Paver, B&B’s, and Sidewalks.

The Public Works Committee voted to recommend acceptance of the bid for an asphalt paver submitted by the Victor L. Phillips Company of Joplin. The bid price of $15,118 was approximately $10,000 under the amount budgeted for the equipment but includes the trade-in of the current paver.

Director of Engineering Joe Butler reported to the Committee that he will recommend that the revised zoning ordinance scheduled to be on the Council’s next agenda be amended. During the first reading during the last Council meeting, the portions of the zoning changes dealing with Bed and Breakfasts drew some resistance from several Council members.

Butler told the Committee he would recommend that bed and breakfast operation be owner occupied and the structure have 2,200 square feet of usable space. Both owner occupancy and square footage restrictions were eliminated in the zoning changes. Currently such establishments are required to have a minimum of 3,500 square feet.

The provision in the ordinance that allowed the serving of food and drinks for special occasions such as weddings, reunions, and anniversary parties would also be limited under Butler’s recommendation. His suggested wording would require that at least half of those attending such events be registered guests of the bed and breakfast. Currently only breakfast can be served.

Committee Chair Bill Fortune thought such a plan might be difficult to enforce. The full Council will have the opportunity to discuss any amendments to the ordinance during the next regular meeting on September 19. The meeting will be on Thursday rather than the typical Tuesday evening because several Council members and the Mayor will be attending a continuing education seminar on Tuesday.

The Committee voted unanimously to reject the one bid submitted for a annual sidewalk repair contract. Members reasoned that with the success of the sidewalk incentive program now in place, it will be unlikely that the City will need a contractor for major replacement. Several members hoped that the contract would reflect a lower than market price, but the $6.50 per square foot bid was not considered adequate.

Butler also reported that he had contacted the owners of the old Consumers building and requested that a recycling bin be allowed on the parking lot. He said he got a favorable response.

Our Calendar For The Year 2000 Is Full !!

by Robin Putnam, artCentral

Can we say summer is over ? Don’t think so......it’s still good swimming weather and barbecue weather and the flowers we thought were dead have regained their color and vigor. Yea for pre-fall weather !!

With fall comes the annual MGA. It’s a great gathering of a wonderful bunch of art-ists. They will show their work all day Saturday and Sunday out at Precious Moments and each artist will have a special piece up for auction on Saturday night.

The artwork being shown over the weekend is, of course, for sale and it’s a great time to meet the artists and catch a glimpse of what will be at the auction.

Tickets for the auction are $16 and it starts at 6pm with a preview and hors d’oeuvres and the auction at 7:30 Saturday night. The art show is from 10 - 5 each day.

For tickets and info call Sandy at 358-7163. Some of our local artists participating are Jerry Ellis, Bob Tommey, Bill Snow, Andy Thomas, Helen Kunze, Larry Glaze, April Leiter, Chris Leiter and Linda Simpson. Some of the Joplin artists are: Donna Roberts, Kim Kissel Leffen, Jeff Legg, Tricia Courtney (her paint-ings are soooooo fabulous !!). At least that’s all that comes to mind. All in all there are a total of 40 artists.

Great news !! We are pleased to say that we have finished booking our cal-endar for the year 2000 !! We are full, full, full !! The average length of a show has been kept to 5 weeks per show, including our Mem-bership Show, so that we could fit in everyone who wanted to be here !!

Some of the next years artists hail from Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Kansas. Two are from Kansas City !! Others are from Carthage, Neosho and Anderson and surrounding areas! It’s going to be a great year!!

We had a request to try and keep a few items in each column.....such as our address, phone number and web address so from now on that will be at the end. We hope the artists in town for the gathering will come by and see the new us !! You too!! You won’t be dis-appointed, we promise !!

More.....next week. 358-4404. 1110 E 13th www. ozarkartistscolony.com under organizations.

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Just Jake Talkin'
Mornin',

I was raised attendin’ a small church, which like most I’ve heard of, was full of independent thinkers. Oh, they could agree on doctrine well enough, but ever’ now and then they would have major disagreements about the preacher.

Bein’ a small church, seemed we always ended up with clergy just startin’ out, or who were on the way out. As a kid I liked most all right, but the one I prob’ly got ta know the best eventually ended up havin’ an affair with the choir director. Never heard much from him after that, but I’m sure he found another flock.

He could give a heck of a preachin’, sang like a bird, and made a lota friends. But on one thing ever’one agreed, for the good of the church, he had ta go.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

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Oak Street health & herb

Natural Nutrition

by Mari An Willis

Is it just me or has the sun seemed hotter and brighter this year? This nice preview of fall has lifted my parched spirit. The summer heat is just not one of my favorite things. However, stories such as a gentleman and his wife shared with me today are. This gentleman had been plagued with allergies and asthma since he had been a child. It often interferred with his daily activities. This interuption gave him time to study some herb books. These books indicated that mullein could help with his breathing problems and nourish his lungs. He said he used it faithfully for a couple of years then figured he must be cured so stopped. Consequently, he quit using it for a few seasons and was symptom free. Quite an accomplishment, he felt until one day this past week he began to have symptoms again. No end to this story, except that he knows he had relief for those seasons following his consistent usage...great results. I will let you know what his results are this next time around.

I heard one of the 60 second Dr.'s give a report on how horrible ginko is for people. I did not catch his references for such statements...oh! That's right we NEVER get to hear that. This upset many people as he referred to it as a very dangerous untested substance. The following is a quote from the first edition of the PDR for Herbal Medicines which is the information standard for complementary medicine (you know PDR is the commonly used Physicians' Desk Reference): "Precautions and Adverse Reactions. . .General: Health risks or side effects following the proper administration of designated therapeutic dosages are not recorded.

Mild gastrointestinal complaints could occur as side effects. Allergic skin reactions have been observed on extremely rare occassions. The possible hypersensitivity reactions are: occurrence of spasms and cramps and, in case of acute toxicity, atonia and adynamia." It is stated under drug interactions that it "has the potential to interact with antithrombotic therapy."

* This article is meant for informational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for medical advice