Red, White & Boom.


Carthage will be hosting its annual fireworks display at Carthage’s Municipal Park on Sunday, July 4th, 2004. The park’s swimming pool will be open throughout the day and several outdoor shelters are available for picnicking.

Live entertainment coordinated by Heartland Concert Band, formally known as the Carthage Community Band, will begin at 5:00 p.m. The new location will bring entertainment closer to the location of the Fireworks exhibition.

This year’s show is said to be as large as ever, with the city again contributing $15,000 in fireworks for the display. The Fireworks exhibition will begin at 9:50 p.m. with synchronized music on Mix 95.1 FM radio station. Organizers remind spectators to bring lawn chairs and radios to enjoy the event.

Concession space is available to nonprofit organizations with a cost of $50 per space. All concessions must abide by the health regulations set by Jasper County Health Department and other event guidelines. Groups interested in reserving a space should contact Alan Bull, Parks Superintendent, at 237-7035

Last time a made a bus trip of any distance I was brought out of a sleep by the bus driver playin’ his harmonica over the bus public address system. If I remember correctly, he was doin’ a little preachin’ of the gospel in between songs.

Now granted it has been quite a few years back, but maybe live entertainment on public transportation would be worth considerin’ these days.

I haven’t been on a bus for so long I don’t know if they furnish those earphones like they do on airplanes. ‘Course along with the music channels, seems ya still have to sit through a commercial ever’ now and then. At least you can turn the volume down and snooze a little without bein’ interrupted.

I’m guessin’ that particular bus driver never was a contender on Star Search.

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 question has to do with fingernails. My friends (women) and I experience thin nails that split and are ugly. Why does this happen? What can we do for it? — R.H.

ANSWER: Brittle, splitting nails often result from repeated wetting and drying. Nails swell when wet and shrink when dry. It’s very similar to the effect that freeze-thaw cycles have on cement. Those cycles produce cracks in the cement. Ask anyone who drives on northern highways what happens to them after even a single winter season. That’s what’s happening to your nails.

Wear rubber gloves when you are washing dishes, scrubbing floors or doing anything that requires plunging the hands into water.

Planned moisturizing protects nails and keeps them strong. After a shower, a bath or hand washing, coat the nails with a light layer of moisturizing cream. Petroleum jelly is fine. If you want a brand-name product, Aquaphor ointment is a good choice. It is not the only choice, and you’ll find many moisturizers on the shelves of all drugstores.

When filing nails, do so only in one direction and use the fine-grade side of the file. Use nail-polish remover sparingly. After using it, wash the hands and apply moisturizer immediately. Some doctors advise taking biotin, a B vitamin. Neither gelatin nor calcium strengthens nails.