FREE - donat ions accepted.

During my t r i p t o Toronto, I ex- In Toronto I attended the Canada perienced many unusual events and Day celebrations which featured free e t many unique and unusual people. e food, music of a l l types and a huge

! or instance, between Kamloops and fireworks extravaganza. I even had

, Winnipeg, I was ' se t upon' by a a short conversation with a pomo- ser ies of Evangelist Ministers and graphic f i l m s t a r , but the great the i r apprentices who went t o great delight, the t ru ly marvelous happen- lengths t o convert me into a born- ing, was the wonderful machine in again Ch.ristian. One of them took the West Edmonton Mall. me to h is home Regina and offered Now the West Edmonton Mall has i t s use for the duration. r o l l e r coasters, a whole amusement

I thanked them a l l hear t i ly fo r park, submarines that glide by sunk- the i r e f for t s t o save me but.I1m en galleons with treasure strewn not quite ready yet ... about - an underwater t r i p complete

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s19 FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK

City Hall. . . Last Tuesday, "On the move" A l d e m Ralph Caravetta locked himself i n h i s office a f t e r the N.P.A. refused t o support his motion t o allow children in coin arcades. . .he says he ' s going t o qui t the N.P.A. because they won't l e t h i s kids play s l o t machines.

A conflict of interest is looming, as M r . Caravetta's bar is the f i r s t one where he is promoting the next access route t o CRAB Park. The Port w n ' t spend more than $5,000 for improving Main St . access, but the Columbia underpass idea seems t o have been dismissed fo r no reason. Ralph wants h i s s t a f f and customers t o be able t o stagger down any time.. .

wit:] sharks - a huge swimming area where you could relax and contem- plate your shopping lisr ... ahh.. but th i s machine. . .

It was located a t the vend of the amusement park and nobody walked by, a t leas t while I was there. ?t was about ten feet t a l l and s i x v~ide, enclosed with c lear p l a s t i c sheeting and consisted of two motors which l i f t e d a ser ies of ba l l s of d i f f e r - ent sizes from bowling ba l l s t o ten- n is ba l l s t o golf bal ls . . to the top of the machine whereupon they run down through various courses. On the i r journey from top t o bottom, they would run across various ob- jects which would emit musical notes.

Some ba l l s would loop the loop two o r three times then run across a ser ies of wooden blocks which would sound musical notes. Others would drop great distances and the i r en- ergy would hur t le other ba l l s upward t o ring be l l s and toot horns.

There was so much ac t iv i ty and so

many cunningly designed routes that f

one has t o watch closely t o see what C

causes what t o happen and i n watch- ing one would, by other del ightful

j sounds and motions, be dis t racted t o other sounds and motions. I

So much ac t iv i ty and a cacaphohy- of musical soutlds a l l t o no purpose I

whatsoever; so much ado about noth- .ingo And then you watch others who watch the machine and .the smiles on 1

the i r faces while they were intrigu- 1 ed i n the tracking down of the var i- i ous and cunning ways tha t t h i s great , machine made music. In t h i s day of computers and rockets and other se r i -

'

ous machinery, t h i s is one machine I

that is t ruly for the people. One other lesson here, a t l eas t

for me - that anything done with great s ty le and grace, although t o no.purpose, can sti l l be a class act .

By TOM LEWIS

Dear Editor, LETTERS I q very angry over the murder of

Carol Davis. Even though Carol was a p ros t i tu te , she was a woman and a human being. I am proud t o say tha t Carol was my good friend for 5 years. She was one of the most supportive and understanding people I ever had the privilege of knowing. Now, she is jus t another s t a t i s t i c i n the ever growning "unsolved murder f i le". The S t a t i s t i c s of crimes against working women are never accurate because of lack of police involvement. The w ~ r k - ing women t r y and report crimes and a re to ld by police t o forget it.

Every day there i s violence again- st women on the s t r e e t s of Vancouver; not jus t simple assaul ts , but Rape, Stabbings and MURDER. In the past 14 years I have l o s t a l o t of good friends from the s t r e e t s t o violent crimes. In two cases of murder of prost i tu tes , the men were sentenced t o only 3 years. They were e l i g ib l e for parole i n 1 year and both men are now back on the s t r e e t . These men were allowed t o take a l i f e and get away with it, thanks t o the jus t ice system.

In the past 5 years, there have been 1 2 unsolved murders that I know of in the lower mainland. Ten of these women were my friends.

I have a few things t ha t I would l i ke t o say t o some people:

To the bloralistic People who have made my friends criminals -

"tiow do you s leep a t night?" To the Vancouver Police , k p t . -

, !'Even pros t i tu tes have r i i h t s . DO YOUR JOBS'!"

