January 15, 1988, carnegie newsletter

Carnegie Centre 11zuite.r You to join rcs it1 Immclz itlg Oil?- j h t b'ooh 'Hustings &Main'

8th Birthday

With a g e a t s i g h of r e l i e f , t h e most m a s s i v e l y k e p t s e c r e t i n t h e h i s t o r y o f Carnegie can now be r e v e a l e d . L a s t weekend, a n i d e a blossomed i n t o r e a l i t y : an answer t o how everyone i n t h i s Centre who h a s come t o know and l o v e Nancy J e n n i n g s , o u r d e p a r t i n g D i r e c t o r , c o u l d s a y good-bye?

Nancy h a s been h e r e f o r 4% y e a r s , and gave h e r n o t i c e i n December - making h e r l a s t day Jan. 15.

She f i n a l l y convinced C i t y H a l l t h a t s h e had been d o i n g t h e work o f t h r e e f u l l - t i m e p e o p l e ; now t h e C i t y w i l l be h i r i n g a s e n i o r programmer s u p e r v i s o r AND a d i r e c t o r AND a s e n i o r a d m i n i s t r a t i v e c l e r k , t o do t h e work t h a t Nancy d i d a l l by h e r lonesome.

T h i s on t o p of b e i n g a s c o r d i a l a s p o s s i b l e t o a t i n y group who g o t i t i n t h e i r heads (by coopera t i v e s u c t i o n ? ) t h a t s h e was incompetent! Enough a l r e a d y , w h a t ' s t h i s a b o u t a d a r k s e c r e t ? Oh, yeah Well, y a s e e , we a r e t h a t ' s what t h i s i s a b o u t a l l s o b e a u t i f u l and p h o t o g e n i c , , t h e i d e a was t o make a v i d e o t a p e o f ' e v e r y b o d y who wanted t o s a y goodbye and t h e n Nancy c o u l d t a k e t h e t a p e and whenever s h e g o t n o s t a l g i c about t h e 'good o l ' d a y s a t Carnegie' o r wanted something t o e n t e r t a i n h e r g r a n d c h i l d r e n w i t h when s h e g e t s o l d and g r a y and ENOUGH ENOUGH!! ( s o r r y ) ANyway, t h i s t a p e h a s c o n t pg .2

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time and p e o p l e ; t h e y j u s t a s k e d DEEDS a b o u t t h e m s e l v e s , a c c e p t e d i t , and s a i d okay.

Then, a s k i n g t h e l o c a l government t o do a prop e r i n v e s t i g a t i o n - making t h e & m i l l i o n c o n t i n g e n t on t h e r e s u l t , S o c i a l P l a n n i n g , t h e secr e t a r y of f i n a n c e and t h e head of t h e Finance Committee a l l s a i d no. Council v o t e d and Bingo! a p o l i t i c a l d e c i s i o n ? !?

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~ i t yCouncil n a s awarcieci t n e Downtown E a s t s i d e Economic Development S o c i e t y a $70,000 g r a n t t o r e n o v a t e a b u i l d i n g . What t h i s d e c i s i o n means i s t h a t a f e d e r a l g r a n t of a b o u t a h a l f - m i l l i o n d o l l a r s w i l l a l s o be c h a n n e l l e d t o DEEDS. So f a r , t h i s group h a s g o t t e n t h e f o l l o w i n g amounts: 1984 - $20,000 1985 - $67,000 1986 - $84,000 1987 -$104,000 By t h e i r own c l a i m , o v e r t h e p a s t f o u r y e a r s , DEEDS h a s p u t 18 job t r a i n e e s through i t s program.

9f t h o s e , o n l y 1 3 have found j o b s i n ttie f i e l d i n which t h e y were t r a i n e d . The c i t y c o u n c i l l o r s who v o t e d f o r them d i d n ' t mind t h e c o s t of $21,153 PER JOB! For some time, members of c o u n c i l have asked f o r f i n a n c i a l s t a t e m e n t s and employee r e c o r d s and cash-flow a c c o u n t i n g - a l l normal r e q u e s t s of anyone s e e k i n g f u n d s . A t b e s t s k e t chy i n f o r m a t i o n was r e c e i v e d a few hours b e f o r e t h e v o t e was t a k e n b u t t h e m a j o r i t y of c o u n c i l approved i t anyway.

The f e d e r a l r e p s a i d t h a t t h e y r e a l l y d i d n ' t do a c l o s e examination of DEEDS' books because of l a c k of

goodbyes and fond f a i r w e l l s , blubbe r i n g and l a u g h i n g . . f r o m s c o r e s of die-hard s u r v i v o r s i n t h e downtown e a s t s i d e who r e c o g n i z e a S a d v i p r a when t h e y s e e one. w r i v ~ p r aIS z T d i ~ t ~ iSzzsk~it k word - i t i s a p e r s o n who d e d i c a t e s t h e i r l i f e t o r a i s i n g t h e conscious. n e s s of humanity and e l e v a t i n g t h e d i g n i t y of women; one who l i v e s l i f e a s s p i r i t u a l practice - a warrior.

Nancy h a s a l l of t h i s and more. She h a s g i v e n h e r word t o r e t u r n f o r t h e f i r s t time (of many, we hope) on J a n u a r y 24 f o r t h e b i r t h d a y c e l e b r a t i o n of t h e Carnegie Community Centre.

T h i s w i l l be t h e e i g h t h y e a r and i t w i l l s e e t h e l a u n c h i n g of t h e A u r a l H i s t o r y book - H a s t i n g s & Main.

The A s s o c i a t i o n i s buying 200 c o p i e s and w i l l s e l l them a t c o s t . The s t a r t i n g time i s 2 pm and from 3-6 Be s u r e t h a t w i l l be Open House. n o t h i n g e l s e i s planned, a s t h e r e i s a dance t h a t n i g h t !

A s a m a t t e r of c o u r t e s y , t h e s t o r y of V a l Kalk and h e r work i n Carnegie a s Volunteer Co-ordinator w i l l be w i t h i n t h e pages of t h e newly r e v i v e d Volunteer Voice. Val i s a l s o l e a v i n g a t t h e end of J a n u a r y , and w i l l be missed and remembered She t r e a t e d people a s people, a s individu a l s , w i t h sympathy and c a r i n g .

I ' m n o t much p e r s o n a l l y f o r goodb y e ~ . u . n~ t ~ i l we meet a g a i n . . i f the accident w i l l .

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embark on a brand new y e a r .

B a r r i n g problems concerning a l c o holism, t h i s new y e a r may be somewhat d i f f e r e n t . We a l l know j u s t how many problems a r e a s s o c i a t e d with booze and what k i n d of problems a r e caused by e x c e s s i v e u s e of a l c o h o l beverages.

I t a l l depends on o u r Tolerance.; f o r some of us we do n o t have too much !

And I have y e t t o s e e one person who i s on i n f l u e n c e of a l c o h o l make any r a t i o n a l judgement t h a t i s t o t a l l y a c c e p t a b l e t o t h e s o b e r media.

I s i n c e r e l y hope w e do n o t have any booze hounds on t h e board and I do n o t need t o p o i n t f i n g e r s a t anyone they do know who they a r e .

