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way t h e money c o u l d b e u s e d i f i t is a p p r o v e d . Main c o n c e r n is u s e of t h e s p a c e w e h a v e t o t h e b e s t a d v a n t a g e . T a l k s h a v e r e v 0 1 ved a r o ~ o ~ d f i n d i n g 5 i n t h e C a t a s S t u d y which

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When I f i r s t a r r i v e d i n Vancouver , t h e 1 o n g e s t t i m e t o be h e r e w a s set a t o n e month. Tha t was i n 1982!!! MY p h y s i c a l d i s o r d e r i 6 a c u m u l a t i v e e f f e c t . The c a u s e s : s t a r v a t i o n , m a l n u t r i t i o n , po i sot i , m a l n u t r i t i o n , d y s e r ~ t s r y , m a l n u t r i t i o n . I f y o u ' r e a w a r e o f t h e d i f f a r e n c e , t h e n r e p l a c e s t a r v a t i o n w i t h f a s t i n g . T h e r e d r e t w o c l i n i c s on t i e p l a n e t , o n e i n West Qerr(tatiy and o n e i n Sweden; h e l p may b e a v a i l a b l e . I n '82, t h e i d e a was t o win a l o t t e r y or be g i v e n enough ri~ariey t o c o n t i n u e . W a i t i n g f o r a c h a n c e h a s been h a r d b u t if a bunch o f p e o p l e i t i t h e downtown east si de/ S k i d Road h a d n ' t been adar~latit i n c r e a t i t i g t h i - haven and k e e p i n g 1 i fe' A L I V E , I would b e e i t h e r c o m p l e t e l y n u t s o r d e a d .

Dur ing J u l y , a n a v e r a g e o f 147 p a t r o n s u s e d C a r n a g i e *va ry hctur o f e v e r y day . I n f o r m a t i i w f i e l d e d 2030 enqu i r i e5 d u r i tig t h e sa r t~e , , - * , , t 1 , n , , r p 1 3 - . - , 1

B r u c e J a c k s o n , a former C a r n e g i e v o l u n t e e r , is p i n c h - h i t t i n g as k i t c h e n io- o r d i n a t o r , a f t e r Murray 2arniesot-r ' l e f t t o take a job as Manager of the F r a s e r v i e w Go1 f C o u r s e Clubhouse.

F i f t y or s i x t y women a r c p a s s i n g t h r o n g h t h * danrs o f t h e Downtown East si d e Wornens C e n t r e e v e r y day. T h o C e n t r e is a t 217 Main S t r e e t .

A f u n d r a i s i n g c o n c e r t f u r t h e C e n t r e Music G u i l d i s p l a n n e d f o r Subnday August 31 a t t h e F i ' r e h a l ? , T h e a t r e . F i v e o r s i x b a n d s w i l l p e r f o r m , and a d m i s s i o n w i 11 b e avound 93. To s u p p o r t t h e Gui l d - and have a good t i m e - g e t y o u r t i c k e t s from a n y Music B u i l d member.

T h e p r o v i n c i a l d i v i s i o n o f TB C o n t r o l is cclntinuit-rg t o h o i d t w o X-Ray c l i n i c s a riicln t h i n t he downtowti E a s t s i d e , and has a s k e d l o c a l agencies t o t r y t o .. p u r s u a d e r e s i d e n t s t o g o l i t j f o r a n X- Ray. P h y s i c i a n s i n t h e a r e a a re be in^ made a w a r e of a1 l a s p e c t s of t h e d i s e a s e . The i rnpac t of these n\aasur as i s expeazted to be s i g n i f i c a n t a f t o r ~ o v e r a l v e a r s .

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S e v e n t e e n t eanis wi 11 be cornpet i n g i n t h e C e n t e n n i a l S lo -P i t c h Tournament Sep t . 13-21/86. T h e t i r o e was c h a n g e d d u e t o l a c k o f , f u n d s f r om t h e C e n t e n n i a l F o u n d a t i o n .

