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Mno Nodegewen Hannahville(Something good you hear about in Hannahville)
Issue #9, September 2011
IN THIS ISSUELanguage Conference ..........page 2
Potawatomi Gathering ........page 3
Indian Ed. Conference .........page 4
FACE ..................................page 5
School & Youth News .........page 6
Sports ..................................page 7
Community Events ..............page 8
Community Classifieds ........page 9
Going Green! ....................page 10
Indian Summer .................page 11
Casino Calendar ................page 12
Activities ...........................page 13
Birthdays ...........................page 14
Personals ..........................page 15
Congratulations Skylar Bellew, our new Miss Potawatomi
Aanii, My name is Skylar Clara Ballew. I am currently 16 years old and I am a member of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians. My parents are Elizabeth and Jefferson Ballew IV. I attend Shepherd High School where i will be a Junior at this coming school year. I would like to Thank all of the Potawatomi tribes for allowing me this opportunity and this honor to represent the Bodewadmi. I hope to make all of you proud. I am planning on traveling to every community personally to learn and take part in as many events as I can. If you would like to inform me on some events in your area please feel free to contact me at [email protected]. I am very much looking forward to this next year and I am plan-ning on keeping everyone informed on where I will be traveling to. Once again Ktthe Migwetth. I am truly honored.
Sophie Manitowabi,
runner up
Along with meeting the qualifications and guidelines, each contestant also had to write a 500 word essay about herself and their cultural background, explaining why they would like to be Miss Potawatomi,along with listing their hobbies and/or volunteer experiences. They also had provide a letter of recommendation from a teacher or supervisor. Both con-testants were interviewed and participated in the dancing competition. In addition to all areas of the selection criteria the candidates were also judged on the following abilities: demonstrating confidence, communicat-ing clearly, having good public interaction, and their knowledge of culture including language, traditional foods, clothing and history.
Crown made by: Kasey McCullough
Gathering logo made by:Tracy Sagataw
Language Conference
page 2 HannaHville Happenings . september 2011 .
TheLanguageConferencestartedonTuesday,August9thwithareceptiondinnerandgamesofShiShiBeputonbythePokagonBand.Wehadwellover150PotawatomipeoplewhoattendedtheLanguageConferenceintotal,throughouttheweek. Thereweremanysessionsthatwentonduringtheweek.Themorningsessionsincludedanimmersionwiththefluentspeakers,JimandMaryJaneThunderandLillianRice.Theafternoonconsistedofbreak-outsessionswherethreedifferentsessionswererunningconcurrentlylastingapproximately45minutes. Thereweretwotothreebreak-outsessionsperdaywitha15minutebreakbetweeneachsession,whichincluded;PlantFibersbyEdPigeon,LanguageSkitsbyOliviaPewamoandherstaff,Animation-BringingaStorytoLifebyDanDeschinny,LanguageLearningGamesbyFrankBarker,PotawatomiInstructorCredentialingbyDawnHillandEarlMeshigaud,PotawatomiVerbBookbyLindsayMarean,LanguagePictureDescriptionsbyJustinNeely,LanguageActivitiesbyCraigMeshigaudandBetsyTrudeau,BuildingaFirebyJohnWinchester,PotawatomiMimingbyJillWabanimkeeandJessicaArkens,AnimalShiShiBebyMollyMeshigaudandVickiDowd,AnimalSafaribyKyleKovishandJessicaArkens,DishBagTeachingsbyVickiDowdandCindyThomasandNamethatSongbyCraigMeshigaudandBetsyTrudeau. TheLanguageConferencewasagreatsuccessandnextyearitwillbehostedbytheNot-tawaseppiBandofHuronPotawatomiwheretheGatheringwillbeheldatalso.WewouldliketosayakttheMigwetthtothefluentspeakersinsharingyourknowledgeaboutthePotawatomilanguage.ItisveryimportantthatwekeepouridentityasPotawatomialiveandpassitdowntothenextgeneration!
ArticleSubmittedbyJillWabanimkee
HannaHville Happenings . september 2011 . page 3
Potawatomi Gathering
Registration opened Wednes-
day. Each attendee was given
a handmade dishbag!
The Golf Tournament on Thursday had a little over 100 Participants.
If you didn’t make it to Thursday Evening’s Pow Wow Comedy Jam, You missed out! These guys were hilarious!
The Youth Tent opened everyday at 9:00 and had Several activities going all day long. A big thanks to the Youth
Services Staff for all your hard work!
The Volleyball Tournament was held on Friday
Breakfast, Lunch and Din-ner were provided at the
grounds each day
Various workshops were held during each day. Seen
above is “Beading 101” taught by Loren Worpel of Noc Bay Trading company.
