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Hot Sheet (~ tems ifom the Vancouver public Library's Board of Directors' Meeting 23/4/03 )

This is a short short from the meeting held in May Day - The Real 1,abour Day! Carnenic on Wednesday, April 23. 'l'hey came here 9am I lam tlorizontes Special

in honour of the 100'" Anniversary ofthis building Celebrated across the globc, fiorn tlavana to Buenos (Vancouver's first main library) and Mike tiarcourt Aires to Santiago, May Ilay is an international

cclehration afworkers. Join Luis 1.ianillo and special was the key speaker.

co-host (br a 1.atin American perspective on May Day. * Paul Wright made a presentation to the floard. re- Featuring the history of May Day, the story of the questing that the 1,ibrary consider some kind of. Chicago Massacre. niusic about workers fighting fi amnesty - either system-wide or fi~r the Ilowntown their rights and much more.

Eastside neighhourhood. 'I'he Hoard asked statl'to I lam - 12 noon Obstruction ofIliJustice prepare a report. Join the Collective O ~ ~ o s e d 10 Police Brutality for this

r ~ , b Sa*i from ,he carnelie ~~,, , , , ,~, , i~~ (.m,re 12 noon - 2pm Capitalism Turned CJpside [)own Association made a presentation. speaking about the tlow do we replace the property, profit and 'reed '"Ihe importance of the Carnegie Reading Room and few with the equality. cooperation and solidarity ofthe

many'? I:roin capitalism's origins, critical analysis and ensuring that. i fa new Ilowntown Eastside branch ant,-capitalist movements to historical and contempor- were 10 be developed. current stafling levels w u l d

ary alternatives. Join us to explore ideas for a more remain at Carnegie. The Roard assured the delega- desirable world. Support people-powered radio! tion that this was correct.

parade thanks A supcr thanks to cvcqonc who participated in

creating Sunday's I " Annual "Heart of the City" Parade! The cntirc day was amazing and wonderful. and it was great to have so much involvement from so many groups, with spccial guests including Duni- blcdor & the kids. the living Mummy. the Carncgic Cauldron, the EMBERS S!~nchroni~cd Drill Team. and the rebirth (on stilts) of the Phoenix! Thanks also for the beautiful piiiatas and the dancing Bull created by Nacho and friends.

The paradc could cvcn bceor~ic an annual event - until then. look at it as a great wann-up for the Community Play. Lots of photos were taken; look for parade pictures in an upconling issue.

Wilh best \\ ishcs. Dan Vie, parade co-ordinator.

A HIJGE Thank You for a Wonderful Day

Many thanks to every single person and organization - tw, numerous to name - for making our 1 Ooth Anniversary party on Sunday. April 27"'. such a huge success! There was a special magic in the air and we all thrived on it .

A special thanks to Sharon Kravit~ who created the program and carried i t out so well.

Peter Fairchild Michael Clague Chair. Anniversary Committee. Carnegie Director

C'arnegie Centre I00

'The photo in Monday's Province said i t all: a two- year-old in a fairyland costume leading a parade to celebrate the 100th birthday of ('arnegie Centre

The wand IJewyn Rosberg brandished conveyed a message of hope for change as he headed a convoy of puppets. clowns and a brass hand along the city's meanest streets.

f:or a brief but significant time. the streets ~e ren ' l soiled with drug-dealers. " lhis is more than skid row, it is a community." said Vancouver East MP I,ibby Davies. who helped \ave C'arnegie fiom demolition in the 1970s.

'The handsome centre at tinstings and Main street.; - - built as a library in 1903 with fund\ from Andrew Carnegie -- was the star of Sunday's celebration.

Rut the street party was more: i t was a \ymhol ofa downtown urban community at a cro\\road\. "It has taken a lot of work to get where we are now." said Vancouver councillor Jim ( ireen.

"And this is just the beginning." The beginning of what'? An area buning N i th illicit drug-dealing, or responsive to a lawful, I t u l

citizenry? We hope for the latter, as do Vancouver pc~lice who

seized on the weekend celebration to ctress that a recent crackdown on street crime had made the area hospitable to ordinary f d k .

Indeed. there's heen a decline in drug activity and serious crime since the re-allocation of extra police to the neighbourhocd earlier this month. And that's a giant step for a neighhourhtxd that ha\ had more than its fair share of misery. Sure. sorne naysayers are suspicious of the added law enfi~rce- ment. Rut now's the time for civic leader.; and wcial activists to do more than hold a parade: a new era of community orderliness is in order -- to make street\ safe again.

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Gov. officials Talk of D.E. Revitalization I dropped by the tlnited We Can bottle depot today,

where senior members o f our government spoke about the Vancouver Project. There were a h i r number of'TV cameras and news- paper reporters there.

Ken, the Inan whe manages llnited We Can, intro- duced these members of government. 1 le also said that [JWC: ~ ( K S a lot o f business. Ken is the main man responsible for bringing United We Can into being; he once told the story o f how it came about at the l;ntrepreneurship I0 I class I've been attending. Otlicials who spoke were: Steven Owen (Minister

of statc), (ieorge Abbot (Minister of Aboriginal, community and Women's Issues), Larry Campbell (Mayor of Vancouver), Art Keykene from M..r.V., [)avid [>ark from the t3oard of'l'rade and Pera Reid fi-om ACC1:SS -The gist of their speeches pertained primarily to the

general aspects of the Vancouver Agreement. 'The Federal and Provincial governments have each put in $10 million to back programs assisting in the revital- ization of the Lhwntown tastside. Our Mayor said that Federal Ministers Dhaliwal and Rock were both especially concerned with the venture.

Programs mentioned were: to promote safety; assist in low-income housing development; economic dev- elopment and job creation; assisting in promoting good health; social revitalization; helping pe(,plc to start up businesses; and to decrease crirnc ctc. (;uys yelled out about tcn) many cops. And when

the Four Pillars were mentioned my ears couldn9t strain out the yelling about our sali. injection ~ile?!!" I didn't catch what

being said, other than the mayor explaining tila1 tilc fillldillg ti)r a sab injection site would colne fiolIl the 130iir~l 1 lealth.

Some o f those who spoke mentioned the economic and social benetits of the 20 10 Olympics being held here, and they're confident they'll win the bid. ~ e r h ~ i , ~ you've, rc~uL/ U ~ O I ~ I 111i.v. . .

D i g e r In Support

I ' o those not saying anything about our community and the 40 new officers - you are REAI ,I ,Y not helping the cause. I put it in the ('urncgie Nc.~~.~lsrrer stating the tact I am in favour o f this situation. I got tired o f being held hostage and am tired of having to run the gauntlet. AAer all, this is M Y (our) commun- ity and I (we) have the right to live free of fear.. 'To those who have already written a letter to Mayor and Council, thanks for your support and i f you have time drop in on the council meetings.

However, on the other hand I really would like to see the safe fixing site open and more treatment for all women and men. We have rights and the options to say no or yes. For every problem there is a solution.

