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It’s A Great Day At Kids’ World What a wonderful month February is! February is full of celebrations as well as the shortest month of the year! Here’s five reasons we celebrate! We celebrate Black History month where we remember and honor important men, women and historical events that changed our nation and the world.

Ground Hog Day was February 2nd. The 100th Day of School is celebrated in classrooms with fun activities and creative projects for students to enjoy.

Valentine’s Day is the 14th. It’s the celebration of love, where we show our affection for friends and family with cards, candy and classroom parties.

President’s Day is February 16th. Wow! That’s a lot of celebrations!

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Michigan’s Offical Gem: The Chlorastrolite or Greenstone Michigan has designated the Chlorastrolite or Isle Royale Greenstone as the official state gem by Michigan’s 76th Legislature (Act 56, PA 1972) in 1973. It was introduced by Representative Russell Hellman of Dollar Bay. It is a variety of the mineral pumpellyite. The chlorastrolite or greenstone is a bluish-green stone with a pattern of slender, star-like crystals which results in what is called a “turtle back” pattern.

The greenstone is found in the Keweenaw Peninsula in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and Isle Royale in Lake Superior. It is however, prohibited to search for these gemstones on Isle Royale.

They appear as dark green, small round or almond shaped nodules in the basaltic rock.

In some cases these nodules have weathered out of the volcanic rock and can be found along the shoreline. Unfortunately, only a small percentage

of the green nodules are actual greenstones, as most are chloride, prehnite or some other mix of minerals. And of course, of all the greenstones found, perhaps only a few out of every hundred are gem quality.

It is difficult to identify an unpolished pebble of chlorastrolite. Most gem quality greenstones are very small, and it is rare to find one that is larger than a half inch. The largest gem quality stone is in the Smithsonian and measures 1.5 by 3 inches.

Polished stones are used for stickpins, rings, earrings, cufflinks, pendants, and sometimes incorporated into inlays and mosaics.

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Let’s Learn About Your Heart Did you know that your heart is a muscle? It’s one of many you have in your body. The heart though, is a special muscle that performs almost like a pump. Your heart is located in the middle of your chest and a little to the left. It’s about the size of a fist.

The right side of your heart receives the blood from your body and pumps it to your lungs. The left side receives the blood from your lungs and pumps it out to your body. How does this pump work? Before each heart beat, your heart fills with blood. Then it has a muscle contraction (it squeezes) to shove the blood in the heart to its destination. The heart continually “beats” during your lifetime. Doctors listen to the heart beat with a stethoscope.

There are four different sections of your heart called chambers.

Two on the right side of your heart and two on the left side. Each side has one at the top and one on the bottom. The two top chambers are called the atria (the singular form is atrium). The atria chambers on the right and left fill with blood returning to the heart from the body and lungs. Down through the middle of your heart is a thick wall of muscle called the septum which separates the left side and the right side of the heart. Working together, the atria fill with blood, dump it into the ventricles (the bottom chambers), the ventricles contract (beats) and pumps the blood out of the heart.

Then the atria fills back up with blood.

Inside the heart are four valves. These valves let blood in and then close. Two of the heart valves, called mitral and tricuspid valves, let the blood flow from the atria to the ventricles. The other two are called aortic and pulmonary valves. They control the flow of blood as it leaves the heart. All these valves work to keep the blood flowing in the right direction. They open to let blood through and then quickly close to keep it from flowing the wrong way.

When the blood leaves your heart, it circulates. Circulation is the movement of blood through the heart and around the body. How does it do that? It leaves the heart through tubes called blood vessels. These blood vessels are called arteries which carry the blood away from the heart and veins that carry the blood back to the heart.

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What does this blood do? Blood keeps your body working correctly. It carries oxygen and nutrients to all of the body’s cells. The left side of your heart sends the oxygen blood to all parts of your body. Your body takes the oxygen out of the blood and uses it in your cells. Then the cells make carbon dioxide and other stuff that gets carried away by the blood.

