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Monday, May 24, 1999 Volume VII, Number 240
did ya
know?
Did Ya Know?. . .The 3rd Annual
Kiwanis "J.T. Prigmore" Senior Golf Classic is
scheduled for May 27, 1999. Details are at the Carthage
Municipal Golf Course.
Did Ya Know?. . .Storytimes for
Chautauqua week will be presented at 4 p.m. on Tues.,
Wed., Thurs. and Fri., June 1-4 for children seven to
twelve years old at the Carthage Public Library. Call the
YPL desk for more information on events.
Did Ya Know?. . .The Kiwanis
Kiddieland in the Municipal Park will be open by late May
on Saturdays and Sundays from 2-6 p.m. For more
information call 358-9472.
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today's
laugh
Do you prefer an English saddle or a
Western?
What's the difference?
The Western saddle has a horn.
I don't think I'll need the horn. I
don't intend to ride in heavy traffic.
You know, they are so smart in Paris
that even the little kids speak French!
How much money do you have on you
tonight?
Well, between ninety-eight and a
hundred dollars.
That's a lot of money.
Not such a lot - only two dollars.
1899
INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of Events as they have
Transpired in the City and County since our last Issue.
Likely to be a Short Berry Season.
Local berry growers say that the
strawberry season will likely be a short one this year,
for the reason that the berries have been set back by the
late spring and will ripen very rapidly when they once
begin. If this state of affairs prevails there will
probably be low prices and many strawberries canned and
preserved, for there is an unusually large crop of the
luscious fruit.
Chas. Boss is here with his wife for a
visit with his father, John W. Boss, of near Alba.
Eighteen or twenty years ago young Mr.
Boss learned the machinist's trade in the Carthage
foundry, then superintended by T. N. Davey, but for
twelve or fifteen years past he has been in charge of the
round house of the Frisco and Santa Fe railroads at
Paris, Texas.
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Today's Feature City Electric Discount Questioned.
The current practice of
CW&EP allowing a 30% discount for electricity
provided for City uses was discussed during the
regular CW&EP Board meeting last Thursday
afternoon in City Hall.
In 1993 an agreement was
reached between CW&E and the City to provide
City lighting at a reduced rate.According to
Board member Bill Putnam, the State Public
Service Commission has ruled that privately owned
utilities could not offer such discounts to
Cities.
"If that is the case, and
the Council intended us to be competitive with
other private suppliers, then we should not be
giving that 30% discount," Putnam said.
He pointed out that the City
would be required to pay an additional $92,000 a
year to CW&EP if the discount was eliminated.
As he was pushing toward that goal Mayor Kenneth
Johnson, who was in attendance, quietly reminded
the Board that they could just "give"
the power to the city. After a few seconds of
dead silence, the board suggested that the matter
be taken up with the City Attorney for further
investigation.
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Just Jake
Talkin'
Mornin',
I have no doubt that the
ordinance passed by the County to regulate
"Juice Bars" is favored by a good
number of the populace.
The main problem I have
with it is the imposin’ of unrealistic
regulations in an attempt to eliminate the
perceived problem. A typical drug
testin’ program for law enforcement
agencies involves checkin’ 25% of the
employees each quarter. This ordinance
requires all juice bar employees to be tested
monthly. The cost of this alone would drive
‘bout any small business out of the
County.
Most likely the result will
please many, but other business owners have
got to be gettin’ a little nervous. This
ordinance won’t cost many votes, but it
should make the business community a little
paranoid.
This is some fact, but
mostly,
Just Jake Talkin’.
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Weekly Column
The Super Handyman
Dear Kelly: My garage isn't
much of a workshop, but I have collected quite a
few tools and have come up with some pretty
clever ways to store them. I have found one of
the handiest storage places is on the door going
out the side of the garage.
I hung a vinyl shoe bag over
the door, the kind with rows of pockets to hold
your shoes in. Well, you can put lots and lots of
tools and things into all those little pockets.
As long as you are not putting lots of heavy
things in, you can fill up each pocket. I use
them for small paint cans, hand tools, small
garden tools, instruction manuals and other
things. Plus, a shoe bag costs a lot less than a
fancy storage bin.
Q: Our home is not built on a
slab, and so some floors seem to have some bounce
to them. Is this bad? Is there anything I can or
should do to get rid of the bounce?
A: If you have enough of a
crawl space to get under the house, you can
install "bridging" support between the
floor joists.
It can be in the form of
2-inch-thick members nailed at right angles to
the joists or metal bridging units that are
screwed in place.
You would place the pieces
about 7 feet apart.
Bridging would give the floor
more rigidity.
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