| Today's Feature Airport and Asphalt Considered.
The City Council is scheduled
to vote during tonight’s regular meeting on
Council bill 99-24 to authorize the Mayor to sign
a contract with Hunter Appraisals for appraisal
of proposed airport property. The bill was
postponed from the last meeting due to lack of
pricing. Hunter Appraisals has since submitted a
bid of $3,500 for the project. The contract calls
for the appraisal of 153.9 acres of property and
14.735 acres of Avigation Easement appraisal.
The Council is also scheduled
to vote on the City’s annual applied asphalt
contract. The Public Works Committee has
recommend approving the bid submitted by Masters
Jackson for $21.00 per applied ton. The bid was
twenty-five cents per ton less than the other bid
received from Blevins Asphalt Construction
Company. Street Commissioner Tom Shelley told the
Council that the difference in the two bids, when
all materials necessary were considered, was less
than $1,000. Shelley requested approximately
$130,000 in his annual budget for the projects
covered by the contract.
The Council meets on the second
and fourth Tuesday at 7:30 in City Hall.
Leadership
Carthage Graduation Planned
news release
The Carthage Chamber of
Commerce is pleased to announce the candidates
for the first graduating class of Leadership
Carthage. They are Jeannette Clem, Cheryle
Finley, Rena Schlueter, John Stevens Jr., Doug
Studyvin, T. Ross Turner, Wendy VanGilder, Mike
White, Bob Williams, Jeff Williams, Tony Wright
and Larry Young.
The graduation ceremonies will
take place Thursday, May 13, 1999 at Broadview
Country Club. Dr. Ken Bowman, Superintendent of
Carthage R-9 Schools will be the guest speaker.
At this ceremony, each class member will have
earned a diploma for their efforts to learn of
what Carthage has to offer.
This class was blessed with
several members of the banking community. Two
work for Southwest Missouri Bank - Jeannette
Clem, Vice President in Charge of Cashiers and
Doug Studyvin, Vice President. Two students work
with NationsBank - Cheryle Finley is the Customer
Service Manager and Mike White is their Senior
Banking Executive. One student is with Hometown
Bank, N.A. - Jeff Williams is their Executive
Vice President.
Two Carthage area title
companies had students enrolled in this year's
class. Rena Schlueter is the Office Manager of
JCT Title Services and Wendy VanGilder is the
Office Manager of Abbey Title Company.
We had two members of the class
from production industries of the area. John
Stevens, Jr. is the Distribution Manager at
Schreiber Foods, Inc. and T. Ross Turner is the
Manager of Product & Process Development with
Flew-O-Lators.
The remaining three students
glean from the service industries of our area.
Bob Williams is the Interim General Manager with
Carthage Water & Electric, Tony Wright is the
Chief Financial Officer with McCune-Brooks
Hospital, and Larry Young is an Account Executive
with Southwest Missouri Cable TV.
During this 13 week course, the
students have explored much of what Carthage has
to offer. They visited businesses, historic
locations and governmental offices which
influence and affect the Carthage area. They
explored the school system within Carthage as
well as the judicial system. They even saw some
of the acting talent within the area.
Commentary
Martin "Bubs" Hohulin
State Representative District 126
We are down to
the last week of this year’s Session and it
has pretty much remained fairly quiet. One of the
bills that was passed earlier in the Session is
picking up some controversy now that it is on the
Governor’s desk awaiting his signature. I am
talking about the bill clarifying the ban on
cockfighting and bear wrestling the voters passed
a while back. The latest turn of events is
proving to be very interesting.
This proposal was put on the
ballot by the initiative petition process by a
group of environmentalists and animal rights
folks. During the election we kept hearing that
all they wanted to do was outlaw cockfighting and
bear wrestling. If you remember, we were assured
that they had no interest in going after rodeos,
fishing or hunting. The language in their
proposal was very vague and made references to
animal baiting and left some doubt as to the
status of rodeos.
Earlier this Session we passed
a bill that clarified the language in the law. We
specifically tied it down to only cockfighting
and bear wrestling and at the same time,
specifically said that rodeos, hunting, and
fishing would not be affected by the law. After
all, that is what the folks pushing the proposal
said they wanted to do. You would think everyone
would be happy, but not so.
Currently, Gov. Carnahan’s
office is being swamped with all sorts of bunny
huggers and tree huggers calling his office and
asking him to veto the bill. Don’t you find
this a little interesting? The new bill does
exactly what the original purported to do,
outlaws cockfighting and bear wrestling while
providing protection for rodeos, hunting, and
fishing. If that is all they wanted to do in the
first place, why are they against this bill and
are asking the governor to veto it? Maybe there
was a hidden agenda in the original intent.
I don’t normally call for
activism in these columns, but I have already
called the governor’s office and asked him
to sign the bill. If you enjoy hunting, fishing,
or rodeos and don’t want to see these
activities taken away, I urge you to do the same.
His number is 573-751-3222 or you can call my
office at 1-800-878-7126 and we will transfer you
to his office.
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, or advice.
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