October 15, 2010, carnegie newsletter

O_CTOBER 15, 2010

NEWSLETTER 401 Main Street, Vancouver. V6A 2TI (604) 665-2289

7th Annual DTES Heart of the City Festival Wednesday, October 27- Sunday November 7

Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival Wednesday, October 27- Sunday November 7, 2010 More than 80 events at over 25 locations throughout t he DTES Wit h twelve exciting days of music, theatre, poet ry, media and visual arts, workshops, celebration, and history wa lks t he ih An nual Downt own Eastside Heart of t he City Fest ival ce lebrates the creat ive and committed artist s, residents and activist s who t hrive in our community.

• Help kick off the festival at the Opening Cer emonies where Sam George w ill welcome us, and other special guests include: DTES poet and activist Bud Osborn, dance perfor mers M ike Dangeli and Mique' l Askren of Nisga'a, Tlingit an d Tsimshian descent; poet and comm unity inspiration Stephen Lytton; the Carnegie Jazz Band led by Brad Muirhead; and the Carnegie Village Choir, conducted by Beverly Dobinsky. Pre-ceremony piano entertainment with DTES treasu re Stan Hudac. Wed Oct 27, 2pm sharp, Carnegie Theatre, everyone welcome! Free

Carneg1e Jazz Band (Ken Tabata Photo)

-The fest ival is pleased to present An Evening with Th e Git Hayetsk Dancers. Led by Mike Dangeli and Mique'l Askren, the Git Hayetsk Dancers take pride that on ly traditional hand-made items are used to perform their ancient and contemporary songs and dances of Northwest Coast Native culture. They si ng the songs of their ancestors and create new songs and dances to reflect First Nations people t oday. Wed Oct 27, 7:30pm, Ca rnegie Theatre. Free Other exciting events du ring the first weekend of the Festival include - • In No Particular Order Digital Stories on Thurs Oct 28, lpm to 4pm, Carnegie 3'd floor Learning Centre, • The Returning Journey with Dalannah Gail Bowen on Thurs Oct 28, 8pm, Centre A, 2 W. Hastings, free, • an art talk about the mural Through the Eye of the Raven on Fri Oct 29, 2pm, Ur ban Aboriginal Gallery, 456 E. Hastings, free, • Carnegie's Hallowe' en Donee with Maria In The Shower on Fri Oct 29, 7pm to lOpm, • a walki ng tour Homelessness and Gentrification wit h CCAP at 11:30am, Sat Oct 30 on t he steps of Carnegie, and • an Evening of Documentaries Sot Oct 30, 6 to lOpm, Carnegie Theatre, free.

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Other exciting events during the first weekend of the Festival include• In No Particular Order - Digital Stories on Thurs Oct 28, lpm to 4pm, Carnegie 3'd floor Learning Centre, • The Returning Journey with Dalannah Gail Bowen on Thurs Oct 28, 8pm, Centre A, 2 W. Hastings, free, • an art talk about the mural Through the Eye of the Raven on Fri Oct 29, 2pm, Urban Abor iginal Gallery, 456 E. Hastings, free, • Carnegie's Hallowe'en Dance with Maria In The Shower on Fri Oct 29, 7pm to lOpm, • a walking tour Homelessness and Gentrification with CCAP at 11:30am, Sat Oct 30 on the st eps of Carnegie, and • an Evening of Documentaries on Sat Oct 30, 6pm to lOpm, Carnegie Theatre, free.

• On Sunday October 31, it's a full day of choices: at lOam The DTES-Adjust your Perceptions, a walking tour with John Atkin and Judy Graves, meet at SW corner of Powe ll & Columbia, • the DNC Street Market & Fair w ith performances all afternoon! lpm to Spm, Pigeon Park, and • Hallowe'en Music & Spoken Word Showcase with Rosanne Gervais & Gerry Teahan, Rachel Davis & Double 0, Rudolf Penner, Robyn Livingstone, Mike Richter, Bill Wallace of SWARM, and host Michelle Anne Richard, 7pm to lOpm, InterUrban, 1 E. Hastings, free!

Mike Richter (David Cooper Photo)

For event details, pick up the Festival Program Guide at the Carnegie Front Desk.

For information call 604-628-5672 or www.heartofthecityfestival.com Presented by Vancouver Moving Theatre with the Carnegie Community Centre

& the Association of United Ukrainian Canadians, working with over 40 community partners.

