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Where in the World Is... • NASA was created in 1958. • The population of Washington, D.C., The National Aeronautics and SpaceAdministration, or NASA, headquarters is in is 672, 228.Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States • D.C. stands for District of Columbia,of America. As Washington, D.C., is the capital, it which is named after Christopheris the center of many of the nation’s most importantdepartments. Columbus. • The city is a federal district, which Most of the scientists and engineers that workfor NASA do not work in D.C. Instead, there means it is not part of any state. It isare field centers and installations all over the made of land taken from Virginia andUnited States where most of NASA’s experiments Maryland.and construction take place. The headquarters • The federal district is 68 square miles.plays a unique part in making NASA work. The • D.C. has many important governmentheadquarters provides the overall guidance and buildings like the U.S. Capitol (wheredirection to the agency. Without this guidance, Congress meets), the White House,all the engineers and scientists across the nation the Supreme Court Building and thewouldn’t know what projects to work on. Smithsonian Museums.Additionally, being close to Congress means • D.C. was not the first capital of thethat NASA directors can work closely with the United States. Philadelphia andgovernment leaders who set the budget every year. New York City were once capitals. • Washington, D.C., was formed kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/states/washington-dc/#DC-monuments.jpg in 1790 and is named after George www.nasa.gov/centers/hq/home/index.html Washington. www.nasa.gov/kidsclub/index.html • The first president to live in the White House was John Adams. • NASA stands for National Aeronautics and Space Administration. It was created by President Eisenhower. • Space travel and technology were a symbol of power during the Cold War. America wanted to keep up with the Soviets, who were the first to launch a satellite into space. • The D.C. flower is the American Beauty rose. • The D.C. bird is the wood thrush.March 2018 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals Kidsville News! 3

Proud Sponsorof This Page Kingdom: Animalia Family: Ardeidae Phylum: Chordata Genus: Ardea Class: Aves Species: A. herodias Order: Pelecaniformes The great blue heron is the largest and most The great blue herons are named after the blue- common heron in North America. They are grey feathers that cover most of their bodies. generally between three and four feet tall with It stands out against their yellow bills and a wingspan of six feet. Even though rust-red thighs. They also have a black streak they are a large bird, that runs down their head. These unique and they only weigh five or six beautiful birds are not currently endangered, pounds because they have hollow but their populations are threatened because bones. Most birds have hollow bones, as this wetlands are being developed. makes them to be light enough to fly. • Great blue herons are adaptable. They • Their unique necks let them strike prey that is at a live all over North America because distance. they can survive almost anywhere there is a body of water. • They hunt during the day and night. • Common areas to find them are marshes, • They nest in large groups called colonies. rivers, lakes, saltwater shores and ponds. • A popular nesting place is the Florida Everglades • They migrate during the winter and summer. In the winter, they migrate to Mexico and in the summer, and Lake Okeechobee, which is also in Florida. they can be found in Canada. • The average blue heron nest has between 3 and 6 • They eat salamanders, snakes, shrimp, crabs, crayfish, grasshoppers, dragon flies, small mammals eggs. and frogs. • The oldest heron on record was 24 years and 6 • Herons hunt by standing still in the water. As its prey swims by, the heron quickly grabs it in its months old. strong beak. • Herons are usually solitary when they are not nesting. • In Florida, there is a white version of the bird called the great white heron.www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Blue_Heron/lifehistory# www.nhptv.org/natureworks/greatblueheron.htm www.sms.si.edu/irlspec/ardea_herodi.htmAround the How Colonization Changed North America WORLD Colonization America were the Vikings. • The French settled in what is now Canada and is a complicated topic, but it • They arrived around 986 A.D. in what is now the Northern U.S. They made money on the shaped North America as we fur trade. know it. The European empires Canada, but their colonies did not last.had a lot of people and a lot of money, but not a • Christopher Columbus found America in • French is still spoken in parts of Canada.lot of land. The European rulers decided to sendout explorers to find new land. They hoped this 1492. Even though the shores of America were notnew land would be full of resources like gold that • Columbus was sponsored by Spain. lined with gold, the American colonies made awould make them richer and even more powerful. • He returned to the Americas three times. lot of money for many European nations. WhereAn important part of colonization was the • Spain sent Hernando Cortez on a journey in there wasn’t gold, they grew cash crops likeindividuals who were willing to leave everything tobacco, indigo and rice. A cash crop meansthey’d ever known to try and live in a completely 1519 with a small army to take over the gold that the farms do not support families with food.new place. There were many reasons people Instead they grow one crop that is then sold.might go — like religious freedom and the hope and silver mines that the Aztecs had. Colonists used slaves to grow the crops cheaplyof finding extreme wealth. • Hernando de Soto, another Spaniard, explored that were then shipped to Europe and sold.• The first Europeans to find and colonize North The Spanish and the English colonies could be from Florida to the Mississippi. considered the most successful. They lasted for • Colonization was terrible for native peoples. centuries and formed the basis of what is now • The English colonized the Northeast and grew America. tobacco. • The Spanish colonized the Southwest and found gold and silver. www.americanhistoryforkids.com www.ducksters.com/history/colonial_america/timeline.phpwww.history.com/topics/exploration/exploration-of-north-americawiki.kidzsearch.com/wiki/European_colonization_of_the_Americas4 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals March 2018

