Chill Kids 2014 October

CHillKids

October 2014

Fun Family Educational Resource of Chapel Hill • Carrboro • Hillsborough • Durham • NC Triangle

Fun on the Farm:

Local Fall Harvest Festivals, Pumpkin Patches & Cornfield Mazes

Meet Buster Halterman, Pro Skateboarder & CEO of Buster Biofuels Visit the Binturongs (Bearcats) at the Conservators Center

FREE!

Piedmont Electric Membership Corporation A Touchstone Energy Cooperative

Cover Art by Textile Collage Artist Elaine O'Neil

Write your name here:

COVER ART: “Hoot's Your Daddy” textile collage by Elaine O’Neil

Elaine O’Neil is a North Carolina-based textile collage artist who uses fabrics to create beautiful textile collages of fond childhood memories, and whimsical images of the local community and North Carolina landmarks. Elaine O’Neil also is the illustrator of Good Night Carolina, a children’s book written by Missy Julian Fox and Marie Myers Lloyd.

As O’Neil describes it, “Growing up in the countryside of rural Maine, I had an idyllic, perfect childhood. Running barefoot in the green fields, playing hide and seek in our big red barn, picking sweet peas, and eating blueberry pie are fond memories I hold dear to this day. My artistic process begins with those simple, pure moments. I strive to conjure up the essence of those good memories and capture them through whimsey and color, all stitched together with a sense of humor and delight. I call the finished piece, "textile collage".

"I began sewing as a girl, winning 4-H contests and making all of my clothes. In college, I designed fabrics, enjoying the created effect of color and texture combinations. Later, while our three sons were little and I was home with them, I began creating "scenes" and portraits of a family boat ride, a cow farm, or a seaside picnic. Those 'scenes' were noticed by a gallery and that was the start of my art career.”

O'Neil graduated from Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science, earning a BS degree in textile design. She is great-granddaughter to a lighthouse keeper, granddaughter to a farmer, daughter of an ardent seamstress, and mother to three sons. O'Neil's ties to her past are ever present. Her work has been featured and exhibited in galleries from the coast of Maine to midtown Manhattan to shops in the Appalachian mountains of North Carolina.

Elaine's beautiful new 2015 Luv This Place® collectible calendars (along with prints, note cards, original pieces and more) are available at www.elaineoneil.com.

READ TOGETHER

Educational fun for the whole family!

We have changed the name of our fun family educational resource magazine to CHillKids, to be consistent with our 10+ years local family activity website, www.CHillKids.com.

We have been publishing and distributing our monthly print educational resource magazine for local K-5 school students and their families continuously every month since December 2012. CHillKids is your LOCAL award-winning educational family resource magazine for parents, grandparents, children, and educators K-5th grade in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough/Orange County, Durham and the NC Triangle.

HAVE FUN READING & LEARNING with CHillKids, now also featuring the Kid Scoop award-winning Newspaper in Education (NIE) program, educational puzzles and games (a 2013 Parents' Choice award winner).

CHillKids

featuring

Educators can request FREE distribution for your K-5 classroom(s) by calling (919) 951-4410.

Subscribe to our online FLIP edition at www.CHillKids.com/news.

The CHillKids family educational resource is supported by sponsors who share our mission to promote literacy and a love of learning in our local community.

To learn more about supporting our 501(c)(3) non-profit literacy mission in partnership with the Newspaper in Education Initiative, call us at (919) 951-4410.

THANKS to all our partners for sponsoring the CHillKids literacy & News in Education programs in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough/Orange County, Durham and the NC Triangle!

Piedmont Electric Membership Corporation A Touchstone Energy Cooperative

The

Mardi Gras Bowling Center

2 www.ChillKids.com/news October 2014

CHillKids Chapel Hill/Carrboro/Hillsborough/ Orange & Durham Counties' Fun Family Educational Resource PUBLISHER/EDITOR Kate Look kate@CHillKids.com For Sponsorship Information, or to request (FREE!) K-5 distribution for your school, contact us at: (919) 951-4410 www.CHillKids.com/news CHillKids 1818 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, #210 Chapel Hill, NC 27516 Copyright Š 2014 CHillKids. All rights reserved. No part of this issue may be reproduced in whole or in part in any form without permission of the publisher.

Neither participating advertisers nor the publishers will be responsible or liable for misinformation, misprints or typographical errors. The publishers reserve the right to edit any submitted material. CHillKids is not responsible for unsolicited manuscripts, artwork, or other material.

Children's art submissions should include name, address, telephone number, and permission to publish signed by a parent or guardian.

October in the North Carolina Triangle brings crisp fresh air, beautiful changing leaves, pumpkins, and the North Carolina State Fair at the State Fairgrounds in Raleigh! October is a perfect time to visit local farms in the Triangle for fall festivals, pumpkin picking, cornfield mazes, farm animals, and lots of family fun! Read more about local farm festivals on page 7.

Learn some tricks for tidying up your room so it won't be so SCARY (page 6), and learn about the binturongs (bearcats) at the Conservators Center near Burlington, NC (page 5). On page 8, read about a spacecraft named Rosetta that is set to land on a comet next month! Meet Rocky the Robo-Squirrel on page 14.

Did you know squirrels can harvest maple sugar from sugar maple trees?

Read about maple syrup harvesting on page 18.

This month we talked with professional skateboarder and entrepreneur, Buster Halterman. Read about Buster's amazing feats and his inspirational mission as Founder & CEO of Buster Biofuels (page 9).

If you celebrate Halloween, stay safe, have fun, and be sure to brush your teeth well! Read the Halloween Safety tips on the back cover.

Ask a parent, grandparent or teacher to do the Halloween-theme Kids Across, Parents Down crossword puzzle with you (page 11), and look for the Math-a-Muse puzzles, Hidden Picture puzzle, tricky dot-to-dot, and lots more fall fun!

Have a happy October!

