Today's Feature
Officer Escapes Injury.
The City Council,
during their regular meeting Tuesday evening,
heard Police Chief Dennis Veach report on a
damaged police cruiser. The damage occurred
during a chase that began in Carthage and
proceeded on I-44 toward Joplin. The driver of the car apparently pushed
a 40 pound automotive floor jack out of his car
in an attempt to elude a Jasper County officer
that was followed by the Carthage squad car. The
Jasper County vehicle was able to avoid the jack,
but as the garage appliance tumbled down the
highway, it became air borne and took off the
driver side rear view mirror.
The Chief told the Council that
this is the second encounter with the suspect and
the second time he has stopped his car and
avoided capture by running away on foot. Both
instances have resulted in the confiscation of
the vehicles, one Lincoln and one Cadillac. Parts
of firearms have been discovered in both vehicles
and the suspect has "run out of his
shoes" both times. The police also have the
shoes.
The suspect is a Hispanic male
approximately 22.
Land Transactions
Juanita A. James sold the
property at 905 Howard, Carthage, MO to Gregory
W. Cline and Cindy D. Cline, husband and wife.
The transaction was handled by Carolyn K. Cole
with Donal M. Myers Realty.
Howard Machine Shop, Inc., a
Missouri Corporation, formerly Howard
Buick-Oldsmobile, Inc., a Missouri Corporation
sold the property at Lot #12 on Virginia St.,
Carthage, to Ronald D. Stiles and Caleb Ross
Stiles. The sale was handled by Donal M. Myers
with Donal M. Myers Realty.
Kevin Kleindl and Diana
Kleindl, husband and wife sold the property at
412 Orner St., Carthage, to Baulty Shipp Jr. and
Carol P. Shipp, husband and wife. The sale was
handled by Jeannette Kleindl with Preferred Homes
Real Estate in cooperation with Charles E. Elting
with Donal M. Myers Realty.
Gerald L. Long and Cecilia
Long, husband and wife, sold the property at 1227
S. Maple, Carthage, MO, to Kelley J. Lackey II
and Carolyn J. Luecke. The sale was handled by
Brandi Dittrich with Charles Burt, Inc., Realtors
in cooperation with Carolyn K. Cole with Donal M.
Myers Realty.
Maxine B. McNerney sold the
property at 1917 Forest Street, Carthage, MO, to
William A. Townsend. The transaction was handled
by Donal M. Myers with Donal M. Myers Realty.
Norma J. Pugh, Trustee of the
Norma J. Pugh Trust under Trust Agreement dated
May 24, 2000, sold the property at Sec. 10
Township 27 Range 31 Jasper Co., MO. to Thad D.
Beeler and Teri L. Beeler, husband and wife. The
sale was handled by Donal M. Myers with Donal M.
Myers Realty.
NASCAR
to the Max
In NASCAR’s first of two
visits to Pocono (PA) Raceway the weekend
schedule was again hampered by rain.
Saturday’s practice session was rained out
with teams having to rely on past experience
and/or Friday’s practice and qualifying to
determine their setups for Sunday’s race.
Pocono Raceway’s
triangular shape makes it one of the more unique
tracks on the schedule with three differing
corners, different banking through the corners
and three different length straightaways.
Commentator Darrell Waltrip often refers to the
track as a "roval", a cross between a
road course and an oval. The differing aspects of
the track make the chassis setup of the cars a
challenge for the crew chiefs. Through two
corners of the track, the drivers up shift a gear
to better accelerate off the corner making those
portions of the track similar to a road course.
All turns are left hand turns making the track
similar to an oval.
The race was one of the more
competitive in recent weeks with 16 different lap
leaders and no driver clearly dominating any
specific period of the race. Because of
Pocono’s 2.5-mile length, caution periods
can be a bit lengthy. Only 5 caution periods
accounted for 24 laps of the 200 scheduled. As
the laps wound down, Tony Stewart had worked his
way into contention and ultimately held on to
claim his first win of the season. Stewart’s
win reversed a recent spell of bad luck that had
seen him fail to finish several recent races.
Last week, the defending champ left the track
without talking to reporters, even though he
finished fourth, because of a penalty that he was
assessed earlier in the race. The win apparently
soothed the ills of Stewart’s recent
misfortunes.
This weekend’s race will
take place at the 2-mile Michigan International
Speedway. The wide straightaways and turns
usually allow plenty of room for drivers to avoid
each other and accidents keeping cautions to a
minimum. Michigan native Johnny Benson usually
runs well here and could challenge for his second
career victory at his home track.
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