Today's Feature

Stream Team Forum.

The Carthage Stream Team held a public forum on Wednesday evening to discuss the past year’s test results. Stream Team Sponsors Wayne Christian and Frank Martinez directed a slide presentation showing brief history of the Stream Team, importance of water quality, and the future plans of the team.

This years tests have shown high levels of E.Coli and in the local waters. One sample, taken from Walnut Bottoms, showed a 2419.6 per 100 mil. level of E.Coli colony presence.

"We’re off the scale," said Christian of the sample. The Federal current maximum level per 100 mil. sample is 200 and the State of Missouri maximum is 126 per 100 mil. sample. At these levels body contact with the water is discouraged. 2419.6 is the highest level the IDEXX Coliert testing will register.

Current tests by the Stream Team are conducted on a monthly basis. The IDEXX Coliert testing process used by the team is approved by the EPA and involves taking samples from the water and incubating them for a period of time, then exposing the samples to an ultraviolet light. The samples containing higher levels of E. Coli glow brighter under the UV light.

According to Christian, the Stream Team plans to begin testing on a more frequent basis to achieve more accurate results.

During the forum several student members of the Stream Team gave slide presentations showing waste in local branches of Spring River. The students expressed hope for the cleanliness and safety of the water, saying that local lakes and rivers could be an asset to the community if properly cared for.

The Carthage Stream Team conducts its tests for E.Coli levels in Spring River at various locations including Morrow Mill, Francis Street, Tuckers Ford, and Kellogg Lake.

Stench Report:
Thursday,
4/6/06

No Smells

I suppose as obviously futile a situation those two critters were in, it’s sometimes a good idea to stick your head up and take a look around. Could be that by shiftin’ just a little, the work might get done a little better, or at least not hinder those makin’ progress.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

Warm. Cold. Warm. Cold. It doesn’t take much of a genius to know we are living in the Ozarks.

Steven Horne is a teacher. He is based in Utah and is a teacher of better health through the use of nutrition especially the use of herbs. He runs a clinic and also authors several newsletters.

The following are some of his suggestions:

Cough: To help expel mucus and irritants from the lungs (making the cough productive), use expectorants (BRN-AV, AL-J, Yerba Santa, Garlic, Lobelia). For a dry cough consider combination Four, HY-C or Lobelia. To soothe throat tickle suck on slippery elm. For a nervous cough try VAL extract.

Dandruff: Jojoba oil rubbed into the scalp may relieve dandruff problems. Dandruff can be related to stress (B-complex, NutriCalm, STR-J). Or consider rinsing the hair with bayberry tea.

Diarrhea: The usual treatment is with bulking agents (psyllium, activated charcoal , Nature’s Three, Bentonite, Slippery Elm) and/or astringent herbs (yarrow, red raspberry, whiteoak bark). Replace lost electrolytes with Combination Potassium. To help prevent diarrhea while traveling take Acidophilus.

Inflammation: IF-C, Pycnogenol, yarrow, Licorice, Butcher’s Broom, Zinc, Target Defense, bromelain, chamomile.

artCentral
Art Notes from Hyde House
By Sally Armstrong

Amazingly, the five weeks of our first show are nearly past and we will be removing the wonderful " Pet Portraits" from the walls this next weekend. It has been a fun show and I will miss the doggies around the place, but we must move along to the next scheduled artists. I want to thank again, Becky Golubsky, and what a pleasure it was working with her! Her enthusiasm was contagious and I am so pleased she sold 3 paintings and received several commissions as well as a coveted invitation to participate in the " 2007 Midwest Gathering of the Artists". We will keep her prints for sale in our Library.

Speaking of our Library, many may not know that in addition to Members being able to check out books as they desire, we have a nice collection of unframed artist proofs and prints for sale as well as cards and some other items, our cookbook of course. The wonderful postcards depicting the Carthage courthouse done by several MGA artists can still be purchased as well as a wonderful postcard of the Geranium House, former home of artCentral, done by Jerry Ellis. It’s a mini-giftshop of sorts. So if you’re in need of a small Carthage momento for someone, come by.

I have been working on the new newsletter that Members should receive by the middle of the month, but it just seems I keep thinking of more things that I want to include in it. I also will be picking up this week the invitations for the new show which will open April 29th, entitled "Embedded Interiors/ Versatile Beauty" by the mother-daughter team of Kim and Kat Kissel.

This should be an unusual show in that we are celebrating Mother’s Day in the middle of it and will have a special Sunday afternoon tea that day for mothers and daughters with doorprizes and such. Ladies, put us on you calendar for that Sunday if you’re going to be in town— or maybe PASSING through town! More on this show next week.