June 1, 1987, carnegie newsletter

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This year, it seems, we are into the Year of the Homeless - meaning people living in poor rooms and s u i t e s with very high priced rents, with very l i t t l e protection or legi s l a t i o n against evictions - i n othe r words, with no security of tenure.

Such places are not safe: kicked i n doors; people bashing and violent evict ions, room crowding and partying from room t o room. We t a l k about r l c IVI. y y c u r i t y , w i + ps~)~ :.:cl!~;yg :: i n off the s t r e e t any old time whether they l i v e there or not. Rent keeps going up but no safeguards against t h i s o r evictions are present - while the quality of housing keeps going down.

You can find a good place - i f you have l o t s of cash - and turn it into a good home. If you don't have the bread then t h i s option i s n ' t open t o you; you simply 'make do' and then move on t o another such non-place. What t h i s pattern really creates is an unstable society and insecure people.

As the song goes, "Build a strong foundation, with brick and stone; throw i n some heart and you've got a good home. " - but the housing provided t o people without much cash i s on a weak foundation, with l i t t l e o r no heart a t a l l . Most of these places are as cold as h e l l , very dangerous and just one step above sleeping outside - ever present i s the danger of quick eviction.

A f i f t h t o a quarter of our popul a t i m l i v e i n housing t h a t i s l e s s than adequate: washrooms t h a t don' t flush and are down the hall,; sinks that don't work; doors t h a t don't close; windows t h a t don't open. .. and we have t o pay nearly half the --- -w-e- do g e t f o r them.

IILULIGY A friend of mine gets seven t o nine hundred dollars f o r her work each month and her rent i s $450 a month; throw i n hydro, telephone, cable, whatever and it e a s i l y costs her over half of her take-home pay.

The place i t s e l f i s n ' t a l l t h a t nice - j u s t one room - and the rent is always rising. For us a l l : wages , unemployment, pens ions or GAIN a r e n ' t r i s i n g equally with rent. Sure everything costs more, but we figure t h a t landlords should learn t o control themselves. m-..

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that he s t a r t e d out poor and has 1 seen a l o t of players with t a l e n t go t o waste because they can't afford a s k i l l e d teacher. He proposed giving h i s course t o as many as want t o take it here f o r the fee he usually gets from one person. On Wednesday morning he began and there were 8-9 students, on cheque -day morning !

So , with a poolroom membership, be here on Wed. mornings from 10 - 1 2 .

- The Annual General Meeting w i l l occur on June 18 a t 6 pm and w i l l see the election of a board and an overview of the past year's events.

- I'm s i t t i n g here, just a f t e r the l a s t public meeting of the Carnegie Review Panel. Reps from the School Board, VCC, Libraries, the Parks Bd. , Social Planning and our Association spoke on what they would l i k e t o see i n the Centre, and how each could contribute t o a b e t t e r working r e l ationship. The former Executive of the board here had had an "in camera" meeting with the panel, but Felicia Folk assured us t h a t they were able t o weigh and assess such a submission with the same objectivity a< open A l 1 nnn+; mllrt h ~ l m mar., yUI presentations. One s t a f f person ask(May 1st on) membership. ed i f a chance would be available t o > Human error - a wrong s t i c k e r on a respond t o such secret presentations 1 batch of cheques - caused thousands and was t o l d that anything the Panel of people i n the Downtown Eastside f e l t necessary t o discuss would be t o become frustrated, angry, upset made known t o individuals concerned. and hungry. Handicapped o r elderly - How's the new board doin' ? In five o r families with young children r e weeks, $6,500 of b i l l s have been ceive t h e i r monthly assistance i n paid, including $4,180 t o VSB f o r a the mail, but when t h a t didn' t happen Dart .of the Learning Centre costs there was no explanation o r r e l i e f . and money owed t o Workers Comp. f o r Carnegie volunteers and s t a f f iml a s t year and t h i s year. Volunteers mediately saw what the need would be w i l l be happy t o know t h a t the Board and made a large quantity of soup has recommended that f o r working a and just gave it away f o r free. A second s h i f t , a further four t i c k e t s mistake l i k e t h i s is minor t o a burshould be given out. Until now, exeaucracy, but we have t o suffer. t r a work was done out of the goodThe person iinn charge must see t o it ness of a volunteer's heart. Money t h a t t h i s never occurs again. t o cover t h i s increase could come from the Bingo revenue ; $2,550/mo.

PAUL TAYLOR - The Newsletter has been formallv III)IIII~~~~~~~~~~~~II~IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII~IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII~ recognized as a v i t a l component ok the Centre and w i l l now receive $300 I f any parent i s interested i n a month f o r two the s i z e of t h i s i s 'Z s t a r t i n g a "Parents G Tots" program, sue and two smaller ones i n between. please l e t Sheila o r Jackie know. =5:- The Pool Room, i n looking f o r a different 6' x12' snooker table, has % Welgare cheques were held up i n s t i t u t e d an eight session course t h i s month. Children went hungry.

M r . Van der Zalm: do you care? in snooker instruction. The teacher i s Johnny Bear, a world-class pro, Sheila Baxter who normally charges $50/hr, for ' individual lessons. Johnny told me A U*

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Damn near every place you go i n t o the r e n t has gone up i n the l a s t s i x months, but no-one t a l k s abopt i t f o r f e a r of eviction. Government subsidized incomes have gone up s l i g h t l y , but nowhere near the r i s i n g costs of r e n t , food, medical care, gas, bus f a r e , prescription drugs, e t c . , Etc., ETC.! In the next year, prices w i l l continue t o r i s e while our income sources w i l l s t a y about the same.

