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Make Your Way through the Boomer Bear Carved Pumpkin!

Please consider adopting a pet from your local shelter.

And color the artwork for even more fun!

Help! My Dog Won’t Eat If your dog is not eating properly, the first thing you need to do is make sure he is not sick. Diarrhea, vomiting and lethargy are all signs that something is wrong. Take him to the veterinarian.

If your dog is not sick, here are some other things to try: • Check the expiration date on the dog food bag, and make sure it isn’t spoiled.

• Buy quality food for your pet, with meat as one of the first three ingredients.

• Mix some canned food into the dry and gradually ease off the wet food until your dog is eating only dry food.

• Feed your pet only one type of food. Constantly changing the food or feeding “people food” to your dog may cause him to hold out for the good stuff. Make sure your dog isn’t getting other food by counter surfing or raiding trash cans.

• Feed your dog in a quiet area, away from the commotion and activities.

Then put the dog bowl down and walk away. Your dog will eat when he’s hungry.

• Try to feed your dog around the same time every day—dogs like routine.

• Never scold or punish your dog for not eating. Have patience!

If the problem continues, you may need to consult your veterinarian or an animal behaviorist.

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Dear Paw Prints, I have one dog and one bird.

Should I get one more dog or one more bird or both? My bird is a boy and my dog is a boy white poodle.

Also, I have a yard.

N.A., Robison Elementary Dear N.A., Owning a pet can be a wonder­ ful experience, but getting a pet should always be a family decision. Whether you’re getting your first pet or adding another pet to the family, it’s important to have everyone in the family agree on the right pet before you bring one home. Here are things to consider when getting a pet:

1. Why do you want a pet?

2. Do you have time for a pet?

3. Are you ready to deal with special problems that a pet can cause?

4. Can you have a pet where you live?

5. Are you prepared to keep and care for the pet for its entire lifetime?

Always do your research first, and make sure you are prepared.

There are a lot of great websites, like The Humane Society of the United States, that can help you.

No matter how many pets you have, make sure you’re ready to make the necessary commitments of time, money, responsibility and love—think before you adopt!

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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 treated very well 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!

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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Magawa shows off his PDSA Gold Medal.

Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg Remembered Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second female U.S. 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 U.S. 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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Astronauts Will Cast Their Ballots From Space

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.

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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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Southwest Ghost Story Inspires Book

by Elite Reporter Esai Aviles I interviewed Christopher Rodarte, author of the book “La Llorona: Ghost Stories of the Southwest.” He explains that he has always been very interested in the legend of La Llorona, a popular tale in Mexican and Southwest cultures. Rodarte’s book retells people’s tales of the weeping woman of the Southwest.

I asked Rodarte what drew him to the story of La Llorona. He grew up with the legend living in Albuquerque, and says it was by far the most popular ghost story. He says that while no one has really seen her in the stories retold to him, there are different descriptions of how she looks. Some say she is a very pretty woman. But in other stories she is ugly and has the face of a horse.

I asked Rodarte which one of the stories in the book was his favorite. He explained that he retells the stories he’s heard from other people, but his favorites are probably the first and last stories in the book. They are sort of connected. Rodarte has been working on the book for a long time, about 25 years. He gathered stories in New Mexico and other places.

I was interested in one of the stories where rats were mentioned. I wondered if Rodarte believed La Llorona had some sort of connection to animals. He believes that yes, sometimes there are connections with animals, like horses and rats, or some creatures you could find in a graveyard.

I found the photos in the book, which were taken by the author’s brother Damien, to be very interesting and even eerie. They just went to places were they thought La Llorona would have visited.

Rodarte says that in his experience people get

very possessive over whether she is from their hometown, or someone else’s. People have seen her in California, Texas, Mexico and many other places. He couldn’t really say for sure where she is from.

Rodarte says that in addition to being scary, the story is also very sad. She immediately regretted drowning her children. She knows what she is doing is wrong and yet she still cannot stop herself, leading to her endless search for them.

