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Happy New Year! Are you making any New Year’s resolutions? I usually make a list of things I want to do better, or learn how to do. But I also like to make a list of places I’d like to visit one day. There are so many wonderful, extraordinary places in the world, and I want to see them all!

This month, I met two best friends who help people visit the places they have always dreamed of visiting. They are travel agents. It sounds like a pretty cool career to me!

Even if you can’t travel anywhere right now, there are other ways to feel as though you are traveling. Reading is one of my favorite escapes! I can read a great book and wind up just about anywhere! I also like to try new recipes that have a hint of another country. Check out the Kidsville Kitchen section for some new recipes that will put you in Asia or Italy.

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Kids Can Make Resolutions, Too! Happy New Year! Lot’s of people make New Year’s resolutions. A resolution is simply a decision to do something or to make something happen. When people make New Year’s resolutions, they decide that they are going to do a certain thing during the new year. A New Year’s resolution usually involves some type of positive self-improvement.

It is thought that the resolution dates back to 153 B.C. in Rome. Janus was a mythical king of early Rome. He had two faces, one looking towards the past and one facing forward to the future.

The Romans named the first month of the year, January, after Janus, the god of beginnings.

New Year’s resolutions are made so adults can improve their lives in the year to come. But nowhere does it say resolutions are only for adults. In fact, kids can make New Year’s resolutions and reap benefits, too.

If you don’t quite know where to start to come up with resolutions, here are some ideas. The following are some kid-specific New Year’s resolutions, courtesy of the American Academy of Pediatrics, that can improve the lives of children. And, you might just learn a lesson or two along the way.

Preschoolers * I will clean up my toys and put them where they belong. * I will brush my teeth twice a day and wash my hands after going to the bathroom and before eating. * I will be nice and loving toward pets and all animals. I will avoid being bitten by keeping my fingers and face away from their mouths.

Kids, ages 5 to 12 * I will drink milk and water three times each day and limit soda

and fruit drinks to once each day. * I will try to find a sport (like basketball or soccer) or an activity that I like and do it at least three times a week. * I will always wear a helmet when riding my bicycle. * I will wear my seat belt every time I get in a car. * I will be nice to other kids. I will be friendly to kids who need friends — like someone who is shy or is new to my school. * I will never give out personal information, including my name, home address, school name or telephone number, on the Internet.

Kids, ages 13 and older * I will eat at least one fruit and one vegetable every day, and I will limit the amount of soda I drink, if any at all, to one glass daily. * I will take care of my body through physical activity and nutrition. * I will choose nonviolent television shows and video games, and I will spend no more than two hours each day on these activities. * I will help out in my community by volunteering, working with community groups or joining a group that helps the less fortunate. * I will take a break when I feel angry or stressed out and find constructive ways to deal with the stress, such as exercising, reading, writing in a journal or discussing my problem with a parent or friend. * I will talk about my choices with an adult whom I can trust when faced with a difficult decision. * I will talk with a trusted adult and attempt to find a way that I can help friends if I notice they are struggling or engaging in risky behaviors.

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Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr. The U.S. Congress designated the third Monday of January as Martin Luther King Day, a national holiday. This year it is on January 17.

On January 15, 1929, Martin Luther King, Jr., was born in Atlanta to the Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr., and Alberta Williams King. In those days, life was very different in the United States. Our country was segregated, which meant that white people and black people were not allowed to use the same bathrooms, attend the same schools or churches or sit in the same places in public.

King graduated from high school at age 15; continued his education through college, the seminary and a doctorate and became a minister, like his father and grandfather. He married Coretta Scott and settled in Montgomery, Alabama.

King first began to fight for desegregation in December 1955, when Rosa Parks, a black woman, refused to give up her bus seat for a white person. Parks was arrested, and King led the Montgomery Improvement Association in a boycott

of the city’s buses. A year after the boycott, the buses were desegregated. His fight for desegregation included peaceful protests, such as sit-ins, protest marches and speeches to groups around the country.

His most famous speech is known as “I Have a Dream,” where he talks about a future where blacks and whites would live together as equals and not be judged by the color of their skin. He gave this speech in 1963 from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington, and it was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement.

