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This Page Brought To You By: The whole world relies on water to survive. Not one living organism can live without it. Have you ever wondered where the water you drink, bathe or swim in comes from? Many people get their water from a local watershed. • A watershed is a piece of land that all water must flow through before it reaches a body of water. A watershed guides all water from the surrounding land into a larger body of water, like a lake, river or ocean. Watersheds are everywhere! • Most of the water in a watershed is brought there by gravity. Water rushes downhill into a watershed from places of higher elevation. When it snows or rains, the precipitation runs off into little streams and creeks or is absorbed by the ground. This water steadily makes its way back into larger bodies of water before the whole cycle begins again. • Watersheds vary in size. Some watersheds span hundreds or thousands or even millions of miles. The world’s largest watershed is the basin of the Amazon River, which spans over 2 million square miles. • The largest watershed in America is the Mississippi River watershed. Can you believe that the Mississippi River drains over half of our country’s water and the waters that feed into it? That’s over a million square miles of land in the United States and parts of Canada! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_basin/ https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/watershed.html https://study.com/academy/lesson/watershed-lesson-for-kids-definition-facts.html/ https://www.americangeosciences.org/education/k5geosource/content/water/where-does-our-water-come-from 4 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals February 2020

What’s the Difference? There are 8 THINGS that are different in these pictures. Answers on Page 23 Di erences: 1) Floss missing from girl with pink shirt on 2) Apple missing from table 3) Hairbow missing 4) No drawers on table 5) Flower missing from girl’s hair 6) Stripes missing from boy’s red shirt 7) The word toothpaste missing form the tube 8) Boy’s toothbrush missing Creative Coloring Celebrate Valentines Day! Color in and create your own masterpiece. February 2020 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals Kidsville News! 5

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If you have more than Animal Grouping one banana, you have a Ants Band bunch of bananas. Bees Flock Bunch is a group name. Chicks Bevy There are group names Clams Gaggle that refer to collections Ducks School of animals, too. Use Fish Brace lines to connect the Geese Bed animals to their group Gorillas Troop name. Hens Brood Leopards Colony Answers on Lions Pod Pg. 23 Monkeys Pride Oxen Yoke Sheep Leap Swans Swarm Whales Clutch Hidden PictureAnswers: Puzzles Answers on Pg. 23 Ants—Colony; Bees—Swarm; Chicks—Clutch; Clams—Bed; Ducks—Brace; Fish—School; Geese—Gaggle; Gorillas—Band; Hens—Brood; Leopards—Leap; Lions—Pride; Monkeys—Troop; Oxen—Yoke; Sheep—Flock; Swans—Bevy; Whales—Pod February 2020 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals Kidsville News! 7

Explore a Delicious Take On Pizza Florence • Sheffield • Killen Pizza comes in many styles. From thin crust to New York-style pizza or the deep- dish synonymous with Chicago, pizza can be When cooking, for enjoyed in various ways. safety, always get help from an adult first. Piadina, a close cousin to traditional pizza, is made from unleavened dough. The dough is grilled for a few minutes and then filled with ingredients and enjoyed as a flatbread sandwich. This version of Piadina Neapolitan from Craig W. Priebe and Dianne Jacob’s Grilled Pizzas & Piadinas, incorporates traditional pizza flavors into a piadina form. Serves 2 Excellent Service, Expert Advice Step 1: Make the Step 2: Assemble the Tomato Basil 1909 Florence Blvd., Florence, AL 35630 Piadina Dough Piadina Nepolitans (across from Hobby Lobby) 1 ½ cups unbleached flour 2 Tomato Piadina rounds 1/4 cup, plus 2 tablespoons water 4 slices fresh mozzarella 256-767-3337 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive 6 large basil leaves www.ExcelAL.com oil, plus 1 teaspoon for oiling the 4 slices tomato dough kosher salt and freshly ground 1 teaspoon salt black pepper 3-ounces tomato paste 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil leaves Heat a cast-iron skillet or griddle Measure the flour into a large until it is extremely hot. Lay the bowl and make a well in the center. dough rounds on the hot surface. Pour the salt, olive oil, water and Cook for about one minute or until other ingredients into the well. Mix bubbles form on the surface. Lift the thoroughly, stirring with a strong piadina with tongs to check doneness. spoon. The finished dough should Turn the piadina over and cook for form a ball, unless it is too wet or another minute, until the bottom is sticky. If so, add tiny amounts of flour light brown. Place each piadina on a until the dough comes off the sides plate. Lay two slices of mozzarella on cleanly and forms a ball. one side of each piadina. Add three basil leaves and two slices of tomato. Lightly flour a clean, dry countertop. Season with salt and pepper, then fold Place the ball of dough on the counter in half. Brush the top of each piadina and