Voices: Tacky

Cattle prices reach record highs as inventories drop to 60-year lows

Just a few years ago, a 700-pound steer calf brought 60 cents a pound for Jim McCann, a cattleman who lives near Miller. Now, a comparable calf may bring nearly three times that amount, McCann said Tuesday.

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June 16, 2009

Anonymous The Joplin Globe Tue Jun 16, 2009, 08:04 PM CDT

I know we are all supposed to be concerned about how our city looks. Now that summer is here, I’ve noticed week-old signs on almost every telephone pole and street corner advertising rummage sales. No one ever takes them down after their sales are over.

It looks very tacky and unattractive. Couldn’t the police or Joplin City Council put a notice in the paper or on TV that if they are not removed there will be a fine imposed on the people involved? That would be a small step to clean up Joplin.

Zelma Shanks

Joplin

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