Dr. T. Lenise Clifton & Dr. Charles U. Mauney 77 Vilcom Center Drive Suite 310 Chapel Hill, NC 27514

October is National Orthodontic Health Month! It is a great time to see an orthodontist, whether you are a child or an adult! We would love to meet you so give us a call and we will help get you on the path to a healthy, beautiful smile!

Help Jack find his way to his friends‌..

919-933-1007

October 2014 www.ChillKids.com/news

3

©Vicki Whiting

26 = A theB 25 = 24 = C 23 = D 22 = E 21 = F

20 = G

16 = K

17 = J

13 = N

your 12 = O

kiddieland 19 = H 15 = L 11 = P 18funpark = I TO14SEE =M& 10 DO =Q

9=R 8=S 7=T

N.C. STATE FAIR?

19 22 7 12

6=U 5=V 4=W 3=X 2=Y 1=Z

KID’S MEALS… more than just yummy!

4 26 13 7 22 23 8 18 13 16

7 22 22 7 19 20 12 12 23

19 18 8

18 13 7 12

26

25 12 12 16

• 12 choices!

• Free of: Artificial Trans Fat Processed MSG High Fructose Corn Syrup Artificial Colors & Dyes • Many less than $ .00!

• KID’S MEALS INCLUDE choice of Organic Apple Juice or Organic Milk

3

Download N.C. State Fair coloring pages at www.ncstatefair.org/2014/Education/Coloring.

And so much more...

5408 New Hope Commons Dr. 919-493-3350

Fun stuff with JD Kids! http://www.jasonsdeli.com/JDKids

4 www.ChillKids.com/news October 2014

ANIMAL KINGDOM

Binturong (Bearcat) Visit the Binturongs at the Conservators Center near Burlington, NC!

Binturongs make lots of different kinds of noises to communicate. If they are bothered they can make a high-pitched wail that sounds like a cat screaming, loud howls, low grunts, or hisses. When they are happy, they snort and chuckle!

What has a face like a cat, a body like a bear cub, stiff white whiskers, a tail like a monkey, and smells like freshly popped buttery popcorn?

The binturong!

Also known as the "Asian bearcat," the binturong is a

Cole Binturong enjoys a tasty pumpkin treat at the Conservators Center near Burlington, NC. Photo by Beth Lupold.

Southeast Asian, arboreal (treedwelling) mammal. (They live in the rainforest trees of southeast Asia.) Even though they look a bit like a combination of sloth, cat, bear, raccoon, seal, otter, and monkey, they are not related to any of these animals. Instead, the binturong is the largest member of the animal kingdom family Viverridae, and are related to genets, civets and fossas.

teeth, but they eat mostly fruit and some vegetables. Their fruit diet is part of what makes binturongs critical to maintaining the rainforest canopy: as they eat and digest rainforest fruits, they help to spread the seeds to continually replant the rainforest.

The color of the binturongs' fur can vary from black to brown with white, silver, or rust on the tips of their fur.

They have long ear tufts and reddishbrown eyes, giving them an endearing appearance.

Binturongs are great at climbing, and they use their prehensile tail as an extra "hand" to grip branches and climb around the trees. Binturongs have a leathery patch at the tip of the tail for added traction when climbing among the Binturongs are able to swim, and they branches. The binturong's tail is almost as have good vision both in the day and at long as its body! night, so they can be active at any hour.

They like to sleep during the day high in Even when a binturong is sleeping, its tail is anchored securely around a branch. the forest tree tops where they bask in the sun. Binturongs are primarily nocturnal However Binturongs usually have to get and move slowly through their treedown on the ground to move between homes as they look for fruit. trees, since they are not as acrobatic as monkeys are. (Binturongs don't swing Binturongs have an unusual and from tree to tree.) distinctive scent: they smell like buttered popcorn! In the wild their scent alerts Binturongs are classified as carnivores other binturongs that they are trespassing (meat eaters) because of their jaws and on another binturong's territory.

Very little research has been gathered about this species in the wild. There are nine subspecies of note, all of which are threatened or endangered due to habitat fragmentation and destruction.

Binturongs also fall victim to poaching for fur trade, bushmeat, and capture to be kept as exotic pets. Binturongs play a role as a keystone species in the Southeast Asian rainforest ecosystem because they help to spread critical plant seeds that keep the rainforest alive and growing.

The reestablishment of new rainforest habitat is nearly impossible without them.

The Conservators Center near Burlington, NC is Binturong when she was known worldwide for Cole a baby (December 2012). their staff 's expertise Photo by Chariot Creative. with this rare species in captivity. The friendly rescued binturongs at the Conservators Center are eager to greet visitors and show off their special talents.

Visit www.conservatorscenter.org to schedule a tour to meet the binturongs in person, and for more information about the Conservators Center's animals, tours, birthday parties, field trips, programs for scouts and youth groups, and overnight programs. The Conservators Center is home to almost 90 animals representing more than 20 fascinating and rare species.

October 2014 www.ChillKids.com/news

5

Learn some helpful tips for getting your room from a disorganized disaster to a lovable living space from Kid Scoop News!

One big messy room is really a lot of little messes to clean up.

One day, clean one bookshelf, the next day a drawer. Selecting one little mess a day until the entire room is picked up makes the chore a little less scary.

Use Muerto’s code to reveal the secret way to make your room look MUCH cleaner instantly!

Put small things into small containers and large things into large containers. That way small things don’t get lost in the bottom of a box with lots of large objects.

Select one part of your room to clean up. Then sort the things in that part of the room into three piles:

©Vicki Whiting

You need space to store stuff. If a lot of stuff is lying around on the floor and pouring out of your drawers, make space by storing things you aren’t using right now. First, sort through your clothing and toys to get rid of anything you no longer use. Donate those items to a thrift center so they can be reused!

6 www.ChillKids.com/news October 2014

Autumn Autumn Farm Farm Fun: Fun: Pumpkin Pumpkin Patches, Patches, Festivals Festivals & & Corn Corn Mazes Mazes Beautiful fall days are perfect for pumpkin patches and cornfield mazes!

There is nothing like a day of fun on the farm in the North Carolina Triangle.

