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Thursday, August 10, 2006 Volume XV, Number 39

did ya know?

Did Ya Know?... A blood drive will be held at the Church of the Nazarene, 2000 Grand, Carthage on Thursday, August 10 from 1:30 to 7:00 p.m. and Friday, August 11 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Please bring photo ID.

Did Ya Know?... The VFW Post 2590 Men’s Auxiliary will hold United We Stand Day, August 12th starting at 1:00 p.m. Pool Tournament, Shuffleboard Tournament, Horseshoe tournament, Bar-b-que Beef and Pork Dinner. Dance starting at 8 p.m. Country Express Band in the VFW Hall, 16759 Inca Road, Carthage. Everyone Welcome call 358-8816 for more info.

Did Ya Know?... The McCune-Brooks Blood Pressure clinic is open M-W-F from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Clinic is located at 2040 S. Garrison in the Katheryn Collier Cardiopulmonary Rehab. and Wellness center. If you are monitoring your BP, come on out and let our technician check it out for you. Call 359-2432 or 358-0670. BP logbook available.

today's laugh

You have to be careful about jogging. The doctor told a neighbor or mine that he should jog 3 miles every morning. Last we heard from him, he was in Pittsburgh.

My husband spends a lot of time sleeping on the floor. We thought he was missing once, then we discovered we had just carpeted over him.

1906
INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of Events as they have Transpired in the City and County since our last Issue.

N.N.C. Club Meeting.

The N.N. C. held their regular meeting with Mrs. Whitsett yesterday afternoon and started the program with roll call, answered by quotations from Cooper.

Mrs. Sarah Turner gave an excellent talk upon the subject, "Overthrow of the U.S. Bank and ensuing Panic," which was followed by discussion.

Mrs. Nannie Betts talked of the spoils system, Mrs. Curtis Wright told of the development of railroads in the United States and Mrs. Whitsett talked of the first national nominating conventions. After two hours of hard study, one hour was spent in social chat and the discussion of a hot supper served upon little tables.

Miss Katherine Coffey made her regular trip to Joplin today to give music lessons.

Joe Armstrong a local printer went to Joplin today on business.

 

 

Today's Feature

New Beginnings Presentation.

Carthage City Council met Tuesday evening in a regular session. A presentation was made by Becky Selle, a representative from New Beginnings Development, Inc. New Beginnings is a developer of affordable housing with 2 completed projects located in Carthage.

Selle requested Council approval to begin a new project, a 34 single-family unit addition to finish Chapel Estates. Selle outlined the advantages of the proposed project, highlighting energy efficiency in the homes. Council agreed to approve the project.

New Beginnings requested the approval so they could apply to the Missouri Housing Development Commission for tax credit allocations.

Council also approved by voice vote the intent to pursue grants for the proposed construction of a City-owned skate park. At the previous Public Services Committee meeting, committee members viewed several draft plans of different layout options for a skate park, and looked at prices for construction. The committee agreed to set the amount of $150,000 as a feasible amount of funding to seek for the project.

Stench Report:
Wednesday,
8/9/06

No Stench Reported on Carthage Square

Just Jake Talkin'
Mornin',
I’ve never known anyone who could explain why a dog circles several times ‘for it finally lays down. There could be a number of explanations I suppose, but it’s such a common occurrence, there must be one absolute reason.

The old story of the coon dog sittin’ on the porch howlin’ comes ta mind.

"Somethin’ out in the woods makin’ that dog howl like that?" asked a visitor.

"No," says the owner, "the dog just sat on a nail and is too lazy to get up."

Maybe dogs circle ‘cause once they lay down, they don’t want ta have ta move again. Just checkin’ for nails. I suppose even more interestin’ is the fact that us humans will sit and watch an animal goin’ round in circles tryin’ to figure out why. Makes ya wonder who the superior species really is.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

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I have a 2005 Honda Civic EX special edition. It gets great mileage and looks sporty, though is rather tame. However, it has a positively wimpy horn. The horn is so bad that I am embarrassed to blow it, ever. I have talked to several Honda dealers, and they are not really helpful. I would be happy to replace it with a Honda Odyssey or Accord horn, but the dealer service departments seem at a loss. Do I need to find some car specialty shop, or is there hope within the Honda dealerships? - Bill

RAY: Well, the dealerships generally don’t like to do things out of the ordinary. Especially things that involve spit and chewing gum. But this can be done, Bill.

TOM: It’s actually easy to do. If the dealer won’t do it for you, I’m sure you can find another shop that will. All car horns are essentially the same. They all run on 12 volts, and they’re all approximately 4 inches in diameter.

RAY: So, all you need to do is find a car whose horn you like the sound of, and then go to that dealership’s parts department and buy a horn.

TOM: Or just wait ‘til it’s dark and make a swap!

RAY: Any decent mechanic can make the switch for you, Bill. He’ll have to improvise a bit to mount the new horn in there, because the brackets probably won’t match exactly. But it’s not a big deal.

TOM: But before you do this, compare your horn with another ‘05 Civic. It’s possible that yours just isn’t working right. A car’s "horn" is actually made up of two horns: one high, and one low. And maybe one of your two horns isn’t working.

RAY: But if your horn works, and you just don’t like it, go out and get yourself a nice, Chevy Tahoe horn, Bill, and live it up.

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