May 1, 2019 Carnegie Newsletter

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Volunteer

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Phoenix Winter

Volunteer Week 2019 was outstanding. The week started off with a Pool Tournament, followed by beautiful Spring sunshine for the outdoor outings to the Abbotsford Bloom Tulip Festival, to Brandywine Falls, Shannon Falls and Murrin Lake along the scenic Sea to Sky Highway. Other outings included the educational UBC Beaty Biodiversity Museum and the skill-testing Revs Burnaby Bowling! Performances included the North Vancouver Concert Band, a Magic Show by Merlin the Magician, and a Dance with the everpopular Las Divas! band. Oppenheimer Park hosted a Volunteer Appreciation lunch to recognize the contributions of all, and the Carnegie Volunteer Appreciation Event was hosted in the theatre with a Pre-Dinner Social including Trivia, Tea, and Mingling, followed by the volunteer dinner and draw prizes, a singing performance by Terence, and the 2019 volunteer Tshirts T Many thanks and sincere appreciation go out to all those that supported the coordination including the Volunteer Program Committee, the CCCA Board, and Carnegie Staff. Most importantly, a heartfelt thank you to the VOLUNTEERS is well deserved for their yearround contribution and support of the Centre Services and Community Members.

THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS! KEEP ON MAKING A DIFFERENCE J -Carnegie Volunteer Program Staff

Volunteers ofthe Month (April 2019) Catherine Millard - Kitchen Service Support Gerald Humphrey - Pool Room

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Special Merit (2019) Tiffany Anderson - Busy Beads Program, Cultural Sharing, Pool Room Tim Beauchamp - Seniors Coffee and Reception Desks

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Katie Chu - Kitchen and Volunteer Program Support

Gladys Lee - Oppenheimer

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Volunteer ofthe Year (2019) Phoenix Winter - President of CCCA, 5 Years Pool Room Tournament Finalists (2019 Volunteer Appreciation Week Tournament): 1st place - Willie Dixon 2nd place - Bob Lalibert 3rd place - Charles Dermis .Âť

OPPENHEIMER PARK MOVE A crow is eating a dead rat City crews are moving stuff cleaning up A woman obstructs Ends up in handcuffs Settles down Police let her go Upon agreement she won't go Back to tent that's not her squat What to sort What to pack What to move What to take What to leave When equipment's sum total is a shopping cart Already you basically got nothing After this you'll have even less What's next when what's left is a foamy a sleeping bag two pop crates and a couple 0' blankets on a piece of sidewalk or worse your bedroom bare concrete and all you own the clothes on your back and a paper cup for spare change Not that owning stuff is the way to happiness But a little more comfort for broken bodies damaged brains lost souls and people just down on their luck losing battles for the almighty buck

I hope everyone's having a great April. The showers may be here, but the flowers will follow!

There are some great new titles on the shelves right now - here are a few: Ivory Pearl by Jean-Parrick Machette is a recently released translation of the celebrated French PulpCrime writer's unfinished final novel. The story of the title character, a World War 11survivor who becomes a renowned war photographer. ' Get Lucky: Rituals, Habits and Superstitions of the Rich and Famous is a great way to find out what lunch David Lynch ate every day for seven years during his creative peak in the '80s, or what shirt colour Tiger Woods considers lucky.

Numerology: Plain and Simple by Anne Christie claims to be "the only book you'll ever need". So, with that in mind, we're getting rid of every other book in the library. JK. Anyway, I looked up my address in this book and apparently I will eventually, someday, be rich ...

The SAS (Special Air Service) was Britain's secret service during World War Il, and as such were involved in all kinds of anti-Nazi derring-do, apparently all carried out while wearing berets at some ridiculously jaunty angles (check the photos section!). Ben Macintyre's Rogue Heroes is a great history.

Other fun library stuff: On May 14th, we'll have another Philosophers' Cafe, in the Learning Centre at 5PM. The topic will be "Forget the philosophers: Did humans evolve to be moral beings?"

Enjoy!

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Jenny Kwan MP Vancouver

Wouldn't cost the rest of us all that much In fact costs less when we all got a home

East NDP

Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Critic 2572 E Hastings St

Even rats got holes in the dirt around tree roots For shelter from the storm Gilles Cyrenne

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Vancouver City Council Kennedy Stewart, Mayor Councillors: Rebecca Bligh, Christine Boyle, Adriane Carr, Melissa De Genova, Lisa Dominato, Pete Fry, Colleen Hardwick, Sarah Kirby-Yung, Jean Swanson, Michael Wiebe.

