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T h e y ' r e back! A t a c e r e - mony h e l d on Dec.10 t h e t h r e e l o n g l o s t s t a i n e d g l a s s win- dows t h a t had o r i g i n a l l y been commissioned and i n s t a l l e d i n 1902 were u n v e i l e d by Mayor Gordon Campbell .

Ron Dut ton , head o f t h e C a r n e g i e L i b r a r y , h a s had a dream f o r y e a r s o f f i n d i n g what no one was conv inced even e x i s t e d anymore. One day a phone c a l l a t t h e Vancouver Museum s t a r t e d t h e c h a i n o f e v e n t s t h a t c u l m i n a t e d w i t h t h e b e a u t i f u l a r t now back a t t h e bot tom o f t h e s p i r a l s t a i r c a s e . Rob Wat t , D i r e c - t o r of t h e Museum and an au - t h o r i t y on s t a i n e d g l a s s , spoke on t h e h i s t o r y and v a l - u e o f t h e windows, and A r t Langley , D i r e c t o r o f C i v i c B u i l d i n g s , t o l d o f h i s e l a - t i o n when made aware o f t h e d i s c o v e r y .

The a c t u a l work o f r e s t o r - a t i o n and i n s t a l l a t i o n was done by Pau l S n e l l i n g o f K i t s i l a n o G l a s s , who d i d

t h e m a s t e r f u l j o b on t h e l a r g e r windows i n 1979. The windows p o r t r a y Rober t Bvrns , S i r Wal t e r S c o t t

Nancy J , spoke o f Ron "mut- t e r i n g " r e g u l a r l y a b o u t t r a c k i n g down t h e windows and a s k - ed a l l p r e s e n t t o s h a r e i n h i s h a p p i n e s s and apg laud a job w e l l done.

The CARNEGIE N e w s l e t t e r l i s a l i v e and we l l .

A f t e r a month , a f i r m base f o r t h e f u t u r e has been form- ed and t h e many v o l u n t e e r s a r e g e n e r a l l y o p t i m i s t i c , even eager t o con t inue "ge t - i n t i t ou t . "

A 1 M e t t r i c k , t h e co -o rd in - a t o r , b u i l t a dynamic and 'amazing1 paper from s c r a t c h . A t f i r s t , he was going t o any and everyone, s ay ing , " H i . I 'm A 1 and I'm s t a r t i n g a n e w s l e t t e r . W i l l you help?"

A t a meeting on Nov.25, a group of v o l u n t e e r s who have been doing almost f u l l - t ime work on t h e paper t a l k e d about t h e d i f f e r e n t a r e a s t h a t weld have t o ex- p l o r e and worked o u t propo- s a l s f o r dea l i ng wi th each concern. F i r s t : That t h e Newslet ter

be a vo ice and med- ium f o r t h e members and p a t r o n s of Carnegie Centre , g i v i n g a v i a b l e express ion of t h e l i v e s , concerns and hopes o f a l l i n our a r ea . Second: That independence

and autonomy be h e l d a s i d e a l s s u b j e c t t o a s l i t t l e compromise a s p o s s i b l e . Th i rd : That f i n a n c i a l sup-

p o r t come through

t h e e f f o r t s of ou r se lves : s o l i c i t i n g a d v e r t i s i n g , dona t ions and g r a n t s wi th - o u t s t r i n g s a t t a c h e d .

To main ta in t h e q u a l i t y and v a r i e t y upheld by A 1 w i l l r e - q u i r e more.work from t h e v o l u n t e e r s , a s much of h i s e x p e r t i s e stems from y e a r s of exper ience .

A l l r e a d e r s : pe r sona l s t o r i e s , expe r i ences , i s s u e s i n t h i s a r e a o f Vancouver, o r , B . C . , o r Canada, o r t h e p l a n e t Ear th . . concerns , hopes dreams. .poetry , p rose , a r t . . t h e ' l i s t ' i s v i r t u a l l y end- l e s s and he lp i s always a v a i l a b l e f o r w r i t i n g , s t y l e o r j u s t p u t t i n g into-words what i s on your mind.

Good t o be here !

PAUL TAYLOR

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The s t a f f and v o l u n t e e r s F dwork hard t o pu t on such 5 s a c t i v i t i e s a s a k i d ' s C h r i s t - P Amas P a r t y , a v i g i l o f c e l e - $ r i b r a t i o n fl. on Christmas Eve :: d a n d a f r e e Boxing Day dinner.^ 2 We hope t h a t everyone x t a k e s p a r t and has a very ::

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5Merry Christmas and a ~ a p ~ y >New Year! -'

I n t h e few s h o r t months t h a t I have been i n v o l v e d w i t h t h e Carneg ie N e w s l e t t e r , I have had t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o l e a r n a s much a s I wanted t o l e a r n r e g u a r d i n g j o u r n a l i s m . I ' v e been l e a r n i n g how t o w r i t e a s t o r y s o t h a t t h e r e a d e r w i l l e n j o y what i s b e i n g r e a d .

The a tmosphere i s f i l l e d w i t h e x c i t e m e n t and an a i r o f c u r i o s i t y . There i s a com- p a n i o n s h i p o f f e l l o w w r i t e r s and a l t h o u g h we have many d i f - f e r e n c e s oT o p i n i o n we g e t p a s t t h a t - d o n ' t a s k me how. I f e e l t h a t t h i s i s due , i n p a r t , t o o u r common g o a l t o in fo rm t h e ~ u b l i c .

I ' v e w r i t i e n s t i s s u e s t h a t I f e e t a n t t o Carneg ie . l e a r n i n g t o w r i t e p r i v i l e d g e d t o be company o f some o e s t i n d i v i d u a l s I my l i f e . Some of a r e f e l l o w member known h e r e f o r qu t i m e . Working t o b rough t us t o t h e p u t t i n g p e r s o n a l i i n t h e a t t e m p t t o t h e b e s t p o s s i b l e N e w s l e t t e r .

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t h i s h a s been one o f my f a v - o u r i t e and most e d u c a t i o n a l e x p e r i e n c e s .

Thanks A l !

BHARBARA GUDMUNDS IN

I a t t ended l a s t n i g h t ' s Zoo ( t h e Board of director;^ meet- i ng ) and it was t h e s t u p i d e s t , most poo r ly run meeting I have eve r seen i n my l i f e .

There were many i n s u l t i n g remarks made, back-s tabbing was commonplace and t h r e e o r f o u r yea r o l d c h i l d r e n would have conducted themselves b e t t e r . Danny Korica 'was o u t o f o rde r s e v e r a l t imes and was a l s o i n e b r i a t e d (he should have been removed from t h e b u i l d i n g , never mind j u s t t h e mee t ing) . Dennis McCowan went on and on and on a g a i n s t I r ene Schmidt and I t h i n k t h a t he should conduct h imself i n a more c i v i l i z e d manner o r may- be r e s i g n from t h e Board.