To the Efulroney Cabinet who in t ro- duced BillC-49 - "Crow up and remember the Canadian Constitution . I '

To the ~ u s t i c ; Department who, i n t h e n i n f i n i t e wisdom, l e t men murder women and get away with it - What i s the value of a human l i fe?"

To Mr. Michael tlarcourt who, during h i s term a s Mayor of Vancouver, d id everything i n h i s power t o ensure tha t working women became criminals and victims -

"WE TRUE N. D . P . e r s NEVER FORGET. " And f ina l l y t o "Shame the Johns" and other stupid organisations -

"Christ forgave us. Why can ' t you?"

And t o Power, "Thanks fo r trying t o make the s t r ee t s safe fo r my friends."

Thank you fo r your time arid energy, l i s tening to me vent my anger. Please sign my name a s Hurt and Angry.

I t a l l s ta r ted a t 6:30 i n the morning on June 29 - a Monday.

Bonnie, a friend of mine, and two police of f ice rs arrived a t my bro- ther ' s house. Then they informed usthat there had been a f i r e a t 1729 Franklin S t . , next door t o where I l ive. I t had s tar ted a t 3:OO a.m. and they weren't sure i f they'd be able t o save the building. Bonnie had only her housecoat, nightgown and a teddy bear named Cuddles.

Steven and myself spent the be t te r par t of Monday morning gett ing c lo- thing and she l te r fo r Bonnie, plus trying t o contact my Financial a id worker - of course on holiday u n t i l l lursday, Steven said tha t I could stay with them un t i l everything was s e t t l ed with the Fire.

I got home tha t night ( to Steve's place) and Steve, 1)ave and myself were s i t t i n g around talking about things. Denise and Jeanine were asleep. I went t o use the washroo~n, flushed i t , and the water pipe burst! We spent the next l i t t l e while t ry - ing t o s top the water- from spreading,

packing f o r wherever we would end up staying and trying t o get hold of the landlord.

We called Emergency Services and they put Steve and h i s family into the Austin Motor Hotel. They put me in to an emergency t rans i t ion shel ter .

I f ind tha t it is very s t ress fu l f o r a person t o be homeless, even f o r a few days. I have been i n t h i s she l te r fo r almost a week and it i s hard for me, a s I'm used t o having privacy. What gets me is that we w i l l not be compensated fo r what we l o s t in that f ire. .due t o smoke and water damage. A fund has been s e t up f o r the victims - in the building tha t burned - but what about 'other' victims, who had t o be placed i n hotels, shel ters , o r s tay with friends? We should be compensated fo r damages a s nost of us have t o s t a r t a l l over again.

I hope tha t the person who s ta r ted the f i r e , even though it was an acci- dent, w i l l remember f o r a long time about the people who l o s t everything . . their dreams, t h e i r hopes and the i r memories ...

We were lucky t h i s time - no one was ki l led. Next time, it could be somebody's l i f e ! By CASE

430-530 CO-OP RADIO 102.7 FM

McCARTHY , McNEY , FOOD, DBIOCRACY

Food 6 money, ay? . . .hungry people with empty pockets, ay?. . .Well, f i r s t we had Grace McCarthy who fed some very unhungry people a t ~anada Place the o 5 e r day. .for $500 a plate!. .of course the i r pockets were stuffed with money and credi t cards a t the time.

Then there was Bev H i l l and her friends, who fed some very hungry people i n Oppenheimer Park l a s t Fri- day. A l l she could afford was $40 and she fed over 200 people! - t ha t ' s 204 per person, ay? . . loaves and f ish- es? - No.

EkCarthy's scof included drinks, en- tertainment, a multi-course gourmet meal, more drinks, and so on. . . but a t Oppenheimer, 204 per person came down t o one bowl of vegetable soup and a piece of bannock i f you got lucky ... That's the economic analysis . ..so now l e t ' s look a t the rea l ly i m - , portant part - motivations:

McCarthy fed people because she's trying t o impress them t o spend a lo t of money in Vancouver, she says

Bev says she fed people because she hates t o see them go hungry.. .the @J?l came out of her own pcke t . . a single mother on welfare.

The one million dol lars McCarthy spent wasn't even her own money - it was gathered up from a l l those extra taxes you pay tha t make things cost so much.

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Dear Readers,

I ' m taking t h i s opportunity t o announce tha t I ' l l be trying t o get myself elected POPE - of the Down- town Eastside.

