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Dear Kids, The old saying goes that March “comes in like a lion, out

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March is also full of fun - like Saint Patrick’s Day and National Reading Month! Be sure to pick out a great book at the library and get busy reading.

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On March 3, 1931, “The Star Spangled Banner” became the offi cialAmerican National Anthem. It was approved in a bill passed by Congressand signed by President Herbert Hoover. So this March, we celebrate the80th anniversary of our National Anthem. But is it really National AnthemDay? Yes, but it’s not an “official” holiday. However, the song itself hasbeen around much longer, and in fact, some schools celebrate the NationalAnthem in September as part of the National Anthem Project. The songwas written on Sept. 14, 1814, when author Francis Scott Key was on aboat in Baltimore Harbor during the Battle of Baltimore when the Britishattacked Fort McHenry. After hearing the battle all night, the next morninghe was so excited to still see the American flag standing that he wrote “TheStar Spangled Banner.”

So — next question — do you put your hand over your heart whenthe National Anthem is played, or not? According to the U.S. Code, youshould stand at attention and put your right hand over your heart forBOTH the Pledge of Allegiance and the National Anthem. Many past gen-erations of students (maybe even your parents!) were taught that you onlyput your hand over your heart for the pledge. You should always stop whatyou are doing and pay respect to the flag and the National Anthem.

By the way, did you know there are four stanzas or verses?Here they are:

The Star Spangled BannerWords by Francis Scott Key, Music by John Stafford Smith

O say, can you see, by the dawn’s early light,What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming?

Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fi ght,O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?And the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air,Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.O say does that star spangled banner yet waveO’er the land of the free, and the home of the brave?

On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep.Where the foe’s haughty host in dread silence reposes,What is that which the breeze, o’er the towering steep,As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s fi rst beam,In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:‘Tis the Star-Spangled Banner! O long may it waveO’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

And where is that band who so vauntingly sworeThat the havoc of war and the battle’s confusionA home and a country should leave us no more?Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps’ pollution.No refuge could save the hireling and slaveFrom the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:And the Star-Spangled Banner, in triumph doth waveO’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

O thus be it ever when freemen shall standBetween their loved homes and the war’s desolation!Blest with vict’ry and peace, may the Heaven-rescued landPraise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.Then conquer we must when our cause it is justAnd this be our motto: “In God is our Trust.”And the Star-Spangled Banner in triumph shall waveO’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

What do leprechauns haveto do with Saint Patrick’s Day?Nothing really, but since they areknown as Ireland’s national fairy,leprechauns have become a funsymbol of Ireland. And on March17, Saint Patrick’s Day, it seemsas if the whole world turns a little

Irish. Ireland, after all, is from where the celebration of the holiday came.St. Patrick was the patron saint of Ireland. He spent 40 years in Ireland

preaching, building churches and helping the Irish tribes. While there, it iswritten that Patrick performed a number of miracles, wrote many booksand shared love with the people of Ireland. He died on March 17, 461, andwas later named a saint by the Catholic Church.

St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated worldwide. Today it has become more ofa fun celebration than the Christian holiday it was originally. In many cities,there are large parades, parties and lots of green. The shamrock is also asymbol you see a lot during St. Patrick’s Day. It is said that Saint Patrickused the three-leafed shamrock during his sermons as a symbol to explainthe Holy Trinity. In Ireland, many people still wear a bunch of shamrockson their lapels or caps on this day or green, white and orange badges (afterthe colors of the Irish flag). In America, many people celebrate by wearinggreen-colored clothing (or risk getting pinched!).

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March is all about reading! It is National Reading Month and has Newspapers in Education Week, and we celebrate NEA’s Read Across America Day!

Read Across America Day is held on March 2, which is the birthday of

Dr. Seuss. In May 1997, a small reading task force at NEA came

up with a big idea. “Let’s create a day to celebrate

reading,” the group decided. “We hold pep rallies to get kids excited about football. Weassemble to remember that Character Counts.

Why don’t we do something to get kids ex-cited about reading? We’ll call it ‘NEA’s Read Across America,’ and we’ll celebrate it on Dr. Seuss’s birthday.” And so was born on March 2, 1998, the largest celebration of reading this country has ever seen.

That day-long celebration of reading has turned into a whole month of celebrating reading with National Reading Month!

