The f i v e - p a r t harmony a r r a n g - ment members vo t ed f o r r e c e n t l y w i l l a c t u a l l y t u r n o u t t o be a two- s t ep , a Tuesdau n i g h t meet- i n g was t o l d . And Parks Board

I r e p s made it c l e a r t h a t t h e y want more o f a consensus from members b e f o r e moving i n .

: I a i n t t h e r e t o s e l l you any- t h i n g ," Commissioner A l l an Ben- n e t t s a i d . llSomebody s a i d , Soc- i a l P lanning wants you t o t a k e over t h e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n o f t h e Carnegie Centre . I t amazed me ! I d o n ' t want t o t a k e on a pack o f t r o u b l e - why shou ld I?"

I n f a c t , a t a meeting i n Nov. ,,,a,,,hn-,." ..-+,.a .- . .---*.L-1-2- - - - - . ~ ~ U I I L U - L a V U C b U V V G l W l l C l l l l l l l ~ l ~

f*or a f i v q - p a r t p l a n i n v o l v i n g S p c i a l P lann ing , Pa rk s , School Board, L i b r a r i e s and Carnegie Assoc i a t i on . An o p t i o n t o go w i t h Parks Board g o t on ly s i x v o t e s . But t h e meet ing was t o l d one body - Parks - would have t o run t h e b u i l d i n g .

The Chairman of Parks s a i d , " I t ' s an a d m i n i s t r a t i v e n i g h t - mare t o t r y day- to -day manage- ment under a f i v e - p a r t p l an . "

Sue H a r r i s s a i d t h a t under t h e Parks Board t h e r e would be e t e r n a l f i g h t s over money f o r l i t t l e t h i n g s l i k e photocopy-

Toward a new strategy i n g o r r oo f r e p a i r s ... " I t ' d be a f r e e - f o r - a l l . . 2 2 Cen t res a g a i n s t each o t h e r . " Wou ld Carnegie become jock- o r i e n t e d v w i t h much money f o r s p o r t s and r e l a t e d a c t i v i t i e s ? " - "The needs o f t h e peop le i n t h i s community would be a d d r e s s - ed i n programs w i t h i n p u t and adv i ce from r e s i d e n t s . Any f e e s f o r programs would be worked o u t w i t h your Assoc. and ways t o fund them worked ou t . " ~ G e r e was concerned c r i t i c i s m

about t h e l a c k o f a d v e r t i s i n g by bo th Pa rks and t h e Associa- + j n ~ F~~CUI~IJ~ - n n p n g t e r q n r o t h e r means were used t o inform t h e community o f ' t h i s meet ing. We a r e un ique i n t h i s c i t y and a r e t r e a t e d a s such now.

Bennet t s a i d change would be u s e l e s s t h e r e was some s o r t o f consensus among members o f t h e Centre . "When you d e c i d e , l e t US know.

EXTRA: T r e a s u r e r AXED !

CENTRE STORY: by ROBERT EEMIEUX

1 ,000 l b . PIGS i n t h e Jung l e !

P o l i t i c a l p a r t i e s i n Carnegie? I a t t ended t h e Board meeting on Jan.8 , and am becoming very aw- a r e of what i s happening both be fo re and behind a c t i o n s a t t h e meeting proper .

Muggs S igu rge i r son , appoin ted t o t h e Board and immediately made P r e s i d e n t a few months ago soon showed by h e r independent thought , n o t t a k i n g a known ' s i d e ' c;n issije; t 1 t ; r t if was necessary t o remove h e r . . When f i r s t appoin ted , t h e p o i n t of being,a member f o r s i x t y days was never brought up i n t h e hour -and-a-ha l f deba t e be- f o r e she was pu t on t h e Board. Her energy wasn ' t conducive t o t h e ' p a r t y l i n e ' o f a block of members on t h e Board s o t h i s t e c h n i c a l i t y became t h e only way t o s t o p h e r p a r t i c i p a t i o n . I r e n e Schmidt a l s o came under t h e gun, bu t he r long-s tand ing a c t i v i t y and low p r o f i l e saved h e r from t h e machinat ions of t h i s p a r t y .

Muggs, a s su red v e r b a l l y t h a t t h e r e was no th ing pe r sona l i n t h e a c t i o n s t aken a g a i n s t h e r , r e s igned and wai ted f o r Jan .8 . She was t o l d t h a t she would t hen

t be nominated and r e t u r n e d t o 1 con t inue i n a l l l e g a l l l c a p a c i t y . / However, a t t h i s meeting, Tony

Seaver nominated someone e l s e and t h e vo t ing was s p l i t a t ,6-6 on a l l motions t o g ive t h e members p r e s e n t a s ay . The Acting P re s iden t made t h e dec id - 1 i ng vo t e i n t h i s b lock ' s favour every t ime. Even a s i x y e a r - o l d could have smel led something

f i s h y . One s i d e vo ted a t t h e same time t o d e f e a t t h e s e mot Perhaps Tony Seaver , Jonn 011 Dennis McCowan, Harvey Bowers Pa t Kendal l , Robert Al lan and Wally Bardysh should d e c l a r e t h e i r p a r t y goa l s and t a r g e t s .

To quote Kather ine Galan i n h e r r e s i g n a t i o n : " P o l i t i c s and p e r s o n a l i t y have no room i n our Board, o r t h i s Assoc i a t i on . s t r i c t l y h=s iEess, x.qhich i s ~e1.1 produced o r pu t o u t t o t h e people , who a r e h e l d i n r e a l heavy b l ack b l i n d e r s . /r

Muggs i s perhaps t h e most competent and hard-working Board member i n a long t ime; and h e r being p r e s e n t l y b a r r e d from hold ing a p o s i t i o n i s bo th a ' 3 ~

breach of t r u s t and a s l a p i n t h e f a c e t o t h e f u t u r e o f t h i s Assoc i a t i on - both being p ro - d u c t s of t h i s v o t i n g block.

We need people on our Board who w i l l work f o r t h e b e t t e r - ment o f Carnegie , and n o t j u s t t o f u r t h e r t h e pe r sona l ambi- t i o n s of a b i a s e d few.

