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JUNE 15, 1988..

"Senior Citizen Suffers Assault"; "Woman Charges Husband(Bo~frie& brother-in-law/~octor/~inister/ . . . )

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With Sexual Assault"; "Robbery Vic- tim 1nj ured" ; "Youth Gangs Terrorize Neighbourhood" ... and on and on and on. These, or similar headlines, appear every day in the papers. The police are usually investigating and some- times they even make arrests. But . . 1 1 rlapperis aii r h r r i m e , r;n ptlr i r out of your mind - the 'System' is dealing with it, it's assu*ed. But what af the things that don't

amke headlines like, perhaps ; "POV- erg Caused by Lack of Money"; "Baby -- - Caused by Sex Act'?; "Yoor/~ungry -- -.- - Undprachieve*.~ . Statistics Agree".. -- -- -. -. - - -- ---.

T b e tj tle of ~ . h l s article tells the underlying pkilcsophy of the ones holding the pursestrings. The "Zero Question" ("k-hat. was Pearl Harbour doing in the Pacific?" - Zero Mostel) posed by these people always implies

: that it is somehow the victim's fault that they were in the place, situation, circumstance that led to the crime against them in the first place. -"Why would an older person be in a bar on 'Skid Row' at night?"

-"What was that person doing walking home at midnight?"

-"The woman's history of reporting sexual assault makes her a whiner and probably not innocent in pro- voking the attack to begin with."

-"The welfare bums cause their own misery by not working (like us)." To mgst of the well-to-do members

of any society there is no excuse for not having the wherewithal to put food on the table, the kids through school, to eat and drink in

"respectable" restaurants & bars, t own your own home rather than alway paying someone else to provide you with housing, ....... To get specific: children from

poor families not doing well in school - this is attributed to gen- etic inferiority, to coming from a home/environment that precludes ad- vancement or success because the "father is a shiftless bastardlfather is nowhere to be found/mother does not set a 'good' example ..." all this screams BLAME THE VICTIM. Blame the kid becacse he caz't ~9::-

centrate due to lack of food in his stomach - because the government legislates poverty; hhae the par- ents because they. cn~,:l",c, make ends meet for two,*weeks on their monchly cheque; blame workers for not being so exceptional that they won't Bosc their jobs due'to adtonation; blame an aging person foS being in a place at a-time that wasn't safe for them; biame a wamap for not convinc- ing an attaclier that she wasn't in- terested in beipg raped - blame the poor for being poor! This is done all the time, either

consciously or subconsciously. -In the Downtown Eastside there is a multi-million dollar industry that deals with "social problems"; with welfare recipients, with pensioners, with people physically and mentally disabled. It is essential, to ensure the continuation and protection of this investment, for the government and vested interests to issue an on- going hue & cry about "doing every- thing possible", starting a new pro- gram,spending millions here and mil- lions there to deal with this-that. l

Thus-so, all not statistically 'nor- mal' (that's in the 51% +) are ab- herently exceptional, problems to be solved, situations to be dealt with!

And when it becomes blatantly ob- vious that the current scam of pour- ing money into politically friendly pockets is crumbling, why .... - LOWER THE RATES , - CLOSE THE DETOXES - PUT THE SCREWS TO SINGLE MOTHERS - pound the pulpit with the ever pop- ular FRAUDS & CHEATERS tape;

and once again, the Victims of eco- nomic oppression are to blame.

By PAULR TAYLOR

SYMPOSIm ON INCOME ASSISTANCE FOR PERSONS WITH DISABIL&T;LES -

"Disabled persons in ~ritish~'co1um- bia, as in the rest of Canada, form a segment of our community that in general experience poverty and high levels of un- and under-employment. Therefore, dependence on government services and exclusion from main- stream activities is common. Al- though there have been advances, in many areas - transportation, build- ing codes, housing - they have often arrived in an uncoordinated fashion and have not delivered the antici- pated breakthroughs. We are committed to the goal of

empowering disabled individu live independent and product5

' lives and belleve this goal also underlie social policy tish Columbia. This concept is al- ready embodied in Principle l of the Ministry of Health's Philosophy Statement on Services to the Handi- capped : "Individuals with a handicap have the right to determine their own personal goals, the right to ac- cess ts 20iiX~diif t~ services, iile right to privacy, the right to appropriate health care, and all other rights enjoyed by other people. " (cant.

Editor, - 1 see the Mayor of Vancouver seem to want to collect money

can collect money for the kids for them. mayorsr

next door (the children in The old saying is: "clean up Africa), collect money for enter- your own back yard before you tainment (the symphony or- start on somebody else's back chestra), but when it comes to yard? kids in our schooIs, he doesn't Robert (Cowboy) ~ l l i ; h IICOLBV

East Cordova Street

C) \Y*rLL)UUICU L U I I L . J

To succeed, this principle should animate every decision concerning the level of service delivered to disabled people and how the service will be delivered."

Above is the introduction pre- sented by the B.C. Coalition of the Disabled at a publiclmedia forum, held at Jenny Pentland Place. To impress the reality of conditions suffered by the vast majority of disabled persons, eight speakers - all disabled themselves - told those gathered of the perpetual difficulties they face, Chip€ and continuous was the lack of financial resources to enable "living", as opposed to "existing/surviving. 11 Underlying all testimony was the

matter of dignity. The Handicapped person' s Income Allowance (HPIA) is just not adequate to alloc any other kind of life except existence, yet the actual, dismal reality of this stipend leaves virtually no choice. The human impact gave strength to the changes in the B.C. social ser- vices system necessary immediately.

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1. Income: $250 For shelter & $333 k . for support is insuffi-

cient when most of the disabled re- quire modified housing. The extra must be taken from the food money. Recommended was an increase to $600 support and $350 minimum for shelter to bring individuals to the poverty line and allow independent dignity. '2. Transportation & Housing: Each

is a problem, and the incomes of disabled persons make access to higher stan- $3

dard service virtually impossible. 5: it

Being disabled is not a crime. 1 - r . l ~t's not a scam or a cvn. IL b d

circumstance. It is morally unaccep- table* for most activity "provided" for disabled persons to be of the

5: nature of sympathy-jobs. It is ethically unacceptable for able- , bodied people/employers to treat the : disabled as second-class or, worse, as an avoidable problem. It is tot- . - ally unacceptabl5 for the philosophy of Blaming the Victim to be called upon in perpetuity whenever disabl26 individuals demand their rights.

By PAULR TAYLOR

To all thepeople in the D.E . and Carnegie who encouraged me to write my book, and to all the women who I interviewed - a real big thankyou. The book is out and is called: - No Way To Live - Poor Women Speak Out

Carnegie and the Downtown Eastside Women's Centre provide support and friendship (and you don't need money). I think in rich Community Centres I could never have found quality friends like I have in this community. Keep Fighting to Raise Welfare Rates.

Love, Sheila Baxter

The Daughters of t he Stream a - A Haida S tory

The Daughters of t he Stream have gone away, bu t t he people remember.

Once these S p i r i t Women l i v e d near t he source of every r i v e r a long t h i s coas t . The salmon re turned every year t o s e e them.

