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Listening to what the residents of Thornhilt
had:to say about the bus service was what

standing, did on Tuesday night’ at. the
Thornhill Community. Center. They represent
B.C. Transit, : the provincial government

Herald Staff Writer

TERRACE-- Re-evaluate the early morning run, tighten

employees.
Those were just some of the comments made at a meeting

held on Tuesaday evening for Thornhill residents concerned

" over the riaing cost of -keeping their bua service,’ - :
‘But costa weren't the only itema discussed atthe meeting, vs

- Schedule change and route alterationy were . al

tae within s iy’ oy Be a sAabe be ok

M fee
‘Approximately $0 people timed ‘out, for the"

‘meeting attended . by’, Bab . Lavale, ‘Bob: ‘Marcellin
(representing reglorial. district) and two B.C. Transit.

representatives, . ‘Steve New and Steve Harvey. :
“Also attending the meetitig was: ‘Alderman David
Gellately, who thanked the residents of Thornhill for their

Cooperation in enabling the service to be extended Into

Steve Harvey, extreme left..and Steve New,.

one i 5. Cc: ‘Transit’s. _thare totals: nay. son whe

department that oversees bus service In small :
communities. Bob Lavoie, Thornhill director,
and Bob Marcellin, assistant administrator
for the Regional District will now have ‘to
develop a schedule that. will incorporate the
suggestions that were made at the meeting.

. vo Thornhill and thereby allowing Terrace to retain its ser-

vice, _—
He stressed the importance of. both ccramaunities con-

_tinuing the service, pointing out that neither Corrimunity.

could continue the service on their own.
The bus. service is expected to cost’ $253,040: in- ‘64,

' 4 ae e a tly
- meeting wanted done. ‘with: the bus service,’ ‘three groups”

_ Were. formed to discuss possible- changes: and ‘Provide.
suggestions for imprdvements. Oo ORE:

Baslcally, four polnts were ‘raised at meeting. “Thonihill

‘residents ‘aré ‘concerned about the gap in the schedule at

mid-afternoon. They \ would like to see another run added in

Trade union movement

VANCOUVER (CP) — British Columbia's trade union
movement is gearing up for another fight, but this time it’s

not with the government, It’s with non-union contractors

who are under-bidding union companies. . : 1

Art Kube, president of the B.C. Federation of ‘Laboi,
wants federation affiliates to: °

~Prepare fora massive demonstration: sxzainal nén-
union contractors;

—Refuse te service a Vancouver luxury condominium

development being built tby the province's largest not-tinlon:

. . contractor;.

—To withdraw their n money from 1 credit unions that are
associated with the B.C. Central Credit Union,_ which

financed the project. .
The issue is coming to a head at a construction site on

False Creek neat Vancouver's downtown being developed
in phases by a developer whieh until” now had used

-, unlonized contractors. -

But Pennyfarthing Development ‘Corp. “decided to

” complete the second and third phases using J.C, Kerkhoff.

_ Tight to picket under the Charter of High

“nyfarthing; because it has ised iuttion cont
- past, was bound to ‘use intone companies again

. ibertint order air kein -

to stop at or near the site and he ordered th

; try: to persuade people

and Sons Construction Ltd., saying its bid for the first phase

“wad $1.9 million less than the closest union bidder, and for .

the second and third. phases, neatly & $3 million: les.

PICKETS UP... : ,
Pickets from the B.C. and Yukon Tecritories Bullding and

Construction Tradea‘ Council and the B.C. Provincial -
Council of Carpenters halted work on the site March 5.

before the contractor had time to do anything more than
ralse his sign on the site.

’ Kerkhoff:went to B.C. Supreme Court which ritled that
there cauld only be 12 protesters at each entrance.

