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'eand r y p l a n t " would b e a n environmental community d i s a s t e r .

I n a unanimous v o t e , t h e r e s i d e n t s s a i d t h e o n l y s a n e r o u t e t o go i s t o s e t up a complete r e c y c l i n g program so everyone can g e t i n v o l v e d i n s o r t i n g t h e i r garbage and w a s t e i n t h e i r homes and work p l a c e s . Every p u b l i c o p i n i o n p o l l h a s shown t h a t t h i s i s p r e c i s e l y what t h e g r e a t m a j o r i t y o f people want t o do.

The c i t y w i l l be s t a r t i n g a "blue box'' r e c y c l i n g program f o r s i n g l e family homes t h i s S p r i n g . T h a t ' s a good program. But i f t h e proposed p l a n t i s b u i l t , i t would mean t h a t a l l downtown o f f i c e s and e v e r y a p a r t ment b l o c k , co-op and h o t e l n o r t h o f 1 6 t h Avenue would b e f o r c e d t o f e e d unsorted garbage i n t o t h e p l a n t i n stead.

That covers a l o t of t e r r i t o r y , inc l u d i n g t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e , t h e West End, Mount P l e a s a n t , GrandviewWoodlands, F a l s e Creek South and K i t s i l a n o - a t l e a s t 60,000 people.

The p l a n t would be l o c a t e d i n t h e r a i l w a y f l a t s , j u s t o f f Terminal Ave. I t ' s mountain of s m e l l y , d u s t y , rati n f e s t e d garbage'would b e o n l y 600 f e e t from S t r a t h c o n a Park, and r i g h t i n view o f a t l e a s t two Chinese s e n i o r citizen projects.

Up t o 35 t r u c k s a n hour would supply t h e p l a n t , many of them rumbling p a s t Carnegie. A p r i v a t e company would skim o f f t h e most v a l u a b l e o b j e c t s ( p a p e r , p l a s t i c s , m e t a l ) , and t h e remaining 85 p e r c e n t mess would be simply t r u c k e d t o t h e Burns Bog dump s i t e and b u r i e d . Some r e c y c l i n g .

Mayor Gordon Campbell s a t s t o n i l y q u i e t a t t h e meeting and r e f u s e d t o get drawn i n t o t h e debate. " I ' m o n l y h e r e t o l i s t e n , " he s a i d .

He g o t a n e a r f u l . Speaker a f t e r s p e a k e r t r a s h e d t h e p l a n t i n a n exc i t i n g d i s p l a y of community s p i r i t .

-They beseeched him t o t a p i n t o t h e energy and c r e a t i v i t y of t h e communi t y t o develop r e c y c l i n g i n s t e a d of throwing $10 m i l l i o n on a n out-ofd a t e boondoggle. The p l a n t would j u s t encourage people t o keep dumping, ins t e a d o f s t a r t i n g t o t h i n k a b o u t why and how s o much garbage i s produced in o u r s o c i e t y .

Campbell and h i s NPA a s s o c i a t e s w i l l i g n o r e s u c h s t r o n g community I f e e l i n g at t h e i r p e r i l . Now i s t h e I crunch t i m e t o pour on t h e p r e s s u r e .

The l a s t c o u n c i l v o t e on t h e p l a n t w a s 7-4 i n f a v o u r , s o i t o n l y r e q u i r e s two aldermen t o change t h e i r mi'nds t o k i l l i t . Right now, l e t t e r s and phone c a l l s are t h e e f f e c t i v e way t o impress on t h e mayor and c o u n c i l t h a t w e d o n ' t want t h i s t e c h n o l o g i c a l mons t r o s i t y , and we want t o r e c y c l e .

The aldermen who a l r e a d y oppose t h e p l a n t a r e Libby Davies, Bruce Ericks e n . Harry Rankin and Johnathon Baker.

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L e t t e r s and phone c a l l s s h o u l d go t o t h e f o l l o w i n g : Mayor Gordon Campb e l l , and Alds. C a r o l e T a y l o r , Sandra Wilking, Gordon P r i c e , Don Bellamy and P h i l l i p Owen. ( ~ o n ' tw a s t e your b r e a t h on P u i l . H i s mind i s made up come h e l l o r h i g h w a t e r . ) The mayor can b e c a l l e d a t 873-7621 Write and t h e aldermen a t 873-7273. them a t C i t y H a l l , 453 W. 1 2 t h Ave., V5Y 1V4.

Vancouver, B.C. It l o o k s l i k e t h e r e w i l l be a n o t h e r p u b l i c meeting on t h i s p l a n t , proba b l y i n S t r a t h c o n a i n a c o u p l e of weeks. A t t h i s B r i t a n n i a meeting, 37 people spoke, a l l a g a i n s t t h e p l a n t , b u t t h e r e were a t least 25 more who d i d n ' t g e t a chance. S t a y tuned f o r news of when and where t h e meeting w i l l be h e l d . ~ e a n w h i l e , i f you want any more inf o r m a t i o n , c o n t a c t J e f f Sommers o r P a u l Taylor a t Carnegie, 665-2220.

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By ROBERT SARTI More than a half-century ago, the two young

men &om Vancouver rode the same boxcar down to Regina on the On-To-Ottawa Trek.

Last year, as pensioners in their 70s, they were featured together in a book on the living pioneers of the downtown eastside.

Earlier this month, after a lifetime as footsoldiers in the political and social battles of their age, John Bileck and Willis Shaparla died coincidentally,just a few days apart.

"John and Willis were unique individuals, but they were also representative of a lot of people of their generation in the downtown eastside," said Carnegie Community Centre director Diane ~ackenzie.

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"Their experiences in the relief camps as young unemployed men in the 1930s deeply moved them, and they continued to be fighters for their causes all their lives."

Their downtown eastside friends will give both men a public sendoff at a joint memorial service Thursday at 430 p.m. in Carnegie Centre at Main and Hastings.

Despite their common interests, the two Carnegie habitues were quite different in temperament, say their friends.

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Bileck, 79, who died Jan. 8 after a long battle against cancer, was shy and quiet with a sly sense of --- -humor. Increasing deafness in l a s r years tended to restrict him to a small circle of Mends.

In contrast, Shaparla, 72,loved an audience. In the past few years, he barnstormed the province with a slide show on the On-To-Ottawa _ Trek, the 1935 unemployment protest that was suppressed by RCMF clubs and tear Ras in Regina.

"Willis was dways either giving me hell, or giving me a girt, or a combination of the two," said Mackenzie.

Shaparla was born in Regina and moved to Vancouver at the age of 15 to look for work.

He soon found himself living in i tarpaper shacks with 100 other men in a relief camp in Squamish.

That was the start of his political education.

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After the war, Bileck went to work as a laborer for the city of In 1987, his picture appeared on Vancouver, and continued there In 1932, Shaparla participated in the formation of the Relief Camp the front page of The Vancouver until his retirement. He had seven Sun at a demonstration against children. and several grandchilWorkers Union, throwing himself the Social Credit government's '{ dren and great-grandchildren. , I into an exhausting schedule of labor legislation, Bills 19 and 20. meetings, marches, strikes and "I guess he was an NDP-kind of'% Bileck was born in Swan River, demonstrations. guy," said his son Paul.

Man., one of eight children of a Three years later, when unem"Whenever there was an elecployed workers occupied Carnegie, Ukrainian farming family. But the , tion, they would send him a letter farm went bust, and the family Shaparla was put in charge of the to come down and help, and he moved to Vancouver. maintenance committee. did."

When he turned 16, Bileck lied, "It was my job to see the part of about his age and got a job as a the building we occupied was kept water boy in the CNR yards. clean and in good order," he The downtown eastside was an recalled in the 1989 book, Hastings educational place to grow up in and Main. during the 1920s, he recalled in the A few months later, Shaparla, book.

Bileck and more than 1,000 others "Down through Chinatown were , jumped on a CP Rail freight train all the gambling dens," he said. and headed for Ottawa to com"There were shops, bootleggers, plain in person to prime minister cafes, panhandlers, everything.

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Wide open, the city was."

But at a rally in Regina, the When the depression hit, Bileck RCMP riot squad moved in withwound up in the relief camp in out warning, he said.

Squamish with Shaparla, building "We put up a barricade using cars that were parked on the roads for $5 a month. street. There was tear gas all over.

When he was in the city, he We were shouting to them that we would spend his time in the old only wanted to get back to the staCarnegie Library, or attending dium where we were camped, but political meetings - sometimes 20 the mounted police kept firing at in a week, because they were free. us. Over 100 people ended up in "And the only politics were the the hospital." ' left-wing politics. Soon we were all Shaparla, a bachelor all his life, called radicals and communists. served in the artillery during the Even the CCF (CooperativeComSecond World War, and then went monwealth Federation) were called on to a career as a log-scaler in L communists." the forest industry and as an In 1940, Bileck finally got a goodinspector and manager on heaw paying job on the Vancouver construction projects. docks, remodelling aircraft carriers In retirement, he continued for the British navy. Before he was campaigning - nuclear submarines drafted, he had 75 workers under and free trade were two of his him - 25 Chinese men, 25 men of recent targets. other nationalities and 25 women.

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Dear W i l l i s , H i W i l l i s . I ' m s o s o r r y you could n o t o r w i l l n o t e v e r know w h a t ' s i n t h i s l e t t e r b u t I had t o w r i t e i t .

It came as such a shock f o r me and everyone t o h e a r of your p a s s i n g away. When Claude Mortimer t o l d m e on Tuesday a f t e r n o o n , I d i d n o t bel i e v e him. Even when I b a l l e d my eyes o u t i n s o l i t u d e I s t i l l d i d n o t b e l i e v e you were gone. It f i n a l l y s o r t o f s e t t l e d i n when I r e a d t h e o b i t u a r y i n t h e Sun. Whatever h a s happened though, W i l l i s , a l l of u s know y o u ' r e s t i l l l i v i n g i n o u r b u i l d i n g and i n o u r h e a r t s . You were t o o much of a f i g h t e r t o f a d e away just like that.

I went t o your f u n e r a l today, Yeah.

I r e n e & Wayne and I met on t h e bus and j o i n e d w i t h o t h e r s from Carnegie a t what w e thought t o b e your g r a v e s i t e , e s p e c i a l l y when Wayne & I s a w a tombstone of a guy who w a s k i l l e d by a s c a b a t a union r a l l y a g a i n s t CPR i n 1906. Someone t o l d u s t h a t you were a t t h e o t h e r end of t h e c e m e t e r y . . t h a t t h e ceremony had already begun. By t h e t i m e we g o t t h e r e i t w a s o v e r , s o we h e l d o u r own.

Some of u s t a l k e d of your g e n t l e man traits, your v a s t knowledge, your g i f t of o r a t o r y i n f r o n t of an audience, your s i n c e r i t y , s e n s e of humour ( d o n ' t l a u g h ) and your w i l l i n g s p i r i t t o keep plugging. I t o o k t h e pbppy from my h a t and s t u c k i t on t h e c a s k e t , a l o n g w i t h t h a t magnet s t i c k e r you gave t o S h e i l a , t h e one I wore t h a t s a y s "Buy Canadian..." t h a t s c a r f and s w e a t e r t h a t you a l ways t o l d me you l i k e d .

A f t e r we went t o t h e DERA Co-op and I met your b r o t h e r Richard, your s i s t e r Leone and two nephews Murray and B r i a n . Sam Meisel and I a r e going t o do a t r i b u t e t o you on t h e n e x t Main 6 H a s t i n g s r a d i o show.

I wish you were s t i l l w i t h u s . You were t h e Grandpa I never had and a n i n s p i r a t i o n t o a l l who loved you.

Your t a l e and dreams w i l l be cont i n u e d w i t h d i g n i t y , courage, l o v e , t r u t h and deep, deep r e s p e c t by e v e r y s i n g l e one of u s who you have shared your a s p i r a t i o n s w i t h . 1'11 l o v e and m i s s you f o r e v e r W i l l i s .

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Memories of W i l l i s I s a i d goodbye t o a man who was l i k e a g r a n d f a t h e r l a s t Monday. It was a v e r y emotional e x p e r i e n c e .

When I broke down and c r i e d a t t h e g r a v e s i d e s e r v i c e , I s a i d , "God did not give u s t e a r s f o r nothing."

W e had a chance t o g e t t o know t h e family a t t h e r e c e p t i o n h e l d a t 638 Alexander. S h a r i n g my f e e l i n g s w i t h S t e v e Rose helped a g r e a t d e a l .

We have c u r r e n t e v e n t s a t s c h o o l .

I t o o k t h e s t o r y by Bob S a r t i and t a l k e d about W i l l i s t o t h e c l a s s .

I have many fond memories of W i l l i s He always asked m e where I h i d my c l o t h e s a t n i g h t s o he could s t e a l them. W i l l i s a l s o took me o u t f o r supper when my mom w a s busy. H e w a s always encouraging me t o go p l a c e s with my music, s u p p o r t i n g me when o t h e r s were p u t t i n g me down.

