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Dear Friends at Carnegie Centre, c.E.E,D,S, wishes to acknowledge your sustaining membership.

We will be sending you a list of our products, please let us know what you wish in return for your investment.

Pork is available year round, chicken is in season now and lamb, beef and chevon are ready in the fall.

Our vegetables will all be ready by late August and September.

We thank you for sponsoring Nikki's art show as well as the public meeting.

Looking forward to a productive relationship.

Yours truly, Lisa Enquist Vice-president.

Editor: A piece of legislation recently introduced into the Legislature in Victoria has received little attention but is certainly good news for Downtown Eastside tenants. The bill will allow any landlord-tenant disputes up to $5,000 to be arbitrated by the residential tenancy branch.

For many years, Vancouver tenants have been fighting for the return of the Rentalsman and while that hasn't happened this bill will provide for tenants not having to go to court to get back a security deposit.

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The Vessel Can you recognize a wrecked person.

A sunk ship.

A person pulling a load of worries sitting.smoking and smoking tugging along the pressures of life with no chance rn 1 2 ~ 2 ~ &

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to lighten their hurt.

Not all of us have hit rock bottom we've all been down but not dropped by other people.

We should never drop each other.

And if we have We should lift others up.

Betty Jacqueline Robertson

DARREN LOWE

An apology

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"when I drink, it.comes out of my mouth but it's not me. When the talk gets to politics I start saying very bad things about Chinese, Indians, Polish;..anyone who isn't a '~anadian'even though I wasn't born in Canada. Shame stays with me and f am getting free of the drink.

AA starts today. I apologize to the many people who I have slandered.

Please forgive me. " Peter Baran

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l o t s I could do, but I d o n ' t c a r e ; w a i t i n g 'ti1 t h e day h a s come and gone, j u s t w a i t i n g t o s e e t h e c o l o u r e q dawn.

Bright new morning, something has changed, t h e world' s gone round, i t ' s n o t t h e same. won't w a i t ' t i 1 t h e sun i s t u r n i n g on, I ' l l go t o s l e e p i n t h e coloured dawn.

Midnight morning, t a b l e and c h a i r , pen i n hand, t h e y ' r e always t h e r e , and I hope p r e t t y soon I ' l l have a song, then I ' l l go t o s l e e p i n t h e coloured dawn.

Garry Gust

THE MYSTIC LIGHT Rainbow r i v e r s swallow my e y e s A s I go c h a s i n g f i r e f l i e s , ; Brestfiing ~ m " k e y1?2???e~f, zir, My head made l i g h t by something rare.

Running through a s e c r e t hollow, My shadow begs t h e moon t o follow.

I s t o p beneath a willow t r e e And sway i n s i d e i t s canopy.

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I chant a song t o t h e n i g h t , And hug t h e l o v i n g wind s o t i g h t .

My h e a r t b e a t s w i t h a b i l l i o n s t a r s Like a n g e l s matched i n 'pars*

A p u r e white l i g h t glows i n my mind, Illuminating a path t o find; With clear attunement t o show m e how.

A s e e k e r ' s s l e e p I dwell i n now.

Garry Gust

On Tuesday, J u l y 18th1, t h e Carnegie L i b r a r y siiiii i r l v i i e f r i e n d s of Paul Park t o have c o f f e e and cookies i n t h e L i b r a r y from 2 t o 4pm. Paul was a v o l u n t e e r i n t h e Carnegie L i b r a r y f o r 8 y e a r s and he w i l l be s o r e l y missed. On d i s p l a y w i l l be a photo of Paul working i n t h e Libra r y and a book purchased f o r t h e Carnegie L i b r a r y c o l l e c t i o n i n P a u l ' s memory. Former Carnegie s t a f f e r Ron Dutton willbe i n attendence f o r t h i s sad occasion.

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Editor, May I, through the columns of your paper, express the impression I get of the significance of the recent and current events in China, as revealed in the Vancouver media.

To me, taken together, they point out the lesson China rings out loud and clear: Eliminate now the use (and the threat of the use) of force and violence from public life, na+<,.,.,"I "-A 2-----IIALCL 1 1 i t i i u m i .

Nowhere can human dignity and social progress be upheld while guns, tanks, bombs and their like are brought into play or held in reserve by contending or opposing governments and other interests.

What we all need is an end to military dictatorship everywhere. This alone can give us promise that neither in Kent State in the USA or in China - or anywhere else in the world - will students and unarmed forces of democracy be frustrated by armed force.

At present, unfortunately, due to the persistent investment in armaments and promotion of a world trade in armaments (regardless of the differences in political systems) all major governments and other interests participate in the business of mutual profiteering from the sale of armaments, Consequently, the peaceful efforts to expand democracy is everywhere at risk.

Have we not had enough of this?

Can we not rather get on with implementing INF, moving ahead with START, building confidence-creating measures, L-VLLUI

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closing down the armaments' trade and pledging non-resort to military means in settling differences?

Are we so lacking in imagination and goodwill as to be incapable of conceiving a world without war? see no alternative uses for our and brains and creative ingenuity?

Surely, we are not that bankrupt.

Beatrice Ferneyhaugh

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TIANAMEN SQUARE Chinese protestors Jam the phone lines iiifae~ita~~is caii in to turn in P r o t e s t o r s facing a single bull to the back of the h blood spattered grey matter the wilted flower of Democracy the student, movement, dead.

