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T H E C A R N E G I E N E W S L E T T E R

I S O N E Y E A R OLD TODAY! !

W E , A S A COMMUNITY,

A R E F A C I N G THE F U T U R E

W I T H MORAL COURAGE. -

- THE FUTURE IS NOW

Carnegie Review Panel Report.

Weke going a lot farther !

2 FROM W E EDITOR'S DESK

SHIILA - point of character

1. Forgiveness. 2 . Magnanimity of mind. 3 . Perpetual r e s t r a in t of behaviour

and temper. 4. Readiness t o s ac r i f i c e every-

thing of individual l i f e f o r the ideology.

5. All-round s e l f r e s t r a i n t . 6. Moral courage. .....

11. Due t o carelessness, i f one makes a mistake consciously o r un- knowingly, one must admit it i m - mediately and ask fo r punishment.

The Carnegie Newsletter is one year old! On August 15 , 1986, a 1 2 page paper i n 60 copies was l e f t on tables and A l Mettrick held h i s breath. Would people l i k e it, or use it for emptying ashtrays in? "If there 's no audience, there jus t a i n ' t no show."

They were a l l taken i n an hour! A s t a r t t ha t hasn't stopped as over 300 a-re snatched within an hour of appear- ing and another 300 go i n two days.

As A l sa id i n h i s farewell ed i t o r i a l , "We have more t a l en t r igh t here in t h i s building than any ten journalism classes i n town. Downtown Eastside people - people without jobs - tough, talented people have put t h i s paper out and put t he i r stamp on it."

Comments in the l a s t year have been good t o great t o excellent t o ' a gem' t o ' a jewel of the downtown easts ide ' t o "the best paper i n Vancouver ."

Perhaps one of the hardest lessons t o learn i s t o see both s ides and s t i l l maintain your in tegr i ty , your moral in tegr i ty . I t ' s not a problem t o be solved - i t ' s a r e a l i t y t o be

The Provincial Government i s c lo- sing down i ts Detox service a t 59' W. Pender. This was a 22-bed centre and i ts absence w i l l leave the down- town area with one c i ty-run detox un i t a t 412 E. Cordova, and the Sal- vation Army Detox which does not o f fe r f u l l medical treatment. B.c a r l Stroh, a Provincial Health

Ministry employee, and David Gilbert , head of the B.C. Drug G Alcohol pro- gram, made the decision t o close it.

Gilbert s t a ted tha t Pender detox c l i en t s would be referred t o a detox a t 37 7 E. 2nd Ave . (Great Northern Way) . When asked i f addit ional beds would be provided there, he referred repor- t e r s t o Dr. Stroh..who was "unavail- able fo r comment" (Van. Sun, Rug. 10) .

Margeret Floren, Pender Detox Ad- ministrator, sa id she had been taking par t i n discussions on relocation, but she hadn't expected them t o re - s u l t i n the closing of the centre, She says the s t a f f , including 6 nurses and 10 health care workers, a re "incredibly unhappy" with t h i s .

The case load of Great Northern Way detox is about 1,000 c l i e n t s a month. No reasonable a l t e rna t ive is-

exper j enced . PAUL TAYLOR b e i n g offered-for the 120-125 people' cared fo r by Pender Detox.

M e future is now After three months of hear-

ings and study, the Carnegie Centre Review Panel has final- ly made its report on what it thinks the future of Carnegie Centre and the Carnegie Commu- nity Centre Association should be. As you remember, the Panel was appointed by City Hall to investigate all the furor in Carnegie over the past couple of years.

a mixed bag As with all committee efforts,

the Panel's recommendations are a mixed bag. The report seems like a thoughtful and sincere attempt to deal with some of our problems. Many of the rec- ommendations appear sound and reasonable. For instance, the Panel says it is essential that a democratically-elected Assoc- iation continue to function as the "voice" of Carnegie patrons. This is a position that the Association put forward very forcefully at the hearings. The Panel says the Association should advise the Director on programming. This is also some- thing we recommended. The Panel also downplayed all

the allegations of past illeg- alities, either because it couldn't substantiate them or because it felt they weren't worth pursuing. This is clear-

By Muggs Sigurgeirson CCCA President

ly in .keeping with the desire of the membership for a "fresh start ."

Some of the other good ideas I

put forward by the Panel: * Carnegie stay open until

midnight, and it serve as an after-hours crisis centre for people with problems.

* More staffing, including additional security.

* A quiet space for women, and expanded library services.

* Renovations proceed as soon as possible.

A l'he City provide a book- keeper to handle the finances of the Association.

Some of the other recommend- ations by the Panel are sure to cause controversy, however.

