WORKERS AT the Thornhill nursery are busy packing away the last of the seedlings going Into ‘cold storage this season. They are also packing away -their jobs because this crop is the ~ Ginal one for the nursery. Wl ~ _ Shutting its doors as soon. ‘the seedlings. are “delivered {o customers next year. One of six owned by Pacific ~ Regeneration “Technologies, the _ MUISETy’S product isn’t ‘needed 2 anymore. . [hat’s ‘because the large back- “log ‘of un-reforested land in the “province has by and large been mo eliminated, Seedling - demand has dropped - from 300. million. several years ‘ago to beiween 220. and 240 mil- “Hon. 5: Prices. have also dropped as : “much as 30, Per cent, forcing the “company - “to: “Jodk ‘at ways of _ Teducing expenses. « os Pacific Regentration will ‘yeep > the site and the cold storage plant - a§:a temporary holding place for seedlings delivered from other ~ Places during the planting season. “But..the, greénhouses. in which - the “secdlings “were grown are _balng taken down for transport : _ @lsewhere, ‘ Pacific Regeneration will _ keep the site and the cold < storage “plant as a temporary holding place .. for... seedlings delivered from. other places during the Planting season. urser “We'll do about seven million — seedlings — four million 2-0s and ‘three: million. 1-0s,’’. says _-mursery manager. Glenn Goodwill ~ Of the-las} year’s,crop. :: “A 2-0 is a two-year cid seedling anda 1-0 is a one-year ald seé- ‘dling... a “When, ‘spring arrives, “they? iL ‘be shipped’ out.and:that’s it,?.said “Goodwill: yp ase: ab yore dT ~The nursery, closure, means {he - - oss of five full time jobs; includ- ing Goodwill’s: He has no idea of ~ where he’s going... “Also. lost are several score of - gasual, seasonalfobs that are cre- “ated when it’s time to put the see- ~ dllngs into cold storage. “All told the estimated. dollar ~value of jobs lost is $400,000, “Thats. -quile, a substantial amount of money when you think about it,”’ Goodwill sald. : _ Pacific Regencration’ 's consult- THE CLOSURE of the Thomhill tree nursery ends an effort by the government to establish a place in he northwest to supply local » Planting needs, “Tt began as a test project of the _ provincial government's forest service in the carky. 1980s. ae y workers wrap up seedlings and jobs FOREST OF SEEDLINGS appear to dwarf Cory Anaka. Anaka and others are nacking seedlings for cold storage where they will sleep the winter away. The seediings are the last to be grown at the nursery and will be taken away and planted next spring. ing arm is staying in Terrace. . It has.a full time staff of 10 and adds five or six ‘students each summicr, The’ ‘consulting «arm ‘vontrads out to 'foresity companies : ‘in the | _ area. for silviculture and ‘elated work. “We | ‘stay homey? Said‘ Kim Haworth who is hr'éfarge‘of the colisulling offiee. ‘Employees: ‘affected = by the. closure’ have been piven informa- _. tion. ‘about | the - federal: govem- “ment’s ‘industrial adjustment ser- vice. ‘That’s: a program designed to help companies and employees who are losing their jobs to find work elsewhere. Pacific: Regeneration is also " . closing its nursery in Chilliwack. . It didn’t become a full-fledged - opetational nursery until 1985, after: those tesis-proved the nurs- aa ory site could produce seedlings. The company was formed by forest service employees when. the provincial. govetnment put up nurseries for sale in 1988. The decision to have a nursery in Thornhill was to provide a closer source of scedlings for norlhwest planting needs. - Tt was. the second nursery the forest service staried in the norh- west, A Smaller, bareroot nurscry _had been producing secdilngs in. Telkwa for years. It’ ‘closed last fall. The Thomhill nursery was one of 11 operated by the provincial © government until 1988 when. pretty. dose to” << THE CLOSURE ° of the « Thornhill tree,nursery..also iu Lemeans: the end , to, docally- grown poinsettia plants . for Christmas, “We grew about 4,000 this year — mainly for the local market but also a little bit for Prince Rupert, down to Kitimat; . and. in Smithers,” ' said nursery manage Glenn Goodwill. club, with an array of other . Plants gathered in one iarge Closure ends poinsettia plan The poinsettias were also. - sold by -the local Shrine © flower pot, as a way to raise ~ : aot Pe “mone a inayteat} poinstttid’ suites “ fepresenied' about thres ‘per cent of the nursery’ sales, said Goodwill, “No it wasn’t a major part of our income, By the, time we planted them in- our ” greenhouses in July, the see- ' dlings had been moved and our overlicad was covered,” ” he said. Nursery employees also experimented with cor and other vegetables. cight were sold off as part of the -” . Socreds’ overall privatization plan. - ‘Tt and five others were bought “by Pacific Regeneration Tech- nologies, a company staried by former forest service employees. Back then the demand for sec- dlings rose dramatically, from — 200 million a year'to:a high of ~ 300 million to meet a long stand- ing backlog of: clearouts . not ; replanted. Seedling demand satiated — But that's changed as backlog replanting has caught up and the companies are now responsible to replant