December 1, 1987, carnegie newsletter

PaulR Taylor, (My c r e d i b i l i t y is f i n e i n t h e downtown eas t s ide , f403-118 Alexander S t . , a s I w r i t e on the b a s i s of what people knowingly Vancouver, B.C. t a l k o f . Regardless of someone's personal record

Your Worship, o r hygiene, they know a scam when they s e e one.)

Being a r t i c u l a t e when reading notes is dependent d i r e c t l y on t h e d i s t ance of s a i d no te s from my eyes. When I was making my presen- t a t i o n regarding DEEDS (Council - Nov.24), I w a s t r y i n g t o say what the community f e e l s about t h i s or- ganizat ion and r e l a t e s p e c i f i c s .

Alderman P u i l was r i g h t when he s a i d t h a t these people had made se r ious depar ture from t h e necess- a ry methods of handling publ ic money. Not "peanuts" o r "odds & ends", e spec i a l ly where the l o c a l people a r e concerned. I wasn't aware of Margaret Chisholm's presence (New Hope Co-ordinator) when I spoke, bu t was hoping aga ins t hope t h a t she would appear t o make a d e t a i l e d re-

p o r t on t h e d a i l y f i n a n c i a l deal ings of Martin Baker and o the r s i n DEEDS. She d id , and was eminently eloquent when poin t ing out en t ry a f t e r en t ry where she had pa id b i l l s t h a t were t o t a l l y DEEDS' cos t s .

On a r egu la r b a s i s , DEEDS used New Hope money t o pay f o r t h e i r own expenses - with money they had the o f f i c i a l duty of administer ing f o r New Hope. To j u s t reduce t h i s whole scenar io t o a quest ion of honesty vs . dishonesty seems t o m i s s t he poin t . A s M s . Chisholm s a i d , up u n t i l about two weeks ago Baker e t a1 had been adamant i n saying t h a t they d idn ' t owe her a cent ; then, about a week ago they suddenly pay her $8,200 - ' 1 they must be p r e t t y s tup id t o pay

t h i s money i f i t wasn ' t owed i n t h e f i r s t p lace ." It was done t o make t h e p r a c t i c e seem r e g u l a r and ' j u s t one o f t h o s e t h i n g s ' ; i n r e a l i t y t o m o l l i f y M s . Chisholm i n t o n o t speak- i n g h e r mind about t h e t r u e p r a c t - i c e s and c o l o u r s o f t h i s group.

I w a s s e r i o u s when I s a i d t h a t t h e nickname of t h i s group i n t h e commun+ i t y is "Dir ty ~ e e d s " . P r a c t i c a l l y everyone coming w i t h s t o r i e s and complaints h a s been r e a l l y d i s s a t i s - f i e d : many who had worked w i t h i n DEEDS over t h e p a s t few y e a r s have become d i senchan ted w i t h t h e i r busi - n e s s p r a c t i c e s ancl treatn:ent o f o t h e r s i n t h e conmunity. S e b a s t i a n Roniir ~ : m an executive and, a f t e r s e e i n g t h e n a t u r e ( t r u e n a t u r e ) o f Mart in B a k e r , and Tony Seaver , l e f t .

From what 1 ' v e been a b l e t o g a t h e r , only one person i n t h e bikeshop i s a c t u a l l y employed, y e t e i g h t jobs a r e claimed t o have been c r e a t e d . When I asked f o r a S e r v i c e Audi t , I hoped t h a t t h e s i m p l e s t q u e s t i o n s would be asked: - who a r e t h e e i g h t peop le , where d i d they work, when, what was t h e i r work; what are t h e r e s u l t s o f t h e expendi tu re o f $180,000 o f p u b l i c money?

On Tuesday (Nov.24), Council gave S o c i a l P lann ing two weeks t o p r e p a r e a s comprehensive a r e p o r t as p o s s i b l e on t h e answers t o t h e s e q u e s t i o n s . The d i f f i c u l t y t h a t arises i s t h a t one person w i t h a f u l l workload v y go d i r e c t l y t o DEEDS and l i s t e n t o whatever they say - and t h e i r r es - ponses w i l l c o n s t i t u t e t h e main body of t h e r e p o r t .

I f M s . Chisholm had been q u e r i e d by t h e a u d i t o r s , i f h e r a l l e g a t i o n s a r e n o t l i e s , then we have a ve ry s e r i o u s breach o f e t h i c s and perhaps t h e law. A s Alderman Davies s a i d :

' 1 Any o t h e r o r g a n i z a t i o n must conf o m t o t h e g u i d e l i n e s f o r f i n a n c i a l ac- c o u n t a b i l i t y l a i d o u t f o r C i t y g r a n t s . " These g u i d e l i n e s a r e i n p l a c e t o make t h e n a t u r e of t h e hand l ing of p u b l i c money c l e a r . What may g e t l o s t o r ignored i n t h e s h o r t t ime a l l o t t e d i s t h e community's r e a c t i o n s t o t h e DEEDS' o p e r a t i o n s .

The l a c k o f account ing d o e s n ' t sat- i s f y t h e Slow P i t c h League about t h e d i sappearance o f t h e $1,000 r a i s e d ; i t d o e s n ' t s a t i s f y M s . Chisholm who had New Hope money going t o pay o f f a Bingo d e b t ; i t d o e s n ' t s a t i s f y t h e i n d i v i d u a l s who were r e p e a t e d l y f r u s - t r a t e d when d e a l i n g w i t h DEEDS.... i t - does s a t i s f y t h e ' s t a f f ' who g o t t h e i r s a l a r i e s from New Hope money, t h e e l e c t r i c a l company and t h e k i t - chen s u p p l i e r s and. .. . .. . AGAIN

When t h e Counc i l ' s d e l i b e r a t i o n s d i d n ' t show a 2/3 backing, t h e DEEDS people s i t t i n g around me began t o m u t t e r "defe r it", "defe r it". The n e x t remark was t h e c l i n c h e r : "How can we g e t what they want t o hear?" Anything g o t t e n from DEEDS r i g h t now must be s u b j e c t e d t o s c r u t i n y . They have proven themselves a d e p t a t sta- g ing h i g h - p r o f i l e e v e n t s j u s t f o r t h e s a k e o f good p u b l i c i t y and a t p u t t i n g words t o g e t h e r t o make themselves sound l i k e s a i n t s . Witness t h e i r I I p r e s s conferences" and success s t o r - i e s ; anyone walking by a day o r two a f t e r t h e s e s t o r i e s appear s e e s what was t h e r e a week b e f o r e - poor busi - n e s s and d i s s a t i s f i e d customers.

, , , ,and again A f t e r Council ad journed , I was

walking through t h e f o y e r o u t s i d e chambers and was accos ted by Tony

LETTERS

p r a i s e of benches. One of t h e g r e a t p leasures of l i f e

is s i t t i n g down, e s p e c i a l l y i f you a r e a s e n i o r walking up & down e a s t Hastings. You have t o buy a lousy cup of co f f ee j u s t t o f i n d a p l ace t o rest your weary bones.

So you would t h i n k t h a t w i th $66,000 , t h e Carnegie Community Centre would put i n a couple of benches on t h e Hastings S t . s i d e of t h e bu i ld ing on Carnegie property.

With benches, t h e Carnegie could ask people no t t o s i t on t h e c e n t r e ' s t e p s blocking en t rances . This has been~la d a i l y problem. People may occas iona l ly d r ink on those benches, but people d r ink anywhere anyway. Hel l , they d r i n k i n t h e Carnegie washrooms, i n t he back a l l e y , ....

The benches could be % s i z e , a s Paul Wright suggested; j u s t enough room f o r s i t t i n g down and a bag of grocer ies . A fu l l - s i zed bench a t Crab Waterfront Park c o s t s $1,000. I t 's l o g i c a l t h a t %-size benches would c o s t about h a l f t h a t . ($500).

Don Larson

I t ' s almost t h a t time of t he year again. To c e l e b r a t e t he s p e c i a l 'meaning of Christmas. This t i m e of year is f o r everyone, both f o r t h e ch i ld ren and f o r us. I would l i k e t o wish you a l l a very merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year.

