Clear Lake Mirror Reporter

The Garner-Hayfield-Ventura cross country team faced a hard challenge when they traveled to Humboldt on Thursday, Sept. 20, to compete on a difficult course.

Boys Race

The boys placed ninth in the 19-team field with 267 points.  Gilbert won the meet with 36-points, followed by Humboldt with 51 and Clear Lake with 100.

First bicycles arrive in Clear Lake in 1893 - Maud Palmeter and Lora Palmeter are pictured with the first girl’s bicycles to arrive in Clear Lake in 1893.  The bicycles were purchased at the Palmeter Hardware.  The bikes boasted mud guards, batteries for headlights, hand brakes, boxed in chains for protection of long voluminous skirts and solid rubber tires.  The girls claimed to be the first “bloomer girls” of the era, a fashion

(Above) Water hazards were marked on County Road S-14 south of Ventura, as water from Ventura Marsh (on right) was making its way across the road to Clear Lake in the wake of persistent, heavy rain Thursday.-Reporter photo by Chris Barragy.

Lake level rises more than nine inches

Clear Lake was not exempt from steady rains which have doused the area within the past week.

Mac Adams and Mallory Leisure presided over Clear Lake High School Homecoming festivities, including a parade from the school to City Park Friday.

Photos from the many Homecoming activites appear on page 8A in this week’s Mirror-Reporter.