Circulation since inception: 20,500

Vander Zalm for Pope?

Abortion is not morally acceptable OR abortion is the choice that any - woman expecting has a right to make.

These -two statements constitute the views, basically, of both the Riqht to Life and the Pro-choice groups: Each is aware of circurn- starices where abortion is necessary, and r~hile the first allows that a life-threatening situation to the mother warrants termination, the sec- ond justifyably includes pregnancies resulting from rape, incest and uni- ons that have made a fetus horribly deformed . Pro-Choice wants more emancipation

for women from having to bear and raise a child that would live its life in grinding poverty or in any situation where it will not receive the care required - the food, the love, the multiple needs of any human alive. These all seem to be valid reasons why the term 'unwanted' is used. But enough of this academic reasoning; this isn't the subject of a boardroom debate or a classroom exercise. The Abortion laws of this country

have been struck down as unconstitu- tional. and now the spectre of anti-

its ugly head - with mucky morals and narrow-minded pronouncements by those presently in control to impose their philosophy on the peo- ple of this province without giving any credence to the rationale of Pro-choice. Vander Zalm and his minions have

just given the game to Right to Life by making t k responsibility of the government sufficiently vague to allow anti-abortionists - and I mean ANPI - to cmtinue to decide whether

Cont. pg. 1 2

Claude Richmond Both students and tutors in the

Carneyie Learning Centre went through a very emotional meeting on Tuesday, February 9. The two times under dis- cussion were hungry children in our schools and the concept of charging fees for any course or instruction. "Students and tutors of the Learn- ing Centre are concerned about the young learners in our city being un- able to learn due to hunger. We feel that whether this occurs

because of parental irresponsibility or not is immaterial; the children should not be punished. Idenki fy i ng the children would be humiliating and is unacceptable. Parents with con- tinuous financial problems can be assisted with counselling and other means - like crisis grants, etc." MOTION: THAT THE CCCA (Carnegie As-

sociation) SEND A LETTER TO CLAUDE RICHMOND URGING HIM IN THE STRONGEST TERMS TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTIONS TO HELP HUNGRY SCHOOL CHILD- REN WITHOUT HARASSING THE PARENTS.

This motion was agreed to at the

Board meeting on Thursday, the llth, and following is the letter going to the Hon. Claude Richmond:

Dear Mr. Richmond, "My physical disorder was caused

by starvation. I know what it is to be hungry." With these words, I opened my short

response to your government's decision to reduce GAIN support by $7 some time ago. I survived having nothing but

of what life is like to people who do not have the financial means to pro- - vide adequate nourishment for themselv or their families..but you persist in trying to convince sane people that the fault for lack of food in poor chi1 drenss bellies is their parents. This is an excuse for failing to see your government's hand in p ~ r p t u a t i n g he lying myth that everyone is enjoying the sgood life'. A sane response - society realizing

its culpability and the wealthy m w - ing quickly to correct itself - a response already happening, is being denied by you. That children continue to attend classes with their ability to advance diminishing daily is bla- tantly disgusting, but to you and your government it is irrelevant! If being a public servant means only re- maining in office then, and only then, does your submitting to Vander Zalm's will become a sane, human response. Punishing young learners for the

failings of a society far older than they is the act of a non-human. I urge you in the strongest terms to

reverse your seemingly personal stand and approve the waiting programs to ..c feed our children without harassing parents.

Respectfully submitted, '. PAULR TAnOR uater for 86 days straight and intra-

venous feeding for a further 18 days, ' , the first 14 of which I was in a deep coma. For almost two years following this, walking, coordination, manual dexterity t balance, vision, speech and thought were very similar to being stoned drunk 24 hours a day. Mental

'GRASS' FIRE: Joe Romano's high-tech smoke detector summoned police and ilreilghters to Ns smoke-filled home, although he didn't want them Police quoted Romano, 40, of Old Bridge, NJ., as telling ofllcers, "I'm just smoking a little marijuana, and it's OK in my own house!' Police disagreed and chWPd him with po-smdng marijuana.

I r e a l l y have changed; r e a l i z i n g everyone has t o mature through t i m e and pa t ience . I never r e a l l y , thought t h a t a lcohol could aave such a devas t a t i ng e f f e c t on l i v e s i n a community. Only when I got the message my uncle was dying and only has a s h o r t time t o l i v e d id i t h i t me.

I t r y t o do th ings but now I f e a r because s i t u a t i o n s a r e s o f a r away i n another country I may not see them. Generally, people have im- mediate family i n t h e country (or wi th in t r a v e l l i n g d i s t ance ) and blank out o t h e r s who don ' t .

I never grew up wi th grandparents o r o the r r e l a t i v e s , except personal family, and s t i l l ge t angry when people ge t oppor tun i t i e s s o e a s i l y because t h i s person knows someone e l s e o r has a cousin o r an uncle - t he o the r l o n e r s ge t l e f t on t h e s ide . 1t ' s not f a i r t o ge t what you want because of you know.

I ' v e always had t o work f o r o t h e r s accept ing low-scale wages, inevi- t a b l e s t r u g g l i n g j u s t t o hold onto something without much encouragement - ~ C J h d c . 1 i i - i t - i a ? -

Eventually, you ge t sucked i n t o the crowd of people f i g h t i n g back a s bes t you know how. But t h i s takes away from you th ings t h a t show you a s a genuinely independent persona l i ty . Not r e a l l y a f r a i d of beat ing o r c rush ing your p r i d e o r self-confidence f o r t he betterment of t h e i r own pos i t i on .

Then I see people t r y i n g t o b e t t e r themselves i n one way o r another - bea t ing drugs, g e t t i n g grade 1 2 equivalency, o r being s e l f - s u f f i c i e n t . There a r e people who haven ' t worked a day i n t h e i r l i f e

f o r t h e i r educat ion o r goal and s t i l l have go t t en everything given t o them.

I ' m proud t o be myself because I ' m a b l e t o express my inner l i g h t and s t i l l genuinely care about o thers . By SANDRA M. VANTOL

I was r e a l l y touched by t h e a r t i c l e w r i t t e n by Tora i n "The Corner Stone.'. Even though I ' v e l i v e d a g rea t d e a l of my l i f e i n Van., I was never r e a l l y a p a r t of t h e V a s t Side" - even though the Eas t s ide has been a r e a l p a r t of me.