The speech is often considered to be one of the greatest speeches in history. In 1964, the Civil Rights Law was passed to outlaw segregation, and King received the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Why Not Fly Into Space?

By Dr. Marc Rayman

The “Cool Kind Kid” Challenge

By Barbara Gilmour

“Welcome back from vacation, everyone. I’m glad to see Tanner, Nicole, Rudy, Stephen, Carmen, and Truman the dragon here today.

Let’s begin by sharing some “Cool Kind Kid” things you did over the holidays. Wow! I see every hand up. Nicole, let’s start with you.”

“Okay. My next door neighbors went to visit their grandchildren over the holidays and asked me to put their trash out on trash day, and then bring the cans back in. It was easy to do and I felt good helping them.”

Rudy’s hand was waving back and forth. “I helped my Dad put a bike together for my little brother. It was fun to work with him, and my brother said the bike was cool.”

Stephen added, “I helped my Mom wrap gifts.”

Carmen shared, “Our neighbor lost his job. We had a family meeting and decided to help them. We bought some toys for the kids and gave them some food.”

Tanner added, “We went to a homeless shelter where we served meals to many people.”

Truman was listening to each person share their “Cool Kind Kid” activity. He finally said, “It makes me happy to hear that we are learning to be kind and caring to others. There are so many people who need help all of the time, not just at the holidays. Let’s be ‘Cool Kind Kids’ all year long.” Everyone high-fived, cheered, and yelled, “Cool.”

“Since you all agree that being “Cool Kind Kids” all the time is “cool,” let me introduce the “Cool Kind Kid” Challenge. This Challenge asks kids two questions, ‘Are you TOUGH enough to be KIND?’ and ‘Are you COOL enough to be KIND?’” Everyone wanted to know what the Challenge was all about.

Let’s talk about the Challenge by starting with a few questions.

“Is it easy to always be kind?” Everyone said, “no!” “Do your friends always think you’re cool if you’re kind?” Again, everyone said, “no!”

“Do you try harder in your sport when competing against another team or person?” Everyone agreed that they did.

Tanner was thinking about this and said, “I like a challenge. It does make me try harder.”

Nicole added, “I want to do my best no matter what. Maybe making a challenge out of being kind could get more kids to try it.”

Rudy jumped up, “I’m tough, and sometimes rude and not so kind, so I would be willing to try a challenge like this.”

Carmen agreed, “We can all do better with being kind and caring. But we need to get all the kids on the same page for it to work.”

Truman shared, “Many kids think dragons are tough guys, so we have to try extra hard to show them that we are kind and caring too.

A challenge is a good way to help kids learn that being different is a good thing. We can learn that everyone can be kind and cool.” We’ll talk more about the “Cool Kind Kid” Challenge next time.

Barbara Gilmour, Tanner’s grandmom, is the creator and developer of the Tanner’s Manners: Be a “Cool Kind Kid” Social Skills, Character Values and Anti-Bullying educational materials and the awardwinning “Cool Kind Kid” Audio CD. © Cool Kind Kid. 866-KIDKIND. www.CoolKindKid.com.

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Why can’t an airplane just fly fly into space? Why do we need rockets?

Most of the time, air may not seem like a very real substance. But when the wind blows so hard it nearly knocks you down, air seems very real indeed.

Airplanes can fly fly because air moving under their wings is strong enough to hold them up. If you could slice across an airplane wing, you would see it is curved over the top and flat on the bottom. As the plane’s engines push the wing forward, air moves over and under the wing. Because the top of the wing is curved and the bottom is flat, flat, the air going above has a little farther to travel than the air going below. The air molecules on top are thus a little farther apart, making the air there a little thinner and the pressure on the top of the wing a little less than the pressure on the bottom. So what happens? The wing is pushed up by the air underneath it.

Large passenger Airplanes need air to fly, so they can’t go high planes can’t fly much enough to launch a spacecraft. For that, you need a rocket. higher than about 12 kilometers (7.5 miles). The air is too thin above that altitude to hold the plane up.

Some kinds of planes can fly fly much higher. But no plane can fly as high as even the lowest Earth-orbiting satellite at around 200 kilometers (125 miles) above Earth’s surface.

