Yak's Corner (National Magazine) articles from September 2004

Yak's Corner (National Magazine) archives from September 2004

Summer postcards.(Letter to the Editor)
September 2, 2004... Thanks to all the Yak's Corner readers who dropped us a line. We're sharing some of our favorite postcards today. Dear Yak, We spent a week at Letchworth State Park in Castile, New York. It is a beautiful place called the "Grand Canyon...

Aw shucks, eat corn!(Eat Your Veggies)
September 2, 2004... The Yak loves vegetables--all kinds--especially at this time of year, when local farmers markets groan with piles of fresh-picked produce. Today's column is about corn, which is so good right now it's well worth eating several times a week. Get...

Celebrity faces.(Brief Article)
September 9, 2004... The Yak has talked with plenty of people over the last 9 years including rising stars in sports and entertainment. Some stars have continued to shine even brighter. We talked first to Lindsay Lohan when she was 12. Tayshaun Prince came to our...

Tracking the trends.
September 9, 2004... The Yak took a look back and can't believe all the trends in toys and collectibles that readers have shared. Here are some of the big ones. * POPULAR POGS: Originally from Hawaii, POGs started as caps on bottles of a drink made from...

News for young readers.
September 9, 2004... Yak's Corner covers news that makes headlines close to home and far away. Here are top stories we've written about for you since 1994. * Olympics: We just finished watching the Summer Games in Greece. Whether at home or at the Games in the...

Celebrating reading.
September 9, 2004... Reading is a big part of Yak's Corner. We love to tell you about great books and new authors. Lucky for Yak's Corner readers, the huge popularity of the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling has created more excitement in the world of...

Book Fair news.(Brief Article)
September 9, 2004... On Sunday, September 19, in honor of Yak's Corner beginning its 10th year, we'll have 10 special guests at our book fair at the New Detroit Science Center from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The book fair will be a free event--and the science center will not...

Friendly people and places.
September 9, 2004... For 9 years, the Yak has been on one fun-filled roller-coaster ride. Make that plane ride--to Michigan's Upper Peninsula, to other states and even to other countries. Since 1995, he's visited northern and southern North America as well as...

Walking on the wild side.
September 9, 2004... If the Yak could round up all the animals he's written about in 9 years, he could open a zoo. His first animal story was on--what else--the amazing yak, a huge, sure-footed creature with fur so thick it can live in temperatures as cold as 40...

Happy birthday to us!
September 9, 2004... The Yak loves celebrations. And this month is a big one. Ten years ago this month, Yak's Corner, the section for young readers, arrived in the Free Press--along with the Yak himself, the furry, friendly mascot of reading. Since that day,...

Book time for the book fair!(2004 Yak's Corner Book Fair)
September 16, 2004... It's time for our annual Yak's Corner Book Fair. This year, our fair will be bigger and better than ever because Yak's Corner is celebrating its 10th birthday. This is our sixth book fair. The Yak holds a free book fair each fall as a present...

The apple man: his orchard hosts the most fascinating fruit.
September 23, 2004... Roger Miller is obsessed with apples. He thinks and talks about them all the time. He grows so many kinds of apples--1,100--he has to hang little tags on his trees to keep track of their identities. One thousand and one hundred kinds...

Meet Freddy Adu.(Biography)
September 23, 2004... September is National Youth Soccer month. The Yak thought this would be a great time for a story about Freddy Adu, the 15-year-old soccer superstar. For many kids, fall weekends mean soccer. Not that long ago, an outstanding young player...

Lions off to a roaring start.
September 23, 2004... No one can know what's going to happen during a football season. But everyone can be pretty confident about this: The Detroit Lions will have a better offense than they did last year! Last season, the Lions' offense ranked 32nd in the...

Yakking with Diana Degarmo: singer is a senior sensation.(Biography)
September 30, 2004... What a difference a year makes. Especially if you're "American Idol" contestant Diana DeGarmo. At this time last year, Diana was a high school student with big dreams. But this fall, she's heading back to school a singing star and millions of...

Yakking with you.
September 30, 2004... This week, the Yak's Corner magazine gets back on the Election 2004 track with a story, at right, about the Bush twins campaigning in Michigan. We'll be back later with a story about the Kerry kids helping their father. On October 14,...

Helping out the folks.(Election 2004)(Jenna and Barbara Bush campaigning for their father)
September 30, 2004... What do you think you will be doing a year after you get out of college? Starting a career? Traveling the world? How about campaigning across the country, trying to help one of your parents get elected president? That's what Jenna and...

Vacation stories coming!(Brief Article)
September 30, 2004... The Yak's Corner and the Free Press Travel section loved your vacation stories. Come back to the Travel section Sunday to read where young readers have visited and what they did. Here's one story from Megan Ynclan, 11, of Washington School in...

Catching up with Henry.
September 30, 2004... Henry Indyk was one of the Yak's first fans. Ten years ago, when he was in grade school, he was entering Yak contests and later served on the Yak's student panel. So as part of the Yak's 10th anniversary celebration, the Yak decided to...

The Yolmo: in hundreds of cultures around the world, people struggle to survive and build happy lives. Each individual has a contribution to make to our beautiful, diverse human family. Here's one culture.(Meet Peoples Of The World)
September 30, 2004... Who are they? The Yolmo are a Tibetan herding people who migrated over the Himalaya Mountains into tiny, neighboring Nepal in the mid-19th Century. Several groups made the grueling trek. The lamas--Buddhist priests--who came with them each...

Caring for zoo animals.(kangaroos)
September 30, 2004... It isn't every day the Yak gets to peer inside the pouch of a female kangaroo! It happened on a recent visit to the Detroit Zoo, when he got to watch the veterinary staff do an exam on a Matschie's tree kangaroo. "She's had many babies,...