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This Page Brought To You By: For centuries, communication was oral than they could walk was to use the Postal parts of Africa, Asia and Latin America ­— meaning spoken ­— or written down. Service, originally the Pony Express, via had access to cell phones.  People were happy to communicate through letter or a telegram. • Today, with nearly 300 million cell phones talking and storytelling, and later in history, • Early phones required switchboard in use in the United States, the country telephoning. Thanks to written language, operators and rotary dials. They were places third overall in the world when it people began to write and read books, letters, not mobile either, being fastened to comes to total mobile phones in use. China stories and more. With modern advancements, walls with wires for many years. Phone and India rank first and second for most writing leaped off the page and onto the communication changed thanks to the cellphone users. computer screen, tablet and even the phone invention of handheld mobile phones. • The World Wide Web changed how we via texting. Modern communication started • The first handheld cellular phone call communicate forever. On Oct. 29, 1969, with the first phone but involves other devices was made on April 3, 1973, by Motorola history was made as the Internet was born today. engineer Martin Cooper from Sixth with the transfer of one simple message. Avenue in New York. The phone weighed This innovation gave rise to email, Google, • Alexander Graham Bell invented the 2 ½ pounds. social media, Facetime, smartphones and telephone in 1876. The new idea of • In 1979, the world’s first cellular Zoom video conferencing. What’s next is transmitting a vocal signal through a wire telephone network went online in Tokyo, anyone’s guess. brought a communication revolution. Japan. By 2006, the majority of people in • Before the phone, the only way people North America, Europe and the wealthier communicated across distances farther http://redwire.net/three-types-modern-communication/ https://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2014/07/17/history-communication/ https://itstillworks.com/types-modern-communications-devices-7947593.html https://www.infoplease.com/science-health/cellphone-use/cell-phone-usage-worldwide-country July 2020 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals Kidsville News! 3

You can send a message today with original nest and deliver the message the swipe of your finger or the push of a with speed and accuracy. button, but history shows communication occurred much differently, and more • By the 19th century, homing pigeons slowly, in the past. were used extensively for military communications, especially during Homing pigeons were the carriers of World War I. messages for thousands of years before anyone had ever heard of the internet, • One homing pigeon, Cher Ami, satellites or the telephone. Also known received the French Croix de Guerre as messenger pigeons, these unique birds award during the First World War for have the incredible ability to find their its heroic service. The bird delivered way home over extremely long distances. 12 important messages despite critical injuries it sustained. • The “pigeon post” refers to homing pigeons used in mail service, while “war • Historically, pigeons carried messages pigeon” describes birds used in battle. only one way, to their home. They had to be transported manually before another • By 3,000 B.C., the country of Egypt flight. used homing pigeons for pigeon post. • Pigeon owners have altered the birds’ • Homing pigeons have a particularly directional flight pattern by placing their developed sense of orientation and can food at one location and their home at consistently find their way back to their another site. This trick works in teaching nest. pigeons to fly back and forth up to twice a day, covering round-trip flights up to • Rock pigeons are particularly gifted 100 miles. in their homing ability due to strong magnetoreception — the innate ability • The birds’ reliability allowed for in certain life forms to detect and orient occasional use on mail routes, such as themselves based on magnetic fields. the Great Barrier Pigeongram Service in Auckland, New Zealand, of 1897, • Messages were inserted in tubes that possibly the first regular airmail service were tied around the legs of the pigeon. in the world. When freed, the pigeon could reach its https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homing_pigeon https://www.scienceabc.com/eyeopeners/how-did-the-pigeon-post-work.html JULYDays To Remember In An advanced extremely high frequency communications Orion Have you watched a dot of communications satellite is to send July 2, The birthday of the satellite center relays secure communications for the United light move across the night sky? data up into space and beam it back first African American on the States and other allied countries. Did you wonder what it was? Not down to another spot on the globe. U.S. Supreme Court, Thurgood all moving objects in the sky are Marshall (1908-1993). He was https://kids.kiddle.co/Communications_satellite aircraft. A satellite looks like a • The first artificial Earth satellite born in Baltimore, Maryland, star steadily moving across the was Sputnik 1. Put into orbit by the and was nominated by President 4 Kidsville News! sky. If the lights are blinking, you Soviet Union Oct. 4, 1957, it was Johnson to the High