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The Mornin' Mail is published daily Tuesday, July 7, 1998 Volume VII, Number 15

did ya know?
Did ya know?. . .Starting July 1, 1998, Economic Security Corporation will have available cooling assistance for Barton, Jasper, Newton, and McDonald Counties. The program’s purpose is to help these families and individuals keep their electricity on during the summer months. Households must be income eligible.

today's laugh

"Yes, Ma’am," the old salt confided to the inquisitive lady, "I fell over the side of the ship, and a shark he came along and grabbed me by the leg."

"And what did you do?"

"Let him have the leg, o’ course, ma’am. I never argues with sharks."

"Crop failures?" asked the old timer.

"Yes, I’ve seen a few in my day. In 1898 the corn crop was almost nothing. We cooked some for dinner, and my father ate fourteen acres of corn at one meal!"

Two farmers , sitting by the stove, were engaging in a little exaggeration fest.

"Naow, I oncet had a nephew," said one, "who was as fast a critter as ever I see. Why he used tew hev people shoot at him, and then outrun the bullet for five miles and get clean away."

""Wal, yew won’t think that’s so fast when yew hear about my cousin. Why that man could blow out the light and then be undressed by the time the room got dark."

1898
INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of Events as they have Transpired in the City and County since our last Issue.

How to Address Soldiers.

Numerous inquiries have been made at the post office, says the Kansas City Times, as to how letters to men in the army, especially the volunteer army, should be addressed. The local authorities say that correspondence should be directed to the place where the regiment is in camp, stating the company and regiment of which the man is a member, as, for example, "Henry Jones, Company C, Third Regiment, Missouri Volunteers, Jefferson Barracks, Mo."

The letters are first delivered at headquarters of the camp, where they are sorted and turned over to the adjuntants of various battalions.

To be a Nurse in Cuba.

Miss Minnie Richie, a sister of Mrs. Judge Waters of this city, who has been superintendent of the Silver Cross hospital at Joliet, Illinois, for the past two years, has resigned that position to tender her services as nurse to the United States army in Cuba.

Miss Richie is a graduated nurse and had five years experience in the Cook County Hospital at Chicago before she became superintendent of the hospital in Joliet.

Some of the older residents of Carthage may remember her as she taught in the Carthage schools about ten years ago and made her home with her sister, Mrs. Waters.

Today's Feature

Busy Schedule in July.

This month will be filled with activities in and around the Carthage area. Precious Moments Week is occurring this week as reported in yesterday’s Mail.

Another annual event, the Summerfest Dulcimer Festival will be held this year at the Big Barn RV Park just south of town. This will be the 7th Annual gathering sponsored by the Ozark Wilderness Dulcimer Club. Workshops will be conducted for the mountain and Hammered Dulcimer, autoharp, fiddle, accordion, saw, spoons, mouth bow, bass fiddle, and others. The cost for the entire weekend with workshops is $30. The entire weekend of entertainment without workshops is $10. No Alcoholic Beverages allowed.

The American Heritage Festival and Expo ‘98 will utilize Red Oak II and the Precious Moments Convention Center for the three days of July 17,18, & 19. The event will feature a multitude of speakers and vendors from all across the United States. The event is being promoted by Terry and Janice Reed and will also feature such events as a greased pig contest, goat ropin’ canoe racin’ and sack races. Cost is $39.95 for an all event pass.

Household Hazardous Waste Trailer

release from Region M

Solid Waste Management District

The Region M Solid Waste Management District would like to announce the first Mobile Household Hazardous Waste Collection Program for Jasper County.

The Jasper County Fairgrounds, located at the Municipal Park in Carthage, MO., agreed to host the collection site on July 25, 1998 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Mobile Household Hazardous Waste Collection Program will be operated as follows:

Any resident that resides in Jasper County may call the Region M SWMD at 800-788-3515 to schedule an appointment to bring their household hazardous waste, limited to 5 gallons or 50 pounds, to the collection site. A total of 150 appointments will be made for residents that live inside Jasper County. An additional 50 residents will be placed on a standby list in case there is space left on the mobile trailers. These residents will be called to bring their items to the collection site as space permits.

