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, v e s t i g a t i o n c o n c e r n i n g a l l e g a - I t i o n s t h a t may o r may n o t a f - l f e c t t h e i r l i v e l i h o o d . and t h a t l i s what I ' v e been d o i n g a t iCarneg ie . By l a w , you c a n ' t ] h i d e f a c t s and t h e c a s e c a n ' t :be based on rumours - c o n c r e t e : e v i d e n c e i s r e q u i r e d f o r any ( a u t h o r i t y t o a c t . D i s c r e p a n c i e s lseem t o h u r t t h e whole c a s e , ' y e t t h e p u b l i c i s made aware o f "wha t ' s g o i n g ont t w i t h c a r e and p a t i e n c e - meaning have a l i t t l e s e r e n i t y ; t h i n g s w i l l t u r n a round b e f o r e you know i t .

My s t o r y b e g i n s a t Carneg ie C e n t r e : Who i s p r o t e c t i n g who? My hands a r e t i e d t o a p o i n t , a s no one wants t o come f o r t h w i t h some v a l i d answers t o q u e s t i o n s c o n c e r n i n g numerous a l l e g a t i o n s and i n f r a c t i o n s w i t h i n t h e C e n t r e ' s c o r e . The more I became i n v o l v e d w i t h t h e v a r i o u s c o m p l a i n t s , t h e more l i e s and b u l l s h i t were thrown my way. Asking q u e s t i o n s o f one ' s i d e ' , I was accused o f b e i n g one o f ' them' and t h r e a t e n e d ! I t seems t h a t eve ryone wants t o r u l e and some a r e t a k i n g t h e i r s t a b a t i t . Asking t h e same q u e s t i o n t o p e o p l e on

b o t h s i d e s g e t s e n t i r e l y d i f f - e r e n t answers e v e r y t i m e . I wonder a t t i m e s what i s s o s e c r e t i v e i n t h i s Cen t re . . . i t ' s worse t h a n Ronnie Reagan and t h e I r a n i a n A r m s Deal.

Both s i d e s a r e g u i l t y of some of t h e c h a r g e s about s i t - u a t i o n s t h e y ' v e c r e a t e d .

The f i r s t i n c i d e n t happened on t h e second f l o o r when I was wa lk ing w i t h Tony S e a v e r s and we p a s s e d a c e r t a i n i n d i v i d u a l . Tony s a i d n o t t o t a l k i n f r o n t o f him. I s h o t back t h a t I o r he c o u l d s a y a n y t h i ~ l g we want a s l o n g a s i t ' s t r u e . However, M r . S e a v e r s , I 'm supposed t o e a t your b u l l s h i t and be l a b - r e l l e d a s t a k i n g s i d e s f o r do- i n g s o . You s h o u l d a p o l o g i z e t o t h a t p e r s o n i f you were any k i n d o f man a t a l l . Your brood i s l i k e o l d man ~ d o l f : h e wanted peace i n Poland, France , England. . i t ' s been t r i e d a l r e a d y .

I t ' s no good t o t r u s t what someone t e l l s me p r i v a t e l y , a s t h e y can j u s t deny i t i n p u b l i c , b u t a t t h e n e x t Board mee t ing I have t o g e t some c l a r i f i c a t i o n s a s t o o u r Con- s t i t u t i o n .

El FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK

T h e r e ' s a n o l d s a y i n g t h a t I1The p e n i s m i g h t i e r t h a n t h e sword".

I n p r e v i o u s i s s u e s , q u e s t - i o n s have been r a i s e d a g a i n and a g a i n on t h e u n d e r l y i n g s t r a t e g y / p u r p o s e o f t h e c u r r - e n t v o t i n g m a j o r i t y on t h e Board of D i r e c t o r s .

Now, a l a r g e number o f you e i t h e r d o n ' t c a r e o r d o n ' t f e e l t h a t becoming conerned w i l l make any d i f f e r e n c e . The Carneg ie Cen t re i s a g r e a t p l a c e t o i n c l u d e i n your l i f e - s t y l e , and i f some p e o p l e t r y t o ' p l a y ' p o l i t i c s , s o wha t? I f t h e Cen t re i s a l i v i n g room, banging p o t s and pans i n t h e k i t c h e n d o e s n ' t change t h e l a n d l o r d ' s o p i n i o n of t h e house o r i t s o c c u p a n t s . . .

But c o n s i d e r t h i s : Carnegie i s a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e of t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e i n a q u i r i n g money and o f f e r i n g s u g g e s t i o n s f o r p o s i t i v e changes i n t h e community we l i v e i n . These chamges must r e f l e c t t h e b e s t i n t e r e s t s of t h e m a j o r i t y - f o r m a i n t a i n i n g o u r i d e n t i t y as a v i t a l a s p e c t o f B . C.

The C o n s t i t u t i o n i s a docu- ment i n p l a c e t o make s u r e t h a t t h e a r e a s o f involvement a r e approved by t h e m a j o r i t y o f members and u s e r s , and i s n o t t o be ' g o t t e n a round ' o r v i o l a t e d a t w i l l .

Democracy i s n o t t h e b e s t

form of government; i t ' s j u s t t h e b e s t a v a i l a b l e on t h i s p l a n e t a t t h e p r e s e n t t i m e . The p r e s s must remain f r e e t o e x p r e s s t h e o p i n i o n s o f a l l , and n o t b e s u b j e c t t o c e n s o r - s h i p o r c o e r c i o n t h r o u g h f i n - a n c i a l t h r e a t s . To have t h i s p a p e r remain a s an open forum f o r a l l , w i t h oppos ing views g i v e n e q u a l r e p r e s e n t a t i o n , t h e c u r r e n t s i t u a t i o n w i t h t h e E x e c u t i v e o f t h e Board h o l d i n g v e t o power o n a l l a r t i c l e s , o p - '

i n i o n s , l e t t e r s , a r t w o r k , ... e v e r y t h i n g f rom t h e c o v e r t o t h e back p a g e , i s n o t r i g h t . I

The t r u t h o f any s t o r y i s l e f t t o t h e r e a d e r t o d i s c e r n . Mot ives and innuendo a r e always s p e c u l a t i v e - even when e x p l a i - ned by t h e p e r p e t r a t o r s .

Tnz s i g n l ~ l g o r i - i c e r s on t h e N e w s l e t t e r a c c o u n t , which has n e v e r r e c e i v e d one penny o f A s s o c i a t i o n money, a r e t h e t h r e e members o f t h e E x e c u t i v e o f t h e Board. P r i o r t o t h i s , j u s t t h e T r e a s u r e r and t h e E d i t o r would s i g n , Now, any- t h i n g n o t p a s s i n g " i n s p e c t i o n " w i l l b e c u t o u t .

Freedom o f speech i s a RIGHT.

PAUL TAYLOR

LETTERS

One of t h e Board Members, Wal ly , i s n o t o n l y u n f i t t o be on t h e boa rd b u t i s l e t - t i n g h i s p e r s o n a l v e n d e t t a ag - a i n s t Linda F o r s y t h e go t o o f a r . Wally i s d i s h o n e s t .

Wally used t o be a t u t o r b u t f o r g e d L i n d a ' s i n i t i a l s t o t h e Learn ing Cen t re t u t o r c a r d f o r c o f f e e t i c k e t s .

We have a chance a t l a s t f o r money f o r t u t o r s .

There was a h i r i n g committee and s h o r t l i s t i n g and Linda F o r s y t h e won - Wally h a s i n t e r - vened t o t h e p o i n t of t h e p r o - j e c t ' s s a f e t y .

I f I w a s n ' t i n j a i l I ' d c a l l f o r a g e n e r a l membership meet- i n g - - a v o t e o f non-conf idence f o r t h e e x i s t i n g b o a r d - - a n d I 'm s u r e t h a t i t w o u l d n ' t be r e - e l e c t e d .

What 's go ing on t h e r e ! Mem- b e r s 6 S t a f f s h o u l d c a l l f o r a v o t e o f non-conf idence . R E : Wally - a known c o f f e e t i c k e t r i p - o f f a r t i s t , hav ing f r e e r e i n t o do t h i s .

Oh s u r e , h i s d i g n i t y was h u r t when he was found o u t r e : s i g n i n g L i n d a ' s name t o t h e t u t o r c a r d - Big Deal ! He was r i p p i n g o f f s t u d e n t s , t h e Lea r - n i n g Cen t re and a l l Ca rneg ie .

Get r i d of t h i s i d i o t . No wonder good p e o p l e have r e s i g n - ed f rom t h i s Board.

Bever ly- Jeanne Whi t n e y Lakeside J a i l

I must comment on Sam Snobe- El l e n ' s l e t t e r i n t h e Feb.1 i s s - ue o f t h e Carneg ie N e w s l e t t e r .

H i s o u t l o o k of M r . Tony Sea- v e r s ( l e a s t h a i r y member) I f e e l i s t o t a l l y wrong. He uses a d j e c t i v e s l i k e r e a c t i o n a r i e s and o p p o r t u n i s t s . I wonder i f t h e t i t l e s o f d i s r e s p e c t cou ld be a p p ; i e d t o t h e i r ( q u o t e , un- q u o t e ) s i d e . I am look ing a t t h e i n s t a n c e s o f Rodney J o n e s , P e t e r Imm, and y e s , Sam Snobelen.

