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April Fool’s Day is a time greater religious significance, for playing pranks on others, such as Dec. 25, the anniversary telling jokes and enjoying of Jesus’ birth, and March 25, some lighthearted fun. The the Feast of the Annunciation. celebrations are believed to The latter, known as Lady Day, have begun in the 16th century because it celebrates the Virgin when the new calendar ordered Mary, marked the beginning of by Pope Gregory changed New the year in Britain until Jan. 1, Year’s Day from April 1 to Jan. 1752. 1, and some people didn’t get the memo. Before the Gregorian The tradition of playing tricks calendar’s adoption, the English on April Fool’s Day originated new year began March 25, in France. While foolishness is or Lady Day. Julius Caesar’s a large part of April 1 activities, calendar reform of 46 B.C. the day is known for some instituted Jan. 1 as the first of the other notable reasons as well. year. During the Middle Ages, On April 1, 1873, classical however, European countries composer Sergei Rachmaninoff replaced it with days that carried was born. On the same day in 1889, the first dishwasher went on sale. Daytime television fans tuned into General Hospital for the first time April 1, 1963. And in 1976, Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple Computer, Inc., which has gone on to change the world. Now that’s no joke. Gee Thanks! Kidsville News!-in- Education Sponsors for helping to provide Kidsville News! to Colbert Kids K-6th. Friends of Kidsville News! • SIMPSON’S AUTO GLASS & WRECKER SERVICE • MIKE RANDALL, REALTOR® • McCUTCHEON & HAMNER, P.C. • EXCEL COMPUTER SERVICES April 2020 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals Kidsville News! 7

Decades ago, red-cockaded these woodpeckers will list as threatened woodpeckers inhabited millions of acres rather than endangered, which means of longleaf pine forests along the East they are less likely to become extinct in Coast of the United States, but as human the future. development overtook longleaf pine • Pine trees are the favorite habitat of forests, red-cockaded woodpeckers lost red-cockaded woodpeckers. These birds their homes, and their numbers dwindled. climb trees by using their feet to hold Today, the longleaf pine is making a tightly onto the bark while maintaining comeback, and so are the woodpeckers their balance with their stiff tail feathers. that inhabit the forests. They prefer trees that have been growing • Red-cockaded woodpeckers aren’t for a century or more so they can red. Male and females are usually black easily peck them to reach the decaying and white and are difficult to tell apart heartwood of the tree. aside from one defining characteristic. • Red-cockaded woodpeckers breed Male red-cockaded woodpeckers have a once a year. They are monogamous, small red stripe on the side of their head. which means they are creatures that only The red stripe is also how the birds got breed with one mate. their name. • Males attract a female mate by • These birds are small to mid-sized, fluttering their wings and chasing away being in between other woodpeckers. other males, using a variety of calls or • Red-cockaded woodpeckers used simply tapping on wood. to be found across America as far north • When the woodpecker chicks hatch, as New Jersey and as far south as Texas they are cared for by both their mother and Florida. Today, they live only as far and father. north as Virginia and in other parts of the • Red-cockaded woodpeckers are Southeastern United States. clever birds. To protect themselves and • Red-cockaded woodpeckers were their chicks from predators, they peck listed as endangered in 1973 by the U.S. holes in the bark around their nest, which Fish and Wildlife Service, but they are releases a sticky substance called resin https://www.fws.gov/midwest/wolf/esastatus/e-vs-t.htm slowly coming back. Their numbers have from the tree. This resin keeps pesky http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/Picoides_borealis/ https://study.com/academy/lesson/red-cockaded-woodpecker-facts-lesson-for-kids.html doubled in the last three decades. predators like snakes from getting into https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-cockaded_Woodpecker/media-browser/466849 https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/redcockaded-woodpecker-swap-meet-translocation • This year, there is a possibility that their homes. Without conservationists, our planet across the United States, but before running bird watch in the world: the April 1 The birthday of fairy would look different. The National the society functioned on a national Christmas Bird Count. This tradition tale author Hans Christian Audubon Society is an organization level, there were smaller societies that began in 1900. It was common to Andersen in 1809. He was that helps keep