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"Garbage Crisis Looms, Co-operation Needed'' Vancortver Courier "High Cost of GarbageRude Awakening for Throw Away Society" The Globe & Mail "Garbage Solution Sought Recycling the Only Answer" Aldergrove Star "Report Calls for Savings wilh Mandatory Recycling" Tri-CifyNews "Mayors Turning Up Heat for Regional Recycling" Sunday News

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GREATER VANCOUVER REGIONAL DISTRICT

. Recycling Public Meetings The promotion of these meetings is - To begin, garbage is Big Business. necessary because the entire story What information they do give takes

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is not expected to be given by GVRD. ~ e c y - c l i n gcaii be done with up to 100% re-use of materials; stuff like paper, glass, metal, cans, plastics and styrofoam and organic refuse.

Separating such substances at source on an individual basis, the need to do it, how it will be collected, how recycled, etc., will be the main thrust of the GVRD meetings.

On Sunday, 19 March, Hilda Beckwith (Lower Mainland Waste Management Coalition) and Lenore (Citizen's Action Network) gave a well-attended Town Hall meeting much of the information that the government emphatically does not give.

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the form of porpaganda, the tip of the iceberg: 'we're doing our part:; 'more incinerators are needed'; '~esourceRecovery Plants are the best example of our efforts'; 'what's left over is totally unusable'; 'the emissions from incinerators are safe' and 'burning toxic waste isn't hazand so on. ardous to public health' Hilda spoke at length on the findings of independent research; the facts that the promotion of the GVRD & Socred & NPA scheme tries to hide, gloss over or lie about: 1. Burning collected garbage releases over 100 different chemicals (Cont pg. 13)

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deterrence "policy" rests, in his stated understanding, fundamentally on first-strike nuclear capability. I (This state has dropped the nuclear bomb on sleeping people.)

I I read tonight as a front-page headline in the Vancouver Sun: I "Slay ings Revenge for Grounding", ; which topped its account of two teenagers plotting, planning, preparing for and carrying out a first-strike axe slaying of their foster parents1 This story made me shudder with horror, as the statement of -the naval officer made me shudder. The kids didn't like what their foster parents did: the navai officer's Cinai authority - the US military doesn't like what the USSR is doing!

Which one is the role model?

Which is the more inhuman. .the kids or the naval officer's commanders?!

If adults turn to nuclear weapons over disagreements, are kids going to cease turning to axes? Who is responsible? Who must make the judgement: NOT BY VIOLENCE. That the allegedly responsible governing authorities on this continent can carry on unceasingly by a policy of "do it my way or else underwritten by endless new generations of mass destruction weapons, has always stunned me with outrage and horror, bordering on disbelief.

Why? What values are more sacred than using technology to preserve the environment, enhance life, encourage creative solutions through negotiation? Why do contemporary kids resort to axe-killing of elders: The ,answer lies in the elders taking an honest look at themselves - particularly those in high and public office.

We, the "common people", cherish life: don't smash it.

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Letter to the Editor: All British Columbians, and Vancouverites in particular, can take cold comfort in the knowledge that profits of Canadian Pacific Limited rose to $774.5 million in 1988. (Real estate, forest products Canadian Pacific earnings - The Sun, March 14, 1989).

The clean up costs for contaminated soil and water at the old Expo site iu F&se 2zeek are G k g a q rhet tzxpayers have been left as a reminder of C.P.'s past attitude towards stewardship of- land.

It's time the provinces assigned retroactive responsibility to those who pollute our environment. We should demand full compensation from former landholders and their tenants, who continue to realize healthy profits while leaving their unhealthy waste for our disposal.

The principle of 'caveat emptor' must not be used as a mask in the face of such apparent risks to the public health.

Ken Lyotier - for Downtown Eastside Parks Planning Committee.

To the Editor: I listened tonight to a Canadian naval officer loudly defending Canada's alliance wtth a country, our close neighbour, whose defense and

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5 pm i n t h e T h e a t r e S p e c i a l Speakers Door P r i z e s Countdown

Honour t h e Grand F a t h e r & Grand Mothers of t h e Four D i r e c t i o n s t o h e l p your s e l f & o t h e r s f o r t h e day.

Dinner & Dance 5:30 - 10:OO pm Dinner t i c k e t s a r e on sale Now a t t h e 2nd f l o o r c o n c e s s i o n a t I

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CRABTREE CORNER CALENDAR - f o r A p r i l , 1989. r. h(Tues) - S i n g l e Mom's Slipport G r m i ? 1-3 Apr. 5 (Wed. ) - P r e v e n t i v e H e a l t h C l i n i c 2-4 Apr. 6 (Thur) - Videos 1:OO Apr. 7 ( F r i . ) - AIDS Video; d i s c u s s i o n 1-2:30 A p r . l l ( T u e s ) - Employment Support Group 1:30 S i n g l e Moms 1 :00 Apr.l2(Wed.) - S e l f - e s t e e m Workshop 1:30-3:30 Apr. 1 3 (Thur) - Videos 1 :OO Apr. l 4 ( F r i . ) - Videos 1:OO Apr.l8(Tues) - S i n g l e Mom's Support Group 1-3 Apr.lg(Wed.) - S e l f - e s t e e m Workshop 1:30-3:30 1:00 Apr. 20 (Thur) - Videos 1:00 Apr. 21 ( F r i . ) - Videos Apr.25(Tues) - S i n g l e Mom's Support Group 1-3 1:OO Apr. 27 (Thur) - Videos -A-?

~f the Carnegie book-keepers want to break even & wipe out the $28,000

deficit City Hall charges them with, they will have to stop handing out coffee tickets for Volunteer work.

If a "Volunteer" gets paid, even ~ one dollar, even one 3 5 ticket, technically, he/she is an underpaid employee, not a Volunteer, because capitalism, measuring all values in terms of money, will never give a sucker an even break.

In its definition of the word lVolunteer", the Concise Oxford Dictionary says, "A person who spontaneously undertakes a task. To offer one's services" it doesn't mention money at all. In fact, it relates "Volunteer" to "voluntary military service" - which is paid wages directly out of government funds & is not considered a "deficit" If you volunteer to kill people for the government you will be paid well for your voluntary efforts, no questions asked.

All these 3 5 ~tickets add up, the work gets done - but the government charges us with a "deficitW...If we would volunteer to go to foreign lands & kill people for the government - that would be honourable paid ~ r k vnlue:! , by cspitalism, net I deficit... But since we're just doing our every day life support work that seems necessary at the time, we (Volunteers) are a liability - & our work has been defined by our elected representatives as a neverending debt. This cruel & unusual attitude - where does it come from?

Social Planning? from the desk of the rich & successful Max Beck?... or does it just trickle down from bank managers & bookkeepers everywhere, who's purpose may be, as a psychological bottom line, to keep economic pressure on everyone & encourage feelings of inadequacy

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VOLUNTEER TICKETS (11) What you've just read gives a distorted picture so here's the facts: 1. The deficit in the kitchen comes from trading food&coffee for pieces of paper - volunteer tickets.