Court. probably are seeing a plane, not equipped with an onboard radio- a satellite. Satellites do not have transmitter that led the way to July 4, 1776 The Declaration lights that make them visible but today’s satellite communications. of Independence was approved instead reflect sunlight. Satellites by the Continental Congress. are very high above Earth — about • The first artificial satellite used By issuing this important 200 to 300 miles — so even in the solely to further advances in global document, the 13 American dark of night, these instruments can communications was a balloon colonies ended their political still be illuminated by the sun. named Echo 1, launched Aug. 12, connections to Great Britain 1960. and declared America an • A communications satellite is a independent country. human-made satellite that relays and • Echo 1 served as a giant mirror amplifies radio telecommunications — 10 stories tall — to reflect July 16, 1969 The Apollo 11 signals through a transponder. communications signals. Lunar landing mission began with a liftoff from Kennedy • Communications satellites are • The first American satellite to Space Center at 9:37 a.m. This used for television, telephone, radio, relay communications was Project was the first United States internet and military applications. SCORE in 1958, which used a mission to the moon and the first tape recorder to store and forward lunar landing. • Over 2,000 communications voice messages. It was used to send satellites, used by both private and a Christmas greeting to the world July 24 The birthday of the government organizations, orbit from U.S. President Dwight D. American pilot Amelia Earhart planet Earth. Eisenhower that holiday season. (1898-1937). She was born in Atchison, Kansas,  and  became • The purpose of communications • Satellites provide instant credit the first woman to fly solo satellites is to relay the signal card authorization, automated across the Atlantic and also around the curve of Earth, allowing teller banking services, pay-at-the- from Hawaii to California. She communication between widely pump options at gas stations, video perished during a flight from separated points. The idea behind a conferencing and more. Satellite New Guinea to Howland Island technology is here to stay. over the Pacific Ocean July 3, 1937. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_satellite https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/what-are-satellites-used www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals July 2020

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Mt. Fuji, Japan The nation of Japan currently official language is Japanese. Western countries. Rice, fish and vegetables possesses one of the most advanced communication networks in the world • The currency or money used in the nation is are plentiful, but meat is scarce. Low in fat and the Japanese yen. dairy products, this diet is healthy, which helps and has made many modern contributions • Most of Japan is covered with mountains. Japanese people live, on average, longer than in science and technology. Electronics and The Japanese Alps run down the center of the any other people in the world. robotics introduced by Japanese inventors and largest island, Honshu. The highest peak is • The Japanese are famous for their willingness entrepreneurs helped Japan become a leader in Mount Fuji, a cone-shaped volcano considered to work hard. Children are taught to show today’s digital world. A place of history, culture, sacred by many Japanese. respect for others, especially to parents, bosses language and learning, Japan stands out for • More than 1,000 earthquakes hit Japan every and other authority figures. The Japanese try to many unique features. year. Japan also has about 200 volcanoes, of do what’s best for their family or company and • Japan is an archipelago, or string of islands, which 60 are active. worry less about their own needs. on the eastern edge of Asia. • Japan is the only country in the world with a • Video gaming and animation in Japan are • The country consists of four main islands: reigning emperor. Emperors have no real power, significant industries. Japanese-made arcade, Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu. Japan but they are still honored as a symbol of the home-console and mobile games are popular. also includes nearly 4,000 smaller islands. country’s traditions and unity. • The capital city of Japan is Tokyo, and the • Japanese food is different from food in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/countries/japan/ Hidden Picture Puzzles Answers on Pg. 23 8 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals July 2020

