Credit union site chosen PRINCE RUPERT-based North- ern Savings Credit Union has chosen the corner of Lazelle Ave. and Sparks St. as the site for its location in Terrace. But city officials have some safety concems about the pro- posed location of a drive-through automated teller machine facing the back alley. Work. could begin this fall if those concems are addressed and council grants a development pexmit on Sept. 14. Willy Wandl's Principal Con- ‘struction — presently finishing | the expansion to the Lazelle Ave. Mini Mall on the same property — would build it. ; The location would put North- ern Savings less ihan a block up the street from the Terrace Dis- trict Credit Union. Northern Savings failed in ef- forts over the last year to negotia- te a merger with the Terrace credit union. ’ President Mike Tarr says North- em Savings doesn’t want to ag- gressively compete against the — ~ Terrace District Credit Union, but felt it had to expand to Terrace to ensure its long-term viability. Northern Savings hopes to be open carly next year. Up and down _ LOCAL BUSINESSES reported mixed performance on the Riverboat Days weekend. “Chamber of Commerce presi- dent Barb Kerr said ©. the planning, special activity organiz- ing and advertising. Some businesses credited the larger number of Riverboat Days events with bringing. more people lo town, and increasing sales. | Others said there were “too many activities, leading people to do fess shopping while they v were here. Name change iT’S NO longer the Federal Business Development Bank. The federal crown corporation which-acts a lender to businesses and as-a source of information, training and advice has changed -its-name to the Business Devel- opment Bank of Canada. — Local branch manager Paul Williams ‘said the name change -better reflecis the new demands of the institution. This’ll be the third name of the bank which last fal] celebrated its 50th anniversary. It began life as the Industrial ‘Development Bank right after the - Second. World War and was meant as a financing agency for the post-war development of Can- ada. The bank then became the Fed- eral Business Development Bank in the mid-1970s. Nursery switch OTTO GRUNDMANN has changed the entry to his nursery located at the foot of. Lanfear Hill. An increasing volume of traffic on the bill was making it just too dangerous for vehicles turning off or on at the bottom of the hill, he sald, ss Instead, Grundmann has shified ihe entrance to his three-acre nur: sey to the end of the 5000 block of Walsh. © Grundmann’s been “operating his nursery there for 20 years, specializing in grafling and in Varitics that'll grow in a northem climate. Good job A B.C. Parks official says he’s . impressed with the way a focal . Aircraft company is handling (a mines reclamation project in the Tatshenshini provincial park. Hawkalr Aviation Services is — using a. Bristol. air freighter to femove.:mining equipment from “the shut-down Geddes Resources - site at Windy craggy a ‘fe THE FOREST INDUSTRY has a bright future in Terrace, accord- ing to the retiring general man- ager of Skeena Sawmills. “We're one of the most fortunate parts of the province,”’ Don Chesley said last week. ~ Chesley, 59,: hung up. his hardhat last Thursday after 38 years in the woods industry with West Fraser. He is being replaced by Bruce MacNicol, who managed West Fraser’s North Coast Timber mill _ in Prince Rupert. MacNicol is moving to Terrace to become the company’s general manager, northwest operations. He’ll oversee both Skeena Saw- mills, North Coast Timber mill, and associated woods divisions. Chesley says that despite the conflict, changes, and evolution of the industry, there is no reason for pessimism. “Nobody couraged about anything. about our industry,’” he said. ‘‘The talk of it being a sunset industry: is just totally false, There’s no other crop that can replace the forests inBc.”’ ae ' There are short term un- certaintics — native land claims, expected cuts to the rate of log-. ging, and the shifting of working forest into parkland. « But over the long term, Chesley says the forest. industry is solid and nowhere is it more solid than in Terrace. ‘The industry has a great future ‘here, probably better. than. any- _ businesses~. that~ had:~ increased--~ swhere.else.in the, Province,” he, . Sales generally carried out more - ‘said, “We still have a lot of old TERRACE STANDARD | 3USINESS _About future looks bright - We're fortunate, says retiring. manager should be ‘diss , -.,._- The'Terrace Sender, Wednesday, Sentemher 08, 1995 - A9 growth timber, we’re soon going to be harvesting’ a lot of second growth, and we've got among the best growing conditions in the province.’ Chesley remains s dissappointed at some of the misperceptions of the industry in the province. Overall, he says, the role of the industry in the development of ’ the province — and the good it’s done — has been greatly un- _derestimated. “Sure . there were mistakes made when we started up. But we didn’t know they were mis- takes,”’ he says. “Even today there are more “trees burned or cleared for urban living than for the forest indus- try. a? : Chesley came out of high school in 1956 and began work- ing for Brownmiller Bros.,. a predecessor: company to. West Fraser, which operates Skeena Sawmills. He worked his way up to head sawyer and later became involved in the building of a new mill in RADELET & COMPANY Barristers & Solicitors, Vancouver, B.C. Corporate Reorganizations » Tax Disputes = James W. Radelet Phone 689-0878 Fax. 689-1386 The Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine is planning a “Clean-Up Campaign" for Thornhill to take place on Saturday, September 16, 1995. The campaign is designed to encourage residents of Thornhill to clean up their property of discarded materials, including building materials, vehicle hulks, scrap metal; and any other materials that tend to make properties unsightly. . This campaign will be cost free’ to the residents. Any materials cleaned up will be hauled to the Thornhill landfill site with the use of volunteers and volunteer equipment. Quesnel. Chesley took a transfer to Chetwynd as a mill general man- ager there before coming to Ter- race in 1987. One of the biggest changes for the industry, he says, was the realization of the value of the fibre itself, ~ He also: pointed to “the tremendous difference made by computerization and scanning technology. “It took the guesswork out. It went from being back-breaking, low-tech’ work to a capital- intensive high-tech industry,’’ . Chesley called Terrace a great place to live and said the com- munity. and people have been very good to him. ; ‘He and his wife are moving to Kamloops to be closer.to most of their children and grandchildren. But he predicted they’ll be fre- quent visitors to Terrace. They plan to do a lot of travell- - ing, with New Zealand and Aus- ‘tealia among their many planned destinations. The cleanup =. campaign isan opportunity for. residents of Thornhill to display community pride and ‘¢ work together in’ making the — community a better place ta live. | dee were glad to help. Congratulations! | dé AD AM eS wa mam ENGINEERING LID“ Zz were pleased to contribute during the renovating of the. 4552 Lakelse Ave. Terrace Terrace Public Library joy ge og ys ' ‘Kitimat 632-5037 esas ss “4941-4 Keith Avent, Terrace; BC." tase gt \"\ ‘| Terrace 638-8585 _Tel 635- oot Fax x 635- 0922 We were proud to be | part of the ee | | 635-4770 5239 Keith, Terrace, B.C. V8G 1L2 30 Thied A Ave, Prince George, B B.C. 562-8251 _ Wayne Watson Construction Ltd. General Contractors “We. were pleased to assist with the ‘upgrading of the _ Terrace Public Library” ow = } * eh ware «. ew \ ‘ ¥ eed | pris: Kitimat, B. vole 632-4441 | of the new Library Building | Saturday, retell 9, 1995 | Clowns, ae magic, Ss face painting 9: 30 p. m 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. ooo a.) Cake and. | Paint a Mural, juice | _| All Afternoon, oof ~D- (Sponsored by the Tour the | ee Terrace Art Gallery) ry, po rove 7 ‘Caledonia | Jazz Band» Meet “Wormsworth "a Mbrary bookwarm and the “Kermode Be See our display on the history of the Terrace Library “Build a story" eta fh