The following is an example list of the material that will be collected at the site (if there is questionable material, describe the contents to the Region M SWMD representative making the appointment):

Household cleaners, drain openers, disinfectants; automotive products (antifreeze, motor oil, brake fluid, etc.); lawn and garden ( pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers, etc.); home improvement products (paint, thinner, varnish, stripper, etc.); photography chemicals and pool supplies. This is not an all inclusive list.

NO explosives of any kind will be accepted!!!!!

This program was funded through a grant received from the Department of Natural Resources and administered by the Solid Waste Districts of M, N, O and the City of Springfield. The three districts jointly applied for a project grant to provide funding for the construction of a mobile household hazardous waste trailer, technicians and chemist, supplies and processing of the material for final disposal. Additional in-kind match was provided by the City of Springfield for training of volunteers, counties for transportation of the trailer and volunteer time spent at each collection site. The Mobile Household Hazardous Waste Collection Program will be providing this service, free of charge, to residents that live in the 15 county areas of Southwest Missouri.

If additional information is needed or if anyone would like to volunteer for this program please contact Beth Spears, Region M SWMD Office, at 1-800-788-3515 or 782-3515.

Commentary

Martin "Bubs" Hohulin

State Representative, District 126

Have you ever been faced with the choice of doing what would be best for you or doing what would be best for everyone? This year I found myself on the horns of such a dilemma. Fortunately, the choice was easy to make and I never doubted which way to support. I am talking about the recent attempt to place on the ballot a proposal which would have funded political campaigns in Missouri with taxpayer dollars.

Ask any politician what their least favorite part of the job is and ninety-nine percent of them, (myself included), will say raising money. Having the taxpayers foot the bill for political campaigns would have eliminated that unpleasant aspect of the job, but at what a price! It would have cost the taxpayers of Missouri millions! The thinking was thatit would keep the influence of money out of politics.

That is a noble thought, but probably overblown. The vast majority of people that make political contributions do so because they agree with the views of the candidates. Very few, if any, contributions are made in an attempt to change a legislator’s mind on an issue. As an example, I don’t receive any money from labor unions or abortion providers.

Our political system was set up so people could, and should, get involved in the process. They can support, or not support, any candidates as much as they want. To force them to support a candidate against their wishes goes against the whole idea of a representative republic. I know I wouldn’t want my money going to support a candidate whose vies were completely opposite of mine, and yet that is just what would happen under this proposal.

As it turns out, this issue now appears to be dead for at least a couple years. Ironically, it is being postponed because of the group not being able to raise enough money to wage a statewide campaign! The group, Missouri Voters for Clean Elections, had gathered enough signatures to put the proposal on the November ballot, but then came the issue of money! Like I said, I would love to have you pay for my campaign whether you wanted to or not, but that whole idea is just wrong. The process should be voluntary. Missouri’s citizens don’t need one more hand of government in their pockets taking out their hard-earned money.

Just Jake Talkin'
Mornin',

I find it useful to lose somethin' ever now and then. Nothin' seems ta motivate gettin' rid of those things ya figure might come in handy some day like tryin' ta find somethin' ya need right now.

That old pair a roller skates that ya thought might actually be used at some point in your life suddenly becomes a startin' place for a heap of junk. I continues with that tennis racket that needs restringin'.

If your really on a roll, you'll find a trunk or two that will barely hold together under the load of your other "treasures" long enough to get to the curb. Havin' an empty box always helps the motivation. Ya keep lookin' for junk to fill it with. No use wastin' a good box.

The worst thing is if ya find what your lookin' for too early in the day. Now ya got a big mess and no need to continue. At least you can still brag to how smart ya are not to throw anything out.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin'.