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Other periodicals, such as Vanity Fair, will put photos featuring beautiful wotnen on their covers just to increase sales. Since the Carnegie Newsletter has never even tried to make a profit (it's FREE) we can put some beautiful women of the Downtown Eastside community on the cover just for the fun of it!!

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The Oppenheimer Park Totem Pole

It seems to me that when someone dies it is the responsibility of those of us who are left to offer caring for that life for that death in the intensity ofthe love . that reaches out from the unendurable loneliness of our separation.

So did First Nations people, with their friends and allies, raise a totem pole in Oppenheimer Park on June 6, 1998, to remember the community of those who have died in the Downtown Eastside, and so did they rededicate themselves to the struggle for hope and for justice from one generation to another.

Sandy Cameron

The Downtown Eastside s the Soul Of Vancouver

Colleen and Diane were talking to me about the beauty of our Downtown Eastside community, and how important it is for people in other parts of Van­couver to see that beauty and realize that there is a strong community here. Now we're not a pretty community. We don't have a lot of gorgeous flower gardens or trees like the ones in Stanley Park. We do have Crab Park, the gardens in Strathcona, the col­ourful murals, and the old heritage buildings. But when I use the word beauty in regard to the Down­town Eastside, I'm not thinking about nice looking streets. I'm thinking about the people. It's the people who make our community beautiful, and people make our community beautiful because they have soul. The Downtown Eastside is the soul of Van­couver. You know about soul food and soul music. Well, I'm talking about soul community. Many of us have lived through hard times- and survived. We know about pain, and in our pain, in spite of our pain, we reach out to each other and help each other.

That's soul. They say bodies are attracted by pleas­ure, but souls are attracted by pain. We are strong from the struggles we have endured. We have learned to respect each other, and not to be judge­mental. We have learned to work together to make things better. In June, 1998, a beautiful totem pole was erected in Oppenheimer Park to remember those who have died in the Downtown Eastside, and also to remem­ber those who have survived. Some of the carvers who worked on the pole didn't live long enough to see it finished, but their spirits live on - in the totem pole, in Oppenheimer Park, and in the hearts of the people of the Downtown Eastside. The poem, "The ?ppenheimer Park Totem Pole", touches on the pain m our community, but it also shows the courage and per~ever~nce that_ is here, and the hope that someday JUStice wlll preva1l. That's soul. You can't measure it with a ruler, but you can write a poem or a song about it.

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To Whom It May Concern:

The so-called public consultation process for the redevelopment of the only playing field in the Downtown Eastside has deprived the Oppenheimer Park users, home team Pirate.~, and the Downtown Eastside Slo-P itch League of its ancestral home for the past 28 years. For the better part of a century, literally hundreds of players have enjoyed playing thousands of hours of baseball at Oppenheimer, in addition to the other cultural and recreational activi-

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ty organizations, businesses, and individual citizens have supported baseball in the D.E. as an alternative to the drug and alcohol cult.ure by providing field space and funds for equipment and fees. While the condition of the field has deteriorated over time, the Vancouver Parks Board has always responded fa­vourably to the League's requests to cut back or re­move overhanging trees and address safety concerns on the field. The past decade at the park has been especially

difficult. In response to the "drug usc" problem at Oppenheimer, players' benches were removed and the spectator's bleacher gate was locked in a futil e attempt to prevent people from congregating in those areas. The D.E.S.L. continued playing despite the inconveniences until gunplay and knifing incidents at the park made it unplayable due to safety con­cerns.

Five years ago, at the request of the Vancouver Parks Board field staff and Pirate's players, the D. E.S.L. reclaimed the Park. On a typical evening after the field house closes, players arrive a half hour early to alert park users of the impending game and sweep the field for need les, potholes and other ha­zards before play can begin. Without players' benches and using low-flight balls, baseball still sur-

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Last summer, area residents and Park regulars along with Pirate players gathered to brainstorm their needs and desires for the long-awaited redeve­lopment of the Park The main points of the clearly stated vis ion from

the Park users working groups included : a fie ld house in the style of a West Coast First Nations longhouse that provided storage for tepee poles and a kitchen that meets Ministry standards; a common room with doors that cou ld be opened onto em ex­tended patio resurfacing of the playing field, re­placement of the players' benches and the raising or the right field fence an area set as ide for those with­out housing to provide a sa fe haven in the Park and the refurbishment of the totem pole

Initially, the proposal for the redevelopment of Op­penheimer Park was on the Vcmcouver Parks Board 1s website, cllld the one presumably approved by the Vancouver Parks Board retained the integrity of the original layout or the Park. Therefore~ it was quite a shock to many when a line of trees were planted

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along the goat path that people were using to cross the park to sit at the picnic tables chained to the field house fence.

Why is it that throughout the rest of the public con­sultation process, Park users <1nd interested commu­nity members who took part in the initial gathering were forced to defend their vision tor the redeve­lopment of the Oppenheimer Park in the face of op­position from the planners and organizers? In what other neighbourhood would planners and officials implement a plan that no one asked for? If city oni­cials or other groups had an alternate vis ion, they too could have presented them for public discussion and consideration. The desecration of Oppenheimer Park by developing a plan based on a temporary goat path, rather than on the traditional recreational and cultural practices of area residents and park users, is unpardonable. In the coming weeks, players, park users, and

Friends of Oppenheimer Park wi ll be seeking an­swers ti·om Carnegie Committees) the Vancouver Parks Board, and others to the question of how this public consultation process was corrupted . Specitl­cally: Who dec ided to eliminate baseball without notifying or consulting with user groups? Where wi ll the residents and park users watch and play baseball ? Who is responsible for planting the trees and ruining the aesthetics of the Park? Why were the recommend<~tions from the park users ignored in the redevelopment plans for Oppenhei­mer? We are asking those people who have not yet seen

what has been done to our beloved Park to take the time to visit and comment on this despicable act. If those responsible for this deception believe they can stop people in the D.E. from enjoying the same recr­eationa l opportunities that exist elsewhere in the city by planting trees across our iield, they are sad ly mis­taken. While we may not run fast or hit far, at least we respect the his tory of the Park and the people who make up this community. It may be that the replanting of these trees salvaged from another site was the work of one or more well meaning but mis­gu ided planners, but these arc questions yet to be asked and answered.