Tutor Training at The carnegie Learning Centre When? 4 workshops starting mid-October What will you learn? An introduction to our philosophy and approach, Strategies and Resources for helping people to read, write, study, use computers, and communicate in English.

Who can join? Open to anyone who likes helping people, can commit t o volunteering in the Learning Centre once a week, has good reading and writing skills, and would like to learn or improve their teaching skills.

For more information: Come to the Carnegie Learning Centre (on the third floor) and speak to Betsy, Lucy or Debby.

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Hello Wendy and Paul, Wendy, I hope you have a First Aid Kit because when you hear about the latest beauty, you might need it, or even an oxygen tent.

On my perambulations around the neighbourhood today, Friday, I discovered the latest Gentrifucktion offender. There is a new restaurant, it is very large, on Powell- just next to that culinary school called HIVE. It is called LeeLana or something like that, and it is a restaurant and pub. It is very yuppie, very YaletownGastown.

I am sending this to Paul too because I went in and spoke to the two owners wearing my Carnegie NewsLetter advertising salesperson hat. Understandably they are interested in advertising, as the place is brand new and they want to get the word out to the community. The place will be very appealing to some social service and other professionals who work in the DTES and to the kind of people in the new condos.

Now, as it happens, earlier in the day I was on Hastings, in the block between Princess and Hawks. I came across a brand new place there, on the south side, called Biotheque or something like that. It has not even opened yet, I just happened to see a woman in the doorway. I called her over and gave her the NewsLetter advertising spiel.

She said she would never be advertising because she takes offence at CCAP and you in particular Wendy, and your actions against Two Chefs and Le Fromage etc. You know the rest. She said Ivan had been at SRA meetings threatening Class War etc and blah blah. Her

business is a skin care type thing, they will be having "facial yoga" etc and she is going to be working with WISH on giving free skin care and beauty treatments to the sex workers. Just what they need.

My comments and questions are these: this young woman, I did not get her name, and many like her use se lf-serving rationalizations to justify the ir actionsthe whole "a balanced and diverse community is a better community" sort of thing. When I asked her if it is not true that much smarter businesses and housing do not put up land values and push out the poorer, she started to wobble and hem and haw.

Question I. Do we accept advertising from businesses that are clearly gentrification?

2. Is there any way we can lessen the damage they do by working with them - asking them to make a meaningful contribution, not just skin-deep stuff like beauty treatments for sex workers, pun intended? I mean making every attempt to employ genuinely local people, and locals who have challenges but can still do the job and do it well. We could even try to fi nd suitable candidates for them to interview.

3. How about other contributions- I mean literally a kind of Gentrification Tax, in cash or in kind. There is a concern this just opens the door to gentrification if they hand over an apple and a pear once a week, but if they are gonna come anyway, can we try to get our pound of flesh? If they dont pay, we create havoc, a sort of social service mafia. We exact "Protection Money" for the protection of the marginalized.

4. If not- if the danger they create is so great, then do we not need to move more strongly now to do something about this? Maintain a sustained picket, for days and even weeks, seriously embarrassing their guests and making the point. You said the other day Wendy that it would take six months to gently nudge the community along to the point of civil resistance? At the rate it is going it will be Yuppytown in 6 months' time will it not?

So far these Gentrifuckers are sort of on the periphery - Powell, end of Hastings, that sort of thing, but sooner or later there is going to be an Ahi Tuna Sushi Restaurant right next door to the First United Church or Vandu and then the shit is going to hit the fan.

Do we wait for a truly galvanizing development before declaring War, or do we start to get our powder ready now? d

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Justice for Missing and M urdered Women!

Three women who live and work with women in the Downtown Eastside and are intimately familiar with t he struggles that women in this neighborhood face, especially indigenous women, all members of the Annual Women's Memorial March organizing committee have been arrested by the Vancouver Police Department; Alice Kendall,Angela Marie MacDougall and Harsha Walia were arrested around 8:30pm after occupying the Main Street Police Station following a vigil and ceremony for Ashley Machisknic. They were demanding that the police meaningfully investigate missing and murdered women.

Alice, Angela and Harsha along with 5 other women occupied the Police station shorty after 6 pm. The doors to the station were locked l 0 minutes after the women entered, an hour before the station normally closes. Approximately 40 police in uniforms including 1he Integrated National Security Enforcement Team could be seen through the doors as the women demanded to speak with Jim Chu, VPD police chief. The last three women were arrested as they were getting ready to leave the police station.