Carnegie will continue giving these, out to the people who give their time and energy. Last year the cost to the kitchen was $28,000. City Hall gets statements that it cost $28,000 to fund the Volunteer Program, but the kitchen then has to make $28,000 surplus to break even.

2. Tickets are not being cut back.

The system for getting tickets is being applied to all volunteers; some positions are affected, not by a reduction, but by the volunteers having to get tickets the same way as all the rest of us.

3. Volunteers, as said above, are by "definition1'unpaid, but here a volunteer does work in exchange for a l e r mnrp ~ E a n5 rirkeis. I E y a ~ you're an "underpaid employee" then you aren't a volunteer at all.

4. The Association doesn't have anything to do with funding tickets.

The kitchen has to bear the full cost all the time.

5. No conspiracy is afoot. If any business gives away all of its surplus it can't pay the bills. It can either stop giving away the profit or reduce unnecessary or wasteful expense so the giving doesn't have to stop.

This is what the kitchen is doing. No volunteer is being cut off or cutback.

PAULR TAYLOR

reparation

I used t o d r i v e my mother t o a v.a. c l i n i c i n ohio & oneday a guy was s i t t i n g i n t h e w a i t i n g a r e a watching a pop machine r e p a i r m a n w o r k i n g & t h e guy s a i d : " t h a t machine ripped m e o f f f o r 40 c e n t s I ' m t i r e d of g e t t i n r i p p e d

This i s t h e This i s t h e This i s t h e of t h e p a t h This i s t h e T h i s is t h e This i s t h e mis i s t h e

"I was i n world war two got s h o t i n t h e a n k l e got malaria & a nervous breakdown l o s t 48 men &. zfr,+:---I , L L c ~ of griiin rip?e 1I

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beginning end middle we wend future past first last

Let me be g r a n t e d t h e g r a c e t o l e t l o v e p a s s me by so that i n the spring i t s h a l l come t o be i n a way g r e a t e r t h a n befor and l a s t f o r e v e r

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E l i z a b e t h Thorpe Osborn

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The Carnegie Voice i s everyone's c h o i c e And i t ' s widely read by t h e people Who come h e r e and then, t h e y come back a g a i n ' c a u s e i t ' s r e a l l y a f i n e p l a c e t o be.

A s you see, i f you CARE o r e v e r would d a r e Come t o H a s t i n g s and Main Through a downpouring r a i n .

I n t h e L i b r a r y you can t a k e s h e l t e r Newspapers and books and t h e f i n e s t of cooks You may d i n e and r e l a x And s a v e y o u r s e l f t a x .

Why my Graqdmother used t o come here When I used t o d r i n k b e e r I n a n old-fashioned b a r f o r a dime S h e ' s gone many y e a r s & I ' v e had many beers This i s t h e bottom l i n e and t h e end of my t i m e .

Don Hodgson

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N A CUP? Disposable cups, p l a t e s , c u t l e r y a r e a l l a normal p a r t of o u r day. ~ o s t l yw e d o n ' t even t h i n k about them, b u t l a t e l y a l o t of concern h a s been r a i s e d about t h i s t y p e of materIt i s c a l l e d POLYSTYRENE and i s ial. made from petroleum by-products.

It i s l i g h t , cheap and can be adapted t o make a d i z z y i n g v a r i e t y of p r o d u c t s t h a t p r o t e c t , hold water, i n s u l a t e , f l o a t and f l y . One v e r y common u s e i s t o hold h o t c o f f e e .

Its p o p u l a r i t y and u s e f u l n e s s h a s i n c r e a s e d o v e r t h e p a s t few y e a r s t o t h e p o i n t where i n 1988, North A m e r i can i n d u s t r y churned o u t 2 . 4 m i l l i o n m e t r i c t o n s of i t . Almost h a l f of t h i s went t o produce c o f f e e cups, foam t r a y s f o r supermarkets, hinged foam c o n t a i n e r s f o r f a s t food and o t h e r k i n d s of d i s p o s a b l e p r o d u c t s .

Roughly 3,000 t o n s of p o l y s t y r e n e ends up i n North American garbage cans every day - enough t o make 900 m i l l i o n t a k e o u t c o f f e e cups which, l o o s e l y packed, would f i l l 100 75s t o r e y o f f i c e towers EVERY DAY! One of t h e main problems w i t h polys t y r e n e foam i s t h a t t h e r e i s no r e a l way t o d i s p o s e of i t . I n l a n d f i l l s p l a s t i c rem&ins i n t a c t , i n e r t , and w i l l n o t biodegrade. Obviously we cannot c o n t i n u e t o f i l l up garbage dumps w i t h s t u f f t h a t w i l l never break down.

Recycling of t h i s m a t e r i a l h a s been slow t o happen, and i s only b e i n g considered because of t h e p r e s s u r e of p u b l i c opinion.

I f big corporations l i k e McDonald's weren't a f r a i d of p u b l i c b o y c o t t s t h e y wouldn't even look a t t h i s o p t i o n . Only two polys t y r e n e r e c y c l i n g c e n t r e s a r e being

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considered i n Norht America.

One of t h e s e i s i n a suburb of Boston and . one i s on Long I s l a n d , N.Y. P l a s t i c s of a l l k i n d s a r e a b i g problem.

I n S e a t t l e they must send t h e i r p l a s t i c s a l l t h e way t o Thail a n d t o be r e c y c l e d .

The b i g g e s t problem w i t h r e c y c l i n g any p l a s t i c has always been c o l l e c t i n g and t r a n s porting t h e lightwieght materials a s well a s s o r t i n g out t h e d i f f e r e n t w a r i e t i e s - t h e s e cannot be r e c y c l e d i f they g e t mixed o g e t h e r .

Apart from t h e f a c t t h a t t h i s mate r i a l w i l l n o t break down and w i l l be q i t h u s f o r e v e r and e v e r , t h e p r o c e s s used t o make t h e s e c o n t a i n e r s i s damaging t o t h e environment. CHLOROFLOUR0 CARBONS a r e used t o blow bubbles i n t o t h e p o l y s t y r e n e foam t o make t h e m a t e r i a l l i g h t weight. T h i s i s t h e same m a t e r i a l t h a t i s used i n a number of d i f f e r e n t ways ( r e f r i d g e r a t o r s , e t c . ) t h a t t h e world i s t r y i n g t o ban because i t i s d e s t r o y i n g t h e ozone.

Once a g a i n w e have t o look a t our daily habits.

How many cups of c o f f ee i n one day do w e d r i n k w i t h d i s p o s a b l e cups? How many caps a day do we put i n t h e garbage? How much of t h i s garbage do we, a t Carnegie, *.t

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have been on t h e minds of t h e k i t c h e n s t a f f a t Carnegie f o r a l o n g time.

