. Seven long y e a r s ! Time sup-

posedly f l i e s when you ' r e hav- ing fun .

On January 1 8 , t h e Carnegie Centre c e l e b r a t e d i t s seven th ann ive r sa ry w i t h a p u b l i c "Open House" i n t h e Thea t re . Wally Bardysh, t h e P r e s i d e n t of t h e Carnegie Community Centre Assoc i a t i on Board, welcomed t h e few hundred people and acknow- ledged t h e f e e l i n g of f ami ly . . w i th f i g h t s and b i cke r ing r i g h t a long wi th love and c a r i n g .

Newly e l e c t e d Alderman Carol Tzy lc r r e z a r k e d CE t h e ezsrzsus number of d a i l y pa t rons being w e l l known i n C i ty Ha l l and t h a t t h e C e n t r e ' s c o n t i n u a t i o n and upgrading a r e d e f i n i t e i tems f o r d i s c u s s i o n . She extended t h e Mayor's apology f o r n o t a t t e n d i n g .

Nancy Jennings , Centre Di r - e c t o r , spoke wi th concern t h a t many of t h e r e s i d e n t s i n t h i s a r e a end up he re a s a p l a c e of l a s t r e fuge , wi th t h e v a s t m a j o r i t y being on a s s i s t a n c e of some k ind . She s a i d t h a t a f t e r c o n t r i b u t i n g t o s o c i e t y

WITH STYLE and having a bad break , people t end t o s e e f u r t h e r t r y s a s being p o i n t l e s s , even worth- l e s s . Yet , t h i s community can boas t of numerous and d i v e r s e t a l e n t s , s k i l l s and ex- p e r t i s e .

Nancy spoke of t h e vo lun t ee r program here expanding t o i n - c lude t r a i n i n g f o r jobs and a c t i v a t i n g peop le s1 i n t e r e s t i n a l a r g e r world.

A s always, t h e c a u t i o n of needing t o work togeGher and be a s u n i t e d a s p o s s i b l e (min- imizing p o l i t i c s and/or p e r - sona:ities) w a s vai ced. . reminding a l l t h a t t o do l e s s i s t o be l e s s than we can be.

Free sandwiches. cookies , cake and c o f f e e r e l a x e d every- one and fo l lowing t h e ' o f f i c - . i a l ' welcome t h e r e was an e x c e l l e n t d inne r se rved a t 5 :30 . A t 7:OOpm a f r e e dance began wi th very good music, square dancing and j u s t g e t - t i n g t o g e t h e r .

Happy Bi r thday t o us a l l and e s p e c i a l l y t o Amanda, who was born on t h e day Carnegie opened i n 1980!

Well, t h e f i n a n c i a l workings of t h e Assoc i a t i on ( t h a t ' s u s , r i g h t ? ) have been thawed o u t ; thanks t o Kather ine Galan. When P e t e r Imm was s t r u c k from h i s p o s i t i o n a s t r e a s u r e r of t h e CCCA, t h e Gulf 6 F r a s e r C r e d i t Union f r o z e a l l accounts u n t i l new s ign ing o f f i c e r s were recognised .

A l o t of you, members and ------... - r P ------ use13 "1 ~ a l ~ ~ g i e : a r e n l t t o o concerned over t h e d i f f i c u l t i e s of t h e Board. Yet , t h e c o n t i n - u a l b i c k e r i n g and in f igh . t i ng a r e having an e f f e c t - both on t h e conf idence (o r l a c k o f ) i n our d i r e c t i o n f o r t h e f u t u r e , and i n how people who a r e no r - mal ly c i v i l and f r i e n d l y a r e becoming c y n i c a l and h e a r t l e s s - l y watchfu l .

I t i s becoming more and more r e g u l a r f o r any a c t i o n o r even t a l k t o be suspec t ed of con- c e a l i n g something wrong. Who dec ides what i s b e s t f o r u s ? Should such d e c i s i o n s be made wi thout our having a say t h a t won't be ignored? Is t h e r e a l i n e o r a b lank w a l l ? From t h e "I Ching", t h e o l d e s t known book i n t h e world:

"Although your v a l u e s may seem l i k e a b s o l u t e s . . a l l va lues a r e r e l a t i v e . You f e e l deeply t h a t what you b e l i e v e and what you do a r e r i g h t . And, i n your t e rms , you a r e r i g h t - b u t , i n t h e i r terms, t h o s e wi th whom you a i s a g r e e a r e a l s o r i g h t . From an o b j e c t i v e p o i n t of view

- y o u r views, aims and a c t i o n s

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a r e on ly a few among many. With j o u t lowering your s t a n d a r d s o r hedging on your p r i n c i p l e s , 1 make an e f f o r t t o meet them h a l f -way. l1 1

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wrote from t h e p o i n t of Ciew of t h e m a j o r i t y o f t h o s e a t t h e Board meet ings , f a i l i n g t o g ive adequate a t t e n t i o n t o t h e oppo- s i n g view. This wasn ' t f a i r . I apo log i se t o t h o s e who r i g h t - l y took excep t ion t o t h i s , w i t h a smal l s t r i n g a t t a c h e d :

Those who were most lpud i n t h e i r i n d i g n a t i o n were moment- a r i l y s i l e n c e d when a v o l u n t e e r on t h e n e w s l e t t e r s a i d t h a t t hey were j u s t p i s s e d o f f be- cause someone wrote words t oo c l o s e t o t h e t r u t h , and t h e t r u t h can h u r t . Flack i s p a r t and 'pa rce l of p u b l i c o f f i c e ; if you c a n ' t s t a n d t h e h e a t t hen g e t o u t of t h e k i t c h e n .

