Kids World News, Livingston County, Feb. 2016

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Dear Parents,

I have got to be the luckiest man in the world. For the last 13 years I’ve had the opportunity to touch the lives of hundreds of families and their children, developing the behaviors, habits and character traits to become high achieving, successful and happy children and leaders!

While our kids program is well known, many still do not know about our “Adult” program. I have discovered that adults are just...big kids! Most are just as messed up and just hide it better. Things like shyness, lack of confidence, lack of self-control/discipline, stressed out, out of shape or out of energy.

Especially you Moms! You are wired to be “nurturers”. You take care of everyone else first. The problem is there is nothing left for you in the end. Our parents have found that if they just take a little bit of time for “themselves” they are significantly better spouses, parents, employees and people!

In order to live your fullest life in today’s crazy competitive world you have to be much like a “high performance athlete”. You must be at your “peak” every day in all four of these areas:

1. Physical Fitness - You need ENERGY and lots of it. You can also be fit without being healthy. How do you feel when you get up in the morning? Excited, or just want to stay in bed?

2. Mental/Intellectual Fitness - it is a human need to learn, progress and grow? What book are you reading? What new skill are you learning? What is stimulating your mind right now?

3. Emotional Fitness - Your state? Happy and thankful? Complaining, worried and depressed? This area is the most overlooked but can either fuel or drain your energy.

4. Spiritual Fitness - This has little to do with religion or going to church. How do you nurture and develop your soul? How do you feed who you are? How do you make yourself “feel good”? A big part of this is being

social and a part of something bigger than yourself.

While all 4 of these are great reasons for adults to do karate, here is the best reason: The “EDGE”.

“Life begins at the edge of your comfort zone!” in today’s world it is too easy to be a part of the ‘rat race’ and just go through the motions of everyday life. It is like “Groundhog Day”. If your life just seems to be: wake up, go to work (or take care of the kids and house), come home, lay on the couch, watch TV, fall asleep, repeat - then you just may have lost your edge. As humans we need, no we thrive on growth, variety, competition and challenge. We need it - it feeds the spirit! We need to feel alive!

While most of us can’t play in the NFL or go to the Olympics there is something similar and just as powerful that every adult has access to - becoming a ‘black belt’. Every single day we push our adults to their edge physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. There is nothing like a coach yelling at you and teammates urging you on! I say it is much like riding a rollercoaster with 12 of your craziest friends. So don’t let the kids have all the fun!

I am making February “Parent Month” and I am so confident that karate can change your life I am doing someting I have never done before - Your first 90 days of lessons are on me! But make sure to watch for more special classes and special offers.

Are you ready for the challenge? All you have to lose is a few pounds, old habits, old routines and an old life! Are you ready to get back your EDGE?

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Volleyball has become a very popular sport. The game was in-vented in 1895 by William G. Morgan. He was a teacher at aYMCA in Holyoke, Massachusetts. He combined parts of othersports like tennis, baseball, basketball and handball to create anew game played indoors. Morgan borrowed the net from tennisand raised it six and a half feet above the floor. It was differentthen compared to what it is today. At first, you could have as manyplayers as you wanted on a team. There were nine innings pergame with three outs per inning. There was also no limit on thenumber of hits of the ball on each side of the court.

Here are the modern rules of today:

•Volleyball is played by two teams of six players on a court dividedby a net. Three players are positioned in the front row and threeare in the back row.• The object of the game is to send the ball over the net so that theopposing team cannot return the ball or prevent it from hitting theground in their court.• Each team has three hits to attempt to return the ball over the netto the other team.• The ball is put in play by a serve that is hit by the server over the

net to the opponent.• When the receiving teamwins a volley, it gains theright to serve, and theplayers rotate one positionclockwise.• When the serving teamwins a volley, it wins apoint and the right to con-tinue serving.• The player who rotatesinto the back-right positionwill serve the ball. Thatplayer must stand behindthe serving line when serv-ing the ball. The server

can use theirhand or arm tohit the ball. Theball must goover the net andfall within theboundary lineson the opposingteam's side. Ifthe serving teamwins the point,then the sameplayer will con-tinue to servethe ball.• A game isplayed to 21points or someother agreedupon number.The team thatwins the besttwo out of threegames wins thematch.