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Thus. too. increasing pressure from the citizens of this city - md from British businessmen w!io depend on this city for somellung more than weasel words from Yriye : hlinister Margaret Thatcher.

There is intense pressure on the Thatcher government lo deal with those who are entitled to hold British passports. What they want issimple as a minimum, a guarantee that if betrayal is again on the Chinese mind. these people will have right of abode in Britain. Thatcher has thus far denied that right.

A delegation of the territory': politicians is in Britain this week seeking that guarantee.

Senior executivecouncillor Dame Lydia Dunn, one of those now in

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London, says: "It will be very difncult for !.heBritish administration to run this, place if the popul~lionis resentful of being deprived of the one thine that would give them confidence. ' Sir CeoITrey Houe. the British foreign secretary, will conduct a fact.findingmission here from July 2 b 4 .

Parliamentarianshave a select committee probing the 1997 transition and the air travel from Britain to the colony and back is frantic.

Dunn does not believe there will be a mas exodus of Hong Kong people b Britain if guaranteesof abode are gwen.

Therc was no exodus in the chaotic year of 1967. Nearly 200,000 Hong H,o,ng people emigrated to seven Yfestern countries between

1981 and 1988. Only 9.000 settled In Britain.

I n fact. Dunn says. Britain has never been a popular place For immigrants from Hong Kong. That status has always been resewed for, Canada, Australia and the U.S.. and ' remains so loday. .

The key. she says, is confidence.

To restore the sense of vigor and, determined success, Britain's sub- : jects must get a e n r e of support. rather than abandonment. says: Dunn.

"Without the commitment of the. people and their confidence in staying, investing and working here.

Hong Kong will become vulnerable sooner or IaLer. Sooner I suspect."

Most observers would say that sooner is already here.

HIS IS A CITY rchh a date and a place seared into its soul: June 4. Tiananmen

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arethe 3.2-million ethnicChinesewhoqualiff,~ British Hong Kong passpor@:but whosedw ments don't allow them automtie right o*t,! or enter Britain.

coljn~ ~ bconsul ~ and~firstt kret ~ ~ Sun's the Canadian commission,estimatesthat as m$ as 1.5 per cent of the Hong Kong population r lected emigration papers in the first week folh ing the events in Beijing.

Beijing turmoil leave ltiong Kong reeling

is preparation of a speech she will soon give to the Toronto Hong Kong businessmen's association.

The speech will be a hopeful one.

Doyle is of a view that Hong Kong had to face this crisis, and that sonner might be better than later.

She senses a stilTening of the collective spine, a resolve to deal with the issue today, now.

This is not a hopeless situation, she says. This is a strong city.

The resolve she detects can be found in the people. although one senses it may be panic- rather than resolve - that is the driving force.

Thus. the increasing demands for an elected parliament. the vision being one of real representation :that will be more dimcult to dismanile.

too. Businessmen here are anxious to know the reaction in B.C. to eventsin China And most agree that ,, the city will experience increased investment and immigration as a . resuit of such wen& t.

0 Newspaper headlines are L11 of warning expected drops In retail sales, deposit~forfelturesby recent homebuyen r mortgage lenders reassess risk $nd,$emmd more upltont money. ' =I'* z " It Is a city where conversations from boardroam4o kltchen sink have a single point: No one forget h e betrayal of China .

It is as though w r y o n e suddenly realized how nalve they were. The J young people, lhore under SO, feel It especially strongly. Some of the. others will @l) you they were not surprised. : .

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0 There is news for Vancouver.

0 Bank profits, foreeast earlier lo escalate. are now expected lo nosedive. David Li. Bank of East Asla chief, is reported as pessimistic as he surveys soflening mortgage markets and a switch to foreign currencies.

T h e Hong Kong s t o c k exchange, buITeted by each new wire report, rebounds uneasily. Some attribute this resiliency lo money sent in h m China But that is short term, and the longer is another story.

vice and who now demand recognition. @ Tourism appears to be in grave trouble. As large U.S. charter companies pull out of commitments to summer travel in China. Hong Kong hotels and travel agents watch profits slip away. This is perhaps best symblized by one group of Canadian travellers who demanded of the Canadian commission that they be removed from the safe haven of this city when the shootlng started in Tiananmen Square.

HONG KONG

We need a drop inloutreach coordinator to begin August 8th. Ihe successfu applicant will have experience working with women, knowledge of the downto eastside, and a feminist perspective. Valuable skills include advocacy an a self-help background, program planning, crisis intervention, and crosscultural experience. The ideal person will be self-motivated, flexible, eager to tackle new experiences, and able to relate to an elected Board.

Salary is $1650/wmth plus benefits. Applications to 'Ihe Women's Centre, 44 E. Codova St., Vancower, V6A 2S7 by July 21st.

OPPENHEIMER PARK So " G i r l s j u s t wanna have funds!" r e a d s a bumper s t i c k e r i n a window n e a r h e r e , The s t a f f st Oppe3hci;;l.z has been h a r d a t work t o convince l o c a l p h i l a n t h r o p i s t s t h a t 'Kids j u s t wanna have funds too!!' one way t h a t helped raise some of the folding stuff was a r a f f l e held r e c e n t l y . The t i c k e t s went f o r a song and t h e p r i z e s were A r g i l i t e c a r v i n g s and beaded e a r r i n g s , t h e c r e a t i o n s o f P a t Dixon and Diane Green r e s p e c t i v e l y .

