Beer Bottle Ban.

The City Council Public Services Committee voted Monday evening to sponsor a council bill to make possession of alcoholic beverages in glass containers on City property illegal. The Committee is recommending an exception for Memorial Hall.

The Committee has been looking at ways to eliminate some of the hazard left behind especially at Kellogg lake and at the soccer fields on the west edge of the Myers Park Development. The ordinance will also apply to the golf course.

The Committee also voted to allow Parks Administrator Alan Bull to enter into an agreement with a trapper to remove beavers from Kellogg Lake. Bull told the Committee that beavers are causing problems throughout the region.

The question of whether the golf course should offer a reduced seasonal rate to college students was postponed for further study.

The Committee voted to forward to the Council for approval agreements for services with Girls Softball, Carthage Little League, the Carthage Swim Team and adult softball.

The only beaver I was ever familiar with was Bucky in the Ipana toothpaste commercial. He never seemed destructive.

Apparently the beavers that have decided to invade Kellogg Lake are not so easy goin’. They seem ta think anything with bark on it is fair game. I’m wonderin’ if the ducks and geese, which seem to have returned, are feelin’ a little crowded with all the busy beavers runnin’ around.

I also hear that the deer population has increased substantially in this part of the country over the last several years. The Armadillo has worked its way up from Texas and I suppose the killer bees are still comin’ this way from South America. Maybe that crazy crocodile hunter will show up and put us on tv.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

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Carthage Printing Services

PRIME TIME WITH KIDS

by Donna Erickson

A rain stick is an exotic instrument from Chile that makes a sound like gently falling rain. People around the world use rain sticks to add special rhythms to their music. You can have fun making your own with a simple cardboard mailing tube! When friends come over, let them guess what’s trickling through the inside of the rain stick as you tip it slowly back and forth.

Here’s how to make a rain stick: For best results, use a 2-inch wide medium-length mailing tube from the post office. Using 2-inch nails for a 2-inch wide tube, hammer a row of nails from top to bottom,a bout 1 inch apart, into one side of the tube. The nails should fit across the inside of the tube without puncturing through to the other side. Continue making rows around the tube. The rows may go in a diagonal pattern as well. Peek through an open end to see the maze created by the crisscross pattern of nails.

Decorate the tube using paint, stickers, beads or colored adhesive-backed paper cut in interesting shapes. Glue one of the end caps or stoppers of the tube onto one end. If your tube doesn’t have an end cap, cover the opening with a piece of cardboard and tape in place.

Pour about 3/4 cup of dry rice, beans or popcorn kernels into the tube. Test the sound the rain stick makes by covering the open end with your hand and tilting it slightly to hear the contents trickle through the maze. Add more dried materials if you wish, to make a sound you like. Cover the remaining open end. Your instrument is ready to play.

SAFETY ALERT: Due to the shape nails, this project is not suitable for young children.