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Dear Kids, Happy Valentine’s Day! Candy hearts, chocolates, flowers and valentines are probably what you associate with Valentine’s Day. In this issue, read about the origins of this fun holiday and some interesting trivia, too! You’ll also learn about Presidents Day. Speaking of valentines, this month I spoke with America’s sweetheart, Miss America 2011! Teresa Scanlan has had a great year representing the United States as Miss America, and she tells Kidsville News! what her whirlwind year was like.

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It’s February, and candy hearts, cards and boxes of candy are filling the shelves at the store. Valentine’s Day is celebrated on February 14.

Saint Valentine’s Day is a day to celebrate love and affection. It is a day when people exchange cards, candy, gifts, flowers, stuffed animals, jewelry and other items with loved ones, friends and family.

A lot of debate exists over what actually started Valentine’s Day. In the 1300s, English poet Geoffrey Chaucer spoke about how birds start choosing their mates on February 14, just like many people find romance on February 14. Another idea is the exchanging of cards, which came from a Frenchman, Charles the Duke of Orleans.

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Valentine’s Day is second to Christmas for the most number of greeting cards sent. : The percentage of men who give flower bouquets as gifts. : The number of years the chocolate box has been around. The first Valentine’s Day box of chocolates was created and introduced by Richard Cadbury in 1868. : The year in which the first Valentine’s Day card was sent. : The percentage of Americans who celebrate Valentine’s Day. : The approximate number of letters mailed to Verona, Italy, and addressed to Juliet every February 14. : The percentage of pet owners who will buy a gift for their pet. : The ranking given to teachers in terms of most Valentine’s Day cards received.

Numbers 2 and 3 belong to children and mothers. : The number of years of shelf life for dark chocolate. Discard milk or white chocolate after a year.

Charles wrote a love letter to his wife on February 14 from his jail cell, where he was imprisoned after the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. From there, Valentine’s Day began in England as a day when people traded romantic and loving words between one another.

Some people think that Valentine’s Day came from saints — there were several named Valentine — in the early Christian church, who died for their love of Christianity. One legend has it that Valentine was a priest in medieval times.

Roman Emperor Claudius II allegedly ordered that young men in the military remain single. Valentine would secretly marry young couples, despite the Emperor’s orders, and was caught and thrown in jail.

A common figure representing Valentine’s Day is Cupid. Cupid was the god of love in Roman mythology. Prior to the mid-300s A.D., Cupid was seen as a strong, handsome young man. After the 350s, however, Cupid was depicted as a plump, naked baby with wings and a bow and arrows in his hands.

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Does Presidents’ Day Exist?

Each February, schools, banks and offices close for a holiday that technically doesn’t exist. Though the third Monday of every February is widely known as Presidents’ Day, the official name of the holiday is Washington’s Birthday. It was named after the first president of the United States, George Washington, whose birthday fell on February 22. It was first celebrated as a holiday in 1796, which was the last year of Washington’s presidency.

Many states began referring to the holiday as Presidents’ Day to honor another great president with a February birthday, Abraham Lincoln. In 1865, the year after President Abraham Lincoln (the 16th President) was assassinated, a holiday was observed to commemorate his birthday (February 12). Because states are allowed to follow their own holidays, many chose to honor Lincoln over Washington. However, some states still celebrate the day as “Washington’s Birthday.”

In 1968, Congress considered legally changing the holiday’s name to Presidents’ Day. While those efforts did not succeed, Congress did decide to move the holiday to fall between both Washington and Lincoln’s birthdays. In order to simplify the calendar of holidays and give employees three-day weekends, the observance of George Washington’s Birthday was moved to the third Monday in February. Although the holiday has come to be known as Presidents’ Day and to include Abraham Lincoln and all other presidents, the holiday that we celebrate is still officially known as George Washington’s Birthday.

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February Is National African-American History Month!

February has been proclaimed National African-American History Month, more commonly known as Black History Month. This month is set aside to recognize the achievements and contributions by African Americans. The observance of this special period dates from February 1926, when it was established as Negro History Week by Dr. Carter G. Woodson, a noted African-American author and scholar. Dr. Woodson founded the Association for the Study of AfricanAmerican Life and History (ASALH) in 1915. He established the week during the period of February, which contains the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln.

