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THEM t h a t ' s go t t o o much; US t h a t ' s g o t dood l ly - squa t .

Then t h e r e ' s THOSE who h a v e n ' t g o t a l o t b u t keep t r y i n ' l i k e h e l l t a g i t e v e r y t h i n ' they k i n l a y t h e i r grubby paws on. F i n a l l y i s t h e r e s t of 'em w i t h t h e on ly monicker worth s t i c k i n ' on 'em b e i n ' THAT - t h a t t r a i t o r , t h a t greedy bum, t h a t s l e a z e ... what makes people be l i k e THAT?

Anyone of u s who's been on E a r t h f o r a whi le h a s m e t s c o r e s of people who f i t anywhere i n t h e above scheme of t h i n g s . Money is s a i d t o make people do s t r a n g e t h i n g s ; money is a l s o s a i d t o be t h e r o o t of a l l e v i l . The second s a y i n g h a s more a r i n g of t r u t h t h a n t h e f i r s t , but n e i t h e r g e t s down t o w h a t ' s what.

The human c o n d i t i o n is t h a t s t a t e which i s n o n - s a t i s f a c t o r y t o t h o s e i n i t . More of e v e r y t h i n g . . . and hav ing ,more means want ing more - you g e t a base , r a i s e your s i g h t s , a t t - a i n t h a t g o a l and r a i s e your s i g h t s aga in . Th i s i s s p i r i t u a l e v o l u t i o n w i t h t h e u l t i m a t e g o a l be ing one- n e s s w i t h t h e I n f i n i t e . Off t o p i c ? When a m i n i s c u l e number of humans have more w e a l t h than they w i l l e v e r need and t h e r e s t of humanity l i v e s i n d i r e p o v e r t y , a s beggars , what i s i t t h a t keeps t h e v e r y few s o s e l f - i s h and greedy? What menta l d i s e a s e keeps them t u r n i n g money i n t o power and back i n t o money and back i n t o power ad nauseum?

T h e r e ' s a c l u e . What menta l d i s - ease? ! ! Have you e v e r hea rd your- s e l f t h i n k i n g 'Why c a n ' t they e v e r

Set i t r i g h t , e v e r do something t h a t i s what t h e v a s t m a j o r i t y of common peop le know is r i g h t , r i g h t down t o t h e i r bones? ' It i s a menta l - d i s e a s e w i t h symptons of g reed , av- a r i c e , a g g r e s s i v e manipu la t ion f o r p e r s o n a l ends , i g n o r i n g o r working d i r e c t l y a g a i n s t t h e b e s t i n t e r e s t s of t h e r e s t o f humankind. The more v i r u l e n t t h e d i s e a s e , t h e more i s t h e v i c t i m of i t removed from common s e n s e , from s imple manners, common c o u r t e s y and f a i r n e s s . A s t h e i r op in ion of themselves and t h e i r s tonewal led s p i r i t u a l growth grows more and more s t a t i c , they e n t e r t h e c o n d i t i o n where they c a n ' t h e a r t h e i r consc ience a t a l l . They've locked t h e i r s o u l i n a s p i r i t u a l ou- b l i e t t e and welded t h e l i d s h u t . T h i s keeps t h e i r screams o f angu i sh o u t of mind and t h e n e u r o s e s and a t - t e n d a n t menta l problems t h r i v e . Witness p o l i t i c i a n s who f r o n t f o r b i g money - they a r e q u i t e c o n t e n t t o l i e and chea t and b reak r u l e s of moral conduct - and make t h e i r f o r t u n e s on t h e s l y .

i n c r e a s e t h e i r own s a l a r i e s by 50%. 1 The on ly way t o s t o p i t was t o d e f e a t t h e b i l l . I n B.C. t h e pay i n c r e a s e of 10% was (supposedly) made p a l a t a b l e by having a n a l l - p a r t y committee re- view i t f i r s t . Those w i t h t h e greed d i s e a s e a r e i n t h e m a j o r i t y and t h i s i s democracy, u l t r a - r i g h t s t y l e . The f e d e r a l government is c u t t i n g spend- i n g t o t h e bone, n o n - e s s e n t i a l s l i k e s o c i a l w e l f a r e , s o c i a l hous ing , and when i t ' s a l l done look f o r a q u i e t p a y - r a i s e f o r a l l t h e i r 'good work'.

I f any o f t h i s makes s e n s e , t h i n k about i t t h e n e x t t ime a r e a s o n a b l e pe r son charms you, from t h e TV o r t h e news, w i t h a condescending speech on working and w e l f a r e c u t s b e i n g "only $7" t h e n "only $25" and "only $50". When t h e i r take-home pay i s i n t h e thousands each month ( o r week) t h a t ' s h a r d l y d r i n k i n g money a f t e r t h e show!

So - be p a r t of t h e s o l u t i o n r a t h e r t h a n p a r t of t h e problem. (Sounds s imple . ) Use money i n ways t h a t l e s s e n t h e s u f f e r i n g of humanity. (Sounds r i g h t . )

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Dear Carnegie Newsle t t e r Folks , A View from t h e Main

I picked up a copy of your paper a t t h e Welfare O f f i c e on Main & Powell r e c e n t l y and w a s i n s p i r e d by t h e terr- i f i c p o e t r y I found i n it.

I ' v e w r i t t e n my own p i e c e w i t h hopes t h a t y o u ' l l p u b l i s h i t i n your upcom- i n g i s s u e .

I p a r t i c u l a r l y enjoyed s t a r w i n d ' s s t u f f - I found i t p o l i t i c a l l y im- p a c t f u l ; c o n c i s e y e t emot iona l ly in- s p i r e d . Powerful and c l e a n .

I know no th ing o f your o r g a n i z a t i o n o u t s i d e of what you conveyed through t h i s e d i t i o n of your n e w s l e t t e r . I ' v e been lokk ing a t l o a d s of s m a l l ' z i n e s from a l l o v e r f o r t h e las t few y e a r s and hadn ' t ( u n t i l now) found a s h e e t n e a r l y as open concern- i n g ' r e a l ' s t r e e t - o r i e n t e d , hand-to- i n s p i r a t i o n l i v i n g .

A Boost f o r s u r e . I ' m l e a v i n g town f o r a w h i l e , b u t I

hope I ' l l g e t t o v i s i t you and your p l a c e when I g e t back.

U n t i l then , Good l u c k and good community,

J u l i a Kent

How t o be on Welfare t h e r e s t of mY l i f e Nla t ambi t ion is t h e v i s i o n of s u i t e s

w i t h Kr i shnamur t i s i n Vogue? The g l i t t e r i n g "W" t u r n i n g 'bove ' o o d ' a r d s

beckons a l l Wel fa re r s & Woodwardsmiths. You, my f l e e t of godspeeding, winged

Cursed, AIDS-ridden Angels, Fly , b u t , speak no l i e s . There i s no

i n d i s c r e t i o n I have kn 'aught c o n t r a c t e d . I n one i n s t a n c e p a t i e n t s ' symptons

a r e t h e f e s t e r i n g DA i n s i s t e n c e they have found whi le c r o s s i n g through t h e

c r y s t a l l i n e p a l a c e - Is i t hover ing o r submerged between t h e

s h i n i n g c i t y ' s s h o r e s ? L i l i t h w i l l have rest h e r e .

Bid y o u r s e l f a f o r t u i t o u s mean endeavor i n t h e shadow of t h e w h i s t l i n g mountains.

Spread a f e a s t benea th t h e b r idges . I n v i t e a l l t h e f r i e n d s you w i l l meet

and m i s s t h e c a r e f u l f i n g e r s which have c rewel led t h e t a r p e s t t h r e e s .

M i s s S h r i Murtees and w i l l i n g avenges. Love i s l e s s d e a t h . Yet one p l u s one w i l l s t h r e e ,

AND MATURITY IS IRREVERSIBLE.

J u l i a Kent

Somethi;lg To Think About

Make something o u t of no th ingness . By making mental images i n t o some- t h i n g . By u s i n g a mental p lan . An i d e a is j u s t t h e o r y , and i t ' s i n v i - s i b l e u n t i l made p r a c t i c a l . Then i t becomes v i s i b l e . You can b r i n g in- t o e x i s t e n c e something i n your l i f e which d i d n o t e x i s t b e f o r e . I t can be a w r i t t e n poem, ar t work, a song i n s h e e t music, a t o y o r game. Any- one can b e c r e a t i v e . Let a baby g e t i t ' s hands on a crayon and y o u ' l l s e e a r t i s t i c des ign . It may n o t make s e n s e b u t , when you t h i n k about i t , some of t h e t h i n g s we s e e i n ar t g a l l e r i e s d o n ' t make s e n s e e i t h e r .