The blood returning in the veins enters the right side of the heart through the Vena Cava. The superior vena cava brings the blood into the heart from the chest, arms, neck and head. The inferior vena cava collects the blood from the parts of the body located below the heart. The right ventricle pumps that blood into the lungs for removal of the carbon dioxide. So when we breathe, we exhale the carbon dioxide. When we inhale, we bring fresh oxygen into our lungs and begin the blood process all over again returning the blood to the left side of the heart. It takes less than 60 seconds to pump blood to every cell in your body!

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Here are our Southeastern Spelling Bee Winners!

Left to Right - Kyler VanZanten was the winner and Korbin Curtis was the Runner Up. We completed 6 rounds at Southeastern.

We started with 8 children in our final school Spelling Bee and narrowed it down to our two finalist.

Recently Star School hosted its annual Scripps National Spelling Bee. All the students get a chance to compete and show off their spelling skills. After all was said and done Star School got down to the top six spellers. They got to compete in front of all the fifth graders, fourth graders, and their parents too. This year our winner was Matthew Pattok and the runner up was Joslyn Hinkle. Great job to all of our spellers who participated!!

Spelling Bee Finalists from Mr. Kingshott and Mrs. Nemetz's fifth grade classes: Joslyn Hinkle, Carissa Strouse, Matthew Pattok, Ian Dexter, Patrick Mallory, and Jakob Lawrence

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What?

• A mentoring program for our children at Southeastern.

• Caring adult members of the community that make a commitment to be a consistent part of a child’s life.

• Adults who come beside a child, with the guidance of the classroom teacher, to befriend them, listen to them, and offer encouragement.

• Adults working to be a positive role model for our children.

• Adults helping the child grow to achieve their potential and realize their talents.

• Adults working to improve the child’s social skills, academic achievement, and peer relationships.

Who? • Mrs. Bobbie Taffee- Coordinator • Mrs. Stephanie McWhinney- School Liaison • Ms. Judy Johnson- Facilitator of Program • 24-30 Caring Community Members who give at least an hour per week of their time How? • Make greeting cards for others • Play games: math, reading, spelling, etc.

• Read Books • Play chess, checkers • Listen, listen, listen…

• Read, read, read, and then read some more • Swap photos and share stories • Make a collage Pictured is Mr. Bob Taffee • Etc. and Mr. Tim Hoyle

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During January and part of February, the 5th graders of Star School got the chance to visit StarBase: A military base in Battle Creek. StarBase is a fun and educational science opportunity for the students. The teachers their make learning fun and even allow you to make a mess of their classroom at times too. While at StarBase we learn more math skills, science, and we even launched rockets. A special activity that the students get to do is Eggbert. It consists of an imaginary store whore you purchase supplies to protect your egg that will be launched in the classroom.

We have learned so much in three short weeks and can’t wait to go our other two weeks to keep learning all the exciting math and science!!

Runner Up Joslyn Hinkle, and Star School Spelling Bee Winner Matthew Pattok.

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Exercise Does More Than You Think!

Kids exercise all the time without even thinking about it. Just being active, like when you run around outside or play dodge ball at school is a kind of exercise. What else counts as exercise?

Playing sports, dancing, doing push-ups and even reaching down to touch your toes. When you exercise, you’re helping build a strong body that will be able to move around and do all the stuff you need it to do.

Exercise Makes Your Heart Happy You may already know that your heart is a muscle. It works hard, pumping blood every day of your life. You can help this important muscle get stronger by doing aerobic exercise!

What is aerobic? Aerobic means “with air” so aerobic exercise is a kind of activity that requires oxygen. When you breathe, you take in oxygen and if you’re doing aerobic exercise, you may notice you’re breathing faster than normal. Aerobic activity can get your heart pumping, make you sweaty, and quicken your breathing.

When you give your heart this kind of workout on a regular basis, your heart will get even better at its job - delivering oxygen (in the form of oxygen-carrying blood cells) to all parts of your body.

Aerobic exercises include swimming, basketball, ice or roller hockey, jogging (or walking quickly), in-line skating, soccer, crosscountry skiing, biking or rowing. And don’t forget that skipping, jumping rope, and playing hopscotch are aerobic activities.

Exercise Strengthens Muscles Another kind of exercise can help make your muscles stronger.

Did you ever to a push-up or swing across the monkey bars at the playground? Those are exercises that can build strength. By using your muscles to do powerful things, you can make them stronger. Exercises and activities that build strong muscles are push-ups, pull-ups, running, in-line skating and bike riding.

