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This Page Brought To You By: Did you know that about 70 percent of the clouds back down to Earth, and the cycle -49 degrees F, the sun is still an importantearth’s surface is covered in water? That’s starts again. part of the water cycle. Here, windsbecause without water, there would be no blow snow from the ground directly intolife on Earth! The water doesn’t just sit But let’s talk about another factor in the the atmosphere where the sun causesthere, though. It is constantly being recycled water cycle — the sun. The heat from the sublimation, turning the snow into waterthrough the hydrologic, or water, cycle. sun is what causes ice to melt, turning it vapor. into water. It is also what causes water to Water evaporates from oceans, lakes evaporate. Even in Antarctica, where it To learn more, check out this link to an interactiveand rivers and condenses, forming clouds. only gets about 2 inches of precipitation a version of the water cycle graphic above.Precipitation (rain and snow) falls from the year and the average high temperature is Get a responsible grown up to help you.4 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle-kids-adv.html October 2017

Local History Written by Billy Warren Reservation had merely to let the librarian know of a book they wished to read, and the librarian would send it to the person’s desk Did You Know? or laboratory! Mobile Library At TVA Now, look carefully at the photograph that accompanies this article. It was made in the 1930’s during the construction of Do you know what is meant by the term, “mobile library”? Pickwick Dam on the Tennessee River. TVA’s mobile library/ Well, you have probably read about a bookmobile, the vehicle bookmobile has arrived at the work site and, during a break or that, in days gone by, took a fairly large collection of books at lunchtime, the workers have gathered to return the book (or from a local library on a regular schedule into sections books) that they borrowed previously from the mobile library and of a county where residents didn’t have easy access to the to select one or more books to read. library itself. A “mobile library” is simply another term for a bookmobile. Yes, the ne people of the Shoals area have always had a thirst for knowledge, and they have found creative ways to quench that People in the Shoals area, young and old alike, are known thirst. for their thirst for knowledge. In 1820, just two years following the establishment of Florence as a city, there SOMETHING TO DO: was already a school on the plantation of the John Coffee 1. Using a reference source, write a brief de nition for each of family. Mr. and Mrs. Coffee asked a man known as Professor these words: Lorance to set up a school on their property, and they a. Forerunner invited children and young people who lived nearby to enroll b. Accompany alongside their own children. c. Thirst d. Hydroelectric Interestingly, by 1830 there was actually a college in Leighton. Known as LaGrange College, it sent a clear signal Florence Park2. Go on-line to the website of the Tennessee Valley Authority to the world that citizens in Colbert and Lauderdale Counties understood the value of education and were determined (TVA) and answer these questions: to offer the best education possible to everyone. In 1855, & Recreationa. Which dam on the Tennessee River is the only one designed LaGrange College was moved to Florence and became the forerunner to what is known today as the University of with in uences of Greek and Roman architecture? North Alabama. b. Who was the Congressman from Nebraska who helped get the laws passed to establish TVA? In 1933, when the federal government established the REGISTER ONLINE @ Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), those in charge had more in mind than just the generation of hydroelectric power. TVA INDIVIDUAL: WWW.FPARD.COM established communities, built more dams on the Tennessee River (it took over Wilson Dam which had opened in Florence ParkYOUTH BOYS LEAGUE october 1st - november 5th 1925), began work on ood control, started the process of reforestation, and much more. &(1Rste-6cthrGeraadet)ion BASKETBALLregisTer onLine@ REGIWSWTWR.FApTarIDO.cNoM In the midst of all of their varied activities, the members of YOUTH GIRLS LEAGUE the TVA staff did all kinds of things to promote education in the Tennessee Valley. Locally, a school was established (1isnt-D6tihvGiDraudea)L: near Wilson Dam. It was based on solid educational ideas and encouraged its students to explore avenues of knowledge Youth Boys League through hands-on learning. $(315stP-6EtRhPGLrAaYdEeR) BASKETBALL And the TVA workers themselves were not forgotten. Wanting the workers to be lifetime learners, TVA established REGISTRATIONYouth Girls League a library. Staff members in the buildings on the TVA (1st-6th Grade) $35 Per Player FOR MORE TEAM: INFORMATION For More FASTBREAK LTEeAGaUME: infCoArmLLation (AGES 19 +) 2(25566)-77c660a0-l6-l6626828 Fastbreak League MEN’S & W(AOgMesEN1’9S+) LMEAeGnU’sE& Women’s League $350 P$E3R5T0EPAeMr Team (Regist(RraetigonisetrnadtsioNnove.n2d6s Nov. 26)October 2017 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals Kidsville News! 5