When you came upon a w a t e r f a l l high up i n t h e f o r e s t you would s e e them. They could speak with animals & p lan t s . The s p i r i t s were s t rong i n t h e i r bodies. They were a l l daugh- t e r s of one Chief.

I Sometimes, when t h e moon passed a d e r t a i n p l ace i n t h e sky, you would s e e these women c i r c l e d round a f i r e on some d i s t a n t c l i f f . They would dance wi th s p i r i t s .

Even i n those days i t was r a r e t o s e e them.

The o l d people say they have a l l been taken t o l i v e with the S p i r i t Wasgo, who once was i n men, & gave t h e i r h e a r t s medicine.

Now he i s dead & these women a r e a l l sisters, l i v i n g alone i n t h e woods.

TI.... ---- - C LL^ -1 -1 -^--?A - - a 1 1 C L 1 1 U U L JUUIG V I L L L C U A U V G V V L G WALL L S L L

you these women have gone from t h e mountain i n t o the ocean t o l i v e wi th Wasgo, t he Sea-Wolf, who once was i n men, & gave t h e i r h e a r t s medicine.

They say the whiteskins offended the daughters of t h i s coas t , s o they had t o g ive up helping people and move away. But someday these s p i r i t s i n t h e ocean may r e t u r n t o t he h e a r t s of men, they say , & the Daughters of the Stream w i l l r e t u r n wi th them.

Even now t h e r e a r e s igns . D .-l * From a s t o r y t o l d by John Sky of those born a t - N i n s t i n t s - 1901.

< > - Johnny-Come-Late

Ballad of a Northern 4ake

1. Ever seen an o ld cabin on a Northern l ake

Its wa l l s a l l twisted and i t s logs a l l bent

Ever l a i n i n a bunk ha l f a l i v e , ha l f awake

And dreamed of the days mis la id , misspent

Man! I f you haven't I t ' s never too l a t e . . .

No, Never too l a t e . . .

Ever stood i n a door of a ba t te red old shack

And looked a t t he s i n the dark of t h

O r heard the wolves a t t he Northern Lights

And thought of a L i f e so simple i n f a c t

Ever hear t he f rogs croak a t t h e crack of Dawn

And seen t h e sun r i s e i n the e a r l y Morn

Man! I f you ha\lenlt -- ,-&I- - - * A-- l-*- L L b llUL L U U A a L r

No, Never too l a t e . . . 3 . Got a s e c r e t t o t e l l you

You "Johnny-Come-Late" Got a tumble-down c a s h

on Elbow Lake -- -- Now a l l t he l ogs a r e e t r a i g h t

and the f i r e ' s a'glow There 's a s t e w on the s tove

and a brew on t h e 'go! So you b e t t e r no t w a i t

01' "Johnny-Come-Lake" It ' S. now o r never

and i t ' s not too l a t e . . . No, Never too l a t e . . .

4. Are you listenin' to me you "~ohnny-Come-La te"

Come here to the quiet of this Northern lake

While the loons are a'dancin' in the middle of the uay

And the moose are a'swimmin' across the bay -

Are you listenin' to me 01' "~ohnny-Come-Late"

Better hurry up now or you'll be too late

Before the Geese fly south by flocks at night

Aud t k k i i Z is elf zovsre? in frozen white -

Hurry up now You "Johnny-Come-Late"

Hurry up now Or you'll be too late...

Too late... Too late...

Roger Tinew

A Few Notes about ROGER THEW

I met Roger Thew, the author of this poem, at his canoe outfitting '

store in Atikoman, Ontario. Roger, although in his seventies, is a very active man who was among the first to fly into the Arctic prospecting in the Thirties. He now resides in Nova Scotia most of the year, but runs his Ontario concern about three months a year. Besides writing poems Roger is an oil painter of no mean ability and is'

still active in prospecting. He is the kind of person a book should (and probably will) he written about, and an inspiration to young fellows like myself.

By TOM LEWIS I

- - A MacMillan Bloedel research

to be the biggest Sitka spruce in

spruce the world in Carmanah Valley on . ' Vancouver Island. ; The tree - named the '

Carmanah Giant by the forest lcEPRIAfr company - is 95 metres (310

feel) tall. Until now the tallest PAN. SVN N spruce ever recorded was a

I , .

9tmetre monster measured on '' ; Washington's Olympic Peninsula * in 1953. It4s no longer standing.:: .

The tallest treeever measured '

in the world was a Douglas fir ;: ' ' standing 126.5 metres (415 feet),, which was found in Lynn Valle$7 ; in 1902. The tree is no longer '? standing. .{ .,

I am sister to the fox . brother with the snake mother of the eagle father to the snow. Lived 44 winters, Hey I should know

watch - out cuz kids - under 12

- over 60 are cold, tired, hungry, starvin'

stardust & chosen!

Beverly- Jeanne

VANDER SLAM REVISITED - Part 111 I hate cowboy cops, Teachers who never learne how to learn, The Catholic Church except Mother Teresa

& Sister Francis, creeps, goofs ... rip-off politicians

VanderSlam is a goof! Vote NDP - a class vote X - for Greenpeace too

NEW'S FLASH!!! Last nite the Slam Slammed out - NDP was in a ridin' Socred since

concept ion. Now here's a plan for Vanderslam - Let's slam him out - SHOUT IT OUT!! Let's SLAM.him again ...

downfall for this creep, Mikie Harcourt will lead the Slam's

defeat.. . So it's 1,2,3 what are we waiting for Let's slam this creep Next Election out the door. So let's all register to vote next time We'll laugh & laugh & Slam will decline Out the door to the laughter - Big Score

0 - for him + - for us

The End Beverly-Jeanne Whitney

This is a RAP

he's slammin' you

he's slammin' me r U""'. , e l , n..c "uL P n l l r c

IT'S 1, 2, 3,

1 for the money

2 for the show

3 get *=hxly

VANDER ZALM GO!!!

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CHANGING FACES FUTURE SHOCK

E. the close of the previous art- icle I said I would speculate on how rising property values would affect the Downtown Eastside. To do this, let's take a walk

along Main Street, starting at the Skytrain, looking towards the moun- tains. We see on our left the re- mainder of the park that faced the expo entrance where, before expo,

'ieva~opsi- - - - - "- %.-" 3

~ d b cv uulru z 2C storey hotel including a great Blue Horizon style beer parlour. Further along, on the same side of the street and past the cement factory, we find the Sunny Rooms and tho sleazy (John Crosble's ward) Cobalt hotel. On our right are Thornton Park,

the Ivanhoe Hotel and a group of almost nondescript buildings, among which the Blackfriars Rooms is sand-' wiched. At the end of the block . stands the American Hotel and the old Bank of Montreal building where the Triage is located. Just for the whimsy of it, let's

look at what might happen to this small portion of the D.E.

THE PARK AREA - It's not likely a hotel would be built overlooking the Skytrain. What is more possible is A) Upgrading of the site to make it more compatible with Thornton'Park; B) Downgrading to a parking lot (the way a lot of space is going these days) ; or C) Commercial development.

