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' l I t l s S O v e r y conven ien t and s o much more e f f i c i e n t f o r e l - e c t e d o f f i c i a l s and b u r e a u c r a t s t o make t h e i r d e c i s i o n s behind c l o s e d d o o r s . I t ' s a l s o a dangerous i n s t i n c t which must be r e s i s t e d . " With t h e s e l i n e s , t h e P rov ince E d i t o r i a l f o r Mon- day , March 23rd , opens an a r t - i c l e w i t h t h e same h e a d l i n e a s above.

This a r t i c l e was g iven t o me by a Carnegie member, who a s k - ,,I jf +l^n n-n.r;nrrr .,or 4 - 1 1 - 7 7 cu L J ~ L + I V Y I I I L G w a ~ ~ v r ~ v v v

i n g r e c e n t e v e n t s a t Carnegie . I d o n ' t know i f t h z y a r e , b u t t h e w r i t e r i s t h i n k i n g p a r a l - l e l w i t h t h e v a s t m a j o r i t y of memberslusers o f t h i s Cen t re .

On March 1 9 t h , t h e v o t i n g m a j o r i t y on t h e Board of D i r - e c t o r s o f Carnegie h e l d an " I n Camera" meet ing on t h e t h i r d f l o o r a t e x a c t l y t h e same time a s an impor tan t p u b l i c meet ing i n t h e T h e a t r e o f f e r i n g a r e a r e s i d e n t s i n p u t t o t h e Coals f o r Vancouver Survey.

This was n o t an i s o l a t e d s l a p i n t h e f a c e f o r u s , a s t h e same d i s d a i n f o r o u r Put - u r e and p e o p l e s 1 v o i c e s con- c e r n i n g same was e x p r e s s e d on March 1s t . The p r e s i d e n t of t h e CCCAB, WALLY BARDYSIJ, a n d of c o u r s e t h e v i c e - p r e s i d e n t TONY SEAVER, though t it b e s t t o ho ld an impor tan t Personnel Committee meet ing a t e x a c t l y t h e same t ime a s a n o t h e r pub- l i c meet ing t o g i v e t h e C i t y of Vancouver i n p u t Crom here on how t o b e s t u se t h e $ $ $ $ a l l o c a t e d f o r r e n o v a t i o n s . Reason: Wel l , peop le who d o n ' t seem t o a g r e e w i t h t h e ( d i c t a t o r i a l ) format of t h e c u r r e n t v o t i n g m a j o r i t y on t h e board would o n l y d i s r u p t and wreck what i s p lanned , s o having ' o u r ' meet ings a t t h e same t ime a s ' t h e i r s l , s i n c e ' t h e y 1 a r e a c t i v e p a r t i c i p a n t . i n t h e s e p u b l i c mee t ings , t h c y won't come t o s t o p ' u s ' .

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TO: Wally Bardysh, Tony S e a v e r , Jonn Olldym March 2 3 , 198

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I t has come t o my a t t e n t i o n t h a t t h e i s s u e o f t h e Newslet- t e r , p u b l i s h e d on March 1, 1987, has n o t been p a i d f o r . The i n v o i c e was g iven t o Wally G a r c i a , bookkeeper , and he drew up a cheque f o r $141.24 t o be s i g n e d when you t h r e e dropped i n . He t h e n t o l d me t h a t a f t e r you had come and s i g n e d a l l cheques w a i t i n g , t h e cheque f o r Budget P r i n t i n g had been l e f t uns igned The i n f o r m a t i o n was r e l a y e d t o me a f t e r r e t u r n i n g from Budget, 1. - - . . m, . I I i e S i i I I ~ & ; I I c . ~ f n r !v!z-lyr:h 115 f n p r i n t e r ; . - - - - - 1 1 1 1 4

second i n v o i c e , f o r $117.70, b r i n g s t h e t o t a l t o $258.94. S p e c u l a t i o n , cum g u e s s i n g , a s t o why has been i n c l u d e d i n a

l e t t , e r t o Max Beck, a s k i n g him t o p u t t h e Carnegie N e w s l e t t e r account under t h e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n o f t h e C i t y s t a f f - c i t i n g your i r r e s p o n s i b l e a c t i o n s and g e n e r a l u n a v a i l a b i l i t y .

A t t h e i n i t i a l meet ing of t h e ' E d i t o r i a l Reviewt g roup , I was dismayed t h a t , b e s i d e s you t h r e e and me, you though t i t e i t h e r apropos o r n e c e s s a r y t o have MacLeod p r e s e n t t o engage i n i r r e l e v a n t t a l k and moronic c r i t i c i s m o f t y p o s , e t c : , e t c . I was s i n c e r e when I s a i d t h a t I t r u s t e d you, y e t t h e i n c i d e n t about L e n z i ' s l e t t e r - which you s a i d you had a l r e a d y s e e n - made me wonder. The l i b e l o u s s t a t e m e n t s were f a i r l y obv ious , b u t I wanted t o obse rve t h e k i n d o f o b j e c t i v e i n t e g r i t y w i t h which you would rev iew t h e c o n t e n t s of submiss ions . Saying , "We w o n t t t ouch any l e t t e r s " h a r d l y excuses you from p a s s i n g a s good a l e t t e r c o n t a i n i n g s u f f i c i e n t l i b e l t o c o s t t h e Asso c i a t i o n thousands o f d o l l a r s .

I have had t o , a g a i n , t a k e a l o a n t o pay Budget - $258.94 - and w i l l exchange t h e r e c e i p t f o r a cheque made payab le t o me f o r t h i s amount. The money donated by PLURA ($1 ,000) and t h e ad revenue a r e f o r paying t o keep t h e Carnegie N e w s l e t t e r a l i v e . The t r u t h abou t your a c t i o n s t o r u i n , d e s t r o y , d i s r u p t , confuse and c r e a t e f e a r i n t h i s Cen t re w i l l n o t be s t o p p e d by such s l e a z y m a n i p u l a t i o n of a s s i g n e d d u t i e s . TO HAVE NO V O I C IS TO HAVE NO POWER. You w i l l n o t t a k e t h e v o i c e o f t h e peop of t h i s Cent re away.

