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WHEELCHAIR-BOUND bank patrons will find the Royal Bank building a lot
more accessible with the addition of a wheelchair ramp. Pouring of the concrete
took place last Friday. The work was done by Sinjur Masonry.

A NATIVE-OWNED forest company at
Gitwangak is anticipating a continuing rela-
tlonship with Orenda Forest Products.

Cged Forest Products manager John Bab-
cock. says its mill will benefit by establish-
ing’ arrangements to mill wood from
Orenda’s forest licence near Meziadin.

Cged has already milled wood from
Orenida, providing it with cash flow to de-

" velop plans to‘log wood fom the newly

created ‘Cranberry. Timber Supply Area
(TSA) north of Gitwangak.

‘Lining up secure supplies of wood from
Orenda and from the Cranberry will help
establish Cged, said Babcock.

His: commenis follow speculation that
Orenda might be in the market to establish
a partnership with a sawmill company.

That would - -help meet the company’ s

On the sinfecr, a deal between Mwed and
Orenda would be a good fit as Cged’s mill
is located near Orenda’s wood supply.

“Grenda vice president Frank Foster
declined to comment directly,(but did say it :
evhas supplied wood in the pi haste Cee.

' “WeVée"had: a good relationship with
~Orenda since we started,’’ said. Babcock
“Tast' week, “Without them we wouldn’t be

_ where we are now.”
ie Cged (the Gitksan word meaning ‘newly

a _ nt)

Orenda, Kitwanga mil
depend on each other

born’) Forest Products was formed through
the purchase by the Gitwangak band of the
old Westar sawmill in Kitwanga.

Since then the company has struggled to
find secure timber supplies sufficient for a
steady production stream.

It has applied for licences 10 log 100,000
cubic metres/year fram the Cranberry TSA.

Ironically, the wood used to be in Tree
Farm Licence'51 which was held by Westar
when it owned the mill now run by Cged.

Mill manager Babcock said Cged hopes
to get its cutting permits very soon.

“Once we're operating we can provide
goad steady employment for the local com-
munity and establish a market for our pro-
duct,”’ he said.

The mill is capable of processing 120 000

cubic metres of saw logs a year.

‘+ Babcock’s anticipating Cged will get -

about 70,000 cubic metres of saw logs from
its 100,000: cubic metre Cranberry TSA
licence. .

That leaves 50,000 cubic metres to find
from other sources and a deal with Orenda
| wil do a lot to fill the demand, he said,

at the best cost,’’ said Babcock. «|

He anticipated that logging could begin
within once Cged receives its cutting
permits, a

THE PROVINCIAL government is
playing favourites when it comes to
mining development, says the Prcsi-
dent of a company with property in
the Iskut Valley.

Cliff Grandison of. Intemational
Skyline says its been unsuccessful in
getting the provincial government to
pay for an extension of a road than
now stops 19 miles shy of its Bronson
Slope gold-copper property.

“The same standard being applied

to others is not being applied to us,”’ -

said Grandison.

“TE you happen to be Peggy Witte
the ground rules are different,”’ said
Grandison of the president of Royal
Oak Mines.

Her company this summer negotia-
ted a compensation and development
package with the provincial govem-
ment worth nearly $170 million.

That’s in return for the company

. losing the Windy Cragey copper prop-
-- erty now in the Tatshenshini provin-

cial park.

Grandison’s upset because the

The Terrace Standard, Weeinesday, November 22, 1995 - A7

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Mine exec slams rules

provincial government is insisting his
company first come up with a solid
feasibility study before itll consider
financial help for the road.
_ “We're saying that infrastructure is
a provincial responsibility. This is a
road that just won’t be used by us —
there are other companies that can use
itand forest companies also,”’ he said.

International Skyline is applying for
provincial approval to’ develop its
Bronson Slope property.

But its financing chances would be

’ better if the province would build the

road, even if it then charges com-
panies for using it, said Grandison.

“When we start operating of course
we could pay the government back.
We're saying it would make more
sense to build the road now,’ he
added.

This isn’t the first time an Iskut Val-

ley road route has figured in mining

development there.
The previous Social Credit govern

_ ment pledged to pay one-third of the

estimated $21 million cost to build a

common section from Hwy37 to a
place called Volcano Creck.

The road was built by a company
called Prime Resources for access to
its Eskay Creek property, south of
Volcano Creek.

But the current NDP government
didn't follow through on the deal.

It instead tumed over contol of the
toad to the mining company. .

In return Prime can. charge other
companies to use the road and does
have timber cutting rights along its
route.

Prime, which subsequently was
bought by Homestake Canada, then
built the connection to Eskay Creek.

International Skyline is: staging an
open house followed by a - public
meeting here Noy. .29 to discuss Its
plans.