I t w i l l be a f r o s t y Fr iday i n J u l y be fo re I go t o t h e ' zoo1 aga in ; u n t i l they can g e t t o g e t h e r i n a p o s i t i v e way and have more e t i q u e t t e than a wet d i s h r a g .

F i n a l l y , a f t e r about an hour o f t h i s garbage, Jonn Olldym t o l d Danny t o shu t up and no t b u t t i n n e e d l e s s l y anymore.

I do no t blame Bharb Gudmundsin a t a l l f o r r e s i g n - ing from t h e Board because it was r a t h e r obvious she had had enough of t h e B.S. a s w e l l .

J A Y CHARETTE

Democracy a s i n t e r p r e t e d be a few community c e n t r e s seems t o mean s e l e c t i o n a s opposed t o e l e c t i o n .

I r an f o r Ci ty Council i n t h e Nov.15 Civ ic E l e c t i o n , having my name and candidacy l e g a l l y e n t e r e d . The Jewish Community Cent re , t h e Hast- i n g ~ Community Centre and B r i t a n n i a Centre each had an " A l l Candidates Meeting" b u t when I a r r i v e d t o speak I was denied permiss ion t o do so . This i s b l a t a n t d i s - c r i m i n a t i o n and I l o s t vo t e s t h a t may have won a s e a t on C i ty Council .

This i s no t j u s t f a l s e a d v e r t i s i n g , t h i s i s un- democrat ic .

COWBOY ELLIS

From what I unders tand , it i s n o t p o s s i b l e t o l e ave c h i l d r e n i n t h e day-care a r e a and le.ave t h e b ldg . The purpose of t h e day-care i s f o r - t h e p a r e n t s t o u t i l i z e t h e f a c - i l i t i e s and r e sou rces o f t h e c e n t r e , whi le having t h e c h i l d o r c h i l d r e n c l o s e a t hand.

E . Ke l le r /Masa i tes

A man's love for Grandma By FRANK H . PARKER

1 was t a u g h t many t i m e s o v e r t a k e t h e c o u n t r y o u t o f t h e and o v e r a s a c h i l d , t h e n a f t e r b o ~ . ' ' growing i n t o a young man i n A t t h a t t i m e , I d i d n ' t g i v e t h e c i t y , by my grandmother t h e l i t t l e words s h e spoke t o whom I d e a r l y l o v e d . Her words me much t h o u g h t , b u t l a t e l y w i l l f o r e v e r s t a y imbedded I f i n d t h a t a r e r e a l l y t r u e i n my s o u l . I had done many when I can no l o n g e r hack t h e s t u p i d s t u n t s , f e e l i n g I was r a t - r a c e o f c i t y l i f e / l i v i n g . more o f a c o o l , s l i c k c i t y Though i t may- n o t be much,, boy. One day Grandma and h e r i t i s a h e l l o f a l o t when s o n , my Uncle John , c a l l e d me you c o n s i d e r t h i s - a walk i n a s i d e and s p e a k i n g s o f t l y , t h e woods o r th rough t h e low- s h e s a i d , "Frank, you can t a k e l a n d meadows, o r even f i s h - t h e boy o u t o f t h e c o u n t r y , i n g a t a s e c l u d e d s t r e a m - however , i t i s i m p o s s i b l e t o i t ' s r e a l l y more h e a r t warm- I

ing than t h e h u s t l e and b u s t l e of everyday c i t y l i f e . Nature i s b e a u t i f h ; t h e a s p h a l t j ung le i s t o t a l h e l l - noth ing more t han an uncanny, h ideous odour; people parad ing t o and f r o i n a l l k inds of war p a i n t . I no longer whine l i k e mad f o r t h e nu t ca se s i n d i r e s t r a i t s who p a i n t themselves up l i k e J e z e b e l .

From my grandmother 's few words I have l e a r n e d beauty f o r beau ty , t r u t h f o r t r u t h . I need n o t t r y t o d i s t o r t o r change t h a t which was n o t t o my s a t i s f a c t i o n , f o r i f it was s u r e l y it was meant t o be. The h a r d e s t t h i n g t o come f a c e t o f a c e w i th i s o n e s e l f , b u t s u r e l y and t r u l y a s I go a long t h e p a t h o f l i f e wi th an open mind, my thoughts t u r n o u t t o h e l p . I do n o t need t o d i s t o r t any th ing a t a l l - so I may marvel a t t h e beau ty .

IRENE IS IN!

By P A U L TAYLOR

F i n a l l y ! Ms. I r e n e Schmidt, l ong - s t and ing member and a c t - i v e i n many d i f f e r e n t a r e a s of our community, was l a c c e p t e d l a s a l e g i t i m a t e member of t h e Carnegie Board of D i r e c t o r s .

Not purchas ing a membership c a r d s i x t y days p r i o r t o t h e e l e c t i o n had brought a ques- t i o n a s t o h e r r i g h t t o s i t on t h e Board. Ms. Schmidt has been an a c t i v e member s i n c e t h e Centre opened. Tora s a i d t h a t buying a c a r d should make one a member f o r one yea r from t h e d a t e o f purchase , w i t h t h e I new c a r d s being a v a i l a b l e f o r renewing membership.

Dennis McCowan s a i d . "She i s v i o l a t i n g t h e l e t t e r of t h e

Book contract in offing By RON DUTTON

Carneg ie ' s book of a u r a l h i s t o r i e s got t h e go-ahead a t t h e Dec.4 Board meeting. A n e g o t i a t e d c o n t r a c t can now be s igned wi th New S t a r

. . Books of Vancouver. The book began f o u r y e a r s

ago, when Laurel Kimbley - now coo rd ina to r of t h e Down- Town Eas t s ide Women's Cen- t r e - t a p e recorded and t r a n s c r i b e d the l i f e s t o r i e s o f many of our s e n i o r members.

~ w e n t ~ - o n e of t h e s e i n t e r - views were s e l e c t e d and e d i t t e d , and photographs of t h e s u b j e c t s were t aken by Jimmy Stewar t .

