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published every weekday except major holidays
Wednesday, August 31, 2005 Volume XIV, Number
52
did
ya know?
Did Ya Know?... Due to
Monday September 5 being a holiday observed by
the City, the City of Carthage Recycling Drop-Off
Center and Composting Lot will be closed Tuesday,
September 6th in observance of Labor Day. Regular
operating days and times are Tues. - Sat., 8:20
a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Did Ya Know?... The City
of Carthage will be spraying for mosquitoes next
week, Monday thru Friday, Aug. 29 thru Sept. 2nd.
Your area will be sprayed in the evening of the
day your trash is picked up, between the hours of
8:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. You might want to turn
off your attic or window fans when the sprayer is
in your immediate area.
Did Ya Know?... Edwin W.
Wiggins Post No. 90 of the American Legion will
meet Thursday night September the 1st at 7:00
p.m. in the Legion Rooms of Memorial Hall. Those
who have not paid their 2006 dues are urged to do
so. The 15th District Meeting is September 11 at
Pineville.
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today's
laugh
Murphy’s Laws for Our
Times:
If it says, "one size fits all," it
doesn’t fit anyone.
The more an item costs, the farther you have to
send it for repairs.
The bag that breaks is the one with the eggs
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1905
INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of Events as they have
Transpired in the City and County since our last Issue.
Strike on the Whitsett
Land.
S.E. Boggess, of Carthage,
and J.B. Gibson, walker Koontz and F.G. Smart, of Webb
City, who recently took a lease on 10 acres of the J.M.
Whitsett land at Porto Rico and commenced drilling, made
a good strike in the first hole put down. The ore was
encountered at 130 feet and continued to 148 feet. The
second hole is now down to a depth of about 60 feet. The
prospectors will soon commence a sinking shaft to open up
a prospect.
Spilled Burning Grease
on Her Hands.
Mr. J. Rowe, of Rowena,
Mo., says "My wife placed a pan of cracklins in the
stove to render; forgetting, she allowed them to remain
longer than she intended. When she opened the oven door
she found them ablaze. In attempting to get the pan out
she spilled the hot burning grease on her hand. Dr.
Classe’s German Penetrating Liniment was applied at
once; the pain was instantly stopped." sold by Frank
Edel druggist.
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Today's
Feature
To Discuss
Downtown Sidewalk Project.
Mayor Kenneth Johnson, City
Administrator Tom Short, members from the Harry
S. Truman Coordinating Council and members from
the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
staff of the Missouri Department of Economic
Development will meet today to discuss the status
of the pending downtown sidewalk improvement
project.
The grant was approved for the
replacement of a section of sidewalk beginning on
3rd Street between Main and Lyon Streets but
action has been delayed. The grant is contingent
upon job creation and capital improvement which
must take place during a certain time frame in
the approval process. Some of the job creation
and improvement that has already been completed
was not within the acceptable time-line.
The grant application was
originally submitted with the assistance of the
Carthage Main Street board that is no longer a
functional entity. According to Short, this may
have resulted in miscommunication causing the
variance from the grant time-line.
Johnson and Short hope to
discuss alternative courses of action to put the
proposal back into motion.
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Stench Report:
Tuesday,
08/30/05
No Stench Reported
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Just Jake
Talkin'
Mornin
Back when I was drivin’ the ‘48 Chevy
pickup with the three speed manual tranny, I
could always save a little gas with the trick I
learned in an automobile magazine. The method was
to accelerate from about twenty miles an hour to
the speed limit which was 70 at the time, then
put the tranny in neutral and shut off the
engine. Ya coast until
your speed drops to twenty-five and put the
tranny in second, pop the clutch to start the
engine and repeat the process.
The guy that wrote the article
claimed to get over fifty miles to the gallon
using this technique. ‘Course the folks
followin’ ya down the highway weren’t
impressed. I do credit this with savin’ me
walkin’ several miles on a couple of
occasions. Don’t know if it ever saved me
any money.
This is some fact, but mostly,
Just Jake Talkin’.
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Weekly
Column
Here's A Tip
By JoAnn
Derson•
"I find that my family eats more fruit and
veggies as snacks when they are prepared and
ready to eat. So, when I get home from the
grocery store, I immediately cut up and prep all
the fruit and veggies that need it, and store
them in plastic containers in the fridge. They
are easy to see and convenient to snack on."
— R.C. in Oregon
• Battling mosquitoes?
Here’s a great tip from C.B. in Alaska:
"If you are someone with skin sensitivities
or just don’t like the smell or feel of
insect repellent, try this: In the palm of your
hand, mix together unscented lotion and a few
drops of lemongrass-seed oil. Rub it all over
your skin. The bugs strongly dislike the scent,
but it feels great and smells better than spray.
It even works on pets! Just rub some on the backs
of their necks."
• Use Styrofoam packing
peanuts in the bottom of pots when planting. They
aren’t as heavy as rocks, and they do just
as good a job.
• Ease the weekday-morning
time crunch by planning your wardrobe on the
weekend. Use a single hanger to gather everything
you need for a smart, pulled-together look.
Attach a plastic sandwich bag with accessories to
the hanger with a clothespin, and you’ll be
dressed in minutes.
• To avoid a
dirty-smelling hamper, place a single sheet of
fabric-softener in the bottom of your laundry
closet or in the hamper itself.
• "When my child
stopped napping during the day, I had much less
time to take care of household chores. So I
started recording books on tape for him to listen
to while I took care of a few tasks around the
house. It’s still quiet time, even if he
doesn’t actually go to sleep." —
R.L. in Minnesota
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