The Ruling Against Candidate Butler.

The May 6th filing for appeal of Judge David Darnold’s May 5th ruling that Susan Butler was not a qualified candidate for Circuit Judge of Division II of the Jasper County Circuit Court will have to move quickly to beat the May 26 final certification date for candidates. That is the last day that candidates can be placed on the ballot for the August 4 primary. Butler filed to run against David Dally for the position.

Judge Darnold’s ruling stated that Butler failed to meet the qualification of being a "qualified voter" for a period of three years before preceding her selection. One definition cited was from the Missouri Court of Appeals, in circumstances "strikingly similar" to this case as being "one who appearing at the proper polling place may receive and cast a ballot in any regular or special election...(W)e do not believe...that one not qualified to vote in his own election might serve..."

The Court found that although Butler had possibly been a resident of Jasper County for three years, she only registered to vote in Jasper County on March 6, 1998 and would not meet time requirement.

Just Jake Talkin'
Mornin',

The, up ta now, fairly quiet Budget Hearings may liven up a little tonight. The question of "hold harmless" funds is supposed ta be discussed and other subjects that have thus far been put aside may start to erupt. The fundin’ for sidewalk repairs has been pretty well accepted, except it came only with the understandin’ that how the money would be spent was left for discussion later in the year. A $180,000 has been tentatively been accepted as the amount to be used for the new fire sub-station, even though we haven’t yet seen any plans or accurate estimates on cost.

Some discussion of storm water runoff problems and fundin’ for solutions is prob’ly also in the works. There is still close to a million bucks settin’ outside the budget that could be spent. The interestin’ part may still be to be seen.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

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Carthage Farm & Home Supply

The Super Handyman.

A whole lot of folks decide that spring is a good time of the year to paint. It sort of goes along with spring cleaning. If you plan to be painting with a brush right form the can, you should install a half-lid before you start painting.

All you need is a relatively clean lid from an old can of paint. Use tin snips to cut the lid in half, then place half on your new can. As you work from the can, you can wipe off you brush on the half-lid. That way, all the paint drips will end up back in the can instead of in the rim or on the side of the can.

It's a pretty neat way to cut down on cleanup time later.

Dear Al & Kelly: When you don't finish a tube of caulk and you want to save the rest of it, you can stick a long gutter pike into the tube. It works quite well. I used to just replace the cap, but I might as well have thrown out the tube, because the caulk just didn't last that way. If the gutter pike is too large for the hole's diameter, you can use a long nail instead. It's easy to get started with the half-used caulk, too, since you just pull out the pike or nail and you're ready to go. - D.A.

A SUPER HINT - If you need to install a screw into the end grain of a piece of lumber, install a dowel into the side of the wood, perpendicular to the screw and about midway the length of it. That way the screw has something more substantial to grab.

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