A talent show for all ages
was put on Friday in the
arena. Congratulations to
all the winners!
The Basketball Tournament was held on Saturday which had to be moved to the gym due to bad weather.
Migwetth to all the dancers who made Friday and
Saturday eve-ning’s Pow Wow
a success! The was a Dance Contest held Saturday Evening that
went until mid-night!
page 4 HannaHville Happenings . september 2011 .
HannaHville Happenings . september 2011 . page 5
FACEStart Up For FACE Center-Base and Home Base
Center-Base Start up for FACE is September 6, 2011If you have a 3-5 year old and need your GED or would like to work on life skills such as computer, job hunting or other skills call Amy Hall/Jennifer King and get signed up today while there are openings. Your child comes with you and attends Pre-school while you are working on education.
Home Base Start up for home visits is September 6, 2011If you are pregnant or have a child 0-3 years old and want to be your child’s first and best teacher this program is for you. Home base empowers parents by giving them information on where their child is at developmentally. What they can be doing with their child to help them reach full poten-tial. Parents get connected to resources and have a great time at the social meetings. Ann Viau or Cara Koster are your contacts.
WE ARE WAITING FOR YOU! CALL US TODAY AND GET ENROLLED. Center-Base: Amy Hall- direct line 723 - 2711
Jennifer King – 466- 2952 ext 7753Home Base: Ann Viau- direct line 723- 2727
Cara Koster- direct line 723-2719
On Wednesday, August 24th, FACE held it’s 20 year Celebration at Hannahville Indian School. Attendees watched a slide show on the history of FACE, once known as CHOICES. There was face painting, a book reading station, picture give-a-way table and dinner provided. Thank you FACE!
School and Youth NewsThe First day of School is Tuesday, September 6th. Opening ceremony at Gathering Grounds.
Students will be released at noon for professional development.
Back to School Dance
Where: Upstairs in the Youth Center
When: Thursday, September 1st,
8:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Who: Ages 15-18
Prizes, Music and Refreshments!
YOUTH SERVICES
• September 20 is the First Rec. Night
• September 26 Kids Zone Starts, Forms
will be sent home with kids the first
week of school. Forms can also be
picked up and dropped off at the Youth
Center Central Office.
SOCCER AND VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE Sept 9th & 10th @ Beaver Island 5pm & 10:30amSept 15th @ Munising Baptist 5pmSept 17th NLL Volleyball Tournament @ Objibwe Charter - Opponents and Time TBASept 20th @ Escanaba (Soccer only) 5pmSept 23rd & 24th @ Paradise 7pm & 8:30amSept 29th Big Bay 6pmSept 30th & Oct 1st @ Mackinac Island 7pm & 8:30amOct 4th Munising Baptist 7pmOct 14th & Oct 15th @ Ojibwe Charter 7pm & 9amOct 17th @ Big Bay 6pmOct 21st @ Maplewood Baptist 1pm
Hannahville Boxing ClubThe Hannahville Boxing Club will be starting practice on September 1 from 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Mon-day through Friday at the Hannahville Community Center. You are welcome to come and workout any-time within those hours. Ages 8 and up are encouraged to join. For more information, contact Keith Te-bear at (906) 241-4261 or find Hannahville Boxing Club on Facebook for updates and more information.
page 6 HannaHville Happenings . september 2011 .
Hannahville Fantasy Football League Started September 30 at the Youth Center.
Sports
Photos courtesy of Kori Gaber, mother of Tyson Seymour (pictured on left)
The baseball season for the Escanaba Bears, age 11 and 12 teams, earned state titles in the Wisconsin Cal Ripken Ohio Valley Regional Tournament. Unfortunately they were eliminated in the quarterfinals tournament Sunday night in Lexington, Ky. The boys lost to Edgewood, Ind., 7-4, to finish the event with a 3-2 record. Congratulations on a great season! For more information on the statistics, visit www.rrnsports.com
Pop Warner/Bark
River Harris
First girl to play
football for BRH. We
are so proud of you
Kaylee!
Tonya, Mitch, Katelyn,
Emily, Issaic and
Jaymen
Way to go Issaic! Congrats on your first
year of football!Love,
Mom, Mitch, Emily, Jay-men, Katelyn and Kaylee
HannaHville Happenings . september 2011 . page 7
Community Events
page 8 HannaHville Happenings . september 2011 .
