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This Page Brought To You By: Most people think Christopher Columbus discovered North America, but there were many people who made it to the area before him. The very first people to come to North America were the Native Americans, arriving around 13,000 years ago by walking from Siberia to Alaska on a land bridge that used to exist across the Bering Strait. The first Europeans to make it to North America may have been the Vikings. • Christopher Columbus sailed from Spain to North America in 1492. • Leif Eriksson was a famous Viking explorer. • His father, known as Erik the Red, started a settlement on Greenland in A.D. 985. • Two Viking ballads have lyrics that say that Eriksson sailed to North America in A.D. 1000, which is almost 500 years before Columbus. • The ballad “Saga of Erik the Red” claims that Eriksson accidentally found the continent after his boat navigated off course. • The ballad “Saga of the Greenlanders” asserts that Eriksson sailed to North America on purpose after he heard rumors of a strange land past Greenland from another Viking. • Eriksson would have landed in what is now Canada near Baffin Island. He names the area Helluland, which means “Stone Slab Land.” • There is evidence that the Vikings also discovered Newfoundland and Labrador, naming the combined area the term Vinland because the wild grapes made excellent wine. www.britannica.com/story/did-the-vikings-discover-america www.history.com/news/the-viking-explorer-who-beat-columbus-to-america November 2019 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals Kidsville News! 3

Pardon the turkey Every year for Thanksgiving, millions of their lives on a peaceful farm. of American families gather to • President Nixon was the first president to share a turkey dinner. The very first send a pardoned bird to a farm. Thanksgiving dinner occurred in 1621, but it • President John F. Kennedy started the trend wasn’t a national holiday until 1862. President of pardoning a turkey in 1963, but it was not Abraham Lincoln made Thanksgiving a an official event. federal holiday after being convinced to do so • The first official turkey pardon happened in by Sarah Josepha Hale, an influential writer 1989 with President George H. W. Bush. and editor in Lincoln’s time. There is a long history of celebrating harvests • Abraham Lincoln also unofficially in the fall, but Thanksgiving in the United started another tradition associated with States has very specific traditions. Today, Thanksgiving: The presidential turkey pardon. the traditional Thanksgiving dinner includes • A turkey that was given to the president as turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing and a gift became his son’s pet. The president pumpkin pie. The first Thanksgiving dinner in ordered the bird spared. 1621 was much different. Early settlers didn’t • Lincoln’s son was named Tad. The turkey’s hunt wild turkeys; instead, they probably had name was Jack. venison, which is deer. The tradition of eating • Jack was originally intended to be for turkey started before Thanksgiving was a set Christmas dinner. national holiday. Before 1862, the president Above: Former • Since then, the president has held a would declare a celebration, and a turkey was President Richard Nixon ceremony to pardon two turkeys. part of the feast. Alexander Hamilton even Right: Former • Usually, these turkeys will live out the rest enjoyed turkey during Thanksgiving. President George H.W. Bush, pardoning www.whitehousehistory.org/pardoning-the-thanksgiving-turkey turkeys. https://mentalfloss.com/article/20218/why-we-eat-what-we-eat-thanksgiving https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/the-real-story-behind-the-presidential-turkey-pardon www.washingtonpost.com/history/2018/11/20/presidents-didnt-always-pardon-turkeys-some-became-dinner/?utm_term=.d00833c22894 Vikings are people from Scandinavia that existed • Vikings also built small fishing boats, cargo boats Days to from A.D. 800-1000. Many Vikings made their for long voyages carrying lots of goods and ferries that remember riches by raiding European towns along the carried people short distances. in November coast, and because of this activity they became known as great warriors, but they were also traders and settlers. The • Often the fronts of longships were decorated with Nov. 3, 1957 - Soviet Russia unique attribute that ties all of these activities together carved animal heads. launched the world's first is that the Vikings were masters of sailing. The Vikings inhabited space capsule, knew how to build strong ships and how to navigate • Vikings raided lands along the Irish, Scottish and Sputnik II, which carried a across vast distances of ocean. English coasts. dog named Laika. • Vikings came from areas that are now known as Nov. 10, 1775 - The U.S. Norway, Denmark, Finland and Sweden. • Ship makers used broad axes to break down large oak Marine Corps was founded • They built many types of ships based on how they trees into planks and used iron nails to fasten the planks as part of the U.S. Navy. It wanted to use them. They are most famous for longships. together. became a separate unit on • These ships had oak plank construction, fastened with July 11, 1789. nails. Wool or moss drenched in tar sealed the spaces • Longships were light and fast. They could reach 14 Nov. 26, 1789 - The first between the planks. knots in speed. American holiday occurred, • Longships were best for long travel and raids. proclaimed by President • Longships did not have roofs, so they did not offer • Being light and thin made the