Latest / Children's Hour / 6.7.25 - Part 1
Transcript
- 0:02Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to Realize Charm Story Hour. As a reminder,
- 0:06REOI is a reading service intended for people are blind
- 0:10or have other disabilities that make it difficult to read
- 0:13printed material. Today we will be reading from various books
- 0:17on states in the United States, and your reader today
- 0:20is Diane. We will continue with the book Vermont. It
- 0:26was published by Bellweather Media, has a copyright year of
- 0:31twenty twenty two and the author of our book is
- 0:39Colleen Sexton. Festivals and Traditions. Ver Mantras enjoy the Bradalborough
- 0:46Winter Carnival in February. They join in games, ski races,
- 0:51and sleigh rights. June's Quishy Hot Air Balloon Festival draws
- 0:55crowds from across the region. Festival Goers enjoy balloon rides
- 1:00high in the sky, food and live music entertained people
- 1:04on the ground. Their Vermont State Fair takes place each
- 1:07August in Rutland. Livestock shows, musical performances and more bring
- 1:14Vermontors together to celebrate summer. The town of South Caroll
- 1:18hosts Apple Festival each October. A petting zoo, cider pressing contest,
- 1:24and other activities honor the annual harvest. There's so much
- 1:28to see and do in Vermont. Vermont Timeline sixteen o
- 1:33nine explore. Samuel D. Champlain claims Vermont for France. Sixteen
- 1:40sixty six. France establishes Fort Saints An on Lake Champlain.
- 1:46Seventeen seventy, vermontre Ethan Allen forms a group called the
- 1:52Green Mountain Boys to keep New Yorkers from taking their land.
- 1:56Seventeen seventy five, Vermont joins a thirteen colony needs to
- 2:00fight in the Revolutionary War. Seventeen ninety one, Vermont becomes
- 2:05the fourteenth state. Eighteen eighty one, Vermont native Chester A.
- 2:10Arthur becomes the twenty first US president. Nineteen twenty three,
- 2:16Vermont native Calvin Coolidge becomes the thirtieth US President. Nineteen seventy,
- 2:23Vermont passes the Environmental Control Law to protect the state's
- 2:27land and wildlife. Twenty eleven, Vermont experiences serious footing after
- 2:32Hurricane Irene strikes. Twenty nineteen, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont
- 2:38runs for president. Vermont FACX. The nickname is the Green
- 2:44Mountain State model Freedom and Unity. Date of statehood March fourth,
- 2:49seventeen ninety one. Capital City, Montpellar Other major cities Burlington, EXUS,
- 2:58South Burlington, coach Chester, Rutland, Bennington area nine nine hundred
- 3:04and sixteen square miles. Vermont is the forty fifth largest state.
- 3:10Adopted in nineteen twenty three. Vermont's flag features the state
- 3:14coats of arms on a blue background. A pine tree
- 3:17on the coat of arms represents the state's forest, a
- 3:20cow and bundles of wheatstain for agriculture. The green mountains
- 3:25are in the background. A deer's head atop the coat
- 3:27of arms represent Vermont's wildlife. The state's name and model
- 3:31appear on a red banner below the coat of arms.
- 3:35The state's industry main exports paper, machine parts and electronic parts,
- 3:42aircraft parts, natural resources, soil, forests, granite, marble, slate, talc,
- 3:51state symbols, state bird, hermit, thrush, state animal, morgan, horse,
- 3:57state flower, red clover, state tree, sugar maple. Our next
- 4:04book is Tied on New Jersey and it was published
- 4:07by bell Weather Media has a copyright ear of twenty
- 4:12twenty two and the author of the book is Rachel
- 4:18A Closter. Grat the Jersey Shore, a family arrives bright
- 4:25and early for their day on the Jersey Shore. They
- 4:28carry beach bags, towels and umbrellas onto the sand. The
- 4:32sun is shining and the water is warm. It is
- 4:34time to swim. They run into the water, jumping over
- 4:38small waves. At lunchtime, they hitch a restaurant along the boardwalk.
