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Wednesday, January 17, 2001 Volume IX, Number 148
did ya
know?
Did Ya Know?. . .The Carthage High School class of 1971 is
having an organizational meeting for the thirty-year
class reunion at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 31st, at
St. Luke’s Nursing Home. All 1971 graduates are
encouraged to attend. For more information contact Trisha
Burgi at 358-4995 or Cobb Young at 623-4000.
Did Ya Know?. . .The GFWC
Women’s Service League will host a Mardi Gras Dance
& Dinner on Feb. 24th at the Precious Moments
Convention Center. All proceeds are donated to the
Community Clinic of Carthage. Cajun Shrimp Boil Dinner
will be served from 6:30-8:30 and Chubby Carrier &
the Bayou Swamp Band will provide music from 9:00-12:00.
Advanced tickets are $20, and $25 at the door. For more
info call Nancy Sanders at 358-3560 or Gloria Gubser at
358-6886.
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today's laugh
A man sits down in a restaurant and
tells the waiter, "You know, I first came into this
place in 1952."
The waiter says, "I only have two hands. I’ll
be with you in a minute."
They say talk is cheap. How come I get
such a big phone bill?
I owe the government a fortune. They
don’t know whether to throw me in jail or declare me
a foreign power.
1901
INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of Events as they have
Transpired in the City and County since our last Issue.
"Quo
Vadis."
"Quo Vadis" which will be
produced at the Grand opera house on next Saturday night
is one of the most pronounced popular successes of the
year. Its combination of dramatic and scenic merit gives
it an unusual title to consideration. It has been said
that Wilson Barrett got the idea for his melodrama from
the book, "Quo Vadis." If he did not he
certainly cam as near to certain of its episodes as
accident ever allows. The discovery by the Roman lover of
the Christian girl in the house of the partriarch to whom
she had fled for refuge and the arena scene itself have
the look of being something more than coincidences,
though the giant was left out of "The Sign of the
Cross" and the struggle between Ursus and the bull
was not given. The play "Quo Vadis" has dared a
parallel with the Barrett production. The indication that
comparison is not feared is not to be wondered at.
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Today's Feature
A Toast
To Superbowl Sunday.
The City Council Public Safety
Committee voted Monday evening to recommend to
the Council that they defer to State regulations
concerning exceptions to the Sunday sale of
intoxicating liquor for Super Bowl Sunday.
The State allows establishments
with a regular liquor by the drink license to
open on seven separate holidays if they fall on
Sunday. The vote came in the midst of the
Committee attempting to establish criteria for a
City liquor by the drink ordinance. The question
of Super Bowl Sunday arose during the scrutiny of
the existing City code.
State exceptions were
established in 1994, but the City has never
actually adopted the State statutes into the City
code. Aparently bars have been allowed to open on
Super Bowl Sunday in Carthage for the last six
years anyway. The Committee felt that the full
Council should vote on the issue and the next
meeting isn’t until January 23rd, with Super
Bowl Sunday on the 29th.
The owners of effected
establishemts will have to await the outcome of
the Council vote before making final plans for
the day.
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Just Jake
Talkin'
Mornin',
From what I
understand, the state allows a
regular liquor by the drink license
(Monday through Saturday) if non
alcoholic sales are at least $55,000
a year. For a Sunday license the
sales must be at least $250,000 a
year.
Probl’ly one a
the reasons the lack of City
ordinances concernin’ liquor by
the drink never was paid much
attention to is that nobody ever
asked for a Sunday license before.
Now that they have, the City has ta
deal with it.
‘Course
tryin’ to figure out the State
regulations that cover ‘bout
fifty pages isn’t somethin’
most care ta dig into.
Hopefully the
Council can put somethin’ in
place so ever’one knows where
they stand and where they can’t.
This is some fact,
but mostly,
Just Jake
Talkin’.
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Weekly Column
PRIME TIME WITH KIDS
by Donna Erickson
Welcome a new year of family
life with the promise of unlimited possibilities
of growing together and creating memories. In
between routine chores, obligations and work,
snatch moments with your kids. Whether you catch
each other’s attention for a minute or an
hour, capturing these interludes of life fills
the soul with meaning and pleasure.
None of these memory builders
will keep the socks sorted or the fridge stocked,
but they will make the time you spend with your
kids count.
* Be an expert in
lightheartedness. Let loose and act silly; after
all, children’s humor is silly! Laugh at
knock-knock jokes even if you hear the same every
day.
* Take nature walks, not to
rush but to take it easy. Let your child guide
you. Look at all there is to learn. You
won’t be in a race to get anywhere.
* Get messy. When you
can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em! Get your
hands dirty, throw yourself in the fray and see a
playful world through kids’ eyes.
* Keep imagination alive. Think
of the crazy creatures created by the
child’s mind in all of us: heffalumps and
hungry caterpillars, gargoyles and trolls; a
whole zoo of fantastic images to be discovered.
* Bend the rules of routine,
ponder wonders, savor hugs and say bedtime
prayers. These shared memories are the glue that
keeps families together.
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