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TERRACE

PRECUT supervisor Joe Pyrezak and owner Mo Takhar test moisture

content in a completed load of lumber, custom-dried for Skeena Cellulose in Ter-

race Precut’s new kiln.

Kiln adds value
to premium lumber

A.ONCE controversial dry kiln that’s been
in operation at Terrace PreCut since last
summer is quietly marking its 10th load this
week,

The $400,000 kiln bas put the smali
Braun St. sawmill on the forefront of
producing premium clear kiln-dried lumber
in northern B.C.

Virtually all of the kiln’s work comes
from Skeena Cellulose, which is sending its
top clear-grade lumber to Terrace Precut
for custom drying.

The kiln uses steam-heated pipes to raise
the temperature within the kiln to as much
as 170 degrees Fahrenheit.

Moisture comes out of the wood and is
vented as steam through the roof.

Steam treatment can even out wet patches
in the wood, so that the jumber dries to a
cansistent high-quality finish.

Moisture content in the wood that comes
in can be,as high as 45 per cent, but lumber

emerges from the kiln at about 1S"per cent,"

“Tt gives us an opportunity to pull out
moisture and add value to a grain hemlock
product by drying it in a modem kiln,”
says Skeena Cellulose’s Dallas Stevenson.

“In the past we were having to truck it to
Vancouver and custom process it down
there.”’

Stevenson said the process adds an aver-
age 25 per cent to the value of the wood,
making it more than worthwhile when deal-
ing with premium clear lumber,

“This is a big, positive gain for us,”
Stevenson said of the kiln,

Mill owner Mo Takhar says the results
have been excellent, and he’s hoping for
stability at Skeena Cellulose to ensure a
steady flow of wood for his mill.

He said he managed to keep his operation
running for about nine months of last year,
employing 14 full-time and four part-lime
workers.

The kiln had once been the focus of
neighbourhood protests because residents
feared it would lead to further industrializa-
tion of the site by the mill.

City councillor Val George, one.of -those
present for an-impromptu tour of the mill
last week, said those fears have dis-
appeared, adding city councillors have
received no complaints since the kiln
started operations.

Firm sends poles east

CEDAR POLES from
here are among those Bell
Pole Co. Ltd has been ship-
ping cast to Quebec for
emergency replacement of
power poles as a result of
the ice slorm there.

This is usually a dead time
of year for the pole shipping
business, but ihe company
sprang into action when
word came that up to 40,000
poles were needed to re-
place fallen lines in eastern
Canada.

‘We've moved about
10,000 to 12,000 poles now
in the last number of weeks

into the eastern Canadian
market,” said lan Smith, the
company’s area manager.

Only a few hundred of
those poles have come out
of Bell Pole’s Terrace yard,
but Smith was hopeful there
could be more shipments if
another contract in the
works is signed.

He said the company’s
cedar poles are in particular
demand because of the
decay-resistanl properties of
cedar.

“We've gota bil of an ad-
vantage with our west coast
cedar,’’ he said. ‘‘Because

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of the urgency of the repair
and replacement of the utili-
ty lines they don’t have the
opportunity in some areas to
put a treated pole in the
ground, something thal
would have a lengthy ser-
vice line.”’

Poles are being used by
utility crews as quickly as
they arrive in blacked-out
Tegions, Smith added.

“They're taking them
tight off rail cats and put-
ting them in the ground to
get the power restored, he
said, ,

Out & About

Trade show sold out

DESPITE a downturn in the economy, businesses are still
lining up to take part in the Terrace Trade Show, to be
held at the end of April,

The trade show sald out two weeks apo, cight days car-
lier than last year, said Chamber of Commerce manager
Lobhie Phillips. She was a bit concerned if the show
would sell out this year, but says businesses seem to be
quite positive.

About 5,000 came through Jast year’s trade show, This
year they'll see a few new businesses capitalizing on the
theme ‘Terrace — The Land of Opportunity.”

Sone of the new businesses to be featured are Safeway,
Pelland, Valhalla Pure Outfitters, which plans a rock
climbing demonstration, the Skeena Valley Golf Club,
Take it to Heart Flowers and the NW Llama Ranch — yes,
complete with llamas. Businesses pay between $400 and
$500 for one booth.

Merging banks stay calm

MORE THAN 50 local workers are employed by the na-
tion’s two iargest banks, which are conlemplating merging.

Royal Bank branch manager Dave Wilson said the Ter-
race branch employs 40 workers — 27 full-time and the
rest part-time. And the Bank of Montreal employs 13 full
and part lime workers,

There’s been speculation across the country thal the
merger — if approved by the federal government — would
lead to branch closures and layoffs across the country.

But Ottawa has so far given the idea a coo! reception,
saying it could be many months before a decision is made.

“T would guess the whole transaction would probably
take a few years to complete, if it’s approved,” Wilson
said. ‘If it did happen it would be a long way off.”

Alcan takes resumes

ALCAN has put its welcome mat back oul for job
seckers, but only to collect applications for positions that
might come up.

Aican spokesman Allan Hewitsom said the company

started advertising last week that it is handing out applica-
tions again to rebuild its inventory of qualified applicanis.

He added they’re looking for people to fill regular turn-
over at the smelier - which usually runs at two to three per
cent per year - and the effort isn’t tied to anything else.

Forms are available at the Human Resources Develop-
ment office in Terrace. Applications must be returned by
Feb. 6.

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