GREETINGS . . leader Brian Mulroney makes the rounds Thursday, . Federal Progressive Conservative meeting well-wishers at Castlegar Airport. —Casttews Photo by Ron Norman NDP supports labor VANCOUVER (CP) — The Btitish Columbia New Dem-* ocratic Party has come out strongly behind organized labor's battle against recent changes to the provincial labor code which they view as anti-union. Delegates to the NDP’s annual convention voted un- animously Saturday in sup- port of a resolution that would see an NDP gov- ernment “reinstate labor's rights, reinstate human rights and reinstate people's The resolution was pre- sented by Art Kube, presi- dent of the B.C. Federation of Labor and a co-chairman of the Solidarity Coalition, an umbrella organization of var- ious groups opposed to the Social Credit government's program-cutting legislation last year. Both Kube and Solidarity co-chairman Renate Shearer later appealed to the dele- gates for support in their battle against recent ‘gov- ernment legislation, includ- ing the labor code changes and the new Human Rights Act. Kube was particularfy in- censed with passage of the Labor Code Amendment Act. The act makes it easier to decertify unions and gives workers a greater voice in their own affairs while whit- tling down union powers. The changes also give the cabinet the power to declare certain construction projects to be economic development sites and hence open to all bidders and workers — union marked the return to the law of the jungle. He warned em- ployers that if they use the labor code to “hurt us, we'll hurt you.” The Socreds do not want tranquility or social consen. sus but want to see people exploited “so that the rich can get richer, the poor get poorer and the weak get weaker,” he said. The labor movement, said Kube, believes that co-opera- tion outweighs confrontation and wants a peaceful society reflecting a broad consensus. Expo 86 will be a ‘bonanza’ VANCOUVER (CP) — Ex po 86 will be a bonanza for hoteliers, but occupancy could drop to 60 per cent in 1987, particularly if a prop- osed 3,000 new rooms are built, says a man who keeps track of hotel business trends. Ward Morrison of Laven- thol and Horwath, an indus. try consulting firm, said he estimates hotels will have 83 per cent occupancy 1986. The world's fair will run between May and Octo- ber. But if all 3,000 new rooms are added to the current first-class inventory of 8,400 rooms, the financial crunch could be extremely severe in succeeding years, said Mor- rison. The traditional finan- cial break-even point in occu- pancy is 65 per cent. “In Vancouver, because of higher costs, 70 per cent is more realistic, and anyone building here now would at the very least need that minimum,” Morrison said in an interview. At least nine new hotels ST°UP are being built or are prop- osed for completion before Expo 86 begins. Morrison and other hotel spokesmen say the industry is banking ‘heavily on’ con- vention business to see them through after 1986. He warned that unions will not die because of the leg- islation because “the move- ment grows and prospers” even more in times of adver- sity. “The workers have learned a long time ago, in the face of an unfriendly government, that they must protect them- selves.” New Democratic labor crit- ie Colin Gablemann said the changes were anti-union in every respect, and probably were written by Jim Matkin, VANCOUVER (CP) — New Democratic Party Leader Dave Barrett ended his 25-year career in polities Friday the way he started — by kicking the slats out of the Social Credit government. And for good measure, he also took on his old nemesis: the banks and oil companies. Barrett called on the party to unite behind its new lead- er, to be elected Sunday, and called on Prime Minister Pi- erre Trudeau ‘to go out in style by puttin halt to the testing of cruise missiles in Canada by the United States. It was vintage Barrett, much of it recycled, at times humorous, at times bitter, at times petulant. But the 929 delegates, 141 alternates and 900 visitors to the leadership convention loved it, giving the former premier several standing ovations during his 70-minute speech. British Columbia is in an “unmitigated mess, run by a of nincompoops who have absolutely no idea how to run a province,” Barrett said in his opening remarks. Barrett, who led his party during three conseuctive election defeats, said two years ago unemployment stood at eight per cent, and now is 16 per cent. ~=SHOPPERS DRUG MART TRAIL STORE ONLY ENTER THIS DRAW analysis, you have a chance to win $100 worth of Pool Chemicals! ! With every FREE computerized pool water ; { Lenetel “Drawn July 28, 1964 Phone; “(No purchose necessary) SHOPPER'S DRUG MAR 1305 Cedar Ave., Trail 368-334) president of the Employers Council of B.C. who pre- viously was the deputy labor minister. 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Yet, while not directly connected, each is a reflection of the history of the Castlegar Petart Club anda part of * (around 1986-877) let us turn back a few pages of the Castlegar Rotary Club history for a few Once we have started, it will be immediately obvious that a number of the péople mentioned are themselves already a part ‘of history, that the sands of personal memories are already rapidly running out and that it is not too soon to begin. To quote from the first paragraph of an earlier. article: “Last November, in @ simple ceremony, the Rotary Club of Castlegar both honored two of its remaining charter members, Ed McGauley and Jim Lamont, and celebrated’ the 30th of its incorporation as & service club. in In his acceptance speech, Lamont) recalled the charter presentation banquet held on Satufday, Nov. 28, 1953 at: 3 Kinnaird Improvement y Hall. first, meeting, he noted, was over by Jim