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Excellent Service, Expert Advice Kidsville Kitchen 1909 Florence Blvd., Florence, AL 35630 Impress guests with homemade salsa at your next soirée! (across from Hobby Lobby) Gatherings of family and friends are better with food, 256-767-3337 and few foods are more universally beloved than salsa. www.ExcelAL.com Whether they’re hosting a gathering for the big game or a celebration of Hispanic culture and cuisine, hosts who want to go the extra mile can forgo store- bought salsa for the following homemade recipe for “Warm Black Bean Salsa,” courtesy of Judith Finlayson’s “The Healthy Slow Cooker: 135 Gluten-Free Recipes for Health and Wellness” (Robert Rose).Mike Randall, REALTOR®Associate Broker256.366.9779mike@mikerandallhomes.commikerandallhomes.comDo you know about... Being Heard in a Warm Black Bean Salsa Loud Room Makes about 3 cups People will quiet down if you speak 2 cups cooked black beans, drained, rinsed and mashed (see tip 1 below) softly in a noisy room. Speaking 1 cup diced tomatoes (see tip 2 below) 4 green onions, nely chopped louder only 2 roasted peppers (poblano or sweet), peeled and diced encourages more 1 roasted jalapeño, seeded and diced, or 1 chipotle pepper noise. in adobo sauce 1 teaspoon puréed garlic (see tip 3 below) 1 teaspoon nely grated lime zest 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice 2 cups shredded cheddar or Monterey Jack cheese 2 tablespoons nely chopped cilantro leaves Finely chopped green onions In slow cooker stoneware, combine beans, tomatoes, green onions, poblano, jalapeño peppers, garlic, lime zest and juice and cheese. Stir well. Cover and cook on high for 11⁄2 hours, until mixture is hot and bubbly. Stir in cilantro,Joel Thomas sprinkle with green onions, if using, and serve.McCutcheon & Hamner, Attorneys Tips 1. Use 14--19 ounce can of no-salt-added beans, drained. Or cook dried SERIOUS INJURY, SERIOUS REPRESENTATION beans yourself. 2. For convenience, substitute 1 cup drained no-salt-added diced canned 2210 Helton Drive, Florence 256-764-0112 tomatoes. 3. To purée garlic, use a sharp-toothed grater. Free initial consultation • No fee unless we collect for you.“No representation is made that the quality of the legal services to be performed is greater than the quality of legal services performed by other lawyers.”8 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals October 2017

Florence • Sheffield • Killen Hey Kids Send It! Don’t Forget To Send us YOUR art work, letters or poems! We will print yours in Kidsville News! See Page 7 to find out how!According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Now is a great time to beginhousehold waste increases by more than 25 percent the habit of saving money.between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day. Much of Come to First Southernthat waste can be traced to Bank and we’ll help you getshopping bags, packaging and started with an Early Saver’s Passbook Account. NoDid Yougift wrap, including ribbons matter how old you are, it’s never too early to beginand bows. Estimates suggest saving money!that each year, gift wrap and www.firstsouthern.comKNOW?shopping bags create four 256-718-4200million tons of waste in MEMBER FDICthe United States alone.While accoutrements Kidsville News! 9such as ribbons can addglitz to holiday gifts,such items contributeheavily to holiday waste.California’s Departmentof Resources Recyclingand Recovery notes thatif every family simplyreused just two feet ofholiday ribbon each year,the resulting 38,000 milesof ribbon saved could tiea bow around the entireplanet. Holiday shopperswho want to reducewaste this holiday seasoncan bring their ownreusable cloth bags to the mall when holiday shopping,much like many people already do when they go groceryshopping. In addition, wrapping gifts in recycled paper orold newspapers and magazines can greatly reduce the highamount of waste associated with the holiday season.October 2017 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals

The Rosenbaum House Because the Florence home was owned by the Rosenbaums, it is often called the “Rosenbaum” home. In the photo below left of The the living room, observe how Shoals architect Frank Lloyd Wright area has a used brick and wood to createunique house; a warm, livable space. Theunlike any other house in left wall, covered with books,Alabama. It was designed by is actually the front wall ofthe world famous architect the house. To create privacy,Frank Lloyd Wright and Mr. Wright put only smallis called a “Usonian” house. windows at the top of the wallMr Wright invented the term for ventilation. However large“Usonian” which actually picture windows were on thestands for United States Of back side of the house. NoticeNorth America with letters that curtains on right side ofadded to make it sound better. photo cover the picture windows.Mr. Wright wanted to create The large picture windows at theone story homes, without a “rear” of the house give amplegarage, for the average single view of the “backyard”.family American. He favored using materials like wood and Frank Lloyd Wright was born June 8, 1867. Yet here he was,brick which would blend into the natural surroundings. seven decades later, continuing to revolutionize architecture. It’s interesting how the house Most homes in the early 20th century were multistoried and in Florence came to be. Stanley large, often housing several generations (grandparents, parents, Rosenbaum married Mildred and children) with little regard for the surrounding landscape. Bookholtz in 1938, and Stanley’s parents, Louis and Anna, gave the couple funds to build a house as a wedding present. Stanley and Mildred choose architect Frank Lloyd Wrightwho was known for his innovative (original,creative) designs for houses, museums, churches,offices, and many other architectures. In 1939,Wright was already 72 years old. Most persons have long retired Wright saw the increasing need forby that age, but he was just beginning a new period of creativity simple, single family dwellings withwith the Usonian concept. low profiles that blend into nature. These characteristics are so common today that we easily forget how revolutionary they were in the early 20th century. Stanley Rosenbaum died in 1982 and his wife Mildred lived on in the house until 1999. She sold the house to the city of Florence so that it could be treasured by future generations. After considerable restoration, it reopened in 2002 as the “Frank Lloyd Wright Rosenbaum Museum”. Tours of the house may be made by calling 256-718-5050. The house is at 601 Riverview Drive, Florence, AL The Rosenbaum house is the only Wright building in Alabama. Don’t miss it! Florence is an amazing city! © 2017 Dr. David R. Curott, UNA Professor Emeritus10 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals October 2017

Answers on Page 23What’s the Difference?There are 8 things that are different in these two pictures. Black Cat Halloween Trick or Boo Monster Treat Broom Mummy Skeleton Candy October Spider Ghost Orange Spooky Goblin Pumpkin Witch Di erences: 1. Acron color 2. Leaves di erent colors www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals Kidsville News! 11 3. Center leaf missing 4 . background colors di erent 5. Front tooth missing 6. light color on tail missingOctober 2071.7Pink nose 8. Pink inside of mouth

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2017 October 2017 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY October 2-27 Notes: Art Expressions: The Shoals Artists Guild Exhibit Paintings in a variety of styles & media Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts Florence FREE Mon. - Fri. 9am-4pm 12 3 45 6 7 Lauderdale Lauderdale County Schools County Schools No School - Oct. 5 and 6 1/2 DAY Early Dismissalwww.kidsvillenews.com/shoals 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Florence City Schools 18 19 20 21 Fall Break - Oct. 9 and 10 16 17Kidsville News! 13 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Oct. 28 10AM - 6PM Oct. 29 Halloween Noon - 6PM Alabama Renaissance Faire Alabama Renaissance Faire Downtown Florence Downtown Florence Trick or Wilson Park FREE Wilson Park FREE Treat!

