taff Reporter t to kill weeds along the tracks. that CN could not assure resi- He wouldn't promise to stop

"A wheelchair-bound woman dents the chemical wasn't ham- the prognm but offeRd to give p y a she'll chain herself to rail- ful. ' residents 48 hours' notice before way tracks to stop herbicide- "We don't want them to *praying takes place, PPra@g her downtown spray," a d Prevost, confined to , Residents urged CN to hand- cower neighborhood. a wheelchair since a 1974 car pick the weeds or use a system

Margaret Prevost, 29, says to our corn- employed by CP Rail to steam everyone who b w in Four Sis. munib' here and to ouruds." weeds dead. But Buttenvick a d ters Housing Co-op, on Powell "You have no right, morally or herbicides were the best method. Street, is outraged that Canadian ethically, to spray," Oliver KeU- United Transportation Union National Railways plans to spray hammer told CN officials. official Chuck Lewis disputed Diuron along its tracks in Greater "If you do, we are going to Buttenvick's assurance that "98 Vancouver, including the water- fight you," said Kellhammer, a per cent" of CN employees front tracks near her home. member of Strathcona Commu- wanted the spraylng.

Prevost told a public meeting nity Gardens. "These people don't want i t , h~3d by the Downtown Eastside CN spokesman John Butter- and the employees don't want Reddents bocfa t ion yesterday d c k said herbicide was needed it,'' I&wh d d q + -- +

Canadian N a t i o n a l Railways (CN) h a s been s topped dead i n i t s t r a c k s by t h e d e t e r m i n a t i o n of peop le i n o u r community. It s t a r t e d last week when P a t r i c i a Sky, Recycl ing Co-ordinator a t DERA, g o t a c a l l from a t ra inman. CN w a s going t o be s p r a y i n g h e r b i c i d e t o k i l l v e g e t a t i o n and had made t h e l e a s t e f f o r t r e q u i r e d by law t o l e t t h e p u b l i c know. The t ra inman had c a l l e d because he and h i s f e l l o w em- p loyees were expec ted t o walk & work a l o n g t h e sprayed t r a c k s and had no i n f o r m a t i o n on t h e s h o r t o r l o n g term e f f e c t s of t h i s poison.

P a t r i c i a immediately s t a r t e d c a l l - i n g CN, gov t . a g e n c i e s and r e s i d e n t s t o o r g a n i z e a p u b l i c meet ing. With- o u t t h i s r e s i s t a n c e t h e s p r a y i n g , as u s u a l , would have happened w i t h no one r e a l l y aware of i t u n t i l t h e c l o u d s of s t u f f were i n t h e a i r . CN had sp rayed a l l o v e r t h e p r o v i n c e and was f i n i s h i n g i n t h e most popu la ted a r e a s , do ing i t i n Richmond and on t h e North Shore a few days b e f o r e .

A t t h e mee t ing ,he ld a t Four S i s t e r s Co-op, 3 r e s p from CN were a l l ready t o overwhelm u s (CN workers , communi- t y a c t i v i s t s and p a r e n t s ) w i t h a 25 minute v i d e o and s o on. Not i n t e r e s - t ed i n your ph i losophy! L e t ' s t a l k s p e c i f i c s ... and b a t t l e was j o i n e d .

The workers were most u p s e t on t h e l a c k of concern by CN on making s u r e people who would have t o work a f t e r t h e s p r a y i n g on t h e s i t e knew i t .

Local concerns were c l e a r : We've been ignored i n t h e p a s t , long te rm e f f e c t s of p o i s o n s (DDT, tha l idomide , s a c c h a r i n e , e t c . ) c a u s e s e r i o u s h e a l t h problems y e a r s l a t e r , t h i s i s o u r home and you s a y we have no c h o i c e .

Then Margaret P r e v o s t drew t h e bottom l i n e : " I f you t r y t o go ahead and s p r a y , I ' l l c h a i n my whee lcha i r t o t h e t r a c k s and s t o p you."

On F r i d a y morning, on CHRX Radio, a news s t o r y r e p o r t e d t h a t CN was sus- pending s p r a y i n g i n t h e Downtown East - s i d e i n d e f i n i t e l y BECAUSE A DISABLED WOMAN ( o u r Margare t ) HAD THREATENED TO CHXIN HER WHEELCHAIR TO THE TRACKS ( ! ! )

. . . n o t bad. By PAULR TAYLOR

"""' Recycle Q this paper

TRIAGE proposal a "~n in i -~ ive rv iew"

Triage needs a new bui ld ing. They have an emergency s h e l t e r f o r homeless people with mental problems a t Plain and Pr io r in an old bank. 1 t ' s not up t o adequate stan dards f o r housing. Triage serves many peo- p l e who need a p lace to s t a y f o r a f e w days o r a few weeks. They have s t a f f who

a 1 h e a l t h and/or drug/a lcohol- re la ted

l i t y could be a n opportunity t o do some

s ion f o r d i v i s i n n .

I I more a t t e n t i o n on improving t h e l i v i n g 3.1 c o n d i t i o n s i n t h e h o t e l s and i n g i v i n g s u p p o r t t o t h e p e o p l e l i v i n g i n them.

The l o c a t i o n proposed is on t h e c o r n e r o f Glen & H a s t i n g s . I t ' s a good l o c a -

t i o n f o r b u s e s b u t q u i t e a h i k e t o most s o c i a l s e r v i c e s i n t h e neighbourhood. It

T r i a g e h a s p l a n s f o r a l a r g e new b u i l d - is o n l y a b l o c k from t h e RayCam Community ing on t h e c o r n e r o f H a s t i n g s & Glen D r . , C e n t r e , which i s a l r e a d y w e l l used and i i a g o n a l l y a c r o s s from Ray-Cam Community which h a s a f o c u s on c h i l d , t e e n and sen- Centre. I t would be on t h e n o r t h w e s t cor - iors~ activities. Wil l Raycam be able to ner , n e x t t o t h e t l a s t i n g s Viaduc t . The -

p r o v i d e a d d i t i o n a l s e r v i c e s f o r t h e i r new' lew place 'louse 58 people , 28 short T r i a g e neigl lbours? Do they have t i le facil- term and 30 l o n g term. The s i t e would i t i e s o r t h e r e s o u r c e s ? ,lave t o b e rezoned . T h i s means t h e r e w i l l lave t o be p u b l i c h e a r i n g s , p r o b a b l y t o begin i n t h e e a r l y f a l l . There have been

At t h e m e e t i n g i n Kiwassa t h i s s p r i n g , some m e e t i n g s a l r e a d y t o d i s c u s s t h e p l a n . ;'c m y d i d t h e c i t y go ahead and buy the

l a n d w i t h o u t even t h e i r own p l a n n e r s t h e r e was a l o t o f l o c a l o p p o s i t i o n . Some knowing? There is a planning ~ e o p l e were v e r y w o r r i e d abou t t h e p e o p l e p r o c e s s g o i n g on i n S t r n t h c o n a and t h e ~ h o would be u s i n g T r i a g e . They were war- proposed f a c i l i t y is w i t h i n t h e b o u n d a r i e s r i ed abou t v i o l e n c e and t h e s a f e t y of t h a t t h i s p r o c e s s c o v e r s . The c i t y bought z h i l d r e n i n n e a r b y s c h o o l s . Some p e o p l e t + e l a n d and T r i a g e g o t a r c h i t e c t s t o draw nave been w r i t i n g l e t t e r s t o C i t y Counc i l . up plans b e f o r e anyone in t h e neighbour- Sugges t ions t h a t t h e c l i e n t s of T r i a g e hood was c o n s u l t e d . a re dangerous , e s p e c i a l l y t o c h i l d r e n , have been used to scare t i le in - fc How many h o u s i n g a l r e a d y e x i s t i n t h e t o o p p o s i t i o n . These t a c t i c s a r e u n f a i r neiglibourhood f o r menta l p a t i e n t s and

t o most o f t h e p e o p l e who u s e T r i a g e . how many a r e c u r r e n t l y b e i n g deve loped o r

However, w e have a number of c o n c e r n s p roposed? How many p e o p l e c a l l e d menta l t h a t we t h i n k p e o p l e i n tile neighbourhood p a t i e n t s a r e c u r r e n t l y l i v i n g h e r e ? ~ J h a t ' s should t h i n k abou t and d i s c u s s ; a r e a s o n a b l e number of u n i t s e s p e c i a l l y

f o r m e n t a l p a t i e n t s f o r t h i s neighbourhood ;$ The p r o p o s a l d o u b l e s ~ r i a g e ' s s i z e . and what a l t e r n a t i v e s c o u l d be looked f o r ?