Negro History Week was inspiring to communities across the country. Many organized local celebrations and established historical clubs to study the history of black Americans while educating others as well. Negro History Week proved so popular that, by the late 1960s, it had evolved into Black History Week. In 1976, the month of February was established as Black History Month.

Throughout Black History Month, the country remembers and celebrates the accomplishments of notable black

figures in American history.

For most elementary-school students, it might be hard to believe that there was once a time when African-American people did not have the same rights as other Americans. Now, we have President Barack Obama, the nation’s first African-American United States president, in office. However, there was a time when African-Americans were not even allowed to vote. Frederick Douglass fought to change that.

Frederick Douglass was one of the leaders of the abolitionist movement, which sought to end slavery in the United States decades before the Civil War. During the Civil War, Douglass served as an adviser to President Abraham Lincoln. He fought for the adoption of constitutional amendments that would guarantee voting rights and other civil liberties for African Americans.

In 1976, President Gerald Ford called upon the public to honor the history and accomplishments of black Americans by officially recognizing February as Black History Month. Since Ford’s official recognition more than 35 years ago, each President has designated February as Black History Month.

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Being Friend!

Beinga a Friend

By Barbara Gilmour

“Welcome back, everyone. We have a guest today. This is my neighbor, Francie.” The kids all stood to meet Francie. Tanner, Nicole, Rudy, Carmen, Stephen and Truman the dragon all told Francie their names and welcomed her to today’s “Cool Kind Kid” class. “I invited Francie today because everyone thinks she is a ‘good friend.’ She has a lot of friends in school. Most kids call her ‘Fabulously Fun Friend Francie.’” The kids all laughed and asked how she got that name.

Francie smiled shyly and said, “I guess because I try very hard to be a good friend, and kids like that. Sometimes it‘s embarrassing.

But, I like that other kids think I’m fun and want to be my friend.”

“Do you think that you have to be a good friend to have good friends?” All the kids said, “Yes.” Tanner asked Francie, “What are some of the things you do to be a good friend?”

“I try to help and encourage my friends. I want them to feel they can talk to me and share things with me.”

“That’s good,” shared Nicole, “so when a friend tells you something, you don’t talk about it to anyone else.”

Stephen added, “And, you don’t post it on the Internet.” The kids agreed that wasn’t a cool thing to do.

Carmen wondered, “Do we need to be polite to our friends?”

Rudy said, “Kids won’t want to be our friends if we are rude and impolite. We shouldn’t use bad manners when we are with them.”

Truman added, “Treating our friends with kindness, respect and our best manners shows them that we really care about them.”

Francie smiled at Truman and reached up to high-five him. She then said, “I’m glad I came today. I can’t wait to tell everyone about my new friends here. They won’t believe I have a friend who’s a dragon.”

“Last time we talked about the ‘Cool Kind Kid’ Challenge. Who remembers what that is?”

Tanner was first to say, “Are you TOUGH enough to be KIND?” Nicole added, “Are you COOL enough to be KIND?” “How can the Challenge work for making and keeping friends?”

Francie shared, “We can be tough and kind to other kids when we stick up for them if they are being teased or bullied.”

Truman added, “When you do that, you are tough with the bullies and kind to the kid being bullied. We can all do that.”

Tanner said, “We’ll be cool when we follow the rule. I mean The Golden Rule.” Rudy added, “Let’s challenge kids to be cool and follow the rule, like Tanner said.”

Stephen asked, “What about sports? Sometimes it’s tough to be kind when your team is losing or someone is tackling you.”

“That’s where the challenge comes in; we have to try harder to be kind then. But if everyone is trying, we should all be able to get along better. We’ll talk more about friends and the 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 award-winning “Cool Kind Kid” Audio CD. © Cool Kind Kid. 866-KID-KIND. www.CoolKindKid.com.

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From Few Colors, Many Shades You have six crayons: red, yellow, blue, green, black and white. Does this mean you cannot draw a pink flower or an orange sunset? Certainly not. A little white with your red will give you pink. And yellow with red gives you orange. The black and white together will give you every possible shade of gray. The possibilities are endless.

In a similar way, a few bits of information can be combined to create important new information. With the help of computers, scientists do this mixing quite a lot.

These images are all of the same scene taken at the same time, but no two are alike. That’s because GOES-R’s imager separates the light into 16 slices (or frequency ranges), each one revealing something different.

