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Supervisor " oa Ing. ;Ponsultant; Tory Milla. = spots, ‘Malcoim Baxlor = News. « Front-olfice Manager” ComposingsDarkroom - special thanks. to au our ‘contributors and " gurrespondents for {hel time and biTORIAT No vacancy | This city has a problem. There are no places to live. Best bet is to buy a tent, a. sleeping bag and head for Ferry island. In theory the problem should be easy to solve. It’s supply and demand. If there is a demand for something, a supp- ly will arise to take care of it. But the problem rests with what kind of supply is being ‘talked about and where it will go. In two recent rezoning cases — one on Eby just up from the provincial government agent’s office and the other on Kenney, just up from the . school board office — the supply is apartment buildings. City couricil tubed the Eby St. proposal and it might do the same with the one on Kenney. What’s happening is that neighbourhood residents don’t want apartment buildings. They view them as an invasion, inappropriate to their single family dwelling area. Officially, that’s not the ‘case. The Kenney lot, for instance, is identified in the city’s community plan as suitable for apartment-style construction. Neighbouring land has already’ been rezoned for that. There are apartments, nearby. 7 That community plan was drafted in the late 1970s. What it did was identify areas in transition and set out guidelines for undeveloped areas. It’s the kind of thing citizens expect of governments to prevent willy-nilly messes which they now suggest are about to take place if apartment construction is permitted. - The city is developing a new communi- ty plan. It raises the question of why given that council to date has shown no inclination to follow existing guidelines. And it raises the question of how council is going to put together this ver- sion, Obviously, what it wanted in the late 1970s is not what city residents want. That should tell council something for this go ‘around. In the meantime, council is losing out in its efforts to make the city a liveable place — unless, of course, it thinks cam- ~ ping out is an attractive proposition. Our forests | The past months have seen a. fascinating process take place in this area. It’s been about logg-ng. More cor- rectly, it’s been how and if logging can stake “place, int “ombination ‘with ; Lae Ferpeeyg omy | Outs he ees add wiivd +uses. on.a.sectiqn.of | jand, In this circumstance, the land. is the Thunderbird — the region that runs south of the Skeena River, past the air- pot to surround Lakelse Lake. fhere are a number of users of the land, not the least of which are logging companies. The trick with the Thunder~ bird meetings has been to develop a plan to permit logging but also to protect wildlife and fish and recreation. In the meetings, participants have sketched out what areas should be left alone, what areas need the kind of etme negotiation can ct reforestation needed to grow trees for future logging and what, areas can now be logged. What’s fascinating absiit the process is), 2, congensusysanat, BHO ae Vue dy plan that permits t \¢ BOF the area to continue but also tecOgnizes that other values are just as important. Equally that’s been set. The Thunderbird meetings have proved that interests once considered to be in conflict can converge to reach a common understanding. It’s the kind of thing that'll be Te- quired in other areas of the northwest. It sure as heck beats roadblocks and in- junctions. and TV-inspired confronta- tion. Making crime pay T WHAT GRADE DOTHAVE TO DROP QUT: IFEWANT 10 BECOME WILLIAMS LAKE af | a a ee ; ’ convention of the ‘Caribo 7 as fascinating is the precedent « change, which they sell for money to buy alcohol or drugs. So far our teenage thugs have done quite well on their own. But couldn't they do even better with some Federal Business Developnient Bank seminars on setting goais and reaching ob- jectives? They merit. wholehearted community support, and government funding. If there’s an MLA and a lottery grant to boost every grown-up's pro- posal, our youngest free enter- ptisers rate similar reinforce: men! 2 or doors, we could speed their work by indentifying easy-entry Block Parent. type "signs that glow in the dark. We. could also iurn off porch lights. Keep cats not dogs. Hide,our. jewelry and sash behind: Nc . Pilferers: darkness hauling | their loot to.a collection point before.they go back for mare, Why: not copy after- grad’, ‘par Kinsmefi © “chauffeur Because inost' ‘thieves gain en- : try through unsecured wihdows: premises, while we’re out with - _ meetings, where teeny-robbers. _ - would be clued in to disquises;. : - ‘allbis, and rises. « the haul to the highest bidder. Even teenagers deserve max- imum financial return for shift work. To foster team spirit-and a sense of belonging, Rotarians - could fundraise to buy distine- tive jackets which would be given as going-away™ gifis . to convicted robbers upon thelr release from prison. Newspapers could feature a Thief-of-the-Week photo, highlighting the individual’s preferred streets of operation. As a hedge against hard . times, teenagers should be coax- ed to-diversify,We could steer them to car thefts by: ‘blitzing « drivers with “Unlock It or Use. it”? campaigns. The Chamber of Commerce salutes a Businessman of~ the Year, We could select Burglar of the Year, presentinga golden - skeleton key to the filcher | responsible. for the single: big- us. Beat heist, ce The RCMP “cou Neighbourhood old.. Snatch | Parental neglect alone may not be enough if Terrace is te ; displace Williams Lake as Through go B.C.’s crime capitol. About 89 per cent of Bifocais . a5 Terrace's break-and-enters are . ; - carried out by under 18-year- by Claudette Sandeckl