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~t was s u r e a b i g d i s a p - poin tment f o r me, a few days ago. E s p e c i a l l y a f t e r going t o t h e C u l t u r a l C e l e b r a t i o n s t h e day b e f o r e . The I n d i a n Cent re p u t up s i g n s t h a t t h e y were having a f r e e d i n n e r . Most peop le u s u a l l y expec t a v a r i e t y o f I n d i a n d i s h e s . The p o i n t i s , a l o t o f peop le came a long way from o u t of tow11 and went home p r e t t y d i s - appo in ted . Next t ime , t h e y b e t t e r p u t o u t I t a l i a n food i n s t e a d . T h a t ' s a l l t h a t was on t h e p l a t e t h a t was p u t i n f r o n t of me. I j u s t p u t on my c o a t and h e n t back t o s e r v i c e s a t t h e miss ion on Powell S t . , which s e r v e s v e r y good lunches .

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We, t h e under s igned members of t h e C a p e g i e Community Cen- t r e A s s o c i a t i o n Board, w i l l n o t be i n a t t e n d a n c e a t t h e board meet ing c a l l e d by you f o r t o n i g h t . We o b j e c t t o ' h o l d ing board meet ings ' i n camera' t h a t i s , behind c l o s e d d o o r s , s e c r e t , away from t h e s c r u t i n y

o f t h e membership - when bus - i n e s s of l e g i t i m a t e i n t e r e s t t o t h e membership i s t o be conducted.

We a l s o o b j e c t t o t h e l a c k of n o t i f i c a t i o n and i n p u t t o board members i n s e t t i n g t h e d a t e f o r t h e meet ing . I t was done w i t h t o o much h a s t e and l a c k of c o n s u l t a t i o n . Th i s shows d i s r e g a r d f o r a democra- t i c and b u s i n e s s l i k e r e l a t i o n - s h i p .

A s w e l l , i t i s d i s r e s p e c t f u l t o t h e p a t r o n s of Carnegie and t o t h e C i t y t o schedu le a board meet ing i n Carnegie a t t h e e x a c t same t ime a s an imp- o r t a n t p u b l i c meet ing i n Car- n e g i e on t h e f u t u r e of o u r neighbourhood. T h i s i s t h e second t ime you have done t h i s i n t h r e e weeks. On March 1, you scheduled a p e r s o n n e l commit- t e e meet ing t h a t was v e r y im- p ~ r t a n r a t t h e seme z i m e 2' 2

p u b l i c meet ing . We w i l l be a t t h e p u b l i c

meet ing s o we can p a r t i c i p a t e w i t h o t h e r Carnegie p a t r o n s i n t h e impor tan t d i s c u s s i o n , That i s o u r p r o p e r r e s p o n s i b i l i t y a s board members.

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l e on t h e LETSystem s a y s it would " tend towards a comput- e r i s e d P o t l a t c h " .

M r . Ronin d o e s n ' t know what h e ' s t a l k i n g about when he compares a computer r e c o r d i n g 6 exchange sys tem t o a n a t i v e t r a d i t i o n whose o r i g i n a l form was a s p i r i t u a l l y - m o t i v a t e d r e d i s t r i b u t i o n of w e a l t h .

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r e c e i v i n g , and f o r t h i s r e a s o n was out lawed by C h r i s t i a n groups who r e a l i s e d t h a t t h e s p i r i t u a l ~ r a c t i c e s o f West c b a s t h e l p e d them t o m a i n t a i n an e t h i c a l o r s p i r i t - u a l r e l a t i o n s h i p t o w e a l t h - which o r g a n i s e d C h r i s t i a n i t y had long s i n c e abandoned t o t h e s t a t e .

A s p i r i t u a l b a s i s t o m a t e r - i a l exchange such a s t h e p o t - l a t c h cannot be s i m u l a t e d by computers s e t up t o r e c o r d and c a l c u l a t e who owes what t o whom. I n f a c t , t h e LETSystem more c l o s e l y resembles a mer- c a n t i l e banking s t r u c t u r e t h a n t h e ~ e o ~ l e ' s own P o t l a t c h .

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town ~ a s t s i d e d e s e r v e s s p e c i a l ' a t t e n t i o n " . . . t h e " s p e c i a l a t t e n t i o n t t M r . Ronin p roposes t o a f f o r d v o l u n t e e r i s m - which i s a l r e a d y a l i v e and w e l l i n ou r community - i s t o r e c o r d and manage i t on computer s y s - tems s e t up 6 r a n by D.E.E.D.S.

M r . on in s a y s t h i s would "blow a s i d e t h e f l u f f y i l l u s - i o n s of r i g h t and l e f t M . . . i f M r . Ronin has f l u f f y i l l u s i o n s t h a t ' s h i s problem - t o me i t ' s c l e a r that t h e l e f t s u p p o r t s t h e p e o p l e ' s r i g h t t o work o u t t h i n g s i n t h e i r own way, based on whatever i n t e r p e r s o n a l a g r e e ments o f t r u s t and c o - o p e r a t i o n seem n e c e s s a r y t o them a t t h e t ime. The r i g h t w i n g , on t h e L L L - - u L J l r ; . l J I ~ J I U ~ 1 1 4 3 always atteiiip - t e d t o t a k e i n t e r p e r s o n a l ag- reements o u t o f t h e c o n t e x t of human r e l a t i o n s h i p ( p o t 1 a t c h ) and " l e g a l i z e " them(mercant i1e ' banking sys tem) - i n t h i s c a s e ,

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l a sys tem which would be compu- t e r i s e d , i n t e r p r e t e d and, i n extreme c a s e s , p robab ly e n f o r - ced by D.E.E.D.S. working i n c o - o p e r a t i o n w i t h t h e s m a l l c l a i m s c o u r t system.

