BKHjncMttr Pwrtng, Satuntty, Apffl 8,1989
Readers Write
Pear Readers,
Hi! My name is Emma King.
There are nine children in our fam
ily: Sarah, 15; Christian, 13; John,
12; Emma, 10; Rachel, 8; David, 6;
Amos, 5; Leroy, 1; and Annie, 5
months old. My parents are Levi
and Fannie King.
My sisters and I have about ten
guinea pigs. My brothers have
white pigeons. We have 36 cows. I
help to milk in the morning and my
sister Rachel helps in the evening.
My brithdate is March 30, 1978.
We go to West Nickel Mines
School. I am in the fifth grade. I
like school. My teacher’s name is
Ruth Ann Stoltzfus. We live in
Nickel Mines.
Emma King
Paradise
Hi!
I am Dorothy Martin Burkhol
der. I am in fourth grade. I am 10
years old and my birthday is on
January 12, 1979. I have three
brothers and two sisters. Dorothy,
10; Marilyn, 8; Mario, 6; Kendall,
S; Michael, 2 and Delmar will be
one-year-old on March 26. Today
(March 18) is my dad’s birthday.
Mom made a Boston creme pie and
a raspberry dessert for him. I have
a pet cat named Flower. She just
had some kittens. The first time
she had kittens they were gray and
black. The time before that I don’t
know what color they were. Mom
is making me a pink summer dress.
She is doing her summer sewing
because she has to work in the vin
eyard in April. We have seven
acres of grapes.
My teacher’s name is Pauline
Brubaker. She went to some other
states. Now there are some substi
tutes teaching. Their names are
Louise Zimmerman and Martha
Hoover. Martha Hoover is my
German teacher every Thursday
afternoon. We have 31 pupils in
school.
In the barn we have 41 cows. I
have to clean the trough out, give
the heifers hay and grain and make
hay down. Sometimes I have to
bike to school and sometimes I
have to walk. I would rather walk.
Last Friday we did art which is my
best subject. We had a cross drawn
with some nice flowers in front of
the cross. I like school.
With love,
Dorothy Burkholder, Himrod,
NY
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What do you think of school,
homework and chores?
Send your letters to “Kid’s Kor
ner” 1 East Main Street; P.O. Box
609, Ephrata, PA 17522.
Hello! My name is Phyllis C.
Eng, Do you like the name Phyllis?
I am eight years old. I am in second
grade. I have only one sister and
she is three. I love her very much.
Her name is Jennifer Eng. She
likes to play with me! I like to play
with her too. Both of us like to bite
in the farm. We love Mom and
Dad.
My name is Elam Beiler. My
parents are Christ and Naomi Beil
er. I am four years old. Soon we
will get baby chicks. Then we can
have chicken B-B-Q in the sum
mer.
My brother Christ and I like to
drive our pony. Her name is
Mable. Sometimes she goes very
slow. She is old.
Bye,
Elam Beiler, Spring Mills
Hello,
My name is Christ Beiler. My
parents are Christ and Naomi Beil
er. I live in Penns Valley. I am
eight years old. My teacher’s name
is Barbara King.
Yesterday we were flying a kite.
We have a iamb. Her name is Nel
lie. And we have two rabbits. Their
names are Thumper and Snow-
White. On Thursday, we will have
an Easter Egg Hunt at school. I
might hide my egg very hard
because I have my friend’s name.
Bye,
Christ Beiler, Spring Mills
cnn you ritiDTHC pigs?
If you color each space Iho right color, you will find two pigs.
Hi! My name is Sara Young. I
live in Centermoreland, Pennsyl
vania. I live on a small farm. I have
a sheep, a goat, a pony, and an Ara
bian horse. I also have a dog, rabbit
and two cats. Oh! I almost forgot I
have two brothers. Their names are
Damon who is 6’A and Kenny who
is 3. I am 9Vi .
This spring, my parents and I are
planning to get a flock of homed
Dorset sheep. I like spring because
Phyllis Eng
Wrightstown
We have a pet goat named
Shnickelfritz. She is a pygmy goat
When she was only several days
old, we had to feed her with a bottle
since her mother would have left
her starve.
As she grew her sleeping place was
on the cows backs, which she
didn’t seem to mind. The minute
she heard the door latch in the
morning, she was up on all fours,
hopping from one cow’s back to
another to come meet us. If a cow
was standing, she’d run under
neath her, the full length of the
bam.
Now she if full grown. Last
spring she had twin kids and this
spring she gave us a surprise. She
had four kids. This is very unusual.
They averaged 2V* pounds to 2'A
pounds each. However along with
the surprise came a big disappoint
ment All four kids were found
dead. So they were named Eenie,
Meenie, Mieny and Moe and out
went all four. At least we still have
good old Shnicklefritz.
Emily Weaver, Age 11
Annville
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it is my birthday and my dad takes
me with him when he goes sheer
ing sheep with his friend Mr. Scott
Sometimes I even have to tie the
wool! On the way home we always
go to a diner to get a snack. Some
times my dad lets my brothers go
with us.
My mom and dad just let me
sign up for sheep 4-H in Wyoming
County. My other interests are rid
ing horses, riding my bike and
going on family walks in the
woods. I also help my church by
singing in the Alleluia choir, ring
ing in the bell choir and acolyting.
I hope that you publish my letter
in “Kid’s Komer.”
Sincerely,
Sara Young, Centermoreland
Ridiculous But True
In the Middle Ages it was wide
ly believed that bathing the whole
body more than once a month
and in some areas more than once
a year was very unhealthy and
might even be fatal. So, always
seeking a risk-free society, people
just didn’t bathe.
Today people still try for a risk
free world. Two years ago in Cali
fornia the people adopted a law
Proposition 65 requiring warn
ing labels on anything or any place
that might expose people to any
detectable amount of any carcino
gen or toxin.
Biochemists such as Dr. Bruce
Ames of the University of Califor
nia pointed out that almost every
thing in nature contains some
level of some carcinogen or toxin.
It’s a matter of dosage. So backets
of Proposition 65 exempted nature
and applied the law only to man
made chemicals. Dr. Ames
pointed out that, compared to
natural carcinogens and toxins,
man-made ones in the environ
ment are trivial.
No matter. The law is in effect
and everyone is trying to figure
out how to separate natural levels
from man-made levels in the myr
iad things we eat, drink, breathe,
or touch.
The National Center for Policy
Analysis, which has been studying
Proposition 65, sums it up:
There’s no such thing as a (risk)
free lunch.
1-BLUE 2-PINK 3-GREEN
Sara Young