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Terrace Construction worked out of
the old Plant Center
the "barn" on top of Birch Ave Hill.
After the barn burnt down, the new Plant Center
at 5215 Keith Ave was built.
This is the present day location of this crew.
Some names as I find them:
Adam Yawrenko (CO 2005)
Joe Ganton
(hired in 1981)
Wade Barnett
Gordon (Gord) Duplisse
(moved to Trrc I&R in 1979, then Kelowna)
Bruce MacPherson
Larry Barker , 2 (became a supervisor
in Quesnel, then down south)
Scott Freeman
(moved to Quesnel)
Dale Chew (boarded at my house in 1974)
Jimmy Harrison (moved to Vancouver)
Rick Hollands (hired in 1980- moved to Burrard 1986)*
Jim Grayston (now supervisor for Telus in Edmonton/Toronto)
Bill Perry (transferred in fall 1978 from Stewart I&R) (resigned in 1980)
Harry Simpson
Rob Todd (now in the CO)
James (Jim) Mitchell (wife Robyn worked in the Svc Ctr) (hired in 1981)
George Bryant (left to Williams Lake) (now retired)
Len Lupick (resigned in 1980)
Darrell MacDonald (hired in 1981)
Howard Johnson (hired in 1981)
Wally Einarson (moved to Castlegar 1981)
*Rick Hollands was the son of Skip Hollands,
Service Center Supervisor
Harry Simpson is the Nephew of Bill Reynolds
Adam Yawrenko was a Professional wrestler
in 1984-1986. He is 6' 9"
In the Canadian Wrestling Hall of Fame
Nicknames- "Wojo", "Wojo The B.C.
Hulk", "Goliath"
He wrestled under Goliath in South Africa as the "bad" guy
His wrestling career ended in Vienna Austria,
from a health scare.
Adam's father, George Yawrenko
was Vice President of the TWU for years.
Adam was also a movie star, appearing in roles
in shows named Booker, Wise Guy and Danger Bay.
Plus appearing in various commercials.
During the 2005 dispute, he was charged for
picket line actions, and fired by Telus.
A Supreme court case was held in Jan,
and despite the intervention of local Telus Supervisor, Les Sinnott
the case was dismissed against him,
and he was returned to his previous CO job.
He is a member of Local 33 of the TWU.
Past Construction
Supervisors
Ray McCabe,
John Stevens (ca 1980),
Bill Spearn, (came in 1981)
Brian Copeland,
Dennis Scanlon,
Dave McNeice (came from Trrc Eng in 1987)
Bob Kelly,
and more
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