The Followup File...

At an earlier City Council meeting, councilor Larry Parham brought up the question of Grove's underbilling to the city of Jay for natural gas used May 2005 through November 2005. Following a review of calculations, city officials determined that Grove had indeed underbilled Jay, to the tune of about $33,000, and a revised bill was on the way. It was accompanied by a letter of apology to Jay officials and a promise to install a billing review process to insure that such errors don't happen again. Word is that Afton, Fairland and other users may also have been underbilled as well..."Babe" the horse is still in residence as Grove's only equine, at 108 Osage Street, but the matter of moving him out of a residential area will go to court Jan. 24 at 10 a.m. Two nearby residents are suing Paul H. Ruckman to get him to move the horse on grounds that it is annoying two or more city residents. Judge Richard James will hear the matter, already postponed twice...Camp Cherokee, the Boy Scouts Camp off Highway 10 overlooking Grand Lake, will be sold, the Cherokee Area Council of Boy Scouts has decided.
The 700-acre site has been deemed to have too many deficiencies and would cost too much to bring up to Scout standards. The camp is 57 years old...Regarding an earlier Editorial on the Wright Amendment, Congress has thrown out a bone and amended the amendment so that nonstop flight to Missouri can be flown from Love Field--St. Louis and Kansas City. AA says it will begin operations (for about the third time) from Love Field where they have three unused gates, to compete with Southwest.