Princess Margaret

Police Crackdown in the Downtown Eastside

'l'he Vancouver Police Department's crackdown on drug users in the Ilowntown Eastside is destructive. divisive and will not accomplish any improvement in the safety and health of this community. Aggressive enforcement strategies at the street level

have been proven not to work. Redeployment of police resources fiom other areas is also misplaced and increases safety and displacement concerns in those communities.

I k e d on reports we have received from the com- munity about the confiscation of drugs, intimidation tactics, illegal searches and the use of aggressive police actions against users and non-users. and the violation of people's rights, we believe there should be an inquiry into policing in the Ilowntown 13istside.

We believe this display of police force is not only short sighted. it is completely counterproductive to all of the goals achieved through public consensus on the 4 pillar approach, adopted by Vancouver City Council and the Vancouver Agreement principles of working together.

We have consistently advocated fbr policies and programs, such as safe in.jectiori sites, heroin and stimulant maintenance programs. and accessible treatment options that respond to the health crisis amongst injection drug users.

We appreciate that Vancouver City Council has turned down the request fiom the Vancouver Police hpartmcnt for additional fi~nds for the operation i t has offensively named Project Torpedo. We urge council to make i t clear that i t will not support nor extend this initiative now or in the firture. The ack- nowledged issue at hand is health, not enforcement. When the police hold up a rap sheet of an addict with more than 80 arrests, they provide us with com- pelling evidence that enfhrcenient does not work. Instead of more police. users need more treatment. h i e c t Torpedo needs to be stopped, not reviewed.

We call on all three levels of government to re- f i ~ u s political efforts to establish safe injection sites. and programs and practices that are proven to reduce disease, death and public use of drugs. to improve the health and safety of users and the community as a whole.

Libby Davics MP, Vancouver East .Jenny Kwan MLA, Vancouver Mt. Pleasant.

Safer in-jecting site opens in the 1)owntown Eastside in response to "l'rojwt I orpedo"

An interim "safer" injection site and night-time drop in centre for drug users has opened at 327 ('arrall Street in response to an aggressive new policing stratea that public health experts tear may lead to increased transmission of t1IV. 'The centre prov- ides a place where drug users can obtain cterile injecting equipment and inject under the supervis- ion of a nurse. Intended to alleviate the ongoing high rate of drug overdose and infection resulting fiom people injecting in back-alleys and alone in hotel rooms, the safer injection site is an interim measure while community members await the opening of'the long-promised gov't-funded sak in-jection site. According to public health norms, the increawd

police in the Ilowntown 1:astside ic only exacerba- ting the public health emergency: "We could not \ i t by and watch more people dying when those death\ are preventable."

'I'he safer injection site began operating on April 7. 2003, the day "Project Torpedo" was launched by the Vancouver Police 1)epartment. Open 7 days a week from 10 pm to 2 am, the centre (moctly staffed by volunteers) is proving to be a crucial service fi,r many drug-addicted residents of the Ilowntown Eastside

Murray Turnbull. a member of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug I lsers. said. "We are fi~rced to do this safe injection site for ourselves by ourselves because all layers of the government are unwilling to do what they promised they would do."

7he Harm Reduction Coalition. a group oS1)own- town Eastside organizations. includes the Vancouver Area Network of [)rug I Jsers. th Anti-f'overty ('om- mittee, the Housing Act io~ ('ommittee. and Pivot 1,egal Society.

(And the two sides of the Police activity have some demanding that 'sides' be taken, that anyone against the increase in their presence is pro-drugs and pro- crime, while those for it are pro-death, pro-gentriti- cation, etc. Reducing police doesn't lead to a reduction in overdoses or a relaxing ofthe needs of addicts to use. The cost and inherent lifestyle of addiction seems to go hand-in-hand with turf wars, threats to local citizens, fear and lack of respect. Witness the recent story in the Straight that headlined as "l)rug I Jscrs Allowed in Cari~egie" l'here was a seen-buying criteria that security used to keep our washrtx)ms liom being used by people seen buying drugs right outside. I t was common sense to keep active users from using Carnegie's washrooms or dining lounge or art gallery or even library as a place to fix. I t became, however, a discriminatory approach against "drug users" and was somehow warped into a human rights issue. IT ItAS Nlil:K I3EEN '1'111< POI,ICY OF CAKNECilE '1'0 BAN SOMEONE FOR BEING AN ADIIICT. You just can't come in here to use, leaving papers and rigs and bl(w~I spray in washrooms or on the floor. That's public health too.

Back alleys arc. now more dangerous, but it's a matter of degree. I.,ong before Project Torpedo began there were ongoing reports of people being threatened while taking garbage to dumpsters behind hotels, while walking down the street past alley entrances, and even while sitting in local pocket parks. Everyone complained of the scene on East and West t lastings ( 100-block to 100-block) and now the people are being dispersed, making side streets and other blocks new areas fbr congregations of dealers and users. One thing everyone agrees on is that equal effort on

of the Four Pillars-education, prevention, harm reduction and enforcement is crucial. PK'I' )

The Buried Heart Project Healing the community through the power of song

The song "The Streets Where You Live" by the l3uried tleart Project is a tribute to women who sutkr daily tiom the abuses of drug addiction and lik o n the street. It is also a call to action - a re- minder that if we ignore the sutkring of others, we ignore our own humanity. With a desire to address the needs of women at risk

i n our communities, many of Canada's firlest musici- ans, prcduccrs, engineers, studio owners and other

of the lnusic industry have come together

to "'rhe Streets Where You I,ive". I>rofits from the sale of the recording and related

merchandise will go to the Buried lleart Society. a not-for-profit organization created to promote better ~rotection and improved quality of life fhr women who s u t k from the abuses of drug addiction, prostitution, and poverty. Buried lleart's first beneficiary will be the Via Nova

l'ransition SoCiety, a bundation set up to establish and sustain a four-bed residential detoxification atid transition facility for wornen on Vancouver's I)own- town Eastside. '1.h~ facility will provide counselling, peer SUppOrt. medical care, and follow- UP ProWms to help women develop new 1 iving Patterns. UY helping residents to overc(xne p)verty. Via Nova hopes to address the root causes that prevent wolnen from breaking the habitual vcle of substance abuse and its il,llerent lifestyle.

you can help [Iuried }{earl to nl a k t . ,I , difference.

I,'ro~ii the Ministry of Agriculture. Ftwxl arid Fish- 7 cries wcbsite comes the following regarding the treatment o f ~ ~ t i i ~ i i a l s :

111 all cases and for all species, the following needs are to be provided inasmuch as possible:

" comli)rt and shelter " ready access to ficsh watcr " a dict to ~naintain each in l i ~ l l health and vigor " an opportunity Ibr reasonable movement " company of'other animals, particularly of like kind " thc opportunity to exercise most nortnal patterns of behavior " light of' appropriate length and intensity " flooring that neither harms the animals nor causes undue strain " prevention. or rapid diagnosis and treatment. of ahnorniirl behavior. iri~ury, parasitic inkstat ion. and disc;lse " fiecdo~n lrom stress " eli\crgcncy arr;ingernents to cover outbreaks of (ire, breakdown ofcssaitial ~nechanical services. and the disruption ofsupplics.

