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In This Picture: Find a ghost, a piece of candy, a jack-o’-lantern, a bat, a shovel, a sugar skull, a Halloween hat, the word GOLD, a treasure map “X” and the word BOO!

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Spotlight on voting from space!

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Let’s Go...

VALLEY METRO! Know the route before you go!

A maze is a puzzle that includes choices of paths and directions, designed to confuse and entertain.

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alley Metro is a great way to get around and using it is a valuable life skill. Planning is the key to a smooth trip with no surprises. Valley Metro has tools to help you plan in different ways. You choose what's best for you! Before you head out on a transit trip, do one of the following: • Check online at valleymetro.org for train and bus schedules or use the trip planner on the home page.

• Talk to or email a customer service representative at (602) 253-5000 or csr@valleymetro.org. They are the experts who will help get you there and back.

• Google your trip with Google Maps. Provide your start and end locations and click on the transit icon for the detailed instructions.

• Get the Ridekick app! You will have all the information you need at your fingertips.

• Pick up a Transit Book. It's all the information you need in print. A new Transit Book is available for service changes beginning on October 26, 2020.

Know before you go! Plan to have a safe and successful ride with Valley Metro!

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It’s a Great Time to Join Girl Scouts!

Do you have a young girl who really loves animals?

What could be more fun for her than to learn more about animals, dress up like an animal and dance like an animal? Girls in grades K–3 will not want to miss Girl Scouts’ Animal Dance Party!

These fun-filled virtual parties are perfect for girls and families who are interested in learning more about the Girl Scout Leadership Experience. They are also a perfect place for girls to meet new friends. Girls who are still getting used to online school can get more comfortable with virtual learning, all while interacting with other girls their own age. It’s a win-win!

Back-to-school time is a great time to join Girl Scouts. Arizona Cactus-Pine Council has virtual pro-

grams and activities that make it easy for any parent, caregiver or volunteer to lead programs at home.

As a Halloween treat, on Oct. 31 girls are encouraged to wear their costumes to the Animal Dance and Monster Mash themed party! Animal Dance Party events are followed by a virtual Girl Scouts information meeting. What could be better? It’s a party that’s a blast, and it’s also a springboard to joining Girl Scouts and finding a virtual troop. So, don’t miss out, RSVP to one of these parties today!

Find the registration link for these 45-minute virtual sessions at www.girlscoutsaz.org/join under the Animal Dance Party tab. For additional information check out www.facebook.com/gsacpc or visit the Arizona

Girls new to Girl Scouts en joy STEM, ou life skills and td outdoor insp ired activities oor, other girls th ; meet eir age, and do som engaging in th is new school ething year!

Cactus-Pine Council website, or call or text 602-452-7030.

Upcoming Animal Dance Party Dates: Saturday, Oct. 3, 11:30 a.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 7, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 17, 10 a.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 21, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 31, 10 a.m. (Monster Mash Up Party) Wear Your Costume!

Why join?

• Girl Scout programming supports education, focusing on four core program areas: STEM, outdoors, entrepreneurship and life skills.

• Girl Scout virtual events are a great way for girls to make friends.

• Girl Scouts provides girls a sense of normalcy and a community of support during times like these.

• Girl Scout programming supports emotional well-being, social skills and lets girls connect with other girls in a safe space designed for them.

Join Girl Scouts today!

Visit girlscoutsaz.org Call or text 602-452-7030

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Astronauts Will Cast Their Ballots From Space

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A Gold Medal Rat!

Last month, a British charity awarded its gold medal award to a 7-year-old named Magawa for his life-saving bravery and devotion to duty.

Who’s Magawa? A bomb-sniffing rat who lives in Cambodia. Yes, a rat.

Magawa is one of the HeroRATs trained by APOPO, a charity in Tanzania that trains rats to save lives. In some countries where there have been wars, there are unexploded bombs that injure or kill innocent people. Magawa is trained to detect a specific type of explosive: mines, which are hidden usually in the dirt.

“APOPO’s HeroRATs significantly speed up landmine detection using their amazing sense of smell and excellent memory,” said Christophe Cox, CEO of APOPO. “Unlike metal detectors, the rats ignore scrap metal and only sniff out explosives making them fast and efficient landmine detectors.”

The training takes about a year to complete, and the rats are trained using clicker training, a positive teaching method used for other animals as well.

The rats are taught to scratch at the earth above a landmine. When they find and identify the correct scent to their handler, they hear a click and receive a tasty treat as a reward. Because the rats are so light, there’s little risk that they will DETONATE a mine.