Rodarte is a third grade teacher at Sam Hughes Elementary. He also has his own website www. lalloronaproductions.com where he has merchandise relating to the legend of La llorona.You can find the book at the Arizona Inn, Antigone books, Bookmans and Mostly Books. I found the story a great read with wonderful pictures included. The stories were very entertaining.

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Presidential Hauntings!

The White House was first decorated for Halloween in 1958

by First Lady Mamie Eisenhower.

Camping in Madera Canyon Is a Treat

by Reporter Ellie Divijak, Dove Mountain CSTEM K–8

My family and I recently went camping at the Bog Springs Campground in Madera Canyon and we had a great time. Madera Canyon is just south of Tucson and it does not take long to get there.

Campers can camp at Bog Springs for up to two

weeks at a time. We located a site at the campground and set up our tent. While we were there we saw many deer and some turkeys.

Madera Canyon is a good place to go if you want to see some wildlife or take a hike because there are many easy and more challenging trails with many hills that you can explore. My family and I all love the hikes there, sometimes there is even running water in the creek.

The campground host was really nice and checked on campers several times while we were there. Each of the 13 campsites has a box to store food so bears and other animals don’t get into it. There is also a picnic table and a pit for campfires. For more information, visit friendsofmaderacanyon.org.

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News Stories Written by Kids— for Kids Remembering Judge Ginsburg

by Reporter Helen Johnson Orange Grove Middle School Joan Ruth Bader was born in 1933 in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in a working-class neighborhood. Her family was Jewish and told her that her education was very important. Her mother, Cecelia, did not attend college but worked in a factory to pay for her and her brother’s education. Ruth worked very hard and excelled in her academic learning. Her mother struggled with cancer during Ruth’s high school years, and sadly, she passed away the day before her high school graduation.

Later that year, she was accepted into Cornell University and graduated in 1954 at the top of her class. That same year, she married another law student named Martin Ginsburg. Ginsburg had their first child named Jane the same year her husband was drafted in the military. Martin served for two years and then returned home in 1956. By the time Ginsburg was accepted into Harvard University’s graduate law program, she was raising a young child. She was in a male-dominated class at Harvard where there were only nine women in the class of over 500.

While Ginsburg was attending Harvard, she became the first woman to be in the Harvard Law Review. As if her life wasn’t challenging enough, in 1956, her husband was diagnosed with cancer. It was hard to balance the needs of her education and her family. She tried to focus on her daughter and husband after he was diagnosed. She would often take notes for Martin in classes. Martin recovered MORE GINSBURG, page 14 ➧

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Have a Safe Halloween!

by Reporter Tegan McCarthy, Sahuarita Middle School Halloween is coming and we should be excited….right? Well, it might be harder this year to actually go out to Trick-or-Treat, the streets would usually be packed with people.

This year we need to stay safe and we will have to stay apart from our friends, which is sad. We should incorporate masks into our costumes so we can keep everyone safe and sound. We can’t invite too many friends to any Halloween parties. If you don’t have a costume idea, you could always dress up as our hard-working essential workers, they are amazing and deserve to be recognized. This year we should remember to stay safe, but still have fun.

Here are some recommendations from the Pima County Health Department: • Online parties/contests such as costume or pumpkin carving • Car parades that comply with public health guidance • Dressing up homes and yards with Halloween-themed decorations

Book Tells of Civil War Intrigue

by Reporter Camilla Valdez La Paloma Academy Lakeside Are you looking for a book to read?

How about a book full of adventure and mystery? Recently, I read a book called “Mary Bowser and the Civil War Spy Ring.” Enigma Alberti wrote the book.

This book is based on a true story about a young woman who was born into slavery. Most of her life she was a slave until one day she met a women named Bet. Bet helped Mary by freeing her from slavery. She also taught Mary how to read and write, an opportunity that not many slaves could get. After Bet showed Mary everything she needed to know, Mary got married. Within a couple of months Bet offered Mary a job working as a “maid” in the Confederate White House. In reality her job was to be a spy and she found out many of the Confederate president’s secrets.

