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CXt cber 29- N cwerrber 9 Featuring over 90 events at over 251ocationsthroughout the DJwntown Eastside music 1 poetry c- theatre 1 I media and 'vi sua I art s r l workshops ll dance l eel ebrat ions r 1 history walks

11th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival Wednesday October 29- Sunday November 9, 2014

Carnegie Jazz Band, photo David Cooper

We are excited to begin our second decade with the 111h annual festival. This year's theme, 'Keeping the

• home fires burning/ is inspired by DTES residents and artist s. Just a few events for your interest -

PRE-FESTIVAL WORKSHOPS- Free

Big House Workshops Thursday, Oct 16 • Autumn Leaf Mobiles and Light-Carrier Making, llam-3pm

Mondays, Oct 20 & 27 Fridays, Oct 24 & 31

Performance Workshops

Aboriginal Front Door, 384 M ain • Light-Carrier Making, with Cultural Sharing 5:30pm-8pm Carnegie Theatre • Yellow Roses and a Cup of Tea , with Oppenheimer Park Ladies Tea Party,

2pm- 4pm, Carnegie Art Room, 401 Main

Tues Oct 21, Wed Oct 22, Thurs Oct 23, Tues Oct 28, 1:30pm-4:30pm & Fri Oct 24, 12:30pm-2:30pm • Indian Acts! Coming to the Fire, w ith M argo Kane and Full Circle: First

Nations Perform ance. Everyone welcome. Carnegie Gym

FESTIVAL PICKS - Oct 29 to Nov 1

1. FESTIVAL OPENING CEREMONY - Join friends from the neighbourhood and special guests for the grand opening of our 11'h annual festival! Guest performers: Sam George of the Squamish Nation; Mike Dangeli of the Git Hayetsk Dancers; emerging rising st ars Jamie Elliott and Hannah Walker as Twin Bandit; and The Carnegie Jazz Band, led by trombonist Brad Muirhead, will play Sandstone Lady, Patrick Foley's moving tribute to Carnegie, sung by the Carnegie Choir led by Mike Richter. Wed Oct 29, 2pm sharp, Carnegie Theatre, everyone welcome! Refreshments. Free

2. OPENING -CONTEMPORARY QUILTS- Come to the opening reception! Diane Wood offers a show of mixed media fabric pieces that tell stories and relate to current issues of the community. Wed Oct 29, Spm-6pm, InterUrban Gallery, 1 E. Hastings. Free

3. HOT JAZZ AT THE CARNEGIE!- The Carnegie Jazz Band retu rns! Led by multi-instrumenta list and composer Brad Muirhead. Join the band for an evening of jazz standards, original songs by Brad Muirhead and members of the band, including a new jazz tune by Festival producer Terry Hunter. With special guest, local jazz-man Brian Harding on trombone. Wed Oct 29, 7:30pm, Carnegie Theatre. Free

4. THE RAYMUR MOTHERS: Pay-what-you-can Preview!- Produced by Theatre in the Raw, an original full-length musical written by Bob Sarti, music by Bill Sample, directed by Jay Hamburger. The play tells the story of single mothers from the Raymur Place Social Housing Project in the 1970s who succeeded in their fight to have an overpass built to enable their children to walk safely to school.

Preview: Wednesday Oct 29, 8pm, pay what you can, Russian Hall, 800 Campbell. Run: Thursday Oct 30 to Sunday Nov 9 (no shows on Nov 3 & 4). Ticket info: www.theatreintheraw.ca

5. 2N° STORY: BLOOD ALLEY- Over sixty personal stories from the area of "Blood Alley' have been gathered, documented and nine were crafted into short videos by The Only Animal. Come and see a selection of these videos. Thurs Oct 30, 5:30pm-8pm, InterUrban Gallery, 1 E. Hastings. Free

6. LOUIS RIEL'S 170TH BIRTHDAY PARTY- Share music, stories and history of Louis Riel and the Metis people of Canada with Bill Beauregarde, Harmony of Nations, dancer Yvonne Chartrand and fiddler Kathleen Nisbett. Coffee and dessert by donation. Thurs Oct 30, 7pm-9pm, Floral & Hardy, 688 E. Hastings. Free

7. HALLOWE'EN DANCE & COSTUME PARTY- Put on your most frightful face and join in the dance! • SeaSmoke (Peggy Wilson, Rose Eide, Murray Black, Russell Styles, Robert Inglis) plays for you to dance!

