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Terrace Standard, Wednesday, April 18, 1990 — Page AS

—LETTERS —

TO THE TERRACE STANDARD

An open letter to:

The Hon. Claude Richmond
Minister of Forests

Dear Sir:

The logging industry in
B.C. is in trouble, especially
in areas like the northwest
where there is a high percen-
tage of pulpwood.

It is time to put a real value
on these pulp logs and give
the logging industry the
economic boost that will
make it viable again,

The present artificially low
cost of pulp logs just has to
change. It is not only hurting
the logging industry, but is
also responsible for the high
cost of saw logs as well.

The present system forces
up the price of saw logs as
this is the only way the logg-
ing industry can survive. No
matter what the percentage
of pulp and saw logs in a
timber stand, the only way
the logging operation is made
viable is by getting enough
dollars for the saw logs to
overcome the loss incurred
by the pulp log volume. This
is wrong and if the logging
industry is to survive, this
has to change.

B.C. pulp mills have had a
free ride for too long. The
profits made in'a good year
with a pulp mill in B.C. are
almost unbelievable. But not
matter how much profit they
show, it is never reflected in
the price paid for pulpwood,

In countries such as

An open letter to:

Pulp vesinaatl .
needs probing

Sweden and Norway pulp
mills are paying the
equivalent of $100 (Cana-
dian) per cubic meter for
their pulpwood and they are .
competing very well with
B.C. pulp mills. This shows
us just how artificially low
pulpwood prices in B.C. real-
ly area.

The present price of pulp
logs: will not change in B.C,
without some intervention by
government as the price is
controlled by a handful of

B.C. pulp mills have
had a free ride for too
long. The profits made
in a good year with a
pulp milf in B.C. are
almost unbelievable,

large companies. And it is
not hard to understand why
they don't want this to
change.

T would urge your ministry
to conduct an inquiry into
the pulpwood industry in
B.C. and come up with a
pricing system that will
reflect the real value of
pulpwood in this province.

If the logging industry in
B.C. is to survive,’ this must
happen and happen soon. It
is long overdue.

Yours truly,
Brian (Tipper)
- Mould, -
- Meziadin
Lake, B.C.

Food pricing
draws a query .

numerous to mention. ,
Overwaitea Foods Ican not help but wonder
TERRACE — The Terrace Dear Sirs: if some of this cost is at-

Health Care Society now has a On a recent trip to tributable to us now having

set of drawings showing how a Vanderhoof I received an to pay for seven days a week ,
4 .- proposed housing complex Overwaitea flyer in the local operating cost as opposed to Je
; > might look. Vanderhoof paper I purchas- only six. I] would venture a
It wants to build the ed. Upon returning to Ter- guess that the seventh day of

.* -@gtimated $2 million complex
"containing 40 units next to Ter-
taceview Lodge for people who,
while able to live by themselves,

- might need a certain amount of

tace I compared the two
flyers. I fully expected a dif-
ference in price as that
wonderful item called freight

shopping is an expensive lux-
ury which we really need to
question if we can afford.

I sincerely doubt that sales

“It's a presentation package.

-_. Now we can go and sell the pro-
-- jeet,’’ said health care society
chairman David Lane.

The drawings were presented .

- to the society’s building com-
-Maittee’ recently by Lutz and
: Associates,

. At the same time, Lane said

the sociely is waiting for a
response from the health and

social services and housing
ministry for its request for con-

-Struction monies,

He said the complex makes
sense as it will place people close
to health, food and recreational

‘Services of the intermediate and

extended care Terraceview

- Lodge yet won't carry the high

 eosts of living at the facility.

2 At the moment, peo-. ,
‘ple whe may require a

ess )minimum amount: of
~~ Care must depend on .

relatives, move away or
‘enter. - Terraceview

_Loage.

At the moment, people who .
may require a minimum amount .

-of ‘care must depend on
-felatives, move away or enter
‘Tertaceview Lodge.

: ‘Intermediate care costs the
province $90 a.day for each pa-

_. tient while the health care socie-
o ty’ 8 project would cost $20-$22
me a day for each unit..

