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Dawson Elementary

ALLEGAN COUNTY FAIR FUN AND EDUCATIONAL FOR ALL AGES! (Allegan) Once again this year, students at Dawson Elementary of various grade levels got to enjoy the Allegan County Fair (which is located practically in their back yard)!!! The youngest students enjoyed the farm animals, the petting zoo, and the exotic animals exhibit, which was new this year. Older students not only get to see farm animals close-up, but also get to visit the historic village and some have even participated in the annual Spelling Bee at the Jewett school.

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This camel was part of the exotic animal exhibit at this year’s Allegan County Fair!

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“Trick Or Treat” Safely

Halloween is fun because you use your imagination, create a costume and trick or treat! That’s all good, but safety has to play an important role on Halloween “Trick or Treat” time. Here are a few tips to help.

Pumpkin Safety Tips ► Decorate your pumpkin with markers or paint. Leave the carving to the adults. ► Use candles carefully. Candle lit pumpkins need to be away from anything flammable like curtains. Never leave them unattended or better yet - use flashlights or battery operated flameless candles.

Home Front Tips ► Clean up and put away anything that a trick or treater could trip over. Turn the lights on. ► Control your pets. Take no chances that the family pet may get frightened or bite someone. ► Consider sugar substitutes like stickers, pencils, rubber insects, etc.

Costume Safety Tips ► Create a costume that is bright in color. Trick or treating is traditionally held during the evening so your costume needs to be seen by both pedestrians and vehicles. A good idea is to use reflective materials or tape attached to your child’s costume and trick or treat bag. A flame retardent costume is also a good idea. Make sure the costume fits well, including the shoes and you have plenty of room to dress warmly. ► A mask can obstruct your vision - make sure it fits and you can see. How about make-up instead? Test costume makeup on a small area of skin to make sure you are not allergic to it. ► Any weapons or props should look and feel harmless and be brightly colored. Make sure they are bendable and do not have any pointed ends.

Trick-or-Treating Safety Tips ► Never go into a stranger’s house and only accept treats in the doorway. ► When you are trick or treating, make sure your parents or a re-

sponsible adult is with you at all times. Never trick or treat alone. ► Be careful when you cross a street. Look in all directions and make sure there is not a car coming. If you are with younger children, take their hand and help them cross. Cross the street at the corner or at a crosswalk. Do not cut through back alleys or fields. ► Do not get into a stranger’s car. ► Plan your entire route a head of time. ► Be sure to say thank you for your treats. ► Be careful walking near lit pumpkins or luminaries. ► Only go to houses where the lights are on. ► Walk on sidewalks or driveways. ► Make sure someone has a cellular phone in case of emergency. ► Carry a flashlight or glow stick to make you more visible. ► Go out trick or treating only during specified times for your neighborhood. ► Have your parents check your candy BEFORE you eat it when you get home. Keep only the treats that are unopened with wrappers that aren’t torn or have holes in them. After you eat candy, don’t forget to brush your teeth!

Halloween can be so much fun, so be safe this year and have a wonderful time.

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Cookin’ Fun Iced Pumpkin Cookies

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup butter, softened 1 1/2 cups white sugar 1 cup canned pumpkin puree 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Icing 2 cups confectioners' sugar 3 tablespoons milk 1 tablespoon melted butter 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, ground cloves, and salt; set aside. In a medium bowl, cream together the 1/2 cup of butter and white sugar.

Add pumpkin, egg, and 1 teaspoon vanilla to butter mixture, and beat until creamy. Mix in dry ingredients.

Drop on cookie sheet by tablespoonfuls; flatten slightly. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven. Cool cookies, then drizzle glaze with fork.

To Make Glaze: Combine confectioners' sugar, milk, 1 tablespoon melted butter, and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Add milk as needed, to achieve drizzling consistency.

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Chocolate Pumpkin Muffins

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 cup sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup milk 1/2 cup cooked pumpkin puree 1/4 cup of butter, melted 1 medium egg 6 ounces semisweet chocolate chips 1/4 cup finely chopped nuts - optional

Preheat oven to 400° degrees. In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. Form a well in the center. In a small bowl, combine milk, pumpkin, butter and egg. Add to the well in the flour mixture and stir until lightly mixed. Add chocolate chips and stir until the fin cups, filling each mixture is moistened. Spoon mixture into greased mufffin ¾ full. Sprinkle 1 teaspoon of chopped nuts over each mufffin. fin. Bake 20 minutes, then remove from oven and cool for minutes. Remove from pans and allow to completely cool on racks.

