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A New Informational Publication That‛s

Just For Kids!Just For Kids!Kids’ World News www.kidsworldnews.net Volume 8, Issue 4, December 2014

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December 2014Clinton/Ionia

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Hi Kids!It’s A Great Day At Kids’ World News!

Cold, snowy weather, jingle bells, twinkling lights and candy canes are all signs that Decemberhas arrived! It’s the last month of this year and there is certainly a feeling of anticipation in theair. People are busy making plans and preparing for the holidays, also known as the “hustle andbustle” of the holiday season! Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa are all holidays celebrated inDecember, where songs, decorations, candles and giving gifts are part of their beautiful tradi-tions.Kids and teachers are especially excited to have time off from school this month. What are you

going to do over your break? Our Sports and Fitness page talks about two fun winter activitiesyou can try - skiing and snowboarding. Also, with enough snow, you can always find a hill to gosledding with your friends. Kids’ World News wishes you the happiest of holidays this December and a wonderful time

sharing the joy of the season with your family and friends!

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St. MarySt. MaryElementary NewsElementary News

HonoringVeterans at

St. Mary SchoolSt. Mary School students were

blessed with the presence of manyveterans at our school on FridayNovember 14th. As a special trib-ute to the men and women of theUnited States Armed Forces, the

5th grade students at St. Mary School lead the way for a week long prayer for theseveterans. Miniature flags with veteran’s names and branch of service were placedaround the school grounds. Students spent time in the presence of God givingthanks and praise for these fine men and women. At the end of the week, veter-ans were invited to Mass and later for coffee and donuts. All tables were decoratedwith placemats designed especially for the veterans by the students. We wish tothank all our veterans for giving so much to us and our country.

7th - 8th Grade1st place-Zoie Schafer2nd place-Turner Pline3rd place-Kyle Stump4th place-Evan Thelen

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How Many Words Can You Make FromH A P P Y H O L I D A Y S

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Help The Owls Get To The Christmas Tree!

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Rafflesia is a five petaled parasitic flowering plant! What doesthat mean? It means that they have no true roots, stems, orleaves of their own. They also lack chlorophyll so they are inca-pable of photosynthesis. They live off a plant in the grapevinefamily. Rafflesia grow entirely embedded within the host plant theyparasitize. So, they are only visible when they erupt from the hostplant as a flower bud. These flowers only last a few days beforethey decompose.There has been discussion over which family these gigantic

plants belong to and Harvard professors, using DNA, have foundthat these plants are in the same family as poinsettias and castorbeans. That was surprising as poinsettias have small flowers andthe rafflesia arnoldii has HUGE flowers. In fact, one flower canweigh up to 22 pounds! They are also over 39 inches in diame-

ter!They were discovered in the Indonesian rain forest by Dr. Arnold’s

guide in 1818. They were named after Sir Thomas Stamford Raf-fles, who was in charge of the expedition. They can be found inSoutheastern Asia on the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra, andthe Philippines. In the tropical rainforests where they grow, the cli-mate is continuously warm and humid.Rafflesias smell HORRIBLE! They smell like rotting flesh. That

is how they got their nickname of the “corpse flower.” The raffle-sia attracts insects such as flies and carrion beetles who transportpollen from make to female flowers.Because the rafflesias are so rare, they benefit the places they

grow with tourism. Thousands of people go just to try and findthem!

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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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Haystacks2 Cups semisweet chocolate chips2 Tablespoons of butter2 Cups Chow Mein Noodles

Line a baking sheet with waxed paper. Place chocolate chips andbutter in a microwave safe container. Heat on 50% power for oneminute. Stir and repeat if necessary until chocolate is melted. Add chowmein noodles to chocolate mixture and stir until well covered. Spoon ta-blespoons full of the mixture onto prepared baking sheet. Refrigerateone hour until firm.

