Kidsville News August 2022 Cape Fear Region edition

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ASPIRINPrepare for Willy Water Drop Hurricane Season SUGRUVIIDVEALWallyWattWatcher - - Willy Water Drop and Wally Watt Watcher want you and your family to be prepared for the upcoming hurricane - season, which began June 1st. Once a disaster hits, you won’t have time to shop or search for supplies. Whether it’s Various vectors from © freepik.com an electrical storm, a hurricane, or a tornado, you can help your family survive by preparing ahead of time. Here are a few things to get you started: rDceoteldfaonasuwtitmugirfavaipnnnceimmloatgyaontjiesuuaelgyeastyeatdstmotipiisdiffsunrleaesasiremeecscfonptapaeefbdasamryweer.roroaaiAhyslruyttgeoeecrrrudadeern.e Communication Plan SURVIVAL KIT Evacuation Plan Get a good map and plan various evacuation routes, avoid low-lying areas. Do several test runs of different routes, and remind your parents to make sure your family’s vehicle has a full tank of gas. SURVIVAL GUIDE Prepare Your Home Survival Checklist + • Tell a grown up to check your roof for • Water – at least 1 gallon per NOAA weather radio loose or damaged shingles, clogged person for 3 to 7 days gutters, and downspouts • Telephones – fully charged • Food – at least enough for 3 to 7 • Have tarps on hand to protect your roof days cell phones with extra battery • Trim trees of dead or threatening 1. Nonperishable or canned foods and a traditional (not cordless) branches 2. Food for infants and/or the • Maintain a secure yard free of loose telephone set elderly items 3. Snacks • Cash – with some small bills and • Make sure your parents know how to 4. Non-electric can opener, credit cards shut off gas, water, and electricity cooking tools, paper plates, • Secure your water heater and major plastic utensils • Keys • Blankets and pillows appliances • Clothing – seasonal/rain gear/ • Toys, books, and games • Keep breakable, heavy objects in secure sturdy shoes • First Aid Kit – including • Important documents in a cabinets. Do the same for flammable or prescription drugs hazardous liquids • Special items for babies and the waterproof container • Install smoke detectors on each floor in elderly your home • Toiletries – including hygiene and 1. Insurance policies • Teach each family member how to use moisture wipes a fire extinguisher • Flashlights with extra batteries 2. Passports SURVIVAL KIT • Radio – battery operated and 3. Social security cards 4. Family records – birth, marriage, and death certificates • Tools – keep a set with you during the storm • Pet care items – including food, medication, proper ID, leash, + cage, and muzzle For more conservation tips, visit Fayetteville PWC online at www.faypwc.com! www.faypwc.com or call the Communications & Community Relations O ce at 223-4009 2 www.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland August 2022

THE FUN FAMILY NEWSPAPER Hi, Kids! of Cumberland, Harnett & Hoke Counties www.kidsvillenews.com/Cumberland bpmEelaaIaartijun’teshtssTitfawruicnulhmdmleartanoehnduem.nagtguaraceiinhant,poatefhraotiksiucsrtleiwnmsaheateibowroenrui’tstthinfteohgoleadtmnoidsyinosgeurteohamwibsnsom,utAoot mntmhteheer’eiswctaKotinhidsdesavesirklflyue,lNtloaentwhdsef!oFgrmrroesmatof lahamwaegn“naMCdiltamvdtoRsoupohefbeoncaor, atieadannirnosldmteedfsigatrlnctasheecrsotg!buaceuoifoodicglynwsntutoreutaishatouhcrt”panetirtenahsith,soregaeoiytnoclrhoifsmtcnftuitolecmouehanlal,feejhoytfoala!uwaetarnroHnrlwnlpdetadafeosaniyvafndioioedmtlnsd.srufomf“.oa“uCoTdAkrlnsuoeemeor,mctaowysattruwohoneiinstunnhahaOadtiamltcb.utthtYopthadtioushyleaoautamnuwtWtowedgoatsiohishnnP,lr!lettlldahrty.’o”as,”mAmfataezkrieng PUBLISHER Bill Bowman Until next time, [email protected] [email protected] to our partners for sponsoring our EDITDOyRlaInALHIicNkTs ERN Kidsville News! in literacy initiative OPERATIONS MANAGER Paulette Naylor accounting @upandcomingweekly.com PRODUCTION MANAGER/ GRAPHIC DESIGNER Courtney Sapp-Scott [email protected] SALES & MARKETING Linda McAlister [email protected] Jim Schaffer [email protected] DSISATLREISBAUDTMIOINNIDSTIRREACTTOORR/ Laurel Handforth [email protected] IILLUSTRATOR Cover & Truman • Dan Nelson Copyright © 2020 by Merrigold Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this issue may be reproduced in whole or in part in any form without permission of the publisher or copyright holder. Neither participating advertisers nor the publishers will be responsible or liable for misinformation, misprints or typographical errors. The publishers reserve the right to edit any assfpouunicrbbdtmumupnrieietssrtsosmeiladoincinsidmstseivoadsenthecmorttooiuaarnllps.duu©Msbicnlferircsireplhrueitpgsds,oiiegkalndrn&tewaPdVmuobebreyckl,it,aseaohedprzidanyorrg.ete,hnsIestnr,octmr.elgiaesutpenahrroiodatnil.areneCs.nhpVuioladmnrrsibeiobneulr’ess, August 2022 UP & COMING WEEKLY 3 www.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland

lLeaarnnidngfaoborutms What makes Earth so Forming from the Hills • River plains beautiful is its diverse interaction of tectonic • Grasslands environment. plates, mountains have While mountains are • Desert plains steep, sloping sides very large, hills are much How did the planet become and sharp or rounded smaller. A “bump” in Plateaus so diverse? Scientists ridges, and a high point the landscape, hills rise theorize the movement of called a peak or summit. gradually from their An area of relatively level tectonic plates — pieces of Geologists classify a surroundings, reaching high ground, a plateau land that connect together mountain as a landform less than 1,000 feet in forms when magma — on the Earth’s outer that rises at least 1,000 elevation. extremely hot liquid and shell much like pieces of feet or more above its semi-liquid rock located a puzzle — created the surrounding area and Although hills and under the Earth’s surface continents and Earth’s a mountain range as a mountains are different in — pushes towards the major landforms over series or chain of close size, both tower over the earth’s surface and seemingly millions of mountains. surrounding areas. elevates pieces of the years. earth’s crust. Because of The following are five Plains their larger surface area, A landform is a feature basic kinds of mountains plateaus are good for on Earth’s surface that and examples of each: A large, flat area landform growing plants for the creates the planet’s that covers more than one- people of Earth. different natural • Fold mountains; the third of the world’s land landscapes. These features Rockies in North America area and exists on every Each landform has a may look similar in many continent is the plain. unique quality and purpose cases, but their variations • Fault-block mountains; Examples of plains include that makes it valuable to in size and structure set the Harz Mountains in the following: Earth’s inhabitants. each one apart. The four Germany major landforms on Earth • Tundra are mountains, hills, • Dome mountains; the plateaus and plains. Black Hills of South Dakota • Coastal plains Mountains • Volcanic mountains; Mount Kea and Mount Loa in Hawaii • Plateau mountains; New Zealand’s mountains https://sciencing.com/topography-deserts-8178249.html http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/mountains/types.htm https://mocomi.com/landforms/ https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/landform 4 www.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland August 2022

Landforms by Water The world is full of many into the open water that is AUGUST diverse landforms — land important for the navigation of features that set regions apart. ships and water vessels. Aug. 2, 1776 In Philadelphia, most of the 55 In “Connections,” you read members of the Continental Congress signed about some inland landforms. Some famous capes around the parchment copy of the Declaration of Now, let’s learn about unique the world are the mountainous Independence. landscapes that exist near Cape of Good Hope near the Aug. 3, 1492 Christopher Columbus set sail water. southern point of Africa; Cape from Palos, Spain, with three ships, Nina, Pinta Morris Jesup in Greenland, the and Santa Maria. Seeking a westerly route to Isthmus world’s northernmost point of the Far East, he instead landed on October 12th land (excluding the north polar in the Bahamas, thinking it was an outlying An isthmus is a very thin ice cap); and sandy Cape Cod Japanese island. landform that connects two in southeastern Massachusetts Aug. 16, 1896 Gold was discovered in Rabbit large areas of land separated that forms a wide curve Creek, a tributary of the Klondike River in by water. Because of the enclosing Cape Cod Bay. Alaska, resulting in the Great Klondike Gold separation caused by water, Rush. canals help people move from Peninsula Aug. 18, 1920 The 19th Amendment to the U.S. one area of land to the other. Constitution was ratified, granting women the The word peninsula comes right to vote. For example, the Isthmus of from the Greek words “paene” Aug. 21, 1959 President Dwight D. Eisenhower Panama in Panama links the which means almost and signed a proclamation admitting Hawaii to the continents of North and South “insula” which means island. Union as the 50th state. America. The Panama Canal Similar to a cape, a peninsula is a constructed waterway is also joined to the mainland, that connects the Atlantic but water surrounds most of and Pacific oceans across this its border. Capes are found at isthmus. the ends of peninsulas. Cape The state of Florida is mostly a peninsula, as most of it is While an isthmus separates surrounded by the Atlantic two areas of land by water, a Ocean. Did you know the cape directly connects land to only U.S. state completely water. A cape is classified as enveloped by water on three an area of land which extends sides is New Jersey? out further from its connecting coast into a body of water and No matter where you are in is surrounded by water on the world, you can see many three sides. different types of landforms. The isthmus, cape and In geography, this unique peninsula are three examples landform is a promontory — of the many fascinating a narrow piece of land that landforms you can learn about. extends from the coastline August 2022 https://mocomi.com/landforms/ 5 https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-is-the-difference-between-a-peninsula-and-a-cape.html http://www.waterencyclopedia.com/Hy-La/Islands-Capes-and-Peninsulas.html www.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland

