December 1, 1987, carnegie newsletter

PaulR Taylor, f403-118 Alexander S t . , Vancouver, B.C. Your Worship,

(My c r e d i b i l i t y i s f i n e a s I w r i t e on t h e b a s i s t a l k o f . Regardless of o r hygiene, they know a

Being a r t i c u l a t e when r e a d i n g n o t e s i s dependent d i r e c t l y on t h e d i s t a n c e of s a i d n o t e s from my eyes. When I was making my present a t i o n r e g a r d i n g DEEDS (Council Nov.24), I w a s t r y i n g t o say what t h e community f e e l s about t h i s org a n i z a t i o n and r e l a t e s p e c i f i c s .

Alderman P u i l was r i g h t when he s a i d t h a t t h e s e people had made s e r i o u s d e p a r t u r e from t h e necessa r y methods of handling p u b l i c money.

Not "peanuts" o r "odds & ends", e s p e c i a l l y where t h e l o c a l people a r e concerned. I wasn't aware of Margaret Chisholm's presence (New Hope Co-ordinator) when I spoke, b u t was hoping a g a i n s t hope t h a t s h e would appear t o make a d e t a i l e d re-

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i n t h e downtown e a s t s i d e , of what people knowingly someone's p e r s o n a l record scam when they s e e one.)

p o r t on t h e d a i l y f i n a n c i a l d e a l i n g s of Martin Baker and o t h e r s i n DEEDS. She d i d , and was eminently eloquent when p o i n t i n g o u t e n t r y a f t e r e n t r y where s h e had p a i d b i l l s t h a t were t o t a l l y DEEDS' c o s t s .

On a r e g u l a r b a s i s , DEEDS used New Hope money t o pay f o r t h e i r own w i t h money they had t h e expenses o f f i c i a l duty of a d m i n i s t e r i n g f o r New Hope. To j u s t reduce t h i s whole s c e n a r i o t o a q u e s t i o n of honesty v s . dishonesty seems t o m i s s t h e p o i n t .

A s M s . Chisholm s a i d , up u n t i l about two weeks ago Baker e t a1 had been adamant i n s a y i n g t h a t they d i d n ' t owe h e r a c e n t ; then, about a week ago they suddenly pay h e r $8,200 '1 they must b e p r e t t y s t u p i d t o pay

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t h i s money i f i t w a s n ' t owed i n t h e f i r s t place."

It was done t o make t h e p r a c t i c e seem r e g u l a r and ' j u s t one o f t h o s e t h i n g s ' ; i n r e a l i t y t o m o l l i f y M s . Chisholm i n t o n o t speaki n g h e r mind a b o u t t h e t r u e p r a c t i c e s and c o l o u r s o f t h i s group.

I w a s s e r i o u s when I s a i d t h a t t h e nickname o f t h i s group i n t h e commun+ i t y is "Dirty ~ e e d s " . P r a c t i c a l l y everyone coming w i t h s t o r i e s and c o m p l a i n t s h a s been r e a l l y d i s s a t i s f i e d : many who had worked w i t h i n DEEDS o v e r t h e p a s t few y e a r s have become d i s e n c h a n t e d w i t h t h e i r b u s i n e s s p r a c t i c e s ancl treatn:ent o f o t h e r s i n t h e conmunity. S e b a s t i a n an executive and, a f t e r Roniir ~ : m seeing t h e n a t u r e ( t r u e n a t u r e ) of M a r t i n B a k e r ,and Tony S e a v e r , l e f t

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From what 1 ' v e been a b l e t o g a t h e r , o n l y one p e r s o n i n t h e b i k e s h o p i s a c t u a l l y employed, y e t e i g h t j o b s a r e claimed t o have been c r e a t e d . When I a s k e d f o r a S e r v i c e A u d i t , I hoped t h a t t h e s i m p l e s t q u e s t i o n s would b e asked: - who a r e t h e e i g h t p e o p l e , where d i d t h e y work, when, what was t h e i r work; what are t h e r e s u l t s o f t h e e x p e n d i t u r e o f $180,000 o f p u b l i c money?

On Tuesday (Nov.24), Council gave S o c i a l P l a n n i n g two weeks t o p r e p a r e a s comprehensive a r e p o r t as p o s s i b l e on t h e answers t o t h e s e q u e s t i o n s .

The d i f f i c u l t y t h a t arises i s t h a t one person w i t h a f u l l workload v y go d i r e c t l y t o DEEDS and l i s t e n t o w h a t e v e r t h e y s a y - and t h e i r r e s ponses w i l l c o n s t i t u t e t h e main body o f t h e r e p o r t .

I f M s . Chisholm had been q u e r i e d by t h e a u d i t o r s , i f h e r a l l e g a t i o n s a r e n o t l i e s , t h e n we have a v e r y s e r i o u s b r e a c h o f e t h i c s and perhaps t h e law. A s Alderman Davies s a i d :

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Any o t h e r o r g a n i z a t i o n must conf o m t o t h e g u i d e l i n e s f o r f i n a n c i a l accountability l a i d out f o r City g r a n t s . " These g u i d e l i n e s a r e i n p l a c e t o make t h e n a t u r e of t h e h a n d l i n g of p u b l i c money c l e a r . What may g e t l o s t o r i g n o r e d i n t h e s h o r t time a l l o t t e d i s t h e community's r e a c t i o n s t o t h e DEEDS' o p e r a t i o n s .

The l a c k o f a c c o u n t i n g d o e s n ' t sati s f y t h e Slow P i t c h League about t h e d i s a p p e a r a n c e o f t h e $1,000 r a i s e d ; i t d o e s n ' t s a t i s f y M s . Chisholm who had New Hope money going t o pay o f f a Bingo d e b t ; i t d o e s n ' t s a t i s f y t h e i n d i v i d u a l s who were r e p e a t e d l y f r u s t r a t e d when d e a l i n g w i t h DEEDS.... i t does s a t i s f y t h e ' s t a f f ' who g o t t h e i r s a l a r i e s from New Hope money, t h e e l e c t r i c a l company and t h e k i t chen s u p p l i e r s and.

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AGAIN When t h e C o u n c i l ' s d e l i b e r a t i o n s d i d n ' t show a 2 / 3 b a c k i n g , t h e DEEDS p e o p l e s i t t i n g around me began t o m u t t e r " d e f e r i t " , " d e f e r i t " . The n e x t remark was t h e c l i n c h e r : "How can we g e t what t h e y want t o h e a r ? " Anything g o t t e n from DEEDS r i g h t now must b e s u b j e c t e d t o s c r u t i n y .

They h a v e proven t h e m s e l v e s a d e p t a t staging high-profile events j u s t f o r the s a k e o f good p u b l i c i t y a n d a t p u t t i n g words t o g e t h e r t o make themselves sound l i k e s a i n t s . Witness t h e i r II p r e s s c o n f e r e n c e s " and s u c c e s s s t o r i e s ; anyone w a l k i n g by a day o r two a f t e r t h e s e s t o r i e s a p p e a r s e e s what was t h e r e a week b e f o r e - p o o r b u s i n e s s and d i s s a t i s f i e d customers.

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A f t e r Council a d j o u r n e d , I was w a l k i n g through t h e f o y e r o u t s i d e chambers and was a c c o s t e d by Tony

LETTERS Dear E d i t o r , I would l i k e t o w r i t e a l e t t e r , n o t i n p r a i s e of Older Women, b u t i n p r a i s e of benches.

One of t h e g r e a t p l e a s u r e s of l i f e i s s i t t i n g down, e s p e c i a l l y i f you a r e a s e n i o r walking up & down e a s t Hastings. You have t o buy a l o u s y cup of c o f f e e j u s t t o f i n d a p l a c e t o rest your weary bones.

So you would t h i n k t h a t w i t h $66,000 , t h e Carnegie Community Centre would put i n a couple of benches on t h e Hastings S t . s i d e of t h e b u i l d i n g on Carnegie p r o p e r t y .

With benches, t h e Carnegie could a s k people n o t t o s i t on t h e c e n t r e ' s t e p s b l o c k i n g e n t r a n c e s . This h a s b e e n ~ l ad a i l y problem. People may o c c a s i o n a l l y d r i n k on t h o s e benches, b u t people d r i n k anywhere anyway.

H e l l , they d r i n k i n t h e Carnegie washrooms, i n t h e back a l l e y , The benches could b e % s i z e , a s Paul Wright suggested; j u s t enough room f o r s i t t i n g down and a bag of g r o c e r i e s . A f u l l - s i z e d bench a t Crab W a t e r f r o n t P a r k c o s t s $1,000.

I t ' s l o g i c a l t h a t %-size benches would c o s t about h a l f t h a t . ($500).

