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; ? # 5 By Emilif. Le Beav eventually was posted on more than 250 When Kermit said it wasn’t director of the reconstruction project, which took
Chicago Tribune billboards across the nation. easy being green, he didn’t 10 American, Canadian and Egyptian experts two
“I wanted to tell people to stop pol- mean it like that. Being friendly years to complete. "Now they have the experience
In a pair of tall rubber lution,” Melissa says. Confident that to the environment is not so to see the head and the face of the pharaoh.”
boots. Grant S., 14, of Oak kids could make a difference, she start- difficult. It’s something you can a dcivai tom
P Park. Hl., wades into a river on a bug ed an environmental club just for them. do every day, just by changing A ROYAL TOMB RESTORED
B hunt. But Grant’s chase for all things Kids for a Clean Environment (Kids a few things around the house: The ancient relics were found in the tomb of
SK creepy-crawly isn’t about the gross factor. F.A.C.E.) began with Melissa and a O Save water by turning off Ramesses VI, who ruled about 3,100 years ago.
Grant’s insect info helps him reveal couple of interested friends. Fifteen the faucet when you’re brush- • waw Ramesses Vi’s
whether the river is polluted. “If there years later, the club has more than ing your teeth. ?§»**** tomb is one of the
VIB a ’ Ot ° f inSeCtS that to,erant to 300,000 members. o Skip your bath! (But, Ab > largest in the Valley
pollution, I know there must be a lot of Melissa says an environmental club is please, take a shower.) Showers BBBh of the Kings, the
lIH pollution,’’he says. a great way for kids to make a differ- use less water. SB W royal burial ground
Grant’s love for the outdoor has ence. The more people we had working * Bypass the dishwasher and » jjZSL for Egypt’s
given him a close-up look at the nasty toward the same g0a1... the closer we wash a few plates by hand The % < pharaohs,
junk that gets thrown in could get to that goal,” she says. clean machine uses a lot more 1 Ramesses Vi’s sar-
canoe tnps with his family on the Des Kids F.A.C.E. has p anted and dis- water do at the sink '< 1 cophagus was
Plames River and Salt Creek, Grant says tnbuted more than 1 million trees. Even * . J. , pieced together
'UM he saw "all this horrible stuff. Shopping if you don’t have a huge club behind old wfre from about 250
HIM cart s , picnic tabtes and other stuff that you or hundreds of trees to save, you Lm to the cie mer to ' small broken
l|B shouldn't have been there.” can still make a difference. Grant, for ffiem to the local dry cleaner to t pieces. Experts said
Mad that the river looked too much example, has chosen to spare the air reuseo. ancient tomb rob-
like a garbage dump. Grant decided to do and ride his bike instead of hopping in w Don t litter! Keep a•. bers were probably
something. He teamed up with an organi- the car. "I ride my bike about 1,100 garbage bag in the car so you \ responsible for
zation called Eco Watch and volunteered miles a year," he says. won * tem P te d to toss your breaking and scat-
I i 188 to check on Plaines River- Grant says there is lots of hope that J uice h™ or tasteless wad of < V M pieces o f
' : 11 inß Don’t be surprised that an eighth- the environment will improve. Pollution £ urn out tbe w i n d° w - A Qj e sarcophagus.
grader was in charge of keeping tabs on levels in the river he checks on have * Start a compost pile in Bi The sarcophagus
i'll UH a rivers Pollution level. Lots of kids been decreasing. But “even though it’s your back yard. Compost piles i s carve d into the
—like Grant are taking the lead getting better, it still needs a lot of help,” let items like banana and apple shape of a mummy.
» t Ilnßty when it comes to saving the earth. he says. peels, eggshells and coffee Most of the lid is
' Melissa P. of Nashville was 10 Grant says kids make great volun- grounds decompose. Since the image of Ramesses VI original, and cur-
years old in 1989 when she told teers, and hopes they will get involved itemsdisappearnaturally.it from his tomb. rently only the face
the president of the United to protect the environment. “Kids can means less garbage in a landfill. ’ is a replica, or copy,
' States that he needed to clean work just as good as adults,” Grant O Paper or plastic? Skip ’em. of the original. Zahi Hawass, a leading
up his act. Melissa wrote a letter says. “It might take a long time for the Instead, bring your own reusable Egyptologist who worked on the project, said the
to then-president George Bush asking environment to get better, but if kids cloth bag to the grocery store. original face of the sarcophagus is on display at the
for an end to pollution. That letter help, it will go faster.” British Museum in London. Hawass said he hopes
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F.A.C.E.) distributes and plants trees There 808 B BBhWj The statue of Queen Tiye is
are more than 2.000 club chapters in 1 5 gUB ? 10 feet tall and shows her wear- A portrait of
countries. Don’t worry if there isn’t a chapter jMQr ' ’4roQ ing a wig and a long dress Amenhotep HI.
* near you; all you need are a few friends and Queen Tiye is one of the few
you can start your own. Call (615) 331-7381 AlB well-known female rulers from ancient tunes The
: 7*l< orgotowww.kidsface.org, pSfaih ~ statue of Queen Tiye shows her holding two royal
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out? Then the Rainforest Action Network’s jSn FAST FACT
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Comer, you can help ask big companies to ' The sarcophagus also has crossed hands hold-
put away their bulldozers and pick up tree ing royal 1615 - wbicb batons ancient royals
seedlings. Visit www.ran.org/Mds_action JfcSß carrie d to show their authority.
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