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Isn’t it great to be back at school? After a busy summer, it’s great to settle in and learn more, see friends, read books and get back into a rou-tine. Education is a privilage we all share in this country. Let’s take advantage of it! One way to take advantage is to be better organized. Here’sa few ideas:• If you have homework, do it when you get home from school. If you have a test on Friday, study for it each night so you don’t have to cram atthe last minute. If you have a report due in a couple of weeks, do a part of it every day. That way, you’re never overwhelmed.• If you’re having trouble with a subject, ask for help.• Get plenty of sleep at night. Allow yourself plenty of time to get ready in the morning.• Eat a good breakfast. • Pack your lunch the night before and refrigerate. You won’t be so rushed in the morning by doing this.• Lay out your clothes the night before.

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Alexander Graham Bell was an influential sci-entist, engineer and inventor. The following aresome interesting facts about this man.• He was born on March 3, 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He waseducated at the universities of Edinburgh and London. Bell immi-grated to Canada in 1870 and to the United States in 1871. Hebecame a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1882.• He is widely credited with the invention of the first practical tele-phone.• He didn’t have the middle name “Graham” until he turned 11. Hisfather gave him his middle name as a birthday present as hewanted 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 influenceon his work. He studied the human voice and worked with variousschools for the deaf. In 1872, he founded a school to train teach-ers of the deaf in Boston, Massachusetts and became part ofBoston University• Bell experimented with sound, working with devices such as a‘harmonic telegraph’ (used to send multiple messages over a sin-gle wire) and a ‘phonautograph’ (used to record sound).• He worked on acoustic telegraphy with his assistant, electricaldesigner Thomas Watson.• On February 14, 1876, Bell and an American electrical engineernamed Elisha Gray both filed patents with the U.S. Patent Officecovering the transmission of sounds telegraphically. There is de-bate about who got there first but the patent was awarded to Bell.A few days later he succeeded in getting his telephone to workusing elements similar to those of Gray’s water transmitter. Bellsfirst words with the working telephone were spoken to ThomasWatson. They were along the lines of “Mr. Watson, come here. Iwant to see you.” At the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadel-

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phia, Pennsylva-nia, telephonewas introducedto the world. In1877, the BellTelephone Com-pany was estab-lished.• He had a stronginterest in otherscientific fields,conducting med-ical research,searching for al-ternative fuelsources, experi-menting withmetal detectors,developing hy-drofoil watercraftand more. Otherinventions in-clude audiome-ter, the inductionbalance, and thefirst wax recording cylinder.• Bell was one of the cofounders of the National Geographic Soci-ety.• Bell’s summer home is located at Baddeck on Cape Breton Is-land in Nova Scotia, Canada. Most of his inventions on aeronau-tics were first tested near his summer home in Canada.• His study of flight began with the construction of large kites, andin 1907 he devised a kite capable of carrying a person.• Bell, with the American inventor and aviator Glenn HammondCurtiss, developed the aileron and the tricycle landing gear.• His group also started working on hydrofoil boats, which travelabove the water at high speeds. Bell’s final full-sized “hydro-drome,” developed in 1917, reached speeds in excess of 113km/h for many years were the world’s fastest boat.

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Where do apples comefrom? How do theygrow? Let’s take a trip toan apple orchard and findout. On the farm, applescome from apple trees,where their buds wereformed a full year beforethey are picked. Duringthe winter, these fruitbuds are dormant (rest-ing) and waiting forspring. As the weatherwarms in the spring, theleaves and flowers beginto slowly open until theapple trees are coveredin white and pink blos-

soms. The apple blossoms smell so sweet that bees visit themlooking to gather nectar to make honey. As they fly from tree totree and flower to flower, their feet get covered in a dusty sub-stance from the apple blossoms called pollen. When they fly andland, the pollen falls on new flowers and this process allows theblossoms to be pollinated and grow into apples. Once the flowerhas been pollinated, the petals then fall off.

After the bees are done with their job, the leaves on the appletrees take over to help the apple grow. The leaves create food orcarbohydrates to help the apples grow by using air, water and sun-light in a process called photosynthesis. Each apple needs about20 to 50 leaves to help it grow. Farmers prune the apple trees inthe winter and early spring to help the leaves get more sunlight.Pruning is like giving the tree a haircut. Branches that block sun-light 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 thenripe and ready for picking. Some apples are ready in early falland others are not ready until close to Halloween. The best way

The Amazing Apple!to tell when an apple is ready to pick is by asking the farmer. Anapple farmer will inspect the orchard and taste the apples.