All Our Relations, \ Members of the Oppenheimer Pirates and

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A word that meant, that means so much I remember and will never forget How you held me, carried me Kissed away all my hurts My first smile was a copy of yours My first laugh, shriek was my way of laughing As you tickled or nibbled on my tummy or toes My first steps as well my first crawl were probably towards you There were many stumbles and falls Only to be picked up by you Mother, Mom, Mommy You held me and kissed away all my hurts and tears Then put me down so I could be on my way again When I look at your picture or when you cross my thoughts I remember every day with you was a Mothers Day for me.

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It has been three years in the making ... On April 24, 2008 the "Hope in Shadows" book was launched, with a well attended reception at Gallery Gachet. The book is a collection of stories and pho­tographs of Vancouver's downtown Eastside. The stories were collected by Brad Cran and Gillian Je­rome through a series of interviews with people who had been part of the "Hope in Shadows" photogra­phy contest. Every person who had a picture pub­lished in the "Hope in Shadows" calendar was asked if they would be interested to do an interview and tell their story. The book has a collection of stories and photographs by 33 different people, spread over 270 pages. Libby . Davis, the federal MLA for Vancouver East wrote a foreword that describes the history of the neigh­bourhood well. Brad and Gillian describe the project of collecting and publishing the stories in the book and another preface describes the history of the Pi­vot Legal Society, which collaborates with the "Hope in Shadows Society" and the publication of the book. Each of the stories is so interesting! The reader will

get to know the lives of the people who live in the DTES intimately. The stories are not the typical im­age of despair and hopelessness that the press likes to display. These are stories of hope, courage and compassion that emulate the personal survival of conditions that the 'average' citizen will never expe­rience. The reader gets to know the downtown east­side as a neighbourhood where with a lot of com­passion: people are accepted for who they are, not judged by where they came from or how wealthy they might be. In financial terms the neighbourhood is not rich, but in terms of emotional content these stories are compelling and the lives of the people are very rich. The stories are not about lives where eve­rything always went well and often contain elements of lost close friends; nevertheless, one will get to see how rich in experience the Jives of these people have been. Unlike the stereotypical image of a downtrodden neighbourhood, the reader will get to know the downtown eastside as a neighbourhood where people with different histories and often very

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interesting backgrounds have come to together and 5 often continue to live in very difficult circums-tances. They are amazing for their courage and the ability to build community by reaching out for each other. Highly recommended! You can purchase the "Hope in Shadows" book for$ 20. from local residents who are vendors and can be identified by their blue mes­senger bags. You can phone the Pivot office (604-255-9700) and leave a message for me to deliver you one, or you can order online: write hendrik­beune at gmail.com

GARDEN OF HEALTH Plant three rows of Peas:

First row- Peace of Mind Second row - Peace of Heart Third row - Peace of Soul

Plant four rows of Squash:

• First row - Squash Gossip Second row - Squash Indifference Third row - Squash Grumbling Four row- Squash Selfishness

Plant Four rows of Lettuce: First row- Lettuce be Faithful Second row - Lettuce be Kind Third row- Lettuce be Patient

No garden is without turnips: First row - Turnip for Meetings Second row - Turnip tor Service Third row - Turnip to help one another

To conclude our garden we must have Thyme: First row- Thyme for Each other Second row - Thyme for Family Third row- Thyme for Friends

Life doesn't necessarily get easier as you get older; you just learn to deal with things better. Take note of the little things in life. The little things we do make a huge difference in whether we succeed or fail.

Ms. Libby Davies {Vancouver East, NDP): The homclessness count in metro Vancouver is

done every few years. It's conducted by over 700 volunteers who literally go block by block, alley by alley, shelter by shelter and endeavour to get, and indeed do get, a very accurate count of people who are homeless, whether they are in shelters or on the street. That count was done on March 11 and the results

were released on April 8. It showed that overall there has been a l 9% increase in the number of homeless individuals found in metro Vancouver. That is a 19% increase since 2005 when the last count was done. It is a l 31% increase since the one previous to that was done, which was in 2002. This should cause enormous concern.

In my community of Vancouver East, particularly in places like the Downtown Eastside, the visibility of homelessness, the number of people on the street, those who are destitute and those living so far below the poverty line with no resources or hope for the future, causes enormous distress. It causes illness and mental distress not only to the individuals who arc in that predicament but also to the community at large. The latest figures from the homeless count should

be setting off alarm bells. One would think that over the years there would have been a concerted effort to address this as a grave human tragedy. ln a coun­try as wealthy as Canada, nobody should be sleeping on the street. Nobody should be without shelter. Everybody is entitled to a living wage and decent, safe, appropriate and affordable housing

Yet, when we look at the budget, there was no new money for housing. A number of local advocacy groups in the Downtown Eastside, including PI­VOT, United Native Nations, DERA, the Carnegie Community Action Project and Streams of Justice,