press down with the palm of your crust with olive oil. hand. Fold the dough over itself and press again. Continue to roll and press Return the piadinas to the skillet or the dough for about eight minutes. griddle over medium-high heat. Place The dough will change and soften each piadina in the pan, oiled side and become more elastic. Lightly oil down. Brush the top halves with olive the ball of dough with olive oil. Wrap oil. it in plastic, and let it rest about 30 minutes. Press down on the piadinas with a spatula while they cook, about two Cut the dough into four equal pieces minutes. Turn the sandwich over. It and roll them into rounds about 8 should be golden and crisp on the inches in diameter. outside. Continue pressing down, about two minutes more, until the cheese inside is melted. Remove from the heat and serve immediately. 8 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals February 2020

Swamps may seem icky • Swamps are forested wetlands that begin as and snails, while birds in this ecosystem include small, shallow bodies of water. As water levels Canadian geese and cranes. with their soggy soils get lower, plants begin to grow. Eventually, the • Most large animals that live in swamps, like and standing water, wetland becomes a swamp. crocodiles and alligators, feed on fish and other but they’re crucial • Both land and water create swamps, so they are small creatures that live in the waters. ecosystems for many considered transition zones. • There’s never a shortage of creepy crawlers in creatures. Swamps are found all • Different types of trees and plants grow in swamps! Many species of insects thrive around over the world along rivers, lakes swamps. Conifer swamps grow cedar, spruce the wetlands, such as bothersome mosquitoes and coastlines. While swampland and pine trees. Hardwood swamps contain and beautiful dragonflies, which begin their lives isn’t easy for humans to use, a birch, oak and maple trees. Cypress trees fill underwater. Insect populations are kept under cypress swamps. control by the frogs found in swamps, which variety of creatures thrive there. Amphibians, reptiles, fish and • Mammals that live in swamps may include love to feast on them. deer, beavers and otters. Turtles, snakes and • Many swamplands are put at risk by humans more make their homes in and salamanders, examples of amphibians and who sometimes drain and fill swamps for things around swampy waters. reptiles, live in swamps, too. Invertebrates you like farming and city development. https://nhpbs.org/wild/swamp.asp may discover in the swamp habitat are shrimp https://a-z-animals.com/reference/swamps-and-wetland/ https://sciencing.com/wetland-plants-wildlife-8254793.html The Amazon River Feb. 3, 1870 The 15th Amendment to the U.S. The Amazon River, located in South America, live here, too. Even bull sharks have been found Constitution was ratified, is one of the largest rivers in the world. Running in the waters of the Amazon. guaranteeing the right of nearly 4,000 miles through Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, • Over 5,000 species of fish live in the river, citizens to vote, regardless Venezuela, Columbia, Guyana and Bolivia, the including piranhas. Piranhas are carnivores of race, color or previous Amazon River supports an abundance of wildlife and often take down their prey by attacking in condition of servitude. and is the world’s largest watershed. A watershed, groups. And they don’t just eat other fish; they Feb. 4, 1902 Aviation pioneer which can also be called a drainage basin, is the also attack land-dwelling creatures that wade Charles Lindbergh (1902- land that is drained by a river and the creeks and into the water. 1974) was born in Detroit, streams that feed into it. The Amazon River basin • There is only one bridge that crosses the Michigan. He made the first accounts for about one-fifth of the world’s total Amazon River, and it is not across the river nonstop solo flight from New water flow. proper. A two-mile-long bridge was recently York to Paris, France, May • The Amazon River has existed for over 10 built across the Rio Negro, the Amazon’s largest 20-21, 1927. tributary. The bridge connects the cities of Feb. 8, 1910 The Boy Scouts million years. Manaus and Iranduba in Brazil. of America was founded by • The Amazon River supports the biggest • The river basin faces about 90 inches of rainfall William Boyce in Washington, each year, and the river itself feeds about 20% D.C., modeled after the rainforest in the world - the Amazon Rainforest. of the earth’s fresh water into the ocean. British Boy Scouts. • This amazing river is also home to one of the Feb. 14 Celebrated as (Saint) Valentine’s Day around the world’s largest snakes: the anaconda. Lots of world, now one of the most other animals, like turtles, crabs and dolphins, widely observed unofficial holidays in which greeting http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/earth/amazonriver.html cards and gifts are exchanged. https://www.milwaukeeriverkeeper.org/whats-a-river-basin-whats-a-watershed/ Feb. 17 Celebrated as https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090707155827.htm • http://justfunfacts.com/interesting-facts-about-amazon-river/ President’s Day in recognition https://www.rainforestcruises.com/jungle-blog/amazon-river-bull-shark-facts • https://www.projectamazonas.org/amazon-facts of the February birthdays of George Washington (1732- February 2020 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals 1799), the first U.S. president, and Abraham Lincoln (1809- 1865), the 16th U.S. president. Kidsville News! 9

