J.D. WhitledgeHe is currently self employed and formerly worked as Fleet and Commercial Manager for R&S Chevrolet. He served as a Carthage Reserve Police Officer from 1992 until 1996.
Did Ya Know... The Rhoda Fairchild Chapter NSDAR will meet at the Powers Museum Saturday, May 3, at 1:00 p.m.
Did Ya Know... Friends of the Library will be having a book sale Saturday, May 3, from 8 a.m. to noon. If you have any books you would l like to donate for the sale, they can be dropped off the day of the sale or call 358-2939 and arrangements can be made to pick the books up. Proceeds from the sale are used to purchase materials for the library.
You're finally over 30 when you stop opening stubborn pistachios with your teeth because it might break a crown.
"That was a great speech, sir. I like the straightforward way you dodged those issues!"
The firing squad was lined up. They put the blindfold on the political prisoner. The head of the firing squad raised his hand for the men to shoot, when all of a sudden the prisoner started to shout, "Fidel Castro is a bum." The captain of the firing squad stopped everything, walked over to the prisoner and said, "Listen, you wanna get yourself in trouble?"
A Chronological Record of Events as they have Transpired in the City and County since our last Issue.
Shortly after 8 o'clock last night car No. 43, on the electric road, ran into and killed a cow about a mile and half this side of Webb City. The animal was instantly killed, but was not thrown from the track. W. R. Fletcher was among the passengers on the cars, and he says the shock felt by the sudden contact with the cow was very severe.
A woman named Tillman died yesterday at her home in the west part of town in destitute circumstances. She was a soldier's widow and was buried in the soldiers' cemetery at the expense of the county.
Mr. D. Linn, found a confederate one dollar bill on the street today. It is on the bank of Chattanooga and Mr. Linn says he knows it is worth at least 5 cents for he was offered a nickel for it.
CLICK and CLACK TALK CARS
by Tom & Ray Magliozzi
Sponsored by Metcalf Auto Supply Dear Tom and Ray: I need your advice. I have a 1991 Nissan Maxima with 69,000 miles. The dealer tells me I'm driving on borrowed time by not having the timing belt changed. The guys at my office think I'm nuts for even considering such a thing when the car is running fine. I have yet to talk to anyone who has replaced a timing belt as preventive maintenance. - Debbie RAY: Until now! I've replaced timing belts as preventive maintenance a jillion times. TOM: How many is a jillion? Is that one more zero than a bazillion? RAY: We recommend that all of our customers with timing belts have them changed at 60,00 for two reasons. TOM: Reason No. 1 is that when the timing belt breaks, the car stops running. And that can be inconvenient if you happen to be a quarter of a jillion miles from home when it breaks. RAY: But the other reason is that some cars have engines that are designed in such a way that when the timing belt breaks, the valves get crushed and sometimes the entire engine gets ruined. And guess what, Debbie. You've got one of those cars! TOM: Right. Nissans and Hondas fall into that "motor-wrecker" category, among others. So for you, it's especially important that you change the belt at 60,000 miles - or in your case, 69,001 (i.e., as soon as possible). It'll cost you a couple of hundred dollars to replace the belt. But that's nothing compared to the 2.6 bazillion you'll spend on a new engine if the timing belt breaks be
The Council voted 7-2 to accept the Mayor's recommendation to appoint J.D. Whitledge to the position of Third Ward Council representative at last Tuesday's regular meeting. Members Henry and Harlan voted against the motion brought forward by Council member Bill Johnson.
Whitledge has resided in Carthage for 31 years, except during military service, and is a graduate of Carthage High School.
J.D. Whitledge
He is currently self
employed and formerly worked as Fleet and Commercial Manager for R&S
Chevrolet. He served as a Carthage Reserve Police Officer from 1992 until 1996.
Harlan told the Council that she was not voting against Whitledge, but she felt that Gary Mohr had gathered substantial support in the Ward as shown in the April election. Mohr lost his bid for the position as a write-in candidate by seven votes against incumbent Steve Ogle after it was announced that Ogle was being transferred out of the City.
The Mayor avoided any comments about the nomination or the nominee and had requested before the meeting that Johnson make the motion. The nomination could not be made until an official resignation was received from Ogle. It arrived by mail at the Mayor's office on Monday as reported by the Mornin' Mail.
The Council was made aware of the nomination via a memorandum placed at their Council chairs immediately before the meeting. There was no discussion before the vote and Mohr, who has stated he would accept the appointment, was not at the meeting.
Council member Nolan Henry expressed his displeasure after the meeting that the appointment was not on the agenda. He felt that if the appointment had been officially publicized there would have been more discussion before the vote.
Despite media reports citing strong opposition, the 9-1-1 Board and the County Commission have reached agreement in regard to two critical elements of the conversion effort to enhanced 9-1-1 Service according to a news release by the Jasper County Emergency Board.
"1. Road signs, which are fundamental to the ability to locate citizens in time of need, will be maintained by the county, in cooperation with the various county Road districts. The Board will provide the materials to make replacement signs, as well as brackets, etc.
"2. County Association, which sort of means that the county will 'join' with the Board for the purposes of obtaining lower interest rates on any funds borrowed to complete the 9-1-1 project. The arrangement may save taxpayers over $250,000 in interest."
