January 15, 1989, carnegie newsletter

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JANUARY 15, 1989

On January 20th, the Carnegie Community Centre will celebrate its 9th year of operation. It took years of political fighting, petitions, local input and thousands of hours of volunteer work to make this place rise through the muck of the proposals: "Businessmen's club", "a restaurant with entertainment in different rooms", '"offices for private interests" and, the most practical, "a fine spot for a parking lot."

Somehow these great thinkers, these political dragons, found out that there were people living down here. Like feeding hungry kids, getting any increase in welfare rates, creating a real available beach ...it's been necessary to embarass, confront and intelligently argue against the ignorance and insensitivity of narrow ideas. Carnegie opened on January 20th, 1980!

As a footnote, then-alderman ~ a r ~ e u r i tFord e said, he^ don't need a Library down there," (her being a Librarian), "they can't even read!"

I Now Carnegie is THE most successful community centre in Canada, with almost 2,000 different individuals using the Centre daily. Staff and volunteers alike I' respond with needed services and ideas for programs. The volunteers alone put in an average of 6,000 hours a month to keep it humming with activity and interests. The voters of Vancouver approved $650,000 for improvements.

All members of the Carnegie Community deserve praise!

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LEARNING CENTRE COURSES NEWSLETTER THE NEUSLLTTCR I S A tUBLlCATlON OF l l i E CARHECIE COtMUNll'V CENlfll! ASSOCIATION A r t i c l e s rcprrse#br t h e vlmam of l n d l v i d u a l contributors mad not o f the A s s o c l ~ r l o n .

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DONATIONS: Yanum s t h - $ 1 0 0 Nancy W.-$200 Willis S.-$90 George B.-$15 Rich P.-$41 Robert 5.-$20 Jancis A.-$20 Louis P.-$20 Tom - $4.02 Marg S.-$10 L.B.T.-$100 Ted B.-$5 Sheila B.-$2 Doug -$20 Bea F.-$25 Lillian H. -$20 James M. -$5O Anonymous - $1.1.23

Monday -----10:30-12:30 Creative Writing - Rm.2 12:30- 2:30 ~nglish/Math - Rm. 2 Tuesday & Thursday -----------------3:00- 5:00 G.E.D. 5:00- 7:00 G.E.D.

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l'ljey t i d y. up t h e mess I n a n e a t l y s p a t gob o f ~

A hook i n t h e g u t s , T w i s t i n g and p u l l i n g .

The body s c r e a m s , G i m m e a Pam.

Life.

I made them t h e m a s t e r Of my c o m f o r t z o n e , Now t h e y ' v e t a k e n c o n t r o l , Uissolving a basic i n s t i n c t .

The sawbones s a y s They make you f o r g e t ; Cut down and y o u ' l l Find o u t .

Instant meditation.

Animated c a t a t o n i a .

New y e a r ' s r e s o l u t i o n .

W e l l , maybe, someday, s o o n .

But t h e y mix s o w e l l With g r a s s a n d d e s p a L r .

Anon.

I T DOESN'T COME ON A SILVER PLATTER Some p e o p l e s a y ."You i n s p i r e me'' g r a n t e d , b u t you s e e t h e t h i n g s t h a t I d o a r e because I l i k e t o do t h o s e t h i n g s such as, s p o r t s where I g e t t o m e e t o t h e r p e o p l e and go t o o t h e r p l a c e s .

I ' v e a l w a y s w a n t e d t o make a d i f f e r e n c e i n t h e world, l i k e h e l p i n g o t h e r people.

So you s e e i t ' s r e a l l y n o t m e , i t ' s how you f e e l f r o m t h e i n s i d e , how you f e e l a b o u t y o u r s e l f .

M y s e l f , I want t h e w o r l d .

But i n o r d e r f o r me t o a c c o m p l i s h t h i s , I f i r s t have t o prove t o myself t h a t I deserve t h e world.

Some p e o p l e d o n ' t u n d e r s t a n d t h a t .

They f e e l t h a t t h i n g s s h o u l d come o n a Silver platter.

But hey l e t ' s g e t real h e r e . . . n o t h i n g comes e a s y o r c h e a p , you h a v e t o work t o g e t what you w a n t , b u i l d y o u r Empire, b u t b e happy b u i l d i n g b u t a l s o remember t h e peoplc t h i s Empire who h e l p e d you g e t t h e r e .

You s e e a l o t o f p e o p l e f o r g e t t h a t t h e y s t a r t e d from s c r a t c h ; d o n ' t l e t t h a t p e r s o n b e you.

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Margaret

Nor- A g a i n !

I c a n n o t make my h e a r t b e h a v e I've told it, NO - NO - NO - !

But b r u i s e d and t a t t e r e d tiptoe, still i t ' s On t h e Mark Get Ready Go.. !

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Sheila Bell T h o u g h t s o f Love I n e e d you I n e e d y o u r hand To s t e a d y me, I need your laugh To set me f r e e , I need your s t r e n g t h When m i n e i s g o n e , I need your h e a r t To l e a n upon.

Sheila Bell

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Open y o u r mind t o d i j f e r e n t ways o f s e e i n g Keep i n mind what you r e a l l y b e l i e v e

- maintain control Pay heed t o t h e w a r n i n g s They're p l a i n t o s e e There's trouble afoot And i t ' s n o t j u s t me The w o r l d ' s i n a mess You j u s t d o y o u r b e s t Cause i t ' s b u s i n e s s as u s u a l 1 w a s t h e r e when t h e y s t a r t e d t o mine t h e l a n d And t h e y p o i s o n e d t h e w o r k e r s and t h e y p o i s o n e d t h e l i f e And I a s k e d : "Why you want t o d o t h i s man?"

