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5A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 EMERALD HEIGHTS APARTMENTS Affordable Place to Call Home EQUAL HOUSING OPPORT U NITY Astoria, OR Call 325-8221 for more information © 2015 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 31, No. 39 Asto ria Fo rest Pro d ucts , LLC 10 Pier 1 • Su ite 301 Astoria , O regon 97103 You may have heard the legend of Pocahontas. But is it true? Today’s Kid Scoop page explores fact and opinion. Can you tell fact from opinion? Sure! It’s a FACT that I’m really hungry! “P art of the legend is true and P ocahontas was the favored daughter of a powerful Indian chief called Powhatan. Hey! I saw this worm first! Astoria, Warrenton, & Seaside 1100 Northwest Ridge Road Hammond OR 97121 reservations 800-562-8506 Info 503-861-2606 Underline the differences in each version of the Pocahontas story. When Pocahontas was about 10 or 11 years old, an English company called the Virginia Company of London sailed to North America, arriving in the Chesapeake Bay area, close to where Pocahontas lived. That’s your opinion! The fact is, there is one worm and two of us here. Delaware West Virginia Maryland Virginia Jamestown North Carolina That’s your opinion! The FACT is, I’m out of here! S ome stories say that when the settlers ran out of food, Pocahontas helped them. The most well known story says that when Captain John Smith, a leader of the Jamestown settlement, visited with Powhatan, he was asked to lay on two rocks. Once he lay down, Powhatan’s men raised clubs as if to kill him. Pocahontas, the legend claims, saved his life by covering him with her own body. Income Tax Preparation 762 Avenue G, Seaside, OR 97138 503-738-3480 part of it is not,” says Chief Roy Crazy Horse, leader of the Powhatan people today. “Pocahontas was the daughter of a chief named Powhatan. She was about 10 or 11 years of age when the Virginia Company of London started the settlement of Jamestown. “But,” he adds, “the story about Pocahontas saving Captain Smith from being clubbed by Powhatan’s men is not true. In fact, right after his visit with Powhatan, Smith wrote that he had been treated in a friendly fashion as an honored guest. N The Englishmen built a fort there and called it Jamestown, after the king of England. Northwest West Inc. Northwest West Inc. Northwest West Inc. Northwest West West Inc. Inc. Northwest Northwest West West Inc. Inc. Northwest Northwest West West Inc. Inc. Northwest Northwest West West Inc. Inc. Northwest Northwest West Inc. Northwest West West Inc. Inc. Northwest Northwest West Inc. Northwest West West Inc. Inc. Northwest Northwest West Inc. Northwest West West Inc. Inc. Northwest Northwest West Inc. Northwest Northwest West Inc. West Inc. Northwest Northwest West Inc. West Inc. Northwest West Inc. Northwest West Inc. Northwest West Inc. “Captain John Smith wrote the story about Pocahontas saving his life in a report he wrote 17 years after the event was supposed to have happened,” says the chief. “In fact, Smith wrote this report seven years after Pocahontas herself died. So there was no way for her to contradict the story.” To read the full Powhatan history of Pocahontas, go to their website, www.powhatan.org/pocc.html WARRENTON 861-3252 1167 S.E. MARLIN McCALL TIRE CENTER SEASIDE 738-9243 2155 S ROOSEVELT Heathers COUNTRY HAVEN AFH 503-325-2438 87943 Highway 202, Astoria, OR 97103 M A R T IN L A L VE Y P .C . 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One team might say it was a good game and the other team might say it was a bad game. “Good” and “bad” are opinions about that game. Look at the following statements. Underline the facts and circle the opinions. The mountain is beautiful. I have six cookies. Tina is The dog is 8 popular. years old. The dog These is weird. Tina has cookies are five friends. good. Lewis & Clark Oregon Timber , LLC The mountain is 8,432 feet high. Standards Link: Comprehension: Distinguish between facts and opinions. M a n a ged by the Ca m pbell Grou p, L L C Look at an ad in today’s newspaper. Underline the facts in red. Underline the opinions in blue. Standards Link: Comprehension: Distinguish between facts and opinions. T ERRY ’ S P LUMBING (503) 325-5180 Y S 2095 M a rin e D rive | Astoria P T O L I E D D Follow the maze to find out what the nickname Pocahontas means. P C R L K H O Did you know Pocahontas was a nickname? Her real name was Matoake. 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