('lcarly. o w gov.1 rccogni/cs that h r m aninials have certain basic needs. Needs like "conifhrt and shelter" and "a dict t o maintain fi l l1 health and vigor" as well as sulliciel~t health care to address the "prevention. or rapid diagnosis and treatment, ofabnortnal behav- ior. ililury, parasitic infestation. and disease." In fhct. tlicre arc codes and regulations in place that ensure that those goals are met.

Which raises the obvious question: Why d t ~ s n ' t our gcwer~\nicnt acknowledge the simple h c t that I w ~ o l i s have the same needs'!

Sarge

I an1 ;ltlgry that Sex Ollkndcrs arc allowed to live in my ncighhorhtwni. Women are at risk. These men do not care ahout otlr comniunitics: they are a danger and should not be allowed to live in the I)ownlou n I::is~side. I believe we have enough struggle dealing L+ ith the drug p~lshers.. We should be protecting our W O I I I ~ ~ ol'tlie Oo\+~ito\cn I.'astside - 1'lc;lsc write i] letter to Kandy White to stop this kind of'action.

'l'hanks li)r your supp)rt I'rinccss Margaret

Mr. Handy White (1,angley--AI~l)otsfortl, Canadian Alliance): 'I'hariks. Mr. Speaker

I initiallj wrote the h ~ l l on tlrc ~r,rt~orral \ex ott'ender regi\trj rind feel sorneuliat attached to 11. having brought i t into the I louw In fact I had a dificult time gcttlng the s o l ~ c ~ t o r general at the t~rrlc to understand what we were Iwhrng lor I t l r ~ r r h rt was the lobbying betuecn our\elvc\. v~ctlrri\' r141t\ group\ and police acre\\ thc courrtr t h t cot the h ~ l l into the t louw I arn clad to \cc that happen

I find myself in a very awk\card pcnrtion of hav~np originally written the nat~onal \e\ oftender rep~\ t r j and now I will he voting agatn\t ~t hcc;ru\e the goverrirncnt \ecrn~ngly cor~lti r ~ c 11 t,rhc \ cr? \~rrrplc legl\latlon and ttlrn i t into \ornctli~ng that uouI~1 he prtd~rctive

'l'his is M h~ we brought the propo\cd notional \ex ollknder registry to the I louw. I hi\ i \ the rea\orl I wrote it originally almost three year\ ago, What do we get from the government'! I t come\ in here arrd brags about how i t has the ricu idea 01 havirry a \ex olknder registry. I t ha\ic.ally \aid t11i1t i t uor~ld put in all the things I originally put i n the nat~orr;rl \c\ offender registr) except lor the I;i\t t h o pape\ of the law. The last t u o page\ are ttw joke of all time. ;I

sick joke at that.

'l'he registry will contain the rlarne\ arid addre\\e\. dates, births. list\ of' sex ollcncc\ r111d other rrcce\\- ary information about per\om corivicted of icy olknces anyu here in ('an;&. ir~c.Iiidir~p. latt(n)\ ijr~d n~orkings. that sort ofthing. ' t hat i \ a g(~K1 idea ; i r d

i t is what we put into it. I t &;I\ rr~odcllcd aller ('hristophcr's bill i r l ( hitario wtier~ the Ontarlo \ex ofknder registry came into being. .lirrl and Art11 Stephenson worked w hard u itt i victirrt\' right\ groups after their \or1 C'hri\topher wa\ rnurdered h> n sex oflender. I t is necesurc.

Justice For Missing Women

I can hardly bear to open the newspaper or watch the rligjltly news fbr fknr of another story ofthe ullli)lding tragedy of' the missing wonlen of Va~rou- ver's I)owrttown I<astsidc. [:or me and Inany ofthc people I work with, the case ofthe missing women,

wit11 the ongoing health crisis of drug users in the [)owntowti l*:astsidc. represents not only a cclIossal liilurc of' public policy, but o f our dcrntwii- t ic systeln itsell: I t shakes our liith in the C'anadiari values ol'liirncss, compassion a d equality.

I oAen think of Scrcna Abotsway, one of' over 60 wo1iicn n~issing frolii rl~e 1)owntown Ilastside, and one ofthc 15 wonicn that Robert (Willie) I'ickton is charged with nlurdcring. I kncw Scrcna fbr several years. arid i n the last f'cdcriil election tcwk her and Josie, who is still alive, to vote o n llast I'endrr Street. I t was the first time Scrcna had voted in a fcdcral election, and she liad hope fbr the ti~turc; hope that things would iniprove on the street. I saw her a fbw tirncs alter that. and then she, like so Inany others, "disappeared".

'I'he perpetrator, or perpetrators, ol'such vicious crinics, ~iii~st be brought tojustice. 1 3 ~ 1 there arc Inany other questions that lie unanswered; qucstioIis that arc too troubli~lg to liicc, it seems, for tlicy

rnwk and rip i\part any illusion that public policy is ratior~il, well-fi)u~itlcd and biiscd o n d c r n c ~ r ~ t i ~ principles ofjustice and tlic wclfnre ol'all ( ' i i ~ i ; ~ d i ~ ~ ~

'l'lic missing wolncn, arid many niorc who arc s t i l l working the streets today, arc 11ot ollly viclillls (,I. their own tragic individual c i r c i ~ l n s t ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ , tllcy also victim to the liiilure of' public policy. .l.lie ~riniiIlali/atioll of' drug users and sex workcrs, their resulting tnarginiilizcd stiltus, (,laces tlicnl at grcilter and grcatcr risk. I I I C I;IW not ollly 13ilcd ll,e lnissing wornell. i t aided a~id abetted il l tlleir ~ c l l l i s c I.'cdcral laws pcr-tailling to prostitution on the street illto dangerous ;~lnj illegal ilc.ivilics,

Not s k e Ihe I:rrrscr ('o~n~ilissio~l first uith ('anada's prostitution Inws in 108s has t~icre t)cerl ;I

willingness lo honestly debate tllc inlljact 01. ('alia- da's Iiypxritical laws relating to tlic acs trade. As a sOCicly we continue lo turn a blind eye lo tllc sex trade that operates beyond tllc street alitl. instead. li)clls law enfbrccln~nt on streel prostilutioll aclivil- ies and "cotilnit~niciiting~. Illis cre;rtcs ;i rcvolvi1~g

ofilbllsc. cri~i~i~irili /atio~~ ; i ~ i ~ i 11cgIcct. I'cihxl laws pertoilling to i l l i c i t tirt~g irse Ilave filrcd