Please note tha t I have the un- qualified support of the Bishop of Strathcona, the Archbishop of Gas- town and numerous small-time p r i e s t s throughout Vancouver.

Yrs. Truly, Sam Slanders

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pi-^ 6 dev 11111 cant . EkCartny plays the stocks and rub-

ber stamps real good; hosts meetings and luncheons and ta lks it up real good fo r Vander Zalm. . .Bev writes 6 performs pol i t ica l s a t i r e - par t ic i - pates i n protest r a l l i e s - and gener- a l l y instigates peaceful direct ac- t ion - l ike feeding people who real ly a re hungry. So- who gets social power?. . , Grace hlcCarthy.. 6 who gets the blocks put to her by the system? ... Bev H i l l . bkCarthy is a hero out in Shaughnessy while Bev is considered a s l ight ly hysterical unwed mother who fai led in the system.

ocracy 6 economic development don't mix 6 the whole scam is just a dead p i l e of junk spinning i ts wheels E getting nowhere - except deeper into its own swamp of a l l iga tors , sadis ts , hedonists 6 power-mongers who ru le over us. Meanwhile, people who feed the community on a Friday afternoon in the park are trying t o show us son)ethiig most people don1 t even see.

Those g r a f f i t i a r t i s t s a re right! The West Coast needs a psychological revolution rea l bad, 6 there 's no fas te r way t o get it than r ight here in the backyard of your own brain!

r n D A

On the 26th and 27th of June, I gave them a l l they wanted. AS some of you may know, the band attended two dances a t the Vancouve has changed some members and is Indian Centre with music by none now all-native - Rich on lead and

other than (good 01 ') Count on Country. That is the band that Scotty on drums.

The Staff and Volunteers 'there played for the people here for Over were just t o watch, They two years. have a very good thing going and a re

They done up two dances, back t o pr~u3, of it. They a l l seem t o know back9 and done henuva good job what has t o be done befcrehand, and

I was there both nights and re?ii1 someone was always there to do it. enjoyed the entertainment. On the The security was very good and had 26th it was slow because CRAB had t o remove only two people a l l night. a dance that night too, but on Sat- Everyone e l se didn't want t o miss urday night it was something else. anything and jus t behaved. Staff

There were between f ive and s ix catered t o the band and were there hundred people there for the gradu - whenever needed. a t ion dance and a l l were ready t o Free coffee, tea and a variety of wear the i r shoes out. Count on j u E were available t o those who Country supplied only the best type didn't use alcohol. of music, and when it star ted, it As a Board member of Carnegie, I was ' s i t t i n g room only1 because realized the importance of v is i t ing with everyone on the f loor , there other Centres on a regular basis. was no place to stand. So a big thank you goes t o Count

Halfway through the night, some on Country and another t o the Van- of the yolnger people wanted Rock 6 couver Indian Centre as you both Roll. Count on Country, being a versa t i le band, switched over and made a rea l night of pleasure fo r me,

David W. Todd

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dazzling deals The money s i tuat ion for most of us n even apply for any grants.

i s n ' t too rosy, and paying b i l l s can be a nightmare. My job a s Treasurer is t o do tha t fo r the Carnegie Asso- c ia t ion, for a l l of us.

On April 23rd, I began adding and companies s ta r ted phoning up about money owed t o them. Over $23,000 for s tu f f a s f a r back as 1984 , but now the biggest b i l l - the one fo r auditing i n 1985 and finance work i n 1986 - is making for concern. I ' l l t r y t o keep away from pennies and use round numbers. I f reading about money is hard, jus t go slow.

F i r s t , the necessity of Audits: Carnegie Ass'n is a 'Charitable Org- anization' and the federal govern- ment gives us a tax-exemption number. We don1 t have t o pay federal taxes, but t o avoid scams, the feds want a report every year on what we've made and spent and on what. Their dead- l i ne is June of t h i s year for l a s t year, and what they want by t h i s month is an audit fo r 19136.

t get- t ing a l l t h i s s tu f f means they can wit6draw our tax-exempt s ta tus . I f that happens, then no par t of the Association - Seniors, Volunteers, Pool Room, Learning Centre. .. -

I f the feds don't recognize a group, then neither can the Society's Act people i n Victoria.

The bottom l i n e is tha t we have t o have an audit every year we're here.