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J Japanese lifestyle today is a blend • The United Nations Educational, A of Asian-influenced traditions and Scientific and Cultural Organization P Western-influenced modern culture. recognized three theatrical styles in A The citizens hold dear the customs Japan as globally significant due to NC that are unique to Japan, but have also their longevity and history — the EU adopted new ways. classical Kabuki theater, Noh musical SL theater and Bunraku puppet theater. ET • The tea ceremony is an everyday These performances date from early to ritual for the Japanese people. Known late 17th- century Japan. U in Japanese as Sado or Chado, teatime R is a highly structured method of • Since the 1960s, Japanese anime, E preparing tea. or animated shows, have entertained Japanese children. The programs are • Considered an art form, the also exported all over the world, with Japanese tea ceremony requires a wide hits like “Astro Boy,” “Doraemon,” range of knowledge and gracefulness. “Sailor Moon” and “Dragonball Z” Sado explores the purpose of life and being global favorites. encourages an appreciation of nature. • The video game business, a major • The Japanese drink O-cha, which is industry in Japan, has also risen to green tea. The drink is as much a way stardom. The Pokémon electronic of life to the culture in Japan as coffee game series and brand from Nintendo is in the United States. debuted in Japan in 1996 and went on to become one of the most successful • Another ancient art form is video games of all time. ikebana, the art of Japanese flower arranging. Developed in Japan over • Satoshi Tajiri, the creator of the seven centuries, ikebana has its origin Pokémon series, liked catching bugs in early Buddhist flower offerings. A near his home in Tokyo, Japan. Did Buddhist is a follower of Buddhism, you know Pokémon is short for the second major religion in Japan after “pocket monsters”? Shintoism. https://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/ https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/countries/japan/ You may have heard people On top of the mention the atmosphere before, troposphere is the but do you know what it is? The next layer, the atmosphere is a layer of gases that stratoesphere, about 31 surrounds the earth. It contains the miles above the earth. air we breathe and all the weather This layer is hotter that you see, and it also protects us than the troposphere, from outer space. and the temperature increases along with The atmosphere is made up of the height. many different kinds of gases. Above the Four gases are the most common: stratosphere is the nitrogen, oxygen, argon and carbon mesosphere, which dioxide.  You’ve probably heard reaches to about of oxygen — it’s what we breathe. 53 miles above Oxygen is nearly 21% of the Earth. This layer of the atmosphere.  Nitrogen is about 78% atmosphere protects us of the atmosphere and is used by from falling meteors living things to make proteins. The that slow down and other two most common gases, argon burn up because of and carbon dioxide, are each less the gases in this dense again. The hydrologic cycle consists and then fall back down to earth — than 1% of the atmosphere.  Other layer. of five processes: evaporation, also known as rain. Some water that gases exist as well, but they make The next layer up is the transpiration, condensation, falls back down to Earth is absorbed up an even smaller percentage of the thermosphere, also known as the precipitation and runoff. Evaporation into the ground.  The remaining atmosphere. upper atmosphere. This layer occurs when liquid changes into a water, or runoff, forms lakes and extends to about 375 miles above gaseous form known as water vapor. rivers. Eventually, some of the water The atmosphere stretches out Earth.  Above that is the exosphere Water evaporates, rising into the in these lakes and rivers evaporates, thousands of miles above Earth and — 6,200 miles away. Finally, atmosphere. Transpiration is similar beginning the process all over again. consists of five layers. The first layer, outer space is last, after all of these to evaporation, except that it occurs the troposphere, begins at Earth’s aforementioned atmospheric layers. with plants.  Condensation happens For more information on the surface and is between 4 and 12 Water is continuously circulated when water vapor transforms back atmosphere and other exciting miles high. The difference in height between Earth and the atmosphere, into liquid in the atmosphere, often weather facts, check out the depends on the location on the planet which is known as the hydrologic appearing as clouds.  Precipitation Jetstream, the National Weather — the troposphere is the highest cycle.  Water repeatedly moves from takes place when the tiny Service’s online school for the near the equator, while it is lowest at the ground to the atmosphere and back condensation particles grow too large weather, located at the poles. 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The Florence Bridge Company’s Covered Bridge Across the Tennessee River By Lee Freeman, Florence-Lauderdale Public Library, Local History - Genealogy Department According to Florence resident and future mayor Mr. John B. Weakley, The bridge was apparently a toll bridge as the August 13, 1842 advertisement for the Military Ferry maintained that it charged “only half Jr. (1862-1928) writing in the Florence Times of Friday, December 19, as much as is charged at the Bridge.” 