J e r r y Walsh

I j u s t had t o respond t o t h a t ' a n t i - a b o r t i o n i s t ' n o t e i n your n e w s l e t t e r . I t h i n k t h e most t e r r i b l e t h i n g fac - i n g a woman i s having t o f a c e an un- wanted pregnancy. A l l of t h o s e mixed up f e e l i n g s : "Where am I going t o l i v e ? How am I going t o feed t h a t c h i l d ? How w i l l I be a b l e t o c l o t h e a baby?" Mostly women l i v i n g a t t h e pover ty l e v e l . ..

I n my e r a t h e r e was no one named D r . Henry Morgantaler; t h e r e were no b i r t h c o n t r o l p i l l s . I had my f i r s t Ceaserean s e c t i o n , a b e a u t i f u l g i r l , i n my l a t e t e e n s . I remember my d o c t o r s a y i n g " I f t h e woman had t h e f i r s t baby and t h e man had t h e second baby, t h e r e ' d be no t h i r d baby ." How t r u e t h o s e words a r e . I kept t h a t f i r s t baby f o r awhi le and then gave h e r up f o r adop t ion , which t o r e t h e g u t s o u t of my stomach

I went on t o have t h r e e more un- wanted c h i l d r e n . I wouldn' t go t o any back a l l e y a b o r t i o n i s t . Horror s t o r i e s l i k e my g i r l f r i e n d u s i n g a k n i t t i n g need le on h e r s e l f and t h e n being rushed t o h o s p i t a l w h i l e hem- orhaging; I was i n t h e f r o n t room and s h e j u s t went t o t h e bathroom and d i d t h i s t h i n g . She l o s t t h e baby and n e a r l y h e r own l i f e . I had

no i d e a s h e was going t o do t h a t .

I kep t my nex t two c h i l d r e n , a son and a daughte r , then I had a n o t h e r which I gave up f o r adop t ion - ano- t h e r p a i n f u l exper ience . Doctors I asked f o r t h e i r keep, bu t t h e y t o l d me t h e i r hands were t i e d because of t h e law. A l l of my c h i l d r e n were ceasa rean s e c t i o n . When my d o c t o r asked me, because o f my f a i t h , i f he could t i e my t u b e s , I t o l d him t o go f o r i t .

I n my e r a t h e r e were a l o t of coup les a s k i n g me i f I knew an abor- t i o n i s t t h a t they could a f f o r d be- cause they had enough mouths t o feed .

The sadness i n t h e woman's eyes was because s h e had t o c a r r y t h e baby f u l l term and t h e n g i v e i t up f o r adopt i o n .

I know a l o t of peop le a r e t h i n k i n g t h a t I r a t i o n a l i z e d ; t h a t I d i d t h e most u n s e l f i s h t h i n g i n t h e world by making o t h e r people happy i n c l u d i n g t h e two g i r l s who I adopted o u t . But I have f e e l i n g s a l s o & I l o v e c h i l d - r e n very much & a t t imes I wish I had of kep t them, b u t I won't black- m a i l myself w i t h g u i l t . I d i d what I thought was b e s t .

Th i s Every Woman's Hea l th C l i n i c is t h e b e s t t h i n g t h a t could ever happen f o r a woman. Now s h e h a s c o n t r o l of h e r own body and when s h e makes t h e d e c i s i o n t o have an abor- t i o n i t w i l l be h e r cho ice and n o t o t h e r peop le ' s .

I f t h e s e a n t i - a b o r t i o n i s t s g e t t h e i r way i n Ottawa and change t h e laws t h a t a l l o w a woman t o have an a b o r t i o n i t w i l l be l e g a l i z e d cr ime and back t o t h e d a r k a g e s of c o a t hangers , k n i t t i n g n e e d l e s and f i l t h y a b o r t i o n i s t s who d o n ' t even s t e r i l i z e t h e i r 'equipment' and c a u s e a woman t o have an i n f g c t i o n - maybe s t e r i - l i z i n g h e r f o r t h e rest of h e r l i f e . A botched a b o r t i o n can cause t h e wom- an t o have a brain-damaged o r r e t a r - ded baby o r even c o s t h e r h e r l i f e .

Th i s " s e r i o u s w r i t e r ' ' ( l a s t i s s u e ) should have a s e r i o u s thought about t h e women around h e r . Why does t h a t woman want t o have an a b o r t i o n ; f o r what reason? There a r e a l o t o f them, and t h e reason i s u s u a l l y eco- nomic. They simply c a n ' t a f f o r d t o r a i s e a c h i l d ( t o o young, s i n g l e , ) o r they have t o o many c h i l d r e n a s i t is. There a r e dozens o f reasons and most of them a r e v a l i d .

A Reader.

r e f l e c t i o n s on a b o r t i o n

I am a man who h a s r i s k e d a g r e a t d e a l d u r i n g t h e p a e t decade defending women's r i g h t s t o have l e g a l i z e d a b o r t i o n s .

I have remained s i l e n t when t h r e a t e n e d by t h e p o l i c e w i t h imprisonment & d e p o r t a t i o n , f o r r e f u s i n g t o r e v e a l what I knew about a woman who was charged w i t h performing a n i l l e g a l a b o r t i o n .

I have w r i t t e n e s s a y s advoca t ing what I v a l u e s of r a d i c a l feminism.

I have suppor ted women w i t h whom I have t i o n s when pregnancy r e s u l t e d amidst ve ry

I now deep ly r e g r e t t h e p o s i t i o n I have a b o r t ion .

I am f i r m l y convinced t h a t feminism h a s f o r t h e sake of economic g a i n .

once pe rce ived t o be t h e human

been i n t i m a t e , i n o b t a i n i n g abor- d i f f i c u l t s o c i a l c i rcumstances . p r e v i o u s l y t aken s u p p o r t i n g

become a b e t r a y a l of human v a l u e s

I a l s o b e l i e v e t h a t l e g a l i z e d a b o r t i o n is a s much a genoc ida l t echn ique a s t h e so -ca l l ed "mercy-kil l ing" of v e r y ill peop le c u r r e n t l y p r a c t i c e d i n h o s p i t a l s throughout n o r t h america .

I b e l i e v e t h a t i n s t i t u t i o n a l i z i n g a b o r t i o n e v i n c e s t o t a l d i s r e s p e c t f o r l i f e , a d i s r e s p e c t & contempt f o r l i f e t h a t is t u r n i n g n o r t h america i n t o a death-camp beyond t h a t d e s i r e d by a r c h i t e c t s of t h e 3rd r e i c h .

e i t h e r l i f e , a l l l i f e , i s s a c r e d , o r i t is n o t . t h e r e is no l o n g e r , i n my o p i n i o n , any room f o r a r e l a t i v e p o s i t l o n on

Chese m a t t e r s . '

r e c e n t l y a man reproached me f o r my views & asked i f I was a g a i n s t women's r i g h t s t o c o n t r o l t h e i r own bod ies?

I r e p l i e d t h a t I have l e a r n e d t h a t " r i g h t s " a r e something asked f o r o n l y ' a f t e r t h e y a r e i r r e v o c a b l y gone. --.

& I t o l d him t h a t I b e l i e v e i t i s degrading t o women's t r u t h & e x p e r i e n c e t o deny t h a t i n t h e p a s t women, a s w e l l a s men and c h i l d r e n , had much more freedom t o do w i t h t h e i r bod ies & l i v e s whatever they wished t h a n anyone h a s r i g h t now.

b e s i d e s , a b o r t i o n by n a t u r a l wisdom h a s o n l y i n r e c e n t h i s t o r y been l o s t t o u n t r a d i t i o n a l women.

a f t e r h e a r i n g my o p i n i o n s , t h i s same man s a i d , " then you must be p r o - l i f e ! " a s though I could n o t t h i n k a s I do & not be long t o an o r g a n i z a t i o n I

abominate a s much a s I do pro-choice. more p e r s o n a l l y , my p a s t advocacy of a b o r t i o n h a s gouged ugly unhea l ing

wounds w i t h i n t h e s o u l of my most i n t i m a t e r e l a t i o n s h i p s . what I do now advoca te is a r e v o l u t i o n a r y r e t u r n t o human v a l u e s , n o t

6 L i t h e S p i r i t Va len t ine

She moves a c r o s s t h e room drawing a crowd of q u i e t eyes t o h e r dream-like pass ing .