This book is really interesting, and would be beneficial for anyone who reads it. It’s around 80 pages and comes with a spy craft kit so that you can find clues hidden all over the book. If you want to learn more about Mary’s story and the super awesome presidential secrets she discovered, then this is the book for you! I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who is interested in fun books that come with activities. This book is full of history and mystery.

Read it now!

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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 girl troops. Olivia Seagraves, a high school senior, had been around Scouting for years since her younger brother Oliver Seagraves had joined Cub Scouts as a Tiger (for 7 year olds). Oliver is now a high school freshman!

“I had gone to my brother’s meetings before and been on campouts,” Olivia recalls. She jumped at the opportunity to join Scouts BSA, which is for boys or girls ages 11 through 17. “Wow, I can actually join and be part of this,” she shares. Cub Scouts, featured last month, is for kids in grades K–5.

Their mom, retired Air Force Lt. Col. Mindy Seagraves, was already volunteering as an Assistant Scoutmaster for Oliver’s troop and assisted with

her daughter’s Troop 129 when it started. This year, Mindy became Scoutmaster for Troop 129.

“To be able to officially bring my daughter along was helpful; it made it cohesive for us in allowing her the opportunity to do the things her brother got to do,” Mindy explains.

“Being able to see both my son and daughter embrace the Scouting experiences, the laws, the principles, is really wonderful,” she continues. Older sis has caught up with her younger brother—both have achieved the rank of Star in Scouts BSA. Olivia sees similarities between Scouting and the military. (Their father is a retired colonel from the Air Force.) “The fundamentals of Scouting and the fundamentals of the military are pretty similar,” she notes. “Honesty, trust, working together and teamwork. And I think being in Scouts, if I choose

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to go into the military, will really prepare me—it’s laying the foundation for any career, really.”

Developing our future leaders is something Scouts BSA is well-known for. “As the senior patrol leader of my troop, I help plan meetings and lead activities,” Olivia notes.

But one of the best parts, she adds, are the friendships being formed in her troop.

Parents can get involved with Scouting in a variety of ways. “It’s very family oriented,” Mindy points out. “It’s been a very good balance.”

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magine decoding a tattered old map, puzzling out clues, following in the of a name. Treasure hunting can be footsteps of an infamous pirate, and digging up buried treasure! The shiny dangerous, so never go without your parent! coins and sparkle of jewels might be bright, but not as dazzling as the thrill of On Labor Day, a 33-year-old man had a discovery. fabulous find at Crater of Diamonds State Park Rumors of buried treasure have outlived real life privateers like Captain Kidd in Arkansas. Kevin Kinard visited the park for and Blackbeard. (A privateer was a private person or ship COMMISSIONED the first time when he was in second grade. On during wartime to capture enemy ships and goods. Or, as Encyclopaedia Brithis visit last month, Kinard says he picked up anyCourtesy tanica explains: a privateer was a pirate with papers.) Both men captured and thing that looked like a crystal. He thought one particular Israel Antiquities plundered enemy ships with the approval of the British government for a time, marble-sized rock looked “interesting and shiny.”

Authority but when the winds of fortune changed both met bad fates.

Kinard had picked up the second largest diamond William Kidd was born in Scotland in 1645. He made discovered in the park! Maybe it was kismet, as the 9.07 a name for himself in the Caribbean, the islands carat diamond was discovered on the date 9/7. Unlike Byzantine gold coin southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and North Amerimost parks, Crater of Diamonds has a “finders keepers” fragment ca. Kidd was commissioned to protect British ships policy. The park is the only diamond site in the world that Did you know there is lost gold in the Grand against attacks by French ships. But in 1698 Kidd and is open to the public.

Canyon? It is called “Long Tom’s Gold.” In 1910, his crew attacked a ship in the Indian Ocean, putting This summer also saw the news that gold coins over 1,000 Tom Watson was staying in an abandoned cabin him on the wrong side of British government officials. years old were discovered at an Israeli archaeological dig. in Flagstaff when he came upon a letter written by Kidd ended up being put on trial for piracy. The BritTwo teens, working as youth volunteers, found the 425 the previous tenant. The letter told of gold nuggets ish court found him guilty and he was hanged on gold coins in a clay jar. The coins are so thin that at first they found near the Old Tanner Trail in the Grand May 23, 1701. Before his death, Kidd claimed appeared to be leaves, according to one of the teen treasure findCanyon. There was a map and Watson set out to to have buried some of his treasure in the ers. The Islamic coins date back to the golden age of the Abbasid find the nuggets. It took him over four years to find Caribbean.