M r . Ronin may be an i n n o c e n t pawn i n t h e D.E.E.D.S. game- p l a n , b u t i n h i s en thus ia sm f o r t h e LETSystem, he i g n o r e s and downgrades t h e b a s i c v a l u e o f community work h e r e and now t h a t i s a l r e a d y be ing e n t e r e d

t h e r e a l community s p i r i t o f g i v i n g and r e c e i v i n g i s a l r e a - dy a l i v e and f r e e o f t h e a u t h - o r i t y o f computer r e a d o u t s .

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c o n t r o l t h o s e who a r e humbler , more generous and f o r g i v i n g t h a n themse lves .Th i s 1s o f f e r e a . - I n t h e name of "p rogress" , a s i f i t would be some s o r t o f s t e p i n t o a b r i g h t f u t u r e .

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PEOPLE WHO THINK BACKWARDS

There have always been peo- p l e who t h i n k backwards. Some- t imes t h e y a r e c a l l e d oppos- i t e s . Some North Ameftcan I n d i a n s were o p p o s i t e s ; t hey even rode t h e i r h o r s e s back- wards and were g iven h i g h e s - teem by o t h e r b raves (a s u r e i n d i c a t i o n o f a h i g h l y d e v e l - oped and s o p h i s t i c a t e d s o c i e t y ) .

i ~ ~ r i ~ t ~ ~ ~ ~ - i - c l ~ ~ b ~ ~ , m a i n t a i n e d a g a i n s t f i e r c e opp- o s i t i o n t h a t t h e world was round - t h e o p p o s i t e o f what was g e n e r a l l y b e l i e v e d - d e c i - ded t o r e a c h t h e I n d i e s by s a i l i n g West i n s t e a d of Eas t a s everybody d i d , t h e r e b y d i s - cove r ing America.

Soine s a y J e s u s was an oppos- i t e . "The l a s t s h a l l come f i r s t . . . I 1 e t c . I t i s a s a d r e f l e c t i o n on Western c i v i l i - z a t i o n t h a t o p p o s i t e s a r e g iven s o l i t t l e t o l e r a n c e .

Perhaps you a r e an o p p o s i t e , and sometimes f i n d y o u r s e l f t h i n k i n g r a d i c a l l y d i f f e r e n t though t s than t h e r e s t of t h e world. Cheer up , you a r e n o t a l o n e , because I'm an o p p o s i t e t o o , a s a r e a l l of us peop le who t h i n k backwards.

PETER LAMONT

On Sa tu rday , A p r i l 4 , a d a y long e v e n t i s be ing h e l d a t t h e Mount P l e a s a n t Elementary S c h o o l . There w i l l be sgeak- e r s , a s t u d e n t p a n e l , f i l m s 6 workshops. The forum b e g i n s a t 9:30am and w i l l c o n t i n u e u n t i l 4:30 i n t h e a f t e r n o o n .

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These groups a r e w e l l aware t h a t p o v e r t y i s n o t an i l l u s i o n a s b u s f a r e w i l l be p rov ided i f you h e e d i t ; t h e r e g i s t r a t i o n f e e of $ 1 0 . 0 0 w i l l be waived i f you c a n ' t a f f o r d i t ; c h i l d - c a r s i s a v a i l a b l e ; and a l l a r e asked t o b r i n g a bag lunch .

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The Himalayas a r e i n c r e d i b l e ! A s t h e Nepalese bus wound i t s way h i g h e r and h i g h e r , p e o p l e and animals g o t s c a r c e r . Noth- i n g e l s e e x i s t s b u t t h e b u s , t h e mountains and t h e s k y .

Then, f a b l e d Katmandu. This i s a c i t y o f o v e r 100,000 i n - h a b i t a n t s , bu t t h e p i c t u r e p r e s e n t e d t o t h e West i s of a m y t h i c a l and i s o l a t e d abode - having on ly s p o r a d i c and wary c o n t a c t w i t h t h e o u t s i d e world.

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The Carneg ie Lea rn ing C e n t r e acknowledged t h e sPo*sors of was w e l l r e p r e s e n t e d by ~ i ~ d ~ t h e C ~ n ~ u l t a t i o n . He was f o l - F o r s y t h e , B i l l Deacon, George lowed by t h e r e p r e s e n t a t i v e o f Robinson, Mary S p a r k s , T e r r y t h e Hon. S t a n l e y Hagen - Dr. P a r e n t e a u , o u r most q u a l i f i e d Ron F e r i s - who quo ted from and b e l o v e d D i r e c t o r Nancy J . Mas te r o f T h e i r own^ D e s t i n y

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9:LOam: The p l e n a r y s p e a k e r , kls. Cathy Wright ( P r e s i d e n t - blovement f o r Canadian L i t e r a c y ) s t r e s s e d what t h e g o a l s a r e t o be a s a whole. I n a n a t i o n a l e f f o r t t o p u t l i t e r a c y i n p e r - s p e c t i v e , o u r needs a r e f o r s h o r t term programs w i t h more m a t e r i a l s and p e r s o n n e l - t o waken t h e untapped p o t e n t i a l i n everyone and c r e a t e a new v i s i o n o f c i t i z e n s h i p based on l i t e r a c y . Next i s t h e need f o r l o n g - term programs (10 y r ) with each of us b e i n g an i n f l u - ence f o r p r o g r e s s i n l i t e r a c y . !,Is. Wright c a l l e d f o r i n v o l v e - ment of bo th p u b l i c and p r i - v a t e s e c t o r s of s o c i e t y .