1890, the first bridge across the Tennessee River at Florence was built in As to the destruction of the bridge, TS Fedore was right:According to the Nashville Union & American of Wednesday, March 15, 1854, the Florence 1840. Bridge was, in fact destroyed on Originally the only way to cross the river was by ferry, of which there March 10, 1854. According to this paper which picked up the story were several. For example, in the from the Florence Gazette (there are no known existing issues of the Florence Gazette of February, Gazette from 1854): A fearful tornado which destroyed 1827 Matthew Neal advertised much valuable property, visited the landing in that town [Florence] his horse ferry boat. By May of on the morning of the 10th instant [in the current month]. The 1837 Bazil Nelson was advertising Florence Bridge, that magnificent superstructure which spanned the his new ferry boat at the Florence Tennessee River, was blown down, with the exception of two spans, Landing, and by March of 1837 and washed off. . . . It is truly a melancholy scene to stand on the there was also a military ferry with wharf and witness the terrible destruction. A carriage was on the a horse-drawn keelboat located at bridge at the time of the occurrence. We have been unable to learn whose the mouth of Cypress Creek; in carriage it was, or whether or not any one was in it, but certain it is, it August of 1842 a new six horse has been lost. keel boat was built. The road of According to the Daily Times, a large new brick warehouse of the Military Ferry was supposedly Kirkman & Rice, a large cotton warehouse used by the firm, and “both better and shorter than the the “commodious warehouse” of Florence merchant Charles Gookin road by the Bridge.” were also destroyed. A brick warehouse of Simpson & McAlester John Weakley further wrote that Above, ad for Matthew Neal’s Horse was also partially destroyed and the first bridge across the river was Ferry Boat, from the Florence Gazette of much timber on Patton’s Island Thursday, February 22, 1827, p. 4. Right, “opposite the bridge.” “The storm only a foot bridge and was partially Nashville Union and American article on was confined to a very narrow destroyed by high winds in 1851. the destruction of the Florence bridge of compass. Fortunately” the tornado “did not extend up in town.” The bridge was insured only for fire, “the Writing just three years later Wednesday, March 15, 1854, p. 3. Company being unable to affect an insurance against wind,” with the loss failing heaviest on James Irvine, James H. Weakley, John Simpson, however Colbert County resident Robert M. Patton, and Martin Harkins. After the destruction of the Florence Bridge locals were forced to go of South Florence, Mr. TS Fedore (which may have been a pen-name as back to using the ferry. According to Fedore: After the destruction of the bridge came the ‘ferry’ boat, and a I can’t locate any information on him), remembered a slightly different travesty! A flat boat. That would never do. No, Sir. So the same spirit that builded [sic] the first bridge established the “Florence Steam set of events, telling Times readers that: Ferry.” How long the steam ferry operated isn’t known. Away back in the first half of this century, in the days when men Four years after the tornado blew away, in 1858, the Memphis & Charleston (M&C) Railroad bought out the Florence Bridge Company established industries and called them factories or foundries, before in order to construct and operate their new railroad bridge. the word ‘plant’ was applied to other than vegetation, the good and solvent men of Florence built the “Old Florence Bridge.” According to Fedore the Old Florence Bridge was built in the 1830s by the Florence Bridge Company, and was “a double bridge, that is, it had two roadways, one for persons or teams traveling each way so as to prevent a [traffic] jam or confusion.” Mr. Fedore wrote that the spans of the Florence Bridge were “twice the length of the current crazy-quilt structure, and the whole of it was housed in,” meaning it was a covered bridge. It looked “very much like an underground tunnel after entering, because of its darkness.” In the article Mr. Fedore further stated that the bridge was destroyed on March 10, 1854. “A Little after daylight,” he wrote, “it was blown into the river by a river cyclone.” There were only two spans on the south side left standing on their stone piers, “but by a strange coincidence on the morning of March 10, 1855, and about the same hour, the remaining two spans were blown from their position and torn into fragments.” On January 12, 1832 the Alabama Legislature passed an act incorporating the Florence Bridge Company of Florence, Alabama, for the construction of a bridge between Tuscumbia and Florence (Sheffield didn’t exist until 1884). According to Fedore, “the company issued ‘scrip’ called Florence Bridge Money, which was, locally, as good as gold in those well-begone days when people were not given to timocracy [government in which a certain amount of property is necessary for office].” The bridge reportedly cost the huge sum of $165,000 and was finally completed in 1837. 14 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals July 2020

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TM Juicy, mouthwatering hamburgers are The View a warm weather staple that taste perfect Student Questionnaire Mail, bring by or email us YOUR PHOTO & your answers! Name right off the grill. Everyone can benefit G Fraaxd#e 256-76 0-961S8chooElm ail: ki dsville @cour ierjourn al.net from having a tried-and-true burger Mail: 219 W. Tennessee Street • Florence, AL 35630 recipe in his or her repertoire when What is your favorite...... entertaining a backyard full of guests or Author? enjoying a cozy weeknight meal with the family. Many things constitute a great burger, When cooking, for including flavorful meat; the right ratio of fat content; a crispy roll or bun; and safety, always get help fresh, cold toppings and condiments. from an adult first. That’s all guaranteed and more in Outdoor Activity? this recipe for The Great American Hamburger and Cheeseburger from Mastering the Grill: The Owner’s Manual for Outdoor Cooking (Chronicle Animal? Books) by Andrew Schloss & David Joachim. Movie? CANNOT What is a vinyl record? PRINT What does a dentist do? WITHOUT PHOTO Have you ever adopted a pet from an Animal Shelter? Have you ever ridden in a convertible car? Do you like to play cards, like Go Fish? What does the word talent mean to you? 2 pounds ground beef chuck, 85% lean 5 tablespoons ice-cold water Do you speak another language? 