Exercise Makes You Flexible Can you touch your toes easily without yelling ouch? Most kids are pretty flexible, which means that they can bend and stretch their bodies without too much trouble. This kind of exercise often

feels really good, like when you take a big stretch in the morning after waking up. Being flexible is having “full range or motion,” which means you can move your arms and legs freely without feeling tightness or pain. It’s easy to find things to do for good flexibility such as tumbling, gymnastics, yoga, dancing (especially ballet) and martial arts. Simple stretches such as touching your toes or side stretches are good too!

Exercise Keeps The Balance Food gives your body fuel in the form of calories, which are a kind of energy. Your body needs a certain amount of calories every day just to function, breathe, walk around and do all the basic stuff.

But if you’re active, your body needs an extra measure of calories or energy. If you’re not very active, your body won’t need as many calories. Whatever your calorie need is, if you eat enough to meet the need, your body weight will stay about the same. If you eat more calories than your body needs, it may be stored as excess fat.

Exercise Makes You Feel Good It feels good to have a strong, flexible body that can do all the activities you enjoy - like running, jumping and playing with your friends. But you may not know that exercise can actually put you in a better mood.

When you exercise, your brain releases a chemical called endorphins which may make you feel happier. It’s just another reason why exercise is cool!

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Mrs. Smith's class learned all about Martin Luther King on Monday the 19th. They made these awesome pictures that reads "Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream that all people live together in peace."

Each year Mrs. VanZyl's class creates these awesome "Snowman families". Students are asked to make snowmen relating to their own families.

An LEF grant was received by Technology/Physical Education teacher Michelle Erickson for the purchase of headphones for all of the elementary buildings in the Lakewood School District. Each computer lab has 30 brand new headphones for students to use during technology class and other times they are in the technology lab. These headphones will be especially nice for the new upcoming M-STEP test which replaces the MEAP. Students and staff are very excited to have these new headphones. Thank you LEF for your continued support of Lakewood students.

Woodland third graders designed Native American 3-D projects showing one of the six Native American regions in North America. Each third grader worked on the project during Christmas break. As seen by the pictures, the 3rd graders had fabulously creative ways to show the natural resources used by the tribes in the region they each chose.

Central’s Annual Christmas Store!

On December 15 and 16 Mrs. Benningfield’s 5th graders ran their annual Christmas Store (now in its 16th year!). Each year kids, parents, teachers, and community members donate gently used items for sale at a quarter each. It’s a great opportunity for students to shop for family members and friends. The proceeds are then given to local charities – this year, kids in foster care and the animal shelter.

Accountants – Mrs. B. and Ashley Kelly.

Hannah Vann and Bri Barnes are at your service!

Stock workers: Bryce Nichols, Jordan Benedict, Glen McFarlan, and Abby Owen.

The Christmas Store 2014 - another successful year!

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Security Patrol: Morgan Deal, Ashleigh Mesecar, and Mike Hayes.

This year’s cashiers and baggers – Trent Beard, Dillon Sweeney, Jordan Benedict, and Paige Sottillie.

The jewelry department was hopping! Taylor Burke, Addy Witt, and Marlee Church.

Personal Shoppers: Brianna Chamberlin, Trinity Kaufman, Melia McCausey, and Hannah Vann.

On call to work as needed – Alan Rosenberg, Addy Witt, Zack Standish, and Rory Campbell.

The Managers: Grace Kurr, Michael Hamp, Morgan Gregory, and Alyssa Hamilton.

Advertising department – Melia McCausey, Abby Owen, and Justin Castelein.

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Page Elementary officially started chess club during the month of January. The club Weand had anmeets after school on Mondays is culminated with a tournament hosted at Thornapple other successKellogg in March. The tournament has consisted of students from 12 or more different ful 100 Fruit with Also Pictured below are students from Mrs. schools in the past with over participants.

Formsma’s 5th grade classroom playing a tag game outside on a science activity showing Families event the effects of pollution of inviting food chains/ecosystems for science. Other pictures are from Mrs. our stuSmith’s 4th grade classroom where students are working on opinion writing. They have dents and famcreated a cool venn diagram to represent evidence to support their opinions.

ilies in for some fruit and a great way to start their day!

