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Thursday, October 30, 2014 - Page 9

Tarkio R-I Breakfast & Lunch Menus


Monday, November 3 - Breakfast - Cereal, toast, pine-
apple, juice, and milk; and Lunch - Chicken and cheese
crispito, corn, romaine, mandarin oranges, pineapple tid-
bits, and milk.
Tuesday, November 4 - Breakfast - Sausage break-
fast bagels, cheese stick, pear halves, juice, and milk; and
Lunch - Beef and noodles, mashed potatoes, fresh carrots,
pears, mixed fruit, bread and butter, and milk.
Wednesday, November 5 - Breakfast - Pancake, pea-
nut butter, mixed fruit, juice, and milk; and Lunch - Chick-
en strips, baked beans, fresh carrots, fresh orange, pear
halves, and milk.
Thursday, November 6 - Breakfast - Breakfast wrap,
cherries, juice, and milk; and Lunch - Cheeseburger on a
bun, winter veggies with cheese, spinach, pineapple tid-
bits, mixed fruit, and milk.
Friday, November 7 - Breakfast - Cheese stick, apple
breadstick, peaches, juice, and milk; and Lunch - Biscuits
and gravy, tri-tater, green beans, sliced peaches, banana,
and milk.
A 2nd entree and a chef salad are now available
the 5th-12th of each month.
Brody Cooper threw one
touchdown pass to Lambert
as well. Miles Murry scored
one touchdown and had one
safety. Lambert also had
one rushing touchdown and
three two-point conversions,
Ball had one rushing touch-
down and one two-point con-
version, and Brendon Bruns
had one two-point conver-
sion. Shae DeRosier also
had one safety.
Lambert led in rushing
yards with 108, followed by
Ball with 76. Shaw was the
top Wolves receiver with 81
yards, followed by Ball with
52. As quarterback, Bruns
had a total of 139 yards and
Cooper 43. Ball also had 28
yards as punter and Deav-
en Tunnell had 479 yards
as kicker. Lambert had 54
yards in kick-off returns.
Trevor Brown made one in-
terception. DeRosier and
Murry took down the most
opponents with eight tack-
les each, followed by Tun-
nell, Cooper, and Ball with
six each. The Wolves had a
total of 355 passing yards
and 147 rushing yards in
the win.
This game was the rst
playoff game for the Wolves.
The win advanced the team
to another playoff game
against the Rock Port Blue
Jays to be played this Fri-
day, October 31, at 7 p.m. in
Rock Port. Be sure to put on
your black, orange, and sil-
ver, and cheer on the Wolves
to victory.
By Senior Kat DeRosier
Being a senior hadnt re-
ally hit me until I played my
nal high school volleyball
game. I have been playing
volleyball since I started
camps in fth grade and the
cool thing about it is that
Coach Wood has been here
the whole time. My love
for volleyball has denitely
grown over the years, espe-
cially when I started high
school, but out of all the
years my senior year will al-
ways be my favorite!
I shared it with one other
senior, Emily Graves, and I
know she would agree with
this year being the best, too.
I want to give a huge thank
you to my Coach, Jayme
Wood, and my assistant
Coach, Ashley Hummel, for
making this year fantastic!
I also want to thank all the
volleyball parents that have
helped with this season.
Another big thank you to
everyone who has supported
the team through thick and
thin! This season couldnt
have been possible without
any of you.
Never take anything for
granted because before you
know it you blink and its
all over! I never thought Id
ever play my last game. It hit
me hard and turning in my
jersey is going to be tough.
Volleyball is denitely a
highlight of my high school
career. The stinky knee
pads, spans, sweat, tears,
laughter, jumping drills, the
many bruises, oor burns,
sacricing my body, losing
my voice, the feeling of get-
ting a kill, and much more
will all be missed an incred-
ible amount. I wouldnt have
wanted to play volleyball
with anyone else, but the
Lady Indians.
By Mariana Villagrana
What are you going to be
this Halloween?!!
According to Mrs. Hulls
First Grade class, they will
all be dressed up as
Olivia Schafer wants to
be a ninja.
Janae Harbin will be
dressed up as Bat Girl.
Bo Peregrine will be Pe-
ter Pan because hes pretty
cool!
Britney Ritchie is going
to be dressed as a skeleton.
Dylan Drummond will
be a pirate.
Brayden Smith is also
going to be a ninja.