Make plans to visit these favorite local family farms and enjoy pumpkin picking, cornfield mazes, hay rides, visiting with farm animals, jumping in a corn crib, and the playing in the fresh air on an autumn day.

Ganyard Hill Farm

319 Sherron Rd. Durham, NC 27703 (919) 596-8728 www.pumpkincountry.com Have a day full of farm fun at Ganyard Hill Farm, and pick your pumpkin from a real pumpkin patch!

Also enjoy hayride tours of the farm, corn crib, giant haystack, cornfield & sorghum mazes, a cotton field for cotton picking, hay maze, barnyard farm animal feeding, cows, goats, bunnies, chickens, old farm barn market, educational murals (learn about bees and the pumpkin plant life cycle), a picnic area, and lots more! Open daily for the 2014 Fall Season beginning Sept. 26th. (School field trips, groups & parties also available.) Visit the website for hours and more information.

McKee CornField Maze

5011 Kiger Rd., Rougemont, NC 27572 (near Hillsborough, Chapel Hill & Durham).

919-732-8065 www.mckeecornfieldmaze.com With 14 acres of fun for the whole family, McKee’s CornField Maze includes both a 12-acre maze (with 4 miles of pathways), and a 2-acre interactive children’s maze, along with farm animals, a shady picnic area, children’s play area and play set, and rope swing. Also available: mums, pumpkins, corn stalks, straw, gourds, and other fall decorations, and Maple View ice cream! Open weekends Fri-Sun, Sept. 27 - Nov. 2, 2014. Visit the website for hours and for Haunted Trail dates/hours.

Hill Ridge Farms

703 Tarboro Rd., Youngsville, NC 27596 (919) 556-1771 or 1-800-358-4170 www.hillridgefarms.com The Hill Ridge Farms Fall Pumpkin & Harvest Festival is open 7 days a week from Sept. 13th Nov. 9th, 2014, and features covered hay rides and pumpkin picking as well as train rides, gemstone panning, bounce house, live music, a giant slide, huge jumping pillow, corn crib, farm animal corral, bunny village, corn house, antique farm equipment, catfish feeding dock, playland, colorful maze, pony rides (on weekends), great food and much more!

Stroller-friendly paved concrete sidewalks; fullservice restrooms. Hill Ridge Farms is open yearround (for farm fun, birthday parties, school trips & group events, as well as a spectacular holiday Festival of Lights show late Nov. through Dec.).

Visit the website for hours; open daily. Extended hours on October 2014 Saturdays from 9am-9pm. with nighttime hayrides, bonfires, concessions and Chuckwagon Grill open for dinner.

Ken’s Korny Corn Maze

3175 Benson Rd. (Hwy 50 S), Garner, NC 27529 919-779-4765 www.kenskornycornmaze.com Ken’s Korny Corn Maze is a 10-acre fall playground with a 6-acre corn maze, and over 2 1/2 miles of paths! Farm fun includes an 8,000 sq. ft. rope maze, hay maze, hay rides, miniature golf, gourd checkers, corn and hay barn, concessions, and photo opportunities. Open Sept. 13 - Nov. 9, 2014 (weekends Fri-Sun; also open weekdays for groups by appointment only.) Visit the website for days/hours and Ken’s Haunted Trails info.

For more Fall Fun & Festivals, visit www.ChillKids.com.

CHAPEL HILL’S FINEST GYMNASTICS FACILITY! WWW.CHAPELHILLGYMNASTICS.COM 98% of Customers say they would book a GameTruck party again One phone call and you’re done

BIRTHDAY PARTIES CORPORATE EVENTS SCHOOL FUNCTIONS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS SPORTS TEAM PARTIES

(919) 578-4210

www.gametruckparty.com

THE PARTY’S AT YOUR HOUSE, NOT IN YOUR HOME

Game up to 16 Players Video Game Truck, Ultimate Laser Tag or Both Multiple Systems and Game Modes Powered by Silent Sound Stage Generators Fully Insured

QUALITY INSTRUCTION ENERGETIC LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

FUN F O S T O L

!

• Camps • Birthday Parties • Girls & Boys Gymnastics • Parent & Tot Classes • Preschool Classes • Tumbling Classes • Kids Night Out

(919) 942-3655

7405 Rex Rd, Ste 207 Chapel Hill, NC 27516

Conveniently located near the I-40/Hwy 86 interchange, at the corner of Eubanks & Millhouse Roads.

October 2014 www.ChillKids.com/news

7

Amigos del espaĂąol Empareja las palabras con las ilustraciones Match the words with the pictures Busca y escribe el nĂşmero que le corresponda a cada ilustraciĂłn.

Search and fill in the matching number for each picture.

1

la araĂąa spider la hoja leaf 4

el bĂşho owl

la calabaza pumpkin

European Spacecraft to Make Historic Comet Landing on November 12

By Alex H. Kasprak, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Over 10 years ago, a spacecraft named Rosetta blasted off on its way to meet up with an icy dust ball. The European Space Agency launched the mission with contributions from selected European countries, and also from NASA. Those who built Rosetta have high hopes for it. If all goes according to plan, a lander attached to Rosetta will gently descend to the surface of the comet for the first time ever.

In fact, the Rosetta mission has already made history. In late August, after its decade-long journey, the spacecraft entered an orbit around a comet for the first time. The comet—Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko—is barreling quickly toward the sun as Rosetta circles around it. This is both a blessing and a curse.

el espantapĂĄjaros scarecrow

el gato cat

It’s a blessing because we will now have a front-row seat to a pretty awesome show. As this comet gets closer to the sun it will heat up. As it heats up, it will develop the bright coma and stunning tail for which comets are known. It’s a curse because eventually all that heat will make it impossible for the lander’s instruments to work. It could even break Comet 67P apart. That means there’s a deadline for putting a lander on its surface.

The scientists must act quickly, and act quickly is what they have done!

3

6

2

Bright Future for a Comet-Chasing Spacecraft

5

Immediately after arriving at its target, Rosetta made a detailed map of its surface. Not only is it a beautifully detailed look at a mysterious space object, but it is also useful. When Rosetta first launched, scientists had no idea what the surface of Comet 67/P looked like. Now, using this map, scientists were able to pick out a number of potential landing sites to study.

