Friday April 18, 1997 Volume V, Number 214
Did Ya Know... The City Wide Garage Sale will be Sat., May 3. For more information call the Chamber at 358-2373.
Did Ya Know... The Over 60 Center will have a fund raising breakfast this Sat., April 19, from 7 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Did Ya Know... A program on "Identification and Treatment of Sexual Abuse of Children" will be offered at 7 p.m., May 5, at the University Extension Center. Sharon Setser, Jasper County Division of Family Services will speak. For more information, contact the University Extension at 358-2158.
A wino was shaken awake by a vigorous earthquake. He turned to a companion, also leaning up against a building, and said, "I don't remember drinking that!"
If an employee and his boss are playing golf, how can you tell who's who? The employee is the one who gets a hole in one and says, "Oops!"
Specialist: A doctor whose patients are expected to confine their ailments to his office hours.
A finished speaker seldom is.
INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of Events as they have Transpired in the City and County since our last Issue.
THE OPENING OF LAKESIDE.
Crowd Listened to the Band Music Yesterday.
The weather yesterday morning was not very auspicious for the opening of Lakeside park for the season of 1897, but about noon the clouds disappeared, the sun came out and the afternoon was very pleasant, although the atmosphere was a little chilly.
A large crowd thronged the park. The Light Guard band was the attraction and furnished excellent music. The crowd seemed well pleased with the afternoon's entertainment - Mort Garland's piccolo solo being particularly pleasing.
The open summer cars were put on to accommodate the crowds in attendance and cars were run every fifteen minutes during the afternoon. There were many Carthage people out and also many from Webb City, Carterville and Joplin.
The Sunday afternoon concerts may be a feature at the park the entire season.
Mornin',
Just in case ya haven’t followed the budget process, a good portion of the discussion doesn’t center ‘round those things cast in stone. Unless ya consider molten lava a form a stone.
There are a lotta things that can’t be modified a lot. Basic expenses like personnel, utilities, equipment maintenance. Those things take up the bulk of the budget and are pretty much gonna always be there at some level.
The stuff that makes the budget process interestin’ is the smaller, more personal items. Certain pieces of equipment and other things that make the job of keepin’ the City goin’ are often put on the block for inspectin’, but the most conversation centers around the “extras.”
Some of the fuss ya might hear is ‘cause there just isn’t much, if any, extra this year. That of course makes what ever is available all the more valuable.
The serious talk is gonna come in a few weeks as the dollars available are reduced to a small pile of bones polished by the constant gnashing of teeth.
This is some fact, but mostly, Just Jake Talkin’.
by Mari An Willis
This is the history of herbal use as I have witnessed it in my short life time:
A. My Grandmother and Great Aunt were using them and it was fun to go for a walk with them and pick and it was also sometimes fun to smell them cooking. Not always fun to eat them.
B. I walked away from this path as I grew up in the 1950's and moved away from the farm where Grandmother and Great Aunt were.
C. In the early 1970's my second born was plagued with constant ear infections. We went the antibiotic route for about a year. Then it became obvious that they were not going to work and daughter began to have additional problems. No one to ask except Aunt Josephine. She said get away from all that stuff. Still another ear infection and runny nose.
D. Purchased a great book on herbs from a used book shop. Back To Eden by Jethro Kloss and Rodale Book of Herbs came next. An old catalogue mentioning some herbs sparked my interest again. No one was selling them or knew much about them in my vicinity. I was still interested, but not actively pursuing.
E. In late 70's met a lady who figured maybe my daughter was allergic to wheat or milk. Voila! changed child. She was almost instantly better.
F. I've been on the search since then. Sometimes actively, sometimes passively. When I returned to Springfield in the early 80's I was introduced to Nature's Sunshine Products by a friend who has since gone on to become a Chiropractor and I continue to run our joint venture of an herb and health food store. Many years of various classes and studies have made me so much more aware of the hows and whys of herbs and I continue to be amazed at the information available today.
G. Quality concerns me. Someone is buying the rejects and herbs that are mixed or not processed properly. People who have never tried them before may be unable to "tell a difference" because they are either not getting good quality, aren't taking the right ones, or are not taking enough to do the job. Be aware. Ask questions and read.
by Carolyn L. Wyatt, GRI
Roughly 17% of our population will move during a years time. The age group most affected are those 20-24 at 36%, next are those 25-29 at 31%. It was surprising to me that those 30-44 only account for 18% and those 45-64 only 9%.
If you are moving, whether it is across the country or across town there are helpful hints for making this easier on all involved.
When there are children include them in the moving plans. Let them help pack their own toys and books.
Take pictures of the new house, especially of rooms for the children. Let them get acquainted with the home, and don't forget the new neighborhood.
Schools and teachers are important to ease a move. Let your children walk around in the new school and if possible meet their teachers.
While planning a new decorating theme let the children be part of the plans.
If you are ones fortunate to be building an new home, include the kids. Take them on site and show them where their room is going to be. Let them watch as the house "grows" throughout the construction process.
The projected $5 million revenue for the City in the next fiscal year is overshadowed by the budget requests of nearly $6.5 million that have been submitted to the Budget/Ways and Means Committee. The Committee began hearing presentations for the funds last Wednesday.