Terms and Lingo

Ace - When the ball is served to the other team and no onetouches it.Sideout - When the team that served the ball makes a mistake,causing the ball to go to the other team.Roof - When a player jumps above the height of the net and blocksthe ball.Dig - When a player makes a save from a very difficult spike.Kill - When a team spikes the ball and it ends in either a point ora sideout.

Volleyball is a fun sport that is easy to learn and can be playedin a gym, at the beach, or on grass. Playing volleyball will help im-prove your cardio, flexibility, balance and coordination. It is also agreat sport to learn about teamwork. Most schools have a volley-ball team or you can also find leagues for kids at your local com-munity center.

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Harry Truman was born in Lamar, Missouri on May 8, 1884. He grew up in thecity of Independence and prospered as a Missouri farmer. He loved to read andwas taught by his mother. He was also an excellent piano player. Truman was ed-ucated at local grade and high schools and in 1923, he attended two years of lawschool.

During World War I, as a member of the National Guard, he went to France as aCommander of his Field Artillery unit. When he returned he married Elizabeth (Bess)Virginia Wallace and opened a store in Kansas City. They had one child, Margaret.

He was very active in the Democratic Party. He became a senator in 1934. Dur-ing World War II, he headed the Senate war investigating committee and saved asmuch as 15 billion dollars checking into waste and corruption.

He became Vice President under President Roosevelt and on April 12, 1945, whenRoosevelt died, he became president. During his term as vice president, he re-ceived no briefing on the develpment of the atomic bomb or the problems regardingSoviet Russia. These are items he found out about when he became president.When Japan refused to surrender, Truman along with his consultants and advisors,ordered the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japanese cities that were devoted towar work. Two of these cities were Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Japan surrenderedquickly after that.

He presented Congress with a 21 point program that proposed expansion of So-cial Security, a full employment program, a perma-nent Fair Employment Practices Act, public housingand slum clearance. This program became knownas the Fair Deal.

In 1947, when the Soviet Union pressured Turkeyand threatened to take over Greece, he asked Con-gress to aid these two countries. Thus came theTruman Doctrine. President Truman implementedthe Marshall Plan, which was named for his Secre-tary of State, George Marshall. This plan stimu-lated the economic recovery in western Europe.

Russia blockaded the western part of Berlin in1948 and the United States created an airlift tosupply Berliners with food and other supplies untilRussia backed down. President Truman negoti-ated a military allliance to protect Western nationsin 1949, which was called the North Atlantic TreatyOrganization. This was a group of countries thatpromised to help protect one another.

In 1950, when the Communist government ofNorth Korea attacked South Korea, a struggle

HARRY S. TRUMAN33rd President, 1945-1953

started. Truman ordered troops to South Korea to help stopa communist invasion.

He retired at the age of 88 to Independence, Missouri anddied on December 26, 1972.

Fun Facts:

• One of President Truman’s famous sayings was, "If youcan't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen." He meant youneed to take responsibility for what you do.• Harry Truman and his future wife Bess Wallace were theonly President and First Lady to graduate from the same highschool.• President Truman gave many speeches over the radio tothe American people. That way everyone could hear impor-tant news from him. Most people did not have televisions yet.• He really liked to read. By the age of 14 he was said tohave read all the books in the public library. He also read thefamily bible 3 times.• A famous quote from President Truman was: "Within thefirst few months, I discovered that being a President is likeriding a tiger. A man has to keep on riding or be swallowed."

Harry and Bess Truman ontheir wedding day.

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I was born to run very fast and win horse races. My name is Lukas. Mygreat-great-grandfather was a famous champion and my owners hoped Icould be like him. I tried very hard to do what they wanted, but my legsweren't strong enough. Thoroughbreds like me are raced when we're onlytwo years old, so I got hurt and couldn't race anymore. My owners found anew stable for me, but when my legs healed I was even slower, so they gaveme away to someone else. This owner didn't want to keep me either, so Iwent to several other homes which got worse with each move. Finally, Iended up with people who couldn't feed me and I got very skinny and sad.

One day, a lady drove by and saw me. She felt so sorry for me she offeredto buy me. This lady was a trainer and wanted me to be a jumper. I triedmy best, but the work was very hard and it hurt my sore legs. She put meup for sale too because she didn't want to keep a horse who couldn't win rib-bons. I was advertised as a kind and sensitive horse - I was going to anothernew home, but this time it would be different.

