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Dear Kids, Whew! August already? This summer is just zipping by!

Many of you are already back in school or heading back this month, so I’ve got some back-to-school fun in this issue.

Or, you might be taking one last summer vacation, or visiting a local zoo.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to work with animals as a career? This month, I talk to someone who trains animals at Disney’s private island, Castaway Cay. What an amazing job!

I’m also really excited about our new ParenTown book review page. We’ve partnered with famous author James Patterson’s READKIDDOREAD.COM to bring you reviews of exciting books that we know you will love! Head to your local library and check them out!

I hope you enjoy this issue of Kidsville News! Keep reading, and be sure to visit online for more fun and games.

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It’s Back-to-School Time!

It’s back-to-school time for many of you!

The American school year traditionally begins in August or September. Some areas start in September after Labor Day, but some start in August. School systems have to have a certain number of instructional days each year, so that determines the start and end dates, depending on holidays and other days off.

Many of the items that you take for granted in your classroom are actually pretty new and have a connection to the month of August!

While today most classrooms have at least one computer in them (and some have one for every student!), do you realize that your parents didn’t have computers in their elementary-school classrooms? In fact, the first IBM PC or personal computer was introduced on August 12, 1981. The first PC cost what would equal about $3000 today.

And what do you love to use the computer for? Surfing the World Wide Web? Just 20 years ago, that wasn’t possible.

That’s right! The World Wide Web celebrates its 20th anniversary this month on August 1. The “Web” was suggested by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics in Switzerland. By that October, he had designed a prototype Web browser. In short, the World Wide Web is a system of interlinked hypertext documents that are accessed by the Internet.

With a Web browser, you can view Web pages containing text, images and video, navigating between them by using hyperlinks.

So, now you know! Now, get ready for school and learn some more — after all, knowledge is power.

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Go On a Virtual Field Trip and Follow the Journey of 11 Sea Turtles One of the greatest things about school is the opportunity to learn outside of the classroom through field trips. However, many school systems have had to cut back on field trips due to budget cuts (in other words, no money!). But, the good news is that with all of the terrific technology that we have today, we can participate and experience things without even being there. The Tour de Turtles is the perfect opportunity to take a virtual field trip!

You can gather your friends around the computer this fall as Sea Turtle Conservancy tracks endangered sea turtles in the third annual Tour de Turtles Migration Marathon! For three months, Tour de Turtles will follow 11 individual sea turtles as they travel from their nesting beaches to unknown feeding grounds. They track them using satellite-tracking technology, and the goal is to be the first turtle to reach the 2,620-kilometer or 1,627-mile distance.

As few as one out of 1,000 hatchlings actually survive to adulthood. By tracking migratory patterns, scientists learn more about sea turtle life cycles and can identify the threats that turtles encounter in their travels. Teachers and students can follow the turtles along with researchers by visiting www.tourdeturtles.org.

With a dedicated Web page for each racer, kids will be able to get to know these determined swimmers.

Similar to a human marathon, each turtle will also be swimming to raise awareness about a particular “cause” or threat to sea turtle survival. There are also educational contests just for classrooms.

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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!

France is located at 46º North and 2º East on the globe. The small country borders the Bay of Biscay and the English Channel. It is between Belgium and Spain, southeast of the United Kingdom. It also borders the Mediterranean Sea, between Italy and Spain. The entire country is a little smaller than the U.S. state of Texas. Even though it is a small country, it is the largest West European Nation.

France is a very old European country. France used to be ruled by a king, but the French Revolution in 1787 changed the government several times. France celebrates National Day on July 14. This is the day that peasants stormed the Bastille (the king's prison) and created a new government. France's government is now a republic, ruled by a prime minister. All people over 18 can vote for representatives in the government.

The main language is French, and the capital is Paris.

France produces coal, iron ore and zinc. The nation's main exports are machinery, vehicles and aircraft. France is also known for its cheese and wine and one of the greatest sporting events in the world, the Tour de France. The Tour de France is a bicycle race that covers 2130 miles across France.

The 2010 race was July 3-25.

In addition to the main land mass of France in Western Europe, France has several territories that are part of the country. French Guiana is located in Northern South America, Guadeloupe and Martinique are View of the marina outside the walled city islands in the Caribbean and Reunion is an island in the Indian Ocean near South Africa. of St. Malo in Brittany.

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Identity Crisis?

Manners Rules Help Us Have Fun

Although there’s much to me you never will see I surround you and pound you. You never can flee.

