. ae eu, : ru ‘By-ED YUDIN atHerald Staff Writer we ‘lumber market amp that ‘has hit the ints jot’ of the province in recent .weeks has had little’ ‘effect on local ‘Operations, + Bob Davis, the papager of Canadian Cellulose’s ‘northern operations, said there has not been any Jayoffs at Pohle Lumber’s sawmill nor does the company anticipate any. “Qur plans and budgets for 1990 did nol include any curtailment or shutdown,” he said. He DESPITE LUMBER S LUM P said his company's forecast did take into account the current lower market prices, which he says is a direct result of the high interest and mortgage rates both here and south of the border. Davis said the market has been dropping since Highway project underway * A$1,191,952 paving project Along the Yellowhead High- way 16 between the Khynex River and Backwater Creek, on «the -Terrace-Prince Rupert-dection, will begin immediately. « The contract has been awarded:-to, “Dawson Con- structio# ‘Ltd; ‘of Vancouver, wht subrititted the lowest of live tenders for the job. y. Work on the 26.4 Kilometre project, which will provide smployment for up to 50 workera at peak periods, begina with gravel crushing until winter weather con- ditions become too severe. More gravel crushing will take place in April, 1980, followed by installation of paving in May, Completion is slated for the end of June, Thesection to be paved is a stretch of Highway 14 along which, over the past three years, $14 million in con- struction contracts have been awarded, with all but one complete. Paving in- stallation will finish the job. Along the same stretch, nine bridges are elther under construction or complete. Cost of this phase alone was $1,401,946. Over 250 workers have been employed, not ia- cluding those who will be working on the paving program. - Total cost of the paving, including engineering and materials, will be $1,990,000. mid-August. Some crews at Skoglund, Eurocan, and Crown Zellerbach have been laid off according to Bill Hutchison, the Terrace business agent for local 1-71 of the In- ternational Woodworkers of America. He told the Herald Thursday, however, the layoff was of the usual seasonal variety. According to Hut- chison, the coastal areas have been spared the full brunt of the market slump because contract commitments are dif- ferent here. ; “Our mills have relied on relatively long term contracts, whereas the ones in the interior ‘tend to play the short term market,” he said. Skeena i is an active place “ Murals, bingo and lines of furents highlighted the Jast month's activities at Skeena Junior Secondary School in Terrace. 7 The most visible of the school’ 's activities is the new mural put up on the east L- shaped wall at the Terrace ll. The Skeena Art Club’s asa Kenney designed the painting, w which was realized by members of the club. It ‘wast put- in: place’ -Monday, Dec. 3 and provides a striking addition to the pool’s “The bingo held by the’. Skeena student's coyneil qn °. Nov. 20 Speed ap> Proximately $7 BA teh will ~ Par: Christinias party for children Bunday, Dec. 16, is the date for the Children’s Christmas Party in the arena banquet rom 2 to 4 p.m. Youngsters are invited to cofme out to sing Christmas Ca¥ols, make decorations and sit on Santa’s knee, He'll have little treats for everyone. Children under six he used to improve and furnish the school’s new cafeteria, The bingo was the first held by the student's council and was very suc- cessful, The student's council would like to thank all those who participated in the bingo. The council is plan- ning another bingo for February, 1980. The school has just completed its first reporting period of the year. Students should have taken their report cards home, had them signed and returned them ta *theschool. The staff at Skeena wishes “that any parents interested dn contacting one or more of “their child's’ teachers but were unable to on the parent's night would cail the school and make arrangements to discuss their concerns. Please contact the counsellors, Mary Wintemute or Helmut Giesbrecht, or leave a message with the secretaries to have the teacher phone. The school’s number is 635- 9136. The school's staff was pleased to see the large: number of parents at its first parent's night of the season. Between 200 and 300 parents attended the open house. Unfortunately, these large numbers resulted in long Legion’s ladies elect officers The Legion Ladies Auxiliary to Branch 13 in Terrace has elected a new slate of officers for 1980. At the last general meeting on Tuesday, Marj Fosbery was elected as the new auxiliary president, replacing Bev Dickie. Judy Higgins is the new first vice-president, and Gloria Campbell was in- stalled as second vice- president. Other member of the new executive include Secretary Emily Karpyshyn, Treasurer Anna Levesque, and Neta Arnold as. the sergeant at arms. The three directors of the .