Lego Robotics teams competed in Grandville for the Lego Robotics Tournament with one of our groups getting a 2nd place in Robot Design!

At left: Mrs. Formsma’s students are making their reading come alive with Reader’s Theater to express their learning from our Sign of the Beaver books.

Page Elementary had a Home Fire Escape Drawing contest.

Students were able to draw photos of their home escape plan in case of a fire and the winners were given a ride to school in a fire truck! Our winners in picture above with our Thornapple Kellogg Fire Department were Hope Balzeski and Jakob Rodriguez.

Mrs. Keizer’s 4th grade classroom spent some time learning about local farmers in a project recognizing the United Nations declaration of international small farms of the year for 2014. The declaration was to take time and recognize the value of family and small holder farms throughout the world.

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If you could fly anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?

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Valentine’s Day Trivia!

There are some legends when it comes to Valentine’s Day. We automatically have given cards, candy, gifts to our loved ones and just assume the holiday has always been. But every holiday begins somewhere and here are some of the legends.

It was named after St. Valentine. Just who is that mysterious patron saint? St. Valentine was a priest that served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, he outlawed marriage for young men since they were the potential soldiers. The priest named Valentine, who realized the wrongness of this decree, went against Claudius II and married couples in secret. This was against the law. When his actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death.

According to another legend, Valentine actually sent the first “Valentine” greeting himself. While in prison, it is believed that Valentine fell in love with a young girl - who may have been the jailor’s daughter Color - who came and visited him. BeMe! fore his death, it is said that he wrote her a letter which he signed, “from your Valentine” and that expression is still used today.

Valentine’s Day cards did not become pop-

ular until the 18th century in Western countries. Handmade cards were often the gifts, but confections like chocolate were given also.

The first person that mass produced paper valentine’s in America was Ester A. Howland in the late 19th century. Now over 1 billion Valentine’s Day cards are sent every year.

Here’s Some Trivia!

In Wales, wooden love spoons were carved and given as gifts on February 14th. Hearts, keys and keyholes were favorite decorations on the spoons. The decoration meant, “You unlock my heart.”

In the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who their valentines would be. They would wear these names on their sleeves for one week. To wear your heart on your sleeve now means that it is easy for other people to know how you are feeling.

In some countries, a young woman may receive a gift of clothing from a young man. If she keeps the gift, it means she will marry him!

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The Barry County Bar Association is very excited about the Kids World News publication.

Our membership thought it would be fun to submit a short statement each month related to children and the law.

It is illegal for a man to scowl at his wife on Sunday

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How Many Words Can You Make From The Word

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Solve These Addition Pyramid Puzzles!

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3rd grade students at Lee Elementary enjoyed "The Taste of Michigan". Third grade teachers planned and organized the event in which students learned the Michigan influence of many of our favorite foods such as blueberries, pasties, chips, and cereal.

Pictured here is the Lee Student Council with their donations for MLK Service Project.

All students decorated food bags to donate to KFB (Kids Food Basket).

Lee Families donated food items to the Kids Food Basket.

In the Spring our student council will have an opportunity to volunteer their time at the Kids Food Basket in Grand

SPOTLIGHT ON FIRST GRADE! We enjoyed imagining what a snowman would say if he came to life.

Some of our creative ideas were: "I love winter!" "Can we have a snowball fight?" "Can you make me a snow friend?"

We learned about the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We also learned about what fairness means and how to demonstrate fairness in school.

As a part of the Social Studies curriculum, our first graders are learning about the important symbols of our country, such as the flag, the bald eagle, the Statue of Liberty, and the Liberty Bell.

We have been learning how to tell time on the hour and the half hour.

We enjoyed sharing the My Math manipulative clocks to practice setting the time.

Mr. Rice, a NE Watch Dog does a fun trick with a disappearing quarter for Mrs. Bovee's first grade class!

Ipads make learning fun!

Caleb Kilmer and Danielle Fields are working on Maps.

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Mrs. Donnini's and Mrs. Bovee's first graders enjoy "buddy reading" as a part of their Daily 5 reading time.

