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Hey! This Paper Belongs To: TM Lauderdale County’s Fun Family Newspaper - January 2022 15 YEARS in the Shoals CCoolldd iIss CCooooll What's It Like to be an Oceanographer - Sonya Legg? The Arctic • Where in the World is the Tundra? Animals of the Arctic • Kidsville Kitchen - Hot Soup For more fun and games, visit the Kidsville News! Website at KidsvilleNews.com/lauderdale January 2022 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals Kidsville News! 1

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Dog Sledding The driver Come of the sled Out & is called the Play musher. You may recall in the movies how the drivers yell, “Mush!” to make the dogs go. Dogs In dog sledding, Siberian Huskies or Alaskan Malamutes are the main types of dogs used for recreational sledding because of their strength, speed, endurance and Snow Dogs. Snow Buddies. Balto. ability to withstand the cold. However, White Fang. Togo. Call Of the Wild. French arrived because they had no horses Alaskan Huskies, known for endurance, Iron Will. 8 Below. for travel. Dog sleds were also made by What do these movies have in common? people in Norway, Sweden, Finland and good eating habits, speed and dedication Dog sledding, of course! Fast and full Russia because traveling with dogs was of adventure, dog sledding is used for easier in parts of those countries. to running even when tired, are popular for transportation in the snowiest places on Earth. Dog sled racing is a fun sport, too. Dog sleds have been used for over a sled dog racing. Fun thousand years. Some sleds are pulled by History teams of dogs and others by pairs. Many families go on dog sledding A dog sled is a sled that is pulled by sled dogs and can go over ice and snow. These Set Up vacations and enjoy the time with the dogs devices were first made by First Nations Dog sled teams have lead dogs, point people in Canada before the English and dogs, swing dogs and wheel dogs. They just as much as the snow or adventure. A each have a different job to do, but as the pack leader, the lead dog is most important. few places to try this sport out include sites in Minnesota, Montana, Maine, Wyoming and California. The places are often near or in state and national parks. https://kids.kiddle.co/Dog_sled • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_sled Hidden Picture Puzzles Answers on Page 23 January 2022 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals Kidsville News! 3

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This Page Brought To You By: AThrectic A t the northernmost part of Earth lies an area known as themselves, are among these numbers. They’ve found smart the Arctic. Scientifically defined as the region above ways to survive in one of the harshest environments on our the Arctic Circle – an imaginary line of circumference planet. circling the top of the globe – it is frozen and remote. Here are some facts about the Arctic. • Giant ice sheets rest atop the Arctic Ocean. In 1958, a • The Arctic consists of the Arctic Ocean and parts of Canada, submarine called the USS Nautilus sailed beneath the ice of the Arctic Ocean, proving the sheets were on the water and Russia, the USA, Greenland, Norway, Finland, Sweden and not land. Iceland. • The Arctic Ocean, an ocean mostly covered with ice, is here. • The Arctic is home to much wonderful wildlife, including polar bears, Arctic foxes, walruses, seals, whales and • You won’t find many trees here. The forests of the continents narwhals, often called the “unicorns of the sea” because of stop when they get too far north or too high up a mountain. the single tusks on top of their heads. • The place where the trees stop is called the tree line. Trees • The term Arctic comes from the Greek word for bear, will not grow when the temperatures get too cold, and higher Arktos, referring to the two constellations that can be seen places like mountain areas are cold, too. in the northern sky — Ursa Minor, or Little Bear, and Ursa Major, Great Bear. • The Arctic has an entire day of darkness called “polar night” along with one full day of sunshine called “midnight sun.” • Arctic ice contains around 10% of the world’s freshwater. These phenomena occur due to the Earth’s tilt away from and toward the sun. https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/geography/general- geography/ten-facts-about-the-arctic/ • Temperatures as low as –70°C have been recorded in northern Greenland. That’s pretty cold! https://kids.kiddle.co/Arctic • About four million people call this chilly location home. Indigenous people of the Arctic, called Eskimos by the outside world but Inuits and other names by the people January 2022 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals Kidsville News! 5