A N D THE WINNERS ARE: 1st - B i l l Deacon; winning a n Argil i t e carving.

2nd - F. Vaughan; winning a n Argil i t e carving.

3 r d - E v a n g i l i n e Johnny; winning t h e beaded e a r r i n g s .

B e s i d e s s a y i n g c o n g r a t u l a t i o n s we can s a y "Watch f o r o u r n e x t r a f f l e t o s u p p o r t t h e k i d s a t Oppenheimer.

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I r v i n g House 6-12 y r s .

Harbour T r i p 12-4pm Bus T r i p . . S t a n l e y Park Video Park Car Wash & F l e a Market & Bake S a l e a t Main/Termina Teens 10-6pm.

25: D a y t r i p f o r S e n i o r s t o Bowen I s l a n d .

26: Teen Camping 28: Videos

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FOUR-FOOT TESTIMONIAL HEART T h e r e ' s a four-foot t e s t i m o n i a l h e a r t Engraved on t h e garage door I n t h e back of t h e s t o r e On t h e c o r n e r of t h e s t r e e t Where you l i v e

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That h e a r t was engraved Into paint that was old Many y e a r s b e f o r e you were born And i t s i g n i f i e s t h e kind of l o v e Two young people can g i v e

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No, I never held h e r i n my arms and, h e r l i p s never touched mine But, W e gave e a c h other something m e r e She gave t o me t h e memory Of a young woman and a r o s e I n r e t u r n I gave t o h e r a song Should you walk p a s t t h a t o l d garage The p a i n t i s cracked and worn The h e a r t i s s c r a t c h e d And t h e words a r e almost gone But, The memory s h e gave t o me W i l l never f a d e away My l o v e f o r h e r w i l l always l i n g e r on

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There's a four-foot t e s t i m o n i a l h e a r t Engraved on t h e garage door I n back of t h e s t o r e -On t h e c o r n e r of t h e s t r e e t Where you l i v e That h e a r t was engraved I n t o p a i n t t h a t was o l d Many y e a r s b e f o r e you were born And i t s i g n i f i e s t h e kind of l o v e Two young people can give.

she's a friend These f i e l d s and v a l l e y s , w a t e r f a l l and p i n e she always was a f r i e n d , I always knew i t still..

I had a b l i n d eye t o her struggles She was c r y i n g Please stop t h e destruction P l e a s e s t o p t h e waste but a s f o r me..

I was t o o busy t o open my damn eyes--A s I wake up from t h i s i n s e n s i t i v e Sleep o t b l i n d n e s s I wonder i f perhaps i t ' s already too l a t e - t o o much d e s t r u c t i o n - t o o much abuse She'smyfriend nut s t i l l .

I know I should have cared sooner, s o 1'11 c a r e more now.

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I s i t a l o n e , a l l by myself It g e t s q u i t e l o n e l y a t times I f I d i d n ' t have you t o t h i n k a b o u t , I ' d go completely o u t of my mind.

Our l i v e s a r e on a v e r y rough r o u t e But we choose which way w e would go, We brought i t a l l upon o u r s e l v e s W e know w e took t h e wrong road, But we w i l l go p e r f i d i o u s l y forward u n t i l we f i n d t h e r i g h t way ?nd w e w i l l make i t t o where we want t o be a s we go slowly day by day and change t h e games we p l a y .

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e x c i t i n g a c t i v i t i e s planned f o r Seni o r s d u r i n g t h i s summer w i t h Carneg i e and Oppenheimer Park: JULY 19 Harbour c r u i s e and BBQ aboard t h e motor yacht "Invader". T h i s t r i p i s f o r S e n i o r s and Teens and you can s i g n up a t Oppenheimer Park.

(See J a n i c e o r Debbie.)

JULY 25-28 Camping t r i p t o t h e North Vancouv e r Outdoor School ( n o r t h of Squamish). I n c l u d e s swimming, f i s h i n g ( i f you've g o t a l i c e n c e ) , p i c n i c s , A l i c e Lake and l o t s more. Come and enjoy t h e r e l a x i n g atmosphere. The refundable t i c k e t s a r e a v a i l a b l e from t h e s e n i o r s ' Lounge. $2.00 AUGUST 7 - Carnegie Parade and F e s t i v a l ; f u n a l l - a g e s ! Mobilize a t Oppenheifor m e r Park a t 10:30am, parade down Powell t o Main, o v e r t h e overpass and i n t o Crab Park f o r our Annual F e s t i v a l . Enjoy t h e music, food,

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AUGUST 10 - P i c n i c and Swim..at Cates Park i n North Vancouver. T i c k e t s a v a i l a b l e i n Seniors1, Lounge on J u l y 29th.

AUGUST 24 - B-B-Q and Games..at B e l c a r r a Park a c r o s s t h e water from Deep Cove. Tick e t s i n S e n i o r s ' Lounge August 1 1 t h .

SEPTEMBER 11- 15 - Camp Fircom on Gambier I s l a n d . .

S e n i o r s & Volunteers w i l l c r u i s e t o the island; b e a u t i f u l surroundings, swimming, f i s h i n g , good food..a wond e r f u l "get-away" from t h e Downtown.

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On J u l y 3 1 s t a t 2 pm t h e S e n i o r Support Group w i l l have a s p e c i a l meeting t o e l e c t a new T r e a s u r e r .

