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Heart of the Do\Nnto\Nn· West
A Kensington people:S paper
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#9502 May 1995
Farewell
to tlte
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by SN BIANCA
:1 Living nonh of Bloor Street?
Just getting used to getting
DRUM through your door?
Well, here's some bad news
,1 and some -good news.
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North of Bloor,
no more home DRUM
The bad news first: ifyou live
nonh of Bloor Street you
''won't be getting DRUM
delivered to your home
''anymore. (We'll still be'
available at our traditional
drop points along Bloor Street,
·· Spadina Road and Bathurst.)
The good news is that once
again the Annex is getting its
own community newspaper.
Starting in May Annex
resident Brian Burchell
(publisher of Festival
Magazine, Toronto's repertory
movie house guide) will be
publishing a monthly
,, community newspaper The
Annex Cleaner.
Gleaner editor Deanne
Fisher, who moved here from
'I BC three years ago explains:
' "I got tired of picking up
publications off my doorstep
... hoping for a community
il newspaper and being
disappointed to find they were
either imported from a
,, neighbouring community,
produced by a political group
with a particular agenda or
that all the editorial copy had
just been created to fill the
gaps between the ads."
Planned circulation is
23,000. It will be distributed
to "the Annex proper, ...
Seaton Village, the Palmerston
area, Sussex-Ulster (and)
Huron-Sussex."
Sop.th of Bloor,
business as usual
DRUM will maintain door-todoor
delivery in our traditional
distribution area (Bloor to
Queen, Shaw to McCaul.) So
there's going to be some
overlap.
People in the area 'Bloor to
College, Huron to Grace will
get the new Gleaner, and will
also continue to get DRUM
through the door.
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Alexandra Pari< · votes co-op
THE POTTER'S HANDS: 'When one examines various creation stories world wide,
human beings were not created by supreme beings from oil paint and canvas or
from marble, but were Instead created from-the lowly clay."" Story, page 17.
OH
KAY!
Kay Parsons
calls it quits
by DAVID PERLMAN
After 30 years with University
Settlement House, dynamic
community worker Kay Parsons
is calling it quits. She'll be
honour:ed as part of Settlement
House's annual Spring Banquet
Friday May 12th.
Half joking, I ask her if
they're going to re-name the
building after her. Typically, she
· laughs first then gives a serious
reply.
"I would never go for that,"
she says "it would give me the
creeps. They suggested it once,
with one of the co-ops down at
Bathurst Quay. I don't know
how seriously. But I said no.
Then they suggested maybe
something like a little lane -
Parsons Lane? I said I wouldn't
mind that. People walking on
you keeps you humble.
See Kay in context, page 19
Last fall the Ontario
Housing Corporation (OHC)
agreed that residents of
Alexandra Park could hold
a referendum on breaking
away from the Metropolitan
Toronto Housing Authority
and becoming a self-run
independent non-profit
housing co-op.
Less than a week before
the April 22 referendum,
Alexandra Park got tough
news from OHC.
"We will only accept the
result of your referendum if
mo-re than half the homes
participate. And 60% of
the votes have to be yes."
Suddenly the dream was
much harder to achieve.
- After all, only 40% of
Toronto's voters show up
for municipal elections--and
that's in a good year.
Story and photos:
see Page 12,13.
INSIDE
DRUM
Neighbourhood News,
Last Time We Reported 2-3
Letters & Opinions,
Talking DRUM 4-5
Health & Environment 6-9
Rene Renew 8
Home Base 10
Food & fashion 11
Centrepiece 12-13
Poet'sComer J 4
"Our Space·· (family page I J S
Book Talk 16
Art Around 17
Community 18-19
Music 20
Screens 21
Stage Page 22
What's Happening 23
Brlclcs (Unlclasslneds 24
Directory Index 24
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THAT community pressiUe1s
mounting for the province to
take back the George Brown site
and hand it over to the
community.
Bingo!? See the Working Group
report on this page. The trick
now, though, is to get City
Housing to bite without
swallowing!
George Brown
housing deal in the
works!
THAT the city was trying to
shut down Reg Hartt's Cine-
forum, again.
THAT Kensingto'! Market The province has sent a letter to
people were starting up a the Kensington Market Working
Nezghbourhood Watch program Group advising that
It's well under way. S~ report "Management Board staff met
page 3.
with City of Toronto Officials
THAT a rather-too-large condo on April 13 and subsequently
project at Dundas and St. arranged with the College to
Patrick had been given the go- extend the Government's option
ahead.
date to July 31 and a transfer
It's mentioned again in this closing date of September
month's piece on Kay Parsons 1995."
page 19.
This means the community
THAT Al d p, k ld
, exan ra . ar wou
now has 2 1 h months to see if a
deal can be worked out for city
vote ~aturday ~pril 22 on the housing to develop the property
qu_estio~ of gozng co-op. in partnership with the
They dtd.
community.
THAT West Central Community The community's George
Health Centres were having a Brown steering committee is
meeting at Scadding Court April meeting weekly with members of
5th to celebrate their future the Cit)! Housing department and
!'elocation and show their build- ArtScape (a City agency
ing plans.
concerned with finding and
Almost two hundred people managing housing/work space
attended. More details in next for artists). "The next two weeks
month's DRUM.
wilt be crucial in seeing if a
partnership is possible" one
community member said May 7.
Doctors Hospital:
There s hope. See page 21.
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THAT the Settlement House A sure sign that change is under
spring ba'!quet, part of th~ir way at Doctors Hospital?
85th Anmversary celebrations , Layoffs. Hospital board
would include a special tribute members were advised in April
to long time community worker that turning the hospital into a
KOJ Pm:sons. . community-based, mostly
Tttcket mformatton call598-3444 bedless facility, will cost the
THAT DRUM would try to find ~uivalent of 80 full-time jobs
out details of what's actually this year, and probably another
going into the Toronto Hospital 40 over the next two ye~rs (out
Microwave and what's still of a total workforce of JUst over
going into the incinerator.
Latest word is we'll have the
5~). . .
Change ts a non-negotiable
information May 9. Call us if part of today's health care
yo·u can't wait for the next environment." said Brian
DRUM to know.
McFarlane, president of the
Th Friday A ril 28 B b hospitaL "Our shift to
at on l P . . 0 ambulatory care has a significant
Rae l!'ould cal a provzncial human cost because it calls for a
elec~if!n to .be .held June 8. , major change in how we do
Nah, JUSt ktddmg. Actually we n thi "
the only people in Ontario who ngs. . . .
th ht·h 'd 't t'll ft At then Apnl 20 meetmg, the
oug e wat 1 a er h · l' bo d f d' k
Labo D lik P t d .d osptta s ar o trectors too
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approving their "functional
program" for submission to the
Bread & Roses Ministry of Health - the outcome
of more than two years of
negotiation with the Province.
Highlights of the program
include a low-risk birthing
centre, reduced hours for urgent
care (closed from midnight to
6am) expanded mental halth and
addiction services, and increased
services for children and
adolescents.
The hospital estimates new
buildings in place within three to
four years.
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Support
community economic
development by
joining a locally
controlled financial
cooperative!
Call us today. ·
·our members are
our owners.
Bread & Roses Credit Union
16 years of Social Justice Banking
348 Danforth Ave., Suite 211, Toronto
461-7882
Spadina LRT: Lord
Lansdowne students
winning safety
fight!
Metro Commissioner of
Transportation, Doug Floyd has
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NEIGHBOURHOOD NEWS
replied to suggestions from Lord
Lansdowne students and Sussex
Ulster residents to improve
safety for pedestrians around
Spadina Crescent.
Guide rails will be installed
along the Lord Lansdowne
Public School frontage and
parking will be allowed at other
points along the Crescent which
should slow down traffic quite a
bit.
The Commissioner is still
refusing to consider the request
for a 40km speed limit. Next
meeting for the community to
plead its case is Metro
Transportation Committee,
Wednesday May 10. Phone
Olivia Chow's office for
information.
Other LRT news
In other LRT news, the TIC's
communications consultant
reports thatthe LRT "will be
operational in 1997 .... Work
from Queen to Front begins this
June, to be completed by the
fall. Work from Queen to
College will start in the spring
of 1996 to be completed that
fall."
People within three blocks of
Spadina should get a "brochure
describing the whole project in
May." If you don't, call Scott
Warne at 927-0881.
Ward 4 news:
Martin Silva reports
Martin Silva, City Councillor,
Ward 4 reports the following
meetings and events for May
and early June: Thursday May
11, at 7:30pm at Grace Street
Public School, a meeting of the
Portugal Village Traffic Calmers
(for residents in the area Grace,
Crawford, Dundas and College);
Saturday_May 13th, 10am-2pm,
Garrison Creek Community
Open House at Ossington/Old
Orchard Public School, 380
Ossington; Saturday June 3,
9am to noon, giant yard sale at
. Trinity Bellwoods Park (see the
announcement page 23);
Saturday June 10, and Sunday
June 11, Portugal Week
celebrations in Trinity Bellwoods
Park.
Community Clean-Up
Day, Sat. May 13th
Mayor Barbara Hall has proclaimed
Sat. May 13 Community
Clean-Up Day in the City of
Toronto. Everyone is invited to
pitch in and help clean up a
small part of their own
neighbourhood. "Business,
community groups, homeowners
. .... we can all participate in our
own way" says the Mayor.
Groups are encouraged to look
around, take the initiative and
get together with friends and
neighbours. In just a few hours,
months of winter litter can be
collected and sorted for pickup
or recycling.
"Pick a place, then pick a
rake" says a poster used to
promote the event. The City's
Department of Public Works and
the Environment will schedule
special pick-ups to haul the trash
away. Contact the Community
Clean-up Day information line at
Toronto City Hall at 392-7833 to
arrange for a special garbage
pick-up.
In another announcement,
Mayor Hall declared May 31
"Good Neighbourhoods Day" in
recognition of neighbourhood
centres in creating strong
communities. St. Christopher
House and other neighbourhood
organizations will celebrate
downtown at Nathan Phillips
square from 12 to 2pm.
Come sample Chinese, Latin
American and other cuisine,
enjoy arts, craftS, music and
entertainment from different
communitites and get
information on services in your
neighbourhood.
Grange Festival '95
This year's Grange Festival will
take place on July 1st, Canada
Day, in the Grange Park and the
organizers, University
Settlement Recreation Centre,
hope to see as many of the
community there as possible.
This year's Festival is one of the
key events marking the 85th
Anniversary of University
Settlement Recreation Centre.
The Festival will take place
from noon until 5:00p.m. and
will be a fun family day out.
, There will be art and crafts
INCORPORATED!
The Kensington Market Working
Group is now officially a nonprofit
corporation! The Province
issued our Letter Patent on April
18. This gives real credibility to
our neighbourhood organization:
we must meet the legal
requirements for non-profits, and
we are eligible for funding to
help us continue our work in the
community.
GEORGE BROWN -
PROVINCE LISTENS
· As was decided by the
participants in the George Brown
Action Planning meeting, we
officially asked the Province to
take back the George Brown
campus, and sent a draft
·proposal prepared in conjunction
with Artscape and Bob Barnett
Architect.
Both Artscape and Bob Barnett
have participated in our planning
process. The Province's
response has been very
favourable. They have extended
their option on the property
through the summer, and hope to
transfer it in September.
Who they transfer to is a big
question. The Provincial
lawyers have ruled that the
transfer can only be to another
level of government. That
likeliest candidate is the City of
Toronto's Housing Department.
We have begtm talks with the
Housing Department to see if
they will be a suitable developer
and will recognize our
Community Planning Process.
It's too early to say that we've
got a final arrangement, but we
are hopeful, and we're working ·
on it.
EYES ON THE STREET:
There was a good turnout for the
April 3 meetmg of the Safety
Committee. It was decided to
tables, music, children's and
adults' entertainment, food and
soft drinks on sale and lots of
other fun things happening.
Look out for more details nearer
the day.
University Settlement is asking
the local community for
volunteers to help both on the
day itself and in the time leading
up to July 1st. This will be a
major local event and lots of
help is needed. If anyone would
like to volunteer, donate a raffle
prize or book a stall to sell art
or crafts, please contact either
Cassandra Wong or Kay Parsons
at: (416) 598-3444.
Spadina Festival -
also Canada Day
Plans are proceeding for
Saturday July 1 Canada Day
festival on Spadina Avenue.
They still need volunteers in all
areas -- to arrange the stage to
canvas for sponsor, to perform,
to put up displays.
Neighbourhood news roundup
continues on page 3
try to set up a Neighbourhood
Watch, like many of the
adjoining neighbourhoods. Some
people volunteered to be block
captains. They will ask tbe
people on their blocks to sign a
letter asking the Metro Police to
help set up the Neighbourhood
watch.
There will be another meeting
at 7:30pm on Tuesday, May 30
at St. Stephen's-in-the-Fields
church, at the comer of College
and Bellevue.
The Metro Police will be there
to offer crime-proofing tips,
explain how a Neighbourhood
Watch works, and answer any
questions .you tnight have.
Please attend if you are concerned
with break-ins, drug
problems, and other safety issues
in the neighbourhood.
BACK BURNER: The
George Brown issue has taken
up a lot of the neighbourhood's
time and energy. We haven't
forgotten about traffic and
parking, or the plan for
community econotnic
development, or elections for a
new board of directors ... but
there's only so much we can do
at one time. It takes a lot of
work to make one of the
meetings happen ... preparing
notices and mailing them,
arrapging for translations,
producing charts and pictures for
the walls, setting up the room,
and getting out a report when
it's all done. The work falls to
a very small group of
volunteers. If the Working
Group is going to deal with all
of the neighbourhood concerns,
we need more workers. Please
volunteer to help. Call 598-3036
during business hours, and leave
your name and phone number on
the tape.
Next meeting: Tuesday May 30
at St. Stephen-in-the Fields Church
(corner College and Bellevue) at 7:30pm
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Neighbourhood
Watch:
Kensin_gton
catching up
by KEVIN FLYNN
Call Toronto environmental "But I would do that anyway!"
alliance 348-0660 (days) or 348- This was the response of many
9696 (day or night) or 927- who were being canvassed by
0302 Susan DaRosa, or 929- volunteers for a new Kensington
5483 Joan Doiron. Neighbourhood Watch program.
The Spadina Festival is being Neighbourhood Watch is a
planned in conjunction with the simple self-help crime prevention
Grange Festival (see previous program which asks people to
item). The· Spadina festival will watch out for one another and
have one stage near Chinatown their property. Whereas a police
Centre, Grange will have the officer patrolling a neighbourother
stage.
hood might not recognize
City Cycling Committee is strangers in the area, residents
arranging a mass ride to the certainly would.
Festival from all across the city Members of the Kensington
info: 392-7592. Choir on Bikes Market Working Group, with the
will also be there. Two tickets to assistance of Metro Councillor
Cirque du Soleil will be raffled, Olivia Chow and the police,
among many other items. have met on a number of
occasions to gauge interest and
to enlist volunteers. By the-time
you read this, most households
and merchants in the area
bounded by College Street on the
Metro Budget 95-96
Olivia Chow reports.
The shaping of Metro's $3
billion budget has been a brutal
process. Because ofthe
participation of community
groups and thousands of
residents, a very mean budget
proposal has been dramatically
improved.
Emergency dental services,
and funding for wheelchairs,
artificial limbs and hearing aids
have not been slashed for people
on assistance, as was planned.
Grants to community centres and
agencies servicing the most
vulnerable were not gutted.
Unlike previous years in which
childcare budgets were cut by
over $10 million, this year
childcare got a small increase of
$450,000. TfC fares were not
increased. Many damaging
projects such as road widenings
were defeated, saving $250 -
million.
"In the four years I've been
involved in the budget process
this was the first time where
ordinary people's voices were
beginning to be heard."
Alexandra Park
Community Centre
needs donations of craft
naterials for our seniors
and children's programs.
Items we need:
--large pieces of fabric
--wool, yarn, dried flower s
--lace, construction paper.
--paints
(water-colour, acrylic)
--scissors, glue
Thank you very much!
Jo Ann Hislop
603-9603
north, Dundas Street on the
south, Spadina A venue on the
east and Bathurst Street on the
west, will have. been visited by a
Neighbour-hood Watch
volunteer.
For the program to be
effective, residents must be
prepared to take an active role in
trying to secure their own
property and to observe that of
their neighbours. Suspicious
activity is then reported to the
police. This is particularly
important when your neighbours
are away on holiday, for
example.
Information is available from
the police as to simple ways to
reduce the likelihood that your
home will be burgled.
The Kensington Market Working
Alexandra Park
Child Care Centre
75 Augusta Square
392-5515
•Subsidized child care
provided for children
0-5 years
• Parental Involvement
Invited
•Creative art/movement,
music activities, outdoor
programming, trips
• Visits to the library and
other community agencies,
special functions celebrated.
NEWS & VtEWS
HERE FOR YOU
University Settlement Daycare
23 Grange Rd. south of Dundas, off McCaul
Spaces now available
oProfessional E.C.E. staff
oN on-Profit
oCommunity-based
o Weekly swim, music, and
kindergym programs
. oNutritious meals
Rates:
under 30 months, $41.84/day
over 30 months, $33.51/d(ly ·
598-3444
Group invites all who are
interested in this programme to
attend their next meeting at the
Church of Saint Stephen-in-the- ·
Fields (corner of College and
Bellevue) on Tuesday, May 30 at
7:30pm.
People in Kensington already
have a high degree of community
feeling and cooperation.
Neighbourhood Watch is simply
an extension of what we already
enJoy.
Psychiatry, 250 College Street.
an information evening for
families, consumers and the
community. Admission free.
Call Betty Lamb at 979-4747,
ext. 2576. \ .
• The Camp Sis Collective Is
looking for "Womyn interested
in travelling up north this
summer to help build a nonprofit
womyn's camp/retreat
centre." Participants will be
clearing land, building roads,
and structural foundations.
Co • . Weekly drives up north are being
mmur11ty
organised. General meeting on
Announcements Sunday May 28th, 2pm at
•Cecil Community Centre, 58 Sistah's Cafe, 1080 1/2 Queen
Cecil Street, Open House, Wed Street West. Call 532-9642
May 31 4i30 to 7:30pm. Free (Min-sook Lee, or Lisa
tours, refreshments and Valencia-Svensson.
information on programs.
• Palmers ton Library An
information session on
Immigration Laws in English
SpecialFocus: family class
sponsorship, assisted relative
category, settlement and
integration. Thursday, May 11
from 1- 8:30 pm. Free for all
participants. Call 393-7525 or
314-6722 .
• Don't forget about Bike to
Work Week May 12-19: For
info call 392-7592.
•Coping with Relatives who
become Aggressive: Strategies
for Families: Wednesday, May
For other community
events, see What's
Happening, page 23
B Next deadlines B
Editorial
by May 18;
Ads booked by
May 25;
Distribution,
Thursday June 1 to
Sunday June 3
•
31 7:00pm at Clarke Institute of • Next deadlines •
Pick up free leaf compost.
Please bring your own containers, or buy industrial
strength plastic bags at the event.
Buy a composter for $15.
Tenants buying an outdoor bin require a letter of approval
from their landlord. Please bring proof of Metro residency.
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Drop off old batteries, household hazardous waste.
