PRODUCING A VIDEO

lContinued from page l6) went along and recording interviews with oldtime loggers. Days of filming inside and outside the sawmill and planing mill followed.

Adding to the reels of film shot was a lucky cfucumstance of finding an amateur film made in the 1930s that contained scenes of the long gone cable and the mill located at the orieinal site across the river in Pino Grandel Permission to reproduce segments of this in the new film helped achieve historic perspective.

Months of editing and re-editing, dubbing in the sound and accomplishing the technicalities involved in film production followed. In September, 1985, after more than a year's work, Mich-Cal received a 28-minute, 16 millimeter film, plus copies on both VHS and Beta cassettes.

An announcement of its availability in the Mich-Cal newsletter and a few-enthusiastic viewers began the stampede. Casseftes are being loaned to employees, donated to schools, and sold at their $15 cost to all who ask.

The median price of new homes is expected to t''se 4Vo this year from 1985's $83,000 to $86,600, according to the National Association of Realtors. The median price of existing homes is expected to jump 3Vo from $75,200 to $77,600.

Ace Hardware Corp. reached a billion dollars in sales in late 1985.

The company celebrated by presenting awards of lO0 silver dollars inside of a miniature Ace truck to the frve employees directly involved with the order.

Ace president Lawrence R. Gavin said, "The company has been working toward this goal for the past 6l years of its existence. With the momentum we are now experiencing, we expect to hit our second billion just eight years from now."

441 B N€ Hellar Rd. Roseburg, Oregon 97470 so3/672-6528

Despite an expected decline in housing starts in 1986. lumber consumption is expected to remain steady at about 43 billion board feet, according to the Westem Wood Products Association.

From cutting a wedge to pre-fab'd crane pads or mine shafts. Angle cut, cross cut, drilling, dapping-t$7e'll do them all to customer specification.

Drawer 4779, Arc ta, Ca. 95521 707-822-3648