A l l S e n i o r s a r e i n v i t e d . The n e x t r e g u l a r meeting i s Tuesday, August 8. . 4 a r n e g i e 1 s Ballroom Dancers*** . . w i l l be p a r t of t h e e n t e r t a i n m e n t a t t h e PNE S e n i o r s ' F e s t i v a l . F r e e p a s s e s w i l l be a v a i l a b l e from t h e S e n i o r s 1 Lounge o r Donalda.

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Blood Alley Here i n t h i s EZZC of a l l e y s and groves are the callings t o windows. a l l open t o i n v i t e only t h e c o o l n i g h t i n t o e a c h f o u r pace by f o u r pace heavy h o t room.

The c a l l i n g s a r e n o t sweet nor do p e t a l s d r i f t from t h e windows but on t h e edge of t h e maze a gentle thief palms t h e l a s t of t h e wicked q u a r t e r s and moves on.

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Very soon, i n t h e Gastown Mall, 130 Water S t r e e t , t h e r e w i l l be a new and unusual o f f i c e whose name w i l l be DERA SHIP SHAPE. DERA, of c o u r s e , i s The Downtown E a s t s i d e ~ e s i d e n t s ' A s s o c i a t i o n . SHIP SHAPE s t a n d s f o r : SHIP - S e n i o r s H e a l t h -~nciepencienceProgram; Si-iAFE - S o c i a i i-ieaith k c t i v n F r v j e c i Eastside.

The p r o j e c t and program have been funded by t h e S e n i o r s Independence Program of Health and Welfare Canada. I n e s s e n c e , t h e program/project a r e meant t o encourage, develop and supp o r t independence f o r s e n i o r s , a s w e l l a s self-esteem and confidence, s e l f - h e l p and mutual s u p p o r t . An important component i s c r o s s - c u l t u r a l t o l e r a n c e and understanding.

Canada has s u b s c r i b e d t o t h i s new approach t o h e a l t h i s s u e s , which i s endorsed by t h e World H e a l t h Organization of t h e United Nations. B a s i c a l l y , t h e approach i s f o r u s e r s of h e a l t h programs ( i n t h i s c a s e , s e n i o r s ) t o have a major s a y i n a c t i o n s t h a t t h e y t h i n k w i l l improve t h e i r h e a l t h . H e a l t h i s n o t j u s t p h y s i c a l h e a l t h , b u t mental h e a l t h , s o c i a l h e a l t h and communal h e a l t h . An e q u a l l y important p a r t of t h e new approach i s f o r t h e s e n i o r s u s i n g t h e program t o have a s a y i n t h e d i r e c t i o n s i n which t h e program and i t s v a r i o u s p a r t s may t a k e .

When DERA Housing S o c i e t y ( t h e sponsor of t h i s program) appl i e d f o r t h e g r a n t , i t was hoped t h a t - a l o n g w i t h t h e T e l l i e r Tower and 'Marie Gomez P l a c e - members of t h e Four S i s t e r s Being Co-op and t h e DERA Co-op would l i k e t o p a r t i c i p a t e . co-ops, i t i s up t o t h e s e n i o r s i n t h e co-ops t o say i f they would l i k e t o p a r t i c i p a t e o r n o t .

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Health and Welfare has agreed that a senior is anyone who is 45 years and older. While this may be of some amusement and/ or shock for some of us, the lowered age threshold enables the program to have "younger seniors" and "older seniors" helping each other. For sexample, if "younger seniors" in the Strathcona Community Gardens project wish to help "older seniors" dig their garden plots, or help them weed and prune, and if the seniors propose and sustain such a project, it is likely that SHIP SHAPE could help with some funds for labour and/or garden materials (seeds, clippings, top soil).

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po~itive,lieillthy community actions and improvements, such as the CRAB access issue, the banning of knives in beer parlours, the Downtown Deposit Project, as well as models of DERA Housing projects.

The office will be used as a springboard for other healthrelated actions. DERA is considering using the SHIP SHAPE office as the centre for the walking tour of our community, hopefully with seniors being the tour guides, getting some exercise, meeting new people and earning a little extra money.

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New r a t e s l e a v e a l l r e c i p i e n t s 45% below t h e L i n e r a t h e r t h a n 50% below.

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H: Handicapped B e n e f i t s . oAS: Old Age S e c u r i t y .

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2 Employable 341.00 0 t o 446 341.00 t o 787.00 2 Unemployable 391.00 391.00 t o 837.00 2 One P a r e n t 391.00 391.00 t o 837.00 391.00 2 Couple 1 age 60 t o 64 466.00 t o 837.00 2 Both age 60 t o 64 391.00 541.00 t o 837.00 531.00 2 1 65+ 531.00 t o 977.00 2 Both 65+ 671.00 671.00 t o 1117.00 2 1 65+ and 1 age 60 t o 64 531.00 606.00 t o 977.00 2 1 65+ and 1 H 671.00 746.00 t o 1117.00 2 1 H 531.00 606.00 t o 977.00 531.00 2 1 H and 1 age GO t o 64 681.00 t o 977.00 671.00 2 Both H 821.00 t o 1117.00 2 1 OAS f l a t r a t e 977.00 1 O A S and ( 1 65+ o r 1 H) f l a t r a t e 1117.00 2 ..........................................................................