The p u b l i s h e r has a repu- t a t i o n f o r p i ck ing b e s t - s e l l e r s and i s e n t h u s i a s t i c about t h e Carnegie Lives book, i n t end ing t o promote it n a t i o n a l l y . P u b l i c a t i o n f o r t h e a s y e t unnamed book i s S e p t . ' 8 7 . With s u f f i c - i e n t i n t e r e s t , a second p r i n t i n g w i l l be s c h e d u l e d . ~ ,

A helping hand leads to heart to heart talk

The o t h e r da I was w a i t - i n g t o c r o s s t t; e s t r e e t . The r e d hand had s t a r t e d t o f l a s h and a l i t t l e g i r l was g o i n g t o s t a r t a c r o s s , s o I p u t o u t my hand and s a i d , " B e t t e r n o t . Her mother was t h e r e t o o and g o t u p s e t r i g h t away. I g u e s s s h e t h o u g h t I was coming on t o h e r d a u g h t e r . The b e s t e x - p l a n a t i o n was s i m p l e t r u t h .

.. "Cars t u r n c o r n e r s on g r e e n and y e l l o w and i t ' s dangerous . She might have g o t t e n h i t . "

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Mom s a i d t h a t t h e y w e r e n ' t f rom a b i g c i t y and s h e was a l i t t l e a f r a i d of s t r a n g e r s b e i n g f a m i l i a r . "We've j u s t (

come i n from n o r t h e r n Man- i t o b a t o s e e my ex-husband and a b o u t t h e o n l y t h i n g s I know of b i g c i t i e s i s from TV.

I s a i d t h a t a l m o s t a l l o f t h e p e o p l e i n Vancouver came from s m a l l tdwns and v i l l a g e s t h e same a s h e r and a f t e r a w h i l e t h e o n l y d i f f e r e n c e i s more p e o p l e . "I was b o r n and r a i s e d i n a town o f j u s t 2000 p e o p l e and i t seems t h a t c i t y p e o p l e a r e more s c a r e d o f s t r a n g e r s t h a n t h e o t h e r way around.

She r e l a x e d a l o t and s a i d t h a t s h e had been s c a r e d t o even t a l k t o anybody e x c e p t t o a s k d i r e c t i o n s . I a s k e d h e r if s h e wanted a c o f f e e and we came back i n s i d e t h e C e n t r e

She was wonder ing , a f t e r s e e i n g t h e ch i ldmind ing room i f i t was s a f e t o l e a v e h e r d a u g h t e r f o r a w h i l e and meet w i t h h e r e x i n t h e l a w y e r ' s o f f i c e . I t o l d h e r t h a t t h e Carneg ie was p r o b a b l y t h e b e s t p l a c e i n Vancouver.

"The p e o p l e h e r e a r e no -L d i f f e r e n t from p e o p l e you 've known a l l your l i f e . Every- one I ' v e met h e r e i s from somewhere e l s e and h a s i i v e d o r worked i n s m a l l towns o r i n t h e bush f o r a l o t l o n g e r t h a n t h e y have i n a b i g c i t y .

The Berlin Wall nightmare *

By A N G I E Z E N K

The wa l l surrounds t h e en- t i r e i s l a n d of B e r l i n .

G r a f f i t t i i s s p l a t t e r e d a l l over t h e wa l l - end le s s exp re s s ions of Hate and Love were spread on i t . My i n t r o d u c t i o n t o t h e world every morning: a n ine f o o t w a l l wi th ve rba l d i a r r h e a smacked a l l over i t . Good Morning Deutchland.

I wanted t o spray p a i n t my g u t s on t h a t w a l l ; i n s t e a d I w r i t e t h i s s t o r y . This w a l l i s more than conc re t e t o t h e people o f B e r l i n . . it h i t s on a whole emotion- a l and psych ic l e v e l . . known t h e r e a s t h e B e r l i n Wall S ickness .

Everything i s so c lo sed i n , t h e r e a r e s o many

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people i n such a smal l a r e a . There a r e t h r e e army bases a lone i n West B e r l i n . I t i s no t cons idered unusual t o s e e t anks c r u i s e through t h e s t r e e t s , o r t o hear t h e sound of guns going o f f .

~ u r k i s h - i n d German c h i l d - r e n a l i k e p l ay i n t h e mass- i v e rubb le of garbage. They b u i l d mountains-of g a r - bage and t r y t o lmaglne themselves jumping over t h e s e mountains t o t h e q t h e r . s i d e of t h e w a l l .

I s e e a Gui lding wi th f a c e s s t a r i n g ou t a t me. The f a c e s a r e obscure and look l i k e a bush of g h o s t s .

The l i f e and beauty t h a t Ycemain" i s h y p e r - i s o l a t e d . I f e e l a m i l l i o n yea r s o l d . .

'my spirit encased i n con- c r e t e . . h a v e I gone mad? I look back a t t h e c h i l d r e n who a r e now p l a y i n g w i t h a dead r a t . I t o ccu r s t o me wh i l e watching them t h a t t h e on ly forms o f l i f e h e r e a r e t h e humans and t h e r a t s . . o c c a s i o n a l l y you may s e e t h e odd b i r d . There i s n o t a t r e e i n s i g h t . The c i t y and i t s i n h a b i t a n t s seem l i k e remains .

I have an i d e a . I want t o p u t on a performance. I have connected wi th some German a r t i s t s and sha r ed my i d e a s w i t h them..

.- The PERFORMANCE:

I ' m f u l l y costumed a s a -& r a t , con t a ined i n a body

s i z e d g l a s s box, s t a n d i n g u p r i g h t . There a r e mechan- i c a l d e v i c e s connected t o my body - l i k e w i r e s r e ady t o t r a n s m i t e l e c t r o s h o c k s . I n g r i d ( a f r i e n d ) i s d r e s s e d a s an execu t i one r i n a wh i t e d o c t o r ' s f r o c k , whereupon t h e l a p e l i s em- blazened w i th t h e S t a r of David.

On my fo rehead t h e r e i s burned/branded a s w a s t i k a . Each w i r e , a t t - ached t o d i f f e r e n t ne rve endings on my body, t r a n s - m i t s f l o u r e s c e n t l i g h t . As I n g r i d pushes t h e bu t t on on t h e w a l l my e n t i r e body t u r n s from r e d t o b l u e , t o p u r p l e . I j o l t a s each ne rve i s h i t . With s low, d e l i b e r a t e movements, ob- s e r v i n g each t w i t c h , she

a pushes t h e b u t t o n w h i l s t - s lowly e x e c u t i n g m e . I t o p p l e on to t h e surround- i ng f l o o r i n s i d e t h e g l a s s and w i t h my l e g s s t i f f l y u p r i g h t , I w r i t h e . Ripping o f f my r a t ' s head, I r e - v e a l my f a c e . . covered i n bandage t a p e a l l owing only my nose and eyes . Outs ide , I n g r i d has c o l l a p s e d . We f a c e each o t h e r , hands and noses p r e s s e d a g a i n s t t h e g l a s s . We beg in t o scream a t a h i g h p i t c h , t h e n deep g u t t o r a l n o i s e s punc tua ted bv heavy b r e a t h i n g . (Nina Hagen's ' 8 3 LP mixed i i t h t hevseve red Heads has n rov ided t h e background - music up t o now. I t ends a t t h e words. . "you've g o t t o t a k e t h e change! I t )

' The image i s heavy, you .

might s a y t o o n e g a t i v e . I f someone i s moved t o t h i s 1' p o i n t o f f e e l i n g , 1'11 have found g r e a t beau ty . Hence 11 we have t h e r a i s o n d ' e t r e . The people i n B e r l i n a r e walking on r a z o r b l a d e s .

