» CASTLEGAR NEWS, March 27,1983

_Shop Henne's Marina for custom boat-tops

Faapariaent is in the capable hands of seamstress

fe CUSTOM TOP . «and upholste:
R en with Henne's for the past six years.

Jan Kenndle who has

KALESNIKOFF

SERVING THE KOOTENAYS SINCE 1963

Kalesnikoff
A NAME YOU CAN TRUST

We produce top quality
Lumber for both
LOCAL SALES &

CANADIAN SALES

If planning to build

come down and we'll be

glad to give an

estimate endo .
Lumber ne: teva

“Thrums, B.C. 399-4211

LUMBER"
CO. LTD.

WE'RE MORE THAN

Just A Marina
Full Service Facilities

— Parts in Stock
— Qualified Mechanics

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” LAWNMOWERS:
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BOAT TOPS
— Repairs
— Camper Tops
— Full Tops
— Guaranteed Work

aja Toki
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“Quality You Can Afford” — from 12 ft. to 16% ft.

‘Serving The

Area For
MARINA LTD. 9 Years

191 Columbia Ave., Castlegar 365-3219

Back in ‘the spring of '
1976,; Bill: Henne and Ron

, Giles felt, there was ‘a; need

fora full marine supply shop
in Castlegar. This led to the
opening in April of ‘76, of

has been with the compa
for six years,

“The: on-site service
provides expért servicing
area boats. Dan Holdsworth,

‘Henne's ) Marina in
ear

‘Cantlogar.

The: See itd operation
developed to'a point where
production demanded a steff
of 11 in 1970; The’ business
now ‘offers a wide’ range of
marine supplies, but accord
ing’ to Manager Ron ° Giles,
Henne's emphasizes an excel-
-lent service shop'and.custom

boat-top manufacturing: ‘Jan.
Kendall, Henne's seamstress:

times, Ron has coleanteatod,

on: the sale of smaller boats
up ‘to '17-footers' and ‘feels

«are a-common wight at Henne’s
‘t keep a hu:

ventory but is always, well stocke

and sizes to suit most slab :

e_ million. dollar:
with different lines

Schnei der’ S.

SPTCIIO ‘iC ‘ONT OO

as...

expect continued low interest
tes, ‘low inflation-and high
ployment, ‘for, the bal-
‘ance of 1983, toone

Kootenay econ rhtly”
better off cay rest of
North Anieriea

“we're

-of-the area’s Jeading’ ‘financial :

dealing‘ with ‘tough employ.
ment conditions,” says Doug
Stanley, general manager for
Kootenay ings Credit
ca “I see
” he added later.
The “48-year-old Stanley

2, will have been with Kootenay
Savings for two years as of
“the end ‘of April. He was:

hired as the firm's operations
‘manager, and was recently

relatively ‘stable ‘with Com.
ineo.. and BC ‘Timber still
operating and smploying | a
large -. percentage the:
work force,

That stability’ has’ allowed
residents cin this’ ‘area to'p
away some money,’ he: notes.

“The overall population is;
in a good position to ride out:
the. .recession,”’.. he  says,;

“more so than in larger. cen-

3."
pier sere Le RTE hea

LT emoe, Canal tre

very large supply

For about 11° years,
Schneider's - Building © Sup:
plies Limited at Waneta
Junction has been’ offering a
large supply of hardware and
building materials, and the
services‘ of a qualified staff
with more than 220 years ‘of
related. ‘experience.

‘Owner Greg Schneider
says that four years ago, his
company purchased a 82,000-

quare-foot fi d

The. staff..of Schneider's

inchides Cheryl Batsch, - of-

fice clerk, Gordon | Bradshaw,
sales clerk, Ray Desnoyers,
warehouse, Al Dixon, paint
specialist, Lorne Downs,

shipping and receiving, Will

Gladdish, — electrical, Ray-

“mond Price, hardware spec-

ialty, Colin - Harpell, clerk
sales, Mark Saplywy; driver,
Kelly: Hutchison, driver,
Glenn

warehouse. This allows the
building” supplies and hard-
ware company to buy in large
quantities to help keep the
business competitive.

As well, this warehouse
enables ider’s to pro-

manager, Ann Jenkin, book-
keeper, Greg: Schneider,
manager. and- Tom Paul,
plumbing.

“They would like to ‘thank

vide its with a

for -pat:

: variety of stock, eS

NNN ANON
CRNGTIN

AWS

oa

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WOW Ae

F,

“general manager Don Tuline,
who left for a position with a
Lower Mainland credit union.

Stanley has 22 years of.

experience in the finance
business, the majority of that:
‘dealing with consumers, The

“last five years he has focused ©

-on serving the business com-
munity.