Caliphate, a dynasty that ruled in east Asia and northern Africa. the cave that was hidden by a waterfall, due to The legend of Captain Kidd’s buried Another big find this summer was the long sought treasure the fact that the waterfall did not run year round. It riches is an important part of the plot of the Edgar chest hidden by a New Mexico art dealer. Forrest Fenn filled a chest only formed after a heavy rainfall or snowmelt. Watson Allan Poe story “The Gold-Bug.” The short story tells with coins, gold nuggets and gems and hid it somewhere in the The Gold Bug was able to enter the cave and find the nuggets. He stuffed many of how the protagonist solves a code and eventually unearths Rocky Mountains. He wrote a memoir published in 2010 with clues them in his pockets and went to get a bag to carry the other nuggets. He slipped Captain Kidd’s treasure. It was the first piece of fiction to to the whereabouts of the treasure. Fenn set in motion a someand fell into the waterfall and broke his leg. After his leg healed, he tried several include cryptography, or using code in writing. times dangerous quest that had fortune hunters scouring the times to find the waterfall and cave again, with no luck.

Edward Teach or Thatch, better known as Blackbeard, western states. Five people died during this decade-long treaalso had the approval of the British during his early exploits. He captured French sure hunt. On June 6, 2020, Fenn posted on a blog that the treasure had been ships along the Colonial American coast in the early 1700s. While he had a fearfound. The chest was found in an undisclosed location in Wyoming. Fenn some reputation, it may have been mostly myth. Some historians say Blackbeard died three months later. was not particularly violent, and not even a very successful pirate—his name and Tools for locating and reaching treasure have come a long image were bigger and badder than the actual man. way from finding a map to the loot and breaking out the pick By 1718, Blackbeard claimed he would give up piracy and even asked for and shovel. Remote sensing and diving robots are just some and received a royal pardon. But the lieutenant governor of Virginia did not trust of the game-changing technologies that are leading to big the pirate and feared he would attack Virginian ships. So he sent two ships with How much buried treasure, hidden gold and discoveries on land and out at sea.

British soldiers to raid the pirate’s vessel. Blackbeard died in the attack on Nov. other fortunes are waiting to be found in Arizona?

22, 1718, at Ocracoke Island, North Carolina.

The first gold mining in Arizona took place in 1774.

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This was back when Arizona was just a territory You’re probably familiar with treasure hunters waving metal and not a state. The Arizona Gold Rush continued detectors just above the ground and hearing that strange until 1849, when most prospectors headed towards electronic squawk when it comes across a piece of metal. The People have found hidden treasures that have nothing to do with pirates.

California. transmitter coil is in the disc and creates an electromagnetic Some fantastic finds have happened this year. Adventure seekers have looked Perhaps the most famous legend of hidden gold field. Metal changes the field, and the receiver coil senses to books that gave clues about hidden riches, two teenagers unearthed ancient in Arizona is the story of the Lost Dutchman Mine. lled history. fi reasu tre a s the change and sends a signal to the control box. Most metal ha ve coins at an archaeological site, and one man got lucky at a state park with a gem The Superstition Mountains, located near Apache Ca Colossal

Gold in the Grand Canyon!

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Hidden Treasures

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Legends, Train Robbery and Lost Gold

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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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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magine decoding a tattered old map, puzzling out clues, following in the of a name. Treasure hunting can be footsteps of an infamous pirate, and digging up buried treasure! The shiny dangerous, so never go without your parent! coins and sparkle of jewels might be bright, but not as dazzling as the thrill of On Labor Day, a 33-year-old man had a discovery. fabulous find at Crater of Diamonds State Park Rumors of buried treasure have outlived real life privateers like Captain Kidd in Arkansas. Kevin Kinard visited the park for and Blackbeard. (A privateer was a private person or ship COMMISSIONED the first time when he was in second grade. On during wartime to capture enemy ships and goods. Or, as Encyclopaedia Brithis visit last month, Kinard says he picked up anyCourtesy tanica explains: a privateer was a pirate with papers.) Both men captured and thing that looked like a crystal. He thought one particular Israel Antiquities plundered enemy ships with the approval of the British government for a time, marble-sized rock looked “interesting and shiny.”