Without me you’d starve and be blinded and cold.

The oceans would freeze and darkness take hold.

What am I?

By Barbara Gilmour

Tanner, Truman the dragon and their friends thought that rules were no fun until they learned The Golden Rule — treat people the way you want to be treated. They found out that The Golden Rule is a cool rule that helps them learn to be kind and cool. I asked the kids if they could think of some other manners rules.

They all answered, “Saying please and thank you.” Nicole added, “Sharing your toys.” Carman said, “Playing fair.” And Rudy said, “Not being rude.”

Tanner wanted to know who makes up the rules. I explained that they start because of a need for them. Let’s use a game as an example.

When I count to 3, start the game. “1, 2, 3, GO!” Why aren’t you playing? What! No rules? You don’t know what to do without rules, do you? It’s the rules that let us know how to play the game.

Get some friends together and join us in this game example. Choose a red team and a blue team. When the red team scores, they get two points, but when the blue team scores, they get only one point. I can hear you saying, “That’s not FAIR!” No, it isn’t. The rules help us play fair so that everyone has fun.

Manners rules also help us treat everyone fairly, with kindness and respect, so that everyone has a good time. They help us be a good friend and have fun together. If we tease, pick on or bully a friend, how long will we have that friend? Manners rules help us know how to act so people will like us. That’s when Truman said that he knew a manners rule.

“I don’t blow fire on my friends so that I don’t hurt them.”

Everyone agreed that’s a good manners rule for dragons.

Pretend you’re going for a ride in the car, and there are no stop signs, no traffic lights and no speed limits. What would happen? Would the other drivers stop and say, “You go first”? Would it be safe to drive as fast as you wanted? That might be scary. Many manners rules for how to drive politely and safely have been made into laws.

Do you think you should be quiet when your teacher or another student is talking? Yes, because it’s polite to listen to someone else when he or she is talking. I’ll bet you can think of many places in your school where manners rules apply. What about the playground, the cafeteria, the gym or on the bus?

Manners rules apply at home, too. Some rules are for your safety, and others help family members get along. Manners rules help us treat our family with love, kindness and respect — that’s what being a “Cool Kind Kid” is all about. Next time we’ll find out where manners matter (Hint: Manners matter EVERYWHERE!).

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. She also writes the Children’s Manners Blog offering tips for teaching your children manners. http://childrenmanners.blogspot.com. The “Cool Kind Kid” team is committed to helping kids reject bullying by offering them the social skills tools they need to redefine “cool.” ©Cool Kind Kid 866-KID-KIND, www.CoolKindKid.com

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I am light! The tiny visible fraction of me is all you see. You do not see the radio waves from TV towers and satellites and cell phones and space.

You do not see the infrared light from your own warm body. You do not see the ultraviolet light from the stars and the galaxies, nor the x-rays and gamma rays from exploding stars.

People have now invented sensors to detect me in all my forms.

But fi first, rst, they had to solve some mysteries about me.

Scientists say This beautiful spiral galaxy is called that I am waves.

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The Galaxy Evolution Explorer, a space They describe me telescope, made this image by collecting only by the length of my waves. When I have the ultraviolet photons. This galaxy looks quite a long wavelength, different seen with only visible light photons. like a radio wave, I am tired and low on energy. When I have a short wavelength, like an ultraviolet wave or x-ray, I’m quite peppy. But no matter what my energy level, when I’m traveling through space, I always go the same speed — the speed of light, which is 186,000 miles (300,000 kilometers) per second.

OK. I agree I am waves. But those same scientists also say I am particles, that I travel in tiny packets of energy called photons. Some of my photons carry very little energy. These are my radio waves.

Some of my photons carry lots of energy. These are my ultraviolet waves, x-rays and gamma rays.

Well, gosh, why don’t they make up their minds?

Still, I can sympathize. I do have my ups and downs. But I am always a bundle of energy!

Have some fun with some of my photons. Play the new Photon Pile-up game at The Space Place. Help the Galaxy Evolution Explorer collect enough ultraviolet and other photons from space to make pictures of beautiful galaxies and the glowing remains of exploded stars. Go to spaceplace.nasa.gov/galex/photons.

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...

