A8 Castlegar News

August 28, 1991

Sawmill prepares
to resume work

By BARBARA TANDORY
Special to the The News

Westar Timber Ltd. will be
restarting its Castlegar sawmill
‘as soon as @ maintenance shut-
down at Celgar Pulp Co.’s pulp
mill is over — an estimated pro-
duction delay of a week or more.

Settlement of a labor dispute
at Celgar means that sawmill
operations can resume as well,
Westar general manager Dan
Madlung said Thursday,

However, Madlung said West-
ar had only received notice of the
Celgar lockout being lifted and
couldn’t confirm how soon the
scheduled maintenance would
keep the pulp mill closed.

“We're planning on going back
eed k when the pulp mill is

to work,” Madlung said ina
ashen interview from his
office in Revelstoke.

A union spokesman at the
300.
fears that the temporary delay
may drag for two or three weeks.

“Nothing is official,” said
Tony Ferreira, plant chairman
for IWA Local 1-405. “The pulp
mill is under a maintenance
shutdown, which means that we
can’t fire up the sawmill for a
minimum ef two weeks. And it’s
very possible that it’ll be three
weeks.”

Celgar normally schedules its
maintenance shutdowns for the
week of the Labor Day weekend
at the beginning of September
but this year has made it a little
earlier this year because of the
lockout.

“It’s been a very strange year
at Westar,” said Ferreira. “We
had lots of problems. We had

longer, shutting down when the
Celgar dispute closed the pulp
mill.

Westar supplies waste wood
from its logs to the pulp mill.

Since then, Westar’s entire
lengthy production interruptions tree farm 23 has been shutdown
in Westar’s operations on the except for some logging to supply
company’s failure to invest more Westar’s mill in Malakwa near
money into organizing its log- Sicamous, Madlung said.
ging operations. Meanwhile, Ferreira said

“I don’t think it has anything Westar’s problems at this point
to do with the pulp mill shut- seem to run deeper than the
down,” he noted. temporary shutdown caused by

Madlung said Westar has had the Celgar work stoppage.
to curtail its logging operations According to unconfirmed
because it lacked funds for large rumors, the company has been
logging inventories, costing losing logging contractors in the
between $15 and $20 million. Nakusp and Revelstoke areas,

“Our company doesn’t have where most of the logging takes
that kind of money,” he said. place.

Westar sawmill had gone on a “Some of these loggers are
three-day-a-week production supposed-to-be so pissed off at
schedule at the end of December Westar that I.don’t think they'll
1990 until the end of March this be back,” Ferreira said. “They
year. get to come back to work for a

It returned to full five-day-a- week or two, then they get laid
week production in April a again.”
the first week of May. Ferreira drew a line between

After an annual spring break- the local Westar Timber man-
up closure of six weeks in May agement at the sawmill, which
and June, the sawmill re-opened he said is “a good team of peo-
on a five-day week schedule at ple,” and the upper management
the end of June. of Westar Group Ltd.

About two weeks before West- “Westar is pretty much a
ar Group Ltd.’s decision to sell broke company,” he said.
all its timber assets, including “They’ve proved they cannot run
the Castlegar sawmill,’ was sawmills. They haven’t been a
announced at the end of May, basd employer when the times
the mill had laid off hundreds of were good but they haven’t got
workers and went into a total the cash,
shutdown until mid-June. “Westar cannot be in this

This semmer, Westar stopped business,” he said, reiterating
its Arrow Lake logging opera- bitter criticism directed at West-
tions July 26 in anticipation ofa ar from various community
Celgar strike. The sawmill con- sources since the sale was
tinued operating for a while announced.

problems with high water and
problems with low water, when
we couldn’t get logs to the mill.
Now this lockout has put a
damper on things.”