She shows t h e g race o f a l i o n e s s who s e r v e s no l i v i n g mas te r bu t sage ly s h a r e s h e r space.

She ho lds t h e world i n h e r hands then sends i t s p i n n i n g t o a p e r f e c t c i r c l e . The q u i e t eyes b l i n k i n app lause .

She i n s p i r e s t h e impossible v i s i o n o f l o v e t h a t q u e l l s a vo id from a f a r Her twin c h a s t e l y f r e q u e n t s my h e a r t .

Garry Gust

Deer P e e r s

Phases

~ l l along t h ? w a t e r f r o n t From C a r r a l l S t r e e t t o Main, Fear is second-nature , l i k e Umbrellas are t o r a i n .

W i l l i n g f o r c e s move t h e n i g h t I n n e e d l e s , booze, and p i l l s ; Sh iver w i t h t h e f a l l e n s t a r s O r l a n g u i s h i n t h e i r c h i l l s .

"Enough!" c r i e s t h e P r i n c e of

I sat i n some s p i r i t u a l crazy-glue And I c a n ' t g e t o f f my d u f f . I ' m w i n t e r r e t r e a t i n g l i k e some o l d brown bear Who's grumpy and c a n ' t s l e e p enough.

But maybe, j u s t maybe,. I ' l l f e e l t h e s p a r k That once gave me re levance . I f I d o n ' t h i g h t a i l i t by A p r i l t h e f i r s t P l e a s e p u t some a n t s i n my p a n t s .

Garry Gust

t h i e v e s , -

"Skid Row's a s t a t e o f mind." 11 NO way t o l i v e , ' ' c h i d e s thr: s t r a w b e r r y Queen, Los t i n t h e Quest

AS s i g h t comes t o t h e b l i n d . I woke up

Look beyond t h e hollow eyes And I was

And s e e t h e t r e a s u r e t h e r e ; A s p e c i a l , f i r m community where Belonging is t o c a r e .

R e b i r t h i n g w i t h $he r i s i n g sun , The i n f a n t ' s f e a r is gone Away w i t h p r i d e and p r e j u d i c e . Goodbye, Skid Row John.

Garry Gust

i n t h e morning mourning

A l o s t loved one. The d e s p e r a t e s e a r c h f o r belonging; , And I stumbled on t h e p a s t , Of t h e b i r t h Of t h e l o s t loved one I was l o s t i n t h e q u e s t . The beau ty was s t i l l t h e r e But 1 was caught daydreaming And t h e f e a r a lmost caught m e I n my t r a c k s Heading f o r doom - Lost i n t h e q u e s t .

Do r i n

COURTHOUSE REFLECTIONS: The Gi tksan and Wet 'suwet 'en Peoples. .Feb.2, 1989.

By SAM MEISEL

I n t h e e a r l y f a l l of l a s t y e a r , i n t h e g e n e r a l v i c i n i t y of Hazel ton, B . C . , t h e Gi tksan and ~ e t ' s u w e t ' e n Peoples blockaded t h e a t t e m p t by Westar Timber Ltd. t o e r e c t a b r i d g e o v e r t h e Babine River which would have g iven a c c e s s t o t h e untouched T r i b a l Lands n o r t h o f t h e r i v e r t o t h e logg ing company. There was no v i o l e n c e a t t h e t i m e and t h e blockade was s u c c e s s f u l . Also i n t h e F a l l , M r . J u s t i c e Alan MacDonell of t h e B . C . Supreme Court i s s u e d an in- j u n c t i o n p r e v e n t i n g t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n of t h e b r i d g e and subsequent a c c e s s t o Na t ive T e r r i t o r i e s ( t o t h e n o r t h of t h e Babine) u n t i l t h e b roader Land Claim c a s e is dec ided , a c a s e which h a s been i n t h e c o u r t s s i n c e May, 1987.

From January 30 through February 1, 1989, I had t h e honour and p r i v i l e d g e of b e a r i n g w i t n e s s i n t h e B .C . Court o f Appeals h e a r i n g s t o t h e a t t empt by Westar and t h e Prov ince o f B r i t i s h Columbia t o have t h i s important i n j u n c t i o n removed.

Westar a rgued , w i t h t h e s u p p o r t of t h e Prov ince , t h a t inasmuch a s t h e Pro- v i n c e of B.C. had a l r e a d y g r a n t e d i t a l e g a l f o r e s t l i c e n s e , Westar had a r i g h t t o c o n t i n u e i ts work, e s p e c i a l l y a s any d e l a y would cause t h e company i r r e p a r a b l e f i n a n c i a l damage. The Gi tksan and Wet 'suwet 'en argued t h a t , were t h e company t o c l e a r - c u t log-- that is , t o ravage--the a r e a n o r t h of t h e r i v e r a s i t a l r e a d y had i n t h e l a n d s o u t h of t h e r i v e r , even a subsequent c o u r t v i c t o r y i n t h e i r f a v o u r i n t h e Land Claim c a s e would be meaningless ; t h e v a l u e of t h e Land - i t s meaning, i t s power - would be no more. The Gi tksan and Wet' suwet 'en unders tand t h i s power, t h i s s p i r i t u a l e s s e n c e t o i s s u e from t h e t r e e s , t h e an imals , t h e Peoples ' h i s t o r y , t h e t o t a l environment of t h e Land. Th i s is t h e Land which t h e Gi tksan and Wet 'suwet 'en have loved , honoured, worked and c a r e d f o r throughout l o n g c e n t u r i e s . A l l t h e Peoples have wanted w i t h r e s p e c t t o t h e i n j u n c t i o n is a d e l a y , a moratorium on a c c e s s t o t h e i r Land u n t i l t h e Land C l a i m i s decided.

For t h r e e days I watched and l i s t e n e d a s a team of d e d i c a t e d , competent l awyers - P e t e r Gran t , Lou i se Mandell and Gordon S e b a s t i a n - squared o f f a g a i n s t a l e g a l team from Westar and a n o t h e r f o r t h e Province . Admittedly, t h e l a t t e r two teams enjoyed s u p e r i o r i t y , bo th f i n a n c i a l l y and p o l i t i c a l l y , over t h e Peop les ' team; b u t P e t e r , Lou i se and Gordon d i d have a few t h i n g s going f o r them a s t h e l e g a l drama i n e x o r a b l y unfolded. Behind them, a s they f a c e d t h e t h r e e - j u s t i c e p a n e l , were t h r e e rows of Gi tksan E l d e r s and o t h e r members o f t h e two Peop les s i t t i n g w i t h immeasurable, q u i e t d i g n i t y . They d i r e c t e d unmis takab le and t i m e l e s s power t o s u p p o r t t h e e f f o r t s of t h e i r lawyers , t h e i r f r i e n d s i n making c l e a r t h e c a s e of t h e Peop les t o t h e J u s t i c e s . And, of c o u r s e , t h e y had l e g a l and e t e r n a l t r u t h s on t h e i r s i d e . A s Lou i se w a s t o s a y a f t e r ~ u e s d a y ' s h e a r i n g , d u r i n g which s h e seemed t o demolish t h e opposing l awyers ' arguments i n a t o r r e n t of c l e a r t h i n k i n g and s t r a i g h t t a l k - ing : "I cou ld f e e l your energy behind m e . . . t h e words j u s t came ... they w e r e t h e r e f o r me." TThe s p i r i t u a l t e n s i o n i n t h a t courtroom was pa lpab le .

A f t e r each s e s s i o n i n t h e Robson Square c o u r t complex w e s u p p o r t e r s g a t h e r e d f o r some c o f f e e , sometimes music, always d i s c u s s i o n , some t i m e t o g e t h e r . . . i n a c e r t a i n s e n s e w e were and remain "always toge the r" . A t t h e end o f each

day, t h e Peoples ' l awyers and l e a d e r s b r i e f e d u s on what had happened d u r i n g

t h e d a y ' s proceedings--the l e g a l meaning, t h e s p i r i t u a l demands and i d e a s on what was t o come on t h e morrow.

