A2__ CASTLEGAR NEWS, March 9,.1983

EXPORT SHIPMENT .. . Celgor sawmill worker stencils
new BC Timber logo “Westar” on shipment bound for

CELGAR

> continued from front page

lumber buyers are far more particular about their lumber.
And the are much di

For instance, the current shipment en Celgar sawmill
is 600,000 board feet of three-inch green lumber in widths of.
six, eight and nine inches.

Celgar cuts lumber for the North American market in
variables of two (two by two, two by four, four by four). As
well, the overseas lumber must be cut to metric equivalents,
even though the mill isn't outfitted for metric cutting.

Thus, Celgar only cuts lumber that is closest to the
metric equivalent. The three by six, eight and nine-inch
lumber in the first shipment all corresponds to metric
equivalents used overseas. ;

Industrial relations manager Al Blessin explained
during a tour .of the mill that because the overseas
specifications for lumber are so rigid, the green lumber must
first be cut to approximately three inches and then planed to
exactly three inches.

Normally, lumber for the North American market
would simply be cut once. And in order to cut the larger size
wood, the mill had to install “spacers”.in the green chain.

As well, unlike the domestic: market, the export market
requires that the lumber be treated to prevent fungus _

itope: While North American lumber: doesn't ‘equire
stencilling, overseas 8 shy ments are more particular.

during shipping. That force igar to install a spray ‘hoot
and tank at an undisclosed amount, In fact, total’ cost for
coriverting the ‘mill was ‘not disclosed. ©

Once the lumber has been cut, planed and’ treated, the

« ends must be sprayed ‘with: paint. Blessin, said the’ paint

ig or leaving .the wood and
thus prevents | the ee from’ splitting during. shipping.

But the paint also :has’ an esthetic; aspeet which
European ‘lumber. buyers demand,. Blessin said. That
esthetic aspect also means that the each load be meticulously °
stencilled. with the company ‘logo. The; North American
market does; not require stencilling.

But the most important part of the cutting. for export:
markets. is grading the lumber properly. ‘Overseas buyérs
have much more stringent quality standards. ©

‘They will ‘only. accept minimal “wane'
lumber isn’t - perfectly square), and ‘they won't accept any -
“pitch” lines or bark on the lumber.

, That means. the. mill's graders had to: be. specially
trained to recognize what’ is and is not acceptable. for
overseas shipment.

The conversion has required one or two extra’ workers -
in the sawmill and a couple of extra employees for quality °
control and spraying.

Celgar, manager. Thornton also brought in Henry
Kuehne, quality control supervisor from the Kitwanga mill:
to specially help supervise the first shipment. Kuehne joined
-Celgar’s own ‘quality control supervisor Joe Cheveldave and.
Mike Kanigan, quality control Supervisor for the Interior
Lumber

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“It's quite, an .experience,” said Cheveldave. ‘Its a
learning experience that each sawmill goes through when
they go to a new product. We've got to.be proud’ “of our.
~ employees. they 've adapted: to’the”chi

"little i
American market.”

Thornton ‘noted that the changeovdr’ resulted - in. lost.
production t time, but quickly added that the’ move should pay”

off in the long run.

He said the entry into the export market should provida
stability for the mill and its employees — and that is what
counts in the end.

‘recession-plagued :
dustry after the. U.S. “Com: '
merce Department, issued a.

, preliminary finding ‘that Can.

adian softwood exports
should not be subject, fo
import duties,

“The decision can be. hulled ;
‘asa triumph for the principle:
of free trade,” Don Lanskail,

s chairman’ of the’ Canadian

Softwood Lumbér Commit-
tee, a joint industry-govern-"
ment lobbying group, said

‘ Tuesday.

“It means we're not going.
.to suffer a major setback in
what appears to be the road |
to recovery in the. lumber,
industry.” |

In Ottawa, Trade Minister.”
Gerald Regan said the. ruling’ -

:ealier Tuesday, saved at least!

70,000 Canadian jobs’ and
“probably: a heck: of a: lot:
more” in the long. run: be-:
cause ‘an adverse decision

“would have set’ a serious :

recedent. ,

The ruling rejected the key

allegation by-a coalition of
U.S, companies that provin.,
cial gov

sanpatiives bidding: ‘the are of many when he
jor: problem, ‘noting’ that ‘said the U.S. decision is “firm
American lumbermen usually’ find’ assertive enough” to

} bid for cutting rights: be! withstand arguments against

tween'two and five years in’ it.
advance without taking’ into:*

account: changing market “Ontario Natural Resources
conditions, 29s Minister Alan Pope concur-
'Ttialao’ga othide reasons* red, saying such preliminary
for Canada's ‘competitive ad-. rulings usually stand and this
vantage, inéluding “differen. is. likely. to be overturned
.ces'in’ quality and ‘aceessib- oniy’ if“some provincial ad-
ility of the: timber; land) the ministration had deliberately
practice: in’: Canada ‘of: re- misrepresented some facts”
quiring: those who-are allow- to

THREATENED JOBS

25,000 people cmploys

Ontario's lumber ’: industry
could have lost their jobs had
the ruling gone the. other.
way. That would liave meant’

“dramatic’ consequences: for.”
.some of. the one: -industry -

towns in Northern Ontarlo,”
he added. Ge

Pope said he and his coun- °

terpar'ts in British. Columbia
and Quebec plan_no’ furthen
lobbying on the issue ‘now..
because it would be.“ eouns,

ed to" harvest, timber ‘to
peform significant ‘”. forest
management services for.the
(provincial) governments.”