PAUL TAYLOR

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A s I wander through Carpegie say ing "Hi1 ' , smi l ing a t people who smi l e and say H i back i n a f r i e n d l y way, I s e e t h e r e a l Carnegie: t h e people i n t h e lounges , i n t h e l i b r a r y , on t h e 3 rd f l o o r ; v o l u n t e e r s bak- i n g , cooking and s e l l i n g low- c o s t , n u t r i t i o u s food. The gym and poolroom a r e busy w i t h a c t i v e people . The Learning Centre i s a c t i v e wi th t u t o r s he lp ing s t u d e n t s and t h e Sen- i o r s ' dances a r e fun and f i l l - ed wi th happy people . The Cabaret Night has people c l a p - p ing and stomping t o g r e a t music. Christmas, New Year ' s ; t h e r e i s always someone t o t a l k t o . The l i s t goes on and on of happy t imes and s o u l s .

The on ly unhappy t imes f o r me a r e a t Board meetings where a s a Board member I hea r s c r e a - ming, swear ing, pounding f i s t s and g r e a t i n s u l t s . . a n i gno r ing cf t h e rnmmcnityls wishes a n d even presence i n t h e room.

The community e l e c t e d me; i t i s a hard job - I c a n ' t change t h i n g s o r f i n d a s o l u t i o n a lone . The community who e l e c t e d me must f i n d t h e s o l u t i o n t o t h e Carnegie Board and i t s f u n c t i o n a t p r e s e n t .

SHEILA BAXTER

Dear Bro thers and S i s t e r s ,

We a r e i n t h e midst of t r y i n g t imes . The Carnegie Board of D i r e c t o r s i s a t p r e s e n t ove r - whelmingly dominated by 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 .

The most o p p o r t u n i s t i c and l e a s t h a i r y member of t h e board undoubtedly i s more i n t - e r e s t e d i n improving h i s r e p - u t a t i o n amongst t h 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 who now dominate Ci ty Hal l t han i n wor- king f o r and wi th t h e gene ra l membership of t h e Carnegie community Centre Assoc ia t ion . This man and h i s f l u n k i e s have screamed t o t h e media t h a t t h e A s s o c i a t i o n ' s f i n a n c i a l sky was f a l l i n g whi le e x e r t i n g v i r t u a l l y no e f f o r t t o a c t u a l - l y improve our f i n a n c i a l s i t u - a t i o n . They have prevented t h e membership from t ak ing p a r t i n t h e e l e c t i o n of d i r e c t - o r s . They have jo ined t o g e t h e r t c e j e c t from t h e execu t ive committee one of t h e two mem- be r s of t h a t committee who a r e no t i n t h e h a b i t of p a t r o n i z i n g Ralph C a r a v e t t a l s p a s t a j o i n t .

To r i d i t s e l f of t h e s e f o l k s , t h e membership must vo t e them ou t a t t h e f i r s t p o s s i b l e chance and must r e f u s e t o vo t e them back i n dur ing t h e y e a r s t o come.

SAM SNOBELEN

So, what do YOU t h i n k o f d r i n k i n g and d t i v i n g ? "Oh, no," you s a y ; "Hold it!" b e f o r e you look away. I know; you 've heard t h i s ove r and o v e r , bu t t h e r e seems t o be a l o t o f a larm s t i l l . The pen- a l t i e s f o r d r i n k i n g and d r i v - i ng a r e g e t t i n g moFe s e v e r e a l l t h e t i ~ e . y e t t h r r e has been ve ry l i t t l e about 'why' o f t h i s e v e n t .

I won ' t bo the r t e l l i n g t h e h o r r o r s t o r i e s o r consequences a s t h e r e ' s proof enough i n h o s p i t a l s , whee l cha i r s and c e m e t a r i e s ; and s t i l l no-one knows what t o do!

Unders tandably , no-one wants t o l e g i s l a t e o r e n f o r c e v e r y s e v e r e p e n a l t i e s , b u t , f o r our own (everybody ' s ) p r o t e c t i o n , some p o s i t i v e s t e p s w i l l have t o be t aken i n t h e p r e v e n t i o n of d r i n k i n g and d r i v i n g .

One of t h e b i g g e s t problems i s , o f c o u r s e , t h a t i n t o d a y ' s s o c i e t y c a r s a r e second n a t u r e . The way of t h i s coun t ry and i t s s o u t h e r n neighbour i s t h e need f o r r e c k l e s s n e s s i n ve ry o r d i n - a r y , d u l l l i v e s . Like t h e Robert Johnson quo t e , "b lues t h a t walk l i k e a man, s o s p i t him i n t h e eye". Dr ive r s seem t o t a k e t h e i r own l i v e s i n t h e i r own hands, bu t no-one i n t h e i r r i g h t mind would i n t e n t - i o n a l l y r i s k ano the r p e r s o n ' s l i f e : no-one would want t o h i t someone; no-one wants t o be i n an a c c i d e n t - no-one wants t h e

g u i l t and an a c c i d e n t i s t h e l a s t t h i n g on anyone 's mind. People j u s t want t o p a r t y , nev- e r mind worry. So peop l e d r i n k and d r i v e anyway and "never mind t h e law".