Magawa's well-trained sniffing skills allow him to search an area as big as a tennis court in only 30

Magawa shows off his PDSA Gold Medal. minutes. It would take a human four days to do the same job! Amazingly, Magawa has helped to clear more than 141,000 square meters of land, making it safe and useful for the people who live there. Magawa’s keen sniffing sense has allowed him to find 39 landmines and 28 other bombs!

Magawa is eyeing retirement, and APOPO said they are thankful for the work the rats do and that they’re very well treated when they retire. It seems only fitting that Magawa would be honored before his retirement with a special gold award that was small enough for him to wear!

Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg Remembered Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second female US Supreme Court justice, died last month at the age of 87.

Joan Ruth Bader was born in 1933 in Brooklyn, New York. She went to college at Cornell University and was one of only nine women in a class of 541 students at Harvard Law School in 1956. She married Martin Ginsburg in 1954 and changed her name to Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The pair had two children.

At the time, women were treated, by law, differently than men. Ginsburg faced discrimination in her career because she was a woman and because she was Jewish. After law school, Ginsburg worked as a law clerk and a law school professor.

In the 1970s, she also served as General Counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and launched the ACLU Women’s Rights Project. She worked as an appellate court judge before being appointed to the US Supreme Court in 1993 by President Bill Clinton. She played a role in deciding some of the court’s most high profile cases in her 27 years with the nation’s highest court.

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Ginsburg became almost as well-known for personal traits as she did her dissenting opinions. She jazzed up her black robes with some impressive neckwear, and she often used her neck pieces to send a subtle message. The most famous among these is arguably her dissenting collar, which she would wear when she wanted to express her disagreement with a court opinion.

One of the other qualities attributed to RBG, a common nickname, was her ability to get along with those who held different views on the law. Ginsburg and Justice Antonin Scalia, who died in 2016 and was notoriously conservative, were close friends. Scalia jokingly suggested people call them the “odd couple” and Ginsburg made similar comments about their friendship.

“What endeared me most to him was his wonderful sense of humor. He would sometimes pass me notes that cracked me up,” Ginsburg said in 2015.

Chief Justice John Roberts, another justice who commonly disagreed with Ginsburg on the law, described her as a "tireless and resolute champion of justice" as he mourned the loss of his "cherished colleague.”

Four American astronauts who will be in orbit on Election Day will be voting from space. This is not the first time that voting from space has happened.

One of the astronauts, Kate Rubins, is an Expedition 63/64 crew member and will leave for her mission to the International Space Station on Oct. 14. Rubins has cast her vote from space before.

Others voting are SpaceX Crew Dragon astronauts Victor Glover, Mike Hopkins and Shannon Walker. Their mission to the ISS begins on Halloween.

In 1997, a Texas bill was passed (Rule 81.35) to legally allow voting from space.

Since astronauts attend training in Houston, many of them register to vote as Texas residents.

FACTS: The ISS is about 240 miles above the Earth.

The ISS has been orbiting Earth since 1998.

NASA has a Spot the Station tracker on its website.

Former President George W. Bush signed the bill allowing voting from space in 1997 when he was the Governor of Texas.

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Voting from space is a form of ABSENTEE voting. It begins with a Federal Postcard Application, or FPCA. These forms are the same ones that military members and their family members of voting age fill out when they are serving in another country.

After the FPCA is approved a test is done to make sure the astronaut can receive the electronic ballot at the ISS, fill it out and send it back to the county clerk’s office. Once this test is done successfully the astronaut is ready to vote.

The county clerk then sends member-specific credentials to the astronaut, which allows only them to have access to their secure ballot. After they have voted, the astronaut sends the ballot back to the county clerk’s office for their ballot to be recorded.

The clerk has his or her own password to open the email; it cannot be opened by anyone except that clerk.

The process of voting from space is very secure, but the astronaut must still follow rules. They must submit their ballot by 7 p.m. local time for the county in which they are voting.

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Scouting for the Whole Family!

On Feb. 1 last year, Boy Scouts of America opened its Scouts BSA program to girls so that the entire family can be involved.

Female Scouts have their own troops for girls.

Lindsay Kittler’s high school daughter, Regan Huxtable, wanted to join a new troop, and Kittler decided to volunteer as the Scoutmaster for Troop 3329, which officially started Feb. 1, 2019.