What we have i s an un-balanced and un-stable society. We a r e not bleeding h e a r t s ; we a r e n o t crying wolf; we a r e simply s t a t i n g f a c t s . We seem t o think t h a t things w i l l g e t b e t t e r , as i f by magic, but unless we make changes t o the way things a r e , things w i l l g e t much worse.

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When we think of the housing c r i s i s i n South America o r India o r Africa, we shudder because there i s n ' t much we can do. Our problems seem minimal by comparison and we should have no cause f o r alarm. But; .facts s t a t e t h a t every year more and more people are hszeiess ( ~ l t , h , = ~ S; tG ~ C ,~ e c ' i r e , affordable housing) with money and jobs getting t i g h t e r unless you know solneone who can help. I don't think the h o r r i b l e conditions i n underdeveloped countries could happen here, but how bad is bad? Stupidity and neglect of r e s p o n s i b i l i t y can cause nightmares, and things a r e already bad enough. They don't have t o g e t worse. I ' m not saying t h a t people should stop enjoying l i f e , but they should stop and open t h e i r eyes and look a t these things. Don't j u s t look a t what you want t o see - see everything !

OK, one l a s t thing. People have a r i g h t t o good housing, the same as we have a r i g h t t o good medical care o r services o r whatever. I t i s n ' t a priviledge f o r the priviledged, it' s a r i g h t f o r everyone.

A report on Housing and the Homeless

By DAVE McCONELL held a t u.R.C.

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LETTERS ROCK BOTTCr/l

Sometimes l i f e seems l i k e t h e whole bottom j u s t f e l l o u t of y o u r w o r l d l i k e being i n an e l e v a t o r with no f l o o r . So you smile a l o t , l i e a and no one ever knows t h e pain you - skid a r e f e e l i n g inside. ~ e i n gon Road i s l i k e being i n t h e bottom of No one c a r e s :I Lzn of p u t r i f ied puke. .. :( I ~7 die.

Seae ~,.:~i~ld I"" *'"joicc..one l e s s Welfare wino o r bum &y have t o support.

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When nature c a l l s - please pay a t t ention, o r your pants w i l l show it and you w i l l be standing i n a puddle. ,Jay Bee I canic t o Vancouver four vears m o . I f it w r c n ' t f o r Carnenie. I would have crdcd up on t h e s t r e e t . llaving no place t o P O , I d i d n ' t have no income, I was pennyless. d i d n ' t know about welfare.. .but I soon found out by heino a t Carnegie. [:or the f i r s t year t h a t I was i n and out of t h e r e , T d i d n ' t dare make rricnds but slowlv Cound out t h a t thcre were f r i e n d l y people.

I have met a l o t of n i c e i;=.ople in the l a s t few years. I take my son there now and I f i n d he has a l o t of people who care f o r him, l i k e E r i c 6 M i che 1l e , Sue, David 1'. ,. . .

Anyways, I could rro on with names l ~ u tit would take a l o t of paper. So thank you Carnepie - f o r the rriends

Dear Readers,

I have learned r e c e n t l y t h a t a very small group of misinformed people have been spreading a rwnour about me. These hopelessly naive f o o l s have apparently been t e l l i n g o t h e r people t h a t I am a n i c e guy.

Nothing could be f u r t h e r from the t r u t h . So, t o s e t t h e record s'traight, I wish t o s t a t e ;]ere and now t h a t I am a --t o t a l j e r k a t l e a s t 99% of t h e time.

Thank you.

Sam Slanders

LETTERS , To Nancy and Cora c/o DEWC I have been around Carnegie since Day 1, and except f o r the odd "Get Out of My Life!" personal beefs between people o r a t meetings, I have never seen o r heard of "sexual harassment." Twice; once on the s t r e e t and once i n the Centre, I have been harassed sexually by a woman. Except f o r being embarassed, I was not hurt.

I can take it.

This i s 1987. You "BRA-BURNING HOMOPHONE I-KPOCRITS" * want equal r i g h t s ? Well so be it! Space i n Carnegie? Are you so special t h a t you need DWC and Carnegie t o gather a t ? So be i t . Pay $$$rent. Programs f o r snlf-defence are OK, but again, no f r e e rides. Later hours? What decent woman wants t o be a ~ itn t h i s crime-ridden area l a t e a t night?

Open your women's crosswalk l a t e r a r your women's centre. I have spoken . x d am not a male chauvinist pig.

McDONALD * If the CARL shoe f i t s , wear it.. .

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THIS IS MY ROaM

I can sleep alone I know how I s t a y here on my own And now I wake from sleep with l i t t l e r e s t I t ' s 10 by 9 and i n a mess One window shut but facing West A worn out rug, an o l d address and This is my room Yes This is my room I often s t a y a t home I often s l e e p alone I h o w how.

Geldof / Crowe

The Go-getter

By Claudius Ivan Planidin Being so i n t e n t on z e t t i n g what she wants, she always g e t s what she wants, s t i l l people -.I. -L wl?y s ~ t :rlever smiles o r laughs, o r i s t h a t asking too much? ,.,nn,+n.. ..vAiu,l

The National h ' i l m Board of Canaaa i n v i t e s you t o the premiere of "Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief" Friday, June 5, 7:30 p.m.

Robson Square Media 800 Robson S t r e e t .!.dmiss.ion FREE - 66b-0718 A t r i b u t e t o Native Women and the s p i r i t u a l and c u l t u r a l values t h a t guide t h k i r l i v e s .