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Wilson Dam By Lee Freeman, Florence-Lauderdale Public Library, Local History/Genealogy DepartmentOn Thursday, August 8, 1918 Florence centennial celebration officials, 23 mess halls which served more than 24,000 meals a day and it also housedgovernment engineers, and a crowd of interested citizens gathered at the a school for 850 students, an 85-bed hospital, and three barbershops. Aneastern outskirts of the city where, on the banks of the Tennessee, brief average of 111 railcar loads of equipment and materials arrived daily, andceremonies were held kicking off the formal beginning of work on Dam No. more than 800 bricklayers worked at one time under a single roof.2, said to be “the greatest work of its kind ever Unfortunately, many men lost their lives due to accidents during the construction of the dam;conceived.” At the close of the ceremonies Maj. one such unfortunate workman was African-DA Watt, engineer in charge, on behalf of theUS War Dept., officially declared the work American Mr. Richard Buckingham, who was killed the morning of Tuesday, August 4, 1925begun, and 92 year-old Mr. James Simpson, when the stay chains of a dump car whichone of Florence’s oldest white residents, threwthe first shovelful of dirt. Dam No. 2, aka was being unloaded came loose, allowing the heavy weight of the dump bucket to swing over,the Wilson Dam was intended to provide knocking him down and catching his head.the hydroelectric power to allow the two USGovernment Nitrate Plants in Colbert County By 1921 the dam was still not completed and on Thursday, March 3, the Wilson Damto manufacture nitrates for use during World appropriations bill which would supplyWar I however the Nitrate Plants were notcompleted until the war was nearly over and $10,000,000 with which to continue construction of the Wilson Dam was defeated in the Houseconstruction on the dam only began in August of Representatives, further slowing downof 1918. Florence’s Centennial Celebration construction.Medallion featured a Native American chief Wilson Dam under construction from WR McKerall’son the banks of the Tennessee River on one 1924 History of Muscle Shoals Enter Henry Ford. Wednesday, June 15, auto manufacturer and industrial magnate Henry Fordside and on the other side a picture of the visited Florence on the first of two trips. Ford, whodam, with a soldier standing at attention ontop with a warplane flying overhead. returned in December with his scientific advisor the famed American inventor Thomas A. Edison,Three years earlier, in April of 1915, three was investigating the Wilson Dam, which wasdivisions of surveyors under the directionof WS Winn began their year-long task of still under construction, and Nitrate Plants; Ford made a bid (one of several by various individualssurveying all of the land which would need and companies) to finish construction of the damto be flooded in order to begin constructionon the proposed new dam. On May 10, a and purchase the Nitrate Plants from the US government for $5,000,000. Ford envisioned agroup headquartered at the Sheffield Hotel, huge metropolis, 75 miles long, stretching fromsaid by the Florence Times to be “the mostnotable men who ever visited any part of Seven Mile Island in the Tennessee River, all the way to Huntsville in Madison County. In Ford’sthe United States for a like purpose,” a plan this giant city would employ one milliongroup comprised of several US congressmen,preceded by hordes of reporters and “moving people and would be a modern, decentralized, regional industrial center, but also a utopia ofpicture men,” were shown the Muscle Shoals Workmen in one of the large bell mouth castings ofand Colbert Shoals Canals. That night, sluices at the dam, ca. 1924, from a government progress culture, education and recreation. Ford’s bidCongressman Edward B. Almon made a bulletin. was deemed too small and in 1924 his Ford Bill was defeated in the US Congress through thespeech to these men at a meeting presided efforts of Republican Senator George Norris ofover by former Florence Mayor Cyrus W.Ashcraft, then vice-president of the Tennessee Nebraska (later sponsor of the TVA Bill), who didn’t believe private individuals or companiesRiver Improvement Association. Rep. Almon could be trusted to oversee such large projects.was followed by Gov. Charles Hendersonof Alabama, Senators John H. Bankhead of Beginning in 1933 the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) would oversee the Wilson Dam.Alabama, Joseph Ransdell of Louisiana and By May of 1925 the dam was in its final phasesseveral others. Capitalizing on the slogan“Dam the Tennessee, and dam it now,” these of construction; the iron superstructure for the lock hoses had been built and the twenty-tonofficials vowed to secure completion of the counter-weight tanks for the 31 ton spillwayMuscle Shoals Project.Named after then-president Woodrow gates were installed. On Saturday, August 29, the turbines were turned on for the first time. InWilson, the dam, the first in a planned series December, the steel for the drawbridge connectingof dams on the Tennessee River, was aconcrete gravity dam, meaning that it holds the highway atop the dam with the north side approach was begun. By August 25,000 tourists aback the water by its own weight. Situated month were coming to see the new dam.on a limestone rock foundation, Wilson Dam Wilson Dam today. Friday, March 5, 1926, according to theis 4,541 feet long and 137 feet high and themaximum width, including the base, is 160 feet. Originally boasting 49 Florence Herald the steamer USS McPherson, pulling a dredge and barges,spillways which the water passes through, now there are 58. The dam’s witnessed by General Harry Taylor, United States Army Corps of Engineers,navigation facilities consisted of a double-lift lock whose twin chambers–60 Col. Hugh L. Cooper, designer and consulting engineer of the dam, andfeet by 292 feet on the upper lock and 60 feet by 300 feet on the lower lock– commanding officer Major MC Tyler, and a large crowd of employees, washad a combined maximum lift of 90 feet. the first vessel to pass through the locks at Wilson Dam. Friday, March 26,The US Army Corps of Engineers (who had constructed the Muscle the Tuscumbia Times reported that WM Williamson, chief clerk of the USShoals canal between 1875-1891) constructed the dam, employing some Engineering Department at Wilson Dam, accompanied by Major Max C.18,000 workers, many of whom who were housed in government camps and Tyler, commanding officer and SW Kimball, were the first travelers to crossthe construction site consisted of 1,700 temporary buildings, 236 permanent Wilson Dam in an automobile.buildings, 185 barracks and houses, more than 165 miles of sewer andservice pipelines, and 685 miles of electrical cable. The settlement boastedOctober 2017 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals Kidsville News! 15