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This Page Brought To You By: Can you For many, space is a symbol of endless possibilities. Every imagine year, scientists discover new planets with environments unlike visiting anything they could have imagined. We know these distant another planet? bodies have the potential to revolutionize science and make many people rich. The biggest question is do they also have Or even living the potential to sustain human life? There are currently two on one? big ideas about how humans could physically interact with If it were possible, space: space tourism and colonization. would you Space tourism is already a growing industry. There are choose to do it? companies that let regular people experience space for fun. The biggest problem with space tourism right now is that it is incredibly expensive. But for a price, people can pay to experience space-like conditions. One of the cheapest options is called a zero-gravity flight. It uses a Boeing 727, a large airplane, to simulate the zero-gravity experience of space. Tourists can flip and float for about 20 minutes, thanks to the free- falling airplane. It is like space, but tourists don’t leave the atmosphere. One of these experiences costs around $5,000 per person. A one-week stay in space is $20 million. For now, only the very wealthy can afford these trips, but that used to be the same for cars. The more popular space trips become, the cheaper the technologies will get and the more people will be able to experience space. Colonizing space is different than space tourism. It’s relatively easy to keep a human alive in space for a short period of time; it is much harder the longer they stay off planet Earth. Most of the plans for colonization are focused on Mars because it is our closest neighbor. One of the most popular ideas about how to colonize Mars involves 3D printing. Instead of making everything on Earth and launching it all to Mars, the idea is to send a printer and use materials on Mars to make whatever the astronauts and colonists need. It is a much cheaper option and allows the colonists the opportunity to change designs based on what they learn. It will still take decades of planning and hard work, though. www.cnn.com/style/article/nasa-3d-printing-colony-mars/index.htmlwww.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-releases-plan-outlining-next-steps-in-the-journey-to-mars www.space.com/35850-spacex-private-moon-flight-nasa-reaction.html science.howstuffworks.com/space-tourism.htm6 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals March 2018

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Come Out & Play 1. Draw a circle on the ground a few feet 11. Players collect any marbles they knock out across. of the circle.Ring Taw, 2. Draw a second smaller circle in the middle 12. If the shooter stays inside the circle, theor marbles, is an ancient game that of the first. player can continue with a different marblechildren have played for hundreds of years. that he or she knocked out earlier as the newResearchers think that ancient Romans played 3. There is no limit to the number of players, shooter.a similar game, though no one is sure of the but each player should have at least sixexact rules. It was a tradition to give bags small, round marbles. 13. If a player has no more marbles to shoot, heof nuts and marbles as a gift for the winter or she is out of the game.celebration Saturnalia, so the game of marbles 4. It is helpful if the marbles are distinct, so itwas likely popular for Roman children. is easy to remember to whom they belong. 14. The game ends when all the marbles have been knocked out of the circle. Children across Egypt and Europe also 5. Next, draw a line several feet away from thecollected and played with marbles through circle. This is called the taw line. 15. The winner is the person who has collectedthe centuries. It is almost as if every group of the most marbles at the end of the game.children had its own set of rules. The game 6. The standard taw line is 6 feet away fromof marbles with the rules that we are most the circle. The farther away the line is, thefamiliar with today dates to European in the harder the game will be.18th century. However, there are still manyvariations of the game. Here is how to play 7. Each player should put five marbles in theone version known as Ring Taw. This game is small inner circle.played in the National Marbles Tournament. 8. Players take turns shooting marbles from behind the taw line. 9. The goal is to use a shooter marble to knock other marbles outside the large circle. 10. The shooter must also end outside the circle. www.imarbles.com/ringertaw.php www.britannica.com/topic/tawwww.magwv.com/magmarble/origin_of_the_game_of_marbles.html www.landofmarbles.com/marbles-play.html 6723 Now is a great time to begin/,77(5 the habit of saving money. Come to First Southern <RXU6KRDOV Bank and we’ll help you get <RXU&KRLFH started with an Early Saver’s Passbook Account. No matter how old you are, it’s never too early to begin saving money!March 2018 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals www.firstsouthern.com 256-718-4200 MEMBER FDIC Kidsville News! 9

Name That Place, Again! By Lee Freeman, Florence-Lauderdale Public Library, Local History/Genealogy Department Below are photos of some local buildings and landmarks in or near the City of Florence, past and present. In honor of Florence’s Bicentennial see if you can guess what/where/when (the decade) these photos are (or were). Answers on Page 231. 2. 3.4. 5. 6.7. 8. 9.10. 11. 12.10 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals March 2018

