Committee Hears Airport Realities.

The Airport Relocation Committee was told Thursday morning by Brian Weiler, Missouri Administrator of Aviation, they should not expect any State assistance in building a new airport for the next three to five years. He offered no guarantees that the City would ever receive grant funding and said at this time hopes of receiving 90% Federal grants were slim to none. To have any chance of State grants, which would be a minimum of an 80/20 participation, a City commitment would be necessary.

"The first thing we would like to see is a stable and consistent opinion from this area," said Weiler. "I believe strongly that if you want it bad enough you’ll get it, you’ve just got to keep working in that direction. But also, based on the current (grant) climate, really, we help those who help themselves."

The Committee voted to recommend that the Council eliminate the consideration of reopening Myers Park Memorial Airport. They also voted to recommend that the time frame for relocating the airport be extended from five years to ten years. Relocation costs will be considered at the next meeting.

Main Street Carthage to Sell Street Signs

Main Street Carthage is currently selling used street signs dating back 40-50 years from Beautiful Historic Carthage. Proceeds will be used for the organization's many projects and activities.

"Main Street Carthage was responsible for replacement of the street signs in the Courthouse Square Historic District early last year," said Diane Sharits, Program Manager.

New street signs went up city wide in January and February of this year thanks to the City Street Department, Public Works Committee and the Carthage City Council. Victorian signs similar to those in the Downtown will soon be added in the other two Carthage Historic Districts.

"Main Street thought selling a piece of nostalgia through the old street signs would be a great fund raising project and negotiated with the city to purchase the obsolete signs," adds Sharits. "It's been a big hit."

Signs will be available for sale ($12.50 each) for the next two weeks at the Main Street Carthage Office, 127 Grant. For more information, call 358-4974.

Just Jake Talkin'
Mornin',

The consensus of the Airport Relocation Committee, with the exception of member Ray Grace being more optimistic, is that the City is gonna have to pretty much foot the bill for a new facility and then hope the State comes with some help. If that is the fact, it pretty much puts an end to the debate over the interpretation of the ballot language was when the airport issue was voted on. There also seems ta be some agreement as to usin’ any funds realized, over development cost, from the sale of Myers Park property toward the purchase of new airport property. These are fairly broad agreements, the details still to be worked out.

In any case, the Committee is strictly a source of recommendation. The full Council still has to approve any specific plans or recommendations and come up with a way to fund the project.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

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Carthage Farm & Home Supply, Inc.

The Super Handyman

Painting can be a lot of fun. One thing that really helps is having the right tools.

When it comes to painting something like a railing, whether it’s round or carved, the best tool is a painting mitt. Basically, it’s just a mitten with a fleece covering on the outside. The fleece holds the paint and makes it easy to apply just by grabbing the piece and rubbing your hand over the irregular surface.

If you’ve got a pair of old fleecy mittens that are ready for the scrap heap, you’ve got a paint mitt.

Wear a rubber or latex glove under the mitten to keep the paint from soaking through to your hand.

Dear Al & Kelly: I recently patched a small hole in my bedroom wall. I speeded up the process by drying the compound with my hair dryer. I used a low heat setting so it wouldn’t dry too quickly but was able to do two coats of the stuff in just a couple of hours instead of waiting overnight. I even painted that evening, and you can hardly tell where I made the patch. -S.C.

Be sure not to dry paint too fast, or it might crack or shrink.

Dear Al & Kelly: This spring we made our own stepping stones from concrete. It was easy. The only hard part was mixing the concrete, but we found as easier way to do that. We put the mix and the water into a small plastic garbage can with a lid that sealed on tightly. Then we just rolled the can around on its side until the concrete was mixed thoroughly. The concrete poured easily into our mold. It was fast and neat. The can just washed out with a garden hose spray, and we use it inside again. -P.K.

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