CulturalConnectionsSilk has been an important part of thicker, sturdier strands. Then, the silk can different complex patterns. India’s culture and economy for be used to weave cloth. • Varanasi is the area famous for having centuries. The first Indian silk was • 36,000 silk worms can eat one ton of spun in 1725 BCE. The beautiful the finest silks.cloth was and still is considered a symbol leaves in their lifetime. • Sometimes gold and silver strands willof royalty and prestige. It is used in • Each cocoon can produce 700 yards ofimportant rituals and ceremonies. Making be woven in with the silk.silk is a long process that the Chinese filament. • There is the classic silk made fromguarded for many years. • India is the second-largest producer of mulberrysilk worms. First, special silk worms are fed silk. • Tussah is made by extracting silkmulberry leaves. After eating for several • Ninety percent of India’s silk isdays, the worms make cocoons around strands from the cocoon of thethemselves. The cocoons are placed in produced on handlooms. Antheraea mylitta moth after it hasalmost boiling water to separate all the • South India produces most of the silk in completed its transformation.individual strands. These incredibly thin • Oak Tussah is made from thestrands are spun together to create raw India. Antheraea pernyi moth’s cocoon. Thissilk. The filaments are washed, dried • Sarees, traditional Indian dresses, are moth is native to China.and dyed beautiful colors. Then the silk • Eri is produced by a moth that is nativefilaments are spun together to make usually made from colorful silk. to India: It’s the Philosamia ricini. • India produces five types of silk. • The Antheraea assama produces Muga • Indian weavers are known for their silk. It is unique because it has a shimmery golden color. ability to create unique and complicated patterns while weaving. For more information, visit the following sites: • Different areas are known for weaving http://www.natural bres2009.org/en/stories/silk.html http://anitasilk.com/silkmaking.htm http://www.csb.gov.in/silk-sericulture/silks-of-india/ Dear Officer Dear Truman the Dragon, October 2017 Norville, With school back in session and lots of fall activities going My mom was on, I’m sure it’s sometimes difficult getting your parents where a few minutes they need to be at the right times. The best way to avoid any late picking problems is to have a plan in place in case they get delayed me up at on their way to pick you up. Talk to them about who they school. It was may send to get you if they can’t make it. (Make sure it is scary, but my teacher someone you know!) When that person gets there, ask them stayed with me until for the password. This is a secret code that only you and your my mom got there. parents know. The password could be your favorite food, a Now Mom says we family pet’s name or the name of your favorite cartoon need a plan in case character — something only you and your parents this ever happens will know and something you can remember. again. Do you have any advice? The fun is coming up with a new password Your friend, after you use it. If the person that shows up to pick you up doesn’t know the password, they don’t the Dragon get to take you anywhere. If you ever have a question about someone, have the adult you are with, your teacher, coach or16 Kidsville News! baby sitter, call your parents and let you talk to them. If you are under eight years old, the person picking you up should also have your special seat in his or her car (boosters are required by law until you have your eighth birthday). Just remember, you are the only one who knows who feels safe to you, and it’s okay to ask to speak to Mom or Dad before getting in someone’s car. Your friend, Officer Norville www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals

HELP! Truman Lost His Hat! Maybe you can help him find it & WIN A PLUSH MINI- TRUMAN OR PUPPET!* Somewhere in this Kidsville News! is Truman‛s small red hat! 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. The name of the winners will be in the next issue of Kidsville News! Last month’s hat was on page 13. September Winners of a Mini-Truman Lottie Burks Eli Harrison of Killen of Sheffield Pick yours up at the Courier Journal Office 219 W. Tennessee St., Florence Mail or bring entry to us by Oct. 20 Hat on pg. _________ Your Name Phone mail to: Address Kidsville News! Town 219 W. Tennessee St. School Florence, AL 35630Knowledge Power Submitted By Patricia J. Weaver The Florida Keys and Puerto RicoWith the active weather the last few weeks, I wanted to has 622 square mile and Franklin County has 544 square learn more about these islands. miles A. 137.3 square miles B. 198.6 square miles1. What is the name of the island in the Florida Keys that C. 266.4 square miles D. 366.2 square milesis only 94 miles from Cuba? 5. The largest island of the Florida Keys is 30 miles longA. Big Coppitt Key B. Big Pine Key C. Key West and a half a mile wide. Which island is it?D. Boca Chica Key A. Knight’s Key B. Long Key2. If you drove the Overseas Florida Keys C. Key Largo D. Soldier KeyHighway that connects the 6. In 1898 the United States gainedislands of the Florida Keys, control of Puerto Rico following whichhow many miles would you war?drive? A. Invasion of PanamaA. 214 B. 188 C. 113 B. Spanish-American WarD. 52 C. War of 1812 D. Mexican-American War3. All the islands in the 7. Today Puerto Rico is a Territory ofFlorida Keys are joined by the United States of America. In what year did the UShow many bridges? grant citizenship to the islands residents?A. 10 B. 42 C. 65 D. 91 A. 1898 B. 1917 C. 1965 D. They are not citizens of the United States4. If you combined all the land mass of all the islandsforming the Florida Keys, how many square miles of Answers on page 23land would you have? Just to help you figure this out,Lauderdale County has 721 square miles, Colbert CountyOctober 2017 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals Kidsville News! 17