This Page Brought To You By AL #15059|53092 What’s the Difference? There are 9 things that are different in these two pictures.Di erences: 1) Background Color 2) Clovers Missing 3) Vest Color & Buttons4) Hat Color Di erent 5) Show Colors 6) Belt Color 7) Ends of Flute Red 8) Flute Shorter 9) Clovers Di erent Colors Answers on Page 231 234 56March 2018 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals Kidsville News! 11 4 6

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CThueltSumrailthCsoonnniaenctIinosntistution The Nation's Attic The Smithsonian Institution • The Smithsonian is The Smithsonian is nicknamed is a museum and research complex. It is made up of nicknamed “The Nation’s “The Nation’s Attic” because 19 museums, nine research facilities and the National Zoo. Attic.” it stores so much information It was established by and named after James Smithson. He was a • 6,300 people work for the and valuable artifacts from British scientist. When he died, Smithson gave his wealth to Smithsonian. America’s history. The museum the United States to create “an establishment for the increase • In 2015, more than 28 million has so many artifacts and and diffusion of knowledge.” people visited the Smithsonian specimens that there is not Congress debated over how this money should be used for 10 Museums and the National physically room for them all to years, until 1846. No one is sure why the British scientist, who had Zoo. be displayed. The Smithsonian never been to this country, left his money to America. However, • Admission to all Smithsonian stores and preserves around 154 with the fortune Smithson left, Congress created what became museums in Washington, million objects; 145 million are the largest museum complex in the world. Originally, the estate D.C., is free. specimens and artifacts. The was valued at $500,000. Today that fortune would be worth $11 • Smithsonian facilities are museums often rotate exhibits, million. • Eleven of the 19 Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.; New but when items are not on Museums are located on the York; Virginia; and Florida. display, they are either being National Mall. • The National Zoo is home researched or stored. Storing to 400 different species and these objects is not always as 2,000 animals. easy as just packing them into a • The Smithsonian Library box. They need to be preserved holds two million volumes. for future generations, so the • The archives have 156,830 Smithsonian Museum Support cubic feet of archival material. Center was built. This is an off- • Lincoln’s pocket watch is in site conservation facility. It has the Smithsonian. 12 miles of cabinets and holds 31 • Indiana Jones’ hat and jacket million objects. are on display there, too. www.si.edu/about/history www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-real-nations-attic-146080337/ mentalfloss.com/article/503433/12-facts-about-smithsonians-collections naturalhistory.si.edu/about/14 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals March 2018