Snowball Cookies1 Cup butter or margarine1/2 Cup sugar, powdered - sifted1 Teaspoon vanilla2 1/2 Cups flour - sifted1/4 Teaspoon salt3/4 Cup pecans, chopped

Preheat oven at 350 degrees F. Cream butter in large bowl. Add thesugar, cream until light. Stir in vanilla. Sift the flour and salt - mix it in.Stir in nuts. Shape into balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake15 minutes. Roll in powdered sugar straight out of the oven. Re-member - they will be hot and you need to have a parent’s help. Rollagain when they are cool.

Mint Chocolate Bark2 Cups semisweet chocolate chips1 Cup white chocolate chips1 Teaspoon vegetable oil1 Teaspoon peppermint extract2 Drops of green food coloring

Line a cookie sheet with waxed paper. Set it aside. Melt the semi-sweet chips in a microwave safe container. Heat on 50% power for oneminute. Stir and repeat if necessary until the chocolate is melted andsmooth. Pour the chocolate onto the cookie sheet and spread it to abouta 1/4 inch thickness with the back of a spoon. Using the same method,melt the white chocolate chips with the oil. Add the peppermint extractand food coloring. Stir it well. Pour the mixture over the chocolate layerand spread to about 1/8 inch thickness with the back of a spoon. Drawthe tip of a butter knife through the layers to create swirls. Refrigerateuntil firm - about 30 minutes. Remove the bark from the pan. Peel offthe waxed paper. Set the bark on a cutting board and cut it into 2 dozenbars. Your parent will have to help with this part. Store in an airtight con-tainer in the refrigerator.

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FowlerFowlerElementary NewsElementary News

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Third Grade Engineers(By Mrs. Schafer)

The 3rd grade students at WaldronElementary put into practice theirproblem solving skills. Groups weregiven the task of creating a structurethat would hold up their math booksusing only a single piece of paper andtape. There was a lot of discussiongoing on as students tried to analyzewhere their structure was the weak-est and how they could improve on it to make it stronger. After much perse-verance, we had a couple of groups successfully complete the challenge!Each group was then able to explain to the class just how they were able todo this. We may have some future engineers on our hands!

CPR Presentation at Waldron

Recently, emergency room nurses SamanthaWeber and Angie Hufnagel came to WaldronSchool to demonstrate CPR techniques as well aseducate our 5th & 7th grade students on how touse an AED defibrillator in case of emergency.Not only is this information useful for our studentin our Health class (taught by Ms. Seymour), butit is something everyone could benefit from know-ing!

Waldron Staff Gets SillyStringed!

This fall, Waldron School held acolor run to raise money for ourschool. As an incentive, studentswho raised the most money won achance to “silly string” the staff

member of their choice! A big thank you to all who supported our fundraiserand to our Waldron staff for being such good sports!

The Kindergarten students from Mrs.Glowacki's and Mrs. Schmitz's classesgathered for a Thanksgiving feastdressed as Pilgrims and Native Ameri-cans. They prayed, thanking God fortheir many blessings, and then enjoyeda snack of turkey roll-ups, corn muffins,cranberrysauce and pumpkin bars.

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12 Days of ChristmasHave you heard the song about the 12 Days of

Christmas? Have you ever thought how expensive itwould be to actually buy all the gifts in the song?

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CranberryFarming!

Cranberries are traditionally a dish used at Thanksgiving andChristmas. They are however, a major crop in the United States!The states that are most known for their cranberry crops areMaine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oregon,Washington and Wisconsin. They are harvested generally to bemade into sauce, juice, sweetened dried or sold as fresh fruit.Cranberries have high nutritional content and antioxidant qualities.

Cranberries are low, creeping shrubs or vines that grow up to 8inches in height. The flowers are dark pink and are pollinated bydomestic honey bees. The fruit is a berry that is initially white butturns a deep red when fully ripe.

Cranberries grow in beds which are surrounded by ditches, dikesand roads. They are not grown under water. But they are irrigatedregularly to maintain soil moisture. The beds are flooded in theautumn to facilitate harvest and again during the winter to protectagainst the low temperatures. Harvesting generally takes place inlate September or early October.

