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July/August 2012
A Publication for Slovene National Benefit Society Youth Members
“ S ummer afternoon –
summer afternoon ; to me
those have always been the
two most beautiful words
in the E nglish language .
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~ Henry James
Lazy Days
of Summer
OH SAY, CAN YOU SEE?
There’s some history behind
“The Star-Spangled Banner”
EVER WONDERED?
The answers to some
of your burning questions!
A DRAGON BY NIGHT
Take a look at the summer
night sky to see the dragon
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what’s
inside?
3 The Inner VOICE...
4-5 A Song for America
6-7 Ever Wondered?
diving into
summer
Summer is here! We hope
you’re enjoying your time
away from school, along with
your summer vacations and
time spent with friends. Soak
up some sun in the coming
months, and be sure to have
plenty of fun this summer!
We sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” all the time
now, but less than a century ago that wasn’t the case.
Beat the heat with some cool answers to the
questions of who, what, where, when, why and how.
8 A Dragon in the Summer Night Sky
Stargazing is a good way to relax on a warm summer
night, where Draco the dragon lies in wait to the north.
9
All About Slovenia
Slovenians take pride in their music, which is why the
Slovenian Philharmonic has been around since 1701.
10 Voice Graffiti
11 Coloring Contest
12 Summer Camp, the SNPJ Way!
Our young artists share their skills.
Spending a week at camp is a great summer activity,
and at SNPJ, we have camps for members of all ages!
13-14 Voice Games
15 Voice Answer Page
the
DEADLINE
for submissions to the
September/October issue is Aug.
10. We welcome your photos,
stories, drawings and ideas. If
you would like to submit any of
these for publication, please send
them to The Voice of Youth, 247
West Allegheny Road, Imperial,
PA 15126. Make sure your name,
age and Lodge or Circle number
are included. Material may also be
e-mailed to [email protected]
or submitted from the Publications
area of our web site, www.snpj.org.
The Voice of
YOUTH
Volume 91 • Issue 4
staff
the VOY
Jay Sedmak
Publications Editor
Kimberly Gonzalez
Associate Editor
Vida Kosir
Slovenian Editor
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THE VOICE OF YOUTH (ISSN 0042-8256) (USPS
663-180) is published bi-monthly by the Slovene National
Benefit Society (SNPJ), 247 West Allegheny Road, Imperial, PA 15126-9774, for its youth members. Annual
domestic and foreign subscription rate is $8 per year. Entered as second class matter Jan. 20, 1945, under postal
act of Aug. 24, 1912. Magazine began as MLADINSKI
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Voice of Youth, 247 West Allegheny Road, Imperial, PA
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additional mailing office.
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Keeping in step
with summer fun
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A
hhh, summer! Just the thought of the season is enough to make you
smile. It doesn’t take long to get into the summer groove, especially
since there’s no school to worry about for a while. It may be a little
sticky and steamy outside at times, but one good popsicle (or perhaps a hot
fudge sundae... yum!) and you’ll hardly even notice the heat and humidity.
If you’re anything like most people I know, I’ll bet you’re looking forward
to an active summer this year, even if “active” to you means watching the
Summer Olympic Games (or, more officially, the Games of the XXX Olympiad) on television July 27-August 12. London will certainly be a busy city
with all of the Olympic athletes and spectators in town!
Speaking of busy places, the SNPJ Recreation Center will also be bustling
with activity over the next few months. Summer really gets underway at the
Recreation Center during Slovenefest weekend (July 13-15 this year), followed by SNPJ Family Weeks in July and early August, the weekend-long
SNPJ TEL Workshop in mid-August, and National SNPJ Days over Labor
Day weekend in early September. The Recreation Center may be a busy
place during the summer months, but there’s always room for one more to
join in the fun! Make SNPJ part of your plans this year, and you’re sure to
have a summer to remember in 2012!
The staff here at The Voice of Youth will welcome summer by congratulating our May/June coloring contest winner, 8-year-old Lexington Koeck, a
member of Lodge 190 in St. Michael, Pa. We haven’t seen a lot of butterflies
outside this year, so it was really great to see your beautiful butterflies covering our walls here at the office. Keep up the good work with this issue’s
coloring contest!
Enjoy your summer! Have some fun while you’re taking a break from school,
and remember to keep SNPJ in your summer plans. We’ll see you again in
September, and by then we’ll all need to take a breather after the upcoming
busy and exciting months.
Editor
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A Song for America
The story behind
“The Star-Spangled Banner”
Do you remember when you first learned
the lyrics to the United States’ national
anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner?”