Jaeka Wiley will be a
black bride.
My tribute to
volleyball
Photobooth
Jacob Stanton will be a
scary zombie.
Kale Lekey will be the
Winter Soldier.
Quin Staten is going to
be a strong football player.
Zoe Madron is going to
be Queen Elsa.
Bresayda Jimenez will
be dressed like a fast chee-
tah
By Kaleigh Quimby
Halloween used to be
less about the scary masks,
candy, trick-or-treating, and
more about the end of har-
vest season and the begin-
ning of winter. Halloween
is a shortened word for All
Hallows Eve. On All Hal-
lows Eve, people used to
avoid meat and substitute
it with apples, potato cakes,
and soul cakes. Candy corn,
caramels, and candy bars
are todays traditional Hal-
loween meat substitute.
Nowadays, it is about
costumes and who looks the
cutest and the scariest. This
day has many movies tailor
made for it as many people
like to watch scary mov-
ies on this day. Most people
dont like Halloween for the
simple fact that bad pranks
happen.
This day was more of a
ritual than it was a holiday.
This is the one holiday of the
year that is celebrated dif-
ferently in many places. In
Mexico, Halloween coincides
with The Day of The Dead.
Candles, paper wreaths and
seasonal owers are all sold
during the Day of The Dead
celebrations. Day of the Dead
is signicant because it is a
time to pray and remember
friends and family who have
passed away. It lasts a total
of three days long. This day
was created not to mourn,
but to remember the happi-
ness when these lost souls
were still here.
Trick or treating, wearing
fun costumes and watch-
ing scary movies is what
this tradition has evolved
into, but the most important
thing to do is to have a fun
time. Happy Halloween!
Halloween
origins
Tickets will go on sale for
the Tarkio High School Mu-
sical Theatres production
of Thoroughly Modern Mil-
lie on Monday, November 3.
The tickets are $10 and can
be purchased in the Tarkio
R-I Superintendents Ofce
at THS. The dates of the
play are Friday, November
21, and Saturday, November
22, at 7 p.m., and Sunday,
November 23, at 2 p.m. in
the THS Auditorium. The
play was written by Richard
Morris and Dick Scanlan,
new music by Jeanine Tes-
ori and new lyrics by Dick
Scanlan. The THS produc-
tion will involve 33 students.
Casey Martin, Melody Bar-
nett, and Brad Mathers are
the directors.
The musical tells the sto-
ry of a small-town girl who
comes to New York City to
marry for money instead of
love. Millie soon begins to
take delight in the apper
lifestyle, but problems arise.
THS Musical Theatre to present
Thoroughly Modern Millie
NORTHWEST MISSOURI VOTERS CAN RESTORE BALANCE
TO OUR POLITICAL PROCESS ON NOVEMBER 4TH
Articles in this series are archived at: www.mod1dem.com
Reforming Our Political Process
My responses to the 2014 Political Courage Test sponsored by Project Vote Smart are available at www.votesmart.org, and may also
be accessed through a link at www.mod1dem.com. Unfortunately the efforts of organizations like Vote Smart to better inform voters have
been undermined by professional political operatives. They advise their clients not to participate, but then, to mislead voters, distort the
responses of opposing candidates who do so. As a result, candidate participation has sharply declined.
But it is not only cynical political operatives who distort our political process. It is the structure of the system itself, with gerrymandering
(the practice of drawing electoral maps in way that favors one party) that entrenches extremism, and the money politics of special interest
groups that likewise entrenches their power.
Last week I focused on that $3,000 dinner in Texas because that incident exposed the abuses of unbalanced power, and the corruption
that travels with it. The free ow of unregulated lobbyist gifts and unlimited campaign contributions must be ended. As John Micklethwait
& Adrian Woolridge, the editors of the The Economist, argue in their most resent book, The Fourth Revolution(2014):
It is all very good defending this political expenditure as a constitutionally protected exercise in free speech. But it creates the
impression that American democracy is for sale; that the rich have more power than the poor; that favors are being exchanged
and deals being done. No matter how often American politicians and donors insist that nothing is being traded, any study of
psychology ... suggests that gifts create obligations and expectations on both sides.
Solution of the gerrymandering of House and legislative districts is an easier task. The Iowa Plan should be adopted nationwide, where
neutral mapmaking rules generate new districts automatically as new census data becomes available.
