Edgerman Neil Williams, in bright orange, waves to the camera, he uses 1950’s technology to control what wood is resawn and what goes into the waste stream. It’s a coworker points out that it is ancient, but that it works. Behind him, Hal Hystad operates the head saw.
Henry Hauer founded the mill in 1947 and worked there until 1998.
Fitz Plamondon operates the loader stacking wood bound for a pressure treating plant in Prince George.
There’s plenty of room at the new bike rack in front of the IGA, and when it does fill up, there is a second bike rack not far away. /ANDRU MCCRACKEN