1 teaspoon ketchup 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper Have you done anything nice for someone lately? 12 slices American, provolone or cheddar cheese (optional) 6 hamburger buns, split What is an archeologist? oil for coating grill grate Do you like to read aloud? 1. Heat the grill to 425 F for gas or achieve light ash for charcoal or wood. MUST HAVE PERMISSION 2. Using your hands, mix the beef, water, ketchup and pepper in a TO PRINT Parent/Guardian Permission bowl until well blended; do not over mix. Using a light touch, form into 6 patties no more than 1 inch thick. Refrigerate the burgers until the grill I give Kidsville News! permission to print my CHILD’S PHOTO & opinion on is ready. any questions listed above. I do realize my child’s first name, school and grade could 3. Brush the grill grate and coat it with oil. Put the burgers on the grill, cover and cook for 7 minutes, flipping after about 4 minutes, for be printed in this publication. I have enclosed or emailed my CHILD’S PHOTO. medium-done (150 F, slightly pink). Add a minute per side for well- done (160 F). Parent/Guardian SIGNATURE Date 4. If you are making cheeseburgers, put 2 slices of cheese on each burger 1 minute before the burgers are going to be done. 5. To toast the buns, place them cut-sides down directly over the fire for the last minute of cooking. 6. If serving the burgers directly from the grill, serve on the buns. If the burgers will sit, even for a few minutes, keep the buns and the burgers separate until just before eating. The best garnishes for burgers are the classics: a slice of ripe beefsteak tomato, a mound of sautéed onions, a leaf of romaine lettuce, a dollop of coleslaw or a few slices of dill pickles. 16 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals July 2020

Knowledge Power Submitted By Patricia J. Weaver First Ladies of the United States Martha Washington was first to be the First Lady of the United States and Melania Trump is the present First Lady. The First Lady is one of the nation’s most visible figures… lets see how well we know them. 1. She was married in the Blue Room at the White House. A. Caroline Lavina Scott Harrison B. Lucy Ware Webb Hayes C. Frances Folsom Cleveland D. Lucretia Rudolph Garfield 2. She was the only First Lady born abroad. A. Abigail Smith Adams B. Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams C. Martha Dandridge Custis Washington D. Letitia Christian Tyler 3. She established a center for the treatment of alcohol and drug abuse. A. Thema Catherine Ryan Nixon B. Rosalynn Smith Carter C. Elizabeth Anne Bloomer Warren Ford D. Mary Geneva Doud Eisenhower 4. She had the Capital’s now famous Japanese cherry trees planted. A. Helen Herron Taft B. Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy C. Elizabeth Virginia Wallace Truman D. Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge 5. She was First Lady during the Great Depression. A. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt B. Florence Kling DeWolfe Harding C. Edith Bolling Galt Wilson D. Lou Henry Hoover 6. She planted the first Rose Garden outside the West Wing Florence • Sheffield • Killen of the White House. A. Ida Saxton Mckinley B. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt Hey Kids Send It! C. Elizabeth Kortright Monre D. Ellen Louise Axson Wilson Don’t Forget To 7. The first inaugural ball was held while she was First Send us YOUR Lady. Artwork or poems! A. Julia Gardiner Tyler B. Anna Symmes Harrison C. Dolley Payne Todd Madison D. Sarah Childress Polk We will print yours in Kidsville News! Websites to learn more about First Ladies http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/ See Page 6 to find out how! http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/ http://www.firstladies.org/index.htm Answers On Pg. 23 July 2020 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals Kidsville News! 17

Astronomy Crossword 43. In 1983, she became the first American woman in space. 45. ____ Cloud: a shell of comets existing in the Puzzle courtesy of my cousin outermost Solar System. Eugene Provost; abridged to fit page. 46. The spin of a body about its axis. 48. The Roman god of the underworld; the most famous of the dwarf © 2020 Dr. David R. Curott, planets. UNA Professor Emeritus 49. Early stage in the formation of a star, before nuclear fusion has begun. 51. The ___ Large Array: a radio observatory located in New Mexico. 52. The acronym for the distance between the Earth and the Sun. 54. Smallest of the rocky planets, and the planet that is nearest to the Sun. 56. The Big ____ Theory: the leading explanation for the beginning of the universe as we know it. It inflated for 13.8 billion years to the cosmos we know today. 61. This concept refers to the increase in the wavelengths of light being emitted by an object moving away (reddening of light). Answers On Pg. 23 DOWN 1. Roman god of war and the 4th planet from the Sun, the \"Red Planet\". ACROSS 2. Jupiter's largest moon and the most massive moon in the Solar 1. Magnetic area surrounding the Earth protecting it from the Sun's System. Rays. 3. Saturn's satellite with clouds and a planet-like atmosphere. 