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Knowledge Power Submitted By Patricia J. WeaverMarch Madness: NCAA Basketball Tournament for Men & Women1. In what year was the first Men’s A. Beat everyone in their region NCAA tournament played? B. Beat everyone in the other A. 1939 B. 1950 C. 1982 D. 1999 regions C. Beat everyone in their region2. There are 4 regions in the men’s tournament. They are the East, and the other region the South, the Midwest and the D. None of the above West. How many teams are in each region? 5. In what year was the first A. 6 B. 10 C. 12 D. 16 Women’s NCAA tournament played?3. Which men’s college team A. 1939 B. 1950 C. 1982 has won the most NCCA D. 1999 championships? A. Kentucky B. Notre Dame 6. Which women’s college team has C. UCLA (University won the most NCCA California Los Angeles) championship? D. Indiana A. Tennessee B. Connecticut C. Maryland D. Stanford4. How does a team get to the final four in the NCAA Tournament? Answers on page 23 Hello! Attention Kids Answers & Teachers Too! on This is Truman From Kidsville News! page 23 I WANT YOUR STUDENTS’ March 2018 ORIGINAL ARTWORK OR POEMS TO BE PRINTED ON PAGE 12 IN Kidsville News!Send It YOUR ORIGINAL ART wauderdale County’s Hey Kids! Truman again. I wantAFh1r6ehshhKaKIhWiiApdtdOhJR”assiSKavhurrv,finesi!L,loAlEdltnlTreeTtmEfjMRNuiSoNlesolr&ewtPnoPgwOsuSLpEu!stM aaeS!E!grtndhePieldae7Fna“oSOsIsfeteign!RthndhaMiivste, YYoouOurrHrAePNrroteaewmmoerwkww.kidsvillenews.com/shoals n family Newspaper A BetterMWikaeyA RTBoaeBtntedetratelWlr,aGyraTdoeB2s5e! 6t-t2e7r8G-2r3a4d2es!9umdDRsrWkaseBrisJecAaI..EiSAalDhVNlJTDKltlDLnDeaDu.AegSRBrip.arMdvcnTIiDNhvoGod©vsRmeTntyIbroaaCbtEOwidapaeAInerseyrIdrpuodOBACngourTkCts2eeuNbprLeaRmhtbemTibalypsuMerminso5.eIRlyrPRreAsapoeiLfizoPcThasiIsrOCrgo6sfdpSohkeezPLOhHCkss.nx.rtNunoprEir-tIsusosooooPa&cihnyNciiSd2S7CarWfeenSbgsMrrNdpAIsnnd0veidisetlnikrygevbl6kets1cutCsC•AedJhIihiusileder.iaA6rAurndokdletPwThcdP•r4rtlhNoleirvoheroIskiorrFfiwpaebOeWthniLRmibevolUt-uIrdLDcUyeDitoiwohlPNic•rsalkPbdle4h&IttRgOlolrdktoahbadlfdboiausaeOtSL8eBtplreSvls2iCEetnawrwilBeJelomEpeAoePhfAii@EtrnirNbNnssnr•[email protected]!gonTeOeblurtt.eNSl,LehllSaaJ@sulncnktwhniarmee8AkpoenUiPaNclIcIardeutnEiIocimegnnXUtsdDin.epcIDSncisemiaeNiSIuiethlirt!tLtsodcpkopfer•oocniLhwklgSldsngder.osSnonsdasWraIcOdnna,fEebimetHC@ieauneEuaIscrLiltTniyi,.ergtsstmdTtsAi!oco.mPnaydardHvoSrdfNrucbahtN@gEurir.pnnistCvaoImlAAbpaEtaEnCaeeociRtnteadyicNRirrsrkrTnTtaarE,larnieimrceileDidnhacahegdtEuanAtvItaoSeeERpeaLhN.eac@nhTulnnteikdiia@,sULsIayssAtrdhcphAartllyhtdtcpiyatvAyoevrGpitdeBnIjnRnilir-iseearnjosReOpILsnlahiTEofr.iou3altTisodaoeeoatrTleoTckepbethOlteBTkank,esnnTbetrittecDcesUretPtuvwehduR5,rihWsmtSrsOmtuisiroaiOrienrasnesOsmesrerdE,inIr,aigiMoNtftedLduiv6grnfiAgonsoeta.arrelnttyewiTwnvslsrsehunvthetiel,arstRRasa3ashlineRnShlatnalpuliwtiEnnbtpocwdiufEmFSdeliaswtltyatvenvOrealstrgth0FswhdnvpnaEliregtsehotReNbotmaonlehnuehisotimeerDfLirrtNsvtsvsluit.heOJrrloW-kaNdatsRlshnvsloisotiSoTtnes.teuKrni:lfetnte,i,serunliIeooeescnpvoepIuieTieeeovvooheuoeerwaUewretd.aeceTeksSedvaTrnrMiacarnhhnkenlraafooutensawslerntwceeonmomo,puhnsdul!yafnEdestpNaekt.e-raOgtenanmenpieAhdtn.io,klkh.loswdumhyonireilse,onoTiRssbnitecdacswwtlalriDieNagrnRNdgtotiedsrd.retiepoportpttuoomcoarscscoofsaneuttsahaAphnl,.hRamdvsvAnasAxCpi.retahsfemoawlseeiiihsuoldpce:ho.uptailrslnsiAeypluarlgCfhcinsoimeoedoe/orTcprakunnxiceatlwiyl.dvasiohrow/enbNa,nNiEmpmsetryaSlncepel.lyliIclehwmrgeopne.eeiealmac.eeerRsr6trOlppaqwwCrnecogcemhlctesaarUueospoekggiishonsseet&o,ebanswihartu!i!trroNirdmasopstlmhlmlsvsrtesIhmeaiTcmldmsecit.nsntitireeanwhriucioahreTigNecnCeawei.snaaeeendeef.iyhnn/iadsiyiel7rde.ginrele’idtalvlsiscnsnooNtUirg.eeniKsiasc0IhttntoareftnnecltrlAoneltssooispnblflwterayosctsgxedpdrhetso.ishxc,isdehrtoorha,mpcoe;gewviSWhlsuatsuysyetwitmuedlereororpteegtveynees.gctiepemdsleYrrehrlteiihsphdPNeesarsasashesonloe/ido.enonnlPae,inli5cctafdixAfetsi,anruutmnatlhrtrre-ynnoayNnosseernSsrexnoggeNthwasdfoAeasidrerhiseSesfrsleoednendl,.twtelrpicifestyw.oiopDalxgrdsera’lrclotsspnariyatphdmay!oeehanygracoleubtrtebyonrostrcvuuetaohcucnairaesrghueesdreGytntessebgmAsuakt,jhumoseoociducrnoNarc(Cnitfbteid.eaTsehvoErcsdrdTArdeoeWwadhppyroifEdhlfyioiesiusoNsrruSaosi…ttxpansuussolnreiteugkrdudio’am,ZnsssisiteNrnnedcy•.ieod,spmSoafOypt2inygohydT1nuoe9aorwsmwtfPenWudwARnroKrw.edwnaIidBow.TNo(isrketiPevuknieTtidn)grwltrlnseemiwvCeitWnrisiehlNlsOuslWb•cseeenIbyoiQsnseowaaToluZSieoenvtasyure!rSc)Hwl!eiv,rr?hAatie!2TsaOtcmgo.d.wmsoJhW5enec,os,ei6FodUo•ulik•iCoBkuse.rmnseAl3l,ceTloukFyetfa@N6fi/rbnoSmtaSlats6oihrOtcZOttdocmhTnrae.Uroeaa!e9nhtoedWybes:ivCHNh’r7oBskatlnnaeueieo7eecLllrGtplId•delsrloI9eryIhyeraN?NaSrTkn,NoodiuoantentsmuiEoLATddnrtiSorrDmsaLgeHen•gIlspsil-Eh3PSnr.TG!occeAo5R-vShrohNmm6ePoEHAmooE3tACAewmlgw-O0RoBLseowneTaTA.tlscwrLetOaeUtLuo.icdctbRettlSmsRuCror®-!b•uragEzriFrrrtniarucyedguteoelusCrmiionnn•gsjI.OSuucnAolsTtntTamYuet/6oiA-t/o0oOuCn-ror9Tnir0HnTe-eOndgosKc.atnm.ey.Piesder!e!spville News! 5

