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Archive for August, 2010
Burgerville+beer = tuna treats and a good cause
A local food conspiracy is sure to delight Northwesterners — and benefit sick kids at the same time.
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Burgerville+beer = tuna treats and a good cause
Oregon National Guard helps rebuild Fort Umpqua
A group of Oregon National Guard is helping re-create Fort Umpqua in Elkton, just�in time for Fort Umpqua Days this September.
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Oregon National Guard helps rebuild Fort Umpqua
Are You Having a Science-filled Summer?
In our July issue , we ran an article called Cool Science for Hot Summer Days offering simple ways to infuse your summer fun with scientific exploration. In our upcoming September issue, we’re featuring an Ages & Stages article about raising kids who are scientifically literate. (Are you sensing a theme?) It’s not that we think all kids should aspire to have careers in science. It’s just that we think all kids (and all adults!) should be enthusiastic about exploring the world and drawing their own, well-reasoned conclusions. How have you and your kids explored the world this summer? Stargazing? Bird and/or bug watching? Cooking? Gardening? It’s all summer science! There’s still time for more! If you need inspiration, check out these three Summer Science Experiments from Mad Science of Portland and Vancouver. And if you have any fun family science activities your family loves, please share them below!
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Fire burns 200 acres in 3 hours
A fire sparked by lightning last week smoldered and crept across 5 acres of forest before warm, dry air pushed the fire across another 200 acres in three hours on Monday.
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Win Tickets to the Oregon State Fair!
It’s that time of year again — the time we pack up the kiddos and head to Salem for the Oregon State Fair ! A late summer ritual for nearly 150 years (give or take), the fair is bigger and better than ever this year, and we’re giving away a Family 4 Pack of tickets to one lucky reader! You’ll find all your old favorites — big-time entertainers, 4-H and FFA exhibits, crafts and baked goods and midway rides galore — but you’ll also find plenty of new attractions to excite even the most experienced fair goer! Back this year are ATV Safety Rides, the Bi-Mart Monster Truck Experience, a BMX demo and riding area, the Cherry City Roller Derby Girls, mountain biking, rock climbing, a skate park and more. New to the fair are sand sculpting, an outdoor aquarium, flat track dirt racing, the Turtle Ridge Wildlife Center, bowling, Volcanoes baseball, Air Soft shooting and several other intriguing additions. And don’t miss Days of the Dinosaur, featuring more than 35 life-sized animatronic dinosaurs, skeleton replicas, a fossil dig, 3-D cinema, a little dino ride and other big time dino fun! ENTER HERE BY NOON ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, FOR A CHANCE TO WIN. PLEASE NOTE: We’ll be mailing the tickets on Saturday afternoon, so plan to visit the fair between August 31 and September 6. What’s your best memory from — or favorite attraction at — the Oregon State Fair?
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New park on Portland’s South Waterfront
A new city park opened Thursday evening in Portland's new South Waterfront neighborhood.
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New park on Portland’s South Waterfront
Sparks Lake
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Portland restaurant ranked in U.S. top 10
A new addition to the Portland dining scene was honored as among the top 10 most exciting new restaurants in the nation.
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Portland restaurant ranked in U.S. top 10
Teaching Kids Money Management
In Savings & Loans – a story about saving (and paying) for college in our August issue – we found that not only are kids today often expected to contribute to their college expenses, but many families begin teaching them the importance of saving long before they graduate high school. A survey conducted recently by Money Management International (MMI), the nation’s largest nonprofit credit counseling agency, supports our finding, revealing that kids today are being exposed to financial education far more often than their parents were as children. According to the MMI report, “nearly five times as many parents did not learn about money until they were adults compared to their kids.” “It’s never too early to start teaching the next generation the financial skills they need for life” says Cate Williams, vice president of financial literacy for MMI. “Being exposed to financial education at a young age prepares youth to have financially successful futures.” Key findings from MMI’s 2010 Kids and Money survey include: Kids are starting to bank younger these days. Three times as many children under 10 have bank accounts than their parents did when they were that age. Piggy bank popularity is increasing. Nearly twice as many parents use the piggy bank as a learning tool for their kids compared to how many used it themselves as kids. Kids are learning how to raise money. Nearly 7 in 10 American kids participate in fundraisers for their school or organization. Parents are using these fundraisers as an opportunity to teach financial lessons – two-thirds of parents teach financial responsibility or basic math skills, roughly half of parents surveyed teach goal setting or basic business skills, and 4 in 10 use fundraisers to teach about budgeting or charitable giving. Some kids have control over their money, others don’t. When it comes to controlling the money kids receive, parents are roughly evenly split on who gets to control their children’s money – 49 percent say that they either give their children the total decision or most of the decision while 51 percent of parents say they give kids pretty free rein or put their money directly into savings. Kids mostly spend their money on wants. Almost half (49 percent) of parents report that their children primarily spend their money on things they want, such as ice cream, video games, etc. Twenty-seven percent of parents say that kids save their money. Nearly 20 percent said their children spend their money on things they need, like new clothing, school supplies, etc. Have you started teaching your kids about money management? What’s worked for your family? What have you tried that might not have worked as well? For tips on teaching kids good money management skills, check out the resources on MoneyManagement.org . For tips on saving for college, no matter how old your kids are today, read Savings & Loans in our August issue .
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