- 4:43Each family member enjoys a slice of pizza, followed by
- 4:46a co cup of Italian ice. Later, they take a
- 4:50ride on the ferris wheel. From the top, they can
- 4:52see the ocean stretched out for miles. Welcome to New Jersey.
- 4:58New Jersey is a small state on the east coast
- 5:00of the United States. It has an area of eight thousand,
- 5:04seven hundred and twenty three square miles, is the fourth
- 5:07smallest state. New York lies to the northeast. The Hudson
- 5:11River separates the states along the northeastern border. The Atlantic
- 5:16Ocean lies to the east. The Delaware Bay is to
- 5:19the south. To the west, the Delaware River separates New
- 5:23Jersey from Pennsylvania and Delaware. Trenton, the state capital, sits
- 5:28along the Delaware River in west central New Jersey. Other
- 5:32important cities include Newark, Jersey City, and Patterson in the northeast.
- 5:40New Jersey's beginnings people first arrived in New Jersey more
- 5:44than ten thousand years ago. Over time, Native American tribes
- 5:48formed the Lenni Lenappe were the most prominent. In fifteen
- 5:53twenty four, Italian explorer Giovanni de Veronzo visited the area.
- 6:00Settlers from England and the Netherlands soon followed. Bergen became
- 6:04the first permanent European settlement in sixteen sixty four. Years later,
- 6:09New Jersey became one of the thirteenth original colonies. New
- 6:13Jersey played an important road during the Revolutionary War. Over
- 6:17one hundred battles took place there. In seventeen eighty seven,
- 6:20New Jersey became the third state to join the United States.
- 6:28Native Peoples of New Jersey or the Rampo lant up
- 6:33the Pahwatten ran up in the Natchekoke Glennen Lanape. The
- 6:40Atlantic Coastal Plain covers southern New Jersey. Within its vast
- 6:45area of trees called the Pine Barrens, The rolling hills
- 6:48of the peanot Keedmont spread across north central New Jersey.
- 6:53The Rocky Highlands lie just to the north. The Rugged
- 6:56Ridge and Valley cuts through the northwest corner of the state.
- 7:01On the coast, lagoons separate Barrier Islands from the rest
- 7:04of the state. Winters are cold through most of New Jersey.
- 7:08Heavy snowstorm storms are common in the northwest. Summers get
- 7:13humid and hot. Thunderstorms are common in the summer and fall.
- 7:17Hurricanes may hit the coast. New Jerseys home to many
- 7:22animal species. In the highlands, hawks and eagles swoop on
- 7:27snakes and lizards. Black bears, white tailed deer and bobcats
- 7:31roam the ridge and valley across the Piedmont. Woodpeckers knock
- 7:35on trees, while falcons hunt wood rats and salamanders. Rare
- 7:40bob turtles are New Jersey state reptile. They live in
- 7:45wetlands across the state, colorful pine barrens. Tree frogs are
- 7:50found only in southern New Jersey along the Atlantic Coast.
- 7:54Herons wide through wetlands, jabbing at fish, frogs and reptiles,
- 7:59wells and docks. Offens and sea turtles can be spotted
- 8:02from shore. More than nine million people live in New Jersey.
- 8:08Its small size and big population give the state the
- 8:12highest population density in the United States. About nine out
- 8:17of ten New Jerseyans live in urban areas. Many live
- 8:20in large cities such as Eric or Jersey City. Members
- 8:24of the state small Native American population may live on reservations.
- 8:31More than half of New Jerseyans have European ancestors. Hispanic
- 8:36residents make up the next largest group, followed by Black
- 8:39or African Americans and Asian Americans. In recent years, immigrants
- 8:44have come to New Jersey. Newcomers are from India, the
- 8:48Dependican Republic in Mexico. A famous New Jersey and is
- 8:53Queen Latif Latifa, who was born March eighteenth, nineteen seventy.
- 8:59Her hometown Newark, New Jersey. She's famous for an award
- 9:03winning rapper, senior and actor and famous for a Rose
- 9:06in Chicago, Hairspray, Bessie, and many other films. In sixteen
- 9:14sixty six, colonists founded the town that would become Newark.
