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Thursday, March 30, 2006 Volume XIV, Number 199

did ya know?

Did Ya Know?... The Carthage Veterans Alliance will meet Thursday night, March 30th at 7:00 p.m. in the Memorial Hall Legion Rooms in order to plan the Annual Memorial Day Service. The American Legion 40/8; Disabled American Veterans; The V.F.W.: Chosen Few; The Heartland Band

Did Ya Know?... The Chamber of Commerce 2nd annual TRIVIA night sponsored by Southwest Missouri bank will be held Thursday, March 30 in Carthage Memorial Hall. Doors open at 6 p.m. Trivia starts at 6:30 p.m. $100 per team of 8. Spectator seating $5 per person. Complimentary hors d’ouerves and 2 drink ticket provided. For more info. or to register a team call 358-2373.

Did Ya Know?... The 2006 Project Graduation Committee is having a benefit basketball game featuring "all-stars" from the Carthage R-9 staff vs. television personalities from KODE-TV. The game will be held friday, March 31st at 7:30 p.m. at the high school gym. Admission is $3.00 for adults and $1.00 for students. Students will be admitted free with a paying adult. Concessions, contests, entertainment. All proceeds will benefit this year’s project graduation.

Did Ya Know? ... A Relay for Life Pancake & Sausage Feed Fundraiser will be held Saturday, April 1 in the First Christain Church Lighthouse from 6-10 a.m. The cost is $4.00 for adults, $2.00 for children ages 2-6. Proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society. This event is sponsored by CW&EP’s Relay for Life teams, "Pumping Water for the Cure" and "We’ll Light Up Your Life."

Did Ya Know?... The Spirit Class for Carthage Senior High is having a car wash April 1st, 2006 at the Carthage Fire Station from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The car wash will raise money for St. Jude’s hospital.

Did Ya Know?... Brooms! Brooms! Brooms! Carthage Lions Club Annual Broom Sale starts April 1. Call Dorsey Van Matter, 358-2666, Chet Holzwarth, 358-6175, Leslie Strait, 358-6105.

Did Ya Know?... The Carthage High School Stream Team is holding a public forum on 5 April 2006 at 6 - 6:30 at the high school auditorium to discuss the past years test results and future testing. It is open to the general public and anyone interested in the health of Spring River.

today's laugh

I got married to complicate my thought process. When you’re single, your brain is single-minded. Single guys think three things; "I’d like to go out with her," "I’d like to buy one of those," and "I hope those guys win." - Jerry Seinfeld

AT&T is now offering a service that allows you to pay your bills through your TV screen by using your remote control. So instead of saying, "The check’s in the mail," people are going to say, "Hey, I wanted to pay, but I couldn’t find the remote." - Jay Leno

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

Robbed Geo. Whitsett’s House.

A Kansas City Item About Former Carthaginian.

The Kansas City Times of Tuesday contained the following item concerning a well-known former Carthage resident;

While George P. Whitsett, formerly assistant prosecuting attorney, and his wife were visiting a next door neighbor for a few minutes at 7 o’clock last night a burglar plundered their home at 3616 Wyandotte street, Kansas City. Two gold watches and chains, a Japanese chatelaine bag, $11.50 in money and three gold rings were secured. When the Whitsetts went visiting they left their front door open. The thief walked in and helped himself while the janitor was attending to the furnace in the basement.

Dr. F.S. Turner of Monroe City, supreme medical director of the Court of Honor, who was here yesterday to attend the state meeting, stopped over to spend today visiting his nephews, Charles and Will Turner

 

Today's Feature

Rejected Special Use Addition.

The Carthage City Council rejected the addition of a new special use permit category for the City Code at the Council meeting Tuesday. The new section would have allowed for pet cemeteries. The current list of special use permits, under the category of "cemeteries, mausoleums or crematories" only allows for the burial of the human deceased. The new section was proposed after Park Cemetery had requested to use a section of land as a designated burial ground for pets.

Councilmember Jim Woestman at the meeting opposed the new Special Use section saying that he did not approve the pet cemetery sharing property with the regular cemetery.

"They need to get their own spot," said Woestman.

City Charter dictates that an ordinance must have 6 approving votes from Council members in order to pass. The Council vote was tied 5 to 5 and therefore the ordinance failed. Those who voted against included; Claude Newport, Larry Ross, Ronnie Wells, Tom Flanigan and Jim Woestman. Those who voted for included; Jackie Boyer, Diane Sharits, Bill Welch, Bill Johnson and Mike Harris.