Westar and Prov ince , o v e r t h e t h r e e days o f h e a r i n g s , p leaded d o l l a r s and c e n t s , board f e e t and s a w l o g s , l i c e n s e s and p e r m i t s , p r o f i t s and damages. The Gi tksan and ~ e t ' s u w e t ' e n pleaded l o v e and r e s p e c t f o r t h e Land, s p i r i t u a l and e t h i c a l energy emanating from t h e Land, a g e s o l d and contemporaneous t r u t h i n h e r e n t i n t h e Peoples ' unbroken r e l a t i o n s h i p w i t h t h e Land. The Peop les ' demand is no th ing l e s s than complete and u n q u a l i f i e d c o n t r o l of and j u r i s d i c - t i o n o v e r t h e i r T e r r i t o r i e s . T h e i r magnanimous o f f e r t o a l l of u s i s t o h e l p u s unders tand t h a t t h e r e i s a n o t h e r more s a n e and more v a l u a b l e way of r e l a t i n g t o o u r environment, and t o one a n o t h e r . What became o b ~ i o u s i n t h e s e days is e s s e n t i a l l y a c o n f l i c t between two c u l t u r e s , two world views, which ho lds p o t e n t i a l l y many l e s s o n s of immeasurable v a l u e f o r a l l of u s .

I n t h e end Westar and t h e Prov ince d o n ' t r e a l l y have a chance on t h i s one, d e s p i t e t h e i r s p u r i o u s arguments, t h e i r a t t e m p t s t o mis lead i f n o t l i e out- r i g h t , t h e i r d i s r e s p e c t f u l , even shameful a s s a u l t s on t h e p e r s o n a l i n t e g r i t y of many good and s p i r i t u a l l y evo lved , q u e s t i n g peop le . While t h e C o u r t ' s d e c i s i o n w i l l n o t be announced f o r some t ime , i t seems c l e a r t o me t h a t l e g a l l y , e t h i c a l l y and s p i r i t u a l l y t h e Gi tksan and Wet'suwet'en have won t h i s round. What is i n e s c a p a b l e , however, no m a t t e r what t h e d e c i s i o n on t h i s I n j u n c t i o n appea l , i s t h e f a c t t h a t t h e s e Peoples w i l l succeed i n keeping t h e i r Land ... they w i l l n o t b e s topped. T h e i r cause i s j u s t and they a r e ---- u n i t e d i n t h e i r e f f o r t s . Others throughout B.C. and e l sewhere , of many r a c i a l backgrounds, a r e s lowly coming t o unders tand t h a t t h e i r own i n t e r e s t s and t h e i n t e r e s t s of t h e whole p l a n e t a r e se rved by t h e h i s t o r y , t h e i n c l u - s i v e v i s i o n and t h e example of t h e Gi tksan and Wet 'suwet 'en Peop les .

The b roader key Land Claim s t r u g g l e c o n t i n u e s a t t h e Robson Square complex and e lsewhere . I urge a l l people everywhere t o s u p p o r t t h e Gi tksan and ~ e t ' s u w e t ' e n Peoples . For more i n f o c a l l 682-1990(Van) o r 842-6511(Hazelton).

THE FIRST VOLUNTEER

This i s t h e s t o r y of t h e f i r s t v o l u n t e e r . 1t 's a sad s t o r y f i l l e d w i t h humour and a l t h o u g h i t ' s t r a g i c i t i s h i l a r i o u s a s w e l l ; which s a y s something about my s t a t e o f mind a l t h o u g h I ' m n o t s u r e what.

The v e r y f i r s t v o l u n t e e r was a Babylonian who l i v e d i n , t h a t ' s r i g h t , you guessed i t , Ancient Bab- ylon. Ancient Babylon was l o c a t e d j u s t s o u t h of New Babylon and was c a l l e d Ancient mainly because t h e i r b u i l d i n g s weren ' t a s s h i n y a s t h o s e i n New Babylon. There were a l s o a l a r g e number o f beggars and winos t h a t popu la ted t h e s t r e e t s . It was a s i t u a t i o n n o t u n l i k e t h e one be- tween t h e E a s t End and West Van.

The y e a r was 1975 B.C. and t h i s a n c i e n t Babylonian, whose name was P h i l , had r e c e n t l y j o i n e d t h e army

' and was a buck p r i v a t e . Now one day t h e Genera l s c a l l e d a g e n e r a l (ha ha) meeting i n t h e main s q u a r e . They needed a v o l u n t e e r t o go on a hazard- ous t r e k through t h e l a n d of t h e savage G e r b i l Men. Of c o u r s e nobody wanted t o go on such a dangerous miss ion . But P h i l j u s t happened t o absent-mindedly swat a t a n annoying b l a c k f l y t h a t was buzzing around h i s head. The Genera l s assumed t h a t he had r a i s e d h i s hand t o v o l u n t e e r f o r t h e p e r i l o u s t a s k . The Generals t h e n took him a s i d e and e x p l a i n e d what h e had t o do.

It seemed t h a t t h e r e was a v i s i t i n g d e l e g a t i o n o f impor tan t P e r s i a n s a t t h e Royal P a l a c e and t h e y had run o u t

. o f t o o t h p i c k s t o ho ld t h e hors-d '- oeuvres t o g e t h e r . He was t o p rocure some f o r a r e a s o n a b l e p r i c e from t h e G e r b i l Men and be back no l a t e r than 5:00 t h a t a f t e r n o o n .

Being a v igorous p a t r i o t and a g e n e r a l l y s t u p i d i n d i v i d u a l he agreed t o do t h e t a s k . Bes ides he

was promised 8 c o f f e e t i c k e t s upon hj.s r e t u r n .

To make a l o n g s t o r y s h o r t , P h i l was k i l l e d by t h e G e r b i l Men because they d i d n ' t l i k e h i s s n e a k e r s and t h e P e r s i a n d e l e g a t i o n l e f t i n a huff because t h e i r h o r s d 'oeuvres kep t f a l l i n g a p a r t i n t h e i r hands. S h o r t l y t h e r e a f t e r a huge war broke o u t between t h e two n a t i o n s which made t h e s p e a r and sword manufactur- e r s v e r y happy and they adopted P h i l

a s t h e i r p a t r o n s a i n t . Which goes t o show t h a t one person can make a d i f f e r e n c e , even i f h i s name is P h i l .

Th i s e s s a y on h i s t o r y was w r i t t e n by L. BRADLEY FENTON

- 10 VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR!

DANNY KORICA has been nominated to receive this recognition from the Vancouver Volunteer Bureau. A resident of the downtown eastside

for thirty years, Danny became in- volved in community volunteer work in 1984, after retiring on a disa- bility persion. Danny has been a very active and outspoken advocate of community input and representa- tion throughout his 4% years on the Board of Directors. He has consis- tently donated over 1,500 hours a year as a volunteer in a variety of positions. As Vice-Chair of the Seniors, he

initiated an annual Christmas Toy donation drive to the local child- care centre, Crabtree Corner. In 1986 Danny was a founding member of the Volunteer Support Group, the mandate of which is to both promote volun- teerism as well as to provide a forum for Volunteers to have input to the Centre's operations. In addition to Danny's outstanding

contributions as a Seniors' and Vol- unteer advocate, he can most often be found in the Carnegie kitchen where he volunteers an average of 150 hours a month preparing foods for fund-raising concessions - for the

Carnegie Volunteers, Seniors and the Pool Room Support Groups. In addition to Danny's committed

dedication to Carnegie users and vol- unteers, he is also a well-known community figure; he has spearheaded a number of community petition drives over such issues as improvements to street safety, lighting and policing, the fight for a downtown waterfront park and access for the disabled, for programs and staff for local children's activities at Oppenheimer Park. He helped found a tenants organization in the Jenny Pentland Housing in which he resides and is active in the Seniors Second Mile Club. Besides being a regular face in the

Carnegie kitchen, Danny can also be found once a week making cookies for the First United Church. We are very proud to nominate Danny

as our "volunteer of the year" and believe he represents an outstanding example of unselfish caring, commit- ment and community concern. Affectionately nicknamed "MR. CARNEGIE" by staff and patrons alike, we feel Danny Korica embodies the true spirit of volunteerism.

By ATIBA SAUNDERS,

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A place for moms, dads and kids to come, relax and have fun with others. New People WELCOhE !

Free lunch served each program day.

