The Carthage City Council will hold their bimonthly meeting Tuesday March 25 at 7:30 in Council chambers.

A vote is scheduled regarding the possible name change of the Carthage Municipal Golf Course. The purposed name is Marble Oaks at Carthage. The purposed name Boulder Creek at Carthage did not pass last month with a 9-1 vote.

Howard and Melody Knowles owners of the property located at 816 and 900 S. Garrison have requested that their property be rezoned from C apartments to D local business. The property to the north and to the south of 816 and 900 S. Garrison is already zoned D local business. The second reading regarding the rezoning request is on the agenda.

John O. Phelps has requested that lots 1-83, except lot 25, in Phelps 9th Addition be rezoned from A first dwelling to B second Dwelling. A first reading of the rezoning request is also on the agenda.

Elections this year are Tuesday April 8th. April 22 will be the first scheduled Council meeting to include newly elected council members.

I suppose the late cold weather had some influence on my thinkin’, but I’m thinkin’ it’s almost April, winter must be over.

‘Course there may still be a cold snap for a day or two, but for the most part all the sudden it’s spring. I suppose one a the big hints was those shoots of green poppin’ up outa the yard. The Bradford Pear trees are bloomin’ in our neighborhood and the birds are feedin’ the newborn.

I’m thinkin’ there may be some hope of completin’ a project or two this spring. If I can muster that energy stored up from cabin fever and put it to use early in the season, there’s a chance the chore list will dwindle.

The problem that usually occurs is while gettin’ through last year’s list, ya find more ta add. Looks like a few rain days may spread out the pace.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

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McCune- Brooks Hospital

TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH

By Paul G. Donohue, M.D.

Take Steps to Prevent Diverticulosis

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have gastroparesis and have trouble digesting raw fruits and vegetables as well as bran, whole wheat and other whole grains. How does someone like me prevent diverticulosis without causing other problems from consuming a high-fiber diet? — J.J.

ANSWER: Gastroparesis is not uncommon, but it commonly goes undiagnosed. The problem is that the stomach empties at a snail’s pace. It is especially rampant in diabetics. People with it can become sick to their stomachs within minutes of eating a meal. Or, they throw up food eaten hours or even days earlier.

Fiber is the answer to diverticulosis prevention. Diverticulosis consists of grape-sized bulges of the digestive tract lining through the muscular walls of the tract. Fiber keeps stool soft. The digestive tract does not have to exert great pressure to move it through the tract. Dried stool requires powerful contractions of the digestive tract wall muscles, and that, in turn, causes digestive tract lining to protrude through the digestive tract wall. Having such bulges is common in societies such as ours where people seldom get enough fiber.

Fiber in a person with gastroparesis can present a dilemma. Too much fiber, as you mention, can add to the slowness with which food exits the stomach.