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Dim-rhea and qcarle t fever bfy acne sores outnumbered mv pores Feet a s f l a t a s the t a i l of a beaver.

I ' v e had aching bones and kidney stones The measles and s c l e r o s i s , After a l l these knocks, I learn from th5 Docs I 'm crawling with tuberculosis.

Pitching Straight

By Claudius Ivan P l a n i d i n llis f a s t b a l l was white f i r e , Ilis h e a r t b r i g h t gold.

Most b a s e b a l l e x p e r t s consider Big Walter Johnson of t h e Washington Senators t h e p r i m p i t c h e r of h i s tirnc and maybe a l l time, f l a s h y 'I'y Cobb o f t h e I k t r o i t 'Tigers : o ~ c~x l ij ( i 0 1 1 i > 7 t : ~ (IC : t i r <?~:ing E j g ~CZZI~P~ h o r r ~p l a t e was a white cake Big Wnltcr could c u t any way he chose.

C'mgly Wal t c r ' s prirnc p i t c h e s were hurril i t y and kindness. A young r e p o r t e r once asked Rig Walter before a doubletleader - Who was t h e hcirdcst -throwing pi t c h e r , Walter ,Johnson, o r J o e Wood of t h e Boston Red Sox? "My Pr icnd ," rep1 ied gangly Wal t e r whose arms s t r c t c h c d way 1,cyond h i s s l e e v e s , "nobody throws harder than Srnokcy.Joc Wood."

Big Walter e v e n t u a l l y l o s t t h e big I m t t l e a g a i n s t t h e big b o t t l e , 3 hard l o s s t ~ u tI know h e ' s s t i l l King o f t h e l l i l l i n t h e Dig Garre whet-c t h e f i e l d i s deep green t h e sky deep blue, t h e unifornis blazing white imder a sun gold each afternoon and he s t i l l t e l l s them when asked ,"My f ricnd , nobody throws liardcr than Smokcy,Joc Wood. '

b1aybc p i t c h i n g hard and s t r a i g h t from a b o t t l e o f hard S i r e is s t i l l t h e I ~ e s ta n a e s t h e t i c f o r p l a y c r s who p i t c h s t r a i g h t and t r u e and who can say, "My f r i e n d , nobody throws harder than Smokcy,Joc Wood." llis Sastlx~l 1 w i ~ swhi t c S i r e , l l i k ; II(\:I 1.t l)r-igltt go Id.

I LLI TERACY A dark way of l i f e with unbearable despair total illiteracy Shame - lonliness - frustration and struggles through l i f e with a masked secret

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Two worlds collide Brought together by circumstance unfortunate yet..

I'm hurling i n t o an arena such profound drive t o survive a physical exercise o r one of ego? a t e s t f o r me - how strong am I ? and f o r you?

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Screaming s i l e n t l y f o r the passion of expression . a sad s i t u a t i o n Family - employers - friends hiding from society A f a c t t h a t ' s held inside - a hard l i f e outside the front door

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Helplessness-embarassment-confusion depending on only .. sights and sounds A wild and wayward problem flushed with pressures . and dread Colleges and teachers hold a new lease on l i f e .... with vast rewards

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watch vou watch close sense your presence cherish vour touch , want t o reach out as your face colours your l i p s quiver I hesitate The price i s too high - f o r you f o r me also?

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Where do we go from HERE? This r e a l i t y shatters and dissolves the worlds part again.

Linda Forsythe

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pen t o paper; One speclal reporter, A Graphic Artist doing the lay-cut An Editor, One person taking directions re: assignments from the Editor d i r e c t Story l i n e s , by-lines, Headlines, Deadlines. h1s

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I want t o be near you t o f e e l your breath pressed close t o mine t o f e e l your gentleness not only i n coffee cups and prolonged touches.

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A leading barrier for a personal quest t o learn how t o read and write Jacki Matvichuk

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Take a community of very strong people Who take the time, To r e f l e c t , m i t e , and contribute Put it a l l together, AND WHAT HAVE YOU GOT !

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Beverly-Jeanne Whitney

IWPY BIRTHDAY Elizabeth-Ann 1 I

Remembering when t h e January wind with b i t i n g cold offered my f i r s t b o r n blue of i c e behind coloured l i d s .

The t h e a t r e of l i f e there the voice of an angel.

She breaks with the t i d e , l e t s me make the speeches, eyes p i e r c e ; her heart I see, y e t shows no s p i r i t ' s ease.

Repetition of the t e r r o r s z b ~ r t i ~i ,fFi ;.he

Remembering (when t h e January wind with f r o s t y breath covers my face) the seGixteen years p a s t ; I see my baby's eyes and the brightest blue of s k i e s merely fades.

Willemien

Let me see. . t h e r e i s Val Kalk, t h e second f l o o r cocrdinator; Don Bateman chasing us down; Sheila Bell, chatting on t h e phone; Stan, David A , , Butch and Michelle...chasing the drunks out; Conrad, dancing t h e blues away; John is t h e m n e r , Rnhert ai the movies, J i m s e l l i n g coffee, Paul 6 David a t Bingo; Earle bounces about and Bruce, well, you w i l l always f i n d him in the kitchen; Ceci1,in the poolroom, Al and John on posters; l e t 's not forget

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So if anyone is disappointed, they shouldn't be.. .

This applies t o not a few members, volunteers & s t a f f of t h i s Centre.