“But we had already been up and running as an Exploring Post prior to that, working on teaching the girls skills so they were able to go through the (Tenderfoot, Second Class and First Class) ranks pretty quickly,” Kittler points out.

Regan, whose brother has been in Scouts since second grade, was drawn to the hiking, camping and other outdoor adventures Scouting offers.

Scouts BSA is for boys or girls ages 11 through 17.

Cub Scouts, which was featured last month, is for kids in grades K–5.

Scouting is about developing a person’s character and leadership skills. “You go through the younger ranks and learn some basic skills,” Kittler explains, skills like knot tying, cooking, fitness and civic-related ones. “But once you reach First Class and start working on Star, the requirements change and you need to take on more of a leadership role, a service role, a teaching role with your troop!”

Currently, Regan has attained a Life rank while her younger brother is at a Star rank. As the oldest in her troop, Regan attended National Youth Leadership Training to help her become her troop’s first senior patrol leader.

Kittler points out that pursuing Scouting’s goals together is a really good thing. “It teaches them how to interact with others who don’t necessarily think like them or like the same music or do the same activities outside of Scouting. And that extends to them building friendships.”

Currently, their weekly troop meetings are on Zoom or Microsoft Teams. But after their school fall breaks are over, the troop plans to start meeting outdoors while observing COVID safety guidelines.

From scoutmasters or their assistants to committee members, there are all sorts of ways parents, especially mothers, can get involved with Scouting.

“With the addition of the girls, it’s really calling for the females in a family to step up,” Kittler encourages.

“You don’t have to have any experience to get involved—there’s a plethora of adult training from the local council and national to do the activities.”

Would you like to join Scouts BSA?

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Adjusting to Life as We See It

by Reporters Miliana Valenzuela & Amanda Vega, Arizona Desert Elementary

cancelled. “It was also hard to know that some of my family members had COVID. It was hard not seeing them for a month. School is great, but it is hard seeing friends on technology instead of seeing them in person.”

Please be safe, wear your mask and follow guidelines.

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Presidential Hauntings!

The White House was first decorated for Halloween in 1958 by First Lady Mamie Eisenhower.

COVID-19 Makes Halloween Even Spookier

by Reporter Brett Eymann, Transitions Delta Center

Stay Safe this HALLOWEEN!

Halloween is traditionally scary with masks and monsters, but due to the pandemic of COVID-19, many people are starting to wonder what Halloween will look like this year.

Dr. Shad Marvasti, a Valley doctor, says we need to come up with creative ways to stay connected to family and friends. If you leave candy out for trick-or-treating ghouls and goblins, he suggests that you leave out pre-packaged candy in small allotments so kids are

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Love, Memories & Life!

Día De Los Muertos altars are often decorated with sugar skulls, food, photographs and marigolds.

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Move Over Ninja Turtles! Kitties Take Charge

by Reporter Paul Perez Kiva Elementary

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How do you view life during the COVID-19 pandenic? What was it like when you woke up and found out there would be school online and you couldn’t hang out with your friends?

“In the beginning, it was weird, different than usual.

This, a week after my birthday, and it was rough,” says Milana Valenzuela. She notes a lot of people started wearing masks and stayed away from each other.

“Sometimes we go on vacation, but this time we stayed home. We only went to my grandma’s,” says Milana. “I was going to order a mask before the virus hit because they were a fashion statement and then the virus hit. Now I am doing school online and I don’t get to see most of my friends. It is weird that I don’t get to see people.”

“I think it is awful because we didn’t get to say goodbye to our teachers because we didn’t know this was going to happen,” says Amanda Vega. She also noted that her birthday was a week after and was sad students were not able to say goodbye to teachers and friends at school.

“My birthday plan was to go to Urban Air with family and friends, but instead we had my birthday in the backyard with family and my Godfather,” says Amanda. She stated that her summer was okay, but she usually goes on vacation with her father and stepmother, but plans to go to the beach were

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not reaching their hands into the same bowl.

Things to keep in mind are social distancing, hand sanitizing, staying connected and celebrating safely. Dr. Shad says that although most people will be wearing masks, it is still a good idea to wait 72 hours before opening and eating the candy. He says that the transmission of the virus does not occur as much on surfaces as it does face to face in close contact, but to be safe, smart and remember to sanitize surfaces and hands.

Some alternatives to door-to-door trick-or-treating might include parents hiding candy in their home and letting the kids do a scavenger hunt or drive-through events where kids do not have to leave their parent’s vehicle.

