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OPEN HOUSE .. . Jim Cross (left), g)

of Westar Timber’s Southern Wood Products, and Wilf

Sweeney (second from

left), Celgar Pulp Mill

manager, show (left to. right) Ald. Bob Pakula, his wife

and Ald. Bob MacBain some ‘of the sights at

the pulp mill during the open house celebrating ‘the

mill's 25th anniversary.

CosNewsPhat6 by Chery! Calderbonk

OPEN HOUSE MARKS CELGAR'S _ ANNIVERSARY

By CHERYL CALDERBANK ‘ Staff Writer ‘

A total of 353 people toured Westar Timber’s Celgar Pulp Operations Saturday during the local operation's 25th anniversary open house.

Celgar pulp produced its first load of unbleached pulp on Dec. 16, 1960 and in the beginning of 1961 produced the first bleached pulp.

Pulp mill manager Wilf Sweeney said the reason that 1985 was chosen as the year to have the 25th anniversary is because of the great number of employees who started working at the pulp mill 25 years ago.

Close to 30 per cent of the 380 salaried and hourly

employees at the pulp mill began working there 25 years ago.

Sweeney himself is one of the originals. He came to Celgar as a project engineer when construction began and has managed the mill since 1975.

Sweeney said the open house was an opportunity for employees to bring their friends and families and show them where they work and to impress upon the employees how important they are to the success of the operation and to the community.

Saturday's open house was the only one held since the opening of the pulp mill.

Westar will also be with a dinner.

During the open house Saturday, residents were given tours of the mill, then invited to.see some displays depicting the history of the mill and how it operates.

A number of local dignitaries toured the mill, including Castlegar Mayor Audrey Moore, aldermen Bob MacBain; Albert Calderbank and Bob Pakula, and Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco.

Westar Timber is one of North America’s ‘major producers and exporters of bleached kraft pulp and a leading

their 25-year employ

NEC holding name contest

The National Exhibition pleted that outlines a long—building, will likely soon be in Centre is holding a contest to term operating plan for the need of a tew—look_as_well,

change both its name and logo.

The name and logo change is one of the moves recom mended in an in-depth plan- ning study recently com:

The Company t Represent Insures About One Out of Five Persons * in Canada.

KEN F. BABAKAIFF

NEC.

The NEC says the name National Exhibition Centre, while it has become familiar to many, is confusing to most. With the addition of a crafts collection, regional art gall- ery and display space for the , Castlegar and District Mu- seum, the name is no longer adequate, the NEC says in a prepared release.

And the logo, which is based on the shape of the

~ says the NEC. The new logo will be used on the centre's letterhead, promotional mat- erial, catalogues and pro- grams.

The NEC says the new name. should include the functions of an NEC as a re- gional arts and crafts gallery, a permanent crafts collection and a museum.

The name must include National Exhibition Centre, even if only in brackets at the end. S

The name should suggest the regional (West Kootenay) nature-of-_the_centre.

The theme of the NEC's

new direction is’ “Made by Hand in the West Kootenay” (arts and crafts). The new logo must reflect this theme.

The winning entry in each category will receive a Les Weisbrich limited edition print, “Columbia River Cove.”

Deadline for entries is Dec. 30, 1985 and winners will be announced no later than March-31, 1986:

exporter and wholesaler of softwood lumber.

It is 100 per cent owned by B.C. Resources. Westar Timber's bleached softwood kraft pulp is marketed in 18 countries worldwide and the company's lumber production is also sold throughout the’ world.

Westar Timber operates two pulp mills, five lamber mills and two major logging divisions in the northwest and the southern Interior. It employs about 2,400 people. __'Akraft pulp mill is basically a wood processing plant to prepare cellulose fibres for papermaking.

At the Celgar Pulp Operations, Celgar brand bleached kraft pulp.is made for use in such items as gift wrap, high grade printing and writing papers and map papers.

“The strength and folding qualities of Celgar pulp make it an ideal produce for map producers,” according ‘to the company.

“The pulp made at Castlegar is recognized as a high brightness pulp equivalent in quality to the whitest pulps in the world,” it adds in’a brochure.

Celgar produces an average of 566 tonnes of finished pulp per day.

The kraft pulping process at Castlegar utilizes an alkaline “cooking” liquor composed of sodium hydroxide

BUSINESS

DOMINION RAVAGED BY MARKET FORCES

‘Editor’ 's note: Dominion ‘Stores Ltd. was the worst

affected as the supermarket chains grappled with rapid

changes in market conditions during the last few years. By ROBERT McLEOD

TORONTO (CP) — Ten years ago, more Ganadians did their food shopping at Dominion Stores Ltd. outlets than anywhere else, thanks to the chain's reputation as a price leader and the. fact that its supermarkets outnumbered: those of its competitors.

