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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Event Reported: September 12, 2008


CLEARFIELD, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(763) 476-6866
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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⃞ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 5.02     Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Mr. Charles (Chip) N. Hayssen Appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors

On September 11, 2008 the Board of Directors appointed Mr. Hayssen to the Board of Directors and to serve as a member of the Audit Committee and determined that he qualifies as an audit committee financial expert as defined in SEC regulations.

Mr. Hayssen does not have any relationship or related transaction with the Company that would require disclosure pursuant to Item 401(d) or Item 404(a) of Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation S-K.

Mr. Hayssen, 58, from September 2007 to the present was a private investor. Prior to that Mr. Hayssen was Chief Operating Officer of AllOver Media, Inc., an out-of-home media company from August 2004 until August 2007. Mr. Hayssen was Chief Financial Officer of ThinkEquity Partners LLC, an equity capital markets firm, from September 2002 to April 2004. Prior to September 2002, Mr. Hayssen was Chief Financial Officer of Access Cash International L.L.C. from February 2000 to November 2001. Previously, Mr. Hayssen held a number of positions over a nineteen-year career with Piper Jaffray Companies Inc., including three years as Chief Information Officer, two years as Chief Operating Officer of Piper Capital Management and seven years as Chief Financial Officer.

Item 9.01     Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)  Exhibits:

99.1  Press release dated September 12, 2008

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.