Un t i l r ecen t ly , I began t o view i t , r e a l l y - see it! I guess per- haps t h e change i n s e l f was t h a t it no longer threatened me. -

I spent most of my l i f e f e e l i n g - i f I f a i l , 1'11 end up on Skid Row. . . i f . . . i f . . . Then I f i n a l l y r ea l i zed : I AM i n Skid Row - and it came wi th t h e recent newfound acceptance of Who I am - what I am. That nothing w i l l change i t , be- r3-P ~.f%lf I fee^ 1s m-7 hn--+-. ...J .LIb'.L L , only I have power over t h a t . I r e f l e c t e d then t h a t I used t o f e e l a s I rode on a bus. . those poor Indians. . . those poor souls . . .bu t f o r t h e Grace, t h e r e go I....... ( a l l t h e f a v o u r i t e sayings)

I began t o =-evaluate my va lues - Why d id I f e e l t h a t ?

Now I walk f r e e from my f e a r . Free from t h e Standards t h a t soc- i e t y f e l t I should have t o be a c r e d i t t o my race , t o have t o con- t i n u e t o be a c lose t -a lky , a hyp- o c r i t i c a l , se l f - r igh teous Indian.

These people a r e my people. I walk among them, no t judgemental, ,

n e i t h e r looking up o r looking down. But I d id n o t i c e t h a t t h i s is the heavies t conc rn t r a t i on of Indians. They a r e surv ivors . They have over come what Nat ional Indian Confer- ences have been t ry ing . There a r e no b a r r i e r s ; they a l l g e t along. P r a i r i e , Coastal , Northern, South- e r n - no p o l i t i c k i n g - r e l i g i o n i n t h e s e c u l a r sense. To be l e f t a lone - t o do t h e i r own th ing - a s i t once w a s , i n t he beginning.

By DINAH SCHOONER -C-_._-__=-X-I .+- 1' -

Dear Nancy Jennings,

I was j u s t i n t h e Post Off ice -'. I , - - &Z-,..- ..--I c--- m1---- - - - - a~ uuDLartsD auu u v ~ c . LllCy d L e :

no longer handl ing package pickup and q u i t e a few o t h e r s e rv i ce s . They t e l l me t h a t t he re is a r e a l t h r e a t t h a t t h i s post o f f i c e w i l l be c losed down.

It would make sense i f a few community groups wrote let ters of support t o keep i t open.

I ' v e had t o walk 6 blocks t o pick up a heavy package and now have t o walk another 3 blocks t o pick i t up. What about t h e o ld t imers who have t roub le walking?

A r e t h e r e o the r groups/agencies who could be encouraged t o w r i t e ?

I ' m a concerned neighbour.

Carol I. 543 Hawks Ave., Van., B.C.

-- Dear M s Jennings:

I am w r i t i n g t o acknowledge re- c e i p t of your recent l e t t e r address -ed t o M r . D.H. Lander, Pres ident and Chief Executive Of f i ce r , regar- ding t h e new pol icy wi th r e spec t t o t h e pickup of pa rce l s and r eg i s - t e r ed mail .

Because t h e na tu re of t h e sub jec t you r a i s ed f a l l s wi th in t h e respon- s i b i l i t y of M r . M. Gormick, Divis- i o n a l General Manager of t h e P a c i f i c

, Division, I have forwarded a copy of your correspondence t o h i s a t t e n t i o n . Your query w i l l r ece ive f u l l cons idera t ion , and you w i l l be hear ing from him i n t h e near fu tu re

Elelen Mrakovics I Manager

Corporate Correspondence Service ? -.-. -" +. 7-

Dear M r . Levesque,

I would l i k e t o thank you f o r your recent correspondence regard- i ng Canada Poat Corporation.

P lease be assured t h a t i f u l l y understand t h e motives t h a t have prompted you t o w r l t e . avery can- adian deserves access t o an e f f i c - i e n t and r e l i a b l e p o s t a l se rv ice .

While Canada Post has made en- couraging progress i n var ious as- pec ts of t h e p o s t a l s e rv i ce , I r e a l i z e t h e r e is s t i l l much work t o be done. I am conf ident t h a t t h e Corporation can bu i ld on the i n i t i a t i v e s a l ready taken t o r e s t o r e t h e s e r v i c e t o a l e v e l where i t can once aga in be a source of p r i d e t o a l l i t s users . This cannot be done, however, i f our Government does no t consul t wi th people l i k e you. Your exper- i ence i s va luable t o our Govern- ment and I would encourage you t o share any f u r t h e r suggest ions you may have regarding Canada Post Corporation wi th t h e Minis te r respons ib le , The Honourable Harvey Andre, o r wi th your Member of Parliament. I can a s su re you t h a t your views w i l l be given every cons idera t ion as d i scus s ions on

, t h i s important aspec t of Canadian l i f e continue.

Once again, thank you f o r making m e aware of your concerns.

With every good wish,

Brian Mulroney.

I These three letters seem to be a planned to inclvde responses to good example of citizen-government those hurt. Send them form "A" or interchange: (1) real concern is "B" with the minor changes to make brought to someone who may be able it seem personal; promise them the to help; (2) the concern is for- world but give them diddiy-squat. warded to the exact person respon- sible and (3) the Head Man responds. By PAULR TAYLOR

Gore & Hastings is being closed! This branch is much used by older

and senior residents, many of whom speak only Cantonese. Most have no vehicles, many are disabled, yet these special /general things are irrelevant to the decision to make residents walk to the main branch on Pender for parcels and essential postal services. Mulroney uses a lot of words in

'his' reply - as does VanderZalm or Richmond - but what is actually done? Nothing. This is basically a "form letter". Assure anyone that they are important, a good citizen for being concerned, that their concerns & suggestions will have the highest priority ... and then act as though the ideas never came up, ignore the hardships imposed and just stop the service entirely.

n--3 1 _ L L _ - - _ nrau l r ~ L r L s YOU $eLL frulil ~011- ticians; be coldly aware that they consciously give such 'quick fixess so you won't feel ignored. The boost to your ego to get a reply from "The Prime Minister Himself" is usually sufficient for him (them) to go ahead with their decision/plans; letting human nature take over the mind of the noise-makers. - "They must have had good reasons" - "They know more than I do. .." or the greatest blinder: "They are

in office and it's their job." From experience, it's a given that

any government move that will hurt almost everyone but the rich is well

A chaos

Ho boy, did you guys miss something! -.. -. I nt= i;r.cig erred aga in . Iney ei.4 E Q ~ -.. let my two cousins in the country. . . . ycv know, the one from Senegal who said he wanted to Aid(he1p) Canada develop into a Banana Rep- ublic (see U.S. satellite countries) And what about my cousin Gross-

Hilda? They claimed humanitarian reasons for not letting her in. They felt Grosshilda Molotov was too fired up for Canadian men, since the last time she dated a male all she got was the Son of Kong.