Authority but when the winds of fortune changed both met bad fates.

Kinard had picked up the second largest diamond William Kidd was born in Scotland in 1645. He made discovered in the park! Maybe it was kismet, as the 9.07 a name for himself in the Caribbean, the islands carat diamond was discovered on the date 9/7. Unlike Byzantine gold coin southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and North Amerimost parks, Crater of Diamonds has a “finders keepers” fragment ca. Kidd was commissioned to protect British ships policy. The park is the only diamond site in the world that Did you know there is lost gold in the Grand against attacks by French ships. But in 1698 Kidd and is open to the public.

Canyon? It is called “Long Tom’s Gold.” In 1910, his crew attacked a ship in the Indian Ocean, putting This summer also saw the news that gold coins over 1,000 Tom Watson was staying in an abandoned cabin him on the wrong side of British government officials. years old were discovered at an Israeli archaeological dig. in Flagstaff when he came upon a letter written by Kidd ended up being put on trial for piracy. The BritTwo teens, working as youth volunteers, found the 425 the previous tenant. The letter told of gold nuggets ish court found him guilty and he was hanged on gold coins in a clay jar. The coins are so thin that at first they found near the Old Tanner Trail in the Grand May 23, 1701. Before his death, Kidd claimed appeared to be leaves, according to one of the teen treasure findCanyon. There was a map and Watson set out to to have buried some of his treasure in the ers. The Islamic coins date back to the golden age of the Abbasid find the nuggets. It took him over four years to find Caribbean.

Caliphate, a dynasty that ruled in east Asia and northern Africa. the cave that was hidden by a waterfall, due to The legend of Captain Kidd’s buried Another big find this summer was the long sought treasure the fact that the waterfall did not run year round. It riches is an important part of the plot of the Edgar chest hidden by a New Mexico art dealer. Forrest Fenn filled a chest only formed after a heavy rainfall or snowmelt. Watson Allan Poe story “The Gold-Bug.” The short story tells with coins, gold nuggets and gems and hid it somewhere in the The Gold Bug was able to enter the cave and find the nuggets. He stuffed many of how the protagonist solves a code and eventually unearths Rocky Mountains. He wrote a memoir published in 2010 with clues them in his pockets and went to get a bag to carry the other nuggets. He slipped Captain Kidd’s treasure. It was the first piece of fiction to to the whereabouts of the treasure. Fenn set in motion a someand fell into the waterfall and broke his leg. After his leg healed, he tried several include cryptography, or using code in writing. times dangerous quest that had fortune hunters scouring the times to find the waterfall and cave again, with no luck.

Edward Teach or Thatch, better known as Blackbeard, western states. Five people died during this decade-long treaalso had the approval of the British during his early exploits. He captured French sure hunt. On June 6, 2020, Fenn posted on a blog that the treasure had been ships along the Colonial American coast in the early 1700s. While he had a fearfound. The chest was found in an undisclosed location in Wyoming. Fenn some reputation, it may have been mostly myth. Some historians say Blackbeard died three months later. was not particularly violent, and not even a very successful pirate—his name and Tools for locating and reaching treasure have come a long image were bigger and badder than the actual man. way from finding a map to the loot and breaking out the pick By 1718, Blackbeard claimed he would give up piracy and even asked for and shovel. Remote sensing and diving robots are just some and received a royal pardon. But the lieutenant governor of Virginia did not trust of the game-changing technologies that are leading to big the pirate and feared he would attack Virginian ships. So he sent two ships with How much buried treasure, hidden gold and discoveries on land and out at sea.