Earth at its best. The worked on at the state level. hunt birds on Christmas Day, but an born in Odense, Denmark. National Audubon Society strives ornithologist named Frank Chapman He created 168 fairy tales for to conserve birds and other wildlife • In 1896, two women named challenged that tradition by starting children, including the classics populations and to keep the planet’s Harriet Hemenway and Minna B. an annual bird watch to celebrate the “The Princess and the Pea,” ecosystems in good health. Hall made it their mission to ban the holiday. “The Snow Queen” and “The use of bird feathers as fashion and Nightingale.” • Founded in 1905, The National from this goal, the very first Audubon • Audubon developed the Everglades April 9 Passover, a major Audubon Society is named for John Society in America was born in Protection and Restoration Act to Jewish holiday, is one of the James Audubon who is well known Massachusetts. protect the unique water-dependent most widely celebrated Jewish for his work with birds. ecosystem of Southern Florida holy days. • The National Audubon Society April 12 Easter Sunday, also • Audubon was an ornithologist, has sparked major change for over • To this day, the Everglades called Resurrection Day, is a which means he was a bird scientist a century. One of its most well- Protection and Restoration Act is the Christian holiday celebrating and expert on birds. His most famous known moves was championing largest wetland restoration project the Jesus Christ returning from the work was a beautiful book called the Endangered Species Act, which United States has ever attempted. The dead. Some people who are Birds of America. protects hundreds of threatened and plan was launched 20 years ago and not Christians celebrate it as a endangered species. still has at least 15 more years until cultural holiday. • The society has 600,000 members completion. April 15, 1912 In the icy and attends over 100 wildlife centers • The society heads the longest- waters off Newfoundland, the luxury liner Titanic, with https://www.nps.gov/ever/learn/nature/cerp.htm 2,224 persons on board, sank https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/12/141227-christmas-bird-count-anniversary-audubon-animals-science/ at 2:27 a.m. after striking an https://www.audubon.org/ https://gbbc.birdcount.org/ https://www.audubon.org/about/history-audubon-and-waterbird-conservation iceberg and sinking just before midnight. 8 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals April 18, 1775 The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere and William Dawes occurred as the two men rode out of Boston at about 10 p.m. to warn patriots at Lexington, and Concord, Massachusetts. April 22, 1864 “In God We Trust” was included on all newly minted U.S. coins by an Act of Congress. April 2020

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Local History Written by Billy Warren in downtown Tuscumbia and Florence — and in the county seats Did You Know? of other small towns throughout the South. Older men would Going to Town On Saturday gather on the outdoor benches of the Courthouse to trade stories From the 1920's through the 1950's, \"going to town\" and jokes. And they traded knives! Yes, trading pocket knives on Saturdays was a weekly ritual in many families in small towns throughout the South was a familiar sport as these men tried to out-do each other by — including Florence, Sheffield and Tuscumbia. getting the better benefit of the trade. What might you ask, was the cause So, why did all of this change? How did going to town on for people to congregate in the downtown areas on a Saturday. Well, Saturday lose its attraction? Historians agree that there were two first of all, smaller communities in the counties of Alabama had only main causes: automobiles a small store or two, a single gas station and perhaps, a cotton gin and air conditioning. Prior or grist mill. Going to town meant access to more opportunities for to the 1960's, the majority shopping. To name just a few there were: of families had no more that 1. Stores that specialized in one automobile; therefore clothing for women, for men and for children; they had to plan their trips 2. Stores that specialized in shoes more carefully, and they for the entire family; made their trips together. 