So, to boost a spacecraft to even the lowest Earth orbit requires a rocket. But how is a rocket different from an airplane?

Rockets do not depend on air, even for burning their fuel. Rockets work because of an important law of nature called Newton’s Third Law. This law says that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. For example, when you blow up a balloon and let it go, the air rushes out of the hole, and the balloon takes off in the opposite direction.

Most rockets use high-speed exhaust gases from burning rocket fuel to propel themselves up and away from Earth’s surface to the vacuum of space. Unlike planes, they don’t need air to lift them up.

But like everything else that burns, rocket fuel needs oxygen to burn. A rocket carries its own oxygen in tanks and mixes it with the fuel just before it is burned.

One kind of rocket hitches a ride on an airplane for the first fires its rocket engine for the part of its journey through air, then fires rest of the trip to orbit. Read about it at The Space Place, http:// spaceplace.nasa.gov/galex-pegasus/.

This article was provided through the courtesy of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and support from the U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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What’s it like to be ... " 53"7&- "(&/5 A TRA VEL AGENT Have you ever thought about starting a business? It could be a lemonade stand, selling homemade crafts or yard work. If so, you may be an entrepreneur when you grow up. What is an entrepreneur? It is someone who starts a business. Wouldn’t it be great to do it with your best friend? Best friends Jesemine Jones and Ida Keiper did just that! With their love of Van Gogh’s painting “Starry Night,�

Starry Night Travel was born! I love to travel. There are so many places in the world that I would love to see one day. This sounds like the perfect job! Keep reading to learn more.

TRUMAN: First, what is a travel agent, and why would someone need your services?

JONES/KEIPER: A travel agent is a person who helps people plan their vacations.

They are vacation experts. Planning a vacation takes time and research. It is our job to create a variety of possibilities for your trip and help families decide what vacation destination will be perfect for them. Our travel agency is unique because we specialize in arranging travel for children with special needs and their families.

We make sure all children can go on vacation and have fun.

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KEIPER: I research on the computer and read books about different places. I meet with families and help them decide and book a vacation that will meet the needs of the family. Part of my day is spent on the phone talking to different hotels, cruise lines and airlines to make special arrangements.

JONES: On weekends, I visit places that I think kids would be interested in, such as zoos, museums and amusement parks. I make sure they have all of the special services that may be needed for our children. I also research and write articles for magazines about different places families can visit on vacation.

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TRUMAN: What is your favorite hobby or thing to do when you are not working?

JONES/KEIPER: Both of us love to read in our free time. We also like to exercise because it is very healthy.

TRUMAN: What is your favorite place to visit, and why?

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KEIPER: My favorite place to visit is Spain. It is a beautiful country and there are so many historical places to visit. There are beautiful cathedrals, mosques and palaces. I even stood in the room where Christopher Columbus asked King Isabella and King Ferdinand for the money to search for a water route to Asia. So exciting!

TRUMAN: What is tops on your list of somewhere you would like to visit one day?

JONES/KEIPER: We both agree that one day we would like to visit Greece. It would be wonderful to see the places we learned about in ancient world history, such as the Parthenon, Acropolis, Olympia and Temple of Zeus. Maybe one day these two best friends can experience Greece together!

TRUMAN: What advice would you give to kids who are interested in this profession?

JONES/KEIPER: Study hard in school. All of the subjects you are studying now will give you a good background to succeed in any job or business you may want to start. Part of our business also requires having good character. We have to be kind and caring as well as be able to communicate with people who may be different from us.

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It’s fun to go to the….YMCA! “Building Strong Kids, Strong Families, Strong Communities” I know the words to the song are “it’s fun to stay at the YMCA” and the Y does have some terrific programs that let you stay all night, but usually we just get to go and have fun! I had the chance to visit with both of the directors of our local YMCA’s. They are Mr. Kevin Killeen in Plattsburgh and Ms. Michelle Schumacher in Malone. Wow! There is so much for a kid to do. I am so excited to tell you all about everything.