longships very easy to George Washington to be much protection. Vikings would sail along the coast and navigate as well. This meant that the ships could easily Thanksgiving Day, a day pull their ships onto the land to make camp for the night. travel through shallow waters in rivers to reach coastal of prayer and showing of • Spring was the season for most voyages. towns. gratitude for the successful establishment of the new • Benches lined the sides of the longships, and sailors American republic. used big oars to propel the ship through the water. Nov. 7 Birthday - Polish chemist Marie Curie (1867- • The longest longship ever found was 119 feet long. It 1934) was born in Warsaw, had room for a crew of 100 people and 72 oars. Poland. In 1903, she and her husband received the Nobel • Cargo ships could hold 24 tons of cargo. Prize for physics for their discovery of the element 4 Kidsville News! www.rmg.co.uk/discover/explore/vikings • www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/viking-ships/ Radium. http://sciencenordic.com/how-vikings-navigated-world • www.history.com/topics/exploration/vikings-history November 2019 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals

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Local History Written by Billy Warren 2. When did the performance take place? 3. Who was the lady from Boston who was the director of the Did You Know? program? 4. List the five people who assisted the lady in charge. What Do Printed Programs Tell Us? 5. Name the really famous local person who was one of the director’s assistants. Have you ever been part of a live stage performance? Or have you 6. Who was the accompanist? (Use a reference source to learn attended a live stage performance? Perhaps your answer to both what an accompanist might do in a live performance.) questions is “yes.” Did you, by chance, keep a copy of the printed 7. Into how many parts was the performance divided? program you were given by someone in charge of the performance? By examining the printed program below, the historian is able Many people save their copies of programs and either add them to their to answer quite easily the seven questions listed above. But there “keeper box” or glue them into their scrapbook. are other questions for which the curious historian would like to You see, they want a permanent souvenir to find answers. remember the day or night that they enjoyed a Among them are the following: grand event. 1. In what city and state was the Synodical Female College located? Historians are happy that copies of printed 2. Does the college still exist today? If not: programs of all kinds are still available from years past because they reveal all sorts of information a. When was it established? about a community or city or state, such as: b. When did it close? 3. If the college no longer exists, what, if anything, is located 1. The kinds of live programs that the specific on the property today? community preferred, By reading through old newspapers, contacting such agencies as the Library of Congress, and visiting on-line sources, the 2. The performers themselves, historian learns all kinds of interesting facts such as: 3. The setting in which the performances took 1. The Synodical Female College was located on North place, and Seminary Street in downtown Florence, Alabama. 4. The sponsor(s) of the programs. 2. The college does not exist today. Now, spend a few minutes examining the copy 3. It opened in 1847 and, in 1855, it was taken over by the of a printed program to the right. Then answer Presbyterian Church. these questions: 4. It closed in 1892. 1. What is the name of the college that 5. In its place today is the grand Justice John McKinley United sponsored the program? States Post Office/Federal Courthouse. 6. The word “Synod” is a term used by the Presbyterian Water Wise Church to mark a specific Council within the church. So, a simple piece of paper with words on it can be the Match the Water-Saving Tip to the Amount of Water Saved starting point for a fairly long, interesting journey for anyone who aspires to be a historian or who just is curious to know 1. Use a hose nozzle and turn “stuff.” One question leads to another and one set of questions can shift the historian’s journey in a separate direction or onto off the water while you wash another, deeper level of questions. Finding the answer to each your car or bike and save this question can be challenging, for sure, but it’s so rewarding when much water. the answers come to light. Does all of this make you want to save a copy of the printed 2. You’ll save this much water A. More than 50 gallons program from each live performance in which you participate or at which you attend? If so, that’s wonderful! You’re on your way if you time your shower to a week to becoming, like many others, a dedicated historian. keep it under 5 minutes. B. Up to 80 gallons 3. If you turn off the shower every time while you shampoo, how many gallons will you save? 4. Turn off the water while C. 4 gallons every you brush your teeth and minute you’ll keep this much water from going down the drain. D. More than 100 5. Use a broom instead of a gallons hose to wash off driveways E. Up to 1000 gallons and sidewalks and save this much water. a month Brought to you by: FLORENCE WATER DEPT. Answers On Page 23 6 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals November 2019

