ae me | ceeperaenet an Oe ae and with approalniately the same: dimensions In a A EE eR Eileen are — AS-i lle ; “WNorthw west rite ala E TE Ore ES qe 4 Legislative Library : “4 Parliment Buildings Victoria, B,C, V8V-1Z4 “Serving the: Progressive oo * People you should know Rage _ by RALPH RESCHEE Herald Stall Writer " stimulates Your intellectual thought processes. with * ity visual imagry and underlying. message, or it flies. tight over your head and you inay, well wonder, Just . _ what. to think, ‘while other’ are created from images he.might have | * pillosophies, _Demona and dark angels, frightening giants, and "pods that devour their children, lost souls and flights | /makea big deal abaut his paintings that aren’t easily { understéod. . ree something t he does strictly for himself, because. . | ao ‘not only fide pleasure in the actual painting, but : E “algo in excercising his imagination and crativity. *. "And oh yes, he does paint normal paintings, “nice \paintings” he calls them.: And. yes, they could be ‘wherever your fancy chose. - His: nice paintings deal’. “with landscapes, with 7 Over the years; Adolphus has developed a method: ‘of painting that makes his-work very unique, . | Homaewhat from the'surface of. the canvas. " He calls it relief painting and what he does is paint cover a Certain area many- many. times, until: he. has image -of what he is working to produce. 9) +! - It glves his work a remarkable sense of. depth, * Hecawe now. it gives the subjects in the: paintings oo contours and. ‘proportions that. can readily be iden-.. 7 _ tified, - = His. talents don't end with painting, thou. ’ He is aiso an accomplished carver, carving pieces in the traditional! European style. “22° “ An Geample éf his can be seen at the Pietire Plus" :gallery in the Skeena Mall, but perhaps I can describe i : _, Mhickness and width as a door, : you. 3 Again, like his paintings, the ‘carvings are done “In - rellef form" and are'truly examples of dedication and ’ eraftsmanship, . be 100 per cent Canadian, © . _ -Qne of his pieces shows a pack of wolves ready to “pounce off the alab, and onto your lap, and when - asked how long it took to carve he replied that it in- _-volved approximately 500 houra of carving, 4] knew that when ] began carving the fur of the firet one I'd have to continue with the others, Each ‘individual hair had to be carved, that's why It took: 80 long, "he explained, ~ busy. He teaches art classes three times a week and ° plans. to continue painting and carving when he funds the time. ~ His art classes are strictly adult oriented, He. feels that adults are in a class by themselves in that they have so much creativity that’s. just waiting . to be - ‘tapped, /4 ay .t 4 - Some of his works come ‘from. his “Iniagisation, 7 Adolphus will carve images of animals into those Ps large slabs ‘of wood that seem to jump Tight out at - Adolphus is retired but that doesn’t mean: he isn't. eeting Saturday of drivers for seven Vancouver-area - fucing firms, following charges by the drivers that the - ‘union is co-operating with’ the firms in kiteoducing: a flats. fate payroll ‘system... ; The system was "introduced ‘Monday’ at one” firm’ in ylolation of the. union contract, cutting wages. that average for Vancouver-Seattle runs to a flat rate of $150, i Al another firm, driverg-say they are losing their jobs less they buy the rigs they've been driving. | i ‘The drivers gay the firms, facing growing competition in. “Adolphus Burton Terrace artist “ Adotphus Burton is a painter whose’ art ellher * | | PE _ been while’ reading: books. od ancient religions | ‘and ‘ . - of fancy al crowd the walls of his small apartment. | ; 5 | But don't be mistaken about Adolphus, bé doesn’t - ’ ‘nung on the living room wall, or in the dining room, or, . “mountains and trees; with lakes and rivers and . 7 waterfalls, and they're’ really done quite:well,:‘but - ~ they aunre don’t grab your eyes the way the others do, ao iF you were to take a close lak al the objects in his'- : paintings, you would notice that they’ are - ‘taised ot built up a mound of paint, shaped of. course,’ “with . All his carvings are of animals that ean be found in: Canada and B.C, and be points out that he wants it to "He has found from past experlence that adulis want: “tobumbodtesaintgan 0 they canseeresults, <*.¢ “Most don't have time tospend two or three weeks . ‘on one painting, ‘therefore, ‘I teach them: babi!’ ‘shortcuts that.-will-enable them to have finished - ~ pleces that may only take a few hours to do,” he Tptated, | "But above all ele, ‘he feels that diligence comes” > before speed, A artist has to be diligent, and once he = ‘OF. ‘she has achieved that,‘speed will develop by itself. “Adolphis: Burton was born in Trail, B.C-on Jan.16, - a ee ‘He received most of his va achooling in Cranbrook”, ani -thore ‘ten the teacher nad vote ‘ j -~ His life has been spent working in the fletd of ait in” “some way or another, Fora time, in the 1990's he ‘worked ata commercial -sign-shop in Cranbrook, and .in 1954 it was on to ‘Calgary, where he atténded the Alberta Technical School enrolled in a course called Life Drawing, After that ended, he studied at the “Allied Arta - ’ School, and when finished, began’ working for.