Crassly yours, Captain Chaos

I lay awake waiting for my body to relax Hy mind pleads for an answer to my worries 1 feel an urgent need to analyze each interaction Should I have done this or would a hug have worked better? I see a parade of young troubled faces Howscan I show them there is a better way? It seems so long ago that I was one of these kids Is the answer there in my past? I try to remember exactly what gave me comfort

to see another day through What words did they use to unlock the shell I hid in? From there to this night seemed to take a long time. People who tried to help were important but they never stay very long in my life. I didn't travel alone. Even when I had no

i C, Hoii. ' ----I -I FF.-1 ---.-nnma clnea J. LUUIU I G L A Uv..lrurrb r-..--. I guess that's my answer, You are there with all the kids so I can go to sleep.

Pat Panagoulias Paper Lovers

They linger by the water's edge as dusk envelops their embrace, reluctant to end the consecration each had learned to live without.

They drift home as slow as time, heart-sprung, sweetly secret smiles washing over their pasts like waves until the current claims their needs.

Steven Belkin

Mobious Strip

Seven days from Sundays I wait inside the space, leftover from the emptiness I tried to fill with waiting. It occurs to me that I've seen this place before.

Time steals back from me the moments I gave away waiting for my time to come - calling it my future. I am remlnded of a game played with peas and shells.

Memory keeps a list for me of the things I've asked it to forget, cross-referenced with index and footnotes. I must remind myself to forget to remember it.

You aren't really paranoid until you start censoring the letters you write to yourself - or the poems. Would someone please lift me off the paper now?

Steven Belkin

, rt was a long freight ride, through two thousand miles of lakes and streams, and every part of me felt dehydrated. Water,---I almost did it that time, or I sure as hell thought so. Nowadays almost everytime I walk

by a water tap, I take time to drink, and drink plenty. Never mind India or South America or Africa where there is no water for miles - or poor water unfit to drink because of diseases. That freight ride with no water

scared the hell out of me, never mind no water all the time.

i Do you know what it feels like? Cramps, tightening up..it feels like you're burning up and have used every drop of water in your system! Well, I have to tell you, some-

where in Ontario, I jumped off that damn train (at not a slow speed) and ran like hell for the nearest ditch and damned if I didn't scream because I found life! Even now my body shakes, my head feels like exploding, my eyes burn holes through me ...j ust thinking about it.

l7r.n-.r t 4 m r r ,vc;L, I sez a iiiaii, ~ W I I & L I or child without water and in pain, it causes me anger and hate and, above all, fear. Nobody means for it to happen - "no-one goes for days on end without water" - in this day and age, with all our expertise and technology and wealth; but it does, Everyone has a right to be ensured

of good drinking water and, with about 2/3 of the earth's surface being covered with it there is no reason whatsoever that those in power should spend their time on other matters when their own people are dying of thirst and disease due to a lack of clean water.

It waq a long freight ride, a long thirst, but it opened my eyes. Why don't you open yours? Should we pass legislation - we, the people - and say no person can enter pnliti- cal office until they've had the dehydrated frieght ride? Gkay, I've gone too far..to the point of cruel- ty, but it's no worse than the total inaction, total unconcern for others ...p olitics & wars... I sit here and gaze at a pic-

ture - a beautiful lake with people in their boats - with a caption: "Let Only Good Spirits Guide You"

- an advertisement for our country. Perhaps we should thank someone named God, that we have good drink- ing water..so far..still! In the news we read about oil

spills, chemicals, dumping of waste in water here and everywhere. ~et's face it, the world seems determined to destroy the good they've received from someone else. Third world countries have pollu-

ted, diseased water; many places all over the world have a water sup ply problem, and we, in this coun- try, are too stupid to learn the r n o t l + A n - c L e L y - - - - - - 2 --- - - J , u ~ - b l ~ L U L G C Z L C L L L L ~ ~ n~laidkes of other countries and avoid them. I don't know if there is a way to

turn bad, polluted water into clean drinking water, but there is a way to help keep water clean and to distribute it to everyone. It will only cost minimal bucks compared to what it will eventually cost if people don't stand up and do some- thing now! We have to say No! Nothing in

the water but what God put there. That's how it should be..thatrs how it was meant to be. Let1$ a l l do our part to be part of the solution.

8 Dear Carnegie Ed i to r ,

Strange t h a t t h e Eastender f o r Jan. 28 s h ~ u l d f e a t u r e a f ron t - page p i c t u r e of Robert (Cowboy) E l l i s , saying: "This Centre (Car- negie) has been taken away from t h e o lde r people of t h i s a r ea . . . I 1 The r e s t of t h e a r t i c l e t a l k s about t h e book Hastings and Main & Carn- e g i e ' s 8 t h anniversary.

But here is ~ l l i s ' s f ace g l a r i n g out a t us , and t h e s ta tement t h a t Hastings and Main i s "a book of l i f e s t o r i e s by E l l i s and o t h e r innor-,-, t r i r nonn I - i t Fn tL

An Open Letter to all Native Pebple

ThesVancouver Indian Centre at one time appeared to recognize the problems of Native people of the Hastings and Main area. The res- ponse to these problems has been unsatisfactory. There are many people sliding

back into the street scene with its drug and alcohol problems. As there are no programs set up to help them during this difficult time, several concerned Native people have decided to form the Urban Native Sup- port Group. This is our response to an urgent need for programs with which people can constructively occupy their time. It is unfortunate that we must set

up an alternative program without cooperation from the Vancouver Indian Centre. We feel it is necessary because of our frustration and dis- appointment with the lack of focus by the Indian Centre on the needs of Natives in the Hastings & Main area.

an P _ s ? ~ ? I ~ c - C ? Z > ~ meetzr?g IQ ~ r r z z - ~ --- bbU for Thursday, February 11. Native peo

The s t o r y you a r e about t o read i s t rue . AN EVENING AT liowever, i t d id no t a l l occur i n one n igh t . It i s a composite of s e v e r a l v i s i t s

t o t h e J o i n t .

Someone much wiser than myself once t o l d me t h a t t h e only way t o c u r e t h e "mid-week blues" was t o wander on over t o t h e C l a s s i c a l J o i n t and t ake i n t h e "open mike" f o l k n igh t . Well! It was now Woeful Wednesday; 9:23 t o be exact. I packed my g u i t a r and made t h e journey from Carnegie Centre over t o t h e bu i ld ing on Carrall S t r e e t wi th my f r i end Arlo Bendo.

Ihen w e got t o our d e s t i n a t i o n , w e entered and closed t h e door behind us. Looking around t h e cand le - l i t room w e saw a f a i r s i zed group of people who had come t o hear t h e country/ . bluegrass sounds of t h e Cotton S t r e e t Band which was t h e f e a t u r e a c t of t h e evening.