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By Jodie VanIderstine If you should hear your phone ring Even though you a r e very busy Answer it! !

For i t may j u s t be a friend!!

I f you see someone r e a l l y hurting comfort them! !

For i t may j u s t be a friend!!

I f someone asks you f o r help ! !

Have Compass ion f o r them.

For i t may just be a friend.

If someone goes out of t h e i r way f o r you, Be grateful For it may just be a friend.

I f someone Appreciate For it may If someone

giires you a compliment it. just be a friend. gives you a hug when you are down, Be Thank-full! !

Fcr ;t mgy j u s t 52 a friend!

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The horse and mule l i v e 30 years And know nothing of wines and beers, The goat and sheep a t 20 die And never t a s t e of scotch o r rye.

The cow drinks water by the ton And a t 18 i s mostly done, The dog a t 15 cashes i n Without the aid of rum or gin.

The c a t i n milk and water soaks And then i n 1 2 short years it croaks, The modest, sober, bone-dry hen Lays eggs f o r nogs then dies a t 10.

A l l animals are s t r i c t l y dry; They sinless l i v e and quickly die; But s i n f u l , ginful, rum-soaked men Survive f o r three score years and ten.

And some of them, a very few, Stay pickled u n t i l they're 92.

There are several reasons f o r drinking, And one has just entered my head; I f a man can't drink while he's living, How the h e l l can he when he's dead?

He drank h i s beer, From year t o year, Then h i s b i e r had him.

I f someone t r u l y loves you Return t h e i r love, For i t may just be a friend.

My friends, these words on t h i s paper May j u s t seem very i d l e t o you, But i f you look inside yourself And t r y t h i s technique, You w i l l be A better person the 'sooner t h a t you do.

The world is so f u l l of hate. and not Very much love. So do some shul searching Reach out of your s e l f i s h s e l f and love Someone along the way. I guarantee You w i l l find l i f e happier t h i s way.

Love a Friend.

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.. *.Bank manager Tom Lewis got an 18 months' suspended sentence and a $7,000 fine for playing Robin Hood - and putting rich folks' money in poor folks' accounts.

Evidence at the trial revealed that Lewis, of 'Dyfed, England, juggled $1.5 million in branch funds in a misguided effort to help poorer customers. Beginning in 1979, he made about $750,000 worth of unauthorized debits from accounts and almost an equal amount of unauthorized .credits.

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Poor, in money terms...

Being on Welfare i s n ' t just a question of being poor. The big problem is Society's attitude: "Welfare bums, lazy bum".

- people in receipt are often treated as dumb-stupid-airheads e t c . They are blamed f o r being poor.

People i n receipt of welfare are made powerless i n t h e i r lives. They are pushed around by c i v i l servants who's pay comes from the same source - so they are a l l on Welfare, even the politicians.

There i s enough wealth i n Canada; nobody needs t o l i v e below the pove r t y kine. Let s share the weaith a l i t t l e more f a i r l y . Kids go t o school hungry in Beautiful B. C. Shame - Shame.

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I f there are interested people, we could s t a r t a Welfare Rights group i n Carnegie.

Raise Welfare Rates t o Poverty Level ilaise the Minimum Wage SHEILA BAXTER

A BILL OF ASSERTIVE RIGFITS You have the right to judge your own behavior, thoughts, and emotions, and to take the responsibility for their initiation and consequences upon yourself.

You have the right to offer no reasons or excuses for justifying your behavior.

You have the right to judge if you are responsible for finding solutions to other people's problems.

You have the right to change your mind.

You have the right to make mistakesand be responsible for them.

-YOU have the right to say, :'I don't know."

You have the right to be independent of the goodwill of others before coping with them.

You have the right to be illogical in making decisions.

You have the right to say, ''I don't understand."

You have the right to say, "I don't care."

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ianother's dream. But those dreams had bucked and rrnder the weight of a souring relationship. Cheyl's once passionate love shrank land withered, and eventually mutated into a lrevuhion from which she M j k a l y and violently Irecoibd.

27ie divorce shattered Cheryl's spirit. She On with her bile' outwarmy and sheer hO~elessnessof her ' f e webhed On her 'messant@. sometirnw she see a glimmer of time, only to plungc suddenly and into a 6'ackde~rwsh.

Yrn'fd' was ' y her emotions and elplwsly she rode with them. g u t as the second

It varied somewhat from one day to the ncxi, but in the main, CheyCs new outlook was good She cou(;i have been bitter or negative, or even more unattractively, vitdictive. gut she wasn't. [itsteati, th sorrow and pain Cheyl had endured had the curious effect o f increasing her own compassion.

She owned agende goodnus now, not a conrpdsive goodness 60rn af naivete, for Cheyl was no lbnger naive. But rather a pure, deep, unobtrusive generosity that emirtatedgentLy from within her.

And ChnjC had Gegun to dream...