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Don Larson

I t ' s almost t h a t time of t h e y e a r again. To c e l e b r a t e t h e s p e c i a l 'meaning of Christmas. This t i m e o f y e a r i s f o r everyone, b o t h f o r t h e c h i l d r e n and f o r us. I would l i k e t o wish you a l l a v e r y merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year.

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An Open L e t t e r t o a l l Carnegie P a t r o n s

S h e i l a B e l l h a s asked me t o s e t t h e r e c o r d s t r a i g h t s o I w i l l . She was t e m p o r a r i l y suspended from , s e l l i n g c o f f e e because o f a n appa r e n t dash discrepancy. A f t e r l o o k i n g i n t o i t , i t was discovered t h a t t h e r e was an e r r o r on t h e c o f f e e s h e e t and S h e i l a ' s c a s h was r i g h t on. S h e i l a i s now back as a member o f o u r c o f f e e s e l l e r s ' team and i s n o t suspended.

P l e a s e l e t me add t h a t t h e gossi p , back-stabbing and m a l i c i o u s l y i n g t h a t has taken p l a c e i n Carn e g i e and i n t h e community regardi n g t h i s incident has h u r t Sheila deeply. Rumours have no p l a c e a t Carnegie: they a r e c r u e l , v i n d i c t i v e and h u r t people. To u s e a n o l d phrase: " I f you c a n ' t s a y anyt h i n g n i c e about a person, d o n ' t say anything a t a l l . " Robin Sobrino, 2nd f l o o r Programmer

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SENIORS - Tuesday, Dec 8, 2 :00pm VOLUNTEERS - 2nd Sunday of t h e month PROGRAM COMMITTEE - 4 t h Monday FINANCE COMMITTEE - 1st Tues. 4 pm CONSTITUTION COMMITTEE - 4 t h Tues.

I' W e a r e t a l k i n g about p e o p l e ' s The p r o v i n c i a l government h a s p They would n e v e r eximposed an i m p o s s i b l e 3$ week dead- E l i v e s here.

N p e c t t h e i r own s t a f f t o come up l i n e on community groups t o design D w i t h such a f a r - r e a c h i n g proposal an a l c o h o l i c t r e a t m e n t program f o r E i n such a s h o r t t i m e . It should t h e Pender D e t o x i f i c a t i o n Centre t a k e months i n t h e downtown e a s t s i d e , spokesmen f o r t h e groups s a i d .

D Elearns s a i d t h e groups a r e a l s o E cdrncerned t h a t 18 beds of t h e 25"I want t o see t h e superhuman T bed c a p a c i t y i n t h e c e n t r e w i l l group t h a t could p u t t o g e t h e r a 0 be r e s e r v e d f o r p o l i c e c a s e s , and meaningful p r o p o s a l on such a comt h a t t h e food program w i l l be d i s p l e x t o p i c i n t h a t p e r i o d of t i m e , " continued. s a i d Downtown E a s t s i d e R e s i d e n t s hat means you would be t a k i n g A s s o c i a t i o n o r g a n i z e r J i m Green. 'u '1 people i n , d r y i n g them out f o r a We d o n ' t know how much money i s few h o u r s and throwing them o u t a v a i l a b l e from t h e government, o r t h e door, without d e a l i n g w i t h o t h e r c o n d i t i o n s . I t ' s impossible. t h e i r problems i n any more posiThings d o n ' t j u s t work l i k e t h a t .

Y, t i v e way," s h e s a i d .

What's t h e i r game?"

3 H e a l t h m i n i s t r y spokeman Terry Green s a i d t h e groups must set Moran agreed t h a t the abolishing up a n o n - p r o f i t c o a l i t i o n t o negoCD o f t h e food program was t o e n s u r e i a t e with architects, alcoholic a quick turnaround i n admissions t r e a t m e n t p r o f e s s i o n a l s and pot o Ehe c entre. t e n t i a l s t a f f , a s well a s with the A s f o r t h e 18 beds r e s e r v e d f o r ,government - a p r o c e s s t h a t could t h e p o l i c e , he s a i d , "Invariably, 'take months $ Y they a r e n o t used t h a t much exThe Dec. 15 d e a d l i n e , announced ? c e p t t h e last Wednesday, Thursday Thursday, a c t u a l l y r e p r e s e n t s a two-week r e p r i e v e f o r t h e groups w e l f a r e cheque i s s u e ) . They w i l l a f t e r they had complained t h a t a n b e a v a i l a b l e t o t h e community t h e e a r l i e r Nov.30 d e a d l i n e was even r e s t of t h e time. I t w i l l be a more unmanageable. v e r y f l e x i b l e system."

P l a n s t o c l o s e t h e detox c e n t r e Green s a i d t h e u s e of p o l i c e beds - permanently w e r e s h e l v e d by Health would p u t t h e non-prof i t group i n * M i n i s t e r P e t e r Dueck a f t e r communan awkward p o s i t i o n . i t y complaints t h a t i t i s needed "1t's b a s i c a l l y a p o l i c e drunki n t h e neighbourhood. tank," h e s a i d . "What a r e t h e legInstead, the centre w i l l be a l i t i e s o f a n o n - p r o f i t group holdp r i v a t i z e d and t u r n e d o v e r t o a i n g someone i n custody?" n o n - p r o f i t s o c i e t y y e t t o be named.

A f t e r h e a r i n g submissions from The c e n t r e i s s l a t e d t o c l o s e c i t y workers Thursday, c i t y counfrom Dec. 9 t o February f o r renoc i l ' s community i s s u e s committee a move t h a t h a s a l s o vations v o t e d t o a s k Mayor Gordon Campbell been c r i t i z e d by a c i t y c o u n c i l t o d i s c u s s w i t h Dueck t h e p o s s i b i l committee a s coming a t t h e w o r s t i t y of postphoning r e n o v a t i o n s . time of t h e ( . y e a r f o r a l c o h o l i c s , I IV e c a n ' t c l o s e down a t Christmas," t h e Christmas season. aldermen were t o l d by Vargaret Vancouver I n d i a n Centre P r e s i Chisholm, o f t h e N e w Hope Centre. d e n t Debbie Mearns s a i d t h e new " We need t h a t f a c i l i t y . I t ' s l i f e d e a d l i n e i s " j u s t as i r r e s p o n s i b l e and d e a t h f o r o u r people." ; I S t h e last one."

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Each and every problem w e f a c e today i s t h e d i r e c t and i n e v i t a b l e r e s u l t of y e s t e r d a y ' s b r i l l i a n t solutions.

- Bergman Open L e t t e r t o Ray -----Smith, P r e s i d e n t - --------------j,

and CEO o f Mac-Blo My Lord, BORROIJED GOODS C o l l e c t e d by K i m Everything p o i n t s toward something t h e y o g i s and shamans and s a g e s of a l l ages have recognized: we a r e t h e v e h i c l e s of c r e a t i o n i t s e l f , t h e p h y s i c a l embodiment of t h e C r e a t o r ( C r e a t r i x ) . Though t h i s e x p r e s s i v e body seems a t t h e p o i n t of d e a t h from s e l f - i n f l i c t e d wounds, w e have w i t h i n u s a recovery c a p a c i t y e q u a l t o our f o l l y .

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The pyramids w i l l n o t l a s t a moment compared t o t h e d a i s y . And b e f o r e Buddha o r J e s u s spoke, t h e n i g h t i n g a l e sang, and long a f t e r t h e words of Buddha and J e s u s a r e gone i n t o o b l i v i o n , t h e n i g h t i n g a l e s t i l l w i l l s i n g . Because i t i s n e i t h e r preaching n o r t e a c h i n g , n o r commanding n o r urging. It is j u s t s i n g i n g . And i n t h e beginning was n o t t h e Word, b u t a chimp.

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The p r a c t i c a l of convent i o n a l wisdom i s t o s a v e people from o r i g i n a l thought.

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Colonel Sanders h a s now completed h i s long march and a r r i v e d i n B e i j i n g : haodao yun shouzh: f i n g e r l i c k i n ' good.

* Americans k i l l e d by s h a r k s : s i n c e 1983: 2 Americans k i l l e d by p i t b u l l s s i n c e 1983: 20 Amount t h a t two Sioux arrows used i n t h e B a t t l e o f t h e E i t t l e Big Horn brought a t a u c t i o n : $17,000

Ontario: I n Toronto, when you walk i n t o t h e Metro S o c i a l S e r v i c e o f f i c e , you f i l l o u t a form and a r e s e e n by t h e duty-worker ' r e t r o a c t i v e l y .

I f you q u a l i f y f o r a s s i s t a n c e t h a t day, t h e y g i v e you y o u r temporary 0.E.I.P. c a r d , a d r u g b e n e f i t c a r d and $235.00 i n a cheque c a l l e d a c r i s i s g r a n t .