3 Employable 410.00 0 t o 514 410.00 t o 924.00 3 Unemployable 460.00 0 t o 514 460.00 t o 974.00 3 One P a r e n t 460.00 0 t o 514 460.00 t o 974.00 460.00 75 t o 514 3 1 age 60 t o 64 535.00 t o 974.00 nn 3 9 cn L I a5c v v LU u-t 4 v u . uu 133 to 514 6i0.00 co 974.00 3 1 65+ 600.00 0 t o 514 600.00 t o 1114.00 3 2 65+ 740.00 0 t o 514 740.00 t o 1254.00 75 t o 514 675.00 t o 1114.00 3 1 65+ and 1 age 60 t o 64 600.00 3 1 65+ and 1 H 740.00 75 t o 514 815.00 t o 1254.00 600.00 75 t o 514 675.00 t o 1114.00 3 l H 600.00 150 t o 514 750.00 t o 1114.00 3 1 H and 1 age 60 t o 64 750.00 150 t o 514 890.00 t o 1254.00 3 2 H f l a t r a t e 1114.00 3 1 OAS f l a t r a t e 1254.00 3 1 OAS and ( 1 SPA o r 1 65+ o r 1 H) 3 2 OAS f l a t r a t e 1254.00

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Clash i s good! I f e v e r y t h i n g i s going w e l l , no c o n f l i c t among t h o s e whom e a c h s i t u a t i o n f o r c e s c o n t a c t w i t h , how l o n g can i t go on b e f o r e you f r e a k o u t f o r l a c k a f p r o g r e s s ?

Physical c l a s h i s t h e foundation of e v o l u t i o n : Cosmic Mind c r u d i f i e d i n t o i n o r g a n i c matter u n i t mind P 1 7 0 i ~ 7 i 1 3 gfr-m r h ~ s er.tn_ 7 2 2 ~ 2 2 % c a l c l a s h , p s y c h i c c l a s h and a t t r a c t i o n o f t h e G r e a t . When a human v e h i c l e becomes n e c e s s a r y f o r f u r t h e r growth eagh e n t i t y moves c l o s e r t o t h e I n f i n i t e w i t h more s u b t l e exp r e s s i o n s o f i t s n a t u r e . The l i n k a g e w i t h Cosmic Mind i s t h e f i r s t "I" i n t h e s e n t e n c e "I know t h a t I e x i s t . " This i s t h e dominant f o r c e governing t h e "I" t h a t does - t h a t performs a c t i o n . The ' doer-I' , i n t u r n , r u l e s over t h e c r u d e s t a s p e c t o f i n d i v i d u a l i d e n t i t y , t h e c o n s c i o u s mind. To advance i n s p i r i t u a l e v o l u t i o n t h e f a s t e s t way i s t o meet t h e Primary Clash!

I n t u i t i o n i s f a r s t r o n g e r and t r u e r than i n t e l l e c t , needs no i n d u l g e n c e i n i n t e l l e c t u a l e x t r a v a g a n z a f o r exp r e s s i o n , and a c t i o n based on i t s illumination never degenerates i n t o t a l l t a l k . A s u n i t mind e v o l v e s through b e i n g c r u d e , s u b t l e , sublimi n a l and sublime t o a t t u n e w i t h c a u s a l , d e a l i n g w i t h i n t e n s i f y i n g c l a s h must be t a k e n up as p a r t of t h e p r o c e s s .

This i s h e a l t h y , as t h e s e l f - d e p r e c a t i n g a s p e c t d o e s n ' t d o m i n a t e . . i t becomes q u i e t e r as p s y c h i c power develops. S e l f - p i t y can become dangerously acute with repetition. A l l physical and p s y c h i c c l a s h o c c u r s t o s t r e n g t h e n s p i r i t u a l gains.

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R e l i g i o n s c a s u a l and r e l i g i o n s i n t e n s e a r e c o n s t a n t l y a t odds o v e r who h a s t h e unique r e v e l a t i o n and 'True Word'. S p i r i t u a l i t y i s t h e o r i g i n a l and t r u e p a t h of awakening, u s i n g " o r i g i n a l and t r u e " a t t h e i r s i m p l e s t .

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(Read Deceptions and Myths o f t h e B i b l e , t h e n Holy Blood/Holy G r a i l ) Clash must be s e e n and d e a l t w i t h on a l l l e v e l s , inwardly & o u t w a r d l y , w i t h a l l p e o p l e and i d e a s t h a t a s k t o be bowed down t o i n r e c o g n i t i o n of t h e i r assumed s u p e r i o r i t y .

Welcome t o t h e Monkey House.

( E d i t o r ' s Note: T h i s a r t i c l e h a s appeared b e f o r e ; i t ' s j u s t t h a t some p e o p l e , myself i n c l u d e d , have a h a r d t i m e l i v i n g w i t h t h e n e c e q s i t y of c l a s h . )

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A young man wished t o purchase a present f o r h i s sweetheart and a f t e r c o n s i d e r a t i o n , he decided on a p a i r of gloves. Accompanied by h i s s i s t e r , he went t o a department s t o r e and bought a p a i r of w h i t e gloves. The sister purchased a p a i r of p a n t i e s f o r h e r s e l f . During t h e wrapping, t h e i t e m s g o t mixed up.

The sister g o t t h e g l o v e s and t h e sweetheart g o t t h e p a n t i e s . Without checking t h e c o n t e n t s , he s e a l e d t h e package and s e n t i t w i t h t h i s n o t e :

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This i s a l i t t l e g i f t t o show you I have n o t f o r g o t t e n your b i r t h d a y .