Her dream began ac a glistening entGyo decp within her. f i it swefled and tooksfiope, hr&,a171 Cntfy brO& the surfere of Lr suGcorrrciou artd continued to s w e l until cheryl was corrcurngd $ the pasion it, Cjqyl kreamed 4 love. 9 love so smetarid deep and profovnd that tears welled in her eyes when she t b y h t of it. A ht,sea~ng,liq,,id and and tho&t P~~~~~ her emtion &at knew r*, escape, a n d h e w no e7td perspective, Cheryl's shattered heart Andas she dreamed, Cheylwaited She waited : b e ~ to n and with b ~ e . And C h e ~ f for a second 6uyeoning heart, which &Q &ew the ,6egan to dream again... dream. And time passed, and Cheryl waited not Cheyl was a petite) Pretty with 'oft desperately, but patiently, until one day another ,U G ~ L / C 6londe hair, blue eyes, and a tiny. l&ht@ frerk_/pd wnn n%nr tn +i;# -.-- u . ~ ~ , o w . irinncr ~,.,, L L C E, - - Cute# most people and had said the s a w sweet hue as her OW. ?Je salne sweet, throuahout 'Ye- But she tookthi( a liquid love that swelled in her owit breast came serious compliment for she had come to 6eQve that flowiy back to her. And c h r . drank li4c a her loo& were not a true rcflcction qf L r inner s e v newborn Gaby.

She thought of them as a superficial veneer over f l i y sat, cudded together in a large soft cfinir which s L had little control. ~ v e n h e l e s s ,C hyl in front 4t h e r e p e , whbpepen.v and lumllIiItll kept hersev in nice clothing and from t i m to time each other. cy+lleanedchr. wed a small amount qf ma&-up. she stilil Ci&d to "Poyou Cove me?" she as&d Sbokfresfi and healthy.

"I love you forever." came the whifpered reply.

And she puled Cheyl clbse.

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Words are powerful things.

Involved as we are, i n a struggle t o survive s p i r i t u a l l y and define our r e a l needs against a l l material odds.

(Jsed correctly, words are magical weapons made t o fight e v i l - t o reveal and communicate what i s good and true - t o target and destroy those a t t i t u des and actions t h a t are e v i l among us - those things t h a t t r i v i a l i z e and r i p off our highest, most t r u t h f u l desires.

"Good" 6 "evil" are words t h a t require definition i n a social sense.

What is good? and what is e v i l in our sociai-system? - In our everyday a t t itude - what is the mistake or d i s tortion from Z i c h wrong actions and agreements continue t o grow?

Surely good i s whatever creates a refinement - an evolution, a humanizi n g , co-operative influence i n our 1ives Surely good e x i s t s in the lieart and mind of every child before e v i l i s invited i n t o manipulate the i l l u s i o n that greed is power.

Originally, the thing called "good" must have been something truthful that speaks t o us of how we are now, and what can be done inside t h i s moment t o open and maintain a source of pos i t ivc evolution. '[his "good" must bc a pathway ent-

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ered by each one i n t h e i r own way, to[ arrive a t the point of healing. What went wrong so long ago - and what con[ tinues t o go wrong - t o feed so many disastrously s e l f i s h , power-hungry motivations i n t h i s world.

Realizing how much e v i l has accumulated, i t takes a strong, steady determination t o carry forward and develop what i s good.. From the l i t t l e hotel room on an a i r s h a f t , or the penthouse apartment overlooking Engl i s h Bay; day by day, year by year; not just t o d r i f t away and drown i n overindulgence, fear or cold i n d i f f erence..but t o hold the ship of every existence on course and guide t h i s good identity home against the odds.

Words are powerful things - images are powerful things. The f a s c i s t threat of the policeman's uniform i s a measure of our lack of f a i t h - that our system s t i l l produces vicious social imagery as an attempt t o con-1 t r o l the desperate rage t h a t s t r i k e s out against i t s e l f when humaity f a i l s .

'The in~ageof bureaucratic e f f i c i ency thar elasks indifference to the

f a t e of future generations is a measure of our f a i l u r e t o take those s o l i d steps - t h a t are incorruptably determined - t o carry us i n t o an evolved s t a t e where "good" is only natural and "evil" is just a stupid mistake..something unnatural t o be eliminated and never repeated.

When "good" i s only the option of superficial minds, who l e g i s l a t e cont r o l s against things they fear but have never r e a l l y experience, the e f f o r t s of individuals t o humanize and refine existence a r e frustrated.

What is t r u l y good is recognized instantly by the innocent s t a t e of each human heart, once that depth of being is realized by a determined e f f o r t t o reach it-. Without such s e l f -discovery, every "good" law w i l l have a bad side - situations w i l l not be judged on individual merit - prophets, saints and creative s p i r i t s w i l l continue t o lurk unrecognized in the alleyways of the soul while judges 6 lawyers 6 professiona l politicians t r y t o l e g i s l a t e their actions and d i c t a t e - t o them what is

'Igood" Evil is just good twisted around and j u s t i f i e d t o f i t the shallow experience of material prosperity t o maintain kingdoms of thought t h a t protect those who play these games well from those who have experienced too much t r u t h t o take them seriously.

An example of a "good" law i s : " THOU SHALT NOT KILL" We a l l agree on t h a t , unless the government says i t ' s necessary t o k i l l an enemy of the s t a t e ; then you might believe otherwise. If the government hands you a r i f l e , puts you i n a helicopter, and pays you t o k i l l wolves, then you might be tempted t o j u s t i f y your actions. O r , i f the slaughterhouse t h a t feeds us animal protein must be maintained, we could a l l avoid the eyes of animals t h a t are being sacrificed.

"Good", i n i t s own true and original form, exists i n the hearts of people.

I t i s experienced d i r e c t l y by the senses of individuals only. Evil is the attempt t o replace good with an image or rule t h a t seems good, but can not possibly f i t a l l situations.

Evil w i l l never cease u n t i l we a l l make ourselves over again and recrea t e ourselves i n the natural pattern of our original goodness.

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The Elderly: Ripped Off April 1st - commonly known as April Fools Day - t h i s year was a t r a g i c joke on the people of British Columbia over 65.