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I like to read and when my sister received a coloring book about the Ninja Kitties she asked me to read it to her.

Each kitty has a personality with an inner strength like staying positive, being friendly or funny, being competitive or always thoughtful. I interviewed my sister to find out which kitty she thought was most like her.

She had a hard time making up her mind, but in the end she finally decided she liked Angelina because they both like to sing, but her favorite was Pinkie because she liked to shop and enjoys fashion. She connected most with Angelina because they both like to help others.

My personal favorite was Dinosaur because he liked sports and was competitive. The illustrator is Kayomi Harai from Japan.

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Junction, are where many have searched for this great treasure. In the 1840s a family named Peralta who were from Mexico had success in a mine. Years later a man named Jacob Waltz (the Dutchman) and his prospecting partner found the mine with directions given to them by a Peralta family member. The mine is said to be located near the shadows of Weaver’s Needle, a landmark in the mountains. When he was older and his health was failing, Waltz tried to give directions to the mine to others, but to this day, no one has found it, and some who have tried looking for it have been injured or worse.

“The Legend of Colossal Cave” is another treasure waiting to be found near Tucson. The most common account of the story is that in 1884, four bandits robbed a Wells Fargo mail train. They escaped with an estimated $72,000 in cash and gold.

That was a lot of loot back then and still is to this day! They hid in the Rincon Mountains in what at the time was called Five Mile Cave— we now know this as Colossal Cave. The bandits were eventually caught. Three of them did not survive a gunfight with a sheriff and his POSSE. The one who survived went to jail for 18 years. After his release from jail he returned to the cave before law enforcement could follow him. All they found in the cave were three empty Wells Fargo mailbags.

Other bank robbers are said to have hidden their stash in Colossal Cave, but to this day no money or gold has been found in the cave. Other legends say treasure may have been buried in areas around the cave or other parts of the Rincon Mountains.

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Hidden Treasures

People have found hidden treasures that have nothing to do with pirates.

Some fantastic finds have happened this year. Adventure seekers have looked to books that gave clues about hidden riches, two teenagers unearthed ancient coins at an archaeological site, and one man got lucky at a state park with a gem

of a name. Treasure hunting can be dangerous, so never go without your parent!

On Labor Day, a 33-year-old man had a fabulous find at Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas. Kevin Kinard visited the park for the first time when he was in second grade. On his visit last month, Kinard says he picked up anyCourtesy thing that looked like a crystal. He thought one particular Israel Antiquities marble-sized rock looked “interesting and shiny.”

Authority Kinard had picked up the second largest diamond discovered in the park! Maybe it was kismet, as the 9.07 carat diamond was discovered on the date 9/7. Unlike Byzantine gold coin most parks, Crater of Diamonds has a “finders keepers” fragment policy. The park is the only diamond site in the world that is open to the public.

This summer also saw the news that gold coins over 1,000 years old were discovered at an Israeli archaeological dig.

Two teens, working as youth volunteers, found the 425 gold coins in a clay jar. The coins are so thin that at first they appeared to be leaves, according to one of the teen treasure finders. The Islamic coins date back to the golden age of the Abbasid Caliphate, a dynasty that ruled in east Asia and northern Africa.

Another big find this summer was the long sought treasure chest hidden by a New Mexico art dealer. Forrest Fenn filled a chest with coins, gold nuggets and gems and hid it somewhere in the Rocky Mountains. He wrote a memoir published in 2010 with clues to the whereabouts of the treasure. Fenn set in motion a sometimes dangerous quest that had fortune hunters scouring the western states. Five people died during this decade-long treasure hunt. On June 6, 2020, Fenn posted on a blog that the treasure had been found. The chest was found in an undisclosed location in Wyoming. Fenn died three months later.

Gold in the Grand Canyon!

Did you know there is lost gold in the Grand Canyon? It is called “Long Tom’s Gold.” In 1910, Tom Watson was staying in an abandoned cabin in Flagstaff when he came upon a letter written by the previous tenant. The letter told of gold nuggets found near the Old Tanner Trail in the Grand Canyon. There was a map and Watson set out to find the nuggets. It took him over four years to find the cave that was hidden by a waterfall, due to the fact that the waterfall did not run year round. It only formed after a heavy rainfall or snowmelt. Watson was able to enter the cave and find the nuggets. He stuffed many of them in his pockets and went to get a bag to carry the other nuggets. He slipped and fell into the waterfall and broke his leg. After his leg healed, he tried several times to find the waterfall and cave again, with no luck.

