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Tuesday, August 31, 2004 Volume XIII, Number 52

did ya know?

Did Ya Know?. . .Fair Acres Family YMCA will be taking registrations for Flag Football First through Fourth grades through September 3. All Games on Saturdays.

Did Ya Know?. . .Fair Acres Family YMCA will be taking registrations for Girls’ Volleyball Fourth through Sixth grades through September 3. All games on Saturdays.

Did Ya Know?. . .The 38th Annual Carthage Maple Leaf Parade Applications are now available at the Carthage Chamber at 402 South Garrison. For information please call 358-2373

Did Ya Know?. . .The City of Carthage will be spraying for mosquitoes next week, Monday through Friday, August 30th through September 3rd. Your area will be sprayed in the evening of your trash pick-up day, between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.. You might want to turn off your attic or window fans when the sprayer is in your immediate area.

today's laugh

Willard: There are thousands of ways of making money, but only one honest way.
Donald: What’s that?
Willard: Ah-ha - I knew you wouldn’t know!

Q: What is an operetta?
A: A girl who works for the telephone company.


1904
INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of Events as they have Transpired in the City and County since our last Issue.

Gun Club Shoot Yesterday.

Some Interesting Scores - Robt. Lister Made one String of 25 Straight.

At the regular weekly shoot of the Carthage-Joplin Gun club at the Leggett grounds yesterday afternoon, scores were made out as follows. H. Dixon 119 out of possible 125; C. Dixon, 114 out of 125; Jos. Leggett, 102 out of 125; Rob. Lister, 101 out of 125, C.S. Barney, 88 out of 100; Matthews, 68 out of 90; A. Dixon, 68 out of 90; Owens, 37 out of 75; Tiler, 35 out of 50; Kuhn, 2 out of 10.

On account of having a strange gun, Kuhn withdrew after a few shots.

Notice to the Farmers.

We are now actively engaged in making contracts for cucumber pickles and have employed Mr. J.L. Hines to call on the farmers

- Dodson & Braun Mfg. Co.

 

Today's Feature

City Council Special Meeting.

City Council will meet this evening at 6:30 p.m. for a second reading of a bill levying general taxes on Carthage real estate for the year 2004. For an $80,000 home the ordinance would raise rates by 19 cents.

Carthage Area United Way, Inc.

Day of Caring - Tuesday, September 14, 2004.

News release

The fifth annual Carthage Area United Way, Inc. Day of Caring is set for Tuesday September 14, 2004. Employees from local businesses and area residents will spend a half day volunteering at the following Carthage Area United Way, Inc. health and human service agencies; Boy Scout Camp Childress, Girl Scout Camp Suzanne, Salvation Army, Carthage Development Center, Family Literacy Council, Carthage Community Clinic, Crosslines Ministries & Lafayette House.

Volunteers will spend time performing a number of tasks: painting buildings, cleaning up storm damage at campgrounds, doing yard work at group homes, assisting with activities for children, etc. The list is endless.

Volunteers are still needed. To volunteer or for more information contact the Carthage Area United Way office at 358-2948 or e-mail uwaycarthage@4state.com.
Just Jake Talkin'

Mornin'
There is prob’ly not a more accurate classic quotation than the one from "Cool Hand Luke." Most will know what it is without bein’ told, but for those youngsters that happen ta be readin’ it is "What we have here is a failure to communicate."

Nothin’ causes more problems, litigation, divorces, and just down right cantankerous attitudes than a failure to understand what’s really goin’ on.

Now the character in the movie didn’t mean that ever’one was gonna sit down and discuss what was botherin’ ‘em of course. What he was sayin’ was folks just weren’t payin’ attention to what he was sayin’. Didn’t understand that he meant business.

‘Course as they say, there’s always time ta fix what there wasn’t time to do right the first time.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.
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 Weekly Column

To Your Good Health

Fluid Requirements

DR. DONOHUE: I cannot drink eight 8-ounce glasses of water a day. It just won’t go down. Am I hurting my health by not doing so? — P.S.

ANSWER: One of the sacred rules of nutrition has bitten the dust. No longer is the eight 8-ounce glasses of water a nutrition law.

The Institute of Medicine, a panel of distinguished scientists who write the rules for vitamin, mineral and fluid requirements, has repealed the water law. The recent recommendation is to let thirst be the guide for people’s fluid requirements.

Note the "fluid." All fluids count, even caffeinated beverages. Juice, milk, coffee, tea and all other liquids count. So do vegetables and fruits; they have significant amounts of fluid. Without even trying, the average woman gets 2.7 liters (quarts) of fluid a day; the average man, 3.7. That is more than enough to cover all body fluid losses during a day.

The only time when thirst might not be a sensitive indication for fluid needs is in hot weather and in prolonged physical exertion, when a large quantity of fluid is lost in sweat. In other words, you need more than you are thirsty for.

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