After a number of incidents — including one Where a
Kerkhoff employee.tumed a fire hose on protesters who

responded by pelting him with rocks, one of which hit him in .

the face — the company went to thé Labor Relations Board
asking for the pickets to be removed. ~
The board rejected the counejis’ argumen that j
‘afi

tis their

Hoard vice-chairman Ken
ed hot to
‘trom entering the we ”
‘There were alll] about 6 pickets at the site Following the
order Tuesday. If’ the’ trades‘ continue: to’ ignore: th

| picketing ban, theh either’ Kerkhof ¢ or the board itself can

request that Albertini's decision he made an order of the
B.C. Supreme Court.. ~°

Defiance of such an order could lead to contempt of court’
charges and police intervention,

PLANS. DELAY —
Bill Kerkhof, president of J. Cc. Kerthott, sald tuesday

"eS

’ that work would not begin on the site Immediately, to. allew

a coollng-off period. .
But he also said that ‘his compariy | “planned and
deliberately provoked by the original clash.
“tt worked basically the way we planned it. .
“We expected something Jike this to to happen and that's

- five members t

why we serit someone in right at the beginning to. provoke it:
— if you like — because we wanted to have 3 a confrontation

: ‘Tight up front.”

- Pulp workers.

- VANCOUVER (CP) — The negotiating team for British
Columbia’ 8 two locked out pulp unions is meeting to-discuss
what it bas learned from talks with’ union’ locals, Art’.
Gruntman, Canadian Paperworkers Union president, said
Tuesday.

Gruntman sald his union and the Pulp, . Paper and
Woodworkers of’ Canada have notified the industry thet

* following the scheduled Friday morning meeting, they may ©

be prepared to talk with the companies’ representatives,

“Our local unions are telling us that they are solidly
behind us and that was what we wanted to test,” sald
Gruntman. .

Contract negotiations between the industry and the pulp
unions ‘have been stalled since March 2, when the com-
panies rejected a three-year contract proposal from the
pulp unions, which included a demand for a cost-of- living.

‘increase. Base rate under the previous contract, Which

expired last June, is $12.96 an hour.
Nearly 13,600 members of the two unions were locked out

-_ of 20 mills in the provitice on Feb. 2, because the company

aimed the unions were dragging their feet | in negotiations,

; PICKETS LIFTED ~

The. piilp unions, meantime, softened their secondary
picketing Tuesday, removing a line from the B.C. Forest
Products Marpole sawmill, allowing 250 members of the
International Woodworkers of America fo work for.the first
time since Feb, 235°.

“We went to the pulp unions and said there were special
circunistances at that mill," said Erich Ewert of the
woodworkers’ union Vancouver local. ‘A lot of our guys
there were jus! back to work after elght weeks’ layoff,

“thé imi} {s scheduled to go down again at the end of the
year. Sort kanity prevailed and the line came down.”

‘Ihinelghboting New Westminster, Terry Smith, president
of thé Woodworkers union loval, sald he convinced four of
nat to cross a pulp picket line at Macmillan
Bloedel’a ‘Bawmill which- they crossed a day earlier.:

“Wa sat down and rationally discussed, the thing in a cool,
caini and ratlonal manner,” said Smith. “They agreed that
the Gest thing to do is to try to get thé lines removed, rather
than cross them.” .

COPING. WELL
Meantime, northern Interior sawmills are coping well
with the mounting pulp-chip problem, says Dave Gun-

derson, executive-director of. the North-Carlboo Labor

Relations Asgoclatlon:

“We're pleasantly surprised the mills are fasting to
long,” he explained Tuesday.

‘When the lockout of pulp workers started, some forestry
experts predicted the sawinills would soon run out of space
perore the wood chips that are produced as a byproduct to
wm

“\Skeena M

_ BpBtoximately 30. Thornhill residents

“attended the meeting regarding problems
with the present bus service:. More dally ‘and
“evening trips, better connections to businesses

there to shorten the delay between the 1pm. trip and the 7

# 50 p.m. fb
- ‘They would also like to see scheduling chaiiges in the
early morning trips that service the hospital, B.C, Hydro

apd B.C.'Tel so that they coincide with the e work-start times .

of thegé businesses.

An eins 2gervice that woud Bee a

cannot: utilize that service.”