From Mary & Adam

Dear Ed i to r ,

I would l i k e t o w r i t e a le t ter , CARNEGIE n o t i n p r a i s e of Older Women, but i n 13'13U WIDNISI)AY - w i t 11

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An Open L e t t e r t o a l l Carnegie Patrons

She i l a B e l l has asked me t o set t he record s t r a i g h t s o I w i l l . She was temporar i ly suspended from ,

s e l l i n g co f f ee because o f an app- a r e n t dash discrepancy. Af te r looking i n t o i t , i t was discovered t h a t t h e r e was an e r r o r on the co f f ee s h e e t and S h e i l a ' s cash was r i g h t on. She i l a is now back as a member of ou r cof fee s e l l e r s ' team and is n o t suspended.

P lease l e t me add t h a t t he goss- i p , back-stabbing and malicious l y i n g t h a t has taken p l ace i n Car- neg ie and i n t h e community regard- i n g t h i s i nc iden t has h u r t She i l a deeply. Rumours have no p lace a t Carnegie: they a r e c rue l , v indic- t i v e and h u r t people. To use an o l d phrase: " I f you c a n ' t say any- t h ing n i c e about a person, don ' t say anything a t a l l . "

Robin Sobrino, 2nd f l o o r Programmer

Meetings, meetings, meetings:

SENIORS - Tuesday, Dec . 8, 2 : 00pm VOLUNTEERS - 2nd Sunday of t h e month PROGRAM COMMITTEE - 4 th Monday FINANCE COMMITTEE - 1st Tues. 4 pm CONSTITUTION COMMITTEE - 4th Tues.

The p rov inc i a l government has imposed an impossible 3$ week dead- l i n e on community groups t o design an a l c o h o l i c t reatment program f o r t h e Pender De tox i f i ca t i on Centre i n t he downtown e a s t s i d e , spokesmen f o r t h e groups s a id .

"I want t o see the superhuman group t h a t could put t oge the r a meaningful proposal on such a com- p lex t o p i c i n t h a t per iod of t i m e , " s a i d Downtown Eas t s ide Residents Associat ion organizer J i m Green.

'1 We don ' t know how much money i s a v a i l a b l e from the government, o r o t h e r condi t ions. I t ' s impossible. Things don ' t j u s t work l i k e t h a t . What's t h e i r game?"

Green s a i d t h e groups must set up a non-profi t c o a l i t i o n t o nego- i a t e w i th a r c h i t e c t s , a l c o h o l i c t reatment p ro fe s s iona l s and po- t e n t i a l s t a f f , a s w e l l a s wi th t he

,government - a process t h a t could 'take months .

The Dec. 15 deadl ine , announced Thursday, a c t u a l l y r ep re sen t s a two-week r ep r i eve f o r t h e groups a f t e r they had complained t h a t an e a r l i e r Nov.30 deadl ine was even more unmanageable.

Plans t o c l o s e t h e detox c e n t r e - permanently w e r e shelved by Health * Minis te r P e t e r Dueck a f t e r commun-

i t y complaints t h a t i t is needed i n t h e neighbourhood.

Ins tead , t h e c e n t r e w i l l be p r i v a t i z e d and turned over t o a non-profi t s o c i e t y y e t t o be named.

The c e n t r e i s s l a t e d t o c l o s e from Dec. 9 t o February f o r reno- va t ions - a move t h a t has a l s o been c r i t i z e d by a c i t y counci l committee a s coming a t t h e worst time of the( .year f o r a l coho l i c s , t he Christmas season.

Vancouver Ind ian Centre Pres i - dent Debbie Mearns s a i d t h e new deadl ine is " j u s t as i r r e s p o n s i b l e ; IS t h e last one."

I' p W e a r e t a l k i n g about people ' s E l i v e s here. They would never ex- N pec t t h e i r own s t a f f t o come up D with such a far-reaching proposal E i n such a s h o r t t i m e . It should

take months ." D Elearns s a i d the groups a r e a l s o E cdrncerned t h a t 18 beds of t h e 25- T bed capac i ty i n t he c e n t r e w i l l 0 be reserved f o r p o l i c e cases , and

t h a t t he food program w i l l be d i s - continued.

hat means you would be tak ing 'u 2. people i n , drying them out f o r a 2 few hours and throwing them out

t h e door, without dea l ing with t h e i r problems i n any more posi-

Y, t i v e way," she s a i d . 3 Health min i s t ry spokeman Terry

Moran agreed t h a t t he abo l i sh ing CD of t h e food program was t o ensure

a quick turnaround i n admissions t o Ehe cen t r e .

A s f o r t h e 18 beds reserved f o r

$ t h e po l i ce , he s a i d , "Invariably, Y they a r e no t used t h a t much ex- ? cept t h e last Wednesday, Thursday

we l f a r e cheque i s s u e ) . They w i l l b e a v a i l a b l e t o t he community t h e r e s t of t h e time. I t w i l l be a very f l e x i b l e system."

Green s a i d t h e u se of p o l i c e beds would put t he non-prof it group i n an awkward pos i t i on .

"1t's b a s i c a l l y a p o l i c e drunk- tank," he s a id . "What a r e t he leg- a l i t i e s o f a non-profi t group hold- i n g someone i n custody?"

Af t e r hear ing submissions from c i t y workers Thursday, c i t y coun- c i l ' s community i s s u e s committee vo ted t o a sk Mayor Gordon Campbell t o d i s cus s w i th Dueck the pos s ib i l - i t y of postphoning renovat ions.

I I Ve c a n ' t c lo se down a t Christmas,"

aldermen were t o l d by Vargaret Chisholm, of t h e N e w Hope Centre. "We need t h a t f a c i l i t y . It 's l i f e and death f o r our people."

BORROIJED GOODS

Collected by K i m

Everything p o i n t s toward something t h e yogis and shamans and sages of a l l ages have recognized: we a r e t h e veh ic l e s of c r e a t i o n i t s e l f , the phys ica l embodiment of t he Creator (Crea t r i x ) . Though t h i s express ive body seems a t t h e po in t of dea th from s e l f - i n f l i c t e d wounds, w e have wi th in us a recovery capac i ty equa l t o our f o l l y .

- Joseph Chi l ton Pearce * The pyramids w i l l n o t l a s t a

moment compared t o t h e da isy . And before Buddha o r J e sus spoke, t h e n igh t inga l e sang, and long a f t e r t h e words of Buddha and Je sus a r e gone in t o ob l iv ion , t he n igh t inga l e s t i l l w i l l s ing . Because i t i s n e i t h e r preaching nor teaching, nor commanding nor urging. It is j u s t s inging. And i n t h e beginning was n o t t he Word, bu t a chimp.

- D.H. Lawrence * The p r a c t i c a l func t ion of conven-

t i o n a l wisdom is t o save people from o r i g i n a l thought.

- American e s s a y i s t Wm. Pfaf f

* Pa t r io t i sm is the l a s t refuge of

t h e bcoundrel . - D r . Johnson (1 709- 1284) *

Each and every problem w e f ace today is t h e d i r e c t and i n e v i t a b l e r e s u l t of yes te rday ' s b r i l l i a n t so lu t ions .

j, - Bergman Open L e t t e r t o Ray Smith, Pres ident - --------------- ------ and CEO of Mac-Blo

My Lord, * Colonel Sanders has now completed

h i s long march and a r r i v e d i n - Bei j ing : haodao yun shouzh: -

f i n g e r l i c k i n ' good.

* Americans k i l l e d by sharks

: s i n c e 1983: 2 Americans k i l l e d by p i t b u l l s

s i n c e 1983: 20 Amount t h a t two Sioux arrows used i n t h e B a t t l e of t h e E i t t l e Big Horn brought a t auct ion: $17,000

Ontar io : In Toronto, when you walk i n t o

t h e Metro S o c i a l S e r v i c e o f f i c e , you f i l l o u t a form and a r e s e e n by t h e duty-worker ' r e t r o a c t i v e l y .

I f you q u a l i f y f o r a s s i s t a n c e t h a t day, they g i v e you your temporary 0.E.I .P. c a r d , a d rug b e n e f i t c a r d and $235.00 i n a cheque c a l l e d a c r i s i s g r a n t . The money i s t o b e used f o r a book of Toronto T r a n s i t t i c k e t s and a l i s t o f p l a c e s t o r e n t g e t s you s t a r t e d .