I must be s t u d i e d c l o s e l y i s t h a t , t h e C e n t r e d i r e c t o r s e t e d i t o r -

i a l p o l i c y f o r a l l p u b l i c a t i o n s p u b l i s h e d a n d / o r d i s t r i b u t e d i n t h e C e n t r e , and t h a t s u c h pub- l i c a t i o n s , s u c h a s t h e N e w s l e t t e r , be s u b j e c t v i ew by t h e d i r e c t o r . -

Doesn't Hold Water

~ a r h e g i e t o r e -

An a g r e e d - upon s e t o f e d i t o r i a l p r i n c i p l e s may be a good i d e a , b u t we must e n s u r e we m a i n t a i n a v i g o r o u s , i n d e p e n d e n t and r e s p o n s i b l e v o i c e f o r t h e membership t h r o u g h i t s own N e w s l e t t e r .

The Pane l a l s o s u g g e s t s t h a t ... t h e s i x n o n - e l e c t e d members o f

t h e CCCA Board - t h o s e a p p o i n t e d by t h e P a r k s Board and o t h e r

W a g e n c i e s - be a l l o w e d t o v o t e , t h e same a s t h e e l e c t e d members. T h i s seems q u e s t i o n a b l e , e s p e c - i a l l y s i n c e t h e a p p o i n t e d mem- b e r s have r a r e l y shown up f o r m e e t i n g s i n t h e p a s t .

I ' l l j u s t men t ion one o t h e r recommendat ion.' The P a n e l f e e l s t h a t t h e A s s o c i a t i o n s h o u l d do f u n d r a i s i n g , b u t t h a t a d m i n i s t e r i n g and h a n d l i n g o f a l l money s h o u l d be unde r t h e c o n t r o l o f t h e D i r e c t o r . I n s u c h a s i t u a t i o n , we would want t o make s u r e t h e A s s o c i a t i o n w i l l s t i l l d e c i d e how t o spend o u r own money - t h e money we r a i s e .

I'licrc, , l r c rnany o t h c l r i ~ l c , ~ ' , and s u g g e s t ions i n t h c I'arlcl ' ,

r e p o r t . You can y,et n copy : ~ t t h e i n f o d e s k o r i n t h e Lihr ;1~-1 .

It 's not over yet The Repor t r e p r e s e n t s iI f i r ~ t s t e p - i t ' s n o t t h e l a s t w ( ~ r c 1 by any means. S o c i a l P1,innin: and P a r k s Board w i l l p r e p n r c . I

j o i n t r e p o r t l a t e r t h i s ~ n o n t h , and b o t h r e p o r t s w i l l go t o C i t y C o u n c i l i n September f o r c o n s i d e r a t i o n . The Assoc i ~ t ioil w i l l be p r e s e n t i n g t h e v iews o f C a r n e g i e u s e r s a t t h a t t i m e .

We n e e d t o have your i n p u t . Some o f t h e s u g g e s t i o n s would r e q u i r e changes i n t h e C C C A C o n s t i t u t i o n , s o i t s s t r i c t l y up t o t h e members t o d e c i d e . What do you t h i n k o f t h e r e c - ommendat ions? Do you have any o t h e r i d e a s ?

Here's What You Should Do

The C C C A w i l l h o l d a Commun- i t y Forum on Sunday, August 3 0 , a t 7 p .m. i n t h e T h e a t r e t o examine t h e r e p o r t . P l e a s e 1)c t h e r e . We n e e d t o know what you t h i n k , s o we can t a k e y o u r v i ews t o C i t y H a l l .

Remember, i f we d o n ' t makc t h e d e c i s i o n s o u r s e l v e s , somconc e l s e w i l l make them f o r u s .

"The measure of success is not whether you have a tough prob- lem to deal with, but whether it's the same problem you had last year."

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c"ommuni ty gardens i open house

I:rom a ways o f f , the four acres of land looks l i k e a vacant l o t . . I H I ~ the 'weeds a r e sure t a l l over tllere. What a r e those people do- iilg? Why, t h a t ' s gardens over thar!

Strathcona comunity gardens Iwld i t s "Gardens Open Ilouse" on Sunday, August 9th, and many loca l people were on hand t o begin the a c t i v i t i e s .

I t was such a beaut i fu l day and . the sun made shade a needed thing, Iwt unt i 1 four o'clock there were no t r c c s . No, a group of t r e e s t]idlltt a r r i v e in a convert ible; (or i n a I , r l s ) , hut nine 12-foot t r e e s [rr~oiultn in ash) were planted t o get slla(ly arcas fo r sure by next year.

A t Stralhcona School, a f i 1111

coeipany was shooting a f e s t i v a l and a f t e r f inishing donated several wa t cr111c1 ons Tor everyone. As one cxpcr i e ruxl person sa id , "For the I'irst tiroe, wc're not going t o run out! " I t sure h e 1 9 keep a11 of (is cool as an oven was going in onc spot , I t ' d been b u i l t r i g h t tllerc t o Pi rc glazed plant pottery so~rlc o f wli i ch had bcen fashioned i 11 (:a rncg i c P Pottery I?oonl.

The other place t o keep cool was on the west s ide of the Gardens, where musicians played f o r hours i n the sun.

