Mornin' Mail

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Tuesday, August 1, 2006 Volume XV, Number 32

Did Ya Know?... A blood drive will be held at the Chursh of the Nazarene, 2000 Grand, Carthage on Thursday, August 10 from 1:30 to 7:00 p.m. and Friday, August 11 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Please bring photo ID.

Did Ya Know?... A Back to School All-Nighter will be held at the Fair Acres Family YMCA, August 11 from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. 10-13 year old boys and girls are invited to join the fun. Food, games, swimming prizes. $15 includes everything. Call 358-1070 for more info.

today's laugh

Appliance Salesman: You’ll like this range. For instance, you put in a roast, you set the oven control, then you go out all day. When you come home at night, the roast is done.
Gracie: Haven’t you got one where I don’t have to go out? - Gracie Allen

Our teacher said, "Three men dig a hole in 9 hours. How long would it take six men to dig it?" I said, "Why don’t they just use the hole the other three guys just dug?"

Men are very strange. When they wake up in the morning they want things like toast. I don’t have these recipes. - Elayne Boosler

Our town was so small it only had two streets - Main Street and Not-Main Street.

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INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of Events as they have Transpired in the City and County since our last Issue.

Jasper Smith Buys Land.

J.S. Pritchett has sold to Jasper J. Smith 20 acres of unimproved land located eight miles east of Carthage for $700. As part payment Mr. Smith deeds to Mr. Pritchett two lots on West Chestnut street in Carthage at a consideration of $600. Mr. Pritchett expects to build a home on one of these lots. The A.F. Lewis Realty company negotiated both deals.

News From Asbury and Waco.

Grandma Buchanan, of Waco, is seriously sick the past week. She is 87 years old and her vitality seems all gone. She has been unconscious since Friday and does not recognize anyone.

James Hunter, of Asbury, is repairing the porches around his home.

Mr. Perdue and wife, of Opolis, were down visiting his brother-in-law, Geo. Havens on Sunday.

Today's Feature

To Discuss Condemnation.

The City Council Public Works Committee will meet this afternoon at 4:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall. Items on the agenda include the discussion of condemnation and establishment of a new permit and fees for rental property.

This item originated during last month’s Public Safety meeting when Council member Cyndi Curry spoke to that committee concerning the deterioration of many homes within the City. The following excerpt from a recent letter to the editor, written by Curry asks for public input on "...the problem of housing and more specifically, the poor condition many of the homes in our City are in."

Curry is proposing a permit process for houses to be rented, and has encouraged the public to attend the meeting in order to give opinions on possible solutions to rental property, abandoned and uninhabitable homes.

At the Public Safety Committee meeting when the idea was originally presented by Curry, the committee recommended that the item be brought before the Public Works Committee for discussion and review.

Special Prosecutor Requested.

The trial for a DWI issued to Jasper County Presiding Commissioner Chuck Surface may not be tried by Jasper County Prosecuting Attorney Dean Dankleson. In an interview with the Mornin’ Mail yesterday, Dankleson said he had requested that a special prosecutor be brought to try the case due to the fact that he also represents the County Commission. It was requested to Judge Dalley that the case be tried by Lawrence County Prosecutor Robert George.

Surface was charged with a DWI on Friday, July 28. The charges were filed by the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

A Jasper County Sheriff Department officer initially pulled Surface over near his Joplin home over after observing erratic driving. According to a Highway Patrol officer, it is standard procedure for officers to call an unbiased agency in cases where a conflict of interest may occur. The Highway Patrol officer arrived on the scene and conducted three field sobriety tests after which Surface was taken to the Patrol office and agreed to take a breathalyzer test.

According to a brief interview with Surface, the breathalyzer test showed that he was legally intoxicated. The blood alcohol level limit for the State of Missouri is .08 or above. Surface declined to state his exact blood alcohol level but did state, "I was just over the limit."

The Highway Patrol office released Surface on his own recognizance, which is also said to be standard procedure for citizens who do not present a risk for flight.

Surface was pulled over while driving home from the Elks Lodge in Joplin on West 26th St. He stated that driving under the circumstances was a "personal mistake."

The case information was turned over to the Jasper County Prosecuting Attorney who on Monday, July 31 requested the appointment of a special prosecutor.

Stench Report:
Monday,
7/31/06

No Stench Detected on Carthage
Square

Just Jake Talkin'
Mornin',
Like most kids of the time, I was always on the lookout for an empty pop bottle along the path. I wasn’t one to collect a case before cashin’ ‘em in. I’d usually trade a bottle or two for some penny candy. When the bounty on bottle raised to two cents, seven of ‘em would buy a bottle of model car paint, and pay the tax.

In the small town I lived in, some stores didn’t carry all the brands on the market. The standard Coke, Pepsi, RC, Nehi, and Sunkist were always good, but some brands could only be cashed in at the grocery in the County Seat, some sixteen miles away. It wasn’t that I minded the walk, but I wasn’t old enough ta cross the street by myself.

I never promoted a game of "spin the bottle." At that age I figured I’d rather have the two cents.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.