The money i s t o b e used f o r a book o f Toronto T r a n s i t t i c k e t s and a l i s t o f p l a c e s t o r e n t g e t s you s t a r t e d .

Every p a r t o f t h e c i t y w i t h p l a c e s t o r e n t can f r e e l y l i s t & ads a r e seperated i n t o several c a t e g o r i e s : Rooms; Room & Board B a c h e l o r Apartments; 1 bedrooms; 2 bedrooms; Duplexes and Houses.

Being f r e e , e a c h a d a l s o h a s a d e s c r i p t i o n o f t h e s p a c e p l u s any p r e f e r e n c e s (non-smoker, e t c . ) & whether t h e l a n d l o r d wantslpref e r s a male o r a female t e n a n t .

T h i s l i s t comes o u t t w i c e a month and i s d i s t r i b u t e d t o a l l TJelfare o f f i c e s . The b a s i c cheque i n c l u d e s $300 f o r r e n t and $198 f o r food.

Rates a r e a d j u s t e d t o t h e c o s t o f l i v i n g q u a r t e r l y and t h e r e a r e many r e t r a i n i n p programs. P r e s c r i p t i o n s f o r t h o s e on government a s s i s t a n c e a r e given without t h e person i n need being charged a dispensing fee.

B r i t i s h Columbia: I n B .C. you must w a i t 90 days f o r B.C. Medical coverage b u t you a r e c o v e r e d by any p r e v i o u s i n s u r a n c e i f you a r e from out-ofP r o v i n c e . A d i s p e n s i n a f e e of $5 i s charged f o r a l l p r e s c r i p t i o n s .

P l a c e s f o r r e n t i s whatever can b e g l e a n e d from t h e one o r two l i n e s i n t h e d a i l y p a p e r s . The b a s i c cheque h e r e i s $209 f o x r e n t and a b o u t $160 f o r food. The o n l y adjustment i n t h e l a s t s e v e r a l years h a s been t h e c u t t i n g o f cheques by $7.00.

Beverly-Jeanne !%lhitney P o v e r t y i s n o t r e c o g n i z e d by t h e Socred Govt. a s a d i s e a s e . I t ' s j u s t a g a l l i n g embarassment when t h e p o o r become t o o v i s i b l e . . p u t t i n g t h e l i e t o t h e myth t h a t everpone i s e n j o y i n g t h e "good l i f e " .

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Once upon a t i m e t h e r e l i v e d a man named King W e n s l e s , who l o o k e d o u t upon t h e f e a s t o f S t e p h e n . T h i s h a s become a t r a d i t i o n a l C h r i s t m a s A l s o , a t a b c u t t h e same carol t i m e i n h i s t o r y t h e r e a r e many r e f erences t o S t . Nicholas.

I personally have a p o l i t i c a l aversion t o Christmas, because ( I sincerely believe) it's the other 364 d a y s t h a t c o u n t . I want t o s h a r e my new " C h i l d r e n ' s C h r i s t m a s " s o n g w i t h you.

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C h r i s t m a s t i m e i s a s p e c i a l t i m e f o r \ v e r y ~ i r &l b o y , S l e i g h r i d e s i n t h e c r i s p c l e a n a i r & s p e c i a l dreams o f t o y s .

F a r away by t h e c o l d N o r t h P o l e a n o l d man o i l s h i s s l e i g h , W h i l e e l v e s p a i n t a n d d e c o r a t e f o r a t r a g i c , magic d a y .

V i s i o n s o f s u g a r plums w i l l d a n c e i n y o u r c h i l d r e n s ' h e a d s , G r a n d p a ' s o l d g r e y s t o c k i n g s w i l l h a n g by t h e bed.

God p l e a s e b l e s s t h e c h i l d r e n a n d w a t c h them f r o m a b o v e , And somehow when t h e y f i n d o u t , l e t them t r y & see t h e l o v e .

For h e a r t s w i l l s o o n b e b r o k e n a n d t e a r s a r e g o i n g t o f a l l , When y o u r c h i l d r e n f i n d o u t you g a v e them dreams a f t e r a l l . . .

So why n o t t e l l o f a man l o n g a g e - KrLs K r i n g l e w a s h i s name, O r e v e n o l d King W e n s l e s ; t h e s t o r y ' s j u s t t h e same They came o u t on a w i n t e r ' s n i g h t a n d t o o k t h e c h i l d r e n ' s p a i n W i t h v i s i o n s - a g a i n and a g a i n and a g a i n and a g a i n .

And v i s i o n s o f s u g a r plums w i l l d a n c e i n y o u r c h i l d r e n s ' h e a d s , G r a n d p s ' a o l d g r e y s t o c k i n g w i l l h a n g by t h e b e d .

God p l e a s e w a t c h t h e c h i l d r e n a n d b l e s s them f r o m a b o v e , 'Cuz h e a r t s w i l l s o o n be b r o k e n a n d t e a r s are g o i n g t o f a l l \$lien y o u r c h i l d r e n f i n a l l y f i n d o u t you g a v e them dreams a f t e r a l l .

Dreams are n o t f o r c h i l d r e n .

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B e v e r l y - J e a n n e Whitney

I u r g e aiL p a r e n t s t o s e r i o u s l y c o n s i d e r t h e s o n g ' s c o n c e p t . )

WAYNE at the EX One day I went t o t h e P a c i f i c N a t i o n a l E x b i t i o n and d i d many e x c i t i n g t h i n g s . W e e n j o y e d meeti n g an o l d f r i e n d , C h a r l o t t e Diamond, who won a n award f o r a c h i l d r e n ' s album. She e n t e r t a i n e d a t id's World where I found a v a r i e t y o f i n t e r e s t i n g t h i n g s o t do.

I had a Day P a s s f o r P l a y l a n d s o s p e n t most o f t h e t i m e on t h e r i d e s .

They had a n e x c e l l e n t Rock and R o l l show. The s i n g e r s d i d i m i t a t i o n s of The B e a t l e s , E l v i s P r e s l e y and others.

We c o u l d n o t s e e e v e r y t h i n g i n o n e day s o went t h r e e more t i m e s .

The l a s t t i m e w e went i t was l i k e a w i l d movie. The day began peacef u l l y by e n j o y i n g t h e a n i m a l s . The Timber Show had a wood c a r v e r and my f a v o u r i t e c a r v i n g s were t h e e a g l e and t h e c h i e f .

I n t h e e v e n i n g we went t o s e e t h e Chinese Acrobats from Taiwan. They performed many f e a t s I have n e v e r seen before.

We no s o o n e r went o u t s i d e a f t e r t h e shower when t h e power went o u t .

L u c k i l y t h e r e was a f u l l moon t o s h e d some l i g h t .

We walked o v e r t o "Singing i n A man was up on t h e t h e Shower".

Expo t o w e r s t h r e a t e n i n g t o jump and throwing down b e e r b o t t l e s .

I k e p t s a y i n g "What a w o n d e r f u l s t o r y f o r t h e Newsletter!"

The p o l i c e and f i r e m e n came and t h e weirdo dropped h i s p a n t s mooning h i m s e l f . T h e r e were two moons t h a t n i g h t . The w e i r d o t h e n crawled down, jumped on a t r a i l e r and r a n through t h e l i v e s t o c k b a r n s w i t h the police i n hot pursuit.

I r e a d i n t h e Revue t h e r e a r e p l a n s t o make t h e P.M.E. i n t o a p a r k . But d o n ' t worry - t h i s w o n ' t be u n t i l 1990. WAYNE S C H M I D T ( y~e~a r !

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lNTERNATIONAL ASSOC~AT~ON for COMMUNITY EDUCATION A CHARTER FOR ACTION

Adopted J u l y 30, 1987.

N a i r o b i . Kenya A s we end t h e F i f t h World Confere n c e on Community Education, we p r o p o n e n t s and p r a c t i o n e r s of community e d u c a t i o n from 40 countries i n a l l continents affirm o u r commitment t o t h e g o a l s o f community e d u c a t i o n : t o r a i s e t h e c o n s c i o u s n e s s and enhance t h e i n i t i a t i v e o f people i n solving t h e i r problems i n t h e s p i r i t of s e l f r e l i a n c e and s e l f - d e t e r m i n a t i o n .

We r e c o g n i z e t h a t t h i s can o n l y b e done t h r o u g h a n e d u c a t i o n a l p r o c e s s t h a t i s b a s e d on t h e n e e d s , p a r t i c u l a r i t i e s , and a s p i r a t i o n s o f t h e community and r e l i e s on t h f involvement o f community members i n t h e e d u c a t i o n a l p r o c e s s 2nd t h e p l a n n i n g and implementation o f a program f o r t h e community.

