AUGUST

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NOVEMBER

Local farmers growing

edamame as
fresh market produce
for Hy-Vee

One Headlight High performs at

Vans Warped Tour
DUSTON NOLAND OF TARKIO - Drummer of One
Headlight High, jams during a concert at the 2015 Warped
Tour at Cricket Wireless Amphitheater. The local band won
a Battle of the Bands contest and were chosen to play the
tour on Thursday, July 30, 2015. On their Facebook page,
the band said, Vans Warped Tour was an unreal, unforgettable experience! We got to meet so many great people!
Thank you so much to all those who came to support us. I
think we made a pretty good impression on a lot of people
thanks to you all jumping around and singing along with
us! The band will be performing in Tarkio on Saturday,
Aug. 8, from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the Tumblin Saloon, 119 N.
3rd Street.
(Photo By Victoria Bailey)

GARY AND LINDA PEREGRINE - Stand in their

edamame field near their
home in Westboro, MO. The
couple, along with their
partners, Craig and Connie
MacRae of Denver, CO, are
growing the produce and
selling it exclusively to HyVee stores as a certified organic, fresh produce. (Photo
By Megan McAdams)

City of Westboro turning

a home into a hall

Shubkagels new
owners of
Big T Motel
SARAH AND SAM SHUBKAGEL - Pictured with
their children, Gabrielle,
Jacob, and Elizabeth, are
the new owners of the Big T
Motel in Tarkio. (Photo By
Megan McAdams)

Sheriffs Dept. trucks sporting new logo

THE ATCHISON COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT
- Has added In God We Trust vinyl to the department vehicles. The vinyl was donated by a small decal/detail shop
in southwest Missouri and Jade Sybert Body Shop donated
the installation. The Missouri Sheriffs Association passed
a resolution the first week of August to support placing our
National Motto In God We Trust on all patrol vehicles.


(Photo By Megan McAdams)

The Westboro - Community has a reason to celebrate.

The town will now have its own City Hall building. The
office will be located at 306 1st Street, next to the Westboro United Methodist Church. Pictured is Mayor MaryJo
Schebaum on the front step of the new city building.

(Photo By Megan McAdams)

Rotary Club hosts

Because We Care
Day
melissa lang, AT left Rakes leaves in a yard on Main
Street in Tarkio on Saturday,
November 21, 2015, as part of
the Tarkio Rotary Clubs Because We Care service project.
Over 25 volunteers worked
around Tarkio clearing leaves
and debris and cleaning up at
an apartment complex.
(Photo By Megan McAdams)

DECEMBER

OCTOBER

Hogs for Haiti ride through Tarkio

A GROUP OF MOTORCYCLISTS ON A MISSION - To
raise money for the Lifeline Christian Missions Childrens
Home in Grand Goave, Haiti, traveled through Atchison
County on Thursday and Friday, August 27 and 28, 2015.
The Hogs for Haiti and the local Christian Motorcyclists
Association (CMA) Heartland Riders of Tarkio hosted a
spaghetti dinner in Rock Port on Thursday evening, raising
over $1,200 in just two hours! The group, including motorcyclists David Blackburn, Sonny Baxter, Anthony Cabaluna,
Bobby Curlee, and Wayne Beebe, and Tim Kaiser and Bill
Coughlin who followed the riders in the parts van, stayed
in Tarkio overnight and enjoyed a delicious breakfast Friday morning, provided by CMA riders Sharon and David
Fruechtenicht, before heading out of town and continuing
on their 5,000 mile, 15-day journey.
(Photo By Megan McAdams)

SEPTEMBER

Slo-Rollers and Believing Angels donate

to Richard Tullis
THE SLO-ROLLERS CAR CLUB - And the Believing
Angels (a former Relay for Life Team) donated $525 to Richard Tullis on Thursday, September 3, 2015. The money was
raised at a car show held at the Atchison County Fair in
Rock Port, MO. Pictured are, from left to right: front row
- Tom Knierim, Byron Carter, Richard Tullis, and Harry
Wooten; and back row - Marvin Cooper and Roger Green.
Richard is a Tarkio resident and employee of Tarkio R-I
School District who was injured in the spring while mowing the school grounds. The Slo-Rollers plan on holding at
least one car show per year to raise funds for a local person
or family in need.
(Photo By Megan McAdams)

Care packages for soldiers

Flacks honored as Lords Acre Day

Parade Grand Marshals

Keith and Shirley Flack - Were Grand Marshals

for the Westboro United Methodist Church Lords Acre Day
Diamond Jubilee Parade on Saturday, October 10, 2015, in
Westboro, MO. This was the 75th Lords Acre Day celebration.
(Photo By Megan McAdams)

Paranormal classes held at Rankin Hall

CARE PACKAGES FOR DEPLOYED TROOPS - Were

put together at the Tarkio
Legion Building on Tuesday
evening, December 1, 2015.
Pictured are, from left to
right, Judy Fuelling, Linda
Kay Payton, Sheridan Mires,
and Donna Payne.
(Photo By Megan McAdams)

Nineteen children
Shop with a Cop

TARKIO POLICE OFFICER WES LOPEZ - Left,

and Matthew Vance, right,
take a moment to pose for
a photo during Atchison
Countys Shop with a Cop
program. Nineteen children
were able to purchase their
Christmas gifts thanks to
monetary donations from
many local contributors.
(Photo by Cathy Davis)

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New Tarkio R-I
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members
2015 Fall Homecoming
Kings and Queens crowned
THE TARKIO HIGH SCHOOL AND FAIRFAX HIGH
SCHOOL - 2015 Fall Homecoming Kings and Queens were
crowned on Friday, September 11, 2015, at Kyle Field and
M. David Palmeiro Stadium in Tarkio. The Tarkio High
School 2015 Fall Homecoming King and Queen are Brendon
Bruns and Alissa Hurst. The Fairfax High School 2015 Fall
Homecoming King and Queen are Garrett Ball and Ryan
Hopkins. The crownbearers were Braylyn Wood and Luke
Gebhards.
(Photo By Mike Farmer)

THE TARKIO R-I BOARD

OF EDUCATION - Has
sworn in two newly-appointed board members, Corey
Lesher, left, and Chris Yates,
right, who will be replacing
Tim Turnbull and Roger
Parshall. The two were
sworn in at the board meeting held Thursday, October
15, 2015.
(Photo By Mike Farmer)