W i l l i s s h a l l always have a s p e c i a l ' p l a c e i n my h e a r t .

Wayne Schmidt

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Losing W i l l i s Shaparla was such a shock! He was s o a c t i v e one f e l t as i f h e would be around f o r e v e r .

Even though t h e f u n e r a l w a s on January 22, I s t i l l . . f e e l h i s p r e s e n c e i n every room. W i l l i s d i d n o t have enough time t o f i n i s h h i s work s o i t i s up t o each and every one of u s t o complete t h e t a s k s .

What k i n d of man w a s W i l l i s ? He w a s a humanitarian, t e a c h e r , o r g a n i z e r , walking e n c y c l o p e d i a , f r i e n d and family t o many people i n t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e . H e was k i n d t o everyone and t r e a t e d each person t h e same.

T h i s man w a s l i k e a g r a n d f a t h e r t o Wayne and e v e r y time he saw me he s a i d , "Where's t h e boss?" which w a s h i s nickname f o r my son.

W i l l i s was responsible f o r getting m e involved v o l u n t e e r i n g f o r t h e Folk F e s t i v a l . Not o n l y was he an e x c e l l e n t o r g a n i z e r , b u t he had t h e knack of g e t t i n g people involved without them f e e l i n g pushed. That i s a very s p e c i a l g i f t .

W i l l i s we r e a l l y m i s s you and your wonderful s t o r i e s , b u t you s h a l l always be w i t h u s i n s p i r i t . What you s a i d t o me and t o everyone s h o u l d be our i n s p i r a t i o n : "If s o c i a l injust i c e s a r e t o be e r a s e d we must organi z e l i k e we d i d i n t h e T h i r t i e s . " I r e n e Schmidt

R e j o i c e and be. happy; f o r two g r e a t men have passed o u r way.

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WILLIS SHAPARLA W i l l i s my f r i e n d

play chess. " This w a s something I r e a l l y planned t o do.

Exchanging hugs!

He g i v i n g m e a candy o r a n o t h e r treat Saying "see you l a t e r . " % i d / y o u know W i l l i s died?"

Diane s a i d ; Shaking my head Denying i t could happen.

W i l l i s couldn't d i e He was i n d e s t r u c t a b l e But he d i d d i e and I l o s t a f r i e n d and Carnegie, t h e Community mourn a Hero.

And I have l e a r n e d t h a t " l a t e r " doesn' t always happen.

S h e i l a Baxter

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The purpose of the conference: *) To learn what's happening in the

rest of B .C. and Canada in the fight against poverty. *) To network w i t h each other. *) To develop an analysis that is effective in helping us fight poverty in 1990. *) To brainstorm on joint actions &

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People from northern B.C., the Kootenays, the Cariboo, Vancouver Island, the Charlottes and the Lower Mainland attended a gathering of experts on the fundamental issue of poverty. There were no lectures, no copious copies of slick charts and graphs, none of the stuff one usually expects from experts. As a guest speaker said,,"Expertise comes from experience." In short, the people there, from all over B.C., are expert on poverty through years of experience. Jean Swanson,,of End Legislated Poverty, worked with everyone involved in planning workshops, methods of reporting back to the larger group and empowering the participants to help us all realize that we do know waht we're talking about.

Invitations were mailed to all 22 ELP member groups, to B.C.'s Womens' Centres, and to other groups that have worked with ELP. Interested individuals also attended, bringing their poetry, art and personal expertise on being poor.

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The first part of thrmorning had each region report to the whole on work over the past year and the challenges ahead. First, last year: - school lunch program - Charter case on securing the minimum wage for mental patients - MSSH lost more tribunals on child apprehension cases - actinglvideos (Your Policy Stinks) - Gayl~esbianawareness re housing and AZT costs - Downtown Deposit Project - $50 cutback fight - environmental awareness - collective action re Richmond's letter to 49,000 "employables" - FLAWline Newsletter - ELP Newsletter - Job Re-entry Courses - Women in Law workshops - advocacy money in some cases - ~ousing/Tenants'committees - Welfare Rights workshops - Family counselling - survey on low-income needs

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self-help advocacy 'Poverty Game' workshop keeping women's centres going - fact book on criminalization of poverty - workshop on self-esteem to dispel despair/hopelessness - workshop on tribunals With the work came a detailed list of the chalenges facing us: - affordable housing - increase welfare rates and the minimum wage - pay equity - welfare as a wage

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affordable & accessible daycare education funding UI; Free Trade; GST the problems that arise when UI stops and welfare is withheld - changes in GAIN regulations - increasing allowable earnings - flaws in Family Maintenance P p .

- removing disincentives for disabled people to find work - getting recognition of disabilities other than physical (mental learning, illiteracy,...)

- indexing HPIA to cost-of-living - tax justice - making the classification of single parents align with reality - stopping fear of GAIN through ed.

- need for awareness of abuse victim needs (mental, battering, sexual) - expanding network of anti-poverty activists - exposing the corporate takeover and the corporate agenda - medical system discrimation - fewer rights of single parents - loss of privacy - decriminalize prostitution - choice on birth control methods - MSSH's attitude - the lack of community awareness

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volunteer should be paid - being isolated by geography - lack of access to legallmedical/ social services - harrassment by MSSH workers - clients being told to just move - social stigma attached to school lunch programs - United Nations Declaration of the rights of Children..to get govt. to detail application to B.C. - housing discrimination

This list isn't complete; it just gave us an awareness of what we're doing.

Shortly before noon the first guest speaker was introduced. He was Bishop Remi De Roo, an internationally known advocate of human rights.

With quiet humour, Bishop De Roo downplayed what he termed his "aweinspiring" introduction. He gave recognition of the empowerment of the conference for us as participants and urged all to use what we gain to build a firm foundation of moral leadership. With this said, he began with a chilling statement: I1 Homelessness is a process, consciously created by the corporate agenda. " Economy should mean what people do to provide for their society - goods and services. The Bishop then related a debate with an economist wherein ' he maintained that we do not have an economy in Canada..we have politics instead. Over 90,000 corporations paid no taxes in recent years, while the disposable income of individua1.s has been constantly losing ground to that taken by government. mak%,

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What is needed, in Bishop De ROO'S scathing analysis, is immediate tax reform that will make payment by corporations inescapable. The programs in place now lead to poverty, with gifts rather than empowerment.

In order to install a fair system, we must learn of and be able to speak on the structure of soceity that currently allows this gross indecency to go on.

Bishop De Roo outlined a five1 point guide to enable us to win: 1) GET TOGETHER - -----------listen, look for patterns I 2) CRITICAL ----- ANALYSIS - aJ whatTT~51ii~-&? b) What's needed to change the structure? c) e.g. Illustrate the "free Market" myth.

3) --------------MAKE JUDGEMENTS - look at democratic principles - look at who votes and how their vote is channeled 1 - measure the performance of those ( aspiring for public office - in the light of humanism & reliI gion, ask the question: "Does or will this idea make people I more human?"

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STIMULATE CREATIVE THOUGHT a grassroots awakening is absolI 1 utely necessary amongst people I - the basic ideation is not to accept your (or anyone's) poverty 1 11 as part of normal societv Expertise is the result of experience" "Welfare is a concession to prevent unrest and maintain control."

5) DEVELOP CULTURE form networks; build coalitions apply true democratic principles to create soc a1 change create and ma ntain our own past.

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The Bishop finished by returning to his first premise, saying that an Economy must serve its own people first all of its own people.

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Cecelia Sayo is an immigrant from the Phillipines. Poverty here and there has the same basic cause - the corporate manipulation of people's lives. In the 60's when Marcos came to power, the Phillipines were relatively well off with a.nationa1 debt under $1 billion. Marcos began plundering the public purse while the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, with a glut of Petro dollars, made huge loans with detailed Grings attached. This money was to be used for megaprojects..things that multi-nationals would invest in and profit from. The needs of the local population were secondary at best.

The national debt soared to $27 billion and over 75% of the people were reduced to absolute poverty. The local version of Free Trade killed much local business and legislated wage controls slammed the door on the ability of the Phillipinos to earn enough to pay for necessities.

An example given by Ms. Sayo was that of daily expenses (housing, food) being twice that of wages paid*

She went on to talk about the many Phillipino women who work in Canada as jomestics. The knowledge of what is witing for them if they return to their homeland - the stark poverty Leaves them silent when they suffer xonomic, sexual and social abuse here Erom their employers. Attempts to get mblic statements have met with silent Eear

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Workshops on ways to fight poverty included: - Using Advocacy - Using the Charter of Rights - Using the struggle for Food Programs in schools - Using Unions - The Environment & Poverty - Using the housing issue - Aboriginal Peoples' Fight

Each was exhaustive in identifying both problems and ways to go on.

The night was set to enjoy our culture with poetry, songs and plays.

An entire room was ablaze with art and displays of the genius of life.

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The second and last day was as full the first with talks on ethics, the aging Grannies singing, collective rainstorming on "Where do we go from ere?" and of course more.

A n evaluation sheet was there to be illed out, but the last question was ard to answer: "What would you do to mprove this conference?" More of 'em!\ s

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One final point: Gordon Ternowetsky s a professor in Saskatchewan and,beause he couldn't attend, made a video .alled "Corporate Welfare Bums This rill be shown here in Carnegie soon and :opies are being sent around B.C. bn't eat before you see it-; you might -etchwith disgust over what's going on1

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THOUGHTS ON OLD .~:STER ROBINEAU A Welfare Requiem.

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A t l e a s t t h e sun shone on h i s c o f f i n .

He'd had a l i t t l e money i n t h e bank And we'd t r i e d t o g e t him t o buy some new c l o t h e s But he never d i d .

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The c o f f i n l i d was s h u t , s o I c o u l d n ' t t e l l Had t h e y d r e s s e d him i n a new s u i t , I wondered O r d i d he go i n h i s o l d shabby o v e r c o a t That he wore y e a r round?

I w i l l n e v e r know Anymore t h a n I ' l l know what I ' m wearing When t h e y c a r r y me o f f .

He was a n i c e o l d guy.

The p r i e s t t r i e d n o t t o be bored But none of them knew him J u s t a n o t h e r C a t h o l i c gone t o h i s reward.

M e , I ' m a Buddhist of s o r t s , I r a t h e r hope h e g e t s r e i n c a r n a t e d A s M i n i s t e r of Welfare.

David Bouvier

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A b a s i c f a c t behind a l l of t h e c h a l l e n g e s d i s c u s s e d a t t h e Poverty Conference w a s / i s t h e CORPORATE AGENDA. The r i c h e s t p e o p l e have a conscious d e s i g n t o s t a y r i c h and keep most people locked i n d e b t o r on low incomes. I t ' s n o t II a c o n s p i r a c y s c a r e q 1 . . . i t ' s what h a s been going on f o r decades and i s never made much of i n media. (Mainstream media i s owned by t h e s e same people.)

Car s a l e s a r e down. Money i s t i g h t . The owners of c a r b u s i n e s s e s ( l i k e J i m P a t t i s o n , B . C . ' s pornography k i n g ) c a l l up t h e i r p a l s i n government and comp l a i n . S o l u t i o n ? Launch t h e P r i v a t e V e h i c l e T e s t i n g Program; make a n y t h i n g from r i p p e d s e a t c o v e r s t o s c r a t c h e d windows a r e a s o n f o r o r d e r i n g v e h i c l e s o f f t h e road. Make i t i m p o s s i b l e t o have any c a r o v e r 1 0 y e a r s o l d p a s s t h i s t e s t i n g . Hey P r e s t o ! People have t o buy new o r newer c a r s j u s t s o they d o n ' t l o s e t h e i r j o b s , s o t h e y can d r i v e where t h e r e ' s no p u b l i c t r a n s i t , s o t h e y can even l o o k f o r work when MSSH t e l l s them t o work o r s t a r v e .

Is t h i s h y s t e r i c a l ? The A s s o c i a t i o n from Vernon h a s compiled a l l t h e s t a t s Cars l e s s t h a n 10 y e a r s o l d on what f a c t o r s a r e involved i n a c c i d e n t s i n B.C. (and e s p e c i a l l y t h o s e new i n 1986 6 1987) were involved i n more a c c i d e n t s t h a n o l d e r c a r s , b u t t h e c l i n c h e r i s t h a t v e h i c l e misuse w a s r e s p o n s i b l e i n more than 75% of a l l a c c i d e n t s . Does i t sound l i k e a scam y e t ? Consider t h a t a l cohol, human e r r o r and d i s o b e d i e n c e of t r a f f i c laws caused 75% of a c c i d e n t s .

