The City Council heard from one of the land owners of proposed new airport property during the regular meeting Tuesday evening.

Henry Peters spoke during the Citizens Participation period about the recent recommendation by the Airport Relocation Committee to proceed with condemnation of the proposed property by August 15. Peters and his wife own approximately 85 acres of the proposed airport site. Henry currently farms the land along with other connected property.

Peters said he and his wife were notified of the Committee’s recommendation and felt the action was "premature and inconsiderate."

"Keeping in mind," said Peters, "that this project has been in the works for more than ten years. Numerous meetings were held about ten years ago to inform the public of the plans for the new airport. At one of these meetings, held at Memorial Hall which I attended, it was stated by City officials at that time that they would not condemn anyone’s land. It would seem to be an honorable thing to do to abide with that promise."

Carthage Area United Way Sets Goal.

news release

The Carthage Area United Way has set a $250,000 goal for the 2000-2001 campaign. Their theme is Caring into the 21st Century. Miriam Putnam will serve as General Campaign Chairman of this year’s drive, and Bob Copeland will serve as Vice Chairman.

Putnam has served as President of the McCune-Brooks Auxiliary and is currently on the Board of Directors for the McCune-Brooks Hospital Health Care Foundation. She is also active with the Lincoln Ladies of Jasper County, The Salvation Army, Fair Acres Family YMCA and First Baptist Church.

Copeland is the CEO of McCune-Brooks Hospital and President of the Board of Directors for the Carthage Chamber of Commerce. He is also involved in Rotary, Leadership Carthage, Carthage Community Clinic and First United Methodist Church.

The Carthage Area United Way campaign will fund seventeen agencies: American Red Cross, Southwest Missouri Chapter; Boy Scouts of America, Ozark Trails Council; Carthage Cerebral Palsy Development Center; Carthage Crisis Center; Carthage Crosslines Ministry; Children’s Mercy Hospital; Citizen’s Advisory Board; Family Literacy Council; Girl Scout Council of the Ozarks Area; Jasper County 4-H; Lafayette House; Medi-Aid, Inc.; Ozark Camp Quality; The Salvation Army; Southwest Missouri Arthritis Assoc., Inc.; Special Olympics; and Sunshine Home, Inc.

For further information about this year’s drive, please contact Cathy Brown, Executive Director, at 417-358-2948.

The Public Services Committee voted last Monday to allow the City Hall rest rooms to be open during special events on the Square. The sponsor of the event will be responsible for providing a person to monitor the facilities and provide security for the various artifacts on display in the entry hall.

The proposition was quickly taken up by the Chamber for Maple Leaf.

Although this may not be the ultimate solution for the lack of adequate rest room facilities on the Square, it goes a long way toward relieving the discomfort expressed by some.

The softening of the stool position should be welcomed by those who have grown frustrated by past lack of movement on the subject.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

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Metcalf Auto Supply

by Tom & Ray Magliozzi

Dear Tom and Ray:

Your column is great! I need a little help with a big noise. My teenage daughters have been driving a ‘79 Volvo 242 DL for several years.

Anyway, my youngest just informed me that the car was making a strange sound. When I took it out for a test spin, all of a sudden as I was accelerating, it sounded as if someone were under the car between the front seats, banging for all they were worth to be let go.

I looked under the car, and no one was there? Any ideas? — Judy

TOM: Well, it was smart of you to look under the car, Judy, because the first thing I’d check for under these circumstances would be teenage boys!

RAY: But since there were none there (or they gave up and let go before you got back home), I’d have to suspect a bad center bearing.

This is a rear-wheel-drive car with a two-piece drive shaft. And where the two halves of the drive shaft meet (right about between the front seats), there’s a stainless-steel bearing.

TOM: That bearing is caged in rubber and attached to the bottom of the car with a bracket. And when that whole thing wears out, the drive shaft can move around enough to actually start banging against the underside of the car.

RAY: A new center bearing and rubber cage will cost you about a hundred bucks, installed, Judy.

And that should take care of it.