British soldiers to raid the pirate’s vessel. Blackbeard died in the attack on Nov. other fortunes are waiting to be found in Arizona?

22, 1718, at Ocracoke Island, North Carolina.

The first gold mining in Arizona took place in 1774.

On Land…

This was back when Arizona was just a territory You’re probably familiar with treasure hunters waving metal and not a state. The Arizona Gold Rush continued detectors just above the ground and hearing that strange until 1849, when most prospectors headed towards electronic squawk when it comes across a piece of metal. The People have found hidden treasures that have nothing to do with pirates.

California. transmitter coil is in the disc and creates an electromagnetic Some fantastic finds have happened this year. Adventure seekers have looked Perhaps the most famous legend of hidden gold field. Metal changes the field, and the receiver coil senses to books that gave clues about hidden riches, two teenagers unearthed ancient in Arizona is the story of the Lost Dutchman Mine. lled history. fi reasu tre a s the change and sends a signal to the control box. Most metal ha ve coins at an archaeological site, and one man got lucky at a state park with a gem The Superstition Mountains, located near Apache Ca Colossal

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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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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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Stay Safe!

Fire Safety Word Search Find the words in the alphabet soup.

One is already circled to get you started.

Protect Yourself From Fire 1. Install and test smoke detectors. Remind your parents to test your detectors each month and to buy new batteries each year.

2. Meet with your family to plan two fire-escape routes from your home. Then practice “escaping” under simulated emergency conditions.

3. Keep matches and lighters out of reach of young children. Matches and lighters are tools for adults, not toys.

4. Remember, gasoline is made to explode inside a car engine and give your car power.

Don’t let it explode in your face.

5. Keep back from open fires.

6. Stay away from the stove.

7. Don’t experiment with electricity; it’s too dangerous.

What To Do In A Fire 1. Get out fast because seconds count.

Usually, you will have less than three minutes in which to escape.

2. Crawl low under the smoke.

3. Test the door. If it’s hot or there’s smoke, don’t open it. Use another way out.

4. Once out, stay out. There’s nothing more important in your home than you. If someone is missing, tell a firefighter.

5. Go to your family’s designated meeting place.

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7. If you are trapped in a burning building: • Keep doors closed and seal cracks to keep out smoke and fire.

• Put a damp cloth over your nose and mouth to make it easier to breath.

• Stay close to the floor where the air is best.

• Be very careful when opening windows.

Open them only enough to let in fresh air or attract attention to your location.

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Entering the contest is easy! Take a picture of your child or family in their creative, funny, cute or scary costume.

Just follow these simple Instructions: • Email the picture to: Boomer@bearessentialnews.com • In the subject line put: TSN Halloween Costume Contest • In the body of the email please include: Adult name and phone number Age category (for more than one child, submit separate photos and indicate an age category for each photo).

Photos will be uploaded to the Halloween Costume Contest Album on Bear’s Facebook page. The photo in each category with the most Votes (likes, loves, etc.) will be the winner.

Contest runs from Sept. 14 to Oct. 31.

Categories for Entries: Ages 5 and under Ages 6-10 Ages 11-Teen Family Entry Winners will be announced Nov. 2 on Facebook and winner pictures will appear in the November issue of Bear.

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Say No to Bullying!

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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.

If you are being bullied, you should tell a trusted adult.

You should tell someone when you see others being bullied, too. If you experience or witness cyberbullying, the National Bullying Prevention Center advises:

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• Tell your parents or an adult you trust, and ask for their advice.

• Report the situation to the technology, app, or social media provider.

• If the situation involves classmates, let your teacher know.

• Show support to the person being bullied by reaching out to them with a kind message.

• Document the bullying—take screenshots and save texts.

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.

Find more information at pacer.org/bullying/

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Boomer's Activity Treasure Trove!

Boomer Bear has found a small treasure in his parent’s couch and needs some help counting all the coins. Can you help?

It’s a Polar Pirate’s Tale!

Fill in the blanks and complete the story.

Boomer’s ship, “the ___________________” was the _________________ ship on the _____________ . All the other ____________ were very _______________ to see Boomer’s ship on the horizon, because Boomer always had a _______________ for his pirate friends after

Write down the total amounts

they _________________ and ____________________

Pennies: ______ X 1= _________

the high seas together!

