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This Page Brought To You By: PLATING UP NUTRITION Are you a healthy eater? One way to make adults. blue is the dairy section. This group includes sure is to look at your plate for balance, COLOR CODE YOUR PLATE milk and other dairy products, such as yogurt meaning you have the right amount of each and cheese. Calcium-fortified soy milk is kind of food needed for a healthy diet. A The vegetable portion of MyPlate, in green, also included in the dairy group. Foods made well-balanced plate can hold many different is one of the most substantial shares on the from milk, like butter, cream and cream types of nutritious, delicious foods. You can plate. The fruit part of MyPlate, in red, can cheese, don’t have much calcium and are not look for the U.S. Department of Agriculture be fresh, frozen or canned fruit. The grain part of the dairy group. MyPlate food guide for help. It has been a group is in the orange part of MyPlate and SET GOALS FOR EACH DAY useful resource for good eating habits since includes any food made from wheat, oats, 2011. cornmeal, barley or other grain. At least half The goal is to think of the plate as an entire of the grains you eat each day should be day’s worth of eating. So that means during The colorful divided plate symbol of whole grains, such as oatmeal, brown rice the whole day, half of what you eat should be MyPlate includes sections for vegetables, and whole-wheat bread. Foods that are high vegetables and fruits and the other half grains fruits, grains and foods high in protein. The in protein are the color purple on MyPlate. and protein foods. According to the MyPlate USDA produces a user-friendly, interactive Protein-rich foods include beef, poultry, plan, an occasional treat is OK, but be careful website that provides simple messages about seafood, dry beans and peas, eggs, nuts and to limit foods that are high in calories and how MyPlate works for both children and seeds, as well as soy products like tofu. In low in nutrients. https://kidshealth.org/ • http://www.center4research.org/myplate-new-alternative-food-pyramid/ August 2020 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals Kidsville News! 3

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The giant panda is one of the world’s considered a national treasure most interesting mammals and is unique in China. to China. These rare animals are at risk • Pandas survive almost entirely on despite their relative lack of natural bamboo. They must eat around 26 to 84 predators. Severe threats from humans pounds of it every day, depending on have left just over 1,800 pandas in the what part of the bamboo they are eat. wild. • Cutting down trees and forest loss • China’s Yangtze Basin region holds also reduces pandas’ access to the bamboo the panda’s primary habitat. Development they need to survive. such as dams, roads and railways hurt • The giant panda uses its enlarged panda populations, preventing pandas wrist bones that function as thumbs to from finding new bamboo forests and help harvest the bamboo. Despite their potential mates. large size, the bears climb trees well. • Temperate broadleaf and mixed • A newborn panda is about the size forests of southwest China, as found in of a stick of butter — about 1/900th the the Yangtze Basin, are the natural habitat size of its mother. Females can grow to be of the bears. about 200 pounds, while males can reach • Adult giant pandas can grow to more nearly 300 pounds as adults. than 4 feet and can weigh between 220- • Another panda variety, the red panda, 330 pounds. is a little bigger than a cat and is also • Chengdu, China’s No. 1 tourist endangered. This breed is found in central attraction is the pandas, and the four best China and the Himalayan areas of other places to see giant pandas in China are countries. around Chengdu’s giant panda centers • The red panda has been classified as a for breeding and research. The Chinese relative of the giant panda but also of the government has established more than 50 raccoon —both animals have ringed tails. of these facilities. Red pandas are considered members of • The panda, with its distinctive black the Ailuridae family. and white coat, is adored by the world and The giant panda is native to China. https://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/best-animals.htm • https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/giant-panda Food Pyramids Around The World Aug. 1, 1779 The birthday of the “Star-Spangled Banner” The United States features MyPlate as At the bottom are red meat and butter. colorful fruits and vegetables and grains. author Francis Scott Key in its food guide, but other countries around • Outside of Belgium’s pyramid is a Fish is emphasized above all other meats. Maryland.  