J h e n e \ t rernarltabl e e v e n t i n t h e p r o g r a m was a p l a y , p r e - -;t 111 c d 1 1 , J:rank C . Turne r and 5 t 1 1 ~ 1 c n t 5 f rorn Langara 'Theat re , a n d I ~ r ~ ~ c c l o n a p l a y hy ,John

Lazurus - "Marks on Paper" . The a c t i n g was good, b u t more i m p o r t a n t was t h e message c a r - r i e d : t h a t t h e r e a r e c u r s e s and t r aumas i n t h e l i f e o f an i l l i t e r a t e p e r s o n - e a c h v a r y - i n g i n i n t e n s i t y - t h a t were d i s p l a y e d i n t h e i r p o w e r f u l p r e s e n t a t i o n . I was d e e p l y a f f e c t e d because b o t h o f my p a r e n t s were i l l i t e r a t e . Then my f e e l i n g s a b o u t t h e p l a y were conf i rmed by t h e p a n e l o f s t u d e n t s commenting on t h e p l a y . T h i s P a n e l was composed o f T e r r y P a r e n t e a u , Mary S p a r k s , George Robinson, G D C h a r t r u n d and Harold Mathas.

A l i t t l e l a t e r , a f t e r a c o f - f e e b r e a k , M r . B i l l Day and M r . P e t e Smith ( P r e s i d e n t o f Douglas C o l l e g e ; Canadian As- s o c i a t i o n o f I n d u s t r i a l , Mech- a n i c a l and A l l i e d Workers) gave a b r i e f h i s t o r y o f t h e v a l u e a t t a c h e d t o l i t e r a c y , t h e V o l u n t e e r : CARE Program, and t h e f a c t t h a t t h e g u i d e on l i t e r a c y w r i t t e n i n 1814 by t h e F r o n t i e r Co l l ege has n e v e r been upgraded!

Then came M s . J a n e t C a r l i s l e of M a c ~ ~ l i l l a n / B l o d e l l Alabama, where a new p l a n t opened b u t t h e r e were no q u a l i f i e d p e r - s o n n e l f o r 31 new j o b s . T h e i r o p t i o n s were t o e i t h e r impor t employees (non-economica l ) o r t o t r a i n l o c a l p e o p l e t o t e n d t o t h e d u t i e s o f t h e s e j o b s . The l a t t e r was s e l e c t e d w i t h t h e p r o v i s o t o d e a l . w i t h t h e low l i t e r a c y r a t e . They s t a r t -

ed l i t e r a c y and G . E . D . programs and emphas ized t h e s t u d e n t s ' a c h i e v e m e n t s . M s . C a r l i s l e a l - s o n o t e d t h e n a t i o n w i d e e f f o r t s o f ne twork TV i n t h e U.S. t h a t i n c l u d e s p e c i a l programming.

Mr. J a c k Swanson of Avon Books of Canada r e c o g n i s e d t h e l i t e r a c y problem t h r e e y e a r s ago , and i n s t i t u t e d a f u n d - r a i s i n g campaign t o s u p p o r t t h e l i t e r a c y e f f o r t s . The y e a r l y g o a l i s $100,000 t o s p o n s o r programs a c r o s s Canada.

F i n a l l y came o u r d e l e g a t i o n , l e d by Linda F o r s y t h e . A f t e r we e a c h spoke , i t seemed t o me t h a t t h e most power fu l message

Fach member of ou r d e l e g a t i o n p r e s e n t e d h i s o r h e r own p e r - s p e c t i v e on l i t e r a c y . Linda gave a b r i e f h i s t o r y o f t h e Lea rn ing C e n t r e - s t a r t e d i n 1983 w i t h $600 ( a g r a n t ) and growing t o t o d a y ' s impor tance i n Carneg ie i n meet ing t h e needsldemands of o u r communi t l . .

B i l l Deacon spoke from t h e ( i n i t i a l ) p e r s p e c t i v e of a n o n - a r e a r e s i d e n t Gho had l e a r ned of and become s e n s i t i v e t o t h e l i t e r a c y needs h e r e . Next came m y s e l f , and I s t r e s s ed t h e f a c t t h a t l i t e r a c y i s a f u n c t i o n of be ing in fo rmed , and t h e urgency of b r i n g i n g t h e "mountain o f knowledge" t o t h e g r a s s r o o t s . T e r r y P a r e n t e a u ment ioned t h e import ance of l e a r n l n g be ing e q u a l t o t h e committment t o l e a r n . George Robinson, whose e l o q u - ence was s o moving, and s o t r u e ; he spoke from t h e bottoru of h i s h e a r t and moved t h e h e a r t and s o u l of a l l p r e s e n t .

came from George Robinson. He quo ted from h i s own e x p e r i e n c e s and s t a t e d t h a t h i s p e r s o n a l g o a l i s t o become a c o u n s e l o r f o r t h e n a t i v e s i n u rban a r e a s . " T h e i r problems a r e my problems"

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A l l a n Hewi tsan , Manager of 1 )ub l i c R e l a t i o n s f o r Alcan S ine l t e r s and Chemica ls , L td . , K i t i m a t Works, impressed t h e a u d i e n c e w i t h t h e e f f o r t s of t h e company t o promote e d u c a t - i on f o r i t s employees. He o u t - l i n e d t h e i n i t i a t i v e s t a k e n t o f a c i l i t a t e t h e breakdown of 1 anguage b a r r i e r s w i t h immi- g r a n t employees , f o r whom Eng- l i s h i s a n e a r n o n - e x i s t e n t i d ~ ~ g u i i g e .

A t 5 : 0 0 i n t h e a f t e r n o o n , f o l l o w i n g a s e r i e s o f group d i s c u s s i o n s , a number o f r e c - omendat ions were w r i t t e n : i . e .

1) A more comprehensive e d - u c a t i o n a l sys tem aimed a t t h e n a t i v e p o p u l a t i o n on t h e l o c a l l e v e l .

A 2 ) A f e d e r a l l y s u b s i d i s e d s e r i e s o f l i t e r a c y programs i n c o o p e r a t i o n w i t h a l l l e v e l s of government and t h e p r i v a t e s e c t o r , o p e r a t i n g on a d e c e n - t r a l i s e d b a s i s .