The Big World of the Tiny Ant Most people • Depending on the their body weight! ants think of ants as tiny, species, a colony may suck the insignificant land have one queen or • The enormous juice out of the solid creatures or pests that many queens. strength of ants enables food and dispose of the often bite. Though ants them to thrive despite dry leftovers. can also be frustrating • Other female ants their smaller stature. when they get into your work on the ant hill, the home or when you’re colony’s habitat, feed • Ants have excellent • Ants do not live a long having a picnic, ants do the larvae, take out the communication skills. time. The lifespan of help the environment. colony’s trash, forage for Their antennas give ants can range from a Though small in size food and supplies and them a sense of touch, few weeks to several and underestimated in defend the nest. hearing, taste and smell decades for some. ability, ants are capable that allows them to of much more that it • Male ants have roles translate messages. • The factors of varying seems. to help reproduce and lifespan depend on their protect, which both • When ants detect living conditions, but • Ants live in colonies, involve the queen. Male food, they produce ants are still a capable also called armies, soldier ants protect pheromones — species despite their inside of ant hills her, defend the colony, chemicals that triggers size and shortened or mounds. They obtain food and attack a social response in lifetime. survive with strong enemy colonies. members of the coordination and organization. • The work system in same species — Ants place inside the ant to lead the other • Millions of male and colony relies on strong ants to the food COMMON NAME: Ants female ants live inside teamwork, made source. one colony. Like bees, possible by the ants’ SCIENTIFIC NAME: the most important incredible strength. Formicidae ant in the colony is the queen, the only ant that • Some 20,000 ant • Ants may be TYPE: Invertebrates lays eggs. species live on Earth, able to find DIET: Omnivore and they are all food, but they GROUP NAME: Army, colony immensely strong. are unable • Ants can lift over 20x to chew and AVERAGE LIFE SPAN: Several swallow it. weeks to several years To get the SIZE: 0.08 to 1 inches nutrients, the https://www.coolkidfacts.com/ant-facts-for-kids/ https://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-ants/ 6 www.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland August 2022

TTheectoEnaircthP’slates E arth is known for its diversity, especially in its which causes the • Some minor tectonic plates include the landscapes and landforms. earth to move as a Arabian, Caribbean, Nazca and Scotia Have you ever wondered how these part of the surface of plates. billions-of-years-old landforms, according the earth. to science, came to be? • Throughout history, the impact of • Tectonic plates tectonic plate movement has been huge. The tectonic plate theory may answer how are massive in their As tectonic plates are always in motion, these landforms came to be. This scientific size, being roughly they can cause continents to move theory states that Earth’s outermost layer 62-miles thick. roughly every 500 million years. is made of large pieces of rock constantly Because of their size, in motion. Let’s learn more about the they have a huge • The most famous supercontinent was Earth’s tectonic plates. impact on the earth’s Pangea. Scientistists believe it once movements and vibrations. united all the continents together. • Two types of tectonic plates exist in Earth’s lithosphere, which is the rocky • According to the theory, tectonic plate • Scientists be;ieve that millions of years outer part of the Eart. These plates are the movement is what causes earthquakes after the formation of Pangea, the oceanic plate and the continental plate. and volcano eruptions. continents split apart and became the seven continents on Earth today. • Oceanic crust makes up the sea floor, • As the tectonic plates collide, they just as the continental crust makes up drastically shake the earth with their Earth’s land or continents. impact. • The crusts are similar because they • These events can happen anywhere both contain features like mountains, in the world as there are seven major volcanoes, valleys and plains. They are tectonic plates across the world. also both made up of layers and contain sediment. • There are eight major plates in the world. These are the African, Antarctic, Eurasian, • These plates are part of the lithosphere, North American, South American, Indian, Australian and Pacific plates. https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/landform https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/plate-tectonics/346101 https://www.ducksters.com/science/earth_science/plate_tectonics.php Hidden Picture Puzzles! Answers on Page 21 August 2022 www.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland 7