AN AQUATIC ANIMAL CARE SPECIALIST? I love animals! I’ ve often thought that maybe one day, I might like to have a job where I work with animals all day long. This month, I talked with Jamie Kish, an Aquatic Animal Care Specialist with Disney Cruise Lines. Jamie, from Philomath, Oregon, just started this job three months ago, but she has been pursuing marine biology since she was 12 years old. She now works on Disney’ s private island, Castaway Cay in the Bahamas. Jamie really loves her job and took a few minutes to tell me all about it.

TRUMAN: What does it take to become an aquatic animal care specialist? the sand in the water. That way, if a stingray is hidden in front of you, they will quickly swim away! The stingray shuffl e will keep both you and the JAMIE: To become an aquatic animal care specialist, it takes a lot of commitment, stingray from getting hurt! drive and passion for the animal care fi eld. Having a major passion and commitment towards providing the best care possible for an animal is probably TRUMAN: What is the best part of your job?

JAMIE: The best part of my job is that I get to work and take care of one of my the most important quality to have! One of the biggest things a potential employer looks for in the marine biology fi eld is experience. I highly recommend favorite animals on the planet! Working with stingrays is so rewarding! Also, the fact that I get to share the beauty and intelligence of stingrays with the guests volunteering and getting involved as much as possible at aquariums, fi sh hatcheries, even at events like local beach clean-ups! As far as education goes, having that visit Castaway Cay is great! I hope that I am able to inspire guests of all ages and make them fall in love with the ocean, just as I did when I was a college degree in marine biology or a related biology fi eld is very important.

You can actually start learning some important skills younger!

TRUMAN: Do you live on Castaway Cay? right now! Take as many science-related classes as you JAMIE: Yes, I live on Castaway Cay! It is incredible living here! I love the fact can! They will defi nitely help you out in the future, and that I constantly get to be outdoors and in the water while I am working. I really they are also really fun classes to take! Another thing like living on an island because I enjoy a lot of outdoor activities, like scuba that is very helpful, and often a requirement to have, is diving, snorkeling, kayaking and hiking! Also, an open-water scuba-diving certifi cation. the people I get to work with here on the island TRUMAN: When and why did you fi rst become Jamie Kish is an Aquatic Animal are some of the most awesome people I have interested in this profession?

Care Specialist who works with ever met. They definitely make living on the JAMIE: I fell in love with the ocean at a pretty young stingrays at Castaway Cay. island feel like home. age. I was 11 when I realized that I wanted to spend my TRUMAN: What’ s the hardest part of your life working with aquatic animals, mainly stingrays and job? sharks! When I was 12, I started volunteering at my local JAMIE: The hardest part of my job is keeping aquarium and dedicated nine years to learning what track of all of the stingrays in the lagoon! A lot it takes to work in an aquarium and how to work with awesome of the stingrays look alike, and sometimes it is aquatic species! I cannot imagine doing anything else with my life! hard to tell who is who! It is very important to TRUMAN: What do you do each day? What’ s a typical day like? get to know the animals and their different JAMIE: My day usually starts out with preparing food for all of the Southern Stingrays in our lagoon. We weigh out the stingray food behaviors. This way we can make sure every for the day, which consists of squid, shrimp and stingray gel cubes. stingray is healthy.

These gel cubes are very important for the stingrays. Just as you TRUMAN: What is your favorite animal? take vitamins every day to stay healthy, the stingray gel cubes keep JAMIE: I have two favorite animals. My first our animals extra healthy! Once the food is ready and the kitchen one is the Giant Pacifi c Octopus. They are fascinating animals and are very intelligent and is clean, the stingray team and I start feeding the stingrays. We feed them seven times throughout the day in our stingray lagoon. The beautiful! I also like how their suction cups stingrays are all taught to come into the interaction stations, and to stick to your skin and make a funny popping sound when you peel them off! My second target right on top of a Mickey Mouse-shaped plastic target. Once they land on the Mickey target, they are rewarded with a handful of favorite animal is the Spotted Eagle Ray. They food! are so graceful and beautiful, and just like their While feeding the stingrays, we will record daily behaviors and perform a quick relative, the Southern Stingrays we have here, they are very intelligent and can visual health assessment of each stingray. This is very important because the be taught to do some really neat things. animals can’ t tell us when they are not feeling well, so we keep an extra-close TRUMAN: What is your favorite hobby or thing to do when you are not eye on them and watch for signs that will tell us if the stingray isn’ t feeling well. working?

