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Baseball has been played in some form since the mid-1800s.

Children have been playing this sport anywhere a group of kids can pick up a stick and ball. As the sport grew in popularity, so did the opportunity for kids to play organized ball. Today, millions of kids all over the world play the game of baseball.

Baseball was first played at the school level as early as the 1850s.

At first more in boarding schools and then in 1859, Worchester High School in Maine is said to be the first public school to compete against outside teams. High Schools around the nation began forming baseball teams throughout the 1870s.

The American Legion Baseball (an organization that supports war veterans) branched out to sponsor a youth baseball program in 1925. It is the oldest baseball program for teens in the United States.

In 1939, Little League Baseball was organized to allow boys, not yet old enough to play ball for the American Legion, a chance to learn the game. The first Little League was played on June 6, 1939. It was between Lundy Lumber and Lycoming Dairy. Lundy Lumber won that game 23-8. Little League today is played by boys and girls between 5 and 18 years old. It is the largest organized youth sports program in the world.

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Coloring Corner Celebrate Earth Day On April 22nd!

Earth Day is the name used for two observances both held worldwide every year! Some people celebrate Earth Day around the time of the March equinox and others observe it on April 22nd.

The April 22nd Earth Day was founded by Senator Gaylord Nelson in 1970 to promote ecology and respect for life on the planet.

It was to also encourage awareness of the growing problems of air, water and soil pollution.

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Loaches are mostly scavengers and omnivores. They will eat algae, detritus and anything else they find on the bottom. Their barbels help them search out food. Many loaches like to eat small worms and insects as well.

Loaches come in all sizes, shapes and colors. Many are only a few inches long, but some can get quite big! Their shapes range from almost snake like, to very much like a long pyramid. Each type of loach has its own color pattern to help them blend in with their surroundings. This camouflage keeps them safe from predators.

The names of loaches are just as unique as the fish themselves. There are clown loaches, dojo loaches... then there are horseface, skunk, kuhlii, yoyo, zebra, Bengal, hillstream, weather loaches and even more!

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The Student Council at Oakview Elementary School in St. Johns, recently held a food drive to support our US Marines in Afghanistan.

There is a unit in a remote area that does not have a “chow hall.� That means there is no way to prepare meals for the Marines, and they are eating Meals Ready to Eat, known as MRE’s. This unit was supposed to be in that area for eight weeks, and while MRE’s are great for a short term like that, they are not known to be very tasty. However, the unit was told they would be staying in that remote area for an additional 12 weeks!

The Student Council organized a food drive to collect non-perishable items such as canned tuna, chicken, and vegetables, along with fruit cups, beef jerky, rice, and ramen noodles. Many families also donated extra items like spices and drink mixes. These will help the Marines make their MRE’s more tasty and offer them more nutrition to add to the food they are provided.

The student council was hoping to be able to send 10 boxes of food, but with the amount of food donated, they were able to ship out 24 boxes on March 1st!

And it wasn’t just students‌the whole community got involved! The St. Johns Kroger donated a large amount of tuna, vegetables, fruit, and beef jerky. Families also donated money to help defray the cost of shipping. The PTO matched those donations. Two other staff members donated money to cover a box each. In total, $285 was raised for shipping; the rest was made up by Student council funds.

This project was especially important to the students at Oakview, as one of those Marines is the son of a teacher in the school. Thank you to all the students and members of the community who participated in this important project!

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Taste Buds And Your Nose!

Have you ever wondered why food tastes so good? Your taste buds are a big help! Taste buds are sensory organs that are found on your tongue and help you to experience tastes that are sweet, salty, sour and bitter.

So, how do taste buds work?

Look in the mirror and stick out your tongue. You will see a bunch of bumps. The bumps are called papillae and most of them contain taste buds! Taste buds have sensitive microscopic hairs called microvilli.

These tiny hairs send messages to the brain about how something tastes!

The average person has around 10,000 taste buds which are replaced every two weeks or so. But, as a person ages, some of the taste buds don’t get replaced. An older person may only have half as many taste buds. That’s why some foods may taste stronger to you then they do to older adults. Did you know that smoking can also reduce the number of taste buds a person has?

Your taste buds don’t work alone! They work with your nose. Olfactory receptors inside the uppermost part of your nose contain special cells that help you smell. They send messages to the brain too.

While you are chewing, the food releases chemicals that immediately travel up into your nose. These chemicals trigger the olfactory receptors inside your nose. These receptors work with your taste buds to create the true flavor of what you’re eating by telling your brain all about it!

When you have a cold or allergies, and your nose is stuffy, you will notice that your food doesn’t have much flavor. That’s because the upper part of your nose isn’t clear to receive the chemicals that trigger the olfactory receptors!

If you hold your nose the next time you eat something, you will notice that your taste buds are able to tell your brain about something you’re eating - that its sweet or sour but you won’t be able to pick the exact flavor until you let go of that nose of yours!

Taste Testing Without Smell Experiment We all know that some foods taste better than others but what gives us the ability to experience all these unique flavors? This simple experiment shows that there's a lot more to taste than you might have first thought.

What you'll need: A small piece of peeled potato A small piece of peeled apple (same shape as the potato so you can't tell the difference) Instructions: Close your eyes and mix up the piece of potato and the piece of apple so you don't know which is which. Hold your nose and eat each piece, can you tell the difference?

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Holding your nose while tasting the potato and apple makes it hard to tell the difference between the two. Your nose and mouth are connected through the same airway which means that you taste and smell foods at the same time. Your sense of taste can recognize salty, sweet, bitter and sour but when you combine this with your sense of smell you can recognize many other individual 'tastes'. Take away your smell (and sight) and you limit your brains ability to tell the difference between certain foods.