What Is Culture? Earth is known for its diverse groups of people. With a consumed in Asian and Hispanic cultures, but due to the human population of 7.9 billion, our world is filled international trade of resources and also immigration, with many different people groups, ethnicities people can access food resources not native to their and traditions related to where we are from. land and try new things. How we speak and what we eat, the ways we celebrate and worship, examples of the Language varies by location, too. The world types are art and music we produce — is full of thousands of languages — 7,151 and more — are all examples of culture. languages are spoken today — but just 23 Consider what makes you and your languages account for more than half the family special. What language do you world’s population. speak? What traditions and beliefs do you have? Do you enjoy special Culture extends beyond just different foods and wear clothing to represent ways of speaking and eating. Religion your family or history? The culture of is a set of beliefs and practices, usually a group of people is the traditions and focused on how people live their lives beliefs that they practice in their daily and what happens after life is over. With lives. The fact that there are different many different religions throughout the cultures found throughout the globe is world, religion often influences people’s what makes our world so wonderful. behavior and daily life. Some major religions of the world include Christianity, Food derives from different cultures across Islam and Hinduism. the world. If you like to eat tacos on Tuesday and spaghetti on Friday, you can thank the cultures Other forms of culture come with the beliefs around the world that brought these mainstay favorite and morals of people groups and individuals. In the dishes to us. People grow different foods based on their United States, individual freedom is strongly prioritized and soil and climate, so they also cook and eat dishes unique empowers its people to express their feelings. to where they live. For example, rice is a food commonly Culture varies across the world. hthtpttsp:s//:/w/kwidws..klivdedslec.iceon/Ccuel.tcuorme / htthptst:/p/ks:i/d/sw.bwriwta.nbnriictaa.nconmic/ak.icdosm/a/ratirctle/l/ecpurlteucrhe/a3u9n9913 Salt Dough Topographical Maps Mapping out the world can be a difficult task. With Let the mixture sit for 20 minutes. seven continents and nearly 197 million square miles With the dough made, now place the cardboard, of surface area, the Earth is massive. Building a model your map’s backing, on a flat surface. Determine the of a hard-to-imagine object or feature will help you appropriate size of the region you will be re-creating, understand our planet and its landforms in a way a and using your picture, draw the image on the two-dimensional drawing cannot. A topographical salt cardboard. Fill in the outline with dough and shape it dough map is one such model — a fun and hands-on accordingly using your hands or a spoon. project and learning tool. Let’s get started! Once the dough is shaped appropriately in its size, it is Instructions time to replicate the area on the dough. The first step to creating a topographical salt dough This work can be done with either your hands or a map is to get a picture of your area of interest. Would paper clip or knife — to help shape and smooth the you like to build a landscape of your state, country or dough —if the dough is tougher than expected. After continent or a specific landform such as a mountain, you feel satisfied with the dough map, it is time to cook volcano or peninsula? Anything is possible! the project in the oven. Place the cardboard on a After choosing your project model, gather the cookie tray and bake for following materials. two hours at 275 degrees Fahrenheit. When done, • Cardboard • Water cool the project and paint using the photo as a guide. • Markers • Paint and paint brushes Colors help show the re-created area accurately: • Flour • Toothpicks blue for water, green or brown for land and so on. • Salt • Paper For further enhancement, create a legend, label the Next, it is time to make the dough. Mix two cups of different areas or add other flour, one cup of salt and one cup of cold water in a embellishments! bowl. https://www.upliftingmayhem.com/topographical-salt-dough-map/ https://www.gracelikerainblog.com/2017/05/emilys-salt-dough-map.html 8 www.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland August 2022

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?? ? ? ?? ? ?? ? ?? ?? What’s It Like to Be? ? ? ? ? ?? ?? ? ? ? ? ?? ? ? An Author & Artist Liz Ball Please share with our readers Institute in Dayton, Ohio, and I illustrated a children’s picture your name, profession and some after getting married, I continued book he wrote titled, Why America details about your job. my freehand artwork while Matters. My name is Liz Ball. I am an I stayed home to raise our What do you like best about artist/author who draws hidden children. Eventually, a children’s your work? picture puzzles and illustrates magazine published one of my My favorite part of work is inking. children’s books. My puzzles are hidden picture puzzles, then Once I have the rough sketches all hand-drawn and are published asked me to draw puzzles for done, I sort of relax and let my hand in newspapers, magazines and two more magazines and that and mind add in details that make publications throughout the U.S. was how I found my niche of each character “come to life.” I also and internationally. I have illustrated drawing hidden pictures. In 1996, enjoy meeting kids and adults at over 30 books and drawn at least The Dayton Daily News began book signings or events where I 3,000 hidden pictures. syndicating my Hidden Treasures, draw quick personalized pictures. When and why did you decide hidden picture puzzles. Twenty- What would you like others to on this career path? six years later, Hidden Treasures know about being an artist? I didn’t start out to be a hidden still publishes twice weekly in The I would like others to know about picture puzzle artist. I grew up Dayton Daily News and many other the joys of being an artist/author with parents who were artistic, and publications, including Kidsville and some of the opportunities it creativity was always encouraged. News! has given me. Even though I did not Drawing was part of my life from a Can you give us some details start out to be, or even think about very early age, and in high school, I about your work? being a hidden picture puzzle dreamed of illustrating a children’s It takes approximately three to artist, my previous endeavors all picture book one day. In the late six hours per hidden picture, contributed to help me find my 1960s, I took a mechanical drawing from sketching on blank page artistic niche. class and found out I loved the to finishing the black and white There are so many things I enjoy hands-on precision of detailed inking. It takes much longer if I about being an artist — being able drawings. As a result, I became a need to do research or color the to work in my studio and when tool and die engineer and helped picture. traveling, seeing happy “critters” design and draw machines. My Hidden Treasures books each take shape on each page, reading I also taught classes at ITT Technical have 56-72 pages and 1,100 to letters from puzzle fans and being more than 1,850 hidden items. able to share my God-given gift Personalized puzzles are done with others. Visiting schools, using for individuals, for example, for my art on mission trips and hearing birthdays, anniversaries, special from parents, doctors and teachers events and also corporately. about how my puzzles help improve I receive around 2,000 letters each spatial skills, eye coordination, year from puzzle fans, and it’s not concentration and memory just kids who enjoy looking for the retention is very rewarding. hidden items. The oldest person And yes, I did get to fulfill my dream who wrote was 101. of illustrating a children’s picture The most famous person I’ve done book last summer. For more hidden illustrations for was Dr. Ben Carson, picture puzzle fun, be sure to check a gifted man, great surgeon and my website: former candidate for U.S. president. www.hiddenpicturepuzzles.com. 10 www.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland August 2022