We also have to keep the stingray lagoon safe and clean for not only the stingrays, JAMIE: My favorite hobby is photography. I just bought an underwater camera but also for the guests that come to the island on our cruise ships! We will and have been snorkeling like crazy lately so I can get some good shots of the do things like clean the lagoon and also snorkel the lagoon a few times a week gorgeous reefs that are found around Castaway Cay. I also love to paint, explore to make sure the environment is a safe home for the stingrays. and attempt to sing karaoke!

Once a month, we will gather up all of our stingrays and groom their barbs. Just TRUMAN: What advice would you give to kids who are interested in this as you groom your toenails and fi ngernails, we groom the barb that is on the profession? stingray’ s tail! This way, all of our guests and crew members will be safe in the JAMIE: Volunteer! Get as much experience as possible. Not only is it stingray lagoon. This doesn’ t harm the stingray, just as grooming your fi ngernails incredibly fun to volunteer, but you also get to learn all about aquatic animal and toenails doesn’ t harm you! care, and about the ocean environment! Take as many science classes as you can TRUMAN: Are you ever afraid of being hurt by the animals? in school, too! You will learn so many awesome and exciting things about JAMIE: I have never been afraid of our stingrays. They are very gentle animals, and our beautiful planet! Also, never stop trying to reach your dreams. animals, although wild stingrays do still have a venomous barb on their tail.

Sometimes it will take a lot of time and a good amount of hard work, but in the Most people get hurt by stingrays because they accidently step on a end, having a job that you love is defi nitely worth it! camoufl aged stingray hiding in the sand. To prevent getting stung by a stingray, TRUMAN: Wow, it must be awesome to live on an island and work with just practice the stingray shuffl e! Drag and shuffl e your feet through aquatic animals every day. Thanks for sharing!

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Bio-Shock An original story written by Noah McLean of South Glens Falls NY

-Homelanders Biography The Homelanders were known as an anti-Americanism group that believed that the whole government, justice system, and almost everything in between was just a mountain of lies that had been put together in early American history by government officials to make people believe that they lived in “The Promised Land” or “The Land of Dreams”. They believed that the American government was just out for money and, power and eventually world domination. So to the homelanders the best way to fix this “mountain of lies” would be to simply start America over and build it back from scratch, their way...

-The Plan Ever since their start in 1976 the Homelanders had been slowly, carefully, secretly, but very effectively tearing apart the American security system from the inside out to give themselves just enough leeway to execute The Plan. The Plan would work like this: First, 300 ton Bio-Bomb would be launched from a remote unknown location in Africa it would travel over the Atlantic Ocean and most of America and head straight for the center of the Sahara Desert. The Bio-Bomb would touch down on the floor of the Sahara. When this happens the nose of the bomb would be forced into the body of the bomb which would force 200 pounds of hydraulic fluid through the walls of the bomb shell and then back down through the core of the bomb and into the actual bomb itself. Thus, forcing the bomb unit through the nose bomb shell and 300 feet below the Earth’s surface where it would then detonate. The thing that made the Bio-Bomb different than any other high explosive was that it would not kill a single living thing.

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This bomb would detonate underground and release a BioShock. This Bio-Shock would consist of anti-automatic matter waves. Basically this was a shock that would sweep across America and destroy any man made structures. Homes, Businesses, cars, trucks, and more would be wiped from America. Then every single American would be homeless and have nothing at all. Finally the Homelanders would show up as the big hero brining food and supplies to rebuild the country and supply everyone with enough to feel like royalty... under one condition America is now a dictatorship and everyone has to follow the Homelanders every command.

-The Defense Thanks to a tip off from a retired police detective the secret non governmental S.T.A.I. Team or specialized Tactics and Interventions Team now knows about the Homelanders and their plan. So they went straight to the military and told them everything, but none of the generals bought their story for a second. One of the generals simply said “We’ll be sure to look into that” and then escorted the group to the door. The team only has two days left until the Bio-Bomb is scheduled to be launched so they take the matters into their own hands and it becomes a race against time to find where the launch site is located and most of all stop the bomb from ever leaving the site...

WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT!?

Will the Specialized Tactics & Intervention Team be able to stop the Homelanders?

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Art Gallery

AR T GALLERY Eileen Gray: Furniture as Art?