We a l l could l e a r n a l e s s o n from t h e p r e v i o u s board who a s a r u l e i f they d i d n o t g e t t h e i r way would l e a v e t h e meeting and head f o r t h e n e a r e s t b a r , s o they could drown t h e i r sorrow i n suds a t t h e b a r .

So h o p e f u l l y w e may have t o t a k e a s t a n d and make t h e n e c e s s a r y changes.

I a m going t o run f o r t h e board because I do b e l i e v e I can b e of some good c o n c r e t e h e l p i n making p o s i t i v e d i s c u s s i o n s i n whatever way w e decide f o r t h e b e t t e r m e n t of Carnegie a s a whole.

Sincerely,

F A I S CWIX HOHTI 1

The Central Area Central Area Plan Planning Department, City Hall phone 873-7120

Carnegie's New Year's Eve P a r t y was a h i t : they had a good band paaying w i t h l o t s o f good music t o l i s t e n and dance t o . Everyone seemed t o be e n j o y i n g themselves, i n c l u d i n g t h e s t a f f . I s u r e know I had a good time.

Even Wayne g o t up on s t a g e f o r n b i t t o play a few songs which was r e a l l y nice.

A t 1 2 midnight t h e b a l l o o n s were f a l l i n g from t h e c e i l i n g , everyone making n o i s e , b u s t i n g b a l l o o n s , wishi n g o t h e r s a Happy New Year. People were a l s o d r e s s i n g Wayne up i n d i f fe r e n t d e c o r a t i o n s . Ya, everyone had a good t i m e . even Dave Ryerson.

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me of t h e highlights of my t r i p t o Los Angeles i n October 1985 was a day t h a t I spent on Santa Catalina Island.

I l e f t my motel on Sunset Boulevard i n Hollywood a t 5:45 At-! t o catch a bus f o r downtown LA where I would t r a n s f e r t o a freeway express bus headed f o r b n g Beach.

After a r r i v i n g i n b n g Beach, I walked t o the dock where I purchased my round-trip f,ickec,-t2-22 scent the next h ~ u rZ r i n k i z coffzz Li ths ii..xziiie s~shiiiiei.ikik watching the' a c t i v i t i e s i n t h e busiest-port on the west coasi.

A t 9 AM, everyone boarded the boat t h a t would take us on our 22 mile c r u i s e out i n t o the P a c i f i c Ocean. As we made our way out of p o r t , we passed t h e magnificent Queen Ehry i n her permanent berth. Directly behind t h e QE.1 we saw t h e huge white dome t h a t houses Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose. Hughes b u i l t t h i s plane ( i t is l a r g e r than a 747) out of wood, hence, i t ' s name, and flew it only once on a t r i p around the world.

M t e r passing through t h e San Pedro breakwater, we watched a s t h e mainland disappeared behind a brown layer of smog. Ahead i n t h e distance soon loomed the mountainous form of Catalina.

Two hours a f t e r leaving Long Beach, the boat approached the Mediterraneanesque town of Avalon. The ornately architectured Avalon Ballroom stood l i k e a giant next t o the c l u s t e r of p a s t e l shaded buildings with red t i l e d roofs t h a t were huddled together on t h e l i t t l e h i l l . In t h e 1940s, the Ballroom played host t o the Big Band sounds of such g r e a t s a s t h e b r s e y Brothers, Glenn Miller and A r t i e Shaw.

After docking, we looked up the h i l l in f r o n t of us a t t h e Wrigley Mansion which watched over the town. This was once the home of W i l l i a m Wrigley of chewing gum fame.

I joined a group of people and we went and boarded a tram f o r a tour of Avalon.

Our guide had a tape o f Frank S i n a t r a playing while he showed us around town. I am not a fan of S i n a t r a . but I must say t h a t h i s music seemed t o compliment the l a i d back atmosnhere of - t h i s nlace.

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a t twilig t in the park crowded with cars admiring the view a pink gray m i s t envelopes the c i t y dust f 1ies as young boys -up the h i l l s i d e having fun exchanging points of view remembering where they' d been together and I thinking of w- L 7 -

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By H. Walter did you rob the people again, today? did you s t e a l from the common till, again, today'/ o1 minister (s) f i e r c e un-religious one. minister(s) not of the honest holy cloth. but cut from the cloth of fraud, corruption, deception of the money put into the co GENERAL REVENUE: ring-up the fraudulent s a l e s s l i p . bring it into public view. rung-up the fraudulent sales-slip. brought into public view. did you reward your friends agin' today? prime-beef-steak - minister? on high s over your urgings t o accountabilities, you poor the blood the throat-slashed; of the sheep, the led-blind ones. the blind sheep believe i n you. believe i n you. priviledged one(s). Victorian based, swinedrels. scoundrels. swindlers. vapor embezzlers. , Embezzlement. the new-old business talent. busy. busy. busy. stealing from us, f o r them, your buddy- boy, buddy - g i r l , club of embezzled not accounted f o r public tax-paid fund. s t p s l p r1 r i F n a 1 p- ~ h i g h vrrtnrjm 1 i v ~ r s .

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Their love moulders quietly, undisturbed and undisturbing The future slow-weaves the network of betrayals t h e i r freedom s t r i v e s t o e n t i t l e them t o choose from.

Mass culture supplies them a texture of surfaces t o cuddle up f o r warmth against, o r long to.

The media prods them back t o wakefulness from any dreams leftover from the conditioning.

The s t a t e works t o protect them from involvement.

A The earth holds t h e i r l i f e on centre f o r them t o claim but they are too busy not loolcing a t the periphery.

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lover with h i s wife at a lake filled with memories where we spent the l a s t month together a n i t a stevens

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"ARNEGIE ' C/ After an e n t i r e week of things going wrong on a daily basis, I found the movie "A Test of Love" t o be too depressing. Harold Hyashi came t o the rescue by asking Wayne and I t o accompany him t o La Quena.

This sounded excellent as we had never been there before, besides the program was a special night of music with local women skngers and writers.

As soon as we entered the Coffeehouse someone on the bandstand yelled "I remember you from Carnegie."

Wayne was excited as he recognized many of the musicians from previous occasions. The food was excellent and Wayne thoroughly enjoyed the taco chips with a special sauce.

The atmosphere was friendly and it seemed as i f we had hown everyone i n the room f o r a long time. The place was packed and the workers were bringing out milk crates f o r people t o s i t on. I t reminded me of the barn dances we had on the p r a i r i e s .

A l l of the music was most enjoyable with such beautiful harmonizing. The variety of songs added t o the great interest.

Iii 1355 La $ma xi11 be sponsoring educational forums on Peace, Justice and Human Rights. La Quena is available t o a l l individuals, community groups and international s o l i darity organizations t o hold public meetings, show films, videos, and put on musical benefits. I f you're interested, please leave your name a t La Quena.

A special thanks t o a l l who were responsible f o r my son and I having such a wonderful evening. You can be certain we intend t o be regular customers and bring some new ones along.

