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Spi'lyy Tymoo, Wqrrn Springs, Oregon April 14, 2005 j Composite Products acquires new division By Brian Mortcnsen Spilyay Tymoo One piece of wood with a wavy edge is responsible for employing seven mem bers of the Confederated Tribes, and even more may be put to work. Warm Springs Compos ite Products, a maker of components for fire doors and fire door jambs, recently purchased the closure strip division of Millstone Indus tries of Redmond. The move included bring ing all of the closure strip equipment to Warm Springs, and with it Millstone's plant manager. The move also resulted in the hiring of seven tribal members. "The reason we did this," said Duane Darnell, chief executive officer of Warm Springs Composite Prod ucts, "is, number one, we can utilize recovery waste, and Forest Products Indus tries doesn't have a recov ery waste program. "We hooked together with them and started doing some testing with some of the waste material and it worked fine, so we went and bought the company." Composite Products kept the operation running in Redmond until it was moved to its loca tion in Warm Springs. Before the plant was made ready in Warm Springs, Com posite Products employees slated to work in the new divi sion, the Millstone Division of Composite Products, went to Redmond for a month of train ing on the new equipment. liven more important than creating a useful outlet for Warm Springs Forest Products Industries' (WSFPI) waste wood, Darnell said, is putting people to work. "Our mission at Composite Products is to create jobs, and we do that by growing a busi ness," he said. "To grow a busi ness, you have to make it stable first, and then you can start growing into these other by products." This by-product, the closure strip, is marketed and sold to suppliers for lumberyards and box stores like 1 lome Depot and Lowe's, a base of "about seven to eight customers," Darnell said. "It's a not a big market," Darnell said. "The people that buy it are people who put up these corrugated panels, and they go over your patio, or they can go as a skylight on an industrial building, or a side light panel." They look quite simple. A thin piece of wood, maybe an inch thick, with an undulat ing pattern cut on one of its edges. The Millstone division uses a band saw with adjustable moving parts that move the saw blade to create the pre cise patterns to fit any corru gated surface to provide more support. "Then they can screw right through the top, right into these slopes," Darnell said. "It's been around for 40 years. It was actually developed by a guy over in Bend. They went bankrupt, and Millstone bought this and a couple other businesses, and we ended up buying this division of Mill stone." Millstone had been buying lumber from Canada, and still making a profit. Darnell said Composite Products could also generate a profit by using waste wood from WSFPI. "Our vision is, if they could make this pay, then we can also," he said. JWWOOD PRODUCT on 12 Jo's Coffee Corral Regular Coffee. Cafe Lattes Mocha's , Capuccino Italian soda's Bagels, cinnamon rolls, Boscotti's, Muffins, Chia Tea, Je Tea. Right next to Shell Station in Warm Springs Weekdays 7 a.m.-4 p.m., Weekends 9 a.m.-3 p.m. frt-- n n i j j,, " , Community events calendar The Celilo, Salmon and Smoke lecture se ries continues on May 19 with the topic: Catching up with Kenniwick Man, where the court case stands now. Speaker will be Roberta Kirk, representative of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The lecture Is at noon on May 19 at High Lookee Lodge. Call 553-1182 to make an appointment. Bring lunch or be served at the lodge for $3. This Is a program of the Central Or egon Community College Continuing Education pro gram. There will be a class, The Mystique of Infants and Toddlers, from 9 a.m. till 4 p.m. on Friday, April 22 In the Early Childhood Education building. The instructor will be Edith Jones. Cost is $29. The class will help you understand the way, what and how of early childhood, so that you can ap preciate the magic of this age. Call Central Oregon Commu nity College Educational Ser vices for information, 553 1428. The Warm Springs Exten sion Office of Oregon State University Is presenting a Seekaetqua family learning aesalon this evening Thursday, April 14, at the Seekseequa Fire Sta tion. Dinner is from 5:30 to 6:30 with the learning ses sions beginning at 7. There will a lesson on horse anatomy, plus tips from Master Gardeners. The meeting is to bring learning to all ages In the Seekseequa area. 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