1~ better, condeni~iitig i~scrs 1 0 ;I l i t b ~f.c.rilllc and cxaccrbiiling tllc I~callli crisis anlorig iri.jection drug Ilscrs, especially worrlcn. Il'tl~crc is ally do~lt>t about t l l k 01lly needs to relid the I;itcst study on Vane- oilwr ill.iectio~i drug ilacrs i l l t l ~c " ( ' ; ~ ~ i : i ~ i i : ~ ~ i h4~cii~ilI -lotlrHiil". 11 shows Iliiit Ihc I1IV illcidellcc. rn1c.s alllollg fblliiilc injccliol~ tir~rg u5cl.s i l l V;ll1co\\vcr arc about 40 per cent higher t I i ~ t I ~ , c ot'ln:~lc i~!jectio~i drug users. All of'lliis is pretty awlill. So why - wllcll cxpcrt

evi(iwcc clexly docw~c~l t s t11;1t OLII- poIi~.ics ; I I I ~

laws have liiilcd. and actu;llly crc;ltC cliornioils h i i m

- is thcrc a hilure to ;lct'! Wily. \ b l l c l , 111;111!

w~N11cn arc lnissing, a~icl lllc I;lrcct Inllrdcr illvcslip :lti()ii ill (';111iidi;111 liistory is ~ l ~ l ~ l c r \b;ly, [lie Vancower I'olicc I )cp;irtlnc~lt ;111d 111e I<CTMI' still pointing lir~gcrs at C ; I ~ I I otlicr ; I I I ~ 4;1! i~ig i t \ Y ; I ~ I I ' ~ tl~cir.ii~ris~lictio~i'! Why W O I I ' ~ I O C ~ I I ;ii~tl~orities. or cvcll 1111. Millister oI ' .Il~\ti~.~. ;~grcc 10 c;~ll ,I pihlic il1qiliry to probe 111c ~iii~ssivc liiilt~rc 01' I ; IN c11thrcC- ~ n ~ ~ l ~ :1gc11cics. W I N ) ~ ~ c g l c e t ~ ~ i to i ~ i v c s t i ~ ~ l c I I I C ~ C

di~;lpl~i~rii~ic.cs diitillg h;~cl\ to I087'! I'lic lives Il~cw wonleu ~iia~tcr. \ \c have ;I reslwnsibiliP 10 I i r d o i~t t v l i ; ~ t \\elit wrong ;ind u I I J .

I also wolricr why thC Millister 011 Ic;11111. AllIIC

Mcl cll;m. is holtli~ig 111, criti~.;~ll> ~iccdcd Ilcallll ilitervcntio~~s like si~pcr-viscd sat? i~,icclioli ~ i i f ~ s Iwoiti ~ n ; ~ i ~ ~ t c ~ i ; i ~ i ~ . c tri;~ls h r ~.Iirtmic 115crs n h ;Ir'

tly ing daily. I'licsc ilitcrvelitio~ls I ~ a w strong ~ x l ~ ~ ~ ~ ' ~ I o c ; I I I ~ . I)II( uc'vc 110f I~c.;lrd ;I ~ > ~ c p O I I I ~ l . t l ic ~lc;ll'l' l l ~ i ~ ~ i \ t c > r . -

Kohcrt Sarti in t r tdr~ced me to ttlc downto\\n ca\t- \ide in I 98 I . I 'd gone to the l i i ~ ~ ~ ~ o r r i ~ c ~ r - S'III~ m k i r y ti)r assi\tance in investigating the 11111rdcr o f r ~ ~ y friend Joseph Marrash. l iom the Sudar~. who wa\ ork king part-time at the cop shop. Koher! wa\ t l ier~ an investigative reporter (& a top-notch one at t hat ) and he got the assignment. 1 l c invited rile to I t i s

honie fijr a vegetarian j.uchitini dinner. I \ \a\ irilro- dtrced to Mtrggs and a bril l iant \tree[ hid MIIO \ \ a \ staying w i th thcrn.

I grew particularly h n d ol'thcir cat (teorcc. (ieorve himself on my chest and our hreathir~p \ y ~ c l i -

ronij.ed. 'l'his scared me a\ I wa\ not accustomed to \llcli bonding and clo.;enc\\. I1 did. ho\\ever. in\pirc me at that time to write tile fOllo\\ in,^ poern. \c hich I dedicated to my cou';in I lehorah u110 wa\ prc#,er\

On a Sear'\ hairdryer: .... D o not use while sleeping.(darn, and that'\ the only tinic I have to work on my hair.) On a bag ofI.rito\: .... You could he a winner! No purchase necessary. Details inside. (the shopli Her \pccial?) 011 il b r (3l)ial ~ ~ a p : Directions: Use l ike regular soap." (and that would be how??? ....) ()!I so^ Swarnon tro/cq dinr!ers: Serving sugges- tion: 1)efrost." (but, it's "just" a sugestion.) I -- e w f s - 1 irilmiw dessert (prin~ed on hollom): "Do not t u rn upside down." (well ... duh, a bit late, huh'?) On-Mark~& S p m g I3r&Yudding: "Product w i l l he hot af ter heating." (...and you tliought???? ...) On pllc_kai~~ig fi)r a llow_cnta iron: "Do not i r on clothes on body." (but wouldn't this save me time'?) O n fjtwtl\ ('lildren (.'o~gIi Medicine: "Do not dr ive a car o r operate machinery after taking this medication." (We could do a lot to reduce the rate ol'constr~rction accidents if we could just get those S-year-olds with liead-cold? ott'those (brklifts.) On Nytol Sleep Aid: "Warning: M a y cause drowsiness." > (and ... I'm taking this because W....) On ~ n _ c ~ t brands o$<'h~istrnas kht,: "For indoor o r outdoor use only." (as opposed to...what?) O n a Japamkc l i d p r _ t ~ x : *qr: "Not to he used for the other use." (Now, somebody out there, llelp rile on llli4. I'm a bit curiou\.) On Sa~mbyry's p ~ t s : "Warning: contains nuts." (talk about a news lla\h) ()n ;in American Ajrlirs> packet of nuts: "lnstruc- tions: open packet, eat nuts." On a child_'ss~pe_rmngn _ c o s I u ~ : "Wearing o f this garment does not enable you to fly." (I don't blame tlie company. I blame parents for this one.) On -. a - Swediiil! cligi~sgw: "Do not attempt to stop chain wi th your hands o r genitals." (Oh my (icd. ..was there a lot ofthis happening sotnewhere?)

tonight is tbr the lonesome am i missed? a Inenlory trait call Ine call you an empty gale hare tell me dear i wonder too tale and love lirst glance it'b not an act you'll see a change lies for the living just stand there with pain in your heart i'll see you go don't you hate that'! too long togellier considering i t

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IN PERSON Friday May 2, 9 6:00- 8:30pm. Ch~natown Plaza. 180 Kecfer St. Saturday May 3 1 :00- 4:OOpm. Mult~cultural Arts Fair. Courtyard. Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Gardens. 578 Cnrrnil Saturday May 10, 17 1:00- 4:OOptn. Cti~natown Plaza. 180 Keefer St. Friday May 16 from 6:OOpni. Floata Scnfood Restaurant. 400 -180 Kccfer St

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to experience the arts for persorial erqoyrrient, enr~chment and expressloll uncover the history

of the city.