I chose t h e s e because I n o t i c e d t h a t you a r e n o t i n t h e h a b i t of wearing any when w e go o u t i n t h e evening. If i t had n o t been f o r your younger sister, I would have chosen t h e l o n g ones w i t h b u t t o n s , but s h e wears t h e s h o r t ones t h a t a r e v e r y e a s y t o remove. These a r e a d e l i c a t e shade, but t h e l a d y I bought them from showed m e a p a i r s h e had been wearing f o r 3 weeks and t h e y w e r e h a r d l y s o i l e d .

1 had t h e s a l e s g i r l t r y them on and they r e a l l y looked smart. I wish I could p u t them on you f o r t h e f i r s t Ll-~1111~.

NO Q ~ u b uiiler i m e n * bands w i i i come i n c o n t a c t w i t h them b e f o r e I have a chance t o s e e you again.

When you t a k e them o f f , blow i n them b e f o r e p u t t i n g them away a s they w i l l n a t u r a l l y be a l i t t l e damp f r o m wearing. B e s u r e t o keep them on when You c l e a n them o r they might s h r i n k . I hope you l i k e them and w i l l Wear them f o r me on F r i d a y n i g h t . . A l l my l o v e

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J u s t t h i n k how many t i m e s I w i l l k i s s them d u r i n g t h e comi n g y e a r . Also, t h e l a t e s t t o wear them f o l d e d down w i t h t h e f u r showing.

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f o r t a l k i n g i n Manitoba cold t o l e a v e by t h e Major of Calgary IBoo-ed o u t of t h e Yukon (Cowtown) inches of l i f e i n T.O. R e l i g i o u s l y stoned i n Montreal Farmed New Brunswick Swam through Nova S c o t i a P E I o r NFLD I h e w over t h e NWT broke a r i b r i d i n g i n Sask and wrote i t i n Free E BC (Never saw)

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From V i c t o r i a t o H a l i f a x and Dawson C i t y t o L.A. i t i n t e r s e c t s h e r e i n Van ,and I ' l l s t a y a s long a s I can t o what degree of belonging a r e you?

B i r t h r i t e , i n t e r p r o v i n c i a l , landed imm.

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The next Carnegie N e w s l e t t e r w i l l be t h e 3rd Anniversary i s s u e !

(Names have never been changed t o p r o t e c t t h e innocent a s t h e c r e a t o r of t h e Universe p r o t e c t s them a s a m a t t e r .of Cosmic Routine.

YA'I'HEK P'OKGLVE

oh F a t h e r , f o r g i v e o u r i g n o r a n c e , f o r we do n o t u n d e r s t a n d .

We are b l i n d e d by technology and t h e r i c h are r u l e d by t h e g r e e n p a p e r .

Once b l i n d e d , we do n o t s e e t h e b e a u t y : The b e a u t y of t h e s u n , wind and r a i n , The s p r e a d of t h e b o u n t i f u l l a n d s c a p e s , Through b l i n d n e s s we w i l l d e s t r o y Mother E a r t h f o r pc Forgive Father, our ignorance; For w e do n o t have r e s p e c t , n o r honour what i s f r o n t of o u r e y e s .

Greed and s e l f i s h n e s s have o v e r t a k e n o u r s o u l s .

When we s t a r t r e s p e c t i n g , honouring and l o v i n g , T h i s abundant world w i l l be one i n u n i t y . r'orglve u s F a t h e r , f o r we a r e i g n o r a n t , b l i n d and w i t h o u t honour f o r any n a t u r a l l i f e o t h e r t h a n o u r own.

T h e i r way o f t h i n k i n g i s always r i g h t .

To t h o s e d e s t r o y i n g n a t u r a l l i f e t o make t h e m s e l v e s r i c h ; D r a i n i n g Mother E a r t h of s o - c a l l e d " p r e c i o u s metals", D r a i n i n g Mother E a r t h of o i l s t o p o l l u t e o u r wind and sky; F o r g i v e u s . F a t h e r ! f o r o u r s t u p i d i t y ; we do n o t u n d e r s t a n d W e a r e n o t o n l y d e s t r o y i n g Mother E a r t h b u t a l s o o u r s e l v e s The weak and t h e poor have no s a y , F a t h e r , Those who s e e and f e e l what i s going on a r e n o t h e a r d .

Hear me F a t h e r , and f o r g i v e .

- s u b m i t t e d by John J .

COMMUNICATING WE STYLE Me e h hah one word t u h s a y , I dun t a l k It e h go make s e n s e s a y i n g a n y t i n g anyway I t e l l you one t i n g , you t e l l me annoder Whah i s d a u s e ? D a t make s e n s e ?

Me e h know nah someting wrong You e h even want t u h h e a r and yuh d o i n g j e s as yuh f e e l P l u s d a t , yuh o' even gimme Buh does t u r n de moment d a t

doh l i s t e n a h chance t u h t a l k yuh back and walk o f f I s t a r t t u h open meh mouth

Go on! M e eh have n u t t e n more t u h s a y I dun t a l k From Doh Make Joke by Dick Lochan

GEORGIE J O I N SUPRAFITNESS

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Big f a t ~ l l y u heh h e a r de l a t e s t Georgia j o i n S u p r a f i t n e s s . Mamayo! yuh t i n k i t easy! Is now s e l f he bad l i k e crab.