Hundreds of years ago, settlers flocked from France to the American dishes while developing their cuisine. Popular elements Canadian Maritime Provinces and named their new land of Cajun food include rice, corn, onions and okra and feature “Acadia.” Soon after the Acadians settled, the British meats like shrimp, crawfish and even alligator. conquered Canada and forced the Acadians out of their • Cajuns have a special phrase that captures their lively spirit: land. Some of these Acadians moved to the American South to “joie de vivre,” which means “joy of living.” Louisiana, where they became known as Cajuns over time. Louisiana, • Mardi Gras is a well-known celebration in this region. Unlike and especially New Orleans, is famous for its unique Cajun culture. the grandeur of this festival in the French Quarter of New Orleans, • Cajuns are often confused with Creoles. Unlike the Cajuns a Cajun Mardi Gras is a bit simpler with one interesting tradition: a chicken chase! This unique custom began in the Middle Ages when who were forced by the British to move to Louisiana, Creoles are French commoners would dress in costumes begging for food and descendants of early French settlers who built their lives in New other handouts. Today, Cajun Mardi Gras-goers dress up and ride Orleans. from door to door on horseback, begging for ingredients to make • Cajun food is extremely popular in Louisiana and across gumbo, a spicy stew that often features chicken and sausage or America. Cajuns drew inspiration from Creole and Native other meats. When riders arrive at a house, the homeowners throw a chicken that the riders must try to catch! http://www.experienceneworleans.com/cajun.html https://www.liveabout.com/cajun-mardi-gras-celebrations-3552998 https://www.vacationsmadeeasy.com/NewOrleansLA/articles/CajunCulture.cfm Hello! Attention Kids & Teachers Too! This is Truman All answers are words with a double “E.” First, write your From Kidsville News! answers to Column 1. Next, add or subtract a letter to change the word and match to a definition in Column 2. I WANT YOUR STUDENTS’ ORIGINAL ARTWORK OR POEMS TO BE PRINTED ON PAGE 12 IN Kidsville News! Column 1 1. 1. stinging insect 2. money charged for a service 2. Send ItKWtipdhaserOvmeilnlReitnsNKafe,liwallts!oeLurtEistAsThduNideTsErWofEEsrosrRumsSH•eaYet2nhyd1Oe&9smKUeWinodR.dPnsTOoi!teuOTnrwErnRiweutMsehmIsbeSyGaseoint!uISeratN!g.wJWao•AuiersnkFtL.mlohtIraoaAey:wvnecaRpeynr,ToitnuAtrL 3. run away very fast 3. r 35630 4. small golf ball stand 4. Age 5. laughing sound 5. 5630 6. tiny or small 6. urnal.net ToOurRnal.net RwSyn Jones Name City eTILvuEbiSch BUeielTlFyOrWReeSamrraenn Address School Library er Zip School Your Artwork Column 2 a. Or Poem a. adolescent b. hr10ehKasJhhiKpduhfiaAssdoharvtiSsrnhrevimlfid!n,lAleiltlejolMuonNNosreueptPwtgawSsLugt!s aeehE! rendP6i“ldFaeSonaOfesIsnettiRdhg!hinMIsativt”e,A BetterMWikaeyA RTBoaeBtntedetratelWlr,aGyraTdoeB2s5e!6t-t2e7r8G-2r3a4d2es!TodaoeTckebhOeTkaknTberieDesrtPtvhR,rihWsmsmtsioaiOrienransOsmesredE,inr,iMoNfddivgiAgnsoetaaenttewiwnslsrshvthetel,rsRasaashineRSlatnapliwtiEnbpwdiufEmdeliaswltvevrealsghFswhnvpnliregthotRNtmaonnehisotierDfLirNsvsvsuitheOrrlokaNdatslshsoisotoTtesteKrnlftnte,i,unliIeeesvoepIuieieeeovooheuoerwaUewretecTksevaTrnrMiacrnknlraaoouensaslerntweonmoo,punsdul!yfEdestNaek.aOgtnanmenpeAhdn.io,kkh.loswdumyoiilse,ooTiRsbtdcswllriDieNagrnRNdgtotiedsrd.riepoportttuoomoarscscfsautahaApnl,.hamdvsvAasAxpi.retafemoawlseiiihuolpceho.tailrslnsiAeypluarlgCfhcinsoimeoedorTcrakunnxceatliydvaiohoenbNa,nNiEmpmsetyaSlpel.lliIcehmrgepne.eiealmac.eerRsrtrOlppqwwCrncgcemhlctesrUueosekggiishosee&o,ebasihatu!i!trroNirdasoptmlmlsvsresIheaiTcmdmsit.nsntiireenwhriuciohreTigNcneaei.naeendeef.iyhnniadsiielrdegiele’idtlvsicnsnotUrgenisiachtoaeftnnecrlltsoosnbfleryosctsgxedso.shxc,iseroorpo;wviSWluatsuysytwtmueeooptetyns.gtiepdsleYrhrlteiphdPNesarsaashesonoido.onPe,inlicctafdixAft,anuunalhrtrreynoayNnoseernSrexnoggthwasdfoAesidrerhiseSesrsleodnendl,.twterpcifesty.oiopDxgrdsera’rclospnariyatphdmayehanygracolebttebyonrostrcvuueaohcucnaraesrghueedreGytnessebgmuakt,jumoseoocicrnoarc(Cntfbtei.aTehvorcsdrdTAdeoewadhppyridhlfyioiesiusoNruSasi…ttxpanuussolneitegkrdudio’a,nsssiiteNrnnedcy.od,smSofOypiygoyTnuoaorwtfPnudARrKrweaIidBowN(sreiPvkneTti)gltrleemCiWnrilNsOuW•csenIboiQsowaaTluZeonvasyre!r)Hl!iv,r?aieTaOtcgdohene,,eFdU•iCBusnAll,TlouyefaNfbnotStirOcZOtdoTUrea!entWbesHNh’rstlneueeLlGId•derIIeaN?NSrTnNduoatetsiEoLTdnriSorDmsgHen•gIpsi-EPSnrTG!oceAR-vShrhNmePoEHooEtACAwmlw-ORoBLowneTaTAtlswretOaeUtLu.cdctRettlSsRuCro®-!b•urgEzriFrrtniarucedguteoelusCrmiionnn•gsjI.OSuucnAolsTtntTamYuet/6oiA-t/o0oOuCn-ror9Tnir0HnTe-eOndgosc.atnm.ey.Peser!e!p Here b. group of ships c. c. pesky garden plant d. d. body part for shoes e. e. red root vegetable f. f. to listen Your Name ANSWERS: 1A–enbseew, beeetr;s2–dofnee,Pfeeat;g3e–b 2fle3e, fleet; 4–a tee, teen; 5–f hee, heed; 6–c wee, weed. www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals February 2020

