Spring Charity Grants.

news release

The Carthage Community Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of grants in its third round of grant-making for the fledgling organization.

At the meeting of the Grants Committee on May 17, 2004, grants were awarded to the following charitable projects.

From the Carthage Fund: $1,000 to Jasper County Commission for pictures and framing for the Courthouse; $500 to Lafayette House for a new sofa; $152 to Family Literacy Center for materials for a children’s play yard.

From the Carthage Arts Council Fund: $750 to Carthage Council on the Arts for a Japanese puppet show in Carthage schools.

From the Dr. W. Russell Smith Family Foundation: $2,000 to Carthage Historic Preservation for renovation of the ballroom at Historic Phelps House; $800 to Family Literacy Center for materials for a children’s play yard; $750 to Pro Musica for two classical music concerts in Carthage schools in 2004-2005; $1,500 to Kellogg Lake Board for materials to build picnic tables; $750 to Carthage Council on the Arts for a Japanese puppet show in Carthage schools; $2,000 to Troop 9 Boy Scouts towards the purchase of a new equipment trailer; $5,000 to The Carthage Fund of CCF for unrestricted grantmaking; $2,500 to Carthage Community Foundation Operating Endowment; $2,500 to McCune-Brooks Healthcare Foundation Fund; $2,500 to Jasper County 1895 Courthouse Preservation Fund; $2,500 to Jasper County Courthouse Capacity Building Fund; $2,500 to Carthage Youth Empowerment Program.

These grants bring the total of grants made through Carthage Community Foundation to $146,702 for 2004 and to $387,931 since the first grant was made in 2001.

For the past three years the board has been quietly asking for contributions to The Carthage Fund, an unrestricted permanent endowment fund from which grants can be made to any organization or project defined as "charitable" by the IRS. As of March 31, 2004, the fund balance exceeded $57,000. Of the above grants, $1,652 is from the earnings of this fund. CCF hopes they will be able to make additional grants in the fall of 2004.

Anyone interested in more information about The Carthage Fund, as a donor or grant applicant, should contact Bill Putnam, Chairman of the Foundation board at 359-5534.

Traditional Arts Workshops.

By Lee Sours, artCentral

More entries are arriving for the Membership Show which opens Friday, June 4 with an opening reception from 6-9pm. Some scenes of a wild west show by a skilled watercolor artist are waiting to be hung and more beautiful paintings are joining them daily. This year’s show will also feature an exhibit of stone sculpture. We are getting some great stone carvers in the area thanks to master carver Bill Snow.

A lot of people came by for the garden tour last week. Our garden was still immature. I’ll keep watering it hoping it will grow and bloom this summer. Rudbeckia just isn’t ready to show off yet. Visitors did get to see the wildlife paintings of Kevin Guinn and pick up flyers for artCamp and the summer workshops though.

The Art of Discovery exhibit ended last Friday. The young artists can pick up their work to take home now. Thanks for providing a wonderful exhibit.

We still have some openings in the workshops for people interested in learning stone carving, blacksmithing or pottery. Call or come in soon to pick up registration forms. Classes start Friday, June 4. Carthage is very fortunate to have such skilled teachers for these workshops. Stonecarving will be taught by Bill Snow a nationally known carver. Blacksmithing will be taught by Joe Davis who has done projects for Disneyland. Wheel Thrown Pottery will be taught by Jack Sours who has shown in galleries in this area, St. Louis, and California. For more information call the number or check the website listed below.

HOURS: T – F 11 - 5

Sunday 12 -5 • Closed Mon. and Sat.

1110 E 13th • 358-4404

ozarkartistscolony.com

I had one a those moments that make ya stop in your tracks. A recent high school graduate told me he used ta pick up the Mornin’ Mail when he was a kid. At first I thought he was makin’ a joke, but then realized he wasn’t kiddin’.

It struck me that we are now reachin’ a second generation of readers. We now have another audience to add to the Still Kickin’ folks and the baby boomers - "generation X" I guess. I was never made aware of what exactly the "X" stands for or where it came from. I suppose with this newly realized audience, I need ta become more "hip" or whatever. I doubt there is much danger of any great changes in the Mail however. The only mission of this paper has always been to document local happenin’s, amuse and inform. It appears we have now jumped at least one "generation gap."

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

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Oak Street health & herb

Natural Nutrition

By Mari An Willis

Whew! Another month is almost gone. Didn’t I just tell you Merry Christmas a couple days ago?

Some things we just seem to put off and then, like the months, the time flies by and we haven’t done much to accomplish a goal or even new years re"solution". If you are among the many Americans who have decided to change your eating habits this year, you may start with the basic of drinking more water. Think how quickly the garden gets dry in the summer months, and know your body requires even more. A rule of thumb is to divide your weight in half and drink that number in ounces of fluid daily. Say I weighed 120, my body would require aprox. 60 ounces of fluids daily. I say fluids, but the experts say mainly purified water.....certainly not 60ounces of soda or coffee is going to have much of a cleansing effect on the kidneys and other organs which work to flush our bodies.

A recent flare up of the gall bladder reminded me how well enteric-coated peppermint oil caps can work for me when I have chosen to eat foods which I know I shouldn’t. In Europe, capsules containing peppermint oil are used to cleanse the gallbladder. These capsules break apart in the small intyestine, where bile is released. Sometimes warm peppermint tea or hot water with a drop or two of peppermint oil will sooth my mistake, but those capsules are digested in a different manner and seem to bring me more relief. Now why couldn’t I just have resisted that fried shrimp?

Have a safe memorial day weekend. Take along the sunblock and remember to use it!!!

* This article is meant for informational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for medical advice. References available by request. These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA.