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Tuesday, August 23, 2005 Volume XIV, Number 46

did ya know?

Did Ya Know?... A Diabetic Support Group meeting will be held in the McCune-Brooks Hospital cafeteria August 24th at 4 p.m. Call 359-2355 for more information.

Did Ya Know?... The Carthage Soccer League Fall season begins Sept. 12. Signups for Fall and Spring seasons for age groups U6, U8, U10 and U13 will be held at the 1st United Methodist Church Annex 511 Lyon St. on Thurs., Aug 25 from 5-7:30 p.m. The cost is $45 for both seasons and $25 for one season only. Teams are co-ed.

Did Ya Know?. . .You can now adopt some of the Carthage Humane Society’s cutest kittens at the Carthage Animal Hospital, 2213 Fairlawn Dr., during regular office hours. For more info call 358-4914.

today's laugh

Brace yourself, Mr. Collins," the physician told the patient on whom he had performed a battery of costly tests. "You have approximately six months to live."
"But I don’t have insurance, Doctor," said Collins, "and I can’t skimp and save enough to pay you in that time."
"All right, all right," soothed the doctor. "Let’s say nine months, then."

My favorite health club is the International House of Pancakes. Because no matter what you weight, there will always be someone who weighs 150 pounds more than you. - Lewis Black

1905
INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of Events as they have Transpired in the City and County since our last Issue.

Interesting Library Notes.

Many Celebrated Books Referred to by Chautauqua Lecturers are in the Library.

The circulation of library books has been much affected by the interest in Chautauqua meetings; a count of eight days’ issues shows 811 volumes. In anticipation, however, of the interest awakened by the lectures of the past ten days the librarian has collected at the lean desk some of the books mentioned and recommended by the various speakers. "The American Commonwealth" by James Bryce and De Toqueville’s "Democracy in America," both referred to by Gov. LaFolette, Tolstoi’s "My Confession and My Religion," which Miss Addams mentioned , as well as "Hull House Papers" and Henderson’s "Social Settlements," may be found in this collection. Posted near at hand are two plats of the Hull House District in Chicago, showing the proportions of foreign population and weekly earnings.

 

Today's Feature

Beauty Shop Permit Returns.

Carthage City Council will meet this evening at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall. The agenda includes an ordinance concerning a special use permit for a beauty shop at 1816 S. Maple as requested by property owner Dianna Sheldon.

This ordinance was postponed at the previous meeting. After hearing several citizens voice opinions about the beauty shop Council member Tom Flanigan recommended a postponement due to the absence of Council members Jim Woestman and Dave Woods. Council member Jackie Boyer was opposed to the postponement stating that Council had voted many times on important issues without the presence of full Council. The vote to postpone was tied and Mayor Kenneth Johnson broke the tie moving the item to this week’s meeting.

The participants at the meeting included former Council member Lujene Clark who was opposed to the special use permit due to the negative effects that might occur to property value as the result of a business being allowed in a residential area. Clark also expressed concerns about how subsequent requests for business permits in the area would be handled after the approval of one such request. Planning, Zoning and Historic Preservation board member Jenny Mansfield also spoke at the meeting in favor of the permit which had passed through the Zoning committee. Mansfield said that the permit would only allow for operation as long as Sheldon was the owner of the property.

Some of the participants from the previous meeting intend to return again and state their positions before full Council.


Stench Report:
Monday,
08/22/05

No reports of stench.

Just Jake Talkin'
Mornin
It must be somethin’ in the stars.

I get ta feelin’ sometimes that ever’thing mechanical is bein’ influenced by the whims of the moon. These minor aggravations are not much when they come ever’ now and then, but it seems that durin’ certain phases they pile up and become all consuming.

This is the time when the lawn mower, automobile, remote control, light bulbs, telephone and other various and sundry items become contrary. Shoe laces break, ball point pens run out of ink and the pocket calculator battery runs down. The only solace is the faith that at some point ever’thing that can break will break and it will finally be over till the next lunar intrusion.

When I do happen to get down in the dumps thinkin’ about it, I imagine three guys up in a space station. They prob’ly don’t have much time to sweat the small stuff.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin.

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Weekly Column
To Your Good Health
By Paul G. Donohue, M.D.

Some Strokes Caused by Brain Bleeding

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have a friend whose sickness started with a cough. Then she got a bad headache and vomited. She was taken to the hospital, where it was found that a blood vessel in her head had burst. She is now able to walk well and eat well. What caused this? — Anon.

ANSWER: Your friend had a hemorrhagic stroke — one that results from bleeding in the brain. It’s not the most common kind of stroke. The most common kind results from a blockage of blood circulation in a brain artery. That’s an ischemic stroke.

Hemorrhagic strokes often come from the sudden rupture of an aneurysm. An aneurysm develops from a weak spot on an artery wall, in this case a brain artery. The weakness leads to the formation of a blisterlike bulge that can suddenly break.

When the aneurysm breaks, or just prior to its breaking, affected people often complain of the worst headache they have ever had. Their neck stiffens, and vomiting is quite common. Then they lapse into unconsciousness.

The initial break often seals itself, but it can bleed again. A neurosurgeon can place a metallic clip at the base of the aneurysm to prevent another bleed, or a doctor can thread a soft, pliable tube — a catheter — into the aneurysm. When the catheter is in place, the doctor deposits platinum coils in it.

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