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August 30, 1977 Around Adair with Ed Waggener The article below first appeared in the August 30, 1977 issue of the Adair County News. Topics included Jessie Aaron's mayoral campaign, construction of the new Pizza Hut, Gene Hoots flying the flag at the Rescue Squad building, and a Pulaski County car fire. --Pen By Ed Waggener JESSIE WHO? The other day I asked a political leader if Jessie was really going to run for Mayor of Columbia. Before he could answer, somebody else spoke up and asked, "Jessie who?" The answer, of course, is Jessie Aaron. Mrs. Aaron says she's flattered with the idea, but she's not considering it. "I'll do my civic duty by serving on the jury, if they ask me," Mrs. Aaron said. Shakey's in town? For awhile, motorists on Jamestown Street wondered whether or not the newspapers had the wrong information on the new pizza place. Early Friday morning, the new Pizza Hut sported a big "Shakey's" hand lettered sign. Others wondered whether or not someone at the Pizza Hut's building center in Kansas hadn't lettered it for a prank. But Steve Udden and Dan LeValley, the men working on this phase of construction, say that the mischief had local origins. "Some local kids did it in the night," they said. The sign was covered with black insulating paper by 9:30 a.m. Saturday morning, so Pizza Hut was only momentarily embarrassed by having its rival's name so prominently displayed. Kentucky prettiest place in the world I could have said it and you would have just said I'm proud of home. But LeValley, of Wichita, Kansas, says that he likes it here. "This is the prettiest state I've been in and I've been all over the world," he said. His father was in the Air Force and that's how he traveled so much. Udden, his partner, of Denver, Colorado, agrees. Udden and LeValley handle the second phase of Pizza Hut construction, following the site make-ready. When they leave, after about 14 days on the job, the restaurant will be 80-85 per cent finished, ready for the drywallers. "The place should be open in 40 days," LeValleysaid. They usually stay in a town only about 10 days, but they were in Columbia longer because Udden has a temporarily bum leg. He still scales around the building site like a mountain goat, though. Put out more flags Columbia has never been the greatest town to fly the flag, but Commander Gene Hoots of the Columbia-Adair County Rescue Squad is doing what he can to remedy that. The Squad has moved the flag pole which stood for so many years in front of the old Columbia Graded and High School and placed it in front of the squad building on Tutt Street. They fly the flag 24 hours a day. At night, the flag is illuminated with a spotlight. It is a reassuring sight. Gallagher is plant manager at DeLaval In a column last week, I referred to Leonard Winslade as the plant manager at DeLaval IMO Pump Division in Columbia. Actually, Andy Gallagher is plant manager. Winslade is one of the shop foremen. I guess the reason I made the mistake, besides being too damned presumptive and never having met Mr. Gallagher, is that Winslade just looks like a plant manager. Next time, I'll check before I guess about things I really don't know. Our apologies to both. Some people think fast Some people think fast in an emergency, while others--the most of us--get paralyzed by the excitement. James Brock, Columbia, riding north on US 27 in Pulaski County, Saturday, spotted flames coming from beneath a car traveling behind him. He motioned to the woman driving the car to stop. She pulled to the median, unaware of the flames, although she knew that the car was smoking. When she stopped, she first got out of the car, then got back in and tried to start it. A state trooper, traveling south, saw the predicament and came to the scene. Brock warned the woman to get out of the car and went himself to open the hood, from inside the smoking vehicle, while the trooper waited with a fire extinguisher. When the flames died down, Brock borrowed a lug tool and removed one battery cable, to keep the car from re-igniting, if it were indeed an electrical short which caused the fire. When it appeared that the situation was under control, Brock left the scene. I wonder what would have happened to that flaming car if the woman hadn't been warned until later, or as if often the case, not at all. This story was posted on 2020-12-13 09:12:08
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