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Green Goods | Farland sent this picture of a garbage clean-up that he did in his neighbourhood (Midland, Ontario). He likes the environment and cleaning up the Earth—and he also likes OWL Magazine! NewsFeed NewsFeed Blog Talk | OWL reader Finn hung out with Colonel Chris Hadfield at the Ontario Science Centre. They talked about everything from flying and space to ice cream. Check out the video at owlkids.com/hadfield. Knock, Knock "I love when my copy of OWL comes and I run to the door in excitement. Can I say your jokes are hilarious? They always make me laugh." —Tejah Admiration from Afar "I live in the Barbados and love getting OWL in the mail. My grandparents live in Canada and get me OWL for my birthday. One year I will visit Canada and I hope to see a real owl." —Alex Crazy Coaster "When I saw the Polercoaster in the summer issue, I thought: Awesome, I want to ride that! The scariest coaster I've been on is Splash Mountain at Disneyland. It was a vertical drop through water." —Bridget Mail Bag What a Hoot! New Recruits | A big welcome to OWL's new Think Tankers—readers who will give us their ideas and opinions for the magazine. We have a great bunch of new contributors, plus some returning members, so we look forward to a fabulous year of expert advice. Below, get to know Mazzen, a new Think Tank member. If you want to join, email us at owl@owlkids.com. From Mazzen: "I'm 10 years old, and I live in Calgary, AB. I love to write stories that make people laugh. I did a series on my friends being imaginary creatures in an alternate universe. Some of my hobbies are soccer, hockey, gaming and hanging out with my friends." Crazy Coaster AB. I love to write stories owlkids.com 33 Glass elevators will take visitors to a sky-high observation area with restaurants and stores. When built, the hair-raising coaster will be the tallest in the world. Traditional roller coasters need lots of space. But the SkyScraper will use a small footprint of land. 32 OWL Summer 2015 Flash Forward A new kind of roller coaster is coming to Orlando, Florida, in 2017. It's called a Polercoaster and, like a regular coaster, it will have extreme loops, dives, and twists. But instead of zipping over the ground, the thrill ride, named SkyScraper, will wind around a giant 55-storey pole. Fasten your seatbelts for a heart-pounding ride on the… A new kind of roller coaster is coming to Fasten your seatbelts for a Fasten your seatbelts for a heart-pounding ride on the… heart-pounding ride on the… heart-pounding ride on the… POLERCOASTER owlkids.com 33 of land. BY THE NUMBERS • 8 people in each car • 850 to 1,600 passengers ride every hour • 174 m (570 ft.) or 55 stories tall • 105 km/h (65 mph), about the speed of a car on the highway Board the SkyScraper for a virtual ride at owlkids.com/polercoaster. Text: Katherine Dearlove Photos: © US Thrill Rides Riders board at the bottom and are driven to the top. Then gravity takes over in a wild spin back to the ground. Ahhhhhhh! Colonel Chris Hadfi eld and Finn 04 OWL September 2015 Photo: Tracey Jacklin (Hadfi eld and Finn) Photo: Tracey Jacklin (Hadfi eld and Finn) by Meghan Lands