Happy Birthday Florence On March 12, 2018, the town of Florence, Alabama, will be 200 years old! That’s called a “Bicentennial”. Imagine 200 candles on a cake. All year there will be celebrations, each month focusing upon a special Florence characteristic.• March - Florence Birthday• April - Florence’s Architectural History• May - the History of the Arts in Florence• June - Frontier Days in Florence• July - Music in Florence’s History• August - Education as a part of its History• September - Florence’s Native American Legacy• October - Homecoming• November - Florence’s Faith Community Did you know that Florence was created Be sure to join the one year before the state of Alabama was festivities. created. That means Florence is older than the state of Alabama. Next year, Remember to in 2019, we will celebrate the Alabama wake up on March State Bicentennial, but 2018 is Florence’s 12 and say... Birthday and Florence’s time to shine. When the town was laid out (surveyed) by Happy Ferdinand Sannoner, he included land for a 200thcemetery on the outskirts Birthday I’m sure you have noticed many such historical markers Florence!throughout Florence describing its early and more recent history.This early map of Florence hangs in the mayor’s office and on it The Shoals has a unique and interesting history!can be found a park in the center of the city which we now call © 2018 Dr. David R. Curott, UNA Professor EmeritusWilson Park, but was then called the “Public Walk”. A “Military Road” passed through Florence coming fromNashville. One of the earliest buildings in town was a tavern orinn located where Pope’s Tavern Museum now sits.March 2018 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals Kidsville News! 17

What's It Like To Be... An Adventurer? Trish Sare Please tell our readers a little bit about yourself. My name is Trish Sare. I’m the founder and owner of BikeHike Adventures in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. I started BikeHike 24 years ago after spending seven years living abroad. My life is about experiences, much more so than accumulating things. I am also passionate about animals, especially furry felines. What do you love most about traveling/ adventuring? I love exploring new lands, meeting the local people and learning about their cultures. Adventure travel enriches one’s life and opens us up to how others in the world live. I also love to be active and challenge myself with new activities. Why is it important to travel and see and do new things? To gain an appreciation for other cultures and the world and experience how other people live in developing and developed countries. To never experience other lands besides home will make for a very insular and sheltered perspective of the world. There are so many different landscapes, cultures, religions, types of flora and fauna, languages, cuisines and political systems to be exposed to. International travel gives one a well-rounded world view. What is something you wish everyone knew about traveling? In my opinion, it is one of the best educations that one can have in their lifetime. It is not learning from a book but experiencing firsthand. It is also a great opportunity to meet people. People tend to be much more open when they travel compared to when they are at home. Conversations flow much easier. Also, it’s easy to travel, especially today with the digital world offering so much information. Just always ensure to have your street smarts when traveling into foreign lands. If you could travel to another planet, would you? Right now, I don’t think that I would go to live on another planet. I find it rather intimidating to travel through space to get to another planet. It’s just a little too far from home and takes me out of my comfort zone too much. However, as we learn more about space travel and develop safer and speedier passages to get there, my views on this may change. One day I may look at space travel the same way (I view) traveling to another country.18 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals March 2018