The Engineering Department, Street Department, Fire Department and Police Department presentations consumed nearly five hours of the Committee’s time with little time actually spend discussing the expenditures. Committee Chairman Bill Johnson continually reminded the Committee that there will be plenty of time for detailed questions during the next six weeks or so of Budget meetings.
The Committee also discussed the proposed assistance from the County in making short term improvements to Civil War Road. The general consensus was that the City could not at this time afford the permanent fix cost of close to $1 million. A projected five to seven year fix is estimated to cost the City approximately $85,000 in addition to the three inch overlay contributed by the County.
City Engineer Steve Lett said that the County could get the job done for less than the City, but the paving would cost the City between $35,000 to $45,000.
Johnson said it would be foolish not to accept the help of the County if the improvements were to be made.
Street Commissioner Tom Shelley told the Committee that repairs to the roadway would continue to drain his budget if something wasn’t done.
Committee member Lujene Clark noted that the Library Board would not be making a pursuing their request for additional funds this year because an agreement with the City concerning a “hold harmless” clause was being completed.
An agreement made by the City when the City personal property levy was dropped stated it would pay the Library System and the Parks and Recreation Department an amount equivalent to each entities levy. The question as to exactly what that amount was has caused some recent legal discussion on the matter.
By Steve Taylor
KDMO/KMXL News & Sports Director
Carthage Sports Week in Review
Baseball: Neither team gave up Tuesday night as the game went nine innings but Webb City was able to get one run across the plate in the top of the ninth and the Tigers couldn’t come back and lost to the Cardinals 5-4 in extra innings. The Tigers though had the big bats...with a double and triple from Kyle Wilson, four singles from Jody Roughton, a double from Adam Murray, a single and a double from Karl Barnhart, and a single a piece from Jerry Poston and Ryan Hill. In all 11 hits for the Tigers Tuesday night. The Tigers drop to 4-5 and 1-2 in Southwest Conference play.
Carthage is involved in the Springfield Glendale Tourney this weekend. The Bill O’Dell tournament has been rescheduled after being delayed last week due to weather. Carthage will play Buffalo Wednesday May 14th at 4:30. Webb City will take on Aurora immediately after for the Championship. The Tigers take on Joplin in a Junior Varsity doubleheader today at Carl Lewton Stadium, at Mount Vernon Monday, hosting Springdale Tuesday and at Webb City Friday.
Tennis: Carthage lost a couple of matches this week. On Monday, the Tigers lost to Joplin 7-2 and on Tuesday the Tigers lost to Webb City 7-2. On Wednesday the Tigers took part in the Southwest Missouri State Relays and took on Mount Vernon yesterday. The Tigers have matches against Neosho and Monett this coming week.
Track: The track team has had a quiet week until today where they are involved in the Mountie Relays in Rogers, Arkansas and the KU Relays in Lawrence, Kansas, both today and tomorrow. Next week the track team takes part in the Southwest Missouri State Relays in Springfield.
Golf: Carthage beat both Webb City and Thomas Jefferson on Tuesday of this week in a match at the Municipal Golf Course and played yesterday in the Joplin tournament. The Team will be in action this week at Southwest Missouri State, McDonald County and Nevada.
Martin "Bubs" Hohulin
State Representative, District 26
With tax day just behind us, I thought I would touch on some of the tax issues going on in Jefferson City. The bill receiving the most attention is the reduction on the sales tax on food. As you probably remember, for the last two years the State has overtaxed you and the rest of the citizens and now is constitutionally required to refund some of it. The required refunds go back to the last fiscal year.
The State either has to issue a refund check based on income taxes or cut tax revenues somewhere. Quite honestly, the refund check would be the fairest, since the money would go back to those who paid the excess, but it would also be the most costly. Hence, the proposal to reduce the tax on groceries.
This measure has cleared the House, but is hung up in the Senate. In all honesty, the reason it has hung up is the Senate has added some good amendments such as giving private pensioners the same tax breaks as government pensioners and tax credits for historic building preservation.
Unfortunately, those who control the majority in both chambers don't want to give back any more of your wrongly collected tax dollars than the Constitution says they have to. Keep in mind that over the last five years the state budget has went up about an average of a billion dollars per year; a better than 40 percent increase! We should be able to cut a billion dollars out of the budget in our sleep, but anytime we try, someone screams about "extremism" and "draconian." I consider what we are doing to the taxpayer to be far more draconian and extremist!
The other insult to the taxpayer in all this is the timeliness. As I mentioned, some of these owed refunds go back to last year. Now you had to have your taxes filed by midnight, Tuesday. What do you suppose would have happened if you decided to wait until next year to mail your check in? You can bet someone would have come looking for you. Yet, that is exactly what the State has done to you.
Apparently it is necessary for you to get your money sent in right away, but the State can keep your money, that it shouldn't have collected in the first place, evidently for years. Seems like there ought to be some kind of process for the taxpayer to come after the State for their legally owed money.
Anyway, we have four weeks left to come to an agreement on tax reduction, or else you will be owed two years worth of refunds.
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