PAUL TAYL > ........,....,.. " ............,,",,,, " ,,,,,,.,,. 9!LQum ,,,,, *"I-

Do you have a n e g a t i v e i n - come? Our f r i e n d l y governmen i n Ottawa has made f i l i n g a t a r e t u r n a t t r a c t i v e by g i v i n g a $50 .00 t a x c r e d i t f o r t h o s e wh d o n ' t make any money. I f you know anybody l i k e t h i s , t e l l

' them t o g e t a T1 ( t h a t ' s t e e - one) General form, f i l l i n t h e zeroes and c l a im t h e f i f t y . See Norm on t h e 3 rd f l o o r f o r he lp . Wait a go, bro! Also, DERA h e l p s wit.h t a x e s *

w e l l , we a r e i n t o a new yea r but I hope i t ' s no t l i k e l a s t yea r . Even t h e p a r t y fo r t t h e k id s almost tu rned i n t o a ba r - room brawl. One woman i n p a r - t i c u l a r f e l t t h a t he r son should be S a n t a t s h e l p e r . I t took some time t o g e t t h e pro- blem s t r a i g h t e n e d ou t a s it tu rned ou t t h a t Amanda was given t h e p a r t of being S a n t a t s h e l p e r ; consequent ly t h e p a r t y went o f f wi th a bang - s p e c i a l thanks t o Linda Kenny and J a c k i e Smith a long wi th a l l t h e o t h e r a d u l t s who

. volun teered t h e i r t ime and p a t i e n c e f o r t h e k i d s t Xmas p a r t y . This was t h e only p a r t

* of t h e ho l iday t h a t I enjoyed. I f t h e a d u l t s would s t o p and t ake a l e s s o n from t h e k i d s : t h e k i d s were here t o en joy themselves, no t t o c r e a t e confusion amongst each o t h e r . That i s what I saw a d u l t s do- i ng c o n s t a n t l y dur ing t h i s ho l iday season a t t h e Centre .

The csnce r t music f e r t h e f e s t i v e season was horrendous, except f o r one lone g u i t a r p l a y e r i n t h e t r i o . The female v o c a l i s t c o u l d n ' t r e a l l y s i n g a n o t e , ve r sus a defunc t g u i t a r p l a y e r who was o f f key a l l n i g h t long. The only good musician up on sta,ge was he ld back, be- cause he had t o be back-up f o r t h e o t h e r two. I n o t i c e d people l eav ing , some going home t o a two-by-four room t o s t a r e a t f ou r w a l l s , whi le o t h e r s would leave t o walk around i n t h e co ld

and dampness o u t s i d e r a t h e r than s t a y and l i s t e n t o a l l t h e rack- e t i n s i d e .

There was an a t t empt t o t r y and dance, because t h e good g u i - t a r p l a y e r had done a few rock tunes t h a t I had reques ted .

The p l ace tu rned i n t o a r e a l f l o p . Another p l aye r s i n g e r wanted t o g e t i n t o t h e a c t on s t a g e and would n o t l eave . I never bothered s t a y i n g f o r t h e f r e e b r e a k f a s t - I was t o t a l l y d i sappoin ted by t h e whole a f f a i r . I went back t o my l i t t l e abode and l i s t e n e d t o some people t r y i c g t o s i n g a u l d 1an.g syne. Though they never knew a l l t h e words t o t h e song, it s t i l l was honest en te r ta inment a s nobody was complaining.

Again, nobody complained o r walked o u t i n a f i t of rage l i k e I saw happening d a i l y i n t h e Centre.

D.W. TODD

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Costa Rica i s t h e only South American count ry wi thout an army. I t i s a l s o t h e count ry wi th t h e h i g h e s t s t anda rd of l i v i n g on t h e c o n t i n e n t . Costa Rica proves what p r o t e s t o r s a g a i n s t war have been say ing a l l a long: no armies = no war = peace fu l co-opera t ion = abundance. There i s j u s t no s u b s t i t u t e f o r peace on Ea r th - joy t o t h e world.

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A discordant political song The Carnegie Community Centre

Association Board is again op- erating with a full compliment of members sitting. Due to resignations of reps., only thirteen of the fifteen posi- tions were filled.

Several motions put forward to affect 2 selection process whereby association members in the room would have a say in L I 1 I I P a p p ~ i n t m ~ n t s u e r e defeatc2

These motions included: 1) to have all members present vote on the nominees; 2) to have the Board vote on accepting persons nominated by the mem- bers; 3) and to have an open ballot instead of a secret one.

On each motion, the 6-6 tie was broken by the Acting Pres- ident, Wally Bardysh. The fi- nal balloting was done with the process being nomination of candidates by the Board , and the casting of votes by a secret ballot. There was dis- cussion on all of these motion and long-standing members in the audience asked for the right to aid in the selection.

, This, however, was said to be allegedly unconstitutional. The nominees for the two

vacancies were Muggs Sigurg- , eirson, Bill Beacon, Katherine Galan, GM McLeod and Tom Kolvisko. The new members are Katherine Galan and GM McLeod.

After coming to full strength . the next task was to elect an executive for the positions of President, Vice-president and Director-at-large. These pos-

itions are now chaired by Wally Bardysh, Tony Seaver and Jonn Olldym, respectively.

By PAUL TAYLOR

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case for -- taste: By PAUL TAYLOR

"to bake or

not to bake?"

"Cookies ! ? ! " drooled the Cookie Monster. Volunteer help in the kit-

chen has been bitten by the bug and they've started baking very high quality chocolate chip, peanut butter and oat- meal cookies. This is good for the finances of the kit- chen as baked here the cost is from 124 to 174 each and the selling price is an acceptable 354. The cookies from DEEDS, ,although equal in quality,cost 254 each wholesale. When the Association temnorari l y t u r n e d

, its financial ahministration over to the City staff, until it could afford to pay its own bookkeeper,, Nancy Jennings de- cided in good faith to have these eager volunteers go for it and make all cookies on the premises. At the Board meeting, howev-

er, she was accused of acting in bad faith for not putting the matter before the full Board and letting the decision be made there.