One extremely excited person, M s . Chor IHon Wong, has been in te res t ing members of the Cantonese-speaking community i n taking p l o t s and work- ing along with o thers . A video crew was on hand t o f i lm the place and people a l l day, and t h i s w i l l be shown on the Chinese s t a t ion . Nervousness couldn' t stand up t o

M s . Wongts smile, though, and she bubbled with enthusiasm.

Present f o r most of the day were several Master Gardeners from the .. VanI)usen Gardens a t 33rd E Oak. 'Mastert i s an earned honour, a s the p l o t s and p lan t s under t h e i r care i-I

a r e t r u l y exceptional. They had come t o answer any questions t h a t loca l gardeners had about problems o r prospects f o r t h e fu tu re on the local land. A r e a l l y n ice re- ward f o r everyone's work t o make t h i s a specia l day was t h e f i v e new p l o t s t h a t v i s i t o r s agreed t o make t h e i r own!

By PAIJL TAYLOR

I t ' s a B O Y ! ! !

On August 7 , a m i r a c l e hap- pened a t Grace H o s p i t a l . A baby was b o r n . The p a r e n t s o f Nelson J u n i o r W i l l i a m s a r e Nelson Sock and A l b e r t a W i l l i - ams. Nelson J u n i o r weighed i n a t 6 l b s . 8 o u n c e s , h e and h i s t i r e d mot i n g w e l l . From e v e r C a r n e g i e - f rom t h e ment t o t h e f i f t h f l CONGRATULATIONS! ! !

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coming home To the Volunteers and S ta f f ,

After spending some months in a Ju s t a f r iendly Hi.! .. t o a l l of

local hospi ta l , Sheila Bdl is back you and a thank you t o those of you

and smiling! Everyone who has ever who v i s i t ed me while I was i n the had t o spend time i n a sickbed sure hospi ta l .

sympathized and wished her a speedy Eelieve me, i t ' s so good t o be back

recovery, but Roy ivent up there a l - home even i f I'm s t i l l convalescing. nlost every day and t r i e d h i s damned- Some day soon, I ' 11 be bac.k on my

e s t t o break the cycle of boredom. f ee t again. One &fin i t e benefactor was t h i s A special thanks goes t o Pat K . ,

Newsletter. she i la submitted some Muggs and Rob, and Marie K . , fo r the great s t u f f while she was away, and v i s i t s i n hospital and a t horne..and its publication was automatic. f o r the flowers, f r u i t and cards.

Bell - - - - Mayer has a l so returned t o Last but not l e a s t , a very special Carnegie a f t e r major surgery on her thank you t o Danny Korica, who was back. See "me ~ o b o t " i n t h i s issue. a t my bedside every day. Without

I With both of these "Bells1' - - - - back, him, my s p i r i t s would have been low. the expression "Hell's Bells" jus t You have done so much for me tha t sk i t t e red across the wall. From words alone cannot express ... both of these lovely ladies being Thanks again Danny; you're jus t so away t o them both returning, there kind and thoughtful. may have been the proverbial ' l u l l ' I hope t o see you a l l soon, but before the storm ... but i n Carne- I have s t r i c t orders from the Doctor g i e l s case, the storm is one of t o s tay i n bed. me ROBOT good feelings and joy. (Bell blaycr)

ary labour pools, fought hunger in t r ans ien t with no particu1:lr s k i l l ?

Mission soup kitchens, and tried to and no money, (procuring) an psi.;-

s leep i n ra tho le rooming houses tence i n whatever way I c o ~ ~ l t l . "

when he could af ford it and under bgettrick often nlakcs c lca r thc

t r e e s when he could no t , connect ion between prof i t ant1 t llc

- Mettrick was e s s e n t i a l l y a volun- al~use of labour. Of h i s work in :I

t e e r i n the l o s t ba t t a l ions of non-union chemical p 1 ant i n k g i na , - Canada's reserve army of the unem- he wri tes , "I was shocked 1y t h i s

played. From his frequently harsh i n i t i a l exposure t o the sllal)liy i n -

eqerjences, he has produced a book d u s t r i a l world hehind the m h c r 5 f u l l of anger, f ea r , humour, hope, on the big boards of Wall S t rcc t I , keen ins ights and profound sympathy Bay S t r e e t . Was t h i s wher-c thc f o r the men and women abandoned by share p r i c e came from - :I hlllld1.~d Canadian Caprtalism. thousand shoddy, death- t r a p 5ul)s i (1 -