To harvest cranberries, the beds are flooded with six to eightinches of water above the vines. There is a machine called a waterreel harvester that is used to dislodge the berries from the vines byvibrating. The ripe berries break loose from the vines and thenthey float on the water. The berries are then corralled into a cor-

ner of the bed and con-veyed from the bed fortransport. They are thentaken to receiving stationswhere they are cleaned,sorted and stored prior topackaging or processing.

Dry picked cranberriestake up to only 10% of theU.S. crop. They aremostly sold as fresh fruit

and done with a walk-behind harvester that is small enough to goover the beds without damaging the vines.

Try This! Cranberry CrumbleIngredients:Cooking spray2 cups fresh cranberries1/3 cup plus 1/2 cup granulated sugar1/2 cup chopped walnuts1 egg1/2 cup all-purpose flour1/4 cup butter or margarine - melted1 quart vanilla ice cream or frozen yogurt

Heat the oven to 325 degrees F. Spray an 8 inch pie place withnon-stick spray. Put the cranberries in the pie plate. Sprinkle withthe 1/3 cup of sugar and nuts. Beat the egg well, adding the 1/2cup of sugar gradually. Beat until it’s foamy. Add the flour andmelted butter. Beat until thoroughly blended. Pour over the cran-berries. Bake for 45 minutes. Crust should be golden brown.Serve warm with ice cream or frozen yogurt.

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Ulysses S. Grant18th President of the United States

1869-1877

Hiram Ulysses Grant was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio on April 27,1822. He was raised in Georgetown, Ohio on a farm. He was the sunof a tanner and merchant. Grant was schooled locally, then attended thePresbyterian Academy before he was appointed to West Point. When he graduated from West Point in 1843, he was placed in the in-

fantry and was stationed at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. On August 22,1848, he married the love of his life, Julia Dent. They had 4 children. Hewas a devoted father and husband. President Grant loved horses andwas probably one of the greatest equestian in U.S. history. He was afearless rider with phenomenal endurance and speed. He was also anaccomplished painter and was known to pay attention to detail.

MILITARY CAREER:• 1846-1847 - fought under General Zachary Taylor in the Mexican War.• 1861-1865 - fought in the American Civil War. In 1862, he capturedFort Donelson, Tennessee which was the first major Union victory.• 1863 - named Major General in the U.S. Army. Victories included Vicks-burg, Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge.• 1865 - accepted the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Leeat Appomattox, Virginia.• 1867-1868 - served as Secretary of War.• 1869-1877 - President of the United States. He was a Republican.

SOME MAJOR EVENTS WHILE IN OFFICE• Reconstruction was one of the largest issues of his presidency. He con-tinued having federal troops occupy the South. His administration foughthard against the states who denied blacks the right to vote. The FifteenthAmendment was ratified in 1870, which provided that no one could be de-nied the right to vote based on race.• The Transcontinental Railroad was completed in 1869.• Black Friday Scandal involving James Fisk and Jay Gould (September24, 1869). These two speculators tried to buy up enough gold to cornerthe market. They were driving the price of gold up very quickly. WhenPresident Grant realized their scheme to corner the market, he author-ized the Secretary of the Treasure to sell enough gold into the market towreck their plans and bring down the price of gold - but many businessesand investors were ruined because of this scheme.• President Grant settled claims against Britain in 1872 for damage doneduring the Civil War by British-built Confederate warships.• The Panic of 1873 was an economic depression that happened and

lasted for five years. Many businesses failed and there were largeamounts of unemployed persons.• The Whiskey Ring Scandal - 1875. Many distillers and federal agentswere keeping money that was being paid as liquor taxes. Grand calledfor their punishment but protected his own personal secretary.After he retired from the Presidency, he and his wife traveled through-out Europe, Asia and Africa. In 1881, Grant bought a home in New YorkCity. At the advice from his son, he invested money as a silent partnerin an investment banking partnership with a man named FerdinandWard. Ward swindled Grant and others investors. They lost all theirmoney and were forced to go bankrupt. Ward fled (later jailed) and Pres-ident Grant lost all his money. Grant had forfeited his military pensionwhen he assumed the office of President. So, he wrote his memoirs ina book for money to help his wife out financially as he had found out hehad cancer. He finished his book July 19, 1885 just a few days beforehe died. His memoirs became a best seller. His body lies in New YorkCity’s Riverside Park beside that of his wife in what is known as Grant’sTomb.