MATHTIME Aunt Rose makes quilts. She is looking for new ideas for her patterns. She would like to use two colors: blue and green. Can you help her with a design? Q: HOW MANY SQUARES CAN YOU FIND IN THE QUILT TO THE RIGHT?? GRAB SOME CRAYONS AND HELP AUNT ROSE COLOR HER QUILT BLUE AND GREEN! Answers on Page 21 Send it!* Sandhills Hey, Kids! Pediatric & Family We want to remind you to send us your photos, Dentistry original artwork, letters, poems and stories, We would really love hearing from you. We Dental care for the whole family. may even print them in a later issue or include them on our cool website. Free orthodontic consultations. Se habla Español. www.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland Name: Age: Bryan C. Dunston, DDS, 1st Dental Board Certified Visit at Age 1! Address: Grade: Pediatric Dentist City: State: Zip: Phone: Name of your School or location where you picked up a copy of Kidsville News!: Parent, Teacher, Guardian Signature (Permission): Email: (Receive a “Free” online subscription of Kidsville News!) 55 Amarillo Lane, Sanford NC (Located off Buffalo Lake Rd., 8 miles north of Spring Lake near Carolina Lakes) Send to: 208 Rowan Street Fayetteville, NC 28301 • 910-484-6200 www.sandhillsdental.com August 2022 www.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland 11

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Classic Dessert Evokes Comforts of Home The holiday season is right around the corner, and that means cooking and baking to accommodate home entertaining and gifting is about to pick up. It is customary to bring a host or hostess gift when visiting a friend or loved one, and a dessert that appeals to all ages can certainly fit the bill. Even though cakes and cookies may be the norm, people may want to think outside the box for something unique, but equally tasty. Banana pudding often wins rave reviews. Anyone who loves the sweet taste of bananas, the creaminess of rich pudding and the crunch of vanilla wafers will enjoy digging into this classic treat. While many vanilla pudding recipes are topped with whipped cream, this version, courtesy of Trisha Yearwood and the Food Network, changes things up with a meringue topping for added flair. Banana Pudding Ingredients: 4 large eggs 3/4 cup sugar 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon plus a pinch of salt 2 cups whole milk 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 30-40 vanilla wafers 3-4 large, ripe bananas 1. Separate the yolks from the whites of three of the eggs; set aside the whites. Add the remaining whole egg to the yolks. 2. In a saucepan, whisk together 1/2 cup sugar, the flour and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Stir in the whole egg and three yolks, and then stir in the milk. Cook uncovered, stirring often, until the mixture thickens, about 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla. 3. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit. 4. Spread a thin layer of the pudding in a 1 ½-quart casserole dish. Arrange a layer of vanilla wafers on top of the pudding. Thinly slice the bananas crosswise, about 1/8 inch thick, and arrange a layer of banana slices over the wafers. Spread one-third of the remaining pudding over the bananas and continue layering wafers, bananas and pudding, ending with pudding. 5. To make the meringue, beat the reserved egg whites with a pinch of salt until they are stiff. Gradually beat in the remaining 1/4 cup sugar and continue beating until the whites will not slide out of the mixing bowl when it is tilted. 6. Spread the meringue over the pudding with a spatula, making a few decorative peaks on top, and bake until the meringue is lightly browned, 5 minutes. 14 www.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland August 2022

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Poison Prevention Tips but this can be dangerous. People in the home may mistakenly ingest something if it is transferred to a beverage container or something typically used for food storage. Plus, should ingestion occur, you will no longer have the safety label in place. That means you won’t have immediate access to safety protocols that can save lives. Poisons are all around us, notably in our Avoid sharing meds homes. The Health Resources and Services Never share prescription medicines with other Administration says that more than 90% of people. Poisoning can occur because medicines poisonings happen at home, with many occurring in are prescribed based on weight and other physical the bathroom, kitchen and bedroom. The American factors. One individual can be seriously impaired by Association of Poison Control Centers reports that the medication even if it’s safe for another person. In 55 poison control centers across the United States addition, drugs can interact with other medicines, receive millions of calls every year. Many interactions including over-the-counter products, further with poisons can be avoided by implementing smart increasing the risk for accidents. poison control strategies at home. Monitor children Choose products with child safety caps Supervise children when using any products, as The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission they can be dangerous if not used correctly. These reports nine out of 10 poisoning incidents involving include art supplies, cleaning supplies and even hand children occur in the home. In 2019, approximately sanitizers and soaps. 67,500 children under the age of five ended up in emergency rooms due to unintended poisoning. Handle foods properly Parents can protect children by keeping medicines Foods must be properly stored at the correct in their original child-safe containers. When buying temperature and cooked to a safe level. Always wash cleansers, cleaners and detergents, choose products fresh fruits and vegetables with running water. Never that have strong child-safety lids and seals. use commercial cleaning products on foods or food packaging. Always wash hands and counters before Up and away preparing food. Promptly refrigerate or freeze foods Store cleaning products and cosmetics up high or if they will be saved as leftovers, as bacteria can grow behind locked cabinet doors. Simply having them quickly at room temperature. out of sight and out of mind can prevent interaction. Keep the poison hotline number nearby Use original containers Program the National Poison Help Line number into It’s tempting to transfer certain cleaning products your cell phone and post it near the landline phone. or chemicals to other bottles or jars for ease of use, It is 1-800-222-1222. Promptly call in a poisoning situation for assistance. Poison prevention is an important lesson to review at home and discuss with all household members to avoid potentially fatal injuries. 16 www.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland August 2022

