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Happy New Year to you! It’s always fun to begin another year! Now that your back from your holiday vacation it’s back inthe routine of eating healthy, getting plenty of rest and being prepared for school the next day.

Do you know what a resolution is? A New Year's resolution is a promise that you make to yourself. Resolutions many peo-ple make have to do with eating healthy, exercise, saving money, improving grades, reading more books, helping others,making new friends and a whole lot more! You can actually make a resolution at any time of the year. It doesn’t just have tobe on New Years.

The practice of resolutions at the beginning of the year started a very long time ago. The ancient Babylonians made prom-ises to their gods at the start of each year. The Romans began each year by making promises to the god Janus - That’s themonth that January is named after!

At Kids’ World News, our resolution is to write a great paper for you to read every month that you’ll enjoy! Have a GREATJanuary!

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Now that school is in full swing again, we have an important question to ask? What are you interested in? Science? History? Math? Music? Sports? Cooking? You’ll find all of these topics, along with puzzles, word games, crafts, and much more in this new magazine called Kids’ World News. It’s free and every month you’ll get a copy to take home with you from school. We’ll also be printing Human Interest stories? Do you know what that means? In journalism, a human interest story discusses a person or people and their problems, concerns, or achievements in a way that brings about interest, sympathy or motivation in the reader. We have included a human interest story in this issue. It’s about an 11-year-old girl who loves lions and what she did to make sure other kids will see lions in Michigan. Read all about it on page 5. At Kids’ World News, our goal is to write a great paper for you to read every month that you’ll enjoy. Be looking for us next month! We’ll have a coloring contest for you to enter! Stay Warm!

For the past 20 years the Schoolcraft Community Library has been hosting an event called Battle of the Books. The program was introduced to the Schoolcraft area via former Schoolcraft Community Library Director, Bobbi Truesdell. It began very small with 7 teams participating from grades 4, 5 and 6 from

Schoolcraft, Vicksburg and Portage. It has grown over the years both in numbers and in enthusiasm. This year, the program has 36 teams, 223 students and about 61 adults and young adults serving as coaches.

The program is now coordinated by Schoolcraft Community Library Director, Faye VanRavenswaay, and moderated by Sunset Lake Vicksburg teacher, Jenny Taylor. With the help of scores of volunteers and staff members, Battle takes place at the Schoolcraft High School Performing Arts Center. It is a day filled with energy, excitement and knowledge and it’s all about BOOKS!!

But what is Battle of the Books? Locally, it is a program where children from 4th-6th grades from Schoolcraft, Vicksburg, and Parchment schools read in teams of 5-7 students for about 3 months from a list of 12 pre-

selected books and then come to “battle day” to answer questions and accrue points. The books represent a variety of genres and reading levels. These teams of students are coached by parents, grandparents, teachers, and even former Battlers. This year ‘Battle Day’ is divided into 4 Preliminary Battles and 2 Semi Final Battles. At the end of the day the 4 teams that have accrued the most points will go on to the Grand Battle on Thursday, Feb. 19th at 7 pm. at the High School Performing Arts Center. Everyone is invited to attend. Be prepared to be amazed as participants dazzle the audience with their knowledge about books!

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Every month students at Tobey Elementary are recognized for following the TOBEY Way. The TOBEY Way is the set of behavioral expectations that have been set forth for the entire elementary community. These students are selected by consistently exceeding expectations. The students are honored at a breakfast each month that parents and family attend. Here are the Tobey Tigers for this year:

Did you know that over a million young people experience homelessness in the US every year? One item they often request? A pair of jeans.

Portage West Middle School students work with Aeropostale and dosometh ing .o rg to collect used (but wearable) jeans to distribute to local homeless shelters.

Jeans are the perfect item to donate. They can be worn multiple times between washes, can be dressed up or dressed down, and provide a sense of normalcy to the person wearing them.

In 2014 WMS was one of the top 75 schools in the country with the students collecting 427 pairs of jeans! They accept any size (infant - adult), any color, but they must be denim. Clean out your closets and bring your donations to the Student Leader room during the week of January 19-22.