We s t a n d f i r m i n t h e b e l i e f t h a t e d u c a t i o n is n o t o n l y l e a r n i n g how t o r e a d , w r i t e , add, o r subt r a c t , though t h e s e a r e i m p o r t a n t e l e m e n t s of t h e e d u c a t i o n a l proc e s s . More i m p o r t a n t l y , educat i o n must s u p p o r t t h e t a s k o f maki n g p e o p l e - c h i l d r e n , y o u t h , adu l t - aware o f t h e i r i d e n t i t y a s a p e o p l e ; o f t h e i r problems,

needs, and a s p i r a t i o n s and t h e i r r e s o u r c e s a s a community; and of t h e v a r i o u s f o r c e s and s t r u c tures t h a t hinder t h e resolut i o n o f t h e i r problems and t h e i r development b o t h a s i n d i v i d u a l s and a s a community. A t t h e same t i m e , e d u c a t i o n must a l s o be a c a t a l y s t and a c h a n n e l f o r t h e i n i t i a t i v e , c r e a t i v i t y and resolve of t h e people t o s o l v e t h e i r problems and t o d i s m a n t l e t h e a p p e r a t u s and s t r u c t u r e s t h a t h i n d e r p r o g r e s s and development o f t h e i n d i v i d u a l and t h e community.

Education i n t h i s s e n s e merges with s o c i a l a c t i o n . As i t focuses on t h e c o n t e n t s and s o c i a l c a u s e s of t h e i n d i v i d u a l ' s p r i v a t i o n s a s w e l l a s t h e r e s o u r c e s and means which t h e i n d i v i d u a l and community can employ t o make t h e i r p r o g r e s s work, e d u c a t i o n l e a d s t o t h e r e s t r u c t u r i n g of t h e i n d i v i d u a l ' s c o g n i t i v e and s o c i a l world. It l e a d s t o a c o n s c i o u s endeavor by t h e people in collectively reconstituting t h e i r environment t o make i t more r e s p o n s i v e t o t h e n e e d s and a s p i r a t i o n s o f t h e i n d i v i d u a l and t h e coinmuni t y

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s u c c e s s o f community e d u c a t i o n r e s t s p r i m a r i l y on t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n o f t h e people.

W e b e l i e v e t h a t w i t h s u c h a n educat i o n a l p r o c e s s d e v e l o p i n g s i d e by s i d e with t h e formation of grassr o o t s p e o p l e ' s o r g a n i z a t i o n s , we a r e a b l e t o c o n t r i b u t e t o t h e empowerment o f t h e p e o p l e i n terms o f knowl e d g e and t h e means t o t a k e f u l l command o f t h e i r l i v e s and t h e f u t u r e o f t h e i r community.

Being community e d u c a t o r s w e a l s o f u l l y r e a l i z e t h a t o u r community is n o t l i m i t e d t o t h e l o c a l i t i e s where we a r e working. We a r e a l s o p a r t o f t h e community t h a t i s o u r c o u n t r y as w e l l a s t h e community of n a t i o n s .

T h e r e f o r e , w h i l e we w i l l endeavor t o m o t i v a t e and e d u c a t e t h e p e o p l e i n our respective l o c a l i t i e s t o t r a n s f o r m t h e i r communities i n t o ones t h a t a r e responsive t o t h e i r n e e d s and a s p i r a t i o n s , w e a l s o r e c o g n i z e o u r duty t o put i n t o p r a c t i c e t h e s p i r i t of community e d u c a t i o n i n s o f a r as t h e community of n a t i o n s i s concerned.

It is t h i s recognit i o n t h a t compels u s i n s o l i d a r i t y t o make o u r v o i c e h e a r d on s e v e r a l i s s u e s t h a t a f f e c t t h e whole world.

We a r e concerned about t h e d e t e r i o r a t i n g s t a t e of o u r ecology t h a t may soon l e a d t o i r r e p a r a b l e damage t o p l a n t and animal l i f e and even t o t h e whole of mankind. We a l s o r e a l i z e t h a t t h e d e s t r u c t i o n of t h e b a l a n c e i n n a t u r e b r i n g s p r o f i t t o a few and u n t o l d misery t o many.

Through t h e p r o c e s s e s of community e d u c a t i o n we b e l i e v e t h a t t h i s can b e changed and even r e v e r s e d .

We a r e concerned about t h e r i s i n g m i l i t a r i s m i n t h e world. !Je d e p l o r e t h e c o n t i n u i n g i n c r e a s e i n arms spending w h i l e many p e o p l e i n t h e world d i e i n hunger and d i s e a s e . We d e p l o r e t h e p r o l i f e r a t i o n of n u c l e a r weapons i n c o u n t r i e s and by governments who t h i n k t h a t they can t a k e o u r d e s t i n y i n t o t h e i r hands. We condemn t h e use of m i l i t a r y might t o s u p p r e s s t h e l e g i t i m a t e demands of p e o p l e and c a l l f o r an immediate end t o t h i s , s i n c e i t i s an o b s t a c l e t o genuine and l a s t i n g peace.

We a r e concerned a b o u t t h e slow p r o c e s s e s by which t h e r i g h t s of women and c h i l d r e n , e t h n i c m i n o r i t i e s , and t h e d i s a b l e d a r e recognized and promoted. W e must e x e r t a l l o u r e f f o r t s t o s u p p o r t t h e i r p a r t i c i p a t i o n and enhance t h e i r p o s i t i o n i n s o c i e t y through t h e c o n c r e t e and t a n g i b l e p r a c t i c e of community e d u c a t i o n .

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F i n a l l y , we s t a n d i n u n i t y and s o l i d a r i t y w l t h a l l t h e p e o p l e s of t h e world b u t most p a r t i c u l a r l y w i t h t h e poor, d e p r i v e d , and oppressed.

This i s our stand.

IN THE THEATRE MONDAY, December 7, a t 7:00 p.m.

- S t o r i e s from t h e upcoming book MAIN & HASTINGS t o l d by a group of p r o f e s s i o n a l s t o r y - t e l l e r s .

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T h i s i s o u r commitment.

H e l l o , i t ' s m e again. id you know t h a t b e i n g t h e Pope of t h e D.E. i s r a t h e r b o r i n g l a t e l y ? So, I have decided t o l e t my incompetent oppon e n t have it. 1 ' d much r a t h e r bake S a n t a C l a u s ' s job away from St.Nick and g i v e t h e Punk!y Kiddie B r a t s r i c c h a i r s f o r Christmas.

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It i s a f i n e mark of manliness.

It proves t h a t I have s e l f c o n t r o l .

It i n d i c a t e s c l e a r l y how my mind o p e r a t e s .

It makes my c o n v e r s a t i o n s o p l e a s i n g t o everybbdy.

I t l e a v e s no doubt i n anyone's mind as t o my good breeding.

It impresses p e o p l e t h a t I have more than o r d i n a r y e d u c a t i o n .

8. I t i s an unmistakeatble s i g-n of c u l t u r e and refinement.

9. I t makes me a v e r y d e s i r a b l e p e r s o n a l i t y among women, c h i l d r e n and respectable society.

10. I t i s my way o f honouring God. Joseph Boucher

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To a s c i e n t i s t e v o l u t i o n i s a game of numbers - a s o r t o f cosmic r o u l e t t e wheel o r d i c e game - i n which a c c i d e n t a l changes a r e measured a g a i n s t competition f o r survival.

S c i e n t i s t s say , those changes t h a t g i v e s o m e t h i n g a c o m p e t i t i v e edge o v e r s o m e t h i n g e l s e , a r e preserved & reproduced, 6 a l l o t h e r changes d i e o f f .

T h i s i d e a i s l o o s e l y b a s e d on ~ a r w i n ' so r i g i n a l s t u d y which, a c c o r d i n g t o some r e s e a r c h e r s , was m o s t l y t h e work o f a n unknown a s s i s t a n t f o r which Darwin t o o k c r e d i t . The t h e o r y t h a t l i f e i m p r o v e s t h r o u g h a c c i d e n t a l advantages i n competition is taught i n a l l p u b l i c s c h o o l s & promoted a s

" t h e t r u t h " by d i s t i n g u i s h e d s c i e n t i s t s everywhere.