Fri Oct 31, 7pm-9:45pm, Carnegie Theatre. Free

8. Keepers of the Flame: A Daylong Celebration of Poetry at Carnegie! All day Saturday November 1. Free 10am-12pm • Slam Poetry Workshop, with Sho Wiley, Carnegie 3'd floor classroom 1pm-2:30pm • Carnegie's 2"d Poetry Slam! , with MC Jillian Christmas, Carnegie Theatre 1:30pm-3pm • Poetree, w ith Madgelanye, Carnegie sidewalk under the tent 3pm-Spm • A Celebration of Bud Osborn, Carnegie Theatre 6pm-10pm • Shrines for Day of the Dead, Carnegie sidewalk 7pm-9:45pm • DTES Poets Open Mic, hosted by Diane Wood, Ca rnegie Theatre

Many more FREE exciting events during the upcoming days of the Festival!

For complete event details, pick up the Festival Program Guide at the Carnegie Front Desk or visit www.heartofthecityfestival.com.

Produced by Vancouver Moving Theatre w/Carnegie Community Centre & Association of United Ukrainian Canadians and fifty community partners.

Photo on front cover: members of the Carnegie Choir (Priscillia Tait, Mike Richter, Joyce Morgan, Wendy Chew, Anita Lo, Edmilson Vieira, Sam Snobelen), photo David Cooper

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Kelly, -Colleen Carroll Here she comes in her purple cart. He great warm smile giving to each, their day a great start. Her face may be grey but she would not allow that to get in her way. She was up at dawn each and every day.

KELLY STEWART Sept 30, 1944- Oct 9th, 2014

Off to the Carnegie she would head. Not laying about ill in her bed.

There was work to do and she knew that true. And she did her part. With her great kind heart. Marching against homelessness, Marching for the rights of women, Helping out at the learning centre. Her time was freely given.

She lived a life bold and true, Doing things few of us ever dare to do. Living up the West Coast on a boat, a woman alone. Is nothing done by the weak of heart For woman's lib she lived her part.

I only knew her in her golden years, Though her health was poor she never shed tears. But I could see in her face a beauty that years before, Would have prompted many a man to want to further explore. Hers was a beauty from the inside out. A kind one seldom sees running about.

Her purple cart will no more light up the Carnegie's door. For she has gone on to other realms to further explore. Your photo upon the "Carnegie Hall of Fame" Makes sure that none who knew you will forget your name.

Although we say say adieu with pain Memories of your kindness and smile

will be recalled again and again. MEMORIAL TO BE ANNOUNCED

Although we say adieu with pain. ~- . Memories of your kindness and smile we'll recall again and again you told me about your ltfe _on Vancouver Island, & We will not forget too soon t~1at you chose ~o- move to gtve your son more e~uca-the image of your smile brightening up a room. j tt~nal opp,~rtumues. We heard you were called Cap-

tam Kelly because you actually had lived on a ·-- -----=~ houseboat at one time. And as a receptionist in the Peq Kellfk Learning Centre you could always be depended upon.

Colleen let us know yesterday that you had had your Poetry N ight wasn't complete without your smiling final struggle. We were all shocked & stunned be- & sometimes very to-the-point poetry as you called cause we did not know you had been ill (&much too r attention to the many injustices the poor suffer- par-young). However, I like to think you are just on an-

1· ticu larly the people from our neighbourhood (DTES)

other journey, and somehow are aware of us here at { You will be sorely missed Kelly, and I see you in Carnegie. your purple & blue khakis scooting across ways that I remember one Xmas I gave you something - a someday we will all encounter.

piece of jewellery. You gave me a cute li tt le black & May the Gr eat Spirit Smi~e on You. white penguin pin. Once when we were alone is the Learning Centre,

All my relations, Wilhelmina

Word Vancouver September 28, 2014

Carnegie Community Centre & Library Table -277 interactions:

E , illustrious librarian (who now comes to Carnegie just once a week) and closet genius, succeeded again! She jo ins Lisa David & I at the Carnegie table with a unique and engaging interactive game each year that makes children glow. lt a lso makes any wandering adult that a kid has to keep track of stand by & learn. With a table of the elements, you first put down your birth year or day, found the matching Atomic Number and then, for a personal contribution, put down, from you r own Table of Contents & Table of Discontents wrote down what makes you content & what makes you discontented. A collection of answers follows:

From the LibrarY 1

Everyone has a story to share and we have a good 1j mix of bios, from celebrities to everyday people who either find themselves in extraordinary situations or simply want to share a slice of their life. The library clusters most biographies in the 921 section, but you can also find them throughout non-fiction (ie. singers in the music section). Give me a shout if there's someone you would like to research, take a browse on the shelves, or consider the titles be low.