There a r e now 28 beds f o r emergency W e t h i n k t h a t t h i s neighbourhood can do a s h e l t e r . They want t o add 30 b a c h e l o r good j o b o f i n t e g r a t i n g m e n t a l p a t i e n t s i n uniLs f o r l o n g e r t e rm use . We t h i n k t h i s the housing that is here. already is r e - i n s t i t u t i o n a l i z i n g p e o p l e who were doing this. There could also be some new supposed to Pe integrated the 'Ornun group homes, more s o c i a l housing and sup- it^. W e want more f u n d i n g suPPOr t s' that p o r t such a s e x t r a conurlunity workers f o r n e n t a l p a t i e n t s can l i v e i n mi.:ed h o u s i n g mental patients who live in social housing s i t u a t i o n s i n s t e a d o f b e i n g s t u c k some- or hotels. DEM,s Portland Hotel (formerly nlhere by themse lves . t h e Lone S t a r ) i s a good example of t h i s . * The l a c k of a d e q u a t e s u p p o r t f o r t h e

;k The c o n c e r n s a b o u t v i o l e n c e a r e n o t en- l a r g e numbers '' patients in the t irely unfounded. There a r e some people

nfighbourhood- Many l ive in but who need special housing and support be- t h e c o n d i t i o n s i n t h e h o t e l s a r e poor . c a u s e t h e y a r e sometimes v i o l e n t . These They may n o t be s a f e , a r e o f t e n d e p r e s s - a r e n o t t h e m a j o r i t y o f t h e p e o p l e who u s e i n g and can be i s o l a t i n g . We have some T r i a g e . T h i s is a hard-to-house group t h a t good s o c i a l klousing i n t h e neigllbourhood does rleed Their needs and the but most o f t h e h o u s i n g i n t h i s a r e a w i l l r e l a ted question of neighbourhood safe ty be h o t e l s f o r a l o n g t i m e y e t . We want r lAlY 4 ibREJ I

i s s t i l l n o t a d d r e s s e d by t h e T r i a g e p l a n .

w i t h o u t a w e l l thought -ou t c o The T r i a g e e x p a n s i o n and r e l o n o t r e f l e c t t h e a r e a p s p o p u l a t i o n , i t s e' b e t a k e n i n i s o l a t i o n . We a r e o u t t h e c u r r e n t p i e c m l c z i a p p r o a c h t h a t t i r e r e a s o n f o r b e i n g was changed. c o u l d r e s u l t i n b u i l d i n g a new m i n i River- E l e a n o r worked f o r t h e VPL s y s t e m p a r t -

t i m e f o r 15 y e a r s w h i l e h e r k i d s were

e n t s a r e e x p e c t e d t o l i v e r a i n g r e a l l y i n t e g r a t e d i n t o t

The downs iz ing of R iverv iew

i n c r e a s i n g numbers o f ~ p a n i s h - s p e a k i n g

s i d e r e s i d e n t s . Most o f a l l we need t o Dur ing h e r s t a y a t C a r n e g i e E l e a n o r

c a n have a s t r o n g and u n i t e d v o i c e a t S h e ' d a l s o l i k e t o s t r e n g t h e n t h e l i b r - C i t y H a l l . a r y ' s t i es w i t h t h e L e a r n i n g C e n t r e ,

b r i n g i n m a t e r i a l s t o assist l e a r n e r s & By tlARG GREEN & t h e n t a k e on some j o i n t p l a n n i n g w i t h Lex.

MUGGS SIGURG E l e a n o r vegieves f a t e h a s g i v e n h e r a u n i q u e background f o r b u i l d i n g up t h e re - l a t i o n s h i p between C a r n e g i e & t h e VPL. "Most l i b r a r i a n s come from t h e wes t s i d e of t h e c i t y & a r e w h i t e , l i t e r a t e & midd- l e class.'' E l e a n o r ' s a b i t d i f f e r e n t , & n o t j u s t b e c a u s e of h e r d a u g h t e r . Her

MEET ELEANOR KELLY b r o t h e r i s John R u s s e l l , D i r e c t o r of Men-

E l e a n o r K e l l y , ~ a r n e g i e ' s new l i b r t a l H e a l t h S e r v i c e s f o r G r e a t e r Vancouver

h a s wanted t o work a t C a r n e g i e f o r a So s h e ' s d e l i g h t e d t o b e s p e n d i n g t h e

t i e s . So E l e a n o r h a s had some i n t e r e s t i n g n e x t t w e l v e months h e r e a t t h e c o r n e r o f e x p e r i e n c e s t o b r i n g t o C a r n e g i e .

o f f t o a n o t h e r b ranch . S h e ' s o n l y been h e r e a week b u t Eleanor

I s a y s s h e l o v e s C a r n e g i e . "1t's a n e x c i t -

t h e VPI, w a s a t t h e H a s t i n g s Branch s h o r t -

t y worker and had h e r do a neighbourhood s u r v e y . The outcome showed t h a t the c o l l -

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Dear Folks,

In the last issue of the Carnegie Newsletter this graphic headed an in- credible piece. It wasn't until the paper came back from the printshop that I saw that both the title and, most important, the author's name had not been attached during layout. For all of you who keep the Newslet-

ter, take the July 1, 1991 issue, turn to the centre and write -

the event that occurred(Ju1y 10). The Bingo program held in the theatre needs three people (volunteers) in or- der to run efficiently. Two people can handle the early part of the program with a few short-comings, but the last half contains stresses which cannot be

volunteers. On the night of the loth, cash flow

was understaffed. But even before I left, there were complaints made to me

culate payouts. A third person is needed to handle the floor - confirm- ing bingoes, making the payouts, and specials' sales on the floor. Without these three tasks being ful

filled, the Bingo is run in an ineffi cient manner, giving rise to complain ts which cannot be answered. Presently there are Paul Taylor,

Rob & myself. The problem arises when

hortfall when one of us is unable to ttend. If you volunteered in the ast and are still interested let aul & I know. It would be helpful o train all volunteers in all.aspect of the Carnegie heatr re's Bingo. This would preclude happenstances similar to what occurred on July 10th.

On JULY 2 7 , from 12-6pm, t h e r e w i l l be a community c r a f t f a i r held a t Oppenheimer Park (400 Powell S t . ) . ,

This i s an i n v i t a t i o n f o r a r t i s t s and c r a f t s p e o p l e t o p r e - r e g i s t e r t o show t h e i r work. It is a l s o an oppor- t u n i t y f o r a r t i s t s t o a s s i s t i n the development of t h i s f a i r .

Tables w i l l be s e t up f o r every a r t i s t r e g i s t e r e d . Music and econom- i ca l ly -p r i ced food w i l l a l s o be provi- ded. This is a chance t o show your work t o a l a r g e audience who w i l l be coming from o u t s i d e the l o c a l a rea .

I n t e r e s t e d ? P lease c a l l 665-2210 ( f o r Pam) o r l eave messages: 665-2274,

It t a k e s a l o t of hard work t o g e t 1 p o s i t i v e change. I s s u e s a r e t h i n g s ' t h a t a f f e c t a l o t of people and some people dec ide t o work f o r t h e s e changes and t h e media - newspapers, r a d i o & TV, even word-of-mouth - plays a c r u c i a l r o l e . I f no one i n a p o s i t i o n t o make change knows what you want, no th ing happens t h e way you want.

On Wednesday, J u l y 10, about 16 peo- p l e gathered f o r a Media Workshop - t o l e a r n how t o most e f f e c t i v e l y g e t 4 progress ive change.

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C o a l i t i o n of People wi th D i s a b i l i t i e s , s t a r t e d wi th account of how her work on d i s a b i l i t y i s s u e s had progressed; Board members being spokespersons on s p e c i f i c a r e a s , l e a r n i n g how t o bu i ld suppor t f o r i n d i v i d u a l s involved, a l e t t e r - t o - t h e - e d i t o r a t l e a s t once a week i n p r i n t , t h e do ' s & d o n ' t s of spreading t h e word a s you hope i t t o be received.

Linda Marcotte of End Leg i s la ted Pov- e r t y , co-ordinat ing t h e workshop, gave a g raph ic example of t h e ' b i g ' p i c t u r e i n t a l k i n g of t h e c o r p o r a t e agenda - pieces of s t r i n g which, by t h e i r l eng th showed how weal th i s d i s t r i b u t e d and how t h e media is used by t h e e l i t e i n power t o r e t a i n t h a t power & wealth.

Videos were shown of newly involved people, g e t t i n g f i r s t h a n d exper ience d t h speaking o u t on t h e i r concerns.

Not t o r e inven t t h e wheel, Bob S a r t i spoke on "what t h e media want" and helped u s understand t h e i n t e r n a l p a r t of news i n t h e mak,ing & i ts coverage.

