ANOTHER LOAD of milk arrives at Northern White's outlet here and that’s Leeann Stacey, manager of the Telkwa dairy’s Terrace operation. Others follow suit GOT MILK? if you do, you probably paid a fot less for it thanks-1o a milk war that’s been going on in Terrace for the past several weeks, ; A four-litre jug of the white stuff right now goes for about $2.99. That's more than a dollar less than it was 4 couple of months ago. It all started when the Northern White dairy from Telkwa opened an ice cream shop and milk store with ‘a $2.99 far four-litre jug opening special... Heer of Northern White. “But we would like to stay al that price for as long as we can. We look at our- sclves as a local business and want to give the con- sumer the best price pos- sible.”” Copperside Foods soon Out & About New name taken on TERRACE REALTY is leaving the Royal- LePage real estaie network for a company that had its start as a result of the rebuilding effort following the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, Coldwell-Banker now has approximately 2,400 offices in North America, of which 40 are in B.C. The closest one to Terrace is in Prince George. “And that number's growing,” said Steve Cook who took over Terrace Realty last October. He spent six months investi- gating real estate companies before signing on with Coldwell-Banker, home of a new Jaundromat. Denis Gagnon will bave L and D Lavadromat open early in the new year by raising the existing building and pulting a new ground floor underneath. “There'll be the laundromat, two public showers, a snack bar and a pick up and delivery service,’* said Gagnon. Living quaricrs attached to the back of the current building will be removed to provide parking, Gagnon will renovate what will be the new upper Qoor as living quarters, Gagnon’s been a logger for 11 years and says it is time ta do something different. Cook has. increased by. three.the. number Up - fr ‘a mVe rhno n co of real estate agents on staff since he took over and has set a target of 15 agents. The name change is being accompanied by a move this weck — to the former Lakelse Ave, offices of the now-closed NRS agency. Coldwell Banker in Canada is 60 per cent owned by Canada Trust and 40 per cent by Coldwell Banker in the United States, Cook says he’ll be encouraging Canada Trust to set up a branch in Terrace. Water works THERE’S NOW a place for campers and others to take a hot shower, Richards Cleaners has put in a shower unit and, so far, reports there’s a steady business. Laundromat plan A FORMER convenience store on the corer of Kalum and Loen is to be the A VERNON-BASED outdoor clothing manufacturer is opening an outlet in Ter- race in partnership with a local person. ‘Valhalla Pure Outfitters and Chris Par- fitt expect to be up and running in the spot beside Subway the end of the first week of August. This’! be the eighth Valhalla outlet since the compaiy started operations in 1990 and the only such one in the north, says compa- ny owner David Harley. It also provides clothing to other stores, one of which is lo- cated in Smithers. Valhalla Pure takes its name from the range of mountains in the west Kooienays. It has an outlet in New Denver, in the Slocan Valley, and recently opened one in Nelson. ‘We're very much oriented to small town B.C, We're not a big city company,’ said Harley, He was one of the principals in the Far West Goretcx company, leaving that enlerprise in 1989. Money for fish wheels THE KITSELAS band will be getting a grant from the provincial government to help improve selective salmon harvesting methods on the Skeena River. The Kitsclas are to receive $78,075 from the government’s Technology B.C. pro- gram. The grant will go towards research, in conjunction with the University of Brit- ish Columbia, which will focus on improv- ing the design and performance of fish- wheels, The wheels consist of a series of nets at- _ tached to an axle suspended between-two pontoons, The river current spins the wheel, scooping fish into a-holding area where threatened species can be Picked out and released. The wheels are thought to be a mare se- lective method of. harvesting, since - uti- desirable fish can be released unharmed. Four wheels are expected to be in opera- tion on the Skeena River this season, “Il’s a special,’ says Pia matched Northern’s price, but regional manager Chris Cormier says their reduction was because of the lock oul/strike = which | Safeway and. Overwaitea here. ; ‘*When Overwaitea -and Safeway wenl'on strike, we decided to show that. there wasn’l going to be any price-gouging,”’ Cormier says, ‘‘So we looked for an item to put on sale that would really benefit the consumer.” Cormier says that milk sales have been enough to enable them to keep the price down, closed brisk But the war of the white stuff is making businesses see red.” “We're not making any profit at all — zero,'’ says Brad Tait of Terrace Co-op. “We simply have to. be competitive “in the ‘markel- place, 50 we lowered: our price, loo.” And Tait says that Co-op isn’t sellingany more milk at $2.99 four four litres than it usually does at the regular price. “It’s not like people stock up on milk,’ he says, ‘Meanwhile, | at = Over- waitea, prices have «also quictly dropped to $2.99, SOC Dairy drops milk price “IT don’t think anyone’s trying to start a war,’ says “Julie Dickson of Overwvaitea Foods — in | Vancouver. “We're just committed to being - competitive in our pricing.’” Safeway is the only major player to refuse to engage in : milk-warfare, ‘and the four- litre price remains at $4,19. kk kkk Northern White, mean- while, has announced that it ‘Will have. to raise its four- live milk: price to $3.07 starting August 1. 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