Deplorable Tragedy in Downtown Sheffield by Richard C. Sheridan, HistorianHugh W. Blair was perhaps Sheffield’s best 1901, the son formed a partnership with Dr. Wy-known and most prominent citizen as our nation att H. Blake, a former classmate at Vanderbilt.began the 20th Century. His life ended tragically Dr. Blair soon proved to be a surgeon of excep-and needlessly at an important time in our history. tional ability. For many years, he served the rail-The opening paragraph in a front page story in roads and large corporations as surgeon. He wasthe Sheffield Standard on June 16, 1917 summed active in the county, state, and national medicalit up . associations. Dr. Blair was also a successful busi-“Sheffield and this section of North Alabama nessman who owned valuable properties in thewere shocked beyond expression Tuesday evening city in addition to his home. When he was electedwhen it became known that Dr. H. W. Blair, promi- mayor in 1905, the city was in poor financial con-nent physician and surgeon, had attempted to kill dition but when he left office at the end of hishis wife and had commited suicide.” second term in 1909, the city was out of debt andThe stunning event occurred on Montgomery had accumulated a sizable reserve. As he left theAvenue when Mrs. Fannie Ross Blair and young office of mayor, the city council of Sheffield com-daughter Margaret left the “Theato,” a motion mended him for four years of faithful service, thepicture theater, about 9:15 in the evening. Her es- many improvements that he helped bring abouttranged husband, Dr. Hugh W. Blair, met them as Dr. H. W. Blair in the community, and especially for his “splendid,they began walking away from the theater. Suddenly, in front wise, and efficient administration of the duties of his office.”of Graham’s Furniture store, two shots rang out and Mrs. Blair With the influx of thousands of workers during construction ofcried out that she had been shot. Dr. Blair had fired two shots the nitrate plants in 1918 and the influenza epidemic that year, Dr.from a revolver at Mrs. Blair with one hitting her in the arm Blair’s services would have been invaluable then and later toojust above the elbow. The bullet then passed into her body during the Great Depression. Thus, the tragic ending of his lifecausing a serious wound. Then, with his daughter tugging at was one of Sheffield’s greatest losses of the Twentieth Century.his arm and pleading, the doctor placed the smoking revolverto his temple and pulled the trigger again, killing himself in-stantly.Dr. and Mrs. Blair were married in 1895 in a beautiful cer-emony in the Presbyterian Church in her hometown of Tus-cumbia. They lived in Sheffield in the elegant two-story housestill standing at 710 North Montgomery Avenue. The couplewas blessed with two daughters, Margaret and Patty, but mari-tal problems developed and they had been separated for abouta year. Mrs. Blair had filed for divorce and alimony and depo-sitions were currently being taken.It was generally believed that brooding over his unhappy do-mestic situation had unbalanced the doctor’s mind. Althoughhe discussed his problems with friends, no one suspected hewould try to kill his wife and shoot himself. A signed note wasfound in his pocket that listed his executors and the combina-tion to his safe where his will and papers were filed. He wrotealso that he hoped his friends would not condemn him for hisacts but he was unable to bear the conditions any longer.Dr. Blair’s funeral was held at the Columbia Avenue Pres-byterian Church where he was a member with burial in Oak-wood Cemetery. At first, it was feared that Mrs. Blair’s woundmight be fatal but she recovered and continued to live at theBlair house until her death in 1951.Hugh W. Blair was highly well-known and highly-respectedhere for many year. He was born at Savannah, Georgia, in1862 where his father Dr. Hugh A. Blair was a professor at Sa-vannah Medical College. The son received his college degreefrom Cumberland University in 1883 and then studied medi-cine at Vanderbilt University. He graduated as valedictorian ofhis class in 1885.After practicing medicine in Carthage, Tennessee, Dr. Blairrelocated to the new town of Sheffield in 1887. He and hisfather then established a very successful practice under thename of “Drs. Blair & Blair, Physicians and Surgeons.” InMarch 2018 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals Kidsville News! 19

A Section Especially for ParentsBEGINNER READS Ada Twist Scientist Nerdy Birdy By Andrea Beaty By Aaron Reynolds Illustrated by David Roberts Illustrated by Matt Davies For ages 5-7 For ages 4-8 Scientist Ada has always been curious Nerdy Birdy doesn’t just like video games — about everything. She asks lots of — he loves them. Not only does Nerdy questions and expects lots of answers Birdy like to play video games, he also in return. Follow Ada as she fearlessly likes to read about them, and while that conducts many experiments — some is always fun, it does make him one that even get her into trouble. With lonely bird. When Nerdy Birdy hits a low themes of perserverance, problem point, he finds another flock of birds who solving and STEM, this picture book is are just like him and realizes that there perfect for young girls and boys are more individuals in the sky than everywhere. “cool” birdies.PAGETURNERS Dog Man and Cat Kid Jacky Ha-Ha: My Life is a Joke By Dav Pilkey By James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein For ages 9 and up Illustrated by Kerascoët For ages 8 and up Dog Man is back and better than ever. And this time he has a partner, Jacky Hart was looking forward to a Cat Kid. Both Dog and Cat team up in carefree summer with friends and this hilarious journey as they struggle participating in the community summer to string together the mysterious play. However, instead of singing and disappearance of a movie star as well dancing her way through the summer, as what they think of the new kitty Jacky is forced to get a summer job. sitter in town. It is up to Dog Man and Suddenly, the Seaside Heights boardwalk Cat Kid to save the day. If not, Petey, is her new hang out and she has to the meanest cat in the world, will win balance work with babysitting her and that will leave Dog Man and Cat younger siblings. Will Jacky discover Kid in a rough place. this summer that juggling isn’t one of her talents?ADVANCED READS An Abundance of Katherines Tiny Pretty Things By John Green By Sona Charaipotra and Dhonielle For ages 12 and up Clayton For ages 12 and up Colin Singleton has a type. It isn’t hair color, eye color or height, specifically, that Wonder what life is like for a ballerina he looks for in a girl. Instead Colin’s type is in training? Follow Gigi, Bette and June, any girl named Katherine. And when it three top ballerinas at their elite comes to Katherine’s, Colin gets dumped — Manhattan ballet academy. Gigi just 17 times to be exact. After the last break wants to dance, but her life is at risk; up, Colin is determined to figure out the Bette desperately wants to get out Theorem of Underlying Katherine from behind her older sister’s shadow; Predictablity to prove why he has been and if June doesn’t get a lead in the dumped so many times. Join Colin on his ballet, her controlling mother will not long roadtrip filled with tons of laughs and let her dance anymore. Every dancer is some hopeful answers. out for themselves and perfection comes at a price.Kidsville News Inc., Truman and James Patterson’s READKIDDOREAD.COM are pleased to partner on this page to help you discover books that kids you love are sure to love.20 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals March 2018