3. Shoe and repair shops; 4. Large grocery stores with a Going to town only once great variety of foods; 5. Restaurants (usually called per week simply made sense. \"cafes\" in those days) and street vendors of hot dogs and tamales; As automobile ownership 6. Seed and feed stores for farmers to make purchases in bulk for their increased, it enabled the gardens and livestock; 7. Stores known as \"Five and 10 Cent Stores\" or establishment of shopping simply \"dime stores\" which specialized in all types of merchandise at very low prices. (Court Street in malls in other parts of town. downtown Florence had three such stores in just one block); As home air conditioning 8. Hardware stores that offered gadgets of all types, from nuts and bolts to wrenches and screwdrivers and became more possible, 9. Jewelry stores with watches, engagements rings — even fine china — for sale. people chose to stay indoors But \"going to town\" on Saturday was not just about buying things. It was also a grand social occasion. rather than spending their Many people made a habit of meeting their friends at a designated spot so they could catch up on family or time on downtown streets in community news, share lunch together at a downtown cafe, watch a movie at the local theater or visit the stores heat, cold or rain. Besides, together. Other people (known as \"people watchers\") went to town primarily because they simply enjoyed the the shopping malls were excitement created by crowds of people moving around. Then there were the lawn surrounding the Courthouse completely air conditioned. Interestingly, within the past 15 to 20 years downtowns have begun to see new life — but with a different focus, Restaurants, music venues, art galleries and specialty shops are beginning to appear in fine old buildings which are being restored to accommodate them. SOMETHING TO DO: 1. Interview an older adult who might have grown up in a small Southern town - Ask him or her to describe \"going to town\" on Saturdays. 2. Using a reference source, write a short definition of the following terms: a. bulk b. livestock c. venue d. specialize 10 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals April 2020

All thunderstorms have lightning, M e t e o r o l o g i s t s so all thunderstorms are dangerous can also use radar if you are caught outside without to estimate how shelter. However, only about 10% fast the wind is around that can of thunderstorms become severe, blowing fast rain break windows, meaning they are more dangerous droplets. Severe so it’s important than the rest. To be considered thunderstorm wind to stay away from severe, a thunderstorm must have can knock down those. While a car strong and damaging winds, large big, healthy trees may offer some hail or both. Let’s talk about and power lines protection from what this means to stay safe and and can sometimes lightning, it’s informed. damage buildings, not a good place If a thunderstorm contains wind too. to be in a severe gusts of 58 miles per hour or Hail can also make thunderstorm. greater, it is considered a severe a thunderstorm Hail can be large thunderstorm. These wind gusts severe. Not just any enough to break don’t come from a tornado and are hail makes a storm droplets around them then drop to car windows, and usually called straight-line wind. severe, though — the hail must the ground. The atmosphere gets severe winds can knock down trees, Although wind gusts are common be 1 inch in diameter, the size of a warmer closer to the ground, so the which would be very dangerous in thunderstorms, it is very hard quarter, or larger. Any hail smaller hail melts as it falls. That means if they fell on a car with someone to measure winds that are 58 mph than this doesn’t cause damage, that if you see a piece of hail that is inside it. or greater within a thunderstorm. so it isn’t big enough to make a the size of a quarter, it was probably If the National Weather Service Do you know why? Because it’s thunderstorm severe. For hail to much larger than that when it was issues a severe thunderstorm dangerous. You shouldn’t be form, the thunderstorm needs to forming inside the thunderstorm warning, which means severe outside during any thunderstorm, have a strong updraft. That strong before it fell. Severe hail, 1 inch or weather is happening or about especially one with strong wind. updraft carries water droplets up larger, can dent cars, break windows to happen, you need to go inside So how can you know that a high in the atmosphere where they and damage homes and roofs. a sturdy building and stay away wind gust is 58 mph or stronger? freeze. The frozen droplets then You know you need to go indoors from windows until the severe Meteorologists have a network of attract more water droplets that right away if you hear thunder or thunderstorm has passed. Now automated weather stations all over freeze onto each other, and hail see lightning, but what should you you know what to do if a severe the country that tell the temperature, begins to form. The hail grows do in case of a severe thunderstorm? thunderstorm threatens. humidity, wind speed, direction and grows like this until it’s so The strong wind in a severe To learn more about weather and other variables, and sometimes heavy that the updraft can’t hold thunderstorm can knock branches safety, visit www.weather.gov/ those will show strong wind gusts. it up anymore. The hail and rain off trees and blow other debris safety. Knowledge