Please seal & label c,ontainers. Call 392-4330 for more info.
Drop off used tires, up to 5 per residence, for ~
reuse or recycling.
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Buy a $10 or $15 water efficiency kit.
The kit will help you conserve water.
Drop off used clothes and books for reuse.
Recycle old bedding, towels and clothes.
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Donate non-perishable food items.
Drop off disposable diapers for recycling.
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Please collect diapers in sealed clear plastic bags.
Drop
off polystyrene containers, juice boxes
and milk cartons for recycling.
Polystyrene includes foam meat trays and plastic cups and
lids marked with the symbol'6'.
Buy a Blue Box or reusable shopping bag for $5.
KENSINGTON MARKET WORKING GROUP
SPECIAL EVENTS
Plant and Seed Exchange for Gardeners.
Bring cuttings, bulbs, seeds and seedlings and exchange
them with other gardeners. Call 920-3341 for details.
Drop off old bicycles and bike parts. •
For_ reuse by th~ ~ommunity Bicycle Network in their ~Q
mamtenance tra1n1ng program.
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Free delivery of leaf compost.
The Community Bicycle Network will deliver compost to a limited
number of homes.
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Councillor Chow at 392-4044 or Metro Works at 392-9585.
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COMMUNITY
serving you
ACTION ON HOSPITAL
INCINERATION (KENSINGTON)
(AHI) •603-2883
ALEXANDRA PARK COMMUNITY
CENTRE • 105 Grange Court
603-9603 • Playgroup Drop-in,
Toys, Crafts, Gym, Library visits
& young children's clothing.
Parent relief for regulars. Info.
Judy Lam (English, Cantonese,
Mandarin). Tues-Fri 1 Dam-noon.
JOHN CAMPEY AND
TAM GOOSSEN • Downtown
Trustees, Toronto Board of
Education, 155 College Street,
M5T 1 P6, 397-3060
Serving the Alpha, Kensington,
King Edward, Lord Lansdowne,
Ogden, Orde and Ryerson school
communities
FIONA CHAPMAN • Trustee,
Toronto Board of Education, 397-
3085 • Serving Ward 4, west of
Bathurst
METRO COUNCILLOR OLIVIA
CHOW • Metro Hall, 55 John
Street Suite 213, 392-4044, fax
39 2-4120 • Community oriented
help with welfare, government
housing, daycare, Whee/trans
and other issues. Community
groups can use our office to get
info and to organize.
METRO COUNCILLOR JOE
PANTALONE •Metro Hall, 55
John Street Suite 213, 392-
4011, fax 392-4100 • Serving
individual needs in
neighbourhoods west of Bathurst
KENSINGTON MARKET
WORKING GROUP • Neighbours
working together. Monthly
meetings 603-3625
ROSARIO MARCHESE, Member
of Provincial Parliament, Fort
York. • Constituency office: 854
Dundas St. W., 603-9664,
fax: 603-1241. • Advocacy,
community issues, provincial
policies. Serving· downtown &
the west end.
SCADDING COURT COMMUNITY
CENTRE • 707 Dundas St. W .,
M5T 2W6, 603-3392. • The
Centre offers a variety of social,
recreational and educational
programs
MARTIN SILVA, CITY
COUNCILLOR, Ward 4 392-7910
• Representing the
neighbourhoods west of
Bathurst, south of Bloor.
SISTERING: a women's
organization providing practical
and emotional support to women
living in poverty and women who
are socially isolated. •Drop In,
523 College Street, 9:30am-
3:30pm, 926-1946 •Admin.
office 9 26-9762 •Outreach
program 588-3939
ST. CHRISTOPHER HOUSE
NEIGHBOURHOOD SERVICES
• 248 Ossington Ave
Adult Literacy, Music School,
Seniors and Childrens Programs
(532-4828); The Meeting Place
Adult Drop-In, (366-3571 ); Metro
Youth Job Corps, Woman Abuse
program, (533-8285); Youth
Employment Counselling, ESL,
Settlement Services (533-7 260)
ST. STEPHEN' S COMMUNITY
HOUSE • 91 Bellevue Avenue
• ESL, Daycare, Youth
Recreation, 925-21 03;
• Community Work, Senior
Services, Adult Services,
Conflict Resolution, 9 26-8221;
• Youth Employment
Counselling Centre, 531 -4631 ;
•A.I.D.E.S. 3 23-1498;
•The Corner Drop-In, 964-8747;
• The Youth Arcade, Senior Drop
In 9 20-8980;
•King Edward Daycare
9 22-8705
•Harbourfront Childcare Centre
363-1370
UNIVERSITY SETTLEMEN~
HOUSE • 23 Grange Rd . at
Grange Park , 598-3444 • Music
school, recreation centre,
daycare, ESL, employment and
other social services.
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LETTERS & Opinions
Clear
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The April 22 referendum at; Alexandra Park
was fantastic!
.Not just because 72% of the voters said
"yes" to co-op. But because 75% of the
families in Alex voted.
If only the people who said "yes" had
bothered to vote, then only 50% of the
families would have taken part. And what
~ind of victory would that be?
So now the real work begins! The work of
forcing government to accept that yes
means now. The woik of showing the 25% who
said no and the 25% who didn't vote that
co-op means this kind of democracy all the
time.
A while ago a small number of p~ople
within Alexandra' Park decided that if Alex
ever became a co-op it should be called the
Atkinson Co-op in honour of Sonny Atkinson,
leader of the residents association, the
man whose fierce determination made this
dream a reality.
DRUM says BAD IDEA.
For one thing, how many of the people who
voted on April 22 had a say in that
decision?
Another thing, the only communities we
know named after living leaders are where
someone is leader for life. (Like North
York for example--and even there it's only
one Square that's called Lastmania.)
If Sonny was retiring from his leadership
role, well then, maybe. But we sure hope
he's not. There are too many tough battles
ahead still.
Because make no mistake, a less
sympathetic government could tie up this
loud "yes" in so much stupid red tape that
it turns into a muffled squeak, and dies.
Atkinson has proved his worth in that kind
of fight.
So clear the air, Sonny. Nip this
"Atkinson Co-op" nonsense in the bud. Prove
to all the doubters that· democracy in
Alexandra Park is here to_ stay.
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while not having any impact on
illegal guns. But what they fail to
note is that 3,000 firearms are
lost or stolen each year in
Canada, and that many of these
guns end up in the hands of
criminals.
That's one of the reasons why
the National Crime Prevention
Council (NCPC), of which we
are members, firmly supports the
proposed gun registration system.
We believe that many murders,
accidental deaths and injuries can
be prevented if gun owners are
made more accountable for the
secure storage and safe use of
their firearms.
Time and again, evidence
points to the fact that guns result
in deaths. On average, there are
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each year by firearms - through _
suicide (80%), homicide (15%)
and accident (5%). In 1992
alone, 8,726 of the 33,186 armed
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between the availability of
firearms in the home and the
risk of death caused by guns. In
part, this is due to the fact that
firearms are so efficient. For
example, 92% of all suicide
attempts involving a gun are
successful compared to only 30%
involving medication.
Clearly, we must take action
now on specific issues, such as
gun control and registration, as
well as broader preventive
measures in the community if we
are to avoid the high levels of
violence which are epidemic in
American cities. It is the view of
the N CPC that ownership of a
firearm comes with certain
obligations, not the least of which
is an assurance that firearms will
be safely stored
and used.
As a Council comprised of 25
people drawn from across the
country, we often see lively
debate on the issues and many
points of view are expressed. As
a representative group, this
diversity of opinion is both
expected and healthy.
On the issue of gun
registration, however, the
Council is of one mind. Like
most of our fellow citizens, we
believe the time for registration is
long overdue. Registration is the
cornerstone of any effective
control. While we continue to
work on prevention activities, we
also realize that as a society, we
cannot afford to miss the
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We recognize that this is a
difficult issue for many
Canadians who may perceive this
legislation as an infringement on
their rights. But surely, the minor
inconvenience of having to
register firearms is far
outweighed by the lives that
could be saved and the human
suffering that could be spared.
We encourage all Canadians to
rejoin the debate, to ensure that
this legislation is judged on its
merits to society as a whole and
not just to the specific concerns
of a vocal minority. The first steil
is to write to your Member of
Parliament and make your views
known.
George Anderson,
John O'Leary
Members, Ontario National
Crime Prevention Council
Schwam
off the mark
Schwam's Stand Point in the
April issue of the Drum widely
missed the mark.
The community's proposal for
the George Brown Kensington
Campus doesn't· call for "the
government alone paying for
alternative uses on the site" as
Allan asserts. It doesn't ask for
government funding at all.
The community didn't stop at
"asking the community to suggest
things" and did "figure out how
to get them." The Province, a
"lost cause" in Allan's words,
has delivered. (See Kensington
Market Working Group Report
on page 2). And our local
politicians had something to do
with it, as we hope they will
continue to do, whoever they
may be.
If Allan Schwam had attended
any of the George Brown
meetings his article might
illuminated the path we are really
walking along.
Paul Oberst
Kensington Market
Working Group.
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LETTER OF THE MONTH
LETTERS & OPINIONS
rBGH milk tests Canadian -tolerance
As of July 1, 1995 Canadians will
be exposed to another health
hazard. That is when Growth
Hormone Milk will be coming to
Canada.
Growth Hormone Milk is
produced by giving cows growth
hormones. In July chemical
companies like Monsanto will be
permitted to sell genetically
engineered "Bovine Growth
Hormone" (rBGH) to dairy
farmers.
So genetic manipulation has
arrived in Canada. Growth
Hormone Milk tests Canadian
tolerance for these products. More
will follow unless we object.
What will happen if we permit
the injecting cows with these manmade
hormones? The benefit
being sold is the ability to
increase milk production by 15%
to 25%. But what are the
drawbacks?
One thing wrong is that the
cows are suffering in the process:
chronic low level infection, more
udder infections, reproduction
disorders, ovarian cysts, burnout
and early death.
A second thing is the complete
lack of information of the longterm
health consequences of
Growth Hormone Milk.
A third concern is that the
cows will need high levels of
antibiotics. This could have longterm
consequences for the health
of the cows and humans
cpnsuming these antibiotics in
their food. Antibiotics destroy the
healthy bacteria in the intestine.
Constant exposure will reduce the
effectiveness of antibiotics by
developing resistant strains.
A major health concerti with
Growth Hormone Milk is that it
contains 8 to 12 times higher than
normal levels of a growth
hormone (IGF-1) that stimulates
cell growth. IGF-1 results in
weight gain in rats. IGF-1
accelerates the rate of growth of
cancers. It is especially likely to
accelerate the growth of breast
cancer. Therefore drinking
Growth Hormone Milk is likely to
cause one to gain weight and also
increase one's risk of dying of
cancer. ,
A fifth point is the impact on
dairy farming in Canada. At the
moment there is no shortage of
milk. What happens if large dairy
operations use rBGH to force up
production? Quite possibly the
production of small and medium
sized family dairy farms will not
be needed. Net result:
unemployment, family disruption
and loss of a way of life.
Both American and Canadian
consumers are concerned about
the safety of Growth Hormone
Milk. In fact, 20% of Canadians
surveyed said they would stop
drinking milk when rBGH is
introduced. That doesn't sound
good for the dairy business.
The European Common
Market resisted US pressure.
They legislated a ban on the use
of rBGH until the year 2000.
They want labels ·on milk and
meat produced with Growth
Hormones. Do you think Canada
should do that? I do.
Monsanto, one of the US
companies pressing for the
introduction of rBGH in Canada,
has been accused by some
researchers of suppressed research
to get approval in the US. It has
also been revealed that Monsanto
attempted to bribe Canadian
officials to get quick approval
here (Fifth Estate interview, Nov. .
29, 1994). Monsanto is the
company that developed and
introduced Agent Orange and
PCB' s claiming that they posed no
health risks!
Since the federal government
is responsible for decisions about
Growth Hormone Milk, contact
your MP if you want to express ·
concerns. Your local health food
store will haye more information
on this issue.
·George Hartwell M.Sc.
Hydro's hellish all-night Spadina din
by ISOBEL HARRY
Since April 10, work crews
contracted to Toronto Hydro have
been working 24 hours a day, as
the first phase of LRT
construction begins on Spadina
south of College.
They work all night because
the project is "urgent". The first
nights were hellishly loud, with
drilling, hammering, pounding,
and trucks rumbling up and down
right through the night.
I wrote to the TIC chair,
David Gunn, telling him that 24
hours of heavy work every day is
too much stress for residents to
bear. I received a call on my
answering machine from his
office, in the person of Diego
Sinagoga, who explained that
"Hydro's work doesn't really
have anything to do with _the LRT
work."
I contacted Anne Shepherd,
public relations at Hydro (591
4683), who confirmed that "Due
to the construction of the Spadina
LRT" they are "required to
relocate and upgrade underground
equipment" and that "work would
. . . take one year to complete" .
"Everything has to be in place
before the LRT construction
begins", she added.
We called the Ci~ of Toronto
Noise Control (392 0791), they
sent out their night supervisor,
and it worked right away (at least
until 3:38a.m. on Wednesday,
April 26). Huge flatbed trucks
pack up machinery outside my
window at 4 a.m.; at 6 a.m.,
Mack trucks with screeching air
brakes idle just feet from my If I'd had any sleep this month
bed.
I'd have probably made an
If you live on Spadina A venue attempt at humour in this piece,
and all-night construction keeps and I'd have certainly ~esponded
you from sleeping, call the above to Karie Ming (see her letter in
numbers.
the April DRUM discussing iny
Toronto Hydro says the 24- subjective use of the word "ugly"
hours-a- day work in the
to describe the LRT.) She's right,
intersection of Spadina and of course. Ugliness is in the eye
College "will go on for about two of the beholder.
more months. City and Metro I use ugly as in "not
want the 24-hours-a-d.ay work to harmonious with its
be done."
surroundings." The LRT will not
This is madness. It is inhuman . esthetically enhance the deeply
to subject residents of any part of historical values of the avenue.
this city to non-stop noise; the (More on historical preservation
resulting psychological and in urban planning in upcoming
physical stress will need to be articles.)
addressed now or later in the form By next issue many of us
of compensation. If we knew should have received a new TIC
when the noise was going to stop LRT report, due at the beginning
and start, maybe we could adjust. - of May, written from the
Stopping at eleven is a good perspective of the hostage-takers.
compromise. (Surely to heaven 16 Watch for it. Maybe that's where
hours a day is enough?)
we'll find some humour.
MONDAY MAY 8 AT NOON!
A MOMENT TO REMEMBER!
If you are reading this before May
8, please join in . . If after, then this
explains what all the hootin and
hollerin was about!
Monday May 8 at noon is V -E
Day (Victory-Europe) the 50th
anniversary of the end of the
Second World War. This city will
celebrate with communities across
the country by honking car horns,
ringing church bells, and sounding
sirens, just as in 1945 . ...
Throughout Canada, we hope that
people will take a moment or two
at noon on this date to celebrate by
making a bit of noise.
The Canada of 1995 was in a
large sense created by events and
people of that dramatic era half a
century ago. The events of the next
few months around the country
will give us an opportunity to
commemorate the achievements
and sacrifices of that generation
. and give them our thanks.
Theresa Traynor, Nancy Siew
The Provincial Election is June 8
So DRUM's traditional election watch is on.
Once again we'll provide space to candidates in our
area (Fort York and St Andrew/St Patrick) to repond to
specific questions from our contributors and readers.
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IF YOU WERE ELECTED WHAT WOULD
YOU DO ABOUT:
The idea of creating a new level of
government for the Greater Toronto Area
(GTA?)
Fixing or abolishing the Metro level of
government?
Property tax reform?
Minimum tax on profitable corporations?
The Alexandra Park decision to go co-op?
The transfer of George Brown's Kensington
Gampus for a City/community mixed use
project?
Same-sex spousal benefits?
Treatment of bio-medical w astes at Toronto
Western Hospital?
Handling of all bio-medical wastes?
lmprovin~ re-use and recycling programs?
Protection of wilderness areas?
Biological storm water treatment (urban
wetlands)?
Provincial support for the arts?
.Preservation of universal Health Care in
Ontario?
Preservation of affordable urban transit?
Proposed new subway lines?
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Things have changed
since the last time we
met. And to help you
catch up on what's
been happening,
we've prepared a
Special Edition
newsletter to
reintroduce you
to an important
Brian McFarlane,
President and CEO
community health
resource- your community hospital.
The newsletter will be delivered to
. homes in our community. If you don't
receive a copy and would like one, you
can call our Public Affairs Office at
963-5203 and ask to be included in
our mailing list.
Our door d'r
is always fl ii
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Keep your
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community hospital " '~R~z
healthy and vital by staying involved.
1. Come to our
Public Board Meetings.
Meetings of our board of directors are open to
the public and are advertised in our community
papers, The Kensington Drum and The Westend
Express. Agenda items deal with hospital quality
of care, program and planning matters, future
directions and financial and operating issues. For
more information call Carmela Galloro at 963-5203.
2. Become a hospital volunteer.
There are many rewarding volunteer opportunities
at the hospital. If you have time to share with us,
consider becoming a member of our team. Call
Fabiana Naccarato at 963-7541.
3. Discover our
Community Advisory Commitee.
· In 1984, we were the first community
hospital in Canada to set up a community advisory
committee (CAC) with membership on our board
of directors. Now, after ten years, that CAC is a
fully integrated partner in our planning process.
The CAC is made up of people, like yourself,
who live or work in our community and want to help
plan the health care services at Doctors Hospital.
To find out more about the work of the CAC or
membership, call Jenny Formanek at 963-5274.
4. Fill out a Patient Satisfaction Survey.
If you use any of our services, take the time to
fill out our Patient Satisfaction Survey. We value
your feedback, and your suggestions will improve
our service. Everyone who fills out a Patient Satisfaction
Survey, and includes their phone number,
receives a personal response.
5. Write us a letter or call us
with your feedback.
If you have any questions or comments· about
our services, or plans for the future, write or call
us. Qur public affairs office is open Monday to
Friday from 8:00a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The number is
963-5203. You can also write us at Public Affairs
The Doctors Hospital, 45 Brunswick Avenue,
Toronto, ON M5S 2M1
HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT
In the coming year we will begin
rebuilding The Doctors Hospital into
Ontario's first Ambulatory Care Facility .
- a community-based hospital where
the focus is as much on maintaining
health as on curing illness. And where
people stay in hospital for as short a time
as is needed for effective treatment.
Community based ambulatory care is
going to be the key development in the
future of our health care system, and your
community hospital, The Doctors Hospital,
will be leading the way in Ontario.
But even before we get to our new
building, in many unique and exciting
ways, the future has already arrived at
The Doctors Hospital.