Atomic number: Range of participants' Year of birth: ) 1943-2009

Table of Contents: Thumbs up (72 entries): Sushi. books (the most entries), ebooks, books( not

ebooks), paper books .. , free wifi, letter writing, vol­unteers, Mac and cheese, diversity, my little pony, yoga, nowers, reading, literacy, trees, peace and j us­tice, the library, Christmas opening, amazing staff. East Van, giants (2 entries), science, music cds, pizza, ice cream, animals, quarterback, old tyme radio, holi­days, sad songs, sahaj yoga, DVD, connecting, Hum­phrey (cartoon character), writing, poetry (2 entries), soup, independence, broccoli, dogs, Word Vancouver, . cereal, good reads, cats, recycling, sunny weather, I recorder, math... I Table of DisContents : Thumbs down (67 entries) :

As well, there's been interest in bringing back the "Main & Hastings Book C lub," with the idea that participants meet-up monthly and showcase their fa­vourite book or author. .. Docs this interest you? Thanks for the feedback.

Your Carnegie Librarian, Natalie Not Yet by Wayson C hoy (921 Cho) Best known for his book The Jade Peony, Canadian writer Choy reveals how his community connections sustained him while being hospitalized and near death on two occasions. The book is "an intimate and in­sightful study of one man's reason for living." Edge of the Sound: Memoirs of a West Cost Log Salvager by Jo Hammond (921 H226a) In 1967 Jo Hammond was 25 years old and had never heard of log s.alvaging, but soon decided to quit her job and be part of the community along the Sunshine Coast. She shares stories of chasing logs, rescuing boaters, finding her place in the world, and raising a family. A. Y. Jackson: The Life of a Landscape Painter by Wayne Larsen (921 J 1241 La) Over 70 years Jackson travelled the country sketching and painting the landscapes and commun ities he en­countered. Jackson is described as an "artist, out-doorsman, sold icr, teacher, debater, writer and out-

Hurt, ~ot bein~ heard, T~mato:s (2 entries), Harper I (2 entnes), bulltes (2 entn es), cigarette butts on s ide- ; walk, Dentist, C hinese c lasses( from a young, C hi nese !

girl), Flu, Durian, stinky cheese, homelessness, hate, boredom, dropping ice cream on the sidewalk. rude people, market fundamentalism, skunks, violence, asbaragus (asparagus), wastefulness, d iscarding books at vpl, fake people, apathy, when people say they

' spoken defender of modern art." The book includes colour plates of his work, historic photos and detailed accounts of his life.

don't like dogs, anima l cruelty, pollution, tickling, hunters, minimum wages, fluorescent light, pineapple, cars that don't s ignal, totalitarian capitalism, home­work, misogeny, traffic, standing ... We were probably far & away the most visited table there (not that having a bowl of I ifesavers didn 'I help draw adults away.ft·om their stressed kids ... sigh)

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Not About tlze Medal by Leah Pells (92 1 P392a) Local long-distance runner and 3-time Olympian, Pell s reflects on growing up in a single-parent home of an alcoholic, the challenges of addiction, and the outlet of sport. "Leah speaks bravely about a wide­spread disease while delivering a message of hope. Turning hardship into inspiration, she also shows readers how to lead a life of Olympic proportions no matter what your beginnings."

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SLAM POETR Y · W od ,shop with Sho Wiley

• Saturd ay November l , lOa m - l2 pm

• Carnegie 3r cl noor C lass room, 401 Ma in In ant icipatio n of Carnegie's 2nd Poetry Slam! Sho

Wiley, creat ive wr iting instructor and long-time slam poet, leads a workshop where she'll share advice and techniques. Poetry is best when read aloud, even per­formed. Microphone technique, body language, ges­tures and more. Bring two of your favourite poems or write one in the workshop; you ' ll get an opportunity to try out your slam poetry ideas and with one-on-one mentoring yo u'll be ready to s tep up and go for it! "Poetry is meant to be heard. poetry for the people'" says Sho and who knows that better than the poets of Carnegie! Free ,

"Drop-in is fine; Pre-registration is better l (Don't let your own greatness daunt you!!)

1 CARNEGIE'S 2nd POETRY SLAM!

I • Saturday November 1, lpm - 2:30pm • Ca rnegie Theatre, 401 Main·

In celebration of the Carnegie News letter and its long hi s tory of encouraging writers and poets in the Down­town Eastside, and in honour of the late, much loved friend and extraordinary talent Zaccheus Jackson (he hosted & performed at the first Slam! in 20 13), we present Carnegie's 2nd Poetry Slam! Have you s lammed a poem before? You' ll have three minutes to say your poem. Memorize it, improvi se it, rant or sing it out. Then five random audience mem­bers chosen to judge will give you a score . The ru les have st il l to be decided, so be prepared for surprises. Featured host and MC is Jill ian Christmas. Be part of the audience - laugh, cheer, cry, clap - or step up and slam it, you know you want to! Free

