Maple Leaf Planning.

The Public Safety committee is scheduled to hold their regular meeting tonight at 6:30 p.m. in the Police Station. The agenda includes a request by Kathleen Studebaker to vacate parking on a portion of Budlong in front of her residence. According to Police Chief Dennis Veach she has brought this issue to Council a few years ago.

Veach stated that Studebaker lives north of Columbian Elementary where sports activities take place in the summer. He says that Studebaker feels that parking becomes congested at that time and is requesting no parking in front of the residence.

The agenda also includes a request by the Carthage Public Library to designate one parking spot as handicap on Sixth Street, in front of the south entrance.

The Carthage Chamber of Commerce is also requesting street closings on the square for annual events. Chamber President Max McKnight stated that the requests are all made at the same time.

The Annual Sidewalk Sale and British Car Club are both set for July 24th on the square and Maple Leaf scheduled for October 16th.

News Director Named Finalist.

According to a media release from Fabulous 1490 AM KDMO radio, News and Community Relations Director and Carthage City Council member Dave Woods has been named a finalist in the Editorial category for the Missouri Broadcasters Association annual awards.

Woods editorial and broadcast in support of the Carthage R-9 School District’s efforts to increase the operating levy 67 cents was chosen from editorials broadcast in several market sizes.

Woods has been employed with Mix 95.1 and Fabulous 1490 AM since September 2000. He is a 1982 graduate of Miami High School and attended N.E.O. A&M in Miami, Oklahoma and Tulsa University. Woods has also served as Council Member First Ward since January 2004.

Luminaria Ceremony.

The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Carthage announced that they will be holding a luminaria ceremony. The ceremony is to remember those who have lost to cancer and honor those who have survived.

Luminaria candles will be lit at the Girl’s Softball Fields at the Carthage YMCA, June 4th at 9 p.m. to represent those individuals.

To purchase a $5 luminaria candle, contact Nora Tebbets at 358-1809.

American Cancer Society Luminaria Chair, Nora Tebbets stated that they hope to sell enough candles to light the entire area.

"It will be beautiful," said Tebbets, "when all the bags with candles are illuminated around the track."

Carthage’s cancer survivors will kick off the Relay For Life on Friday, June 4th at 7 p.m. with the official Survivor’s Lap. Information about purchasing a luminaria candle, forming a team, or walking in the Survivor’s Lap contact Connie Leek at 358-8131 extension 3340.

The American Cancer Society is a voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer by prevention, saving lives, research, advocacy, and service.

I doubt that kids growin’ up now will ever experience the exchange of automobile knowledge like their parents and grandparents. I’d think that in twenty or thirty years there will be few who remember the difference ‘tween a 2002 and a 2004 Ford Taurus.

My dad and uncles used to amaze me with their knowledge of cars of the twenties and thirties. I was able to recognize some Fords that were eventually converted to hot rods, but when they started talkin’ ‘bout Whippets and LaSalls I was lost.

I am pretty good at recognizin’ cars of the fifties and sixties, but somewhere in the mid seventies I quit tryin’ to remember. Too many models and then the foreign buggies were just too much. ‘Course I can still impress the grand kids with stories of Ramblers and Studebakers.

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: About one month ago, I had a spell where my left arm got weak and I had trouble speaking. I sat down, and everything got better in about half an hour. My wife insists that I see a doctor. I feel fine and wonder why I should see a doctor. What do you think happened to me? — T.Z.

ANSWER: I think you had a TIA, a transient ischemic attack. It’s an episode of interrupted blood flow to a part of the brain. The signs of such an interruption usually last less than an hour and never more than 24 hours. The "transient" of the name comes from the limited amount of time that symptoms persist. "Ischemic" is a much-used medical word that indicates a deficiency of blood.

Symptoms of a TIA include weakness of an arm or leg, difficulty speaking, vision disturbance, double vision and dizziness. The symptoms depend on which area of the brain has suffered the blood deficit.

TIAs are warnings that a stroke could be in the offing. Within a month of a TIA, the chance of having a stroke is 5 percent. Within five years, the chance is 33 percent.

Many times a stroke can be prevented by medical intervention. The first step a doctor takes is to prove that a person has had a true TIA. Listening to the arteries in the neck, doctors can detect noises — bruits (BREW-ease) — that indicate obstruction in the neck arteries that serve the brain.