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Home News Tribune Did you know? The dazzling rings around Saturn have fascinated observers for centuries. When Galileo first saw them, he said they resembled ears. Using a better telescope, Dutch astronomer Christian Huygens correctly described the true form of the rings in 1655. NJ. Fact: Hall of Fame baseball player Goose Goslin, who had a .316 lifetime batting average, was born in Salem and died in Bridgeton.

PTedwes-rfajy, 7, 1999 So it's finally summer! Kids What are you going to do with your of the T7celx days of freedom from books, pencils and (ugh) homework? Are you going to the beach? Will you volunteer for your church or youth group? Are you going to summer camp? What does summer look like to you? What does it feel like? How does it make you feel? If you have answers to any of these questions or similar questions write us and tell us. You can tell us with poetry, fMmP xXf wheelsfor 9 mimmJf made at tv-: short essays, drawings or photographs. Be inventive! Be curious! And communicate! Send you summer stuff to: Kid Stuff Summer, Home News Tribune, 35 Kennedy East Brunswick, NJ 08816. 1 1 fe- i I v.M.mm& Old Faithful, the celebrated geyser in Wyoming in Yellowstone ft i 'o National Park, was discovered and I Vv feYi named in 1870. It is seen by more 0 4) than 2 million visitors each year.

Old Faithful erupts regularly at intervals of about 61 to 67 minutes. 0 V2 The geyser lasts two to five minutes and spews more than 10,000 Photos by DICK COSTELLO Staff photographer gallons of water. Old Faithful is the most famous of the Park's geysers, but it is not the only one. Others include Castle, Giantess, Grand and Grotto. (Answer from question on June 23 Kid Stuff page.) How would you like to make delicious recipes like Microwave Chiles Rellenos Wraps or Best Blueberry Muffins and learn a little Spanish at the same time? 0, si hablas Espanol, le gusta-ria preparar recetas deliciosas aprender Ingles al mismo tiempo? (Translation: Or, if you speak Spanish, would you like to prepare delicious recipes and learn English at the same time?) A new cookbook lets you do both.

"Kids in the Kitchen, Ninos en la Cocina" is a book that's written in both English and Spanish. The table of contents, every recipe, cooking hint and a long list of general cooking information is printed in the two languages. The book, edited by Barbara Tasch Ezratty and published by Omni Arts contains lots of recipes that kids can make that come from such food organizations as The Peanut Institute, American Egg Board, National Pasta Association and Idaho Potato Commission. The recipes are grouped in such chapters as: "Wake up Food," "It's Lunch Time, "I'll Make Supper" and "Can I Eat Dessert First?" If you can't find the book in a bookstore, it is available from the publisher for $9.95 per copy, plus $2.50 for shipping and handling. The address is: Omni Arts 2 West Read 150, Baltimore, Md.

21201. Li? Kids learn teamwork building mini-roller coaster What do you call two banana peels lying on the floor? Slippers Doctor, I feel like a bell. Take What is orange and sounds like a parrot? A carrot! Why don't eggs tell jokes? They'd crack each-other up! What did one strawberry say to the other? "Look at the jam you 've gotten us into!" What did one firecracker say to the other firecracker? i "My Pop is bigger than your Pop!" By MICHELE J. KUHN STAFF WRITER It didn't have a name like "Scream Machine," "Twister," or "Cyclone" but the roller coaster 17 kids built last week at Middlesex County College had a great but really small loop-da-loop. The miniature roller coaster, which measured 6 feet by 3 feet, was built using plastic color-coded pieces.

It was one of a couple of projects the kids did during a workshop that taught them a little bit about team work and science -even through they may not have realized it. "It's fun because there are lots of individual pieces but when everyone works together, we can make it into something fun," said James English, 12, of Monroe, who will be in seventh grade at Applegarth School in the fall. "We've learned some things about mechanics, and that you don't have to follow the directions exactly. For the roller coaster, we had to make the car heavier in the front to make it go. If there's enough weight in the front, the momentum will make the car go through the loop.