The g o v t l s r e s p o n s e i s o n l y making- c a r d e a l e r s l o t s of bucks w h i l e low-income people a r e f o r c e d o f f t h e i o a d i n t h e f a c e of e x o r b i t a n t c o s t s f o r newer c a r s .

jester Saywell, playing the part of SFU President, does the Socred Shuffle and babbles "rich is smart", "rich pays my salary" and "Our $2.4 million surplus for '89-'90 is misleading so let's hike tuition fees ANYWAY! !" / F r n m TIIT: nrfil' CFIT n ~ n - v - l l p v h n I T $ P G S P B C T ITS RTTT D ~ N ' T FTTCK WTTH I1S.I'

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Not much of a c o n t e s t r e a l l y (Every y e a r t h e c l o y i n g nausea g e t s a l i t t l e s t i c k i e r l i k e c e l e s t i a l s n o t from God's nose) The l i t t l e drummer boy r e f e r e e ' s t h e match.

Syrupy c a r o l s c l o g t h e a e t h e r .

H e l l o , PP? We a r e n o t r e c e i v i n g you."

There i s s t i l l no room a t t h e i n n The poor - b a p t i s e d i n d i r t y water - s t a r v e on.

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G . I . J o e l s X-mas Laser s h i n e s an unholy beam of coherent l i g h t .

Warmaker toymongers buy some new banks To put t h e i r money i n .

W i l l t h e lamb of God g e t f l e e c e d a g a i n ?

W i l l G . I . J o e hang up h i s helmet?

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David Bouvier Radio s k i l l s workshops and l i t e r a c y t u t o r i n g a r e s t a r t i n g f o r t h e Radio Access f o r L i t e r a c y p r o j e c t .

We had a meeting Monday, Jan. 22, i n t h e T h e a t r e , where a b o u t 25 peop l e g o t t o g e t h e r and t a l k e d a b o u t what i s s u e s t h e y want t o cover on the radio.

Some of t h e t o p i c s t h a t came up were housing, food banks, animal r i g h t s , t h e environment, poetr y , d i s a b l e d people, s e x u a l abuse, a c c e s s t o l e a r n i n g and more. There a r e now f o u r groups who w i l l each meet once a week f o r a two hour r a d i o workshop. The n e x t b i g meeting of t h e e n t i r e group w i l l be Monday, February 19 i n t h e Carnegie T h e a t r e from lpm t o 3pm.

There's s t i l l t i m e t o g e t involved i n t h e p r o j e c t , i f you'd l i k e t o l e a r n t o make r a d i o programs and/or improve your r e a d i n g and w r i t i n g s k i l l s . Talk t o Brenda o r Helene when they a r e a t Carnegie o r c a l l them a t Co-op Radio, 684-8494.

There i s a n o t i c e board i n t h e Learning C e n t r e on t h e 3rd f l o o r where you can f i n d o r l e a v e informat i o n about t h e p r o j e c t .

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To Welfare ---------'~outyou, Welfare, I'll report I'll try to be brief and short Directions you'll give To me as I live In B.C. I'll see you cavort You hold to your money so tight Unwilling to spend day or night You're such cheapskates, you know Won't let money flow Some miserly people all right I'm angry at you, quite a bit So angry I could throw a fit My feelings are strong I know you are wrong I'll tell you, I'm no hypocrit!

To Welfare ---------In B.C. you dwell and abide It's there that you also reside So bossy and bold You're rulers, I'm told Welfare, I'll tell of your sides When others would help with the bill You sit in your chairs very still Your money you grip Into it you won't dip Spending's not one of your skills I'm angry, so angry at you I feel it so strong and true I'll tell you out loud d Not under a cloud I'm angry! It's time that you knew!

REPLACEMENT: The way they run the world If you don't fit in You can be replaced If your heart won't beat It can be replaced With the heart of a baboon Or a freeway victim.

Your houses can be Replaced with high rises Your corner stores With shopping malls.

Love can be replaced With pornography & masturbation Natural childbirth With test tube babies.

Nuclear missiles can be Replaced with chemical lasers Money replaced with credit cards Communication replaced With an answering service.

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Steak can be replaced with hamburger Bargains replaced with luxury items Local residents with tourists History with trivia.

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face can be replaced plastic surgery sex replaced hormone shots.

~on'tworry, the way they Run the world If you don't fit in You can be replaced.

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SYNCHRONICITY A s o c i e t y of M i s f i t s squeezed t h r u t h e b o r d e r l i n e of y e a r s and s e t t l e d upon canyon w a l l s i n caveman s t y l e .

They f a s h i o n e d t o o l s t o e t c h t h e i r legacy on t h e canyon's f l o o r , where t h e B e a s t s of Danger observed them w i t h amused confusion. :Where do t h e y come from?" t h e B e a s t s wondered.

"And why do t h e y have o n l y one foot?"

The M i s f i t s and B e a s t s g o t t o know each o t h e r and h e l d g r e a t d e b a t e s on common i s s u e s l i k e t h e l a c k of women and p o l a r i z e d p o l i t i c s .

One day a M i s f i t g o t l o s t i n t h e canyon. The w i n t e r n i g h t f e l l upon him and, s e n s i n g Danger, he l a i d on a f l a t s t o n e and covered himslef w i t h t r e e barks. For months t h e M i s f i t remained l o s t . He r e t u r n e d each evening t o t h e f l a t s t o n e and s l e p t t h e s l e e p of a dead man, frozen l i k e a f o s s i l u n t i l a s p e l l c a s t from t h e sun r e s u r r e c t e d him.

~ n e ' n i g h tt h e Ghost of Winter v i s i t e d t h e is fit's dream and spoke t o him: "You have chosen t o remain l o s t i n stead of searching f o r the path t o your home. I f you a r e s o a f r a i d of t a k i n g t h e r i s k of r e s p o n s i b i l i t y upon y o u r s e l f , t h e n you must pay t h e p r i c e f o r invading my domain where m o r t a l s a r e n o t meant t o dwell."

With t h a t , t h e Ghost of Winter s e n t a f i e r c e blade of f r o s t and chopped o f f t h e M i s f i t ' s r i g h t f o o t .

He woke i n t h e morning and when he got o f f t h e f l a t s t o n e , he f e l l over g i v i n g a t e r r i f i c scream.

"Where's my bloody f o o t ? " he shouted.

Then he remembered t h e dream and t h e words t h e Ghost of Winter spoke.

The M i s f i t made c r u t c h e s o u t of t r e e limbs and s t a r t e d on h i s . l o n g journey home. He knew no one would bel i e v e t h e t r u t h about h i s f o o t , s o he vowed never t o d i s c u s s t h e m a t t e r w i t h anyone, e s p e c i a l l y t h e B e a s t s of Danger.

Garry Gust

Native women to discuss roles Native women have distinct tional events that Status of perceptions of the term "self- Women has named Gothering government" and what it means Strength, Gaining Power. to them..

Out of Sight, Out of Mind No To bring these perspectives to Longer has lined up speakers an open forum, Vancouver Sta- Gloria Nelson, executive director tus of Women has invited five of the Professional Native Woprominent, Native women to men's Association, Rosalie Tispeak on self-determination. The zya, a worker for United Native program, open to the public, is Nations. Florence Hackett, who called Out of Sight, Out of Mind works with Native women N o Longer. It's part of a four- through the Indian Homemakers part series of cultural and educa- Association, Amanda White of

the Native Youth Job Corps, and Elaine Herbert, a UBC student who serves on the board of Heyway-noqu Healing Circle.

Some questions that will be addressed are: what d&s selfgovernment mean in the'cities? and what do Native women want it to mean?

The went will be held January 31. at 230 p.m. at the Vancouver Indian Centre. 1607 East Hastings Street.

LSLAP Law S t u d e n t s ' Legal Advice Program

Dear F r i e n d s a t C a r n e g i e ,

PLEASE NOTE DATES HAVE CHANGED The Law S t u d e n t s ' Legal Advice Program (LSLAP) o f f e r s f r e e l e g a l a d v i c e t o people who cannot a f f o r d a lawyer. Law s t u d e n t s , working under t h e s u p e r v i s i o n of a lawyer, can g i v e advice on a range of l e g a l i s s u e s , i n c l u d i n g a r e a s such as s m a l l c l a i m s , l a n d l o r d l t e n a n t d i s p u t e s , f a m i l y law and employer/employee r e l a t i o n s . Stud e n t s can a l s o assist i n t h e prepara t i o n of w i l l s and can handle uncont e s t e d d i v o r c e s . Where we a r e unable t o be of a s s i s t a n c e , we p r o v i d e ref e r r a l s t o the appropriate l e g a l o r s o c i a l s e r v i c e . The law s t u d e n t s i n v i t e anyone w i t h a l e g a l problem o r q u e s t i o n t o drop by o u r c l i n i c s .

LSLAP c l i n i c s w i l l be h e l d every Tuesday evening (except Feb.13) on t h e 3rd f l o o r of Carnegie from 7:00 t o 8:30. A r e g u l a r LSLAP c l i n i c w i l l a l t e r n a t e w i t h a Native LSLAP c l i n i c .

Both c l i n i c s a r e a v a i l a b l e t o everyone. The Native LSLAP c l i n i c s a r e a v a i l a b l e t o Native c l i e n t s who wish t o speak t o a Native law s t u d e n t .

Regular LSLAP: Feb.20, Mar.6 & 20 Native LSLAP: Feb.6 & 27, Mar.13 & 27 F u r t h e r information and o t h e r c l i n i c l o c a t i o n s may be o b t a i n e d by phoning LSLAP a t 228-5791.

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P l e a s e excuse my l o n g d e l a y i n answering your wee n o t e s .

I keep i n touch w i t h o u r d e a r f r i e n d s a t C.E.E.D.S., my a q u a i n t ance w i t h them going back t o 1975 when they s t a r t e d t h e commune a t t h e Borland Meadows.

I s t i l l p a t c h t h e i r Blue J e a n s f o r them. P e r i o d i c a l l y t h e y send up a box of mending, I mend t h e j e a n s and I would l i k e t o exmail them back. tend t h i s s e r v i c e t o you people; i f anyone & a l l need t h e i r j e a n s mended p l e a s e f o l l o w t h e same procedure a s do. I have our f r i e n d s a t C.E.E.D.S. a good open arm sewing machine now.

They have s i n c e moved t o t h e F r a s e r Valley which l e a v e s a n opening i n my hobby time.

Best r e g a r d s , K e i t h Carson 4813 Walsh Ave., T e r r a c e , B.C. V8GlY8

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Welcome, to what we believe will be the exciting 90's. The awareness of the environment, which we have been promoting for the past 15 years, is now the No.1 issue in the country.

We look upon the organic growers as the most environmentally (politically) aware strata of our society. The organic growers (from cattle ranchers to backyard gardeners) from the Peace River to Vancouver Island are organizing. C.E.E.D.S. will be active in the organic grower's associations in the Cariboo and the Shushwap-Thompson areas.

Due to the government's complete lack of participation in and promotion of organic gardening and farming the organic growers themselves are setting the standards and conditions.

This is the way it should be.

Dertified Organic Growers Associations (C.O.G.A.) will provide the consumer with locally grown certified organic products.

Now for some Barnyard News...

We have recently purchased 2 new boars - 1 Duroc (red) from the Fraser Valley, the other a Yorkshire (white) from the Okanagan. It's a good feeling to be able to liberate these pigs from the hideous conditions of the modern pig operation. Incidentally, we are one of the very few Duroc breeders in the province.

Our efforts in raising natural turkeys have been given a boost.

Nikki brought back 6 wild turkeys from Thetis Island. They were given to us by Gweyn Hunter. They have settled in well with our flock.

We are raising Shorthorn cattle.

Fifty or sixty years ago Shorthorns were next to the Herefords in popularity in the Cariboo. They are too an older breed that is getting hard to come by.

C.O.G.A.'s should be in the forefront of maintaining and developing rare breeds of plants and animals.

This year we well see the first offspring from our new registered Percheron stallion. Nine colts are expected this Spring.

Last Fall we moved from Bridge Lake to another farm at Horse Lake.

The new farm is located 1 mile up the road from our other C.E.E.D.S. farm on Horse Lake. We are pleased that we made the move.

C.E.E.D.S. is fortunate to have a woman from France living with us.

Pascale came to us through the Stewards of Irreplaceable Land (S.O.I.L.) an organic farm apprentice programme based in Victoria.

We are as active in local environmental issues as time allows. These issues include the Cache Creek dump, pulpwood agreements in the Cariboo and the spraying of herbicides in our forests and along roadsides.

Enclosed (preceeding) is an article that we found very interesting and similar to our sustaining membership plan. We are pleased to know that there are others on the same path.

At present we have 18 sustaining memberships. Our goal is 40. Also enclosed (following) is our brochure and we ask you to pass it on to someone who you feel may be interested in becoming a sustaining member of C.E.E.D.S. Visitors are welcomed and encouraged anytime.

Rob Diether Pres., C.E.E.D.S.

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N ITS VERDANT surface, Brookfield Farm does not appea; revolutionary. The neat rows of vegetables, the rich soil, and the moldering cornpost heaps suggest it's simply another 9ueU-run organic farm, one of the promising number that have sprung up in the past two decades as alternatives to petrochemical-based agriculture. But what can't b e seen among the broccoli and ' m s is the innovative economic model that has effectively fused the South Amherst, Slassachusetts, farm with its surrounding community, allowing it to thrive even a s countless other small farms have iailed.