COBALT HOTEL - As it affects both ,

Main St. and Quebec St. as well as the Greyhound Garage adjacent to it, it will be dismantled and moved to

some other site. Greyhound will be . offered an alternative site. Sunny Rooms and the Cobalt Hotel will be razed (a further loss of dozens of rooms). (When the Main Hotel and the Georgia Rooms were torn down, they were replaced by commercial proper- ties.) A couble loss to the D.E. This whole strip of land could very easily become a commercial site and non-residential buildings be the result. (The Main St. Mall?)

THE IVANHOE HOTEL - This is a sturdy well-built and fairly well-maintained hc te l . 14. fi?c=I cotiversf~n to DZXA'S suggestion of buying a hotel lock, stock and barrel and converting it to a proper residency in the style of Tellier Towers, as well as operating the beer parlour.

THE BLACKFRIAR ROOMS and adjacent buildings - mostly un-remarkable and ,have suffered a series of vacancies in the last few years; prime candi- dates for some entrepreneur to raze and rebuild. (More rooms lost.)

THE AMERICAN HOTEL & 'MIE TRIAGE - There i s a scrapyard between them facing the back street. The hotel owner will probably try for a reno- 'vation, but developers have a habit of-trying to get completeblocks for re-development. So this is what will most likely happen.(Rooms lost)

The problems that DERA faces in this small area, and throughout the downtown eastside, are not insur- mountable. They are problems they have faced before and come out the winner. Walk with me up Hastings St., past

7 Tellier Tower and thesD.E.R.A. office and on up the street to the Sears tower. Across the street is a very large and substantial building, a former bank, now closed (for two

years o r so) . Onxhe face of t h i s bui ld ing, you w i l l s ee a developer 's permit t o bui ld a h i g h r i s e hote l ,

1 (A 30-storey Hoorayday Inn, no doubt). This bui ld ing w i l l commence soqn, & w i l l be r i g h t smack i n the middle of

, the D.E. It 's presence w i l l c r e a t e the domino e f f e c t t h a t I spoke of i n a previous a r t i c l e .

Nearby bui ld ings w i l l rise i n val- ue, property w i l l be f l ipped r i g h t and l e f t , land values w i l l e s c a l a t e t o an alarming degree and, t o compli- c a t e mat ters , Simon Fraser is going t o open a downtown campus and l o c a l

1 r e s iden t s w i l l have t o compete wi th I

I Universi ty s tuden t s f o r l i v i n g space. You know who w i l l win t h i s b a t t l e ? The landlords.

Once again w e w i l l see e v i c t i o n s I and people scrambling f o r a p lace t o i I l i v e . I

WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT? - Remember + I the a r t i c l e B a l l o t s a s Bu l l e t s? I n a

previous i s sue? hat's what w e can do. Civic e l e c t i o n s are coming up.

W e can ensure t h a t our votes a r e used t o a purpose, and t h a t purpose should be t o guarantee ourse lves a voice i n our own fu tu re . A v o t e t h a t .?ill d ~ f e s r can&?Fch dispensicg na r--- i c

who don' t know t h e i r heads from a hatrack, but let everyone know about i t nonetheless.

The next time you go home, look around you. Do you have a washroom? Do you have your own kitchen? In- s t ead of a ho tp la te , do you HAVE a ho tp la te? I f your answer is NO t o these ques t ions , then you know how t o g e t a YES answer. Think about it.

LOOKING AHEAD - Single Room Occup- ancy a s a fading symbol of t h e D.E.

By JACK CHALMERS

The f i r s t i n a series of f o l k con- c e r t s aimed a t r a i s i n g the p r o f i l e of Vancouver f o l k musicians w i l l be held a t the Anza Club, 3 - W.8th Av i n Vancouver on June 25th a t 8 pm.

The concer t , sponsored Acoustic Connection, a c of Van, f o l k musicians, fe$tures:

Under The Moss Natural Elements and John McLaughlin

Tickets a r e $6.00 o r $5.00 f o r Rogue Folk Club members and a r e av- a i l a b l e a t Black Swan, High l i f e , Breeze, and Track Records.

The Acoustic Connection i s dedi- ca ted t o increas ing awareness of Vancouver's wealth of folk. music, f ind i~zg more and va r i ed venues f o r l o c a l f o l k a r t i s t s , organizing spe- c i a l events u t i l i z i n g loca? f o l k t a l e n t , o f f e r i n g educat ional serv- i c e s t o young and a s p i r i n g musicians and expanding t h e v i s i b i l i t y of l o c a l a r t i s t s throughout t h e prov- inkeL ac ross Canada and i n the U.S. For more information contac t :

The Acoustic Connection- P a t Smith - 874-8076 Alex Chisholm - 254-4212

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FIRST NATIONS CULTURAL CELEBBATION/ WANT TO READ ABOUT THE LEARNING CENTRE? B . C .PLACE STADIUM

Native People A study of the Carnegie Learning . I

Dance & make speeches Centre has just been done. It tells the story of how the Learning Centre

i In & out of

has grown and become so successful I /

Tribal tradition 1 , over the last few years. People are

But only the singers & drummers learning that they can learn and And the happy swift movement

: / current students bring new students in.

Of the young girls' feet

i Students and tutors work on what the

Keep it all alive. student wants to learn - up to 75 pairs1 , The reason for the traditional worship The study also talks about some'issues Of these girls becomes so obvious that are important for the Learning !+atching them tianre .r Pnn+rn -a-LL- nnw .. -... Whn ....- -I.-.--- chniild m a b ~ ...---- what ..--- _ &-

From the back row

I cisions about the place? How can tu-

of a sixty-thousand seat stadium tors be trained and supported to do their best work? What kind of students ,

& the speakers all mean well should the Learning Centre aim to work but they miss the mark with? And, of course, how can the & the competition for the Learning Centre get ehough money to do most elaborate costume goes nowhere everything it needs to?

But the old people are here & there Leaning on their canes watching the young girls' feet move with the same good energy of happy dancing that re-creates The patterns of the people Dancing long ago

& the beauty of it is They don't even know what they're doing

If you want to read the study, you can borrow a copy in the Learning Cen- tre. Read it and discuss the issues. In meetings every Tuesday night and

in math, writing and GED classes, peo- ple get together to decide about their own education and to talk about what's important in their lives.

- Richard Darville A \

~ e e p i n ~ the joyful perfect Unpremeditated movements of magic alive.

TORA t

I would l i k e t o thank I-Med Oxygen Ltd., D.E.R.A. and the many people who helped me f i g h t M.S.S.H. on June 7 , 1988.

My daughter, who is on a h e a r t ' monitor, needed t o have some elec- t rodes which a t t a c h t o her ches t s o t h a t he r hea r t and breathing a r e monitored. The f i r s t run-in I had with my o f f i c e , t h e duty f i n a n c i a l worker had l o s t my f i l e and then, when i t was found, t he information about t h e cos t of t h e monitor l eads 'and e l ec t rodes had disappeared. They wanted me t o redo a l l t he work I had done the day she came out of t h e hosp i t a l . Three hours later (I had been t h e r e a t 11:30 a.m.) t h e auth- o r i z a t i o n f o r t h e e l ec t rodes w a s given. A t 5:30 p.m. she w a s f i n a l l y put on her monitor. During t h i s time she was o f f her monitor wi th a s i t t e r .

