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published every weekday except major holidays
Wednesday, July 17, 2002 Volume XI, Number 21
did ya
know?
Did Ya Know?. . .The Carthage Humane Society has the perfect
pet for you. Call 358-6402 if your pet is lost.
Did Ya Know?. . .The next
Diabetes Support Group will be from 4-5 p.m. on Wed.,
July 24th in the McCune-Brooks Hospital dining room.
Beckah Emeterio will speak about the services, books and
resources available through the American Diabetes
Association.
Did Ya Know?. . .Covenant World
Outreach, 2623 S. Chapel Rd., is having a "Bug
Safari" Vacation Bible School from 6:30-9 p.m., July
22nd-26th. Preschool through 6th grade are invited. Call
359-8500 for more information.
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today's
laugh
Have you noticed that
T.V. families never watch television?
To communicate with a fish, just drop
him a line.
A cheap date is a guy who walks you to
the drive-in.
The road to success is always under
construction.
On television the happy ending is
always preceded by a bad commercial.
1902
INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of
Events as they have Transpired in the City and County
since our last Issue.
J. C.
HECK FARM IS LEASED.
Chicago Company to
Begin Sinking to Northwest by Aug. 1.
J. C. Heck reports to the newspaper
that he has just leased the west forty of his farm, on
the hill northwest of Carthage, to a Chicago company of
which Charles Wilson is the general manager. This company
is already operating seven mills in the district, and by
Aug. 1 is to begin sinking a shaft on the Heck land.
The lease was made on the strength of
three drill holes which were put down several months ago,
all three showing up thirty-five or forty feet of fine
ore from a depth of 170 feet. The lease runs twenty
years.
Miss Lottie G. McCoy, a vocalist who
has lately located here, will sing "I Will Give You
Rest," by F. H. Cowen, at the First Methodist church
Sunday morning.
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Today's Feature
Part Time Fire Personnel Considered.
The Public
Safety Committee was informed Monday evening that
Fire Chief John Cooper is consulting with area
fire departments concerning the practice of
hiring "on call" fire fighters.
Cooper told the Committee that
several departments in the area are using on call
personnel to assist when regular personnel are
not available or additional personnel are
required.
Committee Chair J.D. Whitledge
requested that Cooper also formulate the cost of
such a plan in relation to how it would effect
the use of overtime pay.
Cooper said on call personnel
would be qualified and trained but they would not
report to the fire station, they would report
directly to a fire if called.
The Carthage Fire Department
has received mutual aid from Carterville and
other area departments for some fires when
additional local personnel were not available
according to Cooper.
The Committee also approved a
request from Martin Plumbing, located at Chestnut
and River, for permission to install a sign that
will overhang the sidewalk.
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Just Jake
Talkin'
Mornin',
Used ta have a dog that
would start shakin’ all over and
hide behind the couch whenever it started
to thunder. No talkin’ to that dog.
Just wouldn’t listen.
No matter how calm we
spoke, or how much we petted that dog, it
wouldn’t move from it’s
security furniture.
I don’t suppose it
really hurt anything that the dog was so
fearful of a rumble or two. There was
somethin’ that made us kids want to
get the dog to face the thunder.
‘Course we were
prob’ly lucky not to be struck down
by lightnin’ durin’ some of our
adventures durin’ rain storms.
I suppose now there
would be some dog shrink tellin’ us
that we could somehow work the animal
through its fears and make it a more
functional pet. The dog lived a normal
and healthy life. Sometimes you just have
to let shakin’ dogs lay.
This is some fact, but
mostly
Just Jake Talkin’
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Weekly Column
PRIME
TIME WITH KIDS
by Donna Erickson
School is out, but reading is
in! Use the relaxing weeks of summer to build
your children’s reading skills through
ordinary and not-so-ordinary ways. Check out
these fun-filled activities and choose several
that fit your children’s reading level for
rewarding experiences all summer long.
• Visit your local
library, get library cards and make regular
visits part of your summer routine. Let your
children choose books to check out. At home,
designate an easy-to-reach shelf or basket for
the borrowed materials.
• Inquire about volunteer
opportunities at the library for your preteen or
teenage children. As volunteers, they may be
asked to read aloud at story hour, assist with
crafts and puppet shows, monitor summer reading
programs, search for titles on the computer and
even check out books.
• Arrange 10 summer family
photos in a row on a table and use them to create
a story.
• Declare your home a
television-free zone for one night and read a
story you’ve never read before. Even older
kids enjoy a story read to them now and then.
• Read the first half of a
favorite storybook aloud with your children, then
invent a new ending.
• Find the weather page in
your daily newspaper, read the temperature and
plan your day’s activities. For extra
practice, read the temperature for cities where
you have relatives, friends or where you will
soon travel.
• Hang a regional,
national or world map on the wall and locate your
town, then find and read names of cities you have
visited.
• Enjoy poetry. Select
short poems at first, geared to your
children’s interests. Try writing an
original poem about a shared experience and
recite it together.
• Press a pretty flower
and tiny leaves between the pages of a heavy
book. Glue them on the top of a strip of
cardboard for a personalized summer bookmark.
• Use shaving cream to
write a cheery message on the bathroom mirror for
your children to read in the morning.
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