Did Ya Know... Carthage is spraying for mosquitoes from 8 p.m. - 11 p.m. Areas will be sprayed on the day of trash pick up.

Did Ya Know... The Carthage Public Library will be closed Monday, Sept. 1.

Did Ya Know... Carthage R-9 School will start classes Sept. 2. Class will be dismissed at 1:30 p.m. that day.

Did Ya Know... Carthage Cross Country will race Joplin Duel at MSSC on Tuesday, Sept 2 at 5 p.m.

Did Ya Know... The Carthage Volleyball team will face Joplin on Tuesday, Sept. 2 in Carthage at 6 p.m.

"What part of the car causes the most accidents?"

"The nut behind the wheel!"

"Grandpa, why don’t you get a hearing aid?"

"Don’t need it. I hear more now than I can understand!"

Appearing on a church bulletin board, we hold sit-in demonstrations every Sunday.

"While we were hunting, I could have shot a bear."

"Why didn’t you?"

"I didn’t like the look on his face - he wouldn’t have made a good rug."

Burglary In The Country.

Farm House on George Koontz's Place Robbed.

The house on George W. Koontz’s dairy farm 3 1/2 miles east of Carthage on the Avilla road was entered by burglars yesterday while the family who occupy it was away on a visit. The thieves cut a screen, unlocked the door and walked in. They made off with a watch belonging to Dave Thomas, who lives on the place and a razor and a small amount of money.

Cars Will Run Thru Sunday.

Beginning Sunday the cars on the electric line will run through to Galena without change. The cars will leave Carthage on the same time as heretofore. The running time from Carthage to Joplin will still be an hour and a half. The time from Joplin to Galena will now be 30 minutes.

County school superintendent, W. N. Wharton, returned yesterday from Jefferson City where he had been on school business.

Chamber Leads Hall Renovations Efforts.

Boylan Foundation Commits $20,000 For Memorial Hall Project.

James R. Spradling, President of the Helen S. Boylan Foundation, announced yesterday afternoon that at the request of the Carthage Chamber of Commerce the Directors of the Foundation have authorized a grant of $20,000 to the City of Carthage for the purposes of employing an architect and an acoustical engineer to provide the planning for phase 1 of the remodeling of the Carthage Memorial Hall.

The Carthage Chamber of Commerce has proposed a four phase plan for renovating Memorial Hall and the funds for Phase 1 have been committed by the Boylan Foundation.

The Chamber of Commerce renovation plan provides for the following four phases:

1. Architect and acoustical engineering plans

2. Compliance with ADA Requirements

3. Remodeling Memorial Hall to include the acoustics of the building.

4. The final phase would entail such additional items as the City would deem necessary for improving this municipal building.

Heather Kelly, Executive Director for the Carthage Chamber of Commerce, stated that the Chamber Board became concerned about the future of Memorial Hall when a recent report was received by the City concerning the necessity of Memorial Hall meeting ADA standards. At that point the Chamber contacted the Boylan Foundation for assistance in implementing phase 1. Ms. Kelly made a strong appeal to the City Council to make a commitment for its involvement in the implementation of phases 2,3, and 4 of the project.

The Chamber of Commerce further expressed its hope, according to a new release, that not only the City, but the various businesses and charitable organizations of the City, become involved in renovating this historic structure dedicated to the many veterans of the military forces of the United States of America.

Chamber, Foundation, and City representatives are expected to meet soon to further discuss the project.

Memorial Hall Funding Pushes Long Range Planning.

Economic Development Director Max McKnight, who oversees the operation of Memorial Hall from his position as interim City Administrator, says the Chamber’s efforts and the Boylan Foundation’s funding present the City with real opportunities.

McKnight says that the City was looking at basic improvements to meet ADA requirements for Memorial Hall. With the additional funds available through the Boylan grant, other improvements can now be considered.

Those improvements depend on several factors according to McKnight. The City must first look at what function the Hall needs to fill in the community and then make long range plans to fulfill that need.

Mayor Riley says he has "great expectations" about the announcement made by the Boylan Foundation yesterday.

He says that the grand could help generate the process of defining the role of Memorial Hall.

"I’m excited about the concept," Riley told the Mornin’ Mail yesterday afternoon. "Now its up to the City to get behind the thing."

Riley says the Special Services Committee will be the first avenue for discussion and hopes that community members will come forward with ideas about the needs of the community.

American Quilter's Society Traveling Exhibit

Release by the Powers Meseum

On September 16th, the Powers Museum of Carthage, Missouri, will be proud to open its second annual traveling exhibit from the Museum of the American Quilter’s Society in Paducah, Kentucky. This year’s exhibit features contemporary quilts based on the traditional Mariner’s Compass pattern and were part of an international contest. The top eighteen quilts, including quilts from the Netherlands, Australia and Japan, were selected to make a worldwide tour over the next two years. Again the exhibit’s debut at the Powers Museum marks its only showing in the four-state area in 1997.

The exhibit will remain on view until October 26 and the museum will be open seven days a week during the run of this exhibit only. The Powers Museum is located across from Municipal Park at 1617 West Oak Street in Carthage, Missouri. Admission will be by donation. In addition to the MAQS quilts, the local museum will have a mini-display of painted furniture, quilts and dresses from the 1930’s still on view from this summer’s exhibit devoted to Carthage and the Depression era.