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recently released a report that showed there were 1 0 new low income housing facilities that have either closed or will be closing for a further loss of 448 units. My community is facing a very grave situation

where people are either already homeless or are on the verge ofbecoming homeless. Yet there was nothing in this budget to address those issues. I read a quote from the minister allegedly responsi­

ble for housing, where he dismissed the idea that we needed a national housing program. I have heard the minister say that the government is spending more money on housing than any other government in the history of Canada. He is talking about mortgages. He is talking about existing projects, some of which were built 20 years ago. No new co-ops or social housing units have been built. Even the homeless­ness programs that exist are in jeopardy because it is not yet clear whether they will continue. All of this creates incredible anxiety both for the

organizations that seek to assist those who are home -less and certainly the people on the street and in shelters who wonder whether they will ever have a roof over their heads or a place they can call home. To me, this budget is about priorities. I find it

shameful. When we look at the $50 billion in corpo­rate income tax cuts that are contained in this budget and the former economic and fiscal update that was • presented last October, when we look at the corpo-rate tax cuts that are laid out from 2007 all the way to 20 13, we are talking about $50 billion that has been lost from public revenue. Let us think about what could have been done with

that amount of money. It could have provided 1.14 million child care spaces. It could have provided 74,000 hybrid transit buses. It could have provided 12 million units of non-profit affordable housing. It could have assisted 11 million students with their undergraduate tuition, or another two million gra­duates with their student loans. It could have put a much greater emphasis on dealing with climate change. None of these priorities were addressed in the budget. · To add insult to injury, when people in my commu­nity read that V ANOC, the Olympic committee, received another $45 million yet housing receiving nothing, they knew that they were at the bottom of the list.

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MAY 2, 2008

STATEMENT FROM LIBBY DA VlES ON CONSERVATIVE IN SITE INTERFERENCE

"The Conservative government must stop its unconscionable interference in scientific research on Vancouver's safe injection site. Medical re­searchers from the University of British Columbia have revealed that Harper and his team have been suppressing evidence and denying funding to ~ci­entists who are looking objectively at the ments of Insite. "More than 20 medical and academic studies

have been published showing the health and so­cial benefits of lnsite. We now have both scien-

• tific fact and evidence from users m our commu-nity that this facility is helping, not hurting the people of our city. The research record s~ows that lnsite saves lives and increases pubhc safety "Harper doesn't understand that you can't just

hide the facts whenever they don't suit your po­litical agenda. We need a change in direction. It's time for this government to make decisions based on evidence instead of ideology - Insite needs to be kept open."

Libby Davies MP- Vancouver East

Vidella used to have a phrase that is very appro­priate for modern day living. He would often say that we are no longer human beings, we have become human doings. We have been conditioned by society to always have to be doing something, whether it is work­ing, watching television or any one of numerous things that we fill our time with. As a result, we have lost our ability to just be. We find it difficult to sit alone for a few minutes in peace and quiet. Some people even get frustrated waiting a couple of minutes at the traffic lights! Today, make a conscious effort to be a human being instead of a human doing. There will be times when you have nothing to do. There will be times when you are waiting. Instead of trying to fill those moments finding something to do, or worse thinking of everything that you have to do, ef)joy them and just be.

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May 5, 2008

Davies calls on Harper to "put evidence ahead of ideology" on safe injection site

Vancouver East MP Libby Davies today called on the Conservative government to "put evidence ahead of ideology" and keep Vancouver's safe injection site open. Davies' call came on the heels of a statement in support of lnsite released today by SFU Criminologist Neil Boyd, who had been contracted by the federal government to conduct research on the safe-injection site.

"The research is absolutely clear. Jnsitc prevents overdose deaths and the spread ofHIV/AIDS. It is cost effective and widely supported in the com­munity. Insite saves lives," said Davies. Boyd's statement follows an open letter and se­

ries of reports released last week by leading UBC medical researchers claiming that the Conserva­tive government has been suppressing evidence and denying funding to research related to the facility. The exemption from Canada's drug laws that allows lnsite to operate is set to expire June 30,2008. . "More than 20 medical and academic studies have been published showing the health and social benefits of lnsitc. lt 's time for this government to make decisions based on evidence instead of ide­ology. Insit~ heeds to be kept open," said Davies.

Wishing you could've been there .•.

1 took my dad to the mall the other day to buy some new shoes. We decided to grab a bite at the food court. I noticed he was watching a teenager sitting next to him. The teenager had spiked hair in all dif­ferent colors: green, red, orange, and blue.

My dad kept staring at him. The teenager would look and find him staring every time. When the tee­nager had enough, he sarcastically asked, "What's the matter old man, never done anything wild in your life?" Knowing my Dad, I quickly .swallowed my food so that I would not choke on hts response~ knowing he would have a good one. . .

And in classic style he did not bat an eye m h1s response. "Got drunk once and had sex with a pea cock. I was just wondering if you were my son."

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Casual Thoughts on the Meaning of Life -it could be somethiug like this

I heard a man say the pen is mightier than the sword some say the penis is. It ain't necessarily so~ I wish it were. Intercontinental ballistic missiles and Neutron Bomb ·wou ld be puny compared with a well-turned

sonnet or canto

Pens and penises would RULE.

Eastside & Westside, Northside & Southside Tractors would trump AK4Ts Early morning chats at cafe & cooler Would determine the outcome of today & tomorrow Journalists and other tellers of story would live in the lap of luxury Gossip would become seriously trendy The prayers of women and other mystics Mothers of madmen, mothers of invention would impound and impinge parliament

and the courts of appea.l Those sweethearts waiting

Those wives heavy wi th unborn orphans would be SAVED from the irritation and frustration of their parents

be they women or men or other.

Sans au pair - sans nannies Lucky to have grandparents - those saints

and unacknowledged angels -Buying baby new shoes and their first trikes Babysitting, knitting booties, cooking

nutritious stews and such.

Spas would have half-price days for single parents

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Carnegie Community Centre Association's 2008 Annual General Meeting

Thursday, June 5, 5:30pm To run for the Board of Directors, you must

have been a member for 60 days immediately prior to the election. To vote you must have been a member for 14 days immediately prior to the election. Member registration begins in the Theatre at 5:00 pm.

After examining the constitution and bylaws in light of concerns raised at the Special General Meeting, the Publications Committee agreed to the following: That any notice of a Special General Meeting shall be posted in accordance with Article III Section I 0, #3 of the Association's Constitution and Bylaws. 2. In the case of the recent SGM, the board apologizes for its oversight with regard to the requirement for 2 weeks notice of an SGM in the newsletter and in future will ensure that this requirement is met.

accompanied· by children -subsidised Medals would be struck - Ribbons and banners

float in a nice sunny breeze. Days wou ld be sunny and cheerful

- even in Vancouver Or misty, melancholic and my~terious The Native Aboriginal People might help us

with mcd icine and the weather! In exchange for their LAND BACK.