City Manager: SadhuJohnson Re: BALMORAL

AND REGENT HOTELS ExPROPRIATION

Dear Mayor, City Councillors and City Manager We are all current SROtenants in support of the city's plan to expropriate the Balmoral and Regent Hotel properties on Hastings Street.

We understand there is a May 2019 deadline for negotiations between the city and the owners, the Sahota family, about the price for these properties. We urge you to stand firm with the city's commitment to expropriate these two hotels. We also urge you to replace the lost 325 rooms, at these sites, with rooms available at a rent that those living on very low incomes can afford (such as income assistance rates). Many of these rooms were double occupancy. Tenants were moved into empty rooms and social housing, catapulting to the top of waiting lists, which reduced the housing supply overall and contributed to more homelessness in the area.

Why is it important to expropriate?

Expropriation will send a strong messageto all slumlords that if they abuse the public trust, they will lose their properties. There is widespread support for punitive actions against slumlords.

Expropriation is the fastest way to get replacement housing on these sites. The Sahotas have a history of promising repairs and never delivering.

The Sahotas are incapable of taking care of their buildings and retaliate against tenants who complain about the deplorable living conditions.

Many people have died violent deaths in the Regent and Balmoral Hotels over the years, especially women.

They have become a symbol of the neglect and abuse of vulnerable community members. The DTEScommunity wants these two monuments to death and homelessness to be demolished and replaced with decent housing that serves those most in need: There have been years of welfare fraud and exploitation of the public trust and the poor. These buildings were sinkholes of public funds, with the mortgages paid off many times over and used as equity to finance millions in real estate: 'C

We are only in favour of housing that meets the minimum standard of human habitability. We do not want more tent cities and slum hotels. We are asking you as one group of human beings to another. Pleaseact with the greatest speed and with all the resources at your disposal to allow this community asset to benefit those who need it most. Let's be neighbours and make this a city for everyone again.

To sign this petition, contact: Dtes.sro.collab@gmaiLcom

https:/Idtescollaborative.org

Capacitors, transistors, diodes, amperage, voltage Desktop icons illustrate items objects and nouns of a physical realm Streaming, shortcut, menu, refresh, homepage, laptop mouse, folders files backup hibernate upgrade Langara is where I went to college I'm still paying an overdue library fee for an English 2nd year paper on the mechanisms oftelevision broadcast standards and effects on the brain.

Today I am starving in squalor in a dilapidated building waiting for the police.

I reported a theft of my uniform, bicycle and clothing amongst other things I'm going to the office to get a cheque for food I am never really rude Drew

Celebration of Life

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Life, Liberty & Security Life, Liberty & Security are the Canadian Legal Rights if you just google what Canada's Consitution states.

This makes me wonder what does it take for the average Canadian to secure this? - with high-interest rates on small business loans, mortgage loans, student loans:, which addresses education, work, and home building opportunities.

How can one have a life, enjoy their freedom and the security of a home under the present economic system?

Our constitution needs a resolution ...a map to fulfill the above for without education, career or business feasibilities, and a home to build and call your own - our constitution's addressing a fantasy that cannot mate 'ialize, nor make any sense, when so few working people can even afford rent under the present structural collapse.

So who are presently enjoying the life, the liberty and the security in Canada?

Some are, but it is not the average working Canadian man or woman We're a new country - but are collapsing like the old - as like in Europe wherein a home and even an apartment is passed down from family who' never enjoyed the freedom to break new ground.' .. which in turn forms an enclosed class system - which does not celebrate individuality and freedom. All become as like soldiers marching to the bank, stating their rank through inheritance only Each generational Native brave had to prove himself, as did our pioneers and our settlers too. .. but now anyone who's not born with a silver spoon - can foresee his or her ruin - unless we continue to celebrate the new with a pioneer spirit of resolutions - that can break new ground.