Af te r w e s taked ou t a t a b l e on a platform by t h e window t h a t afforded us an unobstructed

view of the room, I went t o t h e back, deposi ted my g u i t a r with t h e o the r instruments by t h e piano and s igned up t o perform a few songs l a t e r on. I then grabbed a chess game and re turned t o our t ab l e .

A s Arlo and I s e t up our p i eces on t h e board, t h e wa i t r e s s , whose name was Florence, came over with h e r t r a y on which she had he r o rde r s and a co f f ee cup wi th one and two d o l l a r b i l l s n e a t l y s tacked in s ide .

I t Bon s o i r . Would you l i k e anything t o drink?" she asked very chee r fu l ly i n her French accent . I f you were f e e l i n g down when you came i n , you weren't now. I f i t was r a in ing ou t s ide , t h e sun was s h i n i n g ' a t your tab le . We ordered two po t s of orange pekoe t e a with honey and she was gone on her way back t o t he ki tchen.

Our emcee, David Querido got th ings of f t o a good s t a r t , s ing ing some songs about union organizing on the Fraser River and mulching gardens.

Cont. pg.15

O h ! Lord I come t o You today wi th a prayer l i n e - Need f o r You t o show me t h e way - And guide me, Lord of my n igh t , Lord of my day - Take me home, s o my sou l w i l l be a t ease - Hate and v io lence , seems Love has become a d i s e a s e - Anybody who has only &ove i n s i d e - Never makes i t ; they d i e barefoot a long the r i v e r s i d e -

Lef t o u t , ou t ca s t o r dying a lone somewhere - Is a high p r i c e t o pay when one c a r r i e s only Love and c a r e - Very long ago, a Man died on a c ros s , because He was Loving - I knew t h e road f o r Love would be long, and winding - Never gave up my Fa i th , 'cause I knew i n my lone ly sky - God would provide, I knew H e wouldn't l e t me d i e - Soon o r l a t e r , I too , would s ee and meet Love - Today, my Love and m e need the he lp from Above - Otherwise, t h e rough t i m e s ahead w i l l be much harder - Nothing is easy t o go through without You, Dear Father -

Someday, people w i l l r e a l i z e t h a t without Love, t h e r e ' s no L i f e - Each day is made from a l i t t l e b i t of joy and s t r i f e - And i f you ' re no t a lone t o l i v e i t , you ' re very b lessed - Give with Love, l i v e wi th Love, and y o u ' l l f i n d happiness - Unique and s p e c i a l i t w i l l be, 'cause i t comes down from God - Love is t h e only answer and a g a i n s t a l l odds - I . f f ~ i z l t h ~ ::srlc! ;;ill LZ oiie ol" Peac:e and ~i_~?rmczy. -

Now the world needs t o change, 'cause i t ' s g e t t i n g q u i t e l a t e - Enough of t h a t ha t red , where i s your Love anti ~ , ? i t h ? -

12 From Pg* 1 a woman will die if she has a baby. The question of what constitutes "life-threatening" is purposely being ignored. This will not allow a woman to terminate a fetus even if the birth would have the child in an un- wanted situation from the start.

* "Governments, if they endure, al- ways tend increasingly toward ari- stocratic forms. No government in history has been known to evade this pattern. And as the aristoc- racy develops, government tends more and more to act exclusively in the interests of the ruling cidss - whether that ciass be her- editary royalty, oligarchs of fin- ancial empires or entrenched bur- eaucracy " * Taken from Children of Dune

by Frank Herbert

POPE of your CHOICE . The present premier of B.C. has in-

creasingly expressed his fanaticism about "the way life should be" as op2osed to life. In the words of Mike Tytherleigh: Premier Bill Van- der Zalm's fanatical crusade against abortion may get him a welcome at the Vatican but it smacks of a man who has allowed power to go to his head, losing all sense of reason. By denying abortions.to victims of

rape or incest, he shows a hostile attitude toward women that is archaic and deplorable. By being an anti-abortionist and,

ironically, anti-contraceptive as well, he's sending out a signal that he's against female emancipation. Despite the smile, this humourless,

vindictive and stubborn man might be portrayed as a woman-hater out to con- trol their reproductive rights, keep- ing them as chattels of men and second- class citizens. " Vander Zalm is displaying his men-

tal distress (to be read disease?) JX

as the policies and legislation OF the Socred government continue in their exposure as totally out of touch with common sense. Bill 20 jams the education system

with disgruntled teachers and worr- ied students - no growth allowed; Bill 19 makes the labour movement lose its power of collective barg- aining and negotiating at the table as equals with management; welfare rates are frozen for years but rents increase anyway and people must pay out of their food money, then support a l lnmnces are redcced Seczdse of "restraint" while thousands and mil- lions of dollars are squandered on subsidizing idiosyncracies of the wealthy - legislated poverty becomes focused on the worm of legislated malnutrition; children go to school every day hungry and this government will not even approve the formation of a non-profit society to handle the million dollars or so that have been raised to eradicate this disgusting blot on society as a whole. They lecture about it being the parent's responsibility to ensure their chil- dren adequate food - ignoring the hard fact that the welfare rates are grossly inadequate to feed one Person*

"The tail does not cause the horse. "

What this caucus of self-righteous blanks is using is an ancient form- ula of government - and they probab- ly aren't even conscious of doing so. They are right in their own eyes and that's sufficient. The formula?

"A large populace held in check by a 'small but powerful force is quite a common situation in our uni- verse. And we know the major con- ditions whereis khis large populace may turn upon it, keepers - One: When they find a leader. This --

is the most volatile threat to the powerful - they must retain control of leaders."

When some one or group challenges the policies or legislation of this government, they are hounded and scandalized by carefully worded and edited media coverage. Witness the "seditious conspiracy" charge agai- nst theLabour movement: if these tnctics, laws ijoverning finance can be used - especially against those poor in money terms.

Two: When the populace recognizes - its chains."

Here is the main point reverberat- ing through Vander Zalm's most re- cent pronouncements '- no woman has the right to be a first-class citizen and decide on the course of her life. She must remain subservient to men and do their bidding - meaning having their children regardless of her own potential and needs.

Three: "When the populace perceives a hope of escape from bondage. They must never even believe that escape is possible!"

- - - -,- l : - - : - r . 4 - n n x r a r 4 - v . %Trl,mpn reuple: L A v slry y - . -- , caught in unexpected and unwanted preg- nancies, workers in industry, teach- ers who wish to have a pertinent say in their and their students' futures, children who can be nutritionally cared for without the stigma of be- ing labelled 'poor trashl...all of this and more is being perpetuated by people with deranged minds - deranged in that "they" have theirs and Screw You Jack ! These sidereal scumbumbuckets (or,

politely, disturbed individuals) see no problem in keeping the majority of people in this province under control.

