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Wednesday, February 10, 1998 Volume VII, Number 167
did ya
know?
Did Ya Know?. . .The Carthage Public Library will be closed
Monday, February 15 for Presidents Day.
Did Ya Know?. . .ESL Tutors are
needs to teach conversation and reading to immigrants.
The ESL Tutor Workshop will be held Sat., Feb. 13 at the
Family Neighborhood Center at 706 Orchard located on the
east side of the Eugene Field Center. It will be from 8
a.m. to 1 p.m. Call 358-5926 for more information.
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today's
laugh
I've eaten beef all my life and I'm as
strong as an ox.
That's funny. I've eaten fish all my
life and I can't swim a stroke.
We had a magician for dinner last
night. When we served him some stewed rabbit, he tasted
it and left the table immediately.
Father said it was unusual.
What was so unusual about that?
That really is unusual, because it's
probably the first time on record that a rabbit made a
magician disappear.
If Shakespeare were here today, he
would be looked on as a remarkable man.
Yes, he'd be more than three hundred
years old.
There are so many mortgages on his car
he has to drive it in second gear.
1899
INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of Events as they have
Transpired in the City and County since our last Issue.
BETHEL BAPTIST CTHEHURCH.
Another chapter in the history of the
Bethel Baptist Church was closed today when
"General" Andrew Jackson, who was formerly one
of the board of trustees of the church, was given a
favorable decision in a law suit, upon the result of
which depended the ownership of the edifice.
The finances of the church have had a
checkered career. It has never been free from debt since
it was built some eight years ago.
At about the time the building, a nice
looking brick structure, was completed
"General" Jackson, so his statement in court
showed, paid $282.15 of the expenses incurred in the
building, in order to prevent mechanics liens being
placed on the church by the workmen. Later a mortgage on
the building was given him which was secured by a deed of
trust.
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Today's Feature Airport Negotiations Moving Again.
Attorney Stephen J. Moore,
attorney for the Memorial Airport Committee,
Inc., confirmed yesterday that a draft proposal
has been sent to City Attorney David Mouton.
Moore did not go into any details of what
conditions the Memorial Airport Committee was
proposing. The committee filed suit in November
of 1996 asking that the City be required, among
other things, "to deposit all proceeds
obtained from any sale of all or any part of the
Myers Memorial Airport Property into a separate,
segregated fund for the construction and
operation of a new Myers Airport."
The draft is the first evidence
that meetings between the City and
representatives of the Committee last fall may
have produced some movement in the City wide
debate raging since the airport was closed.
The Council voted last year to
set aside $500,000 that was earmarked to go
toward the purchase of land for a new airport.
City Administrator Tom Short has reported to the
Council that a survey of one proposed site is
near completion. The survey is the first of many
steps necessary to have the property appraised.
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Just Jake
Talkin'
Mornin',
My dad tells the story of
when he was a kid a guy asked him and his
buddy if they'd like ta work. The buddy asked
how much it paid. The guy say he'll pay a
quarter. Dad took the offer. His buddy said
no, he already had a quarter.
I've never really been able
to sort out 'xactly what that story relates
to. I think Dad looks at as just an example
of bein' a little on the stupid side. That's
prob'ly all there is to it, but it has always
seemed to be some hidden meanin' in the
buddy's logic, or should I say lack of logic.
The really aggravatin' part
of the situation is no matter how much ya
might have tried to convinced the buddy he
wasn't thinkin' straight, he wouldn't have
listened. The cold fact was that he had a
quarter and he apparently didn't see the need
to have two. I wonder what the response would
have been to six bits.
This is some fact, but
mostly,
Just Jake Talkin'.
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Weekly Column
Intro to the Internet.
One of the biggest
misconceptions about the Internet is that it was
planned. The Internet was indirectly created back
in the ‘60’s by the U.S. government
during the Cold War. The government was tired of
mailing magnetic tapes back and forth between
computers. So they decided to devise a way to
link computers together using cables.
The first concern the
government had in doing this was that the system
had to be very robust. Meaning if one computer
crashes or was disconnected the other computers
needed to be able to stay working. They wanted a
design whereby they could connect and disconnect
computers all day without disturbing any of the
other computers on the network. Any of you who
have looked through Christmas tree lights for
that one burned out bulb can appreciate the
design they were looking for.
In order to manage this huge
project the government created an organization
called Advanced Research Project Agency (ARPA).
Later this new network was called the ARPANET. I
personally like Internet better.
At the end of the
‘70’s and the seeming ease of the Cold
War, this incredible network was losing it
financial backing. At this time the government
began to invite science organizations and
universities to use the network for their
purposes.
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