But Ferreira blamed the

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Santori said. By building in tan-
dem with WEP, the site can be
used for more than one purpose
and fulfils several key economic
objectives: the long-term com-
mitment of an important region-
al employer; adeqaute down-
town parking; advances the
goals of downtown revitaliza-
tion; and improves the tax base

~ of Trail, Santori said.

office functions and employees
—> currently 84 — should be
relocated to the new facility by
January 1993.

Discussions are underway
with several potential street-lev-
el tenants and WKP expects to

The new building will mean
an annual increase of $90,000 to
Trail’s tax base.

West Kootenay Power says
the new building will provide
the company with the space and
flexibility it requires to deliver
its services over the long term. let contracts by December.

The utility will occupy most Construction could begin as
of the top three storeys and soon as March 1992, the compa-
lease out the first floor. All head ny said.

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The shut down of the water
supply comes at a bad time in
the year because of the long
weekend and the usual high
demand in summer, Comin said.

“We usually experience a
peak demand in the latter’ part
of August,” Comin said. “It’s bad
timing.”

However, Eaton said the tim-
ing couldn’t be better from Cel-
gar’s point of view because to
work on the mill’s electrical sys-
tem, the entire mill has to be

shut down, and only a few
employees are expected to be
working on the holiday Monday.

Castlegar’s water supply runs
off the mill’s power.

“We have to shut down the
whole system to work on the
power supply,” Eaton said.
“That includes city water.”

Although Eaton informed
Comin about the 16-hour shut-
down on Monday, Comin said he
is prepared for a 24-hour shut-
down, a length Eaton had earli-
er requested.

“They’ve changed their minds
at least three times now,”
Comin said. “I’m ready for the
worst-case scenario.”

Eaton said uncertainty about
the length of the shutdown
resulted from the labor dispute
at the mill which interfered with
Preparatory time.

Comin said he hopes the
shutdown will not interfere with
the holiday.

“I just hope it’s not going to
be a hot day,” Comin said.

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I learned two things about
the Western Hockey League's
Seattle Thunderbirds last
week that I didn’ t know the
week before.

One, I know where the
team will be this Thursday
and two, I know where they'll
be when the Memorial Cup
tournament begins in May.
On Thursday the WHL
Thunderbirds return to this
city after four years to hold
training camp at the Commu-
nity Complex.

Why are they returning?
“Mainly because the facili-
ties there are excellent for
running a camp,” said Thun-
derbirds general manager
and coach Peter Anholt from
the team’ s office in Seattle.
“And two, the immigration
part of getting the kids (most
of whom are Canadian) down
here for our training camp
was getting tougher and
tougher, so it’ s easier to run
camp up there.”

But now to the Memorial
Cup, the real reason I phoned
the T-birds’ boss.

Seattle is hosting the cup
this season and as hosts, the
T-birds get an automatic
berth into the four-team tour-
nament, along with champi-
ons from the WHL (which
could also be them), the
Ontario Hockey League and
the Quebec Major Junior
League.

What I wanted to ask
Anholt was what kind of
wrench does an automatic
berth into major junior hock-
ey’s biggest contest throw
into his plans for putting
together a team?

I mean, can the Thunder-
birds’ management sit back
all year, experiment with
young kids or goon other
teams silly, knowing full well
all they have to do is put
together the best lineup they
can for the final two months
of the season?

Anholt says no. But then
what would you say?

“We built this year’s team
with the thought of hosting
the cup. But I don’t think it
does (change the approach). I
think we knew all along, or
we we felt all along, we were
going to have a pretty good
team coming back this year
and I think we felt we had as
good a chance as anybody of
taking a run at things.”

OK then, does hosting the
cup give you any advantage?

Anholt, who’s going into
his third year as coach and
second as GM, says yes and

no.

“I think in some sense I
guess it is an advantage in
that you kind of got your tar-
get of where you're going to
be, and know. you’re going to
be there.

“In ense I think too,
though, it’s a bit more pres-
sure and it could work in a
negative sense. You know, if
we don’ t come out of the
gates that good there might
be some pressure to do things
(trades, cuts or what have
you) we don’ t want to do.”