Several special activities are planned during the run of this special exhibit. First, a two-hour trunk show and presentation by the PBS host of "Quilting from the Heartland" Sharlene Jorgenson of Starbuck, Minnesota, will be held September 15 at 9:30 a.m. at the Powers Museum. Tickets are available for purchase at the museum for $10 and advance reservations are advised, as seating is limited. Guests will also be able to preview the "Mariner’s Compass" exhibit in its final stages of preparation after Ms. Jorgenson’s program. Tickets will be available for sale at Carthage Jewelers on the Carthage Square and at the Powers Museum.

Also scheduled is a mini-quilter’s market on Saturday, September 20th featuring selected vendors offering quilt books and other merchandise for quilters or created by quilters.

Edith Idleman of Bella Vista, Arkansas, will return October 3 to conduct private quilt appraisals. She is an American Quilter’s Society certified appraiser and an accomplished quilter herself. Appraisals will be done by advance reservation only and there is a fee. During October 4 through 12, families are encouraged to visit and participate in a specially prepared quilt search game. Everyone participating will receive a museum souvenir upon completion of the "hunt."

If you have ever wanted to explore the Internet but did not know where to start, join the Powers Museum Michele Hansford for some quilt surfing on the world wide web. There is no program fee for this activity but seating is extremely limited so reservations are required. Surfing sessions will take place on September 24, October 1, 11, and 22 at 10 a.m., 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Further information on any of these programs can be obtained by calling 417-358-2667 or e-mailing pmuseum@getonthe.net.

United Way Campaign

Press Release from United Way

The 1997 - 1998 United Way campaign is ready to begin. The campaign leadership is under the direction of Marilyn Beam, General Campaign Chairman, and John Cuaderes, Vice Chairman, and includes volunteers from throughout the community.

The workers in all five divisions of the campaign are Campaign Auditor, Eric Ferrell; Div. I Chairman, Shirley Periman; National Firms, Scott Heaton; Div. II Chairman, Harry Putnam; Div. III Chairman, Carolyn Phelps; Div. IV Chairmen are Stephen Holt, Denise Robertson, Tom Bewick and Bob Copeland; and Div. V Chairmen are Dr. Michael Woody and Rev. Bruce Green. The Loaned Executives who will call on the Div. I businesses are: Bob Stark, Jerry Poston, Anna Talbot, Janet Stafford, Linda Clemons, Denay Phipps, Doug Berner, Elaine Crowe, Teri Schramm, Kathy Helms, Ginger Pruitt, Rhonda Brown, John Cuaderes, Michelle Bright, and Shauna Packard.

The theme is "Build A Caring Community." The focus will be the seventeen United Way agencies which meet a variety of needs in the Carthage Area. A local video featuring the agencies in Carthage, and narrated by Marilyn Beam, is available for businesses and civic groups. The video is less than five minutes in length and shows how United Way agencies serve our community. For information call United Way at 358-2948.

I didn’t get an "allowance" on a regular basis while growin’ up. My folks encouraged such things as paper routes or lawn mowin’ for extra money.

On the occasion that a legitimate purchase was necessary, there would always be careful consideration before the money was allocated.

Havin’ an older brother, may folks were well aware of such innocent requests as bein’ able to go out for basketball for instance. Right off the bat there was a pair a shoes. Baseball included the cleats, glove, hat, and other miscellaneous protective equipment.

‘Course as a kid, I always figured there was some deep rooted reason for it takin’ time to decide on such matters. Lookin’ back it was prob’ly more a matter of workin’ the budget to fit in another activity.

There was the understandin’ at our house that once the investment was made, an honest effort was expected. The next season’s purchase was dependent on that.

This is some fact, but mostly, Just Jake Talkin’.

Oak Street

health & herbs

Natural Nutrition

by Mari An Willis

Chaparral is a hardy plant native to the American Southwest. Local Native Americans have used the leaves in therapeutic teas and herbal formulas for centuries. And while its history of use and variety of applications is impressive, so to is the scientific research and modern day use.

Chaparral is botanically known as Larrea tridentata and has the common names of Greasewood and Creosote. It is one of the world's oldest plants and flourishes in the arid Arizona deserts. Like so many desert plants, Chaparral produces strong anti-stress saponins and other protective agents. One of these natural compounds is NDGA, and thought responsible for the therapeutic benefits attributed to chaparral.

NDGA (nor-dihydroguaiaretic acid) has been identified as an antioxidant and useful in negating the effects of free radicals in the tissues and cells.

Researchers at the Universities of Nevada and Utah isolated NDGA from the leaves of a Chaparral plant after a cancer victim was miraculously cured. The 87 year old patient began consuming chaparral daily and in a few short months cured a facial cancer.

Dr. Ronald Pardinia of the University of Nevada indicated the NDGA was a potent inhibitor of mitochondrial enzymes which in turn inhibits the cancer growth. And because of its negating effect on free radicals Chaparral has other applications. Free radicals can break down the lubricating synovial fluid in joints resulting in a loss of lubricity and subsequent inflammation. Deterioration of synovial fluid is a classic symptom associated with inflammatory arthritis.

The above information was supplied by Arizona Naturals.

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