Did Ya Know... There will be a ribbon cutting Thurs., July 17 at 10:00 a.m. at Expectations/Mom's Corner Cupboard, 417 West Central.
Did Ya Know... The Awards Day for the Summer Reading Club at the Library has been rescheduled for Sat., Aug. 16 at 10:30 a.m. Children must be in attendance to win any prizes. Any children that have earned 100 points or more must attend to receive a free book.
Did Ya Know... Children may create a cover for any book chosen that needs a cover through the Create-A-Cover program at the Library. Each book will earn 5 points in the Book Baseball.
What did the grape say when the elephant stepped on it? Nothing, it just let out a little whine.
She was only a telephone operator's daughter, but she had good connections.
Catholics do it rhythmically. Chicagoans do it breezily. Chinese do it inscrutably. City slickers do it urbanely. Clockmakers do it watchfully. Columnists do it regularly. Compulsives do it neatly. Computer operators do it bit by bit.
What was good before sliced bread?
INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of Events as they have Transpired in the City and County since our last Issue.
He Had Tough Luck.
When ex-Sheriff Crane, of this city, opened a new mining lease near Joplin the other day there were more prospectors on hand to take lots than there were leases to go round. The Webb City Sentinel tells a good story on one of these fellows who was eager to get a lot. He fortified himself with a bottle of apple jack, a quilt, horse blanket and an overcoat and went out to the land the evening previous to its opening for mining purposes with the intention of being on the lot he wanted early next morning so as to hold it, but after sleeping in a graveyard all night and coming near freezing to death, he awoke to find that some other miner had jumped his claim during the night.
R. F. Buller, who is now located at Hailey, Idaho, writes that times are pretty good in that part of the country now - far better than a year ago, although the "horrible Bryanites won't admit it."
Mornin',
The local solar car, engineered and built by high school students with direction from science teacher Wayne Christian made an appearance on the Square last Friday. The Mayor and several City officials gathered with media types and some interested citizens to marvel at the machine.
Somewhat to my surprise, I was offered a short ride behind the wheel and didn't hesitate to accept the offer.
Although I won't confess to actually operating the vehicle on a City street, I can imagine what a ride around the Square would have been like.
I would say that the acceleration would be surprisingly quick, and the ride smooth and controlled. Although it would only be prudent to have traveled at the speed limit on that day, they say speeds of up to 100 miles per hour are possible.
Slowing to a stop would take more concentration than on a regular car, but after all this vehicle was built to race. And it will in Dallas in a couple a weeks. Imagine that.
This is some fact, but mostly, Just Jake Talkin'.
The Special Services Committee voted down a motion by Lujene Clark that would have designated Thanksgiving Day as the time for turning on the City Christmas lighting. Committee member Donna Harlan seconded the motion. Committee members Bill Johnson, Jackie Boyer, and Charlie Bastin voted no.
Several representatives of the business community attended the meeting last Thursday and asked for a mid-November date.
The issue of timing for Christmas decorations was ignited when some decorations were already put up on the Square during last year’s Maple Leaf Parade. A consensus of the Council has already assured that won’t be the case in the future, but the debate continues as to the appropriate date for City funded lighting to commence.
The City spends five to six thousand dollars a year in installation and electric costs for the lights.
The Committee agreed to delay the question until January. The lights are scheduled to be lit on November 14 this year.
by Al Carrell and Kelly Carrell
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Gardening gloves are important but they can get expensive if you work in the garden a lot. We received a letter from a man who makes his own. He uses old denim bluejeans.
First he places his hands on the leg of an old pair of jeans and then traces around them with a marker. He makes two cutouts for each hand. Then he stitches them together on a sewing machine, leaving the ends open. That's it.
Q: I want to make a retaining wall on our property by just stacking stones but using no mortar. How high can I safely go? - O. L.
A: If you use medium-to-large stones, and since the stones will be slanting back toward the dirt that they'll be retaining, you should have no problem going up to about 3 feet. I wouldn't go higher.
Also, be sure that there is no problem with groundwater pressure, so leave some weep holes every couple of feet in the bottom layer of stones.
A Super Hint: Clip a litter bag to the side of your lawn mower. Then when you are out in the yard doing the mowing, you can reach down and pick up all of the little things that you see when you are walking around the yard. You won't have to do this often after a couple of times.