Solid Waste Disposal.

The Public Works Committee met Tuesday evening in Council Chambers. The Committee approved a motion to recommend American Disposal to City Council for a five year solid waste disposal contract

Waste Corporation of America and American Disposal both submitted bids with figures for residential and commercial pickup rates. American Disposal produced a lower bid for residential pickup and a projection of $24,801.16 per month for the first year’s service as opposed to Waste Corporation of America’s $32,751.20 per month for the first year.

American Disposal has had a contract with the City for the past 6 years. In the new contract, prices for the residential pickup have raised from $3.61 to $4.01 for a single, and from $5.83 to $6.33 for a family. The City adds $1.27 to the monthly price, $1.17 of which goes for landfill closure and 10 cents of which goes to Carthage Water and Electric Plant for billing.

American Disposal asked to change the starting pickup time to 6:00 a.m. instead of 7:00 a.m. for the warmer period of the summer in the new contract.

Free Concert in Central Park.

News Release

"No Apparent Reason" bluegrass group will present a special concert of Gospel and Folk Music on Friday night, August, 20 at 8 p.m. in the Central Park Gazebo. The concert is free and open to the public. Participants are encouraged to bring lawn chairs.

This evening of music, fun, and fellowship is sponsored by the First Presbyterian Church. This is an entertaining group that shares light hearted humor and great down-home music. The performers are Rick Rector, Randy Massey, Randy Wagner, Chris Johnson and John Terry.

A free will offering will be taken. Light refreshments will be served. In case of rain the event will be held in Fellowship Hall of First Presbyterian Church.

Carthage V.F.W. to Remodel.

News Release

A whole new concept in air transference and odor removal will be installed in the Carthage V.F.W. Community and Bingo Hall where bingo is played every Friday night.

Advanced Air Solutions has created a new type of air transference system that changes the air completely every four minutes. This allows the system to eliminate any smoke and odors through a two filter system. Commander Mike Melvin contacted other bingo and V.F.W. posts that have installed this system and they were all very happy with it. They will begin work Aug. 17th in the bingo area and it should be ready for bingo play on Friday, August 20th.

With all the fuss over warnin’ labels, it’s obvious that the toothpick industry has a savvy lobbyin’ organization at work.

I can’t believe that such a dangerous implement is allowed on the market without the appropriate caution bein’ spelled out in detail for the protection and safety of the consumer.

They obviously don’t belong in the hands of minor children. No tellin’ what the imagination of an eight year old could devise. Sure they can be carefully molded into innocent objects for the creation of small toys or crafts, but that only leads to a false sense of security. They should be only distributed in a child proof box with an appropriate warnin’, "Only For Use In Your Mouth." They also need adequate instructions on teeth pickin’.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

by

Metcalf Auto Supply

Click and Clack Talk Cars
by Tom & Ray Magliozzi

Dear Tom and Ray:

My brother Gary is 54 years old and recently divorced, with a 14-year-old daughter and a significant other with multiple children. They all live in Great Falls, Mont. He works for a newspaper and recently won an award from the Wilderness Society for his environmental writing.

His current vehicles are a nearly defunct pickup truck and an old Mercedes, which is costing a lot of money in maintenance these days. He is in the market for a new car and is obsessed with a Ford F-150 Crew Cab pickup. I have told him that if he buys such a macho vehicle, I will write to the Wilderness Society and tell them to revoke his award.

He is about 6 feet 4 inches tall, about two-thirds of which is legs. He does considerable cross-country driving and wants comfort. He also wants to be able to transport his significant other and two to three full-size children. To further complicate matters, he has a faraway cabin in the woods, and he needs a vehicle to haul building materials, passengers, firewood, etc. Is there any vehicle in existence that will work for all these things without compromising his and my environmental sensibilities? - Jo

RAY: Yes. A Ford F-150 Crew Cab. Get off his case, Jo!

TOM: We’re often critical of people who buy SUVs or other behemoth trucks when they really don’t need them. I’m sure you’ve all seen the guy driving around the city, all alone in his full-size Suburban. Or the woman on the phone, driving an enormous Expedition with no one else in the car. But your brother sounds like he has every conceivable justification for a vehicle like this.

RAY: He's 6 feet 4 inches tall, he's got to carry four other people, he lives up North where it shows, and he needs to haul lumber, firewood and dead grizzly bears. I mean, c'mon, Jo! This is the guy they had in mind when they made the 5-150 Crew Cab.

TOM: And while you're absolutely right that the truck drinks gas (it's EPA-rated between 15 and 20 miles per gallon), it's probably a lot better than the old, broken-down pickup truck that he's driving now. And it's probably several orders of magnitude better in terms of his emissions. We don't know how old his two older vehicles are, but today's new cars - even those that drink a lot of gas - emit a fraction of the carbon monoxide, nitrous oxides and unburned hydro-carbons per mile that cars emitted just 15 or 20 years ago.

RAY: So let him get his F-150 Crew Cab, Jo. It's a very nice truck. And besides, you know he's going to do what he wants anyway, right? All you'll achieve by nagging him is excluding yourself from the delivery route next winter when he comes around with an F-150 full of firewood.