I Last n i g h t I wept i n f r o n t o f a woman , then she began a s w e l l . . . I ' m s c a r e d s h i t - l e s s o f what beau ty t h e r e is i n t r u e f e e l i n g , bu t I ' m working on i t .

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Fivemparf plan favoured By BHARB

Carnegie Community Cen t r e has been under t h e a u s p i c e s o f t h e S o c i a l P lanning Dept. s i n c e opening i t s doors . How- e v e r , t h i s y e a r i t i s appa r - e n t t h a t a move i s becoming imminent On Thursday,Nov.27

t h e r e was a meeting i n t h e Thea t r e t o inform members o f v a r i o u s o p t i o n s , a n d t o have a v o t e . The f o u r o p t i o n s o u t - l i n e d on t h e board were: 1) S tay w i t h S o c i a l P lann ing 2) Move t o t h e Parks Board 3) Five p a r t agreement:

S o c i a l P lann ing , Pa rk s , School Board, L ib r a ry Board, and t h e Carnegie Board. 4 ) No v o t e - more i n fo rma t ion

A s c h a i r p e r s o n , Tony Seaver s t a t e d t h a t t h e purpose o f meeting was t o d i s c u s s each o p t i o n and what it e n t a i l e d , n o t t o be con fused ,bu t t o a sk q u e s t i o n s and t hen choose,

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Normally, Community Centres a r e under t h e a u s p i c e s o f t h e Parks Board. Carnegie i s un- d e r S o c i a l P lanning p a r t l y because of t h e h i g h unemploy-

GUDMUNDSIN

ment and pove r ty . i n t h i s a r e a , which c a l l s f o r programs and a c t i v i t i e s t h a t members can a f f o r d . ' -.

We were n o t making a dec - i s i o n b u t v o t i n g t o make a recommendation t o C i t y Coun- c i l . Wally Bardysh s a i d t h a t S o c i a l P lann ing (which a l s o runs t h e ' 4 4 ' ) i s much s m a l l - e r t h a n P a r k s , b u t t h e o t h e r c e n t r e s under Parks a r e Jock- - - " -.. -

o r i e n t e d w i t h f e e s charged. H i s concern w i t h a f i v e - p a r t agreement i s t h e b u r e a u c r a t i c mess, b u t s i t t i n g back and w a i t i n g w i l l mean l e t t i n g t h e d e c i s i o n be made f o r u s .

I s a i d , " t h e p l a c e s I '

h e a r most p e o p l e s a y t h e y go t o a r e : The 44, F i r s t U n i t e d Church, The S i s t e r s food l i n e up , Oppenheimer P a r k , and C a r n e g i e . Most o f t h e s e p l a c e s have i n t e r a c t i o n w i t h t h e S o c i a l P l a n n i n g D e p a r t - ment. Befo re I walked i n t o t h i s b u i l d i n g I had n e v e r had t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o t a k e p a r t i n t h e t y p e o f programs t h a t t h e un ique s t r u c t u r e h e r e p e r m i t s . Under t h e a u s p i c e s o f t h e S o c i a l P l a n n i n g Dep- a r t m e n t a p p r o x i m a t e l y 140 v o l u n t e e r s g u a r a n t e e t h e a v a i l a b i l i t y o f v e r y impor- t a n t programs. These v o l u n -

) t e e r s a r e t h e backbone o f

B t h i s C e n t r e .

John Cressman: "When I a sked how l o n g Carneg ie had been r u n n i n g under S o c i a l P l a n n i n g I was t o l d s i x y e a r s

w i t h o u t a working c o n t r a c t . When I a sked why t h e r e was no answer. My o n l y comment was t h a t was a g r e a t e x e r - c i s e i n democracy i n a c t i o n , b u t t h a t w i t h o u t a c o n t r a c t o u r v o t e was t o t a l l y u s e l e s s . Opt ion # 3 immedia te ly b rough t t o me t h o u g h t s o f b u r e a u - c r a c y and t h e r a m i f i c a t i o n s o f t h a t . "

Mike Haycock s a i d t h a t food i s b e t t e r p r o v i d e d f o r a t Ray Cam - which i s u n d e r Pa rks - t h a n we have )een a b l e t o p r o v i d e h e r e and i t i s food t h e c h i l d r e n o f t h i s a r e a need most . I 1

Jonn Olldym ( t h e n t r e a - s u r e r ) a s s u r e d t h e member- s h i p t h a t no m a t t e r whose a u s p i c e s we wind up under a c o n t r a c t w i l l b e o u t l i n e d i n an o p e r a t i n g agreement .

The v o t e showed 5 i n f a v o r of Opt ion # I , 6 i n f a v o r o f Opt ion # 2 , 30 i n f a v o r of Opt ion # 3 , and 4 i n f a v o r of Opt ion # 4 .

A mee t ing i s now s c h e d u l e d f o r December 1 6 / 8 6 , a t 7:00 i n t h e T h e a t r e t o d i s c u s s t h e a u s ~ i c e s i s s u e w i t h t h e Pa rks ~ o a r d .

