Mornin' Mail

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Wednessday, March 10, 1999 Volume VII, Number 187

Did Ya Know?. . .The Carthage Community Band will hold their Spring concert at 2:30 Sunday, March 14 at the Webb City H.S. Auditorium and 7:30 Monday, March 15 in the Columbus, Kan. H.S. Auditorium. No admission.

Did Ya Know?. . .The Carthage Police Department will hold Neighborhood Meetings from 7 p.m.-8 p.m. on March 16 at Columbian School, March 22 at Carhtage Sr. High, and April 12 at the Memorial Hall.

today's laugh

How far back do you trace your ancestors?

Well, I had an uncle who was traced all the way out to San Francisco before they got him.

I accused my wife of taking a quarter out of my pocket. She said she didn't know I had a quarter, and in the second place she never put her hands in my pockets in her life, and in the third place, she says the pocket where I had the quarter had a hole in it.

I would like to marry your daughter.

Well, sir, you can leave your name and address, and if nothing better turns up, we can notify you.

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INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of Events as they have Transpired in the City and County since our last Issue.

KICKED BY A HORSE.

Eli Wick an Aged Citizen of Carthage Seriously Hurt.

Eli Wick a well known citizen of Carthage was seriously injured this forenoon about 10:30 o'clock by being kicked by a horse. He was out in the barn lot at his residence property on South Garrison avenue and was leading a calf by a horse when the animal kicked at the calf but missing it struck Mr. Wick on the right hip just below the joint breaking the bone. His hip was badly cut and bruised by the horse's shoe.

Doctors R. F. Brooks and L. I. Matthews were summoned by telephone and reduced the fracture which was a compound one. The pain from the hurt was intense and shock will be a very severe one for Mr. Wick to bear as he is 75 years of age and not very strong. It will be a long time before he will be able to be about. He is now getting along as well as could be expected.

Today's Feature

Down to Brass Tacks.

The Budget/Ways and Means Committee met in City Hall Monday night to continue the discussion of the five year capital improvement plan. The Committee has been sifting through nearly $16 million in proposed projects for the various City Departments. The discussion included not only the task of prioritizing and culling some of the projects, it also touched on ways to increase City revenue in the long term.

Various methods of revenue enhancement were brought up. The practice of aggressively seeking State and Federal grants was high on the list to help with large street and storm water projects. Funding to upgrade or expand services such as the Park Department might come from bond issues, property tax or a small sales tax increase.

"If you are going for public support," commented Council member Mike Harris, "I think you’d be better off going with the sales tax rather than a levy increase."

"We have to ask the question," said Committee Chair Boyer, "and get it out in the open. Let’s not be shy about talking about these things, that’s our responsibility."

Just Jake Talkin'
Mornin',

I can remember how excited I was when I got that photo of a rabbit layin’ in the wheat field behind our house. ‘Course those days it took near a week to get back the black and white pictures of the time.

When I got the film back I looked at amazement at a picture of what looked like long grass, but no rabbit. At first I figured it was just an accidental shot. But the more I looked at it I could barely make out a spot where the rabbit was. He was there all right, the picture just didn’t show him in the shadows. I showed the picture to several, but they didn’t think I ever saw any rabbit, let alone got a picture of one. I finally gave up tryin’ to convince anyone what a great wildlife photographer I was.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

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Weekly Column

Intro 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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