He wrote the poem the world use pyramids, food triangles red circle with the words “as little as • Australia’s pyramid recommends all which became the U.S. National and creative images like spinning tops possible.” This section contains sweets, plant-based foods — fruits, vegetables, anthem in 1931 after seeing the and pagodas. The American guide was sodas, processed snacks and processed legumes and grains — as the core of a American flag still flying over formerly a pyramid shape, up until 2011. meats and alcohol. person’s diet. Lentils and beans populate Fort McHenry after two days of Let’s look at how eating varies around the • The Chinese guide uses the image of the pyramid twice, as these foods are meat bombing during the War of 1812. world. a pagoda — a multi-tiered sacred tower substitutes. Aug. 3, 1492 Christopher • Belgium has an upside-down or inverted found in India and East Asia — as a • Japan’s food guide is playful, modeled Columbus set sail from Palos, food pyramid that graphically shows symbol for proper eating habits. The after a spinning top — a traditional Spain, with three ships: the Nina, specific foods to eat more of and particular model places importance on whole grains, Japanese toy. Unlike many of the Pinta and Santa Maria. Seeking foods to eat in small quantities. It’s also potatoes, nuts, fruits and vegetables. The Western food guidelines, Japan’s model a westerly route to the Far East, color-coded. plan also advises citizens to walk 6,000 emphasizes grain-based dishes like rice he instead landed on Oct. 12 in • At the very top of the pyramid is water, steps a day. and noodles, followed by veggies, fish, the Bahamas, thinking it was an followed by all plant-based foods. Leaner • Finland also has a pyramid-shaped food eggs and meat. Fruit and milk take up the outlying Japanese island. animal meats come next, with acceptable guide with plant-based foods heavy on the smallest part of the Japanese diagram. Aug. 6, 1881 The birthday smaller servings of fish, dairy and cheese. recommended list, as well as a variety of of the man who discovered Penicillin — Alexander Fleming. https://www.mnn.com/food/healthy-eating/blogs/what-food-pyramids-around-world He was born in Lochfield, https://www.mic.com/articles/185100/healthy-eating-guidelines-from-food-pyramids-around-the-world Scotland. By accident, he found that mold from soil killed deadly August 2020 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals bacteria without injuring human tissue. He received the Nobel Prize in 1954. Aug. 18, 1920 The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, granting women the right to vote. Kidsville News! 5

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?? ? ? ?? ? ?? ? ?? ?? What’s it Like to Be? ? ? ? ? ?? ?? ? ? ? ? ?? ? ? Please tell our readers a little about yourself, Sports nutritionist Diana Nguyen including your name and occupation. Nguyen sets up a healthy pregame breakfast. My name is Diana Nguyen, and I am the director of sports nutrition at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. I Kidsville News! 7 oversee the nutrition care for 23 varsity sports and the athletes who play those sports. I am also the owner of Nguyen With Nutrition, LLC, which is my consulting business outside of my university work. When did you know that you wanted to be a sports nutritionist? Always an athlete, I was constantly bouncing from sport to sport and from season to season. Whether it was soccer, swimming or track, among other activities, I was always doing something. My mother was also a dietitian, so nutrition was a part of my life from the beginning. Back when I was younger, sports nutrition as a field didn’t exist. Knowledge was limited, and resources were few. Since then, this career field has exploded, and now, everyone is interested in learning more about nutrition and its role with performance.  In college, I originally majored in biology on the path to becoming a veterinarian. However, that’s also when I learned that the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University athletic program had a full- time sports dietitian on their payroll. I was immediately interested in learning more, so I reached out to her and started interning with Virginia Tech athletics. I fell in love with the profession, changed my college major and never looked back. What education or training is needed for your job? I received a Bachelor of Science in Dietetics with a minor in psychology from Virginia Tech, went on to complete my dietetic internship at the University of Virginia and then returned to Virginia Tech for my master’s degree. I also took an exam to become a registered dietitian. Being a sports nutritionist or dietitian is much more than asking people to eat broccoli and grilled chicken. This specialized medical field is backed by scientific research and many hours of required experience in the field. What is your favorite thing about your job? Every day is different! I also love to see how nutrition can change and improve performance and the overall health of young athletes. What is the most challenging thing about your work? Constantly having to defend nutrition against amateur nutritionists and Instagram influencers is an ongoing challenge. Such