Cathy Brown New
United Way Director.

The Board of Directors of Carthage Area United Way announces a new Executive Director has been named. Cathy Brown, Carthage, has been hired by the Directors for this position.

The previous director, Luann Felts, will be moving from the area due to a change of employment for her husband.

Cathy has served eight years in human resources management with NationsBank. She was a volunteer with Carthage Area United Way as a member of the Citizen Review Team, and she coordinated the campaign at NationsBank.

Currently, she works with her husband at Bob Brown Insurance Agency. She and her family have resided in Carthage for 13 years.

Cathy will be attending a Regional Training meeting with United Way of America before beginning her work in the Carthage office.

Both Cathy and Luann will be working together for at least a month during this transition time.

Such Wonderful Things Ahead!!

by Robin Putnam, artCentral

We are proud to say that we have two very giving members.....artwork has been donated to the Make-A-Wish Foundation / McCune Brooks Hospital fundraiser happen-ing next month !!

Perry Fleming, Carthage, has donated two pieces....... original poetry and graghics all matted and framed and Jane Kleindl, Joplin has donated an original etching also nicely framed. Perry was kind enough to donate one of his pieces in artCentral’s name !! Such a nice guy.

So............if your looking for original art work that auction is the place to be !!

Our pottery rooms are coming along nicely. The original cabinets were re-installed and are in the process of being cleaned and painted.

Once that is done we can put all of our glazing stuff in side !!

One of our members, Richard Reed, Joplin, do-nated plastic bottles for the chemicals to be stored in, fingernail scrubbers, sponges and water pans for each wheel !! We really appre-ciate his thinking about us when he found all those goodies !! Thanks to Richard !!

These new rooms look soooo good.... .........it’s an amazing change from the dark and dank garage that was !! We think Katherine Hyde would be pleased to see what wonderful things have happened here. We’ve blended artCentral and the Hyde House to make one great place devoted to promoting, exhibiting, teaching and fostering the appreciation of fine art in our community !!

Joe Leiter’s exhibit will be over March 17th. You have plenty of time to come by and see it.........just don’t dawdle.

Showing next for your viewing pleasure will be a group exhibit titled "Women Artists of the Heartlands".

The artists each come from a different state and show together around the 4 state area. They will be showing oil paintings, watercolors, pen and ink drawings and pastel paintings.

The opening for this talented group of women will be March 24th. We will have a bit more info for you at a later date.

We’ve already booked three shows for the year 2001!!

More.......next week. 358-4404. 1110 E 13th & www. ozarkartistscolony.com under organizations.

Mrs. Judy Henry Receives Mini Grant.

Mrs. Judy Henry from Cecil Floyd School of Joplin has been selected by Missouri Farm Bureau to receive a two hundred-dollar mini grant.

She was one of 39 teachers in the state to receive this award. It is to provide materials for her classroom for teaching about where our foods come from and how agriculture affects their lives.

Mr. Gre Ulmer, President of Jasper County Farm Bureau, presented this award to Mrs. Henry. Mrs. Ruth Buerge presented her with a barn filled with several nice educational materials and activities, from the Promotion and Education committee of Jasper County. This is the third year for this program and Jasper County has had a winner every year.

The first winner was from Steadley School, Carthage, second year was Franklin Technical School, Joplin.

I got ta wonderin’ why old songs on the car radio didn’t sound quite the same as I remembered. Seemed there was just more goin’ on than there used ta be.

I unhooked all speakers ‘cept the one on the dash. Tuned in to the local AM station and there it was. Real old time music.

The fact is the music was always there, ya just couldn’t hear it on a mono radio with a single speaker. I’d say that the broadcasts are a lot better now, but at least you can get that flat, scratchy sound if ya really try.

Now I don’t suppose anyone would make an honest attempt to argue that hearin’ music in that limited manner is "better" than with full acoustic surround sound technology, but to me, it is more pleasurable for certain types of music.That’s just the way I remember hearin’ it, don’t ya know. No wonder I’m always a little out of step.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

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Oak Street Health & Herbs

Uncaria Tomentosa is the botanical name for an old herb which is being studied in Australia, England and France, Germany and Austria for the treatment of many immune deficiency related diseases.

Cat’s Claw, the common name, according to Dr. B.W. Davis, who has been using this herb for a number of years says "it has a remarkable cleanse the entire intestinal tract and help patients suffering from many different stomach and bowel disorders including: Crohn’s disease, Diverticulitis, leaky bowel syndrome, colitis, hemorrhoids, fistulas, gastritis, ulcers and parasites and intestinal flora imbalance."

Cat’s Claw is used in a similar way as Echinacea, Pau d’arco, Golden Seal, Astragalus and Siberian Ginsing.

In Dr. Richard Gerber, M.D.’s book Vibrational Healing Cat’s Claw is mentioned as "a unique herbal remedy that has been used for many years by native healers of Peru." He further states, "the herb shows great promise for the treatment of Arthritis when taken internally, either by making a tea or taking capsules of the herb."

He further explains that the research conducted in Peru that more than one species of Una de Gato is available and the one proven to be most effective was the Unacaria guianesis.