Thursday, March 15, 2012 Press-News Journal • lewispnj.com
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EDITORIAL THIS IS LIFE
A PHOTO FROM YESTERYEAR
Fitness revelation no new thing, nor personally effective BY DAN STEINBECK EDITOR dan@lewispnj.com
There is a new get-thinquick infomercial that is now being advertised with the term “muscle confusion.” Of course, EVERYONE who uses said product not only loses much weight, many of them get the stomach wrinkles indicating the presence of abs. (By the way, why do we never hear of a cream to lose those nasty deep stomach ridges caused by losing weight and commonly called “ripped abs”)? The point is the term being used is “muscle confusion.” Supposedly, it works something like this. For a few days you lift weights, then for a few days you run multiple short distance wind sprints - say from Lewis County to Cleveland then for a few days you do weird pushups where you sway your body forward at the time you are pinching a two-liter soda bottle between your knees, all to work different muscles. The next time, you do gymnastics, such as the one-handed rings. Well no wonder the muscle is confused, but for most normal people, isn’t the tendency for confused muscles to say “forget it.” We’ll try again the next time you make a New Year’s resolution?” Of course you have to order this 213 CD set that tells you how to do a different exercise each week, and of course you have to pay for it. Maybe this program works, but for one anony-
STEINBECK mous columnist “muscle confusion has had little benefit. Said columnist will watch a TV program and suddenly decide to jog around the block. The muscles say “Hey, what’ going on? We thought you were watching Walton’s TV show 48-hour marathon. We were comfortable in the recliner.” Or when he suddenly decides to lift a set of encyclopedias to carry them upstairs, the muscles in the arms, legs, and gluteus maxis say “You’ll hear from us tomorrow.” And there is nothing like tossed salad, with a triple fudge brownie for dessert or a deluxe mega cheeseburger and a Diet Coke to create muscle confusion. Shouldn’t the muscles be mature enough to figure it out for themselves which are nutrients and which can be properly disposed? Better yet, isn’t there some canceling out of the good and bad foods? Maybe the columnist is going about this the wrong way, but he already has active muscle confusion, but it’s not leading to ripped abs.
SOUTHERN STYLE
It’s all in the way you hear it BY BRIANNA BARTLETT EDITORIAL ASSISTANT brianna@lewispnj.com
Words have been described in a million different ways. Some, like myself, believe they are a breath of life while others don’t hold them to as high a regard, but no matter how a person regards words, virtually everyone must use them on a daily basis. What makes words so entertaining to me is the different ways people use them. As I was having a “Girls Day Out” with a friend and her seven-year-old daughter, we began to discuss my Valentine’s present from my husband, a Malshi puppy named Ryley. The more I spoke, the more confused the young girl seemed to look. We were simply talking about my puppy, so I couldn’t understand why she appeared as though I were speaking in another language to her. It wasn’t until she leaned over and asked her mom a question that I realized the source of her confusion. “Mom, what is a ‘dawg’?” After having been here for around six or so months, I’d come to the conclusion that my speech wasn’t all that different from everyone else around this area, so I hadn’t worried as much about the way I said par-
BARTLETT ticular words. But young Patton’s question made me think, ‘What else do I say that sounds ‘funny’ to the residents around Lewis County?’ I believe in always saying ‘Yes ma’am’ and ‘No sir.’ If I know a person’s last name, I call them by Mr./Mrs./Miss and their last name, and when I don’t know their last name, I address women by calling them Miss and then saying their first name. Almost all my ‘O’s’ are ‘AW’s’ and when I pronounce anything with an ‘I’ in it, the letter seems to drag on for days. And “Bless her heart” is in almost every sentence I speak. I’m sure there are a multitude of other random things I say that take Lewis Co. residents by surprise, but as long as they can understand me, I believe I’ll do just fine.
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Pictured above is the Miller - Star Opera House in Canton in the early 1900’s. The Opera House was a great place for entertainment in Canton’s early years. This photo courtesy the Lewis County Historical Society.
