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THE NEW LEADERSHIP 3.0 PROGRAM IS HERE ...just imagine your child stepping up to lead at school, in sports, at home, in life!

Dear Parents I am very excited to announce the start of our new “L3.0� program!

As most already know, this dojo is on an insatiable quest to constantly improve. This is just the next natural step. It is my ultimate passion and purpose in life to learn and apply the very best personal, success and leadership technologies and training available - to make our students LEADERS! We are now ready to unveil and start our third “generation� leadership program - L3.0: The latest program will now have three levels: a. Level One (L1): “The Basic Level� Everyone at the dojo will be involved in the “L1� part of this program. It will be incorporated into the highly successful Character Development Program and upgraded with a leadership element. Another major improvement is making this program mandatory. In other words your child will have to complete the character/leadership packet corresponding to their belt in order to earn their next belt! b. Level Two (L2): “The Undergraduate Level� This has now evolved into an 8 month semester of monthly leadership seminars/workshops where the latest success

and leadership training will be taught to a select group of elementary/middle school students. They will not only learn the key concepts but start applying them. An application and interview will be required. Participation by at least one of the student’s parents is mandatory. c. Level Three (L3): “The Post Graduate Levelâ€? This is a new level that will be phased in over this next year. It is designed to provide high school/adult level success and leadership training. It will start with a series of Parenting Seminars/Workshops (because whether you like it or not, each of you is a leader in your family!). The easiest way for us to develop awesome kids is to ďŹ rst help you become amazing parents! Then we will conduct an advanced level semester of sessions intended as a teen/adult follow on to the L2 program.

So I am extremely excited...and I hope you are too. I feel so fortunate to be in a position to bring these powerful leadership programs to our community!

So be ready to STEP UP...and raise your standards! L3.0 It does take a “village� to raise a child.

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Republic of Singapore • Singapore is a very young country, but it expanded rapidly over 50 years of being independent.

• The capital and largest city is Singapore City.

• The country of Singapore consists of Singapore Island and over 60 smaller islands located in Southeast Asia at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula between the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean.

• The population is about 5 million people!

• The currency is the Singapore dollar.

• Singapore is one of the top 20 smallest nations in the world, only covering 682.7 sq km.

• The most popular sport is football (soccer).

• The name Singapore is from the word “Singapura” or “Lion City”.

Legend has it that a Sumatran prince sighted a beast that looked like a lion when he first set his foot on the island in the 14th century.

• The official languages are English, Chinese, Malay, and Tamil.

• The government is a parlimentary republic. Singapore was controlled by the British from 1819 as a trade colony, but joined the Malaysian Federation in 1963. Two years later the nation became independent.

• The colors of Singapore’s flag represent red for brotherhood and equality, as well as white for purity and virtue. The crescent moon represents a young nation on the rise. The five stars stand for Singapore’s ideals of democracy, peace, progress, justice, and equality.

• Singapore’s climate is tropical, which means it is hot, humid, and rainy. They have two distinct monsoon seasons - Northeastern Monsoon (December to March) and Southwestern Monsoon Kids’ World News

(June to September).

• Singapore is mainly flat with low hills, the highest hill being Bukit Timah at 545 feet.

• Singapore is proud to host “The Night Safari”, which is the first night zoo in the whole world. Singapore also has the world’s largest walk-in aviary called Jurong Bird Park, and has over 1,500 free flying birds native to Africa.

• Over 3,000 multinational companies have offices in Singapore.

• The national holiday for Singapore is on August 9th.

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Jurong Bird Park The lakeside pagodas at the Singapore Chinese Gardens.

The Singapore Chinese Gardens is a imperial China theme garden in the west of the island republic, built in the 70s.

