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VOL. 5 ISSUE 8
NEWS FLASH
Fly like a kite
AMERICA’S NEWSPAPER FOR KIDS
APRIL 18-MAY 2 ,1 9 8 8
Rockin’ with Ricky Rocko
DeAixlra Anng, X. of Mountain
View, California, now knows what it s
like to fly When a small plane snagged
Ix’t kite. IX'Andra was earned I (Ml feet
into tlx- air hetore six- let go Six- was
ixh seriously hurt
Seoul sensation
A record number ol countries will
compete in tlx- I9XX Summer ( Mvinpic
( iatrtes, to be held ix-xt September in
Seoul, South Korea Syria Ix-canx- tlx-
161 si country to enter tlx- games which
will begin
September 17
Raiders to
return
Indiana Jones
will slx»w up CHI
tlx- big screen lor
tlx- third time
H a m so n Ford
in 19X9. Actor
Ham son l ord
starts prrxluctton this week on Ranier \
III He says it is tlx- last time lx- plays
the swashbuckling hen».
Kids need to know
Kids across the- cixrntry can learn
more about drug and alcohol abuse- at
their lexal shopping malls. "Kids
Know!” will present information from
April 22 Ml It is sponsored by the
International Association of Shopping
(en ters
K n o w n a s tb a w orkTs y ou n g o st O J, a ig n t-y a a r-o M L ittle Ricfcy R o c k o h as
b a a n fe a tu re d on n a tio n a l te le v is io n , in clu d in g a sho w w ith " A m e ric a n
B a n d s ta m T host D ick C la rk .
PORTLAND, OR — "Thanks for
listening to my Rockin' Report. I'm
Little Ricky Rocko. the world's
youngest disc jockey. Now buck to
those g uys..."
Every Friday morning eight-year-
old Sam " l ittle Ricky Rocko"
Rogoway arrives at the K K R Z radio
station for his 9 at 9 program. Then cm
Saturday mornings lx- does his
Rockin' Report, delivering the hot
news o f the music uxiustry.
"M y friends who listen to the show
tell me they laugh a lot. aixl like
listening to it.” said Ricky, a straight A
student who has permission to miss
schcxil while recording his Friday
morning show.
"The DJs treat me like a pro. I f 1 do
something wrong while I'm on the air.
they cover for me and turn my
mistakes into sonx-thing funny.” Ricky
revealed.
Two years ago Ricky got his break
in the radio business from his dad who
was a DJ. Then his parents benight
him a DJ studio set he practices on two
hours every clay.
"M y mom and dad are niy coaches.
Tyler, my six-year old brother is my
manager, accountant and attorney," he
added with a laugh.
Besides his radio shows, Kicky
also does a Rockin' Report on a local
kids' TV show " I want to stay in
radio, hut I also want to do more
television
like having my own
syndicated show."
Music goes mini
If you thought ( IX (compact disks)
changed the- music uxiustry forever, wait
until you see the new 3 inch versions.
CBS, A&M and CEM A will all have
tlx- pint-sized disks in stores next month
NASA blasts off
new kid project
Cagey principal
I lementary school prux ipal Ken
I begins ot Kearns. I tali, het his students
couldn't read 5(M),(M MI pages ot outside
rcadtng. He lost and spent lunch pcricxl
lexked in a zcxrcage.
How is
America's Newspaper for Kids,
put together?
lake your own personal toui
inside this issue!
•oxv* H m yc to 1 «dar abu>' ut Virta
WASHING ION IX
National
Aeronautic s and Spac e Administration
(NASA) wants siudents to name tlx-
newest space shuttle
( hbiter <)V IOS is sclx-duled lor its
lirst (light in 1992 Although the shuttle
is called ( )\ Ills light now. NASA
helieves kids cail come up with a more
creative name All I S siudents can
panic ipale l lx- deadline is I X c < I .
I9XX llx- winning classrix»m will
receive- an all expense paid trip lor 10 to
a NAS A related event
I he ( liallenget name has been
retired. so any name including
( liallenget is unacceptable leachers c an
call 202 7X1 S|o*)ot 202 7X0 S| | t t<M
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