Treasure-hunting Technology Tools for locating and reaching treasure have come a long way from finding a map to the loot and breaking out the pick and shovel. Remote sensing and diving robots are just some of the game-changing technologies that are leading to big discoveries on land and out at sea.

Legends, Train Robbery and Lost Gold How much buried treasure, hidden gold and other fortunes are waiting to be found in Arizona?

The first gold mining in Arizona took place in 1774.

This was back when Arizona was just a territory and not a state. The Arizona Gold Rush continued until 1849, when most prospectors headed towards California.

Perhaps the most famous legend of hidden gold in Arizona is the story of the Lost Dutchman Mine.

The Superstition Mountains, located near Apache

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magine decoding a tattered old map, puzzling out clues, following in the footsteps of an infamous pirate, and digging up buried treasure! The shiny coins and sparkle of jewels might be bright, but not as dazzling as the thrill of discovery.

Rumors of buried treasure have outlived real life privateers like Captain Kidd and Blackbeard. (A privateer was a private person or ship COMMISSIONED during wartime to capture enemy ships and goods. Or, as Encyclopaedia Brittanica explains: a privateer was a pirate with papers.) Both men captured and plundered enemy ships with the approval of the British government for a time, but when the winds of fortune changed both met bad fates.

William Kidd was born in Scotland in 1645. He made a name for himself in the Caribbean, the islands southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and North America. Kidd was commissioned to protect British ships against attacks by French ships. But in 1698 Kidd and his crew attacked a ship in the Indian Ocean, putting him on the wrong side of British government officials.

Kidd ended up being put on trial for piracy. The British court found him guilty and he was hanged on May 23, 1701. Before his death, Kidd claimed to have buried some of his treasure in the Caribbean.

The legend of Captain Kidd’s buried riches is an important part of the plot of the Edgar Allan Poe story “The Gold-Bug.” The short story tells The Gold Bug how the protagonist solves a code and eventually unearths Captain Kidd’s treasure. It was the first piece of fiction to include cryptography, or using code in writing.

Edward Teach or Thatch, better known as Blackbeard, also had the approval of the British during his early exploits. He captured French ships along the Colonial American coast in the early 1700s. While he had a fearsome reputation, it may have been mostly myth. Some historians say Blackbeard was not particularly violent, and not even a very successful pirate—his name and image were bigger and badder than the actual man.

By 1718, Blackbeard claimed he would give up piracy and even asked for and received a royal pardon. But the lieutenant governor of Virginia did not trust the pirate and feared he would attack Virginian ships. So he sent two ships with British soldiers to raid the pirate’s vessel. Blackbeard died in the attack on Nov. 22, 1718, at Ocracoke Island, North Carolina.

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On Land…

You’re probably familiar with treasure hunters waving metal detectors just above the ground and hearing that strange electronic squawk when it comes across a piece of metal. The transmitter coil is in the disc and creates an electromagnetic field. Metal changes the field, and the receiver coil senses the change and sends a signal to the control box. Most metal

A drone image of a monument in Greece clearly showns the ancient outline in great detail.

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detectors can find things on the ground down to about a foot below ground level.

Ground Penetrating Radar can “see” much deeper into the ground.

These lawn mower-sized devices are much more expensive than metal detectors and can find metal and non-metal buried items. GPR sends out electromagnetic energy into the ground, and if it hits a buried object, part of that energy reflects back up to the machine. Depending on the soil type, GPR can locate items from a few inches to 100 feet deep!

Sonar (Sound Navigation and Ranging) sends out and picks up sound waves to create high-definition renderings of what’s underground or in the water.

Remote sensing is a group of technology aboard satellites or aircraft.

Some, like drones, can automatically map an area capturing photos or video. Lidar measures how long it takes a laser beam to reflect back up to a sensor and can “see” through dense jungle to create 3D images of long lost ruins!

At Sea…

Sunken treasure from long ago can be worth a fortune!

Did you know there are more than 3 million shipwrecks lying on the bottom of the ocean?

But getting there is dangerous, so expensive robots and remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) are used to explore and even to retrieve artifacts.

ROVs are often nimble SUBMERSIBLES that are controlled from a ship through a tether. Some shoot video and can snap still photos, others use sonar interpreted by AI (artificial intelligence) to generate high-resolution 3D images of underwater objects!

AUVs are autonomous underwater vehicles (robotic submersibles) that explore the ocean without being tethered to a ship. Some are capable of diving deeper than ROVs. USVs (unmanned surface vehicles) are robotic boats or ships that operate without a crew!