‘The open house runs from 27 p.m.
at the Terrace Inn and the meeting
takes place there from 7-9 p.m. :

_ International Skyline will be at the
Stewart council chambers the next
afternoon and evening.

’ Derek Francis, General Manager
of Paragon Insurance Agencies Ltd.
and Dennis Brewer, General
Manager of Terrace & District Credit
Union wish to jointly announce ‘the
acquisition of a majority interest by
the Credit Union of © Paragon
Insurance Agencies Lid.

- Effective October 31st. Terrace &
District acquired the shares held by
Derek Francis which gives them

effective control of. the agency...

Dennis Brewer assumes the position
of President of Paragon and. repre-

sents the Credit Union on Paragan’s

. Board of Directors.
Brewer anncunced that it will be
“business as usual” at Paragon

te | which wil continue to operate as a
"Well 'alsd' be lookilg for other sources" ’

‘Further information can be obtained by contacting Dennis Brewer
at t 635-7282 or Derek Francis and Pat Allen at t 635- 6371 =

fully independent insurance agency.
Derek ‘Francis continues as General:

- Manager and Pat Allen remains as a

director of the company. They, along
with their staff, ort seein to pro-
vide the service their clients have
come to expect over the years.

Paragon i is the largest insurance’

‘agency in Terrace and handles ‘all

lines of insurance including homes;

boats, RV's, travel, business, bond-

ing, ‘aircraft -and Toggin trucks & |

equipment. It\was, established in
1975 and will continue to operate - ;
“services such as mutual funds and.

From it’s present location ‘in: the
Skeena Mall with business hours of
9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday

‘through Saturday, with extended

hours on Friday until 9:00 p.m,

TERRACE & DISTRICT CREDIT UNION
ENTERS THE INSURANCE BUSINESS

“Terrace & District Credit Union
was incorporated | in #945 and cele-
brates it’s fiftieth Anniversary this
year, It has a base of some five thou-
sand members and offers full finan-
cial services to individuals and small

‘businesses, |

Brewer advises that the entry into
the insurance field has been. part of
Terrace & District Credit Union's long
ferm strategic business plan for a’ ©
number of years and compliments it's

‘éxisting. member service. They antic-

ipate being able to offer additional _-

stack- market products as well as oth-:
er wealth management functions
through th the agency in the Futura.

_ Advertisement.

self,

crack the city’s record of 1992,

ventory.

Loulsiana’ Pacific's mill officials say that although
pres are high, demand isn’t sufficlent to warrant con-

_ tinued production right now.

of Lakelse Lake.

Realty changes

: LOCAL REALTOR Steve Cook and his wife have
-/bought the local Terrace Realty operation, ;
’.. They're the third in a line of husband-and-wife owners at
. the Lazelle Ave. cuilet, home to nine licensed realtors,
_ Terrace Realty was started 15 years ago by Horst and
“Christel Godlinski. The business was then handed down
* to Ralph and Lisa Godlinksl, .
~ They have sold their interest in the company and left real
" estate for other business pursuits. ;
*. ‘Cook comes. over to Terrace Realty from Re/Max.

~ All the staffare staying, he said, adding he wants to keep
‘tthe family business flavour.
- Meamwhile,: across the street is the new location of
- Skeena Realty, at #8-4644 Lazelle.
-’ Owner Ron’Redden has moved the independent realty
office over from the previous location on Queensway Ave.
_-Hé says he has space for a total of three realtors there, al-
“though ‘the business has opened this. week with just him-

City still booming 7 : a

ALL INDICATIONS are construction this year will - |

- Stats show construction this year has hit $22.9 million in
~ Terrace-to the end of October — well over the $19. 6 mil-

‘lion recorded to that date in 1994,
And city officials say it’s now pretty much guaranteed .
the ofd record of $23.8 million will be surpassed by year’s ©

“fend,
~~ “Tt cerlainly shows that the town is still vibrant,’’ said
~ city finance committee chairman David Hull.

Growth Is the topic

“GROWING Your Small Business’ will be the topic of .

“discussion this Thursday when the president of the In-
“stitute of Chartered Accountants of B.C, speaks to the Ter-
. race Chamber of Commerce.
Brian Kerr will address some of the factors in today’s
changing: marketplace that affect small business, and pro-
: _ vide some strategies for taking advantage of change,

— Groundwood mill closes

: A GROUNDWOOD pulp and paper mill in Chetwynd
has had to close temporarily because it bas too much i ins

The. mill recycles. all waste water — much the sameas 9].
~ the‘one Orenda Forest Products proposed to build south 5

ft officials say the environmentally friendly paper isn! pepe
ay. apler to sell to bottom line-orlested buyers.

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