- Joyce Kennedy, and Marie Clifford. lineups that were in- convenient to the parents. With the increasing tur- nouts in recent months, the staff has decided to reorganize the informa] structure of parent's night and to give it a bit more structure. The tentative organization of the next parent’s night will be that it will be split inte twa separate evenings, the first with parents with surnames beginning with the letters A to M, and the second for parents with surnames beginning with the letters N to Z, Teachers will have schedule sheets posted outside their doors. Times from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. will be posted and parents will have the option of signing for a maximum of two con- secutive blocks. A quiet tone on the public address system wiil signal the end of the five minute intervals. Counsellors will arrange an appointment for any parents who wish a longer meeting than is possible during a parent's night. The,staf{ apologises for the. auxiliary-are -dudy~Austing---teustration - « «that... many parents felt during the last parent’s night. must bring an older family member. Keeping in the Christmas spirit, the Caledonia Com- munity Recreation 12 Class is working with us to put ona Teen Christmas Disco on Dec, 21 in the arena banquet room from. 9:30 Bui 330 a.m, Music is by E & W Enterprises. The cost, $3.50 per person, includes a mini-buffet later in the evenings" * : he by we ee Hae Lage “Pat Mason ‘lost 60 pounds! f feel that Paved new lenge pm life! Ewergone with ot weight prablern shetdlet try the Diet Center plan” ‘ ‘YOU-CAN bo IT TOO! wit at THE 10st, Thetaste saysitall. ; ; SA lial Gat . Jf Viteresea tani The layoff of fallers, loggers, and some _ in- dependent contractors in the Terrace area usually comes during the Christmas season. “Every year you have a falloff because wholesalers and Jumber yards are using up their inventories for tax purposes,” Hutchison explained, He thought the market might improve in the spring when companies build up their inventories again and interes! rates may drop. Hutchison said it was the plywood market which has been hit hard by the hike in mortgage rates, and the pulp mills have actually been doing increasing business lately. IWA heads are meeting The Herald, Friday December 7, 1979 Page 3 with ay’ officials this week to discuss the recent layoffs in the in- terior. Dave McCreight, a salesman for Canadian Cellulose did say certain wood products have had their prices cut up to 40 per cent in the last 60 days, with construction items the chief victim of the reduced demand. He said the overall . slump Local operations see no extra layoffs price drop is in the neigh- bourheod of 20 per cent. Logging companies are generally unaffected by such slumps as it takes a long while for the impact of an industry price to hit them. Companies such 4s Crown Zellerbach can stockpile timber and in the words of one company official, “just keep on logging.” , No subs for the captain VANCOUVER (CP) — British Columbia Ferry Corp.‘ chief officers have been ordered by their union to refuse to substitute for captains or face disciplinary action, union officials said Thursday. Corporation spokesman Bill Bouchard said the new policy could cause disrup- tions In ferry sailing schedules. “If the case was that we could not find a relief master, then we could not sail. It is possible it could result in canceled sailings,’ The new union policy, which prohibits what has been a longstanding cor- poration policy, was taken following a union poll of deck officers, Shirley Mathieson, president of the B.C. Ferry and Marine Workers Union, said ina memo. .° “Results of a ballot con- ducted by deck officers shows a substantial majority in favor of refusing sub- stitution to master of major vessels for chief officer- master salary,"’ her memo said, “Accordingly, you are hereby informed that it is now union policy to refuse substitution to master major vessels," Chief officers are often used as relief masters on major vessels. “What we are talking about is employees with holid .ys, days off coming to them or sick days," Bouchard said, “It (sub- stitution) is frequent.” . . Substituting chief officers, who now earn approximately $24,000 a year, receive a bonus when substituting for Ambulance went to pick up a ‘stiff’ VANCOUVER (CP) — An ambulance was diverted from picking up a man dying of a nosebleed ta pick up another man already dead, a coroner's jury was told Thursday, The jury heard a tape recording of a telephone call that was given priority over & call from David Hewitt, who complained of a severe nosebleed last Oct. 29, and died less than an hour later. The caller said a man in his apartment building Jooked dead and was “‘stiff as a board.” An ambulance that was on its way to pick up Hewitt was diverted to the apartment. When another ambulance arrived at Hewitt's motel room he had drowned in his own blood. —~ Ambulance personnel testified they did not know Hewitt was dying or was in any trouble and judged that the other call should take precedence.Radio _dispat- cher Andrea Cohen said she did not take the apartment call but was told if should be + Given priority, - masters that is supposed to bring their salary up to the $25,000 a year earned by chief engineers, Bouchard said, A ferry captain, who wished to be anonymous, sald most chief officers refuse to substitute as masters because they only et eight percent above their own wage. Bouchard said a recent change in company policy increases that bonus to about 14 per cent, but union members said it is still not enough. Masters of major vessels, now excluded from the union contract, are paid on 4 per- formance-rated basis. Witha base salary of $22,000 a year, the company can pay them up to 35 per cent more, depending on their per- formance. Mathieson's memo said violators of the new union policy can be disciplined by the union. “Should the company ask you to substitute, inform them you can not contravene union policy,” she sald in a memo to chief officers. 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