After teams of scientists and engineers discussed and debated all of those options, they picked one first-choice landing site and one back-up site. Everything is on schedule for the landing attempt to be made in midNovember.

ÂĄHola amigos! Soy la calavera de Chapel Hill!

Both on the surface and in orbit, Rosetta will help us understand not only what comets look like up close when they approach the sun, but it will also shed light on the formation of our own solar system. These icy comets are the leftovers from the time when our solar system was just forming.

Celebrate El DĂ­a de los Muertos October 27, 2014 at CHICLE

Teacher Work Day Bilingual-Camp A day of cultural exposure with our themed Teacher Work Day camps!

Fun and educational! Children, of every Spanish level, will enjoy learning new language skills through customs and traditions from around the world.

October 27 register by October 17th

K through 5th GRADE

November 04 register by October 20th

Half Day $50 8:00-1:30pm Full Day $70 8:00-5:30pm

DĂ­a de los Muertos vs Halloween Kids can wear costumes!

DĂ­a de Gracias - Thanksgiving

January 20th register by January 9th Día de Reyes - Kings’ Day

Snack and lunch not provided

Contact us at (919) 933-0398 for more information and to register. ÂĄGracias!

t XXX DIJ DMF DPN tĂš101 E. Weaver Street, Carrboro NC 27510

X marks the spot: Rosetta shot this picture of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimen when it arrived in the comet’s orbit. Rosetta will attempt to drop a lander on the comet on Nov. 12, 2014. Credit: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/ UPM/DASP/IDA.

Download the game CometQuest by NASA’s Space Place and take control of the Rosetta Mission.

Land a lander and collect data while you avoid space hazards! http://tinyurl.com/cometquest.

8 www.ChillKids.com/news October 2014

INSPIRING CAREERS

Meet Buster Halterman

Pro Skateboarder and Founder & CEO of Buster Biofuels From an early age, Buster Halterman loved skateboarding and spending time outdoors on his family's farm. Buster spent over 20 years as a professional skateboarder around the country and around the world, competing in events including the X games, where he was featured on the Jay Leno Show.

While he was a professional skateboarder, he also held full-time positions in business management and consulting in the action sports industry.

Buster also is an entrepreneur!

Early in his pro skateboarding career he co-founded an action sports clothing company called Fuel. Buster Halterman now is the founder and CEO of Buster Biofuels, based in San Diego, California. Buster Biofuels collects and recycles used cooking oil from restaurants and businesses including LEGOLAND California and the San Diego Padres major league baseball stadium, so that the biofuel can be used to run local school buses and fuel their customers' own vehicles and machines (like power washers).

Biofuel is much cleaner than petroleum diesel, so that emissions are greatly reduced. Reducing emissions from school buses is particularly important so that children riding school buses will breathe much cleaner air on the way to and from school, and while waiting for the school buses.

Everyone benefits from cleaner air! Buster Biofuels also is in the final stages of building its own facility to recycle used cooking oil into biofuel.

This month Buster spoke with us about his career, and his advice for kids.

How did you develop your skateboarding skills to become a professional skateboarder?

Skateboarding became a passion of mine and an expression much needed during my life for about two decades. Like any skill, it took passion, along with great dedication and perseverance. In a practical sense, I was fortunate to have a farm in Pennsylvania where my Mom and Dad allowed me to build a half-pipe. My friends and I lived vicariously through skate videos and magazines when growing up. I learned the fundamentals of skateboarding right there on Farm Valley Road in the barn, and through years of traveling and progression was able to make it to California and around the world riding that piece of wood with 4 wheels. I can’t believe it when I look back. I was fortunate.

What inspired your passion for environmental conservation, and when did you become interested in biofuels?

When I reflect on my life, I realize how much I learned from my parents and many mentors before I fell in love with the concept of starting a biofuel company.

The little life lessons that my parents taught me began to surface and made even more sense to me than they ever had. It makes sense to pick up random trash when you see it on the ground; it makes sense to conserve water and take short showers; it makes sense to turn off the light switch when you leave the room; it makes sense to build cabinetry out of reclaimed barn wood like we did when we were growing up in the farm house; it makes sense to turn the car off instead of letting it idle unnecessarily; and so on.

Then I started thinking about other influences like Planet Earth skateboards and other mentors in my life. I have always been attracted to and conscious of the environment. Meanwhile, I wanted to start my own business with meaning and purpose.

I became interested in biofuels in 2008, and bought a processor online to make fuel from the used cooking oil from a couple of restaurants. I realized that I could help Learn more & increase the supply watch videos about Buster Biofuels of biofuel locally, as at www.BusterBiofuels.com. well as nationally in the future. Today Buster Biofuels helps other corporations like LEGOLAND California and the San Diego Padres reduce their carbon footprint by collecting their oil, recycling and refueling them with fuel from their own grease. This speaks to our mission to RECLAIM, RECYCLE, REFUEL. What do you do on a typical day as CEO running Buster Biofuels, and what is the best part of your work?

As the CEO I spend most of my time making critical decisions for day-today operations, budgets, managing the construction craziness and ultimately keeping everyone focused on the “prize”. We have this mountain to climb and will get there soon. The "mountain" for us is actually a bunch of tanks that we need to fill with oil and recycle into a cleaner burning fuel. The production start date is slated for the end of the year. The best part of Buster Biofuels is knowing that I have a great team who believe in the mission I started four and a half years ago. They inspire me and put pressure on me to keep an eye on the prize as well. When we can make biodiesel from the oil we collect, then ship out fuel every day, I will be stoked (had to throw in my skate lingo)!

When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?

When I was a child, if someone asked what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would always sincerely say, “a gas station man”. My mom would cover her eyes.

This is another ironic part [along with co-founding a clothing company called Fuel over 20 years ago] about me being involved with biofuels.

What was your favorite subject in school?

