© 2008 Universal Press Syndicate release dates: November 15-21 46-1 (08) from The Mini Page © 2008 Universal Press Syndicate BETTY DEBNAM – Founding Editor and Editor at Large TM from The Mini Page © 2008 Universal Press Syndicate TM Please include all of the appropriate registered trademark symbols and copyright lines in any publication of The Mini Page ® . It’s a lousy day when you have to deal with head lice. But many kids in day care centers and school classrooms have felt these tiny pests living in their hair. The Mini Page talked with an entomologist (en-tuh-MAH-luh-jist), an expert about insects, to find out more about head lice. Lousy choices A louse is one type of insect with no wings. When there is only one, it is called a louse. More than one are called lice. Lice have been around for hundreds of thousands of years. Different kinds of lice live on different kinds of hair. They don’t usually move from one type to another. For example, human head lice would not be happy living on your pet. Lice are even picky about what type of human hair they live on. For example, head lice live on the hair on the head. They don’t live on other body hair. Head lice like fine hair that grows fairly close to other hairs. Lice are also choosy about which humans they live on. One type of louse lives on the hair of people with European ancestors. Another type lives on the hair of people with African ancestors. Lousy way to live A louse is a type of parasite. A parasite is a plant or animal that lives in or on another living creature. This being is called a host. But the parasite is not a welcome guest of the host. The parasite feeds off the host and gives nothing back. Some parasites may harm their hosts. Head lice do not harm humans. Moving on Most of the time, head lice can live for only about 12 hours away from the body. Some experts believe lice may be able to survive for a short time on the hair caught in brushes and combs. Lice may be passed from one person to the next when people share batting helmets within a couple of hours during a game. Little Pest, Big Problem Staying Ahead of Lice photo courtesy University of Nebraska-Lincoln An adult louse (left) is tiny, about one-tenth of an inch long. It is about as big as a sesame seed. A baby louse (right and below) is called a nymph (nimpf). The female head louse lays about 6 eggs per day. Each louse lives about 32 days. Can you figure out how many eggs one female louse can lay in her lifetime?* *6 eggs x 32 days = 192 eggs Did you know? Have you ever heard someone say you were “nitpicking”? A nit is an empty louse egg. One way to get lice and nits out of hair is to pick them out one by one. But nitpicking can also mean focusing on small details and finding fault with them. For example, your sister might be nitpicking if she criticizes the way you hang up your towel in the bathroom. Mini Spy . . . from The Mini Page © 2008 Universal Press Syndicate Mini Spy is checking her little sister Mina’s hair for lice. See if you can find: • number 8 • lima bean • letter E • olive • carrot • ant • ruler • Easter egg • ladder • number 7 • pencil • toothbrush from The Mini Page © 2008 Universal Press Syndicate TM Making contact Lice cannot jump and only rarely fall off a person’s head. They can’t survive in carpets or on stuffed animals. A louse infests* a new host by crawling from hair to hair. When one person’s hair touches another person’s hair, a louse can crawl to the new host. Lice can crawl very fast, at about nine inches per minute. For instance, if a kid’s hair brushes against his brother’s hair while they’re wrestling, then lice can move from head to head. *Infest means to spread in or over something in an unpleasant way. Lice like kids Lice infest children more than adults. This is probably because kids have more contact with one another than adults do. They are more likely to come in contact with each other while playing, for example. For example, three girls in one family kept getting lice. Experts finally figured out that lice were being spread at slumber parties. The girls would get in sleeping bags and watch movies with their heads close together. Lice kept moving from one girl to another. More About Head Lice Girls are nice for lice Girls are more likely to get lice than boys. Girls usually have longer hair, which means it may touch other hair more often. Girls brush and style each other’s hair. Girls are also more likely to hug each other or dance with each other, so their hair may touch more often. Words that remind us of lice are hidden in the block below. Some words are hidden backward or diagonally. See if you can find: LOUSE, HAIR, LONG, GIRL, BOY, MONKEY, HEAD, EGG, NYMPH, COMB, CREEPY, CRAWL, BLOOD, ITCH, HATCH, SCALP, GLUE, WARMTH, CLEAN, CLASS, DAY, CARE, INSECT, PET, HANGING, INFEST, PLAY, BRUSH. Head Lice TRY ’N FIND LICE AREN’T NICE! P H H G DN A E L C P L A C S P L A E I A Y OB G NO L C B C E A I AR YMN E U L G R L RC T Y RD L L H H C T I A O E L E B RU S HH C T A HWO E A G BMO C H T M R AW L D P S G N YMP H T C E S N I V Y S G N I G N A H T S E F N I E R A C Y E K NOM E S U O L from The Mini Page © 2008 Universal Press Syndicate Basset Brown The News Hound’s TM photo courtesy San Diego Zoo Lice are choosy among monkeys and apes, too. Different types of lice live on different types of apes or monkeys. Ape lice are close cousins of human lice. Schmidt’s spot-nosed guenons pick lice from one another at the San Diego Zoo. This is called “grooming.” Monkeys and apes clean lice, pests and dead skin from one another. A monkey grooms another monkey out of friendship or to make peace. Rookie Cookie’s Recipe Dressed-Up Broccoli from The Mini Page © 2008 Universal Press Syndicate from The Mini Page © 2008 Universal Press Syndicate Meet Bill Murray Bill Murray stars as Mayor Cole in the movie “City of Ember.” Bill has starred in many other movies, including “Groundhog Day,” the “Ghost Busters” movies and “Scrooged.” He was the voice of Garfield in the Garfield movies. Bill, 58, was born in Wilmette, Ill. He has eight brothers and sisters. He and his siblings worked as golf caddies while growing up. He went to college to study medicine, but then joined the “National Lampoon Radio Hour.” Other actors from that show went on to start “Saturday Night Live” on television. Bill later joined them on that show. He owns a minor league baseball team in South Carolina called the Riverdogs. He and his brothers own a restaurant in Florida. from The Mini Page © 2008 Universal Press Syndicate TM TM Go dot to dot and color this nasty pest. All the following jokes have something in common. Can you guess the common theme or category? Lucy: What keeps your teeth from falling out? Leslie: Toothpaste! Lindsay: Why are towels so entertaining? Lisa: They have a dry sense of humor! Lauren: How did the germs spread? Lyle: They flu! You’ll need: • 1 (10-ounce) package fresh or frozen broccoli florets • 3 tablespoons low-fat sour cream • 2 tablespoons low-fat milk • 1 tablespoon low-fat mayonnaise • 3 tablespoons lemon juice • 1/4 teaspoon sugar • 1/8 teaspoon salt • 1/8 teaspoon pepper • 11/2 tablespoons sliced almonds What to do: 1. Cook broccoli according to directions (either in microwave or on top of stove). 2. Once broccoli is tender, cut into smaller pieces. 3. Place all remaining ingredients (except almonds) in a small blender. 4. Blend until smooth. 5. Pour mixture over broccoli; top with almonds. Makes 4 servings. *You will need an adult’s help with this recipe. photo © Walden Media & Twentieth Century Fox from The Mini Page © 2008 Universal Press Syndicate Lice like it clean More kids are infested with head lice than ever before. Experts believe this is because kids are with other kids so much more, in day care, class and after-school activities. Experts think between 6 million and 12 million American kids get head lice each year. Some people believe that people who get lice are dirty.This is not true. In fact, it is just the opposite. Lice like clean hair. It is harder for them to cling to dirty,oily hair. Bloodsuckers Lice suck blood from the host’s body. They need to feed every hour and a half. The blood- sucking causes itching and irritation in the person infested with lice. People can sometimes feel them crawling through their hair. But lice don’t cause disease. They don’t even cause welts, like mosquito bites do. Moving in A female louse attaches an oval- shaped egg to a person’s hair about one- half inch from the scalp. That spot is where the best hatching temperature is. The egg hatches after seven to 10 days. When an egg hatches, the empty louse egg is called a nit. When the egg is first laid, it is a light yellow or gray. As the baby louse develops, the egg turns to dark brown. After the louse hatches, the nit turns white. After a baby louse hatches, it lives on its own. It immediately heads for the warmth of the person’s scalp. Learning More About Lice Getting rid of lice Lice are hard to get rid of. Lice products sold without a prescription will probably not get rid of all the lice on someone’s hair. Head lice have probably developed resistance to these products. If people get head lice, they may need a special product from the doctor. They can also use a nit comb to remove nits and live lice. This takes a lot of work. The most important thing to do is to remove live lice and nits from the person’s head. It is