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NOTICE OF MOTION Submitted at the Regular Parks Board meeting held on April 15, 2019

Expanding Downtown Eastside Greenspace and Waterfront Access MOVER: Commissioner Irwin WHEREAS: 1. In 2015, the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority announced the Centerrn Expansion Project, which involves a series of improvements at the Centerrn container terminal, including extending the terminal to the west; 2. On May 24, 2017, the Vancouver Park Board sent a letter to the Port Authority outlining four potential enhancements to improve CRAB Park to offset impacts from the Centerrn Expansion Project, which included: i) expanding CRAB Park onto Port Authority lands to the west of the existing park to mitigate lost North Shore views, support equitable access to greenspace, enhance shoreline habitat, & expand city-wide focus of increasing waterfront access; ii) improving park facilities, such as paths, recreation features, seating areas, plantings, beach areas & shoreline facilities; iii) improving access and transportation to better connect the park to the surrounding neighbourhood; and iv) enhancing marine habitat areas; 3. On April 18, 2018, a project permit was approved for the Centerrn Expansion Project; 4. On June 20, 2018, City Council approved recommendations for staff to continue to work with community, health sector, foundation and government partners to plan for the development and operation of an Indigenous Healing and Wellness Centre in the Downtown Eastside: 5. Waterfront spaces are critically important both culturally and ecologically to the Musquearn, Squamish, and Tsleil- Waututh Nations, and every opportunity should be sought to partner with them on the potential of such spaces; 6. Based on the Park Board park provision targets, the Downtown Eastside is park deficient and would benefit from the addition of greenspace; 7. Community members have expressed an interest for an arts and cultural centre in CRAB Park; 8. The Park Board's Biodiversity Strategy identifies shoreline habitat as a.key priority; and 9. The Port Authority has stated its commitment to being a good neighbour to local communities, municipalities and First Nations, and to demonstrating this commitment through its investments in those communities.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: A. THAT the Vancouver Park Board request the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority to identify further opportunities to make investments in the local community with a particular focus on parks, recreation, and Reconciliation, and to engage with the City, Park Board, Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, and Urban Indigenous communities on future planning processes and opportunities for the Central Waterfront area, including CRAB Park, that would support: i. vulnerable populations in the Downtown Eastside through equitable access to expanded, high quality greenspace; ii. improving community access to existing parks and greenspace; iii. exploring the feasibility of a new healing centre or cultural centre; iv. creating and enhancing significant shoreline habitat; and v. the city-wide focus of expanding waterfront park access; B. THAT the Vancouver Park Board copy Vancouver City Council, the federal Minister of Transportation, the local Member of Parliament, and the local Member ofthe Legislative Assembly on this request to the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority.

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Your Rights when Police Request Access to Your Residence What is a search warrant?

A search warrant is a written document signed by ajudge or justice of the peace that allows police to search a specific place (i.e., a room) or seize certain information, usually in relation to a criminal charge. Staff and residents have a right to ask to see the search warrant and to check the date and location (including a specific unit number) to make sure it is valid. If the warrant has expired or is for another address, police can be refused entry.

Disclosure of Tenant Information Your personal information can only be given to police when: 1) Police have a warrant: staff MUST provide information 2) Police are investigating an offence under Canadian laws: staff MA Y choose to provide information about a tenant who is a suspect, witness, or victim - even without a warrant or 3) There is an emergency Police may enter buildings and individual units when: Police have a search warrant for the room in question Police are chasing a person who has run into the building (in 'hot pursuit') Police have a reasonable belief someone is in danger and must enter to check on their safety (e.g., the police received a 911 call from the building) Police have a reason to believe that evidence of a crime is being destroyed Tenants deserve housing that protects their privacy, safety, and dignity. If police do not have a warrant or other legal basis for entering your residence, you may refuse them entry. You can ask to see the warrant; you can refuse to open your door; and you are not required to invite them in.'

Supportive' or 'Transitional' Housing The Residential Tenancy Act does not apply to all types of housing. If you live in housing that is exempted from the Act, you will not be able to pursue a privacy-related claim at the RTB. Generally, the Act does not apply to emergency shelters, transitional housing, or housing that includes hospitality support services, personal health care, or rehabilitative treatment or services. The Act does apply to supportive housing, or long-term! permanent housing for individuals who need support services to live independently. If you are unsure whether the RTA applies to your situation, consult an advocate. [This information is for clarification if you think a landlord or staff have iolated your privacy and you wish to lodge a complaint or launch a lawsuit.]

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The Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act What You Need to Know The Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act became Canadian law in May 2017 to encourage people to call 911 in the event of an overdose without fear of charge or arrest.' The Act provides some legal protections for individuals who are at the scene of an overdose when police arrive-whether they are the caller, the person needing medical attention, or another person at the scene. The Act does not provide blanket immunity against all charges.