The Primitive Moments

Now if conclusion jumping & trash dumping were Olympic sports or a fueless plane trying to land on an active volcano too much bullshit clogging up our courts' vanishing skills is this country's middle name; jobs & living quarters for the poor make too much sense no more meandering on that selfishist picket fence still there will always be room for some inno­cent who will unwillingly take the blame, they don't call you Head of Security when you lock & bolt that glass every nite your nightmares & fears are also hers to_ tuck _you in nice & tight humiliation & animosity st1ck w1th you thru bad & worse, we grab our coffee a little cream ' no poison for me' off to start another dismal yet extraordinary day they agree I am once again blessed with the depressionary demolition curse, like the Pope joining a Satanic cult or Catholics bearing & soon to be using guns now isn't that an insult to your Maker (whomever that might be), after a lifetime of non-lavish spending the primitive mo­ments eventually appear your face grows longer with the blitz attacks of advancing years if I held my mind shut I would sink to the bottom of the darkest sea; I remember shooting down all those stars but like de­pression they return every nite even when they came back the next night they brought planets with them like a big brother who evens the scars carrying this truth freight got to be quite a chore, Hugh and Anna made such a cute couple yet their problems become your troubles but every nite I look at those same stars and you know something I never get bored, it's a long way back to civilisation against the flow of traffic on Nightmare Drive it becomes so slow every second someone taking your right to be alive Selling is Be­lieving! told you so!! The Grand Closing is closed for business the customers don 't care as windows soon become doors joy & happiness are never ever there only contempt rewind me when to jump overboard they've been closing down our light ever since the first findings of coal, I was brought up to expect less than ste llar expectations to always watch listen & learn If you really want to know how it all ends you 'II just have to wait your turn in these days of the stars with standouts like Alison Redford (gone!) nd Christy Clark (not yet) pathetic imitations of leaders long gone like do they really care about kids losing 3 weeks of education not funny at all, artificial life is soon to show up .. show off .. then take over the human

drones with a holster for all your gadgets leash and phones take me back to the beautiful prehistoric times when you never had to hold your breath let alone have anything under it Back to the present hoping there's a future for the next generation or maybe there really is no future at all.

By ROBERT McGILLIVRAY

"Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice." -H.L.Mencken

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You poor soul , Caught in a covering of skin Seems to be decaying everything within! Your fleshy muscles of youth Skin shares the wear and tear of age Storms of stress undress my youthful smile Face has scars from torments and trials Leaving only lines as signs Heart starts to pound moments of stillness away. Shake the cold of growing old Quietly fading away to the beat Racing up and down my spine Out of strength to move my resting bones Towards the ringing phone Catching my breath, stretching my limbs Go to phone, only to say No one's home!

Todd W Amos

on downtown eastside sidewalks glows fresh crimson like rose petals fallen

... n.~.-!llf;}. from ransacked gardens of the broken-hearted from those who wear the violent evenings

on faces bruised black & purple whose teeth are kicked through panicked begging mercy wlwse sight is slashed-blind by knives inside murdered souls whose lives are worn-out demolitions in screaming alleys of vomit & unending misfortunes

for those crawling drunk & sick

of darkness

into jaws of rabid doorways & handcuffs of police for those who fall or get pushed or raving leap

from caged- in hotel windows of desperation & hate & grief in a greedy rapacious city

& for those lining up more patient than saints in cold rain & crow shit impaled by exhaust of the oblivious to receive crusts of bread

& for those sniffing glue beside railroad tracks of uselessness to derail thier birthplace renovated into exile

& for those plunging needles through veins seeking ecstasy but flowing with nervous shams & misery

& for those whose scared runaway skin is sold without hope by hypocrisy's ghosts

· & for those cheated by political schemes & drown in tidal waves of unknown committees

& for those hardened like steel by the arson of their childhoods' gentle visionary love of the real

& for refugees pouring from the earth's economic wars & for refugees fleeing wars in the roots of their hair & for those straightjacketed into numbers & things

whose ~ha~ spirits don ' t interest the scientific god who has forsaken them

& for those smelling 6 looking like death staggering through whirling neon vertigos of east hastings & whose leering faces are scarred with rejection

& for those run-over by monstrous rush-hours of mountains & skyscrapers <lf enormous wealth & who get busted for jaywalking a puddle of small debt

& for those whose lungs nre wrecked in a quicksand of malnourished infested tubercular rent

& for those eaten by fears sending them reeling from a breeze turning a con1er or a shadow thrown over them reminding them of all they've tried to forget •

& for those whose inarticulate cries for help are thrown out like garbage arrived from hell

6. for those who surtive on what's tossed aside into gutters of abundance denied & no way to live & are somewhere naked & shaking with a life no one else could e ndure

