Today's Feature

Public Works Director Appointed.

City Council met last Tuesday evening and approved Mayor Johnson’s recommendation to appoint Chad Wampler to the position of Public Works Director effective November 15th. An alteration of the agenda was approved to move the Mayor’s appointments to the end of the Council meeting. Council members took turns welcoming Wampler to his new position.

Other items on the agenda included two resolutions. Resolution 1503 approved a project for St. Lukes Nursing Home Center to be financed by the Industrial Development Authority of the Jasper County. Resolution 1502 expands boundaries of the Enterprise Zone for the City. Both resolutions were approved.

One item of new business was an ordinance accepting the final plat of the "Schrader’s Acres".

Public Safety Committee Chair Mike Harris presented the bids for 3 new patrol cars at $52,155, the bid for 2 new in-car video systems at $5,040 and the bid for new bunkers for the fire department at $11,500 all of which were approved.

I suppose it’s only natural that the one that calls "let’s go the best two outa three" is the loser in a coin toss. The winner has nothin’ to gain whatsoever. Odds are the looser is just prolongin’ his agony.

‘Course typically little is ever really gained by a coin toss anyway. Few seem to be willin’ to decide any major decision by the toss of chance. Typically the type of wager that is place would decide who takes a bath first, or who has to take out the trash.

The old trick of "heads I win, tails you lose" only works a time or two even on grand kids.

As a kid I practiced for hours tryin’ to consistently control the outcome of a coin toss. The best I could do was about fifty percent of the time.

Not bad when you consider the odds.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

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Metcalf Auto Supply

Click & Clack Talk Cars

By Tom and Ray Magliozz

Dear Tom and Ray:

Every time I fill my gas tank, I buy half a quart of dry gas. My father says it really helps with the fuel line and keeps things clean. Is this stuff legit, or am I wasting my cash? - Chris

RAY: Well, we think you’re wasting your cash, Chris. This stuff is mostly alcohol, which absorbs any moisture that is in your gas tank.

TOM: The idea is that by getting rid of any water in the tank, you eliminate the chance of the water freezing in the fuel line and preventing the car from running.

RAY: But to be honest, we haven’t seen a frozen fuel line in our garage for a decade or more. Why? It could be because gasolines are better-formulated now. All gasolines have alcohol already mixed into the.

TOM: Or it could be the result of fuel injection, which is now universal.

RAY: Plus, the dry gas doesn’t really clean anything. Gasolines have detergents in them, whic do a better job of cleaning than alcohol does.

TOM: That said, please don’t tell your father that we said he’s all wet. Fathers are very sensitive when it comes to automotive information they pass down to their children.

RAY: And teling him he’s been wasting a dollar a week for the past 50 years will pale in comparison to the realization that his kid doesn’t think he’s the final authority on all things automotive.

TOM: I’m sure there’s a temptation to stick his nose in it, Chris, but be kind and avoid the temptation. And when your kids write to us in 20 years, we’ll tell them to do the same thing for you.