Emergency
URGENT CARE
963
-5442 24-hour service for walk-in
urgent care
PRIMARY CARE
Nutrition Counselling
1ndividu~ and class counselling for high
963 5287
- cholesterol, weight control and more
Occupational Therapy
Improvement of physical, mental, social
963 7576
- independence through functional activity
Physiotherapy
963
Social Work
- 7 576 Assessment and tre~tment of
movement dysfunction
Help for indiviUuals/families experiencing
963
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5489
stress, financial or emotional[lroblems
MEDICINE
Asthma Education Clinic
963
-5206 E~uca tion [lrogram for adults
w1th asthma
Cardiac Rehab Clinic
Exercise and education for peo[lle who
9 63
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5272 have had or are at risk of a heart attack
Diabetes Education
963
- 5288 E~uca~on [lrogram for adults
w1thd~abetes
Pulmonary Rehab Clinic
963
-5206 E~uc3tion ~nd treat_ment for peo[lle
w1th chrome lung d1sease
Oncology Clinic
Chemothera[ly treatment, SU[lflOrt and
963
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5309 education through grou[l counselling
You can see it in our growing Child
Health Unit and After-Hours Children's
Walk-In Clinic; in our new asthma,
diabetes, lung and cardiac rehab clinics;
in our women's detox and leading-edge
outpatient mental health program
which embraces acupuncture and other
ancient traditional healing remedies;
and in our expanding range of alternatives
to traditional medical and surgical
inpatient care.
. We have also made a number
of small physical
changes in the
hospital of today
to make things
more comfortable
for our
patients. One
of the biggest
improvements has
transformed our
Emergency department
into a vital new
resource here to help you with
urgent care problems - ·
every day of the week.
Our special newsletter issue will tell
you more about the services we provide
and will describe what your community
hospital can do for you right now.
THIS
Hereto Help
The definition of what a community
hospital does has grown by leaps and
bounds over the past few years. We're
still here to care for the sick of course.
But we're also here to help you learn
how to manage and live with
your health problems away
from the hospital. We're
here to help you and your
family stay healthy and
prevent illness altogether.
All this means we're
getting more involved
in your life and your
community.
In our upcoming newsletter
you will learn about the
kinds of services we're providing
today and how we're changing to
improve the way we deliver services to
you. You will also find out what terms
like ambulatory care, community-based
care, home care, same-day surgery and
outreach/education really mean.
Stay healthy and stay in touch!
Directory is your guide to some of the health care
resources available to you through your community
hospital, The Doctors Hospital.
We are here to help improve the health of our community by
providing high quality treatment, health education, support and
information; and by working in partnership with our patients, their
families and other health care providers.
Many of our services are available in Chinese; Italian, Portuguese,
Spanish and Vietnamese. Our focus on outpatient service means people
receive the treatment, support and information they need to maintain
their health while continuing to work and live in their community.
Physician referral is required for many of our services.
SURGERY
Fracture/Orthopaedic Clinic
963
-5448 Treat~e~t ~f limb fractures and
S[lOrtsmJunes
laser Eye Clinic
Laser treatment
963
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for eye conditions
Pre-Admission Clinic
.Assess':lent, pre-o~e rath~ testing and
963
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educatiOn for surg1cal pat1ents
ADDICTIONS
Acupuncture for Addictions Project
A pilot acupuncture project for women
963 7 7 0 8
- addicted to alcohol or drugs
Child Health Unit
Help with many child health problems
963
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5377 including: adolescent psychiatry, allergies,
asthma, behaviour and development" bone and joint problems, dental
treatment, eating disorders and nutrition
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Birthing Area
A
963 5348
warm and comfortable_ pla~e for women
- to undergo labour and g1ve btrth
Mother-Baby Unit
963
-52 16 Support for mother and baby after
baby IS born.
Pre/Post Natal Services
963
- 5251 Childb!rth ~reparati?n , pregnancy and
parentmg, mformatmn and support for
mothers after baby is born, family planning
Addiction Program
Women's Surgical Unit
963 7532 Counselling andsupportforadults 963
- having problems with alcohol and drugs
Woman's Own Detox
A safe place where v..'Omen can detoxify
603
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from chemicals, 24-hour crisis line
MENTAL HEALTH
Multicultural Program
Assessment and treatment primarily for
963
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V..'Omen, from diverse cultural backgrounds,
with emotional or psychiatric problems.
Psychosocial Rehab Program
Help with long·standing problems related to
963
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7 7 00
major mental illness, such as schizophrenia
Schizophrenia Support
963
-7700 Rehabilitation, family education and
support group
Traditional Healing Program
9 63
-735 2 Relaxation, massag~ and other stress
management techmques
CHILD HEALTH
After-hours Children's Clinic
963
-5437 Help with common child health problems
evemngs ami weekends
Breast feeding Clinic
Adviceandhelp with
963
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5377
breast feeding problems
_522 7~yn_aeco~o~ical ~ervi:es for women, specializmg
m mmtmal mvastve procedures
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Kensington Community
Breakfast Club
Breakfast club for school children attending
963 7 516
- King Edward Public School and Lord
Lansdowne Public School
Health Phone
Health information in Chinese, English,
972
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7500
French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish
Newcomer Orientation Service
963
- 52 03~osp_ital tours and health presentations for
tmm1grants and refugees new to Canada
How to Find Us:
The Doctors Hospital, 45 Brunswick Avenue, Toronto. ON M5S 2M1
Telephone: (416) 923-5411
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Living with hunger
Sometimes nothing fills me up. I
feel an emptiness so vast I fear I
may drown. I r~ch for food that
might fill the gap. Yet I find that
the only difference between one
slice ofbread and a whole loaf
hastily eaten is the temporary
numbness.
I've felt like this a hundred
times before. I know a lot of
women and men have felt the
same.
HEALING
WAYS
BY CAROLIN TARON
I don't understand everything
about why we overeat and try to
fill our hunger with food that
doesn't satisfy. But I am
beginning to know and
understand myself better.
When I need real food
sustenance I choose whole foods
which nourish. Rules don't
always apply. Intuitive choices
help me observe 'how I feel. '
Kale makes me feel better than
icecream unless its a hot day and
the offering is homemade.
Yet often my hunger isn't for
food. Only children seem to
understand about "eating the
sun" and the sky and the rain.
But its true. Even standing by a
tree you can feel the energy of its
roots if you are still for a while
and receptive.
I've been desperate for a
chocolate chip cookie and
willing to walk at least a mile to
pay a loonie or more for that one
that might satisfy.
Slowly I have realized that it
wasn't the cookie at all. So now
I just walk or I paint or I write
and somehow that emptiness
doesn't seem as scary.
References which have been
helpful along the way: Kim
Chernin: Fat is a Feminist Issue;
Susie Orbach: The Hungry Self
Carolin Taron is a registered
massage therapist, living and
working in the Kensington
Market area.
703 Queen St W.
HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT
The healing art of common scents
This month's column is
dedicated to the ancient art of
aromatherapy--what it is, how it
works,_ how we benefit from it
and specially how wondetful it
feels. Ato'matherapy has been
around for at least 5,000 years,
from the time of ancient Egypt
and perhaps even before.
Different cultures through the
ages have enhanced the
repertoire to suit their needs.
Now we are the lucky recipients
of all this knowledge.
Although aromatherapy has
been around for centuries it still
has an important place in our
hectic lives of today. Although
you may not have known it, you
probably already practise
aromatherapy: perfume behind .
your ears or on certain pulse
spots to attract that certain
someone ... a mother applying
Vicks Vaporub to a child's chest.
Basically, aromatherapy is the
practice of using essential oils
(pure oils extracted from a plant)
to heal and relax the body and to
uplift and soothe the spirit. Each
essence has its own unique effect
upon the body and mind, since
the part of the brain that
responds to odours is very close
to the part that recalls our
memories. For some of us, for
example, maybe the smell of
lavender will trigger a pleasant
childhood memory.
Essential oils are so
concentrated they can be mixed
with what is known as a carrier
oil. A carrier oil is usually
derived from a natural odourless
vegetable base, such as sweet
almond, grapeseed or sunflower.
In a full body aromatherapy
treatment the aromatherapist will
use a customized blend of
essential oils. This method of
using essences is especially
effective for stress reduction and
detoxification. The treatment
feels wondetful and the aromas
are heavenly.
Another wonderful way of
enjoying aromatherapy is to add
a few drops of an essential oil to
your bath. Just keep in mind that
heat intensifies the smell of the
essence, so just a few drops, say
3-6, is ample. lfyour skin is dry,
blend the essential oil with a
small amount of a carrier oil.
Go on, try it! Lie back, inhale
and feel yourself unwind,
There is a huge selection of
essential oils to choose from, lf I
had to suggest only one, it would
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have to be lavender. Lavender is
mild, yet very effective. It has the
capability to soothe burns,
headaches, infections, sores,
insect bites and many other
complaints. It has the wonderful
ability to instantly relax one.
There is nothing like a lavender
bath after a long and arduous day.
If you have not already tried it -
go on, do it. You deserve it.
Helpful tips when shopping for a
good essential oil - an essential
oil must be kept in a dark glass
bottle. Oil from plastic containers
disturbs the balance of the
essential oil. Also, don't let the
seeming expense of a small bottle
put you off. As I have mentioned
before, you need only use a few
drops so a small bottle will last
you a very long time.
I hope I have demystified
aromatherapy a bit for you. It's
worth it and so are you.
If you have any questions
about aromatherapy or any skin
care problems, I can be reached at
Hutoshi Hair and Skin Studio,
112 Harbord Street, 922-3264.
Mental Health Program
Reaches Out To· Community
. Dr. Ty Turner is clinical director
of a Doctors Hospital Mental Health
Program that's taking its services
into neighborhoods.
"Our Mental Health community
program is reaching out to people
who need our help but aren't likely
to visit a hospital," says Dr. Turner.
The program's goal is to bridge
the gap between doctor and
patient, bringing mental health
services to community centres
where help is needed most.
The hospital is currently work
_ing with West Central, Access
Alliance and Parkdale, Regent
Park and South Riverdale
Community Health Centres.
For many people, especially
those who are poor, homeless or
newcomers, gefting the door to
see a psychiatrist can be difficult.
The outreach program gives
drop in centres and community
agencies the back up service
and support they need to help this
segment of the population, often
isolated from universal health care.
According to Bruce
MacDougal, Coordinator of
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hundred people walk through
St. Christopher's House each day,
and about 6o% of them have
had some kind of mental health
problem. Some folks have been
hospitalized, other people have
come to psychiatry services .
, through police or through jailsand
it's not apparent that they
have a mental health problem
until they're arrested."
By creating new entry points
outreach aims to eliminate negative
experiences like these and
narrow the gap between mental
health workers and those in need.
MENTAL HEALTH WEEK
The week of May 1st - May sth
is Mental Health Week. Each day
between 12;oo and 1:00 Doctors
Hospital's Mental Health Services
will host displays at 340 College
Street and in thehospitallobby at
45 Brunswick Avenue. Drop by
to pick up a brochure and some
helpful information. Answer a
stress questionnaire and you can
win a pair of Reebock running
shoes. We hope to see you there
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ALEXANDRA PARK CHILDCARE
CENTRE •75 Augusta Square,
392-5515 • S1,1bsidized care for
children 0-5 yrs. Parental
involvement, art, music, library,
outdoors & more.
PALMERSTON COMMUNITY
DAYCARE•734 Palmerston Ave,
533-9526 • Nonprofit
community-based daycare for
preschool and nursery children,
school age to age twelve.
ST STEPHEN'S COMMUNITY
HOUSE •91 Bellevue Avenue,
925-2103; King Edward, 922-
8705
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Health Services
ALEXANDRA PARK MEDICAL &
DENTAL HEALTH CARE CENTRE
• 64 Augusta, 703-41 07
(medical), 703-2998 (dental) •
West Central Community Health
Centres: serving our community
for 21 years.
BODY HARMONY THERAPEUTIC
MASSAGE 538-8119, Heather
Caswell, Registered Massage
Therapist. By appointment only.
DENTIST, DR. G. SARDI • 326
College St. Suite 2, 962-9942 •
General & cosmetic dentistry.
Dental insurance accepted.
Emergencies welcome.
Portuguese, Spanish, Hungarian,
Romanian spoken.
THE DOCTORS HOSPITAL
COMMUNITY HEALTH CAMPUS
• 45 Brunswick Ave., 923-5411
• Health care services for a
multicultural community:
Women's and children's health.
Mental health, medicine, surgery
& rehabilitation, and The
Woman's Own Detoxification
Centre. Emergency care 24
hours.
OUFFERIN MAll.
PHYSICAL THERAPY • 900
Dufferin Sreet (at Bloor)
533-4933 •Neck, back pain;
•Car accidents •Sports injuries;
•We care and can help •covered
by OHIP or insurance
NIAGARA NEIGHBOURHOOD
HEALTH CENTRE •674 Queen
Street West, 703-2021 •
West Central Community Health
Centres: serving our community
for 21 years.
SEX, BIRTH CONTROL,
PREGNANCY, STDSIHIV AND
RELATIONSHIPS • Free nonjudgmental
information. Call 961-
3200. • Adult counsellors
answer calls from 1 Oam-4pm.
Teen counsellors are available
from 4-Bpm. A program of
Planned Parenthood of Toronto
THE TORONTO HOSPITAL:
Western Division • 399 Bathurst
Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5T
2S8, 368-2581• General
Division 200 Elizabeth Street,
Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2C4,
340-3111 • The Hospital offers
a wide range of health care
services. The Emergency
Departments offer 24-hour
service, 7 days a week to serve
the needs of the community.
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do all house and apt. chores,
paint, fix, plant care and more ..
Please call 656-2414. P.S. I
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• Save Energy and Money by
having a Home Energy Tune-Up.
Call for a free estimate.
CAAM UNITED HARDWARE •
1 60 Augusta, 598-81 95 •
Ten years in the community.
Open Sunday
LOCKSMITH & SAFEMEN •
38 Baldwin, 597-1212 •
Builder's and Locksmith
Hardware. Leading brands
MIRAMAR FURNITURE &
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Avenue, 368-2093 • Everything
for the home at low prices.
GORDON MORRIS
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR
tel: (4 1 6) 538-3414, fax: 536-
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PAUL OBERST. ARCHITECT •
20% Bellevue Avenue • For all
your building projects and
problems. Design consultation,
permits and review of
construction. No charge for our
first meeting. 603-3625
REINGEWIRTZ PAINT STORES
LTD. • 107 Baldwin, 977-3502
• Paints, varnishes and imported
wallpapers.
PETS &
VETS
ANNEX ANIMAL CLINIC • 71 6
Bathurst St. 537-3128 •
Medical, diagnostic,· surgical and
dental facilities. Parking
ANNEX PET SUPPLIES • 718
Bathurst St. 588-1 9 25 •
Specializing in pet nutrition. Next
to Annex animal clinic. Open
Sundays.
PET VALU •339 College (at
Augusta) • Discount pet food
and supplies. Delivery service
available. For information, call
Army 944-031 4.
PLANTS & FLOWERS
A THOUSAND LEAVES AND
PLANTS • 504-0990 •
Gardening inside & out. Free
house calls.
HEALTH-& ENVIRONMENT
A slow food ode, and what to do when smoke gets in your eyes
Do you ever notice how much of
the litter on our streets is made of
cigarette packaging and take-out
food? While walking and
observing these garbage ways,
this poem surfaced:
Is food a fuel?
Do we consume it as a rule?
When signs point EAT
Do we deplete
our pockets of coin
and join
the masses by passing
of cardboard boxes
of pizza and wings
and things
made of fabricated strings
extended-life flours
and mixed pastes
ready without hours
of cooking in our kitchens?
or can we still flourish
and nourish the soils
of our EARrn?
Rene's
Readers
Write es
Dear Rene Renew:
I have a blue box question for
you. What determines which '
plastic containers can be
recycled in the blue box? I know
that in Aurora where my sister
lives the guideline is the # 1 or
#2 triangle symbol on the
bottom of the container, does
this hold true for Metro?
Arthur Hills
Dear Arthur:
According to Public Works for
the City of Toronto, plastic
bottles and jugs ~th the code 1
or 2 are acceptable. yogurt,
margarine and ice-cream
containers don t fall into this ·
category. When I asked why such
plastics can't be recycled, I was
told that there isn't a market in
T. 0. for that kind of plastic (in
other municipalities there may
be). Thanks for writing.
Dear Rene Renew:
Can broken glass be recycled in
any way?
Petre Agina
Dear Petre:
The Public Works policy for
broken glass is that it must be
wrapped in newspaper and put in
a box and labelled BROKEN
GLASS. I'm sure there are some
creative things one could do with
broken glass if the edges were
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inclination. Keep writing. R.R.
Dear Rene Renew:
Reading columns such as yours
and following community
involvements such as the Action
. on Hospital Incineration smoke
stack issue, I've just become
more aware of smoke and
pollutantswhile riding a bicycle
or walking in the
neighbourhood and I'm starting
to ask questions. I had an
experience last week of being
blasted with a cloud of dark
black smoke from one of those
DAIRY BELLE ice-cream vans.
It was horrible and smelly and
yesterday I was sitting in a cafe
on College and I heard a man
comment to his daughter about
the cloud of smoke emerging
from another (or perhaps the
same) ice-cream truck. So I
know I'm not the only one
noticing. What do you suggest?
Solund Hope
Dear Solund:
You can call the Pollution
Complaints Hotline at 325-3000
or 1-800-268-6060. Good luck.
R.R.
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. Garbage Palace Update
Behind the scenes of the Garbage
Palace dream, the garbage
goddesses are continuing their
work of intercepting garbage,
creating 'treasures from trash' and
fundraising in search of a space.
Can anyone donate the use of a
GARAGE?
The Garbage Palace can be
described as a non-profit
organization dedicated to the
creative re-use of garbage to
enrich individuals, schools,
community centres, daycares an~
families in Toronto. To becoii_le
involved, for more information,·
write The Garbage Palace, 105
Massey Street, Toronto M§J 2T5
or phone Patti Smyth at 703-
2964.
Sourcea
Grassroots, 408 Bloor St. West
(tel 944-1993), a new
environmental store nearby with a
grassroots feeling. I've only
visited once, but left inspired with
the creative re-use design obvious
in the store, the simplicity and the
beauty of all the cool things
people are making these days out
of sheer ingenuity. You will also
be able to bring your fine paper
and · for recycling in provided
bins in the future.
Ontario Waste Exchange
(905) 822-4111
·I received this tip from a building
contractoi while we were both
shopping at Karma co-op. The
Waste Exchange programs are
committed to helping industries
minimize their wastes and to find
use and users for the wastes that
are produced.
Access to Excess, 466-1092, a
non-profit waste reduction group
has a comprehensive USE it RE
USE it guide for the Toronto area.
It's available for $4.50 at
Grassroots, 408 Bloor St. West
and at Wonderworks on Harbord.
Composting Hotline, for
information on composting,
worm-composting bins and
workshops, phone 392-4689.
Earthly Goods, 372 Danforth
Avenue, Phone 466-2841. What
an amazing store! You can bring
your fine paper for recycling here,
they sell a variety of hemp
products, clothing, cloth
menstrual pads, ecoinventions and
: a large selection of recycled paper
products including envelope
labels for those envelopes you
want to re-use.
Toronto Hemp Co., 593 Yonge
St., Ste. 217,923-3556 is selling
clothing, twine and info.
Reuse Building Centre, 380
Birchmount Road, Unit 3,
Scarborough 699-6000. Bring
your used sinks, toilets and such
after renovating, or buy used
supplies there.
Eventa
Friends of Garbage Palace is still
in the planning stage for an
evening fundraiser. Come and be
inspired! Phone Patti Smyth for
more information 703-2964.