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You’ll most likely be spending your next Snow Day outside where you can enjoy an unexpected day of freedom. That means plenty of sledding, snowmen, skiing, snowballs and snow angels. And soggy mittens!

Not anymore. Karen Smoots lives in Portage and has two sons, Collin, 11, and Nolan, 8, who like to play outdoors in all kinds of weather. She says she spent years trying to get her sons’ gloves and mittens dry once they came inside. She tried turning them inside out and propping them on registers but they always fell over. When she put them in the dryer, the outsides would dry but the inside would still be wet when her sons wanted to go outside again.

Karen took matters into her own hands and invented The Green Glove Dryer. The dryer is designed to use the heat in your home that is circulating through your home’s floor registers or baseboard registers to dry wet gloves. One glove dryer will dry 6 gloves or mittens using one register! And your mom or dad isn’t

wasting electricity by running the clothes dryer every day when you come in from outside.

The dryer is made and sold in Michigan and is available at 31 stores in the state. Locally it is sold at Lee’s Adventure Sports, The Edge, and Second Childhood in Portage; and at D&R Sports Center and Tulips Little Pop Up Shop in Kalamazoo. It sells for $24.95.

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LionsLions live in the savannah and are the second largest cat species

in the world after the tiger. The average mail lion weighs around400 pounds, while the average female weighs around 290 pounds.The heaviest lion on record weighed a shocking 826 pounds!! Thelion is also the tallest of the large cats, reaching an average of 2inches taller than the tiger. Lions usually are a sandy color, butcan vary from a reddish to dark brown coat. Male lions are knownfor their thick manes.

Lions are commonly found in the southern and eastern parts ofAfrica, but one species of lion is found in Asia. Lions usually live10-14 years in the wild, but up to 30 years in captivity. A cross be-tween a lion and tiger also exists. This hybrid is called a liger andtigons.

Lions are very social compared to other cat species and oftenlive in groups called prides. The pride consists of five to six femalestheir cubs, and possibly two males, led by one male. Male lionsspend their time guarding their territory and their cubs. In a pride,the female lions, called lionesses, primarily do the hunting together.The lionesses hunt at night asthey are generally nocturnal.They are smaller and more agilethan males. But since their preyis still generally faster thanthem, they use teamwork tobring an animal down. Fanningout, they form a semicircle, withthe smaller, weaker lionessesherding the prey towards thecenter. Then the stronger fe-males knock the animal downand make the kill. Lions don’tusually chase prey, becausethey can’t run for a long periodof time. When they do runthough, they can run as fast as50 mph!

Pride members keep track of

one another by roaring. Both males and females have a very pow-erful roar that can be heard up to 5 miles away.

Lions are carnivores. Their prey includes antelopes, buffaloes,zebras, young elephants, rhinos, hippos, wild hogs, crocodiles andgiraffes. But they also sometimes eat smaller prey like mice, birds,hares, lizards, and tortoises. The male will eat first, than the fe-males and lastly the cubs. • Did you know that lions are the national animal of Albania, Bel-gium, Bulgaria, England, Ethiopia, Luxembourg, the Netherlandsand Singapore? They are a very important symbol in human cul-ture.• Lions are actually great swimmers! They are some of the onlycats to have this skill.• When lions walk, their heels don't touch the ground.• Each adult lion needs 10-15 pounds of meat every day. • Remember Simba from Disney’s Lion King? Did you know thatthe Swahili (a language in Africa) word for Lion is Simba!


Ever seen a lion up close? Would you like to?

Yasmin Pirbhai, 11, has seen lions in the wild and she wants other kids to see them too. She recently raised over $5,000 for the Binder Park Zoo so they could bring a new lion exhibit to the 433-acre park in Battle Creek.

Last year the zoo announced they would be asking people in the community to donate to a campaign to raise three million dollars for the new exhibit. The name of the Zoo’s campaign is called, “Lions, Tortoise and Bears, Oh My!”