Council subsequently bypassed the ordinance requesting the enactment of the special use permit at Park Cemetery, as there was no special use permit to implement.

Other items of business from the meeting included the rejection of the rezoning at 1926 and 1921 South Garrison. The requested zoning would have allowed for the sale of alcohol by the drink in the businesses. 1926 South Garrison is the former Hazlett’s building.

Owner Vince Scott told Council at the previous meeting that he had requested the rezoning in attempts to open a restaurant that could serve wine with dinner. Also at the previous meeting several neighbors of the property attended and spoke against the rezoning. At that time City Administrator Tom Short recommended the addition of a new special use permit as an alternative to the rezoning. The special use permit could be tailored to meet the requests of the owner and to enforce a ratio of food sales to alcohol sales. The details of the special use permit are currently being evaluated by the City.

Stench Report:
Wednesday,
3/28/06

No Smells

Just Jake Talkin'
Mornin',

I’ve never figured out folks who complain about a tv show, and then commence to tell you all the details of why. It usually becomes apparent that they regularly tune in to the program.

There are plenty of tv shows that I don’t like, I don’t watch ‘em.

Back when there were only three networks and we could only get decent reception on two of ‘em, I wasn’t near so picky. ‘Course I was just a kid too. Didn’t know no better. (or Mom was in control of the room.)

Fact is, now I can find an endless number of tv shows I don’t wanna watch. The fact that I can determine in three seconds whether or not I’m interested sometimes annoyin’ to others in the room who don’t have a remote however.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

Sponsored
by:
Metcalf Auto Supply
Click & Clack Talk Cars
By Tom & Ray Magliozzi

Dear Tom and Ray:

A few weeks ago on your radio show, you got a call from a woman who asked you guys to settle a two-part dispute with her husband. Her husband objected to her heavy key chain, and she was told that her husband was right: Heavy key chains can indeed cause damage to the key-shaft thingy. However, I distinctly remember that back in 2002, you had a similar call from a woman who was borrowing her father’s car, and it was being lent to her only on the condition that she remove other keys from her key ring so that no extra weight hung off the ignition key. You told HER that the extra weight from other keys was so negligible that it would not cause any damage. So, which is it? Thanks, and keep up the great work.

RAY: Yeah. Well, we recently heard from that woman in 2002. She’s currently estranged from her father. Her key chain broke his ignition switch, and now he’s cut her out of the will!

TOM: Actually, the answer is that excessive weight CAN damage the ignition switch. We see it most often on Volkswagens, for some reason. But it happens on other cars too.

RAY: But the key (no pun intended) is the definition of "excessive." I don’t remember the call from 2002, but we probably asked her how many keys she was talking about. If you have seven or eight keys on your key ring, you’re not going to do any damage. The ignition switch can handle that.

TOM: But if you carry around 20 keys, that’s a fair amount of weight. That constant downward tug on the ignition switch can cause it to wear out prematurely.

RAY: So if you’ve got seven, eight or even 10 keys, it’s probably not worth worrying about.


RACING
By Greg Zyla
Sponsored by Curry Automotive

NASCAR Fans Are Loyal to Sponsors

Q: Greg, I recently bought a pint of grape tomatoes and was quite surprised to see a NASCAR logo on the plastic carton. The tomatoes were grown and packaged by East Coast Brokers and Packers of Plant City, Fla. By purchasing this product, am I supporting one of my favorite sports? -- M.P.P, White River Junction, Vt.

A: Yes, you are. Many non-automotive companies rely on NASCAR racing to deliver their consumer messages (and ultimately products) to the sport’s millions of fans. It is proven that auto racing, and especially NASCAR, is the best advertising buy, dollar for dollar, a company can make in sports marketing.

NASCAR fans are extremely loyal, and indeed buy products based solely on the company’s support of their sport. There are many avenues available to companies, including major sponsorship of a car or team (up to $18 million per car), associate sponsorship (up to $6 million), official sanctioning body sponsors, promotional partners, contingency sponsors and the big-money entitlement sponsors like the Busch Series or Nextel Cup.

Personally, I feel that being a sponsor in racing offers more corporate entertainment and better TV "airtime" than does buying a billboard at a baseball stadium.

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