Known broadly as community supported agriculture (CSA), the system is elegantly simple: Local households each pay a share of the farm's operating costs in exchange for a share of its yearly harvest. Twice a week. from May to October, the eighty-seven members of

Brookfield Farm pick up their freshfrom-the-field produce. And year-round, farmers Nicolette and Ian Robb have the security of knowing that their market is assured.

The CSA system. developed in Europe and still relatively unconlrnon in the United States, has become increasingly attractive to small specialty farmers such a s the Robbs and to frustrated consumers, ured of fearing for the safety of their food. And while the promise of fresh, chemical-free produce and dairy products at prices often well below that of health food stores is a powerful draw. proponents emphasize that the CSA model-hy putting people back in touch with the land-ultimately represents far more than a food-for-money swap. As Nicolette Robb puts it: "Brookfield Farm is not merely a place for raising food. It's a place people can feel connected to."

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Yearly membership in a CSA costs anywhere from $350 per person for a farm that offers only vegetables to $1,000 per family for a farm that also offers milk and eggs year-round (these larger farms also offer chemical-free meat, poultry, cheese, yogurt, honey, apple cider, or other processed foods, usually for a small additional fee). Even though many members emphasize that there's more to the CSA concept than economics, the bottom line is still rosy: Price comparisons by CSA members have found that comparable organic produce would cost up to 50 percent more on the retail market.

That's assuming that cbmparable items could be found. A typical CSA share entitles the member to a tenmonth cornucopia of vegetables rarely found fresh in supermarkets, let alone organic markets: from lettuce, beet greens, sugar peas, spinach, and strawberries in the spring to tomatoes, broccoli, kale, potatoes, and numerous varieties of squash and root crops that last well into the winter [see chart on page 431. Brookfield Farm's thirty-five vegetable and herb varieties, grown in succession plantings on a little under six acres, is about the norm. And because the CSA farmer's income is guaranteed, the collective can decide to grow vegetables that are economically unattractive but nutritionally valuable-crops that other small-market farmers might not bother with-such as carrots, beets, and potatoes. Indeed, John Donovan, a farmer with the South Egremont CSA, notes that his group's long-term goal is "to meet a family's total nutrition needs."

Perhaps the best endorsement for the value of the CSAs is demonstrated by the loyalty of members, who drop out only rarely. Indeed, several established CSAs report having waiting lists. 'This year we could have sold many more shares, there's no doubt," reports Donovan, whose CSA membership has climbed from 40 to 135 in the past four years.

"People are slowly waking up."

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afternoon, the first cars have begun to arrive at Brookfield Farm. The kids spill out first and head off to explore as the parents make their way past the flower beds and herb garden to the cool shade of the farm shed, where the Robbs have neatly laid out the day's harvest: crisp red chard, curly leaf lettuce, bunches of dewy radishes, a m matic strawberries. T h e blackboard explains what is available to be handpicked (plenty of peas and strawberries); volunteer storekeepers sit on lawn chairs, greeting newcomers and answering the inevitable questions about how much can be taken. It seems the idea of simply sharing nature's bounty is still awkward to those whose food usually comes buffed, shrink-wrapped, and stamped with a UPC bar code.

'You have to get away from the idea that this is just another store," Nicolette Robb explains. "People a r e getting together to support a form of agriculture.

The intention here is you completely remove the economics of the outside world." For members such a s Rosie Pearson, belonging to t h e CSA has served to restore a more natural econ* my to life, a rhythm of plantings and harvests too often lost in contemporary America, where a mere 3 percent of the population lives on farms and few people have any direct knowledge of where their food comes from. let alone how it is grown. "The idea iS that your lifestyle slowly evolves to the seasons of the farm," Pearson explains. "So when it's time to pick strawberries, you pick strawberries."

That direct involvement with the land can have a powerful appeal. Jill Agnew this year began an organic CSA at her farm in Sabattus, Maine, providing vegetables, pork, and range-fed turkey and chicken to forty households. 'People wander around and bring their kids out," she says. "When you live on a farm, you take a lot of that for granted. But those who don't find so much pleasure in just seeing a few sheep out back baa-ing.

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That's important to them." Adds Shouldice: "Besides food hunger, there's a kind of spiritual hunger. And if people feel they are a part of the earth, of the land, that's a whole other nourishment they can get"

comes along. The whole idea is to s u p port community farming, because it's disappearing."

For some biodynamic farms, such as W'I'HIS going for the CSA Brookfield, a nearby Waldorf school concept, why isn't there a CSA served as the seed for the community on every block? For starters, (Waldorf schools, like the biodynamic proponents note, you need arable land in method, are based on Steiner's work). In an area with enough of a surrounding other cases, the community must be population to support a farm. And that built from scratch, no easy task in a can be hard to find, because those same country founded on self-interest and qualities would make the land extremely fierce independence. For example, attractive to developers.

Steven McFadden, a journalist and Short-term leasing of a parcel of land, astrologer working on a book with Groh relatively common among mainstream about community supported agriculture, farmers, is not so attractive to CSAs, is organizing a CSA in New Ipswich, whose reliance on organic or biodynamic New Hampshire (the state that reminds methods requires a long-term investus to "Live Free or Die"). Despite his ment in soil building that could be lost if state's conservative leanings, McFadden the lease were broken. Nor would they says the CSA concept has been relatively want to borrow a large amount to buy well received: "In New Ipswich, people land (another all-too-common practice among mainstream farmers), which then 77le biudyrrarrrir ~torkurrt:Hoeirlg is b,herbicides out know there aren't any farmers anymore.

They know their vegetables come •’rom forces the farm to make enough profit to Mexico, and they care. People care pay its debts. "Our farms have been about agriculture. They know it's erodruined by our money system, by our ing." mortgage system," contends Trauger What's more, CSA members suggest Groh, a farmer with the seventy-five-famthat the process of coming together to ily CSA in Temple and Wilton, New support a farm can actually restore comHampshire. "The money system and sysmunity, like healthy farming practices tem of property tax force people to restore worn-out soil. CSAs often host overuse their land." seasonal festivals marking the spring Acquiring land for a new CSA today planting and the fall harvest, or offer seems to require ingenuity or good forworkshops where members learn to tune: Brookfield Farm is part of a land make jam, can vegetables, or dry herbs. trust established by former owners who A number of the biodynamic CSAs raise wanted the land kept as a farm; other their yearly revenue at a group meeting CSAs are owned outright by the farmer where members stand up and pledge the or members. The South Egremont CSA. amount they wish to give-a process facing relocation because its farm is up that members say builds not only capital for sale, has recently bought a new farm but also group solidarity. "It's a very from a landowner who wants the propermoving experience to be there," says ty farmed biodynamically.

Anthony Graham, a Temple-Wilton As important as land, CSA members farmer. At a recent meeting to close a say, is a surrounding community willing budget gap, he recalls, one of the memto shoulder the risks inherent in agriculbers summed up what the CSA was all ture. Notes Tom Earle, who this spring about. "He stood up and said, 'What we started his Mount Washington Valley are doing h e r e is not making CSA in Conway, New Hampshire: "If it's 771elast stop fir hanest leporen food-we're making community.' " simply a matter of trading money for vegetables, the whole idea gets degraded when the inevitable bad year for farming

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Dear Neighbour, This Wednesday, February 7, we will finally get a chance to tell Vancouver City Council what we think of their plan to truck 150,000 tons of garbage a year into Strathcona.

Thanks to citizen pressure, Council has agreed to hold a public meeting in Strathcona on their plan to construct an $8 willion garbage processing plant on the railway flats, 6 0 0 feet from Strathcona Park. Without that pressure, Council would have slipped the plant through with no neighbourhood consultation.

The meeting at Britannia (see opposite side) v a s a strong indication that people feel Vancouver should launch a ’ it even considers comprehensive recycling program b e • ore building a smelly, noisy, wasteful garbage plant that would bring up to 35 garbage trucks an hour through our streets.

What's more, if the plant is built, residents who live in co-ops, apartment buildings, public housing projects and hotels that use dumpsters will be excluded from the city's blue box recycling program for single-famlly homes, probably for years to come. . important for residents and communi ty It's organizations to attend the meeting and tell Council of our concerns.

Also, we can write or call Council members, especially those who still support the plant: Mayor Gordon Campbell and Alds. Carole Taylor, Sandra Wilking, Gordon Price, Don Bellamy, Phillip Owen and George Puil. They respond to that kind of direct citizen input. Call them a t 873-7621, or write c/o City Hall, 4 5 3 W. -12th, Vancouver V5Y 1VI. PUBLIC MEETING ON THE GARBAGE PLANT WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, at 7 P . M . at STRATHCONA SCHOOL AUDITOR IUH 5 9 2 EAST PENDER (NEAR COMMUNITY CENTRE).

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l~uxesTor sorling rccyrlihle gill lti~gy w i l l I* i ~ ~ ~ p l e ~ t li en ~hluy. ~ l c At l sitnlIi~r ~tilrrl(~rtrgrictl~ illSUIII~ IIIII~~~-~~IIIi l y ~ ~ c i g l ~ l t u r l ~ uwoicl ll sslur1 I:dcr ~ Illis year. I Isirid.

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I~t~urs. n l r l r c s I'rucu sunle houses i n I I w 'l'lle plant w u u l ~recover l a l least 11cigl111111 II~HIII. ~ w l ~ osill 30 p e r c c n l ul' l h e r a c y c l a l ~ l c hlilyor G u r t l o ~Ci~~nltltcll, "'I'l~eI c t c l ul'to~n~uunily co~~sulla.nlalcrial i n the gill bage uod truck ill I I w u u d i s n r c f u r III~IA o l ' l l ~ e M u l l y i~radequate." I I w r e ~ s u i r c l c rl o l l ~ e liott has IJCCII city's Ilurns three-hour ~nceling,seid lirlcr Illit1 she rilitl. "'l'hia c ~ ~ c e lappears ~ l ~ g l o liog dun~p,Iludbcry Iultl Ille n ~ c e l - lhc wssiun "ri~isrsa lo1 uCiss~wsa w l l o dcal with.

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And it appears to be working. Back at 'Brookfield Farm, Rosie Pearson holds her baby daughter and explains how the CSA has the items way she thinks about evenchanged such basic as money and food. "Most people feel there is a diiference in the food that is nourishing us here, because we're encouraged to feel this is our farm," she explains. "You're not paying for the price of vegetables and fruit You're paying for the life of a farm.

It's-a small start, but you can make a big ,change."

For more information, contact the BioDynamic Farming and Gardening Association, PO Box 550, Kimberton PA 19422, (215) 935 A

Harvest of Plenty ?he following h what one

share in the CSA in hberton, Pennsylvania, reaped in 1988, summer drought notwithstanding. Ihe cultivation of more than thirty veeeQbles and herbs is typicalfor a CSA

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Beans ...............................................

18Ibs. Beets ................................................29 Ibs. Broccoli .........................................

7 heads Cabbage...........................................

19 Ibs. Cantaloupe ......................................56 lbs.

Carrots.............................................51 Ibs. Cauliflower......................................2+ Ibs. Celery ..............;................................. 4 Ibs. Chinese Cabbage .:.......................15+Ibs. Corn................................................52 ears Cucumbers.................................... 1 Ibs. Eggplant ........:..;.,.......................... 6 Ibs. Kale .................................................... 7 Ibs. Leeks.................................................. 7 Ibs. 37 heads Lettuce.........................................

Mustard....i...................................... 1 Ib. Onions ............................................. 15Ibs. Parsley ............................................... 3 Ibs. Parsnips............................................. 8 Ibs. Peas .................................................. 2 Ibs. Sugar peas .................................... 1 Ibs. Peppers.......................................... 1% lbs.

Potatoes........................................ 1 Ibs. Radish .................................................. 1Ib. Scallions..........................................

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Spinach ........................................19 Ibs. Squash (summer) .......................... 13 Ibs. Squash (winter, pumpkin) ..........31+ Ibs. Swiss chard ..................................... 10 Ibs. Tomatoes......................................... S Ibs. Turnips ........................................6 Ibs. Watermelon ..................................25+ Ibs. Herbs .............................................. 9+Ibs.

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Communitv Enhancement & Economic Oevelo~ment Society

C.E.E.D.S. rents and operates four small farms in the South Cariboo, and a large organic garden on an lndlan Reserve In the North Thompsonnear Kamloops.Oursurplusorganic meat and vegetables are sold at Farmer's Markets and at the farm gates.

We raise and breed cattle, pigs, work horses, sheep, goats and honey bees, plus a wide variety of poultry.

The hisfork h'oneer Ranch, now a C.E.E.D.S.farm

INTRODUCTION C.E.E.D.S. has a colourfulfourteenyear history.

We look upon ourselves as the seeds of a movement to change the present day disastrous methods of agricutture.