Okay. .so have one ! Yeah, but the 1985 audit hasn't been paid fo r yet ,

and ne f inan- c ia1 work they did l a s t year. Total b i l l was $9,500 and only $2,000 has

In Apri l and May, the Carnegie s t a r t s . This could take months, but Review Panel does thei.r th ing and according t o the 25% system, t h a t ' s btax Beck , the Director of Social the way it goes. Planning,says t h a t w e shouldn' t have The main reason f o r the $23,000 i n anything new u n t i l t h i s is a l l paid. b i l l s was t h a t thefundraisers f o r the He d id o f f e r t o kick i n a chunk from Association - l i k e the ki tchen and the kitchen account i f t h e o ther coffee t a b l e - were los ing money reg- committees each put UP a f a i r share. u la r ly . Raising p r i ces wasn't the

Except f o r the Seniors , no o the r answer 'cause welfare r a t e s don' t go comnittee has been charged anything up when t h e p r i c e of a coffee goes up: fo r years . What was supposed t o Iarger b i l l s were j u s t put on the happen.was t o have each committee back burner.. I guess i n t h e hope t h a t t r a n s f e r 25% of t h e i r p r o f i t t o t h e th ings would get b e t t e r soon. Well, Operating account. This would pay they d idn ' t . In December, the l a s t part of the wage of -the bookkeeper, board wanted t o declare bankruptcy but t h e r e a l i t y is t h a t t h e Ass'n or d issolve t h e associa t ion o r s top pays f o r a l o t of o ther s t u f f too. giving volunteers t i c k e t s . . .anything The Leaning Centre, xeroxing, sup- p l i e s and o l d b i l l s have cos t over $14,000 s ince t h e beginning o f May, and t he re hasn ' t even been a hook- keeper. \ '

t o s t o p los ing money and ruining our c r e d i t . Like a t.ree, t h e cornlittee branches were healthy but the trunk ( the Association) was dying. To make a long s to ry shor t , S t a r Bingo has

I looked a t the books f o r 1986, become our major source of income, d t h i s 25% thing seemed screwy. but t h e t a x re turn f o r Revenue Can- If t h e Seniors, l e t ' s say i n kc., ada is overdue now. Paying o f f a l l made $1600 - t h a t ' s p r e t t y good. the b i l l s smaller than t h e aud i t has Put they spent about $3400 (which used about $8600 of t h i s money. i s p r e t t y good too s ince it was on I t r i e d working out the conunittee Christmas events and donations) , support f igures using 25% of p r o f i t . hut an accountant j u s t reads the Common business sense says tha t if, nimbers - "Seniors l o s t $1800. " i n one month, a group v l o s e s ' money, The books show what was made and t h e administrat ing money shouldn' t w h a t was spent each month; each corn- be lost too. each month showing mi t tee has months when they ' lose ' .

To the Assockit ion t h i s means, t o a ne t loss , I f igured out 5%of income

use t h e Seniors ' ex~elple , tha t no and added t h i s t o t h e 25% of ne t

rmney w i l l be priitl for support unt.i.1 p r o f i t i n the 'good' months: cont .pg. 15

*L- ' l1 R f l f ) i < III : I ( IP b;1(-1< : ~ r ~ c l profit

I "He says he's a rape and pillage consultant."

Sleeping in the Forest

(by Mary Oliver, from "The Twelve Moons")

I thought the earth remembered me, she

took me back so tenderly, arranging her dark sk i r t s , her pockets

f u l l of lichens and seeds. I s lept as never before, a stone on the riverbed, nothing

between me and the white f i r e of the s t a r s but my thoughts, and they floated l ight as moths among the branches of the perfect t rees . A l l night

I heard the small kingdoms breathing around me, the insects, and the birds

who do t he i r work i n the darhess . A l l night I rose and f e l l , as i f in water, grappling with a luminous doom. By morning

I had vanished a t least a dozen times into something bet ter .

By DEB BRAUER SMITHERS. B.C. - On the

Gitksan Wet'suwet'en chiefs argue the continuity of their eco- nomic and cultural life, including their traditional fisheries, proves their title to their territory. I

chilly, gray morning of May 11, 26 Gitksan and Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs gathered out- side the courthouse of this small town 700 kms. north of Vancou- ver dressed in the formal regalia of the feast. In speeches. Bong and prayers, they spoke of the courage needed to fight the bat- tle ahead.

Inside, under the fluorescent lights of a newly refurbished, , red-carpeted courtroom, 12 black- robed lawyers, armed with stacks of briefing books and documents, prepared to argue the case ex- pected to become a landmark in the field of aboriginal title claims.

The contrast between those opening-day scenes foreshadowed what was to follow. Now, a s the first phase of t h e Gitksan- Wet'suwet'en land claims trial draws to a close in B.C. Supreme Court here, it is obvious the case will test not only the claim itself but also the judicial system's ability to accommodate cultures and traditions alien to i ts own.

