Tarkio Year in Review 2015

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2015 rolls to a stop: Take a look back It’s been another amazing year full of happenings - news brought to you by your hometown newspaper. We take great

pride in our publications and strive to bring the news straight into your homes so that the ink may wet your fingertipsand the articles and pictures may whet your appetite for knowledge of smalltown living and keep you turning those pages.Here is a glimpse back at some of the middle to end 2015 happenings through pictures, cutlines, headlines, and articles.

By Nancy Zoellner-

Hogland, The Missouri

Sheriff Magazine Editor,

www.mosheriffs.com

Atchison County SheriffDennis Martin feels thathe’s always had a call onhis life to serve the public.He initially answered byworking as an EMT for the

Atchison-Holt AmbulanceDistrict. Then in 1989, hewas asked to go to work as areserve officer for the TarkioPolice Department and he

jumped at the chance.“It was another oppor-

tunity. Not being cliché, Ibelieve it was a God-givenopportunity. It was whereI needed to be at that timein my life,” he said, addingthat, in addition to workingpart-time as a reserve, he at-tended a basic 120-hour lawenforcement academy whilecontinuing to work full-timeas an EMT.

Then one day in late 1991or early 1992, while stand-ing in the barn washingdown the ambulance, he wasapproached by two womenfrom the Atchison County

Democratic Committee ask-ing if he’d consider runningfor sheriff. Since it wasn’tthe first - or last - time hewas asked that question, hedecided to seriously considerhow he should respond. Heand his wife, Phyllis, talkedabout it, prayed about it andfinally determined that if hewasn’t supposed to be sher-iff, the public wouldn’t votehim into office.

He won the election andtook office at one minute af-ter midnight on January 1,1993 in the middle of a bliz-

zard.“I was driving a 1970

Mercury four-door sedan atthe time and that becamemy patrol vehicle. I had ared light on the dash anda hand unit and that, liter-ally, was how I began,” helaughed. It wasn’t until mid-1995 that he was even reim-bursed for all the businessmiles he drove. Previously,he received mileage only forcivil process or when he re-sponded to calls for service.

Although the deputies drove

Following his plan: Sheriff answersthe call to serve his community

CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK: MAY

TARKIO ELEMENTARY STUDENTS - Participatedin Field Day on Monday, May 18, 2015. A variety ofactivities were held, including tug of war, sack races(Quin Staten and Janae Harbin), a creative version ofyard twister, water races, tire rolling races, and more.Even some teachers got in on the fun and everyone hada blast, whether they were competing or watching thefun! (Photo By Megan McAdams)

Field Day fun

THE TARKIO HIGH SCHOOL FFA CHAPTER - Representedby members, from left to right, Kris Riley, Ethan Riley, Colin Jo-esting, and sponsor Dustin Lambertsen, made six picnic tables forNiedermeyer Park in Tarkio. The City of Tarkio purchased five ofthe tables and the FFA Chapter donated one. All were made bythe students in the ag shop at Tarkio High School.

(Photo By Megan McAdams)

FFA Chapter makes picnic tables for park

THE TARKIO ELEMENTARY - Fourth graders, teachers, anadministrator, and parents traveled to Jefferson City, MO, onMonday, May 18, 2015, on a chartered bus. The students touredthe Missouri State Capitol Building, Museum of Missouri Mili-tary History, Missouri Supreme Court Building including JudgeZel Fisher’s 4th floor judge’s chambers, and the Cole County His-torical Society Museum. (Photo By Erica Taylor)

Fourth graders tour Jefferson City

THE CLASS OF 1950 - Was one of the honored class-es recognized by the Tarkio High School Alumni Asso-ciation at the Alumni Banquet held Saturday, May 23,2015. Pictured are, from left to right: front row - Betty(Mather) Freeman, Doris (Adamson) Withrow, and

Anna (Bowlin) Bennett; and back row - Carl Riley, Cal- vin Fahrion, Biff (Collins) Hogue, Eugene Kemerling,and Frank Withrow. Not pictured is Donna Howell.


THS Alumni Banquet

Continued to back page

JUNE

PICTURED AT LEFT ARE, FROM LEFT TO

RIGHT - Seminarian Mr. Matthew Klim, SeminarianNicholas Cooper, Master of Ceremonies (Seminarian)Stephen Vaccaro, Father Bryan Amthor, Father Regi-nald Sander O.S.B, Father Dustin Collins (Tennessee),Father Dylan Schrader (Diocese of Jefferson City, MO),Seminarian Nathan Rueb, and Seminarian GarrettKing. (Photo By Kathleen Langer)

Father Bryan Amthor celebrates

ordination to the PriesthoodBarry, Joni, and Mat-

thew Amthor, all of Tarkio,are happy to announce thattheir son and brother, FatherBryan Amthor, celebratedhis Ordination into the Ro-

man Catholic Priest-hood at the Cathedralof the Immaculate Con-ception, Kansas City,MO, on Saturday, May23, 2015, at 10 a.m. The

Most Reverend Robert W. Finn celebrated the Holy Sacrifice of theMass and the Ordination through the Imposition of Hands andthe Invocation of the Holy Spirit.

Fantastic rodeo weekend enjoyed by all TARKIO RESIDENTS AND THOSE WHO MADE TARKIO

THEIR HOME - For the weekend enjoyed two days of fun-filledfestivities. Friday and Saturday nights, June 12 and 13, saw the21st annual Tarkio Rodeo held at the Tarkio Rodeo Grounds.


Local couple witnesses history in

the making at Belmont StakesIt’s very rare that a race

horse wins the Triple Crown- the Kentucky Derby, thePreakness, and the BelmontStakes - and rarer still thatwe locals know someone whowas able to witness it, andeven rarer still that it WAS

some locals who witnessedit. Steve and Marvetta Volk-er were in New York when

American Pharaoh won theBelmont Stakes on June 6,2015, clinching the TripleCrown win. It’s been 37years since the last horse,

Affirmed, won the glory.The Volkers planned the

trip back in February, neverimagining they’d get to wit-ness history in the making.“The roar of the crowd wasdeafening when AmericanPharaoh crossed the finishline,” commented Marvetta.

“We still can’t believewe were part of allthe excitement. I pur-chased four $2 ticketsand did not cash themin. I’m saving them formy scrapbook.”

KAREN MESSBARGER - Delivers a pizza to customersat Pizza Hut in Tarkio on her last day of work, Wednesday,December 30, 2015, after 31 years of service.


After 31 years of service, Karen

Messbarger retires from Pizza HutKaren Messbarger said

goodbye to Pizza Hut, itscustomers, and employeeson Wednesday, December30, 2015, after 31 years ofservice. She began at therestaurant in Tarkio as awaitress and eventually be-came a shift manager.

Karen was well-liked bypizza loving customers andwill be greatly missed! Shesaid she will miss the cus-tomers and crew, but has along to-do list waiting forher in retirement. Congrat-ulations Karen!

A benefit chili/soup sup-per for Jessica Lindsay ofTarkio will be held Sunday,January 10, at the TarkioUnited Methodist Churchfrom 4-7 p.m.

Jessica suffered a strokelast week and is hospital-ized in Omaha, NE. Jes-sica, husband Tommy, anddaughter Savanna are apart of the United Method-

ist Church family. If you canhelp by providing dessertsand/or work at the dinner,please call Rachel Graves at660-253-0194.

Also important to thesuccess of this benefit willbe a great turnout, so pleasespread the word! Help thechurch achieve its goal ofsupport for the Lindsays!

Benefit chili/soup supper

for Jessica Lindsay this Sunday

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