Probably not, but those lyrics were likely among the very
first songs you were taught when you started school. And
it’s a good thing you learned those lyrics. Let’s face it, we
hear the “The Star-Spangled Banner” all the time: before
every professional and amateur baseball and football game
(and most other athletic events for that matter), during
parades, on the evening news – and hopefully we’ll hear it
played often during the upcoming Summer Olympic Games
when American athletes are presented their gold medals!
Sure, we all know the lyrics to “The Star-Spangled Banner”
(well, most of us, anyway), but do you know the history
of our national anthem and why it was written in the first
place? Not only that, did you also know that “The StarSpangled Banner” wasn’t the first of America’s national
anthems? The story of the song is as interesting and historic
as the song itself.
Francis
Scott Key
In the Key
of Francis Scott
While it’s true that Francis Scott Key is most
famous for writing the poem titled “Defence
of Fort McHenry,” the verse of which would
become the lyrics to “The Star-Spangled
Banner,” Key was actually a famous lawyer
in his time. Among the numerous trials he
participated in, Key defended Congressman
Sam Houston when Houston was found
guilty of assaulting a fellow congressman
in 1832, and he also prosecuted Richard
Lawrence when he attempted to assassinate
President Andrew Jackson in 1835. Key was
unsuccessful in both trials, but he continued
to practice law until his death in 1843.
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To start with, “The Star-Spangled Banner” has been recognized as the United States’ official national anthem for just
a little over 80 years – which is quite surprising when you
consider that the United States has been around for over
230 years! But it’s true; the song wasn’t officially adopted
as our national anthem until March 3, 1931. Prior to 1931,
several songs served as the national anthem, including “Hail,
Columbia,” which was played during official government
functions throughout most of 1800s, and “My Country,
’Tis of Thee,” the melody of which is identical to the British national anthem.
When you learned the words to “The Star-Spangled Banner,” you no doubt also learned that the lyrics were written
in 1814, during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812,
by Francis Scott Key, a 35-year-old lawyer and amateur
poet. The lyrics of “The Star-Spangled Banner” are the
first stanza of Key’s four-stanza poem titled “Defence of
Fort McHenry.”
When Francis Scott Key started to pen the verses for
his poem “Defence of Fort McHenry” in the early
morning hours of September 14, 1814, he had just
witnessed a 25-hour-long British naval bombardment
of Fort McHenry, an American fort constructed after
the Revolutionary War to defend Baltimore Harbor.
Key wasn’t in the area of Fort McHenry simply to write
poetry; he was actually aboard a ship in the Chesapeake
Bay negotiating the exchange of prisoners who had been
captured during the War of 1812. Key was held captive
aboard a British ship throughout the naval battle and
was eventually released in Baltimore on September 16,
at which time he finished his poem.
Just days after its completion, two newspapers, The Baltimore Patriot and The American, printed Key’s poem,
adding the note “Tune: Anacreon in Heaven.” This tune,
more precisely titled “To Anacreon in Heaven,” was a
popular British song that was also popular in the United
States at the time. When the tune and Key’s poem were
combined into one song, the resulting composition was
renamed “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
Throughout the 1800s, the “The Star-Spangled Banner” grew in popularity as a patriotic song, particularly
during the Civil War, and in 1889 the Secretary of the
U.S. Navy ordered that “The Star-Spangled Banner”
be played during every naval flag-raising ceremony. The
song was on its way to becoming our country’s national
anthem, but there was still one big hurdle to clear: legislative approval.
Just before the United States entered the First World
War, President Woodrow Wilson recognized the need
for America to have a national anthem and felt that “The
Star-Spangled Banner” was an appropriate song. Trouble
was, several versions of the song were being performed at
that time, which meant that “The Star-Spangled Banner”
needed to be standardized. President Wilson asked the
Bureau of Education for their help, and they turned the
project over to five music composers, the most famous
of whom was John Philip Sousa. The composers worked
with the music and eventually approved a standardized
song, and their final version of “The Star-Spangled Banner” was first performed in December 1917.
Wilson was the first president to order that “The StarSpangled Banner” be played at all military and official
government events, and he was most likely the first president to hear the song played at a baseball game, since it
was performed during the seventh-inning stretch of the
1918 World Series. But he never had the opportunity to
approve a legislative order making “The Star-Spangled
Banner” the national anthem. That distinction is held
by President Herbert Hoover, who signed the anthem’s
congressional resolution over a decade later in 1931.