& for those who are loneliness frozen i n t iny r ooms & whose mental rainbows of aliveness & joy are sucked-dry by fragmenting screens of colour teevees

& for those overdosed on jealousy & bitterness for what might've·been for the bad luck decades that've bitten them & whose frustrations carve wounds inside & out

& for those whose unshed tears are choking t or who can't stop crying & die of exposure

& for those who are t

6. no one to emr pushing them ou & over the edge crushing the li beneath them wh

& for those fighting! reviling betray~

& for those who can't away from them

& for petty sneak thh & for killers of plum & for the abandoned 1

unleashing van< & for those whose chl

by- social cops & are driven m.9 of unnatural 1~

& for those peddling ~ & pawning every for another fu creating a purpct out of a daily lp

& for those who've gr1J & left behind a but whose battelr is a victory of

& f or those whose rel ! i s a lot tery-b il: r ever s ing their but whose number & whose horses p

& for those struggling against all odds an authentic pen

thing without a job oy them excep t more trouble on a limb

~ out of anyone 1 they fall ~rrorizing vo ices in their heads l& & possessing them 1elp driving everyone else

ves stealing pieces of themselves ·rees & the moon

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amned adolescents ism & fists of vengeance ren are stolen

by the anguish

tery remnant of innocence Eriend belonging to them >t a bottle !e >thingness mold breath at a t irne !d dignity :heir own :ion ;o-longshot addict ion .istory & bring i ng s:tlvatior.

never get picked or called ver come through to make

onal change

& for those who can't stand to be alone & can't stand to be known by · anyone

& for those picking fights out of a disabled desire for human communion & end-up with their lives & others' in ruins

& for those boasting of being on top of what is obviously pinning them to illusions of mutilated lightning

& for those dreaming plan after plan of excape but haven't the means to get through yesterday

b for those whose grip on a can of lysol is at least a perilous future of savage relief

& for those called parasites or pariahs or bums but who gave their last shirt or pass a kind word

& for those whose love is crippled & twisted yet bursting to give but can find no one able to heal & receive it

& for those picking butts & fighting withdrawal with emergencies to get through on nothing but stoplights & starlight & 'to hell with it all'

& for those who sen tenc e themselves to die obsessed with bridge~ & razor blades & calculations of barbituates & alcohol

& for those wandering day and night searching curbs & glances for wallets & miracles

& for those fed-up & disgusted enough to live out of shopping carts beneath viaducts or hidden i n trees i n the parks

& for those who've never known a moment's peace & are so dirty & ugly & mean it's worth time in the bucket to shatter self-satisfied expressions of tourists strolling by looking clean

& for those gripped by wheelchairs wobbling on canes lurching between crutches of unremitting pain & whose courage mocks a world speeding by in disdain

& for those deliberately sabotaging every attempt at helping themselves adjust to a mass social madness accurately perceived as more insane than themselves

& for those trying to get by & take care of a family on little more than defiance & love in overwhelmed & worried eyes

& for those collapsing in shadows pissing their lives down the front of their pants

& for those whose tattoos & time dots are the only possessions that have n't been lost or stolen from them

& for those talking only to birds & s tones & sweeping evil spirits from the air with magical movements of their hands

& for those longtime lovers & partners des~ite poverty's pressures clinging together amidst years of shit raining do-~ on them a bad human weather

& for those the most frightening fearing no one & nothing after having fear kicked out of them as soon as they could feel anything

for all these my own my selves my tortured prey & degraded predators my brutally condemned sisters & brothers let my words sing a prayer not a curse to the terrible tragic & sacred mystery of our beautiful suffering infinite worth

DTESFood Talks!

Presented by: DTES Neighbourhood House

+ Potluck DTES Kitchen Tables Project

Friday, November 14th, 2014 1-Jpm @

DTES Neighbourhood House 573 E. Hastings St.

Is it difficult to get enough food to eat in a day? Is food available as often as you'd like?

Are you satisfied with the quality and quantity of food you get?

What does the word "meal" mean to you? How do you decide where to eat?

Come share your feedback on these questions and more in fun and

engaging ways! Snacks provide

Children of the Sand

Eggs fall from Mother's hands Two strong hands

Fine hai r, Creature made from grains of sand A star called Earth Time runs through her veins Chi ldren at her door Men came for more Slowly she fades As the grains of sand pass through the hourglass Child o f dust Life's such a rush!

