CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, May 24, 1973 ae i ot MINI ITEM in Saturday's Castlegar Savings Credit Union first annual boat, bike and trailer show to be held at Super-Valu parking lot beginning at 10 a.m., is this one-horse power motor being displayed by Bill Seminoff of Monashee Sporting Equipment of Castlegar, left, while Castlegar Savings Credit Union manager Harold Webber looks on. Included in the one-day show are motorcycles, canoes, boats, motor homes, camping trailers, as well By Bob McMurray The timing of the pr cial government's entry into forest industry ownership in B.C, is “fortuitous", but the man who designated to run Canadian Cellulose wants peo- ple toremember the industry is cyclical. “Let's not get euphoric about the present good market’, says Ronald M. Gross. “There are fat years and lean years— and that’s the way it has been for a long, long time.” Last week Mr. Gross was named by Resources Minister Williams as the executive who will be appointed president of Canadian Cellulose when the government assumes its 79-per- cent ownership of Columbia Cellulose (Colcel) on June 29. Gross has been with Colcel since 1968 and has been executive vice-president since 1970. Now, it’s not that Mr. Gross wants to be pessimistic about the outlook for the . company now that the govern- ment is involved. On the contrary he talks enthusiasti- cally and, as he says, almost idealistically what can‘. be accomplished, particularly in the northern Interior opera- tions. “In the past, there has been too much said and written which was not in a positive way about this company. We look to achallenging future. People are going to watch us closely. We must set a good standard.” Colcel has been rather a “loner” in the B.C. forest industry, partly because of the geographic location of its pulp mills at Prince Rupert and Castlegar, partly because it was always changing its top Management and partly be- cause of its continuing financial and production problems. The government has come in at a time when both the lumber ‘and the pulp markets are good. Lumber, perhaps, is peaking in price but pulp is gathering strength and, there- fore, better prices as the U.S, and world economies continue to climb. Colcel has not integrated as much as other major B.C. producers, and this has caused many of its problems, particu- larly for the Prince Rupert operations. The integrateds get the best economic return from logs by using the the best ones for lumber and running their pulp mills on the residual chips as much as they can. Colcel has made recent improvements in this regard. *Mr. Gross believes that if there is a down-cycle in the pulp market in the next few years it may not be as bad as other downturns because there are fewer new pulp machines being built now. The rate of return on investment hasn't been good enough to encourage new construction. The _president-designate knows that his company will have to make a profit to attract 20% OFF ALL GIFT ITEMS OZEROFF JEWELER 146 Columbia Avenue — Phone 365-7445 ANNOUNCEMENT JUNCTION SHELL SERVICE ls Now Equipped to Align and Balance Wheels on All Makes of Vehicles Qur newly appointed mechanic, Joe Mauriello is factory trained in Alignment and Balancing. as motors of all sizes. Participating will be Rossland Outdooramen, Columbia Motorcycles, Davies Jeep Sales and Service, Markin Equipment, Maras Small Equipment, Mike's Mobile Homes, Monashee Sporting Equipment, Columbia Basin Fibremold, Park Trailer Service and Carefree Enterprises. Numerous prizes will be offered with free coffee and doughnuts made available through the courtesy of Super-Valu Store.—Castlegar News Photo Colcel’s New President Looks fo a Challenging Future; Warns About the Cyclical Nature of the Pulp Industry new capital. Colcel has lost or written off $95 million since 1966, but the last two quarterly periods have shown a profit. He won't discuss profit projections, but teases: “There could be More surprises.” .Mr. Gross thinks that the total use of the forest resource in the northern Interior will have to be reviewed in the provincial government's pro- gram for development of the region. This will involve the location of new sawmills, what forms of transportation will be needed and where the wood resources will be used. The province is now negotiating with Ottawa for new rail lines and blanket freight rates and wants to encourage indepen- dent sawmillers to enter the region. “I don’t think anyone is interested in controlling the resource and not. properly utilizing it,” says Mr. Gross. “If a business enterprise comes up with a program to utilize the resource, I don't think the government is going to turn it down as long as it gets what is appropriate for the use of the resource.” ~ Colcel controlled 7.2 mil- lion acres in its northern tree farm licence and parts of it at the headwaters of the Skeena and Nass Rivers were under- used, Mr. Williams said this area is heing returned to the provincial government. ~ Before 1969, Colcel had no lumber operations in the north and used only about five per