As the story goes, Robert L. Ripley, a sports cartoonist
who created the once-famous “Ripley’s Believe It or
Not!” cartoon, stirred our nation’s interest in a national
anthem with one of his cartoons back in 1929. Through
the cartoon, Ripley pointed out that Congress had refused to recognize “The Star-Spangled Banner,” and thus
the United States had no national anthem. The American
public was outraged! Millions of letters poured into
congressional offices, all demanding an explanation for
the lack of an American national anthem. As a result of
this letter-writing campaign, Congress eventually passed
a resolution making “The Star-Spangled Banner” the
national anthem, and President Hoover signed the bill
into law.
“The Star-Spangled Banner” hasn’t changed much at all
since 1931. Sure, it’s been sung literally millions of times
since then, but the music and lyrics have remained the
same all these years, unless you count the mistakes that
singers seem to make every so often, like Christina Aguilera did while performing the song prior to Super Bowl
XLV back in 2011. So learn those lyrics well – you never
know when you’ll be called upon to sing our national
anthem... or who you’ll be singing “The Star-Spangled
Banner” in front of!
The real Star-Spangled Banner
Nowadays when we hear the phrase “The Star-Spangled Banner,” we
think of the national anthem. But the Star-Spangled Banner also refers
to a flag; the flag that flew over Fort McHenry during the Battle of Fort
McHenry in the War of 1812, to be precise. This Star-Spangled Banner
(sometimes known as “the Great Garrison Flag”) is the exact same
flag that Francis Scott Key saw waving after a 25-hour British naval
bombardment. The flag has been restored – as best a battle flag can
be restored – and preserved, and is now on display in the Smithsonian
National Museum of American History.
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On March 11, 1931, a
contract was signed by Six
Companies Inc. to start
building the Hoover Dam.
WHO
built the Hoover Dam?
The Hoover Dam, located in the Colorado River on the border of Arizona and Nevada, is one of the largest manmade
objects in the world. Its construction was the combined
effort of many, specifically Six Companies Inc., a group of six
small construction companies that joined together
to build the dam. The company’s bid beat out two
other bids, and on March 11, 1931, Six Companies
signed the contract to begin building. Although they
were given seven years to complete the dam, the
21,000 men working on the job managed to finish
You hear a lot about allergies, especially during this time
the project in just five years. A formal dedication
of the year. But if you’re part of the lucky few who don’t
ceremony was held Sept. 30, 1935, and the Hoover
have to deal with allergies, you may not know exactly
Dam was officially accepted March 1, 1936.
what they are. Someone with an allergy has an extra
sensitive, overprotective immune system that reacts
defensively to a substance from food, plants or animals
that is generally harmless. Some allergic reactions are
mild – watery eyes, runny nose, hives – but some can be
extremely severe, even life-threatening – trouble breathing, extreme swelling, low blood pressure. Some of the
most common allergies are seasonal and can be brought
on by pollen, dust or grass (known as “hay fever”). Overthe-counter medicines that subdue mild symptoms are
available for common allergies, but those with severe
allergies often take prescription medicine to help reduce
The 2012 Olympic Games will be held in London,
the risk of a reaction.
England, July 27 through August 12. Athletes representing nearly 190 countries are expected to
participate. There will be a total of 39 divisions in 26
different sports, but they won’t all be your average athletic
events. Spectators can look forward to competition in
Taekwondo, mountain biking, fencing, even table tennis! As
Look closely...
the official logo for this
a first, women’s boxing will also be included in this year’s
year’s Olympic Games
games and will feature five different weight classes. Having
is an artistic rendition
played host in 1908 and 1948, London will be the first city
of the number 2012.
to host the modern Olympic Games three times.
WHAT
are allergies?
WHERE
will the next Olympic
Games be held?
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Displaying the flag of
the United States was
among the first tasks
completed on the Moon.
WHEN
WHY
did man walk on the moon?
It’s pretty common knowledge that Neil Armstrong
was the first person to step foot on the moon, but if
you were put on the spot right now, could you name
the date this historic event took place? On July 20,
1969, the world witnessed the first-ever moon landing,
ending the “Space Race” between the United States
and Soviet Union. American astronaut Neil Armstrong
opened the door of the lunar module at 10:39 p.m.,
nearly five hours ahead of schedule, and headed down
the ladder to the surface of the moon. Attached to the
module was a television camera that sent the video
signal of the moon landing to Earth. At 10:56 p.m., more
than a billion people listening on Earth heard Armstrong say
“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”
after taking his first step on the moon.
does the
sloth move so slowly?