The submersible vehicle MARUMQUEST is lowered into the water.

Source: https://www.marum.de/Entdecken/Tech

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Join Boomer on the biggest treasure hunt of the century —and don’t forget to bring some friends along to help haul the bounty home!

Junction, are where many have searched for this great treasure. In the 1840s a family named Peralta who were from Mexico had success in a mine. Years later a man named Jacob Waltz (the Dutchman) and his prospecting partner found the mine with directions given to them by a Peralta family member. The mine is said to be located near the shadows of Weaver’s Needle, a landmark in the mountains. When he was older and his health was failing, Waltz tried to give directions to the mine to others, but to this day, no one has found it, and some who have tried looking for it have been injured or worse.

“The Legend of Colossal Cave” is another treasure waiting to be found near Tucson. The most common account of the story is that in 1884, four bandits robbed a Wells Fargo mail train. They escaped with an estimated $72,000 in cash and gold.

That was a lot of loot back then and still is to this day! They hid in the Rincon Mountains in what at the time was called Five Mile Cave— we now know this as Colossal Cave. The bandits were eventually caught. Three of them did not survive a gunfight with a sheriff and his POSSE. The one who survived went to jail for 18 years. After his release from jail he returned to the cave before law enforcement could follow him. All they found in the cave were three empty Wells Fargo mailbags.

Other bank robbers are said to have hidden their stash in Colossal Cave, but to this day no money or gold has been found in the cave. Other legends say treasure may have been buried in areas around the cave or other parts of the Rincon Mountains.

Rough diamond

Hidden Treasures

People have found hidden treasures that have nothing to do with pirates.

Some fantastic finds have happened this year. Adventure seekers have looked to books that gave clues about hidden riches, two teenagers unearthed ancient coins at an archaeological site, and one man got lucky at a state park with a gem

of a name. Treasure hunting can be dangerous, so never go without your parent!

On Labor Day, a 33-year-old man had a fabulous find at Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas. Kevin Kinard visited the park for the first time when he was in second grade. On his visit last month, Kinard says he picked up anyCourtesy thing that looked like a crystal. He thought one particular Israel Antiquities marble-sized rock looked “interesting and shiny.”

Authority Kinard had picked up the second largest diamond discovered in the park! Maybe it was kismet, as the 9.07 carat diamond was discovered on the date 9/7. Unlike Byzantine gold coin most parks, Crater of Diamonds has a “finders keepers” fragment policy. The park is the only diamond site in the world that is open to the public.

This summer also saw the news that gold coins over 1,000 years old were discovered at an Israeli archaeological dig.

Two teens, working as youth volunteers, found the 425 gold coins in a clay jar. The coins are so thin that at first they appeared to be leaves, according to one of the teen treasure finders. The Islamic coins date back to the golden age of the Abbasid Caliphate, a dynasty that ruled in east Asia and northern Africa.

Another big find this summer was the long sought treasure chest hidden by a New Mexico art dealer. Forrest Fenn filled a chest with coins, gold nuggets and gems and hid it somewhere in the Rocky Mountains. He wrote a memoir published in 2010 with clues to the whereabouts of the treasure. Fenn set in motion a sometimes dangerous quest that had fortune hunters scouring the western states. Five people died during this decade-long treasure hunt. On June 6, 2020, Fenn posted on a blog that the treasure had been found. The chest was found in an undisclosed location in Wyoming. Fenn died three months later.

Gold in the Grand Canyon!

Did you know there is lost gold in the Grand Canyon? It is called “Long Tom’s Gold.” In 1910, Tom Watson was staying in an abandoned cabin in Flagstaff when he came upon a letter written by the previous tenant. The letter told of gold nuggets found near the Old Tanner Trail in the Grand Canyon. There was a map and Watson set out to find the nuggets. It took him over four years to find the cave that was hidden by a waterfall, due to the fact that the waterfall did not run year round. It only formed after a heavy rainfall or snowmelt. Watson was able to enter the cave and find the nuggets. He stuffed many of them in his pockets and went to get a bag to carry the other nuggets. He slipped and fell into the waterfall and broke his leg. After his leg healed, he tried several times to find the waterfall and cave again, with no luck.

Treasure-hunting Technology Tools for locating and reaching treasure have come a long way from finding a map to the loot and breaking out the pick and shovel. Remote sensing and diving robots are just some of the game-changing technologies that are leading to big discoveries on land and out at sea.

