Today's Feature

"James and the Giant Peach."

News release

Stone’s Throw Dinner Theatre of Carthage, Mo will be presenting an Adaptation of Roald Dahl’s "James and the Giant Peach" by David Wood, Directed by Angel Ambrosius. With Special permission from Samuel French Inc. Financial assistance for this production has been provided by Missouri Arts Council, and Schmidt & Associates, PC of Carthage.

Performances are scheduled for July 13,14,15 and 21,22,and 23 2006. Reservations are required and may be made by calling Stone’s Throw Theatre at 417-358-9665 or Betty Bell at 417-358-7268 or by e-mailing reservations to bbell23@ecarthage.com. The box office will be open beginning July 10, 2006 from 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon.

Theatre doors open at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday with dinner being served at 6:30 p.m. and the performance starting at 7:30 p.m. Sundays the doors open at 12:30 p.m. with dinner at 1:00 p.m. and the performance starting at 2:00 p.m. Admission is $20.00 for adults, $19.00 for seniors over 55 and, youth under 16 are $17.00, and children under 5 are free. Groups of 10 or more are given a dollar off each ticket purchased..

Orphan James is sent to live with his aunts, Spiker and Sponge, after his parents are killed in a tragic accident involving a rhino, but the aunts treat him horribly. One day he meets an old man who gives him a bag containing the strongest magic in the world. When James accidentally spills it near the old peach tree the most marvelous things happen and this is just the start of his adventures. With his new friends, Centipede, Earthworm, Grasshopper, Ladybird and Spider-James sets off on an incredible journey in the Giant Peach across the ocean to New York.

The cast is not only comprised of local talent but from the surrounding areas such as Carl Junction, Neosho, Jasper, Joplin and Webb City. The cast is as follows: James—Scott Michael Corn, Aunt Sponge—Elisia Conrardy, Aunt Spiker—Zina Ambrosius, Grasshopper—Kelly Dickens, Spider/Tour Guide—Keely Youngworth, Lady Bird—Cheyla Navarre, Earthworm/Old man— Mitchell Bowen, Centipede/Mr. Trotter— Cody Vaughn, Captain/Reporter—Whitney Colston, Mrs. Trotter /1st Officer—Jamie Hurtt, 2nd Officer—Laura Knutzen, Voice-David Backus, Sr., Understudy-Joy Loveall. Children & Visitors: Zane Ambrosius, Abby DeVrieze, Elizabeth Esch, Annie Wright, Lydia Youngworth.

Council Meets Tonight.

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 first reading of an ordinance authorizing the Mayor to enter into agreement with the Carthage R9 School System for use of a portion of Kellogg Lake Property for the Outdoor Classroom. The item is brought to Council with the recommendation of the Public Services Committee.

Stench Report:
Monday,
7/10/06

No Stench Detected on Carthage
Square

I’ve never heard of anyone gettin’ jail time for walkin’ on the grass in either case.

‘Course there are the few that just wanna see if anything might happen if they put a print or two on the turf. Just curious I guess. I’m guessin’ if the signs requestin’ only small cars park where larger vehicles might block the view, fewer big vehicles will use the spaces. Just bein’ friendly.

It’s like the "reasonable and prudent" speed limits in some western states. Ever’one gets a chance to show their true colors.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

Cluster Headaches Are Indescribably Painful

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I’m 28 and have been driving a truck for four years. I am happily married with two children and am in good health. In the past two months I have had several headaches that are so painful they wake me from sleep, and I have to get out of bed. They last about an hour. I take aspirin for them, but I don’t know if it works or if the headache just goes away on its own. What is this? -- B.L.

ANSWER: Your headaches have many of the characteristics of cluster headaches. They are the most painful of all headaches. They usually first appear between the ages of 20 and 40. They’re on one side of the head, often centered around the eye. The eye on the side of the headache frequently tears, and the nostril on that side can drip mucus. The headaches can come at night, and they are so bad that they drive a person out of bed. He (male cluster headache sufferers far outnumber females) paces around the house in a frenzy until the pain leaves. That can take anywhere from minutes to hours.

Cluster headaches come in "clusters." There might be several in a day or night, and they can recur for days or weeks at a time. Then they go away. But they always come back.

There are many treatments. Breathing pure oxygen for 15 minutes can end a cluster headache. Migraine medicines in self-administered injections can also abort the headache. Oral medicines are of little use; they take too long to be absorbed.

If a person is in the midst of a cluster when one attack follows another, there are preventive medicines to take. See your family doctor, who can get you on a treatment and preventive program.