And t h e y s a i d i n r e p l y , "It's business a s usual."

And I w a s t h e r e t h r o u g h t h e I n d u s t r i a l Revolution And t h e y t h o u g h t t h a t t h a t was t h e g r e a t e s t s o l u t i o n And t h e p e o p l e w e r e s u f f e r i n g and t h e c h i l d r e n w e r e d y i n g c a u s e t h e y worked f o r t h e d e v i l and t h e r e w a s no u s e c r y i n g And I s a i d t o t h e r u l e r s : "What d o you t h i n k y o u ' r e t r y i n g ? ' And t h e y s a i d i n r e p l y , "It's business a s usual."

Now t h e h o u r i s l a t e And who w i l l s a v e u s We've o n l y o u r s l e v e s And t h e B e i n g t h a t made u s We're w r e c k i n g t h e e a r t h and b r o t h e r i t ' s m u t u a l It's business a s usual Is i t b e c a u s e we want t o meet o u r Maker?

Cause b r o t h e r , i t c o u l d be the undertaker, saying, 'lBusiness a s u s u a l Business a s usual We're w r e c k i n g t h e e a r t h , And b r o t l ~ c r i t ' s mutual . ' I

E l i z a b e t h Thorpe I s e e a c o l o u r e d man h e i s a l o v e l y s h a d e o f brown and h e i s c r y i n g e x a c t l y as I h a v e c r i e d end a p a r t h e i d p o o r man I had a n i g h t m a r e j u s t t h i s morning The y e a r w a s ' 5 7 1857 1757 ...

1957 and I w a s i n t h e U.S.A. j u s t b e i n g myself you u n d e r s t a n d and p e o p l e who s a i d t h e y w e r e my f r i e n d s turned t h e i r backs' and r a n b u t t h e o n e s who r e m a i n e d w e r e j u s t t h e same as i n t h e b a d o l d d a y s it's hard t o explain b u t t h e y c a u s e d me p a i n (you s e e I w a s v e r y t h i n and t h e y c r i e d o u t i n sarcasm "Save t h e Baby!")

And t h e s t o r m came t h o u g h I saw n o l i g h t n i n g b u t w h a t I d i d see was v e r y f r i g h t e n i n g oppression i n everyone's heart n o way t o make a s t a r t and t h e y h a t e d b l a c k s and t h e y h a t e d J e w s and t h e y h a t e d m e poor t h i n m e I s e e t h a t brown man and h e i s c r y i n g e x a c t l y as I h a v e c r i e d end a p a r t h e i d

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JOB KEEP -With the reclassification of 20 thousand people as "employable", welfare is insisting that people so affected go to one of several new job-finding agencies. One of the most lauded is Job Keep, and a man dropped in to tell the Newsletter about this one: 1. He is overqualified, even though he has had no work for some time.

2. It was suggested that he go to Job Club for their 4-week course but Vancouver has no office for this one and he's not allowed to go to a foreign (sic) one in a far-off land (like Burnaby) .

3. Welfare demands that he find work but he noted that 2 of the 4 workers at Job Keep were Americans.

4. Another reason for not being fit for Job Keep was his age: they only h e l ~vou if vou're 19-44 vears old!

Tired of waking up and feeling down Now it's time to turn the cards The highest hand you draw everytime Throw out the thoughts you are fed The ones that people say you can't You've chosen your destiny You've chosen your way You've chosen your life You've said you can You've said you will And now you have Alan King

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continues to meet on Tuesdays at 4 : 3 0 on the 3rd floor near the Communications Room. We are concerned wit11 111 issues that relate to being poor.

We have a 10 minute business meeting. Then we try to help each other when someone has a welfare problem. Sometimes we can help; sometimes we refer people to DZRA or 1st United.

We are concerned with the number of people who have to pay large rents that are not covered by welfare - because the welfare rent allowance is so damned inadequate.

People often have to use their food allowance for rent.

Don't forget your free swimming and skating pass available to people on welfare in Vancouver. Get your letter from a doctor if you need a diet allowance - and if you are sick get a letter from your doctor so that you can get hte unemployable rate of welfare. This rate is $50 more, plus medical & dental are covered.

RAISE WELFARE RATES ! ! !

By SHEILA BAXTER

THE COLOUR OF ART W h a t ' s i n i t f o r me?

A r t is colour.

December went o u t w i t h a bhang t h e 10th anniversary of something o r o t h e r Flus i c h o u r red l e v e l sun sets b r i g h t Shadow f a l l s , c u r v e s o f n i g h t shades of dark, dimensional space f l i g h t s p a s t t h i s sky t o be seen a g a i n s t the green take delight up t h e r e i n f l i g h t alight the night

r i c h man p u l l s up i n c a r s t e p s o u t o f car w a l k s o v e r t o bum against building while he d u s t s d u s t o f f h i s j a c k e t You l i v e h e r e t h e r i c h man a s k s No b u t what do you want s a y s t h e bum i come t o r e n o v a t e t h e b u i l d i n g t h e o l d bum p r o t e s t e d and y e l l e d f o r t h e f i r s t t i m e i n 10 y e a r s R i c h man r e n o v a t e d Bum l o s t p r o t e s t Life ruined where Zak G r a n t a g e 11

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Clowd z i g e r n a u t c a u g h t a husky h u e p a l e b l u e A v i o l e t cloud changing with t h e s e t t i n g sun S k y b l u e , p i n k and g r e e n ' yellow and aquamarine Cyan and Magenta ( a s w e l l : , 1 City liall the f l a g over a l l C a t c h i n % s l i g h t h r e c z e ha:.dlg fluttering at a l l a n s w e r i n g COHOS ' c a l l .

