UKELODEON: For The Next Generation (11/12/06)

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For The Next Generation

What we're up to: Newark Plast gears up for 2006 "Orlykiada"

WHIPPANY, N.J. - Teenage members of the Newark branch of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization have been busy - very busy - during the past few weeks with preparations for the annual "Orlykiada" competition, which involves tests of knowledge, skits, panel presentations and projects. This year's topic is "Plast Members and the Environment: The Ecology of Ukraine." The competition, held at Soyuzivka in upstate New York, attracts Plast units from branches on the East Coast and in the Midwest. On Wednesday evening, November 8, the girls of the 20th "kurin," or unit, (seen above) were working on a papier-mache tree that will be part of their project about herbal remedies and alternative medicine. The boys of the 5th unit, meanwhile, were seen practicing their skit, which revolves around ecological issues. (And, by the way, this week's Mishanyna is based on the boys' project about Ukraine's waterways.)

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Mishanyna

To solve this week's Mishanyna, find the names of some of Ukraine's rivers - did you know there are about 23,000 of them?- in the grid below.

Danube, Desna, Dnipro, Dnister, Horyn, Prut, Prypiat, Psol, Samara, Siverskyi Donets, Southern Buh, Teteriv, Tysa, Western Buh

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