In Alan Met t r ick ' s own words: i a r i e s l i k e t h i s one?" "I was on the road, with few breaks, Mettrick a l so c lea r ly 5howcd t h t from the ea r ly summer of 1980 mtil the t r ans ien t workcr's r c s i .;t:tncc 10

the beginning of 1983. The geography such constant abuse p r o d ~ ~ c c \ a work through which I t r ave l l ed was i n the e t h i c o T pract ica l survivn 1. I Ic rc- West because t h a t Ts where t r ans - l a t e s t h i s a f t e r observing a n i n c i - i e n t s head, i n t h e i r thousands, t o dent a t a labour pool o f f i c c i~ 1981 escape the prospects of freezing when no one would accept n low-paying winters. . . . "But Last i n Line is a job and lose t h e i r labour pool sen i - national s tory . The jobless, home- o r i t y . They refused not hecause o f l e s s men and women I t r ave l l ed w i t ] ] the insul t ingly low hourly r a t c , 11111 were from a l l p a r t s of the country. , because there weren't enough hours

Asserting t h a t , "Most of the peo- of work. pie I wri te about a r e not tramps " I t i s i n t h e manner of Ar i s to t l e and bums but men whose s k i l l s w e and flerodotus tha t these men regard think we no longer need." Mettrick money ... They work one day t o provide s t a t e s he wrote h i s book, because money f o r two days of l e i su re . By 1 believe t h i s displacement of peo- t h i s archaic value re la t ionship , ccv- pie, t h i s upheaval i n socie ty , is en hours work a t four do l l a r s a n , the biggest s to ry i n North America. It hour i s insuff i c ient . . . . "

10 1 4ST in LINE ,,"td. 131it r e f ~ ~ s ~ n g such jobs i s a 1 l ~ m r y

t h a t belongs t o 1981, The author o1)serves tha t "A very shor t time l a t e r , a s the recession spawns more and more i t i n e r a n t job-seekers ,. the conteni1)t fo r c e r t a i n work w i l l a l l I w l t vanish, of course, These labour pools wi l l become trenches i n which Ilrcu wait t o hur l themselves on any hind of job, thousands of men a l l over North America, mi l l ing f o r a jot, 1 ike bl ind k i t t e n s f o r a t e a t ."

A 1 1 i s n ' t grim with Mettrick how- cvcr. Ilc orten employs impressive il~~agery, such as llis descr ip t ion of f ig l i t i r~g lbres t f i r e s : "We moved ;I 1 ong In-om, gouged f irebreak roads 1 i k c a I~wich of g u e r i l l a s . Trees had I,umed r i g h t down t o the ground and then some. . . .Occasionally, Sour o r f-ive trunks, s t i l l standing s t r a i g h t but blackened, rose together i n a r-cgul a r a1 ipment amid the greenery, l i k e some abandoned. overgrown I b r i c slun."

P,l Iwgan the Carncgi e Newsletter. 'Ihc first one was a year ago on Aug- ~rst 15th. 111 ~ovember he l e f t t o w t ' i t ~ another book on the Ibwntown 141stsidc. I t ' s f inished and hopc- Stilly wil l be avai lable soon. fle is now working i n northern B.C. i n Il;~zclton, ed i t ing a small local p e r . 'Ihanks for your h~mani ty I I r i n , A . 'Ihis paper is the Iwst i n Vancollvcr - ha r none!

'his morning a s t h e sun rose bright And I was on my way, I came by Social Services And men were waiting there .

The wonders of cheque day Oh how it s t imula tes one, I t loosens up the people Until t h e cheque is ddne.

Oh then t o work and make a buck IIow would you go about i t ? But cash must flow Or we'll go t o h e l l without it.

Canada cheers volunteers And I would i f I could, Get me when I 'm bankrupt 1'11 do anything

Don I-Iodgson ,!

GARDENS A t Stratllcona Community Gardens,

Eric Erickson harvested a Broccoli 1 2 inches i n diameter on August 1st.

I t weighed 650 grams, o r abour one and a ha l f pounds!

Erickson is the gardener who claims t o have two-way communication with h i s p lants .

"They t e l l m e what they need o r want and I supply it ," he says. "Right now, I 've got my cabbage heads wrapped i n paper towels. Why, I don ' t know, but the cabbages asked for i t . . s o I did i t ! "

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plums As I looked out my front window,

I saw The Iand Lord t rying t o t a l k the kids away from the plum t ree . He was saying, "If you climb the t r ee , you might f a l l and hurt your- s e l f ; i f you jump fo r a plum you might break a branch of the t r ee and you rea l ly shouldn't because the plums a ren ' t grown o r r i pe yet ..."

And one chi ld calmly sa id back (with a gleam of s t e e l in h i s eye), 'We a ren ' t s t ea l ing because we asked, and the old landlord would always give us plums."

The new landlord kept a calm face and s a K "I 'd prefer i f you didn ' t , but you must answer fo r your own conscience," and one of the kids quickly repl ied, "I don' t know what t ha t word conscience means, but i t ' s probably sleeping anyway." The kids proceeded t o s t e a l the plums.

I asked the landlord how long h i s b a t t l e had been going on and he sadly, and with anger, shook h i s head and said: "For twenty years.. d i f fe ren t children each year..but the same plum t r e e and the same me."