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Daffodils Are Blooming!

After a long Michigan winter comes spring! In the spring some plants, which have been “sleeping” during the winter, begin to grow. These plants called “perennials” start growing and pushing out of the soil in seemingly lifeless gardens. Early spring flowers will grow and bloom only during the brief spring season. Common spring flowers are tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and crocuses.

The colors of early spring flowers are very special to discover after a long cold season. Be a flower detective and take a closer look at the new growth of spring. As all flowers of every season, spring flowers come in many shapes and heights and shades of color. Notice that some flowers petals grow up and others grow down. Count the petals and observe their shape, size and color differences. Study the stem height and leaf shape and size. It is fun to carefully examine how each flower grows and blooms in a unique way.

Continue your detective work as you watch for new flowers coming into bloom as the spring turns into summer.

Try sketching and drawing the flowers you see or try making some paper flowers to decorate your home. Have fun exploring the seasons of growing plants and flowers. Use your artist eye to create what you discover.

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The War that Saved My Life

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A young disabled girl and her brother are evacuated from London to the English countryside during World War II, where they find life to be much sweeter away from their abusive mother.

Told that they will have to move out of their Harlem brownstone just after Christmas, the five Vanderbeeker children, ages four to twelve, decide to change their reclusive landlord’s mind.

In the summer of 1968, after travelling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, eleven-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and printer, is resentful of the intrusion of their visit and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp.

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1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into 1 or 1 1/2 inch bite-size pieces 1/4 cup honey (slightly warmed) 1/4 cup water 1 cup crushed corn flakes

2 cups cold milk 1 (4-serving size) chocolate or vanilla flavor instant pudding and pie filling. You can also layer them using both flavors.

In a small bowl combine the honey and water.

Place the corn flakes in a pie plate or shallow bowl.

Dip chicken strips into honey mixture, then coat with corn flake crumbs.

Put the pieces on a lightly greased baking sheet.

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What Is A Biome?

A biome is a large ecosystem where plants, animals, insects and people live in a certain type of climate. The world we live in contains many biomes. The plants and animals living in each are as different as their climates. Can you choose your favorite?

The Arctic Tundra and The Alpine Tundra The Arctic Tundra is a cold, large, treeless area of low, swampy plains in the far north around the Arctic Ocean. Another type of tundra is the Alpine Tundra, which is a biome that exists at the tops of high mountains.

These are the earth’s coldest biomes. Since the sun does not rise for nearly six months of the year, it is not unusual for the temperature to be below -30 degrees F in the winter. The earth of the Arctic Tundra has a permanently frozen subsoil, called permafrost, which makes it impossible for trees to grow. In summer, a thin layer of topsoil thaws and creates many pools, lakes and marshes. More than 100 species of migrant birds are attracted by the insect food and the safe feeding ground of the tundra. Other animals that live in this biome include polar bears, Arctic foxHV FDULERX DQG JUH\ ZROYHV 3ODQWV WKDW \RX PD\ ¿QG LQFOXGH VPDOO VKUXEV DQG FXVKLRQ SODQWV and the lichen which cover the many rocks on the tundra’s terrain.

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Deciduous Forest This biome is in the mild temperate zone of the Northern hemisphere. Deciduous trees lose their leaves in the fall. The natural decaying of the fallen leaves enriches the soil and supports all kinds of plant and animal life. The Deciduous Forest is a lively place, where oak, beech, ash and maple WUHHV DUH W\SLFDO SOXV ZLOGĂ€RZHUV EHUULHV DQG PDQ\ W\SHV RI LQVHFWV DQG DQLPDO OLIH WKULYHV 7KH fertile soil is also good for people. In the United States, the Deciduous Forest is a home for deer, $PHULFDQ JUD\ VTXLUUHOV ZRRG PLFH UDEELWV UDFFRRQV ZRRGSHFNHUV FDUGLQDOV DQG ÂżQFKHV WR name a few.

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Mountains exist on all the continents of the earth. Mountains are usually found in groups called chains or ranges, although some stand alone. A mountain biome is very cold and windy. The higher the mountain, the colder and windier the environment. There is also less oxygen at high elevations. The animals of this biome have adapted to the cold, the lack of oxygen, and the rugged landscape. They include the mountain goat, ibex (wild goat), sheep, mountain lion, puma and yak. All of them are excellent climbers which means they can move freely in the steep, rocky landscape. Lower elevations are commonly covered by forests and higher elevations are usually treeless.

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Tropical rainforests receive at least 70 inches of rain each year and have more species of plants and animals than any other biome. Many of the plants used in medicines can only be found in tropical rainforests. This biome is the perfect environment for more than 15 million plants and animals. The thick vegetation absorbs moisture, which then evaporates and completes the water cycle by falling again as rain.

A rainforest grows in three levels. The canopy, or tallest level, has trees between 100 and 200 feet tall. They block most of the sunlight from the levels below. The second level, or understory, contains a mix of small trees, vines and palms as well as shrubs and ferns. The third and lowest OHYHO LV WKH IRUHVW ÀRRU ZKHUH KHUEV PRVVHV DQG IXQJL JURZ 5DLQIRUHVWV DUH DQ HQGDQJHUHG ELRPH 3HRSOH KDYH FXW WKH WUHHV DQG VROG WKH ZRRG IRU ¿UHZRRG building materials and paper. Parts of the rainforest have been burned to make room for grazing and farming. Some of the animals of the tropical rainforest are the anteater, jaguar, brocket deer, lemur, orangutan, marmoset, macaw, parrot, sloth and toucan. Among the many plant species are bamboo, banana trees and rubber trees.

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