All those questions would be answered ' bout where's Daddy, or maybe Mummy

or may never come up Just Because

Oh - you all know what I be talkin' 'bout brer Wilhelmina

Wilhelmina Miles

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GALLERY GACHET BASIS OF UNION I. We agree to support the wellness of people mar­ginalized by their mental health, trauma and/or abuse

• expertence. 2. We agree to promote artistic and professional de­velopment of our gallery members as a means to achieve social, cultural and economic justice. 3. We believe in the expression and practice of art and culture as a human right. 4. We agree to promote the critical function of art and culture in building a healthy society. 6. We work for the elimination of discrimination against people marginalized by their mental health, trauma, and/or abuse experience.

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NEW DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE RECITAL SERIES: cr fMUSIC TO LIVE BY' in MAY 2008

City Opera Vancouver today announced a new re­cital series for residents of the Downtown Eastside, Strathcona and Chinatown.

"In May, we will be giving four more free recitals in our neighbourhood," said City Opera President Dr Nora Kelly. "We will be bringing great and beloved music to the people we have a special mandate to serve. "City Opera has been offering wonderful music to the neighbourhood since 2005. In our new series, 'Music To Live By', we are offering soprano Mi­chelle Koebke and pianist Miri Lee, two of our most accomplished young artists," added Kelly.

Koebke and Lee will perform a one-hour program at four centres: FRIDAY, 16 May 3pm, Carnegie Centre, Hastings x Main NB: This recital will be televised on Shaw Cable, courtesy of Fearless TV, a project of the Community Arts Network. Sid Tan, producer. WEDNESDAY, 21 May 2pm, Jacob's Well, 239 Main Street FRIDAY, 23 May 1:30pm, Evelyne Saller Centre, 320 Alexander St. SATURDAY, 24 May 2pm, Dr Sun-Y at Sen Centre, with S.U.C.C.E.S.S.

'Music To Live By' will include Mozart, Puccini, Verdi, Gounod, Menotti, Dvorak, Lehar and Johann Strauss Jr. City Opera Vancouver is a professional chamber

opera company to be resident at the restored Pan­tages Theatre. It recently announced its first cham­ber opera commission: 'Pauline', to star the great Judith Forst, with music by Christos Hatzis and li­bretto by Margaret Atwood.

Carnegie Theatre Program Brainstorming Meeting

Thursday, May 22, 3pm, Theatre We invite you for an informal discussion about the kinds of workshops and projects you'd like to see.

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GOWNS AND SURVEILLANCE by ....

Cars can puff all they want that Pinto has burnward eyes for you. This elderly gentleman would like to smok~ bu.t he's just been informed it's not his Right. One foot m the grave who are reallybeing saved energy on who they have to say good night, be it flammable gowns or martini gunfire overhead, all they wanted was one last smoke before you declare them dead!! 1 remember a time when I ighters & ashtrays weren't crimes; in a Grade 5 assignment we formed clay into ashtrays for mom&dad, I wore my penmanship for hesitation marks with pride. I didn't like tattoos, something I couldn't use so I cut and wrote my own when I felt an oncoming attack of being sad ... Just a tugboat full of heartstrings being yanked out by one is there such a thing as humane traffic, the grand designs of interior bleeding, the body dynamic stooped over the altar of ceramic .. Bless your heart now you may start beware these selfish 1st blessings come with toetags and enough strings to deafen the , static shutterproofis the word of the day then again I've heard good things about this day with scientists riding their bikes in midair whether the air be thick or thin. Let the cyclist beware of a square they call Tiannamen Mankind yet again the intruder Mother Nature­screw 'er, like she is our Ruler? Maybe she is but it's still a bad time for compromise. The Happy hour - power hour - Rush hour - the newshour & the Holy hour Gowns and Surveillance by authoritarian wan­nabees herees my down payment on future atrocities you need no crystal ball to see where they are going into and out of my mind again with future atrocities Only comic strip people help any more then again they don't have to act their age because they don't age, now when was the last time you heard of Comic Book rage? It takes a lot of dollars to make just a pittance of sense like reducing intuition fees or overselling life insurance because no one you hand­picked will ever die (or at least before you!) to screw up your free ride, as children sit amid their very own debris hey it's free for a price you cannot beat even with your bats & a nod to odd jobs Steel Bowler Hat- now that you can't beat. You see hardship and tiny horrors as character building while building even more buildings on top of buildings. My entire body just skipped a beat, I've gotta go before tey build something on .... you get the idea keep it so you will have something to weep upon.

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Survivors oflndian Residential Schools

Take lust from the sword and pierce mine heart The pain is there, the pain is there, the pain is there

Forever. Forever death stands still Survivors oflndian Residential Schools is not a fairy tale- truth is reality, reality is truth Truths must prevail. Lies muist die. 50,000 sacred souls were lost or rather kilJed in The hands of Canada's Indian Residential Schools Mine dearest memories was shackled from the mind To the sacred heart, 'cause angelic babies were tortured, maimed, butchered and murdered

As a survivor of residential schools I (we) in reality are not survivors, 'cause I (we) lost our true spirit. Captives in an endless pit where mongers roam, Who told our chid within that our people were a product of the devil. Lies! Lies! Lies! Lies die!! The Indian Residential School was an invitation to genocidal blood baths. A Change of Heart? No! A change of soul. That died long ago. Survivors oflndian Residential Schools wiiJ not take The lust from the ultimate sword -'cause the sword­is a weapon that k'd the heart and soul .. that never went back home, to their families, never again 'cause their fami.ies did not exist no more: That's a message from the diabolical preacher.

Survivors must stand still, but be strong baby Only love will stand still - Be strong, Stand Still! I'll help you along the road that seems endless 'Cause the war against First Nations will never end Love you forever! Forever!! Forever!!!