The good news i s t h a t r e a l d i s h e s t h a t can be washedland re-used a r e on o r d e r f o r t h e k i t c h e n . J u s t imagine d r i n k i n g a cup of h o t c o f f e e o u t of a r e a l c o f f e e mug! When they a r r i v e t h e y w i l l r e q u i r e a d i f f e r e n t mind frame on t h e p a r t of t h e u s e r s . They w i l l need t o be c a r e f u l l y c o l l e c t e d and r e t u r n e d t o t h e k i t c h e n . We, a s a community, w i l l need t o t a k e respons i b i l i t y f o r looking a f t e r our ' r e a l dishes'.

J u s t t h i n k of i t a s p r o t e c t i n g t h e space on o u r p l a n e t .

By MUGGS SICURCEIRSON

I never get mad, I get hostile; I never feel sad, I get 'depressed; If I sew or knit and enjoy it a bit I'm not handy I'm merely obsessed.

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I never feel regret I feel guilty, And if I should vacuum the hall; Wash the woodwork and such, and not mind it too much Am I tidy? Compulsive is all.

If I can't choose a hat, I have conflicts With ambivalent feelings toward net.

I never get worried or nervous or hurried; Anxiety, that's what I get.

If I'm happy, I must be euphoric; Ig~ t- t h e s t c r k Club or the R i t z And have a good time making puns or a rhyme, ~ ' a m manic, or maybe a schiz. ~f

If I think that a doorman was nasty, I'm a paranoid, obviously; And if I take a drink without stopping to think Alcoholic - that's surely me.

If I tell you you're right, I'm suvmissive Repressing aggressiveness too.

And when I disagree, I'm defensive, you see and projecting my symptons on you.

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I love you but that)s just transference With Oedipus rearing his head. ily breathing asthmatic is psychosomatic, A fear of exclaiming "drop dead!"

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I'm simply dependent.

I'm not lonely My dog has no fleas, just a tic.

So if I seem a cad, never mind ...just be glad That I'm not a stinker. ..I'm sick.

Submitted by Tom Lewis On a Train

I saw the whole world rushing by The river of landscape flowed, surging.

In the roaring, hurrying clatter and sway,' In the quiet of your nearness In the warmth of your present being BY me, I was whole.

(1978) B . Ferneyhaugh

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ries of unforgettable pain ears of unforgettable visions he longs for them to vanish motions of lost dreams bsession of finding the end he longs for them to appear ights of sleeplessness ays of dreaming he longs for white magic ndless miles walked old nights she stands alone he longs for no more E i X S of ~ i o t'hiowing trangers she can't read he longs for comfort and love llusion of age in her eyes Dunger she remains he longs for her true look he longs for comfort and love.

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Alan King Let the Feelings Flow Let the feelings flow Out the door they must go.

Crt if you wish I'll hand you a tish Let the feelings flow Out the door they must go.

Tell me I don't Let the Out the

what you feel want to be a heel feelings flow door they must go.

Do you feel sad, Or are you stalking mad?

Let the feelings flow, Out the door they must go.

Everyone has feelings to show Some just don't let them go Let the feelings flow Out the door they must go.

Mary Cappell

BLACK DEATH IN ALASKA, 1989. ~ h f sweek, in Tofino, rich American tourists are getting their annual cheap thrill off the migration of grey whales. B.C. entrepreneurs have been making money off it for years - but this year - in fact within the next 3 weeks, according to Zoologists, the migration American tourists love so will pass directly through the mouth of Prince william Sound where the whales will suddenly encounter North America's largest, thickest, blackest, deadliest oil spill.

The Exxon Corporation, one of Americals leading environmental terrorists, has arranged this event. There will be no tourists present to witness "hat happens as their favourite friendly animals meet the American Dream head-on. , The Exxon Corporation has its lawyers on the case to ensure that the port of Valdez remains open so I ,they can continue shipping oil nonstop through the spill area. They are also gearing up for the traditional corporate tactic of blaming the disaster on one employee.

As long ago as 1968, U.S. President Lyndon Johnson approved a "special contingency plan" to clean up supertanker spiiis, & =he canadian goverllment also claimed to have emergency Today, it ' s clear oilspill plans. that neither government has ever had any procedure in place to effectively contain or clean up large spills.

Both governments have been quite satisfied to lie about it since 1968.

Within hours of the spill 15 fishemen volunteered tlIeir boats & crew to help clean it up, but Exxon officials at the scene refused their offer. An Exxon spokesman described their totally ineffective cleanup attempt as if it were a football game - he said: "We have advanced

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from a goal-line stand during the first 36 hours, to being on the 10 yardline & ready to run with the ball!@ Debbie Payton, an American scientist on the scene, described the oil slick as resembling "chocolate mousseu - making it sound almost good enough to eat. In the last few days many birds, sea lions, sea otters & killer have been sighted swimming in the oil, but they won't last longu people say the oil fumes are overwhelming- Doris Lopez, a resident said, "Men are coming to town dizzy & sick to their when they've only been out there an " In spite of this tragedy, Exxonts terrorism (business) on the high seas will continue. American citizens continue to demand that billions of barrels of crude oil be shipped to them every day - most of it by Supertanker* Governments & businesses have been working together to ensure that no' ~ d~~ the thing s of oil. BY saying they will PaY people to clean it up, & putting as much blaim as possible on individthe giant, faceless, ual mindless Exxon Corporation avoids the res~onsibility6 remains intact be-

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dustrial terrorism against the natural SO far, the future of oil spill technology has only 2 major elements - Pay the suckers to clean it UP & blame the employees. We will see a lot more of this kind of activity in the future & not One Exxon executive will even Say "I'm sorry" Billions of incredibly beautiful living creatures are dying in agony & confusion, their amazing underwater environments

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he could be a s t e r e o t y p e What flower i s t h i s t h a t g r e e t s t h e morn but h i s blood r u n s r e a l ; Its hues from heaven s o f r e s h l y born? he f e e l s boxed i n and With burning s t a r and flaming band t i e d up i n s t e r i l e ribbon It k i n d l e s a l l t h e s u n s e t l a n d s ; of systems and c a r d s s t a c k e d 0 t e l l u s what i t s name may be... a g a i n s t t h e deck Is t h i s t h e flower of l i b e r t y ? but knows he must be human It i s t h e banner o f t h e f r e e , a f t e r a l l he l i k e s music, The s t a r r y flower of l i b e r t y ! e x p l o r e s t h e w r i t t e n word D.W. Holmes when he g e t s t o see i t i n long hours t o do n o t h i n g but s i t around and o u t l a s t l i f e ; he f i g u r e d o u t I t h i n k , t h e r e f o r e I a long long t i m e ago y l s e e

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DERA H A S B E E N S E R V I N G T H E DOWNTOWN E A S T S I D E FOR 1 5 YEARS

INDIGINEITY 6 Y O U I n t h e o r d e r of t h i n g s , you a r e s t r o n g e s t a t your p l a c e of o r i g i n .