people have tremendous influence, and unfortunately, no education on what they are telling people. What do you wish everyone knew about nutrition? I want everyone to know that sports dietitians are the experts in the field of nutrition, and also that diets don’t work. Nutrition is about lifestyle. Nutrition as a lifestyle means you choose to fuel your body for wellness and health. Most of the food we put into our bodies is to help us stay healthy and strong, but the treats we all enjoy can have space, too. The diet culture can be very toxic and implies that there are a start and a finish. This mindset is wrong. Nutrition is something we all must consider every day because we eat every day. August 2020 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals

The country of China is the world leader in the North China Plain. Corn and millet are grown in • One-third of the total fish production of the agriculture, growing more food than any other north and northeast China. Barley and kaoliang, a world comes from China. Aquaculture, the breeding nation. The top crops produced are corn, rice and type of sorghum, are other grains grown. of fish in ponds and lakes, accounts for more than fresh vegetables. More than 100 million tons of five • China is the largest producer of potatoes in the half of its output. food sources come from this Asian country: corn, world. Sweet potatoes are cultivated in the south, • Production of roots and tubers such as sweet rice, vegetables, sugar cane and wheat. white potatoes are predominately grown in the north. potatoes exceeds 100 million tons. • Oilseeds are important in Chinese agriculture, • The meat industry is also alive and well in • Although China’s agricultural output is the supplying edible and industrial oils. Soybeans, used China, with the country hosting a large livestock largest in the world, only 12.6% of its total land area in tofu and cooking oil, are plentiful, along with population of pigs, chickens, sheep, goats, camels, is arable — suitable for growing crops. However, sesame, sunflower and tung tree seeds. cows, water buffalo, turtles and more. food produced in China supports over 20% of the • Citrus is a major cash crop in southern China, • In northern China, citizens eat hearty meals such world’s population. with mandarin oranges being the most popular fruit. as dumplings and breaded foods. In south China, • Rice is China’s most important crop, raised on • Other important crops for China are green, Cantonese cooking features lighter foods like fish. In about 25% of the growing area. jasmine and black teas; sugarcane; and sugar beets. southwest China, cooks use spices and hot peppers • Wheat is the second most-prevalent grain crop Arabica coffee is grown in the southern province of in making what is called Sichuan cuisine. grown in most parts of the country but especially on Yunnan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture_in_China • https://study.com/academy/lesson/food-in-china-facts-lesson-for-kids.html Do you know about... ?The Grizzly Question Black and brown bears differ in size, temperature, and THOMAS W. habitat. But none of this addresses the real question: JOEL R. McCUTCHEON Is Yogi Bear a black bear or a grizzly? The most famous HAMNER resident of Jellystone Park is brown but so are many black bears. Both bears will scavenge for food, leaving a pic-a-nic basket in danger. But since Yogi stood on two legs, and is, after all, smarter than the average bear, we feel he is indisputably a grizzly. Grizzlies stand on their hind legs much more often than black bears and also have bigger brains. CALL US 256-333-5000 2210 Helton Drive, Florence www.MHatty.com “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.” 8 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals August 2020

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Local History Written by Billy Warren In the meantime, the fund-raising continued. Again Mr. Rosebaum stepped forward. He and Stanley, his son, Did You Know? donated another $15,000. The Quest for a Public Library The new library in the 200 Block of North Wood Avenue opened in January 1949. It served well the citizens of Let's learn a new, very big word this month. Are you Florence and Lauderdale County until the present library ready? Here it is! The word is SERENDIPITY (ser-en- building in the 300 block of North Wood opened in 2002. DIP-i-ty.) It's a fancy word for an unplanned, fortunate discovery. So when a local historian recently discovered a small piece of paper with words printed on its four folds, the find When a historian experiences a serendipity, he or she provided really interesting information! will often enjoy that experience for a very long time. Why? Because a single serendipity can open a door on a certain SOMETHING TO DO: aspect of history which might lead to the opening of 1. Answer these questions: another door and yet another door. a. How often do you visit your school library? Just recently a local historian discovered a rather small b. What do you like piece of paper (two inches wide and four inches tall). But it about your school had four folds, each in library? the same dimensions as the original small c. Have you been to sheet. Here are the a public library in your words printed on the town (if you do not top sheet: \"History live in Florence?) of the Florence- Lauderdale County d. What do you like Library, 1949.