F i r s t of a l l , l e t ' s look a t Rodney J o n e s . Not o n l y d i d he r i p - o f f Carneg ie t o t u n e of thousands o f d o l l a r s and hence c r e a t e some o f t h e f i n a n c i a l chaos t h a t t h e Cen t re i s now f a c i n g , b u t i f you d o n ' t look a t l i f e i n t h e same p o l i t i c a l v e i n a s he does he t r i e s and b e a t h i s i d e o l o g i c a l v a l u e s i n t o h i s f o e s . I 'm t h i n k i n g of t h e i n c i d e n t o f a p p r o x i - m a t e l y one y e a r ago a t a Board mee t ing where b o t h M r . Jones and M r . Snobelen a s s a u l t e d Gray MacLeod and M r . Jones t h r e a t e n e d Wally Bardysh w i t h p h y s i c a l harm.

That b r i n g s me t o v o i c e my o p i n i o n s on P e t e r Imm. A s a du ly e l e c t e d member, you 'd t h i n k t h a t he would f o l l o w t h e r u l e s and r e g u l a t i o n s ( i e boa rd p o l i c y ) t h a t he was e l - e c t e d f o r . Reques t ing bus f a r e f o r what I assume was CCCAB bus iness . .when asked t o r e t u r n w i t h a bus t r a n s f e r cou ldn l t produce one. O r how about go ing d i r e c t l y a g a i n s t boa rd p o l i c y and i s s u i n g cheq- ues w i t h o u t t h e r e q u i r e d num- b e r o f s i g n a t u r e s ? Cant. p g . 16

To l a u g h i s t o r i s k a p p e a r i n g t h e f o o l t o weep i s t o r i s k a p p e a r i n g s e n t i m e n t a l To r e a c h o u t t o a n o t h e r i s t o r i s k invo lvemen t .

To expose f e e l i n g s i s t o r i s k e x p o s i n g your t r u e s e l f To p l a c e your dreams, your i d e a s b e f o r e a crowd

i s t o r i s k a l o s s To l o v e i s t o r i s k no t b e i n g loved .

To l i v e i s t o r i s k d y i n g , To hope i s t o r i s k d e s p a i r , To t r y a t a l l i s t o r i s k f a i l u r e .

But r i s k w e must - Because t h e g r e a t e s t h a z a r d t o l i f e i s t o r i s k n o t h i n g . The man who r i s k s n o t h i n g -

does n o t h i n g , h a s n o t h i n g ,

i s n o t h i n g .

He may a v o i d s u f f e r i n g , bu t he c a n n o t l e a r n , f e e l change , grow, l o v e n o r c a n he l o v e .

Chained by h i s a t t i t u d e s , h e i s a s l a v e - He has f o r f e i t e d h i s freedom.

Only t h e p e r s o n who r i s k s c a n be c a l l e d Submi t t ed by a f r e e man!! D a r l a Hamilton

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S.O.S.

The r i s i n g b o t t l e g l i s t e n s , a r i s i n g emera ld i n t h e copper s u n b a t h i n g t h e s t o n e y l i b r a r y g r e e n n i n e o ' c l o c k on a c o o l morning. The c l o c k r e a d s a f i n e t i m e f o r d r i n k i n g .

A s h i p i n a warm b o t t l e go ing nowhere f a s t , no one b o t h e r s t o r e a d h i s S.O.S. b u t he was s o b r i l l i a n t a w r i t e r when young, t h e y s a y , a g o l d sun r i s i n g i n t h e c o o l s p r i n g o f a r a d i a n t c a r e e r .

C l a u d i u s Ivan P l a n i d i n

Pushing the limit

THE COMPETITION

The s u n had begun t o l i g h t e n t h e shadow which da rkened t h e a l l e y be tween t h e s t a l l s . For me, t h e s u n s i g n a l l e d t h e be - g i n n i n g o f t h e work day. The s u n ' s r a y s r e a c h e d t h e h o r s e s t h r o u g h t h e c r a c k s i n t h e i r s t a l l d o o r s . For them, t h e s u n s i g n a l l e d f e e d i n g t i m e . I c o u l d h e a r them r u s t l i n g and s n o r t i n g i n e x p e c t a t i o n , b u t t o d a y I w o u l d n ' t f e e d a l l o f them immedia te ly . Today was r a c e day , and t h o s e a n i m a l s chosen t o compete would n o t be f e d u n t i l a f t e r t h e y ' d r u n .

I swung t h e upper h a l f of t h e door open on t h e s t a l l s hous ing t h e h o r s e s t h a t were t o be f e d . The r emain ing h o r s e s would w a i t i n semi- d a r k n e s s u n t i l I t o o k them t o t h e showers f o r t h e i r p r e - r a c e

By P e t e r McCart

b a t h . The f e e d i n g done , i t was t i m e f o r me t o c l e a n t h e manure from t h e s t a l l s and add a l a y e r o f f r e s h s t r a w . Once t h e s t a l l s were c l e a n , I would be a b l e t o b r u s h t h e h o r s e s and p i c k t h e i r f e e t w i t h o u t f e a r o f them g e t t i n g d i r t y a g a i n . By t h e t ime t h e s e r o u - t i n e c h o r e s had been comple ted r a c e t i m e was drawing n e a r , and I had t o wash and b r u s h t h e c o n t e s t a n t s u n t i l t h e y were s u i t a b l e f o r p u b l i c view i n t h e v iewing paddock.

One o f t h e a a i l s e n t r a n t s was Twyla Sands . I l i k e d Twyla even though s h e was d i f f i c u l t t o g e t a l o n g w i t h . She s q u e a l - e d and k i c k e d t h e w a l l s when

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DISCRIMINAT1oN By PRANK H . PARER

I was b o r n i n Chatham, Ont . , a l i t t l e j im crow town. The famous "Uncle a om's - c a b i n v was o n l y e i g h t e e n m i l e s away I n Dresden. . p e o p l e u s e d t o come from m i l e s a round t o s e e i t .

My 'Aunt and Uncle ' d e c i d e d t o go t h e r e one f i n e summer day and t h e y a s k e d me i f I would l i k e t o go f o r a r i d e . I t was n o t t h e r i d e t o Dresden . . t h a t was t h e p r o b l e m . . b u t a one h o r s e town r e s t a u r a n t c a l l - e d l l M o r l e y ' s Cafe". I found o u t a f t e r we a r r i v e d t h a t t h e p l a c e d i d n l t s e r v e b l a c k s . I t o l d my r e l a t i v e s t h a t I d i d n ' t e a t t h e b a s t a r d s anyway . .my q u i p came a t t h e wrong t i m e . My ' A u n t ' , a f u l l b lood- e d I n d i a n , my ' U n c l e ' a h a l f - b r e e d ; t o g e t h e r t h e y p o s e d a s f u l l - b l o o d e d I n d i a n s i n o r d e r t o g e t a meal . I had t o s i t i n t h e c a r w h i l e t h e y had t h e i r d i n n e r . I s u r e a s h e l l was s t a r k , r a v i n g mad - n o t bec - a u s e I c o u l d n ' t go i n t o e a t - b u t because t h e b a s t a r d s n e v e r b rough t any food f o r me.

When I a s k e d them why n o t , t h e y t r i e d t o e x p l a i n t h a t t h e y d i d n ' t want p e o p l e t a l k - i n g abou t them. I was twe lve y e a r s o l d , and a t t h a t age I s t i l l screamed, a s I do now, when c o n f r o n t e d w i t h b u l l s h i t . That was a c r o c k o f s h i t .

My Grandmother s a i d t h a t I ' d f o r e v e r be i n t h e m i d s t of g r e g a r i o u s a s s h o l e s o f p e r p l e x i t y : how r i g h t s h e was. I was t o l d

a s a c h i l d t o j u s t walk away no m a t t e r how h u r t I f e l t . I t r y ,

b u t t h e r e comes a t ime when one has t o s a y "suck n u t s f 1 . . and t h a t ' s j u s t what I f e e l abou t a l o t of t h e s e j e r k s I ' v e r u n i n t o . I ' v e no l o v e f o r peop le who s p e a k swee t words of love and honour t o someone, t h e n t u r n around and s t a b you i n t h e

back. I ' v e w i t n e s s e d i t on numerous o c c a s i o n s i n Cam- e g i e C e n t r e . I c a n s e e where t h e a s s h o l e s who d i s c r i m i n a t e a r e coming f rom and thank God t h a t my l e v e l of r e a s o n - i n g i s n o t p a r t of t h i s screw ed UP wor ld . r l b e . n o des'ir& t o l i v e amid t h e t h r o e s o f a f a u s t a s t h e s e s o - c a l l e d l e i s u r e bound t e r m i t e s o f f o r n i c a t i o n do d a i l y and open- l y . I t 1 s n o t a lways a l o u s y day f o r me, s o long a s I l e a v e debauchery t o t h e e x p e r - i e n c e d f o o l s o f h o p e l e s s c i t y . Even a bad day i s f i n e , i f you know how t o t a k e i t .