The majority of our core members are in their early thirties. They have spent their entire adult lives livingand working forthe aims crndobjectives of C.E.E.D.S. During our early years we squatted on a natural meadow, the Borland Meadow, near Williams Lake. We were what might be called radical environmentalists. We now consider ourselves ecologists deeply concerned and actively working in the defense of Mother Nature.

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C.â‚Ź.E.D.S.

Activities

+ Sheep Project: For the past four summers we have shepherded a community flock on clear cuts replanted by Forestry. We believe. and hove demonstrated, that sheep are a viable atternative to herbicide spraying for weed control.

+ Horse Logglng: Once again our purpose

In selective logglng wfth horses is to provide an atternative to the devastating logging methods now being employed.

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4 Preservation and enhancement of rare

breeds of plants and anlmals such as I Cariboo potatoes, wild turkeys and Duroc ; ' pigs. We are producing more of our own vegetable seed.

4 Foster parenting.

4 C.E.E.D.S. farms continue to provide a

home and a meaningful lifestyle for street people.

4 Provide a school for those interested in

learning our labour Intensive organic farming methods.

+ Working for and barteringwith our neighbours and friends.

Sustaining Members At present we have seven sustalnlng members. These are groups and lndivlduals who hove supported us financialiywtth a fwe hundred dollar loan. These loans are being repaid with organic meat and vegetables from our farms In the amount of one hundred dottars per year.

More About Sustaining Membership

+ Plugs you lnto a reliable source of clean organic food. We would hope that sustaining members buy as much of their food from us as possible.

4 An opportunityto becomedirectlyInvolved

in the growing ecology movement.

4 Sustaining members are encouraged and

expected to visit our farms and attend our meetings when feasible.

+ Sustaining membership is intendedto

enhance and strengthen ties between town and country people.

Short Term Goals 4 To bring 33 more sustainlng members lnto

our Society.

Cmâ‚ŹE.DmSm Membership Full time: There are fifteen full time members. , both lndian & White. These people are volunteers who live and work on the C.E.E.D.S. farms. They are the farm managers.There Is no private property.

Part time: There are six lndian street people : who live undworkwtthusfluctuatingbetween , town and the farms.

+ Establish another C.E.E.D.S.

communtty farm in the North Okanagan.

+ Recruit more part time members.

Long Term Goals

+ Establish C.E.E.D.S.

farms In communities throughout the province.

CONCLUSION The additional33 sustaining memberships we are seeking will allow us to expand our agricuiturai base into the NorthOkanaganand assist us In planning our production for the coming year.

C.E.E.D.S.presently can produceenoughfood to provide for forty sustaining memberships.

Over our fourteen year history we have seen the environmentalcflsk switch from the back burnertothe front. Moreand more people are becoming aware that something must be done and done soon. C.E.E.D.S. is doing something.

We are in the forefront of acttveiy coming to the defense of Mother Earth. Our deeds do match our words.

M r , Norman Mark, P r e s i d e n t ,

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Dear M r . Mark, F u r t h e r t o my l e t t e r of December 21, 1989, p l e a s e f i n d e n c l o s e d correspondence r e l a t i n g t o t h e H e a l t h & S a f e t y i n s p e c t i o n of t h e Roosevelt Hotel c a r r i e d o u t by t h e C i t y ' s Environmental H e a l t h D i v i s i o n on Janua r y 3, 1990.

Ald. Libby Davies

I confirmed an ongoing problem w i t h t e n a n t s throwing garbage from upper s u i t e / r o o m windows.

The manager has p u t up warning s i g n s , a d v i s e s incoming tena n t s of p r o p e r h a n d l i n g and e v i c t s c h r o n i c problem-makers From t i m e t o t i m e a l l l a n e s i n t h i s a r e a c r e a t e s i m i l a r problems and a r e ~ n i t o r e d .

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Rick Findlay, Insp.

To S p e c i a l Council Comm. on S e n i o r s The above premises (Roosevelt) was r e i n s p e c t e d on January 3 , 1990 t o determine p r o g r e s s s i n c e o u r l a s t i n s p e c t i o n . I have a t t a c h e d t h e D i s t r i c t Public h e a l t h inspector's r e p o r t f o r your i n f o r m a t i o n .

W e w i l l c o n t i n u e t o monitor t h e s i t u a t i o n t a k i n g whatever motion i s n e c e s s a r y t o a s s u r e compliance. I f you have any q u e s t i o n s , p l e a s e d o n ' t h e s i t a t e t o c o n t a c t me.

W.C. Hutton Environmental H e a l t h Div.

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Roosevelt H o t e l Garbage

A t your r e q u e s t , I a t t e n d e d t h e s e premises as a follow-up t o B i l l McI n t y r e ' s i n s p e c t i o n i n e a r l y Dec. Garbage F a c i l i t i e s : 1) A C i t y of Vancouver commercial bin is supplied i n t h e East alley.

- It i s t i g h t t o t h e w a l l , c l o s e d and locked.

- One a r e a of t h e a l l e y a l o n g t h e w a l l had a small accumulat i o n of t r a n s i e n t domestic garbage. T h i s was removed i m m e d i a t e l y when p o i n t e d o u t t o t h e manager.

2) Advised t o monitor t h e "loose1' garbage i n t h e a l l e y more closely.

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From t h e Learning C e n t r e A t a r e c e n t ~ t u d e n t / ~ u t omeeting r a t t h e Learning C e n t r e , two g u e s t s p e a k e r s e n r o l l e d i n t h e Adult Educ a t i o n program a t UBC spoke t o u s about t h e i r c o u r s e . They a r e pres e n t l y studying d i f f e r e n t types of a d u l t e d u c a t i o n f a c i l i t i e s such a s B.C. T e l , t h e Open Learning Agency and s o on. Cathy and Camilla would l i k e t o meet i n f o r m a l l y w i t h s t u d e n t s and t u t o r s t o d i s c u s s what i s s p e c i a l a n d / o r d i f f e r e n t about Carn e g i e , what works o r d o e s n ' t work f o r them and o t h e r r e l a t e d t o p i c s .

I f you a r e i n t e r e s t e d , p l e a s e come by t h e Learning Centre on Tuesday, February 13, between 4:30 & 7:OO. I n r e t u r n , t h e UBC s t u d e n t s cordi a l l y i n v i t e a l l i n t e r e s t e d people t o a t t e n d one of t h e i r c l a s s e s on Tuesday, February 20th. T h e i r c l a s s i s h e l d from 4:30-7:OO; p l e a s e meet a t t h e Learning C e n t r e a t 3:30 pm.

I f you a r e i n t e r e s t e d i n a t t e n d i n g t h e c l a s s o r l e a r n i n g more about t h e I I exchange program", please contact

Lex Baas o r Claude Mortimer i n t h e Learning Centre.

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THE BOOK VOYAGE

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~ a n a d a ' sBook Voyage i s p a r t of a world-wide p r o j e c t f o r I n t e r n a t i o n a l L i t e r a c y Year, 1990. S e r i e s of blank books w i l l t r a v e l throughout countries, providing o p p o r t u n i t i e s f o r l e a r n e r s t o f i l l t h e pages w i t h t h e i r own w r i t i n g s and drawings.

I n Canada, t h e Movement f o r Canad i a n L i t e r a c y i s i n i t i a t i n g twelve books t o c i r c u l a t e i n e a c h p r o v i n c e and t e r r i t o r y . The Voyage w i l l b e launched i n O t t a w a , where a l e a r n e r from each p r o v i n c e o r t e r r i t o r y w i l l be p r e s e n t e d w i t h a b l a n k book t o b r i n g back t o t h e r e g i o n h e o r s h e represents.

THE PURPOSES OF THE BOOK VOYAGE ARE: ..................................

1 ) To i n v o l v e l e a r n e r s themselves i n I n t e r n a t i o n a l L i t e r a c y Year, by c r e a t i n g t h e i r own c o l l e c t i v e cultural project 2) To c r e a t e l i n k s between l i t e r a c y groups i n d i f f e r e n t p a r t s of Canada and c r e a t e f e e l i n g s of s o l i d a r i t y w i t h l e a r n e r s everywhere.

3) To raise p u b l i c awareness of lite r a c y i n Canada and t o keep l i t e r a c y h i g h on t h e p o l i t i c a l agenda d u r i n g t h e Decade of L i t e r a c y , 1990 - 2000.

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Karma of Zen Not f o r g e t t i n g y e t n o t d w e l l i n g forward I go Learning from each day a s i t happens, Thus I grow from c h i l d t o a d u l t .

I n remembering t h e p a s t and l e a r n i n g from i t , I overcome today.

Yesterday's v i s i o n s of tomorrow may f r i g h t e n i n t h e wake of today...

However i n t h e s e l a y a t r u e power in knowing..one may a l t e r t h e outcome, not f o r o n e ' s sake b u t f o r t h e g r e a t e r good.

Yet f o u r c o n d i t i o n s must be met.

Hence, what must b e must be whether f o r weal o r woe

Therefore u n t i l t h e g r e a t e r need w e l l s * t h e one must remain s i l e n t l i k e the old oath Witnessing and r e c o r d i n g a l l t h a t w a s and a l l t h a t i s t o be; Unable t o change t h e c o u r s e of e v e n t s save t h o s e touching t h e s e l f . . t a k i n g i n t h e joys and d e s p a i r of t h e world a s one s e e s t h e g r e a t e r plan u n f o l d .

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I passed by t h e w e l f a r e o f f i c e a t 32nd & Main. The s c e n e bef o r e m e w a s a huge & fancy r e s t aurant with l i n e n tablecloths & napkins; people were e a t i n g i n t h i s expensive p l a c e and gazing o u t of t h e l a r g e windows, Outside i n t h e r a i n , people were l i n e d up f o r t h e i r monthly cheques and a S e c u r i t y Guard was watching t h e m . . m o s t l ~ WOmen & c h i l d r e n . It had been a 10% time s i n c e ~ e c e m b e r ' s cheque* HOW hungry t h e y must have been a s t h e y smelled food and s a w t h e

shame and embarrsssment.

I koilder how t h e ' e a t e r s ' f e l t ?

Did t h e y c a r e about t h e hungry o u t s i d e ? T h i s made me s o sad and angry.

How could t h i s r e s t a u r a n t be under a welfare office?..a place t h a t none of t h o s e l i n e d up outs i d e c o u l d even a f f o r d ? HOW insens i t i v e can people be t o s t a r t such a b u s i n e s s and design t h e i r p l a c e Like t h a t ?

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AS a newcomer t o B r i t i s h Columbia xfrn at t h i s negative a t t i t u d e t h a t r e v o l v e s around i t s c u r r e n t p r o v i n c i a l government. Obviously it i s my impression t h a t t h i s government i s n o t w e l l - l i k e d . Rumor h a s i t t h a t t h e i r c u r r e n t l e a d e r h a s invested i n t e r e s t w i t h t h e South Afr i c a n government. It i s a l s o rumored t h a t t h e S o c i a l C r e d i t government is c o n s i d e r e d t o be t h e " r i c h man's party".

1 ' v e known some r i c h men i n my l i f e and a l t h o u g h they may have t h e i r scruples, I don't consider them t o b e a l l bad. "Name some!" you a s k . When one t h i n k s back d u r i n g t h e Second World War, t h e r e were men l i k e Gordon S i n c l a i r who warned Canadians a s a whole about ~ i t l e r ' si n t e n t i o n s of r u l i n g t h e world and c r e a t i n g a s u p e r r a c e , u s i n g people as guinea p i g s t o achi e v e h i s g o a l s . Had i t n o t been f o r guys l i k e him ( S i n c l a i r ) a l o t of us would n o t be around. True t h e man admitted t h a t h e d i d n ' t p o s s e s s any r e l i g i o u s c o n v i c t i o n s of any k i n d , but when one t h i n k s of a l l t h e 'opt i o n s ' w e have today I c a n ' t s a y as I blame him one b i t ; e s p e c i a l l y w i t h a l l t h e s e s o - c a l l e d "Holy Wars" a l o t of u s have heard about i n t h e United S t a t e s . It c e r t a i n l y makes i t tough f o r any k i d growing up i n a modern s o i c e t y t o d e c i p h e r what i s r i g h t and what i s wrong morally.

To t e l l you t h e t r u t h I d i d l i k e Jimmy Swaggert a l o t because h e spoke f o r c e f u l l y about t h e e v i l s of pornography and homosexuality two elements t h a t o u r c u r r e n t s o c i e t y h a s more o r l e s s condoned as a r e s u l t of t h e s e x u a l r e v o l u t i o n t h a t evolved d u r i n g t h e e a r l y 6 0 ' s .

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However I do n o t a g r e e w i t h t h e t h e o r y of t h e s e t e l e - e v a n g e l i s t s t h a t t h e B e a t l e s and rock 'n r o l l a r e e n t i r e l y a c c o u n t a b l e f o r what seems t o be most of .our c u r r e n t problems.

