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SUNDAY, MAY 30, 2010
photo by Joint Combat Camera Afghanistan RSSC
photo by Master Sgt. Keith Brown, courtesy U.S. Air Force
photo by Michael Murphree, © 2010 DreamWorks Animation LLC. All Rights Reserved
from The Mini Page © 2010 Universal Uclick
Getting to Know Each Other
Bridging the gap
Cultural differences,or
different ways of life, can create misunderstandings. Civil affairs troops get training from people who have been in the country before them. But it takes a long time to learn about another culture, especially when it is very different from our own. In city areas, Afghan ideas about Americans might come from movies. They often think all Americans have gun battles in the streets and drive around in fast cars.
Cultural differences
One of the biggest cultural differences is that in Afghanistan men and women are often kept separate except within families. Sometimes even talking about a person of the opposite sex can mean trouble. For example, a man can ask how
an Afghan man’s son is doing in school. But he could upset the other man if he asked the same question about his daughter. PRTs try to learn about the Afghan
people. They may begin by sitting down with people in the village and having a cup of tea.
The Mini Page thanks Lt. Col. Rob Golley and Capt. Robert Chamberlin, U.S. Central Command, civil affairs, for help with this issue.
Next week, The Mini Page is about soccer’s World Cup.
Helping women
PRTs are helping to set up different job training programs for women. Afghan women usually have no way of earning their own money. In many parts of Afghanistan, widows cannot remarry. They can’t get jobs. Their male relatives must support them and their children. PRTs are setting up programs to
help women support themselves. For example, U.S. military and Afghan doctors are training women to be midwives, or women who help deliver babies. One PRT program helped women
start a poultry farm. The women live there, caring for chickens and eggs. Other programs might find women
jobs sewing and knitting garments and weaving sheep’s wool into cloth.
Look through your newspaper for stories about our troops.
The Mini Page Staff
Betty Debnam - Founding Editor and Editor at Large Lisa Tarry - Managing Editor Lucy Lien - Associate Editor Wendy Daley - Artist
A U.S. Army major gives crayons to an Afghan boy. Supplies were donated by a school in Algonquin, Ill. Crayons are so rare in Afghanistan that in one case, each child got one crayon from a box.
A U.S. sergeant and a U.S. Department of Agriculture representative plant Afghan pine tree saplings at a demonstration farm on a U.S. base. U.S. agricultural experts use the farm to teach Afghan farmers about advanced techniques.
National Guard troops from farming areas in the U.S. led the way in creating programs to improve Afghan crops. Troops help with everything from grape production to rice harvesting.
Help from home
U.S. military families collect most
of the school supplies that troops give to kids in Afghanistan. Kids really need notebooks, pencils, pens, shoes and winter coats. Civil affairs officers say they often see kids running around barefoot in 3 feet of snow. They warn people not to send anything religion-based. This might be an insult to the Afghan people.
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Antonio Banderas and Puss in Boots
Mini Spy . . .
• ruler • lips
• flyswatter • kite • arrow
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Mini Spy and Basset Brown are boxing up supplies to give to kids in Afghanistan. See if you can find: • bell • ax • exclamation mark • question mark • word MINI • peanut • letter E • letter A • letter H • ladder • seal
• number 7
Rookie Cookie’s Recipe
Ants in a Boat
You’ll need:
• 1 medium apple • 1 tablespoon lemon juice • 2 tablespoons whipped cream cheese • honey to drizzle • 24-32 golden raisins
What to do:
1. Cut apple into 8 wedges. 2. Brush lemon juice on cut surface of apple wedges to keep them from turning brown.
3. Spoon cream cheese evenly on top of apple wedges. 4. Lightly drizzle honey on cream cheese. 5. Arrange 3 to 4 raisin “ants” on cream cheese.
You will need an adult’s help with this
recipe.from The Mini Page © 2010 Universal Uclick
Meet Antonio Banderas
player until he broke his foot when he was 14. He then went to drama school. He began acting in several plays in small theaters in Spain. He worked as a waiter and as a model and acted in movies in Spain. When he got his first acting role in a Hollywood movie, he still couldn’t
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Supersport: Phil Mickelson
Height: 6-3
Weight: 200 Residence: Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
Phil Mickelson slipped on another green jacket, hoisted
a shiny trophy, and flashed that big smile. By winning his third Masters golf championship, his fourth major
tournament and his 38th PGA Tour title, he solidified his place among golf’s best players. In Augusta, Ga., Mickelson played with boldness and a masterful
touch, shooting 16 under par in an emotion-packed week for him and his family. There to share the triumph with him was wife Amy, their three children and Phil’s mother. Not only is Mickelson, a former Arizona State All-American, an elite
player, but he is also one of the most likeable on the tour, a fan favorite whose great personality matches his great golf performances.
Birthdate: 6-16-70
All the following jokes have something in common. Can you guess the common theme or category?
Barry: What do you call the first one to get in the bathtub?
Beth: The ring leader!
Bob: What do you take when you have a phone in your bathtub?
Brad: Babble baths!
Ben: What do lizards put on the walls around their bathtub?
Barbara: Reptiles!
speak English. He had to learn to speak his lines using phonics, a way of sounding out each word.
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Boots in the movie “Shrek Forever After.” He has been the voice of Puss in Boots in other Shrek movies. Antonio has starred in several movies, including “The Mask of Zorro.” He trained with the Spanish national fencing team to learn the sword moves for that movie. He also acted as Gregorio in the “Spy Kids” movies. Antonio, 49, was born in Malaga, Andalusia, Spain. He wanted to be a soccer
Antonio Banderas is the voice of Puss in
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