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Dix Street Elementary

Third graders got an inside look at the United States Constitution by logging onto a virtual tour in Philadelphia on Constitution Day.

(Otsego) - Learning about how our nation’s laws came to be and what they mean for our country was just part of the lesson for Dix Street Elementary’s third graders on Thursday September 17th, Constitution Day. They also talked about the Preamble and learned a fun song with movements to remember the words.

After those activities, they logged on to a national website, with other classrooms from across the country, to connect with Constitution Hall in Philadelphia, where our founding fathers penned the Constitution. A tour guide walked them through several exhibits at the Hall to learn about the important pieces of the documents and the people who were at the forefront of our country’s founding. They learned fun facts about some of the exhibit pieces and about the Constitution itself, including the fact that it would take about a half hour to read the entire thing.

Dix Street's 3rd graders join a tour of Constitution Hall online for Constitution Day.

One student raised a great question, “What if there wasn’t a Constitution and no government?”

Teacher, Mrs. Seger, then asked the class, “There were be no laws, no rules, no consequences. What would that be like?”

The student responded, “It would be really bad.”

Constitution Day falls at a time when most of the elementary and middle school classrooms are developing their Social Contracts, a document that details the rules in each classroom. These rules come directly from the students. They are asked about the proper behavior in class and their thoughts on how the classroom should operate.

Once they’ve worked on that set of rules, every student signs it to show that they will not only follow the rules, but also help to uphold them, much like the Constitution.

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Republic Of Romania

• Romania is in southeast Europe and is slightly smaller than Oregon.

Romania shares a border with Hungary and Serbia to the west, Ukraine and Moldova to the northeast and east, and Bulgaria to the south.

• The government is a Republic.

• The capital of Romania is Bucharest which was once called the “Paris of the East”.

• Industries include: Textiles and footwear, light machinery and auto assembly, mining and timber • Agriculture products are wheat, corn, barley, sugar beets and eggs.

•Export products are textiles and footwear, metals and metal products, machinery and equipment, minerals and fuels.

• Although not as high as the Alps, the Carpathian Mountains extend over 600 miles in Romania, in the shape of an arch. They are divided into three major ranges: the Eastern (Oriental) Carpathians, the Southern Carpathians (also known as the Transylvanian Alps), and the Western Carpathians. Each of these mountain ranges feature a variety of landscapes, due to the different types of terrain.

• The Danube River ends its journey of almost 1864 miles through Europe in south-eastern Romania. Here the river divides into 3 frayed branches (Chilia, Sulina, Sfântu Gheorghe) forming the Danube Delta.

It is the newest land in the country, with beaches expanding almost 65 feet into the sea every year. Overall, the delta is a triangular swampy area of marshes, floating reed islands and sandbanks. It is a protected wetland and natural habitat for rare species of plants and animals.

• Romania has a temperate climate, similar to the northeastern United States, with four distinct seasons.

• Romanian Nadia Comaneci, Olympic champion gymnast, was the first in the world to score a perfect 10.

• Timisoara was the first European city to introduce horse-drawn trams (in 1869) and electrical street lighting (in 1889).

• Hollywood’s original Tarzan, Johnny Weissmuller, was born in the city of Timisoara, Romania.

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Romania has the second largest underground glacier in Europe.

The 3500-year old Scarisoara glacier, located in the Bihor Mountains – 90 miles southwest of Cluj Napoca has a volume of 2,649,000 cubic feet. The 154 foot deep entrance shaft leads to some impressive ice structures, including 20 foot high ice stalagmites.

Irish author Bram Stoker based his horror novel ‘Dracula’ on the fifteenth century Wallachian Prince, Vlad Dracul of Romania. The Bran Castle, associated with Vlad Dracul, still lies in Romania and forms its most popular tourist attraction.

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Pine Trails Elementary

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5th GRADERS READ TO PRESCHOOLERS

At Pine Trails Elementary, a few 5th grade students who earned full citizenship points this week, read picture books to the students in Mrs. McCall's Tiger's Den Preschool. The lucky preschool children will have visiting fifth graders every Friday during the school year!

Elija Tewell with the fifth grader, Noel DeLucas.

5th grader Grace Clearwater reads to Camdyn Drozd and Amelia Burnett.