MY impression of t h e 60's i s t h a t t h e s e c o l d r e a l i t i e s came o u t a s a r e s u l t of a V i c t o r i a n Era i n which sex was considered taboo.

I n those days people d i d n ' t speak a s openly about t h e s u b j e c t as w e do now.

Without i s a l o t of u s wouldn't be h e r e and w i t h o u t i t a l o t of u s wouldn't s e e any p o i n t i n being h e r e .

Some of u s do n o t s h a r e t h a t opini o n however; t h e r e a r e l i t t l e H i t l e r s running around even today claiming t h a t t h e y can do a b e t t e r job than God d i d . Rumor has i t t h a t M r . Van derzalm i s one of t h o s e guys. A l l I have t o s a y t o you M r . Vanderzalm is 'good l u c k ' .

Judging from your pers o n a l i t y you may have t h e brawn but whether you have t h e b r a i n s t o accomplosh such a f e a t i s questionable.

What do I s e e f o r you a f t e r you ret i r e ? Well I h a t e t o b r e a k t h e bad news t o you b u t l i k e most people you w i l l d i e and soon be f o r g o t t e n . . n o t only by t h e people of B r i t i s h Columb i a b u t by people from your own cabi n e t , p a r t i c u l a r l y Grace McCarthy.

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Editor,

11/1/90

C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s t o Carnegie reachi n g i t s t e n t h b i r t h d a y January 20th.

D e s p i t e o p p o s i t i o n from some p o l i t i c i a n s , Carnegie h a s become a t r u e "people place1' and m a i n t a i n s a v e r y s t r o n g presence i n one of ~ a n c o u v e r ' s o l d e s t neighbourhoods.

Cheers t o a n o t h e r extremely succe s s f u l decade!

Darren Lowe Editor, Today I r e c e i v e d a copy o f t h e Carnegie N e w s l e t t e r and r e a d i t through. There was much i n f o r m a t i o n t h a t was v a l u a b l e .

However, I thought t h a t t h e poem

by Joe Ringer t i t l e d "Why We Worship God" was v e r y o f f e n s i v e . T h i s newsl e t t e r should keep t o i t s s o c i a l and p o l i t i c a l g o a l s . B r i n g i n g God i n t o i t i s a r e l i g i o u s i s s u e which should n o t be a p a r t of your magazine and i f i t i s t h e o t h e r s i d e should be heard a l s o .

I hope i n t h e f u t u r e you w i l l u s e b e t t e r t a s t e i n t h e s e l e c t i o n of a r t i c l e s such a s t h i s one.

Sincerely, D.B.

DEADLINE APPROACHING

Editor, L a s t month's Oak Bay b y e l e c t i o n proved one good p o i n t . P e o p l e d o n ' t v o t e f o r c a n d i d a t e s anymore. I f t h e y had, Oak Bay Mayor Susan B r i c e would have won by a l a n d s l i d e d e s p i t e h e r a l l e g i a n c e t o S o c i a l C r e d i t . I hope Carnegie Newsletter r e a d e r s w i l l c h a l l e n g e themselves by n o t v o t i n g f o r the party i n t h e next provincial e l e c t i o n b u t i n s t e a d f o r t h e person.

J u s t t h i n k how much s t r o n g e r of a government and l e g i s l a t u r e we would have i f i t w a s composed of men and women who had been e l e c t e d because of t h e i r p a s t r e c o r d of involvement in t h e i r communities and n o t j u s t t h e i r involvement i n o r g a n i z a t i o n s which p a i d them f o r t h e i r e f f o r t s .

I n Vancouver w e need t o e l e c t 10 MLAs who a r e n ' t j u s t t h e r e because t h e y s u p p o r t t h e Socreds o r t h e NDP b u t because t h e y w i l l w e l l r e p r e s e n t t h e i r c o n s t i t u e n c y . We need MLAs who a r e w i l l i n g t o r u f f l e f e a t h e r s , v o t e a g a i n s t t h e p a r t y l i n e from t i m e t o t i m e and t o work i n t h e i r r i d i n g and n o t j u s t i n V i c t o r i a .

E l e c t i n g a b e t t e r government instealf a d i f f e r e n t government i s a wort w i l e New Year s resolution.

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$303,922 - t h a t ' s t h e amount of money g r a n t e d t o Lower Mainland youth o r g a n i z a t i o n s and youth proj e c t s l a s t y e a r by t h e p r o v i n c i a l government's BC Youth Advisory Counc i l (BCYAC). I f you o r your organi z a t i o n have a p r o j e c t which req u i r e s s t a r t - u p funding and encoura g e s a c t i v e community involvement by young people, apply now f o r a 1990 BCYAC g r a n t .

Contact Lower Mainland committee member Darren Lowe a t 6885274 f o r a n a p p l i c a t i o n form and f u r t h e r information. A l l a p p l i c a t i o n s must be r e c e i v e d by t h e BCYAC no l a t e r t h a n February 1 5 t h .

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Editor The Molson booze r a c e f o r 4 days on t h e Labour Day weekend i s now o f f i c i a l . The Downtown E a s t s i d e w i l l be a b l e , f o r 4 days & n i g h t s , t o h e a r l o t s of c h e e r i n g n o i s e s , s m e l l burning r u b b e r and listen t o t i r e s screeching b u t Mayor Campbell i s v e r y happy. Molson may i n t r o d u c e a new product h e r e - t h e y could a p t l y name i t "Canned Campbell'' ..a weak blend of yellow c o l o u r guara n t e e d t o g i v e anyone a headache.

The promoters a l s o s a y t h e C i t y w i l l g a i n $30 m i l l i o n . . b u t d o n ' t s a y what t h e c o s t s w i l l be f o r banking corn e r s , t r a f f i c d i v e r s i o n o f f t h e Camb i e S t r e e t b r i d g e , o f f Quebec S t . , around t h e stadium, e t c . , t h e p o l i c e d e t a i l s f o r t r a f f i c and p a r k i n g f o r spectators....

The poor r e s i d e n t s i n t h e Georgia S t r e e t Viaduct h o t e l w i l l need t o be r e l o c a t e d . Seeing o u r h o s t e l s a r e overcrowded, maybe Campbell w i l l l e t them s l e e p i n C i t y H a l l Chambers. ( I t seems some Council members a r e h a l f a s l e e p d u r i n g meetings.)

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I have been f o l l o w i n g w i t h i n t e r e s t t h e exchanges between Tora and s e v e r a l DERA s u p p o r t e r s .

A t f i r s t I was surprised not t o mention p l e a s e d t h a t something o t h e r than p o e t r y was f i l l i n g up t h e pages.

(Before any p o e t s a r e a f f r o n t e d , l e t me p o i n t o u t t h a t - y e s - I myself have s u b m i t t e d an o c c a s i o n a l poem. ) But Tora w a s j u s t a t a d outnumbered by h i s d e t r a c t o r s whose comments o f t e n had l i t t l e o r no b e a r i n g on h i s s t a t e m e n t s . And h i s l e t t e r s were c l e a r , c o n c i s e and needed no i n t e r preting.

As I r e c a l l the Eastside residents had and have no s a y about t h e impact i t w i l l make on them.

The r a c e s h o u l d have been on Marine Drive and U n i v e r s i t y Roadway. . o r is i t because t h e r e s i d e n t s t h e r e would have s a i d 'no n o i s e ' o r ' t a k e i t downtown'. ..why n o t Beach D r . and t h e road c o u r s e a t S t a n l e y Park? The West End r e s i d e n t s a r e t i r e d of n o i s e from Sea F e s t i v a l . . t h e p a r k i n g problems & booze p a r t i e s . So C i t y Council dumps i t on t h e E a s t s i d e .

W i l l t h e p r o f i t s be used towards S o c i a l Housing o r w i l l i t be used f o r wining & d i n i n g more i n v e s t o r s 6 deve l o p e r s t o come and b u i l d t h e i r overp r i c e d K i t t y L i t t e r condos h e r e ? !

With t h e 4 m i l l i o n people coming t o s e e t h e r a c e , maybe " ~ o l s o nCanned Campbell" w i l l g i v e East Enders a t l e a s t f r e e p a s s e s & hot dogs f o r t h a t 4-day weekend. And iflwhen t h e c a r s smash up t h e new "Campbell Can Crusher" r e c y c l i n g depot w i l l b e open t h e n ?

He hopes !

James F i s c h e r

I r e a l i z e t h a t r e a c t i o n demonstrates r e a d e r s h i p , b u t what I saw was n o t r e a c t i o n b u t an avalanche of o v e r k i l l .

And t h e l a s t time I looked, freedom of speech was perhaps . s u f f e r i n g from t h e w i n t e r doldrums, b u t a l i v e and w e l l and l i v i n g i n t h e downtown e a s t s i d e , A.K.A. s k i d row. O r maybe t h a t was M a r j o r i e Mallard I saw.

Joanne Hamen

W e Canadian Fools A l l . . .

Once upon a t i m e w e Canadian f o o l s mark an 'X' i n d i c a t i n g o u r c h o i c e of c a n d i d a t e - our s e l e c t i o n f o r o u r n e x t d i c t a t o r who w i l l r u l e o v e r o u r l i v e s and i n f l i c t upon u s h i s o r h e r w i l l o v e r a p e r i o d of f o u r longs u f f e r i n g , tax-begotten y e a r s .

We s i l e n t l y endure d e f i a n c e of t h e p u b l i c w i l l , begrudgingly b u t obedie n t l y pay i n t o a b o t t o m l e s s p i t of tax-grabs, growl o v e r talk-shows a i r e d v i a r a d i o and telecom, shudder a t s a c r e l i g i o u s giveaways of o u r hard-earned wages, t i g h t e n o u r b e l t s while t h e moguls i n o f f i c e s p l u r g e about from one c o u n t r y t o a n o t h e r i n p l a n e s and motorcars ( e s c o r t e d w i t h entourage) a l l a t t h e c o s t of Canad i a n f o o l s who b r e a k o u r backs t o support such t r a v e s t y .

Yes; we a r e f o o l s i n d e e d , s c u r r y i n g about b a r e l y a b l e t o a f f o r d t h e n e c e s s i t i e s of l i f e f o r o u r s e l v e s and o u r c h i l d r e n , a t g r e a t l o s s of p r i d e , s e l f - r e s p e c t and d i g n i t y .

Think on t h i s and t h i n k w e l l ; t h i n k long and t h i n k h a r d .

YE POOR FOOLS!

By Whooo Editor, I ' m darn angry a t watching my f e l l o w s e n i o r s dying from c a n c e r o r r e s p i r a t o r y d i s e a s e s and t h e main cause i s t h e exhaust coming from carbon monoxide! My these cars eyes water everytime I go o u t on t h e s t r e e t from t h i s carbon monoxide.

When w i l l our e l e c t e d governments ban t h e s e c a r s from o u r s t r e e t s and upgrade o u r t r a n s i t system s o we d o n ' t have t h e s e c a r s on o u r s t r e e t s .

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Carnegie Town Meeting JOHN TURVEY Downtown E a s t s i d e Youth P r o j e c t RALPH BUCKLEY S t r a t h c o n a Mental H e a l t h Team STEPHEN LEAREY Downtown East s i d e R e s i d e n t s ' Assoc.

KAREN 0 ' SHANNACERY The Lookout

THE HEN OR THE EGG?

I never could q u i t e comprehend Which came f i r s t - t h e e g g 4 t h e hen So b e a r w i t h me i f you b u t w i l l Help s o l v e t h i s q u e s t i o n w i t h o u r s k i l l .

The q u e s t i o n t h e n a r i s e s "Why?" Such f u s s and s o much hue and c r y Could E i n s t i e n ' s t h e o r y h e r e a p p l y Are we t o be l e f t h i g h and d r y ?

S o l u t i o n t h e r e must s u r e l y be Arrived a t s c i e n t i f i c a l l y As s u r e l y as t h e egg g o t h e r e There s u r e l y was a hen you h e a r .

But i f t h e hen came from t h e e H P l e a s e t h i n k on t h i s of yoii I beg I s a y t h e egg came from t h e hen So t h e r e ' s t h e how and where and when.

Wherefor t o a l l I do propose No m o r t a l human r e a l l y knows A s Shakespeare s a i d , "Yea v e r i l y t ' Indeed what f o o l s w e m o r t a l s be.

Wilf Barbeau

ond day, J a n . 1 5 , I began t h e day b u n t i n g f o r work i n t h e want a d s . one a d s t a t e d : "5 s t r o n g w o r k e r s needed i n a s c u l p t u r i n g s t u d i o . " So I t h o u g h t i t would b e a new e x p e r i ence i n a c r e a t i v e and c u l t u r a l environment. I phoned t h e guy up and he s a i d i t w a s mass p r o d u c t i o n work, t h e k i n d of work where some p e o p l e q u i t a f t e r 3 h o u r s and o t h e r s work f o r 2 y e a r s and l i k e i t .