A satellite being built now, called GOES-R, will produce many types of information that can be used to create lots of other information. (GOES-R stands for Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, Series R.) One of six instruments on this new weather satellite is the Advanced Baseline Imager. This imager captures 16 different images at a time of the same scene. To do this, it separates the colors of light from the scene into 16 different slices. You can think of a “slice of light” as being like a crayon of a certain color. In this case, there are 16 crayons, not just six. (See the illustration.) Some of these slices of light are not even visible to us.

Why does the GOES-R imager slice up the light like this? reflect ect more of certain slices of sunlight Different materials refl than others. (Scientists call these slices “wavelengths” or “ranges of wavelengths.”) For example, to our eyes, snow and clouds would look similar from space. But a sensitive imaging instrument can see a tiny difference. Using a special computer program, scientists look at images in only the first first six slices of the 16 “slices of light.” In this case, these are the slices that best reveal what is snow and what is cloud. From the computer program’s output, the scientist can then report to someone, such as a water resource manager, exactly how much of the ground is actually covered with snow. The water manager will then know how much fresh, clean water to expect from the melting snow in the spring.

What other interesting “crayons” does GOES-R have? Play “Satellite Insight,” a fun game with colorful pretend data from GOES-R. Go to http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/satellite-insight/.

This article was written by Diane K. Fisher and provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

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WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE...

MISS AMERICA?

This month, America’s sweetheart, Miss America 2011, told us all about what it’s like to be Miss America! At age 17, Teresa Scanlan, from Gering, Nebraska, was the youngest Miss America in 90 years when she was crowned last year. She just turned over the crown to the new Miss America on January 14. Miss America logs approximately 20,000 miles a month, changing her location every 18 to 36 hours supporting charitable and community endeavors. She stayed super busy during the past year but took a few minutes to interview with Kidsville News! as her reign came to an end.

TRUMAN: Wow, Miss America! That is a big title. What does it take to become Miss America?

TRUMAN: What’s the hardest part of your job?

SCANLAN: There are four points on the crown, and they stand for four things: style, success, scholarship and service. To become Miss America, you must focus on each of these aspects of your life and become the most well-rounded and conÂżGHQW ZRPDQ \RX FDQ EH 7KH FRPSHWLWLRQ LWVHOI LQFOXGHV ÂżYH components: interview, evening JRZQ OLIHVW\OH DQG ÂżWQHVV RQ stage question and talent. Also, each contestant must have a platform, which is an issue you believe to be important, and focus your volunteer activities on addressing it.

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TRUMAN: What’s the best part of your job?

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

SCANLAN: I love singing, dancing, playing piano and guitar, and so many other things as well! I love trying new things every day, so my hobbies and interests never end!

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SCANLAN: I loved government and history classes, as I’d like to become an attorney, judge and politician in the future.

TRUMAN: When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?

TRUMAN: What’s it like to be the youngest Miss America in 90 years, at only 17 years old?

SCANLAN: It is so incredible to represent an organization that has been a part of American tradition for 90 years! I’ve realized that age truly does not hold you back in anything if you don’t let it.

TRUMAN: Is this really a “job?� Do you get paid to be Miss America?

SCANLAN: Yes! The job includes a variety of different responsibilities and obligations, and you receive a salary for the year. When you become Miss America, you go on a year-long speaking tour, spending less than 30 days out of the year at home.

TRUMAN: What do you do? Describe a typical day on the job.

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SCANLAN: From the time I was about seven years old, I wanted to be a lawyer, then a judge, then President of the United States and a Supreme Court Justice. And I still do!

Above: Miss America 2011, Teresa Scanlan of Nebraska, after receiving her crown. Right, Scanlan wraps up her year by crowning Miss America 2012, Miss Wisconsin, Laura Kaeppeler.

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

SCANLAN: For those who dream of becoming Miss America and are interested in getting involved, follow your passions! Focus on the four tenets of the FURZQ LQ \RXU RZQ OLIH DQG ¿QG ZD\V WR get involved in your community! Think of ways you can serve those around you and make a positive impact; that is what Miss America is all about— serving others and being an example to those around you.

TRUMAN: You’ve just crowned a new Miss America 2012. So now what?

What’s next for you?

SCANLAN: This next year, I’m recording an album before starting college at Patrick Henry College to study government, after which I’ll attend law school and follow my plans to become a criminal prosecution attorney!