Well, we’ve heard what
Anholt has to say, what do
the stats say?

Since the Memorial Cup
changed to a host-team for-
mat in 1983, only one host
team has ever won it—the
Portland Winter Hawks, who
did it in 83.

If it’s any consolation to
the Thunderbirds, four host
teams have made it to the
final — Sask in 1989,

About 10

Castlegar ure Skating Club‘:

's summer sci

FIGURING IT OUT

figure skaters are getting a jump on the coming season over the next two weeks In the
1 at the Community Complex. The school also gave
the club # chance to Introduce new coach Jo-Ann Nadalin, who was giving Rosanna Sheppard, 8, a
few pointers at the Complex Tuesday.

CasNews photo by Ed Mills

Tourney cash —
stays at home

Amigos win,
Valkyr/NRS
come 2nd

By CasNews Staff

The end of the line turned out
to be the end of the rainbow for
a pair of local mixed slo-pitch
teams at Kinnaird Park last
weekend.

In the last local tournament
of the season, a pair of mostly
Castlegar teams were the last
two alive and ended up taking
home $800 in prize money
between them.

The Amigos picked up some
players from Trail and won the
first-place prize money of $500
while getting revenge for an ear-
lier tournament loss by beating
Valkyr Aquatics/NRS 8-4 in
Sunday’s championship game.

Nelson Savoy Inn beat tour-
ney favorites Team Canada of
Trail 8-5 to win $200 for third
place while the losers got $100.

The four prize winners were
the last survivors of 11-teams
after Friday and Saturday’s
round-robin.

Castlegar teams made up
most of the entrants in the tour-
ney, but one team came from
Coeur d'Alene and another was
made up of Spokane and Trail
players.

Valkyr was the only team to
emerge undefeated from the
four-game round-robin and was
also the only team to beat Ami-
sont | in the entire tourney.

The Amigos advanced to Sun-
day’s final round with a 3-1
record as did Team Canada and

Nelson.

Team Canada, which is the
best of three teams from Trail
and will travel to Mexico next
month, jumped out to a 3-0 first-
inning lead, but couldn’t get any
more and was upset 7-3 by the
Amigos in the first game Sun-
day.

Wayne McIntyre, a pick-up
player from Trail, made his
pitching debut Sunday with the
Amigos in the finals when regu-
lar pitcher Larry Stanbra was
injured.

Also a standout for the Ami-
gos, decording to manager Kris
Stanbra, was catcher Deanna
Bankert.

“She had a great weekend,
defensively and with the sticks,”
said Stanbra. “She was just awe-
some against Team Canada.”

Also playing for the Amigos
were Nedda Kinakin,Ross
Sanders, Shayn and Sid Harry,
Brad Ashton, Mindy Kaffer,
Diane Ethier, Shawn Brandt,
Grant Tyson and Heidi Henke.

---Money player

Otters’ diplomat-coach

agonizes over awards
Swimmers stock trophy case

By CasNews Staff

Robson River Otters coach
Marie Seghers’ life got a little
tougher last week.

That’ s because last week the
Otters honored their own in the
team’s annual awards presenta-
tions.

For the always-positive
Seghers, who believes all 50 of

while Matthew Tupholme was
voted the male sportsmanship
award and Lisa Woykin got her
teammates’ nod for female
sportsmanship.

In the competitive category,
the Verigins swept the male and
female spots for top point get-
ters on the club this season as
well as the team’ s best freestyle

her swi are

picking a dozen or so for individ-

ual recognition was an agoniz-
ing chore.

neThankfully for Seghers, she
got a break in the task from
assistant coach Nancy Wolfe,
and the team itself, whose mem-
bers selected several of the win-
ners.

“Everybody was outstanding,
there were people not on the
(winners) list who were out-
standing,” said Seghers, who
gets the award for most diplo-
matic coach.

“A lot of awards were really
close, and we had to cut it down
to who earned the most points
(in meets),” said the first-year
head coach.