Much is a t stake. The 54 hered- itary chiefs bringing the action against the British Columbia and federal governments claim own- ership of 57,000 sq. kms. of north- western B.C., an area about the size of Nova Scotia.

If Chief Justice Allan Mc- Eachern, who is hearing the case, decides in their favor, the chiefs will ask him to declare:

Their ownership includes the right to harvest, manarre and consehe the land and natural resources within the claim area,

Their right to jurisdiction includes the right to govern the territory, themselves and their Houses (extended families) ac- cording to their own laws.

Their ownership and juris- dictional rights include the right to conditionally ratify or refuse to ratify land titles or grants issued by the province after Oct. 22,1984, and licenses, leases and permits issued by the province a t anytime without their consent.

( In their statement of claim.

TIME

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Hans Moravec, Director of the Robo- ! i tics Institute of Pittsburgh, says ! i scientists will soon be able to trans I - fer the entire contents of a per- . I son's brain into a computer, making !i him or her "inunortal" . ! i The things we are building now

are our children," says Hans. "Nat- ! i ural evolution is finished. . . the ! i h m race is no longer procreating ! i but designing its successors. " ! i

! i The world's first (and probably ! i last) female Catholic Theology Pro -

fessor had her teaching licence revok ! i ed last week for saying she doesn't ! i believe in the immaculate conception. l i During the Pope's visit to West

Germany, Uta Ranke-Heinemann, who has ! i held the Essen University Chair of !i Ancient Church History for 3 years, ! i said: "The dogma of the immaculate conception is an offence to all nor- ! i

I * ma1 mothers, and reflects the c1ergy's.l anti-sexual and neurotic traits." The next day the Bishop of Essen ! i

fired her. ! i ! i DOGMA: Bad theory presented as truth. , ;

Most people are in A Time Lock, Clinging to old Hurts, Clinging to Bad Memories as well as Good. Do the Bad outweigh the Good?

Check your footing , Thump out the Hurt and look to nature God knows your ups and downs He is Nature.

Betty Jacqueline Robertson

One should remain aloof from talka- tiveness. Talkativeness is the result of losing the vital distinc- tion between talking and keeping

Kierkgaard - 1846

LOCKS ___.

The Locks . . . They show when you can't say hello, They show when you can't say I'm sorry, They show when you - can' t say goodbye, They show when you feel Unsatisfied, They show when you can't get out of yourself. Betty Jacqueline Robert son

Seniors: 1986 - Jan. -Dec. $5,198.85 x 25% = $1,299.71 (Feb . ) 933.70 x 5% = 46.69

(Aug.-Sept,) 2,701.77 x 5% = 135.49 (Dee. ) 1,358.99 x 5% = 67.95

$1,549.44 Paid in Dec. ' 86 - 1,007.30 = $542.14

1987 - (Jan.) 516.93 x 5% = 25.85 Feb. -May 3,113.84 x 25% = 778.40 804.31

Seniors sueport payment for '86 6 '87 = $1,346.45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - Volunteers: 1986 - Jan. -kc. $3,081.60 x 25% = $ 770.40

may - June) 419.98 x 5% = 21.00 (Oct. ) 184.80 x 5% = 9.24 (Dec . ) 116.96 x 5% = 5.85 = $806.49

1987 - (Jan.) 339.43 x 5% = 16.97 Feb . -May 3 , 5 9 9 . 7 0 ~ 2 5 % = 899.92 916.89

Volunteers sup~ort payment for '86 6 '87 = $1,723.38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - Pool Room: 1986 - Jan.-Dec. $ 911.18 x 25% = $ 227.79

(Feb . ) 1 2 9 . 2 0 ~ 5% = 6.46 , WY ) 217.40 x 5% = 10.87 (June) 204.79 x 5% = 10.24 (Oct. ) 2 8 8 . 6 0 ~ 5 % = 14.43 (Nov. ) 194.35 x 5% = 9.71 = $279.50

1987 - Jan.-Apr. 5'11.44 x 25% = 142.86 (May 64.42 x 5% = 3.21 146.07

Pool Room support payment for '86 6 '87 = $ 425.57 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . This took about 25 hours of time

for all committees from Jan. '86 to E.W '87. At the finance meeting on June 29th, everybody there agreed that it was screwy and the suggest- ion of making it 10% of income \ a s seen as simple a& 'fair. I had the fisres in about an hour:

1986 1987 Total Support Seniors : Income: $ 1 9 p . 51 $ 5 m . 26 $ 2 m . 77

10%: 1,903.85 512.92 2 416.77 $2,416.77 - - - - - - - - - - - - - , 2 - - - - - - - - Paid in Dec. '86 - - 1.007.30