Think furniture is not art? Well, think again! Eileen home. Eileen was fascinated with the Japanese art of lacquering and began makGray was an Irish lacquer artist, architect and furniture ing lacquered folding screens in 1910. In a few short years, her work was noticed designer. She used geometric by some major art collectors, and by 1922, she had designs and patterns to create opened her own shop where she sold the lacquered furniture that is now considered tables and screens that she made. an inspiration behind modern As her artistic talents developed, Eileen became architecture. friends with some Dutch artists who were using Eileen Gray was born on geometric shapes to make new sorts of art. She August 9, 1878, into a wealthy started experimenting with geometric shapes herself family with five children, includand began making functional furniture with coning herself. She spent part of her temporary geometric patterns. As the years passed, childhood in Ireland and part Eileen took on new and different projects. She of it at her family’s city home in designed a space-saving folding “S” chair and London. Eileen’s father was an furnished whole houses for her art clients. Some of amateur artist. When she was her designs were featured in exhibits with the Union a child, he took her on paintdes Artistes Modernes, or Union of Modern Artists. ing tours in other countries.

Although her work was forgotten about for Together, they traveled through some time, it saw a major revival in the 1970s. The Switzerland and Italy, painting modern furniture company ClassiCon has since what they saw. When Eileen reissued much of her work. Eileen died in her apartfinished high school in 1898, she enrolled at the Slade ment in Paris on Halloween, October 31, 1976. She School of Fine Art in London to study drawing. While a The Transat Chair designed by Eileen Gray and was 98 years old. student, she worked part-time at a furniture-making shop manufactured by Editions Ecart International.

Written by Tamar Burris, a former elementary where she learned all about the art of Asian lacquers, a school teacher who now works as a freelance writer unique and beautiful way of finishing wood. and curriculum developer for PBS, the Discovery In 1900, Eileen took her first trip to Paris to study art. After finishing school Channel and other education-related companies. Sources: Design Museum: Eileen in London, she moved to Paris to take more art classes at two well-known French Gray, http://designmuseum.org/design/eileen-gray; Eileen Gray at Art Directory, art schools, École Colarossi and Académie Julian. By 1907, Paris had become her http://www.gray-eileen.com/

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Zebra

Wow, those are amazing stripes! And did you know that no two zebras are exactly alike?

Their stripes are unique to each individual. So why all the stripes? Some say that the stripes help confuse predators when a group of zebras are moving together, making the zebra look like one huge striped animal that no smart lion would want to tackle. Others say that it is effective camouflage in tall grass against their main predator, the lion. Even though grass is not black or Kingdom: Animalia white, the lion is color blind, so the vertical stripes could make the zebra almost invisible in the grass. The color pattern also helps to deflect heat that hits Phylum: Chordata the zebra’s body in its harsh environment.

Subphylum: Vertebrata So which is it: are zebras black with white Class: Mammalia stripes or white with black stripes? There are conflicting opinions, but most experts agree Order: Perissodactyla that the fur is black with white stripes, and Family: Equidae the skin underneath the fur is dark also.

Species: Perissodactlya The zebra is an herbivorous, or planteating, animal. Other animals in its Genus “Equus” are the horse and the donkey. Zebras, in size, are usually between a large horse and a smaller donkey. Zebras tend to have bulky, or heavy-set, bodies, a stiff mane (like a mohawk!) and a long tail with a wispy-haired end. They are usually short in height, and zebras have heavy heads.

Zebras live in Africa. Currently, there are three species of zebra who live in open plains, dense groves of bushes or shrubs and rocky hillsides of Africa. Zebras travel in herds, and in parts of Africa, like the east Serengeti in Tanzania, there can be as many as 200,000 zebras. Herds of zebra are always organized into family groups and are led by a stallion, or male. Zebras run quickly and can achieve speeds of up to 40 miles per hour.

Enemies of the zebra include the lion, leopard and humans, who hunt zebras for their flesh and skins. Despite being hunted, some races of zebras have increased, like the Hartmann’s zebras, found in the mountains and coastal plains of southwest Africa. They increased in 1980 to approximately 15,000, after having only 7,000 in existence in 1967. Zebras that live in the plains and eastern Africa remain numerous to this day.

Sources: “Infoplease” Encyclopedia; The International Museum of the Horse. Written by contributing writer Ashley Young.

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SUMMERTIME FUN ACTIVITIES JOKES • JOKES

Beanbag Balls

Q: What do yo u get if you cros s a chicken with A: Drumsticks a caterpillar? for everyone!

Q: Why did th e butt A: It did not wan er close its eyes in the refrig erator? t to see the sa lad dressing.

Q: April shower s bring mayflow ers, then what do m ayflowers bring?

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Total Time Needed: 1 Hour These totally tossable, squishable balls are lightweight and easy to grip, making them perfect for novice jugglers, beanbag games, or a good old game of catch.

