The Tarkio Elementary 4th graders donned a variety of outfits, wigs, and facial hair to bring famous people back to life in a wax museum held at the TAC Wednesday, May 13, 2026. Each student memorized a biography about the individual they chose to represent and then shared that information with the family and friends who stopped by their booth. Above, Sage Sundermann was Babe Ruth and Lyzzy Driskell was Caitlin Clark.

Nola Bruce talked about the recently departed English primatologist and anthropologist Jane Goodall.

Damon Lambert represented Missouri’s favorite and one of the greatest writers of all time, Mark Twain.

Fourth graders and the people they portrayed include: front row – Henry McCoy (Elvis Presley), Emmeline Vette (Beatrix Potter), Aiden Childers (Lamar Hunt), Izzy Childers (Taylor Swift), Kinslee Ohnmacht (Sacagawea), Zaiden Miller (George Washington), Damon Lambert (Mark Twain), Kash Wheeler (Benjamin Franklin), Skylar Sportsman (John F. Kennedy), and Isaac Martin (Dale Earnhardt); middle row – Taylynne Corbin (Laura Ingalls Wilder), Emalyn Miller (Georgia O’Keefe), Nola Bruce (Jane Goodall), Dakota Buchanan (Walt Disney), Bennett Peregrine (Buck O’Neil), Sage Sundermann (Babe Ruth), Cohen Lundquist (Hank Aaron), Giovanni Perez (Albert Einstein),  Brecklynn Lopez (Helen Keller), Haven Hogue (Rosa Parks), and Zoey Romines (Dolly Parton); and back row – Luna Neeman (Annie Oakley), Ollie Shaw (Neil Armstrong), Jacob Wills (Jesse James), Rylynn Comstock (Simone Biles), Lyzzy Driskell (Caitlin Clark), Simon Piveral (George Lucas), Everett Scott (Abraham Lincoln), and Marin Carson-Moreno (Bill Gates). (Erica Taylor photo)