First, let me tell you everything that Ms. Michelle told me about the programs offered at the Y in Malone. Ms. Michelle said that one of the most popular winter sessions is the “Rock & Skate”. On the 1st and 3rd Fridays of the month the Y has a really fun family skate night on the Malone Civic Center ice. You can skate with hockey or figure skates and if you don’t have skates they have some for you to borrow. Ms. Michelle also wanted me to mention that if anyone has skates they would like to donate so others can borrow them. That is alwayswelcome! I think that is a really cool way to recycle something we may not use anymore.

Ms. Michelle told me that the Y has access to the Franklin Academy pool and that on Mondays and Tuesdays they have swim lessons for kids our age. Just check with the Y at 518-483-2354 because certain rules do apply.

Do you like music and dancing? Starting in March there is an 8 week Hip Hop Class for kids ages 6-9. Both boys and girls get to learn the choreography, (kore-og-gra-fe) that means the dance steps, to a song and then you get to perform it for everyone! Too Cool!

For kids in grades 5-8 the Y has partnered with the local 4-H. Every month you can participate in activities at Camp Overlook! The group is called the Adirondack Outdoor Leaders AOL for short. AOL is very nature based, they get to do overnights at the camp, go hiking and learn survival techniques.

Did you know that the Malone Y has an indoor playground for ages 5-10? It is so much fun to practice tumbling and gymnastics anytime but is especially a really good exercise when the weather is cold outside. Ms. Michelle was telling me about the parachute that is so fun to play with. She also told me that the Y is a good community partner because they go to the elementary schools around Malone to present events that promote a healthy lifestyle. She mentioned that the parachute is always very popular.

To help us prepare for school sports both Y’s have really fun sports opportunities. Offered in 8 week sessions year round for ages 3 and up the goal of the leagues is to not only teach the fundamentals of the sport but also how to be a team player. You will even learn about how good nutrition can make you a better athlete. Plus it’s just a great way to exercise and have fun! You can choose from; Outdoor Soccer • Indoor Soccer • Floor Hockey • Basketball • Baseball Next, I spoke with Mr. Kevin Killeen, Director of the Plattsburgh Y. Mr. Kevin told me about all the really great programs available to kids in Clinton and Essex Counties.

The Plattsburgh Y has a rock climbing wall! Yep! The wall is 21 feet high by 28 feet wide and can accommodate up to 6 climbers at one time. Trained instructors are always present when the wall is in use. How fun is that? Did you know that while you are having fun on the rock wall you are building self confidence, self esteem and trust? Mr. Kevin says these are all really good traits that will help you as you grow. The Y also has a swimming pool and offers lots of classes for kids to learn to become great swimmers!

In the summer the Y offers 2 week long camp sessions. For kids kindergarten through second grade, Junior Camp provides a supervised, structured place as well as lots of fun. Kids get to enjoy arts-n-crafts, reading, swimming, games, cooking, rock climbing wall, playground, gym, and even field trips. Junior Camp runs from 9:00am until 4:00pm.

For kids age 5-12 the Y has Camp Jericho. There are a gazillion things to do like swimming, basketball, archery, low elements ropes course, arts-n-crafts, soccer, volleyball, nature hiking, outdoor cooking, boating, canoeing and fishing. Fun themes are incorporated by the staff each week to make the camp experience one to remember! They even offer Character Camp, that’s overnight camp for those kids 9 and up who exhibit the Y core values of Caring, Honesty, Respect and Responsibility. As a Kidsville kid those are values we all want to have.

I really learned so much about the Y’s in our area and as United Way Agencies our contributions help make these programs possible for everyone through a scholarship program!

Until next month, Your Friend,

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An audio version CD-set and workbook are also available online. Copyright 2011 by Carl F. Gundestrup.

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Some families have a Christmas treedecorating party and invite friends to help hang ornaments and string garland on their tree. But in Sweden, they have a tree un-decorating party — St. Knut’s Day. It’s called Julgransplundring, which means plundertime. The custom began nine centuries ago when King Knut (who ruled from 1080-1086) ordered that the Yule season should last 20 days, from December 25 to January 13. Ever since then, Swedes have made January 13 the day to take down the tree and have a party at the same time!