On one hand, one f r i e n d was t e l l i n g me t h a t h i s s i s t e r was , s e v e r e l y i n j u r e d by a drunken d r i v e r and h i s r a p e was abso - i u t e . . he was t h inE ing i n terms 1

of s e v e r e punishment. On t h e I o t h e r hand, a n o t h e r f r i e n d s a i d t h a t h e ' d been caugh t d r i n k i n g and d r i v i n g bu t hadnl t i n j u r e d )

himse l f o r anyone e l s e . , b u t h i s l i c e n c e was revoked f o r a y e a r w i t h a two thousand d o l l a r f i n e . He and I b o t h know t h a t he might have buggered up worse . . h e d i d n ' t bu t s t i l l p a r t o f h i s l i f e i s r u i n e d . The famous l i n e "it wouldn ' t happen t o me, s o why shou ld I worry abou t t h e _ g u i l t ? "

and A the guilt G u i l t i s a ha rd t h i n g f o r most peop le t o f a c e and, u n f o r t u n - a t e l y , most d o n ' t ;

they b lock i t from t h e i r minds, I f peop le ( c c n t . p g . 1 7 )

T h i s i s t o e x p l a i n h o n e s t l y t o p e o p l e on p a p e r , s o i f t h e y have a n y t h i n g t o s a y o r do , have t h e s t a m i n a t o come t o me f a c e on ; do n o t s e n d anyone e l s e t o do i t . A l s o , i f you r e a l l y c a r e and have l o v e f o r t h e p e o p l e o r p l a i n humani ty , i n c l u d i n g y o u r s e l f , you w i l l u n d e r s t a n d t h a t t h e B l i n d must now s e e .

I was r e - e l e c t e d t o t h e Board o f D i r e c t o r s , t o h e l p and work f o r t h e P e o p l e . Some may t h i n k and s a y what t h e y w i s h , a s I am o n l y d o i n g and working t o - ward what I t h i n k i s r i g h t and p r o p e r p r i n c i p l e o f t h e f a c t : f o r u s t o g e t back t o a happy bandwagon and s t o p t h i s 'BS' a round town and f u r t h e r make o u r S t a t u s a g r e a t r e u n i o n o f C o m p a t i b i l i t y and Grace.

Yes, t h a t i s r i g h t , some f e e l h u r t and c r i p p l e d because o f what I done - p l e a s e open your eyes aiid g e t y u u r m i ~ l ; l wur-king and s i t down w i t h me and t a l k t o me on e v e r y m a t t e r you wish . I s h a l l a l l o w anyone t o docu-

ment what I s a y o r w i t n e s s i t . I have no f e a r o r remorse .

Only my h e a r t c r i e s and my mind i s t r y i n g t o r e a c h you. We a r e a l l p o o r ; t h a t d o e s n ' t mean t h e poor s h a l l hoodwink o r c h e a t t h e poor - t o r e i t e r - a t e - s t e a l , m i s u s e , misappro - p r i a t e o r whatever name you wish t o c a l l i t .

I n p l a i n w r i t i n g , P o l i c i e s were p u t fo rward i n t h i s b u i l d - i n g by a g r e a t many o f you and some have had t h e a u d a c i t y t o abuse them. I would s a y t h e P r i n c i p l e was "The P o l i c y was Robbed. I'

Thank you f o r taking t h e t ime t o r e a d i t , and t h a n k you f o r t a k i n g a second t h o u g h t , i t you w i l l o r may.

KATHERINE GALAN

PS: No m a t t e r how much you may h a t e me, 1'11 s t i l l c o n t i n u e 7

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r i g h t f o r t h e P e o p l e , f o r t h e A s s o c i a t i o n , f o r C a r n e g i e , f o r me, f o r a l l Community Members.

THE KEY MAKER by C laud ius Ivan P l a n i d i n

He makes g o l d k e y s t o open s e a l e d d o o r s . Like t h e g r e a t ones b e f o r e him d e f t l y he moves h i s wrist , t h e heavy door c r e a k s s l o w l y wide and we beho ld a new wor ld i n which t o l i v e and move and have o u r b e i n g . -

L a s t week we had a s m a l l no c o n f l i c t s - no e v i l i n s t l - mee t ing u p s t a i r s r e g a r d i n g t h e g a t i o n s - no j e a l o u s i e s and no S t r a t h c o n a Gardens. E a r t h Love. p e o p l e b a s h i n g .

So you go down t o t h e g a r d e n , a r e a l ga rden . you borrow a hoe o r some o t h e r a r i c h g a r d e n . . s u c h d i g g i n g t o o l : you f o r g e t j u s , t l i k e l i f e can and s h o u l d a l l t h e p e r s o n a l and p u b l i c be ! prob lems . You l e a r n which By DAVE McCONNELL erows w h e r e , when 2nd h ~ v : 2nd you grow food and f l o w e r s .