Taum Dan Y C r e a g

SIX TIMES SEVEN WHAT was I t o d o ?

Leave i t a l o n e Hang up t h e phone Its r a p t u r o u s t u n e I 'm humming t o o ! " Squonk" t h a t t r u c k a g r e e s w i t h you T w e l v e - t h i r t y now i t s h a l f p a s t bed You s h o u l d b e home here with me too.

W i n t e r i n Oppenheimer P a r k The wind moves i n low g r e g o r i a n c h a n t through t h i s white where t r e e s s t a n d b l a c k - r o b e d : c o n f i g u r a t i o n o f s i n and s a i n t l i n e s s .

Snow s i g h s I t i s a hand from a d i s t a n t b r a n c h . beckoning, a v o i c e ' w h i s p e r i n g " T h i s i s My world ) f s t i l l n e s s .

E n t e r , and be h e a l e d . " J a n c i s M . Andrews

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Halt G e t outta*t h a t c a r G e t o u t your g u i t a r Were gonna t o .wax ' e m We're gonna o p e n t h a t g a t e Open l a t e - a l w a y s o p e n ( I t ' s t h e snow s t o p p i n g i t ) where w e w a l k They're s o used t o shouting it.

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G r a n t me 0 Lord, t h e g e n i u s t o e x p l a i n t o my B r o t h e r s and S i s t e r s t h e P o l i c i e s and p l a n s of o u r G r e a t Union even though no o n e e x p l a i n s them t o me.

Give me t h e u n d e r s t a n d i n g t h a t I may f o r g i v e t h e a p a t h e t i c member, c u r b t h e o v e r - a m b i t i o u s and a c c e p t t h e views of t h e member who d o e s n o t h i n g u n t i l I have done s o m e t h i n g and t h e n t e l l s me how I s h o u l d h a v e done i t and what I s h o u l d h a v e done.

0 Lord, make me g o m i d a b l e i n d e b a t e ,

l o g i c a l i n a r g u m e n t , f e a r l e s s i n conf r o n t a t i o n , a l a w y e r , a c t o r , mathemat i c i a n , sage, philospher, s o c i o l o g i s t , economist: p l e a s i n g , c a j o l i n g , threat e n i n g , b e l a b o u r i n g s o t h a t I may n a k e t h e b e s t o f a good c a s e when a good c a s e from me i s u s u a l l y no c a s e at all...

Teach me 0 Lord, t o s t a n d a t a l l t i m e s w i t h b o t h f e e t f i r m l y on t h e ground; even when I d o n ' t h a v e a l e g t o s t a n d on.

Lord, I am a u n i o n s t e w a r d .

I n your i n f i n i t e wisdom s e e my need f o r a l l t h e s e t h i n g s and i n y o u r mercy g r a n t them t o me.

And, when I have them, Lord-Move o v e r ! ' Author unknown.

Every s o o f t e n a d u l t s s u f f e r a n x i e t y a t t a c k s and c h i l d r e n a r e n e e d l e s s l y f r i g h t e n e d out of t h e i r w i t s by some w e i r d o p r e d i c t i o n t h a t on a c e r t a i n d a y , t h e world i s coming t o a n end.

2eople a c t u a l l y q u i t t h e i r jobs, s e l l t h e i r h o u s e s and b e l o n g i n g s and w a i t f o r t h e e a r t h t o swallow them up. When i t d o e s n ' t happen, you h e a r t h e same e x c u s e s : God changed h i s mind.

Even t h e B i b l e s a y s no o n e knows on what day o r what h o u r t h e world i s g o i n g t o end.

The t h i n g e v e r y o n e seems t o f o r g e t i s t h a t e v e r y m i n u t e o f e v e r y hour of e v e r y d a y , " t h e world comes t o an end'' f o r somebody. We a r e a l l g o i n g I t could be t o d i e sooner o r l a t e r . today i n a c a r a c c i d e n t o r a f a l l down t h e s t a i r s . H e a r t a t t a c k s s t r i k e suddenly. Diseases c l a i m victims.

There a r e f i r e s , f l o o d s & t o r n a d o e s - enough t r a g e d y t o go around.

And i n t h e end, of c o u r s e , f o r t h o s e who " e s c a p e , " t h e r e i s d e a t h from o l d age. No m a t t e r how h e a l t h y we a r e , e v e n t u a l l y o u r p a r t s wear o u t .

So w h a t ' s t h e b i g d e a l ? The messa g e i s , l i v e e v e r y day a s i f i t were y o u r l a s t . Don't p u t o f f t h e p l e a s u r e s and j o y s f o r " a n o t h e r time."

I t ' s always l a t e r than you think.

Michigan P h i l o s p h e r

Blame Back from u n t r a v e l l e d j o u r n e y s t o collect h i s consolation prize he f o r g e t s t o change h i s underwear and r u n s o u t o f t h i n g s t o w a i t f o r .

A f t e r t h e T.V. i s s w i t c h e d o f f he s t i l l w a n t s t o change t h e c h a n n e l It t a k e s l e s s now t o r u i n h i s day t h a n when y o u r b r e a s t s were f i r m .

Stephen Belkin

Mind t r o u b l e s ; muted t r e m b l i n g s ~ ~ ~ ~ trauma.