"Most lives are a flight from self- hood. Most prefer the truths of the stable. You stick your heads into the stancheons and munch until you die. Others use you for their purposes. Not once do you live out- side the stable to lift your head and be your own creature."

Privatization is the main thrust of it. Put more and more essential pub- lic services in the hands of private corporations and the public voice will have as much influence as a rag waved at a nuclear bomb. Put real control in the hands of the obscenely rich and objecting citizens will have no recourse but to obey. These will be returned to a place of serfdom as the new aristocracy proclaims its manifest destiny - Kings, Barons and Earls. Their word becomes law? Wit- ness Vander Zalm saying that he doesn't listen to experts or consultants or anyone - he gets a ' lgut-feeling" and

d e c i d e s ! ! ! \ >

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i v i s i t e d your grave,

A t Hosp i t a l today they t o l d m e you'd d ied i n your s l e e p , a f t e r n ine days of slumbering i n coma. You passed from i n t o o u t , a f t e r n ine days i n t o t h e o u t e r - f i e l d . your f l e s h , a mor ta l husk, now only cold. Dead.

i v i s i t e d your grave,

A t t h e Cemetery o f f i c e , she d i r e c t e d m e t he re , po in t ing t o a map on t h e wal l . t o a spo t w i th no head-stone, there . Go. i walked t o your grave along a pa th l i n e d with graves. Nothing marked the p l o t t hey ld .bu r i ed your dead body with-in. cnlp 2 liypilellai-c-.ri f i u ~ b ~ r cr_ 2 + l n cf rurrl ---1--A u s u . , r c ~ u LL 'lv" II . Your p l o t , an " X " on a s l i p of paper, your p l o t . Your space of slumber, dream, peace. A number f o r a name. A modern exchange.

i v i s i t e d your grave,

i almost c r i e d . i d i d n ' t though. i con t ro l l ed t h e flow. The t e a r . i he ld t h e t i n i e s t one back, bu t , wept i n s i d e , dea r f r i end . Departed s t rong Comrade.

i don ' t know where you may be. may-be some w a n i s l a n d i n t h e middle of a ho t sea. Somewhere co ld , Maybe? a f rozen world. Way o u t , o u t t h e r e somewhere i n t h e o r b i t of P lu to? O r maybe n o t , and then again maybe t h e p l o t i s a l l you got . Resur rec t ion of t h e dead? Reincarnated s o u l ?

a Memory

S i t t i n g on t h e edge of my bed A s t r ange childhood, dream zaps me

between the eyes. B i t s and p i eces f l i r t wi th my memory Dancing about on the edge of r e a l i t y Looking back i n my o ld playgrounds I can only t r y t o comprehend. There is a soothing Power i n t he a i r Is i t j u s t my imagination? O r am I now Comfortably Numb?

John B e l l

The Mighty Eagle

There once was a Flighty Eagle Who could f l y s o very High He even once touched t h e Sky Un t i l one day he soared so f a s t , and f r e e ,

He woke up and was s c a t t e r e d among the t r e e s .

John B e l l

from pg.10

Florence came back with our t e a s , we paid f o r them and she was gone before we r ea l i zed t h a t she had fo rgo t t en t h e honey.

"HONEY" Arlo c a l l e d ou t t o he r a s she headed f o r t h e ki tchen. A l l of a sudden, every female i n t h e room looked up a t our t a b l e a s Arlo r ea l i zed what he had s a i d and t r i e d t o h ide unper t h e t ab l e . Wonder what would have happ- ened i f he had c a l l e d ou t f o r some sugar.

Our game of chess was wel l under way when the Cotton S t r e e t Band began playing t h e i r tunes. My knight took Ar lo ' s pawn t o t h e tune of "Tonight The B o t t l e Let Me Down". La te r t h e game took a t u r n f o r t h e worse. Every time I ' d make a move and th ink I was s a f e I would n o t i c e Ar lo ' s bishop lu rk ing behind my queen's robes. I a l s o learned t h a t h i s king was a bigamist , when one of h i s Pawns made i t t o my s i d e of t h e board and queened. .

The door kept opening and c l o s i n g a s people came and went. Throughout t h e evening t h e Carnegie cont ingent s t r agg led i n . There w a s Dave McConnell s i t t i n g over i n a corner , and Mary Brogan was enjoying h e r s e l f i n conversat ion wi th Ear le and Barb. W i l l i was s i t t i n g over by t h e wa l l wi th a group of people. Lloyd would wander i n h id ing behind h i s b lack as n igh t shades and stumble i n t o t h e t a b l e before f i nd ing a sea t .

One musician I r e a l l y enjoyed l a t e r i n t h e evening was Tammy Fasser t wi th he r Emmylou Har r i s - l i ke voice. P e t e r Allen sang one of h i s own tunes t h a t t o l d of "Suicide On The Ins ta l lment Plan". John Lyon d i d some g r e a t Fa ts Waller tunes r e p l e t e wi th voca l im i t a t i ons of trumpets and trombones. There were a couple of poets . Tora was r e a l l y down on t h e Americans. H e d id a p iece t i t l e d "Di s t i nc t i ve Software". One p i ece t h a t was r e a l l y h i l a r i o u s was a send-up of "At The Hop" i n which t h e syncopation of t h e words was such t h a t Tora 's gasping f o r b r ea th between l i n e s w a s p o e t i c on i t ' s own. Wendy t o l d a t a l e of a d r e s s she found i n a consignment shop on Commercial Drive. I got up towards t he end of t h e evening and d id a couple of tunes by my f a v o r i t e s inge r , Gram Parsons.

A l l i n a l l i t was a g r e a t evening, and i t appeared t h a t i n t h e words of t h e Bea t les "a sp lendid t i m e was had by a l l " .

c h i by rhe h r ~ y , a f re r ge r r i ng bear e b ~ ~ r s i x rimes by ArLei f i n a l i y managed t o put him i n check-mate.

TO She i l a B d l ,

PHIL FOERSTER The She i l a B e l l I know is a kind, and warm, lov ing woman. She has a b i g h e a r t

SHAWNEE SAWYER t h a t shows t o everyone. No, she i s n ' t

are going t o announce t h e i r engage- p e r f e c t bu t then who i s ? You know, t h e r e are no t enough people l i k e ~ h e i l a

merit on Friday, March 4, 1988. The Wedding w i l l t ake p l ace on

i n t h i s world. I hope I w i l l be l i k e her . S h e i l a is l i k e a mother t o m e ,

August 1, 1988. Time w i l l someone who cares what I do. She is be t o 3:00, with t h e recept ion someone who I really had in my following t h e ceremony. Both events life I love you w i l l occur i n Carnegie cen t r e .

simply don't have enough money? Richmond's response is nothing but an attempt to divert attention away from the government's failure to raise the below-poverty assistance rates and provide job creation pro- grams. The ~inister's desire to blame the victims of hunger and his unwillingness to help resolve the major problem brings into question his ability to deliver the mandate he is responsible for," says Shields. The B.C.G.E.'U. represents the

4200 employees of the Ministry of Social Services and Housing.

