Last Meet for Old Council.

The first half of tomorrow evening’s regular Council meeting will consist of the current Council scheduled to vote on eight Council bills under old business. As soon as that portion of the meeting is completed, the new members will be sworn in and new business will be addressed.

The most publicized ordinance under old business is the attempt to establish property lines as the point used to establish the 300 foot buffer between businesses selling alcoholic beverages and churches, parks, hospitals, and schools. The Council recently increased the distance from 150 feet to 300 feet but the ordinance was unclear as to where that distance would be measured. The 300 foot distance is the most allowed by state statute. The lease/purchase of 52 new golf carts is also scheduled for vote, as is the zoning change request for 2001 S. Garrison from First Dwelling to Local Business.

The new Council, which will include the just elected four first time members and one reelected incumbent, is scheduled to vote on a resolution to approve a payment of $124,005.88 toward the Fair Acres Sports Complex multipurpose building.

The new Council members aren’t goin’ to get much of a honeymoon time. They will hit the road runnin’ with a full agenda right off the bat.

They will get a couple a weeks to study the five Council bills they will be asked to vote on at the next meetin’, but three of the five are bills that have been in the works for several months. They include the Parks and Recreation maintenance building contract, the landfill building contract, and the contract with the Hispanic Soccer League for the use of Myers Park soccer fields.

The new members are just gonna have to accept the judgement of the City staff and Council members who put the ordinances together for the most part. ‘Course havin’ a little faith can be a handy thing from time to time.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

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Workman's Loan

The Super Handyman

by Al Carrell & Kelly Carrell

Painting can be a lot of fun. One thing that really helps is having the right tools.

When it comes to painting something like a railing, whether it’s round or carved, the best tool is a painting mitt.

Basically, it’s just a mitten with a fleece covering on the outside. The fleece holds the paint and makes it easy to apply just by grabbing the piece and rubbing your hand over the irregular surface.

If you’ve got a pair of old fleecy mittens that are ready for the scrap heap, you’ve got a paint mitt.

Wear a rubber or latex glove under the mitten to keep the paint from soaking through to your hand.

Dear Al & Kelly: I recently patched a small hole in my bedroom wall. I speeded up the process by drying the compound with my hair dryer.

I used a low heat setting so it wouldn’t dry too quickly but was able to do two coats of the stuff in just a couple of hours instead of waiting overnight. I even painted that evening, and you can hardly tell where I made the patch. -S.C.

Be sure not to dry paint too fast, or it might crack or shrink.

Dear Al & Kelly: This spring we made our own stepping stones from concrete. It was easy. The only hard part was mixing the concrete, but we found as easier way to do that. We put the mix and the water into a small plastic garbage can with a lid that sealed on tightly.

Then we just rolled the can around on its side until the concrete was mixed thoroughly.

The concrete poured easily into our mold. It was fast and neat. The can just washed out with a garden hose spray, and we use it inside again. -P.K.