On June 7, t h e next run-in, I went i n wi th a f r i e n d of mine as she need- ed t o s e e her worker. When I went up t o t h e f r o n t desk, t h e same work- e r s a i d t h a t my f i n a n c i a l worker w a s i n a meeting and booked a l l day. I could e i t h e r c a l l her on June 9 o r - - I . - --= ac appolntii iat z f t z r Acz 15 in- order t o g e t t h e e lec t rodes . I walked out of t h e o f f i c e a t t h a t po in t and went t o DERA.

The woman who helped me ca l l ed my f i n a n c i a l worker and explained+o he r what I needed. (Again, t h i s s t a r t e d a t 11:30 a.m.). A t 2:$5, 1 f i n a l l y received the au thor iza t ion f o r t he e lec t rodes . A t 4:30 she f i n a l l y got put on her monitor. ' A t I-Med, I talked with two women who worked there . They ca l l ed my super- v i s o r and got au tho r i za t ion f o r a one month supply of e lec t rodes an?

-. they a r e .going-t~ be del ivered. L J - ~ ' ' J ' < ; - -

With t h e system being revamped from what i t was, i t has caused more problems f o r me and my daughter. Be- f o r e a l l I had t o do was c a l l t he s o c i a l worker and he would c a l l t h e f i n a n c i a l worker and I would g e t what I need. Now, I e i t h e r have t o t a l k d i r e c t l y with t h e f i n a n c i ~ k worker o r c a l l t he s o c i a l work& -

. t h e n he t a l k s t o t h e s u p e r v i s o ~ ~ then t h a t superv isor c a l l s theS'"fin- a n c i a l superv isor , then t h a t super- v i s o r t a l k s t o t he f i n a n c i a l worker t o g e t whatever i t is authorized. I would l i k e Claude Richmond t o have t o d e a l wi th the kind of stress I have t o d e a l with.

Thank you, aga in - you may have -----> --- J- . . -L. . - -?- 7 l C - u a v s u lu-y uauetrbcr ca I L L = .

S i n c e r e l y , yours, Cora Case

Okay, why? The whole d e a l i s designed t o

s t r i p Canada of i t ' s independence and make Canadian law sub jec t t o t h e d i c t a t e s of t h e marketplace - l ock , s t ock and b a r r e l . The focus

of e s t ab l i shed ( i . e . r i c h ) people is t o become r i c h e r , more powerful, t o widen the gap between themselves and the v a s t ma jo r i t y , us . Free

Trade i s the way t o f i n i s h t h e p r o c e s s - s e t i n motion decades ago.

; AWAY I

HE TRADE DEAL TAKES mazy of the powers that nEr gnvetnmants have now to make economic decisions in the interests of all citizens. Here are a few examples:

Canadian governments will not be allowed to Buy ~anadiak to create jobs. U.S. com- panies will have the right to bid on government con- tracts and services, and we'll have to treat them as if they were Canadian. This means Canadian tax doilars will be spent to create U.S. jobs. * The deal surrenders Canadian control over our energy supplies and prices. The trade deal commits us to a continental energy policy. In times of shor- tages, we will have to continue to sell our energy to t4e U.S., whether or not Canadian needs are being mkt.

It takes away Canada's right to control American takeovers. Statistics show that Canadian companies have a much better record of creating jobs in Canada than do the U.S. companies operating here.

This deal opens ~anad ian social anh regional development programs to attack as "unfair subsidies." It will also undermine existing programs to support agriculture and farming in Canada.

Our Canadian culture is at risk. The'trade deal will limit our ability to support our own cultural in- dustries. If our governments support Canadian culture, the U.S. can say that's unfair to the U.S. entertainment industry - and then put new taxes against other Canadian goods or services, such as forest or agricultural products. ' .

In clause after clause, this deal calls for Canadian laws and standards to be made identical to those in the U.S. This deal leads to economic integration and will make Canada a country in name alone.

The Coalition Against "Free" - - I racie brings together communi- ty, labour, -church, women's, peace and cultural o%anizations to fight "free" trade. .

The Coalition includes 35 organizations:

Alliance for Car.adian Ciema, Televi- sion and Radio Artists B.C. Provinaa! Council of Carpenters B.C Teachus' . Federation Canadian Association of In- dustrial, Mechanical and Allied Workers '

Canadian Association of Smelter and Allied Workers Canadian Auto Workers Local 2171 Canadian Brotherhood of Railway, Transport and General Workers Local 400 Canadian Union of Postal Workers, Vancouver Local Camegie Cen- tre Community Assodation Carpenters

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Union Local 452 Catholics Against Free . Trade-~Coimmunity Business and Profes- sional Association of Canada Confedera- . tion of Canadian Unions Council of Canadians Downtown Eastside Residents

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Association Ecumenical Committee for "

Social Responsibility End Legislated Poverty Grandview-Woodland Area Council independent Canadian Transit . Union National Farmers Union Pacific Group for Policy Alternatives Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada

Trade Union Peace Committee Unemployed Teachers' Action Centre . United Fishermen and Allied Workers'

Union United Native Nations Valhalla Wilderness Society 0 Vancouver and District Labour Council Vancouver and ,

District Public Housing Tenants' Associa- tion Vancouver Industrial Writers' Union 0 Van&wer Status of Worn- Van- '

couver Unemployed Action Centre 0 Western Cahada Wilderness Committee

Women's Economic Agenda Writers' Union of Canada

This i s the ;a l lying c ry t h a t is being shouted by hundreds of thou- sands of people ac ros s Canada. The

' media; TV, r ad io and many ' newspapers c a r r y a few seconds o r a

few paragraphs covering t h e opposing . views, bu t t h e owners of t hese media I a r e i n favour. A s t r a t e g y of ' b e n i g n neglec t i s i n f o r c e - s a y a

few words bu t keep i t low-key.

"The strategy should rely / less on educating the public

than on getting across the message that the trade initiative is a good idea. In

1 other words, a selling job." "Canada-U.S. New Bilateral Trade

t Initiative Communications Strategy"

i Strategy paper prepared for the j prime minister's office in August , 1985

The people i n t h e Boundary-Simil- kameen region have f i n a l l y woken up. Emery Barnes and Mike Harcourt were i n Carnegie on Thursday l a s t ; t he n i g h t a f t e r t h e most s o l i d Soc- red r i d i n g voted overwhelmingly t o throw out t he Socred and e l e c c a n NDP candida te . They made t h i s about f a c e because t h e y w i l l be h i t murderously by F ree Trade. Under t h i s d e a l , t h e r e w i l l no longer be any kind of -governmenta l a i d f o r t h e i r smal l grape growing indus t ry . Like U I C and even medica l coverage, i t w i l l b e "unfair" - u n f a i r t o t h e p r o f i t e e r who can sell l i f e & death .

Free Trade w i l l make every th ing h e r e i n Canada conform t o t h e U.S. way of bus iness ; f i r s t , l a s t always.

D O N ' T Q U I T : : When th ings go wrong - as they sometimes w i l l ;

When t h e road you are t rudg ing s e e m s a l l up -h i l i "The strategy is designed to When t h e funds are low - and t h e debts are h igh ; a n C . . ~ n n n . r n t : r ~ n n m . . m n m t c u b a uar a n b f i u r s . r u a ~u...r..ru A - r l w n r r r.rnnt tn smi le h ~ t v n r r ahve t- c i ah ---- J - - .*---- .I - - --- - - ---- - and to head off the When c a r e i s p re s s ing you down a b i t ?