-.sk Motiveless t e a r s . i o ~ n t . T e n s i o n s meet.

T.lme motes 'iriangulate motivation. Tranquil m ~ : ! o r i e s t e a s e momentary t r u c e s . klind t r i e s . blind t r i e s .

Mind tumbles.

Stephen B e l k i n

A T r i b u t e t o Mother

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R e a l i z i n g t h a t s o many o f my p e o p l e were a d o p t e d o u t a t a n e a r l y age and do n o t know who t h e y a r e o r where t h e y came from makes me f e e l very f o r t u n a t e .

Those who went through t h e p a i n f u l e x p e r i e n c e s of being placed i n r e s i d e n t i a l s c h o o l s a r e s t i l l s u f f e r i n g from t h e o r d e a l .

To be removed from y o u r f a m i l y and s t r i p p e d of y o u r c u l t u r e l e a v e s l a s t i n g e m o t i o n a l s c a r s . The f e d e r a l government was r e s p o n s i b l e f o r a t e r r i b l e b l i g h t on o u r h i s t o r y .

E x i s t i n g f a m i l i e s would have b e e n a b l e t o f u n c t i o n much b e t t e r i f t h e i r way of l i f e was n o t c o m p l e t e l y destroyed.

Being h t e o l d e s t i n a f a m i l y o f t h r e e , I had a g r e a t d e a l o f responsibility.

I was t a u g h t t o cook and bake a t an e a r l y a g e a s w e l l as doi n g o u t s i d e c h o r e s - we grew up i n the country.

Mother always worked h a r d s e w i n g a l l o u r c l o t h e s , k n i t t i n g , making q u i l t s , c o o k i n g n u t r i t i o u s m e a l s and

g i v i n g u s p l e n t y of wisdom and guidance.

She had t o . b e a w a l k i n g enc y c l o p e d i a t o answer o u r numerous quest ions.

We grew a l l of o u r own v e g e t a b l e s and worked i n t h e g a r d e n a s a fami l y unit.

The h a r v e s t i n g was comp l e t e d i n t h e same manner. When we needed m e d i c i n e we u s e d t h e h e r b s which were a v a i l a b l e on o u r l a n d .

Mother was a whiz a t s c h o o l and completed Grade 9 a t t h e a g e of 12.

I r e c e i v e d my g i f t o f w r i t i n g from b o t h o f my p a r e n t s .

Even though Mother worked extremel y h a r d f o r h e r f a m i l y s h e always found t h e t i m e t o h e l p a needy n e i g h b o u r . She s t i l l l o v e s growing t h i n g s and t o t h i s v e r y day s t i l l h a s a g a r d e n f u l l of r o s e s .

Mother had t h e wisdom t o know t h a t we a l l r e q u i r e l o v e i n o r d e r t o f u n c t i o n p r o p e r l y . It d o e s n ' t m a t t e r how mean and n a s t y o t h e r s a r e t o me knowing- t h a t I came from a s t r o n g and l o v i n g f a m i l y .

By IRENE SCHMIDT

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D E R A is l o c a t e d at 9 E a s t W a s t i n g s o r p h o n e 682-0931.

D E R A I l A S B E E N S E R V I N G T l l E DOWNTOWN E A S T S I D R FOR 15 YEARS

F o c u s i n g o n o n l y t h e "good" t h i n g s It c a n and can narrow your outlook. d o e s c r e a t e a n enormous b l i n d s p o t .

There i s t h e ' d a r k s i d e of t h e F o r c e . ' A s D a r t h Vader s a i d , "You d o n ' t know t h e POWER o f t h e Dark S i d e . " a ) The C o a l H a r b o u r Development: Marathon R e a l t y , t h e r e a l e s t a t e arm o f CPRailways, h a s p l a n s f o r a b i l l i o n - d o l l a r megaproject t h a t w i l l b e e x c l u s i v e l y f o r r i c h and well-todo p e o p l e and t h e b u s i n e s s e s t h a t l e e c h o f f ( s o r r y , c a t e r t o ) them.

They r e f u s e t o e v e n d i s c u s s s o c i a l o r a f f o r d a b l e h o u s i n g ; t h e r e p o r t on how t h e s c o r e o r more o f h i g h r i s e s would b l o c k t h e v i e w s o f t h e n o r t h s h o r e m o u n t a i n s w a s s u p p r e s s e d and i t s a u t h o r f o r c e d t o r e s i g n as C i t y P l a n n e r ; t h e s h u n t i n g y a r d and a l l t r a c k s t h a t CPR had n e a r t h e s i t e ( s ) h a v e been removed and r e l o c a t i o n i s on t h e s o u t h s i d e o f C r a b P a r k . The n o i s e l e v e l s f r o m 10 pm ' t i 1 5 am r a t t l e windows a n d make c o n v e r s a t i o n almost i m p o s s i b l e - ample r e a s o n s t o remove t h e c a u s e f r o m t h e h i g h p r i c e d b o x e s and i n c r e a s e t h e amount where " i t ' l l o n l y wake up t h e w i n o s . " CPK s t a r t e d ' t h e d i g g i n g f o r t h e f o u r new s e t s o f t r a c k s when t h e C r a b

A c c e s s m e e t i n g s had b a r e l y begun ( a g a i n ) b u t have s t a t e d t h a t i t i s now i m p o s s i b l e t o r e - o p e n t h e a t g r a d e c r o s s i n g a t Columbia.