Like o u r b r o t h e r s & sisters t h e P l a n t s , t h e Four-legged, t h e Wing' d, t h e Fishes.

Move t o a n o t h e r l o c a t i o n , welthky become weak.

From o u r weakness ( t h e broken c i r c l e ) we l o s e c o n t a c t w i t h o u r Mother E a r t h , our Grandmother, from t h e S ~ i r i of t our Ancestors.

Being r o a d l e s s , we d i e o f f o r d i s appear; o r f l o u r i s h a t some a r t i f i a i a l l e v e l t o wreak poison & d e s t r u c t i o n upon Mother E a r t h , our Grandmother Many g e n e r a t i o n s ago we were i n w i t h Mother E a r t h , touch - s l o i d l y o u r Grandmother.

W e , t h e Red Nations, were i n s o l i d contact with Turtle Island.

We were t h e Keepers.

My B r o t h e r s , my S i s t e r s - w e a r e s t i l l t h e guardians of T u r t l e I s l a n d .

W e must do o u r Sacred D u t i e s t o prot e c t T u r t l e Island, a s our o t h e r B r o t h e r s 6 S i s t e r s must do i n o t h e r p a r t s of mother

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Are w e n o t named I n d i a n s by one of our v i s i t o r s ? The Whites, upon f i r s t s e e i n g us & knowing u s , c a l l e d u s "INDIOS", which s a y s " I n DIOS" For we which i s t o s a y "In GOD". were where we should be - i n b a l a n c e - People who a r e w i t h God. I n d i a n s - y e s , w e a r e well-named.

W e were recognized a s I n d i a n s . For t h a t w e were p e r s e c u t e d ; many of o u r Brother T r i b e s d e s t r o y e d . W e c a r r y t h e t r u t h t h a t does n o t go w i t h r u t h l e s s peoples' unconcious d r i v e s .

They a t t e m p t t o c l o t h e themselves w i t h o u t e r s e c u r i t y because i n n e r s e c u r i t y i s impossible i n t h e f a c e of such r u t h l e s s n e s s .

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t o t h e atmosphere. These c h e m i c a l s c l u d e many t h a t a r e t o x i c ( p o i s o n ) jo p l a n t s , a n i m a l s and people.

2. The l e v e l s e e n a s " s a f e " i s 50 t o n s a y e a r o f t h e most common chemicals r e l e a s e d . The Burnaby idc i n e r a t o r , a t a p u b l i c c o s t o f $75 @ l i o n , r e l e a s e s 1,100 t o n s a y e a r .

3. The a i r p o l l u t i o n and s t e n c h o f t h i s state-of-the-art smokestack is a f f e c t i n g p e o p l e l i v i n g m i l e s from t h e s i t e . "Some d a y s you p r a y f o r t h e wind t o change w h i l e s t a y i n g i n d o o r s . " 4. The i n c i n e r a t o r i s a p r i v a t e ( b u s i n e s s . Tax d o l l a r s ( t o u s i n h i g h e r r e n t s ) pay $ 6 5 / t o n t o have mixed garbage t a k e n t h e r e , of which lthe company g e t s $27 a t o n i n p r o f i t .

5. For e v e r y 4 t o n s of w a s t e burned t h e r e i s 1 t o n of a s h . T h i s a s h 'is h i g h l y t o x i c and i s dumped i n t o l a n d f i l l s , p u t i n b a r r e l s and b u r i e d , Leakage o f t h i s p o i s o n i n t o q o u n d w a t e r i s common and t h e food chain is d r a s t i c a l l y a f f e c t e d .

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7. Solid and tnvic vastes n r e r L V c e s s e d t o produce " f u e l p e l l e t s " , s t i l l c o n c e n t r a t e d p o i s o n , and t h e n t h e y a r e s o l d t o o t h e r communities a t a h e a l t h y p r o f i t . The p o l l u t i n g e f f e c t is i n c r e a s e d p r o p o r t i o n a t e l y .

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8. Known p o i s o n s i n t o x i c w a s t e i n c l u d e PCBs and d i o x i n s . Much i n f o r m a t i o n was r e l e a s e d r e c e n t l y about t h e e f f e c t s of PCBs. D i o x i n s a r e a d e a d l y p a r t of p u l p 6 a p a e r waste: dumped d a i l y i n o f f s h o r e w a t e r s and t o t a l l i n g 90,000 t o n s a y e a r . Dioxins a r e carcinogenic (cancer-causing) i n p e o p l e and a n i m a l s . They a l s o c a u s e organ d i s f u n c t i o n , s k i n d i s o r d e r s , damage t o immune s y s t e m s and b i r t h d e f e c t s . These s u b s t a n c e s a r e a l r e a d y p a r t of t h e food c h a i n , b e i n g i n g e s t e d w i t h p l a n t s contaminated w i t h them.

A s one r e p o r t states: "One l i t r e of m i l k t a k e n from a cow e a t i n g contami n a t e d f o d d e r w i l l have t h e same amount of d i o x i n s as you would g e t from b r e a t h i n g t h e a i r n e a r a n i n c i n e r a t o r f o r e i g h t months."

Lenore h a s been working w i t h t h e Bonaparte Band n e a r Cache Creek. The GVRD p l a n s t o u s e t h e s i t e t h e r e t o dump w a s t e from Resource Recovery ( o r Resource Rip-off) P l a n t s i n Vancouver.

"Rip-off" i s p r e c i s e l y c o r r e c t . We pay up t o $95 a t o n t o have w a s t e take n t o such a p l a n t , where i t ' s dumped on t h e f l o o r and t h e r e i s s e p a r a t i o n of t h e m a t e r i a l s t h a t a r e r e c y c l i b l e .

The privately-owned o p e r a t i o n promises * - --LU LGCOVCL u u l y 3iiii ( r n p s j ~f t h e tennage brought i n . The rest, meaning t h e mixed up t r a s h t h a t no one s e p a r a t e s a t t h e s o u r c e , w i l l be t r u c k e d t o l a n d f i l l s i t e s and dumped. The recovered m a t e r i a l s are t h e p r o p e r t y of t h e company and a r e s o l d a t a c l e a r p r o f i t .

The r i p - o f f i s t h a t most i f n o t a l l o f t h e g a r b a g e made by s o c i e t y can be recycled i f separation occurs a t source.

The C i t y of Vancouver C o u n c i l i s p r o p o s i n g t h a t o n l y r e s i d e n t i a l garbage need b e s e p a r a t e d a t s o u r c e , w h i l e t h e major p r o d u c e r s of t r a s h corporations, h o t e l s , apartment buildi n g s , b u s i n e s s e s - can c o n t i n u e t o throw e v e r y t h i n g i n one "can" t o be h a u l e d away a s u s u a l . IJe' 11 j u s t pay

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for it by way of frustration at having to suffer through another round of practiced stupidity. Lenore continued her caustic expose, citing common knowledge about the toxicity of industrial waste and the fact that commercial garbage, when put through the process of compression or burning, produces dozens of deadly chemiclls. all along the line.