Pope said one-third of. the

terp

‘qitough invoutestors FIRST CITY.

grants provided by federal
‘and provincial governments coatnued from front page
did amount to their with a rT it permit
impact was’ too minor’ to gnd-rezoning for ‘the larger
require countervailing: du- mall because First City didn't
ties. * own the 50-foot right-of-way
» The department’ will’ make jt intended to build on.
a final caling on setigates Meanwhile, First City also
jay: 23 after inves! TS ssked for three years to
check ‘information supplied complete the mall, Under the
Wy oe seins veity's new development per-
+ of
a coalition of U.S, companies

viously

Canadian exports: through.
the. stumpage system’: ‘of :
awarding cutting rights.

‘The. American lumberm
argued that the practice puts =
them at an unfair competitive
disadvantage and sought im:
-port duties of 65 per cent on
- imports: of Canadian ‘soft-”

wood products such as: lu
ber, . fencing, . shingles an
shakes. .

Instead, °C pin its

to shed

ue Court : of ‘International’ for..a vity to. ask. for an’
‘An gee

peal is possible increase.”
he explained that employ-
ofa ee ees can hardly be asked to
% take a zero per cent increase

for BC Tim-

130+ page: ruling tited” Us.

Workers agree
‘to wage freeze

By ‘CasNows S! Stalk
Nearly half of the Ce Central
Rootenay Region: | District:
40 permanent f time? B

loyees have. ‘agreed “to:
wage freeze for 1983.

The agreement, which calls
for a zero per cent increase in
wages and. benefits, was
disclosed in a prepared state-
ment from’ the regional: dis-
‘trict and covers 80 non-union
employees working | in the

NEC gets grant

By CasNews Statt the NEC's initial

rative,

sion;.

~ added, “The Staff. Associa-
+tion ig.to be commended for continue to try and trint
“its decision. ‘Our employees &xPenses elsewhere if we are

‘A
in “amber reflected ‘ber. —a major power user in

that made the coniplalat. said.
Tuesday: his: group ¥ was Bask H AR D
i "i

- on what we anticipated to be ‘

mit regulations, : the

oper’ has @

years to complete the work.

However, council noted that:

it can extend the time limit if

needed.
Council will have. city:

and the planning committee p
study the latest proposal and.

return with " recommen
tions as next council meeti

our cost of doing business, so
obviously 4.5 per cent is not
going to allow us. to me
these costs,” Fisher. said.

He noted that senlor utility. :

return to shareholders:once: ~.°

the utility enters’ into, the.
public stock m.srcet in.1984.:
“We have to have’ a.com-.

petitive rate of return,” he :

ie
foore’s, concern . than any
pees is difficult to face in
light of the economy.
:* BC Timber joined the city
* and a number. of interveners
in opposing WKPL’s applica-
tion for a rate increase at last
month's ‘hearings.
Brant Ducey, director of
publicaffairs for B.C. Resour-
‘faxpayer.” ‘ees, said ina telephone
gs Fegional district called interview “from Vancouver
the move “a most unusual but that BC Timber is not able to
very to: , pass on it d costs to the
iavor’ negotia- because of declin-
Tens ing lumber markets.
Increased power costs
“means we will have to work
just: that much harder. and

the gravity of the national,
provincial ‘and ‘local reces-
ind. concern for the

tions.” =
‘Acting regional board
chairman. Martin Vanderpol

‘aware ofand do going to remain competitive

buildin;
development ‘and’ refuse is-

understand the effects of the, ip international markets,” he
} -Said., ‘

“The employees ‘are reépres-
ented in i

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Clip & SAVE. CLIP

Centre has been awarded a
$35,700 grant. for 1988 under
the federal Canada Commun-
ity Development Program.
In making the am

for a grant had been Les
Rotering said federal auth-:
orities felt the project pro-.

“posed by the.NEC was too

similar to Projects funded by
the C

ment, Gerald Rotering, assis-
tant to Kootenay West MP

program ‘in tee past. How-
ever, the initial decision was -

Lyle Ki noted that

The regular price
of any si

stock Brun-
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B.F. Goodrich or.
Firestone. Limit
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Velid to April 1/63

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led ‘and after the NEC
provided necessary docum-
entation, the grant was app-
roved. ;
Rotering said this is the
third consecutive year the
NEC has received a grant

Staff Association.