Come Out & Play • If the defender can catch the ball and the stones are not knocked over,Children play many traditional games in India. Most are team games the attacking player who threw thewith simple rules that don’t require a lot of equipment. These are the ball is out.perfect games to play with friends outside on a sunny day. One game iscalled Satoliya. It is not known where this game originated, • If the pile of stones is knocked over,but it is very popular in a lot of urban areas. the defending team should take the ball and try to get the attacking• This game is also called Pithoo or Lagori. players out by hitting them with the• There is no limit to the number of people ball below the knees. Players cannot hold the ball and run at the same that can play this game, but you need at time, but they can pass to other team least two players per team. members.• The only equipment necessary is seven small, flat stones and a soft ball, like a • Whichever team completes their tennis ball or a cloth ball. task first gets one point, and the• If you don’t have stones, other small, flat, roles switch. durable items can be used.• The first team should stack the stones — • The first team to get seven points this is the defending team. wins.• The second team then tries to use the ball to knock over the pile of rocks. This is the • To make the game more difficult, attacking team. players can throw the ball from• The players of the attacking team throw the farther away or increase the number ball one at a time. of stacked stones.• If an attacking player can’t hit the stack in three tries, he or she is out. For more game ideas, visit the following sites:• The defending team can try to catch the www.thebetterindia.com/53779/old-childhood-verge-of-extinction-indian-games/ ball. www.thebetterindia.com/10492/lesser-known-traditional-games-sports-india/ www.indiaparenting.com/indian-culture/294_3326/traditional-indian-games.htmlMATHTIMEAnswers On Page 23 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals Source Images © by NatalkaDmitrova - Vecteezy.com18 Kidsville News! October 2017

2017 Halloween Coloring Contest & Color Your Own Pumpkin! 3 Age Groups: 2-4 • 5-7 • 8-10 Top 3 Winners in eachChild’s Name Age age group receive: Entry Deadline: Thur., OcT. 19 NOON Winners will be announced in the Courier Journal Oct. 25Address issue & the November Issue Of Kidsville News. Large 1 ToppingCity State ZIP Drawings are judged by our staff on the basis of talent of Pizza the child’s age ability. It Must be coloredPhone from Domino’sNumber by the chIld. Winners are not selected at random. One entry per person. One winner per family. And A Trick-or-Treat Basket Entrant information must be completed to qualify. Filled With Goodies! you may also download and print this entry form from our website: www.courierjournal.net Mail or bring entries to: Courier Journal • 219 W. Tennessee St. • Florence, AL 35630 Cut Here Happy Halloween!October 2017 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals Kidsville News! 19