TRUMAN: You’ve already done so much as Miss America 2011. And, it sounds like you are going to accomplish great things with your life. Thanks for talking to XV DERXW \RXU WHUUL¿F MRE DQG JRRG OXFN

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Adirondack for Kids is a foundation established by the Adirondack Family of businesses to offer grants to nonprofit organizations supporting youth activities in the areas where Adirondack operates.

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“A true Community effort!”

United Way gave us a grant and we were able to buy a baler.” She told me so many times organizations cannot accept clothes that are stained or torn because they cannot resell them.

FCNC wants as many as they can get! They bale them up and sell them for rags. “That baler has raised so much money for us!” Ms. Karen said.

The funds they raise go right back to our communities in programs such as Stockings for Tots this is a two and a half foot stocking given to kids at Christmas and include pajamas, an outfit, gloves, hat, or scarf, coloring cook, crayons, reading book, tooth brush, stuffed animal, and a surprise.

“We made 1367 stockings this year!” Ms. Karen said. “Everyone helped kids to adults and the stockings were made from any fabric we could find, even sheets and curtains! One restaurant in town offered half off your entrée if you brought in a pair of pajamas and offered this for an entire month!” Now this is a town that knows how to LIVE UNITED! Would you like to see Ms Karen? Take a moment and watch this year’s campaign video at www.unitedwayadk.org Ms. Karen is in it telling a story about two girls who received stockings and wanted to give back. Ms. Karen also said that there is grant money available so your class can take a field trip to visit her at Family Champions. Just contact her at 518-359-9110 for more information.

There is so much more that FCNC does and everyone gets to help. Ms Karen has volunteers from the ages of 4 to 84! So don’t ever think you are too young or too old to Give, Advocate, VOLUNTEER…The United Way!

I am so excited to tell you all about Family Champions of the North Country! I had the nicest visit with Ms Karen Pioli the Executive Director. FCNC is located in Tupper Lake but they are here to help anyone in Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton and St. Lawrence Counties. Boy that is a HUGE area!

You are probably wondering what kind of help they offer to all of us. Well, they have a bunch of clothes and furniture, beds, computers, electronics, even walkers, wheelchairs and those “lift” recliners it was all donated by people from all over. They even have brand new wedding gowns and prom dresses donated from a store in New York City that was going out of business. Now you’re wondering who would qualify to get this stuff aren’t you? That’s the really cool part, anybody can get this stuff. They have a gift shop that is open from 9-1 Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday in the Oval Wooden Dish Factory Building, 100 Demars Blvd, Tupper Lake, NY. The only thing FCNC asks is that you make a donation IF YOU CAN if you can’t, that’s OK too just take what you want. How amazing is that? Ms Karen said they always tell people if you can’t afford to make a donation then just “pay it forward” by that she means do something for someone else like shovel a driveway or carry groceries for the elderly lady down the street. You get the idea.

Ms Karen spends a lot of time visiting schools and talking about all the programs that Family Champions has to offer. She said she always reminds kids that there are lots of families in our area that can’t afford furniture in their homes and that many people, kids too don’t have a bed to sleep in. That really makes me so sad and is why I wanted to tell you all about Family Champions.

There is no reason for this to continue. A family just needs to ask for help and there is Ms Karen and her army of volunteers ready and waiting. Ms. Karen also invites the kids to come in and find gifts for their families. “All I ask is that they are truthful. They can get a gift for mom anytime but don’t lie and say it’s her birthday 8 times a year! There are consequences if the kids lie…No shopping for 2 months.” Kids are also encouraged to donate. Even if it’s just a nickel and a nickel is all you can afford that’s OK. Family Champions also helps support a women’s and children’s shelter in See you next month!

Alaska. Of course I had to ask how they ever found each other. Ms. Karen Your Friend, said the sister of one of the volunteers runs the shelter. “We send baby, kids, and adult clothes” said Ms. Karen. The shelter sends the money to ship the items to Alaska. FCNC has also sent clothes to places like Florida, South Carolina, Haiti and even Japan after the Tsunami all you have to do is ask.

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She could see a woman working in her garden.

BONNIE PARKINSON: Hey! Come on up!

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TOBY: Gimme yours, too, ya three-legged duck.

RONDA STEENECK: Ow. Ow, stop it!