Debbie E l l i s o n gave i d e a s and ways on being in terviewed; be honest , say i f you a r e nervous, be calm & s i n c e r e , be prepared f o r 'scummy q u e s t i o n s ' , know where your group o r o rgan iza t ion s t ands , p r o t e c t your pe r sona l l i f e from being e x p l o i t e d , t o t h e exc lus ion of t h e i s s u e . . . and l,k rcady wi th a phrase o r term f o r t h 2 w b m t of what you a r e being in terviewed about. I n Debbie's t a l k s about being a s i n g l e parent on we l fa re , she c a l l s i t "Crisis Survival" and a job of . "perpetual c h i l d c a r e wi th no break".

Margaret B i r e l l spoke aga in on how t o w r i t e l e t t e r s - t o - t h e - e d i t o r i n a way t o b e t t e r t h e chance of g e t t i n g p r i n t e d ; make i t s h o r t , quote from the a r t i c l e o r l e t t e r you a r e w r i t i n g about, make t h e f i r s t sen tence t h e 'whole' l e t t e r and t h e l a s t one a s s t r o n g a s p o s s i b l e f o r your p o s i t i o n .

Never lie. If you don't know the answer say so. If possible, give the name of the person or agency who can give the answer.

Never say "no comment". It alienates a television audience and sets the reporter or interviewer on the scent of the real story. Always be pre- pared with an answer for any question that can be asked. Respond brief- ly to a negative question and follow quickly with something positive.

Don't let a reporter or interviewer put words in your mouth. Correct with charm. "No, that is not what I said (think, feel). I said (think, feel) ..." "Neither of those is correct. Let me tell you what is." Don't ramble. Keep your answers short and on the subject. Condense your answer to 3 points. The press wants pithy, substantive quotes 15 to 20 seconds long. Anticipate questions in advance and have quotes ready.

Know in advance what your story is and get it across no matter what questions you are asked. Tell the good news.

Don't engage in verbal sparring with a reporter.

Never lose your temper with the press.

Don't be afraid of silence. Take your time before you answer and think. On radio or television it's the responsibility of the interviewer to fill silence. S/he may either elaborate or come up with another quest-+ ion if the pause is too long. In a print interview, silence does not have to be filled with sound. Give the reporter or interviewer time to digest what you have said and formulate the next question. Never do more than answer the question. You may say more than you int.ended.

Policy statements for your community or organization should be formul- ated on every important issue so that everyone involved knows what should be revealed to the press.

Shoot squarely. If the information is confidential, be prepared for the question with an answer that is honest but not evasive.

Give service. Keep appointments. Keep promises. Provide information.

Be sure of what is happening in any area of your community and issues.

to which it's Sent; headline, one Pa content to the point..and call the ia to remind them of the-event in

I RULE FOR GOOD MEDIA RELATIONS

1. Nothing is off the record.

2. Reporters do not work for you. Don't tell them what to do or expect them to believe what you're telling them just because you are who you are.

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DON' T YOU HATE IT WHEN:

You're broke on ly a week i n t o t h e month?

Someone s a y s you j u s t s i t around a t home a l l day? ' You're t o l d t o g e t o u t t h e r e and f i n d y o u r s e l f a job?

Someone s a y s you need t o budget your money?

You're t o l d you have t o PHONE your worker t o make a n appointment?

You look i n your c l o s e t and d e c i d e t o wear something c h e e r f u l ?

You d e c i d e t o go o u t f o r d i n n e r be- cause "you d e s e r v e a b reak today"?

You j u s t f i n d o u t you 've run o u t of

a l l week.

T h e r e ' s a crowd of peop le w a i t l i n e i n f r o n t of you.

T h e r e ' s n o t h i n g t o budget w i t h

A l l you s e e hanging t h e r e is s loppy I c l o t h e s . You c a n ' t even a f f o r d McDonalds.

I t ' s t h e same soap you 've been u s i n g t o wash your d i s h e s , f l o o r s , h a i r and

DO I HAVE TO LOOK FOR WORK?

I f you a r e on w e l f a r e and "employ- ab le" you DO have t o look f o r work un- l e s s you have a h e a l t h problem.

The law s a y s you have t o 1. Flake r e a s o n a b l e e f f o r t s t o f i n d

work, and 2 . Prove you a r e a c t i v e l y l o o k i n g f o r

work.

What i s r e a s o n a b l e ? ------------------ I f you a s k your worker f o r b u s f a r e

and c l o t h e s and phone money, t h a t ' s r easonab le . Ask your worker f o r money f o r stamps and f o r g e t t i n g your resume typed. I f you a s k peop le you know f o r j o b s , pu t t h e i r names down. C a l l any of t h e group l i s t e d and a s k them f o r a job. You probably won't g e t one b u t they won't h a s s l e 'you and you can p u t i t down on MSSH's form. Wr i t e down t h e names of o t h e r p l a c e s you app ly . Be s u r e t o w r i t e down every phone c a l l & every c o n t a c t you a s k f o r a job .

What i f I c a n ' t r e a d ? .................... ( I f you know someone who d o e s n ' t r ead

v e r y w e l l , r ead t h i s p a r t t o them.) T e l l your worker t h a t you c a n ' t r ead v e r y w e l l . That should be a good rea- son f o r n o t be ing a b l e t o f i n d a job .

How many j o b s do I have t o a p p l y f o r ? -------------------____________________________________-----____________________________________---____________________________________-----____________________________________ This w i l l p robab ly be l e f t up t o

your worker.

What can I do i f I g e t c u t o f f ? -_---------------_-----------______________________________

If you go t o p i c k up your cheque and i t i s n ' t t h e r e , s a y immediately: "I want t o a p p e a l t h i s . I want an a p p e a l k i t , I want you t o f i l l o u t t h e Mini- s t r y ' s p a r t o f t h e form.''

Then c o n t a c t a advocacy group o r c a l l End L e g i s l a t e d Pover ty (879-1209) f o r t h e one n e a r e s t t o you. Winning an a p p e a l i s r e g u l a r , and t h e government h a s t o g i v e you a l l your b e n e f i t s un- t i l t h e r e s u l t of t h e a p p e a l i s known.

What i f I ' m s i c k o r i n j u r e d ? ........................... Get a l e t t e r from your d o c t o r s a y i n g

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t h a t you c a n ' t work. Give i t t o your worker and s a y you want t o become "unemployable". O

What i f t h e s e t h i n g s d o n ' t work? ............................... Get h e l p from a n advocacy group. You

are much s t r o n g e r w i t h a group behind '

you. They a r e exper ienced i n d e a l i n g w i t h t h e w e l f a r e system.

WHY I S THE GOVT. CRACKING DOWN NOW?

Norm Jacobsen i s t h e soc red respons i - b l e f o r w e l f a r e . He s a y s i n h i s l e t t e r t h a t t h e numbers of peop le on w e l f a r e have gone. hat's because t h e unemploy- ment r a t e h a s gone up. I t ' s n o t YOUR f a u l t . There a r e about 40,000 more peop le unemployed i n B.C t h i s summer than l a s t summer.

I t ' s a l s o because t h e government i n Ottawa h a s c u t back on U . I . People who used t o be a b l e t o g e t Unemployment In- s u r a n c e a r e now f o r c e d t o c l a i m w e l f a r e . , This i s n ' t YOUR f a u l t e i t h e r .

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I The s o c r e d s a r e go ing i n t o an e l e c t - '

i o n soon. I t ' s p o l i t i c a l l y popu la r i n 1 some p l a c e s t o bash peop le on w e l f a r e . Maybe they t h i n k t h i s w i l l g e t them some v o t e s . What do you t h i n k ? i

You might want t o a s k f o r some c o u r s e s (From E.L.P. News le t t e r ) t o h e l p you l e a r n how t o read . (Make s u r e you a r e on t h e v o t e r s ' L i s t )

CARNEGIE GOES INTERNATIONAL

The Video t ape i s panasonic B a t t e r i e s f u l l y recharged e x c i t i n g v i s u a l s shoot t h e view crowds of ho l idayers soaking up sun and demonstrators, a few ... blan what a view! everything was grand, t h e mountains and b u i l d i n g s bigger an even mix of o ld and new, e x p l o r e r s t o t h e p i e r ! who played t h e i r music 'ti1 t h e sun went down with t h e Mamas and t h e Papas (and t h e k ids on s t a g e ) Vesperus and sweet hay i n t h e a i r Uncle Sam on s t i l t s lady walks over and g ives me a f a n she could t e l l I was h o t , i t shows.

Enmass t o t h e games, f u l l t i l t ! Char io tee r s p e d a l l i n g t h e s t r e e t s Take me ou t t o t h e b a l l game Pokey s t r e e t c a r moved r e a l f a s t ! but a l a s I was t h e last t o a r r i v e .