Thc f ~ v e - k ~ l o n i ~ t e r walk starts arid ~ I I ~ I S ~ P ~ at Oppenhe~rner Park, In the are;] o r ~ c e coris~dered the heart of V;~nc.o~~ver's Japanese cornrnurr~ty

to pursue trainmg and pract~ce as art~sts

More celebrations throughout the year

1.0 celebrate its 100tli annlversaiy, the C,lrnegle Cerltre 1 IS loin~rig wtth c:onlrriunlty piirtners to c:eltAx;ltr tht? people and places of the Downtown Easts~de 111 3003 with arts. performances, ed~lcatiorl, and fnrrilly-(11 lentrti events for people of all ages froni all parts of V;ilico~~ver arid the I ower Mair 1l;lnd

Tlre Walkers pass by hlstor~c buddmqs enroute to Ga:sy Jack's statue and the class~c

tjiamorid shaped Europe Hotel The route cont~riues along Carrall Street, tr;iverslng the

old ~nterurban ra~lway cut. and past the M~llenniurn Chinese Gate. The clate

Getting to the Walk The Start and F~rilsti hnes for the w d k wtil h e ;!t

Oppenheimer Park, at Du~ilevy ;lnd East Cordova. l u ~ t north and east of the Carnrgle, at Mat i and H<~st~r-!qs

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niarks the b~rthplace of Ch~natown over a century 390, In the area known ;is Shnngha~ Alley. The Walk continues through Ch~natown, by The Dr. Suri Ynt-Sen classical Chlnese gardens

and wlr ids through t h ~ s v ibrant x n i n w c ~ a l are;].

Start t ime is loam. Festivities f rom l l a m - 3pm.

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TIME 1 O.+rri a t There are two rriosaics to be seen at the corner of Has t~ngs and M a ~ n o u t s ~ d e the

Carneq~e Centre and the Four Corners Bank. The walk proceeds on past the F~rehall Arts Centre,

Flrst Unlted Church and the Buddhist Ternple and tlre produce n~erchants of Ch~riatown arid enters

Strathcona, the oldest surviviriq resideritla1 coii irr~c~n~ty I r i the c~ty, wlth many f~ne examples

The POWCII Stt'cet Gt~oundc 1942 H a s t ~ t i ~ s Mill Luck luck-eo I l l c Wor7ktng Hnrlic~c~t' Tl ie Interor thin Tlir Associaltons ~t-t t$gc to Ct i ln~l Gold Mountall: T h e Cmleglc: TIIP nc,~r-t of t h e Coti i f i turi i ty Ttie Yellow Dog The R;lver i Cre.~ted t lw Wor'lil

of e;~rly European ;irch~tec:ture 2nd awar wlnnlng qlrdens

Sorire laridrnarks in Strnthcona lrrc;l~rde the city's first Synagogue, (now developed ~ t r to h o u s ~ n g ) , Russian Orthodox Church and Strathcona Elementary School founded In 1891 SPIRIT OF THE ARTS WALK

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The Carneg~e Centre began history In 1903 as Vancouver's 1 ~ b l i c I~brary, b u ~ l t In the heart

downtown Vancouver w~th funds donated by U S steel magnate and philanthrop~st Andrew Carneg~e The Centre IS known for ~ t s r ~ c h rnult~cultural programnilnq and arts a c t ~ v ~ t ~ e s The programs that produced the mosalcs took place at Man a ~ d Hastmgs. Oppenhemer Park and P~geon Park

The Carneg~e Centre 1s a testament to the strength and cornm~tment of Downtown Easts~de res~dents to renew and bulld a healthy community for people of every Income level, lifestyle and backgroutld Over 400 volunteers contr~bute thew time, talents and enthusiasm to the Carneg~e Centre each year

Come and appreciate ... the artistic richness of the Downtown Eastside

The Sp~rit of the Arts Walk inv~tes people from every corner of Vancouver to celebrate the arts and people of the Downtown Eaststde. The 5 km walk route highlights 22 beautiful sidewalk mosaics that pay tribute to the events, places and people of the Downtown Eastside over the past 100 years.

On completion of the walk. join us for the commun~ty arts celebrat~on We'll have food and refreshments for walkers and volunteers, along w ~ t h music, conlmun~ty arts, pertorniers, and lots of actlv~t~es for k ~ d s and the whole famdy!

Come and participate ... in the first annual Spirit of the Arts 5K Walk.

You are inv~ted to explore the h~story of our city and experience the v~brant

~l tures of the Downtow Eastside.

- Collect piedges and walk indiv~dually or as a team - Challenge other teams to collect pledges.

- Volunteer - we have many ways for you to share your time and energy

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2003 DONATIONS Libby 11.-$60 Barry for Sam R.-$50 Eve E.-$18 Nancy t i $30 Margaret [) -$35 t n u Aonwmns - C V I ~

Hulda K -$5 Val A $1 8 Wm B-$20 Mary C-$50 Paula R-$ IS Rolf I -S55 Rruce J -$SO DCTF-$ I0 We9 K -$IS Charley U-$5 RayCam-$25 Gram -$I00

I s ? .a1 <.#unel> . ,I h . Paddy -$50 Sarah E -$I0 Charles F -$5 Rosemary Z.-$20 Joanna N.-$20 Jim G.-$150 Glen R.-$75 John S.-$100 Penny (i.-$20 Liz S.$5 Jenny K.-$18 Celeste W.630 Sandy C.$20 Ellen W.-$150 Nancy C.-$25 norking Guys -575 Joanne 14.-$20 The Edge Community Liaison Ctt -$200 Anonymous -$4.02

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Monday, May 12

part of the day a d this is very inli)rni:~tivc and inter- esting. It asked a lot ol 'y~~cst ions ;mi gave a lot of' p w d answers. I am very lirippy to have attended. I latrncd n co~rplc ol'thitigs and 011e h y I I~opc to be corlscious doiug tlicln. I suppose y i ~ i Iind to be tlicrc to know ~vliat I 'n i talking ahout.