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

Going to an apple orchard is a fun family outing. Go to the or-chard and find your favorite apple varieties. Have a taste test withyour family and find out the most popular apple in your home. Makesome applesauce or homemade apple pie out of the apples youpick out! Enjoy the sweet taste of fall.

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Heat oven to 375 degrees. Grease bottom and sides of square 8x8pan. Arrange apples in pan. Mix remaining ingredients in a bowl. Sprin-kle over the apples. Bake about 40 minutes or until topping is goldenbrown 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 sparetime! • According to the Guinness Book of Records, the largest apple everplucked from a tree weighed three pounds, two ounces! It was picked inCaro, Michigan. • Archeologists have found evidence that humans have been enjoying ap-ples since 6500 BC.

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Ping Pong or TableTennis 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 en-ergy and burn calories that are put into your body. You can havefun 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 aerobicworkout which will strengthen your heart and lungs as you moveback and forth across the table. Plus, you will be working at hav-ing better flexibility each time you play with your footwork. As yourgame improves, so does your coordination!

Ping pong or table tennis began in England in the late 1800s. Itis believed to have been invented by army officers who usedrounded corks for balls and old cigar boxes for paddles. It becamea competitive sport in 1927. In the 1950s, the plastic ball was in-vented and it became quite popular. Ping pong became an official

Olympic sport in 1988.Ping pong doesn’t require a lot of equipment! A table, a net, a

ball and racket - that’s it! You can be any age to play it. The gameis played with two or four players on a table with a net goingacross the middle. The player serving the ball throws it up in theair and hits it. The ball must bounce once on the server’s sideand once on the other side. The player receiving the ball must hitit back with onebounce on their sideand once bounce onthe other side. If theplayer misses theball after it bouncesonce on their side,the other player re-ceives the point. Aplayer can lose apoint if they hit theball out of bounds,off of the table or intothe net. The playerwho first scores 21points with a 2 pointmargin wins thegame. COLOR

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

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Apple Scones2 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)

Pre-heat the oven to 450 degrees. Grease an 8 x 12 inch bakingpan. 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 softdough. Knead until ingredients are well-mixed. Spread in preparedpan, and bake for 25 minutes. When done, cut into 2 inch squares.Split each square diagonally. Butter. Dust the tops thickly with gran-ulated sugar. Serve warm.

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It’s Fun ToPlay The Bells!

Bells are a percussion instrument. They can be made fromvarious materials including clay, glass, or metal. They range inshape and size. They may be played by lightly shaking it as inhand bells or by striking it using a metal or wooden striker or mal-let.

Chimes are small bells which are arranged in a musical se-quence. Carillons are a group of tuned bells no less than 23

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and heard on clocktowers such as thefamous RajabaiTower in Mumbai.

It was near Babylonwhen the oldest bellswas believed to havebeen found. Theyhave been widelyused throughout his-tory in different partsof the world likeEgypt, England,Japan, China andIndia. They havebeen used for vari-ous purposes suchas calling people topray or announcingthe start of a battle.The largest bell canbe found in Moscowand it’s called TsarKolokol III. It weighs

400,000 poundsbut was neverrang and wasdamaged in afire.

A notable mu-sician who usedbells in some ofhis compositionswas WolfgangA m a d e u sMozart.

Famous Bells:• The LibertyBell is a 2,080pounds American bell of great historic significance, located inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania. It previously hung in IndependenceHall and was rung on July 4, 1776 to mark American independ-ence.• Big Ben is the fourth largest bell in the British Isles, after TheOlympic Bell (used at the opening of the 2012 Olympic Games),Great Paul (St Paul's Cathedral, City of London) and Great George(Anglican Cathedral, Liverpool). It is the hour bell of the Great Clockin the Clock Tower at the Palace of Westminster, the home of theHouses of Parliament in the United Kingdom.• The World Peace Bell was the largest functioning swinging belluntil 2006. It is located in Newport, Kentucky, United States, andwas cast by the Paccard Foundry of France. The bell itself weighs66,000 pounds, with clapper and supports the total weight whichswings when the bell is tolled is 89,390 pounds.

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All kids get teased by a brother, sister, or friend at some timeand it’s not harmful when done in a playful, friendly, mutual way.But when teasing becomes hurtful, unkind and constant, it cancross the line into bullying. Bullying is intentional, persistant ag-gressin and can take on many forms.

