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Wednesday, May 6, 1987 Vol. 42, No. 18 Serving Terrace Bay, Schreiber and Rossport 35° { Above is CFNO Radio Marathon personality Dan Youngs reporting to the station from Granny's in Terrace Bay. Youngs was in Terrace Bay for Granny's Grand Opening and Terry's Sight & CFNO Sound's Spring Sale on May 2. Youngs reported live from both stores throughout the morning and afternoon. (Another picture of Youngs at Terry's on page 5. Photo by Ken Lusk). Resource centre in Marathon now an independent body At the last meeting of Terrace Bay Council, Anil Kripalani, Ter- race Bay representative for the North Shore Family Resource Cen- tre, informed council that all is well at the centre. He said that as of March 31, 1986, the centre-is an independent body carrying out all its own ac- counting and reporting functions. Kripalani said the Township of Marathon had been acting as the '"'administrative arm" to the cen- tre until it could get on its own feet. The North Shore Family Resource Centre in Marathon pr - Due to Holiday. ATTENTION! VICTORIA DAY LONG WEEKEND - All advertising and news must be in to the Newspaper by THURSDAY MAY 14 - NOON. MONDAY MAY 18 - Terrace Bay Schreiber News will be closed for the ---- aa $4 phan --~+-4 iSESSERCCSRSB: Trine ISSSSSCR8eeee8eR1 Tritirtririritrtitit vides refuge and safe shelter for victims of domestic violence. Council passed the motion that Counc. George Ramsay be ap- pointed as an interim board member of the centre. An adver- tisement will be placed in this paper requesting members of the general public to apply for this position. Horticultural Society Mr. H. Landry from the Hor- ticultural Society approached coun- cil at the April 27 meeting re- questing use of the arena for the sale of bedding plants. Mr. Landry told council that the society is looking for an indoor facility to sell the plants to members of the society. The socie- ty received a grant from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food to purchase these plants, he said. This is not a public sale. Council carried the motion that the-society use the arena. see council page 7 . 3A ¥ E FS ark still competitive By Wendy Parker Tough cost-cutting measures have helped Kimberly-Clark of Canada Ltd. turn the corner in its effort to save its struggling pulp mill in Terrace Bay. President Jack Lavallet told Nor- thern Ontario Business that the company has gone from hopeful to positive in its attitude toward the mill. ""We're very, very positive about what we have accomplished in the mill," Lavalled said. According to company figures, the streamlined mill has managed three consecutive months of record production since Kimberly-Clark reduced staff there last fall. Even January- when cold weather usual- ly reduces pulp mill efficiency- went well, Lavallet said. Lavallet'compared those results with the situation last August, when Kimberly-Clark announced a survival plan to save the pulp mill from closure. The company's U.S.-based parent had given the Terrace Bay operation until the end of this year to stem a flow of red ink and put the mill on sound economic footing. 'For the mill," Lavallet said, "the plan. is working."' Kimberly-Clark's survival strategy was aimed at three pro- blem areas in the company's opera- tions to get the mill in hand; to nail down a new environmental control order with the provincial govern- ment; and to gain control of high wood costs. With the mill performing well and a new control order in place, Lavallet believes the company is on its way to meeting two of its ob- jectives.. The third component- high wood costs- is still in negotia- tion, he said. Improvement in the company's fortunes has not come cheaply or easily. Over the past two months, Kimberly-Clark has shaken up its top ranks and closed a money- losing sawmill in Longlac. The drive to shape up the Ter- race Bay pulp mill has left two senior executives out on' the sidewalk, more than 100 Longlac workers facing May 15 layoffs and the town of Longlac wondering about its future. In addition, the jobs of another 95 bush workers- as well as the conditions of work for about 700 woodlands employees- are central to tense negotiations between the company and Local 2693 of the Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union. Kimberly-Clark wants more of its woodlands workers paid on a piece-work basis. In mid- February, it told the union that unless it could secure changes by March 20, it would have to proceed with the permanent layoff of 95 bush workers. Union president Fred Miron characterized the company's demands as "pressure tactics" and talks stalled Feb. 20 when the two company representatives reported- ly becameenraged and walked'out of the meeting. A week later, Kimberly-Clark announed that the two representatives- Al Chisholm, director of industrial relations, and David Linton, vice-president of woodlands operations- had been dismissed. No reasons were given. Chisholm had been with Kimberly-Clark about 30 years, while Linton had 21 years' seniority. Lavallet told Northern Ontario Business last month that union see Kimberly-Clark page 12 Name change for Corp. Falconbridge By Ken Lusk The name has changed but everything else remains the same. Corporation Falconbridge Copper is now Minnova Inc., but there is no change in any other aspect of operations, said Superintendent of Employee Relations, John Smrke. In August of 1986 Kerr Addison Mines Ltd. of Toronto purchased an interest in Falconbridge from Falconbridge Ltd., about 49.3 per cent. Smrke expects the interest to in- crease to 50 per cent by the end of 1987. The new name change became official Monday, April 27, at the annual general meeting with shareholders in Montreal. Now the mine, which is approximately 20 miles northwest of Schreiber, is officially called Minnova Inc., Winston Lake Division. History Smrke told the News that the new name, Minnova Inc. is a derivative of the two words, mining and innovation. He said the mining company has always been aggressive in searching for properties and in developing and operating them. The company has also been very innovative and Smrke believes the new name captures the past and future intent of the company. He said there is no change in operations and the Winston Lake mine is on schedule with a planned commencement date of this September. The mine's operations will accelerate to full production hve 'the Ahn At 108% me Ke tannin: 1 10e2Q