Where was general agreement that | the aystem would be ,

~ kept only if the changes discussed were ‘Implemented.
‘Steve New estimates it-would take approximately six to
eight weeks before’ these ‘suggestions. could be brought into

"Kerkhof sald his company anticipated. a fight from the:
unions over Pennyfarthing’s: decision to award ‘his non-
union company the $17-million contract.. —

ready to talk

So far-this problem hasn "forced any of the assoclation’ a
24 member mills with 4,000 employees to curtail production.

| “Music: adjudicator

PIANO

Edward Parker is known
throughout Western Canada
as can’. adjudicator and
recitalist, and during the
past 16 years has ad-
judicated - at Canadian
music’ festivals throughout Mr.-
Britlsh’ Columbia and
Alberta: and at numerous
festivals in Washington.
Mr. Parker took his
Bachelor of Music with a”

from the ‘University of
. Washington.

Parker is an
associate of the Royal
Conservatory of Music of
Toronto. from. ‘which he
received the gold medal for
achieving the highest marks
in Canada in the.solo per-
formers and teachérs piano
examination. _ He is algo
licentiate “of the Royal
‘School of Music of London,
England and.a Fellow of the
Trinity Collegeof Music in
London, England. In ad-
dition te .his university
studies, Mr. Parker's
musical training has in-
cluded intensive. private
study with the reknowned
American, concert pianist,
Grant Johannsen’ and he
also attended master
classes with Mme. " Rosina
Levinne of the Julliard
School of Music in New
York, with the noted pianist
and teacher, Edwardo del

with the brilliant Canadian
pianist Anton Kuerti. Mr.
Parker has been teaching
piano for the past 30 years
and is presently. teaching

and University of Victoria.

The Festival Committee Is
‘pleased to welcome Mr.
Parker back.

EDWARD PARKER

lege were also topics of discussion, are t agreeing. .

alia a: slo ao:
ote paves the Mall at 5:40 p.m. 80 workers in the mall

on "Kelth, and rescheduling the morning trips

' were [ust some of the topics discussed. The

meeting was held at the Thornhill Community
Centre,

effect. ‘The material has to be brought before the regional
district for their evaluation and it also has to be studied by
B.C, Transit.

One other point that was brought up at the meeting was ;

regarding the present routing of the buses in Thornhil] it-
self.. Residents want. io have a’bus cover the entire Thor-

mill area instead of breaking it up into two separate runs.

‘This would mean thal approximately 15 minutes would be

.. added to the overall time Jt takes ta caver the Theron |

“ Tyarisit offleials Bay this time ¢ould be ve pared ‘away from
Terrace runs to make up for the loiiger route in Thornhill.

On the average, the, cost to individual homeowners in
Thornbill. for this bus service Is between $17 and $21: per
year, ‘and the bottom line ‘to the whole issue: is that the
service can continue if the cost ‘doesn't go up.

gears up for new fight

“we didn’t want to et six roonths Into the contract and
then have all this happen.” ;

Roy Gautier, president of the building council, said he
was not surprised byt the revelation. ;

é

Kube sees the action as another attack - ‘by right-wing,
private-enterprise businesses . on _ the trade. union
movement.

During the Labor Relations Board hearing, Bill Kerkhoft ;

said the'rise of non-union firms like his is atiributabla to
lobbying done by groups such as the Independent Canadian
Businessmen’s Association and the Housing and Urban
Design Association of - Canada, He belongs to both.

“major in piano performance

at-the University of. British ..
Columbia and received his. .
Master of Music. degree.

Music Festival

THURSDAY, ‘Mereh 15

Instrumental at Caledonia Lecture Theatre, 3605.
Munroe St.: 8:15. a.m. to 1 a.m.; 1 p.m. to 3:30"
p.m.; and 7 p.m, to 8:30 p.m. .

Piano at REM Lee Theatre, 4920 Straume Ave. :
9:304.m. tonoon; ipa. 3pm; and 7 p.m. to 8:30 |
p.m.

Piano at Alliance Church, ‘23 Agar Ave.: 9: 3D

* ain. totem; (pm. to 4 pan; and 6 pm.tod .

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