My next owner, Karen, had loved horses since she was a little girl. Her par-ents were too poor to buy her much, least of all a horse. So, when she grewup, she became a nurse and bought horses with problems, fixed them andfound good homes for them. She fell in love with me at our first meeting. Ihad a lot of bad habits by then and was very wild. I was already nine yearsold and didn't know how to behave. It took Karen a long time to gain my trustand attention, but she wouldn't give up on me. For the first time in my life, Iwas allowed to be myself and she paid attention to what I wanted.

I had a hard time focusing, so Karen helped me understand lessons usingfun games. We played with all sorts of toys and I finally felt like I was spe-cial to someone. She gave me choices and showed me how to make theright decisions and I began to learn some very interesting things. Karen sawthat I could be good at a lot of things. Her belief in me made me feel like Icould succeed. I may not have been very fast, but maybe I could be thebest at something else.

Karen and I were having so much fun! She used tricks to build my confi-dence. Before long I was able to smile, nod yes, shake my head no, bow,curtsey, step onto my pedestal, wave, pose and hold it, pretend to be lame,yawn, kiss her - even give her a big face lick if she asked! I could do theSpanish Walk (a big high walk), Passage (like skipping), stay and come, laydown, sit, fetch and catch. I did all these things out of love for Karen. Shelets me be free and doesn't use any equipment (she doesn't even own awhip), so people can see that animals can be trained without any force.

Karen could see how much I enjoyed learning and was always trying tocome up with new classes for me. Her belief that animals would be treatedbetter if people realized how smart we were gave her an idea. How muchcould I really learn? So, together, we explored this patiently and kindly.Karen showed me different ways to think. I was able to understand manywords and lessons and I became very calm and wise. I learned to spell,count, identify shapes, pick a color, put things where Karen asked, and un-derstand same/different, bigger and when something was absent.

Now, I'm very famous - the World Records Academy has recognized meas the World's Smartest Horse and Guinness World Records has officiallyrecognized my history making achievement: "Most numbers identified bya horse in one minute." This seventeen year old met all the guidelines andidentified NINETEEN numbers in less than sixty seconds.

I've been on NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, HLN, Inside Edition and the Asso-ciated Press and America on Line have done feature stories about me.Karen has talked about me on Pet Talk Radio, Pet Talk Live Radio, PetPlace Radio, Animal Radio and RFD-Radio and I have appeared in news-papers, forums, blogs and newsletters all over the world. I was nominatedfor the 2010 Equine Vision Award sponsored by Pfizer and American HorsePublications. My web-site (http://www.playingwithlukas.com) has been vis-ited by friends from fifty-one countries (I'm a million hit horse now!) and Ihave my own book and documentary. I have been invited to appearancesall over the country and Karen makes speeches about me too.

But it gets even better - Karen and I donate our time and services toshare the happy results of kind training and to show how smart and won-derful animals are for their improved treatment. My favorite is meeting chil-dren. Karen dresses me up in costumes so they can see how fun horsesare. I'm also the Spokeshorse for several rescue organizations and a ther-apy practice for sick people. The best part - Karen tells me that I am achampion after all.

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Animals NativeTo Estonia

The Eurasian Badger is a very uniqueanimal. The young are called a “kit,” thefemales are called a “sow” and the malesare called a “boar”. A group of badgers arecalled a “colony” or “clans”.

They live in large underground cata-combs called “setts”. Badgers inherit settsfrom their parents, who in turn inheritedthem from their parents, and so on. It isbelieved that some setts are centuries old!The setts consist of interlocking tunnelswith nest chambers, toilets and several en-trances. They live in social groups under-ground and continually expand the setts.The Eurasian badger makes it's home inforests or other areas with woody cover. While the badger may live in a for-est it does most of it’s nocturnal foraging out in the open fields.

Eruasian Badgers are grey in color with a black underside and legs. Theirface and neck are white with a black stripe on each side. Their body lengthis 22-35 inches with a tail length of 5 to 8 inches. They weigh between 22-26pounds.

The badger is an omnivore (eats both plants and animals). They mainly feedon earth worms, insects, frogs, birds, lizards, small mammals, fruit, eggs andcarrion.

The CommonCrane is the onlyspecies of cranesin Estonia. It is alarge grey bird thathas black patchesof skin withoutfeathers and somered patches on theback of the head.There is a whiteband on bothsides of it’s headand neck. The billis greenish brownand it’s legs areblack.

