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Columbia Gorge News www.columbiagorgenews.com Wednesday, May 12, 2021 B1 COMMUNITY Parkdale student publishes first book Trisha Walker ■ By Columbia Gorge News Not every kid can walk into their school library and check out a copy of their own book. Seattle Strayer can. Seattle, 10, is a fourth grader at Parkdale Elementary and the author of the book, “Julie the Superdog,” released on April 13 and available through Barnes & Noble. “I was inspired to write this book by a friend and her new puppy,” she said. The book description (www.barnesandno- ble.com) reads, “Julie is a superdog. Well, really she’s a magic dog, but she likes being called a superdog better. Being a su- perdog means Julie has amazing powers with more to come as she gets older. And as she grows, she takes on mini assign- ments. But one day, Julie’s new owner, Cora, finds the paper that has Julie’s mission written on it, and the superdog’s secret is revealed. Julie might be able to get that problem out of the way, but can she complete her job from The Boss?” The process took Seattle several months — writing the story, typing it up, editing, creating the cover and choos- ing the right fonts, all before tackling the final publishing process. “I’ve always been into writing and reading, and I thought it would be cool to have my own book published, so I have Seattle Strayer, 10, a Parkdale Elementary fourth grader, has pub- had that goal for about a year and a half,” she said. lished her first book, “Julie the Superdog.” The book is available for Publishing a book is a long process, Seattle said. “… And checkout at the school’s library. Contributed photos it takes some patience, but in the end it’s worth it to hold a Works in all mediums are welcome, in- cluding acrylics, oils, pastels, photogra- phy, fiber arts, beadwork, mixed media, etc. Interested artists should pick up a book at the White Salmon Valley Community Library. High resolution photos of the art work must be submitted by Sept. 18 to be included in the online art show. The art exhibition will not be juried; however, the KOOBDOOGA committee reserves the right to reject works that do not meet the exhibition criteria. In addition to the art show, The For Moms, Dads, Grads! GIVE THE GIFT OF LOCAL NEWS WS Library to hold sixth annual Community Reads program The Friends of the White Salmon Valley Community is bringing back the community reading program known as KOOBDOOGA (“A Good Book” read backwards) in October. This year’s title is “A River Lost” by Blaine Harden. Free copies of the book are available now for artists interested in creating a work inspired by the book. Additional books will be available to the general public during the summer. Submitted art will be displayed virtu- ally throughout the month of October, with an online reception on Sept. 30. book you have written in your hands.” “She is such a hard worker and so dedicated that it truly amazes me,” said Seattle’s mother, Jordan Strayer. “She did this all on her own and is so driven. She has always loved reading and as she learned to write has also been really into writing. I feel she is so fortunate to have found something she is passionate about at such an early age.” Seattle describes the book as fun and light-hearted, and a good pick for kids ages 6-12. She plans to write a series featur- ing Julie the Superdog. “I already have some ideas for the next books in the Julie the Superdog series, so I’m very excited for the future,” she said. In addition to Barnes & Noble, the book is available to check out at the Parkdale Elementary School library. Seattle plans to donate a copy to the Hood River Library. Seattle additionally enjoys writing poems and book reviews, which can be found on her website, funbookreviews. com. A NEW subscription to Columbia Gorge News and GET $ 10 OFF Friends of the Library will host a series of four presentations each Thursday in October from 6:30- 8 p.m. Scheduled presentations include author Harden, author and photographer Peter Marbach, river explorer and educator Laurie Wilhite, and more. For more information on how to participate in the art show, contact Mary Kapp, art exhibition chair, at 509-493-1679 or jmkapp@gorge.net. Offer Ends 7/01/21 Print and on-line wrapped up at one yearly deal. 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To find out the answer, cross out every B-I-L-L and the remaining letters reveal the answer. Pretend you are a piggy bank and shake yourself. Can you hear the jingle of coins? Shake to the left! Shake to the right! Standards Link: Math: Organize and display data in graphs. CUSTOMERS COMMUNITY BUSINESS SUPPLIES LOCALLY SCHOOL GRAPHS WHERE STORE SPEND CARES STAYS PARTS SHOW TEAM Here’s another way to show how shopping locally matters. Color these pie graphs. Color the parts that show money that STAYS in town GREEN. Color the part that shows money that LEAVES town RED. Source: Independentwestand.org/Civic Economics-Andersonville Study of Retail Economics Replace the missing words MID COUNTY – On in this news article using night, the Mid-Co Thursday unty Tita these words: basketball ______ got to ns their shots light up a new watch scoreboard, thanks to Ho Office Supply. The Titans mer’s the gameand had extra reas won on Homer Stapleton, the own er of the ________, said this was good year for business and a many of the families did that back to _________ shoppi their his store. Business was up ng at 70% over last year thanks by in “I want to ______ my cus tomers how much I appreciate the shopping at my store,” Stap ir said. “I know they have a leton and that my _________ choice store isn’t the only place to sho p.” Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Use context clues to determine the meaning of words. Where can you buy the following items in your local area? Look through the newspaper or online and write the name of a local business that sells each of these items. Local Business Use your newspaper to make a list of 10 or more businesses in your community. Find out which of these are locally owned and which are not. Create a chart to show your findings. Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to locate information. Standards Link: Data Analysis: Organizes data in simple charts. C L S H O S E R A C P O S E I L P P U S P C M D N E P S C C O A M M A E T T W H S L R M U O U O H O Y L N T M N H R E O A Y I E S S I E R L Toss ten coins onto the sidewalk. Can you hop from coin to coin, standing on one foot? Next, do deep knee bends to pick them all up! T G R A P H S T E T S S E N I S U B Y Y Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns. Local Government Find an article in the newspaper about someone who works in local government. What does he/she do? Why are they in the newspaper? Try to do ten sit-ups while balancing three coins on your head. Now have a friend try. Could either of you do it? Standards Link: Civics: Understand the organization of local government. When I Grow Up What do you want to be when you grow up? Write a paragraph about a job you would like to have one day and why you would be good at it. Try to walk across your yard with a dollar bill on your head. It’ll take some smooth moves to keep the dollar from dropping! Standards Link: Physical Education: Use a variety of basic and advanced movement forms.