“The freeze: is expected to”
save. the regional. district.
$62,000. Under the Compen-
sation Stablization Act, re-
‘gional district salaries could
have increased' by a max-
imum eight per cent.

The staff association was
“formed in 1981, and although
* not. certified under the prov-
incial. Labor: Code, is * the
organization recognized by

.the regional board as the

bargaining agent for the 30°

under.-the works
program. He notéd that the.
rogram is not intended to
provide on-going funding. ~
eae NEC received $35,828

neOmmunity works

lost typ

KOOTENAY STONE
‘Contre
Over 40 types of natural stone

Staff ‘Association spokes.
man’ Sandra Kew said: the
contract proposal was sub--
mitted to the regional board
“after due consideration of
the current high rate-. of
unemployment in’ our: area;

Masonry supplies
On-site stone displays.
Free consultations

Masons available or do-it--
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Every 100th stone customer spending
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din stock y

“District + of PS tral Koot-
by the cs :

. Not so sure.”

“* However, ‘Ducey ‘applatd-
‘ed the commission's decision

sna. aa70". ‘toreduce the rate of increase

The regiona) district hi

‘pernfanent fulltime: employ- in the -utility's application,

ees. and 40 onal employ- | saying that it proves “they

ees, and génerates an annual re concerned about restrai-

ayroll of about $1.5, million, Mt.”

ania WKPL spokesman Jack
ie declined to

Investment "capital would, Q

system upgrading and expan

Fisher said ‘that ani8.7-
per cent increase would have
enabled ‘the - utility. to’ offer

a 16.25 per -cent ‘rate of.

return on shareholder invest
2

«DANSE mee at ‘after: &

Washington-based expert on’
Canadian utilities had stud:
ied the market for invest-

ment in utilities, government:

bonds and ‘the private : stock:
market, Fisher said: °

’“Tt (the. 4.5 por cent rate: i
increase). will obviously:

knock it (the rate of return)"
down but we don't know b;
how much,” he added." :
‘The new ‘rate increase wil
take effect. immediately’ in,
‘billing for domestic custom:

ers but Fisher said it may. not:
show up.on the bills of ‘some
. consumers for’: a of

months. i

The approved i increase will
raise the | average monthly
bill fora d

lully on, the’ reduced rate
reel until the utilities
commission's written deci-
sion is released at the end of
the month. The decision. is
expected to include details of
conditions and reasons for

Lien filed
“against -
BC Coal the increase.

VANCOUVER (GP) — A However, he explained
$7.9-million lien has been that the utility had applied
filed against BC Coal by: the. ‘for the ‘8.7 per cent increase
contractor for the company’s ‘to help- meet .current ‘costs
Greenhills maintenance plant and to attract invesement
in southeastern B.C. capital.

Calgary-based. Copa Con “Our application was based
struction Co, . Ltd... it

using 1,000 kilowatts. “up,
$1.29 to $29.97 from $28.68,

The most recent rate -in-
crease,granted to WKPL in:

September of-last year am--

ounted to 1.2) per cent.
However, in January, 1982,
WKPL was granted: a. 18.5.
per cent rate increase follow”
ing a 1981 submission to the
‘utilities commission. -

As well, WKPL was allow:

ed to pass on toconsumersa -

- water licence fee increase of
12 per.cent.; ‘

hasn't been paid ae for:

leted
Doser fr Cn whch Ve Police Briefs —

is 67-per-cent owned by the

B.C. Resources Investment |
Corp. ‘ Castlegar RCMP are inves-
B.C. Resources. spokesman tigating two break-ins that
Brant Ducey. said- Tuesday occurred Sunday night. Thie-
the company is confident ves broke into the O.K. Tire
talks with Cana will lead to Store .on Columbia Ave.
settlement of the dispute, but through a side ' door that was

. Cana president Irv Thomas is_ in.

report the theit of approx-

imately. 75 cases of . beer
taken from a trailer located

at. the Labatt's, warehouse.”
Approximatley 15 cases have -

been recovered. and the in-

* $116 was stolen,

.’ “We've had some meetings ‘As well, thieves attempted
with them, but the next move to break into the South
is to decide if we have to go Castlegar Dixie Lee by pry-
to court to settle of if we.can ing open the rear door and
work something out,” Thom-. later by ‘breaking’ through
as said in'a telephone inter- the boards over the windows.
view from Calgary..° The Castlegar RCMP also

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FRIDAY, MARCH 11
10 a.m. to7 p.m.

~ A single-vehicle accident
March 5 saw approximately’
$2,600. damage to a vehiéle
driven by David Terhune.
The vehicle was travelling.
southbound on Columbia’

‘Avenue when it made a left. .

turn on, 18th Street and
struck a light, standard. No
injuries. were reported, _. .

A second accident took
place March 6 on. Pass Creek
Road when a vehicle:.trav-
elling northbound swerved to

|. avoid hitting animals on the

road and went into a ditch,
Driver Robert Sweeney of
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