Council OK's Ad Money.

The City Council met in a special meeting last Friday morning in City Hall at 8:30 a.m. and voted 9-1 to allow up to $400 to be spent on informative ads for the upcoming Lodging Tax ballot issue. The money will come from the existing Lodging Tax fund.

A motion to allow up to $500 to be spend from the City General Fund was rejected by the Council at the last regular meeting.

According to City Administrator Tom Short, the City Attorney had reviewed the ad content and felt it presented only information and was not slanted toward a particular point of view. State statutes do not allow pubic funds to be spent to persuade a vote for or against.

The City currently collects a 2% lodging tax on all overnight motel or bed and breakfast stays. The proposed issue would raise that amount to 4%. According to the ad copy, the average lodging tax in the state is 4.1%.

The funds will be used to place three ads in the community evening paper and several spots on the local radio station.

The warm weather last week seemed to lift folks spirits a bit. It’s amazin’ how a little sunshine and some 60 degree weather can improve the attitude. ‘Course this time a year, switchin’ back into the 40’s and a little rain can always interrupt.

This year spring will bring a little extra relief in the form of a reduction in the high heatin’ bills.

I’m hearin’ from the old timers that this was prob’ly not the harshest winter in their memory, but it was in the rankin’. Specially the amount of snow fall and the length of time it stayed on the ground.

Nothin’ much better than comin’ into spring time after a long winter I suppose. We’ll no doubt see a little reminder of winter for a while, but nothin’ too dangerous.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

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Workman's Loan

The Super Handyman.

by Al Carrell & Kelly Carrell

Dear Al & Kelly: One thing I noticed while caulking one afternoon was that even though the caulking gun seemed to have reached the end of the tube.

By adding a small wooden block to the end of the plunger of my caulking gun, I was able to get out the last of the caulk. I Start off normally but once about half of the caulk is gone, I pull the plunger back and insert a wooden block that is about a half-inch thick with a diameter narrower than the caulk tube. The block slips into the bottom of the caulking tube, and then I push the plunger back in.-M.W.

A SUPER HINT- When working on a table saw, you really want your work to glide over the table and along the rip fence. A light sprinkling of cornstarch or talcum power right on the table can help.

Dear Carrells: I took my old fabric tape measure, which I used to use for sewing , and glued it to the front of my workbench. It is as long the workbench, and I use it all the time to measure projects. I put a few coats of left over lacquer on top of it, to make sure it wouldn’t peel up and to keep the numbers from rubbing off. It sure is handy- K.M.

A SUPER HINT-To keep from slipping off your ladder steps, wrap a scrap of screen wire or hardware cloth around each one. Staple it in place, and it will give you a little extra traction, even with muddy feet.