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XXI Winter Olympics

Let the Games Begin! Next week, the games of the 21st Winter Olympics will start in British Columbia, Canada. This Mini Page will give you a few things to watch for during this two-week celebration of sport, skill and friendship.A giant welcome The opening ceremonies will take place on Friday, Feb. 12, at 6 p.m. Pacific time. The ceremonies are a way for the host nation and city to welcome the rest of the world and the athletes to the Olympics. Using music, dance and special effects, each opening ceremony is a unique, or one-of-a-kind, performance.Brrr! It’s cold out there Many sports in the Winter Games take place outside. The alpine skiing and snowboarding events need a lot of snow so that athletes can achieve fast speeds and make sharp turns. The snow is groomed, or smoothed and packed, to prevent it from getting too icy and slick or too powdery, either of which can make athletes lose control and fall.

Skiing with a twist Cross-country skiing is a different type of skiing that requires a lot of stamina, or long-lasting strength. Skiers race not only downhill, but also move over flat land and even go up small hills. Cross-country ski races are sometimes called loppets (law-pits), which means “race” in Swedish. In the ski jump, a person skis without poles down a long ramp and off a jump. He flies through the air, trying to land as far down the mountain as he can.

Two sports in one Some sports are a combination of other sports. Biathlon combines cross-country skiing and target shooting with a rifle. Nordic combined is a dual sport of cross-country skiing and ski jumping. The newest Olympic event is ski cross. It is a part of the sport of freestyle skiing, along with moguls (MOH-guhls), or snow bumps, and aerials (AIR-ee-uhls), or tricks and flips off a jump. In ski cross, a group of four skiers race to finish first.Put it on ice While the skiing and snowboarding events all need the snow, other Winter Olympic sports take place on the ice. The bobsled, luge and skeleton are outdoor sports that use a long, fast ice track with lots of turns. “Luge” is the French word for sled.

At the Whistler Sliding Centre, a bobsleigh passes by spectators in a blur.

Cross-country skiing started as a way for people to get around during winters with lots of snow.

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Words that remind us of Olympic sports are hidden in the block below. Some words are hidden backward or diagonally, and some letters are used twice. See if you can find: AERIAL, BIATHLON, BOBSLEIGH, CROSS-COUNTRY, FIGURE, GRACE, GROOM, HOCKEY, ICE, LOPPET, MEDALS, MOGUL, PICTOGRAM, RUSSIA, SHORT, SKATING, SKI, SNOW, SPEED, STAMINA, TRACK.

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The Mini Page provides ideas for Web sites, books or other resources that will help you learn more about this week’s topics.

On the Web:

• www.vancouver2010.com (click on each sport at the top for more information about your favorites)

• www.vancouver2010.com/more-2010-information/media-centre/image-gallery/sport-pictograms


A Pictogram Puzzle-le-do

A pictogram (PICT-o-gram) is a symbol that represents something. For example, in ancient times, people drew pictograms (or pictographs) on rock walls to tell stories about their lives. With each Olympics, pictograms are used to identify the sports. The Mini Page challenges you to a matching game! Try to match each pictogram to its sport.

The 15 sports in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games are:1. Alpine skiing2. Biathlon3. Bobsleigh4. Cross-country5. Curling6. Figure skating7. Freestyle skiing8. Ice hockey9. Luge10. Nordic combined 11. Short track 12. Skeleton13. Ski jumping14. Snowboard15. Speedskating

Ancient Egyptians wrote about their lives using pictograms. Can you imagine what these say?

Answers: 1. F, 2. D, 3. B, 4. G, 5. M, 6. C, 7. N, 8. H, 9. E, 10. K, 11. J, 12. A, 13. L, 14. O, 15. I

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Terry: What kind of police enjoy their work the most? Thomas: Traffic police, because they

whistle while they work!

Toni: What could a moose do if it got stuck in traffic?

Tammy: Honk its horns!

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All the following jokes have something in common. Can you guess the common theme or category?

Tilly: Which traffic light is a coward?Timothy: The yellow one!