The instructions had the car lighter in the front," James said. "We started building the roller coaster and then got it to work," said Melissa Pareti, the head teacher for the group. "We explained how the first incline is really important and determines how fast and how many loops the car can go through. The kids could have built a roller coaster with a spiral or a loop but they voted on the loop." The program was one of a variety of kids' summer camps offered at the county college in Edison this year. The college has camps than include instruction in different sports and learning about such things as science, theater, photography, clowning, computer graphics, cartooning and sign language.

Erika Davis, who is 10 years old and lives in Florida, got to help build the roller coaster because she's visiting her grandmother in East Brunswick this summer. "This is the first time I've built anything with a kit," Erika said. "It's fun because I've never done it before." Like the other campers, Ariel Peleg, who is 9 and lives in Highland Park, liked building the coaster and the big ball machine. "I like building the stuff because we can play with it after we build it," he said. "It's kind of hard to build because there are thousands of pieces when you start out.

It took a long time, but it's lots of fun," said Michael Green, who is 11 and lives in the Colonia section of Woodbridge. "We learned better building skills, how to put things together and working as a team. We learned how to be cooperative and split up the job so that each one of us got to work on a part." Naomi Kammer, whose 9th birthday is today, also liked the aspect of team work that building the roller coaster and something call "the big ball machine" required. The big ball machine was a 5-foot-tall maze that moved small rubber balls up an elevator-type contraption and then down through the maze. "It's fun because everyone can work together, and we all laughed together," Naomi said.

"It's sort of hard when you first start (putting the pieces together) but once you get the hang of it, it's really easy." The roller coaster took a day and a half for the 14 boys and three girls to construct. They built it in the game room of the College Center and they made lots of noise while they worked. There are shouts of "Hey, it works!" and "Let's try it again" as they got the kids got their machines to work. these pills, and if they don't help, give me a ring. Knock, knock.

Who's there? Little old lady. Little old lady who? I didn't know you could yodel! Knock, knock. Who's there? House. House who? House it going? Knock, knock. Who's there? Harry.

Harry Who? Harry up, and open this door! What do you call a cow with no legs? GROUND Beef! Webbing)it How did the egg cross the road? It scrambled across! BY HENRY BOLTINOFF I IU1UUMUMI1WBMII II I 111 IIWIM ,1,1111 WIMh few Why did the farmer put, his churn in a catapult? He wanted to see the butterfly. Ugh. OK, so that was lame, but real butterflies are anything but. As many typesand species burst from chrysalises this month and next, it's good to get alook at more info about them. The Butterfly Page (http: mgfx.combutterfly) is totally complete with411 and links and lots of pics.

A warning though: It's also loaded with adsand a major shopping directory you have to scroll past to get to the realdeal. (That link called Kid Stuff? Just a toy store.) The best part of the site is the photo gallery. The groupings arescientific; to find a monarch (12 pix!) you'll need to go to the milkweedbutterfly section. So just set aside some time to check them out. And let your imagination soar! Tip for Newbies: Search engines keep changing names an-downers.

Infoseek is now and The Mining Company is nowAbout.com. Don't be surprised if a tool you used last week or even yesterday is different today. Most of the time, when a major site changes its name, its owners leave theold links up. Same site, different day. Find at least six differences in details between panels.

Everyone is all eyes, left, as they watch the balls go down the Big Ball Factory. From left above, Sean Leary, Michael Green and Andrew Jones assemble a roller coaster. pappe ueeq sabli siawoy 9 -juejajiip si yigs 'S uojjDajip pa6uBqo sabm qsy -papps ueaq ssq neg jue -jajjip si jjnsuujMS s.MjO '9uo6 si mopuim '1 isaouejeuia I ,1 El Call us: Anne Bendheim, features editor, at (732) 246-5500, Ext. 7332 E-mail: njanniebthnt. com On the Internet: www.

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