Tackling budget blues I i

By PAUL TAYLOR E L r D e f i c i t spending i s t h e s a f e t y n e t f o r b i g governments-

Carnegie Assoc i a t i on c a n ' t do i t . A s o u t l i n e d , t h e deb t o r d e f i c i t i s money owed t o o u t s i d e bus ines se s and they must be pa id . Following a r e o p t i o n s t h a t t h e Board had t o go through t o come up wi th a s o l i d , workable t i m e t a b l e f o r c l e a r i n g t h e money owed and d e a l i n g w i th t h e l o s s o f $3,000. each month. 1 ) Dissolve t h e Assoc i a t i on . Unanimous r e j e c t i o n . 2) Reduce t h e v o l u n t e e r t i c k e t va lue t o 204. The s av ings t h a t t h i s would produce w i l l be r e sea rched and brought up f o r a vo t e a t t h e January 6/87 Board meeting. 3) No vo lun t ee r t i c k e t s . Unanimous r e j e c t i o n . 4 ) Fundrais ing. Muggs S igu rge i r son i s heading a group t h a t w i l l look a t any and v a r i o u s i d e a s t h a t can h e l p . Ray Cam Centre has o f f e r r e d t o h e l p t h e Assoc i a t i on wi th a Bingo n i g h t a t S t a r Bingo on Has t ings . A l l i d e a s w i l l be cons idered and such should be w r i t t e n o r t o l d t o a

I Board member. 5) T rus t ee sh ip p u t t i n g f i n a n c i a l m a t t e r s i n t h e hands

I o f an independent person o r group. Unanimous r e j e c t i o n . 6 ) Lay o f f t h e Assoc i a t i on s t a f f . Reduction and sav ing i n Assoc i a t i on a c t i v i t i e s and c o s t account ing more c l o s e l y watched. The bookkeeper was l a i d o f f on Fr iday , December 5/86 and Kather ine Galan has vo lun t ee red t o con t inue i n -

h e r p o s i t i o n a s cash counte r and keep t h e d a i l y bus ines s o f t h e Centre moving. 7) Determine how t h e Vancouver School Board payment ( t h e Learning Centre s a l a r i e d s t a f f ) w i l l be d e a l t wi th . 8 ) Declare Bankruptcy. Unanimous r e j e c t i o n . 9 ) Other op t ions o r a combinations o f t h e above.

WHERE THE MONEY WENT

Financ i a l problems a r e p a r t of t he Carnegie A s s o c i a t i o n ' s work. When t h e o f f i c e o f t r e a s u r e r became Jonn Olldym's he s e t about t h e g i a n t t a s k of making c l e a r t h e confusing and obscure mess o f t h e money.

Oct. t o Nov. 1986 Revenue [Rev.)

Bingo $ 737.00 Membership 161.00 Kitchen 53.36

$ 951.36 Expenses (Ex. )

Bingo $ 280.30 Bank charges 1.00 Typewriter 69.55 Off ice s u p p l i e s 28.06 Xerox 359.70 Other s u p p l i e s 78.20 Wages (3 pay pe r iods 1961.18 Mini s t e r of Finance 275.04 Audit 500.00 Concert s e r i e s 590.00 Canada Day p i c n i c 44.64 Miscellaneous 23.80 Admin. overhead 43.96

Tota l expenses $4255.37 Net l o s s $3304.01

Operating Income Sta tement : Opening cash(0p .C.) $4541.49 Rev. 951.36 Ex. 4255.37 Ending cash a v a i l .

(En.C.A.) $1237.48

A/P t o vo lun t ee r s $3752.24 A / R from Seniors 1007.30 A/R from k i tchen 3000.00 A/P t o k i tchen(wr.d) 1499:22 A / R from k i tchen $1500.78

I n t e r n a l : - $1244.16 A/P Audit $9000.00 A/P Board of Sch.T. 2280.00 A/P Concert s e r i e s 570.00

Exte rna l : - $11,850.00

A good analogy i s t h a t of a t r e e . The committees (branches: a r e r e g u l a r l y making money ( f i n e and h e a l t h y ) . The Asoc. ( t runk) has more expenses than income (decaying and unhealthy)

Volunteers : Rev. $ 810.78 Ex. 520.51 0p.Cash 1899.04 En.C.A. $2189.31

Seniors : Rev. $2266.80 Ex. 1817.38 0p.Cash 8533.19 En.C.A. $8982.61

Appr.Project:Rev. $7900.00 (Learn.Ctr) Ex. 9107.72

A/ P 3632.75 Ass. Paid$3487.72

C o n ~ e r t Rev. $3260.00 S e r i e s Ex. 2690.00

Lef t $ 570.00 Library: Rev. $ 79.35

Ex. 12.26 En.C.A. $ 405.91

Newslet ter : Rev. $ 200.00 Ex. 392.26 En.C.A. 101.74 A/ P $ 141.24

Pool Room: Rev. $ 461.75 Ex. 987.29 0p.Cash 2734.71 En.C.A. $2209.17

Music u i l d : Rev. $ 73.35 Ex. 269.20 Op . Cash 519.82 En.C.A. $ 323.67

Down east in leaky tent By DAVID MALTAIS

In 1980 I went t o v i s i t my .

relat ives in New Brunswick. My older cousin Mike and I made plans t o s tay two days on a nearby island and dig clams. This island is approx. half-a-mile long and half-a mile wide, and is owed by the E l l R i v e r Bar.. r e s e r v e l i '

When we l e f t the &inland, the weather was f ine, the ocean was l i k e glass and there was no sign of ra in ,

A native man we knew gave us a r ide over in h i s boat. We took a small pup tent(brand new) and a tarp, but when the r a in s ta r ted both leaked l i k e sieves.

A t e r r ib l e storm came up and it would have been suicide t o t ry t o get back t o the main- land. We were stranded fo r 14 ' days.

tarp and s t i l l got wet. Since we were drenched and cold, we lit a f i r e using wet d r i f t - wood to dry our clothes and to warm up. Every two hours we had t o leave the t en t because of smoke inhalation. Drif t - 1 wood was a l l there was as no t rees grow on the island.

The only other time we l e f t the ten t was t o get clams, Blue King mussles and water. After l iving on t h i s d i e t for 1 4 days, I ' m sure tha t you, the reader, w i l l understand I

why I can ' t nor want t o ea t clams o r mussles ever again!

- - - - A few years later.,- I went

back to New Brunswick. I want- ed Mike t o go with me t o the island. He said, ''NO WAY! l1

As fo r me, I ' d s t i l l go back even though I might be strand- ed again.

The reason we chose t h i s island is most of the clam and mussle *~+fw****.~****+**@** beds make the food l i f e inedible due to pollution and mercury WOMEN ON WELFARE poisoning. The mercury con-- meet tent is dangerous t o public consumption. The only other Thurs . 3pm- 3 : 30pm

thing on the island was a cow FREE CLOTHING AND REFRESHMENTS 1 who was wild and timid. I

! We a r e a f r i e n d l y ! I

One mile from camp was the bunch

only source of fresh water. DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE WOMENS C E ~ T R E ' We used our canoe and trans- ported ten gallons a day. 217 Main S t . 681-8480 I

bly new pup ten t leaked and Hours 1 - 9 Monday t o F r i d a y my cousin's tarp likewise so we put the tent inside the 1***************4*****4 I

Solstice fun set for Dec. 21 The P u b l i c Dreams

S o c i e t y and O . H . L e t t u c e B . Foo l s a r e s t a g i n g an e p i c S o l s t i c e c e l e b - r a t i o n i n C a r n e g i e Comm- u n i t y C e n t r e .