Alcoholics Ananymous held its first meeting at Carnegie on Feb.7, and it was an open meeting - open to any who wished to attend. I was there, even though I could

never see a reason why I should go to sach a meeting but, believe me, I was very impressed. The people who were called to

walk up and speak - I listened to then. I was so impressed and touched by what they had to say - about themselves and about coming to A.A. meetings - I learned a lot. The meeting was well organized

and 27 people were present. Thanks to Frank R., Glenda B. and Vic R. for making it such a success. These meetings will be held in

Classroom 2 every Sunday: 7:00-9:00,

By Bell Mayer I

TO the Volunteer Support Group

~ ' d like to take this time to thank all the wonderful Volunteers who helped me this past month. I really enjoyed working with

you and hope this good work continues

Bell Mayer

BURNT TOAST:

I BURNED ONE SIDE OF THE FRIED EGG SANDWlCH & BROUGHT IT TO HER BURNT SIDE DOWN

SHE SAID: YOU TRIED TO HIDE THE BURNT SIDE TO MAKE IT LOOK BETTER

YOU SHOULD SHOW mrrn n r m x r m O - r n r r L'U UULUY,. JIUA x' SO PEOPLE WILL KNOW THE TRUTH

SEE, I KNOW SOMETHING WOULD BE WRONG (SHE MEANS "DISHONEST") IF I DIDN'T SEE ANY BURNT TOAST AROUND.

TORA

DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE YOUTH ACTIVITIES SOCIETY

(D.E.Y.A.S.)

Project Coordinator - John Turvey Community Youth - - Sammy Green

Workers - Didi Nelson - Allan Roscoe

Recreation Worker - Larry Parenteau Referrals - Counselling - Advocacy

for youth in our community I

& on our streets.

WILL BE MOVING IN NEAR FUTURE

From - Crabtree Corner - 101 E. Cordova To - 223 Main St. Phone 685-4488

This i s an update on t h e cont in- uous b a t t l e t o have t h e hungry ch i ld ren fed i n schools . The School Board Trus tees a r e a c t i n g l i k e t h e good guys i n t h e l a t e s t soap opera. J u s t remember w e have a c i v i c e lec- t i o n i n November and they would t o ge t e l e c t e d again.

The only one who has been sup- . por t i ve of us is P h i l i p Rankin and he wasn't allowed t o be on t h e Hungry Kids Committee. The rest have bucked us a t every t u r n u n t i l recent ly . . Now they s t e a l a l l of our i deas and use them a s t h e i r own. Something i s r o t t e n and i t i s n ' t i n Denmark.

~ c ~ o n a l d ' s a r e p r o f i t i n g from hungry ch i ldren . J u s t r e c e n t l y they obtained a f r anch i se t o supply b reak fa s t s f o r a c e r t a i n school i n an a f f l u e n t neighbourhood. Even though t h e b reak fa s t s are paid f o r by a businessman, ~ c ~ o n a l d ' s are charging two d o l l a r s a meal f o r those ch i ld ren who can a f f o r d it.

Why i s t h e P rov inc i a l government such a tightwad when it comes t o t he i s s u e of hungry ch i ld ren? These heartless wonders r e fuse t o match the Canada Assis tance Plan money of fe red by t h e f e d e r a l government. They a r e t h e main obs t ac l e i n our b a t t l e t o e l imina t e hunger among these defence less members of our soc ie ty . .

Ask yourself why t h i s p rov inc i a l government is wasting money i n i t s handling of t h e Gitksan and Wet'- suwet'en Land C l a i m T r i a l ? I f i n d it very o f f ens ive when I hear t h e r i d i cu lous ques t ions t h e govern- ment lawyers a sk our Elders.

These lawyers a r e paid $300/hr. There seems t o be an end le s s supply of funds f o r t h e s e people, y e t

s o c i a l s e r v i c e s are c u t back on a d a i l y bas i s .

This p a r t i c u l a r t r i a l cauld have been over i n t h r e e t o four weeks; however i t b e n e f i t s t h e government t o prolong t h e proceedings. The tr ial has gone on f o r t h r e e months and i t w i l l most l i k e l y cont inue f o r another s i x months.

The ca rds a r e s tacked aga ins t t h e Gitksan and Wet'suwet'en people and they w i l l l o s e i n t h i s f i r s t case. Many of t h e Elders a r e unable t o speak Engl ish s o they have an i n t e r p r e t e r t o t r a n s l a t e f o r t h e t ran- s c r i p t s . By t h e t i m e t h e ca se ends, I w i l l l i k e l y be ab l e t o speak both languages f l u e n t l y .

This was a p re s s r e l e a s e dated February 3 , 1985.

B.C. Government Employees Union today accused t h e Minis te r of Soc i a l Serv ices and Housing of being resp- ons ib l e when he s t a t e d t h e way t o d e a l wi th hungry ch i ld ren is t o r e q u i r e teachers t o r e p o r t individ- u a l names t o Minis t ry s t a f f .

"We a l l know t h a t income assist- ance r a t e s a r e t o t a l l y inadequate" says Shie lds . To suggest t h a t t h e way t o g e t r i d of hunger is by com- p i l i n g l ists of names and o f f e r i n g i n s t r u c t i o n i n budget t ing i s cyn- i c a l and c a l l o u s coming from t h e Minis te r who has s e t a s s i s t a n c e r a t e s t h a t a r e more than f i f t y percent below t h e poverty level . ' "

"It is hard t o be l i eve t h a t t h e Minis te r respons ib le f o r t h e well- being of ch i ld ren and f ami l i e s i n t h i s province blames t h e v ic t ims f o r h i s own government's f a i l u r e t o im- prove t h e economy and c r e a t jobs."

"What b e n e f i t could t h e r e poss ib ly be f o r Minis t ry s t a f f t o counsel people on how t o budget when they

I Deganawidah -"A thn r h i m f e nf tha Fiva Nations of P,," ...- "...".- -. -..- ..-- the Great Peace

:atlest pine we now uproot the 1 into the cavity thereby made we cast all weapons of war. Into the depths of the earth into the deep underneath ... we cast all weapons of war. We bury them from sight forec and we plant again the tree... Thus shall the Great Peace be established.

