Email From NY.

It was a long day yesterday. And I have a feeling it is only beginning. The good news is, rescue teams have contact with people under the rubble. They are calling on their cell phones. This morning they rescued 8 people alive. That is hopeful.

Downtown Manhattan is closed off so I will not be going to work for a while. I am not even sure how I will get to work now, since I rode the train to the World Trade Center everyday. The state of New Jersey declared a state of emergency so Chad's school is closed too. They are trying to keep the roads open as much as possible for the emergency vehicles and personnel. The walking wounded are all being shuttled over to the Jersey shore in an outdoor triage. It really is not much different than us being hit with a bomb.

Chad and Don and I are headed out for a little while. We are going to take some breakfast to some of the emergency workers. I guess we don't know what else to do.

Its too difficult just sitting here - looking out the windows where we used to be able to see the towers and now all we see is smoke.

NASCAR to the Max

This Sunday’s race will be held on the relatively flat, one-mile oval in Loudon, New Hampshire. Loudon has very long straights and short narrow turns, which makes the race very hard on brakes. The long straights and flat corners are also believed to be partially to blame for the deaths of Kenny Irwin and Adam Petty last year. Both were killed when their throttles stuck and they hit the outside wall at nearly full speed. As a result, NASCAR mandated restrictor plates, so called because they restrict airflow into the carburetor thus slowing the car, be run in an effort to slow straight away speeds. The most noticeable effect has been noncompetitive races. Jeff Burton lead from start to finish in winning the first race at Loudon that required restrictor plates. This past summer’s race, which was won by Dale Jarrett, also featured very few on track passes for the lead with Jarrett, his teammate Ricky Rudd, and Jeff Gordon combining to lead over 270 of the 300 laps. Tony Stewart and Kevin Harvick could challenge Gordon, Jarrett, Rudd and Burton for the win this weekend.

Saturday night’s race in Richmond turned out to be another crashfest. Jeff Gordon was leading the race early and had the car to beat when Sterling Marlin tried to drive up his tailpipe sending Gordon crashing into the outside wall on lap 35. Gordon’s crew was able to repair the car and return to competition but was only able to salvage a 36th place finish. As the laps wound down, Rookie Kevin Harvick bumped leader Ricky Rudd causing Rudd to briefly lose control of his car and Harvick to take the lead. With four laps to go Rudd returned the favor to Harvick and was able to take the race win. Ricky Rudd’s win coupled with Jeff Gordon’s poor finish allowed Rudd to make up 120 points in the championship points race. Gordon now leads Rudd by 222 points with 10 races to go. Dale Jarrett was able to retake third place in the championship points.

Jasper County Recorder of Deeds Candidate.

news release

Donna Grove has announced she will campaign for the Republican nomination for the office of Jasper County Recorder of Deeds in the August 2002 primary.

She sites her 18 year career as a deputy in the Recorder’s office as her strongest assest. In her extended service to the county, Mrs. Grove was chief deputy for 7 years. She believes her knowledge of office procedures and relationships with the patrons of the county will enable her to serve effectively. It is her desire to operate the office in a manner which will assist the citizens of county and business community. She is currently employed for Hawkins Title Company.

Donna is a life long resident of the county growing up in the Carl Junction community. Her parents are Don and Hazel Moore. She is married to Rick Grove and is the mother of three sons, Michael, Erick, and Aaron.

The Mornin’ Mail is in a unique position of havin’ a reporter livin’ within sight of location of the former World Trade Center. My daughter has consented to havin’ her emails published so we can share some sense of the effect the tragedy has on those livin’ close by. They will appear from time to time over the next few weeks.

A reminder that the City of Carthage and the Carthage Ministerial Alliance is hosting a city wide memorial service this evening at Memorial Hall beginning at 6 p.m.

Citizens are being asked to "stand together as a unified community" to remember the victims of terrorism.

It appears that the "gasoline rush" has subsided with lines dwindling early last evening.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

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Metcalf Auto Supply

Click & Clack
TALK CARS

by Tom & Ray Magliozzi

Dear Tom and Ray:

I have a 1985 Pontiac Sunbird with 38,500 miles. A couple of weeks ago, my husband forgot to put the cap back over the oil filler tube under the hood. About 30 miles later, I was going slow through a residential neighborhood and noticed smoke coming out from under the hood. I phoned my husband and he came and put the oil filler cap back on, wiped off the surrounding area with a rag, and filled the car back up with oil. The car ran fine after that.

Three days later, about after 50 more miles of driving, I came to a Stop sign and the car went dead. No warning! I phoned my husband, who insisted on putting a "tow rope" on my car so his car could pull the car home, with me in the driver’s seat. I was against the idea, but he insisted. The tow rope became tangled up in one of the front wheels, and damaged a "boot" on the inside part of the wheel. After several days of work, my husband replaced the boot, but the car still won’t start. My husband says that no gasoline is being pumped into the engine. He says the gas filter is dry. He insists this has nothing to do with leaving the oil filler cap off, and oil spilling all over the engine. Is this true?- Charlotte

RAY: Yes, it is true, Charlotte. Your current problem sounds like a bad fuel pump or fuel pump relay to me, which your husband will probably figure out after six or eight months of playing around with it in his driveway. And it is unrelated to him leaving the oil filter off last week.

TOM: However, we are not prepared to leave him off the hook entirely. After all, he did insist on towing your car with a rope. And that manuever rates pretty far up there on the knucklehead scale.