Community Classifieds 2000 Duchess Mobile home FOR SALE
3-Bedroom 2-bath Can be seen at W560 Ridgeview Park
Bids start at $500.00 min.Trailer is sold as is
Turn sealed bids into purchasing Attn: Cindy Janofski
Deadlilne: September 23, 2011Must be moved at owners expense or can remain on current lot with a monthly lot fee of $50 per month
A bicycle was found at the kitchen pavilion at the Gath-ering Grounds. The bike is at the Hannahville Police De-partment. Please contact the department to identify and claim your missing bike.Monday - Friday 8 am. - 4 p.m.
906-466-2911
HannaHville Happenings . september 2011 . page 9
After the services that were held at the Potawatomi Heri-tage Center during the first
week of August the following things were left behind: or-
ange colored crock pot, a large black gourmet cooker/warmer and a pink plaid sweatshirt. If you are the owner and would like to retrieve your property,
stop in or call 723-2270.
Crystal Lea’s Garage SaleN15320 Cedarview Dr
Thursday Sept 1st- 4pmFriday 2nd-Sunday 4th 10am
Infant clothing Boys(newborn to 12 months), Girls-newborn to 5T, Teen sizes, Men's and La-dies, Baby items (swing, infant car seats, ect),
Winter coats, maternity clothes, misc. items.
NOTICE Behaivorial Health is once again having a Drug Coalition meet-ings. The first one will be September 13th, from 9:00-10:30 a.m.
at the Potawatomi Heritage Center. Look
for your invitation.
Take a trip down memory lane!
Remember- Flag Corp?The Little Harvest Store?
The CHOICES building? If you have any old pictures such as these and would be willing to share them, please stop in the Heritage Center
to have them scanned.
Lets Go Green!In one year over 39,000 sheets of paper are used to produce this newsletter. Although we have the ability to continue production the same, the benefits of cutting down our paper usage are far too tremendous to disregard. For every ton of paper that is recycled, the following is saved:
• 17 Trees• 7,000 gallons of water• Enough electricity to power an average house for six months.
America is the queen of trash. Every day in the U.S., we produce enough trash to equal the weight of the Empire State Building. We throw away 2.5 million plastic bottles every hour, produce enough styrofoam cups annually to circle the earth 436 times and trash enough office paper to build a 12-foot wall form Los Angeles to New York City. We throw away 570 disposable diapers each second, and toss out enough aluminum cans to rebuild our commercial air fleet every three months. Each year we fill enough garbage trucks to stretch from Earth halfway to the moon.
Did you know?• 250,000,000 trees could be saved if all our newspaper was recycled• The average American uses 7 trees a year• 1 Billion – estimated number of trees worth of paper thrown away every year in the US
Our choices and behaviors have a ripple effect that reach across the world today, and on to future genera-tions. What we buy, what we do or do not recycle, what we “throw away” has an impact on an evermore interconnected planet. If we want to maintain the standard of living we currently enjoy and pass it on to our posterity, it will take an all-hands effort to preserve the foundation of that standard of living – clean air, water and soil.
ATTENTION READERS
Taking care of Mother Earth is our responsibility. There are many things we all can do to help out whether it’s as simple as recycling a water bottle or using tote bags at stores instead of plastic ones. The newsletter staff would like to encourage everyone to honor our Mother Earth. To show our support of Going Green we have decided to cut down on our distribution.
All Tribal members and descendants on the mailing list will continue receive the newslet-ter each month unless you notify the Editor that you would like to Go Green also. For all others, the newsletter is available online at www.hannahville.net Simply click the Tribal Newsletter link on the left side of the homepage and scroll down to Newsletter Archive section.
The newsletter will also be available through email. If you would like to be added to the mailing list you can either send and email to [email protected] or call (906) 723-2270. Tribal members and descendants can also be added to this mailing list instead of receiving a paper copy to help our efforts of Going Green. This change will not occur until November 2011, but if you are currently receiving the newsletter and would like to Go Green now you are encouraged to do so. Please call the Newslet-ter Editor to update your information.
page 10 HannaHville Happenings . september 2011 .
get your moccasins ready
HannaHville Happenings . september 2011 . page 11
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Activities Potawatomi Language word Search
Can you find 5 differenCes between these photos?
ORIGINAL CHANGED
HannaHville Happenings . september 2011 . page 13
ZHONYAMoney
TADIWGEMEKCasino
WENPENZEIt is cheap
NEGZOIt costs
MESKEZOIt is expensive
WBOKSHKAhe/she is broke
PKENAGEhe/she wins
To learn more Potawatomi, visit
www.potawatomilanguage.org
ANSERS: STAR ON SKIRT, EXTRA LIGHT, MOCCASIN, TREE MISSING, LINE ADDED ON ROOF IN BACKGROUND
September Birthdays
page 14 HannaHville Happenings . september 2011 .
