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CK Reporter of the WeekElla McAnaly, Aurora

A powwow is a celebration of people coming together, dancing, and enjoying each others’ company.

Originally, the powwow was a way for returning warriors to tell their stories through dance, and today the Denver Art Museum upholds the tradition that has been around for over a century by throwing a friendship powwow every year.

This celebration encompasses all the traditional elements of a powwow plus new modern ones.

There is dancing, food, a market where people sell their goods, and an opportunity for kids to design their own square for a community quilt.

Also, as a part of the friendship powwow, the Indian soldiers who had served the U.S. were honored. They came in, holding fl ags, right in front of the dancers.

“The whole powwow just has a great vibe,” said 17-year-old dancer Nathaniel Bearsheart. He and his sister, Ella, have been dancing in powwows for 10 years now, and dancing at the Denver Art Museum powwow for four years.

“I have great memories from this powwow,” Nathaniel says. “It’s fun to meet new people too.”

The dancers work very hard to prepare for their dances.

Ella and Nathaniel both said that they practice daily so they can keep in shape and get better at the dance.

However, not it’s not just the dancers who were having fun.

Several times throughout the powwow, they invited audience members to dance and perform with them.

Audience members also played games like musical chairs and participated in circle dances.

There were also dance competitions for prizes.

The Denver Art Museum’s powwow was fun and helped spectators learn about the Indian celebration that is the powwow.

September 27 , 2016

Reliving western traditions at the DAM

Earlier this month, the PBS show “Washington Week with Gwen Ifi ll” taped a special Colorado edition on the Colorado College campus in

Colorado Springs. It provided a good chance to see how a TV program

like this is produced.When you entered into the set you were astonished

because it reminded you of a mini sports stadium! The rows were in half circles all descending down.

Kristy Milligan, from the local PBS affi liate station, shared what exactly the political discussion show does.

Right now, she said, they are focusing on the 2016 Presidential election candidates.

Matt Loff man, multimedia producer of “Washington Week,” explained that they chose to do a special edition on Colorado because a lot of political buzz has just taken place here in the Mile High State.

Colorado Springs specifi cally has a great deal

of diverse groups, such as military, religious conservatives, and several liberal colleges.

Loff man also gave an inside scoop on the set pieces on stage: The white pillars on the set came from a debate between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders and the bold red rug that is a centerpiece on the set came from a town hall meeting in Indiana with President Obama!

The entire crew takes a whole day and a half just to set up for one episode.

The crew has to paint the fl oors blue, hang the blue drapes, place the red rug, black table, gray chairs and more.

Then they have to pack it all up, travel, and do it all over again!

After the crew was done getting the set ready and went for a 30-minute lunch break, I was given permission to stand on the set and talk to Troy Mosley, the Production Manager for Washington

Week. He informed me that there are about 50 people on the crew of Washington Week. Wow! That’s a lot of people.

Before the taping. I was escorted to the Green Room to meet Program Host Gwen Ifi ll, who was doing an interview for a local radio station in the back room.

There were a lot of people waiting to meet her, including the President of Colorado College Jill Tiefenthaler, who was very excited about the show airing on campus.

The Green Room, where people wait to go onto the set, had lots of seating, a make up room, a really nice snack table with fruits, goodies, and water and more.

Gwen Ifi ll was very kind and inspiring “ What would you say to people who want to be

just like you?” I asked. She pondered for a second before providing her

response. “To work hard, learn how to write, stay curious and, and assume that everyone has a point of view.”

She also said that she had wanted to be a journalist at the age of 12.

Then the show began.It was almost a full house in the theater and

the crew was in continuous motion to assure that “Washington Week” taped very smoothly.

From the camera and sound operators, to the makeup artist, and the show’s producers and assistants, everyone does their job in excellence.

Even the audience participated with thoughtful questions for Ifi ll and her guest journalists.

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National TV show comes to Colorado

photo/Abigale Morris

By Lincoln Boyd ,12, a CK Reporter from Louisville

By Abigale Morris ,12, a CK Reporter from Aurora

A young dancer prepares to compete at the DAM’s Friendship Powwow. Photo by Lincoln Boyd

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Rosetta to end mission with crash landing on cometTwo years ago, the European

Space Agency’s Rosetta probe combined an amazing success with a disappointing failure:

Ten years after its launch, Rosetta became the fi rst artifi cial satellite to orbit around a comet, 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

But the attempt to land a smaller probe, Philae, on the comet’s surface failed when one of the cables that were supposed to hold Philae in place slipped.

