Did Ya Know... Beginning September 15, the Family Literacy Council will offer classes on English, and skills building. English classes will be Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7 to 9 p.m. A Skills building class is available daily. For information, call 358-5926.

Did Ya Know... Adult evening classes are available at the Carthage Technical Center. For information, call 417-673-2345.

Did Ya Know... The Film Society will meet Sunday, September 14 at 2 p.m. at Cordell Wilson Booksellers near the Brooklyn Heights exit. For information, call 358-9380.

Did Ya Know... The Area On Aging and The VantAge Point will have a seminar on "Understanding the Alzheimer’s Disease" and video taping today at Northpark Mall.

St. Peter: "Young man, how did you get here so quickly?" Young man: "Flu."

"Doc, what should I do if my temperature goes up another point?"

"Sell!"

She was only a surgeon’s daughter, but, oh, what a cutup.

Old helicopter pilots never die, they just lose their choppers.

E. Knell's New Building.

E. Knell’s new building at the corner of Third and Lyon streets has just been completed for the accommodation of his undertaking business. The building is attractive architectural design, is built of Carthage stone and brick and presents a handsome appearance. The interior is both elegant and well arranged. The main entrance is at the southeast corner of the building from which you step into the office, a most beautiful room. Mr. Knell’s desk is at the right and that of his daughter, Miss Emma Knell, at the left. Back of the office is the workroom. Just west of the office is the private office and back of this is the large show room in which are two long cases for the display of caskets. He has the finest black hearse team in the southwest. He keeps on hand a full line of ladies’ dresses of the latest designs, in silks, cashmeres and surab silks; men’s suits and burial slippers. His ability as a funeral director and embalmer is well known.

Pro-Am Tournament On Course.

The Carthage Maple Leaf Pro-Am Invitational Golf Tournament, now in its third year, will kick off festivities for this year’s Maple Leaf Festival.

Held at Carthage Municipal Golf Course, the event attracts golf pros from throughout the region to Carthage for the weekend of October 4th and 5th. Registration is now under way for local 3-player amateur teams to be matched up with a pro.

Sponsors are Duffy Distributors, KXML-Lite Mix 95.1 Radio, and KSN-TV 16.

New to the tournament this year is free practice rounds all day Friday according to Mark Peterson at the Golf Course. All that registered participants have to pay for Friday is golf cart fees. Entries and registration fees are due in to the Golf Course no later than September 30th. Interested golfers may call Mark at the Carthage Pro-Am, 358-8724 or the Chamber office.

Chamber Director Heather Kelly says that sponsorship support from the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Mid-America is helping to provide promotion for this year’s Maple Leaf Festival activities.

McCune Brooks Hospital Auxiliary Cookbooks Available.

The latest efforts of the McCune Brooks Auxiliary were unveiled last Wednesday at the their annual luncheon when their new cookbook, Centennial Avenue Cooks, was offered for sale to members. The books are now available in the McCune Brooks Hospital gift shop.

The collection of recipes comes from over one hundred contributors and is bound in a three ring binder.

The Cookbook Committee this year included Jackie Boyer, Leigh Ann Brown, and Miriam Putnam.

Special assistance in the project from Judy Bracht, Martha Unruh and Donna Friesen was noted by the Committee.

The full color cover and the index dividers were designed by Robin Putnam and the content pages were printed and assembled by Carthage Printing Services.

Heritage Publishing worked with the Committee in the overall production of the project.

The McCune Brooks Hospital Auxiliary was begun with an organizational meeting opened by Mrs. Robert E. Young, R.N., Director of Nursing on August 12, 1971. Mrs. Young related the interest that had been shown in a recent drive to provide the hospital with a new Coronary Care Unit. This resulted in the organization of the Auxiliary.

The Gift Shop opened in September, 1974 and provides a service to patients, employees and visitors wile raising money for Auxiliary project to benefit the hospital.

In addition to the Gift Shop, a wide variety of fund-raising projects has been implemented over the years. There have been fashion shows, musical comedies, bazaars, auctions and the annual community-wide ice cream social. As a result, the MBH Auxiliary has provided close to $200,000 for the purchase of ambulances and other equipment.

I like eggs cooked over medium. All that really means is that it is all cooked. Seems there are more definitions of what constitutes a cooked egg than there are fry cooks.

What seems amazin’ is the fact that they all got together and figured out ‘xactly what each definition means.

Over easy used ta be how I’d order eggs. All the sudden that meant the white wasn’t quite cooked. Over medium get that accomplished. The yoke sometimes gets a little over done, but that’s a small sacrifice.

I’m a little amazed at the efficiency of the egg shell. Makes two little cups for seperatin’ the yoke when necessary.

I’d have ta guess that anyone who’s successful in the political arena is good at crackin’ eggs so the yoke doesn’t break. Maybe that somethin’ they should teach at politicians school. Even when ya want scrambled eggs, ya want to start out with a good solid yoke.

Political ideas that get just dropped in the pan end up splattered on the walls.

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

Oak Street health & herbs

Natural Nutrition

by Mari An Willis

I have a friend who is a coroner in Oakland, CA. It is almost depressing to hear the stats he spouts off about the speed with which disease is spreading and how quickly it is happening!!! Because of his position, he also witnesses the aftermath of so much violent crime and just plain destitution whether it be at ones own hand or that of neglect. This conversation led to the effects of stress ... needless to say stress has no state lines or boundaries! Each persons stress is so different yet the compounding effects are the same. Since we cannot eliminate it, the big question becomes how do we handle it? The fact is if it is not handled, it will stroke or kill you!!

The number one thing we hear; that exercise is a must. Even if you are extremely limited just bouncing your legs is important or raising your arms. Start someplace and do it daily. A start is just that ... a start, don't put such high expectations that is does not happen at all. Eating habits would probably rank second to reducing stress. You must nurture your body with proper food and supplements. We are an obese nation starving to death for lack of adequate nutrition. A CHOICE in most cases. Begin to make wise food choices on a daily basis. Then there are the supplements.

Specifically for stress are the B vitamins. The B vitamins are depleted quickly during times of stress. In many cases mega does are the best choice as you will excrete what you do not use, but to be short is worse than the couple of pennies you may not utilize. As an herbalist, I prefer chamomile, hops, valerian, kava kava, or a combination of a number of the nervine plants. There are some excellent combinations with B vitamins and herbs.

Do remember that breathing ... yeah, just plain old breathing is important. Check yourself sometime and make note if you are just barely breathing through the top portion of your lungs. If so, take a few seconds to breath deeply filling all the lung and then release it slowly quietly saying relax. You can benefit greatly by doing this throughout the day. It works.

Now ... i n h a l e ... hold and count 5 ... slowly ... e x h a l e ... relax ... and SMILE.

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