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Having Fun With Ice Hockey Ice Hockey is a team sport that is best for kids who are energetic and team players as they are almost constantly in motion. It’s a fast-paced and aggressive game. It requires kids to learn balance and sportsmanship. The skills used involve flexibility, muscle strength, endurance and coordination. The ice hockey season is usually in the winter but with indoor ice rinks - some are year around. Programs may be recreational, competitive or select. Levels of ice hockey: USA Hockey youth hockey classifications for boys are: Mite, 8 years old and under; Squirt, 10 and under; Pee Wee, 12 and under; Bantam, 14 and under; Midget Minor, 16 and under; Midget Major, 18 and under. For girls, the levels are 10 and under, 12 and under, 14 and under, 16 and under and 19 and under. There are also many leagues and teams such as minor leagues college and professional teams all over the world. There are teams for special needs such as sled hockey and teams for amputees, the blind and hearing impaired. THE TEAM There are six players for each team on the ice at the same time. Each team has a net, like soccer, and the team that scores more goals by shooting the hockey puck into the opposing team’s net wins. The players wear skates to move around the ice. HOCKEY PLAYERS Six players take to the ice for each team. Five players try to score a point, using a hockey stick to shoot the puck and try to get it in the other team’s net. The sixth player is a goalie who tries to stop pucks from entering their net. EQUIPMENT The goalie guards the net and stops the hockey puck from going into the net. The puck looks like a flattened ball or a small thick black pancake. The goalie wears special padding to protect him/her from injury when being hit by the puck; the padding which looks like big pillows attached to the legs, is large, to cover much of the net. The goalie wears skates, pants, chest and arm protectors for stopping shots, a blocker for the hand that holds the goal stick, a catching glove similar to a baseball glove to catch pucks, a neck protector and a goalie mask that protects the face.
In front of the goalie are five players (two who play defense, three who try to score goals). The five players wear ice skates, shin and knee pads, pants, gloves, elbow pads, shoulder pads and a helmet. SPORT LINGO • Puck - the object players hit with their stick to score a goal. The puck is a small, black disc that’s made out of rubber about one inch thick, and three inches wide. • Hockey Stick - usually made from wood, aluminum or graphite - it has a long rectangular shaft like a broom handle, with a flat blade at the end that extends out from the shaft and is used to shoot and pass the puck. • Goal - has two meanings - what you score when you shoot the puck into the net and a term for the net itself. • Shot - a player takes a shot when he/she hits the puck toward the net with his/her stick. • Penalty - a player who makes an illegal move is given a penalty, and he/she will sit out of the game for a short period; his/her team plays one person short. • Goalie - guards the net and prevents the other team from shotting the puck in. • Defensemen - two players in front of the goalie who try to prevent the other team from shooting or scoring on the net. Defensemen can themselves score goals against the other team. • Forwards - three players who try to score against the opposing team. • Ice Rink - hockey is played on an ice surface, surrounded by boards to keep the puck in. A common rink size in professional North American hockey is 200 feet long by 85 feet wide.
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• Reindeer are pets in some parts of the world. • Reindeer are excellent swimmers and have thick waterproof fur. • They live in cold areas and their hooves are like snowshoes. • Both male and female reindeer have antlers. • The first known story of Santa Claus having reindeer helpers was in 1821. • The reindeer who drive Santa's sleigh are Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, and Rudolph. • You will have fun drawing your very own reindeer!
The Face
1. Draw a “v” shape in the center of your paper. 2. Enclose it on top with a curved line. 3. Above the nose, draw two ovals for eyes. Fill in the center with a solid circle. 4. Draw a small line at the bottom of the nose.
5. Starting at the end of the small line at the bottom of the nose, draw “C” shapes on both sides of the nose ending near the eyes. 6. Draw a curved line to create a bottom lip. 7. Add two small “c” shapes by the eyes to create the reindeer temples.
The Ears And Antlers
1. Draw a “c” shape on each side as shown to begin the ears. 2. Finish the ears with curved lines. Use a curved line to create the top of the head. 3. Begin creating the antlers using straight lines and “v” shapes. 4. Finish the second antler using same technique.
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1. Draw two short lines to make the neck. 2. Draw two “c” shaped lines to make the body. 3. Draw a small “c” shaped line leaving a small opening on each side for the legs. 4. Draw thin, long legs using two straight lines. An upside down “V” creates a hoof at the end of each front leg.
