Warning Malfunction Uncovered.

The accidental sounding of the City’s warning sirens Tuesday afternoon may have inadvertently helped identify a malfunction in the system. The Carthage Fire Department and Police Department received over 200 calls after some of the warning sirens failed to sound, during the early morning Wednesday, when there was a tornado warning issued. The sirens had worked when the Police Department accidently turned them on earlier.

Fire Chief John Cooper says that the radio controlled sirens were activated by the Fire Department for the storm warning, but apparently the radio signal did not work for some of the locations. Until the failure is fixed, the Police Department will be notified to sound the sirens.

Cooper has three new, longer range sirens in his budget for next year which will need to be approved by the Council. Two of the newer type units have already been installed and are functioning properly. The old sirens were installed in the mid fifty’s and Cooper says that there is no longer anyone who is willing to repair the obsolete units.

City Council Committee Appointments

Budget Ways & Means

Chair - Jackie Boyer

Vice Chair - Mike Harris

Donna Harlan

Art Dunaway

Financial/Personnel Administration

Chair - Donna Harlan

Vice Chair - Art Dunaway

Bill Fortune

Trisha Burgi-Brewer

Public Services

Chair - J.D. Whitledge

Vice Chair - Jackie Boyer

Larry Ross

Donstearnes

Public Safety

Chair - Mike Harris

Vice Chair - J.D. Whitledge

Charlie Bastin

Don Stearnes

Public Works

Chair - William Fortune

Vice Chair - Charlie Bastin

Trisha Burgi-Brewer

Larry Ross

Just Jake Talkin'
Mornin',

Some learnin' just never goes away.

I reached to reset the trip meter on the dash of the car the other day, felt a tinge of guilt and fear. I realized that I had my arm stuck through the steering wheel.

Now with the new fangled power steerin' on vehicles of today, there is little risk. But when I was learnin' to maneuver a tractor 'cross a plowed field, the one thing that was stressed to me by an obviously experienced farmer was ta never reach through the wheel. Hit a furrow just right and the steering wheel on that old John Deere spins like a pinwheel.

Now I've seen it happen, always glad that farmer knew his business. I still feel real bad for the first guy who learned that lesson.

I'm wonderin' how many things we do without really bein' aware of 'xactly why we do 'em. Just cause we were taught. I don't suppose there's much to fear 'bout gettin' a broken arm while drivin' down the interstate, but I ain't gonna chance it.

This is some fact, but mostly, Just Jake Talkin'.

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Oak Street health & herbs

by Mari An Willis

Spring cleaning! I just love the feeling one gets from cleaning out all the accumulation which a winter can bring along...where did those spiders hide? Webs appear out of nowhere and bunches of "dust bunnies" must have come to me at Easter. Internally our bodies may be ready for a spring cleaning too.

One of my most favorite childhood olfactory memories is the smell of sassafras on my great-aunt Josephine's stove. She would start a pot in March and one drank it through the month, just one cup a day. Many folks don't like to make teas, but the aroma that accompanies them and that feeling of warmth have healing properties of their own. Today capsules are the thing and that is great as along as your digestion is up to par. Some cleansers mentioned by Dr. Christopher, the famed herbalist, are burdock, chaparral, sassafras, red clover and golden seal. Today we are partial to the BURDOCK as it is known as one of the greatest blood purifiers. It is said that burdock reduces swelling around joints and helps rid calcification deposits. Burdock will increase the flow of urine and relieve congestion in the lymphatics. It has a rapid effect on skin disease. I have seen people get a little worse acne before it got better as the skin is a big eliminator of toxins.

Remember when you are cleaning out to drink plenty of purified or at least filtered water to keep washing those toxins out.

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