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published every weekday except major holidays
Tuesday, August 22, 2006 Volume XV, Number 47
did
ya know?
Did Ya Know?... Carthage
Lodge #197 A.F. & A.M. has called a special
meeting Thursday, August 24 at 7 p.m.
(refreshments and fellowship begin at 6 p.m.) in
the Carthage Masonic Temple, 215 W. 7th Street,
for the purpose of electing officers and
confering a first degree. All area Master Masons
are invited to attend.
Did Ya Know?... The
Carthage Church of the Nazarene, 2000 Grand Ave.
will hold a "Back to School Bash"
Wednesday, August 23 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
The event is free and everyone is welcome.
Did Ya Know?...
"Who’s on What and Why?" will be
held Wednesday., Aug. 23 from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.
in McCune-Brooks Hospital. Karen Fenstermacher,
Family Nurse Practitioner with Dr. Unruh, will
talk about how doctors decide how an
individual’s diabetes is treated.
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today's
laugh
Ways to say someone is stupid:
Too much yardage between the
goalposts
As smart as bait
Her antenna doesn’t pick
up all the channels
His belt doesn’t go
through all the loops
Elevator doesn’t go all
the way to the top floor
Receiver is off the hook
If he had another brain, it
would be lonely
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1906
INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of Events as they have
Transpired in the City and County since our last Issue.
John Gray Gets a Fine
Camera.
Deputy Circuit Clerk John
Gray has just purchased a Rochester band camera equipped
with a Voightlander lens. It will take a picture of any
size from 4x5 to 8x10. The lens is a double one which can
be used doubly or singly as the occasion requires.
The photographer has been
testing the lens by using it in taking portrait
photographs in his studio.
Bankrupt Stock Sold.
The Greening bankrupt
stock of clothing, known as the Red Front, was sold
yesterday to C.L. Stiffler & Co. for 64 per cent on
the dollar. Hon. Howard Gray, who is handling the
business, went to Kansas City last night to present the
bids to Judge Phillips, and if they are accepted, Mr.
Stiffler will get the stock, otherwise the stock will be
closed out at retail.
O.D. Royse of Joplin is
spending today in Carthage.
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Today's
Feature
To Discuss
Lawsuit.
The Carthage City
Council will meet this evening at 7:30 p.m. in
the Council Chambers of City Hall. Items on the
agenda include the discussion of the Renewable
Environmental Solutions (RES) case by Bill Bryan
of the Missouri Attorney General’s office.
According to City
Attorney Tom Short, Bryan will be discussing the
status of the City and Attorney General’s
office joint lawsuit against RES. Bryan is
expected to give updates on any recent complaints
filed by Carthage citizens and by those living in
the surrounding area.
Other items on the
agenda include the first reading of an ordinance
that would change the Carthage code regarding
paving of new street and alleys. This item is
brought to Council by the Public Works Committee.
Public Works
Department Director Chad Wampler says that the
Carthage code specifies a blanket statement for
thickness of base rock and asphalt for new street
construction. Wampler proposed to the Public
Works committee the implementation of a
case-by-case depth requirement based on the
variables of soil type and right-of-way width.
The item will be in its first reading tonight.
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Stench Report:
Monday,
8/21/06
No Stench
Reported on Carthage Square.
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Just Jake
Talkin'
Mornin',
The neighbor kids I grew up
around were always comin’ up with games.
These were not devious games, they were serious
activities that sometimes caused major
controversy, especially with the parents. ‘Course we put together variations
on traditional games like baseball, football,
hide and seek and the sort, but the real interest
was in comin’ up with games that suited the
surroundings. The nearby plowed field was always
available for clod fights, but even these had
rules, mainly, no rocks.
The beauty of these made up
games was that the kids set the rules. Once
ever’one agreed on the game, we tested it
out for a while. Any changes were discussed in a
"time-out." The game would continue
until it lost favor and was replaced with the
latest inspiration.
This is some fact, but mostly,
Just Jake Talkin’.
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To
Your Good Health
By Paul G. Donohue, M.D.Poor Leg
Circulation Causes Calf Pain
DEAR DR. DONOHUE:
I think my circulation is bad. When I walk from
my car in the parking lot to the grocery store,
my calves hurt. It’s not a cramp. I have to
sit on a bench for a couple of minutes, and then
I’m OK until I walk one or two aisles in the
store. What do you think this is? -- R.B.
ANSWER: I agree
with you. I think it’s a circulation problem
too. The calf pain you describe is intermittent
claudication -- pain and fatigue that come on
while walking and disappear with a couple of
minutes of rest. It’s a sign that the leg
muscles aren’t getting enough blood. Leg
arteries are clogged with a buildup of fat,
cholesterol and platelets -- plaque. The
condition is called peripheral vascular disease.
Diabetes, high
blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, aging and
cigarette smoking are things that foster
peripheral vascular disease -- the same things
that foster clogged heart and brain arteries.
Peripheral vascular disease, therefore, often
indicates heart and brain arteries are similarly
affected.
Your doctor has to
examine you. A simple test is to measure blood
pressure in the ankles and in the arms. They
should be equal.
Treatment is
likely familiar to you. Lower blood cholesterol;
keep blood pressure in the normal range; control
blood sugar if diabetic; lose weight if
necessary; start a walking program and walk to
the point of pain, rest and then resume walking.
Surgery on or the
placement of a stent in the obstructed artery
might be indicated.
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