Fun Ways to Keep Kids Occupied Over Summer Break K ids look forward to summer reports that roughly 45% of children they can get work done at home and between the ages of eight and 11 enjoy enjoy a break when it’s not their turn vacation every year. The last day of reading very much. When suggesting to host. school gives way to less structured to children that they read more this days when kids can spend more time summer, parents can note the many Find something free: Perhaps outdoors and less time cracking the ways that reading for pleasure differs in recognition of the need for books. from reading for school. Point out affordable, family-friendly fare, many that kids won’t have to submit book communities now host free events Summer vacation can be a dilemma reports and emphasize that they can for kids and their parents each week. for parents, especially in households choose their own books. Weekly movie nights under the stars where both parents work full-time. A and concerts in community squares pandemic-related increase in remote Depending on children’s ages, are popular in many communities, working has made that problem introduce kids to a series like Harry but those same towns also may host somewhat more manageable, but Potter, which is a set of seven fantasy events specifically for kids during the even parents working from home novels that has helped millions daytime. A simple internet search, must find fun way for kids to stay of young people across the globe “free events near me,” may unveil a occupied until the new school year discover and develop a fondness for host of activities that can keep kids begins. No two kids are the same, reading. Weekly visits to the library, happy and occupied on summer days so parents may need to try various where kids can pick from hundreds of when their schedules are open. Local activities on for size until they find books, can get youngsters even more libraries can be great resources for something their children enjoy doing excited about reading. free events as well. during the lazy days of summer. Play dates: Play dates are a great Summer vacation is a relaxing time Day camp: Day camps provide much way to make kids happy and take for youngsters. Parents who don’t of the structure of school without a little off of parents daily plates. want that relaxation to turn into all the homework or time spent Arrange routine summer play boredom can look to various activities indoors. Many parks and recreation dates with children’s school friends, to occupy their children’s time until a departments run summer day camps neighbors and/or cousins. Parents can new school year begins. for kids. Camps can be generalized or alternate hosting responsibilities so specialized. For example, some may offer an array of activities, including sports and nature walks, in each day, while others may focus on a single activity, like musical lessons or science-based programs. Camps run by local parks and rec departments do not typically last all summer long, which parents should keep in mind when enrolling youngsters. Reading: Parents may be surprised by how much their children enjoy a good book. A recent poll from the National Education Association found that 70 percent of middle school students read more than 10 books a year. The National Literacy Trust August 2022 www.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland 17

Find Hercules and His Mighty Globular Clusters By David Prosper Hercules is one of the Composite image of Look up after sunset during the summer months to find Hercules. standout heroes of the dense starry core of Scan between Vega and Arcturus, near the distinct pattern of Corona Greek mythology, but his M92 imaged in multiple Borealis. Once you find its stars, use binoculars or a telescope for namesake constellation can wavelengths. While hunting down the globular clusters M13 and M92. If you enjoy your be surprisingly hard to find, your views of these views of these globular clusters, you’re in luck — look for another great globular clusters won’t globular, M3, in the nearby constellation of Boötes. Image created with be nearly as crisp and assistance from Stellarium: stellarium.org detailed, you might be able to count some of its member stars. How far into their dense cores can you count individual stars? Credits: ESA/Hubble & NASA; Acknowledgment: Gilles Chapdelaine. Source: https://www.nasa.gov/ feature/goddard/2017/ messier-92 stars is traditionally shown as the torso of the great hero, though some illustrators prefer marking the Keystone as the head of Hercules. What despite being one of the pattern do you see in the stars as a fuzzy “star” in binoculars telescope are needed to make largest star patterns in our of Hercules? and telescopes, M13 explodes it “pop.” Even though M92 and night skies. Once you find the with stars and can fill up M13 appear close together stars of Hercules, look deeper; Globular star clusters appear an eyepiece view with its in the sky, in actuality, they barely hidden in the space “fluffy,” round and dense with sparkling stars, measuring a are rather far apart; M13’s around his massive limbs stars, like a dandelion gone to little over half the diameter of distance is estimated at some and “Keystone” asterism are seed, in contrast to the more a full moon in appearance. 25,000 light-years from Earth, two beautiful globular star scattered and decentralized and M92’s at approximately clusters: M13 and M92. patterns of open clusters. When viewed through 27,000 light-years distant. Open clusters are generally small telescopes, globular Since M13 and M92 appear so Since the constellation itself made up of young stars clusters can appear orblike close together in our skies is relatively dim but bordered gradually spreading apart and and without discernable and are relatively easy to spot, by brighter constellations, found inside our Milky Way member stars, similar to switching between these you can find the stars of galaxy. In contrast, globular the fuzzy comae of distant clusters in your scope makes Hercules by looking between clusters are ancient clusters of comets. That’s why comet for excellent star-hopping the bright stars Vega and stars that are compact, billions hunters Edmund Halley and practice. Can you observe any Arcturus. They are easy to of years old, bound to each Charles Messier discovered differences between these two identify, and we have tips on other and orbiting around our and then cataloged M13 in ancient clusters of stars? doing so in previous articles. galaxy. 1714 and 1764, respectively, Vega is the brightest star in marking this faint fuzzy as a Astronomers closely study the constellation Lyra and Due to their considerable “not-comet” to avoid future globular clusters for hints one of the three stars that distance, globular clusters confusion. about the formation of stars make up the Summer Triangle are usually only visible in and galaxies. NASA’s space (June 2020: Summer Triangle telescopes, but one notable While enjoying your view of telescopes have even studied Corner: Vega). Arcturus is exception is M13, also known M13, don’t forget to also look the clusters of Hercules to the brightest star in the as the Great Cluster or for M92, another bright and reveal the secrets of their constellation Boötes and Hercules Cluster. During bold globular cluster. If M13 dense cores of hundreds of can be found by “arcing to very clear dark nights, skilled weren’t so spectacular, M92 thousands of stars. Find their Arcturus” from the handle observers may be able to spot would be known as the top of the Big Dipper (May 2021: M13 without optical aid along Virgo’s Galactic Harvest). You the border of the Keystone, celestial sight in Hercules. latest observations of globular may be able to find Hercules’s in between the stars Zeta M92 also lies on the edge clusters and the universe at “Keystone” asterism first; and Eta Herculis and a bit of naked-eye visibility, but www.nasa.gov/. this distinct pattern of four closer to Eta. Readily visible binoculars and especially a 18 www.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland August 2022

