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Tuesday, March 28, 2006 Volume XIV, Number
197
did
ya know?
Did Ya Know?... A Fish
Fry will be held Tuesday, March 28 from 5 to 7
p.m in Grace Church, 820 Howard St. $5 for
Adults, $3 ages 6-12, 5 and under free. Fish,
potatoes, coleslaw, dessert, drink. .
Did Ya Know?... The
Carthage Chamber of Commerce will hold Eggs &
Issues: Candidate Forum, Wednesday, March 29 at
7:30 a.m. in the McCune-Brooks Hospital
Cafeteria, 627 West Centennial. Program starts at
8 a.m., Breakfast at 7:30. $5 per person (payable
at door). All Carthage R-9 School Board and
Carthage. RSVP by Monday, Mar. 27.
Did Ya Know?... Brooms!
Brooms! Brooms! Carthage Lions Club Annual Broom
Sale starts April 1. Call Dorsey Van Matter,
358-2666, Chet Holzwarth, 358-6175, Leslie
Strait, 358-6105.
Did Ya Know?... The
Carthage Vietnam Alliance will meet Thursday
night at 7:00 p.m. in the Legion Rooms of the
Memorial Hall, in order to make plans for the
Annual Memorial Day Service on May 29, 2006. The
American Legion, Disabled American Veterans,
Chosen Few and the Heartland Band.
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today's
laugh
A New York City official is in
trouble for calling in sick every day for two
years. He claims he had a twenty-four hour bug
730 times in a row. - Conan OBrien
Never pet a polar bear until
hes a rug.
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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.
First Presbyterian
Ladies.
The Womens
Missionary society of the First Presbyterian church held
its foreign missionary praise meeting at the home of Mrs.
T.E. Gray and some thirty or more ladies attended. The
general subject for the meeting was "China."
M<rs. W.S. Knight read a paper on the subject,
"Motives for Sustaining Foreign Missions." Mrs.
W.J. Sewall read a paper on "Womans Medical
Work in China," and MRs. W.D. Arnold gave the
"News of the Year from the Girls Schools in
China." Musical numbers were contributed by Miss
Alpha Junkin, who sang, and by Miss Ethel Brown, who
played.
Following the program a
pleasant social half hour was spent and coffee and
sandwiches were served by the social committee,
comprising Mrs. Mary E. Elliot, Mrs. W.H. Butts and Mrs.
J.A. McLean.
Mrs. Geo. Read of St.
Louis arrived this morning to visit Mrs. C.O. Harrington.
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Today's
Feature
4/1
Distribution Day.
News release
The Carthage
Crisis Center and area church youth groups will
be sponsoring the 4/1 Distribution Day on April
1st at the First Nazarene Church at the corner of
Fairview and Grand Avenue in Carthage, Missouri
from 8 a.m. -2 p.m.
Good quality
furniture and appliances will be distributed to
needy families and individuals on that day. Items
such as couches, desks, chairs, hideabeds,
mattresses and box springs, dressers, washers,
dryers, etc. will be available. The quality of
the items is not guaranteed and no returns will
be accepted. All interested individuals should
come prepared to transport the items they have
selected in their auto, truck, or trailer.
The Director of
the Carthage Crisis Center Brian P. Bisbee has
seen the need first hand. According to Bisbee,
"Every week we get calls asking for
furniture and appliances at the Carthage Crisis
Center. There are some families out there who are
lacking the basic essentials, and we felt that we
needed to help in a greater way."
The Carthage
Crisis Center has given out over 1,000 units of
furniture and appliances over the last year. In a
truck borrowed from Steve Beimdiek of Beimdiek
Insurance Agency, Bisbee is often out on
Saturdays with a work crew of three or four
Crisis Center residents picking up furniture that
has been donated. The furniture is then taken to
a storage area in one of four Carthage churches
and set aside for a needy family. Bisbee related,
"We have had the opportunity to help Katrina
and Rita hurricane families, area families, and
our residents who are getting places of their
own. In each case the furniture and appliances
have made a significant difference in
somebodys life."
Late last year
Bisbee shared with several youth pastors of local
churches that there was a continuing need on the
part of needy families for good quality furniture
and appliances. From these discussions came the
commitment on the part of the youth pastors and
their youth groups to team up with the Crisis
Center staff and residents in this endeavor.
Bisbee said, "In a practical way we want to
show needy families that God loves them and cares
about their needs. We also want to have a good
time working and serving together.
Good quality
furniture and appliances are still being
accepted. (No junk items, clothing or household
items will be accepted.) Items may be dropped off
at the First Church of the Nazarene on the 31st
of March between 4 and 8 p.m. Pickup of items can
be arranged by calling Brian or Marilyn Bisbee at
the Carthage Crisis Center at 417-358-3533.
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Stench Report:
Monday,
3/27/06
No Smells
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Just Jake
Talkin'
Mornin',
With all the talk about
high tech, it seems odd to me that we still use
low tech for an amazing number of everday
tasks.Id be
guessin, but the concept of the shirt
button hasnt see much improvement over the
last couple a hundered years. Zippers have made
some inroads to the garment fastenin
business, but buttons still poke through a hole
and seem ta be the choice for most consumers.
Cheap and functional I suppose, but definitely
low tech.
The down side is the amount of
time wasted everday pushin buttons
through those little reinforced holes in our
clothes. Velcro has made some headway in
replacin shoe laces, maybe buttons are the
next market. Course keepin your shoes
on with a piece of string seems pretty crude too.
This is some fact, but mostly,
Just Jake Talkin.
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To
Your Good Health
By Paul G. Donohue, M.D.Atrial
Fibrillation Can Lead to Stroke
DEAR DR. DONOHUE:
I am 83 and have longevity on both sides of my
family. Recently I had atrial fibrillation. I
keep being advised to go on Coumadin. I am doing
much research on it, and everything I find makes
me decide against it and stick with one aspirin a
day. Please advise your opinion of Coumadin. A
92-year-old cousin had it prescribed, took it in
the evening and bled to death the next morning.
Taking it would stress me out. I would worry
about bleeding all the time. -- W.L.
ANSWER: Where are
you doing the research? Its not giving you
the right answer. In atrial fibrillation, the
atria, the upper heart chambers, are not
contracting; theyre squirming --
fibrillating. Blood pools in fibrillating atria.
Pooled blood forms clots. Pieces of those clots
can break loose and be carried in the circulation
to brain arteries. They block blood flow in brain
arteries, and thats a stroke. You
dont want to have a stroke.
Coumadin prevents
clots from forming -- thats its
"blood-thinning" action. It truly
lessens the risk of stroke. Aspirin is not as
effective as Coumadin in preventing clots and
strokes in people with atrial fibrillation.
Coumadin can cause
serious bleeding. However, people on the medicine
have their blood checked frequently to make sure
they are not getting too much or too little
medicine.
Your cousins
story doesnt ring true. It takes days for
Coumadins blood-thinning effects to take
hold.
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