* 3 ) C r e a t e i n c e n t i v e s f o r t h e p r i v a t e s e c t o r t o p a r t a k e i n such p r o j e c t s . * 4 ) Upgrade t h e t e a c h i n g meth- ods and m a t e r i a l s f o r t h e f u n c - t i o n a l l y i l l i t e r a t e and t h o s e

w i t h . . . l e a r n i n g d i s a b i l i t i e s .

The C o n s u l t a t i o n was a r e a l s u c c e s s f u l s t e p . . b e f o r e I f o r - g e t , t h e S o l i c i t o r G e n e r a l o f Canada announced t h e f i n a l i s - a t i o n of c o n t r a c t s - w o r t h 2 . 9 m i l l i o n d o l l a r s - f o r l i t e r a c y r \ - n n r q m c

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Thank you t o t h e Department of t h e S e c r e t a r y o f S t a t e f o r s p o n s o r i n g such a p o s i t i v e e v e n t .

JULIEN-JOSEPH LEVESQUE

I n c i d e n t l y , t h e bus t r a v e l l e d f o r a few m i l e s on t h e Peking Highway, b u i l t and p a i d f o r by t h e Chinese Govt. Th i s g e s t u r e of goodwi l l a l s o p r o v i d e s a road f o r t a n k s and t r o o p c a r r - i e r s if (when) China d e c i d e s t o invade . . l i k e i n T i b e t .

Congregations

My e x p e c t a t i o n s of t h e s p i r i t - u a l dropped t o a lmost n i l when I saw a n e a r - r i o t i n Ratna P a r k , between t h e l o c a l v e r s i o n of1 Hare Kr ishna and who t u r n e d b u t t o be t h e i r head honchos from HQ i n New De lh i . Seems t h e s e v i c i o u s b a s t a r d s had come up t o whip t h e l o c a l s back i n t o l i n e .

The Faith

I wandered around t h e c e n t r a l marke tp lace and saw a f u l l g r o w n w a t e r h ~ f f z l c , ;IS+ s l s l -~gh t e r e? , w i t h r i v e r s of i t s blood adding t o t h e garbage i n t h e g u t t e r s . T h i s was i n an open temple w i t h p i c t u r e s o f t h e i r d e i t y , a b l u e e l e p h a n t , a l l ove r t h e p l a c e . No s h i t ! A s I walked down t h e s t r e e t t o t h e t r a i n i n g c e n t r e , a r e a l e l e p h a n t s a u n t e r e d by!!

When I f i n a l l y a r r i v e d , I had about two bucks l e f t , b u t t h e t r a i n i n g was f r e e . The t e a c h e r expec ted me t o have something , b u t my d e l i v e r i n g t h e funds t o GS i n C a l c u t t a had g iven me a ' b y ' . Donat ions p a i d f o r food.

One p a r t o f t h e t r a i n i n g i s t o go f o r one week begging f o r a l l food ; s a y i n g n o t h i n g , buy- ing n o t h i n g and be ing g i v e n one c l a y p o t and a box o f matches . One cooking s e s s i o n p e r day and a second meal cou ld o n l y be t h e c o l d remains of t h e f i r s t one.

The t r a i n i n g l a s t e d f o r a few months and t h e n I went back t o C a l c u t t a . -

Before l e a v i n g , I had a q u i r e d d y s e n t e r y o r c h r o n i c d i a r r h e a . he t r i p - t o C a l c u t t a was b e s e t w i t h stomach cramps, and a few days a f t e r a r r i v i n g I went b l i n d f o r awhi l e . A t t h e c e n t r a l o f f i c e , food ( r i c e and v e g i e s ) was p rov ided t w i c e a day , b u t my l e g s ba l looned from w a t e r r e t e n t i o n , a sympton of s e v e r e m a l n u t r i t i o n . Body weight was l e s s t h a n 100 l b s . , b u t t o g e t money t o buy b e t t e r food and medicine I had t o beg i n t h e s t r e e t s . My v i s i o n r e t u r n e d a s days p a s s e d , and t h e d y s e n t e r y was s topped by n o t h i n g b u t r i c e .

When someone comes up t o me h e r e and s a y s t h e y ' r e hungry - " . .hayer , i t eztefi cirrce I;ll.i n i g h t ; no meal f o r a n o t h e r two hours and I 'm s t a r v i n g - it d o e s n ' t g e t much sympathy. S t a r v a t i o n i s t h e d a i l y com- panion of o v e r a q u a r t e r o f t h e peop le on t h i s p l a n e t .

What we have h e r e a s b a s i c n e c e s s i t y - g u a r a n t e e d income, food t w i c e a day a t l e a s t , f r e e c l o t h e s , s h e l t e r ...- an o l d s a y i n g : you d o n ' t know what you 've g o t l t i l i t s gone.

By PAUL TAYLOR

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Fascism i n s p l r e d me t o do somk t h i n k i n g on t h e s u b j e c t . A s she d e f i n e s contemporary f a s c i s t b e h a v i o u r , i t seems t o f i t e q - u a l l y i n t o l e f t w i n g o r r i g h t - wing camps.

What s h e i s d e s c r i b i n g , i n my o p i n i o n , i s n o t n e c e s s a r - i l y f a s c i s m , b u t s imply t h e g r o s s e s t l e v e l o f p o l i t i c a l p rocess . . ." Yes, we do b e l i e v e our view r e p r e s e n t s t h e t r u t h - we do d i s t r i b u t e 'p ropaganda ' f o r o u r cause - we do some- t imes speak i n a b u s i v e o r f o r c e f u l t e rms ; and i n e v i t - a b l y , we do t r y t o manoeuver our opponents i n t o a "no-win" s i t u a t i o n .