Theatre s p o r t s a k i l t i e s game d i d n ' t understand t h e symbols Pepsi and peanuts , having fun t h e f i n a l s c o r e two t o one Victory 's cheer , we won!!!

T. Moorevil le

Mi l l ions from Suckers !

There was a time a long, long t ime ago, when t h e average Canadian family could a f f o r d t o go t o a hockey, base- b a l l o r f o o t b a l l game. That ' s a l l p a s t now. Today a l l major league pro- f e s s i o n a l games ( t h e y ' r e NOT s p o r t s anymore) a r e c a t e r i n g t o t h e r i c h & t h e very r i c h . . . so why do t h e media r e f e r t o t h e s e highly l u c r a t i v e comm- e r c i a l e n t e r p r i s e s as t h e 'Canadian' o r 'American' s p o r t ' s teams?

The e x o r b i t a n t wages & s a l a r i e s paid

11. f o r pushing a rubber d i s c between two goa l pos t s , o r h i t t i n g a b a l l over a fence, i s given a s excuse f o r charg- ing obscene p r i c e s f o r a t tendence ... and then t h e c lub owners charge f o r parking t o ensure t h e i r f a t w a l l e t s a r e s t u f f e d t o overflowing.

"WORKING POOR: KEEP OUT ! " And t h e average Canadian is expected

t o r o o t & cheer f o r t h e s e mil l ion- d o l l a r goons whose e x q u i s i t e d e l i g h t i s i n h i t t i n g , even maiming opponents.

Real s p o r t is amateurism, no t pro- fess iona l i sm (read 'b ig business ' & ' co rpora te s t y l e ' ) . It amounts t o a lockout of t h e average Canadian worker and family . There i s no l i m i t t o t h e G-WED of t h e se l f -cen t red r i c h .

Despi te repeated a t t empts t o ge t Diane MacKenzie t o pose f o r a News- l e t t e r c e n t r e f o l d ( resplendent w i t h , crown & s c e p t r e ) she keeps doing an okay job. (That ' s high p r a i s e , but d o n ' t t e l l h e r - i t ' d j u s t go t o he r head .) Diane has been hung up wi th a weird 'burning f e e t ' d i so rder f o r about 6 o r 7 yea rs , making waiking l i k e being on h o t c o a l s . I n t h e l a s t few days, t h e r e has been s e r i o u s con- ce rn t h a t she i s g e t t i n g b e t t e r !

Something i s working; Diane is , wel l n o t q u i t e dancing, - - - - - - - but walking around a l o t and looks almost normal. Her- f e e t a r e s t a r t i n g t o look l i k e f e e t aga in . Senior s t a f f have discussed a c a l l t o h e r doc to r , saying a s i d e e f f - e c t of t h i s new t reatment has Diane g e t t i n g t e rmina l ly happy!

T e l e v i s i o n

You can be your own TV Techn ic ian . Th i s is t h e message I have s t r i v e n t o

g e t a c r o s s t o r e a d e r s . However, I ' h a v e a l s o t r i e d t o g i v e t h e b a s i c s on what t h e d i f f e r e n t c o n t r o l s a r e and a d v i c e t o m o v e them g e n t l y .

Iiany workable TV s e t s a r e f i r e d i n t o t h e garbage because t h e viewer d i d n ' t know what t o do about t h e bad p i c t u r e o r sound. Many more go t o t h e workshops of t e c h n i c i a n s and on ly come back a f t e r a ransom i s p a i d . Meanwhile, t h e t e c h n i c i - an has o n l y t u r n e d a b u t t o n o r some t r i - f l i n g t h i n g . The f a c t t h a t I ' v e c o r r e c t - ed more t h a n 50% of t h e TV's I ' v e been c a l l e d i n on, wi thou t t a k i n g t h e backs o f f , seems t o shod t h a t h a l f of t h e mal- f u n c t i o n i n g TV's a r e e a s i l y c o r r e c t a b l e .

Recent ly a woman phoned me s a y i n g h e r TV had d i e d t o t a l l y . I t o l d h e r t o push i n & ho ld f o r a minute a r ed b u t t o n she would f i n d on t h e back. She d i d and t h e s e t came a l i v e a g a i n . A t e c h n i c i a n would cha rge h e r $50 & push t h e same b u t t o n .

You can a d j u s t your own c o l o u r . F i r s t , go t o t h e f r o n t o f t h e s e t and

t u r n t h e c o l o u r adjus tment complete ly o f f . I f t h i s produces an i d e a l b l a c k & w h i t e p i c t u r e your c o l o u r i s i n b a l a n c e .

I f , w h i l e t h e c o l o u r is o f f , t h e p i c t u r e h a s b l u e o r g reen o r brown, go t o t h e back of t h e s e t & a d j u s t t h e Red, Green o r Blue Screen b u t t o n s t o g e t a f i n e B & W p i c t u r e . Having o b t a i n e d t h a t good B & W p i c t u r e , t u r n i n g t h e c o l o u r on a g a i n w i l l g i v e you a c o l o u r p i c t u r e i n f i n e b a l a n c e .

Keep i n mind t h a t a d j u s t i n g t h e Screen c o l o u r s a f f e c t s t h e B r i g h t n e s s . I f your c o l o u r b a l a n c e is f i n e bu t t h e p i c t u r e is e i t h e r t o o b r i g h t o r t o o da rk i n s p i t e of ad jus tmen t s made t o main o r secondary b r i g h t n e s s c o n t r o l s , you may have t o c rank a l l t h e Colour Sc reen b u t t o n s e i t h e r up o r down t o c o r r e c t your b r i g h t n e s s l e v e l .

The Colour Drive b u t t o n s a r e your a c e i f t h e Colour Sc reen sys tem won't o r c a n ' t g i v e you t h e p i c t u r e you want .

You p a i d money f o r your TV. You may as w e l l have it working a t i t s b e s t . You can b r i n g t h a t about w i t h o n l y a l i t t l e knowledge.

By ERIC ERICKSEN

SUMMARY OF ELP ACTIVITIES FROM MARCH, 1990 THROUGH MAY, 1991,

MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

* Elp has been us.ing the forced employment action group, regional FLAW meet- ; ings, food program work and corporate agenda workshops to organise more low ? - income people.

* Funding for school food programs has become a provincial issue with both the socreds and NDP promising some action. * Ongoing fighting poverty groups, mostly made of low income people, have been developed out of regional FLAW meetings. * ELP resolutions have been passed in communities from Alert Bay to Zeballos. * Charity has become an issue and people are asking for our input on this issue. * Forced employment is now a recognized issue, and we have a committment from the NDP to end it. * More people understand the corporate agenda. * There has been more involvement of ELP Board members, committee members and volunteers.

EDUCATION ACTIVITIES:

* Hundreds of Fighting Poverty Kits have been distributed. * ELP resolutions on welfare, forced employment and minimum wages have been distributed to hundreds of groups, towns and cities, arousing much debate and education. Many have passed the resolutions. * Corporate agenda workshops: These have been given at the VSW, United Church, Nanaimo Dube conference, Regional FLAW meetings in Nelson, Victoria, Gibsons Terrace, to low income people in Ottawa (half of the NAP0 executive). * Students come to the office nearly week for info about poverty. * Knowledge Network and Cable TV programs on poverty. * We've written articles for Pulse, the Womanist, Vancouver Sun and Province and the Oxfam Health Newsletter.

the privatizatibn of education, to the NDP on how the economy is affecting poor people, to the Childcare Task Force on child care, to the parliamentary cornittee on child poverty, and to the Senate on Bill C-69.

TALKS & SPEECHES: ELP presented talks or speeches as follows: On the GST to the Quadra NDP; keynote at Edmonton poverty conference;

keynote at National Action Committee on Status of Women; on poverty and the corporate agenda at OPSEU convention; on economics and violence with Oxfam; on poverty and the corporate agenda to Surrey NDP; on poverty to students at School of Social Work; on poverty to BC Nutritionists; on poverty to Nation- al Association of Women and the Law; on poverty and what teachers can do to help poor children at the BCTF conference on poverty; on poverty at LaQuena; to 4 second-year sociology classes.

REGIONAL FLAW MEETINGS: These have been held in Nelson, Victoria, Gibsons & Terrace. They generally include legal info, how < .

advocates can get involved in ELP campaigns to reduce poverty. The day long workshop helps local residents on what they want to do in their community to help fight poverty.

LOWER MAINLAND FLAW MEETINGS: These have been held once per month for advo- cates in the Lower Mainland to discuss victor-

ies and work together to solve problems and raise issues.

NEWSLETTERS: ELP has been producing 3 newsletters monthly. They are: - The ELP Newsletter, distributed mostly to people in Lower Mainland food

bank lineups, and mailed to advocates around the province. This newsletter contains legal info for low income people. It is funded by Legal Services.