When J o h n Lennon sang " I s n ' t i t a P i t y 1 ' , he was r i g h t . People scream " look a t a l l t h e problems i n t h e world1 ' - b u s t e r , t h e b i g g e s t problem i s YOU. We a r e a l l ' p r o b l e m s 1 u n t i l we d e k i d e t o do some- t h i n g a b o u t i t . .no m e e l s e can . When one o r more d e c i d e t o d i s c r i m i n a t e , l e t them. Y o u ' l l f i n d o u t t h a t t h e r e a r e much b i g g e r a s s e s i n t h e wor ld t h a n you. I f t h e shoe f i t s - wear i t .

To a l l d i s c r i m i n a t e : t a k e h e e d , l e s t you wake up one morning and f i n d o u t t h a t t h e u g l y d u c k l i n g i s you.

Backing the ' vigilantes I t would seem t h a t many

peop le a t t h e C e n t r e , i n c l u d - i n g some Board members, have f o r g o t t e n how d e m o c r a t i c r e p - r e s e n t a t i o n works. They seem n o t t o be a b l e t o comprehend where a Board memberf s r e s p o n - s i b i l i t y l i e s ; t h e y seem a b l e o n l y t o u n d e r s t a n d what t h e y o r t h e i r r e p r e s e n t a t i v e f a c t i o n d e s i r e s .

The t r u e f u n c t i o n o f t h e Board o f D i r e c t o r s i s t o do what i s b e s t f o r t h e m a j o r i t y o f Carneg ie members, n o t j u s t f o r t h o s e most v o c a l o r t h o s e who a p p e a r a t m e e t i n g s , a l s o t h a t t h e image o f Carneg ie s h o u l d a p p e a r a s a r e s p e c t e d r e p r e s e n t a t i o n o f t h e Down- town E a s t s i d e .

When t h e e l e c t e d D i r e c t o r s v o t e and r e a c h a d e c i s i o n , i t s h o u l d be r e s p e c t e d a s t h e s e p e o p l e r e p r e s e n t t h e m a j o r i t y o f v o t e s c a s t . The p u b l i s h i n g of mater i -a1 t h a t r e p r e s e n t s

o n l y a s m a l l number o f p e o p l e , ' b u t assumes t o r e p r e s e n t t h e , m a j o r i t y w i t h no open forum f o r t h o s e a c c u s e d , i s a mockery. I The o n l y way t o c h a l l e n g e t h e i r d e c i s i o n s i s by p r o p e r p a r l i a - mentary r u l e a t t h e Board m e e t i n g s , o r by a p l e b i s c i t e w i t h t h e r e q u i r e d amount o f members f o r a new e l e c t i o n . Any o t h e r method would seem t o be i n t h e same l i n e o f p o l i t - i c k i n g t h a t t h e s e d i s s e n t e r s seem t o r e s e n t .

I t reminds one o f t h e k i d w i t h t h e o n l y b a s e b a l l , who t h r e a t e n s t o go home i f he I

c a n ' t be c a p t a i n . There i s no wonder why i t seems t h a t l i a r s , c h e a t s and t h e i v e s a r e i n t h e f o r e f r o n t h e r e - i n a n a tmosphere o f innuendo and d e c e i t - t h e y t h r i v e . Let u s a l l p u l l t o - g e t h e r f o r a b e t t e r community c e n t r e .

Bv TOM T,EWTS

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V o i c i mon p r e m i e r poerne, e c r i t en peU de t e n l ~ s , l o r s de mon p a s s a g e i c i , a v o t r e "newspaper e d i t o r . ' ' H

J ' a i beaucoup a p p r e c i e ma v i s i t e "chez vous", e t j ' e s - p e r e b i e n r e v e n i r . J e me p r e s e n t e Emmanuelle, de F r a n c e , e t u d i a n t au C o l l e g e L e s t e r B . P e a r s o n a V i c t o r i a , ou j ' a i l a chance d ' e t u d i e r pour doux a n n e e s , i c i , au Canada.

( S i vous v o u l e z - v i s i t e l e c o l l e g e , p r e s l e ........................ Sooke a ......................................... vous e t e s "we lcome". Les p o r t e s vous s ant o u v e r t e s~!?,~.m.a.~.dg.~ .... ~.~m.a.n.1~..e.~.~.5;.~..!~ J e ne vous c o n n a i s p a s Car s a n s opt imisme J e ne vous p a r l e p a s E t t r o p de pess imisme Mais t o u t a u fond de moi Rien ne change J e vous a i m e r a i s p r e s de moi. Rien n ' a v a n c e .

a u t r e r e a l i t e . D&S h i s t o i r e s q u i s ' a c c u m u l e n t , d e s s e n t a t - i o n s , des images q u i f o u i l l e n t e t s ' e n t r a s s e n t l e s unes s u r l e s a u t r e s . Ca b l e s s e de r e - s i s t e r l e p o i d s mais c a prouve q u ' o n e s t v i v a n t . Des f a i t s q u i m o u t r e n t l a v e r i t e d i v e r s - ement m u l t i p l e e e t q u i ne p o u r r a i t r e s i d e r e t p e r s i s t e r malgre l e temps , que p a r un mot, un c o l e u r , une n o t e musi - c a l e q u i s e p o s e r a pour t o u - j o u r s s u r l ' a r b r e e t e r n e l l e - ment v i v a n t de mon e s p r i t . . . t a u t q u ' i l a u r a d e s hommes, i l a u r a l e sang q u i s e melange au b l e u de l a mer, il a u r a l e v e n t e t l e s o l e i l , e t avec eux l e c h a n t e t l e s formes m u l t i - c o l o r e s du p e i n t r e e t du p o e t e , de ceux q u i s e n t e n t l a v i e comme un poeme e t q u i ne peu- v e n t p a r t a g e r q u ' a v e c l 'human- i t e e n t i e r e .

Tout c e que j e s a i s J ' a i demande De t o u t c e que j ' a i E t a t t e n d u C ' e s t de l l o p t i m i s m e J ' a i e s p e r e Pour un monde m e i l l u e r . E t j ' a i r e c u . P u i s q u ' i l ne r e s t e que t o i , V o i l a ma v i e c h e r c h e l e s a u t r e s . . . .......... ..r ....................................... ...- ................................ ,-:- Au Canada

e s c e r t a i n e s de v i s a g e s q u l IFa i t e d l e n n u i s re tombent s u r t e s yeux , une j ~ e beaucuop de j o i e . a u t r e v u e , un coup r e e l , unc ...........................................................................................................

S i n c e o n l y you a r e l e f t , s e e k o t h e r s . . . C e r t a i n f a c e s which s t r i k e your e y e s , a n o t h e r v iew, a t r u e g e s t u r e , a n o t h e r r e a l i t y . The a c c u m u l a t i o n of s t o r i e s , s e n s a t i o n s , f l e e t i n g images which t r a c e one upon t h e o t h e r . The f a c t s which r e v e a l t h e t r u t h , v a r i o u s and i n f i n i t e l y m u l t i p l e , can c o n t i i ~ u e and p e r s i s t i n s p i t e of t h e t i m e s , i n a word, a c o l o u r , a m u s i c a l n o t e which r e s t s f o r e v e r on t h e e t e r n a l l i v i n g t r e e o f my

. s p i r i t . . a s long a s t h e r e a r e human b e i n g s t h e r e w i l l e x i s t t h e b lood which mixes w i t h s e a ' s b l u e , t h e r e w i l l p e r s i s t t h e wind and t h e s u n ; and w i t h them, s o n g , t h e m u l t i c o l o u r e d forms of p a i n t e r s and p o e t s , o f t h o s e who f e e l l i f e a s a poem and who c a n n o t t r a v e l b u t w i t h a l l o f humani ty .

Soraya Hoyos (Columbia)

Commentary "DEATH THREATS, a c c u s a t i o n s

o f a s s a u l t , s l o p p y bookkeeping , p o l i t i c a l f a c t i o n s . . . W a l l S t r e e t ? The Middle E a s t ? The Oval O f f i c e ? No, t h e Carneg ie C e n t r e . "

These words b e g i n an a r t i c l e by P e t e McMartin i n t h e F r i d a y , February 2 7 e d i t i o n of t h e Vancouver Sun. The b o l d head- l i n e i s "Rum d o i n g s a t t h e Carnegie" , and t h e o p i n i o n s of Tony S e a v e r s , v i c e - p r e s i d e n t of t h e A s s o c i a t i o n , a r e t h e b a s i s f o r M r . McMart in 's com- mentary .

D e s p i t e t h e f a c t s o f d e b t s a c c r u i n g o v e r t h e y e a r s , m i s - a p p r o p i a t i o n o f f u n d s and bad b u s i n e s s s e n s e , t h e a l l e g a t i o n s made by M r . S e a v e r s o f t h e p e r p e t r a t o r s b e i n g a l l c u t from t h e same c l o t h o f " U l t r a - l e f t r a d i c a l s " i s a l i t t l e h y s t e r i c a l . D e s c r i b i n g him- s e l f a s a member o f a "moderate n o n - p a r t i s a n " g r o u p , a l l messy a c t i o n s a r e a s c r i b e d t o any and everyone o u t s i d e t h i s group.

