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By GUILLERMO LAM ~ |

Tucked away ina south east corner classroom of .
the Queen Mary Community School, 230 W. Keith
North Vancouver,
ecologists whose ideas would amaze.even_ the
Environmental Protection Agency and strike a
sour note with the owners of oil tankers.

Road in

a | decided how we want

our + World to look. We don’t:

want -oil spilling on the
water, so why don’t they

make the oil tankers stron-.
.8-year-old -

ger?’’ writes
Valerie Houghton. ‘‘Because
the oil kills the fish and crabs
and seagulls. Please stop
making cars and _ buses,
make bikes instead,’’ she
suggests.

-Valerie’s letter is one of

‘several sent to this writer
after her teacher’ Mrs.
Debbie Crokett discussed
with them a book entitled
**Wilson'’s World.”’

The book tells of a
youngster called’ Wilson who
painted a world as we know it
-- concrete buildings, high-
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his ideal world showing a lot .

of open spaces, with trees
and lakes_ _. used for
swimming. a

Mrs. Crokett,. in her mid
20's, said the tale triggered
her grade 3 students to paint
their ideal world in pictures
and words. The letters they
sent to the News, and their
paintings, which portray
wide open spaces, and
greens, are displayed in. the
school’s library.

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