This i d e a is o f t e n r e f e r r e d t o a s " s u r v i v a l of I t r u n s back t o back the fittest':. w i t h something c a l l e d " n a t u r a l s e l e c t i o n t ' , which c l a i m s t h a t f e m a l e s always choose t o mate w i t h tough m a l e s w i t h h i g h s u r v i v a l p o t e n t i a l . ( X e c e n t l y t h i s h a s been d i s p r o v e n by b i o l o g i c a l r e s e a r c h e r s , but a s a concept, i t continues t o be a c c e p t e d a s e v o l u t i o n a r y " t r u t h " i n t h e e d u c a t i o n s y s tem. ) S i n c e l o n g - t e r m improvements i n t h e human r a c e ( & e v e r y t h i n g e l s e ) a r e s e e n by s c i e n c e a s b l i n d chance t h e s c i e n t i f i c theory o f evolut i o n h a s been u s e d t o a r g u e t h a t t h e r e i s no God - j u s t a s e r i e s o f a c c i d e n t s s u r v i v i n g t h r o u g h mathe m a t i c a l laws.

This is t h e theory of e v o l u t i o n a p p l i e d t o r e l i g i o n .

Applied t o p o l i t i c s , t h i s theory ( w i t h which Darwin would p r o b a b l y d i s a g r e e , were h e a l i v e t o d a y ) i s offered a s the basic justification f o r a c o m p e t i t i v e m a r k e t p l a c e soci e t y , s u c h a s we now have - t h i s i s c a l l e d " s o c i a l Darwinism".

I t i s c l a i m e d t h a t s i n c e some p e o p l e a r e f a s t e r , t o u g h e r , more a g g r e s s i v e & r u t h l e s s than o t h e r s , t h e n a t u r a l l a w s of t h e universe ( a s i n t e r p r e t e d by s c i e n c e and t a u g h t i n s c h o o l s ) a r e on t h e i r s i d e . T h i s i s why p e o p l e who s t i l l b e l i e v e i n "God" & " s c i e n t i f i c evolution" w i l l of ten suggest t h a t ag.r,ressive,materially successf u l p e o p l e a r e s o r t o f chosen by God t o l e a d t h e p a c k & show o t h e r s t h e way t o become more "evolved".

T h i s whole i d e a of improving t h e human r a c e i s , i n f a c t , t h e c o r n e r s t o n e of e s t a b l i s h m e n t p h i l from i t t h e y h a v e c r e a t e d osophy t h e image o f " p r o g r e s s " a s a mate r i a l e v e n t - t h a t i s t h e invent i o n o f more & b e t t e r machines - t o

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I n o t h e r words, s y s t e m s a y s : You & y o u r c h i l d r e n w i l l become b e t t e r human b e i n g s by l e a r n i n g t o d e v e l o p & u s e more e f f i c i e n t machines ( s y s t e m s ) .

Another " m a t e r i a l p r o g r e s s = evol u t i o n " i d e a t h a t i s ~ a i n i n gmomentum & t a k i n g o f f i n some v e r y b i z a r r e & dangerous d i r e c t i o n s t h e s e days, is t h e b e l i e f t h a t s c i e n t i s t s c a n improve humanity by r e s t r u c t u r They ing its physical pattern. c a l l t h i s " g e n e t i c e n g i n e e r i n g " and from i t s p r i n g a l l t h o s e t e s t t u b e b a b i e s , f r o z e n embryo i m p l a n t s , s u r r o g a t e wombs and s o o n , which a r e b e i n g e x p e r i m e n t e d w i t h & repo r t e d on a s human i n t e r e s t s t o r i e s i n newspapers & magazines.

The t h e o r y of a c c i d e n t a l e v o l u \ t i o n and s u r v i v a l o f t h e f i t t e s t i s a l s o used t o s u p p o r t & j u s t i f y t h i s .

Our o r i g i n a l & t r i b a l p a t t e r n s , upr o o t e d from t h e i r s o u r c e and t r a n s p l a n t e d i n t o t h e confusion of 20th century c i t i e s have r e s u l t e d i n many n e u r o t i c d i s o r d e r s .

These " d e f e c t s " a r e p o i n t e d o u t by t h e s c i e n t i f i c mind as e v i d e n c e t h a t t h e r e i s no benevolent guiding i n t e l l i g e n c e (God) - o r t h a t i f t h e r e i s a God..He, She o r I t . . d o e s n ' t know what i t s d o i n p o r i s m a l e v o l e n t , c r e a t i n g t h e human s i t u a t i o n a s some k i n d o f c r u e l joke.

Having e x p l a i n e d t h i n g s i n t h e s e terms (and educated c h i l d r e n t o t h i s g e n e r a l a t t i t u d e ) s c i e n t i s t s & poli t i c i a n s a r e now s a y i n g t h e y now h a v e t h e s o l u t i o n s t o a l l o u r porblems, d e f e c t s , u g l i n e s s , e t c . , which t h e y s a y "God" ( i f t h e r e e v e r was s u c h a t h i n g ) must h a v e c r e a t e d .

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i n a p o s i t i o n t o s a v e u s rrom L I I ~ c r u e l j o k e s of a n o n - e x i s t e n t God... n o t i c e how c r a z y t h i s i d e a i s ? They o f f e r us: g e n e t i c engineering & improved t e c h n o l o g y a s t h e s o l u t i o n t o a l l o u r problems.

This, they say, w i l l provide our children with a p r a c t i c a l e v o l u t i o n towards a b e t t e r world i n t h e f u t u r e .

T h i s whole i d e a of " e v o l u t i o n " a s a n o u t s i d e m a t e r i a l e v e n t would have been l a u g h a b l e t o o u r most a n c i e n t ancestors.

Thousands o f y e a r s a g o , s t a b l e , spiritually-motivated, pollu t i o n - f r e e s o c i e t i e s o f men & women t h r i v e d on t h e i d e a o f e v o l u t i o n a s a r e s u l t o f each i n d i v i d u a l ' s d i r e c t and h o n e s t d e a l i n g s w i t h i n n e r w o r l d s of psychic o r s p i r i t u a l dimensions. " ~ v o l u t i o n "was, t o them, a g r e a t pathway o f s p i r i t u a l r e f i n e m e n t and "The S p i r i t " , t o them, was a world of benevolent influence.. powers, a n g e l s o r g u a r d i a n s i n t i m e o f need.

T h i s c o n c e p t h a s even p a s s e d down t o u s h e r e i n t h e 2 0 t h c e n t u r y - and is p a r t i a l l y translated i n t o the s c i e n c e o f e c o l o g y , a r t , p o e t r y , mua l l those natural sciens i c , dance. c e s i n which t h e s c i e n t i s t , o r " s e e k e r " , must d i s c o v e r h i s l h e r r e a l and t r u e s e l f - t h e message i n b e i n g o n e ' s real s e l f - and t h e s t r e n g t h t o e x p r e s s i t . "Fvolution", o u r a n c e s t o r s s a i d , i s something t h a t happens when i n n e r w o r l d s & o u t e r w o r l d s h a r m o n i z e w i t h i n e a c h one o f u s , a n d t h a t ' s why t h e remains o f p a s t c i v i l i z a t i o n s a r e always discove r e d t o be s o " r e l i g i o u s " o r s p i r i t u a l l y o r i e n t e d . But l e t ' s g i v e E i n s t e i n t h e l a s t word on a l l o f t h i s : i n a r g u i n g p h y s i c s w i t h h i s opponent N i l s Bohr, s h o r t l y b e f o r e h i s d e a t h , E i n s t e i n summed up h i s c a s e . . .

"God d o e s n o t p l a y d i c e w i t h t h e universe," he said.

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BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985) D i r e c t e d by Robert Zemeckis S t a r r i n g Michael J. Fox, C h r i s t o p h e r Lloyd and Crispen Glover Using a plutonium powered DeLorean, a t e e n a g e r from t h e 1980s t r a v e l s back t o 1955, and ends up p l a y i n g matchmaker t o h i s teenage p a r e n t s .

C h r i s t o p h e r Lloyd s h o u l d have g o t t e n a n Academy Award f o r h i s performance as a wacked-out s c i e n t i s t . He e a s i l y s t e a l s t h e show. This e n t e r t a i n i n g f i l m was produced by Steven (Raiders o f t h e Lost Ark) S p i e l b e r g . Keep an e y e o u t f o r rock s t a r Huey Lewis as a high school teacher.

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Dec. 4: AMAZON WOMEN ON THE MOON (1987) D i r e c t e d by John Landis & J o e Dante S t a r r i n g L o t s o f S t a r s ( t h a t ' s what i t reads i n t h e c r e d i t s ) This is Hollywood cinema a t i t ' s shameless w o r s t , b u t because i t doesn't take i t s e l f seriously, i t i s l o t s of fun. I s a w t h e premiere showing a t t h e Cineplex l a s t week and r e a l l y enjoyed a few moments of h e a r t y l a u g h t e r . J u s t one u a r n i n g : Beware t h e F a l s e Ending!