9. Celestial body, mostly ice, dust & gas, in eccentric solar orbit. 4. Largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. 11. Our galaxy may contain as many as 400 billion of them. 5. What a planet outside the Solar System is called. 12. Clouds of dust and gas in space, illuminated by one or more stars. 7. The \"tail\" of matter blown back from a comet by the solar wind. 13. The common term for an astronaut's extravehicular activity, or 8. Our Solar System's home galaxy, formed by billions of stars. 9. A configuration of stars in the night sky as seen from Earth. EVA. 10. The moment when the center of the visible Sun is directly over the 14. The Earth has 1, Mars has 2, Mercury and Venus have none. 15. The movement of Mercury, in front of the Sun. equator. It occurs twice each year, at the beginnings of spring and 18. What British people call the \"Big Dipper\": the autumn. 16. A type of computer science. (Abbreviation) ___________ 17. Sulu is stationed at the _____ of the starship 19. A Jupiter moon which is the fourth largest moon in USS Enterprise. 22. What astronauts in space have difficulty the solar system. getting enough of. 21. The explosion that occurs when a star exhausts its 23. This \"hole\" is a region where gravity prevents light from escaping. 24. The 1960's &70's U.S.A. & U.S.S.R. competition was the _______ fuel and \"dies\". Race. 23. \"Pale ____ Dot\": the name of a photograph of planet Earth taken 28. \"Curiosity\" is the largest and most capable _____ ever sent to Mars. 29. Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer considered the \"father of on February 14, 1990 by the Voyager I spacecraft. observational astronomy\" and the \"father of the scientific method.\" 25. The side of a ship or area sheltered from the wind. 32. Large basaltic plain on Earth's Moon. The Latin name means \"sea\" 26. A beam of light or radiation. 33. This gas giant is the sixth planet from the Sun. 27. Neil ____________, the first person to walk on the 35. The fifth planet from the Sun and the largest Solar System planet. moon. 36. Outermost solid shell of a rocky or dwarf planet, or 30. The Roman goddess of dawn. natural satellite. 31. High-energy protons and atomic nuclei moving 37. Today's typical smart phone has 1,000,000 times more through space. of this than 34. With 39 Across, e-m radiation blocked by the Earth's atmosphere. the computer that took the Apollo astronauts to the 35. On May 25, 1961, ______ Kennedy proclaimed to Congress the Moon in 1969. 40. Large rocky body orbiting the Sun, and found especially between commitment of landing a man on the Moon and returning safely. the orbits of Mars and Jupiter (see 4 Down). 37. The U.S.S.R.'s 1986-2001 precursor to the ISS. 42. What some science-deniers declare the Earth to be. 38. Sometimes called a \"shooting star\". 43. Stream of energized, charged particles, flowing outward from the 39. See 34. Across. Sun. 41. The eighth and furthest known planet from the Sun. 44. _______ Matter, the material thought to account for approximately 85% of the matter in the universe . 47. U. S. federal government agency responsible for monitoring and protecting our climate and our environment. (Acronym) 50. The closest star. 56. Basic unit of information in information theory and computing. 62. A Jupiter moon, 4th largest in Solar System. 18 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals July 2020

Local History Written by Billy Warren did they find little children who would be willing (and able) to perform? The Article indicates that all performers lived in Did You Know? Florence. A Mock Wedding at the Princess 4. What, exactly, is an aesthetic dance which was to be performed By Miss Jewel Lester? The attention of a curious historian may be captured by even the most obscure thing because Further research by the local historian into the idea of historians are always on the alert for such a mock wedding revealed that it had been used as a any item that has the potential for a good story. fund-raiser since the actual wedding of Lavinia Such was the case recently when and Charles Stratton, two this headline appeared in an old little people who traveled newspaper stored in the microfilm with the P.T. Barnum machine at the Florence-Lauderdale Circus. This wedding took Public Library: \"Wedding to be place on February 10, Staged at the Local Theatre Tonight. 1863, and was described The Public is Invited as Witnesses.\" as \"The Greatest Little The headline was included in the Wedding.\" Mr. Stratton's September 10, 1920, edition of the circus name was General Florence Times. Tom Thumb, a name with children everywhere were Well, the local historian who familiar. discovered this knew that the Princess Theatre was a fine old building on SOMETHING TO DO: East Tennessee Street in downtown Florence where movies were shown 1. Using a reference seven days a week. (The building was source, write a brief story demolished years ago.) But a mock of the origin of Tom wedding? With real people, not just people in a movie? Thumb. Hmmm... this bears a closer study. 2. Pretend that you are planning to produce a mock The article in the newspaper about the upcoming wedding wedding, Write the name of one of your friends who you added such details as these: think should play the following roles: 1. It was to be a mock wedding, not a real one. a. Bride 2. All participants in the wedding were to be children who lived in Florence. b. Groom 3. Following the wedding, there was to be special music by two young ladies of Florence: Miss Martha c. Minister Ragland Lucas and Miss Gladys Shepard. 