Hall Manager Salary Questioned.

Public Services Committee Chair J.D. Whitledge reported to the Finance/Personnel Committee yesterday afternoon that a candidate for the newly created position of Facility Supervisor has been chosen. The responsibilities of the position would be to supervise the day to day operation and promote Memorial Hall and the Civil War Museum. The Supervisor would report directly to City Administrator Tom Short.

Short and Whitledge spoke with the Committee about the starting salary. The Council was divided on the subject when the position was established several weeks ago. The Mayor voted to break the tie vote in favor of leaving the starting salary more flexible rather than fixing it at the lowest level of a grade 10 in the City pay schedule. Grade 10a is $20,349 per year and grade 10 tops out at $25,807 per year. Both Whitledge and Short recommended the grade 10c as the starting salary, or $21,171. Two on the Finance Committee wanted to start at the 10b level, while one agreed with the recommendation. Committee Chair Lujene Clark vote against the 10b level because she felt it should be 10a. More discussion is scheduled for Thursday.

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Mornin',

For those who are gettin’ down to plannin’ their schedule for the Maple Leaf Festivities, don’t forget to pencil in the dog show. This year the registration will begin at 12:30 and the show will start at 1:30. There has been a little confusion from time to time about the startin’ time, so get your dogs purdied up early.

If you’re an animal lover, you might consider the Ducks Unlimited Membership Drive, Dinner and Auction on Saturday night down at the Four State Stockyards. They will be doin’ some shootin’ startin’ at 4 and dinner at 7.

Course the Marchin’ Band Competition goes ‘till fairly late at the Jr. High.

Sunday will be the Historic Homes Tour for those who just don’t get enough fun on Saturday.

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PRIME TIME WITH KIDS

by Donna Erickson

After a month of changing schedules and routines, it’s an ideal time now to make a personalized phone directory of important numbers relating to your family’s activities. So gather the Post-it notes dangling from your phone, the tattered address books and the kids’ fall sports rosters, and make directory assistance a family project.

First, use a pad and pencil to jot down the names and telephone numbers of the important people in charge of your kids’ activities. Encourage your kids to think of activities they do during an average week. For example, include soccer coaches, scout leaders, piano and karate instructors and Sunday school teachers in the directory.

Remember to include important numbers at school, such as the names of teachers, the school nurse and the principal. If the school has a phone-in number for parents to call and leave a message if a child is going to be absent, or if there is a homework line, be sure to include that as well. Then add your local library, pediatrician, community center, emergency numbers and, of course, your favorite take-out pizza place.

Finally, include the numbers of friends and relatives your family contacts regularly.

Type or print the directory and mount it on posterboard. Post it close to your busiest phone. The next time Mom or Dad needs to reach a scoutmaster or call in a sick day, the number will be easy to find.