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The Columbian Sunday February 16 1992 G5 FAMILY All in tee Prime time with kids Strategies for keeping organized By DONNA ERICKSON King Features Syndicate While reading and Creter to my 7-year-old the other night I realized there was more to the story than meets the eye not talking about any connection the tale might have to the politics of that time or any references to psychology Quite simply I was struck by the way the kids haphazardly dropped those crumbs of bread along the trail Kids just drop and go instinctive and probably universal If kids have a natural inclination to pick up after themselves (and probably never will) I know the cleanup battle will never be won around our house But we have come upon some middle-of-the-road strategies that help us maintain some order out of the chaos that often reigns under our roof You may want to try them too Place all school notices sports schedules birthday party invitations in a large wire basket that stays permanently in the kitchen Jot down dates of games music lessons and practices on a family calendar and hang it next to the basket for easy referral Hang a shoe organizer with pockets on the back of the bathroom door Fill the pockets with hair accessories brushes washcloths etc Hang a mirror and a basket with kid's toiletry items at a child's level Find new storage places for holiday gifts Give away old toys that plays with broken toys Recycle by stockpiling project box you do the year include: empty string jewelry and your child no longer and discard any that can be hazardous household items them in one big for creative projects together throughout Good things to save shirts for painting yogurt containers ribbon buttons costume sewing scraps YOUR DRAWING Draw with Cl9B2 toy King Faa luw SyndicM Inc Find at least six differences in details between panels HMMHPqiMmiBjaMOiiS'g MddK -Bumui au 'PW Bnu -z Mdsos'fi foyjuiq Sand your drawing to Comics I Kids co ihia nawspapar 1 Owok-if pits good vs evil IV THIS WEEK REALISTIC UREAT FEELING PERM 3250 by Union rag 166 Includes cut1 shampoo style for short hair Good through April 41992 with participating stylists Ctaekamaa Town Center S52-3S55 Beaverton S4S-729S MaE 205 254-71M Jantsen Beech MO-5195 Vancouver 555-1406 MAXIM Family HairCare Montgomery Vferd (7 pm Friday and 6 pm Saturday on Nickelodeon) taped in part at the San Diego Zoo1 and the San Diego Wild Animal Park- gets up-close and personal with tarantulas screaming apes and wild sea lions For all ages at the (10:30 am Saturday on the Family Channel) which visits superior zoos all over the world looks at the United own National Zoo in Washington DC and its efforts to preserve endangered elephants gorillas white rhinos and Bengal tigers For all ages society For ages 11 and up Tracey JJllman and electric jazz violinist Jean Luc rPonty: ieamrup 'for aii 'animated version of the French story In (7 pm Tuesday on Showtime) on All Have In the story a miller's son is bequeathed an unusual gift: A very intelligent tomcat For 2- to 11-year-olds Miss Piggy Kermit and the Muppet gang get a lesson in museum appreciation in Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of (8 pm Tuesday on the Disney Channel) In the story the Muppets meet the spirit of an Egyptian Prince who misses his parents For 2- to 5-year-olds Wild Side qN'4ji necessary to stop an evil scientist' Dr Mayhem planning to control the world with the use of atomic soda syrup Parents will recognize the voices of Christopher Walken and Whoopi Goldberg of Dynatron airs Saturday at 9 am on Channel 49 For 6- to 13-year-olds More shows In Rodriguez: Back to (10 tonight on Channel 49) which is being billed as a the comedian talks with high-school students from various socioeconomic strata about the pressures of living in today's By LAUREN UPTON Los Angeles Times £George Lucas the producer wheT wfcfiought Wl35tar and era of the Lost is behind the animated fantasy special of Dy natron But that probably will not mat-iter to most kids What they will be about is that TV counterpart for the flintendo game of the same name Scheduled for release in April So grants beware if kids like the ShpW they will soon be clamoring the software trThe superhero fantasy revolves yiround characters such as Ms Jet Headstrong Jluzzsaw Girl and Radium Dog are the good characters who pa ye the specialized superpowers Study shows tots iijjpt getting shots Atlanta (ap) a study of £3dren in nine major cities has fyfind no more than four in 10 were properly vaccinated by age 2 federal health officials said Thursday One city reported a dismal 10 £eftent national Centers for Disease reported that compliance twfith the full recommended schedule for 2-yea ranged from 42 percent in El Texas to 10 percent in ston liftomwimlt On SALE Wow! 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