Iroquois poem The Tree of the Great Peace

The S t r a i g h t Passagc

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A t t h e l a s t moment, I s t ee red my v e h i c l e o f f t h e &- busy winding Expressway - Right i n t o S t r a i g h t and Narrow Lane.8\iqi

The Moon & s t a r s shone t h e i r l i g h t t o guide my way i n t o t he l a t e evening, -. -, - The road was very lone ly , y e t my s p i r i t was l i f t e d .

ad%-v. The b i r d s were beginning t o c h i r p i n t h e trees above me. .6c I was becoming uneasy a f t e r many hours ... t r a v e l l i n g along, The dawn i s approaching and I s t i l l haven ' t reached my des t i na t ion . . . A s t r e a k of b r i l l i a n t l i g h t suddenly l i g h t s up t h e sky and everything below A s a parab le f i l t e r e d i n t o my c ~ n ~ c i o u ~ n e ~ ~ * I

- y-ebrbary 11, 1988 The East ~ & r

' If you've f a l l e n t o I ' ve journeyed,

t he depths

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You'd know of t he peaks I ' v e s a i l e d $ 5 5 2 ~ 1 How much e a s i e r does t h e dark Make t h e l i g h t t o see . '

I sighed with r e l i e f , A s I r ea l i zed I had j u s t missed Y.< a huge pile-up on the Expresswaj

" I Jol In B e l l

i r

Only four weeks after recei" ing d $70,000 grant from Van couver city council, the Downtown Eastside Economic D&elopment Society is in' thEym midst of a jurisdictional muddle. . Acocrding to COPE alderman Libby Davies. Dart of a mint' shop operated by DEEDS has moved into the lounge area of the nearby New Hope centre at 217 Dunlevy Street. "There's still an awful lot of confusion about who occupies which premises:' she said Nesday.

New Hope director Margaret Chisholm has had some discus-

, sions with social planning direc- tor Max Beck on the mix-up, "but I'm not sure if it got any further than that:' said Davies.

"Mrs. Chisholm knows that the sponsoring oganizatioli has moved into part b f her opera- tion:' she added, referring to DEEDS. "I think the citv really rieeds to sort it out once and for all. Otherwise, she'll have noth- ing left at the end.

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BAD ER TRICK 04~ 1 ALERT @?(y

PROSTITUTZS and OTHER WOMEN f o r EQUiL RIGHTS

is a n a t i o n a l organiza t ion and a member of t he I n t e r n a t i o n a l Pros- t i t u t e s Network. We a r e p r o s t i t u t e and non-pros t i tu te women who a r e f i g h t i n g t o make changes s o c i a l l y , l e g a l l y and economically f o r a l l woman. . . ASSAULT/THREATENING/ROBBERY: r'lale, white , 40ish, 5'8", s tocky, wire-rimmed g l a s ses , phony French accent , r a t t y c lo thes . Male drove a small 4dr Toyota, a r e a l bea ter1 roughshape. Took woman t o Mainland Nelson where he gave her a backhand t o h . x mouth, t r i e d t o s t r a n g l e he r and robbed her. He s a i d t h a t he hated hookers and t h a t i f he saw her again she'd be dead. ROBBERY~ASSAULT: male, white , approx. 6'2", about 2001bs., e a r l y 40qs , shoulder length graying h a i r , moustache, b lue eyes. This man asked f o r a b . j . but t o l d woman he d i_ r jn l t h q x r p pnnygh s.1;; q n he t i e d her t o a t r e e and l e f t he r s tanding i n her undergarments. He s t o l e a l l her $$. ASSAULT/KNIFE/ROBBERY/RAPE: male, white , 38ish, c lean shaven, shor t s l i cked back h a i r , black lea- t he r jacke t , b ike r type. Male o f f e r s $60 f o r a b . j . , s t a r t e d t o d r i v e and refused t o take her back. Held a switchblade t o he r neck, raped he r and f i n a l l y t i e d he r up, bl indfolded her with her own jacke t and dumped her. Told her t h a t i f she went t o the cops, he 'd come back and k i l l her. Her empty purse w a s found a few blocks away. This p i g drove an

American-looking c a r ; blue, white ASSAULTIPEDOPHILE: male, white , s h o r t grey h a i r , g l a s se s , 50ish, 5'5"or6", 1501bs. This male p icks up young ~ i r l s , g e t s them drunk and takes nude pho t o s of them. This s icko d r i v e s a VW van; 3-tone brown; BCII MVF 945. POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS: male, white , brown h a i r , 5'611, med. bu i ld , on foot . This male took woman t o s i x t h and Brunswick, did not t e l l woman t h a t he wanted S/M; he t r i e d t o g e t her t o submit but when she got r e a l l y upset and af r a i d he l e t her go. ASSAULT : male, white, 38 t o 42, 5'10" t o 6 ' , med. bu i ld , d i r t y blondlgrey- ing h a i r , thinning and t o mid-neck, mustache, round f ace - not f a t . Male picked woman up BroadwayIPr- ince Albert - he couldn ' t come so he got v io l en t . Woman received f r ac tu red jaw, has t e e t h missing, and she had t o jump out of second f l o o r window t o escape. .-- ...- - I-- . --- . . H33HULl/ W h I K J J U : male, white, husky, 6 ' , s h o r t h a i r under a toque with Canadian f l a g on it and s c a r on h i s face. Clean shaven, on f o o t , w i l l walk up t o you and a t t a c k you f o r no reason.

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MY YOUNGER YEARS

By Wayne Schmidt (12 years)

DO you ever like to talk about things that happened when you were much younger and really had a wild imagination? Well I do, and some- times I wonder how my mother sur- vived raising me this far. Most of the outstanding events

occured during my fourth year. One day Mom registered me for Nursery School which I was to attend the following day. After supper, Mom went and washed the dishes. As soon as she had finished this particnlar chore, Mom looked for me all over the house and found that I had disappeared. Imagine her surprise when she

looked out the front window and discovered me walking down the road with my lunch bucket in my hand and the dog running by my side. I wanted Shep to have an education too. Mom ran after me and explained

Nursery School only happened in the daytime. She made certain I was sound asleep before she went to bed that night. I thoroughly enjoyed Nursery

School where I had many children to play with. The teacher always knew when I was in the washroom because every time I went in there I was yodelling like crazy. Nursery School was a great place

for contracting childhood diseases. I managed to catch measles and - chicken pox that year. I hated the itching from the chicken pox and Mom kept rubbing lotion on me. The same time I went to Nursery

School Uncle Len stayed with us be- cause he was dying from lung cancer. He was a heavy smoker and never weat to a doctor until he became very ill.

