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    As more information comes out about 10-year-old Cindy Smith's death(死亡), worries about amusement park safety(游乐场安全性) grow.

Cindy is not the first child who died on an amusement park ride. 25 years ago, the mother of a 14-year-old girl waited to pick up her daughter outside Worlds of Fun. Laura Barry never saw her daughter Rosie alive again.

"My heart goes out to the Smith family more than they can ever possibly know," said Barry. She is one of the few people who truly know the hurt that family is feeling.

In 1995, Rosie's mom said that something went wrong on the Timber Wolf the night Rosie died. Police found no evidence(证据). Two men told the police that they saw Rosie standing before she fell out of the car.

"I couldn't believe that such a thing could happen still and again," said Barry. She believes Rosie's death should have been a wakeup call for amusement park safety.

She finds that not much has changed in the past years. Amusement parks race to build bigger, taller, faster rides. In her opinion, amusement parks just try to bring in visitors and give them the idea that riding is good, safe and fun. She believes that parks should have put safety first.

There is no exact number of amusement park deaths each year. It is quite low according to some websites. But Barry doesn't accept that. "My daughter was the only person that had ever been killed at Worlds of Fun in all of the years, among all of the thousands and thousands of people that went there. The number doesn't mean anything, you know, because when your child is the one, that's one too many," she said.

The Grove School News

Welcome back to school! We hope you're ready for another great year. Have you signed up for an after-school activity yet? {#blank#}1{#/blank#} There's still time. Here are some of the activities you can try.

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Do you like sports? How about joining the soccer or track (田径) team? Last year, our school soccer team won the county championship (冠军), but many of our best players have moved up to high school. So now the team needs new players. For more information, communicate with our sports advisors, Ms. Matte or Mr. Stergis.

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This year, your classmates in the school art club plan to paint a mural (壁画) on the wall by the office. So they need new members to help create it! Are you interested in drawing, painting, or taking pictures? {#blank#}4{#/blank#} The first meeting of the school year is next Tuesday at 3:15 p.m. in room 221. Please see Ms. Greenway for more information.

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There are some new activities you can try. Try the new after-school science club! It has plans to enter the National Junior Robotics Competition this year. So if you want to try building a robot, this club is for you. See Mr. Larson in room 105 for more details. The club meets every Thursday.

For a list of all the after-school activities this year, please click here.

In warm sunshine, a group of students are playing the accordion ( 手风琴). The music sounds like nature itself. They are students at Shuangshiping Middle School in Shegang town in Hunan Province. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}

68-year-old Guo used to play the accordion at the Hunan Provincial Opera and Dance Drama Theater. After retiring ( 退休) in 2 0 1 4 , he told a friend that he wanted to become a volunteer teacher. "Not all the children have a gift for playing an instrument. But music can influence their life and study greatly, " he said. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}Then Guo visited the school and discovered that most of the students there had never learned to play the accordion. " The infrastructure ( 基础设施) at the school was poor. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} I wanted to do something meaningful after retirement, " Guo recalled. In 2014 , he spent 30 , 000 yuan on 20 accordions. With another 10 bought by his friend and 10 more donated by a company, Guo drove for two hours to give free lessons, twice a month from his home in Changsha to the school 122 kilometers away.

{#blank#}4{#/blank#} He hopes that they can teach students when he is not available. Now, the students also learn to play other instruments, such as the hulusi and guzheng. "Every time I come to teach them, I enjoy myself and I feel young again," he said.

Everyone makes mistakes. That's what this understanding English museum's worker wants one child to know after a careless mistake during his visit. 

When a young boy was visiting a museum named Christchurch Mansion with his family, he accidentally knocked a historic jug off the window edge (边缘). The jug broke into 65 pieces. The boy, who was about 4 or 5 years old at the time, was rather sad about the accident. 

The jug is about 221 years old. It is worth up to 2, 000 pounds. The jug has three spouts(壶嘴) and the user must guess which spout the water will pour from. 

Carrie Willis is the duty officer of the museum. Under the direction of the museum's conservation officer Bob Entwistle, she put back together the 18th- century Delft Puzzle Jug. 

"We want the young boy to know that all is well, "a spokesman of the museum said. "We would like to invite him and his family back to have a special tour and see the magically repaired jug. "