Northeastern first graders have been working on Family Trees and maps during Social Studies.

Jordan Shirey, Diego Hernandez, and Olivia Bucher with their family trees.

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Bronson Elliott, Makayla VanAllsburg, and Kendell Shinault show off their family trees.

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Cookin’ Fun Valentine Crispy Treats 1/2 cup butter 10 cups Crispy Rice Cereal 9 cups Miniature Marshmallows 2 cups Candy Hearts (tiny red spice ones) Candy Hears (the ones with messages) 3/4 cups Miniature Chocolate Chips Red Food Coloring Melt butter and marshmallows in a sauce pan over low heat and stir until smooth. In a large bowl, mix rice cereal, candy hearts (tiny red ones) and miniature chocolate chips together. To marshmallow mixture, blend in 2 drops of red food coloring. Add marshmallow mixture to cereal mixture and stir quickly to combine them. Spread out in a large buttered pan and smooth with buttered hands. While warm, press on the candy hearts with messages and space them about 2 inches apart. Refrigerate and cut into squares.

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Heart Shaped Pizza Prepared Pizza Dough Mozzarella Cheese, shredded Pizza Sauce Toppings of your choice Spread out the pizza dough and cut into balls using a small bowl. Shape it by forming the top of the circle like the top of a heart. Make a point on the bottom half. Top with pizza sauce, cheese and toppings of your choice. Then bake until done using the standard pizza directions.

White Chocolate Chips Whole Pretzel Rods Red, white and/or pink sprinkles Wax paper Melt chocolate in the microwave - be sure to stir it often until smooth. Dip 1/2 of the pretzel rod in the chocolate and place on the wax paper. After the chocolate has hardened, dip again and then roll the pretzel rod in the sprinkles.

Place it on a new sheet of wax paper to harden.

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Panther Chess Club Turns Eight!

Panthers Plugged Into Learning The recent bond issue and gifts from our DK PIE Group have made using technology as a tool for learning a real possibility at Delton Kellogg Elementary School. Upgrades to our district’s network, wireless access, the purchase of devices and headphones has given our students at Delton Kellogg Elementary the opportunity to learn in many different formats. The teachers have all invested more than 46 hours of training time to learn how to teach in this new environment. From listening to reading, to using Google Drive and Edmodo to access many different resources students at DKES are learning in a new way. The technology has increased our ability to individualize instruction, quickly assess students learning, and better focus our instruction to the student’s needs. Students can complete activities that then inform the teacher as to their mastery of a learning standard. If the dog ate your homework, no problem, you can download another copy from online, complete it, and upload it to your teachers folder. Edmodo has been used to help parents connect to their students learning. From accessing todays homework and this weeks spelling words, parents are able to monitor their students account to track assignments and learning.

The DK Chess Club has started its eight year. This totally free club is for Kindergarteners through Eight Grade students and is held on Tuesdays in the Elementary’s Multipurpose Room. This year 52 Panthers will meet 10 times to learn the pieces and practice their best moves in the game of Chess.

The Game of Chess is both an Art and a Science that supports higher thinking skills and Mr. Steve Scoville showing students problem solving. Our Chess Club focuses on moves on the giant floor chess board. sportsmanship and preparing our members for three Fun for All Chess Tournaments. Pennfield will host the first tournament of 2015 on February 28, Thornapple Kellogg will host the second tournament on March 7, 2015, and Delton Kellogg will host the final tournament on March 14, 2015. Panther Chess Club members will get to put their skills to use against players their own ages from over ten different schools. The DK Chess Club would like to thank our many volunteers that have made this program possible. Our goal is to help our Panthers to learn to love the game of chess.

Samantha O’Meara and Lucas Wilhelms engaged in a game, and Terry Barton in background setting up.

The "Speed Typer Award" is a contest that is based on students' typing speed and accuracy. The student with the fastest net typing speed in their whole grade is awarded a certificate, choice of soda, and choice of candy bar. This award is given out to the fastest typers at the beginning of the year, and then to any student that beats the current champion of the keyboard.

Left to Right: Breanna Chandler (3rd). Joanna Houtkooper (2nd), David Bergstrom (1st), Aiden Harig (4th)

St. Rose Students Participated in the " What Does Christmas Mean to Me" Poster Competition.