One of your favorite things to read might just be this newspaper! Newspapers are an important part of our society. And, they are an important part of education. That’s why the

fi rst week in March is dedicated to Newspapers in Education. Did you know that your teachers and parents can fi nd worksheets on the KidsvilleNews.com website to makeusing Kidsville News! in the classroom even more fun? It’s true — check it out!

You read every day, whether you realize that you are doing it or not! This month, hang on to this list, and check off the different things that you read during the month (add your own things at the bottom of the list). It’ll be fun, and you’ll learn a lot and be reminded of just how important reading is!

See if you can check off 30 things that you read during the month of March!

Check it off! ____ ABC books____ Advertisements____ Animal Books____ Atlas____ Billboards____ Board Games____ Cereal Boxes____ Comic Books____ Computer Screens____ Dictionary____ E-mails____ Encyclopedia____ Fables

____ Fairy Tales____ Fiction Books____ Food/Drink Labels____ Greeting Cards____ How-to Books____ Informational Books____ Journal/Diary____ Magazines____ Maps____ Menu____ Newspapers____ Picture Books____ Poetry____ Realistic Fiction____ Road Signs____ School Newsletters____ Science Fiction____ Stories You Wrote____ Stories Friends Wrote____ Thesaurus____ Trading Cards____ TV Screens (words, slogans,

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Reading Is Fun! Let’s Celebrate It in March!

A Really BigPicture

Last year, the UnitedStates government took a

census. They tried very hard tocount every single person inthe country. This was a very big

job!Now, imagine trying to take a

census of every single star and galaxy inmost of the universe. The whole Earth has far

fewer people — about 6.8 billion — than our own Milky Way galaxyhas stars — about 100 billion. And there are maybe 200 billiongalaxies in the universe!

But accounting for most of those stars and galaxies is the job ofthe Galaxy Evolution Explorer space telescope. It has alreadycompleted one census, or survey, that covered 65% of the sky. Nowit’s working on a secondsurvey, peering evendeeper into space.

This space telescopeis special in two ways.

First, it looks at thestars and galaxies inultraviolet light. This isa kind of light that oureyes cannot see. Thislight contains moreenergy than visible light.New stars, which arehotter than older stars,put out lots of ultravio-let light. So the GalaxyEvolution Explorer isparticularly good atseeing where new starsare forming in galaxies.

The second way thistelescope is special is that it has a wide field of view. In this case, thatmeans that every image covers a piece of sky about four times largerthan the full Moon. The Explorer’s team recently pieced together400 of the telescope’s individual images. To show how much of thesky this mosaic image includes, they added an image of the Moon atthe same scale. It looks very small floating in the lower left corner.As large as it seems, this whole big picture is only 1% of the all-skyimaging survey.

What you see in this image is part of the Gum Nebula. Thisnebula is the wispy gas and dust left over from a supernova explosionthat happened a million years ago. A supernova is the big “blowoutparty” when a huge star (much bigger than our Sun) comes to theend of its life. The nebula looks very big because it is much closerthan the stars in the background.

To see this image in detail on your computer and download aposter of it, visit The Space Place at spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/educators/posters/#survey. You can also play “Photon Pile-up” atspaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/galex/photon to help the GalaxyEvolution Explorer make beautiful space pictures.

This article was written by Diane K. Fisher and providedcourtesy of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute ofTechnology, under a contract with the National Aeronauticsand Space Administration

This image of the sky is made up of 400 separate images taken in ultraviolet light by the Galaxy Evolution Explorer spacecraft. It covers a piece of sky that is 1600 times as big as the full Moon appears.


What’s it l ike to be. . . What’s it l ike to be. . . A Recording Artist? A Recording Artist?

This month we met some very talented young musicians, Summer Collins and Isaac Ball. Summer is 15 an d her cousin Isaac is 19. Together, they are Summerfi eld, a new musical duo that is releasing their fi rst CD th is month! They have their own Youtube channel (The Summerfi eld Band) with thousands of fans and over a million vie ws, and they run their own record label and publishing company! They started the band almost a year ago and are b oth so excited about their new career as professional musicians.

TRUMAN: What’s it like to be a recording artist?

SUMMER: Being an independent recording artist is the most fun for us in

the sense that we have complete control of our music. However,

sometimes it is very tough because of the many hours of rehearsal

required for even a short performance. We have a 40-song repertoire of

country/pop mixes along with

25 originals. We usually practice about 12-18 hours for a

two hour performance. In the studio, recording a single

song can sometimes take hours and countless “takes.”