The probe tipped over into a shaded area and, with no sun-shine to recharge them, was only able to send out data until its batteries ran out.

However, Rosetta has still be a great success, revealing a lot of information about comets, how they are made up, how they are formed and where they fi t into the story of the universe.

We learned, for instance, that the type of water found on com-

ets is not the type found on Earth, so that our water most likely either came from an asteroid or was here all along.

But 12 years is a long time for a probe, and Rosetta is now orbiting closer and closer to 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, getting every last bit of data to send back to Earth.

On Friday, Rosetta will end its mission with a crash-landing onto the surface of the comet. Image: ESA

Havern School in Lakewood recently celebrated 50 years of education.

Havern is a small school that specializes in teaching kids who have learning disabilities.

The school was started by the Sisters of Loretto in 1966. There were 24 students that fi rst year and it has approximately 90 students today.

It started out as a private school, but in 1970 it became an independent school.

I talked with Sister Barbara. Her favorite thing about being at the school is getting to see all of the kids.

She was a teacher at Havern for ten years. It was quite a bit of work to get the school up and running. She studied for two years to learn how to start the school.

She has lived at the Loretto center since 1960’s. This means that she worked and lived in the same place, since the Sisters and the school share the same building.

For the anniversary, Havern School celebrated with a party that included cookies

with the Havern School colors as the frosting.

Little gifts were also passed out to the students to remember the big day.

I was a student at Havern for four years. It was fun.

The class sizes are small and that means you can get a lot of help when you need it.

During my time at Havern I learned how to work with my dyslexia, became more confi dent and learned to believe in myself.

I will always hold good memories of my time at Havern.

Small school with big hearts marks 50 years

By Tyler Vanourek,13, a CK Reporter from Littleton

Jennifer A. Nielsen has produced another spectacular book “Mark of the Thief,” in which Nic, a slave in the mines on the outskirts of Rome, is sent into a cave to retrieve a

bulla. But this was not just any cave, considering that inside of it

were thousands of bars and objects made completely of solid gold.

This was where the great war-winning demi-god Julius Caesar hid his treasures.

In the story, Nic finds himself in the middle of a rebellion against the emperor by General Radulf.

The gold necklace on the bookcover is a bulla. There is something else really shocking about the bulla, but you will have to read the book to find out.

However, Nic is being sent into the cave to retrieve one thing, a golden bulla, a childhood gold necklace made for wealthy children.

While he was retrieving it, a gryphon whom he names Caela gives him a large stinging gash on his back.

Then, as Nic touched the bulla, the Caela immediately stopped attacking him, and when the walls started to collapse, Caela let Nic ride on her back out of the cave, through a lake, and finally into fresh air.

I really did not expect it when Nic’s owner sold him instead of killing him after his escape.

I also wish that the author went into more detail about the room with Julius Caesar’s treasure.

“Runaway slave, stolen magic, and a war to bring an em-pire to its knees” -- three great reasons to read “Mark of the Thief.”

But trust me, it is way better reading it in the book than here.

This novel is slightly violent but has creativity and excite-ment. It’s the first of a series by Jennifer A. Nielsen, but she has also written other books.

I recommend this book for ages 9-15 because anyone younger would not like the plot, and older people might not enjoy it as much.

Fantasy series kicks o� with mysterious mission

By Jack Vanourek,11, a CK Reporter from Littleton

photo/Tyler Vanourek

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The latest adventure in Bad Science Reporting came last week, when a British newspaper used

a headline that said “Cuddling kittens can kill you.”The British Health Service quickly put an article

on their website assuring the public that this was a ridiculous exaggeration of a report from the US’s Center for Disease Control’s report on Cat Scratch Disease.

Cat Scratch Disease is a real thing: You can get sick from a disease that aff ects cats and you won’t enjoy the fl u-like symptoms.

But the report from the CDC didn’t mention a single case of anyone dying, and, of the people who bothered going to the doctor, only about four

in 100 had to be admitted to the hospital.It’s important to read beyond the headlines: It’s

like restaurants that have great photos of their food, but, when it arrives, it doesn’t always look or taste as good as the photos made it seem.

