Today's Feature

Carthage Postcards Featured.

Carthage was featured in the June edition of the Postcard Collector magazine, according to Carthage Convention and Visitor Bureau (CVB) Director Aimee Smith. The publication highlighted 4 new Carthage postcards and included an article on Carthage.

The themes of the four new postcards are based on local activities, history and architecture. The cards include pictures of the Historic Carthage Courthouse, the Municipal Golf Course, Precious Moments and some examples of the architecture in historic Carthage homes. Each postcard has a caption on the opposite side of the picture, listing information about the photographs.

According to Smith there has been much interest in the cards. Approximately 30-40 have been sold in the past few weeks. The cards cost 50¢ each and are available at the CVB and at Powers Museum.

Logs Due at CPL.

A news release from the Carthage Public Library informs that the reading clubs, "Paws, Claws, Scales and Tales" and "Creature Feature at Your Library" will end Saturday, July 15. Logs are due before Awards Day on July 20, 2006.

Stench Report:
Thursday,
7/13/06

No Stench Detected on Carthage
Square

After readin’ it several times I still don’t know for sure what it says or means.

I do understand that they want me to fax ‘em my bank account number and this has somethin’ to do with some $31.5 million created by the "over costing of job/services done to our ministry by foreign companies." The letter also assures me that this "deal is 100% covered from any form of probe. Thus this transaction is a hitch free one, now or in future." A fax number (not toll free) is the only form of return address or contact.

I think I’ll pass on this one. I’m still gettin’ those vitamins I committed to when I ordered a "free" pen set as a kid.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

Amino Acids are the "building blocks" of protein. There are 22 commonly found amino acids that support the growth, repair and maintenance of over 16 different types of proteins in the human body. Some of these proteins include enzymes, antibodies, skin, hormones, connective tissues, muscles and blood.

Picture your body as a complex computer system. Amino acids act as computer chips, relaying messages to prompt your body’s functions. In fact, one or more amino acid is involved in every biochemical process in the body.

Stress, illness, injury and exercise affect the way your body uses the amino acids you consume and the amount you need. So, an imbalance of amino acids may cause a malfunction in your "computer."

It is recommended that amino acids be taken with the proper cofactors (vitamins and minerals) to ensure proper metabolism in the body. Especially important is Vitamin B6. In addition, no harmful side effects are associated with amino acids, unlike certain drugs.

The amino acid panel is a laboratory test performed on a sample of blood or urine. It measures the levels of 41 amino acids and ammonia. Measuring any excesses or deficiencies of these amino acids can help in evaluating the efficiency of your body’s computer.

A blood panel indicates which amino acids are circulating in your system. Blood is the indicator most commonly used by physicians, although a urine panel will usually be recommended when maldigestion, malabsorption or infection are suspected.

* This article is meant for informational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for medical advice. References available by request. These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA.

artCentral
Art Notes from Hyde House
By Sally Armstrong, Director of artCentral

Artist’s have come and gone, removing their art from our walls, and our Membership Show is officially over. Now, looking to Friday the 14th and our next show Opening, I would like to tell you a bit about the 16 new paintings that have arrived to next be hung.

The artist is 26-year-old Josie Ferrantelle of Kansas City, and, as I told you last week, she has exhibited her art in Chicago and Kansas City, but never in this area.

The first group of 9 paintings are in the artist’s signature media, that being the "encaustic wax" process. As it has been explained to me, the painting is on stretched muslin, not canvas, and sealed with rabbit’s skin glue over masonite. Melted bee’s wax is mixed with resin and oil and is infused with liquid or dry pigments and applied in layers while the wax is hot, creating a textured and matt surface. Colors are elegant and soft on some pieces, stronger on others. One of these paintings, "MISSONI" is pictured on our website. This process dates back to ancient Egypt, Josie tells me. Other paintings in this show include three very large oil/mixed media pieces, an oil-egg tempra floral, and two carbon drawings. An additional group of hand built and glazed tiles, some framed, round out the media in this show. The public is invited and encouraged to attend Friday’s night opening for this show, 6:00- 8:00 pm, meet the artist and enjoy some refreshments with us. This show will be up until August 18th.

I look forward to seeing our Monday’s first classes of kids for artCamp beginning this next week. There are two different classes being held on that first day, and we a expecting about 24 kids that day altogether. Registrations are still coming in for open classes. See you Friday night!