City Survives Y2K

The turning of the century seems to have had little effect on community services. Except for a few calls about fireworks being set off at midnight on New Year’s eve, unofficial reports are of a typical evening for the Carthage Police Department.

The CW&EP power plant was put into service as a precautionary measure just prior to the new year, but the delivery of electrical power continued without the three generators ready to go on line.

The Fire Department had only one call during the early part of January 1,2000, a medical call unrelated to Y2K or the new year celebration.

The McCune Brooks Hospital Emergency Room had a routine evening also. The hospital seemed to be operating smoothly.

There have been no official estimates as to the cost to the City for Y2K preparation and precaution. A new Police Department computer system was purchased earlier in the year at a cost of just over $80,000. CW&EP and McCune Brooks hospital also spent thousands making their computer systems Y2K compliant.

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Mornin',

I didn’t notice much of a shortage of goods on New Year’s Eve. The gas pumps weren’t exceptionally busy, plenty of bottled water and the such.

One predictor of the relatively calm mood of the evenin’ may have been the sale of mild Rotel. This long time favorite for party dips was sold out in one store I frequented. There was an abundance of the extra hot version of the commodity, I guess that might reflect the conservative nature of the Carthage citizenry.

For those of us who actually stayed up for the event, there was a fair amount of fireworks let loose, but it seemed to expire well within the hour allowed. Now the real challenge, rememberin’ to put 00 on checks.

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Workman's Loan

The Super Handyman

Dear Al & Kelly: I bought a really unusual piece of stained glass at an auction. The trouble was that it didn’t fit into any of my windows. I still wanted to hang it there though, so I found an easy way to do it. I put several drops of that instant glue around the glass and glued it to my regular window pane. After a few seconds, the glass was stuck. It has been two years now, and the glass is still hanging in there. It looks like it was made that way.

Q: I have developed arthritis in my hands, and turning a doorknob in the house is often very painful. Could I just remove the striker mechanism? That way, I’d only have to push or pull the door to open or close.

A: It’s likely that some doors, such as the bathroom doors, would still need a way to stay shut. You’d be better off replacing the knobs with lever handles, which should be easy to install in the same holes that are already in the door.

Dear Al: I had a devil of a time replacing a broken glass pane in my back window. Every time I went to put the putty on the frame, it started rolling up and would stick to my fingers, the putty knife and everything else.

I noticed that the longer I worked with the stuff, the easier it got. I figured it was the heat from my hands that was making the difference, so I just put some in a plastic bag and set it in a pan of hot water for a few minutes. The putty was really easy to work with after that. It didn’t stick to the knife or my hands. — D.M.

SUPER HINT—When working with adhesives, you can save yourself some clean-up hassle by putting a layer of wax paper between the glued area and whatever you use to hold the glued pieces together.