Italy

In Italy, January 6 is La Befana. This is a festival where a kind witch, Befana, brings gifts for children. Much like our Santa, she brings small toys and candy for kids who have been good, but coal or a rock for those who have been naughty.

Befana also comes down a chimney, but on a broom, and leaves the gifts in stockings. The festival begins on the evening of January 5 and includes parties, fairs and parades.

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The Chinese New Year is celebrated on January 23. This is one of the most important traditional Chinese holidays. The traditional Chinese lunar year begins at sunset on the day of the second New Moon following the winter solstice. On New Year’s Eve, they celebrate by having a feast with their family. Later, they welcome the new year with firecrackers. The new year is celebrated until the Lantern Festival, which is 15 days later. 2012 is the Year of the Dragon.

The hooded seal, or Cystophora cristata, is one strange-looking seal! At first glance, one might think that this poor seal has an abnormal growth or an injury. With a large “hood” on its forehead that puffs up, and another Kingdom: Animalia bright-red sac that it can blow out of its nose, it is certainly odd-looking. In fact, it makes the list of “20 of the World’s Weirdest Endangered Animal Species”!

Phylum: Chordata The hooded seal is a pinniped that lives in the arctic North Atlantic Ocean, near Newfoundland, Class: Mammalia Greenland and Norway. The adult male has an inflatable bladder on its head. When not inflated, it hangs between its eyes and down to its lip. This bladder can blow up to the size of his entire head! He Order: Carnivora also has another sac that he can inflate like a balloon out of one of his nostrils. The male will blow up Family: Phocidae these sacs when angry or when just showing off to attract a female seal. Pretty gross!

Genus: Cystophora The adult male hooded seal can weigh up to 900 pounds and is over eight feet long.

Females are much smaller at only six feet long and 300 to 600 pounds. They are silvery in color with dark spots and a black face. The baby hooded seal, called a pup, grows very fast. Although it only weighs about 50 pounds when it is born, it can double in size in only four days. It nurses for only four days (the shortest of any mammal), but the milk it gets from its mother is almost 70% fat. They live to about 35 years old.

The hooded seal is an awesome diver. It can dive repeatedly to over 1000 meters — that’s over 3,280 feet — for more than 50 minutes! It mostly eats fish, octopus and shrimp. It feeds in deep water and can travel long distances for food. However, it always returns to its breeding grounds from June through August.

Sources: The MarineBio Conservation Society, www.marinebio.org; “20 of the World’s Weirdest Endangered Animal Species,” webecoist.momtastic.com.

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Mad Math

Try to ďŹ ll in the missing numbers. Use the numbers 1 through 9 to complete the equations. Each number is only used once.

Each row is a math equation. Each column is a math equation.

Remember that using Natural Operator Precedence, multiplication and division are performed before addition and subtraction.

JANUARY WORD FIND Find the hidden words in the puzzle that relate to the month of JANUARY

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AT THE MOVIES Beauty and the Beast 3D (In Theaters: Jan. 13) Disney’s gorgeous 1991 animated version of the classic fairy tale “Beauty and the Beast” gets the same 3D treatment that was recently given to “The Lion King.”

Belle (voiced by Paige O’Hara) offers to take the place of her imprisoned father in a giant mysterious castle occupied by a princely Beast (voiced by Robby Benson) and his unusual staff of servants that include a talking candleholder. “The most beautiful love story ever told” is about how true beauty comes from the inside. The Beast might be big and hairy, but he is a gentleman at heart. The musical story is told in memorable songs that range from orchestral to pop rock music. Whether or not you’ve seen “Beauty and the Beast,” here’s a great chance to see it on the big screen with the addition of colorful 3D animation.

Rated G. 84 mins. (Walt Disney Studios) MOVIES ON DVD Godzilla (Available Jan. 24) Japan’s most famous movie monster got his start in this 1954 black-andwhite film. The giant beast was once described as a cross between a gorilla and a whale. Godzilla appears out of the ocean to attack Tokyo by knocking over buildings, stepping on trains and breathing fire.

