Our sound start comes from the Area Agency on Aging, inviting seniors to utilize their staff for help in booking vaccination appointments. Our gift card winner this week is Gail Ann Hull. Our headlines feature information about the August 3 ballot initiatives for Jasper County and the City of Carthage. We have quick quotes from April Ford with Jasper County 9-1-1 Board and Ceri Otero representing Ward Three on Carthage City Council regarding the City of Carthage Use Tax, Both interviews in full will be shared on our bonus podcast released on Friday and our Virtual Carthage Weekend Report released on The Carthage Press Facebook page and the Virtual Carthage YouTube Channel on Friday at 4:30 p.m. John Hacker shares information about changes coming to the Carthage Chamber of Commerce. 
The weather this week is hot with heat advisories expected throughout the week; stay hydrated Carthage. And in Sports, we share the success of a local Carthaginian from the National High School Finals Rodeo. Congrats to Cooper Freeman! In events, we share the St Ann's Youth Rummage Sale and Ozarks Folklore & a Movie from the Paranormal Science Lab and Bookhouse Cinema. Take a tour of the Kendrick House and learn a little history this weekend.