Cache Creek residents, especially the Native Peoples who fish in the rivers, report catching slamon that actually glow in the dark, as a result of ingesting toxic waste that leechs into ground water from landfill.

Deadly radioactive leaks are widespread Part of the growing nightmare is the involvement of Gemstar and Wastech.

Wastech is responsible for convincing NPA aldermen that Seattle's Resource Recovery (again, Resource Rip-off) Plant deserves a twin in Vancouver, near Main & Terminal. They work along the same PR lines as Gemstar, the company that wants to create landfill and toxic waste dumps in the interior of B.C.. Gemstar is a subsidiary of the Becktel Group, a California consortium heavily into thecreation of toxic waste (via nuclear power plants (and the materials for nuciear weaponsjj in the USA and Third World sites. They claim expertise in disposing of such waste, but the record shows this to be an obscene statement. Most if not all nuclear and toxic waste is hidden or dumped or put in containers that cannot retain this junk for the few hundred thousand years necessary until it's "safe". What they do is f5nd out-of-the-way sites and "outof-sightlout-of-mind" is their operating ideology.

The "out-of-the-way" sites..

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Even if we never use the bomb ~ g a i nwith , tho cantinumi production of nudeur weapons we are poisoning ourselves wifh radioactivity leaking into the earth, the water, and the air.

The Ilanlord Nuclear Reservation in soulhcasl Washington Slale is one ol Ihe largesl and oldesl nuclear lacililies Hanlord produced Ihe pluloniuni lor Tririily. lhe world's lirsl nuclear bomb, and lor lhousands ol nuclear weapons since.

IMuch 01 lianford3 570 square miles has become lhoroughly conlaminaled by radioaclive and cl~ernical wash By 1982, 12 million cubic mehrs ol Ihe nuclear reservalion's soil had becorne so conlanlirialed with pluloniurn Ital \he US. Oeparlrr~enlol Energy's (DOE) own guidelines required lhal llie soil be lranslerred lo an underground wasle lacilily Rallier lhan dispose ol Ihe conlarninaled soil, Ihe DOE raised by len lims ils own guidelines lor allowable pluloniurn concenlralions in Ihe soil. Wilh Ihe slroke 01 a pen, pluloniurn-cor~larninaled wasle became low-level wasle, and pluloniurn continues lo accurnulale in Hanlord's soil.

In 1984, a Washinglon Slale ollicial eslirnaled Ihe arnounl of pluloniurn in Hanlord's defense wasle lo be approxinialely 3.030 pounds. 11 a mere teaspoon of plu- , loniurn, aboul Ihree ounces, were spread arnong Ihe enlire populalionof Ihe earth, il would exceed Ilie DOE'S "permissible" lilelirne body-burden lirnils lor all live billion 01 us.

Radioaclively and chemically conlarninaled ground water is seeping born Ihe Hanlord Reservalioninlo Ihe Columbia River. Allhwgh Hanlord is 300 miles inland, by 1978 radioaclivily lrom its pluloniurn reaclors had &er: &!cc!ccj on :he Pacilic con:i;ntal s:i~!: Ciij17i soulhefn Canada lo norlhern Cal~lornia.

W Over Ihe pas1lour decades Hanlord has released inlo Ihe atmosphere over 1 million curies of Ihyroidseeking iodine-131, a known carcinogen. Unlll Ihis y r, lhcse releases were never announced lo Ihe America public. On December 2. 1949. tianford oflicijs inlenlionally released 5 thousand curies ol iodine-131 in a "planned exprimenl: dglails 01 which are sli!l bcing withheld. By comparison. Ihe Three Mile Island accidenl released an eslimaled 15 curies.

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These and m n y ~llier1x1s about Ihe Hanlord Nuclear Re~ervalionare being broughl oul and publicized by Ihe Hanlord Educalion Aclion League (HEAL), a group 01 research scienlisls, invesligalive reporlers, and concerned citizens in Washinglon Slalc.

HEAL is supporled by lhe Peace Ocveloprnenl Fund and Ihe Pacilic Peace Fund, public loundalions lhal raise money and graril il lo hundreds of cilizen groups lhroughoul llie U.S. working lor a sale and peacelul world. We urge you lo becorne lully intornled aboul all Ihe risks 01 producing. deploying, and polenlially using nuclear weaporis, and we invile you lo supporl Ihe Funds' eHort lo bring Itie nuclear arms race lo a hall.

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The Cache Creek Peoples see this as another attempt at genocide, like the distribution of smallpox-laden blankets in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The horrible deaths, sickness, birth defects, disease and destruction suffered by anyone or thing living near these sites has been known and documented by indcpendent researchers for years. Often the presence of such poisons is secret knowledge of the companies responsible for producing them.

Love Canal?...the Expo lands...?!

Part of Gemstar's options include covering the deadly junk with a plastic liner and then just dumping soil on top. Nothing is done to remove it or stop it from leeching into ground water or exploding as forming gases combine.

The GVRD meetings promise to address little except asking us to be sure and wash bottles and cans. When the Resource Rip-off scheme was before Vancouver City Council no less than 22 delegations spoke against it. many raising the above concerns. The NPA majority carried the day with practiced stupidity: the people spoke uniformingly against t-he whole plan, the engineers working for the companies ready to go ahead spoke For i r and m a j ~ r ~ pass;ng ty t=r ~ 1 dermen got up and said: ''The people have spoken, we've heard them, and we vote Yes!" The future of life on our planet can either be beautiful or non-existent. Our personal support is essential to demand a referendum on thee creation of aay system that excludes the participation of the biggest garbage makers in waste disposal. The NPA majority on the Parks Board refused to establish a moratorium on the use of any part of the Expo lands for park space until the effects of the poisons buried there are known.

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(Please Note: None of these meetings are anywhere near the site of the Resource Rip-off Plant or in the Downtown Eastside. Truth hurts.)

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The GVRD-has retained consultants to prepare a regional material re~~cling'program - give the consultants your ideas.

Apr. 5th Kyle Centre Kerniit Beahan 125 Kyle, Port Moody 7:30 p.m.

Silver Harbour ~ e r i t r e Apr. 6th Thursday 144 East 22nd, N O I I ~ Van 6 3 0 p.m.

Apr. IIth Tuesday Surrey Municipal Hall 7:30 p.m.

14245 - 56th Ave., Surrey Wednesday Apr. 12th HOUSTON 7:30 p.m.

Haney 'lace, Ridge Kermit Beahan, 70, who dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki and Monday Apr. 17th VanDusen Gardens said he wanted the distinction of being the last man ever to use the 7:30 p.m.

5251 Oak St.s Vancouver device on humans. died on ThursBonsor Park Complex isy after suffering cardiac arrest Tuesday Apr. 18th following prostate surgery.

7:30 p.m. on the plane that dropped an atomWednesday Apr; 19th Minoru Pavilion ic bomb on the Japanese city of 7 191 Granville A ~ ~~ . , i Nagasaki ~ on A%. h9,1945, killing ~ an ~ 7:30 p.m. estimated 70,000 people.

