Fifth Ward Council Member Jim Woestman announced his campaign efforts for reelection in the Fifth Ward Monday.

According to a memo from Woestman he has several people in his ward encouraging him to continue his services for another term. Woestman will be serving his second term if reelected.

"As a member of the Carthage city Council," said Woestman, "I take my responsibilities seriously. I enjoy representing the people of the Fifth Ward and will continue to work hard to meet and listen to their concerns."

Lujene Clark is also running for the two year term in Ward Five. Clark is a former Council member who made an unsucesful bid for mayor last year.

City elections will be held the 8th of April from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. at designated polling places.

For more information on wards and polling places contact City Hall. Register to vote at the driver’s licenses office or the Court House.

The Carthage school bond issue will be on the April ballot as well.

Letter to the Editor
Opinions expressed reflect those of the writer
and not necessarily those of the Mornin' Mail.

Dear Editor,

I have been an avid supporter of the Carthage Public School System for many years as a student, parent, room mom and teacher’s helper. I have never been in favor of sending our children to a private school or home schooling until the recent handling of Mrs. Bell’s situation. I believe every parent expects and deserves to have teachers, staff members and the school to protect their children while in their care and to discipline those who choose to misbehave.

Mrs. Bell is one of the most dedicated, caring, innovative, and creative teachers in our system. Her teaching skills, values and conduct are what her students love about her. She makes learning fun, interesting, memorable and safe. The situation which took place recently has cast a shadow on her reputation and the school system’s support of it’s teachers. Its ideas of fair judgement and discipline leave a lot to be desired! It is no longer safe for a teacher to intervene between students without fearing indefinite suspension. To me, this sends a message to all would-be-trouble-makers, that it is O.K. to punch, hit or shove any student or teacher because there will be virtually no consequences to the student. But, any teacher who tries to stop the problem can be suspended without any representation. Something is definitely wrong! I am continuously appalled by what is happening in this situation.

The principal, superintendent and school board members need to look at the message they are sending to all students, teachers and parents. Maybe private and home schooling are the answers, if there is no support for discipline in our public schools.

A very concerned

parent, voter, taxpayer,

Cathy Stark

I suppose one a the great joys of havin’ kids out on their own is the multitude of choices that become available.

The option of choosin’ anything but vinyl for car seats is a big step in declarin’ independence from the restraints of child rearing. Now some try to avoid the practicality of vinyl by layin’ blankets out on the back seat or some other obvious tactic, but neighbors always just laugh at such attempts. I think they should stop puttin’ carpet in family cars all together and just cover the interior with plastic and put a drain plug in the floor. On Sundays, just wash down the interior with a water hose and let it drip dry.

The technology could then be applied to all rooms in the house that are occupied by those under the age of 21.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

by

McCune- Brooks Hospital

TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH

By Paul G. Donohue, M.D.

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: My husband and I have shared the same bed for 40 years. Unless you can help us, I am going to get us twin beds. In the past year, he has turned my nights into kickboxing exercises. His legs move all over the place, and I take a pummeling. Is this something unique to my husband, or do others have it? What can be done to make it stop? — K.R.

ANSWER: Your husband is not alone. His jerking, kicking legs have a name — periodic limb movements of sleep. The kicker remains sleeping. The kickee wakes up. The kicker has no recollection of what transpired during the night, but his bed partner can prove the beating she took by showing her bruises. (It can just as well be a female-male attack.)

Some self-help maneuvers might keep your husband’s legs quiet. Have your husband soak in a warm bath before going to bed, and you massage his legs after the bath. If the kicking persists, medicines can often turn it off. Low doses of Parkinson’s medicines can still the leg movements. Let me make this clear: Periodic limb movements of sleep is not Parkinson’s disease and does not become Parkinson’s disease.

The limb-movement syndrome has a twin-brother problem. That is restless leg syndrome. The bed partner suffers no consequences from it. Here, people experience an unpleasant sensation in their legs. They feel like something is crawling beneath the skin.