2nd Annual Kids Fishing Day.

The Missouri Department of Conservation is inviting all area kids and their parents to take part in the Second Annual Kids Fishing Day from 8 a.m.-noon on Saturday, June 7th at Kellogg Lake in Carthage, MO. Many activities and events are planned, including several prize giveaways. This event coincides with Missouri’s Free Fishing Days (June 7th & 8th), where anglers of all ages (resident & non-resident) do not need a Missouri fishing permit to fish. So the parents are also encouraged to bring their fishing gear and make a day of it with the youngsters.

A variety of events are planned and the first 200 anglers age 15 and under will receive a Kids Fishing Kit, containing all sorts of goodies. Plus, every young angler that signs up will be eligible for the grand prize that the Carthage Wal-Mart Supercenter is giving away.

The Carthage Police Department, along with the help of McGruff the Crime Dog, will be there to fingerprint the kids. The Carthage Fire Department and several other groups will also assist with the event.

Everyone needs to bring their own fishing pole and tackle.

Workshops & New Exhibits
Start Today.

By Lee Sours, artCentral

The workshops began this morning at 8:00 a.m. The participants will be either carving stone or "forging" ahead in their blacksmithing skills until noon on Sunday.

The Membership show started today and will continue through July 11. In this year’s show we have oils, pottery, pastels, watercolors, colored pencil, acrylics, jewelry, stone sculpture, 3-D conceptual art, and photography. I hope I haven’t left anything out. Come by and see for yourself.

In the Member’s Gallery we have the works of Marilyn York of Olathe, KS. She is a Carthage High graduate of ’57. She studied some art in college and has taken workshops throughout the years. This series of paintings was done plein air in Arizona. She did sketches and photos of parks, cities and a ranch as well as traveling twenty miles on dirt roads down into the Grand Canyon. These watercolor paintings were then completed in her studio.

There is a lot going on out here! Come by to take a look or to pick up a registration form for your young artist. The artCamp for kids will be July 21 to Aug. 2.

HOURS: T – F 11 - 5

Sunday 12 -5 Closed Mon. and Sat.

1110 E 13th • 358-4404

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I suppose kids have a better idea of what things cost these days. They’re out there shoppin’ and seein’ prices they just figure have always been that way.

My idea of an expensive pair of tennis shoes is around twenty-five bucks. That’s about what my folks paid for my Converse All Stars for high school basketball. Ya didn’t wear ‘em out on the street either, just for games and practice on the hardwood.

If I hadn’t been told by a reliable source, I woulda never believed a pair a sunglasses could cost over a hunderd bucks either.

‘Course when I was wearin’ my All Stars, a good concert ticket was around twelve-fifty, and I could drive fifty miles and back to attend for a couple a bucks worth a gas.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

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Natural Nutrition

By Mari An Willis

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