Todd W Amos

Vancouver

frontier town built on booze and fines prostitutes paid for the incorporation available affordable slam bang thank you ma'am a bona fide municipality

Vancouver Canada the Wild West "Chop the leg!" no marshal no medical one skunk town then one skunk town now

but Green, Green baby rain forest green green moss under the tall cone-bearing trees mould and mushrooms here at the 49th parallel 6 or 7 months of rain some years and Dark some months Dark 3 or 4 hours of sunlight

. hot and dry for 3 months the rivers of Capitano down to the bare bleached rocks A great summer for some

Weather gods pissed offtalkin' to Climate gods

coyote's tail getting bushier sockeye havin' hard times returning

to spawn & die

so the cycle continues albeit out of sync

with what is deemed "normal" we are facing a challenge children between supernatural & supernormal real as opposed to surreal to be or not to be it starts that way

and ends with a whimper

Wilhelmina

Hon. Rich Coleman, Minister Responsible for Housing

Minister Coleman: I write you today because I have learned that BC Housing will soon be making some major changes to the way that the Stamps Place housing development is owned and managed. l also understand that BC Housing sent out a media advisory on Friday to say that a "non-profit asset transfer" process would be initiated for Stamps Place in the near future. l received phone calls and correspondence yesterday morning from a number of different people advising that they had heard that BC [-lousing will be finding a non-profit organization to take over the Stamps Place housi ng development. I was also informed that tenants received a letter on Friday saying that the property will no longer be operated by BC Housing in the near future, and that there will be new management within about six months' time. Already I have questions coming into my office regarding the pending changes. In pat1icular, individuals arc concerned about the operating agreements with the potential non-profit and their subsidy rates for both the short and long term. I would like to confirm that thi s plan will not di splace current tenants, nor see their rent rates increase. Could you please confirm that there will be no changes to both the amount and the number of subsidies made available to the tenants at the Stamps Place development for both the short and long term? As a bench mark, can you advise how many people are receiving subsidies at this time and their rate of subsidy? Beyond the impact for the existing tenants, could you please also confirm that this plan will not change the rate and rat io of subsidies provided to this deve lopment in the long term? With the transfer of ownership and management of the Stamps Place development, could you advise if BC Housing will put in place conditions or covenants with the new operator to ensure that the site remains in perpetuity as non-profit housing? \.Vith regard to staffing, I understand tlttat the people currently employed at Stamps Place will not be affected or lose their jobs as a result of this process. Can you advise if there will be a successorship agreement with the prospective new operator? Could you advise the number of full-time staff or Full-Time Equivalent staff currently are employed at the Stamps Place site and their job titles? Jenny Kwan, M~A Constituency Office: (Vancouver­Mount Pleasant) #1070-1641 Commercial Drive Parliament Buildings Vancouver, BC V5L 3Y3 Victoria, BC V8V 1X4 Ph: (604) 775-0790 Ph: (250) 387-3655 Fax: (604) 775-0881 Fax: (250) 387-4680

Over the last few years, I have seen some renovation work done at the buildings. I would also like to have a clear understanding of all major renovations and bui lding upgrade or maintenance projects that have been completed at Stamps Place in the past five years. Could you please provide me with a list of the major upgrades that were completed at the Stamps Place development? As well, are there any outstanding renovations or upgrades that remain to be undertaken?

With this major change in direction for BC Housing. I would also like to know of BC's Housing plans for the MacLean Park housi ng development. ls it BC Housi ng's intention to retain and continue to operate MacLean Park under BC Housing, or will MacLean Park undergo a similar process to the Stamps Place development? Or alternatively, are there any plans to redevelop MacLean Park?

Your assistance in providing this information. and other updates as the asset transfer is undertaken, will be greatly appreciated. Already I have heard questions from constituents which suggest that incorrect information about the sale of the property may be circulating, so it would be most helpful if 1 am kept informed as this process unfolds.

Thank you, and I will look forward to your reply. Sincerely, Jenny Kwan MLA. Vancouver-Mount Pleasant Cc: Shayne Ramsay. CEO, BC Housing, MLA David Eby.

NEWS FROM OPPENHEIMER PARK - DTES COMMUNITIES' BACKYARD -

Gladys Lee Received Mayor's Award in Volunteerism

On Tuesday October 7, Gladys Lee, our arts & crafts volunteer, received the Mayor's Arts Award in Volun­teerism at Roundhouse Community Centre.

In her speech G ladys said, "This (award) is for everyone. Downtown Eastside would not exist if there is no hardworking volunteers."

Congratulations Gladys! We're really happy to have you on our team.

Oppen-Arts Studio on Thursdays, 10:30- 1:00, Carnegie Art Room

Come to the Carnegie Art Room to develop your skills in drawing, painting and more. This month, we are doing still-life drawing workshops.

ScavARTger Hunt Winners Announced!