\" best about the library in your town? Well a small piece of e. Have you ever visited the public library in downtown paper with four folds Florence? of the same size and f. What do you like about the library in downtown published 71 years ago Florence? was too intriguing for e. Do you have a library card to use at your public library? the historian to ignore. 2. Have you ever experienced a serendipity? If so, write a Don't you agree? As the historian began to read the words paragraph or draw a picture to describe it. on the pages from one fold to the next, the words revealed much information such as the following. 3. Use a reference source to define these terms: a. quest Citizens of Florence, even from the town's early years b. aspect in the 1820's and 1830's, were interested in establishing a public library. At various times during those years, a small \"lending library\" was established. This type of small library might be in a store or in a public building. Residents would borrow a book or two and, upon returning the book(s) after reading item borrow one or two more. In the mid-1880's, a group of ladies in Florence worked together to organize a larger collection of books to develop a specific system of checking books in and out. They called this new, well organized collection the Southern Library. All of the efforts to have a real public library in Florence left to members of the Florence Exchange Club to clear the way, with the approval of the City Council, for the formation of a Library Board. The year was 1937 when this new board established for the purpose of raising funds to construct a building to house a library. The project moved slowly because the United Sates was just beginning to recover from the Great Depression. In 1945, Mr. Louis Rosenbaum, owner of a group of local theaters, donated $25,000 to help the library move forward. Mr. Clyde Anderson allowed some space to be used as a public library until a building could be constructed. 14 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals August 2020

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To Bee or Not To Bee when they are \"full\" and spins the frame to extract the honey. Honey is sometimes called \"liquid This is a pun on the famous words “to gold\". be or not to be” uttered in Shakespeare’s The bees search for food (forage) and when they return to play “Hamlet”. This month we will look the hive, they can not talk but they amazingly communicate at the life and purpose of the location of the newfound nectar by doing a dance in the that summertime insect hive. The angle that the “the honey BEE”. Bees and ants have a bee moves tells the single QUEEN in the direction with respect colony and she lays all the to the sun, and the eggs. A typical bee queen length of its wiggle tells lays thousands of eggs how far away. Then the every day for her entire other bees can fly out life of many years. Young to the newfound food. worker bees feed a royal jelly to the larvae and later honey Isn't that amazing. Many people don't and pollen. They are called know the difference “nurse bees”. between bees, hornets Compared to bee queens, and wasps. Wasps and ANT QUEENS win the hornets can sting many contest for most “babies”. times but a bee dies when it stings you, so bees only sting A single army ant queen when they think the hive is in danger. They give up their can lay up to 300,000 eggs. life for the sake of the community of bees, the hive. Most Some ant queens can live bees are happy to just go about their work collecting nectar; up to 30 years. But this they usually won't bother you if you don't bother them. article is about BEES: However, some people are allergic to bee stings and for them Bees are very important for our supply of food. As bees collect nectar and pollen it is a serious matter. from flowers, the flower pollen sticks to their bodies and they carry it to other flowers, thereby pollinating the plants. The plants need the pollen to produce seeds for more plants. Agriculture needs the work of bees to create new plants. Fruits like apples, oranges, and strawberries are nature's way Nature is amazing! of creating and spreading seeds. Orchards often rent beehives © 2019 Dr. David R. Curott, UNA Professor Emeritus so that their trees can be pollinated. Beekeepers raise bees in boxes with frames of beeswax. The bees build cells in which to store the honey and in which to lay eggs for new bees. The beekeeper removes the frames 16 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals August 2020