With a c a s t o f l o c a l dreamers and f o o l s , n a t i v e drummers and d a n c e r s , a r t i s t s and a c t o r s , t h e p l a y w i l l wind i t s way down t h e s p i r a l s t o n e s t a i r c a s e . I t i s a r i t u a l and e n c h a n t e d c e l e b r a t i o n o f t h e t r iumph o f l i g h t o v e r d a r k - t o t r a n s f o r m t h e v i e w e r s c o n s c i o u s - n e s s .

S e n i o r p a r t i c i p a n t s

a r e needed t o p o r t r a y t h e ' A n c e s t o r s ' : a l l i n t e r e s t e d can c a l l Gre tchen a t 254-5428.

Corn m u f f i n s w i l l be g i v e n o u t d u r i n g t h e p r o c e s s i o n , t h e n h o t a p p l e c i d e r and c a r r o t cake w i l l be s h a r e d a t t h e 'wedding ceremony' i n t h e T h e a t r e .

Cindy Carson w i l l c a l l f o r s q u a r e and round danc ing a f t e r w a r d s , s o b r i n g y o u r d a n c i n g shoes! Admission i s f r e e and e i t h e r come by y o u r s e l f o r b r i n g a f r i e n d a t 8 : 0 0 , Sunday, December 2 1 , 1986.

- - - - - - 1. To KEEP OURSELVES INFORMED abou t t h e l i f e o f ou r community. - - - - - 1 2 . To EDUCATE OURSELVES a b o u t ways o f improving t h e l i f e o f - - - - - - - - - - - - o u r community. - - - - - - - - - - - 3 . TO ACT COLLECTIVELY t o b r i n g a b o u t t h e changes n e c e s s a r y - - - f o r improving t h e l i f e o f o u r community. - - - - - - - - - -

4 . To CO-OPERATE FREELY and HONESTLY w i t h o r g a n i s a t i o n s and - - - - - - p e o p l e w i l l i n g t o a s s i s t u s . - - -

r - - - - - 5 . To EXPOSE and PUBLICIZE t h e i n a d e q u a c i e s we d i s c o v e r i n t h e - - l a w s , r e g u l a t i o n s and s e r v i c e s e n a c t e d and p rov ided f o r u s . ; - - - 6 . To FIGHT t h e i n d i f f e r e n c e and t h e c o r r u p t i o n we e x p e r i e n c e 1 o r we be,come aware o f . - - - - - - - 7 . To PURSUE o u r o b j e c t i v e s i n a s p i r i t o f good w i l l and u n i t y .

GROWING YOUR O'WN FOOD Ever wanted t o grow a v a c a n t l o t . Today, if

y o u r own food? I t might you t a k e a walk t h r o u g h be a l i t t l e e x t r a work i t y o u ' l l s e e something b u t it s a v e s a l o t of e l s e . S c a t t e r e d h e r e and money. Of c o u r s e , if t h e r e t h r o u g h o u t t h e l o t you l i v e i n t h e c i t y i t ' s a r e s m a l l g a r d e n s o f n o t a lways t h e e a s i e s t v a r y i n g s h a p e s and s i z e s . o r t h e most p r a c t i c a l Some o f them j u s t have t h i n g t o do. F i r s t you c o v e r c r o p s l i k e c l o v e r . have t o own o r r e n t a O t h e r s have t h e r ema ins o f house w i t h a y a r d . And l a s t summer's v e g e t a b l e s . t h e n you need t h e money one i s even s t i l l produc- f o r s e e d and t o o l s . i n g some food f o r t h e R i g h t ? Not i n t h e Down- p e o p l e who work i t . town E a s t s i d e . The g a r d e n s a r e t h e r e -

Over on P r i o r S t r e e t , s u l t o f t h e e f f o r t s o f between S t r a t h c o n a many p e o p l e i n t h i s Pa rk and t h e F i r e s t a t i o n ne ighborhood. I n i t i a l l y y o u ' l l f i n d t h e S t r a t h c o n a mee t ings were h e l d a t Community Gardens, a p l a c e Carneg ie C e n t r e by where Downtown Eas ts i .de p e o p l e i n t e r e s t e d i n p e o p l e can grow t h e i r own community and u rban food. U n t i l 1985 i t was g a r d e n i n g . E v e n t u a l l y t h e

S t r a t h c o n a Community Gardens S o c i e t y was formed and it r e c e i v e d a two y e a r l e a s e on t h e P r i o r S t r e e t l o t from t h e Vancouver Pa rks Board.

I n t h e f i r s t y e a r much work h a s been done. A bunch o f p e o p l e dug d i t c h e s f o r i r r i g a t i o n p i p e s l a s t s p r i n g . Thanks t o money from RayCam C e n t r e , one o f t h o s e p i p e s h a s been l a i d . Another one w i l l be p u t down by n e x t s p r i n g . T r e e s and bushes a r e b e i n g p l a n t e d t o p r o v i d e a s h i e l d from t h e t r a f f i c . C u r r e n t l y , P o n t i B r o t h e r s C o n s t r u c t i o n Company i s dumping d i r t on t h e edge o f t h e l o t which p e o p l e w i l l be a b l e t o u s e

1 f o r e x t r a t o p s o i l . The l o t i s a b o u t 3

I a c r e s , s o t h e r e i s l o t s

I and l o t s o f room f o r more g a r d e n s . I n f a c t ,

1 t h e more p e o p l e who a r e 1 growing f o o d , t h e e a s i e r i it w i l l be t o g e t t h e I

I l e a s e renewed i n 1 9 8 7 . When I t a l k e d t o Muggs S i g u r g e i r s o n and E l l i e Epp, t h e y s a i d t h e S o c i e t y w i l l be o f f e r i n g g a r d e n i n g c o u r s e s a t Carneg ie and RayCam soon f o r p e o p l e who a r e i n t e r e s t e d i n growing t h e i r own food. The c o u r s e s won1 t be j u s t c l a s s room o r i e n t e d . T h e y

w i l l i n v o l v e hands on g a r d e n i n g , s o t h a t y o u ' l l b e working t o g e t h e r w i t h o t h e r p e o p l e t o grow your own g a r d e n .

The S o c i e t y a l s o hopes t o have a t o o l - s h e d b u i l t on t h e s i t e by n e x t s p r i n g . T h i s w i l l mean t h a t t h o s e p e o p l e who have t o o l s w i l l b e a b l e t o s h a r e them w i t h t h o s e who do n o t and everybody w i l l have a c c e s s t o t h e common t o o l s owned by t h e S o c i e t y .