The d e v e l o p e r s a n d a r c h i t e c t s a r e ONE p u b l i c m e e t i n g "somehaving where i n t h e e a s t s i d e " t o u s e t h e u s u a l approach of glossy p i c t u r e s , young a n d i d e a l i s t i c Pli p e o p l e and v i s i o n s o f s u g a r plums - a l l t o g e t u s t o s h u t up and a c c e p t t h i s . What we c a n d o i s go t o t h i s m e e t i n g and p r e s e n t a l i s t o f what we e x p e c t and a r e p r e p a r e d t o f i g h t f o r - a n a t - g r a d e c r o s s i n g a t Columbia i n t o Crab P a r k , a r e l o c a t i o n o f t h e sliunting y a r d , a reduct i o n i n t h e number o f h i g h r i s e s t o k e e p t h e v i e w c o r r i d o r s open and s o c i a l h o u s i n g a s a 25% minimum o f a l l u n i t s b u i l t . b ) Expo L a n d s : News t r a v e l s f a s t and f a r .

An e n t i r e condominium swamp was s o l d i n Hong Kong i n 3 I l o u r s , a n o t h e r h i g h r i s e was s o l d o u t b e f o r e t h e a c t u a l c o n s t r u c t i o n was e v e n a b o v e g r o u n d l e v e l and p e o p l e l i v i n g i n Vancouver were a c t u a l l y s u r p r i s e d about i t .

An offshore billionaire spent a few hundred million on the land, made the City an offer of millions to effectively get a lock on zoning (it was refused), has his new friends in the Socred government trying to get the federal government to spend $300, 000,000 to clean up the toxic landfill, Hong Kong is going under the communist regime in China in the 1990's and all the multimillionaires and billionaires have to relocate to more lenient climes. Vanderzalm and cohorts have been lobbying intensely to have immigration rules relaxed to allow anyone with over $150,000 to invest in Canada let into B.C. Of COURSE this offshore money has purchased a big chunk of Vancouver and of course the whole shot will be for the billionaires cronies. I mean, we shouldn't assume that just because we live here any of the natural resources of our city are for our benefit!

What we can do is continue to press for a minimum of 25% social and affordable housing; less density and more decentralization, a restriction on the amount of traffic allowed downtown, and most importantly that a law be passed restricting the offshore sale of housing and land to a lessthan-major percentage of what is to be sold.

he Terra Nova Development: People are fighting to save the Terra Nova lands from the Socred developers. The Richmond area has some of the richest farm land in BC, but when it was removed from the Agricultural Land Reserve and Richmond Council rezoned it, the value of the land increased ten times, making it a tidy investment for the guy who provided the helicopter for Bill Vanderzalm's election campaign. Most people in Richmond want it left the way it is, saying "No way. Not here!"

The highest probability has the very few (meaning rich/politically connected) drooling over the handsome profits to be made with a Yuppie paradise - highrises, shopping malls, a new ocean of asphalt - with no personal responsibility of said few for the myriad social portents. They don't have far to look; Surrey and other satellite cities are beset with criminal elements like youth gangs and massive alienation of citizens from each other. The psychic pollution swamps adults while the youth with their higher sensitivity to the crimes being c o ~ i t t e dagainst their futures - lash back with total disregard for their fellows. The owners, C)

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planners and developers seem to take cover behind their specialities: "It's not MY fault these problems arise !

At the Carnegie Town Forum on Jan. 22nd, people from both Terra Nova & Steveston will come to address us.

Steveston is also in the throes of major public opposition to the alteration of the town. It's Federal $ $ $ and the Richmond Council that want yet another tract of expensive houses and shopping areas, replacing the waterfront docks for fishboats, canneries and existing businesses.

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One of the few natural habitats for myriad species of wildlife is on the chopping block to become yet another high density suburban transit spot, with the bog being transformed into something filled with all the sludge and crap dug up for the other five megaprojects. Visions of the I' tremendous vision of our future" leave a sour frustration to film the mind's eye. This project further erodes any faith that there will be a world for our children - rather than decentralize the economy with more small industries, each of these megamucks only creates more of the same focusing, cutthroat, maximization of personal profit scenario. If this plan goes ahead, Burn's Bog will be just another name in the mothballs of civic history.

e) International Village: .

The architects came to Carnegie with attendant bureaucrats to present slick slide shows and graphs and lots of numbers. It's a workable technique most anywhere, except they did not understand that political awareness and an acute sense for the bullshit factor are working well in hte downtown eastside. This one hopes to put about 15,000 people on three city blocks right next door, but those responsible are trying to quiet our questions with a promise of 10% social housing ...in the worst locations!

f ) Main 6 T e r m i n a l : I f t h i s o n e h a s a name i t ' s n o t handy, b u t t h e p r i c e t a g i s around $4OO,OOO,OOO. H i g h r i s e , h i g h d e n s i t y sound f a m i l i a r ? and h i g h p r i c e d

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S O : we c a n c l o s e o u r m o u t h s , c o v e r o u r ears and s h u t o u r e y e s and j u s t keep t r y i n g t o s u r v i v e on s a y i n g "Why is i t p e o p l e d i d n ' t . . . d o s o m e t h i n g ' ? !"

Tiiis t r e n d t o s u p e r u r b a n i z a t i o n i s b e i n g rammed t h r o u g h a l l o v e r t h e Lowe r M a i n l a n d , i n p r e p a r a t i o n f o r what seems l i k e a n e x p e c t e d p o p u l a t i o n jump t o o v e r 2,000,000 people i n t h e n e x t 10 y e a r s .

