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Monday, January 15, 2001 Volume IX, Number 146

did ya know?


Did Ya Know?. . .The GFWC Women’s Service League will host a Mardi Gras Dance & Dinner on Feb. 24th at the Precious Moments Convention Center. All proceeds are donated to the Community Clinic of Carthage. Cajun Shrimp Boil Dinner will be served from 6:30-8:30 and Chubby Carrier & the Bayou Swamp Band will provide music from 9:00-12:00. Advanced tickets are $20, and $25 at the door. For more info call Nancy Sanders at 358-3560 or Gloria Gubser at 358-6886.


today's laugh

The trouble with owning your own home is that no matter where you sit, you’re looking at something that has to be done.

On a flight, the pilot announces over the intercom, "Our menu today is baked chicken, roast beef, or lasagna. If you don’t get your first choice, you’ll never know."

They’ve checked into the fanciest hotel on the Hawaii Islands. As they walk on the beach, the wife picks up a shell and holds it to her husband’s ear. "Can’t you hear the roar of the ocean?" she asks.
"Nope. All I can hear is—three hundred a day and no meals."

The easiest way to find something you lost around the house is to buy a replacement.


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INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of Events as they have Transpired in the City and County since our last Issue.

Davis Furnishes Bond.

Chas. S. Davis of this city, recently indicted on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses in connection with sinking the Buff Cochin mine deeper for Dr. Chester, Collector Emry and others, and has since been in jail, furnished bail yesterday evening and was released.

He states that he can soon secure bond for his partner Mr. Vaughn, who was also indicted. The latter is the one who had a daughter born since he went to jail, and he is particularly anxious to get out and see it.

24 Above Zero.

The thermometer registered 24 degrees above zero this morning. There has been but one other morning this winter when the temperature was as low.

  Today's Feature

Intoxicating Agenda.

The City Council Public Safety Committee is scheduled to meet this evening in the Police Station at 6:30 p.m.

The agenda includes consideration of regulations concerning the licensing of establishments selling liquor by the drink. The City currently has no fees for operation of such businesses although the State issues licenses.

Discussion at the last meeting indicates the Committee will recommend a regular license fee between $50 and $75, a separate Sunday license fee of $300, which is the highest allowed by the State, and hours of operation matching those of packaged liquor stores. The Committee has requested information regarding the possibility of limiting the number of licenses issued.

The agenda also includes a consideration of a conflict in the City and State regulations concerning bars selling intoxicating liquor being open on Super Bowl Sunday.

City Code currently allows exception when New Year’s Eve falls on a Sunday, but makes no mention of other holidays. The State allows exception for the Super Bowl, St. Patrick’s, July 4th and others.



Just Jake Talkin'

Mornin',

It may be time ta start seriously considerin’ an alternative heating arrangement. Suddenly I’m tryin’ to remember where I stored all those Mother Earth magazines.

I see some are lookin’ at electric space heaters as a way to control heated space. The problem is that most power plants are converted to natural gas now. The high prices for gas are goin’ ta drive electric costs up also. That’s the fix California is in now.

It is a reassurin’ to know we have an electrical generatin’ plant here in town. It can use gas or fuel oil so we’re sittin’ ‘bout as good as anybody.

I’m figurin’ on seein’ more of those solar panels go up like in the seventies. That and the sale of long johns should see a radical increase.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

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Weekly Column

Natural Nutrition

by Al Carrell & Kelly Carrell

Dear Kelly: I love my rock fireplace, but the stones were starting to look dull, so I decided to try to enhance the color and clean them up.

I mixed two parts of boiled linseed oil with one part turpentine. Then I put the container with the mixture into a large pan of hot water to warm it up a bit. I wiped the mixture on the stones with a rag and then wiped off the excess. It’s been a couple of months now, and friends are still remarking how great it looks. - S. A.

As turpentine and boiled linseed oil are flammable, keep them away from flames. Use rubber gloves, and allow for plenty of ventilation. Also, to be on the safe side, rinse the stones after you’ve cleaned them, and then wait a day or so before using the fireplace.

Dear Al: Sometimes when I try to use my old masking tape, it is too dry and sticks to itself and makes a real mess. I have found that you can revive a roll of tape in a microwave. A few seconds on high, and your tape will act like new again. It also works on electrical tape and the white tape used for bandaging. - P. A.

Just make sure the tape dispenser isn’t made of metal.

Dear Al & Kelly: Sometimes when I am drilling or cutting a hole in a narrow board, I find that the wood splits. I have tried, and proved that you can put clamps around the narrow board to hold the sides together when you cut, and that way the wood is much less likely to split. - C. P.


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