Thursday Apr. 20th Lanalev Civic Centre Y saw a mushroom cloud hubbling and flashing orange, red and 7:30 p.m.

20699 - 42nd Ave., Langley green," he recalled later in an,incerview with the Houston ChroniFor further information call the GVRD at 432-6200. The cle. " ~ looked t like a pictureof hell. ground itself was covered by a Wednesday

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In 1985, on the fortieth anniversary of the city's destruction, he said he would never apologize for the bombing. He said 25 Japanese had sought him out a few years ago and told him the bombing was the "best way out of a hell of a mess."

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merikis can Americans kiss? ~ittlebaby American Joe. American Joe he go home

Prairie grass and pussy willows Bring memories fond and dear, 3f how friends helped each other In the days of the pioneer.

Little baby American Joe He not look American He not look pure

When they called on neighbours They were greeted with a smile, And they did enjoy themselves As they visited awhile.

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With the help of neighbours Their hardships were defied; ow the country is developed d their pride is justified.

American Joe he happy in America

American Joe he married American Joe marry the girl next door. hey suffered the bitter winters, And toiled under the summer sun.

American Joe say now he us pi-oud; Now as we see this beautiful country, of his new child, his first born!!

We honour the work they've done.

Does not American Joe remember?

Irene Schmidt Maybe American Joe mean his first child born in America.

American Joe's 1st born not born in America.

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"I am f r e e t o send my l o v e i n t o t h e u n i v e r s e , t o a t t r a c t t o me only t h o s e people and t h o s e opp o r t u n i t i e s which w i l l b e s t allow me t o e x p r e s s my l o v e , my wisdom, my t a l e n t s and my a b i l i t i e s and my freedom t o be me."

The second monthly C u l t u r a l Gathe r i n g was h e l d i n t h e T h e a t r e on March 1 2 t h from 6-9:30. A s m a l l crew i n c l u d i n g Fred Arrance, John Johnson, War Dance, Kei.th, G a i l and I r e n e made s u r e t h a t t h e r e was p l e n t y of c h t l f and banneck f o r everyone.

The evening began w i t h a s p e c i a l song and p r a y e r by E l d e r Mary Illsil i c k . She s t r e s s e d t h e need f o r Elders t o continue teaching children about t h e i r c u l t u r e .

Arrows t o Freedom was t h e h o s t drum; t h e i r name meaning t h a t they a r e f r e e from a l c o h o l and drugs Red Mountain drum group from Mission and t h e S p i r i t Bluff drum group were a l s o i n a t t e n d e n c e . War Dance and Frank Superheault w e r e t h e MC'S and g r e a t c h e e r s a r o s e when War Dance won t h e e a g l e p a i n t i n g done by a n a r t i s t i n t h i s Centre. A l l animals a r e s a c r e d but t h e e a g l e i s t h e most revered of a l l animals.

Kelly White spoke of t h e s t r u g g l e s t i l l going on t o f r e e Leonard Peltier.

This i s s u e w i l l be brought up i n parliament along with t h e t r e a t ment of n a t i v e s by p o l i c e i n North America.

I f you'd l i k e more i n f o r m a t i o n on t h e c u l t u r a l s h a r i n g s and g a t h e r i n g s c o n t a c t A l i c i a Lawrence a t Carnegie.

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The Second Annual MayWorks F e s t i v a l : A C e l e b r a t i o n of C u l t u r e and Working L i f e w i l l be on t h e j o b t h i s May 1st through 7 t h w i t h a f u l l s h i f t of eve n t s f e a t u r i n g a r t i n t h e Workplace.

Some of t h i s y e a r ' s MayWorks highl i g h t s t o watch f o r i n c l u d e a Power P l a y p r o d u c t i o n w i t h Headlines Theatre and t h e C l e r i c a l Workers H e a l t h and Safety Project.

Gusdrivers w i i i be e n c e r t a l n e d by l o c a l w r i t e r and performance a r t i s t Nora R a n d a l l ' s r e a d i n g o f "Mavis and t h e Chicken Yard" - t h e comedic s t o r y of two bus-driving s i s t e r s , one of whom g e t s promoted t o management.

Concerts on Vancouver's w a t e r f r o n t docks, performances on c o n s t r u c t i o n sites, v i s u a l a r t shows i n union h a l l s and p o e t r y r e a d i n g s d u r i n g workers' lunch-hour a r e a l s o planned.

The F e s t i v a l w i l l c l o s e on a s t r o n g n o t e w i t h a c o n c e r t a t t h e Maritime Labour Centre Saturday, May 6 t h , and a f i n a l p r e s e n t a t i o n a t t h e Vancouver E a s t C u l t u r a l Centre, Sunday evening May 7 t h , f e a t u r i n g some of B . C . ' s b e s t known musicians i n t h e i r l e a s t l i k e l y r o l e s - a s labour balladeers.

Volunteers a r e needed f o r many asp e c t s of t h i s F e s t i v a l ' s production.

MayWorks o f f e r s f r e e e v e n t p a s s e s i n r e t u r n . P l e a s e c a l l t h e MayWorks F e s t i v a l O f f i c e a t 324-8821 f o r more i n f o r m a t i o n on e v e n t s o r v o l u n t e e r i n g L a s t y e a r ' s MayWorks F e s t i v a l a t t r a c t e d qver 4,000 people and ended i n t h e b l a c k , w l t h over two-thirds of t h e budget going t o pay a r t i s t s f o r their participation.

See you a t MayWorks, May 1-7, 1989, where t h e A r t s , i n c l u d i n g t h e A r t of Work, a r e c e l e b r a t e d !

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You're s i t t i n g above hazardous c a r g o c a r r y i n g r a i l t r a c k s , however...

Beneath you a r e two f l o o r s of p a r k i n g and two f l o o r s of l u x u r y r e t a i l s t o r e s , t h e n a n open-air m a l l .

But, y o u ' r e s t i l l s i p p i n g a t a l l , c o o l one a t Broadway & Commercial Drive a couple of hundred f e e t above t h e Grandview c u t r a i l - l i n e .

What a r e t h e B u r l i n g t o n Northern r a i l boys moving a l o n g t h e o l d l i n e today? Mostly 60 f o o t l o n g r a i l c a r s of g a s o l i n e . Also they boogie a l o n g w i t h propane and anhydrous ammonia t o x i c g a s , c h l o r i n e , a n d even a r t i l l ery shells.

Now'Intercon Co. wants t o buy t h e a i r - r i g h t s above hazardous c a r g o t r a c k s and p u t up b u i l d i n g s . Other than t h e luxury r e t a i l s t o r e s t h e r e would be an 18-storey high-rent apartment and a n 8 - s t o r e y o f f i c e tower - a l l above t h e s e t r a c k s .

