Property Inspection Procedures.

Representatives of the Carthage Property Owners Association presented a list of suggestions to the City Council Public Works Committee concerning the proposed revised City Building Maintenance Code.

One suggestion that drew some support from Committee Chair Bill Fortune and newly appointed Committee member Lujene Clark was to allow property owners to be notified when a property would be inspected due to a complaint filed with the Engineering Department.

The group also suggested that the City bring all its property into compliance with the existing maintenance code before acting on any future complaints.

The Carthage Property Owners Association is a loose coalition of mainly rental property owners. Representatives of the group have attended the last several Public Works Committee meetings and Council meetings to influence the final draft of new regulations.

The Committee discussion with the group have maintained an air of cooperation although there is still some disagreement on several points.

Victorian Christmas at
Precious Moments.

news release

During the holiday season, guests will step back in time to the late Victorian era and enjoy all of the wonders of Christmas as it was in the early 1900’s when they visit the Precious Moments Chapel in Carthage, MO. "Christmas Remembered," a Victorian Christmas celebration begins on Friday, Nov. 10 on the Victorian Wedding Island.

Clothed in authentic costumes, performers will provide entertainment throughout the Island and then gather in the elegant ballroom of our Victorian mansion as they celebrate the engagement of a Victorian debutante. Guests will enjoy the beautiful decorations, living history presentations and scenarios, Victorian memorabilia displays and a Victorian "party." During the festivities, performers will demonstrate Victorian dances and parlor games of that era.

"Christmas Remembered" will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for extended weekends (Friday-Monday), starting Friday, Nov. 10. The last day of the celebration is Monday, Dec. 11. Live performances will be offered on Saturdays and Sundays of each weekend (Nov. 11 & 12; 18 & 19; 25 & 26; Dec. 2 & 3; 9 & 10).

"The Victorian era provides a beautiful and charming atmosphere for the holidays," said Vicki Cash, senior project manager of the event. "We invite everyone to enjoy all the festivities of a ‘Christmas Remembered."

First Church of the Nazarene Revival.

news release

Rev. Joe Lee Tompkins, pastor, announces revival services to be held at the First Church of the Nazarene, 2000 Grand, Carthage, on November 11th & 12th.

The revival will be conducted by Dr. Ron Roth with song evangelists Bob and Becky Gray. Services will begin at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and at 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Sunday.

Dr. Roth has been a commissioned evangelist in the Church of the Nazarene for 19 years and conducts revivals and camp meetings.

The Grays have had a varied ministry as musicians for retreats, camps, church plannings, and other occasions.

Pastor Tompkins cordially invites everyone to attend.

The Public Services Committee is lookin’ into requiring a contract for services with the organizers of the soccer league that uses the Myers Park fields.

Initially the games were played by various groups that happened to gather. This year there has been a more organized approach and the number of games and attendees have increased.

Currently all sports organizations are required to have a contract with the City and, among other requirements, have liability insurance for $2 million.

Since the area is not officially part of the Parks System, there may have to be some adjustments. The hope is by next season, there will be some policies in place to better deal with the situation.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

by

Metcalf Auto Supply

Click & Clack
TALK CARS

by Tom & Ray Magliozzi

Dear Tom and Ray:

I recently purchased an ’89 Chevy Astro van for my wife at an auction. My mechanic has done the necessary repairs, and it looks like we got a fairly good deal. The only problem is that the car stinks - like cigarettes and other nefarious "weed-like" odors. The upholstery and carpet have been steam-cleaned, and it seems like the air-conditioning unit and the upholstery on the ceiling are the main contributors. Needless to say, my wife is steamed - or "smoked!" Do you have any ideas how we could desmoke the air-conditioning ducts, the ceiling or the whole car in general? Every car person I’ve talked to so far has been pretty useless. Gil

RAY: Well, we fit that category, too, Gil, but that never has stopped us from giving advice!

TOM: You’re right about it being a difficult problem. Smoke gets into everything: the seats, the carpet, the headliner. It can even permeate the duct work to some extent.

RAY: And it’s easy to understand why. Let’s do the math. If both husband and wife smoked three packs of Chesterfields a day in the Astro since 1989 - that’s nine years - you could be sitting in the stench from approximately 394,200 cigarettes. And that’s not counting any hitchhikers.

TOM: So if it’s really intolerable, then your best bet is to call a company that does fire salvage.

RAY: Right. After a house fire, everything that didn’t get burned up smells awful. There are companies that do nothing but get that smoke odor out. You can usually find them in the Yellow Pages under "smoke odor services."

TOM: Right and they’ll stick 2,000 of those Christmas tree air fresheners inside you headliner and say "You’re all set Gil."