Mornin' Mail

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wednesday, November 7, 2001 Volume X, Number 100

Did Ya Know?. . . The Friends of the Civil War Museum will meet at 6 p.m. on Wed., Nov. 7 at the museum located 1 block north of the Carthage square. Discussion will involve an upcoming membership drive and museum exhibits. The public is invited to attend. For more information call 237-7060.

Did Ya Know?. . .The Carthage Masonic Lodge #197 will meet on Thurs., Nov. 8th. They will be working in the 2nd Degree. All Masons are welcome to attend.

Did Ya Know?. . .The Tourism/Lodging Tax Committee is scheduled to meet at 7:30 a.m. Wed., Nov. 7th in City Hall instead of Tuesday as it was reported in Monday’s Mornin’ Mail.

Did Ya Know?. . .Project Graduation is holding a Pancake Feed from 8 a.m.-11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 10, at the First United Methodist Church. All you can eat for $5. Businesses can still donate to Project Graduation 2002. Call Nita Robinson at 358-5468.

today's laugh

For the first time in my life I envied my feet. They were asleep.

A man boasted of having eaten forty-nine boiled eggs.
"Why did you not eat one more and make it fifty?" asked on of his listeners.
"Humph, do you want a man to make a hog of himself just for one egg?"

1901
INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of Events as they have Transpired in the City and County since our last Issue.

HOME TO THE FATHERLAND.

Mrs. O. Trenkler an old and eminently respected lady who has made her home in Carthage for many years, bade farewell to her friends last Saturday evening and left for the home of her childhood, near Leipsic, Germany, to spend her remaining days. She left her native land twenty four years ago, and since the death of her husband, Dr. Trenkler, in Carthage some years ago, she has been quite alone in America. She accordingly sold off her Central avenue home and belongings during the summer preparatory to her return to her old home.

But one problem puzzled the kind hearted old lady, and that was the disposition of her pets, a horse, a sand hill crane, and her "laughing dove." She could not think of leaving them to unsympathetic strangers, and rather chose in her zeal for their welfare to see them dead and buried. She made an application to Regan Bros. to bury them in Park cemetery, and got permission as to the crane and dove, but as she explained to one reporter at the train Saturday night, "they would not let me lay out the horse there." She then took an inventory of her pets again, found them all in good health, though old, and decided to give them to Mrs. John Koontz, and the three pets are now at the Koontz place northeast of town. Mrs. Trenkler had owned the crane twenty-two years and it was familiar to the passing public as well as dear to its owner. She has had the horse sixteen years, and when a colt it kicked the crane, causing the loss of one of the bird’s legs.

Mrs. Trenkler stated to friends at the depot that she could not go back content to Germany without having seen Niagara Falls, the great wonder of the New World. Accordingly she had her ticket read that way, with stop-over privilege, and will sail from New York via the Holland-American line.

	Today's Feature Golf Plan Recommended. The City Council Public Services Committee voted 4-0 Monday evening to recommend a ten year fee structure for the Municipal Golf Course to the full Council. The increase in green fees, annual pass fees and golf cart fees is projected to increase net annual operating revenue to over $200,000 by 2011. The course budget shows a $14,746 loss for this year. The proposal would increase fees in 2011 to $22; cart rental to $14; annual pass to $500 plus a $5 per round surcharge. The Committee feels the increases will be justified by major improvements planned for the Course. The $1.9 million project would be financed over a 16 year period with a total cost, including financing, of over $3 million according to City Administrator Tom Short. Short told the Committee that he expects to receive a letter from the Steadley Trust this week approving a grant of $200,000 a year for the next nine years. Short says that if the projections for fee revenue are accurate, the City should be able to pay off the debt in the eleventh or twelfth year. Predicting the use of the Course over the next ten years very difficult, said Short.
	Just Jake Talkin' Mornin', If the recommended redistricting of the City’s five wards is approved, a few folks will have new votin’ spots in April. After the census numbers came in, the City had to keep the population of each precinct within 5% of 1,237. The proposed changes won’t move many into another ward (each ward has two precincts), but some of the 1st Ward looks like it will slide into the 2nd. Other minor changes won’t disrupt votin’ habits most likely. With two Council members in each ward, that puts about 1,200 citizens on each of their backs. I’m guessin’ that boils down to ‘bout 500 or so registered voters. With less than half typically votin’ in City elections, the members only have to please 250 voters each. Council seats are comin’ open. It’s your turn to please. This is some fact, but mostly, Just Jake Talkin’.
Sponsored by Carthage Printing Services	Weekly Column PRIME TIME WITH KIDS by Donna Erickson Discover beautiful treasures from nature when you spend time outdoors with your children this fall. You don’t even need to hike in far-away places to find interesting surprises. Fallen leaves, acorns and blown sticks in a vacant lot and dried weeds poking through the cracks in the sidewalk are there for inquisitive kids to observe. Or, shake a fallen branch from a shrub or tree to see unusual seeds, pods, leaves and maybe a tiny pine cone or two! To make your nature walk extra fun, take along nature-find bracelets you can make yourself. Wear them around your wrists to display your collection as you go. To make a bracelet, cut a 1-by-9-inch strip of clear adhesive-backed paper, such as Con-Tact brand paper. Remove the protective paper covering and wrap the strip loosely around your child’s wrist, sticky side out. Stick the ends together to form a band. Make a bracelet for each child in your family and one for yourself. As you embark on your nature walk, press small, lightweight items such as leaves, flower petals, seeds, sand and dirt onto the sticky bracelet. As it becomes covered, it will turn into an eye-catching souvenir of your walk. When you return home, you may wish to apply household glue to the bracelet to better hold the items in place. Note: Choose items for the bracelet that have fallen onto your path or sidewalk. Do not disturb growing plants and trees.