Did You Florence • Sheffield • KillenKNOW? Excellent Service, Expert Advice The depletion of the ozonelayer was once a hot topic, but 1909 Florence Blvd., Florence, AL 35630this issue has largely fallen bythe wayside in recent years. (across from Hobby Lobby)Even though the ozone layermight no longer be discussed 256-767-3337on a daily basis, there is still www.ExcelAL.comwidespread concern that it isdeteriorating rapidly. To understand the implications, one must firstknow the purpose of the ozone layer. According to National Geographic, the ozone layer is a belt of gasthat sits between 9.3 and 18.6 miles above the Earth. Its purpose is toshield the planet from harmful ultraviolet B radiation that is emittedby the sun. Due to the release of pollution containing the chemicalschlorine and bromine, as well as chlorofluorocarbons found in sprayaerosols, the ozone layer is thinning and deteriorating in certain areas.This allows UVB radiation to reach the earth, contributing to higherrates of skin cancer and cataracts in humans. Exposure to UVB raysalso may impact ecosystems. It is believed UVB radiation inhibits theproduction of phytoplankton that make up an important food sourcefor marine animals. The good news is that measurements from satellites this yearshowed the hole in the earth’s ozone layer that forms over Antarcticaeach September was the smallest observed since 1988, accordingto scientists from NASA and NOAA. Reduction in environmentalpollutants may be behind that development. However, scientists notewarmer stratospheric temperatures also constrained the growth of theozone hole. Hidden Picture Puzzles Answers on Pg. 23March 2018 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals Kidsville News! 21

ParenTown’s KidShape ParenTown’s KidSmartWake Up Refreshed How Youngsters Can Simple ways Go Green to begin your Children often aspire to emulate their parents. Young boys who morning see their fathers shaving might reach for dad’s shaving cream, while young girls may find their way into mom’s closet in an effort toReady, set, go. Just as you would set off at the starting line of a race, dress up like their mothers.this hectic pace is how mornings begin for many men and women.Instead of waking with dread to face another hectic morning, Kids’ curiosity may be similarly piqued when they see theirconsider these tips for a healthier way to ease into your daily rituals. parents going green. Parents who reduce, reuse and recycle areWhile these activities may require you to allow extra time, you may setting positive examples for their kids, who may inquire about thebe pleased with the productive results. ways they can follow suit. While going green might not seem like the most kid-friendly activity, there are myriad ways for parents to Photo courtesy of Getty Images involve children in their efforts to live eco-friendly lifestyles.Meditate - A practice that has been around for thousands Donate cloLtIhFEinOgUTaSnIDdE toys. Children outgrow their clothingof years may still be one of the best stress busters for hurried pretty quickly. Rather than discarding items kids can no longer wear,mornings. To start, find a place in your home that is free of noise anddistraction. Practice sitting still, with eyes closed, and focus only LIFE OUTSIDEparents can take tots along to donation centers or thrift stores to showon your breathing. Using deep, controlled breaths, try to steer yourthoughts away from negative and stress-inducing thoughts. them how their clothes can be reused. Use this as an opportunity to teach kids how donating or recycling old items cuts down on theStretch - While the most health-conscious person may opt need to use natural resources to create new items. Do the same with toys, which kids tend to outgrow almost as quickly as their clothing.for a morning sweat-a-thon, working in some stretches can alsobe beneficial. When you awake, think about oft-used muscles and Bike to school. Stay-at-home parents, telecommuters or thoseextend each one for 15-30 seconds. who have time to escort their children to and from school can bike toActivate - Give your brain some fuel in the morning while school with their children. Teach them how biking in lieu of driving helps to conserve fuel and how such conservation benefits the planet.also doing something nice for your mind. For example, journaling is If biking is not an option due to weather or distance, parents cana gentle way to ease into your morning and get your brain firing. Ifyou can’t think of a topic, simply write down a few affirmations for LIFE OUTSIDEorganize carpools, teaching kids how traveling together instead ofthe day, revisit a pleasant memory from your past or scribble downa goal for the week. Journaling can be an uplifting way to engage the individually helps to conserve fuel.mind and express gratitude for the day ahead.Find more tips for starting your day on the right foot at eLivingToday. Avoid plastic water bottles. Plastic water bottles mightcom. seem more convenient because they don’t need to be washed after using them, but the environmental organization Clean Up Australia notes that plastic bottles, many of which are derived from crude oil, generate enormous amounts of waste that ultimately end up in landfills. In addition, the transportation of such bottles from factories to store shelves requires the burning of significant amounts of fossil fuels. Take kids along to the store to purchase their own reusable water bottles, explaining to them how they’re doing their part to protect the planet by choosing reusable bottles over bottled water. Visit the library. Young children who love to read can borrow books from the library rather than asking mom and dad to purchase their own copies at the bookstore. Explain how borrowing cuts down on the need for paper, which helps preserve forests and reduce waste. Spend more time in the great outdoors. Many parents want their children to spend more time outdoors and less time on the couch playing video games or watching television. Parents can make an effort to spend more time outdoors with their children, engaging in fun activities like hiking, camping or fishing. Such excursions can instill a love and appreciation for nature in youngsters, and that love can compel them to a lifetime of protecting the planet and conserving its resources. Kids who want to follow their parents’ example and go green can do so in various ways, many of which are as fun as they are eco- friendly.22 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals March 2018

