No Free Use of Memorial Hall.

The Public Services Committee, which oversees Memorial Hall, remained consistent last Wednesday evening and again denied a request for free rent for use of the building.

The request came from Mikel Cole on behalf of Victorian Carthage. The Committee has based the policy of no free rent on the past recommendations of the City Attorney. The State Attorney General has issued several opinions stating that cities must charge market value for use of any public facilities. This includes nonprofit group activities.

In other business, the Committee was asked to allow staff authority to set deposit amounts for events that take place in the Hall based on the likelihood of the event producing damage or excessive clean up expenses. The Committee already allows an increase in deposit requirements for specific events, but at this time they must be approved on an individual basis.

After some discussion concerning the legal issues, enforceability and types of event that would be affected, the Committee requested more information before acting on the request.

Just Jake Talkin'
Mornin',

The City budget will be in final reading tomorrow night durin’ the regular meetin’. From all indications it will pass without much fuss. The only real holdup (no pun intended) was the Council refusin’ to accept a $50,000 reduction in the transfer from CW&EP to the City. The Board of Public Works voted to not push the issue last Thursday and will include the full $1,108,000 transfer in their budget. The $500,000 held in reserve toward a new airport drew some opposition, but not enough to cause much concern among aviation supporters.

The only substantial last minute reduction came in the form of cuttin’ the amount set aside as incentives for new developers. The overall amount was chopped from $200,000 to $100,000 for street and curb and gutter reimbursement. Nobody seems too upset with the total package.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

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Carthage Farm & Home Supply, Inc.

The Super Handyman

by Al Carrell and Kelly Carrell

When you are taking something apart and you've got a lot of small parts to keep up with, you really need an organization system that works.

One of the easiest solutions is to grab a piece of thin cardboard and fold it back and forth, accordion style. The folded cardboard gives you lots of channels in which to rest the parts. You can even arrange them, from top to bottom, in the order that they were removed.

It's a simple way to organize, and won't cost you much time or any money.

Dear Al & Kelly: I like the hand cleaner that I buy for my shop. It's less expensive to buy it by the gallon instead of the smaller dispenser bottles. I use old dishwashing-liquid and shampoo bottles as my dispensers. I save a lot of money in the process and am doing my part to recycle as well. - I.S.

The key to a shop-vacuum's power is a tight seal around the canister. Over the years, with normal shop abuse the seal might develop cracks or cuts, or otherwise get damaged - and that can mean air leaks. You can repair the seal in just a few minutes with some peel-and-stick foam weather-stripping.

Just cut the foam strips to the size needed to cover the gap in the original gasket and stick the foam in place.

Then, when you turn on your shop vac, you should have more power. And who doesn't like to have more power?

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