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It’s hard to believe that summer’s almost over and we hope you enjoyed it! Michigan is such a great state withso many places to go and things to do. On our All About Michigan page we try to highlight some of the interestingfacts about the state we live in.Now that it’s August, everyone starts to get ready for school to begin. Going back to school is very exciting. Many

of you have grown during the summer too! That means shopping for clothes, shoes and school supplies at thesame time! Backpacks, pencils, crayons, a lunch box are just a few needs! School also means getting to seefriends that you haven’t seen this summer. Most of all, starting a new grade is a new adventure in learning.Don’t forget to sharpen our mind by reading a book or two before you go back to school. Have you went to your

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Can you imagine being in outer space? Some people become astronauts because they want to seethe wonder of it all. How do you think you would feel if you where there? What do you think you wouldsee?

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Turtle Trivia: Did you know?► Turtles have been living on earth for a very long time. For millionsof years they shared the planet with dinosaurs. They survived and thedinosaurs did not. ► Turtles can be found living all over the world. There are over 300different kinds of turtles that live in the oceans, wetlands, forests,grasslands, and deserts. ► Turtles don’t need to change their shells as they grow. The turtle’sshell grows with them like our bones do when we grow.► Turtles are reptiles. ► Turtles can live to be very old. A common painted turtle can be liveto be up to 25 years old. Some land turtles have lived well over 100years.► Turtles are cold-blooded, which means they soak up heat from theirenvironment. Turtles often warm themselves by sun bathing.► The Leatherback is the largest sea turtle and can grow to over 6feet long and weighs over 2,000 pounds.► Stories about turtles can be found in many cultures around theworld. Turtles in the stories usually symbolize peace, patience, andlong life.

Did you know that turtles have been painted, drawn, and sculpted forthousands of years? Here is a fun step by step turtle for you to drawand color. Take your time and have fun.

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The Green Sea Turtle lives in the tropical seas ofthe Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.

1. Draw anoval shape,making oneend come to apoint.

2. Inside theoval shape,make asmaller oval.

3. To create ashell pattern,begin at the top- drawing 2 an-gled lines andconnect themwith a straightline as shown.

4. Draw 2 “v”shapes andconnect with astraight line asthe red arrowshows.

5. Continuethis patterndown theentire centerof the shell.

6. To finish thepattern, drawstraight linesfrom eachpoint to theouter shell asshown.

7. At the top of the oval, drawthe head as shown. The frontflippers are near the head.Draw a “V” shape. Add a shortline to create the top part of theflipper, then enclose it making atriangular shape. Do this onboth sides of the head.

8. Draw the tail and twoback flippers as shown.

9. Add some detailing, suchas irregular spots on the flip-pers, tail and head. Time tofill in with color. Use markers,colored pencil or watercolor.Use several shades of greensand browns. Have fun!

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Mixing Oil and WaterSome things just don't get along when they are combined. For exam-

ple, take oil and water. You can mix them together and shake as hardas you like but they'll never become mixed together.....or will they?

What you'll need:16 ounce clear plastic soft drink bottleAbout 1/4 cup of waterFood coloring2 tablespoons of cooking oilDish washing liquid

Instructions:Add a few drops of food coloring to the water in a small glass. Add 2

tablespoons of the colored water and 2 tablespoons of cooking oil intothe clear soft drink bottle. Screw on the lid tightly and shake the bottleas hard as you can. Put the bottle down and take a close look. It mayhave seemed the liquids were mixing together, but the oil will float backto the top.

What's happening?While water often mixes with other liquids to form solutions, oil and

water does not. Water molecules are strongly attracted to each otherand this is the same for oil. Because they are more attracted to theirown molecules, they just don't mix together. They separate. The oilfloats above the water because it has a lower density.If you really think oil and water belong together then try adding a ta-

blespoon of dish washing liquid. Dish washing liquid is attracted to bothwater and oil helping them all join together and form something calledan emulsion. This is extra handy when washing greasy dishes!

Blowing Up Balloons With CO2Chemical reactions make for some great experiments. Make use of the

carbon dioxide given off by a baking soda and lemon juice reaction, byfunnelling the gas through a soft drink bottle. Blowing up balloons wasnever so easy!

What you'll need:BalloonAbout 1/4 cup of waterSoft drink bottleDrinking strawJuice from a lemon1 teaspoon of baking soda

Instructions:Before you begin, make sure that you stretch out the balloon to make

it as easy to inflate. Pour the 1/4 cup of water into the soft drink bottle.Add teaspoon of baking soda and stir it around with the straw until it hasdissolved. Pour the lemon juice in and quickly put the stretched balloonover the mouth of the bottle.