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TIME: 9:00 am - 1:30 pm - - Thursdays - Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main Street.

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nteer Co-ordinator.

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FRANCAIS C'est une demande, une priere que je fais, Laissez de grace, votre haine de cote FRANCAIS Arrachez cette mauvaise herbe et faites-la brulen Unissez-vous et vivee plutot dans la paiz. Detournez la violence, faites prendre l'air a l'amour Envelopez vos semblables de comprehension et d'amour.

La route est longue dans la haine et l'indifference Examinez votre coeur, et que dis votre conscience? Votre voix interieur? N'entendez-vous pas ce cri? Ecoutez encore, est-ce que vous avez maintenant compris? I1 faut changer d'attitude completement, et faire place a la tendresse La planete, l'univers des humains vous envolent un S.O.S. Les querres, les,otages, la rancune, l'indifference, terminer. Essayez de semer l'amour, il est urgent de commencer Et petit a petit, on pourra, dans ce monde, enfin respirer.

Marchez vers la lumiere I1 y a tant d'obstacles, de barriers Comment ne pas s'y perdre de temps en temps Houlette a la main, se frayant un chemin En confient le reste au destin Levez la tete, ne pleurez plus, vous etes deux a present.

Jouissez de la vie Ayez confience, cela suffit Soyez genereux avec autrui Montrez-vous affable, soyez gentil Invitez riches ou pauvres a votre table N'oubliez jamais que la solitude peut-etre parfois insupportable.

Comment expliquer ton silence Helas, suis presqu'a bout de patience Amour, que fais-tu? Aux creux de mes btas Repose-toi, ils n'attendent que toi. La vie a ete si cruelle envers toi Te laisse pas abbattre, c'est l'huere du reveil On peut, si tu veux, aller au pays des merveilles Ne crains rien, je ne peux que t'amener au soleil.

Hissez la voile, matelot, c'est le grand depart. Enfin on pourra s'aimer tranquille, a l'abri des regards Se blottir boucement, se laisser bercer, Te tracasse plus, respire c'est la liberte, Ouvre grand ton coeur, et laisse entrer le soleil de l'amour, Ne te retourne pas, le bonheur est devant toi, toujours.

' I Walked t o t h e r ive rbank , n e a r a world t h a t d i d n ' t look t h e s a m e , smiled" a t t h e moon and l e t t h e da rk n i g h t b r e a t h e warmth. . .

compassion l i v e s t h e r e . Saw a good dog run w i t h a c h i l d , p r o t e c t i n g t h e c h i l d from a l l danger

compassion l i v e s t h e r e . Saw a younger person s t o p r u s h i n g and l i s t e n t o an o l d e r p e r s o n ' s s t o r y

compassion l i v e s t h e r e . Saw a l i f e - t o r n man bend down on a C i r t y s t r e e t and p i c k up a b u t t Another l i f e - t o r n man came a l o n g and both of them c o n t r i b u t e d what t h e y could t o each o t h e r t o make a b e t t e r day

compassion l i v e s t h e r e Walked down a wi ld s t r e e t t h a t d i d n ' t look t h e s a m e - and t o r e a p a r t of my youth and o f my h e a r t

- smiled anyway - It ' s too bad, I thought . . . A l l I e v e r do i s walk away. Af ra id t o look back a t t o o much need i n myself -

t o o much need i n o t h e r s - Walked t o t h e r ive rbank and t r i e d t o l e a r n something about e v e r y t h i n g

a l l o v e r a g a i n ! .... thought about compassion.

Dave McConnell

From D r . Sun Yat-Sen Park f o r Carnegie C e n t r e ' s 9 t h b i r t h d a y .

a l l J a c k i e p a p e r s o u t t h e r e -

I n t h e h e a r t of Vancouver's China scene ,

The park r e v e r i n g Dr.Sun Yat-Sen, r e c a l l i n g Canada's e x p a t r i o t

D r . Bethune ( i f d i shonourab ly knowing on ly enough about e i t h e r honourable name t o know one knows t o o l i t t l e - tho ' one can commune w i t h s o u l s h e r e )

I paused i n c r o s s i n g one o f t h e s o l i d beam b r i d g e s t h e r e , ( t h e Bridge Being by t r e a t i n g b o t h s i d e s e q u a l l y ) I might have sworn by St.Chas o r Jude

t h a t I ' d caught a • ’ l e e t i n g gl impse of what might have been a baby dragon

t a i l d i v i n g deeper i n t o t h e s t i l l j a d e pool.

I f indeed i t w a s a f rond of w a t e r weed, n o t i n f a c t a baby dragon ' s t a i l ,

w e l l , as w e say g r a c i o u s l y a t g i f t t imes , " W e l l , i t ' s t h e thought t h a t coun ts , "

s t i l l , t h e j a d e g reen poo l w a s real t h e s o l i d beam b r i d g e e x t e n d i n g t o

b o t h s i d e s e q u a l l y

w a s real, & phantasmagorical r o c k s & r u s h e s & f r o n d s & bushes real

& s o avo id a l l t h a t s u n l i t r e a l i t y

I can d e f y and smart-ass s c i e n t i s t o r s o c i a l p l a n n e r - East o r West t o prove t o me & any o t h e r p o e t , artist

o r c h i l d - a t - h e a r t t h a t any baby dragon c a n ' t d i s g u i s e

i t ' s t a i l t o appear as

a descending water-weed

anywhen ... anywhere.. .

Wayne Rymer

Most o f u s a r e aware t h a t t h e s e days garbage i s a mounting problem all o v e r t h e world. Count r i e s l i k e ~ a n a d a and t h e USA a r e hav ing h a r d e r and h a r d e r t imes f i n d i n g p l a c e s t o dump t h e i r garbage. I n t h e Lower Mainland we j u s t want t o t r u c k i t up t o communities i n t h e i n t e r i o r and dump i t on l a n d t h a t i s s t i l l un- s p o i l e d w i l d e r n e s s . The problem h e r e i s n o t o n l y does i t r u i n t h a t l and , b u t t h e l e a c h i n g o u t of t o x i n s from t h e garbage w i l l s p o i l underground w a t e r sys tems f o r m i l e s and m i l e s .

The p l a n e t we l i v e on i s s lowly s i n k i n g under t h e weight of i t s own garbage. A l l o f us , i n a c o l l e c t i v e manner, have g o t t o f i n d new ways t o use t h e w o r l d ' s r e s o u r c e s . P a r t o f t h e s o l u t i o n i s t o s tart re-us ing t h i n g s . We have t o change t h e ' throw

, away e v e r y t h i n g ' approach. Th i s i s where r e - c y c l i n g comes i n .

3 Some p l a c e s l i k e Surrey a r e do ing it $ a community w i t h c u r b s i d e pick-

) ups. Each household s o r t s i t s g l a s s , t i n and paper , then p u t s i t o u t t o be picked l i k e i t d o e s w i t h garbage. Un- l i k e garbage t h e s e i t e m s w i l l be t a k e n t o r e - c y c l i n g d e p o t s s o w e can pre- p a r e them t o be used a g a i n .

It probably d o e s n ' t s u r p r i s e many peop le t o know t h a t Vancouver C i t y Council h a s done v e r y l i t t l e t o h e l p re -cyc l ing i n Vancouver. They d o n ' t want t o spend much money on t h i n g s t h a t d o n ' t make money. But they do

: end up spending l o t s o f money h a u l i n g garbage t o dumps. The problem d o e s n ' t go away e i t h e r , i t j u s t g e t s b igger .

Meanwhile, t h e Carnegie k i t c h e n h a s t aken t h e i r own a c t i o n s w i t h o u t wai t - i n g f o r Vancouver C i t y Counci l t o l e a d t h e way. Garbage i n o u r k i t c h e n i s now be ing t r e a t e d d i f f e r e n t l y . Cans a r e washed, l a b e l s a r e s t r i p p e d o f f , bottoms and cans f l a t t e n e d . Glass

i s washed c l e a n ; newspaper and card- board a r e s o r t e d ; compost i s c o l l e c - t e d i n bucke t s .

