Page A10 — Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 11, 1992 USINESS REVIEW Lumber improvement seen a ‘ : Tae NEW BUSINESS i in ‘the form of purified water being sold by ‘Aqua Clear Bottlers has opened. Dave and Anita Materi designed their own system based on ones they studied elsewhere. TERRACE -—What began as a personal search for a healthier lifestyle has turned into a business for two local people. Dave and Anita Materi have opened Aqua Clear Bottlers to dispense purified bottle water. health conscious, pure water -Materi. 4 ; The couple spent more than year considering, researching and designing their system. It's keyed ona process ‘called reverse osmosis in which water under pressure is pushed through a series of . membranes to eliminate any “When you think of being | _ is where it’s at,’! 1 says Dave Bottled water company opens number of health damaging agents and unwanted organisms. But before the water is forced through the mem- branes, it’s filtered to remove larger particles that could harm the membranes and af- fect the quality of purifica- tion. : The water ‘used comes from the city’s system “and ; -ance . purified, is kept.in-a: § _large tank until ready for bottling. Ozone, which turns into oxygen, is inserted as part of the purification process, The Materis have included | Kitimat in their coverage area and in addition to themselves, have a part time employee. Fair cancelled TERRACE —The Terrace Jaycees Pacific Northwest Trades Fair has been cancelled this year. Its traditional date of the end of April is too close to a trades show scheduled as part.of the Minerals North 92 conference here April 23-25, -Jaycees spokesman James Gilham said last week. “We just don’t think our trades fair would be economically viable to ourselves and to our exhibitors,'’ he said. Started in 1969, the Jaycees trades fair is the longest running ~ in the northwest, It was only cancelled once, in 1970, when the arena burned down. Gilham said the Jaycees are encouraging its regular ex-' hibitors to get in touch with Minerals North organizers. . “We're in full. support of Minerals North, We just feel we couldn’t do one ourselves,” he said. ; Test Ski Rossignol, Kasile, Fischer, Salomon, Tyrolla, Blizzard or 2 skis fora day and you will be automatically eligible to WIN *1000! © inskiwear and accessories! See your friends at. - Winterland Ski for details. Phone 635-9555 Sales « Service « Rentals Open daily at 8 am, Highway 16 West, Terrace Gilham did add that staging the Jaycees fair was becoming expensive for the service club and for its exhibitors. “We've never requested a grant (from the city) and we've tried to be as open to as many businesses as possible,’’ he said. “We've always regarded our fair as a launching place for home-based businesses and we've. been happy: to see so many go on and open a store front operation,” Githam. con- tinued. TERRACE —Lumber shipments on CN’s northline between Prince George and Prince Rupert dropped last year but it wasn’t as bad as in other parts of the province, says a company official. John Weldon, the assistant vice president in charge of CN’s lumber divison, said shipments dipped to 23,000 cars. on the northline in 1991, That’s 2,000 cars less than normal. ‘The lumber industry is com- ing out of a tough 1991 and CN suffered along with the in- dustry,” said Weldon who toured the northwest last week. “T's all keyed to housing starts in the United States. If there’s less lumber sold, there’s less to be shipped,’” he said. As with other industries con- nected to lumber, CN feels the market has bottomed out and will increase slightly this year. A healthy lumber shipment sector will aiso depend in the long term on decisions taken by the U.S. government on a soft- wood tax producers there want on B.C, products, said Weldon. ‘The whole question rides on what kind of ruling will come out of there,’’ he added. Lumber makes up about 40 per cent of CN's shipments in northern B.C. The majority of that heads off by rail to the United States with the remainder taken to the port at Prince Rupert. CN is concentrating on quali- ty of service in an effort to secure the market it has and add customers, said Weldon. His northern tour consisted of emphasizing quality to CN employees’ and speaking with potential new customers. “More productivity, faster service are part of our plans and objectives,’’ said Weldon. Trucking companies are CN's major lumber shipment com- petitor and Weldon conceded they may have an advantage in short hauls. But CN can compete over longer distances, specifically by attracting those mills which use trucks to connect one rail line with another, said Weldon, Part of CN’s efforts to become more efficient include using longer rail cars in which to ship lumber. The standard 52-foot car which has a bare floor bounded by bulkheads on either end is being replaced by a 73-foat car that has-a center beam running down the middle. . Lifts of lumber are more easi- ly secured to that beam than by being tied down and blocked as is the case with the shorter car, said Weldon. : QUT AND ABOUT TERRACE — Shell Canada has given the Skeena Valley Recycl- ing Society money to help pur- chase a forktift. The $2,500 comes from the Shell Environmental Fund which has given out $1.187 million since June 1990. ‘Schooner said the grant covers half of the cost of the forklift, - “It?s being’ ised‘ at’ the depot - located behind Kondola’s Fur- niture on Hwyl6. kkk kik A new kind of vehicle sales outlet has opened. Shoppers Auto Mart on Hwy16 West also will look around the province for what a customer wants. General manager Rick Salieback said he expects a brisk business in pickups and four- wheel drives, the more popular of vehicles in the northwest. . Shoppers Auto Mart also has a detailing shop. Four people work at the outlet. rT Te. £7 There’s a new executive in charge of the Northwest Real Estate Board. Gordie Sheridan of Terrace is president, Vic Prystay of Prince Rupert is vice president Christel Godlinksi of Terrace’ is treasurer and Erika Pelletier heads education. Zone representatives are Joe Barbosa of Terrace, Carol Geurts of Prince’ Rupert and Lois Marleau of Terrace. ‘The new executive is responsi- ble for: board activities for the 1992 calendar year. And as the new executive was chosen, three realtors . were recognized for having the highest MLA contributions. In order, they are Joy Dover, ‘’ Dave’ Reynolds and., Joyce. Findlay-"All are from Terrace. ° The Northwest Real Estate Board covers the Kitimat, Ter- race and Prince Rupert areas and is one of 13 to make up the B.C. Real Estate Association, Ook . Terrace Co-op is the latest store in the area to convert to a scanning system at the check out counter. The change over takes place this Sunday. kaekkke There'll be full reservoirs because of high snowpacks and that means more water to pro- duce electricity, says B.C. Hydro. So the provincial crown cor- poration is looking for American customers to sell power surplus to domestic customers. Precipitation this winter in the Peace River basin is 158 per cent of normal. B.C. Hydro says that to spill the water would, in effect, be spilling potential revenues, as; March 14/92 SNOWBLOWER SALE SAVE UP TO $750 No, 52130...... No. 52112...... Na. 62910... No. 52822... 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