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MATHTIME If all clothes with and all clothes buttons were here with zippers were here what would go in the middle? Andrew is twice as old as his sister Hannah. Hannah’s age is 1/6 the age of her father. Their father, Leroy is 30. How old are Andrew and Hannah? Andrew Hannah Answers On Page 23 is Canada? The first Europeans to come to Canada were the Vikings. They arrived on the island of Newfoundland 1,000 years ago after sailing from Greenland. However, the Vikings did not stay long. The French established the first European settlement in Canada in 1604. In 1608, the explorer Samuel de Champlain built a fortress that is now known as Quebec City. England and France both established colonies in the area and competed over the land, but eventually, the British won control. French is a language spoken in some parts of the country still today. In 1867, the British North American Act established Canada as a self-governing entity within the British Empire. Canada became truly independent in 1931. • The capital of Canada is Ottawa. • The highest mountain is Mount Logan. • Canada has a population of 37, 302,398. It is 19,551 feet in height. • There are two official languages: French • There are 2,800 hockey rinks in Canada, and English. and hockey is the most popular sport in the • Canada is very large, having 3.8 million country. square miles. • Hockey and lacrosse are the national • It is 5,780 miles wide. sports. • It is the second-largest country in the • A claim to fame for Canada is the baseball world by landmass, but only 0.5% of glove, invented there in 1883. the world’s population lives there. It is • The longest highway in the world is the considered to be mostly wilderness. Trans-Canada Highway. It is 4,725 miles • Canada has 31,700 large lakes. long. • Canada’s lakes and rivers contain 20% of • 1/10th of the world’s forests are in the freshwater on earth. Canada. • The official money is the Canadian dollar. • Manitoulin Island is the largest freshwater • Canada has the longest coastline in the island in the world. world; it is 151, 019 miles long. • Fifty percent of the world’s bears live in • The longest river is the McKenzie River. the Canadian territory of Nunavut. It is 2,635 miles long. • There are 2.5 million caribou in Canada. www.natgeokids.com/au/discover/geography/countries/facts-about-canada/ https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/countries/canada/#canada-playing-hockey.jpg www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/discover-canada/read-online/canadas-history.html 8 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals November 2019

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Come Out & Play • Hnefatafl is a board game found in many graves from • Weightlifting competitions were important but simple. this time period. It is a board covered in squares and The man that lifted the largest stone won. figurines that represent two different armies. • Toga Hönk was a special kind of tug-of-war. Two • The attacker places his or her pieces on the outside of men would sit on the ground with the soles of their feet the board, and the defender starts in the center. We don’t touching and knees bent. They would have a loop of know the specific rules of the game, but it is a strategy- rope between them and try to straighten their based game similar to modern chess. legs in order to pull their opponent over. • The game of Hnefatafl is uneven on purpose. The • This motion is also similar to the motion of defender has fewer pawns and must protect the king in the rowing a boat, which was very important for center of the board. moving longships through the water. • Many Viking grave sites held game boards made of • Winters for the Vikings were very harsh, and they antler, amber, bronze, bone, glass and wood. spent much time indoors. One of the ways that they • This game was very popular because it showcased a entertained themselves inside was through storytelling. player’s strategic ability, as important to the Vikings as • A Skald was the best storyteller or poet in the village. physical strength in times of battle. • Skalds were not the only ones who would create poems, • Vikings also competed in races, wrestling, tug-of- however. People would compete by taking turns creating war and swimming competitions. All these skills were lines of poetry. The people listening would judge the most important when raids occurred. entertaining winner. https://norse-mythology.net/what-did-vikings-do-for-fun/ www.hurstwic.org/history/articles/daily_living/text/games_and_sports.htm www.historyonthenet.com/viking-games-and-entertainment-life-wasnt-all-work Viking ships were amazing feats of engineering, but they wouldn’t have been able to sail safely for such long distances without the navigational skills of sailors. Viking sailors didn’t use maps. Instead, they used the position of the sun and stars to know where they were. They memorized coastlines and used the colors of the sea and sky to tell how close they were to land. They also used sundials to figure out the direction of the sun. There is also a legend about a Viking tool called a sunstone. Calcite or Icelandic • The legend of the sunstone comes allow people to locate the sun’s spar serves as a from the story of the Norse hero direction in low light and after Sigurd from the 12th century. sunset. tool for finding the • Sometimes while sailing, the • Icelandic spar serves as a tool direction of the sun, ocean would be covered in thick for finding the direction of the even after sunset! clouds and fog. sun because its transparent crystal • The weather would block the properties polarize light. sun and make it impossible for the • Polarizing light means that sailors to navigate. the light that passes through the • The legend says that Vikings