Every p a r t o f t h e c i t y w i t h p l a c e s t o r e n t can f r e e l y l is t & a d s a r e s e p e r a t e d i n t o s e v e r a l c a t e g o r i e s : Rooms; Room & Board Bachelor Apartments; 1 bedrooms; 2 bedrooms; Duplexes and Houses. Being f r e e , each ad a l s o h a s a d e s c r i p t i o n o f t h e s p a c e p l u s any p r e f e r e n c e s (non-smoker, e t c . ) & whether t h e l a n d l o r d wan t s lp re - f e r s a male o r a female t e n a n t . This l i s t comes o u t twice a month and i s d i s t r i b u t e d t o a l l TJelfare o f f i c e s . The b a s i c cheque i n c l u d e s $300 f o r r e n t and $198 f o r food. Rates a r e a d j u s t e d t o t h e c o s t of l i v i n g q u a r t e r l y and t h e r e a r e many r e t r a i n i n p programs. P r e s c r i p - t i o n s f o r t h o s e on government a s s i s t a n c e a r e g iven w i t h o u t t h e person i n need b e i n g charged a d i s p e n s i n g f e e .

B r i t i s h Columbia: I n B .C. you must w a i t 90 days

f o r B.C. Medical coverage b u t you a r e covered by any p rev ious i n s u r - a n c e i f you a r e from out-of- Province . A d i s p e n s i n a f e e of $5 i s charged f o r a l l p r e s c r i p t i o n s . P l a c e s f o r r e n t is whatever can b e gleaned from t h e one o r two l i n e s i n t h e d a i l y p a p e r s . The b a s i c cheque h e r e i s $209 f o x r e n t and about $160 f o r food. The on ly ad- jus tment i n t h e l a s t s e v e r a l y e a r s has been t h e c u t t i n g of cheques by $7.00.

Beverly-Jeanne !%lhitney

Pover ty is n o t recognized by t h e Socred Govt. a s a d i s e a s e . I t ' s j u s t a g a l l i n g embarassment when t h e poor become t o o v i s i b l e . . p u t t - i n g t h e l i e t o t h e myth t h a t everp- one i s en joy ing t h e "good l i f e " .

PaulR Taylor

Main & 9%

Once upon a t ime t h e r e l i v e d a man named King Wensles , who looked o u t upon t h e f e a s t o f S tephen. Th i s h a s become a t r a d i t i o n a l Chr i s tmas c a r o l ... Also , a t a b c u t t h e same t ime i n h i s t o r y t h e r e a r e many r e f - e r e n c e s t o S t . N icho la s .

I p e r s o n a l l y have a p o l i t i c a l a v e r s i o n t o Chr i s tmas , b e c a u s e ( I s i n c e r e l y b e l i e v e ) i t ' s t h e o t h e r 364 days t h a t coun t . I want t o s h a r e my new " C h i l d r e n ' s Chr is tmas" song w i t h you.

Chr i s tmas t ime is a s p e c i a l t i m e f o r \ v e r y ~ i r l & boy, S l e i g h r i d e s i n t h e c r i s p c l e a n a i r & s p e c i a l dreams o f t o y s . Fa r away by t h e c o l d North P o l e an o l d man o i l s h i s s l e i g h , While e l v e s p a i n t and d e c o r a t e f o r a t r a g i c , magic day.

V i s ions o f s u g a r plums w i l l dance i n y o u r c h i l d r e n s ' h e a d s , Grandpa ' s o l d g r e y s t o c k i n g s w i l l hang by t h e bed. God p l e a s e b l e s s t h e c h i l d r e n and watch them from above , And somehow when they f i n d o u t , l e t them t r y & see t h e l o v e .

For h e a r t s w i l l soon b e broken and t e a r s are g o i n g t o f a l l , When your c h i l d r e n f i n d o u t you gave them dreams a f t e r a l l . . . So why n o t t e l l o f a man l o n g age - KrLs K r i n g l e w a s h i s name, O r even o l d King Wensles; t h e s t o r y ' s j u s t t h e same

They came o u t on a w i n t e r ' s n i g h t and took t h e c h i l d r e n ' s p a i n W i t h v i s i o n s - a g a i n and a g a i n and a g a i n and a g a i n .

And v i s i o n s o f s u g a r plums w i l l dance i n your c h i l d r e n s ' h e a d s , Grandps 'a o l d g r e y s t o c k i n g w i l l hang by t h e bed. God p l e a s e watch t h e c h i l d r e n and b l e s s them from above , 'Cuz h e a r t s w i l l soon be broken and t e a r s are g o i n g t o f a l l \$lien your c h i l d r e n f i n a l l y f i n d o u t you gave them dreams a f t e r a l l .

Dreams are n o t f o r c h i l d r e n . Bever ly-Jeanne Whitney

(PS: I u r g e aiL p a r e n t s t o s e r i o u s l y c o n s i d e r t h e s o n g ' s concep t . )

WAYNE at the EX One day I went t o t h e P a c i f i c

N a t i o n a l Exb i t ion and d i d many e x c i t i n g t h i n g s . W e enjoyed meet- i n g an o l d f r i e n d , C h a r l o t t e Diamond, who won an award f o r a c h i l d r e n ' s album. She e n t e r t a i n e d a t id's World where I found a v a r i e t y o f i n t e r e s t i n g t h i n g s o t do.

I had a Day Pass f o r P lay land s o s p e n t most of t h e t ime on t h e r i d e s . They had a n e x c e l l e n t Rock and R o l l show. The s i n g e r s d i d i m i t a t i o n s of The B e a t l e s , E l v i s P r e s l e y and o t h e r s .

We could n o t s e e e v e r y t h i n g i n one day s o went t h r e e more t imes . The l a s t t ime w e went i t was l i k e a w i l d movie. The day began peace- f u l l y by en joy ing t h e an imals . The Timber Show had a wood c a r v e r and my f a v o u r i t e c a r v i n g s were t h e e a g l e and t h e c h i e f .

I n t h e evening we went t o s e e t h e Chinese Acrobats from Taiwan. They performed many f e a t s I have n e v e r s e e n b e f o r e .

We no sooner went o u t s i d e a f t e r t h e shower when t h e power went o u t . Lucki ly t h e r e was a f u l l moon t o shed some l i g h t .

We walked over t o "Singing i n t h e Shower". A man was up on t h e Expo towers t h r e a t e n i n g t o jump and throwing down b e e r b o t t l e s .

I k e p t s a y i n g "What a wonderful s t o r y f o r t h e Newsle t ter !" The p o l i c e and f i remen came and t h e . weirdo dropped h i s p a n t s mooning h i m s e l f . There were two moons t h a t n i g h t . The weirdo then crawled down, jumped on a t r a i l e r and r a n through t h e l i v e s t o c k b a r n s w i t h t h e p o l i c e i n h o t p u r s u i t .

I read i n t h e Revue t h e r e a r e p l a n s t o make t h e P.M.E. i n t o a pa rk . But d o n ' t worry - t h i s won ' t be u n t i l 1990. WAYNE S C H M I D T ( ~ ~ year !

l NTERNATIONAL ASSOC~AT~ON for COMMUNITY EDUCATION

A CHARTER FOR ACTION

Adopted J u l y 30, 1987. Nairobi . Kenya

A s we end t h e F i f t h World Confer- ence on Community Education, we proponents and p r a c t i o n e r s of community educa t ion from 40 c o u n t r i e s i n a l l c o n t i n e n t s a f f i r m o u r commitment t o t h e g o a l s of community e d u c a t i o n : t o r a i s e t h e consc iousness and enhance t h e i n i - t i a t i v e o f peop le i n s o l v i n g t h e i r problems i n t h e s p i r i t of s e l f - r e l i a n c e and se l f -de te rmina t ion . We recogn ize t h a t t h i s can only b e done through a n e d u c a t i o n a l p r o c e s s t h a t i s based on t h e needs , p a r t i c u l a r i t i e s , and a s p i r a t i o n s of t h e community and r e l i e s on th f involvement of community members i n t h e e d u c a t i o n a l p rocess 2nd t h e p lann ing and implementation of a program f o r t h e community.

We s t a n d f i r m i n t h e b e l i e f t h a t educa t ion is n o t o n l y l e a r n i n g how t o read , w r i t e , add, o r sub- t r a c t , though t h e s e a r e important e lements of t h e e d u c a t i o n a l pro- c e s s . More i m p o r t a n t l y , educa- t i o n must s u p p o r t t h e t a s k of mak- i n g peop le - c h i l d r e n , youth , ad- u l t - aware of t h e i r i d e n t i t y a s a peop le ; o f t h e i r problems,

needs, and a s p i r a t i o n s and t h e i r r e sources a s a community; and of t h e v a r i o u s f o r c e s and s t r u c - t u r e s t h a t h i n d e r t h e r e s o l u - t i o n o f t h e i r problems and t h e i r development bo th a s ind iv - i d u a l s and a s a community. A t t h e same t ime, educa t ion must a l s o be a c a t a l y s t and a channel f o r t h e i n i t i a t i v e , c r e a t i v i t y and r e s o l v e o f t h e peop le t o s o l v e t h e i r problems and t o d i s m a n t l e t h e a p p e r a t u s and s t r u c t u r e s t h a t h inder p rogress and development of t h e i n d i v i d u a l and t h e community.