A r e a s o n a b l e , more humane approach t o p o l i t i c s i s , of c o u r s e , p o s s i b l e - b u t on ly r e a l i s t i c a l l y e f f e c t i v e when t h o s e w i t h oppos ing views a r e n o t a l r e a d y u s i n g t h e r u l e s of t h e game a s t a c t i c a l wea- nnnc t n j . m m ~ h i l i z e ynllr ~ f f n r t . r ---- Once t h i s game i s e n t e r e d i n t o , both s i d e s a r e locked i n t o a s t r u g g l e t o e i t h e r win o r end t h e game.

S ince t h e "fascisirl" Ms. Kimbley d e s c r i b e s sometimes f i t s bo th l e f t 6 l r i g h t wings, i t seems impor tan t t o c l a r i f y t h e c h a r a c t e r and purpose o f t h e s e two camps.

Right wing always promotes jobs 6 b u s i n e s s e s a s a method of h o l d i n g t h e community t o -

g e t h e r . Concern f o r economi c s e c u r i t y r a n k s f i r s t among t h e i r p r i o r i t i e s .

The l e f t wing, on t h e o t h e r hand, i s concerned w i t h each i n d i v i d u a l ' s r i g h t t o l i v e a s they wish , even i f t h i s means r e j e c t i n g s o c i e t y ' s p r e s e n t g o a l s and s t a n d a r d s and r e f u - s i n g t o pu r sue economic s e c - u r i t y a s a f i r s t p r i o r i t y .

Of c o u r s e , t h e r e a r e many o t h e r d i f f e r e n c e s between l e f t G r i g h t . . . L e f t i s l a i d - back , h u m a n i t a r i a n , r e b e l i o u s c r e a t i v e , c r i t i c a l and con- ce rned f o r t h e e v o l u t i o n of humanity i n an i n n e r , s p i r i t - u a l s e n s e . Hashish o r mar i - juana i s t h e u s u a l d r u g - o f - c h o i c e .

Right i s u p t i g h t , on t i m e , economica l ly m o t i v a t e d , p a t - r i o t i c , c l e a n , l u x u r y - l o v i n g , r u l e - o r i e n t e d . . and s u s t a i n s a s o r t of " m e - f i r s t " market - p l a c e e n t r e p r e n e u r s h i p t h a t

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Bui ld ing a b e t t e r machine i s t h e most impor tan t r i g h t w i n g t h i n g ; second on ly t o making a l o t of money. Cocaine i s u s u a l l y t h e d r u g - o f - c h o i c e .

But i n t h i s community, a t t h i s t i m e , t h e d i f f e r e n c e be- tween t h e l e f t w i n g e r s ' con- c e r n f o r i n d i v i d u a l freedom of l i f e s t y l e and t h e r i g h t - w i n g e r s ' demand f o r a l i f e - s t y l e c e n t r e d on p a i d work, seems t o me t o be t h e most

s i g n i f i c a n t f a c t o r . I t always b o t h e r s me when

peop le s a y , "There i s no r i g h t o r l e f t - j u s t peop le w i t h d i f f e r e n t op in ions" . . . I t h i n k such peop le must be e t h i c a l l y b l i n d , o r pe rhaps have some emot ional r eason f o r avo id ing t h e i s s u e . Often t h e s e a r e t h e same peop le who w i l l t e l l you t h a t t h e r e i s no d i f f e r - - - - - L - * ~ - I L L ~ : ~ , t : ~ w t : t : ~ F O G ~ E evl l.

I myself b e l i e v e an uncompromising l e f t w i n g p o s i t i o n t o be t h e most t r u t h - f u l and n e c e s s a r y p o i n t of view today . My r e a s o n s f o r t h i s a r e n o t p o l i t i c a l , bu t s p i r i t u a l . I t h i n k , through- o u t h i s t o r y , c a p i t a l i s m and e x c l u s i v e l y r i g h t w i n g func - t i o n s have g r a d u a l l y d e s t r o y e d t h e e t h i c a l h e a r t - c e n t r e d und- c r s t a n d i n g of humani ty . (Every- one , i n t h e i r h e a r t , knows what i s r i g h t and what i s wrong and everyone i s o b l i g a t e d t o do what i s r i g h t ) . Such un- q u e s t i o n a b l e human knowledge once e x i s t e d i n everyone , b u t today i t seems r i g h t w i n g e n t - r e p r e n e u r s have l a r g e l y s u c - ceeded i n d e - s p i r i t u a l i s i n g t h e ma jo r i zy of human b e i n g s , and I , f o r one, have become comple te ly obsessed w i t h keep- i n g myself and t h o s e 1 c a r e about o u t of t h e i r c l u t c h e s .

I b e l i e v e t h a t t h e c o r e p h i - losophy of l e f t w i n g p o l i t i c s i s n o n - f a s c i s t and t h a t t h e c o r e ph i losophy of r i g h t w i n g p o l i t i c s i s f a s c i s t .

w h a t e v e r t h e momentar-fly p e r c e i v e d behaviour of i n d i v i - d u a l s may be - t h i s d i f f e r e n c e of c o r e p h i l o s o p h i e s a f f e c t s t h e long- t e rm a c t i o n s and a t t - i t u d e s of t h o s e i n v o l v e d , s o t h - t nnn r . r o - 7 F n k x r ; - 3 . ~ 1.7 --a- L.llU.. V a l " ,"*] -La V Y V I V U J l J y1.,

f e r a b l e t o t h e o t h e r ... This i s why an uncompromising adherence t o l e f t w i n g p r i n c i - p l e s i s a b s o l u t e l y n e c e s s a r y i f humanity and t h e s o c i a l p r o c e s s i s t o evo lve . (At t h i s p o i n t , a r i g h t w i n g e r would c a l l me a " F a s c i s t " . )

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Overcome w i t h t h e need t o walk hand i n hand With S p r i n g ' s d e s i r e s .

P a t i e n t l y w a i t i n g , Wait ing f o r a dream To become a r e a l i t y .

Thinking of t h e many l o v e s , Wondering why none would do And now, why t h e r e a r e none.

