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                    published every weekday except major holidays 
                    Wednesday, July 9, 2008 Volume XVII, Number
                    15 
                 
                did
                ya know? 
                Did Ya Know?... July
                5th-July 11th, Jasper County Youth Fair. Go to
                http://extension.missouri.edu/jasper/youth/JCYF/Jasper_County_Youth_Fair.htm
                for a complete schedule of events and
                registration forms. 
                Did Ya Know?... July
                11th-13th, 11 a.m. The 6th Annual Hawgs for Dawgs
                Benefit for Carthage Humane Society being held at
                Choppers for Children Rally Park and Construction
                Adventures Inc. There will be a bike show, car
                cruise, poker run, vendors, camping and much
                more. Call 358-6402 for more information..  
                Did Ya Know?...July
                17th, Golden Reflections will meet in the
                hospital training center at 2307 Missouri Ave. at
                2 p.m. Pam Madole, Family Caregiver Director at
                the Area Agency on Aging, will explain the
                Missouri Rx program. Call 417-359-1351 for more
                information. 
                Did Ya Know?... July
                18th, 7:30 a.m. Eggs & Issues, Grace Point
                Assembly of God, (1605 Baker). Have Breakfast and
                talk with the Jasper County Candidates before the
                August primaries. RSVP to the Chamber Office at
                membership@carthagechamber.com if you would like
                to attend. 
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                today's
                laugh 
                Did you ever live on a farm?
                And listen to the cow bells? 
                Dont be silly. Cows
                havent bells, they have horns. 
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        1908 
        INTERESTING MELANGE.  
        A Chronological Record of Events as they have
        Transpired in the City and County since our last Issue.  
        FIVE DAYS FOR THE
        WORK. 
        At the last meeting of the City
        Council, Councilman Black suggested that many residents
        depend on hiring weeds cut and that if the whole city
        were asked to cut the weeds in one day there would be
        more work laid out than could be done, as each
        weed-cutter could be in only one place at a time. Black
        suggested that the proclamation cover one ward at a time,
        and that the days for the different wards be successive
        days, thus covering the whole city in five days. This was
        thought a good suggestion and was adopted. 
        The city physician also reported a
        seepy gutter on the east side of McGregor Street between
        Oak and Olive Street. It takes frequent cleanings to keep
        this gutter in a sanitary condition and seems to be
        causing sickness in the neighborhood. There is believed
        to be a spring there which keeps up a sluggish flow of
        water into this gutter all the time. Dr. Whitney
        recommended that a sawed stone gutter be installed. 
        
            
                 
                 
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                Today's
                Feature 
                More Youth
                Fair Events. 
                The Jasper County 4-H Youth
                Fair began on Saturday, July 5 and will continue
                through Saturday, July 12th at the Jasper County
                Fairgrounds in Carthage Municipal Park.  
                Todays events include the
                judging of the FFA Farm Mechanics from 8:00 to
                10:00 a.m., Poultry show at 9:00 a.m., and
                Mandatory Exhibitor/Parent meeting at 12:00 noon,
                Dairy Goat show at 12:30 p.m. The Exhibition
                building will open to the public at 3:00 p.m.,
                after which ice cream will be served at 6:00 p.m.
                compliments of Circle N Farm. The Pee Wee shows
                begin at 7:00 p.m. 
                Thursdays events include
                the Steer show at 8:30 a.m., the Swine show at
                6:00 p.m., and a watermelon feed sponsored by
                Southwest Missouri Bank at 7:00 p.m. 
                Fridays events include the
                Dairy show at 8:00 a.m., a Bar-B-Que sponsored by
                the Jasper County Youth Fair Board from 5:00 to
                7:00 p.m., and the Market Animal Sale at 7:00
                p.m.  
                Saturdays Youth Fair
                Events will be listed in an upcoming Mornin
                Mail. A complete listing of events can be
                found at
                http://extension.missouri.edu/jasper/youth/JCYF/Jasper_County_Youth_Fair.htm 
                 
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                Just Jake
                Talkin' Theres probly nothin
                more irritatin than havin someone ya
                dont recognize wave real big at ya from
                across the street. 
                Its not the fact
                theyre being friendly that is the
                problem. The irritatin part is
                spendin the rest of the day tryin to
                figure out who they are. Even days latter ya find
                yourself spendin a few seconds tryin
                to remember. I suppose that is one a the problems
                with livin in a small town. You can
                irritate folks without even tryin. 
                Its like the old trick
                wed play as kids. Standin on a busy
                street corner and pointin up to the sky.
                "Fore long ever one is trying to see
                what youre pointin at. 
                If ya want to really befuddle
                someone ya dont know, walk up and tell
                em how good it is to see em again. 
                This is some fact, but mostly, 
                Just Jake Talkin. 
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                -- L.N. in B.C., Canada 
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