Education i n t h i s s e n s e merges wi th s o c i a l a c t i o n . A s i t f o c u s e s on t h e c o n t e n t s and s o c i a l causes of t h e i n d i v i d u a l ' s p r i v a t i o n s a s w e l l a s t h e r e s o u r c e s and means which t h e i n d i v i d u a l and community can employ t o make t h e i r p r o g r e s s work, educa t ion l e a d s t o t h e re- s t r u c t u r i n g of t h e i n d i v i d u a l ' s c o g n i t i v e and s o c i a l world. It l e a d s t o a conscious endeavor by t h e peo- p l e i n c o l l e c t i v e l y r e c o n s t i t u t i n g t h e i r environment t o make i t more respons ive t o t h e needs and a s p i r a - t i o n s o f t h e i n d i v i d u a l and t h e coinmuni t y .

s u c c e s s o f community educa t ion r e s t s p r i m a r i l y on t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n o f t h e people .

W e b e l i e v e t h a t w i t h such a n educa- t i o n a l p r o c e s s developing s i d e by s i d e w i t h t h e format ion o f g rass - r o o t s p e o p l e ' s o r g a n i z a t i o n s , we a r e a b l e t o c o n t r i b u t e t o t h e empower- ment of t h e peop le i n terms of know- l e d g e and t h e means t o t a k e f u l l command of t h e i r l i v e s and t h e f u t - u r e of t h e i r community.

Being community e d u c a t o r s w e a l s o f u l l y r e a l i z e t h a t o u r community is n o t l i m i t e d t o t h e l o c a l i t i e s where we a r e working. We a r e a l s o p a r t o f t h e community t h a t is o u r country as w e l l a s t h e community of n a t i o n s . There fo re , w h i l e we w i l l endeavor t o m o t i v a t e and educa te t h e people i n o u r r e s p e c t i v e l o c a l i t i e s t o t r ans fo rm t h e i r communities i n t o ones t h a t a r e r e s p o n s i v e t o t h e i r needs and a s p i r a t i o n s , w e a l s o recog n i z e o u r du ty t o p u t i n t o p r a c t i c e t h e s p i r i t of community educa t ion i n s o f a r as t h e community of n a t i o n s is concerned. It is t h i s recogni- t i o n t h a t compels u s i n s o l i d a r i t y t o make o u r v o i c e heard on s e v e r a l i s s u e s t h a t a f f e c t t h e whole world.

We a r e concerned about t h e d e t e r i o r a t i n g s t a t e of our ecology t h a t may soon l e a d t o i r r e p a r a b l e damage t o p l a n t and animal l i f e and even t o t h e whole of mankind. We a l s o r e a l i z e t h a t t he d e s t r u c t i o n of t he balance i n n a t u r e b r ings p r o f i t t o a few and un to ld misery t o many. Through the processes of community educat ion we be l i eve t h a t t h i s can be changed and even reversed.

We a r e concerned about t h e r i s i n g m i l i t a r i s m i n the world. !Je deplore t h e cont inuing inc rease i n arms spending whi le many people i n t he world d i e i n hunger and d isease . We deplore t he p r o l i f e r a t i o n of nuc lea r weapons i n coun t r i e s and by governments who th ink t h a t they can take ou r des t iny i n t o t h e i r hands. We condemn the use of m i l i t a r y might t o suppress t he l e g i t i m a t e demands of people and c a l l f o r an immediate end t o t h i s , s i n c e i t is an o b s t a c l e t o genuine and l a s t i n g peace.

We a r e concerned about t h e slow processes by which t h e r i g h t s of women and ch i ld ren , e t h n i c m i n o r i t i e s , and the d i sab led a r e recognized and promoted. W e must e x e r t a l l o u r e f f o r t s t o suppor t t h e i r pa r t i c ipa - t i o n and enhance t h e i r p o s i t i o n i n s o c i e t y through the concre te and t ang ib l e p r a c t i c e of community educat ion.

F ina l ly , we s t and i n un i ty and s o l i d a r i t y wl th a l l t he peoples of t h e world bu t most p a r t i c u l a r l y wi th t h e poor, deprived, and oppressed.

4 .

This i s ou r s tand . This i s ou r commitment.

IN THE THEATRE Hello, i t ' s m e again. id you know t h a t being the Pope of t he D.E.

MONDAY, December 7, a t 7:00 p.m. i s r a t h e r bor ing l a t e l y ? So, I have

- S t o r i e s from t h e upcoming book decided t o l e t my incompetent oppo-

MAIN & HASTINGS - t o l d by a group nent have it. 1 ' d much r a t h e r bake Santa Claus ' s job away from St.Nick

of p ro fe s s iona l s t o r y - t e l l e r s . and g ive t h e Punk!y Kiddie Bra t s r i c c h a i r s f o r Christmas. 1

Crasly yours , Captain Chaos

1. It p l eases my mother. 2 . It is a f i n e mark of manliness. 3 . It proves t h a t I have s e l f con t ro l . 4. It i n d i c a t e s c l e a r l y how my mind ope ra t e s . 5. It makes my conversat ion s o p l eas ing t o everybbdy. 6. It leaves no doubt i n anyone's mind as t o my good breeding. 7. It impresses people t h a t I have more than o rd ina ry educat ion. 8. It is an unmistakeatble s i g n of c u l t u r e and refinement. - 9. It makes me a very d e s i r a b l e p e r s o n a l i t y among women, ch i ld ren and

1 respec tab le soc i e ty .

10. It is my way of honouring God. Joseph Boucher

12 3 evolution.

-A\ GOD"

To a s c i e n t i s t e v o l u t i o n is a game of numbers - a s o r t o f cosmic r o u l e t t e wheel o r d i c e game - i n which a c c i d e n t a l changes a r e meas- u red a g a i n s t compet i t ion f o r su r - v i v a l . S c i e n t i s t s s a y , t h o s e changes t h a t g i v e something a compet i t ive edge o v e r something e l s e , a r e p rese rved & reproduced, 6 a l l o t h e r changes d i e o f f .

Th i s i d e a i s l o o s e l y based on ~ a r w i n ' s o r i g i n a l s t u d y which, accord ing t o some r e s e a r c h e r s , was most ly t h e work of a n unknown a s s i s t a n t f o r which Darwin took c r e d i t . The theory t h a t l i f e i m - proves through a c c i d e n t a l advan- t a g e s i n compet i t ion i s t augh t i n a l l p u b l i c s c h o o l s & promoted a s

" the t r u t h " by d i s t i n g u i s h e d s c i - e n t i s t s everywhere. This i d e a is o f t e n r e f e r r e d t o a s " s u r v i v a l of t h e f i t t e s t ' : . I t runs back t o back w i t h something c a l l e d " n a t u r a l s e l e c t i o n t ' , which c la ims t h a t fe- males always choose t o mate w i t h tough males wi th h igh s u r v i v a l p o t e n t i a l . (Xecent ly t h i s h a s been d i sp roven by b i o l o g i c a l r e sea rch- e r s , b u t a s a concep t , i t c o n t i n u e s t o be accep ted a s e v o l u t i o n a r y " t r u t h " i n t h e educa t ion s y s tem. )

S i n c e long-term improvements i n t h e human r a c e ( & e v e r y t h i n g e l s e ) a r e seen by s c i e n c e a s b l i n d chance t h e s c i e n t i f i c theory o f evolu- t i o n has been used t o a r g u e t h a t t h e r e is no God - j u s t a s e r i e s o f a c c i d e n t s s u r v i v i n g through math- e m a t i c a l laws. Th i s i s t h e theory of e v o l u t i o n a p p l i e d t o r e l i g i o n . I

Applied t o p o l i t i c s , t h i s theory (wi th which Darwin would probably \ d i s a g r e e , were h e a l i v e today) is o f f e r e d a s t h e b a s i c j u s t i f i c a t i o n f o r a c o m p e t i t i v e marke tp lace soc- i e t y , such a s we now have - t h i s i s c a l l e d " s o c i a l Darwinism".