People of the Arctic The people groups of the Arctic have • Contrary to belief, Eskimos don’t live lived in these, the coldest places on in igloos their whole lives. These solid- Earth, for thousands of years. The ice block houses are temporary winter Eskimo are among the longest residents of houses that provide shelter to Eskimo the Arctic and live very interesting lives. people during their hunting trips. • Eskimos originated from the northern • The permanent houses of Eskimos part of the United States across Alaska, are made of wood, sealskin, sod and Canada and Russia. whalebone. Sealskin is used as roofing, which provides warmth. • Currently, Eskimos live across Greenland, the northern part of North • Fish, eaten raw or cooked with seal America and far eastern Russia, which is oil, is the primary food of the Eskimo Siberia. Approximately 80,000 Eskimos people. All their food comes from the live around the world. snow animals and sea animals as fruit and vegetables are scarce. Walrus, • Eskimos were originally all nomadic, • The term “Eskimo” comes from caribou, seals, whales and polar bears moving from place to place. They did Europeans. What these people call are traditional food sources. not have any animals except for dogs, themselves varies by location, language used for pulling sleds and hunting. and dialect. • They use every part of the animal they hunt for something. For example, a seal • Many Eskimos have abandoned the • Names include Inuit, Inupiat, Yupik is a food source, but its oil is also used nomadic lifestyle and now live and and Alutiit, each of which is a regional for cooking and heating. They bury the work in towns and cities. The use of variant meaning “the people” or “the real seal oil on the floor to keep their homes snowmobiles for transportation and rifles people.” warm. for hunting is common. https://www.kidsworldfun.com/amazing-facts-about-eskimos.php https://www.britannica.com/topic/Eskimo-people The Tundra Tundra Weather Tundras do not get very much rain or snow. W here and what is a tundra? The encyclopedia Britannica However, they are very wet in the summer time defines it as a major zone of treeless level or rolling because, three feet or so below the surface, ground found in cold regions, mostly north of the Arctic Circle, the the ground is always frozen, a landscape called Arctic tundra or above the timberline on high mountains, which is permafrost. A layer of ice with the hardness of an alpine tundra. stone that keeps water from soaking into the earth beneath it, permafrost can be thousands of feet thick. In the summer, the ground on top thaws out when the sun shines. The snow that did fall melts. But the melted snow cannot drain into the ground; it just soaks the topsoil. There is no place for the water to go, except to form lakes and puddles on top of the ground until it freezes again or dries up. Tundra regions are shaped by the alternate freezing and thawing of the ground, which happens over and over again. Tundra Plants Tundra is known for large stretches of bare ground and rock, but it also contains patchy mantles of low vegetation such as mosses, lichens, herbs and small shrubs. Trees are rare on the tundra, and only small ones grow in the protected valleys or along the riverbanks. Rivers come into the Arctic from the warmer south. Otherwise only a few clusters of bushes grow sparingly. Berries are the only fruit that grows in the Arctic. Animals find these berries and other plants when the ice and snow melt each summer. The moisture from the snow stays toward the top of the ground’s surface. Plant roots can use it for their growth. Even so, in many places the soil is too poor for plant’s growth. Less than half of the tundra has plants growing on it. 6 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals January 2022