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Cookin’ Fun Peanut Butter Cheese Ball

Apple Scones 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 3/4 teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons butter 1/4 cup granulated sugar 1 cup minced apples 1 egg, beaten 2/3 cup milk 2 tablespoons butter (for topping) 2 tablespoons granulated sugar (for topping)

1 8 ounce package of room temperature cream cheese 1 cup powdered sugar 3/4 cup creamy or chunky peanut butter 3 tablespoons packed dark brown sugar 1 1/2 cups milk chocolate & peanut butter morsels Graham cracker sticks and or apple slices Beat the cream cheese, powdered sugar, peanut butter and brown sugar in a large mixer bowl until blended. Spoon onto a large piece of plastic wrap. Bring all four corners up and twist tightly (should form a ball shape).

Freeze for 1 hour and 30 minutes or until firm enough to keep its shape. Place morsels in a flat dish. Remove plastic wrap from the ball and roll ball into morsels to completely cover (you may have to press the morsels into the ball).

Place the ball on a serving dish, cover and freeze for 2 hours or until almost firm. Serve with graham cracker sticks and apple slices. (Can be made ahead of time. If frozen overnight, thaw a room temperature for 20 to 30 minutes before serving.)

Breakfast Tacos 6 flour tortillas 8 eggs 2 tablespoons milk 6 bacon slices, cooked and crumbled 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese

Pre-heat the oven to 450 degrees. Grease an 8 x 12 inch baking pan. Sift together flour, salt and baking powder. Cut in the butter.

Add the sugar and apples. Mix in the egg and milk to make a soft dough. Knead until ingredients are well-mixed. Spread in prepared pan, and bake for 25 minutes. When done, cut into 2 inch squares.

Split each square diagonally. Butter. Dust the tops thickly with granulated sugar. Serve warm.

Orange Frost Breakfast Drink 2 cups mlk 1 cup water 1 cup ice cubes 3 tablespoons sugar 6 ounce can of frozen orange juice concentrate Combine all the ingredients in a blender, process until frothy and the ice cubes are chopped. Delicious!

Rules For The Kitchen!

First, cook and drain the bacon. Then crumble and set aside.

In a medium sized microwave safe bowl, mix together the eggs and milk well. Cover the bowl with a paper towel. Microwave on HIGH for 3 to 4 minutes, stirring once after 2 minutes, or until this mixture is cooked and fluffy. Heat the tortillas as directed on their package. Spoon warm eggs onto each tortilla. Top with crumbled bacon and shredded cheese. Fold the tortilla and enjoy.

1. Always ask an adult if you can use the kitchen.

2. Have all the ingredients before you start.

3. Wash your hands before you touch food.

4. Wear an apron or towel to keep your clothes clean.

5. Always clean up when you are finished.

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The Amazing Apple!

Where do apples come from?

How do they grow? Let’s take a trip to an apple orchard and find out. On the farm, apples come from apple trees, where their buds were formed a full year before they are picked. During the winter, these fruit buds are dormant (resting) and waiting for spring. As the weather warms in the spring, the leaves and flowers begin to slowly open until the apple trees are covered in white and pink blossoms. The apple blossoms smell so sweet that bees visit them looking to gather nectar to make honey. As they fly from tree to tree and flower to flower, their feet get covered in a dusty substance from the apple blossoms called pollen. When they fly and land, the pollen falls on new flowers and this process allows the blossoms to be pollinated and grow into apples. Once the flower has been pollinated, the petals then fall off.

After the bees are done with their job, the leaves on the apple trees take over to help the apple grow. The leaves create food or carbohydrates to help the apples grow by using air, water and sunlight in a process called photosynthesis. Each apple needs about 20 to 50 leaves to help it grow. Farmers prune the apple trees in the winter and early spring to help the leaves get more sunlight.

Pruning is like giving the tree a haircut. Branches that block sunlight from other branches are cut out.

During the summer, apples grow bigger and bigger. In the fall, most apples change color from green to red. The apples are then ripe and ready for picking. Some apples are ready in early fall and others are not ready until close to Halloween. The best way

to tell when an apple is ready to pick is by asking the farmer. An apple farmer will inspect the orchard and taste the apples.

Now the fun part! The best way to choose an apple is to look closely at it. Make sure it is an apple you want to eat. Hold the apple in your hand and twist, twist and twist the apple around the stem. Then pull the apple gently off the tree. Make sure not to rip off any branches because those are next year’s apple buds forming. Shine up your apple and enjoy the first bite!