When the Com-mon Crane flies, itstretches it’s neck

forward. It also never lands in trees! Cranes feed on plants, berries, stalks, small animals,

frogs, snakes, insects and more. They migrate to NorthAfrica during the winter. Cranes fly in a triangle for-mation. The length of their wingspan is about eightfeet. They return to their familiar nesting places in thespring.

The crane makes it’s nest in open dry land. It lines asmall cavity with straws. They do this in the open be-cause it’s warmer for the young and easier to see dan-ger. The female hatches the eggs after about a month.When the young begin to fly, they look for food togetherwith their parents, but continue to spend nights in thenest.

The Eurasian Otter is a soli-tary creature and is territorial.They den in a riverbank, in aburrow called a ‘holt’ and aremost active at night. Theyhave a slim, mustelid (weasellike) body, with a thick tail thatis fleshy and muscular. Allfour of their feet are webbedand their nostrils and ears canbe closed when it’s in thewater. The otter’s fur is shortand dense, so it keeps theskin dry by trapping a layer of air around the body. The otter is an excellentswimmer and diver.

It feeds on fish, frogs, water birds, voles and other water creatures. Theyare very playful animals and enjoy sliding down a muddy bank!

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• ‘Tyrannosaurus’ comes from theGreek words meaning ‘tyrantlizard’, while the word ‘rex’ means‘king’ in Latin.• Tyrannosaurus rex is often ab-breviated to T-Rex.• Tyrannosaurus rex lived in anarea of the Earth that now makesup western North America.• Tyrannosaurus rex measured upto 42 feet in length, 13 feet at thehip and could weigh up to 7 tons!• The skull of a Tyrannosaurus rexalone measured up to 5 feet long.• The largest tooth of any carnivo-rous dinosaur found to this date isthat of a T-Rex. It is estimated tohave been around 12 inches longwhen including the root.• When Tyrannosaurus rex hitaround the age of 14 its body sizewould increase rapidly, putting onaround 1300 pounds a year overthe next 4 years.• Tyrannosaurus rex had smallarms that were extremely powerfuland featured two clawed fingers.

• The name ‘Triceratops’ comesfrom the Greek language, with ‘tri’meaning three and ‘keratops’meaning horned face.• Triceratops lived in the late Cre-taceous Period (around 65 millionyears ago). • It needed its three horns to tryand protect itself from the Tyran-nosaurus Rex which lived duringthe same time period.• It is believed that fully grownTriceratops were about 26 feet inlength, 10 feet in height andweighed anywhere between 6 to12 tons.• The skull of a Triceratops alonecould grow over 7 feet in length.• The Triceratops was a plant eat-ing (herbivore) dinosaur.• The first known fossils to be thatof a Triceratops were horns at-tached to a partial skull, found nearDenver, Colorado in 1887.• Triceratops had anywhere be-tween 400 and 800 teeth, althoughonly a small percentage of thesewere in use at any one time asthey were constantly replacedthroughout its lifetime.• The State of Wyoming lists theTriceratops as its state dinosaur.

• The Stegosaurus is the most fa-mous dinosaur from a group of di-nosaurs known as Stegosauria.They were all herbivores (planteaters) and featured rows ofunique bones that developed intoplates and spines along their backand tail.• The name ‘Stegosaurus’ comesfrom the Greek words ‘stegos’meaning roof and ‘sauros’ mean-ing lizard.• Stegosaurus fossils have beenfound in western North America. • In terms of size, the Stegosauruswas large and heavily built. On av-erage, a fully grown Stegosauruswas around 30 feet in length, 14feet in height and up to nearly 5metric tons in weight.• Although the Stegosaurus bodywas large, the size of their brainwas only around the size of adog’s.• The 17 plates found along theback of the Stegosaurus arosefrom the skin rather than being at-tached to the skeleton. The largestplates were around 2 feet tall and 2feet wide.• The Stegosaurus also featuredtail spikes that reached around 2 to3 feet in length.