Guess Who? Answers on Page 23 By Lee Freeman, Florence-Lauderdale Public Library, Local History - Genealogy Department In honor of Black History Month we offer this Guess Who! Can you guess the identities of these local African-American Florentine civic, political and religious leaders? We salute them all! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. ________ Wendell Wilkie Gunn (1942-), the first black student at Florence State/UNA (1963). 15. 16. ________ Mrs. Bessie Rapier McAlister Foster (1889-1963) Civic Leader. ________ Jesse Patton Florence Businessman (1865-1910). 17. 18. ________ William Christopher “W. C.“ Handy (1873-1958) Musician. February 2020 ________ Dred Scott (ca. 1801-1858) of Dred Scott Decision fame (1857). ________ Prof. Young A. Wallace (1849-1937) Teacher, Principal and Civic Leader. ________ Mrs. Patricia Butler (1943-2016) Former Library Board Member and Civic Leader. ________ Mr. Dave Smith Civic Leader and Former Florence City Councilman. ________ Mr. Sam Pendleton Former Florence City Councilman and Civic Leader ________ Rev. Lawson John Green (1864-1944) of St. Mark MB Church (1900-1944). ________ Prof. Benjamin F. Cox of the Burrell Normal School (1903-ca. 1904). ________ James T. Rapier (1838-1883) Republican Congressman of Alabama (1873-1875). ________ Parson Dick (d. ca. 1865) Forks of Cypress Pastor and Horse Groom. ________ Prof. Oscar M. Waring (1841-1911), Principal of the Freedmen’s Public School (1866-ca. 1868). ________ Constantine “Constant” Perkins (1870-1942) Barber and Musician. ________ Mrs. Kaytrina Simmons Florence City Councilwoman and Civic Leader. ________ Dr. Leonard Jerry Hicks (1899-1973), Physician, namesake of Dr. Hicks Blvd. ________ Oscar De Priest (1871-1951) Republican Congressman of Chicago (1929-1935). www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals Kidsville News! 11

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FyeF2ber0bur2au0rayry2021092190 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY These event listings courtesy of 1Home Depot Kids Shoals Kids.net Workshop 9-12 Take Your Child Visit ShoalsKids.net for a listing to the Library of more events! Events subject Day at Florence- Lauderdale Public to change, so please contact Library the venue for the most up-to-date scheduling. 8 Lego Club at Children’s Museum 234 5 6 7 of the Shoals 2-3 Lego Club at UNA Women’s & www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals Sensory Friendly 10 UNA Planetarium Public 12 Children’s Museum 14 Men’s Basketball Time Night 7:30pm - 8:30pm 19 of the Shoals 3-5 vs Liberty at 1PM UNA Women’s 26 Valentine’s 12-1 Sky Zone Basketball vs UNA Planetarium UNA Men’s Day & 3:30PM Trampoline Park, Lipscomb at 6PM Basketball vs 11 Lipscomb at 6PM Florence City 15 Florence 17 Schools No STEAM Squad 4pm - 5pm 13 School For Young Learner 9 Presidents’ Florence-Lauderdale Students Series at the Day Holiday Public Library Lego Club at Florence Indian 16 NO SCHOOL Children’s Museum 21 Mound 9-10am UNA Planetarium Public of the Shoals 3-5 23 24 Night 7:30pm - 8:30pm 28 22 20 UNA Planetarium Lego Club at 29 Children’s Museum 18 of the Shoals 3-5 STEAM Squad 4pm - 5pm UNA Men’s Basketball Florence-Lauderdale vs Kennesaw State Public Library 6PM UNA Planetarium Public 27 Night 7:30pm - 8:30pm Kidsville News! 13 Lego Club at Homeschool Hop UNA Planetarium Children’s Museum 3pm - 4pm Sky of the Shoals 3-5 Zone Trampoline 25 Park, Florence STEAM Squad 4pm - 5pm Florence-Lauderdale Public Library UNA Planetarium Public Night 7:30pm - 8:30pm UNA Planetarium Vectors ©

Come Out & Play The average American incorporates • Angling is a way of fishing that involves Carolina boasts great fishing, especially in about 15 pounds of fish into his or catching a fish on a fishhook with a line. the Outer Banks. her diet each year, and someone must Known as anglers, these fishers use a rod • Fishing requires supplies. A tackle box fish to get that amount of seafood plated. It and reel or a fishing pole. can hold items such as fishing line and isn’t just professional fishermen out fishing in • Fly fishing is another common way to hooks, as well as sinkers that help sink the boats and on the shore; many people, young and fish. Fly fishers use lures called “flies” that line into the water and bobbers that help the old, consider fishing a hobby. Whether the fish resemble small prey. fisherman see when a fish is biting. Lures caught is eaten or not, fishing is a fun activity • The kind of fish caught depends on attract fish to the line. enjoyed by many. location. A lake fisher may catch bass or bream, while an ocean fisher usually catches • People either fish commercially or for something bigger, like mackerel. sport. People who fish commercially are • Some of the best spots in the world the people who get paid to catch fish for to fish are on the American East Coast. restaurants and grocery suppliers. Sports Florida, which boasts a variety of fish and fishermen usually return what they catch warm weather year-round, has been dubbed into the water, a system known as “catch the “Fishing Capital of the World.” North and release.” https://www.wideopenspaces.com/10-ways-catch-fish/ https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/10-things-every-mans-fishing-tackle-box-needs/ https://www.markelinsurance.com/resources/small-boat/best-fishing-locations https://www.visitflorida.com/en-us/things-to-do/florida-fishing/why-florida-is-the-fishing-capital-of-the-world.html https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/10/31/499780982/hey-looks-like-americans-are-finally-eating-more-fish STOP Answer on Page 23 LITTER. Your Shoals. Your Choice. 14 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals February 2020