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Snowman SoupAssemble in a small zipper food storage bag the following ingredients:• 1 individual pack hot chocolate mix• 3 chocolate kisses• 10-15 mini-marshmallows• 1 small candy cane

Print the poem below. Cut it out and staple the tag to the top of theSnowman Soup baggie. Another idea you can do is to fit the baggieinto a mug to add to this gift.

Snowman SoupWas told you’ve been real good this year, always glad to hear it!With freezing weather drawing near, you’ll need to warm the spirit.So here’s a little Snowman Soup, complete with stirring stick.

Add hot water, sip it slow, it’s sure to do the trick!

Gingerbread Cookies In A JarThis is a great gift you can make for the holidays! Get a clear wide

mouth canning jar and make sure it’s clean! It must have a lid with a ringaround it. Cut a ribbon and tie it directly under the lid when you close itand if you want - tie a gingerbread cookie cutter onto the jar with a rib-bon and your message!

Ingredients you will need:• 2 cups all-purpose flour• 1 teaspoon baking powder• 1 teaspoon baking soda• 2 cup packed brown sugar• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour• 2 teaspoons ground ginger• 1 teaspoon ground cloves• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon• 1 teaspoon ground allspice

Instructions:Mix 2 cups of the flour with the

baking soda and baking pow-der. Mix the remaining 1/1/2cups of flour with the spices. In a one quart, wide-mouth canning jar -layer the ingredients starting with the flour/baking powder mixture, thenthe brown sugar and finally the flour and spice mixture. Close the jartightly. Attach a card to the jar with the following directions:1. Empty the contents of this jar into a large mixing bowl. Blend to-gether thoroughly.2. Add 1/2 cup softened butter or margarine, 3/4 cup of molasses and1 slightly beaten egg. Mix until completely blended. Dough will be verystiff, so you may need to use your clean hands. Cover and refrigeratefor one hour.3. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. 4. Roll dough to 1/4 inch thickness on a lightly floured surface. Cut intoshape with a gingerbread cookie cutter.5. Place cookies on a lightly greased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.6. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. 7. Decorate as desired.

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The piano is a very important part of music. Many musical notesdo not seem possible without it and many notes sound better onthe piano. The piano can play all types of music from classical torock and roll. It can also be played solo or with other instruments,so it is very versatile.There is some disagreement on when the first modern style

piano was built. Most say the modern style piano (or piano etforte, meaningsoft and loud)was probablybuilt by the Ital-ian, BartolomeoCristofori in1709. It wasdescribed as ah a r p s i c h o r dwith both softand loud!

The differ-ence betweenthe harpsichord(that came be-fore) and thepiano, was theway the stringswere sounded.

Inside the piano the strings are tightened into tune. A grandpiano, for instance, looks like a harp when on it’s side. Modernstyle pianos use hammers to pluck the string. So when you touchthe keyboard, the hammer hits the string which affects the soundof the note. If you stroke the key gently, the sound will be soft. Ifyou use a heavy touch on the key, the sound will be much louder!

PIANO FACTS:• The average medium sized piano has about 230 strings. Eachstring has about 165 pounds of tension. With the combined pullof all the strings, that equals approximately eighteen tons!• There are over 10 million pianos in American homes, businessesand institutions.• Yamaha, established in 1887, was the first piano manufacturerin Japan.• The world’s largest piano is a Challen Concert Grand Piano.This piano is eleven feet long and has a total string tension ofover 30 tons. This piano weighs more than a ton!• The working section of the piano is called the action. There areabout 7500 parts in there. They all play a role in sending the ham-mers against the strings when the keys are struck.

