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A6 VOL.'40, No. 35 Castlegar News © CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SUNDAY, MAY 3, 1987 3 Sections (A, 8 &C) met 2,000 greet Man in Motion By SURJ RATTAN Staff Writer More than 2,000 people and a cheque for $23,000 greeted the Man in Motion when he wheeled into Castlegar on Friday. Rick Hansen, the Williams Lake native who has been trekking around the world for more than two years to raise awareness about the plight of the disabled, thrilled people when he manoeuvred his wheelchair onto the 700 block 7th Ave. in front of Stanley Humphries secondary school shortly after 1:30 p.m. to attend a civic ceremony in his honor. Hansen and his procession left Nelson at 7 a.m. Friday morning and ended the day in Trail. Hansen was not scheduled to reach the Robson- Castlegar ferry unti} about 1:25-p:mi. and at 11 asm. there were several people who lined Highway 3A waiting to give donations and a word of approval to the man thousands regard as a hero. One of the first things Hansen told the crowd — many of whom had to stand behind barricades—was. that he was “glad to be back in Castlegar” and that he was happy to see so many people show up to throw their support behind the Man in Motion tour. “This has always been a great community to visit and to be a part of, and I'd like to say thank you to your fantastic enthusiasm, and you can see by the evidence here today that it’s a great team of people who have worked so hard for so long to make this project happen and make this dream come true,” said Hansen. He added that without the support he has received throughout his tour he “wouldn't be here.” Hansen also gave thanks to Mayor Audrey Moore and said the city’s proposed Ability Awareness Day “will go a long way to continue to break down barriers that stand in the way of disabled persons right here in this community.” But Hansen’s main message to the crowd was that people should work together to try to be the best that they can. “The reason I gave up four years of my life in the planning and the execution of this project is because I believe we can make a difference in this world. I believe we can make more people aware of disabled persons and their potential,” said Hansen. He added that people should focus on their abilities and not disabilities “because that’s what counts in life.” “I really hope that after the project is over, after we've left your community and reached Vancouver, that HANSE! JA . . . More than 2,000 turned out to a civic reception Friday afternoon when Rick Hansen wheeled his Man in Motion world tour into Castlegar Hansen told them to be the best they can be. (Right) you'll continue to work here in this community to achieve the dream,” said Hansen. He said that he'd like to see the day when disabled persons “reach their full potential in life.” Hansen also thanked Castlegar forthe $23,000 contribution towards the Man in Motion trust fund saying “that fund is going to go towards spinal cord injuries in the areas of spinal cord research and rehabilitation, wheelchair sport and recreation and programs.” Elementary school youngster gets carried away by the a excitement of it all. More photos, CosNewsPhotos by Ron Norman and Surj Ration Hansen also told the Castlegar crowd that “thanks to you” the Man in Motion legacy fund has topped $9.3 million “and it's growing rapidly every day.” Hansen gave special thanks to all the schools in Castlegar, saying that the schools throughout his tour have played a major role in his‘ objective to raise awareness about the disabled. “Your understanding, your belief - continued on page A3 not only in other Premier hates trade unions — Georgetti By MIKE KALESNIKO Staff Writer Premier Bill Vander Zalm is a man with “no respect” for working people and that attitude is reflected in bills 19 and 20, B.C. Federation of Labor president Ken Georgetti said this week. Georgetti, along with Rossland-Trail MLA Chris D'Arcy, Castlegar and District Teachers’ Association president Mike Rodgers and Nelson-Trail District Labor Council chairman Gordon Titsworth, addressed some 300 people Wednesday night at the Castlegar Community Somplex where he condemned the province's controverisal labor legislation, Bill 19. “Bill 19 and 20 (the Teaching Profession Act) are the product of a premier who has absolutely no respect .for working people in B.C.,” said Georgetti. “And he has a rabid hatred of trade unionists.” Georgetti described Vander Zalm as a man personally frustrated by his failure to end last year's IWA strike. “He was frustrated with the IWA, the fact that he couldn't get'that thing resolved, he thought he should have been able to resolve it to win some political points,” said Georgetti. “We're going to be punished.” Georgetti said Vander Zalm promised throughout his campaign to end confrontation and described voters from all parties as desiring the things Vander Zalm originally promised. He also accused Vander Zalm of setting the clock back on labor relations in B.C. — “back to 1948. To a time when we had to use a little more imagination (to fight for rights) and a little less sophistication. “We're tired of the premier misleading people in this province,” said Georgetti. “More days are lost due to the common cold than work stoppages. There is more lost time due to industrtial accidents than strikes.” Georgetti described the present government as intent on creating a class structured society and bills 19 and 20 were designed “ds a tool for the employer to push wages down. “They don’t like the middle class, they don’t like us enjoying the things they do,” he said. “They would rather have a lower class and an upper class and no middle class at all.” Georgetti described a healthy economy as consisting of well-paid wage earners with steady employment, “the kinds: of jobs where people can spend their money on things like stereos and vacations and new cars and help the Jimmy Pattisons of the world.” ti also said that both Quebec's and Ontario's continued on poge AZ POLICE SEEK PUBLIC HELP WITH MURDER From The Vancouver Sun Vancouver police are appealing for public help in tracing the last hours of an 18-year-old Castlegar youth who was found Sunday stabbed to death behind a Powell Street warehouse Det. Grant MacDonald said Darren Kolman, who had been in the city about a week looking for work, was last seen early Sunday morning at a party in a house at Oak and Park Drive. “We have him last seen walking through the living room of the house between 1 and 2 a.m.,” MacDonald said. “From there he either left with someone who was at the party, caught a cab, or hitch-hiked.” Police do not know why Kolman went to the Powell Street area or how he wound up behind the warehouse at 1961 Powell. “We don't think it was a drug deal or anything like that,” he said. “He did not know the city at all, so he wouldn't know how to get there by himself and wouldn't Have any reason to go there.” MacDonald said Kolman, who had a juvenile police record for crimes like breaking and entering, was at the party with another youth he had met at a juvenile work camp. “He was staying with the other kid and his family, but the parents had told him not to come back,” MacDonald said. “His friend said he wasn't going to upset his parents any more, so Darren couldn't go back with him. He had no place to stay.” MacDonald said police estimate some 100 persons of both sexes drifted through the house at one time or another during the evening. “This is a house where there are four guys who just like to party,” he said. “Nobody knows anybody. It's like they're best buddies, but they don’t know the other fellow’s name or where he lives. They know what his favorite beer is, but that’s it.” MacDonald said the party was primarily a beer party, with some marijuana. “He (Kolman) had been drinking, but we don't know whether he was drunk,” he said. MacDonald said one theory is that Kolman caught a cab whose driver did not enter the ride on his trip sheet. “We don’t think he left with anyone from the party. He didn't know anybody there and was sticking pretty close to his friend all night,” MacDonald said. Kolman’s father, Hans, said his son, who wad completing Grade 12 by correspondence, left Castlegar for Vancouver about a week before he died, hoping to find work. “He called to say he had lined up a job painting, but that fell through. Then he mentioned to his mother something about catching.turkeys in the Fraser Valley.” Kolman, 49, said his son could look after himself, “but I was told by police he may have been bit on the head from behind.” He added: “He was my only son, It seems people give a lot more attention to people sitting in jail than to the people they killed. “He didn't have much money. Did he get killed for $10?”