At one time the company had more than 300 stores, but today the chaimhas been dismantled, with many of its best supermarkets bought by A and P. About 40 outlets in Ontario and Newfoundland are all that's left. What brought about the change?

Analysts say the chain got sloppy and lost its reputation as a hard-nosed competitor. Its stores became tatty and it failed to reinvest money upgrading its facilities like such competitors as Loblaw Cos. Ltd., which consolidated its operations into larger outlets.

“Dominion sat back on its haunches and said we're No.1 and churned out tired expressions year after year,” said John Winter, senior associate at Clayton Research Associates.

“However, the competition like Loblaws looked at the market and asked themselves: How can we get in front of it?” x

SPECIAL REPO

He said the company’s problems boiled down to the fact that its management. was in the habit of reacting, rather than acting.

Ross Cowan retailing analyst Beaubien Inc. of Montreal agreed.

“Dominion’s demise was partly self-induced as a result of a me-too reaction to the rejuvenation of Lob- laws,” he said. “Witness generic brands, where Loblaws very innovatively came up with the idea and Dominion just me-tooed it.”

Dominion was the worst affected of the supermarket chains, all of whom were grappling with the rapid change

—in-market-conditions, tike the growing willingness” of | consumers to travel longer distances in order to get better prices.

Many analysts also say the company was neglected by its owners Conrad and Montegu Black, who appeared more interested in the other parts of-their empire. Conrad Black was once quoted as saying he didn’t want to be in the business of “retailing radishes.”

COMPANY IN RED

By late 1984, the company was in the red aud had abandoned: Western Canada and Quebec. More than 100 stores had been closed in the previous two years, and 86 more closings were planned.

To cap it all, the Dominion’s plans to franchise off money=! losing stores under the Mr. Grocer name. were

3 rio Labor Relations Board. It

with Levesque

{Sales Representative)

teaustic-soday-and-sodiunt Sulphide.

Sas Metropolitan

‘Metropoliion Really Stonds By You!

Inco

WINNIPEG (CP) — Inco Ltd. is interested in buyihg Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co. and that

two weeks ago looking ‘at

Hudson Bay operations. Hamon said if Inco_ was

successful in buying Huds

‘Cooking of th d-chips is carried: out by combining the chemicals with wood in large continuous digesters. ins and chemicals are pulped ly into the

top of the digester and move downward, to be discharged

ruled that Mr. Grocer employees must be included in the bargaining unit-representing-workers-in-the company's traditional stores — and paid an equivalent rate. Much of the original attraction of Mr. Grocer to potential buyers

PROMOTION PLANS . . . Human Resources Minister Grace McCarthy visited Castlegar and.Nelson Monday and Mayor ‘Audrey: Moore took the opportunity to

y___ Commission to. publi

show McCarthy plans by the Castlegar Industrial

Canada-wide. —

e local business opportunities

ConNews Prote

across Canada keyed to the theme “Information: . Your Key to Success,” will take place during Small Business Week —

The week will run from Oct. 20 - 26 and is organized jointly by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and the Federal Business De- velopment Bank.

More than 200 local cham- bers of commerces _ and

| part in Small Business Week, ding to a prep: re-

of the was the ge of using

boards of trade will be taking”

tribute to the business en- trepreneur and to provide a forum to emphasize the role of small and medium business in Canada's

“velopment Bank in co-opera- tion with the Nelson Cham- ber of Commerce have plan- ned a number of events. Included area chamber of

“It is also crwanized asa source of information to business people on the many services available to them,” says the release.

Last year, more than

000 people participated in Small Business Week.

Locally, Castlegar, Nelson and Trail have proclaimed Oct. 20 - 26 Small Business

at the Heritage. Inn Oct. 22.

The luncheon will feature a keynote speaker and will be followed bya free workshop. ‘The workshop is based on the premise that once businesses

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INTRODUCING PACIFIC WESTERN’S

Pacific Western’s new

You've never seen B.C. like this before!

* When you want to cover

wants — mining company

Idn't ily wo-good for. the— industry, —says—a spokesman for the union that represents mine workers em- ployed by both-compz

Ray it-would: p

the_nickel,copper~and™zinc

mined in northern Manitoba —

in one company’s hands. “Inco would have the abil-

| ity to-play-ping-pong with the

Tuesday that Inco olfials were in northern Manitoba

mining industry all over the north if they bought it out. It makes us very uneasy.”

Good-Bye Castlegar!