This particular CD

we started writing in June, and the engineers in Nashville

just completed the fi nal masters on Feb. 1st, eight

months. It is always worth it in the end, and we are very

proud of our fi rst CD, Sunlit Destination.

ISAAC: Being a recording artist takes a lot of hard work

and dedication. For me, it is so rewarding at the end of a

recording session to look back on what we accomplished

that day and be

able to say “yeah, that is good stuff.” I love it, hard work

and all! I love to create in the studio, and many times I

just let it all hang out. When someone says, “That’s it!”, I

just recreate the same melody.

TRUMAN: What does it take to become a recording

artist?

SUMMER: It takes musical talent and definitely being

able to play an instrument or to sing, either self-taught or

formally trained. I started with formal training, but now our

practice and rehearsals take so much time that it is

difficult to schedule regular coaching sessions, so we get

what we can. It also takes dedication; you cannot be a

performer or recording artist one day and then the next

day say to yourself, “I don’t really feel like it today.” Once

you are in it, you are in it! As a teenager, this means

missing out sometimes on some other fun stuff, like a

movie or sleepover with friends if we have an upcoming performance. It

also means having the desire or at least willingness to get up in front of a

crowd and entertain them. It’s what I love the most, and why the practice

pays off.

ISAAC: I think first and foremost it requires talent. Even if you don’t think

you are naturally talented, with some hard work, anything is possible.

Secondly, I think it takes patience and the ability to work with others. When

we began recording, we met so many great people and were introduced to

many new ideas and styles. Keeping an open mind played a huge part in

the making our first album.

TRUMAN: When and why did you first become interested in performing

music as a profession?

SUMMER: I have always enjoyed singing; however, the idea of becoming

a

professional came when I started playing guitar in 2009, and then playing

and singing covers at my parents’ restaurant after my lessons. I really

enjoyed it, and I felt that others did, too. I would put my guitar case out and

perform for tips.

ISAAC: As a classical violinist, I wanted to perform ever since I can

remember. Music has always been my passion. After I played the

Dogwood Festival in April of 2010 with my cousin Summer, I knew

Summerfield was where I wanted to be!

TRUMAN: What do you do? Describe a typical day on the “job” as a

musician/recording artist?

SUMMER: A typical day (after school) involves

practice for two plus hours, either by myself or

together with Isaac. We also spend a fair amount

of time planning and discussing who we

are and where we are going. On the weekends or nights when we perform, it’s

anywhere from 45 minutes to four

hours at a time. In the recording studio, a day session can

last eight to 10 hours, depending on whether we are

singing, or just playing instruments. Over the years, I’ve

learned that my voice can last about four hours before

there is any noticeable change in quality. I try to drink hot

tea with honey throughout a session in order to “keep the

pipes warmed up.” We usually end a recording or

performance session with a trip to grab a burger! A little-

known (Nashville) secret is that greasy foods can also

help the vocal chords …

HA! Sometimes a seasoned vocalist would actually share

a bag of greasy potato chips with me in the studio.

ISAAC: A typical day (after work) involves practice for a

few hours, maybe a show that night as well some

songwriting. I think the most important part of my job is

spending time plugging Summerfield online. The Internet

is a huge part of my job! Youtube, Myspace, Facebook

and many others have all allowed us to reach people all

over the world. To me that is amazing! We spend a few

hours every day working online to promote ourselves.

TRUMAN: What’s the hardest part of your job?

SUMMER: It would have be the dedication. Sometimes I

just want to go outside and have fun and spend time with

my friends; however, I know that I have to stay focused on

Summerfi eld. I guess it’s just different from other

professions in that they may be in the future after college,

but this is NOW, as a 15-year-old! Education and grades

are important to me, and I take a full honor’s core-class

load, and maintaining As is a challenge, but expected if I want to get ahead. I

know that if a music career doesn’t work out for us, that I will have an opportunity

to apply myself in college. I’ve been nominated to attend the North Carolina

Governor’s School this summer, and that is as important to me as this CD is.