Binder Park Zoo is home to over 600 animals and has one of the largest giraffe herds in the country.

Yasmin spent three months going door-to-door, mailing brochures and talking to people about the lions and the zoo. When she was finished, she had raised over $5,000 for the Lions! Her parents matched her donation with a $5,000 check and they wrote a grant to Bank of America to match with another $5,000. The total raised through Yasmin’s efforts is over $15,000.

“I wanted to help share lions with other kids because I’ve had the opportunity to see lions in the wild,” says Yasmin. “I knew it was a good cause and that a lot of people would want to donate. It was an amazing feeling raising money for the Zoo.”

Yasmin says the people she talked to were excited about the new lion exhibit and that many of them donated to her cause. She also learned that not everyone knows about Binder Park Zoo and she liked spreading the word about the fabulous facility with them.

New projects that are finished include a new Aldabra tortoise exhibit and American black bear exhibit.

It won’t be long and you will be able to see lions up close, thanks to Yasmin’s hard work. The zoo says they are still taking donations for the Lion exhibit. They expect to build it this year.

To donate to this campaign, visit the Zoo’s website at www.binderparkzoo.org/lions or via mail at 7400 Division Drive, Battle Creek, MI 49014.

African lions and the Binder Park Zoo

Although known as the king of the jungle, the lion’s main habitat is in fact the African grasslands. Once common in Africa, Asia and parts of Europe, this animal is now a protected species. Lions now live in the wild only in remote areas of Africa and India that have remained undeveloped. Numbers are down to an estimated 47,000 from nearly 100,000 in the mid 1990’s and from nearly 400,000 in 1950! The best hope for the lion’s survival lies in well-managed zoos, national parks and game reserves.

The Binder Park Zoo lion exhibit will be made up of a grassy meadow with a water hole reminiscent of the African plains. The enclosure is designed to include a rock formation, which provides sheltering dens for the animals as well as a close-up viewing blind for visitors to observe the lions face-to-face through a glass wall.

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Yasmin Pirbhai, 11, presents a $5,000 check to Binder Park Zoo President and CEO Diane Thompson, money she raised to help bring a new lion exhibit to the zoo.

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Play The Cello!The violoncello, almost always abbreviated to cello, or 'cello (the

c is pronounced as the ch in "cheese"), is a bowed stringed in-strument and the lowest-sounding member of the violin family. Aperson who plays a cello is called a cellist. The cello is popular inmany capacities: as a solo instrument, in chamber music, and alsoas a foundation of the modern orchestral sound.

The cello is larger than the violin or the viola but smaller than thedouble bass. Like the other members of the violin family, the cellohas four strings. It is played in an upright position, held by the

knees of a seated musician, resting on a spike calledthe endpin. The player draws the bow

horizontallyacross the strings, making them vi-

brate and producing sound.The cello developed from the bass violin, first used by Monteverdi. The inven-

tion of wire-wound strings around 1660 in Bologna, allowed for a finer bass sound.Bolognese makers used this new technol-ogy to create the cello, a somewhatsmaller instrument than the bass violin andsuitable for solos due to the timbre of theinstrument and the fact that the smallersize made it easier to play virtuosic pas-sages.

Around 1700, Italian players popularizedthe cello in northern Europe, although thebass violin continued to be used for an-other two decades in France and England.

The cello is actually part of the viola dabraccio family, meaning viol of the arm,which includes, among others, the violinand viola. There are actually paintings ofpeople playing the cello on the shoulder,like a giant violin!

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The SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an American Great Lakes freighter.She was built by Great Lakes Engineering in River Rouge, Michigan.When she was launched on June 8, 1958, she was the largest ship onNorth America’s Great Lakes at that time and she remains the largest tohave sunk there.

For seventeen years, the Fitzgerald carried taconite iron ore from minesnear Duluth, Minnesota to iron works in Detroit, Toledo and other GreatLakes ports. She set seasonal haul records six times.

One of her captains, Peter Pulcer was known for playing music day ornight over the ship’s intercom system while passing through the St. Clairand Detroit Rivers (between Lakes Huron andErie). He also entertained spectators at the SooLocks with a commentary about the ship!

