Fourth Ward Seat Open.

With only two days to file for City Council seats, the Fourth Ward is still without a candidate for representation.

Incumbents have filed in each of the remaining four wards, but all are thus far unopposed.

First Ward Larry Ross, Second Ward Bill Fortune, Third Ward Jackie Boyer, and Fifth Ward Don Stearnes will appear on this April’s ballot. Fourth Ward Council member Trish Burgi-Brewer has said that she will not seek a second term. She announced last week that she will run for the position of Eastern District Jasper County Commissioner.

Each of the five wards has two Council representatives that serve two year terms. One of the members from each ward is up for election every year. The Mayor serves a four year term.

Candidates for the City Council must pick up a petition at City Hall and return it with 25 signatures of registered voter in their perspective wards, or pay a $25 filing fee.

Council members meet two nights a month for their regular meeting and typically are assigned posts on two Committees that meet once or twice a month.

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Just Jake Talkin'
Mornin',

With only a month or so of this nasty, bone chillin’ winter left, I guess I’ll be puttin’ the sled back in the rafters.

Just feelin’ a little let down that we’ve seemed to have missed winter this year. I see there are those talkin’ about the global warmin’. ‘Course when ya get a mild winter, there are always those lookin’ for a way to explain it. As Freud is often quoted, "sometimes a cigar is just a cigar."

Although I like the cycle of the four seasons, I’d have ta say winter is the least appealin’ in a lot of ways. But, I have noticed a yearnin’ for a day that absolutely forbids goin’ outside. Ya spend the day guilt free sittin’ and lookin’ out the window doin’ nothin’ in particular. A few weeks left ‘fore spring hits, maybe it will come yet.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

by

Workman's :Loan

The Super Handyman

Dear Al & Kelly: I put up a super storage organizer in my woodworking shop. It’s nothing more than a long section of some old heavy-duty chain that I’ve had for a long time. It holds about 25 different items now. To hold up the chain, I screwed hooks into every stud horizontally along part of a wall in my garage. Then I purchased a bunch of inexpensive S-hooks and put them into the chain links. I can hang lots of stuff on the hooks. It’s handy and out of the way, and it was simple to do. —C.N.

Q: You have talked about the use of copper sulphate for getting rid of tree roots growing in drain lines. Is it OK to use the same material in a country septic tank?-M.M.

A: Copper sulphate isn’t that good for septic tanks, because it retards the natural bacterial action of the sewage disposal that makes them work.

There are, however, products to fight tree roots that specify they are all right for use in a septic tank system. Ask around.

Dear Kelly: We made our own steppingstones from concrete mix poured into a plastic pan, and we let the children decorate them all. We gave the children lots of different tools, including plastic forks and spoons, bamboo skewers, rocks and shells. They decorated a dozen of them and had a lot of fun. They even seem to stay on them instead of running through the ground cover and mud like they used to do. We also have the most interesting steppingstones in the neighborhood. — W.T.

SUPER HINT—Save assorted plastic lids that come with such items as coffee cans and potato-chip canisters. You can mix glues, paints and patching compounds in the lids. You probably can find one that’s just the right size for your needs.