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Tuesday, July 5, 2005 Volume XIV, Number 11

did ya know?

Did Ya Know?... The City of Carthage Recycling Drop-Off Center and Composting Lot will be closed Tuesday, July 5th in observance of Independence Day.

Did Ya Know?... The Family Neighborhood Center, 706 Orchard will offer Spanish classes beginning July 12 from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. This class will be a six week program and is free to the public.

Did Ya Know?... The Service Officers of the Disabled American Veterans will be at the Webb City American Legion Post 322, 1000 N. Webb street, Webb City, MO Wednesday, July 13, 2005, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to assist Veterans, Veteran’s widows and Veteran’s children obtain benefits.

today's laugh

Every time I crawled in bed, I was eaten up with mosquitoes.
Cinnamon bears kill mosquitoes.
Who wants to get in bed with Cinnamon bears?

My brother has a job at a dairy in the tropics.
Is it as hard work as over here?
No, but he has to sit on a higher stool to milk the cocoanuts.

Well, your car certainly does run smoothly.
Wait a minute - I haven’t started the engine yet.

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

An Ante-Nuptial Trip.

Ended a Day’s Outing by Getting Married.

What’s customary had another blow Sunday when Miss Cora Graves and Mr. Charles Courtney of Carthage took their honeymoon trip before they were married.

Mr. Courtney secured a license Saturday night to wed Miss Graves. Bright and early Sunday morning the bride and groom to be took the White River excursion trail and went to Stone county where they spent and enjoyable day among the pretty Ozark hills. Returning late that night they were wedded here in Carthage by Rev. C.N. Scrivener at the Southern methodist parsonage.

It is said the couple intended to have the knot tied down there somewhere in the romantic land of Stone but found no preacher handy.

Mrs. C.O. Harrington returned home yesterday evening from a visit of a week with her two sisters in Springfield.

 

Today's Feature

Summer Energy Assistance Program.

News Release.

Starting Monday, June 27, 2005 Economic Security Corporation of Southwest Area will be offering summer cooling assistance to low income families in Barton, Jasper, Newton and McDonald Counties.

The Community Action Agency will be taking application on a first come first served basis for households in need of summer electric utility assistance. Households must be experiencing a crisis which constitutes a shut-off notice or no service. They must also meet eligibility criteria.

People who believe they qualify for this program should call one of the ESC outreach centers for additional help and information. Funding for the Energy Assistance program is provided through the Missouri Department of Social Services, Energy Crisis Intervention Program.

Economic Security Corporation of the Southwest Area is Joplin’s local Community Action Agency. Carthage ESC Outreach is located at 600 East 6th Street, 417-358-3521.


The Public Works Committee will meet this afternoon at 5:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall.


Just Jake Talkin'
Mornin'

If your ears are still ringin’, ya shot off far too many fireworks over the weekend.

They say the high gas prices didn’t slow down traffic much for the weekend. It was estimated that a record 40.3 million people traveled more than fifty miles on a trip over the holiday. Nearly 34 million of those went by automobile payin’ an average $2.23 a gallon. If they used an average of five gallons per person that comes to a $379 million gas bill for the weekend. After a while you’re talkin’ real money goin’ up in vapor. ‘Course that’s not countin’ the tanks full in boats, off road vehicles, dragsters, and airplanes across the country.

Makes ya wonder what would happen if ever’one just stayed home and watched the local fireworks display. Or powered their vehicles with bottle rockets.

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.

Fiber Fixes Constipation

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have terrible constipation. I eat eight to 10 prunes daily, and they help. But if I miss a day, I am constipated again. I don’t eat breakfast. For lunch, it’s toast with jam. Dinner is soup with crackers or meat with potatoes and a vegetable, and then a dish of yogurt. I snack on crackers. Any help you can give will be appreciated. — J.M.

ANSWER: Your diet has very little fiber, and fiber is often the answer to constipation. Fiber is the indigestible part of food. It holds water in undigested food as it passes through the intestines. That keeps the food residue bulky and moist and easy to evacuate.

People should get around 25 grams of fiber a day. I’ll give you the fiber content of some foods, and you can start including them in your diet as you slowly make your way to the 25-gram goal. An apple, a pear, a baked potato with skin, half a cup of cooked green peas, half a cup of cooked baked beans and a cup of cooked brown rice have 4 grams of fiber each. Half a cup of cooked brussels sprouts has 2; a cup of strawberries has 3; half a cup of cooked pinto beans has 7.

Don’t skip breakfast. Eat a high-fiber cereal. Some have as much as 14 grams of fiber in half a cup. You can get half your daily requirement right there.

Increase your fluid intake when you increase fiber intake. Not everyone agrees about fiber’s value.

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