Today's Feature

Assistance for Hurricane Victims.

Multiple local affiliations are working in conjunction with the Red Cross, 410 Jackson in Joplin, to provide assistance to hurricane victims who have arrived in Carthage. According to the Red Cross 80 to 90 people now dwelling in Jasper, Barton and Newton counties have registered at the Joplin office.

Victims in Carthage who are seeking help through local affiliations will likely be referred, either before or after assistance is given, to the Joplin office for registration. The Red Cross is the official counting agency as designated by Federal guidelines.

Crosslines Ministries, 600 E. 6th, offers clothing, food and financial support using Red Cross as primary clearing house.

The Salvation Army, 125 E. Fairview, is also working with the Carthage Ministerial Alliance to provide shelter and food to those who are in need. Immediate care can be provided by the Salvation Army and longer term care provided by the Alliance.

The Carthage Crisis Center, 420 Lyon Street, also offers assistance in the form of housing, food, clothing and furniture. The Crisis Center also is working in conjunction with Red Cross and the Carthage Ministerial Alliance.

Due to the high demand, most of these organizations are accepting various forms of donations. Supplies requested include furniture, household goods, canned food, bedding and monetary contributions.

Stench Report:
Thursday,
09/15/05

No Odors

I’d say a person’s automobile is one of the largest producers of paper of ‘bout anything else goin’. If ya don’t think all those papers are important, just lose one someday and see how much sympathy ya get tryin’ ta get by without it. It doesn’t count if you’ve got 90% of it. If one little detail is missin’ that’s all that counts. Ever’ detail is worth about 5 to 14 days delay. I bet that doesn’t count the time spent on the phone and the trips to and from whatever agency or department you’ve got ta make. Not ta mention the fact that the letter ya get from the agency tells ya they can receive a fax but after ya go through the procedure they send ya a letter tellin’ ya how sorry they are but they can’t use a fax copy. I’m not sayin’ that anything like this has ever happened to me, but I bet I’d write somethin’ ‘bout it if it ever did.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

Chaparral is botanically known as Larrea tridentata and has the most common names of Greasewood and Creosote. It is one of the world’s oldest plants and flourishes in the arid Arizona desert.

Like so many desert plants, Chaparral produces strong anti-stress saponins and other protective agents. One of these natural compounds is NDGA, and thought responsible for the therapeutic benefits attributed to chaparral.

NDGA (nor-dihydroguaiaretic acid) has been identified as an antioxidant and useful in negating the effects of free radicals in the tissues and cells.

Researchers at the Universities of Nevada and Utah isolated NDGA from the leaves of a Chaparral plant after a cancer victim was miraculously cured. The 87 year old patient began consuming chaparral daily and in a few short months cured a facial cancer.

Dr. Ronald Pardinia of the University of Nevada indicated the NDGA was a potent inhibitor of mitochondrial enzymes which in turn inhibit the cancer growth. And because of its negating effect on free radicals Chaparral has other applications. Free radicals can break down the lubricating synovial fluid in joints resulting in a loss of lubricity and subsequent inflammation. Deterioration of synovial fluid is a classic symptom associated with inflammatory arthritis.

The above information was supplied by Arizona Naturals.

* This article is meant for informational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for medical advice. References available by request. These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA.

artCentral

artCentral seeks "a little something" for silent auction

I have been happily involved with nonprofit organizations for over 30 years. Yet the one "duty" I prefer to avoid is fundraising.

However, when it comes to asking folks to donate "a little something" as a Silent Auction item for artCentral’s Maple Leaf Wine Tasting Extravaganza scheduled for Sunday, October 9, I am giddy to do so. How can that be, you ask?

First, this event is artCentral’s one-and-only annual fundraiser, and a fun -filled, fabulous feast, fine art occasion for sure!

Secondly, the items that come in the door for the Silent Auction are just so interesting. My favorites last year were the antique golf club, a vintage Frankoma bowl, a basket of wonderful hand picked wines, and a fanciful birdhouse. Several local merchants gave generous gift certificates and premium merchandize, and artCentral members donated art and craft originals.

Of course, the real fun begins at the Extravaganza, with bidders cruisin’ and perusin’ auction items all afternoon, until the final bell at 4:30. Then it’s a blast to see who got what, for how much.

Perhaps you have something odd, unusual, unique—an antique, a collectible, a piece of jewelry, a no longer needed treasure that you are willing to part with, or an inherited item you’d love to pass on for a good cause. Please give us a call 358-4404 and we’ll be happy—and grateful— to receive it. Then plan to attend the Maple Leaf Wine Tasting Extravaganza, and see what there’s to bid on!