Anyway t h e n e x t day I went t o t r y i t . I g o t t h e r e a r 7 am. The p l a c e i s c a l l e d WOLF SCULPTORS, a t 10 Dunlevy, but it's hard t o find. There's no a d d r e s s on t h e f r o n t d o o r . . o n l y a cardboard s i g n w i t h hand-written i n f o r m a t i o n on i t n e x t t o a g a r a g e door. I p r e s s e d t h e b u t t o n ( a s t h e s i g n s a i d ) and was l e d t o t h e work area.

T h i s work area was p a r t o f a long assembly l i n e . It was c o l d , v e r y g r a y and n o i s y . The j o b w a s t o pour l i q u i d c l a y (which was r e a l l y gypsum cement) i n t o t h e s e r u b b e r c a s i n g s o r moulds. The c l a y h a r d e n s w i t h o u t h e a t i n g and i s r o l l e d a l o n g t h e l i n e .

A t t h e o t h e r end we g r a b a r a c k of t h e moulds and r i p t h e r u b b e r away from t h e cement. When you p u l l t h e cement o u t you g e t i n s t a n t I n u i t s c u l p t u r e s ! R e a l l y ! I was shocked!

W e g e t $5 a n h o u r and each h o u r w e p u l l e a s i l y 50 t o 100 a s s o r t e d " s c u l p t u r e s " of p o l a r b e a r s , seals, l o o n s , mothers b r e a s t f e e d i n g t h e i r young, r a c o o n s , you name i t . A l l t h e s e a r e done i n t h a t I n u i t s t y l e of a r t . To t o p i t a l l o f f , e v e r y o t h e r employee b e s i d e s myself w a s of immigrant s t a t u s : C h i n e s e , P h i l l i p i n o and E a s t I n d i a n backgrounds.

One guy h a s been i n Canada 3 months from I n d i a and h a s b e e n working f o r 2 months a t Wolf S c u l p t u r e s . Most of

them s p e a k v e r y l i t t l e E n g l i s h , j u s t enough t o u n d e r s t a n d " f i x i n g ," which i n t h i s j o b means p l a c i n g t h o s e moulds w i t h a i r b u b b l e s o r i n t e n s e mould marks on them i n a p i l e t o g e t "fixed." ~ t ' s a f i l t h y j o b ; you g e t covered w i t h d u s t on your arms and d r o p s of c l a y l a n d on your p a n t s . I t ' s wet a t t i m e s , h a v i n g t o dunk y o u r d i s h g l o v e covered hands i n warm w a t e r t o h e l p c l e a n t h e r u b b e r moulds. The e a t i n g room i s a s c o l d a s t h e warehouse.

I became f u r i o u s when I saw t h e t h e r m o s t a t was t u r n e d o f f . L a t e r a company e x e c was showing an i n v e s t o r how t h e i r p r o d u c t was made. Of c o u r s e b o t h were p o l i s h e d i n t y p i c a l Mulroney monkey-suits, s t i c k i n g o u t against us d i r t y pigs i n the p i t making money f o r them. Right a f t e r t h a t I went t o t h e bathroom, c l e a n e d up and l e f t w i t h o u t t e l l i n g anyone.

I had t o g e t o u t of t h a t s l a v e p e n . . & fast.

I l a t e r checked a t o u r i s t shop on Water S t r e e t and s u r e enough t h e s e p r o d u c t s were t h e r e . On t h e bottom i s a s t i c k e r s a y i n g "HAND MADE I N CANADA - A WOLF ORIGINAL." I toid t h e s t o r e owner about Wolf S c u l p t u r e but h e r e f u s e d t o cancel h i s account T h e i r s t i c k e r is t e c h n i c a l l y r i g h t i n t h a t t h o u s a n d s of t h e s e t h i n g s a r e made "by hand" b u t i t ' s wrong.

I ' m t h i n k i n g of ways t o p r o t e s t t h i s e x p l o i t a t i o n of I n u i t a r t and i m m i grant labour.

By STEVE ROSE

RECYCLING PEOPLE UPWARD

A l o t of p e o p l e f e e l wasted..not a p p r e c i a t e d . The human, wasted people's moral i s r e a l l y low. We have n o t a p p r e c i a t e d each o t h e r because we a r e s o busy competing. S o c i e t y h a s dumped people o u t i n t o t h e s t r e e t s w i t h no housing, t o c r e a t e t h e r i g h t s e t t i n g f o r some. They c a n ' t r e l a t e t o poor people because they've never t r i e d t o g e t t o know them.

Our s o c i e t y i s v e r y Dogmatic..they Like t o 'Dog' people.

That means t o c o n t r o l them completely. That i s why t h e r e are s o many Rebels today.

The young people have a r e b e l l i o n w i t h music and drugs.

The c l o s e s t animal t o man i s t h e Dog and men and women r e a l l y g e t down when t h e y a r e dogged by e a c h o t h e r and s o c i e t y . W e must p u l l people up w i t h o p p o r t u n i t y and acceptance. The main s c e n e i s t o o small f o r s o many people. W e must make t h e s o c i a l s c e n e and work s c e n e b i g g e r t o i n c l u d e more p e o p l e . The basement is t o o b i g f o r t h e house.

W e need t o add more rooms t o t h e main house ( S o c i e t y ) and more f l o o r s t o r a i s e more people up.

S o c i e t y needs more J O B SHARINC w i t h people only working f o u r o r f i v e e can have fewer peoh o u r s a day. W p l e on w e l f a r e . There would be more people s h a r i n g j o b s and none would l o s e t h e i r homes.

W e need a new World Bank t o o v e r s e e the r e d i s t r i b u t i o n of wealth, seeing t h a t everyone i n t h e world i s comfort a b l e . People a r e a n i n v e s t m e n t .

L e t ' s a p p r e c i a t e God and s e r v e H i m more.

Submarines and guns s h o u l d be changed i n t o a new human-occupied s a t e l l i t e t h a t r o t a t e s t h e Earth, g i v i n g news t o e v e r y c o u n t r y . The 1990's should be t h e IDEAL NINETIES.

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B e t t y J a c q u e l i n e Robertson (Riverview H o s p i t a l )

And is there mercury still for tea?

FIVE WEEK MONTH BLUES When l i f e comes down t o t w i g s & s e e d s And hope i s overgrown w i t h weeds It's n i c e t o have t h e b a s i c needs: T o i l e t paper & c o f f e e .

I f there is nothing l e f t t o share And f r i e n d s h i p s d r i f t away e l s e w h e r e What s a v e s t h e s o u l from t o t a l d e s p a i r : T o i l e t paper & c o f f e e .

I f s t r a n d e d on a l o s t i s l a n d O r on a d e s e r t ' s burning sand A l l I need i s a good book and T o i l e t paper & c o f f e e .

Garry Gust

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Native c u l t u r e c o n s i s t s of s h a r i n g , c a r i n g and l o v i n g . I b e l i e v e i t should a l s o b r i n g peace and warmth a f t e r coming f r o m a g a t h e r i n g . I go t o d i f f e r e n t ones where I d o n ' t g e t any s p i r i t u a l f e e l i n g , s o why should I go on p r e t e n d i n g . The f e e l i n g s I g e t a r e j e a l o u s y , b i t t e r n e s s and l o r d knows what.

My a n c e s t o r s were v e r y proud and c o l l e c t i v e people. They took everyt h i n g s e r i o u s l y . People who organi z e Pow Wows d o n ' t t a k e t h e time t o e x p l a i n and t e l l u s what t h e songs mean. My g r a n d p a r e n t s always exp l a i n e d and t o l d u s t h e meaning of t h e songs.

Not a l l people understand about Cree o r any songs. I ' m a n o r i g i n a l G i t k s a n - B r i t i s h Columbian baby. How am I supposed t o know t h e background of t h o s e songs? I t ' s n o t t h a t I have d i s r e s p e c t b u t d o n ' t w e a l l have Native c u l t u r e , d o n ' t we e x i s t ; I ' m saying t h i s t o a l l our B r i t i s h Columbia N a t i v e s .

People who q u i t d r i n k i n g and doi n g drugs a r e s o c r i t i c a l . They tend t o e r a s e t h e i r p a s t and push i n o u r f a c e how good they a r e . It may l o o k good on t h e o u t s i d e b u t have you cleaned i n s i d e your h e a r t . Your mind should be c l e a r .

I never l o o k upon a b u i l d i n g o r church t o worship. I o n l y b e l i e v e what's i n my h e a r t . It t e l l s me what my C r e a t o r wants me t o do.

Bootleggers who q u i t d r i n k i n g a r e j u s t a s g u i l t y . They have a n e r v e t o preach b u t s t i l l s e l l you booze!

The beauty of o u r a n c e s t o r ' s c u l t u r e i s slowly f a d i n g i n t h e wind.

People w i l l s t e a l a n y t h i n g t o s u p p o r t a habit.

They have no r e s p e c t f o r anyone's belongings. I c a l l i t greed.

Greed w i l l b r i n g no one s u c c e s s .

I b e l i e v e i n one c u l t u r e t o surv i v e i n t h i s c r a z y world. I b e l i e v e i n freedom, l o v e , peace and happiness.

These a r e t h e most e s s e n t i a l t h i n g s t h a t keep my mind a t peace w i t h my Creator.

By BONNIE ELIZABETH STEVENS

Friday n i g h t s i n t h e Learning Centre a t 7 pm, we s h a r e o u r p o e t r y and o t h e r w r i t i n g s . New p o e t s , o l d p o e t s , d i f f e r e n t s t y l e s , d i f f e r e n t i d e a s - we we communicate w i t h each o t h e r ! laugh I w a s going t o f a c i l i t a t e i t once a week b u t t h e w r i t e r s want i t a v a i l a b l e t o whomever drops i n and wants t o s h a r e o r l i s t e n , o r both. P o e t r y is j u s t thoughts w r i t t e n i n l i n e s t h a t flow o r d o n ' t flow, Check i t o u t !

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Catherine Anne Fontana So many m i l e s away So many y e a r s away Apart we have grown Together we were happy f o r t h e time Yet f o r e v e r we a r e j o i n e d and bonded We may never s e e o r t a l k a g a i n I n o u r c h i l d we a r e both s t i l l Such a shame, such a beauty How c o u l d two people who s o loved Be s o c r u e l .

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STAND UP FOR YOU'RE A MAN One June day I was l o o k i n g f o r my Dad When they s a i d , "Go away f o r he i s dead"; So I went away t o f i n d t h e son But i n s t e a d I came back t o f i n d no one B e s u r e t o grow up and be a f i n e l a d Without much l u c k and minus a Dad; And when I f e l l f a c e f i r s t i n t h e sand They s a i d , "Stand up f o r y o u ' r e a man."

I had many h a t e s and f e a r s Entangled i n my broken y e a r s ; But d o n ' t g i v e up f o r i t ' s a must Keep on working ' t i 1 you t u r n t o d u s t I d i d j u s t t h a t i n my e i g h t h y e a r When a g i r l drove m e t o many t e a r s ; She h a t e d me s o much t h a t I r a n Then s h e s a i d , "Stand up f o r y o u ' r e a man."

Many days have gone by now F a t h e r l e s s boys must always bow; To everyone who blocks t h e i r p a t h They cannot l i v e i n t h e p a s t The s i l v e r b u l l e t has p i e r c e d my e a r s So many t i m e s t h a t I have t o c h e e r ; I r e a l l y d o n ' t g i v e a damn SO, "Stand up f o r y o u ' r e a man."

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While r i d i n g on a f r e i g h t t r a i n My h e a r t went down t h e d r a i n ; I recalled a l l those p a s t years That turned o u t so damn weird I ' v e l i v e d a l i f e f u l l i n every way B e i t bronze, b l i g h t , b l a n k o r b l a d e ; I was hated throughout t h e l a n d Then I s a i d , "Stand up f o r y o u ' r e a man."

I was smoking a b i g c i g a r It brought on a nightmare t h a t l e f t a s c a r ; I c a l l e d t o my Dad But knew he was dead Then my Dad c r i e d From beneath t h e sand; "Stand up f o r y o u ' r e a man.

Stand up, f o r y o u ' r e a man."

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a friend you were my f r i e n d when I was hungry you f e d m e . you were my f r i e n d when I was s i c k - you nursed me. you were my f r i e n d when I was s h o r t of c l o t h e s - you c l o t h e d me. you were my f r i e n d when I was i n sorrow - you comforted me. you were my f r i e n d when I needed money - you gave me money.

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But I now r e a l i z e you a r e no friend at a l l . you laughed a t me when I asked you t o h e l p me k i c k d r u g s and alcohol.

Some f r i e n d you t u r n e d o u t t o be.

