Today's Feature

Committee Discussed Driving Range.

The City Council Public Services Committee met Monday evening in a regular session. Several new Council members have been appointed to serve as members of this committee. The committee now includes John Studebaker, Keith Hurlbut, Timothy Teed and Committee Chair Bill Welch. Welch has previously served as a Public Services committee member.

During Monday’s meeting the committee discussed the possibility of the City leasing a driving range which abuts the Golf Course. Parks Director Alan Bull said the owner of the driving range has retired and is looking to lease and eventually sell the property. Bull said that many people who use the golf course are also interested in using the driving range, and for the City to lease it may be beneficial to the course. The proposed lease price is $4,000 per year.

Bull also discussed with the committee the option of purchasing a token-operated golf ball dispenser, saying that with the machine no additional staff would be needed for the operation of the range. Bull said that his preliminary research showed a base price of approximately $4,000 for the machines, which can hold up to 10,000 golf balls. The committee approved proceeding with the lease, contingent on the City Attorney reviewing and approving the lease contract, and the Budget Committee approving the purchase of the token machine and lease price for the range.

The committee also reviewed bids for the Carthage Fourth of July celebration. Three bids were received including A&M Pyrotechnics, J&M Display and Premier Pyrotechnics. Each company submitted bids for a $15,000 show and for a $20,000 show. The committee approved a motion to forward to Council the bid from A&M Pyrotechnics for the $15,000 fireworks show.

Mornin'
What if they got rid of the penny?

Used ta be a tootsie roll was a penny. Or a piece of Double Bubble. I haven’t seen any penny gum ball machines for ages. I wonder what they did with all of those.

What would kids think of parents usin’ expressions such as "puttin’ in my two cents worth" or "a penny saved is a penny earned." It would only worsen the growin’ generation gap. A "penny for your thoughts" would become even more of an insult, since a penny would be worthless. A "penny pincher" would have to be replaced with somethin’ because simply makin’ "nickel pincher" doesn’t have the same ring.

Maybe folks could be persuaded to give up the penny, if the government was willin’ to give up sales tax. I bet we’d find out the value of a cent real fast.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

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