The games w i l ) be p l a y e d i n 3 f i e l d s , t w o f i e l d s being i n S t r a t h c o n a Park and o n e f i e l d a t O p p ~ t l h e l m e r Park.

T h e L i s t o f Teams t h a t wi 1 l b e i n t h i s Tournament : Nonanies, B l u e Demons, B u l l et s B r a v e s , Co-np, C w g a r S ,

Dragons, P a n t h e r s , P e r forrner s R o y a l s , Rowdies , S c o r p i o n s , S p a r t a n s , The Edge, Thunder- b i r d s , E v i c t o r s and the Wol v e r i t-res. -- -

I t ' s a b i g weekend a t CRAB and Oppenhei rner p a r k s i n t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e . The t h i r d a n n u a l Water of L i f e F e s t i v a l k i c k s o f f S a t u r d a y a n d t h e r e w i l l be games, w i t eet ai nment , pub l i t : s p e a k e r s - a l l i n c e l e b r a t i ~ t i o f wa te r . T h e r e w i l l b e c a n o e r a c e s S a t u r d a y f r o m CRAB beach, and p l a y s and publ i c s p e a k e r s a s t h e weekend p r o q r esses. Mrrnday is k i d s day a t Oppenhei met-.

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A A flame will burn in Vancouver until nuclear disarmament is a reality. A Peace Flame Monun+nt was announced during Hiroshima Day ceremonies re- cently, to be located in Seaforth Park at the south end of the Burrard Street bridge - gathering place for participants in the annual Vancouver Peace March.

The Carnegi e Centre's Dave tlaconnell wrote the following poem f o r the Newsletter on the Nuclear issue - and the difference between where nost of us want to go and where we actually seem to be headed.

I t w a s n ' t t h e f a u l t o f t h e R o b i n , Nor o f t h e E a g l e ; Dut man h a d at? arrils r a c e , And a n u c 1 ear power r a t e .

A r e t h e y r u s h i n g t o see Who cat? blow u s u p t h e f a s t e s t ?

P o o r sky: s t r a n g e p a r t i c l e s a n d d i s t o r t i o n s , And t h e t ~ u i l e a r waste i n l a n d s a n d waters. D i d sarileone s a y s t o p ! D i d n ' t w e ?

But t h e arms a n d t h e n u c l e a r r a c e g o e s on, And s t i l l , i t w a s n ' t t h e f a u l t o f t h e r o b i n O r t h e E a g l e .

E a g l e . . h e s i t a t e . . Won't you t a k e rite w i t h you, ( I t ' s h a r d e r fa r r(~e to t r a v e l , you see) Over t o t h e Land i n a n c i e n t Gal i lee , Where l i f e is s t i l l so s i m p l e , I n i tsr f i e r c e compl e x i t y .

E a g l e , h e s i t a t e . . Wonp t you t a k e r w w i t h you?

A t o n e t i me 1 o v e rtiaant c a r i n g ; And d o i n g t h i n g s t o g e t h e r , And n i g h t s o f t ~ : ~ u c h i t i g , h ~ a l i n g , s o o t h i n g . Did s m l a t h i n g gil wrong t h a t I d i d n ' t sea? E a o t e . . hcsi tat,t-. - - . - -- ----- L

Turn seats a Tti+re w i l l be e l e c t i o n s i n S e p t e m b e r ' t o f i l l two s e a t s mi t h e C a r n e g i e C e n t r e A s s o c i a t i o n B o a r d .

ntie of t h e gaps was c r e a t e d when B h a r b a r a Gudmundson 1 a f t ttie B v a r d a f t e r a c o n ~ p r l c a t a d p r a c e d u r a 1 wrangl e d u r i n g l a s t w e e k ' s b o a r d m e e t i n g . . I t b e g a n w i t h h e r nun-conf i d e t i c e rilotioti i n a l l mernbers o f t h e C x e c . e x c e p t f w R i c h a r d roor r y (Tors) -- a n d e n d e d a f t a r 1 e r i g t h y d e b a t a when s h e t ia t idrd tier Assoc i a t i o n c a r d o v e r I P r e s i d e n t H a r v e y b o w e r s .