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These maps will be made available free of charge at numerous locations throughout the County. Heritage Publishing is well known in the Carthage area for its daily publication the Mornin' Mail for the last five years.
"We feel that a local business is better able to assure that the maps will meet the standards Jasper County expects," says H. J. Johnson, proprietor of Heritage Publishing. "Since the cost of producing this map will come from advertisers, our presence in the community will help to alleviate any misgivings historically associated with publishers from outside this area."
The map will not only feature full color capabilities, the 17 x 22 inch map will be printed on quality stock and be folded to easily fit in a glove box or purse. A full one fourth of the available space will be dedicated to information about Jasper County, including some photography and historical information.
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Saturday Afternoon
Good morning folks. Today was our breakfast and it was not a good day for us but we had a lot of special people come for breakfast. Mr. Cooper drew a name from the jar for the clock to be given away that he made. Mr. Cooper does so much for the Center and now he is a Council Member for the Seniors. Ernest Gray won the clock. Mr. Gray has not been well and maybe this will make him better.
Several of our City Council Members had breakfast with us and that was an honor. The Nazarene Church helped us out also. After Saturday morning prayer meeting they have breakfast with us the 3rd Saturday. I had hoped to have a bean dinner on the 28th of April and that is so close a date, I feel we should forget it for April. It would be the same volunteers that do all the work and that is too hard 2 weeks in a row.
I'll leave for Jeff City 6 a.m. Monday and will return Wednesday and I won't be here to get things ready and so we will let it pass for April. We appreciate what Shoney's did for us. We will receive $260.10 and they're also trying to sell feet for us. You need to drop by the Center and see how many feet are on the wall with a donation on each one.
We are hustling to get money for our raw food for 1997. Government cuts - cuts - cuts- I have an unsteady feeling about this country by the time my great granddaughter gets old enough to work. You may see Paul Corder with a clipboard in his hand. Don't run from him, give a pledge and let your foot run on the Senior Center wall.
I really miss Mrs. Sharron coming to the Center. She is in the Nursing Home now. She used to stop by the office and visit after lunch. It does us all good to visit and share our ups and downs; we often see we have more ups, even ones we had not yet thanked God for.
If you turn the news on and hear all the sad things that are happening, we are blessed here in Carthage. It's so lovely to just drive up and down the streets and see the beautiful dogwood, red bud and all of the flowers. The rose bushes at the Senior Center are lovely but at our place all but one bush are frozen. In reaching out with a need for the Senior Center the last two weeks, I met some beautiful people. Even met one lovely little lady from Georgia and my home place in around Chattanooga, Tennessee. I loved her voice and her heart.
Till I visit with you again, may God bless you and my prayer is that He'll touch you in a way that you know God was with you. When cutting feet out for pledges I thought of the song "Boots Keep Walking", or whatever it was Frank Sinatra's daughter sang. But I heard a little voice within my soul say why not talk about foot prints in the sand. Because God is carrying us across troubled times and He will you also.
Mary Corder
by Lora Wacker
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When Betty Crocker asked, "What's your greatest cooking challenge?" your response was loud and clear: "How to get dinner on the table every night!" The answer didn't surprise them. With everyone so busy these days, sometimes it seems as if dinner is our 2nd job.
Betty Crocker believes in "speed-scratch cooking" and who doesn't. Fast and home made can both be found in the same recipe. So just read on, this may turn into your NEW family favorite.
Pork Chops and Apples 6 servings 6 pork chops, 1/2 inch thick 3 or 4 sliced apples, unpeeled 1/4 cup brown sugar 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 2 tablespoons butter or margarine Heat oven to 350 degrees.
Lightly grease 13x9x2 baking dish. Spray 10 inch skillet with nonstick cooking spray. Cook chops over medium heat about 5 minutes on each side. Place apples, brown sugar and cinnamon in baking dish. Dot with butter and add pork chops on top. Bake about 50 minutes. This give you almost an hour to catch up on your day while the oven does the cooking. After all, Betty Crocker would never steer you wrong.
A symbolic check was presented to County Grand Coordinator Becky Berkstresser by Linda Meyers-Phinney of the Secretary of State Preservation office yesterday as part of the ribbon cutting ceremonies for the new County Central Annex on Lincoln. Pictured are Western County Commissioner Anna Ruth Crampton, Berkstresser, Meyers-Phinney, and Presiding Commissioner Danny Hensley.
Mornin',
The Search Committee for a new City Manager is pickin' up steam. Unlike in the first year of this publication, those two words bein' hooked together is not a mistake.
No one is openly promotin' it, but there is a growin' grumblin' 'bout bringin' in a professional manager to help run the City.
The first sign of it comin' out in the open durin' City meetin's was last Tuesday night. The Mayor asked the Council to approve language in the job description for the position. One of the required abilities will be in "supervisin'" other people. Sounds like management to me.
'Course the possibility of actually hirin' a "manager" has been tossed around for several years now, this just happens to be the first time anyone has seriously thought it could be accomplished.
I suppose some will think I'm jumpin' the gun, speakin' up, but I still figure we might as well get in out and put it on the table. There's no use hirin' someone not knowin' what official function is actually expected.
This is some fact, but mostly, Just Jake Talkin'.