I development of a major Rest i f you must - b u t don ' t you q u i t .

coalition on the negative side L i f e is s t r a n g e wi th i t s t w i s t s and turns : of the issue." A s every one of u s sometimes l e a r n s :

Strategy paper prepared for the And many a f a i l u r e t u r n s about - when he might had he s t u c k i t o u t ; have won prime minister's office in August

1985 Don't g ive*up though t h e pace seems slow; You may succeed wi th ano the r blow.

"It is likely that the hig cces s i s f a i l u r e turned i n s i d e out :

the profile the issue att e s i l v e r t i n t of t h e c louds of doubt; d you can never t e l l how c l o s e you are - may be nea r when i t seems s o far. s t i c k t o t h e f i g h t when you ' r e ha rdes t f i t ;

when th ings seem worst - prime minister's office, August YOU MUST NOT QUIT. c 1985 Raymond Rees

Paul Taylor is one of t he se people now. We welcome him & honour h i s

OPEN LETTER TO THE ded ica t ion , & t r u s t t h a t t he shadows CARNEGIF. NEWSLETTER C ~ G ~ ~ / N I ; ' c a s t by persona l d i f f e r ences w i l l

\ gradual ly be d i spe l l ed . W e w i l l have The Crab Park "Honour t he Earth" \ more days l i k e t h e Honour t h e Earth

f e s t i v a l was a w e l l organized & suc- '\ f e s t i v a l s & we w i l l g e t - o u r l e v e l c e s s f u l community ga ther ing from be- ginning t o end. It seemed t o m e t h a t not a s i n g l e problem marred t h e event. Even t h e unnecessary po l i ce su rve i l l ance could no t provoke us. We were a s o l i d & f r i e n d l y group a l l day long & cleaned up af terwards.

T- c--c s L l AaLL. it vas siich a good day.

organized a s usua l by Don Larson with generous & e n t h u s i a s t i c he lp from h i s f r i ends , t h a t I was su rp r i s ed t o see nega t ive comments i n t h e Newsletter Extra.

Unfortunately, I must say , having been present & involved from beginn- ing t o end, t h a t t h e s ta tement "many a t tending were upset by t he tone of the speaker" is simply no t t r ue . Neither do I f e e l t h a t "the former pres ident of CRAB" is "put ou t a t no t having a l l t h e glory" - nor t h a t "in-

, t e rnec ine bickering" can o r is, being 'carr ied on "by one person".

The writer is Paul Taylor, who is a good & ene rge t i c community worker, but who was not p resen t during t h e long & d i f f i c u l t 5 years of s t r u g g l e t h a t produced t h e park. The "one person" r e f e r r ed t o i s Don Larson, a f r i end of t he Downtown Eas t s ide f o r many years , & a r e a l working c l a s s hero, deserving of c r e d i t .

The recent p o l i t i c a l disagreements & personal mi s t ru s t t h a t have r e s u l t - ed i n publ ic embarassment never should have happened, & no doubt w i l l pass. A l l of t he se people a r e my f r iends . They are a l l w e l l motivated & work hard, year by year , under d i f - f i c u l t circumstances t o b e n e f i t our community.

'ccrossing en t rance a t Columbia, be- cause we deserve it. There is no way t h e civic & f e d e r a l governments can avoid i t - having admftted t h e i r mistakes pub l i c ly a s a matter of record - they a r e now i n a p o s i t i o n where even t h e CPR can not deny them t h e press ing need t o correct t h i s g l a r i n g (& i l l e g a l ) mistake.

TORA

CRAB Far& L e t t e r t o t h e Edi tor (Why ' ~ e t t e r ' ? )

Thanks t o those who worked on t h e 'Honour t he ~ a r t h ' F e s t i v a l on June 5th. There were 469 people at Crab Beach a t t he f o o t of Main around s i x o'clock. Arrows t o Freedom Native drums, Count on Country, Nervous F e l l a s and The Tools played.

C h i l i f o r 300 people by Paul Wright , plus co f f ee , j u i c e , ice cream, bread and peanut b u t t e r .

E l iy sa Olsen from t h e Burns Bog Committee spoke on t h e need t o pro- t e c t bears , coyotes , dee r , t h e rare s a n d b i l l c rane and f i f t y s p e c i e s of w i l d l i f e a t t h e Del ta site. P lans a r e - t o des t roy over 10,000 a c r e s of bog area. Two Native middens a -e on the site.

Crab was i d e n t i f i e d a s a n indepen- dent group made up of Native and

, w h i t e people from e a s t has t ings . Crab i s Create a Real Avai lable

. Beach committee, and is not Crabtree , Corner, Carnegie o r Dera.

I was t he co-founder of Crab i n August, 1982. I have been t h e Crab Park organizer and 1 organized t h e 'Honor t h e Earth ' f r e e , l o c a l f e s t .

Crab nas pianned a Kids "uy w i i i ~ RayCam i n Ju ly .

I n Ju ly and August, ch i ld r ens pro- grams and some s e n i o r s programs w i l l be held. Three l o c a l s t a f f a r e be-

? i n g h i red . Cecile Henry and Zico F l e t t have a l ready been h i r e d f o r Crab Park t h i s summer.

Crab had planning input i n t o t h e minipark bes ide t h e Rankin Building a t Main and Alexander, a t t h e en- tance t o t h e Main S t . overpass.

However t h e view by t h e n o r t h rail- ing - t h e b r i c k sidewalk needs widen- ing t o a l low wheelchair access . The minipark is p a r t of t he v i c t o r y of Crab Park.

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Crab hopes t o do a"Water f o r Life1 f e s t i v a l i n l a t e August. We have I been one of t h e few groups i n t h e a r e a t o do f e s t i v a l s - Water f o r L i f e f e s t i v a l has gone on f o r f i v e years .

Thanks f o r those who came ou t t o 'Honor t h e Eath" and we need t o work onward, t o make s u r e the Columbia S t . level-crossing happens. Columbia St . is the s a f e s t and cheapest way t o ge t I d i sab l ed people, t h e e l d e r l y and 1 young moms wi th double s t r o l l e r s i n t o t h e water f ron t park. Crab ahs worked wi th t h e B.C. Coa l i t i on ,o f t he D i s - abled and Margaret Bur re l l (organizer3 f o r a year and a h a l f .

Columbia S t . has been used as a s a f e c ros s ing f o r 75 years , even when t rucks , r a i l c a r s and pedes t r ians mixed. A s a f e t y ga te , s a f e t y l i g h t s and a \ a t t endan t a r e necessary. C.P.R. must no t be allowed t o add two more t r acks at Columbia S t r e e t .

Watch f o r improvement o t t h e Cedar bandstand too - a t Crab park - Crab gran t 2 3-foot totem carv ings by E r i c Grey and Native f l o o r design pa in t ing by Tora.

Don Larson #0100

A Second Look - Honour t h e Ear th

CRAB s tands f o r Create a Real Av- a i l a b l e Beach. Most people he re know t h a t . Most people know a l s o thab i t ' s taken years of s t r u g g l e t o make t h i s p a r t of t h e Ear th Mother r e a l : t h e f i g h t f o r access goes on.