The p e o p l e a t t h e ga rden wan- d e r a rbund i n t h e i r own s p a c e , t o g e t h e r and c o n t e n t . And t h e r e a r e , B e l i e v e I t O r Not ,

u ~ I I I l l 1 1 1 l 1 1 1 1 , l l 1 1 I I l I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I l I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I l I I ~ I ~ I ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ n ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 1 1 1 1 1 1 * 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 u 1 1 1 1 - 1

.. 4 1 . To KEEP OURSELVES INFORMED abou t t h e l i f e of o u r comlaunity. -

2 . To EDUCATE OURSELVES abou t ways of i r ~ ~ p r o v i l l g t h e l i f e o f o u r community.

3 . TO AC'S COLLEC'SIVELY t o b r i n g a b o u t t h e changes n e c e s s a r y f o r i n ~ p r o v i n g t h e l i f e o f o u r c o m u n i t y .

4 . To CO-OPERATE FREELY and IIONLS'I'I.Y, wi th o r g a n i s a t i o n s and peop le w i l l i n g t o a s s i s t us .

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1 5. To EXPOSE and P U B L I C I Z E t h e i n a d e q u a c i e s we d i s c o v e r i n t h e L: l aws , r e g u l a t i o n s and s e r v i c e s e n a c t e d and prov ided f o r u s . - -

6 * To FIGllT t h e i n d i f f e r e n c e and t h e c o r r u p t i o n we e x p e r i e n c e - I o r we become aware o f . -

7 . 'I'o PIIItSIIE o n r o b j c c t i v c s i l l :I s p i r i t o f good w i l l and ~ ~ n i t y . E

IT 'S GOOD TO BE FREE THE BUSINESSMAN'S DAY "

The r o s e i s s o p r e t t y and f r e e I t d o n ' t want n o t h i n ' I

b u t l ove The wate r i n t h e ocean i s s o calm on a n i c e day I wish I cou ld be t h a t way But i n t h i s world t h e r e a r e many t h i n g s I d e s i r e I wish I was a b i r d f l y i n g i n f r e e a i r I know I c a n ' t be bu t on ly i n my mind any th ing i s p o s s i b l e I w i l l bloom happ iness l i k e t h a t r o so no m a t t e r Like t h e b i r I s h a l l s p r e Like t h e r o s I s h a l l s p r e

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d ad my wings e ad my beau ty .

Before I f a c e t h e day I have a c o f f e e and a c i g a r e t t e . I t h e l p s me t o s t a y calm. I o f t e n wonder why.

In t h e bus inessman 's world t h e r e i s t e n s i o n . Because I am a salesman a t t imes I am a f r a i d .

Sometimes i n t h e day I c a n ' t w a i t f o r my co f f eeb reak . I go t o a cafe' and t a k e o u t my c i g a r e t t e s .

A MOMENT IN THE NIGHT

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

I met him o u t s i d e of London Drugs on Broadway and purchased a book c a l l e d "My Poetry" from him. M r . Alexander i s a lmost a quad rapa l eg i c , unab le t o walk and w i t h l i m i t e d u s e o f h i s hands. P l e a s e forward any correspondence t o :

M r . Raymond Alexander , 1167 Forge Walk, Van.B.C., V6H 3 R 1

I 1 I LETTER

At the moment, Carnegie pol- itics are only p o ~ e r - ~ i a ~ s - b ~ a self-appointed and self-serving executive of right wingers. A group of similarily motiva-

ted people had a one vote edge (Wally Bardysh's vote) - and by refusing to allow the member- ship to decide who would repre- sent them. Bardysh, as "acting - - - - - - - > - - - A * * t , 1 c , c l c l b I ; 1)a r 1 aye ( ; i 12ge

bate into a presidency for him- self and a voting majority for his political friends.

In my opinion, a closed group of power-mongering, small mind- ed, selfish people are now us- ing the Board's executive power to force their own right-wing, business oriented ideas on the community.

The executive committee1 s voting block of Bardysh, Seaver Olldym, Bowers, Galan, MeLeod, Bowers, Allan and Kendal are literally running Carnegiels reputation into the dirt, shat- tering everyone they can in the process and manufacturing one crisis after another ... clearly, they are digging their own graves, politically.

In my opinion, Seaver and Martin Baker and the whole NPA- Socred D.E.E.D.S. American Dream connection are the guiding influence behind the scene - but I'm sure that we will be able to avoid going down with them and survive to bury them and others like them.

They stink of self-interest, authoritarianism, and a kind of misplaced elitism built on dou- ble standards. They represent the "Might is Right" school of red-neck vigilanteeism that is destroying the world's chances to renew itself. I think their motivations are politically evil

shunned by a membership who are beginning to realize how much they want to have truthfulness and,positive humanitarian act- .. ion in Carnegie politics.

I

If you have attended any ,,

Board meetings lately, it should be clear by now who is responsible and caring and who is just manipulating for power under a smokescreen of confus- ion and misinformation. Remember who your friends

are when it comes time to vote for a new board in June. If the present executive retain their power, Carnegie will con- inue to be poisoned by sick minds in political ways.

If the side that is with the people - acting intelligently and humanely on their behalf - wins a majority, then politics can become a positive process. The sun might come up, unex- pectedly for a change, on a community centre that really deserves a break. TORA

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belief 4' in an afterlife.