The t u n n e l t h e r e i s 225 f e e t long and over 300 innocent people would be i n i t i n v e h i c l e s a t any g i v e n time.

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i n t e n s e shock waves, crushing & f l i n g i n g cars.

F i r e , h e a t 6 t o x i c chemi c a l s would make any r e s cue i m p o s s i b l e , a c c o r d i n g t o Vancouver's F i r e Chief.

(A deluge water system would t u r n t h e f l o o r of t h e t u n n e l i n t o a towering i n f e r n o of water & chems.)

H e r e ' s what c i t y managers s a i d about exploding r a i l c a r s : 1 ) t h e r e ' s an immedi a t e "f i r e - b a l l " f o r 1,000 f e e t ( 3 blocks) ; 2) t h e r e ' s heavy impact" f o r 1 m i l e ; and 3) windows a r e blown . out f o r 3 miles.

The s a f e t y checking of r a i l c a r s f o r l e a k s has decreased t o about once a month when w h a t ' s needed i s every c a r , every day. I t ' s a n explosive situation.

A t peak hours (6am & 6pm) t h e r e a r e 15,000 people w i t h i n t h e "heavy impact" a r e a around Broadway & Commrrcidl dud ~ u u i i * i . ' t G YCpGZtS, t h ~ s a f e t y of r a i l cargo i s d e c r e a s i n g .

The amounts of t o x i c , deadly c a r g o e s a r e i n c r e a s i n g i n Vancouver each year.

I t ' s completely unnecessary f o r t h e NPA s e c t i o n of c o u n c i l t o p u t thousands of innocent p e o p l e ' s l i v e s a t s t a k e i n t h e "high r i s k a r e a " t h a t t h i s is. C i t y e n g i n e e r s have proposed a & l a n e freeway a l o n g s i d e t h e t r a c k s ; t r a c k s on which hundreds of k i n d s of chemicals w i l l be moved.

Council ( a g a i n t h e NPA s e c t i o n ) h a s i n t i m i d a t e d t h e F i r e Chief. There w i l l be a p u b l i c h e a r i n g a t t h e Trout Lake Centre on A p r i l 20th.

By DON LARSON

YI Molson's took over Carling-O'Keefe, Canadian Airlines took over Wardair, and Imperial Oil put up $4.9 billion to buy Texaco Canada. It was just another week for business in the new environment aeated by Canada's decision to ratify lh?~ k i . %GSC &t F:tt Ti& &icczitn:.

Container of Chicago put up $2.6 biion to take pulp and paper producer Consolidated Bathurst out of Canadian control. And market analysts say Canadian 'companies are undervalued and may inaeasingly become targets for U.S. takeovers, particularly in the resource sector.

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* 975 jobs at Northern Telecom plants in Aylmer, P.Q., Belleville, Ont., and Bramalea, Ont; 600 jobs as Gilleae transfers razor and pen produdioa tiom Montreal and Toronto to the U.S.;

* 1400 jobs targeted at Molson Breweries; * 335 jobs in Canadian Tire's auto parts operation in' Toronto; NX)jobs at Echlin Canada Ltd. as the company shifts auto parts produdion to the U.S.

The beer merger is in theory not linked to the FTA, because brewing was exempt from the deal. But Molson's has set a target to double its sales into the U.S.market a clear signal for US. brewers to seek inaeased access to Canada.

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The CAIL takeover of Wardair is part of the concentration of Canadian airlines that has followed deregulation of Canadian air transport beginning in the early 1 W s . It leaves Air Canada and Canadian with over 90% of the Canadian market.

The model for the Wardair takeover is deregulation in the U.S.,which has seen low-price carriers like People's Express forced to the wall and the industry merged down to half a dozen large carriers.

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people On CJelfare (POW) meetings a r e mostly u n s t r u c t u r e d . When t h e r e i s b u s i n e s s t o d i s c u s s w e have a s h o r t meeting.

I f someone h a s a problem, t h e y can d i s c u s s i t p r i v a t e l y o r t a l k about i t w i t h t h e group.

Often we f i n d t h a t someone else h a s experienced a s i m i l a r problem.

We f i n d t h a t o l d e r people i n Carn e g i e have had $50 c u t from t h e i r cheques because of being d e c l a r e d 11 . rulpioyabie". Svme a r e s c a r e d co f i g h t back, but 2 have fought back and won.

W e hope t o t a k e p a r t i n R.A.P. i n t h e n e a r f u t u r e . This would h e l p u s make a w e l f a r e video t h a t people w i t h l i m i t e d s k i l l s and poor r e a d i n g a b i l i t i e s could understand. (Maybe Claude Richmond could u s e i t - he r e a l l y has a learning d i s a b i l i t y towards poverty i s s u e s . ) W e m e e t every Tuesday a t 4:30 on t h e 3rd f l o o r n e a r t h e Xerox Room.

There i s a b u l l e t i n board t h e r e w i t h w e l f a r e information.

By SHEILA BAXTER

The R i g h t s Advocacy P r o j e c t (RAP) i s designed t o h e l p people b e t t e r understand t h e Welfare system. We n e e d . v o l u n t e e r s t o h e l p make a v i d e o , p o s t e r s and a t t e n d workshops. Contact A l i c i a o r Brian (Learning Centre) f o r more i n f o . A l l people a r e welcome t o b r i n g t h e i r i d e a s t o Classroom #2 on Monday, A p r i l 3rd a t 4 :00 pm.

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T h i r d F l o o r Videos A s p e c i a l t h a n k you t o I g o r f o r having t h e p a t i e n c e t o spend e n d l e s s h o u r s showing u s v e r y i n t e r e s t i n g v i d e o s . They a r e g r e a t l y a p p r e c i a t e d by t h o s e of u s who a r e t o o young t o e n t e r t h e S e n i o r s Lounge.

The v i d e o s a r e shown e v e r y e v e n i n g e x c e p t F r i d a y , when we have a movie i n t h e T h e a t r e . T h i s program h a s become v e r y p o p u l a r s o we need more space f o r t h i s event.

Following i s o n e ' w e e k ' s l i n e - u p : Monday : 1. Return of t h e L i v i n g Dead 4 pm 7 Ur--bnnatni'!22 5 p2 3. Maximum O v e r d r i v e 7:30 pm Tuesday : 1. Over /the Top 6 Pm 2. C r o c o d i l e Dundee 7:30 pm Wednesday: 1. Death Before Dishonor 2. Tai-Pan 7 Pm Thursday : 1. Three Amigos 4 Pm 2 . Beverly H i l l s Cop 5:30 pm 7:30 pm 3. B e v e r l y H i l l s Cop I1 Saturday: 1. The Telephone 2. P l a n e s , T r a i n s & Autornobiles5$ pm 3. Robocop 7:30 pm Sunday : W r e s t l i n g o r movies 3-9 pm For t h e c u r r e n t week's f e a t u r e s , a s k a t t h e f r o n t desk.