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A Section Especially for ParentsBEGINNER READS How I Became a Pirate By Melinda Long My Animals For ages 3-7 By Xavier Deneux For ages 0-3 Building a sand castle at the beach one day, young Jeremy Jacobs encounters Here, then, is a board book for new- Brain Beard and his motley pirate crew. borns, who will appreciate the stark He joins them aboard ship as their official contrast of the mostly black and white digger, and off they sail to find a safe glossy illustrations, with just the tiniest place to bury their treasure chest of gold touch of color. Book-sharing adults are and jewels. Jeremy learns pirate drawn to bright colors and flash, but up language (\"Aargh!\") and pirate manners until about six months, babies will gaze (they don't have any) and tries to teach with great concentration and the scurvy dogs to play soccer. fascination on pictures rendered in plain old black and white. Coraline By Neil GaimanPAGETURNERS For ages 9 and Up Earwig and the Witch Coraline has just moved with her By Diana Wynne Jones parents to a flat in a big old house For ages 7 and Up where the other tenants are eccentric and odd. Behind the big, carved wooden Earwig was left in a basket on the door at the far corner of the drawing doorstep of St. Morwald's Home for room is a wall of bricks. At night, she Children with a note suggesting she had dreams of shadows that gather under been left there by a witch. Choosing to the moon. They sing to her in high ignore the note, the headmistress voices: \"We are small but we are many renames the baby Erica Wigg and treats / We are many we are small / We were her like all the other children. In her here before you rose / We will be here prickly way, Earwig uses her \"strange when you fall.” abilities\" to get what she wants, from her favorite lunch to a new red sweater.ADVANCED READS Daughter of Smoke and Bone By Laini Taylor Prisoner B-3087 For ages 12 and Up By Alan Gratz, Ruth and Jack Gruener For ages 10 and Up Karou is a young art student living in Prague. Her adopted family is chimera, Based on the true story of Jack with Medusa-like snake tendrils, horns, and Gruener, Prisoner B-3087 lays bare the creatures’ bodies. Although she doesn't live torture one boy endured for six long with them, she occasionally does errands years through placement in 10 for them. While on an errand for concentration camps, work details, Brimstone, her mysterious father figure, death marches, cattle car train rides, Karou encounters Akiva, a stunningly starvation, thirst and beatings. In a gorgeous seraph. He is as intrigued with world upturned by evil and surrounded Karou as she is with him, but the by death, Yanek finds the courage to chemistry goes far beyond superficial push through each inhumane attraction. experience forced on him and the other prisoners.Kidsville News Inc., Truman and James Patterson’s READKIDDOREAD.COM are pleased to partner on this page to help you discover books that kids you love are sure to love.October 2017 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals Kidsville News! 21

TM ParenTown’s KidSmartThe View Facts and Myths Student Questionnaire about Germs at School Mail, bring by or email us YOUR PHOTO & your answers! Everybody seems to have an opinion about germs -- what causes them, where they’re located, how to avoid them — especially when it comesName to children Experts say that American children miss 22 million days of school annually due to colds, flu and other infections.Grade School “Avoiding germs at schools isn’t as simple as just washing your hands in the bathroom or sneezing into your sleeve,” says Charles Gerba, Fax # 256-760-9618 Email: [email protected] Ph.D., professor of microbiology and environmental sciences at the Mail: 219 W. Tennessee Street • Florence, AL 35630 University of Arizona. “Germs are on everything kids touch in the classroom, as well as around the hallways, cafeteria and playground.”What is your favorite...... With this in mind, it is important to separate facts from myths aboutSeason? germs in schools.Holiday?Vegetable to eat?Cartoon? CANNOTHave you ever ridden a horse? PRINTWhat is a commercial? WITHOUT PHOTOIf you could have any color car, what color • FACT: Desks Are Among the Most Germ-Prone Items. It’s true!would it be? Students spend most of the day at their desks — sneezes, coughs and allHave you ever ridden in a convertible car? — and, in some schools, they often switch classrooms and share desks with others. At the end of the day, students bring home that cocktail ofHow much do you play video games? germs to their families.Do you play on any sports team?Do you like to drink water? • MYTH: Any Hand Sanitizer Will Do. According to research from theHave you ever ridden on a roller coaster? University of Colorado at Boulder, people carry an average of 3,200 bacteriaDo you like to exercise? on their hands. While most hand sanitizers are 99.9 percent effective at killing germs, some only last for a few minutes or until the application dries on theDo you like to read aloud? skin. Therefore, parents should consider applying hand sanitizers for their children that last throughout the day, such as Zoono’s GermFree24, which isMUST HAVE proven to last for 24 hours on skin and is available as both a foam and a spray.PERMISSION TO PRINT Parent/Guardian Permission • FACT: Germs Can Affect Kids Outside the Classroom. Germs inI give Kidsville News! permission to print my CHILD’S PHOTO & opinion on schools aren’t just isolated to classrooms. They are everywhere, including cafeteria trays, playground jungle gyms and sports equipment. In fact, theany questions listed above. I do realize my child’s first name, school and grade could Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine found 63 percent of gym equipment is contaminated with rhinovirus, which causes the common cold. Remindingbe printed in this publication. I have enclosed or emailed my CHILD’S PHOTO. children to wash their hands before and after using these items (and wiping them down) will go a long way toward preventing sickness.Parent/Guardian SIGNATURE Date • MYTH: Sticking Things in Your Mouth Is Child’s Play. Sure, curiosity might drive preschoolers to stick items in their mouths that don’t belong. However, older students who nervously chew on pen caps, especially ones they borrow from classmates, or on their own fingernails during tough tests, are susceptible to picking up the germs that are traversing through school. • FACT: Backpacks Carry More Than Just Books. Backpacks go everywhere — to classrooms, inside lockers, in the cafeteria, in locker rooms — and collect various germs throughout the day. Periodically clean backpacks inside and out. And make sure lunches and other food items, as well as gym clothes, are packed in separate bags to avoid cross-contamination of germs. • MYTH: Sharing Is Always Caring. Just about every school supply — from pens and pencils to headphones to sport jerseys — can be a vehicle for harmful bacteria. Make sure children are armed with their own items, including mechanical pencils, to avoid using the classroom’s pencil sharpener, and avoid sharing their supplies with classmates. When it comes to germs, separating myths from facts can help you have a happier, healthier school year. PHOTO SOURCE: © darko64 - Fotolia.com22 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals October 2017

