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Today's Feature
Airport
Negotiations Called Off.
The City Council voted
unanimously to stop all negotiations for the
purchase of property for the proposed new airport during a closed session following Tuesday’s regular Council meeting. A news release was posted on
Wednesday at City Hall.
According to City Administrator
Tom Short, the City upped its original offer of
approximately $2,000 per acre to $2,400 an acre
to three property owners. One owner accepted the
offer, but two did not. Short said the final
offers were contingent on all three owners
accepting the deal.
Counter offers were received by
the City before the five p.m. Tuesday deadline.
Those documents restated the two owners earlier
offer to sell at approximately $4,000 according
to Short, and the Council didn’t think
further negotiations were would produce
acceptable prices.
According to the news release,
the Council also voted to allow the Budget/Ways
and Means Committee to recommend other uses for
the funds set aside for the proposed airport.
After expenses are paid, the fund should still
amount to approximately $450,000.
Letter to the
Editor
Opinions expressed reflect
those of the writer
and not necessarily those of the Mornin' Mail.
Dear
Mornin’ Mail,
On behalf of the C.A.S.A. for
Kids, Inc. organization, I would like to thank
the Carthage Community for its support of the
Inaugural Maple Leaf Art Fair which was held in
the Starcher Building on Saturday, October 21.
Many viewers commented on the outstanding quality
of the art on display and a large group of
children received a unique exposure to the fine
artists in our area. As a result of support from
the following artists: Rita Allmon, Patti
Beavers, Margaret Burch, Amy Callaway, Lowell
Davis, Donna Gilbreath, Kevin Guinn, Doug Hall,
Jane Kleindl, Joe Leiter, Joe Prater, Donna
Roberts, Susan Taylor, Bob Tommey, and Kit Tuck,
the C.A.S.A.(Court Appointed Special Advocate)
for Kids, Inc. organization received initial
funding.
Also the C.A.S.A. organization
would like to thank the following for their
support: Sandy Higgins, Bob Tommey, Lowell Davis,
Tim Tommey, United Missouri Bank, Debora Reed,
Southwest Missouri Bank, Coca-Cola Bottling
Company, Aimee Danner, Carthage Water &
Electric Company, Carthage Chamber of Commerce,
Carol Parker, Greg Carbone, Gretchen Bolander,
Judge Dermott, Judge Dally, Judge Schoeberl,
Judge Crawford, Judge Copeland, Carthage Press,
Mornin’ Mail, Joplin Globe, Jasper County
Commission, Barbara Bowman, Patricia Turner, and
Tonjia Everts.
Also, congratulations to Amy
Callaway of Kirbyville, Missouri, as the winner
of the "People’s Choice Award" at
the Art Fair.
Thomas E. Klinginsmith
The
Red Kettle Needs Refilling.
news release Salvation Army
The Carthage Salvation Army
will begin its Need Knows No Season Christmas
Campaign with the return of the familiar Red
Kettles at the Wal-Mart Store in Carthage
beginning November 17th. The total goal for this
year’s campaign is $36,500.00, with
$12,000.00 coming from the Red Kettles. These
funds are not only used at Christmas time, but
throughout the year with the various programs and
services offered to the community by The
Salvation Army.
In celebration of our Needs
Know No Season Christmas Campaign, Mayor
Kenneth Johnson has declared November 17th as
Salvation Army Day in Carthage.
The services offered to our
community so far this year include: 7,198
individuals served a hot meal through our feeding
program, 849 cases of emergency assistance, 47
participants in the Welfare-To-Work computer
classes, 6 participants in the Seniors computer
class, as well as Character-Building programs for
boys and girls.
Also, we will be visiting 11
nursing homes and long-term care facilities,
providing gifts to all of their residents in
December. In addition, during the Christmas
season last year we provided Christmas Food
Baskets to over 250 families and over 900 toys to
316 children.
So when you see the Red Kettle
please give because, indeed, Need Knows No
Season!
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Weekly Column
Click & Clack
TALK CARS
by Tom & Ray Magliozzi
Dear Tom and Ray:
My future brother-in-law claims
that it’s more cost-effective to use your
brakes rather than downshifting. He says this is
true for both hills and normal driving. He argues
that it only costs him a couple hundred dollars
to replace his brakes, while engine overhaul may
cost thousands. Is it more cost-effective to use
your brakes? -Eddy
TOM: It totally depends, Eddy.
"Hills," and "normal driving"
are two completely different situations in this
regard.
RAY: Let’s take
"normal driving" first. It’s not
the engine that takes the brunt of downshifting.
It’s the clutch that takes the punishment.
Think about it. If you shifted up from first gear
to fifth then downshifted all the way back down
again, you’d be using your clutch twice as
often, and therefore wearing it out twice as
fast, right? And a clutch can cost hundreds of
dollars.
TOM: So in "normal
driving," it is much better, as your wise
brother-in-law says, to use the brakes to slow
and stop the car.
RAY: On steep down hills,
however, it’s a completely different story.
And you’d be crazy to listen to the advice
your knucklehead future brother-in-law.
TOM: If you overuse your brakes
on long, steep hills, you can cause the brake
fluid to boil. If the brake fluid boils, you can
lose your brakes entirely. And if you check with
your local body shop and emergency room,
they’ll confirm that having "no
brakes" is not a very cost-efficient way to
go down a hill.
RAY: So on steep hills,
you’re much better off putting the car in a
lower gear and using the natural braking action
of the engine to keep the car at a reasonable
speed.
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