By IRENE SCHMIDT

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To Our C a r n e g i e Family George and I would l i k e t o t a k e t h i s o p p o r t u n i t y t o t h a n k a l l of you f o r making o u r wedding such a b e a u t i f u l one.

S p e c i a l t h a n k s t o t h e cooks f o r t h e food t h e y s o l o v i n g l y p r e p a r e d ; Tora and A1 f o r making o u r i n v i t a t i o n s ; Nancy, Val, Donald E Bruce f o r h e l p i n g w i t h t h e arrangements.

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Carnegie s u r e looked i n t h e C h r i s t mas s p i r i t t h i s y e a r ; t h e s t a f f bei n g s o h e l p f u l and e n t e r t a i n i n g a l l t h e v o l u n t e e r s and p a t r o n s i n t h e Centre.

With t h e i r Christmas Cheer, t h e f r e e g o o d i e s , movies a l l day and through t h e n i g h t . P e o p l e i n t h e Theatre l i s t e n i n g t o t h e musicians; t h e y even had a few m u s i c i a n s on t h e second f l o o r s i n g i n g a l o n g . There w a s no s c r o o g e h e r e t h i s y e a r .

M n s t pecplc scc:.zd to E;z ha;-inz a good time, some looked even t i r e d , o t h e r s would j u s t mause themselves.

To b e s e r i o u s , t h e s t a f f and v o l u n t e e r s a t Carnegie t r y t h e i r b e s t t o make u s a l l hapny. Sometime y o u ' l l f i n d t h e y a t e r e a l l y busy s o t h e y ' r e up t o something. I t took them a w h i l e j u s t t o g e t Carnegie open a l l n i g h t f o r Christmas Eve. Anyways I would l i k e t o thank whoever made i t a l l p o s s i b l e and t o thank all. s t a f f and v o l u n t e e r s who worked Christmas Eve and C h r i s t mas Day. Mary Cappel.1

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"George & I" bout 16 months ago I came s a i l i n g through t h e clouds i n a Wardair j e t , l i t t l e knowing t h a t t h e Man i n my f u t u r e was a t t h e o t h e r end of t h e line.

My g i r l f r i e n d m e t m e a t t h e a i r p o r t and w e s p e n t q u i t e a weekend w i t h h e r family. Then a t 5 AM on Monday morning s h e had t h e n e r v e t o wake m e up and s a i d "Come t o work So up I g o t & went w i t h m e today." t o work w i t h h e r & was h e l p i n g h e r w i t h p i c k i n g up t h e garbage and put: t i n g i t i n t h e garbage b i n w i t h my r e a r i n t h e a i r . This m u f f voice .

Sald "Hey! What ya' doing'!

That i s my job " So I looked around and s a i d O.K. Buddy i t ' s a l l yours and g o t a c o f f e e and sat down a t t h e k i t c h e n t a b l e . F i f t e e n minutes o r s o l a t e r t h i s same $ruff v o i c e g o t a c o f f e e and s a t a t t h e o t h e r end of t h e t a b l e w i t h Bambi, h i s dog, b e s i d e him and asked i f I w a s working t h e r e today. I s a i d NO! I thought I would j u s t h e l p my g i r l f r i e n d o u t .

He then s a i d , "I presume t h a t you "You g o t must be from Ontario" t h a t one r i g h t " then w e g o t t o t a l k i n g . The n e x t day he asked m e e t o come t o Carnegie w i t h him. W s p e n t a b e a u t i f u l week t o g e t h e r a t Expo, Stanley Park and then f l o w e r s ! ( 1 s t bouquet he e v e r bought f o r anyone he s a i d . ) Then, as we w e r e a l l going t o b r e a k f a s t on t h e day I was t o f l y back t o O n t a r i o , I t r i p p e d on t h e sidewalk. George s a i d , "Hey! i t took me 58 y e a r s t o f i n d you. I don' t want a n y t h i n g t o happen t o you now."

That was t h e beginning of a whirlwind romance ending w i t h o u r Marriage on t h e Carnegie stairs & hoping o u r Marriage w i l l be a whirlwind a f f a i r f o r many y e a r s .

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Dear Sam S l a n d e r s What w e b o t h wanted, a long t i m e ago, was t o be happy, s u c c e s s f u l , c r a z y writers and g e t p a i d f o r i t .

Right?

Hunter S. Thompson Dear Hunter I don' t know how you found o u t where I am. I d o n ' t want t o know how you found o u t where I am. J u s t don't ever w r i t e t o me again.

Y r s . Truly, Sam S l a n d e r s

Dear Readers, I d i d n o t k i l l t h a t duck.

It was Sam S. who k i l l e d h e r , plucked h e r , t h e n d i d t h e cooking. I was j u s t t h e Gourmet.

Crasly(quack quack)yours, Captain Chaos

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flake f o r ranting against capitali s m SO much, b u t s u c h t h i n g s a r e n o t j u s t made up i n my head. I remember a j o b I had i n Toronto, 20 y e a r s ago t h a t f i n a l l y convinced me a s u c c e s s f u l c a r e e r w a s a ' f a t e worse t h a n death ~t t h e t i m e I was d o i n g a one-man A r t Department a c t f o r t h e Toronto branch of Harry H . Goldberg AdverHead O f f i c e , D e t r o i t . MY tising b o s s was F r a n k l i n K. Carney, who looked l i k e a pipe-smoking Fred A s t a i r e , & a l w a y s s i g n e d h i s name w i t h e l a b o r a t e f l o u r i s h e s o f baroque penmanship. H e d r o v e a n a i r c o n d i t i o n e d powder b l u e C a d i l l a c c o n v e r t i b l e , & had a p a r r o t named " ~ h i l i " , who was m i s e r a b l e i n t h e o f f i c e . T h i s b i r d was o b v i o u s l y i n bad s h a p e , & h i s f e a t h e r s were f a l l i n g o u t , b u t Frank k e p t him around a s a conversation piece ( C h i l i con Carney) - g e t i t ?

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former husband who j u s t happened t o b e t h e coach of t h e Edmonton Eskimoes, would Y O U b e l i e v e ? She'd c e l e b r a t e d h e r freedom w i t h a n o s e j o b , & thought Frank might i n t r o d u c e h e r t o h i g h c l a s s model a g e n c i e s if s h e typed his l e t t e r s f o r him.

Frank always c a l l e d me " ~ i c h " s h o r t f o x R i c h a r d , my r e a l ( ? ) name, and h e always came UP with those last m i n u t e changes t h a t d r i v e you u? t h e wall.

I remember one t i m e I was working on a p a r t i c u l a r l y h a t e f u l j o b w i t h a heavy d e a d l i n e , when i t seemed t o me t h e r e w a s some k i n d of

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s t r a n g e f o r c e i n t h e room, literally9 t r y i n g t o t e a r me o f f t h e d r a w i n g t a b l e & throw me o u t t h e window,.. we were on t h e 9 t h f l o o r . Anyway, I calmed down somehow & a c t u a l l y fini s h e d t h e j o b ( & many o t h e r s ,) b e f o r e h i t t i n g the bars.