Having a little power seems to go to some peoplest heads.

In a demonstration of this, Tony Seaver cried, "It's not fair!"We should have been con- sulted before such a unilateral decision was made." Tora tried to put the matter back in per- spective by saying that the idea was just to give those who wanted to do it a chance to ex- ercise their skills and bake cookies..that the cooks and kitchen staff know what'works. that it was not and should not be s e e n as a n u n d e r h a n d e d att- ack on the authority of the Board. Had this been presented sole

ly as a point of principle, then point taken. However, as the issue of unilateral decis- ion making was being voiced by

'Tony, he started to elaborate on the selling points of the

DEEDS product at the same time "Uniform quality, availability and the percentage of mark-up1' It sounded odd coming from the

Cookies, cont

same person who, a t t h e l a s t meeting, wanted t o reduce t h e va lue of vo lun t ee r t i c k e t s from.354 t o 204 t o he lp "s top t h e money l o s s i n t h e Centre" For a person who seems t o only

: b e he re once o r twice a month, i t must be d i f f i c u l t t o make d e c i s i o n s t h a t w i l l a f f e c t m n n m l o c l d n : l ~ r 1 : . - f ir * p,~y,~a U ~ L L ! A A V ~ ~ iZ t h a t you c a n ' t f e e l y o u r s e l f .

I t ' s f a i r t h a t people s i t - i ng on t h e Board make d e c i s - ions t h a t w i l l be of b e n e f i t t o t h e members and pa t rons of Carnegie, and n o t f o r t h e p e r - sona l i n t e r e s t s of t h e i n d i v i d u a l d i r e c t o r s .

- -A - Almost a l l o t h e r community c e n t r e s i n Grea te r Vancouver cus tomar i ly c l o s e f o r a t l e a s t a few days over t h e Xmas s e a - son. Some f o r a s long a s s i x days (due t o l a c k of a t t e n - dence, I guess ) . Not so a t t h e Carnegie. Open everyday, open a l l n i g h t , d i n n e r s ,

. b r e a k f a s t , k i d s t p a r t i e s , New Year ' s Eve dance, vo lun t ee r s everywhere, deco ra t i ons , music and a f a n t a s t i c S o l t i c e c e l e - b r a t i o n t o begin t h e whole a f f a i r and welcome t h e Light . No wonder t h a t t h e Carnegie Community Centre is recognised and even envied a s t h e most dynamic and v i t a l "Living Room1' i n t h e e n t i r e lower Mainland.

Promises in motion

Muggs S igu rge i r son aga in was recognised a s a g r e a t l ady . Working t o f i n d and implement

p r a c t i c a l ways of fund - r a i s ing f o r t h e beleaguered f i nances of t h e CCCA, Muggs has suc- c e s s f u l l y s t a r t e d a Moonlight Madness Bingo even t running every Monday n i g h t from 1 1 - 2 - A P A - - - n z - - - a L . O L ~ L U I I I ~ V , G G 7 E. i ias i iugs .

The l i c e n c e was t r a n s f e r r e d from 401 Main S t . t o t h e new l o c a t i o n and t h e f i r s t t r y n e t t e d $750.00. This i s t h e 1 kind of weekly a f f a i r t h a t i s s o d e s p e r a t e l y needed t o he lp form a s o l i d foundat ion of i f Assoc ia t ion income.

A s o u t l i n e d i n p rev ious i s - sues o f t h e paper , t h e monthly s h o r t f a l l i n ope ra t i ng c o s t s had reached a la rmin propor - t i o n s - a s much a s f 3,000 pe r month being spen t t o conduct t h e bus iness and s o c i a l work of t h e membership. Tha t ' s $3000 more than what was made!

The l i c e n c e p e r m i t t i n g op- e r a t i o n of a Bingo even t he re 1 expi red on Dec.31, 1986. The Downtown E a s t s i d e Youth Act- i v i t i e s Soc i e ty , D.E.Y.A.S., has app l i ed f o r a l i c e n c e and should r ece ive it from B . C . L o t t e r i e s Branch i n a few weeks . . th i s w i l l mean con t inu - a t i o n of Bingo on Wednesday n i g h t s a s u sua l .

So! Un t i l t h i s s t a r t s aga in , o r twice a week a t l e a s t once a month, t r y your luck a t both p l a c e s ! PAUL TAYLOR

Make s u r e t h a t a p e r - son of h i g h c a l i b r e be fo r e you e v e r t h i n k of r e c e i v i n g good t r e a tmen t from any h o s p i t a l .

A p e r s o n a l f r i e n d o f mine, Joe Boucher, had a h e a r t a t t - ack on Dec.23 a t Sam Upon a r r i v i n g a t t h e h o s p i t a l , a f t e r making some t r a n s f e r s , he was t o l d t o t a k e a s e a t . . t h a t t h e r e were o t h e r s ahead o f him.

A f t e r s e v e r a l a t t e m p t s a t . waving a w r i t t e n n o t i c e from

h i s Doctor , say ing t h a t he had a c a s e h i s t o r y of h e a r t t r o u b l e it was n o t u n t i l a p a s s i n g nu r se s topped and r e a d i t t h a t h i s c o n d i t i o n was r e a l i z e d a s s e r i o u s . I t was no problem a q u i r i n g t r e a t m e n t a f t e r t h a t and he was p u t i n t o i n t e n s i v e c a r e immediately.

The problem i s no t how much t r e a tmen t t hey e v e n t u a l l y g i v e , ?,,,t :;krr +I.,. I . -1 1 -L---' 2 - - - -

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have t o s u f f e r f o r a group o f untouchables whose job i s t o h e l p t h e s i c k , n o t h a r a s s them.

By FRANK H. PARKER And t h i s was no t t h e f i r s t

t ime t h a t Joe had had t r o u b l e w i t h h o s p i t a l s . I a l r e a d y un- de r s t ood where he was coming from; we swapped s t o r i e s about s e e i n g o t h e r s who were more prominent i n t h e community g e t t r e a tmen t f a r s u p e r i o r t o what many o t h e r s r e c e i v e .