Alter the scliiinar I waited ilr01111d and nttcndcd the voluntccr party wIiic11 tiad niusic. 1i)od and solne great fi-icritls. 'l'hcre was even a Magicinn 31111 this is tlie lirsl tilnc I Ii;lvc sect1 oric i n pcrson. 'l'hcm gu!s arc pretty tricky. 'l'liere was n great tritwtc to Mike 'l'spp. Joyce Morgan. I:lorcnce (irccri, [)an Slicppard and Vitieha l'rccl~clte, al l Volrlntecrs ol'tlie Year with Mike getting the act~tal ;i\+ard. Saturday. tllc last day ofvol~rtltecr \vcck ;tnd I 'm o n

tlic s t m - b y list to go to the picture show and scc a niovic. I get up eiirly and r ~ ~ s l i ol l ' to ( ' ;~r~icgie and vo l~~n lcc r liw the mor~iiny. shill in t l ~ c I carti i ty ('elitre. I doirht that tlicrc wi l l he rooni tbr nie or1 the 111ovie list but I went down l o the front desk at 1 1 : 3 0 ;111cl IZ70w! I tn;tdc the list.

We go to see Anger M ~ ; t t ~ g c ~ n c ~ ~ t . I'liis is a good niovic and a great way to end t11e ucch. 1 ;IIII played out :ttld I've t h i c niy joh ol'try ing to go or1 as nlali!. olrtings as possihlc. Now I an1 tilled \\it11 I ~npp i~xss at hcing trc;ttcd to s~ lc l i a good t i t~ le all week Itwig. I am s:td tllnl I now go hack to In! I l tmdrut i~ l i k . I l(wk IOrw;~rtl to a firl~rrc ~o luntccr wcch t11;1t h;ls n lx ic tile weak lihc this one has. 'l'l1;tnk you very ~nr lch ('ollc.cn and Kai n r~d \vIiocvcr else Iiitd ;I 11;11id ill ~ ~ t a k i n g Illis a great we&. tlilrold

Native Ingenuity

A young boy, just returned ti-0111 Samoa. told Inc this story in 1070:

In Samoa some dcvcloperb had hougl~t an cnrirc block on ~ h i c l ~ to huild a departn~cnt store. A little grocery store in the ~niddle o f the block had refused lo sell 0~11. ' I ' I Ic dcvelopcrs built o n either side of' hi111 and over him. '1'11~ little grocery owner. not to be daunted, placed a sign above his dtxnvay reading MAIN I~Nl'RAN('I:.

Anita Stevens

Labour Party of Canada

I WANTED Artists Who Have a Flare for ,Yport.s

I Interested? Sutmit cxprcssion of interest to I I Hrcrration Progranirncr b:, M a y 3 I", 2003 1

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Symbolism Insane

('rack cocaine, St~ddoni I lussein Arc one ol'a kind 'l'hey both l ind the sanie type ol'victims 'l'liey are both the same systcn~s. The I~erocs. the drug; two wars alike l3olh on the streets. a dysfilnctional psyclie i n Vancouver or 13aglidacl So Sad! So Saddani C'ocaine, \\ li:~t w i l l the pcople do? Wh:~t and how w i l l they fi.cl. see R: l ind? 'l ' l ic s ;~n~c i n tlic streets ol'you & me You ni;ikc us also o w ol'a hind hut w i th indilli.rcrit spin. li-otn the saliic l ie 'I'oo hig Iish to try i n the streets so less w i l l die.

.George Bush And Christopher Columbus Have More In Common Than You Think

I 'ni i n nnguisli w l i c ~ i I consider tl ic cynical disregard fix international law and t l ~ c violence of( icorgc W. Ilirsli's iriv;~sion o l ' l r i~q . I low iilli I to understand this war ol'aggrcssion. hnowing that the Nurcnihcrg I'rihunal tins c;illcd a war ofn,c,~lrcssioti "the suprcnic international crinie"?

Iiusli 's ilnpcrial dream o f I h p i r c is olJcr than tic is. I l i s illegal. i nmora l and ilnjrlst invasion o f Iraq c;ln he understood i n the l iat~ ic\vork o f 5 0 0 years o f I :~~ropcan. atid no\\ An~crican. c1iil~irc-l7~1ilcii1ig atid r;tcism. l i y 1800, I :t~ropc;lli c.lnpircs controlled ahout 85 percent ol ' lhc countries on cartli. 'l'oday the Anicrican Ihi ipirc wants l o co l~ t ro l the world.

W c learned in scliool that ('lii.istoplicr ('olunihus re;rclicd t lw ( 'arihl~cari 1sl;intis i n 1403. What we didn't learn is tliat Iic \vent h i ~ c k to Spain R: returned to the ( 'ari thean i n 1403 will1 17 ships heavily l o ; d cd w i th armed nieri. ( ' o l u n i h ~ then ilistallcd hi lnself as (iovcrnor ol'tl ie ('arihhc:~n Islands \\ i t11 hc;ldq~lar- Icrs o n I lispaniola (the island now sliarcd hy I ln i t i arid Ihe [)ominic;~ri l icpt~hl ic) . atit1 the gcriocidc t>cgan.

( 'o luni tx~s t~r i l ix~shcd :I reign ol ' tcrror that set the pattern l iw Ahor ig i~ i i~ l / l~uropci~~i rcl;~tiolis 1i)r tl ic nest 400 years. I i y the l inie ( 'o l~ l~ i ih t rs Iclt the ('arihhcan in 1500, eight n i i l l ion A r i ~ w ; ~ k s virttlally the. entire Nat ive popr~l i i t ion ol' I lisp;~liiola - I i i ~ d hccn cliniinatcd I)!. wars. ni;lss;lcrc,s. 1i)rcc.d I ; lho~~r . torture, ~nurdcr. st;lrv;~tion. disC;lsc and despair.

Many aboriginal people in Ilispaniola killed their children and comniitted mass suicide. ( 1 ) From 1492 to 1892, approximately I00 million aboriginal people were eliminated in the course o f tiurope's invasion o f North & South America. ( 9 ) I3y 1892. the aboriginal population ofthe l lnitcd States had been reduced to 2.5 percent of its original numbers. and 97.5 percent ofaboriginal land had been expropriated and renamed "the land o f the fiee and the home o f the brave." ( 3 )

Such terrible violence was possible because aborig- inal people were seen as subhuman by the I iur~pean invaders. I t was thought that they lacked souls. Their Spiritual life was considered demonic. Their institu- tions were destroyed, and residential schools enforc- ed a policy ofcultural genocide. 'l'his horrific racism cnablcd lll~ropeans to take the land and resources hm aboriginal people without moral qualms. even as the American I;rnpit-e has demonized Arab people as i t takes control o fo i l i n the Middle h s t .

In Iraq an American soldier has written on his hel- met, "KII.1, '1:M AI,[,". (4 ) I ]is words are similar to t h e appearing ill a Sari Francisco newspaper in 1853: "People (Americans) are ready to knifc them

(Natives), shtwt them, or intxulate them with small- pox - 311 ol'which have heen done." ( 5 ) -

Today we see the brutality. greed. racisnl arid arro- gance of('olumbus reflected in Hush's rush to viol- ence, arid his dream ot'a "New World Order" of'the rich, for the rich and by the rich. In order to battle I.;mpire, we have to face honestly and deal Justly with our o f i n racist history. not iri a guilt-riddcrr u a ) but as human beings who understand that the libera- tion ofeach o f us is bound up with the liberatior, 01' all o f us. '1'0 deny the violence and injustice that lie\ at the centre of Ahoriginal/liuropean relations in the Americas is to set the stage for new gentxides - arrd the stru-ggling people\ o f the \sorld have had errouptr o f genocide.