October 4, 2010. VANCOUVER, Coast Salish Territories As part of a national day of action fo r missing and murdered Indigenous women, community members in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside will be honouring the life of Ashley Machisknic, a 22- year old Indigenous woman from Saskatchewan found brutally murdered in an alley behind the Downtovm Eastside Regent hotel on September 15, 2010. A vigil and ceremony will be held at 5 pm behind the Regent Hotel (160 E. Hastings), followed by a rally to the Vancouver Police Department (Main and Cordova).

According to vigil organizer and Elder Stella August ''Ashley's life was precious and we demand justice for her. The circumstances of her death clearly indicate this was not a suicide; this was a murder that absolutely must be investigated by the Vancouver Police Department. We are prepared to take action to make sure there is a proper investigation into her death; we are tired of her and others becoming j ust another statistic. There can be no more silence and no more sweeping of these deaths under the carpet."

Over 3000 women are known to have gone missing or been murdered in Canada since the 1970s. Last year the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women issued this statement: "Hundreds of cases involving aboriginal women who have gone missing or been murdered in the past two decades have neither been fully investigated nor attracted priority attention.''

"Government and societal apathy towards women living in poverty only compounds the ongoing risk to our women. Without adequate social housing, women are forced into shady hotels where they are vulnerable and more prone to violence by partners, family members, or drug dealers," continues August. " This is a continuation of the daily systemic violence that takes the lives of women in the Downtown Eastside. The police and government say that it will stop, but this is an ongoing tragedy. An increasing number of women who are forced to live and work in conditions of extreme poverty and marginalization continue to be murdered or have gone missing," states victim services worker Carol Martin.

The recently announced Wally Oppal inquiry has also drawn sharp criticism from family members and advocates given Oppal's political party ties and the decision while he was the Attorney General to not proceed with the additional murder charges.

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They laughed as we walked by. Those 3 that pushed her seeing if she could fly. Boasting too much over who would swim or sink. All the while I could feel my stomach shrink. Another baby gone to addiction. Was it something she said to cause friction? That's no way to go dying on the floor, while those three go on yet another day more. My people came to me with all the words in their heads. Yet when asked they said nothing, them also being afraid of coming up dead. Walk with me I have once told em', to get away from the drug that still holds them. You can point at the ones and it will be over. No rats here, no police to cover a shoulder. And then out of the shadows a man who saw the whole thing. Saw her last breath, her last chest rise and the last word she would sing. "Scared am I," he said "Rattled to the bone," I take. "!don't want to be a rat, squeal or a fink!?" Justice comes to us in small doses. no flashy gimmicks, cameras or poses. I stood there with her family close by, all the while they were wondering why? All I could think of was what the man said, "I still can't get the image Ol!t of my head," hide in plain sight until you are ready, come back to me with your thoughts clear and steady. Justice comes to us in small doses, police even think those three should be shot! "Years in prison wouldn't do them any good. It would just take them away from the "lowly eastside hood,"" Then they would come back with

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What can be more precious than a baby girl's life she could have cared for you all, you could have callen' her wife. Those three won't get it no matter how hard they try. And no one will care or even cry if they die.

Justice comes to us in small doses, too small for the ones that lose their closest. We all walked by that baby girl' s killers, suspense all gone it gave me the quivers.

I knew right away it was in their eyes. police have stood back waiting to sift out the lies. Like if or not it was a suicide. The man who saw that baby girl's last breath would he tell me a lie. Nothing to fear from a man with a smoke, ta\kin' the breeze, tellin' a joke. I said to him better to hide in plain sight, he said yeah thanks you know what's for dinner tonight. That's when I realized the conversation was over, he stamped out the cigarette pulled his bag over shoulder. Justices comes to us in small doses we take what we can get no regrets, qualms or remorses. Those three who pushed a baby girl over the edge I hope your hearts sink when it's yours who are dead!

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Hi everyone.

I guess many of you have heard that Sandy Cameron died last Saturday. I just wanted to let you know that the end was peaceful for him and it was his decision not to have a 3rd breathing tube inserted into his chest.

He told me he wasn't scared and we held hands thru the whole thing. His niece Stacy was there too.

While in hospital, when he could talk. and even when he could only write, he was always asking me what CCAP was doing and wanted to make sure that we all continue to work for justice. He gave one of his doc路 tors a little lecture -how we need real equality in order for the situation in the DTES to improve for the people who live there now and not just for condo residents.

I'm just trying to be thankful that I got to be with him for 25 years.

We're planning to have a memorial sometime in the first half of November at Carnegie. Thanks to everyone who has called and emailed and brought food.