No communicat ions have occured between K a t h e r i n e Ga lan , T r e a s - u r e r , and p e o p l e i n C a r n e g i e , y e t Tony r e p o r t s h e r b e i n g a t t a c k e d i n an a l l e y and hav ing gone i n t o h i d i n g . Given t h e p r e s e n t d e b a c l e , r e s u l t i n g from an i n v e s t i g a t i o n by a r e p o r t e r f o r t h i s p a p e r , i t seems t h a t t r u t h o r f a c t s become e d i t e d o r i g n o r e d where some Board members a r e conce rned .

Max Beck, D i r e c t o r of S o c i a l P l a n n i n g , b rough t t h e p a r a n o i a back i n t o p e r s p e c t i v e by l a b e l - i n g M r . S e a v e r s ' remarks a s an

o v e r r e a c t i o n . " B a s i c a l l y , w e ' r e t a l k i n g

a b o u t e v e n t s t h a t happened two y e a r s ago . There was bad book- k e e p i n g , and y e s , some money was t a k e n . But we had a u d i t o r s l o o k a t t h e i r books . . . and s t i l l many o f them w i l l n o t b e l i e v e t h a t no more money i s m i s s i n g .

t r T t l ~ n o t K e r r i s d a l e , you know. T h e r e ' s a lways a p r o - blem down a t t h e p l a c e . I t ' s a d i f f i c u l t p l a c e , b u t I ' m immensely p roud o f i t ."

M r . Beck went on t o s a y t h a t t h e b i c k e r i n g i s a way t o r e - l e a s e t e n s i o n t h a t a c c r u e s because o f t h e envi ronment o f t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e .

Thank you, M r . Beck!!! ............................................................................................. I

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A l e t t e r was r e c e i v e d i n t h e N e w s l e t t e r o f f i c e , hand d e l i v - e r e d by a woman c a l l i n g h e r - s e l f Peggy. The t y p e d name on t h i s l e t t e r i s David Lenzi .

The l e t t e r was t a k e n t o t h e e d i t o r i a l r e v i e w , and was app- roved a s b e i n g "good".

Upon r e t u r n i n g t h e n e x t day t o f i n i s h t h e p a p e r , t h e l e t t e r was r e a d and s e v e r a l l i b e l o u s s t a t e m e n t s were p o i n t e d o u t .

To p r o t e c t t h e A s s o c i a t i o n from p o s s i b l e l a w s u i t s , a mee t ing o f n e w s l e t t e r s t a f f was h e l d t o d e c i d e on how t o d e a l w i t h t h e problem.

The l e t t e r h a s been r e p r o - duced and w i l l be p u t up on b u l l e t i n b o a r d s i n Carneg ie f o r p e o p l e t o r e a d , b u t w i l l have t o be t a k e n t o a lawyer f o r a d v i c e on i t s p u b l i s h - a b i l i t y .

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THE SAFEWAY CHAISE LOUNGE

VISITS THE CLASSROOh!

I was l y i n g on t h e t h i n g , r e - f l e c t i n g on t h e r e l a t i o n s h i p be tween a p p l e s and aluminum. A myr iad a s s o r t m e n t o f f a c e s met my eye when I paused t o g l a n c e a round Good Lord, t h e s e were s t u d e n t s from t h e ' 4 0 ' s . I had s e e n t h e p i c t u r e s . . . t h e f a t o n e . . . "Why d o n ' t you go back?" I a s k e d t h e c l a s s . "Take a t r i p . Our t ime zone i s a l l sc rewed up'.'

"What would be t h e p u r p o s e o f t h a t ? " a s c r u t i n i z i n g p a i r o f odd ly l a c e d r u n n e r s a s k e d .

"Get t o t h e p o i n t , " some f o o l s a i d . " I went b a c k . . t o t h e ' 5 0 ' s and nobody wanted me. I s o u g h t a r e s p o n s e a t t h e l o v e l y h o t e l s t h e y had . They t h o u g h t I was a baby. I w o u l d n ' t g i v e up and i t made i t worse

I was l y i n g on t h e t h i n g , r e - f l e c t i n g on t h e r e l a t i o n s h i p be tween a p p l e s a n d aluminum. A myr iad a s s o r t m e n t o f f a c e s met my eye when I paused t o g l a n c e around. Good Lord , t h e s e were s t u d e n t s from t h e ' 4 0 ' s . I had s e e n t h e p i c t u r e s . . t h e f a t one.

"Why d o n ' t you go back?" I spoke t o t h e c l a s s . "Take a t r i p . Our t i m e zone i s a l l sc rewed up."

"What would be t h e p a r t i c u l a r pu rpose f o r t h a t ? " a s c r u t i n i z - i n g p a i r of odd ly l a c e d r u n n e r s a sked .

"Get t o t h e p o i n t , " some f o o l s a i d . " I went back . To t h e ' 5 0 ' s and nobody wanted me. I

s o u g h t a r e s p o n s e a t t h e l o v e l y h o t e l s t h e y had . They t h o u g h t I was a baby. I w o u l d n ' t g i v e up and i t made i t worse ."

"What were you wear ing?" one wagged.

"pyjamas, I t h i n k . " I c o n t i n - ued , "Down on Main S t r e e t t h e r e was a r a c e t r a c k and t h e women i n t h e i r p r i n t d r e s s e s were w a i t i n g around and t h e men were c o n s t a n t l y go ing and opening c a r doors . "

I t was a g e n t e e l age . I s i g h - ed . I saw some women a t t h e h o t e l w i t h t h a t ' 8 0 ' s l o o k - o h , I t h i n k I was wear ing a n + p m p . Down a t t h e r a c e t r a c k I was s u r p r i s e d t o s e e t h a t t h e women o f t h e ' 5 0 ' s were f i t . Not l i k e me, b u t b e a u t i - f u l . Boy, were t h e y f i t !

Between t h e r a c e s , t h e y would d r a g l i t t l e c a r t s b e h i n d them t o mulch t h e c o u r s e p r o -

Looking back , my f i r s t t r i p t o Mexico c o u l d have w e l l been my l a s t . The f i r s t n i g h t i n Mexico C i t y , I h i t t h e s t r e e t s w i t h a d i c t i o n a r y and a p h r a s e book. N e i t h e r seemed t o work, b u t I met a f e l l o w ' g r i n g o ' who was t h e son o f a n ambassador and he became my g u i d e . Then I headed f o r t h e c o a s t .

"Zuiha t" i s now known a s " Ix tapa" i n t h e t r a v e l b rou- c h u r e s , bu t t h e n it was a s m a l l s l e e p y v i l l a g e where you c o u l d wake up t o f i n d your hammock b e i n g n i b b l e d by r a n g i n g c a t t l e . H i t c h i n ' up t h e highway towards t h i s p l a c e , we g o t p i c k e d up by some f r e e k s i n a h a n d - p a i n t e d van. I c a n ' t d e s c r i b e i t i n d e t a i l , but i t was h e l d t o g e t h - e r by gosh , g o l l y and S t . J u d e , t h e p a t r o n s a i n t o f Los t Causes!

J u s t t o g i v e you a n i d e a o f how l a i d Zu iha t was; when we g o t t h e r e S t . Jude t o o k a vaca - t i o n and t h e v a n b r o k e down. I h i r e d some donkeys and p u l l - e d i t t o t h e junkyard f o r reD-

a i r s . We met some Americans who had been w a i t i n g f o r a wheel b e a r i n g f o r a month and when we l e f t a month l a t e r , t h e y were s t i l l w a i t i n g ,

Our camp was on t h e f a r s i d e o f a l a r g e , h o r s e s h o e bay from t h e town and o n l y b o a t s c o u l d g i v e a c c e s s . The dayt ime s c h e d u l e was p r e t t y l o o s e , but a f t e r d a r k - you a wanna b c a t ? - you a s w i m !

Lyndon B. Johnson was d a P r e s o f d a U . S.ofA. and h i s s o l u - t i o n t o t h e e x p l o d i n g ' g r a s s ' p roblem t h e r e was s i m p l e : burn t h e s u c k e r s down! U n f o r t u n a t e l y he was t a l k i n g abou t bu rn ing a l a n d a r e a t h e s i z e o f Alaska . . no t t o men t ion t h a t t h i s p a r t i - c u l a r s t a t e o f Guer re ro was #1 f o r b e i n g i n f e s t e d w i t h r e v o l - u t i o n a r i y g u e r r i l a s and j u s t p l a i n , p i s s e d o f f poor f o l k s . Good t h i n k i n g - you h o s e r !

L u c k i l y , u s happened t o be i n a s t a t e on t h e most wanted h i t l i s t . A t n i g h t , you c o u l d s e e and s m e l l t h e f i r e s and h e a r s p o r a d i c g u n f i r e . The s t o r y

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was t h a t t h e c a s h c r o p s were owned by ' p e r s o n a s ' h i g h up i n t h e Mexican p o l i t i c o s c e n e , and t h e f e d s had h i t t h e wrong farm. V i l l a g e p e o p l e , u p s e t anyway, had d u s t e d s e v e n t e e n o f the111 and i n came t h e army.