I liked math classes. I was never a math wizard, but there’s a clean sense of accomplishment when you solve an equation. I just wish that I did a billion more word problems, because life is full of them every day.

What are some accomplishments in your career of which you are most proud?

In skating, I‘m most proud of being a top 10 vert skateboarder with worldclass experience. That is an education that I could have never dreamed of. In life, I’m most proud of my two wonderful kids and lovely wife who are the three most amazing people I know. They are my fuel.

What is your favorite thing to do when you are not working?

Lately, I’ve picked up surfing mainly because my older son loves it and we can do it regularly together. I also skateboard and I enjoy that with both of my kids from time to time. I also like riding my bike to work when I can. I get 10 miles in each way and a nice little train ride as well.

What advice would you give to kids who are thinking about starting their own businesses, or developing skills to become a professional athlete / skateboarder?

If you want to be a professional athlete or a professional anything ... you need to get motivated and find long lasting passion that will keep you interested and enable you to be the best you can be. It doesn’t matter if you are the best, you just need to do your best in order to be proud of whatever you do. Never give up and don’t fear failure because you will learn from that.

Take the wins modestly and use them internally to empower you. Be kind to others, and like most of us in life should do, seek first to understand before being understood!

Thank you, Buster! You are a great inspiration. - CK

October 2014 www.ChillKids.com/news

9

POWERING OUR

FUTURE c al S

ra

R e sta u

Biod

el Co

It’s Smart, It’s Simple, It’s Their Future.

O il

es

i

Green Circle collects and processes the used cooking oil. Durham, Johnston or Pitt Public Schools receives $0.25 for every gallon of used cooking oil recycled into the Biodiesel 4 Schools program.

Lo

nt

Green Circle works directly with school volunteers, parent-teacher organizations, restaurant associations and other non-profit organizations to help spread the word about the Biodiesel 4 Schools program.

ch

o ol

Used cooking oil is a valuable commodity. Currently, it is leaving our community. The Biodiesel 4 Schools program allows the school district to raise funds by collecting and selling used cooking oil.

o kin

g

• South Johnston High School auto tech department retrofitted a Chevy S-10 pick-up with a John Deere tractor engine (No Modifications) that runs on 100% biodiesel and gets 51 miles per gallon.

• Our story is featured in the 2013 Non-Fiction book of the year and NYT Best seller ‘The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America’

Please visit these restaurants & say

Thanks for supporting DPS!

Powering Our Children’s Future Jamaica Jamaica

919.438.BioD (2463) | info@GreenCircleNC.com

Not Just Wings

@Biod4schools

Benetis Athena Restaurant

/Biodiesel4schools

10 www.ChillKids.com/news October 2014

By Jan Buckner Walker

The Original Crossword Puzzle for Kids and Their Favorite Adults

™

The across clues are for kids and the down clues are for grown-ups!

Kids Across

1. A monster mash and Halloween bash with lots of friends, costumes and fun 5. Ooooooooh!: A scary ___ story can send chills up the spine of everyone who hears it 7. A fun thing to play with, like a glow-in-the-dark sword 8. Morning munch bunch: Years ago, kids ate monster _____ with creepy names like Count Chocula, Franken Berry and Fruity Yummy Mummy 9. Trick or treat: This hard candy looks like a stick figure that doesn't have arms, legs or a face 10. Millions of loyal Harry Potter fans saw the wizard cast spells with this in hand 13. Want to add fright to your bite?: Bake a dozen chocolate _____, then top them with orange icing and place a plastic spider on each one 16. Halloween ha-ha: What do you call the bright light in the night sky when it has had too much to eat? A full ____

17. Bubble, bubble: It's what a witch likes to do to her simmering brew 18. Are you an alien for Halloween?

Then you might have flown in on an "unidentified flying object," also known as a ____ (abbr.)

20. A witch needs for this to blow for her broom to zoom 21. It's the color of your costume if you're dressed like a devil 23. Of the four travelers in the Wizard of Oz gang, the ___ Man would probably have the hardest time walking through the streets to trick-or-treat 24. The place a princess lives (or what you can build out of sand) 25. If a girl is going trick-ortreating as Snow White, she might invite this many friends to dress up like her tiny buddies and join you

Parents Down

4.

5.

6.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

19.

1. Witch's cauldron 22.

2. Any 24A resident 3. Inevitable exclamation from a child who just heard that you're

going to buy her the costume she desperately wants Halloween head: Pumpkin with a warm glow in his eye Gross, gruesome and bloodcurdling, like the Headless Horseman or a gag bag of fake body parts Sound of the still of the night Vampires strike it in the hearts of horror fans Trick-or-treater's last stop of the night Seasonal squash, repurposed: Pumpkin ____ are tasty (and a bit healthier than the chocolate chip-rich variety, Sometimes scary circus workers: "Coulrophobia," defined as "an irrational fear of _____," is something many experience all year round Teenage mutant trick-or-treater Reality show that can cause stage fright: "American ____" Sunscreen, anyone?: What a vampire will do if exposed to direct sunlight

It's Halloween 2014!

™

This Week’s Solution

kris@kapd.com

KAPD ebooks now available on www.kapd.com

10/26/14

© 2014 KAPD, LLC

Fall Pumpkin & Harvest Festival

Come join us at the Triangle’s best destination for an old fashioned, fun visit to the farm!

Hayride • Bounce House • Train Rides! • Giant Slide • Farm Animals • Country Store Gem Stone Panning! • HUGE Jumping Pillow • Covered Picnic Area • Corn House Hay Jump • Pumpkins • Colorful maze • Playland • Bunny Village Pony Rides (Weekends Only) • Fish Feeding Dock • Great food Educational Exhibits • Full Service Restrooms • Live Music!

Open 7 Days a Week!

(919) 556-1771 or 800-358-4170

www.hillridgefarms.com

703 Tarboro Road, Youngsville, NC 27596

October 2014 www.ChillKids.com/news

11

THE ANIMAL HOSPITAL Highest quality veterinarian services, using state of the art technology & techniques

* Dog boarding * Cat boarding

* Luxury cat condos

* Dog self-wash service

North Carolina’s best small animal practice, serving the community since 1974!

