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State Mandate Changes.
The Public Safety Committee
voted last Monday evening to recommend three
ordinances that would bring the City in line with
recent State legislation. According to Committee
Chair J.D. Whitledge, the City has no choice but
to approve the ordinances.
One ordinance will lower the
benchmark for excessive blood alcohol content
from ten-hundredths to eight-hundredths.
The second ordinance would
increase the amount of Court costs that would go
toward the Missouri Crime Victims’
Compensation Fund from $5 to $7.50.
The most discussed ordinance
would impose a $25 judgement to be entered for an
intoxication-related (driving) offense in favor
of the Missouri spinal cord injury fund.
The Committee also were
presented with preliminary floor plans for a
south fire sub-station. Fire Chief John Cooper
told the Committee that a metal structure similar
to the new Park Maintenance building would
provide a less expensive alternative. The plan
showed two bays with accommodations for up to
four firemen. Funding for the structure is
undetermined at this time.
The Black
Mountain Boys
To Perform In The Woodshed.
by Mike Tichenor
This week, our special guests
are a group from the Seligman area, deep in the
Ozarks. The Black Mountain Boys have been playing
together for about a year, but, all members have
decades of pickin’ experience.
Fred Black and his son Jackie
have been playing old time bluegrass for 30 years
and have performed in a variety of different
places, including regional festivals and shows,
and for a festival at Bass Pro Shops in
Springfield last winter.
Joined by Rob Windes and Marty
Henry, this foursome does a full range of old
time favorites, and loves to play old Gospel
tunes, bluegrass style.
We’ll open the evening
with local favorites Woodsong, Sounds of The
Past. Woodsong, comprised of Lloyd and Joyce
Woods, Randy Corbin and Darrell Anderson, wind
their way through a mix of old time favorites and
some easily recognizable current tunes.
You’ll enjoy the sound of the Autoharp,
Mountain Dulcimers, Concertina, Guitar and Bass,
combined with some good harmonies, along with
Lloyd’s own unusual sense of humor.
The music starts at 7:30 P.M..
Concessions will be available starting at 6:30.
Admission for the program is $5.00. For more
information, please call Main Street Mercantile
in Carthage at (417) 358-1800.
NASCAR
to the Max
Joining other major sporting
leagues, NASCAR did not race this past weekend in
Loudon, New Hampshire as scheduled. The decision
not to race was primarily a show of support and
mourning but, as with other leagues, also one of
logistics.
Most of the NASCAR teams
headquarters and shops are in the southeast,
primarily in North and South Carolina. The
majority of the drivers, owners and crews fly to
the races each week, with their cars being
transported by members of the team whose specific
job is driving the transporter. The one way trip
for most teams was going to be sixteen hours and
would have required numerous vehicles for each
team. NASCAR made the decision to postpone the
race until November 23, making it the last race
of the year.
Those attending the rescheduled
race will want to be sure to pack their long
johns, stocking caps and mittens.
This Sunday’s race will be
held on the one-mile, high banked (24 degrees)
oval in Dover, Delaware. Because of the length of
the straight aways and the degree of banking
through the turns, Dover has earned the title
"The Monster Mile." In light of recent
events and Dover’s proximity to Washington,
D.C. and Dover Air Force Base, NASCAR and Track
Management have announced several new security
measures. No coolers or backpacks will be allowed
inside the stadium and all purses and bags are
subject to search.
Look for a very emotional
pre-race ceremony in a sport that already prides
itself on its patriotism. As the series returns
to running on longer tracks than the recent races
in Richmond and Bristol, look for more racing and
less wrecking.
Dover’s concrete racing
surface doesn’t always make for exciting
side by side racing, but as the race unfolds and
rubber accumulates on the track, two lanes of
racing could develop. Of the 43 cars that will
make up the starting grid, Spring Dover winner
Jeff Gordon, Bobby Labonte, Concrete Ace Tony
Stewart, and Jeff Burton should contend for the
win in this 400 lap event.
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