Thursday, February 5, 2015 - Page 4

Richard E. Miller Automotive 9th annual Battle of the Books

The 9th Annual Battle of Stead. This years classic is
Scholarship
the Books will be held Fri- Where The Red Fern Grows

JIMI ELDER - Mixes a concoction in Science Club that

later became a fake spill.
(Submitted Photo)

Spills and science thrills

The Tarkio Junior High

Science Club created fake
spills. These spills can be
picked up and moved around
to simulate a spill and cause
a great thrill for those who
are not aware of their true
nature.
To do this, students used
a glass, wax paper, hot glue
sticks, food coloring, a pan,
hot plate, and a wooden
spoon. Students melted
the glue sticks and added
food coloring until the glue

looked like Kool-Aid. Then

students poured the glue
partially in their cup and
partially on a sheet of wax
paper. Students let the cups
dry and in no time they had
a fake spill. The fake spill
works because hot glue is
a thermoplastic adhesive
that becomes tacky when
it is heated and solidifies
quickly when it cools. Students enjoyed making their
fake spills and enjoyed using them to fool others.

The Tarkio Junior High

Science Club recently used
milk, food coloring, and dish
soap to learn about polar and
nonpolar substances. A polar
substance has a positive and
a negative end and they are
good at dissolving things. A
non-polar substance has no
defined positive and negative end and is not good at
dissolving things.
To demonstrate what
happens when polar and
non-polar substances meet,
students conducted an experiment with 1%, 2%, and
skim milk and watched
what happened when these

substances were mixed with

some food coloring and dish
soap. The fat in milk is a
non-polar substance and
its chemical bonds are broken easily by the dish soap,
which has parts of it that are
attracted to fat and parts of
it that are attracted to water. When these substances
meet they push each other
around and create colored
bursts in the milk. The more
fat the milk has the bigger the color bursts will be.
This can be done with glue
and water instead of milk to
make pieces of art.

Color changing milk

Community Calendar
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5
1:30 p.m., Farm Bill Meeting at Velma Houts Bldg.
in Rock Port
6:30 p.m., Bingo at the Tarkio Nutrition Center
8 to 9 p.m., AA at First Christian Church in Rock Port
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6
5 p.m., THS JV/V Basketball at South Holt
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7
THS Wrestling at Warrior Duals in Albany
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Free Food, Fun, and Fellowship
at Tarkio Presbyterian Church
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8
11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Tarkio Renewal Potato Bar
Fundraiser at the Tarkio Community Bldg.
5 p.m., Chili/Soup Cook-Off & Cinnamon Roll/Sticky
Bun Throw Down at the United Methodist Church
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10
12 noon, Tarkio Rotary Club Meeting at the
Tarkio Nutrition Center
7 p.m., Tarkio Lions Club at the Wildhorse in Tarkio
7 p.m., Westboro, MO, Lions Club in Westboro
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12

Abraham Lincolns Birthday

6:30 p.m., Bingo at the Tarkio Nutrition Center

8 to 9 p.m., AA at First Christian Church in Rock Port

Compliments Of:

ARTHUR WHITE
& ASSOCIATES, LLC
Certified Public Accountants

302 Main St. - Tarkio, MO

736-5811

110 Chestnut - Tarkio, MO

736-4181

FSB

Farmers State Bank

521 MAIN - TARKIO, MO 64491
(660) 736-4111

Tarkio, MO - (660) 736-4197

Fairfax, MO - (660) 686-3312
www.fscbank.com

The family of Richard

E. Miller is pleased to once
again invite Atchison County students who intend to
continue their education in
the area of automotive mechanics to apply for a scholarship in Richards name.
Richard lived his entire
life in northwest Missouri,
except for his time spent
in the military. From early
childhood and with his very
first toys, it was evident that
he had an interest in seeing
how things work. Thank
goodness he also had an incredible talent putting those
things back together again.
Richard graduated from
Tarkio High School in 1966.
His future as an automotive mechanic was never
in doubt, and he worked in
Rock Port in that field his
entire adult life. He was the

owner and operator of Miller Automotive, and later of

Rock Port Automotive, for
many years until his illness.
Richard passed away
in December of 2011. His
many friends contributed to
this scholarship fund in his
honor.
It is hoped that all who
receive this scholarship
will continue their interest
and training in automotive
mechanics, that this scholarship will help them with
their future education expenses, and that they will
return to Atchison County
as skilled mechanics.
Scholarship applications
are available from the guidance counselors at all three
county schools and are due
by Friday, April 17, 2015, to
Mrs. Richard E. Miller at
Rock Port R-2 School.

Angelo and Somerville

accepted into Upward Bound
Northwest Missouri State
University Upward Bound,
an initiative designed to
help local students finish
high school and commit to
higher education, has accepted 20 students to join
the program. David Angelo and Selena Somerville,
Tarkio students, were two of
the 20.
Upward Bound, a federally funded education program created by the Higher
Education Act of 1965, got
its start at Northwest in
1987. The program annually serves 80 high school
students from seven high
schools in northwest Missouri: King City, Maryville,
Northeast Nodaway, Rock
Port, Stanberry, Tarkio, and
West Nodaway. Upward
Bound is open to students
who are in their freshman
year of high school up to recent high school graduates.
Once accepted into the
program our goal is to help
all Upward Bound students
obtain their dream of a college degree, said Tanya
Riley, Upward Bound coordinator of counseling. Even
after they exit the program
we continue to track them
for six years after their expected high school graduation date and provide assistance whenever possible.
Although their membership began this month, the
selected students have displayed a commitment to
Northwest Upward Bound
since October by participating in visitor days and
attending field tutoring at
their local schools.
Upward Bound students
gather on the Northwest
campus once a month during the school year to participate in workshops, college
visits and other learning opportunities. A field tutor also
meets with students weekly
at their home school.
Apart from the school
year, Upward Bound students participate in a sixweek summer residential
component at Northwest
during which they live in
a residence hall and participate in a cultural enrichment trip. This summer, the
group will travel to Chicago.
Students also attend Saturday Academies where tutors help them learn basic
study skills that aid them
in their coursework. Tutors
monitor students academic
progress as they advance
toward graduation, and on
select Saturdays, students,
tutors and counselors meet
for half-day workshops to

discuss career planning, college prep, financial literacy

and study skills.
The Upward Bound program provides instruction
in math, laboratory science,
composition, literature and
foreign languages. It also
helps with reading, writing,
study skills and other areas
necessary for success in education beyond high school.
Academic, financial and personal counseling are also
available and are provided
when necessary. By offering
various academic programs
and cultural experiences,
the program helps expose
students to the vast opportunities that lie outside beyond their communities.

Atchison County
Courier

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: 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

by Wilson Rawls. Each county school received three to

four copies of each book, and
the titles can also be found
at the Atchison County Library and branch libraries.
Battle of the Books is sponsored by the Atchison County Development Corporation
(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 the Tarkio, Rock
Port, and Fairfax School
Districts.
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