ISAAC: Sometimes getting started — rise and shine, get out of bed and get

moving. The music industry is hard, and it requires a never-quit attitude. The

hardest part of my job is staying with it every single day, even when I don’t feel

like it. My uncle always says, “Writers write, musicians play music and

performers perform.” Sometimes you have to pick up the pen or bow and just get

started. You perform where you’re invited, and sometimes even places you’re

not…Ha!

TRUMAN: What’s your favorite song, or who is your favorite musician?

SUMMER: Vanessa Carlton, because she has a wonderful voice. I also enjoy the

lyrics and piano parts in her music. One of my favorite songs right now is

“Thunder” by Boys Like Girls. I also love Dolly Parton because she has done so

much more than just sing and perform. She is also an actress and entrepreneur!

ISAAC: Hilary Hahn, a classical violinist. I admire her because of her unwavering

perfection when she plays. She sets a standard for me that I am always trying

for. My favorite song right now is “Why Don’t We Just Dance” by Josh Turner.

The sweet lyrics mixed with its fun groove and catchy melody make it the song I

cannot get out of my head.

TRUMAN: There was more to this interview than I could put here, but you can

read the whole thing online at www.kidsvillenews.com and watch Summerfield’s

newest video. Check it out!

Summer and Isaac doing what they do best as Summerfield.


Life Flight- Here to Help the North Country Living here in the North Country has its advantages and its drawbacks. We all know the advantages; clean air, rugged, beautiful views around every corner and friendly people. The advantage of our beautiful rugged

mountains is also our biggest drawback when it comes to getting someone needed emergency care. That’s where the volunteers of Life Flight come in. Life

Flight is a helicopter that transports critically ill people to the hospitals that can help them. A few weeks ago I met a very interesting person, Mary Jane Connors the Executive Director of Life Flight. She told me the history of Life Flight and all about the program. The helicopter is amazing, there are five of them around the state, transporting people just like ours does. On the tail you can see the letters N9SP but when they are talking to the hospital or the tower they are “1H9” the H is for helicopter. The one that is here in our region is a twin engine Bell 430 with skids. The skids are those ski like feet on the bottom. Ms. Connors told me that this is the just like the helicopter the Governor of New York flies in except his has wheels instead of skids. Ms. Connors also told me that the helicopter needs to be serviced every 25 hours of flight time. That is a big deal because they have to take it to Albany. It takes 1 hour and 10 minutes from Lake Clear to get to Albany by air. Then they come right back with a different helicopter to have here in case there is a need. When N9SP is ready to come back they fly the “loaner” back and bring the regular one home. Look at the map can you find Lake Clear? Before 1987 if someone needed to be airlifted to a hospital there was a group of local medical volunteers who flew on military helicopters. But when the airbase closed in Plattsburgh those military helicopters were no longer here. Seeing the need, a group of people talked to our then State Senator, Ronald Stafford, to see if there was something that could be brought to the North Country to help when someone needed to get to a hospital in a hurry. Senator Stafford went to the State Legislature for help and in the fall of 1989 we got our Life Flight helicopter. Life Flight is based out of the airport in Lake Clear. The site was chosen for two reasons; First, it is centrally located to the service area, that means it’s kind of in the middle and can ge t to an emergency fast. Second, the location chosen had to have jet fuel available so the helicopter could refuel. The area that our Life Flight helicopter covers is huge. It runs from Lake Ontario to Lake Champlain and all the way south to Lake George. Look at the map, do you live in the service area? A lot of people think that Life Flight mainly carries people who have been hurt in accidents. Ms. Connors said that most of the people Life Fight transports have actually had a problem with their heart. She said that they also help a lot of kids just like us who have gotten sick or hurt an d need to quickly get to the doctors who can help them. She told me that in 2010 Life Flight performed 184 flights. Whether they are called to the scene or to a hospital, every flight has trained medical staff and equipment onboard to help the person get the help they need. Most of the medical staff

volunteer their time. A lot of people don’t realize Life Flight does not charge a fee to get the person to the hospital, or even take them from one hospital to another hospital that is better able to help them. Their funding comes from private donations and from the United Way. (This is the GIVE part of Give, Advocate, Volunteer). I really learned so much about Life Flight I hope you did too. So the next time you see the helicopter in the air or landing at a hospital you can tell everyone what you

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There are lots of youth sports to choose from: baseball, soccer, basketball, football, dance, and the list goes on. But there’s another sport that may not be at the top of your mind — bowling!

