Development Seeks Incentives.


A proposed development of the forty-five acres that stretch south from the interchange of Highway 71 and HH to the interchange at Highways 71 & 571 on the east side of Highway 71 will be discussed at next Tuesday’s Council meeting according to Economic Development Director Max McKnight. McKnight says he will be asking for the Council’s authority to begin developing an agreement between the City and Carlton & Company of Springfield.

The development company is requesting that the City split any new general sales tax created by the site to help cover the cost of infrastructure. The general City sales tax rate is currently 1%. That arrangement would have a specific time limit to recoup costs.

The company also is pursuing the creation of a Transportation Development District that would, under state statute, allow the district to impose an additional sales tax collected within the district. These funds would be collected by the state and used only for transportation related infrastructure.

Members of the Council Budget/Ways and Means Committee have shown favorable interest in the project.

The kids nowadays don’t know the meanin’ of bein’ cool. I’m talkin’ real cool, as in temperature, not attitude. The tricks of beatin’ the hot weather that were old standby’s are not bein’ transferred to the younger generation ‘cause it’s easy ta just flip a switch and get air conditionin’.

The best coolin’ off place growin’ up was the farm pond, mainly ‘cause it was handy after a day in the field. In town the water hose was always a good cooler for the younger kids. Takin’ turns sprayin’ each other, slidin’ on the grass, slipin’ on the sidewalk. There seemed ta be somethin’ daring about runnin’ through the spray of water, it just wasn’t the same ta just stand and get soaked.

Inside fans made a lot a sense. And open windows in the evenin’ with June bugs bumpin’ into the screens. Cool man.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

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Metcalf Auto Supply

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TALK CARS

By Tom and Ray Magliozzi

Dear Tom and Ray:

I have a problem. I recently bought a 1992 Subaru Loyale. I hope it will be the best $400 car I ever bought, but there is one small problem. The heat stinks! The smell is an alluring combination of cat pee, ammonia, rotting dead animal, dirty socks and the smell you could expect about three or four hours after the church bean supper. OK, you get the idea. As an avid fan of yours, I would think that you guys have answers for me. Being a car-repair savvy person, I started taking out the dash in the car, searching for the mouse and squirrel keg party gone wrong. After getting the dash about halfway out, the pile of screws and panels was higher than the dash itself. I got scared and put it back together. So, here I am after three hours of work, with no solution. What do I do? – Gabe

RAY: When I read your description of the smell, Gabe, my first thought was that my brother’s been sleeping in your car. But if that were the case, you’d also see pizza boxes.

TOM: There are several possibilities, Gabe. The one you should pray for is a plugged-up evaporator drain. When the air conditioner removes moisture from the passenger compartment, that moisture is supposed to drip out under the car through the evaporator drain.

RAY: That drain can easily get plugged up with debris, creating your very own Environmental Protection Agency superfund site in the duct work. So, start by asking someone to blow out the evaporator drain with compressed air and treat the ducts with some mold-killing spray, and hope that solves your problem.