LEWIS COUNTY HISTORY
BACKWARD GLANCES From the pages of early Lewis County newspapers 25 Years Ago The Press-News Journal Mar. 19, 1987 Canton board of alderman passed a lengthy ordinance Monday night. The ordinance, regarding Canton being a flood plain and defining the boundaries and terms, is required by the federal government so residents may purchase flood insurance. The dramatic arrest of an Omaha, Neb. man Thursday morning, Mar. 12, in Canton turned out to be an over-exaggeration from first reports. According to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Department, a hitch-hiker, who the Missouri state Patrol identified as Daniel Patrick Demskie, has been picked up by George Knott. Knott reportedly left Demskie at a truck stop without unloading. Demskie is said to have reported to authorities that Knott had an automatic weapon in the truck, and was wanted for murder and robbery. Some nine years later, after parking meters were discontinued in Canton, the poles which long supported them are being removed. Canton city employees Rex Cameron and Larry Jones have removed a number of the standards last week and this week, and will finish
in another week or two. Clinton T. Turner of Canton is one of four area men recently honored by the Missouri Highway and Transportation Department in Jefferson City for their crew accidentfree records in 1986. 50 Years Ago The Press-News Journal Mar. 22, 1962 Mrs. Ada Roberts, Harold B. Bradshaw, Dr. William F. Wagner, Gene Terry, and Roi S. Wood are the five Culver-Stockton Alumni that will be honored at eh college’s 5th Alumni Recognition Day to be held on campus Saturday, April 14. Jack Hartmann was elected president of the Canton Chamber of Commerce for 1962-63 at the annual banquet held Wednesday night, Mar. 14. Bob Ayers was elected vice-president, and Bill Wallace and Rap Clancy were elected to the board of directors. The Town Board had its usual large number of problems to come up at its regular monthly meeting Monday night. The town elected was set for Tuesday, April 10. Only the trustee of the third ward is to be elected this year. The voting precinct will be at the city office, and Mrs. Ross Collins and Mrs. Harold Marks were selected as judges and Mrs. George Gruber and Mrs. Dale Gamet as clerks. Also, it was ordered that dog owners be notified that all dogs must
March 16 Canton RV Cafeteria 4:30 to 7:00 Come enjoy the evening with your neighbors Potato Bar Chili Broccoli Cheese Beverage Dessert Adults $6.00 Children 10 & under $3:00
be confined during April, May and June. Come rain, snow or high water, Canton will have two elections within the next three weeks. The school election is set for April 3 and the Town election April 10. The school election, which will be held at the public school, will set the school levy for the coming year and elect two board members for three year terms. 75 Years Ago The Press-News Journal Mar. 25, 1937 St. Patrick’s Day, Mar. 17, was much more than just another St. Patrick’s Day to the people who lie in and around the village northwest of here that bears his name—the only community in the United States named after the famous patron of Ireland. Special emphasis was placed on the day because it was the 100th anniversary of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, and appropriate ceremonies marked the occasion. The fourth anniversary of the Civilian Conservation Corps will be celebrated by Company 3736 at Canton Sunday, April 4. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Van Osdol gave a dinner Sunday in honor of Mrs. Van Osdol’s father and mother, Mrs. and Mr. John A Hudson, for their 61st wedding anniversary. 105 Years Ago The Lewis County Journal Mar. 29, 1907
Ella Ewing, the Missouri giantess, will travel with Ringling Bros. Circus this season. Edina is to have an $18,000 school house. The proposition was voted on recently and carried 6 to 1. A new dairy company has been organized in the city to be known as LaGrange Pure Milk Company. The officers are Dr. William Ellery, president, and Albert Robinson, manager. The company has purchased the dairy business and goodwill of Faree and Jackson. All their milk is to be pasteurized which fill the requirements of the pure food law of the state. The horse and buggy that was stolen from the hitch rack in Lewistown Wednesday night, Mar. 20, was found Friday morning by Dr. Turner, 20 miles southwest of Newark and was returned to the owner, H.J. Galbraith of near Lewistown. There is no doubt that the horse was stolen, at least it was driven away by someone who wanted to get out of the county and took that method of getting away. 125 Years Ago The Lewis County Journal Mar. 25, 1887 Our people are catching some very fine catfish out of the Fabius here. George S. Plant says he caught one that weighed 30 pounds. We did not see this one.
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