As if their name didn’t give it away, sloths aren’t
known for their speed. In fact, they are the
slowest-moving mammals on Earth! But there
is a good reason sloths have a “slow and steady”
state of mind. Since sloths tend to hang out
in the treetops to avoid predators, their diet
consists heavily of leaves which provide little
nutrition. Without proper nourishment, sloths
are left with almost no energy. To deal with this
lack of nutrition, sloths have a very low
metabolic rate, almost half the rate of
a similarly sized animal. Sloths also keep
a very low body temperature to avoid
burning extra calories. So what’s the
And the answer is: 2.5 million light years... seriously! The
key to conserving energy, keeping a low
Andromeda galaxy, located 2.5 million light years from
metabolic rate and cool body temperaEarth, is visible to the naked eye. It’s possible to see someture? Moving very s l o w l y !
thing so far because the distance the human eye can see
depends on how much light an object emits. Andromeda
galaxy’s one trillion stars allow enough light to hit the
Earth to make it visible. Generally speaking, the human eye
can only see about three miles at sea level because of the
curvature of the Earth. Rarely will the eye see more than
12 miles, even on a clear day, because of air pollution and
water vapor. On top of Mt. Everest, one can see as far as
211 miles before the clouds get in the way.
HOW
far can the human eye see?
Sloths do just about everything
while hanging upside down:
eat, sleep, even give birth!
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Draco
A dragon in
the summer
night sky
When it comes to stargazing, summer is often referred
to as a mixed bag: there’s plenty to see in the summer night sky,
but summer nights are relatively short (in comparison to winter
nights), and more often than not they’re overcast or hazy. But
let’s face it – it’s summer, and that means the nights are warm
and everyone is staying up later than normal, so stargazing
is a popular summer activity.
Draco
“the Dragon”
Some summer night while you’re lazing around the back yard
after a full day of activity, turn your attention to the northern
sky and you just might be able to pick out the constellation
Draco. Does that name sound familiar? No? Then how about
this: Draco Lucius Malfoy? Yes, Harry Potter’s despicable
classmate and this constellation share the same name, Draco,
which means “dragon” in Latin.
The Draco constellation is one of the oldest observed constellations.
In fact, Draco was among the 48 constellations listed by Ptomely, a
second century astronomer. For us here in the northern hemisphere,
Draco is a circumpolar constellation, meaning it never sets. The
Draco constellation doesn’t appear very brightly in the early and
mid-summer skies, but in late summer and early autumn, when the
skies start to clear, you’ll be better able to see Draco as it winds its
way around the Little Dipper (Ursa Minor) and in the space between the Little Dipper and Big Dipper (Ursa Major) through the
northern sky. When you’re looking for Draco, find the North Star
(Polaris), which will be very bright, and then find the Little Dipper.
Draco will be below the bottom of the “pan” on the Little Dipper.
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Polaris
“the North Star”
Ursa Minor
“the Little Dipper”
Ursa Major
“the Big Dipper”
A graphic representation
of the Draco constellation,
which stretches across
the northern night sky
between the Little Dipper
and the Big Dipper.
all about
Slovenia
Slovenia’s Philharmonic:
beautiful music since 1701
Few countries can boast of a musical institute that has
survived three centuries, but Slovenia can do just that. For
over 300 years, members of the Slovenian Philharmonic
have been performing instrumental and choral music both
at home and around the world, and the philharmonic’s
musical legacy is quite impressive.
The Slovenian Philharmonic traces its 300-year history
back to 1701 and the beginnings of the Academia Philharmonicorum in Ljubljana. This music academy was followed
by the Philharmonic Society in 1794 and the first Slovenian
Philharmonic Society (1908-1913), making today’s philharmonic one of the oldest musical institutes in the world.
Honorary members of the Slovenian Philharmonic include
such notable figures as Josef Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven,
Niccolò Paganini, Johannes Brahms and Carlos Kleiber.
The philharmonic is comprised of several groups (the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Slovenian Chamber Choir,
the Slovenian Philharmonic String Chamber Orchestra,
the Slowind Quintet, and the Tartini String Quartet), each
of which performs a series of concerts every year. While
at home in Slovenia, performances are staged at the philharmonic halls in Ljubljana – the larger Kozinova dvorana
(Kozina Hall) and the smaller Osterčeva dvorana (Osterc
Hall) – and even more often at the Cankarjev dom Culture
and Congress Centre.
Slovenian Language
Let’s learn some Slovenian phrases. In order to learn any
language we must first learn to pronounce the letters. At
the bottom of this section, the letters and examples of how
they are to be pronounced are listed. In the first column
is the letter, the second column the pronunciation and the
third column an example of the sound in English. After
each phrase listed, a phonetic pronunciation is given as
a guide for you.
