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Friday, May 25, 2001 Volume IX, Number 240

did ya know?

Did Ya Know?. . .The Carthage Public Library will be closed on Monday, May 28th in observance of Memorial Day. The "2001 Places to Go" and "Book Your Summer" Reading Programs will begin on Tuesday, May 29th.

Did Ya Know?. . .The City of Carthage will be spraying for mosquitoes this week, through Friday, May 25th. Your area will be sprayed the evening of the day your trash is picked up, between 8:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Residents may wish to turn off attic or window fans when the sprayer is in the area.

Did Ya Know?. . .The Carthage Recycling Drop-Off Center and Composting Lot will be closed for Memorial Day, Mon., May 28th. The Center will resume its normal hours after the holiday.

today's laugh

Maid (having dropped expensive vase)- "Those colored bits will look lovely in the rock garden, ma’am."

I’m not really conceited, but every time I hear thunder, I do take a bow.

"Now," said the teacher, impressively, "why should we endeavor to rise by our own efforts?"
"Because," replied Tommy, "there’s no knowing when the alarm-clock will go wrong."

1901
INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of Events as they have Transpired in the City and County since our last Issue.

CARTHAGE STONE GOES EAST.

Residences Contracted for in New York and Chicago.

Carthage stone, already famous throughout the state and West, is just about to make its debut east of the Mississippi river and to enter in competition with the quarries of Indiana and New England.

The Carthage Dimension & Flagstone Co. held its annual meeting in Carthage last night and elected as directors W. R. Logan, R. W. Jay, M. F. Viernow and Martin McNerney. Four Carthage quarries are in the Dimension company, namely, the Marble & White Lime Co., the Viernow, Logan & Wright and McNerney-Steadley quarries, popularly so-called. There was a big attendance of the stone men, among them H. F. Gruetzemacher of St. Louis and E. C. Thym of Kansas City. Officers will be elected by the directors later.

Incidental to the meeting, one of the interested parties informed a new representative that a certain doctor who has become quite wealthy in St. Louis has moved to New York and has let a contract for a $50,000 residence to be built of Carthage stone.

The Dimension company controls only the territory west of the Mississippi, hence this New York job will be handled direct by the quarry company which has the contract.

E. C. Thym, the local contractor, has already landed the contract for a $22,000 residence in Chicago to be built of Carthage stone. The material for both the New York and Chicago buildings will be cut, so far as the rules of the labor unions of those cities will permit, at the Carthage yards before shipment.

With the exception of a building in Indiana, the very home of extensive quarry interests, these are the first big jobs for Carthage stone east of the Mississippi, and only justly attests the value and popularity of the local building material.


  Today's Feature


Rates Are Down, Some Bills Up.


The recent rate adjustment for electrical power by CW&EP reduced the rate but some customers saw increases in their bills.

CW&EP has received numerous calls from customers asking for an explanation according to General Manager Bob Williams.

Williams outlined the effects of the rate restructuring to the City Council Budget/Ways and Means Committee last Wednesday morning. He said most of those who saw an increase were affected by minimums now charged for various services.

In most instances, customers who were used to paying $9 a month for three-phase service saw the minimum got to $28. A lot of these customers either weren’t using the three phase or didn’t need it according to Williams, but the recent rate study showed the cost to CW&EP to maintain that service wasn’t being covered at $9.

Another typical example, he said, was a residence that had a separate service installed in their garage, but actually used small amounts of electricity. Before the rate adjustment the minimum charge was $3.50 a month. Williams said that didn’t even pay for billing and reading the meter.


artCamp 2001...Again !!

by Robin Putnam, artCentral

artCamp !! We have all the gory details worked out.......finally !!

For general informational purposes we are going to go over this whole thing again.

artCamp 2001 will be held July 23 - August 4. The classes run Mondays - Satur-days. Even if the registration form says one of the classes in on a Sunday.....it really isn’t it’s just a typo !

Pre-registration is required and pre-payment ensures your childs spot in class. This is also on a first come basis. It’s truly the fair way to go.

Registration can start now. Forms are available at the gallery or you can leave us a message with your name and address and we’ll mail a form to you.

The classes are for kids 8-14 and are from 10am - 2:30pm. Kids need to bring a sack lunch.

Briefly here are the classes again and in the order they will follow during the 2 week camp. Drawing. watercolor, printmaking, clay, create-a-book, Egyptian mummy art, African masks, Australian dot paintings and X-ray style drawings, sculpture, cartoons & comics, caricatures and painting.

Class sizes are limited so get your kids signed up as soon as possible !!

We would like to thank the Helen Boylan Foundation for the generous grant they gave us which allows us to hire the best qualified teachers in the area and provide all kinds of odd supplies, like papyrus paper for the mummy drawing !!

The Bill Snow stone carving weekend is fast approaching !! We hope the general public will stop in on one of those days just to see what all the racket is about !!

We are pleased to say that the local Art Forum group will be joining the carvers for a barbecue that Saturday evening and we will have great music as well provided by Plains Folk !!

There is still a spot or two open if you’re interested in learning stone carving !! Just come by and fill out a form !! We hope to see you out here !!

More.........next week. 358-4404. 1110 E 13th & www. ozarkartistscolony.com

Tues. - Sat 9am - 3pm.


Just Jake Talkin'

Mornin',

Accordin’ to the discussion at the Budget Meetin’ the other day, there is some consideration goin’ on as to buyin’ another generator at some time for the CW&EP power plant. They say a 6 Mw generator would cost about $8 million.

Carthage typically uses thirty some Mw durin’ the winter and peaks out at around 50 Mw durin’ the summer. We currently have about 25 ta 30 Mw of generatin’ capacity at the plant.

At this time it’s still cheaper ta buy from big power plants most of the time, but durin’ the summer, our plant comes into service six or eight hours a day on a fairly regular basis. It cost around $50 per Mw for us to generate and we’ve sold some power to other distributors for near $1000 per Mw. Good work if you can get it.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

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Chickweed: growing so profusely at this time, has been used in many diet formulas as it is said to have the ability to stop cravings and aid in digestion. Many folk herbalists use it as a poultice to treat skin disorders.

Brudock root: has been used to cleanse the blood and "heal" the liver and kidneys. It is one of the best known blood purifiers. Some people report when it is used on a regular basis, it is useful for weight loss. To make a tea; bring water to boil, pour in about an ounce of root, simmer for approximately 20 minutes and allow to cool. Drink between meals to curb appetite. Nice mixed with some lemongrass.

* The Nature Doctor ... Dr. H. C. Vogel

*Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine by Dr. Murray and Dr. Pizzorno


   

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