The g r e a t Goldberg h i m s e l f showed up from D e t r o i t a few t i m e s . He & h i s e l e g a n t w i f e both dressed e n t i r e -1y i n b l a c k and d r o v e a heavy b l a c k Frank s a i d t h a t C a d i l l a c limousine Harry n e v e r d r o v e under a hundred m i l e s a n h o u r on t h e freeway a t any time I ' l l admit t h i s was n o t one o f t h e b e s t j o b s I e v e r had - b u t i t was In a p r o b a b l y t h e most r e v e a l i n g . . way, i t w a s my one b i g chance t o j o i n t h e American Nightmare.

Frank t o l d m e a s t o r y once t h a t s e a l e d my f a t e . H e t h o u g h t i t was a r e a l funny j o k e , b u t . . t h i s i s t h e way i t went: Back i n t h e 4 0 ' s Frank was a n Adman i n New York & h e knew t h i s guy who w a s t h e w o r l d ' s g r e a t e s t airbrush s p e c i a l i s t a t retouching chrome on f u l l - c o l o u r a d s f o r new c a r s . A l l t h e b i g c a r companies competed f o r t h i s guy b e c a u s e t h e i r m a r k e t - r e s e a r c h e r s found o u t t h a t t h e s a l e of c a r s i n America w a s d i r e c c i y r e i a t e d t o now s h i n y t h e chrome g r i l l w o r k a p p e a r e d i n a d s t h a t i n t r o d u c e d t h e new models eve r y y e a r ; & t h i s guy, according to Frank, w a s unbeatable a t airbrushi n g chrome. The o n l y t h i n g was, h e was a hopeless a l c o h o l i c been t r a p p e d by h i s one g r e a t s k i l l i n t o t h e most h e l l i s h r a t r a c e imaginable.

He was p a i d s o much money f o f h i s work, o n c e a y e a r , t h a t f o r t h e r e s t of t h e t i m e h e j u s t d i s a p p e a r e d into a n a l c o h o l i c h a z e of b a r s , p r o s t i t u t e s , & f l o p h o u s e s . It happened e v e r y time.

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When t h e y found him, i n some s l e a z y d i v e , t h e y ' d throw t h e guy i n t o a l i m o u s i n e & d r i v e him t o Madison Aven u e , where t h e g r e a t a i r b r u s h a r t i s t would once a g a i n b e h e l d h o s t a g e i n t h e a g e n c y ' s o f f i c e s & bombarded w i t h c o l d showers & b l a c k c o f f e e u n t i l h i s hands s t o p p e d s h a k i n g & h i s e y e s i g h t cleared.

Then t h e y ' d p u t t h e airb r u s h i n h i s hand, p i l e t h e mnney on t h e t a b l e i n f r o n t o f him, & s u d d e n l y t h e g u y ' s memory would r e t u r n .

He'd go t o work t h e n , & once a g a i n t u r n o u t miraculously g l i t t e r i n g , t o t a l l y s p a r k l i n g chrome, r e t o u c h e d t o p e r fection, while the executives stood around & c h e e r e d him on.

According t o Frank, d i f f e r e n t agenc i e s found t h e guy a t d i f f e r e n t times - s o , p r o b a b l y w i t h o u t knowing i t , h e worked f o r a v a r i e t y o f p e o p l e , & t h a t accounted f o r t h e competitive f l u c u a t i o n s i n the c a r s a l e s every y e a r . Anyway,. a s soon as t h e job w a s done h e g o t t h e money & away h e went, on a n o t h e r s e r i e s ; of a l c o h o l i c ad. v e n t u r e s t h a t would l e a d i n e v i t a b l y i n t o further oblivion u n t i l , a year l a t e r , some o t h e r f l y i n g squad o f Ad men hunted him down.

Frank s a i d t h i s guy w a s t h e h i g h e s t p a i d a r t i s t i n America - & p r o b a b l y t h e world - f o r many y e a r s . A l l t h e top a r t i s t s e n v i e d him & looked up t o him as a l e g e n d a r y m y s t e r i o u s f i g u r e nobody knew t o o much a b o u t . When h e f i n a l l y died, the agencfes j u s t hooked i n t o t h e second-best r e t o u c h e r and c a r r i e d on a s u s u a l , h u t t h e chrome work on new American c a r s n e v e r looked s o g l o r i o u s a g a i n .

Anyway - s h o r t l y a f t e r I h e a r d t h i s " h i l a r i o u s " s t o r y from Frank, I q u i t H.H.G. f o r good, l e f t my w i f e , and headed f o r H a i g h t Ashbury. Unfortuna t e l y , I was a l i t t l e too l a t e & still t o o s t r a i g h t t o j o i n t h e " l o v e penera t i o n " , b u t t h e n , God h a d o t h e r n l a n s So h e r e I am.

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What do we do with children i n our society who a r e experiencing d i f f i c u l t i e s i n the school system? Before school age it is d i f f i c u l t t o monitor but when a c h i l d is f i v e years o l d we a s a society begin t o have a great deal of input i n t o the formation of t h a t c h i l d ' s mind.

In a survey done by Peter Wolff dated April 7 , 1981, it is shown t h a t of the juvenile delinquent boys t e s t e d most had trouble with Language Arts. Children with Learning D i s a b i l i t i e s must be educated without being labelled stupid, lazy, bad and incapable. When we t r y t o squeeze these children i n t o a s t r u c t u r e t h a t is not according t o t h e i r needs and a b i l i t i e s we sometimes do i r r e p a i r a b l e damage t o the child. As t h e c h i l d begins t o get older and has been l i t e r a l l y pushed through the system we begin t o see signs of our mistakes. The c h i l d o f t e n shows us our mistakes by t h e i r reaction t o those mistakes. Wen we are f i n a l l y confronted by what appears t o be a young criminal we punish the youth i n an attempt t o correct. Who r o r r e c t s the system and the people who created the d i f f i c u l t i e s ?

My son is a c h i l d with Learning D i s a b i l i t i e s . His d i s a b i l i t i c . as fr.1' problems with memory, balance, spaLlal awareness, concentration, hanu- t, e coordination, d i f f i c u l t i e s with a l l Language Arts, and dyslexia. The Learning D i s a b i l i t i e s he had made it unlikely t h a t he would succeed i n competition with h i s peers a s h i s f i r s t four years i n public school were based on Language Arts, memory, co-ordination and work habits.

While my son does have Learning D i s a b i l i t i e s he a l s o has some areas where he f a r surpasses h i s peers. Those areas, however, were not emphasized. My son was made t o f e e l inadequate and the psychological trauma began t o show. He was made t o f e e l l i k e a f a i l u r e by grade three. The following is a l e t t e r I m o t e t o the Principal re: a phone conversation I had with my son's grade two teacher. I believe t h i s l e t t e r focuses very well on the need f o r s k i l l e d teachers of Learning Disabled children. :I*--

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I spoke with Mrs. K. l a s t evening. She phoned me about 9:15 and questioned i f I had phoned you today. I t o l d her t h a t I had not phoned you but had discussed with you a problem t h a t has my family extremely upset.

