The Mornin' Mail is
published every weekday except major holidays
Thursday, May 24, 2001 Volume IX, Number 239
did ya
know?
Did Ya Know?. . .The City of Carthage will be spraying for
mosquitoes this week, through Friday, May 25th. Your area
will be sprayed the evening of the day your trash is
picked up, between 8:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Residents may
wish to turn off attic or window fans when the sprayer is
in the area.
Did Ya Know?. . .The Carthage
Public Library will be closed on Monday, May 28th in
observance of Memorial Day. The "2001 Places to
Go" and "Book Your Summer" Reading
Programs will begin on Tuesday, May 29th. Stop by the YPL
desk at the library for more information.
Did Ya Know?. . .The Golden
Gaits Walking Club meets every Mon., Wed., and Fri. from
8 a.m.-10 a.m. at the former Eugene Field School. The
public is free to participate in the walking club.
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today's
laugh
I’ll let anybody
borrow my lawnmower, as long as they keep it in my yard.
"Oh, mother, a truck went by as
big as a house!"
"Bobbie, why do you exaggerate so terribly?
I’ve told you 20 million times about that habit of
yours, and it doesn’t do a bit of good!"
"Does your son play on the
piano?"
"No; he can’t climb that high yet."
1901
INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of Events as they have
Transpired in the City and County since our last Issue.
A
Birthday Surprise Party.
Mrs. Chas. Shipps was treated to a
birthday surprise party yesterday afternoon. Her sister,
Mrs. Chas. Sanders, and Mrs. Alex Hill arranged the
affair and got her away from home while it materialized.
When Mrs. Shipps returned at 5 o’clock she found her
friends gathered with baskets full of good things for
supper and no care at hand except to have a good time,
which all did until 9 o’clock. Those present were:
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Hill, Mrs. Chas. Sanders, Mrs. Ed
Dennis, Mrs. Ed Paulding and little daughter, Stella,
Mrs. H. N. Paulding, Mrs. Harvey Paulding, Mrs. John
Nichols and daughters, Vera and Georgia, Emma, Lucile and
Earl Strong.
A black dog belonging to the Mimms boy
and H. R. P. Miller’s bull terrier got into a fight
on North Main street this morning and attracted a good
deal of attention for a few minutes. They were soon
separated.
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Today's Feature
Final Budget
Proposal.
The City
Council Budget/Ways and Means Committee made
final adjustments Wednesday morning to the
proposed City budget for fiscal year 2001/2002
which begins July 1.
The Committee reversed an
earlier decision to recommend that the City
reserves be reduced from twenty-five percent of
the operating budget to twenty-two percent. Mayor
Johnson had indicated he was not happy with the
reduction.
The Mayor submitted several
alternatives to bring the budget into balance.
The Committee needed to reduce spending by
approximately $175,000 in order to leave the
reserve percentage at twenty-five.
The Committee voted to: reduce
the amount allocated for Council contingency from
$50,000 to $40,000; eliminate the proposed
$100,000 set-aside for future improvements to
Civil War Road; reduce the amount set aside for
the proposed Fairview/Highway 71 interchange from
$100,000 to $35,000.
Committee member Bill Putnam
said this would save a political battle with the
Mayor. The Council will have the document by
their next regular meeting June 12.
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Just Jake
Talkin'
Mornin',
Each budget year the
subject of City policy naturally is brought
up. How much is enough reserve? Do we want to
encourage more industry or retail or in what
ratios?
Are housing developments to
be subsidized with street and infrastructure
incentives or should some of that money be
used to improve older parts of town?
Should we pay cash for
things or lease purchase agreements so we can
get more goin’ quicker. Should the fact
that we can earn as much or sometimes a
little more on interest than we pay be a
factor in our overall plannin’?
Should the City be involved
in competin’ with the private sector by
operatin’ retail outlets and
rentin’ office space? Should bids from
businesses in the City get preference?
Written policy helps.
This is some fact, but
mostly,
Just Jake Talkin’.
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Metcalf Auto Supply
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Weekly Column
Click &
Clack
TALK CARS
by Tom & Ray Magliozzi
Dear Tom and Ray:
Hey guys, I like your column.
But I have a question about Tom’s suggestion
of using "Reverse" gear in a manual
transmission car for parking. I’ve heard
that if you park your can and leave it in
Reverse, you could run down your car’s
battery because you are activating the
"backup light switch" even though the
car is turned off and the key is out. Is this
true? And can this happen? - Eric
RAY: Eric, if I ever decided to
open an ice-cube franchise at McMurdo Station in
Antarctica, you’d be just the kind of
customer I’d be looking for!
TOM: You’re right that
when you put the car in Reverse, you do activate
the backup light switch. And if you leave the car
in Reverse, the switch remains in the
"on" position. But once you turn off
the ignition switch, the electricity stops
flowing.
RAY: Power from the battery
flows through the ignition switch to almost all
of the car’s accessories. So when the
ignition switch is off, the battery cannot be
drained by those things.
TOM: There are a few notable
exceptions: the parking lights, brake lights,
headlights (on many cars) and the interior lights
(like the dome light) are not affected by the
ignition switch. But the backup lights, like the
windshield wipers, air conditioner and
engine’s ignition system itself, all cease
to get power once the key is in the
"off" position.
RAY: So leave your
manual-transmission car in Reverse when you park.
No harm will be done, and no battery power will
be drained. And with very few exceptions,
Reverse’s high gear ratio will do the best
job of keeping the car from rolling should the
hand brake unexpectedly fail.
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