Today's Feature

PARADE DAY SCHEDULE.

The 40th Annual Maple Leaf Parade will be held tomorrow, Saturday, October 21. Activities are planned throughout the day, beginning at 6 a.m. A list of events and activities is below.

• Pancake Feed hosted by the Carthage Fire Department from 6:00AM-11:00AM $4-adults/$1-under 6. Carthage Fire Department (401 West Chestnut)

• Petting Zoo hosted by the Carthage FFA from 8:00AM-2:00PM. Event is FREE to the public. Jasper County Courthouse Lawn

• Carthage Antique Auto & Tractor Show hosted by Restorations, LC at 8:00AM-4:00PM. Event FREE to the public. Central Park (Chestnut & Garrison Streets) For more information call 417-437-1534

• Craft Booths, Food Vendors & Live Entertainment sponsored by the Carthage Chamber from 8:00AM-5:00PM. Historic Carthage Square

• Maple Leaf Parade Featuring the Budweiser Clydesdales Sponsored by Leggett & Platt, Inc. & Southwest Missouri Bank from 9:00AM-11:00AM. Starting on the Historic Carthage Square.

• Hot Dogs for the Hospital hosted by All Things Grand! from 9:00AM-3:00PM Concessions: $1-$5. Hot cocoa, snacks, hot dogs, and more! All Things Grand! (1204 South Grand Avenue) For more information call 417-358-1313

• Maple Leaf Auto Show hosted by Maple Leaf Auto Show, Inc. from 9:00AM-5:00PM $10 day of show for entries FREE to the public. Precious Moments Park (4321 South Chapel Road). For more information call 417-358-9337

• Brats on the Square hosted by the Carthage Rotary Club from 11:00AM-3:00PM. $5 per person (includes brat, chips, drink and dessert). Jasper County Courthouse Lawn, south side

• Expo on the Square hosted by Southwest Missouri Connections from 11:00AM-4:00PM. Event FREE to the public. Private Events (136 East Fourth). For more information call 417-388-2867

• CELTIC Wine Festival hosted by White Rose Winery from 11:00AM-6:00PM Event FREE to the public. White Rose Winery, Restaurant and Bed & Breakfast (13001 Journey Road) For more information call 417-359-9253

• Maple Leaf Marching Band Festival hosted by Carthage Band Boosters from Noon-10:00PM. $4 per person, K.E. Baker Football Stadium (13th & River Streets)

• UMB Bank Charity Chili Cook-Off hosted by UMB Bank. Team Entry-$20 Taste Kit-$3-adult/$1-Under 12. Competition: Noon Tasting: 2:00PM. UMB Bank Parking Lot (300 South Grant Street) For more information or to register call 417-358-2135

• Maple Leaf Dog Show sponsored by Carthage Humane Society, Registration: 12:45PM, Show: 1:30PM. Event FREE to the public. Historic Carthage Square (East side)

• Toughest On Dirt hosted by Carthage Saddle Club Arena at 7:00PM. $8-adult/$4-children 6-12/Under 5 FREE. Carthage Saddle Club (Carthage Municipal Park). For more information call 417-358-8070

• Elvis Concert featuring Duke Mason & the Jordanaires, Hosted by Precious Moments, Grundy’s Body & Frame Shop, All Occasions Florist, Granny Shaffer’s, and American International Ministries. Concert at 7:30PM, Tickets: $20-$30 (reserved seating). Fountain of Angels Theatre, Precious Moments For more information call 417-359-3051

Stench Report:

Thursday,
10/19/06

No Stench detected on the
Carthage Square

My problem is it seems the piles never diminish much over the years. No matter how much I throw away each season, somehow I accumulate replacements each year. I keep thinkin’ someday I’ll open the barn door and see the entire floor with ever’thing that is occupyin’ space in its proper and useful place. Although it’s hard to judge with any accuracy, I do think there are fewer and smaller piles than before. Hopefully this fall I can muster the courage to uncover a few more square feet of floor space.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

Now let’s see...yep, we need rain and it is time for the Maple Leaf Parade!!! It seems that is part of the charm associated with parades...the snuggling to stay dry and warm. A real affirmation that fall has arrived. Carthage sure knows how to throw a fun parade and festival.

This is also squash and pumpkin time of the year. Both of these vegetables are high in Vit. A & C and fiber. Apples, well you can’t say enough for apples. Over the years many people with gastric disorders have discovered that slippery elm bark powder mixed with applesauce can ease digestive and eliminative problems. Dr. Christopher used it in many of his formulas for nourishing the sick and soothing mucous membranes. When my kids were young we ran across a recipe that used it with juice to make a jelled consistency which we substituted for "gummy worms."

The old time remedy derived from the Arnica flower has been used for sore muscles and bumps and bruises for decades. There are always plenty of those after a parade. My friend even uses it on her horses. Arnica cream was one of the mainstays in my medicine chest when the twins were young and learning to walk. My Mother took a bad fall at the age of 72 and was able to stop most bruising and soreness when she applied the arnica gel. One would not use arnica on an open wound.

Have fun, be safe and enjoy the Maple Leaf Festivities.

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

HAPPY MAPLE LEAF WEEK! We at the Hyde House are preparing for visitors that we HOPE to have this Saturday and Sunday during the Maple Leaf festivities. We will be open both days during our regular hours even though we have not been in any of the Maple Leaf advertising or printed brochures (sadly!). Never the less, our wonderful show of Betsy Pauly’s watercolors remains up and we look forward to showing off this weekend, so PLEASE come by with your Maple Leaf visitors and make us a part of one of your days this weekend. Some still are not sure where we are— go to the Carthage football field (where the Band Competition will be going on loudly!) and the street running along the north side is 13th. If you go across River Street heading east, we are just at the top of the rise on the right next to Fairview Greenhouse. Come see us on you way to or from the Band Competition!

My wonderful student-intern Alyson will be greeting visitors and light refreshments will be served. So if the men head to the car show, ladies— come see us and then everybody meet over at the stadium to hear the wonderful bands. Sounds like a plan to me! Our show has been so well received, many prints continue to sell well, and we thank those patrons and friends of artCentral who have made this show such a success.

Our Board of Directors met this past week as we welcomed Helen Kunze back to active service to artCentral as the newest member of our board. Helen is a fine commercial artist who is currently raising a young family, but who was formerly an assistant volunteer director of artCentral in the early years. We thank her for her willingness to serve again, as plans are cranking up for a very exciting project underway that we will be announcing soon, as soon as the board gets the details worked out.

If you haven’t been through the intersection of Centennial and Grand lately, go by. There is the cutest, most original scarecrow vignette I think I have ever seen in Sandy Higgins yard on the east corner. A scarecrow artist is perched on a hay bale painting an oil painting of his scarecrow subject seated across amidst mums and pumpkins. Sandy’s next-door neighbor has a cute one too, and she is the "creator" of both, so go by and make them a "Kodac moment". Nice to see art portrayed in this way as a fall motif— so unique.

See you at the Hyde House and have a great weekend in beautiful Carthage! AND COME SEE US!