A l l o f t h i s m a t e r i a l i s p u t i n s e p a r a t e b i n s , t h e n t rucked o f f t o r e -cyc l ing d e p o t s . The compost i s dropped o f f a t t h e S t r a t h c o n a Commu- n i t y Gardens t o be used a s f e r t i l i - z e r i n t h e Carnegie garden p l o t s . Obviously t h i s i s a l o t more work

f o r t h e k i t c h e n v o l u n t e e r s , and a s a community we shou ld a p p r e c i a t s i c . It a l s o c o s t s money ( f o r t r u c k i n g ) , which t h e Carnegie A s s o c i a t i o n supp- l i e d f o r s t a r t - u p . A s a community we can be proud t h a t we have j u s t q u i e t l y s t a r t e d t o t a c k l e a b i g pro- blem. We s t a r t e d i n t h e p l a c e where i t is most e f f e c t i v e - r i g h t i n o u r own community !

Re-cycling is t h e t o p i c of o u r nex t Town Forum, on February 19 a t 7:OOpm i n t h e Thea t re . The C i t y is proposing

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a s o r t i n g depot i n o u r neighbourhood n e a r Terminal and Main. There h a s been some c r i t i c i s m o f t h i s p roposa l , by CUPE and o t h e r s . Carol Cameron from CUPE h a s done some r e s e a r c h on t h i s and is coming t o s h a r e h e r conc lus ions w i t h us. See you t h e r e !

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L i f e i s a challenge---meet i t L i f e i s a g i f t - - - X c e p t i t L i f e is an adventure---dare i t L i f e i s sorrow---overcome i t L i f e is tragedy---face i t L i f e is a duty---perfom i t L i f e is a game---play i t L i f e is a mystery---unfold i t L i f e is a song---sing i t L i f e is a n opportunity---take i t L i f e is a journey---complete i t L i f e is a p r o m i s e - - - f u l f i l l i t L i f e i s a beauty---praise i t L i f e is a s t rugg le - - - f igh t i t L i f e is a goal---achieve i t L i f e is a puzzle---solve i t L i f e is L i f e - l i v e i t .

Submitted by S h e i l a B e l l .

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The b l u e s e r g e of t h e s e a , ponderous a s a m a t r i a r c h ' s h i p , heaves from t h e canning f a c t o r y r u s t i n g i n t o h i s t o r y , t o t h e to tem p o l e : tower

, of chi ldhood c u t o f f by t h e f a t h e r ' s b l a d e of f l e s h "Peaches" thought s h e ' d h a t e d i t - smal l r e s e r v a t i o n , s m a l l e r peop le , s h e s a i d - excep t f o r a f a t h e r l a r g e r than l i f e even i n dea th . Now t o r e t u r n , suddenly , is f o r h e r t o be caught unawares, t o g l impse i n t h e s a l t p o o l of memory something t h a t shimmers, a w a i t i n g h e r touch.

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Have a l l t h e poems t o be w r i t t e n l o n g been w r i t t e n s o we keep d i g g i n g f o r music c a l l i n g somewhere deep , a s p r i n g r i p p l i n g under deep c l a y ?

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World f r e e Censorship energy r e l e a s e c o n t r o l s watch your c i r c u i t s your p a n e l boards i n c o n s i s t e n c i e s v a n i s h e s c o r t e d s a y n o t h i n g f o r much t o c o n s i d e r , e v a l u a t e r e e v a l u a t i o n a n i m p e r f e c t f i x on c l a y on d i s p l a y A r t h i t s i n t h e h e a r t i g n i t e w i l d f i r e i n t h e mind K i s s e t s of l o s t poems c a l l Vancouver a home now t h e p resence of a r e t u r n t h i s way from Mona L i s a t o E n g l i s h Bay t h e c r e a t o r a d j u s t e d Genesis i n o r d e r p e r f e c t g e o l o g i c a l r e c o r d s l a t e r e d s t a t e s a r e s t a y i n g unknown a n a l y s i s i n c o n s i s t e n t e x c e p t i o n s Flawed a n t i - l o g i c remarkable c o n s t a n t comment i s t h i s your f i r s t r e a d i n g owned and o p e r a t e d i n B r i t i s h Columbia r e v o l v i n g l o c a t i o n Network S e r v i c e a w r i t e

, Cymbals c l a s h Mal tese Cross s p r a y p a i n t c o l o u r s t h e s i g n e l e c t r i f i e s t h e innocen t New l i d s f o r t h e K i l n t o p s is blue-green, l i g h t combinat ions H a s t i n g s S t r e e t E a s t s u n r i s e lower p e r c a p i t a deployment bureau bee r c a s e smashed i n h i g h r i s e p i e c e s of e i g h t , n i n e t o f i v e t ime s h i f t i n g i n t o g l i d e Red Dawn r o c k e t s b l a r e ducks decoy i t wears i ts h e a r t on a s l e e v e Deer hun t ing i n s e a s o n

Sun 's r a y s t h e reason Orange s a f e t y s t r i p day g l o f l a i r

N e s t l i n g s g l i d e i n t h e a i r o u t s i d e grown Chi ld f r e e p a r e n t i n g o u t d i s t a n c e Batchelorhood incandecen t pure and t r u e and goodly.

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ounds and images reaped from t h e sweat f o t h e r s -- h i s s t o n e y p l a i n growing c r o p s oo t h i n f o r r e a d e r s h i p f u e l -- he burns o r fame a s b a r d , p r o p h e t , h e a l e r , l a i m s f i r e way below b u t t h e e y e s ln t h e young p o e t look b l a n k r a i t i n g f o r h i s g r a n i t e h e a r t t o f e e l h e a t .

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Claudius Ivan P l a n i d i n

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f o c u s r e t u r n s , b l a c k p r i n t s h a r p e n s , he s t u d i e s numbered words, beg ins t o f i l l s p a c e s ,

t h e p i c t u r e changes a s let ters b r i d g e gaps, he goes th rough t h e l i s t once, p e n c i l l e a v i n g coda behind, r e p e a t s t h e r i t u a l ,

one h o r i z o n t a l s e c t i o n remains, one f o u r - l e t t e r word wanted, a word f o r "empty:"'

space , gap, b lank , v o i d .

CARNEGIE CENTRE CULTURAL GATHERING Feb. 12 - 1989

S p e c i a l thanks go o u t t o a l l t h e wonderful people who made o u r f i r s t b i g C u l t u r a l Ga the r ing a s u c c e s s . The Thea t re w a s t r ans fo rmed i n t o powwow grounds by t h e t r a d i t i o n a l drummers, Arrows t o Freedom from Vancouver and Thunder Eagle from Lyt ton , B.C.

The evening began w i t h a s p e c i a l song and p r a y e r by o u r E l d e r from Coqueleetza Many U s l i c k , fo l lowed by a sweat g r a s s smudging. Tas ty c h i l i and bannock w a s s e r v e d t o a t least 250 peop le . Our M C ' s f o r t h e even- i n g were War Dance Walking Eagle and Frank Superheau l t . The opening f r i e n d s h i p dance f i l l e d t h e f l o o r w i t h c i r c l e s of young, o l d , c h i l d r e n and b a b i e s danc ing t o t h e h e a r t b e a t of Mother Ear th .

The evening w a s f i l l e d w i t h a v a r i e t y of fancy dances & i n t e r t r i b a l s . Many peop le were d r e s s e d i n t r a d i t i o n - a l o u t f i t s bu t o t h e r s danced i n over- c o a t s , j e a n s and c i t y moccasins (run- n i n g s h o e s ) . It w a s obv ious t h a t many of Carneg ie ' s p a t r o n s a r e v e r y f i n e dancers . The owl dance gave t h e l a d i e s a chance t o p i c k a p a r t n e r from among t h e men. Should a man r e f u s e t o dance, he would have t o g i v e t h e l a d y a g i f t . Most men danced !

Words o f wisdom came from many people . We were reminded t o show l o v e and r e s p e c t t o Mother E a r t h and o u r r e l a t i v e s , t h e four- legged, swimmers and f l y e r s . We were asked t o honour o u r E l d e r s and l i f t each o t h e r s ' s p i r i t s w i t h a s m i l e and k ind word f o r a l l people we meet.

K e l l y White & Robert B u t l e r spoke o f t h e s t r u g g l e s t i l l going on t o f r e e Leonard P e l l e t i e r from p r i s o n , and asked t h e peop le t o w r i t e t o t h e Prime M i n i s t e r , i n s u p p o r t o f Leo- na rd P e l l e t i e r be tng r e t u r n e d t o

Canada. K e l l y s a n g "Now That t h e Buff a10 ' s Gone" and t h e peop le ' s v o i c e s j o i n e d h e r s i n s i n g i n g f o r j u s t i c e f o r a l l ind igenous peop le of North America.