- FLAWline, distributed,.monthly mostly by mail to about 300 people through out BC and Canada. This has info about welfare advocacy and actions against poverty .

- ACTIONLINE, distributed monthly mostly by mail to about 300 people. This has info about what ELP has been doing for the last month, and analysis about current issues relating to poverty.

TRIPS: Sheila Baxter attended the Social Solidarity Conference in Quebec 1 - City; Joan Morelli the Human Rights College in Ottawa; Margaret Enn- enberg the FAPG AGM in Naramata; Debbie Ellison the Charter Challenges Con- ference in Winnipeg; Antoinette Naffa and Karen Shillington to the House Committee on Child Poverty in Ottawa; Cathie Yingling the National Associa- tion of Women and the Law Conference in Toronto. Staff members have been invited to Toronto, Ottawa, Windsor, Winnipeg and

Edmonton to give speeches.

WORKSHOPS: ELP staff have given workshops on GST (with Sheila Baxter), food programs, getting advocates involved in fighting poverty, class-

ism, and poverty issues.

CHARTER: ELP'S charter committees worked to develop a court case that would help to get the same amount of money for children on welfare that

foster parents get. In the meantime we helped start a charter case on forc- ed employment. As a result the Board decided to put the foster parent case on hold for the time being.

FUNDS: ELP raised enough money to continue for the year.

OTHER GROUPS WE WORKED WITH: ' Concerned Women of BC to retrieve funding for womens' centres; Women for Better Wages; TRAC:

Health Care Advocates; Popular Sector Media breakfasts; PLURA; BC working group on Canada-Mexico free trade and the Coalition Against "Free" Trade (now called Action Canada Network (BC); Women and the Decade Group.

ACTION CANADA NETWORK: ELP played a major part in ACN activities, helping with a demo on Oct. 22nd, the GST vote in April; the

GST Stomp, national meetings, various demos and distribution of info from the national ACN.

ASSORTED MEETINGS & CAPERS: Victoria Child Poverty Forum, Surrey Child Pov- erty Forum, Christmas stocking to the socreds,

leafletted Les Miserables, organized delegations to City Halls and School Boards, Mother's work is never done event, Food program retreat, Bandaid leafletting and street theatre, meeting with Harcourt and ELP Board, meeting with NDP social services committee and Norm Jacobsen, Sanctuary on forced , employment, Wheel of Misfortune all-candidates meeting.

BROCHURES: 'Charity is a Bandaid, not a Solution'; 'Free Trade and the new world order'; 'What can Advocates do about war'; Les Miserables

leaflet; quotes from people in the food bank lines; 'Child Poverty in Surrey; Association for Better Communities; welfare deducting money from cheques.

FOOD PROGRAM WORK: ELP has been working with local committees in Burnaby, Victoria, Surrey and Vancouver on school lunch programs.

This has been hard work, but this year Surrey put in a program in one school and Victoria in two schools.- although neither of these programs are as good as Vancouver's. Committee members have been working hard, building communi- ty support, lobbying politicians, getting in the news, helping each other speak out.

We had a retreat for most of the food program organizers in May.so they could get to know each other and share some strategies and experiences. Now that the socreds and NDP have discovered hungry children, the work has foc- used on ensuring that the food program that the government supports meets ELP's principles for universality, no stigma and nutrition.

ELP Staff: Patricia Chauncey, Pam Fleming, Linda Marcotte & Jean Swanson.

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- - 1 INTRODUCING CLEO REESE

I f you a t t e n d e d l a s t ~ o n d a ~ ' s C u l t u r a l Sharing even t you no t o n l y s a i d f a r e w e l l t o Vio la Thomas, you a l s o met h e r r e p l a c e . ment, Cleo Reese.

C l e o ' s a Cree f r p , Northern A l b e r t a bu t s h e ' s been around BC f o r t h e p a s t 17 y r s . She's f i l l i n g i n a t Carnegie a s Educat ion Programmer f o r t h e n e x t 4 months & h e r background makes h e r p e r f e c t f o r i t .

F i r s t of a l l , ~ l e o ' s a t r a i n e d t e a c h e r (SFU), a l i t e r a c y co-o rd ina to r ( A r c t i c College, NWT), a p u b l i c programs o f f i c e r (Museum of Northern BC, P r i n c e Ruper t ) . She a l s o h a s a background i n a b o r i g i n a l film-making & i s t h e N a t i o n a l Coord ina to r of t h e F i r s t Na t ions Fi lm Makers A l l i a n c e

C l e o s a y s s h e ' s done a b i t o f e v e r y t h i n g / i n c l u d i n g working i n a l i b r a r y - b u t s h e 1 : yet t o d r i v e a cab.

No s t r a n g e r t o Carnegie , Cleo h a s t aken

l our c r e a t i v e w r i t i n g c o u r s e ( w i t h r a v e re. vues from h e r t e a c h e r ) & s h e ' s a Computer

I Room u s e r . Best of a l l , Cleo came h i g h l y recommend.

led by Vio la Thomas, who won o u r h e a r t s &

I our admi ra t ion w i t h h e r r e c e n t ha rd work here. I f V i o l a t h i n k s h i g h l y of Cleo then so do we!

But t h e r e ' s an i n t e r e s t i n g t w i s t t o Clel & h e r Carnegie s t o r y . L a s t week when s h e came i n f o r h e r i n t e r v i e w s h e remarked on a s i g n s h e ' d n o t i c e d w h i l e walking up o u r s t a i r c a s e . "Cree C l a s s e s . J o e D e s j a r l a i s . "What a co inc idence , " s h e s a i d . "Tha t ' s m Dad's name. How o l d is t h i s J o e D e s j a r l a i person?"

"About h i s mid-f i f t i e s , " s a i d Donald. "Oh, t h a t ' s t o o young t o b e my Dad," s a i d Cleo. "He's i n h i s s e v e n t i e s and I haven' seen him f o r 1 3 yea r s . ' '

1 Well, h e r second n i g h t a t Carneg ie , Cle thought s h e ' s j u s t d rop i n t o t h a t Cree Class t o s e e what was happening. And, yo guessed i t , t h e i n s t r u c t o r was h e r Dad!

Cleo s a y s s h e & h e r f a t h e r hugged, t a l k ed about what h e ' s been do ing , g o t up t o d a t e on each o t h e r ' s l i v e s . J o e speaks 3 o r 4 Nat ive l anguages , p l u s Ukranian. He reads & w r i t e s Cree, & h a s j u s t p icked up a new toggue - Chinese , though Cleo doesn ' t know i f i t ' s Cantonese o r Mandarin.

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C l e o ' s p r e t t y e x c i t e d ! Anew job i n a ( p l a c e s h e knows & l i k e s . . a chance t o g e t ' t o know h e r dad a g a i n & t o h e a r more of h i s s t o r i e s . Welcome t o Carnegie , Cleo!

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TRUTH I S STRANGER THAN FICTION CARNEGIE ' S NEW DIRECTOR

Las t Tuesday n i g h t Donald MacPherson came a c r o s s hardworking v o l u n t e e r Mary Brogan, i n t e a r s on t h e second f l o o r . I t seems Mary was f e e l i n g sad & miss ing f o r - mer s t a f f member Bruce Jackson.

Ever r e s o u r c e f u l , Donald took Mary t o t h e D i r e c t o r ' s o f f i c e & s a t h e r i n t h e D i r e c t o r ' s c h a i r . Then h e d i a l e d Bruce ' s number i n Nelson, handed t h e phone t o Mary, & t o l d h e r t o t e l l Bruce s h e was t h e new D i r e c t o r .

So Mary d i d . And Bruce s a i d . "That ' s an 1 improvement ! "

... who's who around t h i s p l a c e ... In c a s e y o u ' r e wondering, t h e r e ' s been a

b i t of a s w i t c h i n s t a f f r o l e s over t h e summer .

Dan T e t r a u l t h a s t a k e n on Bruce ' s o l d job of Programmer 11.

J e r r y S e n t i n o i s t a c k l i n g Dan's j o b a s S e c u r i t y S u p e r v i s o r .

And Robert Begin has t u r n e d i n t o J e r r y , a s Ki tchen Program A s s i s t a n t .

A l l of t h i s makes p e r f e c t s e n s e u n t i l you r e a l i z e t h a t Robert Begin, who now he lps run t h e k i t c h e n , t r a v e l s t o t h e S e n i o r ' s Lounge t o buy h i s c o f f e e . So what is t h e meaning of l i f e , my f r i e n d ?

B I N G O . .. B I N G O . . . B I N G O

Have you n o t i c e d how t i r e d Muggs Sigurg- e i r s o n l o o k s t h e s e days?