~ere's a Kensington area
Metro environment day
(including a seedling exchange)
on Saturday June 3. See the full
announcement on page 3.
Other Reaourcea
Waste Reduction Information
Service: they provide a database
of markets for recyclable material,
Ph. 960-0938 or l-800-263-
2849.
Grass Roots Gardeners hosting
eco-gardening workshops
throughout the season. Phone
348-0660.
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Now you can write me, send a
fax, phone, or send your ideas by
e-mail.
Do it now! Rene Renew wants
to hear from YOU!
Send your ideas on how to go
beyond Blue Box to Rene Renew,
c/o DRUM, P.O. Box 67590, 576
Dundas Street West, Toronto
M5T 2N4; phone 603-DRUM
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or send E-Mail to
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BIKES ON WHEELS • 69%
Nassau Street, 599-8799 •
Precycled bikes bought & sold.
Repairs, classic bikes,
customizing; rentals. Commuter
accessori!ls.
CINECYCLE • 317 Spadina Ave.
596-7733 • We service all
bicycles, most repairs within 24
hours. Great selection of
accessories
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A high-energy day of community service and
celebration ...
Together we'll plant trees, run kid's fairs,
paint community centres, restore playgrounds,
sort food for the homeless and more!
Project Organizers:
Serve Canada
Volunteer Centre of
Metropolitan Toronto'
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ADVICE TO THE WEEKEND GARDENER
HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT
''My aching back''
This month we're going to be
dealing with two issues: Bicycle
With spring beckoning, this is a
common complaint heard-from the
weekend gardener. In fact, many
people develop sore backs from
yard jobs and other chores that
they do only occasionally. The key
to preventing this is to understand
how the spine works and what
causes the pain.
Our spines are meant to
perform two main functions: to
provide stability, giving
protection to the nerves contained
with it, and to provide flexibility,
allowing us mobility. Normal
aging gradually reduces
flexibility, and your back loses its
ability to absorb shock.
While there is a belief that
trauma and other forms of
accidents are responsible for most
back pain, the truth of the matter
is the majority ofback ailments
are attributable to aging, routine
everyday activities like work, and
stress. When combined with poor
posture and poorly controlled
'' body movements, this spells
trouble down the road. One day a
seemingly simple task (like
gardening) elicits pain . .
Here's an analogy. A roof
'' exposed to the elements through
the years is damaged
progressively by this wear and
tear. Eventually, it takes only a
small drizzle to produce a puddle
upstairs. By this time, the small
puddle is only a sign of a larger
problem. ,
Same thing with your spine.
When a task like gardening
produces soreness, this soreness
(like the puddle) may merely
reflect all the cumulative stresses
on your spine over the years.
Nevertheless, there are things
that can be done. So before you
go out to the back yard to begin
'I your spring cleanup or to plant
' those impatiens, here are some
tips to prevent back trouble:
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• Avoid positions that are
vulnerable for your spine, such as
extreme forward bending, twisting
and turning. Don't turn your body
like a pretzel when you move
those planters.
• Work in· increments. If the task
at hand requires two hours of
arduous labour, try to spread it
out over a few bolirs. Take breaks
along the way to make it less of a
marathon. Remember, this is
supposed to be fun!
• Avoid repetition. Variety is the
spice of life, and it certainly
prolongs the healthy life of the
spine. Rest or do entirely
different types of jobs in between. -
The muscles that you use for
trimming the hedges, for instance,
can rest while you mow the grass.
• Avoid. unnecessary bending or
reaching. When raking, for
example, use shorter strokes with
your arms and shoulders while
moving backwards and forwards
with your legs. Try to keep your
posture erect. (No, I'm not
describing the tango!)
• Lift properly. When trying to lift
and carry that bag of Weed 'n
Feed, get your body as close to it
as possible and "bear hug" it.
Also, try to life with your legs, if
possible. This will minimize a lot
of the pressure on your spine.
• Maintain a good fitness level.
By following a basic exercise
program with simple stretches,
your muscles can lend added
support to your spine. That's not
to say exercise before you garden.
Done right, gardening is exercise.
Dr. Mah is a chiropractor
practising at the Toronto Health
Centre, 93 Harbord Street. If you
have any questions, you may
reach him at 961-2225.
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Light on law: our first contest
Safety and Bikes and the Law.
They are closely related but they
aren't the same issue.
It would be crazy, and of
course illegal, to suggest that
cyclists should ignore the laws of
the road, so I won't do it here.
On the other hand, to simply
suggest that laws are there to be
obeyed would be to ignore the fact
that laws can be changed, to the
advantage of cyclists, if they don't
make sense and if people raise
enough of a fuss.
Bicycle safety of course entails
an awareness of the existing laws,
but it also involves such timeless
qualities as common sense,
constant alertness and common
courtesy.
The number one reason for
obeying (or changing) the laws of
the road should also be the
number one reason for cycling
safely: cars and trucks, busses and
streetcars are all very dangerous
things. This is why there are so
many traffic laws in the first
place, and why cyclists, like
"The number one
reason for obeying
(or changing) the
laws of the road ...
cars and trucks,
buses and streetcars
are allv~ry
dangerous things. "
pedestrians and wildlife, must at
present either bow to the
promiscuous supremacy of the
heavier, clumsier and fastermoving
objects on the roads or
suffer the consequences.
Statistically, cyclists at present
fare a little bit better than wildlife,
but not as well as pedestrians.
(Squirrels are notoriously
careless, of course. And because
cyclists must fend for themselves
out on the asphalt, we tend to
acquire a bit more traffic-sense
than the average quadruped.)
Pedestrians on the other hand
have all those sidewalks and
crosswalks to protect them.
(And speaking of quadrupeds
and pedestrians: please be
considerate towards them all.
They have a rough time too.)
Most of the laws relevant to
cycling are based on the
bikes on· wheels
WORKIRI' CO-OP Pre-cycled bikes bought and sold, repairs,
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acessories, customizing and rentals.
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assumption that a bike is a
vehicle like any other, and so
must signal its turns, drive on the
right, stop at red lights, and so on.
Most important are the laws
relating to bikes being in safe
running order. They must have a
bell or horn, and after dark must
have a working front light and a
rear light or reflector. ·
But these last-mentioned laws
are enforced pretty sporadically,
and usually only after a cyclist has
been stopped for some other
reason (going through a stop sign,
going the wrong way down a oneway
street...). And the fines are
astronomical: somewhere in the
neighbourhood of $100 for not
having a bell, for example.
It would seem to make a lot
more sense to lower the fines and
enforce the law more '
systematically. cycling at night
without lights is a very dangerous
thing to do! And why not include
a rebate towards the cost of a light
or bell with the summons or fine?
Which leads to our first
competition. If you could change
one thing about the laws or the
roads here in Toronto, in order
to make the city a safer place for
cycling, what would it be?
The first 5 submissions to
reach the Drum offices will earn a
bicycle headlight (batteries not
included) courtesy of Bikes on
Wheels.
I'll report interesting ideas
here. And all of the submissions
will be posted at the bike shop,
and sent on to City Hall and
Queen's Park. As they used to
say in France: Take your ~
imagination for reality! ~~
Peter Dean is a partner in Bikes
on Wheels, a worker-owned cooperative
bike shop located at
69lh Nassau Street.
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THE GOLF ADDICT • 179 Major
Street (2 blks west of Spadina,
on corner of M11jor St., at side of
building) • 323-1113 • New,
used, custom. Antique clubs and
collectibles.
GROVE CYCLE • 335 College
Street • 923-9633 • Quality
bicycles for all ages, accessories
and repairs. Since 1948.
WALKER'S WHEELS • 75
Nassau Street, 923-6811 •
Recycled bicycles & repairs at
low low prices. 1-7:30pm Mo-Sat
LEGAL SERVICES
KENSINGTON-BELL WOODS
Community Legal Services •
489 College Street #205, 924-
4244 • ·Free legal advice for
tenants' rights, immigration,
welfare, V.I., CPP & Workers
Camp.
ROBERT LABOSSIERE, Barrister
+ Solicitor • 489 College Street,
Suite 303 • 926-1447 (tel) 972-
1992 (fax) • Immigration law:
refugees,sponsorships,
humanitarian and compassionate
applications, independent and
business immigration, Federal
Court appeals. ·
Translation/interpretation
arranged on request.
FINANCIAL SERVICES
A.B.C. TAX SERVICES e 11
Temple Avenue, Suite #6, 532-
5469 • Contact Brett Campbell.
Tax return preparation and
bookkeeping.
LOCAL EMPLOYMENT &
TRADING SYSTEM (LETS) • 97 4-
9555 • Nonprofit community
barter network that works to
create sustainable local
economies. LETS allows people
to meet their needs outside the
cash economy.
METRO CREDIT UNION (formerly
Unicoi!) • 245 College,
978-5505 • Still your full service
banking alternative
SERVICES
AW BUSINESS SYSTEMS • 614-
0000 • Sales and service. New
and rebuilt copiers and fax
machines. Excellent prices: Mita,
Gestetner, etc. Since 1936
LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD OF
ONTARIO e 337 Spadina,
597-0145 • Rne wine, spirits
and beer. Man-Wed 9:30-6:00;
Thu-Fri 9:30-9:00; Sat
9:30-6:00.
SAMKO COIN LAUNDRY • 1 50
Augusta, 595-5277 • Clean and
Friendly, 7 days a week. Dry
Cleaning Tool
SPADINA WEST POSTAL
OUTLET • 576-578 Dundas,
593-061 2 • Full service retail
postal outlet. Fax a.nd
photo cop yin g.
SUN KING CLEANERS • 576-578
Dundas, 593-8885 • Quality Dry
Cleaning, Repairs and Alterations
-Fast!
SUN ONE HOUR PHOTO LAB •
310 Spadina, 591-9307 • One
hr. processing, cameras,
accessories, passport photos.
WRINGLING ELECTRONICS
SERVICES • 1860 Queen St.
East, 698-9767• Recycle by
Repairing! Radio, HiR. VCR and
video. New & Antique. Sales and
service. Spacious new premises.
Same great service. Come across
town and see us.
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BAKERIES
BALDWIN STREET BAKERY •
191 Baldwin, 595-7326 •
Gourmet pizzas, home-made pies
and goodies, freshly brewed
coffee. European style breads,
pastries and boiled bagels. Baked
fresh daily!
IBERICA BAKERY • 209
Augusta, 593-9321 • Custard
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Arroz, Ice Cream
KENSINGTON PATTY • 172
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Jamaican Baef Patty
MICAELENSE HOME BAKERY •
319 Augusta, 923-6266 •
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FISH· S T 0 RES
KENSINGTON MARKET FISH
COMPANY • 189 Baldwin,
593-9269 • "Come Experience
Fresh"
PEOPLE'S FISH MARKET • 198
Baldwin, 979-8365 • If we don't
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FOOD STORES
AUGUSTA FRUIT MARKET e
255 Augusta, 593-9754 • Fruit
and vegetables, fresh daily. ·
Groceries. We deliver.
CARIBBEAN CORNER • 67
Kensington, 593-0008 • Fresh
Tropical Foods, Imported
Groceries
CHEESE MAGIC • 182 Baldwin,
593-9531 • Neighbourhood's
Favourite Cheese Shop
ESSENCE NATURAL FOODS •
56 Kensington Avenue, 597-
2176 • Essential oils, vitamins,
supplements, rotating bulk
specials, personal care items,
non-irradiated herbs and spices,
books. ·
TROPICAL HARVEST • 70
Kensington • Hot roast peanuts,
and fresh- squeezed sugar cane
juice. Enjoy the best selection of
fresh exotic fruits and vegetables
anywhere
FONG ON FOODS • 46
Kensington, 598-7828 • Bean
Cake, Soy Milk, Frash Rice
Noodles, no preservatives
HARVEST MOON NATURAL
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foods, vitamins, herbs,
supplements, tasty vegetarian
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take-out. Juice bar. Come say hi.
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34 St Andrew, 593-9530 • Fruit
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family business
KENSINGTON PATTY • 172
Baldwin Street, 596-6667 • Best
.jamaican Beef Patty
LUSITANIA SUPERMARKET LTD
• 152 Augusta Ave, 593-9495 •
Specializing in Portuguese
sausage, vegetables, fruit, meat.
Fres delivery.
MELO'S FOOD CENTRE e 151
Augusta, 596-8344 •
Portuguess Styls Ssussgss,
Import/Export
PEROLA'S SUPERMARKET • 247
Augusta, 593-9728 • All kinds
of grocsriss from South and
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HoME BAsE
April showers bring May flowers
BY DOCTOR JAY
At the time of this writing (last
week of April) summer is
nowhere in sight; spring has
been cancelled and I myself (plus
loyal workers) am trying to lay
paving stones in a swamp,
praying that it doesn !t rain
(again) tomorrow. Of course, it
is April and showers do bring
May flowers. On the flip side,
the squirrels and birds, ants,
raccoons, etc. all seem to think
it's spring, but what do they
know, eh?
Outdoor
The gardener
So much to do, so little time and
do we actually need a soil test?
Not really, just remember to take
care of your soil - compost is
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Yes, there are a thousand and
one chemicals that will kill, kill
those bugs, but many of us (this
writer included) would prefer not
to use (well, maybe just this
once, please) those chemicals.
Bugs are part of the eco-balance
and serve many purposes.
However, one way to cut down
on bugs is using some sort of
regular maintenance program. If
you have a bug-infested plant and
don't want to throw it away, place
a see-through plastic bag around
the plant, make a small hole in
the bag and spray to your heart's
content. Another suggestion? Get
a friend to throw away the bug
infested plant.
It is always good to condition
your soil, cutting away dead
branches, prune if the plant
needs it.
When to prune?
Not when the plants are
floweritig, but failing that -
anytime. There are a few rules
but please don't let those hold
you back. A word to the wise - if
you are going to be doing some
serious pruning, have a plan. It is
very easy to become carried
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Exchange plants
If you have too much of
something, perennials, shrubs,
strawberries - try exchanging
these plants with a friend. Better
yet, if you see something you
like, knock on· their door and
offer to make at trade.
Birds
The old phrase - build it and
they will come - is true - buy,
make, borrow a birdbath, box,
cage .. put some bird food in and
away you go. If you are a little
nervous about what to do, how to
get certain birds to visit you -
there is a resident expert who,
for a reasonable fee, will set you
up in a most natural way. Bennythe-birdman
can be reached at
many different places or by
calling 603-3177.
Indoor
A good time for pruning and
propagating. Most hanging plants
can be propagated by cutting a
few pieces and placing them in a
glass of water. They also make
an excellent gift. Some plants
such as the dieffenbachia can be
air-layered which is even easier.
Cut with a knife, place the top
half in a jug of water - 6 to 8
weekslater you have a stalk with
roots·. Wherever you cut new
shoots will be coming. Don't be
afraid, the worst that can happen
is you will have a shorter,
bushier plant.
This method works on many
different plants, including the
dracina family, yuccas, umbrella
trees, and many others. A little
trivia - dieffenbachia translated
into English means dumb cane
and if you eat it, you will go
dumb. (Hogwash, but it makes
for a good story.)
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international fun for local
currency!
The Market speaks
everyone's language.
Breathe's everyone's history.
Fits everyone's budget.
Steps from the TTC, all within
a few friendly blocks-
fashions and crafts spanning
decades and continents, &
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SANCI TROPICAL • 66
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SUGAR & SPICE HEALTH,
ORGANIC & BULK FOOD • 265
Augusta Avenue, 593-1664 •
Specializing in vitamins,
homeopathic, organic food, body
products, cake decorations
TUTTI FRUTTI • 64 Kensington
593-9281 • Coffee Beans, Cold
Cuts, Jams, Olive Oil, Cooking
Spices & Sauce, Chocolate
VEGETABLE KINGDOM • 309
Augusta Avenue, 927-1028 •
Organic produce at warehouse
prices. Organic whole grains,
beans and groceries.
ESTHETICS
HAIR BY HELEN • 703 Queen
Street West • 504-2480 • All
esthetics 20%off: facials,
manicures, pedicures, waxing,
nail tips. No gst for spring
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NATURALLY CARMEL •112
Harbord Street, 922-3264 •
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TORONTO HAIR CARE • 437
Spadina Avenue (at College) 596-
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manicure. Eyebrow threading, full
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FASHION
ASYLUM I EXILE • 42
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visit Exile's big new location!
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BRAVA • 483 Queen St. W.,
362-8742 • Low-priced, high
quality, Vintage clothing.
COURAGE MY LOVE •
14 Kensington Ave, 979-1992
DANCING DAYS •17 Kensington
599-9827 • New & Vintage;
Exclusive designers; Asia, Africa,
Central America
FAIRLAND • 241 Augusta,
593-9750 • Toronto's largest
kids brand-name clothing store at
discount prices
IGO • 9 Kensington 596-8282 •
Retro/re-cycled clothing at
post-modern prices.
KED'S KLOTHES 'N STUFF •
809 Queen Street W, 504-1698
• Recycled and original clothes
for babies, boys anq girls. Books,
toys, maternity wear
LIBIDO • 7 53 Queen St.
367-8600
LILITH'S GARDEN • '15
Kensington Ave., 591 -6800 •
New designs, imports,
sunglasses, jewellery, recycled
and restructured clothing.
NOISE • 47 Kensington 599-
8817; and 275 Queen West 971 -
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SHAKTI • 4 Kensington Avenue
591-3764 phone or fax •
Sweeeet new silver,
textiles· and accessories.
SHONEY'S RECYCLED
CLOTHING • 222 Augusta,
979-0700 • Lowest Prices. Best
Selection in Second Hand. Gently
used kids clothing accepted for
resale on consignment
THE MAD HATTER • 352 Queen
St. West, 596-7115 • Women's
men's & children's hats. Custom
millinery by Vicky Sather
TOM'S PLACE • 190 Baldwin,
596-0297 • Brand name clothes
at Kensington prices
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KAREN STEYR
1. ABOVE: SEniNG THE STAGE
That's Carlos Fuentes working on the language
map. That map shows which language is spoken in
each of the 432 homes. "So on the day we could send
someone who spoke the right language to each home."
Carlos is a worker from the community worker
program at George Brown College. He was part of the
campaign from the start-- 8 months. This was his
placement.
The map only took a took a couple of days to
make. It was getting the information that was the real
hard work! Two to three weeks, knocking on doors.
But that map was the key. _"From it we knew what
langauges we needed for the newsletter and the info
sessions and the translations at the public meetings.
We had ten or eleven languages to deal with."
2. TOP, RIGHT: CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS
3 P.M. 45% OF FAMILIES HAVE VOTED
The l~nguage map is now in place on the wall of
"campaign headquarters for the co-op referendum"
(Jenny Palacios' home) -
The language map is the one at the bottom. At the
top is a blank map of the community.
Voting is well under way. Every few minutes,
runners bring info from the three polling stations about
who has already voted and this gets entered on the
map. In this picture, from left to right, Vanessa and
Orin Allen, Sus.an Wilkinson and Jenny Palacios (all
members of the residents' co-op education committee).
Language map is working. Volunteers who speak a
particular language can be sent to homes where no-one
has voted yet.
