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Cost used a hammer once is for girls 11 to 13 y ears old - with a parent. The cost is is $825 for one week, $ 1,500 After her camping experience Currently there are two $749 for kids-only camps and for two weeks and $1,500 for she helped her mom build two ,ocadons: [ ; ssex Vt - $349 each for Parent/child two at family camp. Want to s k e( j s and Santa Monica. Calif. But camp. Find out more at know more? Go to circus Electra didn’t go to a typi organizers are working to start spacecamp.com smirkus.com swniX*r‘l h ■ “ough R»X’“Ta day be STEVEN LIVE THE ULTIMATE girls has.eome bon. SPIELBERG SUMMER FANTASY Camp, where she spent a othcr states , stayed Wlth At Film Camp, you will get You can learn to ride the week learning carpentry. cIT camper s ta,ndy ' says to write, direct, shoot and edit waves like a pro this summer welding, auto repair, electrical L ‘ z Shayt ! e ; foundu, B director. your own movie. 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Bto 12 and $595 per week for LEARN TO And sincc you won t teens 12 to 18 Check it out at . i f'' FLY AI FT always start at the top. every- wbsurfcamp.com. IMBnEEjggg? one helps one another by Yes. you working behind the camera STRIKE A CHORD read at and as gaffer/grip. Tuition for A t Power Chord Academy, right. This an intensive one-week camp is teens 12 to 18 will be placed is the real $1,500, while tour-or six- in a band that best meets their training that all week sessions run $5,900 to a g e> experience and style, fighter and test $6,900. To go, you need to be Don’t play an instrument and Piloto go through. First you high school age. Camera can’t hold a tune? This camp have to choose whether to experience unnecessary. Find ]s f or beginning musicians as Jr ' ’if • j°’ n Navy s ®* ue out more by going to we j| as more advanced ones. ■ *\/ fl fik ft Angels or the Air Force’s nyfa.com/hs/. You will lead the life of an ‘‘ Thunderbirds. Then you JOIN THE CIRCUS up-and-coming band member: HKI learn the cockpit and how JOIN THE CIRCUS recording in a studio, playing to put your plane through You don’t have to be a a concert and making a video. ft, its paces. Finally, you have clown to join Circus Smirkus. This summer, the academy ■| /P) a mock battle with your You will swing from the will be held in two locations: ’ ■ > teammates. trapeze, walk on stilts, ride a In Chicago, the dates are June See yourself unicycle, juggle and throw a 20 to June 26 and June 27 to lhere ’ ll * held at pie m someone's face. July 3. In San Diego, the dates the U.S. Kids Bto 16 can choose are July 4to July 10 and July < between one- or two-week 11 to July 17. Cost is $1,095 M sessions, with the two-week for the one-week camp. Learn camp ending in a more at powerchord circus academy.com. '^* t '"** s Mk**. a COURTESY of SURF CAMP ■X- \ . - ■■ ■ L Help! [ | Reading Rack | Party problem Gone but not forgotten DEAR AMERICAN GIRL: A girl that I never DEAR AMERICAN GIRL: / have a hard time I recently read a book that I could not put the library wearing a ton of clothes so play with invited me to her birthday. I said I liking my stepsister. She brags and she laughs down: “Things Not Seen” by Andrew nobody knows he’s invisible could go. but 1 didn 7 want to! I’m in sixth at everything I do. Clements (Philomel Books, . ■■■lllTfll At the librarv he bumns into a grade, while the other girl is m third. -Ann,wedm Oklahoma $15.99). Set in Chicago, the C JMMI gir i Alicia.SlZ’sblindsoshedoes- She is so happy that I m coming! I s .Q? ' ■ Getting used to a new sibling can take a book is about a 15-year-old \ tFESI n’t notice anything odd about *’B°' u l° n g time. It’s natural for you to feel frustrat- boy named Bobby. \ Bobby. He ends up telling Alicia nou er _ e ß ‘ e^^nlGui l fl ed-and your stepsister probably feels firustrat- Frequently ignored by the \ /< about his sudden invisibility. ' ""' IjD I ed, too. In fact, bragging and laughing may be popular kids at school, especial- \ While all that’s going on, ■ls you said you would go. UL her way of trying to feel better about herself. ly the girls, Bobby is used to \ Bobbv’s school hemins to wonder you should do it. A girl BWBSKSBIBSjn if you don’t feelrng invisible. Then, overnight, V "hei SsXeiXn7» X should be true to her word, |llCjlll adore her; J ust to ? et on he becomes invisible. He just \ Soon the police are involved and and you II feel better about the same side sometimes. wakes up one morning and he’s i there is talk of foul play, yourself if you do what you know is right. When you’re starting a craft project or a game, gone. \ Bobby’s dad and Alicia’s Next time you want to say no to an invitation, invite her to join in. It will be harder for her to He tells his parents, who are ‘"‘dad, who are both science freaks, try to fig- say you need to check with your parents. That laugh at you if she s playing with you. amazed at his news, but they caution him ure out why Bobby is invisible and how to will give you time to find a nice way to say V7.vi7 americangirl.com to get or give advice. not to tell a soul. When his parents are at get him back. you can t go. • axMAnwuan qm, uc. a» right* work, Bobby leaves the house. He goes to —Annie B. 10 VpQ Serving the North Georgia Johns Creek is proud to sponsor the 6l|/ Poultry Industry and helping the AV; Newspapers in Education program as part —— In The News KRT Rats may be key to fighting disease Rats have a lot more in common with humans than ' I T\ A I ■ you may think! Scientists 1/ VIKZL have just mapped out the entire chemical makeup of the common rat. The rat is just the third mammal to have its genes mapped out. The other two are humans and mice. Genes are tiny sets of chemical instructions that determine how each living creature looks and behaves. They also help determine why we get sick from certain diseases. This new research will help scientists fight ill nesses by identifying disease-related genes. It will also advance medical research into how genes and the environment affect our health. The research was reported in the journal Nature. WHY DO SCIENTISTS STUDY RATS? Rats are often used by scientists to learn more about diseases and medicine. What’s so special about rats? This new research shows that a Norway rat has more than 25.000 genes and about 90 percent of those genes are just like the ones you’d find in mice and people! Scientists believe all three species shared a com mon ancestor about 75 million years ago. There are some major differences among the three species. For example, the rat relies more heavily on its sense of smell than a human. It also has more genes devoted to smelling and identify ing scents. One of the more surprising findings is how fast a rodent's genes mutated, or changed, over time. Scientists believe that this may mean that rats are more easily able to adapt to their environment. Said Howard Jacob of the Medical College of Wisconsin, the co-author of the study: This dis covery' "is simply a revolution in the way we can practice basic research.” FAST FACT There are about 50,000 genes we inherit from our parents that make us look the way we do. Neepa Shah C 2004 Time Inc All Rights Reserved TIME FOR KIDS end Timefortud* com are registered trademarks of Time Inc Laugh Lines / put his tent y' '''\ I on the stove? ) What grows \He wanted a home on /fest and goes \ camping? ) - ) / When does a camper ( go “2Lzzz meow \ { zzz meow”? I \ When he’s taking J «catnap! ./