4. \"The Old Virginia Reel\" was to be danced by eight d. Parents (Mother and Father) of the Bride couples, with a special dance by Miss Margaret Blair and an aesthetic dance by Miss Jewel Lester. e. Parents (Mother and Father) of the Groom 5. Following all of this, a movie entitled \"Mary's Ankle\" (Described as one of the best of the season,) would 3. Using a reference source, write a short definition of the be shown. following terms: 6. Advanced tickets were being sold at three local drug stores, with proceeds benefitting the Day Nursery. a. potential Now, do you see why this article was so intriguing for the local historian who discovered it? Immediately, such b. microfilm questions as these were formed? 1. Was a mock wedding really staged with children c. gem playing the roles of bride, groom, minister, bridesmaids, groomsmen, parents of the bride and groom, etc.? d. mock 2. Were children dressed in small-scale versions of clothing that adults would wear in a wedding? e. participant 3. If the answers to question 1 and 2 is \"yes,\" where f. small-scale July 2020 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals Kidsville News! 19

This Page Brought To You By , A Section Especially for Parents BEGINNER READS A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week 1-2-3: A Child's First Counting Ever Book By Marla Frazee By Alison Jay For ages 4-7 For ages 0-3 James and his friend Eamon spend a Each page represents a number and week with Eamon's grandparents, Bill and also offers delightful hidden surprises. Pam. Each day Bill drives them to camp Every page is a scavenger hunt with where they seem underwhelmed by the tons of little details tucked into the activities. Bill, an Antarctica buff, wants nooks and crannies of the illustrations to take the boys to the penguin exhibit at that reinforce that page's number. the Natural History Museum, but they'd Children (and their parents) will enjoy rather stay home and watch TV. recognizing characters they know well. Hero PAGETURNERS By Mike Lupica For ages 8-12 Kate and the Beanstalk By Mary Pope Osborne Fourteen-year-old Zach Harriman For ages 5-9 knows he has a pretty amazing dad. He accepts that his dad’s job as a govern- Like Jack of old, Kate sets out to sell ment agent with a high security clear- the cow and ends up trading it for a ance means that Zachary must be kept handful of magic beans. She tosses the in the dark about much of what he beans out the window, and overnight, a does. When Zach’s father dies, Zach beanstalk grows. Here's where the learns just how many secrets his dad story takes a turn. Climbing up the had, including his super-hero powers. beanstalk, Kate meets an old woman What is more surprising to Zach is that who tells her how the fine castle above these powers are hereditary! the clouds once belonged to a noble knight until a monstrous giant killed him and took it over. ADVANCED READS Chomp By Carl Hiaasen Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator For ages 10-12 By Jennifer Allison For ages 10 & Up Meet the Cray family of Florida: Wahoo Cray’s dad, Mickey, is a professional animal Thirteen-year-old Gilda Joyce has been wrangler, and the family’s backyard is a interested in surveillance ever since pretty wild place; it’s a real zoo! However, reading Harriet the Spy. Her favorite over the years, his dad’s unpredictable be- possession is the old manual typewriter havior and terrible business sense have led her father gave her before he died. She to a steady decline in income, and when likes to imagine that her father's spirit Wahoo’s mom is forced to take a longterm is inside, encouraging her to write. After job in China in order to pay the bills, announcing to her class that she will be Wahoo is left to help manage the animals going to San Francisco for the summer AND his temperamental dad. and writing a novel, Gilda must figure out a way to make that happen. 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. J2U0LYKid2s0v1i8lle News! wwwww.wki.dksidvislvleilnleenwesw.cso.mco/msh/couamls berland July 2020

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ParenTown’s KidShape Adults may see staycations as great is a great way to remind the family opportunities to catch up on summer that a staycation is still a vacation. If reading and finish projects around the swimming in a lake or the ocean is house. Children, however, may not not possible, and you don’t have the always approach time off at home with luxury of a backyard pool, purchase that same enthusiasm or excitement. an inflatable pool or two for the whole family to enjoy and cool off in. Parents confronted with the challenge of keeping kids happy and Embrace your inner artist. Parents engaged during staycations can try can visit a local arts and crafts store these kid-friendly ideas to ensure and spend a day painting or doing all enjoy their time off, even if the projects with their children. Choose bulk of it is spent at home or in your a theme, like making jewelry or hometown. painting a family portrait, and then exchange your masterpieces or create Hit the carnival circuit. Traveling a family art exhibit when the session carnivals — special events featuring is over. rides, games and, of course, food — are staples of summer in many small Go fishing. Fishing can be a fun communities. Families can make activity for the whole family and a night of it at a nearby