I n a Newsletter Extra , I repor ted on information given t o me by people a t t end ing t h e r ecen t Honour t h e Earth Fes t iva l . A l l .were t r u l y en- joying t h e f r e e c h i l i , music, ice- cream amd Native drummers. The per- son from Burns Bog woke them up t o

the l a t e s t at tempts t o gouge more of the n a t u r a l her i tagedfrom the Lower Mainland. But the only sour note was loud and g ra t ing . The for- mer pres ident of CRAB s t a r t e d with very good words; of welcome, of t h e s t rugg le t h a t i s s t i l l t o be had - then snapped back i n t o the o l d , die- hard r h e t o r i c of himself and h i s thunder not supposed t o go t o DERA, Carnegie, o r even Crabtree Corner.

Then, I guess s a t i s f i e d t h a t no one was going t o r u i n a good day with t h i s petfy bickering, t h e rest of the many people t h e r e t o t r u l y . . nuuuui LLk Eii~til ~i)lleCI U V ~ L d u d

onward t o keep s p i r i t s high. My only quest ion is, why? What

was the purpose o the r than t o take a cheap shot with "cheap p o l i t i c s ? "

CRAB is a l i v e & well . Stay t h a t way. Paul Taylor /I458

Crab Park Service t o t h e Disabled - The following conta ins e x t r a c t s

from a Draft proposal prepared by P h i l Chapman, Soc ia l Planning Analyst who m e t with l o c a l people t o do the bes t poss ib le under the circumstances - and P h i l i s t h e f i r s t t o s t a t e

t h a t i t is , a t b e s t , a temporary sol - u t i o n t o t h e i n a c c e s s i b i l i t y of the d isabled t o (Crab) park.

"Free t a x i s e r v i c e t o C ~ A ~ / P o r t s i d e Park f o r r e s i d e n t s of the Downtown Easts ide unable t o ge t over the Main S t r e e t overpass because of a physica l 1 L 1 - 1 - 3 _ - - - - - -1 1 ~ ~ ~ L A A L Y ~uyaALutcuLI IS ueulg y ~ ~ ~ ~ u t d

by Vancouver Taxi f o r the months of '

JULY and AUGUST, 1988. This s e r v i c e is being offered 7 days a week, gener- a l l y between 12:OO noon and 9:00 pm, sub jec t t o the a v a i l a b i l i t y of cabs not otherwise engaged i n ca r ry ing paying customers. Some delay s e r v i c e can be expected during peak per iods (3:30 - 6:30 p.m.).

The e l i g i b i l i t y of t h e d isabled r i d e r i s t o be determined by t h e s t a f f a t the designated pick-up points . Mobil i ty impairment inc ludes those wi th physica l d i s a b i l i t i e s , s e n i o r s i n poor h e a l t h o r even mothers wi th toddlers .

This f r e e s e r v i c e is only a v a i l a b l e on a l imi ted bas i s . Taxis w i l l not be dispatched t o ind iv idua l addresses but only t o four designated pick-up po in t s i n the community:

1) F i r s t United Church 2) Carnegie Centre 3) Alex Centre 4) t o be determined

Disabled use r s w i l l no t be a b l e t o f l a g passing cabs and reques t t h i s se rv ice . I'

Both t h e B.C. Coal i t ion of t h e D i s - abled and t h e r eps who worked t h i s out a r e f i rm i n saying t h a t i t is NOT the permanent so lu t ion .

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By Garry Gust

Looking down on the bomb s i t e knbwn a s Pigeon Park, you see an antique streetlamp with nine globes t o i l luminate the t r e e s of Pigeon Park, which is a small plaza on the corner of Car ra l l and Hastings s t r e e t s .

Not many t o u r i s t s l i n g e r i n the plaza because gangs of pigeons w i l l beg incessantly f o r a handout and, i f none is offered , the s i t u a t i o n can get messy.

on the building a t 337 Car ra l l S t r e e t is a Plaque t h a t s t a t e s Pigeon park Plaza is a h i s t o r i c a l s i t e because a hundred years ago two Dudes from C.P.R. stood on the very ground tha t is now Pigeon Park and exclaimed, "By George, t h i s could be a f i n e c i t y someday, perhaps the f inesc i n Canada; we s h a l l c a l l i t Vancouver."

On the same building, not f a r from t h i s plaque i n Pigeon Park Plaza, is a yellow door t h a t leads t o a narroG s 2 i r a l l i n g s t a i r c a s e which ii? tu rn , leads t o the f l o o r s t h a t house CO-OP Radio where a body of over 300 people i

a re expending a g rea t dea l of energy t o make sure Vancouver is a f i n e c i t y for those whose "voice" is not acceptable t o the commerciai radio s t a t ions .

A t Co-op Radio the re a r e almost 80 d i f f e r e n t programs produced each week. Every s i n g l e program has a crew of volunteers tha t w i l l m i t c s c r i p t s , read and record s c r i p t s , sweep the f l o o r s , e t c , The magic is t h a t no one, fro^: the announcer t o the floor-sweeper, is g e t t i n g paid. They a r e Volunteers, and Co-op Radio could not e x i s t without them.

Nor could the volunteers e x i s t a t Co-op without the niemberohip of the s ta- t ion ' s l i s t e n e r s , whose year ly dues a r e $20 i f unemployed, $25 if employed.

The Cnst nf rltrmirrg 5 rdtn s t a t i o n i s "expensive." The dues-paying nem= bers pay f o r t h e Power Output Tubes t h a t break down and cos t $3,000 KO re- place. They pay f o r the Microphones; t h e Copying'machine when i t needs i t .

They pay out of g ra t i tude from t h e i r meagre fortunes. They pay out of duty from t h e i r wealth of t r u s t .

Co-op Radio has been receiving a government grant , but the heavy end of the f i n a n c i a l burden is ca r r i ed by the membership.

There a r e four ful l- t ime and one part-time s t a f f , who receive a s a l a r y a t Co-op. I n exchange f o r t h e i r wages they supply a t i g h t co-ordination a t the s t a t i o n and they seem t o s incere ly ca re about the volunteers a s individuals .

So i f you ever make it down t o Pigeon Park, have a look a t the Plaque so you ' l l know I wasn't j u s t making a l l t h i s up.

The Thinning Line 1

I always tried to play it safe. I never wanted to take a chance. Now I find myself on a thinning line with only words left to fall in love with.

Status Quo Stephen Belkin

In the water a woman stands, holding high a flame. On the land a woman stands, holding high a sword. One is called Liberty; the other's name is Mother. And on the earth, where they both live, the bald eagle and the polar bear are at peace with each other, as they have been since before the dawn of boundaries our species still seems to need.

Stephen Belkin

Fantasy Gardens of the Mind

When the truth gets too close, somehow, we go to where we're always welcome. The sun is always shining brightly there and all are eager to drink our words. We carefully tend then blissfully gaze

$"- Upon the illusions we desperately ~lave, when the truth gets too close, somehow, to the Fantasy Gardens of the mind. But the truth is the weed that does not die.