Summer Safety Whether you’re playing sports, hiking, Finally, make sure you are prepared for are few things to keep in mind. First, make sunny and hot conditions. Wearing loose sure you check your local air quality report. camping or spending time on or near the fitting, lightweight clothing, staying If there is an air quality alert for your area, water, you’ll likely be spending plenty of hydrated and taking breaks in the shade, it’s safer to stay indoors. Children, older time outdoors this summer. Whatever your when possible, can all help protect you people and people with health problems plans look like, it’s important to make sure from overheating. Also, don’t forget are the most affected by air quality. you’re prepared for all the weather and the sunscreen. water hazards that this season can bring. Sitting in the stands or in the dugout in Check out these tips for having fun and Hiking and Camping Safety the dead of summer can get hot. To help staying safe this summer! protect yourself from overheating, make Heading into the great outdoors? There are sure to wear sunscreen, drink plenty of Beach and Boating Safety a few things to look out for when spending water and spend as much time in the time in nature that can help keep you shade as you can. Wearing light clothing If you’re spending time in or near the safe. Always be on the alert for thunder can also help to keep you cool. During water this summer, there are a few things or lightning; if you see or hear either, go excessive heat, try to avoid heavy activity you can do to ensure that you, your family immediately to a hard-topped vehicle or and stay out of direct sunlight when and your friends are staying safe. First, if building, if possible, and avoid ridge tops or possible. you hear or see lightning or thunder, it’s isolated tall trees that could fall if struck. time to head inside. If you’re on the beach If lightning or thunder strikes during a when this happens, make your way to a When hiking during the day, take care to sporting event, make sure to head to hard-topped vehicle or a sturdy building. If wear sunscreen, stay hydrated and wear safety immediately, as metal bleachers, you’re on a boat, take care to head into the lightly-colored, loose-fitting clothing to railings and posts can conduct lightning cabin or start making your way back help keep you cool. and harm those nearby. When a storm to the shore. is approaching, go quickly to the nearest Hiking in a canyon or setting up camp near building or a vehicle. It’s also important to be aware of ricurrents a stream or river? Beware of flash flooding! and dangerous waves. On the shore, Sudden and heavy rainfall can cause No matter what you’re up to this summer, make sure to only swim at beaches with a flooding to occur very quickly, so always it’s always a good idea to check the lifeguard; on a boat, make sure to always use caution in these areas. forecast before planning to spend time wear a life jacket. If you get caught in a outside. Stay up to date on weather current, don’t panic, but do draw attention Sports Safety forecasts, stay safe and stay cool to yourself and swim along the shore, this summer. if possible. If you’re hitting the court or heading to an outdoor sporting event this summer, here August 2022 www.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland 19

