Today's Feature

McCune-Brooks Health Fair.

News release

McCune-Brooks Hospital continues the tradition of promoting wellness by sponsoring the 15th annual Carthage Community Health Fair scheduled for Saturday, May 13. The fair will be held from 8 a.m. to 12 noon at Memorial Hall, 407 South Garrison.

Free health screenings will be available from community organizations and various departments at McCune-Brooks Hospital. Screenings include Pulmonary Function,

Height & Weight, Glaucoma, Bone Density, Skin Screening, EKG, Physical Therapy Functional Screen, Spinal Screen, Blood Pressure, Cholesterol and Blood Sugar, Body Fat, and Hearing Check. Some screenings, such as blood sugar testing, require that participants fast for 12 hours before the test. They may drink water, but may not consume any foods before the test. Refreshments will be available for those who have been fasting as soon as they have completed the test.

Informational booths will be set up from various hospital departments and organizations offering data about health and safety-related topics. Participating organizations include Alzheimer’s Association, American Diabetes Association, BioLife, Carlson Chiropractic Center, Carthage Caring Communities, Carthage Eye Care, Carthage Fire Department, Carthage Police Department, Central Pet Care Clinic, Community Hospices of America, Curves, Deer Creek Hearing Services, Healing Touch Massage, Independent Living Center, Jasper County Health Dept., Juice Plus, Lafayette House, Over 60 Center, Ostomy Association, TOPS, and Trinity Hospice. Participating hospital departments include Ambulance / EMS Dept., mbh Healthcare Foundation, Cardiac Pulmonary Rehab, Cardio-Pulmonary Services, Generations Unit, Golden Reflections, Home Health, Laboratory, Diabetes Education, Nutritional Services, Patient Accounts, Physical Therapy, Radiology Dept., Sleep Scan Clinic, and the Social Services Dept.

McCune-Brooks Hospital Dietician and Diabetes Instructor Debbie Herbst, RD LD, CDE, will present "Diabetes 101" providing basic information about Diabetes and answering questions from the audience. The presentation will be made in two sessions at 8:30 a.m. and at 10:30 a.m.

A McCune-Brooks Hospital ambulance will be on display and door prizes from Carthage area florists will be awarded.

Members of the McCune-Brooks Golden Reflections organization will be special guests at the health fair and will be admitted one half-hour early at 7:30 a.m. upon presentation of their Golden Reflections membership card.

Stench Report:
Thursday,
5/11/06

No Stench Detected on Carthage
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I’m thinkin’ that one of the differences ‘tween today’s animation on Saturday mornin’ tv is that now it’s written more for kids. The old cartoons had more adult humor in ‘em. I doubt that kids understood full the frustration of Yosemite Sam or the Coyote, or the satisfaction of Bugs or the Road Runner in their inevitable escape from doom.

‘Course no one thought anything about Porky Pig or Donald Duck runnin’ ‘round without any pants on. One thing for certain, kids back then did understand, and I think still do, that these mini picture shows were CARTOONS. They weren’t real! Pigs don’t talk and Rabbits don’t sing. Kids are smart enough to know the difference.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

Happy Mother’s Day.

Let it rain!!! As for many, this is my favorite time of year. Spring hit very early so gathering polk and some docks, dandelion and onion/garlic grass is in full swing. Being of traditional herbalism background, it is exciting to see the number of people who are turning to the common foods and herbs available in our yards.

The effectiveness or NON-effectiveness of certain herbs has been passed down from generations building a viable history of the usage of common herbs. One that is readily available in the Ozarks and other regions is yellowdock.

Yellowdock has been used since ancient times. It has been known as an astringent/tonic herb and a nutritive herb. Among its many uses, it has been used as a blood purifying plant for the major organs including liver and gallbladder. It is said to increase the flow of bile (look at the color of the plant). This herb is also high in iron. As a food, it is a balanced iron. Because of this high iron content, it has gained a reputation for assisting with anemia and nourishing the spleen. It has been noted that yellowdock was used externally for skin diseases, cuts and hemorrhoids.

Historically noted that the root has been applied to stop bleeding and crushed leaves to bring a boil to the surface.

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

Today’s column will reflect a little bit about several areas of interest, I hope.

First, and coming up this weekend, is our Mother’s Reception here at Hyde House. Ladies, come and spend a little time with us viewing the wonderful art show of three women artists, eat a sweet , and register for one of the doorprizes, a pretty floral arrangement, a book called The Serene Home in honor of Kim’s interior paintings, and a sweet smelling prize too! To my friend Judy Hill who has her eye on the floral arrangement, SOMEONE has to win it, and it might just be her! We know Sunday is a busy day, but this won’t take long and will be a nice "rest-stop" along the way. Men welcome too, they just can’t win!

As I write this we prepare for our noon Board of Directors meeting which includes election of new board ! members. I am pleased that we have the interest of several new individuals who desire to join those already serving. To date, we have 125 active memberships for artCentral, which include 30 NEW members this year so far! Thanks to all of you who have shown the interest to join, several making generous donations in the higher donation categories!

And speaking of interest, I look forward to receiving the entries soon of our member-artists, of which we have 77, for the next show, which is the Annual Membership Show. The deadline for entry is May 29th and there will be three prizes this year. Our juror is Margaret Haverstic, Professor of Art History and Art Appreciation at Cottey College in Nevada, and we thank her for this donation of her time to artCentral. The opening will be June 9th.

Those of you with children, I will have the fliers for our annual July artCamp in the schools before they let out, and to those who pre-signed last year or have called I will mail yours to you. That is my next project this week, to complete that flier!

We have had several calls for adult classes or for private lessons in various mediums— if you are an artist and would like to teach a class or just a few, please call me! I would love to match you up some interested students.

I attended Monday the book signing at the Public Library of Barbara Lee, and met Barbara, who is a delightful person. She received a nice notation in the papers for this signing and visited Hyde House while she was in town. Her book The Artist and the Cop will be for sale in OUR library now for $25.00 and these are autographed copies, so would make nice gifts. Barbara is an artist and a former Carthage resident, active in art circles while she was here.

Both her book and OUR cookbook would make very nice Mother’s Days gifts, so come by Saturday and look through these as well as our nice collection of art prints and cards for sale in our library.