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Senator Sherrod Brown, Chamber Cast Candidate Chat
Chamber President to Retire
Tim Coffey, President & CEO of the Clear Lake Area Chamber of Commerce announced his retirement from the Chamber effective June 1, 2019. In his letter to Board Chair Diana Symonds of the McQuaid Agency, Coffey wrote, “This position has been the most gratifying job that I have ever held, and has given me much satisfaction…...
Reminiscent of the Good Old Days
Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Winter Dance Party BY: RACHEL SMITH It’s a tale as old as time in North Iowa – or at least for the past sixty years. What was scheduled to be a brief rock & roll tour of the Mid-Western United States soon became one of the most influential and iconic tragedies in the history of...
Let’s Plan Something Fun!
BY: RACHEL SMITH Last year, Americans left 705 million vacation days unused. That’s more than a hundred-million-day increase over a few years ago. Bottom line – people work too much! And in the over-worked, stressed-out, go-go-go world that we live in these days, it appears the opportunity for run and...
Here’s Why you Need to give it a TRI!
BY: RACHEL SMITH So how’s that New Year’s Resolution coming along? Are you eating better? Exercising more? Well, it’s kind of hard to stick to your guns and keep at it when there’s nothing (besides being healthy and weight loss) pushing you to succeed. So… maybe you should sign up for TRI Clear Lake, and...
Chamber Cast S1E1: Winter Dance Party 60th Anniversary
February 2, 1959, the day the world lost three music legends: Buddy Holly, J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, and Ritchie Valens. The men had played their final concert at the Surf Ballroom before crashing in an airplane north of Clear Lake, and 60 years later the Surf continues their annual tribute to the three fallen...
Book Nerds Unite!
photocredit: ana-white.com BY: RACHEL SMITH Finally, a National Day made just for me. Well, me and all my super-awesome, book-nerd friends! YAY! The 4th Wednesday in January has officially been deemed National Library Shelfie Day. No… that’s not a typo. I actually thought it was Library SELFIE day, and had this great...