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Ostriches are attracting droves of investors, but the ostrich population in the U.S., estimated at 20,000 on about 2,000 farms, is still too small to support tanneries and slaughterhouses. _WorkPLACE Kalesnikoff Lumber’s tradition being passed from generation to generation Jonathan Green NEWS REPORTER While a lot of people may think of 65 as being retirement time, Peter Kalesnikoff has other ideas. “As far as my retirement is concerned, I'll be six feet in the ground,” he said. Kalesnikoff is the main man behind Kalesnikoff Lumber Co. Ltd., the true essence of a family business. The company was started in 1940 by his father and a couple uncles around China Creek. Three moves and 52 years later, the sawmill operation now sits off Highway 3A opposite the Tarrys Volunteer Fire Department. Since opening day in 1972, the present mill has undergone some major changes. In addition to space increases for the front: office, work shop and lumber sheds, the sawmill itself was expanded in October of 1989. But the change that will have the greatest effect on production is the recent addition of a third wood kiln — -one_ that Kalesnikoff says will double the lumber output from 1,000,000 to 2,000,000board feet per month. “There’s no end to it,” he said. “There’s always room for expansion. You just don’t build everything at once.” - The company draws its timber from some 67,000 cubic metres in forest districts around the Arrow and Kootenay Lakes. Kalesnikoff said the amount of logging allowed each year is determined by a Timber Sell Harvesting License, similar to the Tree Farm License Pope and Talbot is requesting in its purchase of Westar Timber. “It gives us the right to cut so much timber each year,” he said. While the proposed sale of Westar is now in the government’s hands, Kalesnikoff says the end result won’t have any affect on his business. KALESNIKOFF LUMBER CO. LTD. + THRUMS, B.C Just off Highway 3A in Tarrys, Kalesnikoff Lumber serves everyone from the worldwide lumber broker to the local carpenter. Recent changes will allow the sawmill to double its monthly output of lumber. aioe = ns ens: News Photo by Jonathan Green “It didn’t make any difference to us when they weren’t running and it won't make any difference to us when they’re in business,” he said. Kalesnikoff said the only comparison between his operation and Westar’s, is that they are both sawmills. “We do a lot of specialty work,” he said, adding that the size of Westar’s operation doesn’t allow it to diversify its daily production. “A small sawmill is more versatile.” In a world where greater emphasis is placed on ecology, confrontations between environmentalists and logging companies are becoming commonplace. Kalesnikoff recognizes this, saying his company is working with — rather than against — groups in the Deer Creek and Rover Creek watersheds. “We have a pretty good relationship (with environmentalists),” he said. “We're working together.” With 20 loggers in the two forest districts, Kalesnikoff said most of the cutting is done within the company. “We do the majority of the logging,” he said, adding that the rest is contracted out. “At least 65 to.75 per cent ourselves.” After being trucked in, Kalesnikoff says the raw logs are processed, with only a small percentage of the finished product considered unfit for market. “Everything is used up,” he said, adding that the one per cent of waste from crooked logs and breakage becomes firewood. When ready for market, Kalesnikoff Lumber sells primarily to two buying groups: lumber dealers and lumber brokers. He said the difference between the two all boils down to geography. “With a lumber broker you sell into the States, across Canada and around the world,” he said, adding that a lumber dealer is more localized. But that doesn’t mean the little guy, like a local carpenter, is forgotten. “We’re community minded,” Kalesnikoff said. “We look after the individual just as much as we look after the lumber broker.” In a business where the better percentage of sales take place in the warmer months, Kalesnikoff says the winter is spent preparing for the busy season “You have to build your log inventory,” he said. “We don’t want to stockpile, but we don’t have a choice.” With over 50 years of family ownership, Kalesnikoff said he would like to see the business continue in the family name. “My dad and my uncles didn’t want it to see it go out of ° business and I don’t want to see it go out of business,” he said, adding that his son, Ken, will carry on the family name. Starting at age 14, Kalesnikoff will have been in the business 49 years when he turns 63 in April, yet he doesn’t see himself calling it quits in the near future. “I’m a workaholic,” he said, adding that he has never taken a vacation. “If I’m not occupied, Tm not happy.” And when occupied, Peter Kalesnikoff is a very happy man. “T’ve enjoyed it right from day one.”