Wel l , s h e ' s keep ing l a t e n i g h t s - t h a t ' s f o r s u r e - b u t s h e h a s n ' t t u r n e d i n t o a p a r t y g i r l .

i d e n t of S t a r Bingo A s s o c i a t i o n t o o & is over t h e r e u n t i l 2 & 3 i n t h e morning.

T h e r e ' s been l o t s of a c t i o n o v e r a t S t a ( a b i t of a r e v o l u t i o n you cou ld c a l l i t ) You s e e t h e r e a r e 26 groups o p e r a t i n g i n t h e h a l l & depending on t h e t i m e your o r g a n i s a t i o n g e t s t o ho ld t h e i r Bingo you c a make a l o t of money ( F r i d a y n i g h t ) o r v e r l i t t l e (Monday a f t e r n o o n ) .

The groups who j o i n e d S t a r f i r s t knew l o t s about Bingo & t h e y chose t h e b e s t t imes . A F r iday n i g h t group made $125,000 c l e a r i n 1990. A Monday a f t e r n o o n Bingo grossed $8,000 f o r t h e whole y e a r . The Carnegie A s s o c i a t i o n j u s t brought home $20,000 l a s t y e a r . Some k ind of d i s c r e p - ancy, you s a y ?

Muggs s a y s t h i s r ange of incomes l e d t o i n • ’ i g h t i n g , r e sen tment , compe t i t ion and a l a c k of co -opera t ion amongst t h e groups .

So t h e member o r g a n i z a t i o n s o f S t a r met & be a m a j o r i t y v o t e dec ided t o p o o l t h e r e sources - t h a t i s , s h a r e o u t a l l t h e money e q u a l l y a t t h e end of each month. A s you would imagine, t h e groups p u l l i n g i n t h e b i g bucks a r e v e r y s t r o n g l y oppose, t o t h e i d e a of p o l l i n g .

J u l y 1, 1991 was d e s i g n a t e d a s t h e day t o change o v e r t o t h e pooled sys tems. EIuggs, a s t h e new S t a r Bingo P r e s i d e n t , nelped t o h i r e a new c o r e group of s t a f f . (Formerly , t h e r e ' d been 26 s e p a r a t e s e t s 3f s t a f f , a l l pa id s e p a r a t e l y , w i t h i n d i v . idrial d e a l s . . some under t h e t a b l e .) Now 2veryone on p a y r o l l & t h e o l d s t a f f a r m ' very happy.

Muggs & h e r h i r i n g committee. gave l o t s ~ f new peop le a chance t o work a t S t a r . J n f o r t u n a t e l y , t h e s e e a g e r f o l k s - j u s t Like Muggs & t h e o t h e r S t a r Bingo Board nembers - w e r e n ' t f u l l y exper ienced i n op- : r a t i n g a b ingo h a l l & everyone had t o b e : r a ined on t h e j o b w h i l e b ingo games were l c t u a l l y i n p r o g r e s s . Muggs & t h e gang jus t c o u l d n ' t a f f o r d t o hhut down t h e h a l l Eor a day o f t r a i n i n g .

We a t Carneg ie know Muggs i s g r e a t b u t thy d i d S t a r e l e c t h e r a s P r e s i d e n t ? "Not l ecause I ' m s k i l l e d a t b ingo , I v s a y s Muggs . 'Mainly because I was t h e o n l y one a v a i l - ~ b l e , " s a y s s h e , modest ly .

Muggs h a s one q u a l i t y S t a r r e a l l y needs

r i g h t now: s h e ' s one tough woman. Some groups g o t t i c k e d o f f & l e f t t h e h a l l , s o ~ t h e r s were bfought i n . I n a d d i t i o n some extended t h e i r t ime s l o t s s o t h e r e ' d b e no l a g i n b ingo games. The f i r s t f o u r days o f poo l ing Muggs & "The S t a r s ' ' were con- s t a n t l y go ing o v e r t h e i r s c h e d u l e s , n o t I s u r e of who planned t o jump s h i p & who d i d n ' t . I

Then t h e b i g guns a r r i v e d . The 3 o rgan i - z a t i o n s i n t h e h i g h income b r a c k e t h i r e d a lawyer & came marching i n t o t h e h a l l de- t e rmin ined t o h o l d t h e i r b ingo i n t h e o l d t ime s l o t s no m a t t e r what anyone s a i d . And a l l ' t h i s happened w h i l e t h e new s t a f f t r i e d t o keep t h e i r games go ing . The law- y e r , w i t h QC a f t e r h e r name, t h r e a t e n e d t o sue t h e S t a r A s s o c i a t i o n & g e t an in junc- t i o n t o p r e v e n t t h e i r o p e r a t i n g a s a poo l .

Next day Muggs was summoned t o a meet ing wi th M r . McIntosh, Chairman of t h e Gaming Commission, who came o v e r from V i c t o r i a t o i n v e s t i g a t e . Luck i ly h e backed Muggs & t o l d t h e opposing groups t o a b i d e by t h e r u l e of t h e m a j o r i t y ( p o o l i n g t h e p r o f i t s ) o r look f o r a n o t h e r h a l l .

The 3 i r a t e groups a r e do ing t h e abso l - u t e minimum a t t h e h a l l . They ' r e watching t o s e e i f t h e new system works-& t h e n d e c i d e whether t o s t a y . Too bad , s i n c e t h e i r r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s a r e we l l -pa id prof- e s s i o n a l - f u n d r a i s e r s w i t h s k i l l s t h a t cou ld r e a l l y h e l p d u r i n g t h i s tough chang over s i t u a t i o n .

The groups making t h e e f f o r t have peop l v o l u n t e e r i n g t h e i r t i m e . Peop le l i k e Bob Muggs who d e f i n i t e l y a r e n ' t h i ~ h l y p a i d p r o f e s s i o n a l f u n d r a i s e r s .

Muggs s a y s i t ' s s imple . The S t a r p a t r o n come from t h e community. T h e r e f o r e t h e h a l l shou ld r e l a t e t o t h e community, ans- wer t o t h e community & indeed b e p a r t of t h e community.

So, N e w s l e t t e r r e a d e r s , g e t o u t & supp- o r t your comm,unity b ingo . P l a y a t S t a r where more o f t h e money goes s t r a i g h t bac i n t o t h e neighbourhood.

Muggs s a y s t h e s t a f f a r e f r i e n d l y , wel- coming & happy t o s e e you. And f o r t h o s e who f i n d C a r n e g i e ' s k i t c h e n t o o pure f o r you, drop i n t o S t a r and en joy a smokie on

7:30pm t h e r e is a FREE community event 1 i n Grandview P a r k (1200 Commercial D r ) ' w i t h music from b o t h l o c a l & i n t e r n a -

t i o n a l g r o u p s , a c h i l d r e n ' s area t h a t w i l l have per formances & f u n p a r t i c i -

g p a t i o n a c t i v i t i e s winding up i n a p a r - ade. T h i s g r e a t t ime is t h e 6 t h Annu- a l LA QUENA ( c o f f e e h o u s e ) FIESTA! I There w i l l be food a v a i l a b l e b o t h a t La Quena & a t t h e park . I n f o r m a t i o n t a b l e s & g r e e t i n g s from v a r i o u s c u l t - u r a l & p o l i t i c a l o r g a n i z a t i o n s w i l l add t o t h e f e s t i v i t i e s . 1 T h i s y e a r t h e f o c u s o f FIESTA is of env i ronmen ta l and N a t i v e c o n c e r n s . This c a n b e s e e n i n t h e d e s i g n of o u r

'pos ters , T - s h i r t s & b u t t o n s . ILI The FIESTA is co-sponsored t h i s year

I by Co-op Radio (102.7fm - CFRO) . By buying a b u t t o n you c a n h e l p s u p p o r t both La Quena & Co-op Radio, two o f East v a n ' s m a i n s t a y s . Both a r e non-

- p r o f i t , v o l u n t e e r - r u n o r g a n i z a t i o n s , always open t o community i n p u t .

La Quena Cof feehouse (1111 Commerc- i a l Dr.) h a s been around f o r o v e r 8 yea r s and i s open Tuesday - Sunday

( I l lam - l lpm. La Quena p r o v i d e s n o t o n l y L a t i n Am-

e r i c a n food a t a n a f f o r d a b l e c o s t b u t i s a mee t ing p l a c e f o r newcomers t o meet o t h e r s . Dur ing some e v e n i n g s t h e r e are s o c i a l e v e n t s t h a t b r i n g to- g e t h e r o u r d i v e r s e & wide community of f r i e n d s t o s h a r e i n f o r m a t i o n , music & good t i m e s . P i c k up a monthly c a l e n - da r and become a r e g u l a r . . s o o n e r o r l a t e r y o u ' l l j o i n t h e crew f o r a f o u r hour s h i f t once a week. Not o n l y would you have f u n b u t v a l u a b l e s k i l l s can be l e a r n e d .

