From the Council.

The City Council approved a contract Tuesday evening with Phillips-Ward and Assoc. to provide major publicity purchases and packaging of materials which is to be used by the Fourth of July celebration fund raising chairman for promoting the event and securing sponsors. The contract was for $3,000 plus 15% of ads placed by the agency. The initial budget shows that $13,000 is planned for publicity. The vote was 9-1 with member H.J. Johnson voting against. Johnson said he was not opposed to the basic contract, but saw no reason to pay the additional 15%.

The Council also approved three separate Council bills that allow construction of Hornback Avenue and modifications to Airport Drive. The contract for the bulk of the work was awarded to Alumbaugh Construction and will include the expansion of Airport Drive to a three lane roadway as it approaches Grand Avenue from the west.

Also included in the contract is the long awaited construction of curb and gutter along a portion of Hazel Avenue.

A sum of $16,610 was allocated for projects in Griggs, Carter and Central Parks.

I got whacked pretty good with a baseball bat when I was a kid. Some prob’ly figured as much. My older brother did the deed and I have become convinced over the years that it wasn’t intentional. The thought of that incident prob’ly sends chills down his back but I really don’t remember it much. I’m guessin’ I had a pretty good goose egg on my noggin’ for a while.

I can remember hearin’ old timers talkin’ ‘bout their amazement of livin’ as long as they did. I’m gettin’ a better idea of what they were talkin’ about as I look back at the times when I came close to major injury from time to time. With the passin’ years, I have been able tell mom about most of ‘em. There are still a couple I’m savin’ till she matures a little more.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

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Metcalf Auto Supply

Click & Clack
TALK CARS

by Tom & Ray Magliozzi

Dear Tom and Ray:

I have a 1989 Buick Century. Recently, the left directional flasher went out (i.e. stopped flashing). The local service-station mechanic didn’t have a clue. He said about an hour’s labor plus parts.

I took it to another station and was told anywhere from $3 to $125. Then I called two Buick dealers and they couldn’t give me a firm estimate either. What would be a fair amount to pay to fix this problem? No one can tell me. -Jerry.

RAY: In many cases, Jerry, this problem is caused by a burned-out bulb in one of your directional lamps.

TOM: The flasher is affected by resistance. And if one of the bulbs burns out, the resistance changes. Then the flasher either flashes very rapidly or stops flashing to let you know a bulb is out. So by turning in the blinkers, and comparing the right side, which is working, to the left side (look carefully, because each lamp contains several bulbs), you should be able to tell if you’re down a bulb.

RAY: And if that’s the case, you have a $3 fix.

TOM: If it’s not the bulb, then it probably is the flasher (occasionally, we do see a flasher that works on one side but not the other). The flasher is a round, ice-cube-sized relay that plugs in under the dashboard. And you can find it by listening for it. Lie on your back on the driver’s side floor with a flashlight, turn on the blinker to the side that works, and listen for the little box that’s clicking.

RAY: When you find it, pull it out, bring it to your local auto-parts store, and say, "Give me one of these."

TOM: By the way, that’s also a $3 fix.