Show-Me Harmony Performance.



The Show-Me Harmony Chorus of Sweet Adelines International will present their annual show in two locations this year. "Show-Me the Way!" will open Saturday, October 27, at 7 p.m. in the Webb City, MO high school auditorium, Two additional performances will be held Nov. 3 at 2 p.m. and at 7 p.m. in the Old High Middle School auditorium in Bentonville, AR. The 58 member chorus is composed of singers from the four-state area of MO, AR, KS and OK and is directed by Glenda Rucker of Joplin. Carthage women who will be appearing in the productions include Rita Johnson, Pat Wall and Jo Dividson.

Combining comedy with traditional barbershop style, the "directionally challenged" chorus members attempt to find their way to Austria. Repertoire selected for the show includes numbers that the chorus plans to perform when they actually do travel to Austria in June 2002 to participate in the Austrian Alps Performing Arts Festival in Kitzbuhel, Innsbruck, and Mayrhofen Austria. The area chorus is one of four barbershop choruses, two men’s and two women’s, who were invited to sing in this year’s festival.

"We have something for everyone this year," said show chair Jacquie Darby, Springdale, AR, "comedy tunes, patriotic numbers, a little jazz, in addition to barbershop favorites. We are especially excited about presenting the show in different locations; it’s something we have wanted to do for a long time."

Tickets for all show performances are available form chorus members for $8 or at the door at the time of performance. "We invite everyone to come and join us for a really fun show," said Juanita Holmes, grove, OK, this year’s chorus president. "Our membership comes from a very widespread region, encompassing parts of 4 states; but we come together every Thursday evening to rehearse and we are eager to show our friends what we do."

The chorus is available for performances, particularly as a way to raise money for costumes and travel to Austria. To contact the chorus, call director Glenda Rucker at 417-673-1000 or chorus contact Sandy Koch at 417-781-8176.

Area women interested in chorus membership are invited to visit a rehearsal at the Scottish Rite Cathedral in Joplin any Thursday evening at 7 p.m. or to contact any member of the chorus.

Commentary

Martin "Bubs" Hohulin
State Representative, District 126

Thanks for the overwhelming response to last week’s column. Many of you wrote, called, or emailed to say how much you disagree with the MU professor at KOMU.

For those of you that missed last week’s column, it was about the station manager at KOMU, the television station owned and run by the University of Missouri. Stacy Woelfel, the station manager/professor, issued an order stating that the anchors and reporters at the station would not be allowed to wear red, white, and blue ribbons. His reason was that the ribbons might offend some viewers.

I have written both the station manager (several times), and the Chancellor to tell them how much I disagreed with the policy.

Mr. Woelfel wrote back to basically tell me to go jump in the lake, and the Chancellor, Richard Wallace, didn’t even have the courtesy to respond at all.

As I wrote last week, the station is owned by the University, which in turn is owned by you, the taxpaying citizens of Missouri. Whether they like it or not, they are accountable to you. All they wanted to talk about was their need for academic freedom. As I wrote to Mr. Woelfel, if he thinks he is so right about this, he should start his own school and TV station and teach away to his heart’s content. Until then, he is obligated to answer to the public.

While many of you contacted me to say that you agreed with me, you also wanted to know to whom you could write expressing your displeasure with the station. Here it is. To contact the President of the University, his address is Manuel Pacheco, 321 University Hall, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, his email address is pachecom@umsystem.edu, or you can call my office at 1-800-878-7126 and we will transfer you to his office. To reach the Chancellor, his address is Richard Wallace, 105 Jesse Hall, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, his email address is wallacer@missouri.edu, or again, call my office and we will transfer you over to his office.

Several others of you wanted to know if I could write a letter that you could print out, sign, and send to the University. I have written such a letter and will be glad to share it with you. To obtain a copy to sign and send, simply send an email to mhohulin@services.state.mo.us with the words ‘send letter’ in the memo line and we will email it right out to you. They can be sent to either or both the President and Chancellor.

As usual, I can be reached at House Post Office, State Capitol, Jefferson City, MO 65101, or 1-800-878-7126, or mhohulin@services.state.mo.us for your questions, comments, or advice.

Saw a hitchhiker out on the road the other day. I passed him goin’ the wrong way and about an hour later came back by him in the direction he was headin’. I wasn’t willin’ to take the chance.

The hitcher threw up his arms in disgust as I passed him by. I felt a little less guilty by seein’ him vent his frustration. Wasn’t the kind a person I wanted ridin’ anyway, I told myself.

There was a time when I’d hardly ever pass the opportunity to give someone a lift out on the road. Right now, it’s just bad timin’. Whether justified or not, the feelin’s of caution are in the air.

I hope the guy got where he was goin’, but I doubt I’ll be givin’ in to the temptation to pick up any hikers anytime soon.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

by

McCune- Brooks Hospital

Health Notes

Health & Nutrition by Judith Sheldon

MORE ON TOMATOES AND CANCER: Several weeks ago I noted the encouraging news from cancer researchers on the role tomatoes might play in helping to prevent prostate cancer. I’ve since received several letters asking for more information and I’m happy to oblige.

Tomatoes fit into a group of foods that contain carotenoids, which help enhance the immune system and fight free radicals which may cause various types of cancers, as well as premature aging.

There are various types of carotenoids. In tomatoes, the carotenoid lycopoene (which gives them their red color) was found to reduce the risk of prostate cancer by some 45 percent in men who ate at least 10 servings of tomato-based foods a week.

Men who ate these foods less frequently (four to seven servings a week) had only a 20 percent risk reduction in developing prostate cancer.

As I cautioned last time, since saturated fats have been cited as risk factors for various cancers, including prostate, men should be careful about where they get their tomato-based foods. If you order pizza, for example, get it with little or no cheese. Also watch the pepperoni. You’d be better off with mushrooms.