Roadway Solicitors.


During the Public Safety meeting Monday evening, Police Chief Dennis Veach reported that currently the City of Carthage does not have an ordinance in place to prohibit solicitors in the roadways.

Veach stated that he has received several complaints about the group from Tulsa that has been soliciting donations at some of Carthage’s traffic intersections.

"We need to possibly adopt an ordinance," said Veach. "I have looked at a number of ordinances from other cities and the best one is used by Columbia, Missouri. It is short and to the point."

The ordinance used by the City of Columbia states no person shall stand in a roadway for the purpose of soliciting contributions or business from the occupants of any vehicle.

Carthage Fire Chief John Cooper reported that each year the firemen raise alot of money for the Jerry Lewis Telethon by doing a "boot block" at Carthage traffic intersections.

"But the firemen can get more creative," said Cooper.

Veach stated that while the "boot block" is a positive fund-raising event, it isn’t wise or safe.

The committee agreed to forward the information to City Attorney David Mouton and bring the issue back to the Public Safety committee in the form of an ordinance for the City of Carthage.

When I was eight or ten, my parents loaded me on a train and sent me on my way.

Ya feel pretty important when ya plunk down the thirty-five cents for a ticket and the whole train is flagged down. Typically the train came through our small town without even slowin’ down. ‘Course I was only goin’ the thirty miles or so to stay with my cousin’ for a few days, but I was feelin’ pretty "grown up" for the duration of that afternoon trip.

Onea the best parts of a train ride is when ya arrive and folks are waitin’ at the station and makin’ a big fuss. After thirty or forty minutes on a passenger train you aren’t exactly exhausted by the experience. By the welcome by my aunt you’d thought I’d been sittin’ on that train for days. But then, I didn’t let on any different.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

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Metcalf Auto Supply

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TALK CARS

By Tom & Ray Magliozzi

Dear Tom and Ray:

Hey guys, I have a ‘96 Dodge Dakota. When driving at night, I switch from low beams to high, and if I hold the dimmer switch in and don’t release it, I get the effect of having both bulbs on at the same time, thus giving me a lot more light than if I have just the high or low beams on by themselves. Does this cause a problem in any way? Can I wire the lights to do this? I find that it really makes a difference on dark country roads. — Jeff

RAY: Most people don’t know that there are two different bulbs in most headlights – or at least two separate filaments in the same bulb – for high and low beams. When one is on, the other is off.

TOM: Right. The low-beam bulbs point down, in front of the car, so you can see the road right in front of you. The high-beam bulbs point up and farther away from the car so you can see farther ahead. And they inadvertently blind oncoming motorists.

RAY: So you’ve found a position on the high-beam switch where both filaments are lit up, and you want to know if you can make that a standing option. I suppose you can, but I think there’s a danger of overheating the wiring, the switch or the bulbs. Remember, with both filaments lit, you’ll be drawing twice as much current.

TOM: So, a better option is to install a separate set of driving lights. These are additional lights that are similar to high beams. They get their own wiring and a separate switch, so there’s no potential for electrical problems. And when you find yourself on dark country roads, you just flick them on, and they come on in addition to your original-equipment lights.