The Fitzgerald was 729 feet in overall length.She could carry 25,400 tons of cargo and go at 14knots or about 16 miles per hour. She had a crewof 29.

Carrying a full cargo of ore pellets with CaptainErnest M. McSorley in command, the Fitzgeraldembarked from Superior, Wisconsin, near Duluthon the afternoon of November 9, 1975. She wasgoing to a steel mill in Detroit. Joining a secondfreighter, the SS Arthur M. Anderson, the two werecaught in the midst of a severe winter storm onLake Superior on November 10, 1975. The windwas hurricane-force and the waves were up to 35feet high. Shortly after 7 p.m., the Fitzgerald sud-denly sank in Canadian waters 530 feet deep.They were approximately 17 miles from the en-trance to Whitefish Bay near Sault Ste. Marie,Michigan. Even though the Fitzgerald had reported

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being in trouble earlier, no distress signals were sent before she sank.The last message Captain McSorley sent to the SS Arthur M. Andersonwas “We are holding our own.” All of the crew perished.

The Fitzgerald is among the best-known vessels lost on the Great Lakesbut she is not alone on the Lake Superior seabed in that area. In the yearsbetween 1816, when the Invincible was lost, to the sinking of the Fitzger-ald in 1975, the Whitefish Point area has claimed at least 240 ships.

Gordon Lightfoot (a song writer) made it the subject of his 1976 songcalled “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.”

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Cross country skiing is a fun winter sport that is easy to get involvedin, especially when you live in a place that gets lots of snow! Thesnow can be in a school field, your back yard or some trails. Crosscountry skiing also has many health benefits. It is an aerobic exerciseand works the muscles in your legs, back, chest and stomach. Plus,its a fun social activity with your family and friends.

The equipment you need includes a set of skis, poles, warm cloth-ing and boots. Make sure your warm clothing is also waterproof!

The following paragraphs offer some information on techniques, butthe most important advise is to make sure you take lessons from aqualified instructor before you begin.

At first when you are learning how to cross country ski, make youroutings short distances. You'll naturally end up using a techniquesome people call the "shuffle". It involves nothing more than slidingone ski ahead of the other, and repeating the entire process over andover again. Without even thinking about it, you'll be pushing off with akick stride, moving forward with a glide stride, and vice-versa. At thesame time, you'll intuitively use your poles for balance and to helppush yourself forward with every stride. It's very easy to do, and youwill get in the swing of things after five or ten minutes. What's more,you'll fit in with the many skiers who show up at popular trails on sunnyweekends and use nothing more complicated than this shuffle tech-nique.

Going up hills: Once a hill gets too steep, you will have to use theherringbone technique. You do this by pointing the tips of you skis out-wards and walking up the hill. The trick to successfully using this tech-nique is to make sure the inside edge of the ski is angled down. Thisallows the edge to dig into the snow giving the necessary traction towalk up the hill. Don't forget to simultaneously use your poles to helppush you up the slopes and hills. It's called the herringbone techniquebecause it leaves a herringbone pattern in the snow. You will proba-bly find it awkward the first time you use it, but you'll get used to itafter a while.

Going down hills: Going down a long gentle slope is fun and easy.

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Keep skis in the tracks and enjoy the ride. But coming down arelatively narrow trail on a steep hill can be scary and danger-ous. Under these conditions, it is important to use the snow-plow technique to reduce your speed. You do this by keepingthe tips of the skis pointed inwards. Again, the trick to suc-cessfully using this technique is to keep the inside edges of theskis angled downwards. This allows the edge to dig into thesnow and maximize your breaking power. As a beginner, youshould start applying the snowplow technique at the very top ofa hill before you have had a chance to pick up too much speed.If you do find yourself going down too fast, your only optionmay be to sit down.