This contest was sponsored by the Knights of Columbus.

Sixth Grade students observed a Naturalization Ceremony held at the Gerald Ford Museumon January 21st.

Pictured are: (from left to right) Kat Ahearn, Valeria Arias, Kae Brown, Gram Price, Nate Flikkema, Isaac Oberlin, and Grace Green.

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Front row: (From left to right) Berkeley Andrews, Bella Friddle, Sophie Haywood, Grace Remenar.

Back Row: Jennifer Logan, Ella McFadden, Thea Zellmer, Kampbell Andrews, Anna Haywood and Sophia Ahearn.

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Subtract down and across.

Then subtract the totals you calculated. The answer across should equal the answer down.

Here’s Something Fun To Share With Your Friends And Family!

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Tell your friend or family member to pick their favorite number between 1 and 9, but don't tell you what it is!

Tell them that through the magic of their calculator, you will show them your number.

Using the calculator, have them multiply their number by 9.

Now have them multiply that number by 12,345,679. (1 thru 9, skipping the 8) TAH DAH... The calculator shows them their number -- 9 times!

Try It!

Can You Solve These Problems?

24 ÷ 4

= ______

42 ÷ 7

= ______

18 ÷ 3

= ______

63 ÷ 9

= ______

90 ÷ 10

= ______

36 ÷ 2

= ______

Here’s Some Challenges!

Thomas is going Valentine's Day shopping for his sweetheart. He wants to purchase a sweater for $54.44, a box of chocolates for $22.95 and a dozen roses for $36.99. Show how much money Thomas needs:

Example 1: Favorite number = 5 5 x 9 = 45 45 x 12345679 = 555,555,555

Sweetness Candy Shop is preparing for the Valentine rush. Mr. Sweet estimates that he will have to prepare 25 boxes of chocolate and each box has 9 chocolates in it. How many chocolates will his staff have to make to fill the 25 boxes?

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Elk Farming In North America The elk or wapiti is one of the largest species of deer in the world with only the moose being larger. Plus - the elk is one of the largest mammals in North America.

Wild elk live in forest and forest edge habitats. They feed on grasses, plants, leaves and bark. There are wild elk herds, but some elk have been domesticated and are farm raised. They have been raised commercially on farms or ranches since before 1900.

Male elks, called “bulls” have large antlers which shed every year. The males bugle call is one of the most distinctive calls in nature. Their bugling can be heard miles away. Females are attracted to the males that bugle more often and are the loudest.

It is heard most commonly in the morning and late in the day. Mature bulls live in a harem with approximately 20 females or “cows.” They are challenged by other bulls and must defend their harem. They size each other up walking back and fourth and then they engage in antler wrestling. The mature bull weighs 800 to 1100 pounds!

Females have no antlers. They weigh from 550 to 600 pounds. Babies are called “heifer calves” (females) or “bull calves” (males). It is rare that a female produces twins.

They are known to be good mothers. These babies remain with their mother for about one year. In captivity, elk live about 20 years or more. In the wild, that changes to 10 to 13 years.

They are farmed for many reasons which include meat production and velvet collection. The meat is a red meat and tastes generally like a mix of beef and venison. It is higher in protein and lower in fat than either beef or chicken.

Their velvet is collected and sold to markets in east Asia where it is used in medicine. The mature bull may produce 30 to 40 pounds of velvet per year. The elk looses their antlers every year in March and regrows new ones. Antlers can be used in art work, furniture and novelties. Their hides have been used for hundreds of years for tepee coverings, blankets, clothing and shoes.

Current estimates for numbers of elk farms and farmed elk total 800 farms and 35,000 elk in Canada, and 1,200 farms and 70,000 elk in the United States.

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Barry County 4-H Call (269) 945-1388

Kids Bizz Classes!

How would you like to turn something you enjoy doing into a business and earn a little money? Yes you too can be an entrepreneur! Our 4-H classes for kids 9 and over will start February 18 at 6:30 pm at the Southeastern School. Classes will meet about every two weeks until the Generation E Showcase in May. Participants will learn all of the business basics, develop a business plan, marketing plan and produce and sell their products and most of all, have fun!

