JUNE 8, 2020 ISSUE #12 NEWS ON THE HILL BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON PNW KIDS 48° 45’ 34” N 122° 29’ 18” W Quarantine Week 12 SHARE FACTS ABOUT YOUR FAVORITE PET(S) THAT YOU OWN(ED). Submitted by News on the Hill Contributors ELSA AINE Gracie Pippa Golden Retriever Red Piebald Smooth-haired 7 years old in August Miniature Dachsund I love that she lies down 4 years old in August next to me when I sit down I love that she is always there to and her fluffy golden hair. snuggle you with her big brown eyes. JASPER Sarge Texas Cattle Dog with stumpy tail EDIE 2 years old Mort He wakes me up with a bark so I feed Short-haired him, he loves to mountain bike with us. domestic black cat Almost 8 years old (his birthday is June but we don’t know the day) Loves to roll on the dirty sidewalk and get pets from strangers and is obsessed with the hammock in our backyard WYATT Chela Border collie-lab Lived to age 15 Really liked to cuddle and sleep with me. JUNE 8, 2020 ISSUE #12, page 2 SHARE FACTS ABOUT YOUR FAVORITE PET(S) THAT YOU OWN(ED). (Continued) Submitted by News on the Hill Contributors STELLA Kaiser PAIGE Liver colored German Short-haired Pointer Cedar Almost 15 years old! Golden Retriever 3 year old JESSE Rainbow Brenna My grandma’s chubby gray and white cat 1 year old Used to be so loveable and pet-able like a Temporary Brigadoon best friend. He was just an amazing cat. dog AUDRIA (Please see previous My favorite pet we have had was the lop issues to learn more eared bunnies we had for a short time. We about Cedar and had one gray and one black one. Brenna) RUBY Bootsy Chubby white cat Liked to crawl inside chip bags and had a personality like Snoopy. JEWEL Tika My amazing mutt Lived to age 16 Oso Adorable Labradoodle 1 years old VIOLET Lola Greyhound OWEN Lived to age 11 Lola She loved to pounce Greyhound around on my bed Lived to age 11 and sleep on her She always tried to back on the couch steal my Cheerios. with all four legs pointed up in the air. JUNE 8, 2020 ISSUE #12, page 3 SELENA GOMEZ Submitted by Paige Flory Selena Gomez was born on July 22, 1992. Her parents were very young; 16 and 17! She was named after Selena Quintanilla-Pérez. Selena was raised in Grand Prairie, Texas partially by her grandparents because her parents were in high school. Her parents divorced when Selena was just 5 and she and her mom moved to an apartment. She met her future best friend, Demi Lovato when auditioning for a TV show called Barney & Friends. She was in the TV show for 2 years before she got too old. In 2004, Mandy (Selena’s mom) and Selena went to Austin, Texas after hearing that they were holding nationwide auditions for the Disney Channel. She ended up making it and was cast in a show in 2006 called The Suite Life of Jack & Cody. Selena was in the Disney movie Princess Protection Program in 2009. Her best friend was also in the film! The movie won a 2009 Teen Choice Award for Choice Summer TV Show. Selena thought she should try something new. She wanted to try singing. So, she decided to form a band — it would be called Selena Gomez & The Scene. But she also wanted to use her fame to help and inspire others. She helped with the UR Votes Count and became the youngest spokesperson for UNICEF. In 2009, Selena Gomez & The Scene released their very first album. They called it Kiss & Tell. The album sold 66,000 copies in 7 days (one week)! When you’re famous you tend to have paparazzi following you — and they can be annoying. Just ask Selena! She used to have paparazzi following her everywhere asking, “do you have a boyfriend? Who’re you dating?” and all other annoying and personal questions. Selena tried her best to ignore them and stuck headphones in her ears. But when she was seen with Justin Bieber, she opened up and said they were a couple. (For more info go to Epic! books and search ‘Selena Gomez’. It’s on pg. 25). Gomez was also in a movie called Ramona and Beezus. She went to the movie premiere in 2010 and loved it. She also released her band’s second album called A Year Without Rain. I hope you learned a lot about Selena Gomez. I know I did and enjoyed researching her. I got all my information from Epic! books. Bye! BOOK SERIES RECOMMENDATION THE BOXCAR CHILDREN BY GERTRUDE CHANDLER WARNER Submitted by