Shake
business
is busy

TIM STEIN runs the ultimate
northwest home-based business.

The owner of Northwest -

Coast Cedar Products operates
a small loft-style shingle mill
behind his Kalum Lake Drive
property,

His mill, which silts surroun-
ded by stacks of wand blocks
and perfectly aligned palates of
cedar shingles, employs four
full-time staff, not including
himself.

Except for a couple months
off during the coldest winter
months, the mill has been run-
ning consistently six days a
week from August 1999 produ-
cing about a palate and a half
of shingles every day. |

He buys blocks of cedar
from independent loggers, turns
them into certified shakes and
shingles and bundles and ships
them to a distributor in Surrey.

From there, the shingles are
sold to stores in Eastern Cana-
da and the United States.

Stein and his family moved
to Terrace in June from the
Queen Charlotte Islands, where
he helped set up a similar mill.

“It’s a central location and I
saw a bit of an opening for this
kind of business,” said Stein.

Because he buys blocks of
cedar and trims imperfections,
he can take advantage of wood

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THAT'S KEVIN Schulmeister

sorting shingles at Northwest

Coast Cedar Products on Kalum Lake Drive.

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blocks that were cut and left to
rot on the forest floor by loggers
years ago.

Stein’ grew up around
shakes and shingles learning

the business, developing: con-..

lacls_ and scouting out cheap
second hand equipment ‘in

hopes of eventually setting up.
vie. tlonal delivery,

his own operation.

The legacy of our

The National Forest Week Contest invited crea-
tive submissions reflecting this year's theme of

But Stein says shingle-mak-
ing technology, hasn't changed
much in the last 10 years.

So his 1908 cast iron saw
slices blocks into shakes works
fine, allowing staff to. hand
trim, sort and check for the
‘shingles for flaws before. they
are stacked on palates for na-

forests

shows, a video, a poster, a brochure, an audiotape
and several learning activities,

“Learning from the Past - Building for the Future”
from Grade 5 classes throughout B.C.

The students from Veritas School, led by their
other schools to win in the Prince Rupert region

and Future.”

From

teacher Mary Kelly, surpassed classes Irom five...
with their project, “Kalum Forest - Past, Present,

This outstanding project included a mural, slide :

SEAS EC

The fifty-five hundred members |
of the Kitimat-Terrace &
District Labour Council

bush to camp to truck to mill they ma

it all possible and work hard for their families
and communities |

=—gge Kitimat-Terrace & District

ST ie Labour Council

affiliated with the C.L.C and

BC Federation of Labour

In closing, | would like to invite all my consti-
tuents to join me this National Forest Week in
celebrating our vast forest heritage.
tate Gs
tuency office al 635-4146 or visit the National For-

est- Week website at
~~ futp:/Anww for. gov.be.ca/pabfnfw/

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For more information, please contact my consti-

We Are Proud To Be
A Part Of The Forest
Industry Of Terrace

P.O. Box 725

Office: 638-8352 .
Terrace, B.C. V8G 4B8

Fax: 638-1473

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