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f § 100 Years from Now In 1 9 0 7 , cou ld the c itiz e n s of North V anco uver have im ag ined w hat th e ir city w o uld look lik e in 2 0 0 7 ? Can w e im ag in e it in a n o th e r 1 0 0 y e a r s ' tim e ? A s a p art of the c ity 's C e n te n n ia l c e le b r a tio n s , lo c a l s tu d e n ts to o k up th a t c h a lle n g e in the Imagine Our Future City youth art contest. The b la ck and w hite d ra w in g s re fle c te d s tu d e n t's id e a s, v a lu e s, im a g in a tio n and creativity. The re su lts d ep icted a sp ectru m of p o ssib ilitie s from Utopia to w astelan d. L o ri P h illip s of the c ity 's P u b lic A rt D e p a rtm e n t stu d ie d the alm o st 3 5 0 su b m issio n s. "I q u ick ly realized th is w as m ore than ju s t a d raw in g e x e rc is e ," sh e o b se rve d . "A fte r loo k in g at the d raw in g s I saw that w e had a real snap shot of w h a t's on the m ind s of our youth. W ithout questio n, the b ig g e st issu e for all age g roups is global w arm ing." A lth o u g h se v e ra l of the c h ild re n e x p re s se d th e ir w o rrie s and con cerns, not only through the ir d raw ing s but also in the sp ace p ro v id e d b elo w ea ch p ic tu re fo r the a r t is t 's sta te m e n t, th e re w e re as m any w ho sa w a b rig h te r fu tu re , o ne w h e re p e a c e p re va ils and innovative tech n o lo g ies w ork to restore the vitality of the planet. During May the p ictures w ere exhibited at Cap ilan o M a ll w here m any people took the tim e to vote for th e ir fav o u rites. Ju d g e s re p re s e n tin g youth, the arts, the m u n icip a lity , the com m u n ity and art e d u c a tio n s e le c te d the to p three p ic tu re s in the fo ur a g e c a te g o rie s . W in n e rs in ea ch c a te g o ry w ere a ls o ch o se n a c c o rd in g to the p o p u la r vote. A w a rd s w ere p re se n te d at the M ay 28th city c o u n cil m eeting in fro nt of a full house of proud parents and fam ily m em bers. Winners are: Grades K -4 FIRST SECOND THIRD Rowyn Dickson Ja ck Chen Sam Hughes Safe, like co tto n balls covered in bubble wrap. Tt*rtl-nn*2007O tV> : ISUVBS^v^tr-OWrrcfMXlt^fcpSAtyPWfc POPULAR Abby Taylor Grade 5 - 7 FIRST SECOND THIRD Andy Park, Manuela Cruz Arianna Smith POPULAR Alex Hamilton Grade 8 - 1 0 FIRST SECOND THIRD POPULAR Eric Park C35 - Joanna Baiois C24 - Amy Jung C18 - Mana Kazemi Group 11-12 FIRST SECOND THIRD POPULAR D31 · Kimberley Lodoi D67 - Henry Wang D15 - Nicole Taylor D50 - Kele Elliott A s N orth V a n co u v er s te p s into its next 1 0 0 ye a rs, le t's hope that our citiz e n s w ill w ork together to crea te the city and w orld we w ant to see. T here's no doubt that m any of our c h ild ren are alre ad y on th is path. P a c ific iUSEE m 816 A utomall Drive, North Vancouver 604-9840331 8 July | August