The b a s i c issue was t h e foctd p r o g r a m a t Oppi-nhei timer F ' a rk , a n d a c o t i c e r n e x p r e s t i e d b y t h e F a r k e P l a c e C a f e ttiat i t w a s uri f ai r iori1pi.t i t i cln. The C a f e w a n t e d t o t a k e c w e r t .he prugrari t , a n d r i~a r i~bers c l f t h e E x e c . who s u p p c ~ r t e d t h i s ttad s u g g e s t e d t h a t s t a t i s t i is r ~ ~ i g t i t b e k e p t by C a f e s t a f f 5 in t h a t any p a r a n t a1 r iegkl i g e n c e c o u l d b e e x p o s e d t o ttie M i n i s t r y o f Huri~ati R e s o u r c e s . T o r a i lpposed t h i s , c h a r g i n g i t w a s "a r a t h e r r l a s t y t h i n g w h i c h c o u l d e r o d e t h e c o n f i d e n c e of t h e p e o p l e L I ~ ttie c ~ x ~ r i ~ u n i t y i n t h e Board a n d t h e C e n t r e . . "

Gudrfiutidson a g r e e d a n d sai d i t w a s "d i s g u s t i tig" ttiat ttie E 3 ~ a r d woul d e v e n iotisi d e r p a s s i n g t d a t a c o 1 1 e c t e d t h r o u g h t h e f r e e f o a d p r o g r a r ~ .

Those wha s u p p o r t e d t h e p l a t ] s a i d t h e y w e o n l y t r y i ny t o sre;rtc; a s t a t i s t i c a l b a s e t o p r o v e t o MI-iR t h a t c e r t a i t ) c h i l d r e n i n ttie D ~ : ~ w t ~ t o w r i C a s t s i d e need e x t r a h e l p . N o rlari~rs would be ~ 1 2 1 1 el: t ed 13r passed i i t i .

I t e n d e d whet1 P r e s i d e n t Bower s r u 1 e d Gudri~ut~dson i t i e l i g a b l e ta v s t r b e c a u s e ' t h e r e was, t i s a i d , 60ri18

q u e s t i o n clvrr whet h e r s h e w a s a 1 a g i t i rttate ri~eriiber of t h e A.j~2,-~c i a t i i l r l . / - lev r e g u l at- p 1 a c e of erq I ~: ,yr~,ut~t w a s s a i d t o b e t h e issue.

I a n y al;et>t t h e Ci t y l s D i r e c t i ~ r of C - - ' L i a P l a n n i tig, M a x tjcc k , whet a t t e n d e d t h a riteet i ny , h n d a 1 i't t e r r e a d w h i c h i n d l c a t e d t h a t e f f e c t i v e i r i ~ w e d i a t e l y t h e c i t y , r t hi- C 2r i t r e , wcluld r e - i n b t i t u t e ttie fctod p r o g r a w , p r c t v i d i t i g b e v e r a g e s a n d s n a c 1::s at Opperihrl-i n-~er. t-le s a i d i t w i j u I d t~c t t b e p r a c t i c a l r ef t e c t i v e f a r F a r k e P1d1:r C a i e t a r u n t h e p r o g f on a ti+:/; c c ~ r i c e s s i i1 t1

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u u r m u u u w n :nr ICUPIU BY DON HODGSON

As .a regular f ature, H ' I 1 o f f e r space to Carnegle Centre pazrons to e e l 1 us their s tor ies . tm~ever simple or c o w p l e x . Don Hadgson, 53 who used to help p o l lee Oppenheiaaar Park for the Centre, and is a nlce guy, klcks 1t off.

