Offices Opening at Noon.

Carthage City Mayor Kenneth Johnson announced that all City Offices will open at 12 p.m. today. This is to allow City employees the opportunity to attend the funeral services for Carthage Firefighter Steve Fierro who died Tuesday in the line of duty.

Services are scheduled for 10 a.m. in the Auditorium of Ozark Christian College in Joplin. The burial services will be a Park Cemetery, Carthage following the funeral.


Capitol Campaign Correction.

The Wednesday edition of the Mornin’ Mail misreported that McCune Brooks Hospital Foundation Board member Beth Simmons was the Chairperson for the Capitol Campaign to raise funds for the hospital’s expansion and new facility. Simmons reported that she was not the Chairperson and that the Capitol Campaign leaders have not yet been formed. She said the leaders will formed in Spring and the actual Capitol Campaign will begin in May.

"It’s such a large undertaking," said Simmons. "We’re waiting to see how the library does and if the school’s levy increase passes."

My uncle thinks that there should be some way ta install a large, spring powered flywheel in a car. He figures it would work somethin’ like a clock, ya wind it up and it provides a constant, clean, inexpensive power. I suppose if it was positioned right, it would also act as a gyroscope to keep the vehicle from turnin’ over easily.

There would no doubt be some technical difficulties to be overcome, but the idea has grabbed my thoughts from time to time.

The basic premise, of course, is to take advantage of momentum. That mysterious source of energy that wants to continue motion once it is initiated.

I’ve always worried that my uncle’s clockmobile would stop short of the top of a hill and reverse momentum would win.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

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Carthage Printing

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By Samantha Mazzotta

Running Cable

Q: Can I run a phone extension into another room myself? — Jackie B., Philadelphia

Q: How do I bring a cable connection into another part of the house? — Thomas L., Worcester, Mass.

A: Both these projects involve running cabling into new areas of the house, and both are possible with some care and good planning.

Running a phone extension allows you to plug additional equipment, such as a second phone, a fax machine or a computer’s modem, into an existing phone line. (Additional phone lines must be installed by the telephone company.)

Adding a cable jack to a room will bring your home’s existing cable connection into that room.

In both cases, wire or cable can be run from the source, along the inside of the walls if possible. Make sure neither wire nor cable is situated within 6 inches of any electrical wiring, to prevent interference.

For a phone extension, locate the telephone junction box (usually in the basement or a similar utility area). Measure the distance between the box and the room you’re sending the extension to, allowing for turns or minor errors, and buy the correct amount of phone wire. Next, mark a spot near the base of the wall in the room where the wire will be run, and drill a small hole just wider than the phone wire you’ll be using.

Purchase a modular phone outlet jack at the home-improvement store; this snap-in unit is the easiest to set up and replace if needed. Remove the casing and set the components near the spot to where you will run wire.

Nearest the junction box, staple one end of the wire to a sturdy frame section, leaving 6-8 inches of wire dangling ahead of the staple. Do not attach it to anything else just yet. String the rest of the wire along the preplanned path to the new location. Feed the wire through the hole you drilled in the wall earlier. Strip the end of the wire about an inch back and attach the encased wires to the modular jack’s terminal screws according to the color code on the jack. (Any extra wires can be tucked into the case.)

Go to the start of the wire and attach the encased wires to the junction box, following the color scheme once again. Close the junction box. Plug a phone into the new modular jack and check for a dial tone.