Bowling is a sport that you can start as a child and stay with forever! And your

physical size or shape doesn’t really matter. Great bowlers come in all shapes and sizes. Physical size and strength don’t matter as much as they do in contact sports like football or basketball. Bowling does have physical benefi ts — burning calories and working muscles. In bowling, it’s your technique that’s really important.

The object of the game is to knock down the 10 bowling pins with the bowling ball. Matches consist of each player bowling a “game.” Each game is divided into 10 “frames.” In each frame, a bowler has two chances to knock down all 10 pins. The number of pins that fall in each frame is recorded, with a running total. The player with the highest score

in his or her game wins the match. When a bowler knocks down all the pins in one try, it is called a “strike.” If all the pins are knocked down on the second try, it is termed a “spare.”

Equipment for bowling consists of a bowling ball and special bowling shoes. When you go to a bowling alley, they will provide both for you. It is important to select a ball that is not too heavy, but not too light. It also needs to fi t your hand well. You grip the ball

with your middle and ring fi ngers (of your dominant hand) inserted into the holes, and your thumb in the thumb hole. It’s important to roll the ball and not throw it.

Bowling is a great youth sport and even offers scholarships for academic, leadership and of course, bowling skills. Youth bowl-ers as young as fi ve have earned scholarship awards through USBC certifi ed leagues and tourna-ments. (The USBC — United States Bowling Congress — is the organization that is the national governing body for bowling, as recognized by the United States Olympic Committee.)

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distracted from their studies. If you and your kids want to re-focus on school success, here are some suggestions for kickstarting learning:

* Commit to learning. With your children, come up with one or two major goals that you want to accomplish for the remainder of this school year. Raising that algebra grade? Getting homework done on time and turning it in the next day? Organizing a study area at home? Using a planner regularly and effi ciently? Agree on some age-appropriate rewards and consequences. Commit to a family-centered goal that education is important to all of you, and work together to support, encourage and help each other.

* Set up helpful routines. Give your kids the consistency of fairly regular routines (weekends and holidays can be breaks). Bedtime, wake-up, study, homework, play, family time — kids rely on these routines, and the structure helps them to feel safe, know what’s expected of them and be successful.

* Help them organize. Organized kids do better in school than haphazard kids. Help them to set up their planners (written or electronic), to keep their notebooks and backpacks neat and orderly, to break up large assignments into smaller ones so they don’t seem overwhelming, to maintain

a work space at home that’s actually workable and not a disaster area and to stick to the goals you’ve set together.

* Maintain healthy habits. Healthy kids are better learners. Help your children by monitoring their screen time (TV, video games, cell phones, etc.), making sure they’re getting enough sleep, insisting on their good

eating habits, making sure they’re involved in regular and aerobic exercise and sticking to the goals and routines you’ve established.

* Be a good role model. Kids learn from their parents. If they see that you’re organized, focused on what’s important to you and your family, staying healthy and being true to your values, they’ll pick up some pretty important life lessons.

* Don’t give up. Let your kids know that you’re serious about these goals and that their school success is as critical to you as it is to them.

* Get help early if you need it. When your kids show that they’re having trouble despite your best efforts, get help early. Ask a teacher or guidance counselor for help. Get a tutor. Find a “study buddy” for your kid. Just get help before the little problem grows into a big one.

* Ask other parents. You’re not the only one trying to keep your kids on track. Learn from parents who’ve been through this, teachers who’ve guided hundreds of kids and others whose opinions you respect. No one has all the answers, but all of us have a lot of ideas.

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Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, was born on March 3, 1847. Did you know that he got his interest in sound and the way people hear from his father, Melville Bell? His dad was a teacher of the deaf. And, did you know that March 13 is the beginning of Deaf History Month? It runs through April 15.

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achievements are worth celebrating, during

Women’s History Month and all year long!

Louisa May Alcott: Best known for her novel

Little Women, Louisa May Alcott actually published more than 250

works. An advocate for women’s rights, Alcott was the first registered

woman voter in Concord, Massachusetts.

Elizabeth Blackwell: Are you a girl who wants to be a doctor when

you grow up? Well you can, thanks to Elizabeth Blackwell, who was

the first female doctor in the United States.

Pearl S. Buck: Award-winning writer Pearl S. Buck won both a

Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize for Literature, becoming the first

American woman to win that prestigious award.

