CW&EP Centennial Celebration.

This morning's Carthage Chamber of Commerce Good News Carthage gathering will act as the kick off for CW&EP's celebration of a century of service to Carthage. Business and community leaders will get a first hand look at the electrical generation plant this morning at the breakfast sponsored by the publicly-owned utility.

The citizens of Carthage established the authority for the electric portion of the utility with the approval of a $25,000 bond issue to purchase two steam driven 90 kilowatt dynamos on November 23, 1898. A separate Board of Public Works was established in 1907 and CW&EP became responsible for the water supply for the community. In 1924 the utility also took over the operation of the wastewater disposal plant. The Carthage Fire Department was under the supervision of CW&EP between 1942 and 1991.

Other activities are planned for the Centennial observance and will be announced at a later date. A display of photographs and memorabilia can be seen at the CW&EP office on the square. A booklet with a short history will soon be available.

Just Jake Talkin'
Mornin',

It's time ta get out those walkin' shoes.

The annual Maple Leaf Walk is this Sunday and will officially start Maple Leaf Week festivities. The activities are sponsored by McCune Brooks Hospital and the $8 entry fee includes a complimentary T-shirt. If ya wait till the day of the event to register, it's gonna cost ya an extra two bucks, so sign up now at the Chamber office, Poor Richards, or Sirloin Stockade.

They will have a "sag wagon" followin' the walkers over the four mile course in case ya don't feel like makin' the whole trip. And there will be a two mile rest stop for a little break.

The walk starts at 2 p.m. on the square and will end around 3:30 at Central Park for refreshments and an award ceremony for various "fun" categories.

Ever'one is encourage to walk at their own pace.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin'.

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Carthage Printing Services

Intro to the Internet.

There are a lot of great reasons to use the Internet. Here’s a couple of reasons why most people spend time on-line.

* Electronic Mail- Ask anyone who uses it and they’ll tell you life wouldn’t be the same without it . Electronic Mail ( or E/Mail) is a great way of communicating on the Internet. Not only can you send and receive letters but you can also attach documents ( files, ect.) to your messages.

* Research - The Internet holds an enormous amount of information from all corners of the earth. You can access on-line Encyclopedias, Libraries, Ect. to gain information on almost any topic you might be looking for. Once you find that information, you can print it (as well as any pictures you might see) or save it to a disk.

* Business - Look up telephone numbers in an interactive phone book, access competitor sites, track UPS of Fedex packages, plan a business trip, or simply order a pizza on-line. The list of things that could help you at work is endless!

* Advertising - for a small fee you can put your own company on-line! Advertise your product where up to 50 million people could have access to it.

* Internet communications - Create a secure (employee only) Internet site where you could store data and information useful to your employees.

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