Karl’s News Prints

Kid Safety to Pet Care Tips

Our mission is to educate

SUMMER KICKOFF PROGRAM 2009 children on safety topics; to

assist a child in having a good
quality of life; and to promote
family and community values
Palatka Library Summer Kickoff Program through various means including
Saturday, June 13, 2009 but not limited to the natural
Palatka, FL bond between a child and an
Refreshments: Candy, Ice cream, animal, primarily that of the dog.
Orange drink, Water
Entertainment: Volume 1, Issue 4
Games and Prizes
Katherine Archer, Songwriter & July 2009
Performer
Story Readings
Inside this issue:
Humane Society of 2
Northeast Florida, Inc

HS Dog Wash & Yard 3

The event, overseen by Darlene Walker, Sale

Youth Services Coordinator of the Pool Safety Checklist for 4

Palatka Public Library, had Kids
approximately 75 people participating in Swimming & Boating in 4
the activities. Karl's Kids was part of the Open Water
kickoff with Pool & Open Water Safety
Volunteer Highlight - 5
Tips, Fun-in-the Sun Safety, Deann Jennings
Hurricane Emergency Preparation for
Tom Sawyer is Coming 5
families and pets, and Basic Care,
to Putnam County, FL
Training, and Fun with the Family Pet
Did You Know? 5
information.
Thunderstorm Facts

Questions & Answers 6

“No-Kill Shelter”
Clarification of the 6
Purpose of KsKs

Ask a Trainer — House 7

Training

Ochwilla Fire & Life 8

Safety Classroom Series

Fun With Food 10

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Humane Society Of Northeast Florida, Inc.

Located in Hollister a short
distance from Palatka, FL

386-325-1587

Email: shelterstaff@gbso.net

Adoption Center is open to the

public Tuesday thru Sunday, 8
a.m. - 5 p.m.

One of the stops for the Humane Society

Poker Run fundraiser Putt'in for Puppies
was at the shelter on Saturday. The ride
started in East Palatka at the Cheyenne with
stops in Hollister at the shelter, Salt Springs
at the Frontier, and Interlachen at the Snaque
Shaque. The ride ended in Palatka with a
cook-out at the Hi-Level.

Also on Saturday, June 6, the S.H.A.D.O.

Riders (equestrian) held a fundraiser benefit
ride and cook-out where they raised over
$1,000. for the Humane Society. (No pictures
available.)

Adoption Fees: Dogs & Puppies $65/$75 -- Cats

& Kittens $50

Adoption fee includes: spay/neuter, shots,

rabies, heartwork, feline leukemia/aids tests,
and microchip.

Petfinder

HSNEFL Website

www.karlskidsprogram.com
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HS DOG WASH & YARD SALE

The Humane Society of Northeast Florida held a dog wash
and yard sale at their Hollister, FL shelter on Saturday,
June 20. Karl's Kids had an information table at the event
highlighting our pet topic projects. The LifeSouth
Bloodmobile was also on hand.

Deann Jennings,

KsKs Board of
Directors and
Community Activity
Volunteer
(right)

KsKs Jr. Volunteer

Mitchell Adams
(right)

Karl’s Kids Information Table

Bobby (HS Director) in line for lunch while Heidi (HS Shelter
Employee) grills hamburgers and hot dogs for the fundraiser
LifeSouth Bloodmobile
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POOL SAFETY CHECKLIST FOR KIDS

Only go into a pool when an adult is watching you.

Learn how to tread water, float, and get out of the pool.

Learn how to swim.

Stay away from pool drains.

Never run around the pool.

Never push others around the pool or into the water.

Never dive in water less than nine feet deep.

Use sunscreen to protect your skin.

SWIMMING & BOATING IN OPEN WATER, RULES FOR KIDS

Obey the same rules as swimming in a pool plus ….

Always wear a life jacket (also called personal flotation device or PFD) approved by
the U.S. Coast Guard when you’re on a boat, in or near an open body of water or
when participating in water sports. The life jacket should fit snugly and not allow
your chin or ears to slip through the neck opening.

Swimming in the ocean — Learn how to tread water, float and swim out of a cross-
current (“riptide”).

Never drive a personal watercraft (such as jet skis).

Only swim in areas designated for swimming.