3. MIDDLE, RIGHT: TIME OUT
IN THE LOBBY AT THE COMMUNITY CENTRE
There are three polling stations--in the lobbies of
the two apartment buildings (170 Vanauley and 73
Augusta Square) and in the gym at the community
centre (no photos were allowed inside the polling
station).
Each polling station was staffed by a "deputy
returning officer" from outside the community,
accompanied by one observer from MTHA and one
observer from the residents association.
In this photo, left to right, Jean Denny, and Dave
Cosentino and Laura Meikle (MTHA employees)
taking a break from shifts at the polls. On the far
right, Josh Allen, resident (too young to vote). As in
federal elections, only people 18 and over could vote.
(In this case, your name also had to be on the lease.)
4. BOnOM. RIGHT: INTEREST RUNNING HIGH
SONNY ATKINSON TAKING CALLS
Waiting in his office--Sonny Atkinson fielded calls-
-interest was high throughout the day with ealls
coming in "from coast to coast."
"It will make a great difference for the residents
because it will give everyone a voice."
On the shelf at the back are the walkie talkies
used during voting hours to keep the three polling
stations in touch with Rob Howarth. Rob, acting
director of Scadding Court, was Returning Officer,
running the whole election.
Mostly the walkie talkies got used to send
interpreters out to a polling station when needed.
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On April 19 we
asked: Alexandra
Park residents
will vote this
Saturday on the
question "Do you
suppon Alexandra
Park becoming a
Housing Co-op?"
What do you
think?
YVONt£ EDwARDS.
Grange Ave.
I DO SUPPORT THE CHANGE TO CO-OP
51MPL Y BECAUSE THE CO-OP HOUSING I
HAVE SEEN THAT I HAVE FRIENDS LIVING
IN 15 WELL KEPT AND I LIKE THAT LIVING
IN A CLEAN WELL KEPT HOUSE AND
NEIGHBOURHOOD IN WHICH I FEEL SAFE.
MTHA HAS A HOUSING PROBLEM. THEY
HAVE QUITE A FEW RESIDENTS WITH
DRUG PROBLEMS THAT GET
TRANSFERRED FROM ONE MTHA AREA
TO ANOTHER AND THE DRUG PROBLEM 15
NOT SOLVED. AS A CO-OP IT WILL GIVE
US THE POWER TO HELP CONTROL WHO
MOVES IN AND OUT. As WELL AS OTHER
PROBLEMS SUCH AS MAINTENANCE AND
PARKING. THE PARKING LOTS TURN INTO
LAKES AFTER IT RAINS, THE WALKWAYS
GET FLOODED AND THE DISABLED
RESIDENTS AND CHILDREN CAN NOT USE
THE PATHS. MTHA DOES NOT USE THE
BUDGET TO ITS FULLEST, 50 WE THE
RESIDENTS WANT TO MAKE THE
DECISIONS ON HOW TO SPEND THE
MONEY BETTER.
I TOTALLY 51
ALEXANDRA
RESIDENT, I
HAND, MTH
THIS PLACE.
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RYERSON PUBLIC SCHOOL
Y ES, I SUPPORT CO-OP HOUSING
BECAUSE IT CREATES AN ENVIRONMENT
WHERE YOU ARE AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT
IN THE UPKEEP AND POSITIVE PROMOTION
OF THE TENANTS AND THEIR HOMES. BY
TAKING AN ACTIVE INTEREST THERE IS
LESS VANDALISM AND A GREATER
SENSE OF VALUES.
5. TOP LEFT: '"THE LONGEST HOUR•
Polls closed at 8 sharp. Ballot boxes were taken to the computer
room and unlocked by Rob Howarth under the watchful eyes of MTHA
and resident observers. The counting began. It took an hour. "Are you
in favour of Alexandra Park becoming a co-op: yes or no?" had to be
totalled. And the number of households that participated also had to be
added up.
Everything was checked three times.
Meanwhile, outside the community centre people began to gather
and wait. Fourth from the right in this photo Metro Councillor Olivia
Chow "I couldn't miss the moment. This is history. "
6. MIDDLE, LEFT: HOPING FOR 60%
Fatigue showing, waiting for the result, sure of the 50% of
. households, but what did the voters choose?
From left to right, Nick Saul, coordinator of the co-op education
campaign, Leon Lau, community worker from Scadding _Court, and
Cham Sang, resident, who worked and organized tirelessly throughout.
"We sat like that for a whole hour" says Nick. "It was a really
exciting time. We had done everything we could. And there was nothing
left for us to tk;J. "
Finally... the result, over 70% of households voted.
And 75% of the voters said YES. We want a co-op.
7. BOTTO~ LEFT: ·wAY OVER THE TOP ..
PRESS CONFERENCE WEDNESDAY APRIL 26, 11:30 AM
From left to right:
Rosario Marchese, MPP, Fort York
"As you know I have worked with residents from the stan on
this. Our office has been closely involved. We all share the
excitement. "
Dr. Richard Allen, Provincial Minister of Housing
"I am exceedingly encouraged. We set you a tough target with
the 60% yes, 50% turnout, and you have come right over the
top. There is a lot to be done still . . . . We recognize
develpment of aay co-op project needs ongoing financial
suppon."
Sonny Atkinson, President, Alexandra Park Residents Association
"We did it our way. I'm so happy to say that. It's been four
years now we've worked for this. Now the real work begins.
There's getting the buildings up to standards so we can
stan maintaining them, training residents in management and
co-op living, negotiations-on a .financial agreement with the
province, unions, a lease ... We'll need your suppon in the
work that's ahead."
Barbara Hall, Mayor
"Congratulations to the Ministry of Housing for the courage to
allow this to happen. I believe we need a range of housing
types in our city. I'm delighted that it's the residents who have
put together your own way of addressing issues.. I know you can
do it & build an incredible neighbourhood for our city."
Dan Leckie, City Councillor, Ward 5
"This is about courage and self reliance and the strength of this
community. Do you remember in I988 a 6 or 8 year old child
burned to death in this community and the official inquest was
held so fast that nothing positive came out of it. ?
So you said you would hold your own inquest, and did.
And found out things like bars welded shut across basement
windows ... I see this as a continuation of the community saying
'ifwe want it done, we'll have to do it ourselves.'"
Jenny Palacios: residents association board member
"I am so very happy. I learned a lot on the education
committee and am still learning on the education committee
and lookforward to the next steps. We are doing this for the
security Of a good home and a better neighbourhood. "
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The Answers, A True Story
BY MARIA Gow.o
It was an existential crisis; I know that
now. At the time it masqueraded as a
broken heart and some bad jobs and
an inconsiderate room-mate, but let's
face it; I just didn't know who I was
or what I was doing here - on earth, I
mean, in the Big Sense - or who or
what· was going to take care of me,
since I didn't seem to be doing a very
good job of its myself.
I tried everything. I travelled, which \'.'
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only made me poor and anxious. I con- ~f. ~
suited therapists, which made me :~ E~s
poorer and more anxious, still. I even
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shaved my head, but nothing worked. ·.-
I needed the answers. I needed the .r
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goods.
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One night, 2 hours into my 33rd ~I i)
year I stumbled drunkenly into my answers,
in the form of a gypsy fortune ,.
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teller in Yorkville. I don't know how
it happened, exactly, but I found myself
sitting next to her, extending my ·"!.
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palm. She peered into it for a while, .!/'
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turning and squeezing it in the neon ., :'\
light of the restaurant behind us. ,f:
"Don't worry for nothing," she declared,
at last. "Ten dollars."
I fairly skipped home. This was all
- I'd needed - simple, authoritative reassurance.
For a week or two,' l remained
swaddled in the comfort of the
gypsy's words, but then, of course, I
needed more.
Every day on my way home from
work I passed a sandwich board that
read "Madame Zenia, Gifted Psychic:
all life's problems resolved.;' Now, the
big breakthrough having been made,
I could finally muster the courage to
climb Madame Zenia's stairs. The air
got hotter and mustier as I got to the
top, and smelled of a combination of
cigarettes, coffee and fruity incense.
The door was open, but I knocked tentatively
on the frame.
"Please come in, my dear." I was
greeted by a rangy girl of about 15,
wearing jeans and heavy makeup,
clacking gum. She led me into the
room with a ceremonious gesture.
"Palm, Card or Crystal?"
"Palm, please."
"Make yourself comfortable."
Madame Zenia's establishment was
an ordinary apartment, thickly carpeted,
heavily furnished, and bedecked
with paintings of the last supper
and statuettes of the Virgin Mary
in doilies. Bugs Bunny cartoons flickered
silently on a huge TV screen in
the next room, and in front of it, clustered
together like kittens, lay three
plump women in long skirts, turbans
and beads.
"Please excuse my colleagues," the
girl said as one produced a snore.
"They are indisposed. They have had
a late night." She was, by this time,
sitting next to me on the couch. She
reached for my hand.
"But - " I protested - "Where's
Madame Zenia?"
"We're all Madam Zenia," she replied.
"You're so - " I tried and failed to
fmd a diplomatic way of saying it -
"So young!"
"That's not the point." She took my
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hand. Like the gypsy in the street, she
pinched and twisted my palm, and
held it to the, light, all the while staring
unblinkingly into it. "You toss and
tum at night with the many thoughts _
that trouble your mind," she said, then
looked up at me, poppmg a bubble
between her teeth. "You get that? Like,
it means you can't sleep. I see a little
nephew or godson soon to be born.
Money troubles. You're lonely. A di- ·
vorce in the recent past, but soon, a
second marriage. You'll be married
suddenly, this winter. A very short
engagement. Three children. And success
late in life."
She gave me back my hand and demanded
$20. As soon as she had pocketed
the money, she retreated to the
kitchen with a nasty look over her
shoulder, "Age" she spat, "is not the
point."
Downstairs, I blinked in the spring
sunlight and looked both ways to
make sure nobody I knew was walking
by. I plunged into the rush hour
traffic, feeling elated and frightened
at once, carrying the predictions inside
my head like some new treat I
was waiting to pore over as soon as I
·got home. Three children, a sudden
· marriage, late success; none of these
prospects appealed to me, yet I was
comforted by the assurance that I had
a future after all, that my life was following
some clearly discemable path
- discernable, what's more, by a
stranger for a mere $20.
I now became a regular client of
gypsies. I came to love the rituals of •
fortune telling, the laying out of cards,
the touch of a grubby, calloused and
experienced hand, the tense pause before
the pronouncement. "A gOOd life,
a long life, good health, love and prosperity."
But a terrifying pattern began to
emerge in the predictions. It seemed I
would soon begin dating a man I'd
known for a long time, an athletic
man, older than me, and well off. I
wouldn't like the man, or trust him,
and with good reason, but I would
marry him, this very winter. I had no
choice. Friends would object; many
women from his past would hate me;
only my family would come to the
man's defence.
~ I got a second opinion, then a third.
Delia laughed at me, Francesca
sighed. Heidi was the kindest. She
leaned forward and covered my hand
with one of hers, "He's not a nice
~·:1 man," she said, "but you can handle
him, and anyway, you've got no
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choice. If people did I'd be out of a
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., job."
...
Just as I had decided to give up my
new hobby, forget the predictions, they
began to come true. My sister got pregnant,,and
the man came back into my
life, declaring undying love. I resisted
his advances at first, but soon gave in,
paralysed by a kind of fascinated horror.
The friends protested, the former
flames reviled me, and true to the gypsies'
predictions, my family supported
the match.
"I have a feeling," my mother said,
"that you're going to marry that man."
"How do you know? People can't
tell these things."
"I can, I knew with your father."
"But my father ... !"
"Well," she said, ''It was destiny. I
knew it from the first time I set eyes
on him. I had no choice."
My horror mounted now, as· more
and more details of the man's unsa-
- voury past began to come to light, and,
concurrently, he began to talk with
confidence of our holidays together
next summer, renovations on the
house, the name of our first child.
There was only one thing for it. I Visited
Tinka's Tearoom, above a tattoo
parlour on Yonge Street.
Tinka herself greeted me at the door.
She was sJout and cheerful, with -
bright pink lipstick and nail polish,
and an enormous bosom, emphasized
by her floor length, orange robe. She
was, she explained, the owner, not one
of the fortune tellers. At least, not any
more. "Now," she said, "I leave all the
clients to my girls. Would you like to
see Mary, Zoe or Olga?"
"Olga."
"There's a long wait."
"Fine."
"Please make yourself comfortable."
She sat down beside me on the
couch in the waiting room, studying
me discreetly. ·
"What Il!._Onth were you born, my
dear?" she said after a pause.
"June."
"Oh, no!" Tinka clapped a hand to
her head, "Not another one!"
"Hm? What do you mean?''
"Gemini," she answered, "I can't
get away from them - all my friends
are Gemini's and - "
"And what?"
"Well," Tinka drew herself up soberly.
"I don't niean no offence, my
dear, but you're messed up."
"Pardon me?''
"You don't know what you want.
You go this way and that, influenced
by everything, you got no goal in life."
"What are you talking about? I've
had a goal in life since I was eight
years old. I'm the most goal directed
person I know. It's just that nothing
works out the way I want."
"Gemini," she shook her head. "All
the same. Dirty, lazy, drink too much.
Sleep around. Good for nothing. But
of course I'm Aquarius, I can't get
away from them."
"Look, I'm not lazy and dirty and I
don't sleep around. I don't know about
your friends, but -"
"All the same," she replied fmnly,
"You got no goal in life."
At this point, a tall, slender spectre
in a track suit appeared in the doorway.
It was Olga herself. "Next," she
intoned, and, happy to escape from
Tinka, I hurried after her down the
darkened hallway. She ushered me
into a booth containing a rickety card
table and two chairs. Anxious
mutterings could be heard from the
neighbouring booths: "My best
friend? ... Yes, I'm certain of it".
"The operation will be successful,
but ... "
"My dear, money's not the problem
in your life ... "
With a melancholy smile, Olga
handed me a deck of cards. "You will
please to shuftling," she said. "And
make wish."
"Wish?"
"If you don't wish, I cannot tell fortune."
"But I don't want to make a wish. I
want to know what's going to happen
tome."
"I cannot tell fortune without wish.
Please to shuftling. , ..
My mind raced. What did I want?
What did I want? All I wanted was to
know, was I going to marry this man,
or wasn't I? That was my wish, to
know. I handed back the cards, and
Olga laid them out. She looked up at
me accusingly. "If you don't wish,"
she said,-
"Just tell me what you see."
"I see man. Older man. Good looking.
Datk, like Italian. Good job- goOd
man. He is good man. Oh, women. I
The sail
The ship will leave
tomouow
It is fully loaded
(of course, somebody
maybe
has forgotten
a thing,
a remorse, a dream ... )
But
The ship will leave
tomorrow.
Before being
I already see the sail up
wind-blown
white.
And I'm preparing
for the last
hand waving.
Elena Ene
see many women talk to you about
this man. They are only jealous. Do
not believe them. He is good man."
"But," I protested. "He's a drunk.
He's a misogynist, a workaholic. He's
slept with thousands of women, and
hit at least two of them."
"But to you he is faithful. And no
beats you."
"Yes but-"
She clucked her tongue. "You sleep
with this man. Big mistake. Never
sleep with man until he gives you engagement
ring. But-" she brightened
- "He likes it. This is good. Wait until
he gives you engagement ring before
sleep with him again."
I leaned forward. ~'But will I marry
him?"
"You want marry him?"
"Will I- will I -that's what I want
to know."
Olga put down her cards and laid
her hands, palm down, on the table.
"Purpose of man," she said, "is to
look after woman. This man, has nice
house?"
"Yes."
"Good job?"
"Yes.''
"Does he pay for you in restaurant?"
"Yes."
"And no beats you -"
"Not so far."
"Is good man. You should marry
h un.
. ,
"But I don't want to marry him."
"Then don't."
"What do you mean?''
"$25.00."
"What do you mean?''
"Just don't."
So I didn't.
The Crack
in the Window
The crack in the window
Distorts the view,
Gives an impression
Of reality.
The crack in the window
Creeps larger
With the /pressure
Applied daily.
The crack in the window
Is reparable by
Genuine values
Practised always.
The crack in the window
Can be overlooked
If the spirit inside
Will choose to.
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To generalize about character is to
risk being challenged. So the risk.
tempts me: I've learned a lot by
venturing an opinion and hearing
someone comment on it, when
more cautious types would keep
shut for fear of error.
"Bookdealers," I said in my
last article, "are tenacious. They
have ... optimism and willingness
to work and risk ... plus the
caution that comes from knowing
there are no guarantees ..." From
where I stand, this evaluation
holds true.
Tenacity would have to be the
bedrock of the character of anyone
who puts in the hours year after
year running a bookstore. Socalled
"Business hours" should be
called "customer hours": they
don't include the hours before
opening, after closing, or on
holidays.
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the usual traits of cautious
optimism and willingness to work
and risk, which go with running
any owner-operated business, as I
know from interviews while
writing advertorials.
Recently, someone told me
business success can't be
measured by boom-time earnings
or expansion. It's the tough times,
she said, that put you to the proof.
This maxim is a bit oversimplified,
but only a bit, where
booksellers are concerned.
Depression, recession, even shifts
in market trends, can bankrupt the
best-run business. Wellintentioned
people make honest
mistakes. You have to deal with
many factors which you can't
predict, don't control, or influence
only minimally (like the GST or
VAT).
Sometimes. the work itself is
enough to make one opt for the
.,y
set hours and wages of an
employee. I've met people who
went into the book trade because
they loved books -- only to find
that after putting in the hours,
they had no time or energy left for
reading or anything else.
So, there's some truth to the
maxim that tough times are the
real test. How far can you run
when you've run out of fat to
bum?
As a group, Toronto's
bookdealers, especially secondhand
dealers, have toughed out
the recession remarkably. While
there have been losses, most of
those who were there in 1989 are
still there; and there have been
some new openings.
I suppose on the one hand they
profiHrom belt-tightening: except
for rare and antiquarian books,
used books cost less than new. On
the other hand, they contend with
rough business conditions, tight
money, and what every other
entrepreneur has to contend with.
I have no figures on their
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.it's very wide. Granted, a secondhand
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about double what the dealer paid
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utilities, taxes, possibly staff to
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Dealing with all these things
on an ongoing basis requires
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as anyone in business -- as
I've discovered when trying to
sell old books with margin notes,
stains, folded pages, etc. (Oh, the
German word for a folded-down
page is Eselsohr, which means
anass's ear. Was the inventor of
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ART AROUND
In the hands of the potters
BY VIRGINIA MACDONNELL
In the curious hierarchy of the
western visual arts world, clay as
medium and pottery as process
has always fallen under the
category of"low art." This is
partly because this method has
'traditionally been deemed a
"craft," partly because pottery has
had utilitarian as well as "purely"
aesthetic functions, and partly
because women have primarily
practised this art form.
Yet, when one examines
various creation stories world
wide, human beings were not
created by supreme beings from
oil paint and canvas or from ·
·marble, but were instead created
from the lowly clay.
In the Mesopotamian tradition
there are Goddesses like Aramaiti
"Mother of the People Made of
Clay," Hinhursag who created
people from clay and her own
blood, and Arum (called "The
Potter") who infused her clay
creations with the breath of life.
They are responsible for bringing
the human race into being.
Similarly, the Assyrian Goddess
Mami made human beings from
mixing clay with her blood.