1. Draw a straight line to create the back of the reindeer. 2. At the end of this line, draw a tail using two curved lines that form a point. Use a curved line just under the tail for the top leg muscle. 3. Draw a thin, long leg using two straight lines. An upside down “V” creates a hoof at the end of the leg. 4. Before drawing the second back leg, use a curved line to make the reindeer tummy.
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Crazy Cleaner Shrimp Have you ever seen a shrimp that wasn't on your plate? Most people have never seen these cool little creatures alive. There are many species of shrimp that live all over the world, and many are way to small too to eat! eat! Cleaner shrimp are very special. They are helpful in the coral reefs where they live. A cleaner shrimp is only a few inches long, but can help protect huge fish and even sea turtles! Each cleaner shrimp will set up a "station" and fish and turtles will visit them to be cleaned. The shrimp will pick away all the dead scales, bits of old food and parasites. The shrimp eats these for dinner, while the fish lives healthy and happy. Try This!
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What Is Lactose Intolerance? Between 30 and 50 million people in the United States have lactose intolerance. This huge number means at least one out of every ten Americans have the problem. To understand lactose intolerance, you first need to know what lactose is. Lactose is a type of sugar found in milk and other dairy foods, but lactose intolerance does not mean you are allergic to milk or milk products. As with everything you eat, your body also needs to digest lactose to be able to use it for fuel. The small intestine normally makes a special substance called lactase which is an enzyme that breaks lactose down into simpler sugars called glucose and galactose. These sugars are easy for your body to absorb and turn into energy. People with lactose intolerance do not make enough lactase in their small intestine and without lactase, the body can't properly digest food that has lactose in it. That means if you eat dairy foods, the lactose from these foods will pass into your intestine, which can cause gas and stomach pain. Many cases of lactose intolerance are genetic. This means that something in people’s genes makes them more likely to develop it. Another way people can develop lactose intolerance is that sometimes another illness may keep the intestine from producing enough lactase such as Crohn’s disease or other long term problems that affect the intestines. Lactose intolerance can also develop if people are taking
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The Viola Is Great To Play! The viola is a string instrument. The four major instruments in the string family - the violin, the viola, the cello and the double bass are built the same way. The instruments are made of many pieces of wood which are glued - never nailed - together. The body of the instrument is hollow becoming a resonating box for the sound. Four strings (sometimes five for the double bass) are made of animal gut, nylon or steel. They are wrapped around pegs at one end of the instrument and attached to a tailpiece at the other. The strings are stretched tightly across a bridge to produce their assigned pitches. The viola is the alto voice of the string family. Like the violin, it is held under the chin, resting on the shoulder. Unlike the violin, the viola is slightly larger and is tuned five notes lower. It has a darker and warmer tone quality than the violin. A “full sized” viola’s body is between one and four inches longer than the body of a full sized violin. The viola has an average length of about 16 inches. A person who plays the viola is called a violist.
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Cookin’ Fun Christmas Tree Sandwiches For the dough: 1 cup unsalted butter, softened 2 cups flour 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/3 cup milk 3/4 cup sugar
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In large bowl with an electric mixer, beat the butter until creamy. With the mixer on low, alternately add the flour, salt, and milk and beat until well blended. Wrap dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm which will take about 1 1/2 hours. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spread the sugar on a plate. On a floured surface, roll one third of the dough to 1/8" thick. Cut out tree shapes with a 2" cookie cutter. Press cookies into sugar to coat on both sides then place on ungreased cookie sheets. Prick each cookie all over with a fork, for decoration. Bake cookies 9 to 11 minutes until very lightly browned. Cool on sheets 2 minutes then transfer to wire racks to cool completely. While cookies are baking, prepare the filling. In a large bowl, beat the shortening and butter until creamy with an electric mixer. Beat in vanilla. Gradually add powdered sugar and milk. Add food coloring to tint the filling pale green. Beat on high until the filling is light and fluffy; approximately 3 minutes. Spread the filling on half of the cookies and sandwich with the remaining halves.
