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The 9th Annual Battle of the Books will be held Fri-day, 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: Priva-teer’s Apprentice by Susan Verrico, Wonder by R.J. Pala-cio, 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 Shad-ow Collector’s 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 year’s classic is Where The Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls. Battle of the Books is sponsored by ACDC, the Mule Barn The-atre Guild, the Flower Mill, and dedicated volunteers. This event would not be a success without support from the three county librar-ies and schools.

9th Battle of the Books

The Tarkio Junior High Science Club recently met and learned about the dif-ference 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 wa-ter 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 wa-ter, the molecules are mov-ing 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 wa-ter 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. Corrington’s room at 7 a.m. All seventh and eighth graders are wel-come to attend. The Tarkio Junior High Science Club will be cohosting a science fair in April.

Tarkio Jr. High Science Club

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

The Parents As Teachers program at Tarkio R-I will be conducting free screen-ings for children ages 3-5 that will NOT be going into kindergarten this fall. These screenings include develop-mental areas such as motor skills, language, and con-cepts using the DIAL-4 (De-velopmental Indicators for the Assessment of Learn-

Free screenings for children

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 Tarkio’s score and had one assist and one re-bound. Gentri Staten scored seven points (one three-pointer) 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 In-dians in rebounds with 11 and she also had one steal. Madison Ohrt had one as-sist, one steal, and four ere-bounds and Tawni Martin had one rebound.

Girls lose to Lady Mustangs

NUTRITION SITE MENU3/2-Fried chicken, mashed

potatoes and grav y, 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, ba-nana bar, bread and butter

3/6- Chicken str ips, scal -loped corn, pasta salad, apple-sauce, hot roll

3 / 9 - H a m l o a f, s c a l l o p e d 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, cole-s law, p ickeled beets, cor n bread, fruit crisp

3 / 1 6 - C h i c k e n p a r m e s a n over pasta, lettuce salad, garlic bread, pudding

3/17-St. Patrick’s Day-Reu-ben sandwich, baby baker po-tatoes, corn, St. Pat’s 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 po-tato, California blend, pears, bread and butter

3/31-Baked ham, sweet po-tato casserole, peas, pineapple upside down, corn bread

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The Tarkio High School Indian Basketball Team traveled to Hopkins, MO, to compete on Friday, Febru-ary 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 In-dians in scoring with 27 points. Seth Fletcher added 10 points (two three-point-ers). Brendon Bruns had seven points and Luis Villa-grana had four. Coach Rob-bie Bates remarked, “We played solid in stretches. We just could not get stops when we needed them.”

Boys fall to Lady Mustangs

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. Par-ent Educator, at 660-541-3914.

By Kat DeRosierFor 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 year’s 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 con-tinued! Stay tuned!

Here pig, pig, piiigggg!