Going to an apple orchard is a fun family outing. Go to the orchard and find your favorite apple varieties. Have a taste test with your family and find out the most popular apple in your home. Make some applesauce or homemade apple pie out of the apples you pick out! Enjoy the sweet taste of fall.

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4 apples, peeled and thinly sliced 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup flour 1/2 cup oats 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon 3/4 teaspoon nutmeg 6 tablespoons butter Heat oven to 375 degrees. Grease bottom and sides of square 8x8 pan. Arrange apples in pan. Mix remaining ingredients in a bowl. Sprinkle over the apples. Bake about 40 minutes or until topping is golden brown and apples are tender.

Apple Fun Facts for Kids • A bushel of apples weighs in at around 42 pounds! • George Washington grew and pruned his own apple trees in his spare time! • According to the Guinness Book of Records, the largest apple ever plucked from a tree weighed three pounds, two ounces! It was picked in Caro, Michigan. • Archeologists have found evidence that humans have been enjoying apples since 6500 BC. Information donated by Steve Tennes, Country Mill Orchard

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The Farm Bureau of¿ce is located at 1004 S. Michigan Ave., Suite 101, Howell. The phone number is 517-546-8124. Livingston County Farm Bureau is part of the larger state and national organi]ations.

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Ohana Karate Sensei Sam Lario]a is the owner and chief instructor at Ohana Karate, located at 1070 W. Highland 5oad in Howell (M-59), right across from the Howell High School. While ¿tness, self-defense, and fun have always been a part of the martial arts, Ohana Karate also works closely with all the local schools and parents to help develop awesome kids by teaching them the skills, habits and character traits of happy and highly successful children. This includes con¿dence, respect focus, self control, hard work and discipline. Visit their website at www. ohanakarate.com or call 517-586-1001 for more information.

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Domestic Cats Many people have a pet cat or know someone who does! This special pet comes in all sorts of breeds and colors. Some are longhaired and some are short-haired, and some have no hair at all!

Their fur can be different colors or just one, but it usually depends on the breed. The most common breed in America is the American Shorthair.

Cats normally weigh between 7-15 pounds, and the heaviest cat ever recorded was named Himmy and weighed 46 pounds! Overweight cats often have a variety of health proplems, so it is very important to feed cats a proper diet. Indoor cats typically eat cat food, which is a blend of nutrients that cats need. Outdoor and ferral cats hunt small animals like birds, mice, rats, and even small rabbits!

Cats love to play! Playing with small toys and string resembles hunting, and they love to practice and improve on their hunting skills. They also will play by fighting with both humans and other cats. Kittens are especially known to love playfighting with each other and with 4-7 kittens born in a litter, they have plenty of playmates!

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I Want To Be A Physical Therapist That Works With Kids!

Some Physical Therapists work with kids and teens who have been injured or who have movement problems from an illness, disease or disability. After an injury, physical therapists work to decrease pain and help kids return to daily activities. They teach exercises designed to help regain strength and range of motion.

Physical Therapy is often recommended for kids with sports injuries, developmental delays, cerebral palsy, genetic disorders, orthopedic disabilities/injuries, heart and lung conditions, birth defects, acute trauma, head injury, muscle diseases to name a few. They use a variety of treatments to help build strength, improve movement and strengthen skills needed to complete

daily activities. They may guide kids through developmental activities such as walking, balance and coordination activities, aquatic therapy, improving circulation around injuries by using heat - cold - exercise - massage, training to build strength, flexibility exercises, instruction on how to avoid injuries, etc.

Physical therapists usually work forty hour weeks, which may include evenings or weekends. They often work in hospitals and clinics.

Because competition for entrance into physical therapist programs is intense, it is important to do your best in high school and college. Courses useful are English, anatomy, biology, chemistry, social science, mathematics and physics.

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Alexander Graham Bell Alexander Graham Bell was an influential scientist, engineer and inventor. The following are some interesting facts about this man.

