Street Extension Bids.

Bids for the extension of George Phelps Boulevard to River Street were opened by the Engineering Department Tuesday. The project would complete the stretch of the street along the full length of the Fair Acres Sports Complex on the north side. The intersection of George Phelps and River will be just north of the new south water tower.

Although the bids are currently being researched for accuracy, Alumbaugh Construction’s bid for construction and paving was the lowest at $128,744. Other bids include those from Southard Construction at $162,417: APAC at $170,226; Snyder Construction Co at $211,568.

City Director of Engineering Joe Butler says the bids include more base rock than usual and a fiber web that is not typical for most City streets. The enhanced road bed was recommended because of problems seen in streets built in the south part of town due to the soil composition.

The Alumbaugh bid includes paving by Blevins Asphalt. The paving portion of the bid was almost $5,000 less than the next lowest bid by Southard and $12,000 less than the paving bid by APAC.

Calendar 2000 - The First Part Anyway.

by Robin Putnam, artCentral

The coming new year is going to be a great one!! We are sooooo excited about all the shows we have booked!! Due to the increase in artists wanting to take advantage of our humble gallery we are stuffing in as many shows as possible. It will definately be a very busy year!! That also means we could use a few more hands around here.....anyone interested? Start out your new year as a volunteer!! Make a point to just do it!!

Here is the first half of our year 2000 calendar. Starting in January we will be hosting the Helen Boylan High School art show. The kids artwork will be on display January 9 - 22. We will have an opening reception on Sunday the 9th from 12:30 to 2 p.m. and refreshments will be served. As always the public is invited.

February 11th will be the opening reception for Joe Leiter....yes, Joe. He’s not just a talented musician but a talented painter as well!! Joe will be showing his oil paintings and some of his drawings. Show runs through March 17th.

March 24th is the opening reception for "Women Artists of the Heartland." This is a group show of four women from the four states. Featured artists are Mary Ellen Pitts, pastel paintings, Neosho, MO, Barbara Courtney, oil paintings, Eucha, OK, large watercolors by Marion Bryant, KS, and oil paintings and ink drawings by Joann Stuart , Fayetteville, AR. The show runs through April 21st.

May 5th will be the opening reception for Margaret Ebbinghaus Burch, Anderson, MO. Margaret will be showing her colored pencil drawings and her watercolor paintings. She uses a colorful palette and has a contemporary style. The show runs through June 9th.

June 23rd will be the opening reception for our annual Membership Show. This is a delightful exhibit of members artwork that covers a very wide range of mediums!! Show runs through July 28th.

All of our opening receptions are open to the public and we hope very much to have anyone and everyone attend. We always serve refreshments and it’s always on a Friday night from 6 - 8 p.m. with the January reception as an exception. Well behaved children are always welcome.

This is going to be a fabulous year and we hope you’ll want to be part of it!! More.....next week. 358-4404. 1110 E. 13th & www.ozarkartistcolony.com under organizations.

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Just Jake Talkin'
Mornin',

Like most, Christmas is a gatherin’ time for our family. Seems there is always at least some type of travelin’ involved.

I never knew all the words to the "over the hills and through the woods, to grandmother’s house we go", but growin’ up, I made the trip several times. Made up a few words of my own.

Looks like the weather won’t be a deterrent to travel this year, so if you’re headin’ out, watch out for the other guy. There are a few who just don’t understand the spirit of Christmas.

We here at the Mornin’ Mail want to wish you and your family an enlightening Christmas and look forward to bein’ back on the street next Monday.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

by

Click and Clack Talk Cars

sponsored by Metcalf Auto Supply

Dear Tom and Ray:

The quick-oil-change dealer in my town has begun to siphon the oil from cars through the dipstick tube. He still changes the filter and the new oil still looks clean.

But it seems to me that debris could be left in the oil pan at the bottom of the engine, causing problems. What do you think?

—Keith

RAY: I don’t think it’s a problem at all, Keith. I think it’s a great idea. It’ll probably even remove some stuff that you wouldn’t get out through the normal oil-change process.

TOM: Whichever method you use, you’re only going to get about 95 percent of the old oil out. But that’s good enough.

And the advantage of sucking the oil out through the dipstick tube is that it eliminates the possibility that some knuckle-scraper at the quick-oil-change place is going to strip your oil pan by overtightening the drain plug.

RAY: Or not tightening the plug enough, and letting your oil drip out on the road as you drive home.

TOM: So as long as they change the filter, we’re all for this new method because it makes the job almost foolproof.

RAY: Of course, they could accidentally suck out your transmission fluid!

But we’ll give them the benefit of the doubt of knowing which dipstick is which — at least until we hear from our readers otherwise.

Natural Nutrition

by Mari An Willis

sponsored by Oak Street health & herbs

Old man winter found us!!! I trust that all of you will have your extra armor on during this time of the year when we expose ourselves to the elements and crowded situations such as church, shopping malls & huge dept. stores with their recycled air, family gatherings and lots of hugs and kisses brought in from all parts of the country. Yep, I mean your immune system armor!

Researchers have consistently shown that Vitamin C is one of the easiest ways to go, but easy is not always best. How about a little echinacea tea a few times a day or FoTi capsules. I like to go for the big guns of prevention with Macro-Force. It is one of a few products extensively researched for its super immune enhancing ability. It is Beta-1, 3-d-glucan. In our terms, it is an extract of baker’s yeast (no yeast proteins or endotoxins exist that might cause a reaction to those allergic to yeast.) It is catergorized as a food product.

Also mild depression can compromise the immune systems during the holidays. Two of the most important reasons I can find for keeping our immune system strong are for ourselves and those we may be spreading something along to. It seems the act of any responsible person to stay as healthy as possible.