The s p e a k e r s a l s o reminded us of o u r B r o t h e r s and S i s t e r s s e p a r a t e d from u s by p r i s o n w a l l s , bu t w i t h u s i n s p i r i t as we danced i n t h e C i r c l e o f L i f e

The Red Cedar C i r c l e group drummed a round dance, C o a s t a l s t y l e . The even ing drew t o a c l o s e w i t h a n honour song. People gath- e r e d c l o s e t o t h e drum and r a i s e d t h e i r v o i c e s and hands i n a v e r y powerful song, f i l l e d w i t h s t r e n g t h and energy t o c a r r y u s back o u t i n t o o u r d a i l y l i v e s . Everyone at- t e n d i n g expressed t h e i r hope and s u p p o r t f o r con t inued C u l t u r a l gath- e r i n g s th roughout t h e y e a r a t t h e Carnegie.

S p e c i a l thanks were o f f e r e d t o t h e Carnegie A s s o c i a t i o n f o r t h e i r c o n t r i b u t i o n of $200 and t o t h e s t a f f and v o l u n t e e r s whose energy made t h e even ing happen.

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Walk i n s t r e n g t h and d i g n i t y on o u r

Mother Ear th .

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Carneg ie C u l t u r a l S h a r i n g meet ing: Every Monday even ing a t 7:00 i n t h e A s s o c i a t i o n O f f i c e .

C R A B T R E E ' S P r e v e n t a t i v e H e a l t h C l i n i c

- 1st Wednesday o f each month. Next month: MARCH 1. 2pm - 4pm

S t a f f e d by Nurses

CRABTREE CORNER, 101 E. Cordova S t . , Te l . 689-2808

DOWTOWN EASTSIDE KIDS KLUB

A q u a l i t y program f o r c h i l d r e n ages 6-12 y e a r s o l d ; w i t h a c t i v i t i e s such as swimming, s k a t i n g , cooking, a r t s ' n c r a f t s , gym, p l a y , s p e c i a l e v e n t s AND MORE!!

Kids Klub s t a f f w i l l p i c k up your c h i l d r e n a t S t r a t h c o n a School and d r i v e them home a f t e r each program day. (Downtown E a s t s i d e r e s i d e n t s o n l y . ) * Snack w i l l be provided. * This i s a f r e e program.

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Times - Monday t o F r i d a y , 2-6 p.m. I f you have any q u e s t i o n s , p l e a s e c a l l C e c i l e o r Br ian a t 251-2142. * R e g i s t r a t i o n r e q u i r e d .

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c o l d n i g h t s !

World j u s t k icked h e r i n f a c e .

For money d rugs honey, puny.

J e t s l a c k cr ime of c e n t u r y .

I t ' s happening wang, bang

thank who? I go t orgasm who.

Another day Like s t r e e t g i r l you

BRIGHT EYES Too ha rd f o r bang.

Who w a s i t t h a t once t o l d m e The Key t o Tru th and L i e s , Is n o t t o r ead between t h e l i n e s , It' gleams i n p e o p l e ' s eyes .

A L i e , i t can be p i e r c i n g Like s u n l i g h t a t midday, O r j u s t f i s h - t a l e exaggera ted Like t h e c h i l d r e n o u t t o p lay .

But T r u t h i s e a s i l y announced Through b r i g h t l y l i g h t e d e y e s For i t glows w i t h Love and Beauty And i t w i l l overpower a l l t h e l i e s .

Regre t s t o L i a r s 11 Ragman"

J . W . Adlys

P.S. L i e s and L i a r s are anethema; t h a t i s t o s a y a c u r s e o r an ecc- l e s t i c a l d e n u n c i a t i o n which comes from God. L i e s and t h e r e f o r e L i a r s a r e t o be scorned l i k e t h e p lague , f o r they a r e a n a f f r o n t t o t h e d i g n i t y of a n hones t woman o r man.

Frank

S i t t i n g on o l d oak t a b l e , Looking a t s u n s e t ,

Parke P l a c e Cafe.

I t ' s my home.

Boy s h e ' s g o t a funny f a c e ,

A window c h i l d r e n laughing.

What a p lace !

Frank

Dear Carnegie F r i e n d s ,

Here w e s i t i n t h e newly opened -- - - "Sandwich Factory ~ e s t a u r a n t " . T h e r e ' s --_ _

j u s t t h e two of u s h e r e r i g h t now - moved s i n c e I ' v e been he re . I remem- June Buggy and myse l f , La Coneja. b e r you a l l w i t h l o v e and thanks t o June and J a v i e r opened t h i s p l a c e 3 Barbara Morrison and Mike Kramer, weeks ago and I ' v e been h e l p i n g o u t I now e n j o y r e a d i n g t h e " ~ a r n e g i e and hanging o u t e v e r s i n c e . Newsle t ter" - two c o p i e s of which I

T o u r i s t season h a s n ' t been what w a s r e c e i v e d today. Also, L a r r y Novak, expected t h i s y e a r bu t t h i s l i t t l e a f r i e n d from P.V., s a y s t o s a y ' h i ' . r e s t a u r a n t h a s t aken o f f from t h ~ Bye f o r now,

Your f r i e n d , s tart . The food is good and t h e La Coneja p r i c e s a r e low. hat's because t h e

s e r v i c e is lousy . What w e l a c k i n e f f i c i e n c y , we make up f o r w i t h good o l d down home h o s p i t a l i t y .

E v e r y t h i n g ' s d i f f e r e n t h e r e i n Mexico; t h e wea the r , t h e food , t h e people , a t t i t u d e s , e t c . T h i s is a v e r y c a p i t a l i s t i c s o c i e t y w i t h v e r y l i t t l e i n t h e way of s o c i i l l s e r v i c e s . L i f e i n Canada i s muchvin c e r t a i n ways. I mean i f you d o n ' t have a job o r some kind of income h e r e , y o u ' r e i n t r o u b l e . There is no unemployment i n s u r a n c e o r w e l f a r e h e r e . Needless t o s a y , t h e r e ' s a l o t of c r ime happen- i n g around town v a r y i n g froni b reak ' n e n t e r s t o purse s n a t c h i n g t o t h e u s u a l b e f r i e n d and b e t r a y scenes . T h e ~ e a r e a l s o abandoned c h i l d r e n s l e e p i n g i n t h e p a r k s and on t h e beach. There a r e no s h e l t e r s o r food banks f o r them.

I' It is 1:ormal f o r t h e young beach boys L i f e i s e i t h e r a d a r i n g a d v e n t u r e

t o be s e x u a l l y moles ted . Also, every- or nothing." - Helen K e l l e r

t h i n g h e r e i s r e a l l y expens ive . (1888-1968)

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Her l o n g blond h a i r s i n g i n g wi th t h e b reeze

Magical v o i c e of mother e a r t h c r i e s t o meet h e r l o v e r

P a t i e n t l y s h e w a i t s on t h e beach by t h e s e a

Seconds t u r n t o minutes ) l inutes t u r n t o hours Hours t u r n t o days Days t u r n t o weeks Weeks t u r n t o months Months t u r n t o y e a r s Years t u r n t o decades Decades t u r n t o c e n t u r i e s For as long a s i t s h a l l be She w i l l ' w a i t f o r t h e t i m e when s h e w i l l k i s s h e r l o v e r ' s sensuous red e r o t i c l i p s

When t h e blond h a i r of b o t h w i l l entwine w i t h each o t h e r ' s

When both can hold each o t h e r s long s l e n d e r f i n g e r s and sensuously s t r o k e each o t h e r i n whisper ing modes

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Alan King

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Baby e a g l e s f l y around o u r h e a r t s , To a i m f o r a l o v i n g s p o t . On v a l e n t i n e ' s Day, Things t u r n r e d ho t .

A s i t w h i r l s s w i f t l y i n t o a weaving knot and s p i l l s o u t ,

The l o v i n g sauce t h a t marks t h i s day w i t h f i r e w o r k s on t h e way!

To commemorate an i n t e r n a t i o n a l h o l i d a y ,

Bands w i l l march on t h e i r way, For l o v e r s t h a t thank Venus Each day i n a s p e c i a l way.

Buddy Lee

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is a smokeless s o c i e t y by t h e end of t h e cen tu ry .