I asked bfrs. K. i f she had been y e l l i n g a t my daughter i n the hallway and she denied t h a t she had yelled a t her a t a l l . She s t a t e d t h a t she was upset about my son not having pencils o r an eraser. The children were i n bed, but not asleep; they were l i s t e n i n g t o the conversation and when they heard her denial in the form of my question t o M s . K. i f my daughter was lying t o me, they both came i n t o the l i v i n g room. They asked i f she denied saying, 'bh/ son wouldn't pass t h i s year and i f I wanted t o send him t o a private school, I could spend my money and send him. " I again questioned Mrs. K. about these statements a f t e r finding out another g i r l was present ; when I mentioned the other child' s name, Mrs. K. acknowledged t h a t she had t o l d my daughter, 'My son would not pass t h i s year i f these probl e m p e r s i s t . I questioned why Mrs. K. d i d not contact me with t h i s statement instead of my t e n year-old daughter and her friend. Ffrs. K. s a i d she t o l d me on my son's report card. The only statement I saw on the report card was t h a t

1% he needed pencils and an eraser. The next day I s e n t two pencils and an e r a s e r but they apparently never arrived a t t h e school. I was not contacted a t any time by btrs. K.. When I made t h a t statement t o Mrs. K. she mentioned giving him a note, about l i b r a r y books, which I never received Mrs. K. s a i d the reasons my son is having problems stem from me moving him around t o too many schools. I need t o discuss t h i s with you. bfrs. K . , a t t h i s time r e a l i z i n g t h a t the children were s t i l l up, s a i d she could understand why my children were having so many problems i n school; here it was 9:40 pm and my children were s t i l l up and i n the l i v i n g room. hv c h i l d ren usually go t o bed between 8:00 and 9:00. Last night it was 9:00, but because of Mrs. K ' s denial of y e l l i n g these statements a t my daughter i n the hallway a t school, they got up out of bed t o defend themselves. I t o l d I4rs. K. t h a t my children do not have so many problems. Last year i n school my daughter received the Academic Achievement Award, i n grade four. I acknowledged t h a t my son had a l o t of problems i n the school system but t h a t does not mean "My c h i l dren have so many problems. l' bks. K. s a i d more than once t h a t I should be more available. This, she f e e l s . is p a r t iif the p i - o b l e ~ ~ ~I. disagree. i have always been ac ihe schooi o r i n contact with the school when informed of problems. bbst of the times the solut i o n s can be e a s i l y found; others, it i s more d i f f i c u l t .

The conversation t h a t I had with Mrs. K. was f i l l e d with accusations and reasons why it is my f a u l t t h a t my son has problems i n school: 1) I changed h i s teacher too many times; 2) Letter regarding staying i n a f t e r school; 3) I am not available. I'm a s i n g l e parent who works and by t h e time I have dinner finished I'm t i r e d . I asked why, i f t h e r e were problems, she d i d not send homework home with my son? She then asked i f my daughter would be able t o help him. I asked her why shc would think my daughter would be the one t o help him with h i s homework. She s a i d she assumed t h a t my daughter would be the one who would help him. I asked her who she thought helps my daughter with her ho~iieworki f she needs help. She s a i d probably me and I s t a t e d t h a t I a l s o am the one who helps my son i f he needs help.

I know my son needs my help t o find a solution t o h i s problem. I have, a f t e r discussion with Mrs. K . , found t h a t her solutions go against my idea of a solution.

1) I do not f e e l t h a t r i d i c u l i n g my son t o my daughter and her f r i e n d , instead o f discussing t h e matter p r i v a t e l y with me - h i s mother - is the r i g h t thing t o do. I t was' wrong.

2 ) 'To condemn me i n my r o l e as h i s mother in an attempt t o pass blame - wrong.

3) blrs. K. says my son is made t o do h i s work i n the hallway. That's t h e only time, she s a i d , he gets h i s work a l l done on time. Last year the only time I f a seven year o l d c h i l d has a my son was i n the h a l l was i f he misbehaved. problem with reading and memory should t h a t c h i l d be ridiculed? I do not belicve so; I think it is wrong. I f the boy is not a s good a s h i s peers in reading, r i d i c u l i n g him only makes him f e e l inadequate instead of p o s i t i v e about Ins a b i l i t i e s .

I want my son taken out of her classroom f o r h i s own best i n t e r e s t s I do not bclieve a boy of h i s nature b e n e f i t s from r i d i c u l e and condemnation i n f r o n t of h i s peers. 1'11 wait f o r your c a l l .

A n~nnberof major mistakes were made by d i f f e r e n t teachers before I began t o attempt correcting the problem. I could c e r t a i n l y see my son acquiring a very lrmr self-image. No wonder, i n h i s f i r s t four years of school he had 178 negat i v e comnients and f a i l i n g grades. When my son was i n grade two, I demanded that he be t e s t e d by the School Board t o define exactly what those problems

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were. I t was during a phone conversation with Mrs. Nickerson, who administered t h e IQ t e s t i n g , t h a t a relevant statement was made. She asked nie about my son's b i r t h . \ h e n I t o l d h e r t h a t he was blue when born she s a i d , "That's int e r e s t i n g . " I asked what she meant and she s a i d , "A g r e a t percentage of c h i l dren experiencidg t h e same d i f f i c u l t i e s a s my son were a l s o born blue."

When my son f i n i s h e d grade thkee he was t e s t e d a t the Children's Hospital Diagnostic Centre a t my i n s i s t e n c e . During t e s t i n g ~ n yson repeatedly s a i d upon f i r s t glance a t a new problem, "I c a n ' t do that." Instead of an i n q u i s i t i v e mind, he had a closed mind. Upon prodding he was always, i n f a c t , a b l c t o solve t h e problem.

The Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Section 15 (1) s t a t e s : Every individual is equal before and under t h e law and has t h e r i g h t t o equal p r o t e c t i o n and equal b e n e f i t of t h e law without discrimination, and i n p a r t i c u l a r without d i s crimination based on race, n a t i o n a l o r e t h n i c o r i g i n , colour, r e l i g i o n , scx, age o r mental o r physical d i s a b i l i t y . How many children go through t h e school system without t h e i r problems being adequately addressed? How can these chi 1drcn be t r u l y educated in t h e schools? In a f l y e r acquired from t h e Vancouvcr Association f o r Children and Adults with L e a n i n g D i s a b i l i t i e s t h i s statcmcnt was made':' "Whatever diminishes t h e c h i l d ' s s e l f has no place i n education.

Humiliation, degradation and f a i l u r e a r e d e s t r u c t i v e t o s e l f . ..Whatever nukes t h e s e l f smaller and meaner is not j u s t bad f o r mental h e a l t h , i t undermines confidence and produces f e a r and withdrawal. I t can c u t down freedom of movement, the p o s s i b i l i t i e s o f i n t e l l i g e n t behaviour Subjecting a yound c h i l d t o t h i s kind o f degradation seems t o be contrary t o t h e i r r i g h t s a s l a i d out i n t h e Charter and y e t because it is i n s e t i n t o t h e system of how we educate children it seems t o be acceptable.

Ihe following .is an exerpt from a l e t t e r regarding my son from Dr. Carl L. Kilne, N.D., F.R.C. P. (C) : "I a l s o found i n my consultation t h a t he has marked d i f f i c u l t i e s i n v i s u a l processing and some problems i n auditory processing.

