The April 6th election includes a ballot by the Carthage R-9 School Board proposing an operating levy increase of 67 cents per $100 in assessed property value for the Carthage R-9 Schools.

In January, Carthage citizens in favor of the proposed levy increase formed the R-9 Campaign Committee (community funded action committee) to publicize and educate voters on the reasons for the levy increase. The campaign is funded by donations from area businesses and citizens of Carthage.

The committee produced a video about the Carthage School system and the proposed operating levy increase. A copy of the video can be checked out at the School’s Administration office.

The Campaign Committee is also hosting a public forum Monday March 29th at 7 p.m. in the Pleasant Valley Elementary Multipurpose Room.

Currently 1490-KDMO radio is hosting a live call-in show at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday March 16th, 23rd, and 29th. The shows feature District Officials, School Administrators, R-9 Board members and community members in favor of the levy increase.

Two Students Open First Art Exhibit.

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Nicole Peer, a home-schooled third grader, and Larissa Strahl, Fairview Elementary School fifth grader, will have their first art show at Powers Museum, 1617 West Oak Street in Carthage.

The show opens Wednesday, March 17 and continues through Saturday, March 27. Come by and meet Nicole and Larissa on Wednesday, March 17 from 2:00 to 4:00. Their exhibit includes pencil and colored pencil drawings including still life, landscapes, portraits and 3-D mixed media objects. This exhibit is open to the public and will be located in the lobby of the museum. Everyone is welcome to attend. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 am to 4 pm. Admission is free.

Land Transactions.


John G. Brewer and Shannon Brewer, husband and wife, sold the property at 118 acres on E. 96 Highway to Kent D. Egger and Susan Egger, husband and wife. The sale was handled by Kip Smith with Donal M. Myers Realty in cooperation with Tom Clark with National Realty.

It’s good ta see folks bein’ able to enter the Courthouse from all four entrances.

Folks in the Courthouse may have noticed an increase in the amount of grumpy tax payers over the few years the east and west entrances were closed off. The main reason was prob’ly the fact that they had climbed the east or west steps to find they couldn’t get in.

I suppose most aren’t in a real good mood when they are payin’ taxes, but at least now it is more convenient.

I don’t know the percentage of those who pay by mail, but there are a good chunk that want to see that "paid" stamp on their tax bill first hand. Sometimes it good to know there are real human bein’s takin’ care of government business.

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.

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: My wife and I had urinary tract infections this past month. She took antibiotics at home and did well. I had to go to the hospital and get antibiotics by a drip into the vein. Why the difference? Are urinary tract infections worse in men than in women? — G.M.

ANSWER: Urinary tract infections are divided into upper and lower tract infections. The lower urinary tract includes the urinary bladder and the urethra, the drainage tube that empties urine from the bladder to the outside world. Usually only the bladder is involved, and such an infection is called cystitis. Upper urinary tract infections are infections of the kidneys. The name for this kind of infection is pyelonephritis.

Cystitis is much more common in women. Part of the reason is their short urethras. Bacteria can easily crawl into a woman’s urethra and quickly arrive at the bladder. Men’s longer urethras make such an invasion much more difficult.

By age 24, one in three women has had a bladder infection. They are rare in men of that age. Older men, because enlarged prostate glands make complete bladder emptying nearly impossible, have greater rates of cystitis. Stagnant urine favors the growth of bacteria.