The Downtown E a s t s i d e i s a v e r y v a l u a b l e chunk o f r e a l e s t a t e ; we a s r e s i d e n t s a r e l i t t l e more t h a n a n inconvenience t o t h e s e b i l l i o n a i r e s and m u l t i m i l l i o n a i r e s w i t h t h e i r l e g i o n s of p l a n n e r s , d e v e l o p e r s , anything-for-a-buck b u s i n e s s p e o p l e who tilink n o t h i n g of c a u s i n g t h e e v i c t i o n

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of thousands of t h e ' l i t t l e people'.

They want p r o g r e s s o f t h e c r u d e s t kind - m a t e r i a l g a i n f o r t h e a l r e a d y r i c h , with t h e r e s u l t i n g "legions" o f t h e d i s p o s s e s s e d p o o r b e i n g pushed o u t o f t h e way.

I f t h i s i s g e t t i n g h a r s h , good. The more committment t o t h e i d e a t h a t a l t e r n a t i v e s t o t h i s c r u d i t y are v i a b l e , t h e more u n i t e d a n d s t r o n g w e are.

A s a l a s t n o t e on o u r p l a c e i n t h e minds o f t h e p e o p l e b e h i n d a l l t h i s : Alderman George P u i l , i n h i s e l e c t i o n campaign f o r t h e NPA, b r a g g e d a r r o g a n t l y about t h e proposed s i t e f o r a huge i n c i n e r a t o r f o r t h e g a r b a g e o f downtown Vancouver - j u s t east o f Main & Terminal.

T h i s w i l l burn t r a s h day and won't t h e s m e l l and and n i g h t c o l o u r o f o u r s k y be l o v e l y !

Stay tuned.

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While w r i t i n g t h e a b o v e , a p e r s o n s t o p p e d a t t h e d o o r and s t a r t e d It was c o m p l a i n i n g t h a t t h i s p a p e r is a l w a y s g r i p i n g a b o u t t h i n g s . h i s o p i n i o n t h a t i t ' s a l l w a s t e d b e c a u s e d e v e l o p m e n t and p r o g r e s s h a v e t o hawen.

H i s d e f i n i t i o n o f " p r o g r e s s " was "Whatever makes money i s good f o r e v e r y b o d y . " ( ! ) He s t e r n l y t o l d me t h a t I would b e b e t t e r o f f tell in^ you how t o manage y o u r money; n o t t o buy a l c o h o l o r s q u a n d e r government h a n d o u t s on f o o l i s h n e s s .

Following t h i s a d v i c e , I might even s a y t h a t t h e b e s t t h i n g f o r a l l o u r p r o b l e m s would b e r e s p e c t and a p p r e c i a t i o n f o r a l l t h e good t h i n g s t h e S o c r e d Government d o e s f o r t h e p e o p l e o f B . C . ' 1 ' d j u s t e a t e n . . .

QUOTATIONS FROM CHAIRMAN ZALM S e l e c t e d by S t e p h e n Osborne and Mary S c h e n d l i n g e r ON COPING WITH VICTORY I t ' s a p i e c e of cake.

ON LOSING A BYELECTION I t h i n k t h e b y e l e c t i o n was no doubt a g r e a t d i s a p p o i n t m e n t . 1'11 p r o b a b l y go and l i v e t h e r e someday. How c a n t h e y s o r t o f be v o t i n g a g a i n s t a l l t h e s e goo t h i n g s t h a t we a r e d o i n g ?

So I t h i n k t h e r e was a s e n s e of d i s appointment.

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ON THE ROLE OF THE PREMIER I s u p p o s e t h e y have a h a r d t i m e g e t t i n g anybody's e a r , s o i f they can g e t t h e p r e m i e r ' s e a r , wow, I mean t h a t ' s a b i g d e a l . I f I c a n manage t o make a few p e o p l e happy, t h a t ' s a l l t h a t matters.

ON ABORTION Abortion i s probably t h e i s s u e I f e e l s t r o n g e s t a b o u t . I w a s s o emot i o n a l about i t t h a t i t ' s probably t h e only time f o r a long while t h a t I cried, honestly cried.

ON BAD NEWS I d o n ' t l i k e t o be t h e b e a r e r of bad news a t any t i m e . I p r e f e r good news.

ON REINSTATEMENT OF EDUCATION, HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES, JOB CREATION, LAND CLAIMS, AND ENDORSEMENT OF

TRADE UNIONISM Okay, now I can answer t h a t v e r y e a s y . For t h e t h i n g s you want, you s h o u l d v o t e NDP. ON TEACHERS AND THE RIGHT TO STRIKE

I ' m of mixed o p i n i o n s on t h a t one.

I d o n ' t know what t h e i m p l i c a t i o n s of i t would be. And I g u e s s t h a t t h e f i r s t t h i n g t h a t comes t o mind i s t e a c h e r s on t h e p i c k e t l i n e and e v e r y t h i n g s h u t down, and t h a t would be a downer.

ON WELFARE C u t t i n g o f f t h e e a s y b r e a d would e l i m i n a t e a few of t h e h i p p i e c o l o n i e s and commies.

ON THE CAUSES OF ECONOMIC RECESSION Economic r e c e s s i o n s a r e a heaven I t h i n k God s e n t b l e s s i n g f o r B.C. s e n t i t . It was n e c e s s a r y and i t had t o happen when i t d i d .

ON PIERRE ELLIOT TRUDEAU (TO THE TUNE OF OLD SMOKEY) He needed a d i s t r a c t i o n , a p o l i t i c a l f o g , and o u t of t h e e a s t came t h e sound o f a f r o g .

