Today's Feature
No Parking Area Extended.

The Public Safety Committee continued its progress on resolving visibility issues at the intersection of Macon and Garrison at the meeting last Monday. Letters had been sent to residents and business owners of the property around the intersection, informing them that the parking would be discussed at the meeting but none attended.

Police Chief Veach presented photographs of the intersection from a driver’s perspective, and an overhead diagram of the intersection showing areas of foremost trouble. According to Veach, there is a dip in Garrison when looking South from Macon street. This dip, coupled with the parking situation at Chad’s Conoco and down as far as Rip Tide Hair Salon cause considerable visibility restrictions for people turning on to Garrison from Macon. The committee approved a recommendation from Veach to paint a no parking stripe from Macon down to the Rip Tide Hair Salon, to right before the first residence from the corner. The police can then monitor the intersection to see if the changes have any effect and further changes can be made as needed.

I happened to see some music videos on the television over the weekend.

Videos have almost completely ruined most forms of popular music for me. If they’d just let me listen to a song, I’d be fine.

Now ever’ time I hear some song that I’ve seen a video to, that’s the image I get in my brain. I don’t like the images they put on their video. They don’t anywhere resemble the things I imagine when I hear the song.

I personally think that videos have done more to stifle the imagination of our youth than any other form of influence.

Ta me they don’t put ideas into folks heads, they keep ideas from naturally occurrin’. It just bugs me I guess.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’

By Samantha Mazzotta

Wallpapering Corners

Q: I’m wallpapering the bathroom and found out halfway through that one of the corners is not plumb. It’s off a lot. When I put up a sheet, the trailing edge is off about a inch. How can I plumb up the paper so that it’s straight? The paper has a lined print to it and if it’s off, you notice it. Should I cut the paper in the corner and then overlap it in the corner so that the trailing edge will be straight? — Art, via e-mail

A: If you can patch the area and overlap the strip with the current paper so that it blends well, then go for it. However, if the entire wallpaper job is finished and the paper is already dry, removing the crooked area and patching it seamlessly will be quite a trick, if not impossible. It’s best to do this kind of repair as soon as you see it, before continuing to set up paper, and before the glue dries and the wallpaper sets.

Reset your plumb line before making the repair: tack a plumb bob — a weight attached to a chalk-covered piece of string — to the top of the wall at the spot you want to cut away, and let the weight dangle to the floor. Hold the line taut and snap it against the wall to leave a chalk imprint. This will create a perpendicular line that you can follow.

Carefully cut away the current corner strip, and scrape or sand away any pieces of paper that stick after the sheet is removed. To place the new strip of paper, measure it beforehand, making sure the ends jut about 2 inches beyond the top and bottom of the wall. Apply glue and carry the strip back to the wall. Hang the paper from the top down, smoothing the top half into place. Work toward the corner and create the small overlap you’re looking for. Line up the overlap with the plumb line (redo the line if necessary). Then, smooth the bottom half of the paper into the corner, again being careful to stay with the plumb line.

Don’t cut away the paper that juts from the top and bottom until you have placed the next strip of paper and set it firmly against the new corner piece.

If the corner cutaway is done after the entire room is finished, you’ll have to match the seams on both sides of the cutaway — and match the pattern as well. Cut out the proper length of wallpaper, then place it (dry) in the corner, shifting left or right until the pattern matches the already-set paper. Then mark the sides and trim carefully. This is best done with two people.