Mayor Disagrees.

The announcement by the Carthage Chamber of Commerce that Board of Directors’ meetings will be closed to the public and the media has met with mixed reactions.

"I disagree with them," Mayor Kenneth Johnson told the Mornin’ Mail Friday after a new conference at the Chamber headquarters. Johnson attended the event.

"Why are they afraid to have open meetings?" Johnson asked. "It makes it look like they are trying to hide something."

The City of Carthage appropriated nearly $90,000 to the Chamber for various contracted activities for next year. Johnson says this amounts to at least a third of the organization’s budget. In addition, the State and the Joplin Convention and Visitor’s Bureau will provide matching funds that adds nearly 70,000 more tax dollars for tourism promotion to the groups overall budget.

The recently completed audit showed an annual unrestricted revenue of the Chamber to be $212,570. Expenses for management and general services were $118,374 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999. Membership dues accounted for $90,353 in revenue for the year.

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Just Jake Talkin'
Mornin',

 

They say that the worst thing about a cow bein’ at the back of a line is that the view never changes. ‘Course the good thing is ya don’t have ta do much thinkin’ as ya wonder through the pasture.

I prob’ly heard that story from some motivational speaker at one time or another over the last twenty years. Looks like they’d come up with an original way to illustrate the point.

I suppose they’re like most of us, we get used to ploddin’ along the path and don’t really wanna be bothered ta change. Even if the view isn’t that great.

I’ve walked a few cow paths. No matter where ya are in line, you still have ta watch your step.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’

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Workman's Loan

the Super Handyman

Dear Al: I love the new grill my kids bought for me. I cleaned it up really well before I stored it for the winter. In the process, I discovered I had a couple of rust spots to remove. With no rust remover, I tried cider vinegar as a substitute and was amazed at how well it worked. I let it sit on the rust spots for several hours, and when I washed it off, the rust was completely gone. It was certainly less expensive than the commercial product. I have painted these areas now and stored away the grill. Just thought I would let you in on my money-saving secret.

Dear Al & Kelly: Miniblinds might be a good way to keep the sun out of your home, but they are a pain to clean. At least they were until I discovered an easy way to do it. I let them all the way out, then close them and take them down. Next I lay them on my driveway over a bedsheet and spray them with some household cleaner, using a string mop to scrub them down. Then I rinse them off. You have to be gentle with them, but my method gets them really clean really fast. I usually hang mine on the fence to dry, but you don't have to. You only have to clean miniblinds once or twice a year, but my method is much easier than some of the other suggestions I've heard.

We like hanging them from a clothesline and using detergent in a hose-end sprayer, attacking the blinds from both sides. We bring them in once they're dry.