One quick way to check out a story is to Google for diff erent versions. You may fi nd that the story you saw fi rst was the one with the most exciting, frightening headline but with the least responsible set of facts.

Here’s the truth about Cat Scratch Disease: It is spread between cats by fl eas, but a scratch can pass it on to you. The answer is to wash with soap and water if you get scratched playing with the kitten.

Bad Science Reporting: Your kitty isn’t going to kill you after all

The new about marine life has not been very pleasant lately, and when the body of a young humpback whale washed up on

the shore in New Jersey, more bad news came with it.

Scars on the whale showed that it had been entangled in fi shing gear and that, though the young whale had fi nally broken free, he was too weak from not eating to be able to hunt.

Then, after he died, his body was hit and damaged by a boat, adding an insult to his fatal injury.

But the response to this sad death was posi-tive: The New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife Marine Enforcement Unit promised to step up its eff orts to enforce laws that should protect whales.

One of these laws is that commercial fi sher-men must use nets and gear that will break when whales become entangled and pull on them.

And despite this death, humpback whales got good news last month when several of their species were removed from the list of threat-ened and endangered species.

The change doesn’t eff ect all humpbacks: Some, like the ones near the Arabian Sea, are still extremely endangered. But others, in other parts of the world, now show healthy numbers.

And marine life in the Atlantic Ocean got a boost when President Obama announced the establishment of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument off the coast of Cape Cod.

This new protected area contains not only the homes of a number of whales, fi sh, squid and other marine animals, but spectacular moun-tain-like structures as high as can be found on land.

Commercial fi shermen in the area will have six to seven years to fi nd new fi shing grounds, and recreational fi shing will still be allowed in the area.

In addition, the designation won’ t stop cruise lines, cargo ships or oil tankers from going through the area.

However, it will stop overfi shing of the area, as well as fi shing practices that would damage the sea bed structures that a variety of marine life forms depend on as habitat.

Good news for marine life amid the threats

Rules: Every row across, every column down and each of the six smaller boxes must contain numerals 1,2,3,4,5 and 6, one time and one time only.

The solution to this week’s puzzle is on Page 4.

The fi rst Model T Ford was built on this date in 1908 in Detroit, so our answers this week will each begin with the letter “T.”

1. Canada’s most populous city.

2. In an orchestra, the largest and lowest-pitched member of the brass family.

3. Scripture in the Jewish religion that includes fi ve books attributed to Moses.

4. Colorado county that includes Cripple Creek and Victor.

5. White and purple root vegetable whose green tops are also eaten.

6. American author whose real name was Samuel Clemens.

7. In Greek mythology, a group of immortals including Prometheus and Atlas who came before the Olympic gods.

8. Metal from which inexpensive pans, kettles, spoons, forks and other utensils were often made.

9. Number 43, he plays safety for the Denver Broncos.

10. The rod coming from the front of a wagon, horses or oxen are hitched on either side.

(answers on Page Four)

Above, the new North-east Canyons and Sea-mounts Marine National Monument will protect marine life off our East Coast. At right, a hump-back breaches.

(Map: Pew Charitable Trust; photo by Whit Welles)

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Make a plan! Stick to the plan! Always deliver! These storks will blow your mind if you watch this movie!“Storks” combines past popular beliefs with today’s modern world.

So do storks still deliver babies? Not anymore! They found the baby business to be troublesome and messy. This is why they

decided to “modernize” into a dot-com package delivery business: “CornerStore.”Junior (voiced by Andy Samberg) and Tulip (Katie Crown) have an accident in the

new and improved Corner Store warehouse. Junior, one of the storks, has been promised to become a new boss, but fi rst he

has to fi re Tulip, the only human employee in the warehouse. Hunter, the stork boss, is constantly reminding Junior what he needs to do in

order to become the new boss.

However, Junior’s heart gets in the way and instead, he sends Tulip to the “Letter Department” in the “Baby Factory”.

Meanwhile, Nate Gardner (Anton Starkman) has always been the only child in the Gardner family. Mr. and Mrs. Gardner have a real estate business.

His parents never have time to play with him so he writes a letter to the Storks asking for a baby brother to play with.