Eliza Hiltner Four children: Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny love adventure. Either living in a boxcar, or being tested to see if they can find something to do in the most boring fishing village. Or even spending a summer in a barn. They can always find adventure. I really like this book series because the story always has something exciting and it is a nice easy reader. My favorite character is Violet because she is quiet, kind and has very good manners. The funniest character is Benny and everyone likes him and laughs at him. There are a few scary parts but it is more exciting than scary and it always ends well. There are 151 books in the series but Gertrude Chandler Warner only wrote the first fifteen. I have read 12 of the books in the last month. I would recommend ages 7-10 would like these books. JUNE 8, 2020 ISSUE #12, page 4 THREE BOLD WOMEN PART III Submitted by Audria Rosinski Harriet Beecher Stowe was born in 1811. At age 21 she moved to Ohio with her father, Lyman Beecher. She met her future husband, Calvin Ellis Stowe, in Ohio. He was a professor and supporter of the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad was a system of people throughout the United States, who helped individuals escape slavery. In 1850, congress passed a fugitive slave law, which made Harriet want to write about how slavery was wrong. She started writing for an anti-slavery newspaper, which later was published into a book called Uncle Toms Cabin. The book was also made into a play. The book taught people how slavery was wrong. She wrote 30 books before she died in 1896. Annie Edson Tyler wanted fame and fortune. She was widowed from the Civil War. One day she was reading in the newspaper about Niagara’s falls and she decided to go down the falls in a barrel. She had a special barrel made with a steel bottom so she would stay upright and there were two handles in the barrel for her to hold on to. There was pillow stuffed around her too. On October 24,1901, her 63 birthdays, she went soaring down the falls. She was battered and bruised. Annie is bold and brace because she did stuff that women would not have normally done during this time. She was a daredevil. She opened a souvenir stand by the falls and lived there until she died in 1921. Brooklyn Bell is a strong female mountain biker. She is a unique rider in the sport because she is black and there are not many riders of color. Brooklyn is bold because she has created her own comic character, Ruby J., that promotes inclusion of all people in the sport of mountain biking. She is also unique because she is from Bellingham. Check out her video on YouTube called Becoming Ruby. Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adLkZNd-EOg JUNE 8, 2020 CAT VS. DOG ISSUE #12, page 5 CATCHING UP WITH PIPPA Submitted by Aine Watson Pippa and Holly had just finished tea with their mole friend (his name is Winbikye but he goes by Win). They had mint tea☕. Win was good at making tea. You could say he was skilled. Anyway, enough about tea. Pippa and Holly were about to leave when Win said, “Do you want to go on an adventure?” Pippa and Holly gave each other the same look. “YES!” they yelled. They could not wait to start. But they did not have to worry about waiting. They were ready and packed in ten minutes. Pippa and Holly met Win back at Win’s mole hole. “You ready?” asked Win. “It’s time to explore the Mole World. Let’s flip a coin to see which way we should go first. Don’t worry Mole World is a big loop. So we will end up back here in the end.” Then they snuggled their favorite stuffies and headed on their way. They were going down the first tunnel. “One way I would explain this tunnel is dirty,” said Pippa. “I agree,” said Holly, as she tried to clean herself off. “That’s a mole’s life,” said Win. Then suddenly they reached these big brass doors. “Come on,” said Win. “This is the Royal Mole Castle. I ‘d like to introduce you to the king and queen.” They walked up the big brass steps. All the way up to the throne room, where they greeted the king and queen, who did not look happy to see a dog and cat in their kingdom. Win bowed and said, “Your Majesty, these are my friends.” “You know you’re not allowed to have other animals inside the Mole Kingdom,” said the King.