Power Submitted By Patricia J. Weaver The Battle of Shiloh April 6-7, 1862 The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg 5. Throughout the Landing, was a Confederate offensive move to stop the Federal night, how did the troops from reaching Corinth, Mississippi via the Tennessee Federals harass River. Confederate forces launched a surprise attack on the the encamped Union soldiers achieving considerable success on the first day but Confederates? were ultimately defeated on the second day. A. Cavalry raids B. Large artillery 1. Who commanded the Federal Army of Tennessee? barrages A. General Sherman B. General Bragg C. General Grant C. Gunboat artillery fire D. Hit and run attacks D. General Halleck 6. During the Confederate withdrawal, whose troops fought a small rear 2. The battlefield’s name of Shiloh comes from what landmark? guard barrel against pursuing Federals? A. General Stuart A. Shiloh Creek B. Shiloh Church C. Shiloh Farm D. The B. General Forrest C. General Bragg D. General Hardee town of Shiloh 7. Confederate Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston commanded the 3. On the first day of the battle, some Federals made determined Confederate troops that attacked on the morning of April 6th but was stands and by afternoon, they had established a battle line. What mortally wounded later that same day. Who took command after his is the current name for that area of intense fighting? death? A. General Bragg B. General Beauregard A. Wasps’ Nest B. Scorpions’ Nest C. Devil’s Nest C. General Stuart D. General Polk D. Hornets’ Nest http://www.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/tn003.htm 4. On the night of the 6th, the Union army of the Ohio arrived to http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/shiloh.html reinforce the Federal troops. Who was their commander? http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/shiloh/shiloh-history-articles/battle- A. General Buell B. General Sherman C. General McClellan D. General L. Wallace of-shiloh-shattering.html Answers On Pg. 23 April 2020 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals Kidsville News! 11

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The Lauderdale County Poor Farm 1850-1940 By Lee Freeman, Florence-Lauderdale Public Library, Local History - Genealogy Department In the days before Social Security or government welfare, it was the (1829-1928) to be the superintendent. Dr. Lee F. Duckett (1867-1940) responsibility of the county to provide a home and support for people was appointed the farm’s physician. who had none. This included widows and widowers too old or ill to Capt. Howell was born in Lauderdale County. He was married twice work and women with young children, as well as people with disabilities and had seven children, four by his first wife Sarah Williams, who died (This only included whites and free black people. Slave-owners looked in 1877, and three by his second wife Sarah Palmer, who died in 1924. after their slaves). Until the establishment of a permanent site in 1897, According to tradition, Howell Street, at Seven Points in North Florence, the superintendence of the poor farm, or \"poor house\" at it was known, was named after Capt. Howell and/or his family. was let out on a bid, and various men over the years were recorded as Capt. Howell was paid $30 a month by the county for his services. being superintendents in various parts of the county. The farm’s location In 1898 he built a dining room and a kitchen at the farm. He also sold apparently moved with each new superintendent. two mules to the county to be used on the farm. That year the county The first known reference to a county poor house dates from October also built two more 32 x 16 feet double houses for $340. In 1901 Capt. of 1850. In that year Mr. Joseph Ijames (pronounced “imes”), a farmer, Howell in his spare time at no cost to the county, built a half-mile long justice of the peace and later probate judge, was enumerated in the stone and timber levy to protect the 60 acres of the farms bottom land Lauderdale County population from flooding. Two new fences census with his wife Elizabeth had also been built and eight or and four children. Ijames ten more acres of land bought. lived just off of Coffee Road, In addition, the county supplied what is now Cloverdale Road, two men to work at the poor farm near “Rawhide,\" since 1889 for fifty cents a day. MB Shelton (Cloverdale). His home was listed reported in the *Florence Times* as a “Poor House.” Joseph was that five of the farm’s inmates, paid by the county to take care of three men and two women, were the county’s “paupers.” Besides able to do light field work on the his family, Joseph had a 65 year- farm. Three African-American old woman named Darkus May inmates worked as house servants. (who was mentally ill) and a 3 The farm also occasionally