A total of twenty-one Council Bills make up the agenda for Tuesday evening’s regular Council meeting. In addition, a recommendation by the Public Works Committee to modify the current plat of the Myers Park Development will likely be a topic of interest to several Council members. The recommendation is not scheduled to officially appear before the Council until June 27.

Among the bills on the agenda will be the first reading of the proposed budget for the fiscal year 2000/2001 and several contracts relating to that document.

Other first reading bills include Council bill 00-42 which would rezone property located at 918 W. Centennial from District B to District 0 as requested by William J. Wilson. This request was denied by the Council at an earlier session.

Authorization for an agreement with Innovative Industries for the sale of property located at 2737 Grand will also be in first reading. The selling price is $60,000.

A bill authorizing a contract with Joyce Liggett to serve as negotiator for acquisition of property for a new municipal airport will see first reading.

Hurry up and wait. Nothin’ more frustratin’ for most folks.

I grew up hearin’ Mom say Dad didn’t like ta stand in lines ‘cause of all his line standin’ durin’ WWII. I seriously doubt he liked it much before he joined the Air Corp.

What’s really aggravatin’ is to stand in long line just to find out you get to take a number, then wait some more till you’re called.. I suppose seein’ those long lines in front of a theater must mean folks think it’s worth the wait.

Those who camp out on the sidewalk just to get tickets to some event have always been a curiosity, I’ve done some campin,’ but usually out in the woods.

The universal rule of havin’ to go to the end of the line if ya cut in is taken seriously by those campers I’d guess.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

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Workman's Loan

by Al & Kelly Carrell

When you are taking something apart and you’ve got a lot of small parts to keep up with, you really need an organization system that works.

One of the easiest solutions is to grab a piece of thin cardboard and fold it back and forth, accordion style. The folded cardboard gives you lots of channels in which to rest the parts. You can even arrange them, from top to bottom, in the order that they were removed.

It’s a simple way to organize, and won’t cost you much time or any money.

Dear Al & Kelly:

I like the hand cleaner that I buy for my shop. It’s less expensive to buy it by the gallon instead of the smaller dispenser bottles. I use old dishwashing-liquid and shampoo bottles as my dispensers. I save a lot of money in the process and am doing my part to recycle as well. - I.S.

The key to a shop-vacuum’s power is a tight seal around the canister. Over the years, with normal shop abuse the seal might develop cracks or cuts, or otherwise get damaged - and that can mean air leaks.

You can repair the seal in just a few minutes with some peel-and-stick foam weather-stripping.

Just cut the foam strips to the size needed to cover the gap in the original gasket and stick the foam in place.

Then, when you turn on your shop vac, you should have more power. And who doesn’t like to have more power?