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Thursday, April 11, 2002 Volume X, Number 209

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Did Ya Know?. . .Carthage Lodge #197 will have a 1st degree & vote on 2 petitions at 7:30 p.m. on Thurs., April 11th, with a meal beforehand. All Masons are encouraged to attend.

Did Ya Know?. . .The Carthage Shrine Burn Crew will have a Fish Fry at
6 p.m. on Sat., April 13th, north of Carthage on M Hwy (71 Hwy to M Hwy, ¼ mi. west). The public is invited. $6 per person.

Did Ya Know?. . .The Carthage Humane Society has a yellow & white 5-month-old long hair female cat who needs a home. If your pet if missing call 358-6402 ASAP.

Did Ya Know?. . .The "Missouri Mules" traveling exhibit will be featured at the Powers Museum, 1617 W. Oak St., now through late April. Admission is free.

today's laugh

Wife: The paper says that the concert we went to last night was a great success.
Husband: Really? I had no idea we enjoyed it that much.

"There’s a new dictionary of golfing terms just out."
"If it’s complete it will be banned."

1st Man: I’ll have you know I have a B.A., an M.A., and a Ph.D.
2nd Man: What good is that if you don’t have a J.O.B.?

1902
INTERESTING MELANGE.

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

Birthday Party Today.

Miss Eugenia Stuckey gave a 10th birthday party this afternoon. Her guests were Florence Regan, Helen Lehnhard, Blanche McNerney, Bernice Henley, Chauncey Stickney, Bessie Baker, Ray Baker, Alma Shelton, Chester Norton, Herman Ross, Annie Lowrie, Irma Kelley, Bennie McCubbin, Winifred Wetherell, Julia Stickney, Raymond Moore, Vesta Moore, Edna Stone, Laura Stuckey, Edith Saylor, Helen Saylor, Birdie Moore, Girard Pond, Frank Burke, Earl Pearman. Refreshments of ice cream, cake and bananas were served.

Fitting up for Fountain.

Frank Edel had the north front corner of his store fitted up for his soda business today. The fountain is expected to arrive in a day or two.

  Today's Feature


Five Citizens Honored

Mayor Kenneth Johnson and Police Chief Dennis Veach presented five people with Citizens Commendations during the regular City Council Meeting Tuesday evening in City Hall.

The following are the stories as told by Chief Veach.

"On March seventh, 2002 at approximately 2:30 a.m. Mr. and Ms. John and Brenda Vaile became aware that the lights were still on at their neighbor’s home which was unusual. Normally there was only one light left on during the night at the neighbors, the residence of Ms. Winton.

"The Vailes became concerned and decided to call the Police Department. Police officers arrived and eventually were able to hear a female inside the residence weakly asking for help. The Carthage Fire Department and the Carthage Ambulance Service responded while Police officers forced entry into the residence.

"Officers discovered Ms. Winton, who had fallen just after her 10:00 a.m. Phone Notification call from the Carthage Police Department. She had been able to cover herself with a blanket from a nearby closet she could crawl to , but could not get up or make it to a phone. Ms. Winton was treated at the scene and then transported to McCune Brooks Hospital for further observations.

"Had it not been for John and Brenda Vaile looking out for their neighbor and then taking the further step of calling the Police, Ms. Winton would have laid on the floor for at least another eight to ten hours.

"The City of Carthage and its Citizens are proud of your actions and are indebted to each of you."

"On February 22 Officers of the Carthage Police Department were asked to check on the Welfare of an 81 year old woman here in Carthage.

"The woman had left her vehicle at Grundy’s Bodyshop for repair earlier in the week and had been adamant about having it returned as soon as possible. Mr. Sid Teel, an employee of Grundy’s asked Ms. Betty Saferite, also an employee, to call the lady so that she could have her car back. They did not receive an answer to their repeated phone calls and became worried. Saferite and Teel then called the Tony Williams Insurance Agency and spoke with Ms. Samantha Pugh, an employee, to see if they had been in contact with the vehicle owner. They had not and also became concerned. Ms. Pugh then took it upon herself to go to the person’s home and was unable to contact anyone. All three, Teel, Saferite and Pugh continued to confer by phone and decided to call the Police Department.