Throughout South America 'lies an archaelogical paradise. Among many, I had the chance

to visit one of the most impre- ssive at Chan Chan, situated on the coast 10km from Trullijo in Peru. It's about the size of the island of Montreal and has hundreds of deteriorating pyramids that look like invert- ed beehives. When the warrior tribe that

later became the Incas were slowly conquering a land mass that spread from Chile to Col- umbia, Chan Chan was one of the last holdouts in Peru. At that time, when people died and were buried, assorted artifacts were laid out with their bodies to help them in the next life. Pottery, food and chichias or ''tomb beads". Archaeologists have uncovered only a fraction of these arti- facts but have already filled

-- museums all over the world.

I first came across these beads when I was in the Mercado 1 in Otavallo, Equador; ceramic. 1 turquoise, silver, gold and the mysterious conical quartzes. Scientists are still disagreeing as to how the artists - who at that time, presumably, did not have the technology - drilled through natural quartz. The thing is, these stones are # 8 on the hardness scale and the diamond is # 9 ! (If you figure it out, let the world know.. you'll be the leading authority ..whols going to give you a hard time?!). My ever-faithful companion

Pamela and I set up our hammock and stayed in the coastal vill- age near the ruins and waited for night. The authorities have ldouble standards about the beaas. If the locals are caught in possession of them, they're fined or j ailed. . . (the beads come under the protection of

the National Treasure Act - in short, Don't Touch). The tour- ists are simply ripped off and the beads are sold back to who- eyer.& Everyone uses them to sell to tourists and make a living. Anyway, when the sun goes

down, the locals go to work. After our meal on the beach, we saw a procession of fires and lights going through the ~ 7 . q n c. 'l 'hn <Inn+ h i r n + O V P " o c I U L 1 I J . 1 , L b y w b 1 L U 1 I L b I J . UJ

they are called. were busy digking up artifacts. ~rbund midnight a knock on the door came and one of the success- ful entrepreneurs showed us his new-found wares of the evening. We bought in bulk and spent the days making necklaces and enjoying the simple life. After a month we had coll-

ected enough jewellry to bring to other cities and sell, 2suallv to Europeans. A neck-

lace fkom the ruins can be bought for as little as 10 or 15 dollars. In ],ima. it could b s sold for up to $40 U.S. This is just one of the ways

a g;,rpsy learns how to support himself on a shoe-string bud- get. The people we met who were doing the same kigd of travelling always had contacts and experiences in the same l i n e 2 s b l ~ r s ~ l v e s . So we had a never ending source of peopie to see and places to go. This is what you really call "net- working", a sharing of infor- mation that, when on or off the road, is invaluable: a source of communication with others and yourself.

By ROBERT LEMIEUX

Carnegie Centre i s Canada's most s u c c e s s f u l community c e n t r e .

The concerns , problems, ambi t ions and hope f o r a b e t t e r f u t u r e - i nc rea sed funding and prog.;?ams/ s e r v i c e s - need t o be looked a t and t a l k e d about . P lans of a c t i o n must be made and s t a r t e d now.

Carnegie members have some important d e c i s i o n s t o make.

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t ak ing o v e r , but members have s a i d t h a t t hey much p r e f e r a p l a n i nc lud ing Parks , L i b r a r i e s , S o c i a l P lann ing , School Board and t h e Carnegie Assoc i a t i on . C i ty Hal l w i l l make t h e f i n a l d e c i s i o n , so how do we convince t h e Counci l? Who t o s e e , what p l a n , composed wi th whom and wi th which people o r agenc i e s?

* Ci ty Ha l l i s t a l k i n g about " r e - a l l o c a t i n g " money. How do we ensure t h a t Carnegie can main ta in i t s s t a n d a r d s and i n c r e a s e i t s s e r v i c e s ?

* Oppenheimer Park. Summer i s coming and t h e k i d s i n t h e Downtown Eas t s ide a r e looking forward t o outdoor p l a y . How do we g e t them t h e programs t h a t t hey need?

* More money i s needed f o r our programs and t h e success o f t h e S t a r Bingo even ts i s a beginning. Who, what , when, where and why of f u n d - r a i s i n g .

* Volunteers a r e t h e l i f e - b l o o d of Carnegie. How can job- t r a i n i n g and t h e need f o r more v o l u n t e e r s and work be met?

We must speak wi th a s t r o n g , u n i t e d vo i ce i f we a r e t o so lve t h e s e and o t h e r problems. Help keep o u t S p i r i t Al ive!

Fr iends of Carnegie Users ' S o c i e t y (FOCUS) i s an independent group of members who want t o h e l p through d i s c u s s i o n of i s s u e s and by t a k i n g a c t i o n t o so lve problems.

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The above was c i r c u l a t e d i n Carnegie l a s t week and t h e f i r s t meeting was he ld i n t h e Thea t r e on Sunday, February 1. As t h i s i s being w r i t t e n . Sunday i s two days away, bu t a s you r e a d , sundayuwas yes t e rday a t b e s t . ~ s k around f o r in format ion .

- to design, implement and evaluate 5 trainees in courses and work experience in adult literacy.