Courtney Peters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/1Isabelle McCullough . . . . . . . . . . . 9/1Ashton Wandahsega . . . . . . . . . . . 9/1Carmen Keshick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/1
Franklin Medlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/2
Christopher Teeple . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/3Mickey Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/3
Sharon Philemon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/5
Terrance Sagataw . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/6
Becky Halfaday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/7
Bradley McDorman . . . . . . . . . . . 9/9Tyler Halfaday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/9Shyanna Halfaday . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/9Aaliyah Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/9
Errol Sagataw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/10Melissa Metzger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/10Gregory Williams Sr . . . . . . . . . . . 9/10Brittany Wandahsega-Couillard . . 9/10Justin Larson Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/10
David McCullough . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/13London McCullough . . . . . . . . . . . 9/13Nacey Larson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/13Connie Metzger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/13
Christopher Halfaday . . . . . . . . . . 9/14Kathryn Gresh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/14Carissa Keshick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/14Gloria Wandahsega . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/14Tina Meshigaud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/14Harriet Meshigaud . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/14
Brian Williams II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/15Jeremiah Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/15
Kevin Halfaday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/16
Alisia Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/17
Lexie Keshick Sr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/18Warren Megenuph III . . . . . . . . . . 9/18Debra Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/18Troy Teeple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/18
Jody McCullough . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/19Judy McCullough . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/19Edward Doherty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/19
Nelson Larson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/20Francine Britt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/20
John DeCota Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/21Cylie LaFave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/21Bonita Meshigaud . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/21
Dae’a Sagataw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/22Jennifer Halfaday . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/22Tianna Halfaday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/22Joseph Sagataw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/22
Eugene Thunder Sr . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/23Vivian Trudeau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/23Heather Sagataw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/23
Sasha Paz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/24Phyllis Englund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/24Janice Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/24
Emery Megenuph . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/25Debra Little . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/25Takoda Whitehead . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/25
Erica Wandahsega . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/26Christophertodd Peters . . . . . . . . . 9/26Griffin Philemon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/26
David Metzger Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/27
Deanna Thunder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/28Clayton Sagataw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/28
Annika Lea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/28
Jesse Wandahsega . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/29Lisa Keshick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/29
Tyson Seymour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/30Rodney Frye Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/30
HAPPY BELATED 88TH BIRTHDAY TO THE MOST AMAZING, AWE-SOME, BEAUTIFUL, CARING,
TERRIFIC, GORGEOUS, TALENTED, WONDERFUL, FANTASTIC, SUPER DUPER GRAMMA EVER ;) Hope you had a great birthday!!!! Love with all my heart and then some, thank you for every-thing you do, we'r sooo grateful/happy we have you in our life..... Kelli J. & kiddies
Happy Birthday Courtney and
Christophertodd. We love you’s!
Amber and the boys
Happy Birthday to my one and only nephew
Clayton. I wish we could be with you! We love and
miss you so much,Aunty Amber, Blake and
Baby Noah
Happy Birthday Clayton! I miss you buddy! School
won’t be the same without you! Your friend Jadrian
Happy 18th Birthday Aunty Courtney! I love you so much! Mercedes
Happy 6th Birthday Clayton!!! “As long as I’m living, my baby
you’ll be”I love you forever!!!!Love always,
Mama
Happy Birthday Clayton! We love and miss you
tons and bunches! Aunty Molly and Mercedes
HappyBirthdayBuddy!Love, Mom, Dad and all your brothers and sisters
Happy Birthday Buddy!“Age aint nothin’ but a number.
Pretty Ricky said it best.” LOL ! Hope you have a good one :)
Congratulations Jill and Jesse Wabanimkee!Your happiness began with your wonderful wed-
ding day.You’ll share everything together;Through it all, your love will stay.Congratula-
tions to you, As you begin your happy life.May all good things be yours, As new husband and new wife.
Happy Birthday Aunty Judy & Uncle Odie! Love you crazy,
Ongeequay
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HannaHville Happenings . september 2011 . page 15
Happy Birthday wishes to: Brittany Wandahsega-Couillard Sept. 10th
Warren George III Sept. 18thDae’a Marie Sept. 22ndErica Starr Sept. 26th
We love you and hope you’s have a great day!!Love,
Aunty Jill, Uncle Jesse and Boyz
Happy 7th Birthday to the bestest cousin ever, Warren George!
We love and miss you tons.
Love,Jadrian and Jesse
Happy 31st sister Jennifer Halfaday.