F a l l , come quick . ly , 'And l e t t h e s e t h o u g h t s Be done.

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Well , h e r e i t i s s p r i n g t i m e a g a i n ; t h e f l o w e r s a r e growing - t r e e s i n blossom - whi le t h e r e s t of t h e c o u n t r y m e l t s t h rough i t s burden of snow, appear l cg and d l sappear lng l i k e t h e c o i n s i n some s p i r i t - u a l m a g i c i a n ' s hand.

Perhaps my f r i e n d B i l l , t h e on ly t r u e hobo I know, i s on h i s way a g a i n t o t h e p l a i n s of C a r t a g a n i a i n South America (a t r u l y l o n g h a u l when y o u ' r e r i d i n g t h e r o d s ) o r pe rhaps t h e y e a r ' s m e l t o f f w i l l f i n d him grown s t i l l amongst t h e w i l d f l o w e r s a long t h e r i g h t o f way.

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t h e seasons i n ou r own way - ' i n t h e s p r i n g a young man's f ancy t u r n s t o . . . ' - b u t an even younger man's f a n c y may t u r n t o marb les - -pe rhaps an even wiser c h o i c e .

Well d e a r - h e a r t s , my own s p r i n g - t i m e fancy i s t o move t o t h e Sunshine Coast t o an i s o l a t e d c a b i n away from e v e r y one - excep t a fewe c h o i c e week- end v i s i t o r s - and do n o t h i n g e x c e p t p r a c t i c e music and w r i t e . .. and y o u r s e l f ?

How about w r i t i n g u s a s t o r y w i t h your dream o r s p r i n g - t i m e r e a l i t y .

TOM LEWIS

A Pe r scn 02 o u r s t a f f a t t h e Carnegie News- l e t t e r , P e t e r McCart, had a h u m i l i a t i n g and degrading e x p e r i e n c e a t Sava-On Meats on Has t ings S t . . P e t e r has begun t o w r i t e a s e r i e s o f a r t i c l e s under t h e heading "Eat - ing For Less" on how t o en joy good food a t a low p r i c e .

He had purchased some f r u i t (bananas) a t a s t o r e way up on Davie S t . and had s topped a t t h e H a s t i n g s S t . s t o r e t o g e t some i t e m s from t h e bulkfood c o u n t e r i n Save-On. He p a i d f o r h i s g r o c e r i e s and j u s t o u t s i d e s t h e r r . o ~ ! i d ~ g y hp $!25 grzbbeG 2~ c ~ p 1 5 7 2 2 and accused o f s t e a l i n g t h e f r u i t . He had no r e c e i p t from t h e I b a n a n a ' s t o r e ' , b u t n e i t h e r had Save-On g iven him a r e c e i p t f o r what h e ' d j u s t bought . T h i s employee was l o u d l y c a l l i n g him a " t h i e f and a l i a r " be- f o r e a crowd o f shopper s and, a f t e r r e t u r n - ing t h e bu lk food i t e m s f o r h i s money, P e t e r had t o go t o t h e p o l i c e s t a t i b n and then a l l t h e way back t o t h e Davie s t o r e t o g e t t h e c l e r k t h e r e t o s i g n a s t a t e m e n t t h a t he had s p e n t l e s s t h a n a d o l l a r t h e r e , on bananas , e a r l i e r t h a t day!

I 'm s u r e t h a t many of you r e a d i n g t h i s have had s i m i l a r e x p e r i e n c e s w i t h f a l s e

a c c u s a t i o n s - being poor ( i n money tkrms) makes a l o t o f peop le i n ou r community s u b j e c t t o t h i s k ind o f d i s c r i m i n - a t i o n - i f you look poor , t h e n you must be a t h i e f !

P e t e r has s e n t a l e t t e r t o t h e owner of Save-On Meats w i t h t h e fo l lowing demands: "1) A w r i t t e n apology from t h e employ- e e who wrongfu l ly accused me of be ing a t h i e f and a l i a r . 2 ) A s t a t e m e n t i s s u e d t o t h e p o l i c e i n d i c a t i n g t o them t h a t I am n o t g u i l t y of any cr ime whatsoever a g a i n s t your company. 3 ) A cheque made payab le t o me f o r t h e sum o f $60.00 t o com- p e n s a t e me ($15 .00 /h r ) f o r t h e t ime which I had t o s a c r i f i c e t o c l e a r my name o f t h e bogus cha rges made by your employee."

P e t e r happens t o l i k e shopping a$ Save-On.

probably t h e b e s t way t o save money on g r o c e r i e s i s t o buy i n bulk. The concep t i s s imple . -- - That i s , t h e more u n i t s you buy of an i t e m , t h e l e s s t h e p e r u n i t p r i c e . U n f o r t u n a t e l y , on a f i x e d income, i t i s o f t e n d i f f i c u l t t o come up w i t h funds t o , f o r example, buy a 2 0 l b . bag of r i c e - even though i t would l i k e l y l a s t f o r 6 months. There j u s t i s n ' t t h e money.

However, i f one was t o g e t t o g e t h e r w i t h a group o f l i k e - minded i n d i v i d u a l s t h e n t h e cash o u t l a y c o u l d be absorbed w i t h i n t h i s group, p r o v i d i n g each of t h e members w i t h ap- p r e c i a b l e s a v i n g s .

If no one you know i s i n t e r - e s t e d i n such an ar rangement , perhaps you c o u l d buy one o r two l a r g e q u a n t i t i e s of an i t em eve ry month i n s u f f i c i e n t am- oun t s t o l a s t f o r s e v e r a l mon. m~ 1,1i5 . Wll ( a ~ t e i . A L - r z - - - & r - - -

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months) p r o v i d e you w i t h a r o t - a t i o n o f s e v e r a l s t a p l e s and e i t h e r r educe your g r o c e r y c o s t s o r a l l o w you t o buy more.

