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Mon., May 1, 2000

Interested in the environment? Then don’t miss the Spokane Youth Environmental Conference on May 24 at Gonzaga University. The conference is free to students, but you must register by May 10. The conference will feature teens from around the region presenting their own environmental projects. For more information, call Ann Murphy at 625-6535 or e-mail amurphy@spokanecity.org

Get Warped! Tombstone Pizza is sponsoring a contest for teenagers, and one lucky winner (and a friend) will get to spend a week on the road with the Vans Warped Tour 2000. The winner will become the Tombstone “Warped Tour Warrior” reporter, writing reviews for the pizza company’s Web site. The contest is open to teens ages 15 through 19. To enter, you must prove with a home videotape, Web site, audio tape, essay or photographs with captions that you have what it takes to be a Warped Tour Warrior. For details go to www. tombstonecontest.com or call (888) 437-4002. Entries must be received by June 20.

Wanted: Teen guys who write. MH-18, a new magazine and Web site set to premiere this summer, is looking for high school and junior high students to contribute ideas and articles. The magazine is a spin-off of Men’s Health magazine and is targeting boys in grades 8 to 12. To be a contributor, you must be between 13 and 18 years old, send a 50-word or fewer autobiography and a short essay up to 200 words on one of these topics: “Welcome to the most embarrassing day in my life,” “The one thing I don’t understand about girls is…” or “The thing that drives me craziest about my dad/mom is…and what I admire most about him/her is…”

Entries should be mailed to MH-18 Field Reporters, 33 E. Minor Street, Emmaus, PA 18098 or e-mailed to info@rodale.com. The deadline to enter is May 15.

Our Generation correspondents wanted. This includes movie and music critics, columnists, feature writers, photographers and artists. If you’re interested in contributing regularly to Our Generation during the 2000-2001 school year, call 458-8800 or (208) 765-8811 and press code 9894. Speaking slowly and clearly, leave your full name, address, phone number, school you will attend in the fall and grade you will be in. We’ll be sending out applications later this month and selecting writers this summer.

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