Grace Hopper: Grace Hopper was a pioneer in the field of

computer programming. She was also a well-respected, not to

mention, a high-ranking, Naval officer. The USS Hopper, a guided

missile destroyer ship is named after her.

Helen Keller: Despite a childhood disease that left her deaf, mute

and blind, Helen Keller became a nationally recognized advocate for

people with disabilities, in addition to an expert author and lecturer.

She also campaigned for women’s suffrage and worker’s rights.

Sandra Day O’Connor: The first female justice of the U.S.

Supreme Court. Until her retirement in 2006.

Dr. Sally Ride: The first American woman to enter space.

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Cardinal Spring is on the way, and the birds are out and about. You can hear their chirping in the mornings, and soon you may see baby birds being fed by their mothers. It might be a good time to start bird watching. The Redbird, or Cardi-nal, is easy to recognize.

The Cardinal (also known as the Northern Cardinal) has a crest on the top of its head (like a little mohawk!) and a mask on its face around the bill (beak). The male Cardinal is bright red with a black mask. The female is a dull grayish brown with a gray mask. She has only a touch of reddish color on her wings and tail feathers. The Cardinal is found in North America. It lives in southern Canada and throughout the Eastern United States. It can even be found in parts of Hawaii and in Mexico.

Cardinals love bird feeders — especially those fi lled with sunfl ower seeds, saffl ower seed and corn. Away from the feeder, it feeds on insects, spiders, wild fruits and berries and seeds. Male birds are sweet to their mates — they feed them! The male cardinal will pick up a seed and hop over to the female, and she will take the seed by touching beaks. The pair often travel together. The male also has a special chirping signal that he will make to alert the female if a predator is near the nest.

The Cardinal is a songbird and both male and females sing. According to the Stokes Field Guide to Birds, the song may sound like “whoit whoit whoit, cheer cheer cheer.” The Cardinal is about eight and a half inches long and can have a wingspan of up to 12 inches.

The Cardinal likes to make its nest in shrubs or branches of a small tree. They use twigs, strips of bark, vines, leaves and grass to make the nest.

Sources: Stokes Field Guide to Birds, 1996; Images: www.metrocreativeconnection.com.

Kingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: AvesOrder: PasseriformesFamily: Cardinalidae

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HemisphereMarch 20 is the first day of spring in the

Northern Hemisphere. Spring begins with thevernal equinox, which occurs at 7:21 p.m.

The Northern Hemisphere includes all ofNorth America. It also includes the northernreaches of South America, about two-thirdsof Africa, all of Asia, excluding parts ofIndonesia, and all of Europe.

IndiaOn March 19,

a spring festival,Holi, is celebrated inIndia. This is a day offun, and people runthrough the streetsand throw coloredwater and bright-colored powders oneach other. They playHoli by throwingwater balloons and

smearing washable dyes on friends and family.They also build a huge bonfire made of driedleaves and branches the night before.

IranThe Iranian New Year, or Noruz, is cele-

brated on March 21. It is the traditional PersianNew Year and is celebrated with the arrival ofspring. People decorate their houses with sym-bols for the seven good angels. Theses symbolsare sprouts, wheat germ, apples, hyacinth, fruitof the jujube, garlic andsumac. The symbolsstand for life, rebirth,health, happiness,prosperity, joy andbeauty. Families alsovisit one another andhave special dinnersand parties to celebratethe new year.

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Rango (In Theaters: March 4)Rango is a chameleon lizard who needs to figure out whohe’s supposed to be in life. Like any good chameleon, Rangowants to adapt to his surroundings. But the insect-eatinglizard is suffering from an identity crisis. He might be a hero,but it’s too soon to tell. In the Mojave Desert town of “Dirt,”not everybody wants to be Rango’s friend. Filmmaker GoreVerbinski uses a different kind of approach for recordingactors like Johnny Depp (the voice of Rango), Abigail Breslin,and Isla Fisher. The performances are captured on cameraand then transferred to match their facial expressions to thatof the animated characters. Johnny Depp calls it “emotioncapture.” There a lot of animal creatures in this story. We geta gun-toting horny toad, a hat-wearing cobra, a grumpy tor-toise named John, and more than a few species of kooky birds — to namea just few. Rango is a fish-out-of-water story where the “fish” is one veryfunny lizard. Rated PG for rude humor, language, action, and smoking. 107mins. (Paramount Pictures)