ON SUFFERING Certainly those t h a t s u f f e r , say from t h e p r e s s u r e of unwanted pregn a n c y , w i l l f i n d i t much, much e a s i e r t o cope w i t h t h e s i t u a t i o n of t h e y ' l l have a f a i t h i n J e s u s C h r i s t .

ON CERTAIN CABINET COLLEAGUES G u t l e s s wonders!

ON UNRULY HECKLING i f you want a j o b , Okay, l i s t e n y o u ' r e g o i n g t o h a v e t o behave

ON GOING SOMEWHERE Always do s o m e t h i n g on your way t o wherever y o u ' r e g o i n g .

OH PUBLIC DEBATE Why a r e some o f t h e s e s c h o o l t r u s t e e s s o u p s e t about d e a l i n g w i t h t h e p e o p l e ' s b u s i n e s s on a h o t - l i n e show?

What b e t t e r way?

ON THE SPECIAL QUALITIES OF WOMEN I appreciate the intuitive t a l e n t s t h a t women can b r i n g t o t h e d e c i s i o n making p r o c e s s

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, WITH LILLIAN We c a n somehow f i g u r e o u t what i t i s p e o p l e r e a l l y want o r l i k e w i t h o u t them t e l l i n g u s .

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BEEN PREMIER FOR A FEW DAYS I am amazed a t t h e e a s e a t which i t ' s coming t o me - I ' m n o t b r a g g i n g b u t i t ' s coming n a t u r a l l y .

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~ e t ' sc u t down t h e t r e e s and c r e a t e jobs.

ON BILINGUALISM I ' m one o f t h o s e anglophones who i s c o n s i d e r a b l y f r u s t r a t e d and f e d up w i t h E n g l i s h and French on e v e r y t h i n g ON BLUE COLLAR PLEASURES One of t h e p l e a s u r e s o f l a b o u r e r s i s t h a t a f t e r work t h e y c a n s t o p and have a g l a s s of b e e r . We've made i t s p r i c e y t h a t few o f them can a f f o r d i t ON NATIVE LAND CLAIMS I d o n ' t b e l i e v e t h e r e a r e any

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ON THE CITY OF VANCOUVER DECLARING ITSELF A NUCLEAR-WEAPONS-FREE ZONE You d o n ' t win wars by t h a t s o r t o f image t h e y have brought a b o u t .

ON QUALITY CONTROL The s c h o o l s are p r o v i d i n g l e s s than d e s i r a b l e p r o d u c t a t Grade 12 l e v e l .

ON CENSORSHIP There's a l o t of garbage g e t s i n t o t h e s c h o o l s , and h o p e f u l l y w e c a n weed o u t f a r more e f f e c t i v e l y t h a n we did i n the past.

ON BUILDING MORAL FIBRE I ' m n o t , I a s s u r e you, s u g g e s t i n g f o r a rn0mer.t t h a t we r e t u r n t o t h e s t r a p , b u t . . . I received t h e s t r a p once, back i n Grade 8, on a Thursday a f t e r n o o n a t 3:15 p.m., a sunny a f t e r t h e t h i r d d e s k from t h e noon i n May back, and h t e p r i n c i p a l was a s t e r n guy. It c e r t a i n l y had a n e f f e c t on m e and i t l e f t a l a s t i n g i m p r e s s i o n .

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ON REHABILITATION You t a k e a s t u d e n t t h a t h a s been i n v o l v e d and s a y , "Pick up p a p e r two b l o c k s e i t h e r way and d o n ' t l e a v e a s c r a p anywhere."

ON PEDAGOGY Teachers should t e a c h f a c t s , n o t opinions.

ON LITERACY I t h i n k a person has t o be a b l e t o w r i t e good, r e a d , s p e l l , a r i t h m e t i c those b a s i c s I t h i n k a r e very necessa r y f o r no matter what you do i n l i f e , ON THE B.C. TEACHERS' FEDERATION T h e y ' l l do a n y t h i n g t o e m b a r r a s s u s .

ON WHETHER TEACHERS ARE A BUNCH OF SHEEP I d o n ' t want t o s a y t h e y ' r e a bunch of s h e e p , n o r do I t h i n k t h e y ' r e a bunch o f s h e e p . But, you know, i t ' s human n a t u r e . When t h e y c a l l t h e i r m e e t i n g s t o have a v o t e , t h e r e ' s a l l t h e s e h a r d - h i t t i n g s p e e c h e s , and t h e r e ' s a l l t h i s b a s h i n g of t h e government...and t h e n t h e y have a few s i n g s o n g s i n between t o s t i r them up real good, and t h a t , you know, r e a l l y throws i t .

ON B E I N G SEVENTEEN A l o t o f 17-year-olds a r e s t i l l i n s c h o o l and a l l t h e y c a n t h i n k a b o u t i s b e e r , smokes and g i r l s . They prob a b l y would be b e t t e r o f f somewhere out t h e r e learning a t r a d e .

ON CONSUPER PROTECTION I d o n ' t t h i n k we need a c o u r s e t o t e a c h a new housewife how t o t e l l what amount i s i n a k e t c h u p b o t t l e .

ON SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION I t h i n k we do need some f a i r l y good management i n t h e s c h o o l s as you would i n any o t h e r b u s i n e s s .

ON COLLECTIVE BARGAINING I f you have f r e e c o l l e c t i v e b a r g a i n i n g , and o b v i o u s l y t h e r e s u l t of i t would b e , o r t h e p o s s i b i l i t y , a t l e a s t , o f a s t r i k e o r 1.ockout.