And I thought t o myself, ' t h i s l i f e is def in i te ly not easy. '

,I I / 7 A,,, Dear Diddler

-9- . Every time I got h i t w i t h t h e

creen un on You.

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Yrs. Truly, Sam Slanders

Volunteers and Seniors a re co- funding a camping t r i p t o a gorg- eous s i t e near Sechelt.

Danny Korica, George Nicholas and Norman Mark have been working very hard t o make the biggest outing of the year a success. Quiet but indis- pensible a r e Pat Kendall, Bell Mayer and (not- so-quiet) Butch TLaRue.

Preparations have involved the r en t a l of two vans, finding equip- ment and supplies a t low cost or f ree , shopping and making sure that those lucky people going bring some of t h e i r own s t u f f . Posters on walls i n Carnegie mentioned bedding, but the 'grapevine' h in t s that there may be a building o r two on-s i te . A few hardy souls brought t en t s anyway.

A beaut i ful pa r t of t h i s t r i p i s gett ing out of the c i t y fo r four days - away from the s t r a i n - and f i sh jng , walking and relaxing. You don't even have t o watch fo r sloppy pigeons !

A s I'm typing t h i s , the l a s t miniite loading and remembering oP things t ha t "have t o be done" is going on r igh t outside the door. 'fie feel ing of ant ic ipat ion and excite- ment is great ! Bori Voyage, mes amis ! !

Hope alive The Human R i g h t s Act makes

i t i l l e g a l t o d i s c r i m i n a t e a g a i n s t anyone on t h e b a s i c o f p h y s i c a l d i s a b i l i t i e s . T h i s i s t h e l aw, and h a s l e d t o J o a n M e i s t e r t a k i n g a n e x c i t i n g ' s t e p ' . M s . M e i s t e r embarassed C i t y Counc i l when s h e t r i e d t o g e t t o a microphone i n C i t y H a l l . The i r o n y was t h a t many p e o p l e , a t g r e a t i n c o n v e n i e n c e and t r o u b l e , had come t o a g a i n s a y t h a t t h e Main S t r e e t Over- p a s s t o CRAB Pa rk was b l a t a n t - l y u n s a f e and i n a c c e s s i b l e , and c o u l d n ' t g e t t o a mike t o speak because i t was i n a c c e s s i b l e .

A s ~ o a n s a i d , "When y o u ' r e a b l e - b o d i e d , p rob lems f o r whee l - c h a i r u s e r s d o n ' t even r e g i s t e r . I t ' s s o e a s y t o make a c c e s s f o r u s , b u t no -one h a s e v e r a s k e d a c a r p e n t e r t o come h e r e , c u t a r e c e s s i n t h e wood o f t h e t a b l e , and t h e p rob lem i s gone ."

The s t e p t h a t s h e i s t a k i n g i s t o f o r m a l l y f i l e a c o m p l a i n t w i t h t h e B . C . Branch o f t h e Canadian Human R i g h t s Commission " I t ' s s i m p l e , "Joan s a y s . "CRAB Park must b e a c c e s s i b l e t o a l l and e a s i l y . I d o n ' t want t o have t o c a l l a t a x i , o r wheel down an a l l e y i n Gastown t o g e t t o a p r i v a t e b u i l d i n g ' s e l e - v a t o r , t h e n a c r o s s a ramp t o a p l a t f o r m and j u s t l o o k a t t h e p a r k . I j u s t want t o go i n un- d e r my own s team and l e a v e when I want t o - i t ' s s o s i m p l e ! "

A t a m e e t i n g w i t h t h e P o r t of Vancouver C o r p . , e n g i n e e r s and P.R. p e o p l e began t o waver f rom t h e h a r d l i n e o f "on ly minor and l o w - c o s t m o d i f i c a t i o n s t ' t o Main ,(Mount CRAB) and i n s t e a d w i l l s t u d y what n e e d s - - - - - d o i n g . For some r e a s o n , t h e y d o n ' t want any pub- l i c i t y b u t i f t h e y a p p r o v e an o v e r p a s s a t C a r r a l l S t . , t h e r e w i l l be a g r e a t o u t c r y . What most p e o p l e want i s a r e o p e n i n g o f t h e u n d e r p a s s a t Columbia S t .

M s . M e i s t e r s e e s t h e o b j e c t - i v e s o f t h e c o m p l a i n t a s t w o f o l d ; t o g e t e a s y a c c e s s t o CRAB P a r k , G t o p u b l i c i z e t h e need f o r a c - c e s s a t a l l p u b l i c u s e d f a c i l i - t i e s n a t i o n w i d e .

By PAUL TAYLOR

I had the op o r tun i ty t o take pa r t i n the elevent g annual Prison Jus- t i c e Day a c t i v i t i e s with Cla i re Culhane and eleven o ther peop l e .

Ille day r e a l l y began with a spec- i a l serv ice f o r prisoners a t Canadi- an Memorial Church a t 16th 6 Burrarcl. After Reverend Ken Witherspoon com- pleted the sermon, we met on the Church parking l o t t o begin our tour of Lower Ma inland p r i sons.

