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Volume 104 • Number 72 • Tuesday, April 15, 2014 • PO Box 188 • 111 E. Jenkins • Maryville, MO •
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Students doing some teaching at middle school By KEVIN BIRDSELL Staff writer
Students and teachers switched places for a short while Monday at Maryville Middle School as sixthgraders Carson Pistole, Josie Pitts and Laura Feuerbacher took on the task of demonstrating the possible uses of an online teaching aid called “Inklewriter” to some seventh-grade faculty members. “Inklewriter” helps writers easily tell interactive stories. The website stories organized as they branch out so that student writers can focus on the writing and not the organization Provided as a free web tool from Inklestudios, the software is sup-
posed to encourage a mix computer and creative writing skills. Chelli Green, who teachers sixthgrade science, said she was first introduced to the program during a professional development course. “I’m taking a night class right now that’s for implementing technology into the classroom,” Green said. “Each week we, as students, share a project idea for the rest of the class to learn about, and one of the students shared (Inklewriter), and I thought it was a very good idea.” After learning of about the program, she introduced it during “Hound Time.” See STUDENTS Page 3
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Carson Pistole, Josie Pitts and Laura Feuerbacher, shown from left, present classroom projects using a web tool called “inklewriter” to the seventh-grade faculty at Maryville Middle School on Monday. The students were showing what the program is capable of so that teachers can decide if they want to incorporate it into future plans.
Congregation readies to serve during crisis By GARY DARLING Staff writer
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Preparedness
Above: Training ranged from child-care to properly using a chain saw during the recent Southern Baptist Convention disaster relief session offered Friday and Saturday at Laura Street Baptist Church in Maryville. Left: Maryville residents Jeremiah Parkhurst and Cindy Scarborugh register for the Southern Baptist Convention’s disaster relief training offered at Laura Street Baptist Church on April 11 and 12.
There was an abundance of folks wearing emergency-bright yellow shirts at Laura Street Baptist Church Friday and Saturday during the Missouri Baptist Convention’s regional disaster relief workshop, a training session for church members willing to show their faith through service to others during times of crisis. Starting with an introduction to disaster relief class offered Friday, local and regional members of the Baptist community learned how they can be there in times of disaster to offer a kind word, help dig out valued possessions and share the word of God. “After a disaster happens, large or small, we respond by putting teams of trained people together that will go out and help in a time of need,” said Dwain Carter, an MBC disaster relief specialist. “We share the love of Christ in a way that is unusual compared to how most people do.” Carter said. “That is what this weekend is all about … initial training to get involved in disaster relief.” Preparation offered included everything from using chain saws to clear trees and brush to child-care. Burlington Junction resident
James Downing attended, he said, because he has volunteered for disaster work in the past, but always felt he was just wandering around trying to help without any sense of organization or preparation. By going through the training and being on an official list of volunteers, Downing said he hopes to become an effective part of an organization that has both focus and an effective strategy for crisis response, qualities be believe will help get help the fastest to those who need it most. Responding to a disaster gives Christians an opportunity to show their faith while serving in concrete ways, he said, adding, “This training allows us to do just that but on a larger and more organized scale.” When first asked if Laura Street Baptist would host the training, the Rev. Paul McKim said he was thrilled for the church to help out. “These are teams of people who go into situations and places where desperate moments are encountered,” McKim said, “and we are honored that we could help out by providing a place that this training could take place.” For those interested in similar training, additional opportunities are planned. For more information, go to the Missouri Baptist Convention website at mobaptist.org/dr.
Nobel winner to speak at NW MARYVILLE, Mo. — Jean Brennan, a conservationist who shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, will speak during Northwest Missouri State University’s final Distinguished Lecture of the 2013-’14 season at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 21, at Charles Johnson Theater, located across the street from Bearcat Arena in the Olive DeLuce Fine Arts Building. Admission is free and
open to the public. Brennan is an internationally known field biologist and has conducted research on primates in Kenya, carnivores on Madagascar, Asian elephants on Peninsula Malaysia and orangutans in Indonesia. She shared the Nobel Peace Prize with members of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and former Vice President
Al Gore for her significant contribution to understanding climate change. “I expect that Jean will focus on what conservation is, and how individuals and society as a whole can make a difference,” said Aaron Johnson, associate professor of geology. “We felt that Jean’s experience as a field biologist working in Africa, her expertise with respect to human impact on the en-
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vironment, and her deep commitment to conservation at all levels provided a broad platform that would be of interest to students and the Northwest community across all majors and careers.” Before joining the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Brennan worked as a senior climate change scientist for an environmental non-profit
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