All my relations, William Arnold Combes

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San Francisco homelessness solu­tions suggested for Vancouver

Three young authors had plenty of advice to offer the City of Vancouver on how to address the grow­ing issues of a lack of affordable housing and a growing homelessness crisis yesterday.

The authors were winners of an essay contest held by Pivot Legal Society that challenged entrants to think outside the box on how to solve one of the most pressing issues facing the City of Vancouver: the future of housing in the Downtown Eastside. The essays were compiled into a new report Hous­ing Solutions for the Downtown Eastside. "These essays represent real and pragmatic solutions to homelessness and the future of the Downtown Eastside," said David Eby, who heads Pivot Legal Society's Housing Campaign. "But more important­ly they represent the possibility that creative think­ing and collaboration could help Vancouver solve some pretty challenging problems." A panel of high-profile judges, including Cameron

Gray of the City of Vancouver Housing Department, Nick Blomley, Professor of Urban Geography at SFU, and developer Robert Brown, evaluated the entries for creative thinking, the practicality of the recommendations, and whether or not the proposals drew from successful models in other jurisdictions.

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Key proposals from the essays included: • A "master lease" program, modeled on a program in San Francisco, where the city pays the capital cost for half of a new build of social housing units, and leases the remaining units from a developer funded by private capital, capital secured by the half of the units paid for by the city. In the alternative, the City could lease existing operating SRO buildings from operators to ensure continued access to those most vulnerable to homelessness. Rents could help offset City costs. • A "homeless connect" program, modeled on another San Francisco program, where government and non-government organizations gather in a single location to help homeless people get basic services like replacement identification, eyeglasses and med­ical care. • Employing the recently homeless in building social housing to help build skills and self-esteem. • Incorporating economic rights, like a right to hous­ing and a living wage, into our Charter of Rights and Freedoms. • Considering the issuing of a special development bond by the City for the benefit of the DTES, where individuals could invest in ensuring socially sustain­able and mixed income construction, instead of forc­ing the City to rely on private investment and devel­opers for revitalization of the area .

Funeral Procession and Vigil for Those Who Continue to Die

Sunday, June 1, 10:00 am Richards and Dunsmuir, downtown "Vancouver"

Commencing at the former· "Holy Rosary Cathedral", now an Open Community Space under the Jurisdiction of Chief Kiapilano and the Squamish Nation

Relying on the Canadian state and its churches is killing our people! The $10,000 residential school"settlement" is causing more deaths every day- the genocide is continuing!

Take a stand to find our own recovery and healing, by declaring our sovereignty and independence from Canada! Bring drums and banners, in memory of those who have died, and to save those who may.

Authorized by Hereditary Squamish Chief Kiapilano and Ambassador· Red Jacl\.et of Turtle Island

Sponsored by The International Human Rights Tribunal into Genocide in Canada and

The Fr·iends and Relatives of the Disappeared

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Und isciplined behaviour by a handful of people se-verely disrupts the lives of others. For the sake of social security, discipline is essential. Normally, social indiscipline arises when a few people think that the existing social laws and regulations are defective and inadequate. If such thinking remains confined to debate and discussion, it will not cause any major social problems. However, to ensure dis­cipline in society, the laws and regulations should be rational and capable of amendments; In a society where rationality is given so much importance that amendments are permitted, discontent and indiscip­line can hardly be contemplated. Rationality follows obedience as the means to

maintain social harmony. People should first be ob­ed ient to the social codes, and then if they ·find a few defects, they should have the right to initiate debates and discussions, and suggest amendments to the defective laws. But if people start arguing without showing obedience, social indiscipline will be the result. The social code of conduct of a progressive societal structure gives more importance to rationali­ty than blind obedience. Thus, there is little scope for jeopardizing the system.

You can run, von can hide ... but vou can't escape!

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Music! Why do we Listen to It? By Jack A Barry

Everyone has a different lifes tyle and a different taste and music is no exception. Did you ever wonder why we listen to the kind that we do? There are so many different genres so why did we choose that certain one? I asked Jo hn Kor­srud; a Vanco uver Community College and a Capilano College music instructor and he rep­lied in an email, " I think its a combination of two things. Your society (where you lived, what you were exposed to, including your life expe­riences as well as what music you were exposed to, and how you were exposed to it) and your aptitude (some people are attracted to s imple or complex; we a ll hear music in different ways).

Sometimes the music we listen to depends on the mood we're in. If we are happy and in a j oyous mood, we will pro bably choose some kind o f toe-tapping music that will make us want to dance around the living room floor. On . the other hand, if we' re in a down o r depressed mood we will probably listen to some kind of a slow tune when we do no t want to bring our spirits up. Some of the best music to study to is a low volume classical Beethoven or any instru­mental brand of chamber music. People tend to re lax with some easy listening or even the soli­tude of nature. Sounds of a little creek flowing or even the sound of rain and thunder relaxes a lot o f people. On the other hand, the style we listen to could be because it's the style our friends all do and everybody likes to loo k cool in front of the m. With certain past relationships that meant a lot to us at the time, could it be the idea of never forgetting what their voice sounded like, so that every now and then you

can think of them, hear their voice, and look back on those memories fondly. However, we don't listen to this kind everyday, just when a certain mood happens to come along.