A l l t h i s was coming down 3n t h e Eve o f E a s t e r . Keeping o u r u s u a l low p r o f i l e , we went t o an o l d b l a c k and w h i t e movie p r o j e c t e d o n t o a whi tewashed adobe w a l l and s t a r t e d t o p a r t y s t p p i n ' on mesca l - da one w i t h da worm i n i t . A f t e r , we went down t o l o o k f o r a b o a t and a l l t h a t was t h e r e was t h i s p o l i c e l aunch . We l o g i c a l l y assumed t h a t we had d i s c o v e r e d i t - j u s t l i k e C h r i s d i s c q v e r e d America. '

I-Ialfway a c r o s s the'. bay , -we hea rd t h e s e s t r a n g e , c r a z y sounds - t h e Doors - my God - a p z r t y ! R id ing b r e a k e r s t o s h o r e , we swamped t h e l a u n c h and made o u r s e l v e s a t home. Leaving sometime d u r i n g t h e n i g h t , n e

f i n a l l y a r r i v e d a t camp ( a f t e r b a i l i n g o u t t h e f e d s b o a t , o f c o u r s e ) . But , upon awakening, we were s u r r o u n d e d by a l l t h e s e s u s p i c o u s l y empty b o t t l e s of mesca l . . and l o o k i n g o u t o n t h e bay, we saw a b o a t f u l l o f t h e " f e d e r a l e s " , f u l l y armed and a l i t t l e "T'd" o f f .

Our p r e s e n c e h a d been r e p o r t - e d i n town by t h e n , bu t we'd b e e n l o o s e l y l a b e l l e d a s a r t i s t s o r ' a r t i s t a s ' - t ouched by God - o r c r a z y . Nobody messes w i t h t h e c r a z i e s , s o , p r a c t i c i n g t h e i r form o f f o r e i g n p o l i c y , t h e y c a s t e v i l , wicked , mean and n a s t y g l a n c e s , hooked up t h e l aunch and s p l i t . ( I had a vague i d e a of c h e c k i n g o u t a monas tery a f t e r t h a t ) .

I t was a funny f e e l i n g t o be t h a t c l o s e t o a r e a l i t y t h a t t h e s e p e o p l e had been l i v i n g w i t h f o r o v e r 300 ' y e a r s . I t gave me i n c e n t i v e t o i m ~ r o v e my S p a n i s h t o communicate wi th them - t o go from a ' t o u r i s t a ' t o a 'compadre ' - a f r i e n d .

p e r l y a n d i t was such a game t o them. When t h e y added a n o t h e r k i n d o f p e r s o n - o f f - i c i a l s , I t h i n k - i t made f o r a n o t h e r e v e n t .

"What were you t h i n k i n g when you s a i d t h a t ? " p i n k l i p s s a i d .

"Gene K i n i s k i ! " I t was h e l d a l l o v e r t h e c i t y . . a l l o v e r t h e c o u n t r y . The t r a i n t r a c k s .

"They d r a g l i t t l e c a r t s a - round t h e r e t o d a y , " round e y e s emoted.

"Alas , t h e y ' v e a d a p t e d them t o l ime , " I r e p l i e d .

"Which i s why," t h e p r i n c i p l e i n t e r j e c t e d , " t h e y 1 11 never make it."

I c r i n g e d i n my Safeway c h a i s e lounge . I d i d n ' t have a s n o w b a l l ' s chance i n h e l l .

"What I was meaning t o s a y - f o r o l d h a t s - i s t h a t t h e r e i s a p l a c e f o r e v e r y t h i n g , e v e n s p i r i t s . . , t h o s e b loody t h i n g s . . "

"And e v e r y t h i n g i n i t s place1,' s a i d t h e p r i n c e , and t o o k my arm and walked away w i t h i t . This was o b v i o u s l y o n l y f o r a d u l t s .

A l ong t ime ago someone s a i d he was God: why n o t ? Those damn s p i r i t s gave him a t r i c k o r two f o r h i s s l e e v e and J e s u s , He was o b v i o u s l y t r y i n g t o l e a v e

I c a n u n d e r s t a n d H e l l . I t ' s where someone who s a y s t h e y ' r e God makes you l i v e . And you know what t h e y s a y ; i f you have a n i d e a , keep i t t o y o u r s e l f .

I c o u l d t h a t my p a l was i n t e r - e s t e d . He s m e l t n i c e .

"What a b o u t i t ," I l e e r e d .

"I c a n t e l l you shave . What do you t h i n k a b o u t t h e m i s d i r e c t e d c a l l s , t h o s e p l a c e s t h a t d o n ' t e x i s t and t h o s e funny numbers I keep f i n d i n g i n t h e phone book. "That ' s a d e f i n i t i o n o f u r b a n i t y . " I t ' s t h o s e i d i o t r e a l i t y warpe r s

" t h i s i s h i g h s c h o o l " , he s a i d . "I 'm g o i n g t o grow up t o make popcorn f o r c a r p e t s . "

I r e a l i z e d he had r e c e i v e d t h e b l a c k m a i l I s e n t him.

"What a b o u t you?" he c r i e d . "You're no p r i n c e s s . You bum smokes! Y o u ' l l d r i n k anybody under t h e t a b l e . .you c a n ' t t e l l t h e d i f f e r e n c e between a c l a n - d e s t i n e r e l a t i o n s h i p and a yo-yo!'

"Yo-yo". She knows t h e n . And s h e 1 s s w e a t i n g . "

"Yeah," h e a d l i b b e d . "Well ," I s a i d s o n v e r s a t i o n -

a l l y , "you s u p p l y t h e r o s e s and I ' l l s u p p l y t h e b e e s and GET OUT OF MY CL'ASSROOM!! You ' r e one bad i n f l u e n c e . I I

I s m e l t f a i n t p e r s p i r a t i o n , t h e n it s l u f f e d o f f . -

A f t e r a l l , t h e s p i r i t s had been human b e i n g s once .

w i t ., ,,...,........,....,",,.,, " ,,,.,.,,,... ...... ............................. . ....... - ...... . .......... .., ...., CRIME FLASHBACK - 1841 - L i v e r e a t i n ' Johnson robbed , k i l l e d and ATE 1 9 men. N a t i v e , w h i t e o r b l a c k ; he had no p r e f e r e n c e , r e q u i r i n g o n l y a few f r i e d o n i o n s . Befo re b e i n g hung, he went on r e c o r d a s s a y i n g , " I were o n l y hungry . I n e v e r e t a man I didri ' t l i k e . "

PROVINCE OF BRlT1SH COLUMBIA

ORDER OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL

O d e . In Council No. 3 0 5 4 , Approved and Ordered Nflv 26.1986

7 1iew"enant Governor

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL CHAMBERS,

VICTORIA NOV.26, 1 9 8 6

On t h e recommendation o f t h e u n d e r s i g n e d , t h e L i e u t e n a n t Governor , by and w i t h t h e a d - v i c e and c o n s e n t o f t h e Execu- t i v e C o u n c i l , o r d e r s t h a t t h e Guaranteed A v a i l a b l e Income For Need R e g u l a t i o n s , B C Reb. 479/76, a r e amended by add ing t o t h e end o f s e c t i o n 4 t h e f o l l o w i n g : 5) When a r e c i p i e n t s a t i s f i e s t h e d i r e c t o r t h a t income a s s i - s t a n c e g i v e n t o t h e r e c i p i e n t h a s been l o s t o r s t o l e n , i n whole o r i n p a r t , t h e d i r e c t o r may a u t h o r i x e i s s u a n c e o f i n - come a s s i s t a n c e t o r e p l a c e t h a t l o s t o r s t o l e n , o n l y i f a ) i n t h e c a s e o f t h e f t , t h e

m a t t e r has been r e p o r t e d t o t h e p o l i c e ,

b) i n t h e c a s e o f l o s s / t h e f t t h e r e c i p i e n t ( i ) makes a

s t a t u t o r y d e c l a r a t i o n o f f a c t ( i i ) u n d e r t a k e s t h a t upon r e - cove ry o f t h e a s s i s t a n c e l o s t o r s t o l e n , i t w i l l be d e l i v e r e d f o r t h w i t h t o t h e d i r e c t o r .

6 ) Where t h e l o s s o r t h e f t o f income a s s i s t a n c e i s o f money o r a cheque which h a s been e n - d o r s e d by t h e r e c i p i e n t and c a s h e d , t h e d i r e c t o r i s empow-

e r e d t o deduc t from f u t u r e i n - come a s s i s t a n c e payab le t o t h e r e c i p i e n t t h e amount r e p l a c e d under s e c t i o n 5.

7) Where a s e c u r i t y d e p o s i t i s r e q u i r e d by a r e c i p i e n t t o s e c u r e n e c e s s a r y r e n t a l accom- o d a t i o n , t h e d i r e c t o r may, i n a d d i t i o n t o t h e b e n e f i t s s e t o u t i n Schedule A , a u t h o r i z e payment o f t h e d e p o s i t t o t h e r e c i p i e n t on r e c e i v i n g from t h e r e c i p i e n t u n d e r t a k i n g s t o r e f u n d t h e government t h e f u l l amount o f t h e s e c u r i t y d e p o s i t a t t h e end o f t h e l e a s e .