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Helen Adams Keller was born on June 27 1880 in Tuscumbia, Al-abama. She was a healthy baby. She grew up on her family’sfarm called Ivy Green. When Helen was about one and a halfyears old, she became very sick with a high fever. Her parentssoon realized that she had lost both her sight and her hearing.She tried to communicate with the people around her with spe-

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They contacted Perkins Institute for the Blind in Boston. The di-rector suggested a former student named Annie Sullivan. Anniehad been blind but had her eyesight restored by surgery. Anniecame to work with Helen on March 3, 1887 and would end upbeing her helper and companion for the next fifty years.Annie began to teach Helen words. She would press the lettersof words in Helen’s hand. For example, she would put a doll inone of Helen’s hands and then press the letters of the word DOLLinto the other hand. It wasn’t until Annie put Helen’s hand intowater and spelled out water into Helen’s other hand that it madesense. Next Annie taught Helen how to read Braille. Braille is a specialreading system where letters are made out of little bumps on apage. By the age of 10, Helen could read and use a typewriter.Then Helen learned to talk from Sarah Fuller who was a teacherfor the deaf. By resting her hand on Sarah’s lips, she learned howto feel sound vibrations and how the lips moved to make sounds.At sixteen, Helen attended Radcliffe College in Massachusetts.She graduated in 1904 with honors. Of course, Annie Sullivan at-tended school with her.During her college years, Helen wrote about her experiences

being deaf and blind. She wrote a number of articles for Ladies

Home Journal. The articles were later published in a book called“The Story of My Life.” In 1908, she published another book called“The World I Live In.”As Helen grew older, she wanted to help others like herself. Shejoined the American Foundation for the Blind and traveled givingspeeches and raising money for the foundation. During World WarII, she visited with wounded Army soldiers encouraging them.Helen spent much of her life working to raise money and aware-ness for people with disabilities.

Did You Know?• Helen became very famous. She met with every President fromGrover Cleveland to Lyndon Johnson.• Two films about Helen Keller won Academy Awards. One was adocumentary called The Unconquered (1954) and the other was adrama called The Miracle Worker (1962) starring Anne Bancroft andPatty Duke.• She wrote a book titled Teacher about Annie Sullivan's life.• Helen became friends with famous people such as the inventorof the telephone Alexander Graham Bell and the author Mark Twain.

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Caramel Filled Apples8-10 appleslemon juice

Caramel1 cup granulated sugar1/2 cup brown sugar1/2 cvup light corn syrup1 1/2 cups cream4 tablespoons butterCandy thermometer1 teaspoon vanilla

To make the caramel - combine granulated sugar, brown sugar,corn syrup, cream, butter and vanilla in a medium saucepan.Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil.Continue cooking 30-40 minutes, stirring occasionally, until mix-ture reaches 248 degrees. Make sure caramel mixture does notturn dark as it would result in being tough. Remove mixture fromheat and stir in vanilla. While the caramel is cooking, prepare the apples. First wash

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covered on their explorations. Lewis and Clark found that NativeAmericans in the Northwest Territory smoked wild blueberries topreserve them for the winter months. Early settlers loved the fruitas a staple ingredient in foods and medicines. They ate them freshoff the bush, added them to soups, stews and many other foods. North America (the U.S. and Canada) are the world’s leading

blueberry producers and account for over 90% of world productionat this time. More than 200 million pounds of blueberries are grownevery year in North America. Michigan grows 32% of the blueberries in the United States!

Michigan offers the right climate and acidic soil to grow the blue-berries. But when you plant - you may have to wait! Blueberriesproduce in the warmer months and take two to four years to startbearing fruit!! The Michigan harvest season normally runs from lateJune through October.Wild blueberries grow on bushes that grow close to the ground.

Cultivated blueberries grow on taller bushes. Cultivated blueberryplants are grown on farms across the United States. High bushblueberry plants grow quickly and produce many berries. Theygrow best in moist, well-drained, acidic soils. Rabbiteye blueberriesproduce a similar type of blueberry but, they grow even faster thanthe high bush species. Blueberries grow in clusters on the bush, but they don’t all ripen

at the same time. It takes about two to five weeks for blueberriesto ripen on the bush. Blueberries are first picked by hand to gatherthe best of the early fruit. Later, if the fruit is to be mechanically har-vested, a harvesting machine goes through the field and gentlyshakes each bush so only the ripe blueberries drop off.Although they’re called “blue” berries, blueberries grow in a vari-

Blueberries

Blueberry Crisp6 cups fresh blueberries, washed1/4 cup instant tapioca1 tablespoon lemon juice1 cup rolled oats1/2 cup flour1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon1/2 teaspoon salt3/4 cup butter, melted2/3 cup light brown sugar1/3 cup granulated sugar

Preheat the oven to 350°. Combine the blueberries, tapioca andlemon juice in a large casserole dish. Mix them well and let itstand for at least 15 minutes. In a separate bowl, combine the re-maining ingredients. Smooth the mixture over top of the berries,covering them completely. Bake for 45 minutes.

ety of shades from light blue to dark purple. They get their bluecolor from anthocyanins, which are substances that may reducerisk of heart disease in humans. Blueberries are a good source ofVitamin C and Vitamin K. The Spanish word for blueberry is arandano, the French word is

myrtille, the Italian word is il mirtillo and the German word is hei-delbeere!