For p e o p l e w i t h low- incomes( and f o r p e o p l e who l i k e working on t h e l a n d o r b e i n g o u t s i d e ) t h e S t r a t h c o n a Community Gardens p r o v i d e s an a l t e r - n a t i v e t o spend ing a l l y o u r

money on f o o d o r l i n i n g up a t t h e food bank. I t might b e a l i t t l e e x t r a work, b u t you can a lways s h a r e t h a t work w i t h o t h e r s , by h e l p i n g them o u t w i t h t h e i r g a r d e n s o r even by s h a r i n g a ga rden w i t h t h r e e o r f o u r o t h e r p e o p l e . I n t h e I

meantime, i f you want t o grow your own f o o d t h i s summer keep a n eye o u t f o r n o t i c e s o f g a r d e n i n g c o u r s e s coming up soon.

By J E F F SOMMERS

I'M "OT POOR, I'M BROKE!

a Voters' spilt

causes upset The Downtown Eas t s ide Res-

i d e n t s Assoc i a t i on fought ha rd and v igo rous ly t o r e - e l e c t COPE cand ida t e s t o C i ty Council , t h e Parks Board and t h e Vancouver School Board, bu t t h e outcome was a shocking disappointment .

A t t h e r e g u l a r DERA meet- i n g , h e l d i n t h e Carnegie Thea t r e , Bruce Erikson and Libby Davies t a l k e d wi th s u p p o r t e r s and a s su red them t h a t t h e e l e c t i o n r e s u l t s have on lv a f f e c t e d COPE a s f a r a s s i t t i n g on Council o r Boards.

M s . Davies r e f e r r e d t o t h e "twin c i t i e s o f Vancou- ver" a s be ing a major f a c t o r i n t h e v o t e r s p l i t . West of Cambie S t . , 53% o f t h e e l i g i b l e v o t e r s t u rned up a t t h e p o l l s a s opposed t o 4 5 % t o t h e e a s t . This a r b i t r a r y l i n e was used i n a s t a s t i c a l a n a l y s i s done by t h e C i ty C l e r k ' s o f f i c e

"People i n t h e west vo ted . an NPA s l a t e , and t h e e l e c t - ed bodies r e f l e c t t h e r e - s u l t s . If t h e e a s t had had a l a r g e r t u r n o u t , t h e new Council would have been a l - most e n t i r e l y COPE wi th Harry Rankin a s mayor and t h e e l even th p l a c e on t h e Council would have gone t o t h e man who topped t h e l i s t .

"The undecided v o t e r s were

bombarded wi th NPA a d v e r t - i s i n g s i n c e June, and over a m i l l i o n d o l l a r s was spen t by Gordon Campbell t o keep h i s name on peop le s ' minds."

I n s t y l e , Ms. Davies s a i d i n h e r c l o s i n g words: "There i s no bloody way t h a t Gordon Campbell and h i s f r o n t f o r t h e deve lopers a r e going t o wipe ou t t h e ga ins made i n t h i s community over t h e p a s t t e n y e a r s . The Carnegie Cent re , DERA, t h e upgrading of Oppenheimer Park , and t h e many advances made t o make t h i s a r e a a v i t a l and growing community o f Vancou- v e r w i l l no t be l o s t .

THURSDAY 4:30 M A I N AND HASTINGS Radio f rom the Downtown Eastside. Every second week. Alternates w i th

Vancouver Co-operative Radio 337 Carrall Street Vancouver, B.C. V6B. 2J4

GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN By BEVERLEY - JEANNE WHITNEY S * M * T - e W * T * F * S

M r . Rick Dunn i s t h e c u r r e n t pe r fo rming a r t i s t a t a l o c a l H o t e l . Rick i s an e x - t r e m e l y g i f t e d and t a l e n t e d young man, who i s a t o t a l l y un- p r e t e n t i o u s e n t e r t a i n e r . Rick s i n g s E l v i s P r e s l e y songs a s t h e King d i d i n h i s y o u t h . Rick a c t u a l l y sounds s o much l i k e E l v i s i t ' s uncanny. Rick a l s o s t r o n g l y r e - sembles E l v i s p h y s i c a l l y . He h a s b l a c k h a i r and i s s l e n d e r . Rick a l s o s i n g s and moves on s t a g e w i t h t h e same s e n s u a l i t y a s E l v i s once d i d .

Rick i s backed up by t h e R e v i v a l Band. Mike p l a y s g u i t a r and h i s e x p e r t i s e and t e c h n i q u e a r e t r u l y amazing. Mike a l s o s t a r t s o f f s i n g i n g and p l a y i n g a few t u n e s e a c h s e t . C h a r l i e i s a l s o q u i t e an accomp- l i s h e d m u s i c i a n . !He i s an e x c e l l e n t b a s s p l a y e r and a t a l e n t e d s i n g e r .

The drummer Mitch h o l d s t h e band t o g e t h e r and i s i n f a c t t h e p u l s e .

D.C.Diaz p l a y s p i a n o and he i s competent v e r s a t i l e and e x t r e m e l y g i f t e d .

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New smoking

On December 1, 1986, t h e new C i t y By-law govern ing smoking i n p u b l i c b u i l d i n g s went i n t o e f f e c t . The r i g h t s o f smokers and non-smokers a l i k e w i l l be u ~ h e l d a t Carneg ie a s t h e a r e a s t o accomodate b o t h a r e e n f o r c e d . A H e a l t h Dept . O f f . h a s a sked t h e Carnegie Assoc. t o make c e r t a i n a r e a s non- smoking; and t h e Board i s aware t h a t V i f we d o n ' t corn-. p l y , t h e n t h e C i t y w i l l come i n and make r u l e s f o r us ."

Don Larson spoke b r i e f l y and o u t l i n e d t h e h e a l t h h a z a r d s o f i n h a l i n g secondary c i g a r e t t e

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C o n s t i t u t i o n . . .

The h a t t e r - was b rough t back i n t o p e r s p e c t i v e when i t was p o i n t i d o u t t h a t t h e ' l e t t e r ' o f t h e Const . s a y s "must b e a 1 member f o r s i x t y days" p e r i o d . The Board v o t e d t o d i s m i s s any f u r t h e r q u e s t i o n o f h e r s t a t u s .

rules in effect smoke, emphazing t h e g r e a t e r danger posed t o b a b i e s , c h i l d - r e n and mothe r s .

"There a r e abou t s i x t y p o i - s o n s i n t h i s smoke and s e v e r a l o f them c a u s e c a n c e r . There a r e no s a f e amounts, and t h e l a w seems t o have been p a s s e d t o gua rd t h e r i g h t s o f smokers and non-smokers." He s u g g e s t - ed t h a t t h e open a r e a s be d e s - i g n a t e d a s 'smoking a l l o w e d ' w i t h c l o s e d rooms ' no smoking' The l a c k o f i n d u s t r i a l s i z e d a i r c o n d i t i o n i n g u n i t s i n t h i s b u i l d i n g means smoke can n o t e s c a p e .

