4 . Rescuers in the Turkish city of Izmir have pulled a young girl out alive from the ruins of a collapsed housing complex four days after a strong earthquake hit Türkiye and Greece. The girl was taken to a hospital in an emergency vehicle. Sounds of cheering could be heard from rescue workers and people watching nearby.

Health Minister Fahrettin Koca identified the girl on Twitter as 3-year-old Ayda Gezgin. The child had been trapped inside the rubble (瓦砾) for 91 hours. She was the 107th person to have been rescued from collapsed buildings since Friday, the day the quake struck.

After her rescue, Ayda could be heard calling out for her mother in a video that played on television. But Ayda’s mother did not survive. Her body was found in the rubble hours later. Ayda’s brother and father were not inside the building at the time of the quake.

Rescuer Nusret Aksoy told reporters that he was searching through the wreckage of the building when he heard a child’s scream. He then called for silence. He later found the girl in a small space next to a dishwasher. The girl waved at him, told him her name and said that she was okay, Aksoy said. “I got goose bumps and my colleague Ahmet cried,” he told Haber Turk television.

Ibrahim Topal, of the Humanitarian Relief Foundation said, “My colleague and I looked at each other in surprise. We listened again. There was a very weak voice saying something . And then we shut everything down and started listening again. And there really was a voice.”

Health ministry officials said the girl was in good condition but would be kept under observation. She asked for a special meal of meatballs and a yogurt drink on her way to the hospital, the state-operated Anadolu Agency reported.

5 . I’m not a musician. I haven’t been playing the same sport for 10 years, either. I grew up jumping from activity to activity, trying nearly every sport under the sun.

I would experience phases of being into something, whether it was magic tricks or _________ a new language, but it would always _________ as I moved onto a new interest. This left me with nothing to show for my sometimes years-long _________. Therefore, I always felt terrible about this. I never got the _________ to carve out skills in anything I took up. I felt like I _________ time and money on these short activities. _________, I stopped looking into new activities because what’s the point?

I now realize this is total nonsense. I did musical theater as a kid, but _________ after entering high school because I had too many other activities. However, those years that I spent learning how to project my voice _________ me to love public speaking. I then joined Model United Nations, which _________ me to take a political science course. I tried my __________ at nearly every style of dance. Because of my background in dance, I was able to learn the more __________ skills a little easier.

We love the activities we do because they are vehicles of self-expression. Our hobbies are a(n) __________ of who we are. Old flames can lead to new passions. __________ is never a waste of time, just because that something I like won’t __________ or obviously lead to money or fame doesn’t mean it’s not worth anything. It’s never too late to __________ something new if it makes your happier.

10 . Youth Wildflower Art Contest

Have wildflowers ever inspired the inner artist in you? Shenandoah National Park’s annual Youth Wild flower Art Contest is coming again! This year’s artists can share their creativity by uploading their entries (参赛作品) online.

Who

The contest is open to all K-12 students (including home-schooled students) in the following counties (县):

Albemarle, Augusta, Greene, Madison, Page, Rappahannock, Rockingham, Shenandoah and Warren.

What

Each student may submit one piece of artwork. For the subjects of their artworks, artists must use wild flowers that are native to the Blue Ridge Mountains of Shenandoah National Park. To help you choose, we’ve put together a list of native wildflower species.

Submissions must be on flat media, and may include watercolor, pencil, fabric (织物), etc. Photographs, computer-generated, or computer-enhanced artworks will not be accepted. Works will be judged on the basis of original designs and artistic compositions.

If you’d like some art tips before getting started, be sure to check out our virtual wildflower water color workshops with artist Betty Gatewood.

When

We will kick off National Park Week with accepting submissions! You can submit your artwork from April16 through May 4. The winners will be notified after the judging process has been completed.

How

You can get started any time with your work! Participants will upload an image or scan of their art works online through Call for Entry website.

In order to upload your artwork, you must first sign up for a free Call for Entry account. After creating an account, you can upload your artwork. Detailed instructions for uploading artwork may be found on the website. Last, follow the instructions for applying to the contest and you’re all done.

Questions

Email shen_education@nps.gov for more information and questions!