Types Of Bullying►Verbal: Name calling, teasing►Social: Spreading rumors, leaving people out on purpose,breaking up friendships.►Physical: Hitting, punching, shoving, kicking.►Cyberbullying: Using the internet, cell phones or other digitaltechnology to harm others.

It is important to take bullying seriously and not just brush it off.It’s a BIG problem to many children. Bullies can make kids feelfrightened, sick, embarrassed, hurt, lonely, not wanting to play out-side, or go to school. Bullying bothers everyone, not just the kidswho are getting picked on.

There are many reasons that kids bully others. Some bulliestorment others because that is the way they have been treated.They come from families or settings where people regularly getangry, shout and call names. Some TV shows promote mean-ness. Some bullies need a victim to feel more important or popu-lar or in control.

How To Combat Bullying►First of all - tell an adult. Find someone you trust and tell themwhat is happening. Teachers, principals, parents can all try to helpyou. This is not tattling, bullying is wrong. Here are some ideas.►Avoid the bully and use the buddy system. Take another wayhome instead of walking the same way if you can. Buddy up witha friend on the bus, in the hallways or at recess, wherever the bullyis. Always offer to do the same for a friend in need.►It is normal to get upset by the bully. Practice not reacting bycrying, getting angry or showing how upset you are. That is whatthe bullies thrive on. Tell the bully "No! Stop it!" in a loud voice.Keep your “poker face” on until you are clear of danger. Be brave,take a deep breath, walk away (or run if you have to) to a safeplace.

►Remove theincentives. Ifthey are de-manding yourlunch money -carry your lunchand tell a super-vising adult.►Stay withfriends who willhelp you buildyour confidence.Get involvedwith clubs orsports pro-grams. Find ac-tivities that canhelp you learnand feel confi-dent and strong.Maybe it’s a self-defense classteaching martialarts.►If you see another child getting bullied at your school, tell anadult! Kids can protect and stand up for each other by telling abully to stop teasing or scaring someone else, and then walk awaytogether.►Don’t bully back. Don’t hit, kick or push back to deal with some-one bullying you or your friends. That just satisfies the bully andit’s dangerous as someone can really get hurt. Get help from anadult.

Bullies usually end up in trouble. If they keep acting out they willhave fewer friends sooner or later. Every kid has a choice of howto behave and act. Bullies can learn to change their behavior.Some kids who bully eventually realize that they don’t get the re-spect or friends they want by threatening others. Teachers, coun-selors and parents can help them too. Bullies can change if theylearn to use their power in positive ways. Some bullies turn intogreat kids and some never learn how to do that.

No one needs to put up with a bully’s behavior. If you’re havingtrouble, talk to someone you can trust. Everyone has the right tofeel safe.

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Has anyone ever asked you, “What do youwant to be when you grow up?” You mighthave to think about it for a while, or maybeyou already have an idea. If you were to askthat question to a caterpillar they would an-swer, “A butterfly! “ Did you know that a cater-pillar is not a baby or an adult? It is a kid likeyou, still growing and learning each day.

The caterpillar is a really interesting, coolkid! They are called "eating machines" be-cause they eat as many leaves and plants asthey can each day. They eat so much in fact,that they shed their skin four or five times be-fore creating a chrysalis. Aren’t you glad youjust have to buy new clothes when you growout of your old ones?

Caterpillars don’t have noses like we do.They breathe through small pores on theirsides. Caterpillars have a head, eyes, and 13sections to their bodies. Some caterpillarshave furry hair while some have no hair withjust a few thick bristles. A caterpillar has threepairs of walking legs and five pairs of legs withhooks for grabbing. A caterpillar also has4,000 muscles while we only have around650. Wow, now that is a really strong kid!

The next time you see a caterpillar, watch itcarefully. Notice what it eats, how fast itwalks, and what it looks like. If you are lucky,you may find a chrysalis to watch this sum-mer. Being able to see a caterpillar kidemerge as a grown up butterfly is really in-credible. Without a doubt, the caterpillar is apretty special kid, just like you!

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Step 1 - Starting with a half sheet of paper (approxi-mate size 4 1/4” x 11”), fold in half the long way creat-ing a piece of paper with a folded edge and a cut edge.Step 2 - Fold once again the long way.Step 3 - Open the paper completely and lay flat. You should have a center crease line and a crease line on each side ofthe center crease line.Step 4 - At one end of the rectangle, fold the short way a fold about 1” wide. Leave folded under. The folded end has cre-ated the head.Step 5 - On the head section, draw an eye on each side of the center crease line as shown. Add a smile too.Step 6 - It is time to decorate. Using markers, crayons, or colored pencils, make colorful and interesting patterns, shapesand stripes.