ParenTown’s KidShapeHEALTH Checklist for Parents of Children Living With Asthma School-aged kids who catch colds or the u immune systems. at’s important, as kids’ • Keep kidsfrom their classmates can quickly spread those immune systems are naturally less mature than home when theycolds to their family members, who then might adults’, making them more vulnerable to germs are ill. Parentsspread the colds further when they go to work. and viruses. e CDC recommends that adults don’t want theirPreventing the spread of colds and u at school and children receive their u vaccinations in children to missis a team e ort that requires the assistance of October, while noting that such vaccinations school, but kidsnot just parents, but also teachers and students. can be administered as late as January and still who are su ering from colds or u should beStill, parents might be the rst line of defense prove e ective. e CDC also recommends that kept home. is prevents the spread of coldswhen it comes to preventing the spread of cold adults and children receive u vaccinations each and u to classmates and teachers, and time toand u at school. year. Additional vaccinations may not need to rest at home may help youngsters recover more be administered as o en, but parents should quickly. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease still ensure kids are up-to-date with their shots.Control and Prevention, more than 38 million • Make sure kids wash their hands. Kids o en • Teach kids to avoid common germ spots.school days are lost to the u each year. ose catch colds by rubbing their hands Germs can be lurking anywhere, but some spotslost days can a ect students who miss lesson that have been exposed to cold virus seem to make more welcome homes for germsplans, but also a ect parents, who o en must germs on their noses or eyes. To than others. Studies have shown that kids weretake days o from work to tend to their sick prevent that, parents can teach kids most likely to encounter germs in schools onchildren. to wash to their hands thoroughly, water fountain spigots and on plastic cafeteria including scrubbing the backs of trays. Teach kids to never put their mouths on While there’s no way for parents to guarantee their hands, between their ngers and around fountains and to avoid eating any food thattheir children won’t catch a cold or the u this their ngernails. Kids should know to wash might fall onto their trays in the cafeteria.school year, they can take various preventive their hands regularly, but especially a er they School-aged children are susceptible to coldsmeasures to increase kids’ chances of staying use the bathroom and before they eat, drink or and u when spending time in the classroom.healthy and achieving perfect attendance. touch their mouths, noses or eyes. But parents can reduce their youngsters’ cold and u risks in various ways.• Make sure kids are immunizedand that their immunizations arecurrent. Vaccinations bolster kids’ ANSWERS MATHTIMEThe dotted lines represent the lines ofsymmetry. Students might nd it helpful todetermine the lines of symmetry by using amirror.4 days. If 2 hens lay 3 eggs in 4 days, then 8 hens (four times as many) will lay 12 eggs in 4 days. Students can use drawings charts, etc., to act out or model the situation. Knowledge What’s the Power Difference? Answers: Di erences: 1. Acron color 2. Leaves di erent colors 1. C 3. Center leaf missing 4 . background colors di erent 2. C 5. Front tooth missing 6. light color on tail missing 3. B 4. A 7. Pink nose 8. Pink inside of mouth 5. C 6. B 7. BOctober 2017 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals Kidsville News! 23

Have a Healthy and Safe HALLOWEEN! Fall celebrations are a fun time, but Helen Keller Hospital wants to make sure you are happy, healthy, and safe!!!! • Make sure that costume accessories (such as swords and knives) are short, soft, and flexible. • Don’t trick-or-treat alone! Go with a group and/or with a trusted adult. • Have something reflective something on you. Attach reflective tape to your costume and bag. • Limit your sweets. Don’t gorge on your treats. Pick out one or two of your favorites to have Halloween night and save the best for later. • Carry a flashlight! • Be careful crossing streets. • Wear well-fitting costumes and shoes to avoid trips and falls. • Serve healthy treats and fruits and vegetable trays at your Halloween party. Brought to you by your friends at:1300 S. Montgomery Ave. • Sheffield, AL • 256-386-4196 • www.helenkeller.com24 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals October 2017