NAMING NAMES

Back in the limo, Jason has his laptop hooked up to the car phone. "Okay," he says. "I got a list of people we might want to see." He reads off the names:

SANDY DENIM,
ranger,
Slow Water Park

ROGER COLLAR,
plant manager,
Way Out There
Clothing

ABBY NGUYEN,
field manager,
state department
of Wildlife,
Fish & Game

"Plus," he goes on, "Katie, one of the city librarians, is a good friend of mine. Any time we need to look something up in the library, she can do that for us."

"Good!" Carolyn says. "But we need one more." She tells Jason what the herpetologist said about pollution from lawns. Jason does a database search. "Got it," he announces. He adds to the list:

JAVIER ORNELAS,
quality engineer,
city water
department

George speaks up. "I got one for ya. She lives on a street by the park. And she told me some strange

things have been going on." Jason types as George dictates.

DEEPTI GUPTA,
neighbor on Slow
Water Street

Now you speak up. "One more. We need someone to surf the Net for us. I nominate Skullbaby."

Carolyn looks doubtful. "If you say so."

"Cool." Jason types:

SKULLBABY,
net wizard

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