By Calee N., KIDS FIRST! Film Critic, age 12 By Giana N. ponies, and their Another thing I like about KIDS FIRST! friendship has this show is that it includes Film Critic, Age 11 been off. Zipp everyone’s differences, which Storm (Maitreyi sends the message that even if https://www.youtube.com/ Ramakrishnan) has noticed this you are different, you can still be watch?v=kJlr63YlFgM tension has caused the unity friends and work together. crystal’s power to fade. Now My Little Pony: Zipp and her friends have to The message of My Little Pony: Make Your Mark figure out a way to stop it before Make Your Mark is that you have it gets out of hand. to do what is right and good My Little Pony: Make Your Mark for you and not what’s good is an entertaining, full-length In My Little Pony: Make Your for other people. This ethic is episode that will have audiences Mark, I like that the five ponies’ shown through Zipp’s character. counting the days until the friendship is so strong, it’s the She doesn’t know whether she release of the upcoming series. only thing needed to keep the wants to go back home and This show doesn’t require you to power of the crystal from fading. become a princess or stay in watch the My Little Pony movie They don’t do it individually — Maritime Bay with her friends. In beforehand to know what is they do it together. the end, she does what is right going on, but you can! You’ll be for her. My Little Pony: Make entertained watching this show. My favorite characters in this Your Mark is family-friendly show are Sunny (Jenna Warren) and has a good message that This show focuses on the new and Izzy (Ana Sani). I like Sunny everyone, no matter who you characters that were first and Izzy because they both have are. presented in the previous positive attitudes no matter the movie, My Little Pony: A New situation; they are naturally nice I give My Little Pony: Make Generation. In Maritime Bay, it’s and genuine. I think that was Your Mark, which is found on now normal for earth ponies, one of the key factors in saving Netflix. 4.5 out of 5 stars and unicorns and Pegasi to interact Maritime Bay. I also like that recommend it for ages 4 to 8. with each other and be friends. Zipp is funny and confident. Look for it today! But lately, things have been tense between some of the 20 www.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland August 2022

Hidden Picture Puzzles GOLF A SCHOOL BUS (14) Noticing patterns helps people solve problems at home, at work and especially in math class! Math has been called “the study of patterns,” so it makes sense to look for a pattern when you are trying to solve a problem. According to the organization American Humane, each year approximately 10 million pets are lost in the United States. Reports show that of the 70 million stray animals in the U.S., 6.5 million of them enter shelters each year. Tags and additional measures to identify cats and dogs greatly increase the chances that lost pets will eventually be reunited with their owners. In fact, such measures can be the most important step pet owners take to ensure the recovery of lost pets. American Humane notes that only 15% of dogs and 2% of cats that enter shelters without tags are reunited with their owners. In addition to tags, pet owners can speak to their veterinarians about microchipping, which involves the insertion of a tiny electronic capsule beneath the animal’s skin that serves a similar function as a tracking device. August 2022 www.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland 21

Book Reviews for Kids by Kay Frazier Bubblecat vs. Dragonbear and Bubblecat runs for his life but soon learns he is stronger than he thought. A friendship between the two By Sean Charmatz main characters forms through understanding and a hug. For Early Elementary-Age Readers Easy book; 32 pages; hardcover; The pictures in this book are a combination of unpaged; target audience ages photographs and digital art. The use of speech bubbles, 4-8; copyright 2022. appearing very cartoon-like, captures the attention of young readers. Bubblecat is a cat made of a bubble, so he must stay My six-year-old grandson loved this book and away from anything sharp immediately searched YouTube to see if there was a and spiky. He is careful in cartoon about it. We hope there will be more adventures everything he does and with for Bubblecat and Dragonbear in the future. everyone with whom he has contact. Dragonbear is an artistic and quite unfriendly bear creature who breathes Find Bubblecat vs. Dragonbear at your local library or fire. In the book, Bubblecat vs. Dragonbear, Dragonbear bookseller. becomes very angry when Bubblecat accidentally bumps into him and ruins his artwork. A chase begins, A Nest for Celeste: plantation good ones. He becomes friends with Celeste A Story about Art, Inspiration, after Celeste has escaped the chasings of a cat, which and the Meaning of Home brings her to Joseph’s bedroom. Celeste becomes a “pet” to Joseph and often finds comfort and security By Henry Cole in Joseph’s shirt pocket. She assists Joseph with his drawing compositions and helps fellow wildlife as they For Upper Elementary-Age Readers serve as models for Mr. Audubon’s drawings. Joseph and For readers ages 7-10 years; grade level: Celeste’s friendship grows, and they find comfort in each 3-7; 342 pages; copyright 2010. other’s company. A Nest for Celeste is a story about a This book has short chapters and pencil illustrations that sweet little mouse named Celeste sometimes fill the entire page, so don’t let the number who is searching for a new home after being run out of pages in this book keep you from reading it. It is a very of her current cozy hideaway under the floorboards of good choice for readers who enjoy animal adventures. Oakley Plantation near New Orleans. This story takes place in the 1800s when technology and computers for I loved this book and enjoyed seeing the friendship artwork did not exist. Therefore, artists used live or dead between Joseph and Celeste grow into something very subjects as models for their paintings or drawings. This special. The story continues in the sequel: Another Quest situation was the case for a man named John James for Celeste. Audubon, who came to the plantation to study, draw and paint the birds of the Louisiana bayou. Joseph, a young boy, accompanies Mr. Audubon to Find A Nest for Celeste at your local library or assist, becoming his apprentice. Joseph is homesick bookseller, available in print and for his home and tries to make his experiences at the Kindle editions. With a Master of Library Science degree, Kay Frazier is a retired elementary school media coordinator. 22 www.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland August 2022

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