Legends, Train Robbery and Lost Gold How much buried treasure, hidden gold and other fortunes are waiting to be found in Arizona?

The first gold mining in Arizona took place in 1774.

This was back when Arizona was just a territory and not a state. The Arizona Gold Rush continued until 1849, when most prospectors headed towards California.

Perhaps the most famous legend of hidden gold in Arizona is the story of the Lost Dutchman Mine.

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magine decoding a tattered old map, puzzling out clues, following in the footsteps of an infamous pirate, and digging up buried treasure! The shiny coins and sparkle of jewels might be bright, but not as dazzling as the thrill of discovery.

Rumors of buried treasure have outlived real life privateers like Captain Kidd and Blackbeard. (A privateer was a private person or ship COMMISSIONED during wartime to capture enemy ships and goods. Or, as Encyclopaedia Brittanica explains: a privateer was a pirate with papers.) Both men captured and plundered enemy ships with the approval of the British government for a time, but when the winds of fortune changed both met bad fates.

William Kidd was born in Scotland in 1645. He made a name for himself in the Caribbean, the islands southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and North America. Kidd was commissioned to protect British ships against attacks by French ships. But in 1698 Kidd and his crew attacked a ship in the Indian Ocean, putting him on the wrong side of British government officials.

Kidd ended up being put on trial for piracy. The British court found him guilty and he was hanged on May 23, 1701. Before his death, Kidd claimed to have buried some of his treasure in the Caribbean.

The legend of Captain Kidd’s buried riches is an important part of the plot of the Edgar Allan Poe story “The Gold-Bug.” The short story tells The Gold Bug how the protagonist solves a code and eventually unearths Captain Kidd’s treasure. It was the first piece of fiction to include cryptography, or using code in writing.

Edward Teach or Thatch, better known as Blackbeard, also had the approval of the British during his early exploits. He captured French ships along the Colonial American coast in the early 1700s. While he had a fearsome reputation, it may have been mostly myth. Some historians say Blackbeard was not particularly violent, and not even a very successful pirate—his name and image were bigger and badder than the actual man.

By 1718, Blackbeard claimed he would give up piracy and even asked for and received a royal pardon. But the lieutenant governor of Virginia did not trust the pirate and feared he would attack Virginian ships. So he sent two ships with British soldiers to raid the pirate’s vessel. Blackbeard died in the attack on Nov. 22, 1718, at Ocracoke Island, North Carolina.

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You’re probably familiar with treasure hunters waving metal detectors just above the ground and hearing that strange electronic squawk when it comes across a piece of metal. The transmitter coil is in the disc and creates an electromagnetic field. Metal changes the field, and the receiver coil senses the change and sends a signal to the control box. Most metal

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detectors can find things on the ground down to about a foot below ground level.

Ground Penetrating Radar can “see” much deeper into the ground.

These lawn mower-sized devices are much more expensive than metal detectors and can find metal and non-metal buried items. GPR sends out electromagnetic energy into the ground, and if it hits a buried object, part of that energy reflects back up to the machine. Depending on the soil type, GPR can locate items from a few inches to 100 feet deep!

Sonar (Sound Navigation and Ranging) sends out and picks up sound waves to create high-definition renderings of what’s underground or in the water.

Remote sensing is a group of technology aboard satellites or aircraft.

Some, like drones, can automatically map an area capturing photos or video. Lidar measures how long it takes a laser beam to reflect back up to a sensor and can “see” through dense jungle to create 3D images of long lost ruins!

At Sea…

Sunken treasure from long ago can be worth a fortune!

Did you know there are more than 3 million shipwrecks lying on the bottom of the ocean?

But getting there is dangerous, so expensive robots and remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) are used to explore and even to retrieve artifacts.

ROVs are often nimble SUBMERSIBLES that are controlled from a ship through a tether. Some shoot video and can snap still photos, others use sonar interpreted by AI (artificial intelligence) to generate high-resolution 3D images of underwater objects!

AUVs are autonomous underwater vehicles (robotic submersibles) that explore the ocean without being tethered to a ship. Some are capable of diving deeper than ROVs. USVs (unmanned surface vehicles) are robotic boats or ships that operate without a crew!

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by Reporter Aislyn Sheard, Homeschool This month, Bear Essential News is talking about treasure hunts. There are tons of different types of treasure hunts like hide and seek, geocaching, or scavenger hunts. Did you know that there is a history treasure hunt, too? It’s at a place called Homolovi State Park.