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The Sault Ste. Marie Canals are two ship canals that bypassthe rapids on the St. Marys River (where the water falls 21feet) between Lake Superior and Lake Huron at the cities ofSault Ste. Marie, Michigan and Ontario. They are popularlycalled the Soo Locks. These locks navigate the rise/drop ofthe water levels so ships can have safe passage. It takes 22million gallons of water to lift a boat. The locks are powered bygravity itself! Water moves in and out of the lock chambers byjust opening and closing valves. As a boat locks in from LakeSuperior, the gates at each end of the locks are closed and avalve is open to let the Lake Superior water already in the lockflow out to the lower water level of the St Mary's Canal and Lakes Huronand Michigan. When the water has dropped to the lower level, the lockgate at the south end is opened and the boat proceeds out of the locksinto the St Mary's Canal. The north gate remains closed, holding backthe waters of Lake Superior. When a boat locks in from the St. Mary'sCanal at the lower level of Lakes Huron and Michigan, the gates at bothends are closed and the filling valve at the north end is opened to per-mit the Lake Superior water to flow into the lock. When the water in thelock has risen to that of Lake Superior, the lock gate at the north end isopened and the boat locks out into Lake Superior.A single small lock is currently operated on the Canadian side of the

Soo. Opened in 1998, it was built within a damaged older lock, and is253 feet long, 51 feet wide and 44 feet deep. The Canadian lock is usedfor recreational and tour boats; major shipping traffic uses the U.S.locks.The U.S. canal is 1.6 miles long and 80 feet wide. It was constructedin 1853-1855 by the State of Michigan and has since been recon-structed by the federal government to accommodate larger vessels.The entire canal, including the locks is now owned and maintained bythe United States Army Corps of Engineers which provides free pas-sage since 1881. It has four parallel lock chambers, each running eastto west, starting at the Michigan shoreline and moving north toward On-tario.• The MacArthur Lock, built in 1943. It is 800 feet long, 80 feet side and

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written by Sebast-ian Virdung (1511)and SilvestroGanassi (1535).People of all socialclasses, common-folk and royaltyalike, played therecorder.

This instrumentwas used duringthe late Renais-sance to theBaroque era. It wasincluded in orches-tras and ensembles. Famous composers such as Antonio Vivaldi,George Frideric Handel and Johann Sebastian Bach featured therecorder in their music. It is written that the earliest documentedpresence of the recorder in North America was in 1633. Today, therecorder still maintains an enormous following.They are very popular in school music today. There are quite a

few reasons. It’s easy to learn. It’s quite inexpensive. It’s closelyspaced finger holes are within the reach of young children. It’s suit-able for solo music and ensemble music. Plus it’s portable!Did You Know?• The English King Henry VIII (1491-1547) played the recorder. Healso collected recorders. He had 76 recorders in his collectionwhen he died.• Playwright William Shakespeare used recorders to play inciden-tal music in ‘Hamlet’ and possibly in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’.• Some pop groups, such as the Beatles and Jethro Tull, have usedthe recorder in their music.

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At Portland Federal Credit Union we are committed to youth and Kids World is a great way to showcase our youth in-volvement. At PFCU, we have 9 School Branch programs that we run in partnership with local schools in our field of mem-bership. We have been involved with school branch banking for 12 years now and we continue to be amazed at the childrenand their excitement for learning great saving habits. The goal of the School Branch program at PFCU is to encourage the young people of our community to become financially

productive adults. Ways in which we hope to accomplish this include:• Offering hands-on financial experiences through the School Branch program;• Offering age appropriate financial products, services, and savings programs;• Conducting educational classroom presentations on various money management topics;• Participating in school functions such as open houses, career days, job fairs, etc.;• Providing employability skills to the student volunteers while operating the School Branch (high school level).Our Youth Education Coordinator is committed to creating a lasting partnership with students and creating vital life skills re-

lating to financial matters. If we are not at your child’s school yet contact us or your principal. We would be happy to come and teach your kids all about youthsaving and the difference a credit union can make.Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact our PFCU Youth Education Coordinator, Michelle Phillips, by phone at 517-647-7571 Ext. 1131

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