13y SANI)Y ( 'AMI.KON

( I ) Open Veins Ol'l,ali~i. I \ c g r ~ c a - I iyt. ('e!it!~rie\ ()l I'hc Pillage ( l fA <~ontinent. by ISduardo (ialcario. Month I) Review Press. 1973. page 25. ( 7 ) ,4lifilgMat&! OS(-iyntsidg - tlologust And I)en~al In The Americas. 1132 'I o The Present. by Ward ( 'hurchill. ('ity Lights Hooks. 1097. page 80. (3) "Americans observe (ktoher holiday (( 'olum hu\ I)ay ) honouring mass-murderer." by I'eter Montage. I'hc ('('PA Monitor. October, 1000. page 2 0 . (3) Photograph on page one of IIK Ouard~ari WccLlq. April 3 - 0 , 1003. ( 5 ) Fron~ the "Daily Aka ('alili)mia," a tar^ t rancl\c.o newspaper, March 6. 1853. Quoted in A I.ittle Mattcr Of (ientride, by b'ard ('hurchill. page I ( I

If You Wish It l'o connect is motion o f disobedience. unper\onified pleasure, withdrawing warped, wontori pc)ir~t\ 01 view, cast of, torn. stomped on. bewildered by the bombastic bastions of prepropmrned thought\: take a number and fi)rni a line of strict and predcterrr~ir~cd dissent. In the vortex o f an unstoppable tirried borr~h o f non-capitulation, treaties are meaningle\\ and war a wasted effort unscripted or un1i)ught. I Jrlptlased by the corrosive. spitting stun guns, elimination. endir~g computed strips o f pockmarked gibberish. repeated reports o f cannon tire blasting through bunher\ ar~d oflost battles all in their spilling. cor~tarr~irli~ted \mill & boiling over completely 4arkness and doom. f3ernally entombing the tiee souls arid condcmrliry us to a cold death..dogged. decrepit.. . are jou dor~e')

Kobyri I

A B e t t e r Aim "Figures of the landscape" M y Man (iun spits oirt the truth as she looks in the septic tank. Who in this world would ask a girl to do what Inen should do'?

Take this hose my I'ittle One and put your end in that stinky pit. I have turned the power pump on, now watch my Mari spit!

Shall we paint this town my love'? Shall i t not be the color oftheir own bI(nK1'? Atid ift l iey cry like little girls. dripping their own j uice wi l l you dance with me the dance with whirl and laugh when they beg, 'truce"!

And after we have danced and laughed wi l l you hold my hand arid walk? Wi l l you say, 'Stupidity has stink to last.' and let eyes smile when you talk'? And if f i x h be covered in their brown because I took a better aim may I no more see your anguished fiown in words o f lonely pain'?

I)o not despair my 1,iltle Sweet you are what tlie Kighteous want. We like your bitter temporal meat fiw Kocompensc i s Anger's haunt.

I Ie had been running desperately with She The roads saw their shadows. 'I'hey had shared all: a cup ofwater, tlie scheduled anguish, the taste o f love ...

They had been chased with no truce, among the high tech necropolis, along the stalked fbrests, but still they had found the time fbr a tender kiss ...

'l'hey've endured attacks o f al l mean weapons: salaries. social cuts, invented needs, and debts.. still they managed to fight back

and found safe xanadu in the mountain cave. where the enemy is scared as hell.. .to go

'l'tiey have reached the Alturas, as the friendly roads have erased any fbotstep: the roads hide their path from the killers. said the legend; so they were lost within tlie dream, keeping love still inside their beings

'They embraced each other, seeing each other face to fice. 'l'lic gceedy Inquisitors -

just a cheap product o f the market were quite disconcerted in the pretentious deadly game that they call the new economy.. .how new'?

But when it comes to she and he, both manage to survive against al l the odds; because they discovered long ago they are just figures of the landscape.

Jorge 1kx)lan-Suay

Friday Yoga Is Back!

Every Friday from 4:30 to 6 pm Third floor, Classroom 2

I All welcome - no experience needed.

b this issue w e cotrtitrue to itrtrodrrce people itrz~olz~ed itr orgutiizitty thr Dozontowrr Eastside Conrtnunity Play:

COMMUNITY PLAY OUTREACH TEAM: Leith, Rosemary and Colleen LEITH HARRIS has lived and worked and played in the Downtown 1,aq- side for almost 20 years. She has two handsome. healthy and considerate sons. The whole family has participated in many Downtown liastside art prtr jects such as: acting and writing workshops arid perf0rrnances. \tilt-walking, mask making, improvisation, pottery, rubber stamping, glass etching. beadirrp dancing and martial arts. i x i th has MC'd Carnegie cabarets, worked or, the Muin (1; Hu.slings Co-op Radio Show. acted in I a r y I.oyie's play about resi- dential schools Oro Pro Nohis, 'l'heatre-in-the-Raw's prductiorr ol'( I '/ u(.c

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Bqv Miners ' Museum and Savage God 's l ) l : ~ O ( ' f U i ' f < project / / , o ~ c , the,

Downto\zn Euslside. She also wrote parts of! Love rht, !)on~nrorrw I:'u.\r\idf,. (Jrban Ink's Rurc Eurth Arius, the Downtown Eastside Women's poetry anthology Kituu1.s of Rock and the ('urnegic Newsletlrr. She is also a graduate ofthe Downtown Eastside Women's llurnanities Year prograrn. 1,eittr welcomes this opportunity to organize more workshops in the neighbourhod. Courses and workshops allow Downtown Eastsiders to learn from local and guest experts quickly and economically. She i s anxious to know what you might like to learn about, tiom whom and where. Please tell her or fill out the workshops question naire. Leave a message for Leith at 604-665-3008

ROSEMARY GEORGESON acted as writerlliaison fbr Rure Earth .4rius and assistant hcilitator for I)'I'I,S Women's Writing Group (2000-2002). A member ofthe DTES Women's Writing Group, she has also written for D'I'Es prcductions including Rure Eurrh Arius and Riruuls of Rock. She has certificates in word processing. vocational goal setting and career planning, emergency first aid, fwd safe-sanitation program. She h a work experience with florist bl~sinesses, delivering supplies, etc ... tier "Uncle Jack" (dad's cousin) lives at 1x1 1,s 11ative housing. She spent many difficult years here in her teens during the 1970's. f ler grandfather. (ieorge (ieorgewn. Was a b ( ~ t builder in the 1920's on the DTES waterfront. tier grandmother's sister's husband was a skipper on

the tugs. The Silvey family (descendents o f Portuguese Joe Silvey, a crony ofGassy Jack's) are extensions ol'hcr family on Galiano Island.