carnival; a great way to get out of the house one is no doubt within driving without breaking the bank. Create a distance on just about any night in competition to see who can catch the July and August. Budget-conscious most and the biggest fish. If you catch staycationers can attend carnivals on fish that you’re allowed to take home, bracelet nights when both adults and involve the whole family in making a kids can typically enjoy endless rides delicious fish dinner that night. for one set price as opposed to having to purchase tickets for each ride. Staycations can be fun for the whole family, especially when parents Find a place to swim. Whether it’s take the time to organize a host of a nearby lake or a day at the ocean, kid-friendly activities. Enjoy your a weekday afternoon spent swimming summer. HELP! Truman Lost His Hat! STOP LITTER. 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 Your Shoals. Your Choice. *Subject to form below for a chance to win! availability. TLthhaesetnnmaemxotneitsohsf’ustehheoafwt KwiniadnssevorisnllwepiaNlgleebwe1s1i!n. June Winners of a Mini-Truman Sammy Collins Elijah Shupe of Florence of Cherokee Pick yours up at the Courier Journal Office 219 W. Tennessee St., Florence Email to [email protected] Or Mail entry to us by July 28 Hat on pg. _________ Your Name Phone mail to: Address Kidsville News! Town 219 W. Tennessee St. School Florence, AL 35630 22 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals July 2020

Come into dark cache-hiding places. A flashlight Magnetic nano geocache containers. Top: Magnetic nanos come in a variety Out & and a pen will also come in handy.   of colors. Bottom: A magnetic nano next to a quarter for size comparison. Play • To find a cache, seekers must look for • After many treasure hunts, you might Ready to go on a high-tech treasure likely places or objects that appear out of bTeherewadeybstiotehwidwe wca.gcheoescafcohriontgh.ecrosmtoisbtfMhoiaoranoykusigsdahnG.dreetdaeCdcainiuTdgg hunt? Geocaching is an activity place, such as an unnatural pile of sticks useful resource for cache hiding as well asPictu where participants use a smartphone app or a rock or log pile. Participants should finding, with suggestions for success andA or a handheld Global Positioning System follow Leave No Trace principles — leave guidelines to follow. device using satellite communication. everything as you found it. Participants navigate to a specific GPS • The site also lists millions of active location and then attempt to find hidden • Once you find a treasure, sign the geocaches worldwide, so you should be “caches” or treasure troves. Cache logbook to prove you found the cache. able to find several good caches just about locations can be right in front of you Larger caches often contain various anywhere. Have fun geocaching. in your neighborhood or hidden off the trinkets for trade. beaten path. There are over 2 million caches worldwide. • The rule of geocaching is that if you • The activity offers a free and fun take something from the cache, you must way for the whole family to spend time replace it with something of equal or outdoors. Caches are in containers of all greater value. So, pack an assortment of sizes that may be camouflaged to blend trinkets for trading. into their surroundings, so seekers must search well. • Not everyone likes to trade items. • Other than the mobile device, Trading is not required. Leave the original participants might want a stick for poking cache where and as you found it. Don’t leave markers for the next cacher to find it or place it in a “better” spot for the next person. https://www.geocaching.com/play Truman’s B https://parentingchaos.com/geocaching-for-kids/ TrPicicktyure https://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/geocaching-kids.html A N S W E R S wTmirtweuowmmre.ska!fniudB’nssevhaisanlultdeFr!niegnLetadowomotsfikhe.cnsefosdoamert . 6 [3+3]; 5 [2+3, 3+2]; 4 [2+2, 3+1, Astronomy Crossword MATHTIME 1+3]; 3[2+1,1+2]; 2 [1+1] ACROSS This is a very good problem for 1. MAGNETICFIELD 35. JACK 9. COMET 37. MIR DOWN 1. MARS 29. GALILEO experimenting with sums. Students 11. STARS 38. METEOR 2. GANYMEDE 32. MARE 12. NEBULAS 39. ULTRA can use the spinners to make predictions or conjectures and then test them out. 13 SPACEWALK 41. NEPTUNE 3. TITAN 33. SATURN 4. CERES 35. JUPITER What sum do you think will occur most often? Least often? Why? The fact that 4 14. MOON 43. SALLYRIDE 5. EXOPLANET 36. CRUST 15. TRANSIT 45. OORT is the most likely sum is not immediately evident but can be the subject of a lively 18. PLOW 46. ROTATION 7. COMA 37. MEMORY 8. MILKYWAY 40. ASTEROID discussion. 19. IO 48. PLUTO 9. CONSTELLATION 42. FLAT Fireworks 21. SUPERNOVA 49. PROTOSTAR Kidsville News! 23 23. BLUE 51. VERY 10. EQUINOX 43. SOLARWIND (7) Since 2x2x2x2x2x2x2 = 128; 6 would not be enough and 8 would be too many. 16. AI 44. DARK 25. ALEE 52. AU 17. HELM 47. NOAA 26. RAY 54. MERCURY 27. ARMSTRONG 56. BANG 22. REST 50. SUN 23. BLACK 56. BIT 30. AURORA 61. REDSHIFT 24. SPACE 62. IO 31. COSMICRAYS 34. VIOLET 28. ROVER KPnoowwleedgre Lighthouse Answers: 1. C What’s the Difference? 2. B 3. C Di erences: 1) Watermelon seeds missing 2) clouds missing 3) Plates missing Colors of: 4) Boy’s Shirt 5) Girl’s sun 4. A visor 6) Watermelons 7) Trees and shrubs 8) Tablecloth 9) Watermelon juice on the Boy’s mouth 10) Boy’s hair 5. D 6. D 7. C July 2020 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals

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