I think the dog wants to go out.'

I n s t a n c e s l i k e t h e s e , I be- l i e v e , have p u t t h e Carneg ie Community C e n t r e i n t h e d i r e f i n a n c i a l s t r a i t s t h e y now f a c e . I would r a t h e r p u t my f a i t h i n p e o p l e s u c h a s Tony S e a v e r s , Wally Bardysh,Harvey Bowers and t h e r e s t o f t h e s o c a l l e d r e a c t i o n a r i e s and opp- o r t u n i s t s r i g h t t h a n t h e p r o - ven t r a c k r e c o r d o f t h e l e f t .

KENNETH R . CORRIGAN

YOUR MORNING SMILE

M r . MacLeod, I do n o t have t o a t t a c k you

o r t r y t o make you look f o o l - i s h , You a r e do ing a g r e a t j o b on your own.

Bu t , you s h o u l d go t o t h e t h i r d f l o o r and s e e Linda f o r a c r a s h c o u r s e i n s p e l l i n g .

I r e c e i v e d t h i s on e n t e r i n g Good Luck! t h e C e n t r e Tues. Feb.24. M r . D.W. Todd

* UIC problems * getting legal assitance * unsafe living conditions in hotels or apartments * disputes with landlords

* income tax DERA is located a t 9 East Hastings

or phone 682-0931.

DERA HAS BEEN SERVING THE DOWNTOWN EASTSTDE: FOR 13 YEARS

Disputed I n 1947 , t h e O n t a r i o govern-

ment s t a r t e d a p u b l i c r e l a t i o n s p r o j e c t t o p e r s u a d e Europeans , e s p e c i a l l y t h o s e l i v i n g i n t h e B r i t i s h I s l e s , t o come t o Can- ada . One man, Frank Helden , t o o k t h e " l and o f o p p o r t u n i t y " p romot ion s e r i o u s l y , l e a v i n g h i s w i f e and baby i n England and coming t o e s t a b l i s h h i m s e l f f i r s t . I n t h o s e d a y s , t h e t r i p took 27 hours ( f l y i n g t i m e ) w i t h s t o p s i n Gander and Mont- r e a l .

Upon a r r i v i n g , he found t h a t no j o b s were w a i t i n g f o r t h e t h o u s a n d s l i k e him - i t was e i - t h e r f i n d work o r s t a r v e . Most men were q u a r t e r e d a t t h e S a l l y Ann i n T o r o n t o , b u t Frank and a h a n d f u l o f o t h e r s chose t o "go w e s t , young man" a s Horace G r e e l y s a i d , and r e a c h e d Van- couver on S e p t . 1 3 . He found a j o b t h e nex t day , a t BC F e r r i e s . P r e v i o u s e x p e r i e n c e i n t e l e - phone work was n o t a h e l p , a s a t 29 he was " too o ld" .

I n 1948, he r e t u r n e d t o Eng l a n d f o r t h r e e months, b u t h i s w i f e w o u l d n ' t l e a v e . Div- o r c e d , he worked h i s s h i p p a - s s a g e from London t o Sa igon 4 S i n g a p o r e , g e t t i n g t o Vancou- v e r f i v e months l a t e r .

The F e r r i e s became g o v t . c o n t r o l l e d and he l e f t t o do v a r i o u s j o b s u n t i l s t a r t i n g a t BCTel i n ' 55 . He r e t i r e d i n ' 8 3 . M r . Helden came t o Carneg ie f o r l e g a l a d v i c e from one o f t h e s t u d e n t law-

politics By PAUL TAYLOR

y e r s and gave t h e s t o r y n o t o f t e n h e a r d i n t h e p r e s s con- c e r n i n g new r e f u g e e s h e r e .

I t seems t h a t by hav ing s t a t u s a s a r e f u g e e , d e s e r v e d o r n o t , many p e o p l e g e t s u b - s i d i z e d income, h o u s i n g , j o b s and s o c i a l b e n e f i t s , a s w e l l a s t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o b r i n g a s many o f t h e i r f a m i l i e s a s t h e y c a n t o Canada.

M r . He lden s t a t e d t h a t many B r i t o n s c a n ' t g e t v i s a s any more, and t h a t t h o s e who do d o n ' t have t h e same p r i v -

l e d g e s a s t h e s e new a r r i v a l s . H i s 8 7 y e a r o l d s i s t e r has t o w a i t 10 y e a r s f o r a p e n s i o n , and Chinese s e n i o r s w a i t o n l y t h r e e . M r . He lden ' s c o n c e r n i s t h a t p e o p l e who have been working f o r a lmos t 4 0 y e a r s i n Canada a r e s t i l l bound by r e g u l a t i o n s t h a t d o n ' t o r a r e n ' t a p p l i e d t o newer i m m - i g r a n t s . He h a s been accused o f b e i n g a b i g o t , b u t s a y s he i s n l t . The l a x i t y o f r u l e s when a p p l i e d t o t h e s e p e o p l e i s n ' t f a i r , a s he s a y s t h a t many p e o p l e who have been h e r e f o r o v e r 30 y e a r s s e e b e n e f i t s t h a t arr- d e n i e d them going t o peop le who have been h e r e f o r 2 - 3 y e a r s .

Mr. Helden i s a l o b b y i s t i n Burnaby a n d h a s r u n f o r both Mayor and.Alderman. He i s a l s o a c t i v e i n t h e Marine Ass. and t h e Army, Navy and A i r Force V e t e r a . n s ' A ~ s o c i a t i n n

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T h i s y e a r w i l l mark t h e 4 0 t h a n n i v e r s a p y of t h e O n t a r i o i n v i t a t i o n s , and M r . He lden hopes t o have them and o t h e r p r o v i n c i a l governments a c k - nowledge t h i s and p r e s s u r e t h e f e d e r a l government i n t o r e v i e w i n g e x i s t i n g immigra t ion r e g u l a t i o n s . To c o n t a c t : M r . Frank Helden , 102-6075 Wilson , Burnaby, B . C. V5H 2 R 5 Phone- 435-2870

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How t h e y f e l l ! The l e a d e r s .

Kennedy, King, o t h e r s ; Marylyn, Lennon, s o many o t h - e r s . They had t o s t a n d a c c - o u n t a b l e i n l i f e a s w e l l a s d e a t h - and y e t t h e masses can remain i n l u l l e d , s l e e p y - eyed b l i s s .

They were l e a d e r s , a s were o t h e r s l i k e them. They were t h e ones who s t o o d and were c o u n t e d , and y e t t h e y were judged by t h o s e who l a c k e d t h e courage t o s t a t e t h e i r name and t h e i r game t o t h e media. "Were t h e y r i g h t o r wrong?" a s k t h e masses , a s t h e y c o l l e c t i v e l y l o o k i n t h e i r mic roscopes and a r e 1 1

nameless . " P u t t i n g shame t o r e s t " , s a i d t h e t e a c u p .

I s i t any wonder t h a t t h e r e a l wor ld l e a d e r s o f today a r e o n l y v i s i b l e t o a s e l e c t few and t h o s e few o n l y remem-

b e r when n e c e s s a r y ! I s i t -any wonder t h a t p o t e n t i a l wor ld l e a d e r s t a k e up ' s h o e c l e r k 1 j o b s i n s t e a d of do ing what p e o p l e need them t o do.

A s e l f - c e n t e r e d p e r s o n once s a i d t o me, " B e t t e r s a f e t h a n s o r r y . " Of c o u r s e s h e meant h e r own s a f e t y and t h e s a f e t y o f anyone e l s e who c o u l d do h e r f i n a n c i a l good o n a p e r s o n a l l e v e l .

Large monies and p r o t e c t i o n do n o t e n s u r e t h e s a f e t y o f p u b l i c l y exposed w o r l d l e a d - e r s . So why have t h e l e a d e r s f a l l e n ? I b e l i e v e t h e mot ive i s r evenge . Peop le h a t e l o o k - i n g a t t h e i r own shame. "They were who t h e y were!" t h e mass- e s c r y . . b u t how d i d t h e y g e t t h e r e e x c e p t by b e i n g c o u r a - geous and t e r r i b l y f r i g h t e n e d .

They a r e no d i f f e r e n t t h a n anyone e l s e , b u t what t h e y d i d i s one o f t h e h a r d e s t t h i n g s on e a r t h t o do.

Now p e o p l e s e a r c h f o r new wor ld l e a d e r s , t o g i v e them a s e n s e o f d i r e c t i o n and hope. Bu t , n o - o n e ' s home.. t h e p h o n e ' s o f f t h e hook . . . i s i t any wonder!

I t ' s s a d how t h e y f e l l , and i t ' s s a d how o t h e r l e a d e r s a r e i n c o n s t a n t danger from t h e s h a m e f u l , s l e e p y - e y e d masses . But t h e masses w i l l wake up - someday.