It i s claimed t h a t s i n c e some peop le a r e f a s t e r , tougher , more a g g r e s s i v e & r u t h l e s s than o t h e r s , t h e n a t u r a l l a w s of t h e u n i v e r s e ( a s i n t e r p r e t e d by s c i e n c e and t augh t i n s c h o o l s ) a r e on t h e i r s i d e . This i s why people who s t i l l b e l i e v e i n "God" & "scien- t i f i c e v o l u t i o n " w i l l o f t en sugges t t h a t a g . r , r e s s i v e , m a t e r i a l l y success- f u l people a r e s o r t of chosen by God t o l e a d t h e pack & show o t h e r s t h e way t o become more "evolved".

Th i s whole i d e a of improving t h e human r a c e is, i n f a c t , t h e c o r n e r s tone of e s t a b l i s h m e n t p h i l - osophy ... from i t they have c r e a t e d t h e image of "progress" a s a mat- e r i a l e v e n t - t h a t is t h e inven- t i o n of more & b e t t e r machines - t o

prov ide luxury l i f e s t y l e s o f super- convenience t o t h o s e who fo l low t h e p a t h of t h e s u p e r i o r , a g r e s s i v e gamep l a y e r . I n o t h e r words, system s a y s : You & your c h i l d r e n w i l l become b e t t e r human be ings by l e a r n i n g t o develop & u s e more e f f i c i e n t machines ( s y s t e m s ) .

Another " m a t e r i a l p r o g r e s s = evo- l u t i o n " i d e a t h a t i s ~ a i n i n g momen- tum & t a k i n g o f f i n some v e r y b iz - a r r e & dangerous d i r e c t i o n s t h e s e days , i s t h e b e l i e f t h a t s c i e n t i s t s can improve humanity by r e s t r u c t u r - i n g i t s p h y s i c a l p a t t e r n . They c a l l t h i s " g e n e t i c eng inee r ing" and from i t s p r i n g a l l t h o s e t e s t tube b a b i e s , f r o z e n embryo i m p l a n t s , s u r r o g a t e wombs and s o on, which a r e be ing exper imented w i t h & rep- o r t e d on a s human i n t e r e s t s t o r i e s i n newspapers & magazines.

\ The theory of a c c i d e n t a l evolu- t i o n and s u r v i v a l of t h e f i t t e s t i s a l s o used t o s u p p o r t & j u s t i f y t h i s . Our o r i g i n a l & t r i b a l p a t t e r n s , up- r o o t e d from t h e i r s o u r c e and t r a n s - p l a n t e d i n t o t h e confusion of 20th c e n t u r y c i t i e s have r e s u l t e d i n many n e u r o t i c d i s o r d e r s . These "de fec t s" a r e p o i n t e d o u t by t h e s c i e n t i f i c mind as evidence t h a t t h e r e i s no benevo len t gu id ing i n t e l l i g e n c e (God) - o r t h a t i f t h e r e i s a God..He, She o r It. . d o e s n ' t know what i t s doinp o r is malevo len t , c r e a t i n g t h e human s i t u a t i o n a s some k i n d o f c r u e l joke.

Having e x p l a i n e d t h i n g s i n t h e s e terms (and educated c h i l d r e n t o t h i s g e n e r a l a t t i t u d e ) s c i e n t i s t s & pol- i t i c i a n s a r e now s a y i n g they now have t h e s o l u t i o n s t o a l l o u r por- blems, d e f e c t s , u g l i n e s s , e t c . , which they s a y "God" ( i f t h e r e e v e r was such a t h i n g ) must have c r e a t e d .

S c i e n t i s t s & p o l i t i c i a n s - under a banner of ' e v o l u t i o n ' - a r e now

i n a p o s i t i o n t o s a v e us rrom L I I ~ 13

c r u e l jokes of a non-ex i s t en t God... n o t i c e how c razy t h i s i d e a i s ? They o f f e r us : g e n e t i c e n g i n e e r i n g & improved technology a s t h e s o l u t i o n t o a l l o u r problems. Th i s , they s a y , w i l l p rov ide o u r c h i l d r e n wi th a p r a c t i c a l e v o l u t i o n towards a b e t t e r world i n t h e f u t u r e .

Th i s whole i d e a of "evolut ion" a s a n o u t s i d e m a t e r i a l even t would have been l a u g h a b l e t o o u r most a n c i e n t a n c e s t o r s . Thousands of y e a r s ago, s t a b l e , s p i r i t u a l l y - m o t i v a t e d , p o l l - u t i o n - f r e e s o c i e t i e s of men & women t h r i v e d on t h e i d e a o f e v o l u t i o n a s a r e s u l t o f each i n d i v i d u a l ' s d i r e c t and hones t d e a l i n g s w i t h i n n e r worlds of psych ic o r s p i r i t u a l dimensions.

" ~ v o l u t i o n " was, t o them, a g r e a t pathway of s p i r i t u a l ref inement - and "The S p i r i t " , t o them, was a world of benevo len t i n f l u e n c e . . . powers, a n g e l s o r guard ians i n t ime of need.

Th i s concept h a s even passed down t o u s h e r e i n t h e 20 th c e n t u r y - and i s p a r t i a l l y t r a n s l a t e d i n t o t h e s c i e n c e o f ecology, a r t , p o e t r y , mu- s i c , dance. . . a l l t h o s e n a t u r a l s c i e n - c e s i n which t h e s c i e n t i s t , o r "seeker", must d i s c o v e r h i s l h e r r e a l and t r u e s e l f - t h e message i n b e i n g o n e ' s real s e l f - and t h e s t r e n g t h t o e x p r e s s i t . "Fvolution", o u r a n c e s t o r s s a i d , i s something t h a t happens when i n n e r wor lds & o u t e r worlds harmonize w i t h i n each one of u s , and t h a t ' s why t h e remains o f p a s t c i v i l i z a t i o n s a r e always discov- e r e d t o be s o " r e l i g i o u s " o r s p i r i t - u a l l y o r i e n t e d . But l e t ' s g i v e E i n s t e i n t h e last word on a l l of t h i s : i n a r g u i n g p h y s i c s w i t h h i s opponent N i l s Bohr, s h o r t l y b e f o r e h i s d e a t h , E i n s t e i n summed up h i s c a s e . . . "God does n o t p l a y d i c e w i t h t h e u n i v e r s e , " h e s a i d .

TORA

again wi th another batch of thumbnail reviews of t h e movies being shown i n t h e Carnegie Theatre every Friday n i g h t a t 7:00 pm. A s u sua l I w i l l u se t h e 4-s ta r system, as fol lows:

**** Excel len t *** Good ** F a i r * Poor

Dec. 4:

BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985) ****

Directed by Robert Zemeckis

S t a r r i n g Michael J. Fox, Chris topher Lloyd and Crispen Glover

Using a plutonium powered DeLorean, a teenager from the 1980s t r a v e l s back t o 1955, and ends up p lay ing matchmaker t o h i s teenage parents .

AMAZON WOMEN ON THE MOON (1987) ** Directed by John Landis & Joe Dante S t a r r i n g Lots of S t a r s ( t h a t ' s what

i t reads i n t h e c r e d i t s ) This is Hollywood cinema a t i t ' s

shameless wors t , b u t because i t doesn ' t t ake i t s e l f s e r i o u s l y , i t is l o t s of fun. I s a w t he premiere showing a t t h e Cineplex las t week and r e a l l y enjoyed a few moments of hea r ty l augh te r . J u s t one uarning: Beware t h e Fa l se Ending!

Dec. 11: JAWS : TKE REVENGE ( 1987) * Direc ted by Joseph Sargent S t a r r i n g Lorra ine Gary, Lance Guest

and Michael Caine This is t h e f o u r t h in s t a l lmen t

i n t he adventures of Bruce, t he mechanical shark. This movie i s r e a l l y bad, bu t hey, what do I know? I ' m j u s t a dumb t w i t wi th a paper bag over h i s head.

Chris topher Lloyd should have got ten an Academy Award f o r h i s performance as a wacked-out s c i e n t i s t . He e a s i l y s t e a l s t h e show. This e n t e r t a i n i n g f i l m was produced by Steven (Raiders of t he Lost Ark) Spielberg. Keep an eye o u t f o r rock star Huey Lewis as a h igh school teacher .

