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Tuesday, December 19, 2006 Volume XV, Number 130

did ya know?

Did Ya Know?... The 1st Presbyterian Church of Carthage will present its Pre-Christmas Laymen services Monday, December 18 at 7 p.m. and Tuesday through Thursday, December 19-21 at 7 a.m.

Did Ya Know?... The City of Carthage Recycling Drop-Off Center and Composting Lot will be closed Friday, December 22nd through Monday, December 25th in observance of Christmas.

Did Ya Know?... December 22 will be the last day of the season for the Powers Museum. 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Tuesday - Saturday.

today's laugh

Who says we didn’t have controversial subjects on TV back then? Remember Bonanza? It was about three guys in high heels living together. - Milton Berle

I have a friend who once tried to read the local phone book from cover to cover, but he kept losing track of the characters.

How wonderful opera would be if there were no singers. - Gioacchino Rossini

Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing. - Ambrose Beirce

Jack Benny is the only fiddler who makes you feel that the strings would sound better back in the cat. - Fred Allen

1906
INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of Events as they have Transpired in the City and County since our last Issue.

Medoc Young Man Slugged.

Porter Hilliard Hunt, a Medoc young man, was knocked down and robbed on the streets of Carthage Monday night. He was dazed and is unable to tell the full particulars of the assault.

From Carterville.

Mr. Hoover, a miner who rooms on West Daugherty street, was held up last night by two men at about 10 o’clock as he was passing the alley in the rear of the postoffice building. When ordered to throw up his hands, he did so, with his revolver in hand and fired three shots at the robbers who made their escape in the darkness of the lightless streets of the town. Hoover thought he had hit one of the thugs and hurriedly notified Constable Vane Ballard, who accompanied him to the alley in search of the men, but found no one, nor any trace of the holdup.

Miss Mary Thorp of Texas is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Prather of this City.

 

Today's Feature

Another Notice Filed.

Information received from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR) states that another Notice of Excess Emissions has been issued to Renewable Environmental Solutions (RES). The notice was issued late last week and was prompted by complaint calls in the Industrial Bottoms area of Carthage on December 12.

The information received also offers more insight into the method used by the DNR to determine excess emissions. It states, "The department must document two exceedances within one hour, no less than 15 minutes apart using the scentometer before it is considered excess emissions." Last week the emissions were detected at 8:07 and 8:27 p.m.

The previous Notice of Excess Emissions was upgraded to an Odor Violation on Friday, December 8, resulting in a $25,000 fine. In the same manner that the previous notice was processed, RES now has 15 days to respond in writing to DNR concerning the latest notice. If the response contains acceptable causes including startup, shutdown or equipment malfunction then no further action may be taken. If the response does not meet requirements then the notice will be upgraded to an Odor Violation and another $25,000 fine will be issued.


To Continue CID Agreement Review.

The Carthage City Council Public Works Committee will meet this afternoon at 4:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall. Items on the agenda include the discussion of the Peachtree Development Agreement.

This discussion is continued from the previous meeting when the committee discussed with development owner Dr. Michael Woody the agreement for the Community Improvement District (CID). Woody had requested three changes to the agreement including an alteration to the maximum expenditure. Woody said that some of the proposed expenditure figures used to calculate the numbers in the agreement were outdated. The committee asked that Woody provide new price information in order to better review the proposed changes.

Stench Report:

Monday,
12/18/06

No Stench Detected on Carthage Square

Just Jake Talkin'
Mornin',
On past trips through Nevada (the state) I’ve wondered why someone would want to live out in the middle of the desert, isolated by miles of sand. No services such as sewer, water or street maintenance. As odd as it may seem to those of us who choose to live in a community, those who live in the desert like it that way.

I’m thinkin’ it comes more from the fact that they enjoy not havin’ to answer to anyone. They may be responsible folks, but they don’t have to be responsible to any other person. If they live in a fire trap or raise pigs, only they have ta live with it.

Livin’ in a community brings the obligation for some responsibility to the health and welfare of the community. Folks tend ta locate in communities that match their level of that responsibility.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

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

Macular Degeneration Blurs Vision Center

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: What can a person do to prevent macular degeneration? Two women on my block have it, and they have had to curtail their activities drastically. They are both widows. So am I. If I couldn’t drive, I couldn’t survive. -- T.O.

ANSWER: Macular degeneration is one of the leading causes of visual impairment for older people. The macula is a small, round area of the retina, the eye layer that transmits incoming images to the brain so that we can see. The macula is the place of fine, central vision -- the kind needed to drive, to read and to sew. When the macula deteriorates, it’s as if a thumb smudge blurs the center of vision.

The degeneration comes in two forms: wet and dry. Wet is the proliferation of leaky blood vessels beneath the macula. With the dry form, the kind that accounts for 85 percent to 90 percent of cases, causes are obscure, but the process is preceded by yellow deposits in the retina. Those deposits are drusen, and a doctor, looking into the eye with a handheld scope, can see them.

One prevention route is to protect the eye, the retina and the macula from the sun’s ultraviolet light by always wearing sunglasses that filter out UV rays. A second preventive step is to stop smoking.

A third way to ward off macular degeneration is to eat a diet that contains large amounts of vitamins E and C, beta carotene and zinc.

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