Old age pensioners receive $323 a month plus a 'minicome' of $20 i n the middle of the month. ~ i r s t , $ 3 4 3 f o r someone who worked a l l t h e i r l i f e i s unworthy and f a r below the o f f i c i a l poverty level. Now, the 7

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What does the Premier f e e l ; these people w i l l die off before the election, o r that most elderly can't or don't get out t o vote.

Also, I ' v e noticed t h a t a l l the changes i n labour are i n the favour of Big Business (of which he 's part).

Our elderly worked a l l t h e i r l i v e s , and I don't think they deserve t o be shafted t h i s way.

Our elders have done so much f o r t h i s country and I f e e l i t ' s disgusting t h a t besides living on an i n s u l t , they also have t o pay t o get an Rx f i l l e d . What kind of a Premier do we have when t h i s extra revenue belongs on a luxury tax of Alcohol o r cigarettes. They have t o reconsider.

A l l of you who read t h i s must write i n support of the elderly t o the Prime Minister. I s n ' t it strange t o be born i n a country which you can no longer be proud o f . . t h i s province. t h i s premier.

What about the elderly who just don't have $5.00? What about an old man i n a skid road hotel room with cracked window and dead radiator having a chest cold, getting worse, and not having $5.00 f o r medicine?

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As people pass 70 or 80, t h e i r health problems worsen. Has medicine and i t s practice been tampered with by the premier? Who i s t o blame i f an elderly c i t i z e n can't go t o a doctor because of not having $5.00 t o spare? This money-saver measure has deprived the elderly of proper health care!

By BEVERLY-JEANNE WHITNEY

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Kids are kids, and often they have more problems than we are willine t o l i s t e n to. On the surface they may appear devilish and delinauent, but down deep they have many t h i n ~ sthat thev would l i k e t o say. I t ' s a matter of finding the right person o r oersons t o t a l k to.

Each kid is different i n manv waIrs, hut cometimes we forget that: our own lives are so busy t h a t we tend t o hear only a small part of what thev're t r r i n m t o qay.

We see kids as being energetic and active but rarely consider %hat they, too. need the quiet and serious moments i n l i f e . Kids can and w i l l respond t o i n t e l l i g e n t conversation i f given the opportunity, and show t h e i r feelinus i f given half the chance. Kids say what they f e e l i f they don't f e e l the fear i n the other person. I t takes1 many things t o help a kid express him or herself, but we lack these a t times and the kids clan f e e l this.

Kids are unique - funny. smart and learning from the mistakes t h a t the-. sep us make everyday.

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'What i f my c l i e n t a l got AIDS?" I think t h a t these people have a very serious problem.

- AIDS cannot be passed by breathing o r coughing on someone...

- the only way t o contract AIDS sexu a l l y is by having anal intercourse without using a condom. Anal rupture allows the ' v i r u s 1 access, which then breaks down your immune system. ' h i s occurs mainly i n homosexuals.

A p o l l was done t o see how widespread AIDS is i n Canada: IIighest r i s k a r e male homosexuals, 99.9% chance of contracting AIDS Bisexuals have an 87.5% chance iIeterosexuals r i s k it 79.6% Lesbians were lowest with 0.5% chance What shocks me is t h a t people don't take the time t o research things bef o r e they pass judgement. I think t h a t an AIDS seminar would be approp r i a t e t o l e t the public know t h a t not a l l Gay people change partners, and t h a t most homosexuals use condoms - which c u t s t h e r i s k by 92%.

Homophobic people d e f i n i t e l y have a problem with t h e i r own i d e n t i t y .

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Every Sunday and Monday afternoon , from 1:00 t o 5:00,, Mr.W.K.Chou and Fred Lee teach f o r f r e e ; Traditional Ball Room Dancing, Tango, ChaCha, Waltzes and other formal dances too numerous t o mention. Traditional Ballroom Dance is an i n t r i c a t e a r t form within i t s e l f ; i n my mind comparable t o Ballet o r Tai Chi. Please don't take my word f o r it!

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For those of you who have y e t t o a t t e n d the Senior's Dance on Monday evenings, you should. I t i s one of the most attended events in the Theatre a t t h e present time.

Monday night, I wandered i n t o the Theatre a s Harvey Bowers s t a r t e d the dance and was t r u l y amazed! Harvey should g e t great c r e d i t f o r h i s r o l e a s master of ceremonies. He takes g r e a t pain in the selection of music he tapes, and t h e professional way i n which he conducts t h i s event was c l e a r l y i l l u s t r a t e d when he thanked a woman named Violet who had taken t h e time t o make him a tape of music from her collection. This music is taped with maximum v e r s a t i l i t y and' includes Tangos, Country, Polkas and Traditional Ballroom Dancing.

Other people who should not be overlooked a r e Pat Kendall and Tom Kovisto.

I1d.:like t o urge Carnegie members t o economically support the Seniors fundraising concessions. Do yourself a favour - some Monday evening, drop in t o the Theatre and see f o r yours e l f . - I sincerely guarantee you, you won't be disappointed.

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P e l t i e r of the 1975 k i l l i n g s of two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation i n South Dakota.

'What went on i n t h a t courtroom had nothing t o do with justice," Butler charged.