What Happened to Feb. 30? I learned this poem to remember the length of the Julian year of 365.25 days. The Julian calendar days in each month. was 11 minutes too long. It may seem insignificant, but in fact it meant the Julian Calendar was itself slowly getting out of synch Some people use their knuckles to help remember the days in with the season. By the 16th century, the calendar was off by 10 each month. days. Due to the ecclesiastical method of determining the time of Easter, Pope Gregory realized that Easter slowly was getting They use two fists placed next to each other (as in the closer to Christmas which was not desired. diagram) and starting with January on the little finger knuckle on the left, proceed naming the months; noting that the 31 day So Pope Gregory, in 1582, months are on the knuckles. removed 10 days from the calendar; October 4, 1582, In any was directly followed next day case, by October 15, 1582. February stands Just imagine the confusion alone, not caused by that October having having 30 10 fewer days. For example: or 31 days. Do you pay your normal The early rent or a lesser amount since October was shorter? This new Romans Gregorian Calendar added an additional condition: a leap day is had a calendar of 355 days and chose months of 29 and 31 days. added every year divisible by 4, EXCEPT century years would To add up to 355 days, February was chosen as the “odd-ball” not be leap unless they were divisible by 400. In other words and given 28 days. As you know, regular years now are 365 days 1700, 1800, and 1900 weren’t leap years but year 2000 was a long and leap years are 366 days long. Since the Roman calendar leap year. The calendar will still be “off” by one day in 3323 had only 355 days, they were missing at least 10 days which years but we can wait to make that correction 3 millenia from meant the calendar didn’t agree with the seasons. March 21 is now. nominally the start of Spring. Well if the Roman calendar was The Protestant countries 10 days short, then the next spring would start on their May 1st were not anxious to follow a and the Spring after that would begin on their May 11. So their Pope’s decree but the errors in calendar didn’t agree with the seasons. the Julian Calendar could not Julius Caesar’s advisors told him that the seasons repeated be ignored forever. Slowly every 365¼ days so he created the Julian Calendar; adding the Protestant countries and subtracting days from months so that they added up to 365 adopted the Gregorian days. Since the calendar reforms. The United States was still ¼ day short, waited till 1752 to adopt the Gregorian Calendar but by that he added an extra day time the US had to drop 11 days from the 1752 calendar. Oct. 4 every 4 years to make up followed by Oct. 15. the difference. The rule Today we celebrate together Lincoln and Washington being, if the year was birthdays on President’s Day. Washington’s Birthday used to divisible by 4 (with no be celebrated on February 22 and Lincoln’s on Feb.12. but remainder) add a day to Washington’s family bible lists his birth on February 11. February and make it 29 Washington was born Feb. 11 under the old Julian Calendar but days long. Thus was born the Leap-Year having an extra day that date is Feb. 22 under our current Gregorian Calendar. in February. The Julian Calendar produced an average year of 365.25 days long. © 2020 Dr. David R. Curott, UNA Professor Emeritus Astronomers now know that the seasons currently repeat every 365.2425 days. Notice that is very slightly less than the February 2020 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals Kidsville News! 15

TM Knowledge Power The View Submitted By Patricia J. Weaver Student Questionnaire Mail, bring by or email us Spiders YOUR PHOTO & your answers! 1. The Brown Recluse Name spider is nocturnal and will hide during the GFraaxd#e 256-76 0-961S8chooElm ail: ki dsville @cour ierjourn al.net day. Their venomous bite is dangerous to Mail: 219 W. Tennessee Street • Florence, AL 35630 humans. How can you recognize a Brown What is your favorite...... Recluse spider? Author? A. Golden brown with a dark brown violin shape on its head Outdoor Activity? B. Dark brown with a banjo shape on its head Book? C. Black with a golden star on its head D. Black and yellow with long legs Cartoon? CANNOT What is a vinyl record? PRINT 2. The Wolf spider … Are you a good listener? A. Bite is vermous but not lethal WITHOUT B. Body is large and hairy PHOTO C. Doesn’t trap their prey in webs D. All of the above Have you ever adopted a pet from an Animal Shelter? 