C . R . A . B . t r i e d p o i n t i n g o u t i t s c o n c e r n s t o Seabus t r a v - e l l e r s r e g a r d i n g t h e new 1 . 7 m i l l i o n d o l l a r h e l i o p o r t . (two t h i r d s o f a f o o t b a l l f i e l d . ) which i s o n l y 50 y a r d s from t h e s o u t h e r l y Seabus r o u t e .

A h a l f - d o z e n Canadian Pac- i f i c P o l i c e r e f u s e d t o a l l o w a l e a f l e t t o be handed o u t show- i n g c o n c e r n abou t p u b l i c s a f e t y w i t h t h e h e l i o p o r t .

C . P . P o l i c e c l a imed t h e s i d e - walk was p r i v a t e p r o p e r t y , s o CRAB w i l l have t o s t a n d on t h e c u r b t o d i s t r i b u t e t h e l e a f l e t .

The a u t h o r i t i e s have n o t been c o n s i s t e n t i n d e a l i n g w i t h t h i s i s s u e and now t h e y a r e c o v e r i n g (what?) w i t h p h y s i c a l f o r c e .

One and a h a l f y e a r s ago , CRAB h e l d a much l a r g e r dem- o n s t r a t i o n on t h e s i t e and t h e r e w a s n ' t a problem. Are t h e y t r y i n g t o t u r n t h i s hard-fought-for-peoplest- p a r k i n t o a busimens ' p a r a - d i s e ? You Betcha!

We h e a r p l a n s f o r a r e s t - a u r a n t and o f f i c e b u i l d i n g b e s i d e t h e h e l i o p o r t . We know Gastown (who gave no h e l p o v e r f o u r y e a r s a c h i e - v i n g t h e w a t e r f r o n t p a r k ) have pushed t h r o u g h a summer- t o u r i s t C a r r a l l S t . p e d e s t - r i a n o v e r p a s s .

O the r p a r k f a c t s : t h e l a n d - f i l l where t h e p a r k i s , i s wor th $ 3 5 m i l l i o n : a m e n i t i e s i n c l u d i n g ex tended sewage l i n e s a r e a n o t h e r $ 5 m i l ( + ) ;

t h e r e w i l l be 150 t r e e s and 19 benches .

Because t h e b i rdmarsh i s o n l y 900 f t . f rom t h e h e l i o - p o r t , t h e b i r d s a r e n o t u s i n g i t . The ' c o p t e r s a r e f l y i n g i n f r o n t o f t h e w e s t e r n s i d e o f t h e p a r k . Why sandwich a h e l i o p o r t between a p u b l i c Seabus t e r m i n a l and a p u b l i c p a r k ? A r e p o r t by P o r t - C i t y E n g i n e e r s on t h e Main S t . o v e r p a s s w i l l be a v a i l a b l e i n one week.

By DON LARSON

My son Wayne and I a r e mak- i n g Chr i s tmas w r e a t h s f o r s a l e . They a r e made from r e a l h o l l y and e v e r g r e e n s . The p r i c e i s f i f t e e n d o l l a r s and t h e y a r e a b a r g a i n when you compare them w i t h t h e ones i n t h e f l o r i s t shop.

I t was a r e a l a d v e n t u r e j u s t g e t t i n g t h e h o l l y f o r t h e w r e a t h s . We had t o b l a z e a t r a i l t h r o u g h num- e r o u s b l a c k b e r r y bushes . Both Wayne and I have s c r a t - ' ches a l l o v e r our l e g s t o p rove it!

I f t h e r e i s anyone e l s e i n t h e c e n t r e w i t h s p e c i a l c r a f t s , I would l i k e t o know, a s we s h o u l d be s u p p o r t i n g t h e a r t i s t s i n o u r own com- munity.

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Adventure ends in shipwreck by ROBERT LEMIEUX

k i n ' 7 9 , I was working my way home t h r o u g h t h e 'bump and g r i n d ' method - because o f t h e l a c k o f money t o f l y I had t o t a k e t h e o v e r l a n d r o u t e . . by b u s . Anyone who h a s r i d d e n i n one o f t h e s e c h i c k e n e x - p r e s s t h i n g s w i l l u n d e r s t a n d t h e r i d e i n l a n d l i k e t h e Rockies .

A f t e r a few days i n t h e Pe ruv ian Andes, I made a d e - t o u r t o Lima t h a t l a s t e d a y e a r . (Another s t o r y ) When I f i n a l l y !got t o t h e Equador ian b o r d e r I had t o pay my "multa" which i s l i k e a body t a x t o l e a v e t h e c o u n t r y . (Cargo?)

H i t c h h i k i n g was c o o l ; no pay ing f o r g a s o r be ing s t o p - ed and s e a r c h e d e v e r y f i v e m i l e s . . I n S a l i n a s , a dude I ' l l c a l l J . J . gave me a p l a c e t o s l e e p . He'd had t o t a k e t h e ' l a s t s t a g e o u t o f Dodge' and a r r i v e d w i t h no money, no f r i e n d s and a one-way t i c k e t : s e r i o u s . Two days l a t e r he sr.: was mar r i ed ! H i s b e a u t i f u l w i f e i s a c o a s t a l Q u a j i r a and i s a s b l a c k a s c o a l . He i s a b l o n d , beahcboy t y p e and t h e y named t h e i r f i 2 s t s o n Moko, t h e s h a r k .

I s t a r t e d b u i l d i n g b o a t s . I t was h a r d work, b u t b e i n g o u t s i d e i n t h e s u n and even hav ing no money, you s t a y busy -

- I r i g g e d a s a i l and headed

n o r t h , g l a d t h a t e a c h m i l e was one l e s s on t h e maul E mangle road . Then I found o u t what t h e t i t l e o f t h i s s t o r y means. A rogue wave, t e n f e e t h i g h e r t h a n t h e u s u a l f i f t e e n f o o t e r s l i f t e d t h e s a b o t and o v e r t u r n e d h e r on a r e e f . Pun ta : b i g p o i n t , b i g r o c k s , Big waves. A mess o ' w a t e r ! I t took a few h o u r s t o s w i m t o s h o r e , b u t I s u r e b e l i e v e i n God now.

The n e x t c r a f t was b i g g e r and g o t me a l i t t l e f u r t h e r on my way home.

Soon, t h e r e was enough money t o b u i l d a s m a l l c r a f t ; a S a b o t .