Sunday Sales Question.

The City Council Public Safety Committee is scheduled to open a discussion on two issues concerning alcohol sales on Sundays at its meeting this evening in City Hall.

Several retailers have requested that the City expand the hours that packaged alcohol beverages can be sold on Sundays. Currently the City restricts sales before 1 p.m. on Sunday, but state law allows sales beginning at 11 a.m.

According to a letter signed by representatives of seven package stores sent to the City requesting the change, the two hours is significant.

"The current law is not preventing these sales to be made", states the letter. "They are simply forcing them to be made at a number of outlets located on the immediate outskirts of the City. We feel that changing the law would be in everyone’s best interest."

The Committee has also scheduled discussion of regulations concerning establishments selling liquor by the drink. A recent request for permission to sell by the drink on Sundays prompted the Mayor to have the Committee make a recommendation.

Just Jake Talkin'
Mornin',

I’ve always heard the old sayin’ that opinions are like belly buttons, ever’body’s got one. The other slant on that I tend ta like better is that opinions are like armpits, ever’body’s got a couple.

Now a lotta folks don’t think their opinions are any more worthwhile than the next. That seems ta be a pretty healthy attitude. Throw them ideas out there and kick ‘em around. Someone might pick up on a mediocre idea and run with it, turnin’ it into somethin’ no one else would a thought of.

The real problems arise when someone seems ta think there can be only one opinion, and they’ve got it.

There’s always more than one way ta look at any particular situation. It’s the arguments that sometimes don’t always make sense. Either way it’s an interestin’ proposition. A lot more interestin’ than armpits.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

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Workman's Loan

The Super Handyman

by Al Carrell and Kelly Carrell

Dear Carrells: Our doghouse is nothing special, but Fred likes it. The roof started to sag, so I pulled it off to replace it. It’s just a sheet of plywood but the weather had warped it. I decided since Mother Nature had warped it, I would let her fix it too. I laid it out on the moist ground, with the bubble side up. The moisture from the ground moistened the bottom of the board and the sun dried the top, forcing the wood to start to warp in the opposite direction. It’s straighter now and Fred is happy.

Dear Al: My young son is starting to stand up in his crib a little bit now, and I’m afraid the crib might tip over one day. I had my husband install two screen door hooks on the back of the crib, and the eyes on the wall behind it.

Now the crib is hooked to the wall and can’t fall over. It’s a simple thing to do, and I feel that the crib is much safer with he hooks in place. They will be easy to remove when my son graduates to a bed-which should be pretty soon at this rate.

Q: We have put fabric over a badly cracked and gouged wall. Now how do we hide the staples we used to attach the stuff?

A: You can buy some welting at a fabric store and cover it with the same fabric used on the walls, or a complementary fabric. You then can apply it over the fasteners using a hot-melt glue gun. Welting is material placed at the edge or seam of clothing and upholstery.

Decorative braided rope can be used the same way.