- this includes financ,ial management, classroom teaching and co-ordination with other centres.

REQUIREMENTS: - teaching experience - accounting

- work in literacy and with disadvantaged people TERM: Six (6) months WAGE: $500.00 per week

LITERACY AIDES - 5 POSITIONS

- to complete acedemic courses in training techniques as well as work experience in tutoring adults in literacy/English as a second language

REQUIREMENTS: - Grade 12 or equivalent - interest in adult literacy

- minimum 24 weeks unemployed

TERM: Six (6) months WAGE: $265.00 per week

APPLY AT: Manpower 201-3701 East Hastings Street for referral to Carnegie.

SPONSORED BY: Employment Development Branch Canada Employment Commission ..........-...................................................,.,.,.,,,,,.,. " ......................... ' .................................................................... 1,,,11,,~,,,~,~~~,

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1-e are a group of women who working together for better reforms to welfare. We believe in our own individuality; how- ever, we have a common input. We have no political, sexual or racial prejudices: EVERY woman is welcome. We do ntit accept or give abuse. We try to give each other moral sup- port and be non-judgemental. We try for a consensus on iss-

ues or have a democratic vote. We believe in the abolishment of poverty and in the distrib- ution of information; Also, all work on W.O.W. is done by Voldnteers. We meet every Thursday at 217 Main Street from 3:OOpm- 3i30pm. For more information contact the following people at 681-8400: Beverly Stebner;Chairperson Sheila Baxter;Facilitator Cora Case;Secretary

am' VALUES 'T CHANGED" I

When one h a s been p u t i n t h e p o s i t i o n o f a u t h o r i t y , t h e i n - d i v i d u a l h a s n o t e a r n e d h i s o r h e r new s t a t u s . Time a f t e r t i m e

you h e a r p e o p l e expounding , " I have e a r n e d my p o s i t i o n t h r o u g h p a i n s t a k i n g l y h a r d endurance ."

I n one p a r t t h e y a r e r i g h t i n e x p r e s s i n g t h e i r o p i n i o n , y e t when you, a s an o b s e r v e r ; l o o k c l o s e r , you w i l l s e e t h a t t r u s t i s n o t s o l e l y d e t e r m i n e d by s t y l e b u t by t h e f e e l i n g o f c o n f i d e n c e you i n s p i r e i n t h o s e who p u t you i n t h a t p o s i t i o n . But a g a i n , we must go back t o s q u a r e one - you w o u l d n ' t be i n a p o s i t i o n f o r a n y t h i n g i f you h a d n ' t been p u t t h e r e i n t h e f i r s t p l a c e .

I am i n a p o s i t i o n o f t r u s t t h a t i s unequa l t o t h e t r u s t g i v e n a t t h e Carneg ie C e n t r e r i g h t now; it r e q u i r e s more t h a n what Carneg ie may e v e r g i v e , b u t I have t o be f i r m t o m a i n t a i n my own s t a n d a r d s . We - 1 1 L---- + - I.- c; urn ....a o r . o.7 ~ I I I l a v ~ L W U G 1 1 1 1 1 1 allu u v a w a y

w i t h d o u b l e s t a n d a r d s . One a c c e p t s t h e h o n o u r , a t t h e

same t i m e knowing t h a t you have t o be more t h a n r e a l i s t i c o r m a t e r i a l i s t i c t o keep i t - -

i r r e s p e c t i v e o f p e r s o n a l f e e l - i n g s toward anyone o r g roup . Hold ing s u c h a t r u s t , you must a b i d e by t h e r u l e s o f t h o s e who have bestowed i t . Y e t , t o a c h i e v e a n y t h i n g a t a l l , I and eve ryone have t o "Keep hanging i n t h e r e ! "

The problem o f power i s n o t h - i n g more t h a n t h e c l a s h o f i d e a s t h a t v a r i o u s z e a l o t s t r y t o i m - p l e m e n t . , . f e e l i n g t h a t t h e y a r e b e t t e r s u i t e d f o r whatever p o s - i t i o n i s up f o r g r a b s .

The problems t h i s wor ld h a s a r e n o t new. They've been a - round f o r a l o n g , l o n g t i m e . So what t h e h e l l can you o r I do t o make any d i f f e r e n c e ? O t h e r s have t r i e d b e f o r e you o r I . When t h e l i n e s o f communication a r e opened, j u s t maybe w e ' l l g e t

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somewhere. Who t h e h e l l can c o n t r i b u t e a n y t h i n g w o r t h w h i l e ?

Peop le a lways want t o t a l k , which i s f i n e , b u t t h e y s h o u l d g e t t h e i r o n e - a c t p l a y s t o g e t h - e r 1irst. Cl- - -- - - A. 7- -

~ ~ l a l l g t : ~ l l t : i-ezu1-d u r damn t h e r e c o r d . One-note wonders a r e a dime-a-dozen.

By FRANK H. PARKER

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Am I t h e o n l y one who f e e l s s o d e e p l y ? Anita

' Am I t h e o n l y one who l o v e s s o d e e p l y ? Am I t h e o n l y one wan t ing more? Am I t h e o n l y one wan t ing you s o b a d l y I l o o k f o r t r a c e s o f you t o keep my s a n i t y ? Broken p romises a r e b e t r a y a l s .

