Edmonson Middle School - Cougars Yearbook (Ypsilanti, MI)

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I'M JUST ONE By Cynthia Looney I'm just one, but I understand one big problem today. The word is pollution. Pollution is the biggest problem in the world. You know people are too lazy to do their fair share in keeping America beautiful. when this old world gets worse, people are going to wish they had listened to us who know about pollution. Ecology groups are encouraging you to help clean our world. I know because I was a Girl Scout and we once cleaned up a park and expressway. You know there are lots and lots of people. I made up a person and his name is Mr. Pollution. Mr. Pollution has a gang of dirty people. They are really pigs. when Mr. Pollution has an itch to go to work, he goes right to work and we must stop him. Our air is a victim of Mr. Pollution's dirty work. If we are to keep on living, we must close down factories that do all the polluting. when our air is all polluted, we shall be wearing gas masks. If we take them off, we would probably choke to death. Water is another victim. when all water is polluted, animals will go thirsty and people too. Last but not least - land pollution. There is an ugly problem. Land will soon be used up by trash and we certainly don't want our America to look like a pig sty. when people come to our America, we certainly want people to be proud of it. Pollution is a big dirty word today. It is mostly the big busi- nessmen who are able to make the future better, but they don't realize that they are making the future worse. They could make the future better by planning ahead with anti-pollution machines or make our cars non-polluting and factories also. I wish I were there to bop the person who thought industry can live with it. When one person does something, someone copies. That is how pollution was made. Instead of putting trash in a can, someone just decided to throw it on someone else's lawn or in our parks. We really need to make our world a better place to live in. Did you know that if we don't wipe our Mr. Pollution, and do their part so that our generation could see the end of Mr. Pollution. I'M JUST ONE By Richard Phillips I am only one and yet I am many things at different times. I would like to quote Maurice Nicoll. She said, HTo take another person as one, and the same at all times. To suppose he is one single NIH is to do violence to oneself. A multitude of different people live in each of you.H This story gave me a new way of looking at people and events around me. Life never stands still, you must look at the world around you, not as a collection of ready made objects and past events but as something that is happening now. I should not ask what is this, but rather, what's going on here? The other day, a friend was riding on a bus which stopped to pick up a young man with one leg amputated above the knee. He was new to crutches and had a hard time lifting himself up into the bus. While his struggle was going on, the driver leaned out his window and looked anxiously ahead. The passenger turned their attention away from the young man to see what was holding them up. There were sirens and flashing red lights. Just then, the driver settled back in his seat and drove off. My friend reminded to ask herself Hwhat's going on hereu just in time to see the young man and the driver exchange the briefest of smiles. Cexcerptedl 41.

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E MONSON AUTOGRAPHS FRIENDS FOREVER 43. GUESS THE BABY 1, Wendy Beckett 2. Toni Carmen 3. Karen Lambert 4. Mike Lambert 5. Linda Ford 6. Debbie Farley 7, Teresa Ray 8. Donna Hampton 9. Teresa Bennett 10. Linda Hatton 11. Lois Hatton 12. Bruce Bennett 15. Wanda Daily 14, Robert Stitt 15. 'ret' 16. Andrea Kirtley 17. Donna Bow 18, Pat Powell 19. Lisa Tweedy 20. Paula Matthews 21. Linda Roley 22. Chris Bailey 25. Rhonda Smith 24. Barb Eranham 25, Deb R Doug Denny 26. Abbie Norris 27. Kathy Cornett 28, Paula Q Gary Palmer , Abbie Norris 29 30. Pat Powell 51, Teresa Ray 52 55- Tammy . Denise Terry Robarge 34, Becky McCormick 55, Sherrie Packo