Local History Written by Billy Warren the entry to the campus of the University of North Did You Know? Alabama. (This card was not mailed to anyone, but Postcards As History it is obviously an older card because the beautiful It might surprise you to know that a historian sees history in fountain now in front of almost anything he or she might find or touch. A pebble in a Bibb Graves Hall is not in clear-running creek might cause him or her to wonder aloud, the picture.) “How long might this pebble have lain in this creek? Was it tossed here by a student in an elementary school in the Shoals Now, what do you think? area? Did a young Native American boy or girl toss it here Did the people who selected after playing with it for a while?” Or the discovery of a postage the pictures for the three cards make good choices? Is one better than the stamp from a foreign country might lead him or her to wonder, other two? If so, which one – and why do you think it’s the best? “How did this postage stamp from a faraway land get all the So, three postcards illustrate well that even inexpensive items can be a way to America? Did the letter for which it served as postage valuable source of information for a historian. Do you agree? make the person who received it happy or sad?” SOMETHING TO DO: 1. Think carefully: you have been asked to design a postcard for your For, as you see, an active, curious mind is one of the major town or city or community. List three things that would be at the top of reasons that a person becomes a historian. We live in a big, your list to include in a photograph for the postcard. beautiful world full of all kinds of people, all kinds of objects, 2. Ask all of your classmates to bring a postcard from their homes all kinds of ideas. A dedicated historian thoroughly enjoys – with their parents’ permission, of course. The postcards can be from exploring all of it. anywhere in the world. Arrange the cards on a bulletin board in such a way that they tell a story of travels. (NOTE: Before attempting this project, be And that brings us to this month’s topic: “Postcards as sure to ask your teacher’s permission.) History.” Many travelers like to purchase postcards in any 3. Using a reference source, write a brief definition of the following country, city or rural area that they might visit. They can terms: write a short message on one side of the card to friends or a. Disrepair family back home, while the reverse side of the card will have b. Pollution a photograph or words (or both) that reflect the place in which c. Rural it was purchased. This process requires just a few moments, so the traveler can continue to enjoy the trip. Florence Park & Rec SPRING How, do you suppose, people in a city or country or rural area determine which and what kind of illustrations to put on REGISTRATION a postcard? Would they choose a picture of a local lake or pond that is obviously full of pollution? Of course not! Would Baseball Ages 3-12 they select a photograph of a local building that has fallen into Register From Now – February 24 disrepair? Certainly not! If you said that they would choose Fee $35 the best examples of buildings or streams or meadows or parks to make travelers want to visit, you are exactly right! Softball Ages 4-14 Accompanying this month’s article are pictures of postcards (Age Control Date Jan 1) from these local cities: Register From Now – February 24 1. TUSCUMBIA Fee $35 – The picture to the right, shows Soccer Ages 4-14 the really beautiful Register From Now – February 24 Colbert County Fee $45 Court House. (By the way, this card Register Online At was mailed in 1949 from Tuscumbia to www.fpard.com a person in Dayton, Ohio.) For More Information Contact The Florence Park And Recreation Department 256-760-6628 2. SHEFFIELD – On this card below, the word “Greetings” has tiny pictures of a wide variety of Sheffield citizens. The word “Sheffield” features buildings and other structures in the city of Sheffield. (It was mailed in 1907 from Sheffield to a person in Hargrove, Alabama.) 3. FLORENCE – The picture above shows Bibb Graves Hall, the impressive building located at January 2022 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals Kidsville News! 7

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Animals of the Arctic The Arctic, though the coldest place on to eat his leftovers. It has tiny ears and short limbs and Earth, is not void of life; humans, animals thick, insulating fur to keep its body warm. and plant life are all found here. Caribou and reindeer The caribou and their relative, The Polar Bear This mammal is the the reindeer, are both found in the Arctic. Large herds of world’s largest meat-eating land animal. Polar caribou, which are primarily found in North America, bears love to hunt and eat seals, which they feed on grass and lichens. They move south to find food catch on the ice. One sneaky thing they do is by digging through the snow with their sharp hoofs wait by breathing holes in the ice to pick up when fall comes. They can stay warm in winter due to the scent of seal under the ice. their hollow fur, which creates a cushion of air around them. In the spring, their young calves are born in As excellent swimmers, even the coldest, iciest water northern summer pastures to which the mammals return does not bother them. Strong, muscular polar bears can to with warmer weather. also break through the ice in thin areas. They must catch prey when there is packed ice for them to run on. They Other animals of the Arctic are the musk ox, and must eat and store fat before the ice is gone: they cannot birds of all kinds are summer inhabitants, geese, such as catch seals in open water. Polar bears also eat fish, birds’ ducks, swans, loons and Arctic terns. Two that stay all eggs, seaweed and dead whales, but they prefer seals year are the snowy owl and the ptarmigan. and walrus. The females most often hibernate most of the winter. After mating, they dig into a snow den on land and wait for spring when their cubs, usually twins, are born. The Arctic fox is a resident mammal of the Arctic that eats rabbits along with lemmings and voles — the rats and mice of the Arctic. The Arctic fox also likes to follow the polar bear around https://kids.kiddle.co/Arctic https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/arctic-fox January 2022 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals Kidsville News! 11

