Democrat Commissioner Candidates.

The Jasper County Democrat Committee nominated three candidates to be considered by the governor for Eastern District County Commissioner at a special meeting last night. Republicans have already selected three. The governor's appointment will fill the office vacated by Republican Mike Cloud.

The committee will submit the names of Ben Johnson of Carthage, Gale Knight of Jasper, and Michael Moss of Carl Junction. The nominees were selected from a field of ten candidates who submitted resumes to the committee.

Each of the twenty-one committee members voted for three candidates. It was announced at the beginning of the meeting that the actual individual vote count would not be released, but the Mornin' Mail has determined that the total votes for the top three was 34 of the possible 66.

Other candidates included William Christy, Maurice Clark, Jerry Dean, Allen Jennings, Richard Rogers, Jack Vandergriff, and Joanne Wilson.

The unexpired term will end in the year 2000. The vote followed a statement/question answer period for all candidates.

Chamber Golf Scramble Winners.

release from Carthage Chamber of Commerce

The Carthage Chamber of Commerce held their first annual Golf Scramble on Thursday, October 1, 1998. The event was postponed from the previous Thursday due to rain.

The winner of the Championship Flight was the Southwest Missouri Bank team consisting of Roger Bohm, Chris Couch, Scott Rosenthal, and Randy Sohosky. The Flight A winner was team number one from Beimdiek Insurance Agency consisting of Charles Geeter, Tom Jones, Glenda Jones, and David Powell. Flight B winner was Tapjac Company consisting of Bill Atkinson, Bruce Brashears, Jerry Carter, and Jim Harris. Flight C winner was the second team from Beimdiek Insurance Agency consisting of Rusty Ansley, Bill Dodson, Jim Hunter, and Kenny Neal.

Baby, Baby, Baby!

release from Carthage Chamber of Commerce

There is still time to register your baby for the Maple Leaf Baby Contest! Preregistrations are being accepted at the Carthage Chamber of Commerce at 107 E. Third. Registration from Tuesday, Oct. 13 through noon Friday, Oct. 16 will be $6. Late registration at the door of the Carthage Junior High School gym on Friday evening will be $10. Registration at the door will not begin until 5 p.m., so entrants are encouraged to sigh-up early.

Each entrant in the baby contest will receive one free circus ticket. The Grand Prize winner will receive a gift basket from Bee's Old Fashioned Variety and Ben Franklin along with a trophy. The first prize Winners will receive Big Smith overalls and t-shirts. The second and third prize winners will receive Beanie Babies donated by Poor Richards. The Baby Contest is sponsored by St. John's Medical Center.

Carthage R-9 Community Red Ribbon Night

The Carthage R-9 Safe & Drug Free Schools & Communities Committee and the Dare Choir are sponsoring an educational and fun evening of events for the community that will include live entertainment, informative and inspirational speakers and a free carnival for kids. The event will be Tuesday Oct. 27 at the Carthage Junior High School from 6 to 8 p.m..

The goal of this event is to help students realize the importance of Red Ribbon week and the drug-free choices they must make. The community/school theme shows that everyone must pull together in this drug-free battle according to Kitty Estes of Steadley Elementary.

Adults will be given the opportunity to attend Parent University Class sessions that will be presented during the evening. Eight topics will be presented and time will allow attendance of three of the 20 minute sessions.

Topics will and presenters will include; Community Resources, Pam White; Gangs & Drugs, Police Chief Dennis Veach; Carthage R-9's Drug-Free Program, Panel of counselors and teachers; Not My Kid, Ted Estes; The Power of Peer Pressure, Kevin Povins; Drugs - A Life or Death Decision, Coach Mike Catron; Self Esteem - More Than a Word, Neel Baucom; It's Never Too Late, Ed Streich.

The DARE Choir will sign from 6 to 6:30 while families visit health/safety booths and view student projects. The Parent University will be from 6:30 to 7:45 and students may attend Rockin' to a Drug-Free Beat Carnival (no charge).

The Suite Sounds will sing from 7 to 7:15 and the Soundwaves will entertain from 7:45 until 8.

The focus of Parent University is to help parents gain insight and information about the world our students face each day and to give them some direction toward solutions.

letters to the editor

Just thought I would drop you an E-Mail note to tell you that the Carthage High School Class of ’46 is having a mini-reunion on October 16th. We are gathering in Central Park from 4:00pm ‘til 7:00pm. Planning to enjoy Bar-B-Que and some good old-fashioned visiting and remembering.

I, personally, am figuring on watching the Maple Leaf Parade on Saturday as well as taking in some of the other activities...

-Gale "Tex" Van Horn, Esquire Boy Navigator, World Traveler, Patron of the Arts. Missourian by birth - Texan by choice

Just Jake Talkin'
Mornin',

I've never quite understood the national significance of Columbus Day. I suppose makin' a national holiday celebratin' an accidental discovery of an island pretty close to what is now the United States was a pretty big deal at the time, but in the scheme of things, it was just a matter of time.

Now if they wanted to celebrate the adventuresome nature of those who set out to discover or the inventive nature of the technology that led to the discovery, that would prob'ly make more sense.

In American history, I suppose that Columbus is a handy reference to the "discovery" of the new world, of which we are a significant part. I can appreciate a lot of what Columbus Day is supposed ta represent, but renaming the holiday would make more sense. Suggestions; "Don't Ask Directions Day," "Take a Chance Day," "Take a Wrong Turn Day," "Take a Short Cut Day," all positive lessons taught by Columbus.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin'.

by

McCune Brooks Hospital

Health Notes.

For some reason, there are still some people who think having a tan makes them look healthy even though they know they are at risk for developing potentially disfiguring, as well as fatal, skin cancers.

Some surveys indicate that people who are prepared to limit their exposure time to the sun -and who wear sunblock, as well -don’t feel they run as much risk lying in an indoor tanning bed.

Dr. James M. Spencer of the University of Miami and Dr. Rex A. Amonette, of the University of Tennessee in Memphis detailed the short and long-term effects seen among patients who patronize indoor tanning facilities or who use similar lights and equipment in their homes in a study published in the August 1995 issue of the "Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology."

They report that suntanning, and especially indoor tanning, has no health advantages at all, only negative health consequences. These can be either short term -redness, dryness, itching, nausea -or long term, which include wrinkles, sagging, rashes from the interaction of common medications and intense light, photoaging, skin cancers, or even unusual diseases such as polymorphic light eruption (PLE).

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