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MATERIALS * 9 (11-inch) balloons (for 3 balls) * Funnel * 2 1/4 cups of dried lentils * Scissors

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INSTRUCTIONS 1. Beanbag Balls - Step 1 Stretch the first balloon by inflating it halfway, holding it closed for about 30 seconds, and deflating it.

2. Beanbag Balls - Step 2 Place a funnel in the balloon's neck and gradually pour in 3/4 cup of lentils, pushing them in as you go. The balloon should be firm but squeezable.

3. Beanbag Balls - Step 3 Snip off the balloon's thick rubber lip. Cut the neck off a second balloon and gently stretch the opening.

4. Beanbag Balls - Step 4 Ease the second balloon over the filled balloon, tucking in the neck as you go.

5. Beanbag Balls - Step 5 Cut the neck off the third balloon, stretch the opening, and ease it over the other two. Repeat this process to make a set of three balls, or however many you'd like.

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FUN ON WATER: COME OUT AND PLAY! COME OUT AND PLAY!

COME OUT AND Water PLASkiing!

Y! Fun on Water:

You’ve probably heard of snow skiing, but have you ever seen or heard of water skiing? It is different from snow skiing because instead of skiing on a solid, frozen surface, you ski on water!

In order to water ski, you must hold onto a rope, known as a ski handle, stand on two special boards, called skis, and be pulled behind a boat while riding on top of the water. However, water skiing should not be done without prior training and supervision of adults or trained professionals.

And, you should always wear a life jacket.

While there is some debate, Ralph Samuelson is best known as the original inventor of the water ski. Samuelson is known as one of the youngest inventors of a popular recreational sport that still takes place today. He was only one day away from his nineteenth birthday when he successfully water skied for the first time.

After much trial and error, Samuelson was able to ski on the waters of Lake Pepin at Lake City, Minnesota, on Sunday, July 2, 1922, while being pulled by a boat. Prior to Samuelson’s triumph, he tried launching himself from an aquaplane and was able to ski a very short distance, but was not satisfied. An aquaplane is a board that skims over the water when being towed at a high speed by a boat. The boat was driven by Ben Samuelson, Ralph’s brother, traveling at 14 knots

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speed in the water and was powered by a Saxon truck engine.

Samuelson then tried going to a local lumberyard, buying two pine boards and making them into instruments he could use to ski on top of the water. The pine boards he bought cost one dollar a piece, and in order to change them into boards he could use to ride across the water, he boiled the tips of the boards in copper kettle and curved them up by clamping them fo two days. Samuelson got some scraps from a harnes shop and made binders for his feet to go onto the skis. He then got 100 feet of sash cord and talked a blacksmith into making him an iron ring for a handle to go on the end of the cord. Samuelson wrapped the ring with black tap to make the grip softer on his hands; then he and his sister Harriet painted the skis white.

Samuelson went back out on the lake July 2 and tried pushing up on his skis with the front tips and began successfully water skiing.

Today the sport of water skiing is enjoyed by adult and children alike. Water skiing has also given birth to other water sports that involve being towed by a boat, like wakeboarding, which is similar to snowboarding, and tubing.

Sources:eSSORTMENT-The Water Ski Museum and Hall of Fame Written by Ashley Young, contributing writer for Kidsville News!

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In February 2010, The Lancet retracted a Columbia University, Massachusetts General controversial 1998 paper that linked the measles, Hospital and the Centers for Disease Control mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine to autism. The and Prevention have since replicated parts of Dr. study was discredited by further research, and it Wakefield’s paper and found no correlation to GI was determined that the lead doctor on the study, problems or subsequent autism. Since Wakefield’s Dr. Andrew Wakefield, had acted unethically. study in 1998, more than 20 other studies have been Investigations revealed that Dr. Wakefield had conducted around the world finding no correlation chosen a biased selection of patients. between MMR vaccines and autism.

Dr. Wakefield has denied any wrongdoing in a Parents who are still concerned about vaccines written statement and claims his Lancet paper never should always discuss their anxiety with their children’s definitively said that MMR vaccines cause autism. pediatrician. He or she can offer the most up-to-date He is quoted as saying, “The Lancet paper does not information about childhood vaccines and potential claim to confirm a link between the MMR vaccine side effects. and autism. Research into that possible connection is The CDC urges parents to remember that vaccines still going on.” are generally safe and should be an important part of Many parents who have held off on the MMR The retraction of an important autism children’s well visits. vaccine for their children or denied it entirely have Information and image courtesy of study sheds new light on the link quoted the 1998 paper as part of their reasoning. metrocreativeconnection.com. between autism and MMR. Did you know that Spiderman is 48 years old? He was first introduced on August 1, 1962 by Marvel Comics in issue #15 of Amazing Fantasy.