Under the guidance of the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), each school has established procedures to maximize efforts to keep campuses safe from COVID-19 outbreaks. We ask parents/ guardians, students, faculty, and staff to assist us by following the procedures. SAFETY & PRECAUTIONS (this is a general list, may vary by school) • Teach and reinforce good hygiene measures such as handwashing, covering coughs, and face coverings if social distancing is not possible. • Encourage frequent hand sanitizing for students and staff as they come in and out of the building each day. • Provide hand soap, sanitizer, paper towels/hand dryers in all bathrooms, classrooms, and frequently trafficked areas. • Post signage to communicate how to stop the spread of COVID-19. Preventative measures include staying home when sick and good hygiene. • Clean/disinfect frequently touched surfaces. • Encourage students and staff to bring hand sanitizer and face masks/ coverings to use from home. • Ensure water fixtures and features are cleaned regularly. • Ensure ventilation systems operate properly and increase the circulation of outdoor air as much as possible, as long as this does not pose a safety or health risk to students or staff. • Conduct deep cleaning of schools prior to students/ staff returning; schedule periodic cleanings during weekends or school holidays/breaks (to the extent practicable). Check with your local school for their specific procedures. 342 Cox Blvd. • Sheffield • 256-383-4473 • shoalsprimarycarellc.com August 2020 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals Kidsville News! 17

The TM View Local kids about their opinions let us know.... and favorite things. YOUR answer Do YOU want to be here? to a Kidsville View question Go to page 15 and fill out... on page 15 The TM View YOUR PHOTO YOUR Name HERE School Grade Do you have a memory of eating or food. making a favorite food? Maybe you love • Slurping your making Saturday morning pancakes with food out loud at your dad or holiday cookies with your the table is not mom. If you stop and think about it, you considered good probably relate some of your favorite manners in most places, but in Japan, foods with family memories. this habit shows you enjoyed your meal. • Sometimes, finishing all of the food on Food is required for nutrition, but your plate is considered polite, whereas, meals and food also help us connect in other settings, cleaning the plate and socialize. Food can be a link to the signals to your host that he or she did past, as in your mother making your not feed you enough. grandmother’s recipes, and even a • Food is also tied to religion and ritual. bridge to the future as we share meals In some religions, such as Hinduism, with new neighbors. followers generally avoid eating meat, particularly cows, since they are Cooking also binds us to our cultural considered sacred animals by many heritage — we make and eat the food Hindu sects. from the homes and people groups to • In Judaism, food has to be kosher, that which we belong. Food connects people. is, prepared according to Jewish law, to • Cultures differ in food-associated be eaten. Also, certain foods, notably habits. For example, in some cultures, pork and shellfish, are forbidden eating with your hands is common, • You may enjoy your drinks cold here while in others, this practice is in the U.S., even served with ice, but considered rude. most places around the world brew hot • Table settings vary, too. Americans beverages such as tea for mealtime. eat with utensils for meals, but the Chinese prefer to use a pair of chopsticks, held in one hand, to eat their https://kidsareatrip.com/try-the-world-teaching-kids-about-other-cultures-through-food/ https://www.kuali.com/kitchen-inspirations/7-interesting-eating-habits-from-different-cultures/ 18 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals August 2020

Turn Homemade Ice Cream Into Tasty Sandwiches Ice cream and hot days are a perfect match. The cold confection can be served in When cooking, for many different ways, from sundaes to cakes safety, always get help to sandwiches. from an adult first. Ice cream sandwiches are comprised of a favorite ice cream flavor nestled between wafer-type cakes or cookies. They’re available premade in a grocer’s freezer, but they’re easily made at home with a few ingredients, such as a favorite cookie and homemade ice cream. “Vanilla Ice Cream Infused with Rose Geranium Leaves” from Simple Soiree (Stewart, Tabori & Chang) by Peggy Knickerbocker makes for an ideal treat this summer. 1 cup heavy whipping cream HELP! Truman Lost His Hat! 2 cups whole milk 3/4 cup sugar Maybe you can help him find it & 24 rose geranium leaves or 6 sprigs fresh thyme or 1 WIN A PLUSH MINI- small branch lemon verbena TRUMAN OR PUPPET!