I think it does make the sadness a bit easier to bear.

Love to you all. Jean

Living Living day to day To say, thank-you Creator For another day Treasure your children Teach them about respect Respect: To be earned.

An elder who mistreats In my book doesn't deserve respect; You, as elders, should be role models Your siblings & grandchildren are everyone's future.

I tried my best Too many issues but I'm learning day by day So my dear friends Have a healing journey!

All my relations, Bonnie E Stevens

Just Today Sitting in the Morning Rain, Under an umbrella, on a little chair I found just today Orange fall leaves hiding amid the reflections on sidewalk's puddles, bubbles so big when the raindrops hit Some men in dark clothes and breathable running shoes standing around A tree, permitting some offshoots at its Western base, stands almost upright It is not cold, especially with a warm wool coat with a fire red lining I take it as it comes, now tired every day it seems, from the coffee pot's offering I get up early for a reason So I won't get depressed later in the day Sitting in the Morning Rain Under My Umbrella Rudolf Penner

News frOtn the Library Hi everyone. As you no doubt learned from the last column, staffing changes are afoot at Carnegie. Paul Tanaglio has done a wonderful job filling in for Mark Whittam as branch supervisor, but now will be moving into an exciting new position. James Fralic will be joining us as Carnegie's new s upervisor any day now. 路 Many thanks to Paul and Mark for all their great work, and welcome James! And while Beth is at Hastings, I'll be here until the end of the year. Please feel free to drop by anytime to say hi, ask a question or request something for the library collection.

Now onto some interesting reads for the Autumn months: With Halloween coming, 'tis the season for scary stuff. Scary stuff like Ghouls, Ghosts and the Supernatural. But we know none of that stuff is actually real, right? Wi ll Storr certainly thinks so. Armed with 'healthy skepticism' he takes on the world of demonologists. ghost-hunters and exorcists in Will Storr vs. the Supernatural ( 133.1). Does he emerge with his healthy scepticism intact? Read the book to find out.

It's been over a year since Michael Jackson 's death, bu: fascination with this tragic mega-celebrity's life renains strong. J. Randy Taraborrelli's Michael Jackson: The Magic, the Madness, the Whole Story, 1958-2009 (92 1 JAC) is an exhaustive account (over 800 pages) of the star' s life. Taraborrelli was a lifelong friend of Jackson's, and his account is based on a level of ;Jersonal access to Jackson that most biographers co11ld only dream of.

In the 1970s, John Holmes was the ' King of Porn,' a notoriollS figure whose addiction to cocaine would be his downfall, and would eventually precipitate the notorious ' Wonderland murders' (as depicted in the 2003 film Wonderland). Dawn Schiller was his 16 year old girlfriend, who followed him into his downward spiral before eventually breaking free and turning him in to the police. The Road Through Wonderland: Surviving John Holmes (921 SCH) is her account of how she 'survived' Holmes.

Many of you may be familiar with Lincoln Clarkes' photography, most notably his book Heroines. Views: Lincoln Clarkes Photographs (779) is a retrospective of !tis works. While Heroines focused very specifically on the women of the DTES, Views document the range of his interests- derelict buildings, incongruollS nudes, public protests, women with guns- the路com-

mon thread through most of them being the city of Vancouver.

All of these books are in the library display case, and will be available to borrow on Monday, October 18th.

Randy, your librarian

Write to the City: Adventures in Social Writing Thursdays Writing Collective, featuring guest author Michael Turner Date: Thursday, November 4, 2010 Time: 8:30-lOpm Place: Brickhouse Bar, 730 Main St. Entry: Free Numbers, acronyms, forms: how can we repurpose these constraints and social controls into an act of creative liberation? In 90 minutes of writing prompts, pencil-chewing and laughter we will push the phrases and numbers that determine how we navigate Vancouver into a creative realm.

The evening, held in a community atmosphere at the Brickhouse Bar, will question the right to move freely through the city and explore the barriers we have come to accept. Do we recognize to what extent we are determined by constraints, architecture and the urban plan? How can we leverage restrictive regulations to open creative discovery and change the way we experience civic space? Pencils and paper will be supplied and parti cipants will have the opportunity to share their writing.

Michael Turner is a Vancouver-based author of fiction, criticism and song. His books include Hard Core Logo, The Pornographer's Poem and 8xl 0. He blogs at this address: http://mtwebsit.blogspot.com/ Thursdays Writing Collective has been called, "the biggest, boldest. and by far the most vital conspiracy of writers operating in Vancouver at present,'' by Geist magazine. TWC meets at Carnegie Community Centre every Thursday for drop-in creative writing sessions.

