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laugh A Texan rancher comes upon a farmer from Maine.
The Texan looks at the Mainer and asks, "Say, how
much land you think you got here?" Mainer:
‘Bout 10 acres I’d say." Texan (boasting):
Well, on my lot, it takes me all day to drive completely
around my property!" Mainer: "Yep, I got one of
them trucks too."
A man traveling through the country
stopped at a small roadside fruit stand and bought some
apples. When he mentioned they were awfully small, the
farmer replied, "Yup"
The man took a bite of one of the
apples and exclaimed, "Not very flavorful,
either."
"That’s right," said the
farmer. "Lucky they’re small, ain’t
it?"
The sooner you fall behind, the more
time you will have to catch up.
1911
INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of Events as they have
Transpired in the City and County since our last Issue.
OAKS A PRECIOUS
HERITAGE.
So Says a
Visitor Who Thinks Carthage Very Fortunate in Having so
Many.
"The noble oaks seen in so many
door yards and along so many streets in Carthage are a
most precious heritage," said a Carthage visitor
today.
"Doubtless many of your citizens
do not fully appreciate them, being so used to seeing
them. But I know many a fine city which does not have a
single one within its limits, and yet would give much to
have them.
"The oak is one of the most
artistic of trees and lends a great charm of variety
among the maples, elms, catalpas and other trees, which
you also have in abundance. It would take patient care
and a long time to replace these oaks if it were desired
to start them from the beginning. As it is they are in
place just as the forest produced them. They are at hand,
ready-made to fit where wanted, as it were.
"Many of these oaks have been more
than a hundred years in the making,"
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Today's Feature VITA Temporarily
Closed.
The Volunteer Income Tax
Assistance (VITA) site at The Neighborhood
Center-The Literacy Center at 706 Orchard in
Carthage will be closed for the next 2 Saturdays
(March 5 and March 12) and Wednesday March 9. It
will reopen on March 16 and will be open each
Wednesday afternoon from 1:00 to 5:00 and each
Saturday 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. For appointments
the Literacy Center, 358-5926 Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday mornings.
Federal and State tax returns
will be prepared and e-filed free-of-charge for
individuals/families with less than $49,000
annual income and who do not file returns that
require Schedule E or Schedule F,
George Washington Carver
National Monument invites the public to attend a
film, entitled, Ida B. Wells, Crusader for
Human Rights. This 30 – minute film
explores the life of Ida Bell Wells, 1862 –
1931. She challenged and condemned lynching in
the South. Her work as a teacher, journalist and
human rights activist brought worldwide attention
to this brutality. The film will be shown on
March 4, 5, & 6, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. There is
no charge for this event.
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Just Jake
Talkin'
Mornin',
There are some thing that
our ancestors just didn’t have to deal
with.
Like havin’ to live
with one knife short of a full set
‘cause it got stuffed in the sink
disposal. Nothin’ more aggravatin’
than a knife with the tip chewed up.
Specially when you’re eatin’ peas
with it.
‘Course those same
ancestors never had ta worry ‘bout the
electricity goin’ off in the middle of
their favorite tv show. Like they say,
it’s a good thing Edison developed the
light bulb, or we’d have ta watch tv in
the dark.
They also never had ta
worry ‘bout runnin’ outa gas. From
what my grandad told me, the biggest problem
with horse drawn carriages was the opposite,
too much gas. He said a little perfume in the
oats didn’t help that much.
This is some fact, but
mostly,
Just Jake Talkin’.
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ART NOTES from Hyde House
by Sally Armstrong,
Director of artCentral
What a wonderful start to a new
year! We had excellent attendance at our opening
night for artist Brenda Sageng at Hyde House
gallery this past Friday, and I want to thank all
who attended as well as those members of my board
who were there and lent a hand to me in the prep
and clean up. I am coming off of a knee
replacement a month ago, and am not in full speed
as yet, but in spite of that little infirmity,
feel great and do not see the general momentum
slowing here at the gallery. It is grant writing
time, and I will take a moment to recognize and
thank those local entities that make living in
Carthage such an unusual experience for a
not-for-profit organization. In addition to our
various underwriters who assist us with expenses
for the various exhibitions we are also in great
debt to the Kent & Mary Steadley Trust, the
Helen Boylan Foundation, Ruth I. Kolpin
Foundation, and the Community Foundation of
Southwest Missouri. These various foundations do
not always each award to artCentral yearly,
usually for the children’s artCamp held each
summer, but all have considered our requests in
the past and at one time or another, awarded our
requests with a grant amount that they deem
appropriate. I want to publicly thank each of
these, their boards and administrators, for this
courtesy and for considering our needs and what
we are trying to do for the community. And I
cannot forget our own trust officer, Lora Honey
Phelps who manages the trust at UMB for our own
Hyde House, and is very receptive to our facility
needs here as her budget allows. If it were not
for these generous Carthage based funds, we would
not in any way be able to do what we enjoy doing
here, that being bringing art opportunities to
our area. Thanks you folks for what you do for
us! Please stop by this weekend for a look at the
wonderful exhibition by Brenda Sageng, Friday
through Sunday noon to 5:00 daily.
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