Do you know why... Monsters Enter Left Horror film makers know that the human eye has a tendency to drift to the right side of the screen when viewing a movie. So they have the shocks and surprises come from the left Joel side. Thomas McCutcheon & Hamner, Attorneys LIFE OUTSIDE SERIOUS INJURY, SERIOUS REPRESENTATION 2210 Helton Drive, Florence 256-764-0112 Free initial consultation •  No fee unless we collect for you. “No representation is made that the quality of the legal services to be performed is greater than the quality of legal services performed by other lawyers.” 1 23 ANSWERS 4 56LIFE O2U4TSsIpDEots MATHTIME 4611 pencils. Working backwards is an effective strategy,but not the only one for solving this problem. Studentsshould be encouraged to share their methods with theirclassmates and to try other strategies. Name That Place, Again! What’s the Difference? Knowledge Power Answers: Di erences: 1) Background Color 2) Clovers Missing 3) Vest Color & Buttons 1. The Florence marina in the 1940s. 4) Hat Color Di erent 5) Show Colors 6) Belt Color 7) Ends of Flute Red 8) Answers: 2. Court Street in winter in the 1950s, looking north. 1. A 3. The old Florence Medical and Surgical Clinic, on N Seminary Flute Shorter 9) Clovers Di erent Colors 2. D St., built in 1925. This building was torn down several years ago. 3. C Photo is from ca. 1926. 4. A 4. The Coca-Cola Bottling Works, 502 S Court St., where Comcast 5. C Cable is now. ca. 1918. 6. B 5. WOWL TV 15 studios, 840 Cypress Mill Rd. Photo dates to the 1970s. Channel 15 was an NBC afiliate station which became a UPN There are 41 ants Answer: Violin Answer: Stress afiliate station in the late 1990s. 6. The John F. Slater School for Negroes, 264 S Court St., where the www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals Kidsville News! 23 Hampton Inn is now, 1900. 7. Dr. Charles A. Sullivan’s Drugstore, corner of Royal Ave. and Huntsville Rd, East Florence, 1903. This building is still standing. 8. Florence’s first courthouse, built in 1822 and torn down in 1899- 1900, one block north of our present, third, courthouse.. 9. Florence Bethel Cumbernald Presbyterian Church, 408 East Alabama St. in 2008. This congregation was founded in 1897-1898. 10. Burger Chef, 600 East Tombigbee St., 1960s. This restaurant and building no longer exists. 11. The Cypress Cotton Mills, on Cypress Creek, ca. 1870s or 1880s. 12. Hodges’ Bike Shop, 1205 North Wood Avenue, Seven Points, 1966.March 2018

Seasonal Allergies Are Coming! Springtime is around the corner. Unfortunately, with spring comes seasonal allergies. This can also be called “hay fever”.Why does this happen in the spring?Spring is the time of year when trees, grasses, and weeds release tiny particlesinto the air to fertilize other plants.What are “seasonal allergies”?People can be allergic to one or more types of pollen or mold. People withthese allergies are likely to have increasedsymptoms when this happens.What are the symptoms and signs?These can include: -sneezing -itchy nose and/or throat -nasal congestion -clear, runny nose -coughing -itchy, water, and/or red eyesWho do I know if I have seasonal allergies?Talk with an adult about seeing a healthcareprovider to determine if you have allergies.How are they treated? How can I keep from sneezing?One way to lessen allergy symptoms is to keep your windows closed and stayinside when pollen counts are high. It’s also a great idea to wash your hands,shower, and/or change clothes after playing outside.Medications can also help ease allergy symptoms.Talk to an adult about theright kind of allergy medication for you! Brought to you by your friends at:1300 S. Montgomery Ave. • Sheffield, AL • 256-386-4196 • www.helenkeller.com24 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals March 2018