Edna Memorial Cost Questioned.

Plans to relocate the rock entrance to the former Myers Park Memorial Airport were stalled Monday evening during the regular City Council Budget Committee meeting. City Economic Development Director Max McKnight reported that initial estimates to dismantle and reassemble the stone monument could run as high as $45,000. The structure holds a plaque memorializing Edna Myers for her contribution to the airport

The monument sits on the property recently purchased by SMB but was specifically excluded from the sale.

The Committee members were not enthusiastic about paying that much money to move the monument. Other options, such as reconstructing a smaller version and using the commemorative plaque, or possibly leaving the monument in place were discussed.

Committee Chair Jackie Boyer said she favored saving the monument for historical reasons.

"There is some value gained for the City to preserve the wall as a memorial," said Boyer. "Whether or not it’s worth $45,000 I don’t know. I’m very disappointed that it’s not going to be just a cut and dry question."

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Just Jake Talkin'
Mornin',

I’d have ta guess that most find the idea of AOL payin’ 160 some BILLION for Time-Warner just a little beyond our comprehension.

‘Course most can remember when payin’ more than a couple grand for a new car was a reach.

I remember a Blonde cartoon where Dagwood was admirin’ a $50,000 boat. "This is what we need," he said.

"What I really need," responded Blonde, "is a new ironing board cover."

While the rest of us are tryin’ to keep up with the seemin’ly daily changes and upgrades in the computer age, there is always a Dagwood out there dreamin’ up somethin’ new to bend the horizon.

I’d guess Dagwood would still enjoy floatin’ down Spring River on an inner tube.

This is some face, but mostly,

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PRIME TIME WITH KIDS

by Donna Erickson

At our house, there’s a kitchen drawer overflowing with plastic containers that spill out every time we jam it closed. It started as the "Tupperware drawer," but evolved into a catch-all of margarine tubs and our latest collectible, a four-ounce cream cheese container from our local bagel shop.

Over the holidays, we used the handy storage units for leftovers. But it didn’t take long before frustration reached the boiling point when searching for the last bit of Grandma’s Swedish rice pudding only to find glutenous brown gravy under a lid labeled honey walnut cream cheese.

Now that the leftovers are gone, thank goodness, the drawer is jammed tight again. Sorting through the chaos, my son discovered lids outnumbered containers 3-1. But their usefulness isn’t over yet. Here is a clever idea for transforming plastic lids into sturdy stencils for fun indoor art activities.

On the underside of a lid, use a marker to draw a simple outline of a shape such as a square, triangle or circle. Keep it simple. Help your child cut out the shape with scissors, or an adult may use an X-acto knife. Cut off the rim, if you wish.

To use the stencil, tape the lid to a sheet of paper, dip a piece of sponge into poster paint and dab lightly inside the cutout space. Lift the stencil. Because the stencils are plastic, they may be washed and used over again. Here are some ideas for more stencil art:

• Make a heart stencil and print Valentine cards and placemats.

• Place the stencils over pictures in old magazines, trace the shape onto the pictures, then cut out the paper shapes. Glue shapes on construction paper to create "recycle" collages.

• For children learning the alphabet, make a set of lids with one letter per lid. Trace and color the letters on paper to practice their ABC’s. Spell simple words. Stencil your address and let your kids practice saying it.