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (In Theaters: March 25)Greg Heffley (Zachary Gordon) is still working out the many challenges thatcome with being a “wimpy kid.” Greg enters seventh grade with plenty ofteasing and bad advice from his not-so-helpful older brother Rodrick (Dev-on Bostick). Rodrick’s “rules,” about things, like setting “low expectations”for their parents, are sure to get Greg in trouble deep. David Bowers, thedirector of Flushed Away and Astro Boy, oversees the goofy situations inwhich young Greg finds himself in on a daily basis. Greg and Rodrick’sparents want their sons to get along better. But trying to make the boys actnicer to one another comes with problems the parents can’t begin toimagine. Rated PG. 94 mins. (20th Century Fox)

MOVIES ON DVDThe Ten Commandments (Available March 29)Cecil B. DeMille’s grand-scale telling of one of the most popular Biblestories is an unforgettable movie. The 1956 film stars Charlton Heston as

Moses. The baby Moses was saved by the Pharaoh’s daughterafter being sent down the Nile river in a basket by his Hebrewmother. As an adult, Moses’s rival Rameses discovers Moses’sHebrew heritage and casts him out of Egypt. After crossing thedesert and raising a family, Moses is commanded by God toreturn and free the Hebrew slaves of Egypt. As an epic biblicalmovie, The Ten Commandments is the stuff of Hollywoodlegend. The parting of the Red Sea is still one of the mostamazing things you could ever hope to see.Rated G. 221 minutes. (Paramount)

Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia (Available March 1)Originally shown on giant IMAX screens, Dinosaurs: Giantsof Patagonia is the dinosaur movie to end all dinosaur movies.Tracking the history of the extinct creatures, the movie takesyou on a journey 80 million years back in time with

computer- generated images that bring the many different species ofdinosaurs to life. Donald Sutherland provides narration about the largestcreatures to ever roam the planet. Tyrannosaurus Rex, Giganotosaurus,Apatosaurus and Triceratops are just a few of the mammoth creatures you’llhave fun learning about. If you love dinosaurs — and who doesn’t? — thisDVD is for you. Not Rated. 40 mins. (Image Entertainment)

Batman: The Brave and the Bold - Season One, Part Two (AvailableMarch 15)Based on the DC Comics “team-up” series, Batman: The Brave and the Boldis a lively television cartoon series that features the Caped Crusader and hisside-kick Robin teaming up with other DC super heroes to defeat theirassorted villains. Super heroes like Plastic Man and Aquaman put theirparticular crime-fighting skills to use. The tone is light and featuresreferences to the popular Batman television show of the 1960s. Young kidsespecially go for the campy humor and broadly drawn style of this energeticcomic book TV series. Not Rated. (Warner Home Video)

Cole Smithey, also known as “the smartest film critic in the world,” has been a film critic for 11 years and writes for over 50 publications, in print and on-line. Truman loves to watch movies and has the highest appreciation for great popcorn.


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Long-time reviewer Judy Freeman put together a couple of

booklists for READKIDDOREAD that many parents have told

us are very useful. We’re pleased to give you a sampling

here. For the full lists, just go to READKIDDOREAD.COM

and click on table of contents.

Are boys and girls different in their reading tastes and

habits? In many ways, they are. While there are plenty of

children’s books that appeal to everyone, Judy has made

lists of the things boys like best and those girls most like,

and matched them with irresistible books that have true boy

or girl appeal.

ALMOST CAN’T MISS, SURE-SHOT BOOKS FOR BOYS:

Boys of all ages, even toddlers, are infatuated by heavy machinery and love to watch vehicles in motion.

I STINK

By Kate McMullan, illustrated by Jim McMullanFor ages 3-7A no-nonsense, tough-talking New York City garbage truck explains how he chows down on all your trash each night while you sleep.

Boys are captivated by fiction books where animals talk, especially with clever, snappy main characters that happen to be mice, rats or other small, smart rodents.

THE MOUSE AND THE MOTORCYCLE

By Beverly Cleary; illustrated by Louis DarlingFor ages 9 and upWhen his parents check into the old Mountain View Inn, Keith encounters a remarkable mouse named Ralph, who takes great delight in zooming around on Keith’s toy red motorcycle.