Thanks to a ll who participated in the 2"d Annual ScavARTger Hunt! Winners are announced and the names are posted on the Carnegie Bulletin Boards. Please come to see Kay (Tues & Thurs) or Carrie (Tues, Wed or Thurs) to claim your prize.

The Best Art Award will be announced on Tuesday October 28. Visit our Facebook page (Oppenheimer Park) and Like your favourite artwork made with found objects to pick the Best Art Award recipient.

We're all in this together

new solidarity choir for people who want to sing

in support of labour and social justice

$60/10 weeks (nobody turned away) Tuesday Sept 23 - Tuesday Nov 25

?-8:30pm Strathcona Community Centre

601 Keefer info & registration: 604-713-1838

A HOUSING ~GT10•1 PLAN FOR CITIES

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TO GO TO THE HOUSING PLAN FOR CITIES EVENT:

Meet at the CCAP office

on Thursday, October 16th at 5:30pm for dinner. We will travel together to Burnaby. Bus tickets available for those who need them.

Is There a New Threat in Iraq? ISIS . It stands for Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.

Now it\ supposedly the new problem in the world. "This is barbaric," one powerful person after an­

other said when IS IS fanatics showed the cut-off heads of three westerners to the world.

These acts were barbaric. Y ct the western powers, especially the United States and Great Britain have done some barbaric things too in Iraq .

Let's go back nearly 100 years. The western powers back then, namely the U.S. of A., Britain, Canada, Italy and France had won the First World War after four years of terrible ftghti'ng from 1914 to 19 18. At the peace conference in France at Versailles in 1919, the British and the French carved up the Turkish Em­pire. Turkey fought alongside the other losers li ke Germany and Austria-Hungary. The winners around the Versailles conference table created new countries in the Midd le East that were now under their control.

One of the new or rejigged countries was Iraq. The British put three peoples, Sunni Moslims, Shia Muslims and the Kurds, who were also Moslems, into a country that was now called 'Iraq'. Yet there was a problem. Shias and Sunnis didn't like each o ther and hadn't since the 8th century, II 00 years before. And neither of these two groups liked the Kurds.

But the British government didn't care. Iraq had lots of oil and it's new king liked the British. Now some Kurdish people didn't like this new set-up at all. They rose in revolt against the British and were joined I by Afghani tribes people in Afghanistan who also

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v.'a!1ted a new set-up in their country too. "I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas

against uncivilized tribes," said the British politician Winston Churchill at the time. The British govern­ment, said Churchill, "must procure a speedy termina­tion of the disorder that prevails on the frontier."

So poison gas, that had killed thousands of peo­ple in World War One, was used against the Kurds and the Afgh~nis. Iraq was now a loyal supporter of the Briti sh Empire. Yet this couldn't last forever. In 1958 a progressive military leader named Kassem overthrew the Iraqi king. In I 963 he in turn was over­thrown and murdered, possibly with help from the Central Intelligence Agency.

Iraq then went through a time of turmoil. When all this ended in 1979, Saddam Hussein emerged as Iraq's powerful leader.By now lraqi governments had na­tionalized the country's oil. Benefits flowed to the people. Schools, hospitals, libraries, roads and other things were built with money from oil revenues.

At the top of the heap. Hussein ruled with an iron hand . He was a Sunni Moslem from Tikrit who mis­trusted the Shia majority and the Kurds. He used force and violence to murder rivals and crush dissent. Yet Iraqi people who stayed on the s idelines did benefit. ' "Baghdad was a lovely city," said a t.v. camera­man who visited Iraq in the early 1980's. "Lots of people seemed to be doing quite well under Hussein." Yet then came more upheaval and everything changed for the worst.

(End of Part One). By dave jaffe

DTES Small Arts Grants

Applications will be available on:

Friday, October 24, 2014 after 1 PM. -please pick up at the Carnegie Centre main

floor information desk. To learn more about the grants and their criteria,

please attend one of our information sessions :

Tuesday, October 28th, 2:00- 3:30 PM. Classroom 2 (J rd floor), Carnegie Centre, 40 I Main Street.

Tuesday, November 4th, 6:00- 7:30PM, Classroom 2 (3 rd tloor), Carnegie Centre. 40 I Main Street

For more information: Jason Bouchard, coordinator Email: dtesartsgrants@gmail.com Phone: 778-879-9843 Website: vancouverfoundationsmallarts.ca

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Fear ana loathing in Olympic VUlage To the editar:

Re: "Social housing project gener­ates 729 police calls in first 16 months," S~pt. 24.

VPD Chief Jim Chu, in this article, reinforces the belief prominently held by many, including many Vision coun­cillors that the hard to house "should not be just dumped in the Downtown Eastside."