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Dec. 11: JAWS : TKE REVENGE ( 1987) D i r e c t e d by Joseph S a r g e n t S t a r r i n g L o r r a i n e Gary, Lance Guest and Michael Caine This i s t h e f o u r t h i n s t a l l m e n t i n t h e a d v e n t u r e s o f Bruce, t h e mechanical s h a r k . This movie i s r e a l l y bad, b u t hey, what do I know?

I ' m j u s t a dumb t w i t w i t h a p a p e r bag o v e r h i s head.

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Dec. 25: BORN I N EAST L.A. (1987)** D i r e c t e d by Cheech Marin (of Cheech and Chong fame) S t a r r i n g Cheech Marin, Daniel S t e r n and P a u l Rodriguez A t h i r d g e n e r a t i o n American o f Mexican d e s c e n t f i n d s himself on t h e wrong s i d e o f t h e b o r d e r w i t h no I D , t r y i n g t o f i n d h i s way back home t o h i s w a l l e t . Coming a y e a r a f t e r ~ e a g a n ' s t i g h t e n e d immigration p o l i c y , t h i s movie had t h e p o t e n t i a l t o b e b e t t e r , o t h e r w i s e i t ' s okay.

COMING NEXT MONTH: HAIL, HAIL, ROCK 'N' ROLL & more.

So, u n t i l t h e l i g h t s go down a g a i n , t a k e i t easy.

TO THE MALE CHAUVINIST PIGS WHO USE THE CARNEGIE CENTRE

By FREE SPIRIT Men a r e c o n s t a n t l y complaining a b o u t n o t enough women u s i n g t h e Centre. We l i v e i n a male-domina t e d community. Because of t h e a t t i t u d e of some men, t h e r e a r e women who f e e l i n t i m i d a t e d whenever they enter t h i s building.

The m a j o r i t y of men i n t h i s b u i l d i n g a r e n o t t o b e condemned, b u t i t o n l y t a k e s a few t o g i v e t h e p l a c e a bad name.

Men, j u s t b e c a u s e women t a l k t o you, i t d o e s n ' t mean we want t o endure a s e r i o u s r e l a t i o n s h i p . L e t us s t i c k t o a f r i e n d s h i p b a s i s IJhat t h i s c e n t r e n e e d s i s a compulsory c o u r s e on ~ o m m u n i c a t i o n " f o r a l l v o l u n t e e r s and a set of d e f i n i t e r u l e s on how t o t r e a t e a c h o t h e r .

Men have a s k e d why t h e y a r e u n a b l e t o have l a s t i n g r e l a t i o n s h i p s w i t h women. The e x p l a n a t i o n is s i m p l e .

They l i s t e n t o everyone e l s e e x c e p t t h e i r partners.

I n o t h e r words t h e y t a k e t h e woman f o r g r a n t e d causing a g r e a t d e a l of resentment.

Patience is another important i t e m t h a t many men do n o t have.

They f l y o f f t h e h a n d l e f o r t r i v i a l m a t t e r s and make a mountain o u t of a m o l e h i l l . They seem t o have a n a x e t o g r i n d and t h e r e i s f a r t o o much a n g e r and h o s t i l i t y i n s i d e them.

My p e t peeve i s b e i n g p u t down by o t h e r s . Some o f t h e males i n t h i s building find f a u l t with e v e r y t h i n g t h e women do w h i l e b r a g g i n g e n d l e s s l y about themselves.

I h e a r d one s a y h e can do housework b e t t e r t h a n n i n e t y n e r c e n t of t h e women.

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I f you Rave t h i s p a r t i c u l a r man an enema, t h e r e would be n o t h i n g l e f t of him.

Too many men e x p e c t t o o much of a woman and do n o t have any understanding.

No one i s p e r f e c t and i f you r e a l l y c a r e f o r a person you w i l l a c c e p t them t h e way t h e y a r e o r s t o p t r y i n g t o make t h e i r l i v e s miserable.

Some of t h e males a r e t o o e a s i l y l e d by o t h e r s b u t they blame t h e women f o r t h e i r drinki n g problems. Po ! one t w i s t s t h e i r arms t o t a k e p a r t i n t h i s obnoxious habit Some men b r a % about t h e f a c t t h a t t h e y n e v e r h i t a woman w h i l e h e a p i n g v e r b a l abuse on t h e female.

T h i s i s f a r more dama,ying i n many ways.

I t a l s o c a u s e s us t o have a low o p i n i o n of o u r s e l v e s and i s p a s s e d on t o t h e c h i l d r e n .

I would l i k e t o a s k t h e men t o s t o p h a v i n g a "warden m e n t a l i t y " .

They watch e v e r y t h i n g a woman does o n l y t o c r i t i z e them l a t e r on. Let us round t h e s e men up and p l a c e them on a d e s e r t e d i s l a n d .

Men, s t o p b e i n g s o s e l f - c e n t r e d and t a k e a good l o o k a t y o u r s e l v e s b e f o r e condemning t h e women. Flhene v e r I h e a r a man complaining a b o u t h i s w i f e I always want t o h e a r h e r s i d e o f t h e s t o r y as w e l l .

Now t h a t I have s t i r r e d up a horn e t ' s n e s t , Abby and Ann Landers e a t your h e a r t s o u t !

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Dear Sam S l a n d e r s , I h a v e a p e r s o n a l problem t h a t I hope you can a p p l y y o u r wisdom t o .

I am a c l a u s t r o p h o b i c t o e n a i l and c a n ' t s t a n d s h o e s . What s h o u l d I do?

M r . Toenail Dear T o e n a i l , Hang l o o s e . I f you j u s t g e t yours e l f i n f e c t e d , whoever owns t h e f o o t y o u ' r e on w i l l n e v e r cram you i n s i d e !

Y r s . Truly, Sam ' S l a n d e r s Tomorrow i s t o d a y Y e s t e r d a y goes w i t h t h e s u n And when t o d a y i s o v e r Another day i s gone When t h e s u n rises Over a s l e e p i n g , r a g i n g c i t y The p e o p l e wake To t h e n i g h t m a r e t h e y d r e a m t .

Ain't i t a p i t y To watch t h e s o r r o w s A day b r i n g s And t h e p a i n a t n i g h t O f being alone.

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So young and a l i v e So w i l d and f r e e Everyday I s t r i v e J u s t t o be me.

How c a n I b e me .When you t e l l me Not t o do t h i s And n o t t o do t h a t I t ' s when I d o t h i s And when I do t h a t T h a t I am b e i n g me.

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Dear G o d f a t h e r , How can I g e t i n on t h o s e s t o c k s h a r e s i n Goodyear?

The Man from Glad

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D r e s s e d i n B e a t n i k B l a c k , compl e t e w i t h p o e t r y r e a d i n g s from t h e works o f p e r i o d a u t h o r s , e . g . Ginsb e r g ' s HOWL, t h e s e p e r f o r m e r s

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T h i s w e l l - o r g a n i z e d camp o c c u r e d September 14-18.

The E a s t e r S e a l Camp was i n a b e a u t i f u l s e t t i n g p a s t Squamish. The day we l e f t i t was r a i n i n g s o w e h a d t o p l a y musi c a l s e a t s t o a v o i d b e i n g showered from a b o v e .

A f t e r a r r i v i n g a t camp we were I felt as a s s i g n e d t o o u r rooms. i f we were t o u r i s t s a t a f a m i l y r e s o r t a s b e d d i n g , t o w e l s and I shared a s o a p were s u p p l i e d . room w i t h M i m i Spoon and J o a n Morelli.

The m e a l s were d e l i c i o u s and o n e cook was from Egypt. The l a s t day we were t h e r e , we p r e s e n t e d t h e cooks w i t h f l o w e r s and a t e d d y b e a r t o add t o t h e i r c o l l e c t i o n .

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Each o f u s G e t t i n g t o Know You.'' t o l d where we were b o r n and o u r interests.

Three o f u s w e r e from North B a t t l e f o r d and E a r l S c o t t a s k e d i f anyone was l e f t t h e r e .

Every morning we had a w o r s h i p s e r v i c e b e f o r e I l e d t h e campers on t h e i r d a i l y h i k e t h r o u g h t h e I admired t h e c o u r a g e o f woods. t h e p e o p l e who h a d d i f f i c u l t y i n

b r o u g h t back t h a t e a r l y s i x t i e s e r n o f t h e U n i v e r s i t y crowd Coffeehouse.

Many o f t h e t u n e s sung a r c s t i l l p o p u l a r t o d a y ; h i t s such a s : F r e i g h t T r a i n , House of t h e K i s i n y Sun, and P u f f t h e Yagic Drason.

F o r anyone who m i s s e d t h e s i x t i e s o r h a s any q u e s t i o n s t o be a n s w e r e d , t h i s p l a y i s a must.