* 6 large egg yolks 1 batch of large-sized cookies, homemade or Somewhere in this Kidsville News! is Truman’s small red hat! store-bought To make the custard: In a heavy saucepan, combine the cream, milk, 1/2 This hat will not be on Truman. cup of the sugar and the geranium leaves. Cook over medium-high heat until the mixture begins to boil, 3-5 minutes. Remove the saucepan from the heat, cover Find only his red hat! Send us the and let the leaves steep in the milky mixture for about 15 minutes. Then pour the mixture through a fine-mesh strainer and discard the leaves or herbs. *Subject to form below for a chance to win! availability. In a small bowl, whisk together the egg yolks and the remaining 1/4 cup of TLthhaesetnnmaemxotneitsohsf’ustehheoafwt KwiniadnssevorisnllwepiaNlgleebwe2s0i!n. sugar until thick and pale. Add a few tablespoons of the warm milk mixture to the egg mixture, whisking vigorously. Once combined, add the egg mixture back into July Winners of a Mini-Truman the milk mixture and whisk continuously. Alexis Francis Paxton Bryant Cook over medium-low heat until the rich custard coats the back of a spoon. of Waterloo of Tuscumbia Run your finger down the bowl of the spoon. If the fingermark remains, it’s done. Or use an instant-read thermometer; the custard is done at 175 to 180 F. Do not Pick yours up at the Courier Journal Office 219 W. Tennessee St., Florence allow the mixture to boil. Email to [email protected] Strain the custard again into a glass bowl using a fine-mesh sieve. Cover and Or Mail entry to us by August 21 refrigerate until you are ready to make the ice cream, at least 30 to 60 minutes. Place the bowl into a larger bowl of ice to quicken the total time needed for chilling. Hat on pg. _________ Your Name Phone mail to: Address To make the ice cream: Pour the chilled custard into an ice-cream maker Kidsville News! Town and freeze according to the manufacturer’s instructions. When done, serve 219 W. Tennessee St. School immediately or transfer to an airtight container and store in the freezer for a day Florence, AL 35630 or two. Remove it from the freezer about 10 minutes before serving time. To make ice cream sandwiches: Let the ice cream thaw until spreadable. Place an ample amount on a cookie and top with another cookie. Wrap sandwiches individually in waxed paper and put it into the freezer to allow the ice cream to harden again. August 2020 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals Kidsville News! 19

Christopher Brewer, WC Handy’s Heroic Grandfather By Lee Freeman, Florence-Lauderdale Public Library, Local History - Genealogy Department According to WC Handy, the only truly musically inclined person in Brewer (Christopher’s first wife) over the head with a gun. Luckily, both his family had been his maternal Grandfather Christopher “Kit” Brewer Christopher Brewer, his wife and Foster survived, however, Harvey Wilson (1812-aft. 1880), saying of him that “before he got religion he used to was not so lucky, nor was the plantation’s overseer, George Twitty, who play the fiddle for dances,” being allowed by his master John S. Wilson was shot dead when he came up to the house to investigate the noise. Two to keep the profits. His grandpa Brewer told Handy that “in his day of the gang members, Florence residents and Union soldiers from the 2nd folks knew as well as we do when it was time for the music to get hot. TN Mtd Inf, USA, John Campbell (1842-1865) and Charles Oliver (1842- They had their own way of bearing down. A boy would stand behind the 1865), were captured soon after, tried in Florence by Judge Vincent M. fiddler with a pair of knitting needles in his hands. From this position the Benham, and executed by a Union firing squad. Tom Clark, who boasted youngster would reach around the fiddler’s left shoulder and beat on the of killing sixteen men, was finally arrested in August of 1872, dragged strings in the manner of a snare drummer.” (As for his other grandfather, from the county jail, then lynched by an angry Florence mob with two William W. Handy, WC anonymous thieves (arrested Handy commented that his on September 3) in the early grandfather Handy “hadn’t morning hours of September even sowed any musical wild 4, 1872. oats.”) Christopher, “Kit” Brewer In his autobiography Father was born around 1812, of the Blues, WC Handy according to his 1880 census recounted his grandfather enumeration, in Virginia. Kit Brewer’s heroic stand against Brewer was a former slave of Clark’s outlaws: Anne Bruer, the wife of John These thieves had S. Wilson (1789-1865) whose undertaken to rob John plantation was located on part Wilson. They stripped of the land which in 1871 him and tortured him to became the German Catholic death by burning paper colony of St. Florian. After and searing his body to the Civil War and freedom make him tell where his from slavery, Christopher money was hidden. He Brewer opted to remain on refused. My Grandpa the Wilson plantation as a Brewer likewise knew. farmer. Christopher married They shot him to make Emily Jones on December 27, him tell. He also refused. 