Plans have been underway for months for the 63rd Sierra Cascade Logging Conference. The board members and their committees are working out the details to make this Conference the best ever.

We have a few changes to share with you from last year.  First and foremost, the Conference is returning to the Shasta District Fairgrounds in Anderson in 2012.  I’ll try to make this long story as short as possible but want you to know how we arrived at our decision.

The Redding Convention Center has been a large liability to the City of Redding for some time.
Continuing economic times have forced the Redding City Council to make drastic budget cuts. With pending closure, several outside groups made proposals to take over the event center. The Council decided to lease the Convention Center to a private entity with the hope it might reopen to the
public in the future. Their decision took considerable time to make which put the SCLC Board in a wait-and-see mode. All of the planning decisions on programs, meal events, registration packets, website and contracts, to name a few, were in a holding pattern until we had a definite location.  The new tenant of the Convention Center plans to run a school there 4 days a week. That would not work for our needs. We move in for 2 days before our 3-day event starts. OK…enough on that topic.

We plan to have all of the same events that have made the Logging Conference wildly popular with the public each year plus a new event, the Log-loading Skills Competition promises to add even more excitement.

On behalf of the Board of Directors, committee chairs and committee members, we invite you to the 63rd Annual Sierra Cascade Logging Conference. Please fill out your registration and drop it in the mail today as we continue the tradition of educating and promoting our industry. When you register, don’t forget to get plenty of tickets for the fantastic gun drawing, our primary fundraiser enabling us to put on the Conference.

We are looking forward to February 2012 and we are anxious to see everyone once again. Please note below our phone and fax #’s have changed. Please call with any questions.

Sincerely,

Mark Lathrop
President, Sierra Cascade Logging Conference
SCLC:   www.sierracascadeexpo.com
Phone: 530-222-1290     Fax:530-222-1320
Address: P.O. Box 993220 Redding CA  96099-3220

The Trinity River Lumber Mill that burned down late last year is reopening.

The ribbon cutting and open house for the new saw mill saw 200 people along with State Senator Doug LaMalfa.

“I’m very excited and happy to be here, to see the reopening of this to rise from the ashes. This means so much to this community this county here,” said LaMalfa

The main building of the Trinity River Lumber Company was destroyed by fire on September 12, 2009. The fire, which saw volunteer firefighters from Weaverville, Douglas city, Lewiston and Junction City, along with Cal Fire and two aerial tankers responding.

“Once we start two shifts we will be in the vicinity of about 120 employees,” said H.R. Manager, James Knight

Before the fire, the mill employed 130 people in two shifts and was the largest private employer in Trinity County.

“There are a lot of businesses that link up with the mill. There are truck drivers and people who service trucks. It just ripples through the economy when something like this happens,” said John Budman, who owns a business in downtown Weaverville.

With new equipment and technology, the new mill will be an improvement over the old facility.