ON LAW REFORM I would t h e problems w i t h t h e Labour Code, i f a n y , a s I ' m s u r e t h e r e must be.

ON CONFLICT OF INTEREST I want g u i d e l i n e s t h a t g i v e p e o p l e a f e e l i n g of t r u s t and c o m f o r t , b u t n a t u r a l l y n o t s o s t r i c t and s t r i n g e n t t h a t i t d i s c o u r a g e s good p e o p l e from becoming i n v o l v e d .

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ON CONFLICT OF INTEREST, FANTASY GARDEN, AND LILLIAN L i l l i a n i s n ' t t o o keen on s e l l i n g .

I f t h e r e ' s an apparent c o n f l i c t of i n t e r e s t , I ' l l have t o c o n s i d e r i t .

But t h i s i s n o t a n o p p o r t u n e time. I d o n ' t want t o t a k e a b e a t i n g on i t .

ON RELATIONSHIPS . one, ~ e t ' sf a c e i t , man and w i f e a r e a s s o w e ' r e t o g e t h e r on and ,

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it, t h a t ' s something I would want t o add r e s s i n t h e not-too-distant future.

ON LOOKING BEFORE YOU LEAP I f I always t h o u g h t b e f o r e I spoke i n d e t a i l , perhaps I wouldn't say some o f t h e t h i n g s I d i d and p e o p l e wouldn't r e s p o n d .

ON POVERTY, AND LUNCH I N SCHOOL I d o n ' t know i f i t ' s r e a l l y t h a t I d i f f i c u l t f o r people t o g e t a lunch I t o g e t h e r f o r t h e i r c h i l d r e n . They a r e n o t r e a l l y c a r i n g a s t h e y s h o u l d be ; i f t h i s i s happening. E i t h e r t h e y ' r e I i u s i n g t h e i r money f o r t h i n g s t h e y shouldn't be u s i n g i t f o r , o r they are s l e e p i n g i n .

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CRAB ACCESS UPDATE

Five days before t h e C i t y Hall committee on h t i s i s s u e met i n Dec., CPR had a g r a d e r moving e a r t h a t t h e s i t e o f t h e Columbia a t - g r a d e c r o s s i n g . A t t h e m e e t i n g i t s e l f CPR e x e c s spoke s a d l y o f t h e need f o r 2-3 more s e t s o f t r a c k s . They c i t e d t h i s a s t h e reason f o r t h e impossible d e a l made t o t h e C i t y o f Vancouver: They (CPR) would a l l o w a p r i v a t e c r o s s i n g b u t Vancouver would have t o assume f u l l l i a b i l i t y f o r any a c c i d e n t , no m a t t e r whose f a u l t it was.

The n e x t m e e t i n g o f t h i s committee o c c u r r e d on T h u r s d a y , J a n . 1 2 , b u t o u r l o c a l C r a b A c c e s s committee went t o t h e s i t e s o f t h e proposed a l t e r n a t i v e s o n Wednesday, t h e day b e f o r e .

F i r s t and f o r e m o s t i s t h e same p l a c e t h a t an at-grade c r o s s i n g e x i s t e d f o r d e c a d e s - t h e f o o t o f Columbia.

The g r a d e r d e s c r i b e d above had j u s t moved d i r t a r o u n d b u g - s t y l e w i t h no r e a l d i f f e r e n c e . There a r e 3 t r a c k s b u t 2 o f them a r e s o r u s t e d from non use t h a t they a r e useless. A t t h e a c t u a l s i t e where t h e s p a c e a c r o s s i s t h e n a r r o w e s t and t h e s i m p l e s t t o c r o s s , CPR u s e s o n l y o n e t r a c k d a i l y f o r t r a i n t r a f f i c . The o t h e r s i t e s e a c h p r e s e n t e d more problems o f t o o s t e e p , t o o wide a c r o s s , o r t o o l o n g a t r i p j u s t t o g e t t o t h e p a r k . CPR and t h e C i t y ' s e n g i n e e r s f a v o u r u s c r o s s i n g e a s t o f Main and g o i n g a l l t h e way a r o u n d t h e o u t s i d e o f t h e I t ' s o n l y a b o u t seven o r overpass. e i g h t times longer than j u s t walking

across a t Columia but 'so what?'; A r e p o r t on s a f e t y c i t e d d e a t h s & i n j u r i e s a t other at-grade crossings and CPR's i n c r e d u l i t y t h a t t h e C i t y would even s u g g e s t t h a t t h e y c o u l d "make" Columbia c r o s s i n q s a f e . One man a t t h e J a n u a r y m e e t i n g summed up CPR's s t a n c e : " I t ' s o u r l a n d .

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So I j u s t p r e t e n d i t ' s I r i s h m i s t .

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And t o o l i t t l e .

No wonder c h r i s t i a n s and a c t i v i s t s are s o i n s u f f e r a b l y smug.

B e a u t y h a s gone u n d e r g r o u n d i n q u e s t o f s e c u l a r r e d e m p t i o n , f o r g e t t i n g somehow t h a t i t i s i t s own r e d e m p t i o n .

(Does t h e s k y n e e d a r e a s o n ? A p p a r e n t l y s o . ) No o n e , i t seems, h a s t h e c a p a c i t y t o n o t i c e i t s a b s c e n c e from t h e p a p e r - t h i n t e x t u r e o f t h e i r d a y s .

A r t i s t s a t least p r e t e n d i t ' s s t i l l t h e r e .

Holding t h e f o r t , a w a i t i n g slower t i m e s , w h i l e s t r a n g l e d i n t h e s t r u c t u r e o f t h e week.

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