Godzilla just doesn’t realize his own strength. Even though the movie is in the Japanese language with English subtitles, it’s easy to have fun

watching the 150-foot-tall monster take on everything and everyone in his path. Even the Japanese army has a tough time chasing off Godzilla.

As we know from all of the Godzilla movies that came after this one, nothing could keep him at the bottom of the sea for long. Although too scary for very young kids, ages 9 through 12 should enjoy this old-timey horror movie from the days before computer-generated animation.

Not Rated. 98 mins. (Criterion) Happiness Is Peanuts: Friends Forever (Available Dec. 27) You can’t go wrong with this neat bunch of timeless “Peanuts” cartoons. Included here is the adorable TV animated special “You’re in Love Charlie Brown,” in which Charlie Brown finds out he’s in love with a little red-haired girl because he has stomach aches. Friendship and puppy love are in the air, along with Snoopy as he flies his trusty plane on another World War I mission. Also included on the DVD is: “The Charlie Brown & Snoopy Show,” featuring five short adventures: “Kite Eating Tree,” “Sally,” “Camp,” “Lucy Loves Schroeder” and “Scared Snoopy.” Not Rated. 50 mins. (Warner Home Video)

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Season One (Available Jan. 24) It’s no secret that the NBC-produced Buck Rogers television series took everything it could from the “Star Wars” movies. However, that’s half the fun of watching 21 action-filled episodes of this goofy sciencefiction TV show where ‘80s era American astronaut William “Buck” Rogers (Gil Gerard) comes back to Earth 500 years later. The music is as cheesy as the costumes, but that won’t stop you from being swept up in the drama. Erin Gray does a great Carrie Fisher impersonation.

There’s even a little robot named Twiki that Buck calls a “half-baked load of electronic gibberish.” Parents and grandparents will get a kick out of seeing cameo appearances from such famous actors as Roddy McDowell, Jamie Lee Curtis, Frank Gorshin and Julie Newmar.

Not Rated. 187 mins. (Universal Studios) Cole Smithey, also known as “the smartest film critic in the world,” has been a film critic for 11 years and writes for over 50 publications, in print and on-line. Truman loves to watch movies and has the highest appreciation for great popcorn.

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What Is The Flu?

What Is the Flu? Influenza (say: in-floo-en-zah) is also called the flu. It’s an infection that causes fever chills, cough, body aches, headaches and sometimes earaches or sinus problems. The flu is caused by the influenza (say: vy-rus). A virus is a microorganism (say: my-croh-or-gah-nih-zum), which means it’s so small that you can’t see it without a strong microscope. In past years, people needed more than one vaccine to deal with two different kinds of flu. You might remember the H1N1 virus, which was a problem in 2009. But this flu season, most kids older than 9 need just one flu vaccine.

Certain people are at higher risk of complications from the flu, including: • Pregnant women • kids younger than age 5, especially those younger than 2 • People age 65 and older • People of any age who have long-term health conditions.

Why Get a Shot? If you get the flu vaccine, by nose spray or shot, it will protect you from getting a bad case of the flu. You either won’t get the flu at all or, if you do get it, you will have only mild symptoms and you should get better pretty quickly. You might wonder why you have to get a flu shot every year. Here’s why: There are lots of different flu viruses. Each year, researchers choose the three viruses most likely to cause trouble. The flu vaccine includes protection against those three, which vary from year to year.

How Does the Flu Spread? This virus gets around in little drops that spray out of an infected person’s mouth and nose when he or she sneezes, coughs, or even laughs.

You can catch the flu from someone who has it if you breathe in some of those tiny flu-infected drops. You can also catch the flu if those drops get on your hands and you touch your mouth or nose. No wonder people are always saying to cough or sneeze into your elbow. And while you’re at it, wash your hands!

So if you’re a kid who has asthma, diabetes, or another health problem, it’s especially important that you get the flu vaccine. Flu vaccines are usually given in the fall, before flu season starts. Flu season — the months of the year when a lot of people have the flu and it’s easy to catch it — usually starts in October and ends in May.

KIDS OLDER THAN 9 ONLY NEED ONE SHOT The flu vaccine is available as a shot (injected through the skin) or as a spray mist (into the nostrils). Most kids older than 2 can get the spray mist.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends the flu vaccine for all people age 6 months and older. If you’re a kid, that means you!