$mi Volunteers: Income: $ 7,481.72' $3,898.49 $11,308.21

10% : 748.17 389.84 1,138.02 $1,138.02

Pool Room: Income: $ 3,449.63 $1,437.18 $ 4,886.81 10%: 344.9 6 143.71 488.68 $ 488.86

The differences work both ways: a t 25% + 5% - Seniors - $1,346.45

Volunteers - 1,723.38 PoolRoom - 425.57

a t 10% - Seniors - $1,409.47 Volunteers - 1,138.01

Pool Room - 488.67

A t the Board meeting on Ju ly 9 th , people got upset t h a t money t h a t they'd worked t o earn would be used t o pay a b i l l from a year t o a year- and-a-half ago! 'We earned it. We should spend it on ourselves..on t r i p s and picnics and kids programs."

I agree a hundred percent. But i f we lose our no t - fo r -p rof i t s t a t u s , none of t h i s s t u f f w i l l happen next year o r the year a f t e r . No grant money f o r the Learning Centre w i l l be poss- i b l e and, worst of a l l , the Bingo w i l l c lose down s ince we won't have a c h a r i t y ' s 1 icence anymore. Kids ' programs w i l l have no money from Carnegie and every support group w i l l have t o have a business l icence t o run a concession.

To make t h e pinch a s l i g h t as poss- I i b l e , both t h e Seniors and the Pool i Room w i l l be asked t o help using the 25% - 5% system, and the Volunteers @

could contr ibute using the 10% pf ilkcome system. This w i l l make $2,910. The remainder of $4,590 w i l l be p a r t - I

l y made up by t h e kitchen account. Max Beck, who suggested t h i s ' f a i r share1 plan, is back from vacation and h i s contribution w i l l be known soon, The Association w i l l pay the balance and t h e Bingo account w i l l f inance h i r ing a bookkeeper t o get i s t u f f i n order f o r t h e '86 audi t .

By PAUL TAYLOR

And i f the. City makes t h e bad mis- take of put t ing Carnegie under the Parks Board, nobody here w i l l have' money t o pay fees f o r thei.r programs - and we won't be ab le t o r a l s e money t o subsidize them.

GUARDIAN Of'Jhe. Harbaur The Port of Vancouver plans t o open

CRAB Park on July 29th. Oddly enough, t h i s is the l a s t Wednesday of the month which - a s a l l bright l i t t l e boys and g i r l s know - is cheque day.

Imagine .. a scowling Port Execu- t i ve a f t e r a three-martini lunch, ask- ing how t o get the damn thing o f f i c i a l and running without a l l the' damn bums showing up and making more noise about "it ' s unavailable t o handicapped peopl the e l z r l y and families with young kids; the spraying of dangerous herb- icides; trucking toxic chemicals in to the area; the hel ipor t r igh t next door and on and on and on and. . . ! "

Imagine some sleaze from the City, l i k e M r . C, suggesting s ly ly t o have the ceremony on cheque day. "They're a l l drunk by noon o r running around paying off loans and rent o r l in ing up a t banks. . . there ' 11 just be you guys and the reporters you ' l l invi te .

Imagine tha t ... Imagine having the CRAB Park open-

ing on July 28th, the day before. Invite media ,-declare it - CRAB Park, and have the a l l day f e s t i va l when everybody's broke and w i l l r e a l ly get off on some good music, f r ee food and a great time ... How about i t ? !

The down s ide of t h i s idea is tha t t o have an event before the o f f i c i a l (dim) one, l i t t l e basic necessi t ies l i k e e l ec t r i c i t y . . non-interference by Port Police - "This is an unlaw- f u l assembly which violates ordinance

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x, y, z , m d you're BUSTED!" ... a genuwine con- fron- t a t ion Right Be - fore Your Eyes, ladies and gentlemen." ("So it goes," he said , a s h i s eye- brows l i f t e d and a strange smirk creased h i s mouth.)

After four years of constant face- to-facers, the stance of CRAB s h i f t s to p a r t i a l co-operat ion; t rying t o

uma accept the mistakes and off-the-wall - -

sideshows. . . l ike an overpass - '?re guarantee tha t it w i l l accorronodate handicaps and great -grandmothers1" .. . 'the heliport - "We're going t o move it a s soon as the other place is ready". . . CRAB Park - "CRAB is an awful name..letts c a l l it Portside o r Waterfront or ..." and so on.