112 West Main St. Carrboro, NC 27510

“Treats, please!”

- Max the friendly hospital cat

www.theanimalhospital.biz

919-967-9261

Can you guess what the picture is?

Follow the instructions above, then color in the picture.

(Stop at each star , then skip to the next number and start your line again.)

We love to publish your original art work, letters, poems and stories! Ask your parent/guardian to send or email your original art, along with their signed permission to publish, to Chill Kids at the Chapel Hill mailing address on page 3.

After 5 pm, every Tuesday: 1 free kids meal per adult entree of $7.99 or more.

Also, if you bring in a current perfect report card, you get a free kids meal on any day! *Perfect report card offer only valid once per quarter, per child, not valid with any other offer.

310 W. Franklin St. • Chapel Hill • 919-929-1941

12 www.ChillKids.com/news October 2014

October Sunday

Monday

Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

1 Lego Club

All Ages Wednesdays 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Durham Main Library

5

6

7 Story Time

Downtown Chapel Hill 12pm-6pm

Ages 3 – 6 Mondays & Tuesdays 10:30 am – 11:00 am and Tuesdays 3:30 pm - 4 pm Chapel Hill Public Library

12

13

Columbus Day

Schedule a tour and visit Monster Trekkie wolf at the Conservators Center.

Wolf Photo: Chariot Creative

NATIONAL WOLF AWARENESS WEEK

14 Story Time

Ages 3 – 6 Mondays & Tuesdays 10:30 am – 11:00 am and Tuesdays 3:30 pm - 4 pm Chapel Hill Public Library

8

Full Moon

2

Friday

3

Time for Toddlers

Ages 18-36 months with their caregivers Weds & Thursdays 10:15 & 11:00 am Chapel Hill Public Library

9

Fire Prevention Week

Schedule a tour to visit Monster Trekkie (the grey wolf pictured above) the binturongs, and the other amazing animals at the Conservators Center near Burlington, NC.

4 It’s World

first satellite, was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.

Teacher’s Day tomorrow – make a card for your teacher thanking them for their hard work and caring.

10

11

Sputnik, the

Farmer’s Day Pumpkin Patch & Cornfield Maze Guide on p. 7

15

16

17

Read a bedtime story to a parent or sibling today.

NATIONAL FOSSIL DAY

18 Pumpkin Festivals & CornField Mazes Guide on p. 7

Oct. 12 - 18

19

Saturday

20

Orionids meteor shower peak

21 Story Time

www.conservatorscenter.com

spaceplace.nasa. gov/meteor-shower

Ages 3 – 6 Mondays & Tuesdays 10:30 – 11:00 am and Tuesdays 3:30 - 4:00 pm Chapel Hill Public Library

26

27

28

CHICLE

Teacher Work Day Bilingual Camp

(See page 8 for details)

www.chi-cle.org

Story Time

Ages 3 – 6 Mondays & Tuesdays 10:30 am – 11:00 am and Tuesdays 3:30 pm - 4 pm Chapel Hill Public Library

22

23

24

Carrboro Farmers’ Market

Lego Club

All Ages Wednesdays 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Durham Main Library

29

National Magic Week

25 7 am - noon Saturdays Year-Round

30 Read the

31

Halloween Safety Tips from PEMC

Ask a parent to help you find a magic trick online (or in a library book) that on the back cover! you can perform for your Get batteries for your family.

flashlight.

October 2014 www.ChillKids.com/news

13

A fluffy-tailed squirrel barks out a warning. Another squirrel nearby quickly stands up on its hind legs, freezes and scans the area for danger.

Standards Link: Investigation: Students know that scientists and engineers often work in teams to accomplish a task.

Sarah Partan, Assistant Professor of animal behavior at Hampshire College in Massachusetts, uses a robotic squirrel in order to observe squirrels in their natural environment, rather than in the artificial environment of a lab.

Scientists like Professor Partan hope to learn more about how squirrels communicate.

Squirrels have teeth like their rodent COUSINS – mice, rats and hamsters. All rodents have four big teeth in the FRONT of their mouths. Two are on the top and two on the bottom. They are called incisors.

These four incisor teeth keep GROWING throughout the squirrel’s lifetime. Gnawing hard objects such as nuts and ACORNS keep the teeth from getting so big that the squirrel can’t eat.

A squirrel gnawed these words off of this paragraph. Where do they belong?

26 = A 25 = B 24 = C 23 = D 22 = E 21 = F

20 = G 19 = H 18 = I 17 = J

16 = K 15 = L 14 = M 13 = N

12 = O 11 = P 10 = Q

9=R 8=S 7=T

19 22 7 12

Tree squirrels bury nuts and seeds and use their keen sense of smell to find the buried food at a later date. Some of the nuts and seeds never get eaten and start to grow.

In this way, squirrels help new plants to grow.

Ground squirrels collect and stuff nuts and grains into pouches inside their cheeks. Then they take the food back to their burrows.

Climb down from the top of this tree like a squirrel.

©Vicki Whiting

ocky looks like a squirrel, not a robot. But it is a machine that scientists operate by remote control.

Scientists can play recorded squirrel sounds through tiny speakers inside the robo-squirrel.

They can also make the robo-squirrel’s tail move.

©Vicki Whiting

This time there is no danger. The squirrel that barked is actually a robot squirrel named Rocky.

Scientists are watching how other squirrels react to Rocky—and its noises and tail wagging— to find out what different sounds and body movements mean in “squirrel talk.”

Squirrels live on all continents of the world, except two. Antarctica is one of them. Can you guess the other? Check your guess by using the code.

6=U 5=V 4=W 3=X 2=Y 1=Z

4 26 13 7 22 23 8 18 13 16

7 22 22 7 19 20 12 12 23

19 18 8

18 13 7 12

26

25 12 12 16

14 www.ChillKids.com/news October 2014

 Math-A-Muse Look for Math-A-Muse Answers on page 18.