Don’t dive into a lake or river unless an adult has checked to make sure the water is
deep enough to dive safely. Also, they must look for objects such as rocks that might
be hidden under the surface of the water.
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Volunteer highlight
Deann graduated from Santa Fe
College with an A.A. in Business
Administration. While at Santa Fe
she belonged to the Student
Leadership Activities group working
with community service projects
which included local schools.
She is currently attending Flagler
College where she is starting her
final year on a B.A. in Business
Administration with a Minor in
Advertising.
Business Administration with a
Concentration in Management
Applications and a Certificate in
International Business.
Deann has served on the KsKs
Board of Directors since 2005.
Besides serving on the Board she
assists with general office duties,
working at community activity
booths, and acting as a
photographer for the KsKs website
and newsletter.

Upon graduating from Flagler, Deann

plans on earning a Masters in Deann M. Jennings
Karl’s Kids Board of Directors

TOM SAWYER IS COMING TO PUTNAM COUNTY, FLORIDA

The KsKs Rayne's Reading Room
Project is gearing up to begin our
next activity with the literary
group One Book One Putnam.
The classic chosen this time is
Mark Twain's Tom
Sawyer. Previously KsKs was a
community partner for the
books The Call of the Wild and
The Barefoot Mailman.
One Book One Putnam has Activities are now being planned
received a Big Read grant from for October and November.
the National Endowment for the
To learn more about the Big
Arts to help with this large
Read go to http://
undertaking and once again we
www.neabigread.org/about.php
are very proud to be invited to
participate with this worthwhile
and fun project. We’re on the web!
www.karlskidsprogram.com

DID YOU KNOW?

Interesting Facts on
Thunderstorms
• Severe thunderstorms produce
hail the size of a penny (3/4 inches)
or larger.
• Penny-sized hail or larger can
cause significant damage to the
exterior surface of your vehicle,
break windows and damage roofs of
homes and businesses.
• Penny-sized hail or larger can
cause significant bodily injuries such
as broken bones and even blindness
if wind blown.
• Severe thunderstorms produce
straight wind called downbursts of
58 mph or greater. Downbursts have
been measured in excess of 100
mph.
• Downbursts can cause significant
damage even to well-constructed
homes, topple or snap large trees,
blow down road and commercial
signs, and remove roofs from
structures.
• Downbursts can cause damage
similar to that of a strong tornado,
and cause loss of life or significant
bodily injury from wind blown debris
and toppled structures.
From the Florida Division of
Emergency Management
FloridaDisaster.org
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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Q. What does a "No-Kill Shelter"
mean?
A. When a shelter is designated no-
kill it means the shelter, while it will
euthanize for reasons such as
aggression issues or medical need,
will not put down an adoptable pet
due to lack of space, Many times
in the community, individuals do
not understand that because of
this policy, often times a shelter
needs to limiter the number of
animals it can take in. A shelter
can not effectively take in more
animals than it has space and
available funds for care. This
Clarification of the purpose of Karl’s kids program
A series of articles to explain the 14
parts of the Program Purpose
Part #4. To promote through
education of the community by
various methods including but not
limited to workshops, websites,
forums, and newsletters, ways in
which the community can assist in
the care of a child's basic needs.
Karl's Kids has activities in various
www.karlskidsprogram.info/forum
limiting the numbers and types of
animals that can be taken in often
then leads to misunderstandings
and hard feelings within a
community.
During these current economic
venues in the community in which
we give talks, workshops, and
presentations on various topics such
as safety issues for children. At our
booths, we disburse handouts for
parents and other members of the
community to look further into these
issues. Some of our material is put
together by the KsKs staff while we
also use materials given to us by
FEMA, the National Center for
Karl’s News Prints
times with donations dwindling and
more owners turning their pets into
shelters this problem becomes more
noticeable. No-kill Shelters are being
forced to more severely limit the
number of incoming pets, many are
turning away from their no-kill
policy, and more are finding
themselves with no choice but to
make the decision to shut down.
Have a question about KsKs itself
or concerning a topic that we are
involved in?
Please send your question to:
Karl's Kids Program, Inc.
P.O. Box 1119
Missing and Exploited Children, and
other agencies and organizations.
From time to time we also pass on
timely information received from the
CDC (Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention) and the USFA (The
U.S. Fire Administration). KsKs
volunteers are also encouraged to
work in partnerships with other
organizations to assist them on
community projects.
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ASK A TRAINER — HOUSE TRAINING
I just adopted a
dog, she isn’t
potty trained and
keeps having
accidents in the
house. Help!
When bringing a new dog into your
house, whether puppy or adult, if
the dog is not house-trained, you
will have some work ahead of you.
If you start out correctly, this
process is quick and easy, and you
will soon have a dry house.
To begin with, you must keep your
dog in sight. Do not give her the run
of the house. Instead, keep her
confined to one room, with you in it.
You will gradually be able to let her
in additional rooms, slowly, as she
proves trustworthy.
If you cannot directly supervise your
dog, crate her. A crate can be a
“secret hideaway” for your dog,
where she can escape to. If she is
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nervous about the crate at first,
make it fun! Do not close the door
on her. Instead, have some toys
inside, with a small blanket or t-shirt
that you have slept with. Explore it
with her, praise her when she goes
into the crate. To help her explore,
feed her inside, either from the bowl
or scatter her meal inside, or toss
some yummy treats inside. She will
look forward to entering her crate,
By TAKING your dog outside to
potty, you can learn her signals
and monitor her habits.
If you reward her with play after
she potties, she will learn to
potty quickly for the good things
to come!
what yummy treat or fun toy awaits
her this time! Once she will enter
the crate on her own, and is
comfortable in it, you can close the
door. You will want to vary the time
the door is closed, maybe a quick
one second, or a longer 6 seconds.
If she whines to get out, do NOT let
her out! You do not want her to
learn that whining, or barking,
scratching, or other undesirable
behavior, leads to her release.
Instead, when she is happy and
relaxed, you can let her out. Do not
make a big production out of having
her come out of the crate, you want
to keep it low-key. You will also
want to have her in the crate
whenever you are in the house, not
just when you leave.
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In addition, you can “umbilical cord”
your dog. To do this, leash her while
in the house, and attach the leash to
your belt. Your dog will be within six
feet of you at all times. If she starts
to circle, or sniff the ground, hurry
outside!
TAKE your dog outside, don’t just let
your dog out on her own. If you just
let your dog out, it doesn’t
accomplish much. However, if you
go outside with your dog, observe
her potty routine, and praise her
when she is done, you could put
that on cue in the future and have
her potty on command! Don’t rush
inside afterwards, but play a bit, so
your dog understands that play
comes after potty.
If she does have an accident inside,
clean it up with an enzyme cleaner
found at pet supply stores; regular
soap and water will not remove the
smell and your dog will be drawn to
that spot to do her business. Do
NOT rub her nose in it, that will just
make her hide from you when she
goes potty.
Victoria is the owner of
DarkSaber Dog
Training & Behavior
Modification, APDT &
CGC Evaluator
Do you have a question about dogs
you would like answered next
month? Email Victoria!
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OCHWILLA FIRE & LIFE SAFETY CLASSROOM SERIES

