today's
laugh
I came in a taxi. The fare was $3.10
but the driver didn't have the change for a five, so I
had to ride around until the fare was five dollars.
Nice building. What style of
architecture is it?
I'm not quite sure-but I think it's
Reminiscence.
What are those buckets for on the shelf
in the backroom?
Can't you read? It says on them
"For Fire Only."
Then why do they put water in them?
You want me to give you a raise in
salary? Give me at least two good reasons.
Twins!
1899
INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of Events as they have
Transpired in the City and County since our last Issue.
New A.O.U.W. Officers.
The Ancient Order of United Workmen
held their annual election of officers, last night, at
the Masonic hall, which resulted as follows:
A.F. Lewis, master workman; John Blair,
foreman; Stephen Head, overseer; Ed T. Murdock, recorder;
Oscar D. Beem, receiver; Thos. Buckbee, financier; R.W.
Kilbourn, guide; Frank Baird, inside watchman; Chas. W.
Corwine, outside watchman; Dr. H.C. Hollingsworth,
medical examiner; J.B. Hoffman, past master workman; R.W.
Kilbourn, C.J. Tobias and Frank Baird were selected as an
auditing committee and Warren Woodward, J.M. Whitsett and
C.J. Tobias, as trustees.
The heavy snow in Kansas made Saturday
night's east bound Frisco over two hours late and Sunday
morning's train over four hours late. All other trains
were about on time.
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Today's Feature County 9-1-1 Releases Statistics.
The Jasper County Emergency
Services Board reported that the County 9-1-1
Center handled over 14,000 9-1-1 calls in 1998 as
well as another 12,000 calls via the old 7 digit
emergency lines. The 9-1-1 Team created over
40,000 events dispatching fire units to 6,249
calls, ambulances to 5,580 calls as well as
assisting police officers with 28,938 complaints.
Center Executive Director Bill Cade said that the
9-1-1 Team members provided pre arrival
instructions, aimed at saving lives and reducing
pain for several thousand callers, which included
those needing to perform CPR as well as help for
others that were choking, had shortness of breath
or serious bleeding.
The Board recently released
additional funding to assist local fire and
medical units in bringing their own radio
equipment up to current standards. In the past
three years, the Board has funded local equipment
improvements in excess of $155,000 for fire,
police and ambulance services directly dispatched
by the Center. Monetary support to assist call
transfer and alternate site agencies has exceeded
$425,000.
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Just Jake
Talkin'
Mornin',
Walked out the back door
the other day and saw prob'ly twenty or
thirty red birds congregated in one of our
bushes. Bein's as how there were both male
and female types, they musta been havin' some
sort of a social gatherin' I suppose.
The birds are most likely a
little confused by the recent weather
patterns as much as us humans. Saw a flock of
geese flyin' north a couple a weeks ago.
Winter must be over. ('cept for that last
blast that is sure ta come in February).
The squirrels have been
speedin' around like crazy too. Jumpin' from
branch to branch, up and down, 'round and
'round.
It's hard ta imagine those
folks livin' in the big city, not gettin' the
advantage of watchin' the ever'day animals we
take for granted. 'Course, they aren't so
cute when they start eatin' from my
strawberry patch.
This is some fact, but
mostly,
Just Jake Talkin'.
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Weekly Column
Into to the Internet.
Twelve percent of American
adults, or an estimated 20 million people, say
they have access to the Internet, according to a
recent Roper Poll. While many have described the
new technology as the "information
superhighway." for others, the Internet is
fast becoming "information RFD."
Rural American have an
opportunity to tap into a vast sea of information
about every topic imaginable by hooking up to the
Internet. Rural small business -ranging from
farmers and Ranchers, to budding
entrepreneurs-are keeping in touch with the
latest business know-how, watching the markets,
or advertising their products.
Fact is there are thousands of
sites already set up that provide information
specifically geared toward rural American, and
finding that information is as easy as starting
with a few good web site. Communicating for
Agriculture, a national nonprofit rural advocacy
group offers a few of the most user-friendly
sites: Communicating for Agriculture at
http://cainc.org, U.S. Census of Agriculture at
Http://govinfo.kerr.orst.edu/ag-stateis.html,
North Central Regional Center for Rural
Development at
http://www.ag.iastate,edu/centers/rdev/Rural
Dev.html, Progressive Farmer online at
http://pathfinder.com/FP/, From Safety 4 Kids at
Http://www.fs4jk.org/, and New Uses Council at
http://ag.arizona.edu/OALS/NUC/NUCHome.html.
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