Iâ&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;&#x2122;yuh see him when he d r e s s up going t u h gym, yuh go want t u h ded. H e does wear one a h dem cheap b r i g h t r e d d a t does f i t yuh t i g h t , t i g h t w i t h d e p a n t s r i d i n g up on he hard c a l f and d e long s l e e v e q u i t e on he elbow. D e way d e t i n g does be hugging he - yuh wouldn't know i s a h Xtra Large. And de way d e t o p r i d i n g up i t have he c o n s t a n t l y p u l l i n g down de f r o n t over he b i g b e l l y . On t o p a h d a t , Georgie have on a h r e d sweatband on he forehead d a t make he l o o k l i k e ah bad cow d a t gehway. Now, Georgie so f a t d a t when he bounce o u t s o , s p o r t i n g he new washekong and he gym bag s l i n g over he s h o u l d e r , h e l i k e Thunder P e r s o n i f i e d , he r o l l i n g when he walk.

Well t u h s e e he i n d e gym jogging round d e t r a c k , warming up, i s somet h i n g else. D e whole t r a c k does rebound under he weight. Allyuh e v e r s e e b l a c k - j e l l o g i g g l e ? I f yuh see d a t , yuh see Georgie jogging. Allyuh +,ir?kde man dey does c a l l ''k Refridg e r a t o r " -Huge! Yuh e h s e e Georgie y e t . I f yuh d i d e v e r see Georgie was t u h p l a y f o o t b a l l - dey woulda c a l l he "De Freezer."

Now i n d e e x e r c i s e c l a s s , when Georgie t a k e up he p o s i t i o n on d e f l o o r , people does s t a r t complaining bout how dey should expand d e gym.

Some does even hah t u h drop o u t a h de c l a s s r a d d e r dan go n e a r he o' t e l l he a n y t i n g , d e way he does have he f a c e l i k e a h b e a s t . Tuh h e a r he grunt and groan when de i n s t r u c t o r s t a r t de Aerobics, yuh go swear yuh i n de Metro Zoo. I

Doh t a l k bout when he s t a r t t u h sweat, and f a r t , d u r i n g d e s t r e t c h i n g on d e e x e r c i s e mat, everybody does evacuate b e f o r e yuh cud s a y Jack Robinson cause when yuh see de vamp h i t dem s o a l l man does head f o r t h e shower. Yuh t i n k i t easy!!!

L a s t week ah p a s s by de gym, and ah h e a r d a t i t c l o s i n g down, because management~s a y d a t dey l o o s i n g b u s i n e s s .

From Doh Make Joke by Dick Lochan - used with permission.

Damnation and r e p r i e v e a day p a s s e s quick and slow t h e l a s t one of thousands t h e f i r s t of many Condemned by town s p i r i t s f o r a c t s of greed o r anger unwritten r e a s o n a b l e r u l e s laws of n a t u r e laws of people ' seeking only o r d e r fairness and mercy m e r r y ahnve a i i

Condemned f o r l u s t f o r foolishness o r gluttony f o r s e t t i n g a poor example Damned f o r o f f e n d i n g family Nature's h i g h e s t good: The happy family.

P l e a s e w a i t t i l l tomorrow Please t r y again keep hoping hoping p a s t t h e v e r y end.

R.C.

Tar, t h e s o l i d p o r t i c l e s i n c i p n r c t tc.! sn~alte, slclwl y c o a t t h e smoker's l u n g s and slow down the work or' t h e c i Lja. b'urChezmore, t h e t a r i n t e r f e r e s w i t h t h e normal exchange of o:iygen and carbon d i o u i d c ? o c c u r r J n g i n t h e 11l1igs. AS t a r I m i l d s up i n t h e l u n g s a person r u n s a g r c n t e r r i s k o f d e v e l o p i n g Jung c a n c e r .

B r o q c h i t j s (inflanunation of t h e o i r t u b e s ) may o c c u r . T h i s c a n l e a d t o emphyscma, an i n c u r a b l e d i seclse, which c a u s e s ahnolmally e n l a r g e d l u n g s . Smolicrs' senses- of t a s t e d e c r e a s e 2 and an odnrw on t l l e l r b r e a t h , c l o t h e s and h a i r develops.

'Tobacco a l s o c a u s e s s t a i n s nn the t c c t h . Smokers e x p e r i e n c e s h o r t n e s s of b r e a t h 1~conur;e of orro rowed a i r passages and l a c k of endurance from oxygen-short blood.

Long term consequences o f smoking i n c l u d e c a n c e r of t h e mouth, l a r y n x ( v o i c e box), l u n g and b l a d d e r . Smokers a r e twice a s l i k e l y t o develop h e a r t d i s e a s e s and a r e a t g r e a t e r r i s k o f having s t r o k e s a n d u l c e r s t h a n non-smokers.

S t u d i e s a r e now showlng t h a t s i d e stream smoke (smoke from t h e end o f burni n g c i g a r e t t e s ) can be hamtful. S i d e strennl smoke has t w i c e a s much t a r and f i v e times t h e carbon uionoxide a s smoke i n h a l e d by t h e smoker. S e v e r a l c a s e s of l u n g c a n c e r have been r e p o r t e d due t o s i d e s t r e a m smoke.