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Wilson Dam Wilson Dam is one of nine TVA dams along the Tennessee River and is 137 feet high, 4,862 feet long and 105 feet thick at the base It was completed in 1924 long before the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Its construction was started in 1918 to provide electricity for the above: scene from within Lock right: Lock from above The power-house contains 21 enormous electrical generators. The “falling” water spins giant turbines which turn the generators which convert gravity energy into war effort (WW1). When the war ended, it was almost a decade before the U.S. government devised a new plan for its use. One must remember that the first half of the 20th century saw the introduction of electrical energy. This marvel of modern science and engineering powers our homes and industry. electricity into everyday life. Few homes had electricity, especially Did you know that workers can walk underneath the dam? in the rural South. Stringing wires into widely separated homes There is a long tunnel which is beneath the entire length of Wilson Dam allowing safety inspections. was very costly and private electric companies were very reluctant Our Shoals is an amazing area! to take on that expense. A few progressive lawmakers could © 2022 Dr. David R. Curott, UNA Professor Emeritus foresee the revitalization of the South if electric power were everywhere available. Senator George Norris, of Nebraska, proposed that the government produce and sell electricity to our area. Several years later, during the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a bill creating TVA in 1933. The goal of this new “agency” was to modernize and develop the Tennessee Valley by producing and selling economical electricity, improving the river navigation, exercising flood control, and providing recreation areas (lakes and parks). 18 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals January 2022

?? ? ? ? ?? ?? ? ? ?? ?? What’s it Like to Be? ? ? ? ? ?? ?? ? ? ? ?? ? ? An Oceanographer - Sonya Legg? Please share with our readers your backgrounds to experience research in earth will re-evaluate the use of long-distance name, profession and some details system science at GFDL. travel for work-related meetings. Changing about your job. to more virtual conferences will allow more What drew you to your current career people to remain engaged in science and I am Sonya Legg, and I am a physical or field? reduce carbon emissions. oceanographer – someone who investigates the physics and dynamics of the ocean. I I was interested in weather and climate What do you enjoy most about am employed in the Ocean and Cryosphere from an early age – having my own weather your work? Division at NOAA, the National Oceanic and station thermometers when I was about age Atmospheric Administration, Geophysical nine–andintendedtobecomeameteorologist I used to enjoy most finding out something Fluid Dynamics Laboratory through the after completing my bachelors of science in new that no one else knew before. Now, Cooperative Institute for Modeling the Earth physics. However, after starting my Ph.D. I get my greatest enjoyment from seeing System hosted at Princeton University. research in meteorology, applying the same someone I mentor, whether a graduate My research focuses on turbulent mixing theoretical ideas to physical oceanography student or postdoc I am advising or in the ocean, using numerical models to seemed promising, so I became an someone I am mentoring more informally, understand the processes involved and accidental physical oceanographer. This making progress in their development as a how the ocean’s mixing processes impact was especially surprising as I grew up in a researcher and scientist. climate. land-locked country and saw the ocean only twice before age 10. I also enjoy working in outreach. For Together with my NOAA colleagues, example, every year, I lead a group of I develop better representations of ocean What is your typical day like? CIMES/GFDL early career scientists in mixing for climate models with computer The majority of my days are spent in my demonstrating table-top oceanography simulation. I have also been lucky enough to office, carrying out ocean fluid dynamics experiments at the New Jersey Ocean Fun join colleagues conducting ocean fieldwork simulations on the GFDL supercomputers Days weekend. During the pandemic, I also on a couple of occasions. and analyzing the results of these simulations, led an online oceanography workshop as attending seminars, meeting with students part of a Boys and Girls Clubs STEM event What leadership positions do you and other coworkers. I normally also travel a for middle schoolers. Additionally, I engage hold at your job? lot to conferences and workshops, spending in other outreach events on the Princeton about four weeks per year away. In light campus and the local community. I am the associate director of CIMES, of the pandemic, I very much hope that we so I coordinate the recruitment of staff and interns. I bring students from diverse January 2022 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals Kidsville News! 19

