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The West Virginia Water Festival Presents the participants for the first ever WV Water Festival Jr. King &
Queen. To participate they each had to raise at least $50. They will enjoy an outing together in July and
the coronation will be July 29, at I p.m. at the Summers County Memorial Building. They will also be
riding on a float in the Grand Parade
" ~ Megan Wills
Megan Wills is the daughter of Kevin and Samantha Wills of Hix
Mountain. She has one brother Nathan Wills. Her maternal grandparents
are Karen and the late Gary Richmond of Hix Mountain. Her paternal
grandparents are the late Russell Wills of Tug Creek and Sherry and
Timmy White of Sinks Grove. She enjoys getting her nails done, playing
with her toys, riding her go cart and spending time with her brother
Nathan.
Pointers For Parents
Five Ways To Help Your Child Become
A Responsible Digital Citizen
by Yalda T. Uhls, M.B.A., Ph.D.
UCLA, Children's Digital Media
Center@LA, Adjunct Professor, Common
Sense Media, youth development expert
(NAPS)--Why is "Dot." a new orig-
inal animated series on Sprout from In-
dustrial Brothers in association with The
Jim Henson Company and the Canadi-
an Broadcasting Corporation, so timely
and important? In 2017, 10 years after
the iPhone was introduced, mobile tech-
nology has rapidly changed the way we
interact with media. Children as young
as 2 use tablets and phones swiping,
tapping and viewing to gain access to
content. For today's youngest digital na-
tives, digital tools are an integral part of
their lives, used in fluid ways to explore
their worlds. Technology is not SEPA-
RATE but instead a PART of their lives,
an Important tool that helps them play,
learn, socialize and engage.
Mobile interactive apps and games
provide ample opportunities for children
to move their bodies, learn, create digital
masterpieces and explore everything and
anything that captures their imagination.
At the same time, in today's 24/7 digital
environment, children can use media to
make impulsive choices, view material
that is not age appropriate or commu-
nicate inappropriately. The benefits are
great but the risks must be mitigated.
When The Jim Henson Company
asked me to be an advisor on preschool
TV show "Dot." I enthusiastically agreed.
The show's creators wanted to embed dig-
ital citizenship lessons into each episode
to help guide both children and parents
to responsibly navigate technology.
The hope is that through Dot's ex-
periences, children learn to harness the
power of this interactive and informa-
tional medium in the most productive'
and pro-social manner. By starting to
teach these digital citizenship skills ear-
ly, parents can ensure that their children
learn best practices and develop the
skills they need to take advantage of the
many opportunities that technology and
media offer us.
Each episode features a learning
theme--Making, Digital Citizenship,
Critical Thinking, Collaboration and
Teamwork, Empathy, and Perspective
Taking--and integrates a STEAM (sci-
ence, technology, engineering, the arts
and math) curriculum.
A new cartoon show can help kids
enjoy learning how to handle digital
media.
Micaya Woodrum
Micaya is the daughter of Micah and Crystal Woodrum of HiUdale.
She has one brother Caynan and twin sister Montana. Micaya is the Montana Woodrum
granddaughter of Tom and Connie Woodrum of Hinton, Drema Childress
of Richmond, VA and Timothy Presley of Hinton. She is the great- Montana is the daughter of Micah and Crystal Woodrum of Hilldale.
granddaughter of Nadine Woodrum of Hinton and Mattie and Leroy She has one brother Caynan and twin sister Micaya. Montana is the
Dick of Hinton. She also has many special aunts and uncles who love her granddaughter of Tom and Connie Woodrum of Hinton, Drema Childress
of Richmond, VA and Timothy Presley of Hinton. She is the great- .
very much. Micaya loves to play in the pool and jump on the trampoline granddaughter of Nadine Woodrum of Hinton and Mattie and 'Leroy
with her brother and sister. She also loves dancing, singing, and being a Dick of Hinton. She also has many special aunts and uncles who love
princess, her very much. Montana enjoys playing with her pet ferret Minnie Glani,
COMMISSION MEETING swimming in the pool with her brother and sister, and being a princess
The Summers County and comedian.
Commission will meet at 9:00 a.m. ***
in the County Commission Office at Anyone can carry his burden, however ***
the Courthouse on the second hard, until nightfall. Anyone can do
Wednesday of each month. The his work, however hard, for one day. For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The
Session for July will be Wednesday, Anyone can live sweetly, patiently, lov- great affair is to move.
July 12. ingly, purely, till the sun goes down. -- Robert Louis Stevenson
Contact Mary Beth Merritt, And this is alllife really means. ***
County Clerk before June 14 at 466- Robert Louis Stevenson
7104 if you have any questions or if ***
you have items for the agenda.
A
journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.
--John Steinbeck
Five ways to help your child become Ten Tips On Traveling Away From School
a DigitalCitizen: (NAPS)--As Theodor Geisel (Dr.
1. The most important thing is to Seuss) is quoted in numerous graduation -~_=:~( Create A Great
model good behavior. This means think speeches, "Oh, the places you'll go" Most
about your media use and what your graduates discover, however, that the (NAPS)--Here's a treat just about ev-
children see you doing, first place they go is away from school, eryone is sure to adore.
2. Find times when the whole fam- Whether you're going back to your Loaded with fresh herbs, it's a guaca-
ily has no devices dinner table, walks parents' place, your new grad school mole that's a nutritious snack anytime of
to school, hikes, sport games. The most housing or a place of your own (with or the day.
important thing is that they learn there without roommates), you have to get all
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