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published every weekday except major holidays
Tuesday, October 25, 2005 Volume XIV, Number
90
did
ya know?
Did Ya Know?... The Fair
Acres Family YMCA will offer a new session of
swim lessons for youth starting November 1-29.
Classes are available for Pre-School Beginners to
Youth Advances. Classes are on Tuesdays and
Thursdays. Fee for the month of eight lessons is
$12 per person for YMCA members and $19 per
person for non members. For more info and class
times call 417-358-2070.
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.
Did Ya Know?... The
Family Neighborhood Center Office, 706 Orchard,
will be closed on Mondays. GED classes will be
held as usual. The Center will be open Tue. and
Thurs. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Evenings 6 p.m. to 9
p.m., Wed. 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Fri. 8 a.m. to 12
noon.
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today's
laugh
Carl: Whats that you have
in your button hole?
Earl: Why, thats a chrysanthemum.
Carl: It looks like a rose to me.
Earl: Nope, youre wrong. Its a
chrysanthemum.
Carl: Spell it.
Earl: K-r-i-s-a . . . by golly, that is a rose.
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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.
A Good Theatrical
Company.
Some good dramatic
productions often prove failures early in the theatrical
season by not being properly rehearsed. They are made up
of actors and actresses who have been laying off during
the summer and it takes them a month or two to get into
working order before they can do justice to the parts
they are playing. This is not the case with the Century
Stock Co., which plays here all the week. They are always
working, having been engaged all through the summer at
Lincoln and Sioux city.
Every play, presented will
be perfect in every detail as all special scenery is
carried by the company. Polite vaudeville features will
be offered between each act.
The company will open
tonight at the opera house.
Councilman Wallingford
went to Carterville on business connected with the City
this morning, returning on the noon car.
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Today's
Feature
To Appoint New Council Member.
Carthage City Council will meet
this evening at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers
at City Hall. Items on the agenda include the
appointment of a new first ward Council member by
Mayor Kenneth Johnson. This appointment follows
the resignation of former first ward
representative Dave Woods. The previous Council
meeting was the final meeting for Woods prior to
moving to Joplin.
Other items on the agenda
include the second reading of an ordinance
authorizing an agreement with the Harry S. Truman
Coordinating Council for the provision of
consulting services for the Fairview Interchange
Project. The consulting services are not to
exceed the amount of $11 thousand. The item is in
its second reading and was brought to Council by
the Public Works Committee.
The agenda also includes the
first reading of an ordinance rezoning 415 N.
Parsons from District B, Second Dwelling House
District to District D, Local Business as
requested by citizen James Schrader. If approved
the re-zoned area would be used for the storage
of industrial equipment.
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Stench Report:
Monday,
10/24/05
Stench
Reported
over the Weekend
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Just Jake
Talkin'
Mornin
Time ta drag out the flannel shirts. The drop in
temperature gets the mind ta thinkin of the
upcomin winter and the story of the ant and
the grasshopper. The
thing thats never mentioned in the story is
the fact that from what I can tell, ants never
just sit around waitin on anything.
Theyre always runnin here or there. I
cant figure how this particular ant has
time to stop and talk to the grasshopper in the
first place.
I know that there are folks who
take pride in bein prepared for the cold
weather, but as most automotive shops will tell
ya, there are more that wait till the show
hits the ground fore they give it much
thought. Winter has become a minor inconvenience
for many or a charmin diversion for others.
The ants ideals may live
on, but as a practice, the grasshoppers are
more abundant.
This is some fact, but mostly,
Just Jake Talkin.
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by:
McCune- Brooks Hospital |
To
Your Good Health
by Paul G. Donohue, M.D.Narrow Spinal
Canal Puts Nerves in Vise
DEAR DR. DONOHUE:
I am a 69-year-old woman diagnosed with spinal
stenosis. I also have osteoarthritis. I have pain
in my back and down my leg. Whats my
outlook? I dont want surgery if possible. -
Anon.
ANSWER: Spinal
stenosis is a narrowing of the spinal canal, the
tunnel that runs through the backbones and in
which the spinal cord and its nerves are housed.
It compresses the spinal cord and spinal nerves
like a vise.
Osteoarthritis is
one cause of spinal stenosis. The bone spurs that
form from osteoarthritis constrict the canal and
impinge on the spinal cord.
Conservative
treatments include hot packs to the back to see
if relaxing back muscles will relieve the pain.
Analgesics even such ordinary ones as
Tylenol can appreciably lessen back pain.
Physical therapy
is important. Try this one if it
doesnt hurt. Sit in a chair with your feet
flat on the ground and your knees about
shoulder-width apart. Bend forward, rolling the
right shoulder to the left knee, and stay in the
bent position for six seconds. Repeat the
movement six times and then change the rotation
left shoulder to right knee. If this
exercise helps, a physical-therapy program might
be a great benefit.
Doctors can inject
anesthetics to numb involved back nerves, and
that is another alternative to surgical
treatments. You shouldnt exclude the
possibility of surgery. It has helped many.
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