today's
laugh
Teacher- "Give me
a sentence with the words, ‘avenue’ and
‘street.’"
Jimmy- "We avenue baby over at
our house and its street times as noisy as any I ever
heard."
Customer- "Why do you have
magazines with stories of murders, mysteries, and ghosts
on that table there?"
Barber- "Well, it makes the customers’ hair
stand on end and makes it easier to cut."
"If you spotted the man who stole
your car, why don’t you get it back?"
"I’m waiting for him to put on a new set of
tires."
Author- "What do you think of this
story? Give me your honest opinion."
Editor- "It isn’t worth anything."
Author- "I know, but tell me anyway."
1901
INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of
Events as they have Transpired in the City and County
since our last Issue.
Visitors
from New York State.
R. J. Tilton and wife of Arcade, N. Y.,
arrived this morning for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Perry, of whom they are relatives. Mr. Tilton has been
conducting a department store at Arcade, but he has just
sold it and he and his wife are now on their way to
California for an extended sojourn for health and
pleasure.
When they left New York 48 hours ago,
snow was two feet deep on the ground. Three weeks ago
there was a four foot snow, blocking trains for hours.
They find the contrast in Carthage very marked.
Prosperity Made Him
Work.
John Blair has been struck by the wave
of prosperity in an unusual way. He had a water meter to
repair and failing to find an available workman, Mr.
Blair went to work with a pick and shovel and did the job
himself.
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Today's Feature
KOMA
Beef Cattle Conference.
The 2002 KOMA Beef Cattle
Conference will be held Jan. 15 from 9:30 a.m. to
3 p.m. at the Joplin Regional Stockyards, near
I-44 and County Road 10 (Exit 22), Carthage.
The KOMA Beef Cattle Conference
is a regional event jointly sponsored by
University Outreach and Extension in Kansas,
Oklahoma, Missouri and Arkansas. It is designed
to provide the latest information on production,
marketing, economics, nutrition and forage
utilization for beef cattle farmers.
Dr. Ron Plain, University of
Missouri agricultural economist, will begin the
program with his presentation, "The outlook
for cattle prices in 2002." Following Dr.
Plain, faculty from the University of Missouri
College of Veterinary Medicine will present a
seminar on agro-terrorism and bio-security. Dr.
John Evans, beef cattle breeding specialist,
Oklahoma State University, will follow with a
presentation entitled "Composite cattle
breeding systems."
After lunch, Ed Sutton, McVey
Cattle Co., Hiattville, Ks., will present
"Keys to being profitable in a commercial
cow-calf enterprise." The final session will
be "Understanding feeder cattle
grading," led by Jim Powell, market news
reporter for the Missouri Department of
Agriculture.
To register, send your name and
address plus the meal and registration fee ($10
if received by Jan. 10 or $12 at the door) to the
Cedar County University Outreach and Extension
Center, P.O. Box 840, Stockton, Mo., 65785.
Please make checks payable to the Cedar County
Extension Council. For more information, please
contact Dona Funk at (417) 276-3313.
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Just Jake
Talkin'
Mornin',
I’ve got this theory
that there is only a certain amount of cold
virus in any particular area. It’s about
enough to keep about half the population
sniffin’ and sneezin’ at any one
time. That’s why some folks have it and
some don’t.
When the have’s build
up some resistance, the virus jumps to the
have-nots. After a few days, the process
repeats itself.
‘Course there is no
scientific knowledge that supports this
theory, just general observation. The system
works well on many levels. For one, when the
have/have-nots are spouses, it’s a great
opportunity for payback, returning the same
level of compassion (or lack of) that was
shown when you were the have. If you’re
one of the luck have-nots, don’t burn
any bridges. Your turn is comin’.
This is some fact, but
mostly,
Just Jake Talkin’.
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Weekly Column
Health
Notes
by Judith Sheldon
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. And try stuffing peppers with
ground turkey instead of ground beef before you
bake them in a tomato sauce.
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