North Ward Elementary

Garden Fresh Salsa (Allegan)

Students from North Ward Elementary had the opportunity to help grow vegetables and herbs in their very own raised-bed gardens at North Ward! This year’s crop had an abundant harvest of green beans, peppers, basil and tomatoes. Also, every student got to plant a pumpkin seed! Classrooms took turns watering and weeding the gardens until the school year ended last spring, and over the summer there were many parents who volunteered. This fall, 3rd graders in Mrs. McDaniel’s class studied Michigan resources and products in their social studies lessons.

Aly Aldrich and Hannah Corbett harvesting in the North Ward Garden.

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Elijah Comer and Aniah Emons wash the vegetables

In an effort to allow the students to enjoy the tomatoes while they were ripe, and squeeze in a quick lesson about resources and products, they decided to make homemade salsa!

Milo Brown, Eliza Leverett, Joey Oppenhuizen, Joe Beaudoin, and Ireland Ashley use a food processor to transform their veggies into salsa!

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T he G reat L The Great Lakes akes A nd G laciers And Glaciers

Around a billion years ago, a fracture in the earth running from what is now Oklahoma to Lake Superior generated volcanic activity. It almost split North America. Over 20 million years, lava from the fracture flowed in this area. It created mountains covering the regions now known as northern Wisconsin and Minnesota and the Laurentian Mountains were formed in Eastern Canada. Occasional volcanic activity continued while these mountains eroded. Molten magma below the highlands of what is now Lake Superior spewed out to its sides causing the highlands to sink and form a huge rock basin that would one day hold Lake Superior. With time, the fracture stabilized and the rock tilted north to south.

This region went from fire to ice with the arrival of the glaciers. In fact, if you were to go back in time and visit Michigan 14,000 years ago, you would have found the Great Lakes area covered in a

Cliffffs of Door County in Wisconsin

sheet of ice, called a glacier. These sheets averaged over one mile thick. At rates of only a little over a half foot per day, the glacier slowly made its way across the Great Lakes basin.

It carved out deep valleys and moved large amounts of soil.

As the glacier melted and moved towards Canada, it left b e h i n d a se ri e s o f l a rg e h o l e s that filled with meltwater from the glacier. These formed the basic shape of the Great Lakes. It wasn’t until around 6,000 years ago that the lakes took their final shape we see today.

When the glaciers melted and began receding, their leading edges left behind high ridges and rock formations.

Some of these can be seen today in the Cliffffs of Door County in W isconsin and the “flowerpots� on Bruce Peninsula in Ontario.

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The Perfect Pumpkin

It’s that time of the year again to go in search of the Great Pumpkin. But have you ever wondered how did your pumpkin grow?

Gather up the family and let’s head to your favorite pumpkin patch and find out.

Your pumpkin’s life started a few months ago. The farmer had to carefully chose the spot for planting the patch, a large area with a lot of sunshine. Sometime after the earth had warmed from the winter and the mornings were no longer frosty in late May and early June, the pumpkin seeds were planted into the dark rich soil. The sun continued to warm the earth and rain fell on the land. Deep in the soil, the pumpkin seed grew roots and leaves began to appear out of the dirt. The leaves grew large and after five weeks, the first flowers appeared. It contained two kinds of flowers - a male and a female flower. The male flowers had a stamen in the center that contained the pollen. The female flower had a baby pumpkin at its base. The pumpkin vine’s big bright flowers attracted many insects.

They would come often to visit the flowers and as they walked from the male flower to the female flower, pollination occurred.

The flowers then fell from the plant and the pumpkin began to grow. It seemed to grow slowly at first and looked just like a small green ball. Within a few weeks, it grew to the size of a basketball. Pumpkin plants are very thirsty so the

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farmer had to make sure that your pumpkin had plenty of water. The pumpkin plant grew and stretched into long vines that covered the ground. In August and into September, the pumpkin started to change it’s color from green into orange. Now it’s October and the patch boasts of big, beautiful, orange pumpkins. So, let the search begin for your perfect pumpkin!

Once you get your pumpkin home, the best way to keep your pumpkin fresh is to protect it from cold weather and bacteria that can make it sick and rot too soon. On nights when the weatherman says it will freeze, put your pumpkin in the garage or basement.

Next comes the fun part! Deciding what to do with your pumpkin!