year-old girl named Mary Watson Top: Census enumeration of the poor house run by Lauderdale County justice of hired out inmates to work for as paupers living in his house. the peace and later probate judge Joseph Ijams (1799-1882) near Rawhide (now people who needed assistance The Lauderdale Times of Cloverdale) in 1850; Bottom: Census enumeration of the poor house run by Henry on their own farms, with the Clemmons (ca. 1812-aft. 1880) at Greenhill in 1870. Right: An elderly Capt. David money paid going to the county. August 20, 1872 reported that Mr. W. Howell (1829-1928), superintendent of the Lauderdale County Poor farm from On one occasion one of the men Henry Clemmons of Greenhill 1897 until 1903 who came out to hire poor farm had “rented the paupers for the ensuing year, his bid being fifty dollars each a year.” The paper stated workers was a former inmate who had been able to move out and get a that this figure was a reduction of the usual sixty to eighty dollars the job. He was proud of being able to take care of himself but grateful for county usually paid. Mr. Clemmons had earlier kept the poor farm at the assistance he’d been given by the county and Capt. Howell. the time of the 1860 and 1870 population censuses; in 1860 he had By 1900 there were 18 \"paupers\" (poor people) listed in the census ten inmates. By 1870 he was housing six inmates, a 45 year-old white at the poor farm. The inmates on the farm grew tobacco, wheat, beans, woman named Sarah Blasingame; a 13 year-old girl named Leanna peas, pumpkins, corn, oats, rye, and potatoes, which Capt. Howell often Blasingame, possibly Sarah's daughter; 22 year-old George Smith; 70 exhibited at the county fair. At Christmas Capt. Howell provided the year-old James Brooks; and two African-American men, 80 year-old Jere inmates with a delicious Christmas dinner. Keys and 75 year-old Mc [sic] Kernachan. By 1880 Henry’s son Aaron In January of 1903 Capt. Howell resigned his position as Thomas Clemmons was in charge of the poor house, with nine white superintendent of the county poor farm after seven years outstanding inmates. service. Mr. CM Lanier wrote of Capt. Howell that “his unusual force of Who superintended the county poor house between the years 1880 character and determination peculiarly fit him to exercise control of the and 1897, and where it was located, isn’t certain however that year was class of people who come under his care.” Lanier further stated “I am the year in which the county decided to establish a county poor farm at a fully convinced that the county has every right to be proud of the way permanent location. To that end the Commissioners Court appointed MB in which it [the farm] has been managed.” By December of 1902 the Shelton and WP Rice to “select and purchase a county farm on which county commissioners had selected Mr. Alex Dowdy as Capt. Howell’s to put the unfortunates who wish county assistance.” At the time there replacement out of twenty-five applicants. Capt. Howell went on to were 90 paupers in Lauderdale County and their care was becoming a superintend the road work on the Tri-Cities streetcar line which was heavy drain on the county’s resources. The aim of the commission was constructed in 1904. to provide a comfortable place for these people to live while at the same In November of 1915 the county commissioners made plans to sell time giving them the means to assist in their own support. the county poor farm which by that time consisted of 180 acres, and In December of 1897 the commissioners made their choice, buying bought another farm, ten or fifteen miles outside of Florence on the a farm from Maj. Alfred M. O’Neal. O’Neal was the son of former Waterloo Road. At that time Mr. LG Anderson was superintendent. Alabama Governor the late EA O’Neal and brother of future Governor The county poor farm opened at its new location on forty acres of Emmet O’Neal. The 120 acre farm, known as the Willett place, which woodland on the north side of the road, in January of 1917. At that was enclosed by a wire fence and contained 30 acres of fine bottom land, time Mr. George A. Box was superintendent of the new farm and he was located on the Chisholm Road 2 ½ miles outside town on Coxe’s had twelve inmates. The farm consisted of three double-room cottages, Creek. The price was $1200. Immediately the commission set about a house for the superintendent, and a barn. Exactly when the county making improvements on the farm, which included bids for a number eventually closed down the poor farm isn’t known at this time though it of new houses (instead of one large house, to prevent loss in case of a was sometime after 1940. In 1940 JW Jones was superintendent of what fire), and one large double log house. Space for a cemetery was also laid was described in the census as \"the County Alms House,\" which housed off. The commissioners hired Civil War veteran Capt. David W. Howell seventeen inmates, two of which were African-American. 14 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals April 2020