3. The Black Widow spider builds small simple webs. How Have you ever ridden in a convertible car? can you recognize a Black Widow? Do you like to play cards? Like Go Fish? What does the word talent mean to you? A. Shiny Black body with red legs Do you speak another language? B. Shiny black body and legs with a red hourglass on its back C. Red with black legs D. Tiny black body and legs 4. The beautiful spiral wheel-shaped webs often found in gardens, fields and forest are spun by this group of spiders A. Grass spider B. Hobo spider C. Orb-weavers spider D. Huntsman spider Have you done anything nice for someone lately? 5. Spider webs are rich in vitamin K. Spider webs can be used …. What is instrumental music? A. In tonics to treat diseases Do you like to read aloud? B. As gauze to stop bleeding C. As a ingredient in salves to treat infections MUST HAVE D. As cooking ingredient PERMISSION TO PRINT Parent/Guardian Permission 6. The comic character “Spiderman” first appeared in what year? I give Kidsville News! permission to print my CHILD’S PHOTO & opinion on A. 1962 any questions listed above. I do realize my child’s first name, school and grade could B. 1966 C. 1971 be printed in this publication. I have enclosed or emailed my CHILD’S PHOTO. D. 1978 Parent/Guardian SIGNATURE Date Answers On Pg. 23 16 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals February 2020

What is Radar, and How Does it Work? Have you ever watched the news on TV and seen the happens. There is a large dish resembling a and ice particles are moving, which means the meteorologist talk about and super-sized satellite dish, inside the dome. radar can also give clues to how fast the wind show radar on the screen? They This dish sits on a special piece of equipment in a storm is blowing the rain/ice particles. usually say that radar tells us called a pedestal that spins the dish around Rain/ice particles in one spot moving fast where the rain is and how fast it is moving. constantly inside the dome. in opposite directions show up on radar as That is true, but radar is also an important red and green color close to each other. This scientific tool that does much more than that. So, what is the radar dish doing while it display can be a clue telling meteorologists if Let’s start with what a weather radar looks is spinning? It is sending out small pulses a tornado might be forming, which helps them like. If you have ever visited a National of energy that can detect water droplets and issue a tornado warning. That is a very helpful Weather Service office, you may have seen ice crystals. Water and ice both “bounce” clue. a weather radar. It looks like a very large, the energy back toward the radar. The radar gray soccer ball mounted on a tall stand “listens” for the pulses of energy to return So can radar detect anything other than with lots of ladders going up to it. The large to it. It spends more than 99% of its time rain, snow and ice? The answer is yes! Under round gray part that you can see is called the listening for the energy-returning! The certain circumstances, when the radar is in a radome, and it doesn’t do anything other than strength of the energy returning to the radar sensitive mode, it can sense things like large protect the parts of the radar that are inside helps indicate how far away the rain or snow groups of bugs, birds and bats. They show up it. The dome is heated to melt any snow or is, what shape the particle is and how fast the on radar as little ring shapes. Radar can detect ice that falls on it in the winter, and it is also particle is moving. It is a lot like how a bat a lot. “hydrophobic” - it repels water droplets. That uses echolocation to find bugs to eat. feature is important for the radar to work Radar is one of the most important tools Meteorologists in the National Weather meteorologists use to predict rain, snow Service must go to special classes to learn and storms, and it helps with issuing severe all about radar, how to find storms and how thunderstorm and tornado warnings that keep properly. to issue severe thunderstorm and tornado people safe. On top of that, it’s a cool piece of Inside the dome is where the real magic warnings. The radar can “see” how fast rain science equipment! HELP! Truman Lost His Hat! Maybe you can help him find it & WIN A PLUSH MINI- TRUMAN OR PUPPET!* Somewhere in this Kidsville News! 1.1Ws. hWh1ea.ehWftapadth?htoaedtrydosoiaduyyGowceuahoelrlgcnaeahWlehl abaarspohphuinygaghpbttopahniby’ssybaby is Truman’s small red hat! 2. If syhouererepdopro?tgcakrdishsoemsey?ou, what do 3.2Wy. oIyhf2uoy.yucWcoalaahurclsealasrtitblwdd?laihoditkeg?tnehertkhsdiesamysndeceieadsntwey?aeocll?hue,rwtehll haetrdo This hat will not be on Truman. Find only his red hat! Send us the *Subject to form below for a chance to win! availability. TLthhaesetnnmaemxotneitsohsf’ustehheoafwt KwiniadnssevorisnllwepiaNlgleebwe2s4i!n. January Winners of a Mini-Truman 4.34Wo.. tWWohh43tea..hhhWWfrrtrueyaomdnhhrmtsiaaadamdttorrtdiuoeinhsdaonnttnbthbhyeohieeoonanugmobrbk?oeekceaoaas?dtrmotlhlswekaavba?mpetyoehretyoroskabdokanonesye?oaw?pykhwotsoaatetyhr eto Chance Harrison Angel Tallant of Rogersville of Sheffield Pick yours up at the Courier Journal Office 219 W. Tennessee St., Florence the Email to [email protected], 4. I have a lot of problems. Mail or bring entry to us by Feb. 24 cream and beat the eggs 3. Because they whip the Hat on pg. _________ Your Name aa12ln..AodntAAsbopwefmoeaertorpscr:tyhohlsbeilttmeelogemolgsca.sh.mb. cream 4. Address I have Town 5. How do you get aAfnreswe elirgshotnbPulabg?e 23 mail to: School Kidsville News! 219 W. Tennessee St. 3. Because they whip the Phone Florence, AL 35630 1. You’re going down in history. 2. A pooch smooch. Kidsville News! 17 1. A merry little lamb. February 2020 2. You are tu-tu mucwh.ww.kidsvillenews.com/shoals Answers:

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Local History Written by Billy Warren the Tennessee Valley, in fact. But TVA is more than hydroelectric power; it has played an important leadership role in such areas as soil science, Did You Know? fertilizer development, fisheries, recreation, education and more. Slowly but surely, its impact was felt in homes, on farms, in the classrooms, in Major Events That Shaped The river quality and in countries around the world. Shoals Area So, the local adults who were asked to think about the major events As people grow from babyhood to childhood to the teen that helped to shape the Shoals agreed on these three: (1) The “Taming” years to adulthood, they have a wide range of experiences that of the River; (2) The Relocation of LaGrange College; and (3) The help to shape their lives. Their family (both close relatives and, Coming of TVA. Do you agree? Would you delete one or more of the sometimes, even distant cousins), their elementary and high three? If so, what would you substitute for the one(s) you delete? school experiences, their choice of college and/or career – all of these and more influence their development as individuals. SOMETHING TO DO: 1. Go on-line to find a map of the Tennessee River. Make a list of: Did you know that the same kinds of things are true of a a. One town in each of three states that is located on the beautiful river; town, a group of towns, a state or a country? It is true that b. At least one other river into which the Tennessee River flows. the choices made by leaders can easily affect the development of the area – whether it’s big or small – over which the leaders 2. Using a reference source, write a brief definition of these terms: might have influence. a. Impact b. Shoals With that in mind, let’s look at the Shoals area. What were c. Advent the major happenings over the years that have probably had d. Hydroelectric power the biggest impact? Your thoughts on this question would be interesting to know. Maybe you and your classmates could Wilson Dam have a discussion about it and arrive at some really important answers. Florence Park & Rec SPRING Some local adults were asked this question recently, and, following an exciting period of discussion, they decided REGISTRATION that these three events have had the biggest influence on the development of the Shoals area: Baseball Ages 3-12 Register From Now – February 23 1. The “Taming” of the River – When the Shoals was Fee $35 determined, in the early 1800’s, to be a fine place for people www.fprd.com to move from their homes – primarily on the East Coast – they found that they couldn’t use the Tennessee River for Girls Youth Softball Ages 5-12 navigation during much of the year because of the portion of Register From Now – February 23 it known as the shoals. Traveling or shipping goods by boat was Fee $35 almost impossible during those months. As early as 1836, local www.fprd.com leaders were working diligently to figure out ways to remedy this situation. Following the unsuccessful early attempts, Soccer Ages 4-14 leaders tried other schemes, especially the creation of a series Register From Now – March 1 of canals that could accommodate boats year round. But the Fee $45 problem wasn’t really solved until 1925 when the construction of Wilson Dam was completed. It succeeded in “taming” the www.fprd.com river so that traffic could move on it year in and year out. The dam opened up the Shoals area to the outside world! Register Online At 2. The Relocation of LaGrange College – In 1855, the decision www.fpard.com was made to move LaGrange College to Florence. Little did those who made the decision know that, just a few years later, For More Information Contact the buildings at the LaGrange site would be destroyed during The Florence Park And Recreation Department 256-760-6628 the Civil War; by then, the college was functioning in the building on the Florence campus known as Wesleyan Hall. Interestingly, that building is still being used as part of the University of North Alabama, which has developed into a regional university with 8,000 students – at least 400 of whom are from other countries. Like the construction of Wilson Dam, the university has opened the Shoals to the entire world! 3. The Coming of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) – Under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Shoals was blessed with the coming of TVA. Wilson Dam was transferred to TVA’s control so the dream of unlimited hydroelectric power could become a reality throughout the Shoals – throughout February 2020 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals Kidsville News! 19

