The City Council Public Services Committee will meet this evening in City Hall at 7 p.m. The Committee oversees the operation of the Parks and Recreation Department and the operation of City buildings.

The agenda includes a review of the progress of preparations for the Fourth of July celebration in Municipal Park and an update on the Fair Acres construction project.

New business to be discussed include the naming of the Police Department Building. It has been suggested that the facility be named in honor of former Police Chief Ed Ellefsen.

Also scheduled for discussion is the feasibility and implications of increased use of the rest rooms in City Hall by the public.

The Committee has also been asked to determine if the City should continue to open Memorial Hall as a storm shelter during threatening weather. Staffing the basement of the Hall during storm warnings has become more difficult since the Civil Defense headquarters has relocated to the Fire Department. An agreement with Carthage R-9 school is also scheduled.

I suppose on average ever’one has about the same kinda luck. Some good days, some not so good. I suppose most ‘member the bad luck more than those times when ever’ thing went wrong.

My dad always advised given plenty of time for travel, just in case ya had a flat tire. I figure its good advise, even though I can count on one hand the times a tire went down durin’ a trip. Considerin’ the amount a miles driven, the chances are pretty slim.

Some I know are always pessimistic. "It’d be just my luck," they are fond of sayin’. I suppose that kind a thinkin’ keeps ‘em outa trouble in a lota cases, but it seems a lota opportunities are also eliminated. The best advise I’ve heard is to play your game and hope for a little luck. Pay your money and takes your chances.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

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Workman's Loan

by Al Carrell and Kelly Carrell

Dear Al: My wheelbarrow just isn’t all that sturdy, and it tips over easily. That’s why I usually use my fertilizer spreader to carry my yard tools. It’s much more stable than my wheelbarrow, and it carries quite a lot of stuff for a small tool. I use it for fertilizing only twice a year, and it wasn’t cheap, so I’m glad I found a way to get some more use of it. - J. M.

SUPER HINT- Next time you open a fresh can of paint, rub a coating of petroleum jelly around the inside of the rim. It will make it air tight and easier to open.

Q: I recently replaced my central heat and air system. It seems to me that the older one used to wait before the blower cut on, and the new one starts blowing right away. That first blast of cold air before it has heated up has been very uncomfortable. Is there a way to prevent this from happening, or do we just have to learn to live with it? -O.S.

A: Your unit should have a fan limit switch, which controls the fan so it doesn’t come on until the heater has warmed up the air to a certain point. It also should let the fan continue to run even after the furnace shuts off, until the temperature is back down to a preset point. The installers might have failed to hook up the switch properly. We would go back to them and have it checked.