had stone aligns in a single direction. a stone that showed them where the Normally light comes in from all sun was, no matter the weather. directions. When the light passes • For years many historians through the stone, it appears brighter believed that the stone was just a than if seen with just the naked eye. legend. • These stones may have been used • Recently, a French researcher even after the Vikings. Magnetic found Icelandic spar in the cargo of compasses trace back to the year a 16th-century ship. 1300 in Europe. Since iron stored • Icelandic spar is a type of calcite. onboard the ships could distort The stone is unique because it does magnetic readings, the sunstone was useful as it would not have been www.historyonthenet.com/viking-navigation-sailing-the-open-seas affected by iron. www.history.com/news/evidence-of-fabled-viking-navigational-tool-found November 2019 10 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals

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Planets Big & Small Jupiter were first seen by Galileo and can be seen in binoculars when conditions are right. Last month, this column concerned the size of our planet, the Earth. This month we will compare the Earth to the sizes of our neighboring planets: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Years ago, I learned the mnemonic: My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nachos. The first letters give you the order of the planets out from the Sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. Or you may have learned another mnemonic like: My Violent Evil Monster Just Scared Us Nuts. Can you think up a better one? Getting back to planet SIZES; let’s view the planets and the Sun drawn to scale. On the left you see part of the Sun peeking in the left side of the page. At this scale it’s too large to all fit on this page. To the right, you see the planets to scale. Notice how small the Earth is compared to our Sun. Of the inner 4 planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars), which Incidentally, the Earth has only one moon but Jupiter is the largest? has, at last count, 79 moons. The four large moons of ______________________________ but even that one is small compared to the outer planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Which two largest planets are about the same size? _________________________________ Which two similar-sized planets are smaller than Saturn but much larger than the Earth? _________________________________ Even Jupiter is small compared to our SUN. Someone once said “we are like a mote of dust going around an enormous bag of gas”. What about Pluto? Pluto used to be included in the list of planets but when many more small bodies were found orbiting the Sun, Pluto was demoted to being called a Dwarf- Planet. Nature is amazing! © 2019 Dr. David R. Curott, UNA Professor Emeritus 14 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals November 2019

2019 Halloween Coloring Contest WINNERS! A Special Thanks To Everyone for taking part in our 2019 Halloween Coloring Contest Ages Ages Ages 2-4 5-7 8-10 1st 1st 1st Amelia Carmack - 4 - Florence Sofia Cienfuegos - 7 - Muscle Shoals Grace Allen - 10 - Florence 2nd 2nd 2nd Saige Hicks - 3 - Florence Fiona Infanger - 6 - Florence Bryson Barnes - 9 - Leighton 3rd 3rd 3rd Emily Norton - 2 - Anderson Raylee Drake - 5 - Muscle Shoals Levi Rickard - 8 - Cherokee Top 3 Winners In Each Age And a Trick-or-Treat Pick Up Your Prizes Group, Pictured Above Receive: Large Pizza AND Basket Filled With Beginning Weds. Oct. 30 from Domino’s Goodies! HONORABLE MENTIONS: 2-4 Age Group: Harlyn Hibner, Kyler Burlesen, Meriyona Nance, Kalley Wiggington, Josh Mitchell, Abel Dean, Elora Francisco, Levi White, Anna Fields, Kycen Garner, Lilah Clemons, Gannon Lane, Mason Emmons, Mira King, Rhett Butler, Kyla Tinker . 5-7 Age Group: Mia Lane Jackson, Alden Morris, Morsie Johnson, Landen English, Aurianna Webster, Madelynn Richardson, Charlee Mardis, Ava Kocisek, Emma Thrasher, Addie Murphy, Jax Stell, Lauren Schrier, Jay Nalley, Leah Salinas, Jaycee Roberson. 8-10 Age Group: Ethan Emmons, Kylie Goodloe, Noah White, Camilla Morrison, Anna Fugate, Willow Rae Malone, Sevarina Cartony, Alivia Simmons, Cooper Brewton, Ivey Ann Tinker, Madison Russell, Bella Nalley, Avery Claire Davis, Carsyn Michael, Mattie Beth South, Molly Senf, Jane Garner, Garrett Henson, A’Ryine Cooper, Anna Schrier, Ansley Rhodes, Imily Dearden, Arley Lopez, Caleb Emmons, Amelia Woody, Bentlee Cooper, Molly Johnson, Brenden, White, AJ/Addison Emmons, Jayden McCaig, Phobe Sanderson. WINNERS MAY PICK UP PRIZES at the Courier Journal, 219 W. Tennessee St., Florence The Professor Says To Spread The Word! “Shop Smarter!” If you really want to know what you’re getting, get it from someone local. No passwords, security risks, or outrageous shipping fees to worry about. And it’s safer, faster, more reliable, and less expensive! 219 W. Tennessee Street Florence • Sheffield • Killen Buy Local, Florence Sell Local 256-764-4268 www.courierjournal.net November 2019 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals Kidsville News! 15

When Was That? By Lee Freeman, Florence-Lauderdale Public Library, Local History - Genealogy Department The photos below are all of Court Street in Florence. Can you guess the decade in which they were taken? Some are the same decade. 1880s 1890s 1900s (1914) 1900s (1918) 1. _____________ 2. _____________ 1920s (1921) 1950s 1950s 1960s 1960s (1965) 3. _____________ 4. _____________ 1970s Answers on Page 23 5. _____________ 6. _____________ 7. _____________ 8. _____________ 9. _____________ 10. _____________ 16 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals November 2019

