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Wednesday, August 3, 2005 Volume XIV, Number 32

did ya know?

Did Ya Know?... Golden Reflections morning coffee at 10 a.m. in the hospital cafeteria. It’s Southwest Missouri Bank Bingo time. Refreshments provided. Call 359-2347 for more info.

Did Ya Know?... The Edwin W. Wiggins Post 9 of the American Legion will meet Thursday night, August 4 at 7:00 p.m. in the Legion Rooms of the Memorial Hall. All members are invited to attend the meeting.

Did Ya Know?... The Friends of the Carthage Public Library will hold their monthly 1st Saturday used book sale on August 6, 2005 at the Library Annex, 510 S. Garrison Ave. from 8:00 until Noon. There are books and paperbacks for all age groups in every genre, plus puzzles, cassettes, videos, LPs and CDs. All at bargain prices.

Did Ya Know?. . .The McCune- Brooks Hospital Blood Pressure Clinic is open M-W-F from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Clinic is located at 2040 S. Garrison in the MBH Wellness Center. Call 358-0670 M-W-F for more information. BP Logbook available.

today's laugh

Congress wants to require television manufacturers to install a V-chip which would keep children from viewing violent or explicit programming. The chip would cost about five hundred dollars and would replace the current free-of-charge device known as the on-off switch. - Dennis Miller.

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

Burned Books In Street.

Harry Haughawout Made Trouble By Strange Actions.

Harry Haughawout returned home recently from the Pacific coast where he had a position as a stenographer in the U.S. Navy.

He came home in bad health and has been acting strangely. Saturday afternoon he walked up and down Fulton street near his father’s home muttering and talking to himself. That evening he carried a lot of his things down from his room, including some valuable books, and set fire to them in the street. He was dressed only in his underclothes and some of the neighbors sent for the police to have the proceeding stopped. When the police officers got there he had quieted down and gone back to his room. His father, who had been pleading with the boy in vain, said he wanted the police to give him a talking to but thought he had better be left alone for the night as he had gone to his room.

Yesterday morning Marshal Stafford went to see the young man and gave him a good talking to, telling him what he could expect if he gave any more trouble. The young man has conducted himself very will since. Harry is one of the bright graduates of the Carthage schools and has made a good record since leaving school. It is though his queer actions were solely the result of his illness and that he will speedily recover from both the illness and the symptoms.

 

Today's Feature
Request for Access.

The Public Services Committee heard a request from citizen Larry Ross at the meeting Monday. Ross asked the committee if there was a way to open the old pro shop on the golf course during the hot months of the summer for golf club members to have access to the indoor rest room and cooled water fountain inside.

The building has been used as a storage facility recently and would need minor renovations to secure the stored files and other information from public access. The pro shop is midway through the golf course and Ross felt the change would be beneficial.

The committee told Ross that if the rest rooms were to be opened to the public more serious renovation would be required in order to make the facility handicap accessible. Committee members discussed the idea of combining the space for two single stalls and making one larger handicap accessible one. No decision was made but the committee agreed to research the matter further.

This issue has been brought before the Public Services committee previously, but was never brought to completion due to a lack of funding for the changes needed.


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Tuesday,
08/02/05

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Just Jake Talkin'
Mornin'
I like eggs cooked over medium. All that really means is that it is all cooked. Seems there are more definitions of what constitutes a cooked egg than there are fry cooks.

Over easy used ta be how I’d order eggs. All the sudden that meant the white wasn’t quite cooked. Over medium gets that accomplished.

I’m still a little amazed at the efficiency of the egg shell. Makes two little cups for separatin’ the yolk when necessary.

I’d have ta guess that anyone who’s successful in the political arena is good at crackin’ eggs to the yolk doesn’t break. Maybe that’s somethin’ they should teach at politician school. Even when ya want scrambled eggs, ya want to start out with a good solid yolk.

Political ideas that get just dropped in the pan end up splattered on the walls.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

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