The upside is the f e s t i v i t i e s go- ing ahead on July 29th. The speaker from the community w i l l be Jim Green

e 7 and/or Don Larson. If Mike Harcourt and Emery Barnes, Margaret Mitchell and Pat Carney show up, they w i l l be asked t o speak as well. This (con- t ro l led) public re la t ions event w i l l be over by 12:30 and then there w i l l be a kids' lunch. Busloads of young- 'uns w i l l a r r ive f o r the afternoon's children's things, l i k e games, s t i l t - walkers, puppets and clowns. The stage w i l l be s e t up for bands, and locals can t a lk or read poetry o r whatever turns your crank. Three

R 6 R groups a re coming, and the great food feas t w i l l be around 5 o r 6 o r 7 (whenever it ' s ready, Freddy) .

and a l l we have t o do is ask local native people not t o do a ra in dance.

So cheque day o r not , come on down! By 2:00 have your business done or put it off u n t i l Thursday and l e t ' s l e t the world how tha t CRAB Park i s here! SEE YA! ! !

By PAUL TAYLOR ,--.

- "IF" by ROBERT SERVICE

DINNER AT SEVEN (for Cedric)

The nice man had invited me to dinner and escorted to the

comfortable restaurant

The nice man opened doors, fixed my chair . and offered rr.e the no-price menu

- for ladies The nice man looked content, well-preserved and displayed intelligence 6 humour

around a variety of subjects

The nice man elevated me to heights of a desirable queen while we chewed on curried chicken

and chop suey special with rice

The nice man and I had coffee and fortune cookies "happiness will be just around the

corner"

The nice man paled upon entering the rain-drenched, foggy alley - The ugly man squatted in rags - one hopeless blob of soaked filthy

The sewer hole exposed he stroked his h&ds through the green marbled slime of the cover

and scraped the hole's four edges with his long fingernails

with repetitious, oblivious monotony -

I am back to reality again.

Willemien

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P O E T R Y

I pray dear Lord, f o r Jesus sake, Please send us down a T-bone steak, Hallow be thy holy name, Please don't forget t o send the same.

Oh hear my humble cry o lord, and send us down some decent board, Brown gravy and some German f r ied , and s l iced tomatoes on the side.

I pray dear Lord, our heavenly host, You quite forgot the quail on toas t , And i f thou havest some custard pie , We'd l ike dear lord the largest s ize.

I pray dear lord, remove those dogs, Your sausages were powerful hogs,

Sawn of a Gun I cranka da car, Bawt she won' t a run, Theese authomobile She'lsa sawn of a gun!

Shet sa stop i n da middle of da s t r ee t upa town, I look i n da carburetor. But shelsa no drown.

I pusha da clutch, Shaka da wheel, Knocka da brake.. The horn I fee l . i I look in da tank, ! Xot I see - Yas! I i Sawan of a gun, !

She'sa outa da gas.

Smooth Sailing

By Clapdius Ivan Planidin

They called him the Yankee Clipper, some called him the greatest Yankee of them a l l buF they couldn't see 1 he hid deep pain m i n g deep

Your whitewash milk and your margerine, playing so- snooth So many -

I wish t o Christ I 'd never seen. afternoons and nights sa i l ing over seas of grass and earth

I pray dear lord, our heavenly wish, batting at .325 c l i p On Friday we must have our f i sh , l i ke only number 5 of the Yankees, Our flesh is weak, our s p i r i t s s t a l e , l ike only the Yankee Clipper, You'd bet ter make that f i s h a whale. l i k e only Jol t ing Joe Dimaggio, 1 Preserve me on my bended lens, and send us do& some ham $'-eggs, Your bull beef hash and roast beef butt I pray dear lord have ruined our guts-

And now oh lord, we a re praying stil For i f you don't, our Union w i l l , Put pork-chops on the bi l l -o-fare , And starve no camp s t i f f s anywhere.

Submitted by J.Bee

Vancouver Parks 6 Recreation Board 2099 Beach Ave., Vancouver, B . C . Ladies and Gentlemen,

I t is with great concern tha t t h i s l e t t e r is writ ten and, with a l l due respect, it is the duty of the CARN- EGIE COMJNITY CENTRE ASSOCIATION t o protest most strongly against the usage of a non-selective herbicide - namely blanceta Roundup - i n the area of CRAB PARK OR ANY OTHER PARKS i n the c i t y of Vancouver.

Not only is the usage of such type of herbicide a danger t o public '

health, but it also requires a period of 7 t o 1 4 days t o dissipate. During t h i s time, anyone coming into the sprayed area incurs the r i sk of con- tamination. Hence is the public con- cern about the usage of chemicals reputed t o cause diseases; i . e . CANCER I N ANY OF ITS FORMS.