1868, with Methodist pastor The Walled Wilson Cemetery in the middle of the modern Plantation Springs subdivision at St. But when his wounds Rev. William W. Handy (WC Florian. It contains the graves of John S. and Matthew Wilson, killed by Tom Clark’s Gang the had sufficiently healed Handy’s paternal grandfather) night of April 30, 1865. Adjoining the south wall of the cemetery is believed to be the Wilson he went to Nashville and Slave Cemetery where Kit Brewer and family members may be buried. The sign tells the story of performing the ceremony. Brewer’s heroic stand against Clark’s outlaws. brought his young master, This was a second marriage Coonie (Turner Foster’s for Brewer; his daughter, nickname) Foster, back Elizabeth was born in 1854 to Kit’s first wife, fourteen years before his home and disclosed to him the hiding place of the money. marriage to Emily. We don’t know the name of Brewer’s first wife (WC Handy didn’t give us her name), only that she was present with Kit the Accounts vary as to how much money Mr. Wilson had hidden. Thus night Tom Clark’s gang committed their raid on the Wilson plantation. we don’t know precisely how much money Foster retrieved. Here’s what happened: Christopher “Kit” Brewer had at least three children, a daughter, On the night of April 30th, 1865, a gang of notorious local outlaws Elizabeth, and two sons, Buchanan H. “Buck” Brewer and Moses Brewer. (the core members of which were in Company B of the 2nd Tennessee Buck was a minister and Moses a farmer. Mounted Infantry, United States) known as “Tom Clark’s gang”, and led We aren’t sure exactly when Christopher Brewer or either of his wives by 2nd TN deserter and Lauderdale County resident Thomas Marion died; his first wife died before 1868 and Christopher and his second wife “Mountain Tom” Clark (1828-1872), raided the John S. Wilson (1789- Emily were still living in 1880. We believe the three may be buried in the 1865) plantation. Forcing their way into the house, they tortured and Wilson Planation slave cemetery in unmarked graves, or at the nearby killed the elderly Mr. Wilson by burning him to death with small lit pieces Hopewell AME Church cemetery in unmarked graves. of paper, in order to learn where he had buried a large sum of his money. Kit Brewer would’ve been proud of his grandson’s success. WC Handy When Wilson died without revealing its location, the outlaws next turned was obviously proud of his Grandpa Brewer and attributed characteristics their wrath upon Wilson’s nephew, Matthew Harvey Wilson (1816-1865), he had inherited from him such as his courage with helping him to and grandson Turner S. Foster (1849-1931), shooting both of these men overcome many obstacles in order to become a successful and famous when they refused to talk. Kit Brewer, too, refused to talk, so the outlaws musician. shot him as well; Handy says the outlaws also hit his Grandmother 20 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals August 2020

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ParenTown’s KidShape Summer is a season of relaxation, Set up an appointment for your child help kids gradually get back in the especially for school-aged children to see the doctor and check physical swing of things. Tryouts tend to be who are not yet old enough to work. timeline requirements. Many school physically demanding, so those who Such youngsters no doubt enjoy districts mandate that athletes have not lifted a finger all summer the chance to spend summer days receive and pass exams before they may be at risk of injury or missing lounging poolside or at the beach, can compete. Speak with the athletic the cut. To transition, let youth all without a care in the world or director at your child’s school or at ease back into regular exercise to any homework to complete. the recreation department to learn make sure they are not starting from the guidelines that govern athletic scratch come to their first tryout. Though summer is synonymous physicals. Speak with your child’s • SPEAK TO COACHES. A with rest and relaxation, parents physician if any problems are found coach can be a great asset to who have young athletes who hope during the physical. parents who want to make sure to compete in scholastic athletics their youngsters enjoy the summer when the school year begins in • LET KIDS HEAL. Youth without sacrificing their chances of autumn may need to take steps to schedules are busier than ever making the team in the fall. Make ensure their children aren’t at risk of before, and many youngsters play sure kids are the ones leading the injury once the curtain comes up on several sports during the school charge to improve their games; fall sports season. year. Summer vacation may be otherwise, they may feel pressured the only extended period all year into doing so, and that stress can • EXAMINE AND REPLACE that kids’ bodies get to heal. While take away the fun of playing sports. EQUIPMENT IF NECESSARY. youth should stay physically active The right equipment can protect throughout the summer, make sure With these tips, parents can work youth from injury and help they don’t overdo it. Emphasize the with their athletic kids who hope maximize full athletic potential, but importance of rest. to compete in fall sports