I t is my opinion t h a t he has moderately severe t o severe dyslexia which apparently was not previously recognized and f o r which apparently he has not received appropriate help. At t h i s time he needs an a l l out s p e c i a l program designed f o r dyslexic children. The problem is severe enough t h a t hc cannot possibly function i n a r e g u l a r c l a s s s i t r ~ a t i c n - !k she!:!.' havc one hoiii- d C;.L? five d q s ,.s xeck o i m e - to-one indlvldual remedial therapy u t i l i z i n g a synt h e t i c phonics approach with multisensory reinforcement. H i s o t h e r courses should be taught i n swil a wiy t h a t he is not cxpcctcd t o do what he is uriahlc t o do a t t h i s time. For example, he could be provided with t h e neccssaqr information i n Social S t ~ ~ d i ebys reading t h e m a t e r i a l t,? him and discussing it with him, but he would n o t be able t o put down t h e information he b o w s very well indeed i n a w r i t t e n t e s t . 'kis is because of h i s severe s p e l l i n g d i f f i c u l t y and t h e a s s o c i a t e d problem of p u t t i n g t h i s i n t o w r i t i n g . . . Ile impressed me a s being highly motivated t o l e a r n but vely discouraged about what has happened. lie has very good i n t e l l i g e n c e and t h i s makes it even more d i f f i c u l t f o r him. I f e e l t h a t unless he g e t s an a l l o u t program he is going t o f a l l f u r t h e r and f u r t h e r behind and t h a t t h i s w i l l a f f e c t him adversely emotionally.

He a l s o could be a good candidate f o r e s c a l a t i n g p e r s o n a l i t y problems a s a r e s u l t of h i s f r u s t r a t i o n and discouragement. I hope t h a t you w i l l be able t o f i n d a way t o g e t him i n t o t h e Fraser Academy, t h e c o s t o f which is beyond your f i n a n c i a l means a t t h i s time. I know t h a t you a r e determined t o f i n d help and 1 c e r t a i n l y hope t h a t yo11 w i l l bc a b l e t o do so."

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Resulting from the lack of proper educational f a c i l i t i e s f o r teaching Learning Disabled children, I hoped t h a t it would be possible t o have funds t h a t would normally go t o the public system transferred t o the Fraser Academy which was a proper educationally f a c i l i t y f o r children with the types of d i s a b i l i t i e s as my son. I received the following answer from t h e Burnaby jchool Board Secretary blr. Peter S. Boyle, "I should take t h i s opportunity t o point out t h a t the Ministry of Education r u l e s provide funding only f o r those children who a r e enrolled i n the public school system i n B r i t i s h Columbia. Any v a r i a t i o n of t h i s funding r u l e would have t o be directed t o the Ministry of Education."

I would hope t h a t i n implementing change these children would be screened f o r Leaning D i s a b i l i t i e s i n Kindergarten and grade one. If r e s u l t s show a need f o r Special Education i n a f a c i l i t y designed t o teach Learning Disabled t h e funds should be supplied i f a c h i l d ' s family is f i n a n c i a l l y incapable of paying the cost. The c o s t of the Fraser Academy is $750.00 per month. I g e t t h a t amount f o r my son and I t o l i v e on f o r an e n t i r e month. I f I was wealthy, my ;rr; son is net prqerly sofi coiild be sr~per:y e&cated k t ';ecalrsc I G ; educated. I t is my hope t h a t t h i s w i l l change. No more children should e n t e r a school system t h a t is structured t o destroy them. The extreme intelligence of some of these children must r a t h e r be explored and educated. What a p i t y t o have destroyed some of the mst i n t e l l i g e n t a children i n our society. %is problem can be corrected i f the time and financial assistance a r e provided.

The s p e c i a l i s t s a r e there t o teach the children but the system is not s e t up t h a t w i l l allow them t o do so. I t is my hope t h a t with your assistance the educating r i g h t steps could be taken t o ensure t h a t system of Learning Disabled children is implemented.

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Dave McConnell EAST HASTI NGS

1t;s 7:00 a . m . , and E a s t H a s t i n g s b u t c h e r s t h e dreams of Downtown E a s t s i d e r s , n e r v e s made mincemeat by t h e t r a f f i c g r i n d i n g t o t h e freeway.

Horns b l a r e t h e h o u r s ; t r u c k a r u s h and c l a s h of i n s u l t s , soup up s t i n k s of gasoline.

Noon w i l l f i n d them s t i l l wired t o t h e w h i t e n o i s e i n t h e i r heads' I while a m e f a l l i c sun, a c c e l e r a t i n g through t h e a c i d s of t h i s a i r , ; burns up E a s t H a s t i n g s w i t h two thousand v e h i c l e s a n hour.

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One begins t o won1der how much can be-absorbed o r understood.

So much news and so much of it bad.

I s it any wonder people have put up a brick wall.

Turn o f f the television! throw away the paper because we've a l l heard it before! and yet we need t o know who's doing what t o who.. as i f our woild depends on it.

I wonder how many people - - wonder about how a l l t h i s happened. everything seems so much worse today, but perhaps bad news is j u s t a bad habit gone berserk!

I t leaves y-u wondering - and perhaps we a l l should have a l i t t l e fear.

I s our world r e a l l y s a f e or: have we b u i l t a f a l s e i l l u s i o n f o r ourselves.

SO we travel our journey and hope. we don't j u s t end up as a f i l l e r f o r some newspaper written as j u s t another unknown t a r g e t soon forgotten.. . i t ' s too bad the news today.

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But For The Grace Borne by the unhidden moment t o when pettiness has no hold and it doesn't matter f o r awhile how poor and alone you a r e o r how powerless and f r e e because grace has found you, And when you've gotten back t o the enclosed horizon again the difference w i l l be enough t o bear, and you w i l l not blame the ones who t r y t o get there from the b o t t l e -r the needle anymore.

Steven Belkin

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HAVING A HOT OLD TIME AT CARNEGIE

By The Unknown C h i l i Cook

Just about every Wednesday a t 5: 30pm is c h i l i day a t Carnegie - a time t o f i r e up your t a s t e buds, nasal passages and t e a r ducts. I'm the Carnegie c h i l i cook, and the t r i c k i n making c h i l i f o r b i g _-e l "up ..- ; 5 ~ I krmw I i?n~ ~f f ~ l1?.2ke it. You' 11 always find someone t e l l i n g you i t ' s not hot enough. I once saw a bumper s t i c k e r t h a t s a i d , "Chili cooks do it with f i r e and passion." That's t r u e , but you have t o r e s i s t the tempt a t i o n t o j u s t pour on the peppers until i t ' s l i k e a volcano. I t takes t r i a l and e r r o r t o find t h a t happy medium where you give people t h e i r money's worth but don't b u n them out o f house and home. You can always add more peppers but once they're i n there, i t ' s hard t o get them out.

Everybody has t h e i r s e c r e t c h i l i r e cipe, but one thing I've learned is t h a t it takes more than j u s t a recipe t o bring out the essence of c h i l i . I t takes team work. You canvt do it alone.