Dec. 25: BORN I N EAST L.A. (1987)** Direc ted by Cheech Marin (of Cheech

and Chong fame) S t a r r i n g Cheech Marin, Daniel S te rn

and Paul Rodriguez A t h i r d genera t ion American of Mexican descent f i n d s himself on t h e wrong s i d e of t h e border w i th no I D , t r y i n g t o f i n d h i s way back home t o h i s w a l l e t . Coming a year a f t e r ~ e a g a n ' s t igh tened immigration po l i cy , t h i s movie had the p o t e n t i a l t o b e b e t t e r , o therwise i t ' s okay.

COMING NEXT MONTH: HAIL, HAIL, ROCK ' N ' ROLL & more.

So, u n t i l t h e l i g h t s go down aga in , t ake i t easy.

TO THE MALE CHAUVINIST PIGS WHO USE THE CARNEGIE CENTRE

By FREE SPIRIT

Men a r e c o n s t a n t l y complaining about n o t enough women us ing t h e Centre. We l i v e i n a male-domin- a t e d community. Because of t h e a t t i - tude of some men, t h e r e a r e women who f e e l i n t i m i d a t e d whenever they e n t e r t h i s b u i l d i n g .

The m a j o r i t y of men i n t h i s bu i ld - i n g a r e n o t t o be condemned, bu t i t on ly t a k e s a few t o g i v e t h e p l a c e a bad name.

Men, j u s t because women t a l k t o you, i t d o e s n ' t mean we want t o endure a s e r i o u s r e l a t i o n s h i p . Le t us s t i c k t o a f r i e n d s h i p b a s i s IJhat t h i s c e n t r e needs is a compulsory course on ~ommunicat ion" f o r a l l v o l u n t e e r s and a set of d e f i n i t e r u l e s on how t o t r e a t each o t h e r .

Men have asked why they a r e unable t o have l a s t i n g r e l a t i o n s h i p s wi th women. The e x p l a n a t i o n is s imple . They l i s t e n t o everyone e l s e except t h e i r p a r t n e r s . I n o t h e r words they t a k e t h e woman f o r g ran ted - caus ing a g r e a t d e a l o f resentment .

P a t i e n c e i s a n o t h e r impor tan t i t em t h a t many men do n o t have. They f l y o f f t h e hand le f o r t r i v - i a l m a t t e r s and make a mountain o u t of a m o l e h i l l . They seem t o have an axe t o g r i n d and t h e r e is f a r too much anger and h o s t i l i t y i n s i d e them.

My p e t peeve is be ing p u t down by o t h e r s . Some of t h e males i n t h i s b u i l d i n g f i n d f a u l t w i t h every th ing t h e women do whi le bragging e n d l e s s l y about themselves. I heard one say h e can do house- work b e t t e r than n i n e t y n e r c e n t of t h e women.

p a r t i c u l a r man

TER I f you Rave t h i s an enema, t h e r e s

would be no th ing l e f t of him. Too many men expect too much

of a woman and do n o t have any unders tanding. No one is p e r f e c t and i f you r e a l l y c a r e f o r a per- son you w i l l a c c e p t them t h e way they a r e o r s t o p t r y i n g t o make t h e i r l i v e s mise rab le .

Some of t h e males a r e too e a s i l y l e d by o t h e r s bu t they blame t h e women f o r t h e i r drink- i n g problems. P!o one t w i s t s t h e i r arms t o t a k e p a r t i n t h i s obnox- i o u s h a b i t .

Some men bra% about t h e f a c t t h a t they never h i t a woman whi le heaping v e r b a l abuse on t h e female. This i s f a r more dama,ying i n many ways. It a l s o causes us t o have a low op in ion of o u r s e l v e s and i s passed on t o t h e c h i l d r e n .

I would l i k e t o a s k t h e men t o s t o p having a "warden mental i ty" . They watch e v e r y t h i n g a woman does on ly t o c r i t i z e them l a t e r on. Let us round t h e s e men up and p l a c e them on a d e s e r t e d i s l a n d .

Men, s t o p be ing s o s e l f - c e n t r e d and t a k e a good look a t yourse lves b e f o r e condemning t h e women. Flhen- e v e r I h e a r a man complaining about h i s w i f e I always want t o h e a r h e r s i d e o f t h e s t o r y as w e l l . Now t h a t I have s t i r r e d up a hor- n e t ' s n e s t , Abby and Ann Landers e a t your h e a r t s o u t !

THE INIMITABLE WISDOM OF

Dear Sam S l a n d e r s ,

I have a p e r s o n a l problem t h a t I hope you can app ly your wisdom t o . I am a c l a u s t r o p h o b i c t o e n a i l and c a n ' t s t a n d shoes . What shou ld I do?

M r . T o e n a i l Dear Toena i l ,

Hang l o o s e . I f you j u s t g e t your- s e l f i n f e c t e d , whoever owns t h e f o o t y o u ' r e on w i l l never cram you i n s i d e !

Y r s . T r u l y ,

Sam 'Slanders

Tomorrow i s today Yesterday goes w i t h t h e sun And when today is o v e r Another day i s gone When t h e sun rises Over a s l e e p i n g , r a g i n g c i t y The people wake To t h e n igh tmare they dreamt. A i n ' t i t a p i t y To watch t h e sorrows A day b r i n g s And t h e p a i n a t n i g h t O f be ing a l o n e .

Randy L .

So young and a l i v e So w i l d and f r e e Everyday I s t r i v e J u s t t o be me. How can I b e me .When you t e l l me Not t o do t h i s And n o t t o do t h a t I t ' s when I do t h i s And when I do t h a t That I am b e i n g me.

Randy L .

Dear Godfather , How can I g e t i n on t h o s e s t o c k

s h a r e s i n Goodyear?

The Man from Glad

Newsle t t e r

I r e c e n t l y had t h e p l e a s u r e of a t t e n d i n g t h e Debut performance of t h e p l a y SIMPLE FOLK: SONGS OF A GENERATION. a t K i t s Neighbourhood House. Babs Chula, Ken MacDonald, and Florris Panych doubled a s Mary, P e t e r and Paul .

Dressed i n Bea tn ik Black, comp- l e t e wi th p o e t r y r e a d i n g s from t h e works of p e r i o d a u t h o r s , e . g . Gins- b e r g ' s HOWL, t h e s e performers

brought back t h a t e a r l y s i x t i e s e rn of t h e U n i v e r s i t y crowd Coffee- house. Many o f t h e tunes sung a rc s t i l l popu la r today; h i t s such a s : F r e i g h t T r a i n , House of the Kisiny Sun, and Puff t h e Yagic Drason.

For anyone who missed t h e s i x t i e s o r has any q u e s t i o n s t o be answered, t h i s p l a y i s a must.

By TAW DANBERCER

Th i s wel l -organized camp occured September 14-18. The E a s t e r S e a l Camp was i n a b e a u t i f u l s e t t i n g p a s t Squamish. The day we l e f t i t was r a i n i n g s o w e had t o p l a y mus-

, i c a l s e a t s t o avoid be ing showered from above.

A f t e r a r r i v i n g a t camp we were a s s i g n e d t o o u r rooms. I f e l t a s i f we were t o u r i s t s a t a family r e s o r t a s bedding, towels and soap were s u p p l i e d . I s h a r e d a room w i t h M i m i Spoon and Joan More l l i .

The meals were d e l i c i o u s and one I cook was from Egypt. The l a s t day

we were t h e r e , we p r e s e n t e d t h e cooks w i t h f lowers and a teddy

; b e a r t o add t o t h e i r c o l l e c t i o n . , The f i r s t evening we enjoyed

I 1 G e t t i n g t o Know You.'' Each of us t o l d where we were born and o u r i n t e r e s t s . Three of us were from - North B a t t l e f o r d and E a r l S c o t t asked i f anyone was l e f t t h e r e .

Every morning we had a worship s e r v i c e b e f o r e I l e d t h e campers on t h e i r d a i l y h i k e through t h e woods. I admired t h e courage of t h e peop le who had d i f f i c u l t y i n

walking a s they thoroughly enjoyed t h e o u t d o o r s and proved t h a t they could do j u s t a s w e l l a s t h e r e s t .

One o f our o u t i n g s was a t r i p t o A l i c e Lake w h i l e on a n o t h e r w e went t o Squamish. A f a v o u r i t e h i h e was a l o n g t h e r i v e r wi th such a v a r i e t y of mountains i n the backdrop.

The campers had one lunch out i n t h e woods. We r o a s t e d weiners a r d marshmallows. A r a b b i t came t o h e l p us and l e t Helga p e t him.