By TAW DANBERCER

w a l k i n g a s t h e y t h o r o u g h l y enjoyed t h e o u t d o o r s and proved t h a t they c o u l d do j u s t a s w e l l a s t h e r e s t .

One o f o u r o u t i n g s was a t r i p t o A l i c e Lake w h i l e on a n o t h e r w e went t o Squamish. A f a v o u r i t e h i h e was a l o n g t h e r i v e r w i t h s u c h a v a r i e t y of mountains i n the backdrop.

The campers had o n e l u n c h o u t i n t h e woods. We r o a s t e d w e i n e r s a r d A r a b b i t came t o marshmallows. h e l p u s and l e t Helga p e t him.

The h i g h l i g h t of t h e camp was " T a l e n t N i g h t . " James Roadkn i g h t p l a y e d t h e p a r t o f Romeo w h i l e I w a s J u l i e t . Joan M o r e l l i was Cleopatra.

(Romeo was t h e w o r l d ' s greatest philanderer. ) We a l s o d i d a 'Woodland F a n t a s y ' w i t h Robin Van Der Hoodlum and S i l i a n Van Der Headband. James Roadknight was Robin, Joan 5 l o r e l l i took t h e p a r t o f S i l i a n , P h y l l i s Marks was Chief S a l i s h Marion, Lorna M e n e g h e t t i w a s t h e Medicine Lady, A r i e l C r e i g h t o n was t h e Cub and I was t h e Cub Leader.

The n e x t morning we headed f o r home w i t h a s t o p a t P o r t e a u Cove t o h a v e l u n c h . Most of u s h a t e d coming b a c k t o t h e c o n c r e t e j u n g l e .

By I R E N E SCHMIDT

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One day a w h i l e back, I thought I s a w you a t McDonald's.

If t h i s i s t r u e were you b l e s s i n g t h e h o r s e meat o r j u s t t h e r e as a customer?

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Dear C a p t a i n Chaos' 9 somebody t o l d me t h a t you MC t h e Bingo games a t 312 Main S t r e e t .

IS i t a l s o t r u e t h a t you a r e H i s H o l y n e s s ' s " Y e s Man" f o r p u b l i c i t y dubbed ' c a p t a i n Chaos'; t h u s making you a phoney?

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She c a r e f u l l y walks t o t h e v e g e t a b l e s t a n d , downpour of r a i n , s a d c l o t h e s , s a d s m i l e . .

This i s t h 6 c o n t e n t of h e r l i f e ; h e r l i f e b e f o r e , d i s t a n t and vague.

Children gone, husband gone, h e r g r a n d c h i l d r e n . s h e b a r e l y knows them.

So s h e walks two blocks f o r h e r cabbage and t e a , And s h e t h i n k s t o h e r s e l f : i n a w h i l e , s h e can be a l a d y a g a i n

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Christmas i s coming a g a i n f o r h e r , a g a i n t h i s y e a r , Her family w i l l v i s i t and make h e r l i f e , f o r one day a y e a r , a b e a u t i f u l t h i n g . .

She knows a l l t h i s ; A s s h e c a r e f u l l y wdlks down t h e s t r e e t , i n t h e r a i n , f o r h e r t e a and medicine, And h e r s a d s m i l e i s f r o z e n . . i n p l a c e . . f o r e v e r .

Dave Mc Connell

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I n t h e l a s t , l o n g , f i f t h week t o cheque day, Hunger. a f t e r borrowing t e n from my l a n d l o r 2 a g a i n , Waiting a f t e r r e - s e l l i n g re-bought month o l d books unread, I go t o w a i t i n l i n e a t Our S i s t e r s of t h e Atonement, Steven Belkin f o r two sandwiches and a t r e a t ; and t u r n t o f a c e t h e c a r s p a s s i n g on Cordova S t . , and s t a r t t o dream, a g a i n , about t h e woman who w i l l s t o p f o r me one day.

Her words w i l l be w e l l chosen t o p u t m e a t my ease.

I n t h e r e s t a u r a n t , I w i l l t e l l h e r t h i s a l l seems l i k e a dream.

She w i l l s h r u g a t how e a s y i t i s t o make m e happy.

She w i l l t a k e my v i r g i n i t y from me as g e n t l y and p a t i e n t l y a s s h e would t e a s e from t h e e a r t h t h e r o o t s of a flower f o r r A l l awkwardness w i l l be d i s s o l v e d and my g r a t e f u l n e s s w i l l t o a s no man h a s The food l i n e s t a r t s ' t o move.

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I f one of t h e r e a s o n s you've saved i t w a s f o r ",The Son of a W a i t r e s s , " I would be extremely g r a t e f u l i f you would make t h e f o l l o w i n g c o r r e c t i o n s t o your copy: I n t h e s e n t e n c e t h a t begins "They have t o f i n d o u t f a s t who i t i s they are" change ' g r i e f - o p p r e s s i n g ' t o ' g r i e f - s u p p r e s s i n g ' and Also, i n t h e s e n t e n c e t h a t b e g i n s "Necessity 'stabbing' t o 'stubborn'. i n s e r t t h e word ' n i n e ' between 'grade' and 'minds'. would have i t ' s s a y (And y e s , t h e 's' s h o u l d b e a 'w') A l l t h e s e e r r o r s , except t h e misplaced ' s f w e r e t h e f a u l t of a sloppy submission and t h e e d i t o r i s n ' t r e s p o n s i b l e .

Thank you f o r your p a t i e n c e .

Steven Belkin

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20 Many thanks goes o u t t o "Bull" who wrote i n t h e Carnegie Newsl e t t e r t o Carnegie People. I t was w e l l lput t o g e t h e r . When readi n g your l e t t e r , I could a l s o r e a d between t h e l i n e s . I am a member f o r 5 y e a r s , n o t s t a f f , and have n o t i c e d a l o t of changes. Not f o r b e t t e r , and n o t f o r worse; backs t a b b i n g , oh y e s , a l o t o f t h a t goes on - e s p e c i a l l y on t h e 2nd f l o o r l i k e you s a y - b u t a s w e l l i n t h e rest of t h e b u i l d i n g . . t o e v i c t you o r b a r you.

B u l l , have you n o t i c e d t h a t i f you a r e n o t l i k e d by a c e r t a i n s t a f f female on t h e 2nd f l o o r , s h e w i l l t r y anything t o have you b a r r e d ?

So my a d v i c e B u l l ; i f y o u ' r e asked a q u e s t i o n , d o n ' t answer a s i t could be a ' b a r ' answer! (Got i t ? ) ( ( s o 1 ' v e been t o l d . ) ) I would l i k e t o know who h i r e s t h e s e people; t h e City of t h e s t a f f ?

There was a h i r i n g committee on t h e Board. What happened t o i t ?

FOR YOUR EARS ONLY Vancouver Blues P r e s e r v a t i o n So . . i s t a k i n g s t e p s t o uphold t h e 'Blue E d i t o r ' s Note: The above l e t t e r was Mood' w i t h t h e r e n o v a t i o n and reopens i g n e d Wandering and i t seems t o b e i n g of t h e o l e Lux Theatre, b e s i d e a n answer t o one s i g n e d B u l l . I f H a s t i n g s Buy & S e l l - 65 E.Hastings. you want t o w r i t e a l e t t e r , you w i l l The GRANDOPENING w i l l b e a t t h e end have t o s i g n i t . I f you a r e going o f November, and t h i s "One of a Kind'' t o accuse t h e s t a f f of u n f a i r pracmusic promises t o be "mind-boggling"! t i c e s o r r i d i n g on a n e g o - t r i p , then have enough courage t o be open about i t s o t h e m a t t e r can b e d e a l t w i t h o r p o l i c i e s changed. The l a s t twenty l i n e s o f t h e above l e t t e r weren't f i t t o p r i n t .

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How do you g e t t o CRAB Waterf r o n t p a r k ? Perhaps you a r e one of t h e many l o c a l people who d o n ' t g e t t o t h e new 7 a c r e w a t e r f r o n t p a r k a t t h e f o o t of Main.

The F e d e r a l P o r t of Vancouver Crown Corporation made t h e e n t r a n c e t o t h e overpass too s t e e p . The grade of s t e e p n e s s r e a c h e s 20% i n s t e a d of t h e promised 8-10%.

The c i t y l e g a l department should be f i n d i n g o u t where t h e $600,000 P o r t extra-fund f o r c o r r e c t i n g b u i l d i n g e r r o r s t o t h i s overpass i s .

T h a t ' s a l o t of s p a r e change t o l o s e .