The 2008-2009 Ochwilla Safety 4 Kids Pre-K Classroom Series ended

along with the school year. Karl's Safety 4 Kids Project is for children
from three to twelve years of age. Classes can range from one time to one
or two sessions a month throughout the school year. At Ochwilla
Elementary this past year some of the topics covered with Tandra Eames'
Pre-K class were: Firefighters Are Our Friends; Bad Air - Good Air; Stay
Low and Go, Go, Go; 2 Ways Out; Get Out - Stay Out; Smoke Alarms; 9-1
-1 Calls; Swimming Safety Rules; Meet A Dog Safely; and Bad Touch from
Others and Stranger Danger. Topics in this series also include Health
Safety such as the need for washing hands and brushing teeth properly for
the youngest children and Internet Safety for the older students.
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OCHWILLA FIRE & LIFE SAFETY CLASSROOM SERIES (ConT.)

Pictures showing some of

the students and their fami-
lies were taken during the
Pre-K Graduation Party.
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FUN WITH FOOD

How to get an avocado pit to
sprout:

Wash off the seed and dry it with

Avocado Salsa a paper towel. Stick toothpicks
2 Haas avocados, chopped into three sides of the pit. Place
the fat, round end of the seed
1 small onion, chopped
into a container of water. The
1 tomato, chopped
bottom third of the pit should be
5 stems cilantro, chopped in the water. Set the container in
Juice of 1 lime a warm area, but not in direct
1 teaspoon salt sunlight. Check every few days to
see if you need to add or change
water. When you start to see
Mix together all ingredients in a large bowl. Serve roots and the sprout is sever
with tostado chips, fajitas, etc. inches tall, it
can be
Kids, make sure you have an adult chop up the transplanted to
ingredients. a pot.

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