By DAVE McCONNELL

THE COMPETITION

anyone was i n h e r s t a l l , and i t r e q u i r e d p a t i e n c e and a g e n t l e hand t o groom h e r a t c l o s e q u a r t e r s . Twyla had bowed l e g s and 'bact k n ~ e s a n d i t was n e c e s s a r y f o r me t o f r e e z e h e r l e g s s o t h a t s h e would n o t a p p e a r t o be c r i p p - l e d p r i o r t o t h e r a c e . Her normal g a i t was s t i l t e d and choppy. A f t e r f r e e z i n g h e r l e g s , I bandaged them, b r a i d e d h e r t a i l and p u t on h e r b r i d l e b l i n k e r s and r e i n s . When Twyla was r e a d y , I w a i t e d w i t h h e r i n t h e b a r n u n t i l t h e announce merit was made f o r t h e r a c e .

The announcement was made on s c h e d u l e , and Twyla and I made o u r way t o t h e e n t r a n c e a t t h e t r a c k . Twyla was aware by t h i s t i m e t h a t i t was r a c e day . She c o u l d i d e n t i f y r a c e day a s e a s i l y a s she c o u l d f e e d i n g t i m e . I t was j u s t a d i f f e r e n t s e t o f s i g - n a l s . I n r e s p o n s e , s h e foamed a t t h e mouth and p r a n c e d i n n e r v o u s e x c i t e m e n t and f e a r .

The crowd t h a t day was t y p - i c a l : l a r g e , n o i s y and e x c i t - ed. Some r a c i n g e n t h u s i a s t watched o u r p r o g r e s s toward t h e paddock. He g r i n n e d and t r i e d t o p e t Twyla, b u t q u i c k - l y wi thdrew when s h e jumped from h i s t o u c h . Twyla was n o t a s t u p i d h o r s e . She d i d n o t t r u s t p e o p l e .

Once i n t h e paddock, Twyla broke o u t i n a ne rvous swea t . She k i c k e d t h e w a l l s o f t h e s a d d l i n g s t a l l , and i t was

n e c e s s a r y f o r t h e t r a i n e r t o h u r t h e r i n an i n c o n s p i c i o u s manner s o t h e crowd o f s p e c - t a t o r s would n o t n o t i c e . Once s h e was subdued, Twyla ' s t o n g - ue was q u i c k l y t i e d down s o s h e would n o t swallow i t d u r - i n g t h e r a c e . Then she was s a d d l e d and mounted. and I l e d h e r toward t h e t r a c k

The r a c e began t y p i c a l l y enough. Twyla r a n i n t h e mid- d l e o f t h e pack . She was n o t a good r a c e h o r s e , and she u s - u a l l y f i n i s h e d around t h e middle of t h e pack . The t r a i n - e r s a i d t h a t h e r a t t i t u d e h e l d h e r back. Twyla had a bad a t t i t u d e .

Now t h e pack was runn ing h a r d . The h o r s e s were making t h e i r way down t h e b a c k s t r e t c h j u s t b e f o r e t h e f i n a l t u r n . The t r a c k was he,avy and i t made runn ing d i f f i c u l t . The pack headed i n t o t h e f i n a l c u r v e w i t h Twyla runn ing an h o n e s t t h i r d . She was n o t i c - a b l y f l a g g i n g , however, and t h e pace was beg inn ing t o p i c k up. Twyla ' s jockey was s t a r t - i n g t o c r a c k t h e whip, coming down t h e home s t r e t c h .

Then sudden ly t h e crowd r o a r e d . Twyla had gone down. Her j o c k - ey was p i t c h e d o f f , b u t r o l l e d t o h i s f e e t a l m o s t immedia te ly . Twyla s t a g g e r e d t o h e r f e e t a s t h e r ema in ing h o r s e s c r o s s e d t h e f i n i s h l i n e . I r a n down t h e t r a c k t o g r a b o n t o h e r . A s I n e a r e d , I c o u l d t h a t t h e lower

THE COMPET IT ION LETTER.

h a l f o f h e r l e f t l e g was s h a t t - e r e d . She r e p e a t e d l y t r i e d t o p l a n t h e r f o o t , b u t i t no long- e r had any s u p p o r t . A s I came w i t h i n a few f e e t o f h e r , I c o u l d h e a r t h e s c r a p i n g o f b r o - ken bone a s t h e s h a t t e r e d l e g f l o p p e d a g a i n s t t h e ground. A crew o f men t r a i n e d f o r t h i s k i n d o f emergency s o o n a r r i v e d on t h e scene w i t h a c a r t t o h a u l Twyla away from t h e v iew o f t h e s p e c t a t o r s .

T w y l a l s e y e s were l u n a t i c . Her n o s t r i l s f l a r e d and h e r b r e a t h was r agged and d e s p e r a t e Her l e g had begun t o b a l l o o n . I t was t w i c e t h e s i z e o f h e r r i g h t one. and s w e l l i n g f a s t . I t was d e c i d e d s h e h a d : , t o d i e . I was t o l d t o s t a n d a s i d e a s Twyla was i n j e c t e d w i t h n i c o - t i n e .

Twyla shuddered f o r one o r two seconds and c o l l a p s e d w i t h a r e s o u n d i n g thud . She d i d n ' t even t w i t c h . Her e y e s were s t i l l open and Twyla was dead . A f t e r a t i m e , one of t h e t r a i n e d men informed me t h a t I c o u l d s t r i p h e r o f h e r b r i d l e and s o c k s a n d s u c h , and I p r o - ceeded t o do j u s t t h a t . I t o o k t h e b r i d l e o f f Twyla w h i l e s h e was dead w i t h h e r e y e s open.

A s I c a r r i e d t h e t a c k back t o t h e b a r n , i t o c c u r r e d t o me t h a t I was d e v e l o p i n g a n a l l - e r g y . My t h r o a t was b u r n i n g and my e y e s were w a t e r i n g . But I would worry a b o u t t h a t l a t e r . Right now I had s t a l l s t o c l e a n .

R e c e n t l y I ' v e d i s c o v e r e d a s i g n i n t h e b u i l d i n g . I n i t s own r i g h t , t h i s s i g n is t o t a l l y a g a i n s t t h e C o n s t i t u t i o n o f Canada. I t i s p o s t e d i n t h e S e n i o r s ' Lounge and i t s t a t e s : "SENIORS LOUNGE, 40 y r . and o v e r , Carneg ie membership req.'!

The s t a t e m e n t "40 y e a r s 6 o v e r e t c . " i s my p o i n t . The C o n s t i t u - ' t i o n o f Canada s a y s , " I t i s un- 91

l a w f u l t o d i s c r i m i n a t e on t h e b a s i s o f a g e , c r e e d , c o l o u r and p o l i t i c a l a f f i l i a t i o n . " p l a c i n g ' 40 y r s . and over?'on t h i s s i g n , t h e S e n i o r s have b reached t h e d i s c r i m i n a t i o n laws o f t h i s c o u n t r y .

I d e c i d e d t o g e t a membership t o t h e s e n i o r s b u t was d e n i e d ! I t seems I was n o t o l d enough. And h e r e ' s a n i n t e r e s t i n g p o i n t - I f I and a f r i e n d wanted t o watch TV - he b e i n g 40 and I b e i n g 3 9 , I would be d e n i e d .

The TV i n t h e S e n i o r s Lounge i s t h e o n l y TV i n t h e C e n t r e which i s o p e r a t i o n a l and s e t up f o r pu h l i c v i e w i n g . . . .... .....* .... . ........... ....1.1..1................1.1...............1.1..1................1.1...............1.1..1................1.1........... ,.,,...... ... ..................................... - .......*...........m.-**

Hey! I n e v e r blow up b a l l o o n s , I t ' s t h e k i n d o f t h i n g I n e v e r do. B U ~ I wou ld 've blown up e v e r y goddamned b a l l o o n i n s i g h t So I a s k you, What do you t h i n k it i s ? I t ' s n o t f a i r - u n r e q u i t e d l o v e i s a p a i n i n t h e a s s . So don1 t a s k . . . . I n e v e r blow up b a l l o o n s .

. - Tom L e w i s

Imagine . . . a women's j a i l 6 gym s o s m a l l t h a t you have t o go o u t s i d e t o change your mind! Imagine Jonny on a s t o o l p i a y - i n g g u i t a r 6 s i n g i n g . . E a r l on base , ,Don on g u i t a r ( M a n d o l i n ? ) and Bharb s t r u t t i n g around. s i n g i n ' "You b e t t e r be good t o me1'. On J a n . 3 1 / ' 8 7 , t h e E l i z - a b e t h Fry bought t h e pop,Gerry from Canteen dona ted $ 2 0 . 0 0 t o cove r g a s and Carneg ie Music Gui ld invaded Lakes ide J a i l f o r a c o n c e r t ! ( F i r s t d e c e n t g i g we' ve h a d ) .

I n my o p i n i o n , h a v i n g been h e r e seven months p r e v i o u s t o my sentencl ing (Dec. 16/86) w i t h t h e e x c e p t i o n o f Harry 6 The Hack Jobs - t h e bands have been s c r a p r o a s t a n d / o r s e x i s t .