Stephen Belkin

BIRTHDAY ON CRAB BEACH Jancis M. Andrews I

Dana, night-swimming, is a silver fish 1

confiding to the moonlit ocean a sort of homesickness. 4 a

n Budding from .her mother' s blood in that first universe - that dark sea without stars - she grew lonely for the moon;

8 cli out to find

. - human night,

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a moon whose light the sun puts rlercely ouc. I

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Yet still she climbs, and in this second climbing, repeats that moment when, lifted towards her mother's heart, the inaugural glimpse of her bright, wet head, undid the mastery of that st] eong morn ing

The Learners' Conference, held at the Carnegie C.C. on Sunday, June 12 was a day of discovery. Discovee ~ame with all of the wonderful work- &opsheld on a variety of subjects including: poverty, music, skits, ~nglish and mathematics. Some of the guest speakers were

Emery Barnes MLA, Sheila Baxter, Di- nah Schooner, Ann Dussault and Marg- aret McDougall - just to name a few. The only fault after the day was

over was that it was not long enough. My thanks and gratitude to all the planners and participants.

Dan Billings

Well, it finally happened: * Discovery '88, the Carnegie Learn- ing Centre's Learner's Conference, on Self-Esteem & Self-confidence. The beautiful sunny Sunday on

thz 12th cf J.LXIC ssv c:zr 3~ pcc-,:=-- from the Carnegie and other local Learning Centres enter and sign up for the Conference, after months of hard work by, especially, Barb Mor- rison,Lillian Harrison, Geraldine Hutchings, and Curt Eckert - all either students or tutors in our Learning Centre. This past March these people put

together a proposal for a grant from the Ministry of Advanced Edu- cation and the Secretary of State . . .and got it! ! !

While the children of the partic- ipants were cared for by profession- al daycare workers, the day got off to a late start. After opening re- marks by Muggs Sigurgeirson and Di- ane MacKenzie, Peg Mercer serenaded us with her voice and guitar. Then the learning continued with sessions on the topic of "Self-confidence and Self-esteem", led by k n Dussault , a national sales trainerand motiva- tional speaker. Meanwhile, Mo Townsley and Mary Frances Smith had their workshops. going on : "Study Skills" (Mo) , and "English1' (Mary Frances). Mary Frances also led an afternoon workshop and the work of her students was on display. Margaret McDougall gave an inspira- tional lecture/discussion on' sculpting with slate. Other sessions included matherna-

tics with Nick Kocken and Computer Sciences with James McGowan. Just before lunch, Tom Atkinson gave all the first time visitors a tour of the Carnegie Centre with the assis- +----a --..-- n G -- "--- c n m ~ ~ r n l * * r i t ~ n ~ ~ : .----------- --- A c p~np1 P

were digesting the lunch provided, the Carnegie Centre Players gave everyone a little something more to digest. A short drama written by Sheila Baxter, and performed by Sheila, Bill Deacon, Lillian Harri- son, Geraldine Hutchings, Julien ~eves~ue, ~illi Munro , Rose Nielson and James Ward stirred the audience to participation in discussing their views on poverty and destruc- tive childhood experiences in the educational system. This led into an open and emotionally honest Ques- tion & Answer period with Sheila.

The top i c of Self-confidence, l i f e and t he l ea rn ing process - r e a l l y the theme of the whole day - was spec i f - i c a l l y ta lked about by Dinah Schooner i n the af ternoon. This was folldwed by another open and h e a r t - f e l t d i s - cussion with the N.D.P. MLA, Emery Barnes.

A f i l l i n g d inner , cooked and served by ki tchen s t a f f and volunteers was t he l a s t event of t h e day before t h e "Count on Country" Dance i n t h e Theatre , which is hard t o desc r ibe s ince i t hasn ' t s t a r t e d ye t a s w e write this little article. Ecpe i t ' E

fun and a good c l o s e t o a day of l ea rn ing , growing, shar ing and discovery. .

A s p e c i a l thanks goes ou t t o a l l those who helped organizing, s e t t i n g up, c lo s ing up and everything i n between. Ask a t t h e Learning Centre f o r videos of t he Conference, taped by Learning Centre vo lunteers . A l e a rn ing good-time was had by a l l .

Barb Morrison "

Geraldine Hutchings Curt Eckert

'1 Tom Atkinson Rose Nielsen

our wonderful l e ade r - t h e good o ld boy - Mr. Vanderzalm. I say M r . be- cause i n t he next e l e c t i o n t h a t ' s what he w i l l be , j u s t p l a i n M r . and not what he would l i k e t o have us be- 1 :,.-*,. . .-. --,.A *la t.-.- L A L V G . U 6 V V U V I U ""1.

Every t i m e I see my doc tor , he te l ls m e what I can no longer have; "You can no longer have vitamins,Mr. Roadknight. " B i l l " doesn ' t t h ink you need them.'' Another t i m e , i t ' s , "You no longer need calcium f o r your bones; yo0 a l s o do not need g l a s s e s f o r your eyes; M r . Roadknight, you no longer need the $50.00 a month handicap income a s s i s t a n c e f o r doing volunteer work, even i f i t is he lp ing someone i n worse condi t ions than you. M r . Roadknight, you no longer need t h e s e r v i c e s of Sa in t Paul ' s Hospi ta l a s you a r e no t at dea th ' s door y e t ; c l o s e , but no t c l o s e enough."

Last w in t e r , I had t o s i t up f o r two o r t h r e e n i g h t s s i n c e I could not b rea the i f I l a i d down. I managed t o ge t t o t h e doc to r ' s o f f i c e and he s a i d t o go home and s u f f e r - "I'll g ive you some p i l l s " - ... so I d i d , - f o r two long months. I was very s i c k . "

The next t i m e I ' m ill I might say !>{ t o h e l l with t h i s and pass on t o I

whatever awai t s on t h e o t h e r s i d e of t h a t dbor. Anything would be b e t t e r ' 1 than having The Fuhreur Vanderzalm t e l l i n g m e - "Mr . Roadknight, you no I

longer need t o l ive ." M r . & M r s . Vanderzalm, have a good

day. One of your f ans , 07, - . *& JAMES ROADKNIGHT - A

THE ELECTRIC SIDE

This is for muxicians and every- one'else with keen interest i products. 1've spent the last year as a soundman and partner in a com- pany called Spitfire Sound. One of our biggest problems was with rentals - basically people who did not know what to do or what not to do. This will cover that subject. First and most important is wire.

Wire links the whole system together and in any system, large or small, you have different types of wire & connectors. Most wire comes in 3 specific types: 1. speaker wire; 2. 2-line instrument wire and 3. 3-line wire. Speaker wire is large and almost like power wire (in effect it is). Speaker wire can have a number of connectors like %" plugs, RCA plugs or bare wire connectors. Spea- ker wire must be of good quality as it passes a very dense signal. 2-linewire - most 2-line wire is

very thin and not for speakers. It '

is used to transport signals before amplification. There can be various types of connectors: guitar cords (%I1 plug) for magnetic pickup; RCA plugs for tape decks or turntables or reei-t_~-r-el ripe m,sr.h.:=es; 1:s" plugs for acoustic instrument pick- ups. Plug adaptors can be used to change one to another. Also this type of wire is for high impedence or unbalanced lines. 3-line wire - I use it mostly for

low impedence microphones, and usu- ally have XLR type plugs. These are called balanced 1ines.i In order to convert these to high impedence or unbalanced line, a line converter is necessary. Next issue we will deal with the w

do's and don'ts of connecting audio systems.