More info at www.thursdayspoemsandprose.ca Join Thursdays Writing Collective leader Elee Kraljii Gardiner and members of the Collective for a night of writing together with Michael Turner. Open to all thinkers and questioners.

=DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE CALENDAR MAKES A DIFFERENCE= Vancouver. October 5. 20 I 0- An idea by a Hope in Shadows street vendor to carefully set up a photograph has paid off as it was chosen for the cover of the new Hope in Shadows calendar which was launched today.

Peter Thompson won the prize for Best Colour Photo at the annual Hope in Shadows A ward Ceremony.

When the new colour category was announced in what has traditionally been a black and white photography contest. Peter chose a colourful mural as the background of his winning photo. "I thought it would be a good picture to take, " says Peter about a mural painted by the residents of Kearney Gardens.

Using art materials from the dollar store, he and his nephew Ariez Pye, who is pictured in the photo, made the sign that reads "I can make a difference." Peter thought it was an important message to send, and when asked how he can make a difference he says "by helping people and giving them a chance."

The three-day photography contest for residents of the Downtown Eastside was held last June. The resulting calendar will be sold on the streets of Vancouver by homeless and low-income people, many of whom participated in the photography contest.

Project director Paul Ryan says the annual calendar creates employment opportunities for hundreds oflocal people living on a low income, and sometimes no income at al l. After attending a training session and receiving a free starter calendar, Hope in Shadows vendors can buy subsequent calendars for $10 each.

They sell the calendar for $20 each and retain all money from the sales transaction.

"Self esteem and dignity are the main benefits from the project;' says Ryan. "Whether they are contestants in the photography contest or calendar vendors- and often they are both - they feel a sense of pride in their community and accomplishments."

One third of the calendar images are in colour this year, for the first time since the Hope in Shadows calendar hit the streets in 2003. Ryan says the colour category was introduced after requests from photo contest participants and the public.

"While we love colour, we won't be getting rid of the black and white aspect to the contest and calendar," says Ryan. "There is a special quality to black and white photography that we also really love:'

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_Julie Rogers Memorial A ward for Best Portrait_ Since the photography contest began in 2003 there have been several Downtown Eastside residents who have won multiple awards, but none more than Julie Rogers. With II winning photographs. Rogers demonstrated a rare talent for portrait photography.

After becoming ill with cancer Rogers passed away in March 2010. A special award for best portrait was created in her memory. To see a short documentary video about Julie Rogers and her photography click here.

Gertrude Harris was the first recipient of the Julie Rogers A ward for Best Portrait for her photograph of Harry Ashley called "Looking Forward."'

ollf-/Jbn Law Students Legal Advice Society Tel: 604-822-5791 ext. 3 (Trina) The University of British Columbia Law Students' Legal Advice Program (LSLAP) is a non-profit organization run by UBC law students who volunteer their time to staff free legal clinics for people who cannot afford to hire a lawyer.

Currently there are 18 legal clinics open throughout the Lower Mainland. In many cases students are able to represent clients before tribunals and in Provincial Court. Students have access to a supervising lawyer for guidance. support and advice.

Areas oflaw covered include: criminal, small claims, residential tenancy, WCB, wills, consumer transactions, employer-employee relations, human rights, and immigration. Unfortunately we do not cover family law, real estate matters, personal injury, malpractice, BC Supreme or Federal Court, Union issues, business law, and driving offences. For the areas of law we do not cover, we are often able to give summary advice and referrals.

To book an appointment call 604 822 5791. Bring all documents relevant to your matter to the appointment.

Beats on Broadway acoustic open stage

The Gaza Monologues ' VANCOUVER, CANADA - ONE NIGHT ONLY!

Friday, October lS'h, 7:30pm Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House .

800 E Broadway 874-1256 Featuring Los Castorcitos Mariachi Kids . .• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Thursdays Writing Collective It meets every Thursday from 2-4pm, in the large classroom in Carnegie. On the special dates below guest authors will visit to discuss writing with us. Eve ryone is welcome- come prepared to write! Reminder: no class Oct 21 or Nov II ; last class is Dec.9. Classes will resume in February.

October 14- Fiona Lam on revision Fiona Lam is the author of Intimate Distances, Enter the Chrysanthemum and is co-editor of the literary non-fiction anthology, Double Lives. Her work has been published in literary magazines Canada-wide and in more than 15 anthologies and has been featured on local transit as part ofBC's Poetry in Transit. She is currently editing an anthology of Canadian contemporary poetry about facing and surviving cancer.

