Did Ya Know... The VantAge Point and Area Agency on Aging will have Accessorizing Your Fall Wardrobe at 10 a.m. followed by Retirement Planning at 10:30 a.m. at Northpark Mall on Friday, October 3rd.

Did Ya Know... Preschool Storytimes will begin today at 10:15 a.m. Sign up by contacting the Young People’s Library.

Did Ya Know... The Family Literacy Council is offering English classes, Skills Building, and One-on-One Turoring. For information, call 358-5926.

Did Ya Know... The Discovery Institute will have a Civil War course on Oct. 2 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. For information, call 417-781-9019.

"You know, I heard you on a phonograph record last night."

"Oh, so that’s where I was last night? I wondered what made me so dizzy!"

"Your face is clean," the mother said, "But how did you get your hands so dirty?"

"Washing my face," replied the young boy.

Doctor: Nurse, how is that little boy who swallowed a quarter this morning?

Nurse: No change yet.

His Arm Dislocated.

Henry Fulford Thrown Out of a Wagon.

Henry Fulford, the 15-year old son of R. Fulford the tailor, was hurt on South Main street about 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon by being thrown from a wagon. He and a boy named O’Betz were driving along the street in a delivery wagon when they met an electric car. The horse shied and in the struggle that ensued young Fulford was thrown out of the wagon and his arm dislocated. Dr. Ketcham dressed the injury and he is now getting along nicely.

Have Started a Paper.

Miss Ada McQuitty and her brother, George, both of whom formerly lived in Carthage, have started a paper called the Weekly Home Journal at Mountain Grove, Wright county, this state. The first mentioned is editor and the latter publisher. Mr. McQuitty is a printer and well known here.

Task Force Appointed.

An Emergency Response Task Force was appointed at the last City Council meeting that is charged with the task of reviewing, updating and improving the City’s plans for disaster management.

The full Council vote was 6 to 3 in support of the task force. Members Harlan, Bastin and Henry voted against its formation. Henry stated that another committee was unnecessary and the Public Safety Committee could handle the job.

Council member Lujene Clark had pushed for the task force since attending a Missouri Municipal League conference concerning disaster mitigation.

Clark will chair the task force with. Members include Council members Mike Harris, J.D. Whitledge and Jackie Boyer, Police Chief Ed Ellefsen, Fire Chief John Cooper, Assistant to the City Engineer Joe Butler, Codes Inspector Bud Rogers, Street Commissioner Tom Shelley, CW&EP Systems Manager Jerry Simmons and Acting City Administrator Max McKnight. Once new City Administrator Tom Short arrives, he will relieve McKnight.

I’ve read where time is the real commodity of the 90’s. The old sayin’ that I’ve got the time, if you’ve got the money may be loosin’ all relationship to the real world.

‘Course the fact that only a couple a generations ago folks worked twelve or more hours a day just ta get by often gets forgotten. With close ta 90% of the population livin in rural areas back then, most time was spent just tryin’ to keep food on the table and the barn full a hay.

I suppose the main difference ‘tween now and then is folks back then didn’t have a choice.

The fact is, anyone wantin’ to live, as the pioneers did, in a home without runnin’ water or electricity, not havin’ an automobile, washin’ clothes in a tub, burnin’ wood ta heat and cook, without phones, tv or computers, they would prob’ly have lots a time.

Time isn’t a commodity, it’s a given. The choices come in how we spend it. In the 90’s, time is just earnin’ more interest.

This is some fact, but mostly, Just Jake Talkin’.