"Officers arrived and eventually, by removing part of a window air-conditioning unit, established verbal contact with the lady and found that she had fallen two days before and clearly needed assistance. Officers forced entry into the residence and the lady was transported to the local hospital for treatment.

"It is very clear that the concerns, actions and persistence of Mr. Teel, Ms. Saferite and Ms. Pugh very likely saved the life of the injured party in this matter. The City of Carthage and its citizens are proud of your actions and are indebted to each of you."


NASCAR to the Max

The Texas 500 from Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, TX was postponed from Sunday until Monday because of torrential downpours throughout the weekend. The start of Saturdays Busch Series race was delayed over three hours because of rain and was eventually shortened to 116 of the scheduled 200 laps.

When the race did get started on Monday, youngster Matt Kenseth, who turned 30 less than a month ago, found the wait to be worthwhile by claiming the win. The race was dominated by Yates Racing teammates Dale Jarrett and Ricky Rudd. Jarrett fell out of contention in the latter stages of the race by running out of gas and having to coast over a mile back to the pits dropping him two laps to the leaders. Rudd managed to salvage the team’s honor by bringing home a 4th place finish. Kenseth trails series points leader Sterling Marlin by only 70 points and both have two wins this season. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. retired from the race just past halfway when he was spun by the series’ only female driver, Shawna Robinson. Earnhardt, Jr. did a masterful job when interviewed after the accident. Though never spoken, the term "woman driver" appeared to be on the tip of his tongue but he remained politically correct.

From last weeks race at one of NASCAR’s fastest tracks the series heads to one of it’s shortest and slowest. This week’s race in Martinsville, VA will take place on a relatively flat track that is just over a half-mile in length.

The turns at Martinsville are extremely tight with the layout closely resembling a large paperclip. Qualifying speeds will be in the 95-mph range, which is almost 100-mph less than those achieved at the high-banked Texas Speedway. The long straight-aways, tight turns and concrete surface will put a premium on tire and brake maintenance.

Dale Jarrett won here last spring with Ricky Craven claiming his first NASCAR victory here in the fall. Short-track ace Rusty Wallace and concrete specialist Tony Stewart will also be among the frontrunners of the 43 starters.


Just Jake Talkin'

Mornin',

I haven’t got all the details, but at the Council meetin’ it was mentioned that this years revenues will be down about $160,000 due to the golf course bein’ under construction. Added to the projected added cost of about that much for health insurance and you’re startin’ to make folks nervous. The question is naturally who or what is gonna take the hit.

The Street Department is somewhat isolated in that the gas and transportation tax has ta be used for streets. Engineerin’ naturally gets in on most of the bigger street projects so they get a little buffer also.

With a shrunken usable reserve the pressure will prob’ly come to lower the emergency reserve again. I suppose if the City runs outa money, it will become an emergency.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

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Click & Clack
TALK CARS

by Tom & Ray Magliozzi

Dear Tom and Ray: I’ve been enjoying your amusingly informative column now for many years thinking I might never need your help. The Chevy had a much more powerful eight-cylinder engine and ran great on regular gas.

The Volvo is only a four-cylinder engine, yet both the manual and the Volvo employees say it must run only on 89 octane gas. Are they nuts? Or do they know something I don’t know? - Floyd.

Ray: You’ve probably noticed that the Volvo is more sluggish than the Chevy was, right? But it’s not HALF as sluggish, even though it has only half as many cylinders.

Tom: And that’s (partly) because the Volvo engine is squeezing more power out of each cylinder in part due to a higher compression ratio.

Ray: The compression ratio is the difference between the volume of the cylinder before and after the compression stroke. In English, it’s a measure of how much the engine compresses the fuel-and-air mixture just before the spark plug ignites it. And, the more compressed the mixture, the more power it produces when it "explodes".

Tom: Higher-octane gasoline is simply gasoline with a higher ignition point. That means it takes a higher temperature to ignite the 89 octane than it takes to ignite the 87. So using 89 eliminates the pre-ignition in this engine.

   

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