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3/2-Fried chicken, mashed
potatoes and gravy, green
beans, hot rolls, cake and ice
cream, Happy Birthday
3/3-Pulled pork on a bun,
roasted potatoes, baked beans,
dessert
3/4-Biscuits and gravy, eggs,
hash browns, mixed fruit
3/5-Smothered steak, loaded
potatoes, spinach salad, banana bar, bread and butter
3/6- Chicken strips, scalloped corn, pasta salad, applesauce, hot roll
3/9-Ham loaf, scalloped
potatoes, broccoli casserole,
peaches, bread
3/10-Hot beef sandwich,
mashed potatoes, green beans,
pumpkin dessert
3/11-Soup, deli sandwich,
crackers, brownies
3/12-Sloppy Joes, three bean salad, French fries, fruit
salad
3/13-Ham and beans, coleslaw, pickeled beets, corn
bread, fruit crisp
3/16-Chicken parmesan
over pasta, lettuce salad, garlic
bread, pudding
3/17-St. Patricks Day-Reuben sandwich, baby baker potatoes, corn, St. Pats dessert
3/18-Liver and onions or
Polish dogs, parsley potatoes,
lima beans, fruit salad
3 / 1 9 - B e e f a n d n o o d l e s,
mashed potatoes, carrots, hot
roll, cobbler
3/20-Chef salad, tomatoes,
strawberry shortcake
3/23-Goulash, lettuce salad,
garlic bread, juice, pudding
3/24-Smothered steak, hash
brown casserole, green beans,
fruit crisp, bread
3/25-Cheeseburger, French
fries, broccoli salad, sherbet
3/26-Chili, crackers, pears,
cinnamon rolls
3/27-Fish, coleslaw, baked
beans, mandarin oranges, corn
bread
3/30-Meat loaf, baked potato, California blend, pears,
bread and butter
3/31-Baked ham, sweet potato casserole, peas, pineapple
upside down, corn bread

It all starts with newspapers!

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religion, or national origin.

Thursday, February 26, 2015 - Page 6

Girls lose to Lady Mustangs

The Tarkio High School
Lady
Indian
Basketball
Team traveled to Hopkins,
MO, to compete on Friday,
February 20, 2015. The Lady
Indians lost to the North
Nodaway
Lady
Mustangs
by a score of 41-49. This was
the last regular season game
for the girls, who compete in
Districts this week.
Emily Graves led the
Lady Indians with 20 points
(three three-pointers). She
also had three assists, three
steals, and four rebounds.
Hadley Barnett added 12

points to Tarkios score and

had one assist and one rebound. Gentri Staten scored
seven points (one threepointer) and had one assist
and two rebounds. Christina
Hall added two points and
had one assist, two steals,
and eight rebounds. Shelby
McCartney led the Lady Indians in rebounds with 11
and she also had one steal.
Madison Ohrt had one assist, one steal, and four erebounds and Tawni Martin
had one rebound.

9th Battle of
the Books

Boys fall to Lady Mustangs

The Tarkio High School
Indian
Basketball
Team
traveled to Hopkins, MO, to
compete on Friday, February 20, 2015. The Indians
were defeated by the North
Nodaway Mustangs by a
score of 48-61. This was the
last regular season game for
the Indians, who compete in
Districts this week.

Connor Shaw led the Indians in scoring with 27

points. Seth Fletcher added
10 points (two three-pointers). Brendon Bruns had
seven points and Luis Villagrana had four. Coach Robbie Bates remarked, We
played solid in stretches.
We just could not get stops
when we needed them.

The Parents As Teachers

program at Tarkio R-I will
be conducting free screenings for children ages 3-5
that will NOT be going into
kindergarten this fall. These
screenings include developmental areas such as motor
skills, language, and concepts using the DIAL-4 (Developmental Indicators for
the Assessment of Learn-

ing.) Hearing and vision

screenings will be performed
as well. Screenings will take
place on Friday, March 13,
from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. at the
Tarkio Elementary School.
Call the elementary office
at 660-736-4177 to set up an
appointment, or call or text
Shannon Bruns, P.A.T. Parent Educator, at 660-5413914.

Free screenings for children

JIMI ELDER, LEFT - Megan Lee, right, compare the difference in density between cold water and hot water.
(Submitted Photo)

Tarkio Jr. High Science Club

The Tarkio Junior High

Science Club recently met
and learned about the difference in density between
hot water and cold water.
Students used a jar of cold
water, a jar of hot water, food
coloring, and a jar lid.
Students filled one jar
with hot water and added
red food coloring to it. Then
students added cold water into the second jar and
added blue food coloring.
Students placed the red jar
with the hot water on top.
When they removed the
lid they saw that the red
water stayed at the top and
the blue water stayed at
the bottom. This happens
because hot water is less

dense than cold. In hot water, the molecules are moving around at a faster rate.
As a result, the hot water is
less dense than the colder
water and stays on top. This
works not only with water,
but with air as well. Hot water or air is less dense than
cold water or air. This is why
the hot water stayed at the
top of the jar and why hot
air balloons rise.
The Tarkio Junior High
Science Club meets each
week in Mr. Corringtons
room at 7 a.m. All seventh
and eighth graders are welcome to attend. The Tarkio
Junior High Science Club
will be cohosting a science
fair in April.

Here pig, pig, piiigggg!

By Kat DeRosier
For a while now, the ag
classes have received a sow,
donated by Advanced Pork
Systems. The sow is kept in
the shop and when she gives
birth to her babies, usually
around 10 to 14 little piglets,
the students learn proper
pig care until they are ready
to be shipped off.
For now, Petunia (this
years momma pig), is just
waiting for her babies to
come, which could be either
Tuesday or Wednesday. So
far, she has mostly been
left alone to her own piggie
thoughts. The classes will
feed her, water her, clean
her pen, and wait. The rest
of this story will soon be continued! Stay tuned!

The 9th Annual Battle of

the Books will be held Friday, March 27, 2015, at the
Tarkio Resource Center. All
Atchison
County
fourth,
fifth, and sixth graders
are eligible to participate
in this competition, which
tests their comprehension
of the 12 most recent Mark
Twain Award nominees and
one classic book. The Mark
Twain nominees are: Privateers Apprentice by Susan
Verrico, Wonder by R.J. Palacio, Freaky Fast Frankie Joe
by Lutricia Clifton, Capture
the Flag by Kate Messner,
Ordinary Magic by Caitlen
Rubino Bradway, Pinch Hit
by Tim Green, The Five
Lives of Our Cat Zook by
Joanne Rocklin, The Shadow Collectors Apprentice by
Amy Gordon, Chomp by Carl
Hiaasen, The Young Healer
by Frank N. McMillan, III,
The Mighty Miss Malone
by Christopher Paul Curtis,
Liar and Spy by Rebecca
Stead. This years classic is
Where The Red Fern Grows
by Wilson Rawls. Battle of
the Books is sponsored by
ACDC, the Mule Barn Theatre Guild, the Flower Mill,
and dedicated volunteers.
This event would not be a
success
without
support
from the three county libraries and schools.
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