Take a moment and give thanks

Thursday, February 12, 2015

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by Dakota Allen
Even in our small, agriculturally based community
we often forget to stop and
thank those around us, our
friends and family, those
farmers who work so hard
to provide to the world the
necessities for survival. We
have so much in the world
that we owe to farmers. It is
so much more than just our
food, in todays world all the
things we take for granted
can be attributed to farmers. This week is National
Thank a Farmer Week. So,
I would like to remind you
all to take a moment from

BULLDOG
PRIDE
2015 EA
Groundhog
Wolves
Day origins
track season by Katelyn Kehl
by Michael Baker
The East Atchison Wolves
high school track season will
be starting the first week of
March. Students are getting
in shape for the upcoming
practices and meets.
Tarkio and Fairfax will be
consolidating for this sport,
just as they did football. It
will consist of the best three
people from each school for
a total of six for all of the
events. Wish them luck as
they start the season with
good wins while participating in the EA Wolves track
team.
Thanks for all of the upcoming support from both
of the Fairfax and Tarkio
communities. This will be a
great season for track since
there are some very good
athletes going out for track
this year.

According to tradition, if
a groundhog comes out of its
hole on February 2nd, and
sees its shadow, there will
be six more weeks of winter
weather; no shadow means
an early spring. But where
did this tradition come from?
Groundhog Day has its roots
in the ancient Christian tradition of Candlemas Day,
when clergy would bless and
distribute candles needed
for winter. The candles represented how long and cold
the winter would be. Germans expanded on this concept by selecting an animal
the hedgehog as a means
of predicting weather. Once
they came to America, German settlers in Pennsylvania continued the tradition,
although they switched from
hedgehogs to groundhogs.

Fairfax
Yearbook
FCCLA
is coming
Star
Events
by Ashley Beach
The yearbook class has
finished the basketball pages, and they will be working
on the track and baseball
pages when they come to
session. The class is so excited to be able to make this
yearbook, with all of their
hard work. This yearbook is
out of the box and new! They
all hope you will enjoy the
new yearbook.

FCCLA Week

by Haley Murry
FCCLA week is February
9-13. The FCCLA chapter
has dress-up days and activities. Monday was Pajama
Day and Tuesday was Favorite Sports Team. The FCCLA
chapter will be in Maryville
at the Region 1 meeting on
Wednesday. Thursday is Hat
Day, and Friday is Wear Red
Day.
The activities that we
have are to guess how many
gummy bears are in a jar,
and a half court shot contest. The elementary will get
candy bags Friday for Valentines Day. The winners for
the dress-up days will also
get a bag of candy. The winner of the gummy bear contest gets the jar of gummy
bears, and the winner of the
half court shot gets a bag of
FCCLA prizes and candy.

by Amber Clark
The Fairfax FCCLA chapter travelled to the Northwest campus Wednesday,
February 11, to participate
in this years Region 1 Star
Events. The FCCLA Chapter has a total of nine members, and eight of the nine
participated in Star Events.
Competing in the Chapter
In Review category, juniors
Amber Clark, April Clark,
and Rhonda Baker presented the chapters portfolio, with a speech about the
yearly chapter activities.
Competing in the Chapter
In Service category, senior
Crystal Yocum and sophomores Goldie Barnes and
Audrae Bates presented a
Hugs For Hope Star Event
in which the entire chapter
crocheted stuffed animals
for
Community
HospitalFairfax.
Competing in the Knowledge Test, sophomores Caitlyn ORiley and Haley Murry
completed a test on FCCLA
knowledge.
Member Karrigan Bowling assisted as a timer for a
Star Event, along with advisor Mrs. Million acting as a
lead evaluator.

No school Presidents Day

Fairfax R-3 School will not be in session Monday, February 16, in observance of Presidents Day. Classes will
resume at the regular time on Tuesday, February 17.

Fairfax R-3 School

Breakfast & Lunch Menus

Monday, February 16 - No School - Presidents Day.

Tuesday, February 17 - Breakfast - Breakfast sausageegg-cheese flatbread, yogurt, fruit juice, and milk; Lunch Spaghetti with meat sauce, lettuce salad, pears, yogurt, and
milk.
Wednesday, February 18 - Breakfast - Cereal, mini
muffin, pears, fruit juice, and milk; Lunch - Chicken & rice
soup or potato soup, half grilled cheese sandwich, crackers,
carrot sticks, banana, and milk.
Thursday, February 19 - Breakfast - Biscuit & sausage
gravy, applesauce, fruit juice, and milk; Lunch - Hamburger
or corn dog, baked beans, potato wedges, strawberries, and
milk.
Friday, February 20 - Breakfast - Cereal, doughnut,
orange, fruit juice, and milk; Lunch - Cheese pizza or ham
and cheese sandwich, peas, mixed fruit, Rice Krispie treat,
and milk.

your busy lives, stop, and

thank a farmer. From me
and all of us in the Fairfax
FFA Chapter, THANK YOU
FARMERS!

FFA members attend

Public Speaking Institute

Atchison County DARE

movie day in Hamburg

Atchison County DARE movie day was held Friday, February 6, 2015, at the Colonial Theatre in Hamburg, Iowa.
Sixth graders and senior DARE role models from Fairfax,
Tarkio and Rock Port met for a movie, pizza and discussion
about how to overcome the pressures of resisting drugs.

by Tacy Mitchell,
FFA member
FFA
members
from Fairfax and
Craig attended a
Public
Speaking
Institute (PSI) on
Saturday,
January 31, 2015, in
Chillicothe,
Missouri. Fairfax FFA
members attending were Dakota
Allen,
Mickayla
Fairfax
FFA
members
(pictured
Bowling,
Tacy
Mitchell and Ad- above, left to right) Tacy Mitchell,
visor Joni Fields. Dakota Allen and Mickayla BowlMembers
from ing attended Public Speaking InCraig that rode stitute January 31, in Chillicothe.
along and attendExtemporaneous
ed were Jocelyn and Deanna Publicity,
Speaking, and more.
Clayton.
Also while at PSI we had
During PSI 2015, we attended a variety of work- an opportunity to work with
shops, met new people, and and talk to current Missouri
took away ideas, tips and State FFA officers and past
information to help improve National FFA officer Andrew
our public speaking skills. McCrea. Overall we all had
Some of the workshops avail- a really good time learning,
able were Creed Speaking, improving skills and meetJob Interview, Media and ing new people.

FCCLA Week