• He was born on March 3, 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was educated at the universities of Edinburgh and London. Bell immigrated to Canada in 1870 and to the United States in 1871. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1882.

• He is widely credited with the invention of the first practical telephone.

• He didn’t have the middle name “Graham” until he turned 11. His father gave him his middle name as a birthday present as he wanted a middle name like his two brothers.

• Bell was an excellent piano player at a young age.

• His mother and wife were both deaf and this had a major influence on his work. He studied the human voice and worked with various schools for the deaf. In 1872, he founded a school to train teachers of the deaf in Boston, Massachusetts and became part of Boston University • Bell experimented with sound, working with devices such as a ‘harmonic telegraph’ (used to send multiple messages over a single wire) and a ‘phonautograph’ (used to record sound).

• He worked on acoustic telegraphy with his assistant, electrical designer Thomas Watson.

• On February 14, 1876, Bell and an American electrical engineer named Elisha Gray both filed patents with the U.S. Patent Office covering the transmission of sounds telegraphically. There is debate about who got there first but the patent was awarded to Bell.

A few days later he succeeded in getting his telephone to work using elements similar to those of Gray’s water transmitter. Bells first words with the working telephone were spoken to Thomas Watson. They were along the lines of “Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you.” At the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadel-

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phia, Pennsylvania, telephone was introduced to the world. In 1877, the Bell Telephone Company was established.

• He had a strong interest in other scientific fields, conducting medical research, searching for alternative fuel sources, experimenting with metal detectors, developing hydrofoil watercraft and more. Other inventions include audiometer, the induction balance, and the first wax recording cylinder.

• Bell was one of the cofounders of the National Geographic Society.

• Bell’s summer home is located at Baddeck on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, Canada. Most of his inventions on aeronautics were first tested near his summer home in Canada.

• His study of flight began with the construction of large kites, and in 1907 he devised a kite capable of carrying a person.

• Bell, with the American inventor and aviator Glenn Hammond Curtiss, developed the aileron and the tricycle landing gear.

• His group also started working on hydrofoil boats, which travel above the water at high speeds. Bell’s final full-sized “hydrodrome,” developed in 1917, reached speeds in excess of 113 km/h for many years were the world’s fastest boat.

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Thomas Woodrow Wilson 26th President of the United States 1913-1921 Thomas Woodrow Wilson was born December 28, 1856 in Staunton, Virginia. He was the third of four children born to Rev. Dr. Joseph and Jessie Wilson. Tommy, as he was called during his youth, lived in the South during most of his childhood, experiencing the Civil War first hand. His father worked as a chaplain in the Confederate Army and his mother helped set up a hospital at their church.

President Wilson did not learn to read until he was ten years old, and may have suffered from dyslexia or a form of it. Through his self-discipline and determination, he was able to achieve academically. He briefly attended Davidson College, then transferred to princeton, graduating in 1879. He then attended the University of Virginia Law School and in 1883, Wilson earned his PhD in Political Science and History from John Hopkins University. He was considered to be one of our best educated presidents.

Wilson married Ellen Louise Axson in 1885 and they had three daughters - Margaret, Jessie and Eleanor. In 1914, his wife died and he married Edith Galt in 1915. She was a direct descendent of Pocahontas, who was a famous Native American.

• Woodrow Wilson was the President of Princeton University from 1902 until 1910.

• He was the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913.

• He was elected as a Democrat to the Presidency in 1912.

One of his achievements as President, was the passage of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913, creating a system that still provides the framework for regulating the nation’s banks, credit and money supply today. Wilson sponsored legislation that supported unions to ensure fair treatment of working Americans and the development of the Child Labor Act. Wilson also was instrumental with the passage of the 19th Amendment during his second term, guaranteeing all women the right to vote.

His second term was centered on the first World War. He asked Congress to declare war in April 1917. He started the first draft since the Civil War. He was able to raise funds through Liberty Bonds. Wilson also set up the War Industries Board. He used the Lever Act to supervise food production and agriculture. He promoted the growth of labor unions, took control of the railroads and enacted federal drug prohibition. He also suppressed anti-war movements. Near the end

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of the war, Wilson began to take control of the negotiations occurring with Germany, which included the armistice.

