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Tuesday, August 2, 2005 Volume XIV, Number 31
did
ya know?
Did Ya Know?... The
Edwin W. Wiggins Post 9 of the American Legion
will meet Thursday night, August 4 at 7:00 p.m.
in the Legion Rooms of the Memorial Hall. All
members are invited to attend the meeting.
Did Ya Know?... The
Friends of the Carthage Public Library will hold
their monthly 1st Saturday used book sale on
August 6, 2005 at the Library Annex, 510 S.
Garrison Ave. from 8:00 until Noon. There are
books and paperbacks for all age groups in every
genre, plus puzzles, cassettes, videos, LPs and
CDs. All at bargain prices.
Did Ya Know?. . .The
McCune- Brooks Hospital Blood Pressure Clinic is
open M-W-F from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Clinic is located
at 2040 S. Garrison in the MBH Wellness Center.
Call 358-0670 M-W-F for more information. BP
Logbook available.
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today's
laugh
Kids on Science:
"A hurricane is a breeze of a big
size."
"It is so hot in some places that the people
there have to live in other places."
"The wind is like air, only pushier."
"A monsoon is a French gentleman."
"Some people can tell what time it is by
looking at the sun. But I have never been able to
make out the numbers."
The ability to delude yourself
may be an important survival tool. - Jane Wagner
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1905
INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of Events as they have
Transpired in the City and County since our last Issue.
Here Studying Flood
Causes.
Engineer From U.S.
Geological Survey Was in Carthage Today.
W.G. Russell, engineer in
the U.S. geological survey, was her today investigating
the recent phenomenal flood in Spring river. It is his
special duty to investigate and report on flood
conditions and their causes.
His territory is
restricted to Kansas and the north edge of Oklahoma and
Indian Territory, but in investigating conditions at
Lowell in the southeast corner of Kansas, he was led to
study the conditions here and further up Spring river as
to the cause of the flood at Lowell.
He arrived this afternoon
and had little to say when seen by a reporter, as he had
not yet had time to investigate.
The Chautauqua Girls’
club will meet with Miss Marie Smith on West Central
avenue tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock. Every member
is urged to be present.
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Today's
Feature
Gunshot Victim.
The Police Department, Fire
Department and Ambulance were dispatched to 1200
Grove in reference to a female shooting victim on
Sunday July 31 at 8:20 p.m. Police discovered
21-year-old Brandi Leathers in a bedroom with a
gunshot wound to the chest. Leathers was flown to
St. John’s Hospital in Joplin for treatment
of her injuries
The wound is believed to be
self-inflicted and an investigation is ongoing.
Blunt’s
Highway Priorities.
News Release
The Conference Report on H.R. 3
- Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users,
containing ten Southwest Missouri highway
projects sponsored by Seventh District
Congressman Roy Blunt, is headed to President
Bush’s desk to become law. "The goal of
this legislation is to modernize some of
Southwest Missouri’s busiest highways in an
effort to make the traveling public safer and
make our transportation system more
efficient," Blunt, the House Majority Whip,
said. "This legislation
assures that well before the end of this decade
we will have four safer lanes of traffic on
Highway 71 extending to Arkansas and the Joplin
Bypass can be completed.
Blunt added, "Due to the
work of Senator Bond and Senator Talent, the new
transportation bill means Missouri will have our
fair share of highway funds to undertake crucial
highway improvements. It also means more of the
money Missouri motorists send to Washington will
come back to be used on our highway
priorities."
"This was a job-creating
week in the U.S. House," Blunt said.
"As soon as this funding is put to use in
Southwest Missouri, we’ll see new jobs being
created, as well as improved transportation
infrastructure."
Blunt secured $12 million to
upgrade Highway 71 in McDonald County to four
lane expressway standards. The bill also
designates $8 million for continued construction
on the Range Line By-pass (Highway 249) in
Joplin.
Other funds are set aside for
studies on the design of the corridor of Highways
37 and 60 from Republic to Monett through
Cassville to the Arkansas state line and to
design and construct improvements to the I-44 and
Highway 39 interchange in Mt. Vernon.
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Stench Report:
Monday,
08/01/05
No Reports of Stench
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Just Jake
Talkin'
Mornin'
I don’t think
I’ve ever run across anyone that didn’t
enjoy a heapin’ bowl of real, honest to
goodness home made ice cream.
You can always tell the
experienced ice cream eaters. They can be found
takin’ their seats at a comfortable distance
from the churns where they can watch those who
are doin’ the crankin’. They might even
actually get up and give a first hand lesson for
a short time.
‘Course there are always a
few who sit on the outer circle who don’t
know anything ‘bout ice cream makin’.
They just enjoy sittin’ ‘round
tellin’ folks how it oughta be. Sometimes it
seems there are more and more of those people
around. Always the first in line to get their
fair share, last when it comes to
contributin’ effort and energy.
When all the shoutin’s
over, someone still has to turn the crank.
This is some fact, but mostly,
Just Jake Talkin’.
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Weekly
Column
To Your Good Health
By Samantha
MazzottaBaseball and Sore Arms
DEAR DR. DONOHUE:
I am a teen who plays baseball three times a
week. My upper right arm — my throwing arm
— has become sore. Do you have any idea what
might have caused it? — J.C.
ANSWER: Pitchers,
of course, are the ones most susceptible to sore
arms, but they can happen to anyone who has to
throw a ball.
It takes 11
different muscles to throw. Those muscles are in
the arm, shoulder, chest and back. Furthermore,
the leg, abdominal and back muscles are
intimately involved in throwing. Sore arms can
usually be traced to overuse, errors in throwing
technique or lack of conditioning. Overuse you
have to address yourself. You shouldn’t
throw when the arm hurts. Throwing technique is
something you’ll have to have a coach or an
expert adult analyze for you. Conditioning is
something you can do on your own.
Even during the
baseball season, so long as the arm doesn’t
hurt, a program of muscle strengthening can keep
your throwing arm free of pain. Limit your
exercise sessions to three times a week, and do
them on the days you aren’t playing. Choose
weights you can lift eight to 12 times
successively, and take a two-minute rest between
two or three series of lifts. Make sure you
exercise muscles on the back of your shoulder.
I haven’t
mentioned the shoulder joint as a source of pain.
It can be. If your arm isn’t improving with
three weeks of rest, then you have to see a
doctor for the many joint troubles that cause a
sore arm.
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