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Here and now at the GCC

Potluck: The third monthly Potluck was held at the Cleveland Gay Cornmunity Center. Saturday, November 24. Previous dinners were crowded with 30-40 persons. At November's dinner, twenty, hungry souls devoured stuffed peppers chicken, meat loaf, deviled eggs. bean dishes, salads pies. nib-

bles. and other foods Tea, coffee, and wine mellowed out the later evening as everyone settled into small groups for discussion or games..

Party: In December there will

no Potluck, but instead a Holiday Party will be held on Saturday, December 22, at 8.00 Admission wi' be a gift worth

Cleveland Gay Hotline

The Gay Hotline and Switchboard is another service provided by the GEAR Foundation Staffed completely by volunteers, the Hotline provides information and referral in a variety of different areas. Resources include extensive information on the social alternatives in Cleveland and across the United States. A comprehensive listing of community services is also available including medical and legal referrals. The Hotline also serves its callers who are in need of peer counseling in areas such as sexuality, coming out and relationship problems.

Currently the Hotline is attempting to enlarge its list of professional referrals. An increased effort is being made to keep the community informed as

to what's going on in Cleveland on a daily basis Future goals include extension of the number of hours covered per week from 32 to 75, and perhaps a more comprehensive training program for the development of counseling skills for its volunteers. The Hotline is also planning the addition to a TTY machine to aid in the communication with the deaf over the phone, and is looking forward to moving to a new location when the Gay Community Center relocates early next year.

Individuals interested in finding out more about the Hotline or becoming a Hotline volunteer should call 216-621-3380, 7 to 11 evenings or 1 to 9 PM Sundays for more information.

between $2.00 and $4.00, for a gift exchange when Santa appears. There will be music and refreshments.

Women: "Lesbians Against Boredom" has set up a schedule of events for women here at the Center on Mondays. Rap groups. dinners, sports are all on the agenda. All women are welcome to join and make Cleveland warmer for women.

Raps: The Rap group needs group leaders and a committee is being formed. How to run a rap. what a rap is for, when to end a rap are some of the things to be discussed. If you'd like to facilitate or help the Rap committee, call the Hotline at 216-621-3380.

Pledges and Benefit: To support the Center, we have a group of Patrons who pledge $5.00 a month. This helps pay for rent, telephones and other expenses. Would you consider being a Patron? The Supportive Friends Committee is planning an Entertainment Night as a benefit for the Center. If you'd like to donate your talents -musical and otherwise call the Hotline and let us know...216-621-3380.

SWISH: a poetry journal

STEVENS POINT, WI-Swish, a biannual poetry journal, is seeking submissions and subscriptions. Poetry should explore sexuality (gay or nongay, lesbian or noniesbian) as "essential to wholeness," according to the editor, Louie Crew. The first issue, consisting of some 80 pages, is planned for Summer/ Autumn, 1980. Deadline for submissions is April 1, 1980, and persons who submit material must enclose a stamped selfaddressed envelope. Payment is in copies only. The subscription rate is $8

According to the editor. "Swish aspires to move beyond the important but limitedly phallic vision of much private, confessional lesbian and gay male poetry... Swish summons elect feminists, militant closet queens, nellie bishops, celibate intellectuals, and all other salts to share here their most articulate reformation hymns."

Correspondence and submissions may be addressed to Swish, Louie Crew, Editor, P.O. Box 754. Stevens Point, WI 54481.

---courtesy of Gay Community News, 11/17/79

NATIVITY FELLOWSHIP ACTIVITIES December 2 Sunday Service and Christma's work shop for toys for youth Bible Study

December 5 December 9

Sunday Service and Christmas

2:00 p.m.

1:30 p..

December 12

December 15

workshop for toys for youth Prayer service and Song Christmas Party 12.00 to $5.00

2:00 pm

7:30 pr.

Christmas gift and pick a name Santa Clause will arrive at 7:15 p.m.

7:00 p.m.

December 16

Sunday Serivce

2:00 p.m.

December 19

Bible Study

7:30 p.m.

December 23

Sunday Service (Possible Guest Speaker) 2:00 p.m.

December 24

Candle Light Service

12:00 a.m.

December 25

Christmas Service

2:00 p.m.

December 26

Prayer and Song Service

7:30 p.m.

December 30

Sunday Service

2:00 p.m.

December 31 New Years Eve Party $7.50 single

9:30 p.m.

$15.00 couple

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...A RARE, UNCURABLE DOCTOR IS FOUND FOR PHIL'S RARE, INCURABLE DISEASE... JEANIE IS PREGNANT WITH ROBERT'S BABY...

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...ROBERT'S WIFE HAS HIRED A DETECTIVE..AND JUDY HAS FINALLY ADMITTED TO HER MOTHER THAT SHE KNOWS SHE IS ILLEGITIMATE...

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THAT'S WHAT HAP-

PENED THIS WEEK. ON "TOO LONG TO LIVE"...

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THE SOAP REPORT

...AND NOW, ON OUR NEWEST 'SOAP', "AS THE TRICK TURNS"...

BILL FINDS A RARE, INCURABLE DOCTOR FOR HIS RARE, INCURABLE DOSE OF THE CLAP...

SUSAN CATCHES KAREN CRUISING NANCY AT 'THE CRISCO DISCO'...JOHN DISCOVERS HARRY AND BILL ARE NOT HIS NATURAL PARENTS...FRANCIS FORSAKES RHINESTONE, AND RETURNS TO MOTHER-OF-PEARL...

JACKIE ADMITS THAT SHE IS PREGANT, BUT SWEARS IT IS ALICE'S BABY...AND RALPH IS HOSPITALIZED AFTER HE FINALLY COMES OUT TO HIS MOTHER,, AND SHE TURNS AROUND AND COMES OUT TO HIM...