The f o l l o w i n g r e c i p e i s a r e c i p e o n l y f o r t h o s e who have a s e r i o u s s u r p l u s of t ime on t h e i r hands and a r e n o t a g a i n - s t hover ing o v e r a s t o v e f o r an e n t i r e day:

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o r l e s s ) and, t a s t e be ing what "' it i s , you may want t o make

some changes i n i n g r e d i e n t s o r q u a n t i t y .

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* Soak beans o v e r n i g h t i n wat- e r . B o i l t h e pork hock i n s l i - g h t l y s a l t e d wa te r f o r 2 h r s . , remove meaty p o r t i o n G d i c e .

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molasses , s u g a r , s a l tGpepper (use your t a s t e b u d s t o judge amount). S t i r . Now f i l l t h e p o t u n t i l a l l t h e beans a r e immersed i n t h e brew. Cook s lowly f o r 6 - 8 h r s . , e i t h e r on a s t o v e o r i n an oven. Replace evapora ted wa te r i f beans a r e n o t immersed through o u t t h e cooking p r o c e s s . S t i r o c c a s i o n a l l y . Se rves 4 .

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Motions and d e c i s i o n s made a t t h e s e Exc lus ive meet ings :

- t h a t t h e CCCAB inform t h e C i t y of Vancouver (Counci l )

t h a t 'we' a r e d i s s a t i s f i e d with t h e s e n i o r s t a f f and a s k t h a t t h e y be f i r e d f o r incomp- e t e n t c y ( p a r a p h r a s e )

- t h a t t h e CCCAB c u t o f f fund- i n g f o r t h e Carnegie News-

l e t t e r ( n o t 1 Q i s t h e Assoc. ' s )

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What t h i s means i s t h a t o n l y e i g h t p e o p l e , p a s s i n g them- s e l v e s o f f a s r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s o f Carnegie members, want t h e C i t y t o t a k e t h i s f i r s t motion a s t h e w i l l of t h e m a j o r i t y of Members and FIRE Nancy J . As a d j e c t i v e s I would p ropose a r r o g a n t , demented, a lmost t o t a l l y n o n - r e p r e s e n t a t i v e ( a l - most , s i n c e t h e s e e i g h t t h i n k i t ' s g r e a t ) .

These people h o l d a meet ing behind c l o s e d d o o r s , d i r e c t l y v i o l a t i n g t h e C o n s t i t u t i o n , and my f i r s t q u e s t i o n i s , "What a r e t h e y t r y i n g t o h i d e ? " Do t h e m a j o r i t y d i r e c t o r s f e a r s c r u t i n y , o r i s i t t h a t w i thou t r e h e a r s a i s t h e w i l l appea r a s incompetent& i r r e s p o n s i b l e .

The main r e a s o n f o r p u b l i c meet ings i s f o r e l e c t e d peop le t o prove t h e i r a b i l i t i e s and j u s t i f y t h e i r a c t i o n s i n p u b l i c . - They s h o u l d n ' t need a s c r i p t , but t h a t ' s what was f a i r l y ob- v i o u s a t t h e March 5 t h board meet ing . The agenda - in micu- t e s -, t h e s h i r t G t i e dress, t h e

arguments f o r "broad i n t e r p r e - t a t i o n " of p l a i n C o n s t i t u t l ~ n a r u l e s , c a l l i n g q u e s t i o n s f o r t h e ' v o t i n g m a j o r i t y when many speakerq were d e s p e r a t e l y t r y - i n g t o be h e a r d , t h r e a t s t o c l e a r t h e room...

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A 1. : to p?y i a v y e r s t o keep I I I L ~ GX e c u t i v e and t h e i r s u p p o r t e r s i c o n t r o l of t h e f i n a n c e s and ' o f f i c i a l d e c i s i o n s ' o f t h e Carnegie Community Cen t re A s s - o c i a t i o n Board.

Now, more t h a n e v e r , you mus come and e x p r e s s your p e r s o n a l concern and h e l p s t o p t h i s f r c occur ing . The p e t i t i o n i s con p l e t e , b u t ou r money i s s t i l l s u b j e c t t o t h e whims o f t h e Execu t ive - a s of t h i s w r i t i n g

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The Carnegie community was saddened r e c e n t l y by t h e pas: ing of Me1 Horseman.

Me1 l i v e d i n t h e downtown e a s t s i d e f o r many y e a r s , and was v e r y a c t i v e i n t h e f i g h t t o have t h e o l d Carnegie Lib r a r y become t h e Carnegie Community Cen t re .

He was a s t r o n g s u p p o r t e r (

t h e Pool Room and r e s e a r c h e d and a p p l i e d f o r t h e g r a n t thi p a i d f o r t h e new 5 'x101 t a b l l

When Nancy J e n n i n g s became D i r e c t o r , it was Me1 who too: h e r under h i s wing and showel h e r t h e l i f e of h i s home.

I n e f f a b l e "abide , moment. " - Nietzche Though t h e moon i n t h e c i t y i s a much muted moon She s t i l l spea,k? t o me of thoughts l o s t a r r i v i n g . She remembers a n i g h t from my childhood i n win te r when f a t snowflakes S e l l too s o f t l y f o r words t o r e l a t e . I ache f o r t he wonder-oh! p a l t r y word- that f e l l on me then , Kissed by t h e s i l e n c e of a coo l , windless n igh t . I s tood 'nea th a sky black wi th compassion, a lone on t he black t h a t c i r cumf l r i nced my l i f e , a lone i n t he snow with my h e a r t and t h e n i g h t , - But what my h e a r t knew on t h a t long ago n i g h t With chr is tmas f o r g o t t e n i n t h e cool windless n i g h t , The moon w i l l not t e l l me; and empty words and the moon a r e a l l t h a t remain of t h a t c h i l d and t h a t n igh t . Though t h e moon i n t h e c i t y i s a much muted moon, She s t i l l speaks t o me of thoughts l o s t a r r i v i n g .

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