In Judaeo-Christian tradition
God creates Adam by breathing
life into his clay form. Although
God in this_case is generally
viewed as a male deity the
Gnostic gospels say that Ada was
created by 2 virgins -- the spirit,
represented by Sophia and the
earth, represented by Eve.
Clay Design
Brunswick/Harbord,
964-3330
Type of work
Clay Design is an artistrun
studio-gallery, There
are three fulltime in·
house potters, but works
from several other
Canadian ceramic artists
are also shown.
They have a full
exhibition schedule and
exhibits are changed
approximately every
two weeks.
Types of classes
offered
Classes are taught by the
resident artists and are
offered on an ongoing
basis in ten-week sessions
(each class being 3 hours
Regardless of the specifics, in
all of these origin stories, clay
remains a common symbolic
synonym for flesh. And the
mystery of clay extends from birth
to death and beyond. For instance,
the Celts incised clay pots with
human faces to represent the souls
of the dead and in Scandinavia
and Africa upturned pots are
repeatedly used as soul symbols.
With these auspicious
beginnings, it seems hard to
figure out where pottery lost its
standing in the fine art world. It
does seem likely that with the
establishment of patriarchal
societies, any traditions associated
with the Goddess were discarded
Pbillis McCulloch; Clay Design
long). Course fee is $225.00 which includes instruction, materials and firing
of pieces. Contact Clay Design for registration material.
}54A QuEEN ST W. * 979..-0451
PHOTOGRAPHS BY KAREN STEYR
Kensington Clay
355A Spadina, 593-5191
Type of work
Extensive and varied selection of handmade decorative and
functional pottery work.
In addition to regular pottery classes Kensington Clay
offers birthday parties for children ($65 per hour up to six
kids + $5 per child up to 10 max.l
They also provide one on one sessions with special needs
students of all ages which helps these students to develop
their skills, patience and therapeutic recovery.
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Types of classes offered
Introductory Handbuilding for adults or children, runs for 4 weeks at a cost of $125 for instruction and
materials. Quality Time classes are offered at the cost of $145.00 for 1 adult and 1 child ($50 per extra
child) to allow parents and children to discover the fun of handbuilding together.
Monthly Workshops for adults, with a thematic orientation (~.g. building clocks, lamps or planters). $100
for instruction, material fee variable. Call Samantha for registration information.
Kensington Clay:
Samantha Sherer,
Stephen Richarc;lson
or transformed into new socially
acceptable forms.
In a way this shunning has
been a happy accident. Pottery
remains the most accessible and
perhaps egalitarian of all of the
fine art forms. And clay's primal
power is undiminished.
Today, clay pots and pottery
are valued for their combination
of beauty and functionalism. In
fact, certain museums, such as the
George R. Gardiner Museum, are
devoted to this form of artistic
practice.
Our neighbourhood is blessed
with a number of stores and
studios which provide the
opportunity to view, purchase or
A SPAa 364-3227 183 Bathurst
until May 20 "Paradox/Pair O'Docs!Pear
A Docs"
until Jun l 0 "Steeltown: James C.
Williams"
JOHN 8. AIRD GAUERY 928-6772
900 Bay St. .
May l • Jun 3 "Image 95: Ontario
Society of Artists"
ARTGAUERY OFMISSISSAUGA
905-896-5088 300 City Centre Drive .
until Jun 4 "Jeannie Thib: Body Works"
ARTGAUERYOFONTARIO 977-
0414/979-6648 317 Dundas W.
opens Feb 22 "The Pear and its Pips:
Auguste Bouquet and "La Caricature"'
until Oct 29 "The Sublime and the
Beautiful: 18th Century British
Landscapes and Portraits"
May 3 • Jul 9 "Constable: A Master
Draughtsman"
Catherine Carroll: bright colours, Intricate design
create clay works. We visited
three: The Catherine Carroll
Studio on Markham Street, Clay
by Design at Brunswick and
Harbord, and Kensington Clay on
Spadina.
May 19 - Aug 7 "Barbara Hepworth: A
Retrospective"
ART METROPOLE 703-4400 788
King St. W.
JUSnNA M. BARNICKE 978-8398
Hart House, University of Toronto
until May ll "Charlotte Rosshandler:
Time Exposure/Portraits/Photographs"
until May ll "Ann Newdigate: Ciphers
from The Muniments Room"
May 18- Jun 15 "John Scott: 'Live
Coverage' - Drawing In~tallation"
BAu-XI 977-0600 340 Dundas W.
until May ll "Joe Plaskett"
May 13 • Jun l "Andrew Patterson"
COLD CTY 504-6681 686 Richmond W.
until May 20 "Peter Bowyer, Tom Dean,
Mark Gomes"
May 25 - Jun 17 "Mark Kipps"
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Catherine Carroll Studio
608 Markham Street, 516-4792
Type of work
Catherine Carroll produces
individually sculpted and hand·
painted pottery pieces. While her
works are uniquely beautiful they are
functional and designed for everyday
use.
She works in the Mediterranean
process called "Majolica" giving her
pottery a combination of distinctive
bright colours and intricate and
playful designs.
Type of classes offered
All levels. Call the studio for further
information.
Attention Women Artists
Toronto Women for a Just
and Healthy Planet Invites vou
to participate In the Fourth
World Conference on Women
being held In Chino In
September bv creating Images
for the lOOKOUT POSTCARD
PAOJECT.
We ore seeking submissions
representing o feminist
perspective on: Health
Housing e Human Rights _
Militarism e Rrts & Culture
Poverty e Childcore -
Environment e Globollzotlon
Work e etc.
Send good quolltl,l
photocopies of vour work '
(S"x8" or 4"x6"). Write vour
nome, address & phone
number cleorlv on the bock of
each and moil them to:
TWJHP c/o Box 332, Station A,
Toronto, MSW 1C2
RH submissions w/U be sent
to Beijing as port of the
INTEJNmOf\R. DAY Of
WOMEN'S ACTIONS,
September 6 1995.
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Zero to sixty in how long?
Having reached the age of sixty,
thank you, I am now uniquely
qualified to write a "How To ..."
book on the subject presently
nearest my heart (in more ways
than one). Aging.
I will start at the beginning.
Growing up in Timmins, I was
aware of a "how-to" book my
Father kept at his right hand next
to the old Remington typewriter,
"How to Write," written in 1905,
the year of my father's birth.
It was after Dad's death in
1980 that I finally opened the
book. For starters it said
something like ... 'If a young man
came to me and asked, "How do I
become a writer" I would say,
"Go to the harbour, sign on a ship
and go and live a life. When the
time comes and you have
something to write about, you will
find the way." To Timmins?
So to the hundre_ds, nay
thousands, planning now to line
up and ask me "Oh Kate, how do
I age?" I say first 'Hear the words
of my mother: "Stand up straight,
and stop wrinkling your brow."'
This was her constant refrain.
Not always in so many words. A
tap of the hand between my
shoulder blades, a flutter of the
back of her graceful fingers across
my forehead, were often sufficient.
That piece of advice should
get you comfortably to, oh fifty
five, or until Mother is gone.
After Mother's departure, this
second piece of advice: the head
is a bowling ball sitting on top of
John
Campey ~
&
Tam
Goossen
Downtown Trustees
Toronto Board of Education
155 College Street, Toronto M5T 1P6
Tel: 397-3060 Fax: 397-3114
ON AGING
BY KATE BURT MCNEIL
the spine. So if one goes through
life bent slightly forward, the
likelihood of this stoop becoming
a permanent and in some cases
exaggerated and debilitating
condition, is high.
Remember "Hi I'm Kate and
I'm an alcoholic"? (Drum,
August, 1990) It was an account
of my month at a rehab in Florida
thanks to OHIP before the rules
changed. A woman my age was
housed in the psychiatric wing of
this crooked facility. One day we
spoke about our mutual artistic
abilities, the next day her head
had bowed completely forward
and down so that she would never
have to see the sky again.
Since then, I have become
painfully aware of people I pass
on the street who have been
losing the battle with gravity far
too early in lik If like me you
started ignoring Mother's advice
once her fingers were no longer
there to flutter, turning sixty will
trigger a near uncontrollable urge
to repent. Which brings me to my
third piece of a,dvice.
Penance, like any kind of
exercise, requires a warm-up.
Long dormant muscles must be
given a chance to wake up and get
used to the new regime.
A while back, I stayed over at
my girlfriend's because she was
driving me to the airport in the
morning. Her teeny hopper
daughter and friend, dressed in
their little too-short shorts, were
demonstrating the latest exercises
learned in school. "How'd ya like
to see an old lady do the splits?" I
said as I demonstrated the move,
hearing the sound of muscle and
ligaments tear as I went down.
Several hours later, a shot of
demerol in each hip to ease the
intense pain, I stoically flew out
feeling like an injured warrior. A
seventy-year old injured warrior.
This is not good if, like me, you
are planning to stay sixty forever.
So, warm up before asking
long dormant muscles to perform.
Better still, no matter how old you
are, start aging right away. It will
hurt a lot more if you leave it till
the last moment.
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This is not an easy column to
write.
It is about six young men who
did not think before they acted.
Now they are dead.
If I am guessing right---and
maybe I am not--this is what
happened.
On the night of March 17th,
they were out drinking ---
BOATING
FOR EVERYONE
BY HAL CONROY
underage --- when someone
suggested that they "borrow" a
boat from one of the marinas at
the foot of Liverpool Road in
Pickering and go joy-boating.
They hit both Eastshore
Marina and Swans. From
Eastshore they took a 14-foot
outboard; from Swans it was a
paddle boat, and headed for
Lake Ontario.
It was a cold and somewhat
choppy night -- not the kind of
black and dirty night that any
sober person would go out into
Lake Ontario.
I surmise this is what
happened: first of all, the 14-
footer didn't have a full tank of
gas. The paddle boat -- or rather
- paddle thing, should never go
into open water, even on a calm
day.
Once out into the lake (and I
don't think anyone wore life
jackets), they were a boating
accident just begging to happen
-- six maybe drunken, mostly
underage boys, loose in the
hands of fate.
I think one of two things
happened, or maybe both.
First, the one or maybe two on
the paddle boat got into trouble,
~FUN-TASK-ITS
V CREATIONS
and their friends in the small
open boat went to help them.
They stopped the boat or slowed
down, pulled their friends
onboard and either the motor
wouldn't restart or it was out of
gas.
The boat was overloaded and
the only thing that could happen
did. Six lives -- one boy was a
very young father -- were wasted,
two people lost their boats -- and
it cost taxpayers thousands of
dollars to put two police forces,
armed forces and both the
Canadian and U.S. Coast Guards
to a long search which yielded
only an unopened beer bottle
along the shore near the channel,
leading to Frenchman's Bay, and
an empty battered gas can on the
American side. The can was
probably from the outboard.
Don't get me wrong. I am
sorrier than you can know that
these young men died because of
a foolish stunt, but it is the teen
mother with a tiny baby -- the
parents of those lads that I really
feel for. The boys were able to
think things out clearly. Or
should have been. Was it drink
that made them foolish?
As a sailor who has been at it
since 1930, with a few years'
service with the navy and the
MN as well as harbour master at
several marinas, I have seen a lot
of dama fools among adult
sailors and I am glad to see that
the Law - at long last -- are
cracking down hard on
dangerous boat handling.
But th~ only answer to what
happened on the black night of
March 17th, is that teenage boys
and young men stop and
THINK. The Lake does not
know you are immortal.
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crafts and clothing?
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Ward 4
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Bathurst)
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Kay in context: looking back on thirty years of community work
Continued from Page I
Kay's first four years at
University Settlement were as a
client-- an "English Newf" as
she calls herself, newly arrived
in Toronto with her husband
from Upper Island Cove. Within
four years she was working as a
"sometimes paid, sometimes
unpaid" member of the staff.
"The way I came to work for
Settlement is one of the things
I'm afraid is changing. I didn't
have a uniyersity degree or
anything like that, but I could
work with people. Settlement
helped me get the education I
needed as I went along. I don't
think they should always look for
people with degrees."
Kay's work in the Grange
area is legendary, especially in
the realm of housing. A longtime
CityHome resident herself,
she along with other activists
dedicated decades to increasing
the supply of affordable housing
in the Grange area . "I reckon
we probably brought in 2000
units- CityHome or co-op or
what have 'you over the years."
Among the battles they
fought and won was for the
Dundas-Beverley CityHome
buildings just north of Dundas,
where Kay herself lived until she
moved out to Oakville a couple
of years ago. ""They were going
to knock it all down and put 52
Division Police Station there"
she says. "You know, the one at
Dundas and St. Patrick that looks
like a giant washroom?"
Dundas-Beverley, she says,
was a great example of how
residents and businesses can
work together when
they think things
through together. At
first the little
businesses across
from the Art Gallery
on Dundas thought it
would be great to
have 52 Division
round the comer ,
"until they started
thinking about sirens
and traffic and all
that."
Asked for an
example of a_ project
she's p,roud of, she
points to something
recent project: "not because it's
a big deal, but because it's
typical of my beliefs about
helping people help themselves."
It's a simple story--seniors at
168 John Street were upset
because their morning mail
delivery started coming at five in
the evening. "A big deal, for
people getting cheques and
suchlike. It can make a whole
day's difference at an important
time."
II So r started out helping them
find out why, which was as the
post office explained it that the
businesses on that route prefer it
towards the evening so they can
go to the bank first thing in the
morning even if it's a day late."
"Well the next thing was of
course the local post offic~ said
they couldn't do anything about
it, so the residents had to
contact the post office in Ottawa,
draw up a petition, walk round
the building, get people to sign
and all tht. Typical stuff. The
point is, they did the work, they
found their way round a
bureaucracy, and they got their
morning mail delivery back. "
"What about battles you've
lost?" I asked. "The biggest one
I would have to say was Village
by the Grange. I mean, look at
it. Don't get me wrong, it could
have been worse. I mean, I have
my coffee and cigarettes there
almost every day, but gee it
could have been better for the
neighbourhood."
"Another one that really gets
.under my skin is the Art Gallery.
If you look across the park, to
the right of Grange House is the
building OCA put up .. It was the
Art Gallery that kicked up a
stink about how it had to match
Grange House historically. And
then look at the thing the Art
Gallery put up on the other side
of Grange House, where the
herb garden used to be. Not
what you'd call matching is it?"
"One good little thing came
out of that though.
They gave us
permission to move
some of the herbs
to Dundas/Beverly.
And later we
discovered that's
where the original
herb garden for the
Grange was. I like
little things like
that."
Asked about the
way she sees
things changing,
she's blunt. "Not
for the better. City
Planning and City
Council suddenly seems terrified
to say no to new developments.
A recession council I'd call it."
She points to the new condo
approved at Dundas and St.
Patrick, behind the Village by
the Grange as a recent example.
"It casts a big shadow, real and
the other kind, on the
neighbourhood to the north. One
of these days with all the biggies
· going in on the south side of
Dundas, someone on the north
side will get the go-ahead and all
those little building opposite the
Art Gallery will be gone. And
then it's like dominoes up
through Darcy and Baldwin and
Cecil. Either everything gets
bigger, or it gets less liveable."
She also talks a bit gloomily
about changes in her own line of
work. "My way of doing things
you'd spend 80 percent of your
time on your feet out in the
community, and maybe 20
percent behind a desk. "
"It's the community
connection- that's the most
important thing for me. I believe
it you stay in touch with your
community all these other
projects and outreach and so
forth will come along. But that
isn't the way it gets looked at
these days."
"Most of all I think I'd like
to say something about my fear
of what happens going global at
the expense of the community
connection. I mean here's an
example: the governments taken
in, what is it, three million
dollars from the casino in
Windsor, right? So what's the
big announcement? A hundred
million dollars for projects to
deal with addictions like
gambling
"That sort of thing, you have
to laugh." She laughs.
Settlement's and the Grange's
loss is Oakville's gain, though.
(Although the p{,wers that be out
there might not think so.) Right
now Kay and neighbours have
just finished a successful fundraiser.
They are organizing to
oppose storage of low-level
radioactive waste material in
Oakvilles Ward 2, where she
now lives.
Neighbours Helping Neighbours
by Carolyn Moore ·
Neighbours Helping Neighbours
is ticking along nicely. Word is
getting out about the range of
services we provide seniors and
the disabled so that they can
continue to live independently in
their own homes. We have
volunteers who have clocked an
impressive number of hours. An
hour here and an hour there,,
mounts up.
We have one volunteer who
was on-call one morning a week
all winter to drive a senior to his
regular appointment. Each
Thursday morning, she would call
to see if he needed a ride. But it
was such a mild winter, that each
Thursday, he declined the ride and
walked instead. This volunteer
was making a real contribution.
The person she was helping had
the assurance that there was a ride
available if he needed it, worth a
lot to his peace of mind.
Another volunteer regularly
escorts a frail woman of 82 to her
doctor's appointments. The
woman is able to afford a cab, but
she recently Qad a problem with
her hip, so having the volunteer
along for company gives her
added assurance.
We recently had a request from a
resident of Kensington Manor for
a volunteer who speaks
Cantonese, to assist her with
grocery shopping. She wanted a
helper who could shop either with
her or for her (if the weather's
bad), and who understands
Chinese foods.
Several volunteers came
forward from Harbord Collegiate.
They speak Cantonese, Mandarin,
ToiShin and Vietnamese. They are
eager to learn, and are delightful
company. We are thinking of
expanding this idea to become
"Market Day in Kensington". We
sense there is a need for such a
service, so if you would like a
helper to shop with you or for you
in Kensington, let us know.
Do you drive to Loblaws on
Dupont to grocery shop? Would
you be willing to pick up a
neighbour along the way and take
them with you? We have a request
from ':1 man who would like to go
to the laundromat on Dupont once
a week, and do some shopping at
Loblaws while he's there. The
laundry cycle takes about an hour
on a weekday, longer ·on the
weekends when the laundromat is
busy.
Like the "Market Day in
Kensington", this is another good
idea. Perhaps it could blossom
into "Laundry and Loblaws on
Dupont".
Again, if you would like to
participate, either as a helping
neighbour or as one who is
helped, let us know. Our
Snowbusters project is now
closed for the season. There was
so little snow this winter that we
only shovelled four properties -
one was a ramp for a neighbour in
a wheelchair, and the rest were
errant neighbours. All but one of
these neighbours shovelled the
snow without prompting
thereafter! Our thanks to them.
Clearing snow from sidewalks
~es life easier and safer for all
of us.
Thank you to Drum readers for
your generosity. After we
requested an exercise bicycle for
one of our disabled neighbours,
we received several calls. The
recipients of the bicycles and the
ski machine were surprised and
delighted. Thanks for your
kindness!
With sadness, we mark the
death at age 87 of Roselma
Sinclair, known to her family and
to the children at theKensington
Parenting Centre as "Mawsy".
She was one of our hilping
neighbours. She was one of us.
We'll miss her.
