The Joys of Being an ‘Outsider’

Hay Seed has given City Slicker an outdoor, autumn challenge — find a tree that grows these three different shaped leaves … a football shape, a mitten shape and a ghost shape.

You can help City Slicker with this task, while also taking a chance to win a $25 Amazon email gift card, by doing the following:

1. Find the three colored leaves hidden in the magazine and give the page number.

Click here for the magazine

2. What is the name of the tree?

3. Have you ever seen this tree and collected its leaves?

Click Here to read the full Kids Korner article.

The Kids Korner submissions are for children under the age of 16.

The Latest Super Sleuth Contest

Have you ever wondered where the windiest place on earth is located? According to science, Guinness World Records and National Geographic Atlas, there is a location where consistently high winds average 50 mph and can reach 200 mph. This great force of nature happens in an extremely cold place where the heavy, dense air flows down an icy plateau to the coast, creating super strong winds.

In the March 2026 Cooperative Living magazine, find a drawing of the continent where the windiest place on Earth is located, then give the page number.(Required)

Give the name of the windiest place.(Required)

What are some ways that you have played with the wind, such as flying a kite or participating in outdoor sports like soccer, baseball or track? Was the experience fun or frustrating?(Required)

What is your nerdy passion?(Required)

Child's Name(Required)

First Last

Email(Required)

Address(Required)

Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Your Electric Co-Op(Required)

Phone(Required)

Terms of Use(Required)

By clicking here, I acknowledge the Super Sleuth contest entrant is under the age of 16 and has parent or guardians permission to enter. Also by submitting this information, I certify that I am an electric cooperative customer or a Cooperative Living magazine subscriber. I also acknowledge that I have read and agree to the Terms of Use.

Winners are asked to submit a headshot to be published in Cooperative Living and on co-opliving.com. Please submit a headshot with your entry.(Required)(Required)

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August Super Sleuth

The August Super Sleuth was about a well-known brand of blue jeans. For a chance to win a $25 Amazon e-mail gift card, kids were asked: to identify the jeans brand, find the pocket and give the page n umber and if they have ever worn this brand.

The correct answers are:

• Wrangler

• Page 34

• Yes I have.

Our winner is Dylan Congratulations, Dylan!