Ihanks t o people l i k e Stan and K i m , the ace celery-choppers of East Hastings S t ; t o Chry, who knows how t o stir things up r e a l nice; and t o B i l l , Robert, Belle 4 a l l the gang who run and serve with a smile, even when somebody asks f o r the thousandth time, "What's f o r Dinner?"

Without them, and without many others including Cousin Brucey Jackson, the wizard of the Carnegie kitchen, there would be no c h i l i dinner and no s a t i s f ied custoniers .

The Carnegie recipe is nothing fancy, j u s t l o t s of chopped meat, beans, c a r r o t s and othcr s t u f f , plus, of course, c h i l i peppers and even jalapenos. I f

you want t o know the t r u t h , the recipe w s t h e third-place winner i n the Bayspore c h i l i cookout. But f o r us, it was the best. You know why? The f i r s t 1 p r i z e winner contained a l l s o r t s of exotic in,---A<*-+.t;lbUl,.llLJ, l i k e c:Ix~f*te.TUU expensive.

The second p r i z e winner was soaked i n booze. Ours is t a s t y , but p r a c t i c a l .

On Wednesdays, around 5:30 pm, I l i k e t o take a s e a t on the f i r s t f l o o r and watch t h e people enjoying t h e i r c h i l i .

I t ' s important t o know how people are receiving your work. I'm proud t o say t h a t c h i l i i s sold out every time.

People appreciate good value and good eating. One day I was s i t t i n g a t a t a b l e having a bowl, when a guy s a t down with h i s c h i l i and s t a r t e d eating. "Boy t h i s i s good," he s a i d , h i s eyes watering. "Theyvve got a good c h i l i cook here.

I could never make this."

"No." I said. "You can do it. J u s t follow the recipe. The cook here is no expert. fle used t o make l e n t i l soup, that's all."

But t h i s guy i n s i s t e d he couldn't do it. I was j u s t about t o t e l l him t h a t I was the c h i l i cook and i f I could do it, he could do it too, when he t o l e me, "You know the best c h i l i cooks a r e anomyous." lVitli t h a t he went t o g e t another bowl.

I think he had something there, so t h a t ' s why the i d e n t i t y of the Carnegie c h i l i cook w i l l never be revealed. As I s a i d , 'it doesn't matter, i t ' s a team e f f o r t anyway. When I t o l d t h i s story t o a f r i e n d , she s a i d , "Don't worry, when i t ' s time f o r you t o go t o c h i l i heaven, w e ' l l bury i n the Tomb of the Unknown C h i l i Cook." bleanwhi l e , see you on Wednesday.

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The Right Honourable Brian Mul'roney prime M i n i s t e r o f Canada, parliament Buildings Ottawa, Ontario.

Dear M r . Mulroney, I t i s o f p u b l i c knowledge t h a t i n C h i l e t h e r e a r e f o u r t e e n people sentenced t o t h e d e a t h p e n a l t y by t h e d i c t a t o r s h i p o f Augusto Pinochet.

These young f o u r t e e n people having been accused of having attempted t o k i l l Augusto Pinochet.

The Chilean m i l i t a r y and c i v i l j u s t i c e has accused t h e s e young people although t h e r e i s no c o n c r e t e n o r c l e a r evidence t o condemn them.

These young people have been t o r t u r e d p h y s i c a l l y and psychologica l l y and have been f o r c e d t o s i g n documents t h a t t h e p o l i c e a r e t r y ing t o use a g a i n s t them. The lawyers t h a t a r e defending t h e s e young people have made d e c l a r a t i o n s t o f o r e i g n j o u r n a l i s t s who have been s e n t t o C h i l e t o r e p o r t and i n v e s t i -p a t e t h i s j u d i c i a l fraud which confirms t h e i r innocence.

I t i s important t o mention t h a t t h e d i s t i n g u i s h e d member of p a r l i a ment o f Canada, M r . Svend Robinson, who v i s i t e d C h i l e i n September 1987 met with s e v e r a l o r g a n i z a t i o n s such as: V i c a u r i a de l a S o l i d a r i o l a d , Alto Comisionado de l a s Naciones, Unidas en S a n t i a g o C h i l e , Amnesty I n t e r n a t i o n a l and u a t h o r i t i e s of

re1igious organizations, e x - p a r l i amentaries and e x - m i n i s t e r s . A l l of them a g r e e t h a t t h e r e i s no e v i dence a g a i n s t t h e people who a r e sentenced t o d e a t h t o be j a i l e d n o r t o be accused o f such a crime.

Based on t h e information t h a t we have and t h e enormous p r e s s u r e t h a t t h e d i c t a t o r s h i p o f Augusto Pinochet i s applying t o a s s a s s i n a t e t h e s e f o u r t e e n young people, i s t h a t we a r e s o l i c i t i n g t h a t t h e government of Canada o f f e r s p o l i t i c a l refugee s t a t u s t o these fourteen people and t h e i r immediate f a m i l i e s .

We would a l s o l i k e t o mention t h e i n d i f f e r e n t a t t i t u d e t h a t t h e Ambass a d o r of Canada i n C h i l e who has not kept himself of t h i s s i t u a t i o n .

M r . Prime M i n i s t e r , your p a r t i c i p a t i o n i n t h e s e m a t t e r s would be o f g r e a t s i g n e f i c a n c e s i n c e your government's r e c o r d i n favour of human r i g h t s i n c o u n t r i e s where human l i f e means s o l i t t l e t o t h e i r governments; your p a r t i c i p a t i o n would a l s o mean hope te t h e C h F l e ~ npespLe iz C h i l z and p a r t i c u l a r l y t o t h o s e sentenced t o death.

P l e a s e f i n d enclosed t h e l i s t with t h e names o f t h e f o u r t e e n people sentenced t o d e a t h . Their l i v e s depend on your u s i n g your i n f l u e n c e t o h e l p them. We know you w i l l n o t l e t them d i e .

Yours S i n c e r e l y , George Barrios General S e c r e t a r y

'%lcohol abuse cited as Archbishop Clarke resigns Canadian Press EDMONTON - Archbishop Kent Clarke, bishop of Edmonton .and metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of Rupert's Land, has resigned.

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"The archbishop has recognized this and is using the next month to face up to and deal with the problem." he said.

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Cars a r e not allowed on Catalina except by permit. The main forms of transportation here a r e taxi-cabs and buses. Other than these you have t o walk o r pay a v i s i t t o the Cal Worthington of Avalon who deals i n golf-cart l i k e vehicles.

The population of Avalon is 2,030 although summer population r i s e s t o 6000 and soars t o 10,000 on weekends. The town is s l i g h t l y over one square mile i n s i z e .

(Xlr tour ended i n the plaza, from where I took a walk out on the p i e r f o r a lunch of fresh seafood. While eating I watched a s the glass-bottom boats made t h e i r way around the harbor which was f i l l e d almost t o capacity with anchored pleasure boats.

Next on the i t i n e r a r y was a bus tour up steep winding roads i n t o the i n t e r i o r of Catalina. Our guide briefed us on the h i s t o r y of the island.