S m k i n g i s now widely recognized a s a major h e a l t h hazard. According t o t h e B r i t i s h Royal College of P h y s i c i a n s , each c i g a r e t t e c u t s 5.5 minutes from t h e saolcer's l i f e s p a n ! Though many smoker..; t r y t o q u i t , o n l y one i n f o u r s t o p s b e f o r e heishe Is 60 y e a r s o l d . IJhen someone does s t o p smoking, however, i t g r e a t l y i n c r e a s e s h i s / h e r chances f o r good h e a l t h .

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Marijuana smoke i s n ' t R Y lmrmful t o t h e l u n g s a s tobacco smoke is.

The y o l ~ n g e ryou a r e when you begin t o u s e tobacco o r a l c o h o l r e g u l a r l y , t h e grr!ntcr I J V U i risk :>f bec.0nin.g dqenden!; on Lhcm.

1 , FALSE N i c o t i n e , t h e drug in tobacco, i s a s t i m u l a n t . I t s t i m u l a t e s your nervous system and makes your h e a r t f a s t e r . Smokers may t h i n k i t calms t h e i r n e r v e s because thr>y a r e a d d i c t e d t o n i c o t i n e and t h e y f e e l nervous when t h e y go f o r a rime w i t h o u t smoking.

2. FALSE Many harmful e f f e c t s of smoking, s i ~ c ha s reducing t h e amount of oxygen i n t h e bloodstream, s t o p almost immediately when you q u i t smoking. Food t a s t e s b e t t e r , too. A f t e r 10 y e a r s , an ex-smelter's chances of g e t t i n g l u n g c a n c e r a r e s i m i l a r t o t h o s e of someone who n e v e r smoked.

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Second hand smoke ( t h e smoke exhaled by a p e r s o n u s i n g tobacco) i s h a z a r d o u s t o non-snoker.~, e s ~ e c i a l l yi n a c l o s e d s p a c e o r room.

4 . FALSE Alcohol i s a d e p r e s s a n t drug. It slows down t h e c e n t r a l nervous system, a f f c c t i n g judgement, r e a s o n i n g , c o o r d i n a t i o n and even breatllirrg.

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%$a Phan 5% o f a.2cohotic.r l i v e i n t h e slums. Most a r e employed and have f:~!!- id:;. There a r e over 600,000 a l c o h o l i c s i n Canada of a l l ages.

6 . FALSE Marijuana smoke c o n t a i n s even h i g h e r l e v e l s of t a r and cancer-cnus i c h e m i c a l s t h a n does tobacco smoke.

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Research s t u d i e s s u g g e s t t h a t p e r s o n s s t a r t i n g t o d r i n k at: a young run a h i g h e r r i s k of d e v e l o p i n g a l c o h o l problems t h a n thosc* b e g i n r ~ i t o d r i n k when t h e y a r e o l d e r .

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He die on the vine, not in a vase

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Conrad Eberle hated turnips.

He'd also turn up his nose at parsnips.

Cut flowers troubled him, too. He thought they should die on the vine, not in a vase.

At the Conrad Eberle wake at Vancouver's Carnegie Centre, they kept all this in mind.

Not a flower in sight. And not a whiff of turnips or parsnips in Diane MacKenzie's great steaming cauldron of beef stew that was EBERLE ladled out for the 1 0 or so of his good friends in the downtown eastside.

Eberle, 55, died last.week of lung cancer.

The end came in hospital In Prince George. a long way from home.

"The Carnegie Centre was Conrad's life," says his brother, Karl, who lives in Prince George.

I About the only time Conrad smiled

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through the pain during his last few weeks was over a card or a visit from friends at Carnegie, a drop-in centre for downtown eastsiders.

As Conrad saw it, Carnegie was the only home he'd known since he left the family farm near Nipawin, Sask., as a teenager.

He was a fur-trapper in northern Saskatchewan, served a year in the army and worked as a truck mechanic in Humboldt.

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In 1960, a Kenworth tire exploded and struck him in the head. It left him partially disabled and in line for a Workers' Compensation Board pension.

By eastside standards, he was rich, receiving WCB payments of $1,050 a month.

That is close to double the welfare rate for the poor and unemployed in this part of town.

He was a pushover for hard-luck yarns.

Always good for a handout in the beer joints and bars around Hastings and Main streets. @ Board meetings were free-for-alls between rival factions.

"Conrad told me not to worry md' that he'd sort things out," Muggs recalled.

That he did by boning up on Carnegie's cntwstIfe!i~n.

But the gang at Carnegie remembers more than Mr. Soft Touch at the wake on

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le volunteers," said Diane MacKenzie, Carneyie's director.

"One of his many contributions was helping many of our people fill out their income-tax forms."

Muggs Sigurgeirson, who heads up the executive board, gives Conrad credit for saving the centre from self-destructing in endless political bickering three years ago.

He found a loophole and used it to persuade 1,500 Cnrnegie members to sian a petition forcing the entire board to resign and call an election. . "It was typical of Conrad." bluggs said.

"So plain, so simple and so logical."

After the beef-stew supper, guitarists Earle Peach and Alex Chisholm strummed Red River Valley. Conrad's favorite song.

Afterwards, it was agreed by all and sundry: Wasn't that a party!

In lieu of cut flowers and in menlory of Conrad Eberle, Mary Brogan and other friends planted a red-rose bush and a white-rose tree in the garden at Carnegie Centre.

Quite plainly, they loved this man.

Read Bruce McLean every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday.

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