Our cavalcade held a v i g i l a t nine prisons. The first one we ca l l ed a t was the Pre-Trial Centre i n downtown Vancouver. We walked with placards i n f ron t of the cent re and prisoners ye l led t h e i r appreciat ion of support while a guard viewed u s with binocu- l a r s . One of our banners read: "Rig Brother is Star ing a t YOIJ."

Next on our agenda was a v i s i t a t the Deer Lake Resort (Okalla). We paraded i q and down i n f ron t of the fence. This antagonized t h e guard, who imiediately herded the inmates back ins ide l i k e c a t t l e . Tbe p a r d remarked t o us, "See what you have done! Because o f you, they have t o go ins ide ha l f an hour e a r l i e r ."

Despite t h i s , t he pr isoners app- rec ia ted our support and d id not lose t h e i r sense of humour. One sa id , "Throw the c l ipper s over.

We then went on t o the Twin Maples i n Maple Ridge, which is a minimum secur i ty pr ison f o r women. I t is i n a farm-like s e t t i n g and women a r e allowed t o keep t h e i r babies with them. Like chickens, the women a r e only locked up f o r the n ight .

Securi ty was extremely t i g h t a t the next two pr isons , which a r e back-to-back i n the wilderness near Agassiz. Even though t h e prisoners were not allowed t o see us we st i l l held the v i g i l i n f ron t of the gates.

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' /he sccrlr l ty was t ight ; ~ t b11 loll I'rison Iwt we were f inal 1 y :11 I i ~ m 1

t o t a l h t o pr isorlcrs over t llc I'crlc-cx at 1;crntl;r I c . '111 is \CIS t I I P 11 i !;I1 I I gl)t of our tour and the irun:ltes t 1101-

oughly enjoyed v i s j t o r s f l -OI I I t I K ' ou ts i clc. One p r i soner Il:~tl I~ccr, v i s i t e d 1)y a wonnn front orlr grolrl) on prcv ior~s occ;lsions ant1 Ilc \CIS

t l l r i l lc t l t o sce ari old fricml. 7 7 Ihc I n s t prison or1 our tour \GI:;

thc Ikgion:~l 1'sychi;ltric (:cntr-c i r l

Matsqui I f l i i l e w c l ~ c l d o ~ ~ r v i ~ ~ i l in f ront of thc g : l t e ~ , :In at~il~r l ;~ncc. drove in complete with T i rcns t o take one of the prisoners t o tlic hosp i t a l .

\\re had pcr fect t i m i ng a t t lic'l'w i 11

h k p l e s prison. We arr ived jus t i 11

tinlc t o l e a f l e t the v i s i t o r s w11o were leaving.

Clni r c Culllane is going t o cor~t-I on September l o t h , and tuitlcr t hc "Charter of Rights" i s going t o 01) t a i n an order so she is allowed 1 o v i s i t Brit is11 Columhia p r i ~ o n s . She i s not forbidden t o v i s i t pri- sons anywhere e l s e in Canada. lzlc 1 1 c ~ r through the 'grapevine ' that t11c Govt. would l i k e t h i s nrattcr s e t t l c d out of cour t .

Cla i re is represent i ng l lersclf i n court and her opinion of lawyers i s cxtrenwly low. She thinks that t h e r i ~ should be a spec ia l place i n IJell f o r 97% of the lawyers in our country.

We c:ime home exhausted b11t well s a t i s f i e d with our day. There was :I

beaut i fu l sunset a s we drove down the highway t o Vancouver. r.

Let 11s p lace t h e poor t oge the r , Iljglier and h igher i n low-rent 1)oxcs; they t ake up less space that way. And once they a r e su r - r-o[~ntlctl hy expensive bout icjues and \torts, t h e y ' l l r e a l i z e t h e y ' r e I i v ing in 3 ZOO - an urban f reak \how - providing l o c a l colour f o r the i r- new, a f f l u e n t ne ighbours . 'I'licir- only claini t o coiaiiunity w i l l li ,~vc~ 1)een so ld out by do- gootl o rg- ; ~ r r i zat ions who 11;lvc I)ccorrre p a r t of t hc 111acl1 i nc they chose t o oppose.

