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Tuesday, April 18, 2006 Volume XIV, Number
212
did
ya know?
Did Ya Know?... Chapter
41 of the Disabled American Veterans will meet
Tuesday night, April 18 at 7 p.m. in the Legion
Rooms of the Memorial Hall. Members of the
Auxiliary will be meeting at the place.
Did Ya Know?... A free
history program will be held April 22 at 1 p.m.
in Powers Museum, 1617 W. Oak St. The topic will
be the Civilian War in Jasper County, MO,
1861-1865.
Did Ya Know?... A
Diabetic Support Group meeting will be held
Wednesday, April 26, from 4-5 p.m. in the McCune
Brooks Hospital Dining Room. Debbie Herbst,
Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator will
talk about food portion sizes.
Diabetic-appropriate refreshments will be served.
Did Ya Know?... A
Biscuits & Gravy Feed will be held Saturday,
April 22 from 7:00 to 11:30 a.m. in the Carthage
Junior High. All you can eat biscuits with
sausage gravy, coffee, juice or milk. The Odyssey
of the Mind Rummage Sale will be held Saturday,
from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Junior High.
Proceeds help provide transportation for the
Carthage Odyssey of the Mind Team to the World
Finals Competition.
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today's
laugh
My husband and I
both gained weight after we got married, and so
we went on a diet together. He lost weight, and I
didn’t. I had to feed him in his sleep,
intravenously. - Rita Rudner
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1906
INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of Events as they have
Transpired in the City and County since our last Issue.
It Will Be A Gala
Event.
High School Day May 5
at the State University.
Saturday, May 5 promises
to be a gala day at the University of Missouri.
Practically all the high schools of the state have
accepted the invitation of the Interscholastic committee
to join in the celebration of High School Day. The varied
events on the program will afford entertainment for all
who attend; a baseball game in the morning, track and
field contests in the afternoon and debating and essay
contests in the evening.
The high schools of St.
Louis are pulling off a series of games to decide which
team shall represent St. Louis on May 5, and the Kansas
City schools are doing the same thing. The game at
Columbia will practically decide the high school
championship of the two cities, and should be a good
exhibition of ball playing.
The track and field
contests are open to all preparatory schools of the state
and about 30 have already signified their intention of
entering. A number of county clubs at the university have
offered trophy cups and banners to the winners of the
meets which have been arranged between the schools of the
various counties and good marks are being made in these
contests. Present indications are that many of the
records which were made at Columbia last year will be
broken on May 5.
The railroads have made an
open rate of one fare all over the state and in addition
to the excursionists who will go on regular trains there
will be special trains from Kansas City, St. Louis,
Joplin, Sedalia, and St. Joseph. It will be an event that
no High school can afford to miss.
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Today's
Feature
Public Works
Meeting.
The Public Works
Committee will meet in a regular session this
afternoon at 5:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of
City Hall. Items on the agenda include the
discussion of the Household Hazardous Waste bid
openings.
Other items on the
agenda include the consideration of a Home
Investment Partnership Program.
City Wide
Cleanup.
News release
The City of
Carthage, under contract with Allied Waste
Services, will conduct its Annual Residential
City Wide Spring Clean Up on Saturday, April
29th, 2006.
Trash should not
be put out until the Friday night before clean up
day. Items to be picked up should be placed at
the regular designated trash pick up location. No
containers weighing over 75 pounds, yard waste,
or rocks will be picked up.
Appliances
(compressor removed) may be dropped off at the
Carthage Recycling and Compost Center April 22nd
- May 6th.
Up to four tires
(without wheels or rims) per household will be
allowed for drop-off at the Carthage Recycling
and Compost Center April 22 - May 6th. Tires with
wheels or rims will not be accepted.
Paint, batteries,
chemicals and hazardous household waste may be
dropped off at the Carthage Fire Department North
parking lot April 29th. Drop off schedule will be
announced at a later date.
Please contact the
Public Works Department at 237-7010 for more
information.
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Stench Report:
Monday,
4/17/06
No Stink
Reported
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Just Jake
Talkin'
Mornin',
Ever now and then I like to
drive on a hot, steamy day with all the windows
down and the air conditioner off. Just ta see if
it’s near as bad as folks think. I can remember how amazed folks were
when they heard a neighbor buyin’ a
convertible with an air conditioner. Guess they
didn’t think of drivin’ with the top up
on occasion.
My grandparents had one a those
water evaporator cans they hooked to the
passenger’s side window. I don’t think
those ever worked as good as the 4-70 air
conditioner. (Four windows down at 70 miles an
hour for you young whippersnappers who
hadn’t heard that one.)
I haven’t yet figured out
why air is only conditioned when it is cooled.
Looks ta me like heated air is also conditioned.
Guess heat is a necessity while cool deserves a
more sophisticated nomenclature.
This is some fact, but mostly,
Just Jake Talkin’.
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