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Tuesday, December 26, 2006 Volume XV, Number
134
did
ya know?
Did Ya Know?... The
Carthage Public Library will be closed Tuesday,
December 26 for Christmas and Monday, January 1
for New Years Day.
Did Ya Know?... December
26th is Boxing Day, celebrated in Britain and
Commonwealth countries such as Canada, England,
Australia and New Zealand.
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today's
laugh
I know a kid who has always
been late for everything. His twin brother is six
months older than he is.
I have a feeling that
theres a correlation between getting up in
the morning and getting up in the world. - Milton
Berle
I dress so badly that my wife
doesnt want people to know that Im
her husband. When I open the door for her, she
tips me.
The doctor who performed my
surgery is at this banquet tonight. I happened to
glance over at him during the meal and his wife
was cutting his meat for him.
Im not into working out.
My philosophy; no pain, no pain. - Carol Leifer
The only reason I wear glasses
is for little things - like driving my car. - or
finding it. - Woody Allen
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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.
She Got the Turkey
Anyway.
Miss Bessie Logan, in
cutting off a turkeys head the evening before
Christmas, also cut off her thumb, but she got the turkey
all right, says the Ozark paper. After a short search she
found the decapitated part and took it to Dr. Gideon, who
sewed it on and it is thought that it will grow back in
place.
A Chafing Dish Lunch.
Several of the friends of
Miss Kate Conard spent a very delightful evening at her
home on East Chestnut street last night. Those present
were Mrs. A. S. Deacon, Mrs. Jas. Hill, Miss Martha
Scott, Miss Wilson of Harrisonville, and H.H. Beckwith. A
delicious impromptu chafing dish supper was served by the
hostess.
It stands alone, it towers
above. Theres no other, its natures
wonder, a warming poultice to the heart of mankind. Such
is Rocky Mountain Tea. 35¢. Ask your druggist.
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Today's
Feature
Council Meeting
This Evening.
Carthage City
Council will meet in a regular session this
evening at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of
City Hall.
Items on the
agenda include the second reading of the
Citys phone contract with AT&T. Changes
in the billing procedure will allow the City to
reduce the number of lines required for the
Plexar II rate. The Plexar II rate reduces the
phone service bill by approximately 50%. This
ordinance would allow the City to eliminate the
current joint billing with Carthage Water and
Electric Plant and McCune-Brooks Hospital, and
pay only for City office lines and the lines used
by the Carthage Public Library.
Other items on the
agenda include the first reading of the ordinance
allowing the City to collect from prisoners the
costs of incarceration. The item is brought to
Council by the Public Safety committee with a
recommendation for approval. The rate discussed
by the committee was $30 per prisoner per day.
This will also be
City Attorney David Moutons final meeting.
Mouton was elected Division III Judge in the
November 7 election and will be sworn in on
December 29th. A reception will be held after the
meeting.
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Stench Report:
Friday,
12/22/06
No Stench Detected on
Carthage Square
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Just Jake
Talkin'
Mornin',
Ive heard talk about it, but Ive
never recognized if I was in a state of post
Christmas blues.Now
there is the possibility that I live in a
constant state of the ailment and just dont
notice the difference. Im more likely to
think its more a matter of expectations.
A friend a mine, as a child at
his grandmothers for Christmas, opened his
gift and found a pair of socks.
"Dang," he said as he
threw them on the floor, "Id rather
had the money."
Most likely the grandmother
felt a little twinge of the blues right away, not
waitin for the "post" to set in.
I suppose it takes a little
more maturity to really appreciate a good pair a
socks for Christmas.
This is some fact, but mostly,
Just Jake Talkin.
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To
Your Good Health
By Paul G. Donohue, M.D.MRIs, CAT Scans
and Sonograms
DEAR DR. DONOHUE:
Will you tell me if an MRI and a CAT scan are the
same? -- P.B.
ANSWER: X-rays
were the first invention that enabled doctors to
look inside the body without having to cut it
open. They were and still are one of
medicines most valuable tools for making a
diagnosis.
New techniques for
exploring the bodys interior arose in the
last part of the 20th century. CAT scans --
computed axial tomography -- yield pictures of
inner anatomy with computer-generated views of
internal structures gained from X-ray beams
passed through a multitude of "slices"
of the body. CAT has now become just CT scan. CT
scans are excellent ways of imaging bones and
bleeding in the brain, among other things.
MRI -- magnetic
resonance imaging -- produces pictures of
internal organs without any radiation. It employs
powerful magnets to generate images. Its
especially valuable for delineating
"soft" tissues like the scars that
multiple sclerosis makes in the brain and spinal
cord. Because of the magnetic fields, MRI
cant be used for people who have metallic
joints or implanted metallic devices.
Sound waves are
used to capture pictures of internal organs too.
Theyre called sonograms or echograms.
Echocardiograms, for example, give great pictures
of the heart and its valves.
All these devices
produce pictures of the bodys interior, but
they do so in different ways, and they have
different applications.
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