what they cut The company’s five-year con-, tract with the province to meet that initial. backlog demand has expired. . Thornhill did have some suc- cesses, one in particular being - ‘supplying sub alpine fir for. restocking the Bell-Lving a area up i al STANDING OUTSIDE of the Thornhill nursery's greenhouse soon to be torn down and moved away ere Kim Haworth and ‘Glenn Goodwill, Haworth Is in charge of the nursery owner's con- tions end in the spring. sulting arm and he'll be staying, after the growing end shuts down. Goodwill has no idea of where he'll be going once opera: - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 15, 1993 - AS a i ~ CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE TERRACE STANDARD The Mail Bag From a ‘little guy An open letter to: Mayor Jack Talstra - Dear Sir: T would like to congratulate you on 1 your | re-election. to the office of Mayor of Terrace. I believe that those who voted: for you -voted for a mayor who is pro-development, and as such i is: pro: economic growth for the community. ; Well, I, for one, think that it is time that the Cliy of Tertice begins to allow the little guy a bit of consideration. Far too often I-hear or read about the big developers holding the reins (or is it a carrot) over decision making within the city bound- aries. Rumours, I’m sure! I strongly believe that clear cut developers must get a clearly cut message that they should take into account how their neighbours feel about new development, be the development in the form of a small lot with a monster home intrusion or the development of a 30- house subdivision. Sure, it’s great for speculation of the idly rich but-it’s hell for 80 per cent of your constituents. Many people bought houses years ago that were adjacent to green spaces with the false illusion that things might just stay the same, but naw they live beside mini-clearcuts. ] believe that developers should be required to. leave windfirm buffer strips to adjoining properties when they. open up raw land for development and not-cut trees right up to the properly line so that even their neighbours’ trees blow down. While I’m at it, I believe that new and existing industrial opera- tions should be held responsible 10 make worksites presentable so as to at least make the appearance that they arc good corporate citizens. - I keep hearing about a city planner wo well, how well laid are the plans that allow the taxpayer to get the bill for new paving in one year only to have a developer tip up the road two years later to put in sewer and water, leaving a myriad of speed bumps and pot holes. I know that the latest building craze/boom has driven the develop- ment of otherwise unsaleable properties, I mean, 10 years ago, no one in his right mind would have built on a rock bluff or on 20 fect.of clay, but weirder things have been known to happen. I would like to close by saying that I am ‘pro-development of the area, but more over, I am pro-people. Open'y your mind to better ideas and you will be mayor forever. c. Spang, Terrace, B.C, "Searchers get kudos. Dear Sir: . * As emergency coordinator of Terrace Emergency services, 1 ace knowledge and thank ali the volunteers who assisted Terrace Search and Rescue in the search for Mr. Morris Ford. ‘Although we were not successful, I would be remiss if I-did not express my gratitude to the scores of volunteers, from as far away as Prince George and Smithers who came to our aid and. provided our local search tear with the suppori and, Tesources necessary | ‘lo conduct a search of this magnitude. [am extremely. ae and grateful of our ‘ale sac and rescue _team,and thejr.< thug. profespiqn: onstrated “by tele ney hates au con f malay ae Ais at tnt. #."79 the Ford family ‘and friends, on behalf of all of us involved in the search we offer our, r.eontinuod support in this most difficult time. ; ; a _ Sincerely yours, - RG. (Bob) Beckett, "Acting Coordinator, Terrace re Emergency Services “More letters, meas Ag THE START IS FOR PEOPLE LEARNING TO READ The Start Food bank help YOU HAVE a chance this week to help the food bank. Iti is run by churches in Terrace. The food bank gave out more food in November than expected. - As many as 700 people got food. Tt meant hardly any food was left, That has the Food bank people worried, They say there is a big demand for food in January. You.can help the food bank. McDonald’s is cutting the price of a Big Mac I€ you bring a tin of food. That takes place Thursday and Friday. _ And the Skeena Mall has special Christmas button for pcople who ‘donate a tin of food. Scott cuts back MIKE SCOTT says he is cutling back on his spending. The Reform -party Member of Parliament said so last week. Scott sald he doesn’t want a government pension plan, It cosis too much, he said. And Scott won’t be using a special liquor stare or barber shop on Parliament Hill, These also cost the taxpayer money, he sald. . But Scott will take free alrplane rides. Some times. he wiil fly. first class, And some times he won't. >. * Scott was elected in October. He is. one ¢ of more than 50 Reform party Members of Parliament to be elected. . Scott has an office in Terrace. The phone number is 635 4601.