Steady

jobs

on horizon

TERRACE — A timber sale licence awarded to a small, local mill will eventually enable it to

provide steady employment~ for:

its existing workforce and hire a few more people, says owner Mo “Takhar

- Terrace Pre-Cut has been “awarded a three year licence by the forests ministry to cut approx- “-jmately 46,000 cu.m. of wood

from two sites, one in the north

“Hirsch Creek area near Kitimat and the other north of Terrace ap- proximately Skm up Lean To - Creek, off Kalum Lake Drive. Takhar said he will trade the trees for lumber from either or both Skeena Cellulose or Skecna Sawmills. That - lumber would then be remanufactured into fin- ished components for Japanese ‘ fouse manufacturers and the United Kingdom market. — - But first, Takhar.said he will have to invest more than

Out and About

TERRACE — David Levi, president of the Working Op- portunity Fund, speaks to the Ter- race and Distict Chamber of Commerce tomorrow.

The Working Opportunity Fund was created by the provin- cial government as a vehicle to attract investment monies for British Columbia businesses.

The meeting begins at 11:45 a.m, at the Bavarian Inn. tkkkkk

The Finning outlet on Keith is getting a major facelift.

The building is being painted and extensive work is being done on the outside, says branch man- ager Doug Harrington.

“There’s) some overgrown

plants were spacing out and we're :

putting in some lawn and rocks,”* he said.

“We wanted to spruce the place up for eye appeal on the strect side,” Harrington added,

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More than 20 businesses will be recognized at a luncheon hosted by Creative Options Oct. 29,00

Creative Options helps those with mental disabilities find and retain employment and those businesses are ones which have taken its clients.

The luncheon takes place at the

Coast Inn of the West and Federal :

Business Development Bank offi- clal- Bob Walsh is the guest speaker, ,

$350,000 to install a dry kiln and upgrade milling equipment to in-

‘crease production of, the special, sizes needed for... those. - two:

markets.

He said test shipments had al- ready proved to be up to Japanese and British standards. But without the new equipment, it was not possible to hit the pro- duction Jevels necessary to be- come a regular supplier.

While the changes would likely create a few new jobs, the main benefit would be steady work for existing employecs. ‘We've hardly run 25 per cent of the time this year,” Takhar pointed out.

Depending on production levels, he estimated the timber would be sufficient for two years work,

Takhar expects the new milling equipment will be in place in Jan-

vary 1993 with the dry kiln to fol-

low in 1994,

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It’s taking shape

JUST A FEW short weeks after a fire destroyed the home of Gene and Claudette Sandecki and their business, Pioneer Uphoistery in Thornhill, work is moving alang on the rebuild- ing project. That's Esko Manninen working on the framing. The shop portion should be finished next month while the residence portion will be done by Christmas.

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Recycling

Recycling is vastly becoming the most cost-effective way to reduce waste in our environment. Creative Options Is providing on sile disposal bins and pickup of recyclable paper to local business in the Terrace area.

* Contact us for your confidential paper shredding. Jobs can be performed on site, at your place of business or in our shredding

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