By Evelyn B. Christensen, Ed.D.



 

 

    0+9

4+4

7+3

 



  





 6+2

5+8

3+9

5+4

7+5

8+3

6+3

5+6

4+9

    

START

10

3 4+7

6+7

8+4

3+5

6+6

5 1

2+9





Math Help

Math Enrichment

Get ready.

Get set.

Get ahead.

2 4



8+2

5+5

Find 2 solutions.

Test Prep

3

2

10

Homework Help

2

8

9 9 29



McKee CornField Maze Two Cornfield Mazes for Family Fun! Adventurous 12 acre maze & 2 acre fun, interactive children’s maze September 27th - November 2nd (Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays)

At Mathnasium, we help kids in K-12 reach their potential in math by teaching in a way that makes sense to them. Kids leap way ahead – whether they started out far behind or already ahead in math. We make math make sense.

CONVENIENTLY LOCATED near Hillsborough, Durham & Chapel Hill!

Now enrolling for fall.

McKee CornField Maze 13th year of Fall Family Fun!

Visit us online at www.mathnasium.com/durham-chapelhill

(919) 490-5151 Durham-Chapel Hill

3604 Witherspoon Blvd, Suite 111 Durham, NC 27707

Haunted Maze

Frightening Excursion

October 24, 25, 31, & Nov. 1st Ticket sales 6pm - 10pm (Regular maze closes at 6:00pm on Haunted Nights)

5011 Kiger Road Rougemont, NC 27572 919-732-8065

Pumpkins, Mums, Corn Stalks, Corn, Farm Animals, Hayrides, Gourds & Fall Decorations, Straw, Shady Picnic Area, Children’s Grassy Play Area

www.mckeecornfieldmaze.com

October 2014 www.ChillKids.com/news

15

EARLY LEARNERS A vulture is a very big bird. It can have a wingspan of 6 feet!

V is for Vulture v is for vulture

How many differences can you find between Viktor Vulture and his reflection?

Learning Buddies: Read the two phrases aloud. Have your child read with you. Trace the uppercase and lowercase letter V. Say the letter as you trace it.

How many words or pictures can you find on this page that start with the V sound like the word vulture?

How many

V is for vulture, A big bird of prey.

Veronica saw him And soon ran away!

Kidsville

(1/4 page V is 5 in. x 6 in.

? vines

How many

?

vases

Learning Buddies: Trace and say the number. Read the questions. Touch and count to find the answers.

Learning Buddies: Read the first part of the sentence aloud. Ask your child to think of a way to finish the sentence. Write your child's words in the lines. Read the entire sentence to your child while pointing out that reading is done from left to right. Older children may want to trace all or some of the letters in the sentence.

!

???? Ballet Trivia ????

The Mardi Gras Bowling Center

•What ballet is famous for dancing chickens?

•Which ballet’s May pole dance is cut short by a thunderstorm?

•What ballet has a grumpy old lady dancing in clogs?

•Which ballet is famous for a red umbrella?

If you answered

La Fille Mal Gardée

you are right!! And you can see it live this month!!!

Perfect for children of all ages.

youth ballet triangle presents

La Fille Mal Gardée Sunday October 19 2:00 pm Hanes Theatre Chapel Hill High School

Photography by Steve Clarke

the poorly chaperoned girl - a romantic comedy -

SAVE 10%

Ch. $5 - Students and Srs $10 - Adults $15

On bowling when you book your Child’s Birthday Party The Mardi Gras Bowling Center Falconbridge Shoppping Center 6118-A Farrington Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27517 (919) 489-1230 www.MardiGrasBowling.com

The Triangle Youth Ballet is a 501(c)3 non-profit and a member of the North Carolina Center for Non-Profits.

www.triangleyouthballet.org

919-932-2676

Expires December 31, 2014

Does not apply to food & beverage

16 www.ChillKids.com/news October 2014

Hidden Picture Puzzles

by Liz How many hidden items can you find?

Chapel Hill Pediatrics

& Adolescents

Ganyard Hill Farm

Open SEVEN DAYS A WEEK including all holidays Same-day appointments available

Pumpkin Picking • REAL Pumpkin Patch!

Barnyard Animals • Farm Hayrides Haystack Mountain • Corn Crib Cornfield Maze • Sorghum Maze Cotton Picking • Hay Maze Farm Tour • Picnicking • Barn Market

URGENT CARE HOURS AVAILABLE "Walk-in availability" for established patients: Monday – Friday mornings 7:15 – 7:50am & Sat/Sun 9am - 2pm Care from birth through college

319 Sherron Road, Durham, NC 27703 (intersection of Sherron & Hocutt Roads)

Comprehensive sports & camp physicals International adoption care

919-596-8728 www.pumpkincountry.com

Convenient parking

TWO locations welcome NEW and established patients

205 Sage Rd., Suite 100 Chapel Hill, NC 27514

249 East NC Hwy 54, Suite 230 Durham, NC 27713

919-942-4173

www.chapelhillpeds.com

October 2014 www.ChillKids.com/news

17

round the middle of some of that sap out of the tree March, days begin to to be collected. warm up, but the nights are still frosty in the The sap is thin, barely sweet northeastern regions and as colorless as of North America. spring water. It Drilling a hole into a isn’t ready for tree to capture the sap This change in the pancakes at this is called “tapping.” weather causes stage.

This does no permanent harm to the tree. Only the sap in maple about 10% of the sap is trees to start Boiling the sap collected each year. moving. causes much of the water to When the sap begins to evaporate, leaving behind move, small tubes are drilled the thick, sweet syrup enjoyed into the maple tree to redirect on pancakes.

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Read expository text to locate information.

hen its stores of pinecones and nuts gathered during the summer and fall run low, the squirrel scratches the bark of sugar maple trees with its sharp teeth. This allows some of the tree sap to drain out.

The sap’s water evaporates in the winter sunlight, but the sap leaves a sugary trace on the bark.

The squirrel returns to lick it, and gets an energy boost in an otherwise lean time of year.

It is thought that the Native Americans learned about the sweet maple sap by watching the squirrels.