- 9:18It grew into a busy shipping center because of its
- 9:21location on the Pasic River in Newark Bay. By the
- 9:25eighteen eighties, Newark was known for leather, jewelry, and shoe manufacturing. Today,
- 9:31New York is New Jersey's largest city, is a major
- 9:34shipping center. Businesses still make leather goods and jewelry, Electronics, furniture,
- 9:40and publishing are also big industries. People in Newark gather
- 9:45at the Prudential Center for concerts and events. They browse
- 9:49art at the Newark Museum. Branch Brook Park is popular
- 9:53when it's cherry blossom trees bloom in the spring. New
- 9:58Jersey was a top supplier iron ore in the eighteen hundreds.
- 10:02Today granite, sand and gravel are mined instead. Fishing and
- 10:07timber also important natural resources. New Jersey has good farming
- 10:11soil too. Is a leading producer of blueberries, cranberries, and
- 10:16egg plant. Other major crops include peaches, asparagus, and bell peppers.
- 10:21Most New Jersey's work service jobs at schools, hospitals, or stores.
- 10:27Many others work in manufacturing. They make medicine, medical equipment,
- 10:32and electronics. Chemicals and processed foods are also made in
- 10:37New Jersey. Invented in New Jersey, the Campbell's soup was
- 10:43invented in eighteen sixty nine by Joseph A. Campbell. The
- 10:47phonograph invent in eighteen seventy seven inventor Thomas Edison. The
- 10:52electric light bulb invent in eighteen seventy nine by Thomas Edison.
- 10:57Drive in theaters invent in nineteen thirty by Richard Holland's
- 11:02Head Park in theaters. New Jersey has many tasty dishes.
- 11:07Italian hot dogs are served inside pizza crust and topped
- 11:10with peppers, potatoes, and onions. Tomato pies are also inspired
- 11:15by Italy. They are like upside down pizzas. There's cheese
- 11:20on the crust and tomato on top. Pork roads are
- 11:24another state favorite. Ground ham is sliced, fried, and stocked
- 11:28in an egg sandwich. A New Jersey style sloppy joe
- 11:31is a deli meat sandwich top with Swiss cheese, post
- 11:35law and Russian dressing. Lobster, fish and crab sandwiches are
- 11:39popular along the Jersey Shore. Salt water taffy is a
- 11:44favorite sweet. Football is one of New Jersey's most popular sports.
- 11:50The New York Jets and the New York Giants both
- 11:52play in New Jersey. Hockey fans route for the New
- 11:55Jersey Devils or the Metropolitan Riveters. Many people cheer for
- 12:00the New Jersey New York Gotham FC soccer team II.
- 12:05There are many places see art in New Jersey. People
- 12:08wander the Sculpture Park at the Grounds for Sculpture and Hamilton,
- 12:12the Princeton University Art Museum displays over eighty thousand art pieces.
- 12:17Boardwalks along the Jersey Shore draw many visitors in the summertime.
- 12:22State park hiking is also popular. Winter draws people outside
- 12:26for skiing and snowboarding. New Jerseys celebrate the many cultures
- 12:33that shape their state. Each June, thousands of people visit
- 12:37the Hungarian Festival in New Brunswick. They eat traditional foods
- 12:41and watch folk dances. In August, the Puerto Rican Heritage
- 12:45Festival and Parade travels the streets of Jersey City. The
- 12:49Whole Bulkan Italian Festival draws crowds. Every September, people cheer
- 12:55on competitors in the Piece of Eating contest. The Jersey
- 12:59Shore hosts of celebrations too. Each May, the sky fills
- 13:02with colorful kites the Wildwoods International Kite Festival. In July.