not as important to wash all bedding, stuffed animals and clothing. Lice cannot usually live for more than 12 hours away from a person’s hair. The Mini Page Staff Betty Debnam - Founding Editor and Editor at Large Lisa Tarry - Managing Editor Lucy Lien - Associate Editor Wendy Daley - Artist photo courtesy University of Nebraska-Lincoln If you have been itching a lot on your head or feel something crawling in your hair, go to the doctor or the school nurse to get checked. It is often hard to spot lice and nits. But your mom or dad may be able to spot lice by parting your hair into small sections and then checking for lice on the scalp. Your parents may need a magnifying glass and a bright light. The Mini Page thanks Barb Ogg, entomologist, Extension Education, University of Nebraska- Lincoln, for help with this issue. Site to see: http://lancaster.unl.edu/pest/lice Look through your newspaper for stories and ads about pests. Next week The Mini Page celebrates Thanksgiving with a story about turkeys. photo courtesy University of Nebraska-Lincoln The female uses a glue in her body to attach the egg to the hair. The nit stays glued to the strand of hair even after the baby louse hatches. It is hard to get it off. photo courtesy University of Nebraska-Lincoln A nit comb has teeth very close together, so it can pull eggs and nits from the hair. There are no chemicals on it. It has special oils to help it go through the hair without pulling. from The Mini Page © 2008 Universal Press Syndicate Supersport: Katie Smith Height: 5-11 Birthdate: 6-4-74 In the Women’s National Basketball Association championship series, Katie Smith played like a champion. With scoring sprees and clutch shots, she helped Detroit win its third professional league title in the last six seasons. The Shock’s forward scored 25 points in the first game, 22 in the second game, and then rallied her team with 15 second- half points in the finals.Afterward, she hoisted the series’ Most Valuable Player trophy. That didn’t shock anybody who has followed her career. Selected to the WNBA’s All-Decade Team in 2006,she has averaged 15.9 points in her nine-year run with Minnesota and Detroit (since 2005). Before turning pro, Smith starred at Ohio State, where she earned a degree in zoology.Her jersey was the first female’s retired in the Buckeyes’ history. Away from the court, Smith lists shooting pool and cooking as her favorite hobbies. At age 34, when some players are slowing down, she’s still “cooking” on the basketball court as well. TM
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© 2008 Universal Press Syndicate
release dates: November 15-21 46-1 (08)
from The Mini Page © 2008 Universal Press Syndicate
BETTY DEBNAM – Founding Editor and Editor at Large
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from The Mini Page © 2008 Universal Press Syndicate
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Please include all of the appropriate registered trademark symbols and copyright lines in any publication of The Mini Page®.
It’s a lousy day when you have to dealwith head lice. But many kids in day carecenters and school classrooms have feltthese tiny pests living in their hair.
The Mini Page talked with anentomologist (en-tuh-MAH-luh-jist), anexpert about insects, to find out moreabout head lice.Lousy choices
A louse is one type of insect with nowings. When there is only one, it is calleda louse. More than one are called lice.
Lice have been around for hundreds ofthousands of years. Different kinds of licelive on different kinds of hair. They don’tusually move from one type to another.For example, human head lice would notbe happy living on your pet.
Lice are even picky about what type ofhuman hair they live on. For example,head lice live on the hair on the head.They don’t live onother body hair.Head lice like finehair that growsfairly close toother hairs.
Lice are alsochoosy aboutwhich humansthey live on. One type of louse lives onthe hair of people with Europeanancestors. Another type lives on the hairof people with African ancestors.
Lousy way to liveA louse is a type of
parasite. A parasite is aplant or animal that lives inor on another living creature.This being is called a host.
But the parasite is not a welcomeguest of the host. The parasite feeds offthe host and gives nothing back. Someparasites may harm their hosts. Headlice do not harm humans.
Moving onMost of the time, head lice can live for
only about 12 hours away from the body.Some experts believe lice may be able
to survive for a short time on the haircaught in brushes andcombs. Lice may be passedfrom one person to the nextwhen people share battinghelmets within a couple ofhours during a game.