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A Special Christmas Story
As we quickly approach this special time of the year I would like to thank the schools, the community and most of all our wonderful families here at Ohana Karate for an amazing year. Please read this with your family. Sam Larioza, Ohana Karate It’s just a small, white envelope stuck among the branches of our Christmas tree. No name, no identiďŹ cation, no inscription. It has peeked through the branches of our tree for the past 10 years or so. It all began because my husband Mike hated Christmas - oh, not the true meaning of Christmas, but the commercial aspects of it; the overspending - the frantic running around at the last minute to get a tie for Uncle Harry and the dusting powder for Grandma - the gifts given in desperation because you couldn’t think of anything else. Knowing he felt this way, I decided one year to bypass the usual shirts, sweaters, ties and so forth. I reached for something special just for Mike. The inspiration came in an unusual way. Our son Kevin, who was 12 that year, was wrestling at the junior level at the school he attended, and shortly before Christmas, there was a non-league match against a team sponsored by an inner-city church, mostly black. These youngsters, dressed in sneakers so ragged that shoestrings seemed to be the only thing holding them together, presented a sharp contrast to our boys in their spiffy blue and gold uniforms and sparkling new wrestling shoes. As the match began, I was alarmed to see that the other team was wrestling without headgear, a kind of light helmet designed to protect a wrestler’s ears. It was a luxury the ragtag team obviously could not afford. Well, we ended up walloping them. We took every weight class. And as each of their boys got up from the mat, he swaggered around in his tatters with false bravado, a kind of street pride that couldn’t
acknowledge defeat. Mike, seated beside me, shook his head sadly, “I wish just one of A Special Christmas Story them could have won,� he said. “They have a lot of potential, but losing like this could take the heart right out of them.� Mike loved kids - all kids - and he knew them, having coached little league football, baseball and lacrosse. That’s when the idea for his present came. That afternoon, I went to a local sporting goods store and bought an assortment of wrestling headgear and shoes and sent them anonymously to the inner-city church. On Christmas Eve, I placed the envelope on the tree, the note inside telling Mike what I had done and that this was his gift from me. His smile was the brightest thing about Christmas that year and in succeeding years. For each Christmas, I followed the tradition - one year sending a group of mentally handicapped youngsters to a hockey game, another year a check to a pair of elderly brothers whose home had burned to the ground the week before Christmas, and on and on. The envelope became the highlight of our Christmas. It was always the last thing opened on Christmas morning and our children, ignoring their new toys, would stand with wide-eyed anticipation as their dad lifted the envelope from the tree to reveal its contents. As the children grew, the toys gave way to more practical presents, but the envelope never lost its allure. The story doesn’t end there. You see, we lost Mike last year due to dreaded cancer. When Christmas rolled around, I was still so wrapped in grief that I barely got the tree up. But Christmas Eve found me placing an envelope on the tree, and in the morning, it was joined by three more. Each of our children, unbeknownst to the others, had placed an envelope on the tree for their dad. The tradition has grown and someday will expand even further with our grandchildren standing around the tree with wide-eyed anticipation watching as their fathers take down the envelope. Mike’s spirit, like the Christmas spirit, will always be with us. May we all remember each other, and the real reason for the season, and his true spirit this year and always.
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Averill Students Visit Legoland
Poly Hockey
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The Beekman Bobcats participated in the 2016 Special Olympics Michigan State Poly Hockey Tournament on Saturday, November 12th and Sunday, November 13th. 7KH\ FRPSHWHG LQ 'LYLVLRQ RXW RI GLYLVLRQV 7KHLU ¿UVW JDPH ZDV against the Area 5 Bulldogs from Mecosta County and they won 15 to 7. Their second game was against the Area 14 Red Storm from Macomb County and they won the gold Medal with a score of 10 to 2. Way to go, Bobcats!
Nick Hilton to Represent TEAM USA Nick Hilton, a student in the Young Adult Program at the Beekman Center, has been chosen to represent TEAM USA at the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Austria in March. He will also participate in a National Training Camp in Vermont in December. Hilton’s
event will be snowshoeing. To honor Hilton, Beekman held an assembly with the whole student body. Staff and students alike made congratulatory signs to surprise Hilton.
Cooking With The Sun 5th grade students at Sheridan Rd. STEM studied the engineering behind solar ovens, testing different materials for insulating and different designs for their ovens. They tracked temperature changes while their oven sat in a sunny spot outside and then was moved into the shade. They compared the success of the PDWHULDOV WKH\ WULHG IRU LQVXODWLQJ WKHLU RYHQV 7KHLU ¿QDOH ZDV WR XVH WKH oven outside to prepare a tasty S’more treat using only the sun to do the cooking – success! Lansing Schools Sponsored by the Westside YMCA
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