THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, February 25, 1996 TAG: 9602230169
SECTION: CHESAPEAKE CLIPPER PAGE: 04 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Close Up
SOURCE: Janelle LaBouve
LENGTH: Medium: 80 lines
Katie Rudd's career in Girl Scouting has brought her from a kindergarten Daisy to Cadette Troop 280. This summer, she hopes it will carry her on an adventure in Utah.
Katie has applied for the Girl Scout ``Wider Opportunity'' program, which will permit her to spend 12 days digging for dinosaur bones, visiting a Native American powwow, rafting down the Green River in Arches National Park, hiking through Red Rock, viewing golden eagles and big horn sheep, visiting the first East/West Continental Railroad link and exploring Antelope Island. She may even see live buffalo and watch athletes train at the U.S. Olympic ski training center.
The trip in July will coincide with Utah's 100th anniversary as a state. Katie hopes to participate with other Girl Scouts in the state's centennial celebration in Salt Lake City.
She chose the Utah trip from ``Wider Opportunity'' programs that included working with the U.S. Forest Service in Michigan; dog sledding in Wisconsin; and studying summer theater in Connecticut, nuclear engineering in Texas or the biological sciences on the Great Lakes.
``The cost of the trip is $670. I didn't want to use my mother's money, so I decided to have a fund-raiser,'' said Katie, a seventh-grader at Great Bridge Middle School North.
She and her mother decided to make and sell small green-and-white flags with the Girl Scout logo.
``We use the fabric that sticks together when you iron it,'' she said. ``Then we sew the edges. My mom helps pretty much.''
Katie obtained permission to use the Girl Scout logo, which is protected by copyright, from the national headquarters in New York.
She has made 100 of the mailbox-size flags.
``If I sell 100 at $4 each, that's $400,'' Katie said. ``Also, I am writing 10 or 15 letters to local businesses and groups asking for donations.''
Full name: Katie Deanne Rudd
Hometown: ``Since my parents were in the military, I've lived in a variety of places: San Diego, Calif., Norfolk, Hawaii, the Philippines and Japan. We moved to Chesapeake last year.''
Fond memories: ``Going to places like Thailand and Korea with my family. While my dad is on a ship, I was not around my dad a lot. So I liked the trips because everyone was together.''
Mother and father: Dee and Jerry
Siblings: Maggie and Julie (they are Girl Scouts, too)
Hobbies: ``Ballet and reading and stamp collecting. I'm in the talent show at my school. I'm singing a song that my mom and I wrote called `Middle School Blues.' ''
Last book read: ``I read one this morning, `Little House in the Big Woods.' But it was not my favorite. I love Nancy Drew books.''
What's your favorite game? ``Probably checkers or Super Nintendo.''
Describe yourself as a color: ``Blue. It is my favorite color. Almost everything I have is blue and I have blue eyes. Blue can be many shades, dark and moody, if you have a bad attitude or something. Or light if you're happy or something just went well for you. It could describe a lot of people, but it describes me a lot. I'm not moody most of the time.''
If you could be any animal, what would it be? ``A cat, because cats can be proper and nice. They don't like anything out of sorts, and they're bossy. That describes me.''
What irritates you the most? ``I really don't like math. That irritates me. And cleaning my room.''
Favorite band? Green Day
Favorite movie: `` `Ace Ventura, Pet Detective.' I know all the words.''
Can't resist: ``Taco Bell. It's my favorite restaurant in the whole world.''
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? ``I wouldn't want to be so short. I really am pretty short (4-feet-10).''
Favorite TV program: ``I watch a lot of stuff, but I like `Wings' and `Roseanne' and `Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'. '' ILLUSTRATION: Photo by L. TODD SPENCER
by CNB