GARRETT: Leave her alone!

TOBY: What are you gonna do, duck boy?

RONDA STEENECK: He said he’d knock the wind out of your big fat sails if you ever crossed him.

GARRETT: (mumbles) I didn’t say that...You...

RONDA STEENECK: Garrett’s never been beaten up before in his whole life!

TODD SMITH: Did you hear that, Toby? He’s never been beat up, and he’s gonna whip you bad if you don’t leave little Ronda whiner alone.

TOBY: You’ve never been beat up? Well, I’d say it’s time you had yer chance to get beat up. Don’t you, boys?

GARRETT: I’m not lookin’ for trouble, Toby.

TOBY: Well, you found it. And I’ve got a ton.

TO BE CONTINUED...

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Happy Valentine’s Day! Leona Turner Age 10, Grade 5 Mooers Elementary

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February 24 is celebrated as Flag Day (El Dia de la Bandera) in Mexico. On this day in 1821, the Plan de Iguala document was signed, proclaiming Mexico as an independent country. On Flag Day, there are special festivities held at the monument to General Vicente Guerrero, the first Mexican soldier to swear allegiance to the flag. The flag of Mexico has three bands of colors: green, white in the middle and red. The white part in the center has the symbol of the eagle and the snake, which comes from Aztec history.

Japan

In Japan, February 8 is Ha-Ri-Ku-Yo or Needle Mass. On this day, women and girls gather up their old and broken sewing needles and dedicate them to the Awashima Shrine.

In a type of funeral service, they lay their broken needles to rest and thank them for the work they did. Also on this day, they pray that their needlework will be good. Their sewing is a symbol of love and marriage, so they hope participating in the Needle Mass will lead to a happy marriage.

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The full moon in February will be on February 7. This full moon is also known as the snow moon. The Native Americans of New England and the Great Lakes gave it this name because of the great amount of snow they receive at this time of year.

It is also called the Hunger Moon because the hunting is not good during this time of winter.

Did you know that Groundhog Day (February 2) actually has origins as “Candelmas Day” and began in Germany? When German settlers came to America, they brought the traditions of Candelmas Day with them. But in Germany, they didn’t use a groundhog for the predictions.

There a badger, or even a bear, was used for predicting the upcoming weather.

Kingdom: Animalia Badgers are short-legged omnivores (they eat plants and animals) in the weasel family. There are nine Phylum: Chordata species of badger and three subfamiles. The Melinae are badgers of Europe and Asia. Mellivorinae is also known as the honey badger and lives in Africa, the Arabian desert and India. The Taxideinae is the Class: Mammalia American badger.

Order: Carnivora Badgers’ behavior differs by what type they Family: Mustelidae are, but all of them live in underground burrows called setts. Some badgers live by themselves, Subfamily: Melinae and others form clans of two to 15 animals.

Badgers look cute, but can be very fierce and aggressive. In fact, they are even capable of fighting off bigger animals such as wolves and bears. They’ll do anything to protect their young, called cubs. Badgers have round, fat bodies and short legs for digging. They can have either a very short tail, or a very long tail — the ferret badger’s can be 20 inches long! Even though they have short little legs, the badger can run pretty fast — up to 19 miles per hour. Most badger species weigh around 20 pounds, but some larger species can be up to 40 pounds.

Here’s a strange fact: In North America, sometimes coyotes eat badgers, and badgers eat coyotes. But usually these two animals seem to get along. They have even been seen cooperating with each other and hunting together.

Image sources: metrocreativeconnection.com; Wikipedia photograph, user BadgerHero, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Badger-badger.jpg.

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It’s time to get out your globe! You need to know about the imaginary lines on globes and maps. These lines are called lines of latitude and longitude, and they tell a pilot or ship’s captain exactly where in the world a certain place is located. Basically, latitude lines (also called parallels) are the horizontal lines on your map. Lines of longitude (also called meridians) are the vertical lines that run from the North Pole to the South Pole. This mapping system is written in degrees and uses the symbol °. Get ready to travel the world!

On your globe, find longitude of 15ºE and latitude of 45ºN, and you'll find the country of Croatia. It is located in Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea. Croatia is located between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia. It also borders the countries of Hungary, Serbia and Montenegro.