The h i g h l i g h t of t h e camp was "Talent Night . " James Roadkn igh t p layed t h e p a r t of Romeo whi le I w a s J u l i e t . Joan M o r e l l i was Cleopa t ra . (Romeo was t h e w o r l d ' s g r e a t e s t p h i l a n d e r e r . )

We a l s o d i d a 'Woodland Fantasy ' w i t h Robin Van Der Hoodlum and S i l i a n Van Der Headband. James Roadknight was Robin, Joan 5 lo re l l i took t h e p a r t o f S i l i a n , P h y l l i s Marks was Chief S a l i s h Marion, Lorna Meneghet t i w a s t h e Medicine Lady, A r i e l Creighton was t h e Cub and I was t h e Cub Leader.

The n e x t morning we headed f o r home w i t h a s t o p a t Por teau Cove t o have lunch . Most of u s h a t e d coming back t o t h e c o n c r e t e jung le .

By I R E N E SCHMIDT

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One day a w h i l e back, I thought I s a w you a t McDonald's. If t h i s i s t r u e were you b l e s s i n g t h e horse- meat o r j u s t t h e r e as a customer?

-. The Stoned Ranger --------- -C I - . l.

Dear Capta in Chaos - ' 9

somebody t o l d me t h a t you MC t h e Bingo games a t 312 Main S t r e e t . IS i t a l s o t r u e t h a t you a r e H i s Holyness ' s " Y e s Man" f o r p u b l i c i t y dubbed ' c a p t a i n Chaos'; t h u s making you a phoney?

The Stoned Ranger

She c a r e f u l l y walks t o t he vege tab le s t and , downpour of r a i n , sad c l o t h e s , sad smile . .

This is th6 conten t of h e r l i f e ; h e r l i f e before , d i s t a n t and vague.

Children gone, husband gone, he r grandchi ldren. .. she ba re ly knows them.

So she walks two blocks f o r h e r cabbage and t e a , And she th inks t o h e r s e l f :

i n a while , she can be a lady aga in ..... Christmas i s coming aga in f o r h e r , again t h i s year ,

Her family w i l l v i s i t and make h e r l i f e , f o r one day a year , a b e a u t i f u l th ing . .

She knows a l l t h i s ; A s she c a r e f u l l y wdlks down the s t r e e t ,

i n t h e r a i n , f o r h e r t e a and medicine, And h e r sad s m i l e is f rozen . . in place. . forever .

Dave Mc Connell

In t h e l a s t , long, f i f t h week t o cheque day, Hunger. .. a f t e r borrowing t en from my l and lo r2 again, a f t e r r e - se l l i ng re-bought month o l d books unread, Waiting I go t o wai t i n l i n e a t Our S i s t e r s of t h e Atonement, Steven Belkin f o r two sandwiches and a t r e a t ; and tu rn t o f ace the c a r s pass ing on Cordova S t . , and s t a r t t o dream, aga in , about t he woman who w i l l s t o p f o r me one day.

Her words w i l l be w e l l chosen t o put m e a t my ease. In t h e r e s t a u r a n t , I w i l l t e l l h e r t h i s a l l seems l i k e a dream. She w i l l shrug a t how easy i t is t o make m e happy.

She w i l l take my v i r g i n i t y from me as gent ly and p a t i e n t l y a s s h e would t e a s e from t h e e a r t h t h e r o o t s of a flower f o r r A l l awkwardness w i l l be d i sso lved and my g r a t e f u l n e s s w i l l t o

a s no man has - The food l i n e starts' t o move. I keep i n s t e p ; a s long a s I ' m here .

A no t e t o those r eade r s who've saved t h e November 15th Newsletter: I 2

I f one of t h e reasons you've saved i t w a s f o r ",The Son of a Waitress ," I would be extremely g r a t e f u l i f you would make t h e fol lowing co r r ec t i ons t o your copy: I n t h e sentence t h a t begins "They have t o f i n d ou t f a s t who i t is they are" change 'gr ief-oppressing ' t o 'gr ief-suppressing ' and ' s tabbing ' t o ' stubborn ' . Also, i n t he sen tence t h a t begins "Necessity would have i t ' s say ..." i n s e r t the word 'n ine ' between 'grade' and 'minds'. (And yes , t h e 's' should be a 'w') Al l these e r r o r s , except t he misplaced ' s f w e r e t h e f a u l t of a sloppy submission and t h e e d i t o r i s n ' t respons ib le . Thank you f o r your pa t ience . Steven Belkin

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Many thanks goes out t o "Bull" who wrote i n t h e Carnegie News- le t ter t o Carnegie People. It was w e l l lput together . When read- i n g your l e t t e r , I could a l s o read between t h e l i n e s . I am a member f o r 5 years , n o t s t a f f , and have no t i ced a l o t of changes. Not f o r b e t t e r , and no t f o r worse; back- s tabbing, oh yes , a l o t of t h a t goes on - e s p e c i a l l y on the 2nd f l o o r l i k e you say - bu t a s w e l l i n t he rest of t h e bu i ld ing . . t o e v i c t you o r ba r you.

Bul l , have you no t i ced t h a t i f you a r e no t l i k e d by a c e r t a i n s t a f f female on t h e 2nd f l o o r , s h e w i l l t r y anything t o have you bar red? So my advice Bul l ; i f you ' re asked a ques t ion , don ' t answer a s i t could be a 'bar ' answer! (Got i t ? ) ( ( s o 1 've been t o l d . ) )

I would l i k e t o know who h i r e s t he se people; t h e City of t he s t a f f ? There was a h i r i n g committee on t h e Board. What happened t o i t ?

FOR YOUR EARS ONLY

Vancouver Blues Preserva t ion So

E d i t o r ' s Note: The above l e t t e r was s igned Wandering and i t seems t o be an answer t o one s igned Bull . I f you want t o w r i t e a le t ter , you w i l l have t o s i g n i t . I f you a r e going t o accuse t h e s t a f f of u n f a i r prac- t i c e s o r r i d i n g on an ego-tr ip , then have enough courage t o be open about i t s o t h e ma t t e r can be d e a l t wi th o r p o l i c i e s changed. The l a s t twenty l i n e s of t h e above le t ter weren ' t f i t t o p r i n t .

. .is t ak ing s t e p s t o uphold t h e 'Blue Mood' wi th t h e renovat ion and reopen- i ng of t h e o l e Lux Theatre, bes ide Hast ings Buy & S e l l - 65 E.Hastings. The GRANDOPENING w i l l be a t t h e end of November, and t h i s "One of a Kind'' music promises t o be "mind-boggling"!

ENTRANCE " I M P A ~ How do you g e t t o CRAB Water-

f r o n t park? Perhaps you a r e one of t he many l o c a l people who don ' t g e t t o t h e new 7 a c r e wa te r f ron t park a t t he f o o t of Main.

The Federal Po r t of Vancouver Crown Corporation made t h e en t rance t o t h e overpass too s teep . The grade of s teepness reaches 20% i n s t e a d of t h e promised 8-10%.

The c i t y l e g a l department should be f i nd ing ou t where t he $600,000 Po r t extra-fund f o r c o r r e c t i n g bu i ld ing e r r o r s t o t h i s overpass is. That ' s a l o t of s p a r e change t o l o se .

The P o r t , a f t e r promising t o make a t l e a s t a few minor changes t o t h e Main overpass , have now refused t o do so . Now they say they w i l l w a i t u n t i l t h e Canadian Human Rights Commission dec i s ion i s made.

Joan Meister , a woman i n a wheel- c h a i r from Strathcona, has charged the Po r t wi th v i o l a t i n g h e r r i g h t s t o equa l access t o t h e CRAB Park. This i n v e s t i g a t i o n by t h e Commis- s ion takes 4 - 9 months.

So t h e P o r t of Vancouver Po l i ce decided t o i n v e s t i g a t e M s . Meister and asked many persona l ques t ions about her .

On November 19th, a t c i t y h a l l ' s Transpor ta t ion and S t r a t e g i c Planning Committee, t h e r e was a 2-1 v o t e aga ins t a t ou r i s t -pedes t r i an over- pass t o t he park from C a r r a l l S t .

A C a r r a l l S t . overpass i s too f a r t o t he w e s t . t o be used by many downtown e a s t s i d e f o l k . The i n t e r - s ec t i on t o a C a r r a l l S t . overpass f o r pedes t r i ans only is c a l l e d a 11 suicide ' ' i n t e r s e c t i o n .

