Clear Lake Mirror Reporter

Both incumbents seeking re-election to the Clear Lake City Council were ousted in the Tuesday, Nov. 7, Regular Election.

Newcomer Bennett Smith topped two-term Councilman Tony Nelson, as well as challenger Ben Smith to win the Second Ward Council seat.  The winner captured 48 percent of the votes, finishing with 184, compared to 147 votes for Nelson and 51 for Ben Smith.  Nelson was running for a third term on the Council.

The public was invited to attend Veteran’s Day ceremonies at Clear Lake High School Friday.   (Above) Angel Medellin, a 2017 CLHS graduate, sent a video-taped message to share with students during the program.  Medellin, who moved to Clear Lake at a young age after losing his parents at age two, enlisted in the United States Navy following high school graduation.

Are you in the holiday spirit yet?

One of the community’s most recognizable symbols of the season is ready.  The 28th annual Giving Tree is now on display in the Mirror-Reporter office at 12 N. 4th St.

For a quarter of a century, the Giving Tree has helped to make the holidays a little brighter for Clear Lake area families.

Sign-up forms for the Giving Tree were distributed in the Clear Lake School District and sent home with those attending Head Start and Lake Town Charlie Brown.

If ever there was a win-win situation, it exists in the Industrial Arts Department at Clear Lake High School.

Thanks to Billion Ford of Clear Lake, CLHS instructor Mike Lester was able to attend a special “NC3 Train the Trainer” in North Carolina recently.  Following a week of intensive training, Lester has returned to CLHS with the ability to certify students in specific areas which will aid in accelerating their completion of college-level programs, as well as give them a leg-up in the job market.