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weekender january 11 1986 p21 weekender childrens page unionville public school nature important editors note the following arti cles were written in response to a column by david zuzuki in his column david zuzuki wrote that he thinks that everyone living in our society especially children do not acknowledge the nature part of the world the world outside their doorsteps no one or most people have not noticed any really important stage in nature most people dont think of the fact that most of the objects around them originate from na ture itself david zuzuki saw a presenta- tion by jack valentyne jack proved and told everyone that we all create gas molecules that others on this earth have also had in their lungs in the past 3000 years this shows that everyone will always have that one thing in common this proves that every one is connected to everyone on the earth and therefore should be committed to its preservation jennifer lipsett grade 7 a summary of the point david suzuki is trying to get across is that as we progress through the years we also regress valentyne caught on to the fact that as we as students advance to adults we should acknowledge the knowledge we now have on to our children so that they will understand the severe consequ ences of the maybe small inno cent mistakes we make today then maybe our world in years to come may still have the scien tific ability to prevent the same mistakes generations from now we also should take into consid eration that nature still is a great part of our planet and we all share it so we as in people of the world should take care of our natural world and try not to provoke the mistakes that could destroy it such as acid rain and nuclear war kristen ivardi grade 7 name that tune sjoerd witteveen to go along with the three rs reading writing and arithmetic students at unionville public school also enjoy the sounds of music here cyndie freed- man leads a music class at the school the marshmallow man the terror struck all at once it started as a peaceful town but then the marshmallow man terrorized the town the people went bezerk they started throwing atomic meatballs they were throwing choco late chips but he just said yum yum he also said if you bug me ill squash you like grapes guess what they didnt stop no not those munchkins they kept on going the marshmallow man cut down the population quite a bit the towns people stopped bug ging him for awhile they were making an invention called the xl peanut butter machine gun it was like an invention the ateam made except better when the peanut butter machine gun was ready they loaded it on the jetpropelled top secret float that munex li mited made especially for the towns people it was very good when they tested it the marshmallow man came back because his tele pathic pourers told him the towns people were gathering around a colossal red cover the marshmallow man rushed out of his cave and be gan to run quickly to town he hid behind farmer jacks farm where he ate all the anim als on the farm then he went to the town dump where he ate the gar bage he was getting very fat now and he fell asleep on the ground when he snored he caused earthquakes the ear thquakes broke all the houses down and made the river over flow the towns people had the x- 1 peanut butter machine gun put on the road when the mar shmallow man came into sight they blasted peanut butter that made him stick to the wall of a building he surrendered and went back to his cave and nev er returned the towns people fixed the damage and lived happily ever after matthew wagner grade 4 friendships the best present a boy can get it was two weeks before christ mas everyone was really busy wrapping presents everyone was excited except a little boy named billy he was sad this is because he thought no body would give him a present his parents tried to cheer him up but it didnt work one day he went to school all his friends tried to make him happy but they also couldnt cheer him lip i guess only santa claus him self could make him happy the next day a boy was walking along the street he saw billy hello said the boy to billy my name is matthew donjt you just loe w9jterphil there 13 a great stillness inj the air im my name is billy said billy in a sad voice why are you so sad billy asked matthew kindly i am sad because nobody gives me a present billy replied its okay you dont need a present all you need is someone who cares for you and makes you happy when you are with them matthew said to billy thanks i feel better already billy said happily when billy got home he told his mom all about matthew billy said i dont need a pre sent you can buy me a present if you want but you dont have to it was christmas day at last billy was excited he woke up at 6 am he looked into his stocking wow billy said feeling ex cited billy found a game in his stock ing he called up matthew to play the new game with him they played for a long time till matth ew had to leave can you come over tomorrow matthew billy asked sure i can come anytime matthew replied see you tomorrow billy said bye bye billy said in a hap py voice both the boys had a happy christmas derek kwok grade 4 drivethru at mcdonalds were close by right on your way drivethru hours sun thurs 7 am midnight fri sat 7 am 1 am its a good time for the great taste this page sponsored by mcdonalds markham hwy 7 mccowan rd