Boys love action. When they read about danger, adventure, sports, survival, mystery, intrigue and

wise-cracking kids that get into big trouble, they like to imagine themselves in the thick of it.

DANIEL X SERIES

Beginning with THE DANGEROUS DAYS OF

DANIEL X

By James Patterson and Michael LedwidgeFor ages 10 and upFifteen-year-old Daniel X has taken on his father’s job as Alien Hunter since his parents were killed by the Prayer, a ruthless alien who has taken the form of a six-foot praying mantis in this fast-paced

engrossing series.

ALMOST CAN’T MISS, SURE-SHOT BOOKS FOR GIRLS:

Girls who are expected not to make a mess and to be good and kind and helpful and quiet often appreciate living vicariously through sassy

girls in books who are none of those things.

EMMY AND THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING RAT

By Lynne Jonell; illustrated by Jonathan BeanFor ages 8 and upThe more Emmy tries to be good, the more everyone seems to ignore her. The Rat who lives in a cage in her classroom tells her, “The bad ones get all the attention.” So Emmy tries it!

Girls like to fall over laughing, finding humor in a world full of super-se-rious life situations with demanding teachers, nagging parents, whining siblings and annoying friends.

BABYMOUSE books

Beginning with BABYMOUSE: OUR HERO

By Jennifer and Matthew HolmFor ages 7-11This series of young graphic novels tells of day-dreamer Babymouse, who has to contend with the everyday problems of life – from missing the school bus (again) to facing off with her nemesis, the cat.

Where boys want action, girls want conversation. Girls like characters they can connect with personally and stories with emotional resonance that make your heart soar — or break — or just beat a little faster.

ESPERANZA RISING

By Pam Munoz RyanFor ages 10 and upBorn into a prosperous Mexican ranching family, Esperanza lived a life of privilege until her Papa was murdered, and she and her mother go to California and find work picking crops.


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Want to scare up some fun in the kitchen? Try making these three-eyed monster pops. Turn a boxed cake mix, icing, Candy Melts and little candies into sweet treats that everyone will want to get their hands on. These colorful pops are perfect for a “First Day of Spring” celebration!

KIDSVILLE KITCHENTogether Time — Ask an adult for help with projects!

TRIFOCAL CAKE BALL POPS

WHAT YOU NEED:• 1 box (18 ounces) favorite cake mix • 1box (3.4 ounces) instant pudding mix• 4 eggs• 1 cup water• 1/3 cup vegetable oil• 1/2 cup Creamy White Decorator Icing

• Lollipop Sticks• White, Red, Orange and Green Candy Melts, melted• Candy eyeballs, spice drops, banana-shaped hard candies

HOW TO MAKE IT:• Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray two 8- or 9-inch round pans or one 13 x 9 x 2-inch sheet pan with nonstick spray. • In large bowl, combine cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, water and oil; beat

at medium speed with mixer 2 minutes. Pour into prepared pans. • Bake 30-35 minutes for round pans, 35-40 minutes for sheet pan, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans and cool completely. Divide cake in half; freeze one half for future use. • In large bowl, use fi ngers to crumble remaining cake until no large chunks remain. Add icing; mix with fi ngers until well combined. Form into 1-1/2-inch balls. Chill in refrigerator at least 2 hours. • Dip lollipop sticks into melted Candy Melts and insert into cake balls; let set. Dip cake balls into melted candy. Chill until fi rm.• Attach candy eyeballs, spice drops and banana-shaped hard candies with melted candy to make fun monster faces!

For more Pops ideas, visit www.wilton.com. Recipe courtesy of Wilton and Family Features.

Pop to It! Healthy H e a l t h y

Have you ever stayed in a pool or bathtub so long that your fingers got wrinkly? This is

normal — and can even affect your toes. But why does it happen?

Even though you can’t see it, your skin is covered with its own special oil

called sebum (say: see-bum) . Sebum is found on the outermost layer of

skin. Sebum moistens, or lubricates (say: loo-bruh-kaytes) , and

protects your skin. It also makes your skin a bit waterproof.

That’s why water runs off your skin when you wash your hands,

instead of soaking it in like a sponge would.

But staying in water for a long time washes away the sebum. Then, the

water can penetrate the outer layer of your skin. This causes your skin

to become waterlogged. So how does this lead to wrinkles? No one is

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sebum on your skin in no time.

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