Homolovi is Hopi for “place of the little hills.” It is located in Winslow, Arizona which is found in the northern part of our state. It is the site of the ancient Hopi ruins. While the Hopi lived there thousands of years ago, you can still see pot sherds (broken pieces of ceramic) and the art that was on them. They are EVERYWHERE! There are yellow, grey, blue, and pink ones. Each pot comes from a different time and some of them show that they traded with nearby people. On other trails, you can go on a hunt for petroglyphs which were mostly engraved in the rocks right off the trail.

It’s neat to find all of these historic treasures, but this treasure hunt is not one you can take home. It is sacred for the Hopi people, so it’s important to be respectful. Instead of taking something home though, you can take memories and stories. Sometimes the best treasures aren’t the things you can hold.

For Fall Fun, Make & Decorate

by Reporter Nava Nelson, Homeschool I am going to write about the festive spirit of the season of fall (not capitalizing the word “fall” is actually proper grammar!). So, let’s get into some fall-themed fun!

Have you heard of Desert Springs Community Church, in Goodyear, Arizona? If you have, you might know of its Annual Fall Festival, a celebration held every year until 2018. Almost every year, my family and I would go there Halloween night with my cousin, aunt, and uncle. My grandfather’s birthday is on Halloween also, so we’d swing by his house before the festival. The last year we went, I was a Power Ranger (My mom was, too!), and my cousin was a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. She has always loved action movies and shows.

This year, Halloween is going to look different for everyone, including me. So here is a way to still add some festiveness to your home: DIY Fall Festive Garland (DIY stands for ‘do it yourself,’ a term used in crafting!)

What you will need: • Cardstock in Halloween colors • A black marker • Halloween-themed glitter foam • Stickers (optional) • String (cut to size)

• Scissors • A hole punch or a pencil • An adult to help, if needed • Damage-free wall hooks

What to do: Step 1: Cut your string to the size you want.

Step 2: Cut your cardstock into fall shapes, like pumpkins, leaves, etc. Tip: if you’re making a pumpkin, you could make the stem using a glitter foam sticker or a small piece of green cardstock. It doesn’t have to be perfect! Stems come in all shapes and sizes! Give yours an imaginative touch by making it different colors! A wise aunt once said, “Your creativity is the limit!”

Step 3: Use your marker to draw on eyes, noses, mouths and embellishments.

Step 4: If you want, add sparkle to your garland by using glitter foam stickers!

Step 5: Punch holes in the tops of your designs with a hole punch or pencil (you could also use a pen), and then string them on to your line of string.

Step 6: Peel off the back adhesive off of the damage-free wall hooks, and then tie the ends of the string in loops around the hooks. Always ask a parent or guardian before hanging anything on the walls, even if it’s damage-free.

Step 7: Enjoy your Fall Festive Garland!

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ctober is National Bullying Prevention Month. People and organizations around the country will be spreading the message that bullying will not be tolerated. You can be part of the solution! Report bullying, wear orange this month to show your support, and go out of your way to be kind to others.

“Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school-aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time,” according to the website Youth.gov. Bullying actions may include “making threats, spreading rumors, attacking someone physically or verbally, and excluding someone from a group on purpose.”

Bullying doesn’t always happen in person these days. It often occurs via technology, or cyberbullying. A 2017 study from the National Center for Education Statistics found that one in five kids ages 12–18 reported being bullied. Other surveys have reported similar numbers—about 20 percent of kids say they have been bullied.

Kids and adults have increased their technology use due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Through online schooling, increased social media use and interactive gaming, more time spent in the digital sphere means a greater chance that kids will experience cyberbullying.

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On Unity Day, Wednesday, Oct. 21, you can wear orange to show your support for other kids and tell the world that bullying is not okay.

Julie Hertzog is the director of PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center, which sponsors Unity Day and founded National Bullying Prevention Month in 2006. “By wearing and sharing ORANGE on Unity Day, we can send the unified message that we care about student’s physical and emotional health and that bullying will no longer be accepted in this society,” says Hertzog.

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Chocolate Pudding Directions • Prepare a box of chocolate pudding mix, following package directions and using chocolate milk in place of classic.

• Pour the pudding mixture into a glass baking dish. If you don’t want a skin to form, place a piece of parchment paper on top of the surface of the pudding (omit if you don't mind the pudding skin).

• Chill in the refrigerator until the pudding sets, around 1 to 3 hours (or overnight).

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