Tuesday April 15, 1997 Volume V, Number 211
INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of Events as they have Transpired in the City and County since our last Issue.
The board of managers and officers of the City Federation of Woman's clubs met yesterday afternoon in the Y.M.C.A. rooms. Mrs. T. B. Hobb, president of the Federation, presided at the meeting and Miss Daisy Reid acted as secretary. Dr. J. W. Stewart, president of the Interstate Chautauqua Assembly, was present and addressed the meeting upon the advisability of the federation taking an active part in the assembly. It is proposed that the federation have headquarters on the ground and have a special day on which some prominent club woman would deliver an address. The W. C. T. U. and the suffragists will also have headquarters on the ground and special days. The federation will consider the matter and will probably accept the proposition. A general meeting open to all members of clubs in the federation will be held next Friday afternoon.
Did Ya Know... The Carthage Water & Electric Plant Board will conduct a regular meeting at 4;00 p.m. Thursday, April 17, at the City Hall Council Chambers, 326 Grant.
Did Ya Know... Faith Lutheran Church, 2134 S. Grand, will hold their annual spring rummage sale on Thurs., April 17 from 7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Fri., April 18 from 7:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Did Ya Know... The RSVP Volunteer Fair will be held Wed., April 16, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Northpark Mall. Exhibitors will display the volunteer opportunities available in our area.
A wife was complaining to her husband that he had been playing too much golf. "I must tell you," she said to him, "if you ever were to stay at home on Sunday, I'd have a stroke and drop dead." "What's that supposed to be," he asked, "a bribe?"
I'm gonna put all of my money into taxes. They're sure to go up.
Last year there were two ways of filing your income tax, and they were both wrong!
Mornin',
I suppose for those of us raised in this part of the country, the idea of bein’ careful of unnecessary confrontations was pretty well a part of life. It wasn’t until a few years ago, however, that I heard the expression “pick your battles.”
The sayin’ struck me in that it goes way beyond just conservin’ energy and a few metaphorical scars. For one it makes the prob’ly correct assumption that there will be plenty a battles to choose from.
The idea also assumes that there will prob’ly be other folks to fight at least a few of ‘em that could be considered worthy. Pickin’ the battles was most likely one a the major reasons the colonists could inflict such havoc on the red coats durin’ the American revolution.
I’d reckon there will always be wrongs to right and judgements to be reversed. Sometimes there just isn’t a choice, but most times there is a consideration of time and place that can make a major difference on the outcome of any disagreement.
This is some fact, but mostly, Just Jake Talkin’.
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The American Chemical Society cautions that “well-done” hamburger, which is supposed to be the safe way to avoid ingesting dangerous bacteria, may not be so safe after all. The problem is in the color of the cooked meat.
Too many people assume that if the hamburger turns brown, it’s well done. As the ACS says, that’s not necessarily so. Dr. Donald Kropf, professor of meat science at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kan., says it’s true the internal color of cooked ground beef does turn from red to pink to tan as the temperature rises.
The well-done look in some ground meat can appear at much lower temperatures than are required to kill foodborne pathogenic microorganisms. This can cause problems for people who assume the germs are dead, but may find out soon enough, the microorganisms are very much alive.
The premature change to brown during cooking is a result of oxidation of the raw meat. This occurs if the beef hasn’t been kept at a cold enough temperature, or if it’s been exposed to too much air before cooking, or kept too long. To avoid eating undercooked meat that looks safe, rely not on the color of the meat, but on the juices that seep out during cooking. Look for the juice to turn from red to yellow as the temperature rises.
Representatives of the City Engineering Department and the County met last week to discuss the possibility of the County providing a portion of the rehabilitation costs for shell shocked Civil War Road.
The County is allowed by State Statute to spend up to one fifty of its road budget within the city limits of the county communities. Civil War road has become a concern for the City after the portion running from Carmar north to the new 71 interchange became the main truck route for the underground storage/distribution center.
Carmar has reported that over three hundred trucks a day use the 5/8 mile roadway which became the City’s responsibility after Carmar was annexed. Initial indications are that the County might be willing to provide the resurfacing after the City undertook the preparation of the roadbed.
Presiding Commissioner Danny Hensley says that the commission works with several communities in the County, primarily where city streets meet up with County roads.