, BRUCE SAUER

- HELLWAY

Stumbling a long t h i s d a r k stormy highwa] Snow r u n s down my h a i r on to my back Soaking through my c l o t h e s .

Cold makes my s p i n e 0 f e e l a l i v e wi th pa in Feet d o n ' t even f e e l anymore

- as they h i t t h e f rozen ground.

Wind s t a b s i n t b my s k i n Bones f e e l l i k e t h e y ' l l s h a t t e r wi th t h e s l i g h t e s t blow.

t o be my d e s t i n y The s i d e of t h i s hellway my grave A ton of s

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iced-over h e l l Praying some k i i d s t r a n g e r

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L i f e on t h e run can be hard When you don ' t l i v e by s o c i e t y ' s Rule.

TREES ARE BORN

Shaking d u s t and p o l l e n From t h e day ' s l o n g journey Over v o i c e s r i s i n g from t h e r i v e r Trees are born w i t h s t r a i g h t backs Bearded, t a l l

Animals p l a y t r i c k s on you Sneaking up and b r e a t h i n g w i t h wet noses i n your e a r rvx 2 3 . - - . ---. .- WLIU L U L I Q L L L ~ L V V C L i l l ~ I I I U U L ~ L ~ ~ L L ~ ~ C ~ ~

One clear n o t e S t r i k e s o u t on t h e r i v e r where i t empties t o t h e sun

And your f l e s h is made warm under b l u e b l a n k e t s Opened t o Roses w i l l come a long and One D r e a m a t a t ime

give- t h i s wandering f o o l I

a l ig t . d - So naked

- Poured o u t i n t h e r a i n Disappeared From someone's t h i n k i n g s e l f .

C.L. Ecker t TORA

p Apocalypse Never: G a b r i e l on E a r t h

Now e v e r y t h i n g was a l l set f o r t h e b i g show: t h e grand f i n a l e - u n t i l God n o t i c e d t h a t G a b r i e l was miss ing. It seems t h a t a t t h e last moment, l i k e a h u n t e r look ing i n t o t h e eyes of a d e e r , he could n o t b r i n g himself t o blow h i s horn. H e had f a l l e n i n love w i t h t h e e a r t h .

He 's on ly human now. He could be anywhere. H i s s k i n could be any co lour . He could be a re fugee . H e could be i n a wheelchair . He could

b e i n a psych ward. H e cou ld be on ; i

t h e b o t t l e o r t h e need le . He cou ld be on w e l f a r e o r U.I.C. He could s t i l l be a c h i l d , going hungry t o school . He could be gay. He could even be a woman, and a l e s b i a n t o I I

bood, s o I guess t h e r e ' s on ly one way t o make s u r e we t h a n k t h e a n g e l '

who, a t t h e las t moment, saw o u r l o n e l y p l a n e t w i t h a n a t i v e ' s eyes .

Stephen Belkin

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I l i : , Iwdy was u t t e r l y d e a d , o f f c o l o u r , 1 1 1 1 m i s t a k i n g t h a t t ho rough ly g iven- i l l l o o k 1'111- a mati a b i t fo rma l and s l e e p i ~ i g . , I lc is dead . They k e p t s a y i n g I lc ~ ~ e e d s h i s cap ( g l a s s e s , a smoke)-- 11ut t h a t ' s what t hey needed, t o g i v e t h e l i e ( ( 1 liis d i s i n t e g r a t i o n .

0 , c o w on - s u r e , h e was a lways q u i e t bu t 1101: t h a t q u i e t . S u r e h e was a s m a l l man - . - - -- - i l l a s m a l l l i f e , b u t t h a t t i n y cave rnous w i t i 1 t h e n e a t l y a r r a n g e d bones cadaver i b just a u empty s a c k .

1 1 ~ ' s p u l l e d o u t . AWOL.

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to g r i e v e alld gr0.i.i o v e r c i s ro l l a:d u n r o l l i ~ i the p r o c e s s o f l i f e

t o c i . t ~ ~ c ~ and be danced on i ( I td l k abou t grandpa r : ~ i.211 a l l t h e g r a n d k i d s Jli,-;_ name was V i c t o r , Marie -- --

w a s h i s w i f e . - - - - - - T n a n n ~ A r n n t t - - - -. - - - - - - - - - - -

EMOTIONAL PAIN .-

Dear Carneg ie P e o p l e ,

Wel l , h e r e i t i s , my f i f t h day a t Carneg ie . A l ready . Time s u r e l y p a s s e s q u i c k l y when y o u ' r e hav ing a good t i m e .

Thank you f o r t h e w a r m welcome. The cake was d e l i c i o u s , and ev- e n t u a l l y I ' l l l e a r n how t o s e r v e w i t h o u t g e t t i n g i c i n g up t o my elbows.

A1 W i l s o n ' s b a n n e r s a r e ou t - s t a n d i n g . I ' m humbled by so muck

work t o welcome someone he didntr know.

Muggs' a r t i c l e was o u r r a g e o ~ s - s h e made ine sound l i k e p r i x t u i c of Mother T e r e s a and A l b e r t Z i n - s t e i n . Don' t ycu b e l i c v 2 i t ! Mh o n l y c l a i m t o fame i s t h a t I 1 ~ t ? been a l o t of p l a c e s and l e a r n e d a l l t h e bad words i n a I.ot n f l anguages .

I ' m d e l i g h t e d t o be h e r e . Thank you f o r l e t t h g ;:.e becorn2 a p a r t of t h e magic t h a c i s t h e Carneg ie C e n t r e .

i \ i i e ( . t ~ U I L ~ L ~ I ~ . Diane MacKenzie

I l o w do I end t h i s p a i n ? I t is a never-ending c o n s t a n t p a i n . 1 am s o s c a r e d t o c a r e a b o u t anybody. Uccause - t h e p a i n t h e y c a n c a u s e . So:netimes it h u r t s s o much.. .

I want t o scream Can anybody t a k e t h i s p a i n from me? 'l'licy t e l l m e t o t u r n i t o v e r t o God. Wllo t h e h e l l i s God? They s a y

a God o f my u n d e r s t a n d i n g . But I d o n ' t even u n d e r s t a n d mysel f -

s o how can I u n d e r s t a n d God?

'l'lie e m o t i o n a l p a i n g e t s s o bad ,

i t a lmos t chokes m e t o d c a t h . I have t r i e d r e p l a c i n g t h e emotional. p a i n w i t h p h y s i c a l p a i n ...

i t d o e s n o t work. I f e e l somebody o u t t h e r e shou ld

I

have i n s t a n t answers - But nobody seems t o have t h e answers

I want. They t e l l m e t o l o o k w i t h i n myse l f . But who a m I ? Where i n s i d e myself

a r e t h e s e g r e a t & wonder fu l answers?

Can anybody h e a r my c r y f o r h e l p ? O r d o e s it f a l l on dea f e a r s ? Mine