Today's Feature
Myers Park
Street Cut.
The City Council Budget/Ways
and Means Committee decided Wednesday recommend
delaying the improvements on Airport Drive from
Hornback to Garrison Avenue. The $283,000 project
brought the commitment to the Myers Park area
down to just under $700,000 for next year.
The bulk of that funding will
be used to extend George Phelps Boulevard from
the center of the development to Hazel. That
project would include the circle drive that will
eventually be intersected by Garrison extending
from Airport drive to HH Highway. The extension
of George Phelps Boulevard from Grand to the
traffic circle is expected to be completed this
fiscal year.
The Committee is recommending
that a Myers Park Development fund be established
with $800,000 of the $1.2 million received this
year from property sales.
The remaining $400,000
represents the approximate amount that the
proposed budget would add to General Fund
reserves.
General Fund expenditures of
about $7.7 million would be covered with the
projected $6.86 million in revenues and the
remainder coming from General Fund reserves.
Letter to the Editor
Opinions
expressed reflect those of the writer
and not necessarily those of the Mornin' Mail.
Dear Editor,
I would like to take this
opportunity to thank the Jasper County
Sheriff’s Department for the excellent work
they did patrolling the area around the Joplin 66
Speedway last Saturday during the Cinco de Mayo
festivities. Bringing in a Captain and six armed
deputies on their day off and tying up six patrol
cars for the entire day was way above and beyond
the call of duty. I thought the roadblocks were a
nice touch. I’m not exactly sure if the
selective stops and searches of only Hispanic
people were constitutional but I slept well
knowing that we were made safe from these Mexican
marauders who attempted to enter the Speedway
dressed in their fancy native garb. Apparently we
forgot to notify the Sheriff that it was a
Mexican celebration similar to our Fourth of July
and not a large Hispanic gang disguised as
husbands, wives and small children. I must admit
that I apparently was mistaken when I felt that a
half a dozen patrol cars parked in the speedway
parking lot on private property was a bit of
overkill. When I expressed my concerns to a very
rotund authoritative deputy he advised me that I
was blocking the road and if I didn’t move I
would be arrested. It didn’t make a bit of
difference to him when I explained it was a
private drive belonging to the Speedway. Being a
recent transplant from Ohio I didn’t realize
that Jasper County has it’s own set of rules
that have nothing to do with constitutional
rights. For this I sincerely apologize. I’ll
make sure I read up on the local customs before I
ever approach another Jasper County deputy.
Thinking ahead to the future I
believe that it would be wise if we never held
another Hispanic event here at Joplin 66
Speedway. In fact, maybe we shouldn’t
encourage anyone whose roots are from another
country including my own. My folks are from
Ireland and we all know what kind of beer
drinking hell raisers the Irish are. Well, I
guess there goes the St. Patrick’s Day show.
Heaven help us if the Baptists want to hold a
revival here. The county will have to bring out
the dogs to control that unruly crowd.
In closing, I want the voters
of Jasper County and the elected officials to
rest easy. Before we ever again hold an ethnic
event here at the racetrack we’ll check with
the sheriff first to make sure he approves.
That’s the American way isn’t it?
Sincerely, Kevin Ruic
Promoter Joplin 66 Speedway
University
Outreach & Extension Week.
news release
Jasper County University
Outreach and Extension has the expertise to help
you and your family, your business, your farm and
your community be successful in the 21st century.
Learn how University Outreach and Extension, a
leader in the new millennium, can help you put
the resources of the University of Missouri and
Lincoln Universtity to work for you.
In recognition of University
Outreach and Extension Week in Missouri, the
Jasper County Outreach and Extension Council and
staff will be hosting an open house from 10 a.m.
until noon on Wednesday, May 16 in the Extension
Center, Courthouse Basement, Carthage. Make plans
to stop by, or visit their website
(http://outreach.missouri.edu/Jasper).
University Outreach and
Extension works in partnership with local
citizens, through County Outreach and Extension
Councils, to determine people’s local
educational needs and develop programs designed
to meet those needs.
To learn more about how local
Outreach and Extension faculty can assist you, or
to be notified about upcoming programs via
newsletters or e-mail, contact the office at
417-358-2158 or (jasperco@missouri.edu).
University Outreach and
Extension links people throughout the state with
educational programs and research information
from the four campuses of the University of
Missouri System and Lincoln University.
Membership Votes Favorably
on New Board!
by Robin Putnam, artCentral
We had our annual Membership
meeting this last week. Thanks to all of our
members who voted and returned the ballots. All
new Board members were voted in as well as the
new officers for the coming year.
The newest Board of Directors
consists of the following wonderful volun-teers:
Don Knost - President,
Eddie Grundy, Jr. - Vice
President, JoAnn Evans - Secretary, Robin Putnam
- Treasurer, Shellie Ross, Debbie Reed and Karen
Rouse.
We thank Ron Petersen, Jr. for
serving on our Board for the last three years !!
We wish him well with his new job !! We do have
two spaces open on the Board so if you are
interested or know of someone who may be
interested just get in touch with someone around
here and we can fill you in on the gory details
!!
Really it’s not a bad
thing.......we have our meet-ings at noon and we
all sit down to lunch first so no one has to go
back to work hungry !! Then we proceed with
business and get out of here around one. Think
about it !!
Good news !! There will be new
drawing and oil painting sessions held here for
anyone interested in learning the basics.
It’s techniques and tutorial. This means
that while the class is working on a technique
the instructor will be able to work with the
students - one on one.
So......these classes will
begin June 6th for drawing and June 7th for oil
painting with the session being 4 weeks for each
one.
Matt Myers is the instructor.
He has worked as a free lance artist for 17 years
and has paintings all over the world. Locally his
work can be seen in Carthage and Joplin in
private homes, the Ronald McDonald House and
Prime Trucking in Springfield. If you’re a
cruiser you may have seen his work as he has done
numerous murals for Royal Caribbean, Celebrity
and Cunard cruise lines.
Students will supply their own
materials, the classes will be held here at the
Hyde House from 1pm-3pm. Cost will be $35 for
each 4 week session. Just call Matt here for more
info and to get signed up.....hurry !! artCamp
info should be available by this time next week
!! Looks like another awesome class line-up !!
More.........next week.
358-4404. 1110 E 13th & www.
ozarkartistscolony.com Tues. - Sat 9am - 3pm.
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