In this case, it appears as though in pursuit of a grand social experiment these residents have now been, in fact, dumped into an area they have no social engagement with, no community sup­port to fall back on and all in a virtual dead zone where their only neighbours are warehouses, small businesses and ~'lata ownersihat despise and fear them.

How can we expect people who are barely coping with desperate frailties to cope in this kind of environment? Those who are so eager to see the Downtown Eastside flushed clear of these kinds of projects might ask themselves how many police. calls would have come through had this same facility been built within that neighbourhood.

Sites there that offer housing to people with special needs never rack up trouble calls in volumes like this be­cause the residents are supported daily by street contact, peer connectivity as well as professional therapeutic inter-vention where needed.

A great disservice has been done to these people by setting them up for fail­ure in this pathetic sterile environment in the middle of nowhere.

It will be most interesting to compare the wellbeing of these tenants to those who will soon be moving into the new Princess Street premises next year where residents will be housed within an exist­ing neighbourhood that is accustomed to behavioural shortcomings that many will have and will offer. a better measure of support than is now instead only misery for just about everyone in and around the Marguerite Ford Aparnnents.

Ian MacRae, Vancouver

Crr'l Wtl'ls 1/'/JvNcTtoNs AGAIIISI Pt<ore-sr£~s '~'~ OPI'ENHtEMcR .PA~K . .... ?

Dear Paul R. Taylor,

This is a great day for democracy!

I'm thrilled to tell you that today we officially filed a constitutional challenge to strike down sections of the "Fair" Elections Act.

You'll remember the scandal surrounding the Harper Conservatives' re-writing of Canada's election laws earlier this year that triggered widespread outrage from every corner of the country.

Thanks to your amazing support and generous donations, the Council of Canadians led an effective rapid-response campaign to stop the "Fair" Elections Act that reached over one million Canadians! And because of our collective efforts, the Harper Conservatives were forced to back down and make substantial changes.

But the "Fair" Elections Act remains profoundly anti-democratic and still violates our Charter of Rights and Freedoms that guarantees "Every citizen of Canada has the right to vote".

That's why we've joined with the Canadian Federation of Students and three individual electors to file our constitutional challenge of the act on the grounds that it will:

• Disenfranchise upwards of 100,000 eligible voters- mostly students, seniors and First Nations­by making it impossible for them to prove their address or identity in order to cast their ballot in the 2015 federal election.

• Strip the Chief Electoral Officer of her/his independence and po'+'er to both investigate fraud - like the robocall scandal - and communicate such activities to Parliament and the Canadian publ ic.

• Expose the Commissioner of Canada Elections to partisan interference by making her/him accountable to the government, rather than to Parliament.

I'll be straight with you -this is going to be tough.

It's critical that we present the strongest argument possible if we're to successfully strike down these anti­democratic sections of the act before the upcoming 2015 federal election.

That's where you come in.

Constitutional challenges aren't cheap. We urgently need to raise new funds to cover upcoming costs related to research, evidence gathering and expert testimony.

We also have to be prepared if the Harper Conservatives apply to be interveners in our case. You'll remember federal court justice Richard Mosley accused the Conservatives of engaging in "trench warfare" to stop our robocalls legal challenge. So you know they'll be up to their old tricks again.

Legal costs are expected to exceed $100,000. The good news is generous Council supporters have already chipped in to raise more than $25,000!

41.) 1 Ma1n Street, /ancouver 1/6A 2T7 604-665-2289 THIS NEWSLETIER IS A PUBLICATION OF THE CARNEGIE COMMUNITY CENTRE ASSOCIATION

Articles represenbt the views of individual contributors and not of ~he Association.

WANTED Artwork for the Carnegie Newsletter

Small illustrations to accompany articles and poetry. Cover art - Max size: 17cm(6.7")wide x 15cm(6")high. Subject matter pertaining to issues relevant to the Downtown Eastside, but all work considered. Black & White printing only. Size restrictions apply (i.e. If your piece is too large, it will be reduced and/or cropped to fit). All artists will receive credit for their work. Originals will be returned to the artist after being copied for publication. Remuneration: Carnegie Volunteer Tickets.

Please make submissions to Paul Taylor, Editor.

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DONATIONS 2014 Elsie McG .-$100 Robert McG.-$100 Terry & Savannah -$100 Margaret D.-$40 Leslie S.-$200 Dave J .-$24 Sharon J .-$35 C hristopher R.-$1 00 Bob & Muggs -$300 Carnegie Seniors Support Group -$300 Sharman W.-$76 Michele C.-$ 100 Catherine C.-$100 Yukiko T.-$30 Vancouver Moving Theatre -$200 Downtown East Village Pride -$50 Maxine B.$2 1 to honour poet N Benson Michael C.-$1 00 Mel & Barb L.-$50

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