- 13:07People look out for decorated boats at Ocean City's Night
- 13:11in Venice Voats Parade. There's always something to celebrate in
- 13:16New Jersey. New Jersey Timeline fifteen twenty four. Giovanni de
- 13:23Voronzo is the first known European twops for New Jersey
- 13:28sixteen sixty Bergen, later renamed Jersey City, comes the first
- 13:33permanent European settlement in New Jersey. Sixteen sixty four, New
- 13:38Jersey becomes an English colony. Sixteen sixty six. Colonists found
- 13:43president Day Newark. Seventeen seventy six to seventeen eighty three,
- 13:48New Jersey is an important battleground of the Revolutionary War
- 13:53seventeen eighty seven. New Jersey becomes the third state eighteen
- 13:58sixty one. At eighteen six sixty five, New Jerseyans fight
- 14:02for the Union Army during the Civil War. Nineteen seventy eight,
- 14:07the Pilans becomes the first US National Reserve. In nineteen
- 14:12ninety three, Christine Todd Whitman is elected New Jersey's first
- 14:16female governor. Nineteen ninety five, the New Jersey Devil's hockey
- 14:20team win the Stanley Cup for the first time. Twenty twelve,
- 14:25Hurricane sandyheads New Jersey, causing massive damage. Twenty twenty, Fabbiana
- 14:33Pierre Lewis becomes the first black woman to join New
- 14:37Jersey State Supreme Court. New Jersey facts nickname the Garden
- 14:42State Model, Liberty and Prosperity data statehood December eighteenth, seventeen
- 14:48eighty seven. Capital city is Trenton, other major cities. Newark,
- 14:54Jersey City Patterson area eight thousand, seven hundred and twenty
- 14:58three score miles. New Jersey is the fourth smallest state.
- 15:03New Jersey state flag is light yellow and its center
- 15:07is the state seal. A blue shield has three plows
- 15:10in it. These represent New Jersey's farming. On top of
- 15:14the shield as a helmet. Above the helmet is a horse,
- 15:17New Jersey state animal. Two Roman godsses, Libertas and Cyrus
- 15:22stand on either side of the shield. They represent the
- 15:25state model. A blue banner below the shield shows the
- 15:29state model and the year the seal was adopted. Man exports, chemicals,
- 15:36medical drugs, electronics, plants, fruit, natural resources, stone, sand, gravel, fish, timber.
- 15:44State symbols, state bird, eastern goldfinch, state animal, horse, state flower,
- 15:51common blue, violet, state tree, northern red oak. Our next
- 15:58book is titled Oak Oklahoma and it was published by
- 16:02bell Weather Media as a copyright year of twenty twenty
- 16:06two and the author is Colleen Sexton. Road Trip a
- 16:14family is driving along Route sixty six through Oklahoma. They
- 16:19are visiting some of the historics Highway's offbeat sites. The
- 16:22family stops of the world's tallest concrete totem Poe in Chelsea.
- 16:27It rises ninety feet tall. Nix is the blue wheal
- 16:30of Cartousa. The family enters the giant Well sculpture through
- 16:34its wide open mouth. Soon the family reaches the Arcadia
- 16:40Round Barn. This eighteen ninety eight wooden structure is the
- 16:43most photographed landmark on Route sixty six. Before long, a
- 16:47giant soda pop bottle invites a family to pops. This
- 16:52Arcadia restaurant offers seven hundred flavors of soda. Welcome to Oklahoma.
- 17:00Oklahoma lies in the south central United States, is about
- 17:04halfway between the east and west coast. The saucepan shaped
- 17:08state covers sixty nine thousand, eight hundred ninety nine square miles.
- 17:13Northwestern Panhandle is a narrow strip of land that touches
- 17:16New Mexico to the west. Colorado and Kansas lie to
- 17:20the north. Missouri and Arkansas, or Oklahoma's eastern neighbors. Texas,
- 17:25borders Oklahoma to the south and west. The Red River
- 17:28flows along much of the southern border. Oklahoma City is
- 17:32the capital and largest city. It sits in the center
- 17:35of the state. Other major cities include Tulsa, Norman and
- 17:40Broken Arrow. Oklahoma's beginnings. Hunters followed herds of bison into
- 17:47Oklahoma more than ten thousand years ago. Over time, they
- 17:51formed many tribes that built villages and grow crops. In
- 17:54fifteen forty one, European explorers reached Oklahoma. It became part
- 17:59of the States through the Louisiana Purchase in eighteen o three.
