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Wednesday, February 15, 2006 Volume XIV,
Number 168
did
ya know?
Did Ya Know?... A blood
drive will be held in the Church of the Nazarene,
2000 Grand, Carthage Thursday, Feb. 16 from 1:30
to 7:00 p.m. and Friday, Feb. 17 from 9 a.m. to
2:30 p.m. Please bring a photo ID.
Did Ya Know?... A Chili
Feed and silent auction will be held February 25,
2006 from 11-2 p.m. in the First Christian Church
Lighthouse (corner Main and Chestnut). Chili,
cheese, crackers, dessert and drinks. Cost for
Adults - $5.00, Children 6-13 $3.00 and under 5
Free. All proceeds to benefit Carthage FFA.
Students attending the Washington Leadership
Conference.
Did Ya Know?... The City
of Carthage Recycling Drop-Off Center and
Composting Lot will be closed Tuesday, February
21 for President’s Day.
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today's
laugh
I’m an ordinary sort of
fellow - 42 around the chest, 42 around the
waist, 96 around the golf course, and a nuisance
around the house. - Groucho Marx
Jet lag - When you arrive and
your luggage is in better shape than you are.
A boy can learn a lot from a
dog; obedience, loyalty, and the importance of
turning around three times before lying down. -
Robert Benchley
Television will never replace
the newspaper; you can’t wrap a fish in it.
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1906
INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of Events as they have
Transpired in the City and County since our last Issue.
A God-Send From Heaven.
Rain Checked a Forest
Fire Which Endangered Lakeside Cottages.
A menacing forest fire
raged for two hours near Lakeside park Monday night and
was finally checked only by what its fighters term a
God-send from heaven - a down-pour of rain.
The fire started
mysteriously in the dry grass along the electric
line’s right of way just south of the park. A brisk
wind from the northeast swept the flames rapidly towards
the row of dwelling houses occupied by electric line
employees. Strangely enough the fire was not discovered
until it had crept up into the forest and was perilously
near some of the houses. The people turned out and the
men, women and children fought the flames fiercely for an
hour but utterly failed to quench the fire though at east
two houses were saved by their efforts. Suddenly the
heavens opened and a deluge of rain made short work of
the flames. Two electric line poles were burned in two
and fences destroyed.
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Today's
Feature
Citizen
Commendation and Update.
Suspects Thomas
Joel Maggard and Arleen Frances Wolfe are still
being held in Carthage jail on warrants of bank
robbery from California and pending warrants from
Carthage. The two were taken into custody on
February 7, in connection with the robbery of UMB
Bank at Garrison and Fairview.
Police Chief
Dennis Veach has presented a citizen’s
commendation award to Assistant Manager of Pizza
Hut Christopher Patel who provided the Police
with descriptions of the vehicle used by the two
suspects after the robbery.
According to
Veach, Patel was leaving his place of business
when he noticed the suspects getting into a truck
on the Pizza Hut parking lot. Patel was
suspicious and circled back for a second view of
the suspects, witnessing the truck leaving the
parking lot. Due to the attention paid Patel was
able to provide an accurate description to the
Carthage Police Department. The information was
broadcast to all law enforcement agencies in
Southwest Missouri and fifteen minutes later a
Jasper County Deputy Sheriff and Missouri State
Highway Patrol Trooper saw the vehicle described
and apprehended the suspects.
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Stench Report:
Tuesday,
2/14/06
No Stench
Reported
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Just Jake
Talkin'
Mornin'
I still have some reservations about makin’
kid medicine taste good. ‘Course in my mind,
I still figure it didn’t taste near as good
as the commercials would leave ya to believe.
I’ve had occasion to taste some a those
protein drinks that are supposed to be so great,
they don’t taste so good to me.It gets down to I just don’t trust
any medicine that doesn’t make ya cringe a
little. Ya put ’ on a cut, ya want it to
sting a little so ya know it’s workin’.
I also don’t care for the
flavored versions of the plop-plop-fizz-fizz
remedies. they’ve tried a lemon and a cherry
flavor, I don’t like either. At least when
ya swig down a dose of the original, that sweet
taste doesn’t hang around in your mouth for
a couple hours.
This is some fact, but mostly,
Just Jake Talkin’.
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