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Three Americans made the first balloon crossing of the Atlantic Ocean on August 17, 1978.

They started in Presque Isle, Maine, on August 11 and landed in Miserey, France, in the Double Eagle II. The trip was 3,200 miles and took over 137 hours.

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Emma Thompson wrote the screenplay and once again plays Nanny McPhee, the notso-pretty-but-magical nanny who helps only when she’s “needed but not wanted,” and not when she’s “wanted but not needed.”

Mrs. Green is attempting to operate her family farm while her husband (played by Ewan McGregor) is away at war. Isabel’s children Megsie (Lil Woods) and Norman (Asa Butterfield) refuse to play nice with their spoiled city cousins who occupy their home for an extended visit. With the aid of some magical surprises, Nanny McPhee teaches the children her three important lessons of sharing, not fighting and helping each other. As the tagline says, “You’ll believe that pigs can fly!”

Rated PG for rude humor, some language and mild thematic elements.

(Universal Pictures) Flipped (In Theaters: August 27) Rob Reiner, the director of great kids’ movies like Stand By Me and The Princess Bride, takes his audience on a nostalgic journey of first love between two awkward eighth-graders. In a ‘50s-era rural setting of soft sunlight, second-graders Bryce Loski (Callan McAuliffe) and Juli Baker (Madeline Carroll) meet for the first time. Juli thinks it’s love at first sight, but Bryce is clueless about girls, and especially about the independently minded Juli. As school mates and next-door neighbors, Bryce spends the next six years trying to avoid Juli, who loves trees, chickens and the idea of one day winning a kiss from the blue-eyed Bryce. Based on Wendelin Van Draaned’s young adult novel, Flipped is a warmhearted child’s romance story about family values that’s designed to entertain parents and their children alike. No one ever forgets one’s first love, probably because it’s all so confusing.

Rated PG for language and some thematic material. (Warner Brothers Pictures)

Movies on DVD Diary of a Wimpy Kid (In Stores: August 3) Zachary Gordon plays precocious middle-school kid Greg Heffley, who keeps a journal of his daily humiliations, triumphs and goofy shenanigans in this adaptation of the first book in Jeff Kinney’s children’s series. Still small in size, Greg is eagerly waiting for a growth spurt and making plans to be rich and famous if he can only escape from his annoying friends and the mean bullies that taunt him. It’s only after meeting a local newspaper reporter named Angie (Chloë Moretz) that Greg begins to learn the importance of self-respect. The same filmmaker that made Hotel for Dogs (Thor Freudenthal) directs this children’s comedy, complete with stickfigure animation, that shows how a little determination can go a long way.

Rated PG for some rude humor and language. (20th Century Fox) Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire (In Stores: August 10) This collection of classic cartoons, featuring that wascally wabbit Bugs Bunny, range from 1950 to 1964. Titles like “Lighter than Hare,” “Napoleon Bunny-part” and “The Million Hare” feature know-it-all Bugs Bunny matching wits with Daffy Duck and Yosemite Sam in zippy animated comedies that never get old, no matter how many times you watch them. For all of the attention that modern-day children’s movies attract for their use of 3D animation, there’s still nothing better than the classic Bugs Bunny cartoons. Featuring symphonic musical scores, great vocal actors like Mel Blanc and brilliant animation directors like Chuck Jones and Fritz Freleng, the 15 Bugs Bunny episodes included here will keep young ones laughing for years to come. Not Rated. (Warner Home Video) 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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TICKS are always a concern when walking in the woods, but did you know that they are also found right in your yard? There are two common types of ticks.

The dog tick and the deer tick, the dog tick is bigger and does not carry Lyme disease. Both varieties can be found throughout the year but are more active in the warm, moist spring, early summer and fall.