This Page Brought To You By A Section Especially for Parents ParenTown’s KidSmart Guide to Adopting a Shelter Dog P et adoption rates soared during the COVID-19 pandemic. The desire to adopt was so significant that animal shelters around the country nearly emptied. According to Dr. Elizabeth Berliner, an associate clinical professor and the director of the Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program at Cornell University, as many as one in five pet-owning homes adopted a new pet during the pandemic. Animal shelters are once again reaching capacity. As with many industries, enough staff to care for all the animals does not exist. Furthermore, animal adoption saturation over the past year may have contributed to fewer people seeking new pets. Those who still have room and love to share can put these tips to use as they look for a dog to call their own. on when matching pets with people. expenses, such as a crate, spaying/neutering Do your research. Be sure everyone is on board. or emergency vet care and more cost an Ensuring your pup can seamlessly All members of the household need to average of $2,100. However, these rates transition from the shelter to your home requires some pre-adoption legwork. If all share the same enthusiasm for the dog. vary depending on where you live. goes well, this animal will be occupying a Weigh everyone’s opinions, though certain Is space available? spot in your home and heart for 10 years people may take on more responsibility for Dogs need space. While a chihuahua may or more. The dog’s size, age, anticipated the pet than others. need less space than a Great Dane, make energy levels, exercise needs, shedding Consider your finances. sure you have adequate room in a home, capacity and overall personality can affect Although adopting a dog is initially less apartment and backyard for the breed you how well the dog fits in. Research breeds expensive than buying, there’s still the are considering. The day a dog is welcomed and try to find one that suits your household adoption fee to consider and other costs into the family is a joyous occasion. That and lifestyle before visiting the shelter. that come with dog ownership. Routine joy only increases when prospective dog Start local first. vet visits, emergency medical situations, owners do their homework and find a dog Don’t discount local groups when food, grooming, training classes, toys that will fit right in with their families. searching for pets. Many small rescues and different needs should be considered. can’t afford the time or money to maintain The American Kennel Club previously a website or constant social media presence. found the average annual cost for dog But they make up for that by being hands- ownership is $2,500. One-time or irregular 20 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals January 2022

Knowledge Power TM Submitted By Patricia J. Weaver The View Student Questionnaire Events That Changed the Mail, bring by or email us United States of America YOUR PHOTO & your answers! Name There have been many events that changed the path of Grade School the American people. There are only five listed in this Knowledge Power but there have been many more. Fax # 256-760-9618 Email: [email protected] Mail: 219 W. Tennessee Street • Florence, AL 35630 1. The Manhattan Project changed not only the USA but the world. What was this project? What is your favorite...... A. The invention of the tractor B. The development of the Author? polio vaccine C. The development of nuclear weapons D. The invention of hydroelectricity power Outdoor Activity? Gift you have received? 2. In April of 1803 an event happened that changed the Movie? CANNOT borders of the United States of America. What was the Thing that you did this summer? PRINT event? What does a veterinarian do? A. The American Revolution B. The Louisiana Purchase WITHOUT C. The Civil War D. The death of Abraham Lincoln PHOTO 3. This event made us American’s instead of British Do you watch America’s Funniest Home Videos On T.V.? subjects. What was this event? A. The Plymouth Colony B. Signing the Declaration of Have you ever ridden in a convertible car? Independence C. Paul Revere’s Ride D. “The shot heard around the World” in Concord, Massachusetts Have you ever met your great-grandparents? 4. The first What does the word talent mean to you? man to walk on the moon Do you speak another language? changed the US and Have you done anything nice for someone lately? opened a new frontier. Do you like going to the pet store? How many American’s Do you like to read aloud? have walked on the MUST HAVE moon? PERMISSION A. 4 TO PRINT Parent/Guardian Permission B. 7 C. 9 I give Kidsville News! permission to print my CHILD’S PHOTO & opinion on D. 12 any questions listed above. I do realize my child’s first name, school and grade could 5. Of these events, which 21st century event changed all Americans the most? be printed in this publication. I have enclosed or emailed my CHILD’S PHOTO. A. Invasion of Afghanistan B. Hurricane Katrina C. Terrorist Attack of 9/11 D. Earthquake in Haiti Answers On Page 23 Parent/Guardian SIGNATURE Date January 2022 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals Kidsville News! 21