The climate of Croatia is Mediterranean and continental. It mostly has a "continental" climate, with hot summers and cold winters. However, it enjoys mild winters and dry summers along the coast. This nice weather makes it a popular tourist destination. Croatia is the 18th most popular tourist destination in the world.

So why is this the perfect country to learn about in February?

Off the coast of Croatia is a tiny island that is shaped like a heart!

Galesnjak is an uninhabited island located in Zadarski Kanal between Zadar and the Island of Pasman. The unusual shape was originally recorded by a cartographer in 1806. However, the owner of the island didn't realize how perfectly shaped it was until it was highlighted on Google Earth in 2009. Couples started contacting him, wanting to visit for Valentine's Day! The island is now known as the Island of Love or Lovers' Island.

The land that is now Croatia was part of the AustroHungarian Empire until the end of World War I. In 1918, the Croats, Serbs, and Slovenes formed a kingdom known Yugoslavia. Croatia declared its independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, but it took several years of fighting before it was totally independent.

Photo, left: The heart-shaped Island of Love, off the coast of Croatia.

Source: "Croatia," The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency, www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/hr.html; The Telegraph, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4588838/Heart-shaped-island-highlighted-by-Google-Earth-becomes-hit-with-lovers.html; http://www.ilovegalesnjak.com.

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AT THE MOVIES Big Miracles (In Theaters: Feb. 3) John Krasinski plays Adam Carlson, a news reporter in Barrow, Alaska — a town at its northern tip. Just when it seems like there’s nothing much to report, a group of majestic gray whales appear trapped in ice forming from the Arctic Circle. As the local community tries to figure out a way to help the giant sea creatures, Adam’s past girlfriend, and Greenpeace volunteer, Rachel Kramer (Drew Barrymore) takes up the whales’ cause as her own personal rescue mission. Big Miracle is based on a true story and gives audiences a rare opportunity to see some of the most amazing whales you could ever imagine. Kristen Bell, Dermot Mulroney, Tim Blake Nelson and Ted Danson also star in this family-friendly nature-adventure film.

Rated PG for language. 101 mins. (Universal Pictures) Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (In Theaters: Feb. 10) Since visiting the center of the earth back in 2008, Sean Anderson (Josh Hutcherson) is now ready for an adventure to the “Mysterious Island” of Jules Verne fame. Sean’s grandpa (Michael Caine) has been sending coded distress signals from the mysterious island where strange creatures roam free. Along with his stepfather Hank (Dwayne Johnson), Sean takes helicopter pilot Gabato (Luis Guzman) and the pilot’s daughter Kailani (Vanessa Hudgens) on the adventure of a lifetime. The Mysterious Island is the home of the lost city of Atlantis. It also has a mountain of gold and bees so big you can fly on them. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island is going to be one very wild ride of a movie for kids and their parents to go on. Rated PG for some adventure action and brief mild language. 94 mins. (New Line Cinema/Warner Bros. Pictures)

The Secret World of Arrietty (In Theaters: Feb. 17) Inspired by Mary Norton’s celebrated children’s book series “The Borrowers,” The Secret World of Arrietty is an animated film from the same movie company that created Spirited Away and Ponyo. Arrietty (voiced by Bridgit Mendler) is a tiny 14-year-old girl who lives with her parents (voiced Will Arnett and Amy Poehler) hidden beneath a suburban garden home. The home’s housekeeper (voiced by Carol Burnett) has no idea about the tiny family that lives beneath her feet.

Daring Arrietty has great dreams for her future. She gets quite a surprise when a visiting 12-year-old human boy named Shawn discovers her and they become fast friends. The trouble is that if anyone else finds out, it could spell disaster for Arrietty and her parents.

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Johnny English Reborn (Available Feb. 28) This follow-up to Rowan Atkinson’s 2003 spy spoof is a worthy PGrated comedy for kids. Atkinson’s James Bond knock-off finds himself pulled back into the service of Britain’s MI7 after spending five soulsearching years in a Tibetan monastery. A nod to the Pink Panther films occurs whenever Mozambique comes up in conversation, sending Atkinson’s rubbery face into a fit of eye-twitching spasms. Gillian Anderson takes over as MI7’s leader, code-named Pegasus. A window ledge incident involving a kitty cat gives rise to one of the movie’s sillier moments when Jonny English mimes holding a kitty that may have met with a tragic end. A chemical weapon called Vortex is the stuff Johnny English must find. Vortex can only be enabled with the use of three keys, each held by a different person whom English must track down before the keys fall into the hands of a MI7 mole. There’s a mish-mash of spy movie gags for a funny comedy that children will appreciate.