Step 7 - When the caterpillar is decorated,re-fold in half at the center fold line.Step 8 - Begin cutting through the fold up tothe crease line. Be careful not to go past orshort of crease line. Leave the head uncut.

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Step 10 - Add 3 pairs oflegs.

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• Singapore is a very young country, but it expanded rapidly over50 years of being independent. • The capital and largest city is Singapore City.• The country of Singapore consists of Singapore Island and over60 smaller islands located in Southeast Asia at the southern tip ofthe Malay Peninsula between the South China Sea and the In-dian 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 lookedlike a lion when he first set his foot on the island in the 14th cen-tury.• The official languages are English, Chinese, Malay, and Tamil.• The government is a parlimentary republic. Singapore was con-trolled by the British from 1819 as a trade colony, but joined theMalaysian Federation in 1963. Two years later the nation becameindependent. • The colors of Singapore’s flag represent red for brotherhood andequality, as well as white for purity and virtue. The crescent moonrepresents a young nation on the rise. The five stars stand for Sin-gapore’s ideals of democracy, peace, progress, justice, and equal-ity.• Singapore’s climate is tropical, which means it is hot, humid, andrainy. They have two distinct monsoon seasons - NortheasternMonsoon (December to March) and Southwestern Monsoon

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Thomas Woodrow Wilson26th 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 andJessie Wilson. Tommy, as he was called during his youth, lived in theSouth during most of his childhood, experiencing the Civil War firsthand. His father worked as a chaplain in the Confederate Army andhis mother helped set up a hospital at their church.

President Wilson did not learn to read until he was ten years old, andmay have suffered from dyslexia or a form of it. Through his self-dis-cipline and determination, he was able to achieve academically. Hebriefly attended Davidson College, then transferred to princeton, grad-uating in 1879. He then attended the University of Virginia Law Schooland in 1883, Wilson earned his PhD in Political Science and Historyfrom John Hopkins University. He was considered to be one of ourbest educated presidents.

Wilson married Ellen Louise Axson in 1885 and they had threedaughters - Margaret, Jessie and Eleanor. In 1914, his wife died andhe married Edith Galt in 1915. She was a direct descendent of Poc-ahontas, who was a famous Native American.• Woodrow Wilson was the President of Princeton University from1902 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 Fed-eral Reserve Act of 1913, creating a system that still provides theframework for regulating the nation’s banks, credit and money supplytoday. Wilson sponsored legislation that supported unions to ensurefair treatment of working Americans and the development of the ChildLabor Act. Wilson also was instrumental with the passage of the 19thAmendment during his second term, guaranteeing all women the rightto vote.

His second term was centered on the first World War. He askedCongress to declare war in April 1917. He started the first draft sincethe Civil War. He was able to raise funds through Liberty Bonds. Wil-son also set up the War Industries Board. He used the Lever Act tosupervise food production and agriculture. He promoted the growthof labor unions, took control of the railroads and enacted federal drugprohibition. He also suppressed anti-war movements. Near the end

of the war, Wilsonbegan to take con-trol of the negotia-tions occurring withGermany, which in-cluded the armistice.During this time, Wil-son issued the Four-teen Points, whichdemonstrated in hismond how a post-war world couldavoid a conflict suchas this one. He vis-ited Paris in 1919 inorder to create theLeague of Nationsand for the Treaty ofVersailles. He wasawarded the NobelPeace Prize, prima-rily for his efforts toform the League ofNations. Wilson had a stroke in 1919. It left him with permanent paral-ysis of the left portion of his body.

After leaving office in 1921, Wilson moved into a private residence inNorthwest Washington D.C. He died there at the age of 67 on Febru-ary 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 tohelp 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 Stateof the Union Address. He was also the first to hold regular news con-ferences.

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Amelia EarhartAmelia Mary Earhart was born on July 24, 1897 in Atchison,

Kansas. She was the oldest of the two sisters in her family, andoften loved to play with her younger sister Grace Murial or“Pidge”. Amelia loved to read, and grew up to write severalbooks 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 flyacross the Atlantic Ocean, and she left behind a great mysterywhen she disappeared. She set many records, stood for theequal rights amendment, and inspired many girls as a role-model.

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

porarily to con-tinue at Colum-bia Universityfor a fewmonths andthen foundwork as ateacher andthen as a socialworker in 1925.She became a local celebrity in Medford, Massachusetts after writ-ing about aviation in the local newspaper.

