City To Sell Double-Decker Bus.

The City Council held their regular meeting Monday evening in City Hall. Public Safety Committee Chair Mike Harris ask the Council to declare the Double-decker Bus surplus goods. Harris reported that the City has had the bus for ten years and it has not been in operation for approximately the last eighteen months. He stated that when the bus sells, the City receives the first $225 of the funds from the sale and that the state gets 80% of the proceeds beyond that amount.

The Council agreed unanimously to declare the bus surplus. City Administrator Tom Short explained that since it has been declared surplus, a letter must be sent to the state, informing of the City’s plans.

In other business, the Council agreed in favor of two Resolutions. The first was adopting a policy of granting part-time City employees annual cost of living salary increases corresponding with the regular full-time employees. The second was approving the declaration of certain materials and pieces of equipment as surplus and authorizing their disposition.

The County and City auction is scheduled for June 4th. City items to be sold independently or at the auction must declared surplus before their disposal.

During staff reports Police Chief Dennis Veach announced that the Police Department will be selling Special Olympic T-Shirts on June 6th at the Carthage Wal-Mart.

Parks Department Manager Alan Bull announced that the Municipal Park Swimming Pool is scheduled to open this weekend, weather permitting.

During reports from Special Committees, Power’s Museum Board Liaison Claude Newport announced that they needed volunteers for the Heartland Chautauqua tent raising June 7th at 5:30 p.m.

Kellogg Lake/Spring River Board Liaison Dave Woods announced that Kids Fishing Day is scheduled for June 12th and that volunteers were needed. He stated that the lake will be stocked on June 9th and no fishing will be allowed for the three days prior to Kids Fishing Day.

Annual Memorial Day Program.

The Annual Memorial Day program is scheduled for Monday, May 31st at 10:30 a.m. in the Memorial Hall. The program is sponsored by the American Legion Post 9, VFW Post 2590, and Disabled American Veterans Chapter 41. The Carthage Heartland Band is providing the music and Troop 9 Boy Scouts of America will be seating individuals who attend. The program is to honor those who lost their life to serve their country and to recognize the survivors.

According to American Legion Post 9 Commander Edwin Buck, the program is open to the public.

"That’s what it’s for," said Buck, "we encourage all to attend and encourage all Veterans to show up too."

Buck stated that the event has been going on for several years.

"I’ve been a member of the American Legion for nineteen years," said Buck, "and we have been doing this program that entire time and many years before."

Music begins at 10:30 a.m. and the ceremonies begin at 11 a.m. Carthage Attorney James Spradling is scheduled for this year’s guest speaker for the program.

It’s always handy ta have a few nails around the house. Ya never know when ya might want ta hang a picture or fasten that porch rail. Is still feel comfortable with the old fashioned eight penny for nailin’ to 2x4’s and a couple of finishin’ nails for trim work. Havin’ a few sixteen penny spikes come in handy for those heavier repairs or light construction. Now I’ve had ta add a new dimension to my collection, a variety of fasteners for my battery powered screw driver.

Havin’ a few tools and gadgets around in case of emergency was just part of my upbringin’ I suppose. I’d have ta guess that it comes from a heritage of rural "root cellar" dependent ancestors. ‘Course such thinkin’ can lead to just havin’ a lot of useless junk ya have ta trip over. At least if ya got a few nails and a little lumber, you can build a box to keep it all in.

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Just Jake Talkin’.

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TALK CARS

By Tom and Ray Magliozzi

Dear Tom and Ray:

I seem to recall arguments going back to the original oil embargo about whether it’s good or bad to shut off the engine frequently to save gas. I remember people saying it’s bad for the engine. That makes me wonder about the new hybrid cars. Hybrid engines stop and start on their own all the time. Does this raise concerns about engine longevity? Is there a greater change of long-term engine damage from all the stopping and starting that a hybrid engine does? — Paul

TOM: No. When a hybrid engine shuts itself off at a stoplight and then restarts itself, no damage is done to the engine. In fact, if you do this yourself in a nonhybrid car, you can even build up your key-turning muscles.

RAY: In the old days, when cars were carbureted, there was some truth to the warning against restarting frequently. Because carburetors were so imprecise, they’d essentially dump gasoline into the cylinders whenever you started the car. And some of that gasoline would wash down the cylinder walls, rinsing off the crucial film of oil on there. Then that mixture of gasoline and oil would seep down into the crankcase, diluting the engine oil even further.

TOM: So if you started a carbureted car frequently, oil dilution was a real problem. But these days, with fuel injection, only the exact amount of fuel you need is sent into the cylinders, so there’s no wash-down or oil dilution, no matter how often you start the car.

RAY: So, the only parts that get additional wear and tear from starting the car are the starter and the battery.