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Friday, January 28, 2000 Volume VIII, Number 158

did ya know?

Did Ya Know?. . .The next Carthage Public Library reading program, "Rocket into the Millenium," will begin Monday, January 31 and will run six weeks ending with Spring Break. Sign up this week at the YPL desk.

Did Ya Know?. . . Tax Counseling for the Elderly, TCE, will be available at the Over 60 Center each Tuesday from 9-12 beginning February 1, 2000. Brought to you by the Area Agency on Aging.

today's laugh

A man is in a restaurant. He tasted his food and calls over the waiter, saying, "This sauerkraut isn’t sour enough."
The waiter says, "It’s noodles."
"Oh. For noodles, it’s sour enough."

A successful businessman was asked to give a speech at a graduation. "Always remember," he said, "education is a fine thing. Nothing like it. Take arithmetic, for instance. Through education we learn that two twos are four, that four fours are eight, eight eights are—and then there’s geography. . ."

My mother-in-law sent me two sweaters for Christmas, so when she arrived on her visit, I was wearing one.
She glared at me. "What’s wrong, didn’t you like the other one?"

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INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of Events as they have Transpired in the City and County since our last Issue.

Albany Dentists Expanding.

Yesterday the Albany dentists moved into their new rooms which have recently been fitted up in elegant style. They have secured the rooms in the Meyers building which was formerly occupied by Bottenfields’ real estate agency and mining exchange in addition to their other rooms. All have been refitted, carpeted and put in first class style. Electric lights have been put in and they are prepared to do dental work at night as well as during the day. The energy and progressiveness of the Albany dentists is only exceeded by their success in their chosen profession. They attribute their success chiefly to good material, good work and judicious, but constant advertising.

John Moran, a substantial farmer of the Asbury neighborhood, has removed to Carthage to educate his children. He has rented property on South Garrison and expects to become a permanent resident.

  Today's Feature

Volunteers Recognized by the
United Way.

The Carthage Area United Way Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon was held yesterday afternoon at the Leggett & Platt Cornell Conference Center. Board President Eric Ferrell gave special recognition to Luann Felts who has served as Executive Director for nine years. She is leaving do to her husband’s work transfer to Arkansas. Campaign Chairman Lonnie Heckmaster reported a successful effort that resulted in pledges in excess of the goal of $230,000.

The United Way allocated funds to the American Red Cross, Ozark Trails Boy Scout Council, Camp Quality, Carthage Crosslines Ministry, Cerebral Palsy Center, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Citizen’s Advisory Board, Family Literacy Council, Ozark Area Girl Scout Council, Jasper County 4-H, Lafayette House, Medi-Aid, Inc., The Salvation Army, S.W. Mo. Arthritis Assoc., Area V Special Olympics, Mo., and Sunshine Homes.

The luncheon sponsors were Leggett & Platt, Inc. Schreiber Foods, Inc. Tapjac Company, Inc. Day, McGuire, & Keels, Grace Energy, AmeriCold Logistics, Williams Energy Group, and McCune Brooks Hospital.

 

Carthage Community Band to Perform.

The Carthage Community Band will be in performance on February 27 at 2:30 p.m. in the Carthage Senior High School Auditorium. Ragfest 2000 will be a concert featuring the ragtime style of music unique to this area, the birth place of ragtime. The Carthage-Neosho-Webb City-Joplin area is justly proud of this heritage and we of the Carthage Community Band wish to extend a very warm welcome to all the area’s ragtime enthusiasts. Also featured is Susan Spracklen Cordell playing ragtime piano, as well as, Don Campbell and sons and also the Don Broers Jazz Combo.

Finally, and as always, the Carthage Community Band is eager to recruit new members. Anyone interested in performing this type of music is cordially invited to rehearsal every Monday night from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in the basement of the Carthage Press building during the band’s concert season.


We’re Starting 2000 With Gusto!

by Robin Putnam, artCentral

Things are really happening around here......like you haven’t heard that before !! It’s sooo great to be away, come back and see so much change in such a short amount of time !!!

As far as we know the electrical work is all done.....at least until we think of something else and the new heat and air conditioning system seems to all be in place.....at least we’re not finding anymore holes in the ceiling !!

We want to thank our building committee volun-teers and our hard working, very busy with his own life President, Don Knost. It is truly a great thing when we get soooo many people who can and do work so well together for the benefit of our humble little organization. What’s that saying..... "you’ve come a long way, baby".....and baby, oh baby (!) have we !!

Again....this would never have been possible if not for Katherine’s home being made available to us as our permanent home!!

We thank the powers that be who guided all involved towards each other and finally got us hooked up !!

Anyway.......we consider ourselves very, very fortunate for a lot of reasons including what a great Board of Direc-tors we have had the last few years !! We are very pleased with the people willing to give of their time for little old us. We thank each and every one of them starting with Don, our infamous President, Ron, Vice President, Shellie, Secretary, Me, Treasurer, Eddie, Linda, Jerry and Sandy !! For anyone interested we still have room on our board for one more volunteer !! Just call and we can get you signed up !!

If you have a spare minute you should come by and see our new editions. If you’d like an actual tour come by on a Friday.

Joe Leiter will be exhibiting next. February 11.

More.......next week. 358-4404. 1110 E 13th & www. ozarkartistscolony.com under organizations.


 

Just Jake Talkin'
Mornin',

Like most things, the volunteer efforts of those associated with the Carthage Area United Way are easy to take for granted. Accordin’ to the statement of revenues and expenses, less than 15% of the funds raised go for operatin’ expenses. The organization provides an efficient way to make sure dollars donated by you get to the 16 agencies supported in the Carthage area.

The annual awards luncheon is ‘bout the only time available to recognize the volunteers who work for several months to assure funds are available in a predictable manner. ‘Course all that work would not be of much use unless folks from throughout the community contributed their hard earned cash to the cause which is a source of pride for the entire community.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

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Health &
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Weekly Column

Natural Nutrition

by Mari An Willis

If all goes as our weatherpeople tell us, we will be walking through the snow to get our copies of the Mornin’ Mail. I look forward to the softening of the sounds which follow a large amount of snow, but the shoveling I can certainly do without!

The consumption and absorbtion of amino acids in the elderly is getting some national press lately. It is so important than one consume proper amounts of amino acids with vitamins to make the whole picture work. Loss of appetite or inability to consume much food or even the lost desire "to cook for one" often times effect the amount of protein sources we consume. Four ounces of meat is generally enough to supply much of the daily requirement, but only if that is completely digested and absorbed. There are many protein powders available, but they may cause gas and bloating if not combined with the right amount of digestive enzymes or become a health concern because of added fats or sugars. They are excellent sources of absorbable protein if a persons health concerns are addressed before changing the diet to include these sources. Soy nuts are good and come salted or unsalted and supply protein. Spirulina is high in protein and can be added to the diet for additional minerals and chlorophyll as well as being easily digested. Herbalists have frequently used this product as an aid to those who need high level sources of energy and are in a state of recovery from illness of any sort. Of course, there are the nutritional supplement capsules and liquids. The liquids are nice as they can be added to soups, gravies, stews, etc., in place of salt. They also come in a squirt bottle which can be lightly sprayed on popcorn.

Be safe and be careful.

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