Beware o f g e t t i n g s i c k a t anytime and being p u t i n t o a h o s p i t a l . You ' l l soon f i n d t h a t t h o s e smi l i ng f a c e s o f t h e d o c t o r s and nu r se s a r e s o l e - l y f o r t h e purpose o f d e p l e t i n g t h e r i c h man's pocket . Make s u r e t h a t you have something of v a l u e w i th you because t h e mon- ey w i l l t a l k , n o t j u s t you a l - one. " ' T i s s ad t o s ay bu t t r u e , t h e r i c h g e t r i c h e r and t h e poor g e t poo re r everyday."

What t h i s a l l b o i l s down t o , gcing tc a i ~ o s t any h o s p i t a l , i s l i k e a 'Catch 2 2 ' : p u t up, s h u t up, o r l e ave .

Like it o r lump it!

A l l snooker p l a y e r s , g e t ready! The f i r s t b i g t o u r n a - ment i s scheduled f o r S a t u r - day, January 17 and t h e $5.00 e n t r y f e e w i l l l e t you compete f o r $100.00 ( l s t ) , $50.00(2nd) and $25.00 ( 3 r d ) . A v a l i d membership c a r d i s r e q u i r e d and p l a y beg ins a t 1l:OOam.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY t o AL WILSON, b r o t h e r of t h e pen - born sometime i n January - who a l - ways makes b i r t h d a y c a r d s f o r everyone e l s e and s p e c i a l ban- n e r s f o r s p e c i a l e v e n t s , b u t u s u a l l y g e t s over looked him- s e l f ... May he escape t h e Mardi Gras madness and s u r v i v e t o defend t h e l a d i e s f o r e v e r .

My f i r s t t r i p t o t h e j ung l e began a s an innocen t q u e s t f o r work. I met some f r i e n d s i n Qui to , c a p i t a l of Equador, who had a p i g farm and needed someone t o p u t a sma l l lumber m i l l t o g e t h e r . Why n o t ? I t was r a i n i n g i n Qui to and I was running o u t o f music g i g s s o o f f I went t o t h e jung le .

The n e x t day my gu ide (who had never been t h e r e e i t h e r ) and my s e l f s t a r t e d o u t w i th a c rude , hand w r i t t e n map. Around noon we reached t h e d e s e r t v a l l e y below t h e c i t y b u t , a s u s u a l , t h e buses were few and f a r between, s o we h i t c h e d r i d e s w i t h t r u c k e r s .

From t h e f o o t o f t h e l a s t cha in of mountains, we c l imb- ed s t e a d i l y u n t i l l a t e a f t e r - noon and were h i g h e r t han Qui to ( 9 , 0 0 0 f t ) ; t h e temper- a t u r e was j u s t above f r e e z i n g . The v i s t a was phenomenal! Alpine meadows, g l a c i a l l a k e s , and rainbow t r o u t . Yup! Rain- bow i n t h e Andes. We s t a r t e d down t h e e a s t e r n

s l o p e through mountains cov- e r e d wi th r a i n c louds and 9

reached t h e r i v e r drawn on t h e map. We were s t i l l 3000f t up i n r o l l i n g h i l l s and t r e e s fl

a s f a r a s you cou ld s e e , then r a i n . L e t t s t a l k about r a i n ! I t came down i n bucke t s , t o r r - e n t s , c a t s and dogs. The two- f o o t wide t r a i l was kneedeep and mud on mud i n mud. There were a few h u t s and fewer peo- p l e , and when a sk ing d i r e c - t i o n s we were always t o l d , "No problem, j u s t down t h e t r a i l , r e a l c l o s e , man."

And how we s t r u g g l e d , o r b e t t e r y e t swam down t h e muddy s l o p e . We came t o a s i d e c r eek wi th a w a t e r f a l l b a r r i n g ou r way - t h e t r a i l went i n and came o u t t h e o t h e r s i d e - and t h e r i v e r was s o loud w e c o u l d n ' t h e a r each o t h e r . On t h e e q u a t o r , t h e r e ' s no t w i - l i g h t , sot-when t h e sun goes down it goes down! I n s t a n t b l ack . . .

Conflict with harsh realities P e t e r Imm, new t r e a s u r e r f o r t h e Assoc i a t i on , had h i s p o s i t -

i on cha l lenged by Kather ine Galan, vo lun t ee r c lerk/bookkeeper . A s P e t e r t o g ive t h e Finance r e p o r t , he was asked t o respond t o a l l e g a t i o n s o f misuse of funds and consc ious ly a c t i n g c o n t r a r y t o e x i s t i n g Board p o l i c i e s . The Board c a l l e d f o r a "quas i - j u d i c i a l s e s s ion" on t h e fo l lowing n i g h t .

The f i r s t p o i n t was t h e r e c e i p t by P e t e r of $ 2 . 3 0 f o r b u s f a r e which he f a i l e d t o show t r a n s f e r s f o r . He responded t h a t h e ' d f o r g e t t e n t o g e t them and then r e p a i d t h e money a t t h e meeting. The Board moved t o evoke a "mild censure" f o r t h i s d i sc repancy .

Next was t h e m a t t e r of P e t e r having $ 2 . 8 5 i n change from a purchase ' and r e t u r n i n g on ly t h e r e c e i p t , t hen re imburs ing i t over a p e r i o d of t h r e e weeks. P e t e r responded t h a t t h e change was i n h i s room - Tony Seaver a f f i rmed t h a t P e t e r had had t r o u - b l e g e t t i n g a c c e s s "around t h a t time" - and t h e l a c k of f a c t s prompted t h e d i s m i s s a l o f t h i s p o i n t .