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Did You Know TheHippopotamus Is

Related To The Whale?• The hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), from the Greekword hippopotamos, (hippos - meaning “horse” and potamos -meaning “river”), is often shortened to “hippo”. It is one of the twospecies in existence in the family Hippopotamidae - the otherspecies being the Pygmy Hippopotamus.• The hippopotamus is semi aquatic, living in rivers and lakes in

sub-Saharan Africain large groups ofup to 40. Duringthe day, they re-main cool by stay-ing in the water ormud. They emergeat dusk to graze ongrass. While hip-pos rest near eachother in territories inthe water, grazing isan alone activity.

• Despite their physical resemblance to pigs - whales and porpoisesare their closest living relatives. The earliest known hippopotamusfossils belonging to the genus Kenyapotamus in Africa, date toaround 16 million years ago.• Hippo childbirth occurs in water and as soon as the infants areborn, they must come up for air.• The hippopotamus is known for its barrel-shaped torso, enormousmouth and teeth, hairless body, stubby legs and tremendous size.Only elephants are consistently larger. Despite its stocky shapeand short legs, they can easily outrun a human. Hippos have beenclocked at 30 miles per hour while running short distances.• Very popular in zoos and portrayed at times as lazy, the hip-popotamus is among the most dangerous and aggressive of all an-imals. Because of their enormous size, hippos are difficult to weigh

in the wild. The average weight for adult males is between 3,300- 7,000 pounds. Females are smaller than males with averageweight measuring between 2,900 - 3,300 pounds!• Hippos average 11 feet long and 5 feet tall at the shoulder. Theirlifespan is typically 40 to 50 years. The eyes, ears and nostrils ofhippos are placed high on the roof of the skull. This allows themto be in the water withmost of their body sub-merged. They stay inthe water and mud oftropical rivers to staycool and prevent sun-burn. • Have you ever won-dered why hippos arealways covered inbrown stuff that lookslike mud? For additionalprotection from the sun,their skin secretes or“sweats” a natural sun-screen substance whichis red-colored and turnsbrown!

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Lets VisitSwitzerland!

• Switzerland is a landlocked country of 7.5 million peo-ple in Western Europe with an area of 15,940 sq mi.• Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26states called cantons. Berne is the seat of the federalgovernment and de facto capital, while the country'seconomic centers are its two global cities, Geneva andespecially Zürich.• Switzerland is bordered by Germany, France, Italy,Austria and Liechtenstein.• Switzerland has a long history of neutrality – it has notbeen at war since 1815 – and hosts many internationalorganizations, including the Red Cross, the WTO andone of the U.N.'s two European offices.• Switzerland comprises three basic topographical

areas: the Swiss Alps, the Swiss plateau or "middleland", and the Jura mountains along the north-western border with France. The Alps are a high mountain range running across the central-south ofthe country. Among the high peaks of the Swiss Alps, the highest of which is the Dufourspitze at 15,203ft. The most famous mountain is the Matterhorn (4,478 m) in Valais and Pennine Alps bordering Italy.The highest mountain, the Dufourspitze (4,634 m) or Monte Rosa, is close to the Matterhorn.• The more populous northern part of the country is called the Middle Land. It has greater open and hilly landscapes, partly forested,partly open meadow, usually with grazing herds, or vegetables and fruits growing, but it can still be somewhat mountainous.• Banking, tourism, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals are important industries in Switzerland. The manufacture of precision instrumentsfor engineering is important, as is watch-making, and the biological sciences industries as well, enjoy a high place in the Swiss econ-omy.• Electricity generated in Switzerland is 42% from nuclear and 53% from hydroelectricity with 5% of the electricity generated from con-ventional power sources (thermal etc.) resulting in a nearly CO2-free electricity-generating network.• Switzerland is heavily active in recycling and anti-littering regulations and is one of the top recyclers in the world with 66% to 96% ofthe different recyclable materials being recycled.

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