Today's Feature

Maple Leaf Quilt Show Entries.

News release

Members of the Four Corners Quilters Guild, sponsor of this year’s Maple Leaf Quilt Show, are encouraging all area quilters to get busy with those last minute touches on the entries.

The annual Maple Leaf Quilt Show will run from Tuesday, October 17 through Saturday, October 28 at the Powers Museum, 1617 Oak Street, Carthage. Although the event is still a few months away, the time it takes to cut, piece and sew a quilt is much longer.

The show will have three categories of exhibition, competition:

(1) Antique

(2) Contemporary (not antique)

(3) Wall/Baby Quilt

First and second place will be awarded in each category and a special prize for "Best of Show" will be presented. All voting will be done by Viewer’s Choice. Entry forms are available at the Chamber office.

For further information about the Maple Leaf Quilt Show contact Karl McDaniel at 358-9357 or the Carthage Chamber at 358-2373.

Stench Report:
Thursday,
7/6/06

No Stench Detected on Carthage
Square

‘Course for those of us that worked the summers on the local farms, a good crop meant we could count on more of those buck-fifty hours to be calculated on our pay check. Gettin’ an extra fifteen or twenty dollars made for a good week back then.

I’m still amazed with all the increases in the costs of bringin’ in a crop that the price for a bushel a wheat isn’t that much different than when I was a kid.

Maybe they really were "the good old days."

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

Starting a child off early with organic foods can be quick and easy. Organically grown vegetables and fruit are becoming readily available in your health food stores and grocery stores. The health food industry has lead the way in introducing "clean" foods into our everyday diets. One must connect the truth that what goes in the body is what makes the body function as it does. So starting our young ones off the right way establishes a firm health foundation.

When producing your own baby food, either immediately before the baby eats or making enough to store ahead, it is essential that all things be clean when starting the process. That includes hands, cabinets, utensils, etc. Store food properly.

Tasty treats for toddlers may include:

• Carrots: put them in your steamer basket cooking until tender then puree serve them immediately or store in container for future use.

• Microwaved Broccoli: although microwaves are not My first choice, they are quick. Cut the broccoli into pieces and put in bowl and microwave on high for 3 to 5 minutes. Puree until smooth.

• Potatoes can be baked and cut into cubes or boiled and cut into cubes. Skip the butter.

• Most fruits can be given raw or as with peaches, just simmer in enough water to cover and put in the food processor.

Babies still have that inner sense of when to stop. If they are not eating, do not force it! Please do not start your toddlers on sugar and french fries handed over the seat to keep them quiet.

* 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
Art Notes from Hyde House
By Sally Armstrong, Director of artCentral

Children’s is just around the corner, and we have 38 students thus far that we are planning for. But before that, we have a very exciting new show opening on July 14th, that being "ELEGANT ABSTRACTIONS" by Kansas City artist Josie Ferrantelle. Josie is a 26 year old oil painter with a BFA degree from KU in painting, and a Masters from UMKC in curriculum instruction for art. She has had shows in Chicago and Kansas City, but none in this area so we are very pleased to introduce her art at this time. A complete biography can be seen on our website at www.ozarkartists.com if you click on her name in the show article. More on this show next week.

The final category in our Membership Show is photography and drawing, graphite and color.

Our photographers are Linda Teeter and Mary Ann Soerries. Mary Ann brought 2 wonderful photos of columbines, shot from different angles, in beautiful, soft color. Linda’s offerings were vastly different from each other—one a Warhol-like black and white poster of "Naughty Maddie", a brilliant full-sheet Venetian scene printed on watercolor paper, a colorful shot called "Jukanoos" which contains much motion and vitality, a very small and charming French window scene, and patriotic shot, "Korean War Memorial". The other category brought young artist Dustin Miller out with three works, a pencil drawing titled "Friends" and two beautiful colored pencil drawings as well, "Children With Flowers" and "Missouri Cardinal". Carol Adamec, former artCentral director, brought us two pieces in colored pencil, a floral titled "Sunfilled Moment" and my favorite, "Nectarines and Shells", a most unusual still-life combination! Last and not least is a work by Cheryl Church, last year’s first award winner, entitled "Aquatic Fantasy".

There you have the remainder of our 2006 Membership, which was taken down on July 8th. If you missed this one I am truly sorry!