'I'hc only answer f o r t h e poor i s to I,ecoillc p a r t 01 a1 1 t h e coimriuni -

t i c s . c>ach and every borough. 'Illell ; ~ i i t l only then w i l l they be t r u l y 1111not ~cc ;~ l ) Ic . . -

'1'llc.r~ i s not li i ~ y new al)ot~t urban t.ciicw;~ 1 ;lntl tlic p a t t e r n can c l e a r l y

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flLBIS WIT11 L I F E PROTECTED FROM T I E

CRIPPLING RAYS OF SlJCCESS ADDING THE IMPORT 01: BUSINESS TO TIIE IMPORTrnCE 01: 'SHE IJNIMPORTAN'T I N A SCENE T l R T REST~~IBI~ES A MARSHALLING P o I w FOR A BEGGARS CRUSADE SOON TO BE LHI ON A FORCED hlARCIl 'r0 A NEW AREA WtERE 'THE OBSCENITY 01' TFIE POOR WILL NOT BOI'I E R '1'1 IE AFF~LUFNT AS TIlEY BROWSE lNIE l? TI IE DOME I N 'I'IIE NIW MUSEUM W 1'1'1 1 TI IF, SMALL I3INSS PIAQIJI; T IRT READS "'I'IIL: I)ItI3WS 01: T I E POOR \\llXli I W [CrEI) ON TIITS DAY IN N1NII'I'I:IIN-EI(;IIIY----

I NOBODY'S FRIEND I My name i s gossip. I have no 1 respect f o r jus t ice . i I maim without k i l l i ng . I break

hear ts and ruin l ives . I am cunning and malicious and

gain strength with age. The more I am quoted the more

I am believed. I f lour ish a t every leve l of

society. My victims a r e helpless. They

cannot protect themselves against me because I have no face and no name.

To track me down is impossible. The more you try, the more elusive I become.

I am nobody's fr iend. Once I t a rn i sh a reputation, it

i s never the same. I topple governments and ru in

marriages. I ruin careers and cause sleep-

l ess nights, heartache and indi- gest ion.

I spawn suspicion and generate g r ie f .

I make innocent people cry i n t h e i r pil.lows .

Even my name hisses. I am c a l l - ed Gossip. Office gossip. Shop gossip. Party gossip. Telephone gossip. I make headlines and headaches. Before you repeat a story ask yourself , is it t rue? I s it f a i r ? Is it necessary? I f not - SHUT UP.

Long Throw

By Claudius Ivan Planidin

I t h i t me hard today crossing t he in tersect ion - - the ba l l of flame l ight ing us i s many mill ions of miles away.

A Distant Destiny

By Claudius Ivan Planidin

HCIW lovely a re the faces of the blue Alps t h i s time of year.

War i s war, orders a r e orders, Germany is Germany, destiny is destiny,

the Commander of the Camp r ec i t e s often but he can ' t look a t eyes marching slowly t o ovens marching slowly i n dreams.

But how lovely a r e the faces of the blue Alps t h i s time of year.

'%for th and Survival"

When "Past"is attacked and destroyed, . I t f ee l s hurt and humiliated, but l ives . For the Past l i ve s on i n memory Of i ts vestige possessions.

When "Present" is attacked and destroyed, I t f e e l s the loss of i ts worth, but l ives . For the Present lives. with the too l s of the Past, To capture the dreams of the Future.

When "Future" i s at.tacked and destroyed, I t f e e l s i n abyss and ceases t o l ive . For a Future void of the vestige Possessions of the Past loses The tools of the Present t o survive.

By Anton Luthwig Kaufman

With Love Goodbye . ,

/- - With love they sa id t o s e t you f r e e , The p i n w i l l fade and go away, This i s how i t ' s meant to be, Not a l l a t once but day by day. The love we gave, held no respect , I t is t ha t love we now r e j ec t .

I'm sending you t h i s poem so r e a l , Read it carefully so you can f e e l , All. the hur t I'm throwing away, I don' t l i k e the games we played.

With you I had no s e l f esteem, I t was not r i gh t ; it f e l t unclean, Irle d id not grow, jus t co-exis t , Need I go on .. complete a l i s t ?

Oh yes my dear E specia l f r iend, Our love has passed, it w i l l not mend

I think of us and f e e l so bad, Why did our love turn out so bad? The games we thought we played so well , Turned out t o be l iv ing he l l .

The chi ld in me kept hanging on, But the adult. knows - i t ' s wrong, So I must write t h i s poem of woe, 8 I know I had t o l e t you go. 4: I won't be sad and I won't cry, I gave my a l l , I r ea l l y t r i e d , y What's gone i s gone, w h a t "s done i s done, 4 We have t o face a r i s i ng sun. 1

THE MOONS

RAYS SHINE AN INHERITED

GENETIC MADNESS UP THROUGH THE AGES OF NIGHT

MODERN MAN S T I L L RESPONDS TO THE R I S E AND FALL OF THE OCEAN

EIOTHERS CURRE3RS. CURRENTS THAT RIPPLE THROUGH THE DARKENED CITY

STREETS . STREETS I N DEEP CITY SHADOW THAT CLOAKED THE M o V l N N T S

OF RIPPER JACK, THE SAME STREETS THAT FOG-BIND THE MAN FROM GREEN RIVER. DEATH AND MURDER CLOAK

POVERTY AND VICE I N RAIMENTS OF SOFT MOON HUES REFLECTING FTERNAL MADNESS.

