The Council will also hold its regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. Members are to vote on an Ordinance amending the Annual Operating and Capital Budget of the City for the fiscal year 2003-2004.

Members are scheduled to discuss an Ordinance amending Chapter 13 of the Carthage Code. The proposed Ordinance is to add new sections pertaining to firearms in City facilities, the unlawful use of weapons, and fixing the time when this Ordinance should become effective.

Scheduled under first readings is an Ordinance evidencing the decision of the City Council to opt-out of the "Sales Tax Holiday."

The State of Missouri passed a No-Sales Tax weekend for August 13th thru 15th, 2004. Items that are exempt from tax that weekend are computers, clothing and school supplies. Cities and Counties that do not wish to adopt the no sales tax have to have an Ordinance in place in order collect local taxes.

Members are scheduled to vote on a resolution concerning the annexation of sixteen lots in the eighth addition in Breckenwood.

There is nothin' much worse than havin' to deal with a problem that shouldn't a been a problem in the first place.

It goes back ta one a Murphy's observations: "Why is there always to fix somethin' when there wasn't time ta do it right the first time?"

I learned as a youngster to always close the gate. Nothin' worse than tryin' to round up a stray cow that wandered out of a gate ya left open. Ya not only waste the time, typically ya fall in a ditch and skin your shin while endin' up in a pile a gresh manure. More problems.

Then ya forget and climb in the farmer's truck and have to smell your mistake all the way home 'fore ya end up cleanin' up the mess ya made tryin' to solve the original problem. The importance of gate closin' is a lesson to remember.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

by

McCune- Brooks Hospital

TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH

By Paul G. Donohue, M.D.

Fibromyalgia Sufferers Ache All Over

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have had fibromyalgia for more than one year. I have tried a number of medicines, but nothing seems to work for me. I could cope with this affliction except for the pain it causes. I ache without any letup. Can you suggest anything that might bring me some relief? — W.B.

ANSWER: Fibromyalgia is a condition that was not known until a few short years ago. It’s an illness that causes its victims to ache all over, and it can produce widespread muscle and joint pain. In addition, the normal sleep cycle is disrupted, and that leaves fibromyalgia patients with an overwhelming fatigue. Its cause has eluded discovery, but it might be that the pain centers of fibromyalgia patients’ brains are inordinately sensitive to pain signals.

No single test proves the fibromyalgia diagnosis. Doctors have to rely on what patients tell them and what physical examinations can disclose. Tender points (also called trigger points) provide doctors with reliable information on fibromyalgia-caused complaints. These points consist of 18 body sites where pressure from the doctor’s probing finger elicits pain far out of proportion to the pressure applied. The list of treatments is long, and no one treatment has proven useful for all patients.