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An adult louse (left) is tiny, aboutone-tenth of an inch long. It isabout as big as a sesame seed.A baby louse (right and below) iscalled a nymph (nimpf).The female head louse laysabout 6 eggs per day. Each louselives about 32 days. Can youfigure out how many eggs onefemale louse can lay in herlifetime?*
*6 eggs x 32 days = 192 eggs
Did you know?Have you ever heard someone
say you were “nitpicking”? A nitis an empty louse egg. One wayto get lice and nits out of hairis to pick them out one by one. Butnitpicking can also mean focusingon small details and findingfault with them. For example,your sister might be nitpicking ifshe criticizes the way you hangup your towel in the bathroom.
Mini Spy . . .from The Mini Page © 2008 Universal Press Syndicate
Mini Spy is checking her little sister Mina’s hair for lice.See if you can find:
• number 8• lima bean• letter E• olive• carrot• ant• ruler• Easter egg• ladder• number 7• pencil• toothbrush
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Making contactLice cannot jump and only rarely fall
off a person’s head. They can’t survivein carpets or on stuffed animals.
A louse infests* a new host bycrawling from hair to hair. When one
person’s hairtouches anotherperson’s hair, alouse can crawl tothe new host.Lice can crawlvery fast, at aboutnine inches perminute.
For instance, if a kid’s hair brushesagainst his brother’s hair while they’rewrestling, then lice can move from headto head.*Infest means to spread in or oversomething in an unpleasant way.
Lice like kidsLice infest children more than adults.
This is probably because kids have morecontact with one another than adultsdo. They are more likely to come incontact with each other while playing,for example.
For example,three girls in onefamily kept gettinglice. Experts finallyfigured out that licewere being spreadat slumber parties.The girls would getin sleeping bags
and watch movies with their heads closetogether. Lice kept moving from one girlto another.
More About Head Lice
Girls are nice for liceGirls are more likely to get lice than
boys. Girls usually have longer hair,which means it may touch other hairmore often.
Girls brush and style each other’shair. Girls are alsomore likely to hugeach other ordance with eachother, so their hairmay touch moreoften.
Words that remind us of lice are hidden in the block below. Some wordsare hidden backward or diagonally. See if you can find: LOUSE, HAIR,LONG, GIRL, BOY, MONKEY, HEAD, EGG, NYMPH, COMB, CREEPY,CRAWL, BLOOD, ITCH, HATCH, SCALP, GLUE, WARMTH, CLEAN,CLASS, DAY, CARE, INSECT, PET, HANGING, INFEST, PLAY,BRUSH.
Head Lice TRY ’NFIND
LICE AREN’T NICE!
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Lice are choosy amongmonkeys and apes, too.Different types of lice liveon different types of apesor monkeys. Ape lice areclose cousins of humanlice.Schmidt’s spot-nosedguenons pick lice from oneanother at the San DiegoZoo. This is called“grooming.” Monkeys andapes clean lice, pests anddead skin from oneanother. A monkey groomsanother monkey out offriendship or to makepeace.
Rookie Cookie’s RecipeDressed-Up Broccoli
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Meet Bill MurrayBill Murray stars as Mayor Cole in the movie
“City of Ember.”Bill has starred in many other movies,
including “Groundhog Day,” the “Ghost Busters”movies and “Scrooged.” He was the voice ofGarfield in the Garfield movies.
Bill, 58, was born in Wilmette, Ill. He haseight brothers and sisters. He and his siblingsworked as golf caddies while growing up.
He went to college to study medicine, but then joined the“National Lampoon Radio Hour.” Other actors from that showwent on to start “Saturday Night Live” on television. Bill laterjoined them on that show.
He owns a minor league baseball team in South Carolinacalled the Riverdogs. He and his brothers own a restaurant inFlorida.
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Go dot to dot and color this nasty pest.
All the following jokes have something in common.Can you guess the common theme or category?
Lucy: What keeps your teeth fromfalling out?
Leslie: Toothpaste!
Lindsay: Why are towels so entertaining?Lisa: They have a dry sense of
humor!
Lauren: How did the germs spread?Lyle: They flu!