cent residual chips in its kraft and sulphite pulp mills. With the purchase of a mill at Terrace and construction of another at Kitwanga and some additional purchases, the chip percentage is now up to about 17 per cent. The aim is to get it up to at least 80 per cent. Studies will be made to see synthetic fibres and such things as photographic paper. The product uses more raw mater- ials and creates a different pollution problem than a kraft mi What about pollution pro- blems with the mills at Rupert and Castlegar? “Those were long-term problems the company was not concerned with solving before,” Gross said. “We have permits for operation now and we are applying to the pollution control branch in order to fulfill our obligations. “We have to keep in mind that we are not going to shirk our responsibility, but we have to keep the pocketbook in mind, too, If other companies in this business comply we expect to do so. If there are certain areas ’ where we feel the demands are unfair or not relevant, then we will have to seek: professional advice on how to solve the problem.” As far as Mr. Gross is concerned Canadian Cellulose is a publicly-owned corporation=, with 21 per cent of its shares owned by about 8,000 Cana- dians. He says there will be more public interest now than when Celanese Corporation of New York, which owns 91 per cent until June 29, was in control. Applications will be made to trade the shares of Canadian Cellulose on Canadian stock exchanges. “We want to exude vital- ity, enthusiasm and energy and to assure our shareholders and the public there are many loyal, dedicated professional people in the company who have not had a chance to express themselves in the past. They were always fighting fires or under a cloud of divestiture.” And speaking of divesti- ture—what about the govern- ment selling all or part of its shares in the future? Mr. Gross does not know of any specific plans. It is known that ‘the government studied this during the examination of olcel. “It might all depend on the profitability of Canadian Cellu- lose,” says Mr. Gross. Board of. trustees for School District No, 9 has accepted the resignations of W. R. Whittaker of Stanloy Hum- phries Secondary School, Mrs. M. D, Bate and Mrs, J. B, Mackereth, both of Twin Rivers School, Mrs. M. Hancock of Robson Elementary School and Mrs. P. Hucal of Kinnaird Junior Secondary School, * * * The tender of R. Wigen, who submitted the bid of $681 for the purchase of a Cub Cadet Tractor with accessories, was accepted by the board. Other tenders submitted were D. Finlay $546, P. Konkin $401, K. Yaseniuk $350, B. Lebedoff $316.05 and P. Popoff $401. * * *. W. Whitehead received the appointment to the mainten- anct staff of School District No, 9, He was chosen from five applicants given personal inter- views from approximately 20 applications. His duties began May 7. * * * Castlegar Plumbing and Heating, which submitted a tender of $1,870 will install the dust control system at Kinnaird Junior Secondary School. * * * A $400 grant was made available to assist the cast of “Sing to Me Through Open Windows” to attend the recent B.C. Drama festival held at Dawson Creok. Superintendent of schools, G. C. Bissell, spoke highly of the SHSS play, noting one of the cast, Craig Jones, was presented the best actor's award in the West Kootenay Festival. ‘ . . Asecurity check of schools in the immediate Castlegar- Kinnaird area by George Getty Cominco Pays Semi-Annual Dividend of 50c The board of directors of Cominco has declared a semi- annual dividend of 50 cents a share on the outstanding common shares of the company for the six months ending June 80, 1973, payable on June 22, 1979, to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 21, 1973. of Dor-Chek-R for a fee of $500 a month was turned down by the board, . . cj All irrigation systems in the school districts are to be blown out each fall with a compressor to eliminate the freezing of the lines. Six hundred feet of fencing for Stanley Humphries Second- ary School, estimated to cost approximately $2,367.46 and 216 feet of fencing at the Castlegar Primary School at an estimated cost of $879.17, were tabled for consideration in next year's budget. Accident Victim Funeral Service Held on Sunday An 18-year-old Winlaw man, who died accidentally last Thursday, was buried in Perry Siding Cemetery Monday. Funeral services were held Sunday through to Monday from the Appledale Hall for Lawrence Fomenoff who was born Aug. 26, 1954 in Nelson. A resident of Winluw all his life, Mr. Fomenoff was attending Mt. Sentinel Second- ary Schoo! and was to graduate this June. He was predeceased by his parents—his father, Fred, in 1970 and his mother, Helen, early in April of this year. He was also predeceased by his brother-in-law Peter Maloff, in 1971, Mr. Fomenoff is survived by one brother, Fred; two sisters, Miss Marilyn Fomenoff and Mrs. Betty Maloff, all of Winlaw. Two uncles and four aunts also survive, Castlegar Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. 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