Main Street Sidewalk Project Halted.

Main Street Carthage Program Director Diane Sharits announced last Friday morning that the organization will cease its efforts to obtain funding for a Downtown Sidewalk Replacement Project.

Sharits said the Main Street Board voted to discontinue the project after a survey mailed to downtown property and business owners failed to produce a majority of support for the grant fund research and proposed design plan development.

"Responses were disappointing both in number and outcome," Sharits stated at a media conference. "Twenty-six of 69 ballots mailed to property owners were returned (37.7%) while only seven of 58 ballots mailed to business owners were received (12.1%).

"Due to a lack of majority of property owners in favor of this potentially grant based project, it will no unfortunately be up to each individual owner to make his or her own sidewalk repairs.

"The Main Street Board would like to thank the members of both the Design and Economic Restructuring Committees for their long hours and hard work dedicated to this project."

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Due to our recent purchase of additional equipment and expansion of our Carthage, Missouri facility, we are currently taking applications for the following positions:

Press Operator. Must have experience operating an A.B. Dick 360, Chief 117, Heidelberg windmill, power cutter, and folding equipment. Dark room and layout experience.

Bindery: General bindery, padding, stitching, booklet assembly and binding. Some lifting involved.

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Just Jake Talkin'
Mornin',

It’s always odd to run into folks ya know in a place ya didn’t expect to see ‘em.

I happened upon several at a bluegrass music festival a while back. Some of ‘em didn’t surprise me that they were attendin’ the event, just didn’t expect to see ‘em. Others I had no idea they had an interest in such things. Some were folks I hadn’t seen for several years, others I see ever now and then around these parts.

Then there were those that I was wantin’ to run into that I never found. I know they were there, just didn’t make contact.

There were also the three or four folks I didn’t know, but kept seein’ ‘em at various times. I wasn’t followin’ them around, but I wonder if they don’t think I was. Or maybe they were keepin’ an eye on me.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

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Workman's Loan

The Super Handyman

Using a paint roller to paint your walls makes the job go faster. Sometimes, however, even a roller can't get you through a paint job before the phone rings or the kids want another snack.

You probably have heard that you can keep a loaded paintbrush in a plastic during a break, but you can do the same thing with a roller. If your newspaper comes in a long plastic bag, use this. If you put the bagged roller in the refrigerator, you can leave it like this overnight.

Q: I have dark-stained dining room furniture that has a large white stripe about an inch from the floor. I think it might be where the rubber bumper on my carpet sweeper has rubbed up against it. How can I best remove these stripes without ruining the finish? - P. W.

A: If the stripes are a residue left from the rubber scraping up against the piece, they can be removed with a very fine steel wool, designated as "0000," dipped into a little mineral oil.

If, however, the rubbing has actually removed the stain itself from the wood, you'll have to re-stain these areas to match and then follow up with a protective finish. Try covering the rubber strip on your carpet sweeper with masking tape to see if this doesn't stop it from leaving the marks.