During this time, Wilson issued the Fourteen Points, which demonstrated in his mond how a postwar world could avoid a conflict such as this one. He visited Paris in 1919 in order to create the League of Nations and for the Treaty of Versailles. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, primarily for his efforts to form the League of Nations. Wilson had a stroke in 1919. It left him with permanent paralysis of the left portion of his body.

After leaving office in 1921, Wilson moved into a private residence in Northwest Washington D.C. He died there at the age of 67 on February 3, 1924 and is buried in the Washington National Cathedral.

President Wilson Trivia:

• President Wilson was 6’ 1/2” tall.

• He was the only President with a PhD. • During his time in office, sheep grazed on the White House lawn to help the Red Cross raise wool for the war effort.

• He was the first President to cross the Atlantic Ocean while in office.

• He was the first President to deliver what is known today as the State of the Union Address. He was also the first to hold regular news conferences.

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Amelia Earhart Amelia Mary Earhart was born on July 24, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas. She was the oldest of the two sisters in her family, and often loved to play with her younger sister Grace Murial or “Pidge”. Amelia loved to read, and grew up to write several books of her own including “20 hrs. 40 min.”, “The Fun of It”, and “The Last Flight”. She is known as the first female aviator to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, and she left behind a great mystery when she disappeared. She set many records, stood for the equal rights amendment, and inspired many girls as a rolemodel.

In December of 1920, Amelia and her father visited Frank Hawks, who was an air racing pilot. After taking a short flight, she knew flying was perfect for her and she was determined to learn how. She worked many different jobs and saved up enough to go to a flight school in 1921. Her first airplane was a secondhand yellow Kinner Airster biplane, which she fondly called “the Canary”. Amelia set her first record in that plane in 1922, as the first woman to reach an altitude of 14,000 feet. The next year she became the 16th woman to be issued a pilot’s license. Eventually she sold “the Canary” and another yellow Kinner, settling for a two passenger automobile called a Kissel “Speedster” so she could take her mother on a transcontinental trip with stops in Boston and throughout the West. She stayed in Boston tem-

porarily to continue at Columbia University for a few months and then found work as a teacher and then as a social worker in 1925.

She became a local celebrity in Medford, Massachusetts after writing about aviation in the local newspaper.

Amelia Earhart first flew across the Atlantic as a passenger to Wilmer Stultz, and in the project she met her eventual second husband George Putnam. After she returned to the U.S., she went on lecture tours and was dubbed the name of “Lady Lindy” as she looked like the solo flyer Charles Lindburgh. Her fame grew as she earned the Distinguished Flying Cross from Congress when she became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, along with solo flights from Hawaii to California and an attempt at circumnavigating the globe. This last voyage was her final flight en route from Lae, New Guinea to Howland Island, her plane mysteriously disappeared in the Pacific Ocean. The United States government spent $4 million looking for Earhart, which made it the most costly and intensive air and sea search in history at that time.

Did You Know?

• Earhart refused to don typical flying gear—she wore a suit or dress instead of the "high-bread aviation togs," a close-fitting hat instead of a helmet, didn't put on her goggles until she taxied to the end of the field, and removed them immediately upon landing.

• She developed a friendship with Eleanor Roosevelt, who wanted to learn how to fly. Earhart had planned to teach her, for which the First Lady even got her student permit.

• Earhart met Orville Wright at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia in 1937, the same year she disappeared.

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Ping Pong or Table Tennis Is Great Fun! Is playing ping pong or table tennis an exercise? You bet it is! No matter what kind of exercise you do, it forces your body to use energy and burn calories that are put into your body. You can have fun and burn calories at the same time! As you get better playing, the rallies get longer, your skills sharpen and you work harder!

When you play ping pong, you are giving your body an aerobic workout which will strengthen your heart and lungs as you move back and forth across the table. Plus, you will be working at having better flexibility each time you play with your footwork. As your game improves, so does your coordination!

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