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City Centre

CITY
CENTRE

Library
250 West Pender ^e-et
Vancouver, B C, V6B 1S9

Welcome

back!
A warm welcome back to all support staff, instructors
and students! Amarvellous way to celebrate the Thanks¬

giving Holiday with a tentative settlement to the three
week long labour dispute. The ratification vote on the
tentative agreement by V.M.R.E.U. members will take

place on Thursday of this week, October ll,1990at2:30
p.m. at King Edward Campus.

can imagine the switchboard is overwhelmed by people
seeking information so spare the operators if you can.

Big welcome back to George Clark, Building Services
Manager, who after a delightful three week holiday in
Malaysia succumbed to a nasty bout of pneumonia.

Both sides must ratify the proposed settlement. A no
vote by either party means that the strike will be re¬
newed. In the interim it is back to "business as usual",
or as close to that as possible.

As many of you have already experienced at coffee
break Tuesday morning, "Is there any hot coffee?",
"What do you mean there is no cream?" jump-starting
an operation as large and complex as City Centre is not
an easy or painless process but with a bit of patience
things will be humming along in fairly short order.
What follows is a brief rundown on which departments
will need a few days grace to power up to full speed.

A dministration

result is very full mailboxes. So pick up your mail as
soon as possible or there will no more room left! As you

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We're happy to report that George is back on duty and
feeling much better.

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Wynn Keenan reports that "Admissions is dancing as
fast as it can, please be patient!" Don't be surprised at
very busy phone lines.

Asian Culinary Arts
A selection of Vietnamese dishes will be available in the
Asian Culinary Arts area this week only as Condy
Lueng's Chinese Cuisine service resumes on Monday,

October 15, 1990.

Syd Hartley, Division Chairperson, Business is on holi¬
day until October22,1990. In his absence Jackie Sandy
will be acting Div. Chair for that area. Please refer all
calls and requests to her.

Bakeshop Sales
Dick Kok reports that it will be business as usual in his
area. There will be a few cakes available as of Thursday,

Loma Guenard, Administrative Manager, was diligently
sorting mail while the operation was closed and the

October 11,1990. They will not be available again until
Nov. 1990.

Bulletin
Volume 1

S. A. Jewell, Editor (Local 241)

October 10,1990

Cafeteria Service

Centricity

The cafeteria will be running but with a very limited
menu! The menu is posted outside the entrance to the

of youmay know Jackie Gelling, editorofpast
editions of Centricity as left V CC/City Centre,

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and in the process has also left some very large

shoes (figuratively speaking) to fill. In the

Dining & Banquet Room

coming
weeks
and months,
I [Steph
/"Who was
that
mysterious
editor?"
As Jewell,
many

Research Assistant] will attempt to fill those shoes.
My qualifications are somewhat limited but they do in¬

The Dining and Banquet room will reopen on Thurs¬
day, October 11, 1990 for lunch service. A limited
menu will be offered for this week only!

clude large feet and an overly inquisitive nature. No

one said I had to be able to write breathless prose!

Hairdressing

Please have mercy, I promise to improve.

The hairdressing department was busily rescheduling

All brickbats, suggestions, and steamy gossip are wel¬
comed with the ususal proviso that the Editor reserves
the right to summarize and protect the innocent. My

past appointments yesterday and was closed for serv¬
ices. Today is another matter, Wednesday, October

10th all services will be available, get ready for a large
line-up!

local is 241 and I am blessed with a mailbox with my
name on it. "The Omnipotent & Universal Being

willing and the creek don't rise" this publication will
appear twice a month, every other Monday. Deadline

Library
Rea Devakos reports that there will be no magazines
routed for the month of October to give regular readers
a chance to catch up. If you are caught up and would
like to see a particular magazine, give the Library a

for materials is always every other Friday. Send in
those cards and letters! Welcome back!

call.

Please pass the following info along to your students~no fines will be charged for material due back during
the strike, including this week. After Saturday, Octo¬

ber 12th this grace period ends! So get those books
back this week!

Retail Meat Sales
Today the Deli will be operating during normal hours
but most of the meat items will be frozen. As of
Wednesday, October 10th, it will be business as usual.

A hat's a wrap! The building is still standing, and
thankfully people are inside in the warm and dry
instead outside in the cold and very wet! The inside is
the very best place to be as winter gets an early hold
over the Lower Mainland. Welcome back once again!

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Bulletin
Volume 1

S. A. Jewell, Editor (Local 241)

October 10,1990