S tudies have shown, say t h e BCCD's Crab Park Access Committee r e p o r t , t h a t North Americans would no t use

an e l e v a t o r system i n a p r i v a t e bu i ld ing , such a s a t No.1 Alexander S t r e e t (and C a r r a l l S t . ) E leva tors a r e n o t s a f e f o r t he e l d e r l y , ch i l - dren and d isab led people. They a r e open t o strong-arming and a s s a u l t .

But t h e C a r r a l l S t . opt ion is c l o s e t o Ald. ~ a r a v e t t a ' s pub. So he voted f o r i t , a f t e r saying he vould

no t . Su rp r i s ing ly , Caravet ta s a i d t h a t he wouldn't want t o pay $75,000 i n persona l bus iness taxes (he owns t h e Dominion Hotel & Lamplighter Pub) t o pay f o r a C a r r a l l S t . pedes t r ian overpass. Caravet ta a l s o s a i d t h a t o t h e r Gastown merchants wouldn't vo te f o r p u t t i n g money i n t o t h i s scheme i n s u f f i c i e n t numbers.

Drawings from t h e c i t y engineer ing department showed a ramp system blocking t h e view i n t o a Columbia S t . underpass system. This was new i n f o t h a t appeared 48 hours before t he Transpor ta t ion Committee meeting.

The p o l i c e s a i d t h a t t he underpass would be an a r e a of "vandalism, graf- f i t i , l i q u o r consumption, l i t t e r i n g ( inc luding broken b o t t l e s ) and s t rong armings. . . due t o remoteness ."

The same could have been s a i d about t he Gastown Merchants opt ion by the po l i ce , bu t wasn't . The whole i s s u e has been a p o l i t i c a l f o o t b a l l , bu t t h e f a c t is t h a t 4,100 permanent res- i d e n t s l i v e i n a 4% block rad ius of Columbia and Alexander. .according t o a r ecen t l o c a l housing s tudy. Col- umbia S t . is where a l e v e l , a t - grade c ros s ing should go.

Of course, t he r i c h barons of t h e Vancouver wa te r f ron t - t he C.P.R (Canadian P a c i f i c Railway) and the P o r t of Vancouver - don' t agree.

The at-grade c ross ing a t Colum- b i a is t h e cheapest s o l u t i o n , a l so .

And haven ' t Vancouverites been c ross ing t h e r e s a f e l y f o r 75 years?

A pedestr%an/wheelchair cross- i ng would r e q u i r e cons t ruc t ion of

a 2-metre wide a spha l t sidewalk ac- ross the t racks . Cost - $15,000. Automatic s a f e t y s i g n a l s would cos t $30,000 An a t t endan t on-s i te would cos t about $15,000 annual ly, and would c r e a t e a job.

J i m Green of DERA suggested t h a t what might be needed f o r au thor i - t i e s t o s ee the l i g h t is a one-hour Vancouver water f ront shut-down by the water f ront unions. That might h i t the Po r t of Vancouver's pocket- book and make them th ink of t h e people f o r once.

Speaking f o r C.R.A.B. was myself Don Larson, and Geoff McMurchie spoke f o r the B.C. Coal i t ion of t h e Disabled.

Ald. Owen, who is a member of t h e B . C . Trans i t Commission, had doubts about t he r ecen t p lan t o run e x t r a t r a i n s on the ra i l t r acks t h a t go p a s t CRAB water f ront park. He e s t - imated the cos t of a commuter t r a i n t r i p t o Po r t Coquitlam t o be a huge $13. Ald. Owen s a i d f l a t l y , "A commuter rai lway i s no t going t o happen ." He saw danger i n t he d i f - f e r i n g speed of commuter t r a i n s and the i n d u s t r i a l cargo t r a i n s now using t h e t racks .

Ald. Boyce s a i d t h a t she was sup- por t ing the at-grade Columbia cros- sing. CRAB and the downtown eas t - s i d e community d id express concern when t h e former at-grade c ross ing was closed down i n 1986.

The Canadian Transport Commission and the CPR have no t been sympathe- t i c t o at-grade railway cross ings across Canada.

City Council vo tes on t h i s i s s u e a s a whole on December 8.

By WN LARSON, Pres ident , C.R.A.B a

community DON BATEMAN\ st,tt

I have known DON BATEMAN s i n c e he f i r s t came t o the Carnegie Centre. F i r s t he w a s a volunteer and then he became a s t a f f person. He has been on s t a f f , f o r 4 years , mostly work- ing on the second f loo r . He has always worked hard, running back and f o r t h t h e way you do, working on t h e second f loo r .

He has been t h e f avour i t e s t a f f person i n Carnegie. Many volunteers know him personal ly , on and o f f the job. He has a joke f o r everyone and I always s e e him i n a good mood. Of course, sometimes the re a r e f r u s t r a - t i o n s , due t o the na ture of t he job.

Don has done a l o t of o the r jobs around the Carnegie, such a s cleaning out the lost-and-found and re-organ- 1 i z i n g cupboards. He is mobably t h e only person who knows where t o f i n d everything.

He has organized a number of camp-

I i ng t r i p s , and t h e Canada Day Picn ic . I w a s very su rp r i s ed t o hear t h a t Don was " l e t go" and not knowing any de- t a i l s , I wanted t o w r i t e t h i s l e t t e r of support f o r Don.

Don has been completely dedicated t o Carnegie; h i s work has meant a l o t t o him. He has grown up i n t he a r e a and i s t r u l y someone from the Down- town Eas ts ide . Somehow, the leaving of Don Bateman and some o the r people, seem t o i n d i c a t e a s h i f t (of some s o r t ) from Management .

I hope t h a t somehow Don Bateman could come back t o work. He has a l o t t o o f f e r .

Oh, yes - I worked a t the Front Desk i n Carnegie from Jan. 1980 t o June 1987.

In Sis terhood,

P e a r l Dainow

From a work i n progress t i t l e d

Seaver. He b e g 3 t o b e r a t e me f o r "Poems from the Downtown ~ a s t s i d e "

what I had and I suggested Create a Real Available Beach he w r i t e a book. He almost exploded and s a i d t h a t I was des t roy ing the By J a n c i s Andrews best thing that had ever happened i n \Jhatts in a name? I n t h i s case , a l l : t he Downtown Bas ts ide . I s a i d t h a t a beach by any o t h e r name than Crab i f I was wrong - i f DEEDS was on the

wont smell as sweet up-and-up and had nothing t o h ide - This beach was formed then he had nothing t o be a f r a i d of . . by more than slap and splash t h a t he should welcome an inspec t ion of water, reflects a grimer image of any kind. Determined t o have the than the sun and moon. l a s t word, he then s a i d t h a t i f I say L i f t a rock, and C.P.R. execut ives anything e l s e against DEEDS he would scutt le sidewards, t h e i r motives s e e t o i t t h a t i t would be t he l a s t t r anspa ren t a s j e l l y f i s h . th ing I eve r say. Repet i t ion should- They wish to drown the memory n ' t be necessary, Tony, bu t j u s t t o of g r a s s and water indulge your persona l s t u p i d i t y : wrested from t h e i r own dry s ea s "Truth h u r t s , eh?" of concre te . The name "Ports ide park"

One f i n a l po in t : DEEDS i s i n w i l l cover up t h e i r s i n s - Margaret itche ell's r i d i n g , n o t Pa t l i k e t h e t i d e , e r a s e carney ' s . The f e d e r a l government t h i s park ' s t r u e h i s t o r y . must have concerns about DEEDS i f they r e l y on t h e l o c a l municipal C.R.A.B. meets a t 1st Church on government t o do i t s homework and Sunday, Dec. 5, 1 : 00 pm determine, wi th l o c a l s c r u t i n y and observa t ions , what t h e r e a l n a t u r e West Coast Autumn of t h i s Society is. One-half m i l l i o n d o l l a r s of pub l i c money i s s t i l l pub- BY Claudius Ivan P lan id in l i c ; any g ran t from Vancouver w i l l Faces t o t h e western sun, channel t h i s money t o DEEDS. As ivory clouds p i l e Alderman P u i l s a i d , "I wouldn't g ive wi th ease over them a plug n icke l . " b lue mountains,

Respectful ly submit ted, b lue sky, b lue s e a , and t h e kayaker

' t ) paddles wi th ea se bronze f ace t o t he western sun.

FREE - clonetlons a c c c p l e d . ,t

( : i t y in fo st i l S T ' c a n ' t i~ccclbt dotla t i o n s f o r 111 i s Ncws lc t t t h r , so i 1' you ca'n