You could use it as a decoration for your Thanksgiving table, paint it with a smile like your own, or carve it to make a jack-o-lantern. Let your creative juices flow. You can use yarn for hair, vegetables for facial features, even add earrings and dress them up with clothes!

After Halloween, do not throw away your pumpkin! If you have a few seeds left inside the shell, you can recycle your pumpkin by putting it in your garden over the winter. After the snow falls and spring begins to warm the earth, Mother Nature may leave you a surprise! A new pumpkin plant of your own!

Pumpkin Seed Recipe

Ingredients: Seeds from 1 pumpkin 4 Tablespoons butter 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt 2 teaspoons Worcestershire Sauce

1. When carving your pumpkin, separate the seeds from the strings, place in a bowl of water and wash them between your fingers. Then place them in a strainer to dry for about 30 minutes. Make sure they are all dry before cooking. Preheat the over to 275 degrees. Place seeds on a cookie sheet. Spread out evenly. Melt the butter and drizzle over seeds and sprinkle them with garlic sault and Worcestershire Sauce. Cook for 10 to 30 minutes until golden brown. Turn every 5 minutes until finished. Sprinkle with salt. Serve hot or cold.

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Kenneth earns $9.00 per hour working. If he works for 6 hours, how much money will Kenneth earn? __________________

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Bowling Is A Fun Way To Exercise!

Bowling is one of the most popular sports around the world.

There are many reasons for its popularity: • Children and adults of nearly every ability level and age can participate.

• It can be enjoyed as a relaxing, fun exercise for many years.

• Bowling can contribute to toning muscles, balance, coordination and motor skills.

• Bowling is considered a social activity.

• Bowling is a competitive sport.

The rules of bowling are not hard to follow.

The equipment you need is right at the bowling alley which includes a bowling ball and bowling shoes.

Many bowling alleys will offer instruction for the beginner.

The modern day game of bowling is played on an indoor wooden or urethane lane. Ten pins are arranged in a triangular formation 30 centimeters apart.

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The game is played by rolling a ball down the lane in an effort to knock down all the pins stationed at the other end of the lane. Each person is allowed two attempts per frame to knock down the pins. One game consists of 10 frames.

The person with the highest score knocking down the pins, is the winner.

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The Violin!

One of the best known instruments in the orchestra is the violin.

The violin can be traced back to Italy in the early 1500’s. The violin was officially designed by Andrea Amati, an Italian lute maker.

Amati was asked to build the violin as a lighter alternative to the lyre.

The violin is played with a bow. It is the highest pitched instrument in the violin family which includes the cello, the vass viol and the viola. It is made up of the front, ribs, neck, fingerboard, pegbox, the scroll, the bridge, the tailpiece, chin rest and the f-holes.

It has four strings ( G, D, A, and E ) which are fastened to the tailpiece, rest over the fingerboard and run to the pegbox. At the pegbox, the strings are attached to the tuning pegs.

By turning these pegs, the violin can be tuned. When the musician changes finger positions on the strings, different notes are made. The bow is drawn across the strings which sound the tone.

In the 17th and 18th centuries, the craft of violin making began. Artists such

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as Antonio Stradivarius, Giuseppe Guarneri and Jacob Stainer made them in their workshops. Antonio Stradivarius is responsible for creating possibly the best violin in the world named after himself, the Stradivarius. Many professional violinists choose to play this instrument and they can sell for millions of dollars.

At first, the violin wasn’t very popular and considered low status socially. But by the 1800’s, well known composers such as Claudio Monteverdi used the violin in operas. The violin began to gain some stature in the Baroque period as more known composers began using the violin in their works. One of these composers was Johann Sebastian Bach. By the mid-18th century, the violin was a vital part in instrumental music. It wasn’t until the 19th century that violin virtuosos emerged.

Itzhak Perlman

Isreali-born United States violinist, Itzhak Perlman has been noted as being among the leading violinists before the public. In the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, no other concert violinist has achieved the widespread exposure or popularity attained by Perlman.

Despite a bout with polio at the age of four that left his legs paralyzed, he was a prodigy and made his U.S. television debut at age 13 on the Ed Sullivan Show. Taking up residence in New York City, he enrolled in Julliard School of Music. There is studied with Ivan Galamian and Dorothy DeLay. Recognition of his gifts led to a highly successful career as orchestral soloist and chamber-music player, with scores of recordings. Blessed with a popular touch, he has appeared on television, played jazz and klezmer music, and involved himself in educating young musicians.

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