Did Ya Know... The Economic Security Corp. will be offering "At Risk Families - Strengthening The Families" that will begin on July 1, 1997. There is no income qualification to participate in the program. Services will be weekly in-home visits with a professional who will work with the family on parenting skills. For more information, call Debbie Markman (417) 781-0352.
Did Ya Know... The Family Neighborhood Center is offering classes to Hispanic residents on the first and second Mondays of each month. Classes run from 10 a.m. noon or 7 p.m. 9 p.m. For more information, contact the office at 358-5926.
One man spent thirty years writing a book about jail. In fact, it took him twenty years to finish one sentence!
“Who should we pay first - the gas company or the doctor?”
“The gas company. What can the doctor turn off?”
He’s sensitive about his hair. That’s odd, because he doesn’t have any!
A company sent me a notice that my bill was a year old, so I sent them a birthday card!
INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of Events as they have Transpired in the City and County since our last Issue.
A Pleasant Surprise.
Carthage Land Owners Find Rich Strikes of Zinc on Their Ground.
The party comprising Messrs. E. O’Keefe, T. N. Davey, Paul Davey and County Clerk Stuckey, who went to the vicinity of Smithfield yesterday to look after their mining interest, found a very pleasant surprise upon their arrival.
Both on Mr. O’Keefe’s eighty acre tract and on the Stuckey & Davey 200 acre tract have fine strikes of jack been made. Lee Holden has a lease on the O’Keefe land and has run onto a fine body of jack at 78 feet. Five new shafts are now going down.
On the Stuckey & Davey land a good strike was made at a depth of 44 feet and when the owners of the tract put in their appearance there was a great clamor for lots. “We leased four lots yesterday,” said Mr. Stuckey, “and we could have disposed of fifteen had been ready to let them go.”
Mornin',
From all appearances of last week’s meetin’ ‘bout reopenin’ the airport, the ‘will not’s’ still are holdin’ on. It would take at least six, or, with a Mayoral veto, seven votes to get off the ground.
Dunaway, Harlan, Whitledge, Bastin, and Harris all favor givin’ the aviation community an opportunity to use the field and attempt to get some fundin’ lined up for a new strip.
Fortune, Henry, Johnson, and Clark all expressed strong reservations to the plan. Council member Boyer was not at the meeting.
Clark stated that she would keep open minded, but would vote no if the pending lawsuit against the City was not dropped.
With the positions clearly defined, the challenge now is to craft a compromise that will satisfy all parties. There were no spectators at the meetin’. Dunaway said he asked them to let the Committee discuss the matter without outside influence.
Some estimates of costs to reopen will be presented at the next discussion.
This is some fact, but mostly, Just Jake Talkin’.
Committee Chair Bill Johnson asked the Committee to consider a request by Mayor Riley to use a portion of existing reserves to improve the traffic lights at the intersections of Oak and Garrison, and the lights at Garrison and Fairview. The improvements would make the lights traffic sensitive.
The Committee deferred any decision until information about State grant funds could be obtained.
Committee member J.D. Whitledge said that if there was some assistance available, he would like to see all lights along Garrison updated.
It was estimated in 1995 that the cost of improving all Garrison intersections would be at least $300,000.
The Budget Committee voted to allow the Chamber of Commerce use a portion of Myers Park as a site for the circus during Maple Leaf week, providing that the airport has not reopened at that time. The motion was made by Committee member Lugene Clark and seconded by Art Dunaway.
by Al Carrell and Kelly Carrell
Sponsored by Carthage Farm & Home Supply, Inc.
A straight or extension ladder is a safe way to get high, but for it to be secure, the ladder must be on solid, level ground. The ladder also must be braced firmly against the surface up at the top. Before you climb the first step, give your ladder a visual inspection to make certain it’s in proper working condition.
If you ever have to set up your extension ladder on two ascending steps, try this idea: Use a scrap of two-by-four lumber to lengthen one leg of the ladder. Secure the two-by-four to the bottom of the leg like a stilt with at least two C-clamps, and be sure the clamps are tight. Or, bolt the stilt directly to the ladder leg.
Trying to put an extension ladder up against a tree trunk can be a challenge. It might help to bolt a length of chain across the ladder’s top. The slack chain, bolted to both side rails, can cradle the trunk, adding stability.
You might find that the rails of your extension ladder are closer together than the studs of the wall you are leaning it against. You can attach a longer piece of lumber across the top of the ladder rails so that the lumber fits against the wall instead of the ladder legs. This is also a safer way to put your ladder up on the side of your house or span over a window if need be.
Remember to play it safe when working without a net.