Love, RAINBOWZ
Happy Happy Birthday HAM!!!
Love, Hiiida
Happy birthday Harrium
Happy 40th Birth-day to Judy and
Odie! Love, Auntie Bonnie, Susie, Ruth, Ernie and the boyz.
Happy Birthday Mom! Thank you for everything
that you do for us! We love you, oh, so very
much! Susie, Ruth, Ernie, Travis and Sam
Happy Birthday Jennifer! Love, Auntie Bonnie
and Susie
Happy belated birthdays to Estrella and Ethan. From aunty Rachel
Happy Birthday Jojo
Love aunty Rachel and
cousins Bubba, Miya,
Kenzie and Veve.
Happy Birthday NokomisLove aunty Rachel and cousins Miya, Kenzie, Bubba and Veve.
Happy Birthday Uncle Eugene. We love you. Love, Rachel, Miya, Kenzie and Louis jr
HaPPy 4th BiRthDay
LONDON LYNNlove, MoM
Happy Birthday to:Diane,
Tina Meshigaudand Sofia Santellan
from your family
Happy Birthday to the Best Mom/Grandma ever!!
Wishing you the best on your day!!! Thank you so much for all you do, your
such an amazing, wonderful, loving, caring mom/gma ever!! We Love Ya, Always and Forever with all our heart, n soooo much more. Your da bomb ma.Kelli, Logan, Jazlyn & Liliann...
Happy Birthday to our big ole Grunkle ;))))
Luv da 3 lil munchkins, ohh yeah and your big
lil seester..
Happy Birthday GREAT Auntie
Mare :) We love ya, Have a fabu-
lous day!!! Love Kelli J. & Kids..
Congrats Britt & Parker on your new home
Ever So HAPPY for you & da bebez :)) We luv ya'll
Kelli J. & kiddies
HappyBirthdayJesse!!!HaveanAwesome
BirthdayMan!!
Happy Birthday to my older sis Connie, Thank you for all you do. Love
Ya!!! Mary, Bob, Bobby, Bryton & Brylea
Happy Birthday to our lil silly goose
Cylie. Hope all your Birthday
wishes come true, Love Great Auntie Mary, Great Uncle Bob, Bobby, Bryton
and Brylea
Happy 18th Birthday Aunty Courtney!! Welcome to adulthood :) Time to BEHAVE
& grow up now! =) We love & miss you! Love forever,
Clayton & Tashina
Happy Birthday Uncle Christopher!
We love & miss you! Love,
Clayton & Tashina xoxox
God saw you getting tired and a cure was not to be. So He put His arms around you and whispered "come to me." With tearful eyes we watched you, and saw you
pass away. Although we loved you dearly, we could not make you stay. A golden heart stopped beating, hard-
working hands at rest. God broke our hearts to prove to us, He only takes the best.
Love & Miss you Mom (Lucy Janet Smith) especially on your Birthday (9/5/35) when we all got
together to celebrate just the way you wanted.
Happy 14th Birthday JJ!
Love, Mom and Girls
Happy 27th Birthday Auntie/Sister HAM!
We cant tell you how thankful we are to have you in our lives. You’re the best!
Love, the Philemons
Thank you to everyone who helped with our wedding and reception.
A special thanks to Aunty Elaine who helped us out in more ways than she thinks; with the wed-ding and the events that occured
throughout the last year. Jill & Jesse Wabanimkee
Happy "40th" Birthday to my twinny Odie! Love always,
ur sister "Judy"
Happy Birthday to my most favorite lady on earth, my mom.
I love you so much dear. I appreciate everything you do for me. I hope you have an excellent
day and many more to come. Happy Birthday.
Love always,Bets
Happy Birthday Jeremiah. You’re the
best cousin ever! I hope you have a great day,
everyday, always. Bets
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Hannahville HappeningsPublished by – The Hannahville Indian CommunityAdvisor – Earl MeshigaudTribal Communications Coordinator/Editor – Molly MeshigaudPhotographer/Reporter/Graphic Artist/Sales – Molly Meshigaud Office: (906) 723-2270 Email: [email protected]
Hannahville Happenings is a monthly publication of the Hannahville Potawatomi Tribe. Opinions appearing in this publication do NOT necessarily reflect the opinions of the Hannahville Happenings staff or the Hannahville Community.
We welcome letters, editorials, articles and photos from our readers.
Deadline for October Newsletter is
September 23
Here is one of our elders, Florence “Flee” Silver in her flower garden. She did it all herself, spending lots of time this summer watering and weed-ing it to make her flowers beautiful. One pot of flowers has grown so good they are taller than her!