Mornin' Mail

The Mornin' Mail is published every weekday except major holidays
Monday, March 4, 2002 Volume X, Number 181

Did Ya Know?. . .The last chance to sign up for the Carthage Spring Season Soccer League will be from 5-7 p.m. on Tues., March 5th at the 1st United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. The cost is $15 per participant.

Did Ya Know?. . .The Family Literacy Council has Chocolate Covered Easter Eggs for sale. Eggs will be available for $2 each at local Carthage business or may be ordered by calling 358-5926.

Did Ya Know?. . .The Carthage Public Library’s "Record Breaking Readers" and "Hobbits and Hot Chocolate" winter reading programs will end on March 11th. Awards day will be at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 16th in the Library Annex.

today's laugh

Kid: Mama, can I go out and play?
Mama: With those two holes in your socks?
Kid: No, with the kids across the street.

Two western men travelled together two days in a train without a word ever passing between them. On the third day one of them at length ventured to remark that it was a fine morning.

"And who said it wasn’t?" was the reply.

1902
INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of Events as they have Transpired in the City and County since our last Issue.

RAN AWAY FROM HOME.

Boy Preferred "Hoeing His Own Row" to Hoeing Weeds.

A 10-year old boy named Clark ran away from the farm of Owen Weeks, northwest of town yesterday afternoon, and Mr. Weeks was in town today looking for him.

He had put the boy at work hoeing weeds and at supper time he had proved to have jumped his job, taking $1.35 from a purse containing $8 of Mr. Weeks money.

Investigation shows that he spent the stormy night at the home of Billy McDaniels, a stone cutter, in town, and this morning asked Officer Drake the way to Joplin. He took the next car for the mining metropolis, and Mr. Weeks decided not to follow him there. He evidently prefers hoeing his own row to hoeing someone else’s weeds.

The lad, an orphan, was brought here from Duenweg by Mr. Weeks, who undertook to raise him. Howard Gray is the boy’s guardian.

	Today's Feature Long Meet Scheduled Tonight. The City Council Public Services Committee faces another long agenda this evening at its regular meeting in the Park Department office in Municipal Park. The meeting is scheduled to begin with updates on the ongoing Golf Course and Memorial Hall projects. A meeting is scheduled in May for public input on the proposed Golf Course renovation. The Council approved initial plans and are now waiting for a more detailed plan for the improvements from the architect. The Committee is also scheduled to consider and discuss: • bids on the surplus generator located in the basement of Memorial Hall. • adjusting rates for Memorial Hall. • plans for the Over Sixty Center expansion project. • bids on kitchen equipment for Memorial Hall. • the agreement with Carthage Youth Softball. • the agreement with Carthage Youth Baseball Association. • the agreement with Carthage Softball program.
	Just Jake Talkin' Mornin', The Public Service Committee is also scheduled to have a closed session this evening after the open meeting to discuss hiring, firing, disciplining or promoting of employees. With the oversight of the Fair Acres project, the Memorial Hall renovation, the Golf Course renovation, and the regular day to day operation of the Park system, the Committee definitely has its plate full. With the addition of proposed development of the Kellogg Lake area, the plate is gonna have ta be a platter. The Committee does depend on staff for much of the footwork in these projects, but staff is also bein’ loaded with extra responsibilities that have little to do with the day-to-day operation of their departments. Haven’t heard any complaints, just an observation. This is some fact, but mostly, Just Jake Talkin’.
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