Shellbrook www.shellbrookchronicle.com VOLUME 101
Chronicle
The Voice Of The Parkland Since 1912 SHELLBROOK, SASKATCHEWAN
FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2012
PMR #40007604 No. 4
E & B Lumber moves into new home
Better customer service and greater efficiency pushed brothers Dave and Rod Kalyn to build their new E & B Lumber location. The company, which operated out of the old building since 1982, moved out of their old facility and into a brand new one in early January. “Our volumes have been increasing over the last 30 years and as you get progressively larger with more staff, more people, you eventually outgrow your infrastructure,” said Dave. The new store located on an eight acre lot at 511 Service Road East features more than 20,000 square feet of indoor storage and retail space. The new shop makes a successful business more efficient as all of their product is now located at one site. After out growing their previous facility years ago, the company had to get creative with their storage solutions. Roof trusses were often stored on a lot at the corner of Main Street and 7th Avenue while windows were stored in semi trailers on a lot on Railway Avenue. If the trailers filled up, it wasn’t unusual for the brothers to fill their garages with whatever needed storing. Their previous location was roughly 4,200 square feet in the main building while they rented an adjacent 4,000 square foot storage building. With the move, the days of Dave and Rod sharing an office that doubled as a lunch room are over. The new location contains roughly 5,000 square feet of office and retail space including a board room and lunch room. The new location also includes the offices of R & D Tax Service. The Kalyn family’s involvement in the business began in 1976 when their father Mike purchased E & B Lumber in Prince Albert. A satellite store was opened in Shellbrook in 1980 under the management of their mother Elsie Kalyn. This eventually became the company’s flagship when the Prince Albert store was sold in 1986 to M & M Building Supplies. At that time, Dave and Rod moved out to Shellbrook and took over operation of the business. “Right from the start, this community has been great to us,” said Dave. Both brothers have lived and worked in the community ever since. Dave and Rod acquired their dad’s shares in the business when Mike passed away in 1988. With the additional space, the company can now take better advantage of limited time offers and stock up while the prices are good. Continued on page 10
Brothers Rod and Dave Kalyn flank their mother Elsie Kalyn behind the front counter of their new storefront at 511 Service East.
Prairie Women on Snowmobiles set to ride through region Feb 1 The Prairie Women on Snowmobiles (PWOS) will be hitting the trails once again January 27 through February 3 on an 1,800 km trek and collecting money for breast cancer along the way. The riders will roar through Shellbrook on the second half of their tour February 1 on a day that will start in Christopher Lake. It is anticipated that the tour will stop in Shellbrook for coffee just before 10 a.m. at the Shellbrook Senior’s Hall. From there, the crew will be riding up to Big River for lunch at the Community Hall before making a stop in Chitek Lake and ending their day in Meadow Lake. As they head out for this year’s mission, PWOS President Carol McKnight said that snow conditions are a big con-
cern. She anticipates that if conditions remain the same, the snowmobiles will likely be trailered through the whole first day and at various points during the tour as areas in southern Saskatchewan as well as the Meadow Lake area have very little snow. “Unless the good Lord blesses the province with some snow,” said McKnight. She recalls a mission a few years back when a lack of snow in the Shellbrook area drove sleds off of the trails and onto the trailer, which the riders rode down Main Street. That scenario isn’t likely to repeat in this region this year with decent amounts of snow fall.
This year the tour kicks off in Humboldt January 27 and meanders through the province until it wraps up in Warman February 3. PWOS has contributed 100% of the funds raised in the past eleven Missions for research raising more than $1.6 million to date. Each Mission consists of a group of 10 volunteer snowmobilers who travel across Saskatchewan, passing through many cities and towns in eight days and covering approximately 1800 kms. Volunteerism is the whole picture of PWOS women dedicating their time, resources, and sleds to help make the Missions so successful.