Clear Lake Mirror Reporter

Shirley Ann Rasmussen, 62, of Bartow, Fla., formerly from Clear Lake, passed away Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, at home with her family.

There will be a celebration of life in Clear Lake to be planned for a later date.

Shirley was born Dec. 20, 1957, to Troy and Anna (Conner) Knapp, in Wheaton, Minn.

She graduated from Charles City High School in 1976 before going on to graduate from NIACC and the University of Northern Iowa with her bachelor’s degree in elementary education.

(Above) Clear Lake High School Homecoming royalty includes (front L-R) Ali Maulsby, Delaney Eden, Sophia Ollenburg, Bella Clabaugh and Emily LeFevre, (back L-R) Tyres Green-Harrington, Andrew Formanek, Justin Wright, Andrew Crane and Cael Schmitz. The Homecoming queen and king will be crowned at a pep assembly set for 1:15 p.m. Friday at City Park.-Reporter photo by Chris Barragy.

The high school Homecoming tradition will go on, despite some minor changes to promote COVID-19 safety.

(Above) Fourth grade teacher Melanie Marrell shares her lessons in person and virtually.  In school, students must wear masks unless distanced.-Reporter photo by Chris Barragy.

by Marianne Gasaway

The Clear Lake School District has completed one month of classes with little impact from the COVID-19 virus which ended the 2019-20 school year in March and threatened the return of students to the classroom this fall.

(Above) Roger and Marilyn Ritter

One never knows when their life’s path will lead them back to familiar faces and places.

Over 40 years ago, Roger and Marilyn Ritter stood on an empty plot of land that would one day become Handicap Village, now known as One Vision.  As the young couple helped prepare the land for the organization’s first cottages, it is probably safe to say they would have never expected to return to that spot years later.