Traffic Light Bid Recommended.

The City Council Public Works Committee voted Wednesday afternoon to recommend accepting a bid of $154,276.50 from Sprouls Construction, Inc. for improvements to the intersection at Garrison and Centennial. Funding for the project has been recommended by the Budget/Ways and Means Committee for next year’s budget. The project only drew two bids with APAC submitting a bid of $163,987.05.

The Committee also encouraged City Engineering Department Director Joe Butler to submit applications for grants that would be used to improve the City recycling facility. The applications would request a total of $92,500. The City would pay 20% of any projects approved.

Committee member Ronnie Wells voiced opposition to portions of the plan. A $20,000 pole barn that would cover the recycling bins was one of his concerns.

"It seems like $20,000 for that type of structure is an awful lot of money to me," said Wells. "I’m not too in favor of it."

Committee members Bill Fortune, Jim McPheeters, and Jackie Boyer wanted the applications to be submitted.

artCamp 2001 Class Schedule.

by Robin Putnam, artCentral

artCamp 2001 is shaping up nicely !! We don’t have all the days worked out yet but here is what we do have.

July 23 Drawing, teacher is Tom Jones. Tom is the art teacher at the Jasper High School, is a watercolorist and lives here in Carthage.

July 24 Watercolor, Teacher is Tom Jones.

July 25 Undecided

July 26 Undecided

July 27 Ancient Arts and Cultures, Egyptian style painting on papyrus. Project is a life-size mummy painting complete with nature scenes, hieroglyphs and symbols using gold tempera, watercolor and oil pastels. Teacher is Anne-Marie Gaily. Anne-Marie is an art teacher in Webb City and lives in Joplin.

July 28 Ancient Arts and Cultures, African Masks. After exploring different African cultures students will make a mask of clay using shells etc for decorations. Teacher is Anne-Marie Gailey.

July 30 Ancient Arts and Cultures, Austrailian dot paintings and x-ray style drawing using oil pastels, tempera, watercolor and watercolor pencils. Teacher is Anne-Marie Gailey.

August 1 Sculpture with plaster gauze. Teacher is Robbie Holmes. Robbie is a senior at Carthage High School. He taught at last years artCamp and was the coolest teacher according to all of the kids !!

August 2 There is a polymer clay project followed by cartoons and comic stips where the kids learn the basics of cartooning and create their own comic strip and characters. Teachers are Judy Porter and Jeannie Martin. Judy is from Bulter, MO and Jeannie is from Springfield. These two are sisters and work under the name of The Fine Tooners.

August 3 Clay project will be painted. Judy will show the kids how to create a caricature and have them draw each other while she does a caricature of each student. If time allows a tole painting project will be started.

August 4 Judy and Jeannie will work with the kids on painting...either finishing the tole project or starting an acrylic on canvas painting.

Registration can start now !

More.........next week. 358-4404. 1110 E 13th & www. ozarkartistscolony.com Tues. - Sat 9am - 3pm.

The Public Works Committee gotta look Wednesday at the preliminary design of the roundabout intersection that is planned for the middle of the Myers Park Development. This is part of the extension of George Phelps Boulevard from Grand to Hazel.

This is a separated roundabout from the one proposed for the Airport Drive/Grand/Fairlawn intersection. That one is bein’ designed by State Engineers.

If both of ‘em get built, Carthage will be one a the few towns in Missouri with two of these traffic control devices. Representatives from MODOT seem to think that the one at Airport Drive will make traffic flow much better there, especially if we see a significant increase over the next few years. Old idea, new design.

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Just Jake Talkin’.

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Oak Street health & herbs

Natural Nutrition

by Mari An Willis

Where did spring go? I just returned from a trip to south Texas and it was just as warm here when I got home as it was there! Of course, on my trips I always like to check out other "inside" shopping communities such as the local squares and small businesses. We should be so proud of Carthage for all the energy and efforts put into our town by the small locally owned business. It is that part of a town that reflects our towns "true nature" and we have done a bang up job of keeping it an inviting place to shop. My driving habits take me off the main roads and the towns that got my dollars were those much like ours.

With summer here and hot meals becoming a bother, it is time to remind you about spirulina. Spirulina is an amazing plant source of high protein, said to be even higher and more easily assimilated by your body than steak. It has been suggested for years as an easier way for those recuperating from illness to get protein because of it’s easy digestibility, vitamin and mineral content and antiinflammatory properties. Recent research has identified free radical scavenger and immune boosting properties as well. Many dieters are already aware of the energy one can get from spirulina.

In a recent article by Dr. David Williams, he explained that "several international organizations have suggested using spirulina as the primary food source to help combat malnutrition ..." and NASA has approved spirulina as a complete food for astronauts. It is nice to see all this publicity surrounding such a simple plant that herbalists have been using for years.