We wish to thank all the individuals, organizations and businesses who have made our six years in Castlegar the most enjoyable and successful in-our lives. A special thanks to all those who made and attended our “going away” party on Oct. 4. We wish everyone, both individually and as.a community, all the very best in the years to come. Castlegar is a great place to

The dissolved lignins are suspended_as_a liquid in_the cooking liquor.-This-spent-liquor-is-washed from” the pulp_

with hot water, concentrated by evaporation, and is finally burnéd as fuel in the mill's recovery boiler.

The organic material dissolved from the wood provides _-self-sustaining combustion and generates up to 250,000 pounds per hour of high pressu am-for pulp p

The recovery furnace returns most of the original alkaline cooking liquor as a “smelt.” This solid mass is dissolved, treated with quick lime and recausticized into reusable cooking liquor.

The newly cooked pulp is screened and: washed to separate ‘cellulose fibres from uncooked wood (which is subsequently recooked). The washed pulp is then screened again and centrifugally cleaned to-remove silvers and dirt.

It is now ready for bleaching, using a five-stage process.

The pulp is then formed into a continuous sheet which is dried cut into sections about 80 centimetres square and bundled for shipment. In its final form, Kraft pulp resembles a sheet of white cardboard about two millimetres thick.

live and we'll miss you all.

VANCOUVER (CP) — Non-union - contractor _ Bill Kerkhoff is suing two Brit-

BILL & KAREN CRAVEN ROBYN, JILL & PHILIP

Contractor sues

picketing at four of his con- struction sites last year. J.C. Kerkhoff and Sons

tabor Finally, Black- controlled. -Argeen sold the bulk of the ~chain_to A_and P for $145_million earlier this year. _ However, the new owner of the stores is optimistic than the stores can be turned around.

Erivan Haub, who runs the West German-based Tengelmann Group, which controls A and P, said recently his company is. planning to polish up Dominion's dowdy image-through-renovations and enlagements.

“What consumers will be offered is a larger vz y of produce than they have been used to (and) stronger emphasis on produce, on meat, on service than they have been used to.”

The company says it will keep the Dominion name, because it has widespread acceptance among consumers. Argcen must give up that title by next spring under the sale agreement with A and P, but with Black's plans to

close or sell off more of the remaining original Dominion stores, it's not clear how many outlets will be left to be

—The— objectives of —Small

of the-Federal-_Business De-

Donald's Corp. says it has started a test in some of its Philadelphia stores to see if it can produce and sell pizza. A 99-gram. serving, which includes provolone and moz- zarella cheese, ground beef, pepperoni and pizza sauce in a pocket of dough, sells for 99

renamed anyway.

PWA prepares for Christmas strike

cents.

Following its usual format, McDonald's is calling — the product “McPizza.”

~ Don't look now, but it’s ‘McPizza’'

CHICAGO (AP) — Me-

Lana Ehrsam, manager of media relations, said the pizza resembles a cross be- tween a Greek. style pita sandwich and a stuffed pizza.

She said the “operational test” is being conducted in fewer than10 stores to see if pizza “isifeasible in our sys- tem.” No timetable has been set on when the company will decide whether the product should be tested on a broader scale.

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Trades Council and its 17 member unions, the. B.C. Provincial Council of Carpen- ters and four of its locals. Kerkhoff said the company is seeking damages between $1 million and $2 million. “But there are a lot. more intangible costs,” he said.

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VANCOUVER (CP) — Pacific Western Airlines is training management person- nel to keep its planes flying in the event of a Christmas strike by unions representing 1,800 workers, says company spokesman Jack Lawless.

Lawless said if a strike occurs during the Christmas season, the company will maintain a full schedule of flights.

“But we have faith in the

«bargaining process and we're optimistic we'll reach an agreement with our employ- ees,"-he said in an interview from Calgary.

Glenn Braithwaite, spokes- man for the Canadian Air Line Flight Attendants’ As- sociation, said his union and members of the International Association of Machinists and

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Aerospace Workers and the United Auto Workers are being asked for “massive concessions” by the company.

“We are worried about the Christmas season. We don't want our negotiations to im- pact on the travelling public, but it might be inevitable.”

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~ Small business week |

More than 1,400: events Business Weck are to pay

know_their management strengths, they can then de- velop a plan of attack on the areas that need improve- ment.

At this workshop, ‘busi- nesses will receive a free copy of Self-Evaluation Guide for Managers plus $25 dis- count certificates towards FBDB seminars and CASE counselling.

Special Meeting With Mike Antonelli. on

_ Friday, October 11 Saturday, October 12

at . Castlegar Pentecostal Tabernacle — 7:00 p.m.

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