Hope for Hailey.


The Hope for Hailey Foundation will host a shrimp gumbo feed this Saturday at the Carthage Shrine Train Barn on West Mount Street Road (across from the Old Cabin Shop). Tickets are $15 per person, $25 per couple.

The Foundation is raising money to continue funding of a Hyperbaric Chamber. The device allows exposure to high pressure oxygen that is said to help victims of Cerebral Palsy, strokes, MS, and burns.

The Foundation became a legally incorporated, non-profit foundation in June of 2001.

The Hope for Hailey Foundation’s goals are to provide Southwest Missouri with a hyperbaric chamber, continued fund-raising in order to maintain and operate the chamber and assist CP children’s families with some of the cost.

In August of 2002 the Foundation purchased a hyperbaric chamber. In September a twenty-eight foot trailer was purchased for a temporary home for the chamber. A medical technician has been retained to administer treatments, and the search is on for a medical director and a permanent facility.

Halloween is over, the elections are over, now it’s time to turn our attention toward that annual celebration of excessive gluttony, Turkey Day.

Oh sure, there are those who would tell you the holiday is more about gatherin’ of family and takin’ comfort in the efforts and rewards of the harvest. But then, by the last reckonin’ I heard, less that 2% of us actually take part in a real harvest any more.

‘Course gettin’ the family to actually sit down at the table and share a meal prob’ly is somethin’ out of the ordinary these days. Typically at our family Turkey Day, the table is so full a food no one can sit at the table anyway.

I guess when it comes down to it, Thanksgivin’ is a family day. The food is just serendipity.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

by

Metcalf Auto Supply

Click & Clack
TALK CARS

by Tom & Ray Magliozzi

Dear Tom and Ray:

I am a 16-year-old high-school student who is car shopping. I had convinced myself that I wanted a small SUV, like a Honda CR-V or a Toyota RAV4. But then I started considering the likelihood of a rollover, and I’ve hit a dead end. No matter who you ask, everyone has a different recommendation for a safe car, but my godparents told me that you are the experts. Can you recommend a safe car for a 16-year-old with a severe fear of future accidents and a limited price range ($10K-$12K)? I need a solution before my mom and I stop speaking over this whole ordeal. Thanks! — Barb

RAY: Boy, are you in luck, Barb! Sometimes the planets just happen to line up perfectly, and this is one of those times.

TOM: As you might know, Volvo has long been known for making very safe, but very ugly, cars. But through some interplanetary magnetic shift, Volvos have recently become "cool" cars among high-school and college kids. Why? We don’t know. Maybe ugly is in.

RAY: My brother certainly hopes so. He’s been waiting for ugly to come into fashion his entire life.

TOM: For $10,000-$12,000, you’ll have many choices. You can easily get a late 90’s Volvo 850 or S70 (they’re the same car — Volvo just changed the name in 1998). For that money, you should be able to get a 1996-’98 with a moderate number of miles on it (something with 50,000-60,000 would be ideal). And don’t spend all of your money on the car. Save some for maintenance and repairs.

RAY: Or you can get an older, classic Volvo, like a 240, which is a real tank. In that case, you’ll spend a lot less on the car, but you’ll need a bit more of the savings to cover the inevitable repairs. So hang on to it