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It Takes a Village – 2020
Image by Alexas_Fotos from Pixabay BY: RACHEL WUMKES They say it takes a village to raise a family… but what about when your town hosts a triathlon? How many people does that take to pull off successfully? Turns out – A LOT! Year after year, people have stepped up to the plate to help make TRI Clear Lake a successful...
A Day to Remember
Image by Brandi Day from Pixabay BY: RACHEL WUMKES As we wrap up another great, albeit soggy, week at the Lake, it seems my normal Feel Good Friday post has fallen on Patriot Day. It is on today, that we remember the attacks of September 11th and all the lives that were lost. This year it hits a little harder than...
The Perfect Day
BY: RACHEL WUMKES There will be an official blog post at a later date to personally thank all those who helped with TRI Clear Lake last weekend – because there are SO many people – but I just had to get something out today while I’m still riding the high of the event. In case you missed it, hundreds of athletes...
Feel Good Friday!
Image by Daniel Reche from Pixabay BY: RACHEL WUMKES I’m not sure about you guys, but I feel a bit like I’m floating on Cloud 9 this week! I mean, we survived another full week of school without being shut down by the State. That in itself is cause for celebration! I figure every day we get without having to go back to...
The Key to Happiness
Image by Gino Crescoli from Pixabay BY: RACHEL WUMKES You know those random blurbs that come up when you open a new tab on your internet browser? The ones with just enough information to make you go… hmmmm. Yesterday, as I was perusing the vast land that is the inter-web for random information (READ: I got side-tracked...
An Athlete Invasion
BY: RACHEL WUMKES They’ve been planning this for weeks. Months even. Training. Practicing. Pushing the limits of their bodies. And now… the time has come. They’ll begin to trickle into town late in the week. You may not notice it at first. A car here. A truck there. But then, like a swarm of locusts descending on a...
It’s a Feel GREAT Friday!
Image by congerdesign from Pixabay BY: RACHEL WUMKES What a whirlwind week it’s been! I feel like a little kid at a ticker-tape parade. There’s been excitement, glee, and pure giddiness from all the amazing happenings of this week at the Chamber and throughout Clear Lake. First up – let’s give it up for the INCREDIBLE...