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In our view, the Act does not provide adequate legal protection for people who call 911 in the event of an overdose. To encourage consistent overdose reporting, all police departments should adopt a policy of non-attendance in the event of an illicit drug overdose. ~"'?

The Vancouver Police Department enacted this policy in 2006. The policy states that VPD officers will not normally attend routine drug overdose calls, except where requested by Emergency Health Servicesusually in the event of a fatality or threats to public safety2. We encourage you to lobby your local police department to request that a similar policy be adopted. Overdoses are medical emergencies that require immediate medical intervention; fear of prosecution should never threaten individuals' access to lifesaving services.

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Are You Protected by the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act? It is important to call 911 if you or someone around you is experiencing an overdose. Depending on the circumstances, however, you could still be at risk of being arrested or charged for certain offenses-even under the new Act. This is true whether you are the caller, the person requiring medical attention, oranother person at the scene. This chart will tell you when the law does and does not protect you: Are You Protected b the Act? Yes N~ You are in possession of illegal drugs for your own personal ust(~ection 4(1) of the Con tro fled Drugs and Substances Act) You are violating a condition of your parole, pre-trial release, probation order, or conditional sentence for a simple possession charge You are in possession of illegal drugs and you intend to sell them-or it looks that way to police because: • • •

You have a large amount of drugs on you You have a lar~e amount of cash on you You have drug~'sellingequipment.on you, such as scales or packaging materials .

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You are in the middle of sellinq illegal drugs or some other more serious offense, such as robbery or assault .

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You areviofating a condition of your parole, pre-trial release, . probation order, or conditional sentence for an offense that is not simple possession

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Pivot legal Society is a human rights organization that works on behalf of marginalized communities.

We want to know how well the new law is working. If you were at the scene when police responded to an overdose call and you were charged or convicted of a drug-related offense, a breach of conditions or arrested on a warrant, please let us know: 604-255-9700 ext. 159

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Vancouver Police and Sex Workers - Know You Rights In Canada, sex workers can be arrested and charged with a number of prostitution-related offences. For example, it is against the law to: • have a conversation in public with a potential date. "Public" includes on the street, outside of a car and inside a car. • be found in an indoor place where prostitution repeatedly occurs.

The Vancouver Police have used these laws to harass, target and arrest sex workers. Recently, the VPD acknowledged that targeting sex workers makes them unsafe, and makes it difficult for sex workers to turn to police for help.

The VPD has a new policy about how they can use these laws. This will tell you about that policy and what you can do if the police are harassing you.

The policy says that: In all situations involving sex workers, the VPD's priority is to ensure the safety and security of sex workers What does this mean?

The policy says that police must treat all reports of violence against sex workers as serious criminal matters. If you go to the police to report being a victim of a crime, an officer should be immediately assigned to investigate. They should not tell you to come back another day. The police are required to offer to connect you with support services.

The policy says that POLICE SHOULD NOT harass, target, arrest or intimidate you for doing sex work.

If you are a sex worker and you are harassed, targeted, intimidated, followed, told to move along, or arrested by the police, you can take the following steps: l.Tell WISH, PACE, Pivot, SWUA V, MAP Van, Atira, the Downtown Eastside Women's Centre, VANDU, lnsite, Aboriginal Front Door, or any other organization that you trust. You can ask them to let Pivot know what has happened to you. Pivot is committed to holding the police accountable and so we need to hear from sex workers about whether the police are living up to the policy.

2) Come to a Pivot clinic to talk to one of our lawyers. We have two clinics per week, and their times and locations are listed at www.pivotleqal.org or you can call 604 2559700 for the clinic hours.

3) File a complaint with the Office of the Police Complaints Commissioner at www.opcc.bc.ca

THE CARNEGIE COMMUNITY CENTRE ASSOCIATION BOARD ELECTION WILL BE HELD IN THE CARNEGIE THEATRE ON THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2019 at 5:30PM

Nominations for the Board will be made on Thursday, May 2, 2019 in the Carnegie Theatre at 5:30 PM To nominate someone, you must have a membership

card dated no later than APRIL 5,2019

To be a candidate for the Carnegie Board you must: -Have a membership

card dated no later than April 5, 2019

-Be over 16 -Live or work (paid or unpaid) in the Downtown -Be an active member of the Carnegie Community

Eastside area Centre

Have contributed 30 hours of volunteer work to the Carnegie Community Centre or the Association during the year prior to the election

To vote at the AGM on June 6,2019 • Your membership card should have a date no later than MAY 6~2019 The Carnegie Community Centre Association will hold its Annual'General Meeting on Thursday, June 6th, 2019 at 5 :30 in the Theatre, 401 Main Street. The election for members of the Board will be held at this meeting. To run for the Board, you must have a membership card dated no later than April 5th, 2019 and have contributed 30 hours of volunteer work to the Centre in the previous year and you must be present at the meeting. To vote at this meeting you must have purchased a membership card on or before May 6th, 2019. Registration will take place between 5:00 and 5:30 pm.