alds. During the first three months of 1991 home and ; business break-and-enters in- pickups in the wee hours, Window stickers proclaiming creased. They’re stealing delivering booty ta a central ‘'These premises protected by jewelry, VCR’s and loose depot where ‘‘fences’’ barter Tolsec’’ could be covered over with labels showing the safe’s combination. , Crime, particularly robbery, | is based on a_ renewable resource, doesn’t poilute, and doesn't threaten tourism by degrading the scenery. Best of all, robbery creates © jobs. Already two RCMP constables . have been assigned to “palves" ~ about the lunatic fringe, the | break-and-enters. However, aft a-gley”’. Suppose ‘adult ap- proval. and encouragement do _ something the. law. hasn't been. able'to- ‘do, — turn teenagers off a "the best “iald schemes 0” mice and: men. gang . THEN TANGLED we Some companies have right idea —‘*What do Seud missiles and the media have in common? They’re generally inaccurate and ter- rorize innocent people.”” Thanks, Chris, and blow it out your ear. Chris O'Connor is woodlands manager for Lytton Lumber. He’s also an ardent critic of my columns and, 3 "SESE? tat the aerts I": Lumber Manufacturers’. Association in Williams Lake a week ago. I had been invited as a luncheon speaker, pro- bably because the first three choices couldn’t make it. Chris said he only came to: give # me a "hard time, which he did: : In the end, however, the: pen, once more, proved mightier thatn the sword. I was able to collect on a bet we made more than three years ago. I bet him a couple of beers that Bill Vander Zalm wouldn't lead the Socreds into the next election. Thanks again, Chris, and I’m available any time you want to make another bet. Back to the convention, 1 don't really know what the lumber people got out of my speech, but 1 certainly got.a lot out of my visit. On the morn- ing of my arrival, L toured a lumber mill and a plywood mill. oO The: latter i in parlicular turn- ed. out: to be something every British Columbian should see. © If they did, I suspect that the war between the forest in- dustry and the enviranmen- talist would be a whole lot closer to peaceful solution. “}'m not talking about the ra- “tional environmentalists who ‘are willing to reach a com- promise between the use and the. protection. of our natural . resources,.1’m also not talking tree spikers, which would shut down the entire lumber in- dusiry:to protect trees. They’ re beyond redemption, Aalking about an. ens. mentaly conscious public that is worried about the: OKS LIke A. AND. A DOG GoT THEM. Gort. : i TWert AL AWAY | Le { i l } 1 \ i From the — Caplial - by Hubert Beyer future of our forests, but : doesn’t know whi ‘ for answers. Most aR ihes i ple are not as.much, i worked -about the use of resorces as: they are ‘about. their: waste, ; ‘They agree that we need to harvest our ‘timber to maintain our standard of living, but they want to be assured that our. grandchildren will-still have trees to harvest. And one important factor in that equa- - tion is to keep waste to an ab-- solute minimum. The Weldwood plywood mill in Williams Lake is an ex- cellent example of how to squeeze every last bit from the timber resource. Virtually . nothing of a tree entering | the plant is wasted. Installed in the late 80's, the mill is a state-of-the-art apera- tion, About 200 employees work three regular shifts, . Monday to Friday, and a * weekend shift. Daily produc- tions is 660,000 square feet of three-eights inch finished plywood, The lathe peels between 135 and 145 sqare feet of one-eight inch veneer from each eight- _ foot-timber bolt, sending it on conveyor belts for further pro- cessing. — Along the Line, the veneer is _ covered with glue, the centre layer added by hand, and again set along more conveyor belts.. Before the sheets enter the dryers, an electronic sensor checks them for sap or moisture constent and sorts them into three different piles — high, medium and low . moisture, a - Don Bunbury, general manager of the mill, says if the product went through atl steps without interruption, a tree would end wp.as finished ~ plywood three hours after be- a ing peeled by the lathe, oe 7 NOT GAP BUT“HE MisseDy—] \ CHICKADEE. . But the most impressive ; af she mill j js its virtual ae TRAIT Jed the: bolts down to three-and-a-half-inch cores, they are turned into (wo by: “FOUTS. ore What doesn’t make the ale, grade as plywood i is used for; veneer; what isn "t good enough. for veneer is turried into woad chips, and.what’s too ‘low! 4 grade for even wood chips ss processed into hog. fuel. “Y _ Weldwood also: has found. B way to beat-our, favourite; Ae Crown: corporation. The plant, including the dryers, is heated” with the hog Weldwood pro- duces, thereby all but eliminating large hydro bills. So what’s all that got todo — with you? Look around. : Unless you live in a sted! atid concrete building, you” re sure rounded by the material Weldwood and other mills of its kind make. There’s- : plywood in the attic, there’s- plywood under your carpet and there's plywood under the stucco of your house or apart- ment. _ Most of us take the. building - materials the timber resource, : gives us for granted. We would probably scream blue murder if we couldn’ 'L pick up a sheet | : of plywood or a bundle of iwo-by-fours at the local lumber yard. And as long as: we do that, we should give | credit where it’s due, . The industry has changed: | quite a bit in the past | 10 to 15 : years. It hag become a lol: more.conseryation. conscious. 2 than many environmentalists ~~ will admit, It's a story that should be told. -s, : And next time your: travels | © “take you to Williams Lake, drop in on Weldwood and ask . to be given thd royal tour. I It’s. ; worth it. i iS ay THE MOUSE AND THE ©