P e t e r Eastmafl

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maybe i shoulda took up drinking mama christened me alexandra marie but i haven't been called anything like that for years and years everybody that knows me now just calls me a1 but there aren't too many around anymore i can call a friend i mean a real friend only what you might call acquaintances i guess like the people who live in this hotel where i got a room on the second floor i was fifty-seven when i moved here and i been in this place five years come the first of february oh i know it's not much of a room but i put my things around and it's kind of homey what i like the best though is the window where i got my chair andi sit here looking out at the parking lot i get to see all the nice new cars parked there and i imagine how it would be if wilf was still alive and we could take one of them cars for a drive to seattle or maybe get on the ferry and go over to the island i could watch those seagulls floating behind the ferry like they do and we could drive to courtenay and i could see how the old place looks

that's where me and wilf came from god more'n forty years ago when i was eighteen and he was twenty we never did own a car and i don't know how to drive anyways but we might have got a secondhand one if wilf hadn't spent most of his pay on drinking and stuff then when he died ten years ago i was left alone and i didn't have no experience in any kind of work except what you do at home wilf never wanted for his wife to work but i wish now i had the kids were real good at first but of course they don't live here any more so now i don't go out much since i been living here but i do like my window to be honest about it that's about all i do like columbia hotel sounds great eh well it's not so great damn there's another one of them bugs where's my shoe who'd have ever thought i'd end up here all by myself looking out the window at this stinking parking lot.

Anne Rayvals

Dear M r . Taylor:

J a n u a r y 11, 1990.

I a m w r i t i n g i n r e p l y t o your l e t t e r of November 11, 1989, r e q u e s t i n g a meeting and your follow-up l e t t e r of December 15, 1989.

While I am unable t o meet w i t h your group a t t h i s t i m e , I would l i k e t o t a k e t h i s o p p o r t u n i t y t o mention t o you t h a t t h e employment i n c e n t i v e t o which you r e f e r was g e n e r a l l y v e r y w e l l r e c e i v e d a c r o s s t h e Province. We b e l i e v e t h a t people who a r e t e m p o r a r i l y r e c e i v i n g income a s s i s t a n c e e n t h u s i a s t i c a l l y welcome e v e r y chance t o p r o g r e s s back towards independence and t h a t i s c e r t a i n l y t h e message w e have r e c e i v e d .

A s t o your c l a i m f o r expenses, my p r e d e c e s s o r , t h e Honourable Claude Richmond, has a l r e a d y , c l e a r l y and c a r e f u l l y , e x p l a i n e d t o you t h a t t h e M i n i s t r y does n o t r e c o g n i z e t h i s c l a i m and w i l l n o t b e r e i m b u r s i n g your o r g a n i z a t i o n .

Thank you f o r w r i t i n g t o e x p r e s s your views on t h i s s u b j e c t .

Yours s i n c e r e l y , P e t e r A. Dueck M i n i s t e r o f S o c i a l S e r v i c e s and Housing

Dear M r . Dueck: My mistake. N o t ' b e i n g p r i v y t o t h e wisdom i n h e r e n t i n t h i s "employment i n c e n t i v e " I was o n l y a b l e t o a s s e s s t h e r e a c t i o n s of l i t e r a l l y thousands o f people ' t e m p o r a r i l y r e c e i v i n g income a s s i s t a n c e ' - r a t h e r t h a n t h e unbiased r e p o r t s t h a t you and your p r e d a t o r , Claude Richmond, r e c e i v e d .

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The " o r g a n i z a t i o n " t o which you r e f e r i s n o t a s i n g l e e n t i t y , j u s t a s a l l income r e c i p i e n t s c a t e g o r i z e d as "employable" cannot have t h e i r i n d i v i d u a l i t y voided a t t h e p r e s s of a b u t t o n . . a s when t h e a c t i o n by Richmond took p l a c e .

By s a y i n g t h a t t h e i n c e n t i v e was v e r y w e l l r e c e i v e d , you admit t h a t t h e c a l l o u s and amoral t r e a t m e n t of r e c i p i e n t s ' i n d i v i d u a l i t y i s t o c o n t i n u e unabated.

The many l e t t e r s i n c l u d e d i n t h e submission, t h e j o i n t l e t t e r s t a t i n g t h e real concerns and s u g g e s t i o n s f o r r e a l improvements ...y ou've j u s t ignored them.

I must thank you f o r p u t t i n g your views and o p i n i o n i n w r i t i n g . 1t's c l e a r now t h a t n o t h i n g h a s changed and t h a t n o t h i n g w i l l change w i t h o u t a s t r u g g l e .

Richmond l e f t - Dueck came; t h e problem remains t h a t t h e p e o p l e i n h i g h p l a c e s seem t o have a conscience t h a t i s s t o n e c o l d dead. M r . Dueck, p o v e r t y i s r e a l t o us. We need t o make o u r concerns r e a l t o you. P l e a s e , make t i m e .

Yours s i n c e r e l y , PaulR T a y l o r E d i t o r of t h e Carnegie N e w s l e t t e r

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Less than two weeks ago, I q u i t my L a t e r on, I worked f o r some time job w i t h t h e John Howard S o c i e t y i n t h e Okanagan and r e l o c a t e d , somewhat w i t h Native youth i n Toronto, and i t made a h e l l u v a l o t more s e n s e t o m e , r e l u c t a n t l y , t o Vancouver... North t h a t t h i s was a more l i k e l y s p o t t o Burnaby t o be e x a c t . Now, c a t e g o r i e f f e c t p o s i t i v e change. S u r e , somec a l l y speaking, t h e John Howard Soct h i n g h a s t o be done f o r t h e Native i e t y , amidst t h e c o n f u s i o n of o u r men p r e s e n t l y w i t h i n t h e system, and s o - c a l l e d " c r i m i n a l j u s t i c e system", f o r t h o s e who w i l l i n e v i t a b l y be i s n o t a l l t h a t bad. A f t e r a l l , what drawn i n t o t h e system. harm can a h a n d f u l of s t r u g g l i n g , und e r p a i d p h i l a n t h r o p i s t s do t o r o c k t h e boat o r u p s e t t h e s t a t u s quo i n the multi-million d o l l a r self-perp e t u a t i n g " c r i m i n a l j u s t i c e system"?

(By t h e way, t h e John Howard S o c i e t y i s a n o r g a n i z a t i o n , one of t h e v e r y few, which b e l i e v e s t h a t c o n v i c t e d persons, criminal t o be exact, s t i l l r e t a i n a s h r e d o f humanity and t h e r e f o r e q u a l i f y t o b e t r e a t e d a s people.)

The job i n t h e Okanagan, f o r me, was a n O.K. time-waster. Though some may s a y t h a t my o p i n i o n s a r e somewhat s k e p t i c a l , o r n e g a t i v e i n n a t u r e , a t l e a s t I have and w i l l exp r e s s my o p i n i o n s . On o c c a s i o n , I ' v e worked n o t ) a s a screw b u t as a s o c i a l workerladvocate on b e h a l f of Native people i n p r i s o n s . I n f a c t , when I f i r s t went i n t o t h e Native Brotherhood meeting of C o l l i n s Bay P e n i t e n t i a r y , i n t h e S p r i n g of ' 7 3 , i t d i d n o t s u r p r i s e m e t h a t I knew a t l e a s t 3 of t h e guys from my r e s i d e n t i a l s c h o o l days. Yeah, r i g h t .

So much f o r t h e ' a s s i m i l a t i o n through e d u c a t i o n ' theory..(more l i k e assimi l a t i o n i n t o t h e s y s t e m ' s network).

Anyway, t o g e t back on t r a c k , I suppose I l o s t i n t e r e s t i n '!nehahili t a t i o n " e t c . f o r grown men way back when. God, 95% of t h e guys would swear on a s t a c k of b i b l e s (even t h e non-Christians) t h a t t h e y ' d go s t r a i g h t , i f o n l y t h e y w e r e s e t free.

It i s encouraging t o s e e s o many youth-oriented p r o j e c t s now i n exi s t e n c e . Perhaps government p o l i c y makers have been convinced ( s u r e l y t h e y d i d n ' t t h i n k of i t themselves) t h a t i t makes more s e n s e t o b u i l d and m a i n t a i n a h e a l t h y p e r s o n a l i t y than t o t r y t o s a l v a g e one t h a t ' s been through t h e r e f u s e compactor.

Anyway, what I r e a l l y wanted t o say i s t h a t i t ' s a sorry s t a t e of a f f a i r s , and a s o r r y s t a t e , wherein any o r g a n i z a t i o n e x i s t s t h a t req u i r e s victims i f it i s t o survive.

S u r e l y any o r g a n i z a t i o n t h a t r e q u i r e s victims i f it is t o survive has a vested i n t e r e s t i n maintaining t h e dependency of i t s c l i e n t e l . ~ e t ' ss e e now, t h e r e ' s w e l f a r e , c r i m i n a l j u s t i c e systems, I n d i a n Aff a i r s , Unemployment I n s u r a n c e , government a u t o p l a n s , e t c . , e t c .

Smile, and have a n i c e day!

(Next i s s u e , maybe a l i t t l e b l u r b on p s u e d o - m o r a l i s t s . . a l l p l a c a r d s & s l o g a n s , s h o r t on b r a i n s and b i g on l a t c h i n g o n t o 2nd-hand c a u s e s . )

By BOB KAYE

What does c u l t u r a l s h a r i n g r e a l l y mean? "Sharing" i s s t r a i g h t f o r w a r d , b u t t o d a y , t h e way o u r language i s , " c u l t u r e " can b e almost a n y t h i n g . Some p e o p l e even c a l l t e l e v i s i o n commercials "pop c u l t u r e " . ways & a t t i t u d e s But when we t a l k about ways & a t t i t u d e s t h a t a r e t h r e a t e n e d w i t h e x t i n c t i o n t h a t d o n ' t f i t i n t o t h e modern w o r l d . . . t h i s k i n d of c u l t u r a l s h a r i n g i s t h e o p p o s i t e (maybe even %he a n t i d o t e ) t o "pop c u l t u r e " .

Some p e o p l e s e e c u l t u r a l s h a r i n g a s a way t o p r e s e r v e v a l u a b l e t r a d i t i o n s . . . s o m e s e e i t a s p a r t of a p r o c e s s of e r o s i o n t h a t changes o l d ways i n t o something t h e y were n e v e r i n t e n d e d t o b e .

An a n t h r o p o l o g i s t c o u l d j u s t i f y museum d i s p l a y s a s " c u l t u r a l s h a r i n g " whereas t r a d i t i o n a l people u s u a l l y c o n s i d e r them t o b e t h e g r a v e of c u l t u r e o n l y when i t ' s dead do you put i t i n a g l a s s case, they say.

But a r e t h e s e t h i n g s r e a l l y dead - o r a r e t h e y j u s t s l e e p i n g ? Today, even l i v i n g t r a d i t i o n s may seem h a l f a s l e e p - y e t t h e r e is a r e a l c u l t u r a l h e r i t a g e t h a t d o e s n ' t depend on modem t e c h nology f o r i t s e f f e c t & i s o n l y k e p t a l i v e i n t h e minds & h e a r t s o f p e o p l e who v a l u e i t .

Here & t h e r e t h e r o o t s of t r a d i t i o n s u r v i v e , & e v e r y t h r e a t e n e d c u l t u r a l h e r i t a g e is j u s t t h e v i s i b l e s u r f a c e of a much d e e p e r , a l m o s t i n v i s i b l e world view b a s e d on n a t u r a l v a l u e s t h a t no l o n g e r f i t i n t o modem i n d u s t r i a l s o c i e t y . . I n d u s t r i a l & economic v a l u e s s e e k t o r e p l a c e t h e c u l t u r a l t r a d i t i o n s of e v e r y r a c e . Every t r i b a l i d e n t i t y i n t h e world i s u p r o o t e d & s c a t t e r e d o v e r a l a n d s c a p e of c i t i e s , highways, dams, e v e r y t h i n g i s c l a m o r i n g f o r new ways, t r a n s i e n t l i f e s t y l e s d e v e l o p around p r o d u c t factories consumption. Real e s t a t e makes i t p o s s i b l e t o b e l i e v e t h a t someone can a c t u a l l y own t h e s p a c e i n which you e x i s t , o r t h a t a s o c i e t y can even make laws t o r e g u l a t e t h e a n c i e n t p r o c e s s e s o f b i r t h & death.

We can no l o n g e r s i t i n c i r c l e s & s i n g a b o u t t h i n g s we a l l know...we h a r d l y e v e r h e a r t h e sound o f wind i n t h e t r e e s , o r waves on t h e beach anymore.

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A t t h e s o u r c e of o u r c u l t u r a l s h a r i n g t h e r e ' s a p r e s s i n g need t o r e - e d u c a t e & re-awaken t h e n a t u r a l human s p i r i t t,hat s l e e p s i n modem man & woman. Only t h e n a t u r a l human a n i m a l i n s i d e can remember who you r e a l l y a r e i n t h e network o f e x i s t e n c e .

The t r a d i t i o n a l wisdom of o u r a n c e s t o r s can b e communicated, u n d e r s t o o d , & re-awakened i n u s t o d a y . I t can h e l p u s keep i n m i n d - t h e v i s i o n of a s a c r e d l i v i n g p l a n e t where t h e s p i r i t u a l importance of e a c h l i f e t i m e is what m a t t e r s .

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