IBEW’s Barnes to kick up his heels
at fundraiser for Fort Vancouver
VANCOUVER, Wash. — Ed
Barnes, a retired business manager of
the International Brotherhood of Elec-
trical Workers (IBEW) Local 48, will
be one of seven local residents taking
to the stage Sept. 15 to show off their
best dance moves at a “Dancing with
the Local Stars” fundraiser for the Fort
Vancouver National Trust.
Barnes, 78, has committed to raise
$5,000. He said he has a challenge to
bring in more money than dance com-
petitor Ryan Hart. Hart is district direc-
tor for Congresswoman Jamie Herrera
Beutler (R-Wash.).
Each dancer has been paired with an
Arthur Murray dance instructor and is
receiving professional dance lessons.
While the competitors’ dances will be
judged by the audience on the evening
of the event, it is the dancer who raises
the most money who is declared the
winner. The community is encouraged
to “vote” with their dollars for their fa-
vorite dancer.
Barnes has been learning the foxtrot
and will dance to the tune, Minnie the
Moocher. When introduced to perform,
he will be chauffered in by Local 48
Business Manager Clif Davis driving
the local’s Chevy Volt electric car.
Barnes is accepting donations, and
will have a booth set up at the North-
west Oregon Labor Council’s Labor
AUGUST 3, 2012
Portion of Kalama
grain terminal
expansion will
be built union
Day picnic at Oaks Park. Any contribu-
tion amount is welcome.
Donations also are accepted online
at www.fortvan.org/dancers, by mail-
ing a check to the Trust at General O.O.
Howard House, 750 Anderson St., Van-
couver, Wash., 98661, or by donating
at the event.
To attend, tickets are $50 and in-
clude dinner, a no-host bar, and open
seating. Reserved tables for eight cost
$500, VIP Tables for eight are $1,000,
and Sponsor Tables for 10 are $2,500.
Capacity is 450, and usually sells out.
Tickets are available for purchase
online at www.fortvan.org/stars.
The event will be held at Pearson
Air Museum, 1115 E. Fifth Street, Van-
couver. Doors open at 5 p.m. The dance
competition begins at 6 p.m., followed
by live entertainment and dancing until
10 p.m.
KALAMA, Wash. — Union offi-
cials are reporting that Temco has
awarded a $50 million grain silo expan-
sion project at the Port of Kalama to
general contractor Borton LC of
Kansas. That’s good news for union
construction workers, because JH Kelly
will do 85 percent of the work as a sub-
contractor. Kelly is signatory with sev-
eral building trades locals in Washing-
ton and Oregon.
Temco is a joint venture owned by
Minnesota-based cooperative CHS Inc.
and Cargill. Cargill is one of the world’s
largest private companies, and CHS is
the largest U.S. farmer-owned coopera-
tive. Temco also operates grain export
terminals in Tacoma and Portland.
The Kalama job calls for eight to 12
new grain storage silos, new rail lines,
and new conveyor belts. Temco ac-
quired the land under a long-term lease
agreement with the Port of Kalama.
In June, members of the Longview-
Kelso Building and Construction
Trades Council held a “hire local” rally
at the Port to encourage Temco to build
union. They said the project will create
100 or more union jobs in the commu-
nity for more than a year.
PHOTO RIGHT: Look for the card-
board cutout of Ed Barnes, or Ed
Barnes himself, at the Labor Day pic-
nic at Oaks Park. He will be soliciting
donations for the “Dancing with the
Local Stars” fundraiser for Fort Van-
couver National Trust. The trust was
established in 1998 as a private non-
profit to enhance and operate Fort Van-
couver National Site.
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