Close or not, the awards cere-

All in the Family as sever:
lings were one- and two-time
winners.

Brother-sister combination
Kim and Kristy Verigin picked
up a pair of awards while the
Shingler, Tupholme and Suther-
land kids all came home with

Oshawa in 1987, Shawinigan
in 1985 and Kitchener in
1984, but they all lost.

Regardless, last year about
the only person we knew who
played in the Memorial Cup
was Steve Junker.

This year we can go out,
meet and talk with an entire
team that will be there, guar-
anteed.

phies for their year’ s work
with the Otters.

In the most prestigious
awards, designated so because
they are voted on by teammates,
Sean Pinkerton was named
most valuable male swimmer
while Emily Watson was most
valuable female swimmer.

Also voted top of the list by
their teammates were Eugene
Voykin and Jane Holden who
won encouragement awards

When it came the coaches’
turn to decide, Torrie LaHue
was selected twice, as best in
the individual medley event and
the female butterfly.

David Shingler also captured
the coaches’ eyes, winning the
award for best male in the but-
terfly and breaststroke while his
sister Karen won the best
female breaststroke award.

The Sutherland family got
three new trophies to add to the
shelves as Heather Sutherland
won best female backstroke,
brother Juston won most

Robson River Otters swim club coach Marie Seghers thinks all 50 of
her swimmers are outstanding, which is why she had a hard time

improved male swimmer while
sister Sarah won best atten-
dance award.

Eric Tupholme joined his
brother in the winners category
being named most improved
novice swimmer while Michelle
Lang was most improved female
swimmer and Dustin Heagy was
named best male in the individ-
ual medley event.

In the special awards catego-
ry, Clayton Bonin was presented
with a Canadian Mint set of
coins as winner of the Dorothy
Deschner Memorial Award.

“Pretty much everything hap-
pened the way I wanted it to
happen,” said Seghers, who's
getting ready to return for her
final year of studies in elemen-
tary education at UBC. “I mean,
I came in as a first-year head
coach and I was putting a lot of
new ideas to work and every-
thing seemed to come together
very well.”

Casnews file photo

handing out individual awards last week.

Local pair
wins Open
in Trail

By CasNews Staff

Castlegar junior golfer
Jody Carew was just what the
doctor ordered Saturday in
the Junior-Adult Open at
Birchbank Golf Course.

Castlegar physician Ron
Perrier and the 16-year-old
Carew teamed up for an 18-
hole victory in the low net cat-
egory in the event.

Another local junior, Todd
Archambault, got on the
phone to ask if he could play
with Rossland veteran Arnie
Sherwood ‘and was glad he did
after they posted a 71 to win
the low gross category.

Perrier and Carew could
have won the low gross event
but decided to take their
chances in a one-hole chip off
against the combo of Kevin
Tigiami and Marg Kinrade of
Nelson for the: more presti-
gious low net crown.

Tigiami and Kinrade got
second low net while Castle-
gar golfers Ken Gorkoff and
junior Pat Biln were third.

Maria and = Stathis
Dimopoulos of Nelson were
second low gross while Diane
McAfee and junior Marty
Carew of Castlegar were
third.

Thirty-six golfers from the
West Kootenay played in the
tourney which matches
juniors and adults on two-
player teams.

Sherwood, 55, who’s won
more than his share of tour-
naments in the area over the
years, was flattered by the 15-
year-old Archambault’s
request to have him as a part-
ner for the tourney.

Kid is just what
doctor ordered

“He gave me a call and
wanted to play @ith me, so I
felt pretty good about that,“
said Sherwood.

And it paid off when the
two put on a late charge to
win the low gross.

“We were three down gong
into the 16th and birdied, the
16th, 17th and 18th,” said
Sherwood.

Greg and Ron Babcock of
Rossland were fourth low
gross while Harry Redhead
and Jeff Cromarty of Trail
were fourth low net.

JODY CAREW '
-~filled prescription