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A l a t e e v e n i n g i n September , T h a t ' s t h e b e s t I c a n remember; I met t h e s t r a n g e s t g i r1 ,who w a s Diane. A s a d , p a t h e t i c c r e a t u r e That n i g h t t h a t I would meet h e r ; T h e r e , s i t C i n g i n a b a r , That was Diane.

Diane ,b iane ,my poor Diane , What h o r r o r s f i l l your mind. There a r e s p i d e r s on t h e w a l l , Snakes are c r a w l i n g down t h e h a l l ; No s l e e p ' f o r you t o n i g h t , My poor Diane.

Now a s soon as s h e w a s a b l e , She came o v e r t o my t a b l e ; The re w a s n o t h i n g shy a b o u t Diane. She w a s n o t v e r y p r e t t y , J u s t a hooker i n t h e c i t y ; For t h a t w a s how s h e l i v e d , That w a s Diane.

Diane,Diane,my poor Diane , What h o r r o r s f i l l your mind. T h e r e ' s a monster i n your c h a i r , Blood i s f l o a t i n g on t h e a i r ; No s l e e p f o r you t o n i g h t , Fly poor Diane.

Because s h e needed food t o e a t , Shc had t o work upon t h e s t r e e t ; She was g o i n g t o have a baby,soon due . She was q u i e t when s h e spoke , She w a s l o n e l y , s h e was b r o k e ; A v e r y d e s p e r a t e g i r l , ' h a t was Diane.

Diane,Diane,my poor Diane , What h o r r o r s f i l l your mind. Everywhere i s c r e e p i n g f e a r , And i t keeps on coming n e a r ; No s l e e p f o r you t o n i g h t , . My poor Diane .

I s a i d I would t a k e h e r home, So t h e s t r e e t s h e would n o t roam; I gave h e r food and a p l a c e t o r e s t . But s h e c o u l d n o t s l e e p a t n i g h t , She paced t h e h a l l s ti1 i t w a s l i g h t ; One poor , t o rmen ted g i r l , 'I'hat was Diane.

Diane ,Diane ,my poor Diane , What h o r r o r s f i l l y o u r mind. There a r e wc[i.ches i n your head , S p i r i t s t a l k i n g by y o u r bed; No s l e e p f o r you t o n i g h t , 1.y poor Diane.

1)iane would h a r d l y e v e r s p e a k , l'hough s h e was w i t h me f o r a week; l'hen soon t h e b a b y , i t began t o come. On an e a r l y Sunday morn, l ler t i n y b a b y , i t was b o r n ; A p r e t t y baby g i r l , She named Diane.

Diane,Diane,my poor D iane , What h o r r o r s f i l l you r mind. Whenever you a r e dreaming, You a lways wake up sc reaming ; No s l e e p f o r you t o n i g h t , - My poor Diane.

Very g e n t l y , D i a n e p r e s s e d The w a r m baby t o h e r b r e a s t ; F e e l i n g a l o v e s h e n e v e r knew b e f o r e . But t hen s a d n e s s , p a i n and shame, f iecause when t h e Wel fa re came, They took away t h e baby, That w a s Diane.

D i ~ n e , D i a n e , m y poor Diane , What h o r r o r s f i l l you r mind. The re a r e demons on y o u r t r a c k , They a r e c l a w i n g a t your back ;

I N O s l e e p f o r you t o n i g h t , My poor Diane.

Not one t e a r d r o p touched h e r e y e , Not a w h i s p e r o f a s i g h ; Though h e r mind w a s w r i t h i n g i n a s t o r m Without a s i n g l e word t o s a y , She walked o u t one r a i n y d a y ; She k i s s e d me when s h e l e f t , That w a s Diane.

Diane,Diane,my poor Diane , ,What h o r r o r s f i l l y o u r mind. W e l f a r e came and took y o u r c h i l d , Now y o u r mind i s r u n n i n g w i l d ; No s l e e p f o r you t o n i g h t , My poor Diane .

From a b r i d g e s o v e r y h i g h , From t h e g u a r d r a i l s h e would f l y ! I n t o t h e c o l d d a r k w a t e r s f a r below. A l l h e r t o rmen t would b e gone, A s t h e moments d r i f t e d on; The end o f a s a d l i f e , That w a s Diane.

Diane,Diane,my poor Diane , No more h o r r o r s f i l l you r mind. No more s p i d e r s c l i m b t h e w a l l , No more s n a k e s c r a w l down t h e h a l l ; You have a l l E t e r n i t y t o s l e e p , My poor Diane .

Michae l James McLellan

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We must work to stop the free trade deals if we want a country that cares for people. That was the message coming from

the Action Canada Network (BC) con- ference - Co-operation, not Competi- tion - held in Vancouver 3115 & 1/6. Action Canada Network (BC) is the new name for the old Coalition Against "Free" Trade in B.C. Tony Clarke, chair of the national

ACN, made up of groups representing over 10 million Canadians, told about 120 people at the conference that we have to "sign up for the future of our country .I' Clarke said that when the Tories

talk about "competitiveness", they mean that people in Canada should "compete to be poorer." Clarke noted that the Tories have passed a number of laws that create more poverty: laws that cut back UI, medicare, ed- ucation and social programs. Wage controls also create poverty. Robert Fox, who works with Oxfam

in Central America, told the crowd that poverty is getting worse in the Third World, but not because of free trade yet. Poverty is increasing there because of policies of the In- ternational Monetary Fund and the World Bank. These institutions re- quire countries to cut meagre social programs, produce flowers for export instead of food for eating, and pri- vatize, as a condition of getting loans to make their debt payments. But all of these policies increase poverty. Fox said that free trade would cement poverty in Central Am. Jim Sinclair of the Fisherman's

Union in Vancouver also spoke. Free trade means we lose the ability to plan and produce a society based on our wealth, he said. Because of free trade, Canadian companies are buying fish plants in the U.S. They plan to export Canadian fish to be processed in these American-based plants where workers make $5 an hour instead of the $13 that they make in Canada. Sinclair said that forest companies may export raw logs to Mexico to be processed into lumber at low wages. Clarke told delegates to the confer-

ence that we need a new kind of trade , - trade that will improve the living standards of the people in all areas. Conference participants made action

recommendation to ACN(BC). First on the list is to show the video "We Can Say NO" in as many places as possible so people will understand how the trade deals undermine democracy and create poverty. The video includes a guest appearance by ELP Director Paul Taylor.

Anyone wanting to "sign up for Canada" by borrowing and showing the video, call the ELP office at 879-1209.

(End Legislated Poverty is a coali- tion of 27 BC groups that want govern- ments to reduce and end poverty.)

1 Editor,

/ The C i t i zens Advisory Board t o Corr- jections (p rov inc i a l Minis t ry of Sol ic- i i t o r General) f o r t h e Vancouver Metro region i s a non-profi t vo lunteer board es tab l i shed i n 1977 , to , i n p a r t , pro- vide a source of publ ic opinion t o t he BC Correct ions Branch by examining, quest ioning and responding t o ma t t e r s brought t o t h e a t t e n t i o n of t he Advis- ory Board. One p a r t of our mandate involves consul t ing with members of t h e public. What do you consider import- ant t o t h e Correct ions system here i n the Lower Mainland? 1. How should young of fenders be

t r e a t e d ? 2. Should e l e c t r o n i c monitoring (sim-

i l a r t o being under "house a r r e s t " where t h e of fender wears an ankle brace le t and h i s l h e r a c t i v i t i e s a r e mmitored a t a c e n t r a l l oca t ion ) be expanded ?

3 . How can govt. be s t respond t o t h e needs of mental ly d i sordered o f f -

enders? 4. How can govt . b e s t respond t o t h e

needs of Native of fenders? What do you th ink? What should be

, t h e p r i o r i t i e s of BC Correct ions? What could be done t o improve t h e a r e a of correct ions?

Please w r i t e wi th your thoughts t o the C i t i zen ' s Advisory Board t o Corr- ec t ions , 401-815 Hornby St . , Van. V6Z 2E6. Darren Lowe

MUTILATING O U R LANGUAGE t o end MEDICARE

Frances Russe l l had another fascin- a t i n g a r t i c l e i n t h e Winnipeg Free P re s s (May 18). The f i n a n ~ e ~ m i n i s t e r ' s r epo r t of t h e Western Premiers confer- ence i n Nipawin, Sask. shows t h a t pro- v i n c i a l governments a r e i n on the p l o t wi th t h e f e d e r a l government t o des t roy Medicare.