I went E a s t a t t h e end of Apri 1 , t o v i s i t some r e l a t i v e s i n Saska t chewan . I s t o p p e d o f f i n C a l g a r y and g o t 1 3 - 1 a b u s a n d t h e r e was a C h i n e s e b u s d r i v e r w e a r i n g a r e d S t a m p e d e r s s w e a t e r , and h e t o l d roe where t o g o f o r a d e c e n t t i a i r c ~ ~ t i t China town. I was t h e f i r s t c u s t o m e r o f t h e d a y and t h i s C h i n e s e b n a r b e r g i v e s roe a c i g a r e t t e , p u t s on t h e c c f f e e and t h e n h e g i v e s rile a h a i r c u t . H e d i d n ; t d o a bad job, and i t was n i l - e . . the c i g a r e t t e and t h e c o f f e e , and I g u e s s 1 lost ri~y h e a d . H i s p r i c e was f o u r do1 1 a r s and ,I g a v e him f i v e .

I wal ked a r o u n d l o o k i n g a t t h e t a l l b u i l d i n g s . I found t h a t i n C a l g a r y t h e y p u t ' a1 1 t h e i r t a l l b u i l d i n g s i n iltle p l a c e . I t ho r -qh t ; how f o o l i st1 - o n e bomb and t h e y ' r e gone. They s t i c~ul d s p r e a d thern o u t t h e way w e d o h e r e .

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f o u r t h o ~ r s a n d m i 1 QS by Greyh~c rnd . I d i d n ' t want t o h a v e a n y t h i n g t n d o w i t h t h e Expo n p e n i n g . A f t e r C a l g a r y I c a u g h t a

n i g h t b u s , s a t up f r o n t by t h e d r i v e r and was wide- e y e d a l l t h e way t o S a s k a t a u n . Once when w e had a s t o p I g o t o f f , g o t a c i g a r and smoked i t . I s t a y e d a week w i t h a c o u s i n i n Rusetown. H e ' s a s e e d f a r w e r . I c o u l d n ' t h e l p h imrnuch b e c a u s e I d o n ' t u n d e r s t a n d f a rming a n y riiore, now i t ' s a l l r i~echani s e d . I walked a1 ong t h e r i v e r , l o o k e d a t a f e w ri~unurnents. I met a C r e e woman w i t h d i r t y rn1:1crla5ins. I went t~ t h e YMCA t o t a k e a shower f o r a d o l l a r f i f t y . T h e r e was a s e r v i c e r i ~ a n t h e r e w i t h two r i n g s and b r a i d a n h i s c a p . I s a i d what d o e s t h a t make yoi.~? H e s a i d a c a p t a i n . I was i n t h e navy , and i n my d a y I t o l d him you had t o h a v e f o u r

. r ingr; . Then I went t 1-1 v i s i t my o t h e r c n u s i n 24 m i l e s e a s t o f S a s k a t o o t ~ . H e 1 i v e s i n an o l d pocil r 15 CI rn , c o n v e r t e d . I-i changed t h e windows cw t h e f r o n t , s e a l e d up t h e f r c m t d lmr . You g o i n t h e back d o o r . T h e r e was a n o t i c e b o a r d o u t s i d e t h e v i l l a g e h a l l and i t w a s f u l l o f a u c t i o n s a l e s . .

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p a o p l e s e l 1 i ng o u t . I v i s i t e d w i t h sorile farri~ers I knaw. A l w a y s g o t t h e r e a t w e a l t i r i ~ e s . T h a t ' s t h e way t t i o buh.15 were i n the t h i r t i e s . I h a d t o w a t c h rl~y rironey. I d i d n ' t fool a r o u n d i n C a l g a r y o n t h e way b a c k , b u t I s t o p p e d o f f n e a r Cranbrcrok a n d g o t d j o b w o r k i n g f o r g a n o l d

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t at-td d u n k e d r i g h t i n t h e w a t e r . He h a d q u i t e a ( ~ ~ r n a g c r i e . He l i v e d i n a t r a i l e r w i t h b i g b l o c k s a n d w h e e l s h e h a d b u i 1 t u n d a r n c a t t i . He s a i d h e d rilove h i s t r a i l e r w ~ t h t h i s c c l n t r a p t i o t ~ ta l a c e a n y way h e w a n t e d , b u t i t n e v e r rmved w h i l e I was t h c r e . He s a t i l t l a b a r r e l a n d Q a t c h e d r r l e

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