Yours t ru ly , Julien-Joseph Levesque Corresponding Secretary

WORM ?URN

Image riddled words S t i l l hunt for context amid the void of personal meaning, not sensing that the parasites they 've harboured have devolved beyond servicing. The word was lvlorld now the image,

fragment

t o build on without goal by words t o have been shaped from clay of ineffable need. No more t o dream in wholes. Pragmatic horizons sparsely f i l l e d , the loneliness denied for sake of

fragment graspirg

a f t e r fragment, contested for t o sti l l the ingrown, paras i t i c pangs of poverty suddenly discovered as once the language had been t o f i l l the emptiness of

fragment. Steven Belkin

Glimpses of Heritage

Self-discovered women A f a i t h without issue: looking out from windows. . . "the times were not ripe" gagji~:; the distance the i r strength availing of l i f e from the i r l ives - them only endurance.

Their gaze haunts the few In the l i f e a l l about us who s i f t the dead years rushing by i n a frenzy

r the traces (mgn buried) do we not-yet t h e i r f a i t h i n themselves - those rage borne eyes?

Steven Belkin ,.

* UIC problems * g e t t i n g legal assitance * unsafe living conditions

in hotels or apartments * disputes with landlords * income tax

DTi3=A is located at 9 East Hastings or phone 682-0931.

DERA HAS BEEN SERVING THE DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE FOR 1 3 YEARS

B. C. ORGANIZATION TO FIGHT RACISM (B.C.O.F.R.) I . Box 835, New Westminster V3L 428

B.C.O.F.R. i s pleased t o announce t o the general public t h a t our recon- s t i t u t e d INVESTIGATION AND SUPPORT CCXVMITTEE i s functioning and its mem- bers a r e ava i l ab le t o look in to a l l leg i t imate complaints rrom the people.

This committee is made up exclusive- l y of volunteers , from d i f f e r e n t cu l - tu res and races , who are conunitted t o f igh t ing racism in every possible way.

I t s main task is t o receive com- p l a i n t s regarding r a c i w from peoplc, inves t iga te them as tlloroughly :IS

p(.-;sible, and i f thc conplaints a r c

legi t imate t o provide whatever sup- por t can and should be given t o victims

The Committee would l i k e t o encour- age a l l those people who have experi- enced any kind of discrimination ( a t jobs o r a t o the r i n s t i t u t i o n s ) because of t h e i r race , e t h n i c i t y , o r r e l ig ion ; o r who have been vict ims o f r a c i a l l y - motivated violence o r i l l - t r ea tmen t , t o contact us by phoning the following

people: Ilari P. da rma 420-29?7 Charan G i l l 576-2307 Makhan Tut 4 37 - 5666

To A l l People concerned with chi ld care in the Downtown Eastside:

I t has been brought t o my a t ten- t ion tha t the Ca rne~ ie Community Centre has recentlyWhad t o clos; its child-minding area due t o c i t y bylaws, e t c . Being a parent and frequenting the Centre and sur-

CARNEGIE rounding area, I am concerned tha t IM%Y hEDWDAY - with with t h i s closure we have no place B O ~ Z I \ S , T I ~ ~ ~ A Y S where our children 'can play while

@ s D @ ~ m a t Carnegie - tha t poses a problem. I'ICK-YOUR-CWNS WEDNESOAYS

When my wife and I want t o enjoy 1 ourselves a t a game of pool, our 1 daughter is not allowed. Similar are-other areas and a c t i v i t i e s i n the building. If you share my concern and would l i k e t o see t h i s l essent ia l service begin again, please write t o Steve B. -

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VOLUNTEER - SENIORS JERICHO BEACH PICNIC - JULY 19

See Earle Peach f o r t i c i e t s .

Love is l i ke a Rainbow

Love is l i k e a giant rainbow, Reaching across the sky. We could probably reach and touch it, I f we would only t r y . I f we could catch it while we're young, We would never would grow old 'Cause when you've got a rainbow, "'ho needs a pot of gold. I

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MUSIC I N THE PARK JULY 22/ LIVE BANDS FREE LUNCH 2 . 00 P.M OPIENHEIMER PARK.

"FREE - donat ions accepted. " City info s t a f f can' t accept

Newsletter donat ions, a s t h i s paper '

is a hot l i t t l e item of discussion :rith the Carnegie Review Panel. I f you can help with spare change(! ) :find Paul Taylor, and het 11 give you a receipt* Thanks eye rybody.