Russe l l shows how t h e f inance mini- s t e r ' s r epo r t d i sgu i se s , i n t h e i r neo- conserva t ive jargon, t he f i v e founding p r i n c i p l e s of medicare. The f i v e pr in- c i p l e s , enshrined i n t h e Canada Health Act, a r e u n i v e r s a l i t y (everyone g e t s medicare), comprehensiveness ( t he ca re you ge t i s complete) , p o r t a b i l i t y (you can ge t c a r e i n any province o r terri- t o r y ) , a c c e s s i b i l i t y (everyone has a r i g h t t o ge t c a r e ) , and publ ic ly ad- min is te red (hea l th c a r e i s not f o r p r o f i t ) .

The Min i s t e r ' s r epo r t changes t he f i v e p r i n c i p l e s l i k e t h i s :

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* U n i v e r s a l i t y becomes " e q u i t a b l e and - - - - - - - - - - - - r e s p o n s i b l e p a r t n e r s h i p " . T h i s

means u s e r f e e s , p r i v a t e i n s u r a n c e and h i g h e r premiums.

;? Comprehens iveness becomes "adequacy ----------------- and a f f o r d a b i l i t y " . T h i s means a f f -

o r d a b l e t o t h e p r o v i n c e , and i m p l i e s a c c e p t a n c e o f t h e myth t h a t o u r h e a l t h c a r e sys t em i s n o t a f f o r d a b l e now.

>? P o r t a b i l i t y becomes " e f f i c i e n c y , ----------- f l e x i b i l i t y and r e s p o n s i v e n e s s " .

T h i s means t h a t p r o v i n c e s c a n d e s i g n t h e i r own h e a l t h sys t em which means t h e end o f n a t i o n a l s t a n d a r d s . E f f i c i - ency means t h a t t h e m a r k e t , n o t t h e n e e d s o f p e o p l e w i l l make d e c i s i o n s a b o u t who g e t s h e a l t h c a r e .

* A c c e s s i b i l i t y becomes " s t a b i l i t y & ------------- p r e d i c t a b i l i t y " . T h i s means t h a t

governments w i l l s e t l i m i t s on p u b l i c s u p p o r t and p a t i e n t s w i l l have t o pay t h e r e s t .

J( P u b l i c a d m i n i s t r a t i o n becomes "sim- ..................... p l i c i t y and a c c o u n t a b i l i t y " . T h i s

means c o n t r a c t i n g o u t & p r i v a t i z a t i o n .

It seems t h a t r i g h t wing governments w i l l do j u s t a b o u t a n y t h i n g t o g e t Canadians t o b e l i e v e t h a t t h e m e d i c a r e sys t em we c h e r i s h h a s t o go.

'Money buys p l ea su re , s o c i a l power & a l l :he temporary - t h i n g s t h a t seem t o make Life worth l i v i n g . O r i g i n a l l y , c a p i t a l i s m Jas meant t o provide t h i s foundat ion on

I rhich i n d i v i d u a l s could b u i l d a b e t t e r I ; e l f . The i n t e l l e c t u a l , s p i r i t u a l & crea- , Live a b i l i t i e s of each person might then lave an equa l oppor tun i ty t o t a k e r o o t i n j the emotional s t a b i l i t y t h a t m a t e r i a l s e c u r i t y was meant t o provide. Unfortun- 3 t e ly , t h e i nven to r s of c a p i t a l i s m , who- 3ver they were, d i d no t f o r e s e e t h e sed- ~ c t i v e i n f l u e n c e a l l t h i s p l e a s u r e , soc- i a l power & m a t e r i a l luxury would e x e r t >n t h e minds & h e a r t s of men & women. The more p l ea su re they g e t - t h e more

they want. The more s o c i a l power they achieve, t h e l e s s important s p i r i t u a l , c r e a t i v e & i n t e l l e c t u a l development seems t o be. Th i s i s what a d d i c t i o n & obsess ior a r e a l l about . When s o c i a l workers en- counter t h i s a t t i t u d e i n people who use i l l e g a l drugs o r a l c o h o l , they i d e n t i f y i t a s "The Problem" & c a l l i t h he Addic- t i v e Pe r sona l i t y . " When t h e s e same peoplc d iscover t h i s a t t i t u d e i n someone who is good a t making money wi th i t - they c a l l i t he So lu t ion" & reward t h a t person f o r "being r e spons ib l e " & " tak ing t h e i n - i t i a t i v e . " This , they b e l i e v e , is t h e pa th t h a t l e a d s t o succes s , because t hey d e f i n e succes s a s economic r a t h e r than humanist ic development.

The u l t i m a t e a d d i c t i v e behaviour, i n terms of economics, is us ing money t o make more money, i n s t e a d of u s ing i t , a s t h e o r i g i n a l phi losophy of c a p i t a l i s m in. tended - t o provide t h e s i t u a t i o n necess. a r y f o r i n t e l l e c t u a l , c r e a t i v e & s p i r i t - u a l development. Using money t o make morl money i s n o t c a l l e d economic a d d i c t i o n , i t ' s c a l l e d "investment". Addic t ive econ omic behaviour has now become t h e purposl of cap i t a l i sm . The s t o c k market & r e a l e s t a t e depend on i t f o r t h e i r very exis- tence. J u s t a s a drug a d d i c t might seek t o un-

de r s t and h i s o r he r obses s ive abuse of

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widespread a d d i c t i o n approved o f by soc- i e t y . Most s c h o o l c h i l d r e n a s p i r e t o be- come " r i c h & famous". The m a j o r i t y of p a r e n t s , t e a c h e r s & a u t h o r i t y f i g u r e s en- courage t h i s . They a r e no b e t t e r t h a n t h e drug d e a l e r who hangs around t h e p lay- ground t o hcok k i d s on c r a c k c o c a i n e . Economic a d d i c t i o n w i l l e v e n t u a l l y c r e a t e an e m o t i o n a l & i n t e l l e c t u a l p o v e r t y & deep s p i r i t u a l d e s p a i r i n t h o s e who g e t hooked on i t . . . h e r o i n & c o c a i n e w i l l pro- v i d e t h e same i l l u s i o n s o f power & succ- e s s l e a d i n g t o c o n f u s i o n & d e s p a i r - economic a d d i c t i o n is t h e same t r i p , i t j u s t t a k e s a l o t l o n g e r . By t h e t i m e the! begin t o r e a l i z e w h a t ' s happened t o them< most money a d d i c t s w i l l b e beyond h e l p . The i r o n l y d e f e n c e a g a i n s t r e a l i t y w i l l be t o u s e t h e i r money t o c r e a t e a n image o f s u c c e s s & t o p r e t e n d t h e y ' r e happy & s a t i s f i e d w i t h what t h e y have become. The i n t e r e s t i n g t h i n g abou t a l l t h i s , t o

m e , i s t h a t t h e whole t h i n g h i n g e s on t h e a t t i t u d e of t h e i n d i v i d u a l . . . t h e i r motiv- a r ion ,o r p u r p o s e f o r d o i n g what t h e y do - If t h e i r p u r p o s e f o r making money i s t o

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Yes, how can we t r a v e l i n Peace i n f a c e of what we s e e r i g h t i n f r o n t o f u s ? ? ? ? What d o e s i t c o s t u s , t o t r a v e l 'i:,is r e d r o a d . Yes paved i n b lood & s u f f e r i n g o f o u r R e l a t i v e s ? ? ? ?

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... l a s t i s s u e - f r o n t page. Th is i s sue . .back page. . . and t h e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n of F i r s t United Church (FUC) c o n t i n u e s t o i g n o r e t h e honest q u e s t i o n s & concerns of a growing number of people i n our community. A few members of FUC have i%digan t ly s a i d t h e y were on t h e board t h e r e . .and I wonder how many o t h e r FUC members d o n ' t even know of t h e e x i s t e n c e of t h e Overs ight Board, t h e body of appo in ted power from o u t s i d e t h e a r e a which, i n i t s omniscient wisdom, d i c t a t e s t h e r u l e s , s t a r t s o r s t o p s programs and s o on. The c u r r e n t wisdom s a y s ' h i d e u n t i l t h e s t o r m p a s s e s . . u n t i l q u e s t i o n s s t o p . . u n t i l h e l l f r e e z e s ovhr ...' So I ' l l r e p e a t what ended t h e p rev ious a r t i c l e : T h i s is t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e . I t ' s no longer Skid Road. More and more people a r e doing a l l t h e good t h e y can f o r a l l t h e people t h e y can i n a s many p l a c e s a s t h e y can f o r as long a s e v e r t h e y can. "Theytl(we) have a r i g h t t o know why t h e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n of FUC h a s caused some of t h e b e s t ad- vocacy workers e v e r t o b e p-3rt of o u r community t o l e a v e . A l e t t e r from t h e kevs w i l l b e a b a r e beg inn ing . (The b i g E ' s need t o t h i n k long & h a r d about t h e g r a p h i c on page 6 of t h i s i s s u e .....)

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