• The Spinosaurus lived around100 million years ago in what isnow North Africa.• The name Spinosaurus means‘spine lizard’.• Fossils of the Spinosaurus werefirst found in Egypt around 1910.• The Spinosaurus was larger thanthe Tyrannosaurus Rex and mayhave been the largest carnivorous(meat eating) dinosaur ever.• Studies estimate that it wasaround 49 feet in length andweighed anywhere between 7 to20 tons.• The Spinosaurus featured dis-tinctive spines which grew over 1.5metres (5 feet) long.• The Spinosaurus had a long, thinskull.• While the Spinosaurus usuallywalked on two legs, studies sug-gest that it may have occasionallycrouched on all four.• Spinosaurus were featured in thepopular movie Jurassic Park 3.

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Writing Workshop Review Celebration

The second graders, from Spencer Elementary, in Ms. Hukkala’s and Mrs. Kahl’s class would like to thank the Coffee Beanery. The students were able to participate in a writing celebration on Tuesday, January 26th. The second graders worked hard on writing a persuasive review on a speci c restaurant, store, or place in Brighton. The kids interviewed others, conducted research, and used specialized language to create their reviews. In this unit the students were able to learn how to support their opinions with evidence. The teachers were able to guide students using the writing workshop model. The students read their reviews in an attempt to persuade their family and friends to attend their selected restaurant, store, or place. The Coffee Beanery is located at 4433 Old US 23 in Brighton. The students’ work will be displayed for a few weeks. Feel free to check out all of the wonderful work the students did.

Natalie Barrett reading her review to her mom and sister.

Brayden Balagot sharing his review with his step-dad.

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Students in preschool, prekindergarten, and kindergarten contributed baby items to the Love INC Personal Needs Pantry at Shepherd of the Lakes as part of a baby shower for Jesus. Students remember that Jesus was once a baby so they do-nated items such as diapers and wipes. Tommy. Luke, and Emery pose with some of the contributions.

Students in kindergarten gathered toys, necessities, and school supplies for Operation Christ-mas Child. These shoe boxes were sent around the world, sharing the Gospel message with other kids. The shoeboxes from the kindergarteners at Shepherd of the Lakes went to Tanza-nia in East Africa where more than 40% of the population is children 14 years old and under.

Students in rst through eighth grade gathered items for birthday bags. Each bag contains a cake mix, frosting, candles, plates and other party items, and a small gift. Christmas is Jesus’ birthday so birthday bags are lots of fun! Ellen Johnson, coordinator of the St. Paul Lutheran in Hamburg Love INC food pantry, was thrilled to receive the donation.

Students Help Others During Christmas Time.

Shepherd of the Lakes Lutheran School loves to celebrate Christmas! Students learned that God came to earth as a baby. Students sang Christmas songs and made Christmas crafts.


HOLY SPIRIT SCHOOL STUDENTS RAISE $1320.51 FOR ST. LOUIS CENTER IN CHELSEA

Each year students at Holy Spirit Catholic School in Brighton participate in a Christmas Charity Competition to raise money for a charitable organization chosen by the students. This year, students voted for the St. Louis Center in Chelsea to be the recipient of their fundraiser. The fundraiser is a friendly competition between the classrooms to collect the most money for the charity with the incentive of a rst place prize of a full week of dress down days – a coveted award for students who wear uniforms! There was also a second place prize of one dress down day for the second place classroom. Each morning from December 7 through December 17, students added their contribution to their classroom container and as they watched the donations grow in the other classrooms’ containers the c o m p e t i t i o n increased. This year’s

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the pre kindergarten kindergarten classroom and the fth si th grade classroom was in second place with the student body raising a total of $1320.51 for the St. Louis Center. Congratulations, students!

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Students at Holy Spirit also made Christmas cards for Livingston County Catholic Charities. This is a project the students have been doing for several years. The cards were enclosed in the Christmas bo es that went to senior citizens who are homebound or low income and have no family in the area to be with for Christmas. This year, LCCC also asked Holy Spirit families to contribute liquid laundry detergent for the baskets and the donations poured in as seen from the photo!