The t h i r d a l l e g a t i o n was about P e t e r a l lowing two cheques t o go o u t w i th on ly two s i g n a t u r e s each, i n s t e a d of t h e t h r e e r e - q u i r e d by Board p o l i c y . P e t e r responded t h a t a bank worker had mentioned t h a t two were enough, s o when he go t back t o t h e o f f - i c e Kather ine asked him f o r h e r ho l iday pay (when she was being p a i d ) and on ly two s i g n e r s were p r e s e n t i n t h e b u i l d i n g . He s a i d t h a t Kather ine appeared anxious t o g e t . h e r cheque so he al lowed i t t o be made bea r ing on ly two s i g n a t u r e s . Kather ine s a i d t h a t when cash ing i t , she was ques t i oned about t h e blank l i n e and t o l d t h a t she would have t o pay a $ 1 2 . 0 0 s e r v i c e charge i f t h e bank d i d n ' t honour i t . P e t e r was aware of t h e Board p o l i c y b u t chose t o do i t t h i s way.."To h e l p a person o u t who had t h e money coming t o her" (Tora) ; "To c o n s c i o u s l ~ go a g a i n s t Board po l i cy" (Rober t A 1 1 - - \ A L L ~ U J . A t this p o i n t , a motion of non-conf idence was made but t a b l e d u n t i l t h e f o u r t h a l l e g a t i o n was d i s cus sed . I t involved P e t e r g e t t i n g from t h e c l e rk /bookkeepe r l s box i n t h e communica- t i o n s room and "hanging on t o it" (bank s t a t e m e n t s ) f o r an undue l e n g t h of t ime; t hen making marks on and d i s f i g u r i n g i nvo ice s be fo re t hey had been seen by t h e c l e r k . P e t e r responded t h a t he ' d g o t t e n t h e Assoc. b u s i n e s s mai l and s t a t emen t s addressed t o t h e former c lerk/bookkeeper . He po in t ed o u t t h a t t h e names on t h e i nvo ice s were n o t h i s and s a i d t h a t he d i d n ' t know how t h e markings had g o t t e n t h e r e .

The motion of non-conf idence was a g a i n brought up, and s i x vo t ed f o r i t , f o u r a g a i n s t , w i t h one a b s t e n t i o n and n e i t h e r t h e P r e s i d e n t , P e t e r no r Kather ine vo t ing . One member was a b s e n t . Peter has been asked resign* Comments made by t h o s e p resen t : "Peter i s human and made some p e t t y mis takes w i th change. He t r i e d t o do someone a favour and i s being c r u c i f i e d f o r it.''

"The Board should be aware t h a t t h e s e v e r i t y o f t h i s a c t i o n l e a v e s each o f them open t o t h e same t r ea tmen t . " "The Carnegie needs t h i s t o s t o p any f u r t h e r misuse o r abuse of funds . We have t o s t a r t now." "This i s a kangaroo c o u r t and almost a wi tchhunt ." "Pe te r i s t r y i n g t o l e a r n how t o b e s t do h i s new job and s h o u l d n ' t be t r e a t e d l i k e a c r imina l . " " I t i s e x a c t l y t h i s k ind of t h i n g t h a t ha s s p l i t t h e membership i n t o t hose who d o n ' t c a r e and t h o s e who d o n ' t c a r e any more."

By PAUL TAYLOR

The cost of power to

A t t h e meeting l a s t n i g h t concerning " a l l e g a t i o n s " a g a i n s t someone, I found my- s e l f t h i n k i n g i n terms of m i s - use of t a l e n t s , g i f t s and en- e rgy . I n t h e l a r g e r p i c t u r e , t h e Assoc ia t ion Board s ays : "Come i n and do what you can"; i n r e a l i t y it 's""Comein, we w i l l ~ u s e you, we w i l l cheapen what work you o f f e r , and we w i l l d i s c a r d and d i s c r e d i t you a f t e r we g e t what we want.

I t h i n k of many people whose d i g n i t y has been "charged" ( i n ways no t much l e s s t han cr im- i n a l c o u r t ) w i th incompetence, which means by someone e l s e ' s s t andards . .by c e r t a i n Assoc. board members' s t a n d a r d s . Volun teers ' t a l e n t s and e n e r - g i e s a r e misused i n s u b t l e ways, t h e i r g i f t s o f work a r e t aken f o r ~ g r a n t e d and they a r e demoral ized, which i s t h e p h i l - osophy t h a t anyone can do t h e

, job and probably b e t t e r , but who i s p o i n t i n g t h e f i n g e r ?

This i s a comparison:of t h e cheapening of p e o p l e ' s t a l e n t : 1 i . e . t h e a s s o c i a t i o n board, i . e . v o l u n t e e r s ; someone i s a l - 1 ways s t and ing accused..meaning taken f o r g r an t ed o r misused. There i t i s aga in . Misuse.

I r e a l l y d o n ' t want t o g ive d e f i n i t e examples, b u t I have seen t ime and t ime aga in , , a few members on t h e board ' l o r d - ing i t over o t h e r s ' , having t h e f i n a l s ay i n eve ry th ing , b r ing - i ng people be fo re ' t h e c o u r t f , of making d e c i s i o n s and pas s ing judgement and then b r i n g i n g t h e i s s u e b e f o x h e Board!

I am say ing what everyone has been f e e l i n g - Power less . .wi th no vo i ce .

People , f o r t a couple of y e a r s have t r i e d i n va in t o s ay t o c e r t a i n Board,.inembers : "Stop misusing t h e p 'os i t ion and s t o p misusing o t h e r peop le s ' g i f t s . " But u n f o r t u n a t e l y , our p l e a s have f a l l e n on deaf e a r s and t h e misuse of peop le s1 t a l e n t s goes on.

Okay, so how about t h e i n j u r y t o :he p a t r o n s of Carnegie? gecause t h e Board dec ides t o drag i t s e l f through i t s own "crapl1, everyone has t o f a c e t h e consequences.

An example many people bear w i tnes s t o i s t h e bad f e e l i n g s and b i t t e r n e s s between Board members, and wi tnes s of seeming h a t r e d between same: h a t r e d of d i f f e r e n t p o l i t i c a l s i d e s and viewpoints and a f f e c t i n g almost everyone i n a n e g a t i v e , de - mora l iz ing way. We a r e a l l w i tnes se s , a l b e i t r e l u c t a n t .