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WiSPS OF WiSDOt-1 Beliefs bring nothing but frustration. One who is conditioned by beliefs cannot think freely because thinking can destroy beliefs. A believer chooses not to think and belief becomes security, becomes denial. Belief is an obstacle to creative thinking.

Stress is the confusion created when one's mind overrides the body's desire to choke the living shit out of some asshole who desperately needs it I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: The only ones among you who will be truly happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

The greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.'

Stop being humble, you are not that great.

I care not of what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do. That is character. '" People are as happy as they make up their minds to be.

Experience is the hardest kind of teacher. It gi~es you the test first, and the lesson afterward. " Now is no rime to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.

It takes a real storm in an average person's life to make him or her realize how much worrying has been done over squa lis.

Holding onto anger is like holding onto a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned If there is jealousy there is no love -jealousy is connected with sex, not love.

Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.

I haven 't failed. I've found 1,000 ways that don't work.

Life is not a matter of having good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.

Rule I: Don't sweat the small stuff.

Rule 2: It's all small stuff.

Rule 3:. If you can't fight or flee, then flow.

If you don't mind, it don't matter.

Troubles are rooted in extreme attention to imagination senses, and thoughts. Attention should be focused internally to experience a quiet body and a calm mind.

No one can make.you feel inferior without your consent.

People see the world not as it is, but as they are.

What isn't tried won 't work.

'Speak' says the voice, 'the room is never empty, the room is always full' You may raise your voice, in objection, in confusion, in a crowing brittle tone, of each empty seat around you.

'It's clearly never full'.

And yet, as the inescapable note of that voice, flits overhead, into the swarming, cold, anonymous, crowds that fill the streets.

We remind you, 'the room is never empty, the room is always full'.

- Dillan Neal Kaufmann

On April 14,2019 the City of Vancouver issued the following News Release. The April 15 edition was already printed & waiting to be delivered the following day. This was sent to the Newsletter by Karen Ward.

Vancouver mourns the lives lost to overdose on 3rd-year anniversary of B.C.'s public health emergency

City Hall Flag Flies At Half-Mast Today Today marks the 1090th day since B.C. declared the increase in overdose deaths as a public health emergency, and we recognize the many lives lost to overdose prior to this declaration. Since April 14, 2016, more than 3,600 people have lost their lives to overdose in B.C. with more than 1;000 of these deaths happening in Vancouver. Driven by an increasingly toxic, unregulated drug supply that is contaminated by fentanyl, carfentanil, and other contaminants, deaths from drug poisoning in Vancouver have increased every year since 2014, and the number of deaths continues to surpass historical highs. In B.C., the number of deaths from drug poisoning in 2019 currently equates to about 2.9 deaths per day, with Indigenous people being overrepresented due to the ongoing impacts of colonization. , In recognition ofthe lives that have been lost and are continuing to be lost in the overdose crisis, the City of Vancouver will fly the city's flag at half-mast on this day each year until B.c. 's provincial health officer rescinds the current state of public health emergency.

"Today and every day we mourn the loss of our friends, family, neighbours, and loved ones who were victims of a long-standing mental health and substance use crisis and a consistently poisoned drug supply," said Mayor Kennedy Stewart. "The City is committed to addressing the issues that further exacerbate the struggles around substance use. A comprehensive approach to illicit substance use including prevention, harm reduction and treatment, will save so many lives. We call upon health professionals, all levels of government, and the public to join us in advocating for a safe drug supply, in Vancouver and elsewhere in Canada, to protect residents and prevent any more unnecessary deaths."

The City is taking the following actions to respond to the crisis: The Mayor's Overdose Emergency Task Force, currently implementing the following items to prevent further deaths: *Investments in Indigenous healing and wellness *Supporting peer first responders to save lives *Expanding harm reduction in the Downtown East Side (DTES)

*Supporting a safe supply of drugs *Expanding access to treatment supports *Outside of the DTES: harm reduction, treatment, . and supports Vancouver's Community Action Team Grant program (CAT), representing approximately 25 organizations who are working on and/or are affected by the crisis. The main goals of CAT, which is eochaired by the City and VCH, are: -To prevent people from using substances alone -Raise awareness of the role of drug policy -Expand low-barrier opioid distribution pilots -Support the wellbeing of the peer workforce.