Students Learn About Cities in the Past and Present St. Mary Catholic School students in grades rst and third spent some time in December learning about cities in the past and present. While First graders learned about businesses in a community and how they provide goods and services to those who live there, the Third graders went a few steps farther. They went back to the days when the communities around Livingston County were just getting started to take a look at how things have changed. Students worked cooperatively in groups on each town in the area to discover the changes from then and now and then presented their ndings to their classmates. This is a great way for students to learn how to work together as they discover things about the area that we live in”, said third grade teacher Julie Haberl. Preschoolers Work on Christmas Season Acts of Kindness

St. Mary Catholic School Preschools really got into the Christmas spirit this year with learning about how it is better to give than receive. Each day the children worked on Kind Acts that would bring joy to others during the Christmas season”, said preschool director, Jenny Smyzcynski. The children made Christmas cards for soldiers, handprint reindeer ornaments for nursing home residents, decorated lunch bags for Meals on Wheels, made cards for their home-bound buddy, and collected coloring books to send to a preschool in the Dominican Republic. Students also made thank you cards for their second grade reading buddies and special friends throughout the school. The children really enjoyed doing all of these projects. It is a fun way for them to learn about giving back and being thankful for all of the special blessings that we have”, r e p l i e d Mrs. S. As a special treat for the preschoolers and the kindergarten, Santa paid a special visit to the c l a s s r o o m and each c h i l d received a special pre-C h r i s t m a s gift from him.


Republic OfEstonia

• Estonia is an Eastern European country which borders the BalticSea and Gulf of Finland, between Latvia and Russia. It is about thesize of New Hampshire and Massachusetts combined.• The capital city is Tallinn. It is one of the best-preserved mediaevalcities. It is also the city of the first Christmas tree in the world. In 1441,the tree was put up in the town square.• The government is a Parliamentary Democracy. Estonia re-gainedits independence on August 20, 1991 from the U.S.S.R.• Natural resources: Oil shale, phosphorite, limestone, blue clay.• Estonia enjoys a mild climate because of marine influences. Mainlya lowland, the republic has numerous lakes, frequently of glacial ori-gin. Peipus (Lake Chudskoye), the largest lake, is important for bothshipping and fishing. It is also Europe’s fourth largest freshwater lake.Along Estonia's Baltic coast are more than 800 islands, of whichSaaremaa is the most notable. • The climate is temperate with warm summers and severe winters.Temperatures range from 70 degrees F in the summer, to a winter av-erage of 18 degrees F. They have four seasons of equal length.Being on the Baltic Sea, Estonia is subjected to sea breezes and hu-midity.• The highest peak in Estonia is Suur Munamagi. It is the highestpoint in the entire Baltic region at 1043 feet above sea level.• The Republic's rivers include the Narva, Pärnu, Ema, and Kasari.• Estonia is the world's second largest producer of oil shale. The ma-jority of its workforce is involved in industry, which also includes min-ing, shipbuilding, information technology, and the manufacture ofwood products, electronic and telecommunications equipment, tex-tiles and clothing, and machinery.• Its efficient agricultural sector employs some 11% of the labor forceand produces meat (largely pork), dairy products, potatoes, flax, andsugar beets. Fishing is also important.

• Throughout history, many other nations that ruled the region –Danes, Germans, Swedes, Poles and Russians – have influencedEstonian cuisine. Among the traditional dishes are marinated eel,blood sausage and sauerkraut stew with pork.• Famous Estonians include the writer Jaan Kross whose work hasbeen translated into at least 20 languages, the author of the nationalepic (Kalevipoeg) Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, and the writer, film-maker, diplomat and politician Lennart Meri. He became the firstPresident of Estonia after the restoration of independence.• In the Bronze Age a meteorite fell in Kaali on the island of Saare-maa. The Kaali catastrophe was the last known case of a large me-teorite to fall on a populated area. Estonia has the highest numberof meteorite craters per land area in the world.

A scene from Tallinn, the capital.


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‘Every Penny Counts’… February has a number of special events, not least of them being the ‘Every Penny Counts’ fundraising campaign put on by the American Red Cross of Livingston County.Last year marked the 19th consecutive year that participating schools have asked students, parents, staff, and others to drop their pennies and other spare change into the glass jars. During those 19 years, over $200,000 has been raised in support of Red Cross programs and services for disaster relief. This money has been earmarked for support equipment, volunteer training, and relief items for local families who have been affected by a house

re. Schools from all over the county public and private and from all different ageslevels ranging from elementary to high school have participated in the ‘Every PennyCounts’ program. Hutchings Elementary in Howell was been the top school in collectingdonations for the past few years. Both Smith and Kreeger Elementary Schools in Fowlerville have also taken part, with a friendly competition held to see which one raises the most money. Last year the two schools collected $575. Contributing money in this year’s jar are these kindergartnersfrom Smith Elementary. From left are Dylan Holbach, Leah LeFave, Jade Chelenyak,and Jackson Clark.

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