Dimes: ________ X 10= ________

Quarters: ______ X 25= ________ TOTAL: $ __________ Boomer wants to buy his mom an

ice cream that costs $2.75. How much

will he need to add to his coin total to be

able to buy the ice cream? ______________

Answers: Coins total: $1.99, Amount needed for ice cream: 76¢

Nickels: _______ X 5= _________

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Write the hidden number in the box

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and graduated from Harvard Law School, and was offered a job at a New York law firm. Ginsburg transferred to Columbia University in New York. She graduated first in her class in 1959. However, she did face gender inequality after graduating. Ginsburg was a clerk at Rutger’s Unversity and at Columbia and later became the first female professor. She was a director of the Women’s Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union, (ACLU). Because of that, she argued six gender equality cases before the Supreme Court. She believed that the law should represent and support both men and women and everyone should have equal rights.

In 1980, President Jimmy Carter appointed Ginsburg to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. She served until 1993 when President Bill Clinton appointed her to the U.S. Supreme Court. She became the second woman on the Supreme Court and the first Jewish woman. She became known for a very important phrase that she would say, “I dissent,” and she became known for her pointed written dissents for many important cases.

On June 27, 2010, Martin passed away from cancer. Ginsburg described him as “The only young man I dated who cared that I had a brain.” They were married for 56 years. Martin used to say that the reason why they were so successful was, “My wife doesn’t give me any advice about cooking and I don’t give her any advice about the law.”

During the last decades of her life, Ginsburg became a popular culture icon, known for her quiet yet tenacious spirit, her progressive interpretation of the law and her decades-long pursuit of gender equality—earning the nickname “The Notorious R.B.G.” She served for 27 years until her death on Sept. 18, 2020 from complications from cancer. She has a legacy that will not be forgotten.

Meet Bear Essential’s Art Director

by Reporters Rori L. Divijak & Madison Divijak Dove Mountain CSTEM K–8 At the last Bear Essential News Young Reporter Zoom meeting, we met Gary Shepard. Shepard attended the Zoom meeting to tell us about his job as art director for Bear Essential News and to answer our questions.

His adventures with Bear began 24 years ago. In 1996, Bear’s editor Stephen Gin asked Shepard if he knew anyone who would be interested in creating kids’ art for Bear Essential News. Shepard said he was interested.

Shepard has designed over 286 covers featuring Boomer Bear. When asked why he hides objects on the front cover, he said that it was a tradition since before he joined Bear Essential News. When he designs the newspaper cover, he first sketches the picture and then adds the color. We were able to see his work for the October cover!

Shepard said that he did lots of sketching as a child. Two of his favorite art styles are sketching and watercolors.

He says he likes how you can blend the colors together in watercolors. Shepard said he trained his eyes and his brain to make the image in his head so he could sketch it. Shepard earned his college degree in graphic design. He also studied Spanish which he used a great deal when he lived in Mexico. If you want to be an artist, Shepard said it is helpful to draw and sketch a lot.

This Young Reporter meeting helped us to see how artwork can be used to share messages that relate to the news stories.

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Dirt -n- Worms Chocolate Pudding This ghoulishly delicious graveyard of sweets—chocolate pudding, gummy worms and sandwich cookies—crafts a scary sweet treat that won’t be a final resting place for long.

Makes 6 servings Ingredients FOR THE PUDDING

• 1 box chocolate pudding mix • 2 cups cold, real chocolate milk (or amount listed on pudding box directions)

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).

• Pour the pudding mixture into a glass baking dish and spread evenly.

• When ready to serve, place some gummy worms and “dirt” over the top. To prepare the "dirt," place the chocolate vanilla sandwich cookies in a large gallon resealable bag. Using a rolling pin, crush the cookies into crumbs.

You can also add other toppings, like candy corn or a few whole cookies, if desired.

To Assemble • 10 ounces chocolate vanilla sandwich cookies, about 20 cookies • 12 gummy worms

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