Community investments ($3.5 million resulting from a tax increase), supporting community-based organizations working on the ground to respond to the overdose crisis. Some of these groups include: BC Centre on Substance Use, Vancouver Fire Rescue Services, Megaphone, The Metro Vancouver Aboriginal Executive Council, Lookout Housing + Health Society, RainCity Housing and Support Society, and PHS Community Services Society.

The City's next steps for preventing more deaths from drug poisoning include: advocating and exploring opportunities for a safe supply of drugs; working with political leaders at all levels on strategies for addressing the overdose crisis and increasing access to a safe supply; and working collaboratively with our partners, including people with lived experience, on supporting community-based initiatives and destigmatizing mental health and substance use.

From "the Library I hope everyone's having a great April. The showers may be here, but the flowers will follow!

There are some great new titles on the shelves right now - here are a few: Ivory Pearl by Jean-Patrick Machette is a recently released translation of the celebrated French Pulp-Crime writer's unfinished final novel. The story of the title character, a World War 11survivor, who becomes a renowned war photographer.

Get Lucky: Rituals, Habits and Superstitions of the Rich and Famous is a great way to find out what lunch David Lynch ate every day for seven years during his creative peak in the '80s, or what shirt colour Tiger Woods considers lucky.

Numerology: Plain and Simple by Anne Christie claims to be "the only book you'll ever need". So, with that in mind, we're getting rid of every other book in the library. JK. Anyway, I looked up my address in this ~ook and apparently I will eventually, someday, be rich ...

The SAS (Special Air Service) was Britain's secret service during World War 11, and as such were involved in all kinds of anti-Nazi derring-do, apparently all carried out while wearing berets at some ridiculously jaunty angles (check the photos section!). Ben Macintyre's Rogue Heroes is a great history.

Other fun library stuff: On May 14th, we'll have another Philosophers' Cafe, in the Learning Centre at 5PM. The topic will be "Forget the philosophers: Did humans evolve to be moral beings?"

Enjoy!

Bandy To the Camegie The Camegie Centre has been a breath of fresh air for myself and the J)['ES community. The kindness & support that the administration and volunteers spread around is immeasurable . . I am going back to my roots and will miss you all. I Just want to say thank-you for all your support. I will miss you Lucy and Betsy (in the Learning Centre) ... keep spreading the love. I'll also miss my writing groups ... thanks Phoenix and GiIles - I enjoyed every minute. Jes, don't ever lose your sense of humour; it's a rarety in the DTES and you are blessed. Beverly, without your help I would not have got my computer to write my book. Thanks Luke and Terrance - you 2 fellas are everywhere & do everything at the Camegie To all the kitchen staff and volunteers, thank you for the

great food I've enjoyed. It is healthy & delicious!

So long for now. Much love to all, Sandra H

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Who Should We Most Be Afraid Of ... the rich or the poor? the hung-over guy standing at Hastings & Main? or the Drug Chemical Co. exec. tallying his take on profits made from endangering our youth?

Who's the real snake in the grass who promotes a chemical's temporary bliss with a death kiss?

Who should we most be afraid of?

The young guy standing at Hastings & Main? who couldn't hurt a fly - for he can hardly stand up for he's too high - and I ask myself, why?

Is our country going forward or back? I'd say neither: for Forward's Costs are too high to progress and Back was much better than the mess we're in now.

In Pioneer times one could stretch out a dime and a robot wasn't marching us to keep its inhuman time. vs.

Pioneer time ... when one could afford to build on a patch of land that they could call their own and take personal pride in - vs. - the charity zone.

What has today's youth got to look forward to? when all costs are too high ... so they figure why not smoke weed? when there's no grass to call your own and plant a seed.

So the snake in the grass hisses 'suckers' ... as he cashes in on our youth's loss of hope and self-esteem that welfare doesn't give - for its a bus stop in the rain meeting basic needs ... and does little to ease the pain of shame when one can't feel good about themselves .... again. while the Banksters feel good about themselves at their yearly charity ball - while our city's youth fall into a chemical bath of disillusionment and lost hope ... of personal fulfillment.

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