‘ - Canadian Pacific Airlines painting logos: and other " artwork on the planes, ; ‘Eventually he moved back to his native B.C. and began a sign painting business in Vernon. - After his retirement in the flal of 1982, Adolphus - moved to Terrace to be closer to. his son, who is. presently- living in this area, He began his teaching career in Vernon, and when he moved to Terrace, he continued to instruct through — the Northwest Community College. : There is a lot more to Adgiphus R. Burton than . meets the eye, and if you have ayy interest i in artor - philosophy, he's the man to gee. “Painting is easy,” he says, “because if. you have that initialdesire towant to paint, then half the battle is won,’ For’ more information on his. couraes,. phone Terreace Parka and Recreation at 638-1174, : Teamsters call special meeting. 1 vaNcouvER (CP) —The Teamsters Union hes calleda © have entered leage-to-buy agreements with a Commercial sister firm, Inter Mountain Trucking. The trucks cost between $25,000 and $35,000 .. to: Victoria to J. Award. ! 1 . association spokesman estimated about 8 per cent of the Commercial driver Roger Pastro, 37, didn't buy his truck, He said: "I drove in (Commercial’s Coquitlam yard) and there was a junior. man ‘standing’ there, He. says: ‘I just '. bought your truck.’ [’ve bean there for. 1b years, and that Vancouver-Washington runs from Canadian’ and United States firms, stand to gain because flat rates are cheaper than wages and owner-operator contracts are ‘cheaper than‘ pce agreements, : . The allegation that the union Is co-operating with firms jvas made by several drivers who asked not to he named. j The firms say ‘the union: has’ been co-operative ia their ‘proposal te pay the'flat rates. Theunton flatly denies that. The firma’ plans come in the middle of a’ contract already force between the Teamsters and the Transport’ Labor a a. ations Association; ‘In the past’ month, Commercial Truck Co. Lid. issued =. ayoff notices to 26 avers To keep their Hohe, 1B avers. was db! >: oe “Pastro said he stilt i is working, but he expects the inyotts will sooh reach workers at his.level of seniority. °° “But T’m not going to buy my own’ job back." The flat-rate proposal was rejected. by. a ‘majority of drivers at'a Feb. 14 union meeting, _ ‘At that meeting, Teamsters representatives attempted to conduct a vote among about 150-drivers: employed. by Commercial, Arrow Transport, Wells Cartage, Pacific Freightways, ‘Wallace Transfer, Doman’s Trucking and Public Transport.” The drivers refused to vote an the proposal. Instead, ina _ motion from the floor, the drivers: ‘voted to uphold the’ contract. ot __ Arrow — called aiother ieeting and told its Meeting! page Tt Sports: _ ,Comics - Classifieds. | _pages 10814. ™ . WHY BUY. NeW? : WHEN USED With DO! ; “Doyou wani paris} totlx: up your: car but your budget, " won't ellow [t? Beat the hia cont OF new parts with _ ality’ used paris: from ~ me Oo ~ S.KB, AUTO: SALVAGE 635-2333 or 635:9095- VE a 360 aan ito Hy. Wb oJ . These three young Terrace men are -Venturer’s looking forward to travelling down accept the Queen’s Venturer Making the presentation will be Lieutenant. Governor-General Robert Rogers. _ Karl Carey, 16° (left); * Codi ter) and Paul Fleming, 17 eee Jim Anderson, 17 ° Volume-78 No.39 been performing community: service work, | faking part In outdoor-nature activities, and completing other requirements necessary to ’ qualify for this prestigous award. As well, Rodger Sullivan, 17, will be going’. down to Victoria to accept his Queen’ s Award. He Is also ) from Terrace. : Vedevea (CP) *" Association doesn’t want to bust unions, its chairman says ~ it just. wants to rewrite some of the contracts. “Unions with non-productive contracts will disappear,” ” Bob Schuett said in an interview Thursday. “Not because we are oul to bust them, hut because they are non- competitive. arn He said the problem facing unionized contractors can't be , overstated.’ “They' Te ike people who were in the beot-strap business ; 100 years ago. They are seeing their business disappearing in front of them. They simply can "t continue to exist lhe way they are.” Unionized contractors are losing in bidding wars, An work being done in Alberta is non-union, but said estimates for the whole country are difficult because by taw i in Quebec all construction work ia unionized. ‘The association is lobbying the. federal: government to exempt it from a section of the Canada Labor Code for- bidding unionized-companies from setting up parallel, non- ‘union affiliates. ° - WANT CHANGES And provincial associations are lobbying for changes i in provincial labor codes to make it easier for unionized contractors to get. out of contracts to make them-more “competitive with non-unionized bidders. | In Québec, contractors have asked unions to accept a 30- per-cent rollback in union wages and in Ontario, eight building trades have already agreed to take no increase in the first year of their contracts and a $1 increase in the ‘second year. ‘About 100 protesters from the. B.C. and Yukon Building Trades. Council mustered Thursday in front of the hotel where the’ “association. is holding dts annual winter con- | yention. : Al McMurray, secretary-treasurer of the council, said unions don’t buy the argument that their members are - being greedy by refusing to take wage cuts. . “¥éthe union rates are lowered, the non-union contractors will drop their wage levels too,” he said. "What good would that 'do?"