Table of Contents Dec 15, 2000 with pictures of entire issue

Jobs, Journalism, Justice

By Timothy Harris | December 15, 2000

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Real Change Newspaper
Table of Contents
December 15, 2000, Vol. 7, No. 24

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Faces of Tent Village by Adam Holdorf, Pages 1, 10

Picture: David Wilkinson, 39 homeless on month / How did you get homeless? “I was living with my aunt and cousins when I lost my job and moved out” / How do you get treated? “People treat me good. Other than the fact that it gets cold at night, I’m all right.”
Photo by George Hickey

Mailbag, Page 2

Opinion: 10 Good Reasons to Support Real Change This Holiday Season, Page 3

This Just In! by Bob Redmond, Page 3

News You Can Use! Close to Home by Adam Holdorf, Page 4

Pioneer Square Pariah
Fair-weather friends
Flu virus supplies trickle in
What they say when you can’t hear
- Picture: Over 290 people marked the one-year anniversary of the anti-globalization WTO protests with a march to file claims against the city for damages incurred and rights infringed. Dee Quiggle, the city legal office’s claims processor, say an outside agency has begun the review process. Above is what The Civil Tongue, the internal newsletter of the city attorney’s office, had to say about the legal filings in its December 4, 2000 issue. “Whoever wrote that is showing a sense of humor,” said Quiggle. Isn’t it great to see government taking citizens’ complaints seriously?
- Quote in The Civil Tongue: By the way, now Dee & Co have 172 new claims to deny review.
- Photo by George Hickey

Present Tense. SHA, task force haggle over Morrison’s future by Adam Holdforf, Page 5

Quote: Last month, DESC received an average of 27 people a day from mental health institutions. If they can’t get use his shelter, director Bill Hobson says, “They’ll be on the streets.”
Picture: A sign next to the Morrison Lobby’s Christmas tree warns that “all gifts underneath are FAKE. So please do not remove!!!
Photo by Dan Caplan

More than Bread. Christians debate charity “beyond the Band-Aid” by David Bloom, Pages 6, 7

Graphic by Danijel Zezelj.
Picture and Quote by Sister Linda Haydock, Intercommunity Peace and Justice Center
Food for thought

Mainly Victory. City Council ups the ante for shelters and housing by Adam Holdorf, Page 7

Season’s Gratings by Michele Marchand, Page 8

Poetry: Page 8, 9

Photo Essay. Beacon Hill’s Tent Village Residents Speak. Photos by George Hickey. Interviews by Adam Holdorf, Page 10

Pictures:
Jeffrey Hart, 39, homeless three months
Built as a portable shelter prototype, this security post affords a roof and a view of the front gate.
Bonnie Morrison, 45, homeless one month
A resident brushes his teeth at the sink. One of the Tent Village’s major expenses, besides trash disposal, is emptying the portable toilet and wash station
Louisa O’Shea, 56, homeless about three months
Lynn Fiorito, 53, homeless “off and on” for three years
As the nights get colder, residents have used blankets or bubble-wrap packing material as insulation
Robert Summer, 50, homeless since 1995
Robert Cloud, 35, homeless six months

Essay: Thankful for What I Got. Taking stock of life after homelessness by David Williams, Page 11

Notes From The Kitchen: Christmas Cake by Liz Smith, Page 12

Street Watch. Compiled by Emma Quinn, Page 13

Seattle Timeline: From the Files of HistoryLink, Page 14

Pictures:
Nisqually Chief Leschi resisted being trapped on a reservation, and paid with his life
All that remained of Edgewick after the Boxley Burst
Magnuson Park, the other side of this entrance, celebrates its 25th birthday this month

Classics Corner by Perfess'r Harris (Timothy Harris), Page 14

Calendar. Compiled by Kristen Alexander, Page 15

Citizens Participation Project. ACT NOW! Page 16
Newspaper Guild members on strike: It’s about respect

Issue: The Seattle Times and Post-Intelligencer employees are on strike because of the companies’ unwillingness to bargain