Neighbours helping neighbours
is a project of St. Stephens
Community House, 169
Brunswick Avenue 926-8221
Ask for Carolyn Moore, David
Cheng or Zizina £stevens
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MUSIC NOTES
Fiery_ Ninth/ rare English, best ever Orpheus, April highlights
BY ALLAN PULKER
The evening of March 28 was a
big one for the U. ofT. Faculty of
Music. The U. ofT. Symphony
Orchestra, the University Chorus,
the MacMillan Singers and the
University Women's Chorus
joined forces to perform
Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in
D minor. Conductor, Dwight
Bennett, called a fiery intensity
while maintaining a high level of
precision, to sustain an
excitement that brought me to the
edge of my seat.
The third movement, Adagio
molto e cantabile, brought some
wonderful wind playing,
magnificently sustained long
melodic lines in the strings and a
hom solo played with sensitivity
and strength. I was also most
impressed by the entire
orchestra's ability to negotiate the
technical challenges of the fourth
movement, and by the unity of the
cello section in the recitative-like
passages near the beginning of .
that movement.
. The combined choirs sang
with an energy that matched the
orchestra. Both, I noticed, were
very attentive to Mr. Bennett's
conducting. When you hear a
performance like this, you know
the future of music-making in
Canada is in good hands.
* * *
Mezzo sopranos Laura Pudwell
and Elizabeth Forster joined
recorder players Alison Melville
and Colin Savage, cellist
Margaret Gay and harpsichordist
Michael Jarvis, in a concert of
music by Henry Purcell and his
late 17th century London
contemporarie~ Laura Pudwell
brought ease and charm to the
opening song Music for a while
to Michael Jarvis's serenely grave
harpsichord accompaniment. Ms.
Melville brought a delicacy and
subtlety of nuance to A Prelude
by Mr. Keller, by Godfrey Keller,
for unaccompanied alto recorder;
and the two mezzos were true to
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the title of the song in their
interpretation of Proceed, sweet
charmer of the ear, by Philip ·
Hart. In this same work, cellist
Margaret Gay gave the ground
bass an unobtrusive but
compelling rhythmic energy that
lent the performance electricity
from beginning to end.
This event was a rare
opportunity to experience the
vitality of English musical life at
the time when Bach, Handel and
Vivaldi were still children. Bravi!
* * *
Friday, April 7 the Orpheus Choir
of toronto presented Echoes of
the High Renaissance-
Palestrina's Missa de Beata
Vilgine and Bruckner's Mass in E
minor. In the seven or so years ~
have followed them, I have never
heard them sing better than in this
Palestrina Mass, conducted by
assistant conductor and organist
Christopher Dawes. The
blending of the women's voices in ·
particular in the Kyrle was
remarkable. The tenors sang the
Credo with a degree of relaxation
and corresponding absence of
strain that really made them a
pleasure to listen to. In the
Benedictus the entire choir was
consistently on top of ~e
considerable rhythmic complexity
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IN>""~ presents
· CLASSICAL * JAZZ * FOLK
Friday May 26, 1995
'at 7:30p.m.
at St. George the Martyr Church
(corner of John St. & Stephanie St.)
A selection from the rich repertoire of music from
France, Quebec & New Orleans
Performed by students, teachers, and special guests
Plus ...
French pastries and beverages in the intermission
Tickets
$10 ($5 children under 12) in advance
$12 ($6) at the door
All money raised goes td the Music School's
fund to help students who cannot afford the full
cost of their lessons.
For info: (416) 598-3444
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of the music. The alto section was
especially strong, always in touch
with the melodic interest of their
part, while staying in touch with
the other sections.
They continued to be a pillar
of strength in the Bruckner Mass,
conducted by the choir's musical
director, Brainerd Blyden-Taylor.
This work is a curious blend, a
kind of putting old wine into new
bottles, with an a capella
ensemble singing a Renaissance
mass composed using the melodic
and harmonic idioms of the
nineteenth century. Thank you to
the Orpheus Choir for an
accurate, strong and expressive
rendering of this rarely performed
work. \
* * *
On Sunday, April 9, flute, cello,
piano trio Musica Jliva was
joined by obOist Senia Trubashnik
and violist Katharine Rapoport in
an afternoon of chamber music
from the 18th and 20th centuries.
In the first half of the program, all
five played Mozart's Adagio and
Rondo, K.617. With its
unambiguous expressive content,
imaginative harmonies and
judicious distribution of solos, it
brought out the players' best.
In the second half of the
program, flautist.Vicki Bl'echta ·
and piarust Cecilia Ignatieff
performed Srul Irving Glick's
Sonata for Flute and Piano, a
neo-romantic evocation of a
variety of atmospheres. The final
piece on the programme, Jean
Michel Damase's Trio pour
Flute, Hautbois et Piano, was at
times energetic, elegiac and
playful in an unmistakably French
way. It had a particularly
demanding piano part, which Ms.
Ignatieff played with flair and
sensitivity to the frequent changes
of mood.
Classical 'heaven
for $100
May 10, 8:00, •spring Duet', Elizabeth
Herbin, piano, Jacques lsraelievitch, violin,
Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front Street
West. 205-5555, $15./$12.
May 12, 8:00, •Music of Our Time and
Place", The Exultate Otamber Singers, St.
Thomas's Oturch, 383 Huron St., 961-
8382, $18./$15./$10.
May 16, 8:00, ·r uva meets the Avant
Garde", Sainkho Namchylak, voice, Music
Gallery, 179 Richmond Street W., 204-
1080, $12./$9.
May 17-20, 7:30, May 20, 2:00, •The
Beggar's Opera", Arbor Oak Trio, Bathurst
Street Theatre, 736 Bathurst Street, 256-
9421, $20./$15.
May 18, 8:00, •piano Premieres", Eve
Egoyan, piano, Music Gallery, 179
Richmond Street W., 204-1080,$10./$7.
May 26 & 27, June 3 & 4, •The 2nd
Camerata Folksong Festival", The Toronto
Camerata, each performance at a different
location, call905-841-6482, $10./$7.
May 26,"French Music Night", University
Settlement House teachers, students and
guests, St. George the Martyr 01Urch, 179
John Street, 598-3444, $10./$5.
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Cineforum under siege
by CARMIN PRIOW
I am a friend of Reg Hartt, and
this is my opinion. First a quote
from Reg.
Reg Hartt: 'Many years ago, I
heard a remarkfrom celebrated
New York improvisatory jazz
pianist Cecil Taylor who said
"the key to success in the arts is
to find someplace small in your
own city where you can present
your work on a regular basis
without interference and without
having to compromise it to fill
seats. Do that and the whole
world will come to your door. w
The whole world has come to my
door.'
Reg, following Cecil Taylor's
principle has been showing his
films in a house at 463 Bathurst
just around the corner from the
Mars Restaurant and Sneaky
Dees on College Street,) and
thew good news is it's led to a
steady stream. The bad news is
that the stream has also included
zealous inspectors of one kind or
another from the fire department
and city.
Discussion in Reg's Kitchen:
Drum: "do you want special
status or something .. . even
Garth Drabinsky had to
comply ... He had Marco Muzzo
come in to rescue him, according
to his book.
Reg Hartt: ... I've complied, and
still they say it's not enough even
though two previous inspectors
allowed me to perform for two
years. Now they want to sue my
landlord. This is the key. I won't
take that. Alarms, fire doors,
exit signs. I did it all. Now they
want a firewall. .. . as if we are
the Uptown. If I was a porno
joint like the B __ would they
say firewall?
Drum: Who do you blame?
Reg: Who can you blame? Even
the Mayor wrote a letter on this
matter saying if I take steps to
comply they should leave me
alone. I'm even looking into
SCREENS
doing this ridiculous firewall. But
the inspectors .claim not to have
seen the mayor's letter.
Drum: So what can you say?
Reg: What you should say is this.
Artists don't need cities. Cities
need artists. People don't need
cities as much as cities need
people. Why are we so afraid of
eccentricity?
The following are some quotes
and note about Reg Hartt's
abilities.
"Reg Hartt has a feel for film
unique in this country ...
approaching the level of genius. "
Elwy Yost.
TIRED OF SEEING YOUR FAVOURITE
CARTOONS CHOPPED TO BITS~ SEE THEM REAL
lEG HAITT"S "SEX AND VIOLENCE
CARTOON FESTIVAL"
aNEFORU~ ~ IAlHURST
ACROSS TlE ROAD FROM nE BEER STORE., 7-llPM
COMING IN JUNE
the met
membership card
"3 things from the List of 8
Everyone Must Know about Reg
Hartt:
I. Reg Hartt gives talks that are
sometimes more interesting than
the films he shows. 2. The films
he shows are interesting films,
otherwise, he would not be
repeatedly showing them. 3. Reg
Hartt is something of a legend in
Toronto and someone who has
generated kilometres of publicity.
John Robert Colombo.
"Reg Hartt personifies-the city as
a meeting place of ideas, as a
feast of experience, and
discussion and debate, as a
triumph - most often in his case,
by a thread - of the original and
provoking over the banal and
soporific. "
Michael Valpy.
"Nutcase" Don Cherry.
Reg's own favourite quote is
not about him in particular. Reg
quotes Toront? art dealer A V ·
Isaacs: "in our society we tend to
use the word eccentric as a
negative. In the arts we think of it
as a positive. The important
artists of the past could not
accept the established rules . . . we
really must condition ourselves to
appreciate those among us who
are eccentric. "
For up-to-the-minute listings, call our
24-hr cinema hotline at ·323-3233
For theatre rentals call 323-1301
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1. Some first Run
Releases for late May
and early June
• French Kill with Meg Ryan and
Kevin Kline. A romantic comedy
escapade and drama.
• Die Hard with a Vengeance
Cop John McClane returns,
played by Bruce Willis, directed
by John McTiernan (Die Hard).
• Fluke with Eric Stoltz and
Matthew Modine.
• Species with great character
actor Ben Kingsley from Ghandi.
Look out for these releases in late
May or early June.
2. Some mini-reviews of
recent first Run Movies
Bye Bye, Love (Twentieth
Century Fox) with Paul Reiser. A
great comedy and drama (I really
enjoyed it) but nobody went. 4
Silver Stars as consolation for
losing the box-office lottery.
Muriel's Wedding (Alliance), P.J.
Hogan's first feature film with
Toni Collette and Bill Hunter. An
Australian yarn about a girl who
always wanted to get married and
at the end finally does. 4 Silver
Stars. Great for the avid Abba
fan.
Tank Girl (Metro Goldwyn
Mayer). A comic book character
Lori Petty brought to life, steams
up the screen. One great science
fiction adventure with Malcolm
McDowell and Ice-T. 3 Silver
Stars.
3. Reg Hartt:
tl.eMan&tl.eEra
Looking like it was true that
Cineforum would have to close
its doors, Reg Hartt's first
impulse was "to have a wake to
which everyone is invited May
12, 13, 14." The idea was to
bury in his backyard (would you
believe) a 16 mm. movie
projector and a reel of film.
But it ain't over till the fat
lady pitches. So even though
entrepreneur and creator of the
Cineforum, Reg Hartt is having
difficult times \with a lot of rules
and by-laws from the City, he's
trying to make it business as
usual.
What this man has done spans
30 years from the early days of
Rochdale, to the Bathurst Street
Church with his greatest
collection of cartoons, rare
ones,Horrorathons, plus one of
my favourites, a Marx Brothers
Movie Festival with the entire,
collection.
From there,to The Grapevine
on Sherbourne Street where the
Metropolitan listings.
May 7 4pm Blue (AA) 7pm
White (AA) 9pm Red (AA)
May 8 7pm Blue (AA) 9pm Red
(AAI
May 9 "Taffanel Woodwind
Quintet" plays live before
shows. Free with admission.
7pm White (AA) 9pm Red (AA)
May 10-11 7 pm Heavenly
Creatures (AA) 9pm Ban.dit
Queen (R)
May_ 12-14 7pm The Quick and
the Dead (AA) 9pm Pulp
Fiction (R)
May 15 7pm Berkeley in the
Sixties (PG) 9pm Withnall and I
(AA)
May 16 7pm Matter of Heart
(PG) 9pm Withnall and I (AA)
May 17 7pm The Life & Times
of Allen Ginsberg (AA) 9pm
Withnall and I (AA
May 29-31 7pm Strawberry
ar:~d Chocolate (AA) 9:15pm
Eclipse (R)
Jl
Diamond Club used to be. And
special screenings at The Cabana
Room at Spadina and King.
4.. Best of tl.e Reps
CBioor & Met) in Aprd
I was one bw;y camper. Watch
out for these when they come
around again.
Hour of the Wolf(lngmar
Bergman) filmed in Sweden in
1967. His black and white
essence is in this film. 3 Silver
Stars, not for everyone.
Immortal Beloved, Beethoven and
the beautiful women in his life,
with Gary Oldman and Isabella
Rossellini. So stunning and the
sound track and musical score so
marvellous, I went again. 5
Silver Stars.
Hoop Dreams 3 hour
documentary about two black
teenagers' professional basketball
dreams--spanning 4 years. 3
Silver Stars (maybe more, if I
was taller)
The Adventures of Priscilla,
Queen of the Desert, three drag
queens travelling in a bus, a plot
like no other, music great, cast
terrific (Terrence Stamp in drag),
an Academy Award for Best
Costume, filmed entirely in
Australia and some~hing a family
would enjoy. 3 Silver Stars.
The Professional, by Luc Besson
(Nikita). Now he gives us a story
about a professional hit man, a
sweet 13 year old girl, a crooked
junkie cop, played by Gary
Oldman, and a slimy Mafia boss
played by Danny Aiello. 5 Silver
Stars, gripping.
Federal Hill with Nicholas
Tutturro from NYPD Blue
television fame, taking us to the
Italian section of Providence,
Rhode Island, a plot about family
filmed entirely in black and
white. 2 Silver Stars, (maybe
more ifyou pretend it's on tv) ·
5.Up and coming releases
and special events coming
a tl.eatre near yoU
Mamma Roma, a Martin Scorsese
and Festival Cinemas special
presentation, a film by Pier Paolo
Pasolini with Anna Magnani.
This film never really got around
much (in fact never since 1962), .
so the Festival Cinema and the
Bloor Cinenia will have special
premiere engagements from May
12 to 25.
You can also check out
Latcho Drum a film by Tony
Gatlie. It was a very big hit a
few months back; the music in
the film and dancing is
outstanding. Catch it at the Bloor
May 15th to the 18th.
The Toronto Jewisli Film
Festival is also gra«ing The
Bloor for a third year. For the
last two years they had amazing
draws. It started May 4 and runs
to May 11, so it's winding down
as DRUM hits the street.
May is also festival time at
the Metropolitan, College &
Euclid 323-3233. First was the
Images Festival '95. Later comes
(May 18-28) The Inside OUT
Collective's 5th Annual Gay
and Lesbian Film Festival. Call
977-6847 or 925-XTRA ext.
2185.
In between and after, the
Metropolitan has its usual unusual
. off the beat mix (well maybe not
as off beat as usual. I think I'm
starting to notice a bit more
mainstream, what we could call
Pulp Fiction" in the mix).
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MUSIC/STAGE/FILM
"RTWORD THEATRE • 81
Portland Street (1 blk. east of
Portland, south of King) • 408-
11 46 • Ths Artword Festival of
ths Human Voice - story, music,
opera, thsatrs and art May 24-
Juns 10.
CERTIFIED PIANO TECHNICIAN,
JAMES R. TENNYSON • 33
Markham Street, 967-6653 •
Tuning - Repairs - Evaluation
GROSSMAN'S TAVERN • 379
Spadina, 977-7000 •
Neighbourhood Bar. Nightly
Entertainment '
KYTES - KensinUton Youth
Theatre & Employment Skills •
457 Richmond Street West
(basement), 504-0597, fax 504-
0598 • A progressive
employment training program for
disadvantaged strsst youth. Call
Sam for thsatrs space rental.
LIONHEART STUDIO • 26a
Oxford St. 2nd fl west (1 S. of
College, W. of Spadina),
515-1845 • Recording,
electronic repairs, rehearsals and
special svsnts.
THE MARKET BAR AND GRILL •
277'h Augusta Ave. 977-5959 •
Coms in for a good tims. Pool,
big scrssn sports, music
METROPOLITAN CINEMA •
College & Euclid (one light west
of Bathurst) 323-3233 (24 hour
information line) • Toronto's only
indspsndsnt first-run art cinema
STEVE'S MUSIC • 415 Queen
St. W ., 593-8888 • Musical
instrument sales and guitar repair
STEVE'S RENTALS & SERVICE •
138 Peter Street, 593-8889 •
Electronic repairs
TARRAGON THEATRE e 30
Bridgman Avenue (e. off
Bathurst, just n. of Dupont) 536-
5018 • Studio: Through the Eyu
opens May 6.
THEATRE PASSE MURAILLE •
16 Ryerson Avenue (1 block e. of
Bathurst just n. of Queen) •
Backspace: Motherhood,
M11ddnu•, 11nd the Sh11pe of the
Univene April 25-May 14.
Joy/Joie Juns 6-18, (Juns 9 &
13 in French}
504-PLA Y (7529)
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Baldwin, 597-8771 • Grssk and
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Demanding fare, mostly re~arding
by DOMINIQUE RUSSELL
Komarek's.
distant Kafka
Sound Image Theatre's
Metamorphosis__ of a Shadow
designed and directed by Jan
Komarek is closer to visual art
than drama. The collage blends
sound, lighting, movement and
mask, into a "dream algebra" of
Kafka's life and work- stunning
visual images and some
interesting combining of the great
Czech writer's texts with
imaginative onstage actions.
There are three of everything
here. The male actors (Philip
Nessel, James Kirchner, Ken
Puley) have impeccable timing
and are suitably weird as they
scuttle across the floor. It's harder
to make sense of the three women
(Valerie Buhagiar, Francine
Gagne and Susan Macpherson)
and their choreographed
movements, but they nevertheless
capture attention. David Anderson
as the father is also very good.
This is demanding theatre: it is
above all an aesthetic and
intellectual exercise. The eyes and
ears are engaged, but not the
heart. I found myself taxed
halfway through, wishing for
more of the visceral energy of
dance -something that would give
the production forward movement
and give me some stake in the
images unfolding so beautifully.
Intellectually, thereisn't that much
to grab hold of either. The
presentation of Kafka yields not
much that is new: more than
anything we get Kafka as cultural
icon, and clever iro~y distances
him further.
There is no doubt that the
design, soundscape and execution
in this piece are outstanding and
innovative; whether it adds up to
an interesting experience for the
audience is questionable.
Crow's haunting Heart
The same problem of audience
involvement handicaps Crow's
Theatre's Hole in my Heart, The
Size of My Heart which sets out
to demystify the serial killer.
Written by Ali Riley and Jim
Millan, who also directs, it
explores through various
perspectives the violence and
psyche of the serial killer as well
as the fascination these men
inspire. The major perspectives
are those of the killer, who calls
himself John the Revelator
(Randy Hughston) and a
photographer named Justine
(Nadia Ross) whose work
involves using her own image as
• The Storyteller at Fault, with storyteller Dan Yashinsky, fiddler Oliver
Schroer- revealing the "secret story_" (May 24, 25, Jn 7)
• La Voix Humaine, opera by Francis Poulenc and Jean Cocteau, performed by
soprano Monica Whicher and pianist Eric Cobham_ (May 31, June 2, 4 & 7)
• Singular Parents: Three Stories of Growing up with Two Extraordinary People,
by storyteller Joan Bodger. (June 1, 2,8)
• Cu'Fu?, stories from a Sicilian family, by Calogero (Charly) Chiarelli, with
some blues harmonica as well. (May 28, June 3,4)
• The Niece's Tale, by storyteller Shawna Watson, from Chaucer's The Wife of
Bath's Tale- what happened to the woman who was raped? (May 25, 31,
June 8)
• Bassan, traditional songs and dance by four performers from Africa's Ivory
Coast (May24, 28, June 3)
• Hartzedike Uder, Yiddish songs and stories by Allan Merovitz and Brian
Katz. (May 26 & 27)
• The White Horse, a concert with story, by Ardeleana: cellist Brenda Muller,
flutist Laurie Glencross, pianist Ann Edwards, actor Carolyn Guillet.