A p r e s i d e n t i a l commission s a i d yes te rday t h a t tobacco shou ld be c l a s s i f i e d as a d rug and r e g u l a t e d by gov- ernment, a move t h a t could l e a d t o a "tobacco-•’ r e e soc-

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The r e p o r t s a i d Congress should pass l e g i s l a t i o n d e c l a r i n g tobacco t o be a d r u g and p l a c e i t un- d e r c o n t r o l of t h e Food and Drug Admin i s t ra t ion , a move t h a t would h e l p t o " i n t e n s i f y t h e p ress - u r e and a c t i v i t y i n Am-

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The r e p o r t by t h e Hat- i o n a l Cancer Advisory Board, which conducted a s e r i e s of p y b l i c h e a r i n g s on c a n c e r pre- v e n t i o n , a l s o recommen- ded t h a t smoking be banned on a l l a i r l i n e s and o t h e r p u b l i c t r a n s - p o r t a t i o n , i n t h e work- p l a c e , p u b l i c b u i l d i n g s and i n a l l schoo l s .

THE GRADUAL RESTRICTION OF PERSONAL RIGHTS FOR YOUR OWN GOOD

Carnegie may n o t be ~ r y i n g t o e l i m i n a t e c i g a r e t t e smokers from t h e b u i l d i n g r i g h t now - b u t our government does what t h e Ameri- cans do, & "by t h e y e a r 2000" t h e m a j o r i t y of Downtown East- s i d e r s may be banned from t h e i r own Community Cen t re a s Drug Addic ts dangerous t o p u b l i c h e a l t h . . . . & they might even say t h a t t h e s t a f f who smoked d i d n ' t have t h e g u t s t o de- fend t h e i r own h a b i t & t h e h a b i t of t h e m a j o r i t y of t h e i r p a t r o n s .

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WITH YOUR CORllFLAKE DIAMONDS ON THE CUTTING STONE GREEN 'NEATH THE MILK HEART HIGHLANDS SMOKING WEDDING CAKE WEED.

W I N G PEACOCK WAFFLES OUT OF BEARSKIN RUST FOR THE MIDNIGHT MODELS FROM THE BLACK HOLE BLUFF.

WRITING WINDSONG RIDDLES I N THE MUSHROOM FOG ABOUT BACKSEAT SIGNALS I N THE FRESHLY MOWED MUD.

POURING FRATERNAL MOUNTAINS FROM A JERKWATER J U G BREAKING STRAWBERRY CURFEWS WITH YOUR MASKINGTAPE STUD.

THROUGH I N D I A N PORTHOLES YOU CURE THE DEAD LAKES ON YOUR SWEEPING HORSE GOBBLER WITH FRECKLES OF GRACE.

SO BELOW K I N G CARN'S STRING LIGHTS OVER SHAKESPEARE'S GLASS BEARD WE'LL MEET THERE SOME NEXT YEAR AND TRADE BUTTERSCOTCH W o e . Skid Row John

f rom r e s t a u r a n t t o eat Manager s a w and d i a l e d t h e damned number 911 cops came and t o o k man away c o p s d i d n ' t even c a r e what happened t h e y j u s t pu t him i n h i s c e l l as t h e j o b is done.

S t i l l f r e s h i n my mind, Haunted m e s e n s e l e s s l y ; To madness sub l ime .

The ha l lowed p i lgr immage Spanned h o u r s from y e a r s . I came t o t h e Narrows Where winged p o n i e s perched.

'Neath d u l l metal archways C a m e my j o u r n e y ' s end. I bowed t o t h e temple Where s h e s i g h e d f o r o u r s i n s .

Go home s a i d t h e n o r t h wind, The h o r s e s have flown. The l i v e s t o c k c o n f e c t i o n Is s h u t t e r e d and c l o s e d .

I wish i t were s p r i n g t i m e , P e r h a p s t h e n 1 ' d see H e r l i n g e r i n g shadow R e s u r r e c t i n e i n peace .

I ' l l c h e r i s h t h i s j ou rney That caused m e t o s t r a y Beyond my own shadow For a few p r e c i o u s days .

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DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE POETS CELEBRATE FIRST ANNIVERSARY

1t 's been a y e a r s i n c e t h e s t a r t of t h e " l i t e r a r y rena i s sance ' ' i n vancouver f s lowest-income neighbour- hood, and t h e o c c a s i o n w i l l be c e l e - b r a t e d Sa tu rday , February 18, a t Carnegie Cen t re w i t h a f r e e ann ive r - s a r y bash and l i t e r a r y - c u l t u r a l happening.

The second annua l WORD, SOUND 6 POWER - DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE INVITA- TIONAL POETRY GALA w i l l p rov ide a ;howcase of eas t -end Vancouver c u l t - ma1 achievement. Teatured pe r fo rmers w i l l i n c l u d e : r Feminis t poe t and n o v e l i s t - HELEN POTREBENKO

( E l e c t r i c g u i t a r and v o i c e duo - MECCA NORMAL ~ o e t / s i n g e r / s o n g w r i t e r - GERRY HANNAH

is w e l l , t h e DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE POETS tho made t h e i r debut one y e a r ago g i l l p r e s e n t new works.

1t 's been a n e v e n t f u l f i r s t y e a r Eor t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e Poe t s . t 'heir work h a s been recognized by :he Canada Counci l , which is pro- ~ i d i n g an E x p l o r a t i o n s Program g r a n t t o h e l p them p r e p a r e a book and t o underwri te t h e i r r e a d i n g s i n Vancou- ver and throughout t h e p rov ince . The Vancouver Sun h a s c a l l e d t h e work of the P o e t s "a l i t e r a r y r e n a i s s a n c e . .. t h e i r p o e t r y r e f l e c t s t h e r e a l i t y of pover ty and s t r u g g l e i n one of t h e c i t y ' s p o o r e s t and toughes t neigh- bourhoods . "

The upsurge of l i t e r a r y a c t i v i t y has a l s o i n c l u d e d p u b l i c a t i o n of two books - "Hast ings and Main," an o r a l h i s t o r y of Downtown E a s t s i d e char- a c t e r s t h a t was on t h e B .C . bes t - s e l l e r s ' l i s t f o r s e v e r a l weeks; and 11 NO Way To Live ," a d i s t u r b i n g view

of poor women by S h e i l a Baxter , one of t h e Poe t s .

A week a f t e r t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e I n v i t a t i o n a l Poe t ry Gala, t h e P o e t s w i l l be l e a v i n g on t h e i r f i r s t t o u r t o Vancouver I s l a n d , i n c l u d i n g read- i n g s i n Nanaimo on Feb.24 and Vic- t o r i a on Feb.25. Other t o u r s t h i s s p r i n g w i l l cover t h e I n t e r i o r and t h e Kootenays.

The P o e t s a r e n o t p r o f e s s i o n a l w r i t e r s , but a group of about 20 r e s i d e n t s who w r i t e and read to- g e t h e r i n t h e neighbourhood t h a t many t h i n k of a s s imply Vancouver's

Skid Road. Most of them l i v e i n ho- t e l s o r s o c i a l housing.

The p o e t r y they produce g i v e s v o i c e t o t h e p a s s i o n s and t h e i n s i g h t s t h a t come from l i v i n g on t h e edge of; t h e a f f l u e n t s o c i e t y . It i s sometimes raw and u n f i n i s h e d w r i t i n g . But i t packs a punch and immediacy t h a t i s o f t e n l a c k i n g i n t h e more p o l i s h e d work o f academic and p a r l o u r poe t s .

The Carnegie Community Centre Assoc- i a t i o n i s t h e sponsor of t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e P o e t s . Again: WORD, SOUND 6 POWER THE SECOND ANNUAL DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE INVITATIONAL POETRY GALA ... Saturday, February 18, a t 7:30 p.m. Carnegie Cen t re , Main & Has t ings .

A STUDY OF PSYCI-IIC PHENONANA

There a r e many q u e s t i o n s t h a t come t o mind when s t u d y i n g t h e world of PSYCHIC PHENOMANA, such a s : "Is t h e r e , a n a f t e r w o r l d ? " and "I f t h e r e is , do they a c c e p t c o f f e e t i c k e t s ? "

I know a t e l e p a t h and a psych ic who were mar r i ed a w h i l e back b u t were d ivorced 3 months a f t e r t h e wedding because they both complained t h a t they d i d n ' t t a l k anymore.

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