I w i l l s ay I am no t a lone i n my f e e l i n g s and I have heard time and time aga in from s t a f f t o p a t r o n s t o v o l u n t e e r s : "Something has t o be done, t h i s has t o s t o p ! The a s s o c i a t i o n board "might" be a b l e t o do t h e job, bu t t h e i r way of doing i t , i f t h e y ' r e doing i t , i s h o r r i - b l e and t h e e f f e c t on everyone i s unhea l thy .

I t h i n k some members of t h e Assoc i a t i on Board should s t o p p r a c t i c i n g power f o r t h e sake of ' l o r d i n g it over o t h e r s t and l i s t en t n the ling \ .r~icell . Sczn!

By DAVE McCONNELL

THE NEWSLETTER IS A PUBLICATION OF THE CARNEUIE COMMUNITY CENTRE ASSOCIATION

Article5 r e p r e s e n t t h e views of individual contributurs and not af t h e Association.

ART BY TORA

We approached t h e i n s i d e of t h e f a l l s where t h e wa te r had ca rved o u t a hollow, and l it up some i n s p i r a t i o n . We c o u l d n ' t go back s o i t was c rawl ing on hands and knees .

Lo and behold - a l i g h t - about 200 yds. down t h e t r a i l . We g o t w i t h i n 50 yds . o f i t and r a n i n t o ano the r r i v e r . They never t o l d us t h e farm was on an i s l a n d !

No one cou ld h e a r ou r shou t s over t h e n o i s e o f t h e r i v e r s , b u t t h e dogs over t h e r e knew ,.,n h . , A .-,.rrZ+r~a 7'l.m.. ---&--c .." .*uu U L I I W b U . L l l G J I J I U C G L L -

ed t h e p i g s a g a i n s t whatever , bu t t h o s e sucke r s weighed over 1 ,000 l b s . and were b igge r than t h e b l ack b e a r s i n t h e reg ion . Yes, bea r s i n South America, and an equa l match f o r t h e w i ld c a t s i n t h e ne igh bourhood: t h e j a g s , p a n t h e r s and such. No problem. And snakes . .we l l , p i g s e a t snakes too!

Anyway, t h e acu t e hea r i ng of t h e dogs soon t o l d our f r i e n d s o f ou r a r r i v a l and they came

down t o t h e r i v e r r s edge. S t rung a c r o s s t h e r i v e r was a sma l l 3 / 8 s t r a n d o f s t e e l wi re and a c a r r i a g e on t h e o t h e r s i d e (of c o u r s e ) . We go t i t over t o our s i d e and they p u l l - ed us over & ~ f o s s - - t h e r i v e r ,

"sack ~ by-swk-' and o n t ~ by one. % - f n t h e few days on t h e farm, I saw more g i a n t p i g s t han you cou ld shake a s t i c k a t , bu t t h e beau ty o f t h e j ung l e had cap tu r ed me. The i n c r e d i b l e v a r i e t y o f f l o r a and fauna was mind s t a g g e r i n g . S p l i t P h i l a - ?enayqnc wrappins thernq~l ves around any th ing , growing o r n o t . Orchids j u t t i n g o u t of every conce ivab le nook and cranny i n t h e t r e e s , t h e sme l l of new and o l d p l a n t l i f e , b o r n and dying.The j ung l e , i t seem- ed , grew a s you watched it and sometimes you cou ld a c t u a l l y hea r i t grow.

That exper ience s e t t h e t one f o r many more t h a t I was f o r t - una te t o encounte r i n t h e i n - c r e d i b l y d i v e r s e c o n t i n e n t down under t h e sou the rn c r o s s .

LAST RUN

by Claudius Ivan P l an id in

The Engineer, he c a l l e d himself smi l ing sha rp ly .

Each person i s h i s own t r a i n I can d e r a i l , de tour o r r e r o u t e a t any t ime , he too ted .

uUUUI~UUUIIIuIIUIllllllllllllllUllllllllllllllllullwullllllIlllllll - ii i But t h i s p o l i t i c i a n whose power

THE POET'S TASK has always been connec t ion s l i c k s t o p s c o l d when faced wi th a m i r r o r

by C1audius Ivan Planidin r e f l e c t i n g back h i s l i f e ' s t r a c k s . I f language i s c u l t u r e , i s communication, i s un ive r se , i s eve ry th ing ,

I Has t h i s ramrodder from way back been c r o s s i n g h i s own grave l i v i n g a l i f e ha l f -dead? I he whispers t e e t h w h i s t l i n g . -

s urgen t i s t e n 1 Speechless now, h i s hands c o l d , t h e words I u se . t h e mi r ro r t rembles h i s f a c e an answer i The Engineer has made h i s l a s t run.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~LUU~III I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I IUII I I I I I I I~II I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I~~~~~~~~~I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

My Chi ld

( f o r sweetpea) Ani ta Stevens

embracing you f e e l i n g thk oneness synchron iza t ion of our b r ea th ing make me want t o love you f o r t h e r e s t o f our l i v e s , and, knowing, t h a t we a r e s e p a r a t e , and y e t , symbiot ic I till t h e day t h a t you w i l l s ay , I

I "Mother, you have helped t o guide me a long t h e untrodden p a t h . You have given me s t r e n g t h . Now, I must t ake t h e I

I r e i n s and l eave you, knowing, t h a t when my b e l l y i s R swollen with t h e l i k e n e s s of you, we w i l l s t i l l be one." 4 4

B.C. Is new premier says ;el- fare recipients should work twenty hours a week for their cheque - and a writer in our last newsletter expressed the opinion that "living on wel- fare as an integral part of your personal philosophy is only defendable in a bar where everyone listening is just as drunk as you, and deep thinking is not expected. Well, I don't really'care

what anyone says about it, be- cause I know for a fact that every individual has the right to choose their own path in life - even if the system re- fuses to recognize the value of that path.

It seems to me that the maj- or hypocrisy of capitalism is that its stated objective - providing everyone with the opportunity to live the good life - is contradicted by its sbviccs ressit - destroying the environment with pollution and ending the world with nu- clear war. Paid jobs require individu-

als to sell their time and en- ergy to already wealthy employ ers who use their skills to amass even more money and soc- ial power, which most of them habitually abuse. Money and making it has become an obses- sion..obscuring the real val- ues of life.