(June 9 & 10) ~
• Still Ute in an Earthquake, an exhibition of paintings by Anthony Arnold on
throughout the festival.
• Call to check dates_ For tickeVschedule information, call408-1146_
ARTWORD THEATRE
81 Portland St. #201 (416) 408-1146
(one block east of Bathurst, south of King, lots of parking)
Actress Suya L- In Shattered Secreh by llbbe Halevy
the victim of staged crime scenes.
Added to these are the cold
knowledge of a behavioral
scientist played by Waneta Storms
(who also appears briefly_as the
murdered friend) and the Marquis
de Sade (Greg Kramer) who
functions as an interlocutor for
both the murderer and Justine.
The intersection of John and
Justine's destinies comes when
she agrees to take John's
photograph, in spite of, or
perhaps because of, ~ho he is.
The authors bank on the
"instant, visceral, electrifYing
tension" of their subject matter,
but don't fully round out the mairi
character. We never get close
enough to Justine to identify with
her struggle, and the play unfolds
without much suspense, -at a
distance. We watch, understand,
but don't feel quite involved.
Part of this has to do with the
way a large part of the story is
told--the characters, each in their
own space, engaged in
monologues. By the time the play
really gets to a confrontation
between Justine and the serial
killer, it is nearly over.
Despite its shortcomings, the
play and the questions it raises are
haunting. A lot of information is
communicated, the acting is
excellent, and there are moments
ofbrilliant writing. The message
to remember the names of the
victims rather than the
dehuinanized men who kill them
emerges in the end, and breaks
through with emotion.
Hole in my Heart, the Size of
my Heart taps a rich vein: it could
be deeper and more powerful than
itis, but it is nevertheless a
memorable play.
Friendly Spike's
Marked moves
The Friendly Spike Theatre Band
brings the issue of the treatment
of psychiatric patients to the
forefront with the remount of
Marked, presented as part of the
Still Marked Demonstration, a
festival of performing arts and
public affairs at Symptom Hall.
The play is based on real
experiences garnered through
workshops and discussions with
psychiatric survivors and medical
professionals. It's a multi-media
work that tells the story of
Debbie, who has lost her job,
lover, and friends because of the
stigma attached to her manic
depressive condition. The play
covers the larger question of the
mental health establishment.
The troupe's heart is
unabashedly with those who are
victimized by the "system" -but by
concentrating on an individual
Marked avoids being a preachy
tract. The virtue of the play is in .
its experimentation with different
media and non-linear ~tory-
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from 'Toronto to the Ivory Coast'
Thurs June 1 5-Sun June 18
Info: Ontario Puppetry Association 861-0202
Tarragon Theatre, 30 Bridgman Avenue
telling, as well as the human face
it puts on what could otherwise be
an abstract issue. It isn't smooth
or slick, but Marked is thinking,
creative theatre, well-conceived
and acted.
One-can disagree with the onesided
point of view presented, but
the play makes its audience
consider the question of
psychiatric practice and the
purpose of mental institutions in
an urgent, personal light.
Shattered Secrets
message of hope
Shattered Secrets, written by
Libbe HaLevy, an incest survivor,
follows the course of a 12 step
"incest anonymous meeting from
hell," where the participants are
encouragedto act out their
frustrations with a plastic
baseball bat. One by one they
reveal their childhood trauma and
the way in which it has affected
their lives. These are meaty parts
and the actors, with David
MacLean's direction, are
excellent. The play, however,
functions more as therapy than a
theatrical experience. Offering a
message of hope and recovery, it
will no doubt help those suffering
the losses of incest; as a play,
however, it doesn't quite work.
YPT's big Mac
Don't miss YPT's Macbeth.
Directed by Maja Ardal it is
passionate, exciting and moving.
The performances are uniformly
excellent: Linda Prystawska is an
outstanding Lady Macbeth and
Rick Roberts, when he gets going,
is powerful in the lead role. Jim
Warren's performance guarantees
the porter won't be forgotten.
Teresa Przybylski's set is
beautifully simple, Steven
Hawkins'lighting evocative, and
Ian Tamblyn's music adds .
excitement. An exhilarating night
of theatre: go to remind yourself
- how great the Bard, and theatre,
can be.
Metamorphosis of a Shadow runs
for a limited time at Theatre
Passe Murail/e. Hole in my
Heart, the size of my heart runs
until May 7 at the Factory Studio
Cafe. Marked is at Symptom Hall
May 2-7. Shattered Secrets runs
until May 14 at The Lab on
Britain St. Macbeth is at Young
Peoples Theatre until May 13.
ArtW ord Theatre
Art Word Theatre presents a Festival of
the Human Voice, featuring story, music,
opera, theatre and art froin May 24 to
June 10. There are different combinations
of events - ranging from an opera
(Poulenc & Cocteau 's La Voix Humaine)
to storytellers, to Yiddish stories and
songs, to Bassan from the Ivory Coast.
Fourteen shows. A festival pass will be
available. For information call-408-1146.
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BAU-XI 977-0600 340 Dundas
W. til May 11 "Joe Plaskett"
May 13-Jun 1 "Andrew
Patterson"
COLD CITY 504-6681 686
Richmond W. til·May 20 "Peter
Bowyer, Tom Dean, Mark
Gomes"; May 25-Jun 17 "Mark
Kipps"
COSTIN & KLINTWORTH
504-7800 80 Spadina May 6-May
27 "Alex Cameron: New
Paintings"
CRAFTS GALLERY 977-3551
35 McCaul May 10-Jun 25
"Design for Living: Furniture
That Works"
DELBELLOGALLERY
504-2422 788 King W.
GALLERY 44 363-5187183
Bathurst til May 6 "Cameral inks"
May 13-Jun 3 "Oeuvres Sur
Papier Photographique: Francine
Desmeules"
GALLERY 788 363-9280 788
King W.
GALLERY GABOR 534-1839
587 Markham St. opening May 7
"The Last Eden"
GARDNER MUSEUM 586-5858
Ill Queen's Park til Aug 8 "The
Sculpture of George Jeanclos"
GARNET PRESS 504-5012 580
Richmond W. til May 13 "ROSE"
YDESSA HENDLES ART
FOUNDATION 413-9400 778
King W. opening May 13
"Projections and Surrogates"
SUSAN HOBBS 137 Tecumseth
363-3699 til June 3 "Shirley'
Wiitasalo"
LEO KAMEN GALLERY
504-9515 80 Spadina May 20
"Pierre Charrier/Lucie Lefebvre/
Diana Thorneycroft"; May 27-
Jun 17 "Sunni Mercer/Kevin
Sonmor/David MooFe•
LAKE GALLERIES 504-5234
624 Richmond W. through May
"Carl Beam"
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MADISON GALLERY
504-7332 80 Spadina
MARKET GALLERY
392-7604 Front and Jarvis
til Jun 4 "A Toronto Decade"
OCA GALLERY 977-5311
ext. 262 291 Dundas W. ,
3rdFloor
OPEN STUDIO 504-8238
520 King West til May 20
"Laura Louise Lagare: The
Agincourt Series- Version
2"; May 23-Jun 17 "Michelle
Gay & Suzy Lake: Visiting
Artists' Exhibition"
PHOTO PASSAGE
973-5379 York Quay Centre,
til May 28 "Return to
Nitassinan: Peter Sibbald"
POWER PLANT 973-4949
231 Queen:_s Quay W. til
June 11 "Between Seduction
and Disbelief"
RED HEAD 504-5654 96
Spadina til May 20 "W.S.
Brown"; May 23-Jun 17
"divined: Sandra Gregson"
RYERSON GALERY 703-2235
80 Spadina til May 13 "Spring
Student Show"; May 16-June 3
"4th year student show"
TORONTO SCULPTURE
GARDEN 485-9658
May 10-July 3 "Warren Quigley:
When the forest moves"
SYMBIOSIS III 215 Victoria St.
504-1934/532-7523 til May 13
"The Clinic: An Exhibition by
Multimedia Artists"
WOMEN'S ART RESOURCE
CENTRE 703-0074 80 Spadina
til May 20 "Evelyn Mitsui"; May
25-Jun 24 "Jocelyn Purdie"
WYNIC~TUCK 504-8716 80
Spadina til May -27 "Arlene
Stamp: Coiour Chords"; opening
Jun 3 -through summer "G.
Molinari, G. Ferguson, A.
Stamp, D. Bierk, C. Moppet, J.
Gurney"
YORK QUAY GALLERY
973-5379 235 Queen:_s Quay W.
til Jun 11 "Inuit Art from the
MacDonald Stewart Art Centre
Collection in Guelph"
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WHAT's HAPPENING
•Every Saturday, The Thrift
Shop, a good selection of very
affordable used clothing for the
entire family. 11-3pm, the
Church of St. Mary Magdalene
(Anglican), 477 Manning Avenue
at Ulster St.
•Canada Remembers: 50th
anniversary of V-E Day, May 8
noon-2pm at City Hall, with
Mayor Hall. Re-live the nostalgic
music of the '40's with renowned
group Hits ·of the Blitz.
•People or planes? "the case for
closing the airport or attempting
to maintain the current situation"
3pm Tue May 9, free forum City
Council Chambers.
•6th annual BIKE TO WORK
WEEK is May 12-19. See ad this
page. Info. M. Summer Fike at
392-7592 or fax 392-0071.
•Bike Culture Day - May 13th:
lOam on, Nathan Phillips Square:
art bikes, recumbent bicycles,
mobile musical sculpture, '62
Ford Fairlane (just kidding!).
Call Suzanne at 392-7592.
eRegistration for Can-Bike
Courses: spring/summer CAN-
BIKE cycling courses, endorsed
by Metro Police, Canadian
Cycling Association. Schedule &
r,egistration, call CAN-BIKE
Hotline at 392-1311.
•The Annual Benefit Plant
Sale: Horticultural Societies of
Parkdale & Toronto. Sat May 13
noon-3pm. Annuals, perennials,
herbs, heritage seedlings.
Reasonable prices, expert advice.
Proceeds, our public gardening
projects. Parkdale Community
Centre, Lansdowne/Seaforth, 1
bl. n. of Queen).
•Walk-a-Thon Send Kids with
Sickle Cell Anemia to Summer
Camp: a 5 km. walk May 28,
noon to 4pm from Nathan
Phillips Square. Call 789-2855.
•Garden Tour '95- The
Gardeners' Gardens:
Horticultural Societies of
Parkdale & Toronto; June 11
lOam to 4pm. Gardens in the
Annex, Parkdale, High Park.
Tickets: Garden Room Books,
921 Queen W. 203-1182.
• Councillor Olivia Chow's
Kensington Environment Day:
Sat. June 3. Compost, seedling
exchange . . . See ad page 3.
--
photo Oliver Schroer
and Dan Yashinsky
in The Storyteller at
Fault at ArtWord
Theatre.
•Sondheim's Into the Woods is at
the Canadian Stage to May 20.
'Beyond the "happily ever after"
of fairy tales.' 368-3110
• Puppetmongers Powell present
the Ballad of Tam/in, ancient
Scots tale about a woman who
fights the Queen of the Fairies
for the life of her unborn child's
father. "Children 10 and up" At
•At Theatre Passe Muraille is Dancemakers Studio, 927
Motherhood, Madness and the Dupont May 23-28. 535-6703
Shape of the Universe written and •Saturdays at 1pm, Jack+ 2,
performed by Kim Renders. "An Story Book Theatre's slapstick
entertaining journey through the version of 3 classic stories, ~ack
cycle of life." To May 14. and the Beanstalk, Frog Prince,
504-PLAY.
and Little Red Riding Hood,
•Also at Theatre Passe Muraille Limelight Theatre, 2026 Yonge
is Joy/Joie written and performed Street, north of Davisville. Show
by Pol Pelletier. An analyis of only is $8 Adults, $6 Children,
the theatre, "actresses in a with Lunch Packages available
frenzy, mysterious
from noon. Also birthday
vulnerabilities." June 6-18 with packages. Call 482-5200.
performances in French June 9
and 13.
•Nightswimming presents
Montreal playwright's Don
Druick's Through the Eyes, the
story of Bernini's visit to France
to sculpt a portrait of the 'Sun
King.' At the Tarragon Studio,
May 6, 8:00 $5. May 7 show
includes a pre-show performance
by Linda Racine singing from her
Baroque repertoire, and a postshow
reception w. Druick ($20).
•At the Poor Alex May 12 to
June 4 is The Night by E.Noble,
a "dreamlike exploration of
modern confusion through the
eyes of a telepathic biker." Dir.
Bruce Nagy/Gini Reh. 469-9706.
•Naked Mask presents The Dry
Season "an epic drama, inner city
Trinidad during the early 70's
Black Power Uprising." Theatre
Centre, 1032 Queen W. May
10-13 7:30.
• Platform 9 and Bald Ego
combine talents for Sleepers
Awake described as one man's
search in a war torn city. "1940
slang and jazz permeate the live
music, dance and humanistic
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•May 6, 8:00, New music for
small ensemble by Barbara
Croall, Music Gallery•;
•May 6 8:00, "A Meeting of
Friends", Carol Ann Savage,
flute, Derek Conrod, horn,
Robert Kortgaard, piano,
Eastminster United Church,
310 Danforth Ave., 461-6681,
$10./$8:00.
•May 6, 8:00, "The Faerie
Queen" by Henry Purcell, the
Toronto Chamber Society, Christ
Church Deer Park, Yonge St. at
Heath, 406-1484, $20./$16.
•May 7, 4:00, ·"Spring Songs",
The Saint Andrew Chorale,
Victoria College Chapel,
Charles Street at Museum
Subway, 929-0811, $15./$10.
•May 10, 8:00, "Diaphony:
Frames of/Reference", Tracy
Mortimore, bass, Sara Louise
Seck, flute, Music Gallery,
•May 12, 8:00, "Hemispheres:
Real Urban Shadows", David
Mott, 40 Fingers Saxophone
Quartet, Robert Stevenson, marc
Sabat, Kevin Turcotte, Music
Gallery, $12,/$8.
•May 14, 2:30, "Baroque Trio
Sonatas", Arbor Oak Trio,
ROM, 966-1409, free with
Museum entry.
•May 17, 8:00, "Cabaret
Improvisation", Phil Minton &
Veryan Weston, Music Gallery,
$12,/$9.
•May 20 & 21: 8:00, "She!",
Continuum & Conrad
Alexandrowicz Theatre Dance,
Music Gallery.
•May 25 - June 11, 8:00,
"Human Lingo Danseries", May
25-27, Holly Small & John
Oswald, June 2-4, Susan Cash &
Co., June 7-11, Paul lbey, Music
Gallery, 360-7331, $7.
*The Music Gallery is at 179
Richmond Street West, its phone
number is 204-1080, admission to
all concerts is $10.1$7. unless
otherwise listed.
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Annual Spring
Yard Sale
Trinity Advisory Council
presents their giant 7th annual
YARD SALE
Rain or Shine, Saturday
June 3rd, 1 Oam-3pm
at Trinity Bellwoods Park,
Queen Street Gates
Household tables $10,
business tables $20.
Refundable garbage deposit
of $20 required.
To reserve your table call
603-4185 or 215 1901,
or inquire at the centre.
Donations of toys in
reasonable condition will be
gratefully accepted to
establish a child playroom.
This yard sale is a fundraise( for
Trinity Recreation Centre
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Bike to Work Week 1995
LETS Toronto Presents:
Ifundraising Bake Sale
Bike Culture Day is Saturday May 13, on
Nathan Phillips Square from llam-4pm.
In conjunction with Bike Culture Day, the Local
Employment and Trading System will be selling baked
goods, snacks; etc. to raise funds for its programs and
outreach. LETS is Toronto's non-profit barter network,
wor,king for a healthy economy and ecology~
Other events during the day include:
cuttvJ\~· .
a bike dance, art, music, childrens
~'#-
workshops, human-powered
·Bi*- aR.t
yehicle•, info and lo" of fun!
Please stopby to support LETS ·k!::, •Sil<E comlrtU)l\ty•
and Bike Culture Day. For more 'i-~·»il\E'.jo~S·~;
info, "' 1o donate baked g"""" ~f. 'b> WOR';"
call Stan at 763-3041, . •:Bik~r':~~'a.!
or LETS at 97 4-9555
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yard sale
COLLEGE STREET
UNITED CHURCH
SATURDAY
MAY 13
On Corner Of
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arts & letters,
books & stuff 16
bakeries 10
body & soul 21
child care 7
community 3
esthetics 11
fashion 11
financial services 9
fish stores 1 0
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Adult Day Program
Worker
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St. Stephen's
Community House
This is a permanent parttime
position (17.50
hours/week). The person is
responsible for the planning
and implementation of
programs for Chinese seniors
in an adult day program -
context.
The successful candidate
should have:
•Commitment, knowledge and
skill to assist seniors in
sustaining their well-being and
independence in the comunity.
•Training in Social Work,
Activation, Recreation or
Genontology.
•Skills in co-ordinating
volunteers.
•The ability to work
independently, be creative and
flexible.
• Language skills in Chinese
(Cantonese, Mandarin)
•A valid driver's licence.
Please submit resume
by May 12 1995 to:
Irene Tsang, coordinator of
Senior Services, St. Stephen's
Community House, 169
Brunswick Avenue, Toronto,
Ontario M5S 2M4
Thank-you for your interest.
Only those who are selected for
an interview will be contacted.
We are committed to developing
a workforce representative of the
communities we serve.
you if you're too
busy. too tired. or
just don't know how.
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Are you ...
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Electronic repairs.
Tapedecks, VCRs,
Walkmans, stereos,
turntables, and more.
Reasonable rates by
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with 7 years
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Studios. 515-1845
densical plastic
items; plaques,
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beginners to working
professionals. Must
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Chords,lead, reading,
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preferably beginning
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Beginner,
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advanced. Call
Michael at 534-1731.
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Needed for The
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System. Mileage and
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Dental Receptionist: F\111-time
West Central Community Health Centres is a non-profit
community health organization committed to improving the
health of its locql community. West Central is looking for
an experienced dental receptioni~t.
Qualifications:
• Minimum of 3 years experience in dental reception
•Certified Dental Assistant
•Chinese, Vietnamese or other languages are an asset.
•Computer experience a must.
Start Date:
•June 15, 1995 (negotiable)
Salary:
•$28,217 to $31,250 plus excellent benefits package
Please submit resume by Friday May 14th, 1995
to: Hiring Committee, West Central Comunity
Health Centres, 64 Augusta Avenue, Toronto,
Ontario M5T 2L 1