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Have you ever heard your parent’s say, “Did you wash yourhands?” This is a very common question that most kids haveheard and it is an extremely important question to ask. Hand-washing is a great way to prevent infection and stop the spread ofgerms. It’s a simple habit to learn. Sometimes you do it withoutthinking and sometimes, we’re in such a hurry that it’s forgotten.Not good... Do you realize that if you wash your hand properly, ithelps you to avoid being sick? Let’s explore this a little further.

Throughout the day, everyone accumulates germs on theirhands from all types of surfaces like direct contact with people,contaminated surfaces, foods, animals, door knobs, telephones,toilets, and more. Everyone touches a lot of “things” everyday. Ifyou don’t wash your hands regularly, you can infect yourself withthese germs when you touch your eyes, mouth or nose.

Infectious dis-eases that arespread throughh a n d - t o - h a n dcontact are colds,flus, infectious di-arrhea and sev-eral more.Inadequate handcleaning or hy-gene also con-tribute tofood-related ill-ness such as sal-monella and Ecoli infection.

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handwashing techniques? Good hand washing includes washingyour hands with soap and water or using an alcohol-based sani-tizer if you can’t use soap and water.

Hand Washing Procedure:• Wet your hands with WARM running water and apply soap.Lather well.• Rub your hands together for at least 15 to 20 seconds makingsure you do both the front and backs of your hands, between yourfingers and under your fingernails.• Rinse your hands well.• Dry your hands with a clean towel or disposable towel.• Use a towel to turn off the faucet.

When are the best times to wash your hands?• Before eating or touching food.• After using the bathroom.• After blowing your nose or coughing.• After touching pets or other people’s animals.• After playing outside.• After visiting a sick friend or relative.

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Rules For The Kitchen!1. Always ask an adult if you can use the kitchen.2. Have all the ingredients before you start.3. Wash your hands before you touch food.4. Wear an apron or towel to keep your clothes clean.5. Always clean up when you are finished.

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Tater Tot Casserole1 1/2 pounds lean ground beefSalt and pepper1 small onion, diced1 can cream of mushroom soup1 can cream of chicken soup1/4 cup water2 cans vegetables (carrots, peas, corn, green beans or mixed)1 small bag Tater Tots

Pat the raw ground beef into bottom of 9 x 13-inch pan. Sprin-kle with salt, pepper and onion. Mix together soups and waterand pour this over ground beef layer. Drain the vegetables well,and add over the top. Put Tater Tots on top and bake at 350 de-grees F for 1 hour.

Cheeseburger Pizza1 1/2 pounds lean ground beef1 can favorite pizza sauce2 (8 ounce) tubes crescent rolls2 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded1/4 cup minced onion1/2 teaspoon salt1 teaspoon chili powder (optional)

Brown the beef and onion. Drain. Add the pizza sauce andseasonings. Form a crust using the crescent rolls on a lightlygreased pizza pan or stone. Pat together to seal seams. Pourmeat mixture on top of crust. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake at 375degrees F for 20-25 minutes.

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Heat the chocolate chips, peanut butter and margarine on HIGHin a glass bowl in microwave until melted — mix well. Then com-bine cereal and chocolate mix. Stir until completely coated. Placethe confectioners' sugar in a bag, add the cereal mix, and shaketo coat. Spread the mixture on wax paper. Let stand until set.

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The Dragon Dance:Happy Chinese New

Year!Dragons are one of the most admired of legendary

creatures. In some cultures dragons are evil, firebreathing creatures that destroy. However, a Chi-nese dragon is a kind, caring creature that repre-sents life and good fortune.

The Chinese use dragons in their art, literature,poetry, architecture and in many of their songs.There are other countries such as Korea and Japanwho admire this kindly dragon, too. Can you guesswhat the difference is between the Chinese, Koreanand Japanese dragons? Just count the dragon'stoes. Of course, you have to get really close to see.The Japanese dragon only has three toes on eachfoot. A Korean dragon has four toes and the Chi-nese dragon has a total of five toes on each foot.

The Chinese people use the image of the dragonin many Chinese festivals, including their ChineseNew Year celebration. The Chinese people will ob-serve the Chinese New Year on February 19, 2015.