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Tiger” when Maurice is feeling down. This helps raise Maurice’s spirit to become confident and put his “tiger stripes” back on. It is really cute when the fish and By Ivey H., KIDS FIRST! penguins want to Film Critic, Age 13 be tigers, and they https://youtu.be/5WneuUQLBFQ paint themselves “The Jungle Bunch” is a cute film about a group of animals, called the Jungle Bunch that protect and watch out with stripes. for the jungle. They put out forest fires, fight bad guys, save animals and help the community. I enjoyed the bright colors Philippe Bozo and scenes from the jungle. is the voice of The jungle friends include a penguin named Maurice, a gorilla named Miguel, Gilbert the Tarsier, a bat named Maurice. I like his Batricia and a few other odd creatures. In this story, Maurice is the hero and leader of the group. He is a penguin that voice and attitude. was raised by a tigress. He struggles with being the leader and trying to live up to the standards of his mother. The It’s perfect! characters are well developed and funny. They make a lot of contraptions and inventions to help save the jungle, Pascal Casanova including a cream for a bird’s bottom, which cracked me up. is the voice of The villain in the story is the koala Igor. He wants to destroy the jungle because he feels excluded from the the gorilla, who bunch. He wants to take over and become the leader. The Jungle Bunch thinks he is too controlling, so he plans to also portrays his use mushrooms as explosives to blow up the jungle for revenge and payback. The Jungle Bunch must stop him from character quite destroying their homes, too. Igor has a crab that serves as an alarm clock when he bangs the crab’s claws together to well. In fact, I’m make a tick-tock sound. This scene is a really funny part of the movie. quite fond of all My favorite part is when they play the song “Eye of the the voice-over work in this film. I give director Photos © SND Films David Alaux credit for putting together such a terrific cast. The moral of the story addresses the unlikely friendships between different jungle species who work and stick together as a team during hard times, helping their community save their homes. I give this DVD 5 out of 5 stars and recommend it for ages 3 to 15 as well as adults. It is available on DVD now, so look for it. 18 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals November 2019

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HOW DO YOU PREDICT THE WEATHER? Predicting the weather is a difficult job, but meteorologists air that moves faster than the rest of the air around it, kind of like a have studied for a long time to learn how to do it. Predicting the river made of air that is flowing very quickly. The jet stream is what weather is like detective work! The atmosphere leaves us clues, and moves large weather systems across the United States, usually from meteorologists have to figure out where the clues are and what they east to west. mean. So how do we find the jet stream and figure out how fast it is A good example of this is when meteorologists are trying to predict moving? We launch weather balloons! The National Weather Service where a cold front will occur. Cold fronts can bring lots of storms launches over 100 weather balloons twice each day all over the ahead of them, so predicting them is important. A cold front will country to find out what the jet stream is doing and in what direction usually have a cooler, drier air behind it, and warm, moist air ahead and how fast it is moving weather systems. If we know all these of it. Observations of temperature, humidity and wind speed and things, we can figure out where weather systems are going to go and direction tell us where these different types of air are. Once we find use that knowledge to predict the weather! where the cool, dry and warm, moist air meets, we’ve usually found the cold front! That means we also know where storms could form because they often form ahead of cold fronts. Meteorologists then make weather maps to show where the cold fronts and warm fronts are. Maps show cold fronts in blue and warm fronts in red. Often, these fronts connect to low-pressure systems. Low-pressure systems can mean rain, storms or even winter snow are on their way. That’s right; air pressure is important too! If we look for observations of low or high air pressure, we can find low-pressure systems, which bring stormy weather, and high-pressure systems, which is pleasant, dry weather. But where are the cold fronts and warm fronts and weather systems going? Weather is always changing, so who might get thunderstorms tomorrow? For that, we need to look up in the atmosphere, about as high as planes fly. Up there we find the jet stream — it’s a current of Knowledge Power Submitted By Patricia J. Weaver Florence & Surrounding Area 1. Florence, Muscle Shoals, Tuscumbia and what other city makes up “The Shoals Area”? A. Rogersville B. Sheffield C. Leighton D. Russellville 2. In what year was the city of Florence incorporated? A. 1818 B. 1821 C. 1826 D. 1839 3. In 1818, what company owned the land that later became 6. “Do Right and Fear Not” was the motto of Lauderdale County’s the city of Florence? first newspaper. What was the name of this newspaper? A. Alabama Land Services B. Florence Wagon Works A. Lauderdale County Times B. Standard Times C. Perry Land Trust D. Cypress Land Company C. Florence Times D. Gazette 4. How many Alabama Governors came from Lauderdale County? A. 4 B. 6 C. 8 D. 15 5. When was the Confederate monument in front of the Answers On Pg. 23 Lauderdale County Courthouse dedicated? A. 1882 B. 1892 C. 1902 D. 1912 November 2019 20 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals

A Section Especially for Parents BEGINNER READS Alphabeasties and Other Amazing Lousy Rotten Stinkin’ Grapes Types By Margie Palatini By Sharon Werner and Sarah Forss For ages 4-8 For ages 2 and Up Unable to reach the bunch of purple You've never seen an alphabet book grapes high in a tree, Fox, who considers like this before. A is for alligator, but himself sly, clever, and smart, makes a the accompanying picture is composed plan to get them. \"Hop. Skip. Jump. of hundreds of uppercase and lower- Flying leap. And . . . No grapes.\" Which is case black A's. Each page contains an when he turns to Bear for help. Fox animal — bat, camel, dog, elephant — climbs atop Bear's head, but he's still not rendered entirely in its initial letters. high enough, which is why he enlists the help of Beaver, Porcupine and Possum. PAGETURNERS Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Drama Library By Raina Telgemeier By Chris Grabenstein For ages 9 and Up For ages 8 and Up Callie is the set designer for her middle Kyle Keeley isn’t much of a reader. He’s school play. She wants it to go off with more into games. Especially the brilliant a bang — literally — and is building a world of Luigi Lemoncello’s Imagination cannon that really “fires” for the show. Factory. So when the town of Alexan- If only she could add some spark to her driaville announces it will be opening its love life. Callie’s first experiences with first public library in twelve years, Kyle romance are fizzling — and confusing. isn’t very excited. But then Mr. Lemon- But nothing keeps infectiously-enthusi- cello arrives at the school to judge the astic Callie down for long, especially essays; if he is behind the new library, when she’s got set design and her stage then who knows what might be inside! crew to keep her distracted. ADVANCED READS Scat Anya’s Ghost By Carl Hiaasen By Vera Brosgol For ages 10 and Up For ages 12-18 Today is the class field trip to the Black One day, her mind filled with all her prob- Vine Swamp. Nick's hoping to sight a lems, Anya walks right into a hole in the panther, which is unlikely since there ground and falls into an abandoned well, are fewer than a hundred of the big cats where she finds a skeleton. This skeleton left in Florida. Nick has a lot on his has a ghost, a teenage girl who helps get mind; his dad, a captain in the Army Anya rescued and then follows Anya home. Reserve in Iraq, hasn't e-mailed home She says her name is Emily Reilly, and she for three days. In the swamp, they hear was murdered ninety years before. Before a piercing cry, and Nick records on his long, Emily starts helping Anya pass her video camera a large, tannish blur, exams, dress more fashionably and stalk running through the cypress trees. her secret crush, school basketball star Sean. 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. November 2019 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals Kidsville News! 21

ParenTown’s KidSmart Quick and easy How being bilingual Greek-inspired sandwiches benefits children Anticipating having extra turkey Being bilingual is a necessity for millions of people across the after Thanksgiving is over? If you globe. While many United States citizens may never need to have made the traditional turkey speak any language other than English, that’s not the case for people sandwiches, turkey soup or turkey who reside in other parts of the world. Even some citizens of America’s casserole with your leftovers in the neighbor to the north, Canada, may need to learn both French and past, note that serving the same foods English depending on where they live. served time and again can get boring. Fluency in more than one language can produce some surprising Offering up new options doesn’t have benefits. For example, a 2017 study published in the journal to be complicated, and parents may discover an array of foods that Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States their children will enjoy and ask for in the future. Such can be the of America found that lifelong bilingualism may help to delay the onset case with Greek-inspired gyros. The fillings can vary depending of dementia by as much as five years. Also, numerous studies, including on the ingredients available in the house. For turkey meatball one conducted by an economist at MIT, found that people fluent in gyros from the Taste of Home: Healthy Cooking Cookbook (RDA more than one language can earn tens of thousands of dollars more than Enthusiast Brands) by the editors of Taste of Home, the meatballs their monolingual peers throughout their careers. can be made the night before or in big batches and frozen to be Perhaps in recognition of the benefits of bilingualism in an used as needed. The yogurt sauce in this recipe is reminiscent of increasingly global world, foreign language programs are now part of traditional Greek tzatziki, which is fresh and flavorful. the curriculum at many daycare facilities and preschools. That might come as a surprise to parents who did not begin studying foreign Turkey Meatball Gyros languages until junior high or even high school. The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services notes that the following are some of the Serves 4 ways that being bilingual can benefit children. 