Efforts t o f r e e P e l t i e r and win a new t r i a l f o r him have been underway since h i s conviction i n a Fargo, North Dakota courtroom in 1977 - one year a f t e r he was extradited from Can. The 1976 extradition hearings i n Vancouver were the scene of several demonstrations amid charges t h a t the evidence presented by the U.S.Governlii2iiLL LLv Giiii& - ~ " q i i i - z Z xdcr t h ~ Extradition Treaty - was false. This was subsequently proved, even before P e l t i e r ' s extradition, but then-Just i c e Minister Ron Basford refused t o stay the hearings.

A 1984 hearing in Bismark, North Dakota, found t h a t evidence from an FBI munitions expert, which had c i r cumstantially linked a weapon owned by P e l t i e r t o the b u l l e t s f i r e d a t the RALLY HIGHLIGHTS PELTIER CAMPAIGN s l a i n FBI agents, was faulty. Despite (Reprinted from Pacific Tribune) an acknowledgement of t h a t finding a t an Eigth Circuit Court of Appeals sesNative liberation a c t i v i s t s and sion l a s t f a l l , the court denied supporters linked arms s p i r i t u a l l y P e l t i e r a new t r i a l . with t h e i r counterparts in the South "So we're not looking t h a t i t ' s goAfrican and Central American liberaing t o be the court systems t h a t w i l l t i o n struggles a t a packed meeting on bring freedom and justice f o r Leonard," May 14.

Butler said. ' ' Speakers on the stage of the Ukran"You've got t o look a t history . One i& Hall were applauded when they by one they've targeted the people and pointed out the link between the movet r i e d t o take them down. They've done ments, particularly the African Natthe same thing with the American ional Congress and the Native AmeriIndian Movement.

This is the same can movements..whose leaders - Nelson pattern t h a t is going on throughout Mandela and Leonard P e l t i e r - are the wvrld.

I t doesn't matter i f we're p o l i t i c a l prisoners. talking about up here, o r South and Nilak Butler, of the Leonard PeltCentral America, or South Africa, o r i e r Defense Committee, s a i d t h a t the what is now called New Zealand and supporters of the. imprisoned American Australia.

In every s i t u a t i o n , the Indian Movement (AIM) a c t i v i s t a r e original peoples of the land are under trying one l a s t legal option t o over-

and i n every s i t u a t i o n , t h e same corporate names and banks a r e involved," charged Butler.

Demands f o r a new t r i a l f o r P e l t i e r have come from more than 50 members of t h e IJ. S. Congress and s e v e r a l bi n ternational religious leaders, including South African Anglican Bishop Desmond Tutu and t h e Archbishop of Canterbury. Some 60 MPs, including N1)P MP Jim Fulton, have demanded t h a t P e l t i e r be returned t o Canada.

More than 1 3 million Soviet c i t i zens have signed p e t i t i o n s demanding P e l t i e r ' s r e l e a s e , a s have some 80 thousand western Europeans.

In a p e t i t i o n t o be f i l e d by t h e end of t h i s month, P e l t i e r ' s lawyers w i l l be asking t h e U.S.Supreme Court t o review t h e lower c o u r t ' s decision and order a new t r i a l . " P e l t i e r ' s defense committee i s touring Canada with a new campaign ,, aimed a t churches and t r a d e u n i o n i s t s , Butler said.

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The provincial government's philosophy on education is obvious from Pvliat its leaders ;iav said &,.d w.a':t. they have included i n t h e i r l e g i s l a t i o n . The government wants t o reduce the q u a l i t y of public schooling by permanently underfunding public schools and s i l e n c i n g those who defend public education.

Premier B i l l VanderZalm r e c e n t l y addressed a gathering of Social Cred i t p a r t y supporters. In h i s speech, he s a i d t h a t t h e former Socred leader and premier, W. A. C. Bennett, had had trouble with the B r i t i s h Colmbia Tenchcrls Federation when he was premier; t h a t NDP leader nave B a r r e t t had hall t r o ~ i l ~ lwith c t h e BCTl:, the

ex-premier B i l l Bennett had had trnml- - -ble- with t h e federation, and t h a t he, too, was having trouble with t h e organization. In o t h e r words, t h e philosophy behind B i l l 20 i s t o punish t h e R. C. Teaci~er' s Federation.

The BCTF has c o n s i s t e n t l y opposed t h e government's attempt t o reduce t h e q u a l i t y of educatibn by unclerfunding t h e public school system. Rather than address t h i s i s s u e , t h e government has t r i e d t o d i s t r a c t t h e public by attacking teachers. The government a t t a c k s t h e teachers when they hold a one-day study session, but f o r g e t s t h a t , when he was minister of education, M r . Vander Zalrn closed the schools f o r f i v e days t o save money.

The government t e l l s us t h a t public education w i l l be b e t t e r o f f i f publ i c school teachers have an organizat i o n l i k e o t h e r professionals - lawyers and doctors. The government knows t h a t i s a f a l s e comparison because t h e teachers covered by B i l l 20 - The Teaching Profession Act - a r e a l l public employees who w i l l be covered by B i l l 19, t h e I n d u s t r i a l Rela t i o n s Reform Act. What B i l l 20 seems t o give t h e teachers - t h e r i g h t t o s t r i k e - it removes with t h e public i l l t c s r c\i trv I \!or! i l f 5 L l l 1 9 !?i!?icil e s s e n t i a l l y eliminates t h i s r i g h t .

Another thing which makes t h e p h i losophy behind B i l l 20 c l e a r i s t h e government's r e f u s a l t o make t h e i s sues i n B i l l 20 p a r t of t h e discussion of t h e government's royal cornrniss i o n on education; saying i n e f f e c t t h a t t h e i s s u e s weren't r e a l l y educ a t ional The government's philosophy of education is t h a t most people r e a l l y d o n ' t need a good education. A l l t h a t most people need i s t r a i n i n g t o work.