The island was discovered i n 1542 by explorer Don Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, who named it San Salvador. I t was forgotten about u n t i l it was rediscovered 60 years l a t e r by Don Sebastian Viscaino who named it Santa Catalina. In the 18005, the island was home t o sheep farmers, f u r t r a d e r s and miners. .T;rn~.lgglers~f dl-epcrted Qrie~tzls*misafe ! reiiige in the hiciden bays and coves while waiting t o drop o f f t h e i r cargo. In 1848, Pio Pico the l a s t Mexican governor of California deeded the island t o an American, Thomas Robbins. The ownership of the island changed hands several times u n t i l William IVrigley purchased it i n 1919 and developed it i n t o the recreational paradise t h a t it is today.

When we got i n t o the i n t e r i o r , our guide pointed out a couple of herds of buffalo. In 1924, fourteen head were brought t o Catalina f o r the filming of the western movie The Vanishing American. After the movie was finished, the producers decided t o save c o s t s by leaving the buffalo on the island r a t h e r than return them t o the mainland, s o now there a r e approximately 400 head roaming the i n t e r i o r .

We had a s h o r t r e s t stop a t the Catalina Airport before heading back t o Avalon.

Coming back i n t o Avalon we passed a l a r g e house above the town. We were informed by our guide t h a t t h i s was once the home of Zane Grey, the western story writer, who wrote most of h i s t a l e s here. It is now a h o t e l and t h e rooms instead of being numbered a r e named a f t e r the t i t l e s of some of Grey's books.

On the boat back t o Long Beach, I watched a s the sun s e t behind Santa Catalina as she disappeared over the horizon. Back a t my motel room i n Hollywood, I promised myself t h a t someday I would make a retr~rnv i s i t t o t h i q i s l a n d h e a r ~ t v .

22To t h e Readers of Newsletter of Carnegie S t a r t i n g w i t h ; Why have a Volunteer Support Group Meetings??

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Underhandedness s h o u l d Number Two: s t o p . Does t h e paper o r pages t h a t had words and a c t i o n s o p r i n t e d was o n l y a scam t o a l l o w t h o s e t o do a s s o i s wishes a s t h e feed-back was w r i t t e n b u t n o t observed.

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(A) Volunteer Voice Number Three: was t o b e done hy P a u l Taylcr zizZ l r e n e Schmidt s o t h e motions i n t h e minutes s t a t e d .

(B) P r e p a r a t i o n f o r New Year Dinner, was w r i t t e n and t h e C r e w w a s produced a t t h e meeting. When time came t o Volunteers a s t h e i r p e r f o r mance t h e r e was a l a s t minute hoopdah-la done.

This B.S. h a s g o t t o s t o p and l e t t h e Volunteers do t h e i r j o b s b u t , n o t be turned away and then g e t very bad r e p o r t and comments on how r o t t e n they a r e a s Volunteers by t h e 2 e x e c u t i v e s . S i n c e when d i d t h e f i g u r e head own t h e r o o s t ? Also s i n c e when d i d t h e money g r a b b e r , g e t t h e t i t l e o r p o s i t i o n of Carne g i e Banker?

I have been h e r e n i g h on t o s i x y e a r s , and n e v e r has t h e happy medium between Volunteers been s o d i r e l y m i s s e d used o r should I s a y abused! These power-skippers tripping MUST STOP. No s a i n t s w e a r e a l l e q u a l i n t h e eyes of God and Man. So I say, wisen-up people, use your meeting f o r what i t i s supposed t o mean, e s p e c i a l l y by t h e new name. Volunteers members, workers and o t h e r s who c a r e s t a n d up and be accounted and counted, you a r e a l l t h e Back-Bone of Carnegie.

Number Four: - There were a few Volunteers t h a t had turned i n arti c l e s t o be i n t h e P a s t Vol.Voice they were n o t produced. I t seems t h a t its n o t t h e communication t h a t i s l a c k i n g , i t s who you know o r who you p a t . The buck was passed around, b u t who s c o r e d . A s I f o r one w a s asked by S t a f f t o do a n ' a r t i c l e , I d i d b u t , somehow i t never showed up, by t h e way t h i s makes Number f o u r gone s o u t h , what f o r , Winter? o r Fraserview Cemetery?

Do I have a c h ~ j c e ,OL. & +I.u --I----LLICL~ as they a l s o g o t t h e same t r e a t m e n t .

Maybe i t s t i m e t o d e f u n c t everyt h i n g and do a good c l e a n i n g job, then r e b u i l d a new w i t h hands j o i n e d t i g h t l y to-gether, down t h e t r a i l of happiness f o r 1988.

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Produced and W r i t t e n By KATHERINE GALAN.

Dear Mr. Bateman, Hi! Hope things a r e going okay for you these days. It has been awhile now since you haven't been working a t Carnegie, but it sure is good t o know you haven't forgotten your friends a t the Centre.

I want t o thank you f o r the years t h a t you have been a friend t o me, and f o r putting your foot down when I needed it. It is good t o know that you care.

Thanks f o r being a good fatherly image f o r me in the past few years.

Thanks again Captain f o r being a godd friend.

Love Mary

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Sometime ago there was in the City of Vancouver in the province of British a Columbia in the country of Canada wealthy businessman named Jimmy Pattison 1: who bought the psychedelic Rools Royce Limousine t h a t John Lemon bequeathed t o h i s widow Yoko Ono and gave it t o the province as a $2 million g i f t .

However the people rebelled and rose and said the Limo didn't belong t o the -. - -..- -.- - . - . government but t o the people and they de know your limits. And 8haringl.v. needles is one of the easiest cided t o give the Rolls t o the people o f , wavs to aet AIDS. I f vou shoot up.

NEVER SHARE NEEDLES. SO "-crank up the mu& but don't riskyour life for the party.

East Vancouver because i n East Vancouver 1 people know how t o look a f t e r cars.

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party's over. But the rules have changed.

Unprotected sex with anybody these days can be a risk, whethor outregay, straight, or isexual. Reduce your risksforanal,vaginal,andoralsex. USEACONDOM. Everytime.

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;Bannerman called Christie a "perverted monster" in a radie broadcast March 1, 1985, because Christie defended Ernst Zundel.

Zundel was convicted of disseminating false information to idspire hatred of an identifiable gkoup, the Jews. The verdict was overturned on appeal and he was granted a new trial.

The original trial was the subject ot Bannerman's editorial, in ~Mch he sdd: "Doug Christie has aligned himself so many times with these perverted monsters that he has to k viewed 5i one hims6E.'' Justice Douglas MacKinnon told the jury that lor Banner-'s&torial to be consid& fa~rCQED*have o acts deal wth a m w b l : jnterest and ex rcss Ennermz's -t belie "You will have to decide whether Bannerman was a reasonable and credible witness," MacKinnon said.

The civil jury deliberated for more than two hours yesterday before returning its verdict.

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I 660-6161 On a local bus ride, Joe Boucher was s i t t i n g near the front and the moon was ] r i s i n g down the road. The b k driver I said, "Is t h a t a new moon, chief?" i Joe replied, .'What a dummy!"

The driver said, "What d' ya' mean?"

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