Evolution of styles influences what we prefer to listen to today. When our families only had the radio to listen to, the big bands and jazz were very much alive and that's about all we had available. After that era died away other styles became popular. I remember Fats Domino and Pat Boone, just to name a few. Over the years The Big Bopper, Chuck Berry, Johnny Cash and Hank Williams took over center stage. Later on, the television brought a lot more ·exposure to new types ofmusic. We started to shake our hips like Elvis Presley and twist like Chubby Checker. A whole new different era started. Programs like The Ed Sullivan Show and

• American Bandstand, hosted by the worlds oldest teenager, Dick Clark, introduced us to a different kind of music that we had never heard before. The British Invasion took over quickly. The Beatles were all over North America like no one had been before. Every teenage girl went nuts over these mop-haired Britons with guitars

and English accents. Then more British bands ststarted to infiltrate the music scene. Young men in America started to form their own little bands and imitated these British singers. So as we were growing older a whole different style of music took over our listening pleasure and as adults most of us still listen to that style today . Now for the children of today, they have their own brand of music that they listen to. Cable­vision and music videos introduced everyone to many new kinds of music. Nowadays, they have Rap, Post Grunge and every different style that

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Whether it is at home or some other place we start to recognize different sounds that we like from childhood. Did you ever notice how many heads pop up from the sandbox whenever they hear the sound of that ice-cream truck? Little kids stop doing whatever they're doing and come running from all directions towards the music of that truck. Therefore, musical tastes can come from a person's background and early lifestyle where they grew up. If you were raised in the country, you probably heard a lot of banjo, fiddle and guitar so maybe country music was what you were exposed to. I remember listening to 650 WSM every Saturday night, which is the radio station ofthe Grand Old Opry. That was a tradition in our household. Actually you don't have to live in a swamp to enjoy cajun music or be a Beverly I IiJlbilly to enjoy bluegrass; its enjoyed by practically everyone. A Jot of different cultures enjoy each others music. If you ask some people what kind of music they listen to, some of the replies will totally leave you flabbergasted? It somehow doesn't matter where a person was raised, eve­rybody listens to a certain style for different reasons and it doesn't matter what's in your 8-track. As a person grows older and starts lo listen to all kinds of different genres and styles of music, they tend to grow fond of one.

Whether its Mozart or the songs of th hump­back whales, or even something from the top 100 there is no question that music plays a huge part of our life. So growing up and being ex­posed to a certain style doesn't mean you will listen to that brand forever. I believe John Korsrud is right when he says, It's a good and complex question which I don ' t think will ever have a definite answer.

We all hear music in different ways. One song is in a unique category. It came out just at the end of the phonograph age. The song in ques­tion sounds exactly the same backwards as it does forward. Tt is the only song in history bearing this strange distinction. The method by which it was perfected was lost to time and swept into the dustbin o r musical history. This song remains as a tribute to skill and inven­tiveness, and anyone with the appropriate software can play it in reverse to hear this for themselves. Try it. THEN mayhe people will like you instead of egging your house. ·

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writers workshop with

Larry Loyie & Constance Brissenden

Friday, May 23 2pm Carnegie Centre

There is space for 15 writers See Beth in the library to:·~.:.~:._ __

Monday Writing Workshop Mondays from May 12 ·June 16, 2008

. 2pm-4pm 3rd Floor, Classroom 11- Carnegie

Passionate or just curious about writing? This six-week Writing Workshop is for writers of all levels. We'll meet every Monday from 2-4pm on the top floor of the Carnegie to explore the writing life and the basic elements of fiction and non-fiction narrative. Each class will include writing exercises and perhaps some supportive workshopping. The course is led by two graduates of the SFU Writer's Studio, Elee Kraljii Gardiner and E!Jean Dodge.

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IVan E CoYOte Wednesday May 21

3:00pm Carnegie Centre Gallery Carnegie Branch

40 I Main Street 7:30p.m.

Alice MacKay Room Lower Level 350 West Georgia St.

Admission is Free. Seating is Limited

One ofNorth America's most disarming storytellers, Ivan E. Coyote's tales are rich in their plainspoken, honest truths. In LOOSE END, her third short story collection, Ivan focuses her attention on the city: urban life, specifically in the East End of Vancouver, a diverse neighbourhood of all types - old, young, gay, straight, white, black, Asian- communing at local coffee bars over hot rods, skinny-dipping, and changes in the weather. Bow GRIP, Ivan's long­awaited first novel, is a breathtaking story about love and loneliness, and the long road one must travel between them.

In the absence of colour which lingers in a haze, Everything stands lifelessly in its place. All of the memories of warmth absorbed by our possessions, Belong only to you.

Time ticks anxiously, With it's sound drowning in my aching sorrow. I watch the slow descending leaves in autumn which Belong only to you.

When the strands of your hair traveled recklessly in the wind, Reaching serene love seemed evident. Now out of my clenching heart flows regretful words that Belong only to you.

Seasons pass recreating your presence, Your fragile spirit as delicate as a rose. I still feel your touch in my heart which will forever Belong only to you.

A Carnegie Poet

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The second Annual Fearless FestiVal Sunday, August 24th 2008 from 3 to 9 pm

in and around Pigeon Park.

We want to get as many people who live here or work here or even who just love this 'hood to come out and celebrate.

When we first came up with the idea for this fest it was in reaction to the Vancouver Sun article calling

the DTES "the four blocks ofltelf'. We thought: "Why can't we have a party down here just to show em?" So we did. Those of you came last year had a great time and our festival was featured on Shaw Access Fearless TV a few times too!

We are looking for artists, performers, volunteers, and most of all involvement from you. Even if you just show up on that afternoon, we'll be happy. Our neighbourhood is under real danger from gentrifica­tion and developers; it is even more important that those of us we live here get together in solidarity to have some fun. If you want to help us celebrate the diversity and

beauty of the DTES, either as a performer or avo­lunteer, please contact:

Michelle at "michellerichard@yahoo.com" ' .

or Steve at "srduncan@shaw.~a" or give him a call at 604-788-8340

solder & sons 247 Main Street

Coffee, Boo Electronics & More

All Regular and Double-Shot Coffee $1.50 until the end of May!!!