1/2 cup seasoned bread crumbs COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT 1 egg The DHHS notes that a nearly 20-year-old study from the National 1 teaspoon garlic powder Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education found that bilingual students had 1/2 teaspoon salt an easier time understanding math concepts and solving word problems 1/4 teaspoon pepper than their peers who were not bilingual. The DHHS also notes that 1 pound lean ground turkey researchers have uncovered numerous additional cognitive benefits to 3/4 cup (6 ounces) reduced-fat plain yogurt being bilingual as opposed to monolingual. These benefits include a 1/2 cup finely chopped peeled cucumber greater ability to use logic, focus, remember and make decisions. 2 tablespoons finely chopped onion 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT 8 whole-wheat pita pocket halves Researchers with the National Academy of Science found that 2 cups shredded lettuce children who grow up in bilingual households exhibit better self- 1 cup chopped tomatoes control than those who grow up in monolingual households. That’s an important benefit, as the DHHS notes that self-control is a key indicator In a large bowl, combine the bread crumbs, egg and seasonings. of academic success. The DHHS adds that bilingual children benefit Crumble turkey over mixture and mix well. Shape into 16 balls. socially from being bilingual because they are capable of making new Place meatballs on a rack coated with cooking spray in a shallow friends and building strong relationships using their second language as baking pan. Bake uncovered at 400 F for 15 to 20 minutes, or until well as their first. The ability to speak more than one language fluently no longer pink. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine the yogurt, can produce some surprising benefits that children can use to their cucumber, onions and lemon juice. Line pitas with lettuce and advantage in school and throughout adulthood. tomatoes; add the meatballs and yogurt sauce. 22 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals November 2019

ParenTown’s KidShape Why are food allergies on the rise? Hosting a party or researchers have been working hard to figure that out. A number of a special agencies, including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, are looking into the hygiene hypothesis. This is a link to western society’s obsession event with food with preventing and fighting germs. Researchers surmise that a lack of has become a bit exposure to infectious agents early in childhood could create a situation more complicated in which a child’s immune system mistakes a food protein as an invading over the last several germ, launching an attack. According to Dr. Leigh Vinocour of the years, as hosts must American College of Emergency Physicians, being too clean may be now contend with leading to a rise in allergic reactions. food allergies when Another theory is that the overuse of antibiotics and acid-reducing planning party medications could change the microbiome of the stomach and digestive menus. According system, potentially resulting in health problems like allergies. to Food Allergy Some other health experts say that failure to introduce common food Research and Education, a group that works on behalf of the millions of allergens to children early in life could set them up for a lifetime of food people who have food allergies, a food allergy is a medical condition in allergies later. Dr. Adam Fox, a consultant pediatric allergist at Guy’s and which exposure to a food triggers a harmful immune system response. St. Thomas hospitals in Great Britain, suggests that if parents introduce Allergies can range from mild reactions to death. Life-threatening something into a young child’s diet, then the child is less likely to become reactions can be initiated even by small traces of the trigger foods. In allergic to it. For example, Dr. Fox cites a 2008 study of the prevalence August 2018, a 6-year-old girl in western Australia died as a result of a of peanut allergies in Jewish children in the UK, where the advice had dairy allergy. In 2016, Natasha Ednan-Laperouse collapsed on an airplane been to avoid peanuts, was 10 times higher than that of children in Israel, flight after eating a baguette in which the ingredient of sesame seeds was where babies often get peanut snacks and peanut allergy rates are low. not on the food label. Many other doctors believe food allergies are still a mystery. Dr. R. Data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Sharon Chinthrajah of the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma indicates that the prevalence of food allergies in children increased by Research at Stanford University believes the cause of allergies will 50% between 1997 and 2011, and it continues to rise. The CDC estimates ultimately come down to a combination of many factors. Environmental that one in 13 children in the United States now has a food allergy. Food exposure and even what mothers ate during pregnancy could have allergies also affect roughly 7% of children in the United Kingdom and implications. Until we know more, people must remain careful of the 9% of children in Australia. foods they eat and serve. While no one can answer why food allergy rates are increasing, ANSWERS MATHTIME Clothes with buttons and zippers. Identifying attributes can be a powerful tool to help students make logical distinctions between and among ideas and concepts in mathematics. String circles, yarn circles or hula hoops make it easy for children to see and manipulate objects during sorting activities. (Hannah is 5 and Andrew is 10) This is a two-step problem but has easy computation. Students need to find a number that is already known – the father’s age. Hannah is 1/6 of 30 or 5 years old. It is easy then to figure that Andrew is 1. 