Amelia Earhart first flew across the Atlantic as a passenger toWilmer Stultz, and in the project she met her eventual second hus-band George Putnam. After she returned to the U.S., she went onlecture tours and was dubbed the name of “Lady Lindy” as shelooked like the solo flyer Charles Lindburgh. Her fame grew as sheearned the Distinguished Flying Cross from Congress when shebecame the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, along with soloflights from Hawaii to California and an attempt at circumnavigatingthe globe. This last voyage was her final flight en route from Lae,New Guinea to Howland Island, her plane mysteriously disappearedin the Pacific Ocean. The United States government spent $4 mil-lion looking for Earhart, which made it the most costly and inten-sive air and sea search in history at that time.

Did You Know?• Earhart refused to don typical flying gear—she wore a suit ordress instead of the "high-bread aviation togs," a close-fitting hatinstead of a helmet, didn't put on her goggles until she taxied to theend of the field, and removed them immediately upon landing.• She developed a friendship with Eleanor Roosevelt, who wantedto learn how to fly. Earhart had planned to teach her, for which theFirst Lady even got her student permit.• Earhart met Orville Wright at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphiain 1937, the same year she disappeared.


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Michigan’s Isle Royale

Isle Royale is an island in the Great Lakes that is lo-cated in the northwest of Lake Superior. It is 56 milesfrom the Michigan shore. The island and the 450 sur-rounding smaller islands and waters make up the IsleRoyale National Park.

The island is 45 miles long and 9 miles wide. Ferriesfrom Michigan and Minnesota land at Rock Harbor on theeastern end of the island. Ferries from Minnesota alsorun to Windigo on the western end. There is also seasonal seaplane service.

There are no roads on the island and in fact, no wheeled vehi-cles or devices other than wheel chairs permitted by the public.

Siskiwit Lake is the largest lake on the island. It has cold, clearwater and contains several islands, including Ryan Island, thelargest. Ryan Island contains Moose Boulder.

The island was a common hunting ground for native peoplesfrom nearby Minnesota and Ontario. In prehistoric times, largequantities of copper were mined on Isle Royale and the nearbyKeweenaw Peninsula. The region is scarred by ancient mine pits

and trenches up to 20feet deep.

In the mid-1840s, areport by DouglassHoughton, Michigan'sfirst state geologist,set off a copper boomin the state, and thefirst modern coppermines were openedon the island. Evi-dence of the earliermining efforts was

everywhere, in the form of many stone hammers, some copper ar-tifacts, and places where copper had been partially worked out ofthe rock but left in place. The ancient pits and trenches led to thediscovery of many of the copper deposits that were mined in the19th century.

Isle Royale was given to the United States by the 1783 treatywith Great Britain. The British remained in control until after theWar of 1812. The Ojibwa peoples considered the island to be theirterritory. The Ojibwas ceded the island to the U.S. in the 1842Treaty of La Pointe.

Once the island became a National Park in 1940, logging andother exploitive activities ended and the forest area began to re-generate.

The western tip of the island is home to several shipwrecks thatare very popular with scuba divers, including the SS America.Recreational activities also include approximately 170 miles of hik-ing trails, fishing, boating, kayaking and observing nature. Themost popular trail, best marked and longest single route is the 40-mile Greenstone Ridge Trail that extends down the island's back-bone. The trail leads to the peak of Mount Desor, at 1,394 feet,which is the highest point on the island and also passes thoughnorthwoods wilderness, and by inland glacial lakes, swamps, bogsand scenic shorelines. There are also numerous campgrounds -many of which are only accessible by water.

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Cats normally weigh between 7-15 pounds, and the heaviest catever recorded was named Himmy and weighed 46 pounds! Over-weight cats often have a variety of health proplems, so it is veryimportant to feed cats a proper diet. Indoor cats typically eat catfood, which is a blend of nutrients that cats need. Outdoor and fer-ral cats hunt small animals like birds, mice, rats, and even smallrabbits!

Cats love to play! Playing with small toys and string resembleshunting, and they love to practice and improve on their huntingskills. They also will play by fighting with both humans and other

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Domesticcats havebeen aroundfor a longtime. Whileit was com-m o n l yknown that

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Cats have some amazing senses! Their hearing is much betterthan a humans, and they can even rotate their ears 180 degrees!They also can see in much darker places. This “night vision” al-lows them to see at light levels six times lower than what a humanneeds in order to see.

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