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MATHTIME Carl has spinners like these: Andy’s Mom asked him to measure some 1 32 ribbon. The only ruler he could find was 2 1 broken. Andy says he can still measure the ribbon. 3 If he spins each one and adds the results, Using the ruler above, what sums do you think he will get? how long is the ribbon? Answers On Page 23 The Pitch, Tar and Turpentine Industries of the Past Turpentine trees at In the United States and all over the products they needed. Most of these Wallumatta Nature Reserve world, oil is extremely important. pine forests were found in the South, Oil conducts electricity, heats homes and so this area became known as Poyt448, Peter Woodard - Own and makes vehicles move properly. the turpentine belt. work on Wikimedia Commons It is the single largest energy source in the United States. In the 18th •Tar, pitch and turpentine were century, before people were using used by the British Navy to maintain oil as fuel, they used tar, pitch and their fleet of ships. turpentine. The usage was especially popular in North Carolina because of •Pitch and turpentine were popular the vast number of pine trees in the in the naval industry for sealing state. leaks and preserving the wood. Naval stores were once the most •Turpentine, pine tar and pitch important industry in the Southern are derived from trees, among them state of North Carolina. turpentine, pine and Canada balsam, or balsam of fir, trees. Turpentine is •This dangerous and dirty industry a sticky pine resin distilled until it was not an easy one in which is clear. After placing the pinewood to work, with slave labor often in a kiln, the wood decomposes or fulfilling many of the duties. breaks down, due to the heat and pressure, and tar forms. Boiling tar •North Carolina’s nickname is creates pitch. the Tar Heel State. Legend has it that North Carolina received this •Pine forests were incredibly nickname because of the importance valuable to the British. When they of tar production in the state. The arrived in America, they searched men working in tar production would for acres of pine trees to produce the get tar stuck to the soles of their shoes or feet, and thus the Tar Heel phrase was born. https://www.britannica.com/topic/turpentine https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/is-turpentine-medicine https://civilwartalk.com/threads/tar-pitch-and-turpentine.133110/ https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/oil-and-petroleum-products/use-of-oil.php https://www.ncmuseumofhistory.org/story-north-carolina-naval-stores-industry-north-carolina-gallery-cart 16 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals April 2020

A Fool's Day folk asked \"What happened to October 5th?\" The new calendar is called the Gregorian Calendar and we, and most countries, use it April Fool's Day occurs on April 1st and is today. There were other new rules like Century Years not divisible called April Fool's Day because of the custom by 400 are not leap years (e.g.1900 was not a leap year but 2000 in many countries to play practical jokes which was). Also, the start of the year was moved to January 1. end with a shout of \"April Fool\". For example, What does this have to do with April Fool's Day? Possibly on Jimmy might tell Amy on April 1 that a large spider is crawling the Gregorian Calendar April 1st, there were those still using the up her back. When she hurriedly jumps up from her chair, Jimmy old calendar and they thought it was only March 22 and then they yells \"April Fool\". were called \"fools\" for not knowing about the calendar change. It is more plausible that people forgot, or didn't know, that April 1st was no longer \"New Years Day\" so they were chided and called foolish when they celebrated the new year on April 1. April Fool's Where and when did this custom begin? We do not know Answers for certain, however there are several possible explanations. In on Page ancient Roman times, and throughout the middle ages, the year officially began on April 1. This was related to the beginning of 23 Spring which occurs around March 21st. Nature reawakes in the Spring with new flowers and leaves. It was natural that as nature Day was thus born. Other people suggest that \"Fool's Day\" grew \"renewed\" itself, so did the calendar year. It became known that out of the ancient Roman festival \"Hilaria\", however we find no the old Julian Calendar, created and named for Julius Caesar, records of \"Hilaria\" continuing into the dark ages. So you see, we had too many days in it, so the calendar was getting more and still are not sure of the exact origin of April Fool's Day. more out of sync with the seasons; i.e. the beginning of spring was occurring earlier and earlier every century. At that time, the Jokes are fun but they should do no harm! Catholic Pope was Pope Gregory XIII and he realized Easter was © 2020 Dr. David R. Curott, UNA Professor Emeritus getting closer and closer to Christmas. Just imagine celebrating Easter on Christmas Day! In order to correct the calendar (remember it was too long) he ordered that 10 days be removed from the calendar right after October 4, 1582. You can imagine the confusion that brought about. The common April 2020 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals Kidsville News! 17