Atwell, president of the sponsoring Rotary Ctab of Commerce. The club's first president, the late Les Campbell, founder and publisher of the Castlegar News, actepted the club charter from Rotary District Governor the late Dolph Browne, of the Vernon Rotary Club and the Riko iieh charter gifts from representatives: Don Mollison, mt of the Nelson Rotary Club; past district governor, the late Sid J. Woodcock of the Couer d'Alene club; past district governor the late Herb Clark of the Trail Club; president Dick Cotton of the Rossland Rotary club and Don Pye of the Nakusp club. The late J.C. Vipond of Trail the governor's special representative, gave the charge to the new Rotarians. “During its 30 years of community, national and international service the Rotary Club of Castlegar has,” the highway triangle, the present ‘Trans Canada Glass, ‘This was also the first Of « umber of contribute their “dirty hands” projects in which members own labor as well-as money, expertise, materials and equipment. Other similar projects undertake: co-operation with the Kiwanis and other clubs and groups inelude the Lorne Zinio tennis courts, the complexy the hospital, the community complex tennis courts, the Hobbit Hill fence and the airport. One of the largest of such endeavors was the © sheathing of what is now the “Old Arena”. It. was a race against the onset of winter and with the Rotarians and Kiwanis in friendly competition together with the valued. assistance of other citizen volunteers such as John Sherbico and Board df Trade member, Johnny Clark, they sheathed both sides of the big building before the snow started. “It was a true community project,” Lamont said, “since at that time everybody knew everybody else and things got done even if the methods were a little unorthodox at times. For example there was the dump truck that Bill Sharples lent us. “It never was used as a dump truck but instead formed the base for a mobile scaffold. It is pretty high at the peak in the arena and that scaffold was a long way up before we were finished. We couldn't have gotten away with it today, but it sure helped get the job done.” The hospital is also associated with the club's first major project, the Rotary Health centre. “Participation and co-operation in its formation was fantastic at all levels,” Lamont says, “from the federal government to the local schoo] board. Its initial stages involved two years of complex negotiations, trade offs and bookkeeping, but eventually everyone ended up satisfied with the results.” Some of those prominent in the development were Jim Lamont for the school board, Art Anderson, Lloyd Ackney, Les Campbell and Jim Macbeth for the bookkeeping. Not only did Castlegar gets its health centre — the only one in B.C. on hospital‘ property — but the club itself gained a sense of identity and the centre itself is in use night and day. J In 1964 with the special assistance of Alex Creighton and Lorne McClure, they went on to build the 12-unit RotoVilla for senior citizens — later to be expanded to 43 units in the early 70s under the direction of Paul Oglow. In 1965, under the chaifmanship of Ed McGauley and with Guy Guido as Uistriet governor the loca! club hosted a Rotary district conference which won acclaim from delegates from Washington and Idaho. as well as from the Okanagan and the East and West Kootenays. Last year, the club began Phase One of Zuckerberg Island as a city park — a very popular development since it is aimed particularly at senior citizens and children. This development, too, was marked by a high degree of co-operation between the clab, the federal govern- ment, the city of Castlegar and local citizens and was formally dedicated as a public park in a ceremony last September. At the Rotary District 508 (East Washington, West Idaho and Southeastern British Columbia) conference wn separately or in | John Charters... Reflections . - Gordon Hill (left) and Alex Lutz inspect new shutters on Zuckerberg Island Park chapel house. Shutters we inished this week. held in Trail at the beginning of this month the Castlegar. Club won the “Most Significant Project” award for its island park project. And the relationship between bridge and island park? Thé patk project wis the sed crystal which once begun, attracted the city into making its historical study and report. These in turn encouraged B.C. Hydro to re-survey the island and particularly to make an accurate designation of the Indian sites. As well, the British Columbia Heritage Branch was encouraged to provide the funds for the architectural drawings of ‘the Russian chapel house, the stripping and the preliminary renovations on the house. All of these have’ sparked a tremendous increase in public appreciation and use of the island. This in turn, together with encouragement from various quarters, convinced the 44th Field Engineers to carry out their Island park project is just one of many Rotary projects over the last 30-years. —costewsPhote by John Charters field exercise here instead of the two alternative sites elsewhere. But the efforts of the engineers would have come to nought without the efforts and assistance of the local industrial firms, businesses, toe Bey ant ond representatives and men such as Jim Hendrickson and Alex Lutz. The bridge represents both a very real and symbolic link between the community and its park. The 10,000 kilogram anchors bought by Rotary, the cables and heavy machinery from Cominco, lumber from Westar, towers from West Kootenay Power, city signs, hardware from supplies from the Canadian Army, the hundreds of hours of work by engineers and volunteer citizens — it all comes together as a rare manifestation of Rotary and community spirit. We can all be proud of it; it is a significant step in the development of our city.