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You may have heard the old joke: If your nose is running and your feet smell, you must be upside down! But why does your nose run? Read on to find out the whole story.

WHAT’S RUNNING? - To understand why your nose runs, you need to know what mucus (say: myookus) is. This is the gooey, sticky, slimy material that’s made inside your nose (also known as snot). Believe it or not, your nose and sinuses make about a quart of snot every day! For something kind of gross, mucus does a lot of good. It keeps germs, dirt, pollen, and bacteria from getting into your lungs by stopping them in your nose. But sometimes mucus doesn’t stay put.

REASONS FOR RUNNING - If your nose is running, there are several possible explanations: • You have a cold or the flu: When you have either one of these, your nose goes into mucus-making overdrive to keep the germ invaders out of your lungs and the rest of your body, where they might make you even sicker than you already are. You know what happens then: The mucus runs down your throat, out your nose, or into a tissue when you blow your nose. Or it can fill your sinuses, which is why you get that stuffy feeling • You have allergies: Kids who have allergies get runny noses when they’re around the thing they’re allergic to (like pollen or animal hair). That’s because their bodies react to these things like they’re germs.

• You’re crying: When you cry, tears come out of the tear glands under your eyelids and drain through the tear ducts that empty into your nose. Tears mix with mucus there and your nose runs.

• Baby, it’s cold outside: When you’re outside on a cold day, your nose tries its best to warm up the cold air you breathe before sending it to the lungs. Tiny blood vessels inside your nostrils open wider (dilate), helping to warm up that air. But that extra blood flow leads to more mucus production. You know what happens next. Drip, drip, drip.

STOPPIN’ THE RUNNIN’ - If you have allergies, your doctor might give you medicine called an antihistamine (say: an-tye-his-tuh-meen). But sometimes the easiest thing to do is — you guessed it — blow your nose!

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Warm the Heart with a Sweet Treat!

As Valentine’s Day inches nearer, many are looking for a sweet treat to share. Incorporating raspberries adds a little nutrition to the year’s sweetest holiday; raspberries are considered a “heart-healthy” fruit that lowers cholesterol, but they can be easily obtained and eaten year round. Seek out frozen raspberries in your local store for a quick and easy way to obtain the same wholesome benefits fresh raspberries offer. Here’s a sweet treat recipe from the Oregon Raspberry and Blackberry Commission.

Red Raspberry Cream Puffs 10 servings.

Puff Mixture: • 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, cut into half-inch pieces • 1 teaspoon sugar • 1/2 teaspoon salt • 1 cup all-purpose flour • 4 large eggs Cream Puff Filling: • 2 cups heavy cream • 4 tablespoons granulated sugar • 1 teaspoon almond extract Raspberry Filling: • 2 (10 oz.) packages frozen red raspberries, thawed • 1 tablespoon corn starch • 3 tablespoons granulated sugar Preheat oven to 400ºF. 1. Bring butter, sugar, salt and 1 cup of water to a boil in a saucepan.

2. Stir in flour, and cook over medium-high heat, stirring constantly for three minutes. Cool for 10 minutes.

3. Add eggs one at a time to the butter mixture, beating after each egg until smooth.

4. Drop dough into 10 mounds, three inches apart on baking sheet, or to get fancy, spoon dough into a pastry bag fitted with a large star tip and pipe into rosettes on the baking sheet lined with wax paper.

5. Bake for 30 minutes and cool on a wire rack.

6. Whip cream and sugar until stiff peaks form and fold in almond extract.

7. Arrange one bag of red raspberries in a single layer on paper towels to defrost.

8. In a saucepan, heat one package of red raspberries and sugar until sugar is dissolved and berries are soft.

9. Place cornstarch in a small bowl. Remove a few spoonfuls of raspberry mixture and add to cornstarch and mix together until smooth. Add cornstarch mix back into saucepan, cook and stir on medium-low heat until thickened. Once cool, stir in reserved red raspberries.

10. Spoon 3-4 tablespoons of red raspberries on cream puff shell. Pipe whipped cream filling on top of raspberries using pastry bag. Top with remaining portion of cream puff shell and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

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