We e v e n had some goofs(men) who had t h e a u d a c i t y t o wear a l l w h i t e jumpsu i t s l a s t H a l l - owe'en and c a l l t hemse lves t h e "Sperms": enough s a i d .

E l i z a b e t h Fry found t h e s e goofs p a r t o f t h e i r b i g g e s t o b j e c t i o n abou t bands ; t h e y ' r e t o o loud . The gym's a c o u s t i c s a r e v e r y poor s i n c e i t ' s a box o f cement w i t h a h i g h c e i - l i n g .

I n t h e p a s t t h e r e has been t o o much volume on t h e e l e c t - r i c g u i t a r s C, drummers who f i g u r e t h e y ' r e a t t h e Commo- d o r ( e x c e p t t h a t fo rmer bands were s o bad , t h e y c o u l d n ' t g e t g i g s a t t h e Balmora l ) .

A l o t of women come t o Lake-

s i d e dances and l e a v e because i t 1 s t o o loud o r a r e i n s u l t e d by t h e remarks o f t h e band.

Like I s a i d b e f o r e , t h e o n l y good band weld had b e f o r e t h e 31s t was a r r a n g e d by Miriam 6 Ivy of B.C.F.W. - Harry 6 The Hack J o b s - a w e l l known wo- men's band who's s o l e purpose was b e n e f i t s , a l t h o u g h t h e y p layed Nelson Women1 s Music F e s t i v a l and some g i g s on t h e I s l a n d a t t h e V t m ; R e c e n t l y t h e y ' v e b roken ,up , bu t I t r u s t t h a t I s i s , M . , Grace 6 Leanne w i l l p u t something new t o g e - t h e r a s t h e y w i l l be missed by t h e Van. Women's Community.

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P r e s e n t t i m e : 3 1 s t f o r Johnny. Bharb. . .what can P r e s e n t t i m e : 31st/6:10pm you say a b o u t a women who i s

I brought up a jug o f c o f - f e e f o r Bharb and l e f t t o h e l p I n g r i d , o u r Rec. O f f i c e r g e t t h e pop and g l a s s e s . (Be- f o r e , we had a ' j o k e 1 t h a t s t a r t e d a t 8:10 i n s t e a d of 7:00 - bands must be o u t by 9.

A t 6 :15 t h e sound check was done and a t 6 : 3 0 Bharb s t a r t - ed w i t h Tina T u r n e r ' s t u n e , "You b e t t e r be good t o me". . . and "Bobby McGee" by J o p l i n . Some women were a b i t d i s s a - p o i n t e d t h a t Bharb c o u l d n ' t do h e r o t h e r J o p l i n t u n e s , b u t you can on ly do s o much w i t h two a c o u s t i c g u i t a r s and a base and drums.

Everyone l o v e d Stormy Mon- day and t h e o l d rocks - I even g o t I n g r i d t o dance !

I sang back-up f o r Kansas C i t y , House of t h e R i s ing Sun and S tand By Me. I was a l s o a sked by T e r r y t o do my C a r l Chessman song and my Spectrum Films P4W song. L e s t e r sang two c o u n t r y t u n e s and was ex - c e l l e n t a s a lways . L e s l i e f e l t s h e needed drums t o g e t t h e b e a t , b u t h e r n a t u r a l downhome Country s t y l e came th rough and t h e Band was g r e a t i n back ing h e r up.

Johnny was s u p e r b and e v e r y - one loved h i s o r i g i n a l t u n e s . E a r l p l a y e d r e a l l y good base . Don was new t o me b u t somehow managed t o f i x up and tune o u r

s o m u l t i - t a l e n t e d t h a t t h e r e i s n ' t a n y t h i n g t h i s l a d y c a n ' t s i n g . Of a l l t h e women t h a t I t a l k e d t o , n o t one n e g a t i v e t h i n g was s a i d . We l i s t e n e d , danced and e n j o y e d t h e pop and t h e mus ic . . . i t ' s t h e s imple t h i n g s you miss and t a k e f o r g r a n t e d . . .

Like Carneg ie - where you pe r fo rm f o r t h e g r e a t e s t a u d i e n c e i n t h e world. The o t h e r n i g h t I c l o s e d my e y e s a s Bharb, Johnny and me sang House -of t h e R i s i n ~ S u n : T was t r a n s f o r m e d from a cement farm t o t h e marble and s t a k n - ed g l a s s o f t h e Cen t re t h a t I know and l o v e . and m i s s ... Cowboy E l l i s , Bharb, Claude, Linda , J e f f , Dennis , Ron, Norm, Frank P a r k e r . . . Frank P a r k e r I miss more t h a n words, P a u l , A l , Tora and t h e news- l e t t e r . . .

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a touch o f joy .

By Bever ly - Jeanne Whitney

- Does t h e b o a r d have t h e po- wer t o change t h e C o n s t i t u t - i o n a t w i l l w i t h o u t t h e con- s e n t o f t h e members? -Do you f i n d i t s t r a n g e t h a t e v e r y t h i n g o f impor tance i s m i s s i n g . . m i n u t e s , l e d g e r s ? -Why a r e r e c o r d s i n d i s a r r a y ? -How do you r u n an o r g a n i z a t - i o n t h a t i s a l l e g e d l y ' b r o k e ' -How a b o u t S e a v e r s s l u r ? - - F i v e boa rd members p u r c h a s e c a r d s l e s s t h a n s i x t y days b e f o r e becoming B . M s . y e t o n l y one i s a t t a c k e d f o r it - M r . MacLeod g o t h i s t h e same day o f h i s appo in tmen t - M r . Bardysh , i s y o u r c o r r e c t a d d r e s s now on f i l e ?

, -Mr. Bardysh , were you aware t h a t M r . S e a v e r s and M r . 011- dym were t e c h n i c a l l y i n t h e

, same p o s i t i o n a s M s . S c h n i d t -Dennis McCowan, who a s k e d you t o check on members c a r d s , how d i d you f a i l t o s e e Tony ' s

L name on t h e same p a g e , how h a s t h e boa rd " t i e d y o u r hands"? -Mr. McCowan, you a s s i s t e d i n s e l e c t i n g t h e h i r i n g committee t h e n a p p l i e d f o r a t u t o r ( p a i d ) p o s i t i o n , and h a v e n ' t r e s i g n e d b e f o r e e i t h e r a c t i o n . Why n o t ?

Muggs r e s i g n e d a t t h e a d v i c e of h e r a t t o r n e y t o make h e r s t a t u s on t h e Board l e g a l . She was a t t a c k e d v e r b a l l y and s l a n d e r e d . The ones r e f u s i n g t o a t t e n d u n t i l s h e d i d t h i s had i n t h e i r number p e o p l e

j j u s t a s i n v i o l a t i o n a s h e r . Muggs f e l l f o r t h e harmonious r u s e o f i t b e i n g j u s t a t e c h - n i c a l i t y , and M r . Bardysh g o t h i s l o n g - a w a i t e d s h o t a t t h e P r e s i d e n c y .

The p r e t e n s e of b e i n g c l e a r of any C o n s t i t u t i o n a l v i o l a t - i o n seemed t o a l l o w o t h e r s t o i n s u l t i n g l y demand h e r r e s i g n a t i o n . To keep t h e h e a t o f f t h e i r own a s s e s , t h e crowd was k e p t i n an u p r o a r d u r i n g t h i s s e c u l a r q u e s t f o r power. I ' v e n e v e r r u n a c r o s s a more g lamour ized t r i o o f i n s a t i - a b l e , g r e g a r i o u s hounds o f p e r d i t i o n w i t h i n t h e r e a l m s of p r o p i n q u i t y i n a l l my y e a r s .

I ' m r e a l l y g l a d t o r e p o r t t h a t I 'm n o t i n any p o s i t i o n t o s a y who i s r i g h t o r wrong. My r e p o r t i s b a s e d on f a c t s t h a t I ' v e a q u i r e d i n t h e c o u r s e of t h i s i n v e s t i g a t i o n . I have a r i g h t t o p r o t e c t my s o u r c e s . The law can b e a b l e s s i n g when used p r o p e r l y t o s e r v e and p r o t e c t ; t h o s e who f e e l t h a t t h e y a r e above i t sooner o r l a t e r t r i p themse lves up and w i l l have t o f a c e i t .

Big b r o t h e r i s wa tch ing! By FRANK H. PARKER

Feb. 27/87 - rank-has p e r m i s s - i o n t o v e r i f y a l l

membership d a t e s on t h e s e : (Linda Kenney) -

Wally Bardysh - May 2 , #209 R i c h a r d Pooley - A p r i l P e t e r I m m - A p r j l G . MacLeod - J a n . 8/87 Tony S e a v e r s .- May 1 8 , # 4 5 4 Rober t A l l e n - A p r i l P a t Kenda l l - A p r i l Harvey Bowers - A p r i l I r e n e Schmidt - May 18 #458 S h e i l a B a x t e r - A p r i l Jon Olldym - May 29 #516 Dennis McCowan - A p r i l K a t h e r i n e Galan - A p r i l Danny Kor ica - A p r i l

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