society president, Beth Ann Schumacher and Clear Lake historian, H. Mil-ton Duesenberg will discuss the importance of saving our local history and making sure that our students and community mem-bers understand its value. The Clear Lake Historical Society is a non-profit organi-zation, first founded in 1985, and dedicated to the purpose of preserving and interpreting our community’s rich heritage. All of this is done with the aim to pro-mote and preserve a vital interest in Clear Lake’s local history. Those in attendance will learn about projects that have been completed by the society this past year, what is in store for 2019 and how more people can get involved with Clear Lake’s wonderful legacy. It will be a great time to join and become a member of the Clear Lake His-torical Society. Those needing more infor-mation about the meeting or the Historical Society may contact Beth Ann Schumacher, president of the Clear Lake Historical Soci-ety at [email protected]
Over the last few weeks, vis-itors and residents might have noticed a construction project going on at the public lake access area at 8th Avenue South in Clear Lake. Crews were working to re-construct two storm water cap-ture basins in an effort to protect Clear Lake from pollution rush-ing off of South Lakeview Drive. According to Jim Sholly, CLEAR Project coordinator with the City of Clear Lake, the area was built in the early 2000’s as a way of protecting the lake from runoff, but had reached the end of its lifespan. By partnering with the Association for the Pres-ervation of Clear Lake, the City of Clear Lake was able to hire a local contractor to come in and restore the functionality of the two bio-retention cells.
Workers were also able to replace an aging staircase with a much safer and more easily nav-igated design. “It is cooperation like this that has lead to so many great practices being placed around the
area to protect Clear Lake” said Sholly. “Without the City’s lead-ership and willingness to work with its concerned citizens, we would not be where we are today when it comes to protecting our lake.”
Officers from Clear Lake and the Mason City Police De-partments helped the Clear Lake
Police help teachers prepare for school year
Anyone interested in finding out what they can do to help pro-tect Clear Lake should visit www.clearproject.net to learn about ways every person living or visit-ing Clear Lake can be part of the clean water solution.
APCL, City partner to protectLake
More than 200 teachers and school staff attended the fifth annual Educator Appreciation Breakfast on Monday, Aug. 20, in the school cafeteria. Twenty-two businesses were “table sponsors,” hosting the teachers and staff at their decorated tables. -Submitted photo.
Educator breakfast kicks off school year
HistoricalSociety invites public to annual meeting
The public access at 8th Avenue South was recently re-worked to protect Clear Lake from pollution rushing to-ward the lake from South Shore Drive.-Submitted photo.
School District ready for the school year by conducting train-ing on violent incidents Monday.
Clear Lake Police Chief Pete Roth explained the training in-cluded classroom instruction and miscellaneous scenarios played out in the high school and mid-dle school buildings. “We appreciate the oppor-tunity to work with staff, as we know their time is limited as they gear up for school this week,” said the Chief. “We want to take steps to prevent, as opposed to re-act to situations.”
On April 21, Cerro Gordo County Treasurer Pat Wright re-leased her intentions of working with the Cerro Gordo County Board of Supervisors as well as any affected City Councils on a plan to reduce delinquent taxes in the county. As a follow-up to the prog-ress of this project, Aug. 16 was the last day to pay taxes on two of the 49 delinquent county-held tax sales. Wright reported one owner paid their back taxes, amounting to $20,370. The second owner did not step forward to pay the back tax-es within the 90-day legal notifi-cation time; therefore, the county deeded that parcel to the accept-ed bidder who can now take pos-session of the property. Legal notices were given to many of the property owners
during this process of assigning the tax sale certificates. With-in the next few weeks, Treasurer Wright will be issuing Tax Sale Deeds on another 20 parcels un-less the property owners come forward to pay the outstanding delinquent taxes.
Treasurer: Delinquent tax update
