Today's Feature

Woestman At Final Workgroup Session.

Carthage Mayor Jim Woestman on Tuesday attended a meeting of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources Odor Workgroup which was held in Jefferson City. The purpose of the workgroup is to examine the Air Pollution Control Program of the Missouri Air Conservation Commission to determine if changes are needed. This meeting was the last of six sessions held by the group.

In a Mornin’ Mail phone interview following the meeting Mayor Woestman said that the session had a good turnout and that several Carthage residents were in attendance. A recommendation for Air Conservation Commission was not finalized during the meeting, according to Woestman, but the group made progress and will assemble its final decision after studying the minutes of the meetings.

No conclusion was made by the group concerning a proposal from Renewable Environmental Resources to have the independent company MOCON conduct tests to determine where certain odors originate. Woestman said that the panel did speak favorably of a presentation made by MOCON which illustrated various methods of detecting the origin of odors into the air.

Other topics of conversation included the methods currently employed by DNR to detect odors and determine excessive odor violations. DNR’s methods include the use of a scentometer, a box through which an operator smells a diluted sample of odors in the air. Woestman said he told the panel that he felt the ratios of dilution should be decreased for a more accurate reading.

A meeting between the workgroup and DNR is scheduled for July 26th and Mayor Woestman plans to be in attendance at that meeting.

Veteran’s Seminar.

A Veteran’s Information Seminar concerning changes in benefits will be held on June 30th from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Memorial Hall in Carthage. Crossroads Chapter 41 of the Disabled American Veterans encourages all Veterans and families of veterans to attend the seminar, which will be conducted by the National Service Officers from the St. Louis office of the D.A.V.

The seminar is not limited to members of the DAV, but those who are members and plan to attend are encouraged to bring claim numbers and social security numbers to the event.

A friend a my dad’s taught me and my brother how ta tie the simple knot to keep a hook on the line. Don’t remember for sure, but he prob’ly showed us how to weave a worm on the hook too.

I can’t ‘member who introduced us to stink bait, but I didn’t use it much ‘cause worms were free for the diggin’.

I’ve helped run some bank lines in the creek and used a lure or two, but the most fun was at the pond pullin’ out perch.

I was lettin’ the kids try their luck, and after a while they were droppin’ the line in without any bait. The perch started hittin’ the bare hook flickerin’ in the sun. Catchin’ always was more fun than cleanin’ anyway.

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Just Jake Talkin’.

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