Today's Feature

"Good-Bye Charlie" at Stone’s Throw.

News release

Stone’s Throw Theatre of Carthage will be performing Good-Bye Charlie written by George Axelrod and produced by special arrangement with Samuel French Inc. Financial assistance for the project has been provided by Missouri Arts Council and Schmidt & Associates, PC of Carthage.

Performances will be March 4 and 5, and March 10, 11, 12 and 13. Reservations are required and can be made by calling Stone’s Throw Theater at 417-358-9665. The box office opens Monday February 28 from 10:00 a.m. until 12 noon or reservations may be made by calling Betty Bell at 417-358-7268.

On Thursday, Friday and Saturday the Theatre doors open at 6 p.m. with dinner being served at 6:30 p.m. and the performance starting at 7:30 p.m. Sundays the door opens at 12:30 p.m. Dinner is at 1:00 p.m. with the performance at 2:00 p.m. Admission is $1950 for adults, 18.50 for seniors over 55 and groups of 10 or more. Youth under 16 and children under 5 are free.

Good-Bye Charlie is directed by Betsy Fleischaker. The cast is: Cassandra Dominick, Dorothy Frietas, Nicholas Kubicek, Eddie McGuire, Bethany Belden, Travis Altheida and Shawn DeGraff.

The play contains some language that might not be suitable for younger children.

I always figured February as "hump month." Once ya get over the hump it’s March and that means spring is around the corner.

Sure, lot a folks’ll tell ya some of the worst of winter is still around in March, but by that time spring fever is startin’ to rumble and I figure you can always make it through a few bad days.

Bein’ the short month, the last couple a weeks are gone before ya know it.

One thing I could never figure out is why February is spelled the way it is. I’ve never heard anyone pronounce it like it’s spelled. No one takes the time to pronounce the r and u.

I guess in all, February is a cold, miserable month that’s always causin’ trouble.) Thirty days hath September... except February which has twenty-eight, unless it’s a leap year...) At least there’s not much of it.

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