standing out on the roster as having a hilarious, fast mouth. Jake Kasan directs the show again, and this time the direction is even better Arjun N., KIDS FIRST! due to stylistic Film Critic, age 17 choices and pacing. https://youtu.be/vWUbkRzDnv0 “Jumanji: The Next “Jumanji: The Next Level” keeps things playable, perhaps surpassing the first “Jumanji” movie. The cast and Level” captures the direction add newfound levels of entertainment. Anyone interested in the “Jumanji” franchise must catch this on the essence of a video biggest screen possible. game. As a viewer, The game has changed as the gang returns to Jumanji to rescue one of their own. The players will have to every sequence explore parts unknown, from the salty deserts to the snowy mountains, to win the world’s most dangerous game. has the feel of a All of the original returning cast is great, and there is a game level; the longer setup that allows for further characterization. Alex Wolff and Morgan Turner, as Spencer and Martha, continue special effects are their budding romance as Spencer struggles to manage long- distance dating. Madison Iseman and Ser’Darius Blain, as equally impressive, Bethany and Fridge, show their maturity and growth since the first movie, especially Bethany who is more inclusive especially in the and less cliquey than previously. Danny DeVito and Danny Glover, as Eddie and Milo, add heart and dynamic as their bridge chase scene grouchy and forgetful antics are always a good laugh. The roster of characters returns in this sequel, but not everyone inspired by the is in the same avatar they were last time. Jack Black, Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart and Karen Gillan effectively likes of “Indiana play this change. Awkwafina is an avatar making a debut, Jones and the Temple of Doom.” The monkeys in Photos © TriStar Pictures this scene add a pure adrenaline rush. This is my favorite scene in the movie. The message of this film is about teamwork, as the gang is willing to sacrifice themselves to rescue Spencer and leave no one behind. I give this film 4 out of 5 stars and recommend it for ages 8 to 18 due to action, suggestive content and some language. 20 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals February 2020

A Section Especially for Parents In February, check out a book of poems and other reads set in different countries and in a backyard zoo! For full reviews and other great book suggestions, go to ReadKiddoRead.com! BEGINNER READS The Bill Martin Jr. Big Book of The Great Cake Mystery Poetry By Alexander McCall Smith mBi�ll M�art,(in�Jr, By Bill Martin Jr. Illustrated by Iain McIntosh For ages 4-8 For ages 7-10 PAGETURNERS A big, brash and beautiful volume Precious is a student at a school where stuffed with almost 200 poems for the everyone is happy - even the school eaPt u'f;/iadJei?, younger set. Poems are hand-selected cat - until special treats start by Bill Martin Jr., beloved writer of disappearing. Someone at school is a CHOMP classic picture books like \"Chicka Chicka thief. When her classmates accuse Boom Boom\" and \"Brown Bear, Brown another student without sufficient proof, Bear, What Do You See?\" Most of the Precious befriends the accused boy and big names in children's poetry are here: wants to prove him innocent, using an Robert Louis Stevenson, Margaret Wise ingenious invention. Brown and the oldest old-timer of all, Mother Goose. The Invention of Hugo Cabret By Brian Selznic Chomp For ages 9 and up By Carl Hiaasen For ages 10 and up Hugo is a not an average 12-year-old boy in Paris - he secretly winds all 27 clocks in the Meet the Cray family of Florida: Wahoo train station each day, lives alone in the Cray's dad, Mickey, is a professional walls of the train station and no longer animal wrangler, and the family's attends school. But when his priceless backyard is a pretty wild place. It's a notebook, filled with sketches of an real zoo! An action-packed tale, plenty automaton - a mechanical man built out of of hilarious situations and well-drawn, clockworks - is taken from him, there might realistic characters add up to make this be a problem. Your children who think they one wild adventure that kids and adults can't read a long book will be inspired to try alike won't want to miss! this one, as fully half of the story is told in pictures. ADVANCED READS Esperanza Rising By Pam Munoz Ryan The Graveyard Book For ages 10 and up By Neil Gaiman For ages 12 and up Born into a prosperous ranching family in Mexico, Esperanza lives a life of privilege Newly orphaned Nobody Owens, \"Bod\" and plenty with her parents and her for short, is adopted by 250-year-old grandmother, Abuelita, until the eve of her ghosts and is given freedom of the 14th birthday in 1930. Based on the life of graveyard. In the graveyard, Bod learns the author's grandmother, this moving important lessons about fading, sliding novel deals with the overwhelming and dreamwalking and encounters hardships faced by Mexican migrant workers shadowy murky characters like the during the Great Depression, including a tattooed Indigo Man, the Sleer and a trio disastrous strike, deportation, Valley Fever of raggedy ghouls. and discrimination, but also the love and pride that helps them survive. Kidsville News tIhnicsKp.ai,dprTstanvrguielelmreotaNonnehtwhaesinsl,pdTpryauJgomaeumatdnoeisahsncePdlopavJtyateeomrrusbedosoinsoPc’aksotstvReetrEhrsoaAbntoD'kosKikRdIsEDstADhyDaOoKtuRtIDhEleDoAvOkDiedR.sCEaAyrOeoDMu.sCluOoarvrMeeetaaporrleeelopsauvlsereeae.dsteotdolotopvea.rtner PonARENTOWN February 2020 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals Kidsville News! 21