FROM REV. C. NORMAN TUCKER'S ORATI ON RE : ANDREW CARNEG I E

(He saw t h e s t e e l b a r o n ' s p h i l - osophy a s a promise and prophecy o f a b e t t e r age t h a t i s y e t t o come, when man w i l l f e e l t h a t i t i s a cr ime t o d i e r i c h . )

That r i c h e s a r e n o t a p o s s e s - s i o n bu t a t r u s t , t o be used f o r the ~TTC~ ~5 e t h O - ~ ; th2t thPv ( t h e r i c h ) a r e n o t owners b u t t h e s t ewa rds of t h e i r be long ings . - - And t h a t t h e p r e s s i n g n e c e s s i t - i e s o f peop le and communities a r e t o be l e g i t i m a t e l y s u p p l i e d by t h e over f lowing c o f f e r s o f t h e a f f l u e n t .

Andrew Carnegie s a i d t h a t b u i l d i n g s a r e t h e garments of a c i t y , bu t t h e t r u e va lue o f them i s de termined by t h e nob l e u s e s t o which t hey a r e p u t . I t h i n k he would be ve ry p l e a s - ed by t h e way we u s e Carnegie .

The World Hea l th Organ i s a t i on announced a cu r e f o r l e p r o s y i n 1 9 8 2 . The cu re c o n s i s t s of p i l l s t o be t aken over a s i x - month p e r i o d . Ea r ly t r e a t m e n t i s r e q u i r e d t o p r even t t h e b a c t e r i a from running i t s cou r se . We can c u r e one c h i l d w i t h a g i f t of $150.00 o r $25. a month over s i x months.

One MILLION c h i l d r e n a r e wa i t i ng . P l ea se c a l l t h e t o l l - f r e e number: 1-800-683-1121.

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Carnegie Centre i s more ~ h a n a p l a c e ; i t i s a s t a t e o f mind w i t h a b i g h e a r t . Our h e a r t - b e a t g e t s s t r o n g e r a s we grow 1 o l d e r , t h e b lood of Our Carrie- '

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committed Carnegie Family of i V o l u n t e e r s , s t a f f , p a t r o n s and \ an extended f ami ly t h a t i n - c-=des F i r s t U n i t e d Ch*drch, /

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D. E . R. A. , Vancouver Community Col lege , S.F.U., S o c i a l P l an - n ing Dept . , Van. P u b l i c L ib r a ry and t h e many peop le a t C i t y H a l l who he lp us d a i l y .

We may no t have money, b u t i 1

ou r h e a r t and o u r l a b o u r s have seeded : Crab Beach, C rab t r ee Corners , D.E.Y.A.S., t h e c l o s - i ng o f t h e Has t ings S t . Liquor S t o r e and t h e most dynamic, e n - e r g e t i c , e d u c a t i o n a l , s o c i a l , r e c r e a t i o n a l and c u l t u r a l -

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(from pg . :?) faced up t o t h e i r g u i l t , t h e r e would probably be a l o t l e s s d r ink ing and d r i v i n g . But peo-8 p l e i n t h i s s o c i e t y brush o,ff g u i l t a s unnecessary . By look- ing away from t h e i r own g u i l t , they d o n l t have t o f a c e t h e con- sequences o f a g u i l t y consc ience . A g u i l t y consc ience , i n many ways, i s h e a l t h y ; t o u se a worn c l i c h e 1 "a new door t o aware- ness". Get through t h e g u i l t , f i n d what caused it and why you evade i t , and "ge t on back t o t h e o t h e r s i d e f 1 . I f people would s t a n d up t o t h e i r own g u i l t , t h e y ' d probably l e a v e t h e wheel a lone o r t h i n k twice about being s t u p i d .

People cou ld l e a r n t o say , ' ' l1Who a r e t hey t o r i s k t h e i r s o r o t h e r s 1 l i v e s through d r i n k i n g and d r i v i n g c a r e l e s s n e s s - f o r any reason!

By DAVE McCONNbLL

The n i g h t of Tuesday t h e 27th of January, we had t h e t h i r d i n a s e r j e s of workshops des igned t o de ,1 wi th concerns and p ro - blem,, i n t h e o p e r a t i o n of Carn- e g i e Centre. F a c i l i t a t i n g o r a c t i n g a s c h a i r person was Larry Anderson.

Af t e r much i t emiz ing , t h e out" come inc luded: r o l e s and r e s - p o n s i b i l i t i e s of v a r i o u s p o s i - t i o n s i n t h e Centre - from t h e D i r ec to r t o Board members and pa t rons . The many i tems d i s - cussed inc luded: Process of Po l i cy development, vo lun t ee r t i c k e t s , r e c o r d s , committees, Board g o a l s , funds and o t h e r r e l a t e d s u b j e c t s . Then a.look

L - 1 - - - ^ + -..- "nr+;nnr I n J W H \ L d n C l l a b 3 u 5 1 ; b ~ ~ r v r r r , ---- recomendations; ' b ra ins to rming f o r so lu t i ons" .

Improving communications was h igh on t h e l i s t - of p r i o r i t y i s s u e s , a s wel l a s t h e en fo rce - ment of r u l e s and who makes them. However, t h e most impr- e s s i v e t h i n g about t h e work- shop was t h e atmosphere of t r u s t t h a t was c r e a t e d amongst Board, s t a f f and a l l p r e s e n t .