1950s 6. 1900s (1918) twice as old as Hannah--10 years old. Students need to be able to divide 30 into When Was 6 equal parts to figure 1/6 if they do not know how to divide mentally. That? 2. 1880s 7. 1960s For Lauderdale County Issue Only 3 1920s (1921) 8. 1890s Water Wise 4. 1970s 9. 1950s AnMsawtchetrhse:W1a.te(rD-Sa)v,in2g.T(ipEt)o, t3he. A(mAo)u,n4t o.f(WCa)t,er5S.av(eBd) 5. 1960s (1965) 10. 1900s (1914) 1. Use a hose nozzle and turn off the water while you wash your car or bike and save this much water. 1. Wshheaetpd?A1o.nAysowmueercrsra:yllliattlhealpampyb.baby KPnoowwleedgre 2. You’ll save this much water A. More than 50 gallons if you time your shower to a week 2. If your 23d..oABgepckaoisuoscehestshmyeyooouwc,hhw.iphathtedo keep it under 5 minutes. B. Up to 80 gallons 3. If you turn off the shower every time while you shampoo, how many gallons will you save? you cal4l.itIc?rheaavme and beat the eggs Answers: 4. Turn off the water while C. 4 gallons every a lot of problems. 1. B you brush your teeth and minute 3. Why are bakers mean? 2. C you’ll keep this much water 3. D from going down the drain. D. More than 100 4. What did one math book say to the 4. A gallons 5. C 5. Use a broom instead of a other math book? What’s the Difference? 6. D hose to wash off driveways E. Up to 1000 gallons and sidewalks and save this a month much water. you call it? Brought to you by: 3. Why are bakers mean? FLORENCE WATER DEPT. Answers: Answers On Page 23 1.Amerry little lamb.4. What did one math book say to the 2. A pooch smooch. 3. cBreecaaumsaentdhebyeatw thihpetehgegsother math book? 4. I have a lot of problems. Di erences: 1) Sign Di erent 2) Color of the Word Happy 3) Slice of Pie 4) Background color 5) Beak Color 6) Gold Tooth 7) Colors of Feathers 8) Color of Fork 9) Tooth missing 10) Chef’s Hat Color November 2019 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals Kidsville News! 23

?? ? ? ?? ? ?? ? ?? ?? What’s it Like to Be? ? ? ? ? ?? ?? ? ? ? ? ?? ? ? Photographs courtesy of Lynn McGugan Photography A Professional Huntsman | Lincoln Sadler Please tell our readers a little about trailer. I still remember the huntsman’s I start selecting hounds who will hunt that yourself and your occupation. words carrying back to the field as we day. We keep right around 70 foxhounds and I am a professional huntsman. It is my job passed our trailer parked on the edge of the often take up to 50 hounds out. Following to care for and hunt a pack of foxhounds. road, “Now there’s someone who really the hunt, the hounds are fed, the kennels I feed, train, breed and tend to their wants to go hunting!” After retirement from are cleaned and the hounds are checked wounds and listen to their daily troubles. the North Carolina Wildlife Resources thoroughly for any needed veterinary care. The hounds hunt starting in October, so I Commission, I became a professional What are some of your favorite things begin exercising them in late August and huntsman. about your job? through September so they will be fit when What criteria are needed for working in I actually enjoy almost every facet of my the hunting season starts. Foxhunters do your occupation? job. I thought that the hound shows we not carry guns; the hounds do all the work A huntsman must be a good horseman and participate in annually would be a challenge and we hunt on horseback. Being on a have a clear, strong voice. He must have a for me, but I enjoy the competitive nature horse allows us to follow and stay with the quick eye to see which of the hounds are and comradery with other huntsmen. hounds. We hunt through most types of on the scent and an excellent ear to hear the What are some facts you wish everyone weather, only avoiding the heaviest of rains hounds. A huntsman must also be active, knew about hunting and foxhunting in due to slippery conditions in the woods. Our bold and enterprising, patient and good- particular? hounds are only allowed to hunt fox (both tempered. Leadership skills are vital. Foxhunting takes a lot of country to red and gray), bobcat and coyote. We now What special training do you have? hunt over. Fox hunters are great land predominantly hunt coyote. I have a Bachelor of Science degree in conservators, and much of the land they hunt When did you know you wanted to be a wildlife biology, and I feel that my prior over, they have been responsible for placing professional huntsman and work with career spent working outside and observing conservation easements so that hunting horses and hounds? ecosystems and wildlife helps me every day can exist forever. Hunters are the greatest I grew up riding and foxhunting with as a huntsman. conservators of wildlife. I wish folks were my family. When I graduated from high Please tell our readers a little about aware of that. I also wish that folks could school, I went into the military, and when I your usual workday in and out of the experience the quiet of the woods, the gentle completed my service and entered college, hunting season. creak of the saddle, the sight of the hounds my mother and I both purchased horses and My day begins early as I plan the hunt. working through the woods and then the reentered the fox hunting community. Not Arriving at the kennels around 6:45 a.m., sudden opening roar of the pack when they having a horse trailer, we loaded our horses jump their quarry fresh. up onto an old handmade open-face straw www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals 24 Kidsville News! November 2019