Mom took him to our family doctor and he put Uncle Len on morphine because he was in such terrible pain. My mother nursed Uncle Len until he took convulsions and had to call an ambulance to take him to the hospital. This really upset me because I was very close to him and helped Mom wait on him. Uncle Len passed away on Thanks-

giving Day. The people at Shaugh- nessy Hospital were cold and callous when Mom tried to make the funeral arrangements. They wanted her to ---- c-- .-I-- pay L ~ L L u r ?u~ie~iiI and said ~i lere wasn't any room for him in the Field of Honour - even though Uncle Len spent six years fighting overseas. Mom went to the Last Post and they

were very supportive. They arranged for Uncle Len to have a full military funeral and the pallbearers were from the Legion at 49th & Fraser. The people at the Last Post were

horrified to hear how my mother was treated at Shaughnessy Hospital. They said every veteran is entitled to a full military funeral even if his body is found in a garbage bin.

They also said there was plenty of room in the Field of Honour for him. They ordered a beauti- ful plaque to mark his grave. We place flowers on the grave

on April 22 which was Uncle Len's birthday. It is easy to get to Mountain View Cemetery by bus. Uncle Len's favourite hymns were

played including "Beyond the Sun- set." All of the relatives came back,to our house after the service. I found it very difficult to cope

with Uncle Len's death and was afraid to go in a room by myself and had nightmares. It was because of this that Mom started a program

on teaching ch i ld ren how t o cope wi th dea th a t t he Paren ts ' Support Group.

I would l i k e t o speak t o some of t h e a d u l t s a t Carnegie. Before you hand out abuse t o t h e ch i ld ren , t r y t o understand what they haGe been through and how d i f f i c u l t i t is f o r u s t o be growing up i n t he se t r y i n g times.

poel ry MY SISYPHUS UNENVIED

Not s o l i d you t o r e s i s t . W i t - ness on ly , you am d r i f t e d by otherness . Hollowed, you vacuum you t o defend a s b e s t you know, c l i n g i n g t o peace t h a t is a p i ece t h a t eroded i d by t i d e wi th time a witness-too, too innocent t o prosecute wi th d i a l e c t i c hope of hope's hopeful hopefulness hoping a g a i n s t hope t o hope f o r hope qua hope. No currency any- way t o t r a d e f o r chance f o r f e a r is not tender only void where ex- h i b i t e d . No weapons l e f t i f weapons were ever r i g h t . O r was i t warmth l o s t you? No mat te r now 4-L,. --la . L L i i i i C ~ i i i f ~ i - t ~ U U m e l t apa r t . Irony is l e f t you s t i l l t o understand. The mind i s l a s t t o l a s t .

Otherness you s u f f e r . Other you a r e t o o therness , no t seen by a s being d r i f t e d , only a s a f a i l t o o the r than o t h e r be.

You d r i f t . Apart. Apart you d r i f t too from p a r t s of you t h a t i s a l l so l e f t is t o measure d i s t ance growing.

The t i d e i s change.

You s t a y t h e same vacuums have no nows so do you s t i l l the o therness ou t s ide around.

11 P lease s t a y away .I1

To l a t e t o know of a l l but p ieces being d r i f t e d of hollowed vacuum-being - a l l vacuum i s the same you s o t o c l i n g f a r toge ther s t i l l , s t i l l . S t i l l , worse you know f o r g e t t i n g i t only can. Everything s o must you s top f rom' happening in s ide . B r i t t l e . Easy t o know f a t a l i s touch of other- ness while c l i ng ing f a r toge ther t o s u s t a i n .

S t a s s i s is the only anchor. S t a s s i s is the only shore.

Not s o l i d you t o r e s i s t . Hol- lowed, you scrape shreds o f f of you over l e f t from hollowing t h a t o therness has no hold.

11 p l ea se s t a y away.' No one can be here . There is no here"

Now onward, a u t i s t , whi le , be- nea th t h e t i d e , t he echoes of thoughts l o s t a r r i v i n g fol low the rhythms of a boulder no t t he moon.

Steven Belkin

Note: Sisyphus i s the name of a cha rac t e r i n a Greek myth

who keeps t r y i n g t o r o l l a huge boulder t o t h e top of a mountain, ~ u t j u s t before he g e t s t h e r e , i t r o l l s back down, crushing him underneath. This s i t u a t i o n , which t h e Greek s t o r y t e l l e r s s a i d hap- pens over and over aga in , was giv- en a s an example of t h e type of mind t h a t is se l f -defea t ing . It r ep re sen t s t h e l i f e of someone who i s l i v i n g i n h e l l .

Just as close to home is the idea for anything means thdt much less of fees - user fees - for any class money for food that montn - of doing

course to he offered in Carnegie. without more of what you are already Learning Centre people discussed doing without. Remedies like going

new learning programs like small to 'your' social worlrer or the head classes and one-to-one tutorin%. of the thing being charged for means They expressed strong concern that essentially begging and humiliation.

no fees be charged for Learning The Board of Directors of the Centre programs or any programs in Association was asked to and did mom the Centre as a whole. that: "The Association re-affirm "Just $10" seems to be a statement our commitment to programs in all

that doesn't grasp the reality of Carnegie that have NO USER FEES." life on an income 50% below the Nat--' ional Poverty Line. Paying a fee

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mathcona Community Garden's Society . . - - is holding their

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

March 1, 1988 7:00 pm at the Strath'cona Community Centre

601 Keefer St.

Elections of 10 Directors will take place. To vote and stand for a position, your 1988 membership needs

ATTENTION: G.A.I.N. Recipients

All medical cards expire March -3lst. If you have been at the same address for a while the new card may be automatically mailed to you. But if you move frequently, you

should see your social worker or contact me as I have the number of the medical office in Vancouver an& I would be happy to help cut

' through the red tape. One never knows when an emergency

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, - 0 iee. anyone without medical coverage.

You know there comes a time such as this- when the minutes and the hours of our time get well spent and feel good in the company 4 of those near and dear ones; when the heart feels it is in a right place and the soul can stretch and relax.

The appreciation flows freely to all with

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such a masterful touch of making my time more enjoyable and worthwhile. Oh, beautiful music for my soul!

Red Robin, Bluebird, Blackbird, Thunderbird... . Such "Dukes of Earl" as Earle of Peach, Earl of SCO~G Such "Goliaths" with musical heartsland lungs as 1

David R. with whom I have a lot of ambitions and music in common;

David McC. who plays music with me whenever Ba-Ba-Ba Bhar-ba-ra an' Anita song. (sic)

\ ' ~obert's "Four-Aces" when it comes to music,

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There is a Lee where there is no competition, with the Jones'. rl

"When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary speaks to me. .."

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