The Newsle t te r w i l l be cov- e r i n g c r u c i a l i s s u e s i n f u t u r e .

By ROBERT LEMIEUX

Above i s an a r t i s t ' s concep- t i o n of what funds cou ld be used f o r i n Oppenheimer Park. The p r e s e n t b u i l d i n g i s inad- equa te and sugges ted changes have been made t o s e r v e t h e

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! p a r k ' s pa t rons b e t t e r . Mike Haycock has been working wi th t h e youth us ing t h i s f a c - i l i t y a s b e s t he cou ld , bu t hopes t o make a p r e s e n t a t i o n

t o t h e Parks Board i n t h e e a r l y s p r i n g . In 1 9 8 6 , $75,000 was approved f o r t h e park - $ 7 2 , 0 U U f o r l i g h t i n g t h e b a s e b a l l a r e a . Specu la t ion i s t h a t i t won't be used f o r t h i s , a s only ' s c r u b teams' p l ay t h e r e .

Anyone more i n t e r e s t e d i n Op- pen,heimerl s f u t u r e , p l e a s e , w r i t e t o Carnegie Newsle t te r o r s ee Mike a t 320 ~ l e x a n d e r S t .

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I am l i k e an e a g l e Strong and a lone I run l i k e wate r Never changing, l i k e I c r y l i k e t h e c reek Yet l i k e a s p r i n g I rebound Like an e a g l e , I s h r i e k A s I g e t wh i r l ed r i g h t around I l e a d my l i f e i n a new d i r e c t i o n No longer surrounded by love and p r o t e c t i o n . Alone i n t h e world I s o a r h igh up above, I am t h e p r e d a t o r , t h e e a g l e ; You, t h e p rey and t h e dove. I am l i k e an e a g l e - St rong and a l o n e , But t h e e a g l e does change And so does t h e s t o n e .

Taiya B a r t l e y

CHEMICAL CORRUPTION

My b r o t h e r t h e bear has no t s l i p p e d h i s g e n e t i c t iming c h a i n , Has kep t h i s f u r c o a t . Remaining mute whi le I have ga thered language and i n t e l l i g e n c e ; c l o t h cove r . . But i n our denseness i n t h e darkness of t h e caves of our minds - We both hunker down i n common programmed f e a r from t h e Mastadon's thunderous t r e a d . . God loves my s imple b r o t h e r who has kep t h i s s t a t i o n ... Forgive us our d e f e c t i v e DNA.

Tom Lewis ,

n -,,- L A _ - . p u ~ ~ ~ ~ W L i L L C I L I 1.1 i 53rld washed away t o t h e s e a , and no-one saw t h e poem t h e r e and no-one knows how it goes , but it l i v e s on i n s o u l and i n song. . t h e unknown. Chi ld ren s i n g i t ! a d u l t c h i l d r e n sometimes s i n g i t ! The unknown poem has something t o do wi th hope, f o r now and t h e f u t u r e t h e mystery i s f o r us t o f i g u r e ou t - how t o ach ieve t h e goa l of - - - - - - - c r e a t i n g hope, c r e a t i n g l i f e . t h e how i s t h e unknown! - - - - - - - -near a pebble! Dave McConnell

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CAN HE DANCE?

Date: January 25, 1987 Time : 2:OOpm - 5:OOpm Place : Carnegie Thea t re A c t i v i t y : Ballroom Dancing

Scene: A c a r i n g , r e s p o n s i b l e f a t h e r and h i s twenty

month-old son a r e s e a t e d i n t h e Thea t re . They a r e obvious ly enjoying t h e music and dancing. The f a t h e r wants t o guide t h e c h i l d a long t h e dance f l o o r . Word i s t h a t t h e y ' r e n o t a l low- ed ; reason being t h a t t h e c h i l d might g e t h u r t .

Quest ion: What do you say?

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Grocers approached

TORONTO - The Ontar io govern- ment has asked grocery s t o r e owners t o s t o p s e l l i n g cooking wines t o minors. Consumer M i n i s t e r Monte Kwinter s a i d he was reviewing whether such p ro duc t s should be a v a i l a b l e ;n r f n r n r & A * d G " L W . , .

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A ceramics t e a c h e r . i s needed f o r "The Door i s Open", a drop- i n c e n t r e a t 373 E.Cordova. I t i s ope ra t ed by Ca tho l i c Family Se rv i ce s a t 150 Robson S t .

I f you o r someone you know i s i n t e r e s t e d , then c a l l A l i ce Arcey o r Roy McIntyre. Phone 669-0498 f o r t h e Cordova add- r e s s o r 683-0281 f o r t h e agency on Robson.

The Sen io r s he ld t h e i r e l e c t - i ons on Tuesday t h e 27 th , and t h e outcome seems t o say t h a t t h e membership i s very s a t i s f - i e d . The hard work done by l a s t y e a r ' s execu t ive has been enough t o have t h e e n t i r e group RE-elected!

P r e s i d e n t - Pa t Kendall V ice -p re s iden t - Norm Mark

Sec re t a ry /T reasu re r - Mike Lynn

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