Kids

Now that the kids are back in school, they're ready to learn. And one of the most important life lessons they can learn is how to save and manage their money.

Believe it or not, the Kids Fishing Contest in Hackensack, Minnesota, is in its 14th season. Every Tuesday from now through August 24, kids will gather at Birch Lake, near the city park. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., kids can fish for prizes and participate in minnow races and a casting contest. There's also free sodas and hot dogs.

Can kids have fun learning about science, technology, and life in general? Yes, if they become Junior Master Gardeners! A pilot project conducted last year proved that when youth get involved with gardening, they can increase their knowledge and skills while becoming interested in the horticulture industry.

Soon you'll be able to gather the kids around the computer and watch as nesting ospreys make their home in Lake Country. A Web cam project has brought together the Central Lakes College Natural Resources Program, Crow Wing Power, People's Security, Consolidated Telecommunications Company, and Brainerd Public Utilities—but the stars of the show will be nesting ospreys.

Having trouble getting your kids up for school this week? You might thank Daylight Saving Time. When we remove an hour from our days by springing ahead, it may take awhile for our bodies to catch up.

Here are some facts that will help you—and your family—better understand the history and the rationale behind our annual hour swap.

Take advantage of this series of art sessions designed especially for kids! On the next four "second Saturdays," from February through May, the Crossing Arts Alliance and Brainerd ISD 181 Community Education will offer two-hour art sessions for children and families.

All sessions will be held from 10 a.m. to noon at the Franklin Arts Center Cafeteria, 1001 Kingwood St., Brainerd, Minnesota.

'Tis the season for families to spend quality time together. The holidays present a haven of vacation days, sumptuous meals, and gatherings of relatives that bring young and old together to renew and celebrate.

The holiday season is upon us and, as noted in the current Lake Country Journal Magazine (November/December 2009, p. 42), turkey is the favored choice for holiday meals.

So let's have some fun before gobbling up the gobbler—

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2009 has been christened the International Year of Astronomy, in part because it was four hundred years ago—in 1609—that Gallileo Galilei trained a small eight-power telescope on the Italian night sky and changed history. The earth-centered theory of the universe was gone forever.