Kids younger than 8 who have never had a flu vaccine before typically need two doses of the same vaccine, which this year covers several kinds of flu, including H1N1.

What If You Get the Flu? If your doctor thinks you might have the flu, sometimes he or she will use a long cotton swab to get a sample of the gunk in your nose. Testing this sample in a lab can determine if you have the flu. But usually this isn’t necessary.

Based on your symptoms and how you look during the visit, your doctor can usually tell if you have the flu, especially during times when a lot of flu is going around your town.

Once your doctor says you have the flu, start taking these steps to feel better: • Rest in bed or on the couch.

Travel with Your Taste Buds!

Even though you may not get to travel the world, with a little imagination, you can travel with your taste buds! A simple dish like chicken can be transformed into an exotic dish like Asian Crusted Chicken or have the flair of a meal in Italy (Tuscan Glazed Chicken) or France. And, these tasty recipes are easy to make, with only four steps, and are ready in 30 minutes!

Asian Crusted Chicken 4 servings. Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 20 minutes • 1/2 cup Hellmann’s® or Best Foods® Real Mayonnaise •1 green onion, chopped • 1 teaspoon reduced sodium soy sauce • 1/2 teaspoon finely grated fresh ginger or 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger • 4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (about 1 1/4 pounds) • 1/4 cup plain dry bread crumbs or panko bread crumbs Preheat oven to 425ºF. 1. Combine mayonnaise, green onion, soy sauce and ginger in medium bowl.

2. Arrange chicken on baking sheet. Evenly top with mayonnaise mixture.

3. Sprinkle with bread crumbs and sesame seeds (*optional).

4. Bake 20 minutes or until chicken is thoroughly cooked. *Tip: For an extra layer of flavor, combine breadcrumbs with 1 tablespoon sesame seeds before sprinkling over chicken.

• Drink lots of liquids, like water, chicken broth, and other fluids.

• Take the medicine your mom or dad gives you to ease your fever, aches, and pains.

• Tell your mom or dad if you have trouble breathing, if you are feeling worse instead of better, or if you aren’t peeing as much as usual.

These are signs you may need to see the doctor again. Most of the time, you’ll feel better in about a week.

Until then, you’ll have to stay home from school and take it easy.

Reviewed by: Date reviewed: September 2011© 1995- 2012 . The Nemours Foundation/KidsHealth®. Reprinted with permission.

We hope you’re flu-free this year, but if you do get the flu, now you know what to do!

Tuscan Glazed Chicken

6 servings. Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 20 minutes • 1/3 cup Hellmann’s® or Best Foods® Real Mayonnaise • 3 tablespoons finely chopped roasted red pepper • 1 teaspoon garlic powder • 1/2 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning • 1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar • 6 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (about 2 pounds) Preheat oven to 425ºF. 1. Combine all ingredients except chicken in medium bowl.

2. Arrange chicken on baking sheet.

3. Evenly top with mayonnaise mixture.

4. Bake 20 minutes or until chicken is thoroughly cooked.

Recipe provided by Family Features and Hellmann’s. Visit www.Hellmanns.com for quick and easy meal ideas, and vote for your favorite recipe.

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Directions to: 88 Broad Street, Glens Falls • (518) 798-9966 From North: From South: Take I-87 South to Exit 18. Make a left off exit onto Take I-87 North to Exit 18. Make a right off exit onto Main Street. At 4th traffic signal there will be a fork in Main Street. At 5th traffic signal there will be a fork in will be on the road. Continue going straight, Stewarts will be on the road. Continue going straight, Stewarts 1 1 your right.

88 Broad Street will be 1 ⁄ 2 blocks on your your right. 88 Broad Street will be 1 ⁄2 blocks on your right. We are a 2 story brick building. right. We are a 2 story brick building.

We participate with many insurances including GHI. We offer a wide variety of comfort options: laughing gas, mild sedatives, general anesthesia

Pediatric Dentistry of Glens Falls 798-9966 • Fax: 798-0616 • 88 Broad Street, Glens Falls

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