Today's Feature
Spring Cleaning.
The Carthage Police
Department announced Friday its Annual Spring
Cleanup Enforcement Project. The project, which
will start March 9, is in support of the
City’s Annual Cleanup Day scheduled for May
10.
Officers will work with
residents and owners regarding the cleanup of
unlicensed vehicles and "junk".
According to a memo from Chief
of Police Dennis Veach the police department has
had excellent cooperation form citizens in past
years and only had to issue a few summons to
those who simply refused to comply with the city
ordinances.
Citizens are encouraged to call
in any problems in their neighborhood.
This coming weekend, Main
Street Carthage is kicking off a new event for
the square. Second Saturday is an antique and
collectible show/sale scheduled to be held each
and every 2nd Saturday through out the year.
There will be indoor and outdoor booths (when
weather permits) and a diverse selection of
vendors. See inside article for details and a
history of the event.
Spring is
Arriving at artCentral.
By Lee Sours, artCentral
The black and white photography
exhibit has been taken down and now artCentral is
filled with intensely colorful scenes. It is
quite a contrast. Lots of greenery, flowers, and
scenes of the Ozarks are depicted by the members
of the Ozarks Pastel Society.
One member Pam Leisenring
of Neosho, MO enjoys sharing her experiences of
southwestern Missouri through her paintings. She
has two pieces in the show. In one painting,
"Chore Time," she shows a bundled up
person carrying buckets of feed through the snow
to the barn. Then in her second painting,
"Dogwood Spring," the snow melts and
dogwoods bloom. Another artist, Linda Stair
of Wister, OK, has a painting titled
"Next?" of sheep waiting in the barn
(which reminds me I need to call and schedule a
spring shearing.) Another of her paintings is of
a fencerow. I spent a lot of time in the hedgerow
as a young person. There were birds and squirrels
to watch and fence that needed mending.
Don’t forget we have the
oil paintings of Richard Logsdon at
Shellie’s. And the acrylic "Scenes of
Germany" by David Winward are on display in
the Member’s Gallery at artCentral.
HOURS: T – F 11 - 5
Sunday 12 -5 Closed Mon. and
Sat.
1110 E 13th • 358-4404
ozarkartistscolony.com
Second Saturday.
by Carol Green
Main Street Carthage borrowed
the name and the idea from Canton, Texas; the
home of First Monday - a market of 7000 vendors
who set up shop for the entire weekend of the
"First Monday" of every month !
Canton is a tiny, sleepy, East
Texas town boasting a population of 3,292 -
except for the First Monday event. Winter months
bring crowds between 175,000 to 200,000 shoppers
(get that? SHOPPERS!) and nicer weather draws
another 100,000 more.
It all started in 1869. First
Monday was the only day of the month that the
Circuit Judge traveled to Canton so the vendors
in the area took full advantage of the increased
crowd and set up shop on the Square in Canton,
TX.
Linda Royal, Canton Chamber of
Commerce, couldn’t exactly say how much
money First Monday brought into the city,
although "millions and millions" seemed
to answer the question to my satisfaction!
Main Street Carthage borrowed
the concept of the name and the regularity of the
event but that’s where the comparisons end.
Limiting vendors to antiques and collectibles
will compliment existing retail stores an the
square now, and hopefully capitalize on an
already existing customer base.
Second Saturday is in its
infant stage. Starting small is the plan because
this is an event that will grow bigger and better
with each passing month. Quality dealers are just
as important as quality customers.
Come to Second Saturday on the
square in Carthage. It’s the Second Saturday
of March and it will be the first of many Seconds
to come!
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