| Today's Feature Carnahan Names Acting County Collector,
Eastern District Commissioner for Jasper County
Gov. Mel Carnahan announced
last Friday the appointment of Marian
"Art" Wilson of Carl Junction Acting
Collector for Jasper County and Ben E. Johnson of
Carthage Eastern District Commissioner for Jasper
County. County Clerk Margie Bull says the two
will be sworn in as soon as she receives the
official commission from the Secretary of State.
Wilson, 63, is the President
and owner of D'ANN Trucking Company, Inc. and the
Vice President of Wilson Trucking Company. He has
a B.S. degree in Business Administration and
Marketing from Pittsburg Stte University.
Johnson, 62, is a Production
Engineer for Eagle Picher Industries, Inc. He is
currently a member of the Carthage Board of
Public Works and a former councilman for the City
of carthage. He has a B.S. degree in History and
Political Science from Pittsburg State
University.
Wilson will replace Stephen
Holt who was removed from office and Johnson will
replace Mike Cloud who resigned.
Rotary Seeks
Exchange Students.
The local
Rotary clubs are interviewing high school
students who are interested in attending high
school overseas for a year as part of an
international student exchange program. Children
of non-Rotarians and children of Rotarians are
welcome to apply.
The qualifications for the year
long exchange program are that a student should
be in the upper third of his or her class, in
good physical condition, of good character and
emotionally stable, and between 15 and 18.5 years
old. Most importantly, he or she must be able and
willing to be a good ambassador.
The student, or parents, are
expected to pay travel costs, expenses related to
preparation, provide about $400 emergency money
and a monthly allowance. Total costs are about
$4,000. A $175 selection fee is required with the
completed application. Board, room, and schooling
are provided by the overseas host families. It is
generally accepted that Rotary runs the least
expensive best supervised Youth Exchange program
in the world.
The Rotary club in your town
needs your application before December 1st. The
Rotary district will conduct final interviews in
January. Those accepted will be notified in
January and will go overseas in the late summer
of 1999.
For an application, call a
local Rotary or check out the Rotary district
website at www.ri6110.org and select Youth
Exchange.
Halloween Fun Downtown.
news release Main Street
Carthage
Several activities will
highlight Halloween Treats Downtown Saturday,
October 31, 1:00 -4:30 p.m. Main Street Carthage,
Inc, sponsors the event.
Enjoy a Magic Show at 1:00 and
again at 3:00. Kerry Green, Magician and Galena,
KS, High School Sophomore, has been involved with
magic for eight years. He got started by bringing
home magic books from the Library and convincing
his father to help him build props. He says Lance
Burton is his favorite magician. Kerry has
performed locally at the Carthage Public Library.
Lamar Cloggers will perform a
high-energy demonstration complete with costumes
at 1:30. Carolyn Workman is their instructor.
At 2:00 Sue Godsey,
Professional Storyteller, will share stories and
tales that all ages will enjoy. Sue lives in
Carthage but teaches speech and drama at Carl
Junction High School. She claims she began
telling stories at age five after she broke Miss
Lurine's favorite vase and has since expanded her
repertoire to include folktales, fairytales,
myths and legends. Sue has performed in Texas and
SW Missouri at festivals, libraries, and
coffeehouses; and also presents workshops on
storytelling and creative dramatics for classroom
teachers. Another storytelling session is
scheduled for 3:30.
Winners of the Pumpkin
Decorating Contest will be announced at 4:00.
Prizes will be awarded in three categories:
Funniest, Scariest, and most original. Deadline
for entry in Wednesday, October 28, 5 p.m. From
The Heart Craft Shop, 410 South Main, is
sponsoring this contest. For additional rules
call 359-5588 or 358-4974.
A Costume Contest will be held
at 4:00 with prizes awarded in these age groups:
Birth to age 4; Ages 5-8; Ages 9-13; and 14 and
over.
Additional activities include:
Old Time Games and Toys presented by the George
Washington Carver National Monument; Hay Rides;
AND treats from Downtown Merchants. One Shot
Portraits by Morgan Studio will also be available
with a portion of the proceeds donated to Main
Street Carthage.
An adult MUST accompany
children. For additional information contact the
Main Street Carthage Office at 417 358-4974.
email
Enjoyed a cup
of coffee and the Mornin’ Mail a couple
months ago in Carthage.
I have visited and looked for
property in that area for several years...
Know of anyone who has a
"piece of Rt. 66" for sale ? Would love
to find an old mom & pop store—service
station——etc etc.
Have a wonderful day.
Sincerely,
Jack & Judy Knudsen
P.S. Bet the Maple trees in
Carthage are wonderful about now.....
Commentary
Martin
"Bubs" Hohulin
State
Representative, District 126
This time of
year it seems as though all political talk is
dominated by the upcoming elections. However, the
day to day business of representation still goes
on. This time of year it is a welcome change from
all the thirty second sound bites on radio and
TV. It is a good reminder of what the job is
really all about.
This week the Department of
Transportation seemed to dominate my schedule.
Three other legislators and I met with officials
of the Department to go over a variety of things.
Items I brought up for discussion included the
outdated bridge on V highway, the Fairview exit,
the better accommodation of big trucks on 160
highway, and the four-way stop at 160 and 71. I
was told these projects are all on schedule
within the next 24 months except for the bridge
on V. I was also told that it has been decided to
put a stop light at 71 and 160.
We were also informed about the
new highway bill recently passed by congress. It
will be a better deal for Missouri than in years
past. Previously, Missouri only got back about 87
cents out of every dollar it sent in to the
federal government. Under the new bill we will
get back about 94 cents. Included in the bill
were some specific projects and 71 highway is
included in some of those projects.
There were also some tough
questions asked about the accusations being
leveled by Farm Bureau and others about
misspending of the six cent gas tax increase of
1992. That was the debacle that found that all
the promises made to get enough votes to pass the
measure were underfunded by about 14 BILLION
dollars. We weren’t given many specifics
then but were told it would be addressed in an
accountability report that will be released on
November 9. This report is part of the
legislation we passed last session in wake of the
discovery of the under funded projects.
I also brought up the subjects
of mowing the roadsides and the amount of Johnson
Grass along the highways. I was told the chemical
they used didn’t work very well this year. I
asked about using Roundup and was told that
currently it didn’t meet their
specifications even though it is a better product
and no more expensive. This is indicative of what
I’ve written about in the past that broad
mandates from Jefferson City can easily cause
more problems than they solve. I was told though,
that they are going to try to change the
specifications so that Roundup can be used next
year. I also thanked them for the increased
mowing that has been done in the area this year
and asked that it be continued and even expanded
next year.
A few days later I met with
some of the same folks and the superintendent of
Jasper School to talk about some speeding
problems in front of the school. I don’t
have enough room left to go into all the possible
solutions, but I think we came up with some
workable answers.
As usual, I can be reached at
House Post Office, State Capitol, Jefferson City,
MO 65101 or 1-800-878-7126 or
mhohulin@services.state.mo.us for your questions,
comments, and advice.
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