You’ll need:• 1 (10-ounce) package fresh or frozen broccoli florets• 3 tablespoons low-fat sour cream• 2 tablespoons low-fat milk• 1 tablespoon low-fat mayonnaise• 3 tablespoons lemon juice• 1/4 teaspoon sugar• 1/8 teaspoon salt• 1/8 teaspoon pepper• 11/2 tablespoons sliced almondsWhat to do:1. Cook broccoli according to directions (either in microwave or on top of stove).2. Once broccoli is tender, cut into smaller pieces.3. Place all remaining ingredients (except almonds) in a small blender.4. Blend until smooth.5. Pour mixture over broccoli; top with almonds. Makes 4 servings.*You will need an adult’s help with this recipe.
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Lice like it cleanMore kids are
infested with headlice than everbefore. Expertsbelieve this isbecause kids arewith other kids somuch more, in daycare, class and
after-school activities. Experts thinkbetween 6 million and 12 millionAmerican kids get head lice each year.
Some people believe that people whoget lice are dirty. This is not true. Infact, it is just the opposite.
Lice like clean hair. It is harder forthem to cling to dirty, oily hair.Bloodsuckers
Lice suck bloodfrom the host’sbody. They needto feed every hourand a half.
The blood-sucking causesitching andirritation in theperson infestedwith lice. People can sometimes feelthem crawling through their hair. Butlice don’t cause disease. They don’t evencause welts, like mosquito bites do.
Moving inA female louse attaches an oval-
shaped egg to a person’s hair about one-half inch from the scalp. That spot iswhere the best hatching temperature is.
The egghatchesafter sevento 10 days.When anegg hatches,the emptylouse egg iscalled a nit.
When theegg is firstlaid, it is alight yellowor gray. Asthe babylousedevelops,the eggturns todark brown. After the louse hatches, thenit turns white.
After a baby louse hatches, it lives onits own. It immediately heads for thewarmth of the person’s scalp.
Learning More About Lice
Getting rid of liceLice are hard to get rid of. Lice
products sold without a prescriptionwill probably not get rid of all the liceon someone’s hair. Head lice haveprobably developed resistance to theseproducts.
If people get head lice, they may needa special product from the doctor. Theycan also use a nit comb to remove nitsand live lice. This takes a lot of work.
The most important thing to do is toremove live lice and nits from theperson’shead. It isnot asimportant towash allbedding,stuffedanimals andclothing. Licecannotusually livefor morethan 12hours awayfrom aperson’s hair.
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If you have been itching alot on your head or feelsomething crawling inyour hair, go to the doctoror the school nurse to getchecked. It is often hard tospot lice and nits. But yourmom or dad may be ableto spot lice by parting yourhair into small sectionsand then checking for liceon the scalp. Your parentsmay need a magnifyingglass and a bright light.
The Mini Page thanks Barb Ogg, entomologist,Extension Education, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, for help with this issue.
Site to see: http://lancaster.unl.edu/pest/lice
Look through your newspaper for stories andads about pests.
Next week The Mini Page celebratesThanksgiving with a story about turkeys.
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The female uses a glue in herbody to attach the egg to thehair. The nit stays glued tothe strand of hair even afterthe baby louse hatches. It ishard to get it off.
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A nit comb has teeth veryclose together, so it can pulleggs and nits from the hair.There are no chemicals onit. It has special oils to helpit go through the hairwithout pulling.
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Supersport: Katie SmithHeight: 5-11 Birthdate: 6-4-74
In the Women’s National Basketball Association championshipseries, Katie Smith played like a champion. With scoring spreesand clutch shots, she helped Detroit win its third professionalleague title in the last six seasons.
The Shock’s forward scored 25 points in the first game, 22in the second game, and then rallied her team with 15 second-
half points in the finals. Afterward, she hoisted the series’ Most ValuablePlayer trophy.
That didn’t shock anybody who has followed her career. Selected to theWNBA’s All-Decade Team in 2006, she has averaged 15.9 points in her nine-yearrun with Minnesota and Detroit (since 2005).
Before turning pro, Smith starred at Ohio State, where she earned a degree inzoology. Her jersey was the first female’s retired in the Buckeyes’ history.
Away from the court, Smith lists shooting pool and cooking as her favoritehobbies. At age 34, when some players are slowing down, she’s still “cooking” onthe basketball court as well.
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