Did you know that the Chinese use a dragon intheir New Year’s activities? An event called theDragon Dance is a spectacular tradition for the Chi-nese people. The Dragon Dance uses nine or moredancers to carry, over their heads, a large colorful,festive dragon. The dance signifies the end of theyear and welcomes a new start. The Dragon Danceis believed to drive away evil spirits and bring goodluck and fortune to the people. The Chinese dragonis a fascinating creature in the Chinese culture.

Creating art using themes and ideas from othercountries is a fun opportunity to learn about our cul-turally diverse world. Have fun creating a beautifulChinese dragon!

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1. Draw a straight line in the center of a vertical paper. Leave some space on each side.2. On the top of the line, draw two half circles leaving a small space between. Draw a smaller halfcircle inside for dragon pupils.3. Draw a curved “v” shape starting at the ends of the original straight line.4. Connect with the “V” shape and draw upside down “v”s to create a dragon forehead.

5. Starting at the ends of the original straight line, draw two curved lines downward to begin cre-ating the dragon’s nose.6. The end of the dragon’s nose is created by drawing a large oval shape. Add two small ovalshapes for nostrils.7. Add a large shallow “U” shape under nose for the dragon’s chin. Make dragon teeth using “v”shapes. 8. Finish the top of the dragon’s head by adding an interesting shape over the forehead “V”shapes. Add details and fill with color. Red, golden yellow, black, and blue are great colors for aChinese dragon. Be creative!

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Rutherford Birchard Hayes was born in Delaware, Ohio on Oc-tober 4, 1822. His father died two months before his birth. He wasraised by his mother and her younger brother. Hayes ended upgraduating from Kenyon College as valedictorian of his class. Hethen graduated from Harvard Law School in 1845 and became asuccessful lawyer. His opposition to slavery drew him into the Re-publican Party.

He married Lucy Ware Webb of Chillicothe in 1852. She was agraduate of Cincinnati’s Wesleyan Women’s College. She was thefirst wife of a president to graduate from college. They eventuallybecame the parents of eight children.

Hayes offered his services when the Civil War began to the Stateof Ohio. He saw a lot of action during the war and rose to the rankof Major General. He was wounded in action during the war.While still in the Army, Hayes was elected to Congress but didn’ttake his seat until the Union had won the war.

Hayes was voted governor after his work in Congress. Afterbeing elected to a third term, the Republican Party chose him asits’ presidential candidate. He won the election only after a specialcommission had to decide on disputed electoral votes. He won byone vote. Since his election was so tension filled, he secretly tookthe oath of office on a Saturday, March 3, 1877 at the White House.

Known for his honesty and fairness, he renewed the respect forthe presidency. After one term as president, he retired to his homecalled Spiegel Grove, in Fremont, Ohio. From there he gave histime to help veterans receive their pensions, improved conditionsin prisons and promoted education for all children.

He died at the age of 70 in 1893.

Some of his key events while in office:• Reconstruction of the South ended in 1877. He withdrew Federaltroops from the South. This was as a result of the compromisethat came about from the deadlocked presidential election of 1876.• Resumption of the Specie Act. This act enforced the redemptionof U.S. dollars tendered after January 1, 1879 with gold.• Civil Service Reform. In 1877, President Hayes issued an exec-

Rutherford B. HayesOur 19th President (1877- 1881)

utive order that barred all federal employees from taking part inpolitical activities.• President Hayes signed a bill that, for the first time, allowedwomen attorneys to be allowed to appear before the United StatesSupreme Court.

Interesting Facts:• Of the five presidents who served in the Civil War, Hayes wasthe only one to be wounded.• Arriving in San Francisco on September 8, 1880, Hayes becamethe first president to visit the West Coast while in office.• Hayes was the first president to graduate from law school.• Mrs. Hayes was known as “Lemonade Lucy” because she re-fused to serve alcohol in the White House.• The first White House telephone was installed by Alexander Gra-ham Bell himself during the Hayes administration!• The first Easter egg roll on the White House lawn was conductedby Hayes and his wife.

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