September 15, 1986, carnegie newsletter by Carnegie Newsletter

"Centre not going be1 Iy-up!! " C a r t i e g i e i s tiot- uoi tig tcl g o b e l l y - u p . I t w i l l be a r o u n d a 1 o t 1 o t i g e r t h a n scltiie af us.,. " That w a s , Max Eec k , V ~ n c r l u v e 'r s director 13f 2 t : o t z i a1 planning at an f r 1 1 rrteetitig at the C e n t r e 1a s t T u e s d a y . " I t h i n k you a r e i t 1 a cast1 5queeze. You have trouble p a y i tiq y a u r h i 1 1 s. But I don't t h i n k you are in a nblerf~.. y n u ' r e not r11a.jo r bankrup;: "he said. He s a i d , ~I~IXIQII, that t h e h a s tct start Association e a r t i i ng more r m n e y thrcugh fundraising ef f111rts -- a n d t h a t ri~eanwl-ri1 e t h e Ci t y wi 1 1 s u p p l y accountanl:y help t n sort t x t t the tangle o f batik a c c o ~ ~ n t s ,d e b t s a n d r i l i s s i tiq f u n d s whi cti h a s b e e n t aki tig up sa rlwch Bclar d and v o l u n t e e r tirile. "If I were I wc~uld f nr us o n t tie Wondwc~rI:: i tig and k i t c t i e t i a c c o c t t ~ t s " Beck said. He d e s c r i bed the Assol: i a t i?=,t~'s batiki t ~ g and f i n a n.i-i a 1 pr CII: ec!ur e s as ---.-----~

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The following is the letter of r esi g n a t i C O ~ I sctbriiitted t o t h e 1T:C:l::AB by Kat h e r i tie Gal a n . She h a s b e e n a l c j t i g t i r i ~ ew : : ~ r k e r f o r C a r n e g i e a n d stbe w a n t e d t h e r i ~ e r i ~ b e r sph i t111t i a v e t h e f u l 1 t e x t of h e r r e s i g t i a t i 12n. W e p r i n t i t as s h e gave i t to US.

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I d o n o t w i s h t o pass m o r a l judgement on anyone . i n t h i s but in an matter impoverished and dispossessed n e i ghbourhood our humanity i s p e r h a p s o u r one s a v i n g g r a c e and to ignore t h i s Three S n a k e s s i t u a t i o n is t o s e l l t h a t h u m a n i t y too c h e a p l y .

by TOM LEWIS

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By FALJL TAYLOR

The C i t y has a p p r o v r d thk money for expansion of C a r n e g ie, and the r e o r d e r i n p o f i n n e r space r e q u i r e m e n t s . k n e ~ facil i t y f o r s p o r t a n d p h y r ical f itnsss has opened i n t h e d o p n t w n e a s t s i d e , , an~I t h e r e s u l t a , t~ e x t r a space a t C a r n e g i e h a s aided I jbrary expansion -7nd a1 1 o t ~ s da 10h o u r - a - d a y r e s t a u r a n t t o ape)) here the eight room u a s . Everything's c o n i n 3 u p roses.

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