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Elections Act changes will prevent homeless from voting

Vancouver- Pivot Legal Society, VANDU, the BC Civil Liberties Association and the Impact on Com­munities Coalition are calling into question the con­stitutionality of new amendments to the Elections Act which will place greater restrictions on the right of homeless and low-income people to vote. · "These amendments create severe hardship for

people to access the democratic process. Precisely when low-income people need greater access to the system, the government is changing the system to make it harder for people to vote. This is totally un­just, unfair and unconstitutional/' said David Eby, a lawyer with the Pivot Legal Society. The proposed amendments require identification

from voters, and where voters don't have ID show­ing a fixed address, require a person to "vouch" for the voter. A vouching voter must be from that par­ticular riding and may only vouch for one person, eliminating the possibility of social workers or ad­vocates vouching for numerous homeless people they know. The previous version of the Act permitted a person

to swear a declaration that they were who they said they were, so long as they could satisfy the oath tak­er of their identity. Previous provincial and federal elections in the DTES have seen hundreds of people swear declarations so that they can participate. "By taking this unnecessary action, the province is

further disenfranchising people living in the margins of society. The system is being further reorganized to delegitimize the basic human rights of citizens. These amendments should not go forward," said Ann Livingston, the Director ofVANDU. "The Election Act amendments are unique. Whereas the evolution of the franchise in Canada has been to continually expand the right to vote, with one small scribble of the legislator's pen, British Columbia would be taking a huge step backwards by effective­ly disenfranchising a variety of people. The provin­cial government should be ashamed," said Murray Mollard, Executive Director of the BC Civil Liber­ties Association.

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ROBYN LIVINGSTONE

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Run Baby Angels Run

Escape from them diabolical fools Imps who run twisted Indian Residential Schools; Run baby angels, run, back to sacred ground Where your people and ancestors will be found.

Run baby angels, run - don't stop 'til You reach spirit land, on the mountain top Spiritual hand, spiritual land awaits you -Awaits you - so run baby angels, run - visions you'll see!

Visions of four directions, visions of sacred ground; Grizzly Bear will guide and protect you. Vision Bear is the third phase of the circle of life The vision dreamer - intuitive, protector and healer.

Vision quests acknowledge you to run away; Run away from the preacher, run away from abusive schools; Yes! Run baby angels, run, run baby angels, run, yes! Run away from them assimilative Indian Residential Schools. .

White Great Spirit and White Buffalo are watching over you; Illumination Eagle soars above, singing songs for your safety. Innocent mouse 'n self teaching coyote dance to the songs, Ancestors request you to run baby angels, run; Run, baby angels, run.

All my Relations. William Arnold Combes

Ft'f My Mother

I never realized the true value of time Until only your memories reside beside me mother ...

A frigid graveyard, in an abandoned place Under the shadows of a dim holy temple A pile of gathered dirt and thin marble headstone Hides your secrets for eternity.

That pile of dirt and headstone Engraved with your age and name; Sheltered gently with colourful trees Absorbs your agony and deep sorrow.

I buried you in this lifeless place mother With my tears long ago. That deserted evening equivalent to holy light Spread mournful comfort to ill hearts. But living isolated from you Has left me feeling lifeless on this obscure land.

A.H Tanpinar Translated by Carnegie Poet

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Sapphics for Street Theatre

Act I: Monday

In the well-used parking lot, a young woman Hangs some dresses on the wire fence. Evening comes. Having changed clothes, she puts up a small table

Where she dines alone.

Act II : Tuesday

Walking home from the hockey game, I met a Tall dapper man who gaily sang and pranced down The red brick sidewalks of Water Street like a

Younger Gene Kelly.

Act III: Wednesday

Waiting in the downpour for the office to Open, the line-up studies the passers-by Heading to work. Each group avoids eye contact

On Welfare Wednesday.

Act IV: Thursday

Under the red and white striped awning outside The Provincial Courthouse, the media serum Covering the hockey trial soon evolves into

"Un Cirque de Ia Rue."

Act V: Friday

Coming home from a '60's themed poetry jam, Two hippiesh-dressed poets and their friends are Approached by a shady dude. Bit off key, they

Sing "Give peace a chance!"

Act VI: Saturday

In the evening air, splashes of music pour Forth from the strip club. Stag parties tumble from Limos while others sway about. "Street guard" yells

"Watch your car, brothers?"

Act VII: Sunday

Coming through Gastown, three strangers and I looked For the sounds of jazz wafting from Gaoler's Mews. Intrigued, the trio crossed over in search for

Music of the night.

- Barbara Morrison

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SIX DEGREES COULD CHANGE THE WORLD &

IN LIES WE TRUST: The CIA Hollywood & Bioterrorism

MAY24 EMERGING VIRUSES AND VACCINATIONS Could cancer research and genetic biotechnology have giv­en rise to new viruses and the current contaminated vaccines be spreading those germs and killing or injuring more people than they are saving? Presents chilling evidence ... too frightening to contemplate. - The Toronto Sun.

& GUERRERO; LA RUTA AL SOL A gritty plea from the people of Guerrero State to help stop the human rights violations throughout Mexico.

& 1000 STORIES with KEVIN SPENST

MAY31 THE 11TH HOUR

& FREE ENERGY SECRETS OF GRAY'S MOTOR A II about EV Gray's free energy motors, how they work and how we have the means to save mankind from the up and coming energy crisis if the oil and utility companies would quit suppressing these inventions developed by N. Tesla over a hundred years ago and refined by the likes of EV Gray. There is truly hope for mankind with knowledge, the package just does not contain profits for big corporations so it's not allowed to be opened. This documentary will not be found on any mainstream media.

Door prizes awarded to viewers at end of evening. Discussions to follow viewings with refreshments (for viewers only).

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Australian Definition of a Canadian

In case anyone asks you who a Canadian is: You probably missed it in the local news, but there

was a report that someone in Pakistan had advertised in a newspaper offering a reward to anyone who killed a Canadian - any Canadian.

An Australian dentist wrote the following editorial to help define what a Canadian is, so they would know one when they found one. " A Canadian can be English, or French, or Italian,

Irish, German, Spanish, Polish, Russian or Greek. A Canadian can be Mexican, African, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Australian, Iranian, Asian, Arab, Pakistani or Afghan.

