By Jennifer Larson

Tonight was the first test for the two newest council members, Guylan and Zach, and they were faced with a doozy of a first task. The trash situation had gotten way out of hand, and it was time to take matters into their own hands and clean it out. Besides the four council members, several other townies were called to duty. Apparently being called to duty doesn’t mean you have to jump to action, because our favorite little spoiled brat, Taylor, flat out refused to help clean up. But really this is no surprise conisdering this is the girl who refused to cook when her team was in charge of preparing the food, she refused to help in any other area when her team won upper class  and she believed it was her right to order every other child around like a drill sergeant on speed. Seriously, somebody needs to teach this girls some manners. Did she mistakenly believe she was going off to some sort of western spa? Didn’t the producers explain the concept of the show to her and her parents? Maybe Taylor and her family think this is all a joke, but I’d be extremely embarrassed to admit I was the person who raised her, if I were her mother. Of course, there was a punishment for her insubordination, and she didn’t fair much better at that job.

Meanwhile, Guylan has gotten off to a rocky start in leading his district. While he willingly and enthusiastically went to take care of the trash, it appears he isn’t the best at the physical stuff. This didn’t sit too well with some of the other kids in town, but at least the kid attempted to do some work. That’s ok Guylan, just remember a good attitude takes you far in life. That’s a lesson little Taylor needs to learn. After being told she had to fill the water tank, as her punishment for refusing to clean up the trash, she stomped off in beauty queen fashion and threatened to go home. I say, don’t let the door hit you in the tush on the way out honey. Once again, the rest of the town had to pick up Taylor’s slack and get the water tank up to snuff. With that, it was time for yet another town competition.


The competition this week had to do with digging through slop and coralling pigs, which fit quit nicely with the theme of tonight’s episode of KID NATION, which was all about trash. Honestly you couldn’t pay me enough to slush around in that gunk, let alone mess around with a gaggle of pigs. Kudos to the kids for taking this challenge on with as much gusto as they did, especially Zach, who seemed to be on fire. The touching part of the competition tonight was little 9-year-old Alex, who didn’t end up getting any of the needed cans, but never gave up. A lesson for everybody to take note of, I’d say. The red district ended up winning upper class, the green district came in seconed, the yellow district are the cooks again and the blue district came in last, which means they get the grunt work for the week. But the good news is they won the group competition, which was a choice between fresh fruits and veggies and dune buggies. Thus far the kids have chosen the smart prizes, but things have gotten a bit stale and boring in Bonanza City and a little bit of fun could be just what the doctor ordered. But these are some smart children, and it was the appropriate choice once again.

With the yellow district in charge of the food once again, Zach wanted to make sure Taylor didn’t get away with sitting on her butt while everybody else worked, so he assigned the specific task of washing dishes. Two guesses on how well that went over; and boy does that girl have a set of lungs on her. Meanwhile, DK has really stepped up to the plate, when it comes to controlling and guiding these kids. However, it’s taking its toll and DK aint a happy camper. Sadly, all this pressure made the poor kid want to go home, but afte a little pep talk from Guylan he decided to stay. Good thing, because the town council had already decided to award him the gold star. So without even knowing it, DK saved himself a $20,000 prize. Hopefully, we will start to see a few other kids step up to the plate like DK did. Maybe if they do, I will start to believe this show really did them some good.