The P o r t , a f t e r promising t o make a t l e a s t a few minor changes t o t h e Main o v e r p a s s , have now r e f u s e d t o do s o . Now they s a y they w i l l w a i t u n t i l t h e Canadian Human R i g h t s Commission d e c i s i o n i s made.

Joan M e i s t e r , a woman i n a wheelc h a i r from S t r a t h c o n a , h a s charged the Port with violating her r i g h t s t o e q u a l a c c e s s t o t h e CRAB Park.

This i n v e s t i g a t i o n by t h e Commiss i o n t a k e s 4 - 9 months.

So t h e P o r t of Vancouver P o l i c e decided t o i n v e s t i g a t e M s . M e i s t e r and asked many p e r s o n a l q u e s t i o n s about h e r .

On November 1 9 t h , a t c i t y h a l l ' s T r a n s p o r t a t i o n and S t r a t e g i c Planning Committee, t h e r e was a 2-1 v o t e a g a i n s t a t o u r i s t - p e d e s t r i a n overpass t o t h e p a r k from C a r r a l l S t .

A C a r r a l l St. overpass i s too f a r t o t h e w e s t . t o b e used by many downtown e a s t s i d e f o l k . The i n t e r section t o a C a r r a l l St. overpass f o r pedestrians only is c a l l e d a 11 suicide'' i n t e r s e c t i o n .

S t u d i e s have shown, s a y t h e BCCD's Crab P a r k Access Committee r e p o r t , t h a t North Americans would n o t u s e

an e l e v a t o r system i n a p r i v a t e b u i l d i n g , such a s a t No.1 Alexander S t r e e t (and C a r r a l l S t . ) E l e v a t o r s a r e not safe f o r the elderly, children and d i s a b l e d people. They a r e open t o strong-arming and a s s a u l t .

But t h e C a r r a l l S t . o p t i o n i s c l o s e t o Ald. ~ a r a v e t t a ' spub. So he v o t e d f o r i t , a f t e r s a y i n g he vould not. Surprisingly, Caravetta s a i d t h a t he wouldn't want t o pay $75,000 i n p e r s o n a l b u s i n e s s t a x e s (he owns t h e Dominion Hotel & Lamplighter Pub) t o pay f o r a C a r r a l l S t . p e d e s t r i a n overpass.

Caravetta a l s o s a i d t h a t o t h e r Gastown merchants wouldn't v o t e f o r p u t t i n g money i n t o t h i s scheme i n s u f f i c i e n t numbers.

Drawings from t h e c i t y e n g i n e e r i n g department showed a ramp system b l o c k i n g t h e view i n t o a Columbia S t . underpass system. This was new i n f o t h a t appeared 48 hours b e f o r e t h e T r a n s p o r t a t i o n Committee meeting.

The p o l i c e s a i d t h a t t h e underpass would be an a r e a of "vandalism, g r a f f i t i , l i q u o r consumption, l i t t e r i n g ( i n c l u d i n g broken b o t t l e s ) and s t r o n g armings. due t o remoteness The same could have been s a i d about t h e Gastown Merchants o p t i o n by t h e p o l i c e , b u t wasn't.

The whole i s s u e has been a p o l i t i c a l f o o t b a l l , b u t t h e f a c t i s t h a t 4,100 permanent resi d e n t s l i v e i n a 4% block r a d i u s of Columbia and Alexander. .according t o a r e c e n t l o c a l housing s t u d y . Columbia S t . i s where a l e v e l , a t grade c r o s s i n g should go.

Of c o u r s e , t h e r i c h barons of t h e Vancouver w a t e r f r o n t - t h e C.P.R (Canadian P a c i f i c Railway) and t h e P o r t of Vancouver - d o n ' t agree.

The at-grade c r o s s i n g a t Columb i a is t h e cheapest s o l u t i o n , also.

And h a v e n ' t Vancouverites been c r o s s i n g t h e r e s a f e l y f o r 75 y e a r s ?

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a 2-metre wide a s p h a l t sidewalk acr o s s t h e t r a c k s . Cost - $15,000.

Automatic s a f e t y s i g n a l s would c o s t $30,000 An a t t e n d a n t o n - s i t e would c o s t about $15,000 a n n u a l l y , and would c r e a t e a job.

J i m Green of DERA suggested t h a t what might b e needed f o r a u t h o r i t i e s t o s e e t h e l i g h t i s a one-hour Vancouver w a t e r f r o n t shut-down by t h e w a t e r f r o n t unions. That might h i t t h e P o r t of Vancouver's pocketbook and make them t h i n k of t h e people f o r once. was myself Speaking f o r C.R.A.B. Don Larson, and Geoff McMurchie spoke f o r t h e B.C. C o a l i t i o n of t h e Disabled.

Ald. Owen, who i s a member of t h e B . C . T r a n s i t Commission, had doubts about t h e r e c e n t p l a n t o run e x t r a t r a i n s on t h e r a i l t r a c k s t h a t go p a s t CRAB w a t e r f r o n t park. He e s t imated t h e c o s t of a commuter t r a i n t r i p t o P o r t Coquitlam t o be a huge $13. Ald. Owen s a i d f l a t l y , "A commuter r a i l w a y i s n o t going t o happen He saw danger i n t h e d i f f e r i n g speed of commuter t r a i n s and t h e i n d u s t r i a l cargo t r a i n s now using t h e t r a c k s .

Ald. Boyce s a i d t h a t s h e was supp o r t i n g t h e at-grade Columbia crossing. CRAB and t h e downtown e a s t s i d e community d i d e x p r e s s concern when t h e former at-grade c r o s s i n g was c l o s e d down i n 1986.

The Canadian Transport Commission and t h e CPR have n o t been sympathet i c t o at-grade railway c r o s s i n g s a c r o s s Canada.

City Council v o t e s on t h i s i s s u e a s a whole on December 8.

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I have known DON BATEMAN s i n c e he f i r s t came t o t h e Carnegie Centre.

F i r s t he w a s a v o l u n t e e r and then he became a s t a f f person. He has been on s t a f f , f o r 4 y e a r s , mostly worki n g on t h e second f l o o r . He has always worked hard, running back and f o r t h t h e way you do, working on t h e second f l o o r .

He h a s been t h e f a v o u r i t e s t a f f person i n Carnegie. Many v o l u n t e e r s know him p e r s o n a l l y , on and o f f t h e job. He h a s a joke f o r everyone and I always s e e him i n a good mood. Of c o u r s e , sometimes t h e r e a r e f r u s t r a t i o n s , due t o t h e n a t u r e of t h e job.

Don h a s done a l o t of o t h e r jobs around t h e Carnegie, such a s c l e a n i n g out t h e lost-and-found and re-organi z i n g cupboards. He i s m o b a b l y t h e o n l y person who knows where t o f i n d everything.

He has organized a number of campi n g t r i p s , and t h e Canada Day P i c n i c .

I w a s v e r y s u r p r i s e d t o h e a r t h a t Don was " l e t go" and n o t knowing any det a i l s , I wanted t o w r i t e t h i s l e t t e r of s u p p o r t f o r Don. Don has been completely d e d i c a t e d t o Carnegie; h i s work h a s meant a l o t t o him. He has grown up i n t h e a r e a and i s t r u l y someone from t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e . Somehow, t h e l e a v i n g of Don Bateman and some o t h e r people, seem t o i n d i c a t e a s h i f t (of some s o r t ) from Management I hope t h a t somehow Don Bateman could come back t o work. He h a s a l o t t o offer.

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One f i n a l p o i n t : DEEDS i s i n Margaret itche ell's r i d i n g , n o t P a t carney's.

The f e d e r a l government must have concerns about DEEDS i f they r e l y on t h e l o c a l municipal government t o do i t s homework and determine, w i t h l o c a l s c r u t i n y and o b s e r v a t i o n s , what t h e r e a l n a t u r e of t h i s S o c i e t y i s . One-half m i l l i o n d o l l a r s of p u b l i c money i s s t i l l publ i c ; any g r a n t from Vancouver w i l l channel t h i s money t o DEEDS. As Alderman P u i l s a i d , "I wouldn't g i v e them a p l u g n i c k e l . " Respectfully submitted,

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By J a n c i s Andrews \Jhatts in a name? I n t h i s c a s e , a l l : a beach by any o t h e r name than Crab wont smell as sweet This beach was formed by more than slap and splash of water, reflects a grimer image than the sun and moon.

L i f t a rock, and C.P.R. e x e c u t i v e s s c u t t l e sidewards, t h e i r motives transparent a s j e l l y fish.

They wish to drown the memory of g r a s s and w a t e r wrested from t h e i r own dry s e a s of c o n c r e t e . The name " P o r t s i d e park"

w i l l cover up t h e i r s i n s l i k e the tide, erase t h i s park's t r u e history.

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