Suddenly, the company that no longer delivers babies has to delivery a baby.This is where all the action begins! The fi lm doesn’t really have bad guys, but a few of them can be a little mean to

get what they want. One of my favorite characters was Pigeon Toady (Stephen Kramer Glickman),

with his good-guy-bad-guy personality. He had an unusual way of talking slang which I thought was very humorous! This movie is rated G for children of all ages, and adults will appreciate the

humor. There were moments fi lled with mystery which made me feel excited and

anxious for what is going to happen next! I would defi nitely recommend Storks because you laugh from the very

beginning to the end. This is a movie that is a family must see, it may leave you wanting a new baby brother or sister after seeing all the cute “tiny things” (a.k.a babies!)

‘Storks’ o� ers new laughs, old legend

By Natalia Zavaleta,11, a CK Reporter from Lakewood

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Chapter One: One Piece of a Bigger Story

This serial is called “From Seneca Falls to the Polling Booth,” but the story of how American

women earned the right to vote did not begin with that famous 1848 meeting at Seneca Falls.

And their work to become full citizens did not end in 1920, when they were finally able to vote throughout our nation.

Only novels and fairy tales have exact beginnings and endings, and this story is history. Real life doesn’t start and stop the way fiction does.

For instance, Columbus wasn’t the first European to visit America, but 1492 was when the most frequent and important explorations began, so it makes sense to use that date when you study the history of how people from the other hemisphere came to this one.

And, just as people knew the world was round before Columbus sailed to America in 1492, women knew they wanted more rights before they came together in Seneca Falls, NY, in 1848.

But the Women’s Rights Convention was very important, and it makes sense to use it as a starting point when you talk about how American women won the right to vote.

The history of women in politics didn’t end in 1920, either, but when women won the right to vote, it was a very important moment in American history, and the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution marked the end of the struggle to gain the vote for women.

There is much, much more to learn, however.Let’s start by talking about why voting matters.If four friends get together, they don’t need to vote to decide what to do. With only four

people, you can talk about it until you all agree. But if your whole class is trying to make a decision, there are so many people that not everyone is going to get exactly what they want.

So perhaps you talk about it as a group for a while, and then vote.Or maybe you don’t vote at all. Maybe your teacher just makes the decision for you.Kids don’t always get to vote, because they’re kids, and adults have to make some

decisions. If there are 25 kids on the bus and only one grown-up, you don’t vote to see who gets to drive.

But, in a democracy, adults are supposed to have a voice in decisions.And there was a time in America when all the adults got to help decide what was going

to happen, and the women were often the ones who were in charge.There were many nations living here before Columbus, and they were just as different as

the nations of Europe. Italians are not exactly like Swedes and Swedes are not exactly like Hungarians and Navajo are not exactly like Lakota and Lakota are not exactly like Iroquois.

But women were very important in nearly all our native nations, while in some, like the Iroquois, they were the ones who made most of the important decisions.

In most European nations, however, that was not the case, and the women who helped form the colonies that would become the United States had very little power at all.

They almost never went beyond the eighth grade in school, and, until 1833, there were no colleges that let women attend.

In most American colonies, for a married couple, the husband owned the house and everything in it, even things the wife had owned before they got married. If she made money by working or selling things like eggs or vegetables, the money belonged to her husband. She couldn’t open a bank account without his permission or start her own business or even testify in court.

Divorce was very uncommon, but, if a couple did divorce, the man could keep everything, even the children.

Women could be teachers of small children, and a woman whose husband had died might run a restaurant or a small store, but most jobs were considered to be for men only, and, since women could not go to college, they could never be doctors or lawyers.

Perhaps it’s not surprising, then, that women also were not allowed to vote.In 1776, when the Declaration of Independence was being written, Abigail Adams wrote

to her husband, John, saying “(I)n the new code of laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire you would remember the ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands.”

But letting women have the same rights and powers as men was such a strange idea that John Adams thought his wife was joking, and so he wrote back a humorous answer.

She replied that it seemed unfair to be talking about freedom for men, while the patriot leaders insisted on keeping their own power over women.

That kind of power seemed hard, she wrote, and “like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.”

And indeed, it would be broken. But it would take many years and a lot of work.While Abigail Adams and most women of colonial America might accept not having

power, their daughters and granddaughters would not.Once the United States had shown the world that freedom was possible, American

women would begin to work for their own rights as citizens of that free nation.

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