* Project proponents also view

ee i the complex as a way of reduc- .
co ing the overall demand and thus

the. necessity for more in-
ermediate care space.
What we're talking about is

- | delivering an efficient con- -
tinuum of care,”’ said Lane.

e drawings lay out a con-

a AG ote “

FROM AN idea to paper. This archiect

‘t
's conception is of a 40-unit housing project being planned by

the Terrace Health Care Society. It'll go between Terraceview Lodge, located on the left in this drawing,
and Skeenaview Drive, just on-the other side of ‘the row of trees on the right. In back, but not pictured,

is Heritage Park.

bedroom units and two four-

bedroom units with a com-.

munal living area.

Doorways would be wide,
enough for wheelchairs -and.

there would be other amenities

for people with Physical han-

dica

‘for personal privacy; and at the

same time to create a feeling of
- dominium. style complex to go community.

» > ‘gh vacant’ land’ between ‘Ter-.

-. Fheeview Lodge and Skeenaview walkways between the housing ©.
Drive on, the ro

Planned = are

_ units and Terraceview oer to

caps. m
Lane said the project is being
designed .to.give enough space .

covered f

ny hal

periods and to reduce the
amount of-snow clearing. '
‘The 40-unit development is
viewed as. the first phase of a
broader, overall community ap-

-proach to.those who might re

quite a certain amount of care.
_A separate building is plann-
ed for a later date to house
meeting, hobby, storage and
laundry facilities.
“As part of the health care
society's Approach to communl-

ty) care, it. also wants to in-

:trodtice adult day care at the
site, ‘This: means adults taking
détly ‘parents would
place to take them during

-

work hours.
wk kkkkk
Lutz and Associates was one
of four architectural firms inter-
viewed, The other three were

local and.although Lutz is now |

based in Vancouver, it did have
an office here at one time and
has -been interested in- various
stages : of, ‘Terraceview Ladge,

TE eet tek

~The laid for the housing pro-
ject has now been officially
deeded‘ to the’ sity by the pro-

vince for. $2. It can now beturn-
‘to the be health caré socie- -

or shipping charges is freely
waved about in Terrace to
explain high costs here.

However, this is the first
time 1 have noticed such a
large difference,

I find it difficult to believe

that freight costs: — 10° a
pound on meat specials;
chuck steak $2.28 as opposed
‘to $2.38; t-bone steak $4.29
as ‘opposed to $4.59; top
Sirloin $2.69 as opposed to
2.78.
— 4-10 a pound on fruit
and vegetable specials;
bananas 3 / $1.00 as opposed
to 2 / 79": carrots 3 / 99° as
opposed to 3 / $1.09; green
pepper 49° as opposed to 58*;
pineapple $1.59 as opposed
to $1.69. And one full dollar
on a jar of Miracle Whip;
$1.98 as opposed to $2.98.

Numerous other items
where cheaper as well — too

Dear Sir:

I am writing on behalf of
the North Coast Woodlot
Association, a new organiza-

. tion which represents people

in the northwest, in response
to the proposed Pulpwood
Agreement 17,

- Victoria has made a deci-
sion to increase the Annual
Allowable Cut (AAC) in our
area. Head office has handed
over the plan to the local
Ministry. of Forest (MOF)

. district offices and directed
"them to ““go find the wood."

What... sort of planning is
this? This. action —short-
circuits the: credibility of alt
of: the efforts, of local MOF

t

weekly (seven days) are any

greater than the previous

weekly (six days) sales.
Yours truly
Barbara Wilson
Terrace, B.C.

EDITOR’S NOTE: The dif-
ference in the flyer prices bet-
ween Vanderhoof and Ter-
race arises from heavy com-
petition in Prince George,
says local Overwaitea
manager John Chivildave,

The major food outlets
there have been competing
for market share for the past
three months, he says.

Vanderhoof shoppers get
the same flyers as do people
living in Prince George
because Overwaitea's flyer
distribution advertising area
in that part of the province
goes as far west as Burns
Lake.

- Little thought »
in pulpwood deal

employees to institute any
kind of integrated forest
management.

The invitation from Vic-
toria for pulpwood applica- _
tions raises some, serious
questions concerning the in-
frastructure of the MOF and
its responsibilty in fair
allocation of publicly-owned
wood fibre to the forest in-
dustry.

It appears that this move
to increase the cut would on-
ly increase corporate concen-
tration in the forest industry.
If this pulpwood agreement
is realized it would leave little

cont'd AG

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