“That has. given him a
unique. perspective on. to:
day's. economic climate.

Stanley says the’ key to
economic recovery. in the
West Kootenay and — North
America as a whole — is con-

: “The- consumer is visiting’
+ out there for someone to say, |

adds that resi.
dents, here are also more
self-reliant’ than ‘in’ largex
centres. “People here-—.be-
cause of stability — seem to
be. more willing ‘to. ae

themselves.”

Turning to the role of the
financial ‘community’ in this

area, Stanley foresees a very

competitive market in 1983 -
84. He says that because of
defaults in large transac-
tions, banks will return to the
“grassroots” business. ©

That means competing ‘for
the consumer and “getting
back. to: ‘some’ good‘ aolid
banking practices aimed. at

the consumer rand away

big business.” 4

‘The ‘result will be. highly
competitive market for both
deposits and Jeans this year,
Stanley predicts. 1.

“That type of thing ... will
keep (interest) rates down
really low.” ~~ :

He adds that Kootenay Sa-

. Vings is in a good position to

take its placo'.in' the local
market. ne
“We think we are very well

, poised to compete in this

ce ire?
‘¢ _
ie

marketplace,” he says. .

He adds that Kootenay Sa-
vings is “very aggressively
getting into long range. plan-

ning.” That will include at-

home. banking where credit

~ union members will be able:

to use their own home com-
puter to call up deposits and
balances.

“It's. bound to. happen,”;

says Stanley — particularly

‘as the school-age generation:
- gets older and demands those

type of services,
-“The financial community

is going to have to move to’

handle those needs,” he says.
Other changes could see
the Kootenay.Savings move

+ into the field ‘of. investment

counselling, advising cus-

tomers “what to do with

(their) excess funds.”
Stanley says the general

public today doesn’t have ac-"

cess to the investment. ex-
pertise. He added that since
West Kootenay residents are

“savers,” they need good in-"

vestment counselling.
“Overall, Stanley says Koot-
enay Savings plans to take a

leadership role in the coming,

year. SS

“The success of any organ-
ization comes with being ag-
gressive and being innova-
tive,” he noints out.

“ED CHERNOFF

The roving cameraman

: Ed Chernoff hasbeen a
professional photographer
aince’ 1975 when ho’ gradu-
ated from: one ‘of Canada's

finest ph ¥

to know ‘the people and en-
vironment Iam: photograph-
ing... the strength of what I
offer, asa photographer is an
te the ‘studio’ f

Ryerson Peal pene
tute in Toronto. Familiar to
residents as Cable West pro-

,. gram director for the past

seven’ years, Ed has also
operated. Chernoff's Photo-
graphic Services.

“Ed does business from his.

home; or rather, the client's
environment... the majority

of his work is taken on a sea- |

sonal -basis from spring to
fall, when weddings, family
gatherings and portraits can
benefit: from both indoor and
outdoor ‘coverage.

“When I take on'a elient
1 enjoy taking the time to get

an ple Lumber achieved the most dramatic im-

‘tradition. .... studio's cer-
tainly have iihee place and I
have: been: trained -well to
work ‘in that: tradition, but
the reality ia, the half-hour or
so spent ina studio session

can be confining and uncon.

fortable for the client, with
no alternative. envircament
at hand.” ’

Ed specializes in full candid
and formal coverage of wed-
dings from before the core-
mony at the bride’s home to
the ‘throwing of the ‘garter
and bouquet at the evening
Feception. -

"Providing between 0 aad

100 exposures, the ‘htont tna’
a wide vareity of: proofs :for
which; to ‘choose. ! Ed: takes

pride in presenting a unique
full 3

‘Bolkirk College... After ser-
‘ving’ with the Kimberley,
‘Windermere, Cranbrook and

Fernie school districts in the
;Bast Ke

he

a modest price.

“Its the trength: of my:

to Selkirk College where he
is now ‘the senlor audio-visual

+

work which will
continue. my. success in bus-
iness rather than pricing pol-
icy ..', clionts should have the
opporiunity to see what they.
might purchase ‘before mak-
ing more: than a minimum

Chernoff's video taping

service is handled by Ken:

-busitiess since 1975, when he

was first hired to work on the
design, installation and test-

ing of the recording studio at

DESPITE "RECESSION

mill. In the

Ken owns and operates the ff

successful consulting. firm
Cazakoff Consulting, which
specializes in design, instal-

_ lation: and repair, of audio,

video and computer systems,
Some of his accounts include
Cable West TV Ltd., School
District No. 9 (Castlegar),
Bill's TV, Rebuilding, ‘The
Kootenay Doukhobor;Histor-

‘ical Society, The: B.C.’ Min-

istry of Forests and Canadian
Pacific Railway.
In addition to his abllity as

a

Production up at Celgar

In 1982, BC. Timber Ltd.
concentrated ite activities on
surviving the serious and
prolonged recession in the
forest products industry.