- 18:03In the eighteen thirties, the US government forced many Native
- 18:06Americans to move from the southeastern US to Oklahoma. Thousands
- 18:11died during this jurning, known as the Trail of Tiers.
- 18:15The government opened Oklahoma to sailors in the late eighteen hundreds,
- 18:19newcomers flowing into the area. In nineteen oh seven, Oklahoma
- 18:23became the forty six state. Native peoples of Oklahoma Cherokee Nation,
- 18:30Creek Nation, and Chacowah Nation. Most of Oklahoma's flat plains
- 18:39the high Plains cover the Panhandle. The region's flat topped
- 18:44Blacknessa is the state's highest point. The land gradually lowers
- 18:49to the red bed plains. In central Oklahoma. The northeast
- 18:54streams flow through steep valleys in the O Sark Plateau.
- 18:58Several low four ridges run east to west on the
- 19:02eastern border. Wetlands and farmlands spread along the Red River.
- 19:06In the southeast, the Arbuckle and which Sheta mountains stand
- 19:11in the south. Oklahoma has hot summers, Strong thunderstorms and
- 19:16tornadoes can strike this time of year. Winters are mild,
- 19:19but ice storms can pose a danger. Oklahoma's grassy plains
- 19:24are home to many animals. Ar medellos, woodchucks and mows
- 19:29dig underground tunnels. Prairie dogs pop out of their burrels,
- 19:33keen snakes and Rattlesnakes hiding grasses and rocks. Bison roam
- 19:38around protected lands. Road Runners chase lizards and scorpions. Scissored
- 19:44tail flycatchers soar high above the land. The states Ford
- 19:48shelter of raccoons, possums and foxes, Red headed woodpeckers, blue
- 19:53jays and northern mocking birds perch and branches. Deer dash
- 19:58between the trees, trot and catfish swim in Oklahoma's rivers
- 20:03and lakes. Nearly four million people live in Oklahoma. Large
- 20:10cities are home to about two of every three residents.
- 20:13Others live in small cities and rural communities. About three
- 20:18out of four Oklahomas have ancestors from Europe. They arrived
- 20:22in the eighteen hundreds. The state has one of the
- 20:24largest Native American populations in the country. About one of
- 20:28every ten Oklahomas is Native American. Hispanic people make up
- 20:32the fastest growing population. Smaller numbers of Black and African
- 20:37Americans and Asian Americans live in the state. Recent immigrants
- 20:42come from Mexico, Vietnam, India, Germany, and Guatemala. A famous
- 20:47Oklahan Homian is Wilma Mankiller. She was born in November eighteenth,
- 20:54nineteen forty five and died April sixth, twenty ten. Her
- 20:58hometown was Oklahoma. She was famous for Native American rights activists,
- 21:05who served as the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation.
- 21:12Oklahoma City grew around a train stop near the North
- 21:16Canadian River. The settlement grew during the Oklahoma Land Run
- 21:19of eighteen a nine. Oklahoma City became the state capital
- 21:23in nineteen ten. Today, it is the state's largest city
- 21:27and a center for oil production. Tinker Air Force Base
- 21:31is one of the largest employers. Residents head downtown to
- 21:36shops and restaurants in Bricktown. They explored galleries in the past.
- 21:40So Arts District community theaters and the Oklahoma City the
- 21:45Llahomaic drawbig audiences. The Marah Botanical Gardens is a popular park.
- 21:54Nearly two thousand animals bring visitors to the Oklahoma City Zoo.
- 22:00Most Oklahomians have service shops. Many work in hospitals, banks,
- 22:04and restaurants. The energy in industry also employs many people.
- 22:08Companies produce oil, natural gas, and wind energy. Other workers
- 22:13mine coat, limestone, and salt. Helium and I dying are
- 22:17also important natural resources. Oklahoma is the only state that
- 22:21produces ie dying. Farmland stretches across much of the state.
- 22:25The rich soil is ideal for growing wheat, corn, and ripe.