Standards Link: Life Science: Students know that an organism’s patterns of behavior relate to the nature of that organism’s environment.

Use the code to discover these sweet facts!

Maple sap is about

% water.

Boiling approximately one gallon of syrup.

gallons of sap makes

A gallon of pure maple syrup weighs about pounds.

A maple tree must be at least diameter before it is tapped.

inches in

ADDITION SUDOKU

Find the lookalike bottles of maple syrup.

9

8

11

13

12

10

13

10

8

12

9

11

11

12

10

9

13

8

12

11

9

8

10

13

10

9

13

11

8

12

8

13

12

10

11

9

OCTOBER Math-A-Muse ANSWERS COIN CAPER ANSWERS: Half Dollar, Half Dollar, Dime, Dime, Dime

Half Dollar, Quarter, Quarter, Quarter, Nickel

ADDITION SQUARE ANSWER 8, 0, 11, 1, 6, 7, 12 ROAD RIDDLE: [+ + /] [x- /]

18 www.ChillKids.com/news October 2014

OCTOBER 2014 Flick Picks Alexander and the Terrible, No Good, Horrible, Very Bad Day (In Theaters: October 10)

Based on author Judith Viorst's 1972 award-winning book, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day takes place during a particularly challenging day in the life of 11-year-old Alexander (played by Ed Oxenbould).

He begins his day with gum stuck in his hair, quickly followed by one mishap and calamity after another. Alexander's upbeat and peppy family (including his father, played by comedian Steve Carell, and his mother, played by Jennifer Garner) aren't so sympathetic when he tells them about his misadventures that day, so he begins to think bad things are only happening to him. But Alexander soon learns that he's not the only one having a bad day when everyone in his family find themselves experiencing their own terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. Rated PG for some rude humor and language. 81 min. (Walt Disney Pictures.)

The Boook of Life (In Theaters: October 17)

The Book of Life is an animated fantasy-adventure based around the Mexican Día de Muertos holiday (a celebration of the lives of those who have passed). Two best friends, Manolo and Jaquien, are in love with the same sword-fighting girl, Maria (voiced by Zoe Saldana). A bet is made in the spirit world on who will win Maria's affection.

Manolo, a conflicted hero and dreamer, sets off on an epic quest through three magical, fantastical worlds in order to rescue Maria and defend his village. On his journey he must face his greatest fears armed with his wits, his guitar and his two swords. The Book of Life stars the voices of Diego Luna, Zoe Saldana, Channing Tatum, and Christina Applegate. Rated PG for mild action, rude humor, some thematic elements and brief scary images. 1 hr. 45 min. (Reel FX Creative Studios/20th Century Fox.)

Open Now - November 9th • 8,000 Sq. Ft. Rope Maze • Hay Maze • Hay Rides • Miniature Golf • Gourd Checkers • Concessions & Picnic Areas • Corn & Hay Barn • Photo Opportunities • and much more . . .

Hours Friday 4-10 Sat 10 am-10 pm Sun 12-8 pm

IN OUR 6 ACRE CORN MAZE Great fun for all ages!

3175 Benson Rd. (Hwy 50 S.) Garner, NC 27529

North Carolina’s

ORIGINAL Corn Maze!

919-779-4765

WWW.KENSPRODUCE.COM October 2014 www.ChillKids.com/news

19

HALLOWEEN SAFETY TIPS from Piedmont Electric Membership Corporation Trick or treat? Halloween is a spooooky occasion, but just because it’s spooky doesn’t mean it can’t be safe.

There are a few “tricks” for that. Follow this advice, and your little ghouls will be happy and safe.

Costume Care So much of the excitement around Halloween comes from the anticipation of getting to wear the perfect costume - a pirate, a witch, a monster or maybe even a princess.

As you’re planning your little one’s costume, keep these tips in mind: • A light colored costume is ideal for visibility, but if that just isn’t the “look” this year, adhere some reflective tape to the trick-or-treat bag and the front and back of the costume.

Trick-or-Treating

A Trick-Proof Home

When it’s time to show off that costume and load up on candy, these tips will help keep your kids safe: • Young children should always be accompanied by an adult when trick-or-treating, but if they are older, be sure to review an acceptable route and establish a certain time to be home. Older children should also use the “buddy system” when trick-or-treating.

Keep your home, your visitors and your kids safe with these helpful reminders:

• Make sure your little monsters creep around on sidewalks, not the road.

• Be sure your child can see out of any masks they are wearing, and when possible, use face paint rather than a mask to prevent impaired vision.

• Carry a flashlight to help you navigate as the sun goes down.

• Make sure shoes and costumes fit properly. You don’t want your little goblins to trip and fall.

• Your child may forget basic rules because of all of the excitement, so be sure to remind them to look both ways for cars before crossing the street.

• Only buy costumes and wigs that are flame retardant.

• Only approach houses that have their porch lights on.

• Before trick-or-treaters come to your home, pick up anything they could trip on and make sure the area is well lit.

• Restrain all pets while there are trick-or-treaters.

• Never leave a jack-o-lantern with a lit candle unattended, and never leave children alone near a lit jack-o-lantern.

• Keep a fire extinguisher handy just in case, and consider using battery-powered “candles” to illuminate your jack-o-lantern.

Have a perfectly safe and spooky night. Boo!

• Check your child’s candy before they devour it, and throw away any opened candy.

Be bright on Halloween night!

Carry a _____________

Look all ways and listen for traffic before crossing the ____________.

Always cross at _____________, not in between parked cars. Be careful at driveways.

Walk, don’t run, and obey all _____________ signals.

Use _____________ tape or stickers on your costume or treat bag.

Masks can block your __________.

Use face paint instead.

Walk on sidewalks, not on the _____________.

Go with a _____________ and bring a trusted adult.

Visit Piedmont Electric's KidZone website for fun games and for energy saving tips! Teachers can visit for conservation lesson plans and more.

www.kidsenergyzone.com

Piedmont Electric Membership Corporation A Touchstone Energy Cooperative