To Each Its own.

The City Council Budget/Ways and Means Committee heard proposals from various non-city agencies during it’s first budget hearing of the year last Monday evening.

The proposals are in the form of contracts for service. Each has its own peculiar set of circumstances and history.

The Cando Senior enter uses a City owned building rent free and is typically funded an amount approximately equal to its utility bills.

The Library has a sales tax arrangement with the City that was passed by voters, but still has to submit a proposal each year to access the funds.

The Humane Society contracts with the City to provide an animal shelter, but has typically approached the process as a grant of some sort.

The Chamber of Commerce does not contract with the City, but indirectly is assisted through the sharing of resources and personnel with the Economic Development contract with the City.

The Convention and Visitors Bureau is funded with Lodging Tax revenue.

Just Jake Talkin'
Mornin',

Played a little dominos this last weekend. Double fifteen’s. If ya wanna test your kid’s (or your own) ability to add, subtract, and divide by five, pick up a set of these jewels. As a matter a fact, why not introduce the game as part of any high school graduate’s final exam. That’d cut the wheat from the chaff.

The other practical educational experience would be ta have ta make change and count it back to the customer for a day at the fast food joint. Usetabe, (I’ve used that term so much lately, I’ve decided to make it just one word in my vocabulary) these ever’day math skills were used on some regularity. With video games and calculators, even those of us who learned need to exercise the skills to keep ‘em workin’. Quick, what’s 8 x 7?

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

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Here’s A Tip

By JoAnn Derson

• "Use a pastry blender to mash up eggs when you are making egg salad. It works on the yolks, too. I mash mine separately." -- I.F. in Tennessee

• Old towels can have new life in your kitchen. Just cut them into small pieces and store in a box -- even a tissue box would do. When you have a small spill or need to clean the countertops, you can use one instead of a paper towel. It will save you money, because they can be washed and reused. If the soiling is very bad, you don’t have to feel bad about throwing it out or turning it into a workshop towel instead.

• "To freshen plastic flowers, mist with hairspray. Do not use this on silk flowers." -- L.C. in Texas

• Has this ever happened to you? You gather limbs or bush trimmings in a garbage can, and before lawn-waste pickup day, it rains, filling your can? Drill a series of holes in the bottom of your lawn and leaf cans, and the water will drain out. It also makes it easier to remove filled bags of leaves.

• Shine bathroom chrome with vinegar. Use a dampened cloth to apply, let dry and buff to a shine.

• Go Green Tip: According to ENERGYSTAR.gov, "Leaving your car at home just two days a week will save 1,590 pounds of greenhouse-gas emissions each year." Not to mention the gas you’ll save and the cost of wear and tear on your vehicle.