This is a proven program that we have been running for 5 years and some of the original business are still running today! Call the Extension Office 269 945-1388 for registration details, come see what it’s all about!

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Discover Art Through Cartooning!

When I was in 4th grade I enrolled in a Saturday morning art class. I was very worried that I would not be able to learn to draw. My teacher began my art lessons by teaching me to draw cartoon characters such as Mickey Mouse and Goofy. I soon discovered that learning to drawing cartoon figures was fun and creative. As my confidence in drawing grew, I soon was drawing realistic things well too.

Cartoon figures don’t have to be perfect. Actually, they should not be drawn to look too real. Cartoon figures have silly faces or features that make us see our world in a fun way. The dictionary describes a cartoon as a “sketch or drawing, usually humorous” meaning, it’s not an exact copy of what something really looks like. As with learning anything in life, starting slowly helps us build skills to achieve larger things down the road. So get out your markers and pencils and start drawing!

Project: Step by Step Cartoon Face Follow steps 1-7 to create a dog face.

Practice these steps several times.

Try changing ear shape and size.

Make eyes smaller or larger.

Create a different animal by changing the ears.

Color your cartoon friend, or leave it black and white.

If yours looks a little different than the samples, that is great!

Use your new friend to make a card for someone.

Most of all have fun.

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Celebrating 100 Days Of School!

Students at Barry County Christian School are counting up to 100 days of school!

They are getting ready to celebrate this milestone and anticipate having fun with the number 100! Our Calendar time helps students keep track of how many days until that special Big Day. Mrs. Potter’s class is preparing by writing about things they have learned since September. They are also working on reading 100 books for the month of February.

On January 16, 2015, the students of McFall Elementary attended a fantastic concert put on

by Ray Rickert and the TKHS Band. Students were treated to a wonderful selection on music ranging from the theme song from Scooby Doo to songs from the Sound of Music. The students even danced along to a grande finale of the YMCA - led by their teachers! Everyone absolutely loved the concert!

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Mrs. Reifinger's 1st Grade students collected $160 for two local TK friends and donated the funds to their causes. Kids learned empathy, community and the experienced the gift of giving.

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James Abram Garfield Our 20th President (1881)

On November 19, 1831, James Garfield was born in a log cabin in what is now Moreland Hills, Ohio. He was the last of the log cabin presidents. Fatherless at 17 months old, he was brought up by his mother Eliza Ballou, his sisters and his uncle. They had to work for everything starting at a young age. His education was local in Orange City Schools, then Eclectic Institute (later called Hiram College) and then transferring to Williams College in Massachusetts. He graduated in 1856 as an outstanding student.

On November 11, 1858, he married Lucretia Randolph. They had a large family of seven children.

He preached for a short time at Franklin Circle Christian Church.

Then taught at Eclectic Institute as an instructor in classical languages before he became the president of the institute from 1857 to 1860. Garfield studied law privately and was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1860.

He was elected as an Ohio State Senator in 1859. There, he worked at encouraging the Southern states back into the Union.

With the start of the Civil War, Garfield was commissioned as a lieutenant colonel in the 42nd Regiment of Ohio volunteers. In 1862, he led a brigade at Middle Creek, Kentucky against the Confederate troops which was successful. The Confederates had 5,000 men and 12 cannons, Garfield had only 1,100 men. The battle was one of the most important minor battles of the war. At the age of 31, he beBirthplace of came a Brigadier President Garfield General.

In 1862, he was

elected to the Congress. At the urging of Lincoln, he resigned from the military and took his post. Garfield repeatedly won re-election for 18 years and became the leading Republican in the House. He was elected as a United States Senator (while still in the House of Representatives) in 1880, but became president instead.

He was elected President by a margin of 10,000 popular votes.

He was the first member of the House of Representatives to be elected President. As President, he took a stand against political corruption. The growing strength of his administration and popularity continued to grow.

Garfield was shot in a Washington railroad station on July 2, 1881, twice. One bullet grazed his arm and the other entered his back and lodged itself somewhere in his body. He died September 19, 1881, living only a few months after being shot. Garfield became the second president to be assassinated - Abraham Lincoln being the first. He also served the second shortest term as President of the United States.

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