Lyme disease is an infection carried by deer ticks. Deer ticks live in shady, moist areas such as wooded, grassy and bushy areas but they also live in lawns and gardens especially at the edges of woods and old stonewalls. Young deer ticks are about the size of a poppy seed and very hard to spot. The adult deer tick is the size of a sesame seed. They do not fly or jump but they do climb up if they get on you through direct contact with vegetation. .(Activity Note: Find a poppy seed and a sesame seed you can see just how small a deer tick can be) Lyme disease is a bacterial infection caused by the bite of an infected deer tick. If you find one attached to your skin watch for the early symptoms such as a “bulls-eye” rash or patch near or at the site of the tick bite. In 60-80% of the cases the first sign is a rash. This can be accompanied by other “flu-like” symptoms such as joint pain, chills, fever and feeling tired. There is a blood test to determine if you are infected but the test is not very accurate until after a month or two. The most effective way to treat Lyme disease is with antibiotics and almost always results in a full cure.

Information from the New York Dept. of Health

Hearts Hearts & Bodies Bodies Bugbites & Ticks “Fight the Bite” As we spend more time outside in the warm weather we need to protect ourselves from some of natures more annoying or even dangerous inhabitants. I’m talking about bugs and ticks and or more specifically ways to avoid them.

Although there are many products on the market made specifically for children, insect repellants with deet are probably the best and most commonly used to keep those “little biters” from ruining your outdoor plans. It is generally safe to use a product that has less than 10-30% deet but never apply to infants under 2 months of age.

The repellant permethrin is used on clothing only, not skin. Permethrin kills ticks and insects that come in contact with the treated clothes. It can cause eye irritation, particularly if label directions have not been followed. The repellant on the clothing is effective for two weeks or more if not washed, store the items in a plastic bag when not in use. Always carefully follow the directions noting the special instructions for children.

Botanical oils such as oil of geranium, cedar, lemongrass, soy or citronella are also available, these seem to provide some relief from mosquitoes but have not proven effective against ticks.

Always apply any repellant to your child by applying it to your hands and then wiping it on them avoiding their hands and face. As a safety precaution avoid prolonged and excessive use of repellants. Always keep repellants out of the reach of children.

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Back-to-School Meals: Easy and Nutritious

For many parents, back-to-school time can be stressful and hectic. Luckily, healthy eating doesn’t have to be.

“As the mother of picky eaters, I am always trying to find ways to sneak nutritious foods into my daughters’ meals, especially during the school year when schedules can get packed and I don’t have a lot of time to prepare dinner,” said Sneaky Chef cookbook author Missy Chase Lapine. One of her secrets is to use Uncle Ben’s Whole Grain White Rice, the first and only whole grain rice that looks and tastes like white rice. Each serving contains nearly a full day’s worth of whole grains and has 4 to 5 grams of fiber per serving, meeting nearly 20 percent of the daily recommendation.

Lapine has created a number of kid-friendly, healthy and easy wholegrain recipes that will help eliminate dinner table nutrition battles. This recipe for Chicken Parmesan Rice Casserole combines comforting flavors with whole grains in an easy one-dish recipe.

CHICKEN PARMESAN RICE CASSEROLE Prep Time: Approximately 45 minutes Serves: 10 WHAT YOU NEED: • 2 boxes Uncle Ben’s Whole Grain White Rice Chicken • 1 medium sweet potato • 3 carrots • 3 to 4 tablespoons water • 2 1/2 cups cubed roasted or rotisserie chicken, ideally white meat • 2 1/2 cups store-bought tomato sauce • 3 1/2 cups shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese, divided • 1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese HOW TO MAKE IT: • Prepare rice as instructed on box.

•Preheat oven to 375°F and spray a 13 x 9-inch baking dish with oil.

• For simple homemade Sneaky Chef Orange Puree, peel, chop and boil sweet potato and carrots for about 20 minutes until tender. Drain and add to food processor with 3 to 4 tablespoons water, and puree until smooth.

(Makes about 2 cups of puree. Leftovers can be kept in refrigerator for up to three days or frozen for up to three months.)

Place cooked rice and chicken in the prepared baking dish. Mix tomato sauce, and 1 cup Orange Puree (or baby food carrots) in a bowl.

• Toss chicken and rice with sauce mixture and 1 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese. Top casserole with a combination of Parmesan and remaining 2 cups mozzarella cheese, sprinkling evenly over top.

• Cover with foil and bake for 15 minutes. Uncover. Bake another 5 to 10 minutes or until top is lightly browned and bubbly.

Courtesy of Family Features and Uncle Ben’s Rice. Recipe created by Missy Chase Lapine, author of The Sneaky Chef: Simple Strategies for Hiding Healthy Foods in Kids’ Favorite Meals. www.TheSneakyChef.com

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