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Northwest West Inc. Income Tax Preparation 762 Avenue G, Seaside, OR 97138 503-738-3480 WARRENTON 861-3252 1167 S.E. MARLIN 1. Measure the length of gum before you start chewing it. Timmy and Mondo interviewed mom and dad. They left clues in the gumballs below for Cecil. Write down every other letter to discover who broke the gnome. Walter Diemer developed bubble gum in 1928. It was pink because that was the only food color he had available. His product was called Dubble Bubble and it became a top seller. 2. Blow a bubble and measure the diameter. Can you figure out the circumference? 3. Stre-e-e-tch the gum and stick it on the wax paper. Make it as long as you can, then measure it. 4. Chew a piece of gum for 2 minutes. Then chew a new piece of gum for 10 minutes. Was it easier to blow bubbles after a longer time? Write your observations here: McCALL TIRE CENTER T C Home Furnishings 1033 Commercial Street Astoria, Oregon 97103 (503)325-5620 M orga n Civil Engineering P O B ox 358 • M a n za n ita 503-368-6186 MARITIME TEXACO 1701 Marine Dr Astoria, OR 97103 1-503-325-7812 503.325.0411 AN D TO W IN G Originally gum was a kind of tree sap called chicle extracted from tapping trees the same way latex is comes from rubber trees. The natural ingredients have now been replaced by man-made plastics and rubber to which color, sweetener and flavors are added. 60 to 70% of most bubble gum is sugar. D SEASIDE 738-9243 2155 S ROOSEVELT According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the biggest bubble gum bubble ever blown measured Start with a simple sentence like: Bobby blew a bubble. Then, look through the newspaper for words you could add to that sentence to make it longer. For example: Bobby, a bright and brawny boy, vigorously blew a beautiful, pink, shining bubble. Try stretching these sentences: Tobias stepped on gum. Alison walked the dog. 34747 Hwy 101 Bus. Astoria T ERRY ’ S P LUMBING (503) 325-5180 2095 M a rin e D rive | Astoria Po rtla n d & Asto ria | Setting the standard in sleep medicine for over 30 years 2120 Exchange St | Suite 302 | Astoria 503.325.3126 inches across. ASTORIA | 503-556-0410 DIAMETER SNEAKERS STUBBORN HOMONYMS MYSTERY BUBBLE BROKEN CHICLE CLUES GNOME BLOWN BLOB WALL GUM SAP um Alley , Bubble G is Obispo in San Lu ia invites Californ ew your you to ch tick your gum and s ad on the chewed w all! w s of gum Which wad the same add up to unt? amo at The Hallmark Resort 1400 S Hemlock, Cannon Beach, OR 503-436-0366 H O M O N Y M S S S O E M O N G S R T D L Y B R O K E N U I B G R V E K U E B A L U K E A Y L L B M O M B E T C C L O E W S N B I S O A R T N S A H L B Y W N E S T C P E E R M Y R CLATSOP POWER EQUIPMENT INC. 34912 HWY. 101 BUSINESS ASTORIA | (503) 325-0792 S uns p ire Hea lth A s toria Pointe T he Ros eb ria r 263 W E xcha n ge • Astoria | (877) 435-7790 If I Were NORTHWEST READY MIX President 950 O lney A ve • A storia What would you do? 325-3562 How would you 503- spend your days? Why would you want to be president? Deadline: January 24 Published: Week of Feb. 21 Chews and choose are homonyms–words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings. Find five words in the newspaper that are homonyms. Write the matching word that is pronounced the same but means something different, next to each word. story to: 1410 Send CO M your M ERCIA L STREET • A STO RIA 503-325-5511 ANSWER: A blowfish. N EW SPAPER CARRIERS N EEDED The D a ily A storia n ha s severa l rou tes a va ila ble in the A storia a rea . Ca ll 503-325-3211 for m ore in form a tion . Tha nks to the follow ing bu sinesses for su pporting New spa pers In E Please include your school and grade. 11 W. 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