This Page Brought To You By: ?? ? ? ?? ?? ? ? ?? ?? What’s it Like to Be? ? ? ? ? ?? ?? ? ? ? ? ?? ? ? 1. Please tell our readers a little about school for almost seven years to get a yourself, including your name and Ph.D. occupation. 4. What is your favorite thing about My name is Stephanie Schuttler, and your job? Can you share an exciting I am a wildlife biologist and science story? communicator. I have studied a variety My favorite part of being a wildlife of animals for over 15 years, from biologist is traveling all over the world raccoons to elephants, and in many to see cool animals and to meet amazing different areas of the world, from North people. An exciting story I can share is America to India. Currently, I work on from when I was doing fieldwork, and a program that involves teachers and an elephant tried to break into my room. their students in our research. They One night the elephants were acting set up camera traps on their school strange and walking about the camp grounds, and we study the animals they tearing different things apart. I even had discover all over the world. In addition to run into another researcher’s room to researching the behavior, range and to escape! The full story is here http:// abundance of different species, I also stephanieschuttler.com/elephants-of- love communicating our results to the central-africa-giants-in-the-dark/ public through my blog, found at http:// 5. What is the most challenging thing stephanieschuttler.com, on social media about the work you do? and in live presentations. I am now doing Statistics! Although I was always good more of this because we are currently in at math, statistics don’t come naturally a conservation crisis and the sixth mass to me. The data sets we work with are extinction event on Earth. Unlike other large, and the analyses are not always extinctions, this is all caused by us. I am straightforward or easy to follow. trying to use my blog and social media 6. What do you wish everyone knew to spread messages of conservation to about wildlife? people all over the world. What I wish everyone knew about wildlife is that wildlife needs to 2. When did you know that you stay wild. Treating wildlife like our wanted to be a wildlife biologist? domesticated pets is dangerous for them I never knew about wildlife biology and you. Everyone would love to get until I decided to go to Kenya after close to wildlife, but this comes at a my brother suggested I should study cost. You should be leery of any place abroad. At the time, I wanted to be an where you can touch wild animals, too, actress, but I chose Kenya because it or even have your photograph taken just seemed like such a cool opportunity, with them. For wild animals in your and I always loved wildlife. In Kenya, backyard, work on providing them with I learned that wildlife biologists could shelter and water, not human food. work anywhere around the world. We Human food causes wild animals to met someone who studied African become dependent on humans and, in savanna elephants. many cases, can even lead to their death. I want everyone to love wildlife, but Stephanie collects a sample 3. What kind of education or training please admire wildlife from a distance of African forest elephant did you obtain to enter this line of and respect their space. dung, which will be used work? for DNA analysis. I went to college, then took three years April 2020 Stephanie sets up a camera off to get experience in research through trap at a school with a K-12 internships. Next, I went to graduate teacher. 18 Kidsville News! www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals

new Sonic design, make the Sonic character appear real. The new design works better than the previous Sonic design Paramount Pictures used. The Ethan P., KIDS FIRST!, special effects are Film Critic, Age 11 impressive, too, https://youtu.be/ocBCzPAri4c such as Sonic’s “Sonic the Hedgehog” realistic-looking is a live-action film — blue lightning. Ben except for Sonic, who, as a Schwartz did an computer-generated image, features the voice of Ben excellent and very Schwartz. The global blockbuster video game franchise funny voice-over for from Sega of the same name inspired the film. the Sonic character; The story of “Sonic the Hedgehog” follows Sonic, a he is full of energy. small blue hedgehog who has super-speed powers. When The moral of this Sonic was younger, his owl guardian gave him a bag movie is that you are of rings to help him escape to different planets in case never alone in the anyone discovers and kidnaps him because of his powers. world. There will One night, after he comes to Earth, he is playing baseball always be a person Photos © Paramount Pictures to be your friend, to by himself and gets upset because he realizes he is very lonely. Sonic runs in circles as fast as he can because he is talk to and to be by your side when you need it. When upset. He is so fast that blue energy comes out of his body, Sonic is feeling alone, Sheriff Tom, also known as The causing the whole town to have a power blackout. Doughnut Lord to Sonic, takes Sonic to protect him and This power outage causes big problems for Sonic, help him get to the Mushroom planet where Sonic needs who is pursued by a crazy military man named Dr. Ivo to go. Robotnik, played by actor Jim Carrey, or Dr. Eggman, as “Sonic the Hedgehog” is filled with a lot of action and Sonic calls him. Fortunately for Sonic, the town’s sheriff, fun. I give this film 5 out of 5 stars. If I could, I would give actor James Marsden, catches him and helps protect Sonic this movie 100 out of 100 stars. I recommend it for ages 5 from the lunatic Dr. Robotnik. to 18 plus older adults. The graphics in the movie are excellent and, with the April 2020 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals Kidsville News! 19

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A Section Especially for Parents BEGINNER READS Princesses Wear Pants By Savannah Guthrie and Allison Oppeheim The Seven Silly Eaters Illustrated by Eva Byrne By Mary Ann Hoberman For ages 3-7 Illustrated by Marla Frazee For ages 4-7 Princess Penelope Pineapple is not your ordinary princess. Sure, she lives The Peters Family is just like yours – that is, in a castle and owns many pretty if you also are one of seven kids with very dresses, but being a princess is more particular food habits. Son Peter only likes than just fashion. Penelope often milk, while Lucy prefers lemonade and Jack chooses to wear pants, depending on will only eat applesauce. With each new what job she has for the day. Whether child comes a particular diet. What is Mrs. commanding the royal air force or Peters supposed to do? tending to her garden, Penelope is the epitome of girl power. Maniac Magee By Jerry Spinelli PAGETURNERS For ages 10-13 Inside Out and Back Again By Thanhha Lai For ages 8-12 Inside Out and Back Again follows Ha, Jeffrey Lionel “Maniac” Magee would have a young girl who is forced to flee the most likely lived a normal, run-of-the-mill only home she has ever known after life if a freak accident hadn’t occured and the fall of Saigon. Ha, along with her made him an orphan. Now, after eight family, boards a ship to America unhappy years of living with his grouchy following the hope and dream of a aunt and uncle, he decides to leave their new life. Inspired by the author’s own household and run away, but literally run. childhood, the book is a recipient of From there, the myth of Maniac Magee is both the Newbery Honor and the Na- born. As he runs farther and farther away tional Book Award. This is one book into different towns, he meets different you don’t want to miss. people and has different experiences, leaving a unique impact on him and ADVANCED READS Frost Blood the reader. By Elly Blake For ages 12 and up The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Seventeen-year-old Ruby has had By Sherman Alexie enough. After her mother is killed trying For ages 12 and up to protect her, Ruby decides to come out of hiding and reveal her hidden High school student Junior has spent his powers. Ruby links up with rebel forces whole life on the Spokane Reservation hoping to overthrow the king and ends growing up and attending school. When up meeting the intriguing but frustrating Junior decides to leave the reservation Arcus along the way. When Ruby gets school and attend an all-white high school captured by the king, she has to figure in town (where the only other Indian is the out not only how to fight for her life but mascot), you know things are bound to be for her love as well. Filled with magic, interesting. Inspired by the author’s child- action and romance, this book has it all. hood and the winner of the National Book Award, this is a fantastic book to add to your reading list. Kidsville News tIhnicsKp.ia,pdrTastnvrguielelmreotaNonnehtwahenisls,pdTpryaJuogamuematdenoissahcnPeodlapvtJteyaeormrusbeodosnioPs’kcasosttRveteEhrrsaAobtDnok'oKsikdRIDssEtADhyDOoatKuRtIDhEloeDAvkODeid.RCaEsrOAyeoDMsu.CualOorrevMeetpoaalrreeleoapsvsuleeer.aedstetoodloptovaer.tner on April 2020 www.kidsvillenews.com/shoals Kidsville News! 21

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