Thar She Blows! The Day the Whale Came to East Florence By Lee Freeman, Florence-Lauderdale Public Library, Local History - Genealogy “Believe it or not but there is a real whale in Florence today and the winners. Mary Ruth Haines and J. W. Powell, Jr. won the tickets tomorrow in a special steel railroad car on the tracks of the Southern from the Seven Five Service Co.; Catherine Beckmann and Henry freight station in East Florence.” With these words the Florence Romine won the tickets from the Coca-Cola Bottling plant; Billy Times-News of Tuesday, April 28, 1931 opened its article on the 72 Butler and Robert L. Butler won the tickets from City Tire Service; ton dead whale named Colossus that was on display in Florence. Gayle G. Patterson and Jimmy Lou Stribling won the tickets from “We feel that we have Florence Milk Co.; and made no mistake in Clyde Richardson and coming to Florence,” Horace McMurray won said Jack Grimes, the tickets from Sterchi advance representative Bros. of the Pacific Whaling Captain Jonathon Prince, Corporation, “because captain of the whaling we have heard outsiders vessel from which Capt. sing your praise many Barnett caught Colossus, times because of your gave a speech to the effort to make your Florence Civitan Club on city a bigger and better Monday, April 28. Capt. place in which to live Prince demonstrated and the hospitality and various techniques used in progressiveness of the catching whales, discussed people of Florence is the various species of widely known because of whales that were hunted, the excellent climate and how they were “brought the effort here among the in” after they were people to go forward— caught and the method of not backward.” Grimes Florence Herald advertisement of Florence Times-News ad of Monday, April 27, 1931, for preservation used when billed the whale as Friday, April 24, 1931 for the whale the whale exhibit. they were exhibited on “one of the greatest exhibit. trips across the country. educational outfits that has ever visited Alabama. According to the Times-News the club members termed Capt. The whale was 65 feet long and weighed 72 tons. She was caught Prince’s lecture “thoroughly interesting.” and killed the previous August by a whaling captain named Barnett Wednesday night the newspaper carriers of the Tri-Cities Daily of in the Pacific Ocean. Accompanying her was Colossus’ 10 ton baby Sheffield and the Florence Times-News of Florence, accompanied whale that had also been killed and embalmed for display purposes. by E. C. McDougal, were guests of Capt. Prince, who personally This may sound cruel to us but bear in mind that in 1931 there were showed them the whale. no laws protecting whales as endangered species and whaling was At least two Florence residents remember seeing the whale. Retired still big business. Also on exhibit was a big harpoon gun, along school teacher Mrs. Martha Barton remembers her parents taking with ten of the sailors off the whaling ship to lecture and answer her as a little girl to see the whale. What she recalls most of all questions. The steel car holding Colossus had special plate-glass now, some 82 years later, is the unpleasant smell that accompanied windows. Special lighting allowed visitors to see the whale twenty- Colossus and her baby and how enormous the steel railroad car four hours a day, at any time of the day or night. Admission was 25 housing the whale was. cents for adults and 10 cents for children. Mrs. Eddie Daily Brust also remembers seeing the exhibit of the The local newspapers advertised that the whale would be on whale Colossus. She writes on page 16 of her Memories of a Wagon display Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday only. Local merchants Works Childhood: such as the Seven Five Service Co., the Coca-Cola Bottling Co., “Not historical, but still very interesting, was the time a traveling City Tire Service, Florence Milk Co. and Sterchi Bros. gave away exhibit came to town. The exhibit was a HUGE dead whale which 20 free tickets to kids in a “See the Whale” contest sponsored by was supposed to be one of the largest ever caught. This caused a the Florence Times-News. Each business placed a question about good deal of excitement, and large family groups would walk to see the whale at the bottom of their ad; kids could answer the questions the exhibit.” and take their answers to that business no later than Monday noon. And that’s the story of the day Colossus the Whale came to East The first two kids to turn in correct answers would win tickets. In its Florence. Monday afternoon edition, the Times-News published the names of Happy New Year! 22 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals January 2022

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