A Canadian may also be a Cree, Metis, Mohawk, Blackfoot, Sioux, or one of the many other tribes known as native Canadians. A Canadian's religious beliefs range from Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu or none. In fact, there are more Muslims in Canada than in Afghanistan. The key difference is that in Canada they are free to worship as each of them chooses. Whether they have a relig­ion or no religion, each Canadian ultimately answers only to God, not to the government, or to armed thugs claiming to speak for the government

Just LiKe AnY Hertnit

Just like any hermit r like mine own company best But it was not always so. Like you all other hermits There were love affairs passionate Beautiful children. Adorable nephews & nieces I thrilled to the cognomen Auntie

that first time/ And the wonderful grandbabies "a little like mother a little like father

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A Canadian lives in one of the most prosperous lands in the history of the world. The root of that prosperity can be found in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which recognizes the right of each person to the pursuit of happiness.

A Canadian is generous and Canadians have helped out just about every other nation in the world in their time of need, never asking a thing in return.

Canadians welcome the best of everything, the best products, the best books, the best music, the best food, the best services and the best minds. But they also welcome the least - the oppressed, outcast and the rejected. These are the people who built Canada.

You can try to kill a Canadian if you must as other blood-thirsty tyrants in the world have tried but in doing so you could just be killing a relative or a neighbour. This is because Canadians are not a par­ticular people from a particular place. They are the embodiment of the human spirit of freedom. Every­one who holds to that spirit, everywhere, can be a Canadian."

This says it all, for all of us.

Mostly like theirselves."

For a time I entertained the role of Chatelaine Almost But 1 like mine own company best.

Of an age now I'm thinkin' 'bout Dogs and Cats They Might Tie Me Down Limit my travelling, I'm just not ready!

Although I inwardly chant Nous sommes Preres to all challenges

y.._~ I am not ready to be companion , Animal for keeps.

For a time I look after other's Companion animals and kinder

cats, dogs, children, pigeons, etcetera

But I like my own company best.

Anti Social Wilhelmina

"a spark from the FIRE' Sandy Cameron

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and the Eagle have arrived: Amir and Am ira

Sunday, May 18, 1- 4pm Aboriginal Friendship Centre, 1607 E Hastings

· A Traditional feast of wild meat, wild salmon, and bannock. Everyone is invited to meet and greet our newest warriors.

Lord's Rain :'.tJ,r.!··· !t:_ ~~~~~~u~~l!· Wednesday~~l-:r{'s:30am; Saturd . -7-.... lOam

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Being Chinese Canadian, eh?

Wednesday May 21, 6:30- 8pm, Carnegie Theatre Hayne Wai is a long-time community advocate who has worked in and written about Srathcona/Chinatown At this program he will share some of his resources in addressing stereotyping to promote a more inclusive community. Hayne is author of Finding Memories, Tracing Roots, Chinese-Canadian Family Stories and Eating Stories, a Chinese-Canadian and Aboriginal Potluck. He's currently a sessional instructor at UBC.

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WHEN COLLECTING ISN'T JUST A HOBBY If stuff piles up, you may be a Hoarder!

H.A .. Hoarders Anonymous

Every other Sunday at 6pm in Classroom II, 3rd

Next meeting is on May 25

An art show this summer promises to challenge the vay we look at and think about the city at this time 1nd place in its brief history.

Karen Ward, a historian, writer, and lesbian who ives with a mood disorder and a cat, presents a show 1fphotos, mostly ofthe neighbourhood on the east ide of Vancouver in which she lived during a period 1f recovery. These are images at once all about hope 1nd despair, the stubborn persistence of humanity n an indifferent-seeming concrete landscape. The how makes visible the lost, erased, and painted over 1oices pushed to the margins of invisibility by mental llness, poverty, class, and colonialism.

"I think that any kind of engaged, real art made n Vancouver would have to be about class or ;olonialism," claims Ms. Ward, "and these images ;~rtainly are. What ultimately matters is that til ese 'oices and images of real people, engaged in the Mugglc to live in this deeply oppressive culture wilt ~xist , at least in the space of this gallery, for one no nth."

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"The last thing anyone should be in relation to this naterial is comfortable. But people are of course free o treat the show as they do mental illness:' she said, 'that is, ignore it, make it invisible." T~trs Cafe and Gallery, for those bold enough to ook is open daily from ll am until midnight, and on veekends until one. They have a nice menu and a full >ar, and are located at 829 Granville Street. An opening will be held from 4 pm on Sunday, June I, and the show runs throughout the month. rhe Best Place on Earth, photos & objects, 2005-06

presented by Karen Ward thefool.ward@gmail.com

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dancers of the light joyfully circling dignity holding you in my wings in my heart to flights unknown no barriers to your blooming

your roots go deep nothing can shake you your branches reach out and embrace all universes in unity

you are the rainbow with eire I ing serenity

you rest in peace as life resonates your being your actions are eternal infinite hope trust is your heart love is your soul

wing our way home I wait for your coming each day fullness for you beam the smiles to my face we can resonate always in this ecstasy of living together mothers and children and childre!· .nd

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• Black & white printing only • Size restrictions must be considered (I.e., If

your piece Is too large, It will be reduced andlor cropped to fit)

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being copied for publication • Remuneration: Carnegie volunteer tickets

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2008 DONATIONS: Barry for Dave McC.-$250 Anne P.-$40 Margaret D.·$40 Paddy -$70 Michael C.·$50 Judy E.-$10 Alayne K.·$50 libby D.-$70 Callum C.-$100 The Edge ·$200 Jenny K.-$22 Penny G.-$40 Wilhelmina M.-$20 Jay a B.-$1 00 Mel L.-$50 Pam B·$50 Rolf A. ·$50

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Signs, signs everywhere a sign Blocking out the scenery breaking my mind Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign

And the sign said anybody caught trespassing would be shot on sight So I jumped on the fence and yelled at the house, "Hey! What gives you the right To put up a fence to keep me out or to keep mother nature in If God was here, he1d tell you to your face, man you're some kinda sinner!"

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