Mini Spy . . .Mini Spy and Rookie Cookie are competing in a speed-skating race. See if you can find: • exclamation mark• canoe • snake • lips • bird• ruler • heart • tooth • two kites• letter D • carrot • musical note • penguin• letter A • tea pot • golf club • banana• mushroom • letter H • word MINI • number 2


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Rookie Cookie’s RecipeHot and Cold Potato Salad

You’ll need:• 4 cups cooked potatoes, cubed• 1 small onion, chopped• 3 hard-boiled eggs, chopped• 1 cup carrots, shredded• 1/4 cup vinegarWhat to do:1. Combine potatoes, onion, eggs and carrots in a medium bowl.2. In a small saucepan, heat the vinegar, mustard, mayonnaise and

sour cream.3. Pour the dressing over the potato salad mixture.4. Add the dill, salt and pepper. Gently mix. Serve hot or cold. Serves

6 to 8.You will need an adult’s help with this recipe.


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• 2 tablespoons mustard• 1/2 cup mayonnaise• 1 cup sour cream• 1 teaspoon dried dill• salt and pepper to taste


Meet Amy Poehler Amy Poehler is the voice of Eleanor in the movie “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel.” She has acted in several movies and TV shows. She played Hillary Clinton in “Saturday Night Live” skits. She was the voice of Computer in the movie

“Monsters vs. Aliens,” the voice of Sally in “Dr. Seuss: Horton Hears a Who!” and the voice of Snow White in “Shrek the Third.”Amy is the voice of Bessie in Nickelodeon TV’s series “The Mighty B.” She also produces and writes for that show. She produces and writes an online series called “Smart Girls at the Party.” It features true stories about girls who are changing the world. Amy, 38, was born in Burlington, Mass. She was a member of a comedy troupe in Chicago.

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Competition on the Ice

The Mini Page StaffBetty Debnam - Founding Editor and Editor at Large Lisa Tarry - Managing Editor Lucy Lien - Associate Editor Wendy Daley - Artist

Ice hockey is played throughout the entire Winter Games by both men’s and women’s teams. This year, the men’s hockey gold medal game is the last event of the Vancouver Olympics. Speedskating is similar to two runners doing laps around a track for the best time. Because the inside lane of the oval-shaped track is shorter than the outside lane, racers switch lanes in the middle of the race. This is called a crossover. Short-track is a different type of speedskating. In this event, four to six skaters race each other, not the clock. There is also a relay event, where each racer on a team skates one part of the race.

Looking ahead At the Closing Ceremonies of the Vancouver Games, all the athletes will gather to celebrate the Olympic spirit. In 2014, Russia will host the XXII (22nd) Winter Olympics. The host city will be Sochi, which lies on the coast of the Black Sea. (London will host the 2012 Summer Olympics.) During the Closing Ceremonies, the Olympic flag will be handed to a representative from Sochi.

Grace and skill Figure skating may be the most popular sport at the Winter Olympics. Graceful skaters use jumps, twists and spins to earn points, which are awarded by judges. Jumps such as the Axel and the Lutz are named after the famous skaters who created them.

Ice hockey is a popular event during the Winter Olympics.

Short-track teams skate very close together at high speeds. Both men and women

compete in short-track speedskating.

Speedskaters can go faster than any other human beings without the help of machines — about 40 mph. Indoor events such as speedskating will take place at the Richmond Olympic Oval.

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The silver, gold and bronze medals that athletes will win are part of a large abstract artwork of an orca whale. The artwork was made by Corrine Hunt, a Canadian artist. Each medal is from a different part of the larger original art.

Ashley Wagner was the bronze medalist in the senior ladies’ singles at the 2008 U.S. Figure Skating Championships.

Next week, The Mini Page explores some of America’s favorite presidential monuments.

photo by Paul and Michelle Harvath, courtesy U.S. Figure Skating

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Supersport: Mark IngramHeight: 5-10 Weight: 215 Hometown: Flint, Mich. Alabama football fans chanted “Roll Tide!” and sophomore halfback Mark Ingram Jr. responded to their battle cry. He rolled to a single-season school rushing record on the way to becoming the first Crimson Tide player ever to win the Heisman Trophy, college football’s biggest award for a player.

In helping ’Bama post a 13-0 regular-season record and earn a chance to play Texas for the national championship, Ingram gained 1,542 yards running the ball and also caught 30 passes for 322 more yards. Ingram, whose father, Mark Ingram Sr., was a wide receiver on a New York Giants Super Bowl-winning team, was at his best against the toughest opponents. He averaged 165 yards per game running and catching the ball against teams ranked in the Top 25. Stocky, strong and speedy — and with two years of college eligibility remaining — Mark is expected to rack up more honors and help keep the powerful Crimson Tide rolling.

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