When paid work has become

. . By TORA

unethical in a corrupt system, then unpaid voluntary work of one's own choosing may be the only real contribution that one individual can make toward a healthy, peaceful planet. Working voluntarfly without pay accordin to one's own perception of rlght and wrong, makes it necessary to draw on welfare for basic life support. Of course, if you refuse to do a "job search" because you're already working for nothing at

something you believe in, Welfare workers will try to remove even the minimum food and shelter allowance necess- ary to sustain your existence They did this to me twice al- ready..I1m not stupid..I get the message. Capitalism knows its pri-.

mary enemy to be the person who performs ethical work of i h e i r s!:m cr\,cxcc e v c ~ w i t l l - out pay - because if everyone was this idealistic we'd all have to live on welfare and universal socialism would be the result. So welfare work- ers naturally feel their duty to the system requires them to discourage ethical non- profit work motivations in anyone - even to the point of forcing them to live in the street and scavange for food in garbage cans. That's how ethical capital-

ism really is.

HUMOROUS IRONIES! s o r t o f ... Void and s t r e s s .

So I looked f o r emot ional com- mit tment and t r a n q u i l i t y b u t what I g o t was confus ion and resen tment .

So I looked f o r c h a r i t y and warmth and what I g o t , what we a l l g o t , i s l i f e i n a f i s h bowl; and i t ' s kind o f ha rd t o be a p roduc t i ve , c a r i n g , warm human being - l i v i n g i n s i d e a A".,,- L.n.,-a-21 .-- & 2 - L & - - - 2 - - - - UUIIIIL uua+ UGU-up, L I ~ I I L C ~ L C U - u p , u n - l i t , hidden away? c o l d f i s h bowl.

And s o i t l s ha rd t o c a r e much about y o u r s e l f when no- body c a r e s much about each o t h e r and n o t t o be l e f t o u t ;

i f you do c a r e about y o u r s e l f I a t a l l , everyone w i l l e spec - i a l l y no t l i k e you a t a l l , whoever you a r e . 1

1 So, what we g o t i s v o i d and i s t r e s s l i v i n g l i k e c a p t i v e s i n j a f i s h bowl, and we c a n ' t e s - i cape because t h e r e ' s no a l t e r - j n a t i v e l i v i n g escape p l a c e .

We d o n ' t l i k e each o t h e r a t a l l . We r e f u s e t o f e e l s o r r y f o r o u r s e l v e s o r o t h e r s . We d e s p i s e compassion, b u t , c h e e r y! [tz t h e c l a t t e r of

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I i drums) - we r e f u s e t o compro- mise t h i s , ou r promis ing s i t u a t i o n . . .

Is t h i s what peop le mean when t hey s a y , "One o f l i f e ' s l i t t l e i r o n i e s w .

By DAVE McCONNELL

This i s i n r e t a l i a t i o n t o Fed-Up's a r t i c l e i n t h e l a s t i s s u e . People do know who you wrote abou t , s o how come t h e g u t l e s s one d i d n o t s i g n i t ?

Did ou e v e r s t o p t o t h i n k t h a t may 5 e some peop le a r e f e d up wi th you Fed-Up?

You a r e g i v i n g h e r t h e Grace o f being n o t i c e d , when you wrote t h e most u n a d u l t e r a t e d garbage; she i s a m e r i t un to h e r s e l f .

I f your mother and f a t h e r d i d n ' t make you - who d i d ? They must be ve ry s p e c i a l i n God's eyes when t hey p u t no c la im on you.

I was l e d t o b e l i e v e t h i s paper was t o be used and r e s p - e c t e d a s a paper of t h e people

So f a r they- have done v e r y , ve ry w e l l s o p l e a s e do n o t de- grade t h e n e w s l e t t e r by n o t p r i n t i n g names, a s one ' s l i f e may be h e l l i n Limbo. Your eyes may be windows , b u t your b r a i n i s t h e s t o p p e r .

I am n o t "fed-up".

KATHERINE GALAN

The a d v e r t i s i n g r a t e s f o r t h e Newsle t t e r a r e c u r r e n t l y $25 f o r a q u a r t e r page , $25 a h a l f page and $50 a f u l l page. 1 Anyone who can u se a few bucks 1 can ea rn a 20% commission f o r s e l l i n g ads . (The 20% means $3 , $5 o r $10 depending on which s i z e ad space you s e l l .

your work J u s t about everybody a t

Carnegie knows t h a t wi thout t h e work of t h e vo lun t ee r s h e r e , t he Centre wouldn' t be a b l e to,!deliver h a l f t h e p ro - grams and s e r v i c e s it prov ides f o r t h e people of t h i s neigh- bourhood. I was amazed a t how much energy people pu t i n t o doing th ings f o r $ 2 . 4 0 a day i n co f f ee t i c k e t s . Why?? This i s t h e ques t i on I'm t r y - ing t o answer i n t h e r e sea rch TI--- I.,--- 'I---- C- - -.- I v c U G G ~ L uurlrg I L G A G ~ u s luy

maste rs t h e s i s i n anthropology. I t ' s becoming more and more

obvious t h a t t h e r e w i l l never aga in be a s many jobs a s t h e r e were t e n o r twenty yea r s ago. I n f a c t , a s time goes on, it

seems l i k e l y t h a t t h e number of jobs w i l l g e t sma l l e r a s t h e number of people seeking them w i l l i n c r e a s e . But j u s t becau.-e people a r e unemployed doesn ' t mean they a r e ou t of work. Tha t ' s p r e t t y c l e a r he re a t Carnegie.

