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Hot Stuff!
By PAMELA DAVIS
© St. Petersburg Times, published April 2, 2001
Try a little "School Power"
If you've been struggling with your grades and nothing you do seems to help, it might be that you need to study smarter, not harder. A new book, School Power (Free Spirit, $16.95), offers tips on how to just that. School Power, written by a teacher, helps students learn how to get organized, study more efficiently, follow directions, handle homework, grapple with grammar and more. If you can't find the book in stores, visit http://www.freespirit.com on the Web or call toll-free 1-800-735-7323 to order it.
Tell it like it is
Nick Carter's little brother, 13-year-old Aaron, was recently interviewed by TV Guide. The magazine pointed out only Radio Disney plays his songs. "Some stations don't like to play me 'cause I'm so little," he told the magazine. "They're used to playing old people."
Speaking of Nick, tickets are on sale now for the Backstreet Boys concert at Tampa's Ice Palace June 9. You can get tickets ($38.50, $68.50, $100) at the venue's box office or from Ticketmaster.
New on Nick
Two new animated comedies recently debuted on Nickelodeon. The Fairly Oddparents (Fridays 8:30 p.m.) follows the adventures of 10-year-old Timmy Turner and the fairy godparents who wreak magical mayhem in his life. Invader ZIM (Fridays 9 p.m.) focuses on a paranoid alien who believes he is at the forefront of a sinister plan of galactic conquest.
Coke cools it
A couple of weeks after the American School Food Service Association complained about the placement of soda and snack machines outside school cafeterias, the Coca-Cola company said it plans to tone down its approach. Coke says it will include juice, milk and water in its school vending machines and go along with school administrators who want to limit the hours and locations of the machines. The USDA recently reported that easy access to junk food may keep kids from eating healthy meals at school.
Take the Geo challenge
Nineteen students from the Tampa Bay area qualified for the state level of the 2001 National Geography Bee. On Friday, the fourth- through eighth-graders will travel to Jacksonville for the competition. Each regional winner advances to the national finals in Washington, D.C., next month. Visit http://www.nationalgeographic.com to see how much you know about geography by playing the Geo Bee Challenge.
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