., ’ The. ‘Canadian eee h . written But he adenitbed t some » waemplayed union ‘members a are helping to create the problem’ by taking non-union work, sometimes at minimum wage, to pay their bills. . _ The construction association Is sensitive about its‘lob- - bying effarts to have labor codes changed, Two labor sessions on Thursday's agenda were closed to the media. Schuett, general manager of a non-union Calgary firm, said unions must realize that they have a selfish interest in enauring the company stays in business. “Lfind it very difficult to believe that tradesmen who are ’ unemployed and they see their foreman, superintendent and project manager unemployed can't see that the: com- | pany is feeling the pinch.'" ; yo Conservative economist Michael Walker told the more than 300 delegates Thursday that the problem of com- petition isn’t strictly the fault of poor provincial labor codes. “The problem arose hecause you agreed toit. The pie was | growing so fast, you didn’t have.to worry. Now there is a whole series of expectations: you have to live up to. moo NEW CODES But Walker. said he supports major changes to labor codes to enhance productivity. _ John Helliwell, the association's labor director, said the ‘only thing that will ultimately remedy the unionized con- tractors’ ills is “‘a-re-thinking of the collective agreements and an overhaul to make them more competitive,’' Aside from wage-clause changes, non-productive clauses like clean-up time and some overtime provisions should be deleted and foremen should be exempt from the collective : agreement. ° But neither itelliwell nor Schuett believe the: unions will simply go away.. noe Although unions ‘have an unregulated monopoly. on manpower — the industry’s most precious commodity: —, Schuett said they ‘play an important. ‘role. -, Kis the unions that look after the’ social benefits for employees in a highly transient business, And itis through -, __ the union halls that employers have easy access to 4 secure labor force, - Ottawa supports language issue oD ames ae Otero OTTAWA (CP) — The, Commons passed a ‘resolution today urging the Manitoba legislature to pass “in an urgent manner” provincial... -government _ proposals to protect French. language rights: < . The resolution, drafted by the three party leaders, was passed without a vote — a tactic océassionally used in . the Commons to -prevent . embarrassment ‘to party’ ‘ Jeadera who are unsure of | from . Manitoba, solidarity in their ranks. Transport Minister. Lioyd. Axworthy, the sole minister ' ‘opened debate’ on the resolution slightly’ more than an hour after the three party leaders met ‘and agreed on the message: to the” Manitoba legislature. The | ‘resolution: . is necessary, Axworthy said, to extinguish “the fumes of _ extremism” in the province - over the language proposals and to add volces of “reason and reasonableness.” The resolution is the second to be put before the Commons on the issue, The first resolution was siinilar but worded in a slightly less urgent’ tone, and was’ passed by the + Commons on Oct. 6. ‘Shortiy before the debate: began loday,. Trudeau told - , teporters: “The people of Manitoba are calling for help... - “The Franco-Mant!tobans see an opposition which ian’t permitling the legislation or - the resolution to get -. Conservative Brian Mulroney . took’ a through. And .when : a minority calls for help, I think it's the duty of the Parilament of Canada to give ‘whatever help - they can.” Trudeau said the latest . resolution could .be more successful than the October one because it is “fa bit- firmer.” oo The — resolution : and Commons debate were necessary for Manitobans to realize that creating a Canada where French is used only In Quebec “is a Bure formula for separatism,” Trudeau said. ' Leader similar approach in his ‘ speech during the -debate, -- By protecting Franco- " Manitoban rights, a signal — will be sent across the country that French “need. not be locked into an en- clave in one province,” “Mulroney sald, ‘ He ‘also. called upon Manitobans, of: all ethnic backgrounds to show tolérance and help correct the errors of the 19th ‘ century Manitoba govern- ment that stripped Franco- ‘Manitobans of some of their rights, | Franco- Mailtobans . “deserve the gratitude and. . nol the harassment of their |. fellow citizens,” said. the, . Quebee-born “Tory. Header. 880 ay page 12 ee rg ae le ote aed “er 0