Investing in Our Infrastructure
Regardless of the scal position of our state, and of the federal government, greater investments in transportation, water supply, education
and clean energy are needed to secure our economic future. The U.S. Department of Transportation estimates that governments need
to increase by 50 percent their spending on roads, bridges and mass transit, which are the most immediate needs in our state.
Missouris highway budget is projected to plummet from a recent high of $1.3 billion annually to a meager $325 million by 2017.
Infrastructure investment is an essential driver of our economy. Every $1 billion invested in a highway project creates about 10,000
direct construction jobs, and its ripple effect generates further economic growth. Both Allen Andrews, the Republican candidate,
and I agree that a tax increase is essential to meet the operating needs of MoDOT, and to fund its plans to improve our transportation
system.
Yet in August the voters rejected the sales tax increase that was projected to raise at least $540 million annually to fund MoDOT
operations, as they had previous proposals for increasing fuel and/or sales taxes. So one of the great challenges in the next legislative
session will be to build a consensus among legislators, and with the voters, on an acceptable tax plan to nance transportation needs.
Expansion of Medicaid Eligibility
Another great challenge will be to overcome the opposition of a few legislators to a bipartisan plan to expand Medicaid eligibility under
the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). Our state should also assume responsibility for operation of its health insurance exchange, and
then work with Congress to improve the ACA.
Taking these measures will stimulate economic development by creating as many as 24,000 new, good paying jobs; protect our
rural hospitals from the costs of uncompensated care, and can ultimately lift the burden on businesses of providing employee medical
insurance, thereby making them more competitive in the global marketplace (and eliminating health insurance costs as a cause of wage
stagnation). The case for expansion of Medicaid eligibility is more fully set out in the Sunday (October 26th) edition of the St. Joseph
News-Press, at page 3, and can be found online at www.fourwhocan.com
As the excerpt from The Economist reprinted at left points out, its time to quit using ACA as a political football and move towards
creating a real marketplace for health insurance.
This is the approach the polls show a majority of Americans favor, even though the polls also show a majority disapprove of the ACA.
Closer analysis of the data, however, reveals that from 16 to 18 percent of the respondents who disapprove think the ACA does not
go far enough. Hence, there is no real contradiction in the polls. Only a minority of voters both disapprove of the ACA and favor its
repeal.
Progress Through Compromise
The most recent polls also show that public support for consensus-seeking legislators has jumped to 50 percent, from 34 percent in
2010. That is the type of legislator I would strive to be. My opponent in this election is not the Republican nominee, Allen Andrews,
who is a ne young man more open to compromise than many of his prospective colleagues.
Instead, my opponent is the faction now in control of his party, and its veto-proof super majority. That faction and its bad ideas, which
will not move this state forward. That faction and its contempt for our constitutional system of checks and balances.
Having failed in its attempt to undermine the independence of our judiciary two years ago, an effort rejected 3 to 1 by the voters, that
faction is now attempting by proposed Constitutional Amendment 10 to aggrandize legislative power over the executive branch. Voters
should likewise reject Amendment 10, and also again send a conservative rural Democrat to the state legislature.
Obamacare is a totem for
every American who hates big
government ... Yet its not to
blame for Americas health
mess, and it could just contain
the beginnings of a partial
solution to it.
At the core of Americas
problem ... [is] a subsidy-
laden system that is the most
expensive and complicated
in the world, with much of
the government cash going
to the rich, millions of people
left out and little individual
responsibility ...
Ironically the socialist Mr.
Obama did not do the one thing
that might have cut taxpayers
costs dramatically: introduce
a European single payer
health care system ... Instead
he tried to tweak Americas
system in two ways-to expand
coverage and reduce cost ...
...Obamacare is too costly
and too complicated, but it is
doing a little better than it is
given credit for. The share of
uninsured 18-64 year-olds has
fallen from 18.5% in 2013 to
13.9% in 2014...
Since [the] failings [of
American health care] lie more
within the system than with the
presidents attempt to reform
it, health reformers should
concentrate on three areas that
could make its fawed market
work better: directing handouts
towards the poor rather
than the affuent, nudging
individuals to take charge of
their own health care, and
making sure that prices are
transparent.
Flawed though they are,
Obamacares exchanges could
be the foundation of a new
model...
Obamacares effects will not
be fully understood for years,
but it will never be the core of
the problem ...
-from How to fx
Obamacare, The Economist
(September 20, 2014)

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