November 4 - George McWhirter and Angela Mairead Coid on the writing life George McWhirter, Vancouver's first poet laureate, was born in Belfast in 1939 and taught creative writing at UBC for thirty-five years, He is the author of scores of books of poetry and prose and has translated several contemporary Mexican poets. Joining him is wife, Angela, an educator and writer.

The Gaza Mono-Logues is a global project initiated by ~ Iman Aoun. Artistic Director of Ashlar Theatre, Pales- · tine's first theatre training organization for youth.

The only performance in Canada is presented by Headlines Theatre, in collaboration with Neworld Theatre, Transformative Communities Project Society, and Jews for a Just Peace.

Five Vancouver youth will be performing monologues written by Palestinian youth about life in Gaza. The project emerged from the attack on the Gaza Strip, December 2008 to January 2009, which led to the death of 431 children and wounded another I ,872.

The evening will feature music by Emad Armoush, a short video, the monologues and a discussion.

Where: Rhizome Cafe (317 E. Broadway, VancoZNer) When: Sunday, October 17, 6.30pm Reservations recommended: 604-87 1-0508 *Admission bv donation - Come early to enjoy Rhizome's delicious menu!

• Us AND THEM (THE INQUIRY) We are now two weeks away from opening night of our main stage production for the year: Us and Them (the inquiry).

Who are 'we' and who are 'they'? Fun, moving and gutsy Us and Them (the inquiry) is a theatrical performance that invites audiences to participate, and explore how we are woven together.

Where: Various venues across Metro Vancouver. For specific locations and dates: http://headlinestheatre.com When: Oct 22- Nov 28, 7.30pm (except Nov 26)

November 25- Cathleen With on voices Cathleen With is the author of Skids, short stories about street kids on the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, and the novel Having Faith in the Polar Girls Prison. Cathleen has worked as a social activist in Kathmandu, Calcutta, Cambodia and taught in Inuvik.

December 2 -Michael Turner on sociopolitical engagement in writing Michael Turner is an author of fiction, poetry, criticism and song. His books include Hard Core Logo, The Pornographer's Poem, Kingsway and most recently, 8x10.

Dear Readers, I am grieving right now. I lost my beloved s~n Leon.

He passed away Sept.9'h but I didn't find out t1l Sept 13th when my daughter Michelle phoned from Surrey.

I went into shock, dropped the receiver, plus lost my voice. Leon had vomited and it went into his lungs My son could play classical music on the piano; he was very gifted. But I will never him play for me again I will miss him forever. He was only 46 and his new grandson is Dion. Rest in Peace my beautiful son.

Marlene Wuttunee

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A world full of lifestyles and peak hour traffic.

The morning air chokes the nostrils of the people passing by. It suffocates the plants. and tarnishes everything around.

It blocks the sun's rays, distorting and crushing their life-giving energies under the wheel of PROGRESS! But wait! Could nature rebel?

Could nature respond to the respect we have fai led to give? Could all this be a warning, a message to heed?

Have the contemporary powers become assassins instead? A race of people with little concern for others instead.

Stop! Think! Nature is creation, our creator, and an absolute for life

Learned to see each sunrise or sunset from new unique perspectives grand of people mulch like my myself attacked from all right wing slides From bad vibe csis fascist tides! now when you say "hi" in the street, people ici will most often reply, Unlike snotty yachty Yaletown or supersnobbish kits so very ritzy here. they will smile right back not afraid to briefly meet or jack money not so very important here, or brainwashed fashion Clothing Fears ici more your honest senseOhumor counts More stress on being easy going mere some kind of sidewalk happy knowing! so leave snotty social hierarchys And sad sad pecking ordures gray to so-called upscales another day we here be our very own real selves Merely spiritually upscale, we be FREE! john alan douglas

Are the ordinaries of life, the tarnished, the abused an excuse? Maybe then people need to begin to think.

Look to the simpler pleasures in life, the nature of the Universe. The flow that existed before we were born.

Here's to a healthier, wakened, less materialistic life.

Even a rose wi ll grow in a desert when nurtured and loved. Yet another dies from the lack of natural. lifegiving warmth. So to, as one life passes another is born?

Who are we mere mortals that we arrogantly and greedily abuse nature and the universal powers?

Should we not start to practise what we teach?

路路As WE SOW, SO SHALL WE REAP." Judy Laverick

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