to ensure damaged or outdated equipment can their health readiness for both the increase the risk of injury. Examine • GET BACK IN THE SWING school year and sports season. Being equipment before the fall sports OF THINGS GRADUALLY. prepared can bring peace of mind. season begins so you have time to While rest gives bodies a chance to bargain hunt and comparison shop heal and develop, young athletes should anything need to be replaced. must stay in shape over the summer. As the fall sports season draws near, • SCHEDULE A PHYSICAL. Just like your favorite explains why more storms As the molecules in the air formation of homemade cookies, different occur there than they do in move farther apart, the density thunderstorms. ingredients combine to form a other places, such as Southern decreases, and the air is more Believe it or not, even thunderstorm. While cookies California. likely to rise. Many different the landscape can affect have many different flavors factors result in changes to air thunderstorm development. As and recipes, all thunderstorms Thunderstorms also need density. air encounters a mountain, the require three main factors or unstable air to develop. Air terrain forces the air upward. ingredients for their formation. is considered to be unstable One of the factors is Consider the Rocky Mountains, These are moisture, instability if it continues to rise when differential heating, resulting where thunderstorms are and a lifting mechanism. nudged upward. Since air because of the way that the frequent during the summer cools as it rises, the water sun heats the surface of the months, as an excellent example The first of these is moisture, vapor inside of it becomes earth. All the different parts of this phenomenon. usually coming from the liquid and contributes to the of the planet don’t warm up at ocean. The temperature of formation of the tall, towering the same speed. For example, Together, the ingredients the ocean water plays a role cumulonimbus cloud of a a grassy field will heat up of moisture, instability, and a in the amount of moisture thunderstorm. more slowly than the concrete lifting mechanism all combine in the atmosphere. Along sidewalk in your neighborhood. to form the perfect storm. the East Coast of the United So, what stirs the air upward? 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ParenTown’s KidSmart The end of summer can be a bittersweet time Many parents grapple with the attributed to a lack of reading when school is for students. While many students look forward notion that their children’s’ lives are not in session. By encouraging kids to read to seeing their friends, few want to say goodbye overscheduled, and the Cleveland during their summer vacations, parents can to the relaxing days of summer. Parents know Clinic notes that limiting organized make sure youngsters’ brains stay sharp and that shifting their children back in the school day activities clears up downtime for kids are ready to learn once the school year begins. swing of things can be a challenge. Following are to play, relax and spend time with their • Focus on the positive. Even children who some ways to make that transition go smoothly. families. So, parents must afford their love school may be apprehensive about returning • Introduce more structure as summer children this downtime during summer to the classroom. After all, summer vacation is vacation winds down. The chance to vacation, only gradually introducing fun. Parents can confront that apprehension by unwind in a structure-free setting can benefit more structure as the school year draws focusing on the positives of returning to school. students at the onset of summer vacation. closer. In the weeks before the school Emphasize the chance to see friends every day or year is slated to begin, start waking participate in a favorite extracurricular activity, kids up a little earlier and reintroducing like sports, band or a favorite academic club. bedtimes for younger children who • Let youth do some of their back-to- may have been staying up later over school shopping. The items that constitute the last couple of months. This approach can back-to-school supplies may have changed since be an effective way to begin slowly preparing parents were in school, but many parents still youngsters for the structure of the school year. take their children on back-to-school clothes • Encourage children to read throughout shopping excursions. Let kids choose their the summer. A report from the education clothes, as an opportunity to wear clothes they publishing company Scholastic found that picked themselves might make them excited for 47% of parents are unaware of the summer the new school year. slide, which refers to the loss of academic skills that occurs when school is not in session. Parents can take various steps to make the Scholastic notes that the slide is primarily transition back to school a successful one. Craerattweoyrokuhreorwe n 24 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals August 2020