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Commerce Where a r e you going, my p r e t t y maid' I ' m going t o m a r k e t , s i r , s h e s a i d T h a t ' s what t h e y a l l do, h e laughed And threw h e r i n t h e d i t c h .

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Bea Ferneyhaugh

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Got Family c h a n n e l f r e e f o r a day d u r i n g N a t i o n a l Cable Month Had t o r u n a c r o s s a c r o s s w a l k t h e l i g h t f l a s h e d green t o yellow s o f a , Old l a d y w i t h a c a n e n e a r l y becamee a b l a s t o f memory two t o n s o f s t e e l b e a r i n g down speedsters i n a f i f t i e s drag not safe f o r the infirm o r the elderly Main & H a s t i n g s P e d e s t r i a n I s l a n d c a s u a The c i t y and t h e s u r f t h e pounding o f t h e rhythms t h e ba,rs and t h e l o o s e p e o p l e i n an ocean o f i s o l a t i o n .

The c i t y w i t h t h e S e a b r e e z e t h e pounding of t h e waves t h e b a r s and t h e downtown p e o p l e Dockside o f a n Ocean.

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'We've got a very busy month ahead of us for April. = To start off, April 4th will see 40 Seniors(sorry, trip is sold out) travelling to Nanaimo on BC Ferries to take the Bastion City Wildlife Cruise.

The following week, April 10-13, we travel to Camp Capilanoin Capilano Canyon. See one of the Executive members of the Seniors Support Group in the Seniors Lounge for tickets.

The next week, Sat., April 15-22, is Volunteer ~ecognitionweek. A special feature for Seniors will be the "Metro Seniors Dance Band", live at the April 17 Seniors Dance. The night will include door prizes, spot dances and lots of FUN!! If you're a Senior (40 yrs. and better) don' t miss out. It's 6:30-9:30, Theatre '(and it ' s FREE) - The monthly Seniors meeting will take place at 2 pm on Tues., Apr. 18 in the Seniors Lounge. Come and~lhelp plan activities for summer. There is free coffee for those attending.

a panel describing in his native tongue the various activities he, as a Native, is involved with. The day is open for all Seniors. Contact Donalda if you're interested in going. (her office is on 3rd floor.).

DON'T BE FOOLED ON APRIL FOOLS come to the 2nd floor.... * APRIL FOOLS CONCESSION - Come to -_________-__--____---_-the 2nd floor Seniors Concession on Sat., April 1st and get a fill of surprises for only a few pennies.

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Please remember the Peace March on April 22nd.

If you are interested in going as a 'Carnegie Group' let Donalda know and we'll see what can be arranged.

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* A Pow-wow to mark the official opening of Oppenheimer Park will take place on April 29th, 1-7. Elders will be given special respect. Plans for the day include children's games, native dancers & drummers, barbequed salmon and even Teepees. Come and join in the day's festivities. * On May 6th the Senior's Welfare ~estivalwill happen at the Kerrisdale Community Centre. This event will feature the m n y activities ino which seniors are involved. Carnegie member War Dance will be included in

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to your song waited for so long the words that to hear,

You exposed your heart's feelings And your long lonely dealings With a love that was untrue, You said your feelings true For a love that was so new And all the dreams I had came true, But then I found your song I had waited for so long You sang for someone new.

Tom Lewis

Music Lovers Music? Hear, Matilda! How they t a l k !

Who knows t h e power and depth of f l e e t e s t song?

That t r e m b l e s i n o u r Hurdy-Gurdy's gong S h r i l l w h i s t l e , and most touching, p l a i n t i v e squwack?

They shudder! They r a i s e c o l d and n e r v e l e s s hands To h i d e t h e i r p a i n t e d e y e s t h a t g l a z e and stare, To h e a r our c h o r t l i n g Hurdy i n t h e s q u a r e S p l a s h i n g o u t unspiced wine t o t h i r s t y bands They s i p t h e i r melody a l l s p i c e d and i c e d And sewed on s i l v e r t r a y s a l l ornamented APRIL PROGRAM HEALTH PROJECT 'Mid s c e n t e d a i r , and c h a t t e r h a l f demented. e.

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Melody's o u r s , l i k e l i f e ' s wine i n cracked bowls Open t o a l l women(experi e n c i n g menopause o r n o t ) . Prov i d e s a forum co s h a r e and know what t o e x p e c t , how t o cope and n o t f e e l a l o n e . Bi-weekly, Tues; Self-Defense f o r Women Apr. 5 ......................

S i x week c o u r s e on b a s i c s k i l l s : breaking holds, e f f e c t i v e c o u n t e r a t t a c k s and p r o t e c t i n g y o u r s e l f from danger. With t h e frequency of a s s a u l t s 6n women, t h i s a l i f e s k i l l c o u r s e .

11:OO-1:00, Wednesdays.

Apr. 5 - Videos from Canadian Mental Health A s s o c i a t i o n on s c h i z o p h r e n i a . A d i s c u s s i o n on how t h i s d i s o r d e r a f f e c t s t h e l i v e s of women.

Self-Defense f o r Women Apr.12 ......................

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Four p e o p l e s h a r e t h e i r Strumpeted growth i s p r o f i t e e r i n g g a i n l i v e s hoping t o show what sympThat l e a d s but t o t h e bankrupt n e u t r o n bomb, t o n s and c o n d i t i o n s l e a d t o The g h o u l i s h s i b l i n g of a b l a s t e d b r a i n t h i s malady, and t o encourage And d r e a d f u l f r e a k of a decaying womb, treatment.

Wreckful of l i f e . Not such a g u t l e s s t h i n g .

Can b r i n g humanity t o t i m e ' s s t i l l end, For, even t h e thought whose base engendering Conceived a n n i h i l a t i o n ' s t o o l , i t s e l f does send Notice abroad t h a t l i v i n g m a t t e r f i n d s H e l l i n p o s s e s s i n g , and i t s own end d e s i g n s .

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Here's another cute little "Catch22" for ya: If a doctor gives you a , legal drug & it produces bad side effects...deforms your children, creates muscle spasms or grows hair on your eyelids - the doctor says he is sorry & thd government apologizes. if I like an illegal drug & give some to you, even if you like it & experience no negative side effects, I can be charged as a drug dealer, humilated, scorned, dragged through the courts & imprisoned.

Another great joke is "Drugs for Success" typified by steroids & speed.

If you want to win, & God knows, every child from day one is being indoctrinated with success syndrome, then you will have to let them into your body for a little chemical "fine tuning" in most cases this is not illegal,

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In my opinion, all government evalthe uations are "dead" evaluations. governmentbehind the desk, alienated from your situation, makes cold, hard objective, "dead1'decisions about how you will live your life.

The only decision that makes any real sense is the personal decision you make about what you want to do, or don't want to do. With the exception of killing or seriously hurting others, every action or inaction of your individual existence belongs to you. Run your own ship & if some of your actions lead you into conflict with "The Law" - well, in most cases, the label "criminal" is just the price you pay fox being free...or at least as free as possible within a system of enslavement.

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