The v a s t ma jo r i t y of volun- t e e r s t h a t I ' v e t a l k e d t o so f a r d o n ' t have p a i d jobs , b u t t h e work they do i s very impor- t a n t i n keeping t h i s Centre going. Tha t ' s a l e s s o n t h e p o l i t i c i a n s have l ea rned we l l . They t a l k about j obs , jobs , a t

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s e r v i c e s t o t h e people . They g e t awayabecause t hey know t h a t vo lun t ee r s w i l l p ick up a l o t of t h e s l a c k . Volunteer work i s not on ly important i n Carnegie, bu t i n Canadian soc- i e t y a s a whole. c an t . pg 16

- - ) 1 . To KEEP OURSELVES INFORMED about t h e l i f e of our community. - - % 2 . To EDUCATE OURSELVES about ways of improving t h e l i f e o f - - - - - - our community. - - 1 3 . TO ACT COLLECTIVELY t o b r ing about t he changes necessary = - - - - f o r improving the l i f e of our community. i 4 . To CO-OPERATE FREELY and IIONESTLY, with o r g a n i s a t i o n s and

people w i l l i n g t o a s s i s t us.

5 . To EXPOSE and PUBLICIZE t h e inadequacies we d i scover i n t h e laws, r e g u l a t i o n s and s e r v i c e s enac ted and provided f o r us .

6 . To FIGHT t h e i n d i f f e r e n c e and t h e c o r r u p t i o n we exper ience o r we become aware o f .

7 . To PlJllSllE our o b j e c t i v e s i l l ;I s p i r i t O F good w i l l and u n i t y .

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Architects of reform A Carnegie p e t i t i o n

a sk ing f o r a c t i o n on t h e s a l e of Three Snakes cooking wine p layed a b i g p a r t i n g e t t i n g f i v e l o c a l s t o r e k e e p e r s hau led on t h e c a r p e t a t C i t y Haihl .

The f i v e a r e being asked t o show causeWwhy t h e i r b u s i n e s s l i c e n s e s shou ld n o t be suspended o r revoked. It

A l o t of o t h e r peop le g o t

on t h e bandwagon b u t it was a p e t i t i o n , s t a r t e d by Tom Lewis, and s igned by s e v e r a l hundred people - suppor ted by t h e Newsle t t e r - which go t a c t i o n .

Thanks t o a l l t h e s i g n e r s . No d a t e has y e t been s e t f o r

t h e show cause h e a r i n g - bu t The Newsle t t e r w i l l keep on t o p o f t h e s t o r y .

OFFICE O F T H E CITY, CLERK I

Dear Mr. Lewis: a ROBERT HENRY

Sale of Chinese Cooking Wine

I wish to advise you of the attached extract from the 'E minutes of the Vancouver City Council meeting held on January 6,

1987, dealing with the attached City Manager's report dated January 2, 1987, with regard to the above matter.

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2 The r e c e i p t o f t h i s l e t t e r , 3 a l t hough encouraging, i s n o t

~ h b r ~ ~ k e d far i~ ~ z i - p e t - i t i o n . Although t h e Council has a c t e d i n good f a i t h and towards t h e be t t e rmen t o f t h i s s i t u a t i o n , we, t h e peop l e , have

$ s t i l l n o t had our s ay a t a Com- munity I s s u e s Meeting. - - - F u r t h e r , ou r p e t i t i o n asked f o r t h e complete removal o f t h e s e harmful goods from t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e .

I do n o t mind and one r a t h e r expec t s p o l i t i c i a n s such a s

5 Er i c son and Davies t o jump on 9 g t h e band wagon f o r p u b l i c i t y ' s m

sake , bu t they should l i s t e n t o t h e v o i c e of t h e peop le and t h e i r own s o c i a l agencies be - f o r e going o f f i n t h e wrong d i r e c t i o n .

Cooking wines shou ld be under t h e d i r e c t i o n oY t h e Liquor Cont ro l Board and t h e s e compan- i e s shou ld pay t h e i r s h a r e of t a x e s l i k e any d i s t i l l e r y .

I f it should t a k e s i x pounds of h u f f - p u f f f o r one pound of good, we a r e a l l i n danger of be ing blown away.

By TOM LEWIS

On Sunday, January 1 8 t h , a very s p e c i a l even t w i l l t a k e p l ace a t Carnegie . I n p a r t , t o remember and honour t h o s e people who had t h e g u t s and s tamina t o f i g h t f o r c o n v e r t - i ng t h e vacan t Carnegie L ibr - a r y i n t o t h e Carnegie Commun- i t y Centre .

The doors f i r s t opened on J an . 2 0 , 1980. People had c r e - a t e d a v i t a l and award-winning '

concep t : a p l a c e t o l i v e i

and grow! This Sunday, from 2 - 4 , a c e l -

e b r a t i o n i n t h e T h e a t r e - w i l l i nc lude d i s p l a y t a b l e s and p a r t i c i p a n t s of a l l programs and groups of t h e Centre - ' showing-off ' s o t o speak.

P l e a s e come and j o i n i n thanking each o t h e r . V i c t o r y i s sweet .

JOBS! JOBS! JOBS!

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A l o t of r e s e a r c h ha s been done on p a i d work and t h e peop le who do it. So f a r , n o t much i n t e r e s t ha s been shown i n v o l u n t e e r work and v o l u n t e e r s , excep t on how t o g e t more t o do more. (This i s c a l l e d r e - c r u i t i n g and m o t i v a t i n g ) .

The r e s e a r c h I ' m doing a t Car- n e g i e i s about how v o l u n t e e r work f i t s i n t o t h e way people make a l i v i n g and t h e way t h e y l i v e . I ' v e c o m ~ l e t e d about f i f t y q u e s t i o n a i r e s so f a r , bu t t h e r e a r e s t i l l a l o t of volun- t e e r s o u t t h e r e who h a v e n ' t done one. I f y o u ' r e i n t e r e s t e d , I can be c o n t a c t e d a t t h e Learning Cent re , on t h e t h i r d f l o o r - Monday, Tuesday and ~ h u r s b . a ~ .

The in format ion pamphlet p u t ou t each week by People Mover Se rv i ce - l i s t i n g o p p o r t u n i t i e s f o r employment - and p a r t of Work In format ion S e r v i c e Cent re i s a v a i l a b l e a t t h e f r o n t desk.

I f t hey have a l l been t a k e n , t h e s e v a l u a b l e l i s t s a r e a l s o t h e r e f o r t h e a sk ing a t a l l Manpower o f f i c e s .

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