COLI,EEN TILLMAN lived with her family for 14 years across the street from Strathcona flkmentary Schtw)l.

crabtree Corner provided care fbr her son as well as a place ofemployment for her. I.ater she worked at liay ('a111 as a family sllpport worker, initially with a project entitled Children Need Care Now, and her son attended schw)l at Strathcona. Over the 9 years she worked through Ray Cam with the tlealth Canada ('APC' program; the I)own- town Eastside Strathcona Coalition; Native tlealth; Watari; and SOS. Her volunteer activities included 8 year4 helping out at Strattlcona School and sitting on the Vancouver Richmond Health Neighbourhod C:ommittee.

Join in making a Community Play about the Downtown Eastside as part of Carnegie's 100'~ Anniversary celebrations. SHARE YOIJR STORIES, ACT, SING, DANCE, BUILI) SETS, MAKE COSTUMES! Keep an eye on this space in the newsletter for announcements of workshops and events, opportunities to participate, information about writers, musicians and outreach workers, and how YOIJ can join in.

Re: community play I m t year about this time 1 put up a web page fix

Oppcnheimer park as the park's unofficial web page. I posted a fcw pictures of the park and then turned over the page to whomever might want to work on it. Just recently I checked it and found that nothing had been done, so I decided to post my scrccnplay- as-html tcmplatc filcs - in casc anyonc wanlcd to usc thcni. 'I'lic proccss of writing a scrccri pla? as il \vcb pagc is fairly simplc: you can download thc filcs and f i l l tlicni i n as you would a fonn. Tlicy arc dividcd into

twclvc scgmcnts in cach of tcn filcs. This providcs a scgnicnt for cach minutc of a 120 niinutc play. App- arcntly thc sccrct of writing a scrccnplay and having it rcad is to kccp it simplc. I postcd thc basic inform- ation (minimal) for writing a scrccnplay, but anyonc intcrcstcd will havc to rcad at lcast one book on tlic subjcdt and prcfcrably scvcral books, plus rcad as many scrccn plays as you can stand, to gct an idca of how it's donc.

Postcd on tlic pagc is also a tcmplatc filc for a titlc pagc and an cxaniplc of a filc to display graphics. This is onc of thc bonuscs of doing a scrccnpla?~ as a wcb pagc: you can includc stovboard graphics with- out dctracting from thc mininialist naturc that is dcsircd. All of tlic filcs arc purc tcxt html filcs and can bc

cditcd in a tcxt cditor or in a word processor and savcd as a tcxt filc. Thc addrcss of tlic pagc is: WWWW.GEO_c'lTIESSCOMIOPf'ENtiEIMERPARK Download thc filcs and usc thcni to writc somc

intcrcsting plays. If vou aren't surc how to download thcm or cdit thcm I'm surc thc wondcrful volunlccrs at Canicgic will bc ablc to hclp you.

Chccrs. Colc

( The Conversings OF I

I Good morning Molly. Tell me, why do you choose to live in the streets? Do you not know that there are I DERA that can

accommodation?

My gosh, you sure know how to embarrass a lady! Well, there's toilets and

places. But you wouldn't know

about them. I be1 you'd be hard up i f you were uptown and had to takea LEAK.

MOLLY KRUSCHEF By G arry Gust (cj2003 I

Morning Art. Well, DERA Don't be ridiculous. I has a waiting list longer have always had the than a Liberal's broken best. I couldn't live like

. promises. some.. .bohemian!. . .

to know is

you go to the )

me in. You should t r y it.

Well, yes, I did get caught in Gastown once. I went into a restaurant to use their facilities but saw a sign fq saying "For \

customers only. "< -'dl

So l hurriedly limped home to relieve myself.

Hi Dan, Sharon and all,

The Parade was FARL!L,OI IS! Congratulations to you and all who worked so hard to give us such a World Class [vent. You are brilliant!!!

Cynthia

.. r I he Low Cost Food Store, which used to be located 1 at the Downtown t{ealth Clinic (4 12 Cordova), has re-located to 179 l'.}{astingj Street. at the site of the Washington t lotel. Past customers and new people

Ah, yes, Art; it's a great city for some,

"- --, but a full

r

Trouble On The Street

I have been driving 1 3 years ( 7 years driving truck i n Vancouver) tor transit. I've driven all over the 1,ower Mainland (Surrey, Van. I3urnahy. New West Langley, Richmond, Delta and Aldergrove).

I've had most problems tiorn people shooting guns at the bus! I've had windows hroken. rocks thrown and threats - but always outside downtown Van.

I have many friends who live downtown. and on the eastside. I find walking and driving on I lastings to be much safer than rnost other places i n the 1,owt.r Mainland.

Your tiicnd. Mike.

Community Spirit A t Its Best I'o all the people I have met so fir. and those I hope

to meet during my 10-week stay in Vancouver, I know that nothing is perfect but this is something that 1 feel the need to say: In humbleness I have 4 degrees and 67 countries to my credit. mentioned not out of ego but out of respect - Respect for a commu- nity like none I have ever come across in my profes- \ional life before.

Never have I fbund so many people from so rnany walks of life who CARE!! This community cares thr each other and filnctions

xtively through so marly mediums. May it be liuman interest, human rights. practical activism or truth and justice, someone here does something.

'I'hank you so much fiv your kind introduction and x t s of welcome. As an advocate of the above community values myself: I feel like I've come Iiome. Things can only get better with a community 4pirit that has so much vitality.

Judy I menck, International AidIWelfare Worker

I I N T O THE SPIRIT? I Get ready for the 5 km Spirii c!f'ihe Arls Walk with

( simple stretches every Tuesday and Friday. starting

I May hih and ending May 2Yd.

' THE KID My son. the holy one the reason I carry on fbr him, the universe was created his schtx)lhouse. his playground Who I love so much I cry just thinking back to his babyhood and our trailer in the hills 'To watch him grow bigger arid better than his old man. My pride as vast as the sea Words can't state to say what the kid means to me.

R.

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Cmegle Centre present

A Celebrrtiom of Commmmity Spirit : Art Fair

(A Multtcultural Event to promote Arl Acttv~tles In the Communlty

Porttons of the proceeds wtll be donated to the Downtown Eaststde

Communtty Arts & Humantt~es Trust)

Saturday, May 3, 2003 I

1 :00 - 4:00 p.m. & rl

Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Courtyard ,

(578 Carrall St , Vancouver) kyp+ xw-

6 Pamtmg 6 Chmese calligraphy / ; . ' A ' a

2 . 1

Chinese knotting Pottery

Performances

Demonstration by artists

Art auction

Free Admission. Everyone's welcome.

Information: 604-665-2274 (Engl~sh)

General Meeting I Saturday, May 3, 2003

10:OO - 12 noon Carnegie Centre Theatre

Agenda: Role, functions & makeup of the steering committee over the next 1 1 months.

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