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ball
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cats
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dda
dog
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five
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happy
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cake
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paper
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red
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shoe
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flute
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treasure
Some Fun in the Sun...
Baseball is my favorite summer sport.
Baseball je moj najljubši poletni šport.
base•ball ye moi nigh•lube•shee poe•late•nee
shport
I like to swim when it’s hot outside.
Jaz rad plavam kadar je zunaj vroče.
yaz rad pla•vam ka•dar ye zoo•nigh vro•che
There are many parades in the summer months.
V poletnih mesecih je zelo veliko parad.
v poe•late•nee may•set•see je zay•low
vay•lee•ko pa•rad
My friends and I will be camping this weekend.
Moji prijatelji in jaz bomo ta konec tedna taborili.
moy•ee pree•ya•tay•lee in yaz bow•mow ta
koe•nets tayd•na ta•bow•ree•lee
The Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of
maestro George Pehlivanian, during a 2008 performance.
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graffiti
voice
Carter Jones
Borough of SNPJ, Pa., Lodge 776
Age 4
Molly McFarland
Cleveland, Ohio
Lodge 5
Age 10
What’s
missing?
Your
ARTWORK!
Kennedy Jones
Warren, Ohio, Lodge 321
Age 6
Send your submissions to
The Voice of Youth
247 West Allegheny Road
Imperial, PA 15126
They put his
ugly mug on the
five dollar bill?
A Laugh
over Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was once
accused of being two-faced.
Lincoln replied, “If I had two
faces, do you think this is the
one I’d be wearing?”
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Looks like someone started building this
gigantic sand castle but had to leave the beach before they were done. Finish it off with some detail
before high tide washes it away! Add a seashell or
two, a burst of color, and you just might win this
issue’s coloring contest. Send your entries to The
Voice of Youth, 247 West Allegheny Road, Imperial,
PA 15126. All entries must be received by August 10.
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the skinny on
We hate to say it, but August is
just around the corner. A new
school year will be starting soon,
complete with early morning
wake-ups, after school practices,
and schedules overflowing with
homework and extra-curricular
activities. Before it’s time to hit
the books again, ask yourself this
question:
Am I taking advantage of my time off?
Possibly one of the best ways to take full advantage of summer vacation is to attend camp. Whether it’s an overnight
camp or just a few hours during the day, camp is a great place to make friends and try new experiences. Traditionally,
summer camps involve cabins in the woods with a lake for swimming or boating, and an itinerary filled with outdoor
adventures that allow campers to learn while having fun. Today’s summer camps can take place anywhere, from a
cabin to a classroom, as more and more camps are geared toward a specific interest: science, sports, religion – even
weight loss. Many summer camps in Slovenia are language-related and teach campers a second language, like English.
SNPJ knows all about summer camps. We have a long history of camp experience and offer camps for members of
every age. And one of the best parts of being a member of SNPJ is that you’re invited to attend them all!
• Youth Roundup is an exciting week of swimming, games, arts & crafts, and so much
more for 7- to 12-year-old members.
• Teens Experience Leadership Workshop is a weekend camp for 13- to
17-year-old members to develop strong leadership skills in a group-oriented atmosphere.
• Young Adult Conference is another weekend-long program, this time for 18- to
30-year-old members to learn about SNPJ membership benefits, and to voice their ideas,
opinions and concerns regarding the Slovene National Benefit Society.
• Family Weeks allow member-families to spend a week at the SNPJ Recreation Center
with organized activities for all ages (there are two Family Weeks each summer).
• Senior Week gives senior SNPJ members a week-long camp to renew past friendships and
enjoy some camaraderie along with special activities.
Although some of our camps have already come and gone this summer, don’t worry; they return to the Recreation
Center every summer, and SNPJ is always looking for new faces to join the fun. In the meantime, it may not be too
late to find a camp near you for this summer. Even if it is too late to register for this year, you can research camps you
might be interested in for next summer. The American Camp Association offers a really neat search engine on their
website that allows you to search specifically what you’re looking for: date, location, overnight/day, sleeping arrangements, amenities and more! Check it out at acacamps.org/findacamp. Happy camping!
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2. You play baseball with
a bat and _____
5. He calls the balls and
strikes in baseball
6. A penny equals
one _____
8. Opposite of few
9. Nike slogan:
“Just ___ It!”
10. Abbreviation for
a company
11. You fish with a
rod and _____
13. Opposite of difficult
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follows spring
2. Two-wheeled
vehicle with pedals
3. “Where ____ you?”
4. When you make
a loan, you _____
someone money
7. Neither yesterday
nor tomorrow
12. Short for Edward
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