Budget Ways & Means Meeting.



The Budget Ways & Means Committee will have its regular meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday, November 12, 2001, in the Council Chambers of the Carthage City Hall, 326 Grant St.

New business for consideration and discussion include budget adjustment for General Fund, Public Health and Landfill Closure Fund, Capital Improvements Sales Tax Fund, and the Memorial Hall Renovation Project. Additional discussions include a request from Main Street Carthage for advertising money and a Victorian Carthage status report. The Fiscal 2001 Audit will also be discussed.

Main Street Quarterly Report.

Since July 1st, 2001, Main Street Carthage has received $60,154 from approved grant requests. Twenty-two grant requests remain outstanding with more in development.

Main Street Carthage hosts a successful Grant Writing Workshop each month to assist other local non-profit organizations in obtaining additional funding.

Ever notice how things just don’t seem ta happen fast enough.

Shoppin’ for groceries used ta be a leisurely stroll down the isle to a familiar spot where the soup was always shelved. Findin’ paper towels or a loaf of your regular brand of bread was an easy task.

It doesn’t bother me so much that stores these days constantly are changin’ brands of products they carry or even the fact that they typically carry only one brand. What really irritates me is when they go through what seems to be a continual "remodeling."

I’d prob’ly spent the night in one store if that guy hadn’t shown me the door after I knocked over the watermelon display.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin.’

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Workman's Loan

The Super Handyman

by Al Carrell & Kelly Carrell

Here’s a nifty storage idea that’s a cinch to install: Attach jars to your garage or shop walls to hold your hardware.

Use screws or nails to secure the jars’ lids right to the wall or studs so that the jar will screw into the lid and will be sticking out horizontally. Actually, it works better if you can hang them at an angle, so that when you unscrew the jar, the contents don’t spill out. If the ceiling in your workshop is low enough, you can attach the lids to ceiling joists.

Because you’re using clear jars, it’s easy to see what’s inside each one. We recommend plastic jars, like the type and size that peanut butter comes in. With plastic jars, you won’t have to worry about broken glass if you accidentally drop one.

The jars don’t take up much space, but they can hold quite a bit of stuff.

Dear Al: I have been given more than my fair share of tools over the years and I have found a good way to keep up with all of them. I put bands of different colored tape on each tool. The blue-taped ones go in my shop. The red ones go inside the house and the day-glo-taped tools go in the cars.

The day-glo tape can alert other drivers of your problem before they get right up to you.