@&dsy~dtz00 T h a t I nccdecl t o h c ; ~ r , 'l'o c r a s c t h e h c a 1-1 :~cl ic .s ,

/ P / THE -7?fFArn And t o rcmovc t h c Scar. .

Yo11 h e l p c h me f o r g e t the. p;~! ; t . You 1) rougl i t 111y l i Se nc.w rrlc;lri i rl,q , Now 1 know t r u e l o v c a t l ; ~ s t .

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When sunset s 1 a n t s clown I hst i II!::; You th ink you know yortr 1 i 1-c

You th jnk you know yollr ni i l ~ l

Surpri.sed by sunset in t he s t r ~ ~ ~ 1 ~

Jkcause i t comes t o rest ; ~ g a i r l

I n one r cn l nionlcrlt. whcr-c 'Ilic once urulot i cr t l pvcnict~t l ' i c ' ~

Spl aslied in concrete comc ;I 1 i v c 'Ilic pcel ing walls fi cr~lsllccl c:~rls Sca t te red t o pcr Sect ion Rich i n d e t a i l - del i c a t c & Precious t o t h i s t i m .

ller changing 1 iglit has Edgcd your window Sl-o~~lc w i t l i P i I-v

Ilcr golden dreams have sen t This 1 iglit down Ilns t ings St r-cct G everything is changed ar,ounrl I;rom crcunped 6 mindless I h y s t h a t you must s i t . . . '1'0 solr~eth ing r e a l . 'I'OlUI

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"$en Again ~ n d ?/t'orkingM August i s q u i e t t h e i n the

Learning Cent r e . Centre we t r y t o keep l e a r n i n g

T11e c o o r d i n a t o r s a r e o f f pre- i n t e r e s t i n g , It h e l p s a l l

pa r ing m a t e r i a l t o r t h e f a l l and around when we know what you a r e

most of the o t h e r people a r e i n t e r e s t e d i n .

wandering f a r from Has t ings and The second q u e s t i o n is, "What

Main. A dozen o r s o a r e s t i l l a t are your s t r o n g p o i n t s ? " Every-

work i n the Learning Cen t re , bu t body is good a t something. What

nex t month they w i l l be j o i n c d by do you f e e l you are good a t ? Needlepoint , c a r p e n t r y ? Maybe ano the r 60 t o 70 people when t h e

iiiornings s t a r t t o g e t f r e s h and you r a i s e d a f a m i l y , o r worked on

Lhere i s a s m e l l of autumn i n t h e a farm once. Do you r e a d books? 4

a i r . When you l e a r n i n t h e Learning

I n tile n ~ c a n t i ~ n e , drop by i f you Centre , you start w i t h what you

want a q u i e t p l a c e t o r e a d o r a l r e a d y know and u s e t h a t t o

~ h i n k o r do crossword puzz les . l e a r n what you want t o l e a r n .

There w i l l be a v o l u n t e e r t h e r e Monday tnrough Thursday i n t h e aL te ruoons t o answer q u e s t i o n s , Lend books, and h e l p you g e t Learning a g a i n , i f you want.

a second chance How do you j o i n t h e Learning

C c ~ i t r e ? I t ' s easy : walk i n and t a l k L O allyone t h e r e . You're welcome. S top by anytime and s t a y a s long a s you l i k e .

AL t h e Learning Centre each person g e t s t o p i c k what t o l e a r n and when. This i s no t l i k e scl iool where a t e a c h e r p i c k s what you l e a r n .

The Learning Centre h e l p s you p ick what you want t o l e a r n by g e t t i n g you t o answer t h r e e clues t i o ~ i s f o r y o u r s e l f

The i i r s t q u e s t i o n i s , "What a r e you i n t e r e s t e d i n ? " Cooking,

The t h i r d q u e s t i o n is , "What would you l i k e t o work on?" Learnins Centre people dec ided l a s t y e a r t h a t we were t h e r e t o h e l p people g e t where they wanted t o be through l e a r n i n g . What i n t h e n e x t s t e p f o r you? What w i l l i t g e t you when you t a k e t h a t s t e p ?

The Learning Cen t re can h e l p you when you want t o s t a r t l e a r n i n g i n a new way. Come up and p u t u s t o work f o r you.

BY BILL DEACON

c a r s ? Ilow Vancouver looked 100 y : I ! 1 n the Learning

"'Lhey make war t o c a p t u l - e 111;lrkct s by m u r d e r , r a w mat - c r i a l s by r a p e . Do t h e y wea r on t h e i r f o r e h e a d s a s i g n s o t h a t t h e y may b e t o l d , s h u n n e d 4 condemned n s c r i m i n a l s ? - n o . On thc. c o n t r a r y , t h e y a r e t h e r e s - p e c t a b l e o n e s . They c a l l t h e m s e l v e s , a n d a r e c a l l e d g e n t 1 ernen.

'I'hese men make t h e wounds .

D r . Norman B e t h u n e

CARNEGIE

( f r o ~ r r h i s d i a r y )

N E E D l[-3ECp ? i

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