- 22:30Other important crops include cotton, pecans, and soybeans, rancher's ray,
- 22:34beet rays, beef, cattle, and horses. Factory workers make machinery
- 22:40and metal products. Things invented in Oklahoma. The yield sign
- 22:45was invented in nineteen fifty by Clinton Riggs. The parking
- 22:49meter invent in nineteen thirty five by Carl M. G.
- 22:53Voicemail invent in the nineteen seventies by Gordon Matthews. Shopping
- 22:58cart invented in nineteen thirty seven by Selvan Goman and
- 23:06fredge Young. Oklahoma has official state meal includes barbecue pork, chicken,
- 23:13fried steak, and sausage with biscuits and gravy. Corn Bread,
- 23:16grits and black eyed peas are served on the site.
- 23:19Other side dishes feature fried okra, fried squashing, corner vanil
- 23:24ends with strawberries, and the con pie. For dessert, fried
- 23:29bread tacos made with beans, chili, tomatos, and cheese are
- 23:33popular at pow wows. Onion burgers mixed beef with onions
- 23:38and are served on a bun. Families ate them during
- 23:41the Great Depression, when meat with scarce fried pies were
- 23:45a favorite cowboy treat. These fruit filled pach trees are
- 23:49still popular today. Oklahomians are huge sports fans. High school
- 23:56football games become community gatherings on Friday nights. Football fans
- 24:01fill the stands for the Sooners football team from the
- 24:04University of Oklahoma. Basketball fans cheer for the Oklahoma State Cowboys.
- 24:09They also follow the state's professional basketball team, the Oklahoma
- 24:13City thunder. Riding and roping events draw big crowds to
- 24:17Rodeo Arenas. Oklahomians enjoy swimming, boating, and fishing in the states,
- 24:23lakes and rivers. Hikers and horseback riders follow windy trails
- 24:28through forest, adventure lowers, go rock climbing, and explore caves.
- 24:32The state's theaters, art museums, and concert halls are also popular.
- 24:40Many of the Oklahoma's festivals reflect as Native American pioneer routes.
- 24:45At the Red Earth Festival in Oklahoma City, East June,
- 24:48Native American artists display their work. A powwow features thousands
- 24:52of dancers and traditional dress. Every April, the eighty nine
- 24:57Er Day Celebration remembers the Opaha Home and Lane Run
- 25:00of eighteen eighty nine, celebrating in various cities that includes
- 25:04carnivals and parades. Oklahoma and celebrate spring with the Azalea Festival.
- 25:10In April, more than thirty thousand azaleas flood in Mosge's
- 25:14Honor Heights Park. Oklahoma City hosts the State Fair every September,
- 25:20Oklahomians gathered to celebrate what makes their state great. Oklahoma
- 25:27Timeline fifteen forty one. Francisco Vlquez de Garnado is the
- 25:33first European to explore Oklahoma. Eighteen o three, the United
- 25:38States against Oklahoma in the Louisiana purchase. Eighteen thirties, US
- 25:43government forces thousands of Native Americans to move to Indian
- 25:47Territory in Oklahoma. Eighteen sixty seven, cowboys begin to drive
- 25:52cattle through Oklahoma to Kansas. Eighteen eighty nine. White sellers
- 25:56rush to claim land and parts of Oklahoma when the
- 25:59US government opens the territory for settlement. Eighteen ninety seven,
- 26:04Oklahoma's first commercial oil well is drilled in Barksville. Nineteen
- 26:10oh seven. Oklahoma comes to forty six state. Nineteen thirties,
- 26:14Thousands of Oklahoma has moved west in search of relief
- 26:17from a severe drought known as the dust bo Nineteen
- 26:20ninety five, National Terrace bombs the Alfred P. Murle Federal Building,
- 26:26Oklahoma City, causing one hundred and sixty eight people to
- 26:30lose their lives. Twenty thirteen, a powerful tornado and more
- 26:35takes the lives of twenty four people and destroys hundreds
- 26:38of homes and businesses. We will complete that story book
- 26:45next time. So this concludes our story I are for today.
- 26:50Please join us next time as we will read more stories,
- 26:53fables and fairy tales. Thank you for listening, and please
- 26:56stay tune for the lakes near Herald Leader on RADIOI