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Have you noticed the leaves changing colors? It’s a beautiful time in Michigan when this happens. The weather is getting colder and soon winter will be upon us. Fall brings about some great moments. Events like football, Trick or Treating, bonfires and marshmallows are favorites.

October kicks off Kids’ World News 9th Annual Coloring Contest! The official coloring page entry is on page 3 of this paper. All YOU have to do is color the picture and send it directly to us or our delivery drivers will pick them up at your school office when they deliver the November edition! See the official rules below. Be sure to enter your picture!

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Kids’ World News 9th Annual Coloring Contest Rules The coloring contest rules are as follows: Enter the contest by coloring the picture provided on page 3.

There will be a first place winner from each grade - kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade and 6th grade. The winner will receive prizes including a Kids’ World News T-shirt and certificate.

The entries must be received by Kids’ World News by November 13, 2015. They can be mailed in to Kids’ World News, 5747 North Otto Road, Charlotte, Michigan 48813 or taken to your school office by November 9th for our delivery drivers to pick up. The winners will be announced in the December edition of Kids’ World News.

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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.

Rules For The Kitchen!

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2. Have all the ingredients before you start.

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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 mixture is moistened. Spoon mixture into greased muffin cups, filling each ¾ full. Sprinkle 1 teaspoon of chopped nuts over each muffin. 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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Students and staff from St. Joseph School in Pewamo participated in an all school Bike-AThon on September 1, 2015. They raised over $1,400 for the Athletic Program.

St. Joseph School of Pewamo students and staff were blessed to have a visit from the Pewamo-Westphalia marching band on Friday, September 11, 2015.

Mr. Voisinet, the band instructor, and St. Joseph alumni explained all the exciting parts of being a member of the band and performed a few songs as well.

During the month of September, students from St. Joseph School in Pewamo are observing the virtue of "Patriotism." Pictured are First Graders with drawings depicting a love for the United States of America.

Recently, Eighth Grade students from St. Joseph School in Pewamo toured Devereaux Sawmill as a part of their Social Studies Curriculum.

Students witnessed parts of the industrialization process including assembly line production and utilizing materials in an eco-friendly manner.

St. Joseph students in Pewamo celebrated the beginning of the school year by participating in Field Day events.

The purpose was welcoming the students back and introducing the new First Graders along with new equipment purchases.

During Pope Francis' visit to the United States, St. Joseph School of Pewamo students plan to discuss geographically where the Pope is traveling from and where he will arrive, display Pope "puppets," and discuss the Pope's plans while in the U.S.

Most Holy Trinity Summer Reading Challenge On the last day of the 2014-2015 school year the students at Most Holy Trinity School were given a special challenge. Their challenge was to write a book report on book that they had read over the summer.

The students were to turn their papers in on the first day of school the following year in order to receive a special prize. As their reward, they were given a pizza party hosted by Father Dennis and the school principal, Anne Hufnagel. Pictured are a few of the students who completed the challenge. Keep up the excellent work!!

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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

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!

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Your Muscular System The muscular system is made up of tissues that work with the skeletal system to control movement of the body. Without muscles, you couldn’t open your mouth, breathe, shake hands, walk, talk or move your food through your digestive system. Without muscles, you would not be able to do anything!

Everyone’s body weight is about 40% muscle. There are over 630 muscles that help you move. Muscles can’t push - they pull. Muscles often work in pairs so that they can pull in different or opposite directions.

The cells that make up your muscles contract and then relax. Microscopic fibers in these cells compress by sliding in past each other like a sliding door when you open and shut it. The cells are fed by chemical energy from the food you eat.

There are three different types of muscles. The first is the Cardiac muscles that are found only in your heart. They power the action that pumps blood throughout your body. The second type are smooth muscles and like the cardiac muscles - they are involuntary. That means that you don’t know when they are doing their job! Some examples are - when you breath (movement of your diaphragm) or when your eyes blink! Or when you digest the food you eat! They are automatic movements that are controlled by the nervous system and hormones. The third type are muscles known as voluntary or skeletal muscles. They only work when you tell them to. Like the muscles in your arms and legs that help you walk or pick things up.

You can also hurt your muscles - like pulling or tearing them. But, they can most often heal themselves because they are living body parts!

mate they may move more than 100,000 times per day!

• The largest muscles in the body is the gluteus maximus muscles in the buttocks.

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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

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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Let’s Learn About Money!

Every coin has a fixed value. Here are some of the monies that you may have in your bank. Can you complete these problems?

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Zoe spends 3 nickels on an apple.

Rick spends 5 dimes on a pumpkin.

How much money do they spend in all? __________________ Susan has four quarters, three dimes, two nickels, and five pennies. How much money does she have? __________________ Steven has seven quarters, two dollars, and two nickels. How much money does he have? __________________ Kenneth earns $9.00 per hour working. If he works for 6 hours, how much money will Kenneth earn? __________________

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Kylee has a quarter, seven dimes, two nickels and seven pennies.

How much money does she have? __________________

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