. Itwasa year for

year, the sawmill was closed
for a total of 12 weeks in
order to adjust inventories
but the pulp mill maintained
continuous production taking
an in the

cident, a

ment over 1981's record of 47
disabling injuries. The safe-
ty record is unprecedented
for: a mill of this size.

ing to the Interior

the industry in general and
BC Timber, along with many

fall and its scheduled main-
tenance shutdown at Christ-

other companies, suffered mas.

Despite cutbacks and the
a 5

heavily. By year ‘end, the
had ded an af-

ter-tax loss of $54.5 million.
Of that loss, about 80 per
cent can be attributed to the
company’s northern opera-
tions which severely curtail-
ed production for much of the
year due to plummeting de-
mand for forest products. In
late November, these: mills

were closed down completely’

for an indefinite period.
Compared to the northern
mills, the Celgar Lumber and
Celgar Pulp divisions in
Castlegar continued to oper-
ate relatively . unscathed.
During the course of the

pro-
there’ were some

Lumber Manuf: y As

ber to the econ-
omics of cutting export lum-
ber. The experiment was
successful and-the mill now
has the flexibility of pre-
paring lumber for either the
North aA ican or’

sociation (ILMA), it is the
first-time since the ILMA
started keeping records in
1972 that an interior sawmill
which clocks over 400,000
has

. achieved an unblemished

Celgar Lumber achieved
the most dramatic improve-
ment in both production‘and
safety of any BC Timber mill.
Production of lumber per
employee increased through-
out the year culminating in a
85 per cent increase in the
final three. months of 1982
over the same period the
year before.

This) was accomplished
without a single lost-time ac-

safety record.

Another direction in which
the mill is moving is in div-
ersifying its markets by cut-
ting lumber to export di-
mensions.. Two of - BC-
Timber’s ‘n a ill

markets.

Celgar Pulp, — historically
one of the most productive
pulp mills'in the province,
also continued to operate at
near record levels in 1982.
Cost cutting. programs and
improved productivity help-
ed it to further reduce its
production costs and main-
tain its competitive position
in U.S. and export markets.

Maintaining competitive-
ness i has been

have already converted their
facilities to cutting and grad-
ing their products to U.K.
specifications. _

In February, Celgar Lum-
ber prepared a trial shipment
of 600,000 board feet of lum-

a major cencern of BC Tim-
ber during the past year. As
a result-of weak markets,
pulp prices dropped from
$545 U.S. in early 1982 to
between $400 and $420 U.S.
at year end.

ED CHERNOFF
«+ 8till photography

a technologist, Ken: is ao
photographer with eight
years of production experi-
ence in audio and video re-
cording and editing. Ken says’
that the greatest: growth in
his consulting business has
been in computers,

final three months of 1982, production increased 35
same period the year. before.

... video taping

Professional Photo: rdiph and Video Taping
Weddings and Family Gatherings
Environmental Portraits — Team Photos
: Reasonable Prices a

- SEE MY PORTFOLIO OF WORK AND DISCUSS YOUR NEEDS.
_ Phone Ed Chernoff at 365-3209 after 6pm.

SERVING OUR MEMBERS

in the

CASTLEGAR DISTRICT FOR 34 YEARS

Your Family Financial Centre:
© Free Personalized Cheques
© Consumer Loans for all Purposes
© Sickness & Accident Insurance
© Safety Deposit Boxes
© Line of Credit
© Mortgage Loans
© Night Depository
© Mortgage Insurance

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~ Credit Union

Castlegar
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tat

1982 was a disastrous year for the
Forest Products Industry. BC Timber,
like. many other companies, suffered
serious financial losses. Demand for
forest products plummeted worldwide
and the result was reflected in mill
shutdowns and extensive layoffs.

But in Castlegar, the picture was not as
bleak as in many other B.C. com-
We have ¢

The difficult times have made it im-
perative’ that the company streamline
its operations and become more com-
petitive on world markets. Our Celgar
mills prove it's working. Our em-
ployees and the community have
displayed an excellent understanding
of how the recession is affecting BC
Timber and through close co-operation
are helping to keep the company and

Celgar

record.

Pulp Division
throughout 1982 because of its low
production costs.
Division boosted
dramatically and at the same time
established an unsurpassed safety

Celgar Lumber

d operating Castlegar working.

sha. BCTimber

BC Resources Group

because we are efficient producers.

operated

production