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I k a r Ga rden ing I:r iends , Sonic of you may have rcad a book c a l lcd 'Ihc i:indllorn Gardens. In a n u t s h e l l , the book t e l l s of a group of persons i n Scotland who e s t a b l i s h e d ongoing contact with t h e p l a n t s i n t h e i r gartlcn and in a programme of 1) l m t -hwaan cooperation, achieved phenomcnal r c s u l t s - 40113. cabbages.

I had not rcad l a r i n t o t h e book when a 1ight dawned. ..

About 15 years ago next month, June 1972, a fellow drug freak taught me techniques f o r momentarily t u r n i n g of-f oncl-; conscious mind and tuning into a t e l e p a t h i c l e v e l of o n e ' s o m sul~consciousin order t o receive messages from linked groups of o t h e r hiuwn sul)conscious nr inds o r Cram inclividuals. I s t i l l Ilavc t h i s a b i l i t y .

In those days I soon f'otmd t h a t I could a s readi l y corrln~unicatewith a n i n u l s as with hruiian be ings, and *, i 11c.c. t l i c r i I 1i:rvc cxvcrl L - ~ I I I I I I I I Ii~<-:I t c t l

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As I read t h e book, i t occured t o ' me t h a t I undoubtedly could communic a t e with p l a n t s j u s t a s e a s i l y . The Broom p l a n t s were my f i r s t choice a s s u b j e c t s f o r experimentation. Success , came immediately. (Let me say t h a t what t h e Broom p l a n t s f i r s t t o l d me about myself was less than f l a t t e r - -

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I look forward t o a c t i n g a s gobetween, s o t h a t any gardener w i l l ii be a b l e t o l e a r n from t h e p l a n t s t h e ~ s e l v e swhat should o r should not be done f o r t h e i r well-being. For 1 example, one person asked me t o ask t h e Corn MinJ what c!mld be done tc, impro;w :heir s t a t e . I d i d so overn i g h t . They t o l d me t h a t they were both hungry and c o l d , 'and i n d e t a i l - through both p i c t u r e s and words exactly what should be done t o s e t matters s t r a i g h t .

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This banner, unfurled f o r Rick Hansen's homecoming, attempted t o bring the Man-In-Motion's a t t e n t i o n t o local handicaps' f r u s t r a t i o n s .

On a local note - both the Royal Bank and the Port of Vancouver had large signs welcoming Rick Hansen. Wheelchairs c a n ' t get i n t o the Bank and the Pot's Overpass on Main Street has been referred t o as Suicide H i l l .

The Wall - Part 2 Several years ago I wrote an a r t i c l e ahout "the wall< of soci e t y . '' The main concerns talked ahn~itW P ~ PprFmeril.7 52 ssci e t y had manaoed t o build walls t o segregate d i f f e r e n t grouns, one from the other. There were no realizations t h a t others needed t o be recognized f o r who they are. The struggle f o r survival has been implanted i n each of us.

We s t r i v e f o r success, the joy and pride f o r accomplishments and r e s u l t s , and f i n a l l y the determination t o further our dreams and reach f o r our goals.

We know ourselves t h a t the dest r u c t i v e thinking, accompanied by poor a t t i t u d e , has prolonged the d Y y i y ~ . . y ~gee2 f f e e l l z ~ sarc experienced from time t o time.

Good feelings, the sudden rush t o make us care so much more healthy feelings make us more w i l l ing t o help each other and i n turn we get a brighter flash. Then, the positive things t h a t we do w i l l demonstrate the inner support and unders tandine.

We a l l have a heart t h a t t i c k s beyond our imagination, and we have our days too.

By STAN MAH

Dear C a r n e g i e Members and Users;

We t h e 'ICOUNT ON COUNTRY BANDn w i l l n o t b e r e t u r r i n g t o S t a g e 4 0 1 , d c e t o t r e a t m e n t i n t h e p a s t and f u t u r e . We've t a k e n enough m e n t a l and v e r b a l a b u s e from c e r t a i n p a r t i e s i n t h i s C e n t r e , Our i n n e r s t r e n g t h can b e p u t t o a l o t b e t t e r use, than dealing with c e r t a i n undesirables.

Each and e v e r y o n e o f y o u ' s who p l a y e d a p a r t >:ill h a v e a I f it w a s n ' t f o r a l l you p e o p l e who come p l a c e i n our h e a r t s . and w a t c h e d , c l a p p e d , d a n c e d , s a n g , l i s t e n e d , a n d even e n c o u r a g e d us.

T d o n ' t t h i n k we would h a v e l a s t e d t h i s l o n g ( ~ y e a r s ) .

And a s p e c i a l THANK-YOU t o Val Kalk, David W. Todd, and Rodney S u t h e r l a n d who s t o o d by u s a t a l l times. Hope we s e e you's a l l somewhere i n t h e f u t u r e .

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I , ~ L ~ I T !11 .: ~ : Y L- L- : p a y tell, can they count millions of bodies; son12 cf which were not even there to be counted? or left tovn? Gr c;;an$ed names? whatever else?

OVER History: Jew losses estimates - from 4, run up to 8, in millions An inclusion of other ethnic varieties Is 2rcsent but the! majority sits with the Jews.

Conclusions 1st: There were not many Jews left in Gerndny or Austria or Poland vhea all was said an6 done.

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