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Monday, May 16, 2005 Volume XIII, Number 234
did
ya know?
Did Ya Know?...
Crossroads Chapter #41 of the Disabled American
Veterans and Auxiliary #41 will meet Tuesday
Night, May 17, at 7:00 p.m. in the Legion Rooms
of the Memorial Hall. All members are invited to
attend.
Did Ya Know?... The
Knights of Pythias will hold a Fish Feed Tuesday,
May 17. Social hour will be at 6:30, meal at 7:00
p.m. Please bring place settings. "Family
night" All are welcome. Castle Hall, West
Oak St.
Did Ya Know?... The
Carthage Humane Society needs kitten milk
replacer for orphans. 358-6402 or 237-0166
Did Ya Know?... The City
of Carthage will be spraying for mosquitoes the
week of May 23rd through May 27th, Monday through
Friday. Your area will be sprayed on the evening
of your regular trash pick up day, between the
hours of 7:30 and 11:30 p.m. You might want to
turn off your attic or window fans when the
sprayer is in your immediate area.
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today's
laugh
The bright student looked long
and thoughtfully at the second examination
question, which read:
"State the number of tons
of coal shipped out of the United States in any
given year." Then his brow cleared and he
wrote:
"1492 - none."
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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.
A.L. Franks Found His
Stolen Horse.
A.L.Franks, the North Main
street grocer has found his driving horse which was
stolen from his stable a month ago. Mr. Franks heard
yesterday that a horse answering the description of the
missing animal was seen near Granby. He drove to that
vicinity yesterday evening and met a man on the country
road driving his horse. Mr. Franks explained that the
horse was his and the man willingly returned the
property. He said that his brother had taken up the horse
as a stray three weeks ago. Mr. Franks thinks that the
horse was stolen by someone and ridden to a point near
Granby and abandoned near where it was found by the
farmer.
A Blow to
"Coke" Fiends.
The anti-narcotic law passed by the legislature goes
into effect tomorrow. Thereafter one cannot procure
cocaine, morphine or opium from a druggist unless a
doctors prescription is shown.
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Today's
Feature
Relay for Life on Agenda.
The Public Safety Committee
will meet this evening at 6:30 p.m. in the
Carthage Police Department. Items on the agenda
include a street closure request for Relay for
Life on June 3 and 4.
Relay for Life is scheduled to
be held in Central Park on Friday, June 3
beginning at 7:00 p.m. Teams will gather with
tents and sleeping bags to participate in an
overnight fund-raising walk with the goal of
supporting a cure for cancer.
Information about forming a
team, or walking in the Survivors Lap is
available by calling Matt Bachtold, Community
Specialist of Income Development with the
American Cancer Society at 417-627-7506, or
Connie Leek at 540-5547. For information on
cancer, call the American Cancer Societys
24 hour help line at 1-800-ACS-2345 or visit
their web site, www.cancer.org.
The American Cancer Society is
the nationwide, community-based, voluntary health
organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a
major health problem by preventing cancer, saving
lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer
through research, advocacy, and service.
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Just Jake
Talkin'
Mornin'
Used ta be you could tell if a male and a female
in a car was a "couple." The girl would
be sittin in the middle next to the male
driver. Now a days ya dont see that much.Now the prevalence of bucket seats in
autos today could be the explanation for this
change in habits. I can remember thinkin
how uncomfortable it musta been for those loyal
girlfriends, sittin on the console, back
when bucket seats were a luxury.
Course the other
explanation may be that young females today are
showin more independence. Not willin
to be impractical just for show.
More than likely, it was not
this generation that made the break from front
seat coziness, but their mothers. Yet another
cultural change brought to us by the 60s,
and a legacy to the Volkswagon Beetle.
This is some fact, but mostly,
Just Jake Talkin.
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Weekly
Column
This Is A Hammer
By
Samantha MazzottaBlowing a Fuse
Q: I live in a
small apartment, and often when I cook using the
microwave the circuit breaker will turn off to
the kitchen. Its easy enough to switch back
on, but I really am getting annoyed at having to
do this repeatedly. How do I resolve this?
Gladys C., Swampscott, Mass.
A: Whats
happening is that your microwave oven or a
combination of electrical appliances on the same
circuit is drawing too much electricity
for either the circuit or the fuse (or both) to
handle. Repeatedly tripping the circuit can also
indicate a larger problem and a possible fire
risk.
Small apartments
often have a limited number of circuits available
in comparison to a newer, larger house. Twenty
years ago, having only three or four circuits and
a small circuit box (about 60 amps) was
sufficient to run a few electric appliances, like
a toaster oven, a blender and a single small
television.
Today, electricity
demands are much higher. The microwave oven draws
more power; there is often more than one
television in the apartment and at least one
computer, with all its auxiliaries running; the
cordless telephone draws electricity to stay
charged, as does the wireless phone in its
charging stand. And then theres the cable
box, the can opener, the smoothie machine, the
coffee grinder, the espresso maker, all the clock
radios and the plug-in air fresheners. All
competing for juice from a supply that has an
absolute limit.
If you have a
limited number of circuits, and youre
unwittingly connecting all the high-wattage
appliances into just one circuit, you will be
dealing with frequent outages when the circuit
load passes its limit and shuts off for safety
reasons.
Find out how many
circuits lead to the kitchen, and which outlets
are distributed to which circuits. Turn off all
of the apartment circuits, then plug in a small
radio to each kitchen outlet and switch one
circuit on at a time until the radio turns on.
Label each circuit as you find its range. In
fact, do this for the entire apartment the
labels save valuable time if you need to switch
off a particular circuit.
Once youve
found where each circuit leads and which outlets
are connected to them, you may find that the
microwave is sharing a circuit with another big
appliance, and all you need to do is plug it in
to an outlet on a different circuit.
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